Chapter VII
She never rode a horse, only rode her little donkey, filled her little gourd with wine, and drank wine all the way leisurely, and when the wine was finished, she had to spend time stealing wine to drink, and it often took her nearly a month to get there in three or five days.
But none of these were anything compared to her worst habits.
Whenever Chengjiu drinks and kills people, she will definitely ask the person she wants to kill if he has any unfulfilled wishes, and she must complete it for him, which leads to her killing is really inefficient, and the longest time she even went to southern Xinjiang hundreds of miles away to arrest his son who had been away from home for half a year, and this time it was half a year, and the person to be killed would live for half a year.
Of course, many people in Cuckoo Blood are a little dissatisfied with her, but there is nothing they can do, because Chengjiujiu never misses, and some people can only let Chengjiujiu kill her, and only Chengjiujiu can kill.
But this time Chengjiu Liquor lost her hand, she let Yan Ting go, not because what Yan Ting said to her touched her, but because she felt that Yan Ting should not die in her hands, and Yan Ting had a good relationship with her, and often gave her wine to drink on weekdays.
She felt that no one could force her to kill someone she shouldn't kill.
In the fields dozens of miles away from Luoyang, Chengjiujiu rode on the thin little donkey, humming a toast song made up by himself in the breeze of the field, and before leaving, Dugu Xiaoying filled her gourd with wine, which made her feel very happy, Gu Dong Gu Dong drank two more sips, picked up the sword given to her by Dugu Xiaoying and looked at it again, patted the donkey's head lightly and said to the donkey: "Donkey donkey, do you say we can see Sister Xiaoying again?" ”
The donkey naturally couldn't understand human words, so he just chirped twice, and Cheng Jiujiu said again: "Sure enough, you think so too!" Sister Xiaoying's heart is so kind, this kind of person must live a long time, and sooner or later she will be able to meet her. ”
She simply closed her eyes and lay on the donkey, and let the donkey carry her over the mountains, forests and fields, anyway, she didn't want to go anywhere, as long as there was wine, it was the same wherever she went, and when she was drowsy, her nose smelled a trace of blood in the wind.
Cheng Jiujiu frowned, straightened up and sniffed carefully, the smell of blood was getting stronger and stronger, it came from the hillside not far to the west, Cheng Jiujiu patted the donkey's ear, and urged: "Donkey, donkey, let's go over there and take a look, if you can't catch up with the excitement, I will hand you over to the butcher Wang and let him scrape you to make donkey meat dumplings." ”
The donkey seemed to really understand, and it was a strange thing for a donkey to run like a horse, and soon the donkey took the Chengjiu wine over the hillside, on which lay five corpses, and among the corpses was a man covered in blood half-kneeling on the ground, holding his body with his sword and gasping for breath.
The man was also shocked when he saw Cheng Jiujiu, trembling and wanting to stand up but not standing firmly and sitting on the ground, he was a little seriously injured, his eyelids kept trembling and he was almost about to faint, he could only lean on the stone and pant and stare at Cheng Jiujiu.
Cheng Jiujiu looked at the corpses and smiled at the man: "Your kung fu is good, these are people from Tianlu Mansion, although they are not masters, they are much stronger than ordinary people." ”
The man sneered and didn't speak, and Cheng Jiujiu was even more curious: "What are you laughing at?" What did you do? ”
The man did not answer, but asked rhetorically, "You are also here to ask for my life?" ”
Cheng Jiujiu shook his head: "I was just passing by. ”
The man said, "If you don't want my life, why ask my name." ”
"It's just curiosity." Cheng Jiujiu pointed to the corpse and said: "To be recorded in the Tianlu Mansion must be a vicious person, and the corpse on the ground is obviously a master of the Tianlu Mansion." ”
The man waved his hand and said impatiently, "You should know that a person's appearance has nothing to do with what he has done. ”
Cheng Jiujiu nodded, which she deeply agreed: "What you said is very right, so I am curious about what you have done, I have a friend who is the same age as you, and he has killed a lot of people before he can be on the roster of Tianlu Mansion." ”
The man reached out and wiped the blood off his face, revealing a handsome face, and said with a smile: "I can tell you, but after I said it, I want you to do me a favor." ”
Cheng Jiujiu said: "Then you tell me what I will help you with first." ”
The man handed his sword to Cheng Jiujiu and said calmly, "I want you to use this sword to cut my throat." ”
"You want to die?"
"I don't want to, but I can't live either, and I don't have the courage to kill myself."
Cheng Jiujiu didn't take the sword, but smiled at him and said, "You didn't hurt your muscles and bones, why can't you live?" Is it heartbreaking? ”
The man was silent, obviously not wanting to say more, but handed the sword to Cheng Jiujiu again, Cheng Jiujiu stretched out his finger to the pear blossom on the donkey's back, and said to the man: "I have the sword myself, as long as you say why you want to die, I will help you." ”
The man's eyes followed Cheng Jiujiu's fingers to look at the donkey, and then he saw the sword on the donkey's back, the man stared at it for a while, and his face showed a happy expression, and exclaimed: "This sword...... I know this sword! ”
Cheng Jiujiu was quite surprised: "Do you recognize this sword?" ”
The man's chick nodded in a pecking style and exclaimed, "I recognize it!" I saw this sword when I was a child, this is the sword of the Dugu family, I will not admit it, you must be the woman of the Dugu family. ”
Cheng Jiujiu gasped, this man would mistake her for Dugu Xiaoying because of a sword, but after thinking about it, the real Dugu Xiaoying chose to live in seclusion in the Qinglou and did not ask about foreign affairs, if she replaced Dugu Xiaoying's identity outside, wouldn't it be her fulfillment? What's more, he has promised not to kill anyone again this year, if he pretends to be another person, he will save a lot of trouble, thinking of this, Cheng Jiujiu nodded and said, "Yes, I am the thirteenth daughter of the Dugu family, Dugu Xiaoying." ”
The man was ecstatic, as if a person who had fallen into the water grabbed a thatch floating on the surface of the lake, and said in surprise: "Dugu Xiaoying? Are you Dugu Xiaoying? ”
Cheng Jiujiu nodded, she didn't understand why this man's attitude changed so quickly, even if she was a woman from the Dugu family, what could she do? The man continued, "Miss Xiaoying, do you remember me?" I'm Shen Ying! You're going to have to help me! ”
Cheng Jiujiu frowned: "You still want me to wipe your neck?" ”
The man hurriedly shook his head: "I never wanted to die, and I must not die now." ”
Cheng Jiujiu asked, "Why don't you want to die again?" ”
The man laughed: "Because of you, Miss Xiaoying will definitely help me avenge me." ”
"What hatred?"
"Father's revenge."
"Who is your enemy?"
"Yan Ting."
A breeze blew in the field, ruffling Jokuju's hair.
Cheng Jiujiu stroked the long hair in front of him, and stared at this man covered in blood with beautiful eyes, thinking about it, it seemed that she had only seen this kind of appearance for a short time.
"Shen Ying? I've been through a lot of things in the past few years, I've met a lot of people, and I can't remember you for a while, when did we meet? ”
Shen Ying hurriedly said: "Xiaoying has forgotten, you and I are world friends, you and I often played together when we were children, and we also ordered a baby kiss." ”
Doll pro? Cheng Jiujiu was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, and hurriedly changed the topic: "That...... Who is your father? ”
"Shen Yushan."
"Oh?" Cheng Jiu Jiu tilted his head and recalled this name, Shen Yushan, she remembered it, and almost laughed out loud, this is a very memorable name, because Shen Yushan, who is known as the Xiaoxiang swordsman, will have his last wish before he dies is to go to a brothel to spend a good night with three elderly mothers, and that is the first time Cheng Jiujiu has gone to a brothel in his life.
But there was a question she didn't understand, how could Shen Yushan's death be counted on Yan Ting's head? She pretended to be surprised and said, "It turned out to be Uncle Shen, what kind of person is this Yan Ting, who has such ability?" How did he kill Uncle Shen? ”
Shen Ying shook her head resentfully, and Cheng Jiujiu asked, "Do you not know, or don't want to say it." ”
"I don't know, when I rushed home, I only saw my father's body, and I didn't know the details of the stern bottom."
"Then how do you know that it was Uncle Shen who Yan Ting killed?"
Shen Ying gritted her teeth, "I received a secret letter at home a few days ago, which described in detail the wounds on my father's body, which were completely consistent with the injuries suffered by my father. ”
Conclude on the basis of a letter alone? Cheng Jiujiu rolled his eyes, it seemed that the fool in front of him was a master who had been played with, and asked again: "Then you can take revenge on you, why did you have anything to do with Tianlu Mansion again?" ”
Shen Ying smiled mysteriously: "When it comes to chasing people's whereabouts, who else is more proficient than the people of Tianlu Mansion?" I have committed a lot of things these days, and I have done them in the name of Yan Ting. ”
Cheng Jiujiu couldn't help but hold his forehead, this guy is not only stupid, but also a madman: "There will only be one consequence if you do this, that is, the whole family will be copied by Tianlu Mansion, Tianlu Mansion is not stupid, and the trick of stealing the sky and changing the day will not last long." ”
Shen Ying smiled: "I don't need to hide it for long, it's enough to kill that Yan Ting before I die, it turns out that my method is right, I learned yesterday that Yan Ting, who suffered a thousand cuts, is in Luoyang." ”
"Luoyang is so big, looking for someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"I've thought about it, I can go and ask the Iron Lord to help me."
"Do you still recognize the Iron King?"
"I've never met, but I have a way to beg him." Shen Ying shook the sword in her hand and showed it to Cheng Jiujiu: "I can use this sword as a bargaining chip and beg him to kill Yan Ting, but now I don't need it, because with the help of Miss Xiaoying, it is more than enough for you and me to kill that Yan Ting." ”
Cheng Jiujiu was dumbfounded: "You...... I'd like to think about it, but there are a few questions I don't understand. ”
Shen Ying propped up her body and asked, "Miss Xiaoying, please speak." ”
Cheng Jiujiu stretched out a finger and asked, "That Yan Ting can kill Uncle Shen, his martial arts must be extremely high, why do you think the two of us can kill him?" ”
Shen Ying said with a smile: "No matter how high his martial arts are, he is only alone, and Miss Xiaoying, you are the strongest young man in the Dugu family in a hundred years, plus my martial arts, even the legendary Cangnan Sword Saint Li Chaoqing can be an enemy." ”
Cheng Jiujiu sighed deeply and stretched out his second finger: "Why should I help you?" Just because what doll pro are you talking about? It doesn't seem worth the time I kill for you. ”
Shen Ying was shocked and asked sharply, "Could it be that Miss Xiaoying doesn't want to help me?" The doll's family is small, you and I are world friends, and they should help me in both affection and reason. ”
Cheng Jiujiu smiled and said: "You don't use that kind of worldly justice to bully me, what you want me to help is not a trivial matter, but a murder, have you ever thought about what I have to pay for this?" Will my personal safety be compromised? Will my family be implicated? I'm afraid you haven't even thought about it, have you? ”
Shen Ying's face turned red, and he couldn't speak, Cheng Jiujiu put away his hand and stood in front of him, and said with a smile: "And you said that your martial arts can help me, is this really the case?" ”
Shen Ying didn't know why, Cheng Jiujiu put his hands behind his back, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Get up!" Stab me with a sword! ”
Shen Ying was shocked by the roar, stood up and clenched the sword in his hand: "Although I have some injuries, this has little effect on me. ”
Cheng Jiujiu nodded and said, "Then you stab me now and let me see your sword skills." ”
Shen Ying only felt a hot breath rushing to the top of her head, although Dugu Xiaoying must be strong in martial arts, but this is too underestimating him, Shen Ying took a deep breath and said, "Okay, you stand back." ”
Cheng Jiujiu shook his head: "No need. ”
Shen Ying was surprised: "You are only five steps away from me." ”
Cheng Jiujiu repeated word for word: "No need, you can stab me." ”
Shen Ying didn't say anything more, he had decided to give Dugu Xiaoying in front of him a little color, his body arched slightly, his fingers were already on the sword, and he was about to draw the sword out of the sheath, when he suddenly heard a "snap", and then the left side of his face was hot and painful, and he had been slapped by Chengjiujiu.
"You're dead once." Cheng Jiujiu withdrew his left hand behind him and said with a smile.
Shen Ying took this palm, and came back to his senses in a moment, he didn't see how Cheng Jiujiu made his hand just now, he took a deep breath, his eyes became very sharp, and he mobilized all his strength to gather in his right hand, and instantly tried his best to draw his sword.
"Smack!"
Another slap in the face, this time on the right side of the face, with the blade only halfway out of the sheath.
"You're dead again." Cheng Jiujiu withdrew his right hand again, and the smile on his face was even worse.
Shen Ying was trembling all over, this time he couldn't see how Cheng Jiujiu made a move, could it be that he was so weak? Can't even pull out a sword?
"I don't use my hands this time, you stab me again."
Shen Ying's muscles and veins burst out, the muscles of his whole body tensed, he decided to use his strongest sword, which was a sword that he could only use in a life-and-death situation, at this time, he couldn't care if the person in front of him was an enemy, he just wanted to draw the sword.
The sword was out of its sheath, and Shen Ying was confident that the power of this sword at such a close distance was comparable to the sword of Li Chaoqing, the number one swordsman in the world, and no one in this world could resist this sword within five steps.
The sword light disappeared like a white horse passing through a gap, but it stopped abruptly like a moth to a fire.
Why does the sword stop? Shen Ying looked at Cheng Jiu Jiu Jiu with wide eyes, because Cheng Jiu Jiu Jiu bit the sword with his teeth.
As the only son of the Xiaoxiang swordsman Shen Yushan, Shen Ying has been carefully guided by his father Shen Yushan since he was a child, and he is himself gifted and intelligent, and he can be regarded as a leader among his peers.
It's a pity that he met Chengjiu wine.
No one knew that this young girl would have such martial arts, as if she existed to break the common sense of the world. Shen Ying didn't know either, he stared blankly at the sword that was bitten by Cheng Jiujiu, and a fear from the deepest part of his soul burst out in his heart.
If the girl in front of her drew her sword, what kind of power would that sword have? Who can resist it? Shen Ying couldn't figure out that this question might never have an answer.
Chengjiujiu opened his mouth and took a sip: "You are like this now, don't say that you will find that Yan Ting to take revenge, I'm afraid you won't even be able to save your own life." ”
Shen Ying silently put away her sword, and suddenly knelt down to Cheng Jiujiu, slamming her head on the ground: "My personal life is insignificant, I just ask Miss Xiaoying to help me kill that person!" ”
Cheng Jiujiu was taken aback, but he didn't rush to help him up, and squatted in front of him, and asked softly, "You knelt down and begged me, did you pin all your hopes on me?" ”
Shen Ying did not deny it: "Yes." ”
Cheng Jiujiu then asked, "What if I don't help you?" ”
Shen Ying said: "Then I will kneel until you help me." ”
Cheng Jiujiu smiled and said: "This is the stupidest thing to do, I am not related to you, what does it matter to me if you kneel and die here?" ”
Ying raised her head and said, "I can give you silver." ”
Cheng Jiujiu became interested: "Silver? How many do you have? ”
"After you and I join forces to kill Yan Ting, you can bring his head to Tianlu Mansion and get ten thousand taels of gold." Seeing Cheng Jiujiu listening carefully, Shen Ying continued: "The sword in my hand can also be given to you, this sword is the Xiaoxiang sword used by my father, as long as you promise to help me, the Xiaoxiang sword is yours now." ”
Cheng Jiujiu was almost happy again, if this broken sword was Xiaoxiang, she gouged out her eyeballs and shot it out with a slingshot, but she didn't break it, but asked: "As long as I nod now, you will give me the Xiaoxiang sword?" This sword is not only valuable in itself, but it is also a relic left to you by your father. ”
Shen Ying nodded categorically, looking at Cheng Jiujiu with a hopeful gaze, he hoped that the woman in front of him would be able to accept this sword and cut off Yan Ting's head with this sword with special significance, she would definitely be able to do it, but the girl's words made his heart sink, Cheng Jiujiu leaned close to his face, his big eyes were full of doubts: "If I kill you now and take this sword of yours for myself, what should you do?" And who knows what's going on here? ”
Shen Ying's face turned pale suddenly, and her lips trembled uncontrollably: "You...... You can't do that, you're a child of a lonely family, you can't do that. ”
Cheng Jiujiu pretended to be surprised and said, "There are only two living people in a radius of ten miles, you and me, who would know what happened here today?" Now that you are injured again, I can take the sword with one hand, and I can also blame your death on Tianlu Mansion, why can't I do this kind of pie-in-the-sky beauty? ”
Shen Ying's mouth opened wide, and he couldn't say a word as if he had been stuffed with a rotten peach, Cheng Jiujiu didn't wait for him to speak, turned around and picked up the wine gourd from the donkey's back and poured it, bent down and handed the gourd to Shen Ying: "Never ask others for help, you don't know who is really credible, you can only walk this road full of thorns by yourself." ”
Shen Yingmu took the gourd, lowered his head and pondered the meaning of this sentence, Cheng Jiujiu sat beside him, holding his head with his hand and whispering: "Although your sword is a little immature, it already has the rudiments of Mahayana swordsmanship. ”
Shen Ying listened quietly, a strange look flashed in her eyes, like a dim starlight shrouded in dark clouds at night, and when Chengjiu finished speaking, she stuffed the wine gourd in her hand into her mouth and poured it wildly, Chengjiu Liquor raised her eyebrows lightly, this beast was not polite at all, it seemed that he was going to drink all the wine? Where else can you go to steal wine in this wilderness? Shen Ying didn't notice Cheng Jiujiu's face, and after drinking the wine, she slammed the gourd on the ground, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Miss Xiaoying is right, there are indeed few people in this world that I can trust, and I can only rely on myself to kill Yan Ting's thief...... Why is Miss Xiaoying's face so ugly? ”
"It's nothing ......" Cheng Jiujiu resisted the urge to slap the man to death, held his forehead and sighed again and again: "I just thought of some sad things, since you have figured it out, you and I will ......"
"Dugu swordsmanship is unique in the world, I want to go to Dugu's mansion to meet the sword saint seniors and learn swordsmanship from his old man, can Miss Xiaoying be a recommendation in parallel with me?" Shen Ying took Cheng Jiujiu's hand and said very sincerely.
"You'd better die." Cheng Jiujiu shook off his hand, got up and walked to the little donkey and pulled out the pear blossom, this guy is so inch-inch, she is not a patient person, she can't kill anyone? Then cut off his hands and stab his eyes, and save Yan Ting a trouble, it's the best of both worlds! Shen Ying was frightened by her hands and took a few steps back, and asked in surprise, "Miss Xiaoying, who are you?" ”
Cheng Jiu said angrily: "You guy is so rude, don't you know that my father has gone west this year?" ”
Shen Ying jumped up in surprise and said sharply, "What? The Sword Master senior is dead? ”
Seeing that Shen Ying's strong reaction was not pretending, Cheng Jiujiu secretly wondered in his heart, could it be that the Dugu family did not announce the death of the Sword Saint to the world, and tried to squeeze out a sad expression on his face: "My father suddenly fell ill at the beginning of the year and died, and I left home this time to come out to relax and consume the pain in my heart." ”
Shen Ying suddenly realized, he thought that he had said the wrong thing and mistakenly bumped into Dugu Xiaoying in front of him, and hurriedly slapped his mouth and explained: "I really don't know about this, I said the wrong thing, Xiaoying girl, don't ......mind" Seeing that Cheng Jiujiu waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, he stopped, scratched his head and didn't know what to say for a while, Cheng Jiujiu coughed lightly, and persuaded Shen Ying: "There is not only Dugu in the kendo family in the rivers and lakes, if you don't know where to go, I can introduce you to a few." ”
Shen Ying shook her head, and actually knelt down again: "No need, since you can't go to Dugu Mansion for the time being, it's better to worship Miss Xiaoying as a teacher and teach me Dugu swordsmanship, if Miss Xiaoying refuses, then cut off my head." After saying that, he closed his eyes and really stuck out his neck.
was really relied on by this person, Chengjiujiu really couldn't help it, but after thinking about it, if he really cut off his hands and feet, it would undoubtedly cut off his thoughts of revenge, this person must not want to live, in the end, this person's death still has to be counted on his own head, and Shen Yushan died in his own hands, and now his son will also die because of her, I'm afraid that Chengjiujiu will not sleep well at night, it is better to agree verbally first, and then find a chance to get rid of him in the future, so he walked to Shen Ying and helped him up and said: "The seven-foot man has the sky on his head, In the future, don't kneel down to people at every turn, I promise to teach you, but don't call me master, you and I will be commensurate with brother and sister in the future. ”
Shen Ying was overjoyed, and was about to speak when she was poured cold water on Chengjiu wine: "Don't be too happy, although I promised to teach you, but how much you can learn depends on your own understanding, as well as endurance and perseverance, practicing martial arts is not something that can be successful overnight." ”
Shen Ying nodded frantically, as if she recognized the girl in front of her: "As long as you promise to teach me swordsmanship, you can torture me as much as you want." ”
Cheng Jiujiu snorted and laughed, the girl's coquettish smiling face made Shen Ying can't help but look at it, didn't dare to look at it and hurriedly shook her head and asked, "Then what are we going to do next?" ”
Cheng Jiujiu thought about it sideways, pointed to the little donkey behind him and said, "There is a small shovel on the donkey's back, you go and get these corpses and bury them, and we will leave here." ”
Shen Ying was quite puzzled: "These people are all killers, why bury them?" ”
Cheng Jiujiu had already stepped aside and picked up the gourd that Shen Ying had thrown down, found a stone and sat down and said slowly: "They are just ordered to do things, and they are also people who were born and raised by their parents, so they should not expose their bodies to be taken by wild wolves in this wilderness." ”
"You pity people like them?"
"Pathetic? They are not pitiful at all. Cheng Jiujiu shook his head, grabbed a weed and put it in his mouth: "But they are also human beings, and when they die, they must maintain their dignity and bury them in the loess, and they can't be eaten by wild dogs as animals." ”
Shen Ying was silent, and after a while, she silently walked to the donkey and found a shovel and began to dig up the soil, Cheng Jiujiu showed a smile, it seems that this Shen Ying's nature is not bad, she turned her head and stretched her waist and was about to close her eyes and squint for a while, but in the corner of her eyes, she saw a tall figure in the distance, this figure was very slow and getting closer and closer, and it was actually coming in this direction.
Cheng Jiujiu didn't pay attention to it, humming a little song and closing his eyes.
"You ...... Who is it? This...... What is this place? ”
The shovel raised by Shen Ying froze in mid-air, turned his head to look at the middle-aged man, this look made him dumbfounded, this man was covered with a disheveled head, and his dirty gray cloth clothes were no different from a beggar if they were patched, Shen Ying smelled the smell of wine and sweat on the man's body from a distance, and couldn't help asking: "This big brother, who are you?" ”
The man was so drunk that he collapsed on the ground, Shen Ying noticed that the man was still holding a sword in his hand, but the sword was tightly tied with gray cloth, and the man barely supported half of his body with the sword, half leaning on a stone and shouting: "This is the ...... Where...... How to get to Baihualou? ”
Shen Ying asked: "It's not far from here, look at the big brother, you don't look like a person who can afford to spend money, I don't know what to do there?" ”
"Kill...... Kill the city and drink nine wines. ”
"Who is Jojiu Wine?" Shen Ying was stunned, and Chengjiujiu also opened his eyes at the same time.
"City ...... Jojiu wine? It seems to be the name. The man muttered, patted his head vigorously with his hand, and then fell to the ground and snored, and was already drunk.
Shen Ying and Chengjiujiu looked at each other, and no one was speechless.