The swordsman is about the same age as Ye Yu, dressed in a black power suit, and the long sword behind his back is as sharp as his gaze, ready to kill at any time, with his eyes or with a sword.

The swordsman knew Xiao Mu's whereabouts: "Xiao Mu you are looking for is in a small isolated village a hundred miles to the south, and outsiders can't find it. ”

Ye Yu's eyes lit up excitedly: "Can you take me there?"

"Seven taels of silver. This is the price he took Ye Yu to find Xiaomu.

Ye Yu was puzzled: "Why not five taels, not ten taels?"

"All I need is seven taels of silver. ”

So, Ye Yu went to the pawnshop and sold the gorgeous clothes that Li Gongzi gave him, plus the coils on his body, and offered seven taels of silver to the swordsman: "Can we leave now?"

"There's no rush. ”

They came to the only jade shop here, and the swordsman bought a green jade hairpin for seven taels of silver, which he had obviously been optimistic about for a long time, and he carefully put the hairpin away.

The alley was dark and narrow, the road exuded perennial moisture, and the footprints left by the two were of different shades, Ye Yu followed the swordsman to the deepest house in the alley.

Outside the house, a young girl sat on a piece of bluestone and waited, she saw the swordsman coming, a pair of big eyes smiled, the smile blushed shyly, and the smile began to open.

Ye Yu stood under the tree and watched from a distance as the swordsman walked towards the girl, the red sword spike and the girl's long hair, swaying in the morning breeze of the alley.

The swordsman took out the jade hairpin from his bosom, and when he handed it to the girl, her face was as red as a sword spike because of shyness, and she whispered in the swordsman's ear.

Ye Yu couldn't hear what they said, and he could guess the alliance that only belonged to the two of them, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of envy.

The swordsman gently inserted the jade hairpin into the girl's bun, clasped her hands, and after careful instructions, put away the tenderness of the lover, and looked back and left.

The girl reluctantly looked at his black back and did not keep it, she knew that the lover she loved must do something very important.

The red sword spike walked farther and farther away from the hairpin on the girl's head, and the morning breeze in the alley played a silent parting song.

Ye Yu followed the swordsman and asked him, "Who is she?" ”

The swordsman was silent and did not answer.

Ye Yu changed the question: "What's your name?"

The swordsman said, "Don't ask. ”

Ye Yu said: "You practice swords?"

The swordsman pointed to his sword and did not speak, as if he was already answering: Are you blind?

Ye Yu asked, "Do you know Xiao Mu, how do you know that she is there?"

The swordsman said, "Just follow me." ”

Ye Yu didn't ask anything else, because the swordsman said: "I'm not a person who likes to talk, if you ask one more question, get out immediately." ”

I can't think of anyone who has less words than Ye Yu, maybe he left all his words to his beloved girl, Ye Yu simply closed his mouth, planning not to ask a word, in order to find Xiao Mu, this face is not too ugly.

The swordsman also seemed to see the distrust in Ye Yu's eyes, and said, "That village is called Niujia Village, and Xiao Mu is there. ”

As long as this point is bright, whether it is true or not, it is enough to let Ye Yu move forward.

Even if the swordsman suddenly disappeared at this time, Ye Yu would definitely go to that Niujia Village to take a look.

The swordsman suddenly said, "Do you have any silver?"

Ye Yu said: "There is one more point. ”

They came to the largest tavern in town and asked for a few catties of boiled beef, a few catties of roast chicken, and a jar of wine that could not be named.

The swordsman was not polite at all, and ate to himself, he did not look hungry, but he must have so many dishes on the table.

Ye Yu asked, "Are we in a hurry or are we eating and drinking?"

The swordsman glanced at him and saw the meaning of his words: "If you think I'm a liar, you can leave now." ”

Of course Ye Yu won't leave, it's not because he can't get back the money he has already spent, what if he is not a liar?

The swordsman drank a lot of wine today, drank all the injustices of this life, drank the long road ahead, and fell drunk on the bed with a wine glass in his hand.

It wasn't until the next day that he woke up drunk and dazed. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Ye Yu sitting opposite him with a resentful face.

"We're on our way. ”

Ye Yu's tone was a little impatient, and even a little complaining, but the swordsman didn't seem to hear it, so he slowly got up from the bed and asked Xiao Er to bring a pot of tea.

The swordsman was unhurried and used it too early, and after drinking a pot of tea, he picked up his sword and said a word to Ye Yu: Go.

They went south, as long as they walked faster, and they could get there after dark.

They also really walked very fast, except for stopping at a tea stall in the middle to eat something, they never stopped.

At dusk, on a hillside, looking across a grove, they saw a small village.

There are only 100 households in Niujia Village, at the foot of a mountain, very closed, if it is not led by someone, it is really difficult for outsiders to find here.

Smoke rises from the dilapidated houses, adding a sense of warmth to this otherwise barren place.

If Xiaomu lives a poor, but very fulfilling life in this small mountain village that has no quarrel with the world, it will be happier than in the world of flowers outside.

Thinking of this, Ye Yu felt a little relieved, and he couldn't wait to speed up his pace.

"Wait. The swordsman stopped.

Ye Yu turned around.

The evening breeze was like a girl's hand, gently brushing the sword spike behind him, and there was some indescribable melancholy written on his face.

Ye Yu asked him, "What are you waiting for?"

The swordsman didn't speak, he gently unslashed the long sword behind his back and slowly drew it.

In the not-so-ornate scabbard, there was an ancient sword with a cold light.

The edge is sharp, and the hair is blown off.

Ye Yu couldn't understand it, and the swordsman explained for him: "Pull out your sword." ”

Ye Yu said: "Why?"

"If you don't draw your sword, you can easily die under this sword. ”

"You're going to kill me?"

"Not bad. ”

"I don't know you, why did you kill me?"

"There is a man who hates you to the core. ”

"Who?"

"Li Gongzi. ”

Ye Yu's heart sank: "Where are the others?"

The swordsman said, "It's dead." ”

"How did you die?"

"The king sent someone to kill him. The swordsman said: "Because you let the king go, he has the opportunity to send someone to kill Li Gongzi." ”

Ye Yu said: "How did Wang Yuanwai know that it was Li Gongzi who asked me to kill him?"

"There is only one enemy outside the king, just as Li Gongzi's enemy is only one person outside the king. ”

Ye Yu gritted his teeth: "I knew that Wang Yuanwai was not a good person, and I really shouldn't have let him go softly at that time." ”

The swordsman said lightly: "There are no good and bad people in this world, both of them are fighting for the fat difference of raising military salaries. No matter who it is, the fact of looting the people's fat and people's ointment will definitely not change for this. ”

Ye Yu said: "Since Gongzi Li is not a good person, why did you avenge Gongzi Li?"

The swordsman said, "Because he is my adoptive father." ”

Ye Yu understood, this kindness has nothing to do with what kind of person Li Gongzi is.

The swordsman stroked the spine of the sword and said: "My martial arts are taught by him at a great cost, and he gave me food and clothing, and this sword was also built for me by the best craftsmen. ”

Ye Yu said: "Since you want revenge, why didn't you just kill me while I wasn't paying attention in the first place?"

Ye Yu saw him smile for the first time, and the swordsman smiled vigorously: "In addition to learning martial arts from Li Gongzi, I also learned the principles of being a man, and I must be upright and upright." ”

The swordsman didn't think he was naïve at all, his gaze moved, fixed in the distant Niujia Village, and said: "Your sword is very fast, I have learned the sword for so many years, and I also want to understand it, besides, I still have to ask you, if the assassination of you fails, I will not have a chance to speak, nor will I have a chance to ask you to help." ”

The swordsman, who claimed that he didn't like to talk, was now talking more, and he continued: "If I die, please be sure to take my body back to Niujia Village and send it to the fourth family north of the village, where my grandmother lives alone, and she has been waiting for my grandson to come home. ”

This is the real purpose of him to lead Ye Yu to Niujia Village, using knowing Xiaomu's whereabouts as an excuse.

Ye Yu said coldly: "Trick me into coming here, why should I listen to you?"

The swordsman smiled again: "Because I take revenge like a man, you will not refuse." ”

Ye Yu said: "You go, your adoptive father is dead, kill me, he won't live." ”

The swordsman said: "My sword is in my hand, I don't want to go, and you don't want to go." ”

Ye Yu said: "Why bother, you still have a grandmother at home." ”

The swordsman said: "Our village is too poor, I went out of the village at the age of ten to make a living, twenty years have passed, I have suffered everything, I can't survive, it was Li Gongzi who took me in." Compared with grandma, this kindness has to be repaid. ”

Ye Yu said: "There is still a woman waiting for you to go back, you must have promised her that she would go back." ”

There seemed to be pain in the swordsman's eyes: "What is the love of men and women, I lost her, so I got drunk that day." ”

Ye Yu said: "You should go back to her and take her to see your grandmother." ”

The swordsman glanced at him and said, "I'm not you." ”

"When she saw her grandson come home with her granddaughter-in-law, this was probably the happiest thing for her in her later years. Ye Yu said: "Moreover, I don't want to kill people anymore." ”

The swordsman was silent.

Ye Yu said, "Why don't you go and take a look at your grandma first?"

The swordsman said: "I'm afraid that when I see her old man, I will lose my determination to kill you." ”

The words have been spoken.