Chapter Twenty-Three: Joy with Two Swords, Red Flame and Ice
After Shi Hanshuang stepped into the sword pit, she walked forward cautiously step by step, stopping every time she passed a sword, hoping that the sword could tremble, and she didn't see a sword react for a long time, Shi Hanshuang couldn't help but be a little discouraged, but she immediately thought of the words on the stone tablet, and then said loudly: "Emei disciple Shi Hanshuang entered the sword mound today to sincerely ask for a sword, if it is related to me, I hope to give a hint." Then he knelt on the ground and bowed three times to the sword of the sword shrine.
At this time, a crisp bell suddenly sounded in the depths of the sword mound, as if summoning Shi Hanshuang, Shi Hanshuang followed the bell all the way to find it, and came to the deepest part of the sword mound, there is a small pit here, and there are two swords inserted in the pit, one sword handle is red, and the other sword handle is blue, and the tail of the hilt of the two swords is tied to a bell, at this time the sword mound has no wind and the bell swings more and more intensely with the arrival of Shi Hanshuang. However, the most strange thing is that there are only these two swords in this pit, and there is not even a sword stuck in it.
Seeing this, Shi Hanshuang first bowed to the sword, and then jumped into the pit and came to the two swords, at this time the two swords began to shake constantly, Shi Hanshuang stretched out his hands to hold the hilts of the two swords, and jerked hard, but the two swords did not move at all, Shi Hanshuang immediately said when he saw this: "Emei disciple Shi Hanshuang sincerely asks for a sword today, if you really have a fate with me, I will take you out of the sword mound to create a world." β
At this time, Shi Hanshuang once again held the hilt of the sword with both hands and pulled it out, only to hear a thunderbolt in the sky outside the cave, two swords came out of the trend, Shi Hanshuang was caught off guard and sat on the ground with the sword, at this time Shi Hanshuang picked up the sword and looked at it carefully, only to see that the left hand was red all over the body, and from time to time there was a ray of red light flashing;
Shi Hanshuang bowed to the pit where the sword was inserted, and then picked up the two scabbards on the ground, only to see that one of the scabbards was engraved with the word Chiyan, and the other scabbard was engraved with the word cold ice, Shi Hanshuang loaded the two swords, turned around and ran in the direction of Chu Mofeng.
After coming to the platform, Shi Hanshuang handed the red flame ice in his hand to Chu Mofeng to watch, Chu Mofan looked at it and handed it back to her, and then asked: "Let's go back, everyone is waiting for us." Then he picked up Shi Hanshuang and walked the way he had come.
When they arrived at the edge of the suspension bridge, Chu Mofeng didn't say a word and picked up Shi Hanshuang and walked quickly for a while, and only after successfully reaching the other side did he put Shi Hanshuang down, the two of them went out of the cave door and picked up the torch from the shelf, only to hear the sound of organ activity, the stone wall was restored to its original state, and then the two walked forward, and when they walked to the previous mountain wall, they came to the outdoors, Shi Hanshuang took off the jade plate on the steps, and the mountain wall then closed in an instant. At this time, it was already unitary time, the sky was getting dark, and I didn't think that the two of them had been in it for so long, and then the two of them went down the mountain along the steps and walked towards the Emei Palace.
When they were about to arrive at the Emei Palace, the two saw that the entrance of the hall was brightly lit and crowded, Shi Hanshuang turned around and said to Chu Mofeng shyly: "Thank you husband for your help today." Then he rushed to the main hall, Chu Mofeng laughed when he heard this: "I have earned it, I have earned it today." Then he hurried to the main hall.
When he came to the front of the main hall, he saw that Master Qinglian led a group of Emei disciples, as well as Qingli, Xuanji and Rakshasa who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, Shi Hanshuang hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down with his fists in front of Master Qinglian and said, "Master, fortunately, the disciple has returned from the sword mound to take the sword." Then he presented the red flame and cold ice hands to Qinglian Shitai.
Seeing that it was red and cold, Qinglian Shitai frowned at first, and then it was fleeting, and said to Shi Hanshuang with a smile: "Get up, since they chose you, then from today onwards they will be your weapons, treat weapons like people, if you respect weapons, then weapons will also respect you, and only when facing the enemy can people and swords be one." β
Then Master Qinglian turned to the Emei disciples and said, "All my Emei disciples, when they are successful in their studies, will be allowed to enter the sword shrine to choose their own weapons, so you have to practice diligently before that, do you understand?"
All the disciples heard the words and said yes, and then Qinglian Shi Taiyi waved his hand to signal the Emei disciples to retreat, turned to Shi Hanshuang and the others and said, "You follow me to the backyard of the main hall." Then he turned and walked to the back of the main hall.
At this time, Qingli walked up to Shi Hanshuang and looked at her and said, "Little junior sister, congratulations to you, I thought that I went in alone to get the sword, and it took two days to come out, but I didn't expect you to take it out in less than a day." β
Shi Hanshuang bowed to Qingli and said: "Hanshuang has seen Senior Sister, but in fact, it is not that I am powerful, mainly because he helped me, so I can take out the sword so quickly." After speaking, his eyes kept looking at Chu Mofeng's side.
Qingli pretended to be confused and joked to Shi Hanshuang and said, "He, which one, what's his name, who are you?"
Shi Hanshuang saw Qingli teasing her, instantly blushed, and said to Qingli: "Senior sister, let's go to the backyard quickly, the master is still waiting." β
Then Qingli said to the three of Xuanji: "Don't make trouble yet, hurry up and go to the backyard of the main hall, my master is still waiting for us." Then he pulled Shi Hanshuang and led the three of them to the backyard of the main hall, only to see Mrs. Qinglian standing in the center of the courtyard, looking at the portrait in her hand.
Hearing that everyone was coming, he hurriedly turned his head and motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said to Shi Hanshuang: "Since Chiyan Hanbing chose you, then the teacher will no longer be entangled, it is yours after all." β
Seeing this, Shi Hanshuang got up and asked, "Master, if you don't like the disciple to take these two swords, the disciple will put the swords back again." β
Master Qinglian was too angry: "Silly boy, how can there be any reason to put it back, have you seen the stone tablet of the sword pit? If you put it back, the entire sword mound will no longer exist, and I was entangled at first because I was afraid that you would not be able to control the remaining obsession on these two swords." β
Hearing this, Qingli carefully examined the two swords, and covered her mouth violently for a long time and exclaimed, "Master, isn't this the sword of the other man?"
Qinglian Shi Tai glanced at Qingli and said to everyone: "At this time, it is related to a secret of my Emei in recent years, and even Qingli does not know. β
Seeing that everyone nodded yes, Master Qinglian said slowly: " In fact, my master was ready to pass the position of head to my senior sister, at that time my senior sister Qingyi looked like a country and a city, a hand Emei swordsmanship is also unique in the world, frost is very similar to her in many places, the left and right hands can dance the sword and will be flexible, and very strong and never admit defeat, when the senior sister fell in love with a certain family in the process of training down the mountain, the master was furious when he learned the news, and sent someone down the mountain to bring the senior sister back to the mountain and closed the confinement, who would have thought that the father of this son was the minister of the former dynasty, when Emperor Wen destroyed Zhou Jiansui, his father because he swore to die, resulting in the whole family being beheadedγ The senior sister got the news out of nowhere, and ran out and went down the mountain. β
Then Mrs. Qinglian handed the scroll in her hand to everyone and said, "The person in this painting is my senior sister, and this is what she looked like before she went down the mountain for the last time." When everyone opened the scroll, a fairy-looking woman jumped on the paper, holding two swords, one red and one blue, as if waiting for something to come.
Mrs. Qinglian returned to the house while everyone was looking at the painting, and took out a picture scroll, unfolded it, handed it to everyone, and said, "You go through this painting first, and then I will tell you the story that follows." β
Everyone slowly unfolded the scroll, and saw a woman in red with a cloak printed on paper, the woman painted bright red eye makeup, her lips were also red, and she was holding two swords in both hands, one red and one blue, and the two swords were still hanging with blood.
I saw Qinglian Shitai glanced at it and said: "This is also my senior sister, this is the appearance of her returning to Emei again, it is said that after she went down the mountain, she collected the body of the son and buried it, and then when the old dynasty had just destroyed the new dynasty, she opened a killing ring, and killed the prison officer, the executioner and the head catcher who was in charge of arresting people at that time, and cut off the head and threw it to Yang Jian's mansion, and then assassinated Yang Jian, but it didn't succeed, just killed a few personal soldiers and housekeepers in the house. β
Master Qinglian sighed and continued: " The senior sister complained that the master would take her back to the mountain and confined, she felt that if the master did not catch her, she could still rely on the sword in her hand to keep the name of the son, and then the senior sister went up the mountain, and the master stuck to his self-interest and did not know how to be flexible, intending to challenge the master, that day I had been watching from a distance, my senior sister made seven seven forty-nine moves, each move is infinitely changing, and I can only take half of it, but my master just used the dragon head crutches that he usually holds to make a move, and the tip of the cane pointed to my senior sister's chest. β
"At this point, my senior sister was defeated, my master Su Xin Shi couldn't bear to hurt my senior sister, so he wanted to expel my senior sister from the division according to the door rules, the senior sister was already dead at this time, and then crossed the sword in his hand and cut his throat and died, two swords were sent into the sword mound, my master once said that the obsession of the senior sister entered the two swords with the death of the year, if you really meet someone who is destined, the bell on the hilt of the sword will sound without wind, these two swords are red and cold. β
Shi Hanshuang suddenly realized when he heard this: "I see, these two swords turned out to be of such a origin, master, please rest assured, the apprentice will not forcibly control them, the apprentice wants to try to influence them with words." β
Master Qinglian sighed when she heard this and said: "Well, there is a providence in the underworld, they choose you, which means that your master chooses you, proving that you are a child worthy of trust, keep your sword well." β
Then Mrs. Qinglian pulled Chu Mofeng into the side room, motioned for everyone to rest, and said to Chu Mofeng after a while: "Child, I really didn't misunderstand you, you are a good child, if you marry in the future, at least there is someone who knows her cold and hot, and I will rest assured." β
On the second day, the four of them said goodbye to Qinglian Shitai and prepared to return to Zhangye, at the foot of the mountain, Shi Hanshuang pulled Chu Mofeng and said reluctantly: "When will you come to see me next time?"
Chu Mofeng ignored everyone on his side, took Shi Hanshuang into his arms and said: "We are all growing up quickly, when we are eighteen years old, if you can still remember me, take that half of the jade pendant to Zhangye County Yanyulou to find me, and then we will get married immediately and never be separated again." β
Shi Hanshuang didn't care about being shy at this time, hugged Chu Mofeng tightly, put his side face on his chest and said, "Then you have to wait for me with peace of mind, I will go to you soon, don't forget me, husband." Then he pushed Chu Mofeng away, turned around and ran towards Mount Emei.
At this time, Mrs. Qinglian came to Chu Mofeng's side and said: "Child, if you have time, come back to see your aunt more, Emei will also be your home in the future, if you don't come to see your aunt, your aunt will detain your little lady and not let her go to you." After speaking, he also walked towards Mount Emei.
Chu Mofeng bowed three times to the figure of Qinglian Shitai who was too far away, and shouted loudly: "Auntie, take care of your body!" I saw Qinglian Shitai raise her right hand and wave it vigorously, and walked forward without looking back.
Looking at the backs of the two leaving, Chu Mofeng pondered for a long time, then turned his head to Qingli and said, "Three sisters, let's go home." The three nodded, and then the four of them flew on their horses and turned their horses' heads, and rode towards Zhangye County......