Chapter 15: The Shadow Sword
There are a man and a woman sitting next to the window on the second floor of the small teahouse, the two are Lang Xi and the woman in red, Qiu Yuxuan.
The two of them seemed to be waiting for something, observing the movement outside from time to time.
Lang Xi picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said calmly as water.
"They're coming!"
The people who the two were waiting for were Qin Ning and the others.
Qiu Yuxuan tapped the table with her hand rhythmically and said casually.
"Do you have a chance of winning?"
"If you have a chance to win, try it!"
Lang Xi stood up and jumped down from the window, standing in front of Qin Ning and the others.
Qiu Yuxuan also got up and stood at the window to watch.
Qin Ning and the others also stopped, and Deng Weiran recognized the man in front of him as Lang Xi at a glance.
"Qin Ning, he is Lang Xi!"
Qin Ning's eyes were full of sparks, staring at Lang Xi in front of him, his murderous aura slowly accumulating, and his tone was indifferent.
"You want the sword behind me, you came to me, why do you want to hurt the innocent!"
Lang Xi stared at Qin Ning's murderous eyes, and did not dodge, but sneered.
"How did you hurt the innocent! It seems to you that I am hurting the innocent, but in my opinion I am not hurting the innocent! Don't judge me by your words! ”
"Boss, borrow an umbrella!"
Qin Ning kicked on the umbrella in the stall next to him, the umbrella rotated in the air, and Qin Ning caught it and pointed at Langxi with the umbrella.
"I will repay you twice as much today for the shame of the bald head!"
The owner of the umbrella didn't dare not borrow it when he saw this symptom, so he hid aside, surrounded by people who liked to watch the excitement.
Lang Xi saw that Qin Ning was holding an umbrella in his hand, and he didn't mean to use his sword to fight with him, and it was uncomfortable to be underestimated.
"If you don't come out of the sword, is this looking down on me?"
Qin Ning sneered.
"If you have a sword in your hand, you will move forward with a sword, and if you have no sword in your hand, you will forget your sword to advance, and a swordsman is a sword out of the sheath."
"In the eyes of a swordsman, anything can become a sword that kills people!"
Qin Ning shot directly, as fast as lightning, and Lang Xi did not delay in pulling out his sword and fighting with Qin Ning, and the two fought back and forth.
Even if Qin Ning used an umbrella, he could play with the umbrella superbly, as if he was holding a bladeless sword in his hand, and his moves were flawless and deadly.
But even such a perfect swordsmanship can be avoided by Lang Xi one by one, Lang Xi will also seize the opportunity to fight back from time to time, and Lang Xi is also the first to fight to the death with Qin Ning for so many rounds.
Lang Xi would taunt Qin Ning from time to time.
"Is that all your swordsmanship can be? It's better not to think of me as one of those ruffians, or you'll be in danger! ”
Qin Ning didn't pay attention to Lang Xi's taunts, but the speed of the sword became faster and faster, and it became more and more ruthless, and the two of them were so fast that the phantom of the fight came out.
The onlookers were excited.
In the teahouse, Yu Gongzi, holding a feather fan, walked up to the second floor, invisibly came behind Qiu Yuxuan, and patted Qiu Yuxuan's shoulder with a feather fan.
Because Qiu Yuxuan paid too much attention to the fight between the two, she didn't notice Yu Gongzi's approach, so she was also slapped by this shot, and she slammed Yu Gongzi into the door with a punch.
Yu Gongzi held Qiu Yuxuan's fist with his hand, smiled, and let go of Qiu Yuxuan's hand.
"Don't get excited! It's me! ”
After Qiu Yuxuan saw that it was Yu Gongzi, she didn't pay attention to it, and continued to pay attention to the fight below.
Yu Gongzi walked to Qiu Yuxuan's side and watched the fight below with her.
Yu Gongzi shook his head and said with a sigh.
"Lang Xi is not Qin Ning's opponent!"
Qiu Yuxuan didn't see the change in the situation, but asked curiously.
"How so! You've fought with him! ”
Yu Gongzi played with the umbrella and spoke.
"I haven't fought against him, but looking at the situation, it is indeed Qin Ning who has the upper hand, and it is only a matter of time before he wins or loses!"
Qiu Yuxuan said with a disdainful face.
"The situation that is often seen with the eyes is not the case!"
Yu Gongzi didn't do too much arguing, but time will tell, just wait.
Yu Gongzi also noticed that Chu He was looking at him, and he also shook the feather fan in his hand to greet Chu He.
Chu He also smiled and nodded.
Yu Gongzi also asked the curiosity in his heart.
"I don't understand, why the people of the rivers and lakes have to fight for a broken sword with their lives!"
"We don't have a sword, we have a fortune!"
The battle between the two was also over, and Lang Xi was finally defeated, his left chest was stabbed by the umbrella head of the umbrella, and the blood flowed, and Lang Xi covered the bleeding left chest with his hand.
Seeing that something was wrong, Qiu Yuxuan jumped from the window, took out a bow from her back and shot four arrows, stabbing at the four people, Qiu Yuxuan landed on the ground and grabbed Lang Xi's shoulder with her hand, jumped onto the roof and quickly escaped from here.
The three of them easily dodged, Qin Ning reached out and grabbed the arrow that stabbed at Deng Weiran and threw it aside, Qin Ning didn't chase it, even if he did, he couldn't catch up now, so he could only solve him next time.
Yu Gongzi also waved the feather fan in his hand, looked at each other and left the small teahouse with a smile.
Agile threw the money for the umbrella to the boss, and then the group left.
Several people have no clear goal, they can only wander around the capital, and return to their dilapidated residences at night, living a boring and boring life every day, Qin Ning did not expect to break into the rivers and lakes, and his martial arts are unique, but he can only live under the tattered roof.
Chu Jinjing also inquired everywhere, and finally inquired about the exchange of the shadow stream.
Soon Chu Jinjing hurried to the exchange, ignoring the pedestrians on the street, and even pedestrians or children, who were hit by the horse, Chu Jinjing just threw down a little silver tael to apologize.
Soon he also came to the exchange, Qinglou, Chu Jinjing also came to this place for the first time, and as soon as he walked in, there was a beautiful sound of the piano, which made Chu Jinjing fall into it for a while, unable to extricate himself.
The first and second floors of the Qinglou are full of people, basically people with status and status, and only money can enter here, even if you meet the enemy here, no matter what status you are, you can't shoot here, as long as you make trouble here, then the thugs here will kill you, and this is also a leisure place for those high-ranking officials and rich people, as if they are waiting for today, because there is a singer's performance today, so there are a lot of people today, extremely lively.
The maid of the Qinglou saw Chu Jinjing come in, first glanced at it, and found that Chu Jinjing's dress was not very prosperous, nor was it simple, so she went up to entertain her well, without a little slack, and the maid thought that Chu Jinjing was also coming to see the singer's performance, so she took Chu Jinjing to a place where there was no one and sat down, picked up the cup and poured a glass of wine, and then bent down and left.
Chu Jinjing also felt that he was not in a hurry to find someone to trade, fortunately, he should first enjoy the beautiful sound of the piano brought by the singer when he came to the Qinglou.
Chu Jinjing picked up the wine glass and smelled it first, the wine was fragrant and fragrant, making people start to be intoxicated before they drank it, Chu Jinjing really couldn't help but want to taste it, and after drinking it, an instant hot air flow surged all over the body, as if the fatigue of the whole body had disappeared, and the body began to be hot, Chu Jinjing was also a person who was used to drink, but he didn't expect to drink a glass today, he already felt drunk, and showed a surprised expression, I didn't expect that the wine in Qinglou was not much worse than the wine in other restaurants, and even went to the next level, but compared to Lingqin Building, It's far from it.
Soon a woman in pink clothes and a veil on her face walked on the stage, and everyone began to cheer when they saw this person, this woman is the famous singer here, she plays the piano differently from others, and the sound of other people's piano will only make people feel beautiful and beautiful, but the piano played by the singer can resonate with people, and even make people intoxicated with it, unable to extricate themselves, with such fine wine, it is simply not too perfect.
Soon the singer began to play, her hands constantly pressing the strings and pulling the melody beautifully. The sound of the piano was sometimes as strong and powerful as a galloping horse, and sometimes as comfortable as a small bridge and flowing water, and everyone was intoxicated by the beautiful sound of the piano.
The Qinglou, which was quite noisy just now, was quiet at the moment when the piano sounded, and everyone couldn't take their eyes off the beauty of the singer and appreciate the beautiful repertoire brought by the sound of the piano, and the sound of the piano surrounded the entire Qinglou and surrounded everyone's ears.
Soon the singer stopped playing the strings, and the performance ended, and the singer stood up and bent down in salute, and then withdrew from the stage.
Everyone came back to their senses from the intoxication of the sound of the piano and applauded one after another to express their appreciation.
But the next performance was not as good-looking and good-sounding as the singer, so I felt bored and boring, and they all chose to leave the Qinglou.
Chu Jinjing stood up and found a maid and asked.
"Trusted!"
"Come with me!"
The maid took Chu Jinjing to a guest room, and the maid reached out and asked for the fee.
Chu Jinjing also understood that he threw a bag of money to the maid, and if he had a trust, of course he had to be paid.
"You wait here first, and when the people of the Shadow Stream are waiting, they will come here to trade with you!"
Chu Jinjing also hugged his fists to express his gratitude.
"Then trouble the girl!"
The maid walked out of the room and closed the door, then entered another room, and when she came out, she was already a shadow killer in a black cloak.
The maid did not go to the front door, but walked through the back door that no one knew, and soon the maid jumped up, came to the eaves and ran quickly, the maid's whereabouts were very mysterious, but they were still followed, the maid also noticed that someone was following him below, and inadvertently two silver needles flew out of the maid's hands, and the two stalkers did not react, they were pierced by the silver needles in the throat and fell to the ground convulsions, spitting out white foam.
The people walking on the street didn't know what the situation was, and the two of them suddenly fell, and some people ran over to check, and even some people who practiced medicine trotted to the two and squatted down to help them check their pulses, but soon the people who practiced medicine showed bitterness on their faces, sighed, shook their heads, and got up and left here.
It is not that the person who practices medicine does not want to save, but that he is powerless.
The maid ran quickly on the eaves, and soon came to the door of Lingqin Tower, first observed whether there was anyone following around, and then walked in, which was full of all kinds of people.
The maid found a place to sit down, and many people noticed the maid's dress, knowing that it was a shadow streamer, but they just glanced at it curiously, and then they didn't pay much attention to it.
The maid was also for the sake of insurance, and she was afraid that there would be people from the government here, so she could only call a shopkeeper.
"Little Er, let's have a pot of peach blossom stuffing."
The shopkeeper came to the maid with the wine, put the wine down, and the maid quietly stuffed the note in her hand to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper carefully took the note, and then left here, and then observed whether there was anyone around looking here, and found that no, the shopkeeper also walked cautiously towards the stairs, and finally ran quickly to a guest room on the top floor, and knocked lightly on the door.
Cai Lingling's voice was also heard inside.
"Come in!"
Shopkeeper pushed open the door and walked in, Cai Lingling was sitting in the position drinking a cup of wine, Shopkeeper knelt on the ground with one foot, put his fist on his left chest, lowered his head, and said respectfully.
"Young master, there's a letter from Qinglou!"
"Take it!"
The shopkeeper stood up, walked to Cai Lingling and handed out the note in his hand, Cai Lingling took the note, and then waved her hand.
The shopkeeper walked out, then closed the door and continued to go back to the first floor to do his job.
Cai Lingling opened the note and looked at it, then tore the note into shreds and put it in a box, then got up and opened the wardrobe and took out the red cloak to change it into, and then took out the glass bottle containing the cyan saff from the drawer, and then opened the cap, and the cyan stalk quickly ran out of the glass bottle, but was quickly pinched by Cai Lingling.
Then he took out a very small glass bottle from his pocket and contained white liquid, a drop of white liquid dripped into the body of the cyan stinging insect, the cyan stinging insect quickly struggled in pain in Cai Lingling's hand, and the cyan liquid was still spitting in his mouth, and after a while, the cyan stinging insect was slowly corrupted, and even the gloves on Cai Lingling's hands were melted away, Cai Lingling took off the gloves, put on a pair of gloves, put the transparent liquid in her pocket, and then came to the corner to pick up the Shadow Sword, which was also the third time Cai Lingling held the Shadow Sword.
Then he walked out of the guest room and knocked on another guest room, Qin Min also pushed the door open, and found that it was the host, so he hurriedly saluted.
"Young master!"
Cai Lingling helped Qin Min up and said.
"Let's go to the Qinglou! Someone there is looking for us to trade! ”
"Yes!"
Qin Min also noticed the Shadow Sword in Cai Lingling's hand, I don't know why Cai Lingling took out this sword today, she had questions but didn't dare to ask more, walked to the closet, changed into a black cloak, walked to the window, jumped out, and galloped on the eaves.
Cai Lingling also jumped to the window, also ran quickly on the eaves, and then jumped into an alley, and soon disappeared from view.
After taking a sip of wine, she got up and picked up the wine jug, walked out, and quickly shuttled through the crowd, although she was running, she would enjoy the wine from time to time.
Xiao Zeran rode into the capital on horseback and rode quickly on the streets of the capital, ignoring pedestrians and not slowing down at all.
But he soon stopped, and there were more than a dozen guards with knives standing in front of him, and one of the guards who took the lead snorted coldly.
"Xiao Zeran, you turned your back on the imperial court, the reason why the prime minister did not choose to arrest you is because you have won many military exploits, and the prime minister chose to expel you from the capital, but why do you come back obsessively! Isn't this embarrassing to the prime minister? ”
The other guard is not good at breathing.
"Don't think that just because you've joined the Shadow Stream, we won't dare touch you! If you're interested, go back to where you belong now! Unnecessary troubles can also be avoided between us! ”
Xiao Zeran looked at them like a clown, and finally said with a displeased face.
"The weak are not qualified to speak to the strong, you are only worthy of being the soul of my sword."
The leading guard sneered.
"Who is weak is not decided by mouth, but by strength! If you insist on moving forward, then don't blame us for being polite! ”
Xiao Zeran jumped off the horse, his cold and arrogant eyes seemed to be out of focus, and his dark eyes were full of anger.
"When I was fighting on the battlefield, you were still in your mother's womb and were not born? There are more souls under my sword than anyone you've ever seen! Might as well be a few more of you! ”
After Xiao Zeran finished speaking, he pulled out his big knife and rushed towards the guards, who pulled out their knives from their waists one by one and fought with Xiao Zeran.
Xiao Zeran held the big knife in his hand, full of strength, and slashed away, the knives of several guards broke one after another, and their necks were cut, and between the swords and shadows, all the guards fell to the ground one after another, leaving only one leading guard who was kicked to the ground by Xiao Zeran and was still struggling on the ground.
Xiao Zeran jumped up and slashed at the leading guards with a big knife.
Suddenly, Cai Lingling jumped down from the eaves, clamped Xiao Zeran's big knife with two fingers, and then let go.
Xiao Zeran saw that it was Cai Lingling, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee to salute, and said respectfully.
"Young master!"
Xiao Jingrui was also wearing a black cloak, jumping down from the eaves, looking at the guards in front of him who were already frightened and overwhelmed, Xiao Jingrui's deep voice did not rise and fall at all, and his cold eyes did not feel any warmth at all.
"Don't get out of here!"
The guards hurriedly got up, and without a little delay, they ran away.
Cai Lingling helped Xiao Zeran up.
Xiao Zeran didn't understand very much, so he asked.
"Young master, why did you let him go!"
Cai Lingling patted Xiao Zeran on the shoulder and said.
"You have already attracted the attention of the prime minister when you came to the capital, you still have to give the prime minister a little thin face in the capital, if the prime minister insists on moving you, then I will also use all the manpower of the shadow stream to protect you!"
Xiao Zeran also showed a sincere smile, although Xiao Zeran was vicious, ruthless, and ruthless, but that was just for outsiders.
"Let's go in and talk!"
Cai Lingling walked towards the small teahouse, Xiao Zeran and Xiao Jingrui followed behind, and Cai Lingling walked up to the second floor to find a vacant seat and sit down.
Xiao Zeran saw that there were too many people here, and he also roared angrily.
"Everyone, get out of here!"
Everyone didn't think so at first, but after seeing the costumes of a few people, they also ran to the first floor, stumbling without a little hesitation.
Xiao Zeran sat opposite Cai Lingling, looked at the Shadow Sword placed on the table, and asked in surprise.
"Young Master, what deal did you take this time, and why did you bring out the Shadow Sword."
Cai Lingling stroked the Shadow Sword with her hand and said meaningfully.
"There is a person entrusted to me to help go to the bandit city to rescue his wife, although he does not give much money, but his wife is kidnapped by the bandits, she will definitely be insulted, we all know what kind of bandit is to be classified! So I'm going to take the Shadow Sword and break into the bandit city to save people! ”