Chapter 23: Tai'an, Tai'an

The Eastern Han Dynasty, the winner in the Warring States Period, is one of the only three remaining overlords on this continent, far surpassing the other two enemy countries on the imperial territory, but the spear fairy back then, fought a country alone, so that the martial arts of the Eastern Han Dynasty were close to withering, and there was no great master so far, so that the Eastern Han Kingdom lacked high-end force and could not carry out the journey.

With the end of the Warring States period, the old Holy Emperor abdicated.

The new Holy Emperor succeeded to the throne and worked hard for 30 years, making the Eastern Han Kingdom stronger and stronger, and making the originally withered martial arts begin to bloom with new sprouts.

Black Snake, an organization established by the New Holy Emperor in terms of intelligence and killers, did not hesitate to come up with many martial arts secrets and cultivated a large number of masters.

Among them, there is a well-known silver thread in the rivers and lakes, and the seamstress man ranks third on the list, but now that the new world martial arts list appears, this seamstress person does not know how many people can be ranked.

Of course, there is also a snake king, this old man who single-handedly created the black snake, and he is definitely not weak in martial arts cultivation, but few people in the rivers and lakes know him, only those who are targeted by the black snake know the horror of this person.

During the establishment of the Black Snake, he recruited many people from the rivers and lakes to act as the eagle dogs of the empire, and these people did not hesitate to sell their lives in the Eastern Han Dynasty for a martial arts cheatbook.

It's like that ghostly, crow, an old assassin in the top ten on the killer list. worked hard for the empire, but ended his life early.

The Eastern Han Kingdom has always wanted to include some cultivation geniuses in the rivers and lakes, but geniuses always have to give them time to grow, and geniuses who can't grow up are still geniuses.

For a country, these geniuses take too long to accept.

Therefore, the Eastern Han Kingdom has been using various martial arts or some means to lure some real masters of the rivers and lakes to act as eagle dogs for them. 、

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The national capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty is generally replaced by the word capital, and only a small number of people will tell his real name "Tai'an", which means Guotai Ankang.

But is that really the case?

In the thirty years since the establishment of the Black Snake, I don't know how many people are panicking, only those who hold great power, or use force to dominate the world, can be ashamed of the Black Snake!

And those officials who were officials in the court were bothered one by one, for fear that this group of people would raid their homes and destroy their doors that day, and they would be convicted of a big crime, and they couldn't say anything.

After all, the Eastern Han Dynasty valued military force over literature, believing that force could suppress everything!

However, is such a country still called Guotai Ankang?

Today's Tai'an City is like a calm lake, with an undercurrent surging, like a building, washed by the river, and one day it will collapse.

Within the nine-story high wall, in a corner hall, Liang Shanchang was dressed in brocade and silk, and there were many exquisite pastries on the table, which were the skills of the top chefs in the palace.

"Actually, it's not as good as sweet potatoes. Liang Shan threw a piece of pastry into his mouth, but thought about the sweet potato that Lao Wu baked.

"Your Highness, this section of the rivers and lakes seems to be very happy. Behind him was the white-haired old man, with a bent body and a respectful face, like a black snake in the dark.

Liang Shan's fingers tapped lightly on the table and couldn't help but laugh: "When did you whisper so low to me, a prince who doesn't like martial arts?"

The old man's face was as usual, and he was not moved by Liang Shan's words, but his originally rickety body was even lowered.

Liang Shan looked at the old man's appearance, his face was expressionless, and he said, "If you want a great grandmaster to serve the empire, do you think it's possible?"

The old man couldn't help but raise his head at this time, straightened his body, and said slowly: "Everything in this world can be negotiated with business, and if the price is high enough, you can negotiate it if you want to." ”

When the words fell, the old man took out a secret letter from his arms and put it in front of Liang Shan.

Liang Shan looked at the beauty in the letter, his face changed greatly, and his eyes were filled with endless anger, directly tearing the secret letter to pieces, and his body trembled with anger.

"I want to see my father."

"Your Majesty has already decreed that when the price is not negotiated, His Highness cannot take a step out of the main hall."

"Grounded?"

Liang Shan sat down on the chair with an unwilling expression.

The old man bent down to salute, then turned and left, and there were heavy guards outside the main hall.

Liang Shan looked at the old man who went there outside the door, and clenched his fists: "This old poisonous snake, one day I will pick your skin."

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Tai'an City doesn't know what happened, these days, from time to time, you will see horse-drawn carriages driving into the city from all directions, passing through the nine gates and entering the palace.

Even the Holy Emperor issued a holy decree to recall the three major generals stationed on the frontier of the Eastern Han Kingdom.

For a while, it was like a calm lake, stirring up a thousand waves, and everyone was speculating about what kind of big event would happen?

A few days later, outside the city gates, a man with a big sword in his hand, dressed in scarlet armor like blood, straddled a fierce horse, and led a murderous army to slowly approach.

"Red Flame Army?"

"It's General Yu. ”

Some people exclaimed, recognizing who the person was, and the generals who were guarding the city all bowed to the people who came and shouted.

"See General Yu".

Yu Chidi, the famous general during the Warring States Period, obeyed the call of the Holy Emperor to return from the frontier in military uniform, and returned to Tai'an with the most quintessential troops of the Red Flame Army.

After passing, pedestrians avoided it, and no one dared to face it.

In the battle with Da Chu that year, Yu Chidi killed 100,000 people on the other side, and the bones became a human peak, and it was also this battle that made the world give him the title of a butcher.

Yu Chidi entered Tai'an, all the way unimpeded, came to the gate of the palace, passed through the towering red wall, and walked towards the main hall in front of him step by step, all the people in the palace saluted along the way.

Entering the main hall, he talked with the Holy Emperor for a long time, and only when the sun was about to set did Yu Chidi come out of the palace, looking at his solemn expression, he didn't know what the Holy Emperor said to him.

Leaving the palace, he headed towards the Yu family of the four major families of Tai'an.

It's just that the four families in the past, with the passage of time, three have gradually withered, and only one is in full swing.

The Yu family, which is nicknamed the second family in Tai'an City among the people.

Whether it is in the temple or in the rivers and lakes, it is awe-inspiring.

In the temple, there was Yu Chidi, a great general, who leaned towards the government and the opposition, and only the other two generals could compete with him.

And in the rivers and lakes, there is a great martial arts master who occupies the top of the heavenly list, and he has created a top force in the rivers and lakes like a sword house

"Changle Mansion".

The Yu family, who originally had this "Wen" Yiwu, was unprecedentedly powerful, but because of an incident fifteen years ago, Changle Mansion and the Yu family parted ways from then on.

It's just that what happened during this period, only those big people in Chang'an City know that in fact, it is rumored that on the day of the fifteenth year, the great master of Changle Mansion made a move and split the main hall of the Yu family in half with one palm.

Yu Chidi returned home and changed into a military uniform, he was already in his fifties, but he looked upright and in his prime.

"Chidi, the old lady asked you to go. ”

A beautiful woman walked over, looking at her appearance in her forties, plump, and with that weathered face, she must have been a peerless beauty back then, and this beautiful woman was Yu Chidi's wife.

"Yes, I'll go right away. ”

Yu Chidi should arrive and hurriedly got up and went forward.

In the Yu family compound, the quietest place is where Yu Qiang, the founder of the entire Yu family, lives, this old man who has eight worships with the old Holy Emperor is one of the best figures in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, even if the Holy Emperor of the world sees this, he has to make a big gift.

Outside the small courtyard, there were two women with long swords at their waists, like dummies, unable to even hear their breathing.

Seeing Yu Chidi's arrival, the two women bent down to salute, and then returned to normal, and when they entered the courtyard, it was a small landscape scene, which made people feel refreshed.

And on the path between the mountains and rivers, two more women stood again.

Walking through the area, you will see a house with bright lights outside, and a white-haired old man is sleeping on a couch, surrounded by four women fanning him or hanging his shoulders and legs.

This old man is Yu Qiang.

Yu Chidi saw that his father was as well-behaved as a child, and there was a butcher there.

"It's back, Chidi. ”

The old man spoke slowly, his eyes still closed, enjoying the service of the women.

"It's back. Yu Chidi replied, and said no more.

"Since you're back, I'll go to your aunt's place, it's been fifteen years, and it's time to get rid of it. ”

"The child will go tomorrow, but I am afraid that my aunt will not see me. ”

"I'll see you for sure, she loved you the most back then. ”

"The boy knows. ”

Yu Qiang waved his hand and motioned for Yu Chidi to leave.

After Yu Chidi left, Yu Qiang slowly got up from the recliner, looked at the sky, and muttered in a low voice: "It's been fifteen years, are you still counting on that person? ”

In the south of Chang'an, there is a nine-story tower, on the top of the nine-story tower, a white-haired woman on the ninth floor sits cross-legged on the ground, with a guqin in front of her, and an old and a young in front.

"Granny Yu. ”

The girl looked respectful and addressed the white-haired woman.

The white-haired woman smiled, looked at the girl very fondly, and couldn't help beckoning the woman to sit beside her.

"Mother-in-law taught you to play the piano. ”

The white-haired woman put the girl's hand on the piano and taught the other party to play the piano step by step, as if she had returned to decades ago, and there was also a beautiful woman sitting next to her, playing the piano music.

"You're a lot like her. ”

The white-haired woman had a trace of sadness in her eyes, and touched the girl's head and said.

"With whom?"

The girl is innocent and curious.

"My disciple. ”

"Can you see that?"

The white-haired woman's face darkened, and she sighed and said, "I can't see it, I won't see it in my life." ”

The girl seemed to understand something, and the whole person lay in the arms of the white-haired woman, and whispered: "From then on, Xi'er will accompany her mother-in-law here." ”

When the old man sitting in front of him heard this, his face was suddenly unhappy, and he said loudly, "What about grandpa?"

"Hmph"

The girl snorted coldly, a peerless beauty!

It's just that in those beautiful eyes, she has the same sadness as a white-haired woman!

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In Jin, two men sat in the pavilion, each holding a pot of wine.

"I went to the door. ”

The man took a breath and said with a wicked smile on his face, looking in the direction of the door, leaning against a pillar.

"I saw it. ”

The other man, however, said in a woman's voice, it turned out to be a woman disguised as a man, and then looked up and poured a sip of spirits, which slipped from the corners of his mouth as if mixed with something else.

"Hey, that stinky Taoist priest, who has been enlightening his Tao for so many years, I don't know when I will be able to go down the mountain. The man looked at the woman dressed as a man and sighed.

The woman put down the wine jug, and said coldly with a strong killing intent in her eyes: "It's better for him not to go down the mountain for the rest of his life, otherwise I can't help but kill him with a sword." ”

The man couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook his head and said, "Only love words hurt the most in the world!"

The woman turned her head and looked at it as if it could kill.

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Daomen, in the bamboo hut, Lu Chengdao drank the wine he brewed, looked at the direction of the Jin Kingdom, and said drunkly: "Fight and fight, don't hurt her, otherwise Xiaodao ...... trail...."

Lu Chengdao fell asleep on the table.

"Otherwise, the trail will drink you to death."

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Snow Country, at the border, there are two people who are engaged in a big battle, in this dark night, the sword light and sword shadows are horizontal, and there is a knife that seems to be able to cut everything in this world, and cut off the Guangling Road with a knife.

There was a man with a stick, who was beaten with a gray face, and then actually blocked the knife.

"Hey, boy, now you can promise to be my little brother!"

The young man with the knife clenched his fist, and finally nodded unwillingly.

"That's right, if you have to fight, isn't this hurtful and angry? Let's go, accompany me to the Jin Kingdom, and be the boss to help you find the field." The man looked like a ruffian, put his arm around the young man's shoulder, and said to himself.

The young man looked at the man, if he couldn't beat the other party, he really wanted to cut off the other party's tongue, but there was no way but to let the other party buzz in his ears like a fly.

"Let's go, go to the Jin Kingdom. ”

The old man carried a long black stick, took advantage of the dawn to set off, and went to the Jin Kingdom with the young man with the knife.

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At dawn, outside the city of Tai'an, three young men and a middle-aged man in ragged clothes like beggars appeared here, the young man with a sword on his back and the middle-aged man, all wounded and gray-faced, as if they had experienced a big battle.

"Old Wu, can we not fly with the sword in the future?

These three people are Bai Sheng, Wu Qi and Lao Gai, flying all the way to the sword, as if they have gone through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties, and finally came to Tai'an City. At this time, Bai Sheng looked at Wu Qi and said with a serious face, and the old guy on the side nodded in agreement.

Wu Qi patted the two of them on the shoulder and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I have learned." ”

The two almost fainted.

Bai Sheng also felt strange, Wu Qi's martial arts talent was amazing, as long as he had seen the moves, he could learn them in the blink of an eye, and he was promoted to the great grandmaster. But the result surprised Bai Sheng and Lao Gai, although Wu Qi really learned, but just like that child toddler, from time to time he would crash into a tree, or crash into a mountain, or fall directly from the sky.

It was as if Wu Qi was born unable to control the sword, and in order to learn the art of the sword, he delayed for a few days, but in the end he still did not learn it.

"Old Wu, let's accept our fate, wait for the thirteen seniors to come back from the Jin Kingdom, let him teach you!" Bai Sheng said slowly.

Wu Qi suddenly looked unhappy and shouted loudly: "I am a great grandmaster, and I still want others to teach me." ”

Someone walked by, and when they heard Wu Qi's words, they couldn't help but spit at the mouth: "What about the Great Grandmaster? Do you think that if you straddle a short knife, you are the Great Grandmaster Wu?"

Wu Qi wanted to refute, but saw a few more people walking in groups around him, and they all wanted to hang up short knives.

"See, they're all more like you than you. The man said disdainfully, and walked away with his head held high.

"I want to cut him with a knife. ”

"Don't, let's get angry. ”

Bai Sheng hurriedly stopped Wu Qi, but he couldn't help laughing.

I have heard for a long time this way, Wu Qi was rated as the first in the world by Wusheng Mountain, and Bai Sheng was very excited at first, but after Wu Qi's torture, he was not happy at all.

"Don't talk nonsense, you guys go in, I'll go find a place to learn my sword technique, and I'll be waiting for you here in three days. Wu Qi bit and endured it.

"Hehe, then Lao Gai and I will go in, and bring you more food when the time comes. ”

"Go, go. ”

"Remember not to go into town. ”

"Oops, I see. !”

On the way, Bai Sheng had a showdown with Wu Qi and told the other party that he must not enter Tai'an City, Wu Qi also smiled and agreed very happily, seeing that Wu Qi agreed so happily, none of the many persuasion words that he had thought of were useless.

Bai Sheng and Lao Gai hurriedly headed towards Tai'an City, while Wu Qi stepped on the short knife and flew away.

The man who originally despised Wu Qi was shocked when he saw the other party suddenly fly away.

"Isn't he really Grandmaster Wu?"

The people around were all stunned!

In an instant, the news of Wu Qi's appearance in Tai'an City immediately spread all around.

Bai Sheng and Lao Gai didn't care about the group of people behind them at all, and when they and Lao Gai both entered the city, Bai Sheng looked excited.

"I'm coming. ”