Chapter 18: The Future
This night in Wushan Town is destined to be a sleepless night.
Two residents of Wushan Town played in the first round of the preliminaries of the Xuegong Sword Debate, with one win and one loss.
Not to mention this victory, even if it is that loss, it is the first time in Wushan Town.
Because the past residents are not qualified to stand on the sword fighting table in the preliminaries.
Celebrate, must celebrate!
For these young people in Wushan Town, lack is a reason to have fun, there is no shortage of money, just sprinkle it.
A street in the center of the town, from the Hongbin Building on the street to the Cuihua Building at the end of the street, the street is all inclusive of eating, drinking and playing, and the lights are colorful.
More than 200 residents of Wushan Town, this night was basically all on this street.
The girl from Cuihua Building went to Hongbin Building to sing songs, and the master of Hongbin Building went to Cuihua Building to stir-fry, and the store bought and sold together, just to serve this young master.
At seven or eight o'clock in the evening, this group of young masters listened to music and singing, drank and played boxing, and had a lot of fun.
The Lord of this celebration is still there, and they don't care anymore.
In the northwest corner of Wushan Town, there is a street against the hillside, turn left and go up the hill, which is the south gate of the Xue Palace.
Unlike the noisy town centre, it's quiet, with a wonton stand on the corner.
The pine resin torches are lit, the lights flicker on and off, and the lid of the pot on the stall is opened, and the steam is rising.
Xia Yan used to practice in the house, and when he was hungry at night, he would eat a bowl of wontons here.
In addition to Xia Yan and Chen Wenbing tonight, Gu Zhantang is also there.
In the afternoon, the three of them were dragged by the group of musicians to drink, and Chen Wenbing was still the same, and soon collapsed.
Xia Yan and Gu Zhantang got out on the grounds of taking care of Chen Wenbing.
The three of them ran to Xia Yan's house, Chen Wenbing fell asleep, and Xia Yan and Gu Maniac practiced swords in the practice room.
At this time, Chen Wenbing woke up, Xia Yan and Gu Zhantang were also tired, and came out to eat wontons.
Three bowls of wontons were served to the shopkeeper, and the wontons were snow-white, slightly pink with the meat filling, and green green onions floating on them.
The lard mixed with the aroma of chopped green onions goes straight to the nose.
Chen Wenbing picked up the soup spoon, raised his head and said, "Do you remember Xia Yan?" Seven years ago, we met at this wonton stand. ”
"Yes." Xia Yan nodded, "It was the middle of the night, and a young man was blocking a girl on the corner of the street, and the two of us shot out together to beat people." ”
"yes." Chen Wenbing smiled, "It turned out that the girl was a kiln sister, and the people were joking, and we were not interesting, and we were scolded by the junior brother crying and scolding the street all night." ”
"Whew, don't mention it." Xia Yan waved his hand.
"It's okay." Chen Wenbing nodded, "We know each other here, and we also disperse here, this is called a beginning and an end." ”
Xia Yan frowned, "What do you mean?" ”
"I can walk in the preliminaries, and I can be regarded as graduating from this Ten Thousand Swords Academy." Chen Wenbing said, "When I was confused in bed just now, I dreamed of my mother. I want to go home and leave early tomorrow morning. ”
After Xia Yan listened, he was a little reluctant in his heart.
Needless to say, the predecessor's friendship with Chen Wenbing is needless to say, after he came to this world, he got along well with Chen Wenbing.
It's a pity that there is no feast in the world that will not be dispersed, no matter how good the friendship is, there will always be a time for separation.
"Shopkeeper, hot pot wine." Xia Yan turned around and said hello.
"Great!" The shopkeeper was a thin old man in his fifties, so he hurriedly came down and bent down to pat open the mud seal of the rice wine jar.
Xia Yan looked at Chen Wenbing and asked, "How are you going to go?" ”
"Of course it would be best if I could take the flying crane back, but unfortunately the flying crane only flies near the Wushan Mountain Range." Chen Wenbing shook his head, "I plan to take the waterway, and if I travel the mountains and rivers along the way, I should be relaxed." By the way, your home is in Gangnam, right? ”
"Hmm." Xia Yan nodded.
"Then I happened to be passing by, maybe I will visit your Xia Mansion and visit Uncle Xia."
"That couldn't be better." Xia Yan said, "I'll go back at night to write a letter to my father, and you can be a messenger for me." ”
"Little things, cover me." Chen Wenbing patted his chest.
The two chatted like this, and Gu Zhantang on the side didn't say a word, eating wontons with his head bored.
At this time, Gu Maniac suddenly put down the soup spoon in his hand, straightened his waist, and looked at the corner of the street.
Xia Yan also realized it and looked over there.
At the end of the street is the mountain road up the mountain, and at this moment the moon shadow is swaying, and two shadows are first imprinted on the street by the moonlight.
One tall and one short, as if they were supporting each other.
Soon, people also saw that it was two women.
The petite girl walked slowly over with her arms in her arms.
At first, he couldn't see his face clearly when he was far away, but the short one, Xia Yan recognized it by looking at his figure.
The big sword in her hand, Xia Yan, had been taught in the morning, and she almost moved.
Jiang Xiaoai.
The tall one, Xia Yan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but think of two sentences.
One sentence is that people have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away compared to goods.
Jiang Xiaoai looks very good, the little girl is like a porcelain doll, with big eyes, a tender face and a bag of water, she is a beauty embryo.
can be compared with this tall woman, that is, the light of the fireflies and the bright moon compete for glory, and it is easy to be ignored.
Another sentence is to look at the beauty under the moon, and the more you look at it, the more energetic you are.
At the beginning, it was far away, and the woman Xia Yan only felt that she was quite tall at first glance, and she couldn't go wrong with wearing anything with this kind of figure, it was a clothes rack.
But as the two of them walked slowly, the light and shadow flowed, her face became clearer and clearer, and the whole person seemed to come out of a painting.
When he got closer, Xia Yan completely saw that the woman in front of him was not a charming and enchanting way.
The facial features are delicate, tall and thin, white and clean, and it is pleasing to the eye.
Xia Yan was watching, and the madman Gu stood up and stood in front of Xia Yan and Chen Wenbing.
"Crazy Gu, what are you doing?" Chen Wenbing was puzzled.
Gu Zhantang didn't say anything, and his right hand had already pressed the hilt of the sword.
Chen Wenbing stretched out his hand and pulled Gu Zhantang's wrist and dragged him back to a stool: "People come down the mountain to eat a bowl of wontons, what are you doing?" ”
After two or three sentences, the two women also walked to the edge of the wonton stall.
"Senior Xia Yan?" Jiang Xiaoai finally recognized it, "Why are you here?" ”
", he lives here." Chen Wenbing said on the side, "It's you Jiang Xiaoai, a little girl, why are you running to Wushan Town at night?" I don't know if all the people living here are bad embryos, be careful that there is no return. ”
"It's not what I wanted to come......" Jiang Xiaoai lowered her head and muttered softly.
"Xiao Ai, let's eat a bowl of wontons." The tall woman suggested.
"Oh." Jiang Xiaoai answered, and was about to carry her to another table to sit down.
Unexpectedly, the woman struggled slightly, broke free from Jiang Xiaoai's palm with the crook of her arm, and then sat opposite Xia Yan.
She looked at Xia Yan, and Xia Yan also looked at her.
Gu Zhantang couldn't stand it anymore, so he stood up with a "swish", and pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword again.
Chen Wenbing hurriedly walked around to the other side of the table and dragged Gu Maniac away.
Chen Gongzi first pressed Gu Maniac down on the stool at the next table, then beckoned Jiang Xiaoai to come and sit down, and finally said to the shopkeeper: "Don't serve the wine first, and then have two bowls of wontons." ”
"Great!"
After Chen Dagongzi's operation, Xia Yan's table was only left with him and the woman opposite.
By this time, Xia Yan had already vaguely guessed who she was in her heart.
Those who came down from the mountain came at themselves again, and there would be no one else, only the one on the fifth floor of the Hidden Sword Pavilion.
The two had never met before, and their correspondence was relatively concise.
So far, Xia Yan only knows that she has a flying sword named "Xiaoqing".
Then she had a nickname, called "Minami Edgeworth".
As for her name, Xia Yan didn't know and hadn't heard of it.
Xia Yan stabilized his mind and asked, "This junior sister, what do you have to say?" ”
"Senior Xia Yan, I used to live on the fifth floor of the Hidden Sword Pavilion. The woman said softly, "I'll get to know you officially tonight, my name is Tu Su." ”
"Oh, it turned out to be Sister Tu." Xia Yan thought that it was really her, and asked again, "The branch is connected?" ”
"Hmm." Tu Su responded, "Thank you, Senior Xia." ”
"You're welcome." Xia Yan said, "Your 'Drill Sword' has also benefited me a lot. ”
"Senior Xia Yan doesn't have to be humble, you taught me to intercept the Yuan Chong pulse and solve a big problem in my cultivation." Tu Su said quietly, "The little woman has nothing to repay, only ......"
As soon as he said this, Chen Wenbing stood up.
Chen Gongzi said to Gu Zhantang and Jiang Xiaoai: "Come, two, don't listen, let's sit farther away." ”
"No, it's good if you have a testimony." Tu Su said sideways, and then looked at Xia Yan, "The little girl can only give Senior Xia a future." ”
Xia Yan was a little inexplicable: "Future? ”
"Yes, the future." Tu Su nodded.
"What's the future?"
Tu Su said, "The sword discussion in the school palace is ongoing, I just heard Jiang Xiaoai say that the senior passed the first round of the preliminaries.
Senior Ying Jiang Xiaoai is so thrilling, if he continues to fight in the future, I'm afraid the situation will not be good.
But it doesn't matter, no matter what the senior's record is after that, there will definitely be a sect that will choose you. ”
"Oh?" Xia Yan asked again, "Why did you choose me?" ”
"Because of the recommendation letter of the Xiujian Sect, you can let the senior enter any cultivation sect except for the upper five sects."
"Are you from the Xiujian Sect?"
"Not yet, soon enough." Tu Su said.
"I'll take a look." Xia Yan said, "That is to say, as long as you participate in the Sword Discussion in the Academy, with your talent and combat power, it is inevitable that you will be selected by the Xiujian Sect." Then, in the name of a member of the Xiujian Sect, either by yourself or by your master, you will give me a letter of recommendation to worship other sects, right? ”
"Exactly." After Tu Su finished speaking, he lowered his head slightly, "I know this suggestion is a bit arrogant, and the Sword Discussion Tournament in the Xue Palace has not yet started, so I will promise it first." But I have confidence, and my confidence is given by Senior Xia's Interception Yuan Chongmai. ”
Xia Yan understood now and smiled: "Thank you for your kindness, I understand it." ”
"Don't be bare and take it!" Chen Wenbing stood up in the distance, "Xia Yan, are you stupid?" If you have this benefit, hurry up! ”
Xia Yan glanced at Chen Wenbing, then looked at Tu Su in front of him, and said, "Senior sister, you have good confidence, and I am happy for you."
It's just that I, an unsuccessful senior, am not willing to be left behind.
My future is always more comfortable in my own hands.
What do you think? ”
After listening to this, Tu Su showed a little apology on his face: "Senior, I understand, I have just offended." ”
"It's fine." Xia Yan waved his hand, then turned his head and asked, "Shop, is the wine hot?" ”
"Alright."
"Serve the wine." Xia Yan commanded, and then said to Tu Su, "My friend is going back to his hometown tomorrow, I want to practice it for him, wonton wine, are you interested?" ”
Tu Su smiled, clenched his fists and arched his hands: "You should obey your fate." ”
……