The Legend of the Royal Cat

Royal Residence, Nanjing Pavilion, West Wing, the morning sun shines in through the window and falls on the bed

The person on the bed was sleeping peacefully on his side, one hand wrapped in a white cloth stretched out from the quilt, and the sword and giant sword lay quietly beside the bed, Zhan Zhao was really tired, he hadn’t slept so peacefully for a long time .

"Meow——" Bai Yutang raised his sword, and a black cat's fluffy head popped out of the window. It was Heiwa.Leaping into the room without a sound, Hei Wa was lying on the edge of the bed, her fluffy cat arched her exposed wounded hand, "Meow--" No response, really deep sleep!It seems that Juque looks good!The beard was slightly raised, and a smile appeared on the cat's face that shouldn't be there.I thought to myself, "Zhao, take a good rest, I hope you can make the right choice!"

The sound of sword energy and wind came from outside the window, Bai Yutang had already started to practice sword alone very depressed!That little white mouse must be regretting that he didn't have the heart to pull your sleeping cat out of bed, hehe!

"That little white mouse has a vengeance, it's terrible for him to find you!" The cat's head was patted lightly by the hand hanging above it, only then did he realize that Zhan Zhao had woken up and was looking at him with a smile on his lips!

"Meow—" arched her head upwards again to express intimacy, then jumped out of the window and disappeared from Zhan Zhao's sight.

"It's such a strange kitten!" Zhan Zhao smiled, and after listening to the movement outside the window, it must be more lively, so he decided to continue pretending to be asleep.

"Brother Zhan is starting to practice swordsmanship! Ziling, hurry up, help me wash and dress up, I want to learn swordsmanship with Brother Zhan!" Ling'er was awakened by the movement in the garden early in the morning, and jumped up.

"But, princess, that's—"

"But what is that? Hurry up!"

Before Ziling could finish the second half of her sentence, she was thrown around by the fiery princess.

Ling'er tidied up as quickly as possible, held the Liuguang sword in her arms, and rushed out of the room—Zi Ling's sigh came from behind: "How can you look like a princess!"

Nanjing Pavilion, Peach Grove in the Garden

Bai Yutang's sword aura was wild and unrestrained, exuding a proud fierceness. He felt the sound of footsteps approaching and running behind him, and with a sly smile on his handsome face, he shook his sword and shuttled through the flowers, covering the sword with morning dew.

"Brother Zhan, it's early—oh!" The next moment, Ling'er was awakened by Bai Yutang's swift sword energy carrying morning dew, "Damn mouse, why is it you?! You, you—— bold!"

"Oh, it turned out to be Princess Bell, I'm sorry! This martial arts practitioner's instinctive vigilance and defense, you suddenly ran over from behind me, and I naturally - hehe, you should just wash your face again!" Dare to call me a dead mouse, I did it on purpose, so what?Bai Yutang laughed secretly in his heart.

"Bullying me?! I'm going to find Brother Zhan!" Ling'er was so angry that she turned around and left.

"That lazy cat is sleeping! If you want him to get well soon, don't bother him! You don't have to find that cat if you want to learn swordsmanship! My swordsmanship is more practical in the Jianghu!" Seeing Ling With the streamer in Er'er's arms, Bai Yutang's interest became even higher.

"Hmph, just slowly blow it!" Ling'er turned her head and made a face, but didn't leave again. It's better not to disturb Brother Zhan to rest!

"Don't believe me? Attack me with your streamer sword!"

"I'm afraid you won't succeed, look at the sword!" Ling'er was not polite, raised the sword and slashed at Bai Yutang's proud handsome face.

At the beginning of the fight, Bai Yutang began to regret it. Fighting with a master was very enjoyable, and fighting with an ordinary opponent was considered a physical exercise, but fighting with an authentic sword idiot was a kind of torture.That's not how the sword is used, the bell -- Bai Yutang groaned secretly in his heart, he moved around, and occasionally used the sword with the sword, so as not to use too much force on the bell and hurt himself!

"Damn rat, don't hide if you have the guts!" Ling'er slashed wildly again, shaking her wrist like a whip, the poor Duo Duo Hua was chopped into pieces and became Bai Yutang's stand-in.Among the fluttering flowers, Bai Yutang turned around and jumped, the white shirt was flowing in the pink dots, the sword energy flashed, the red dots flew towards Ling'er.

"Ah—" Ling'er, unable to dodge in time, staggered and fell to the ground.

"Well, it's more beautiful this way!" Lightly falling to the ground, Bai Yutang folded his sword and hugged his chest, admiring his masterpiece with great interest.

"This time it's not counted! What's good or not!" Ling'er said angrily.

"I said it's on your head!" Bai Yutang murmured, "Flowers match a beauty, and a human face is full of peach blossoms. It's so beautiful!"

Touching the peach blossom on his head, the anger in his heart subsided a little, but he still said, "Spoof!"

"Okay, as an apology, I'll tell you the allusion about Juque's painting, shadow and streamer, do you want to hear it?" Bai Yutang said with a rare seriousness.

"That depends on how well you speak. Hey, don't you want me to sit here and listen, why don't you help me up!" Ling'er rolled her eyes.

"Of order!" Bai Yutang turned the sword into one hand, bent down and reached out to help Ling'er.

Ling'er climbed up Bai Yutang's arm with one hand, and suddenly buckled her backhand. The cold sword was already on Bai Yutang's neck, and she smiled triumphantly: "Old Jianghu, rat, have you fallen? This is called a soldier who never tires of deceit!"

"What a cunning bell, I admit it, let's do it!" Bai Yutang spread his hands and smiled calmly.

"Cut—it's not fun! Let's tell a story." Ling'er withdrew the sword bored.

palace, imperial study

"Uncle Huang, this is the list of arrangements and banquets for the Empress Dowager's birthday celebration drawn up by Concubine Pang. I also ask Uncle Huang to send someone to prepare." The young emperor said.

"I obey the order." The eight virtuous kings glanced at the roster arrangement briefly, and were amazed for a while, "Your Majesty, why didn't you arrange the commander of the guards and the guards to be responsible for the safety, but put them on the banquet list?"

"Concubine Pang heard that Guard Zhan is injured, and Commander Wei is a close friend of Prince Huai. For this Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, it's better for the two of them to rest. I think it makes sense, so I agree."

"The emperor and the empress are so compassionate and caring that I am moved! It's just—" Others are responsible for safety, how can this king rest assured!

"Uncle, what is it?"

"Oh, it's all right. It's just that the witch named Shuang'er has already escaped from prison. It may be detrimental to the royal family. Please also strengthen the protection of the day."

"Uncle Huang is right, so please ask Uncle Huang to send more troops for the original protection and safety."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Royal Residence, Nanjing Pavilion

"Juque, Huaying, and Liuguang are the three ancient swords with the same reputation. According to legend, they are the three unspoken swords of Ou Yezi, the father of the swordsmith!" Bai Yutang leaned on the gazebo chair, giving the fish in the pond Feed the son, while saying.

"Swords that cannot be passed on? Aren't the three swords presented by Ou Yezi to the King of Chu not Longyuan, Tai'a, and Gongbu?" Ling'er said disapprovingly.

"You all know this, it's very powerful! Hehe, yes, back then, the king of Chu ordered Fengbeard to go to Yuedi to find Ou Yezi and ask him to make swords. So Ou Yezi traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, looking for those who could make Tieying, Hanquan and Hefei. In the place of bright stones, only when these three things are present can a sharp sword be cast. Finally, he came to the Qinxi Mountain in Longquan and found seven wells under two thousand-year-old pine trees, arranged like dippers, bright and clean. Like colored glaze, cold to the bone marrow, it is actually a first-class cold spring, so he dug a pool to store water, and it became a sword pool. Ou Yezi also picked iron silver at the foot of Mount Ci, and used it to make iron and cast swords, so he quenched it with the water in this pool. Water was cast into a sword blank, but there was no good bright stone to sharpen the sword. Ou Yezi climbed mountains and rivers, searched forever, and finally found a bright stone pit in a cave near Qinxi Mountain. He found that there were traces of light in the pit. The air was cold and gloomy, and I knew there must be something foreign in it. So I burned incense and bathed, fasted for three days, and then jumped into the pit, took out a sharp bright stone, and used the water here to slowly grind the sword. After two years , and finally cast three swords: the first is called "Longyuan", the second is called "Tai'a", and the third is called "Gongbu". These three swords can cut copper and iron, just like cutting mud to remove soil. So, they are called the three peerless swords by the world! But—three other swords were cast at the same time, three unedged swords, Juque, Huaying, Liuguang, naturally unknown to the world, that is, The so-called untold sword."

Linger's curiosity was finally aroused, and she opened her big watery eyes and looked forward to the following.

"These three swords have been lost since they were not handed down to the world. Ou Yezi left them in the cave of Qinxi Mountain. He only told his daughter Mo Xie and his son-in-law Gan Jiang about the matter. When he was dying, he ordered that it must not be used in a chaotic world where wars continue to burn people's lives. The existence of the Three Swords is made public."

"Ah - isn't this fueling the chaos of war? How could this master swordsmith be so confused?" Ling'er said indignantly.

"It is said that the Tie Ying who cast these three swords is a common thing that fell from the sky. Ying has a long history, and the red color retreats immediately after being refined, but he cannot sharpen it. Therefore, he believes that this stone is quite spiritual, and he will not serve it unless it is the Lord, so he hides the three swords and waits for the Ming Lord. They can be called ancient magic weapons! "

"Then why do you have to make it public in troubled times?" Ling'er puzzled.

"Heroes come out of troubled times! I don't even understand this!"

"What then?"

"The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were chaotic enough. Ou Yezi did not expect that his last words would be heard by the ears of the partition wall. It is impossible to hide the three swords from the world. Because of Ou Yezi's deliberate concealment, three more swords were added. The theory of the mysterious power of the sword. Therefore, Mo Xie, the only general who knew the whereabouts of the sword, was the first to be sacrificed." Bai Yutang sighed.

"What's wrong with them?" Ling'er could not help but feel a pain in her heart, anticipating the tragic ending.

"The king of Chu wanted to achieve hegemony early, so he didn't want more powerful swords that might fall into the hands of others to exist in the world, so he forced the husband and wife to look for swords. Under heavy escort, the two came to Ou Yezi The place where the swords were hidden, but only two swords were seen. The King of Chu was furious and wanted to kill the two of them. They didn't want the swords to fall into the hands of such heroes, so they held their swords and threw them into the icy Jianchi Lake! A pair of sword-guarding mandarin ducks—" Bai Yutang's tone was no longer relaxed and easy, but very serious.

"—" Ling'er was already in tears, why was she so heartbroken.

"The missing sword is—"

"Ju Que! After the two of them threw themselves into the lake, sword energy screamed in the mountains. It was the Ju Que that resonated with the flowing light of the painting. For a moment, the mountain shook and the ground shook, causing countless casualties to the Chu army. It turned out that Ou Yezi hadn't mentioned another hidden place in time. The place where the swords belonged was gone, and everyone mistakenly thought that the three swords were hidden in one place. However, even if the three swords were found at the same time, the general Mo Xie would choose to protect the swords to die!" Bai Yutang felt disappointed.

"Afterwards, how did these three swords see the light of day again, how did they change hands, and how did they fall into the hands of you and Brother Zhan?"

"Why didn't you ask how you got that streamer?" Bai Yutang's sense of despondency came and went quickly, the dead are gone, so why think about it?It is true to cherish what is in front of you!

"Brother Zhan gave it to me!" Ling'er said seriously.

"Yes, your elder brother Zhan became his own que, and bought Liuguang as a gift for you. Then, in order to protect you, he almost died. His que was almost stolen by thieves. It was Grandpa Bai who I paid to redeem it for him. , So, in the final analysis, before the cat pays off the 5000 taels, this streamer should be considered a gift from Grandpa Bai!" Bai Yutang said seriously while thinking.

"Who cares about your gift?!" Ling'er rolled her eyes and said angrily, but felt regretful in her heart, she never thought that she would almost kill brother Zhan by doing something willful.

"Bring it if you don't want it!" Bai Yutang insisted.

"——" Ling'er blinked her big eyes filled with mist unwillingly, and hugged Liu Guang even tighter. If she hadn't heard the legend, she might really return the sword to the white mouse. But now——he suddenly thought of something, and asked back, "How do you know that the legend is so detailed, you haven't answered my question yet, how did you and Brother Zhan get the sword?"

"I don't know where my teacher who is out of shape all day long came from. Anyway, I was forced to listen to stories told by my teacher every night before going to bed since I was a child. The most unbearable thing is that the teacher only knows this one story. then--"

"Puchi—hehe—haha—" Ling'er finally laughed while holding her stomach regardless of her appearance, "So, you were so miserable when you were a child!"

"Is it funny? I'm not afraid of wrinkling from laughing! Humph——puzzle!" Bai Yutang couldn't help but chuckled, yes, when he was young, he was tortured by his master's old urchin personality. !

"What's so funny?" Near noon, our cat finally returned to the cage and woke up. Zhan Zhao, who was worried that Bai Yutang and Ling'er would go to demolish the house, was relieved when he saw their smiles from afar. in one breath.

"Dangtang Nanxia, ​​it took three poles in the sun to get up, and the word spread, which made people laugh!" Bai Yutang immediately changed the target of his joke when he saw Zhan Zhao.

"It's okay, why care about what others think." Zhan Zhao smiled lightly, and sat down as well.

"That's right, Brother Zhan is injured, you should sleep more! Oh, I'm going to make lunch for Brother Zhan." Ling'er suddenly remembered something, and Zhan Zhao's face turned green suddenly, Bai Yutang On the other hand, he suppressed a laugh and almost got internal injuries.

"His Royal Highness, Lord Zhan, Hero Bai, lunch is ready, should we eat in the gazebo, or go to the front hall?" Zi Ling's crisp voice cut in at the right time, making Zhan Zhao secretly heave a sigh of relief, Linger let out a sigh of relief With a sigh of relief, Bai Yutang laughed out loud.

"It's done so soon, then I'm useless!" Ling'er murmured, seeing that everyone was looking at her in amazement, waiting for orders, she had no choice but to say, "Just in the gazebo, the scenery here is beautiful! "

"Yes, servant girl will arrange it now!" Your Highness, I'm sorry!Zi Ling smiled secretly.

"By the way, Brother Zhan, we were still talking about the sword just now! I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I didn't expect you to be a giant sword in order to buy me a streamer, putting you in danger! I—" Ling The child said guiltily.

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang, a little reproachful, why bother to tell her!Bai Yutang shook his head innocently and smiled. "Ling'er, I was Ju Que to lure the enemy into the bait. You don't have to blame yourself, besides, I'm not doing well now! But this time, I really want to thank Brother Bai for your help!" Zhan Zhao comforted.

"But—well, okay! For Brother Zhan's sake, I won't care about calling you a dead mouse, but a white mouse!" Ling'er laughed through her tears.

This, this - is there a difference? !Black lines were all over Bai Yutang's head, while Zhan Zhao secretly smiled and said, Brother Bai, you have met your nemesis this time!

"Brother Zhan, how did you get your Juque? The white mouse said that these three swords are very spiritual, and they will choose their own master!" Linger's curiosity came up again.

"Ju Que——" Zhan Zhao's thoughts suddenly drifted to Leng Ruxue's words, "The ancient magic weapon, the Ju Que sword? ——Yes, Ju Que is originally the acupuncture point of the heart, and it is unexpected that it has such a magical effect! "That's right, the master must have a deep meaning in passing this sword to me, maybe the master really knows my origin!"

"Brother Zhan—"

"cat--"

"Oh, the master accidentally said once that he picked up this sword on the way back from picking me up!" Zhan Zhao vaguely remembered this episode.

"Ah—?!" Such a magical weapon was picked up? !Both Bai Yutang and Linger fell—

"It's no wonder my master never said how Huaying came to be. It's probably not a commendable and thrilling move!" Bai Yutang said with a curl of his lips.

Ling'er couldn't hide her disappointment.

"What's the matter with you guys? Hehe, okay, dinner is ready!" Zhan Zhao couldn't help smiling and said to the two of them when he saw Zi Ling's figure approaching.