As soon as the sky was brightened, the main gate of the "Chunming Gate" in the east and the "Jinguang Gate" in the west of Chang'an had been opened.

Today is the day to send the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion home. The drummers of Honglu Temple made this ceremony lively, and the prince personally went out to show his grandeur, which caused many people to stop and watch.

The two teams of "Yaozhou" and "Qizhou" were led by the Seven Princes. King Xiang sent another team back to "Tongguan" and "Shaanzhou", accompanied by Li Bing and Wei Ze.

Li Bing is okay, half a year of his career in the rivers and lakes, his face is more resolute and decisive, leading in front of the army, and his momentum is not lost at all. Wei Ze deliberately changed into a pure black suit, hiding the lazy atmosphere of a weak rich son, although he was still immature, he was also a little handsome.

Leaving early in the morning, three hours later to Tongguan, another hour, only to enter the Shaanzhou boundary, Li Bing, Wei Ze said hello to Li Xuan, got off the team, and took the trail instead.

Both of them sat on tall horses and pulled a carriage together. There was nothing else in the car, eight one-and-a-half-foot-long Nanmu boxes, all of which were gold ingots. One hundred thousand yuan is ten thousand taels of gold, which is not much, but when the money was really packed in the box, Li Bing was also taken aback, and it took eight boxes to load.

"Brother Bing'er, I said you really don't know how to do business. Coming out of the team, there were not so many restraints, and there was nothing to do, Wei Ze chatted again:

"Knowing about this yesterday, I also asked the steward in the next hall. Although that 'Tao Sword' is simply a city, it is indeed less than '100,000 guan', and you have been slaughtered.

A year ago, there was a famous sword on the "Sword List" that was auctioned at eighty-five and was sold in the 'Tianyan Pavilion', which was several places higher than the four swords of 'Wen Tao Wuluo' ranked 97th. How many rich and noble families rushed to collect it, and in the end it was sold for more than 50,000 yuan.

This is the price of a single sword, your Tao sword is still one of the four swords, and it is only worth 30,000 yuan at most, you are really expensive. ”

"Oh? The good things on the 'Sword List', will anyone still take them out and sell them? Which one is it? Who bought them in the end?" These swords, swords, and other things, Li Bing originally didn't care much about them. But since I went to the Meridian Sect and started to practice martial arts again, every time I heard about the famous sword, I was a little itchy.

"That sword is much more famous than the Meridian Sect's 'Wen Tao Wu Luo'. It is one of the 'Nine Doors of Single Transmission', called 'Choking Clouds'. ”

"What!" Wei Ze said lightly, but Li Bing was taken aback - this sword is indeed much more famous than Tao Jian, and even surpasses the original 'eighty-five' ranking of that sword, just because he is one of the nine sects of single transmission!

Li Bing seems to have recalled: "When I was nine years old, the sword master of 'Choking Cloud' came to Chang'an to find a successor, and my father even took me to see the competition. The person who won the championship at that time was infinitely beautiful, and many people in the capital were envious. I still remember that his name was 'What Yutang', and he was five or six years older than me. It's only been seven years, and they've all fallen to the point where they have to buy swords to live?"

Wei Ze sneered: "Who said it wasn't." It is said that after the death of the master of the heir 'Zhanyutang', he became a bad gambler and owed a lot of gambling debts, and was later forced by the underworld to sell his sword to pay back, and then disappeared. Hey, or what my dad said, he can get anything in his life, just don't gamble. ”

Li Bing also felt sorry, not only for the "Zhanyutang", but also for the "Choking Cloud Sword", such a famous sword only sold for more than 50,000 yuan, if you knew earlier, how good it would be to buy it yourself, even if you don't use it, it is good to keep it at home for collection.

"Actually...... We wouldn't have had to spend so much money in the first place. Your father has already led troops from here, you just need to shout, no matter what Zhuangzi, these tens of thousands of people give him a surrounding, that person is not so frightened that he will obediently hand over his sword?"

Wei Ze smiled treacherously: "Anyway, you also said that you are definitely not a good person with your sword, maybe it has something to do with Rongjiao." ”

"That's not a bandit? Li Bingchang exhaled: "To mobilize so many people, you must always have a clear eye." Not to mention that there is no evidence in his hand now, the people who attacked the Wuwei Yamen, even if there is evidence, they have to report to the official before they can become famous. Otherwise, if you abuse the imperial power like this, it will not be difficult to send troops today, and tomorrow those officials will be able to pile up the twists and turns of our father and son. After saying that, he shook his head again and again, as if he had bad memories.

"Your father is so powerful, who else dares to participate?" Wei Ze felt inappropriate as soon as he said this, because Li Bing was naughty when he was a child, this King Xiang was not impeached by the officials.

"The most terrible thing in the world is the person who doesn't want to die. Those officials are like this, I wish that one day they would meet a corrupt official, and they would die generously to fulfill their eternal loyalty. Every time my father mentions them, it's a bag, and he can't beat them, and he can't say ......"

Wei Ze nodded again and again when he listened: "It turns out that when I became a prince, I also have so many concerns. Thinking about it this way, it's still a little more cost-effective to spend money. Anything that can be solved with money is not a thing. Although 100,000 is a lot, it is not much, so it saves trouble......"

The number they were pulling in the car, an ordinary person, who couldn't earn it without eating or drinking for several lifetimes or even dozens of lifetimes, was really not much for Wei Ze.

"Actually, it's thanks to these people. Li Bing's words changed: "Otherwise, no one will restrain the imperial power, and the court doesn't know what kind of chaos it will become, don't say anything else, just say that Li Xuan's brothers are more than a bastard." Otherwise, if you use it for these two years, you will either be the prince or the king. Of the more than a dozen others, none of them were usable. ”

The two of them talked about the prince so casually, and it was a loss that there was no one here, otherwise they would be listened to, and they didn't know what trouble they would cause again.

"Ahem. Now it's not King Mu, you want to call Li Shu ......" Wei Ze joked and corrected casually, but seeing Li Bing's solemn face, it seemed that he remembered the night three days ago again.

Wei Ze hurriedly changed the subject: "Didn't you talk about swords just now? I think Brother Bing'er, the sword you are using now is not bad." He pointed to the "tired dust" hanging from Li Bing's saddle.

This sword Wei Ze has also seen many times. Unlike Tao Jian's prosaic appearance, this sword is meticulously crafted, just looking at the scabbard, even people who don't understand martial arts can know that it must be worth a lot.

took off the sword and handed it to Wei Ze, Li Bing said again: "This sword is called 'Tired Dust', or King Mu, oh, no, it was given to me by Li Shu not long ago." Originally, it was a famous sword collected by the former dynasty Ouchi.,It's one of the right swords.,But the other one was lost.,So it's never been taken.。 Your Majesty rewarded him, and he gave it to me. ”

"It's one of the swords, so it's no wonder it looks a little shorter than the usual sword. Wei Ze drew his sword and gestured twice, and then listened to Li Bingdao:

"The Tao sword is a standard three-foot long sword, while the tired dust is only two feet and one inch, and the sword body is also thin, so it is more agile to use, and it seems to be more suitable for his daughter's family, and I don't know who his original owner was.

But when it comes to the size, it is still the most powerful 'choking cloud', a two-handed heavy sword, a pure black sword with cinnabar inscriptions, four feet and an inch and a half long, a wide sword body, no scabbard, only wrapped in a piece of black cowhide. Although the blades on both sides are extremely sharp, they do look a bit like blunt weapons. This thing is on the back, but it's a bit bluffing. I saw it once when I was a child, and I haven't forgotten it for so many years. ”

The two chatted as they walked, followed the path for a short distance, and changed to a smaller road. After doing this several times, in the end, it was not a road, but a path out of the grass, a path wide for one person. This is exactly what it is, there is no road in the world, and when there are more people walking, there is a way.

On both sides, it changed from wide and flat, to hills, and finally to mountains. After walking for an hour, even the trail disappeared and became a complete wasteland, and the carriage was quite laborious to walk.

"Brother Bing'er, why do I feel that the more I go, the more desolate it becomes? This doesn't look like a place with rich and noble families, isn't it wrong?"

Li Bing spread out the sketch drawn by Ji Zihuan and pointed to a sparse bamboo forest in front of him: "It should be right, after the bamboo forest in front, it should be almost there." ”

Sure enough, this bamboo forest looks dense, but in fact there is only a layer that is not deep, and it seems that there is no way back, bypassing this ravine, and the eyes suddenly open up.

Two rows of neat street trees are arranged on the left and right sides of the green brick road, each side is planted with plum and peach trees, there are peach blossoms in summer, and goose yellow plum trees in winter, and finally have the feeling of a rich house.

As soon as the two stepped onto the blue brick road, they looked at a stone tablet standing on the side, which read:

"Scattered into mud incense to disappear, it is better to pick a hairpin. ”

"Yo, I can't see that the owner of this Zhuangzi is still a romantic gentleman. Wei Ze drove his horse across the green brick road, which is a wooden arch bridge, under the bridge are pebbles and fine sand, a shallow stream is almost dry, and when there is a lot of rain in summer, there can be some artistic conception here.

After getting off the bridge, the green brick road is wider and wider, not far away is a courtyard, not too big, two before and after, about seven or eight rooms, there are a lot of willow trees planted outside the house, and there is a small vegetable garden in the corner, except for a few simple vine frames, which are full of withered yellow weeds.

The plain white painted wall and the black gate are placed together, which looks a bit serious and old-fashioned. But the three words "Jujuju" on the plaque on the top of the door make people a little ridiculous.

"The name Juju is interesting. Deliberately making such a mouthful makes me a little curious about his master. Wei Ze turned over and dismounted, looked at the dead branches and leaves on the steps, and said in his heart: This place does not look like someone lives. But I knocked on the door anyway.

I knocked four times in a row, each time louder and louder, but no one answered. Li Bing dismounted, pulled the reins and walked to the door: "Sure enough, it was too early." The appointed time is February, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for that time, half a month earlier, he is really not there. ”

"Don't worry!" Wei Ze took two steps back, stood on the edge of the courtyard wall and took a look: "Why don't you go in and have a look? Anyway, there is no one, what if your sword is inside? Wouldn't it be better if we take it directly, save 100,000 yuan, and buy two more 'choking clouds'!"

After Li Bing hesitated slightly, he just wanted to say yes, but suddenly there was a neighing of horses behind the courtyard, which was high and powerful.

There are people with horses, but fortunately I didn't venture over the wall to get in just now, otherwise I would have caused some unpleasantness. Li Bingxin said so, and took Wei Ze around to the back of Zhuangzi.

It was a dilapidated stable, with a few rough logs supporting a rough linen roof, with a big hole leaking in the middle, and it looked like it hadn't been repaired for some days. There was a horse tethered to the stable, snow-white, tall and strong.

"The forage is new, and the manger is full. Someone must be there. Li Bing walked to the horse's side, took the grass materials and looked at them carefully, and was about to leave, when he suddenly felt that the saddle on the horse's back was so familiar.

He gently touched the horse's mane, and the horse seemed to respond - after a sharp breath of hot air from his nose, he leaned against Li Bing's side, turned his head from side to side, and raised the long mane on his neck. Suddenly, his front hooves were raised high, and with a hissing cry, he seemed to be galloping up, and the reins that were tied to him were so tight that he almost tore the fragile stable.

"Ah~!" Originally, I just felt a little similar, but after Ma Er reacted like this, Li Bing was almost sure that this was his own car. It was originally the mount of the Legalist "Shangjunmen" Lu Zhen, in Ebian County, after Lu Zhen died, Li Bing has been riding, and later gave it to Tuoba Chiren in the Meridian Sect to help him escape the round-up of Rongjiao.

Li Bingshi couldn't figure out how it could appear here, and he couldn't believe it for a while. He affectionately brushed his horsehair, went to the front door again, and while knocking on the door, he shouted the name of "Chiren", but he knocked several times in a row, but no one answered the door.

He couldn't help it, didn't say a word, and went in over the wall. Wei Ze's martial arts were sparse, so he could only wait for Li Bing to go in and open the latch.

This courtyard is really not big, there are two rooms on the left, middle and right sides of the front yard, and there is a garden in the middle, nothing special. The backyard is smaller, with a gazebo in the middle, some simple landscape furnishings all around, and two or three simple rooms in the corner, which look like a grocery storeroom.

Li Bing called a few times in the courtyard, but no one answered. I can only follow Wei Ze from house to house and look around.

There is no one in the whole Juju House, although the furnishings in each house are simple, but everything is complete, and it seems that there are still people living in it not long ago.

A dark cloud blocked the sun, and the Zhuangzi in this col instantly became cold, and a cool breeze blew, and the atmosphere became weird.

Where there should be people, there are no people. Wei Ze was a little scared: "You said that this valley is gloomy...... There is such a strange garden in this place...... It can't be a haunted house, right...... Once we encounter a ghost hitting the wall, we can't go back......"

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and unconsciously leaned towards Li Bing and stood closer.

Suddenly, there were two rings in the backyard, which frightened Wei Ze. Li Bing hurriedly hurried over, and as soon as he crossed the partition wall, he saw a person appear in the courtyard, with broad shoulders and thick chest, looking at him and smiling lightly.

"Ha! Brother Chiren! It's really you!"

"Brother Li Bing, long time no see! Why are you here?"

"I want to ask you. ”

Li Bing approached, and Chiren hugged him on his shoulder: "Great grace is not grateful, if it were not for you in the Meridian Sect, I would not be able to live here today." ”

"This is the Chiren ...... I told you" Li Bing generously introduced the two to each other, and he once told Wei Ze and Ma Xuewen the stories of the rivers and lakes in the past six months. Wei Ze also had some impressions of him.

"How did you find me?" Chiren was confused.

"I'm not here to look for you...... This time, I came to buy a sword from the owner of this Zhuangzi... But you, why are you here?"

Chiren was stunned for a moment: "Buy a sword?" This reminder, he suddenly remembered the incident that Ji Zihuan mentioned casually, and laughed out loud in embarrassment: "Oh! It turned out to be you!

He patted Li Bing on the shoulder: "Come on, come on, go down with me, you will understand." ”

The three of them pushed the door and walked into a grocery room in the backyard, where there was a cabinet standing against the wall on the left and right sides of the house. Chiren touched the mechanism on the cabinet on the left, then walked to the right and removed the bottom partition.

A loess staircase appeared in front of the three of them, and before they could go down, they saw two people standing at the bottom of the stairs.

One is a white-faced scholar, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a high nose bridge, a white silk dress, a blue water belt, and a green jade match, which is exactly the same dress as when I first met Li Bing, and he is very spiritual. This person is none other than the Venerable Rongjiao Ibis - Ji Zihuan.

The other man had brown skin, as strong as Chiren, and his skin was tight and there was not a trace of excess oil. But his temperament seems to be even more cold, under a pair of thick sword eyebrows, his eyes are fierce, staring at Li Bing, obviously a decisive person. And he is Ji Zihuan's uncle, who is being hunted down by the Rongjiao, the head of the East Fourth Hall - Leopard Venerable!

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