At 10 a.m., the chill was like iron. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The desert is cold and silent. A few cold stars twinkled in the sky, and the eastern sky was slightly white at the junction with the horizon.

The people of Feiyun Town are still asleep.

There is the sound of sharpening knives.

The sound of the knife on the whetstone was thick and crisp.

Jing Chuan sat in the backyard with an oil lamp next to him, and he closed one eye to look at the blade from all angles. In the dim light, the blade reveals the luster and texture of the grinding stone.

Jing Chuan washed the blade with water, picked up a white cloth from the side, and began to wipe the blade.

Bai Zong came out of the house and stood behind him: "The meal is ready." ”

"It's the first time I've looked at your knife like this. Jing Chuan wiped the knife dry and stroked the blade with his hand. The knife is three feet long and thin, but it has weight. Jing Chuan stood up and waved a few times, not drifting, with a thick feeling. The blade is wide and extends from the shank to the rounded, upturned tip.

Jing Chuan said: "There is gas, a good knife." ”

Bai Zong walked over, took the knife from Jing Chuan's hand, put it horizontally on both hands, his eyes moved on the knife, and said, "Accompany me for forty years, it is still as new, as good as my life, you have to treat it well." ”

Jing Chuan nodded.

Bai Zong walked to the middle of the courtyard, and Jing Chuan stepped aside to look at him.

Bai Zong danced his knife in the courtyard. Although he is old, his body is still there, he is strong, crisp, and his moves are steady, and the knife dances in the cold air, and the blade cuts through the air, making a sharp and crisp sound.

Bai Zong waved a few times, stopped, and turned to face Jing Chuan: "Fourth brother, I haven't been idle all these years, although I don't get a knife anymore, I am also pondering the knife technique, and there are a few things wrong with the knife technique taught by the master." ”

Jing Chuan nodded and said, "You also found out." ”

Bai Zong said: "The master did it on purpose, he left a few hands, and it is not easy for my door to find, and they are all fatal." ”

"The eldest brother and the second brother died in these loopholes. ”

"These places are reserved for others to restrain us, the master has a scheming, and will not let us pass on the knife technique, we will die sooner or later. ”

"Don't complain about the master, he taught us knife techniques, we help him do things, and the two are clear. Since ancient times, the knife technique has not been passed on to outsiders, and a few of us are just tools for him to do things. ”

"You underestimate him, it's not that simple, he's asking us to help him pay off his debts, the enemies are coming to us, we help him kill the enemy, he's fine. ”

Jing Chuan was silent.

"Our four brothers have been hunted down and killed all these years, these people are the master's previous enemies, the master borrowed us to kill them, and their descendants came to kill us again, we died, and the matter was over, the master calculated very clearly. ”

"The master is good, but those people are not stupid. ”

"Hmm. The master also taught others. Bai Zong said, "Ma Dai of Jiayuguan will know the Xuanzong sword technique, I have seen it." ”

Jing Chuan said with a smile: "It seems that the master is going to promote the Xuanzong Sword Technique." ”

"Ma Dai's father Ma Weiyong is the commander of Jinyi Wei Zheng Sipin, a high and powerful position, the master and Ma Weiyong are secret friends, some of the tasks given to us by the master before are to help Jinyi Wei do, Ma Weiyong asked the master to teach Ma Dai the knife technique, and the master naturally did not dare not teach. I have seen Ma Dai use a knife, which is the same as you and me, and it is even more powerful. Ma Dai came to Jiayuguan not to defend the border, but to practice swordsmanship. ”

Jing Chuan said: "Then it's a bit troublesome, if Ma Dai gets involved, it will inevitably alarm Jinyiwei." ”

"So after you rescued Zhang Jian out, you immediately went south and avoided the limelight first. ”

"Hmm. ”

"I don't need to say that you also know where the loopholes in this set of knife techniques are, in short, you should be careful yourself. ”

Bai Zong walked up to Jing Chuan, presented a knife in both hands, and handed it to Jing Chuan. Jing Chuan took it and said, "Don't worry." ”

Jing Chuan finished breakfast, closed his eyes and sat until dawn, packed up his things, and said to Bai Zong: "You wait for me ten miles away, and I will come in three hours." ”

Bai Zong nodded and said, "Be careful." ”

Jing Chuan went out, he walked to the checkpoint and said to the bandits guarding the checkpoint: "I want to see Ding Man." ”

He didn't wear a hat, and this time the bandits clearly saw his face. Thin and swarthy, with cheekbones like iron and eyes like torches. There were several scars on his face, one that ran from his forehead through his face to his mouth, and when he spoke, the scar moved as well.

One of the bandits walked up to him, got close to his face, and asked, "Who do you want to see?"

"Timman. ”

"Do what?"

"Ransom. ”

The man sneered: "What, you want to ransom the bandits?"

The people behind laughed too.

Jing Chuan stared at the man and said, "Redeem a child." ”

The man stopped smiling, looked at the person next to him, and said to him, "Do you want to die?"

Jing Chuan didn't speak, stared at him with a pair of eyes, he looked at Jing Chuan with a fierce look for a while, a little scared, and said, "Okay, I'll take you there." ”

He said to the two men behind him, "You are here to watch." ”

They blindfolded Jing Chuan, made him sit on a horse, and walked towards the sand gang.

Halfway down the road, a cloud of dust rose from the road ahead, and a dozen people rode in their direction.

Those people were bandits from the Sand Gang, all with knives, and they stopped and asked the two bandits escorting Jingchuan, "Who is this person?"

"I don't know, he said he was going to see the boss. ”

"But you entered the city yesterday?"

"Yes. ”

"He killed two of our brothers, unloaded his knife, tied it up, and brought it back!"

When the two bandits heard this, they pulled Jing Chuan off his horse, unloaded the knife from his body, and tied his hands behind his back.

"Let's go!"

The bandits escorted Jingchuan and galloped towards the sand gang amid shouts, horses' hooves and dust.

Soon they were in the sand gang.

The Sand Gang is in an abandoned city. The houses were made of mud and sand, surrounded by walls and watchtowers, which were patrolled by bandits. In front of it is a large wooden fence gate. Behind the city was a brown mountain with no vegetation, and in front of it was a vast desert.

"Open the door!"

The door creaked unwieldly, opened, and a crowd poured in, and the door immediately closed again.

Jing Chuan was escorted to the hall of a large house, where Ding Man was lying on a bench, holding the dagger in his hand. The hall was surrounded by bandits.

"Boss, people brought it. ”

Ding Man squinted at Jing Chuan and said, "Take off the blindfold and let me take a look." ”

A bandit stepped forward and removed Jing Chuan's blindfold, and Jing Chuan saw Ding Man, who turned out to be a young man. Ding Man wore long hair, a red band with a woven pattern tied on his forehead, and his face was white, and he looked like a child. But his eyes are very old and spicy, and there is a murderous aura.

Ding Man saw that it was a thin old guy, so he sneered and asked, "Did you kill my two brothers?"

Jing Chuan did not speak.

Ding Man got up from his chair, dagger clapped in his hand, walked up to Jing Chuan, and examined him.

"I looked at the wounds, they were all killed with one knife, and your knife skills are good. ”

Jing Chuan's eyes were fixed on Ding Man's eyes, moving with his movements.

"If you kill my brother, you will pay for your life, and you have the courage to send it to the door, admire. ”

"I'm here to ransom people. ”

"Ransom, who?"

"Blacksmith Zhang's son, Zhang Blade. ”

"Who told you to come?"

Jing Chuan said: "You don't need to know. ”

Ding Man laughed, walked back to the chair and sat down, and said, "Old thing, where do you think this is?"

"I brought five hundred gold. ”

Ding Man's face did not change: "Do you think that you can take people away with money? You see, now the people are mine, the money is mine, and your life is also mine." ”

"Really?" asked Jing Chuan.

Ding Man said to the bandits below with an irritated face: "Pull this old guy out and cut it down." ”

The bandits below were about to step forward, and Ding Man had already unknowingly cut the rope. When the bandits saw it, they were all stunned.

Ding Man raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that there is a bit of kung fu." Then he said to the people below, "What are you doing in a daze, kill him?" ”

The bandits in the hall surrounded Jingchuan and rushed forward with knives to cut Jingchuan.

There are a lot of people and it's a bit messy. One of the bandits felt the knife in his hand being snatched away, and then felt a stab in the stomach and curled up and fell to the ground. Jing Chuan shot extremely quickly, and after a few weapons collided, there were several people lying on the ground.

"Stop!" Ding Man stood up and stopped the others, he said, "It seems that there will really be two strikes, let me come." ”

The bandits all stepped aside.

Timon said to one of the bandits, "Go and get my knife." Then he said to Jing Chuan with a smile: "It's been a long time since I used the knife well, since you can also order, just practice your hands." ”

Jing Chuan said: "If I win, take the child away, if you win, you can do whatever you want." ’

Ding Man smiled and said, "Okay, that's interesting." ”

"Since it's a knife, then use your own knife, your knife here is too bad. Jing Chuan said with the knife in his hand.

Ding Man said, "Give him his knife!"

A man threw the knife to Jing Chuan, who took off the cloth wrapped around the knife, folded it, stuffed it into his belt, and held the knife in his hand.

Ding Man stared at the knife and said, "Your knife is not bad, but it is not as good as mine." ”

At this time, a bandit came over with Ding Man's knife, Ding Man took it in his hand, and said to Jing Chuan, "What do you think of my knife?"

Jing Chuan looked at the knife over there, it was very strange, very long, the blade was about three inches, as wide as the handle to the tip of the knife, and the tip of the knife was obliquely sharpened. The blade is wide and sharp, and the blade is black and shiny, without flaws.

It was the first time Jing Chuan had seen such a knife.

"How is it, haven't you seen it?" Jing Chuan stood the knife in front of him, his eyes wandered over the knife, and said, "This is Dongying's katana, which was captured by Qi Jiguang against the Japanese back then." This knife is fast, and the beheading is only in the blink of an eye. As he spoke, he pointed a knife at Jing Chuan.

Jing Chuan said: "Just try it and you'll know." ”

Ding Man smiled and said, "Okay, I think so too." ”

They went out of the hall and came to a clearing, where all the bandits were gathered around.

It was almost noon, too far away and already hanging overhead, and the yellow sand became bright and dazzling in the sun. The heat began to rise, and there was no wind around.

Ding Man said: "In this way, I will add one more condition, if I win, your sword will be mine." ”

Jing Chuan said: "Then it depends on whether you have the ability to take it." ”

Ding Man seemed to feel that what he had just said was wrong, so he changed his words and said, "No, if I win, the knife will definitely be mine, because your life is gone." ”

Jing Chuan looked at Ding Man and did not speak. Ding Man put on a smile again.