In Guiling City, Gai Lan was sitting alone in front of a red candle, bowing his head to sew clothes by the firelight, when he suddenly heard someone push the door in, looked up, and saw that it was Gai Nie who had returned, and shouted, "Dad." He put down his needle and thread, and got up to serve tea to Gai Nie. Gai Nie raised his hand and said, "No need, you can do your business. Gaylan snorted, bowed his head and threaded the needle again.

Gai Nie poured himself a cup of tea, sat down beside Gai Lan, looked at her with low eyebrows and head raised, and the appearance of being virtuous in charge of housework, remembering that this daughter had lost her mother since she was a child, and had been running around with her for many years, wasting her years, and felt really guilty and pity in her heart. At this time, seeing that her eyes were slightly red and she was quite tired, she couldn't help but persuade: "It's late, let's sew it again tomorrow." Gailan smiled and said, "Tomorrow there is tomorrow's work, all the men, women and children in Guiling City are busy guarding the city fortifications, how can I be missing? Seeing that Gai Lan was reasonable, Gai Nie stopped persuading him and asked, "What about Tianming?"

"Haven't come back yet. Gailan replied, "Eighty percent has gone to sword training again. He followed the Mo family army to build a city during the day, but he couldn't put aside his own martial arts at night, I was afraid that he would be tired, so he said a few times and didn't listen. Dad, you can help me persuade me next time. 」

Gai Nie looked at Gai Lan as he spoke, the needle and thread in his hand went back and forth without stopping, and sighed: "Tianming has been brought up by you since he was a child, and teaching by example is better than teaching. If you're like that, how can he rest?" Gailan was slightly stunned, pursed his lips and smiled, and said no more.

The room was quiet and peaceful, the only candle flame was dimmed, Gai Nie sipped tea, occasionally looked at Gai Lan, in the yellow and clear candle light, saw that his daughter's appearance was very similar to his deceased wife, thinking of his deceased wife but somehow thinking of Duanmu Rong again, thinking of Duanmu Rong, his heart suddenly felt a little nameless irritability, stayed for a long time, then shook his head and got up and said, "I'll go out for a walk. 」

But when you really step out of the door, there is nowhere to go. Gai Nie didn't know whether to go left or right for a while, so he simply turned around and lifted up to the roof. When he jumped up, he saw a figure rising at the same time as himself behind the house, and the two of them landed on the roof at the same time, one in front of the house and the other behind the house. Gai Nie's heart sank: "How can I not know that there is someone behind the house?" At this time, it happened to be a dark cloud covering the moon, although the two were facing each other, they couldn't see each other's faces clearly, Gai Nie stared at it, but he could only tell that the person was thin.

Gai Nie groaned slightly, and then approached the man in a few steps. His movements were as fast as lightning, and he was said to be able to come to the other party in an instant. Unexpectedly, when he moved, the person moved, and when he stopped, the person stopped, and the two of them walked like looking in a mirror. Gai Nie's heart moved, and then he stood still, and used the first type of the hundred-step flying sword "Taicang Yisu" to the right, and sure enough, the person also stopped, but he danced the sword to the left, and in the darkness, the sound of the second style of the hundred-step flying sword "Star Shifting and Fighting" broke through, Gai Nie did not hesitate, and excitedly called out to the figure: "Senior brother?"

It just so happened that a gust of night wind struck, the clouds in the sky broke through the moon, and the silver light sprinkled down, shining on the man's face, I saw that he was handsome and high-nosed, elegant and sassy, but it was not Wei Zhuang, who was it? Wei Zhuang returned his sword to the sheath under Gai Nie's gaze, and said softly, "I haven't seen each other for a long time, can Senior Brother invite me to a glass of wine?"

"You...... It's been a long time since my brother has called me that. Gai Nie put away his sword and said excitedly. It turns out that Wei Zhuang has been happy and angry since he was a child, when he was happy, he called Gai Nie "Senior Brother", and when he was angry, he called Gai Nie "Senior Brother", and later after Wei Zhuang changed his court to serve the Qin State, he always called him "Gai Daxia" with sarcasm. This "senior brother" Gai Nie has not heard it for more than ten years, and now it is in his ears, and it is really very kind.

"Good. Gai Nie beckoned to Wei Zhuang and said, "You and I, senior brothers, have a good drink. Come on in. Wei Zhuang nodded, and was about to go down to the house according to his words, but he heard Gai Nie suddenly say sharply, "Wait! Isn't the junior brother hiding in Guiling City and acting as a spy for the Qin State?"

"Let's be honest. Wei Zhuang didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "There are indeed spies in Guiling, I can't tell who it is, but it's definitely me. Gai Nie knew that Wei Zhuang was not going to lie, so he said, "That's good. Come with me into the house. I asked Lan'er to give us hot wine. 」

When Wei Zhuang walked into the house with Gai Nie, Gai Lan was terrified. But she still followed Gai Nie's wishes, scalded a few bottles of wine, and even brought two side dishes. Wei Zhuang picked up the wine bottle, covered Nie Man for himself, and the two of them toasted three glasses without opening their mouths. "Hahaha. Refresh!" Gai Nie had a smile on his face that he hadn't seen in a long time, "It's better to have a good time drinking with my junior brother." Come on, let's drink again. 」

"Senior brother is still the same," Wei Zhuang couldn't help but laugh, "Drinking three small glasses of wine will make you drunk." It is said that the deeper the internal strength, the better the amount of alcohol. But you'...... brother."

"How am I?" Gai Nie's face flushed, and he filled the two empty cups one by one, "I've never said that I'm massive, a thousand cups or anything. 」

"Senior brother, you can't drink anymore. Wei Zhuang drank all the wine in his cup, and then reached out to take Gai Nie's wine glass and dried it up, "Others don't know, don't I know that Senior Brother is a three-cup drunk?"

"Hahaha. Those who know me are also brothers. Gagnie laughed and said, "Why are you asking me to drink today, knowing that I can't drink?"

Wei Zhuang poured himself a drink, and drank a few more glasses before saying, "It was just now that I was on the eaves and saw that my senior brother seemed to be very lonely, so I wanted to come down and have a drink with my senior brother. 」

"Am I lonely?" asked Gayne, his eyes wide, "How am I lonely?"

"That's not easy. Wei Zhuang replied, "Because Miss Duanmu is gone." The last time I fought for the little sister, the senior brother won, but this time the senior brother didn't win, and I didn't lose either. 」

"You...... Like Duanmu girl?" Gai Nie listened to Wei Zhuang confide in his true feelings, and the alcohol disappeared, and he realized: "No wonder, no wonder you appeared in the Qinyun Courtyard, so it is, so it is. 」

"It's not just me. You also like Duanmu girl. 」

Wei Zhuang drank the wine on the table, went to the inner room to get it, ignored Gailan, who was stunned when he heard the conversation between the two, and took out the whole jar of wine by himself. The people of Weizhuang have all returned, but Gai Nie has not yet recovered from the thousand things in his heart, "What? I also like Miss Duanmu? No, no, I only think of her as a friend, where can I be lonely or something?"

"Why doesn't Senior Brother admit it?" Wei Zhuang saw that Gai Nie was stunned and didn't speak, his face was red and white, and he said aggressively: "If you don't like Duanmu girl, what are you bothering sitting in the room just now? If you don't like Duanmu girl, why do you quietly hide on the city wall to watch her on the day she leaves? If you don't like Duanmu girl, why are you willing to listen to her ugly piano sound twice?...... Senior brother, the matter has come to this, that Duanmu girl......" Wei Zhuang's tone became a little painful, "She...... Nobody loves. I didn't win, you didn't lose, so why don't you admit it?"

Under Wei Zhuang's successive questioning, Gai Nie's chest felt like he had been hit hard, and there was a chaotic noise in his mind, and a voice shouted in Gai Nie's heart, "No! No! I just kept thinking that Duanmu girl would stay by my side. She and I have never crossed the line of propriety, but we are just friends. What's more, she is Duanmu Jingde's daughter. But another voice said, "She said herself, as long as I live for a day, she has to follow me for a day, doesn't she? Why did she leave? If she wants to go, she won't tell me? Why do I want to go with her when she leaves? Then I like her? When did I like her? Couldn't it be that I ...... from the beginning?"

Wei Zhuang didn't know that Gai Nie's inner emotions were so confused and unclear, he saw that Gai Nie was silent, his face was solemn, and he also said that Gai Nie had to distinguish himself with himself on the word "love" this time, and his heart suddenly became angry. "Phew!" Wei Zhuang spat on the ground and said angrily, "The wine has become unpalatable! Senior brother! You and I will turn into a ball of white bones in a few months, and now that the battle has not yet come, you and my senior brother have to meet for a while, but I didn't expect that senior brother is still hypocritical." 」

"Ah, what are you talking about?" Gai Nie Shicai wandered out of the world, and didn't hear what Wei Zhuang said at all, "Am I hypocritical?"

"Hey, hey. Wei Zhuang sneered, grabbed the wine jar on the low table and drank more than half of the jar, taking advantage of the wine, and said loudly: "Over the years, Wei Zhuang has not been as good as his senior brother, he really has nothing else to do, he is alone, only accompanied by swordsmanship. I didn't intend to show off in front of my brother, but I didn't want my brother to look down on me!"

"Huh?" The more Gai Nie listened, the more confused he became, as if falling into the fog, he saw Wei Zhuang leave his seat and draw his long sword, and exclaimed, "What is the junior brother going to do?"

"I'll dance the sword for my senior brother!" Wei Zhuang didn't answer, just waved his sleeves and raised his arms, and slowly danced. At the beginning of the sword move, he handed out the first form of the hundred-step flying sword "Taicang Yisu" that Gai Nie suddenly remembered, but Wei Zhuang stabbed the opponent in the place, but he only loosely clicked with the tip of the sword, and the first move was not finished, and it had been brought into the second move "Star Shifting Dou Zhuan", and then Wei Zhuang danced faster and faster, and Gai Nie looked more and more strange.

Gai Nie knew that Wei Zhuang had been immersed in this set of swordsmanship for more than 20 years, but he was his senior brother, and he was also taught by his master in his later years, and the newly created three-style hundred-step flying sword was taught by his master in his later years. But now the junior brother has unleashed a set of 100-step flying swords in front of him that he has never seen before, how can Gai Nie not be surprised? I saw that Wei Zhuang's moves made it plausible, and he should go to the left, he went to the right; when he should collapse and pull up, he washed his shoulders with heavy shoulders, but if Wei Zhuang was a hard sword move deliberately in the way of reversal, but this was not entirely the case, when he made the "rain hit the pear blossom", the right side of the trend seemed to be not saturated, sometimes it could be left, and suddenly it could be right; the sinking force was vague and floating, as if it wanted to pull up, and finally fell again. Even Gai Nie, an expert who is familiar with the flying sword in 100 steps, can hardly distinguish which move is a false move, which step is a real move?

Gai Nie saw that he was in a cold sweat, but Wei Zhuang danced to the fullest. But seeing Wei Zhuang's clothes flying, and wherever the long sword went, it was as pleasant as the wind piercing through the forest, and when the strength was blowing, like a dragon running to the moon, "the rivers return to the sea" and "the dust is flying and the shadow is far away" are used one after another, all of which are as smooth as a clear stream. When Wei Zhuang finished the last "flick his sleeves and return" without stagnation, his right foot drew a semicircle in front of him, stopped the sword and closed the style, and stood with his sleeves folded.

Gai Nie said in a trembling voice, "This ...... This...... Isn't that the essence of the three-style hundred-step flying sword?"

"What?" This time, Wei Zhuang was surprised, "Could it be that Senior Brother can't make it?" Wei Zhuang saw that Gai Nie couldn't answer, his face was like dirt, his fingertips trembled slightly, and he was obviously extremely excited in his heart, and suddenly laughed out loud, "Hahaha! Who is Master's good apprentice now? Who is the purpose of these three types of flying swords passed on? You won't make it! You can't make it! You can't make it! Hahaha...... Gai Nie silently accepted Wei Zhuang's face-to-face insult, he knew that his junior brother Wei Zhuang's understanding and intelligence had always been above himself, and he could probably guess that Wei Zhuang was almost killed by his own "consistency" back then, and later forced Jing Tianming to figure out the true meaning of "one hundred", and then exerted the essence of these two swordsmanship in the original eight-style hundred-step flying sword. Gai Nie pondered in his heart, "Even if I can understand the reason now, and my junior brother has used it again in front of me, if I want to use such a set of hundred-step flying swords, can I make such a difference between the virtual and the real?"

The answer in Gai Nie's mind was obvious, he shook his head and said to Wei Zhuang, "You're right. I won't. The anger and complaints that have been stuck in his chest for many years finally dissolved in Wei Zhuang's heart at this moment, and he defeated his senior brother for the first time, and defeated this senior brother whose personality and martial arts are known as the first in the world, Wei Zhuang couldn't help but laugh wildly again, "Hahaha!

In Wei Zhuang's wild laughter, there was a sudden "bang" loud noise, but it was Jing Tianming who kicked open the door! It turned out that Jing Tianming was on his way home after practicing swords, and he heard the sound of swords from a distance here, and when he arrived outside the door, he heard Wei Zhuang laughing wildly, and in a hurry, he didn't wait for anyone to open the door, and kicked the wooden door with a bolt open with a bang. Jing Tianming entered the door and saw Wei Zhuang holding a long sword in his hand, standing majestically in front of Gai Nie, but Gai Nie was stunned and defenseless, and immediately drew his sword in his hand, blocked the door, and shouted, "Master!"

Jing Tianming shouted and stabbed his sword at Wei Zhuang's chest, and Wei Zhuang dodged and shouted, "Good come. A backhand sword slashed Jing Tianming's right wrist, but it was a plausible "Afterglow of Luoxia". Jing Tianming was stunned for a moment, and pulled the sword flower backwards, although he was holding a defensive position, he was busy but not chaotic. But Wei Zhuang's sword qi is vomited, how can there be only one sword? Just watch Wei Zhuang stab out six or seven swords one after another, and the notes are all backhands, but he does not lose the word "fall" of "Luoxia remnant". Jing Tianming flashed as he retreated, coping with it extremely reluctantly. Wei Zhuang finished using one style and made another style, and it was also a half-virtual and real "grass warbler flying", Jing Tianming was suddenly forced to stumble.

Mo said that Jing Tianming had just come back from sword practice, but in fact, he had never forgotten one and a half moves in the hundred-step flying sword in his sleep, but at this moment, it was clear that he and Wei Zhuang were both using a hundred-step flying sword, but Wei Zhuang took the lead step by step, and he was controlled by others everywhere. A thought suddenly popped up in Jing Tianming's mind: "Why did he make it seem like a left-handed sword?" Jing Tianming held on to the square inch at the moment, allowing Wei Zhuang to keep out his sword, and sure enough, although Wei Zhuang was holding a sword in his right hand, sometimes a right-handed sword and sometimes a left-handed sword in his sword moves, the transformation of virtual and real seemed to be between the left and right. Wei Zhuang's sword was as fast as a sword, Jing Tianming saw that he couldn't resist it, and he was never the opponent of this hundred-step flying sword, so he simply took the risk and handed the long sword to his left hand, which was also a move "Grass Grows and Warbler Flying" and handed it out. Wei Zhuang saw that he drew a gourd with his left hand with his sword, and changed his move again with a "huh". After all, Jing Tianming had never used the sword in his left hand, and the sword move suddenly froze, and before he could finish the move, the vital point in his throat had been restrained by Wei Zhuang.

"Senior brother, stop!" Seeing this, Gai Nie hurriedly got up and shouted, "He is not your opponent. 」

Wei Zhuang lowered his arm, no longer locked Jing Tianming's vital point, looked back at Gai Nie and said coldly, "Then are you my opponent?" Gai Nie sighed, shook his head and said, "I'm not your opponent either, I can't beat you. 」

"Hahaha. Wei Zhuang laughed wildly again, "Just for Senior Brother, this sentence should be a big deal!" After saying that, he stepped forward, picked up the remaining half of the jar of wine, and drank it in one go. Gai Nie said, "Senior brother is here tonight, if he is here to kill me, he can do it. Gai Nie looked directly into Wei Zhuang's eyes, so as not to flinch, and said, "When my junior brother served the King of Qin to take Tianming's life, although I hesitated in my heart, I did not hesitate when I started. Now that the junior brother does it, he doesn't have to worry about it at all. Senior brother, I have only one thing to ask for. It is not too late to ask my junior brother to kill me first, and then take Tianming's life. 」

"I'm not here to kill people today. Wei Zhuang's gaze seemed a little hollow, better than Gai Nie was his hope for nearly twenty years, and today it was finally achieved, but the excitement of victory disappeared without a trace in only a moment, Wei Zhuang felt that his heart was empty, like a pierced skin, and as if he had drunk the wine jar, it was nothing. He put down the empty jar in his hand, shook his head, and said, "I'm here to drink today. When you and I meet on the battlefield, there will be opportunities to fight for life and death. Now that the wine is gone, it's time for me to go. Then he turned around and was about to go out. "Senior brother, slow down!" Gai Nie heard Wei Zhuang say this, ignited a glimmer of hope, and said sincerely, "Senior brother, why don't you stay?

Wei Zhuang walked halfway, turned around, leaned on the half-ruined door, his eyes were already three points drunk, and saw that although Gai Nie's temples were white, but Shenyu's gas was as heroic as before, he muttered, "Silly senior brother. You say I'm used by others, and I call you stupid. The dispute between the Seven Kingdoms did not begin with Qin. Even if you and I don't meet on the battlefield tomorrow, in my opinion, this world and this river and lake are like a huge chessboard, you and I are both chess pieces in the board, how can we hold it in your hands where we go?"

"Alas!" Gai Nie let out a long sigh, and didn't want Wei Zhuang to see his tears in his eyes, so he turned around and said, "I didn't expect that you and I will not be good after all. In that case, I don't have much more to say. Tianming, you can help me send one to your uncle. Jing Tianming walked a few steps to the door as he said, although he saw off his uncle according to his master's wishes, but he couldn't really remove all his defenses from Wei Zhuang like Gai Nie. Jing Tianming seemed to have some difficulty and shouted, "Master...... Let's go, uncle. My nephew will give you a ride. 」

Wei Zhuang didn't seem to hear, or nodded subconsciously, and when he was about to go out, he turned back and said to Gai Nie in a caring tone, "I'm leaving. Senior brother, you ...... You don't have to think about it anymore...... Duanmu girl, she ...... She's not going back. After that, under Jing Tianming's "escort", he gradually walked away.

Wei Zhuang walked out of the door, turned the silent market and the houses in the city in the middle of the night, and the lights at home had been extinguished, and the entire Guiling City was really dark. Jing Tianming suddenly broke the silence and said, "What you did just now is really the three-style trick of the Hundred Steps Flying Sword?" Wei Zhuang stopped and stood still, slanting his eyes and staring at Jing Tianming, but seeing that he was surprisingly handsome, his sword eyebrows were frosty, his eyes were bright, but his face was covered with a faint layer of depression, "What are you, yours? You should call me Senior Uncle." 」

"I don't have an uncle. Jing Tianming was not afraid of annoying Wei Zhuang, and he killed him with a sword, and said directly: "If you want to tell me, just say it, if you don't want to." But if you want to force me to call you Uncle again, you can't. 」

"That's fine. Wei Zhuang saw that Jing Tianming was so strong and admired his arrogance, but he said, "Are you so angry as your uncle? Jing Tianming interjected, "You are not allowed to scold my master!"

"I think so, I answer your question, and you answer me a question, as a deal. Wei Zhuang said, "So you don't owe me, and I don't owe you." You say okay?" Jing Tianming thought about it, then nodded, Wei Zhuang saw that Jing Tianming seemed to want to say something, and he had already said first, "Don't worry. I won't ask you about Guiling City or the Mo Family's army. 」

"That's good. Jing Tianming saw that Wei Zhuang was so happy, so he said, "What are you going to ask me?"

"What is the third style of the Hundred Steps Flying Sword?" Wei Zhuang blurted out extremely quickly and asked.

Jing Tianming was shocked when he heard this, "Why don't you know that the third form can actually make it!" Wei Zhuang said, "Don't care. Just say whether you want to say it or not. Jing Tianming couldn't make up his mind for a while, and finally refused to say anything, and said, "The third form is called 'Nothing', and when Master taught me, he only told me one sentence, and that was 'the one who makes the sword will abandon the sword', and nothing else. 」

"The one who makes the sword will abandon the sword. Wei Zhuang muttered again, and then asked, "Aren't there any moves?" Jing Tianming shook his head. "Sure enough. Wei Zhuang laughed and said to himself to the sky, "Sure enough, it's the same as I thought, there is only sword intent, no moves. Master, your old man really knows the world...... It's a pity that you teach the boxy and meticulous Gai Nie, who is like a book, but not a reader. Nothing, nothing......"

Jing Tianming couldn't understand what Wei Zhuang was saying, but he was already very sure at this time that what Wei Zhuang had just done in the house must be the key to the three-style hundred-step flying sword. Jing Tianming was anxious to know the answer, so he asked, "You can answer me now, right? Why can you learn it without knowing the essence of the third form?"

"Then why did you just hand over the long sword to your left hand?" Wei Zhuang did not answer Jing Tianming's question directly, but instead replaced the answer with another question.

"Well...... Wei Zhuang interrupted Jing Tianming's thoughts, stuffed a palm-sized cloth bag into Jing Tianming's hand, and said, "I almost forgot. Someone wants me to hand over such a thing to you myself. This is so precious and vital that you must not let it fall into the hands of others. 」

Jing Tianming saw that Wei Zhuang was cautious, and carefully unwrapped the cloth bag to see. At the bottom of the tightly wrapped cloth bag, there is a black iron card, inlaid with five-color glass, shining under the moonlight, but it is exactly the same "Qin" token as Xia Ji Bai Qianhong's hand.

When Jing Tianming saw this word, he was like a thunderbolt, his face turned blue and he couldn't move, and he suddenly woke up after a while, handed out the iron card, and said to Wei Zhuang in a trembling voice, "Take it." I don't want it!"

Wei Zhuang was willing to take it, stepped back with both hands behind his back, and said, "There are only five sides of this card in the world, and you can go straight to the Qin Palace if you get this token, and you don't need to report it." Your father commanded me to my face to deliver it to you with my own hands. 」

Jing Tianming's eyes were frosty, and he said coldly, "I don't have a father. He handed the iron card out to return it to Wei Zhuang, but Wei Zhuang said, "I am the messenger of Qin, not your messenger. If you want to pay it back, you might as well figure it out by yourself. After that, he turned over the nearby tree, and in a few vertical jumps, he left Jing Tianming's sight.

Jing Tianming stood alone in place, holding the token of the Qin State in his hand, with mixed feelings in his heart. He really wanted to simply throw the token in his hand and throw it away, but for some reason his hand squeezed the cold iron card tighter and tighter. Jing Tianming hesitated for a long time, after all, he still slowly put the token into his arms.

After Wei Zhuang left Jing Tianming, he went around several circles, and finally came to a jujube tree in the east of the city where he made an appointment to meet. But there was no one under the jujube tree. He reached out and kicked away a rock, which looked a little abrupt, and sure enough, he found a bright ring cone underneath. Wei Zhuang pinched it, climbed up to the height of the jujube tree, unscrewed the wing feathers on the cone, and took out a small roll of white cloth from the hollow part of the cone.

Wei Zhuang lit a fire, and saw that the words "Huangjiatun will be written on the cloth strip tomorrow" were naturally a message left for him by the spies hidden in Guiling City. Wei Zhuang burned the cloth strips on fire, and then half lay on the branches, thinking of today's actions, Wei Zhuang himself felt inexplicable. Originally, he just followed Bai Qianhong's instructions and asked him to "catch up with your senior brother" to prevent his deeds from being revealed in the future. Wei Zhuang was unwilling to lie to Gai Nie, but he had no choice but to resist Bai Qianhong's advice. Where did you think that you could see such a side, and it caused so many things?

Wei Zhuang kept forcing himself to sleep, but he couldn't sleep. Gai Nie, Jing Tianming, and the Hundred Steps Flying Sword lingered in his mind, "It turns out that the last form was originally called 'Nothing'. Wei Zhuang couldn't stop the thoughts flying in his head, "I think that although I, Wei Zhuang, am a secret envoy of the King of Qin, I actually have nothing. Yes, I, Wei Zhuang, have nothing, no wonder I can comprehend the name of a sword move, but in fact it is the essence of any set of swordsmanship. Haha, haha, ridiculous, ridiculous. Laughing at himself and sighing for a long time, Wei Zhuang saw the bright moon in the sky moving westward, knowing that he couldn't sleep tonight no matter what, Wei Zhuang didn't want to admit it, and he didn't dare to face himself, just opened his eyes and looked at the dark night where he couldn't see anything.