Pei Ye walked out of the branch street where the martial arts hall was located, but he was slightly surprised when he came to the street. I saw that the eaves on both sides of the street were full of people, talking with their arms crossed, and their eyes glancing up the street from time to time.

On the street, many children are jumping and playing.

Although it is a plain, Bowangzhou City is actually a little sloped, about from south to north, gradually lowering, the nine-story moon catching building seen before is in the south, and the inn where Pei Ye lives has to go north.

Pei Ye followed people's gazes and glanced south a few times, not understanding what they were waiting for. If he was in a relaxed and energetic mood, he would be more or less curious, but now that he has practiced for a day, his heart is still filled with two cicada swords, and he doesn't care, so he goes to the street and goes north.

However, after walking a few steps, he heard the "da-da" gallop behind him, Pei Li turned around, and the children were already running to get out of the way, only to see that in the middle of the street, a blue-clothed knight was holding a blue flag, shouting and galloping over.

"Wash the streets at three o'clock, people and animals avoid, and the canals are unblocked! Wash the streets at three o'clock, people and animals avoid, and the canals are unblocked! ”

Whistling past Pei Li, he continued to run towards the northern city.

It was already two o'clock when Pei Ye came out of the martial arts hall, and when he saw this formation, he simply stopped and found a vacant seat under the eaves to settle down.

After a while, the sound of hooves came again, this time it was a black-clothed knight holding a large black flag, galloping more quickly, and his voice was louder, obviously full of real energy.

"It's time! People and animals avoid, the canal is unblocked! It's time! People and animals avoid, the canal is unblocked! ”

"The water messenger is coming." The people talking next to Pei Li stopped talking and looked down the street together.

Pei Ye followed their gaze and saw a strange scene—just behind the black rider, the street seemed to be covered with a transparent layer, and the street in the distance was already a little sparkling and distorted.

Water.

Rushing down the street from south to north, the children were already rushing into the street impatiently, and the adults laughed and did not stop.

It had been raining for a day, and it was not far from the water release, so the water was still very clear despite the first wave of the rain. The children greeted them with open arms, and the younger ones were swept to the ground first, and the older children laughed and pulled them up.

It's really exciting, and the streets that you normally walk through turn into a shallow river. Pei Ye tossed his feet, in fact, he was a little nervous, but the tallest child on the street was no more than his chest, and he was surrounded by strangers.

When the water passed in front of him, Pei Ye realized that he had slightly underestimated its momentum, although it looked very slow from a distance, but when it got closer, there was almost a stirring sound.

If the depth is actually no more than half a calf, but it can't hold the width of the street, so the amount of water is really impressive.

No wonder it's called "washing the street", so when it washes down, the dust and waste are indeed cleaned.

The street is low on both sides of the convex, and the torrent rushes through the street, and the water on the east and west sides pours into the deep and wide canal on the side of the street, stirring up patches of waves.

When Pei Ye entered the city on the first day, he found that this canal was bigger than Fenghuai, and he wondered if it was a little too big, but at that time he thought that this was the normal "magnanimity" of the state city, and today he knew that it had this function.

No wonder the streets of the state city are so clean.

Every day in the state city was a long insight, he sighed, and continued to go north along the passage under the eaves.

When I returned to the inn, there had been two waves of washing on the street, and the third wave was already in sight. But there was no one watching on the streets, only a few children standing under the eaves waiting, and they had no intention of going down.

Soon the third wave of water rushed over, and Pei Ye glanced at the black and yellow color and understood-these children had to wait until at least the fifth wave.

In fact, if you want to play, you should go to the street and wait before the first wave, but it was already dark when the street washing began, and the grandmother naturally refused to let them go.

Pei Ye turned around and walked into the inn, the shopkeeper was not in front of the counter this time, but moved large and small sundries in the lobby with Xiao Er, the work was almost finished, both of them were tired and panting, and Xiao Er had to endure one more scolding from the shopkeeper.

After last night, the shopkeeper was especially unkind to him.

Pei Ye went over and put two hands in the hand and helped finish it: "Where did this come from so many things?" ”

"Where? in the canal in front of the door. The shopkeeper leaned on his waist and moved to the counter, "As soon as it rains today, I guess I will wash the street again, and quickly pack up my things out of the drain, sure enough, as expected!" ”

Pei Ye suddenly realized that such a deep and wide space is usually empty, and the people along the street must pile things into it.

Fenghuai does not have this phenomenon, because the Fenghuai canal does not occupy such a large place.

"By the way, little brother, I didn't have time to send those two letters of yours, I'm too busy today, I'll definitely send them to you tomorrow." The shopkeeper gasped, "I really didn't spare time to go out, and you see, I didn't hand in this roster -!" ”

The shopkeeper's arm reached out to the copied register, wanting to show it to Pei Li, but when his arm was heavy and weak after tossing for a day, he suddenly brought down a small bowl of ink that had just been ground next to him, and immediately poured it on the cover of the booklet.

The shopkeeper immediately grabbed a stack of waste paper and wiped it, turned his head and shouted angrily to Xiao Er, who was standing on the side: "Take a rag!" ”

After some rescue, the shopkeeper opened the first two pages and breathed a sigh of relief - only the first few pages were wet, and it would be nice to recopy these pages and replace them.

"The house leak happened to rain overnight" The shopkeeper muttered, and looked up at Pei Li, who was still standing in front of the cabinet, "What's the matter, is there any problem today?" ”

"Yes, shopkeeper. Do you know that Zheng Shou and Xu Gu have any grudges in the Golden Autumn Martial Arts Competition? Pei Li said, "I don't think the people in these two counties seem to deal with each other." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment: "I don't like to pay attention to your kind of martial arts or anything, but."

He thought about it for a moment: "Isn't the relationship between Zheng Shou and Xu Gu bad?" How do I remember last winter, when they all said they were in the same family? ”

"Huh?"

"That's right! I remember correctly. The shopkeeper patted his thigh, "Last winter, all the people in Xu Gu who had lived three lives went to the Longmen class, do you think it must be Zheng Shou's money?" Xu Gu had a woman who was very powerful that year, saying that she was going to win the championship, and the previous awards were all for the revision of the sword, and there was also a set of knives at that time. ”

"Did she win the championship in the end?"

"No, I remember the leader was a man."

"Oh." Pei Ye nodded, thanked the shopkeeper, and went upstairs.

Back in the room, Pei Ye absorbed the dragon's blood to cultivate as usual, and at the same time took out the Cicada Bird Sword again, and read the question again.

The feeling that the latter two styles of the finch department gave him was indeed still not as good as Qing Ming, but he still had to practice to know - before [Qing Ming] made a move, he never thought that its power would be so outstanding.

Nothing was said all night.

On the second day, Pei Ye woke up, and the rain stopped at this time.

He walked up the street that had cleared several levels and came to the martial arts hall as usual. Today's hour is earlier than yesterday, but there is already the sound of swords in the courtyard on the west side, and in the corner of the martial arts field, Zhang Junxue is already leaning against the wall and panting.

Pei Li couldn't help but sigh lightly, every time he talked to Zhang Dingyun, he doubted whether he was really trying too hard, but as soon as he entered the martial arts hall in the morning, he immediately felt his slackness again.

Drawing out the sword, he was still working on the Qingming two styles, and he was more proficient in coming out of the sword after half an hour, but Pei Ye thought that it was still difficult to play in the face of high pressure.

Until breakfast is served, morning classes begin.

More than 20 people sat in turn, no different from the past, only the windows of the three-story building facing the partition wall were all opened, and the squares and black holes were neatly arranged.

"That's what 'Blue Light' is." The female master in the green suit and the sword wrapped up what she had said yesterday.

"Then let's talk a few words about 'Jade Shadow'." The female master looked at the more than 20 pairs of eyes in the audience and smiled, "But there is not much to show for this, because I haven't learned it either." ”

"Biguang" is the name of one type of kingfisher, and "Jade Shadow" is the name of another kingfisher.

Larger, more slender, with sharper claws and more powerful wings, this kingfisher eats not only insect seeds, but can even prey on fish frogs.

Therefore, the "Jade Shadow" is not as light and graceful as the "Blue Light", it is beautiful and dangerous, and it is a more handsome and chic swordsmanship.

"This sword is among the candidates for this generation's martial arts competition, and only the second heir of the mountain gate, Li Yiqing, will make it." The female master smiled, "So you don't have to worry too much, because if you are really unfortunate enough to meet her, it will not matter if you understand this sword or not." ”

The female master pondered for a moment, drew out her sword and said: "Although I haven't learned the true meaning of it, I can do some sword tricks, so I'll show you - who wants to try it on stage?" ”

Pei Ye was just about to move, but Xiao Qiu had already stood up and clenched his fists first.

"Okay, please ask Xiao Shaoxia to come first." The female master smiled quietly.

After the ceremony, Xiao Qiu drew his sword and stepped forward.

Sword move game, neither of them make true qi, Xiao Qiu is still the simplicity of the signature, the long sword suddenly poked out, like a dragon out of the hole, the female master's sleeves were like green clouds, around a wonderful hemisphere, the spirit sword flashed, poked out from under the sleeve, and was already above Xiao Qiu's throat.

Sure enough, it is a beautiful and dangerous sword.

Xiao Qiu was stunned for a moment, and slowly withdrew the sword in his hand.

Hugh said that the pursuit of simplicity and speed can break ten thousand laws, you can figure out the truth, how can the ancient sword writers not understand, there is no doubt that the swordsmanship they designed with all their hearts must be better than your stabbing and swinging.

As for the simplicity after returning to the basics, that is another realm.

Xiao Qiu was impressed and clenched his fists, but in fact, this was not his personal failure, it was the helplessness shared by everyone present - the most wonderful martial arts were only in the hands of the sect and the imperial court.

"If I really fight with Xiao Shaoxia, I may not be able to win." The female master smiled, "Everyone has seen that this sword just now is the first style of the 'Jade Shadow' chapter, and students who are knowledgeable about the sword should be able to clearly feel the difference between it and yesterday's 'Blue Light'." ”

Pei Ye nodded thoughtfully, but suddenly heard a voice behind him: "This trick is not right." ”

These words are actually quite presumptuous, as if they were the opening words of kicking the gym, but the voice is very gentle, harmonious and quiet, and I don't feel offended in my ears.

Pei Ye turned his head, and a girl in green clothes with bright eyes and bright teeth and black hair like paint stood smiling behind the crowd. She had a very good-looking face, a very aura look, and a small piece of strange cyan eye makeup was painted on the corner of her left eye, which stretched out along the trend of the corner of the eye, like the shape of a bird's wing.

At this time, after the autumn morning rain, the air is cold and fresh, and the girl's temperament is consistent with this air.

The female master looked at her, tilted her head and smiled gently: "Then please ask my sister for advice." ”

The girl walked up to the stage from the right, and when she started, Pei Li realized that she had just been holding a sword behind her. Pei Ye sat on the outermost side, this sword passed by the side, the blue sheath copper hoop, the iron-clad finely carved bird-shaped, the workmanship was exquisite and solid.

The most eye-catching thing is the few blue feathers inserted at the swallow mouth, which are simply flowing and fluttering, purple and blue, and stick Pei Ye's gaze all the way to the stage.

The two women, one older and one younger, stood still, and the girl's long sword pointed obliquely: "Please take the lead, senior sister." ”

With such a fast sword, it is naturally the latter who suffers, but the female master did not give in, her figure suddenly floated, and her green sleeves bulged, which was still the same as just now.

The girl stood still, the opponent's sword was already in the blink of an eye, and she had already raised the sword when the opponent drew the sword, and then it fell with a slash, as if the opponent had sent the sword to her sword.

The female master's sword fell to the ground.

"Look." The girl tilted her head and smiled softly at Xiao Qiu, "Even with ordinary swings and stabs, you can win." ”

Xiao Qiu looked at her blankly, speechless, and suddenly lowered his head.

"I'll show you the 'Jade Shadow'." The girl pulled up her sword and smiled softly, "Any friend who wants to come up can try it." ”

There was a commotion and silence in the field.

This swordsmanship gave Pei Ye some subtle feelings, and he was about to raise his hand, but a figure in front of him suddenly covered him - Zhang Junxue actually stood up.

The woman who had been dull suddenly took the initiative at this time, which was beyond Pei Li's expectations, and he sat down and watched the battle.

"I think, plus real anger." Zhang Junxue stood on the stage and said suddenly.

The girl nodded: "Okay, what realm are you?" ”

"Four lives."

"Okay." The girl shook her sword, "Come on." ”

Zhang Junxue made thirty-three moves.

Her sword path has changed a lot from when she first met in the inn, and she still adopts the same way of retracting her strength as she faced Pei Li, putting her own power under the girl, and then using the experience of facing Pei Li's sword art these days to fight with the girl.

When she stepped down when she was finally defeated, the girl's face was surprised, puzzled and admired, but Zhang Junxue's face had an expression that Pei Li had never seen before-relief and satisfaction.

Pei Li's calf was about to stand up, thinking that he must not lag behind this time, but he heard the female master clapping his hands lightly on the stage and said, "That's all for today's morning class, thank you for your enthusiasm." ”

“.”

The girl put away her sword and bowed to everyone in the audience.

Suddenly, someone shouted angrily: "I will always support the Cuiyu Sword Gate!" Miss Li won the championship this year! ”

Pei Ye was almost taken aback, he turned his head with a little smile, but saw that some people were surprised, some agreed, some people turned pale, and some people disagreed.

But there was not a single echo.

Li Yiqing didn't laugh this time, her voice was still gentle, but it was more calm, so she suddenly had a strength: "Okay, Cuiyu Sword Gate. It's always going to be. ”

The girl stepped down with her sword in her hand, and as she passed the students, she gently plucked one of the feathers from the sword grid and handed it to the person who shouted.

Xiao Qiu, who was in front of Pei Li's meeting, shook the hilt of the sword a few times and breathed a few times, but until the girl left, he didn't make a sound, and hung his head in annoyance.

Get up early to send my sister to school, and finish the code in her school cafeteria in a hurry, and then revise it later

(End of chapter)