Chapter 1 Nine Thousand Nine Sword Eaters
Seventeen years of the Tang Dynasty.
There was a spring rain in Qingzhou, and on both sides of the Luo River, pear blossoms bloomed overnight.
On the official road leading to Luoyang, the capital of the gods, a black and fat wild boar jumped out, with two wooden boxes three feet wide on the pig's back, followed by a lean old man, and a little girl who was white and tender more than a dozen steps behind the old man.
The little girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, with short hair, a floral skirt, and dimples at the corners of her mouth.
"Bean, you're too young to eat too many sweets. ”
"Humph!"
"Bean, the master has traveled a lot, and he understands some truths, this woman can't just take care of eating, she will get fat if she eats too much. ”
"Humph!"
"Bean, the master didn't mean to throw away your hawthorn, look at this tooth, it's starting to grow worms. ”
"Hmph, old man, you remember it's my hawthorn!"
"Bean ......"
"Old man, I just love to eat hawthorn, is it too much? How many swords have you eaten yourself, don't you have any points in your heart, and you are not afraid of breaking your front teeth!"
"Bean ......"
"Old man, are you going to say again, this is the rule of our Sword Sect? Eat nine thousand swords, and drive a crane to become an immortal! Do you also believe this kind of deceptive nonsense?"
"This is the ancestral teaching. ”
"The ancestral training is also set by people, unless the ancestor of our Sword Sect is not a human?"
Half-loud and speechless.
The old man sighed deeply: "Master, let's roast a sweet potato for you, don't go hungry, you must have blistered on your feet after walking for so long, rest for a while, rest for a while." ”
The little girl glared: "Who has blisters on their feet? You are blistered! You are both blistered! Your head is full of bubbles!"
The black pig next to him, with a glance of the pig's eyes, seemed to roll his eyes, and I blistered if I provoked anyone, which is unreasonable, right?
The fire, the pit was dug and the sweet potatoes roasted were all done in one go, and the old man soon took a few golden roasted sweet potatoes and prepared to hand them to the little girl for peace.
Here is still thinking about what to say to persuade her, and she has to eat if she is angry, but before the old man can speak, the little girl snatched the sweet potato and opened her mouth to bite it directly.
"Be careful......," the old man hurriedly reminded, and then saw that the freshly roasted sweet potato had burned the little girl to tears.
"Freshly roasted sweet potatoes, very hot. The old man whispered, "You don't know, do you?"
"Me. The little girl was very stubborn, how could she admit that it was her own mistake, she couldn't admit it when she burned her lips, and said with tears in her eyes, "I, okay, this sweet potato is not hot at all." ”
The old man trembled when he heard the voice of his apprentice, and quickly turned around deliberately and pretended to feed the black pig.
Sure enough, as soon as the old man turned around, the little girl immediately stuck out her tongue and took a big gulp, thinking to herself: "It's really hot, it's really hot, it's burning the baby." ”
The black pig carrying the wooden box rolled his eyes again when he watched the clumsy performance of the old man and the young man.
The little girl stood face to face with the black pig, and naturally felt this contempt, and then she was very hurt. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly picked up the steaming roasted sweet potato, closed his eyes, and swallowed it in three bites.
Soft in the mouth!
A line of throat!
It's exciting!
The black pig looked stupid: "Auntie, you are really a donkey temper." ”
The little girl with a donkey temper is named Ning Hongdou, and the old man is Ye Piaoling, a sword-eater of the Jianmen generation, although she looks sloppy and unkempt now, she was handsome when she was young, and she knew it when she heard the name. A flower is a world, a leaf is the same, the spring flowers are green, and the leaves are scattered in autumn.
Look at this mood.
The scorching afternoon sun is the culprit.
The wooden box on the back of the black pig was finally unloaded, an old man and a young man lay in the shade of the old locust tree, behind them were the mountains with peaks and peaks, there were young eagles spreading their wings and circling overhead, the spring grass had sprouted, and all kinds of small beasts shuttled between the trees and mountains from time to time.
"Over this mountain, there is Luoyang, I heard that there is a Chuntang Sword Club. Ye Piaoling was a little excited in his voice.
"Going to fight again?" Ning Hongdou wore a straw hat over his face.
"It's not a fight, it's a sword fight. Ye Piaoling licked his lips.
"Compare swords, I think it's eating swords, I think about this thing every day, don't you get tired of it?" Ning Hongdou asked.
"In the past 1,200 years, there have been book immortals, demon immortals, and sword immortals, but there has never been a sword immortal. The master is ready to do this, just because your master and I are attentive enough to eat swords, so I have the opportunity to fulfill this wish. Famous through the ages, truly famous through the ages!" Ye Piaoling said beautifully.
"Old man, you're not an immortal yet, don't daydream. Ning Hongdou sneered.
"Soon, soon, I've calculated, this trip to Luoyang, as long as you find three famous swords, you can make up the number, it's amazing." In the future, you will be the apprentice of the immortals, walking the rivers and lakes, as long as you mention the name of the master, who dares to disagree. Ye Piaoling's words were full of excitement.
"......" in exchange for Ning Hongdou's silent ridicule.
"There is no apprentice like you, you have to learn to respect the teacher, and start learning the sword tomorrow. Otherwise, after the master ascends, who will protect you, the rivers and lakes are sinister. Ye Piaoling said earnestly.
"You still know that the rivers and lakes are sinister, so don't tell anyone else that there is an apprentice like me, and leave a glimmer of life for the apprentice. In order to become an immortal, you have eaten nine thousand nine swords, how many people's sword hearts have been broken, and how many people's dreams have been ruined, these are all mortal enemies, and the apprentice can't afford to pay it back. Ning Hongdou was full of resentment word by word.
"That's why I have to learn the sword, who will seek revenge, and serve with a sword. Ye Piaoling stretched out his hand and gestured twice in mid-air.
There is a sword aura.
Refers to the green snake.
The scorching sun, which had been raging all day, was gradually calming down, and the light was slowly becoming deeper. Ning Hongdou's soles were still blistered in the end, and his heart hurt so much that he would definitely not be able to walk, so he could only let Ye Piaoling carry it.
On the official road, two figures and a black pig walked slowly.
Ning Hongdou, who had slept for a while, finally lost his breath, and was riding on the master's neck at this time, supporting his cheeks with both hands, his elbows on both sides of the master's shoulders, and his chin resting on the top of the master's head, stunned.
"Old man, have you ever been to Luoyang?"
"Of course I have been, and the master ate nineteen swords the first time he went, and they were crunchy. ”
"Can we not mention the sword?"
"And what do you want to mention?"
"I heard that there is a rouge shop in Luoyang, I heard that the hawthorn in Luoyang is particularly sweet, and it is said that there are also candied fruits. I want to eat the pastries of Luohualou, drink the Guanyin tea of the three-flavor opera garden, and I also want to visit the night market, guess the lantern riddles, and take the flower boat. By the way, there is also the Qinglou, the red bean has never been to the Qinglou, the master must be ......"
"Everything else is fine, not Qinglou. "Ye Piao's black lines fill his head.
"Then the master will accompany the red beans to visit the kiln. Ning Hongdou retreated.
"Neither will this one. Ye Piaoling was very confused, the girl's family, where did she learn these things that don't matter.
All the way.
Fight all the way.
In the end, the face of the fight was red.
Finally turned over the mountain, a huge city appeared in front of him, the black pressure could not be seen, Ning Hongdou, who was riding on Ye Piaoling's neck, stiffened up, widened his eyes and muttered: "Is this the first city in the world?"