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The thirteenth day of the lunar month, the dawn of Tianjin

Although there is still some time before the Spring Festival, the flavor of the New Year is already very strong. Prosperity and festivity wrap the streets and alleys of Luoyang City, as for one of the eight views of Luoyang, the most prosperous market——— Tianjin Xiaoyue, is naturally more lively and extraordinary.

If you have time, you might as well go for a walk, the shouting in front of the food stalls on Shiqiao Street, the grocery stores selling Spring Festival couplets and stickers, the sound of firecrackers in the distance, and the crowds of people coming and going around the four corners of the pavilion......

It's all full of life.

The years are like knives, and there is no blade, but they can make the dynasty change and the country change hands. Even if you have peerless martial arts and all kinds of ability, you can't resist the passage of time and the changes of the seasons......

That's why there is birth, old age, sickness and death, heroes with white heads, and beauties in the twilight.

The ancient bridge of Luoyang has witnessed the imprint of the years, wind, frost, rain and snow, and the chaos of war, but also carved a deep annual ring for the monuments. Life still goes on, and Luoshui still flows eastward......

At this time, the shopkeeper Liu of the Fuman Inn didn't seem to have any interest in all this, because he was busy calling his men to entertain guests.

He was a short, slightly fat boss, with a chubby and round face that showed a tired face. The scale of Fuman Inn is not small, and the business is quite good. Especially recently, you can always meet travelers who are in a hurry to return home, and it is naturally extremely busy.

The room is filled with the aroma of food, and the table is full of aged wines, but few guests can afford to work up their appetite and concentrate on eating. Even the drunkard, who loves to buy drunk, doesn't care whether he drinks or drinks water at this time. Because now almost everyone's eyes are on a corner on the east side of the house, in the most inconspicuous corner, there are the most simple, the most ordinary tables and chairs, but it is on this most simple and ordinary table and chair that there is an extraordinary woman——— a woman who should not be sitting here.

The black and supple hair slid down her shoulders like a cloud, and under the light sweep of the eyebrows, the pair of tender eyes were enough to make a man willing to give everything for her.

Now, she is leisurely drinking a bowl of black chicken soup in her hand, and the expression on her face seems to be in a quiet countryside, not a noisy inn......

Suddenly there was a loud bang in the hall upstairs, and then a bearded man with a height of more than six feet and a round waist walked down.

Immediately afterwards came out three young men dressed in gold and jade, the one led by him was dressed in purple, with a thin waist and wide shoulders, and a gilded sword behind him, even the sword spikes flying in the wind were purple;

The four of them walked to the cleanest table, and as soon as they sat down, the bearded man shouted loudly: "Little Er, bring the wine!"

The shopkeeper had already seen that these four people must be masters who were not good to serve, and they were ready at this time, so they called out: "Come!" and ran away with a smile and low eyebrows.

"What kind of wine do you want?"

"I want the best wine. ”

"What do you want to eat?"

"To have the best dish. ”

Xiao Er scratched his head and said, "Uncle, this is stumped for the little one, the little one ......"

Hearing only a snap, Xiao Er had already flown a foot away, and his body had also hit the counter, and a face distorted by pain had a red handprint almost bigger than his face.

"If you want to do it, go right away. The bearded man said angrily: "Don't say a word of nonsense!"

In the originally noisy inn, there was a sudden silence. Shopkeeper Liu opened his mouth even wider, not knowing what to do.

The red-clothed man next to the bearded man smiled: "Why is Brother Zhang so angry, he can't get along with a shopkeeper?"

The man in green said: "Second brother, if you want to blame, you can only blame that Xiao Er has no eyes, offended Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang has always disliked others to contradict him, and those who have bumped into Brother Zhang, which one has a good end?"

The bearded man laughed and said, "Yes, who dares to offend me Zhang Fuhu?"

As soon as Zhang Fuhu said three words, in the originally silent hall, he suddenly heard a few exclamations of shock.

Zhang Fuhu is naturally not an unknown person, he was originally a lay disciple of Shaolin Temple, and was later expelled from Shaolin for breaking the precepts, but he learned some Shaolin martial arts, and relied on a body of outer kung fu in Hebei, but he returned to Luoyang for some reason.

The food came up quickly, but the good wine and food still couldn't stop their mouths, and the four of them still talked loudly about their deeds in the rivers and lakes, as if they were afraid that others would not know that they were also the number one person in the rivers and lakes.

Zhang Fuhu said again: "Tang Ershao, do you still remember the few thieves I defeated in Langya Mountain?"

The man in red said: "Of course I remember, the thief headed by himself claimed to be Dong Ping, a "flying camel outside the plug", and asked Brother Zhang to stay to buy road money, if he didn't keep the money, he would have to take off his clothes and learn from women**." ”

"Hahaha...... the man in green laughed and continued: "What happened in the end? Dong Ping, who was a "flying camel outside the plug", didn't even pick up the knife, he was punched in the head by Brother Zhang, and became a dead bird outside the plug. ”

Zhang Fuhu said more energetically, and said: "It is absolutely impossible to learn from women, but I like to listen to women." So saying, he looked intently at the corner, the girl in white.

The man in green suddenly exerted force on the soles of his feet, and landed lightly opposite the girl with a spin in the air, and said with a lewd smile: "I don't know if the girl is interested, accompany me to have a glass of wine?"

The girl in white didn't even look at him, she still drank the bowl of black chicken soup slowly, and for a long time, she said in a voice as crisp as a copper bell: "Why should I drink with you?"

The man in green even had a smile in his eyes, suddenly turned around and moved, hugged the woman's slender waist with his backhand, and whispered softly in her ear: "Who made the girl so handsome?"

The girl in white was ashamed and annoyed, and she stretched out her hand to slap her, but as soon as her hand was raised, she was held by the man in green again.

"Stop!"

Hearing only a shout, everyone followed the sound, but saw that the shopkeeper had stood up at some point, and his whole body trembled and gritted his teeth: "This ...... This girl is also a guest of the shop, everyone who comes is a guest, and I hope that the son can raise his noble hand and let this girl go......" Before the words were finished, Xiao Er's tears had burst out of his eyes.

He was an honest man, and he was used to being inferior, and even he himself would not have thought that he would have the courage to say such a thing under such circumstances. ———— he wasn't unaware of the consequences it might have on him.

Was it because he was also a young man, and young people always liked to be self-willed, or was it because he also had a crush on this beautiful girl, and could not bear to see her being bullied?

In the hall of the inn, there are also many people from the rivers and lakes, why don't they come to the rescue? Aren't the people who practice martial arts just to do chivalrous justice and seek justice?

Who doesn't want to be a hero to save the beauty and please this girl's heart?

But who are their adversaries, and how many are willing to sacrifice their own safety to save others in a critical moment?

————Perhaps, this is the reality, this is the nature of human beings. Haven't the great heroes of the past and present just done what they could?

The man in green glared angrily and said, "Just because you are a shopkeeper, you dare to take care of my business?"

The man in purple, who had been silent, slowly stood up, looked back at the shopkeeper and said, "I can't think of a room full of people, it's better for you to have a backbone." ”

The girl lying on the chest of the man in green pleaded to everyone: "Isn't there anyone willing to come to the rescue and help the little girl?"

All she could wait for was a sigh.

Helpless sighs, everyone's helplessness.

Isn't there too much helplessness in ———— life?

There was silence again in the inn, but the noise outside the door never stopped.

Perhaps, this is another irony, no matter how happy the place, there is also sadness.

———— your sadness, how many people can understand and understand it?

At this moment, several violent coughs came from outside the door, and they were heard very clearly in the process of turning from noise to silence. After that, a teenager slowly walked in, a boy with a sword.

The young man's steps seemed to be a little weak, and his pale face was slightly red from the violent coughing. Even more striking was the sword in his hand - on this sword, he wore a scabbard that did not fit the body of the sword, the scabbard was very short, and the body of the sword was exposed an inch to the outside.

As soon as the boy entered the inn, he saw the girl who was hugged by the man in green, but he didn't seem interested in taking a second look. Straight up to one of the few empty seats, he sat down slowly, and placed his sword at the table.

But the girl's gaze never left the young man, as if he regarded him, this sword, as the only hope for salvation.

The girl almost burst into tears, and said to the young man, "I wonder if Childe can help me?"

The young man looked left and right blankly, and then stretched out his index finger, pointed to his nose and asked, "Is the girl talking to me?"

The girl bit her pink lip and nodded desperately, and said loudly: "They are lighter than me, and I hope that the son can help." ”

The boy smiled and said, "Why should I help you? ”

The girl was choked back by this sentence, and did not know what to say.

The man in green finally put down his hand around the girl's waist, walked up to the young man with a laugh, and said, "Do you not want to care, or don't you dare to care?"

————Why do people always like to find themselves bored?

The young man didn't answer, but said to the shopkeeper with a blue nose and swollen face on the side: "A bowl of noodles." ”

The man in green said impatiently, "I'm talking to you, you know?"

"I don't know. ”

"And what do you know?"

"All I know is that if you're standing next to me, you're probably going to crawl out. After the boy finished speaking, he coughed violently again.

The man in green said angrily: "I didn't expect you, a person who can't even walk steadily, your tone is not small, Lao Tzu wants to learn and understand today, just teach you to be a man! Draw your sword!"

"What are you doing with your sword drawn?"

The man in green shouted, "Look at the fight!"

As soon as the word "hit" was spoken, the man in green jumped up in the air and punched out with a strong punch, hitting the young man in front of the door.

The young man suddenly exerted five fingers, slammed the table, bounced the sword on the table with internal force, held the sword in his backhand, and swept across the chest of the man in green.

The man in green was shocked, he didn't want this young man to look sick, and he shot so quickly, but just because the punch was too strong just now, it was too late to change his moves, and the empty door in his chest had already appeared, and in a moment, the young man's sword had already come with the wind, only to hear a shout, the man in green had been hit in the chest by the sword, and fell heavily to the ground.

The room was stunned, unable to believe what was happening. The girl's face showed a sweet smile, perhaps she had seen hope.

Huo Ran, the man in red, got up, blocked the man in green behind him, and said, "I don't want us to look away." ”

Only then did the man in green stagger to his feet, put his hand on his chest and said to the man in red: "Second brother, I was just careless just now, this sick boy is nothing special. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the man in green drew his sword sideways and stabbed the young man, which actually made it a famous swordsmanship, a move "Dragon Roar Nine Heavens", the sword body shook, the sword flowers rose in all directions, and nine swords were stabbed out in a blink of an eye.

The young man's sword was not unsheathed, and he even beat it, and when he saw the move, he quickly defused the attack of the man in green.

The man in green has used up his old moves, and he takes a step back, wanting to retreat as an advance and avoid the edge of the young man's swordsmanship.

I didn't want the boy to suddenly admit it, and said, "Do you want to fight again?"

The man in green was surprised for a moment, but the man in red drew his sword first, he had already seen that his third brother was not the opponent of this young man.

The swordsman's swordsmanship is indeed much more stable than his third brother, and he fights slowly and quickly, but he shoots mercilessly, and his moves are all to force him.

The young man was just about to respond, but he heard the man in green say loudly: "Second brother, I'll help you!" Before he finished speaking, the sword had arrived first, and in an instant, the young man was surrounded by the sword qi of the two, and the two swords were crossed and transposed, and the cooperation could be said to be very perfect, quite the charm of Hengshan's "Liangyi swordsmanship", and the combination of the two swords has become a trend.

The young man was still not flustered, and made a move "Flying Catkins", and drew his sword with his left hand, and the sword body crossed a strange arc in the air, and the latter had indeed arrived first.

The red and green duo already felt that next to their forearms, there was a cold sword aura approaching.

The young man suddenly snorted softly, and performed a light skill of "following the shadow", with the sword technique to protect the body, he had passed through the red and green two people, dividing their swordsmanship into two, and then turned around and stabbed a sword, only to hear two screams, and all of this was calm again.

On the arms of the red-clothed man and the green-clothed man, there was a deep sword mark at some point, and the blood had already stained the clothes. The two swords had also been taken off their hands and fell to the ground.

All of this happens in an instant, and if you blink your eyes, you probably don't know what happened.

It was only now that everyone could see that the sword used by this young man was actually a broken sword......

The people in the hall were all dumbfounded, and it took a while for someone to come back to their senses and say loudly: "Could it be Liu Qing?"

There was a commotion in the inn suddenly, gossip, and everyone said.

The children who came to the door to watch the excitement came out of nowhere, and they clapped their hands, as if praising the young man's chivalrous deeds.

Zhang Fuhu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, also changed his face slightly at this time, only the purple-clothed man on the side was still calm and calm, drinking the wine in the cup.

The red and green two, with shame on their faces, stood there stunned, as if they had not recovered from the battle just now.

After some time, the man in purple got up and slowly placed a piece of silver on the table, turned back to the two brothers and said, "We should go." ”

The man in green was surprised: "Big brother, don't you stand up for us?"

The man in purple scolded angrily: "Look at the things you did yourself, you still have the face to say such things?"

The man in green bowed his head and said nothing, and then with his second brother, he picked up his sword and turned to leave.

The man in purple suddenly said to the young man, "I don't know what your name is?"

The young man smiled indifferently and said, "Liu Qing, the willow of the willow tree, the evergreen green." ”

"Look, I'm not wrong, he's Liu Qing. ”

"You still have a vision. ”

"Isn't it, I finally saw it today. ”

...... The hall was bustling with activity again.

The man in purple nodded slightly, and said to Zhang Fuhu: "Brother Zhang, our brother left first, don't forget the agreed matter." ”

Zhang Fuhu said loudly: "Okay! See you later." ”

With that, the Sancai brothers left the inn.

What exactly did they agree on?