The hero has an unworthy disciple

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Trembling, Father Xue refills a bowl of herbal tea for a few people, then moves to a corner and listens to their nonsense while shaking his cattail fan.

"I secretly rode a mule to Jilongpo to see it last night." A burly man opened his arms, patted his belly, and showed off.

Several people's eyes widened when they heard this, and one of them hurriedly said: "You are so courageous! Come and listen to it, but did you see that General Pingrong? Did Duan Ganzhuo go?"

"Hey!" Gulu the strong man took a sip of herbal tea, waved his hands and said, "How could you see it? You haven't seen that formation, and you can see from a distance that there are all soldiers wearing armor and swords, and the horses are all wrapped in iron armor, okay? Prestige! Didn’t everyone say that there are 70 troops, I guess there are many more. Let me tell you, I didn’t dare to approach when I went there, so I glanced at it from a distance, which made my mule’s legs weak. It took a lot of procrastination to drag it back."

"Tsk tsk tsk," another person clicked his tongue, "Oh, you said that this General Pingrong made great achievements in the war, and he was also our number one general to protect the country. How did he end up like this?"

"Let me tell you, he shouldn't have surrendered! Although Jiyang City is broken, he still has at least 10 people in his hands, right? He can still compete with Zhan Yuan. He surrendered for nothing, not to mention the present Even a whole corpse can't be found, and the head is hung high there for public display, I'm afraid that in the future, future generations will have to poke the spine every day."

Father Xue murmured a mouthful of old phlegm, and put down his cattail fan, "My little old man still thinks that General Pingrong surrendered well. If you don't surrender, how many years will this battle have to be fought?"

"You old man knows what a fart!" The brawny man put his tea bowl down heavily, clasped the table and said, "Do you have a place to intervene in national affairs?! Go away!"

Father Xue shook his head, poured a bowl of herbal tea from the pot full of tea stains, and slowly moved a bench to the stable beside him.

There was a person sitting by the side of the stable. Father Xue had been staring at this person for a long time. It was a hot summer day, but this person was wearing a coarse long gown, with a bamboo hat on his head, the brim of the hat was pressed very low. , and covered half of his face with a face towel; he carried a big burden on his shoulders.

"Hey, sit here." Father Xue put the bench next to him and patted it, then put the bowl next to him, "Drink a bowl of herbal tea to quench your thirst, so you can hurry on your way."

The man struggled on the ground for a while but didn't stand up, and only stretched out one hand to take the teacup.

Father Xue simply sat on the bench, "Look at you... Did you also escape from the military service?"

Seeing that this person didn't respond, Father Xue said to himself: "You escaped from a different place. Didn't you hear what they said just now? There is a chicken cage slope to the north of our place. There are many soldiers there. Don't go there." Go... Do you think what I just said is right? What good is there in war? My Fuguan was conscripted by them two years ago, and I still don’t know whether it is dead or alive. His mother thinks about him very closely , crying every day, crying myself to death, the day before yesterday I just buried her grave, and gave her a half-inch coffin, a whole ten taels of silver! These days, only the coffin boards are valuable, when I die... I'm afraid I don't even have anyone to wrap me in a mat... It's only been a few years of peace, and you're fighting again, you foreigner sees a lot of people in the market, when do you think this battle will be over?"

The man slowly put the tea bowl to his mouth with his left hand, and took off the face towel.

"I said that Duan Ganzhuo will definitely not come!" The cheerful man slapped the table heavily, and said anxiously with a pale face: "Zhan Yuan made it clear that he used General Pingrong's body as bait. So stupid? Besides, Zhan Yuan has been stationed here for three months without fighting the Tartars, and Duan Ganzhuo would have come if he wanted to."

The other person refused to give in: "Guang Chong Duan Ganzhuo's friendship with General Rong, can he not come? You have seen all the notices posted a few days ago. Zhan Yuan clearly said that he was going to find the magic medicine for Duan Ganzhuo." I can detoxify him, I don't want to kill him at all, but I want to save him..."

"Hey! Fooling Duan Ganzhuo, Zhan Yuan is so cunning, he must be coaxed away and he will be chopped off. Who in the world doesn't know that the secret Duan Ganzhuo holds can kill Jiuding? In Zhan Yuan's hands Just having the military power is not at ease, only when Duan Ganzhuo is completely eliminated can the world's mouths be blocked, and his throne can be safely seated..."

"No, no, you didn't read what the notice said. Who can find Duan Ganzhuo and reward him with a thousand pieces of gold to seal Houlu. Ten notices have been issued in seven days, repeating that he cannot hurt Duan Ganzhuo. Whoever dares to hurt him will implicate the nine clans. Zhan Yuan really wants to It is enough to kill him and put a reward on his head, why is it so troublesome? I think the rumors in the rivers and lakes are true in all likelihood, that Zhanyuan is a good Longyang, and Duan Ganzhuo is his forbidden son, the two of them are the ones... ..."

"No, that's not the case at all. You can believe this kind of nonsense. No matter what you say, Duan Ganzhuo is also a well-known hero in the world. It is impossible for him to do such a thing. Besides, if you don't tell me Duan Ganzhuo is Zhan Yuan's master, their masters and apprentices can still do this upside-down thing..."

Father Xue listened with his ears sideways, and then hummed and laughed, and whispered to the outsider in front of him, "These people are all local hooligans from the nearby villages. There is nothing to talk about. I don’t know what broken poles and Zhanyuan are, but I have seen General Pingrong! I even served him tea! Just listen to my little old man tell you in detail..."

The man poured the last drop of tea into his mouth, put the bowl aside, waved his hands, took out a silver coin from his pocket and put it into the bowl after a while, and slowly got up from the ground while supporting the stable.

Father Xue stared straight at the ingot of silver, put it in his mouth to bite, and then quickly grabbed his right wrist, "There are too many, I can't find them, this bowl of herbal tea is worthless."

The man was startled, took a step back, and struggled for a long time before breaking free.

Feeling his hands were sticky, Father Xue looked down and saw that the hand he had just grabbed was covered with rotten flesh and maggots.

Father Xue widened his eyes suspiciously and looked closely at the man's hand, only to find that the man's hand was already rotten, only two fingers still had some rotten flesh, and the remaining three fingers were all gone. bones.

Seeing that he was still trembling and staring at his hand, Duan Ganzhuo hurriedly hid it in his sleeve. After thinking for a while, he took out an ingot of silver from his pocket with his left hand and held it up. Niu, struggling to open his mouth and tongue, said: "Trouble old man... please do me a favor... sell me the bullock cart."

Only now did Father Xue see his face clearly, and sat down on the ground in fright.

It turns out that Ganzhuo's right eye has been rotted away, and there is only a big black hole in the right eye socket, and the muscles and flesh inside can be seen at a glance; the left lip is gone, showing half of the teeth and cheekbones of the face, and the tongue There was only half of it left; the rest of the skin and flesh on the face was also black, and occasionally there were maggots rolling in the white spots. At first glance, it looked like a living dead crawling out of a grave.

Father Xue was so frightened that he couldn't utter a word, he just collapsed on the ground and waved his hands wildly.

Duan Ganzhuo hurriedly covered his face scarf, panted heavily and took out all the silver and copper coins in his arms, and handed them to Father Xue with both hands, and said earnestly: "Go down... bury him... he is good, no Fighting... bullock carts... can't move..."

"Let's go, let's go..." Father Xue crawled back two steps trembling, touched a stone at once, picked it up without thinking about Sanqi 21, and smashed it on Duan Ganzhuo's head.

Seeing that Duan Ganzhuo lay motionless on the ground, Father Xue got up and ran to the tea customer, crying, "Ghost! There is a ghost! Help! Come quickly!"

"Can you still see ghosts in broad daylight?" Seeing Father Xue's urgency, the tea guests roared with laughter.

"Really! Really!" Father Xue slapped his thigh anxiously, trembling and unable to say anything else.

When a group of people urged them to look over, they saw several ingots of silver and dozens of copper plates scattered on the ground.

Father Xue took a hoe and walked around the stables tremblingly, but he didn't see the ghost again, only the old yellow cow lowed twice.

1 chapter

Father Xue kicked the beggar who was nesting beside the stable, looked up at the half-hanging sun, and added two handfuls of fodder to the horses, wondering in his heart: This small shop of his is very remote. At least, the porter, who is usually tired from walking, takes a break here to drink a bowl of herbal tea. Why are there so many passing by today?Not to mention his shop was crowded, even the three temporary tables under the shade of the trees were full.

What made Father Xue even more uneasy was that one or two of this group of people had ferocious faces, showing fierce faces, and they all carried guns and sticks around them.

Father Xue wiped the sweat off his forehead, and felt that something was wrong. These people were sitting in twos and threes, staring and squinting at each other, and they didn't look like they were in the same group.Also, why didn't Fuguan come back from the market?Didn't he drink too much again?

Father Xue was thinking tremblingly, when he suddenly heard a horse honking, he quickly looked up, but saw the dust on the rice paddies, one person hurriedly reined in the horse's bridle, and one kite turned over.

Father Xue squinted his eyes and took a closer look, and saw that the man was wearing a blue and white shirt, with a soap gauze skirt on his head, a pair of white felt boots on his feet, a long sword behind his back in his right hand, and a sword in his left hand. The reins of the horse arrived in no hurry.

Before old man Xue could recover, the man lifted the cap on his head, threw the rein of the horse into his hand and said: "Father, please feed my horse well, and then go on for a while. A bowl of clear noodle soup and a bowl of herbal tea."

Father Xue hurriedly yelled "Yoyo" twice to calm the horse, then raised his eyes to look at the little brother, he was stunned.

It turns out that this young man has an extremely handsome face, fair complexion, bright eyebrows, red lips and clean teeth, with only a high ponytail on his head, he is very heroic, just like a character walking out of a painting.

The only downside is that this little brother is only sixteen or seventeen years old, his stature is slightly small, and his voice is crisp and crisp, which seems softer than heroic.

Father Xue hurriedly agreed to leave.

Chapter 1 continued

The little brother looked around casually, and saw that the group of people had already used their eyes to look him up and down, smiling strangely while looking at him, and felt very uncomfortable for a while.

There was a young man in rough clothes, haggard in appearance, half-shattered hair, drooping eyelids, and a cane wrapped in cloth strips was placed in his hand.The boy was eating half a plate of side dishes with a steamed bun, without looking up.

The little brother in Tsing Yi walked over, greeted him and sat down opposite him.Seeing that the boy didn't respond, the little brother in Tsing Yi had no choice but to shut up bored.

Father Xue cleaned his hands, took out the refreshing noodles with a colander, poured a spoonful of clear bottom soup, grabbed a handful of emerald green coriander, poured a few more drops of fragrant sesame oil, a bowl of refreshing The refreshing clear noodle soup was ready, and it was quickly brought over with herbal tea.

The little brother in Tsing Yi took it, took out a piece of broken silver and handed it over, "Father, don't look for the rest, I will give you two jugs of good wine for the teeth-beating sacrifice. There are a lot of people coming and going here, and I will tell you Asking about someone, have you heard of the name Duan Ganyijian? Have you ever heard of someone paying attention to him? Do you know where he is now?"

Before he could finish speaking, a beggar suddenly jumped out from under the table, grabbed the bowl of noodles, lay down on the side, and picked them up with his dirty hands.This beggar had disheveled hair, several large pustules on his face, and a few plasters were plastered indiscriminately. His whole body smelled of stench and blood. While eating, he rubbed against the little brother in Tsing Yi, grinning and whimpering.The little brother in Tsing Yi was taken aback, quickly grabbed the sword and put it in front of his chest, covered his mouth and leaned back.

Seeing this, Mr. Xue quickly picked up the fire stick, swung it up and hit the beggar.The beggar hid his head in his arms and gorged himself on it, until he drank the soup before crawling far away whining.

Father Xue breathed a sigh of relief, quickly wiped the table with his sleeve and apologized to the little brother with a smile: "Isn't it frightening? I'll make you a new bowl in a while. You little brother really thinks of me, little old man." Hell, where did a countryman like me hear such a name? I never heard of it, but there is a blacksmith in our village, maybe he can also fight a sword, you can ask him."

As soon as Father Xue finished speaking, a group of men around burst into laughter.

One of the white and fat-faced men pushed old man Xue away with the handle of a knife, sat beside the little brother in Tsing Yi, and reached out to touch the back of his hand, "You little lady, you are so handsome, but you are so brainless!" , It’s not good for you to ask who, but to ask this stinky old man. Just ask, which of these people here today is not here for Duan Ganzhuo? Why don’t you just ask brother me?”

Seeing that her daughter was spotted, the woman in Tsing Yi blushed, pulled out her hand and stood up, suppressing her nausea and saying, "Oh, tell me, where is he now?"

"I don't know where it is, but it must be dead."

"You're talking nonsense!" The woman in Tsing Yi pulled out her sword with a clang, and said angrily, "Where did the thieves come from here to say such irrelevant lies?! He is a majestic sword, how can anyone in the world be his?" Opponent? How could he die?"

"Hey, little lady, don't worry." The white-faced man chuckled lightly and brushed aside the point of his sword, "He is a rare opponent, but he can't stand the crowd of us? Not to mention the sword of no return and wild Xi Jianshu, just the five thousand gold rewards from the imperial court is enough for us men to be prosperous and wealthy for several generations. Besides, anyone who can draw a sword with him six years ago is enough to become famous in the world. Not to mention being able to take his head? Some people said not long ago that he was seriously injured. How long would it be if he didn’t take his head? Then he would not be able to win the title of sword master? He has become these The Juggernaut of the year should also give way, right?"

The woman in Tsing Yi was out of breath, her fair face flushed red, and she held on to the sword and looked around in disbelief, "It turns out... so you really hoped for his death like this?! What a bunch of heartless things! Eight years old Before, during the Qingjia Rebellion, it was he who broke into the enemy camp alone, took the head of Xu Qingjia among thousands of troops, and rescued the prince and the heirs of King Xuan, so that you young people were spared from the chaos of war, otherwise the world Not sure how messed up..."

The white-faced man carried the big knife on his shoulder and grabbed the back of his neck impatiently, "Stop, stop, he became famous in the martial arts conference; at the age of 19, he assassinated Xu Qingjia alone and put down the rebellion; at the age of 20, he brought the power to subvert Chaotang’s Sword of No Return escaped and was hunted down by the court. There has been no news of him for the past six years. Who in the world doesn’t know about him? I just ask where you little lady came from? Why are you looking for him?”

The woman in Tsing Yi gritted her teeth and snorted, raised her chin and said proudly: "I'm afraid it will scare you if you say it. Duan Ganzhuo is not only my elder brother, but also has a marriage contract with me. He is my future husband. He came to find him to marry me. I advise you to go back where you came from, and don’t want to hurt him again, otherwise don’t blame me for not keeping anyone under my sword!”

The white-faced man opened his mouth wide, blinked his eyes, and before he could laugh, he saw the beggar staggered towards him again, hugged the woman in Tsing Yi, pulled him away, and shouted loudly: " Wife, I've been looking for you so hard, come home with me. When you get home, you clean up your clothes and let me kiss your sweet tits. I'll beg you for big white steamed buns and let you sleep in the pig's nest ..."

The woman in Tsing Yi's clothes were pulled into a mess by the beggar, half of her fragrant shoulders were exposed, and he even kissed her face, half of her cheeks were stained with pus and stains.

The onlookers laughed and clapped their hands.The woman in Tsing Yi was so angry that she couldn't speak, she was so angry that she burst into tears, she struggled for a long time to get out of the hand of the beggar, without further ado, she drew out her sword and stabbed him fiercely in the arm, the sword entered an inch.

The beggar wailed, fell to the ground, just lying on the ground covering her arms and groaning, "Ma'am, please forgive me, I made a mistake for my husband", making everyone around me laugh out loud.

The woman in Tsing Yi wiped her cheek hard, bit her lower lip and kicked the beggar a few times, kicking him to the side of the stable, turned around and led the horse to leave.I didn't want the white-faced man to stand in front of her again, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the husband of the little lady is a beggar, but it is really a flower stuck in cow dung. It is better for the little lady to follow me, than to marry a beggar and follow a beggar." no?"

The woman in Tsing Yi spat fiercely on the ground, held her sword in front of her chest and said, "Bah! How dare you belittle me, that filthy kid from there? Well, today, apart from the disgust you made in my heart, it's also for my big brother in the future. Save yourself some trouble. Hey! Look at the sword!"

The white-faced man was stunned, but before he could react, the woman's sword had already rushed towards the vital point of her chest. Fortunately, her knees bent and bent for some reason, and her legs were barely kneeling on the ground, so she leaned back to avoid it. Open this sword.When he got up from the ground in embarrassment, the man was also annoyed, so he swung his big knife and chopped at the woman's face.

But I didn't expect that the woman was as light as a swallow, and with a light tap of her toes, she dodged from one side of her body. When she turned around, her right hand took advantage of the opportunity to strike the man's chest lightly with a sword.

The man panicked and looked down, the clothes on his chest were open, and there was a big gash in his abdomen, his flesh rolled, but luckily it wasn't deep, so he knew it was the woman who was showing mercy.The man hurriedly threw the knife and knelt on the ground begging "Grandma, please spare me".

The woman didn't pay any attention to him, she just led the horse and walked away. Just two steps away, a lean old man about 50 years old stood up from the tea table, cupped his hands slightly and said, "Young girl is so young, she has such extraordinary skills." , the old man is deeply admired. Forgive me, this sword is owned by an old friend of the old man, and the girl's eyebrows and eyes are very similar to my old friend... I dare to ask the name of the hall... Is it true..."

The woman in Tsing Yi hurriedly put away her sword when she heard the words, and saluted slightly: "My surname is Yan, and my single name is Min. I don't know if the old man is an old friend of my father, but this junior has disrespected me."

As soon as the words were said, all the spectators widened their eyes in fright, and got up to whisper to each other.

No one in the world knows Duan Ganzhuo, and no one knows Yan Youzong.

Yan Youzong walked the rivers and lakes with a sword 40 years ago. At the age of 20, he gained a lot of fame. At the age of [-], he even won the status of the supreme martial arts. For more than ten years, no one has been able to match him. , until Duan Ganzhuo rose up and replaced him.

Yan Youzong had no children in his life, he only had one daughter. In addition, he took in two apprentices, one was Duan Ganzhuo, who also became famous all over the world at the age of eighteen. No one dared to compete with Yan Youzong. Zong Du once said in front of those who asked for advice: "My martial arts attainments are not profound. Zhuo Er's swordsmanship is subtle and easy, very dark and deep, horizontal and smooth, straight and unobtrusive, and he is the one who has truly achieved swordsmanship. Realm. The achievement of my life is not in the sword, but in him."

Yan Youzong also had another apprentice, Chen Sisha, who was also called Chen San by the Jianghu people, which meant that he only lived under Duan Ganzhuo and Yan Youzong, and had no other opponents.

It's just that Chen Sisha is treacherous and treacherous, and has too many innocent lives in his hands. He was expelled from the sect by Yan Youzong more than ten years ago.

After Chen Si was killed, he was valued by the prime minister of the court, and he became a general in the court. He fought around for eight years and made great military achievements, bringing peace to the war-torn Dayuan Dynasty.

Now when everyone sees that this woman is very skilled, holding Yan Youzong's sword, and keeps claiming that Duan Ganzhuo is the elder brother, and her surname is Yan, they all believe it, thinking that this woman is Yan Youzong's How can you not look at her with admiration for that apple of the eye?

"Oh!" The thin old man knelt down, kowtowed to Yan Min, and said, "It's really a little old man who doesn't know Mount Tai. It's just that Miss Yan just kept claiming that Daxia Duan Gan is her husband, little old man I think the girl is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and you were only eleven or twelve when Daxia Duan Gan disappeared six years ago, how could you have a marriage contract with him? So if you don’t believe me, Wanwang girl Haihan, don’t blame me.”

Yan Minjiao blushed, just now she announced their engagement to protect Duan Ganzhuo in a fit of anger, now she was extremely shy, and hurried to help the old man and said: "Please get up, old man, you are my father's old friend, this junior must not Dare to accept this great gift from you. Before my elder brother was assassinated by the villain, he promised to marry me in the future, so this junior just said that... I came out without telling my father, and I also wanted to find my elder brother to go back to Ruoque Mountain together. .I don’t know if the old man has my elder brother..."

Yan Min hadn't finished speaking when he saw the old man raised his hand and raised some white powder towards him, and it was too late to cover his mouth and nose with his hand, and soon he felt his footsteps were weak, and his head seemed to be heavy.Yan Min leaned on the horse, frowned and said weakly: "You...you cheat...you are despicable!"

The old man laughed, "My little old man has been walking in the rivers and lakes for many years, but I have never seen such a deceitful girl like you. How can I meet someone like your father? To coax you. But don't be afraid , I don't want to do anything to you, I just want to use you to find your good husband. With you in my hands, I'm not afraid that Duan Qianzhuo will not send his head."

"You...don't even think about it!" Yan Min held on for a long time. Although his consciousness was still clear, his whole body was weak and weak, and he half-paralyzed beside the horse while leaning on his sword.

Just as the old man was about to go forward to tie her up, the onlookers hugged and squeezed forward, looking at Yan Min salivating, secretly gearing up, intending to get rid of the old man and use Yan Min to restrain Duan Ganzhuo.The old man also regretted secretly, he should have found an empty place to take down the doll if he had known earlier, he shouldn't have acted in a moment of impatience.

The two sides were at a stalemate, and someone suggested: "It's despicable for you old man to use this method to deal with this little girl, but you can't let you monopolize such a good thing, you have to ask everyone here? I will do it for you. One way, it's better for everyone present to catch this little girl together, and then use her to deal with Duan Ganzhuo, and save you from being unable to deal with Duan Ganzhuo. We will share one or two of the gold rewards offered by the imperial court, how about the Sword of No Return and the Sword of Desolation belong to you?"

The old man thought to himself, the hanging gold is not very important, but the Sword of No Return and the Desolate Sword Manual are the first-class treasures in the world. It is said that the secrets in the Sword of No Return can overthrow the court, and the Kung fu can dominate the rivers and lakes, even the emperor's old son can't dream of it.

I'm afraid that these people didn't intend to offer a bounty, they came here for these two things, but there is no way out now, so I have to promise to stabilize them first, and then think of a way, otherwise everyone will rob them together, and whoever can live will die Not sure.The old man hurriedly put on a smiling face, "It's easy to talk about, then I would like to thank everyone for your help."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he heard a rustling sound, just like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. He turned his head and opened his mouth wide open.