Northern River Sword

Jiujiang is known as the place where the world looks up to, and it is a transportation hub in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.Many small gangs gather here to do some water transportation business and make a living from the water.

The Flying Fish Gang in Jiujiang was bloodbathed half a month ago. Some survivors said that the assailant was Qiu Guangcheng.He went mad at the time, and killed anyone he saw, with extremely brutal methods.When He Ruying got the news, he immediately sent someone to track down Qiu Guangcheng's whereabouts, and at the same time mobilized the forces in the Jianghu to lay a net, forcing Qiu Guangcheng into a corner, and fled to a barren mountain in the southeast of Jiujiang.

When Xue Hongliu led the disciples of the Beggar Clan to arrive, He Ruying led people to surround the barren mountain for three days.

Xue Hongliu set up camp at the foot of the mountain and sent people to survey the terrain.The spies came back and said: "This mountain is called Shitou Mountain. There are no people living in it for dozens of miles around. It is very barren. There is no water source on the mountain, and naturally there are no birds or animals. There are only some grass and trees. Qiu Guangcheng was forced to go up the mountain in desperation. Without dry food and water, it must not be long."

Xue Hongliao said: "He is thirsty and hungry, the longer he stays on the mountain, the more unfavorable it will be for him. It's better to make up your mind early and come down and fight to the death, maybe there will be a glimmer of life."

The members of the Beggar Gang thought so, and the members of He Ruying were even more ambitious, planning to capture Qiu Guangcheng alive.Everyone thought that Qiu Guangcheng had reached the limit, but they didn't expect that the weather was not good, and there was a heavy rain in the middle of the night, which didn't stop until dawn.

Deep and shallow water was accumulated on the stone, Xue Hongliao picked up a handful of water, looked up at the dark clouded sky, and said to himself: "This man's luck is good, it seems that the sky will not kill him."

He Ruying stared at the deep mountain, remained silent for a long time, and finally said: "God can't keep him. He has committed a heinous crime, and today is his death day!"

He didn't want to wait any longer, and asked people to prepare bows and arrows, and prepared to set fire to the mountain.

He Timing led 30 people to pull up bows and arrows, with fire and tung oil on the arrows, and the flames were burning.With an order, countless rockets shot into the mountain.The vegetation on the stone mountain caught fire immediately, and the fire became more and more intense, gradually covering the entire mountain.

He Ruying stood at the foot of the mountain, slowly smiling, as if he was extremely happy.He asked people to guard it strictly, and once he saw someone coming down from the mountain, he immediately beat drums and gongs as a warning.

Qin Xiao stood behind the crowd, his eyes were full of fire, and the fire was so loud that it disturbed him.He had never had such an unpleasant feeling since he lost his memory.Countless torches seemed to appear in front of his eyes, and the flames connected into a sea of ​​flames, burning the night.The sound of the bowstring being drawn was heard from all around, and an arrow shot through the air and hit the person in his arms.

It was a young girl with long hair, dressed in white, and bright red blood dripped from her back.The moment Qin Xiao thought of her, her heart felt as if a knife had been plucked out.

His tears flowed down involuntarily, and he blurted out: "Yuhua."

The person next to him turned his head, saw that he was crying, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you? Are you blinded by the sand?"

Qin Xiao seemed to have lost her soul, and said firmly, "Yuhua...Who is Qiu Yuhua?"

The man knew that he had bumped his head and couldn't remember many things, so he didn't think it was surprising, and said, "Qiu Yuhua? Isn't it Qiu Guangcheng's daughter? Do you think of her?"

Qin Xiao remembered how she was covered in blood, and asked, "How is she?"

The man said: "Dead. What kind of good daughter can someone like Qiu Guangcheng teach? Qiu Yuhua betrayed our Qiying League. The little girl's family has no knowledge. After hearing a few sweet words, she was coaxed to death. Alas, at such a young age It's a pity!"

The fire on the mountain is getting bigger and bigger, the smoke is billowing, and people can't help coughing.Suddenly there was loud gongs from the northwest direction, and someone shouted: "Qiu Guangcheng has come down the mountain!"

He Ruying cheered up and said loudly: "Everyone come with me, we must catch this thief!"

The crowd shouted loudly and followed He Ruying to the northwest.Qiu Guangcheng rushed out from the thick smoke. Although he was dressed in rags, his momentum was not in the slightest. He was worthy of being a famous swordsman of a generation.

He Ruying separated from the crowd and walked forward, staring at Qiu Guangcheng.The two looked at each other, with hatred burning in each other's eyes. Over the past 20 years, there have been too many open and covert battles between the two, and finally they have come to this point. The former brothers have completely turned against each other, and they are fighting to the death on the road to death.

He Ruying sneered and said, "It's really not easy to invite you down."

Qiu Guangcheng said: "Stop talking nonsense, draw your sword. The grievances between us will be settled today."

He Ruying said: "To deal with a heinous person like you, you don't need to pay attention to the morals of the world. Let's go together and kill him to eliminate the evil in the martial arts world!"

Everyone agreed loudly, and rushed up in all directions.Qiu Guangcheng sneered a few times, and said loudly: "I didn't want to kill people, but you forced me. He Ruying, don't you feel guilty for calling these people to die?"

In his voice, the long sword trembled, and his moves were extremely fierce, killing five or six people in the blink of an eye.Seeing how powerful he was, everyone flinched for a while.Xue Hongliao shook his head lightly, signaling to all the disciples of the Beggars' Clan to wait and see what happened.

Qiu Guangcheng said: "He Ruying, are you afraid of me? Don't you really want to get the Shaoyang Sword Manual? Then why don't you dare to fight with me? I will teach you the best swordsmanship in the world today!"

He Ruying laughed loudly, and said: "Nonsense, how can I be afraid of you, a despicable villain! Okay, I will fight with you!"

He drew his sword and attacked Qiu Guangcheng, both of them had superb sword skills.He Ruying's internal strength is slightly superior, while Qiu Guangcheng's swordsmanship is extremely exquisite.He used to deliberately hide his swordsmanship, but now he shows his true skills, which is amazing.

The fire was raging on the mountain, and it gradually tended to spread down the mountain.The two fought swords in the firelight, and for a while they couldn't tell the winner.Qiu Guangcheng saw that the fire had already burned to his side, the smoke was thick, and his vision became blurred.The people around couldn't help coughing loudly, and they all panicked.

Qiu Guangcheng thought: "A golden opportunity from God! If you don't leave now, when will you wait!" He swayed his sword several times, making a gesture to attack He Ruying's head and neck, and suddenly swung his sword downwards, piercing his lower abdomen.He Ruying bowed and retreated, Qiu Guangcheng took the opportunity to turn around and rush into the crowd, disappearing in the thick smoke.

He Ruying said angrily: "What a cunning old thief, catch him quickly!"

Qiu Guangcheng ran quickly, darting around the crowd, and disappeared after a while.He Timing led people to push and shoved in the crowd, bumping around like headless flies, while shouting: "Don't let him run away! Hurry up!"

He bumped into a person in the crowd, that person's body was as strong as a wall, and he almost knocked He Diming down.He Timing took half a step back, annoyed in his heart, and was about to curse, but saw that the man was a beggar in ragged clothes, and his face was even more familiar, it wasn't Su Yi who it was!

He Diming was overjoyed immediately, and said in his heart: "After running away from Qiu Guangcheng, another Su Yi came. The Shaoyang swordsmanship will always fall on these two people, let's take him down first!"

He said loudly: "This kid is on the same side as Qiu Guangcheng, we can't let him escape. Everyone catch him!"

Qin Xiao didn't remember who this person was at all, and when he saw that he wanted to arrest her, she didn't panic too much, and said loudly, "Who are you?"

He Timing sneered and said, "You broke the tendons of several of our juniors, and you still pretend to be stupid with me?"

Everyone surrounded Qin Xiao.Qin Xiao was holding a begging stick, and she had the aura of being one man and ten thousand men.A man rushed forward and stabbed him with a sword, Qin Xiao swung his stick and blocked the man's long sword.Although his strength is not small, his movements are not very flexible, obviously he doesn't know how to use the stick.

Seeing his clumsy appearance, everyone laughed loudly, and shouted: "Hey, if you are afraid, you little beggar, just grab your hands and catch him. We promise not to make you suffer."

Qin Xiao ignored them, and turned her eyes around, looking for the direction of breakthrough.Seeing him like this, the crowd surrounded him in all directions, and someone stabbed at him with a sword.Qin Xiao subconsciously lifted the stick to resist, the tip of the stick touched the man's sword tip, slid down to hold the man's arm, and with a slanted lift, he handed it out, causing a dragon tail to throw the man out .

Qin Xiao either chopped vertically or swept across, swinging a long stick violently.Although he didn't remember how to use a club, every muscle in his body remembered for him how to deal with the enemy.Everyone was forced by him to dare not go forward, and hesitated for a while.Qin Xiao alone was no match for a pack of wolves, and when there was an opening, he ran away.

He Diming said anxiously: "A bunch of trash! You can't even catch a beggar, so hurry up and chase me!"

Qin Xiao ran in the thick smoke, He Diming chased after him.He could no longer hide in the crowd, and was forced onto a trail with dense forests on both sides.The wind helped the fire. Seeing that the fire was about to spread here, no one dared to go this way.He Timing also hesitated a little, but saw the figure in front of him flicker, and it was Qiu Guangcheng passing through the forest.

He Diming was overjoyed, and ordered: "Two big fish have crashed into a net, hurry up and call some more people, and let's catch them all!"

Someone agreed, and rushed to report to He Ruying, and He Timing continued to chase with his men.

Qin Xiao was walking through the dense forest, when suddenly he heard the sound of the wind behind him, and a long sword stabbed himself in the back.He dodges, a strand of hair snapped off, and the blade is just minutes away from slitting his throat.Qin Xiao's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he thought: "What a fast sword!"

Seeing his face clearly, Qiu Guangcheng was taken aback immediately, and said, "Are you Su Yi or Qin Xiao?"

The moment Qin Xiao heard her name, she was touched, and was speechless for a while.Qiu Guangcheng pressed his long sword against his chest, moved it forward a little, and said with a calm face, "I'm asking you, who are you? Tell me quickly, or I'll kill you if you don't!"

Qin Xiao felt a sharp pain in her chest, and subconsciously said, "I'm Su Yi, who is Qin Xiao?"

Originally, Qiu Guangcheng thought that if this person was Qin Xiao, he would kill him immediately.Qin Xiao's answer in this way just saved his life unintentionally.

Seeing him dressed as a beggar, Qiu Guangcheng believed it, put away his long sword and said, "Why are you following me?"

Qin Xiao said: "I was hunted down, I didn't know you were here—"

Before he finished speaking, he heard footsteps behind him.He Timing led people to chase after him, and said loudly: "These two people are really together! Surround them quickly!"

Everyone was afraid of Qiu Guangcheng's martial arts prowess, so they didn't dare to die, they wanted to wait until He Ruying came to rescue him, so they surrounded him from a distance.He Timing also wanted to procrastinate for time to wait for the reinforcements, so he stepped forward and said, "Boy surnamed Su, I think you are good with the stick. We have come here before. If you can beat me, I will let the two of you go. How dare you Don't dare to compete with me?"

Qin Xiao has been a bit stubborn lately, so she took a look at him and said, "Come on."

The two exchanged hands, Qiu Guangcheng was a cunning and wise man, he was not willing to let him go without a fight, and he suddenly struck down three disciples of the He family, breaking out of the encirclement.He ran with all his might, and suddenly heard someone behind him yell, "Don't even try to run!"

He Ruying caught up and slashed at the back of Qiu Guangcheng's head with his palm.Qiu Guangcheng dodged it with a short body, turned around and patted He Ruying's left shoulder.He Ruying greeted him with palms, Qiu Guangcheng's internal strength was not as good as his, so he used the weak to beat the strong in a hurry, and suffered a great loss.The two people collided with each other, Qiu Guangcheng's internal organs were in pain, and a mouthful of blood rushed to his throat.

He barely suppressed it, but his face was pale and uncertain. It was obvious that his true energy had been disordered and he had suffered internal injuries.

At this time, a cry of pain was heard suddenly, He Diming was swept by the long stick, and fell heavily to the ground.His whole body was covered with bruises from Qin Xiao's beating, and his left arm was hanging down and unable to move, it was actually broken.

The begging stick in Qin Xiao's hand swung down violently, trying to take advantage of the situation to beat him to the bone.He Timing hurriedly rolled to avoid it, but Qin Xiao kept chasing after him, hitting him one after another with a stick.

He Timing was driven all over the ground, very embarrassed, and shouted in desperation: "Father, come and save me! He is going to kill me!"

Qiu Guangcheng laughed loudly, and said: "Unexpectedly, Leader He's son is so worthless, and he was beaten all over the floor begging for mercy! Hey, kid from the Beggar Gang, you invited me to watch a good show, I was very happy. Let's count The first time we meet, it can be regarded as fate, how about making friends here today?"

Qin Xiao thought: "Whoever wants to make friends with you, you will be dragged into the water even if you are dying!"

Seeing powerful enemies around him, even if he didn't want to join forces with Qiu Guangcheng, he couldn't do it, so he could only say, "I have nothing to do with you. Get out from here, and we will go our separate ways."

Qiu Guangcheng said: "Okay, everyone lives according to their ability, don't hold me back!"

Qiu Guangcheng dealt with He Ruying, and Qin Xiao dealt with He Timing and other He family disciples.Qiu Guangcheng suffered internal injuries, and it was very difficult to deal with He Ruying.The two went through hundreds of moves, Qiu Guangcheng was gradually lost, and He Ruying stabbed Qiu Guangcheng in the heart with a sword.Qiu Guangcheng was dizzy, his arms were weak, and he couldn't resist for a while, and he was about to die under the sword.

At this moment, a person appeared floating in the depths of the woods. The person swung a vajra, and with a bang, the gold and iron collided, blocking the sword.He moved swiftly, for a moment the person before him was still far away, and in the blink of an eye he was already in front of Qiu Guangcheng, and he raised his giant spirit-like palm and slapped He Ruying heavily.

He Ruying didn't expect an evil star to come out on the way, he was hit by that person's palm unexpectedly, his inner breath trembled, and there was a sharp pain in his heart.The man took the opportunity to pull Qiu Guangcheng up, and shouted: "Let's go!" In the voice of speaking, several ups and downs disappeared in the depths of the woods.

Seeing them run away, Qin Xiao thought to himself: "This man is really disrespectful, I have to hurry up too!" He repelled several people and ran with all his might.

He Ruying wanted to chase again, took half a step forward, but felt dizzy, and fell to the ground with one step.Everyone was startled, and they gathered around and said, "Master, how are you doing?"

Beads of sweat appeared on He Ruying's head, obviously feeling very unwell.He said: "Boy, you come to help me do my exercises. The rest of the people are watching around, don't let anyone disturb you."

He Timing's left hand was broken, so he pressed his right hand against his father's vest and sent a stream of true energy over, and immediately felt that He Ruying's heart was shaken.He didn't dare to say too much, and concentrated on practicing kung fu to heal his father.

Qin Xiao ran for a while and caught up with the two of them.The man who rescued Qiu Guangcheng was wearing a pitch-black cloak, with the hood covering his head and face, but his figure was very tall and strong.The man in black pulled Qiu Guangcheng out of the woods, and there were two horses waiting in front of him, obviously he had planned to be here in advance.

The man said to Qiu Guangcheng, "Get on the horse."

Qiu Guangcheng still had doubts, and said: "Who is this friend? Please also give me a name, and I will definitely repay your life-saving grace in the next day."

The man laughed loudly, and said in a loud voice, "We're brothers, we don't distinguish each other, why are you being polite to me!" He took off his hood as he spoke, revealing his dark face, it turned out to be Shanshui Monk.

Qiu Guangcheng couldn't believe it, he was surprised and delighted, and said, "Brother Gongsun, it's you! Where have you been all these years? Why did you appear here!"

Monk Shanshui said: "The news that He Ruying wants to arrest you has spread all over the world. Everyone knows that he sent people to surround this stone mountain. Fortunately, he set fire to the mountain, otherwise I would not be able to save you." .”

Qiu Guangcheng sighed in his heart and said, "It's thanks to you that I escaped danger today."

He glanced back at Qin Xiao, and said, "Little brother, you helped me again, thank you very much."

Qin Xiao stepped forward and said, "You are welcome, so you are old acquaintances."

Qiu Guangcheng suffered from internal pain and coughed up several mouthfuls of blood.Monk Shanshui sighed, and said to Qiu Guangcheng, "Third brother, the misfortunes you have today are all caused by the past. If you hadn't been greedy and wanted to be number one in the world back then, and kept the sword manual privately, why would your family be ruined now? What is the difference between you today and the Mengshu River that was besieged back then?"

When Qin Xiao heard the word Meng Shuhe, a string seemed to be plucked in her mind, as if she wanted to think of something, but it was hazy and difficult to grasp.

Qiu Guangcheng looked gloomy, and said: "Since my daughter passed away, I have taken everything lightly. I don't care about fame and fortune now. I just want Qiu Guangcheng to show his true face, otherwise I will not be able to rest in peace even if I die!"

Monk Shanshui said: "Did you kill those members of the Flying Fish Gang?"

Qiu Guangcheng said, "Of course not."

Monk Shanshui said, "Who killed that?"

Qiu Guangcheng said wearily: "Of course it's the thieves calling for the thieves. If you don't kill a few innocent people, how can He Ruying have an excuse to openly bring people to surround me?"

Monk Shanshui also thought of this earlier, and said to himself: "That's right, wasn't it the same way back then, we all know that Meng Shuhe didn't necessarily kill someone, but he was willing to do evil with He Ruying, in fact, it was just because of greed in his heart, Wanting to obtain the best swordsmanship in the world... It's a crime to conceive a jade, Amitabha, you and I are the sinners."

Qiu Guangcheng felt a little depressed when he thought of the past.Monk Shanshui patted him on the shoulder and said, "We haven't seen each other for a long time, we should find a place to talk about our experiences over the years. Let's go."

He helped Qiu Guangcheng get on the horse, turned to Qin Xiao and said, "Little benefactor, go back."

After listening to their few words, Qin Xiao felt that she was about to think of something, and she didn't want to leave just like that.He frowned and said, "I can't even remember who I am, where do I want to go back?"

Monk Shanshui took half a step forward, and whispered into his ear: "The time has not come yet. Mr. Qin, you can go back wherever you came from."

Qin Xiao was startled, Shanshui Monk laughed, and got on his horse, walking away from Qiu Guangcheng.

Qin Xiao watched them go away, recalling the words of Monk Shanshui, vaguely felt that his surname was indeed Qin.His hometown is not Luoyang, but a place with beautiful mountains and rivers.He thought of a lake, stood on the hillside and looked down, and someone sang a folk song in the distance.

That is his memory of his hometown, and it is also the place where he was rescued by Qiaoer.

His head started to hurt and he realized how important it was to him there.As long as he returns to that place, he may be able to retrieve his previous memories.

At this moment, someone's footsteps came suddenly.He Timing said loudly: "They were injured, and they couldn't escape far. Search carefully!"

Qin Xiao suddenly woke up, thinking: "The lingering thing is coming after me again!" He ran forward, ran for several miles, turned and headed east, this time he was lucky, and met the beggar gang's head Bros.

It turned out that Xue Hongliu saw that He Ruying set fire to the mountain and failed to catch Qiu Guangcheng, so he didn't want to take his brothers to take risks, so he wanted to go back to Luoyang.

When Qin Xiao saw them, she felt relieved.Xue Hongliao heard that He Diming even chased him down together, she was quite indignant in her heart, and told him to follow her back to the main helm in Luoyang, and he was not allowed to show his face, so as not to cause another accident.