Crown Sword

A false alarm.

Chao Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and went to pick his fingers, only to find that the man's thumb and index finger were pinching his own blood vessels, and the other was pinching his inner gate.Ordinary drunks are at most raving and going crazy, how can they have such a reaction, the potential movement of raising their arms is clearly a fighting and wrestling style, this kind of close combat art has always been only practiced by foreign kung fu such as fists, legs and palms. Only the family and the soldiers who practice in the army will study hard.

Thinking of the ghost sword's deceit, Chao Chen felt suspicious, got up and fetched water from the nearest small river to wake him up.

"Hey, wake up, brother, if you dare to ask where you live, I will send you home."

Chao Chen shook his shoulders, and the drunk man was shaken so that his stomach twitched, and he turned sideways to vomit filth. He tried his best to open his eyes and looked at the scholar in Tsing Yi in front of him. Grabbing the broken bowl and crutches, he raised his hand and pointed to the mountain: "Over there."

While picking up the straw sandals, Chao Chen left a mark on his back, went to help him up, and walked slowly into the mountain.

The road will be flat if there are many people walking, but the direction pointed by the drunk man is not even a path, the weeds are overgrown, and it is obvious that there are few people.Chao Chen became more and more suspicious as he walked, and even put his hand on the dagger, just in case.

But he had a good heart and good fortune, and he didn't encounter any bad things like revenge. After walking for about a stick of incense, a mountain depression appeared in front of him, with lights from houses, terraced fields and fruit forests, and dogs barking far and near. , just a little more secluded.

Chao Chen supported the drunk man and walked past the ridge of the field. A farmer's woman was driving ducks into the circle. Hearing the movement, he raised his head and yelled twice. It sounded like some kind of obscure dialect, which he didn't understand. Go straight ahead.The woman frowned slightly, and when she saw what he was wearing with the help of the torch, she suddenly understood, put down the chaff in her hand, followed the stone ridge for two steps, and said in broken Chinese: "Good intentions!" Sir, is it Ding Gui that you are supporting?"

"You said his name is Ding Gui?" Chao Chen stopped.

The drunk man was short of breath, raised his head and rolled his eyes, the woman saw him clearly, recognized him, hurried over to help her, and asked anxiously, "Is he going to Mianzhu to beg for food and drink again?"

Chao Chen shook his head, and briefly explained what happened to Lu Yu.

The woman looked him back and forth with a strange expression, and after a long time, she nodded again and again.

Chao Chen felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by her bare|naked|naked eyes, so he started chatting: "I didn't expect that there is a village hidden in this mountain." Different from the local dialect of Shu, Chao Chen rolled his eyes and tentatively said: "When I was young, I accompanied my parents to visit the tomb, and I vaguely remembered that there was a barren hill nearby. Oh, Madam, don't blame me, my parents moved to Jin Dynasty more than ten years ago. Yang, thinking about it, it is possible to remember wrongly.”

"Ah? Ah..."

The woman in the thorn hairpin hemp skirt let go of Ding Gui's arm and turned around in a circle, feeling uncomfortable. She first picked up the bran basin and then put it down, then turned her head to pick out the rags on the shelf, but she couldn't help it. I don't know what to do with my hands, and I lost my composure back and forth.After a long time, she glanced at Chao Chen twice before she hesitated and said, "Mr. must have remembered correctly."

"Ok?"

"I see that Mr. is kind enough to send you home at night, so he is a kind person. To tell you the truth, we are not from Mianzhu, we are all... all..."

"Mother Shun'er!"

With a loud cry, the woman was interrupted, only to see a farmer with a white handkerchief tied on his forehead standing in front of the door, with a bad expression on his face.Shun'erniang turned her head in a hurry, the rag and towel in her hand fell to the ground, and she didn't lift it up in one breath, only feeling numb and weak in her hands and feet.She didn't know whether to send Chao Chen away first, or lower her head to pick up something, or step forward to stop her husband.

Shun'er rubbed her eyes, walked to his father's side, with a sleepy look on her face, apparently woken up by the conversation.

The strong man pushed the child into the house and walked over. Chao Chen put his hands into his arms quietly, watched his steps carefully, and found that his steps were heavy and did not look like a martial arts practitioner, so he only paid attention to his movements and was wary of a cold punch. Call here.

Fortunately, the family has no bad intentions. Although Shun'er's father was dissatisfied with the woman's talkativeness, he didn't say anything to Chao Chen. I don’t know how to help.” Chao Chen didn’t let go, but Shun’erniang reacted immediately and helped to break it off, muttering: “We’ll just send it back, it’s on the ridge over there, it’s still a little far away, I’ll see the weather It's not too early, sir, let's go back quickly."

Chao Chen had no choice but to let go, and when he left, he clasped his fists and reminded him: "Recently there have been rumors of killing people with ghost swords in Mianzhu. Regardless of whether it is true or not, everyone should be careful."

This small village in the mountain depression looks far away, but in fact it is just winding and twisting. It is difficult to walk with seven turns and eight turns. In fact, it is straight and straight. It is estimated that it is only ten miles away from Mianzhu City.

Ding Gui, who was leaning on Shun'er's father's back, raised his head while pouting, looked at Chao Chen and laughed, "It's not true, it's nothing, Gong Yangchi committed suicide voluntarily, there's no way he could have any resentment and make trouble!"

Shun Erniang said embarrassingly: "He, he's like this when he's drunk, he likes to talk nonsense, don't believe it!"

"Why don't you believe it!" Ding Gui screamed with a rooster's voice, thumped Shun'er's father's back twice, and retorted: "I saw it with my own eyes! With my own eyes!"

"You saw it with your own eyes?" Chao Chen was startled, subconsciously grabbed his arm, straightened his head, and faced himself, "What else do you know? You are..."

Ding Gui blushed, turned his head and vomited.

Chao Chen dodged and tried to move forward again, but the drunk man was half sober, his eyes dimmed, he stretched out his hand to push him away, and refused to speak again.Shun'er's father walked around him and carried him up the ridge, while Shun'er's mother sighed, waved to Chao Chen, and then went back to the house to take the child.

Watching people go away, he stood there for a moment, then turned and left.

Chao Chen was preoccupied, and when he looked up as he walked, he was almost at the foot of Mianzhu City.The city gate is looming in the night fog, and the breeze pushes it aside, and there is a little orange light floating beside the brick wall, swaying slightly like a boat in the waves.It was a lamp, the pole of which was held in the hand of a nearby shadow.

He was startled at first, thinking he was running into a ghost, but when he rubbed his eyes at first glance, he felt that the figure was like a ram moon.

Ram month?

Chao Chen hurried forward, but there was no one in front of the gate, only a lamp on the ground.He squatted down to pick up the photo, and walked quickly to the house in the east of the city. He ran into a watchman on the middle street, and was reprimanded for a while for "not returning home at night and walking around blindly".

When he reached the side door, before he reached out to knock on the door, Old Pu Shi came over and opened the door first.

"It's so late, old man is going out?" Chao Chen was taken aback.

Old servant Shi waved his hand: "I know it's you who came back."

Seeing that the old servant was still waiting to open the door for him so late, Chao Chen blushed, feeling very embarrassed, clasped his hands together, and bowed solemnly: "Thank you, thank you!"

The two walked in silence one after the other.

Seeing that the lights were turned off in several rooms, Chao Chen didn't want to disturb anyone, so he walked lightly, recalling the coincidence just now, he was a little surprised, this hunchbacked old servant had good ears, and he could distinguish whoever was coming from a long distance away by the sound of his footsteps .Thinking of this, he casually asked, "Is the Ram Moon back?"

The old servant turned around, gave him a strange look, and asked, "Isn't Mr. Gongyang with you?"

Chao Chen choked, looking at his nose, nose and heart, feeling very embarrassed, and kept muttering in his heart: Why do I have to be with him?Does Ram Moon and I seem so inseparable?

Old servant Shi lowered his head to look at the lantern in his hand, puzzled: "But I see that the lantern in Mr.'s hand is the one he asked me to leave just now. It's weird, didn't he give it to you?"

Chao Chen was taken aback for a moment, not knowing what it was like——

Gongyangyue kindly left a lamp for herself?So he went back to the city and waited by the city gate without seeing him?Since he saw me, why didn't he wait for a piece?

With a lot of thoughts, Chao Chen subconsciously raised his eyes to look at the room, and a tall and tall shadow holding a sword was projected on the wooden window lattice, but soon, the shadow dissipated, and the brightly lit room became dark.

In the evening, Shuang Li's unintentional words made me feel uncomfortable, let alone being pointed at by Fang Jing and scolded as a broom star?

Thinking of Gongyangyue who didn't speak back at that time, Chao Chen suddenly felt a little sad.

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Shun'er's family is neither from Jian, nor Bo, nor Han, so where did they come from, so that they need to be so secretive?

Chao Chen was lying on the couch with his clothes on, unable to figure it out, tossing and turning without feeling sleepy, until the rooster crowed at Mao Shi, he pulled the quilt over and fell asleep in a daze.When he opened his eyes again, it was already high in the sun, he ate and drank some porridge and steamed buns casually, and hurriedly went to tell Gong Yangyue what he got last night, but when he went out to look, the guy was nowhere to be found.

"Two more died, what a strange thing!" Shuang Li entered the door against the cold wind, took off his hood, squatted in front of the charcoal fire and rubbed his hands to keep warm, "It's better not to go out of the city recently!"

Shuang Li didn't get up early for no reason, and Chao Chen knew that she was probably going to find out the news, so she asked, "What news did you find out?"

"No, nothing." Shuang Li cried with a sad face.

It is normal for Dunhuang entrustment to not respond. After all, the road is far away and cannot be delivered at any time. However, on the [-]th Lantern Festival, and before the first day of the next lunar month, all the information collected will be encapsulated in the original urn in the name of Wen Daweng. In the altar, it will be distributed to the buyers in turn, and part of the remuneration will be delivered to the nearest post station together with the flying feather, and Shuangli will take it according to the rules and procedures according to the inherent code.

In the past, there were very few delays, but this time, she didn't get it.

Shuang Li muttered in a low voice: "I hope nothing serious will happen." After she finished speaking, she gathered her cloak, put on her little leather boots and went back to the room, shut the door, not knowing what else to do.

Old servant Shi came over to add hot water, but Chao Chen didn't want to drink any more tea. After helping him clean up the tea bowls, he turned to talk to Cui Tanfeng.But I went to the compound and searched all over again, but I couldn't find anyone. I still met Qiao Min, and I learned from him that the miracle doctor was a Bodhisattva. Those who are in the medical center in the city, please go to the clinic for consultation.

Chao Chen watched Qiao Min practice the Kuai Zai sword technique twice, but finally couldn't bear to ask for help, so he walked into the street with his sleeves on.

——No matter how Miner Goguryeo is, it is still a country after all. The head of the Seven Swords Guard, who only obeys the orders of the king, only occasionally fights for the sake of Gong Yangyue.

During the day, people in Mianzhu live as usual, except for teahouses and wine shops in the streets and alleys. It is inevitable that people with good things will talk about anecdotes and add fuel and vinegar, which disturbs the passers-by.Unable to understand the language and unable to use martial arts, Chao Chen walked a few streets in dejection, feeling ashamed and useless.

Walking to a tavern, he hangs his hands weakly, ready to go back to the yard to study quietly.

At this moment, a disheveled and sloppy man rolled out of the restaurant, curled up and fell at his feet, while the waiter in the shop rolled up his sleeves and chased him out, looking like he wanted to punch him.

Chao Chen stopped him: "How do you beat people?"

"Don't mind your own business!"

The guy in front seemed to have a non-local accent, so he just thought he was a kind passer-by, pushed him away, and called three or four more, beating and cursing at the same time, all of which were local nonsense.Several children kicking shuttlecocks gathered around, and the woman with the basket pointed her fingers, and when she met someone who could speak Chinese, she scolded: "Hey! Come to steal wine again! You should!"

It was an alcoholic.

Chao Chen shook his head in disappointment, ready to leave.

The moment he turned around, the thief grabbed his back ankle tightly. The tavern clerk was tired from beating up and was resting. Seeing Mr. Tsing Yi getting involved, he rebuked bitterly: "Didn't I tell you to go? This unlucky son of a bitch is caught, I'm afraid it will be unlucky for a whole year!"

"Give me some money, give me some money!" The people on the ground kept repeating.

Chao Chen tried hard to pull his foot out of his hand, but he never thought that the man would be hugged to death. He was also a little frustrated, not because he was afraid of bad luck, but because he felt that it was not worth it to stand up for such a person.Anyone who still has some sense of shame knows how to beg for forgiveness and admit his mistakes at this time, so how can he be so brazen as to ask for alms.

"If you don't let go, I won't be polite." Chao Chen's fists and kicks are no problem against ordinary people, and just now he just took care of his face and demeanor, and kicked and kicked like a show.

After threatening at first, the man slowly let go, but when he heard his voice clearly, he held his breath and simply hugged him up: "Yes...it's you, a good man will save him to the end, please help me, help me I."

Chao Chen stopped the man who came forward, brushed away his messy hair suspiciously, and found that it was the boorish man who was drunk in the wilderness last night: "Ding, Ding Gui?"

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Lao Yue is a duplicity and sometimes quite warm 2333