Crown Sword

Back in time, on a bald hillside in the Yanshan Mountains, in front of two tombs, Shan Beifeng stood up with a knife, and said coldly: "You should ask Ning Yongsi for the rest. Returned and recast Ning Bugui's 'Merry Knife'." For a swordsman, the knife is the most important thing, so is the key also in the knife?

Several people can't help but speculate.

"You're right." Gongyang Yue agrees with this point of view. Weapons and knights achieve each other and are indispensable. He took it for worship because of his admiration, but the opponent was the imperial court of a country. Even if Ning Bugui was captured, killed, and whipped to death, his knife would only be treated as broken copper and iron and thrown in the mountains.

The thing was hidden in the knife, and it was obtained by the disciples who escaped the catastrophe and returned the corpse. It is most likely, and Ning Yongsi has been very active in Hejian these years, so people have to doubt that she has inherited Ning Bugui's behest. .

"Or you can check this person—" Shan Beifeng pointed to the grave on the left, and inserted the ancient ingot knife into the soil, apparently intending to break ground and open the coffin.

Shuangli was afraid: "This, this is not very good."

Gong Yangyue stepped forward, bowed in front of the tomb, and then gestured to Shan Beifeng: "The living will talk nonsense, but the dead will definitely not. Maybe it can tell us some unexpected truths."

Li Zhouyang stepped forward to help, Chai Xiao spat on his palm twice, rubbed his hands, and for the sake of Gong Yangyue, he also went to help.Chao Chen took Shuang Li and retreated to the rear with Cui Tanfeng and Yan Niang. The four of them had their own scruples, so they frowned deeply and dared to look up.

Not long after seeing the coffin, Shan Beifeng inserted the knife into the gaps in the four corners, and pried off the seven nails on the nail cover.

Under the dust and smoke, the coffin lid turned outward, and the four of them took a closer look and saw a pair of skeletons laying flat inside. Judging from the degree of decay and changes in the bones, it had been at least ten years.

Shan Beifeng and Chai Xiao are two people who are involved in multiple murders, and they are the most fearless, so they directly attack them.One took the tibia in his hand and weighed it: "The bone is not light, and the surface is very rough, it is a man." The other used a knife to pick up large and small bones, observed carefully, and spit out four words: "Death is tragic."

Hearing the voice, Yanniang clutched her heart and retched.

"Old Phoenix, why don't you go and have a look? As a doctor, you should know a lot about the dead." Shuang Li decided to go to the Vine Flower Waterfall where she used to come and go, looking for a place where she couldn't hear or see clearly, to find a stone. , sit down.

"The one who knows about the dead is the work." Cui Tanfeng smiled, but still went forward with Chao Chen.

Xiao Jiuyuan's skull collapsed. Judging from the sunken position, he should have received a palm on the head before he was alive, and there were holes in the arch of his eyebrows, and three blackened plum blossom nails were left in the bone. Hidden weapon, blindness in both eyes.From the limbs to the bones of the torso, there are countless cut marks. It is hard to say that they were not dismembered. Even if they did not reach that point, they must have endured inhuman torture.

Even though the four of them had experienced hundreds of battles, they couldn't help shivering.

"Don't look around."

Gong Yangyue subconsciously blocked the approaching Chao Chen from the outside, but Chao Chen still kept his head up, looking over his shoulders, and landed in the pit. However, when he took the first look, he didn't pay attention to the skeleton, but landed on the ground. On the other things in the coffin, he blurted out: "Hey, that rhinoceros looks delicate, can you take a look? It's just under the ribs."

"Rhinobi?"

"It's just a jade belt hook, rhinoceros is an elegant way of saying it." Chao Chen didn't mean to be eloquent, and hurriedly explained, then glanced at the waists of several people, and finally settled on Cui Tanfeng.Sure enough, except for Cui Lang, who is known as a romantic, the rest are not very particular, they only wear a gentleman's belt, like Chai Xiao, directly tied with a leather belt.

Gong Yangyue picked it up with his sword, looked left and right, accidentally touched the mechanism, and immediately popped out the hidden weapon, he hurriedly waved it down, and nailed the thin needle to the coffin lid.

"...This," Chao Chen was a little embarrassed, turned his face away from Gong Yangyue's stinky face, and said angrily, "It's okay, it's okay. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi just happened to shoot Guan Zhong's arrow on the hook. Falling to the ground and pretending to be dead is the only way to dodge a catastrophe, maybe it is also for the same purpose."

Gong Yangyue frightened him with the jade belt hook.

Chao Chen folded his sleeves and whispered, "I really didn't mean to tease you."

With just a wave, the gold-covered shrapnel fell off, revealing the lettering on the bottom. Ram Yue turned his hand to the sun, trying to distinguish, only to see a row of words as small as mung beans engraved on it——

"'Fang Zunyou' Hua Yi, 'Traveler' Gu Zaiwo, 'Folding Flower Layman' Chen Wenhu, 'Smoky Poker' Tu Sanyin, 'Tie Chi Taoist' Liu Zheng, 'White Crane Immortal' Wen Bai, congratulations on your birthday."

Chao Chen counted, and there were exactly six of them: "Three gentlemen, civil and military?"

"See if there is anything else?"

Several people worked together to grope in the coffin again, and finally found some letters in the groove under the jade pillow, all inscribed in Wenbai.

Isn't that the person in another tomb?That "White Crane Immortal"?

Li Zhouyang said: "Take it apart and have a look."

The letters were collected in chronological order. The date at the top was the earliest, and the date at the bottom was the latest. After that, he never made a move again. As for Shan Beifeng, he was not so enthusiastic. On the contrary, Cui Tanfeng wanted to step forward to help, but seeing the tacit understanding of the pair of green and red, they retreated to the side to enjoy the wind.

Gongyangyue and Chao Chen tore apart one by one, and recited in public——

"Brother Jiuyuan, Bai, thank you for your life-saving grace. I have been thinking about it for a few days and want to tell the truth. I am not a refugee from the north. I am from Jiangzuoren. Find another way out. I heard that Fu Jian, the king of Di Qin, respected moral education, expounded Confucianism, respected the virtuous and the corporal, regardless of his family background, and the king of Beihai immediately lifted it to the dustpan, and he was as prime minister. .

It's a pity that the thief is contemptuous of people, and Chang'an will not tolerate me. He ran away angrily and encountered military chaos.Greetings, brother, March [-]th. "

"Brother Jiuyuan gave me a lesson, my elder brother encouraged me, my words are still in my ears, my younger brother has practiced martial arts for many days, and I have achieved a little. I hope that you will come to the appointment to compete. I wish you health, June [-]th."

"Brother Jiuyuan Chongjian, now I see the warriors under my brother's command, I never thought of reuniting with old acquaintances. Lay Zhehua is my fellow countryman. He was born at a young age. He is only a few years older, but he has already taught at the Taixue. I have little talent, but Students, I can only listen carefully. On the day we meet again, I am very moved. I look forward to returning, and I want to say a thousand words to my brother. November, winter."

……

Turning back again, there is a stack of papers in the middle, all of which are daily chats, from literature to martial arts, from poems and books to anecdotes, from food, clothing, housing, transportation, to daily trivial matters, telling everything in detail.

In addition, the appellation is no longer as rigid and rigid as that of the elders, and gradually becomes excessive to the peers.

"Jiuyuan Taijian, Yanboke is fishing in the sea with one hand, with many changes, his hands are bad when attacking, and he is struggling to keep time. He was defeated by him. I am ashamed of myself. From now on, I need to practice hard. Early February Seven, cook tea in the boat."

"Jiuyuan Junjian, seeing the words is like meeting. Another year in spring, Jun Jisheng congratulates, the lamp is so beautiful, and the candles are not extinguished every day. A few days ago, I ran to Luanchuan, met the enemy, fought against each other, and learned from all my relatives and friends. , simply took the scene in the lamp, and also made a nickname for Jiang Hu, saying: "White Crane Immortal", I don't know if it is possible? May [-]th, thinking about you under the lamp."

……

Gong Yangyue handed the finished letter to Chao Chen to sort out, and when the last letter was left, she suddenly became suspicious: "These are..." The front of the letter paper is cracked like a tortoise shell, and the back is patched with white paper.

Apparently, the letters had been destroyed.

"Who did it?" Chao Chen rushed forward and urged him to read on, so that he could tell from the content whether it was an enemy or a friend.At the beginning again, there is no year date, the handwriting is more sloppy, and the writing style is quite different, but it can still be seen that it was written by one person, but there seems to be a long time in the middle.

……

"...It was my fault for bringing disaster and chaos to the king. I would like to pay homage to the prime minister here and sincerely apologize. It is really helpless to return to Jiangzuo today, but Wen wrote the pen and emphasized again and again that it was not because of fleeing in fear of crime, but because of the crime. To avoid embarrassment for you, I beg you to believe me! I swear that I will never betray you, but everyone suspects it, it hurts! Injustice!"

Chao Chen interrupted: "What trouble?"

"I don't know," Gong Yangyue shook his head, showed everyone the damaged page at the beginning, and then continued with the second half of the letter, "... Fortunately, the old acquaintance took me in and settled down now. The old friend is very good, yesterday I also gave me two red plum blossoms that he planted by himself. So far, one day, if the previous grievances can be resolved, I hope that you will remove my name from the book and meet again under the plum tree. If it is difficult to clear the snow, you will read it and burn it. But, from now on, we will never see each other again, and this is a last word."

Gong Yangyue couldn't help sighing: "There should be a major event in 'I Don't See Chang'an'. As far as I know, after the Battle of Feishui, their people didn't move as frequently in the Northland as before."

"Could it be intercepted by the 'Pojun' people?" Li Zhouyang asked.

"It's hard to say, you have to know why Wen Bai is complaining." Chao Chen shook his head, and said the plan, "Either find someone else among the three civil and military officials, or try to find the old acquaintance of Jiang Zuo mentioned in Wen Bai's letter."

The former still has nicknames and surnames, while the latter is like finding a needle in a haystack.

At this time, Cui Tanfeng, who had been silent all this time, interjected: "I think I should know who that 'zhehua layman' is! It is very likely that it is Chen Shao from the Chen family in Yingchuan. Back then, I went to see patients with my family teacher. Several great families have heard people mention that this person seems to be Wenhu, and he is also known as a child prodigy. He entered the officialdom as a young man, and he is especially good at Confucian classics.

"If you put it that way, I have indeed heard of this man's name in Yingchuan! He is also known as 'Jiang Zuo Shuangcai' together with Chenjun Xie and Xie Xu." Chao Chen couldn't help but agree, and Gong Yangyue's sharp eyes swept over, He shrank his neck and quickly changed his words: "Passing by, passing by." After finishing speaking, he put the letter back in its original place, and asked Chai Xiao to work hard to help re-bury Xiao Jiuyuan's coffin.

"The matter is over, shouldn't it be time to settle the old score with my Qianqiu Palace?" Shan Beifeng resisted the knife and walked over, "Don't think that I am a bad guy who killed so many people in the Phantom Group, It also broke the rules of the rivers and lakes in the north, and involved Yan Guo in it, how could it be so easy to calculate!"

Li Zhouyang stands in the front, Jiangu can't do anything else, he is the best at protecting his weaknesses: "What do you want?"

Shan Beifeng showed contempt, and his tone was very unfriendly: "What do I want? I just want to retrieve "Kaiyang Jilue" and destroy it. General Li Zhonglang, I alone is not enough. Similarly, you alone can also destroy it. Not enough. So..."

"So you want to cooperate with us?" Chao Chen asked.

"It's not cooperation, it's business. Qianqiu Palace stands apart from black and white, and will not be friends with anyone." Shan Beifeng said coldly, "I will rely on the power of the 'Blue Bird Group' to continue to track down Yan Bo among the three men." Guest and Taoist Tiechi, as for Layman Folding Flowers, let’s see your great supernatural powers.”

He has been entrenched in the north all year round, so it is not easy to go deep into the Jin country, especially when he is involved in the imperial court.

Gong Yangyue didn't like being ordered, so he snorted coldly, and didn't say he would accept it honestly. Li Zhouyang was even more weird, as if he had another festival in the south of the Yangtze River, and he didn't express his opinion. In the end, Cui Tanfeng came out to smooth things over, saying that there was no medicine The doctor's house went all over the world to save face, and when he got out of the mountain, he thought of a way to send a message to the south, telling his four medical girls to pay attention.

While the four of them were talking, Chai Xiao retreated quietly, but unfortunately, before he could go far, the Gu Ding Dao came flying and cut off his retreat. "Where are you going?" Shan Beifeng walked over unhurriedly.

Hearing this, Yan Niang stood up from the rock, Shuang Li used both hands together to hold her back: "Don't act rashly."

When passing by, Gong Yangyue hugged her arms, bumped Shan Beifeng's arm hard with her shoulder, and said casually: "Actually, in your heart, you still choose to accept what he did. Having a father who is known as a hero in the world is really worth it." pride."

Shan Beifeng turned his face sideways, the corners of his mouth curled up.

Gong Yangyue already understood what he was like, so she pulled Chao Chen and followed leisurely from behind without panicking: "Trust me, nothing will happen."

Chai Xiao turned around and puffed up his chest: "You and I are both from the rivers and lakes. There is one thing to say. I stole the files, I killed the people, and I attracted the soldiers of Yan State. If you want to kill, you must cut it. Don't get involved. others."

"That's what you said." Shan Beifeng pulled the knife from the ground and raised it up.

Chai Xiao closed his eyes: "Come on!"

Yan Niang's breath was stuck in her chest and lungs, Shuang Li couldn't stop her, Cui Tanfeng hurried forward to help with the medicine box.And Shan Beifeng didn't say a word, he swung his knife at Chai Xiao's neck and chopped off——

With a flick of silver light, a strand of broken hair fell leisurely.

Chai Xiao opened his eyes, stretched out his hand to touch it, his head was still attached to his neck.Shan Beifeng laughed, put the knife back around his waist, stepped on the hair and said: "You are still a man! From now on, you have died in the martial arts, which means that in the future, you can no longer use the name Chai Xiao." alive."

The rest of the people breathed a sigh of relief, Shuang Li listened with ears open, and thought it was as simple as escaping a catastrophe, only Gong Yangyue remained awe-inspiring and understood the true meaning of those words.

"Don't be too happy," Shan Beifeng stared into Chai Xiao's eyes and said word by word, "That is to say, even if you are desperate in the future, you are not allowed to ask anyone you know for help, because you are already 'dead' Now, if you dare to come back and make a living by killing people, I will definitely take your life."

"You have to let go of everything you once had, are you willing?"

As the master of the Qianqiu Palace, even if he doesn't need to explain to the dead warrior, it doesn't mean that he will let someone go so easily. He can earn a way out, it all depends on accidents, if it is not "opening the sun", Shan Bei Feng doesn't need to make deals with anyone at all, so he doesn't care about exchanging firewood and laughing at his life.

"I am willing."

Shan Beifeng shook his head, and left in the direction of the Tenghua Waterfall. When he walked past Shuangli, the little girl shuddered.

Several people lived in the mountains for a while, and when the situation outside stabilized, they left the mountains and continued to Goguryeo.On the day of farewell, there was no smile on Chai Xiaoxiao's face until they got on the raft, and the man couldn't hold back his face and showed reluctance——

"Ram Moon, never see you again!"

The Ram month is also included in the acquaintances.

Chao Chen couldn't help feeling that the words "I do" are so heavy. For the Chai family couple, they will only have each other in their lives from now on.

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