Chapter 22: Heading North
"This is what you call a friend?" Mei Er asked, if you have a friend who puts a sword against your neck and asks for your money or something, no one can tell that they are friends, but they just robbed the richest man in Wuzhou, and they should hate him. But in the end, the richest man in Wuzhou gave them tens of thousands of taels, not to mention, but also entertained them.
"There are brothers in the four seas, and the same is true of the rivers and lakes." Xiao Bai said confidently, Mei Er was speechless, if everyone in the rivers and lakes is like this, wouldn't the world be chaotic.
"What a brother from all over the world, if you understand this, the person who says this will be angry to death." Mei Er was extremely emotional in his heart, there are many shameless people in the world, but there is shamelessness in the world, and I am afraid that there is only Xiao Bai in the world.
The clouds and mist are swirling, the mountain peaks are around, although it is a snow-white, it can be like a fairyland on earth, the mountain palace is dazzling, the deep cloud palace is indeed a fairyland on earth, between the white clouds and fog and shadows, it seems that the whole palace is set off in the air, and in a courtyard, a purple face in the morning, the goose yellow ring around is very conspicuous. The courtyard here is definitely the most depressed courtyard in the Shenyun Palace, with only one room and a wall, compared to the Qifeng Pavilion in the Hou Mansion, this is simply a slum, but Shangguan Zizhen doesn't seem to care. The snow was very heavy, and the entire courtyard was covered with snow, but Shangguan Zizhen, who was wearing a purple shirt, was a little thin, she was not a god, and she did not have deep internal strength. She felt the cold, and her whole body shivered involuntarily, but she endured it, endured the cold, she was used to enduring the cold, because she had endured so much. A white fur slowly entered the small courtyard, standing under the low courtyard gate, but he never walked in, Shangguan Zizhen in the snow looked at the man outside the courtyard gate, just looked at him, looking at him, the man's eyes seemed to flow so many emotions, but he stopped the urge to step into this courtyard.
"Miss, it's cold outside, let's go back to the house." Yahuan said with a worried face, looking at the man outside the courtyard gate, he had never stepped here, turned around and left, Yahuan's eyes were also disappointed, deeply disappointed, maybe Xiao Bai was really a very suitable person, at least she knew that Xiao Bai was a good person, very few people, but unfortunately he died, those people would never let Xiao Bai live.
"Cold, what's there, no matter how cold it is, is it colder than those people's hearts?" Shangguan Ziyu sneered and said.
"Miss, have you heard? A month later, the owner of Luomei Mountain Villa will have a decisive battle with a person named Gongzi Bai in the Qianlong Pond of Hanshan. There was a hint of fascination in Yahuan's eyes, and there would be a hero in everyone's heart. Whether he is a hero in the eyes of the Jianghu people, he is a hero in her heart, even if he looks at it from a distance, it is a great honor, if he can see his unparalleled swordsmanship, it is worth it even if he dies. Chu Zhuanghan is undoubtedly that kind of character, his demeanor is definitely able to fascinate people in the world, not only Yahuan, but even Shangguan Ziyu is no exception, but this Gongzi Bai is really no one has heard of it.
"Hanshan Qianlongtan, let's go watch the battle." Shangguan Zizhen took out Zijuan from her arms and looked at the snow tightly, as if she had made up her mind. This battle has been famous all over the world, not only in the rivers and lakes, but also in the eastern capital, but the eastern capital is too far away from the cold mountain, and it can't be rushed in a month, otherwise even the prince may go to watch the battle.
"Hey, why are there more and more people going north these days?" Someone asked puzzled.
"Are you from the rivers and lakes? Luomei Mountain Villa is mainly in the cold mountain Qianlong Pond to fight with people, this matter is not known, this matter is now the most sensational event in martial arts. One person looked at him with disdain and said.
"Chu Zhuanghan, the number one swordsman in the world, isn't Mei Er, the ink-clothed swordsman, going to fight him?" The man said excitedly, the black and white swordsman, peerless and proud, famous in the world, no one in the martial arts can match, the people of the rivers and lakes hope that they can have a battle, and distinguish the real first in the world and the second in the world. So when I heard that Chu Zhuanghan was going to fight a decisive battle, the first thing that came to mind was him.
"It's not." The man shook his head.
"Not? And who else is there? Isn't it Shangguan Xiong, the palace master of Shenyun Palace, no, although Shangguan Xiong's fame is great, but his martial arts are among the masters of the rivers and lakes, I am afraid it will be difficult to rank in the top twenty, how dare he challenge Chu Zhuanghan, it is simply looking for death. The man guessed that now among the rivers and lakes, the most active is the Shenyun Palace, which has extremely close contacts with the royal family, and has been supported by the royal family over the years, and sits firmly in the first position of decent martial arts. If you want to be more famous, it is a good choice to challenge Chu Zhuanghan, but Shangguan Xiong's martial arts are very strong for them, but the people in the rivers and lakes also know that Shangguan Xiong's martial arts are simply a heaven and an underground compared to people like Chu Zhuanghan. Shenyun Palace has been operating for hundreds of years, and in front of Chu Zhuanghan, it is not as good as the three-foot long sword in his hand, this is the gap, one person and one sword, can threaten a profound sect, such a terrifying strength can be called the first in the world.
"I'm bah, Shangguan Xiong is a fart, even if he practices for another hundred years, he can't match a finger from the owner of Chu Zhuang, and the person in this decisive battle is called Gongzi Bai." One person said with a look of disdain, obviously in the martial arts, there are many people who have looked down on Shangguan Xiong in Shenyun Palace.
"Gongzibai, who is this master, why have you never heard of it?" The man looked puzzled, a character he had never heard of, was he not as good as Shangguan Xiong? Although Shangguan Xiong has no chance of winning against Shang Chu Zhuanghan, there are many, many people in the rivers and lakes who want to see Shangguan Xiong defeated, and the person just now must be very willing to see Shangguan Xiong defeated by Chu Zhuanghan, or even die under Chu Zhuanghan's sword.
"I don't know, but this Gongzi Bai's battle post was personally sent by Mei Er to Luomei Villa, so the owner of Chu Zhuang will take this battle post." One person is dressed in black, with a long sword hanging from his waist, and there is also a plum blossom pattern on the black clothes, and his eyes are full of worship, obviously he is also a swordsman who worships Mei Er. There are many such swordsmen in the world, and many people are dressed up as the most powerful swordsmen in their minds, such as Chu Zhuanghan, who is dressed in white like snow, and naturally there are people in Momei long clothes.
"Interesting." The man also immediately went to the north, the north, the cold north, the more he went to the north, the more there was no green jasper, only snow white, a piece of snow white, and the cold mountain, as the name suggests, is a very cold mountain. The cold mountain is covered with snow all the year round, the mountain peaks are stacked on top of each other, and the most central place, there is a waterhole, which seems to be a dragon, so it is called the Qianlong Pond, and no matter how cold this waterhole is, it will still not be frozen, forming an alternative scenery in the cold mountain, but in the cold mountain, the people who can come here are very few. At least those who can go to the cold mountain to watch the battle must not be weak in martial arts, and some people really come to watch the battle? Naturally not, some people don't necessarily come to watch the battle, such as a swordsman wearing a hat and dressed in black, every time he hears the three words Chu Zhuanghan, he will hold the scabbard of the hand, he will use a little force, obviously has a little resentment towards the name Chu Zhuanghan. Not only him, but there are many people in the crowd, each with their own thoughts, because in this battle, there is also Mei Er, although it is not him who fights with Chu Zhuang Han, but Mei Er will definitely come to Hanshan in person, the first swordsman recognized by the rivers and lakes, and coming together with the second swordsman will undoubtedly cause a lot of turmoil.
"Why did it stop?" There was a dissatisfied voice from the gold leaf carriage, of course, Xiao Bai and Mei Er who could have the gold leaf carriage, they were the first to rush towards the cold mountain, and those martial arts people were far behind them.
"There's someone in the snow." Mei Er said flatly, Xiao Bai slowly lifted the curtain, dressed in white like snow, white jade crown, transparent like snow, white folding fan in his hand, a painting of mountains and rivers on it, it seems to outline the majestic mountains and rivers, and it is like the flowing water is still, not moving like an abyss. And in front of the carriage, about ten zhang away, there was a person lying in the heavy snow, a man in rags, Xiao Bai wore a white mask on his face, after all, he didn't want some people to know that he was still alive. Others will underestimate the power of the royal family, but Xiao Bai will not, how much royal power is permeated in the rivers and lakes, it is impossible for ordinary people to imagine, so everything is based on care.
"Good." Xiao Bai's eyes seemed to be very satisfied, and the next moment Xiao Bai's figure surged, and he actually came to the person lying in the snow, and waved a fan in his hand. With a snort, an invisible blade qi spread out from the fan, like a sharp sword, cutting the throat of the person who fell in the snow, and at this time, the body of the person in the snow moved, and the right hand buried in the snow was actually holding a long knife.
"I just think it's a little strange that such a person is lying there in the snow, so he hasn't come close, how can you be so sure he's here to kill someone?" Outside the carriage, there were two figures, one black and one white, Mei Er was still driving the carriage, braving the wind and snow, while Xiao Bai, who was sitting next to him, slowly shook the white fan, in such a snowy day. A person shaking a white fan is simply a fool, and Xiao Bai doesn't care what others think of him, because he feels that only in this way can he reflect his personable temperament.
"On such a snowy day, he has been in the snow for a long time, why doesn't he even have a snowflake on his body?" Xiao Bai said slowly.
"That's right, if you really faint in the snow, there will be more or less snow on your body, and there are no snowflakes on this person's body, but it is caused by the internal qi in the body, so the snowflakes can't stain the robe, such a simple flaw, I didn't even think of it, it seems that the experience of the rivers and lakes, you are actually no worse than me, I doubt that you secretly walked out of the Eastern Capital and often walked the rivers and lakes." Mei Er's eyes were a little more surprised and said, walking around the rivers and lakes, the experience required is definitely not something that ordinary people can understand, in the rivers and lakes, the slightest carelessness will lose their lives, such as the person just now, I don't know why he came to kill them, but it doesn't matter to them, because that person may have taken a fancy to their carriage, as well as the property on his body, and there are many reasons, and even there are too many people in the rivers and lakes who have no reason to kill. For example, Xiao Bai felt that in his previous life, he and the abbot of Shaolin had no grievances, but many people in this Jianghu were innocent, but one of them would always stab the first knife, so there would be hatred, hatred and resentment, there would be fighting, and there would be disputes, which formed the rivers and lakes. As for the good and evil in the rivers and lakes, it is by no means as simple as talking, Xiao Bai himself is the lord of Biluo Valley, the big devil with the same name as the lord of Huangquan Mountain, but does Xiao Bai look like a devil? It doesn't seem like it, it's not like it at all, but he doesn't care about the fame on those rivers and lakes, because good and evil are never spoken, but done.
"Under the cold mountain, there are many bandits, that person may have come to step on it, our carriage is too conspicuous, it seems that we can't always think about comfort, and ignore the greed of people's hearts." Xiao Bai said flatly.
"You're the one who is comfortable along the way, but I'm the one who suffers, okay? The next person can be solved by you. Mei Er was not worried at all, he was naturally not worried, he could sweep away the bandits wandering in the entire cold mountain alone. But he won't do this, because after destroying these, there will be other bandits rising, and bandits can't be killed, so why should he cause these troubles, as long as these bandits have not provoked him, why should he mess with others.
"How much do you know about this cold mountain?" Xiao Bai asked.
"This cold mountain is vast, but Qianlong Pond belongs to the territory of Baihu Village, Qianlong Lake is inaccessible, most of the reasons are this, after all, no one wants to set foot in the land of bandits, Baihu Village is the overlord of the bandits in Hanshan, but it is not so excessive, many people who pass by here, get a lot of protection from Baihu Village. And they are all taking money and not life, has Peng Hu, the owner of Baihu Village, heard of it? Mei Erdao.
"Tianmu Tiger Peng Hu?" Xiao Bai was stunned, Xiao Bai naturally knows a lot about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, after all, he is the owner of Biluo Valley, and there is also Mei Er, a character who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, although he has never seen those characters in the rivers and lakes, but there are no fewer people who have heard of them, and Peng Hu is one of them, there are so many masters in the rivers and lakes, but there are not many people who can make Mei Er pay attention to it, this Peng Hu can make Mei Er pay attention to it, and his ability is not small.
"That person won't be Peng Hu's person, Peng Hu's person can't not recognize me, and Peng Hu's person won't be like this, he will not fall in the snow to assassinate him, this kind of method, he disdains to use." Mei Erdao.
"No need to guess, they're coming." Xiao Bai grinned, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the wind and snow, and I saw that on more than a dozen horses, there were a group of fierce and evil people, everyone was holding weapons in their hands, swords, guns, swords, and sticks, not to mention, there was also a rare weapon, such as a mace or something, as well as a huge copper hammer, as well as a soft whip, and of course, a nine-section whip. Led by a sharp-beaked monkey cheek, with a nine-section whip wrapped around his waist, this person's appearance is already unsightly, and even under the left side of his face, there is a large bruise, which is even more difficult to see, Xiao Bai is reluctant to take a second look, but he has to look at it, and Mei Er has turned his head and stopped looking at these people.