beg for chivalry

In the night market, bonfire lights hang everywhere, reflecting the streets and alleys like daytime.Crowds of people in the street are touching each other, shoulder to shoulder.Bargaining was in full swing, silk clothes, black bamboo fans, and rough pots were piled up on the linen stalls, roasted goose and pigs were roasted, and the smell of cooked food made people's index fingers move.

The white-clothed swordsman drifted with the crowd, and was pushed to the side of a wine shop without knowing it.It happened that a bench was vacant, so he sat down casually, sniffing the sweet aroma of thick wine in a daze.

Seeing a visitor, the shopkeeper approached him enthusiastically, and opened his mouth to ask him how much wine he would like. When he saw the attire in white clothes and hats, his face turned pale, he pointed his finger at him and shouted: "White clothes...Lao Lai!"

Before he raised his voice and yelled, the white-clothed man held the storekeeper's fingers with a smile, pushed his fingers away one by one, stuffed a piece of broken silver into his palm, and whispered: "Not this time."

As soon as the shopkeeper touched the broken silver, his mouth, which was opened in astonishment, suddenly closed tightly, and he grinned like a spring breeze.He looked at the man in white, as if he was looking at an old friend who had been away for a long time, with uncontrollable ecstasy in his eyes.The back bends a little bit, like a full tassel bent by the wind.

"You...you please." The shopkeeper smiled so much that the corners of his mouth could reach to the ears. "The small shop has yellow osmanthus fine wine, the guest officers sit first, and the small ones will be served later."

The man in white said, "Please hurry up, I have something urgent to do."

He thought for a while and reminded, "By the way, I need a jug and a pair of lamps. If there is no wine in the jug, just water will do."

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded.He has never seen anyone come to a wine shop to drink water, nor has he seen anyone buy a pot of clean water with broken silver.But taking people's money is soft after all, and a pot of clean water won't hurt him, so he followed his advice with full of doubts.

About half an hour later, the noise outside the gallery was suddenly like thunder, screams and scolding were intertwined, and there were occasional stalls and carts overturned, and the noise of vegetables and fruits flying.The crowd moved like a sea tide, and suddenly parted a road. A figure hurriedly shuttled through the crowd of tourists, and stopped in front of the restaurant.

The man was dressed in a plain white Taoist robe, but now he was dyed colorful by ripe and rotten melons and fruits, with vegetable leaves on his snow-white scarf and hat, and egg whites dripped down his cheeks, he was very embarrassed.The person who came saw him as a handsome little Taoist priest with willow brows and starry eyes, and a picturesque face, but somehow he disliked all the neighbors.

The man who looked like a Taoist stooped and stumbled into the wine shop, panting heavily and cupped his hands to the shopkeeper: "My...my lord Yujiachen, may I ask if you have ever seen a swordsman who is dressed like me and wears a bamboo hat?"

As soon as the three words "Yujiachen" came out, the eyes of the leisurely drinkers suddenly widened, and their eyes shot at the Taoist priest in white standing by the door like a rain of arrows.Whispering gradually started, and most of the conversations were angry words and foul language.

Yu Jiachen was still inexperienced in the world, so he didn't understand some vulgar words, but he knew that he was pointing at himself, so he blushed instantly.

He was ordered by the four elders to go down the mountain to look for his senior brother, but he didn't want to be stared at by people as soon as he entered Fengyuan City. After he reported his name, everyone changed color. Drink Yujiachen" and "pay back the money" to drive him away.Poor Yu Jiachen was confused, and was driven by Fengyuan people around the green brick city wall for a few miles. From sunrise to sunset, he never took a rest.

The store owner wanted to point out the little Taoist priest and spit at him, but suddenly he felt something was wrong, he looked at the man in front of him, then at the white-clothed swordsman standing by the door with his chin propped up and wearing a bamboo hat, and replied with a frown, "See... yes. He asked hesitantly, "Which of you two is...then who...'Yujiachen'?"

Yu Jiachen turned his head and saw the man holding the porcelain wine cup by the table, he was shocked, his knees gave way, and he almost knelt down. "...Brother!"

Yu Qiuxia sat here for half an hour, poured himself a stomach full of water, and finally waited for him to come, and couldn't contain his joy: "Junior brother, please get up, you don't need to perform this great gift of three prostrations and nine prostrations." With a calm and unhurried appearance, there is a smiling face hidden under the hat.

The little Taoist hurriedly patted the melon skin and vegetable leaves on the shoulders of the towel, and then he blushed and stammered: "This appearance made my brother laugh. As soon as I came here, for some reason, I was greeted by people from the city. Give me melons and fruits. I remember the teachings of Elder Beixuan and don’t accept other people’s things indiscriminately. Who knows that Fengyuan people are so enthusiastic, they have been chasing and throwing melons and vegetables at me.”

"Junior brother doesn't know something, you have already gained a reputation here." Yubai Swordsman nodded calmly, and put the wine cup to his mouth pretendingly, "I have spent a lot of effort, and finally made my junior brother famous all over the world." Yuan [-]th Street. In this way, the younger brother is well-known, and he will take over as the head of the Tianshan sect just around the corner."

Yu Jiachen was shocked when he heard the words, and thought that he was driven all the way today. It turned out that he was famous outside, and he became more and more grateful to his senior brother: "No, no, how dare I take over the position of sect master? Senior brother's sword skills are the best in this world , people are kind-hearted, and I am ashamed of myself."

Suddenly he heard a chuckle in his ear, Yu Jiachen raised his head, but saw Yu Qiuxia pouring a cup of sake from the pot and pushing it to the edge of the table, saying.

"Sit down and have a drink together, Junior Brother. Don't be too polite. I heard Elder Dongqing mentioned earlier that you are the most talented, and you can understand everything. In this case, I should ask you for advice."

Yu Qiuxia put on a show, and said sincerely: "The position of sect master should be surrendered to the virtuous, and this position should be surrendered to the younger brother."

These words really worked for his stupid junior brother, Yu Jiachen's eyes turned red and his voice trembled. "...Senior brother treats me so hard, Jiachen can't repay him!" As he said that, he wanted to kneel down and knock his head a few times.

The white-clothed swordsman seemed to have expected this, reached out to help him up, and said gently: "How can you say that there is no return? Senior brother has something to ask today, I wonder if junior brother is willing to agree?"

"Senior brother, please tell me." Yu Jiachen hurriedly wiped his face with the sleeve of his robe, adjusted his clothes before saying respectfully.

Yu Qiuxia stood up and walked slowly to the door.The warm yellow light from the bonfire outside the door shone on the plain white clothes, making the figure softer and even a little ethereal.At this time, his hand was gently on the handle of the knife, and his fingers were gathered one by one. After he clenched the handle tightly, he laughed loudly behind the gauze: "Please——"

As soon as it was too late, Yu Jiachen suddenly felt his face was wet and cold, and he caught a glimpse of his senior brother holding a porcelain cup in his frightened eyes, and then realized that he seemed to be drenched with wine .While he was in a daze, Yu Qiuxia jumped out of the restaurant like a rabbit, and said with a smile:

"...Don't let me go back to the Tianshan Gate next time."

Drinking alcohol is not allowed in Tianshan Gate, so Yu Jiachen panicked instantly when he encountered this incident.He stretched out his hand to wipe it, and the drops of liquid had already slid down the corner of his mouth into his mouth, it was tasteless, so he realized that he was being tricked by his senior brother.

Yu Jiachen finally remembered that he came to Fengyuan to find someone, and shouted: "Senior Brother, I am ordered by the elders of Sifang to take you back...!"

Yu Qiuxia had slipped away a few steps, and said with a gentle smile, "It's not easy to catch me."

In an instant, he drew his sword out of its sheath!

There seemed to be a wind sweeping across the hall, and the sound of wood breaking and rocks collapsing suddenly came from my ears.Yu Jiachen saw a saber light at that moment.It is as bright and white as the moon, flowing like a river of snow into the warm yellow light of hanging lanterns.While the gauze strips were fluttering along the edge of the hat, he caught a glimpse of a pair of black jade-like eyes, although warm and soft, they were as cold as frost and snow.

With just one knife, all the paper lanterns hanging in the surrounding corridors were cut off, the thin strips were broken, half of the candle wax was shortened, and the wine shop was instantly dark.The crowd was noisy in the dark, the sound of chairs and stools being overturned, the sound of bowls and chopsticks falling, and shouting and cursing could be heard all around their ears. For a moment, they could not tell where the man in white was.

Yu Jiachen secretly thought that it was not good, his senior brother frequently ignored the gate rules, and loved to run outside the mountain gate, which already made the elders furious, insisting on arresting him and going back to the Tianshan gate to be flogged.I went down the mountain this time to bring this person back. I didn't want this person to have a weird mind and try to play tricks on me so that I would not obey the elder's order.

The little Taoist rushed out of the restaurant in a hurry, drew his sword and held it in his hand, and said loudly: "Don't hide, Senior Brother, let me go back with you!"

There was a crowd of people in front of him, but there was no sign of the swordsman in white.

At this time, the 25th of March is just past, and in a few days it will be the birthday of Dongyue Shengdi, and the streets are full of people who buy and prepare gifts, bustling with each other.

Yu Qiuxia pushed aside the crowd and squeezed in front of a businessman pushing a cart.

There are all kinds of exquisite objects on the cart, all of which are small gadgets such as fake jade fingers, copper hairpins, and powder boxes.

He glanced behind him, Yu Jiachen hadn't caught up yet, so he confidently asked the dealer. "Are there jade ornaments for sale?"

The peddler replied: "If you have it, you have it. I don't know what kind you want?"

Yu Qiuxia said: "It's best to look like a jade rabbit, and a crescent moon is also fine, as long as it can hang on the edge of the knife rein."

"The little one here only has half a Huangyu, do you think so?"

The peddler showed him a crescent-shaped ornament, it was translucent and green, it was a fake at first glance, but Yu Qiuxia didn't care, he only cared about whether there was a jade ornament on the knife.

He wandered around for more than two years, and lost the jade ornaments on the jade white knife for two years.Two years ago, he heard that the Houtianlou assassin was haunting Haijin, so he walked to the north, but he didn't even find the shadow of that person.Distraught, he casually gave away the jade pendant, thinking that he would never return to Tianshan Gate.

But the day to go back to Tianshan Gate has come after all.When he arrived in Fengyuan, he borrowed credit everywhere in the name of his younger brother, so Yu Jiachen really came to him.Four years of caring, two years of running around, thousands of days and nights, he still doesn't know the whereabouts of the person he misses.

Yu Qiuxia nodded blankly, "This is what I want."

He stared at the jade pendant for a long time, the crescent moon was curved, the osmanthus branches were scattered, and the shadow of a jade rabbit was sunken in the middle.Although it is quite different from the original jade pendant, it can still pass through the gatekeeper's eyes and ears.

He tied it into the rein of the saber, and suddenly asked: "You said this is half?"

The peddler sneered: "We collected these objects, and they were no longer a pair when they arrived in my hands, but I thought, this might be a pair with the sun and the moon shining together. Here is the jade rabbit Guanghan, and the other On one side is the Golden Crow and Zhu Ming."

Yu Qiuxia trembled when he heard the words.

He sighed, looked into the side pocket, and suddenly said in surprise: "Too bad, master, I'm in a hurry to come out, and I forgot to bring money. I will record this account with you first, and I will pay it at another time."

Before the trafficker could react, he waved goodbye and disappeared into the crowd.

The peddler was stunned for a while, recalling the person's white clothes and bamboo hats, he realized that he had met an old hand who missed an appointment, and his face flushed with anger. Shouted: "Lao Lai! Pay me!"