Seven hundred years ago, the towering Great Qin, which had stood for an unknown number of years, collapsed and fell apart. Heroes from all walks of life have raised troops, wanting to win a place in the troubled times and compete for the royal luck.

So the world was divided into pieces after pieces, the nine countries divided the land, supported the army and respected themselves, dominated one side, and opened the curtain of the Spring and Autumn War.

The truth of the war is very simple, it is nothing more than that the big fish eat the small fish, and the small fish eat the shrimp, and the so-called "big fish" is not only called "big fish" because of its size, but also wisdom and strategy are also important factors in whether or not more small fish can be eaten.

Three hundred years ago, the world was set and the three kingdoms stood side by side.

Daqing, Dachu, Dasui.

Qingguo is such a seemingly small but very intelligent "big fish".

At that time, the person who served as the staff and adviser of the Qing army was called Fan Yuanchuan, known as Mr. Changling, and helped the Qing army, which was not strong at that time, to win more with less and save the day.

In the Spring and Autumn Dingding War, he won the land of five of the nine countries for Daqing, which shocked the world and was named the prime minister of Qingguo by Emperor Qing.

But after Daqing gradually settled down and began to recuperate with the people, this miraculous Mr. Changling suddenly disappeared and never appeared in people's field of vision again.

Some people say that Emperor Gaozuwu was a cunning rabbit and a dead lackey, and he unloaded the mill and killed the donkey. Some people also say that Mr. Changling is tired of swords and halberds and has retired to the mountains. Some people also say that our prime minister leaked the heavenly secrets again and again in the Spring and Autumn War, and now he has attracted the backlash of the Heavenly Dao, and his death has disappeared.

Accounts differ and opinions vary.

Who can know the truth of the matter?

Maybe it has already drifted to an unknown place with the water of the long river of time.

Now that it has become a topic of conversation at people's wine tables, there are always people who remember this Confucian who took the lead for Zhao Qingjiang.

……

In the restaurant.

"I remember you didn't like to drink." Xu Qing asked with a smile.

"How many years ago?"

Wearing a robe, the charcoal seller who had already taken off the snow hat glared at Xu Qing with a helpless expression.

Xu Qing was silent.

It's been twenty-five years since I last said goodbye......

"Xu Qing, I'm going out."

"Where are you going?"

"I don't know."

"What are you going out for?"

"Find the kendo that Lao Chen said."

"Do you know what kendo is?"

"I don't know, but Lao Chen said that as long as you find the way of the sword, you will be a great sword immortal."

“……”

Xu Qing seemed to see the young man at the time of separation again in a trance, and he was very different from the charcoal seller in front of him.

Xu Qing picked up a jar of wine and poured a bowl for the charcoal seller.

"After so many years, I have been to many places, I have seen a lot of scenery that I have not been able to see before, and I have gradually fallen in love with the taste of this rice wine, I don't know if you are used to drinking it."

The charcoal seller picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp, but after drinking, he was slightly stunned, and then shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"After so many years, I didn't expect you to still press me, Confucianism or kendo?"

"A Confucian who understands the way of the sword." Xu Qing replied with a smile.

The charcoal seller was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xu Qing with a complicated face, and said, "You still took this road, so how should you live with the question of the seventh realm?" The sword is a killing soldier, and the sword cultivation has a killing intent, which is contrary to the approachability of Confucianism and Taoism. ”

Xu Qing smiled: "It's still early, you think you're all like you, twenty-five years, breaking through three realms in a row, it's like drinking water." ”

The charcoal seller laughed, poured another bowl of wine, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Over the years, I have traveled a lot of places, the ruins of the Six Kingdoms, and when I went to Shu to observe the Rolling Dragon Wall left by the sword god, I was pulled into the spiritual realm of the sword god and saw the sword god's sword training path.

At the age of seventeen, he broke into the fifth realm, at the age of twenty he was in the seventh realm, at the age of thirty-five he was in the ninth realm, and at the age of fifty, he had already ascended the building......

At that moment, I suddenly felt so pale in the face of talent, and just as I was about to break my sword heart, one pressed on my shoulder and pulled me out of the illusion.

It was a very sloppy old man, and he asked me, 'If you can't read swordsmanship, do you want to give up the sword?' Then he grabbed my sword and threw it back into its scabbard.

Do you know what he told me? He asked me if I knew that the sword god was defeated by the sword of a person, a person with extremely ordinary talent, and that person could shatter the sword heart of the sword god with just one sword......"

Xu Qing was also surprised by this story, and his mouth widened, a generation of sword gods was picked up by a person with extremely ordinary talent to break the sword heart with one sword? When the sword god ascended the building, what was the first realm of that talent? The Sixth Realm? The Seventh Realm?

Xu Qingyi lowered his head, saw Song Qiyun's sword, and asked, "Your sword?" ”

"I went to the Taiping Sword Shrine to borrow it." Song Qiyun said calmly.

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows, with a strange expression on his face.

"Tell me, what are you going to do in the capital? The news of Da Chu's meticulous work was released by you. ”

"I want to see Emperor Qing." Song Qiyun said lightly.

"This is the capital, and there are even monks who climb the tower, what do you take to see Emperor Qing? Besides, what can you do if you see it? ”

"I want to ask Emperor Qing for an explanation for Lao Chen. As for how you meet him, you don't care, as long as you don't get in my way. ”

"Just for an explanation?"

"Just for an explanation."

"Master has been gone for sixty years, haven't you let go yet?"

"You put it down?"

"Nope."

Xu Qing looked at Song Qiyun, and only after a long time did he sigh and say, "I'll go with you." ”

Song Qiyun grinned, "Okay." ”

The moon is bright and clean, and the stars fall on the white snow like a quilt, which is cold and moving.

The long night was coming to an end, the east was white, and a glimmer of light appeared in the sky.

……

……

Deep in the palace.

The Imperial Study.

A man in a golden robe sits in front of the desk, and a five-clawed golden dragon with teeth and claws embroidered on the golden robe.

He tapped his fingers lightly on the bookcase, and muttered to himself: "Chen Qingshan, Chen Qingshan, you have left me a mess, you two good apprentices are going to come to force Gong Zhen." ”

The man waved back slightly, and a black shadow suddenly appeared.

"Let Lu Li come to the imperial study."

"Yes."

The shadow receded, as if it were darkness itself, blending into the night.

The man stood up, walked to the window, and looked out the window at the snow-covered mountains and rivers.

A tree of silver flowers is not swaying, and the years have filled the mirror with snow.

"In spring, summer, autumn and winter, the leaves can grow green. Birth, old age, sickness and death, people do not live forever. I'm old, but the country is still thriving. ”

If the spring breeze is merciful, can I be allowed to be young again?

The emperor watched the sky light up slightly, and the mountains and rivers became even colder, and then closed the window.

……

……

Shushan.

A young Taoist priest in Tsing Yi was sweeping the snow in front of the Taoist temple.

There is a pine tree in front of the left side of the Taoist temple, and I heard the elders in the mountain say that this tree has been in Shu Mountain since the opening of the mountain, and it is spiritual. At this time, the pine trees are also covered with layers of snow, like pine clouds hanging on the trees.

The little Taoist priest held a broom and tirelessly swept the snow, as if he was doing something very meaningful.

Suddenly, an old Taoist with a white beard fell in front of the little Taoist.

The little Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, and then saluted: "Master." ”

The old Taoist looked at the little Taoist priest and said, "You want to go down the mountain?" ”

"Senior Brother Chen told me before coming down the mountain, let me go down the mountain today and go to Daqing Capital to wait for the two teenagers."

The old Taoist was stunned and said with emotion: "If Senior Brother Chen dies, will you be sad?" ”

The little Taoist priest said without thinking: "No." ”

"Because I believe he's alive."

On this day, the two "teenagers" in the capital drank together, each with their own thoughts.

On this day, a little Taoist priest in Tsing Yi walked down from Shu Mountain, ascended to a realm in ten steps, and had already climbed the tower at the foot of the mountain.