XXXIV. The Phantom of the Lonely City

The goshawk came to the mountain with Zhemei, and peeked through the branches of the pine trees, and saw a rough fortress in the distance, about three floors, standing like a stone pillar, and the outer walls were mottled with frost, stoic and rigid, and stood still in the wind. Goshawk thought to himself, "Is this where the Xicheng faction is? ”

Zhemei whispered: "Brother Goshawk, you are alone, don't clash with them head-on." It's better to sneak in quietly and save my senior brother. Those people from the Xicheng faction are very good at martial arts. And their head is known as 'Xicheng Iron Courage', with excellent martial arts and famous in the rivers and lakes, you may not be his opponent. ”

How could the goshawk not know that she was deliberately provoking? But he still couldn't suppress his anger, and said: "You can show me, my goshawk just swaggered in, and take out the head of the 'Xicheng Iron Courage' to you!"

Zhemei looked reverent and said happily: "If the eldest brother is really such a hero, please forgive me for the crime of nonsense, I am really ignorant, and I don't know that the eldest brother's martial arts are majestic." ”

The goshawk said, "You wait here, watch my goshawk break into the enemy camp alone and kill all sides!"

Immediately sneaked out of the forest and walked straight to the stone tower, which was surrounded by a stone wall, and a large solid wooden door in the stone wall. After walking about a hundred feet, I saw a man on the wall, holding a bow and arrow, aiming at the goshawk, and shouting, "What are you doing here?"

Goshawk said: "Unknown people in Xiajianghu, come to meet the master of Wuxi City!"

The man scolded, "What a nameless person, what nonsense!" At this moment, another capable man walked behind the man, glanced at the goshawk, and said, "What is the matter with you coming to find the master of the Wu Sect?"

The goshawk looked up to the sky and laughed, his expression was extremely contemptuous, and the man saw that the goshawk was so arrogant, but he didn't dare to slack off in his heart, and asked, "Why is this brother laughing?"

Goshawk said: "I laugh at Wu Xicheng known as 'Xicheng Iron Courage', but he is so timid as a mouse, there are many people in the Xicheng faction, and the soldiers are strong, and when they see me alone, they are so scared that they dare not let me in." ”

The man rushed up angrily and said, "Let him in!

The goshawk waited for half a salary, and saw the wooden door rattling and slowly opening, and the man was wearing a strong suit and a red cloak, followed by several people, standing and looking at the door. The goshawk was undaunted, and walked a few steps, when suddenly someone stabbed out a spear, aimed it at the goshawk's head, and shouted: "Hand over the blade!"

Goshawk said strangely: "There are twenty of you here, all of them are good martial arts experts, even if I hold a sword, what can I do?

If this was a Mongolian military camp, the goshawk would have been shot with a bow and arrow and fled in a hurry. But these bandits have no discipline at all, they have a strong nature, and they are very impulsive, and when they see the goshawks talking excitedly one after another, how can they let go of their faces? The man sneered and said, "We have already told the door master that there is a madman who has come here to challenge, and there are many contempts in the words, and the door master will let you in." Come with me. Let you see how my Xicheng faction is doing?" he thought that when he arrived in the tower anyway, the garrison was only getting tighter, and there happened to be a big backer in the tower at this moment. What can this person do when he is alone?

The goshawk followed the crowd and walked towards the stone tower, swept his eyes to the side, and saw a small snow mound in the snow, there was a hole in the mound, and there were people on duty on both sides, and the two people's martial arts were slightly stronger than others, so it can be seen that the hole is quite important.

Came to the tower, walked up two layers of wooden ladders, only to see half of the bald old man dressed in a golden leather jacket, wearing a jade ring and gold ring on his hand, dressed very luxuriously, he looked gloomy, squinting at the goshawk, and in front of this person, there were twenty red-robed men, and a black-clothed man, as a scholar, sitting next to the old man, his expression was very chic.

The old man said, "You are the boy who came to die?"

Goshawk said: "This lord must be the old hero of Wuxicheng who is known as the 'Iron Courage of Xicheng'." "He is not familiar with this place, and he doesn't know the details of this Xicheng faction, so he is not in a hurry to kill the enemy.

The old man was even more relieved when he saw that he was about twenty-three years old, and thought to himself: "I should be a master who wants to trouble me, this kid is so young, how high can his martial arts be? Seeing the goshawk's polite words, he immediately smiled and said: "Yes, the old man is Wu Xicheng, what is the matter with you coming up to me?"

Goshawk said: "I have heard for a long time that the old Wu seniors are famous in this place, and they really fight all over the country, and they are invincible. When I first set foot in the rivers and lakes, my eyes were not opened, but I heard that my predecessors were very good at kung fu, and I wanted to learn martial arts from my predecessors, but I don't know what my predecessors wanted?"

Wu Xicheng snorted, slapped the chair, and did not speak. The red-clothed man from before shouted: "Just by your fluttering words, you want to compete with our sect master, I really don't know the height of the sky! If you want to compete, my Yue Tong will teach you a lesson." With that, he shook his cloak, jumped into the middle, drew his machete, and stood still in front of the goshawk.

This Yue Tong is Wu Xicheng's right-hand man, brave and capable, deeply appreciated by Wu Xicheng, Wu Xicheng saw him end, smiled slightly, and was extremely relieved.

Goshawk said angrily: "Just a nobody like you, how can you be my opponent! Look at the move!" Without saying much, he took down the secret shadow and stabbed at Yue Tong with a sword. Yue Tong saw that his long sword had a peculiar shape, and the sword body was separated layer by layer, like a scale armor, and he was amazed in his heart, and the big sword turned into arc light, blocking the goshawk long sword.

The goshawk roared loudly, and the sword moves were endless, light and agile, and they couldn't stop attacking around Yue Tong. Yue Tong's knife technique is not weak, and he can see that the enemy's strength is not strong, but he makes quick moves, shortens his arms by half an inch, and guards strictly, waiting for an opportunity to find an opportunity to break the enemy. The two went back and forth with each other, one retreating and one advancing, and the fight was inseparable.

The black-clothed man sneered and said, "Kunlun swordsmanship, it's really good." But if you don't get home, you might as well go home and practice for another ten years. ”

Goshawk turned around and scolded: "Dog nose face, what kind of dog and fart are you putting on the side?" This man in black looks good, but only his nose is a little weird, slightly dog-shaped, he is extremely taboo about this, others know his mind, and they are afraid that he is powerful in martial arts, and he never dares to mention it in front of him, but Goshawk scolded, pointing to what he hated in his heart, this man in black immediately turned red, and said angrily: "Good boy, you are looking for death!"

Yue Tong saw that the goshawk was distracted, and his moves were slow, and when he made a move 'Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea', the big knife slashed at the goshawk's head in the air. The goshawk stepped aside, and with a horizontal sword, he slashed Zhongyue's copper thigh, and immediately the blood flowed for a long time. Under the severe pain, Yue Tong stood unsteadily, was kicked in the jaw by the goshawk, turned over, and fainted immediately.

Goshawk gasped heavily, raised his head, and said disdainfully: "The Xicheng faction's kung fu is nothing more than that. Lao Tzu made a move casually, and he could easily defeat him. When the people saw that he had won with great difficulty, they were furious and shouted at him.

The black-clothed man shook the hem of his clothes, took the long sword, squinted at the goshawk, and said, "Master Wumen, let me kill this bastard boy for you! This kid insults me so much, how can I let him get out alive?"

Seeing the grimace engraved on the hilt of the long sword in this person's hand, Goshawk's heart moved, and he thought: "This person is a person from the Ghost Sword Sect? Look at his skills, he is indistinguishable from the four helmsmen in the Wuzang Mansion a few years ago, and he is only afraid to be better than this old man in Wuxi City." ”

Wu Xicheng said with a smile: "Since the Lord of the Eternal Rudder said so, where does the old man have the reason to disobey his fate?"

The Lord of the Eternal Rudder stood in front of the goshawk and said, "Make a move! I'll show you what true swordsmanship is!"

Goshawk scolded: "Dog nose face, Lao Tzu is in front of you, let you taste what fresh dog food is!"

Under the fury of the eternal rudder lord, he didn't care about his identity, and rushed forward, his long sword stabbed rapidly, and his body moved with the sword, and he was menacing. The goshawk groaned, raised his long sword, and rushed forward instead, and then lowered his body and drilled, avoiding this move in a thrilling way. Seeing that he was behind him, the Lord of the Eternal Rudder did not turn around, the sword light turned, and he stabbed out five moves one after another, each of which was strange and secret, making it difficult to guard against, but the goshawk retreated all the way and fled far away, although these five moves were exquisite, but they did not even meet the shadow of the goshawk.

The Lord of the Eternal Rudder scolded, "Little thief, where is your former majesty?"

The goshawk stood still somewhere and scolded back: "Dog-nosed face, Lao Tzu fights with dogs, and he always lets dogs make five moves first, as the so-called good men don't fight with dogs!"

The seven orifices of the main qi of the eternal rudder smoked, the long sword retracted, slowly stepped forward, secretly gathered strength, the long sword trembled slightly, and an invisible sword qi suddenly burst out, the goshawk long sword was in the chest, only to hear the sound of the bell, just blocking this sword qi, he was knocked out by a huge force, and happened to come to Wu Xicheng, and returned a sword and stabbed Wu Xicheng's throat.

Wu Xicheng originally saw the two fighting, knowing that the goshawk's martial arts were mediocre, and the eternal rudder lord was victorious and undefeated, so he only watched it happily from the side, and saw that the eternal rudder master's martial arts were far superior to his own, and he sighed in his heart. Who knew that the Eternal Rudder Lord suddenly used the invisible sword qi and hit the goshawk, and the goshawk had his back to him, where could he see that he had the intention of making a move? With the help of the power of the sword qi, coupled with the strength of his own legs, the goshawk came like a running star, Wu Xicheng was defenseless, and was stabbed by this extremely fast sword, and was killed instantly.

When the bandits saw it, they were shocked and angry, and they rushed up with their blades, and the goshawk roared, and the long sword in his hand stabbed continuously, and each sword could stab the enemy's wrist. Many people leaned over to pick it up, but they were assassinated by the goshawk's sword and kicked out as cannonballs to block the besieging people. And the goshawk hands and feet did not stop, moving everywhere, although the bandits were numerous, but there was no order when chasing, but hindered each other, in the blink of an eye, the goshawk suddenly came out from behind the bandits, out of the sword surprise attack, and immediately killed a lot of people.

The Eternal Rudder Lord's vision was better than everyone else's, and at this time he saw that the goshawk's martial arts were extremely high and difficult to deal with, so he shouted: "Stop it all for me, let me kill him alone!" But everyone fell into confusion, and they were bent on chasing and killing the goshawk, and the goshawk drilled into Tibet, like a ghost, where could everyone catch him?

The Eternal Rudder Lord hated and thought: "This kid's footwork is a bit like my Ghost Sword Sect's Hidden Body Method. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly rushed forward, only to feel the cold on his back, and the skin was in severe pain, he didn't have time to turn around, and danced the long sword in front of him, only to hear the sound of jingling, blocking the goshawk's sneak attack sword move.

He fell to the ground, a little relieved, but his wrist suddenly became soft, he couldn't hold the long sword, he took a closer look, and found that his Shenmen acupoint had been sealed, it turned out that when he was fighting with the goshawk, although he was not injured, he had already lost a move, and he was quietly pointed by the goshawk, and he didn't even know it. When I looked up again, there was no sign of the goshawk again.