The great swordsman Dugu, who has lived in seclusion in the Western Regions Snow Mountain for twenty years, is finally about to reappear in the rivers and lakes!

Now people over the age of 30, there are almost few who do not remember the prestige of his old man, more than 40 years ago, Dugu's predecessors learned to go out of the mountain, young and elegant, the jade tree is in the wind, holding a Xuantie sword across the rivers and lakes, almost all over the world heroes.

Even today's old emperor, after ascending the throne, still remembers Dugu's defeat when he was single to save the driver, with one sword and two palms, on the shore of Poyang Lake, he defeated the four fierce generals under the Han throne, wind and fire, thunder, flying clouds, and dense rain, and saved the saint from danger;

In cooperation with the Yum general Chang Yuchun, he defeated the Yuan army, capturing 1,900 Yuan Wang, Ji Wang, and civil and military ministers, and more than 84,000 Mongolian soldiers. The Great War decided the big picture.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the old emperor remembered the merits of the ministers and rewarded the officials, but Dugu thanked him at the banquet of the heroes and bid farewell to the ancestors. After receiving the permission of the king's grace, he left the imperial capital alone at the prime of life and went to the snow-capped mountains of the Western Regions to practice swords.

It's all more than 20 years ago.

In March in the south of the Yangtze River, the grass grows and the warbler flies.

On the bank of the Yangtze River, a small fishing village, there are two yellow mud grass houses with bamboo fences hanging green. At a stone table in the courtyard, two people were drinking. The drinkers were an old man and a young man, the old man seemed to be about sixty years old, with gray hair, and the young man was dressed in a green robe, and he was old and weak.

The old man took a sip of wine, put down the cup, wiped the wine on his beard with his hand, and said, "Yu'er, have you heard, now that the old emperor has died and the new emperor has ascended the throne, they all say that he is just a twenty-year-old young man......?"

"Well, good, good. The old man raised his chopsticks and beckoned to the young man, "Come, Tang Yu, don't be idle, you can also have a drink." ”

The young man Tang Yu shook his head: "Father-in-law, you come." ”

The old man chewed two salt green beans, "Swordsman Competition, yes, the imperial court is recruiting talents." The horse dart master has just returned from the imperial capital, listen to him, this swordsman competition is also like the imperial examination of scholars, divided into champions, lists, and flowers, to participate in the palace examination, by the emperor himself presided over the questioning, and then give the imperial wine, wear red and hang colors across the horse parade!"

"Father-in-law, do martial artists also have a way out?"

The boy's pale face flushed with a hint of red.

"That might be. The little emperor first ascended the throne, young and vigorous, eager to make meritorious contributions, only to recruit a large number of talents throughout the country, if he did well in this examination, maybe he would be able to serve in the military department or the army. The old man drank two glasses of wine and talked freely, but he didn't feel strong!

Tang Yu looked at the old man and said in a loud voice, "Father-in-law, I also want to go to the capital to try it." ”

The old man also looked at the young man, thought about it, and said slowly: "You want to go out to develop, the natural support of your father, I am old, and it is not much to be a dart master for a lifetime, but I am willing to watch you become a talent......!

"Father-in-law, I'm still young, I'm not afraid of failure, I want to give it a try. ”

Tang Yu got up and gave the old man a salute, "If Yu'er is lucky, she can get a half-official position, and it will not be in vain for your old man's cultivation of me for more than 20 years." ”

"Good, good, young people always have to join the WTO. The old man carried the pot and poured two glasses of wine, "Yu'er, come and have a drink with the old father, you haven't been out, remember that the world is unpredictable, people's hearts are sinister, everything must be careful!"

"I see. ”

The two were talking, and a tall and fat middle-aged strong man walked in outside the door, and when he saw the father and son drinking, he shouted loudly: "Lao Guo, you old guy, you have good wine to drink, and you don't call me?"

When Tang Yu saw this person, he turned around and said, "Uncle Ma, come on, our two are thinking about you." ”

"I'm an old man, what do I have to talk about!" The strong man walked straight across the courtyard and came to the stone table, Tang Yu gave up his seat, and Guo Laohan said: "It's lonely to drink alone." The strong man was not polite, sat down and toasted two glasses in a row, put down the cup and took a few mouthfuls of food, and chewed loudly, "Lao Guo, I'll give you a resignation." ”

Guo Laohan asked: "What, Brother Ma, do you want to dart again?"

"Darts. ”

"Where are you going this time?"

"The capital. The strong man sighed and said, "Who made us a dart master, there is no way, it's such a hard life." ”

Guo Laohan smiled: "That's good, Brother Ma, Yu'er is just going to the capital, he is so old and goes out for the first time, I don't worry, I hope my brother will take him, you have to worry a lot." ”

The horse dart master laughed haha: "What, the eldest nephew also wants to go and appreciate the colorful Jingshi?"

Tang Yu smiled and didn't squeak, Guo Laohan explained, "What, didn't I hear that Kyoto is going to hold a national swordsmanship competition, and Yu'er also wants to see it?"

"This is good, this is good. ”

The two old men were drinking, you came and went, comparing and drawing, and the horse dart master was full of praise: "My nephew is promising." Do you know that in order to increase the scale of this competition, the emperor also specially ordered Huang Zicheng, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, to draw up a decree, and sent a guard of honor of more than 100 people, brought many gifts, and went to the Western Regions Snow Mountain to hire Dugu to defeat the old man as the chief judge of the competition. ”

Guo Laohan's face was respectful: "So, this time Dugu's predecessor is going to appear in the rivers and lakes again?"

"Not really. ”

Tang Yu was curious and asked the horse dart master: "Uncle Ma, have you ever seen this Dugu seeking defeat?" ”

The horse dart master pouted, "How could I have met his old man, stupid nephew, is that the person we can see if we want to meet?" Dugu Daxia, that is the person who calls the emperor a brother and brother, I see it on weekdays, it is not the prime minister, the imperial history, Hanlin, or the general, my obedient god ......"

"I heard that one of his Xuantie swords is now in the Ouchi Imperial Palace. Guo Laohan also praised it.

Tang Yu was a little lost. "It's amazing to hear you. ”

"Don't be unconvinced, don't believe your father. Ma Dart Master's eyes widened, "Back then, the King of Han and the King of Wu fought for the world, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought fiercely in Poyang Lake. It was this Dugu who sought defeat, and used a sword to enter and exit the millions of troops, like probing for things, not only beating the four masters under the Han Throne, but also taking Chen Youliang's life with a flying arrow!"

"Really?"

Guo Laohan also said, "I have also heard that the Mongolian blue-faced ghost king has a big head and a height of one zhang; Since then, he has never dared to easily offend the Central Plains ......"

Tang Yu nodded.

The horse dart master pushed the cup and got up, "Okay, that's all for today." Lao Guo, hand over the child to me, you can rest assured that you can take care of everything. ”

Lao Guo Lian said, "Don't worry, naturally rest assured." ”

The horse dart master turned around and patted Tang Yu's shoulder again, "Nephew, fight for breath, you are lucky this time." Originally, Dugu was in retreat and cultivating, and he was willing to resign again and again, but because the holy order was difficult to disobey, he had to go down the mountain with the two personal disciples with the team and travel a long distance to the imperial capital. If you get his advice this time, it will be tantamount to a great fate! You will be mixed up in the future, you will become an official in the capital, Uncle Ma will take darts, and there will be bullblowing, and the province will always be bullied by those people in the yamen......"