On the mountain road of Cuiping Mountain, a young man with bundled hair, wearing a crane, hanging green yarn, and carrying a three-foot Qingfeng, was watching a bird pass overhead, and in an instant, he merged into the bamboo forest and green sea, and sank into the vastness.

The young man is He Guiqing, he has been away from the mountain for more than half a month. The day of receiving the task can be said to be quite smooth, holding the elder's letter, the process can be said to be unimpeded. There are many kinds of tasks in the sect, including assisting the imperial court to arrest key criminals, forming a team to exterminate bandits, and going to dangerous mountains to pick herbs, etc., seeing He Guiqing is blood boiling, and his face is full of yearning for the rivers and lakes. Fortunately, he still knew that he had a few catties and a few taels, and after calming down, he took a task to deliver a letter, the content of which was to find Zhang Lihu in Liniu Village at the foot of Cangyao Mountain to receive a letter, and then send it to the owner of Tianjiazhuang. This can be said to be the simplest task carefully selected by He Guiqing among the complicated tasks. He was still very apprehensive in his heart, he had never gone down the mountain, he felt that the first time he went out, he should still be safe, so he chose this only task that was not dangerous, and even the deacon who gave the task was surprised that someone had arranged such a difficult task.

"After turning over this Cuiping Mountain, it should be Tianjiazhuang. He Guiqing wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to walk forward, not going far, when he suddenly heard a voice in front of him.

"The way of a gentleman, if you go far, you will be self-defeating, and if you climb high, you will be inferior. The sound of Lang Lang's reading came into He Guiqing's ears, and he looked at the sound, only to see a young man sitting under the tree not far ahead, this person was wearing a coarse cloth coat, a thin hemp rope tied around his waist, a torn hat on his head, and cloth shoes with leaky soles. He Guiqing's face was overjoyed, and he sighed that he had walked the mountain road for so long, and finally met someone, and hurriedly went up and said: "This brother, dare to ask about Tianjiazhuang ahead." ”

This person was originally reading and reading, and he didn't notice that someone was approaching, He Guiqing's question suddenly frightened him to stiffen, and he slowly turned his head to look at He Guiqing. Then he trembled, "Ah!! someone is coming!!" The sharp shout startled He Guiqing, and his ears buzzed.

He Guiqing calmed down, and just wanted to ask a question, but saw that the man was crawling around in the grass, as if he was looking for something, so he asked suspiciously: "Brother Tai, what did you lose?"

The man did not answer, but groped in the grass with his hands and feet. Suddenly, the man's body was stunned, his face was happy, he pulled out a long knife in the grass, held the handle tightly with trembling hands, and pointed the tip of the knife at He Guiqing and said, "Hit... Beat... Rob. ”

He Guiqing was stunned, and he was speechless for a while.

"Robbing bandits? At that time, for the sake of safety, I chose the safest mission, and I was able to meet the bandits?"

He Guiqing looked at the old books that were discarded aside, then at the man's trembling hands that were trembling despite his best efforts, and then at the cat's posture holding the knife at his waist, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Excellency has never practiced martial arts, has you?"

"How do you... Nonsense! My Confucian Taoism is superb, and once the knife is released, it will definitely be very bloody. You... Hurry up and hand over the valuable items on your body, and I will spare you from death. As he spoke, he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

In fact, He Guiqing didn't have much bottom in his heart now, and thought: "I often hear the senior brothers say that the rivers and lakes are sinister, what if this person is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?" The scene of the confrontation between the two was unusually quiet.

He Guiqing pulled out the sword behind his back. "Forget it, grit your teeth and fight with him, no matter if he pretends or not, at this time, you can't lose the face of the teacher. ”

It didn't matter if He Guiqing drew his sword on this side, and when he saw that He Guiqing actually had a sword, his hands were weak, the knife fell to the ground in fright, and the backbone of this person was gone, and his legs were also weak, and he sat directly on the ground. hugged his head and cried: "Shaoxia spare his life, I am a hard-working talent, I have no choice but to embark on this road of no return, spare my life, Shaoxia!"

He Guiqing didn't act rashly when he saw this scene, "What does this mean? I just heard him say what Shang Confucian sword technique, isn't this one of the tricks to salute first and then soldier?", after thinking for a long time, he no longer hesitated, moved his steps and cautiously probed forward. The man heard that the other man seemed to be coming, and buried his head deeper.

"I heard you shouting from a long distance, I said Xue Xiucai, you should go back early. At this time, three big men came down from the hillside, about forty years old, each holding a large ring knife, and walking a little fiercely. The person who was trembling with his head raised his head, and immediately stood up after seeing the three people who were coming, pounced on the dust, straightened his clothes and said: "I'm losing because I'm inexperienced, if you come a little late, maybe I'll succeed!" One of the leaders sneered, then looked at He Guiqing, looked up and down and rolled his fists and said: "In Xia Cuiping Shan Tian Ben, these two are my younger brother Tian Hong and Tian Ming, dare to ask the young man's name." ”

He Guiqing had been observing the three of them from the beginning, and seeing their fierce and vicious appearances, He Guiqing knew that they must be mountain bandits, which common people would carry a big ring knife to wander around in this barren mountain and wilderness? His heart began to weigh at this time: "My martial arts have not made much progress for many years, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to experience and encounter evil thieves when I go down the mountain this time? I am a disciple of the Great Sect, and the chances of winning against a few bandits should still be very good." He Guiqing instantly decided. The right foot retreats back and squats into a lunge, and at the same time raises the sword across the chest, which is the starting style of the Cangyu School's swordsmanship. "Prepare to die, thief!"

said that he would shoot if he didn't agree with him, but Tian Ben never thought that He Guiqing wouldn't say anything at all, and he wanted to fight directly. Suddenly said angrily: "Where did the little doll come from, why don't you talk about the rules at all? The second and third, you don't have to make a move, I have to beat this doll's ass to bloom today!" As he spoke, he waved the big ring knife in his hand and slashed at He Guiqing.

As soon as the two people who came out of the fight fought each other, they began to feel that the other party was not simple. He Guiqing felt that although the other party's knife technique was undisciplined and full of flaws, every time he was about to stab the other party, the other party seemed to be able to predict it in advance, this was just one person, and there were two thieves and a master of Confucian sword skills behind him, He Guiqing couldn't help but retreat at this time. On the other side, Tian Ben was in a cold sweat. At this time, I exclaimed in my heart: "Dear mother, this little doll's swordsmanship seems simple, but it is flickering, and I almost fell on the road several times, but fortunately, I have been fighting for a long time and have rich experience, and I have avoided it every time." I can't fight anymore, this swordsmanship is quite disciplined, I can't figure out which big sect it is, we can't afford to provoke these little thieves. After deciding, Tian Ben Huili slashed at He Guiqing, and He Guiqing blocked it with a horizontal sword. "Bell!" After the two blades collided, Tian Ben took advantage of the momentum to jump back, and after standing firm, he laughed loudly: "Hahaha! Sure enough, he is a hero out of a young man, this young man must already be a person with a realm, and he must be in the realm of martial arts." ”