Youzhou Yandu is not far from Yuezhou, said that it is not close, if there are good horses, at most half a month can arrive, but Xiao Shu and Xiao Yuhua are walking on foot, plus the two of them do not recognize the road, really took a lot of detours, Xin Lu met a middle-aged man named Xuanyuan Cheng on the road, riding a thin donkey, carrying a long sword, not even a scabbard, casually wrapped in a long cloth strip and tied to the body, looking sloppy.

"This year, I am called a grandmaster with a sword on my back? I am also the leader of the martial arts alliance. Xiao Yuhua unceremoniously hung the dry food on his donkey, and he was on the same road anyway.

"I know a lot of martial arts alliance masters, twenty years ago it was Qionghua's ruthless old woman, and ten years ago it was the breeze of Xuanwu Mountain, they are all old people who are expected to return, you kid is not ashamed, beware of biting your tongue. Xuanyuan Cheng reached out and pinched Xiao Zhaohua's face.

"Hmph, why don't you fight against foreign enemies if you are so powerful, you know that you are afraid to shrink and steal your life, and you have a false name, I am not the master of this kind of martial arts alliance. Xiao Xiaohua put aside his hand and choked.

"Haha, that's right, it should be the duty to protect the family and defend the country, just like that real person, what does it matter if you die, it's worth it to protect the world, it's a pity that today's martial arts are no longer the martial arts of the previous dynasty, since the beginning of the Yue Kingdom, the forces of the rivers and lakes have been repeatedly suppressed, causing the displeasure of the factions, and what righteousness has been left behind, and some people still want to see the Yue Kingdom extinction. Xuanyuan City sighed.

"Then what happened to Xuanyuan's predecessor going to Yuezhou?" Xiao Shu asked.

"He Zhang Zhenren has ten thousand swords, I can't compare with Xuanyuan City, but I also want to do a little bit of my best with this sword, life is nothing to mix a reputation in the world, I have great ambitions, I want to mix a name in history, I saw this edict, Zhou Cheng personally wrote it, and the saint covered the jade seal, and sealed me a position of overseer. Xuanyuan Cheng took out a roll of yellow silk from his arms, shook it and hid it as if it were ostentatious.

"Are you going to be an official?" Xiao Yuhua wanted to snatch the yellow silk to take a closer look, but was glared at by Xiao Shu, so he had to give up.

"I can't be an official, who doesn't know that Yuezhou Tongzhou may be lost at any time, the army is in the city, the first emperor killed the princes of all parties in the early years, and the heavy task of the Bafang was originally for Chongyue Pinglu, who knows that this road is flat, but unfortunately the flat is the road of the Tuxia invasion, the people's hearts are scattered, and the soldiers who have followed the princes for many years in private who do not scold the first emperor for being ungrateful, and the soldiers have become thieves, who is in charge, and the new princes have no prestige, not only to guard against the assassination of foreign enemies on weekdays, but also to guard against the soldiers under their hands, you talk about it, is the official of this kind of place also an official?" Xuanyuan Cheng shook his head, his face bitter.

"Are you still going?" said Xiao Xiaohua, puzzled.

"Wenchen is sent to death if he goes, and the generals all shirk the blame, but in the final analysis, someone has to stand up, I Xuanyuan City is not talented, I think I have some ability and fame, so I took it, and no one really fights with me. Xuanyuan City took out a bottle of wine and drank it by himself.

How majestic it was when the Yue Kingdom was first established, the immortals pointed out, and spent thousands of manpower to cast the Nine Towers Zhenguo, at its peak, nearly a million iron horsemen guarded the border, who dared to attack, who would have thought that Chongyu would abdicate and fall into such internal and external troubles.

Along the way, the farther west you go, the more chaotic it becomes, robbers and thieves are infested, some towns are deserted, no one is doing business anymore, the shops and inns in the streets and alleys are closed, and even the beggars have fled for their lives.

I don't know how many times it was, the group of people in front of me who were in tatters, with hoes in their hands and sickles, came out to rob, all of them were yellow and thin, and they had to pretend to be fierce, and they didn't want any gold or silver, just food and wine.

The first few times Xuanyuan City also distributed food, but this kind of thing can be one or two, how can it be like this one after another, looked at the little dry food left in the bag or gave up this idea, even if it is all distributed to them, it is not enough to eat, there is still a third of this road, these people are not enough to eat, today to distribute to them, tomorrow they have to drink the northwest wind, it is not necessarily the grass is also a coward, but it is also the overseer appointed by the Holy Edict.

"We don't have anything to eat, I'm really sorry, it's better to do this, I'll give you some silver taels, how about you go?" Xuanyuan Cheng said politely, in fact, he also knew in his heart that this kind of thing was said to mean that he didn't say it.

"Give money? haha, what's the use of asking for money in this hellish place, I also have money, how about buying your donkey?" A thin man who took the lead took a sip of disdain, took out a few copper coins and threw them towards Xuanyuan City.

Xiao Xiaohua hid behind Xiao Shu in fear, these people are the hungry and crazy people he said, as long as they can fill their stomachs, they will eat human flesh, and there is no room for anything else in their eyes, only madness and appetite.

Xuanyuan Cheng didn't dodge or dodge, stretched out his hand to catch the copper coin and said with a smile, "That's not good, this donkey is my foot strength, I'm old, I can't go that far, and it has a good relationship with me, so it's not for sale." ”

"You hear it, he has a good relationship with this donkey, in this case, you may as well be a companion with this donkey, do good deeds, let us eat, you listen, my stomach has been barking, the last time it didn't bark, I remember that he was a monk, he was compassionate, but unfortunately he is too old, and the meat is a little old. The thin man stuck out his tongue and licked his chapped lips.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, especially Xiao Yuhua was trembling all over, Xuanyuan City got off the donkey slowly, looked at the group of people with complicated eyes and said, "If it's just robbery, I can still treat you as a suffering person, now it seems that I am stupid, the monk is merciful, and voluntarily became your meal, and I don't know how to repent, but I Xuanyuan City doesn't have such a state of mind." ”

These words seemed to touch the scales, and the thin man roared at Xuanyuan City with red eyes, "You know a fart, you eat and drink every day, how do you know what it feels like to be starved to death." ”

Half a year ago, his son starved to death in his arms, maybe death is a relief, he wanted to bury his son, but in the end he was still swallowed up by his own desires, and the corpse was fed, only buried his head, from that moment on, he no longer had a little burden, whether it was killing or eating people, it would not make him feel guilty at all.

Xuanyuan Cheng watched silently as the group of people rushed towards him wielding scythes and hoes, and just stretched out his hand and took it back, slowly untying the strips of cloth tied to his body, while constantly dodging.

Xiao Shu had no intention of making a move, he protected Xiao Zhaohua behind him, and observed Xuanyuan City while dodging, and the skillful gesture made Xiao Shu understand at a glance that the sword realm of Xuanyuan City was by no means idle, this person could easily send out sword qi, but for some reason he withdrew his hand and insisted on using his sword to kill these people.

As if understanding Xiao Shu's question, Xuanyuan City said softly, "Life is so painful, living people are not like people, ghosts are not like ghosts, you are born at the wrong time, and it is even more unfair in heaven, I Xuanyuan City is incapable of making you hungry like that high monk, only a sword will send you reincarnation and liberation." ”

As soon as the words fell, the long strip of cloth fell, and the Xuanqing sword body reflected the hideous faces of those people and Xuanyuan City's calm eyes, reaching out to hold the hilt of the sword, and the Xuanqing sword suddenly had a feeling of clear spring flowing.

"Looking for the sound of the sword, looking for the sword, a sword in the red dust, a thousand swords hidden, ten thousand swords buried, a dream in the middle of the night and a smile. "Xuanyuan City has one word and one sword, one sword and one kill.

After finishing speaking, his eyes were full of corpses, Xuanyuan Cheng bent down to pick up the long strip of cloth that fell to the ground, but saw the thin man fall to the ground, one hand covering his neck that was bleeding, and the other hand trembling and grasping Xuanyuan Cheng's legs, the corners of his mouth continued to flow blood, grinning as if he was not smiling, and finally lost his breath, and his blood-stained hand left five long blood marks on Xuanyuan City's white pants, never closing his eyes, looking at the gray sky blankly.

Xuanyuan Cheng sighed, wrapped the long sword with a strip of cloth again, and carried it on his back, "It's all poor people, but I can't help it." ”

Xiao Yaohua listened to the screams in her ears and decreased, and finally quieted down, and couldn't help but glance through her fingers, her stomach immediately rolled up, and she hurriedly bent down and retched, almost vomiting all her internal organs, but the endless smell of blood still kept drilling into her nose.

Xiao Shu patted Xiao Xiaohua's back while looking at Xuanyuan Cheng and said, "Why don't you let them go, wouldn't it be more pitiful to let them swallow the bitter fruit knowing that the heavens are unfair." ”

"If you looked them in the eye, you wouldn't ask me this question, it's not that I Xuanyuan City wants to be the executioner, but they are begging for death, in their eyes in addition to hunger, in addition to madness, there is only despair and death. Xuanyuan Cheng turned around and said indifferently, as if what died in his hands was just some pigs and sheep.

"Then whose fault is this, is it the ethereal Heavenly Dao, or the invading Tuxia, or is it themselves?" Xiao Shu frowned, the more he saw these things, the more he had an indescribable sense of depression, Nanbei had said that everything has cause and effect, could it be that these people are just paying for their sins? But he really can't think of what kind of sin this ordinary people can pay.

"Yes, whose fault is it, sometimes I want to ask, whose fault is this damn natural disaster, and whose fault is it that so many people in the world freeze to death and starve to death......" Xuanyuan Cheng rubbed the white cloth on the long sword and groaned for a long time.

The three of them didn't say anything all the way, Xuanyuan Cheng gave up the donkey to Xiao Yuhua to ride, and he must have been very happy when he changed the usual Xiao Yuhua, but now he didn't want to say a word, not only in his stomach, but also in his heart Unspeakable uncomfortable, at this moment he looked at Xuanyuan City with the same eyes as looking at evil ghosts, indescribable disgust and fear, that is, this person killed more than 20 people in front of him, even the evil ghosts are not as good as fear.

He didn't even want to continue walking with Xuanyuan City, as soon as he saw Xuanyuan City, he couldn't stop thinking about that bloody scene, obviously he had gone far enough, but the smell of blood seemed to have been following him, no matter what, he could smell it, if it wasn't for Xiao Shu by his side, he would immediately turn around and go back, this ghost place really felt like he couldn't stay for a while.