Yishan, also known as Yiling, and Mengshan side by side, collectively known as Yimeng, stretches for more than 800 miles, lies across the land of Qilu, and reaches the sea in the east. The mountain is not high and dangerous, and there are many pastoral people on the slopes of the mountains, which is really a place to raise people.

When the wax is exhausted, the new spring is about to arrive, and there are few farmers on the ridge in the field, and there are only dead grass and decaying leaves. On an unnamed small peak in the belly of Yishan Mountain, there are two people one in front of the other, looking for the road to the mountain.

The one who walked forward was a middle-aged man, with a long robe and a belt, a calm face, and an introverted essence. He was accompanied by a young man who held a piece of paper money in one hand and a small wine jar in the other.

The mountain road turns around and a forest turns to open up the terrain. Back to the mountain to the sun, there is a big tomb, the soil is high, the tombstone in front of the grave is high and the people are together, and the wind is independent.

The two of them did not burn the paper grave, but looked around, as if it were the first time they had come to the grave. The middle-aged man nodded slightly and said, "It's okay." "Turn around and look at the tombstone.

The structure of the tombstone is very simple, there is no monument, there is no column, only the monument body and monument base. The top and bottom of the whole body are all made of two huge bluestones, the workmanship is exquisite, but it is not carved or carved, and there is no ornament at all. The middle-aged man sighed lightly and said to himself, "Very good." ”

On the front of the stele, there is a line of yin text, the handwriting is nearly half a foot in size, and it is the seven characters of "the tomb of Su Xianbai in the south of the Yangtze River." There is no inscription on the year and month of the monument, and there is no name and surname of the person who erected the monument.

The middle-aged man repeatedly recited the "Tomb of Su Xianbai in Jiangnan" and sighed: "People live for a lifetime, but they are poor. More than ten years ago, Tianqi Sword Su Xianbai's five words, what a famous move the rivers and lakes, I don't know how many people will be able to remember it in the future. Fame and fortune are all illusory, not brought by life, and not brought by death. ”

The young man looked up at the tombstone and said, "Master, don't be sad. It is extremely difficult to be crowned with the word Jiangnan in front of the name. The name of Tianqi Sword is indeed difficult to die with heaven and earth, and it is difficult to ensure that everyone knows it, but in the martial arts, after a thousand years and a hundred years, there will always be people who remember it. Even if no one remembers, he can be as sensational as Su Daxia, and he has no regrets in this life. ”

The middle-aged man said: "Qingliu, if you want to have no regrets in this life, how easy is it." Let's burn paper. ”

The young man laid the paper money and incense in front of the grave, and the middle-aged man lit it with his own hands, and in an instant the white paper turned into black ash, and a gust of wind blew a lot away. The young man patted open the mud seal of the wine jar, poured a porcelain bowl of wine and handed it to both hands, and the middle-aged man took it, raised it with both hands above the top, and then poured it in front of the grave.

After pouring nine bowls in a row, the middle-aged man's eyes were already filled with tears, he put down the porcelain bowl, bowed his clothes, and said: "When Brother Su traveled far away, the younger brother went to sea to kill people, but he really didn't know, and he couldn't cry in front of the spirit. Today is Brother Su's death day, and the younger brother is here. Then he knelt down in front of the grave, prostrated his head again and again, and choked up.

The young man also knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Su Daxia did a lot of good things during his lifetime, and he will definitely be able to return to bliss and ascend to heaven as soon as possible." "I went to persuade the master again.

The middle-aged man gradually calmed down, sat down on a mountain rock, and said: "Qingliu, I should also say something about my affairs to you, and maybe that day, I will also follow the old path of Su Daxia." Over the years, I'm afraid you've heard some of it, right?" The young man said solemnly: "I have indeed heard people talk about it, and there are all kinds of sayings, and it is difficult for disciples to choose between them, so they don't remember it in their hearts. I believe that the master will tell his disciples one day, and if he doesn't say it, the time has not come. ”

The middle-aged man said: "It doesn't matter what the time is, and it's not a big deal." I don't want to say it, it's just that I don't want to say it. ”

The young man said: "Master suddenly mentioned it today, is it about Su Daxia?"

The middle-aged humanitarian: "Fourteen years ago or fifteen years ago, as a teacher, he was still serving your ancestor in the Bixu Palace of Kunlun Mountain, and I heard that there was a young chivalrous man Su Xianbai in the Central Plains. What is even more rare is to act extremely righteously and do what is righteous. Treat people with things but warm and contained, a group of harmony. At that time, he was also young and arrogant, and it was hard to believe that there were such characters in the world, so he regarded them as the praise of ignorant villains. On the other hand, he worked hard again, and he was determined to compete with this Su Xianbai. ”

"Whoever wants to do martial arts, they really can't force it, and the more they try to do it, the slower they will be to enter the country. Your ancestor and his old man have also repeatedly explained, and I have long understood all the truths, but unfortunately I can't do this naturally, and I get angry with myself every day, and I will go crazy when I see it. Then he went down the mountain to wander, patrolling the east and west of the green mountains, the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, looking for people everywhere to fight, in retrospect, it was really a way to die, and it was a pure fluke to be able not to die. ”

The young man laughed: "It seems that what others say is not all false. The middle-aged man said, "What do you say?" The young man was not angry when he saw the master, and replied, "It is said that the master was wild and unruly back then. The middle-aged man said: "I'm afraid there are even more ugly ones." The young man stood up and said, "Back to Master, there is really no more." "Middle-aged humane" Sit down. ”

When the young man sat down, he smiled and said, "Even if they have something to say, they can't say it in front of me." He also said: "No wonder Master Kushui said that Master's Kunlun swordsmanship is much more spicy than the swordsmanship of your uncles, but it is also unrestrained." A good iron branch swordsmanship, which was originally above board, was in the hands of the master, and unconsciously became a little more rogue and pranky. I didn't believe it, but after listening to Master's words, it seems that they are all true, and these changes are due to the fact that I fought too much with others back then. ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Swift and spicy, abandoning flashiness, it was originally a major strength of my Kunlun faction's martial arts, and it is difficult to say that there is no scoundrel or something." This monk didn't go to read the scriptures, but he blindly talked nonsense, and when I saw him this time, I must talk to him well. The young man said: "If you want to ask Master Kushui to read the scriptures, I'm afraid it's very difficult, I haven't seen him read the scriptures yet." ”

The middle-aged man said: "When he reads the Bible, you still play with mud." Qingliu, you must know that it is not possible to rely on death force, but it is difficult to achieve things without death force, and it is impossible to achieve things without relying on intelligence. The young man said, "The disciple remembers the Master's teachings. ”

The middle-aged man said slowly: "One day I suddenly got tired of making trouble, and I understood a lot in my heart, so I turned back to Bixuguan to ask your ancestor for sin, and then entered the grotto to think about it behind closed doors. I didn't understand much of the mistakes, but there was a lot of progress in martial arts, and there were many difficulties, which I couldn't figure out after thinking hard in the past, but I understood them in the dining and dressing room. Many sword techniques were thought to have been thoroughly understood, and they have also re-comprehended many truths, which can be said to be clear from the clouds. That joy is really indescribable, it is a threshold for the teacher's life. ”

The young man said: "The disciple is fortunate to be able to follow the Master and listen to the Master's teachings, and this joy can be felt from time to time. The middle-aged man said: "That's what you realized by yourself, not what I taught, can I be stronger than your master?" The young man hurriedly said: "The disciple made inappropriate remarks, please punish the master!"

The middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "I still remember the name Su Xianbai in my heart, but I don't have the idea of competing with this person, I just concentrate on cultivating." But not long after, there was another turmoil in the Kongtong faction. When the young man heard Master say this, he could no longer hide the smile on his face, and he seemed to be very interested.

"The head of the Kongtong faction has a 60th birthday, your ancestor is the head of the Kunlun faction, and he should personally go to congratulate him, his old man saw that I was indulging in martial arts all day long, so he ordered me to accompany him, and he also wanted to take me to relax. Who knew that I had offended the elders of the Kongtong faction in my words again, and the sword wounded several Kongtong masters, and finally the trouble was out of control. The two factions of Kongtong and Kunlun are located in the same Tianxi, one east and one west control and curb the trade routes between China and the West, although there is unhappiness in small things, and there is no ambiguity in advancing and retreating together in major matters, so that the two families can survive forever in the place where the Hu people are everywhere. ”

"Your ancestor was sad that my nature was difficult to change, and in order to appease the Kongtong faction, he ordered me to go back to Kunlun on the spot to finish all the affairs, and I must not be postponed for no reason, so I will come to the Central Plains in the east, and I will not be allowed to cross the Yumen Pass again for life. As soon as the strict order came out, there was no return, I returned to Kunlun Mountain with your ancestors, bid farewell to the statues of your ancestors, and was taught by the teacher for a few days, and then set off to the east. ”

The young man couldn't help but say, "Did the ancestor expel you from the Kunlun faction?"

The middle-aged man said: "Not really. Your ancestor summoned the four elders of your sect and the hall masters to make it clear that I, Wu Baoqi, am still a member of the Kunlun faction, but also once again affirmed that I must not return to the forbidden order of the Western Regions. The tone is gentle, but it is difficult to hide the loss and loneliness between the words.

The young man paused, then asked with a smile, "Master, what kind of offense did you offend Elder Gu with your words?

The middle-aged man hesitated slightly, but still said: "Someone from the Kunlun faction proposed to me, but at that time, I was addicted to martial arts and had no intention of marrying a wife, so I refused. The Kongtong faction was rejected for his proposal, and he felt that he had lost face, so he made things difficult for me everywhere and ridiculed me. After all, I was still too poor, so I fought back, fought with them, drank a few more glasses, and had no scruples between words, and there must be hurts in my mouth. As a teacher, I have to say that I know you, but not to defend myself, no matter when and where, you are not allowed to defend yourself, in short, it is my own fault. ”

Wu Baoqi saw that the young man agreed, so he said: "I respect the order of your ancestor, in order to avoid the Kongtong faction, do not take the Ganliang Ancient Road, but instead take the northern road grassland desert, go east through the Great Xia Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom, and then turn south." I am like duckweed, I can't stay anywhere, I can stay everywhere. Stop-and-go, this way, see a lot. ”