Chapter 39: Thorns, Ways, and Righteousness (II)
Jing Yuan slowly opened his eyes, and the world gradually became clear in his eyes.
The first thing that caught his eye was the dilapidated beams, and he didn't have time to think so much, he tilted his head slightly, and saw a white kitten.
Jing Yuan was an assassin with a strong sense of crisis, so he ignored the injuries in his body and retreated sharply.
Xiaobai screamed, Jing Yuan leaned against the wall, and a soft sword suddenly appeared in his hand.
Xiao Bai saw this person's defensive look, so he pouted boringly, put down his tail that was originally straight up, and walked out of the door.
It's just that now Li Daoyi doesn't gamble with it, and he's a little bored, and he just wants to find someone to play.
Since saving the two at the foot of the mountain, Li Daoyi and Xu Changan have been talking, and there is also the child. In this realm, there is only such a broken temple within a radius of dozens of miles, and there are no other households, and even their food is wild fruits and beasts.
Dozens of miles is not far for them, but the wild fruits and beasts that are obviously within reach are even more popular with them.
Jing Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xiao Bai go out, the assassin was naturally sensitive to danger, and the little white cat just now made him feel threatened.
As soon as he relaxed, he immediately tensed, thinking of Jing Chu, he couldn't care about the threat brought by Xiaobai, and immediately rushed out.
It was desolate, with little greenery and more large rocks and yellow sand.
However, this is not a desert, a small white river reflects light, like the Milky Way in the sky.
Under the setting sun, three backs came into Jing Yuan's eyes.
Looking at this scene, Jing Yuan suddenly became a little envious.
Then, he saw a fiery red sword beside the three of them, and his heart fluttered, and he was a little flustered.
The fiery red greatsword he had made had long since been lost in the village, and this sword was exactly the same as the one he had before.
It should be said that his sword is exactly the same as this one.
Jing Yuan didn't know how to face the owner of this sword, let alone what to do.
He lifted the cultivation of his whole body, cautiously approached the three people who were sitting barefoot by the river, and he mustered up the courage to speak, when he heard a gentle voice.
"Wake up, sit down and talk. ”
Jing Yuan's original words were blocked back by this sentence, he had thought of standing in front of Xu Changan and Jing Chu and apologizing with death, he also thought that Xu Changan would be angry and forced himself to ask, but he never thought of this sentence.
Xu Changan sat in the middle, as the little marquis, the son of the pavilion master, and the thorn in the eye of the young pavilion master, he naturally saw Xu Changan's portrait.
And the little Taoist priest on the side, that should be a person from Tianji Pavilion. Generally speaking, when the troubled times were coming, the heirs of the Tianji Pavilion would go out of the mountain to guide or assist the Ming Lord, while Jing Chu sat on the other side.
Jing Yuan sat down next to Jing Chu, Jing Chu saw Jing Yuan and squeezed Xu Changan's side.
"Go on, talk about your sister Nalin. Xu Changan was wearing a white robe at this time, and smiled faintly at Jing Chu.
Jing Yuan's heart was full of ups and downs, what he had done, and the person he had planted had come to him, all of which were like a knife hanging in his heart.
But now, Xu Changan never mentioned it.
"Sister Lin and Brother Ye came to live in our village for a few days, but Brother Ye spoke very little, just like wood. Sister Lin stumbled, and he was so worried. ”
When Xu Changan heard this, he sighed secretly in his heart.
This Lin Shan was with Ye Chen after all, although she didn't wait for the smoke and rain that could burn the azure Ru kiln in the end. However, there is him who is always by his side.
"By the way, how do you know what your brother Ye is worried about?"
Xu Changan asked softly, he wanted to know how far this Lin Shan's puppet technique had reached?
Sister Lin kicked her feet in the crowd, and Brother Ye collided with many people and directly picked up Sister Lin. For this matter, the village originally had to deal with Brother Ye, but in the end, it was for Sister Lin's face, so he was spared. ”
When Xu Changan heard this, he smiled faintly.
It's just that Jing Chu's round face was full of sadness. Xu Changan knew that this was because Jing Chu mentioned the word "village".
Xu Changan was not qualified to comfort him, and he didn't know how to comfort him.
He knew everything, and he knew that the assassin next to him was the one who framed him.
Xu Changan sighed, patted Jing Chu's shoulder, and said to him, "You go back to the broken temple first!"
Although Jing Chu was not very old, he also recognized Xu Chang'an, and he knew that the little marquis who was posted on the door by every household must be credible.
He didn't think much about it, so he ran directly towards the broken temple.
Jing Yuan's whole person became nervous, he knew Xu Changan's intention to support Jing Chu.
Xu Chang
An was about to speak, but when he turned his head, he saw Li Daoyi, who was pricking up his ears and waiting to listen.
"You go too!" Xu Changan said.
Li Daoyi tilted his head and pouted and looked at Xu Changan. He and Xu Changan share life and death, is there anything he can't listen to?
At this moment, a nameless aura erupted from his chest, and it was almost up to his throat.
Unexpectedly, Xu Changan patted him on the shoulder, took out a silver ticket and said to him: "Okay, go and play with Xiaobai." ”
Seeing the silver ticket, Li Dao's anger immediately disappeared as soon as he reached his throat, and he was replaced with a smiling face, smiling like a little old man.
"Deler, we'll have a private chat later. Li Dao's words changed, he stuffed the silver ticket into his arms, and jumped to find Xiaobai.
Everything can be gambled, and a person and a cat can also distinguish the winner through gambling.
Xu Changan smiled helplessly and shook his head.
turned his head, but saw Jing Yuan looking at Li Daoyi, his eyes full of envy.
"What a good relationship you have with your companions!"
Jing Yuan suddenly said something faintly, Xu Changan raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "He is not my companion, he is my brother, a brother who shares life and death." ”
When Jing Yuan heard the word "brother", he lowered his head, and he thought of Lin Haotian.
In the past, he also thought that Lin Haotian was his brother, but Lin Haotian kept chasing and killing him for his status.
So, until now, he doesn't know if he has a brother.
"If your brother's survival affects your status, will you attack him?" If ordinary people asked this question, they would definitely be scolded, but Jing Yuan was a killer. He can pretend that he is very emotional without pretending.
Xu Changan did not answer his question, but asked, "What about you, if your target is your brother, will you do it?"
Jing Yuan thought for a long time, and finally he shook his head.
"I don't know. ”
Xu Changan rolled up his sleeves, revealing his wrists, and then activated his mana, and a purple life ring appeared.
And Li Daoyi, who was tearing with Xiaobai not far away, also looked at his wrist at the same time, Xu Changan looked at Jing Yuan and said: "This is called the same life ring, between brothers, live and die together!"
Jing Yuan looked sharply at the purple glowing bracelet, and finally lowered his head.
"Jing Chu, this kid is very kind, he told me everything. But there was one thing I didn't tell him. ”
Jing Chu told Xu Changan everything that happened, and Jing Yuan was not surprised.
Xu Changan paused and said: "I didn't tell him, in fact, all this started because of me, because I was targeted by others. I don't dare to say it, and I don't know how to say it. At that time, he appeared in our field of vision with you on his back, and your blood fell from a high place to cushion him. He didn't have anything to do, but it was you, and he shouldn't have been able to use his cultivation at that time, otherwise it would be easy to resist the sword. ”
Jing Yuan nodded, after being injured by the four sword qi, he couldn't use his mana, so he could only jump down with Jing Chu in his arms.
"I thought you were his brother, but then I learned that you were his enemy. He said, if you save him, he will not take advantage of others. ”
Jing Yuan's body trembled, not knowing what to say.
"Do you still want him to inherit the mantle of your lineage, why? I wonder what you were thinking the moment you let him go?"
Jing Yuan's eyes were a little confused, and he shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”
"Then why did you save him?"
Jing Yuan still shook his head: "I don't know." ”
Xu Changan looked at his confused side face, and suddenly felt his heart twitch.
He had seen this kind of gaze before.
When Ji Qiuyang fulfilled all his wishes, it was like this, he looked into the distance, and the remnant sun was like blood.
Ji Qiuyang's predecessors he figured it out, but Jing Yuan in front of him was only a few years older than him, and a sense of sadness actually appeared on him.
He seemed to have been abandoned by the world, and I don't know when, Jing Yuan also took off his shoes and put his feet into the river, like a child.
Xu Changan looked at this scene and felt a lot of emotions in his heart.
Now that he is much more mature, although he knows that the assassin in front of him has killed many innocent people, he also wants to know the story behind the assassin, and he wants to know who wants to blame him.
"You're not fit to be an assassin anymore. Xu Changan said suddenly.
Jing Yuan pursed his lips stubbornly, and finally sighed lightly, as if he had accepted his fate.
"I know. ”
"A person with emotions will never be an assassin, let alone a killer. Xu Changan pointed out.
He looked at Jing Yuan, but he didn't expect Jing Yuan to admit it generously.
"I know that other people's blood used to be cold, even when it was splashed on my face. But now ......"
"Hot?" Xu Changan said tentatively.
Jing Yuan still shook his head and said the words that he had said many times before.
"I don't know, but I'm missing a lot. ”
Jing Yuan looked at the sunset and suddenly spit out two words: "Warm!"
Xu Changan stopped talking, he understood the warmth of Jing Yuan's words, from his sad eyes.
What he misses is the warmth between many people.
The warmest thing in the world is the sun, but warmer than the sun is the human heart, and the coldest thing in the world is the human heart.
The hearts of the villagers and Jing Chu warmed Jing Yuan, while his hair and brother Lin Haotian cooled his hearts.
Jing Yuan lowered his head, and the two of them were relatively speechless, until the moon on the edge of Youzhou hung up in the sky, and the river under his feet turned into the Milky Way, Jing Yuan said: "Lin Haotian, he thinks he can save the common people, and he thinks he is more suitable for the position of the Pavilion Master of the Sword Pavilion." ”
When Xu Changan heard this, he thought about it carefully, and finally remembered the young man in brocade clothes who was dignified on Fengwu Mountain.
"He's my father's apprentice?"
Xu Changan asked cautiously, about his father, he was as careful as a baby.
"No, Mr. Xu is the new pavilion master, and Haotian is the disciple of the old pavilion master. ”
Xu Changan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, if Lin Haotian was really his father's apprentice, he might envy Lin Haotian, and he would be even more worried about how to face Lin Haotian in the future.
He didn't want his brother to fight, and he didn't want his father to be disappointed.
"However, when I didn't leave the pavilion, among the juniors, your father would only get a little closer to Haotian. At that time, Haotian had not yet become a closed disciple. ”
Xu Changan nodded.
"I will do whatever he tells me to do. However, I still hope that in the future, you will fight and spare his life. ”
Xu Changan frowned, but nodded anyway. He knew that Jing Yuan would definitely give an explanation to himself and the dead people.
"I beg of you something. Jing Yuan stood up from the river and was about to kneel down towards Xu Chang'an. Xu Changan's eyes were quick, and he no longer hesitated, and agreed to him directly.
Jing Yuan took out the jade talisman from his arms and handed it to Xu Changan.
"He is really talented, there is nothing wrong with the assassination technique, it is the person who is wrong, Jing Chu is handed over to you. If you don't want him to learn what's in it, you can ruin it. ”
Xu Changan didn't have the slightest twist, he knew that if Jing Yuan gave this thing to Jing Chu, I am afraid that Jing Chu would not be willing.
"It's up to him, you look at me, there are not a few demon dao exercises on his body, and even the long sword is a magic sword. Jing Yuan nodded, feeling a little more guilty in his heart.
"I want to fight you. ”
"Please!" Xu Changan did not twist, now he needs an opponent. Although Jing Yuan is a grandmaster, he is not afraid!
The shadow of the sword moved, and the moonlight added a bit of tenderness to the sword, and in the end, Jing Yuan's long sword pointed at Xu Changan's eyebrows, and the burning also pierced the clothes on Jing Yuan's chest.
Jing Yuan withdrew his long sword, and then sighed: "I finally know why Haotian didn't let me kill you directly." If you are a junior grandmaster, I will definitely lose any grandmaster. ”
He seemed to be still looking for reasons for Lin Haotian.
"Don't worry, I will give you and my sword soul an explanation. With that, he threw down his soft sword, which was stuck in the sand, and the hilt trembled.
"Where are you going?" Xu Changan looked at Jing Yuan's distant back, and suddenly asked.
Jing Yuan remembered what Uncle Chen and Uncle Zhao said, and knew that Lin Haotian had gone to Chang'an to make contributions, so he waved his hand and said, "Chang'an." ”
Jing Yuan left and went to Chang'an.
When Jing Chu ran out, only a sword was left in the sand.
"This is what he left you, and this sword seems to be called Zhuzhu. ”
Anger suddenly appeared in Jing Chu's eyes, and he scolded loudly: "Bastard, don't avenge me!"
"He will give us and the victims an explanation, as for whether to take this sword, and whether to learn his methods of killing, it is all up to you. If you want to learn, take the sword and go back to the temple, if you don't want to, come back directly. ”
Xu Changan said goodbye and left.
Jing Chu looked at this soft sword, hesitated a little, and finally sighed, and wanted to return to the broken temple, but a voice came from his ears.
"This sword is called Zhuzhu, left by the righteous assassins in ancient times, Zhuzhu is dedicated to killing the wicked, and after death, the sword will be replaced by Zhuanzhu, and there is a close-range dagger, called fish intestines!"
Jing Chu took two steps in the direction of the broken temple, and when he thought of this, he turned around and held his long sword!
Zhuan Zhu is one of the four great assassins in ancient times, and his specific deeds are on his own.