Chapter 4: Heavenly Demon Sword Dance
Lu Qi sat cross-legged on the ground, playing the piano music with full attention, like the pervasive sound of mercury making people feel breathless, only Qingping was fighting with Yan Zishuang in the field, the combination of the two swords was still invincible, and now there was only one person left, which should have been more difficult to support, but the strange thing was that the sword qi in the field was vertical and horizontal, and it was Yan Zishuang who fell downwind. Lei Jianyun couldn't help but look at it, and found that with the change of the melody of the piano, Qingping's swordsmanship became more and more weird and vicious, and the power was several times greater than that of Fang Cai.
I saw Yan Zishuang's expression was dignified, and she became more and more cautious in one move, although it was obviously a little sluggish, but it was still able to support, although Qingping had the upper hand, but in Lei Jianyun's opinion, her face was a little pale, and the sweat was rolling on her forehead, obviously this way of swordsmanship made her consume a lot, and Lu Qi, who was sitting upright and caressing the qin, was even more bloodless, concentrating on playing the murderous qin song, and there were also dense beads of fine sweat on her forehead. The sound of the piano became more and more faint, and Qingping's figure became faster and faster, at this moment, the sword in her hand had almost turned into countless broken light and shadow, like a galaxy in the sky reappearing in the world, and her own figure was even more illusory, like a fire-colored phantom from the Nine Hells, and onlookers could barely see her outline, let alone her sword moves. On the contrary, Yan Zishuang, who was trapped in it, was still slow and distinct in one move, just like a few faint clouds in the bright blue sky, seemingly traceless and bright and distinct.
At this time, Ning Sudao and the others who were watching the battle upstairs were far away, even so, under the intrusion of the sound of the piano, they still showed an uneasy look, Lei Jianyun's heart suddenly understood, the sound of the piano played by Lu Qi concealed internal force, reducing the enemy's will, the person listening to the piano needs to use the soul to resist the intrusion of the sound of the piano, with the change of the sound of the piano, the moves of the affected enemy will inevitably change in strength and weakness, if it is a person with a weak heart, it is not surprising that it is controlled by the sound of the piano, but Qingping can attack the gap exposed by the enemy by communicating with the mind of the person playing the piano。 Of course, this kind of sword cooperation between the two must have a special technique to make the two cooperate so strictly, and the power of the sword technique has increased several times, and this must be extremely exhausting.
Even if Shuangjue wins, it will be a miserable victory, but if they can defeat Yan Zishuang, not only will Yan Zishuang's reputation be discredited, but even Cuihu will also suffer a heavy setback, and their hard work will eventually be rewarded. From this point of view, the challenge of Shuangjue this time is not immeasurable, but has the possibility of winning, Lei Jianyun, who figured this out, couldn't help but be a little worried, in this way, the situation will inevitably be difficult to control, if Yan Zishuang wins, I'm afraid he can't stop in time, the only comfort is that his favorite Lu Qi should not die, after all, it is Qingping who directly faces Yan Zishuang's counterattack, if Shuangjue wins, then the ending, Lei Jianyun can't help but feel a chill, no matter what, he doesn't want Yan Zishuang to be defeated. It's not because of his admiration for Yan Zishuang, it's just an emotion that has no ending, but because once the disciples of Cuihu are defeated, many undercurrents that were originally suppressed because of the existence of Cuihu will set off huge waves, although he has a lot of ambitions, but now he is not ready, Lei Jianyun doesn't want a chaotic situation to appear so soon.
At this time, Lei Jianyun heard the mysterious young man whisper to himself: "It turns out that Du Qingjue has finally rediscovered the Heavenly Demon Sword Dance. ”
Lei Jianyun said curiously: "What is this Heavenly Demon Sword Dance?" Your Excellency seems to be very familiar with it?" When this question was asked, Lei Jianyun did not expect this young man to answer, but unexpectedly, this young man replied without thinking: "The Heavenly Demon Sword Dance is a lost art of the Demon Gate Tianyin Sect, using the sound of the piano to affect the enemy's mind, and cooperate with the sword technique to defeat the enemy. However, Cuihu's mental method integrates the mental methods of Buddhism and Taoism, and it is quite unique to the clear mind, and it can restrain this kind of martial arts. ”
Lei Jianyun's heart was shocked, the Demon Gate Tianyin Sect, this is a name that only exists in his memory, since the Demon Gate was destroyed seventy years ago, he has never heard the news of the six sects of the Demon Gate, and he can't imagine that the Tianyin Sect's mastery has reappeared, could it be that Du Qingjue has something to do with the Demon Gate? He didn't think much about it, and hurriedly asked: "Since Fairy Yan's internal strength and mental method can restrain this Heavenly Demon Sword Dance, then wouldn't Shuangjue be defeated and invincible." ”
Zijing shook his head and said: "In fact, the two mental methods can also be said to restrain each other, who wins and who loses depends on the depth of the attainments of both sides, but the ordinary martial arts competition is lost, this battle is a double contest between the soul and martial arts, no matter who loses, will be hit hard." It's a pity that Sister Qingping and Sister Luqi's skills are still shallow, and when their qin sound and sword dance reach the peak, it is when Yan Zishuang counterattacks, and Yan Zishuang has the advantage in cultivation and mental methods, it seems that most of this battle will be a fiasco, but it will benefit Yan Zishuang a lot, of course, if the two sisters learn from the pain, they should also have a lot of benefits, of course, this has to be their survival. Ah, Sister Luqi is playing "Frost Exercise", let's let them quickly divide the winners and losers, it seems that I am going to help Sister Luqi. ”
Zi Jing's voice was gentle and cold, not as cool as when he talked to him, but Lei Jianyun felt a chill, Shuangjue took him in when this young man lost his memory, judging from the fact that Fang Cai Qingping did not forget to tell Zijing before the battle, she must be very caring for Zijing, and judging from Zijing's performance before recovering her memory, she was also very attached to Shuangjue, but judging from his words just now, he actually regarded Shuangjue as a stranger, and there was no sense of worrying about Shuangjue's life and death at all。
Just when Lei Jianyun's thoughts were surging, I saw that the young man suddenly sang with the sound of the piano: "Father and son are cold, mother and child are hungry." Children should be flogged, what is the punishment of children. His singing voice was sad and sad, and the meaning was long, and it reached the ears of everyone downstairs, except for the three girls who were fighting swords, everyone raised their eyes and looked upstairs. Ning Sudao had already noticed that Lei Jianyun had not come down, and now he heard someone singing upstairs, with a somewhat familiar voice, but it was not Lei Jianyun's voice, and as soon as his heart moved, he had already guessed that it must be the gray-clothed young man singing, but just now he spoke with a difficult tongue, so he couldn't hear his singing voice for a while. Thinking that Lei Jianyun was nowhere to be found, Ning Sudao felt a chill for no reason, and was about to send someone forward to investigate, when the person upstairs continued to sing: "My son is in the middle field, and I will stay here." Four voices, who talk to children. ”
The song is full of the bitterness of being abandoned, and the sound of Lu Qi's piano also changes with the song, sad and hateful, desolate and sad, Ning Sudao and others only feel that there is only the sound of the qin song in heaven and earth, endlessly, and there is infinite pain and trouble in their hearts, which makes them want to kill themselves, but reason just makes them remember to look at Yan Zishuang and Qingping's sword fight, and for a while they all showed a struggling look on their faces, and they didn't have time to think about other things.
"What clothes are cold, what food is hungry. Children walk in the wild, and walk on frost. Mothers give birth to many children, and mothers have mercy. There is no mother's pity, and the son would rather not be sad. ”
The sound of the piano swirled back and forth, becoming more and more high-pitched and desolate, and the young man's singing became more and more sad, making everyone feel as if they had seen a young man abandoned by his parents walking alone in the wilderness, covered with frost, the autumn wind, and without food and clothing. And Qingping's swordsmanship also entered a climax with the change of the sound of the piano, and the sword waves were like a tide, enveloping her and Yan Zishuang's figures, but Yan Zishuang contracted the defense line and fell into a bitter battle.
Seeing that the victory and defeat were about to be clear, at the head of Yueyang Tower, behind the bead curtain, Lei Jianyun was covered with sweat, and he wanted to get involved, but he was powerless, and after singing the song, Zi Jing, who had intensified the battle situation, looked at the sword qi phantom below with a calm expression.
Lei Jianyun couldn't help but say: "Your Excellency is too ruthless, even if you have no gratitude to the two young ladies, you shouldn't be so eager to watch them live and die, your martial arts are so strong, you shouldn't be under Fairy Yan, why don't you take action to stop their decisive battle." ”
Zi Jing glanced at Lei Jianyun, those dark and clear phoenix eyes revealed a ruthless light, and he said coldly: "Everyone is responsible for what they say and do, since Sister Qingping and Sister Luqi want to fight Yan Zishuang to the death, they should be allowed to get their wish." And if it drags on for too long, I am afraid that the two sisters will be greatly injured after defeating, and now they will quickly divide the winners and losers, and the losing side can lose less. ”
Lei Jianyun was speechless for a moment, although the young man was ruthless, but what he said was extremely reasonable, Lei Jianyun sighed and looked downstairs, at this time the red shadow had almost completely surrounded the green shadow, and the scene was full of sword shadow streamers, and Yan Zishuang's figure was almost invisible, just when Lei Jianyun was worried in his heart, the green shadow suddenly flashed out like a butterfly out of a cocoon, and the red shadow was weakened, Lei Jianyun exclaimed, and the two sword rainbows in the field began to fight like dragons, Lei Jianyun clenched the window lattice with both hands, and nervously looked at the battle situation that was about to be divided。
The gray-clothed young man said calmly: "The eagle who caught the net has broken through the cage, and the two sisters have been defeated, I don't want the two sisters to stay by Yan Zishuang's side, but the agreement can't be disobeyed, what should I do?"
Lei Jianyun was stunned for a moment, and when he heard the reputation, he saw the young man Zijing looking at himself very seriously, he immediately recognized that this young man really didn't know what to do, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart, Lei Jianyun immediately said: "Your Excellency is not in the agreement, if the two young ladies are defeated, Your Excellency can take them away, in this way, it is not that they do not keep the contract, but that they cannot keep the contract due to the situation, Fairy Yan is merciful, and the detention of the two young ladies also hopes to resolve each other's grudges, and will not force the two young ladies to stay." ”
Zijing nodded lightly and said, "Yes, you're right." "Talk about staring at the field, and don't be distracted.
Lei Jianyun's heart moved, and he said: "If you rob the two young ladies, you need to have a place to stay, after the defeat of the two young ladies, you must be seriously injured, need to recuperate, and need medicine supplements, if you have no place to go, there is a villa in Qixingwu, where it is a blessed land, the most suitable for recuperation and seclusion, you can go to live temporarily." This jade pendant is a token, please smile. ”
Contrary to Lei Jianyun's expectations, Zi Jing neither agreed nor accepted, but just looked at him fixedly for a moment and said, "What price do you want?"
Lei Jianyun was about to phrase to say that he was just a good intention, but when he saw the murderous intent revealed in Zi Jing's cold phoenix eyes, he felt a chill in his heart, and said: "I just want to turn enemies into friends with Your Excellency, and there is no malice." As soon as these words came out, he could clearly feel that the murderous aura shrouded in his body receded like the tide receded, and Zijing also took the jade pendant token in his hand, he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and was about to say a few more words, a sword light rose to the sky downstairs, and then, he saw Qingping's delicate body rolling outward, every time it rolled, there were drops of blood falling into the dust, at the same time, the piercing sound of cracking silk came, and the sound of the piano suddenly cut off, only to see Lu Qi spray a mouthful of blood on the piano, the four strings were broken, Lu Qi crouched on the piano, life and death did not know, and the double absolute was already a fiasco。
Yan Zishuang put the sword back into the sheath, such a hard battle, even she was a little pale, but her eyes were radiant, it could be seen that the harvest was great, she took a step forward and said apologetically: "The two young ladies are skilled, Zishuang can't keep her hand, please forgive me, I don't know if the two young ladies can still heal themselves, if not, Zishuang is willing to help, please don't mind." Although she is a victor, she is more and more humble and gentle, and if others are moved, they can't help but be moved. But Shuangjue didn't appreciate it at all, Qingping stood up with difficulty, walked to Lu Qi's side, and stuffed a pill into her mouth, after a while, Lu Qi gradually recovered, opened her eyes, and looked at Yan Zishuang coldly, her eyes were full of coldness, but Qingping fell down, her face was pale, and Lu Qi exclaimed. Yan Zishuang hurriedly stepped forward, took out a pill and said with concern: "Miss Qingping is extremely injured, it is better to let her take this Huitian Pill." ”
Lu Qi stretched out his hand, and in Yan Zishuang's expectant gaze, he waved his hand lightly, brushing the pill off the dust, and then in front of everyone's eyes, Lu Qi pulled out the long sword hidden in the piano and swung the sword to slash at Qingping, who fainted to the ground. Ning Sudao and the others downstairs, and Lei Jianyun upstairs were all shocked, and they didn't know why Lu Qi wanted to kill Qingping, who was in love with her sister. A cold light flashed in Yan Zishuang's eyes, the jade hand flicked, and with a soft sound, the long sword in Lu Qi's hand fell to the ground, and said coldly: "Miss Lu Qi, what are you doing here?"
At this time, Zi Jing, who was watching coldly upstairs, suddenly laughed and said in a low voice: "Sister Lu Qi really did this." Then he lifted the bead curtain and walked forward, but this step crossed a distance of more than ten zhang, and landed gently and skillfully beside Shuangjue, without a trace of fireworks, as if he was originally standing beside Shuangjue. Then he slapped Yan Zishuang with a light palm, even if he was fighting so hard, Yan Zishuang was also calm, but his understatement made Yan Zishuang's face change, and he flew back, looking at Zijing's eyes full of vigilance and suspicion.
When Lu Qi saw Zi Jing, a faint smile appeared on her ice face, this rare smile was as dazzling and beautiful as the first ray of sunshine in spring, Zi Jing stood beside the two respectfully, and said, "Sister Lu Qi, let's go." ”
Lu Qi had already regained her cold expression and said, "You take Qingping away, I'm seriously injured." ”
Zi Jing's substantial gaze swept over the faces of the people present one by one, and everyone who came into contact with his gaze couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, it was ruthless and desireless, as if the sky had been cold since ancient times, Zi Jing said coldly: "I want to take my two sisters away, which of you wants to stop me." ”
None of the people was willing to say anything to stop it, so as not to offend this obviously undespised teenager, not to mention the special identity of Shuangjue, at this time, Yan Zishuang said softly: "Zijing, the two young ladies are very seriously injured, it is more convenient if they stay for treatment, you can accompany them and wait until they are injured before leaving." ”
Lu Qi didn't make a sound, just looked at Zi Jing lightly, as if waiting for him to make a decision, although she was so silent, but as long as she thought of her act of killing Qingping, everyone couldn't help but look at her strangely. Zijing just glanced at Yan Zishuang with her eyes and said, "No need." After that, he leaned down and tied Qingping to his back, while Lu Qi picked up his long sword and put it in the qin, and sheathed the sword that Qingping had left behind for her, and then hugged Yaoqin to his chest. At this time, Tang Zhonghai said indignantly: "Are the two of you leaving like this, isn't there any explanation, and you, this kid, first pretended to be for so long, and then secretly helped Shuangjue with singing, and now he wants to forcibly rescue them, is it too rampant?" Yan Zishuang frowned, she naturally understood that although this young man helped Shuangjue with his singing, he was also forced to fight a decisive battle quickly, and she did not suffer too much, but she didn't want to disagree with Tang Zhonghai, so she just glanced at Tang Zhonghai helplessly, sighed lightly, and didn't speak.
Lu Qi was silent and still walked forward, but Zi Jing glanced back at Tang Zhonghai and said coldly, "Are you going to make a move on us?"
Tang Zhonghai sneered: "Why not?" After saying that, he took a few steps forward, held down the hilt of the sword, and looked at the three of them with a tigerish gaze. How do you know that just when his footsteps stopped, he felt a pain in his cheeks, and couldn't help but reach out and touch it, his hands were full of blood, he stood still, Zijing had already walked to the water's edge, just in time to catch up with Lu Qi, the ape arm stretched lightly, grabbed Lu Qi's slender waist, jumped lightly on the cruise ship, and untied the cable to urge the boat.
Yan Zishuang sighed lightly, walked behind Tang Zhonghai, and with a light move of her jade hand, a blood-stained leaf fell into her palm, just now this leaf passed through a distance of more than ten zhang in an instant, cutting through Tang Zhonghai's cheeks, and was able to fly flowers and pick leaves to hurt people's lives, although it was terrible, it was not put in her eyes, but after this leaf cut Tang Zhonghai's cheek, it was completely lost in strength, and it fell to the ground lightly, this kind of wonderful method of controlling power, although Yan Zishuang can also do it, but if you want to be like this, it is difficult to do it, this is what shocks Yan Zishuang the most。
Looking at Tang Zhonghai's pale face, with almost imperceptible resentment and humiliation in the depths of his eyes, Yan Zishuang felt a little apologetic in his heart, fighting with Shuangju, his true qi had not yet recovered, and he was afraid that it was difficult to easily intercept this leaf, and seeing that this young man had no intention of taking people's lives, so he stood by and watched. However, there is nothing wrong with causing Tang Zhonghai to suffer some humiliation, the Tang family is now in power, if it weren't for the existence of the three feudatories, I am afraid that they would not be so willing to be the wings of the royal family. Now although the forces of all parties are secretly confronting, they still dare not make a move, so almost all of them are secretly recruiting masters of the rivers and lakes to act as killer spies, and regardless of the identity of this young man, his martial arts are enough to make any tyrant take the initiative, and now Tang Zhonghai has a grudge with him, which has reduced the possibility of this young man being absorbed by the Tang clan to a certain extent.
What kind of identity is this mysterious young man, such a martial art is unavoidable to be tempted even if he sees it, if Yang Jun, the third prince of Yuwang, has such a guard, he must be able to take some initiative in the chaotic court situation, right? But the most important thing at the moment is to try to understand the temperament and life experience of this young man, thinking of this, Yan Zishuang looked upstairs and smiled slightly, or someone can give him some clues!
Ning Sudao and Shangguan Shou are also big men, and they are also quite appreciative of this young man's shocking skills, and they both have a look of expectation in their eyes, and they all look upstairs together.
Even through the heavy bead curtain, Lei Jianyun could still feel everyone's expectant gaze, and couldn't help but bow his head and smile bitterly, what could he say, the identity of this young man was vaguely unpredictable, and he could tell his suspicions, but first, there was no evidence, and secondly, he could determine the identity of this young man, and he also had to take into account this young man's superb martial arts and ruthless heart, he was not sure to deal with possible revenge, although this young man did not say that he would keep it secret, but if he said anything more, he was afraid that the next time they met would be his own death。 Moreover, if this young man is really Yang Ning, the Ninth Highness, he has an inextricable relationship with the current court and the mother family's Youji, and if he leaks the identity of this young man for no reason, I am afraid that Youji and the royal family will not let him go. Although the king of Dian is dominating in the south, will he still be an enemy of the two major forces for himself? Looking from a high distance, he looked extremely far into the middle of the lake, and the pleasure boat had disappeared into the vast smoke and waves. What opportunities can today's encounters bring to him? Lei Jianyun fell into deep thought.
Standing in front of the hatch and looking into the room, back to the double ship, Zi Jing seemed to have turned back into the stupid boy who was called around, not long after returning to the ship, Lu Qi also passed out again, and now the two girls are in the cabin, but Zi Jing was driven out of the cabin by the servant woman, and he was not allowed to wait beside him.
In addition to their sisters, there was also an old servant Zhongbo and a middle-aged couple in their forties, Chen San and Sister-in-law Chen, all three of whom were left by Mr. Qingjue to Shuangjue. After Mr. Qingjue left Youji, he did not live in seclusion, but changed his appearance and wandered the world, successively taking in two female disciples and three servants, and the group was home all over the world, but there was no place to stay. Two years ago, Mr. Qingjue suddenly left a book and ran away, everyone looked around, but there was no trace, in desperation, Lu Qi and Qingping bought a cruise ship, and made a living as an artist in Dongting, hoping that one day if Mr. Qingjue wanted to see them, he could easily find their whereabouts. It's a pity that there has been no news of Mr. Qingjie for two years, and the two girls don't want to go to Youji to see people's faces, so they can only stay in Dongting. This time to challenge Yan Zishuang, in addition to hating the master, the two girls also hope that this matter can reach the ears of Mr. Qingjue. This goal has been achieved, a song of the Heavenly Demon Sword Dance, and Yan Zishuang are almost evenly matched, although they are defeated in the end, they are still glorious despite defeat.
It was Sister-in-law Chen who drove Zijing out, when Zijing fell into Yueyang and was taken back to the boat by Qingping, it was Sister-in-law Chen who took care of his daily life, and now although he has recovered half of his memory, he is still submissive in front of Sister-in-law Chen, and he does not dare to refute. After a while, Sister-in-law Chen walked out sweating profusely, took the changed clothes and prepared to wash them in the rear cabin, and saw that Zijing was still guarding outside the cabin, and scolded with a smile: "You stupid boy, don't you go to the kitchen to make some porridge and side dishes, and when the two young ladies wake up, isn't it the most appropriate to serve them." As soon as Zijing heard this, his delicate face showed irrepressible joy, and he turned his head and ran out, at this moment he had only one simple thought in his heart, he must make the most delicious meal, and he must not let Sister Qingping abandon him again.
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Zi Jing suddenly stopped, and a pair of the most beautiful phoenix eyes in the world appeared in his mind, and the tide of memories shocked his heart, vaguely, as if he saw the cold woman standing on the jade steps again, with a rare gentle and loving look on her face, but she said the coldest words in her mouth.
"Zijing, you can't go back with me. ”
"In the future, you have to take care of yourself alone. ”
Zi Jing slowly knelt on the ground, the intense pain made his body begin to curl up into a ball, for two years, he forgot everything in a daze, but in front of Yueyang Tower, Qingping had a somewhat similar appearance and almost the same words as that person, so that he began to recover his past memories, but at that time Shuangjue was still in danger, he subconsciously closed his heart, and temporarily forgot the scene that made him break his liver and intestines. But he inadvertently thought of the word "abandonment" again, so when he was most defenseless, the memory that had broken him down two years ago was completely restored, and suddenly, he looked up to the sky and shouted: "No, I don't want to be alone, why drive me away?"
His eyes fell on the double bedroom door, he suddenly jumped up, slammed open the hatch, in the clean and elegant room, on the two wide soft couches on the left and right, Lu Qi and Qing Ping were asleep, and there was a faint fragrance of medicine floating in the room. Zijing subconsciously ran to the soft couch where Qingping was lying, looking at Qingping's haggard and beautiful face, he slowly knelt on the ground, the beautiful face in his memory coincided with the girl in front of him, he fell on the soft couch and cried bitterly. Behind him, Sister-in-law Chen, who heard a strange sound and rushed over, softened her expression, inserted the flying knife in her hand into the arm sleeve, and sighed softly.