Xiang Ye blinked, looked at Gai Nie and then at the dagger nailed to the wall, scratched his head and said, "At that time, he was indeed quite far away from Meng Su, and that short sword flew towards her with a 'whoosh', isn't it a hundred-step flying sword?" ”

"Huh." Gai Nie shook his head and smiled and said, "Zhao has practiced swords for half his life, and he has also defeated many swordsmanship masters, and he has never heard of such superb swordsmanship. I wanted to open my eyes today, but I didn't expect it to be just a way to stab people with a sword, Brother Xiang's way of thinking is really different! ”

"Ugh!" Xiang Ye was ridiculed by Gai Nie, his face suddenly turned red, he pursed his lips and said with some embarrassment: "I really don't know swordsmanship, but I just think that his sword is quite imposing, so I remembered this term." ”

"Hahahaha, a hundred steps flying sword! That's a good name! Gai Nie raised his head and laughed a few times, his eyes narrowed, and said: "After Brother Xiang's reminder, I really thought of a trick, and when I verify that it is feasible, how about teaching Brother Xiang?" ”

Xiang Ye was stunned for a moment, and didn't think of how to answer, but Meng Su on the side hurriedly answered: "If Mr. has the heart to teach Xiang Gongzi swordsmanship, why do you need to practice the 'Hundred Steps Flying Sword'?" As long as Mr. is willing to make a few moves, I am afraid it will be enough for Xiang Gongzi to be used for a lifetime. ”

Gagnie didn't speak, just twisted his beard and looked up at the ceiling, looking lost in thought.

Seeing that Xiang Ye was still standing on the side in a daze, Meng Su hurriedly gave him a look and said, "Xiang Gongzi, Mr. Gai Nie is known as the first swordsman of Great Qin, but you still refuse to be your master?" ”

Xiang Ye is not stupid, after Meng Su's point, he immediately reacted that Gai Nie had the intention to teach him swordsmanship, and hurriedly took two steps forward and knelt in front of Gai Nie, clasped his fists and saluted and said: "Master is above, please accept the apprentice!" ”

Gai Nie lowered his head and looked at Xiang Ye, stretched out his hand to hold him up and said, "I promised to teach you swordsmanship, but I didn't promise to accept you as a beginner." If I hadn't been taken care of by you these days, I wouldn't have taught you swordsmanship so easily. If you want to enter my door, you still have to go through the test, three years later you go to Taihang Mountain to find me, if your character is still as pure as today, I will officially accept you to get started, presumably by then, 'Hundred Steps Flying Sword' should have begun to have a small success. ”

Seeing that Gai Nie agreed to teach Xiang Ye swordsmanship, Meng Su stood aside with admiration on her face, she licked her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say a word, silently turned around and walked towards the door a little lonely.

"Meng Gongzi, you can stay too. Zhao happens to have a set of swordsmanship that fits your physique, and he teaches you at the same time, and you and I are also destined these days. Gai Nie saw Meng Su walking towards the door, and said a faint word to her.

Gai Nie said this sentence very lightly, but to Meng Su's ears, it sounded like a thunderbolt in her ears, she quickly turned around, and asked with a happy face: "Does Sir really want to teach me swordsmanship?" ”

Gai Nie nodded, sighed softly and said, "I have never been able to accept young apprentices in my life, but unfortunately there are not many who have become famous. Back then, Jing Ke traveled to the rivers and lakes and went to Nie Village to challenge me and talk with me about swords. It's a pity that what he talked about at the time was just the skin of swordsmanship, I saw that he had a clear skeleton, and he was indeed a genius who practiced swords, and I wanted to take him as an apprentice, but he was arrogant, where was he willing to put down his body. I thought that I would lose news of him at this point, but I didn't expect that a few months later, the news of Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin came out of the palace of King Qin. ”

Speaking of this, Gai Nie shook his head and said with regret: "If he wasn't arrogant, how could he not recognize his own strength and rashly assassinate Qin?" Thinking that Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin, was already a master of swordsmanship, how could Jing Ke's unpopular swordsmanship kill him? ”

Xiang Ye and Meng Su listened to Gai Nie's narration quietly, when Gai Nie talked about Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin, Xiang Ye frowned, although the Qin Dynasty was the first feudal dynasty, but it was not without taboos, Gai Nie called Yingzheng so bluntly, and his face remained unchanged, which made him feel very puzzled.

If Xiang Ye didn't study history, when Gai Nie said the name "Zhao Zheng", he might not know who he was talking about, but he knew very well that Qin Shi Huang was called Ying Zheng, which was used for the first time when Taishi Gong wrote the "Historical Records" in later generations.

The names of people in the Qin Dynasty were slightly different from those of later generations, and nobles often had names in addition to their surnames, like Qin Shi Huang, which was the surname Zhao of the Ying family. Under a clan, there are one or several different surnames, and people often take surnames instead of surnames when choosing names.

"After Jing Ke assassinated Qin, Zhao Zheng ordered people to arrest all the people who had dealings with Jing Ke in the world in the past three years to Xianyang, and the others were killed. The two of us talked about kendo in the Qin palace for more than three days, and they sympathized with each other, and when it came to drawing the sword to compete, I was lucky enough to beat him by half a move, when I put the sword on his neck, the guards around me wanted to rush up and kill me, but Zhao Zheng stopped them, not only did he not kill me, but allowed me to call him by his name and invited me to be the swordsman of the Great Qin court. As he recounted this, Gai Nie looked out the door, his gaze became very deep, as if he was nostalgic for the days when he was arguing with Qin Shi Huang.

Xiang Ye and Meng Su did not speak, Xiang Ye, who was born in later generations, did not suffer from the heavy conscription of the Qin Dynasty, so he naturally did not have any ill feelings towards Qin Shi Huang; Meng Su is Meng Tian's granddaughter, when Meng Tian led an army of 300,000 to the north to conquer the Xiongnu, it was Qin Shi Huang who gave him military power. The glory of the Meng family is closely related to the support of Qin Shi Huang, as a descendant of the Meng family, he naturally will not hold a grudge against an emperor who values the Meng family very much.

"The two of you and Jing Ke generally have the talent to practice swords, as long as time passes, although it is impossible to fight the sword alone and look at the world, it is very rare for the two swords to meet an opponent." Gai Nie's gaze wandered around the faces of the two people, and finally said to Meng Su: "Master Meng, you go out, I will teach Brother Xiang a set of swordsmanship suitable for him to practice first, and then teach you swordsmanship later." ”

Meng Su didn't dare to disobey, and hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed out.

Xiang Ye looked at Gai Nie with some astonishment, Meng Su's identity was already very noble, but she would still respect Gai Nie so much, which showed that Gai Nie's identity in the Qin Dynasty was also extremely noble.

After Meng Su withdrew, Gai Nie closed his eyes slightly and leaned against the wall, and after a long while, he seemed to say to himself: "Miss Meng is good, if any of the generals who are surprised by the battlefield marry her, it will definitely be a great help!" ”

Xiang Ye looked at Gai Nie with some apprehension, and from Gai Nie's words, he heard the fact that Gai Nie had already seen that Meng Su was a woman.

"Brother Xiang, now that the Meng family has fallen into trouble, and his identity is no different from that of ordinary civilians, it is a good time for you to take the opportunity to curry favor with Miss Meng and become the son-in-law of the Meng family in the future!" Sure enough, when Gai Nie opened his eyes again, his eyes were staring at Xiang Ye, and he said without any joke: "Zhao can see that she is a little tempted by you, today I will pass on you a set of swordsmanship, if this set of swordsmanship is used alone, you can barely cope with killing the enemy in front of the battle or fighting with ordinary opponents, but if you meet a master like Xinnong, you must shoot together!" ”

"But ......" Gai Nie's words made Xiang Ye defenseless, he raised his head and looked at Gai Nie with a solemn face and said, "I was just entrusted by someone to send her to the Jiangdong Xiang clan, and I really didn't think about developing a further relationship with her." ”

"We'll talk about that later." The corners of Gai Nie's mouth tugged, and he said with a playful smile: "Today I will teach you a set of swordsmanship, this set of swordsmanship is called 'Guigu Xianglong Sword', which was personally taught to me by Master Guiguzi, you need to practice diligently, and I will personally test your swordsmanship growth in three years." ”

"Hmm!" Xiang Ye answered and stood behind Gai Nie. Gai Nie propped his hands on his knees, as if he had a great difficulty standing up.

When he walked towards the door with a long sword in his hand, he said to Xiang Ye: "Come out with me, I will show you the Xianglong swordsmanship, you only have three days, I will leave after three days, if you have something wrong in your practice, I can still correct it for you, and after three days, you can only follow the path of practice in the future." ”

Xiang Ye followed behind Gai Nie, looking at Gai Nie's slightly vicissitudes of life, he suddenly had a feeling that he would be as lonely as Gai Nie in the future after learning swordsmanship.

After leaving the hut, the two of them saw Meng Su squatting by the river from a distance, looking at the rushing river.

Gai Nie turned to face Xiang Ye, a touch of loneliness flashed on his face in an instant, and he said to Xiang Ye in a tone full of vicissitudes: "If you are really sure that you want to learn a sword, you must know what a sword is. The sword is not just a weapon in your hand, it is also your arm, an arm that can extend and take the life of your enemies. The sword exists to protect you and the people you love, but it is a weapon with two blades that will protect you and hurt you at the same time. The better the sword, the more lonely your life will be, and eventually you will even die under the sword, are you still willing to learn? ”

Xiang Ye smiled slightly, looked at the back of Meng Su by the river and said to Gai Nie: "Please teach me, sir, although I don't know who the person who Xuejian will protect in the end, but I know that if I don't learn, I'm afraid I won't even be able to fulfill my promise to Li Junshou this time." I am not a person with a long-term vision, and the loneliness of the future will be talked about in the future, and what I have to do now is to send Mengsu intact to the military camp of the Xiang clan in Jiangdong. ”

Gai Nie nodded appreciatively, sighed and said: "Yes, who can say whether you will be lonely or not in the future, or do the current things well and then consider the reality of the future, if you can't even live in front of you, how can you come in the future?" ”

After saying this, Gai Nie pulled out a silver sword flower with the long sword in his hand, and put on a swordsmanship style and shouted at Xiang Ye: "Look at it!" ”