Chapter Twenty-Seven: Master Duel
Although Chu Yanxi lost his skeleton sword and did not find a way to rescue Zhou Cang, he encountered many things along the way, and someone assassinated him along the way, and he was already being watched along the way.
As soon as Chu Yanxi entered Tu'e City, someone asked him to get together at Tu'e Restaurant, and the message was a child, and he rewarded the child with silver, although it was not a lot.
Chu Yanxi knew that this must be a Hongmen banquet, but he still went, he knew that as long as he lived, they would never stop.
Tu'e Restaurant is the most luxurious restaurant in Tu'e City, wine and beauty are no less than Lingyun Building, there are the most precious wine--Cangjiang wine, Qingfeng wine, jade liquid elixir. There is the most precious blue and white beauty - Yuanfang, in terms of beauty and appearance, and in terms of talent, it is not inferior to Zhong Chunhui in Lingyun Tower.
Chu Yanxi led Ma to the restaurant, the two men were already waiting, and took him to the second floor, above the second floor are rich people's consumption places, each table is very large, and they are separated by beaded sand curtains, even if others are not very clear about drinking and having fun, this is also another kind of rich people's stimulation.
As soon as Chu Yanxi entered the building, she felt that there was nothing abnormal, and no one even recognized her, drinking wine and chatting. As soon as he entered the private room, the two men left in a hurry, and there was no wine and food on the table, and there were people and beauties drinking in the front and back private rooms. Although through the cinnabar curtain, he could guess that there were two men and two women in the front bakery, and a man and two women in the back room, but he had not heard the man say a word until he came in.
For a long time, the seven women each came in with a dish, put the dishes away and danced out, Chu Yanxi sat down with a wry smile helplessly, and another woman came in with wine, this woman is as beautiful as a fairy, her dancing posture is extraordinarily enchanting, and if she sings Wanqing, she is Yuanfang.
Chu Yanxi said gloomily: "Isn't the girl a rabbit and a blue flower Yuanfang?"
"I've seen Gongzi Chu, and the slave maid is Yuanfang. Yuan Fang gently put the wine away, poured another glass of wine and handed it to Chu Yanxi.
"Come and have a drink!" Chu Yanxi took the wine and asked Yuanfang to pour herself another glass.
Chu Yanxi smiled and looked at Yuanfang with wine, Yuanfang saw that Chu Yanxi was worried, she smiled and raised her glass and drank it all.
"Miss Yuanfang can not only sing and dance, but also drink so much, which is very much admired in the next. Chu Yanxi smiled and drank her glass of wine, Chu Yanxi looked around and said, "But Chu can't think of which friend is so kind to Chu!"
"He's here soon, Gongzi Chu doesn't have to be anxious! This cup of wine slave and maid is like Gongzi Chu to make amends!" Yuanfang poured another full glass of wine, and the two drank another glass.
"It seems that Miss Yuanfang knows this friend'......," Chu Yanxi said with a smile.
"I don't know each other, he told the slave maid to serve the prince of Chu well, with good wine and good food...... Yuan Fang walked behind Chu Yanxi, stretched out her slender jade hand and gently stroked his shoulder.
Chu Yanxi smiled and said, "Will he come?" Chu really wants to meet this friend. ”
Yuan Fang said coquettishly: "Of course I will see, if it weren't for the fact that Gongzi Chu doesn't like slaves?"
Chu Yanxi smiled and said, "It's my honor to see Miss Yuanfang, but I also miss this friend!
Yuanfang saw that Chu Yanxi was like this, and she was not restrained, filling her wine glasses, the two of them were complaining about their hearts and drinking bitterly, Yuanfang forgot the entrustment, and Chu Yanxi relaxed her vigilance.
Yuanfang and Chu Yanxi, you and me, kiss me and me. Chu Yanxi finally let go of Yuan Fang's gentle little hand.
"What about wine? Chu loves wine in his life, you and I drink two pots together, but I don't see that friend, the girl who comes to drink!" Chu Yanxi slapped the table and smiled.
Yuan Fang was shocked, and said in a hurry: "Master Chu, don't worry, the slave and maid will go and get the wine immediately!"
"It's a waste to drink when people are dying. A man's voice came from the front room.
"Oh, is it?" Chu Yanxi said with a wry smile.
"Someone from Gongzi Chu!" a boy shouted. Yuanfang hurriedly went out to pick it up, and then handed it to Chu Yanxi.
Chu Yanxi smiled and said, "Is that for friends?"
"No! Xiao Tong said it was Lingyun Lou's letter!" said Yuan Fang slowly.
Chu Yanxi took the letter, hesitated for a moment, put the letter on the table, and said lightly: "Chu doesn't read the letter today, it's Miss Yuanfang who is looking at it, and it's this friend ......"
Before the words fell, the two men in the front private room, the sword pierced through the cinnabar and stabbed, one stabbed Yuanfang in the back, and the other stabbed Chu Yanxi in the chest, Chu Yanxi was very angry, and hurriedly cut off the sword stabbed at Yuanfang with one hand, and at the same time dodged the sword stabbed in his chest.
Chu Yanxi intercepted the sword, the sword was divided into two sections, and then he suddenly took off his hand and shot the broken sword at the man, and the broken sword pierced the man's body and stood against the wall. Yuanfang slowly retreated, and another man attacked Chu Yanxi again, Chu Yanxi was angry, slapped the table, and the chopsticks on the table shot at the man like a rain class, and the man retreated and blocked without success, and died with a whimper.
In an instant, the second floor was quiet, and a man and two women in the back bakery were silent. Yuanfang slowly retreated and came with a jar of Cangjiang wine, looking at Chu Yanxi, she smiled and said: "'This is the best wine, the most expensive wine in this restaurant, have a good drink with Gongzi Chu, just now Gongzi Chu saved the life of the slave maid, even if there is no banquet, I should thank Gongzi Chu." ”
"It is an honor for Chu to be able to drink with Qinghua Yuanfang, the wine and beauty are here, the joy of life!" Chu Yanxi said with a smile.
Chu Yanxi knew that the man in the back bakery was not good, he was very cautious, but when he thought of wine and beauty, Cangjiang wine and Yuanfang also forgot, Chu Yanxi knew that sometimes wine and beauty were more important than anything else, because he always believed that people's lives are unpredictable, life and death! Not to mention people in the rivers and lakes, let alone swordsmen......
Chu Yanxi took the wine, poured two glasses, and drank it with Yuanfang! Yuanfang's eyes showed uneasiness and panic, but at this time, Chu Yanxi had already regarded her as a confidant, perhaps as friendly as Zhong Chunhui.
When Chu Yanxi drank this third cup, he suddenly felt abdominal pain and weakness all over his body, and he suddenly realized that he had entered the middle of the game.
Chu Yanxi forced a smile and said, "You are the person he sent?"
Yuan Fang showed a self-conscious expression and said, "No! Yes, he entrusted me! He gave us a lot of silver!"
Chu Yanxi said with a smile: "How many silver taels?"
Yuanfang turned around and said, "A lot!
Chu Yanxi said with a smile: "I don't blame you, and I have no qualifications to blame you, people's lives are decided by themselves!"
Chu Yanxi didn't ask again, he had a sharp pain in his chest, abdominal pain, and a burst of dizziness, and he slowly bleed.
Yuan Fang suddenly said lightly: "You're not curious, why didn't I get poisoned?"
Chu Yanxi wiped the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, staggered to his feet, and said with a smile: "Because you have already drunk the antidote, you know that I will definitely arouse suspicion at the beginning, so I mixed the poison into the Cangjiang wine that I brought for the second time!"
Yuan Fang said coldly: "I'm afraid it's too late to know now!"
Chu Yanxi endured the pain, poured another glass of poisonous wine and drank it himself, he laughed loudly, this was the first time he lost his mood, he laughed at himself: "I, Chu, have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, and I never imagined that I would die at the hands of the Qinglou woman today and die under the poisonous wine." ”
"The slave task has been completed, and Gongzi Chu is so self-conscious" Yuan Fang had no smile, only a serious, lonely expression, and she poured another glass of poisoned wine.
"Aren't you afraid that I will kill you now, although I am poisoned, my whole body is weak, and my internal organs are pierced like pain, but I am still sure to kill you!" Chu Yanxi endured the erosion of poisonous wine and said with a wry smile.
"I'm afraid it's too late! Now his sword is definitely faster than yours, and his sword will definitely go through your heart. After Yuanfang finished speaking, she walked out gently.
Chu Yanxi knew that what Yuanfang said at the end was absolutely true, because when she walked out, she didn't hesitate at all and didn't look back.
Chu Yanxi took out the "Qinglu Immortal Pill" given by Ouyang Gu King and swallowed two of them, although he didn't know what kind of poison it was, whether the Qinglu Immortal Pill could cure this poison. He lowered his head in a daze, held his aching chest in one hand, and sat down again.
"You'd never have imagined you'd end up like this, would you?" a voice came from the back room.
After a long time, Chu Yanxi raised his head and opened his eyes vigorously, only to see a tall and powerful man in a black robe and a silver mask standing in front of him.
He slowly sat up straight, and said lightly: "Chu will be buried here today, and there is nothing, but there is a question in his heart." ”
Page Chuanbei said in a deep voice: "You are the number one swordsman in the world, it is true that I am a little reluctant to kill you, but I have to kill you, because I am a killer, and a killer cannot be merciful, especially sympathy, which is a taboo for killers." ”
Chu Yanxi suddenly sneered, "I just want to know who sent you?"
Page Chuanbei said in a deep voice: "Of course I can tell you, before you die" "There are some regrets, I regret that I can't have a fair duel with you, but the killer is not fair at all, and the killer is not a swordsman!"
Chu Yanxi's eyes were shallow, and she smiled strongly: "The three taboos of killers, you have already committed two, you haven't killed me yet, even though you have said so many words, if my skeleton sword is here, you have already died a hundred times." Now I am poisoned with wine, and my sword is gone. ”
Ye Chuanbei said in a deep voice: "It's a pity that I don't have a chance!"
Chu Yanxi smiled and said: "There is a chance, as long as I live, and I can give you anything you want, of course, except for family affection, I think you and I will be the same for family affection, otherwise you will not be a killer, just as I don't want to be a swordsman, who doesn't want to accompany my family to live an ordinary and happy life? If I can do it all over again, I want to say to the master, even if a person lives ordinarily, he will not choose to be a swordsman, he lives under the shadow of the sword every day, and he is frightened, and he ...... for fame and money."
Ye Chuanbei sneered: "You are already a dying person, will I still believe you?"
Chu Yanxi said softly: "Do you believe me or not, in fact, you know very well ......"
Page Chuanbei said lightly: "I didn't expect you to know me so well, I believe what you said! I wanted to have a fair duel with you, but today I didn't think that you could be fascinated by beauty and drink poisonous wine, and no one would make such a mistake, not to mention that you were hunted down all the way, you should be more vigilant." ”
Chu Yanxi was silent, maybe speechless, maybe the poisonous wine was poisonous, he hung his head and turned pale.
Ye Chuanbei took out a bottle of antidote from his sleeve and put it on the table, turned around and said lightly: "This is the antidote! Drinking it can save your life, but you can't recover in the short term, you need to recuperate for a few months, I hope you are alive, and you have a duel, a duel without concern, a duel of life and death, when you finish dealing with things, I will come to you when you return to normal, as for the person who asked me to assassinate you, I will temporarily convince him, he is terrible, you are so self-conscious." After saying this, he left.
Chu Yanxi drank the antidote, he sat quietly in place with his eyes closed, luck healed and recovered his strength, the venom in his body slowly faded away with the antidote after drinking, but his internal organs were damaged, the pain was incomparable, his whole body was weak, he suddenly sweated profusely, and finally he slowly fell down.