The wind was howling like a wolf in his ears, and Shen Cheng dodged, gradually feeling powerless.

Since this group of people suddenly appeared in Zhangye half a year ago, and suddenly surrounded and suppressed him in the middle of the night, these people of unknown origin have become his shadows, and they will chase him wherever he goes.

At first, there were as many as twenty people, not much to talk about, and the martial arts were not shallow, Shen Cheng could vaguely hear the accents of various places, but there was no way to know where they came from.

Their purpose is clear, the ancient sword Penglai.

Shen Cheng didn't take it seriously, in the more than ten years since he left the Shen family, the people who wanted to snatch the sword from him were like carp crossing the river, but they only took a few waves in front of him, but in the backdrop of these waves, he sat on the first position of the swordsman.

The first swordsman, how could he take these people seriously?

It's just puzzling that the people who came from here were all swordsmen who wanted to get the sword for their own use, and since they wanted to grab the sword in the hands of today's No. 1 swordsman, there was no one who didn't come in person.

But this group of people is different, obviously they are coming for someone, and this person does not show up, sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai platform.

Even so, Shen Cheng still didn't take these people seriously, these people gradually decreased from more than twenty to less than ten, and then came to help one after another, although there were no top masters, but they were like mosquitoes and flies around Shen Cheng's side all the time, and they did not retreat after defeat.

Shen Cheng was overwhelmed, from Zhangye all the way to the east and south, and these people chased after them. Shen Cheng took the ancient sword Penglai to Jiangling County, Jingzhou Prefecture, and went south, but met the old man here.

At that time, it was already autumn, and the water of the Yangtze River was wrapped in the cold air of the Xidi Plateau, and the vast soup all the way opened the way for the harsh winter of late autumn.

Shen Cheng held his sword ancestor, shivering in the cold wind.

"Why do I think the Yangtze River is colder than Zhangye?"

Of course, Gu Jian ignored him, if he ignored him in every sentence, it would be endless.

Shen Cheng muttered that although the cold in the north was biting, it was a flesh wound, and the cold in the south was a poison that penetrated into the bones, making people's limbs weak and paralyzed.

He warmed his clothes again, did not leave immediately, very rarely, found a small and elegant Su restaurant, ordered a table of dishes, and took advantage of the food to serve, borrowing the backyard to clean his face. Thirty-four-year-old Shen Cheng, in addition to his complexion due to the perennial walking in the rivers and lakes, still has a bit of the handsome and free and easy he used to be in Gusu, and the years have added to his openness.

When the dishes were served, a woman in her early thirties came to the restaurant. She was wearing a filial piety jacket with black edges on a white background, so thin that a gust of wind could blow it down, and she came alone, only with a cold wind full of sleeves.

When she saw a table full of dishes, she was a little stunned.

Shen Cheng got up and seemed to have waited for a long time, "Xue Niang, you're here." ”

His smile was as warm as when he was in Gusu fifteen years ago, like the sun in winter, able to resist the cold wind.

Shen Xueniang didn't know where she was for a while.

She was in a trance, tugging at her sleeves and slowly sitting down. Shen Cheng was still smiling, but the smile in his eyes gradually thinned.

Shen Xueniang's eyes swept over the table full of dishes - crab roe tofu, stir-fried shrimp, egg yolk lion's head, lettuce whitebait soup...... Everything, according to her preferences.

He still remembers.

She remembered that at that time, she was still the young lady of the Shen family in Gusu, and the Shen family undertook the women's sword ring that year, and she must be among the women of the Shen family. But her swordsmanship was not outstanding, and seeing that the female swordsmen who had arrived at the Shen family one after another, and those younger than her were not below her, she panicked.

At this time, her brother Shen Tan recommended a sparring partner to her.

The sparring partner is called Ah Cheng, an orphan, who is very good at sword training, and is talented and self-taught. Xue Niang was so overjoyed that at the beginning of every day, she asked Ah Cheng to run far away and go to a place where no one was practicing swords.

She didn't want people to know about her finding someone to spar with, and she didn't tell Ah Cheng her identity.

Ah Cheng doesn't care at all, he is an optimistic person.

She happily looked for Ah Cheng to practice swordsmanship every day, that sword fight, although she failed to win any ranking, but her reputation was great, you must know that although the Shen family's swordsmanship is powerful, but the female swordsman has been in decline for several generations.

The father and brother were very happy, and she was even happier, so she invited Ah Cheng to eat several meals in Gusu City. Ah Cheng loves to eat everything, especially the dishes she likes to eat.

After eating too many dishes, she knew what Ah Cheng meant.

And Ah Cheng's meaning is her meaning.

From late spring to late autumn, she and Ah Cheng practiced swords for half a year, and Ah Cheng said that after the Shen family's swordsman was chosen the next year, he proposed to his father. Ah Cheng's swordsmanship is very good, she thinks it is better than her brother, you must know that her brother is the most promising swordsman in this generation, and the next head of the Shen family.

Ah Cheng is not in the election, but in order to celebrate the settlement of the new sword, the Shen family will hold a sword meeting for half a year, inviting heroes from all over the world, and Ah Cheng will definitely be able to emerge. Her father's swordsmanship is mediocre, and he has no chance with the sword, so he prefers people with superb swordsmanship, and he will naturally look down on Ah Cheng at that time!

Ah Cheng didn't know that she was Miss Shen Family, and when he saw her father, he didn't know if he would be scared!

Xue Niang was secretly excited, hesitating to tell Ah Cheng in advance, but in the end she couldn't bear to say it, she wanted to tell him until he was about to propose, and give him a surprise.

In this way, they went from late autumn to the end of spring of the following year, and the swordsman election began.

But an accident happened, her brother won the crown, but he was not chosen by Gu Jian!

It is said that a hundred years ago, such a thing also happened, Gu Jian abandoned the election of the champion, and the name of the anti-election season was Shijian, but this time, no one chose Gu Jian!

The Shen family panicked from top to bottom.

Without the appearance of the sword attendant, is Gu Jian going to abandon the Shen family?!

At that time, the end of the family was approaching, he closed the door to watch the sword all night without closing his eyes, and decided the next day that all the Shen family, regardless of the branches and branches, if not, after he went, he could only obey the will of heaven.

That day, she sat in the seat of the elder branch, next to her brother with a gloomy face, she didn't dare to speak, and she didn't care if anyone could be chosen, she felt that no one else was qualified except her brother.

It's just that after a morning of competing, her eyes suddenly flashed, and she saw that Ah Cheng appeared in the ring.

The examiner on the side sang his name loudly - Shen Cheng!

His surname is Shen!

Same surname and same clan as yourself!

Men and women have the same surname, and they are not born. Not to mention the same ......

She was like a thunderbolt at that time, and she stood up suddenly, but her mouth was like being blocked by hail, and she couldn't say a word, just watching Ah Cheng wait for the ancient sword trial after the competition.

In the dark, she seemed to feel something, she stared at the ancient sword tightly, the ancient sword was no longer as silent as before, but suddenly moved, from the red sandalwood box, jumped to Ah Cheng.

The audience exclaimed, Ah Cheng raised his head and laughed, turned over and took off, drew his sword, and turned his hand in mid-air with a neat sword flower.

The head of the family let out a sigh and beckoned to Ah Cheng with a smile, Ah Cheng nodded and jumped to the front desk, she saw his face, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows that made her familiar were all smiles and heroic.

He's really happy! His swordsmanship, even if people don't know it, has a sword recognition!

She looked at Ah Cheng's smiling face, but she didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a while, tears slipped down from the corners of her eyes, and she heard the sneer of her brother Shen Tan beside her.

She looked over, and Shen Tan also looked over.