After the light snow, in a reed swing outside Xuzhou City, a man bent over and squatted, looking from a distance, his entire body was submerged in the withered yellow reeds, and only one head was exposed.

The remnants of snow covered the surroundings and piled up on the reeds that sloped neatly to the south, staining the reeds white.

This scene looks a little weird, and if a passer-by suddenly glances at it, he will be frightened and his legs will go limp, and he will crawl and flee. Who told this man to have only one head exposed, as if he had been cut off and thrown into a white snowfield?

Occasionally, a gust of wind came, the reeds swayed, and the snow fell on his shoulder, but he didn't care.

The man wore a dusty fur hat with an eagle feather inserted on either side of the brim. The face under the fur hat was ordinary, with a pair of eyebrows that were neither deep nor shallow, like two brooms on the eye sockets, the right eyebrow peak was interrupted, and a scar ran down from the forehead to the cheekbones.

It was a sword wound that destroyed half of his face, except for the eye socket - his right eye was intact, but the nerves on his eyelid were destroyed, and the whole right eyelid was like a hanging curtain that could not be lifted halfway.

Therefore, this man's right eye is always squinted.

On the contrary, he was born with a pair of round eyes that are very rare, which makes people look at him, like a napping tiger.

At this moment, his face turned red, and it took a long time for him to let out a leisurely breath, and there was a slit in his right eye, and the essence light flickered in it.

"I'm going to eat more leaves. ”

The wind stopped for a while, and there was silence, and suddenly there was a noise in the reeds, and the remnants of snow were flying.

It was as if a beast of prey was flying through it, and because it was so fast, countless reeds that stood in the way were either trampled down or broken poles, and the reeds scattered with splashed snow.

He ran out, and stood still on the dirt road, dressed in a dusty robe, with a pair of excellent steps on his feet.

An old cedar tree was planted on the side, and as soon as he patted the trunk, the snow fell on the tree, grabbed two handfuls casually, and after rubbing his hands, he looked at both sides of the dirt road, took off the wine gourd hanging from his waist, and said to himself: "This woman, she really doesn't wait for me!"

I went south along the dirt road, walked for half a day, and then saw the head of the city of Xuzhou.

Xuzhou is close to Kyoto Kaifeng, the southern barrier of the capital, the status is not today's Chang'an City can be compared, the prosperous scene in the city is even better than much, the corresponding catch fast and errand and so on are also frequent, there is no such lazy appearance as Chang'an.

He walked around the city for a long time, and he saw a lot of monks and Taoists. When I went around to the edge of the small West Lake, stepped on the ground paved with big bluestone, I saw the weeping willow courtyard and the Gaoge wine shop behind.

There are a lot of tourists nearby, listening to the ethereal singing voice of a woman in the building, through the faint and earnest sound of the piano, I don't feel fascinating.

He walked towards that place as well, but a few men on a small bridge in front of him blocked his way.

"Anyone with a little eyesight knows what kind of place the Gao Ge Wine Workshop is, today Huaijia Saburo is sitting upstairs, Your Excellency wants to break through, with this knife in his hand, I'm afraid it is a little thinner!"

The people standing on the bridge were all Jianghu people, facing each other, four people on one side, blocking a lonely swordsman.

The swordsman is a young man, the Tang knife is horizontal behind the waist, only looking at the back, the figure is like a pine, stepping on the stake, twisting the waist, one hand on the handle of the knife, the knife is still in the sheath. Listening to the other party's words, he shouted loudly: "I am a disciple of the Forging Instrument Hall, the Wei family in Xiaohe Village is an iron shop, and the eldest Lang Wei Li! This time I went home to visit my relatives, and my father was killed by someone, and the fatal part was left by the life-saving talisman that did not see the light!"

The four people on the opposite side are all diners who don't see Guanghuai's family, and their martial arts are good, otherwise they would be others, and they would have heard the name of "Forging Hall", so they turned around and left. One of the people who had previously sarcastically mocked Wei Li said: "Since you are here to seek revenge, you must either fight and kill it, or say a charter!"

"Someone who is only looking for the murderer and the owner of the golden book!

"Phew! What an unreasonable man, don't you understand the rules of the rivers and lakes? Where is there anyone who gives the owner of the money to the enemy, I told you today, how can the Huai family gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes tomorrow?"

"It's up to you whether you say it or not, a certain knife is the rule of the rivers and lakes!"

Wei Li pulled out the knife is a slash, and what he used was the peerless "Red Light Hundred Refining and Slashing" of the "Forging Instrument Hall"!

The man who sarcastically mocked him was also a knife maker, and when he heard him say "so-and-so's knife," he had already held down the hilt, but the knife was only half unsheathed, and his lower abdomen was cut by the blade, and he lost the knife in his hand with a scream, and turned over and fell into the lake.

The blood was like rouge dripping into the water, and the surface of the crystal clear lake gushed out a cloudy red.

There were also many people on both sides of the bridge who watched the excitement together, and when they saw that people were killed, most of them ran away, and some of the brave people stood a little farther away and stretched their necks.

Only one man stood there nearby, never leaving, but looking bored, untied an old gourd from his belt and poured a few sips of liquor into his mouth.

He took the wine gourd, plugged the wooden stopper, and strode onto the stone bridge.

Following his footsteps, Wei Li and the other three people who were fighting on the bridge were slowly moving towards the other end of the bridge. From the perspective of those who were a little farther away, it seemed that every time this man took a step, Wei Li took a step forward, and the remaining three people took a step back, and their pace was unusually coordinated.

In the blink of an eye, he crossed the bridge, and on the road behind a row of weeping willows, Wei Li had already killed all three of them and rushed to the open space in front of the weeping willow courtyard. It just so happened that a group of people from the rivers and lakes came out and surrounded Wei Li, like a dough with meat filling, rolling irregularly at first, and then it was round after a while.

As Wei Li stopped in the circle, the man moving on the other side became conspicuous, and the fighting in front of him was shouting and shouting, flesh and blood were flying, and the sparks hit by the blade were embered in the air...... The man was holding a wine gourd in his hand, and he walked slowly, brushing the edge of the circle and drawing a vertical line.

He also glanced at the circle with a calm face: more than a dozen people were around, and the sword in his hand was towards Wei Li in the circle, allowing the revenge-seeking swordsman to roar, struggle, and collide like crazy.

Then there are the ferocious beasts, wounded and bleeding, they will become manic, and instinct will often prevail in life and death, controlling the brain and every muscle and joint in the body. But when the injury is prolonged, it becomes weak, tired, and weak. At this time, you can't even remember your name, where you are, and what you want to do......

In fact, Wei Li could not break out of the siege circle of these people, and it was very clear from the first time he drew his sword and killed the man on the bridge.

The Huaijia diners who stayed in the weeping willow courtyard and played with the girl playing with dice had a leader - this person was called Yang Jiaolao, more than forty years old, wandered to Xuzhou more than ten years ago, exhausted his entanglement, and joined the Huai family, and now he is the loyal leader who follows Huai Saburo.

The people on the bridge were exactly what he had arranged to go. After seeing Wei Li's "Forging Hall" mastery of "Red Light Hundred Refining and Transformation", he decided the current situation.

Wei Li's knife is fast and ruthless, and the internal strength combined with the knife potential can make the "red light hundred refining and slashing" incomparable, and it really has the momentum of refining all things in heaven and earth into a slash. It's a pity that it's just a strong knife, and the knife is a little reluctant as soon as it is exhausted, whether it is the speed of returning the knife or the dexterity of changing moves, it is not enough to be hot.

This is not practiced thoroughly, in the words of the diners before the horn of the sheep's horn, the knife technique has not been mastered, and it is a little stiffer, just around it for a while, it can make him busy and unable to resist.

This is the case with the experience of the rivers and lakes......

The clearing in front of the weeping willow courtyard used to be a path, about three people side by side, paved with gravel, and tall people walked on it, and they had to keep their heads down, because the branches of the weeping willows would hit their faces.

The man carrying the wine gourd wears a fur hat on his head, which is like rubbing the branches.

Sheep Horn Lao ignored Wei Li, but came in front of him, blocking his way.

"Where are the heroes?"

"I made an appointment and drank upstairs. ”

Before he could be questioned, the other party had already walked in front of him, and there was an indescribable feeling when he looked at the scar on the man's face—the scar was left on the face of another man, either ugly, horrible, or hideous, but the preference on this man's face seemed to be taken for granted.

The feeling came to the face, becoming more and more concrete, and it was like looking at a tree, no matter how exaggerated the cracks in the tree were, it would not be strange.

The two faced each other, Sheep Jiaolao was burly, extremely tall, more than eight feet, looking at the man in front of him, almost looking down. But when the man approached and approached again, the sheep horn unconsciously turned sideways and got out of the way, and when the man walked in front of him, he even held his breath!

It wasn't until the man had gone far away and stepped up the steps in front of the Gaoge Distillery that the sheep horn came to his senses and hurried back. At this time, Wei Li was no longer good, there were more than 20 wounds on his body, he couldn't stand, Tang Dao had already fallen to the ground, and he only whispered in his mouth: "Huai's dog, give your grandfather a good time!"

Yang Jiaolao walked over and slapped his palm on the top of his head, smashing the Tianling cover, Wei Li suddenly bled and stretched out his legs.

"Brother Hinoshi, hurry up and invite Erlang and Shiro to move to the Gaoge Wine Shop, and say that Sanlang will invite them to have a drink!"

"Uncle Yang, but what's wrong?"

Sheep Jiaolao glared and scolded: "If you are told to go, what is the use of asking?

The one who called Brother Hinoki didn't dare to talk back, so he wiped his body and ran away. Sheep's horn left two helpers to clean up, and then led the rest of the diners to the high tavern.

After this toss, the man with the wine gourd had already gone upstairs.

The high song wine shop is composed of three pavilions, the double-storey small buildings on both sides are side by side with the three-storey building in the middle, with blue tiles and red walls, and the eaves and corners are staggered, and the height is high. Looking at it from afar, like a beautiful woman hugging left and right, near a lake of spring water, plus a long causeway, stone bridge, weeping willows, and then a gentle township.

The bartender greeted him and said, "The guest officer is unlucky, the seats are full." ”

The man who carried the wine gourd said, "Is there a girl in white with short hair who eats wine alone?"

"Yes, upstairs, please go upstairs over there. ”

There are more than 20 wineries near Xiaoxihu in Xuzhou, the most famous is this high song winery, it is overcrowded before the night, the dancing girl poses on a small round platform, the silk wisps are thin, the bare legs are barefoot, attracting the eyes of the men, and the wine is big.

When it comes to the second floor, it is even more lively, with fists, hugging sisters, telling stories, and the food and cooking girls come and go through the hall.

The man walked to the third floor and looked around, and it was already on the top floor, with six fences and nine large tables. There are a total of four tables against the southwest side, and they are all together. An old man dressed as a wealthy businessman and a boy in his twenties, the two of them were sitting at the innermost table and talking, and the three tables outside looked like guards. Far apart, the two of them talked softly, and only those who had cultivated high internal strength could hear it clearly.

"Please San Lang sell a few thin noodles no matter what, the old man has sent someone to your mansion, and he will definitely be able to raise another box of silver to serve tomorrow and tomorrow." ”

"It is said that with the friendship between the old man and my family, this deal should not have been accepted, but the old man came late, the second brother took the golden book a few days ago, and he had already sent a master in the family, and it was estimated that the distance had arrived in two days. Even if you send someone to call it back now, I'm afraid that the family will be clean. ”

There is a space left in the middle of the top floor of this floor, a soft couch is spread, an incense burner is placed, a plain piano, two women, playing and singing, the skills are good.

It's just that the man who mentioned the wine gourd obviously didn't like these beautiful sounds, and glanced at the breasts of the two women a few times, but he was not satisfied...... Leaning against the north table, there was only a woman in white, short hair, and a very beautiful face, this man sat down at the table by himself, and saw that the table was full of vegetarian dishes, bland and tasteless, and suddenly shouted: "Shop, two catties of good wine, and two catties of beef!"

There were five people in the rivers and lakes at the table on the side, and they were startled by his sudden shouting, and while thinking about where did the Hun people come from to the Gaoge Wine Shop to play tricks, I don't know that this is the land of the Huai family......?

One of them turned around and said, "You don't need to be so loud if you want to drink wine and eat meat, and it's not the wine and meat sold by your family, so it doesn't make sense to disturb so many people on the side!"

This person is worried about the Huai family sitting in the village today, and he doesn't want to cause trouble, and his tone is quite patient.

Who knew that the man squinted his eyes and swept over, half of his face was smiling, half of his face was not moving, he couldn't say anything strange, and his words were even more rude and arrogant...... Don't you dare, lick my birds!"

All five people at the table stood up, and four of them all pulled the man who was scolded and his face was flushed and he was going to fight hard, and it took a while to persuade him to stop.

The singing continued, and the piano sound was incessant, as if it had not been affected at all. The four tables in the southwest seemed to be the innermost two people who had finished talking, and the old man dressed as a rich businessman went downstairs, and the table was empty, and only the young boy was left. At this time, he also looked over, casually drank a glass of wine, and waved his hand to a companion at the table next to him.

This companion looked handsome, with a short sword pinned to his waist, walked to the outside table, patted one of the middle-aged people on the shoulder, the middle-aged man hurriedly bowed, followed to the table inside, and was about to sit down, the boy poured wine into the wine glass in front of him, but said coldly: "Don't waste time, you stand and say." ”