"The wind and snow are overnight, and the sword and horse hunt are the first to be sick. ”

If Fang Xiaodao had read more than Qin Bugui, he might have made a poem to praise the majesty of the sword and horse or to pay tribute to the pity of the dead. But not only can't, but also doesn't want to, and it's ridiculous to be compassionate here, because he's not a Buddha and doesn't have the idea of saving people.

Fang Xiaodao remembered that the last two sentences of the poem were "I want to ask Qianqiu Ke, what is cutting Liuhe." ”

When Fang Xiaodao was still an ignorant teenager, Qin Bugui told him that the meaning of this latter sentence was "I want to ask the immortal immortal for thousands of years, why did he cut this world to pieces, causing countless killings." Now that Fang Xiaodao saw the sword and horse, he suddenly felt that the "Qianqiu Ke" in that sentence was really a kind of irony, satirizing that the immortals did not understand the shortness of life, and they had to add killing and let countless people die in vain.

Shan Yan said that in the face of the ruthless fight in the Northern Desert, Fang Xiaodao would feel afraid. At first, Fang Xiaodao didn't believe it, because he slaughtered hundreds of people, and his heart was firm enough. But tonight's scene scared him, this is not murder, this is contempt for life. He was so angry that he killed the people he thought he deserved to die, but he never wanted to turn the world into purgatory.

The Vermilion Bird Hall was guarding its own territory and occupied the territory, but the Shahe sword and horse tore a hole in the wall of the Vermilion Bird Hall like a knife, and then rushed in across the horse.

After watching it for a long time, Fang Xiaodao finally saw some clues. When the sword and horse charge, they never go it alone, and the protection is also very tight. Although the number of people on both sides was about the same, there were always several swords and horses besieging and killing a Suzaku Hall disciple. They attack quickly, but they are not greedy at all. Even, after they entered, they were soon able to occupy key places, and the initiative of the battle situation was always in the hands of swords and horses.

Swords and horses don't just use knives, they also use arrows, precise and swift arrows. Even, Fang Xiaodao also saw a weapon that he had seen before, a scimitar with a very long tail, and this tail was an extremely fine rope. This kind of blow is far away, and more than a dozen people work together, and once people are besieged, there will be nowhere to escape.

Fang Xiaodao had seen this weapon, and he and She Ying had fought with such a group of people in Huahe Town. But to this day, Fang Xiaodao still doesn't know the origin of those people, just like killing a random person can get a useless blade, it has become a mystery.

The people of the Vermilion Bird Hall experienced Emperor Zhang's panic and then fled in all directions. After escaping for their lives to no avail, they can truly show their sharp fangs.

Fang Xiaodao had not experienced the battle array, thinking that the martial arts of the people of the Vermilion Bird Hall were not inferior to the swords and horses, as long as they were united, there was still a little chance that the enemy would be repulsed. He didn't know that the sword and horse practiced martial arts more diligently than the disciples of the Vermilion Bird Palace, but they rode on horses and couldn't jump up and down. People in the martial arts always think that flying eaves and walking on the wall is a good kung fu, but when it comes to the battlefield, jumping up and down may not be useful, and the beautiful moves are purely self-defeating. Swords and horses all practice the "Broken Dragon Knife Method", and the killing moves are clean and neat, which is rare in the world. People of insight can understand why the Broken Dragon Knife Method is worthy of the word Broken Dragon, because this knife method can be simple and easy to learn, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can achieve something. Just imagine, what a terrible thing it would be if such a knife technique was used on the battlefield. Therefore, the dragon that can be broken by this sword technique is the dragon that sits in the palace and dominates the world, and it is a peerless sword technique that can change the sky.

Fang Xiaodao looked at this human tragedy motionless by the light of the fire in the Vermilion Bird Palace, and before he knew it, the sky was already dawning, and the Vermilion Bird Hall was already shattered.

At this time, an earth-shattering shouting of killing came, and Fang Xiaodao was stunned, it seemed that the Qinglong Palace had come.

Fang Xiaodao immediately rushed to the rescue, and when he walked halfway, he saw that the Shahe knife horse had retreated. When danger came, their retreat was as decisive as their attack, as orderly.

As soon as the sword and horse left, the people of the Qinglong Hall immediately rushed out, but they seemed to have pounced, and chased the sword and horse for ten miles in anger, and finally returned angrily.

This must be a trick by Jiang Chu and Shan Yan, after a night of fighting, the sword and horse are tired, and they will inevitably leave when they hear the shouting of killing. It's just that they could have come early, but they didn't come until the end. This originally coincided with Fang Xiaodao's plan, but he thought that as a fellow disciple, the Qinglong Hall should have come earlier.

Fang Xiaodao looked at the ruins of the Vermilion Bird Hall for a while, stood on the city wall and said to a disciple of the Green Dragon Hall on the side, "Where is your palace master?"

The disciple said: "The palace master can't bear to suffer such a catastrophe in the Vermilion Bird Palace, and is appeasing everyone below. ”

Fang Xiaodao nodded, glanced down at the corner of the city wall, and suddenly let out a "huh".

The disciple said, "What's the matter?"

Fang Xiaodao waved his hand and said, "Don't follow me, just look at your bloody comrades." After speaking, he jumped down from the place where he was in the third day of high school, walked leisurely on the wall, and went down the castle tower.

Quan Zhizhong experienced the most cruel thing in his life and lost everything overnight. He was once beaten in the Central Plains, but he didn't expect to stay for a long time when he came back, and he had lost everything. If you don't have it, you can't lose it. But he has changed from an orphan in the Northern Desert to a vermilion bird hall master, and now he has lost everything overnight, and this feeling is more painful than life. He has a greedy nature, greedy for money and beauty, greedy for fame, fortune and prestige, and even greedy for delicious food in the cup. It is precisely because he is greedy that he is reluctant to lose. After waking up from the dream, he used all his strength to kill the enemy, and until the last moment he had no idea of escaping. Because he was reluctant, and because he knew that he would be left with nothing after escaping. But now, he had nothing left, and he didn't want to die, so he had to leave in disgrace.

Looking through the cracks in the ruined walls, the dead and the suffocating men told him that he had lost everything he had.

After one last look, he wanted to leave quietly, but when he turned the corner of the city wall, he saw a young man with his hands behind his back and a long sword looking at him for a long time, looking like he had been waiting for a long time.

It's very secluded and unnoticed, so it's a great place to bury. If you die here, there will be no disciples from the Vermilion Bird Hall who will come out to stir up the situation. Quan Zhizhong even felt lucky, because he was not very embarrassed to die. But he waited for a long time, but the man never made a move.

Quan Zhizhong asked curiously: "Aren't you here to kill me?"

Fang Xiaodao said: "Why did I want to kill you, not long ago, thanks to the Spring Hall Lord's acceptance, I was spared the suffering of the wind and snow!"

Quan Zhizhong said: "No need to be polite, no matter how you look at the politeness of the murderer, it is ridiculous." ”

Fang Xiaodao said: "If I want you to die, I will definitely let you die in broad daylight, and tell everyone that this is the fate of a traitor." ”

Quan Zhizhong smiled bitterly: "You always have your own reasons for doing things, and you are outstanding and earth-shattering. ”

Fang Xiaodao said: "Yes, everyone's reasoning is different, so sometimes there are some things that are extremely ridiculous to be reasonable." But I can't figure out the truth of your Spring Hall Master, you share weal and woe when you are bathed in blood, but you want to leave when the enemy leaves. ”

Quan Zhizhong sneered: "It feels good for everyone to die together, but I don't like useless death. ”

Fang Xiaodao said: "Oh, how do you say this?"

Quan Zhizhong said: "Shan Yan and Jiang Chu killed at this time, saved everyone's lives, and suddenly became the gods in the minds of everyone in the Vermilion Bird Palace, and I, the hall master, are really redundant." What's more, in today's Suzaku Palace, more than half of the dead and wounded, and it is actually dispensable to keep a hall master. For dispensable things, people usually throw them away at will. ”

Fang Xiaodao said: "You Spring Hall Master is not a dispensable person. ”

Quan Zhizhong said: "Yes, it's not a dispensable person, but a person who should be killed, just like a stone in the wheat, and a little bit of teeth, then it should be taken out." ”

Fang Xiaodao nodded and said, "The Spring Hall Lord is indeed a person who understands the affairs of the world, Fang Mou is ashamed of himself!"

Quan Zhizhong said: "You can tell Jiang Chu that in my decades of friendship with him, there are a few years when we are not yet powerful. You can also tell Shan Yan that I am not qualified as an uncle and a subordinate, but at least my ambition does not make me put the lives of the disciples of the Supreme Palace at risk. ”

Fang Xiaodao was stunned for a moment, looked at Quan Zhizhong with new eyes, and suddenly found that this person could not simply be seen by good and evil. From the standpoint of Shan Yan, he is a shameless traitor, a damned traitor. However, it is not that Shan Yan must be the palace master of the Supreme Palace, and she may not be able to represent justice. Although Yu Wenrui was not upright enough, and it was even possible that he killed Old Demon Shan shamelessly, people like Quan Zhizhong did not do it. They have their own considerations, they just have ambitions, maybe they just want to serve stronger people as palace masters or even be palace masters themselves, what they want to do is also to make the Supreme Palace more powerful. At this point, they are loyal ministers of the Supreme Palace, but they are not loyal ministers of the single family, but the Supreme Palace cannot simply be said to be a single family with a surname in the world.

At that moment, Fang Xiaodao wavered, and it was impossible to tell whether such a vacillation was good or bad. He began to pursue the essence of things, not only from his own point of view, but to think for others, to think about the essence. This is not only a dialectical matter, but even a matter of "Tao". Not only can it reflect a person's wisdom, but it can see the essence clearly, and even provide a new avenue for one's own martial arts.

Fang Xiaodao stopped his contemplation, looked at Quan Zhizhong and said, "Spring Hall Master, where are you going?"

Quan Zhizhong said: "I once saw the left envoy in Fang Tianling in the Central Plains, I thought he was very embarrassed, but now it seems that he may be lucky." I've lost everything, so I want to be lucky again, maybe I can grow old somewhere in the northern desert and be completely buried in the sand. ”

Fang Xiaodao said: "Half a life, are you willing to do it?"

Quan Zhizhong said: "What if I am reluctant, I have lost everything, and the only thing I can lose next time is this life." I want to keep it until I don't want to die. Speaking of this, Quan Zhizhong smiled bitterly: "People's hearts are really greedy, and when they lose it, they will regard the only thing they have as a treasure." I used to think that I could die but not lose the Suzaku Temple, but now it seems that I can. ”

Fang Xiaodao was speechless for a long time, and in the end, seeing that Quan Zhizhong had crossed over to him, leaving himself with a back, he could only whisper: "Spring Hall Master, in this life, I hope you and I will never see each other again!"