By the time Meng Xiuyuan returned to the foot of Wudang Mountain, it was already late.

On the way up the mountain, Meng Xiu didn't walk too fast, and even his body shook slightly.

Because before parting, he drank a lot of wine and talked a lot with Zhao Min.

Letting go of the burden of hostile identities and talking about what has happened to each other in the past ten years, Meng Xiuyuan and Zhao Min chatted inexplicably.

The two lamented the suffering of the world together, scolded the unscrupulous officials in the court, and talked about the conjecture and prospect of the future. Zhao Min, who is extremely smart, can always quickly understand some of Meng Xiuyuan's novel statements and discuss them with him.

Between the words, Meng Xiuyuan could clearly feel an inexplicable relaxation, as if he was getting along with his friends for many years.

But that's all there is to it, after drinking a few more pots, Meng Xiuyuan took the initiative to get up and say goodbye to Zhao Min.

Although Zhao Min said to stay, Meng Xiuyuan didn't stay long, only said cherished, and then simply turned around and left.

Speaking of this time, Meng Xiuyuan was climbing up the mountain step by step, and when he was halfway up the mountain, he suddenly saw two people walking down the mountain with lanterns.

"Master?!" "Childe ......"

Tonight is covered with dark clouds, there is little moon and starlight, and the mountain road is pitch black. But the two girls who walked down the mountain head-on recognized Meng Xiuyuan just by the shadow of the faint lake.

"What are you doing in the middle of the night?" Meng Xiu saw the two girls and couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"Oh, you know it's the middle of the night.

When we saw that you hadn't returned for a long time, we thought that you had been kidnapped by the Mongolian county lord to be a concubine, and wanted to save you. ”

Zhou Zhiruo walked towards Meng Xiuyuan with a lantern, and said with a slightly yin and yang weirdness.

"Childe, we just see that you don't come back, and we are a little anxious, so we want to wait for you down the mountain."

Xiao Zhao looked much more obedient and whispered to Meng Xiuyuan.

Meng Xiuyuan was happy when he heard this, and he didn't say much to them, but just walked straight up the mountain.

But he didn't think about it, as soon as he approached the two girls, he immediately caused them to nagging again.

"It's so strong, Master, how much wine have you drunk.

No wonder this walk is staggering......"

Zhou Zhiruo did seem a little angry in his words, but he still subconsciously reached out to support Meng Xiuyuan.

Seeing this, Meng Xiu flicked his sleeves away, and said with a smile:

"Just a little bit of a drink, no need to make a fuss."

Xiao Zhao on the side didn't speak immediately, but stretched out his nose and sniffed beside Meng Xiuyuan for a while before he suddenly said with some concern:

"Childe, why do you still have a surging aroma on your body.

What does this smell like, is it poison inflicted by the enemy? Does it matter? ”

When Zhou Zhiruo heard Xiao Zhao's words, he couldn't help but clench the lantern in his hand, and sniffed carefully at Meng Xiuyuan's side.

After a moment, she said with a frown:

"Where is the poison, it is clearly the aroma of fat powder on the woman's body.

Hmph, no wonder you don't drink a drop of wine on weekdays, and you don't even want to drink when Master Tai and your uncles have a banquet.

As soon as I met the little lord today, I changed my rules and was willing to drink.

That's what happened......"

After speaking, Zhou Zhiruo turned around and walked away, carrying the lantern and walking away.

Meng Xiuyuan was helpless when he saw this, and glanced at Xiao Zhao next to him, who still looked innocent, and was very emotional.

This girl, who is not very old next year, usually looks well-behaved and clever, but she always thinks a lot.

Obviously everything is clear, but there are things that are not said directly, and they have to beat around the bush.

However, Xiao Zhao's personality has always been like this, a little bit of black belly, and it doesn't hurt.

On the contrary, he looked at Zhou Zhiruo, who was walking in front of him in a huff, which made Meng Xiuyuan frown slightly, and he suddenly felt inexplicably that there was something wrong with this girl, which was a little different from the past.

However, Meng Xiuyuan was drunk and in turmoil at this time, and he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he simply didn't speak.

The three of them walked silently up the mountain, and no one made a sound for a long time.

It wasn't until he was about to reach the mountain gate that a cold mountain breeze blew through, poured into Meng Xiuyuan's wide green robe, and caused a burst of coolness to rise, only to blow Meng Xiuyuan's wine away a little bit, making him sober up.

At this time, he felt a thrill in his heart, and then looked at Zhou Zhiruo who was walking in front, and couldn't help but think of Zhao Min who had just drunk with him.

In contrast to the two, Meng Xiuyuan suddenly understood that there was something wrong with this girl.

"Stop."

Meng Xiuyuan suddenly spoke out behind him, and his voice called out to Zhou Zhiruo coldly.

"What's the matter, Master. You haven't had enough of it yet, and you want me to go down the mountain and buy some more wine?

It's a pity that Xiao Zhao and I are not as good as the little Mongolian lord who drinks well, and I can accompany you to drink to your heart's content......"

Zhou Zhiruo hadn't dissipated his anger yet, so he didn't hear that Meng Xiuyuan's voice was wrong, his back was to Meng Xiuyuan, and there was inevitably some yin and yang between his words.

It wasn't until she really turned her head and saw Meng Xiuyuan's calm and serious gaze that she couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly swallowed back the words behind her.

Seeing this, Meng Xiu didn't say anything to teach her, but just said softly:

"Come to my room tomorrow morning after dinner, I have something to tell you."

After saying that, Meng Xiuyuan started his light work, and flew away in the direction of the mountain on tiptoe, leaving the two girls in place.

Zhou Zhiruo was stunned when he heard this, he didn't know why his master was suddenly like this, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Xiao Zhao.

Xiao Zhao, who has always been good at speculating about Meng Xiuyuan's thoughts, was also at a loss at this time, and he didn't know what was going on.

The two girls pondered for a long time in the night wind, but they couldn't figure it out.

……

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhou Zhiruo came to the gate of Meng Xiuyuan's courtyard.

The slightly haggard look on her face showed that she really didn't sleep well last night.

Standing in front of Meng Xiuyuan's courtyard at this time, she was even more nervous in her heart.

Although she didn't know what the master was trying to say to her, thinking of Meng Xiuyuan's expression last night, she couldn't help but feel that something was wrong.

After thinking about it, Xu was too arrogant last night, which made Meng Xiuyuan unhappy.

At this time, although Zhou Zhiruo still had some resentment in his heart, the Mongolian county lord was not ashamed, and dared to seduce her master.

But she also understands that the key to being anxious at this time is to consider how to apologize and explain to Meng Xiuyuan to make up for the mistakes made at this time.

But before she could think of her words, she suddenly heard a loud sound of gold and iron striking in Meng Xiu's distant room, which startled her.

"Master, what's wrong?!"

If Zhou Zhi didn't have time to hesitate, he immediately pushed the door and rushed into Meng Xiuyuan's room, and the first thing he saw was a pair of swords lying on the ground.

"It's okay, it's just an experiment. You come in and talk about it. ”

Meng Xiuyuan rubbed his hands that were a little numb from the shock, and then greeted Zhou Zhiruo.

Zhou Zhiruo nodded hurriedly when he heard the sound, closed the door carefully, and then habitually sat down at Meng Xiuyuan's desk. This is the usual seat when Meng Xiuyuan came here to be taught.

"Do you recognize these swords?"

Meng Xiuyuan bent down to pick up the things and asked casually towards Zhou Zhiruo.

"Isn't this sword the Heavenly Sword you just obtained, Master...... As for this knife, it shouldn't be a dragon slaying knife, right? ”

Zhou Zhiruo looked at the dark and dark strange knife, and asked with some surprise.

"Well, it's indeed a dragon slayer.

When I went to drink with Zhao Min yesterday, she gave it to me. ”

Meng Xiuyuan nodded and said to Zhou Zhiruo.

Zhou Zhiruo couldn't help but feel unhappy when he heard Meng Xiuyuan suddenly mention the Mongolian county lord again, and affectionately called him by his Chinese name. Ignoring that he had come to apologize to the master, he said with a pout:

"Master called me here to explain these things to me?

Hmph, what do you have to do with that county lord's mother, why do you have to tell me?

Anyway, your little apprentice is weak, even if you have the intention, you can't find such a magic weapon to please you......"

Meng Xiuyuan shook his head when he heard this, and did not laugh with Zhou Zhiruo, but said to her with a serious expression:

"No, it has nothing to do with that.

It's just that there are some things that you, as my only personal disciple, should be present to witness. ”

After that, Meng Xiuyuan no longer paid attention to Zhou Zhiruo in front of him, lowered his head and began to fiddle with the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Slaying Knife.

Zhou Zhiruo saw Meng Xiuyuan's expression so solemn, and he also understood that the matter was serious at this time, so he hurriedly restrained his little caution and stared at Meng Xiuyuan's every move seriously.

Then, I saw Meng Xiuyuan stacking the swords and swords together, and rubbed them tentatively.

The dragon slaying knife is surrounded by dark iron, which is difficult to damage, but at the place where the back of the knife is exactly seven inches away from the hilt, the blade of the Yitian Sword is seven inches away from the hilt and slowly cuts in, and the serrations happen to appear on the sword.

Seeing this situation, Meng Xiu knew that he had found the right way, so he immediately continued to slowly sharpen the saw, and sure enough, he saw that the gaps of each sword and one sword were sharpened deeper and deeper.

It wasn't until half an hour later that there were two "clicks" without warning, and a knife and a sword broke abruptly at the same time, and each fell to the ground.

"Master, what are you doing here?!"

When Zhou Zhi saw such a situation, he was very incomprehensible.

She didn't understand why Meng Xiuyuan wanted to destroy these two divine weapons together. I don't understand, Meng Xiuyuan obviously didn't seem to use too much strength, how could he break these two extremely strong weapons.

Meng Xiuyuan didn't explain to her, but directly picked up the two broken blades, and sure enough, he saw that the broken place was hollow, and there was a piece of dark iron hidden in each sword.

Among them, the piece of dark iron in the Heavenly Sword was relatively small, and after Meng Xiuyuan took a look, he stretched out his hand and handed it to Zhou Zhiruo, leaving only the large piece of dark iron in the Dragon Slayer Knife in his hand.

Zhou Zhiruo subconsciously took it, and his first impression was that he felt that this piece of dark iron was made of special material, almost five times as heavy as ordinary steel of the same size.

If you look closely, you can see that there are seven small characters engraved on the front of the black iron piece, "Pudu Shandong Peach Blossom Island". Flipping over and looking at the back, there are four rows of sixteen small characters:

Wu Mu's suicide note

Nine Yin True Scripture

Drove Hu Baomin

It's for the command

Zhou Zhiruo didn't know the reason, and wanted to ask again, but Meng Xiuyuan explained one step ahead of her:

"'Martial arts supreme, sword slaying dragon. Command the world, don't dare to disobey. Leaning on the sky, who competes. ’

This slogan, which has been circulating in the rivers and lakes for many years, is actually just a last resort.

What he did was not to fight for hegemony in the rivers and lakes and dominate the martial arts, but to drive out the Tartars for the people of the world and return the rivers and mountains. ”

As he spoke, Meng Xiuyuan began to introduce the hidden secrets behind the Dragon Slayer Knife and the Heavenly Sword to Zhou Zhiruo in detail.

From Guo Jing and Huang Rong's family working together to guard Xiangyang for 30 years, to the fact that it was difficult to reverse the general trend, and he and his wife were determined to repay the country with death, and finally they put Wu Mu's suicide note and Jiuyin Zhenjing into swords, waiting to help the future Han heroes.

The whole process, Meng Xiuyuan told it eloquently, and Zhou Zhiruo spoke in great detail.

Until the story was finished, Meng Xiuyuan suddenly asked Zhou Zhiruo:

"Do you know why I have to dismantle this sword with you, and why I have told you so much?"

Zhou Zhiruo was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking for a long time, he said with some uncertainty:

"Master, do you want me to go with you to this Peach Blossom Island to find these cheats on the art of war?"

Meng Xiuyuan shook his head, his face was a little disappointed, looked at Zhou Zhiruo and said:

"No, I can go to Peach Blossom Island alone, and it is not difficult to get the cheats and military books.

It's just that I want you to know the meaning behind this sword, this cheat, and the art of war.

Let you be inspired by this, don't forget your original intention.

Didn't you tell me that the most admired knights are Guo Jing and Huang Rong.

I thought you'd be moved by what I told you.

Why, I don't remember? ”

"Hmm......" Zhou Zhiruo wanted to answer something, but his face was flustered and he couldn't speak.

Looking back now, she did say such things to Meng Xiuyuan, but at that time, she only heard that Meng Xiuyuan respected these two heroes the most, so she echoed and followed the master to say so.

Unexpectedly, Meng Xiuyuan remembered it again today.

Seeing her like this, Meng Xiu shook his head helplessly and asked softly:

"Zhiruo, do you remember, how did I test you before I started?"

Zhou Zhiruo hurriedly nodded and answered:

"Naturally remember.

Master gave me a diary, which is full of Master's deeds of chivalry and righteousness, punishment and eradication of evil. Let me look at the content and pick out what is wrong with Master.

I still keep that book with great care, and I dare not lose or damage it. ”

Meng Xiuyuan heard this, and then asked:

"Do you remember how you answered me at the time?"

"Answer......" Zhou Zhiruo couldn't help but be a little stunned when Meng Xiuyuan asked him like this, and thought about it carefully, but because it had been too long, his memory was a little vague.

Seeing this, Meng Xiu took a deep breath, and then looked into Zhou Zhiruo's eyes and said seriously:

"You said to me at the time, 'All the wicked men in that book deserve to die, and they all deserve to die.

In the future, if you can learn the truth, you will surely be like me, punishing evil and promoting good.

Have you forgotten all of this? ”

Zhou Zhiruo heard this, and hurriedly shook his head in defense:

"Where, Master, how could I forget......

I just don't understand, why are you saying this all of a sudden, am I doing something wrong? ”

Speaking of which, Zhou Zhiruo was even a little aggrieved, and he didn't know how Meng Xiuyuan had changed his temperament since he came back from drinking with the Mongolian county lord.

The secret path must be that coquettish Fanbang woman, who poured some ecstasy into the master.

Seeing that Zhou Zhiruo still had such an expression, Meng Xiuyuan sighed and said in a deep voice:

"No, stop it, it's me who has been busy practicing all these years and neglected to teach you.

only taught you martial arts, but forgot to teach you more truths, and forgot to let you go out more to see the world.

Now compared to you, the Mongolian lord in your mouth is more like my disciple. ”

While speaking, Meng Xiuyuan got up and took off the True Martial Sword hanging on the wall, and solemnly put it in Zhou Zhiruo's hand:

"I accepted you as an entry and taught you martial arts, because I wanted you to inherit my thoughts and kung fu.

So that you can live your own life and achieve your own career.

Instead of having you revolve around me all day...... My heart is all on me, as a master.

Do you understand, Stop? ”