Chapter 23: Acacia

Revisiting the past is like tearing open a scabbed wound and reliving the pain of yesterday. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe emotions that have been buried in my heart for 18 years are pouring out and gushing out today.

The seventy-year-old man spoke slowly, but tears flowed from his distracted eyes until they dried up, and the silence was deep and the grief was so deep.

The most cruel punishment in the world is probably the years, the passage of time will not take away the regret and pain in the heart, but will intensify day by day, repeat it in the heart over and over again, and finally pass away with the passing of life.

Xiao Wu is still young, and he has not experienced a real separation of life and death, but when he sees the fragile side of the strong old man in the past, his heart is still infected by the old man's emotions, which is an indescribable emotional resonance. Sitting next to Li Jue, Xiao Wu held Li Jue's palm like a withered branch, as if he could use this to transmit a trace of strength to the old man.

Listening to Li Qi intermittently, sometimes silent for a long time, sometimes telling about the past, the old servant of the family hid outside the hall with red eyes, and Xiao Wu and Yan Zhao listened quietly in the hall.

In a short time, the originally dark night was torn open, and the misty light seeped in.

Li Qi's mood was much soothed, and he noticed the white of the fish belly on the horizon, and said to Xiao Wu and the others.

"I'm sorry for listening to my old man's chatter all night. ”

"Grandpa Li is polite, the two of us are people who practice martial arts, and it won't get in the way if we don't sleep all night, but you still have to let go of the past, the great sadness is hurtful again, I think Mrs. Zun and Gongzi Quanxia don't want you to be like this. ”

Seeing Xiao Wu's persuasion, Yan Zhao also echoed the same words.

"Yes, my brother is right, the boss should take care of his health. ”

With a hint of a smile, Li Qi said.

"You two people listen to me, and the burden of the old decay for more than ten years is also loose. ”

As he spoke, he picked up his sword.

"Little martial artist, I hope you can accept this sword. ”

"Grandpa Li, why did you mention this again, kid······"

Xiao Wu was about to refuse, but Li Jue interrupted him.

"The old decay was confused back then, and it was a big mistake, a big mistake that cannot be unrecovered in this life. Now the only thing that can make the old man worry is the people of Beiguo City, this city that Neizi also loves. Therefore, the old man wants to ask the young man to be able to hold this sword, and return the people of Beiguo to a bright future. ”

"But ······"

"This sword is just a dead thing, and what the old man remembers in his heart does not need to use this thing to hang, but if the young man can hold this sword to avenge the people who died in vain in my Beiguo City, it will be of greater significance to the old man. At that time, Neizi used this sword to clear a radius of 100 miles, and hoped that Shaoxia could make this Gongzhou reappear the edge of this sword. ”

Li Qi stood up solemnly, holding the long sword in both hands. Xiao Wu hurriedly stood up, but his expression was still hesitant. Suddenly, Yan Zhao beside him raised his big hand and patted it on Xiao Wu's shoulder, and the rough voice sounded again.

"Brother, take it!"

Xiao Wu looked at Yan Zhao, who looked serious, and then at Li Qi, who had firm eyes, and immediately straightened his body, bowed down and took the long sword with both hands.

"Thank you for the sword from your predecessors, Xiao Wu will definitely hold this sword and return Gongzhou to a peace. ”

"Good!"

Taking the sword, Xiao Wu's fingertips lightly swiped the sword body, making a clear sound, the light swayed, and there were two seal characters engraved under the sword, the name of the sword - Acacia.

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In the blink of an eye, it was the early morning of the next day, and the whole day yesterday was calm, and the people in the city were still living their own lives, and there was no resistance to the order of the county bookkeeper not to go out of the city these days, but Niu Ji, who was originally prosperous at the entrance of the market, picked up a white paper lantern, and when he passed by the door, he occasionally heard the crying of the Niu couple.

Prison in the city.

In the deepest part of the prison, in a cell made of stainless steel, the "female ghost" is locked by twelve consecutive locks, half-suspended in the air.

This ordinary cell shackle can't trap a martial arts person with true qi, so that this chain lock appears.

Legend has it that at the time of the two Jin Dynasty, the imperial court asked the descendants of Lu Ban to carefully develop a shackle specifically to deal with people in the martial arts, which is the origin of the chain lock. And this "female ghost" is just the most ordinary twelve rings, which lock the neck, pipa bones, waist, elbows, knees, wrists and ankles, and then wrap the chains between the rings, which is difficult for ordinary people to escape.

However, even if this thing is the most ordinary chain lock, it is also a complicated process, and it cannot be made by non-skilled craftsmen. I don't need it on weekdays, and it doesn't come in handy until today.

Xiao Wu stood outside the prison door, looked at the unconscious woman in front of him and said.

"Don't pretend, your breathing has been disturbed since I stepped in here. ”

Seeing that Xiao Wu saw through it, the woman no longer concealed it, and turned to look at Xiao Wu with hatred.

"What are you doing here, do you want to see how embarrassed I am!"

"Heh, how can the master have that idleness. I'm here today to ask where is your grandmother's nest, and what is she doing?"

"Phew, do you think the old lady will tell you that if you let me go now, I can still ask my grandmother to intercede and release you, or when my grandmother comes to look for me, you will not die a good death!"

Xiao Wu was not angry, but his face was covered with frost.

"A prisoner should look like a prisoner, just like if you pretend to be a ghost, you will pretend to be a ghost for the rest of your life, and once you are exposed to broad daylight, your soul will be gone. ”

"You!"

A sneer hung on the corner of Xiao Wu's mouth.

"And why did you decide that grandma would eat me, even if she is an old monster, she is just a seriously injured and wasted person, and the master is afraid that she will not succeed!"

The woman didn't answer, she just stared at Xiao Wu viciously, if her eyes could kill, Xiao Wu would have died countless times at this time.

"By the way, you won't have a chance to go out anyway, so I'll give you another piece of news. I went to the broken temple to investigate you is the idea of the general soldier of Hezhou Wei Chen, and the iron-faced god Chen Zixiu will arrive tomorrow, I want to see what waves your grandma can make. ”

Hearing this, the woman was startled and immediately shouted.

He said that as long as grandma didn't enter Gongzhou, he wouldn't trouble grandma, how dare he break his word!"

!!!

Xiao Wu was suddenly shocked, this he was ······ Chen Zhao!?

It's just that it's not appropriate to ask questions at the moment, Xiao Wu's face does not change.

"Your grandmother has something, she dares to negotiate conditions with us Mr. Chen, and she deserves to negotiate conditions with us Mr. Chen. ”

"Isn't he afraid of the anger of the eldest master, can he bear the anger of the eldest master! Others don't know the prestige of the great lord of Montenegro, and he doesn't know either!"

Montenegro!

Xiao Wu suddenly remembered that Lao Jiu was crazy at that time, and he mentioned the so-called Black Mountain Lord at that time, but Xiao Wu didn't care about it at that time, and now that this woman mentioned it, he remembered it.

At the moment, I secretly said in my heart.

"So Chen Zhao has always known about the existence of his grandmother, but because this Montenegrin lord can't intervene, but why have I never heard of this person's reputation, so it's difficult that the source of everything is him?"

Seeing that the woman was lost and depressed, Xiao Wu continued to pretend to say.

"We, Lord Chen, are naturally very sure to deal with Black Mountain, so we will order me to do something to you, you won't really be stupid enough to think that we just met by chance. Tell me, what else do you know, if you have any useful information, Master Chen may spare your life. ”

The woman's mouth was babbling, not knowing what she was saying, as if she was going crazy.

In fact, she was deceived by Xiao Wu's words several times, not because her brain was too stupid, but because she couldn't do kung fu at home.

That grandma's Yin and Evil Dead Wood Dafa only passed on her Yin and Evil Method, which is the method of cannibalizing the brain, and this kind of evil way is the most hurtful and confusing people's minds. The longer she practiced, the more obedient, irritable, and moody she became, this woman's kung fu was not deep, and she was greedy for life and afraid of death.

Xiao Wu saw that she looked crazy, and understood that she couldn't ask anything in a short time, and the temptation just now, the situation that the woman unintentionally said, Xiao Wu also had to digest it well.

Turned around and walked out of the prison, walking slowly down the street, the situation about Hezhou Wei in his mind seemed to be connected into a line, but it was like a mess, mixed together.

Xiao Wu, who was immersed in his own thoughts, didn't notice that an official messenger was coming towards him, and the official messenger was also a young man dressed as a scholar beside him, and he didn't pay attention to what was in front of him. The two of them collided together with a bang, and the official was immediately knocked to the ground by Xiao Wu's protective true qi.

Xiao Wu, who came back to his senses, hurriedly stepped forward and helped the official messenger up.

"This big brother, I'm really embarrassed, it's all because I got distracted and bumped into the big brother. ”

The official wanted to scold a few words, but after a closer look, he found that it was Xiao Wu, so he didn't scold, and said instead.

"It's okay, it's okay. Don't be polite to young people, and blame me for walking without looking at the road. ”

Xiao Wu laughed, turned to see the scholar next to him who was chained, and couldn't help asking.

"This bad brother, this is ······"

"Ah, Shaoxia, you don't know, this scholar doesn't know what to do, the county bookkeeper originally ordered the city to be closed, this person wanted to enter the city and said that he was here to collect the debt, and we kindly let him into the city. As a result, he was going to go out of the city again, and asked him what he was doing out of the city, and he said that he was going to spend the night outside the city in a broken temple, and you know that the broken temple is haunted, so we wanted to stop him, but he did not listen to persuasion. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the chain in the scholar's hand.

"I didn't lock him up and take him to the county bookkeeper, not to punish him, but I can't see that he gave his life in vain. ”

Xiao Wu looked at the scholar's stubborn expression, and thought in his heart.

(To be continued)