Wu is located in the east of Huangtian Jingzhou, close to Yunling Shengzhou, influenced by it, the whole country has the heart of seeking the way by the wind, not at all like Huangtian Jingzhou martial arts Zhaozhao. There are also few martial arts schools in the territory, but there are many sects, and the idle clouds are curling.

On this day, a young man walked on the post road outside Wu Guoming City, with dark skin, wearing a cloth shirt that had been mended many times, and a pair of cloth shoes under his feet. Although some of the clothes on his body are not in the eyes of others, they are extremely clean and ironed, not at all like a person in a hurry. It's just that because of this young man's dark complexion, he looks a little sloppy.

The young man waved his hand at a hovering white crane in the sky, a little delighted. The white crane roared loudly, hovering in the air for about half a pillar of incense before slowly leaving.

After seeing the white crane disappear into the clouds, the young man turned his head and looked at the word "Mingcheng" written in cursive on the city wall, slightly excited, and couldn't hold back his smile, revealing his white teeth.

After a little counting of his purse, the young man picked out a few copper plates of the brightest color, and walked slowly towards the city gate.

Guarding the gate of the city are two guards wearing brass armor, although the brass armor is extremely eye-catching, but if you have a heart, you can see that the armor fit is not tight, and the material of the armor itself is not strong enough.

A bearded guard yelled at the boy, "Where did you come from, sloppy boy?

In fact, this price is already a lion's mouth.

The boy did not hesitate, and put the copper plate in his hand into the box next to the guard.

The guard raised his eyebrows, he saw that the young man was dressed in tatters, and he wanted to make a big price to drink the young man back, but he didn't expect the young man to take out the copper coin without asking, and he couldn't see that he was still a rich master. At this moment, the guard glanced at the guard standing guard next to him, and suddenly shouted again, "I just made a mistake, outsiders need to pay an extra fifty wen!"

The young man hesitated, "Is this the rule?"

The guard was a little impatient, "Naturally!"

The young man thought about it, opened the purse again, picked out a few new copper plates from it and put them in the cash box. Just as he was about to move forward, he heard another guard shout, "He's mistaken, outsiders need to pay a tael of silver!"

At this time, even a person who is not enlightened can understand the meaning of the words of these guards, the young man frowned slightly, turned around and said, "This is not in accordance with the rules!"

"What are the rules? I don't dare to say anything else, but at the mouth of the city wall, what the brothers say is the rules! Just one or two pieces of silver, and if you pay it, you will be allowed to enter, and if you don't pay it, you will spend the night at the city gate!"

"I won't do anything that doesn't make sense!"

"Then you stay at the gate of this city!" one of the guards sneered, "When the next group of guards comes to stand guard, I'm afraid it will only be two taels of silver, you have to think about it!"

There was a rare anger on the young man's face, "Then I won't go in, you will return the copper coins you used to me!"

"It's impossible! Boy, don't make a mistake! When the Dongwu knife in my hand slashes on your face, you will know how to cry, you are already ugly, and there are a few more scars on your face, you don't want to find a daughter-in-law in your life!"

Several guards laughed insolently.

The anger on the young man's face was still obvious, but there was a slight hint of cunning in his eyes, pretending to be angry, but in fact, he secretly pulled down the package on his back.

When he was in distress, a roar came from the city wall, "Li Si Zhang San, what have you done?"

Looking up, I saw a majestic middle-aged man standing in the belvedere on the city wall, who was probably also a guard, and it could be seen from the red tassels fluttering on his helmet that this person should be the head of the city wall.

A guard winked at the man, and the meaning was self-evident.

But the man was so angry that he jumped down from the observation tower and slapped the guard on the head who was squeezing his eyebrows at him, "Are you two people doing this kind of blackmail again? How many times have I said it? Well, don't you tell this young man the truth about the tax money, and then return the overcharge!"

The beard was a little confused, but when he saw the anger on the man's face, he knew that he was really angry, and hurriedly picked a few copper plates and returned them to the young man.

The man's face looked much better, and he turned to the young man and said, "It's a shame, my subordinates have always been masters of stealing chickens and dogs, how many times have I told them before, but as soon as I carried them behind my back, I began to do such things! In fact, the tax money for entering the city only needs 20 wen, and you have taken this money!"

The boy finally grinned and bowed slightly to the man, "Thank you so much. ”

"It's nothing, it's my fault, it's my lack of discipline. The man bowed slightly, and said, "I see that little brother you are also a passerby, so let's go into the city quickly!"

The young man bowed again, said goodbye to the adults, and slowly walked into the bright city.

The figure of the young man finally disappeared, and the bearded man dared to ask cautiously: "Boss, what's going on with this ,,,!"

The man was furious, "How many times have I told you? I have no problem with this, but you also have to have some vision to see if you can do it?"

The beard is still confused, "That kid is nothing remarkable!"

The man snorted, "Don't you see what he's carrying on his back? If I don't expect, it's a sword box! It has not been a peaceful year. “

The beard was a little surprised, and said yes again and again.

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This young man walked into the bustling Ming City, looked at the bustling street and didn't dare to blink, his mind was completely on the delicate things on the street, and after walking most of the street, he found that his stomach was growling, and he remembered that he hadn't eaten since morning.

The young man took out his money bag and counted the copper coins carefully, remembering the eighty yuan that the passing non-commissioned officer had returned to him, a smile bloomed on his face, and he had confidence in his heart, and he saw a good restaurant, thought about it, and strode into the restaurant.

There was no one blocking the road in the restaurant, the little two in the restaurant were naturally eyesighted, and the monks of all kinds had seen a lot, and they didn't dare to slack off when they saw the young man carrying a small sword box on his back, and asked the guest officer again and again what food he needed, and if he needed accommodation?

The young man was a little timid, but he mustered up his courage and followed Xiao Er to a quieter corner, so he only ordered half a pot of tea, a bowl of rice and a plate of green vegetables, and specially told him to remember to add some shredded meat to the green vegetables, he should not be bad for money!

Xiao Er had never seen this kind of guest, and he thought it was a little funny. It's just that the smile didn't show on his face, only praise again and again.

The tea was served quickly, but the meal still had to be prepared, so the boy poured himself a cup of tea to moisten his throat. After thinking about it, he took out his teapot to drink all the leftover tea inside, and poured the tea from the teapot into his small teapot.

"Sister, look at that person!"

The boy turned his face and saw a girl of thirteen or fourteen pointing at him and smiling. The young man didn't know that the man was laughing at him, he just thought he was courting himself. I was very cramped for a while, and I wanted to salute the girl, but I didn't know what the etiquette was, so I had to stand up and bow to the girl, and said hello Miss with a red face.

Now even the older woman beside the girl couldn't help but chuckle.

The young man scratched his head and smiled a little innocently.

"Hey, boy, do you have a sword box behind your back?" Seeing the young man behave like this, the girl became bolder, and asked with her neck bent regardless of her sister's tugging at her own corner.

The young man nodded at first, then shook his head, and finally said yes vaguely.

"And what kind of swords do you have in your sword case?"

The young man thought for a long time, and then hesitated and replied: "There are roughly a few handfuls of cyan ones, a few handfuls of white, and a few handfuls of red, I can't tell what the name is, and I can't remember anything else." “

The girl giggled, "You lie and don't make drafts, your sword box is not half as tall as you, and you are short, how can you hold so many swords?"

The young man blushed, "No, no, no! I don't lie, my mother said it's not good to deceive, I didn't deceive!"

As soon as the young man was nervous, he couldn't speak clearly, and he said something like "the master told me" and "the Taoist told me" and other things that others didn't understand very well, which made the girl laugh coquettishly.

Originally, the older woman also thought this young man was interesting, but when she heard what he said, she lost interest, just a broken boy who lied and deceived people for the sake of face, and was panicked after being exposed, and she didn't bother to say two words of apology for her sister, so she turned her head and ate slowly.

Eat the dishes with great elegance.

The boy couldn't explain clearly for a long time, and then he felt a little decadent after seeing that the two women didn't look at him again. Just as he was about to explain two more sentences to himself, Xiao Er came over with the food, and the words were blocked in his throat, and after muttering that there were really so many swords, he sat down and ate with the crunchy green vegetables. I picked out a few very thin shredded meat from the green vegetables, and I was a little happy, thinking that this store was really kind, and the loss in Fang Cai's heart was slightly put down.

The young man ate very slowly, chewed and swallowed slowly, and it took about a stick of incense for the young man to eat a small half bowl of rice. is also very attentive, at this time the restaurant is crowded and I don't care.

Xiao Er led a young man in his twenties to the young man's table with an embarrassed face, and asked softly: "Guest officer, you see that there are a lot of people in our restaurant, and there is no free table for a while, can you bring this guest to you?"

The young man raised his head and looked around, and found that it was indeed as Xiao Er said, so he responded.

The young man was also a little cultivated, and thanked the young man, who hurriedly returned the salute, but he was at a loss.

When the young man saw this young man like this, he no longer made such a false courtesy, and sat down directly, just ordered a pot of wine and a plate of cooked meat.

A little bored, the young man looked around, saw the sword box on the young man's back, and raised his eyebrows, "Little brother, are you a sword box?"

The boy nodded.

The wine and meat came up at this time, and the young man didn't ask again.

After another moment, the young man finished the meal, counted the copper coins in his hand, picked a few, called Xiao Er, stood up and handed the copper coins to Xiao Er before walking out of the restaurant.

Looking left and right, the young man took out the map from his arms, compared the direction a little, and walked into the distance.

"Sister, look, that person is following us!"

A woman looked back, and just said that it was okay, maybe it was the same way.

Walked directly through Mingcheng to the outskirts, "Sister, that person is still following!"

The woman frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

Walking to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers again, a young girl turned her head suddenly, "Why do you always follow us!"

This is the girl I saw in the restaurant.

The young man was originally looking at the map, but when he heard this, he raised his head, looked behind him blankly, and finally only said no.

"You've been with us for so long!"

The boy explained very seriously: "I'm going this way!"

"Are you going this way, do you want to go to Jianlu or do you want to go to Yunling Shengzhou?"

"Yunling Shengzhou. ”

When these words came out, the crowd laughed, and a man who was on the way with the two sisters laughed: "It's better not to lie, young man." ”

Another boy said, "We can't go, do you still want to go?"

"Really, really, I don't lie to you,,"

The girl sneered, "Just because of your broken sword box, you also want to go to Yunling Shengzhou?"

The young man bit his lip and didn't reply.

Just as he was about to say a few more words, a young man spoke up, "What do you care about what others do?

It was the young man who had sat at the same table with the young man earlier.

Originally, others wanted to say a few words, but after seeing the waist card on the man's chest, he didn't dare to make a sound, and the older woman played a round and said: "Let's go first, it's not too late to pass the sword house!"

The others said yes, turned around and walked.

The young man followed behind, saw that the man who spoke for him was looking at him, and quickly thanked him.

The man smiled and said half-jokingly, "In the future, Yunling Shengzhou can remember to come to me, I am an inner disciple of the Tianshui Sect." ”

The young man opened his mouth and was about to speak, when the man turned away.

Then you haven't told me how to contact you!" The young man only remembered that he had to hurry up, and when he thought that the man was not joking, he didn't ask any more questions, and continued on his way.

It wasn't until nightfall that they reached a hill, but the thatched hut on the hill was closed.

Everyone regretted it, even the man with the jade pendant on his waist.

Since it didn't go well, the group began to complain to each other, one said that you should not drink and compose poetry, and another said that you should not stop on the edge of the green mountain, and finally the group blamed the young man together.

The young man didn't think much of it, looked left and right, and trotted to the thatched house.

Several people frowned, even the young man who had spoken for the boy before.

But there were still a few people who didn't stop it, just to see this young man's joke, but they didn't have the intention of hoping that Jian Lu could open the door in the young man's hands.

If nothing else, it's just that the owner of this sword house has a strange temperament, and this young man has no talent for a spiritual show.

One of them sneered: "Come on, come, who will bet? Today I will make a bet, if that kid can push open the door of the sword house, I will give you a hundred taels of silver, otherwise you only need to give me ten taels." Is anyone coming for a plate that pays ten?"

"You don't have to be clever here!" Another person laughed: "If the door opens, I will give you a thousand taels, if it is not opened, you only need to give me three taels, can you do it?"

Although the master of the sword house will not open the door, he will always be angry with this young man, and he will definitely lower his three-point sword intent, if he learns the essence of the three-point sword intent, it will be very beneficial! Speaking of which, I have to thank this young man, if it weren't for him, we would really have no gain, what do you bury others?。。 Haha!"

Everyone laughed in unison.

The boy ignored them, knocking softly on the door, a little crisp in the silent night.

Suddenly, a hurricane came out of the sword house, and the young man was swept to the ground by the sudden hurricane, a little at a loss.

The crowd laughed.

"Don't you know the rules of the Sword House!

The voice is majestic, slightly hoarse.

"Su Mu. ”

"Yo, I'm still a child! Tell me, why are you knocking on my door? But don't say you're here to apprentice! Otherwise, I'll kill you with a sword!"

The young man's face was as usual, "I want to go to Yunling Shengzhou, and I want to get an ultimatum from you." “

"This reason is novel, hehe, but why should I give it to you!"

"I have a token. ”

The sword house was slightly silent, and suddenly, in the disbelief eyes of the group, the sword house opened the door.

An old man with white hair and beard walked out, and this old man carried a man-high sword on his back, "Where's the token?"

Su Mu hurriedly put down his bag, bent down and searched for a long time in his bag, and waited until the old man was a little impatient before taking out a dark iron sign from his bag and handing it to the old man.

The old man frowned, took it casually, first disagreed, then his face was full of surprise, and finally it turned out to be tears in his eyes! Kneeling on one knee, "Zhao Heng, a disciple of the third generation of Ashan, knocks to see his uncle and ancestor, and meets his junior uncle!"

The crowd was amazed.

Su Mu was at a loss, "How can you, why, you get up quickly!"

Zhao Heng wiped his tears and suddenly said: "Zhao Heng has insulted the mountain gate, although he has been imprisoned here forever and forever, he has no complaints, but it is a pity that he has never seen the real Ahan sword qi! Today, I dare to ask the little uncle to ask for the sword qi for the unworthy disciple Zhao Heng, although Zhao Heng has no regrets!"

The panic on Su Mu's face finally disappeared slowly, and he nodded shyly.

Then he clasped his hands in front of his chest, quickly sealed, his eyes were shining, and finally said indifferently: "Please sword!"

Dozens of streamers suddenly burst out of the sword box on Su Mu's back, crocheting the long night.

Above the vast night, only Zhao Heng could see that the sword intent that permeated the air would illuminate the deep long night, like day!