The story begins a long, long time ago.

Pangu opened up the world, and the mountains and rivers had a place.

The female snail created man, and there was love and hatred in the world.

Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, eating and drinking Lazar have begun to be exquisite.

The golden beauty appeared, and mankind began war and peace.

For the sake of convenience, Emperor Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty drew a place called Jiangnan West Road.

Ma Wangye led his troops to Tanzhou City, and Jiangnan West Road had 30 years of long-term stability.

Tanzhou City to the west is the famous Xiangjiang River, there is a Lushan County across the river, Linjiang Building is located at the foot of Lushan Mountain, Xiangjiang River, facing Tanzhou City. The Hengjiang Bridge passes in front of Linjiang Tower, connecting Lushan County and Tanzhou City.

At the time of Shen, Linjiang Building began to be lively, drinking wine and tea, all waiting to eat the signature dish of Linjiang Building: 'Hot Fried Snails'.

There are already five seats in the building. There was a forester who was a regular visitor here, and he brought two people to sit at a table. The two catchers should have come in for tea and sat at a table. A down-and-out scholar with the surname You sat at a table by the window, and he had been living here for several days. Another table by the window was the most lively, and there were four young men, all dressed brightly, with swords and fans, who should have come to eat snails. At the other table was an old man, chubby, with a big belly, but the top of his head was white, and he was also drinking, but he was smiling, as if he had come out to see the scenery.

"Xie Yanzi, hahahaha, bring a pot of wine to the eldest brother!" Two young men came in at the door, but they were the local ruffians Yang and Li. Xie Yanzi is the second junior here, and he is an acquaintance of the two of them. After entering the door, they saw two catchers, and hurriedly greeted, "Ah, Brother Peng, Brother Zhang are here!"

"Don't make trouble!"

"Where, where, let's just come in and have a cup of tea, Xie Yanzi, hurry up and make a pot of tea!"

"Your tea!" Xiao'er changed the wine to tea again, two years ago, this little er couldn't get used to seeing these two ruffians always come to Jianglou to eat and drink for nothing, and fought with them, but the nose and face were swollen after being beaten, and he still doesn't like these two people.

Then two more people came outside. Two monks, one big and one small, the big monk also carried a Zen stick, which was the same as the Zen staff of the abbot master of Daolin Temple, but this one looked more heavy. The little monk carried a backpack and did not hold a wooden fish, but he held a ring knife in his hand. Xiao Er immediately greeted him, he has a deep relationship with Buddhism.

"Amitabha, Hello Master!"

"Well, bring two pots of wine and a pound of beef to the Sprinkle family!"

"Okay, please here!"

Then, Linjiang Building's favorite guest would reserve a table by the window every day, and the fat man came in with a smiling face like a Maitreya Buddha. The golden fat man doesn't drink alcohol, only tea, and Linjianglou specially provides him with Weishan silver needle tea for free. Because the golden fat man is the living Bodhisattva in the building, as long as he comes, the Linjiang Building will be full on the same day, and even a few circles of people outside the window will listen to him pass the news, and the building will also provide benches for people outside to listen!

This time was no exception, after the golden fat man entered the store, the store was soon full. The golden fat man drank tea with a smug face. When he saw that the people were almost there, he began to speak.

"Uh-huh!" he cleared his throat, and only the sound of two monks drinking could be heard in the shop.

"Has anyone ever heard of Liu Luan, does anyone know? Hahaha. ”

"I don't know,"

"Haven't heard of it"

Everyone sighed for a while.

"Could it be Liu Lian, the eldest son of the Liu family who escaped for the rest of his life in the Zhenman General's Mansion extermination case six years ago?"

"Yes, it's him", the fat golden man raised his voice, "He's back, he's back after practicing his skills!"

"Really?" everyone waited for him to continue, and even the two monks and masters quieted down to listen to him.

"Do you know what he's going to do when he comes back to Tanzhou?"

"What is he doing back to Tanzhou?"

"Worship the ancestors, hehe" someone coaxed.

"Didn't his family die six years ago?"

"Liu Lian Liu Gongzi returned to Tanzhou this time, and something terrible happened," the golden fat man looked at the dazed audience next to him, and smiled proudly, "Challenge the first sword in Tanzhou, Dai Tieling Dai Daxia." Do you know?"

"Wow, you ate the gall of the ambitious leopard?"

"It doesn't make sense, how could Liu Gongzi find Dai Daxia! His younger brother used to worship Dai Daxia as a teacher!"

"Dai Daxia is the first sword in Tanzhou, and he was the first sword in Tanzhou many years ago, and he has long been an invincible person!"

"That's right, and there are so many apprentices under Dai Daxia!"

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As a result, everyone exploded all at once.

"That's right!" the golden fat man glanced at the chattering crowd contemptuously, "Dai Daxia is very powerful, but Liu Dagongzi has officially challenged Dai Tieling Daxia, and next month, that is, May 15, the West Lake Bridge will be battled, and Dai Daxia has also responded to the battle, and invited all the celebrities in Tanzhou City to watch the battle." ”

Dai Tieling, the first sword in Tanzhou, the sword name is Yunyun, half a foot wide, five feet long, made of gold and steel. When he first arrived in Tanzhou, Dai Daxia relied on his extraordinary courage to destroy the Qingping Shuangsha and level the three evils of the Liu family in Xiufeng Mountain. Ten years ago, he defeated Zhang Shangdan and Ma Chong, the tyrants of Tanzhou City at that time. After that, Dai Daxia set up a challenge platform at the West Lake Bridge outside the south of Tanzhou to meet friends with a sword, and his cloud-covered swordsmanship has been unrivaled so far, and the title of the first sword in Tanzhou has been recognized. And after accepting apprentices, few people challenged him again, because before challenging him, he had to pass his apprentice level, and the first apprentice he accepted was Ghost Hand Ma Chong.

Liu Luan, the eldest son of the Liu family who escaped in the tragedy of the General's Mansion six years ago, his martial arts and weapons are temporarily unknown. But he studied under the Longxi Daoist of Zigai Mountain, and based on this alone, no one in the martial arts should dare to despise him.

Tanzhou out of the city, along the foothills to the south, here is the martial arts holy land 'Qingyun Seventy-two Peaks', legend has a master of each peak to live in seclusion, and the purple cover mountain Longxi Dao chief is one of the eager. Before the head of Longxi Dao lived in seclusion, he was rated as one of the top ten masters of martial arts in Jiangnan West Road, and when he traveled in Zigai Mountain, he got the "Golden Dragon and Jade Jane", so he stayed in Zigai Peak to practice, and now he can be called a land immortal. And Zigai Mountain also became famous because of the Longxi Road Chief.

Therefore, Liu Lian's challenge to Dai Tieling, the first sword in Tanzhou, will be the first major event in Tanzhou City now, no matter what.

"Do you know who the famous spectators of the Battle of West Lake Bridge are?" The golden fat man deliberately sold Guanzi, and Xie Jiang came over to pour tea. Xie Jiang seemed to be able to feel every move of everyone in the store, especially in the past two years, although he didn't look at the down-and-out scholar and the white-haired fat old man, but he also felt that these two people seemed to be listening, but the fat old man didn't care much, and the down-and-out scholar seemed to be a little excited when he heard Dai Tieling.

"Zheng Qingcang, the chief dart head of the Zhenshan Dart Bureau. ”

"Tai Sui Wu Mo in the east of the city. ”

"The Xiangshui Gang is the leader of the wind. ”

Every name is well-known in Tanzhou City, and it is also the most visible of the big names in Linjiang Tower. But the fat man felt a little cold, and everyone was not surprised because they had heard a lot of these names.

"Didn't you first challenge Dai Daxia's apprentices?

"Hahaha, I don't know, I heard that early this morning, the ghost hand Ma Chong and the eldest son of the Dai family had morning tea in the Xiangshulou in the south of the city, and Liu Lian also happened to have breakfast here, it seems that Dai Gongzi saw that a girl at the next table was very beautiful, and went to say hello, and then there was a dispute, Liu Gongzi did not like it, and discounted one of Dai Gongzi's hands on the spot. And the ghost hand Ma Chong was even cut off with a left hand, and the ghost hand Ma Chong was equivalent to being abolished. ”

"The first sword in Tanzhou has been few people who dare to challenge him in the past few years!"

"The most recent martial arts competition seems to be last year's Hengshui swordsman Zhao Quhua. ”

"I heard that last year, the Hengshui swordsman came to Tanzhou from the south, and he has challenged a lot of sword masters, and he is in the limelight, and he was considered to be the most likely young man to defeat Dai Daxia at that time. But he was defeated in the hands of the ghost hand Ma Chong, and he didn't even have a chance to challenge Dai Daxia!"

"Xiao Er, another pot of wine, hahaha, there will be a good show to watch when you come to Tanzhou, hahaha!" but it was the big monk who began to order.

"Do you want a plate of the most famous 'hot fried snails' in our store?"

"Okay, let's have a plate, hahaha!"

"Little Er, I'll also have a pot of wine and a plate of snails here!"

Soon the store became lively, and every table was discussed! The down-and-out scholar went straight back to his room, and Peng and Zhang, the two big brothers, also went out, and when they got up, they glared at Yang and Li.

"I don't know why Liu Dagongzi wants to challenge Dai Daxia?" Everyone looked at the golden fat man again, and when the golden fat man heard this question, the corners of his mouth began to rise, which was the beginning of a speech.

"Do you know the tragedy of destroying the door six years ago? The tragedy of the Zhenman General's Mansion, General Liu died tragically, and the whole family was slaughtered. I heard that when he heard about the tragedy, he asked his distant relatives to help him do a white thing, and he didn't come back, but studied hard in Zigai Mountain, and this time he should have come back to take revenge!"

"The Liu family's bloody case should have nothing to do with Dai Daxia!"

"It was an unsolved case, and the murderer has not been found now, but Liu Dagongzi thinks that Dai Daxia did not teach his younger brother martial arts well, resulting in his younger brother not being able to survive in that tragedy, and it is also possible that Liu Gongzi thought that such a bloody case was the first sword in Tanzhou, but he didn't help a little, so he was angry and came to challenge him!"

There was another sigh, and the two seats that had just left were already full again. The 'hot fried snails' also began to be served one after another, and the wine and food were fragrant for a while, until the sun set and the night was deep, and the Linjiang Building was not idle.

Xie Yanzi's name is Xie Jiang, which is the protagonist of this article. Xie Jiang, as a shopkeeper, has been listening to these stories for five years, and he is not tired. It's not that he gossips, he does miscellaneous work in this Linjiang Building, and often some storytellers or good people will say some strange things. Listen to it and it will be familiar.

Five years ago, Xie Jiangyin came to Linjiang Building by mistake, and fortunately, the boss of Linjiang Building took him in, so he stayed here to do chores. When he came out, Xie Jiang was eight years old, and he still remembered that there was a troupe's boat passing by his family's small fishing village that year, and he left home with the troupe in the middle of winter. It is estimated that the head of the troupe is a bad person and coaxed Xie Jiang to come out. After coming out with the troupe, there was no good life, and the eight-year-old child had to do everything. It was also at that time that Xie Jiang saw murder for the first time in his life.

There was a general Ma who gave his old man a birthday and invited an opera troupe to sing, and Xie Jiang also went to help. That night, many masked people, holding bright swords, cut people when they saw them, just like Xie Jiang and his father helped others kill fish. The people of General Ma's family, as well as those who sang operas and did chores, killed everyone, and blood was sprinkled everywhere, so Xie Jiang was in a daze. Fortunately, an old man woke him up and told him to run. Xie Jiang didn't know what the situation was, so he ran away first. Maybe the child didn't care, and he really ran out. Later, he was brought here by an uncle named Sun.

After five years, Xie Jiang finally figured out that the Xiangjiang River next to Linjiang Tower could go home by boat and return to the place called Hebotan, the small fishing village where his parents were there. It's a pity that he doesn't have the courage to go on the road alone.

The full name of the boss of Linjiang Building is Wu Shen Ge, in fact, he is not much older than Xie Jiang, just because his father doesn't care about anything, he will let him take care of this building, Xie Jiang calls him Brother Xiaowu. Brother Xiao Wu is usually only at night, and during the day, he seems to go to a martial artist's house to learn martial arts. When Xie Jiang arrived in Tanzhou, it was evening, Brother Xiaowu was buying fish on the dock, Xie Jiang happened to be good at catching fish, and then he met and was taken in by him to do chores in Linjiang Building.

Xie Jiang had already arrived at the time when he was busy in Linjiang Tower, he liked to stay on the boat that followed him to Tanzhou five years ago, he liked to soak in the cool river water, and he preferred the quiet night here, only the sound of the water flow was the same as his hometown. When will he be able to return to his hometown? Tonight's heart was surging, and the battle of the West Lake Bridge seemed too tempting, and he couldn't help but find out 'Dali', which was a wooden sword. Another friend in Tanzhou City gave it to him. After playing, he meditated, and when he woke up, it was already starry, and Xie Jiang simply slept on the boat, as long as he wasn't late tomorrow morning.

Every morning for the past five years, Xie Jiang would be very busy, very busy. Because there are two masters, it is a pity that both of them are masters of Wen, and they both teach literature but not martial arts.

For a street child who has nowhere to go, they are good masters.

One is an old master who is very famous in Tanzhou City.

One is the most special monk of Daolin Temple.