Chapter 32: The Competition
Outside the door was a black-lacquered carriage with two horses galloping side by side.
The carriage was as black as a mirror, without any decoration on the surface, and it didn't look much different from Li Ji's carriage, because Yu Wenshang didn't want to reveal his identity now.
There was a man standing beside the car, dressed in black and solemn, with a solemn expression, and the snow was piled up on his shoulders and above his head, as if he had never stood there all along.
His temples bulged slightly, and his breath was long and long, and the breath he exhaled was like a snow-white arrow exhaling from his mouth, and it did not dissipate until it was three feet away.
Obviously a master of internal skills!
As soon as Yuwen Shang walked out, he had already greeted him and bent down and bowed, but he didn't speak, just because Yu Wenshang hadn't asked yet, so he couldn't speak.
Yuwen Shang couldn't help frowning when he looked at him, he had been a car driver under Yu Wenshang for four years, Yuwen Shang knew him very well, and he would never take the initiative to find him if it wasn't for something big.
So Yuwen Shang was asking, "What's the matter?"
It didn't seem to be a good place to talk, so the man kept his mouth shut, pulled out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Yuwen Shang.
Yuwen Shang only glanced at it and was already stunned, his brows furrowed even deeper.
There are only four words on the paper.
"Autumn is Dead"
How did she die? Who killed him? Where did Zhan Yunran go?
Yu Wenshang wanted to ask, but he also knew that this was not a good place to talk, and the note was crumpled into a ball of paper, and he walked quickly to the carriage.
The four guards had just followed, but he stopped again and turned around and said, "Go to the Divine Capture Mansion." ”
As soon as he had finished speaking, the charioteer straightened up, turned his back to the carriage, jumped backwards and jumped three feet high, and then fell down and landed on the carriage.
Yuwen Shang had already sat in the carriage.
The shadow was always in the carriage, in the dark, where he was supposed to be.
The carriage wasn't big, just enough for six people to sit facing each other, two personal guards and shadows sat in a row, and Yuwen Shang and the other two sat opposite.
Suddenly, I heard a long neighing from the horse, and the carriage started slowly.
"How did Autumn die?" asked Shadow now.
"A sword seals the throat. Shadow's answer was as simple and effective as ever.
Yuwen Shang closed his eyes, his fingers rhythmically tapped on his thighs, and after a long time, he said, "It was Zhan Yunran who killed him?"
The shadow said, "Yes." ”
Yuwen Shang said: "So Su Su has also fled?"
The shadow said, "Three days ago." ”
Yu Wenshang opened his eyes and seemed to think of something, and said, "Who saved it?"
The shadow's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Yan Ming!"
Yuwen Shang actually laughed and sneered: "Sure enough, it's Yan Ming, there is no one in the world who likes to be more nosy than him." ”
The shadow said: "Zhan Yunran's relationship with him is not bad. ”
Yuwen Shang said: "Do they know who did it?"
The shadow said: "I don't know yet, but Yan Ming is already investigating." ”
Yuwen Shang nodded and said, "Let them check, give them some clues, and lead them to the Bloody Clothes Building." ”
There is no place more suitable as a place to vent hatred than the Bloody Clothes Building, and the Bloody Clothes Building doesn't care about a few more enemies, because it is the enemy of the entire rivers and lakes.
The shadow lowered his head and said, "Yes." ”
The carriage has been on the Long Street.
The snow was heavy, but there were still a lot of people on the streets, and the speed of the carriage had to slow down.
Yu Wenshang lifted the corner of the heavy curtain, he stared out of the window, as if he was thinking, as if he was looking down on the crowd, he suddenly felt like an emperor visiting in a small suit inspecting his people.
But he is not yet an emperor.
Of course, Yuwen Shang knows that he is only a prince now, but who can say what will happen in the future?
The carriage drove slowly, and he watched for a long time, and finally took a deep breath of cold air before lowering the curtains.
It was dark again in the carriage.
Yuwen Shang suddenly said again: "Flowing wind, falling flowers." ”
Immediately, two guards in the carriage responded at the same time: "Yes." ”
Yuwen Shang said: "In my name, the two of you will visit the envoys of the Eight Great Sects. ”
Liufeng and Luohua said in unison: "Yes." ”
Yuwen Shang nodded, looked at the remaining two guards, and said, "Blowing snow, you go to visit the four great families, and the waning moon will follow me." ”
Blowing Snow said: "Yes!"
Wanyue also said: "Yes!"
He looked around before finally his gaze fell on the shadow, but the shadow did not look at him, and lowered its head as if to stare at the tip of his shoe.
Yuwen Shang stared at him for a long time, and suddenly said, "Crow." ”
The crow raised his head, immediately lowered his head, and said, "Yes." ”
The crow is the name of a bird, and it is also his name, and legend has it that the crow often brings calamity with it when it comes.
Just as no one likes to see this bird, no one likes to see it.
Not at all!
Because he brought not only calamity, but even death.
Yuwen Shang said: "Within three days, I want you to find out all the martial arts routines, living habits, and personal preferences of the fifth small building." ”
The crow hesitated, thought for a moment, and said, "If she doesn't make a move?"
Yuwen Shang smiled: "She will make a move." ”
The sword is already in hand.
It's just a wooden sword, a wooden sword made of fine poplar wood, the body of the sword is polished and brushed with a layer of oil wax, and the hilt is wrapped with cotton cloth, so you won't feel slippery when you pick it up.
The real sword not only hurts the body, but also hurts the weapon, the two people who suffered had to use the wooden sword to test the martial arts, in order to prove that their martial arts are not all dependent on weapons, the fifth Xiaolou readily agreed to the invitation of Yuwen Xia to compete.
There is a large room for martial arts practice in the Divine Capture Mansion, and poplar swords like this can be found in every corner of the martial arts training ground.
Fifth Xiaolou casually took out a wooden sword from the weapon rack, put it in his hand and weighed it twice, and then showed a satisfied smile.
After being satisfied, she began to discern the weight of Aji's sword, she couldn't tell what material Aji's sword was made of with the naked eye, and the swordsmith of the Divine Capture Mansion couldn't do anything about it because he couldn't touch the sword body of Aji's sword.
But the weight of the Aji sword was about the same as that of this wooden sword.
At this time, she heard Yu Wenxia shouting behind her: "Have you picked it out?"
The fifth Xiaolou turned around and saw that Yu Wenxia was already holding a long wooden knife in the middle of the martial arts training ground, waving at him.
She also waved the sword in her hand twice, and also shouted, "It's coming, what's the hurry." ”
Because this martial arts training ground is so big, the two of them have to communicate by shouting.
The two men were nine feet apart, staring at each other's weapons.
Yu Wenxia held the long knife in his hand with his backhand, took out another copper plate, and said, "Start when this copper plate hits the ground, how about it?"
The fifth small building said: "Okay, but you throw it higher." ”
"Good. Yu Wenxia nodded and threw the copper plate hard.
Sure enough, it was very high, and the copper plate turned into a long arc, and then slowly fell in front of the two of them.
With a "ding" sound, the copper plate has fallen to the ground, but the two still have no movement, and their eyes are still staring at each other.
The atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and the cold wind blew in through the window, but it couldn't blow away the heavy murderous atmosphere.
Masters often only need a very small flaw to decide the winner, so they are still looking for it and haven't moved yet.
Yu Wenxia's whole body muscles were tense, on the back of the hand holding the knife, the green tendons were already bulging, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's eagle, and he stared at the fifth small building like a flying eagle staring at its prey.
The eagle has its eyes on its prey, and the next moment it's time to dive.
Yuwen Xia's pupils contracted suddenly, and the person had already swooped out, and the wooden knife seemed to turn into a bolt of lightning, slashing sideways like a flying rainbow.
He was convinced that he had found a flaw.
But is that a flaw?
The fifth Xiaolou seemed to show a hint of a smile, and when the sword light was about to slash at her chest, her waist seemed to suddenly break and bend backwards.
The light of the knife grazed her chest.
She bent down, and with a slam of her left hand on the ground, his person jumped out upside down and kicked Yuwen Xia's wrist holding the knife.
The foot was already kicked on the wrist, the wooden knife did not come out of her hand as the fifth Xiaolou expected, and as soon as her foot touched Yu Wenxia's wrist, she suddenly felt a strange and powerful force.
This powerful force actually shook her whole person.
The fifth Xiaolou was taken aback, but immediately reacted, and with the help of this force, he volleyed a few times, and finally landed firmly in the corner of the martial arts training ground.
A gust of wind blew, and all of a sudden the wind began to howl, mixed with the snow brought in from the window, and the inside of the house seemed to become a snowy outside.
Yu Wenxia didn't hide, and he couldn't hide at all, who could resist when the wind blew?
So he let out a loud shout and swept towards the fifth small building with his knife on the ground.
Then, the man and the sword in the fifth small building began to move, which was an extremely fast and graceful movement.
She suddenly turned around and stabbed her sword.
No one can describe the speed of this sword, and no one can describe the grace of this sword, as natural as the wind, but also as sharp as the wind.
The sword qi came out from the sword body, and countless silky sword qi seeped into Yu Wenxia's clothes like maggots on the tarsal bones, wandering on the surface of his skin, as if looking for a gap to break through.
Although Yuwen Xia didn't know what the consequences of being invaded by this sword qi would be, he didn't want to try it at all.
He had already stopped, and immediately let out a loud shout, and it was that strange vibration that shattered the sword qi on the surface of his skin layer by layer through his body.
But at this time, the fifth Xiaolou had already stabbed out the second sword.
A sword stabbed to the end, and the two of them suddenly heard a "bang", and the wind and snow that were still whistling immediately stopped, and then, even the killing aura disappeared without a trace.
Yuwen Xia was stunned, he didn't know why the fifth small building suddenly stopped, and he wanted to ask her, but before he could speak, he saw her holding a bare sword hilt, and seemed to be laughing.
Yuwen Xia also smiled and said with a smile: "Where's your sword?"
Fifth Xiaolou waved the hilt of the sword in his hand and said, "Here." ”
It turned out that this wooden sword couldn't withstand such a fierce sword aura, and it was actually shattered into wood slag in her hands.
Yu Wenxia sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Your swordsmanship, you really have to be matched with a good sword." ”
The fifth Xiaolou blinked and said with a smile: "Then who won this time?"
Yu Wenxia suddenly turned around and walked to the door, and said without looking back: "Let's go, please drink." ”
The fifth Xiaolou also followed, laughing and saying, "I want the most expensive one." ”