【Lotus Cake】Brother, please respect yourself

Going north along the Luoshui River, within three or four days after abandoning the boat and riding horses, they arrived at Shuofang, the last major town outside the border Gobi.

This place is still half a desert away from Wuyuan County, which is on the verge of Turks. Traveling all the way from south to north, several major events on the rivers and lakes also entered quietly with a small boat.

Although the Jianghu in the Sui Dynasty was not as bloody and rainy as the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, but counting on the fingers, there are some rare masterpieces every year.

In addition, after Sui Emperor Yang Jian succeeded to the throne, he made drastic changes to the government. The Buddhist school that originally occupied an absolute position in the martial arts was abandoned, and instead it was transferred to the Taoist school. The most influential Taoist school in the world is naturally the Kunshan School. In addition to the Taishang Patriarch, there are also twelve elders below, known as the Twelve Golden Immortals by outsiders.

Most of these 12 people are like old dreams and legends among the juniors in the Jianghu. Although the Sui Emperor was determined to innovate, Kunshan did not recruit many disciples.

The founder of Kunshan has been in seclusion for many years, and he has not been troubled by the Jianghu for a long time. The twelve elders don't pay much attention to sect affairs, but Kunshan is a century-old school after all, with three thousand disciples, the best of them are also promising in the ranking of the Jianghu.

And the most important event in the world today is that Li Nezha, one of the next heirs of the Kunshan School, suddenly switched to the Demon Sect. He didn't stop after entering the Demon Sect, but within half a year, the Demon Sect's position changed hands.

Less than half a month after the Palm Demon Sect, Demon Venerable Li Nezha left the main altar and went to five places one after another. If any one of these five places reported his name, it would be very famous, but Nezha went to these five places , Challenged the five young masters of this faction one after another, and took away their personal weapons if they won.

After winning all five battles, Li Mozun ignored the pursuit of the five sects, and went back to the magic palace in the desert to practice in seclusion.

The personal weapon was seized. Although it is not easy to find better for a while, the most serious problem is the face problem. What's more, these five people are the successors appointed by the sect. The story of pai face has been spread up and down, and there are those who criticize and others who applaud.

It turned out that when the five major sects were rampant in the martial arts with their great achievements, they probably didn't expect that they would have a day of despair.

The horse reined in for half a day, and when it arrived at Shuofang County from Lingwu County, the sun was already westward, and red clouds were pressing down on the city.

The young man in green clothes came down from his horse, the folds of his clothes were like ripples of water, but there was a pure white and beautiful emptiness when he stepped on the dust. The guards outside the city looked at each other and quickly recognized the young man hanging on the saddle It doesn't matter if you look at it, but after seeing the rear guards, they are a little bit surprised from ear to ear.

After all, the young man in front of him is thin and straight, his back is loose, his fingers sticking out from his cuffs are green and skinny, his nails are smooth, and if he gets closer, he can still see the crescent moon, not to mention the face of the other party. , I'm afraid I'm going to blush now.

Leading the horse leisurely into the city, the guard turned his head and looked again. After confirming that the opponent was hanging on the saddle were two sledgehammers, his brain buzzed and burned.

To be honest, he couldn't imagine the scene of such a handsome young man wielding such a weapon.

Although he came with a mission, the young man was not in a hurry to find someone after he entered the city. Instead, he looked at the restaurants along the street and found a shop selling scallion oil and mutton noodles. Walk into the store.

This shop is actually not big, and the tables and chairs are also very old. The dishes hanging on the wall are stained, making the names unclear.

The young man lifted his hem and sat down, his pair of water-cutting eyes lightly swept over the errand who was meeting him, the guy who was still a bit lazy suddenly became excited, feeling as if his back of the neck had been pricked by some needle, he grinned With a smile, he cleaned the table attentively, and when the young man ordered the dishes, Xiao Er rushed into the back kitchen with messy footsteps, leaving the other party alone, holding a teapot to drink for himself.

Mutton noodles, cold-cut mutton pancakes, Ao Bing ordered a lot, and naturally ate slowly. He was sitting right in the middle of the restaurant gate, and pedestrians who came and went just turned their heads to see a beautiful Taoist priest While eating the cake carefully, the other party's fingers pinched on the cake were stained with oil and sesame. Others might look embarrassed like this, but Ao Bing's body is a little bit cute.

Slowly fed his stomach, Ao Bing wiped his hands, and beckoned Xiao Er, the smile on his face was calm and relaxed, but when the other party opened his mouth, Xiao Er was frightened I broke out in a cold sweat.

"Where is the entrance to the main altar of your Demon Sect?"

"My guest, how can I know the location of the Demon Cult's main altar as a junior, don't talk nonsense when you're full."

"What I said is naturally justified." He lowered his eyelashes and glanced at the prosperity at the door. The biggest advantage of him sitting in this position is that the other party would not dare to act rashly.

"Shuofang County is located in the south of Wuyuan, Yulin, and Dingxiang, and there is a Gobi Desert in the middle. It stands to reason that it should not be harassed by Turkic warriors. But after Emperor Jing abdicated, the connection between the Turks and the royal family was broken. , the tense relationship between the two sides will have the most significant impact on this kind of borderland, because there will be no large sects stationed here, and the most famous one is the Northern Demon Sect."

"The grown-ups say these things, but the little one doesn't quite understand it." Bowing his body to cover up the astonishment below, Xiao Er pulled the cloth strip on his body and pulled it twice, implying that the shopkeeper "exposes here".

"I took a look at you just now, so when you entered the back kitchen, you deliberately walked heavily to cover up the fact that you know martial arts. In this street full of restaurants, your store is neither luxurious nor has any good materials. , but the location is very good, I have seen along the way that although there is a shop that belongs to one, but the way they dress up and greet is much more enthusiastic than yours."

"Does your lord think that our hospitality is not good? Then I will give you free of charge for today's meal."

Ao Bing was shocked again after hearing this.

"I mean, you are so unremarkable, why are you still in business? Judging from the menu on this table, it should have been many years. A poorly managed restaurant has not collapsed for many years, and there are no scratches left by warriors on the wall, which shows that You have someone to protect and support you here, and if you can support you in Shuofang County, and you can afford second-rate masters to be waiters, after thinking about it, it seems that there is only one Northern Demon Sect left."

After finishing his speech, Ao Bing poured himself another cup of tea. Although the taste was bland, he might smell the fragrance of tea, so the tea brewed here should not be too bad.

"My lord is really frightening my little one. If you don't have the money to pay the bill, just say it. Why bother to bring up these fanciful things."

"Everyone must have known what happened to your Demon Lord in the past few months. Turkic warriors did not enter Shuofang because of the face of the Demon Sect. The main faction of the Central Plains martial arts did not come to make trouble because the location of the Demon Sect is hidden. Let me yell now, how long do you think it will reach their ears."

With a good face with crescent eyebrows and starry eyes, the words he speaks are provocative and confident,

Xiao Er's face sank, and he looked sideways at the door. It would be dinner time, and people would come to the store in a short time. If he really let the other party show up to drink, he and the boss would be punished for it.

"Actually, you don't have to be nervous." Putting down the cup and taking out a copper coin, Ao Bing turned his face and said, "I'll be staying in the biggest inn in the city tonight, you can go back and report, and say that Kunshan sent Ao Bing to see the Demon Lord .”

The first generation of the Kunshan school's ancestors and the second generation of golden immortals are all elders who can die. The third generation of apprentices has a total of 16 people.

According to the rules of the sect, when the 16 members have passed their thirties, a person will be elected to succeed the master based on his martial arts and virtues.

Ao Bing is just in his twenties this year, although he is not the oldest among the sixteen disciples, he is the first to get started, so Tian is appointed as the senior brother.

Among the 16 people, apart from Ao Bing, Li Nezha and two elder brothers are also among them. However, the twelve immortals in Kunshan each occupy the top of the mountain and are not connected to each other. several times.

On the contrary, because Ao Bing was raised under the patriarch's seat, he and Nezha often stayed together for more than half a year, and their relationship was somewhat closer than that of his biological brother.

The night was as cold as water, and the moon was hazy. Ao Bing gasped and thought that this would really be a good day to kill people.

There have been two groups of people sent by the Demon Sect. The first group was for probing, so although there were a lot of people, the force was not high. The second group saw that the situation was not right, so they were all experts.

Ao Bingsu swung away the sneak attacking long sword, and hit one of the acupuncture points without picking up the sledgehammer on the table.

The candle that was blown away by the wind of the knife flickered on and off, and after a hundred tricks, there were a few more human sculptures in the room. Ao Bing sat back at the table, touched the crack in his cuff, and closed his eyes tiredly.

Although these people can't help themselves, it's tiring to come too many.In such a situation, smart people will definitely choose to leave, but Ao Bing is waiting for someone, even if he knows that there are five, six, seven or eight killers behind him, he can't leave now.

From dark to dawn, Mozong had a total of four groups of people come. When Ao Bing couldn't stand in the room anymore, he simply opened the door and drove everyone out. He closed his clothes and lay back on the bed. Ao Bing closed his eyes and regained his senses. , the sunlight that leaked from the window sills mottled on the ground, he slowed down his breathing and gradually settled down, although he fell asleep, he still retained a trace of consciousness.

At this time, if someone opened the window and opened the door, he would definitely hear it.Lying like this for half a day, when he opened his eyes again, it was already past noon. Ao Bing was a little dizzy from hunger. He sat up and looked around, and found that the other party hadn't come, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

As the largest inn in Shuofang County, in addition to the clean rooms and tidy furnishings, the food in the store is also good. Ao Bing ordered three dishes and one soup in the house, and ate three bowls in a row with a small white porcelain bowl. superior.

After the soup was full, his body was a little sluggish. This meeting was not on the mountain, and Ao Bing didn't have to teach his mentors and younger brothers. He was a little uncomfortable in the leisure time in the afternoon.

As a big brother in Kunshan, Ao Bing originally had a master, and his master was also an apprentice of the patriarch, named Shen Gongbao.

But when Shen Gongbao rebelled against Kunshan, Ao Bing was only three years old, and he was still a boy with unsteady hands and feet. It stands to reason that he should worship one of the remaining twelve golden immortals as his teacher, but Yuanshi Tianzun took Ao Bing to himself. Education around.

When Ao Bing was ten years old, Jinzha and Muzha took a little boy up the mountain. That was the first time he met the third son of the Li family. At that time, the other party was a baby who was about to fall when he ran too fast. The handsome Ao Bing snorted disdainfully, thinking that his senior brother was just putting on a show.

However, Ao Bing was not angry. Instead, he stepped forward and grabbed Nezha's two hair groups and pinched them gently. He was frightened by the elder brother's movements and became stiff. When Nezha reacted, his two brothers had already laughed. Lie on the ground.

The demon king in the mansion of the Li family came to Kunshan and practiced martial arts under the seat of Taiyi.It's a pity that Taiyi is lazy by nature, and he often teaches for two days and loses for three days. After practicing the basic skills, he also asks Nezha to join the ordinary disciples of the lower sect after reciting the mental method once.

After two years of tossing around like this, not only did Li Nezha not learn badly, but his martial arts continued to rise. Taiyi only found out after being plotted against by his apprentice once. Cableway, got into Yuanshi Tianzun's library, and Ao Bing, who has been stationed in the library all year round, naturally found this little mouse that sneaked in on the first day. He picked up Nezha and taught him a lesson, and the little guy bit it with all his teeth and claws. Ao Bing took a sip.

Because of such a bite, Ao Bing, who is pure and polite by nature, felt that the younger brother was very unruly. As the master of the sect, he had the obligation to teach his disciples.

After this, Nezha didn't know whether it was a blessing in disguise or bad luck. He was scolded, beaten, and nagged every day. You can even sneak attack your own master.

Looking back at the past with staring eyes wandering, Ao Bing pressed his eyebrows and sighed softly. It was because he was too negligent that Nezha came to this step in the end.

Ao Bing lived in the inn for seven days, and every day there were people from the Demon Sect who came to sneak attacks. These people were hard to beat, but they were very annoying, like mosquitoes that couldn't be wiped clean. On the seventh day, Ao Bing had a good temper Couldn't help but get angry.

The demon sect killers who came to make trouble were beaten out of the city with a sledgehammer by the senior brother sent by Kunshan. After leaving the city, these people not only had bruises on their heads, but also had a bloody mouth full of blood on their faces.

Ao Bing, who chased them out of the city, gave them two choices, either die here, anyway, these killers have no shortage of lives, or take him to the Demon Sect.

After hearing Ao Bing's words, how dare these people really take him there, and if the Demon Lord finds out, it's not like beating him to death.

"If you don't choose, I will help you choose."

Shaking the big weapon in his hand, Ao Bing took a step, but his body slid out two feet. The killer who was still panting found that the opponent was in front of him in the blink of an eye, and was so frightened that he almost choked to death.

Just when Ao Bing was about to take his opponent's life with his wide sleeves fluttering, the sound of the wind falling from the side was mixed with howling, and before he could raise his head, the ground he was still stepping on suddenly fell down, and the weapon in Ao Bing's hand fell. Heavy, and his ankles were bound, the killer who was trembling just now had grabbed Ao Bing's calf.

As soon as he put his feet on the ground, he wanted to fly out, but the thing under the hood was not a weapon, but a big net.

Ao Bing's true energy surged out with the sledgehammer, and he stood against the surface of the net, but when he took a closer look, he realized that the net was actually made of silver thread, with nettles inside and iron sheets outside, after falling heavily, Ao Bing couldn't sweep it away for a while.

He lowered his eyes and kicked the killer who was hugging him away. The hole on the ground was already half a person deep. It was not easy for him to try to use force after being covered by the net mask. Thinking of this, Ao Bing immediately turned his head. As expected, he was outside the hole. A familiar guy was squatting down to see him.

Ao Bing threw a sledgehammer at that guy, but when the hammer hit the silver net, it was stopped by a wave of true energy, and it fell heavily before flying far. The guy in black with a bun tied his hand like lightning, and hit Ao Bing has big acupuncture points all over his body.

Being in the net, it was inconvenient to move, but Ao Bing blocked every attack of the opponent.

"Your kung fu is all taught by me. Isn't it a bit too underestimating to use this sneak attack on me?"

There were hundreds of tricks to dismantle each other, but Nezha smiled when he heard this, raised his thin lips and continued:

"Brother, do you know... I have always liked you."

The tone was gentle, and with a slight gasp on the ground, Ao Bing stared and was stopped in place by Nezha.

Seeing that Ao Bing made a mistake because of his own words, Nezha laughed and lifted the net away, stretched out his hand and pulled the young man out of the pit, and waited for the other party to fall into his arms stiffly.

Nezha pinched Ao Bing's slender chin and shook it lightly twice, his hoarse voice passed by his ears, but it was a helpless sigh.

"Tell me, are you throwing yourself into a trap?"

——To be continued——