"Zhao Lanjiang?"

"Yes, it's this kid. He's a knife practitioner, and in one way, he's a lot like me. ”

Xiao Jinyanxin said that Li Qiuyi had only met Zhao Lanjiang a few times, and he had already rated him so highly, he couldn't help but be a little curious, "What is similar?"

Li Qiuyi said lightly, "Not long ago, he came to Li's wine shop and asked me a question. ”

"What a problem. ”

"How can you beat me. Li Qiuyi laughed, "The old man has debuted for more than 30 years, and since he entered the Datong Elephant Realm with the Dao of the Dao, there have been more than 20 years, and others have either asked me for advice on the Dao of the Dao, or want to worship me as a teacher, and no one has ever asked me this question in person." This kid, dare to think and dare to do, not bad!"

Xiao Jinyanxin said that among the people he knew, only Zhao Lanjiang could do this kind of thing. Zhao Lanjiang is not afraid of the sky and the earth, for the sake of a few dozen taels of silver, even the prince of Chu dares to catch it, what else in the world does he dare not do?

He asked again, "Senior Li, I still have a question that I haven't figured out. The three realms of martial arts in the world, whether it is you, Yuwen Tianlu, or Chu Crazy Sword, but they all stop at the three realms, looking at the rivers and lakes for a hundred years, only Zhang Benchu jumped out of the three realms back then?"

Li Qiuyi's eyes were a little complicated, "This reason is a bit complicated, there is a certain number of luck in heaven and earth, and it is bound to be one and the other." Martial arts cultivation to the general image, it is already occupied by the number of many people, the higher the number of luck, but the fact is that in the past three hundred years, the luck of the rivers and lakes is indeed not as good as before, and it has been impossible to restore the seventy-two princes of the chaotic war, and the three foreign masters have come out of the rivers and lakes. ”

Li Qiuyi glanced up at the south, "Of course, it has nothing to do with that mountain." ”

Xiao Jinyan said: "Could it be that in this world, as rumored in the rivers and lakes, beyond the Three Realms, is the Thunder Pool?"

Li Qiuyi motioned for Xiao Jinyan to come to the courtyard.

The courtyard of the Li family's liquor store is not large, Li Qiuyi lives in the north house, the shop is in the south lane of the street, and there are high courtyard walls on both sides. He pointed to the surrounding walls and said slowly, "I'll tell you a story." Once upon a time, there was a group of frogs who sat in the well all day long, eating the flying insects in the well when they were hungry and drinking well water when they were thirsty. In their perception, the sky is as big as the mouth of a well, and they don't know that there is an outside world. Until a passing bird told them that the sky was very vast, and the world outside the well was very exciting. ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "Isn't this a story about sitting in a well and watching the sky? ”

Li Qiuyi was silent.

Xiao Jinyan knew that he was angry, so he had to ask cooperatively, "What happened later?"

Li Qiuyi was still silent.

Xiao Jinyan had no choice but to apologize, "I'm sorry, Senior Li, you are a martial arts master, telling this kind of story must have a deep meaning, otherwise, I will find Ergou to settle the money I owed before in a while?"

Li Qiuyi was angry at this time, and continued, "After the frogs found out, they began to work hard to jump out of this well and see the outside world. However, they are only frogs, and with their abilities, they cannot jump out of this well. As a result, at this time, a tree branch suddenly fell from the wellhead. ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "Among these frogs, the one with the most strength jumped on the branch, and then jumped out of the well along the branch?"

Li Qiuyi smiled, "I'll tell you another story." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "The story of the frog entered the palace like this?"

Li Qiuyi ignored him and said to himself, "Once upon a time there was a village, and the people in the village had never seen frogs, and suddenly, a frog passed by the village, and everyone was shocked.

At this time, a homeless man was so hungry that he beat the frog to death, skewered it on a branch, roasted and ate it. After eating it, I realized that frogs were so delicious. So the homeless man opened a barbecue restaurant and went around catching frogs, but he found a well, and heard a burst of frog chirping in it, so it was obviously impractical for him to go down to the well to catch frogs, so he thought of a way and put a branch into the well, which was surrounded by frog nets.

The frogs that jumped out had already fallen into the net before they could admire the sky, and they didn't even have a chance to warn their companions. ”

Xiao Jinyan shuddered when he heard this.

Frogs are full of traps.

This group of frogs thought that they would jump out of the well and come to a bigger world, but they found that this world was so big that they couldn't control it at all, and it was so big that before they had time to understand this world, they had become a delicacy on someone else's plate.

Although Li Qiuyi did not say it explicitly, the meaning of these two stories is very clear.

In the world beyond the wellhead, there are also hunters who catch frogs.

In the world beyond the Three Realms, there are cultivators, as well as Shujian Mountain and the sword keepers on Shujian Mountain.

Five hundred years ago, a frog escaped its net, jumped back into the well, and broke the branch. It told the frogs what was going on, but the frogs didn't believe the story. For all these years, they still searched for the traces left by the frog, tried to find the branch, and fought for their heads to bleed.

Li Qiuyi said, "Those of us who have cultivated to the Datong Elephant Realm are not without the ability to jump out of the Three Realms, but without the courage. No one knows whether beyond the Three Realms is the singing of birds and flowers, the fairyland of the world, or the thorny and hell. Lu Xuanji wrote the martial arts scripture and destroyed it, but he didn't want us to jump out of the well. However, all the rumors we hear are from Lu Xuanji. Lu Xuanji's words, whether they are true or false, no one can verify. ”

"Didn't Zhang Benchu go?"

Li Qiuyi said, "If you go, you will go, but no one knows whether you will have the way of immortality or the way of dissipating your soul." After that, Li Qiuyi laughed at himself a little, "Those of us, the higher the martial arts realm, the longer the lifespan, the less courage we have." There were times when I could barely resist stepping through the void, but I couldn't overcome my demons and stopped. ”

"So, after the battle with Chu Maddao, no matter what the victory or defeat is, I made up my mind to go outside to find out. ”

Xiao Jinyan was a little puzzled, "Wang Banxian came to you because of this?"

Li Qiuyi nodded, "After all, he had been to Shujian Mountain back then, and he was also one of the three people who could come back alive, so his words are very credible." Over the years, he has constantly changed his identity, lobbying everyone not to try it lightly until he finds a way. ”

"But you still didn't listen. ”

Li Qiuyi sneered, "It's just that his idea is too idealistic, he wants to pull the hunters outside the well into the well, but he doesn't know that even if he falls into the well, the hunter is still a hunter, and a frog is still a frog." And those hunters prefer frogs from the Elephant Realm, because they taste a little better. Of course, they also like a kind of frog that hides in a mud hole and refuses to show its face, and when it is eaten, it may be able to prolong its life. ”

"You're talking about the people of the Heavenly List?"

Li Qiuyi said, "People from two pavilions, three sects, and four sects. ”

"I have always thought that these transcendent sects have not been passed on for hundreds of years, and no one has seen them, and they may have perished. ”

Li Qiuyi smiled, "Maybe it's right next to you and me, but we don't know it." ”

Xiao Jinyan asked tentatively, "Could it be that the frogs have no other way?"

"Maybe there is, but I haven't found it yet. ”

......

Coming out of the Li family's wine shop, Xiao Jinyan felt a little uneasy. In the past, he only heard a few words from Li Chuntie and Wang Banxian, and knew that there were bigger and more dangerous existences outside the Three Realms, but no one had ever said so frankly and directly to Li Qiuyi, which made him have a subversive understanding of this world and this river and lake.

Back at the inn, Bao Lu was still feasting, seeing Xiao Jinyan depressed, he asked Xiao Jinyan what was going on, Xiao Jinyan told him again, Bao Lu smiled and said, "What big deal should I do, no matter what they do, there is a high top when the sky falls, we have to eat, some sleep, and there is something happier than this?"

Xiao Jinyan is right to think about it, he is just a knowledgeable person, and if he cares about this kind of thing, isn't it groundless for people to worry about the sky and mediocre people to disturb themselves.

Thinking of this, I feel much more relaxed.

Li Chengcheng asked, "How did you talk to Senior Li?"

Xiao Jinyan told him the story.

Li Qingcheng smiled, "So, even if you want to be a frog, you have to be a frog that can kill people." ”

The two were chatting when they saw Su Zhengyuan rushing in.

In the past two days, Su Zhengyuan is probably one of the busiest people in the whole Suzhou City, the battle of Li Chu has attracted a large number of people from the rivers and lakes to pour into Suzhou, and the public security situation in the city is extremely bad.

Su Zhengyuan saw Xiao Jinyan and said, "You're back?"

"How is Lord Su?"

Su Zhengyuan said, "Two, I want to ask you for help." ”

Xiao Jinyan was surprised, "Master Su, we don't seem to know each other very well, and you still have to trouble us before." ”

Su Zhengyuan was stunned, his old face flushed, "Not long ago, thanks to your news, in the matter of the fake prefect, I made a great contribution, Governor Zhao wants to recommend me as the general judge of Suzhou, I believe that it will not be long before the documents for the performance of the appointment will come down." ”

Li Tingcheng said with a smile, "Lord Su, the Suzhou General Judgment is an official position of the fifth grade, so in this way, Lord Su is going to be promoted to three levels in a row." ”

Xiao Jinyan also teased, "I'm afraid that the bamboo basket will be empty." ”

Su Zhengyuan said unashamedly, "You don't know, in order to be this official, up and down, inside and out, I spent 300,000 taels of silver." ”

Li Chengcheng said coldly, "If you want to be an official, you must be a good official, if I know, you are in the fish and meat town, don't blame me for the sword in my hand for not being emotional." ”

Su Zhengyuan was stunned for a moment, and said with some dissatisfaction, "Thousands of miles of being an official for food and clothing, and not for silver, what's the point of me being an official?"

"And why did you loot more silver?"

Su Zhengyuan said: "In order to be a bigger official!"

Li Chengcheng's sword came out of its sheath, revealing a cold light.

Su Zhengyuan said, "But don't worry, even if you two are officials, I will never take the people under the knife." ”

"It's not honest. ”

Su Zhengyuan said again, "Even if I have surgery, I will be more gentle and pay attention to my appearance." At least, he won't be a cool official like Zhou Xiao. ”

Xiao Jinyan knew that his dog couldn't spit out ivory, so he asked, "You won't talk this nonsense to us, will you?"

Su Zhengyuan said, "Brother Xiao ......"

"Who's your brother?"

"Xiao Daxia, Uncle Xiao, in the past two days, I have encountered some trouble, whether I can become this official depends on whether you two are willing to help, I am in Suzhou City, and I really can't think of any way. ”

Xiao Jinyan said impatiently, "Let's get to the point." We don't have time to listen to your nonsense. ”

Su Zhengyuan picked up the teapot and took a few sips directly to his mouth before he said, "In recent days, there have been two massacres in Suzhou City, Lord Zhao has limited me to solve the case within ten days, and now five or six days have passed, and I have no clue, I want to ask the two heroes to help." ”

(The second watch was delivered, Xiao Jinyan sent the book for two months, and it will be on the shelves next month, the data is still relatively bleak, the brothers who have a monthly ticket in their hands, leave a few for Sanguan in early March.) The monthly pass is powerful, and I will try to update it for everyone. ）