i have a museum of curiosities

At three o'clock in the unitary hour, the sky was already a little dark.In places as far north as Bailuya, the sky gets dark very early.

On the ice, there was an old man who was fishing on a futon.The old man was wearing a coir raincoat and his back was facing Zhang Ye. It could only be seen from his white hair reaching his waist and his stooped body that he was very old.

But would an ordinary old man ice fish in the icy and snowy Bailuya?

"Old man, there are no fish in Bailuya," Zhang Ye said.

"Hehe, there are, there are. Look, isn't this the bait?"

Saying that, the old man put down his fishing rod, turned around and looked at Zhang Ye.

The old man's eyebrows were very long and had already fallen to his cheeks, but surprisingly, his face was very young, even like a child.It is the appearance of a pair of white hair and childlike face.

Zhang also knew him.

Tongsou, a simple name, but he himself is not simple.Historically, the evaluation of him in the world has only been four words - mysterious and unpredictable.

"Are you waiting for me?" Zhang Ye asked.

"I'm waiting for the fish to take the bait." Tongsou replied with a smile.

"If I don't go from here, wouldn't you wait in vain?"

"You will definitely go from here." Tongsou said with certainty.

"So sure?"

"Although Ren Tu is useless to kill, he is also waiting to be killed."

Zhang Ye's face changed slightly.

"There are rumors in the world that Tongsou is mysterious and unpredictable, and it is true."

"Although the 'Snow Mountain Four Demons' don't have a very good reputation, they are all real first-class masters." Tongsou laughed, "If we can die under their hands, we can live up to the name of 'Ren Tu'."

"There are a lot of people in Jianghu who think they are masters, but there are not many recognized masters. The four of them seem to be just people who have earned their names."

"Your words are true. They are all dedicated to practicing martial arts. Who wants to admit that their skills are not as good as others?" Tong old man said with a chuckle, "It's just that they died not because of their fame. It's because they wanted to kill The people are too powerful."

"Are you praising me?" Zhang Ye sneered and said, "There are always times when people are inferior in skills. No one can be invincible all the time! I am the same."

"That's true." Tongsou nodded and said, "It's a pity that even if you can be invincible for just one day, it's enough to attract people from all over the world."

"It's not surprising that people's hearts are like this." Zhang Ye said.

"Human nature is like this, don't blame others." Tongsou said.

Zhang Ye grinned and said, "I've never blamed others."

After speaking, I will leave.

But Tongsou said: "You never blame others, just because you never put others in your eyes."

"What do you mean?" Zhang couldn't help turning his head.

"Your sharpness is too exposed, like a peerless sword that can cut through everything." Tongsou said seriously, "You must know that a really good sword needs a scabbard to help him hide its sharpness."

"A good sword is hidden." Zhang Ye nodded and said, "It makes sense. Unfortunately, what I practice is boxing, not sword."

"Fist, you don't need to hide." Zhang also looked at Tongsou firmly.

"But you are too hostile." Tong old man shook his head, his face full of pity.

"Hehe, I thought that the famous Tongshou should be an extraordinary person, but I never thought that he would be so vulgar!" Zhang Ye snorted coldly, and said, "Which one of the people who practice martial arts does not have hostility? Qi is the spirit of bravery and recklessness, the spirit of killing and attacking, and those without it are cowards!"

The old man was slightly startled, and smiled wryly: "Supernatural people are also human beings. As human beings, they should know etiquette, righteousness, integrity, filial piety, loyalty and trustworthiness. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, but you...are fearless and fearless!"

"I have never considered myself a gentleman." Zhang Yedao: "I talked to you about the way of a warrior, but you told me the five constants of a Confucian scholar who is benevolent, righteous, propriety, wise and trustworthy. It's ridiculous."

"It's not ridiculous, it's not ridiculous." Tongsou shook his head and said, "The world always looks at the appearance of a chivalrous person, but no one cares about the sadness behind the appearance. And you have been imprisoned by these fame and wealth, and you are depressed all day long. Why bother?"

"Hehe, the old man's talk is only mediocre." Zhang Ye shook his head, "If you have a way to kill me, just come."

The old man's face turned cold, and he said: "If you have heard of the old man's reputation, you will know that I never kill."

Zhang Ye laughed and said, "Now it seems that I am not the only one who is imprisoned by fame?"

Tong Sou's face became ugly.Not because Zhang was also wrong, but precisely because he was right.

And if it's right, it's often unpleasant.

"It's hard to persuade a damned person with good words. Do it yourself." Tongsou sighed, picked up the fishing rod and futon, and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute!"

"What, are you planning to make a move?" Tong Sou turned his back to Zhang Ye, with a bad tone.

"I've heard that Tongsou knows everything about Jianghu like the palm of his hand, so I have a question."

"Tell me about it."

"Who is the number one expert in the world today?"

"No. [-] in the Jianghu? Who dares to claim to be the No. [-] in the Jianghu?" Tong Sou sneered, then turned serious and said, "If that Shenlong sees his head but doesn't know his tail, Yu Jiansheng dares to call himself the No. [-] in the world!"

"But no one knows where he is."

"I have never heard of it." Tongsou said, "If you just want to find a master who can kill you, you can go to Yuanzhou to try your luck."

"Jiang's family in Yuanzhou?"

"Exactly." Tongsou nodded and said, "It is rumored that Jiang Xinjian, the young master of the Jiang family, has comprehended the second level of the "Wuxiang Shengong" handed down by the lame man half a year ago."

"The magical skills created by the lame man are indeed well-deserved. However, Jiang Xinjian is not the person I am looking for." Zhang Ye shook his head.

"Could it be that his strength is not enough?" Tong Sou couldn't help being curious and turned around.

"Enough, half a year ago is enough." Zhang Ye said, ""Wuxiang Shengong" is the number one magic skill in the world, and no one in the world can surpass it."

"Then why don't you challenge him?" Tongsou asked.

"We had a battle a long time ago." Zhang Ye said.

"What?" Tongsou was extremely surprised.

This surprise is real, because he has never heard of someone who survived Jiang Xinjian's fight!
"Ten deaths without life" Jiang Xinjian, this is his name, which means that no one who fights with him can survive.

But Tongsou knew that Zhang would not lie.

A top expert who is looking forward to being killed doesn't bother to lie.

"Half a year ago, in Qingshuihe Town, he had just completed his magical skills, and he only used three swords against me, and I was defeated." Zhang Ye said: "His swordsmanship is indeed powerful, but his character is not very good."

"What do you mean?" Tong Sou couldn't help asking.

Could it be that there is something hidden about the massacre of Qingshuihe's eight great families back then?
"When he fought with me, he saw that I was full of demons. If he didn't kill me, sooner or later I would be a disaster." Zhang Ye smiled contemptuously and said, "Not only did he not kill me, he even asked me to practice boxing well. I will look for him later. Even the Eight Great Aristocratic Families took action against me under his lead."

"There is such a thing!" Tongsou said in shock, "Then why don't you justify yourself?"

"Why do you want to justify?" Zhang Ye asked back, "I am the murderer, and I am the one who deserves to die. Sooner or later, people will have to pay the price for what they do! As for Jiang Xinjian... If no one in this huge arena can see through him, what is he? Such a person, that can only show that this world should be like this."

"What's the use of living in such a world?" Zhang Ye laughed, his face full of arrogance.

"What you said is too insolent. Don't forget, you are also from the world!" Tong Sou said in a low voice, full of air, not like an old man at all.

"It's really worthy of being a boy who is so famous in the Jianghu. This strength is enough to rank in the top ten of the list of masters in the Jianghu." Zhang Ye sneered and said: "I am just a dying Jianghu person. A dying person has only regrets. But I This dying man has no fear."

"It is precisely because you are fearless that you are lawless!" Tongsou said.

"According to you, what should I do?"

"Surrender yourself to thank the world!"

"Haha..." Zhang Ye looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, disdainfully said: "If I commit suicide here, all my sins will be washed away? Then people in the world will forgive 'human slaughter'? This is just the reason for your presence here That's all."

As he said that, Zhang Ye looked at Tongsou, and sneered, "You know you are not my opponent, but you still want me to die, so you want to use 'good words' to persuade me to commit suicide. Blinking devil! Does the devil commit suicide just because of your few words? Or do you think... ordinary ethics can usually restrain me? Such a clumsy trick, even a three-year-old child may not be fooled. Tongshou, deceive the world!"

Ordinary people would definitely burst into anger when they heard this, but Tongsou seemed not to have heard it, and said slowly: "People in the Jianghu place the most integrity, and death shows their ambition..."

"Death will not change the fact that my hands are stained with the blood of innocent people." Zhang Ye sneered: "You talk about 'loyalty', but I value 'right and wrong' more. In this world, as long as you have the ability to kill me Yes, just try it.”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Ye ignored the angry boy and walked straight into the distance.

"Yellow mouth kid! Shameless..."

The wind and snow gradually drowned out the old man's yelling, but Zhang Ye's expression remained the same as usual.

"Oh, no one can know the secret in my heart. Who in this world understands me? If they don't understand me, how can they understand the helplessness in my heart..." Zhang Ye's voice seemed so weak and pale in the boundless snowstorm .

As a matter of fact, Zhang Ye had tried countless times the "self-judgment" that Tong Lao talked about since the day he transmigrated to Shen Qi!After all, as a thoughtful and moral young man from modern society, it is unacceptable to suddenly cross over to a murderous monster.

But the rules of this world made him unable to kill himself.

When he tried to cut his throat with a sword to end his life, the sword seemed to be enchanted and could not be cut!When he intends to cut off his meridians, his internal energy will fail inexplicably, and even the internal energy will automatically run to protect his heart channels!When he was about to throw himself into the lake, he would somehow wake up on the shore again, just like when he was still in the graveyard of ashes!
After a long period of ideological struggle, Zhang Ye still could not persuade himself to accept this new identity, and the glimmer of hope in his heart prompted him to try his best to return to the real world...Under the pressure of complicated emotions, on the one hand, he hoped that the true There is a peerless master who can kill himself, but on the other hand, he is unwilling to die in this world where he has no sense of belonging at all.

Despair is never the most tormenting, hope after despair is.

Tong Sou is not the first person to stand up and persuade him, nor will he be the last.

The tiredness in Zhang Ye's heart couldn't be increased. He walked in the ice and snow in a daze, his back was so lonely and desolate.

The sky is getting darker and darker, but the wind and snow don't stop.

In the distance, Zhang also seemed to hear an intermittent nursery rhyme, which looked very strange in the dark sky.

"...little girl... eat Doudou... tease the dog after eating Doudou..."

The crisp singing voice became clearer and clearer, and Zhang couldn't help but stop.

Thirty feet away, an old man and a young man stood in the wind and snow, unable to see clearly.

"Grandpa, there's someone over there!"

Zhang was also a little surprised when the crisp child's voice sounded.

How could there be a child in the icy and snowy Bailuya?And it looks like a girl doll!
The old man chuckled, touched the girl's head, and said, "Girl, don't you want to find someone to try swordsmanship? There is a ready-made master here!"

Zhang also couldn't help frowning, only then did he see that the old and the young on the opposite side were holding three-foot green peaks!

The girl responded happily, and only heard a "clang", and Zhang Ye saw a little cold light coming straight to his throat!

What a fast sword!

What a ruthless sword!

Zhang Ye was amazed in his heart, but his body did not evade.

"Om-"

The long sword stopped an inch before his throat.The girl looked at him curiously, pouted and said, "Why don't you hide? Are you not a master?"

There was a smile on Zhang Ye's indifferent face, he looked at the little girl seriously, and said: "Although your sword is sharp, it has no killing intent. A sword without killing intent cannot kill people. In this case, why should I hide?"

The little girl scratched her head, turned to look at the old man, and asked solemnly: "Grandpa, is what he said true?"

The old man chuckled, stroked his gray beard and said, "Of course he is right. But you didn't intend to kill him either."

"Oh, yes!" The little girl grinned, showing her beautiful canine teeth, turned to look at Zhang Ye, and said, "Uncle, you can practice sword with me!"

The corner of Zhang Ye's mouth twitched suddenly, "Good boy, call me brother."

"Oh..." The little girl blinked, "That brother, practice sword with me!"

For some reason, Zhang Ye, who had lost interest in everything, suddenly felt a ripple in his heart.Yes, who can ignore the little loli?

"Okay, then brother will practice with you." Zhang Ye said.

"Okay!" The little girl smiled happily, and the long sword, which was almost as tall as her, swept straight towards Zhang Ye's throat!

"when--"

After an indescribably dull or crisp sound, the little Lolita stared at the long sword blocked by Zhang Ye's finger with wide eyes, her big eyes blinking cutely.

"Girl, 'Huifengwuliu'!" The old man reminded.

The little girl narrowed her eyes slightly, and after a "hmm", she moved her hands slightly, and the long sword slashed down obliquely with the sound of breaking the wind.

"when--"

Zhang Ye blocked the sword again with a finger.

But this time it was different, the little girl retracted her body, and the long sword drew a semicircle and slashed at Zhang Ye again!
"when--"

After the current sword, Zhang Ye's face changed slightly.

The strength of this sword is three points stronger!

Immediately afterwards, a scene that surprised Zhang also appeared. The long sword in the little girl's hand seemed to have a soul, and once again took advantage of the trend to draw a semicircle diagonally!

A sword is not the same as a knife.A knife is good at chopping, and a long sword is better at stabbing.

For Zhang Ye, it was not difficult to block the slashing long sword with his fingers, but it was somewhat difficult to block the straight stab of the long sword.

Finally, Zhang Ye, who never retreated from the "Four Demons of the Snow Mountain", actually retreated from the sword of a girl under ten years old!

"Om-"

The clear sword chant sounded, and Zhang also easily dodged the thrust.The little girl obviously didn't expect Zhang Ye to be able to dodge, so she lost her strength, and her body threw herself directly into Zhang Ye's arms under the effect of inertia.

"Oh……"

The little girl exclaimed, but the old man standing aside burst into laughter.

"How about it, little girl? Now you know that 'There are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond heaven'?"

The little girl jumped out of Zhang Ye's arms with a blushing face, picked up the fallen long sword, and walked to the old man sullenly.

"It's not that the sword skills you taught are too poor, Grandpa..."

"Hey, you little girl! It's not that the swordsmanship taught by grandpa is poor, it's that you are too small to control the four-foot long sword." The old man said with a smile.

"Your grandpa is right." Zhang Ye clasped his fists at the old man, and then looked at the little girl, "The long sword you use is more than a foot longer than the usual three-foot Qingfeng. Swords cannot be held by those with strong internal strength and a strong physique. You can make such an appearance at such a young age, I am afraid that those so-called masters who claim to be masters of swordsmanship will buy a rope and hang themselves!"

The little girl laughed happily.

"Big Brother, what's your name?" The little girl asked with wide eyes.

"Shen Qi, what about you?"

"My name is Qinglian Xiangxiang, and I'm from the east." The little girl smiled mysteriously.

"Qinglian...Xiangxiang?" Zhang couldn't help being taken aback, and blurted out: "Then your surname is Qing, or Qinglian?"

The old man coughed lightly and said with a smile: "My little brother is surnamed Shen, so he should be from the Shen family in Yingxue Villa?"

Zhang Ye suddenly grinned, and said: "Senior, why should you ask questions knowingly? Although Shen Qi is not a famous martial artist, his notoriety in the Jianghu these years... is worthy of the word 'like thunder'."

The old man stroked his gray beard and said with a smile: "Our grandfather and grandson lived in the deep mountains and old forests all year round, so we really don't know much about the little brother."

Zhang Ye couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, then smiled wryly and said nothing more.

The old man said with a smile: "Since the little brother is indeed from Yingxue Villa, I wonder if it is convenient for me to lead the way for the old man?"

"Senior is going to Yingxue Mountain Villa?" Zhang Ye took a deep look at the old man, suddenly seemed to think of something, and blurted out: "Could it be that senior is Yu Juggernaut who ranks first in the 'Jianghu Master List'?!"