Three swords on both sides

What a beautiful day, what a day, Taihu Lake is deep enough to release a boat.

The lakeside is densely covered with rivers and connected by mountains and rivers, and the scenery of the lake is beautiful. Most of the residents are fishing and farming, so they are happy at first.Every spring and summer, literati and poets go boating on the lake, reciting from afar and enjoying their joy; even the children of rich families love its natural scenery, and often come here with kabuki from people. The local people can really make a fortune by singing songs, but the excitement is a bit unbearable.

Tianshui Village by the Taihu Lake is not a tourist attraction. It can earn a little money by receiving random guests and selling fish and wine.Although there are not many tourists, the avenue at the entrance of the village is very grand, flat and wide, and there are rows of willow trees on both sides, imitating the official way. At this time, the autumn wind is getting stronger, and most of the leaves have already fallen off. The branches are still excited Dancing with the wind, with a bit of naive energy that doesn't know the season.In the past few years, Tianshui Village's cultural prosperity was prosperous, and there were two young children who passed the Jinshi examination in the same year and were awarded the position of the local Mingfu.One of them was Jiang Xingbang, and the other was Mao Guangzu. The people were grateful for them, so they named this road "Xingguang Avenue".It's just that since the two officials and lords left in a mighty manner with their car and entourage, the Xingguang Avenue has been used by the villagers to walk around with picks and hoes on their shoulders.

But in the past year or so, this road has become more and more lively.

First, from time to time, people passed by here in a hurry and looked eagerly, and rushed towards the east of the village.Most likely after an hour or so, he would leave in a hurry with a young man—the young man was naturally recognized by the villagers.But the man named Lei Li who had a broken arm almost never went out.The two of them were originally great figures in the world, especially Lei Li. When he was not disabled, he used a pair of mandarin ducks and two sabers. The old villain Long Yizhi had malicious intentions, took advantage of Lei Shaoxia's underestimation to defeat him, and forced him to cut off his own arm, what a pity.Discouraged, Lei Li was reduced to a servant in a small hotel. Fortunately, he met Feng Junjie, the young hero. The two hit it off right away, and they agreed to quit the arena and live in seclusion here, which is also a good story.The villagers who just stare at this road intentionally or unintentionally will always find that Feng Shaoxia and his friends from the rivers and lakes rush out of the village from time to time, not knowing where Fengyunji will go.There were gradually rumors of their feud in the village, and the younger brother of the Liu family said that he heard Feng Lei and Feng Lei's quarrel by the duck pond, and the fourth brother of the Zhang family said that that day Lei Li asked him to borrow a fishing boat to go fishing on the lake by himself. Yes, the uncle of the Li family said with certainty that he passed by the mulberry forest that day and saw Feng Lei and the two passing by, but neither of them spoke to the other...

When it comes to wandering around the world and living in seclusion, everyone will immediately think of a remote and quiet village, and even more extreme yearning for the remote mountains and old forests in the wilderness.But this kind of place, if you really want anonymity and not fame, is the wrong place.The villagers work at sunrise and rest at sunset, which has nothing to do with the colorful world, it is out of necessity.To marry a new daughter-in-law, you have to go out of the village to watch and criticize, and relatives from other places have to pester you to ask about novelties, let alone two famous people from all corners of the country.Therefore, not only did they take all the situations of Shangfeng and Lei into their eyes, but they also basically chewed up their previous experiences one by one.Seeing that it was almost time to say nothing, sharp-eyed Liu Xiaosan brought back the news: Some people wearing animal skin waistcoats came to find Feng Junjie and Lei Li!You can tell that the visitor is not good at a glance!Originally, the weather was still warm at this time, and there were no large wild animals in the mountains, and there were not many hunters in a radius of hundreds of miles; the group of people who could wear animal skins and furs over their waistcoats were probably those who wanted to kill them in the shortest possible time. The guy who let others know that he is an "organized gangster"... Sure enough, the villagers have discerning eyes, and they found out shortly afterwards that those were the subordinates of Huwei Villa who came to send invitations to Feng Junjie.

The so-called aftermath is naturally after the earth-shattering three swords battle that spread throughout the martial arts world.Feng Lei and the others set fire to Huwei Villa (the villa always has to be burned. The oldest old man in the village nodded with his beard), and beheaded the old thief Long, which excited the villagers of Tianshui Village.But soon they discovered that Lei Li was the only one who came back, with a gloomy expression on his face, not at all as excited as after the war.The folks wanted to come forward to find out something (the fourth brother Zhang lending him a fishing boat like this is kind of friendly), but because he was holding three knives in his hand, no one dared to disturb him.

Feng Junjie left.They nodded to each other.Most of them broke up after killing people.This is strange.When they lived by the lake, they quarreled and never broke up, but after the hatred Dexue killed the enemy side by side, why did they go their separate ways?The folks couldn't figure it out after much deliberation.Multiple versions are spreading, and fans of various factions are having a great time debating.

Uncle Li, who loves performing arts and talking about ancient times, once judged that there must be enemies coming to the door—the old thief Long also has many former officials. revenge.The villagers stretched their necks and waited for the homicide to occur at their home, only to find that the first to come to the door was the policeman from the location of Huwei Mountain Villa.The government has always turned a blind eye to the fights in the rivers and lakes. Now it is not so much a routine to come to the door, but it is better to take a look at the legendary figures in the rivers and lakes in the name of official business, and write a big book "The criminal is at large. Catch them with all your strength." That's all.Lei Shaoxia lived a life of farming alone.

This is off to a bad start.Since then, Xingguang Avenue has become even more uneasy.People who admire Lei Shaoxia from all walks of life come in an endless stream. Their goals range from "seeing the legendary figure with their own eyes" to "it's best to let him teach me two ways of swordsmanship, no, three ways". Such a boring person, who has little interest in martial arts and high enthusiasm for gossip, only wants to find out how Lei Li and Feng Junjie broke up and whether it is possible to get back together again.The villagers cheered up and welcomed guests from all over the world. Not only did fish, shrimp and local products sell well, but they also provided a lot of gossip. The popularity of the village quickly rose in the rivers and lakes.The villagers are more and more fond of this young man who is now alone. Although he is not enthusiastic enough to bring people to matchmaking, he is also willing to give pointers to the visitors: "That is the hut where Lei Li lives. —— Well, the wall The big hole on the top was damaged by the people who came to Huwei Mountain last time, and he hasn’t repaired it yet.” “This is where he often fishes, hehe, but the fish here is not good.” “Ah, this is not duckweed, This is hornwort. That is foxtail grass. Uh... this is not the place where Lei Shaoxia planted aquatic plants, this was originally the pond where he raised shrimps and ducks.” Usually pointing to this layer, Lei Shaoxia’s whereabouts are located Not far away.Either he was chopping firewood in the yard with one hand, or he was washing his unknown number of black clothes by the river, or—like now—he was playing the flute by the shrimp pond.He is a new self-taught man, and he can't even play tunes, which is the only thing that the villagers are not very satisfied with.

Lei Li's figure standing by the lake is very thin, a bit lonely and attached to each other. When he heard the sound of footsteps (if it wasn't for the sound of the flute, he should have noticed it earlier), he turned around and was stunned.Seeing a group of people wiping the sweat off their faces, each of them greeted him with reddish faces and excited expressions. They were wearing robes and jackets and carrying burdens on their shoulders. Qi, obviously because of the lack of love in the world and the strong meaning, but everyone claims that they are people in the martial arts who have admired him for a long time.He has seen a lot of his "admirers" recently, and he can basically split a pile of firewood calmly, or steam a basket of flowering steamed buns without being moved by the crowd.However, there are a lot of people here today, including men, women, old and young, trying to talk to him while exchanging ideas with each other. Feel dizzy.

"Don't follow me."

Lei Li thought over and over again, picked out a sentence that he thought was the most important, put the bamboo flute in his belt, lowered his head slightly, wiped it, turned around and left.He was thin and slightly hunchbacked, and the tight lining of his clothes tied neatly showed his slender waist.People from all walks of life followed behind him unswervingly, tsk-tsk admiring: "It's really rare."

It wasn't that Lei Li was seriously angry, and it wasn't that he turned around and stopped. He had to go forward in a hurry, not knowing where he was going.The people in the back followed more and more closely, he was young after all, his childish temper flared up for a while, he saw a small courtyard door was open in front of him, he simply walked a few steps quickly and dodged in, holding the door leaf with his left hand, he was about to close the door.Who would have thought that when he looked up, he would realize that this was a newly opened small hotel with a high wine curtain and was doing business.He used to eat and drink in this kind of place, and he instinctively froze for a moment.As soon as he hesitated, the followers behind him had already caught up.

The hotel owner was a little surprised when he saw Lei Li, and then saw a large group of people coming behind him, so he smiled and said hello repeatedly.The owner of this shop is none other than Uncle Li.It turned out that his small hotel was newly opened to catch up with the excitement. He is old and only has a grandson to help him. Naturally, the business is not very good.He had never seen so many customers since he opened the store, and he was in a hurry.Everyone was too busy looking at Lei Li, so they didn't bother with him.Uncle Li saw the way, winked at his grandson and asked him to warm the wine, but he persuaded Lei Li to sit down and rest.Lei Li shook his head, turned around to go out, and suddenly found a short and thick man blocking his way, his hands, feet and face were not fat, but his body was bulging, very bloated.The man chuckled, and reached out to touch the skirt of his clothes.Lei Li took a step back vigilantly, and grabbed the flute at his waist.

"Hero Lei, this is a trifle, not a respect." The man who claimed to be "Baicao Shennong" just now took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, "My family grows good sunflowers, these are newly harvested sunflower seeds .”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone started clamoring and frantically took things out.The Jianghu names of this group of people are shocking, but none of the things they brought out have anything to do with Jianghu martial arts. "Jujian Town Guanxi" brought a pair of carrier pigeons, cooing and whispering in a bamboo cage, as annoying as all the children in the world without knowing it. "Flying on the Grass" took out a mat made of cattail grass, and said that even if it is not used as a bedding, it can still block the wind if it is stretched by the window. Tea bricks from "One Leaf in Southern Yunnan", duck eggs from "Lingyaozi", and a man who vaguely reported that he was "picking mulberries" sent him a tent.The table in front of Lei Shaoxia was getting more and more full, and he couldn't put it down.So the last gift was stuffed into his arms logically, and he was completely stunned holding that thing - a fat reed chicken.Lei Li opened his mouth a few times but was blocked by the crowd. He didn't know how to evade it and it would be effective immediately. It was too late to block it with one hand. If he really wanted to make a serious move—this group of (obviously) rich township gentry didn't know how to do it, could they? Bully the small with the big?After being tongue-tied for a moment, he finally blushed, and blurted out in a hurry:

"You... don't give me gifts! It's not very valuable..."

The reed chicken flapped its wings a few times in his arms, and looked at him innocently with its round eyes.The crowd also looked at each other in dismay, and Lei Li realized that what he said was too preposterous (and too truthful), and he didn't have the ability to turn around, so it was not good to take the opportunity to escape at this time, so he had to stand where he was and talk to everyone. Wide-eyed and small-eyed.In the silence, the two pigeons were still cooing, extremely heartless.On the contrary, Uncle Li's little grandson found this scene quite amusing, and couldn't help laughing out loud.In this way, Uncle Li also bent over with laughter, and everyone who was tired also laughed.The atmosphere in front of him is no longer like the tension of meeting celebrities in martial arts, but like a group of neighbors kindly making fun of a young man who doesn't care about world affairs and has no intentions.Lei Li flattened his lips, pursed his lips, but still couldn't hold back, what was supposed to be a sigh turned into a vaguely shy smile.The reed chicken realized that the arms around it were not so tight, so it jumped to the ground and went to the small yard to peck.

Uncle Li hurriedly coaxed everyone to sit down, and at the same time tidied up a clean table for Lei Li and pulled him to sit down before going to seriously prepare the wine and food.After all, Lei Li couldn't keep silent any longer, looked at the visitors, and shook his head: "You are not practicing martial arts, why are you pretending to be people in the Jianghu?"

"Because Lei Daxia, you are a celebrity in the world!" Knowing that you have passed the gang, "Ling Yaozi" replied bluntly, "We have come to see you, and we have to make up a good name, isn't there such a saying that heroes cherish heroes, A good man knows a good man!"

"Hero Lei, your story has been spread all over the world, and the storytellers have told you so much, we all want to see what you are like in real life. Tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to be so young..." "Yi Nan Yi Ye" He added that because of his difficult accent, he gestured enthusiastically.

Lei Li looked at them earnestly, his thick black brows were slightly frowned, his eyes were sullen but not less radiant, at the moment they were tangled together with his brows, like two small triangles—the corners of his eyes flew sideways. "Picking mulberries" has been studying for several years, and I wonder how the "a pair of red and phoenix triangular eyes" described in the legendary novel could be beautiful, but it turns out that there are such things in this world.After pondering for a moment, Lei Li replied, "Don't call me a hero. I've never been a hero."

"Hero Lei is bad. You were famous in the Jianghu back then, and now you are unique with the three-sword style. Who doesn't know, who doesn't know?"

Lei Li seemed to be struggling for a moment, then nodded reluctantly: "If that's the case... I haven't been a hero for many years."

His words are too cold, always embarrassing for people to hear, but he himself is very serious, and he blinked his eyes when he said this, his voice was soft and slow, revealing a quiet confusion; It’s a butterfly flying in the cold wind after the Double Ninth Festival, knowing that it’s the best day it’s ever had, but it’s not sure when it will fall stiffly at the moment—it will turn into dust when it falls, it’s light and fluttering, and it will disperse when the wind blows .He is obviously a good young man, but when the red sun is just rising to its glory, he seems to have lost his own unique light source, making people ignore his sarcastic remarks and feel pity for him instead.

"Lei... Hero Lei." The crowd changed their names to something even more inappropriate.Lei Li felt that he had done it to himself, so he had no choice but to keep silent.I could only hear people asking him a lot of naive questions, and it was difficult to answer them properly in a moment. Isn’t it scary that the old dragon grows up? I heard that the gang in Huwei Mountain Villa usually drink human blood Is Basho girl pretty? Where is Feng Junjie and Feng Shaoxia now...

The last question made him frown slightly.He didn't make any unnecessary movements, and he still sat there quietly, but for a moment, he seemed to hold the breath of his whole body, as if an invisible thorn pierced through his heart - he was thinking now, it might have never had a penis.All I do is to not notice its existence.He raised the wine glass in front of him, and took a sip awkwardly. The local rice wine didn't have much taste at all, it was so sweet that he couldn't breathe.

"Don't mention him in front of me." He couldn't suppress the words before he swallowed the wine completely, choking so much that he squinted his eyes, "Never mention him in front of me."

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