Xiao Yunxi lives in a bamboo forest outside Kyoto, and they follow a small stream, and before they enter the bamboo forest, a person blocks the road. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The man was dark-skinned, holding a long knife in his arms, leaning on the bamboo, and squinting at Nangong Yu. Nangong Yu remembered that Song Ming had said that his name was Xiao Daozang, and he was also a Dongying warrior, so he somehow appeared here.

Xiao Yunxi said: "What do you have to do with Xiao Dao Jun?" Xiao Dao Zang sneered: "It's not about Mr. Blind Sword, it's this person I want to challenge." Niwa-kun is injured and has been taken advantage of by him, and I want him to know how powerful the real Toei samurai is. Nangong Yu smiled slightly, and was about to speak, Xiao Yunxi said first: "Xiao Daojun, let's find another time, not today." Xiao Daozang said: "Why? Are you afraid that he will lose?" Xiao Yunxi said lightly: "He is my guest, and this is also my door." I don't want anything to disturb our eating and drinking. Kojima Kura smiled, "I can take him a little farther away before I do it." Xiao Yunxi shook his head and said, "No, not today." Kojima said: "He's just a coward who bullies the wounded, Xiao Jun, why do you want to protect him." ”

Nangong Yu was annoyed and said, "Brother Xiao, I'll go with him." Xiao Yunxi said: "Now it's not just you and him, he is making noise at my doorstep, please leave it to me to deal with." After speaking, he said to Kojima Kuro: "As the host, I have the obligation to ensure that the guests are not harassed, Kojima-kun, please don't say insults again, strength is not spoken, please go back." ”

Xiao Daozang let out a "hey", took out a bushido and pointed at Nangong Yu, and said, "I want to see what strength he has! How can my Great Dongying Empire be insulted by this Han dog!" The faces of the two changed, Xiao Yunxi suddenly took a step forward, and immediately gave birth to a compelling momentum, and said in a deep voice: "I am also Han, who are you scolding?" Xiao Daozang also felt speechless, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Blind Sword, don't misunderstand, I only target Nangong Yu." Xiao Yunxi suddenly grasped the hilt of the sword and said, "I'll ask one last time, are you sure you want to draw the sword at my door?"

Xiao Daozang obviously felt his murderous aura, if Xiao Yunxi also pulled out his knife, it would be an approved duel, and life and death would be a matter of destiny. He hesitated again and again, gritted his teeth, put his sword back into its sheath, and said to Nangong Yu: "We'll see." With that, he turned and left. When he walked away, Xiao Yunxi said: "Next time I deal with this kind of coward, Brother Nangong will not be merciful, I just hope that it will not affect the interest of Brother Tai." Nangong Yu smiled: "Of course not, Brother Xiao, please." ”

The two entered a bamboo forest, where there was a stream with a wooden bridge over it, and on the opposite side of the bridge was a delicate wooden house. Surrounded by bamboo forests, the wooden houses are clean and elegant. There is a stone table in the small courtyard with three dishes on the table, and a beautiful young woman in a coarse cloth kimono walks out of the house with three jugs of sake in a tray in her hand. Xiao Yunxi smiled and said, "Qing'er, we're back." ”

That young woman was none other than Princess Zhu Qing of Kangning. At this time, she has long lost the princess's shelf, and has changed from a pampered 'Chitose' to an ordinary beautiful young woman, but there is a happy smile on her face. Nangong Yu hurriedly saluted and said, "Nangong Yu, the grass people, pay a visit to the princess Chitose. Zhu Qing smiled: "I've heard about you, it turns out that you are also from our Zhu family, and you are still my imperial uncle in terms of seniority." But I don't want to suffer this loss, so I'll just be commensurate with brother and sister. Nangong Yu smiled and said, "It's okay." ”

Nangong Yu and Xiao Yunxi sat cross-legged on the straw mat, and Zhu Qing filled the two with wine, and said, "I know that the imperial brother is not used to eating Dongying's sushi, so I specially made a few hometown dishes and tried them." Nangong Yu took a few bites, to be honest, the taste was average, but it was already very remarkable for Zhu Qing. After a few glasses of sake, Nangong Yu asked how Xiao Yunxi came to Dongying, and Xiao Yunxi slowly recounted the experience.

After they left the Zhulian Water Pavilion, they wanted to find a place to live in seclusion. Zhu Qing liked the sea, so they came to a small village near the sea in Fujian Province and settled down. What I didn't expect was that the Japanese in the southeast sea were rampant, and soon after settling down, they encountered a team of Japanese pirates slaughtering the village. Xiao Yunxi fought a bloody path to protect Zhu Qing and hide in the mountains. The leader of the Japanese invaders fell in love with Zhu Qing's beauty, chased after them, and gradually surrounded them, but he was afraid of Xiao Yunxi's martial arts and did not dare to approach too closely. The leader of the Japanese invaders saw that Xiao Yunxi was a blind man, so he thought of a plan, dug a trap on their way, and then led Xiao Yunxi out to do it, but he really fell into the trap when chasing and killing the Japanese robbers, and was injured by the hidden weapon inside. The Japanese wanted to kill him with random arrows first and then go to insult Zhu Qing, but at this time, a white-haired old man appeared, drove away the Japanese and saved the two. After talking, I learned that he was the Dongying Martial Saint, Akiyama Mu.

Hearing this, Nangong Yu said curiously: "What is Dongying's martial saint going to do in our Middle Earth?, is it also going to sabotage?" Xiao Yunxi's eyes were full of respect and said: "Teacher Qiushan is not a samurai, let alone a widow. I often pretend to be an ordinary person to travel to famous mountains and rivers and experience the true meaning of martial arts from all things in nature. My Daming landscape is splendid, and naturally it has become a place where Mr. Akiyama lingers, and it is purely accidental that he saved me. At that time, I was grateful to him for saving his life, and we talked about my experience. After hearing this, he tested me a few tricks and decided to take me as an apprentice. ”

Nangong Yu said: "Why is he so kind and wants to accept Brother Xiao as an apprentice?" Xiao Yunxi said: "Teacher Akiyama loves peace, and he has repeatedly admonished Toyotomi Hideyoshi and persuaded him not to start a war, but unfortunately to no avail. Therefore, Mr. Akiyama wanted to accept a Han as an apprentice and pass on what he had learned, which could be regarded as atonement for my Ming Dynasty. However, it was not easy to find a suitable apprentice, and he traveled all over Middle-earth, and met me on the way back to Dongying, and I happened to be suitable to practice his martial arts. It is also a kind of fate. Nangong Yu said: "I didn't expect that the strongest person in the country that advocates force is peace-loving, which is an interesting thing." ”

Xiao Yunxi said: "It's not surprising, when martial arts reached the realm of Teacher Akiyama, he had already seen through fighting and killing, and fame, fortune and power were also fleeting in his eyes. There are good people and bad people everywhere, and there are people of great benevolence and love in Toei, and Mr. Akiyama is one of them. Nangong Yu said: "Listening to Brother Xiao say this, Akiyama Mu is indeed a respectable senior. I don't know what kind of martial arts he has practiced? fists and feet or weapons?" Xiao Yunxi said: "Teacher Qiushan was a contemporary sword saint when he was forty-five years old. At the age of sixty, he realized the Tao with a sword, saw through the true meaning of martial arts, and since then he has not used the sword, and the martial arts have returned to nature, which is natural, there is no sword in his hand, and there is no sword in his heart, but the sword is everywhere. Since then, there has been one less 'Sword Saint' and one more 'Martial Saint'. Nangong Yu was speechless: "It's so powerful, fortunately he is not an enemy, otherwise the Middle-earth Martial Arts will suffer again." ”

Xiao Yunxi said: "Brother Nangong can rest assured, if Teacher Qiushan was really that kind of person, I would not have agreed to let him come to Dongying at the beginning." Nangong Yu said: "Brother Xiao is okay in Dongying?" Xiao Yunxi said: "At first, it was not very good, I was always insulted, and it was not until I defeated a few challengers that no one came to provoke me again." I stayed in Toei only to learn art, and I also told Akiyama-sensei that the day I complete my swordsmanship will be when I leave Toei. Nangong Yu said: "What is Brother Xiao doing when he goes back to Middle Earth?" Xiao Yunxi smiled lightly: "Brother Nangong should be able to guess it" Nangong Yu smiled and sighed: "It seems that the good days of the Su family's father and son are coming to an end." Xiao Yunxi said: "In addition to learning from the martial saint, I almost don't leave home, I have no friends here, and I don't even have anyone to learn from, but fortunately, Brother Nangong is here, and we can practice martial arts together in the future." ”

Nangong Yu was silent for a moment and said, "I haven't thought about whether to stay or not." If I stay, I will inevitably be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, which is the last thing I want to see. Xiao Yunxi said: "Then Brother Nangong has to think carefully, if you leave, you will be an enemy of Dongying, and even the blood relationship will have to be abandoned." Nangong Yu nodded and said, "That's why I'm embarrassed." Speaking of this, he asked Zhu Qing: "Does the princess want to live at home?" Zhu Qing shook his head and said: "My emperor's mother went early, and my father has been cultivating for many years, and he can only be seen at the banquet during the New Year's holidays, and he can't speak." I have no feelings for the palace, although I usually surround a group of palace maids and eunuchs, but in fact, I am alone. The bigger the palace, the deeper the loneliness. Although the house here is small, it is very fulfilling every day, a hundred times stronger than Bauhinia City, I would rather stay here and accompany Yunxi to live a simple life. ”