"Chu Qi, what happened?"

Lin Le lifted the curtain of the carriage and heard a guard led by Tang Lichao in front of him ask.

The guard replied with a look of anger on his face: "Back to Your Highness, it is the carriage of the swordsman Ma Gao, I heard that he won the first place in the competition in front of the palace today and was rewarded by the king, so he is so ostentatious now." ”

"It's a swordsman again!" Tang Li scolded softly, his tone filled with resentment.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way! Don't you hear the carriage in front?" the carriage on the opposite side came galloping, causing chickens and dogs to jump in the street, and the coachman in the carriage roared arrogantly.

"Bold! dare to be rude to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and still don't get out of the car to make amends?" Chu Qi shouted angrily.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Tai, Prince?" Hearing Chu Qi's words, the face of the coachman who had just been flying and domineering changed greatly, and his tone trembled.

But just when the driver was hesitating, a faint voice sounded in the car: "Ma Er, why don't you leave quickly, what are you doing in a daze?"

The voice fell, the curtain of the car was lifted, revealing a man with unkempt hair and thick eyebrows and a rough appearance, the man looked at Tang Li's carriage, without the slightest intention of getting off, and said with a light smile: "It turned out to be the car of His Royal Highness the Prince, which is rude and rude, but Ma Gao still has to go outside the city to get a sword, so as not to delay the competition set up by the king tomorrow, so he will not nag with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and say goodbye." ”

After speaking, Ma Gao sat back in the carriage and said coldly to the coachman: "Ma Er, let's go." ”

"Bold! Someone, stop this arrogant man!" Seeing Ma Gao's actions, Chu Qi said angrily.

But at this time, I heard Tang Li's voice sound: "Chu Qi, let him go." ”

Chu Qi said with an unwilling face: "Your Highness, these swordsmen, relying on the love of the king, are tyrannical and domineering in the national capital on weekdays, oppressing the people, and doing whatever they want, and now they don't even pay attention to you, it's extremely hateful!"

The carriage continued to move forward, and soon came to the front of the palace, when passing in front of the palace gate, Lin Le saw through the car window that on the square in front of the palace, thousands of swordsmen were sitting in groups, many swordsmen were fighting in duels, and some of them also drew their swords to each other if they didn't say a word, and a layer of blood was faintly visible in the gap of the bluestone slab in the square.

"Sir, I just made you see the joke. Entering the inner city of the palace and getting out of the carriage, Tang Li said apologetically to Lin Le.

Lin Le said: "His Royal Highness's sad heart is admirable, and Zhuang Zhou will definitely do his best to convince the king." ”

Entering the inner hall of the palace, a eunuch greeted him and said in a whispering voice: "Your Highness, the king has passed on this Mr. Zhuang Zhou to go in alone." ”

Tang Li pleaded: "Sir, please." ”

Lin Le nodded, stopped talking, and followed the eunuch towards the main hall.

Entering the main hall, Lin Le saw that in the empty hall, there were two rows of iron-armored warriors standing along the hall gate, and the moment he entered, all the warriors were unsheathed with their long swords and treated each other with white blades. At the top of the main hall, a man in his fifties dressed in imperial robes stared at him with a majestic expression.

This person should be King Tang Wen, Lin Le raised his head with his chest straight, walked into the hall with a lofty spirit, ignored the blades on both sides, and secretly looked at the man in the imperial robe, King Tang Wen was burly, heroic, and a little more majestic than the crown prince Tang Li.

"Boldly Diao Min, don't you kneel down when you see the king?" Seeing that Lin Le did not enter the palace gate, and saw that the king did not worship, his expression was gloomy, and a swordsman in Chinese clothes beside King Tang Wen scolded.

Lin Le stood proudly and said: "I heard that the king said that anyone who is good at swordsmanship can enter the palace without worshipping if a thousand people are invincible, Zhuang Zhou thinks that he has found another way to swordsmanship, and he is longer than a thousand people, so he does not worship." ”

When King Tang Wen heard this, his gloomy expression suddenly dissipated, and he said curiously: "What are your swordsmanship specialties?"

Lin Le said: "The sword of the minister is extremely sharp, and the sword skill of the minister is unparalleled in the world. ”

When King Tang Wen heard this, a happy smile appeared on his face, and he praised: "Good, good! Such sword skills are invincible in the world!" After speaking, he waved his hand and asked the ironclad warriors in the hall to put away their long swords.

Seeing Lin Le's words, the swordsman in Huafu moved King Tang Wen, and hurriedly said: "King, this person is not even wearing a sword, I am afraid that he is talking nonsense and deceiving you, the king." ”

Lin Le said with a smile: "Back to the king, the minister does not wear a sword, because my swordsmanship has reached the point where I have no sword on my body, I have a sword in my heart, and everything in the world can be a sword. I have come this time to give me the opportunity to give it a try. ”

King Wen of Tang nodded again and again, Lin Le's words were very right, he was the king of the Tang Kingdom, how could he be deceived by others? And Lin Le's words aroused his great interest, "There is no sword on the body, there is a sword in the heart, and everything in the world can be a sword." "Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles." "This is the realm of a peerless swordsman.

Tang Wenwang's impression of Lin Le suddenly changed from the initial disgust to appreciation, and the title in his mouth also changed: "Mr. is tired of carriages and horses, and has a day off, tomorrow happens to be a sword appreciation conference held by the widow, with countless kendo masters in the world participating, Mr. swordsmanship is unparalleled, just in the right place to present a sword competition tomorrow." ”

Lin Le retired, and when he left the hall, he saw the prince Tang Li greeted him with an anxious face, and seeing that Lin Le was fine, Tang Li breathed a sigh of relief and asked with concern: "Sir, how is it?"

Lin Le told Tang Li everything about the things in the hall just now, and while Tang Li was relieved, he couldn't help but worry: "Sir, my father will hold a sword appreciation conference tomorrow, there are countless kendo masters, is Mr. really sure to beat them?"

Lin Le smiled and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, Zhuang Zhou is confident. ”

The night passed quickly, and early the next morning, Lin Le followed the crown prince Tang Li to the place where King Wen of Tang held a sword appreciation conference. In front of the magnificent palace, on the wide school ground, there have been many ministers of civil and military affairs, and there are hundreds of swordsmen in strange costumes, all of whom look at each other.

When Lin Le sat down in the arranged position, five swordsmen walked towards him, led by the swordsmen in Chinese clothes who were beside King Wen of Tang yesterday, and Ma Gao, who he saw yesterday.

"Brother Ma, this is Mr. Zhuang Zhou, who is known as the unparalleled sword skill, Mr. Zhuang Zhou is amazing, he claims to kill one person in ten steps, and he does not stay for thousands of miles, and today the king will choose the best among us, and then compete with Mr. Zhuang Zhou. "The swordsman in the costume said.

Ma Gao looked at Lin Le coldly, and said disdainfully when he heard the words: "Hmph, kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles?" If the person who competes with me in the sword dares not to run, I will definitely kill one person in one step, or even ten people in one step." ”

The swordsman in Chinese costume seemed to try his best to help Lin Le speak: "Mr. Zhuang Zhou is not only fierce in killing, but also has extremely high sword skills, claiming that he has no sword on his body, he has a sword in his heart, and everything can be a sword, presumably Mr. Zhuang Zhou's swordsmanship is unguardable." ”

Ma Gao sneered: "Nonsense, if everything can be a sword, if I give him a piece of grass, can he kill me? If I compete with him for a while, I will definitely dig out his heart to see if he has a sword in his heart, hahahaha." ”

Chu Qi, who was sent by the prince to follow Lin Le, was very angry at the provocation of the two singing and harmonizing, but Lin Le sat quietly in his seat, drinking fruit wine leisurely, and turned a blind eye.

Seeing Lin Le pretending to be deaf and dumb, and the swordsmen in Chinese clothes left triumphantly, Chu Qi asked puzzledly: "Sir, they are so rampant and don't take you in their eyes, why don't you teach them a lesson?"

Lin Le smiled when he heard this, revealing a hint of arrogance and said, "Jumping beam clown, what is worth my golden sword?"

Chu Qi seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but when he saw Lin Le's proud look, he was much more relieved.

Soon, King Tang Wen arrived, the sword appreciation conference began, King Tang Wen selected the master by comparing the sword, and after a series of fierce battles, nearly 100 swordsmen soon killed and injured more than 90 people, and finally only six victors remained, the Chinese swordsman and Ma Gao were among them, and the two looked at Lin Le from the school field, and their expressions were eager to try.

King Wen of Tang asked six people to wait for His Highness with swords, and invited Lin Le to fight it out. Seeing Lin Le's arrival, King Tang Wen said excitedly: "Sir, these six people are all today's kendo masters, I hope you can show your skills and try your edge." ”

Lin Le said: "I've been looking forward to it for a long time!"

King Tang Wen saw Lin Le standing with his hands in his hands, still without the intention of holding a sword, and couldn't help but ask: "I don't know what kind of sword Mr. wants to hold?

Lin Le replied: "You can hold any sword." However, the minister had three swords, which were used exclusively by the king. Allow me to try it out before I hear it. ”

King Tang Wen nodded and said, "What is the wish to hear about the three swords?"

Lin Le said: "These three swords are: the Sword of the Son of Heaven, the Sword of the Princes, and the Sword of the Shuren. ”

King Tang Wen asked curiously, "What is the sword of the Son of Heaven?"

Lin Le said: "The sword of the Son of Heaven is based on Yanxi and Shicheng, Huaguo and Mount Tai are stunned, Qi and Lu are the backs, Wu and Han are the leaders, Lu and Zheng are the handles, wrapped in the four Yi, wrapped in the four times, surrounded by the Bohai, tied to Hengshan, made of the five elements, on the criminal virtue, open to yin and yang, hold the spring and summer, and line the autumn and winter. This sword is straight and unstoppable, supreme, pressed and swung. Fight the floating clouds on the top, and Jedi on the bottom. As soon as this sword came out, Kuang Zheng princes, Weijia all over the world, and the world was subdued. This is what I call the Sword of the Son of Heaven. ”

After hearing this, King Tang Wen was stunned with a wine glass in his right hand, dazed, and only came back to his senses after half a ring, and asked, "What is the sword of the princes?"

Lin Le said eloquently: "The sword of the princes is to take the wise and brave as the edge, the honest and honest as the stunned, the virtuous as the back, the loyal and holy as the leader, and the heroic as the leader. The sword is not straight in front of it, nor is it seen when it is raised, nor is it seen when it is pressed, nor is it seen when it is waved. Imitate the Yuantian, to shun the three lights, to imitate the Fangdi, to shun the four times, to neutralize the people's will, to secure the four townships. When this sword is used, it is like the vibration of thunder, and all the four seas obey the king's orders. This is the sword of the princes. ”

King Tang Wen listened, nodded frequently, and the original intention of watching Lin Le compete with the six people gradually disappeared, he gave Lin Le a seat in front of him, and ordered someone to send wine, and then asked, "What about the sword of the Shuren?"

Lin Le drank the wine, looked at His Royal Highness's Ma Gao Liuren, and said: "The sword of the Shuren, the unkempt head and sideburns hang down the crown, and the thick eyebrows and long beard are also held. Their clothes were long in front and short in the back, their eyes were shining with anger, and their words were vulgar, and they struck each other before the king, slashing their necks and stabbing their livers and lungs down. This Shuren's sword comparison is tantamount to cockfighting, once careless, the life of Huangquan will be lost, and it will not help in state affairs. Now the king sits on the throne of the Son of Heaven but is the sword of the people, and the ministers are deeply sorry for the king!"

King Tang Wen was silent for a long time.

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