Chapter 22: Artifacts

Since Zhai Qianqian decided to hold an artifact conference in Hangu Pass, all the heroes who stayed in Lingbao County went straight to Hangu Pass. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Hangu Pass is called Hangu Pass because it is locked in the valley, and it is as dangerous as a letter. This Guanxi is based on the plateau, the east is bordered by the Absolute Stream, the south is connected to the Qinling Mountains, and the Yellow River is the north of the Yellow River, which is one of the earliest Xiongguan fortresses established in our country, and it is also the throat road that goes to Luoyang in the east and reaches Chang'an in the west, and it has always been a place for soldiers to fight. Now, in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, there is no war to speak of, and the people in Hanguguan have been enjoying peace for many years. No, at this time, a so-called artifact legend emerged, a group of robbers in order to find the artifact, ran to Hangu Pass to dig east and west, many villages in Hangu Pass were demolished by them, and even the surrounding villages were not spared. Due to the destruction of many houses, after arriving at Hangu Pass, the group had to stay in a local inn. Of course, the small inn can't accommodate so many people, and people who really have nowhere to live can only sleep in the open like the local people.

In just five days, in a flash, outside Hangu Pass, suddenly a team of people and horses was slowly advancing towards the city gate. The horse guest led by him had thick eyebrows and broad eyes, and his heroic spirit was awe-inspiring, it was none other than Nie Sanjiang, the chief catcher of the six doors. There was another carriage not far behind him, and the person in the carriage was Zhai Qianqian, the owner of the Zhai Mansion. In addition, dozens of officers were escorted behind. When the group was about to reach the pass, Zhai Qianqian in the car hurriedly lifted the curtain and said to Nie Sanjiang on the horse: "Master Hunt, now we are not far from this Hangu Pass, and the life of the grass people depends on you Lord Hunting!" Nie Sanjiang replied without looking back: "Master Zhai, since this seat has promised you, I will never break my promise." With this seat here, those rivers and lakes will not move you at all!" Zhai Qianqian heard Nie Sanjiang say this, and finally put down a stone in his heart, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you Lord Zongchao! Thank you Lord Zongzhu!" Before the words fell, Nie Sanjiang suddenly opened his mouth and said: "By the way, Master Zhai, there is something unknown in this seat, and now this Lingbao realm can be described as a master, any person can escort you to this Hangu Pass, but your Lord Zhai chose this seat, this move is really puzzling!" When Zhai Qianqian heard this, his face couldn't help but change, and he said hesitantly: "This ・・・・・・ this, always arrest adults, the reason why the grass people do this is because the grass people only believe that you always catch adults!" As soon as these words came out, Nie Sanjiang suddenly stopped, looked back at Zhai Qianqian, and asked rhetorically: "Do you Master Zhai really only believe in me Nie Sanjiang alone?" Zhai Qianqian nodded hurriedly. Nie Sanjiang quickly continued to ask: "In this way, you don't even believe in the chief Zhai of your mansion?" Zhai Qianqian was speechless. Seeing this, Nie Sanjiang smiled and said: "Master Zhai, some things can't deceive people, since the idea was made by someone else, why should you hide it?" Zhai Qianqian shook his head and said: "No, no, this idea was just ・・・・・・・ said the word "yes", Nie Sanjiang suddenly said: "It was Zhai Shuo who helped you come up with it, not only that, but even the idea of holding an artifact conference in five days was also Zhai Shuo's help to you! Master Zhai, what you want to say are these words, right?" After hearing these words, Zhai Qianqian wanted to say the word "no" in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it, and for a while, he hesitated. Seeing him like this, Nie Sanjiang couldn't help but smile, and then stopped talking.

While the two were talking and laughing, the carriage had already reached a pavilion. After Zhai Qianqian in the carriage saw the pavilion, he taught everyone to stop. At this moment, he suddenly saw dozens of black-clothed men holding sabers in front of him hurrying over, stopping in front of Nie Sanjiang and the others. Nie Sanjiang saw that each of them had the word "Badao" written on their clothes, and thought that they were disciples of Zhao Tiandao, the head of the Badao Sect, so he asked: "Presumably you are the disciples of the Zhao Sect of the Badao Sect, right? Not only that, but the family teacher also specially sent me and others to greet Master Zhai. After hearing this, Nie Sanjiang smiled and said, "In addition to greetings, there must be other things, right?" The disciple was stunned when he heard this, and then had to reply: "What Your Excellency said is good, we are here on the order of the family teacher, and I want to ask Master Zhai one thing in person, and I also ask Master Zhai to come out and meet with us, after the matter is clear, I will leave!" Nie Sanjiang listened, turned his head, lifted the curtain, and glanced at Zhai Qianqian in the car. Zhai Qianqian had no choice but to walk out of the carriage and said: "The grass people are the master of Zhai Mansion, Zhai Qianqian, I don't know what you want to ask Zhai in person?" I only heard one of the disciples of the Badaomen respond: "Master Zhai, now that we have arrived at this Hangu Pass, I just want to know where Master Zhai plans to hold an artifact conference?" Zhai Qianqian nodded and said: "Oh, it turns out that this is the case, you can go back immediately to report to the head of the order, and say that Zhai will wait for all the masters on the lookout!" After hearing the reply, several disciples of the Badao Sect said a few words of compliment, and then left in a hurry.

"Wangqitai, what kind of place is that?" Nie Sanjiang asked with some curiosity.

According to legend, this lookout platform is the place where Hangu Pass originally ordered Yin Xi to watch the heavenly phenomena. Legend has it that back then, when Yin Xi was looking at the celestial phenomena, he saw a cloud of purple gas coming from the east, so Yin Xi deduced that there would be a saint passing through. Sure enough, on the second day, the great Confucian Laozi rode a green ox to pass the customs, which is the story of the purple qi coming from the east. Zhai Qianqian replied solemnly.

"In this way, this Wangqi platform is also quite aura, and it is indeed very suitable for holding an artifact conference!" Nie Sanjiang pondered. Zhai Qianqian nodded and replied: "What Lord Zongzhu said is very true!" Nie Sanjiang continued to ask: "It's just that the story of this purple qi coming from the east has been more than a thousand years, I don't know where this Wangqi platform is now?" Zhai Qianqian quickly replied: "It's the pavilion in front of you!" Nie Sanjiang was slightly surprised, and immediately turned his gaze to the pavilion in front of him. The first thing that catches your eye is the steps that are up and down for people to go up and down, looking along the height of the steps, there is a pavilion on it, and there is a plaque at the top of the pavilion, which reads the words "Wangqi Building". This lookout building is about three or four feet high, and if it weren't for the reason for leaning up on the neck, I am afraid that I would not be able to see the plaque. Nie Sanjiang suddenly understood something, so he immediately asked: "If this seat is not mistaken, presumably this Wangqi Tower in front of you was deliberately built by your Master Zhai, right?" Zhai Qianqian did not shy away from it, and after hearing the question, he immediately replied: "What Lord Zongzhu said is good, this Wangqi Tower was indeed built by the grass people. When Nie Sanjiang heard this, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and said in his heart: "It seems that such a tall pavilion can be built in such a short period of time, it seems that this Zhai Qianqian's financial resources are by no means comparable to ordinary rich people!" Zhai Qianqian saw that Nie Sanjiang seemed to be a little absent-minded, so he asked: "Master Zongzhu, what are you thinking?" Nie Sanjiang shook his head slightly, then changed the topic and said: " Since we have arrived at this Wangqi Tower, then we will rest here for a while, and when the heroes from all walks of life in the rivers and lakes arrive, we can hold this artifact conference at that time!" Zhai Qianqian should be repeatedly.

Although Wangqilou is outside Hangu Pass, but the distance between the two is not far, after about half an hour or so, a large number of people have appeared in front of Wangqilou, there are five people in the lead, the first one is a white-clothed old man, the old road is full of silver hair, think to come is also over the age of sixties. Now the most famous Taoist sect on the rivers and lakes is the Shangqing faction located in Zhongyue Songshan, and this Taoist must be the head of the Shangqing faction. After Nie Sanjiang saw the old way, he immediately stepped forward, shook the old way to the ground, and said: "If this seat is not bad, presumably the immortal chief is the thirteenth generation head of the Maoshan Sect of the Shangqing Sect, Dong Xuan Zhenren, who is famous all over the world!" The old Taoist listened, and said with a smile: "What Your Excellency said is good, the poor Tao is exactly!" Nie Sanjiang heard this, and made amends: "If it is really Dong Xuan Zhenren who came, Nie Mou has lost his welcome, and I hope to forgive my sins!" Dong Xuan Zhenren heard "Nie" After the two words, he couldn't help but change color slightly, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that Your Excellency is the head catcher of the six doors called "Sanjiang Divine Catch" by the people of the rivers and lakes?" Nie Sanjiang nodded slightly and said, "It's Nie!" When Dong Xuan Zhenren heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said solemnly: "Poor Dao has long admired the name of Nie Zong's head catcher, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary!" Nie Sanjiang hurriedly said: "Where is it, the Taoist chief has a good reputation!" As he spoke, Nie Sanjiang glanced at the other four people with his spare eyes, and these four people also knew each other. Starting from Dongxuan Zhenren, from left to right, there is Shang Wuying, the head of the Shushan faction, Fan Qiuheng, the head of the famous sword gate, Zhao Tiandao, the head of the Badao gate, and the last one is the master of Zenguang, a senior monk of Shaolin Temple. Among these five people, only Dong Xuan Zhenren and Master Zenguang have the highest status in the rivers and lakes, so after Nie Sanjiang saw Master Zenguang, he kept stepping forward, saluting and greeting, which can be said to be busy for a long time. At this moment, I suddenly heard a person say impatiently: "Mr. Nie catches the head, don't say so much polite words, everyone is here for the artifact today, Mr. Nie catches the head or let us see the artifact!" Nie Sanjiang followed the prestige, and the person who spoke was Zhao Tiandao, the head of the Badao Sect. Nie Sanjiang knew very well that among the people from all walks of life present today, there must be many straightforward people like Zhao Tiandao. If I delay it for a while, I am afraid that more people will be impatient. So, Nie Sanjiang returned to Zhai Qianqian and briefly introduced the five heads to Zhai Qianqian. Then he asked straight to the point: "Master Zhai, can the artifact conference start?" Zhai Qianqian nodded and said, "You can start!" Nie Sanjiang continued: "Since this is the case, without further ado, then ask Master Zhai to show the artifact as soon as possible, so that everyone can feast their eyes!" Zhai Qianqian nodded yes. Then he walked towards the Wangqi Tower.

Could it be that the artifact was placed in the Wangqi Tower? Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but make such a guess.

I saw that after Zhai Qianqian stepped into the Wangqi Building, he hurriedly walked out of the building in less than a cup of tea. At this time, there were already several more people behind Zhai Qianqian. One of them was Zhai Shuo, the head of Na Zhai Mansion. There is no doubt that Zhai Shuo is undoubtedly the last person to appear in this artifact conference. However, his appearance immediately attracted the attention of everyone present. Because everyone saw that Zhai Shuo was holding a narrow brocade box in his arms, just ask, if the thing contained in the brocade box was not an artifact, what would it be? In addition, there were four people closely following behind Zhai Shuo, and it was not difficult to deduce that these four people should be the people sent by Zhai Qianqian to protect Zhai Shuo. Come to think of it, it should not be weak in martial arts.

Without waiting for everyone to ask, Zhai Qianqian had already spoken: "Presumably, the thing that everyone is most concerned about at this moment is the artifact on Zhai's mansion. Now, Zhai has taken out the artifact for everyone to see!" As soon as he finished speaking, he glanced at Zhai Shuo. So, the long and narrow brocade box was gently opened under the great expectation of everyone. Countless pairs of eyes looked into the box, but all they saw was a sword, a long sword shining with silver light. Under the sunlight, the silver light on the sword appeared more and more dazzling at this moment.

"Sure enough, it's a good sword!" Nie Sanjiang suddenly opened his mouth and praised.

"Could this sword be a legendary artifact?" Fan Qiuheng, the head of the Famous Sword Sect, asked in a puzzled tone.

"Your Excellency is right, this sword is exactly the artifact that everyone wants to see!" Zhai Shuo immediately replied.

"Hehehehe・・・・・ Fan Qiuheng suddenly laughed loudly, but it's just a sword, and he even claims to be an artifact, it's really ridiculous!

"Zhai has no such intention, please don't misunderstand!" Zhai Shuo hurriedly explained.

"Since you teach Fan not to misunderstand, then ask Brother Zhai to take this sword back immediately, don't take it out again, so as not to lose face!" Fan Qiuheng said coldly.

The artifact conference had just begun, and Fan Qiuheng taught Zhai Shuo to take back the "artifact", which made Zhai Shuo's life difficult. In desperation, he had to turn his gaze to Zhai Qianqian on the side, hoping that Zhai Qianqian could come out to express his attitude at this moment.

Fang Cai's conversation was heard by everyone present, and Zhai Qianqian was certainly no exception. I saw that Zhai Qianqian suddenly turned his head, glanced at Zhai Shuo, and motioned for him to step aside for the time being. After Zhai Shuo retreated, Zhai Qianqian greeted him. I saw that he first waved at Fan Qiuheng, and then said: "Master Fan, since you think that this sword is not an artifact, could it be that you have seen an artifact?" Zhai Qianqian asked, and Fan Qiuheng was speechless. After a pause, he only heard Zhai Qianqian continue to say: "Since Master Fan has never seen an artifact, how can he determine that this sword is not an artifact?" Fan Qiu hesitated for a long time before responding: "Fan Mou is not talented, although he has never seen any artifact, but he has also collected a lot of famous swords in the world, Fan Mou has read countless swords in his life, and now your Master Zhai just got a sword, so he regarded it as an artifact, this move is indeed a bit unsatisfactory!" Zhai Qianqian nodded and said: " I see, since Master Fan has read countless swords, then please ask Master Fan to come and see how this sword is?" Fan Qiuheng heard this, and immediately responded: "That's what I mean!" As soon as Zhai Qianqian's voice fell, he immediately walked in front of Zhai Shuo, took out the silver long sword in the box, and handed it to Fan Qiuheng. After Fan Qiuheng took the sword, he pulled out the long sword with a "swish". At the moment when the long sword was unsheathed, everyone felt a silver light shoot out, shooting towards the point where the sword was pointing. At this moment, the sword pointed at the sky, that is, the silver light also shot into the air. A silver light shot into the air, what could be thought of in this situation?

"White Rainbow Running Through the Sun?" Nie Sanjiang couldn't help but say these four words.

Yes, it's indeed a white rainbow. The scene of the white rainbow piercing the sun is rare in the world, and everyone was stunned by this scene of Fang Cai.

"Master Fan, how about this sword?" Zhai Qianqian suddenly asked.

Fan Qiuheng pondered for a long time before slowly replying: "In today's world, I'm afraid that there is no sword that can be compared with this sword, this sword is comparable to the ancient sword!" Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that Fan Qiuheng is a person who loves swords like life, and has seen countless famous swords, and every time he sees a famous sword, he can't help but praise it. Such a person actually said at this moment, "There is no sword in the world that can be compared with this sword", which shows that the sword in his hand is indeed a peerless sword. After hearing the words "Ancient Divine Sword", Zhai Qianqian couldn't help but laugh out loud and said, "Have you heard it? Ancient Divine Sword! If this sword is not an artifact, how can it be compared with the Ancient Divine Sword?" Fan Qiuheng shook his head thoughtfully, and said in his mouth: "This sword is indeed a peerless sword, but it does not match the rumors・・・・・・ Nie Sanjiang on the side reacted very quickly, and when he heard Fan Qiuheng say this, he immediately asked: "Master Fan, what is inconsistent?" Fan Qiuheng retracted the long sword into the sheath and carefully stroked the silver long sword in his hand with his hand. From the scabbard to the hilt, and from the hilt to the end of the scabbard, finally, Fan Qiuheng said in a deep tone: "This sword is definitely not an ancient artifact, but a peerless sword that was born not long ago!" Nie Sanjiang hurriedly asked: "Everyone has seen the silver light that shot into the sky, if this sword is not an artifact, how can it shoot silver light?" Fan Qiu said: "What Mr. Nie said is good, ordinary swords can't shine any light, so it can be seen that this sword is indeed a treasure, but it is not an ancient artifact!" Nie Sanjiang was still a little puzzled, and was about to ask the reason again, but was preempted by many people from the rivers and lakes present.

I only heard everyone asking: "There was obviously a Dao light just now, how could it not be an artifact? Master Fan couldn't be mistaken, right?" "Master Fan, why isn't this sword an artifact?" Master Fan, you have never seen an artifact, and now that you have seen a real artifact, you will naturally not recognize it・・・・・・・" Facing so many people's doubts, Fan Qiuheng was very angry, thinking that he had seen countless famous swords in his life, and people in the rivers and lakes knew that he was a person who knew swords. However, at the moment, they are doubting themselves, and this move is clearly a great insult to their lives. As the head of a faction, how could he bear such a great insult in front of everyone? Thinking of this, Fan Qiuheng immediately clenched the hilt of his sword, intending to pull it out. It's a pity that as soon as he exerted his strength, the right hand used to draw the sword was tightly held by a thick palm. With such a grip, the sword in his hand could no longer be drawn. Fan Qiuheng couldn't help but turn his gaze to the owner of that palm. It turned out that the person was Nie Sanjiang. At the same time, his hand was empty, and the peerless sword suddenly left his hand. Fan Qiuheng was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly checked where the sword went, it turned out that the sword was in the hands of Nie Sanjiang.