Chapter 46: Are You a Swordsman?
An endless, endless group of peaks in Lingzhou.
Mist lingers on the top of the mountain.
Ethereal green smoke slowly rises from the lofty mountains, intertwining with the early morning mountain fog.
The crisp and cheerful birdsong echoes through the mountains.
The morning dew condensed by the mist rolled down from the thin leaves, swirled perfectly in the air, and fell into the small pond that had already gathered, causing clear ripples.
Next to the gurgling Tingzhu, there was a peasant girl in plain clothes sitting on a stone bench, looking up at the blue hazy sky, stunned.
At first glance, the girl is not so stunning.
It's just a market woman from an ordinary family.
It's just that over time, you can see a little difference.
Although it does not have the gorgeous foil of rouge gouache, it reveals a simple beauty from the inside out.
This kind of beauty is not matched by the fairies of the poor immortal family sect and the dusty women of the rouge hook column.
The soft lines outline the delicate face.
It is a beautiful billet from a poor family.
The girl's gaze shifted, like a moving eye out of the water, and Hibiscus landed in one direction intentionally or unintentionally.
Thinking about it, it seems to listen to him.
There.
It is the place they dream of when they travel the rivers and lakes.
The girl's pink little mouth slightly hooked a moving arc, pursed her lips and smiled.
Something interesting came to mind.
I still remember that day, also next to the babbling stream.
The girl also sat on the stone bench, tilting her head slightly, looking at the clouds on the canopy.
The sky as far as the eye can see is her greatest pleasure.
Since she was born, all she remembers is the dense forests of the mountains, the hard work of the villagers year after year, and the clear and turbulent stream.
She had never been to the outside world, had never seen people or things outside.
In her cognition, she always feels that people in this world should be so carefree and live their own lives.
Every day on a few acres of Dali's own land, sometimes there will be some naughty children squatting together to fight crickets, or pick an empty space to fly the kite that has just been made by the mother.
Or some ignorant girls gathered around to discuss a young and handsome teenager in the neighboring village, the spring breeze is blowing, and the spring is full of joy.
The girl didn't know that in addition to the peaks of this mountain, there were Tianxia Mountain, Huaiyang City, Lingzhou, and even the Nine Great Prefectures.
I didn't know that the three weeks of war were full of golden iron horses every day, and the blood flowed like a river.
Every time the sea passes, the resentment of heaven and earth fills the sky, like hell on earth.
There are also immortal monks who attract immortal weather at every turn, hot-blooded Jianghu children, and intriguing temple power struggles.
Just looking at the clouds like children playing and playing, and sometimes like lotus flowers waiting to be released, it is lovely.
Suddenly, someone seemed to cough softly.
The girl withdrew her gaze from the canopy and looked curiously at the gray-faced black-clothed young man beside her, a little confused.
The young man in black saw the girl turn her head, and looked at him like a curious baby's eyes.
In an instant, the already nervous heart seemed to be tightly grasped by a big hand, and it was difficult to breathe for a while, and his cheeks were slightly red, and he was at a loss.
The girl raised her jade hand and put it to her mouth, pursed her lips and smiled: "Look at your clothes, you shouldn't be from us here, are you looking for me for something? Are you lost, we have the most mountains and forests here, and it is still easy for people from outside to get lost when they come in." ”
The young man in black looked at the smiling girl stupidly, his mind was hot, and two lines of nosebleeds actually flowed out.
Frightened, the black-clothed young man hurriedly wiped his face, then coughed again, and pretended to be old-fashioned: "Hmm...... This, Lao Dao is a fortune teller, back to the basics has become what it is today, if you can trust me, you can see the lady's palmistry, as for the price. ”
After that, the black-clothed young man shook his head, his face seemed to be a little embarrassed, and he stretched out a finger and sighed: "The old Tao will barely break the heavenly machine for his difficult way, and it only costs ten yuan." ”
The girl pursed her lips and smiled softly, like a bird chirping softly, and said softly: "But why do you have a long sword hanging from your waist instead of carrying a peachwood sword? There is a Taoist temple on the top of the mountain next door, and the Taoist in it is not dressed like you." ”
The black-clothed young man looked at the long sword at his waist and secretly screamed that he had made a mistake.
For a while, the black-clothed young man with thick skin as the city wall was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say.
The girl's head tilted slightly, and she smiled: "Are you a swordsman?" There used to be some children playing the game of swordsman, and they also had swords hanging from their waists, but they were small wooden branches, you ...... It's nice to look at. ”
The young man in black slowly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, after all, he couldn't deal with the embarrassing situation, but the girl in front of him couldn't even speak, seeing that the girl was down the steps in advance, then he naturally wouldn't shirk it.
Gently untied the long sword at his waist, and took out the sword for half an inch, the cold light flashed through the girl's eyes, and the latter frowned slightly.
The young man in black hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." ”
The girl shook her head and smiled, "It's really a swordsman, I originally thought that the characters in those Zhiwei novels were fictional." ”
The black-clothed young man wiped his nose, attached the sword to his waist again, and said: "That's naturally not fiction, fiction is based on reality but higher than reality, and the swordsmen flying around in it are of course, but I am one of the swordsmen who can set off the waves, why don't I show you a hand now?"
The girl was a little surprised and asked, "Is it okay?"
The closed nature of the mountains and forests makes it difficult for young girls to have contact with the outside world.
Of course, the same cannot be said.
It should be that this mountain forest is too big, and it is difficult for anyone to find a village like a grain of sand in the forest.
Now there is actually a swordsman who jumped out of the Zhiwei novel in front of the girl, and she was in a trance for a while.
The black-clothed boy jumped to his feet at the girl's astonished gaze, and his feet were on the ground on the babbling stream.
The thumb gently pushed the sword out, and the sharp and decisive sword qi collided with the turbulent current, from the first ripple to the turbulent waves in a blink of an eye.
When the sword body was all unsheathed, the black-clothed young man smiled slightly at the girl, completely lacking the panicked and depressed look before, instead of the romance that only appeared in martial arts novels.
The girl couldn't take her eyes off the black-clothed boy with bulging sleeves.
At this moment, she felt that the young man in front of her should be the most powerful swordsman in the world, and there was no one.
The black-clothed young man gently swept towards the surface of the water, and the water of the stream, which was originally as warm as a sheep, roared like a beast in the mountains and forests, setting off a huge wave three feet high.
The black-clothed young man couldn't dodge, and was directly drenched with a soup chicken, and his previous grace was swept away by the turbulent water.
The girl laughed heartily, this was the first time she really laughed from the bottom of her heart, and it was hearty.
The young man in black originally looked at the girl who was almost laughing with tears with a sad face, but he seemed to be infected by emotion, and he also scratched the back of his head and laughed.
"You say, what the outside world looks like. The girl's eyes looked at the blue sky, as if she was talking to herself.
The shirtless young man drying the clothes behind him looked a little restrained, his cheeks were slightly red, and he thought that the clothes should be dried quickly, otherwise he would not die of embarrassment if he continued like this.
Suddenly, hearing the girl muttering to herself, the young man subconsciously replied: "The outside world is naturally very big, this group of peaks is just a corner of a big state, there are many celebrities in the rivers and lakes, and the characters of the sects on the mountain are endless, and it is even more difficult to make a reputation." ”
The young man seemed to feel that it was a little inappropriate to say this, so he smiled and said: "Of course, it is good to live in this group of peaks, far away from the dust and smoke of the market, but it is a good place for people to gather." ”
The girl asked, "What about you, I mean, about your ideals." ”
The young man put on a black coat that was still a little damp, tightened his belt, smiled lightly, pointed in a direction and said: "My ideal is Huaiyang City, the holy land that the entire Lingzhou Jianghu people dream of. Naturally, I was going to make a splash there. ”
The girl turned her head and looked in the direction pointed by the young man in black, where there was only an endless sea of clouds.
The young man in black turned his head, looked at the girl's ignorant appearance, felt ruthless in his heart, and said with a slight smile: "When I make a name for myself in Huaiyang City, I will come back here and take you to see the outside world." ”
With that, the black-clothed young man took off the ordinary white jade accessories on his waist, and with a slight stroke of his fingers, the sharp sword qi cut the white jade accessories in half.
Half of it was hung back on her waist, and the other half was gently pushed out and handed to the girl.
After the girl took it, she looked at the back of the young man in black, and there seemed to be a little more aura in her eyes that was unknown to others.
In a trance, the girl woke up from a fugue state that was silent in the past.
Lan Wu had already been hiding in the mountain fog, the sun was shining, and the shade of the trees was fluffy.
The girl looked again in the direction where the black-clothed young man had pointed, and the half of the ordinary white jade accessory in her hand glowed faintly golden in the sunlight.
The girl whispered, "I only hope ......"
"It's good to be back. ”