Volume 1, Xiaoxiang Concubine Chapter 20, Lost Immortal Citation
Although it has only been half a year since he left Shanxi, Guo Bodhisattva looks much older than before. There is already a little gray hair on his sideburns, and a little dust on his face. He is no longer the carefree young man who was angry and happy to be angry!
He looked at Liu Futong who gradually disappeared into the jungle, sighed, and said to himself: "After I rebelled with Brother Zhao, the heroes of the world rose up, and the heroes stood side by side, but the good and bad of the righteous army in various places are uneven, and they can't take saving the people in the world as their own responsibility, but instead seek joy all day long, which is really the sorrow of my Han people!"
Originally, after he asked Yang Wenyuan to go to Henan to send a letter and leave, he traveled a long distance to Guangdong to assist the rebel army led by Zhu Guangqing and Nie Xiuqing, and later the rebel army was defeated, and he tossed and turned and went to the Red Turban Army of the White Lotus Sect led by Peng Yingyu and Zhou Ziwang in Sichuan. It's just that he and Zhou Ziwang believed in different doctrines, left angrily, and then traveled to various places, and had intersections with Xu Shouhui, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, etc.
This time he came to Anhui, because he heard that Liu Futong was strict in governing the army and won the hearts of the people, so he wanted to come to assist, but unexpectedly after entering Anhui, he heard that the people had a deep grudge against Liu Futong's Red Turban Army, and he dared not speak out. He was angry in his heart, so he kidnapped Liu Futong here late at night and forced him to become a good rebel army who really served the country and the people by force!
But seeing Liu Futong like this, it was far from what he thought in his heart, and he shook his head helplessly, thinking that among the righteous troops in the world, only Guo Zixing and Qin Shuyuan had not seen each other, but I don't know if it was the same as this group of people?
Just thinking about it, he suddenly saw fires in the woods, and the noise was loud, but it was Wang Xianzhong who led more than a hundred Red Turban soldiers to track down Liu Futong's whereabouts.
It turned out that after Guo Bodhisattva kidnapped Liu Futong, the White Lotus Boy got dressed and found Du Zundao and told him. Du Zundao was worried that Liu Futong's life would be in danger, so he asked Wang Xianzhong to come with the Red Turban Army, just in time to come to this jungle!
The shouts of the Red Turban Army echoed in the jungle one after another, and after a while, Liu Futong was heard shouting: "I'm here, I'm not dead!"
Wang Xianzhong asked where the thieves who had kidnapped him were? Liu Futong told the Red Turban Army to prepare bows and arrows, and went inside to look for them.
The night was very quiet, and Guo Bodhisattva was not far from them, Liu Futong's words were all heard by him, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "This Liu Futong is really a villain, I spare his life, he is not grateful to me, but wants to take my life!"
Although Guo Bodhisattva used to be the dragon envoy of the "Seventh Hall" of the Xuanming Sect, he was strong in martial arts and could defeat a hundred with one enemy. But at this time, it is no longer as brave as it used to be, and besides, the Red Turban Army is carrying bows and arrows, so it is better to hide after weighing the pros and cons!
He looked up and saw a tree overgrown with branches, and a large bird's nest was set up on it. He performed the "Shocking Cloud Sweeping Skill", and in a few steps, he jumped up to the branches of the tree and hid his body behind the bird's nest. The nest was so big that it could cover his body completely!
The Red Turbans gradually appeared in front of him with torches. Guo Bodhisattva held his breath, for fear that he would be discovered by them. Suddenly, a Red Turban Army shouted: "There are people there!" Guo Bodhisattva was shocked: Did they find out?
But he saw the Red Turban soldiers shouting loudly, taking bows and pulling arrows, and more than 20 feathered arrows were like flying locusts, densely packed, but they were shooting towards the darkness to his left. There was laughter in the darkness: "So many arrows shoot me together, it's fun!"
But I saw that the more than 20 feathered arrows were like mud cows entering the sea, and they instantly became silent, and a short figure jumped out of the darkness. I saw that he was in rags, with gray hair, but he had the buns of two Taoist boys on his head, looking nondescript and filthy, but his lips were red and his teeth were white. With a childlike smile on his face.
He grabbed a dozen feather arrows in each hand, put them in his hands and broke them hard, all of them were broken in two, and he threw them on the ground with a bang. Everyone was stunned by this tattered old man, who had a childish face, and stayed where he was! Guo Bodhisattva, who was hiding behind the branches, saw that the old man had grabbed more than 20 feather arrows in an instant, and this kind of skill was very unattainable!
The old man looked at the more than 100 stunned red turban soldiers, a pair of eyes rolling in their sockets, and asked, "Do you have any arrows, shoot them all quickly, I haven't had enough fun!"
Wang Xianzhong's face was shaking muscles at the moment, hideous and terrifying, and he shouted: "Kidnap our marshal, and dare to entertain our Red Turban Army, shoot me!" It turned out that he regarded this old man as a thief who kidnapped Liu Futong, and he was angry in his heart!
The red turban army behind him all took bows and arrows, and the arrows rained down, but they were twice as many as before. The old man didn't even hide, and when he saw the feather arrows flying, he shouted, "Left twenty-one, right twenty-three!" and then stretched out his hands and raised them into the air!
The feather arrow suddenly lost its direction and froze in mid-air. The old man's hands were like two magnets, and he instantly sucked all the feather arrows over! Everyone was shocked, and even Guo Bodhisattva, who had always been well-informed, and his face did not change when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, was also trembling in shock!
There is no shortage of masters in the world who can catch arrows with their bare hands, and as long as they are properly trained, anyone with martial arts can do it. But this old man is different, he doesn't pick it up with his bare hands, but concentrates the internal force in the palm of his hand and turns it into suction to suck the arrow into his hand! With such a powerful internal force, even the late Xuanming Sect Leader Xiao Nanshuo is probably not as good as him!
The old man grabbed the arrows, smiled, and counted them on the ground. But he heard him count twenty-one on the left, and twenty-three on the right. The old man jumped up and down happily, clapping his hands again and again: "Yes! Yes!" At this time, Guo Bodhisattva suddenly realized, the old man had said before he made a move: "Left twenty-one, right twenty-three", he didn't delve into the meaning just now, and now he understands that what the old man said is actually the number of feather arrows caught in his hands!
Mo said that it was late at night, even in the daytime, he couldn't tell the number of feathered arrows with his eyes and the kung fu of listening to the wind and arguing instrument. This old man can not only recognize the number, but also match the number of feather arrows caught in his left and right hands with the real situation, which is really like a fairy!
Everyone in the Red Turban Army was frightened by his miraculous skill, their legs trembled, and water stains dripped from the crotch of several timid pants. Wang Xianzhong gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Who are you old thief?
"Who am I?" the old man scratched his head suddenly, as if he couldn't remember his name, and kept muttering, "Who am I? Who am I?
Wang Xianzhong saw his stupid appearance, and sneered: "What kind of character is my Dao, it turns out to be a fool, left and right, go up and kill him!"
The four red turban soldiers were taken by Wang Xianzhong's obscenity, and they didn't dare to disobey, holding their swords and walking towards the old man step by step. The old man still muttered, "Who am I?" but his body was not idle, jumping and jumping for a while, squatting for a while, standing up again for a while, spinning around on the ground for a while, and rolling on the ground for a while!
Seeing that he was crazy, the four red turban soldiers were not too afraid of him at the moment, so they strengthened their courage, shouted angrily, raised their swords and slashed at the old man. Guo Bodhisattva was taken aback, and was about to move to the rescue, but saw the old man suddenly jump up and shout: "Who the hell am I!" With his hands and legs stretched out, several fierce and powerful breaths shot out from the hundreds of bones in his limbs, clanging and hitting the four Red Turban soldiers and the swords in their hands!
Suddenly, the sword broke and flew in all directions, and the four Red Turban soldiers also screamed miserably, and a large pool of blood oozed from their eyebrows, throat, chest, and lower abdomen, and they died of exhaustion! The old man shouted as if he was crazy, and his feet swept like the wind, and he disappeared into the crowd in an instant, like a lone wolf entering the sheepfold, and his palms were wide open and closed! Most of those Red Turban soldiers were ordinary people, how could they withstand the strength of the old man! With a few slams, several people had already vomited blood and died!
The old man's eyes were red, and his face was gone, but it was a kind of terrifying murderous aura! After a few palms, several Red Turban soldiers were killed in the end, and if this continued, all the more than 100 Red Turban soldiers would die at the hands of the old man in less than a moment!
Guo Bodhisattva couldn't hold back any longer, jumped down, and rushed to the old man in a few steps. The old man's palm was hitting a red turban army who was so frightened that he couldn't walk, Guo Bodhisattva suddenly appeared in front of him, his palms were handed forward, and they collided with the old man's palms!
A huge force came from the palm of the old man's palm, Guo Bodhisattva only felt that his arms were numb, and his palms seemed to be pierced by a sharp cone, and the pain was like drilling into his heart!
The old man hit Guo Bodhisattva with a palm, but saw that he did not fall to the ground, but stood upright, and raised a true qi from his abdomen to fight against him. The old man smiled: "You little doll is different!" He handed his palms forward, hitting the air in front of Guo Bodhisattva. The air was hit by his palm, only to hear a bang, Guo Bodhisattva was suddenly knocked out, and his chest was torn like a sharp pain!
Guo Bodhisattva spit out a mouthful of blood, and his heart was shocked: there is a mysterious martial art in the rivers and lakes called fighting cattle across the mountain, which can hit the back object through one thing. Although the martial arts are mysterious, they are not unfathomable. As long as the strength is used well, those who are strong in martial arts can do it! But this old man is different, his move is exactly the same as fighting a cow across the mountain, but it is even more unfathomable! He actually hit the air with the force of his palm first, and he is relying on the shock of the air to hit himself! The internal force is so strong that I am afraid that no one in the rivers and lakes can reach it!
But this old man is quite old, and he is crazy, so Guo Bodhisattva can't guess which senior master he is!
The old man rushed in the crowd for a while, and felt bored, so he started his footwork, and his figure was like the wind, and in an instant, he swept by the side of the red turban army, and when he stopped, he grabbed several waist ties in his hand, but it was he who used his strange body to snatch it from the red turban army just now!
Then, the pants of all the Red Turban Army fell off in unison, revealing their smooth thighs, and the old man jumped up and down happily, shouting that it was fun! Guo Bodhisattva stood up with pain and shouted: "Senior, take off their belts and don't kill them!"
The old man suddenly stopped laughing, turned around, and glared at Guo Bodhisattva with a pout: "It's you, that different little doll!
As soon as the words came, the old man threw down his belt, grabbed Guo Bodhisattva's collar, and jumped to the treetops as easily as a chicken, as if walking on the ground, and disappeared into the night with a few ups and downs!
The old man carried Guo Bodhisattva all the way to the northwest and ran all night, until dawn the next day, and the two had come to the boundary of Henan. Although the old man is already in the age of sixtieth year, he is still carrying Guo Bodhisattva in his hand, but he is not tired at all, and he has never gasped for breath a few times, which really shocked Guo Bodhisattva!
After walking for dozens of miles, the old man suddenly stopped, threw Guo Bodhisattva to the ground, sat cross-legged on the ground, took a few breaths, and shouted: "I'm tired! I'm tired!"
Guo Bodhisattva got up and patted the dust on his body, clasped his fists and said to the old man: "The old man is really strong in internal strength, and no one in the world can match it!"
When the old man heard Guo Bodhisattva praise him, he actually laughed like a child: "You little doll is not bad, you can actually take my palm at that time, and you are really a master!"
Guo Bodhisattva looked around at the scenery, he and Zhao Chou's uprising in the past was in Henan, where they witnessed from acquaintance to acquaintance, from glory to end. At this moment, he suddenly remembered Zhao Chou, and he was stunned in his heart, and tears filled his clothes!
When the old man saw him crying, he was very puzzled, tilted his head, and asked, "Little doll, why are you crying?"
Guo Bodhisattva shook his head, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said: "The old-timers are not, this place has reached the boundary of Henan, I revisited my hometown, and suddenly remembered an old friend, and I didn't feel a little out of shape!"
The old man was very curious and ran to Guo Bodhisattva. He was much shorter than Guo Bodhisattva, he raised his head, and his eyes were rolling, like a curious child: "Is your old friend good at martial arts? Where is he?"
Guo Bodhisattva shook his head and said: "Although that old friend is not high in martial arts, he is loyal and courageous, chivalrous, and wants to save the people and the fire and water, but it is a pity that the sky is jealous of the talent, and he fell into the plot of the imperial court and died on the battlefield early!"
The old man didn't understand what "loyal and courageous, chivalrous", but when he heard that he died on the battlefield, his face became a little unhappy, he turned around his hands behind his back and shook his head: "It's boring, it's boring, the dead can't fight, can't fight!"
Guo Bodhisattva was suddenly unhappy when he saw him, afraid that he would go crazy like last night, and he would really not be able to hold him at that time. He was hungry himself, so he said: "Senior, this is Henan, I know that there is a braised noodles near here that is delicious, why don't I take you to taste it!"
When the old man heard that there was something delicious, he immediately smiled, and ran to Guo Bodhisattva in a hurry, very well-behaved. Guo Bodhisattva saw that although he was in the age of the sixtieth year, he was full of nature and unrestrained, and immediately envied him! Everyone in the world is tired of human feelings and sophistication, and they can't live in fear, if they can be like the old man, then this world is bound to be a paradise!
The noodle shop was only a few miles away, and the two of them walked there. Along the way, the old man walked like a fly, leaving Guo Bodhisattva far behind. Guo Bodhisattva was not to be outdone, and carried out the "Shocking Cloud Sweeping Gong", but he could only barely keep up with the old man's pace!
The noodle restaurant was dilapidated, with a simple shed and four tables outside, but not a single customer. An old couple sat in front of the pot, although they were wearing tattered clothes, they were very clean and there was no trace of dust!
Guo Bodhisattva ordered two bowls of braised noodles. Braised noodles is a famous delicacy in Henan, originated in Nanyang Fangcheng, it is a kind of meat, vegetarian, soup, vegetable, rice gathered and have, delicious, deeply loved by the people of Henan. When Guo Bodhisattva and Zhao Chou rebelled in Henan, they often ate it.
After a while, the old man brought two bowls of braised noodles, but saw that the braised noodles had little water, no oil flowers, and a bowl of noodles was also dissatisfied, with a few yellow cabbage leaves floating on it, and a piece of mutton slices as thin as cicada wings, which was far from the delicious braised noodles in Henan!
When Guo Bodhisattva saw it, he immediately felt bitter in his heart. He naturally knew that this was not because the store was cutting costs, but because it was in turmoil in the world, the imperial court was forced to pay taxes, and the rivers and lakes were uprising, but it was these poor people who suffered the most! It was rare to see a piece of meat in a noodle bowl!
When the old man saw the stewed noodles served, the flowers and branches of Le trembled, and he didn't take chopsticks, but directly grabbed the piece of mutton with his hands and sent it to his mouth, and smashed it in his mouth, with an endless aftertaste. After eating, he looked at the piece of meat in Guo Bodhisattva's eyes again, his eyes were full of anticipation!
Guo Bodhisattva instantly understood, and secretly said in his heart: "Since my name is Guo Bodhisattva, and the master is a person who worships the Buddha, how can I eat meat!" He picked up the piece of meat with chopsticks, put it in the old man's bowl, and said: "Senior, I am a person who worships the Buddha, I can't eat meat, and please don't dislike it!"
The old man smiled, grabbed the piece of meat with both hands and put it in his mouth, and said while eating: "You little doll is really good, wait for me to pass on my 'Heaven and Earth Grabbing Gong' to you some!"
Before Guo Bodhisattva asked him what "calling the sky and grabbing the earth" was, two more guests came to the stall. But when I saw that they were wearing heavy armor and hanging large swords from their waists, they were dressed as Mongol soldiers. Guo Bodhisattva once rebelled in Henan, and the imperial court also posted portraits of him everywhere to arrest him. Although his appearance at this time was far from that time, Guo Bodhisattva was still afraid that it would add to the trouble, so he lowered his head and didn't look at them!
When the old couple saw that it was a Mongolian soldier, they were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and the two soldiers didn't care, and ordered two bowls of braised noodles and a plate of cooked mutton. After a while, the old man brought it up, and the two soldiers devoured it.
The old man suddenly turned his head back, saw the plate of mutton on the adjacent table, and couldn't help but move his index finger, stood up and walked towards the two. Guo Bodhisattva secretly screamed that it was not good and wanted to pull him, but it was too late. The old man had already come to the table, standing straight, staring at the plate of meat on the table and drooling!
There was a tattered old man standing in front of the two Mongolian soldiers, and there was a trace of displeasure in his heart, but when he saw him wearing two Taoist boys' hair in a bun, he looked stupid and stupid, and he didn't feel funny in his heart. A Mongolian soldier looked at him and asked, "Do you want a piece of meat?"
The old man's eyes shot with semen, and the chick nodded as if he was pecking rice. When the Mongolian soldier saw him like this, he was even more sure that he was a fool, so he picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks, shook it in front of his eyes, and said, "Old man, you can eat meat if you want, but you have to grab it!"
When the old man heard this, he suddenly stretched his left hand forward, and the speed was so fast that no one could notice it. The old man put the meat into his mouth, and the meat tasted delicious and served in the bowl of noodles! He jumped and jumped with excitement, as if he had eaten some kind of delicacy in the world!
The Mongolian soldier had a gloomy face and a murderous look. He originally saw that the old man was stupid and stupid, and wanted to play tricks on him and watch the fun, but he was unexpectedly played by the old man. He was a Mongolian, and he looked down on the Han Chinese, and when he saw the old man jumping up, as if he was demonstrating to him, he shouted, pulled out the big knife at his waist and slashed at the top of the old man's head!
The old man was still in the aftertaste, suddenly saw the knife light coming, did not dodge or dodge, raised his hand and pinched the chopsticks to meet upward, only to hear the sound of the long time, but the Mongolian soldier's big knife was clamped by the old man with a pair of wooden chopsticks, no matter how hard he tried, but he couldn't pull it out!
The Mongolian soldier was horrified in his heart, and hurriedly called out to his companions: "This old madman knows martial arts, kill him quickly!" Another Mongolian soldier also got up and drew his sword and slashed at the old man. The old man's body did not move, his hands were forceful, he pinched the chopsticks and lifted the big knife upward, and actually lifted the Mongolian soldier who was strong and strong in heavy armor up, and threw it to the side, as easily as throwing a green vegetable!
The Mongol soldier's body slammed straight into his companion and smashed on top of him. The two of them took a few steps back in unison, smashing a table. The old couple heard the noise and ran out of it, but when they saw that the shed was in a mess, and the two Mongolian soldiers fell to the ground in embarrassment, they were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed!
The old man sat leisurely on the table, picked up the plate of cooked mutton, grabbed it with his hands and sent it to his mouth, and ate it with relish! The two Mongolian soldiers bullied the people on weekdays, and they were used to being arrogant in the fish and meat villages, and they had been insulted like this, and they were still such stupid and stupid old beggars! The two of them got up, raised their big knives, and slashed at the old man left and right!
When the old man saw it, he stuffed all the mutton into his mouth, threw the empty plate out with his right hand, and hit the eyebrows of the Mongolian soldier on the right.
The moment the old man threw out the plate, he slapped it to the left again! The fleshy palm did not touch the body of the Mongolian soldier, but a force came out of the palm of the palm, and it struck the Mongolian soldier's chest with a bang! The heart armor on the chest immediately sank inward, and the man's sternum clattered and shattered, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell to the ground on his back and died!
The old couple had never seen such a battle, and the old woman fainted with fright. Fortunately, when Guo Bodhisattva was in the Xuanming Sect, he studied medical skills with his master "Demon Hand Divine Doctor" Gong Ziqing for several years, held her down, and injected true qi into her body, and after a while, he woke up slightly, crying and screaming!
Guo Bodhisattva knew that these two Mongolian soldiers must be soldiers guarding the city nearby, if the two did not return for a long time, someone would definitely come to look for them, and when they found their bodies, the lives of the old couple would definitely be lost. He touched his body, took out ten taels of silver, handed it to the old couple, and told them to pack up their things and leave here quickly. The old couple was scared, so they followed Guo Bodhisattva's words, ran to the house to pack their clothes, and left in a hurry!
Guo Bodhisattva also hurriedly persuaded and coaxed the old man to leave the place of right and wrong!
The two of them walked all the way north, and by the evening they had walked about 100 miles. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, and there was no village around, but he saw a ruined temple not far away, so he took the old man to the ruined temple to spend the night.
This is a Sanqing Temple, dedicated to the supreme god of Taoism, which is the Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Daojun and Taiqing Taishang Laojun.
Since Buddhism has advanced eastward, it has been respected by several dynasties and generations of emperors. Buddhism seems to have surpassed native Taoism. The incense was not at its peak, and it was a troubled time, so there were still people who came to worship the three clear incense. The temple has long been overgrown with weeds, and the Sanqing statue is also full of dust, with layers of cobwebs and tattered!
When the old man saw the statue of Sanqing, he actually knelt on the ground with a bang, knocked his head three times, and his forehead was broken, and blood flowed. Guo Bodhisattva is a little curious, although this old man has a brilliant nature, killing people like blinking, but when he sees the statue of Sanqing, he is so respectful, I am afraid that he is a person who believes in Taoism, but I don't know if he is on Wudang Mountain or Longhu Mountain or Zhongnan Mountain?
For example, today, there are not many people who believe in Taoism, except for the three famous mountains of Wudang Mountain in Hubei, Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi and Zhongnan Mountain in Shaanxi, there are still cultivators, but it is rare in other places. When Guo Bodhisattva saw that he was so devout to Sanqing, he thought he was a Taoist priest on these three mountains!
The old man stood up and saw that Sanqing's body was covered with cobwebs and dust, and he was startled: "It's the disciple who is not good, let this red world stain Grandpa Sanqing's Dharma body, and this will be removed for Grandpa Sanqing!"
He took a bite of "Sanqing Grandpa", his eyes were extremely pious, and there was a hint of horror, but it made Guo Bodhisattva's heart feel incredible. The old man stretched out his arms and carried out the Xuan Gong, and the internal force secretly surged, blowing all his clothes and beards! The old man shouted, and pushed his palms forward, and a gust of wind poured out from his side, hitting the Sanqing statue, and in an instant, the cobwebs and dust on the Sanqing statue were blown clean!
The old man smiled, knelt on the ground again, knocked his head three times, stood up and jumped! Guo Bodhisattva looked at him, and couldn't help but doubt his identity again. This person has strong martial arts and deep internal strength, and I am afraid that there will be no two people in the world. But he is full of nature, stupid and stupid, but he has great respect for Sanqing, Rao is Guo Bodhisattva has traveled all over the world over the years, has seen countless customs and customs, and has seen countless chivalrous guests, but he can't guess the identity of the old man!
Could it be that he is a senior master who lived in seclusion outside the world? But seeing that he is only in his sixties, even if he lived in seclusion 30 years ago, there will definitely be a legend of this person left on the rivers and lakes! However, Guo Bodhisattva recalled that none of the heroes and heroes who were famous in the rivers and lakes 30 years ago could match the identity of the old man!
He was puzzled and wanted to ask, but he remembered that when Wang Xianzhong asked his name last night, he didn't seem to remember it, so he suddenly went crazy and killed many innocent lives. If you ask rashly, I'm afraid that he will go crazy again, and I will definitely not be his opponent!
Forget it! Guo Bodhisattva sighed lightly, it was better not to think about that, it would only increase the troubles! If only he could be like this old man, crazy and not disturbed by trivial matters!
Guo Bodhisattva found some hay and spread it on the ground, and told the old man to lie down and rest. The old man kowtowed three more times to the statue of Sanqing, then lay down on the hay, and after a while, he fell asleep, and the snoring sounded!
Guo Bodhisattva saw that he was sleeping so fast, and knew that he had nothing to worry about, so he slept quickly. On the contrary, I have a lot of worries and insomnia all day long, resulting in fatigue!
He stretched and lay down on the hay, ready to close his eyes and recuperate. He has learned the "Hidden Six Senses" mental method in the Xuanming Sect for many years, and he has long been familiar with it in his heart, even if he sleeps, the mental method can automatically operate and perceive the wind and grass around him!
He suddenly felt that the ground seemed to shake slightly, and hurriedly opened all his six senses, only to feel that a large group of people and horses were rushing towards the Sanqing Temple, he suddenly stood up and touched the handle of the scimitar in his arms!
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