In the spring and March of the 42nd year of Kangxi, Gaoyou County, which was managed by Yangzhou, was very lively. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info There are many shops on both sides of the county street, the street is bustling, people are shouting, laughing and cheering, so lively.

A group of people came from outside the north gate of Gaoyou County. The group consisted of about two dozen people, each with a sword hanging from a sword, a color of gray cloth tights, and black boots on the soles of their feet, most of them in their twenties. The group of people gathered around a maroon carriage with its windows closed so that it was impossible to see who was sitting inside. In front of the carriage were two maroon high-headed horses, and the horses were abnormal. The man who drove the horse was a young man with beautiful eyebrows, and he saw that he was very skillful in driving the horse, and did not make a shout. On each side of the carriage was a middle-aged man, one with a scimitar at his waist and the other with a sword hanging from his waist, riding on a black war horse, sitting upright and not saying a word. The middle-aged swordsman's face was scorched, with a short hair under his chin and a large braid hanging down the back of his head. The middle-aged swordsman's face was pale, three locks of beard fluttered across his chest, and a big black braid hung down behind him.

The group came to the North City Gate. There are only four people in the gate army of the northern city. They held knives and guns, gathered together, looked at the passers-by, did not check, and commented from time to time. When these gate soldiers saw a group of people walking towards the city gate with swords and swords, they were speechless for a moment, and they all looked at this group of people with good eyes.

When the group arrived at the gate of the city, they found that there were so many people that it was difficult for the carriage to enter the city. Seeing this, the middle-aged swordsman next to the carriage whispered a few words to the people in the carriage through the window. After a few moments, the middle-aged swordsman shouted to the others, and the group stopped at a wooded spot outside the city gates.

At this time, a gate soldier began to mutter: "These people are not ordinary people who use knives and guns. ”

Another soldier said, "Is it a dart?"

The first gate soldier nodded and said, "It's really a dart to keep it up." ”

The third doorman asked, "Then why is there no goods?"

The first gate soldier thought for a moment and said, "You see that the carriage is not there, maybe the goods are in the carriage." ”

The fourth soldier interjected: "Maybe it's the family members of the protection officer, I see that there is either a lady or a young lady in the carriage." ”

The first doorman said, "I don't think so. ”

The fourth gatekeeper asked, "Why?"

The first doorman said: "If it's a lady or a young lady, why are you so kind of a family, and you don't even have a maid to accompany you." ”

The fourth gate soldier nodded and said, "That's really the case." ”

The first gatekeeper continued: "It doesn't matter what's in the wagon, whatever they do. Today they came by coincidence, and it was not by chance. ”

The second gatekeeper asked curiously, "Why?"

"Coincidentally, Gaoyou City is just in time for the temple fair today. Such a lively temple fair, I'm afraid it's rare to see it in other places. It's unfortunate to say that they are in a hurry, and they think that there is something important. But there are too many people today, and they don't want to be mixed with so many people, so they have to rest and wait for less people before leaving. ”

Seeing that the sun was in the west, the time had passed, and the people on the streets of Gaoyou County gradually dispersed. The group outside the north gate began to march into the city. The group came to a stop at the largest restaurant in the county. The name of the restaurant is called "the first floor", just opposite the county office, a total of two floors, it looks very magnificent, wide.

A young man stepped down from the carriage, wearing a black hat on his head, the edge of which was covered with a black veil, and no one could see his face. The son was dressed in a royal blue tight-fitting robe, with arrow sleeves and a jade belt around his waist. He looked up at the door of the restaurant, then put his hands behind his back and slowly walked into the restaurant. Two middle-aged swordsmen followed Childe into the restaurant.

The guy who ran the hall took the towel board and hurriedly ran to the son, squeezing out a bright smile on his face: "Everyone, please." ”

The swordsman behind Childe took a step forward, came to the man, and said to the man, "Is there a private room upstairs?"

The man hurriedly replied, "Yes, do you all sit in the private room?" The man looked behind the knife guest.

The swordsman shook his head and said, "No need, just give us one, and the others will arrange for me in the hall." It is best to face the street and face the window in a private room. ”

The guy smiled and said, "A few masters, there is indeed a private room, but it is not facing the street, there are windows, and it is bright." ”

The middle-aged swordsman looks at the young man.

The young man was noncommittal, and walked straight upstairs.

The man hurried to the front and took the young man upstairs.

The carriage in front of the door was taken to the backyard by the other guys, and the horse restaurant had a special person to drink and feed, and the rest of the people went upstairs.

It hasn't gotten dark yet, and there are very few people who come to the restaurant to eat and drink, and one or two are only playing on the first floor, and the second floor is empty. There are no round tables on the second floor, and they are all square tables, which are very elegant.

The young man walked to a table by the window facing the street, and a young attendant behind him immediately took a square towel from his bosom and spread it on the chair, and then spread a snow-white cotton cloth on the table. Another young attendant brought a red-painted wooden suitcase, carved with dragons and phoenixes, which was extremely delicate. The attendant took out a jade cup, jade chopsticks, a jade bowl, a jade plate, and a gold lacquer box from the suitcase, which were neatly arranged on the white cloth. The guy next to him looked a little straight in the eyes and was silent.

The young man sat down and said a few words to the swordsman.

The swordsman turned to the man and said, "Man, find some screens to surround this table, and clean your hands by the way." ”

The guy said, "Okay," and turned to go downstairs to discuss with the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper on the first floor was an old man in his fifties, burly and energetic. He watched every move of this group of people just now. Look at this group of people with knives and guns, he didn't dare to step forward and talk to him.

"Shopkeeper, this group of people seems to have a lot of background. Not only did the young man have to sit at the table facing the street, but he also had to surround it with a screen, as if he didn't want others to see it. Don't you see, that young man is always exquisite, the tables and chairs are covered with cloth, and a set of housework is either gold or jade. I think this young boy is simply unspeakably expensive. "That's right, man.

The guy seemed to have just remembered and said, "By the way, shopkeeper, what about the screen?"

The shopkeeper pointed to the eight screens at the entrance of the hall, "You and Li Si will move the screens up, and talk less nonsense in front of these masters." This group of people is definitely not easy to mess with, just send them away quickly. ”

After a while, the men lifted the screen to the second floor, and surrounded the young man on three sides, leaving only one side of the window, and leaving a very narrow aisle here.

The guy called for the water again.

After washing his face and hands, the boy took the towel handed by the attendant next to him and wiped it.

The rest of the attendants sat down at a table of four people, a total of six tables, and the fan enclosed the private room separated by the screen, leaving a separate table next to the private room.

The man asked the young man, "What kind of tea do you want?"

The middle-aged swordsman said: "We don't want tea, just give us a pot of boiling water for each table." What are the best dishes for our son, but not too much. The rest of the soup is four cold and eight hot for each table, and the tube is full. ”

The guy said yes and ran downstairs.

The young man opened the gold lacquer box, and inside was the fine West Lake Longjing.

When the guy brought the kettle, he made himself a cup of tea, looked out the window, and quietly sipped the tea.

Just listen to the sound of pots and spoons, and in a moment, the dishes are ready.

The young man looked at the middle-aged swordsman and the middle-aged swordsman and said, "You guys should go out to eat too." ”

The two of them said yes, walked out of the private room, and sat down at a table next to the private room. At this time, the table is also set with dishes. Everyone upstairs was eating, but upstairs was surprisingly quiet, as if no one was eating. Everyone didn't say they were talking, they didn't even smack their lips or drink soup. The guy was very surprised, except for serving food and cleaning up the cups and plates, he basically didn't go upstairs.

The sun had set, but the streets were still bright, and people began to enter the restaurant to drink and eat. But as soon as they went up to the second floor, they were frightened by the quiet scene, and they turned around and went downstairs without hesitation.

"Knock! Knock, knock! There was a sound of heavy footsteps, and a man walked up the stairs. He was also startled by what he saw, but quickly regained his composure and walked to a table by the window on the side of the street and sat down. This man was in his twenties, with a face like a crown of jade, a beard under his chin, bright eyes, and a white robe. The robe was a bit miserable, and although there were no holes in it, there were several patches. A large braid was unkempt behind his head, like a straw rope tied behind his back. The man was also very sensible, and when he sat down, he didn't make any noise, but just put a sword on the table.

The middle-aged swordsman and the middle-aged swordsman just glanced at the young man and were stunned. It wasn't the man who stunned them, but the sword on the table. The scabbard of that sword is snow-white, and the hilt is shining silver, this is not an ordinary sword, the name of this sword is "Silver Rainbow".

The middle-aged swordsman immediately turned around and entered the private room, whispering a few words in the young man's ear. The middle-aged swordsman moved a slit in the screen facing the young swordsman, and the young man looked at it for a moment, and then whispered a few words to the middle-aged swordsman.

The middle-aged swordsman turned around and walked out of the private room, came to the young swordsman's side, arched his hand, and said, "This hero, it's clear." ”

The young swordsman looked at the middle-aged swordsman, but did not get up, but just hugged his fists and said, "Clear." ”

The middle-aged swordsman asked, "Dare to ask Brother Tai, Gao's surname, where is Xianxiang?"

The young swordsman smiled and said, "My man Zhou Zijian, dare to ask Brother Tai what you call him." ”

The middle-aged swordsman said: "In the next Cheng Haoran." ”

Zhou Zijian said: "I am fortunate to be happy. ”

Cheng Haoran said with a smile: "I wonder if I can talk to Brother Zhou about it?"

Zhou Zijian said heartily: "Of course you can, Brother Cheng, please take a seat." ”

Cheng Haoran hugged his fists again and said, "Thank you." ”

Cheng Haoran sat opposite Zhou Zijian and said straight to the point: "Brother Zhou's sword is very elegant. Forgive me for taking the liberty of the following, can you borrow a certain view. ”

Zhou Zijian smiled heartily and said, "Brother Cheng can take a look." ”

Cheng Haoran picked up the sword with his left hand, pressed the tension spring with his thumb, and slowly pulled out the sword from the scabbard with his right hand.

The sword is thin, and a rainbow across the waterfall is not a silver rainbow.

"Good sword, good sword!" Cheng Haoran praised repeatedly, and after watching it repeatedly, he returned the sword to the box and put it back on the table.

Cheng Haoran asked, "Dare to ask Brother Zhou, what is the name of this sword?"

"Silver Rainbow. Zhou Zijian's voice was very soft, but Cheng Haoran's ears were like a thunderbolt. Although he had vaguely guessed the answer in his heart, he was still shocked to hear Zhou Zijian say the name with his own ears.

Yinhong was originally a felony wanted by the imperial court nineteen years ago, and was known as one of the blades of Helian Qingtian, known as the first person in martial arts, and was later given to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince by whom. In the forty-first year of Kangxi, Tuo Heqi served as the commander of the infantry army, and the prince transferred his beloved silver rainbow to Tuo Heqi in order to win him over. No, this silver rainbow just arrived at the Tuoheqi Mansion, but it disappeared the next day. No matter how Shuntianfu traced it, it did not find Yinhong's whereabouts.

Cheng Haoran thought to himself: "How did this silver rainbow get into Zhou Zijian's hands? If he stole it, why is it so ostentatious, and the official document of the government has not been cancelled." Who the hell is he?"

Cheng Haoran smiled and asked, "Dare to ask Brother Zhou, how did you get this sword?"

Zhou Zijian said: "Don't hide it from Brother Cheng, did you buy it?"

"Where did you buy it?" Cheng Haoran looked at Zhou Zijian with wide eyes.

Zhou Zijian thought for a while and said, "I bought it, but if I say where I bought it, it will be a long time." ”

Cheng Haoran understood Zhou Zijian's voice, immediately stood up, and said, "If Brother Zhou doesn't dislike it, please come to our table, how about we talk while eating?"

"It's not good. Although Zhou Zijian said this, he had already stood up, picked up the sword on the table, and followed Cheng Haoran to the middle-aged swordsman's table.

The middle-aged swordsman had been staring at Zhou Zijian intently, listening to the conversation just now. Seeing Zhou Zijian and the others coming, they hurriedly got up to greet each other.

The middle-aged swordsman waved his hand and said, "He Wenqiao is weak, I have seen Zhou Daxia." ”

Zhou Zijian cupped his fists and saluted back, and said: "Brother He, don't say that, I would never dare to be a hero." ”

The three of them sat down, He Wenqiao shouted to the guy and took another pair of dishes, chopsticks, cups and saucers, and then poured a glass of wine for Zhou Zijian, and said, "Zhou Daxia, please!"

Zhou Zijian didn't see outside, and the wine was dry. Cheng and He frequently poured wine and vegetables for Zhou Zijian. The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have five flavors. He Wenwan gave Cheng Haoran a look.

Cheng Haoran snorted lightly and said, "Zhou Daxia, do you know the origin of this silver rainbow?"

Zhou Zijian just finished nibbling on a chicken leg, wiped his hands with the towel on the man, took a sip of wine, cleared his throat and said: "Today, the two brothers are so warmly entertained, but they are disrespectful. Don't hide it from the two of you, I know a little bit about it. I think that at the beginning, the giant Kou Helian Qingtian died in Longshan, and the silver rainbow fell into the hands of the imperial court. After that, Yinhong was dedicated to the prince, and the prince gave it to the commander of the infantry army, Tuoheqi, who didn't want to lose it that night. ”

Cheng Haoran looked at Zhou Zijian intently and asked, "Then brother, how did you get this sword?"

Zhou Zijian said: "I once passed by Baoding Mansion, and there was a middle-aged man selling swords on the street, asking for five hundred taels, and he sold this sword. When I saw this sword, I was very puzzled, and I asked him where it came from, but he just laughed and did not answer. I saw that the sword was not of great quality, so I bought it. ”

Cheng Haoran asked suspiciously, "Then why was it only sold for five hundred taels of silver? This sword is a priceless treasure." ”

Zhou Zijian smiled mysteriously and said, "Because this sword is fake." ”