Late at night, Zhangfu, the lights are on.

There was a knock on Zhang Shu's door, and Zhang Shu, who hadn't slept too deeply, got up and asked, "Who?" ”

I heard a voice from the door: "The old man has arrived." ”

Zhang Shu hurriedly stepped forward to open the door, and saw that the person in front of him was wearing a hat on his head, and he said in a loud voice: "The starry night is also a journey, I really don't want to go, I will arrange someone to take you down to rest, and other matters will be discussed tomorrow." ”

But the man said, "You can't wait until tomorrow, but if you wait until tomorrow, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

Zhang Shu led this person to the study and said, "It's just a tiring journey, let's fix it first." ”

"It's okay, life is too short to just rest." The man was still resolute.

Zhang Shu knew this person's character very well, and did not insist on persuasion anymore, so he said: "I know that I can't resist you, and the people on the second and second floors should start to investigate the place where my Zhang family hides iron ore tonight, so it will be tiring." ”

The man listened to Zhang Shu's words, drank a cup of tea, and then went out and flew into the night, leaving only a white back, and disappeared in an instant, as if this person had never appeared at all.

The people on the second and second floors surveyed the Zhang family's property and the warehouse where the goods were stored one after another throughout the city, not realizing that danger was coming.

However, the people on the second and second floors still had two brushes after all, and after some investigation, they locked their eyes on the stone factory in the west of the city, thinking that the Zhang family was the only place where they could hide so much iron ore.

So one of the leaders recalled the people who were investigating everywhere, and after converging, they were about to rush towards the stone factory in the west of the city.

On the long street, a group of people walked in a hurry, and the cold light of the swords in their hands flashed brightly on the walls of the street from time to time.

Just when the group thought that they were about to discover the secret of the Zhang family and speed up, a person fell from the sky, slowly fell in front of everyone, blocked the way, but did not speak, wearing a hat and standing with his back, faintly seeing that he should be holding a long knife on his chest.

The people on the second and second floors were stunned for a moment, and after seeing clearly that there was only one person on the other side, they began to be arrogant again.

"Fuck you! Don't have long eyes? Don't you see the people on the second and second floors doing errands? Don't retreat quickly, so as not to lose your life. "The one who spoke was the killer on the second and second floors headed by him, Jia Shu, who was known as the 'sword in his sleeve' by the people in the rivers and lakes, and the few people behind him were all masters of the climate in the rivers and lakes.

After Jia Shu finished speaking, seeing that the man was still silent, his heart began to grow a little, and he didn't dare to rush forward, so he turned around and shouted to the 'killer' behind him: "Zhuang Tong, you go!" ”

When Zhuang Tong heard this, he stepped forward and shouted at the man: "Who is your kid, report your name, and the gong in your grandfather's hand will not kill the nameless." ”

After Zhuang Tong finished speaking, the man still didn't move.

Zhuang Tong felt that he had been insulted, thinking that his name as a "killer weapon" was also somewhat famous in the rivers and lakes, and his one-handed method was already superb, and ordinary masters did not dare to ignore their existence, but they didn't expect that person to take himself seriously, so he was furious and killed that person.

Zhuang Tong came behind the man, the man suddenly turned around, and a look from the gently whisked hat tulle frightened Zhuang Tong, Zhuang Tong stopped in time, did not step forward again, only felt that the eyes were extremely cold, staring at himself like a god of death, it was really terrifying.

Jia Shu saw Zhuang Tong stop suddenly, and shouted at Zhuang Tong: "Zhuang Tong, what are you kid doing?" Take out your killer style, fight quickly, and don't delay the business. ”

When Zhuang Tong heard Jia Shu's shout, he settled down and rushed straight up, seeing that he was about to reach that person, thinking that this person was just bluffing and not worth mentioning.

Just when Zhuang Tong thought that he was holding a handful of garlic, the man didn't know when he pulled out the knife, it should be said that he pulled out the knife at lightning speed, held the handle of the knife with both hands, and slashed out diagonally towards Zhuang Tong, a knife flashed out in a flash, and the bright light was surrounded by a vain wind, which approached Zhuang Tong directly, Zhuang Tong hurriedly blocked with a mace, but he still underestimated this domineering knife intent, and the mace in his hand was broken into two, Zhuang Tong only felt that a hot current hit his neck, and there was no pain at all, and he reached out to touch his own blood. When I looked at the man again, I saw that the man had already put away his sword and stood in front of him, not moving at all, and was staring at a dead man.

Zhuang Tong then fell to the ground and died on the long street.

Before Jia Shu and the others could see what was happening, they saw Zhuang Tong lying on the ground and lost his life, and then looked at the person, except for turning around, he didn't seem to have moved at all.

Someone behind him said: "This is a trick, how can a dignified killer not even have a chance to make a move, impossible, I'm afraid it's not Zhuang Tong, this kid is teasing us." So he shouted a few times at Zhuang Tong's corpse, and when he saw that there was no movement, he knew that something was wrong.

When everyone was surprised, the man said: "Don't waste time, every inch of time is an inch of gold, and it is difficult to buy an inch of time, let's go together." ”

I think this sentence should be the last piece of advice that these killers on the second and second floors heard in this world.

Jia Shu and the other twelve people looked at the person in front of them, their eyes were full of murderous intent, and they showed their weapons and rushed forward to fight with that person.

The man was still calm and calm, drawing his sword to deal with it, and for a while, the sword light and sword shadow scattered in the narrow street, and the dust was everywhere, and every sword light must have heard a miserable scream, which was in response to the joke of a child with a knife.

After a short and tragic battle, all the people on the second and second floors were annihilated, and thirteen corpses lay quietly on the cold long street. Then he disappeared into the night of the long street.

On the second and second floors, Yan Zefa and Yan Erliang waited until midnight, and they didn't see Jia Shu and the others who were sent out return for a long time, and they had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

Yan Zefa said to Yan Erliang at this time: "Why haven't you come back yet?" Could something be wrong? ”

Yan Erliang said calmly: "No, this time it is the elite killers on the second and second floors who are sent out, led by the sword Jia Shu and the killer Zhuang Tong, who have been famous in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and the eleven people behind them should not be underestimated, and the little Oro Tomb should not be able to stop them." ”

"That's fine." Yan Zefa's hanging heart finally let go a little.

Yan Erliang looked at the tired Yan Zefa, and said with concern: "Father, it's not early now, you can go down and rest for a while, I'll guard here." ”

Yan Zefa was already exhausted, and when he heard Yan Erliang's words, he no longer insisted on waiting, so he went down to rest.

The day was about to dawn, and the thirteen killers had not yet returned. Yan Erliang couldn't sit still after all, and she immediately called the four servant girls after not closing her eyes all night, and ordered the four of them to go out to check what happened.

Just as the four of them were about to go out, they suddenly heard someone on the street outside shouting: "Murder! Killed! A lot of people died on the street ahead! ”

When Yan Erliang and the four servant girls heard this, they realized that something was wrong, Yan Erliang didn't have time to think about it, and personally took the four servant girls to the long street.

When I arrived at the long street, I was already surrounded by people, all talking about the tragic situation in front of me.

The four servant girls opened a way out of the crowd, Yan Erliang walked up, looked at the corpse on the ground, the whole person was numb, and it was the corpse of Jia Shu and others lying on the ground.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, there was only one wound on everyone's body, all of which were fatal by a single blow, and the wound looked like a knife wound, and each wound still faintly exuded a cold charm.

Qin Yin, one of the four servants, said: "The landlord, it seems that they all died under an extremely profound and terrifying knife technique, and it seems that someone deliberately blocked me on the second and second floors." ”

Yan Erliang didn't speak, took another look at the corpses and turned to leave.

Back on the second and second floors, Yan Zefa also got up, and was waiting for Yan Erliang at the door, when he saw Yan Erliang coming with a deep face, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

Yan Erliang shook his head and said: "It seems that the Zhang family is still underestimated, and the people sent out are gone, it seems that the Zhang family must have found some hidden master to act in secret, otherwise it will ......"

When Yan Zefa heard this, his face was surprised, and he really couldn't think of any other masters in this Erling City.

At this time, Se Yu said to Yan Erliang on the side: "Could it be Li Chouxin, he killed Gang with a knife before, if you want to talk about a master, he will also count." ”

Yan Erliang shook his head, "Impossible, although Li Chouxin's swordsmanship is transcendent, but the true swordsmanship left last night, this kind of swordsmanship cannot achieve such attainments without the precipitation of time, it will not be Li Chouxin." ”

Yan Zefa sensed the seriousness of the matter, ran to Hu Jin's mansion early in the morning, and told Hu Jin what was happening on the street.

Hu Jin said angrily: "It seems that this Zhang family is determined to get along with us, it seems that it's time to make some moves." ”

The two began to discuss in the hall.

Zhangfu, everything is calm.

However, today Zhang Rao got up unusually early and changed his previous style.

Zhang Rao listened to the story of Changjie and found Zhang Shu.

"Father, have you heard about last night?" After Zhang Rao asked Zhang Shu, he found the person standing next to Zhang Shu.

I saw that the man was dressed in white, with a slender figure, looking a little lean, his face was covered with vicissitudes, some stubble of different lengths had been connecting from one side of his earlobe from bottom to top to the other, holding a long knife on his chest, and the whole person looked listless and in his forties.

Zhang Shu smiled and said, "How can you not know, everything is under the control of my father." After saying that, he turned his head to look at the man behind him.

"Father, who is this?" Zhang Rao asked curiously.

Zhang Shu began to introduce solemnly: "This is the 'story of time' that has been hidden in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and the time is a knifeman, but it is said that it is hidden in the rivers and lakes, but it has always been in contact with the father, and this time it is also the father who makes the time reappear in the rivers and lakes in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Last night, thirteen masters on the second and second floors died, and the long street was done by time. ”

"What is the story of time? It's strange, the child has never heard of it. Zhang Rao looked at the time with a curious expression.

At this time, an inch of time rarely opened his mouth: "This is a sad story, anyone who has seen the time is no longer alive, in the view of time, an inch of knife is an inch of time, and an inch of time is a human life, people are often accustomed to letting time flow, but they don't know that with the flow of time there is life, only when you really face death, you know the preciousness of time." ”

Zhang Rao was confused after hearing this, and said: "Strange man, what a strange person. ”

Zhang Shu said: "Bastard, don't be rude to Mr. Time. ”

But he said: "It's okay, the son's temperament is straightforward, and he is in line with his temperament." ”

Zhang Shu said: "I'm afraid that these days the Oro Tomb will not be peaceful, and I will be tired of Mr. Time." ”

Then he said to Zhang Rao: "From today onwards, Mr. Time will follow you, and you must listen to Mr. Time in everything, otherwise it will be too late if something happens." ”

Zhang Rao looked at the time and said, "Got it, father." ”

So Zhang Rao left with an inch of time.

On the way back to his room, Zhang Rao couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Time, what is the story of Time?" What you just said should be just literal, right? Is there an unforgettable past in it? ”

Inch time suddenly closed his eyes, stunned for a moment, and said: "Childe is really keen and intelligent, that's right, there is indeed a past, otherwise there will be no story of time." ”

"Then let's not go on, let's hear it." Zhang Rao continued to ask.

Inch time said: "Don't mention the past, if there is a fate in the future, the son will know." ”

Zhang Rao thought that he would not refuse, but he didn't expect to be cold.

Zhang Rao didn't continue to ask, went back to the room and took some silver taels and was about to go out, so he said to Cun Guangyin: "Mr. Guangyin, I will take you to meet someone today, this person is a master of swordsmanship, and it is estimated that he will fight with you." ”

Inch time was curious, but he didn't ask, and followed Zhang Rao to Sanmiaotang.

When he arrived at Sanmiaotang, Zhang Rao saw from afar that Li Chouxin and Ziyun and Zhu Yan in the store were already open to do business, so he walked straight towards Sanmiaotang.

The man who followed behind was puzzled, thinking that some swordsman would settle down in the pharmacy, but he still followed.

"Brother Sorrowful, my brother has come to see you! Don't hurry up yet! Zhang Rao shouted loudly before he reached the door.

Li Chouxin looked out of the door, saw that it was Zhang Rao, and said: "What is there to welcome, Zhang Dashao will come in by himself, and he will help you heal if you are sick." ”

Ziyun and Zhu Yan on the side heard this and secretly laughed a few times.

Zhang Rao said: "It's really ruthless, I actually hope that I will send you silver when I am sick, right?" ”

Li Chouxin's words changed: "What's the matter, Zhang Shao?" Seeing that you are in high spirits early in the morning, is there anything good? ”

Zhang Rao said: "Don't pretend to be confused, Brother Sorrowful, Brother Sorrowful must already know about last night's events." ”

Li Chouxin smiled and acquiesced.

Zhang Rao continued: "Brother Sorrowful, if it weren't for your previous help, my Zhang family wouldn't have a way to deal with it so quickly, and I have to thank you!" But today I'm going to introduce you to a person, no, no, it's to tell you a story - the story of time. ”

After listening to Zhang Rao's words, Li Chouxin looked at the person behind Zhang Rao, from the outside, he was a middle-aged man who had not woken up yet, but Li Chouxin could see from the knife in his arms that this person must not be simple. So he said, "Come in and talk about it." ”

Zhang Rao shook his head and said, "Brother Sorrowful, I don't know if I have time, how about we go to the second and second floors later?" ”

Li Chouxin glanced at Zhang Rao, Zhang Rao was smiling evilly and understood Zhang Rao's intentions, it seemed that he wanted to go to the second and second floors to demonstrate.

"You're too obvious, don't you!" Li Chou said to Zhang Rao.

However, Li Chouxin then said: "It's okay like this, at least let others dare not look down on your Zhang family anymore." But it's still early, why don't you come in and help get started, there was a new batch of herbs yesterday, and it's not too late to go when these herbs are all placed. ”

Zhang Rao ran to help when he heard this, but Cun Guangyun kept standing at the door, leaning on the door frame with a knife, as if he was asleep.

After tossing and turning, it was close to noon, and the two of them simply cleaned up and went to the second and second floors with an inch of time.

When he came to the second and second floors, Qin Yin was taken aback when he saw the three of them, but he still politely invited the three of them in to prepare wine and food.

The three of them began to talk as they drank.

And Qin Yin immediately spread the news that Zhang Rao brought people to the second and second floors to Yan Erliang.

Yan Erliang was angry at first, but then regained his composure: "Go and keep an eye on me and see what they say." ”

Qin Yin heard what he said, so he went down and asked Se Yu to hold the guqin and go to the private room for three people.

Qin Yin Seyu entered the room, Qin Yin stepped forward and said: "The landlord heard that Zhang Shao and the sorrowful son were coming, and specially arranged for Se Yu to come here to play the piano to help you have fun, and I hope that the three of you will not refuse." ”

"Thank you for the kindness of the landlord, then I will be disrespectful." After Zhang Rao said that, Qin Yin retreated, leaving Se Yu to play the piano on the side.

Zhang Rao glanced at Li Chouxin and said, which means that he knows that Yan Erliang called him to spy on me and others, since this is the case, he is not afraid to let them know.

So Zhang Rao began to introduce the time to Li Chouxin.

"Brother Sorrowful, this is what I call the story of time, also known as the time swordsman." Zhang Rao also deliberately amplified his voice to make the Se Yu on the side understand.

Li Chouxin looked at the time and said in surprise: "It turns out that Your Excellency is the story of time, I heard the rumors of Your Excellency in the early years, and it is really a blessing to see it today!" ”

When Zhang Rao heard Li Chouxin's statement, he asked rhetorically, "What? You actually know, so why don't you say it in the morning? ”

Li Chouxin said: "There are many noisy people on the street, and it is not a place to chat. ”

"Since you've heard my name, let's hear it." Not believing that the young man in front of him could know his story, he asked.

"In the early years, I heard that there was no swordsman called Cun Guangyin on the rivers and lakes, only a blacksmith called Cun Guangyin." As soon as Li Chouxin finished saying this, his eyes suddenly shook.

"Go on." Inch time drank a glass of wine and said.

"Legend has it that at that time, there was a young lady from a large family who got acquainted with Cun Guang by chance, and the two began to fall in love, but they were opposed by the woman's family, and finally married the woman to another man, but the man was not right-hearted, and he knew that his woman loved a blacksmith, so he used the woman as a threat, and set up a dead end to make the inch time pay the price." As soon as Li Chouxin finished speaking, he looked at the time again, and saw that the time seemed to be stuck in the past, with tears in his eyes.

"You go on saying, what's the end?" Zhang Rao urged.

The man hung his wife on the edge of the cliff, tied one end to a stone, and put a rope near the stone into a box, and coated the rope in the box with gravy, and put in the box two rats that had been hungry for many days, and let the rats eat the rope. On the one hand, let people pass the word to the mountain for an inch of time, if they came from the bottom of the mountain, the rope was not broken, and the two of them would be fulfilled. ”

"This guy is really bad." Zhang Rao on the side actually began to complain.

And after knowing the time, he rushed to the mountain desperately, and was pestered and teased by the men arranged by the man along the way, but when he finally reached the top of the mountain, the rope was not broken after all, and he walked to the rope, but the rope was suddenly broken, and he couldn't react, so he watched his beloved fall off the cliff. And the people next to him kept laughing at Cun Time, Cun Guang knew that he couldn't fight them at the moment, and he was humiliated and grieved, and he also flew into the cliff, but fortunately Cun Guang didn't die, and his lover was dying aside, Cun Guang was very sad, holding the corpse in pain, but still decided to bury it. Li Chouxin said this, and then looked at the inch time, and the inch time seemed to be experienced again, crying while drinking, and said: "I blame myself for being too slow." ”

"That's it?" Zhang Rao asked.

"And when I was digging a pit and burying it, I inadvertently dug up a Xuantie treasure knife, as well as knife skills, and practiced hard under the cliff after burying my lover, vowing to avenge my lover."

"No, it's just the speculation of people outside, I just dug up the knife at that time, and I didn't have any bullshit knife technique, and I realized the knife technique myself." The time was interrupted suddenly.

Li Chouxin continued: "A year later, after practicing the time knife technique, he said goodbye to the dead, finally got out of the bottom of the cliff, and went straight to the family for crazy revenge, so there was the "Beijing Suburb Forty-Seven Door Killing Case" that shocked the world at that time, none of the forty-seven families were spared, a total of forty-seven knives, appalling, but I don't know who the murderer is, and it has become an unsolved case until now. Later, there was a rumor in the rivers and lakes, and there was the saying of the time swordsman. Li Chouxin drank a glass of wine after speaking.

"I prefer the story of time to the time swordsman, because the story always makes people nostalgic and warned, an inch of time is an inch of gold, and it is difficult to buy an inch of time."

Zhang Rao listened to the whole story, and immediately admired the inch of time in front of him, and he wanted to toast when he picked up the wine.

And Li Chouxin also said: "I'm sorry, I mentioned the past of Brother Tai again." ”

"That's it, it's just the past." Inch time said.

After listening to the words, he knew that this person was the swordsman who killed last night, so he went out to tell Yan Erliang everything on the grounds that he had finished playing.

The three of them drank to their heart's content in the room.

Zhang Rao asked again: "How did the Time Swordsman come about?" ”

Inch time no longer hidden, said: "After killing people, I will go to the rivers and lakes and become a bounty killer, but my rule is that every inch of time is an inch of gold, and it is difficult to buy an inch of time, that is, if you kill a person, you will pay a gold, and it is difficult to buy time because I have my own principles, and people who should not be killed cannot buy an inch of my time even if they give a high remuneration." This is the origin of the real time swordsman. ”

After Li Chouxin and Zhang Rao listened, they drank another cup with Cun Guangyun.

Inch time continued to sigh: "It's just that everything is like smoke, after all, it can't beat time, it's better to say that it is an inch of time and an inch of heart, and it is difficult to buy an inch of time." He let out a long sigh.

And Yan Erliang knew about the time and said: "This is a bit difficult, no one has a way to deal with the time, after all, the people who have seen the time knife method are dead, and now I just hope that Li Chouxin will not become a member of the Zhang family." ”

After Yan Erliang finished speaking, he still decided to find a time to win over Li Chouxin, maybe only Li Chouxin was the opponent of the time.