After a while, Ye Fei and his party finally arrived in Xuzhou City.

As the confluence of the Jinsha River, the Min River and the Yangtze River, Xuzhou City has always been known as the first city of the Yangtze River.

Outside the city of Xuzhou, there are green bamboo forests one after another, walking on the official road leading to the city gate, as if rowing between two rippling bamboo seas.

For Xingziru, Xuzhou City is very familiar.

When he was seven years old, he was adopted by his master, Li Jiansheng, the owner of Jianzhuang, and became the fifth disciple of Li Jiansheng.

On the first day he came to Jianzhuang, Li Jiansheng gave him a name - Li Ziru.

After accepting Li Ziru as an apprentice, Li Jiansheng treated him as his own and carefully taught him the art of sword forging and swordsmanship.

In addition, Li Jiansheng also let his own son Li Shumi and Li Ziru become brothers, and when Li Ziru was seventeen years old, he personally came forward to make a family affair for him.

The next year, Li Ziru and his wife Su got married, and a year later, Su gave birth to a daughter, and two years later added a son to him, with both children and daughters.

If life changes like the four seasons, for the Sword Master at that time, when he was seven years old, it was the alternation of cold winter and warm spring;

When he was twenty years old, it was a vibrant, thriving summer.

But what he never expected was that the golden autumn, which had not yet experienced the joy of harvest, suddenly came another cold winter when he was twenty-six years old.

When the carriage entered Xuzhou City, Xing Ziru felt a desolate chill in his heart.

Now more than 30 years have passed, and the city of Xuzhou has ushered in spring, summer, autumn and winter one after another, but for him, he has not waited for the next spring.

At the age of forty, he walked alone in the desert. Everyone said that it was an endless desert, but in the end, he came to an end.

And the cold winter he encountered at the age of twenty-six was the real one with no end in sight.

When the carriage stopped in front of an inn, Xing Ziru stepped out of the carriage and said to Ye Fei: "I won't go to Jianzhuang, you can take those two girls with you." ”

Ye Fei nodded, he knew the grievances between Xingziru and Jianzhuang, so he didn't ask too much.

"Then old man, I'll wait for you at this inn. ”

Ye Fei nodded, and then drove the carriage to Jianzhuang.

After a while, Qiu Sang came out of the carriage and sat next to Ye Fei.

"Stinky girl, what did I say to my lady yesterday, which made her cry all night. Ye Fei asked.

"Young master," Qiu Sang pouted, like a child who had made a mistake, "she had to talk to me, so I couldn't hold back." ”

Ye Fei smiled, "In the future, if you marry me and become a little lady, she, a big lady, will definitely not give you good fruits to eat." ”

"Young Master!" Qiu Sangmian grabbed Ye Fei's arm, and then whispered in his ear, "Could it be that you don't plan to reconcile and leave her?"

"Qiusang, what do you care about about this matter, whether I am with her or not, you can only be a little lady. ”

"Oh. Qiu Sang bowed his head in disappointment.

In the carriage, looking at Ye Fei and Qiu Sang sitting in the front room through the gap, Shen Xiaoqing thought of the situation of the two of them in Weixuan before, and always felt like an outsider.

"Lady, come out and sit on my right. Ye Fei suddenly turned around and said.

"Xianggong, no, the three of them will inevitably be a little crowded, so I'll sit inside. ”

"But I always smell a sour smell wafting out, and if it goes on like this, it will almost kill me and Qiusang. Ye Fei quipped.

"Xianggong, I didn't knock over the vinegar jar, really!"

Then, Ye Fei lifted the curtain, half-squatted and reached out to grab Shen Xiaoqing's wrist, dragged Shen Xiaoqing out of the carriage, and let him sit on the other side of him.

"Lady, Qiu Sang is now a closed disciple of the Sword Saint, and you and I can't afford to mess with it. Ye Fei said.

"Hmm!" Shen Xiaoqing smiled lightly, "I know Xianggong." ”

"Young Master!" Qiu Sang couldn't help but laugh.

After half a pillar of incense, the carriage went out of the west gate of Xuzhou City, and the Xishu Sword Village, which was once famous in the rivers and lakes, was on the gourd mountain seven or eight miles away in the suburbs.

Came to Hulu Mountain, and after a few circles along the winding mountain road, I finally arrived at the gate of Jianzhuang.

As soon as the carriage stopped, a middle-aged man in a wide-sleeved robe came over, clasped his fists and said: "In Xia Changxin, I am ordered by the owner of the village to greet heroes from all walks of life again, I don't know where the three big names are taught?"

"Zhang San!" Ye Fei hugged his fists and said.

After glancing at Ye Fei, Shen Xiaoqing arched his hand and said, "Shen Xiaoqi." ”

"I, I," Qiu Sang thought for a moment, "I'm Ye Xiaoliu." ”

"Zhang San, Shen Xiaoqi, Ye Xiaoliu?" Chang Xin muttered, his face incredulous.

Then, Ye Fei took out the invitation letter given to him by Zhao Youchuan from his arms and handed it to Chang Xin, "Shizun is Zhao Youchuan, the head of the Yin-Yang faction, and the three of us are all close disciples of Shizun, and we are visiting Guizhuang on the order of Shizun. ”

"Zhao Guoshi!" Chang Xin's eyes widened, and then he immediately accepted the invitation.

Confirming that it was the invitation letter written by himself to the Yin-Yang Sect, he examined Ye Fei and the other three, and then said with a smile on his face: "It turns out that the three are the disciples of Zhao Guoshi, please hurry up." ”

Subsequently, Chang Xin personally brought the three of them to the main hall.

In the hall, Li Qin, the owner of the Sword Village, was entertaining two guests, and saw three young people who had never seen before, one of whom had a girl who had the appearance of a country and a city, and the two guests were shocked for a moment, and then looked at each other.

"Master Zhuang, these young brothers and sisters are all close disciples of Zhao Guoshi. Chang Xin said to Li Qin.

"Zhao Guoshi's closed disciple?" Li Qin, the owner of the village, got up and looked at Ye Fei, Shen Xiaoqing, and Qiu Sang suspiciously.

"Master Li Zhuang, long up!" Ye Fei hugged his fists and saluted, "In Xia Zhang San, these two are the junior sisters Ye Xiaoliu and Shen Xiaoqi. ”

"Zhang San, Ye Xiaoliu, Shen Xiaoqi?" a guest laughed twice, then got up and walked over, "The Yin and Yang faction is a national faction, and for every personal disciple of Zhao Guoshi, Wu is also a treasure, and the three should not be the disciples of the national teacher, right?"

"The seniors didn't know, but the master felt that there were too many people like the seniors in this world, and they knew everything about the Hidden Sect, so they secretly recruited me and other disciples who were not cultivating in the sect. Ye Fei explained.

"Nonsense!" the guest's face changed dramatically.

"If it weren't for that, how could we have an invitation letter from Jianzhuang to Shizun?" Ye Fei asked rhetorically, "Is it possible, seniors think that we stole it from Shizun?"

"This invitation may be fake. The guest said.

"Wu Daxia, Chang has already checked it, and the invitation letter written by Chang is true. Chang Xin said.

The guest swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Although I don't know how you got this invitation, Wu is sure that the three are definitely not the disciples of the national teacher. There are many disciples of the national teacher, among which several of the great disciple Lu Xun are the most outstanding, if the national teacher can't get out, he will definitely send Lu Xun there, how can it be you!"