Volume 1 The Rise of Dingxi Chapter 10 Gathering in Dingzhou
"The way of the sword is thousands of years, and I am the marquis for this.
The sword light is the sun and the moon, and the sword qi is a bullfight.
The cold stabbing stars practiced three feet, and the sun fell and the moon shook the lightning.
I only complain that my body is limited, when will I break the sky and step on the edge of the immortals......"
For so many years, Huo Wang has been alone.
Before he became the king of Dingxi, he knew that when you only lived for one woman, she wouldn't care about you so much, and she would turn around and be jealous of you when you kept messing around.
Huo Wang knew that he was a person standing on the edge of a cliff, and he had used up all his strength just to maintain his balance. So how can you love someone?
If he can choose again, the so-called half-life alcohol, Jin Ge Tieqi he doesn't want it at all. Just like an ordinary person, he got married and had children, birth, old age, sickness and death.
"Even so, I will definitely not marry the person I love the most, then I will be very tired for the rest of my life. I want to marry someone who is not ugly, who speaks nicely, and who loves me very much. Then I may love her very much before I die, and then I can hold her by the hand and tell her that I will go first."
But no matter how long the night is, it will eventually dawn, and no matter how far people go, they will have to go home sooner or later.
Dingzhou, Jiying Town, the Chinese army.
Liu Ruiying received a secret report from the Investigation Division.
Many masters of the rivers and lakes under the surveillance of Tianmu Province and Tianer Province have already set off for Dingzhou, wanting to compete with the mysterious swordsman.
They may not care about their name, but they can also give up a lot of profit.
But they couldn't care less about the sword in their hands, and they couldn't give up the name of the sword.
Dingzhou official post inside.
Li Yun looked at the description of the mysterious swordsman on the "Dingxi Overview", and his hands trembled slightly.
She really couldn't figure out who could evade her perception and record everything silently.
She doubted Liu Ruiying, but quickly vetoed it again.
First, Liu Ruiying does not have such superb martial arts.
Second, a person can pretend that he does not know martial arts, or he can pretend that his martial arts are very high. But a half-and-half hanger like Liu Ruiying can't pretend.
Third, because of his identity.
There is no need for the Investigation Department to make Dingxi so lively, Liu Jinghao, the king of Qingzhong, is still a person who cares about the safety of the world anyway. Even if he had to deal with Dingxi, he would not choose to implicate innocent people when the wolf riders were on the side of the criminals.
"Liu Ruiying's identity must not be as simple as an ordinary investigator, otherwise how could he hold the Xingyuan Sword? And he doesn't seem to know the origin of the sword in his hand, only that it is a relic of his parents. Who will his parents be? So the king of Qingzhong is also surnamed Liu ......."
However, what made Li Yun even more worried was whether the main messenger of "Dingxi Overview" was aimed at himself or the sword aimed at himself?
Although Li Yun's sword does not have a scabbard, it is also slightly old. But it is still difficult to hide the majestic atmosphere contained in it.
Like the vast sea, a quiet and deep atmosphere is like waves hitting layer by layer. If you encounter someone who is not strong-willed, this sword momentum alone is enough to make them lost.
She untied the wrapping cloth on the hilt of the sword little by little, stroked the word "Xingze" engraved on it with her index finger, and sighed deeply.
Suddenly, Li Yun seemed to think of something. He hurriedly wound the hilt of his sword and hurriedly removed the tent.
"The acupuncture points are located above the "meridians". In the human body, there are 12 meridians of the five internal organs and six internal organs. In addition, there is a "Ren Pulse" in the center of the front of the body, and there is a "Du Pulse" in the center of the back of the body, each of which has a special meridian that runs through the whole body, so there are a total of 14 meridians. The acupuncture points of the human body arranged on the meridians coincide with the number of days in a year, with a total of 365 points. ”
"Master, are these three hundred and sixty-five acupuncture points generally useful? Is there a difference between high and low? I just want to know which ones are the legendary death holes. ”
Today, Tang Zhongsong actually got up early for the first time to listen to Zhang Xuexue explain the foundation of the acupoint. He moved a small bench and sat in the tent, looking well-behaved.
"Dead holes, strictly speaking, do not exist. However, there are indeed four types of acupuncture points that are used as vital points: soft numbness, dizziness, light and heavy, and these four have nine acupoints. Together, there are thirty-six deadly points. Therefore, in life-and-death struggles, it is often used as a 'killer weapon'. ”
When Tang Zhongsong was about to ask a question again, Li Yun lifted the door curtain and walked in. Before he could make a joke, he was thrown out by Zhang Xueyu with a stool.
"What's the matter with me?"
Zhang Xuejiu knew that Li Yun would not come to the door for no reason.
"Who the hell are you. ”
"Why did you know Star Sword?"
Li Yun asked in a low voice.
Zhang Xuezhu didn't seem to have any difference in this question, and replied lightly while blowing the foam in the teacup: "Don't you know each other?"
"Tokai Yuntai. ”
Li Yun then said, without any pause in between.
"I don't remember when Liu Ruiying's kid first arrived in Jiying Town, everyone asked me what the characteristics of people everywhere were. ”
Zhang Xuexue smiled.
"Remember, you said that all the people in the territory of King Anton have a smell of salty seawater. So this is a implication that you already know who I am?"
"No, no, that's ordinary people. You don't have the slightest bit of a trait in you. If I had to say it, it would be beautiful. ”
Li Yun smiled.
As long as it's a woman, there's no one who doesn't like to be praised for being good-looking.
Whether it is praised by the handsome young man or the bad old man in front of him, the effect is the same, and the ears are almost happy when they hear it.
"Why did you come inland?"
Zhang Xuezhu's words changed.
"Walk, take a look, take a look. ”
"Then you've chosen a good cover. Qinglou women are the least suspicious and the most able to expand their contacts. Especially an Oiran like you. ”
"I don't know who the girl is in Yuntai. ”
"Do you have to get to the bottom of it?"
"It's just that the questioner answers first. ”
"The first companion of the PTZ, Li Qiuqiao. ”
"The former altar court order, Zhang Yushu. ”
Jiying Town, in the line of the Chinese army.
The secret reports sent by the Investigation Department of the Central Capital were transmitted to Liu Ruiying one after another.
This time it turned out to be a book.
Judging from the cutting and binding, the book must have been printed day and night.
The ink on it hasn't even dried completely.
On the title page of the book is a line of small print: This volume is a secret report on the dynamics of the investigation and investigation department, which must be carefully studied and cannot be passed on. Be careful!Be careful!Be careful!.
This is the handwriting of Jiang Changchong, the provincial governor of Tianmu Province.
This lord actually used three cautions in a row, and he didn't know what was sacred among the people who came.
At the same time, an almost identical document has been issued by the Dingxi Royal Mansion to the Mansion of the Five Prefectures.
Each of the five kings has its own intelligence system, each has its own personal connections, and no one is a person who feeds and eats.
Liu Ruiying turned the first page of the book nervously.
The territory of the king of Dingxi, the official road of Yuezhou.
Yuezhou is the gateway to the territory of the king of Dingxi, and it is the only way to Dingzhou.
From the hinterland of the Central Plains or the east and south, take the land route, cross the Taishang River by boat, and then cross the boundary of Yuezhou.
An angler with a fishing rod followed by a urchinic boy carrying a fishing basket.
This old and young, one after the other, walked on the official road.
The old man was dressed in rags and wore a pair of straw sandals at his feet. The naughty boy behind him, the cuffs of his trousers are broken into strips of cloth, and he looks no different from a flower child.
The old man carried the fishing rod on his shoulder, and the fishing line drooped.
Where it should have been a fishhook, there was a short sword hanging over it.
It hung brightly, swaying back and forth with the old man's steps.
The people who crossed the river in the same boat as the old man felt that they were looking at the two of them. Doesn't it make people laugh out of their big teeth even if they wear such an unorthodox outfit, and even have a sword tied to a fishing rod...... Do you still want to go fishing for that legendary kun in the East China Sea?
The old man paid no attention to these rights and wrongs. The little boy couldn't help it, and put his hand into the fish basket angrily, but was immediately stopped by the old man.
Dingzhou official post inside.
"White bone scholar Zhang Yushu. The second-class rank of the altar court, known as the strongest court order. Twenty years ago, I heard that you betrayed the altar court and have not been heard from since, but I didn't expect you to be by my side. ”
"East China Sea Smoke and Rain Sword, Li Qiuqiao. The third-class rank of Donghai Yuntai, he was ordered to leave Yuntai and go inland to collect intelligence five years ago. ”
"The little woman is really ashamed to pay so much attention to the altar. ”
Li Yun said coldly.
"Miss Qiuqiao, the beginning of the establishment of the altar is to witness all the major events that affect the development trajectory of the world, and the PTZ naturally belongs to the scope of witnessing. ”
Zhang Xuezhu shook his head.
"You still call me Li Yun. ”
"I don't know who told the "Dingxi Overview" about my sword practice on a moonlit night. ”
Li Yun faintly looked forward to it, and with Zhang Xuexue's martial arts, he naturally knew who did it.
Zhang Xuexue's answer made her very disappointed.
A kind of irritability that was powerless to break the game filled Li Yun's whole body.
With her identity and ability, dealing with things has always been a one-time effort.
Although the five years of inland life have smoothed out a lot of her temper, the temperament in her bones that is high and contemptuous to all living beings cannot be changed in any way, and it is an aura that can only be formed after staying at the top for a long time.
This time, just half a page took her deep into the center of the vortex. Even if her martial arts are world-famous, her swordsmanship is outstanding, and she can't find any power point.
It's like a punch on cotton, which makes people very unhappy.
At the same time, the road to Dingzhou was already covered with snow and blood.
Five or six young swordsmen rode tall horses and surrounded Ren Yang and the children.
"What's wrong with you, old man, tie a short sword to a fishing rod, and if you fish like this, you'll starve to death." ”
"No, you see he's better dressed than Hanako. It must be because you never catch a fish!"
The young swordsman pointed to Ren Yang's fishing sword and laughed, and from time to time he made sarcastic remarks.
Ren Yangmu didn't squint, he didn't talk back, and still went his own way.
There is a tea shed every fifty miles on this official road, which can be used by pedestrians to rest. This tea shed is not as good as the big tea house in the city, there is no tea brand, and there is no tea shop. Only one large bowl of coarse tea with salt is sold.
Ren Yang came to the tea shed and sat down and asked for a pot of tea.
The tea bowl was in his hand, but it was knocked over by the young swordsmen.
"Get away from the dead old man, we can't drink tea when you sit here!"
"That's it, you see he's dirty. Smoke me to death!"
Ren Yang still didn't say a word.
After letting the boy clean up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, he took a bowl and poured tea.
"I'll let you drink!"
A young swordsman picked up the teapot and threw it into the nearby woods. The teapot that had been taken off turned around and returned to the table.
This man did not believe in evil and wanted to throw it again, but he was stopped by his companion.
"This old man has a ghost, and just now I saw the fishing rod in his hand move slightly, and then the teapot came back. ”
Another horse team passed by on the official road.
Immediately full of young heroes in green shirts and swords, led by a middle-aged man with a brocade hat and mink fur.
The middle-aged man saw the fishing rod in the tea shed from a distance, and he was secretly suspicious.
His eyes followed the fishing rod and looked down, and his doubts suddenly disappeared and he hurriedly turned over and dismounted. Although the young people who followed behind were puzzled, they all did the same.
"I've seen the seniors who are fishing for the sword! The juniors don't know that the seniors are resting here, and it's really offensive to almost ride the horse. May the sword fishing seniors forgive. ”
The middle-aged man bowed respectfully to the old man holding the fishing rod.
"Fishing alone for the autumn of the sea - Ren Yang. Fame came about thirty years ago. He is one of the strongest swordsmanship among the old masters of the rivers and lakes, and the specific realm is unknown. One of its fishing swords is unpredictable and varied. Be resolute, loyal and courageous. He was dissatisfied with the domineering rule of Pan Yuhuan, the king of Anton, and fought alone to enter the palace with a sword and retreated. Later, King Anton issued a sea fishing document, and he was wanted all over the world, regardless of life or death. had to return to the mountains and live in seclusion. ”
On the first page of the book, there is such a ruthless man who dares to openly attack and kill King Anton.
Seeing Liu Ruiying's scalp tingling, he was very excited for no reason.
Dingzhou official post inside.
"I have to go. Although the court does not intervene in all disputes in the world, it does not mean that they are generous enough to tolerate betrayal. ”
Zhang Xuexue left a small box next to the bed.
Lying quietly inside were two paperweights and two letters.
One is for Iwako, and the other is for Yunakamatsu.
The letter to Iwako is thick. Each page was soaked up with ink, holding up the envelope.
The letter to Tang Zhongsong is only a short sentence: between you and me, the two do not owe each other.
"People who play eagles are often pecked in the eye by sparrows. Tanting believes that it has a long heritage, can gain insight into human nature, and can break through falsehood. In fact, I have never been afraid of your reputation as a white bone scholar, I just really regard you as my master. ”
Tang Zhongsong put the letter in the brazier and looked at the flying ashes raised and read the words.
Park Jung-hong beside him was solemn with a little regret and distress, and he didn't have the slightest sense of dog-fighting power when he was outside.
After Zhang Xuejiu left the official post, he walked straight in the direction of Jiying Town.
I finish everything at the beginning of everything.
Naturally, there is no more suitable place than Jiying Town.
He walked slowly and was solid with every step.
Like a lone wolf, wandering alone in the vast snow.
He took out a bottle of wine and a folding fan from the place where he had placed the paperweight in his arms, and poured it into his mouth in large gulps.
When he finished drinking, he began to fan himself.
Who's going to fan outdoors in the Northwest in March?
Naturally, it is not an ordinary person, and it will not be an ordinary fan.
The fan is painted with a picture of a lively street market, which looks harmonious.
But when you look closer, you can see that no one in the market is wearing clothes.
There is not a trace of flesh and blood either.
All of them were white bones.
Zhang Xuexue walked slower and slower, and the fan became faster and faster.
The white bones on the fan picture seem to come to life
"Yushu, long time no see. Why are you so old?"
Zhang Xuexue snapped and put away the fan in his hand, and turned around with a smile.
He always hated waiting.
Slowing down as much as possible was already the biggest compromise for him.
"It's cold, so let's skip the old days. ”
"There is no wine and no food, and naturally I can't speak. ”
"The court owner didn't let me do it. ”
"I'm not ready to die with you. ”
The other party was about to say something, and Zhang Xueyu stretched out his palm and pushed forward.
He could see that Zhang Xuezhu's palm did not use his strength, but simply stopped himself from continuing.
So he shut his mouth and took off the staff that he was carrying diagonally from his back.
Although it was wrapped in cloth, Zhang Xuexue recognized it at a glance from the outline.
It's a cane.
Jiying Town, in the line of the Chinese army.
Liu Ruiying repeatedly asked He Youjian to go to war with the army, but He Youjian refused on the grounds that "the investigation makes the safety of adults more important".
Although He Youjian copied all the battle reports to Liu Ruiying, it was not as solid as what he saw with his own eyes after all.
He just looked at the daily entry and exit of the barracks, the troops dispatched back and forth in a panic, and occasionally saw the fire and shouts of killing coming from the sky at night.
"Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a marquis. "What boy is not looking forward to fighting on the battlefield and making achievements when his blood is strong?
Like Tang Zhongsong, Liu Ruiying also wants to fight.
But he was afraid that he would become a deserter. It's not because he's afraid of death, it's that he really can't die right now.
In the afternoon of that day, the sergeant on patrol outside the gate suddenly told him that someone was trying to see him.
Liu Ruiying was secretly surprised who it was, and the first thing he thought of was Tang Zhongsong.
"This guy, is he still impatient to come to the battlefield...... But in his capacity, there should be no hindrance. ”
Before he could get out of the gate, Liu Ruiying's footsteps stopped.
Although Tang Zhongsong is profligate, it is far from the point of perversion. He didn't wear a skirt and stood in front of the gate generously.
A figure flashed in Liu Ruiying's heart, but he didn't dare to look up at the other party's face.
He wanted to stop and slow down, but his steps involuntarily moved forward, even faster and faster.
He kept his eyes on the other man's feet.
A pair of delicately picked silk double-shoeed shoes are mostly hidden under the skirt, with only the toe slightly exposed.
The wind blows.
The skirt is slightly rippling.
The back half of the shoe looms.
He knew the shoes, and he knew the feet. Naturally, he knew who their owners were, but he couldn't tell.
Liu Ruiying couldn't tell whether this was because of love or guilt, or whether it was more love or more guilt.
If she had to make a definition, Liu Ruiying would rather say: "This is my master." After thinking about it like this, my heart felt slightly better.
He thrust his neck and lifted his head.
"You ......"
I just said one word and got stuck.
"I heard that there was a supreme swordsman in the territory of the King of Dingxi, and he challenged the entire world to use swords. ”
"Do you also classify yourself as a man with a sword?"
Liu Ruiying finally said a sentence completely.
"Why not?"
"You can't ...... out of nothing"
"But with your sword perhaps...... It's still too far off. ”
"As long as I haven't put down my sword, I'll catch up one day. ”
“...... When you can kill whoever you want to kill with your sword, you won't be too far from being number one in the world. ”
"Oh, you're still so confident?"
"No, I never had any faith...... But I have a lot of confidence in my lord. ”
"If he is so powerful, why doesn't he set himself up as king?
"There's no way I can go back to your first question, but the second question used to say you believe it. ”
"There are ghosts on the side of the wolf riders, take care. ”
He felt that the most wrong thing he did was not to collect evidence to help frame General Yuan.
Instead, I used the wrong "love".
Investigation Division's nurturing affection for him.
The cultivation of the adults of Tianmu Province.
And.
His love for Yuan Jie.
When he returned to his tent, he saw that there was a new secret letter from the Investigation Division on the table, and the seal was painted with bright red cinnabar marks.
"Cinnabar marks, soul requires, the living dead under the edict, broken arms and legs running all over the ground, the king of Hades can't stand it when he comes......"
On the official road of Yuezhou.
The middle-aged man in the brocade hat and ermine fur still worshiped respectfully.
He wouldn't get up until he got Ren Yang's answer, but Ren Yang didn't seem to have the meaning of answering, and he was still holding the tea bowl and drinking tea.
Those five or six young swordsmen were already scared, and they didn't stay or stay.
They recognized this respectful and humble middle-aged man as Shi Yifeng, who was famous for his fast sword in the Pingnan Royal Domain.
The peak cultivation of the human master realm is recognized as the strongest swordsman under the earth sect.
"Young people nowadays are really unruly. The sky is easy to grow old, and the mountains and rivers are a few degrees...... Boy, you can't learn like this when you grow up. ”
Ren Yang gently stroked the head of the naughty boy next to him, and the little guy looked impatient.
"I know it below. ”
Shi Yifeng responded.
It was still early in the morning.
Blown by the wind and snow.
But everyone's eyes were dark for no reason.
The other passers-by in the tea shed felt that the snow was wet and slimy after the snow melted on their faces, and they reached out to wipe it, and their palms were red.
When he came back to his senses, Ren Yang and Xiao Tong were gone.
Shi Yifeng slowly straightened up.
"Woo!"
The young swordsmen who had spoken disrespectfully before suddenly screamed in unison, covering their mouths and rolling on the ground. But the pain still came like a tidal wave, rushing upwards in waves. With a few convulsions, he lay quietly and did not move.
The mouth that was covered had turned into a horrific bloody hole.
The tea bowl on the table was neatly filled with five tongues, mixed with half-congealed purple-black blood, still steaming.
"Grandpa, do you want to compete with that mysterious swordsman?"
"No, let them fight. When they reach Grandpa's age, they will understand that the sword is a foreign object after all, and the name of the sword is a false name after all. The most important thing is the person who wields the sword. Let's just come to Dingxi to see a few old friends of my grandfather, and I heard that they are not doing well. ”
"So don't we go to Dingzhou?"
"Let's go to Dingxi Palace. ”