In front of the bonfire that was clearly extinguished, Qin Shi quietly recalled that night. He really saw what kind of character Jiang Shaoyun was.

On the north bank, the riverside terrace on a winter night.

Heavy curtains locked the study, and the faint light of the oil lamp flickered. Outside the house stood guard Zhang Hanqiu.

Qin Shi lay down in front of the bookcase and took a nap, and the books around him were piled up at the same height. Since receiving the order to go to Beacon Ridge, I have been in the stack of books for several days. He didn't go to his father, and Qin Xiao didn't call him again. He knew that he didn't have to be anxious, and it didn't take long for Qin Xiao to clearly tell him what to do when and when. But he wanted to know more about Fenghuoling before going there, and wanted to know why the resentment between the two sides of the strait was so deep. No one on the North Shore could tell him the answer.

Strangely, there was no trace of it in the pile of papers.

I don't know when I started to see all kinds of characters in front of my eyes. Gradually, the black characters gradually turned into black, black and white pictures, and the black, black and white gradually flashed with colored light, revolving around him: there was his father, the carved beams and paintings of the Qin family, the swords and piano books surrounding him, and the colorful jewelry and clothing...... All this suddenly faded into gray, far away, Ye Xiaosheng, Shen Yanfei, Tang Yao, Qi Ye...... Familiar and unrecognizable faces swept over him like gloomy gray clouds, unwilling to stay, but pressed him tightly, almost suffocating him.

Suddenly woke up: Is it a dream? Behind the flickering curtain, there was a faint sound of flute, whimpering like a cry.

Walking out of the house, the cold wind poured into his collar, and he shivered, convinced that he was not in a dream. The song brought by the wind clip became clearer and clearer, but there was no one in front of me except the empty terrace.

"Han Qiu, Han Qiu!" he called twice, but there was no movement.

Where did Zhang Hanqiu go? Maybe I went to report to my father again, this long tail is tightly wrapped around like a shadow.

He grumbled twice and moved down the stairs.

The terrace was filled with moonlight. Outside the carved railing, the long river water is rushing tirelessly, under the moon, the outline of the sail is vaguely seen, and a moon shadow is crumpled in the turbulent river water, flashing with cold light. The sound of the waves is like a constant interpretation of turmoil. Could it be that this moon shadow is transforming into the sword light of thousands of years?

In the sound of the "woo" wind, the sound of the song drifted from behind him, becoming clearer and clearer—not the sound of the flute, but the whistle.

My father once issued a ban: Whoever blows the whistle with Yiba will be killed.

Turning his head sharply, there was a white shadow standing on the roof. Clothes and silver threads dance in the wind. Before Qin Shi could be surprised, the white shadow had already floated in front of him lightly. It is an old man whose face still reveals the heroic spirit of his youth, but he is not kind, and even his mysterious eyes have the sharpness that pierces people's hearts.

Qin Shi met his gaze directly, and clearly saw his thin figure deep in those black eyes, and unconsciously lowered his head.

The old man's right sleeve was completely empty.

"Isn't Qin Dashao looking for an old man?"

"Who are you?"

"Old man Jiang Shaoyun. Qin Ye should have told you that Jiang Shaoyun was the enemy of the Qin family. ”

Qin Shi hated to draw his sword and kill, but he only felt that his whole body was so numb that he couldn't move.

"Your guards were lured away by me. He smiled, "You don't have to worry, I'm just going back to the same place." Forty years ago, the blood and tears on the Wangjiang Platform must have been unknown to Qin Dashao. If it weren't for Qin Dashao's insistence on repairing this place as a reading platform, this would probably still be the forbidden place of the Qin family!"

"What do you know, why do you say I'm looking for you?"

Jiang Shaoyun smiled coldly: "Aren't you looking for something about Beacon Fire Ridge?"

Qin Shi was puzzled. No one but himself knew about it, so why did this man know so well?

"Master Chu deliberately made a trip, which made the entire rivers and lakes panic. Including Qin Ye. They didn't want that to come to light. But no matter what they came up with to stop Chu Tao, they couldn't stop what was about to happen. ”

"What do you mean?"

"You'll see it with your own eyes. His face suddenly darkened, "All those involved in it will pay the price—the price of blood! If you don't have enough courage, I advise you not to go to Beacon Ridge." For you will see blood everywhere, and that blood will stain every stream red, all the way to the river, covering every inch of the soil. Hatred takes root in this land, and those who only know how to kill destroy themselves by killing until they ......"

Fear was all around, and Qin Shi only felt that every inch of his bones was wrapped in cold: "What do you want to say?"

The old voice smiled softly: "Do you want to hear a story? Forty years later, they shouldn't forget the story. Whoever forgets, I will let them remember one by one. With Jiang Shaoyun's narration, a picture of the sword light and sword shadow spread out in front of Qin Shi's eyes.

More than forty years ago on the North Shore, it was a rainy autumn night. The residence of the Pear Flower Sword Sect suddenly broke into a group of people: "Master Qin wants to see Jiang Shaoxia." ”

At that time, Jiang Shaoyun was the eldest disciple of the Pear Flower Sword Sect and was deeply favored by the master.

Seeing that the situation was tense, the old master immediately came out to greet him, and said politely: "The apprentice has stayed on the south bank so far and has not returned, and I have bothered a few people to tell Qin Ye, and when he returns, he will ...... immediately" Without waiting for the head to finish speaking, a few poisonous darts rushed out from the bottom of the sleeve of the person who came, and the head and a few disciples fell to the ground on the spot, and in an instant the group escorted them away, and the disciples in the chaos heard the other party throw down the sentence: "Tell Jiang Shaoyun that Qin Ye is impatient to continue waiting." Let him exchange his own life for his master's!"

It was this Qin Ye who sent Jiang Shaoyun to the south bank in the first place, Qin Xiao's grandfather, and the leader of the martial arts alliance on the north bank back then - in fact, whether it was then or now, the Qin family has never been the same on the north bank, so that all the factions on the north bank obey the orders of the Qin family. At that time, Qin Ye appreciated this young man very much, and even had the intention of taking him as a fast son-in-law of Chenglong, but perhaps the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

No one expected that Jiang Shaoyun, who was going to challenge the major sects, eloped with Yafu, the daughter of the Tang family, who was known as the world's most beautiful woman, and disappeared. In the eyes of the people on both sides of the strait, this incident was also a great rebellion -- whether it was because the act of "elopement" itself was undignified, or because the water and fire on the north and south sides of the strait were incompatible, this could not be forgiven by anyone at that time. In a fit of rage, Qin Ye detained the head of the Pear Flower Sword Sect.

Jiang Shaoyun, who was shocked, had to say goodbye to Yafu to see Qin Ye even if he was nostalgic for Gentle Township.

"Jave is the most elegant woman I have ever seen in my life. The first time I saw her was in the ring, she was covered in a white veil, dressed in bright red arms, and her eyes were so bright that people couldn't bear to look at her. I almost forgot how to swing my sword. Her martial arts skills were very good, but I wouldn't let her win, so I did something to recruit someone that day, removed the knife from her hand, and carried her out of the ring. I can imagine how the people of Tianyue Gate will treat me. Jave must have hated me so much that I gritted my teeth.

"But I don't understand that when the master of Tianyue Gate rushed over, she actually ordered those people to retreat. Lose, she said, loses. When I saw those men killed, there was only one way, and Japheth's life was at risk. She didn't resist, but cooperated with me and retreated all the way. Not only did she take the initiative to be my hostage, but she also tried to lure away the pursuers and send me all the way to the river. When I arrived at the riverside pier and was about to return north, I asked her if she was afraid at that time. She said, 'I just don't want my family to kill more.' There's nothing to be afraid of, if you want to kill me, you're already in the ring. ’

"It dawned on me that I would never be able to leave this brave woman for the rest of my life. I stayed, and she didn't even come home. We went into exile all the way to the Black Stone Cliff, only to learn from the old owner of Chu that Qin Ye was going to attack the master, so I had to go back.

"You remember the name: Don Yafu. Jiang Shaoyun said that there was a sudden pause, "She calmly sent me on the boat without any sorrow, and later I learned that she asked the old owner of Chu to prepare another boat, which set sail after I left, and followed all the way to the north shore." ”

So, on the Wangjiang platform, Jiang Shaoyun, who was full of resentment, carried a sword and faced Qin Ye directly.