Chapter Twenty-Three: The Mysterious Beauty
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On this day, everyone crossed the Huai River and marched to a three-way intersection in Dingyuan County, Jiang Shuyuan raised his hand to beckon everyone to stop the horse, and everyone really stopped the horse, rolled the saddle and dismounted.
The three-way intersection is located in a remote hilly area, surrounded by dead trees and sparse forests, and pieces of fallen leaves are falling in the cold autumn wind, Butu didn't understand the meaning of Jiang Su's wish, and couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Jiang Daxia, why did you stop?"
Jiang Shuyuan didn't answer him immediately, but looked at a small hotel with wine flags flying in the corner of the woods, and after looking for a while, he pointed to the three-way intersection in front of him and explained to everyone; Everyone, please see, there is a three-way intersection in front, a road on the left can lead to Fengyang Mansion, the hometown of our emperor's ancestors, a road in the middle leads directly to the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and then cross the river to reach Jinling City, a road on the right detours to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and then cross the east of Anhui into Zhejiang Province, you can reach Hangzhou, so we are going to part ways here, in the next and Jian Gongzi and Qu Girl will go straight to Jinling City from the middle of this road, Meng Gongzi you have to find the upper river from the right side of the river to cross the eastern border of Anhui, and then enter the western part of Zhejiang Province to reach Hangzhou, and then go to visit Caiyunfangγ At this point, he looked back at everyone and said for a long time, "There is a small hotel next to the woods in front, so let's go and have a farewell drink." β
Everyone's mood suddenly fell, and they all followed Jiang Shuyuan to the hotel in frustration, and when they arrived at the door of the hotel, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted the door, and Jiang Shuyuan instructed the shopkeeper to ask Xiao Er to feed the horses and livestock enough water and forage, and then order some wine and food.
As soon as everyone rushed into the hotel, the store saw that there were many of them, so they put together several tables, and everyone sat down in order around the big table.
Everyone sat silently, did not serve the wine bowl, did not speak, a period of time together, like-minded, heart-to-heart, has been branded in the depths of everyone's hearts indelible memory, especially the desert grassland children, broad-minded, simple temperament, especially emotional, Jiang Shuyuan saw this, hurriedly picked up the wine bowl and saluted everyone; "There is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, and today is also a temporary farewell ......"
No one served the wine bowl, everyone looked at him stunned with strange eyes, Ruolin Gongzi's eyes were still full of tears, the prodigal son of course understood everyone's mood, smiled embarrassedly, Ji'er let out a long sigh, picked up the wine bowl alone and drank it on his back and drank it slowly; Ladies and gentlemen, I know that everyone's mood is very sad, in the next ten years, wandering, full of loneliness and loneliness, the most understanding, the most cherished feelings between friends, in the next and Jian Gongzi and Qu girl in Jinling City, Meng Gongzi, you go to Hangzhou Caiyunfang to repair the Hanjiang map, you can immediately go to Jinling City Liugong Mansion to find you, then we will meet again?"
When everyone heard Jiang Shuyuan say this, their mood suddenly brightened, so they all picked up the wine bowls to toast each other, Ruolin kept toasting to Jian Nanhong, although he had a smile on his face, he still couldn't hide the sad expression of loss and melancholy, and there were some girls who looked stingy.
Qu Ling'er saw Ruolin constantly toasting to Jian Nanhong, knowing that he was in a sad mood, and was afraid that he and Jian Nanhong would drink in a moment's spirit, so she hurriedly picked up the wine bowl and saluted Ruolin, "The handsome son of the desert, although you and I have not known each other for a long time, we have a special relationship with each other, and the breakup is imminent, and the little sister's mood is indescribably uncomfortable......"
"Sister, I feel the same way...... Ruolin picked up the wine bowl and clinked glasses with her, and then drank it on his back, his voice a little choked.
Jian Nanhong picked up the wine bowl and took the opportunity to say to Meng Di and the others, "Friends, the students and Brother Jiang are in the Liuyi Mansion in Jinling City, you go to Hangzhou City to visit Caiyunfang, if everything goes well, come to Jinling City to meet with the students again, if there is any trouble, send someone to the Liuyi Mansion in Jinling City to inform the students and Jiang Brother Tai." β
After a few bowls of wine between each other, the dark clouds on everyone's faces were dispelled at once, their emotions recovered happily, and the wine began to drink refreshingly.
After Butu finished toasting Jian Nanhong, he picked up the wine bowl and poured it full of wine to Jiang Shuyuan, and asked by the way, "The Central Plains is vast and vast, Jiang Daxia seems to be very familiar with the mountains and rivers in the Central Plains?"
Jiang Shuyuan also picked up the bowl and gestured in return, and then replied with a faint smile; At the beginning of the next year, although he had to be rescued by a foreign teacher, but his mind and body were decadent, and he finally just wanted to die, and the teacher did not persuade him, and he gave him a drink and drank in the next place, that is, he kept wandering around, from the surging sea to the vast Gobi, from the silver-white snowy scenery of the Western Regions to the Miao Yi alien land in southern Xinjiang in the olive groves, and kept walking, it was strange to say, witnessing the beautiful mountains and rivers in the world, strange peaks and dangerous mountains, and his mind gradually opened up, and there was no longer the idea of lightening his body......"
Everyone listened quietly to Jiang Shuyuan's self-description, and they all knew that his life was full of mysterious legends, although he had experienced ups and downs, but he was well-informed and full of romantic journeys.
"Wow-" Without waiting for Jiang to finish speaking, Qu Ling'er became excited and clapped her hands and shouted, "Brother Jiang, you must take your little sister to see the famous mountains and holy waters in the world, this girl will follow you to the ends of the earth in this life." β
Everyone couldn't help laughing, Ruolin even laughed so much that tears dripped from her eyes, and she couldn't help but tease Jiang Shuyuan, "Congratulations, Jiang Daxia, with such a beautiful and lively chivalrous woman, you are destined to never be lonely again in this life." β
Everyone was making fun of the room, suddenly from the outside of the hotel sounded a rapid sound of horses' hooves, the sound of horses' hooves was light and crisp and loud, such as the edge of the sky bursts of hidden thunder, everyone suddenly stopped laughing, sideways ears to listen, from the speed of the horse's hooves and the span between the gallop can be distinguished, these horses are excellent horses, and the knights are also superb riding skills and martial arts masters, this is a well-trained iron horse Jingo force.
The sound of horses' hooves gradually galloped closer, everyone was curious for a while, and couldn't help but scramble out of the hotel door to watch, the dust was raised on the hilly ground in the distance, and three tall jujube red horses galloped head-on, but they were three heroic women dressed as heroes, and the first young chivalrous woman in the middle was the first young chivalrous woman, with oval peach cheeks, bright eyes, pink goose feather strong suit, beautiful and heroic.
Everyone's eyes lit up, and they almost couldn't help exhaling, and three jujube red fast horses galloped past everyone's side, and everyone's eyes looked at their backs as they gradually moved away.
Everyone has not come back to their senses, the sound of horses' hooves is loud again, and the horse team behind them galloped forward, and the knights are all young and heroic young warriors, dragon-shaped hair crown bundle hair, a huge light topaz plate in front of the forehead, engraved with a colorful phoenix pattern, cooked skin and shoulders, these knights are almost out of a pattern, handsome and agile, cold and strong.
The attire and temperament of these horse team powerhouses can be called first-class, comparable to the Imperial Guards of the Forbidden Golden City, where did this noble sect come from? Everyone was about to blurt out praise, but the words came to their mouths but they couldn't make a sound, because the many black horses were surrounded by stars and moons, which was particularly dazzling, the white horse was majestic and high-spirited, snow-white, and flashed with a crystal ice-like luster, but the eyes of the white horse were red, like a brilliant ruby, everyone had seen the jade rabbit white horse of Nanxiu Gongzi, snow-white without a single miscellaneous hair, it was already a god in the world, but compared with this white horse, it was inferior.
On the white horse sat a tall chivalrous woman, apricot yellow embroidered dress, apricot yellow cloak and cloak, wearing a silver silk woven hat on her head, covered with a veil scarf, her appearance could not be seen clearly, but through the veil, she could see her eyes clearly, that pair of round and big eyes, bright and spiritual, clear as a flood of autumn water, dark eyes and pupils actually have a glow Venus flashing, full of nobility and gorgeous, but with a pure and sassy heroic posture, anyone as long as they take a look at this pair of eyes, will be unforgettable for a lifetime, this is a pair of the most beautiful eyes in the worldγ
Everyone's eyes widened, their mouths opened, they almost didn't believe their eyes, almost suspected that they were in a dream, the horse team was galloping, and in an instant they wiped away from everyone's side, and there was an old thin knight behind the white horse heroine, who turned around and quickly looked at everyone, just a momentary glance, and then turned around and went away with the horse team.
The horse team has disappeared without a trace, and the dust raised is gradually dissipating, and everyone is still looking at the direction where the horse team team disappeared, and they can't come back to their senses for a long time, but Ruolin exclaimed, "There is such a beautiful woman in the Central Plains, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, I can't believe that there will be such a beautiful person in the world!"
Only then did everyone come back to their senses, and they were all amazed, Jian Nanhong and Jiang Shuyuan seemed to remember something, and exclaimed to each other almost at the same time, "That old man just now is the Yin Sorrow that Tianweimen has seen!"
Everyone also speculated about what kind of person the white horse apricot and yellow fairy and her horse team were just now, Jiang Shuyuan smiled and smiled; Don't speculate any more, to tell you the truth, just now the horse team is the Phoenix Sect in Anhui Province, the Central Plains, the Phoenix Sect is alone, does not interact with any sect, is a mysterious sect, but its origin and origin no one knows, and from the perspective of its subordinate clothing and temperament, it should be a noble and rich sect, just now the apricot yellow fairy riding a white horse is the first of the three major martial arts princesses in the world, Princess Tianxiang, and her mount is a peerless and rare god in the Xiaoji, because the whole body hair color is snow-white, without half a trace of miscellaneous hair, and it flashes with ice-like transparent brilliance, and the eyes are more like rubies, so the name is called'Saixue Lingzhu', the sacred horse grew up in the deep ice and snow of the Western Regions, and I once saw a Tibetan king riding such a sacred horse there......"
When Qu Ling'er heard this, she couldn't help but interject and asked, "There are legends on the rivers and lakes that there are four princes, how can there be three major martial arts princesses?"
Jiang Shuyuan slowly explained, "There are also legends of the three major martial arts princesses on the rivers and lakes, their names are on a par with the four princes, the three princesses are Princess Tianxiang, Princess Yanxiang, Princess Leng Xiang, just now the princess Tianxiang lives in the Phoenix Sect, no one knows her name, the rivers and lakes call her the Phoenix Girl, there is also a sect leader in the Phoenix Sect called Hua Zhiqiao, the people in the rivers and lakes call the 'Jade Girl Begonia', and people affectionately call her ' Begonia Sect Master', legend has it that martial arts are superb, but no one has ever fought with them, and they don't know the depth of their martial arts. β
Jian Nanhong couldn't help but say, "The legend should be true, it seems that the master of the previous life is also a member of the Phoenix Sect, so it can be imagined that they must be a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in their sect, and the masters are like clouds." β
Qu Ling'er said again, "That Phoenix sister is as beautiful as a fairy, so beautiful, noble and Yonghua, I can't believe that she has peerless martial arts?"
Jiang Shuyuan clapped his hands and said, "The world is so big, there are no surprises, don't talk about it anymore, let's go in and drink our wine." β
Everyone agreed, and slowly moved into the hotel and sat back in their original positions, in fact, everyone's eyes flashed with the shadow of the pair of eyes just now, reminiscing about the mysterious beauty.
It was boring to continue drinking, Jiang Shuyuan saw this, so he stood up and said goodbye to everyone with a wine bowl; "Everyone, it's not early, let's break up here, this bowl of wine is full of respects to you, please take care, the trip to Hangzhou is smooth sailing!"
Jian Nanhong also stood up, holding a wine bowl and saluting Meng Di and the others, "Meng Gongzi, Ruolin Gongzi and all friends, I wish you a successful trip to Hangzhou, and we will see you in Jinling City!"
Mundy and the others also stood up, holding wine bowls, and cherished each other's farewells.
Everyone walked out of the hotel and untied the reins of their mounts, Ruolin looked at Qu Ling'er while untying the reins, and said, "Miss Qu, I really can't bear you to break up so soon." β
Qu Ling'er smiled and said, "If you are a child, don't worry, even in the future, the little sister will wander the world with the prodigal brother, and specially come to the desert grassland to visit you." β
Everyone stepped on the carved saddle of their mounts together, hugged each other's fists and saluted goodbye, and then parted ways, waving their hands and set off, Jian Nanhong, Jiang Shuyuan, Qu Ling'er and the three took the middle road of the three-way intersection to go, and Meng Di and the others went to the right road of the three-way intersection.
On the shore of the Bohai Sea, the sea breeze howls and rolls, the waves roll and hit the reef on the shore with a huge roar, the moon is dusk, and a huge sea boat, with its sails, quickly leans to the shore.
The ship docked on the shore, and the sailors on board quickly stretched out the gangplank from the side of the ship, and the ship quickly and silently rushed down two hundred wrestlers, lined up in a square formation on the beach on the shore, and each drew out his sword and stuck it on the beach, and then knelt on one leg and supported it with his sword.
In the dim moonlight, it can be seen from the clothes and costumes of the two hundred wrestlers that these wrestlers are Fuso samurai from the island country of Toei, and they bow their heads and wait as if to send someone off.
Stepping out of the boat was a young samurai, his steps firm and steady, but light as if he were barely stepping on a gangplank, and the young samurai, with a wide heavy sword on his back, crossed the phalanx of the samurai, raised his hand and waved it behind him, signaling the samurai to go back, and then without looking back, he climbed straight up the hill on the shore.
The samurai quickly removed the phalanx and retreated to the sea boats, which set sail and sailed out into the vast sea.
The young warrior has stepped up the mountain peak, and there are already several people waiting for him on the peak, led by a gray-clothed scribe, standing proudly, silently watching the young warrior, the young warrior's cold eyes meet the gray-clothed scribe, and in the dark night, the warrior's eyes are like lightning.
The gray-clothed scribe lowered his eyelids, looking at the young samurai, the young samurai's body was straight, the muscles and tendons were tenacious, strong and vigorous, a scarlet Dongying samurai shirt, open chest, on the chest was a painted embroidery pattern of a wolf looking at the sky and howling, the fine brush was detailed, lifelike, the eyebrows were tightly locked, the eyes flashed, and a white silk ribbon unique to the Dongying samurai was tied on his forehead, his face was cold and ruthless, carrying a heavy sword, fierce and agile, and murderous.
The gray-clothed scribe raised his hand and said with a simple courtesy, "In front of the Lower Heavenly Demon Mystery Palace, order the 'Heaven Hating Guest' Qu Lingfei to welcome the return of the Venerable Wang Jian's 'Blood Wolf Prince' from overseas, and the alliance list you want has been prepared for you." After speaking, he took out a thin sheepskin from his bosom, held it in both hands, and respectfully presented it to the 'Blood Wolf Prince' whom he called, and the thin sheepskin was densely written with words.
The young warrior in the scarlet shirt is actually the blood wolf son of the world's great prince who is famous at home and abroad, he has practiced swords in the overseas Dongying Island country for ten years, and the heavy sword on his back is a collection of famous swords cast by several countries, known as ' Wulin King Sword', he fought all over the world in the Dongying Island Country, and was regarded as a sword saint by Dongying Wulin, the wolf howl on his chest was painted by the princess of Dongying King, when the Wulin King Sword he carried was cast, the blood wolf boy held the sword for the first time, and three hundred ninja warriors instantly fell into a pool of blood, what a domineering sword! His name in the Dongying country, even children dare not cry at night when they hear it.
The Blood Wolf Master looked indifferently at the alliance list in the other party's hand, did not stretch out his hand to take it, and asked coldly, "Why do Your Excellency and the Ling Palace Master want to help?"
'Hating Heaven Guest' Qu Lingfei snorted lightly before replying, "The lord and your Excellency have suffered the same thing, they have been framed by these so-called famous and decent families, and they have a deep blood feud, and they swear not to share the sky, and the name on the alliance list is the murderer who persecuted Your Excellency Ling Xianzun and Xianshimen back then. β
The Blood Wolf Boy stretched out his hand to take the alliance sheet, reading it carefully, his tightly knit brows and the ridges at the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, after the tour, he took the alliance sheet into his arms, his eyes fell on the boundless night, he stood still, the outline of his body and every edge on his face were like a knife cutting and chiseling, and the fortitude was ruthless.
'Heaven Hateer' Qu Lingfei quietly left with his subordinates.
In the early morning, the peaks of Laoshan Mountain, a faint mist and light smoke filled the mountains and forests, which was extraordinarily quiet, and the blood wolf boy walked on the stone road of the path between the peaks and trees.
Turning a forest, a wooden pavilion appeared in front of him, there were a few Jianghu guests sitting in the wooden pavilion with swords on their backs, they were looking at it from a high age, enjoying the vast morning mist scenery of the peaks, they suddenly found a stranger outside the wooden pavilion, they couldn't help but look over together, when they saw the stranger's clothes clearly, they were even more surprised and sighed.
A middle-aged Jianghu guest raised the skin bag in his hand and shouted to the stranger, "Hey, Dongying people, come into the pavilion to rest and have a drink!"
Another young man looked at the stranger and muttered, "These Dongying people are really strange, why do the sleeves only reach the elbows of the upper arms?
The Blood Wolf Boy didn't look at them, and turned a deaf ear to their words, and walked over to the side of the wooden pavilion to continue walking, and there was a mocking laugh from those Jianghu guests behind him, "The Dongying people really have a mouse pattern on their chests, and they are indeed pretending to be hunters as the fifth brother said. β
The majestic Taoist palace of Taiqing Palace was already close in front of him, the eyebrows and corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his eyes flashed with a painful expression that he tried to hide but could not hide, he recalled the past scene by scene, and the memories of the past often made his heart tremble.
An elderly Taoist with white hair and a bright head wearing a cyan Taoist robe, eight sets of bast shoes, and a muntjac tail whisk dust in his hand, walked over to the blood wolf boy, and when he was a foot away, the old Taoist chief stopped, stretched out one arm and said, "Amitayus Buddha!"
The Blood Wolf Boy had already seen the appearance of the old Taoist Master clearly, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on his knees, and kept kowtowing and saying, "Say hello to the Taiqing Daoist! β
Daoist Taiqing lifted up the blood wolf boy with one arm, and said lightly, "Childe doesn't have to take it to heart, please get up quickly." After picking up the blood wolf prince, the Taiqing Daoist's gaze stopped on the wolf howl embroidery pattern on his open chest, and continued, "The artifact on the chest of the prince should be the authentic Gongbi Danqing art that came out of the royal family of the Fusang Kingdom of Dongying, and it can be favored by the royal family of the Fusang Kingdom of Dongying, and the prince should continue to stay there for further study, should not come back?"
The Blood Wolf Boy smiled lightly and asked rhetorically, "Does the Dao Chief know that he will come back next?"
Taiqing Daoist shook the dust whisk in his hand, and replied with a faceless face, "I don't know, but as soon as Gongzi stepped into Laoshan Mountain, the majestic domineering and murderous intent exuded from Gongzi's body and Wang Jian's hungry blood-purifying whine, Poor Dao has sensed it, when is the time for retribution, and Gongzi should turn back." β
"Dao Chiefβ" The Blood Wolf Princess, a little excited, immediately pleaded, "Is the blood feud between the Ancestor Venerable and the Ancestor Father end here?
Taiqing Dao Chang sighed heavily, "Everywhere Wang Jian went, the jade was cracked, so that the Central Plains Martial Arts was only afraid that the blood waves were monstrous, and the souls were crying all over the field, but I didn't expect that the momentary compassionate thoughts of the poor Dao back then would actually cause today's catastrophe......" Before he finished speaking, a noisy voice interrupted his words.
A few Jianghu guests who were resting in the wooden pavilion just now swaggered over, they came to the Taiqing Daoist and the Blood Wolf Prince, and looked at the Daoist and the Blood Wolf Prince, one of the Jianghu guests laughed wildly at the Blood Wolf Boy and said, "Dongying people pretending to be hunters, do you want to use the stupid guy on your back to fight the old Taoist?"
Several charlatans also let out a mocking laugh.
Daoist Taiqing looked at them in a daze, and only after they finished laughing did he ask, "What advice do you have for coming to our temple?"
The middle-aged Jianghu guest squinted at the Taiqing Daoist and replied, "Of course the Daoist is forgetful, ten years ago, the ancestor died in the hands of the Taoist, and in the past ten years, he has worked hard and tried his courage in the future, and he came here today to avenge the shame of the ancestor." β
Taiqing Daoist was silent, shook the dust and replied softly, "The strong man misunderstood, Ling Xianshi and Poor Dao as martial arts peers, exchange and learn skills from each other, Yinzheng martial arts in nature, Poor Dao as a monk, compassion, will never miss to hurt Ling Xianshi, in fact, Ling Xianshi is arrogant, competitive, he is after the setback, self-pity, hurt in his own complaints. β
The middle-aged Jianghu guest laughed strangely, "Okay, old Taoist, you still make excuses to quibble, and today you are going to take your old life to pay tribute to the dead in heaven of the ancestor in the next one." As he spoke, he drew his sword from behind his back and started his hand.
"You and other cockroaches, dare to spread wild in front of the Taiqing Palace, lie down for me!" The blood wolf boy spit out a sentence softly, the voice was not loud, but it was sonorous and loud, and the sound full of metal penetrated the hearts of every Jianghu guest.
A young Jianghu guest jumped up and shouted, "Ho, the Dongying people who pretend to be hunters, you still have a temper?......" Before he finished speaking, he was already dumbfounded, because at this time, the thick eyebrows of the Dongying people were raised, and the eyes were electric, and the Yamato samurai shirt unique to Dongying actually puffed up on its own without wind, and the scarlet color suddenly became more vivid and dazzling, and a fierce domineering and murderous intent emanated from his body.
All the guests felt a chill on their backs, their hair stood on end, and they involuntarily took two steps back.
"Wait-" Seeing this, Taiqing Daoist immediately shouted, took two steps back, stared at the blood wolf boy and said slowly, "Childe's blood feud Poor Dao can't stop it, but Poor Dao has a request, there is a wrong, there is a debtor, I beg Gongzi to only find your enemy's opponent, don't harm the innocent, I hope that Gongzi will read the situation that Poor Dao once rescued, and agree to Poor Dao's request, don't kill innocents indiscriminately!" As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly slapped the dust in his hand on the top of his skull, and with a muffled sound, he fell to the ground with a bang.
It was too late for the Blood Wolf to come to the rescue, Taiqing Daoist fell to the ground on his back, blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth, nose and eyes, and ear holes, and he had already died, and he used all his life skills to crush his head.
The Blood Wolf Boy knelt in front of the body of the Taiqing Dao Chief, and sighed deeply, "Dao Chief, why are you so troubled, I will agree to any of your orders, your old man needs to do this......
A young Jianghu guest whispered to a middle-aged Jianghu guest, "Big brother, we should go! The enemy family is dead, what are you doing here?"
The middle-aged Jianghu guest also replied in a hurry and whispered, "Big brother also wants to leave, but somehow he can't lift his legs and feet......"
The Blood Wolf Boy turned his head, looked at a few Jianghu guests, and said softly, "You should be grateful to the dead Taiqing Daoist, and you can go back." β
As if they had received amnesty, a few Jianghu guests immediately pulled out their legs and ran away in a swarm.