Chapter 3 I was just confused
Eighteen years ago:
On the outskirts of Luoyang, the eastern capital, a young man plays sword under the flowers and trees in his yard, although his swordsmanship is not very good, but a sword and a sword make up a beautiful picture of the falling flowers and leaves, take a closer look, it is actually a Dapeng bird flying in the air. The young man was overjoyed, and said to his father, who was drinking on the side: "Dad, do you think I have practiced our family's ancestral 'splitting flowers and blowing leaves' swordsmanship a little decently?"
The father put down the wine glass and said, "It's a little hot, but there are two shortcomings." ”
The young man was very puzzled, and said, "I have all practiced according to what you taught me, will there be any shortcomings?"
The father said: "Shaoying, you make the sword too fancy the moves, the so-called 'human law of heaven and earth, sword law of all things', is to require us to learn from the outside world to continue to learn, so that the sword technique is constantly updated, this is one of them; ”
The young man let out an "oh" and said very reluctantly: "Dad, I know." After speaking, he picked up his father's wine jug and muttered, "A few sips, and drank all the remaining wine in my father's wine jug." As everyone knows, he dances the sword while drunk, and there is some merit.
His father was about to praise him, but the voices of officers and soldiers came from the alley. The mother hurriedly closed the door and said to the father and son: "Now the emperor wants to crusade against the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the ministers admonish 'no', the emperor is displeased, but the emperor alone moves the emperor to march into the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and is now recruiting soldiers everywhere, and all young and middle-aged men are being pulled to be soldiers." Your father and son hurry up and walk over the wall, once you are pulled into the battlefield, it will be difficult to survive. ”
At this time, the shouts of officers and soldiers were already heard outside the door, "Open the door, open the door quickly!"
The father hugged his son, and the move of "throwing the dragon into the sea" was suddenly used, Chu Shaoying didn't know what was going on, so he was pulled out of the wall and stood firmly on the ground.
At this time, a tall officer and soldier had already kicked open the door and said, "Blue sky and white sun, who told you to close the door, say, who are you hiding?"
The father hurriedly stepped forward and admitted: "Master Guan, if you know that you are coming, you don't dare to close the door." It's just that there have been thieves these days, and Humble Jing and I were afraid of encountering daylight collisions, so we closed the door. ”
The official pushed his father away and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I heard from the neighbors that your son is a young man and happens to be a soldier." I advise you to hand it over quickly, otherwise, we will tell the emperor that your clan will not be able to live in peace. ”
The mother said: "Master Guan, my child is in the middle of his youth, but he went out to learn art a few days ago, and he has not come back yet. ”
The old man said: "Since you refuse to hand over your son, then use your father's past as collateral." ”
The mother said: "No, official master, the clumsy husband is old and weak, and he will definitely not be able to come back this time." ”
Several officers and soldiers didn't care about this, and pressed their father to go to the army. Chu Shaoying couldn't bear it, put her hand on the branch, crossed the wall, and said, "I'm here, let go of my father." ”
His parents were stunned and hurriedly sent a message to persuade him to run quickly. Chu Shaoying insisted on exchanging herself for her father's safety. Several officers and soldiers said: "It's a good guy." Several people hurriedly pressed Chu Shaoying and left.
A few days later, the Former Qin and Eastern Jin Chen soldiers were in the north of the river, and the Jin soldiers were in the south of the river. The general of the Jin army called Fu Jian, the lord of the former Qin, and said: "I ask the Qin soldiers to retreat a few miles, and wait for our side to cross the river and then fight to the death." ”
Fu Jian took care of his strength, so he agreed to Jin Bing. When the Jin soldiers crossed the river, they defeated the Qin army. The Qin army trampled on each other, and countless people died. Chu Shaoying saw that more than half of the casualties on her side were killed, so she smeared blood and pretended to be dead. Several times he was almost trampled by the horse's hooves, but he always moved his body slightly, and he escaped disaster after disaster.
When the war was over, Chu Shaoying got up and went north, wanting to go back to see her parents. Unexpectedly, the emperor's subordinates discovered him, and when they saw him wearing the military uniform of the former Qin, they knew that he must be a deserter. The subordinates dragged him to the emperor, and the emperor said, "Pull him to feed the Tibetan mastiff." ”
His subordinates pulled him to a dog pen, where a Tibetan mastiff grinned wide and bared its sharp teeth. Chu Shaoying was frightened, and her legs trembled. Several people pushed Chu Shaoying into the circle and left with a smile.
Chu Shaoying's hands were tied behind her back, and she couldn't use her skill, and when she saw such a vicious dog, her heart was half cold. As soon as the Tibetan mastiff saw Chu Shaoying, he pounced. Chu Shaoying turned to one side, dodging most of its attacks, but the front of the collar was still bitten off. Chu Shaoying couldn't help but sweat coldly, it was the first time she had encountered such a domineering dog.
As soon as the dog missed, it launched a second round of attacks, and another pounce, and it pounced on Chu Shaoying's head. As soon as Chu Shaoying lowered her head, her head was dodging, but the raised braid was bitten by it, and it couldn't stop pulling it with her mouth as soon as she bit it. Chu Shaoying's hair was pulled painfully, but she didn't want to be restrained, so she had to pull her head in a hurry, and a poor lock of hair broke away from her head, and drops of blood came out of her scalp. Blood ran down his forehead, staining Chu Shaoying's face with blood.
The dog chewed on the hair, which was tasteless, and spit it out, and then launched a third attack, this time, it did not pounce, and rushed with its mouth wide open. Chu Shaoying had difficulty moving, so she had to kick it with her foot, but unexpectedly, her shoes were bitten, and several toes were dripping with blood in an instant. Chu Shaoying was in pain, and pulled out her foot vigorously. The dog refused to let him go, and hit his head on the chest, and Chu Shaoying could already guess the next trick: raise his head and bite his arm. It didn't matter how much, the instinct to survive made Chu Shaoying open his mouth the moment the dog raised his head, and bit the dog's neck. The dog struggled hard in pain, and Chu Shaoying bit harder, and red blood flowed out of the dog's neck, staining Chu Shaoying's teeth bright red.
The dog began to kick harder, and then he moved wildly, until he collapsed on all fours.
When the subordinates saw that there was no more barking of the dog, they came to check on it, and saw a man standing on the ground like a wild beast, and the dog had died of blood loss. The subordinates said: "This guy bit the emperor's dog to death, go and tell the emperor and put him to death." ”
Someone went to tell the emperor, and after a while, he saw the emperor come to check in person, and everyone knelt down. Through the fence, the emperor saw a pair of eyes that radiated the gaze of a beast. Everyone was worried that the emperor would punish everyone for losing his dog, but the emperor smiled heartily and said, "What is your name?"
"Chu Shaoying!"
"In the future, follow me, raise the politics of the moment, leave the text of the ages, and establish the name of eternity, how about it?"
The eyes that radiated the eyes of a beast found a gaze like that of a tamer, and he fell to the ground, at the mercy of his hair.
The emperor said to his subordinates: "I heard that the kid surnamed Hua bit the hundred-year-old python to death, you go and bring him over." ”
Soon, the subordinates brought the man, Chu Shaoying saw that the man had snake skin on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, but his figure was even more bewitching than that of a woman.
The emperor ordered the two to bathe and change their clothes and eat a full meal. After that, he took them to the Yanwu Hall to practice various martial arts, and the two of them practiced for several years, and after they came out, they were full of learning. For some reason, the two have a soft spot for swordsmanship. The emperor took them to the Famous Sword Pavilion, and when they walked into the pavilion, the two closed their eyes, and the sound of all kinds of famous swords was endless. The two listened to the sound and identified the sword, the two fingers were slightly bent, and the two famous swords flew into the hands of the two on their own.
"Sword of the Son of Heaven!"
"The common people's sword?"
"Very good! It turned out to be two of the best swords on the famous sword list. ”
Behind the emperor stood a man in black who was like a god, and said, "Senior brother, when you first came, didn't you think that the swordsmanship of these two people actually complemented each other and complemented each other?"
The emperor said, "Oh? Could it be that the third junior brother knows the reason?"
The man in black said: "Hua Chu is the same sect, a descendant of the Sword Sect." ”
The emperor smiled and said: "Back then, Hua Chuyi learned two kinds of swordsmanship from his parents, and in order to pass on the swordsmanship, he let his descendants divide the surname of Zhao Mu, the surname of Zhao is Hua, and the surname of Mu is Chu, and they practice those two kinds of swordsmanship respectively. No wonder these two people are so dedicated to swordsmanship, it turns out that they are descendants of the Sword Sect. ”
The man in black said: "You train them like this, aren't you afraid that they will betray you one day?"
The emperor smiled lightly and said, "With the third junior brother, you have this trump card, even if they have the ability to kick the sky and make wells, what is there to fear?"
The man in black scattered into a shadow, disappeared suddenly, and in this void, only one sentence was heard: "I'm going to hibern, senior brother is going to do it himself." ”
The emperor and his entourage were famous for the Sword Pavilion, and they summoned the twelve young men of Kyoto, so that they and Hua Chu set up a killer organization, called Bailian Finger, which specialized in assassinating heroes in the rivers and lakes. Hua Chu and the others gradually showed their prominence in the organization, and both strategy and martial arts surpassed the rest of the people by a lot. The emperor ordered the two of them to be the leaders of the organization, and since then, there has been news from time to time that "the lord of such and such a city" and "the head of such and such a sect" have been killed, and it is said that they were killed by two masters with swords.
Every time she goes on an assassination mission, Hua Wenliu will always warm a pot of good tea, and Chu Shaoying will warm a pot of good wine, and then drink it bitterly. After drinking, the two drew their swords out of the sheath and used different swordsmanship to duel several moves, knowing that they couldn't tell the winner for a while. Then, one in the light and the other in the dark, led the twelve young people of Kyoto to carry out the mission.
In order to further improve the martial arts of the two, the emperor tried his best, and one day, he learned the news of "Hua Chu Zhiyin" on the nameless ancient scroll, so he selected the three best women in the music workshop to play the piano, and gave them the music score of the qin heart sword language, so that they could integrate the swordsmanship into the music of the piano. In the next half a year, the three qin Ji burned incense and played the piano every day, Hua Chu and the two felt the sound of the piano, and the sword moves turned and fell with the sound of the piano, and the rhythm and swordsmanship were perfectly integrated, and the sword qi blew the curling cigarette smoke to the ups and downs.
The two felt and extracted the most sword-like sound in the mixed piano sounds. Hua Wenliu sensed the sound of the red-clothed Qinji, and within a few days, he created Jiuqing on the sword. Chu Shaoying also felt the sword intent in the rhythm of the green-clothed Qin Ji not long after, and with her innate sword sense, she quickly created the eight styles in the sword.
The three Qin Ji and Hua Chu got along for a long time, and gradually, they fell in love with the two of them. The reason why Hua Wenliu was able to create Jiuqing on the sword from the sound of the red-clothed Qinji was because he secretly admired the red-clothed Qinji, listened carefully to her qinji, and understood the spirit of the rhino. Chu Shaoying's ability to create the Eight Styles of the Sword is also because of the green-clothed Qinji.
However, the three Kotohime are not exactly the same people as them. The music played by the green-clothed Qinji was towards the flowers and willows, but the yellow-clothed Qinji was towards Chu Shaoying, and only the red-clothed Qinji and the flowers were in love with the willows. Chu Shaoying's creation of the Eight Styles in the Sword was later than Hua Wenliu's creation of the Jiuqing on the Sword, not because his sword sense was worse than Hua Wenliu, but because the person he longed for did not fall in love with him.
Since the two of them created the ultimate sword move, the next assassination missions have become more and more handy. There are also more and more names that are crossed out with cinnabar in the bloodkill manual. Every time the two of them carried out an assassination mission, Chu Shaoying would drink wildly, but Hua Wenliu always drank tea silently. After a long time, everyone has been commensurate with the young master of wine and the young master of tea. When the assassination mission was carried out, the young master of wine was in the light and the young master of tea was in the dark, but it was always the young master of wine who killed others. It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that there is a swordsman with extremely high martial arts who is addicted to alcohol.
In the blink of an eye, nearly ten years have passed, and the martial arts of Hua Chu and the others have made great progress and have been perfected. But the more people kill, the more confused the heart becomes. Whenever you see the desperate look of a person about to die, it makes people shudder, and sometimes people's survival instinct can make people's hearts twist. But I don't know why, Hua Chu and the others still obediently completed the task.
Come to think of it, there have been no new tasks for more than half a year. Hua Chu and the two of them drank tea as usual, and there were two names written on the bamboo plaque of the blood killing manual this morning - Hua Yin Butterfly, Chu Huairen. Soon, the emperor gave the bamboo plaque with flowers and butterflies to Hua Wenliu, and the other bamboo plaque to Chu Shaoying. Hua Chu and the two squeezed the bamboo card tightly, one drank frantically, and the other drank tea silently, but neither of them made any moves.
The emperor was displeased and left in a huff.
After a day of delay, the emperor gave Chu Shaoying the bamboo card with the flower and butterfly, and gave the one with Chu Huairen to Hua Wenliu. The two seemed to have a tacit understanding, and at the same time called the young master of tea (wine). Hua Wenliu spilled a cup of good tea into the air, flicked his middle finger, and suddenly three drops of tea and flying stones seemed to hit Chu Shaoying. Chu Shaoying didn't give in, and said loudly: "You respect me, I respect you." I couldn't see how he moved, and three drops of tea fell from the sky and hit Hua Wenliu like a rock. Impartially, three drops of tea and three drops of wine collide together. Unexpectedly, the strength of the three drops of wine was superior, and after knocking out the tea, the castration not only did not decrease, but increased. This move made the emperors who were watching the battle secretly applaud.
After a short move, the two quickly got up and walked away with their swords. The emperor was in the distance, smiling compassionately.
Although the mission was the farthest away, the two of them rushed back in just a few days. The faces of the two were ugly, and the two pairs of eyes were filled with a miserable mist, and the four eyes were facing each other, and there was an indescribable solemnity, which made the air around them seem to be frozen. In the end, it was Chu Shaoying who opened her mouth first and said, "Is the person you want to kill dead?"
Hua asked Liu Ning smiled bitterly, nodded, forced to be unharmed, and said, "Are all the people you want to kill dead?"
Chu Shaoying nodded. The surroundings gradually became oppressive, and there was an indescribable deadlock, as if the movement of a butterfly's wings would disrupt the situation.
There was a heavier, clearer breathing in the air.
With a flick of his fingers, a cold clear light crossed the air, and the sword intent told the swordsman's suffering.
"They are powerless, why do you want to do such a poisonous thing?"
This was the first confrontation between the Sword of Heaven and the Sword of the Common People, and it was also the first battle between the Eight Styles of the Sword and the Nine Qing of the Sword, and neither of them was soft. The sword qi broke the golden cracking stone, and with the experience of the battle, the two of them brought their swordsmanship to the extreme.
Chu Shaoying held the wine jar in one hand and made a sword in the other, half-awake and half-drunk, and the swordsmanship became more and more incomprehensible. The two were fighting heartily, and at some point, a middle-aged man in a light robe with a slow belt had appeared in the attic, it was the emperor, looking at the formation of the two, and said quite proudly: "I also do this so that you can concentrate on comprehending the way of the sword without worry." ”
The two immediately stopped fighting, looked at the emperor, looked up to the sky and laughed bitterly, and said, "Hahaha...... Hahaha...... What are you when we are?"
"Your killing tool?"
The two of them were suddenly connected, condensed the sword momentum, used each other skillfully and foolishly, and communicated with each other. The boundless sword qi suddenly pierced the attic into a thousand holes, and the emperor did not dare to be careless, showing the demeanor of his predecessors with his fingers, and actually blocked the offensive of Hua Chu and the others with the power of his fingers.
Hua Chu and the others used twelve sets of swordsmanship in a row, each of which was so mysterious that the emperor could not see its mystery.
It wasn't until the end that the two of them used the killing skill in the sword - one sword pierced the sky, and the three dukes set the ding. When the two great tricks appeared in front of the emperor, the emperor was completely attracted by the two swordsmanship, and he forgot about his dangerous situation. It wasn't until two swords stabbed him in the chest that he came to his senses. However, his body had been nailed to the Blood Killing Manual, and the blood stained the words "What does it mean to make a hundred steels, turn into finger wrapping softness" on the top of the manual. Those words are the source of "Hundred Refining Fingers", and the emperor's death under it can be regarded as unpleasant retribution. Before the emperor died, he threw a scroll hidden in his sleeve into the air, and said with a meaningful smile: "Young Master Wine, from now on, I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to drink the world's first brew - Du Kang wine." ”
"Killing one's father is unfilial, killing one's teacher is disloyalty. What's the point of being such a disloyal and unfilial person?" A few days after the emperor's death, Chu Shaoying stood on the edge of the cliff and asked Liu Dao to Hua, "After I die, you go to find someone from the Ouye family." With that, the man fell off the cliff in a fluttering manner.
Since then, the three words of the young master have gradually been forgotten.