Chapter Twenty-Six: The Affair of the Year

Lai Jiyun said "um", leaned on Le Yiyang's arms, and said slowly: "Twenty years ago, Master was already well-known in the rivers and lakes, known as the little overlord Xianyunhuan. www.biquge.info At that time, Master was in the prime of his life, and he was in high spirits. Once, during the Qingming Festival, when Master was passing through the outskirts of Weizhou, he found that a group of thieves were hijacking a sedan car that had just returned from sweeping the tomb. The master immediately rushed over and killed the group of bandits, only to find that they were the family members of the famous Lu Mansion in the city. Sitting on the sedan was Lu Siyi, the sister of Weizhou businessman Lu Guanyan.

Lu Guanyan's parents died early, leaving only a pair of children to rely on each other. Lu Guanyan is thirteen years older than Lu Siyi, and he shouldered the burden of taking care of his little sister very early. Later, with the wealth created by his parents during his lifetime, Lu Guanyan became a wealthy businessman in Weizhou not long after. But no matter whether he is poor or rich, Lu Guanyan takes good care of his sister, for fear that she will have any mistakes.

On the Qingming Festival this year, Lu Siyi remembered that she was going to the suburbs to worship her father, so she took two maids early in the morning and asked a family member to drive the carriage out of the Lu Mansion. By the time Lu Guanyan found out, Lu Siyi had already been out of the city for half an hour. Lu Guanyan was worried about the safety of his little sister, so he hurriedly took down the ancestral Baiyun Xuankong Sword and drove his horse towards the suburbs.

By the time Lu Guanyan arrived, there were already the bodies of two thieves lying on the ground, and he mistakenly thought that the master was an accomplice. Lu Guanyan couldn't help but say, and directly raised his sword from his horse and attacked the master. Although Lu Guanyan is a businessman, his family has been practicing martial arts for generations, so his martial arts should not be underestimated. Seeing that this person was menacing, the master protected the carriage while drawing his sword to resist. The two went through dozens of moves, but they didn't win or lose. Miss Lu, who was sitting in the sedan car, heard the sound of fencing outside, and at first thought that it was the thieves who came back for revenge, but then slowly couldn't resist the curiosity in her heart, and cautiously poked her head out, and found that it was her brother who was fighting with the savior, so she hurriedly got out of the car to stop it.

When Lu Guanyan and Master heard Lu Siyi's voice, they both put down their weapons and turned their heads to stare at her. Lu Guanyan learned that his little sister was robbed by bandits in the suburbs and almost lost her life, but thanks to the master's timely arrival to rescue her, she escaped, and her heart was suddenly ashamed, and she stepped forward and bowed down to apologize to the master. Seeing that this person was young and his martial arts were extraordinary, the master also admired him in his heart, and hurriedly said that it was just a misunderstanding. The age difference between the two was five or six years, and Lu Guanyan called his master his eldest brother and invited him to a gathering at the house, and by the way, he taught his sister to practice martial arts.

At that time, Lu Siyi was less than sixteen years old, and she was graceful and pretty, which was the beginning of love. The master is handsome and good at playing the piano, and in the process of learning martial arts, the two have a relationship, which leads to the poem in the letter expressing love. After March, the master wanted to participate in the martial arts conference, so he left the Lu Mansion. The two agreed to meet again after participating in the martial arts conference. Later, the master became the leader of the martial arts alliance, and he had no time to think about his own private affairs, and this delay was more than half a year.

Lu Siyi misses her master day and night, but she has lovesickness and can't afford to get sick. Lu Guanyan was anxious, and kept looking for doctors and medicines, but none of them could cure his little sister's illness.

On this day, Lu Guanyan was depressed, went to the suburbs alone to relax, and met a Taoist aunt in a yellow robe on the road. Her name is Yanyun Zhenren and she is from Danzhou, Hebei. That Dao Gu looked to be about fifty years old, and claimed to be related to Miss Lu's family. Lu Guanyan felt that her words were strange, so he invited her to stay in his house for a few days. Yan Yunzhen chatted with Lu Guanyan about Lu Siyi, she said that Lu Siyi was destined to experience this love tribulation in her life, and if she could get through it safely, she would be extremely rich in the future.

Lu Guanyan hurriedly begged her for guidance. Yan Yunzhen said that this is also easy to do, as long as she takes Lu Siyi and goes to Wuling Mountain in Hebei to teach her martial arts, and then goes down the mountain after more than ten years, there will naturally be ups and downs. After hearing this, Lu Guanyan was reluctant to give up on Lu Siyi, but he didn't want to watch his beloved sister die like this, so he had to entrust her to Yan Yun Zhenren.

Yan Yunzhen gave Lu Siyi the elixir he had refined, and used his skills to heal her, and Lu Siyi's body gradually improved. Half a month later, Lu Siyi and Yan Yunzhen set off for Hebei, Lu Guanyan escorted all the way out of Weizhou City, held Lu Siyi's hand, held back tears, and told her sister to learn martial arts from her master. Lu Siyi couldn't speak at this time, and tears kept falling.

Lu Siyi passed by the wooden house where the master lived in seclusion, thinking of the happy days he had with him, and couldn't help but worry about other things. Yan Yun Zhenren saw that Lu Siyi had not passed the catastrophe, and imagined what kind of hero the master was, so that such a beautiful girl would never forget. The two stayed in a wooden house that night. I think that these letters and bamboo slips were left by Lu Siyi and Yan Yunzhen, hoping that the master can find them when he returns. But the master was already the leader of the martial arts alliance at this time, taking the revitalization of the martial arts as his own responsibility, leading the people in the martial arts to constantly deal with the imperial court, where could he return to the mountains and forests of Weizhou to live in seclusion.

Later, Lu Siyi arrived at Wuling Mountain, was infected by the beautiful mountain scenery here, and slowly forgot the sad things he had done. She devoted herself to learning swords in Wuling Mountain for eleven years, and finally practiced Yanyun swordsmanship, which was comparable to thousands of people.

At this time, it was the end of the post-Tang Dynasty, and the faint monarch was in power, and corrupt officials were rampant. Lu Guanyan couldn't bear to have his business robbed by the Weizhou eunuchs, and finally in the early years of the late Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Congke, he responded to the Shandong Righteous Army and rose up in Weizhou, killing corrupt officials, punishing inferior gentry, and the vanguard even approached the capital Luoyang. Li Congke passed on the king of Qin, and Hedong Jiedu made Shi Jingjiao take the opportunity to expand his power, and united with the Great Jin Dynasty to annihilate the main force of the righteous army, and Lu Guanyan was also killed here.

When Lu Guanyan retreated, he sent guards to escort his wife and children to escape. During the breakout, the three of them were unfortunately separated, and the senior brother was rescued by the master who came later to hide in Youyun Villa, and changed his name to Lu Zhicheng to avoid the pursuit of the Great Jin Dynasty. His mother and sister are missing. For so many years, Master and Senior Brother have been sending people to inquire about the rivers and lakes, but there has been no news, which has become a matter of concern for Master and Senior Brother. ”

After listening to this, Le Yiyang sighed: "It turns out that the leader of the Xian Alliance has such a deep relationship with the Lu family, no wonder he values Lu Gongzi so much." Lai Jiyun continued: "Since the master left the Lu family, he has never seen Lu Siyi again, and when the master learned that she had almost died because of herself, his heart was full of guilt, and he never married. Le Yiyang suddenly realized at this time, and sighed: "If your master doesn't be the leader of the martial arts alliance, but chooses to be with the girl he loves, how good it would be." It's a pity!"

Lai Jiyun looked at Le Yiyang, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Brother Yang, the matter has come to this, even if the master regrets it, it is useless." Le Yiyang nodded and said, "Yun'er, what you said makes sense. He looked at the bamboo slips on the ground again, and said suspiciously: "Is this really left by Yan Yun Zhenren?"

Lai Jiyun picked up the bamboo slip, unfolded it, blew off the dust on it, and said happily: "Brother Yang, I guessed right, this is really the relic of Yan Yun Zhenren, here is her Dharma name." Le Yiyang pointed to the humanoid image above and asked, "These people are so strange, it seems that they are comparing something." Lai Ji Yunge smiled and said: "Brother Yang, do you really not understand or fake don't understand? The image depicted on this bamboo slip is what we often call the sword spectrum, a total of ninety-nine eighty-one. ”

Le Yi said: "Yun'er, you are a person who practices martial arts, do you see what kind of swordsmanship this is?" Lai Jiyun turned the bamboo slips over and over, and said helplessly: "Brother Yang, the little woman is clumsy, and she can't see which faction of martial arts in the martial arts." Le Yiyang remembered what she had just said, and said softly: "Is it Yanyun swordsmanship?" Lai Jiyun said: "It's hard to say, I haven't seen Yanyun's swordsmanship, but looking at the moves and styles on this bamboo slip, there is no murderous aura, it can only be used for self-defense, how can it be defeated by predecessors?"

Le Yiyang listened to it and said: "Then it's called the Void Sword Technique, using the void to attack the real, although it can't win, the defense is more than enough." Lai Jiyun clapped his hands and praised: "Brother Yang, the name you took is good, so it's called the Void Sword Technique." After saying that, he asked him to write down the image on the bamboo slip.

Le Yiyang wanted to refuse, but thought that he didn't know martial arts, and if he could practice the Huixu swordsmanship, it would not be a bad thing to use it for self-defense, so he took the bamboo slip and carefully remembered the moves depicted in each image.

Lai Jiyun pulled out his long sword and said, "Brother Yang, let's practice and see if your Huixu Sword Technique can dodge my Thousand Shapes Sword Technique." Le Yiyang hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Yun'er, are you kidding? ”

Where is Ji Yun willing to listen, he raised his sword and attacked Le Yiyang. Le Yiyang subconsciously raised his sword to resist, only to hear the clanging sound, the thousand-shaped sword had already suppressed the Qingyun Xuankong Sword, Le Yiyang only felt that his palm was numb, and reached out to grab Ji Yun's right hand, Lai Jiyun deliberately exerted force, Le Yiyang pulled back the sword violently, and his left hand was about to come to Ji Yun's body, Lai Ji Yun smiled, and gently pushed with his hand, the two palms touched, and Le Yiyang was pushed three steps away.

Le Yi said: "Yun'er, I'm not your opponent, you can spare me." Lai Jiyun pouted and said, "The show has just begun, look at the sword!" After speaking, a sword stabbed the tip of his nose. Le Yiyang felt a chill in his heart, and hurriedly dodged sideways. Lai Jiyun missed a sword, turned his hand and waved the long sword, and the blade of the sword went straight to his chest. Le Yiyang kept retreating, and Ji Yun chased after him. Le Yiyang had no choice but to raise his sword to fight back, but was easily dodged by Lai Jiyun.

Lai Jiyun swung his sword directly at his calf, Le Yiyang raised his calf to avoid, but seeing that her forearm was under his crotch, he suddenly remembered the posture on the bamboo slip, so he made a move "Thousand Crane Independence" and used the Qingyun Xuankong Sword to attack her wrist, Lai Jiyun hurriedly retracted his right hand, and before he had time to change his sword-holding posture, he saw the tip of the opponent's sword stabbing towards him. Lai Jiyun leaned back and avoided it sideways.

Seeing that she was about to fall, Le Yiyang reached over to support her and asked, "Yun'er, let's practice here today." Lai Jiyun was shocked, stuck out his tongue, and said, "Brother Yang, you learned too fast." In a few days, I won't be your match. ”

Le Yiyang took a breath and said, "Yun'er, you're making fun of me." Lai Jiyun stood still and said: "What I said is true, it seems that Yan Yun Zhenren's swordsmanship is really magical, and the Huixu swordsmanship and Yanyun's swordsmanship, one attack and one defense, complement each other." Brother Yang, you are really a fool and a fool. Le Yiyang lowered his head in shame and said, "Yun'er, thanks to you, otherwise how would I have known that this bamboo slip has swordsmanship hidden on it." ”

Lai Jiyun said: "It's all a coincidence. Yan Yun Zhenren originally wanted to leave it to the master, but he didn't expect to be discovered by the two of us more than ten years later. Brother Yang, you have to specialize in this set of swordsmanship, and it will definitely be of great use in the future. Le Yiyang put away the bamboo slips and said, "Yun'er, I must keep in mind what you said." ”