Chapter Twenty-Three: First Sight of Gu Jianqiu

Dabai traveled thousands of miles in a daytime, and he had arrived in Zheyang City that night, and when he heard that Longxu Village had traveled thirty miles west, he couldn't help but be a little excited in his heart, and first found an inn to rest for a night. Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

Early the next morning, in order not to attract attention, the big white horse was sent to the inn stable, and he was given enough money to take care of the stable.

He walked lightly on the road alone, picking a tortuous path with few people, and occasionally passers-by, but also avoided his body, and after crossing a few mountains, he saw a village at the foot of the mountains.

Standing on the top of the hill and looking at the village, I saw a number of low huts scattered at the foot of the mountain, the yellow wall of Uwa was glad to see, the smoke curled, and three small winding rivers bent through the middle of the village, but there were some similarities with the dragon's beard, and I thought that this was the dragon's beard village.

Broken Cloud Iron comes down the mountain, there is a stream in front, a wooden bridge on the stream, the head of the bridge is a big grass shed, Broken Cloud Iron slowly paced across the wooden bridge, but saw a clear, the sound of the spring and the birds, that is, the scenery is far away, and I thought: "This is a good place, like a paradise, according to the book, you must find a dry well and then arrive." ”

Seeing a village woman washing clothes in the river, Duan Yuntie stepped forward to give a salute: "I saw my sister-in-law in my late life." ”

The woman looked up and saw that it was a strange young man, and she was a little stunned for a moment, and replied, "The little brother is from a foreign country, right?

"Ask my sister-in-law, this is Longsu Village?"

"Exactly. ”

"Is there an old dry well in the village?"

"Longsujing, you can see it after crossing the small bridge in front of you, and you can see it after half a mile. ”

"Thank you, sister-in-law. ”

According to the woman's indication, after crossing another stream bridge, Broken Cloud Tie saw a well, the wall of the well made of green bricks, and the moss and flowers in the brick cracks grew along the cracks.

Ten steps further, you can see a three-room low house, the eaves are so low that a tall person like Broken Cloud Tie can reach him, the door panel is also tattered, and the two small windows on the mud wall are full of firewood and grass.

He took a deep breath, then stepped forward and knocked on the door, and it was an old woman who opened the door, her eyes were slightly squinted, her cheeks were seriously sunken, her silver hair was full of deep lines, and her shabby clothes were patched with patches of different sizes, and the old woman said while opening the door: "Grandson, didn't you go to the back mountain? Why did you ...... so early?" The old woman was a little shocked when she saw that the tall young man in front of her was not the one she called her grandson.

"Mother-in-law, it's polite to be born late. Broken Cloud Iron hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"You...... Yes?" the old woman's eyes flashed with panic.

"Mother-in-law, don't be surprised, the old man is here in her later life. ”

"There is only one person in the old body, and the person you are looking for is afraid that it will be ......"

"A few months ago, an injured old man brought a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old?"

"The old man has never seen the man you are talking about. So saying, he closed the door and went into the house.

Seeing that the old woman was worried when she saw the stranger, it was no wonder, and remembered what the old woman had said when she opened the door, and he had an idea, and looked up to see that there was a mountain peak behind the house.

Immediately went to the mountain, along the way, the broken cloud iron gathered his energy, listened carefully, walked for a little half an hour, faintly heard someone's shouting and wheezing, followed the sound, only to see a lawn between the valley, there is a young man holding a branch in the practice of swordsmanship, the branch is tied with a circle of white cloth, presumably used to observe the trend and trajectory of the sword.

But seeing this young man's branch dancing is a tiger and a tiger, whistling, when the servant steps obliquely split, when the false step on the straight hook, the footwork is light and elegant, back and forth, sweeping down and collapsing, hanging back and stabbing, dazzling for a while.

The young man had no distractions, practiced with full attention, suddenly shouted, picked up the sword flowers, straight to the flat flowers, on the top of the standing flowers, horizontal split flowers, back hook back to the flowers, back to intercept the current flowers, the white cloth strips shaped the Tao Bai Lian wandering, the streamer flying, gorgeous and dazzling.

Broken Cloud Tie was looking at it in a daze, and suddenly saw that the young man's sword wind changed again, and he rushed to a small tree in front of him in a few steps and slashed wildly, until the branch in his hand was broken in two, and he stood indifferently, glaring angrily, as if he was in a trance.

"Good swordsmanship!" Broken Cloud Iron shouted yes and jumped into shape.

The young man was shocked when he suddenly saw someone appear, but he immediately regained his composure and said, "Country savage, carving insect skills, Your Excellency smiled." ”

At this time, Broken Cloud Tie didn't dare to determine the identity of this young man in vain, so he tentatively took the young man's hands and said, "Brother Gu Xian, my brother has finally found you." ”

"You and I have never known each other in life, how can we call you brothers?" The young man broke free of Broken Cloud Tie's hands, took a step back, and looked at Broken Cloud Iron vigilantly.

"Although you and I have never met, I am thinking about the virtuous brother day and night, your surname is Jianqiu, and you are the son of Gu Xuanzhao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

The young man was silent, and suddenly carried up the broken branch to attack Broken Cloud Iron, this young man's skills are still shallow, although the swordsmanship is wonderful, but it is difficult to exert his power, how to hurt Broken Cloud Tie, Broken Cloud Iron did not think that this young man suddenly became difficult, but he was a little caught off guard, in fact, with his skill, he was stabbed by this wooden branch, and he couldn't hurt him at all, Broken Cloud Iron still flashed lightly, and asked puzzledly: "Why does the virtuous brother ......?"

The young man only attacked with a sword, and Broken Cloud Iron only blindly dodged, and the young man attacked more than ten moves, knowing that the opponent's martial arts were far superior to his own, so he lowered his hands and closed his eyes: "Since you have seen through, what are you going to do? Take my life or capture me alive and receive the reward?"

Broken Cloud Tie was sure that this young man was the person he was looking for, so he suppressed the excitement in his heart, and secretly praised himself: "Master is really right, this young man is very smart, and he doesn't know what swordsmanship he has practiced, so he can learn it without a teacher?"

"Brother Xian, you blame my brother, I'm here to pick you up, how can I kill you?"

"If you want to kill, you will kill, why say more. ”

"Brother Xian, Lord Lingzun started Liyang, and then besieged Xiangcheng, but was defeated and walked to Luo, and was surrounded and suppressed by the Yulin Army on the way, Zhao Shuhong Daxia led the crowd to rescue, and was ambushed by many masters of the Blood Flame Sect on the way to Nanyang, Zhao Daxia's life and death are unknown, and the virtuous brother was brought to this Longsu Village by the predecessors of Nanyang Wanjianmen......"

Before Broken Yuntie finished speaking, the young man recalled this bloody storm, he was already in tears, trembling all over, and Broken Yuntie took out the bamboo slip handed to him by the master and handed it to the young man and said: "Although you and I have never met, but the master is an old man, you have always seen it, and you read this book first." ”

After reading the book, the young man wiped away a handful of tears and said: "Big brother, forgive my little brother for being rude, I have no love in my life, but I have a few desires for myself, but this blood revenge has not been avenged, and I really have no shame to face the ancestors and ancestors." ”

"The virtuous brother suffered, so he followed his brother to see the master. ”

"Meet...... Master?"

"Master, his old man has long wanted to accept the virtuous brother as an apprentice, but Ling Zun does not allow it, and passing on your oral decision in Liyang is the method of entry. ”

"Yes...... I ......" Gu Jianqiu wanted to speak and stopped.

"In the future, you and I will be senior brothers, and the virtuous brother has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"I can't apprentice anymore. ”

"This ...... Why is that? Don't you want to take revenge on this sea of blood?"

"Brother Duan, I have already bowed to others. ”

"Brother Xian, how could you ......?"

"He gave me a great grace, and this person is Zhao Shuhong, the number one swordsman in the world. ”

"What?...... No wonder the swordsmanship of the virtuous brother is so good, it turned out to be taught by Zhao Daxia, hmm, where is this Zhao Daxia?"

"That day, the master he desperately protected me, after escaping from the siege of Shangluo, he handed over the sword spectrum to me, saying that if he suffered an accident, I would be his closed disciple, I did not agree at that time, at that time the master of the Blood Flame Sect suddenly appeared, the master with an enemy, and desperately protected the Ten Thousand Swords Gate Elder Shen took me out of the siege, I fled all the way to this place with Elder Shen, his old man was seriously injured, so he entrusted me to this Longsu Village, said that someone will find me, before leaving, I told him that the master came to visit my father, and asked him to find the master to find me again。 ”

"That's it, the master asked me to go to Liyang to look for you, but I happened to meet Brother Liu of Wanjianmen halfway, and learned the bad news, Brother Liu gave me your hiding place, and then I went all the way to this Longsu Village. ”

"Thank you, big brother. ”

"Brother Xian, it is not advisable to stay in Longsu Village for a long time, the Ten Thousand Swords Gate has been exposed, and Brother Liu has killed himself with a sword in order to protect your hiding place. After saying this, Broken Cloud Tie was a little sad.

"I never thought that my little brother would bring disaster to so many chivalrous people, but I can only hide and survive, ashamed!"

"Brother Xian, even if you don't apprentice to the master, you can go back to Dali with me to find the master, first, you can keep safe, and second, you practice Zhao Daxia's swordsmanship, with his old man's guidance, you will be able to get twice the result with half the effort." ”

"It's okay, I have no place to hide, and I have no way out, so let you go, you and I will go back to the house first. With that, he went down the mountain with Broken Cloud Tie.

The two returned to the thatched hut, and the old woman was slightly shocked when she saw Gu Jianqiu coming back with Broken Cloud Tie, and asked Gu Jianqiu: "Grandson, this is ......?"

"Mother-in-law, this is Brother Broken, the one who came to find me. ”

"Mother-in-law is polite. Broken Cloud Iron bowed and bowed.

"Hmm...... Hmmm"

"Big brother, you drink saliva first, and I'll clean up the softness. With that, he poured a bowl of water for Broken Cloud Tie, and turned around and went to the bedroom again.

The old woman looked at the side, her expression was dark, and she murmured: "I knew that my grandson was a dragon among people, not a thing in the pool, so he still had to leave me......"

A pillar of incense time, Gu Jianqiu came out of the back room, and Broken Cloud Tie only felt that his eyes lit up, Gu Jianqiu had changed out of the shabby clothes he wore in Longxu Village, and changed back into his original brocade clothes. Although he was only sixteen years old, he was already standing tall, with white ribbons tied with black hair, full of heaven, long sword eyebrows flying obliquely into his temples, and his heroic posture was radiant, and he was a young man with a jade tree in the wind.

At this time, Duan Yuntie couldn't help but be in a trance, the handsome and bright voice and smile of "Yang Bufan" who was dressed as a man came to mind again, and only this "Yang Bufan" had such a look, in contrast, "Yang Bufan" was a little more handsome and soft, but this ancient Jianqiu was more masculine, giving people a sense of solemn arrogance that could not be approached, and the momentum was compelling, thinking of Yang Yufan, and his heart was sad.

"Brother Xian is really a talent, no wonder the master praises you. ”

"It's a shame to be a big brother. ”

"You and I can get up. ”

Gu Jianqiu turned to the old woman and said, "Mother-in-law, the child is going with the eldest brother today, and he will come back to serve your old man in the future. ”

The old woman took Gu Jianqiu's hands, looked him up and down with cloudy eyes, and said tremblingly: "Grandson, you are alone outside, you need to know coldly, don't be too forceful in everything, no matter when and where, you must remember your mother-in-law, he has a heart every day, and he must return completely." ”

Gu Jianqiu is handsome in appearance, smart and clever, and after a few months of getting along day and night, this old woman has long regarded her as her own, and she loves her very much.

"The child respects the teachings, always remembers the mother-in-law, and if he can get revenge in the future, he will come to support his mother-in-law for the rest of his life. Gu Jianqiu suddenly burst into tears, and Potong knelt on the ground, knocking his head three times in a row.

The old woman stretched out her calloused bark-like hand to pick up Gu Jianqiu, rubbed Gu Jianqiu's hair, face and shoulders, and said with a loving face: "Go, in the future, I will definitely be a good man who stands up to the sky and the earth." ”

The broken cloud iron on the side saw it, as if he saw the master at the time of parting, still in front of him, and he also had mixed feelings.