As soon as Li Bing went out, he listened to a group of wolfdogs barking wildly in the distance, and the voice was not as low as before, not only short, but also sharp.

A succession of four or five horse-drawn sleds rushed from the plain, completely blocking the only way out of Meridian Zongsha Island.

A group of people got out of the sleigh, copied the guys, and were led by the three leaders, and surrounded them from the sandy road. Among those helpers, half were purple-clothed warriors that they had seen earlier today, and the other half were wearing leather jackets and thick felt hats.

A group of wolfdogs looked at the crowd on the opposite side, although they barked wildly, they didn't dare to attack, and they were forced to retreat by the group of people, and they had returned to the sand island in a blink of an eye.

The three people who took the lead were all in their thirties, two men and one woman, and the slightly older man opened his mouth first, and his voice was like a bell: "Is there anyone in charge? Let you be in charge! Come! Speak!" This person was wide and wide, and three folds were stacked on the flesh of his belly, and his face was greasy, like a meat ball.

With such a big movement, even if this meat ball didn't shout, everyone in the Meridian Sect knew about the change and went out to investigate. Li Wuhan stood at the front: "I am the sword master of the Northern Meridian Sect, and I haven't consulted Your Excellency yet?"

The meat ball waved his hand with a look of disdain: "You don't have to ask who I am, you just need to hand over the person." I promise that the water from the well will not interfere with the water of the river! ”

Another man standing next to him, eight feet tall, but thin and thin, with a hooked nose and high cheekbones, pinched a pair of iron fingers on his hand and crackled: "You saved people in the forest, not relatives." Leave people to us. What's so bad? I have to make everyone fight each other, how unsightly. ”

Li Wuhan said in his heart This is really the enemy who came to the door, those purple-clothed warriors and this fat man don't know what sect it is, but the hooked nose and this group of fur-jacketed warriors are undoubtedly the people of the "Black Eagle Pond".

Coming with great momentum, he immediately hugged his fists and said, "That person is a friend of our Meridian Sect Li Sword Master. That is, the distinguished guest of the Meridian Sect. No one can hand it over. Hope ......"

When the meat ball heard this, he was instantly angry, and before Li Wuhan finished speaking, he smacked out: "Phew! Don't be ashamed! Although your Meridian Sect used to be a little famous, but now it's a plucked phoenix that is not as good as a chicken." I don't do it, I want someone first, it's to give you face. If you don't pay it, you're going to die yourself! Do you really want to force us to kill them all?"

Where had the children of the Meridian Sect seen such a battle, they were so frightened that they shrank behind the crowd, and they were so silent that they almost cried.

Song Wushuang shouted Youyun: "Go! Take the younger brothers and sisters back to the room first, don't come out!"

Since there was a sound, Li Bing and Ying Lan'er, who were still cleaning up the fish soup for Chiren in the kitchen, also heard the news, and stood side by side with their blades beside Li and Song.

Two groups of people, on one side is a group of samurai pressed by the black press, and on the other side there are only four people, separated by a distance of one zhang, facing each other, and they are about to start. Suddenly, a sonorous word broke the deadlock.

"It turned out that the 'Elephant Venerable' was coming. ”

Before I saw him, I heard his voice first, and this person was Tuoba Chiren. He put on his white garment, and came out of the room, taking care of it as he went. As soon as the cold wind passed, the half-worn gauze was lifted in the air, and it seemed to be a little more ethereal.

He stood beside Li Bing, his gaze swept over the three people led by him, and said, "Then the person next to you, who has attacked me many times in the past few days, must be the 'Eagle Venerable'." He said, pointing to the hooked nose, his eyes full of disdain.

His Holiness was noncommittal and did not reply. Seeing Chiren send it to the door, the stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground, this time he finally found the right place, and it was difficult for him to fly with his wings.

However, this eagle hooked nose is not the real "Eagle Venerable", but his younger brother, the second leader of the "Black Eagle Pond", Ah Fall.

After a brief glance at the hooked nose, Chiren's eyes stayed on the only woman among the three leaders. Suddenly, he smiled contemptuously and snorted coldly:

"Red silk flying smoke and white hats, a sword Lingyun smiles. I can't imagine that the heir of the 'Flying Smoke Sword', who has been passed down to a single line, has actually become a Fusion Sect Eagle Dog, and it has really changed the way of the world! It is rumored that the young swordsman who joined the 'West Fourth Hall' a few months ago is talking about you, 'Kite Venerable'?"

The woman was tall and slender, and she was in the bitter cold of the northern part of the country, but she only wore a light pink gauze dress. She covered her face with a gauze scarf, and she couldn't see her face clearly, only a pair of watery phoenix eyes and two curved willow eyebrows on the gauze scarf. She held a bronze scabbard in her hand, and inside it was the famous sword "Flying Smoke" on the list of craftsmen and immortals.

The "Flying Smoke Sword" is blue all over, the sword is two feet long, slightly shorter than the four meridian swords, and the sword body is also narrower. In terms of quality, it is already from the first grade, which is a paragraph higher than the four swords of the meridian. It is rumored that the first owner of the Flying Smoke Sword once slashed open the Lushan Waterfall with a sword, and the scorching true qi cut the flowing water into a wave of smoke and gas, freed up ten miles, and the Flying Smoke Sword, so as to get his life.

"Red silk flying smoke and white hats, a sword Lingyun smiles. "It is the name of the swordsman back then, the Flying Smoke Sword has always been a single line, so many years have passed, the heirs have long since stopped wearing red silk clothes, and rarely wear hats, but they have always covered their faces with scarves.

Saying this, Chiren's voice suddenly rose: "If you want to arrest me, you actually have to work the three Venerables of the 'West Fourth Hall', but I really have face! What's the matter? Your hall master of the West Fourth Hall, the 'Tiger Venerable', didn't come?"

"The things in your hall are clear, and the little smash of 'Ji Zihuan' in the East Fourth Hall will reveal the news to you. "Ah Shuse chased and killed Chiren for more than ten days, and although he repeatedly succeeded in sneak attacks, he did not finally catch it. He lost face in this matter, and he had long lost patience with Chiren.

He put on the two iron fingerguards on his left and right hands tightly, loosened his neck, and made a crisp sound: "But it doesn't matter, when you wait for you, we will take you down, ask the whereabouts of that thing, and send you to the ground to wait for him!"

As soon as these words came out, Chiren was shocked: There had been some grievances between the East and West Halls, and I don't know why, this time the West Fourth Hall actually attacked the East Fourth Hall of the same door. Ji Zihuan really didn't betray himself, he was afraid that the news that he was carrying a white silk book would be revealed, so he would get into trouble.

Ah Shuse raised his hand: "Do it!" The group of fur-jacketed warriors behind him moved almost at the same time as he said this.

"Wait!" Chiren took a step forward, his face without the previous banter: "Since you want to arrest me, I'll just go with you." This matter has nothing to do with the Meridian Sect. ”

"Brother Chiren?" Li Bing stretched out his hand to stop him, but he gently patted Li Bing's shoulder and smiled faintly: "Brother Li is willing to go to danger for me, and I understand my kindness." The three of them are all here, and there are a large number of them, if they fight hard, it is really unwise, and they may even affect the disciples of the Meridian Sect. It's okay, you let me go, it's okay. ”

Even though he knew that being caught could be nine deaths, Chiren was unwilling to resist anymore. The Meridian Sect has a life-saving grace for himself, if he pulls the Meridian Sect into the water again at this time and harms these more than ten children, it will really be revenge.

"That's right! This is obedient! Our three Venerables gathered to arrest you, where is the current Broken Meridian Sect that can be protected!" Venerable Elephant nodded, grinned, piled up a face of meat, and stepped forward, ready to catch Chiren back.

"Huh~!"

A cold light fell from the sky and flashed before his eyes, forcing him to take a step back. The cold light fell to the ground, raising a cloud of yellow sand. In front of the feet of the elephant Venerable, a deep mark was left on the sandy road.

"Who is making a big fuss here?" the voice came from the air, striking gold and stones.

Before the words fell, a thin figure, dressed in a summer single robe, holding a white sword, calmly fell beside Li Wuhan, he turned his back to the three Venerables, turned his head slightly, and looked sideways at the three people: "Today's person, my Meridian Sect is safe." Whoever dares to cross this line will die!"

The person who came was none other than the ram sword master. His clothes have not changed, but at this moment he does not have the usual modesty, his face is cold, and the three strands of gray hair are blown by the cold wind, which adds to the gloom.

"What a sharp sword intent!" Venerable Kite was shocked with the white hat. The sword qi is condensed but not released, condensed but not dispersed, and the artistic conception on this sword path is almost as high as that of his master.

"Where's the bad old man. Don't fuck out of my mind. Ah Shuse was about to step forward, but was stopped by Venerable Elephant and said in a low voice: "Don't act rashly, this person is a top master." ”

The ram sword idea is shocking, and this exposed hand is his most proud move. Forty years of cultivation is tied to a sword, hoping to drink back the male soldiers and avoid a dispute. Ah Shuse was stunned, among the three, he cultivated the lowest, and he only saw the endless figure of the ram, and he couldn't see the essence of this trick.

The atmosphere on the field solidified with this sword, and the ram Wuji turned around, looked at the hooked nose slightly, and sighed: "I can't imagine that the child who was saved from the horse bandit back then has now become the biggest horse bandit in Hui, I have to say, it is really providential." ”

Abrusse was taken aback by these words, and stared at the ram endlessly, looking surprisingly strange, as if he had fallen into the memory of the past. Suddenly, the boss with his eyes glared, suddenly knelt down, and knelt on the ground: "Engong! Yang Engong?

Venerable Kite and Venerable Elephant were both stunned and at a loss by this action. Eight feet tall, the tallest of all, and naturally unruly, it was strange that he bowed to this short and thin old man.

"After so many years, I am very excited to see Engong again. I don't know if Sun Engong is also nearby, please come out and see you!"

But this is about a dusty secret:

At that time, Sun Wuyi was a great success, and before it was time to go mad, he traveled back to various places with Ram Wuji. Both of them are in their twenties, which is the age of boiling blood and pride.

The herdsmen who return to the land have no fixed place to live, and they need to constantly change their horse farms with the months. In order to prevent encounters with horse bandits, seven or eight families often pass together and take care of each other. One day, Sun Wuyi and the others arrived in Xiancao Prefecture, and when they encountered horse bandits, they became chivalrous.

Since the Tang Dynasty helped the Hui to establish a state, and drove the Turks west to the north, the Hui and the Turks have formed a feud. Xiancao Prefecture is in the extreme west of Hui, which is the boundary between the two clans fighting for the horse farm. The Hui horse bandits only robbed half of the horses, and they did not kill anyone easily. However, if the Turkic horse bandits encountered the Uighur herdsmen, they not only robbed all the livestock, but also plundered women and children as slaves, and killed the others.

Although Ram Wuji and Sun Wuyi are both of Central Plains blood, after all, they grew up in the Huifu region since they were children, and when they encountered these Turkic horse bandits, they vowed to protect this group of herdsmen. Even though the two of them had excellent martial arts, they still had a hard time fighting with thirty horse bandits.

After a fierce battle, the horse bandits fled, but the two were also seriously wounded. Among the herdsmen, two children's parents died at the hands of horse bandits, and they should have been raised by other herdsmen, but the eldest of the two children actually said that he bowed down to Sun Wuyi, saying that he wanted to learn art to take revenge, and did not want to be a herdsman again.

Sun Wuyi was seriously injured at the time, so he took his two children to a family in "Xiancao Prefecture" to recuperate from his injuries, and also trained the two children by the way. Half a year passed, Sun Wuyi was leaving, and he hand-wrote a booklet of the soldier's introductory kung fu and left it for the two to study on their own. Agreed to watch the two after a year. If at that time, the two of them can practice this martial arts, they will be included in the door. But in less than a year, Sun Wuyi practiced and became a demon, so naturally he couldn't fulfill his agreement. The matter was delayed.

"You still remember the old things, you don't forget your roots! But you became a horse bandit, did you forget the hatred of the day?" the ram said lightly, with some regret in his hatred.

"Yang Engong blamed us wrongly. The hooked nose was bowing again: "At that time, my brother and I practiced diligently, and I just wanted Engong to be satisfied when he came to us a year later." But not long after the two Engongs left, Xiancao Prefecture was besieged by a Turkic surprise attack, and it took three days to burn and loot before receiving reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty. My brother and I escaped by luck, were rescued by a caravan from Datang, and were brought into Broken Leaf City in Anxi by the way, worshiped under the door of the dart bureau, and became the head of the dart. So Engong came to us a year later, but naturally he couldn't find us.

(Broken Leaf City, now the ruins of Ake Behim, located in Tokmak City, Chuhe Prefecture, present-day "Kyrgyzstan", is one of the four major cities of the Tang Dynasty Anxi Protectorate, and is also the birthplace of Li Bai.) ）

Later, my brother felt that he had learned the art and was ready to join the army to take revenge, but he didn't want to go back to the army to be scattered. Seeing that there was no hope for revenge, my brother was furious, recruited troops and became horse bandits, and established the 'Black Eagle Pond' to stand on its own. I hope to cultivate my own power and one day I can fight back to the Turks!"

In fact, he only said half of what he said, and when he joined the Rong Sect, he was actually planning revenge. Rongjiao has deep roots and profound heritage, and if one day it really needs to fight back to the Turks, the forces of Rongjiao will definitely be a great help.

As for his mistaken belief that Ram Wuji's surname is Yang, just because Sun Wuyi never called Ram Sword Master's real name, he only called him "Ah Yang".

"You want to take revenge, and you have gone the wrong way, although I do not want to, this is your own business. The ram sword master didn't say much, drew his long sword, and waved his sword: "But if you want to take people away from me today." Don't blame me for making amends. ”

The ram sword master has his own views on right and wrong. Regardless of whether Athor really wants revenge, plundering livestock, plundering land and doing evil, horse bandits are horse bandits. What is the difference between robbing people and livestock, getting something for nothing, cutting off the livelihood of herdsmen, and forcing them to have no way out? To do evil is to do evil, and it is unforgivable.

The people who were saved that day became a scourge of Hui, which was the heart disease of the ram sword master. When Ah Shuse was far away in Xiancao Prefecture, the ram Wuji was not going to embarrass him, but now that the evil obstacle he saved that day came to him, if he still wanted to take people, it proved that he was not good-minded, so he took this opportunity to get rid of it and mend his past mistakes.

The sword of the ram sword master rolled up the wind, raised snowflakes in the sky, and tore out four or five openings in Ayuse's robe in an instant, intended to deter.

Ah Shuse still knelt on the ground: "Engong is in front, how dare you offend." Get out of the way now. After speaking, he looked up at the ram Wuying, and kowtowed three times in a row: "Yang Engong's life-saving grace, wait for me and my brother to repay the great revenge, and then come to repay the favor." ”

After speaking, he got up, waved his hand, shouted a reply, and turned around and left with his subordinates.

He glanced at Venerable Elephant: "If my brother was here, he wouldn't have done it." His Holiness is like a ...... for himself."

When the fur-jacketed warrior withdrew, the number of people on the scene was suddenly reduced by half. Seeing this, Venerable Kite didn't say a word, and also turned to leave.

"Ni Shang, are you going to leave too?" Venerable Elephant stretched out his hand and stopped in front of Venerable Kite.

She didn't give Venerable Xiang any face, pushed his fat and stubby arm away with one hand, hugged the sword and left, didn't look back, and said lightly: "With such a master, it was originally only a five-point chance of winning, but now there are half fewer people." If you don't wait for the 'Tiger Venerable' to come, do you want to go up and send him to death?"

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Venerable Xiang snorted angrily and pointed at Chiren: "You wait for me, in a few days, see Lao Tzu pick your skin!"

After speaking, he shouted "Let's go!", and also left with the purple-clothed warrior.

A farce came to an abrupt end.

Xiaohai returned to his former tranquility. But, is there really such peace in the world?