Volume 3: The Red Furnace Gives Resentment Chapter 6: The Sword in the Lotus Garden, and the Piano Outside the Water Pavilion.
The next day, Bai Yujing met Xu Bangrui, a man who looked as gentle as jade and had a heroic spirit, standing around the age of a young man, wearing a moon-white robe, looking graceful and as good as a son. He looked at Bai Yujing's eyes with a little curiosity, because Guan Tiansheng had already told him that although this young Taoist priest was his junior brother, his swordsmanship was far beyond his own.
If others said this, Xu Bangrui would still be a little unconvinced, but Guan Tiansheng has been with him for more than ten years and never lies, so although Xu Bangrui is a little curious, he has no doubt.
"Shizi ......" Bai Yujing wanted to call Xu Bangrui in general with Guan Tiansheng, but Xu Bangrui interrupted him and said with a smile: "Since Daoist Bai is Master Guan's junior brother, you can call me Shaoxuan, if Daoist Master doesn't mind, let me call you Brother Bai." Seeing his expression, there seemed to be no falsification, Bai Yujing couldn't help but be slightly moved, and hurriedly said: "Then the poor Dao still calls the prince the son, as for the son, the name of the poor road is." β
Xu Bangrui smiled faintly, "That's still according to age, you call me Brother Xu, and I call you Brother Bai." Brother White......"
Bai Yujing no longer refused at this time, and said Brother Xu, which made Xu Bangrui laugh. This scene fell in Guan Tiansheng's eyes, and he couldn't help but add a trace of joy in his heart, the son of the world has really grown up and knows how to win people's hearts.
The three of them talked and laughed and walked out of the mansion, but this time they walked through the main entrance. Outside the main gate, a horse vehicle has been prepared, and there is a red-clothed maid in the vehicle, with a beautiful posture, looking at her movements, she is also a person who practices martial arts, and can protect Xu Bangrui closely. In addition to this maidservant, the man who drove the car had high temples and protruding skin, and his skin was like bronze, as if he was practicing outer kung fu, with iron skin and copper bones.
There are four good horses in front of and behind the vehicle, two of which have already sat on two horses, one is a one-armed old man who knows the destiny of heaven and has a lazy expression, his eyes are half open and half closed, and the other is energetic, and he is not confused, with a short sword inserted in his waist, and his eyes are like knives and swords, which are extremely sharp.
When the two saw Bai Yujing, the one-armed old man only yawned slightly, but the man with the double sword looked Bai Yujing's whole body up and down.
"The one-armed divine sword Miao Renying and the Yueyang double swordsman Hua Qiubai. Guan Tiansheng was afraid that Bai Yujing didn't know these two, so he whispered in his ear, and Bai Yujing nodded. In fact, Guan Tiansheng didn't say it, he also saw it.
Both Miao Renying and Hua Qiubai have great reputations in the rivers and lakes, not to mention that these two also have their own characteristics. Miao Renying was born in the famous Miao family, when he was a teenager, he was famous for the Miao family's knife technique, and then compared with others The right hand was cut off, and ordinary people lost their right hand holding the knife for fear of collapse. But Miao Renying not only did not become decadent, but spent eight years practicing the left-handed knife technique in a unique way to avenge the great revenge.
Although the Yueyang double swordsman Hua Qiubai is not as legendary as Miao Renying, his double swords are rampant in southern Hunan, and even Jiangxi has its reputation.
Seeing these two people, Bai Yujing couldn't help but glance at Guan Tiansheng, and sure enough, he was "learning literature and martial arts well, and selling goods to the emperor's family".
The group set off lightly and easily, out of the West City Gate, and arrived at a mountain villa in about half an hour. This villa is the lotus garden built by Xu Bangning, and there are many ponds in the village, and countless lotus flowers are planted in the ponds. It's a pity that in October, the flowers have long been zeroed, and even the lotus leaves are hanging and withering.
However, there are countless pavilions, the strange mountains and stones on both sides of the corridor are extremely beautiful, and even those pillars are carved with various paintings, and everything looks magnificent.
The two servants led Xu Bangrui and the others through the corridors, and there were bursts of elegant piano sounds from afar.
"Big brother, are you here too?" Greeted by a thirteen or fourteen-year-old young man in brocade, Xu Bangrui saw it, and said with a smile: "What, the ninth brother also fell in love with dancing and swords?" This young man is Xu Bangtai.
Xu Bangtai listened, and for some reason his cheeks suddenly flushed, and said with a smile: "I'm not that interested, it's just that everyone in Qingling is here, and even if you listen to the music in the sky, you like it even if you listen to it thousands of times." β
Xu Bangrui listened, and the smile on his face became stronger.
"Wow you, you actually like everyone in Qingling, and I won't talk to your eldest brother about such a big thing. β
"No, big brother, don't talk nonsense......"
It seems that the two have a good relationship, and at the end of the corridor is a three-way street, each with an octagonal pavilion. In the meantime, there were many people seated, but the Qingling people who played the piano were alone in the stone pavilion on the other side of the pond.
"Big brother. "Big Brother ......"
Another group of people greeted him, the leader looked about the same age as Xu Bangrui, and his appearance was far more handsome than Xu Bangrui, but his eyes were narrow and long, and his lips were slightly thinner, which seemed to be a little mean, it was Xu Bangning, and the man in the brocade robe who was weak at the time next to him was Xu Bangqing.
At this time, Bai Yujing just glanced at the two of them lightly, and then set his eyes on the young man who was alone by the pond not far away.
The young man originally had his back to Bai Yujing and the others, but he seemed to feel Bai Yujing's gaze and looked back slightly.
Bai Yujing never thought that he would reunite with this person on such an occasion, and although that person was slightly stunned when he saw Bai Yujing, the glittering light in his eyes showed his mood.
This person is Liu Wuya, who fought with Bai Yujing on the bank of the Yangtze River. I haven't seen him for five years, Liu Wuya's demeanor seems to be better than before, and he has a kind of independent and very romantic temperament.
Bai Yujing not only secretly praised, but when he looked at Liu Wuya in amazement, he didn't expect that he would also become someone else's scenery. Liu Wuya felt that Bai Yujing seemed to have more ethereal feelings than five years ago, and he was indescribably out of the ordinary.
Although the two met again, they did not talk to each other.
Several parties greeted each other, and all arranged seats one after another. In addition to the Xu family's own people, there are also Gu Shaoxian, the third son of the Gu family, Lu Mengsheng, the seventh son of the Lu family, and Shen Changgeng, the eldest son of the Shen family, all of whom are children of the Jiangnan Wang family, but Xu Bangning is not afraid of family ugliness.
The sound of the piano did not stop, Xu Bangning clapped his hands, and a group of beautiful maids lined up with a brocade box, seeing that the brocade box was about three inches wide and about five feet long, and there should be swords placed in it. Xu Bangning really put some thought into this sword conference. He walked up to a green-clothed maidservant, opened the wooden box, and said with a smile: "Big brother, you have been learning swords for many years, and let's see how this sword is." β
As soon as the brocade box was opened, Xu Bangning took out a simple long sword from it. Whether it is the moire sword head or the fishskin wooden sheath, it looks a little dull and old, and it looks inconspicuous at all.
"Moanβ"
The dazzling white light shone brightly, and everyone couldn't help but squint slightly. The sword was about three feet long, as white as frost and snow. Even the spine of the sword in the middle is integrated with the sword body, and it looks smooth as a mirror.
Bai Yujing secretly praised "Good sword!", because he was far away, he felt a compelling chill coming from the sword.
At this time, Xu Bangrui's eyebrows trembled slightly, and he secretly said in his heart: "Daddy is really eccentric." Although he didn't know this sword, it was able to be appreciated by Xu Bangning, which shows that it is worth a thousand gold. If the silver taels issued on a daily basis were to be issued, even if Xu Bangning could afford it, he would not be so atmospheric and buy such a sword.
Except for Liu Wuya on the bank of the independent pond, the rest of the people came forward to observe.
Guan Tiansheng just glanced at it, and secretly gasped. He looked at Xu Bangrui, and when he saw him nodding, he couldn't help but ask, "Could this be the saber of the late Yunlongzi Xie Qiusheng, one of the three great swordsmen in Jiangnan?"
Xu Bangning glanced up at Guan Tiansheng and said with a smile: "Master Guan has good eyesight!"
As soon as he said this, those princes of the noble clan could still keep their composure, but the masters of the courtyard they brought with them all looked sideways.
Twenty years ago, the most chic and most thoughtful of the three major swordsmen in Jiangnan was Yunlongzi Xie Qiusheng, his swordsmanship is not to say how superb, but his saber is famous, it is one of the fifteen famous swords produced in the past hundred years of Sword Casting Villa, called Yunshuang. What is cloud frost, the sword body is born with cloud patterns, cold as autumn frost.
Although the Yunshuang Sword has not been ranked among the top ten famous swords in the rivers and lakes, it is also famous. It can be called a famous sword, blowing short hair, cutting gold and breaking jade, the most important thing is that the cloud frost sword is cast by the cold iron of the deep sea, and it dances at the beginning, the sword is as cold as ice, and it kills people without blood.
Xu Bangning put the sword back into the brocade box, opened another box, and said with a smile: "Big brother, this is Xu Xianjun's gift to my father." He kept looking at Xu Bangrui's expression when he spoke, and saw that his expression changed slightly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, and said secretly: "Big brother, big brother, my father is so partial to me......"
Although Xu Bangrui understood that Xu Bangning was trying to hit his mood, he still added a touch of loss. Although he is the eldest son and should be the next heir to the Duke of Wei, if his father is biased, he is afraid that he will be in big trouble.
And the three of Gu Shaoxian all looked at this scene interestingly, just smiled faintly, and had no intention of getting together at all. Because the three of them all understood what Xu Bangning meant, Xu Bangning had done similar things many times, simply put, they hoped that they would spread the word about Wei Guogong's preference for Xu Bangning, so that those who wanted to compliment Xu Bangrui, the future Wei Guogong, would have a little more thought and slowly isolate Xu Bangrui.
Xu Shenjun's dedication to Wei Guogong was a red sword, with a red body and an extremely narrow sword body, which looked extremely demonic.
"Red Flame Sword. β
A low voice fell in everyone's ears, and at some point, Liu Wuya, who was alone, had already walked over, looking at the sword, his eyes seemed to be stupid.
When the others were still thinking about the Red Flame Sword he said, Liu Wuya suddenly said to Xu Bangning: "Young Master Xu, can the promise between you and me count?" Xu Bangning didn't seem to expect Liu Wuya to suddenly open his mouth like this, he was stunned, and nodded slightly embarrassed.
Seeing him nodding, Liu Wuya kept silent, and was about to retreat, Bai Yujing asked, "Your Excellency just said that this is the Red Flame Sword, isn't it the sword of the Chiming Great Venerable in the past." "Bai Yujing once heard the old monk mention this sword, it is said that it is made of extraterritorial hot sun iron, and the sword body is as red as a flame.
Chiming Dazun?
Guan Tiansheng suddenly blurted out: "One of the palace masters of the Demon Gate Five Directions Palace, Chiming Dazun?"
When everyone heard this, they were all shocked.
Liu Wuya didn't answer, he just looked at Xu Bangning lightly.
Xu Bangning said with a smile: "Master Guan has long heard that Master Guan is the sword mage of Ge Soap Mountain, so why don't you take this opportunity to show your hand and let everyone open their eyes?"