Ye Pei, Master and Senior Brother returned to the small courtyard where Mr. Bashan lived, and An Chang made her a table of good dishes to catch her up. Although he had only been back for four months, Ye Pei felt as if he had been adrift for half his life.

She sat on her own small bed, touched her wardrobe, looked at the unfinished scripts when she left, and beat the stakes of her past exercises...... She silently said, "It's finally back again!" She didn't know who she was talking to, it was like a dream, and then she grew up!

She is no longer as shoulder to shoulder with her senior brother Lou Zijin as she did when she was a child, hand in hand; No longer play with him without scruples, laugh unbridledly; There was a sudden gap between them, and Ye Pei couldn't say why.

Lou Zijin no longer went in and out of Ye Pei's room at will, and he didn't have the fiery enthusiasm of the past, he was often alone in a daze, and he seemed to have something on his mind.

On the third day after returning, Bashan called Ye Pei over and took out a weapon for her.

"You always say I'm biased, this time I'll send you a good one, see if you're satisfied?" Bashan looked at Ye Pei with a smile.

"Really!" Ye Pei was overjoyed.

In the hand is a long whip of steel knots, the head of the whip is fish-shaped, the hand is a fishtail, about more than a zhang long, soft and hard, hard and soft, more powerful than the leather soft whip that is made on weekdays.

"Master, how do you do this?"

"Look at what I told you!" Bashan began to explain this newly made magical weapon.

Originally, this was a retractable steel whip, with a mechanism inside, and the whip could be lengthened to become a flat fish shape by pressing the fishtail, about two feet, with smooth scales, and the fish's mouth biting the hook and loop on the fish's tail, which could be tied to the waist. Then press the fish tail mechanism, the shape of the flat fish immediately lengthens more than ten times, the fish scales are retrograde, the barb hook is sharp, and the teeth of the bite ring in the fish's mouth are also like wolf teeth, which are very sharp and can bite and hook. Another bracket at the tail of the fish, after pressing, the small tube embedded in the mouth of the fish can spray a steel needle, less than the length of a finger, but fed with anesthetic, although it does not hurt people's lives, but can make people lose consciousness within two hours. The steel needle is short and thin, the range is not far, but it can be fired continuously, and it is difficult to find, and more than 100 needles can be hidden in this whip.

After listening to Master's explanation, Ye Pei sighed: "This is really a magical treasure! ”

Bashan said: "I designed it according to your personality this time, there is a soft whip structure that you practice on weekdays, and there are also some new elements, you have to practice well, otherwise it is easy to hurt yourself." It is soft and hard, can imitate a three-section whip, and the head of the fish can be swirled and poked hard. Hard and soft, you can still press the soft whip routine when using, and there are fish scale barbs when pulling back, and the strength is more powerful than the leather soft whip. It contains a mechanism.,After all, it's a girl.,If necessary, you can escape with some hidden weapons.。 The weapon hasn't been named yet, so let's see what you want it to be called! ”

Ye Pei took the steel whip in his hand and pondered it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more he couldn't put it down. She secretly thought that the master was worthy of being a fairy's hand, and only his old man could think of such an exquisite design!

Ye Pei thought for a moment and said, "Master, I want to call it the 'Fish Dragon Whip', okay?" ”

"Since it's given to you, whatever you like!"

"Thank you, Master!" Ye Pei didn't mention how happy he was.

"Come, let's go to the yard to practice, be careful of hurting yourself!" Bashan took Ye Pei to the courtyard.

"I just thought of more than 20 moves for the tricks of this weapon, combined with a soft whip and a three-section stick or a three-section whip, you can also figure it out by yourself, it's not interesting to copy the book completely, you can create your own more suitable moves!"

"Really? Can I create my own moves? Ye Pei nodded frequently.

Bashan took the fish and dragon whip in his hand and demonstrated.

"What do you think of this? It's called 'python around bamboo', okay? Bashan shook his long whip and shook his outstretched arm around the stake.

"It's called 'intertwined.'" He stepped off the plate again, whirling around the enemy's feet.

"This should be called 'Carp Leaping Dragon Gate'." Bashan jumped up, and the whip head swung an arc from top to bottom......

Ye Pei took the whip and played it himself.

"Master, you see, it's called 'fish and dragon'." She shortened the whip as she swung it, biting the stake with her fish's beak to point it as straight as a judge's pen, and then lengthening it again and wrapping around the neck of her foe.

"Do you think this should be called 'Reverse Scales'?" Ye Pei retracted the long whip with a shaking hand, and the fish scales were inverted, scraping off the bark on the stake several times.

"Not bad, not bad! Pei'er is very perceptive! Bashan stroked his beard and looked at Ye Pei with a smile.

After dinner, Bashan said to Ye Pei earnestly: "Pei'er! Master has something to say to you. ”

Ye Pei walked over and sat beside the master.

"What about the Ichthyosaurus Whip that Master made for you?" Bashan asked.

"It was perfect!" Ye Pei was full of smiles.

"No, how can there be a perfect weapon in the world? Each weapon has its own strengths and weaknesses. The sword can slash and the sword can stab, but they are all close-quartered blades; The spear can pierce and poke, but it is too close to dance; Bows and arrows can shoot from a distance, but their lethality is limited, and they are not fast enough when facing a large number of enemies; The stick is very strong and sometimes tends to appear clumsy......

I like to build weapons, modify their shapes, try to make up for their shortcomings, and make the most of their strengths. But even then, they won't be perfect. The same is true of human beings, there is no perfect person in the world, but we try to give full play to our strengths, learn from the strengths of others to make up for our own shortcomings, and restrain our own desires so as not to fall. But we have to admit that we have shortcomings and shortcomings. There is no true saint in the world, and a saint has shortcomings and shortcomings, but his strengths are enough for us to learn and worship. ”

Ye Pei listened carefully and carefully comprehended the truth.

"Pei'er! If you practice the long whip, I hope you will be like this steel whip, you can bend, but it is never easy to break! Be resilient and strong! ”

Ye Pei nodded again.

From this day on, Ye Pei practiced hard every day, almost no longer playing or reading scripts, she liked the fish and dragon whip in her hand, she danced it to forget all her troubles. Her love for her senior brother Lou Zijin shifted to the fish and dragon whip, and she no longer showed sadness.

The ichthyosaurus whip seems to be magical, but it is actually extremely difficult to practice, Ye Pei is often injured, either the fish head bends back and hits himself, or the scale hurts his skin. But Ye Pei was never discouraged, and pondered with his heart, the fish and dragon whip became more and more soft and hard, rigid and soft, and the combination of virtual and real, and superb!

This is more than half a year, and in a blink of an eye, it is the end of spring of the next year.

On this day, Tian An Chang returned from shopping, held a letter to Bashan and said, "Sir, Lu Chang has a letter!" ”

Bashan took the letter and looked unhurriedly, showing no change in his mood.

"Zijin, your senior brother wrote to say that Bianliang's dart game has opened a semicolon, and now there are not enough people on hand, so I asked me to go to you, are you willing?" Bashan asked Lou Zijin.

"The disciples are all at the master's disposal."

"Would you like to go?"

"I don't want to leave Master."

Ba Shan said with a smile: "You don't need to say these empty words to make Master happy, Bianliang is a prosperous place, if you are willing to go, you will also exercise, you can't follow me for a lifetime, you will always have to be independent in the future." ”

Lou Zijin hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, I don't know, anyway, I haven't left Qifeng Mountain." However, if Master says that he wants me to exercise, I am willing to do it. ”

Ye Pei blinked at the master and senior brother beside him.

Bashan thought about it for a while and said, "Then you can go and help your senior brother." ”

Lou Zijin asked again: "Then where do I go to find Senior Brother?" ”

"You go to the 'Zhenyuan Dart Bureau' in Bianliang City first. I brought a letter to him. ”

"Yes, Master."

When Ye Pei heard this, he became excited and said, "Master, I want to go too!" I haven't been down the mountain for a long time, and I want to go to Bianliang City. ”

"Your senior brother is going to work, not to play, and your girl's house is inconvenient to go to a place like the dart board."

Ye Pei explained: "Master, I'm not afraid of hard work, I can do what my senior brother can do, and I also want to see the world." I was raised as a boy when I was a kid, and now I wear men's clothes and no one will find out. ”

Lou Zijin asked Ye Pei: "When you were a child, you grew up in Bianliang City?" ”

Ye Pei said like a guide: "Yes, let's go together, if you don't know the place, you can ask me." ”

Lou Zijin asked Bashan: "Then, Master, can I take my sister with me?" I'll take care of her. ”

"Master, how are you doing?" Ye Pei began to use coquettish tricks again, shaking his master's arm and said.

"Don't give your senior brother trouble!" Bashan was helpless and had to agree.

"No, Master, don't worry!" Ye Pei said with a smile on his face.

"And when are we leaving?" Lou Zijin asked.

"When you're ready, you're ready to go. Tomorrow, let An Chang buy you some clothes and dry food for you to go out, and then prepare two good horses. ”

Ye Pei and Lou Zijin Qi said, "Thank you, Master! ”

Bashan earnestly instructed again: "When you go out, you are not better than at home, you must be patient in everything, and don't fight with others just because you know martial arts." I don't ask you to make a name for me outside, just don't embarrass me, and I won't spare you if you do something wrong.

When you go to Lu Chang, you must be serious about doing things, listen to your senior brother's words, and learn more. Bianliang is not as simple as this mountain and forest environment, think more when you encounter wicked people and evil things, don't be reckless, and don't be fooled into doing bad things. Zijin, you have to take care of Ye Pei, she is a girl after all. When it comes to your senior brother Lu Chang, let her change back into women's clothes and let your sister-in-law arrange her.

Also, remember that Master's place will always be your home, but you can go home and avoid anything else, or write a letter to Master. Do you understand? ”

Ye Pei was extremely moved when he heard this, tears rolled in his eyes, hugged his master and said, "I know, Master!" ”

Bashan persuaded Ye Pei again: "In the future, don't cry your nose, be stronger, although you are a woman, you can't lose your dignity!" ”

Ye Pei burst into tears even more uncontrollably, and buried his head in his master's arms.

Two days later, Bashan called Ye Pei, took out a baggage, and said, "Put this on and go again." ”

Ye Pei opened the bag and saw a piece of soft armor, woven from countless twisted steel rings, light and thin.

Bashan continued: "This is a protective soft armor, you put it on and then go down the mountain, it can keep you safe when you are in danger. This thing is impenetrable with a normal sword, and it is light and soft, so you can wear it close to your body. ”

Ye Pei said happily, "Thank you, Master!" ”

"I don't know when we'll see each other again, so take care!" Saying that, Bashan also revealed infinite emotion.

"Master, I will come back often to visit you. When you are old, I will definitely come back to serve at the bedside and provide for you in your old age! Ye Pei said sincerely.

Bashan smiled: "When you get married, you will go to serve your in-laws, and I am looking forward to this day." ”

Ye Pei blushed and thought: If you can marry the fifth senior brother, you still have to come back, but can you still expect this? Ye Pei's heart was a little sour, and he said, "Master, I'd rather never marry for the rest of my life!" ”

Bashan said: "Where is this, girls always have to marry, and I will prepare a rich dowry for you when the time comes." ”

Ye Pei's heart was even more like knocking over the five-flavor bottle.

Bashan said, "Good boy, go quickly! ”

Five days later, An Chang had everything ready. He bought back two horses with good foot strength, two riding clothes, two bags of dry food, and a large leather bag and water bag for each person. On the horse's back was a blanket with a change of clothes and small things such as a fire sickle, a short dagger, and of course, a rich coil.

Ye Pei's fish and dragon whip was wrapped around his waist, and Lou Zijin's lotus fire spear was shortened and hidden in the burden on his body, and outsiders couldn't see that they had weapons, but they were just two young people who had gone to relatives and friends.

An Chang pointed out the leather map to Lou Zijin, "Let's Qifengshan belongs to Chongzhou, Xishu, go northeast, pass through Xingyuan Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion, Henan Mansion, and then pass by Yingchang Mansion to the east, and you can reach Bianliang City in Kaifeng Mansion." ”

Lou Zijin wrote them down one by one and put the map in his arms.

An Chang instructed again: "The first time you go out, don't rush to the road, pay more attention to the surrounding conditions, and try to stay in Dazhendian." Don't walk at night, don't stay in the wilderness, and beware of robbers stealing. Be careful when riding a horse......"

Ye Pei couldn't wait to set off, and said perfunctorily: "Got it!" Got it! ”

Lou Zijin also smiled and said, "Don't worry! ”

The three of them said goodbye, and then Ye Pei and Lou Zijin got on their horses and walked down the mountain slowly.

Ye Pei was not very good at riding, so he began to ride slowly, Lou Zijin beat the horse and whipped back and forth, Ye Pei obviously couldn't catch up with his speed.

"Senior brother, when did you learn to ride a horse?" Ye Pei asked.

"I am a native of the northern frontier, and I have been riding horses since I was a child. Because my parents and sister were killed by the Liao people in the north, I was taken back by my senior brother and handed over to my master to raise. ”

"I see." Ye Pei said with deep meaning. What she implied was that you had always regarded me as your dead sister, and I had never thought of asking, and my heart was sour.

Ye Pei asked again: "What kind of person is Senior Brother?" Will you be as loving as Master? ”

Lou Zijin said: "The senior brother is also a tough guy, with a mustache, and a gold-ringed machete, known as 'Divine Knife Lu Chang', and some people call him 'Lu Lutong'." But I think he's a shrewd businessman, at least that's what I think. But come to think of it, I haven't seen him in seven or eight years! ”

Lou Zijin changed the topic and said: "When you get to Bianliang City, you will naturally know!" Now I'll teach you how to ride a horse! As he spoke, he raised a whip and slapped it on Ye Pei's horse's buttocks.

Ye Pei's horse was frightened, and his hooves galloped into the air. "Ah~ That's how you teach people to ride horses?" Ye Pei ran all the way down the mountain.

Lou Zijin chased after him with a horse, and shouted to Ye Pei: "We people in Northern Xinjiang ride horses like this, how can we learn to ride slowly?" You don't know what horseback riding is until you run once without a life! As he spoke, Lou Zijin whipped Ye Pei's horse again, and then jumped on Ye Pei's horse, holding the reins by hand, and teaching Ye Pei hand in hand.

"Come, hold on to the reins, and watch me give you a quick run! Clamp the horse's belly with your legs, don't sit, feel like you're squatting on the horse's back......"

Ye Pei only felt that his ears were windy, his whole body was stiff, he squinted his eyes unconsciously, and held the reins tightly with both hands, where could he hear Lou Zijin speak.

In this way, the two horses ran for more than five miles one after the other before slowing down, Lou Zijin put his arm around Ye Pei's waist and laughed: "How do you feel?" ”

"I started to get scared, but now it's much better." Ye Pei felt that as long as Lou Zijin was there, she would be safe, and she would be extremely sure.

"Okay, let's make it harder now." As he spoke, Lou Zijin jumped back on his horse and played tricks on horseback. He stood on the horse's back, hid under the horse's belly, and hid on the side of the horse......

Ye Pei was very impressed and said, "Senior brother, I never knew that you still had such skills!" Admire, admire! ”

Lou Zijin smiled proudly, and he told Ye Pei the trick here. Ye Pei was already very successful, and these little tricks were mastered in less than half a day.

"Once you've mastered the trick, you can do it with logistics and practice. Also, horses are very psychic, you have to be good to him before he obeys you, in the future, when we get to the dart game, how about raising two good horses by yourself? ”

Ye Pei said with a smile: "As soon as you leave the school, you are going to go wild!" ”

Lou Zijin also laughed, "I haven't ridden a horse for a long time, and today is really happy!" ”

"Alright, now let's compare the speed!" As he spoke, Ye Pei waved his horsewhip and walked away. Seeing this, Lou Zijin followed, and the two of them ran for more than ten miles in one go.