Princess Zhaoyang said that she wanted to tell the truth about the Bianjing case, but in fact, it only took half a day to work for everyone in Bianjing, Zhang Mingyue had to admire the princess's resolute and resolute methods, so she didn't have to worry about being targeted, but after all, because the three of them had such a big basket, even if the notice had been issued, it still couldn't avoid some criticism, and it was really the best to travel at night, Yang Youqian had already slept, and when she heard the knock on the door, she came out in her clothes, and she didn't expect it to be Sima Yun and Zhang Mingyue, she had heard about the notice, but after all, it was Sima Yun who killed so many people, and it was in her small courtyardIf it weren't for the fact that the mother and daughter were not financially well-off, I am afraid that the two would never dare to live in this courtyard again, although they don't believe in ghosts and gods, but they are also afraid that the dead will turn into ghosts and disturb the mother and daughter.

"Yes...... Is it you?" Yang Youqian said a little wary, and it didn't take much effort to hear the news from her mother who it was, and Yang Youqian just casually said someone who asked for directions.

"It seems that Miss Qian'er doesn't seem to welcome the two of us very much. It can even be said that we are a little scared, but because we killed someone?" Sima Yun said with a smile.

"You guys just say what's the matter, right?" Yang Youqian didn't think much of Sima Yun's words, although the notice had already explained that there were other circumstances in the Bianjing City murder case, but the more than 20 people were really alive and dead in front of her, and it was the two people in front of them who did it themselves, and if this green-shirted scholar said that he would kill five more people, wouldn't it make people laugh out of their big teeth if he said that the two of them didn't kill people? It's just that she didn't expect that only three foreigners would have the ability to suppress such a big murder, even if she Yang Youqian was just a woman, she could guess that this must be inextricably linked with the government.

What is the origin of these people?

"Don't worry, Miss Qian'er, this time I didn't come to force the girl to learn the sword with the old man, nor did I come to find the girl to have any trouble, but I was entrusted to expect Miss Qian'er to go to the Hundred Flowers Banquet, and Miss Qian'er didn't have to refuse, now that the Li Mansion has completely collapsed, the three of us will pick up the girl and go together." In addition, the person who invited Miss Qian'er was the person the girl wanted to see the most. ”

After Sima Yun said this, he said goodbye and left, which made Zhang Mingyue a little confused, he said.

"How do you know who the girl wants to see the most? At best, we've only been with the girl for a day or two. ”

"Haven't you already seen the person Miss Qian'er wants to see the most?" Sima Yun showed a meaningful smile, and Zhang Mingyue was suddenly stunned.

"You mean the princess?"

"Who but a princess dressed as a man can make a girl so concerned? Remember, however, that a woman, whether she is good or bad, beautiful or ugly, will never forget the man who appeared in her time of need, especially if he was a man. ”

Speaking of which, I do know that some people come completely the other way around, not only did they not show up when the girl needed them most, but they were saved by the girl when they were most humiliated. ”

Sima Yun patted Zhang Mingyue on the shoulder, and said with a smile.

He is talking about Emei Mountain Wanqing, but Zhang Mingyue knows that compared with Mingyue, he actually wants Mingyue more, and the smile of the beauty under the moon is still deeply engraved in his mind, and he wants to forget but can't forget it no matter what, if what Sima Yun said is reasonable, then why is he not the person who appears when Mingyue needs it most?

It's too much to think about.

Zhang Mingyue immediately shook her head self-deprecatingly.

"The Hundred Flowers Banquet is about to begin, how are you going to make the princess show off at that time? You are just one person and one mouth, how can you say that the hundred families of the Western Chu Princes?"

"If you can't say that, then you won't say it, but you can have a big fight, isn't that the truth? The Hundred Flowers Banquet is a grand event in Western Chu, how can there be no people from the rivers and lakes to participate? With the big Buddha of the old man, who would dare to make more times? But when it comes to being an official, I think you should ask the princess to have a half-official position in the army with you. ”

"You want me to join the army?"

"It's not to join the army, it's just that you can sharpen your knife only in the war, didn't Ning Zhiyuan say that the three of us came ten years earlier? Since you came early, you have to do something that came early, this thing is to let you grow up quickly, and then you and I plus the old man will return to the Northern Wei Dynasty in a beautiful way, and teach Xuanyuan Hongtu to throw a mouse bogey." ”

When the two returned to the other garden, the old man still did not sleep, but was looking through the collection of books in the home of Ning Zhiyuan, the first Confucian in Western Chu, with great interest.

"The princess took great pains, he asked us to let the girl Qian'er participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet, just to let the old man see her again, and then the princess persuaded her to let her learn the old man's sword, we should accept this favor. ”

Sima Yun sat down with the old man, and poured himself a cup of "Chu tea" that was already cold.

"That's the relationship between you and Ren Zhaoyang, don't get the old man involved, as for whether the girl Qian'er learned the old man's sword early, it depends on the people themselves, what are you two worried about. ”

The old man didn't have a good breath, and then handed the sword spectrum in his hand that could have been left by the first master of the dignified Western Chu to Zhang Mingyue.

"The world's martial arts is born from the same root, although the collection of books in this house is not as good as Emei, but it is enough to make the world crazy, these days you have nothing to look at, and your knife is also very beneficial, ten years, if you can concentrate on practicing knives in these ten years, maybe you can also reach a product to the realm, and then you will have more ability to save your life. ”

The old man seemed to have a thousand words, but when it came to his mouth, only this sentence came out, and Zhang Mingyue was a little wooden and didn't know how to answer. But Sima Yun, who drank a cup of herbal tea in one go, looked at the old man and smiled.

"I'm afraid he won't be able to concentrate on cultivation in the past ten years, and I plan to let him participate in the training of the Western Chu army. ”

"Nonsense. ”

The one-armed little old man slapped the stone table violently, startling Zhang Mingyue.

"Do you want him to join the army, do you want to join the army? Or do you want to drag the old man to join the army?"

"No, no. Sima Yun was still smiling.

"In the past, the old man walked the rivers and lakes with one person and one sword, but he devoted himself to practicing swords, and he didn't go about the world?"

"Naturally not, how can the experience of this enemy be found out simply by concentrating on cultivation?"

"That's not it, so old man, do you think he can practice shocking methods by staying in this garden? Even if he really practices it at that time, it is just a flower in the greenhouse, and his strength has long been greatly reduced. How can you really be worthy of the word master?"

The one-armed little old man didn't say anything more, only left a word before leaving.

"Then you can toss it, the old man doesn't care......"

......

One or two days is just like a white horse passing through the gap, the lotus flowers in the pond are blooming earlier and gradually begin to wither, it is already the height of summer, only the red sun rises at dawn, behind the garden is a bamboo forest, lush and green covers the sky and the sun, the young man stands naked with his upper body and collects his knife, and his body is covered with a lot of sweat beads.

"After practicing all night, are you willing to work hard, do you need to rest?" Sima Yun came quietly, but this time he changed into a plain white dress, and his black hair was restrained with a hairband at will, but the scar on his face could not be removed.

Generally speaking, Zhang Mingyue knows that among the four of them, only Sima Yun has such a bit of transcendent taste, although the old man is the pinnacle master of the world, but he is the least like a master, if it were not for the sword box, no one would really believe that this old man would be a swordsman, as for himself, in his own words, it is the existence of ants in this world, not to mention Gu Yue, although he has a heart to become the number one swordsman in the world, he is simply a small citizen of the market.

"Although I don't know why you and the old man value me so much, but since Mr. Ren Ning values the three of us so much, he does not hesitate to let his own garden for us to live in. ”

The young man put on his clothes again.

"This bit of suffering is comparable to the pain of the old man's broken arm back then?"

Sima Yun was dumbfounded, but he didn't expect Zhang Mingyue, who had never had much reason to say among the three, to say so much in one breath.

"Do you want to avenge the old man's broken arm?"

"I can't talk about revenge, it's just that I can be regarded as half a disciple of the old man, and I can't make people laugh at the fact that the old sword god disciple of the Spring and Autumn Period Li doesn't have the ability to show his hands. Zhang Mingyue looked at the ruins of the bamboo forest after a set of knives last night, forty-nine bamboos, forty-eight fell, only one was missing.

"If you can use this set of knives to such an extent in one night, you can be considered a genius. Sima Yun said with a smile.

"Then why don't you say that I should be a dead man by now. Zhang Mingyue stretched the fatigue brought about by the night of knife practice.

"If you regard those forty-nine bamboos as my opponent, and there is one person left alive, then I am already dead, and you should understand this truth better than me. ”

Leaving such a sentence Zhang Mingyue returned to her own garden, leaving only Sima Yun with a stunned face, but when she heard footsteps behind her, she said.

"The old man has been watching him practice his knife last night?"

"The old man is not so boring, what is there to see when practicing knives, it's just to see that you kid ate turtles early in the morning, and the old man is happy, haha. ”

The old man also changed into a golden black dress that he could handle today, just because this was sent by Princess Zhaoyang to him personally, if he didn't wear it, the old man would be blocked in the room and not allowed to come out. That's why I came early in the morning.

"Old man, you are joking, I should be happy to see him grow up like this, how can he be deflated, but I am a little puzzled if this kid knows something. ”

"If you knew, you should know in the Northern Wei Dynasty that day, then the three boys of the Meng family left a sentence before leaving that night has already explained everything, a generation of Confucianism, a generation of sword gods, a generation of heavenly people, but this heavenly man, what is the solution, the old man still hasn't figured it out. ”

"The old man doesn't need to understand, and I don't understand, but sooner or later there will be a day when he understands, and someone doesn't want him to live, just because if he lives and grows up in the future, it will definitely be a big thing, and we can't let that person succeed, that's probably the case. ”

Sima Yun and the old man glanced at each other, and they both understood what the other party was thinking.

"The old man would like to ask you, when you brought Zhang Xiaozi back from the desert, was it just unintentional or intentional?"

The old sword god asked.

"Old man, guess?"

Sima Yun left with a smile after leaving such a sentence, leaving the old man alone to look at the bamboo forest thoughtfully.

——

On this day, Bianjing City can almost be said to be crowded, because everyone knows that today is the beginning of the Hundred Flowers Banquet, the Hundred Flowers Banquet lasts for three days, the morning sun is born, it is a good weather, Princess Zhaoyang is dressed to attend, it is a phoenix among the people, it is already eye-catching without more embellishment, plus a golden silk dress is full of royal spirit, when he came to the garden, there was only one old man left in the garden, and the famous sword obtained from worshiping the sword mountain was left in the garden by the old man, just because he was really unwilling to show off, it was better to come to the truth.

"Why didn't your uncle accompany him today?"

Seeing that Princess Zhaoyang came alone, the old man asked curiously.

Princess Zhaoyang said unhurriedly.

"The old man doesn't know, my uncle has always disliked to participate in these things, and this time my father personally ordered Zhaoyang to preside, if my uncle comes, he will definitely steal the limelight from Zhaoyang, so Zhaoyang is enough for one person, not to mention that there is an old man in charge, and Zhaoyang is even more fearless. ”

"You girl is too much to think of me, you are full of talents in Xichu, how can you control the scene with only the three of me?" The old man didn't have a good temperament, but he still went out of the garden with the princess while talking, and as soon as he went out, a large group of guards followed, thinking that it was because of the loss of the things a few days ago, this time the guards around the princess are all masters of introverted breath, not to mention how much there is secretly protecting, which shows how high the status of this princess is in the heart of Chu Zhongyan, the monarch of the dynasty.

Love me, love my dog.

The old sword god muttered silently in his heart.

There is a state guest building in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and there is also a state guest building in Western Chu, but the state guest building in Western Chu is set up in Bianjing City, called Yanguilou, just looking at its literal meaning is just to say that the wild goose returns, in fact, it is a metaphor for many daughters of Western Chu, even if you go farther, don't forget to go home, and there are many literati and scholars who write poems with Yanguilou, one of which is the most famous in Western Chu.

The autumn breeze rises in Bianjing City, and the letters sent to the family are endless.

I am afraid that the nostalgia is endless, and I will return to the building in the spring of the next year.

Frankly speaking, although Western Chu is not as good as the Northern Wei Dynasty, but it is a united and peaceful country, if an empire does not have a place of thought that can make thousands of people unite with one heart, then the country must have no cohesion, which is much better than the Northern Wei Dynasty, but Western Chu is different from the Northern Wei Dynasty, there are powerful iron cavalry guarding the country and watching the tide rise and fall in the world, and the iron cavalry is eyeing the rivers and lakes, which dares to rebel?

If it weren't for the fact that it was the year of the catastrophe, why would he Xuanyuan Qingshan borrow troops from Western Chu?

Western Chu has an army, but after all, it is not as good as the iron cavalry that swept other countries in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it can protect itself externally but it is absolutely difficult to control the internal strife, just because the rivers and lakes are too deep, Chu Zhongyan is a generation of Ming Jun, knowing that it is far from enough to make thousands of people return to the heart with this, just because the sons of the hundred schools of thought have their own ideas, if they cannot be unified for a long time, there will be hidden dangers, and he can control it when he reigns, but once the hundred years have come to the time of death, if Princess Zhaoyang succeeds to the throne, how can she control this undercurrent?

So there is a hundred flowers feast.

When arriving at the Yangui Building, it is already full of people, this State Guest Building is enough to witness the strength of West Chu whether it is facilities or conditions, the entire State Guest Building has been firmly protected by the Palace Guards on the third floor and the outer three floors, the sun is shining, although it is a hot summer, the whole State Guest Building is unusually cool, this is because the materials built in this building are the most scarce exquisite wood in the building, this wood is just a distant smell of its aroma can be enough to calm down, not to mention that its bricks and tiles are glazed tiles, crystal clear, even if you don't need any lights to look up at night, you can see the sun, moon and stars, there are three people at the door hugging two red lacquer cylindersOn it, it is a huge by the West Chu contemporary calligraphy and painting masters to write the three words of the wild goose to the building, the atmosphere is majestic, gilt mounted, its column has a pair of couplets, the road is the breeze and the bright moon from the back and forth, come and go, the flowing water and mountains have no ancient and modern, where does it come from today.

Entering the wild goose back to the building, I feel the fragrant breeze blowing in my nose, just because the hall has prepared all kinds of flowers and plants that are blooming, and there is a steaming tea, every four people are a table, there are exquisite snacks and fruits on the table, the lowest layer is the rivers and lakes stragglers, the second layer is the three masters of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and there are hundreds of sons, the third layer is the princes and nobles, it is already full, but only the center still leaves a position, there is a plaque above the head, the plaque is purple from the east, and the position does not need to look at it to know who it belongs to.

I don't know who shouted that the princess is coming, the whole Yangui Building is silent, this building can accommodate three or four thousand people, Princess Zhaoyang is in front, the old man is behind, and there are guards behind him who go straight to the third floor.

But seeing that the old man went up to the third floor, there were many people whispering, and even more loudly, it was enough to reach the princess's ears, Princess Zhaoyang frowned, in the past, she only knew that there were many people in Xichu who opposed her, but she never thought that it would be so blatant, you must know that if her Uncle Ning, who was rated as the first in Western Chu, came, who would dare to make such a mistake? I have to admit that the three characters Ning Zhiyuan are far more useful than his father in some cases, such as the situation in front of him.

Princess Zhaoyang said. If there is anything to say, this is the Hundred Flowers Banquet, and the purpose of inviting you to come is to let you show your own means, so there is really no need to whisper so much. ”

The third floor of the State Guest Building, the second floor of the three sect masters were silent, and the princes and nobles on the third floor did not speak and looked like they were watching a good show, you must know that this family does not know about one family, and they can go to the third floor are all people with heads and faces, how can they not know the temper of their Princess Zhaoyang? There is a saying that the tiger's butt can't be touched, but when it comes to Xichu, it should be said that the princess's bottom line can't be touched, and no matter who the one-armed little old man is, the fact that the princess personally brought it into the State Guest Building is enough to make people cautious, after all, this Xichuqi woman's eyes are higher than the top is a well-known thing, and ordinary people can enter her eyes? To put it mildly, only four people in the entire Xichu can be treated cautiously by the princess, except for his father and mother, only Ning Zhiyuan and Xue Pingchuan, the general of Western Chu, are left.

The people who came to the Hundred Flowers Banquet only knew that there were a few masters of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Bianjing City, and they also knew that there was a one-armed little old man, but no one could connect that person with the old man in front of him.

Not to mention the three masters of the second layer, the same is the most outstanding kind of character in the rivers and lakes, how can you not see that the one-armed little old man in front of him is introverted, usually there are only two possibilities for this kind of person, either an old man who is not a real fart, or a real master who has cultivated to the point of creation and return to the basics, it is obvious that it will not belong to the first type, so he simply sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight, but wants to see what kind of tricks the guys on the lower layer want to make.

But I saw a big five or three rough men standing up on the first floor, this man arched his hand at the third floor of the entire Yangui Building, and then looked up at the princess.

"I practiced qi in Xia Qing Yang Mountain, and was invited by the princess to participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet, with all due respect, I dare to ask who the old man next to the princess is? What qualifications do you have to go up to the third floor, I have countless masters in Xichu, why have I never heard of this old man's name in Xia?

The Qi Refiner is a bold temperament, and as soon as this statement came out, many straightforward people echoed it, but there were also many people on the first floor who watched coldly.

Princess Zhaoyang can see clearly, things in this world are about the same, and being a person is the same, being straightforward is not necessarily a good thing but a bad thing, and the really powerful people are all watching from the back, only those straightforward people who think they are in the limelight have become substitutes for the dead.

To put it mildly, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a clown who jumps off the beam.

"Oh, then what would it be like to be qualified to sit at the same table with the main palace?"

Princess Zhaoyang said lightly, ordinary people can't hear the meaning of this woman's words, but the princes and nobles of the third layer heard it clearly, and there was already a princess seven or eight points of anger in these words, and a young man stood up at the moment, this son was born vividly, but compared with men like Sima Yunmeng Jingran, they were less than three points of spirit, and there were more points of deception in the temple.

This boy said unhurriedly.

"The following brother Tai, Zhang Ziqing, the son of Zhang Chuanru, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, does not feel that what Brother Tai said is inappropriate, but who the princess is willing to take is the princess's business, and then look at this old man's extraordinary bearing is even calmer, which shows that this old man is a real master, why can't he share the table with the princess if he is a master?"

After the son of the Ministry of Rites finished speaking, he saluted the princess at the same time, but Princess Zhaoyang only nodded slightly to express her gratitude and stopped looking at him, but still looked at the first-layer qi refiner.

Seeing that this qi refiner felt that he had become the focus of this goose returning to the building, he became more and more energetic, and he smiled.

"Zhang Gongzi, Her Royal Highness the Princess, in front of so many famous people in my Xichu, Zhang Gongzi said that this old man has an extraordinary bearing, but I dare not agree, not to laugh at the old man's one-armed, just to look at his people and know his god, the old man really doesn't look like a master in the world from anywhere, do you agree with this?"

There was laughter on the first floor.

The Qi Refiner continued.

"Everyone laughed and acquiesced, and besides, the old man doesn't look like a master of the three religions, whether he is a Buddha or a Buddha, and as for Confucianism, it is even more not, Her Royal Highness the princess, you are right?"

Princess Zhaoyang was silent, and then looked at the old man.

"In this case, can the princess come up with some real evidence to prove that the old man can be qualified to sit in his position? If not, then I am afraid that the princess will not be able to convince the people, His Majesty the Emperor held a hundred flowers banquet to ask us to build a peaceful and prosperous world for my Xichu, and who is not prepared to come here today. Look at this old man again, what kind of ability do you have to come up with? If not, please ask the old man to go back and forth. ”

In fact, this Qi Refiner still has a sentence to say, that is, everyone knows that if anyone can shine on this grand event, they are likely to become the concubine of the dynasty in the future, that is, the husband of this Xichuqi woman.

This qi refiner also has a bottom line, and there are some things to do, such as embarrassing the old man, which is supported by many people behind him, and he is not afraid, but if the princess loses face, it will be a big event, but this qi refiner also knows that the princess is unhappy at the moment, but so what? If you don't take out some real skills, I'm afraid it will be difficult to block the mouths of the people, if this old man really has any means to come up with, if he can make people's eyes shine at that time, he will be guilty, and he doesn't need to worry about the princess's Royal Highness settling accounts after the autumn.

Thousands of pairs of eyes stared at the old man, but they saw the one-armed little old man Shi Shiran said.

"The old man doesn't have any skills, he has two hobbies in this life, one is drinking, and the other is being able to play two or three swords, I don't know if these two things can get into your eyes?"

The whole Yanguilou laughed for a while, and the masters of the three sects on the second floor or the princes and nobles on the third floor couldn't help but laugh.

How can this be regarded as a skill? Looking at how many people in this hall of hundreds of schools do not drink and do not know how to play swords? If this is the ability, then I am afraid that the entire people of Xichu are qualified to participate in this Hundred Flowers Banquet, and many people laugh lightly.

Princess Zhaoyang also smiled, but this smile was a sneer.

"This palace thought that my Xichu was really full of flowers, but I didn't expect it to be all people who sat in the well and watched the sky, which was really ridiculous. ”

This Xichuqi woman silently thought in her heart, the old man has three swords, one sword shakes Kunlun, one sword is too slight, and the third sword that has not come up with a name for the time being, this sword is enough to make this river and lake tremble, that is, her uncle, who is known as the first in Xichu, has a lot of respect for the old man in front of him, what are you counting?

Seeing that Princess Zhaoyang was really angry, the qi refiner suddenly felt that his face couldn't hold it.

"The princess doesn't need to make a big fuss, it's a mule or a horse, pull it out and walk it, since Her Royal Highness the princess said that we are sitting in the well and watching the sky, presumably this old man is that day, and I dare to ask the princess what qualifications does this old man have to say that he is the sky?"

"But I don't know what you think is qualified?"

Just as the Zhaoyang Duke was about to speak, there was a faint man's voice resounding throughout the Yangui Building, there were five people at the door, one was dressed in white, the long hair shawl, the scholar was pale, a young man was carrying a long knife, a woman was a little flustered, and the remaining young ranger was not as calm as the young man in front of him, who was also carrying a knife, looking around, cramped and uneasy.

"Who are you?"

The Qi Refiner asked in a cold voice.

"I am also a guest of the princess like the old man, and I just heard your Excellency say that the old man is not qualified to go up to the third floor, could it be that Your Excellency thinks that he is qualified to go up to the third floor?"

Zhang Mingyue still remembers that these days the two of them and the old man have traveled together in the rivers and lakes, although the old fox has been beating around the bush many times openly and secretly to let the old man do things, but when he really encounters big things, he will definitely not let the old man suffer, Sima Yun knows that the old man may be high-spirited when he is young, and a ruthless sword is even more ridiculous that no one can beat the whole rivers and lakes, but that is the old man when he was young, and now the green shirt sword god no longer has the style of the past and is only one-armed, and he has no competitive heart, so he treats such cynicism and laughs at it, but he Sima Yun is different, he Zhang Mingyue is not the same, even if the old man is already in his primeBut the word sword god will never be able to bear the word second, how can you rats blaspheme?

And among the three, if the old man is soft, then Sima Yun is Gang, a gang who cannot tolerate anyone disrespecting the old man.

"That's right. ”

The Qi Refiner was-for-tat.

"You might as well say it directly, the old man is really not qualified to go up to the third floor, as for you people, you are even more unworthy, all the people here can go up to the third floor, but you can't, to put it ugly, what kind of thing are you? Don't think that we don't know that you are the kid who committed the murder in this Bianjing City, don't think that someone who is willing to wash your name can run rampant in my Xichu, in a word, I repeat, where do you come from, where do you go, otherwise I Qingyang Mountain Qi Refiner will not be able to tolerate you first. ”

Zhang Mingyue's face was ugly, but she saw Sima Yun take a step forward until she came to the qi refiner.

"You're bullying us?"

"What if it's bullying you?"

"That's good. ”

Sima Yun sneered, and the next moment he suddenly grabbed the hem of the qi refiner's clothes under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, this seemingly ordinary scholar actually directly smashed the qi refiner to the table and chair, and the table, chair and bench instantly fell apart, and the hall was silent.

"You...... I am a Qi Refiner of Qingyang Mountain, you dare to ......"

It's just that before the qi refiner finished speaking, he was trampled on his chest by Sima Yun again.

"What if you're a Qingyang Mountain Qi Refiner, even if you're your Qingyang Mountain Master?"

"There's something I want you people to hear clearly, and that's that the old man is not something you people can blaspheme. It wasn't before, but now it'...... Not even more. ”