Qi country.

The outskirts of Chang'an.

Lu Chuan walked on his short legs and ran happily on the street, his pace was fast, and another pocket-sized bronze mirror on his waist swayed up and down.

Chu Liusheng followed him, limping against the wall, his calves trembling uncontrollably, and the wound on his face faintly tingled. He shouted weakly at Lu Chuan's back: "Old man, can you slow down?" ”

Lu Chuan turned his head, beckoned impatiently, and said, "Hurry up, I'm sinking with this guy, why can't you keep up with an old man?"

Chu Liusheng looked at the black box on his back, which was almost as tall as others. Chu Liusheng resisted the urge to reply and asked, "Why don't you tell me about it, I can't even know what the gift for me is?"

Lu Chuan said: "There are a lot of people here, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, hurry up, I'll tell you what it is when I go back to the broken temple." ”

"Then tell me what the broken bronze mirror is hanging from your waist. Chu Liusheng pointed and said, "I've seen that thing hanging on you since I entered Chang'an City, is it worth it?"

After hearing this, Lu Chuan pursed his lips dissatisfiedly, and said, "What is worthless? You have fallen into the eyes of money, right? Let me tell you, this thing is your own father!"

Chu Liusheng smiled as hard as he could, the wound on his lips cracked, and he was thrilled with pain, and said, "Come on, you haven't told me who I am since I lost my memory, and I still have a father? If I have a father, then I must be a centurion, a thousand family marquis!"

Lu Chuan glanced at him and said, "Breath!"

With that, he turned around and continued to run.

Chu Liusheng shouted, "Wait for me!"

He moved forward step by step towards Lu Chuan's back, and his whole body seemed to be falling apart.

The suburbs of Chang'an City are located in the easternmost area of the city wall, and belong to the most loose place under the jurisdiction of Chang'an City. It is equivalent to a slum that no one cares about, due to the frequent trade and exchange of Chang'an City, there are many different styles of buildings scattered around the suburbs, and all kinds of people gather there, and after a period of development, it has become a small market.

The location of the ruined temple is in a corner of the outskirts of the city, and there is a stream that extends from the moat nearby, and there are many deserted weeds growing next to the river, and a few slender willows have crooked necks, and the willow branches hang down into the water, and the water is so dirty that it is impossible to see the bottom, and there are layers of garbage floating on the surface of the river, exuding a foul smell.

A tall man stood alone beside the willow tree, his hands behind his back, his handsome face was not affected by the environment at all, but with a faint smile.

In the distance, Lu Chuan carried a black box on his back, his two calves soared rapidly, and he jumped flexibly beside the grassy river, and his white beard flew up and down.

The man looked at Lu Chuan's rushing figure from a distance, turned around, and his snow-white robe swayed gently.

Lu Chuan ran lightly not far in front of the man and stopped.

The two looked at each other a few feet apart.

The man bowed slightly, and said to Lu Chuan politely: "In the Xilu Academy of the Great Qin, Chen Changsheng has seen his predecessors. ”

Lu Chuan frowned, his expression was a little displeased, and said, "How did you find here?"

Chen Changsheng smiled faintly and said, "The seniors don't care where the juniors come from, they just want to visit." ”

Lu Chuan looked at him, became a little wary, and said, "You have diarrhea in bed—you came very quickly, like a fly, since you are here to visit, it's not good to come empty-handed?"

Chen Changsheng listened to it and said with a smile: "It's the juniors who were negligent, after seeing the seniors showing their skills in the Silk Yun Building last night, I admired them, and I came to ask the seniors, I don't know if I can ......."

Lu Chuan interrupted him impatiently and said, "I'm not interested, don't come here to mix around, hurry up." ”

Hearing Lu Chuan's eviction order, Chen Changsheng still didn't have much reaction, clasped his hands into fists and saluted, and said, "Have you asked your predecessors about their surnames and names, where to learn from?"

"As I said last night, you're not qualified to know that much. Lu Chuan walked straight around him and walked towards the ruined temple behind him, saying, "Know so much, be careful of rotten tongues." ”

"The seniors are angry, it's the juniors who are abrupt, and the juniors are just interested. Chen Changsheng turned around and said to Lu Chuan's back.

"Interested, who are interested?" Lu Chuan stopped and didn't look back, a long black box covering his head.

Chen Changsheng listened and did not answer.

"Are you interested in me, an old man who has half cut into the ground, or are you interested in the sword on my back?" Lu Chuan said slowly, "After that night, I knew that someone would definitely come looking for me, but I didn't expect it to be so soon, there was more than one." ”

The corners of Chen Changsheng's mouth raised slightly, and he said, "Oh, seniors really have good eyesight." It's just that there is indeed a person who came to visit. ”

Lu Chuan closed his eyes, his voice was a little hoarse, and said, "Come out, a bunch of little sparrows, when they see good things, they gather over." ”

After Lu Chuan finished speaking, the stream next to him suddenly began to surge, and a figure jumped out of the stream, and the stream exploded and splashed on the river.

The figure landed lightly on the ground, and the weeds and willow branches nearby swayed gently like a bird flying by.

Chen Changsheng turned his head to look, and the figure was a sturdy man with a bare body, with some bewitching patterns tattooed on his strong muscles, looking fierce and vicious.

The man was bareheaded, with thick eyebrows, his face full of anger, and his voice was like a bell, and he opened his mouth to Lu Chuan: "Old man, you react very quickly." ”

Chen Changsheng said to the man, "This brother should have been in ambush in this river for a while, why didn't he come out to see him when Chen arrived, and he hid, which made people feel taboo." ”

After hearing this, the man patted his soaked pants and said to Chen Changsheng: "Mr. Xiao, the shopkeeper of my family specially instructed me, she has always respected the people of the academy, my trip has nothing to do with you, I just came to the old man, I hope Mr. Xiao will bear with me." ”

Chen Changsheng smiled: "Oh, yes? Then Chen will thank your shopkeeper for his promotion." Your shopkeeper is Song Qian'er of Siyun Building?"

"Exactly. The man said, "The shopkeeper told me to come and see what this old man is tired of, and I don't want to meet the little gentleman, which is really unfortunate." ”

"It's not a coincidence. Chen Changsheng said, "Maybe you and I both have the same purpose for this trip." ”

Lu Chuan in front of him turned his head impatiently and said, "You two are still touting each other? Hurry up, isn't it just for this broken sword that my old man is following? What do you want, my apprentice's legs and feet are inconvenient, and he was beaten like that by your Siyun Building, and he hasn't settled accounts with you yet." He will come over in a moment and see two corpses, must he be frightened?"

Chen Changsheng said to Lu Chuan: "The seniors are serious, the juniors are just simply visiting, last night the seniors made a move, and the sword has spirituality, it is the senior's, and no one can take it away." ”

The man moved his strong shoulders fiercely, and said in a rough voice: "Old man, don't pretend to be a ghost, come to scare people, and don't see whose realm this is. ”

Lu Chuan turned around and ignored the man, but directly faced Chen Changsheng and asked: "If you have something to say, let it go, let it go, Lao Tzu is in a hurry, this sword is for my apprentice, Lao Tzu doesn't want to cause trouble, I don't have time to take care of you." ”

Chen Changsheng saluted Lu Chuan again and said, "Senior, an ancient sword has a spirit, either the person himself has the power to control the sword spirit, or this sword swore with blood at the beginning of its casting. To be honest, I am not interested in this ancient sword in Xilu Academy, and the sword in my Houshantun is not bad this one, but as soon as the seniors made a move last night, the sword spirit of this sword was sensitized, and the younger generations remembered that this sword was circulated from the ruins of the Great Chu Palace. ”

The man listened to Chen Changsheng's words, and was a little confused, but he still said to Lu Chuan disapplauded: "Old man, our Siyun Building has always been reasonable and acts according to the rules, my shopkeeper wants to see you, come with me, you killed a brother in my Siyun Building last night, do you think you can slip away with oil under your feet?"

Lu Chuan still didn't pay attention to the man's words, but looked around Chen Changsheng and looked behind him before he slowly spoke: "My apprentice is just behind, and there is still time for half a pillar of incense to come." ”

The man frowned, and he didn't know what he meant, so he turned his head to Chen Changsheng and said: "Mr. Xiao, my shopkeeper has something to do with this old man, and it is my Siyun Building's internal affairs. ”

Chen Changsheng narrowed his eyes and said to the man, "You want to take him away?"

The man said: "Yes, no matter what grievances Mr. Xiao has with this old man, you can go to the shopkeeper, my trip has nothing to do with Mr. Xiao, now please Mr. Xiao to work." ”

Chen Changsheng smiled faintly, looked at Lu Chuan, and said, "How do I feel, you can't take him away." ”

The man said: "As long as Mr. Xiao doesn't interfere, I can pick up this old man with one hand and throw it on the Chang'an city wall." ”

Lu Chuan kept silent, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he sighed heavily and said, "Alas, it's still too hasty, but this sword is really a good thing, and if you don't get it, you always feel uncomfortable." ”

Chen Changsheng looked at Lu Chuan and asked, "I don't know what the predecessors mean?"

"What do I mean? What do you think I mean? There are so many swords in the world, I can fly one hundred and eighty with one move, this sword was brought out of the Chu State, what do you mean it has to do with the Chu State? The sword is a sword, and it knows no borders. Lu Chuan shook his head and said, "What's more, this sword is made of ancient dark iron, and it can still retain the breath of ancient dark iron after it is cast, and you should be able to see it last night, and the entire blade exudes a dark color." ”

Chen Changsheng said: "Yes, when this sword was in the hands of the maid, the younger generation saw it, this is really a good sword." ”

"So, how many swordsmiths in this world can have this level, aren't the people who have this kind of craft in the world today all in your Qin Kingdom? According to what you mean, what is the relationship between the sword discovered by the Qin State and the Chu State?" Lu Chuan narrowed his eyes and asked Chen Changsheng.

The man on the side said impatiently to Lu Chuan: "Old man, what are you calling here for? If it weren't for the fact that Mr. Xiao had something to look for you, you would have been gone by now." The choice is yours, either follow me obediently, or be knocked unconscious by me and carried back. ”

Chen Changsheng smiled and said: "Don't misunderstand the seniors, the juniors don't dare to covet the seniors." This sword has a slender blade, a transparent color, a sharp barb at the top of the blade, and a slender hilt, it does look like a product of the Qin State. ”

"Are you done asking?" Lu Chuan said angrily, "Let's get out of the way when I'm done, I still have important things." The next time we meet, I'm not going to be so talkative. ”

Chen Changsheng still said respectfully: "The old-timers really found a treasure, and their vision is outstanding, and last night's sword control technique really opened the eyes of the juniors." Since the seniors are busy with important matters, the juniors have to come and disturb the seniors in the future. ”

After speaking, he slowly bowed his head and saluted, and said to Lu Chuan: "Then, the juniors will retire first." ”

Lu Chuan's gaze fell coldly on Chen Changsheng, and his eyes emitted a strange light.

"Hey, old man. A rough voice came from the side, and the man shouted at Lu Chuan impatiently, "You and Mr. Xiao are done chatting, if it weren't for Mr. Xiao here, I would have dragged you for five miles." Come with me, and if you don't want to be beaten, hurry up. ”

As he spoke, the man walked forward quickly and said to Lu Chuan: "I don't know what kind of magic you used last night to kill one of my brothers in front of everyone, you put down the sword on your back first and give it to me." ”

Chen Changsheng, who was behind the man, said to the man's back: "This brother, it's easy to discuss when you encounter something, don't do it so roughly, let alone ......"

When the man heard Chen Changsheng's words behind him, he turned his head and opened his mouth, his eyes suddenly dimmed. His body froze suddenly, as if the picture had been frozen.

After a pause, a circle of blood appeared on the man's neck, and a few drops of red blood slowly flowed out of it.

The air seemed to be condensed, and the man's eyes looked at Chen Changsheng in a daze. A moment later, his head slid smoothly off his neck, and the wound on his neck was so smooth that no blood splattered.

The man fell in front of the two, and Chen Changsheng looked at the scene in front of him, his face did not change, and he was not shocked.

He looked at Lu Chuan quietly, and Lu Chuan also looked back at him.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Chen Changsheng smiled at Lu Chuan gently: "Senior, I really got a good sword. ”

Lu Chuan's brows tightened, and he looked at Chen Changsheng and said, "You are a person from the Xilu Academy of the Great Qin Kingdom, if I use the sword of the Qin State to kill a person from the Qi State, then there should also be a share of the Qin State." ”

After hearing this, Chen Changsheng said with a smile: "What does this mean senior, the power of this sword is by no means more than that, good swords have always been bloodthirsty." ”

"That's good. Lu Chuan said coldly, "It's a pity, in the end it fell into the hands of the Chu State." ”

"yes. Chen Changsheng said, "I'm afraid that even the academy doesn't have a record of this good sword, and the younger generations are also a little curious." ”

Lu Chuan turned around, a little impatient, and said, "Okay, I don't have time to fight with you, you can go, help me dispose of him." ”

"The senior was polite. Chen Changsheng bowed to Lu Chuan's back in a proper manner, and said, "I'm afraid, seniors and I will meet again." ”

Lu Chuan didn't say anything, and walked straight to the broken temple.