The Romance of the West Chamber: The Bells are Ringing

"Weizhou? Weizhou and Hezhongfu are to the west and to the east. That's not a detour, that's the opposite direction!" Qintong remained calm and collected.

Du Que smiled slightly and said: "That's true. Although Weizhou is only six hundred miles away from Chang'an, it is in the northwest of Chang'an and is indeed at odds with Hezhong Prefecture in the northeast!"

"What? Weizhou is [-] miles southwest of Chang'an, so far away!" Qintong said casually when he heard what Du Que said was wrong.

Du Que shook his head and said: "Let's start from Chang'an. Even if we ride fast, it will take ten and a half days to arrive. You don't have this ability!"

"Well, for ordinary emergencies, ten days is enough. I grab a horse every time I go to a post station, and I'll be there in a day and a night!" Qin Tong, a young man, said proudly.

After saying that, everyone gasped for a moment, horrified and silent.

The matchmaker stamped her feet anxiously behind Qintong and said, "Brother, you! You! Hey, you fell into his trap!"

Qintong smiled slightly and did not speak, but stared at Du Que in front of him.

Zhang Gong laughed loudly and said to Du Que: "Sister-in-law is really a good trick!"

Du Que nodded slightly, sneered, and said: "Then you are the man in black who assassinated the Holy Emperor? Hand over the Red Sky Sword, and I can let you die more happily without having to suffer the pain of Ling Chi."

The piano boy tightly protected the matchmaker and smiled contemptuously in front of everyone. There was a calmness in his eyes, as if he was ready to face the upcoming challenges at any time.

"The Red Sky Sword is indeed in my hand," Qin Tong said slowly, with an undoubted tone in his voice, "But this is my family's heirloom. It was the Dog Emperor who connived with the noble clan to impeach my grandpa Liu Ri'an and kill him unjustly. He killed my grandpa and took it from my house."

Qintong's words were full of anger and grief, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from the depths of his heart. His eyes flashed with disgust for the powerful and loyalty to his family.

Du Que's face darkened when he heard Qintong's words. He shouted loudly and said: "You are a treasonous boy! In the whole world, there is nothing but the king's land; on the shore of the land, there is no one who is the king's ministers. Not to mention your little Chixiao Sword, even the lives of your whole family belong to the saint. !”

Zhang Gong, Cui Yingying and Mrs. Cui Xiangguo stood aside, with a sinister smile on their faces. They looked at the piano boy and the matchmaker, and their hearts were filled with vicious thoughts.

Zhang Gong spoke first, his voice full of ridicule and contempt: "You bitch slave, do you think you are hiding well? Do you think you can escape our control? Now, we have found you, you Is there anything else you want to say?”

"Do you think you can withstand our power? Do you think you can escape our punishment?" Cui Yingying continued, "Now that you have been caught by us, what qualifications do you have to resist?"

Mrs. Cui Xiangguo finally spoke, her voice full of threats and intimidation: "You bitch slave! Do you know that your family has been destroyed by us? Do you know that your family has been killed by us? Now, you have If we catch you, what hope do you have?"

Their words were full of malice and ridicule, and every word pierced Qintong's heart like a knife.

Behind Qin Tong, the matchmaker opened her eyes wide and looked at Qin Tong in disbelief. She murmured: "Brother, you, you, are you a son of an official? Not a slave?"

Qintong felt a pain in his heart when he heard the matchmaker's words. He replied: "I'd rather not."

He turned to Du Que and said angrily: "My Red Sky Sword is here. If you have the ability, just take it for your dog emperor!"

Du Que looked at Qintong in confusion and asked, "Where is the Chixiao Sword?"

Qintong replied calmly: "It's on me."

After everyone heard this, they all looked at Qintong. I saw that he was carrying a piano bag, but nothing else.

While everyone was in shock and doubt, the piano boy reached out to take off the piano bag and took out a Yao Qin.

He threw the Yao Qin towards Zhang Gong. Zhang Gong said anxiously: "Don't break my Qin!"

Zhang Gong hurriedly caught the Yao Qin, but saw that the piano boy had already pulled out a simple long sword from the belly of the Yao Qin.

He held the scabbard and said proudly to Du Que: "My Chixiao Sword is here, come and get it!"

Du Que was stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect Qin Tong to actually hold the Red Sky Sword. The doubts in his heart deepened, but he also knew that he could not reveal any flaws at this moment.

Zhang Gong, Cui Yingying, Mrs. Cui Xiangguo and others were even more surprised. They had already heard about the Red Sky Sword, but they didn't expect Qin Tong to show it in this way.

Qintong looked at everyone's shocked expressions and smiled contemptuously in his heart. He knew that he had taken the initiative at this moment.

"Don't you want the Chixiao Sword?" Qintong looked at everyone coldly, "The sword is in my hand now, come and get it!"

Du Que was stimulated by Qintong's words, and his fear became more and more serious. He waved behind him.

A group of soldiers behind him were all Du Que's cronies. They were tall, muscular, and had ruthless expressions on their faces. They saw Du Que's gesture and immediately understood what he meant. They quickly stepped forward and surrounded the piano boy and the matchmaker.

The matchmaker was so frightened that she clung to the piano boy and grabbed the piano boy's waist.

Qintong was surrounded by soldiers, but he did not show any panic. On the contrary, a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He protected the matchmaker and said softly: "Sister, don't be afraid, I'm here!"

Turning around, he mocked: "Humph, General Du, aren't you the top scholar in martial arts? Why, do you have to rely on more to win? I guess you, the top scholar in martial arts, and your sworn brother's top scholar in literature are both genuine!"

Du Que's face changed slightly when he heard this. He glared at Qintong and said sternly: "Stop talking nonsense! Hand over the sword!"

A trace of cruelty flashed in Du Que's eyes, and he ordered the soldiers to attack with weapons in hand. The soldiers flocked to the piano boy and matchmaker, with cruel smiles on their faces.

Du Que, Zhang Gong, Cui Yingying, and Mrs. Cui Xiangguo stood aside and watched all this coldly.

When Qin Tong saw this, his heart tightened, but he did not show any panic.

He pulled the matchmaker back slowly, retreated to the wall, turned to the matchmaker and said, "Sister, if I die, will you still think about me sometimes?"

The matchmaker's eyes filled with tears and she sobbed: "Brother, no, I will miss you. If we want to die, let's die together!"

Qintong smiled and said: "Sister, we will not die, we will live well and stay together!"

He turned around and pulled out the Chixiao Sword, and stretched out his body. For a moment, his hunched body suddenly stretched out, turning into a handsome man with a long body and a handsome face. He was a head taller than Zhang Gong and slightly older. He shot out of the air like a sharp sword with a rainbow of momentum.

Zhang Gong was shocked when he saw Qintong's change. He asked: "You, why do you look like this?"

Mrs. Cui Xiangguo also looked carefully, and asked in fear: "You, you, aren't you Liu Ri'an?"

Qintong nodded solemnly and sneered: "Yes, my grandma said that my grandpa and I looked exactly the same when we were young!"

"Then, why are you not such a handsome young man, but an ordinary boy with an average face?" Zhang Gong couldn't help but ask.

Qintong snorted and said: "Back then, my family was ruined. When I found out that the Minister of Rites who had impeached my grandpa was looking for a study boy, he asked my adoptive parents who took me in to sell themselves to your Minister's house, and I also repaid my adoptive parents for their kindness. The grace of salvation, lest they starve to death.”

After hearing this, the matchmaker stretched out her hand to hold the piano boy's hand and thought, "My brother's life experience is so painful." She felt her nose sore.

"But your family has very high requirements for the children who accompany you to study. They must be proficient in writing, playing music, and playing chess, and they must also have ordinary looks. They must not be more powerful than your young husband." The piano boy said again, "Fortunately, I am at home, with the martial arts master at home. I have learned martial arts, especially in order to sneak out to play, I have spent a lot of time studying bone shrinking skills, so that I can retract and expand freely, so I can shrink my body and distort my face. I am neither more handsome nor taller than you, so that I can accompany you. Read by your side.”

"No wonder you were finally selected among so many prostitutes." Zhang Gong mused, "It seems that your grandfather has taught you a lot. You know everything about music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Being my companion is more than enough." .”

Qintong looked into the distance absentmindedly and murmured: "That is not my grandpa's teaching, it is my grandma's contribution. My grandma is a slave, I am not a concubine, and I am not worthy of my grandpa's teaching."

Zhang Gong frowned and said: "It turns out that you bitch slave is from the Liu family, and your name is Liu Zongdan!"

"I don't deserve the surname Liu..." Qin Tong slowly shook his head and said, "My surname is my grandma's surname."

Zhang Gong muttered: "You are the son of a servant who is not a concubine, but you are actually quite filial to your biological father!"

Suddenly he suddenly realized: "You, you, what's your motive for coming to my house? My grandpa's death is related to you, isn't it?"

"Hmph, the revenge for killing my father is irreconcilable!" Qintong Zongdan said proudly, "I went through all the trouble to sneak into your house, naturally it is for revenge!"