Xiao Jinyan asked in surprise, "Who is it in the world?"

Dongfang Nuannuan smiled faintly and asked rhetorically, ?" Do you still think that the Supreme Heavenly Dao is a person?"

"Isn't it?"

"He can be or he may not be. He is a being in the void, the embodiment of the consciousness of the divine realm. For example, you can easily destroy a nest of ants, and in the eyes of the ants, they can't really observe you, and they will make up a god similar to them. No one knew what the Supreme Heavenly Dao was like, and Lu Xuanji didn't know either. ”

Xiao Jinyan was a little puzzled, "But so far, the sword keepers and sword cultivators on Shujian Mountain are all human. ”

"That's just that the Supreme Heavenly Dao wants to make it easier for human beings to recognize his will, if this world is ruled by monkeys, then Sword Cultivator and Sword Keeper will also be monkeys, they are just people who have mastered some of the rules of heaven and earth. ”

Xiao Jinyan did not continue to ask. But he felt that things were not so simple, if it was really as Dongfang Nuannuan said, the Supreme Heavenly Dao and people, just like people and ants, then he wanted to destroy the world, it was really just a matter of thought.

To fight against the Supreme Heavenly Dao is like a mayfly shaking a tree. It's simply an impossible task.

"So what do we do?"

"We can flee, we can wait, we can hide, we can accept it. ”

Run, wait, hide, accept.

Four different attitudes, four different philosophies.

For the people at the bottom, they have only one choice, that is, to accept the arrangement of fate, if the world is ruined, it will be ruined.

And Dongfang Nuannuan once said that the order of this world has been chaotic, and such a disaster is needed to reorganize the order of the world, if the Supreme Heavenly Dao is willing.

As for fleeing?

If you don't jump out of the three realms, get rid of the shackles of the world's cage, get rid of life and death, love and love, where is the capital to escape.

There are still some people in the world who have chosen confrontation.

Like Yuwen Tianlu. Outside the city of Dingzhou, he built a powerful fortress in the last days, just like the ship in myths and legends, to avoid the sanctions of the Heavenly Dao.

Like Wang Banxian. He has the luck of the world, and he has been hiding in Tibet for more than 20 years in this river and lake, avoiding the pursuit of Shujian Mountain.

Like Li Chuntie. Although he didn't say it, the investigation of Shujian Mountain has not stopped.

Xiao Jinyan asked himself, what should I do?

He loves this world very much, with relatives and friends, beloved people, and an admirable brother.

However, if it is really as Dongfang said, all this will come to naught in the end, and there is nothing I can do.

No one knew in what way the Supreme Heavenly Dao had descended. He can't, and Dongfang Nuannuan doesn't know either.

After Dongfang Nuan Nuan left, Xiao Jinyan fell into deep thought. However, this contemplation did not last long, as Kim did not come in.

"Life and death have a destiny and wealth in the sky, people die in the court, and twenty years later, he is a good man. He didn't care.

"Did you hear that?"

"I accidentally overheard. ”

"What else did you hear?"

Jin Bu said, "I also heard that some people are very dissatisfied with our action today and are ready to set fire to this house. ”

"When?"

"Just now. ”

"Why not stop it?"

Jin Bu said, "It's not my house, it's not your house, why should I stop it?"

The smell of smoke came.

Xiao Jinyan and Jin Buchang came to the courtyard.

There were three or four people outside the door, sneakily carrying firewood to the firewood room and piling it up. Due to the new rain, the ground was relatively wet, and for a while, there was no fire, but a lot of smoke was made. The person who set the fire was the second shopkeeper of China Merchants Qianzhuang, and he was beaten today, and he couldn't swallow this evil breath, and he couldn't fight it, so he found a few brothers and prepared to set fire to the firewood room.

Ahem!

The second shopkeeper was still complaining, "I asked you to buy fifty catties of dry firewood, why can't you light it, do you mix it with water?"

The man said, "Profiteers, go and order their warehouses tomorrow." ”

Xiao Jinyan and Jin Buchang came here with their noses covered, and those people were still busy and didn't notice that someone was coming.

Xiao Jinyan asked, "What about arson?"

"Hmm. ”

"If it were me, I would buy some tung oil and sulfur, and I wouldn't need so much firewood. ”

The second shopkeeper said, "Head back, no experience." Why are you so clear-minded, you can't be a repeat offender, right?"

The night was dark, and he didn't see anyone's face. Doing something illegal like this, being a thief is weak-hearted, and when he sees someone, he should run away, but he does it for the first time, and he doesn't react.

Xiao Jinyan said, "Awards, awards." However, if there is a problem, I have to remind you, there is a Shangyi prison and a dyeing and weaving room, all of which are the territory of the palace, you are so blatant, aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

The second shopkeeper said, "What are you afraid of, this is called directional arson." Only burn this one house, hey, why do I feel familiar with your voice?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "It's me who is wrong. I shot too lightly during the day and didn't let you remember me. ”

"Not only is it wrong, it's very wrong. If it were me, at least he couldn't get out of bed for half a month. ”

The second shopkeeper shouted, "It's you!"

Xiao Jinyan smiled, "Isn't it?" He smiled a little grimly, his eyes staring directly at him, making his heart furious.

The second shopkeeper pulled the firewood back, "Mo Daxia, there may be some misunderstanding between us." ”

"Misunderstanding?"

"You may seem like I'm setting a fire, but in fact, I've got some brothers and I'm going to have an open-air barbecue here. ”

"Where's the meat?"

The second shopkeeper said: "I asked my brothers to buy it." Kicked the person next to him again, "Go and see, why hasn't the third child come back from Xuanyuan Butcher's Shop?"

The man scratched his head, "What buys meat?"

The second shopkeeper slapped him, "Pork belly, tendon meat, and copper pot, hurry up and urge." By the way, call the eldest brother too. ”

"Mo Daxia, today's incident is my fault, and we don't know each other, so today's barbecue here should be regarded as making amends for your sins. ”

Xiao Jinyan wanted to teach him a lesson, but now he is borrowing someone else's identity, if he makes a big fuss, he is afraid that he will not be able to end it, so he can take the opportunity to take advantage of this person, so he said, "Do you really think so?"

"A must!"

"Do you want to make money?"

"I dreamed of it, otherwise I wouldn't be in China Merchants Bank. ”

Xiao Jinyan said: "I believe you for the time being, I haven't been back for three or four years, and I don't have any friends in the capital." Are you familiar with the capital?"

The second shopkeeper laughed, "Don't say anything else, just in this capital, even if you are blindfolded, where do I Meng Er mean, let me touch the bed of which concubine in the palace, and I won't take it the wrong way." ”

Xiao Jinyan was scheming, "Really?"

The second shopkeeper said, "A little rhetoric." However, if it is news from the capital, from the secret news in the palace to the three religions and nine streams, I can eat and mix fragrantly. ”

The fire was finally lit.

It's just a fire, but it's a barbecue.

Xiao Jinyan pointed to the side room, "Come in and talk." ”

After a while, the man who had left before came carrying an iron plate and a stove, and behind him a big man, with a burly body, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a row of knives hanging from his waist, and a pig's leg on his back, walked in.

The second shopkeeper said, "This is my eldest brother, Xuanyuan Yidao, the shopkeeper of Xuanyuan butcher's shop, and my brother who worships the son." After that, he said in a low voice, "My eldest brother still has an identity, and if I say it, I won't scare you to death." ”

"Oh?"

The second shopkeeper pretended to be mysterious and said, "He is also the number one executioner in the criminal department, with first-class knife skills, and most of the punishments in the palace are handled by him, and it is said that he can cut people with ten thousand knives without dying." ”

After setting up the stove, Xuanyuan pulled out a thumb-sized knife from his waist with a knife, brushed a little bit, and countless slices of meat as thin as cicada wings were cut off and fell on the stove, and after four or five breaths, it was already cooked.

The crowd applauded.

Xuanyuan slashed, but he couldn't be happy.

The second shopkeeper said, "Big brother, why is your interest not high today?"

Xuanyuan sighed, "Recently, I took over a tricky job, assigned by the palace, to kill someone." ”

"That's a good thing!"

"A good thing?" Xuanyuan said with a knife, "This Ling Chi's punishment will be cut by ten thousand knives!"

The second shopkeeper said, "The eldest brother is known as Xuanyuan Wandao, and for you, it's not a good thing?"

Xuanyuan frowned and said, "Ling Chi's punishment, three thousand six hundred knives is already the limit, the so-called ten thousand knives is just an exaggeration, but the palace has issued a death order, if there is one less knife, it will be compensated by cutting the flesh from me, you say this is a good thing?" he took a sip of wine, "What's more, this Ling Chi's punishment should be carried out in front of hundreds of civil and military officials and envoys of various countries on top of His Majesty's birthday banquet!"

When Xiao Jinyan heard this, he deliberately kept his thoughts.

The second shopkeeper gasped, "Your Majesty must have a lot of resentment? Even if there is a rebellion, it won't stop here, right?"

Xiao Jinyan asked, "Dare to ask Brother Xuanyuan, who is the person who wants Ling Chi?"

Xuanyuan gulped a bowl of wine, put down the bowl, and said, "It's okay to tell you, it is estimated that it will not take many days for the imperial court to issue a decree to the world." It's not someone else, it's the former president of the Dengwen Academy, Li Juntetsu!"

Xiao Jinyan trembled.

Although he had already guessed it, his heart still trembled when he said it from Xuanyuan's mouth.

Sure enough, it was him!

Ten thousand dollars!

He didn't have a good impression of Zhu Liye, and when he heard this, his heart was even more moved. However, in front of everyone, he did not have a seizure.

The second shopkeeper was already a little drunk.

"Mo Daxia, what's wrong with you?"

"It's cold, and it's a little unbearable. He said deliberately, "Brother Xuanyuan, is it very difficult to count these ten thousand swords?"

Xuanyuan said, "Big, big." In the past few days, I have practiced with sheep at home, and none of the sheep can last more than 3,000 knives, and if it is a human, about 5,000 knives, it will lose too much blood and die. Fortunately, in the past few days, the tortured people have been soaking in the water, and they can cut about 2,000 more, leaving 3,000 knives, but it is difficult for me. ”

Xiao Jinyan tried to make his voice appear calm.

"Why soak in water?"

Xuanyuan explained, "When a person is soaked in water, the skin will swell, the blood flow will be slow, the flesh will be loose, and more knives can be made at that time." ”

Xiao Jinyan clasped his hands and took a deep breath.

He made up his mind that no matter what, even if it was a big battle, he would talk about Li Chuntie's rescue from the palace.

Xuanyuan said again, "This Ling Chi's punishment has extremely high requirements for knife techniques, one is to be fast, the second is to have a small knife edge, and the third is to stop bleeding in time." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "Wouldn't every knife be the size of a fish scale?"

"It's the fish scale knife method. Xuanyuan said, "We will use a fish scale net to wrap people tightly, and after the blood is blocked, it will form a bulge, and then use knives of different sizes to cut the flesh piece by piece." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "Brother Xuanyuan, there is something I want to remind you. ”

"What?"

"You're about to come to a great disaster. ”

Xuanyuan's face changed slightly, "How do you say this?"

Xiao Jinyan already had a calculation in his heart, and said to him, "On the tenth day of October, Your Majesty's birthday banquet is celebrated at the same time, but Your Majesty is late at the birthday banquet, you are the one who holds the sword, and you will inevitably touch Your Majesty's bad luck, after the execution, Brother Xuanyuan thinks Your Majesty will do something to you? This is one of the big culprits." ”

Jin Buchang had already guessed what Xiao Jinyan meant, and said, "It must be that Brother Xuanyuan was killed together." What about the second culprit?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Li Chuntie is the dean of Dengwen Academy, and his martial arts are strong, although he is

However, he was imprisoned, but if he was on the verge of death, with his martial arts, guess who was the first to be unlucky? This is the second of the great culprits. ”

Jin Bu said, "Of course it's the executioner." What else?"

Xiao Jinyan said again, "Even if the execution is successful, Dean Li is one of the leaders of the Ming Dynasty's spies, and there are many subordinates, and most of them are die-hard people, if you do it, they will definitely not let you go." ”

Smack!

Xuanyuan stabbed the wine glass to the ground.

In the past few days, he has been pondering how to complete this ten thousand swords, but he didn't consider that there are so many consequences, he panicked in his heart, and the wine glass was not held steadily, and it fell to the ground.

The second shopkeeper, Meng Er, was also a little worried, "Mo Daxia, what can be done then?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "The only way is not to take this job." ”

Jin Bu said, "This is the will of the palace, if you don't accept it, it will be disrespectful to the will, and it will be copied and beheaded." ”

Xuanyuan Yidao's face turned pale, and he muttered, "I'm going to die?"

Xiao Jinyan saw that he had no idea, so he took the opportunity to ask again, "When you were executed, how many people were there?"

"There is also an apprentice who is responsible for receiving meat and stopping bleeding, but I recently returned to my hometown in Hunan to save my relatives, which is also where I am worried. ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "I have a solution. ”

"What's the solution?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "I am also proficient in knife techniques and can help, but ......"

Xuanyuan said with a knife, "Mo Daxia just said it directly. ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "I've been in some trouble lately and need some money. ”

Xuanyuan Yidao was originally frightened by Xiao Jinyan and Jin Buchang's words, and listening to this "Mo Daxia" willing to help, it was like grasping a life-saving straw, and said, "Money, what do I have, how much do you want?"

Xiao Jinyan shook his head.

"Ten thousand taels?"

Xiao Jinyan still shook his head.

"All my belongings add up, and it's only 20,000 taels. ”

Xiao Jinyan smiled, "Brother Xuanyuan misunderstood, I need a thousand taels is enough, and besides, you are a friend of the shopkeeper Meng, and I can ask for a price, so I should make a friend." ”

Xuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief, only a thousand taels, for him, although it was not a small number, but it was also affordable.

"But how are you doing with your knife work?"

Xiao Jinyan pointed to the pig's hind leg and said, "Please Brother Xuanyuan cut a piece of the smallest piece of meat." ”

Xuanyuan took a knife from his waist and steadily cut a piece of meat the size of a fingernail from the pig's hind leg with both hands.

Xiao Jinyan took the meat, looked at it for a while, and said, "The kung fu is good, but there are three blood vessels on this meat, which are slightly thicker, and they can be a little thinner." ”

With that, he took the knife and, under the gaze of everyone, swung it six times in a row, and then placed the knife on the table.

The previous piece of meat was neatly cut into six slices.

Xiao Jinyan said, "If you use a fish scale net to strangle, as long as the knife is fast enough, a piece of meat can be cut out eight times." ”

Xuanyuan was shocked by this dazzling knife technique, he had been killing pigs and cutting people all his life, but he had never seen such a technique, and he couldn't help but praise, "It's amazing! Even I, a veteran, am ashamed of myself." ”

He breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother Mo, if you are willing to help with this, wait until tomorrow morning, I will go to the Criminal Department to protect you and let you be the person who is the main sword, how about it?"

Xiao Jinyan deliberately entangled in money.

"What about the money?"

Xuanyuan slapped his chest with a knife, "Wrap it on me, and I'll send someone to send it to you tomorrow." ”

That night, everyone was very drunk, and then they dispersed.

Xiao Jinyan didn't sleep all night.

What did Li Chuntie do to make the emperor so angry that he decided to execute him, and it was on top of his birthday banquet?

Could it be that his mind has been twisted to this point?

If it is really as those palace maids said, insulting the emperor, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the maximum sentence is to be beheaded.

Unless, he has a more important secret.

It's getting dark.

It is already the first day of October, and there are still ten days before the birthday banquet.

Xiao Jinyan decided that no matter how dangerous it was, he would sneak into the palace once and meet Li Chuntie.

As for Xuanyuan's side of the knife, it can only be regarded as a remedial measure taken as a last resort, and if it fails, there will be no chance.

Since he can remember, Li Chuntie has raised him like a father and brother, and passed on his martial arts, and he remembers that kindness.

As for the battle between Dengwenyuan and imperial power, he didn't have any concept at all. And Li Chuntie has never taught him that those monarchs and ministers, the outline of the family and the country, even in his rebellious period, let him do as he pleases.

Therefore, when Li Chuntie was in trouble, Xiao Jinyan did not sit idly by and chose to take action without hesitation.

Even if you kill the emperor, you will not hesitate.

For him, whether it is the emperor or the Jiangyang thief, there is no difference, they all have only one head.

Chop it down and die.

It's just that the difficulty of killing people is different.

He was planning how to break into the palace and how to save people, but before that, he had to meet someone.

Ming National Teacher, Yuxi Road Chief.

Li Chuntie is the dean of Dengwen and the emperor's lonely minister, and he is not like Yuwen Tianlu, who has laid a strong foundation for twenty years.

Lonely ministers, once they fall out of favor, they have nothing.

He never made friends with ministers, and only had one friend, and that was the head of Yuxi Dao.

caused today's situation, his heart was full of doubts, and the person who could answer his doubts was the head of Yuxi Dao.

I hurriedly ate something, and looked at the hour, it was already three poles of the sun. He touched the three unicorn treasures in his arms and prepared to go out.

Xuanyuan collided with him head-on, and when he saw Xiao Jinyan, he said, "Brother Mo, I'm afraid the situation has changed." ”