The boundary of Liuhe River is in the northeast direction of Pingsha, and the west is the small city between Xichu and Pingsha, which is called the post city.

Although Pingsha is adjacent to the Liuhe River, it is always two boundaries, and the distance is definitely not short. If the bride is carried all the way back to Liuhe Luo's house from Pingshafang's house, not to mention whether the bride will be tired, the palanquin man who carries the sedan chair will definitely not be able to stand it.

Therefore, according to the customs of the Great Sui, if the two places are far away and marry, there is no need to be too accommodating to the customs. Just send the bride out of the boundary where the bride is located, which means that the bride has "gone out" and is already a member of her husband's family. Then there was a carriage to receive the bride and the sedan chair to the boundary where the groom official is located, and then when there was about seven or eight miles away from the groom official, the bride was invited to get off the carriage and re-enter the sedan chair, and the sedan chair man carried into the groom's mansion, implying that the husband's family had taken the "family" back. The subsequent ritual is to worship the church as usual and get married, and enter the cave room.

As far as the marriage between the Pingsha Fang family and the Liuhe Luo family is concerned, it is necessary to carry the bride out of the Pingsha boundary, and there are special personnel waiting in the inn not far away, bringing the bride into the room to rest, and then taking a carriage to quickly rush to the land of the Luo family.

Therefore, in many cases, if the two places are far apart, such as Yangzhou and Cheng'an, there is no seven or eight days that cannot be completed, and most of the time is wasted on the road.

It's annoying, but there's no other way around.

At this time, a convoy had already left Pingsha and entered an ancient post road. The convoy was extremely festive, bright red all over, and everyone had the brightest smile on their faces. Not to mention the pair of flutes and gongs next to the carriage, and the high-pitched sound of musical instruments brought this festive and joyful to the mountain.

The convoy was extremely luxurious, with more or less a dozen carriages, and judging from the heavy sound of the carriages, the carriages must have been piled up with all kinds of goods, and it was conceivable that they must have been dowry.

Just from it, it can be seen that the two families who got married must not be small families.

At this time, the weather is warmer, and the slight wind is only with a hint of coolness, not cold, but it seems that this style is sweet.

The hills on both sides of the post road are not high, the hills are full of new green flowers and plants, there are few extremely tall giant trees, and the field of vision is very empty, but the sky is already twilight at this time, but there is still a long post road ahead, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

Luo Changguan was a little anxious, and waved at a carriage behind him, and after a while, a shrewd man trotted over and asked respectfully, "Young master, what's the matter?"

Luo Changguan looked up at the sky, "Director Gao, how far is this from the inn, seeing that the sky is about to get dark, and the surrounding area is wilderness, I can't say that I will encounter some trouble." Didn't you say that it would only take half a day to get from the Fang family to the inn?"

Director Gao smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master, you see, my speed of walking briskly is now equal to the speed of this carriage, how can it be so fast?

Luo Changguan frowned slightly, "Can't you speed up some?"

"I want to do it too, young master," Director Gao said embarrassedly, "We just prepared ten carriages and four or five sedan chairs, I thought it was enough, but how did I know that the Fang family was so 'kind'? ”

Luo Changguan nodded, "You calculate, how long will it take to get to the inn at our speed?"

Director Gao pondered slightly and replied, "It's about midnight." ”

"So long?" Luo Changguan frowned, and looked left and right for a moment, "There is not even a place to rest in the wilderness here, what if you meet robbers and bandits in the middle of the night?"

"You don't have to worry about this, the young master just needs to please the bride. The senior director, who has always been shrewd and steady, made a joke at this time, which must have made him feel much better because of the festive atmosphere. Immediately, Director Gao said coldly: "If the bandits come, our samurai are not vegetarians!"

Luo Changguan looked at the environment next to him again, still feeling a little uneasy, "What kind of realm are our guards?"

"They're basically the little masters of the third mountain, seven or eight cadres of the fourth mountain, and a leader of the peak of the fifth mountain!"

"But what if you meet a group of bandits composed of a group of masters from the Fifth Mountain?

"Isn't the young master carried away by the happy event?" Director Gao smiled: "If it is a martial artist from the Fifth Mountain, where would he do such a thing of rooster and dog thief? Not to mention that at this time, the imperial court suppressed the monks who were in rebellion extremely fiercely, which can be said to be the first time in the thousands of years of history of the Great Sui, where would a martial artist dare to do such a thankless thing on the cusp of the storm?"

Luo Changguan smiled dumbly, "It's that I'm too sensitive, it's that I'm not good." ”

The steward said in a deep voice: "Harming oneself and benefiting others is the act of a saint; harming others is beneficial to oneself, and harming oneself is one's normal feelings; harming others is not beneficial to oneself, and oneself is ruined." ”

After Luo Changguan heard this, he frowned and pondered secretly, and suddenly raised his head and looked at Director Gao with appreciation, "The director's words are really incisive, every word is fine!"

Director Gao smiled: "Being able to remember these three points is also the reason why I can take care of the big and small matters for the young master's family." ”

The carriage continued to move, and the sky grew darker.

After a while, it was completely dark, and the convoy had to turn on lanterns.

After driving for about half an hour, he suddenly saw a little light in front of him, and the senior executives hurriedly said to Luo Changguan: "Young master, don't be impatient, the inn is already not far ahead." After speaking, he shouted at the convoy, "Everyone cheer up, and let the horses cheer up! The inn is not far ahead, and when you get to the inn, your major affairs will be completed! When the time comes, you can taste good wine and meat! The white flower pattern silver is even more indispensable!"

Hearing this, the tired sedan driver immediately shouted loudly, and the musician who followed him was quick-witted and hurriedly blew joy to cheer up. For a while, the gongs and drums were all day long, the fire was bright, and it was not lively and majestic.

But just as the carriage was halfway down, a calm and strong man riding a tall horse suddenly raised his head in surprise, and he shouted, "The carriage stops!

After the crowd pushed and shoved for a while, it quieted down slightly, and Luo Changguan was a little puzzled, "Commander Qi, what is the so-called thing in such a hurry?"

This strong man, known as the leader of Qi, said in a deep voice: "You may be in trouble, it seems to be a bandit!"

"Bandits?" Luo Changguan's pupils shrank, "How could there be bandits at this time?"

The senior supervisor next to him was also surprised, "It shouldn't be, how can there be people who don't know whether they are alive or dead?"

"Please rest assured, young master!" Qi Commander said: "If the other side dares to attack, I, Qi, will definitely let their bones be gone! ”

"Commander Qi doesn't have to worry!" Luo Changguan sneered, "If this young man who doesn't know where he came from dares to be presumptuous in front of my Luo family's convoy, he can just kill him!

Commander Qi nodded, and pressed his hand on the handle of the knife on his waist, "With the words of the young master, then Qi will be relieved!"

The convoy cautiously drove ahead, and suddenly saw a faint fire point in the distance, and Commander Qi raised his eyebrows, "It's here!"

Originally, everyone thought that the fire point was a torch for bandits, or a signal to charge. But who knew that the fire point quickly became larger, and there was a wave of noise!

Where is the torch? Where is the signal? This is clearly the spell of the Qi Refiner!

The fireball smashed into the front of the carriage, and suddenly a huge and fiery air current swept some of the people in front of them away, and the horses neighed violently after this fright!

"Steady and steady!" shouted the executive, "Stabilize the horses first! Don't panic, stabilize the horses first!"

Commander Qi had already pulled out the long knife at his waist and shouted, "How can there be a Qi Refiner who is presumptuous here?

Luo Changguan hurriedly jumped down from his horse and shouted loudly, "Where did this Qi Refiner come from? How can he have such a skill? Commander Qi, do you know what the strength of that Qi Refiner is?"

Commander Qi's face was heavy, "This majesty is no less than the Fifth Mountain!"

And Fang Hongyu, who was originally sleepy in the sedan chair, was awakened by this huge movement, and listened to the shouting outside, and hurriedly grabbed the hand of a maid beside him, "Qing'er, what's going on outside?"

Qing'er was also a little panicked, and after opening the curtain and inquiring for a long time, she said to Fang Hongyu in a panic: "Miss, it is said that there was a bandit attack, or is it a qi refiner?"

"What?" Fang Hongyu's face was flustered, "How could there be such a thing?"

"It's the first time I've seen the slave and the maid!

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Since the first flame attack, the Qi Refiner didn't seem to have done anything more, and there was a slight silence around him, and he could only hear the sound of the guards in the Luo family's convoy, and there was no other movement.

It's more like dead silence!

"Redfish, is Redfish okay?" Luo Changguan shouted.

"Young master, don't squeak, quickly pluck the red flower on your chest, you can't reveal your identity!" The executive was a little anxious, "Maybe these people are enemies seeking revenge, if they know that you are you, it will be bad!"

Luo Changguan gritted his teeth and shouted, "Where can I manage so much?" After speaking, he shouted loudly: "Red fish?

"Miss is fine! Uncle don't worry!" Qing'er replied loudly after a long time.

"That's good! That's good!" Luo Changguan breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his voice again and shouted: "By the way, don't get out of the carriage, everything is with me here!

"Don't squeak!" Luo Changguan's words just finished speaking, and Commander Qi roared, "Here!"

There was a red dot lit up in the distance in the sky, it was the firelight of Fang Cai!

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!" while commanding the team, Qi Commander gritted his teeth and shouted: "Bastard, just a shameless qi refiner who only hides in the distance and releases cold arrows, don't let me find out where you are hiding!"

After all, the Luo family is not a small family, even the sedan chair bearer is much better than the quality of ordinary people! After the initial panic, everyone has calmed down, and at this time, listening to the command of the commander of Qi, they moved back in a regular manner.

But before the flames could be lit up, a scream was heard, and then a sedan chair bearer fell to the ground holding his throat!

After one person was missing, the sedan chair was unstable and pressed down for a while, Fang Hongyu screamed, holding the window with one hand and pulling Qing'er with the other hand to stabilize his figure.

Before a moment later, there was another scream, and another palanquin man fell straight to the ground!

The sedan chair man was flustered, and the sedan chair swayed from side to side!

"Red Fish!" Luo Changguan panicked, and hurriedly stood up and called to the rear!

The senior management didn't care about anything else, so he directly tripped Luo Changguan and pressed it on Luo Changguan's body, and covered his mouth with his hand, "Young master, don't blame me for exceeding the rules, at this time, the villain can only do this to save the young master's life!"

Luo Changguan could only let out an angry whine in his throat, and an extremely angry flame was released from his eyes!

Ignoring Luo Changguan any more, the senior executive turned his head and whispered to Commander Qi, "What's going on? What's going on with the assassin? Why didn't you find him?"

Commander Qi clenched the long knife in his hand, and the green tendons on his neck flared up, "To the damned despicable villain, you actually used this kind of trick! This flame is just a false move, just to distract us and gain an advantage for the assassin!"

"I didn't ask you about the Qi Refiner!!!" Director Gao roared, "What kind of ability does that assassin have?!!"

Commander Qi replied: "I can't figure it out for a while! But this kind of ability to come and go without a shadow is at least the Fourth Mountain Martial Man who is proficient in this way! And not alone!"

Just as a few people were talking, there were several screams, and the crowd screamed again and again!

"Steady! Steady! Where are the guards? Are you eating from the Locke family?" Director Gao roared behind him, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Who is it that sent such a handicraft?!"

"Chen Long, Yuan Jian, Zeng Zhe, Peng Lei! The four of you are scattered! Protect the left and right wings of the team! Li Hong! You and Jiang Da are guarding the rear of the team!" After loudly distributing the personnel, Commander Qi also smiled bitterly: "I also want to know who is so discordant with the Luo family!"

Director Gao sneered: "It doesn't have to be that you have a grudge against the Luo family!"

Commander Qi was slightly stunned, and glanced back at the back, thoughtful.

At this moment, there were several fires in the distance, and the Qi Commander squinted slightly, and suddenly was shocked, "This is true! This is a real spell! There is more than one Qi Refiner! Defend! Defend!"

Saying that, Commander Qi jumped out of the crowd and slashed towards those fires with a long knife!

The three earthy yellow sword qi shattered the third flame, and the flames surged in midair, blazing as bright as day!

Under the reflection of the firelight, you can clearly see that there are no less than a dozen people sparsely standing on the mountain bags on the left and right sides of this post road, half of them in military uniforms and half of them in robes!

The Qi Commander's eyes were cracked, "Damn! Why are there so many bandits?!"

Ice picks, thunderbolts, fireballs, and fireballs were smashing towards the convoy in a dense manner, and seven or eight more figures rushed towards the convoy under the cover of these spells, armed with scimitars or daggers!

The guards swung their swords forward again and again, but they were not the enemies of those bandits!

Qi led one person to face the three of them, and he also divided half of his mind to block the incoming spells for the people around him, and he was pressed and beaten for a while, and he didn't even show the slightest defeat!

In the sword light and fire shadow, a bright sword aura shot out from the mountain bag!

Commander Qi's face was bitter, "There is even a sword cultivator!"

As soon as the words fell, the Qi Commander, who should not be able to dodge, was directly pierced through his chest by this sword qi, and his blood was flying!

After the Qi commander fell to the ground, the Luo family's guards had no combat power, and the battle seemed to end in an instant, and the deafening sound of killing ended at this moment, and only the fire was bright around them.

Director Gao let go of Luo Changguan and looked at a middle-aged man in a Taoist robe bitterly, "What kind of grudge do my Liuhe Luo family have with Your Excellency?"

"No, but Da Sui has a grudge against the Qi Refiner!" The middle-aged man sneered, a sword qi lit up in his hand, and he swung it high, and when he was about to fall, suddenly there was a light and bright sound of the piano, which was played like a phoenix Yu Fei.

Turning his head suddenly, he saw a poorly dressed scholar sitting in an abandoned pavilion on a hill not far away, with an old guqin in front of him.

Commander Qi frowned, he clearly remembered that when the fire was in full bloom, the idle pavilion was empty.

The scholar said slowly: "In Xia Wei Qingshan, the Great Sui Scholar. Please also ask all martial artists, can the immortal cultivators sell the scholars a face?"

The middle-aged man in the robe sneered, "No!"

Wei Qingshan sighed, "Although I don't have a three-point Confucian spirit, I am still willing to use my very scholarly spirit to dare to take away the rest of your life!"

"I want to hear about it!"

After that, the middle-aged Dao-robed man gave an order, and dozens of martial artists rushed towards Wei Qingshan, and dozens of spells galloped towards that idle pavilion!

Wei Qingshan smiled, his fingers touched the guqin, the sound of the piano played, and suddenly his face turned pale.

The spell suddenly stopped in the air, and suddenly bloomed like fireworks, and dozens of Qi Refiners spurted blood from their mouths, their eyes frightened!

touched the guqin again, and suddenly his figure was rickety.

Everywhere the sound of the piano went, the warriors all stopped, with splitting headaches and painful wails!

The middle-aged man in the Taoist robe had a grim look in his eyes, and as soon as he waved his hand, dozens of sword lights rose behind him, and with a wave of his hand, the sword qi shot towards Wei Qingshan violently, like light and electricity, like a snake and a dragon!

Wei Qingshan touched the guqin again, and suddenly his head was full of green silk and frost white!

Frost and snow suddenly fell in the sky, and the frost and snow were extremely beautiful, as beautiful as a fairyland.

The sword qi collapsed, and the man in the Taoist robe spat blood!

The frost and snow fell to the ground, suddenly soaring, and the killing intent rose in the sky, and the qi refiners and warriors in it burst out with blood all over their bodies, and there were no corpses!

Wei Qingshan sat in the ancient pavilion, and was in the frost and snow in the sky, fluttering like a dusty immortal, swaying like an old man.

Fang Hongyu lifted his hijab, lifted the curtains, and looked at the white-haired figure in the ancient pavilion above the mountain bag in the distance, tears gushed out.

Now that you've read the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, why don't you tell me? Why don't you come to me? Why don't you say you like me?

Wei Qingshan smiled back.

When I first saw you, the spring flowers were brilliant.

When I say goodbye to you, the sky is full of frost and snow.

Since the beginning, the spring flowers and autumn water are bright, and so far, the morning dew and sunset sunshine.

But I'm sorry, but in the end I still don't want to be your enemy, and I can't read the Spring and Autumn Righteousness, even though it's close at hand. So that's all I can do for you.

He didn't say I like you.

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This day, February 13, evening.

The second son of the Wei family in Jiangzhou, a student of Deng Fuzi of Qionghu Academy, and Wei Qingshan, a scholar of the Great Sui, killed ten martial artists in the fourth mountain at the junction of Pingsha and Liuhe in the Great Sui, six qi refiners on the sixth floor, two martial artists in the fifth mountain, four qi refiners on the seventh floor, and one sword cultivator on the eighth floor.

"Nine out of ten people are white-eyed, and none of them are scholars. ”