Chapter 14: The lively Willow City
Xiliu City is extremely lively these days, and there are constantly people from rivers and lakes pouring into the city, some people have heard that the quality of the sword of the Xichuan Hanging Sword Forest is very high, and some people have heard that this is probably the last sword of the old man of Xichuan Nangong.
On the Pingyu Restaurant, the one-eyed old man stared at the bustling flow of people entering and leaving the city gate with one eye, and the teacup with the pattern of the eight immortals crossing the sea in his hand rubbed for a long time, and said slowly.
"You and I don't know that the Zhang family has been secretly doing things in the past few years, and they have long been thinking about the city power of the city guard, this time the Zhang family feasted the Jianghu guests, in fact, it was a move to encircle the helpers, but whether they could find helpers, what kind of level they found, it is not easy to say, after all, these rivers and lakes are all mixed, and the thing I am most worried about now is Mr. Nangong's Xichuan Hanging Sword Forest, all say that this time is the last time Mr. Nangong will make the sword of Dacheng, I estimate that the situation in the city after this time is unpredictable.
A young scholar who was looking at the railing grabbed the railing with both hands, looked down at the scenery and said, "The head of the Tongshan faction has already rushed over." ”
The one-eyed old man paused: "Song Shengli? Isn't this kid the most difficult person to be moved within a radius of hundreds of miles? How did you come so easily? ”
"It is estimated that it is the last time that the old man of Nangong will use his sword, so I want to come and see it."
Then the young scholar sighed again: "The situation should be more stable this time." ”
The one-eyed old man pinched the teacup and said, "Maybe." ”
Then the one-eyed old man glanced at the city, and his heart sank, and the tea in his hand almost fell.
On the high wall at the head of the city, a swordsman stood quietly, his eyes staring coldly at the people under the city, as if the people in the city were all dead, the red clothes fluttered in the wind, and the long sword in the swordsman's hand was as scarlet as blood!
The sword seems to be dyed with blood, and the sword is firmly at the top of the list of 100 weapons, and the name of that sword is called: Ghost Sorrow!
The one-eyed old man exclaimed, "The heir of the killing path is here!" ”
The scholar also saw the red-clothed swordsman, he took his hand back, and said, "The situation won't be too calm this time, do you need me to invite someone from the Confucian Sect to come?" ”
The one-eyed old man shook his head, "Yuanshui can't save the near fire, and even if the ghost makes a move, it doesn't necessarily mean that the old man of Nangong will be defeated." ”
"Although it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil in ghosts, but after all, his master killed Dao at the hands of the old man Nangong, and this knot of death cannot be untied, and he will inevitably make a move when he comes to Chiliu City to find the old man of Nangong. And in the past few days, the undercurrent of Chiliu City has been surging, it has been an eventful autumn, and now there is a big variable of ghost sorrow, it seems that the city lord's mansion has to be careful step by step. ”
Flowers are gradually crowded in the bustling crowd, the streets are lined with dazzling stalls, and the loud and rhythmic cries of selling are still clear in the noisy crowd.
Fan Duowen followed behind Hua Wanfei with a wine gourd, looking bored, if it weren't for Hua Wanfei to come to see the excitement of the street, he wouldn't want to go here.
Even if he, a master of the heavenly realm, is drilled in the crowd, he has no sense of existence at all, and he has to squeeze around with some mortals, and his body is cheap, where it seems that he used to walk the rivers and lakes, and wherever he goes, there are sects that regard him as a guest, and many people are too late for him to scold.
The rivers and lakes are like this, wave after wave, mountain on mountain, people and people, endlessly.
The flowers that had been gathered in the east and west gradually flew back to confirm that Old Man Fan was still there, and then turned his head to look at all kinds of novelties, and said with great interest, "Xiliu City is really prosperous!" The liveliness of this street alone is as lively as ten Tianjiang Cities. ”
Fan Duo took a sip of wine and said leisurely: "Then you haven't seen the prosperity of Zijing, the Tiandu of Zhongzhou, that is an existence that the ten fine willow cities combined can't match." ”
The flowers gradually flew with a yearning look on their faces.
Fan Duowen added: "If you are as weak as you, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out of Cangzhou for the rest of your life." ”
Hua Wanfei's face became depressed again, "But Daddy Hua won't let me practice martial arts, what can I do?" ”
Fan Duowen, who had a bad temper, was about to scold a few times but didn't come out.
"Huh? Old man, what is that man standing so high? Hua Feifei stretched out his hand and pointed to the red clothes on the city wall.
Old man Fan raised his head and looked at the city, and poured a sip of wine into his mouth, not knowing that the city was too far away to see clearly, he squinted his eyes.
Hua gradually flew and muttered: "Climb high and look far away, is this looking for someone?" Or are you ready to jump the city? ”
"He's probably saying to somebody, 'You've all seen me.'" ”
"So arrogant? Is the red coat a master? ”
"And what's that thing in his hand?" Hua gradually flew away, carefully scanning the red weapon on the red hand.
It was a long piece of charcoal that looked like it had been burned red by a stove, and it was strangely shaped and as long as a sword. ,
Fan Duowen: "Ghost and sorrowful, the list of 100 weapons has entered the top ten." ”
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With the continuous influx of Jianghu tourists into the city in recent days, Xiliu City is very lively, not only the number of Jianghu cultivators has increased, but even ordinary people have come to join in the fun, and even some Jianghu guests with uneven realm levels can be seen selling acrobatics in the city to make a living.
Hua gradually flew to the front and saw a magnificent platform of no small scale in the center.
There is a big drum on the high platform with the word 'war' written on it.
Hosoyanagi Castle Tournament Stage.
Each city has set up a competition platform, which should be in line with the personal grievances of the cultivators of the rivers and lakes, and of course, there is no shortage of competitions, which also conforms to the brave and aggressive style of the Tianyuan Continent.
After a long time, the leveling bluestone slabs of the tournament platform have been dug in pits, and there are even some stone slabs, obviously the daily competition in Xiliucheng is very popular.
However, there are no cultivators on the stage of the martial arts competition now, and the most lively place is now under the stage.
'Woo woo woo' is another shout that attracts the crowd.
"Prepare for the acrobatic show, welcome everyone to participate in the small family, the activities here are suitable for men, women and children, if you have something to do, you can come and see it!"
A short, thin juggler struck the gong loudly and drank back and forth.
There are a lot of people, and the flowers that like to join in the fun are gradually flying, and it is not easy to squeeze to the front.
In the middle of the field were three acrobatic men, a stout man, a short and thin man, and a bearded ruffian who felt like he was idle. At the back of the whole event venue, there is a carriage for pulling things, and there is a black cage covered with a cloth, which looks like a fierce bird and beast.
There are fire rings on the ground, big stone slabs, and even big sledgehammers, flying knives, and long swords and the like, and Hua Wanfei thinks it's still very interesting.
The short and thin man pointed to the sledgehammer, "I see that sledgehammer is not, this sledgehammer weighs more than eight hundred pounds." ”
A sturdy man with muscles trained approached the hammer, and when he lifted the hammer, the muscles of his entire arm exploded in an instant, and the criss-crossing blood vessels on it were clearly visible.
The short thin man said, "The next thing to perform is to break the boulder on the chest." ”
The short and thin man said, and the strong man with the hammer threw the hammer to the ground, and with a click, the hard stone slab ground shattered like a spider web in an instant.
This scene caused the onlookers to exclaim again and again, and it seems that the weight of the hammer is indeed not light.
Old Man Fan just smiled, most of them were ordinary people who had not practiced and had never seen the world, this could not fool him, any entry-level cultivator at the level of the Yellow Realm could lift that hammer.
Fan Duowen urged: "There's nothing to look at, let's go quickly." ”
"No, there are so many things! I also want to see if the flying knife stunt is Lu Xinghan's slippery, Lu Xinghan also plays with a knife, and the knife in one hand is very weird, his knife is a rare thing, and he is usually reluctant to touch it for me. Daddy Hua often said that he was practicing the Tao, and no matter how good he was, it was useless. The flower gradually moved away from the topic.
Old man Fan couldn't get back when he saw that the topic of leaving, so he drank stuffy wine to comfort his worries.
The short and thin man on the field grinned cheekily: "The next event is very exciting, is there any audience willing to come up and give it a try?" ”
He enthusiastically beckoned, stretched out his hand to pull the nearest audience, and suddenly those few people were frightened and turned pale, retreated again and again, and some ran away without a shadow, and saw the flowers gradually flying in amazement.
The flower gradually flew and was ready to try, and unconsciously stretched out his hand.
Old man Fan behind him almost didn't spray him in the face with a sip of old wine, "Boy, what are you going to play again?" Just take a look! ”
'I've been walking the rivers and lakes so many times, which time is not the end of the point, I know that the audience is not easy to fool, so I deliberately pulled twice, and now I met someone who is not afraid of death. Want to try? It can't be that you're here to smash the field, right? The short thin man on the field forced his face to twitch, but he muttered inwardly.
Sophisticated, he was also thick-skinned enough, pretending not to see it, and directly dried the flowers to dry embarrassed.
Then he coughed and said: "Everyone saw it just now, the sledgehammer has more than 800 catties, and it can be smashed out of a pit if it falls on the ground. ”
As he spoke, he picked up the gong and circled it a few times, asking for money.
In short, I have never heard of people who have to charge money to watch a lively scene, except for one or two rich people who have a lot of money, and one or two people who are eager to watch the excitement and have less brains, most people are still unwilling to pay money.
Hua Feifei was obviously the former, and he also lost two copper plates, and the copper plates smashed on the gong plate, and made an unusually loud buzzing sound, as if he was rich.
In fact, if he hadn't run out of money this time, he would have given more.
However, Fan Duowen sighed, Hua Wanfei is a calf like this, and it is estimated that he will be killed by someone when he walks the rivers and lakes in the future, this person is too easy to follow, and the black-hearted rivers and lakes are dedicated to deceiving children.
Old man Fan wanted to drag Hua Wanfei away directly, but he didn't want to spoil Hua Wanfei's interest.
The short thin man pointed to the cage and led the topic: "Do you want to see what is in the cage?" ”
The excitement of the crowd was immediately mobilized, and they said in unison: "Yes!" ”
"This guy's appearance fee is not low!" The short and thin man sold Guan Zi again, and he pinched his fingers to show embarrassment.
Hua gradually flew out two copper plates, and the short and thin man's face immediately flattered.
"I just received the money, I didn't perform the, and now it's here again." There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, some people continued to watch, and some people left directly.
After collecting the second wave of appearance fees, the ruffian artist who seemed to have nothing to do tightened the curtain on the huge cage.
Old man Fan stared at the ruffian, and said suspiciously: "The master also wants to come out to sell acrobatics?" ”
Hua Yanfei asked, "You said that this acrobat is a master?" ”
"How do you tell?"
"It's not about seeing it, it's about feeling it in the breath. Breathing shallowly and quickly, it is a person who has been sick for a long time; The breath is deep and long, and he is a person who specializes in martial arts cultivation. As for the common people? It's somewhere in between. For example, if there is a hundred pennies on the table, take out one of the former and one of the latter. The remaining ninety-eight pieces are all ordinary people. I'm well-informed, and I can't be mistaken, he is the first copper plate in the front row, and he is definitely not an ordinary person. ”
"You are just too shallow and in a hurry, and the illness mentioned by the farmer, no wonder Wang Zhenggong doesn't let you practice."
Hua Wanfei asked, "No, can't cultivation strengthen the body?" ”
Fan Duo took a sip of wine and said from the bottom of his heart: "Strong fart, most cultivators have a short life. ”
"Cultivators in the rivers and lakes are actually not as good as ordinary people."
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