The north wind howled across the world, scattering goose feathers and snow over the land. Let the old snow that had not had time to melt a few days ago be covered again. The already muddy road becomes even more difficult to navigate when it is covered by fresh snow.

The snow covers the mud, and even the best horses and carriages are difficult to walk. Experienced merchants settled down early in the nearest inn and waited for the weather to improve before continuing on their way.

However, there are always some people who are in a hurry, regardless of the wind and snow.

This is the case of the Zhou couple, who rushed all the way from Dali to Jiangnan despite the long distance. For half a month, they have been sleeping non-stop, just to rush to Feiyun Valley as soon as possible and pick up their niece.

Because just half a month ago, they received a secret letter from a maid in Feiyun Valley. The letter said that the suzerain of the Ji family, Ji Ziao, died of illness, and his wife was forced to death by the new suzerain.

The Zhou couple, as the maiden family of the previous suzerain's wife, had to travel thousands of miles to save their sister's only flesh and blood, that is, their own niece.

After half a month of tiring travel, they finally arrived in Jiangnan, and the couple breathed a sigh of relief. They comforted each other, and as long as they walked for half a day, they would be able to reach Feiyun Valley to pick up their niece.

The carriage in which the two of them rode was speeding down the muddy official road, driven by a man with a sword and a heroic eyebrow.

The man drove the car without saying a word, staring intently at the snow-covered road, he was not very old, but he was experienced. Driving through countless mud pools covered in snow shortened the schedule.

But after walking for a while, he noticed that the originally smooth snow surface suddenly appeared with some hollow horseshoe prints. As an experienced guard, this gave him a sense of unease.

As a precaution, he took out a token from his bosom and hung it on the protruding eaves of the carriage shed. Then he turned his head and said to the couple in the carriage.

"Sir, ma'am. I'm about to enter the mountains, I'm afraid there will be thieves and bandits, do you want to make a detour?"

After a while, the tired voice of a middle-aged man came from the carriage.

"No need to take a detour. ”

The man driving didn't say much after hearing this, although the horseshoe prints on the ground made him a little uneasy, but this place is not far from Feiyun Valley, as long as the Ji character token is hung on the car, even if he encounters bandits, the other party will not dare to make a move because he is afraid of the power of the Ji family.

However, there are no absolutes in the world, and there are always some outlaws who are not afraid of heaven and earth, and dare to intercept the waist card. It just so happened that the Zhou couple had bad luck today, and a group of bandits hiding in the mountains at this time were such outlaws.

Less than half a pillar of incense had been in the valley when the carriage was blocked by a chaotic tree.

Seeing this, the man driving the car instantly raised his spirits, and when he looked around and found that there was nothing unusual, he wanted to ask the couple in the car to turn around and detour.

Before he could speak, he heard the sound of horses' hooves trampling on the snow.

In an instant, more than a dozen big men with big shoulders and round waists appeared on both sides of the road, staring at him with weapons in their hands and fierce eyes. Looking at the back, two men and a woman each rode horses to intercept the back road.

Among the three people on horseback, in the center is the bandit leader Zhang Mazi, because there are more scars on his body than the pockmarks on his face, so he is nicknamed Knife Roll. This person has an iron face and sideburns, and he is ruthless with a big knife.

On the right is a woman in Tsing Yi, nicknamed the female mantis. Although the body is petite, the waist is like a bee's buttocks, like a jade bead, and the huge chest is like a wooden fish in the temple. A pair of willow leaf eyes seduced the soul and made countless men intoxicated. But it's the same as her nickname, it's an unsympathetic female mantis. None of the men who were rumored to have slept with her made it to the next day's sun.

At this time, she was seductively poking out her fragrant tongue from her mouth, constantly licking back the saliva overflowing from the corner of her mouth, and staring sideways at the white-faced man on the far left while licking.

The white-faced man is Zhang Mazi's newly accepted apprentice, with no name and no surname, and his background is unknown. The handsome appearance and lean figure have made the female mantis covet for a long time, but Zhang Mazi's affection has been delayed.

The white-faced man also seemed to sense her staring gaze, and turned his head to look at her. Just a glance made the female mantis's heart scratch like a cat, and then made up her mind to finish today's vote, and she must let this little white face die under her peony flowers.

Zhang Mazi was silent in his eyes, in fact, he didn't want to die between the legs of the female mantis, but this delicate female mantis couldn't look down on him, which made him extremely helpless. But when I thought that after finishing this vote, I would have a lot of money to go to the wild kiln to vent my anger, and I couldn't help but feel refreshed. Then he screamed, and he was about to raise his knife and slash and kill.

The man with the sword who was driving had already jumped out of the carriage at this moment, and saw that the other party rode his horse without saying a word. His heart tightened, and he hurriedly pointed to the token hanging on the car.

"Heroic and slow!

Zhang Mazi grinned, "I recognize, it's the one who robbed it!"

The man with the sword was slightly surprised when he heard this, he really couldn't imagine that in the realm so close to Feiyun Valley, there were robbers who dared to rob Ji Zi token, could it be that the other party didn't want to live?

He didn't know if the other party wanted to live, but as a guard, he not only wanted to live, but also had to protect the Zhou couple in the car safe and sound.

The man with the sword didn't talk nonsense either, and drew his sword. Forcefully resisted Zhang Mazi's knife with all his might.

Zhang Mazi's heart sank at the moment, and he understood the idea of encountering a prick. You must know that the ring-headed broadsword in his hand alone weighs more than forty pounds, plus the impact of the horse under his crotch. This knife has a strength of more than two hundred catties, but the guard in front of him blocked it with only one hand holding the sword, which is really amazing.

However, no matter how powerful the master is, he can't escape the dilemma of two fists being invincible to four hands.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mazi hurriedly shouted at his subordinates on both sides.

"Watch the monkey show! Don't help Lao Tzu hack him to death!"

More than a dozen big men heard the call for help from the master, and they went on without saying a word. In the hearts of their robbers, there is no virtue of going it alone.

The man with the sword was still a little worried, but he was relieved to see all the robbers coming towards him.

Because although he was just a small guard sent to his relatives' house by the Ji clan sect master. But the guards who can carry the Ji character token have a strength higher than ordinary people.

He can't take one as a hundred, but it is more than enough to take one as fifty.

I saw that he was in a flexible posture, constantly dodging the blades in all directions, like a fish swimming in water. At the same time, the sword in his hand could pierce the throats of four robbers in a row like a lifeline.

In the fifth sword, the man dodged a series of slashes and axes, and this sword was about to stab the throat of the leader of the robbers, that is, Zhang Mazi.

The sword is like lightning, and the momentum is like thunder. It was as if he had seen the other man's desperate eyes.

The corners of the man's mouth smiled.

It's just a rabble, and compared to him, the guard surnamed Ji, it's like a cloud of mud.

However, he laughed a little early. Before the tip of the sword pierced the other man's throat, he suddenly felt that his body had become very light and light, as if it did not exist. Then his head flew into the air, and after tumbling in the air countless times, he fell headlong into the snow.

Zhang Mazi was frightened into a cold sweat, raised his hand to wipe his neck, and looked at his hands full of blood, only to feel afraid. If the sword had been half an inch deeper, he would have ended up with the other four dead brothers on the ground.

The man's head was still planted in the snow, and only one eye was exposed, staring blankly at the headless corpse at the feet of the group of robbers. The corners of his mouth were no longer smiling, for he suddenly realized that the headless corpse was none other than his.

And just as his consciousness was dying, he saw that the white-faced man who was supposed to be riding behind the carriage and watching, had walked into the group of robbers at some point.

The white-faced man was carrying a three-foot-long straight knife in his hand, and the bright red blood was dripping on the pure white snow along the straight blade.

The snow was still falling, as if the sky was painting. And the bright red blood sprayed on the snow is like a black and white landscape painting, suddenly blooming a few bright plum blossoms.

The snow is adorned with red flowers, eye-catching and pathetic.

Obviously, Cang Tian is not very satisfied with this painting. Because in the blink of an eye, a woman's wail came from the carriage in which the Zhou couple were riding, and the voice was so miserable and helpless that even some of the robbers were moved.

But Zhang Mazi looked at the carriage and listened to it with great enjoyment, because he knew that the female mantis had already succeeded.

Next, just cut off the heads of the two corpses in the carriage and give them to the client, and he can get a large bounty for him to squander. Thinking of this, Zhang Mazi almost laughed happily, but in order to maintain the dignity of the bandit leader, he covered his bleeding neck, and ordered his subordinates to take the dead brother back for burial, and couldn't help but praise the apprentice who saved his life.

"Apprentice, well done! When you return to the cottage, the master will be in charge and you will be given two percent of the silver!"

The white-faced man, known as the apprentice, was unmoved, bent down and grabbed a handful of snow from the snow and attached it to the horizontal knife, gently wiping the blood stains on the blade. He rubbed slowly but skillfully, a movement he had done countless times this winter.

Three months after accepting the other party as an apprentice, Zhang Mazi had long been accustomed to the taciturn of this strange apprentice, and he didn't care about the other party's behavior of ignoring him. But he inevitably had some doubts in his heart, the other party's sword skills were so good, why should he be worshipped as a teacher?

The wind gradually became stronger, and Zhang Mazi couldn't help but shiver.

didn't think much about it, Zhang Mazi just looked forward to ending this business as soon as possible so that he could have a good time. However, after waiting for a long time, he still didn't see the female mantis walking out of the carriage with her head, so Zhang Mazi couldn't help but urge loudly.

"Killing people is not going to bed, what kind of grinding!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Mazi only felt that his back was cold, and his sweat hair stood upside down, and his instinctive reaction made him instantly block the ring head big knife behind him. I only heard the sound of 'bang', like a hammer smashed on a big knife, and I didn't have time to look back, Zhang Mazi and his knife had already been shocked out two feet away.

At this time, the robbers gathered together suddenly discovered that there was an additional white-haired old man wearing cloth clothes and a thin body among them. I saw the old man holding the jet-black wooden box behind him with one hand, and gently smoothing his frizzy beard with the other. Smash it, smash it, and sigh with some annoyance.

"It's a pity. ”

Zhang Mazi had already gotten up from the ground at this time, staring at the thin old man who was surrounded by his subordinates like a great enemy. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, this look shocked him so much that he didn't react for a while. Not for anything else, just because he saw the eyes of the thin old man. To be exact, it can't be called an eye anymore. Because the thin old man should have been the place where his eyes were, but now there were only two scarred holes left.

Even Zhang Mazi, a murderous master who doesn't blink, can't help but feel a chill when he sees his eyes like corroded flowers. Coupled with the impact like a giant hammer on his back just now, if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have died at this moment. Thinking of this, Zhang Mazi raised the ring-headed big knife in his hand, and saw a sunken palm print on the knife.

In addition to being afraid, Zhang Mazi also complained bitterly in his heart. I thought it was an easy deal, but I didn't expect it to appear one after another. But at this point, he could no longer regret it, and then he glanced at the men who were around him, and then shouted to the blind old man.

"Dare to ask what you always call it! How can you hurt people for no reason......

"Hahahaha!"

didn't listen to Zhang Mazi's words, and the blind old man laughed contemptuously.

Zhang Mazi was very unhappy with this sudden laughter, but still asked patiently.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Laugh at you reckless man for being so polite to a blind man. ”

As soon as the blind old man's words fell, he saw a flash of knife light, and the group of robbers who had been surrounding him had already slashed the blades in their hands towards his Tianling Gai.

Zhang Mazi saw that the blind old man would be chopped into mashed meat immediately, and he couldn't help but smile hideously.

"Die!"

The blind old man snorted coldly, raised his withered palms between the lightning and flint, and went straight to the blades above his head, just grabbed it casually, and heard the sound of the knife body shattering, and several big knives were like paper paste, and they were pinched and smashed by the blind old man.

Look at the group of robbers who had surrounded him, one by one the shattered blades that had burst open pierced their chests and faces, and they were now falling on the snow and rolling and wailing.

Zhang Mazi looked at the scene happening in front of him, and couldn't help but feel afraid. After retreating, one foot has begun to retreat.

But the blind old man seemed to be able to see his movements, and after Zhang Mazi took half a step back, he sneered.

"Why, didn't you let us die? Running away won't kill us blind old man. ”

Zhang Mazi cried bitterly in his heart, who knew that you were such a blind old man?

Then he subconsciously raised his eyes to look behind the blind old man, and saw that the apprentice with a straight knife in his hand was quietly approaching the other party's back. Thinking of his apprentice's sword technique when he had just killed the guard, Zhang Mazi felt a little relieved. In order to attract the attention of the blind old man, Zhang Mazi raised the ring-headed big knife in his hand while shouting loudly.

"Lao Tzu fought with you today!"

The wind is like a sword, and the snow is like an arrow. The knife moves with the wind, and the body is protected from snow arrows. The white-faced man holds a three-foot straight knife, as if he is one with nature. One step is one step of snow. One breath is the breath of the wind. With such concealed killing intent and the ability to hide traces, I don't know how many people have been killed by him from behind.

One step was settled, and the distance between the white-faced man and the blind old man was only one zhang. This is his best sneak attack distance, and it is also the distance that the opponent can't resist.

The blade with two fingers wide quietly rose horizontally, turned into a straight line under Zhang Mazi's gaze, and slashed straight at the back of the blind old man's neck. If this move is used alone, it is really not a masterpiece. But with the white-faced man's tried and tested sneak attack method, it is enough to teach people to die unknowingly, and the guard who has just been beheaded is killed by this trick.

Zhang Mazi stood in place, seeing that the blade was about to cut off the head of the blind old man, and joy immediately climbed to the corners of his mouth full of stubble, but then he saw a scene that frightened him.

Just as the white-faced man jumped up and swung his knife and slashed, a brocade-clothed young man suddenly appeared behind him.

The young man held a broad-bladed knife in his hand and slashed straight at the back of the white-faced man's neck, which was covered by his hair. The simplicity of the moves is exactly the same as that of the white-faced man, except that the boy's movements are faster and more violent. Although it was a late hair, when the white-faced man's knife was one foot away from the blind old man, the young man's knife was already less than half a foot close to the opponent's neck.

The white-faced man saw the blade in his hand and was about to cut off the blind old man's head. At the last moment, I suddenly saw Zhang Mazi's smiling expression, and suddenly there was a little more frightened look. At the moment, he felt that it was wrong, so he simply withdrew the blade that had been cut down, and instead put the knife behind him.

Hearing the sound of a blade striking, the white-faced man escaped death, and quickly ducked to the side after straightening his body.

The blind old man still stood in place and didn't dodge, but moved his ears slightly, nodded with some relief, and said without looking back while laughing.

"What are you doing? Didn't we tell you to accompany Childe?"

Ah Yu threw the big blade he had just picked up from the ground on the ground, with a vindictive expression that he wanted you to take care of.

"Uncle Xi, you don't talk much, you say good rock-paper-scissors, and only those who win can come over to help Sister Li'er. ”

The blind old man smiled and raised his right hand to make a scissor gesture.

"But we are blind, blind people don't play rock-paper-scissors, only laipi. ”

Ah Yu saw that the other party looked like he was helpless, and rolled his eyes angrily. But he really had no choice but to sprinkle the anger in his heart on the white-faced man just now.

"Hey, little white face, that trick was good just now, let's play two more tricks. ”

The white-faced man was not angry, his head slightly bowed as if he agreed to Ah Yu's request, slowly inserted the straight knife in his hand into the scabbard, and then cautiously took a few steps back towards Ah Yu.

Seeing that the other party began to retreat, Ah Yu thought that he was going to accumulate strength for the next move. Unexpectedly, Ah Yu had just set up a posture and was ready to attack, but he saw that the white-faced man suddenly turned around and ran backwards, ran straight to the horse, and fled out of the valley without looking back.

When the blind old man heard the sound of horses' hooves reaching his ears, he burst out laughing, almost not laughing.

"Hahaha! The doll has been deceived again! Cough... Hahaha!"

Poor Zhang Mazi saw his white-faced apprentice, who didn't even look back, rode his horse and fled wildly, and his heart was desolate. looked at the old man and the young man in front of him, the grandfather and grandson who were smiling and angry, and their faces were like ashes in an instant.