Chapter 10: The Storyteller

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The Yuelai Tavern in the capital was full of people, and Zhao Buzhi strode in with a curtain. After entering the tavern, Zhao Buying took off his clothes and threw them to Xiao Er.

Xiao Er is a clever young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, and after taking the clothes, he said with a smile: "It's Second Master Zhao who is here, you haven't come here for a day, please come inside." ”

Several big dart masters in the Wind Dart Bureau once worshiped Guan Erye to form a righteousness, and Zhao Bu died in the second rank, so he was also called 'Zhao Erye'.

Zhao Buxian nodded, and looked around the tavern, this tavern is very large, with five floors up and down, and most of the people present are people from all walks of life. Zhao Buxian saw three middle-aged men sitting around drinking, so he strode to the table.

Before anyone arrived, he had already shouted loudly: "Brother Zhang, your actions are fast this time, and I just returned to the General Bureau when I heard the little ones mention that a few of you have returned to Beijing, and I rushed over to see that you are really drinking here." ”

The three men sat on each side, their blades resting on their stools. They are the well-known 'Three Righteousness of the Capital' in the martial arts of the capital, and the kung fu of the three of them is very solid.

Brother Zhang also greeted Zhao Buying when he saw him, and asked Zhao Buying to come over and drink together. After Zhao Buying took his seat, he greeted the other two people, "Wang Erjian, Li Sangui", and then picked up a pot of wine and drank a few big sips.

This Yuelai Tavern is a chain industry that has gradually emerged in the past three years, integrating taverns and inns, and is a good place for topping, accommodation, pastime and entertainment.

Every tavern has a tea doctor, these people are familiar with the allusions of the rivers and lakes, telling the hidden history of the rivers and lakes, anecdotes and legends, and are deeply loved by people from all walks of life. These taverns are all full of people and noisy.

Zhao Buzhi drank wine, took two more mouthfuls of cold dishes, beckoned Xiao Er to add dishes again, and then said to the man surnamed Zhang: "Brother Zhang, how about your brothers go to Liaodong to harvest this time?"

Since the Huashan faction launched the contribution point system in the year before the year, people from all walks of life have moved to Huashan to join in the fun and look at the diorama. Seeing the list made by Huashan Pailuo, which was full of all kinds of cheats and pills, everyone was itching, and they were secretly thinking about how to earn some contribution points.

Some shrewd businessmen discovered the business opportunities and organized caravans to deliver grain, wine and other daily necessities to Huayin County.

Then along with the Ou Yejia, the famous swordsmith of Wu Yue, the Gongsun family, the famous master of Longquan swordsmithing, successively sent outstanding blacksmiths to Huashan, and with the previous alchemy master of the Medicine King Valley, the Huashan faction began to purchase all kinds of ores and medicinal materials.

Since then, the trade route has flourished, and the merchants of Jin and Hui have organized large caravans to purchase and transport all kinds of materials for the Huashan faction.

With the rise of the trade route is all kinds of bandits and road tyrants, occupying the mountain as the king, blocking the road and robbing countless people, although the Wuyue Sword faction led by the Huashan faction cracked down severely, but after all, the strength is limited, and the only places that can maintain law and order are related to Zhongdadi, most of Henan Province, and the southern part of Jin Province. Other places are really high and the emperor is far away, and the Huashan faction is also powerless.

In order to reduce the loss of merchants, it is also to reduce the cost of goods, and Huashan faction changed to settle with large caravans with contribution points. In this way, the large caravan can use contribution points to attract people from all walks of life to serve and organize a powerful team of protectors. As a bank, the major dart games have also been booming in recent years.

This move of the Huashan faction made all the merchants praise each other, saying that this is the justice of the rivers and lakes and the right way, and they donated a large number of commodities and gold and silver in order to make friends with the Huashan faction.

With a large number of Jianghu people participating in the trade, the safety of the caravan has been greatly guaranteed, and the strength of the people's hearts has naturally become complicated. Fortunately, the inland of the Ming Dynasty was okay, and those caravans that went to Kouwai, the grassland, Liaodong, Nanyang, and the southwest mountains, in the face of foreign aborigines, often bought and sold by force, and even raised a butcher's knife to do some business.

It was in this situation that several brothers of Sanyi in the capital followed the caravan and went to Liaodong after the ice and snow melted, looking for the Jurchens in the mountains to do business, and buying mountain ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, furs, and herbs.

As soon as Zhao Buji's words fell, Li Sangui chuckled twice, a little happy, or the man surnamed Zhang was more steady, and said casually: "I barely dug up two ginseng plants, but the caravan steward was generous and gave the brothers dozens of contribution points." After speaking, he gave Zhao Buying a look.

Zhao Bu comprehended and knew that this was not the place to speak, so he no longer asked, but said: "Have you ever come up? Brother went to Goryeo with the caravan this time, but he really didn't hear what was going on outside the window, and he didn't know what was going on in the rivers and lakes." ”

Wang Erjian replied: "I haven't come up yet, most of the friends in the rivers and lakes who are drinking here are waiting for Old Man Shu." ”

Li Sangui pouted and said: "This old man is lucky, he used to be just a storyteller on the flyover, but I didn't expect that now when I talk about the allusions to the rivers and lakes, I actually have the Tao." Now that I'm holding it up, I only talk about it for half an hour every day, and I don't talk about it at all, but it's really anxious. ”

Brother Zhang took a sip of wine and waved his hand and said, "Old man Shu can rely on the owner of Yuelai Inn, naturally he has luck. ”

At this time, two gongs and drums sounded, and the whole restaurant fell silent. With another gong and drum, a little old man in his fifties wore a long coat and walked to the protrusion on the east side of the second floor.

Most of the people on the first to fifth floors of the entire restaurant looked at the old man, and some of them were not in a good position, and they also walked silently around the patio and waited for the old man to speak.

The old man was not tall, with triangular eyes, and after waving around, he cleared his throat and said, "Little Lao'er has seen all heroes. ”

The voice fell, and a gong sounded, representing that the old man was about to officially start speaking.

This old man Shu opened his mouth and said: "Yesterday, we talked about the Dongling Patriarch of the Taishan Sect, at the invitation of Cai Yingwu, the eighth generation head of the Huashan Sect 'Yuntai Divine Sword', and called on the masters of the Wuyue Sword Sect to gather at the top of the Jade Emperor to discuss the major affairs of the alliance. Since then, the alliance of the five factions has been officially formed, and the five factions are commensurate with each other as brothers. Nowadays, everyone on the rivers and lakes has heard of the 'Wuyue Sword Sect, the same qi and branches', and it was first called on the top of the Jade Emperor. ”

"A family still has to be divided into the eldest, second, and third, not to mention that since ancient times, 'there is no first in the literature, no second in the martial arts', although the Wuyue Sword Sect is merged, but after all, there must be a speaker, and there must be an alliance leader to lead the other four factions. The best of these five factions is martial arts and swordsmanship, and everyone is combined, if a leader who can convince the public is decided, then at least there must be excellent martial arts and virtue, so the head of the five factions decided to compete in martial arts. ”

"At that time, the most respected master of the Wuyue Sword Sect was naturally the head of the Taishan faction, Dongling Patriarch, but Dongling Patriarch was already nearly ninety years old, and if he really ended up competing, let's not talk about fairness or unfairness. At the very least, if his old man took the position of alliance leader, would he still have the energy to manage and help the other four factions? You must know that at that time, the Taishan faction was all taken care of by his major disciples. ”

So in the end, it was decided that the Taishan faction would send a disciple with the highest martial arts to compete with the other four sect leaders. This competition was really exciting, and the five masters all had the cultivation of a half-step grandmaster, and they fought with each other for three days. Many of the tricks were created by these famous masters on the spot, such as the Huashan faction's 'Golden Jade Full Hall', 'Baiyun Out of Xiu', the Hengshan faction's 'Luoyan Sword Technique', etc., which are still widely used today. ”

Old man Shu said that the urgency was alternate, the decoration was appropriate, the tricks and styles were explained clearly and thoroughly, and the hearts and small actions of many characters were described, which was simply vivid, so that a group of drinkers were obsessed with listening, and the 'Jade Emperor Peak Fighting Sword' was portrayed in three points.

After talking for about three quarters of an hour, Old Man Shu cleared his throat again, and with the sound of a drum, Old Man Shu finally said: "This big sword fight is dark, and in the end, only the eighth generation head of the Huashan faction 'Yuntai Divine Sword' Cai Yingwu and the Taishan faction's Dongling Daoist disciple, 'Jade-faced Daojun' Luo Daoshi, these two people have convinced the other three factions with their swordsmanship, and only the dragon fight between the king and the king is left!"

Speaking of this, Old Man Shu stopped talking, made a fuss again, and said: "The Legend of the Heroes of Wuyue will talk about it here today, and the rest will be talked about tomorrow, and I will invite you guest officials Haihan." ”

Hearing that the old man stopped at the most critical moment, the drinkers booed one after another, and these heroes were angry, anxious, and itchy. Even if they knew in their hearts that the final result of the competition would definitely be the victory of the Huashan faction's 'Yuntai Divine Sword', after all, the position of the leader of the Wuyue Alliance had not moved since it fell on the head of the Huashan faction, but everyone still wanted to hear Old Man Shu's wonderful story.

However, this old man is an old fritter and is not moved at all. smiled again, but refused to say more than half a word.

At this time, Xiao Er brought tea and tables and chairs to the old man, and the old man sat on the chair and drank tea and moistened his throat twice, and then said: "Before appreciating the people in the rivers and lakes, the little old man will first tell the heroes two stories about the rivers and lakes." ”

"The first is the marriage news, Luoyang's Golden Dao Wang family and Zhoukou Jiang family married, and the second master of the Golden Dao Wang family married the daughter of the Jiang family. Everyone must be familiar with the Golden Sword King family, the old man Golden Sword King Yuanba is a famous name, and there are famous places in the rivers and lakes. Second Master Wang is the youngest son of the old man Wang, at the age of twenty-four or five, his martial arts are quite extraordinary, and he has first-class cultivation. ”

"Most of the children of the Jiang family were born in Shaolin, and the martial arts of the family are also Shaolin all the way. A few years ago, the Golden Knife Wang family and the Fuwei Dart Bureau married, and now the Jiang Dart Bureau and the Fuwei Dart Bureau have also become relatives, the two strong combination of each take what they need, in the future, the Jiang family will most likely expand again, and the reputation of the Fuwei Dart Bureau will also spread from Jiangnan to Jiangbei. ”

After Old Man Shu finished saying this news, he picked up the teacup and drank tea again, leaving time for everyone to digest the information. Then Old Man Shu opened his mouth and said: "The second is good news, the famous bandit turtle cottage in the area of the two lakes was exterminated by the master of Huashan Li Buying. This turtle cottage robbed a batch of good herbs from the Huashan faction last year, and it is said that this batch of herbs was prepared by the predecessors of the medicine king to refine the 'Yuan Xi Dan', which greatly collided with the Huashan faction, and the name of the turtle cottage has been hanging on the red list of the Huashan faction since then. ”

"But speaking of the Guishan Cottage is also a capable person, the size of the thirteen village owners are extraordinary, the big village master 'Langli Jiaolong' Wang Tengyun is the world's first-class water war master, it is said that this person can float on the water by stepping on the water with both feet. In the past year, there have been countless heroes in the rivers and lakes who have received the task of exterminating the Turtle Cottage, but it is a pity that these heroes owe the organization, but they were repelled four or five times by the Turtle Cottage, which made Wang Tengyun proud. ”

After the old man Shu finished speaking, there was a sound of 'coaxing' in the tavern, Li Buzhu and Wang Tengyun are all masters of the world's fame, and now that the heads of various major sects will not make a move, these people who are born before and after, but have extraordinary combat power, are the characters of the upper echelons of the rivers and lakes.

I never thought that the Huashan faction was still a step ahead, and the 'Blood Sword' Li Buyi killed the 'Langli Jiaolong' Wang Tengyun, and once again defended the bloody prestige of Li Buyi and the Huashan faction.

Zhao Buying heard someone talking: "This is how many first-class masters have Li Buyi killed?"

"How many, I'm afraid there will be at least dozens of first-class masters who have become the souls of the 'Dripping Blood Sword'. ”

"That's not it, Li Buyi was the first place in the Wuyue Sword Sect Youth Martial Arts Competition that year. Excluding the heads of various families, I am afraid that this 'Blood Swords' has the highest martial arts. ”

"Hey, less. Li Buzhu only has the acquired consummation, and has not yet entered the congenital. Songshan sent Ding Mian, Lu Bai, Hengshan Liu Zhengfeng, and Beiyue Dingjing These people are all congenital masters, I don't believe that Li Buyi is stronger than them. ”

"Hehe, I'm not afraid of scaring you when I say it, at the beginning of the year, this 'Dripping Blood Sword' chased out of Tongguan, just to kill a congenital master of the Demon Dao. ”

For a while, there were different opinions, messy words, and mutual arguments.

Old man Shu drank a round of tea, relieved himself, made a gesture, and then a gong sounded, and the boiling tavern gradually fell silent, and then another gong sounded, the tavern was silent, and the needle drop could be heard.

The protrusion on the second floor has been set up and turned into a storytelling shelf, Old Man Shu patted the wood and said:

The heroes of the world are out of my generation, and they are urged by the years of entering the rivers and lakes.

In the talk and laughter of the emperor's hegemony, it is better than a drunk in life.

Lifting a sword and riding to wave the ghost rain, the white bones are like mountain birds flying in shock.

The world is like a tide, people are like water, and only a few people in the rivers and lakes are back.

The waking wood fell again, and the old man Shu said: "Taste a product of life, and the world is not endless." Last time, we reviewed the Wudang Sect, and today let's talk about the Demon Sect that makes people smell and change. ”

"We call it the Demon Sect in our mouths, and the disciples of the Demon Sect call it the Divine Cult, so what is the Demon Sect all about? The full name of this Demon Sect is the 'Sun and Moon Divine Sect', so some people call it the Divine Cult. The predecessor was the Ming Sect of the previous dynasty, but the Ming Sect was forbidden by the National Dynasty, and in the early years of the present dynasty, the Ming Sect had a great attack, and some of the remnants of the Ming Sect had to be remodeled, and the word 'Ming' was split into the word 'Sun and Moon'. The main altar was also moved from the Guangming Peak in the Western Regions to the current Black Wood Cliff. ”

Hearing that Old Man Shu actually tasted the characters of the Demon Sect today, all the drinkers 'groaned' in their hearts, the Demon Sect is a taboo in the rivers and lakes.

The scene was silent, only Old Man Shu's slightly hoarse voice continued:

Speaking of this demon sect, everyone has to grit their teeth when they hear it, saying a despicable and shameless word, and saying a despicable and despicable method.

But let's be fair to say that there are still some true heroes and true men in the Demon Sect, although they are in the Demon Sect, they are upright and stand upright.

Of course, there are also those who are both righteous and evil, unscrupulous, these people are a little convulsive, they can be called gentlemen when they are decent, and they are despicable and shameless when they are evil.

In the end, there are those who are heinous, these people are full of bad water, they can sneak attack and never fight hard, they can cheat and never obey the rules, and the notoriety of the Demon Sect is caused by these people.

Today, let's give a few examples to illustrate.

didn't wait for Old Man Shu to continue, only to hear a loud shout, "Fart!

I saw a young man with a face full of anger, slapping the table and shouting: "Nonsense! How can we disciples of the Divine Sect allow you to slander, old man, if you talk nonsense again, the young master will pull out your mouthful of teeth." (To be continued.) )