beg for chivalry

The dusk was heavy, and the cold wind whizzed past among the majestic Tianshan Mountains.Snow flakes like goose feathers fell from the ceiling, and a heavy layer was accumulated on the shoulders, like a thick felt blanket.The dry and cold wind knife poured in from the mouth and nose, so cold that it seemed to freeze and numb the internal organs.

A small shadow trudges through the snow, like a single flax speck in the whiteness.

It was a young child.Every time he took a step, the snow covered the straw mat on his knees, and the gaps in the sandals were full of snow.His hands and feet were so numb that he lost all feeling. They were bright red, but felt like a few sticks of ice.

Wang Xiaoyuan was struggling in the snow with bone-setting wooden bars tied all over his body.He had a bone broken in Erengou earlier, and his injury hadn't healed yet, and his body was aching.But in this desolate snowy and icy sky, all senses seemed to be overwhelmed by the sharp cold. Fortunately, he had the Renyang Wangqi pills that he ate by mistake a few days ago. Although his body was cold, he would not be frozen to death .

After walking for an unknown distance, he saw a long stone step on the snow-covered Tianshan Mountain.There is a thatched shed next to the steps, and a warm orange lamp bean dances gently in the whistling wind and snow.He dragged his stiff body close to the hut, only to see a few disciples of Tianshanmen sitting inside, dozing off with their swords in their arms.

"...Excuse me... Excuse me." Wang Xiaoyuan walked over with difficulty, knocked on the half-open shed door, and hissed, "Brothers, I want to ask for directions..."

The disciple of Tianshanmen who was drooling halazi jumped up suddenly, drew his sword and looked around, only then did he see the little snowman beside the gate.

"Ask...Ask for directions?"

The Tianshanmen disciples rubbed their sleepy eyes and looked at each other suspiciously.After a long silence, someone started whispering.

"That's right, you're in the wilderness, what's the way to ask? Is this kid some kind of monster?"

"It's snowing so much outside...how did he get here?"

There are often strange stories of snow demons haunting this desolate place, which will leave huge imprints on the snow.Some people said it was a Sasquatch living in the mountains, but many disciples thought it was a monster.When Wang Xiaoyuan visited, his body was covered with a white snow, just like a little monster.

Wang Xiaoyuan shook his hands and pulled out a jade pendant from his bosom.

"I'm here... to learn knives at Tianshan Gate. How do I get to Tianshan Gate?" he said.

The expressions of the disciples became more and more uncertain. Someone took the jade pendant and rubbed it carefully, only to see that the crystal white jade like suet was engraved with the Moon Chasing Jade Rabbit, which was the treasure of the town gate left by the Yubai swordsman.

After a long time, someone hesitated and said, "Elder Nan Chi left the jade pendant in the Jin Mansion, saying that he wanted to give it to a young master with extraordinary talents. Are you him?"

Wang Xiaoyuan shook his head, "No, I'm not him. I'm here on his behalf."

The disciples of Tianshanmen looked at him with admiration earlier, but after hearing this, they couldn't help being disappointed.Looking at the snow-covered child again, I saw him in ragged clothes, a straw hat, and two frozen snots on his face, like a dirty little cat.

Someone began to whisper, "Hey, this person is not a thief who stole the jade pendant given to Mr. Jin, and wants to sneak into our Tianshan Gate by chance?"

All the disciples couldn't help feeling suspicious, but after examining it carefully over and over again, they felt that the jade pendant was genuine.Thinking that the teacher's order is hard to disobey, the other person simply said: "Forget it, lead him to the heavenly steps, show it to Elder Dongqing first, and let him make a decision."

The two disciples put on fur hats, carried the glazed lamps out of the hut, and grinned in the cold.Wang Xiaoyuan also staggered into the wind and snow with them.They pulled the long rope on the side of the steps, turned to Wang Xiaoyuan and said, "Children, go up from here for a long distance, and you will reach the Tianshan Gate. Hold on to this rope, if you fall, we will ignore you."

Wang Xiaoyuan nodded cowardly, gritted his teeth and reached out to grab the long rope.Nailed to the side of the stone steps, the long rope was hardened by the freezing, and a layer of skin would peel off after being grasped for a long time.A group of people climbed up the stone steps. At the beginning, they were still able to stroll in the garden. They climbed up the steps, but when they reached the top, they had to use their hands and feet to climb up.

After climbing for an unknown amount of time, a secluded green ice lake appeared at the end of the stone steps. It was very cold, and there were 96 iron swords and a few lonely stone pillars hidden in the lake.This is the Taiqing Sword Tomb. If you step on the air and fall into the lake, you will be pierced by thousands of swords.Wang Xiaoyuan was picked up by his disciples and stepped on the stone pillar unsteadily. Behind the lake is the towering Jade Emperor Temple, surrounded by stars and stars on the screen wall with bright moon hanging on branches.

On the edge of Zhuang Mu's mountain gate, an old man holding a dragon-patterned seven-star sword was waiting with his eyes closed, as if he was waiting for someone.

The disciples put Wang Xiaoyuan down, stepped forward and saluted respectfully:

"Elder Dongqing. A little brother came to pay a visit, holding the jade pendant handed over by Elder Nanchi."

The old man's white eyebrows twitched, and he seemed to be smacking at this sentence in his heart. Suddenly, his expression became agitated, and he quickly opened his eyes and said:

"Is it the young master of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion? Please, please!"

But as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the disheveled Wang Xiaoyuan, the joyful light in his eyes went out immediately, a pair of flying eyebrows drooped, his joy was no longer there, he only squinted at Wang Xiaoyuan, and said softly: Young master...seeing that life is going well...you can't pick it up."

Panting heavily, Wang Xiaoyuan said honestly, "I'm not Young Master Jinwu. I'm here to learn knives on his behalf."

After a moment of silence, everyone burst into laughter.Not only the disciples of Tianshanmen who led him to the heaven ranks were laughing wildly, but Elder Dongqing was also wrinkling his face from laughter.

"You... you boy... are you saying... you want to learn swordsmanship for Mr. Jinwu?"

"Yes, what's the matter?" Wang Xiaoyuan puffed up his cheeks, feeling a little angry.What made him angry was not that he was underestimated, but the uncontrollable expressions on their faces when they mentioned the Golden Crow.

A disciple of Tianshanmen sneered and said: "You ran errands for him, why didn't he come to learn by himself? Could it be that you can still eat and sleep for him? Is it possible to do such things as practicing swords?"

"Let's be honest, where did you get this jade pendant? Did you steal it, rob it, or pick it up?"

Wang Xiaoyuan timidly said: "Young...Young Master gave it to me."

"At a young age, you can deceive people with just one mouth. Look at your poor appearance. Five cents is too much for you. How can I give you such a precious jade pendant? Even if this jade pendant was really given to you by your young master, For hundreds of years, the Tianshan Gate has only passed down the sword technique, and the sword technique has never been taught to outsiders." The disciples of the Tianshan Gate looked at his thin body like a bamboo pole, and their eyes were full of contempt. "You can't lift a steel sword, and you're not a big girl's house. Give up, this is not the place for you."

Wang Xiaoyuan was not discouraged, he had paid all his father's wealth to the car dealership to hire a car, and came here after being beaten up by the villain, how could a few words of sarcasm move his heart?As soon as he said it was too late, he hurriedly bent his knees, put aside the pain all over his body, and kowtowed vigorously to the ground:

"I beg of you, big brothers, let me meet Yubai Swordsman!"

Others only felt that this kid was pushing an inch, and laughed even more.They had already made up their minds that this filthy boy was a new homeless person from the town at the foot of the mountain, somehow he got the jade pendant left by the prince of the Ningyuan Marquis, and he used it to cheat.

But the Tianshan Gate is a righteous sect, and they do things safely, so it's impossible to beat or scold this child for a while.Elder Dongqing stroked his white beard and said slowly:

"Hey, little baby, since you come here to learn from a teacher, show your sincerity. There is a saying in "Li": "Only the sincerity in the world can be transformed." From the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and then around to another mountain top, apart from this jade pendant, how can you be sure that she will definitely meet you?"

"Elder, you mean, do you want me to know that sincerity is spiritual?" Wang Xiaoyuan blinked and said happily, "Then I'll go kowtow to Yubai Swordsman, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, kowtow Until she is willing to pick me out at the Ten Thousand Individual Ceremony to meet me and teach me sword skills!"

The Tianshan Sect disciple who was listening just now couldn't help it, and asked, "You kept saying before that you wanted Yubai Swordsman to teach you the sword technique. Why? What's the use of learning the sword technique?" So, do you want to dominate the world, or do you want to win the girl's heart so that you can marry a beautiful wife?"

Wang Xiaoyuan shook his head: "I want to save people." He stared at the burning glow and looked to the other side of the hazy sea of ​​clouds. "Only the world's number one Yubai sword technique can defeat that terrifying demon, let me rescue the young master."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said these words, the other Tianshanmen disciples stopped their mocking laughter and looked at him with angry expressions instead.Someone gave a low mouthful and cursed: "Idiots talking about dreams!"

The world's most powerful sword technique is in front of him, but he only wants to save a master who has no relationship with him.Most of the disciples of Tianshanmen came from wealthy and powerful families, so the idea that this has nothing to do with Lisi is completely absurd.

Elder Dongqing laughed a few times, stroked his beard and said: "My little friend, if you really want to seek the truth, then you might as well teach us to look at it differently." The old man pointed to the outside of the mountain gate, "You just stand there, after passing Tonight and tomorrow morning, I will ask you again whether you want to go back to the mountain where the sun is warm and windy, or to enter the gate of bitterness where the wind and snow are blowing all the time, you should think about it this night."

Just as Wang Xiaoyuan was about to open his mouth to speak, two Tianshanmen disciples held his arms, one on the left and the other on the right, and let him go outside the gate.Elder Dongqing and the rest of the disciples laughed and left, and when they entered the hall, they closed the gate tightly and never came out again.He was left alone to blow the wind outside alone.

In the night, the wind and snow intensified, the dead branches trembled wildly, and the snow foam whirled and collided in the air.The Hall of the Jade Emperor turned into a heavy shadow that was ready to be destroyed, pressing down in front of him like a cloud.Wang Xiaoyuan's teeth were rattling from the cold, the Renyang Wangqi pill brought a slight warmth to his body, he held onto the wooden branch and stood in the same place with difficulty.

The sky was as black as ink, and when it was extremely cold, hallucinations appeared in his eyes and ears.In a daze, he saw himself and Jinwu holding hands and running on Qingshiban Street in Jiading, it seemed that they were running hot and sweating profusely.Wang Xiaoyuan wanted to cry out and take off all the clothes on his body, but his hands and feet were as cold as stones, and he couldn't move.

It was dawn, and the sun was bright red, floating above the sea of ​​clouds, dyed with light like red scales.Some disciples of the Tianshan Gate got up early to sweep the snow, and came slowly with dustpans and brooms. When they saw the snowman standing outside the gate, they couldn't help but feel annoyed.

The disciple with the dustpan frowned and said, "Who was so playful yesterday, and was chasing snowmen outside the mountain gate?"

The disciple holding the broom curled his lips, "Who knows, anyway, no matter who pounced on us, it will be a pain for us." Then he patted the snowman with the broom, trying to break up the snow.

But the broom patted, and the snow fell down, but they were surprised. Inside the snowman was a child who was covered in cold and purple, holding a wooden stick in his hand, with drooping eyelids, but stubbornly stood up. leaning forward.

"...people!" The disciple holding the broom yelled in horror, "this is a person!"

Wang Xiaoyuan stood outside the mountain gate all night.At night, the wind and snow were extremely cold, and he was so cold that he lost consciousness and just stood stiffly.When Elder Dongqing heard about this, he was very surprised.The disciples were at a loss and couldn't drive this boy away, so they had to clean up a small hut for him.Wrapped in a felt blanket, Wang Xiaoyuan drank a few large bowls of ginger soup, and his body gradually warmed up, but his hands and feet were indeed freezing to death, turning blue and purple.

After feeling warm on his body and regaining consciousness, Wang Xiaoyuan asked the Tianshanmen disciple who came to look after him in a daze: "Brother, do I count as entering the Tianshanmen?"

"...Forget it, forget it." The disciple poured the black soup from the clay pot for him, and muttered, "If you let you stand outside the mountain gate, your life will almost die. Anyway, you brought the jade pendant, Elder Dong Qing said, I will simply accept you as an outer disciple, if you want to learn the sword, you are not allowed to join the ranks, you can only watch it with your eyes and memorize it with your heart outside the sword formation, understand?"

If someone else had joined the No. [-] sect in Northwest China, he would have been overjoyed and elated, but to the disciple's surprise, Wang Xiaoyuan said: "Then I can see Yuqiu flaws and learn swords from her? "

When he said this, his expression was dignified, his eyes blinked uncontrollably, the pupils of his eyes were pitch black, as if they were filled with the light of the sky.The disciple of Tianshan Gate was stunned, he did not expect him to ask such a sincere question, he laughed and said: "What a beautiful dream you have, boy, how can this come true? Do you think that the number one swordsman in the world can see you whenever you want, and worship you whenever you want? "

Wang Xiaoyuan didn't speak, he lowered his head and twisted the mattress with his fingers silently.He wanted to ask, what if he didn't want to meet Yubai Swordsman, but his adoptive mother?Do children need a reason to want to see their parents?

It's just that he doesn't want to say that Yu Qiuxia is his adoptive mother's business. After all, he has faintly noticed that Mrs. Wang is going to come to Tianshan secretly. If someone finds out about it, his adoptive mother will definitely be accused On the way, he had an affair with the mountain ghost in Evil Mangou.

"Forget it, you can go if you want." Seeing that he didn't say a word that day, the disciples of the mountain gate put the bowl of soup and medicine on the table next to the bed heavily, and muttered, "You brought the jade pendant to Tianshan Gate. Just like Elder Nanchi said earlier. As the saying goes, as long as the jade pendant comes, no matter what kind of ghosts and snakes he is, he will be accepted. If you want to find jade to seek flaws and learn swords, then go."

"It's just that she practiced swords on the cliff of Tianshan Mountain. If you can't climb it, you have to wait for her on the path up the cliff. If you're lucky, you can see her once in ten and a half months. If she comes down every six months, we can't help you." You!" The disciple looked gloating. "Also, you are a boy, even if you meet her, you will definitely not be able to learn Yubai Dao."

"Why?" Wang Xiaoyuan was puzzled.

"Only women can learn the Yubai sword technique, because this sword technique follows the path of masculinity and softness. Those who are not strong enough in bone and soft in figure cannot learn it." The disciple laughed loudly, "Or, you can throw it back again. Give it a try? In your next life, you will be a doll who can learn knives. Or use a hammer to break the bones one by one, and your body will be soft enough, so you can learn knives!"

The wind and snow were blowing, the white dust was scattered, and a path meandered up the cliff.

Wang Xiaoyuan came out of the cottage against the wind, holding the small stove with the cover in his arms.He borrowed a thick cassia cloth from his disciples, wrapped it around his body, and staggered forward in the snow.The cliffs of Tianshan Mountain are so tall and jagged that they seem to protrude directly from the sky.Wang Xiaoyuan rested at the fork in the road and knelt in the snow.

He gritted his teeth and shouted loudly:

"Jiading Jinfu Wang Xiaoyuan, please see Tianshan Gate Jade for flaws!"

The shout echoed in the cold snow.He kowtowed vigorously on the solid ice, and took another step forward. The snow fell to his knees, and he shouted loudly again:

"Jiading Jinfu Wang Xiaoyuan, please see Tianshan Gate Jade for flaws!"

No one responded, but he remained undaunted.Elder Dong Qing of Tianshan Gate once said that sincerity leads to spirit.With sincerity, gold and stone are the same. This is the truth that even he who can't read well understands.Wang Xiaoyuan yelled loudly and kowtowed vigorously, leaving a red mark on his forehead.Some disciples looked at him from a distance in the snow, whispering in low voices, as if they were mocking, but Wang Xiaoyuan ignored them, kowtowed still persistently, and walked up the cliff.

The road ahead was blocked by heavy snow, so he knelt on the road and waited.The dry embarrassment in his bosom was as hard as a stone. When he was hungry, he gnawed a few mouthfuls with the strength of breastfeeding, and when he was thirsty, he crushed the snow and ate it.This time the cold was even more unbearable, he knelt for several days, his mind almost died in this extreme cold.

He tightly held a small medicine pestle in his hand, which was stolen from the disciple of Tianshanmen who was pounding medicine. It was made of fine steel, and it was heavy to hold in his hand.

When the swordsman Yubai came down the cliff, even if he risked his life, he still had to see him.

I don't know how many hours it lasted, or a few days later, in the rustling snow, the dazed Wang Xiaoyuan felt that there seemed to be an elegant white in front of his eyes.The sun shines through the light gauze, which seems a little ethereal.

He lifted his frozen neck with difficulty, only to find himself kneeling in front of a woman.The woman was wearing a hat with a white gauze flying like clouds along the edge of the hat, covering her face.A long snow-white knife was tied around her waist, the blade was slightly curved, like a moonlight falling into the mortal world.

It was the Yubai Swordsman that he had been thinking about and wanted to see once.

"Yi...mother."

Wang Xiaoyuan shouted tremblingly.It's really strange, what he wants to call is not Yu Qiuxia's name, but "Yi Niang".His voice was already hoarse, the Shuofeng blew away the broken words, the woman tilted her head slightly, as if she didn't hear what he said clearly.

She seemed to be very shocked, and looked back and forth at the child in front of her. After a long time, she hesitated and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm..." Wang Xiaoyuan said with a sly air. "Come...to learn the sword..."

Yu Qiuxia looked at him silently, her eyes were full of pity.Her eyes lingered on Wang Xiaoyuan for a moment, and she couldn't help sighing.

"Why do you humiliate yourself?"

Wang Xiaoyuan raised his head, looked at her weakly, and forced a smile from his frozen mouth.He knelt in the snow, holding an iron pestle loosely in his hand, his limbs were limp and weak, and he couldn't even stand up.

"Because I...must...see you." He said weakly, "I want to learn...the Jade White Sword."

If you look closely, there are dry blood marks on the corner of his mouth, and his hands and feet seem to be bent in a terrible direction, as if his bones have been pulled out.

In fact, he also broke his hands and feet, and smashed the bones in his body bit by bit with the iron pestle he held in his hand.Wang Xiaoyuan secretly learned a few fists and kicks from Jin Zhen, and he remembered the kung fu of exerting internal energy and tapping acupuncture points, but he didn't expect that the first person to deal with this move would be himself.

The disciples of Tianshanmen told him that unless he shattered all the bones in his body, he could only get a glimpse of the path of Yubai Saber.So Wang Xiaoyuan did as he said, gritted his teeth and smashed his bones one by one with an iron pestle.

Amidst the whistling wind and snow, the bloodless child dragged his body with cracked bones and kowtowed heavily in the snow.

He leaned down and squeezed out weak words from between his teeth in a dying breath:

"...Jiading Jinfu Wang Xiaoyuan...seeking to see Tianshan Gate Jade for flaws."