Three Masters' Sword

A tall building that was once tall and magnificent, now there are only broken tiles and ruins, entwined with withered vines and vines, and the white silk that was tied up because of the annual worship of the tribe has not been taken care of for some time, and it looks dilapidated and dilapidated in the north wind .A group of Shaozi from the northern Jinyang caravan watched from a distance, and a few clever boys were busy measuring the foundation.

On the peak where the top floor of the twelfth floor originally stood, there was only a scorched area left.The fleshy ganoderma lucidum melted like mud, and after death, not a single blade of grass could grow in the place where it was eroded.One person stood motionless on the top of the mountain for a long time, just looking at it from a distance, and the skirt of his clothes was rattling by the wind.The water and the sky can be seen as far as the eye can see, and a thousand islands on a huge artificial weir lake are like pearls, scattered with stars, which is too beautiful to behold.However, the "sage" who should have been famous in the annals of history, who was locked in the top tower of the peak at that time, could not see this magnificent scene that benefited all people and lasted through the ages during the centuries of life and death.

Bei Yanzhou quietly looked at the thousand hectares of blue waves, as if he wanted to see the buried past through the deep water, even though he heard footsteps behind him, he didn't move, he just asked lightly: " They agreed?"

Wen Fangshou walked up to him and sat down, and said with a sigh of relief: "That's natural. Do they dare not agree? Now they are more like landlords and squires than knights. A century-old foundation." Even so, his complexion is still not very good-looking, and there is a small ink stain on his forehead, just now his uncle was so angry that he threw an inkstone at him when he was signing the paperwork.He doesn't shy away from other members of the Twelve Family, but Uncle Chang Chuntang is the head of the Wen family, and he was also raised by him since he was a child, and his kindness is extraordinary.

"You shouldn't do this." Bei Yanzhou sighed, "This is none of your business, you have to wade in..."

"Why is it none of my business?" Wen Fang said in a snarled voice, with an angry expression on his face, "If I don't come, you will let them torture you to death!"

"Although I am frivolous and shameless, at least I have inherited this name, and at least I know how to be entrusted and loyal to others." Bei Yanzhou said, "What's more, you haven't come for so many years, and I haven't. die."

Wen Fangji grabbed him and held his fingers tightly, his face turning green and turning white: "...I know you blame me. Yanzhou, now that I'm here, I will never let them bully you again. I will definitely save you... "

Bei Yanzhou sighed, and slowly pulled his fingers out of the other's wet palm. "I don't blame you. What does this have to do with you from the beginning to the end? You don't have to think that I saved you back then. First of all, they came after me; secondly, if Wang Qiao thinks that I saved him, it's okay." Some said; but he saved me first, so we are considered even. Why are you meddling in the middle? You still think you are very capable when you are used as a pawn by the Northern faction?"

The impatient young man was blushed by the reprimand, and the façades that had been propped up in front of everyone just now disappeared, and he became the half-grown child again, only his head grew taller. "Why has nothing to do with me!?" He raised his voice and shouted, "If I don't agree with them, your toes will have been pulled out and your legs will be broken... They just want to keep your breath and your hands... "

"If you don't agree to them, your family's handle will not fall into the hands of outsiders, and I will not suffer the crime of breaking my leg and pulling out my toes..." Bei Yanzhou shook his head. He has been in the hands of the Northern faction for five years. For years, like a bird trapped in a cage, he has tasted all kinds of poisonous honey, poisonous wine, hard and soft training, and he has eaten all kinds of face, soft and hard.Seeing that the five-year period is approaching, the Northern School must take the opportunity to make a big move, and he can no longer let others beat him up, he has already made up his mind; He has committed suicide.Suicide is a stupid way, but with his canary-like status there, it is the most difficult to do. In order to be able to succeed, he also spent a long time preparing for it.

But when the silly boy who hadn't seen him for five years and who was almost unrecognizable threw himself into his arms, weeping like a man, swearing that he would rescue him; He had extravagant expectations that he shouldn't have; he responded to the hot embrace, and also ignited the dead desire to survive in his heart.He originally thought that he was alone, with no one to call for help or a place to go back to; but there is still someone in this world who misses him so much, how could he leave?

But the soft heart at that moment was an endless excuse, Bei Yanzhou knew that he had dragged Wen Fangji into the fire pit.But this silly boy was full of obstinacy, he rushed forward sullenly, even if he took the name of deceiving his ancestors and destroying his clan, he didn't regret it, but it made him feel like a knife, but he couldn't show it on the face , I can only kick him away again and again, hoping to make him sober, cold-hearted, and leave by himself.

But he got deeper and deeper, no matter how he persuaded him, he was like the wind on his ears, and he couldn't understand it at all, and he couldn't listen to it.

"It's okay." Wen Fangji hugged him from behind, and said to himself, "You don't have to worry about anything. I have already made an agreement with Leader Liao. As long as I can be the patriarch of the twelve families, I will replace them Get this done, and from now on, no one will come to make things difficult for you.”

Bei Yanzhou sneered and said: "It sounds like I did something wrong, they sold a huge favor. Forget it, let's not talk about me, and I don't know you anymore. You used to be the clearest , Now that you are helping the evildoers, how do you pass your own test?"

Wen Fangji frowned, and said: "It's hard to say who is Zhou. Back then, those members of the royal family in Luling had no peace of mind, otherwise my father, master and brothers wouldn't have died in vain in this building." Ghost. Great, my family even made a meat shield for a kid like me who just started out as a teacher. He, Wang Keng, hid behind and didn't come out until everyone was dead and everything was settled... Such a person is actually still Do you want to be the parents of twelve families? It’s a good idea! The northern faction wants to control them, and it’s not that they really want to shake off the old accounts of a hundred years ago. That's all!"

Bei Yanzhou said: "Then do you know why the Northern faction wants to take advantage of the weakness of the Twelve Families, and what are the benefits to them? Is it true that the Twelve Families will honestly submit? Disputes will arise again, and the dead will be the same as back then. Innocent people like your father, master, and fellow apprentices..."

"That's why I'm going to be the head of this clan! So I have to goug out this old sore first... Although it hurts a bit, I won't teach innocent people to die anymore, they will never succeed!...You too..." He hurriedly said, "I will protect you! Yanzhou, I have suffered so much for the past five years that I finally dare to come to see you! I don't even want to waste my sleeping time, I only hate myself for not paying more attention when I was young After some effort... I'm very powerful now, and no one can bully us anymore—" The more he talked, the more distant Bei Yanzhou's body became, and finally broke away from his embrace lightly, saying: " Well, you can decide on your own. From tomorrow onwards, this building will be rebuilt, and it will take a lot of effort. Don't bother me all day long, and earn your position as the patriarch..." He thought After thinking about it, he smiled helplessly, "That is by no means an easy task. How old are you? What is your status in your family? How do you convince the public?"

Wen Fangji only felt that his arms were empty and cold, and his heart was very uncomfortable. He poked his neck and said: "Whether it is a family of martial arts, whether it is up to the three sects and nine sects, or down to the thousands of schools and hundreds of associations, is it still regarded as an ordinary family?" Is it a joke to make the elders stand taller than the young? Isn’t that a joke! What you earn is the life of licking blood on the blade, and what you eat is the hard work of practicing kung fu without a break in cold and heat. Naturally, you win by relying on your inner skills. Our Twelve Family has always had this tradition, and Twelve Climbing the Tower is a ceremony to select an heir."

Bei Yanzhou showed a bit of surprise. "You want to fight in the ring? Are you sure?"

Seeing that he didn't believe him, Wen Fang felt angry, puffed his cheeks and said, "What? After three days' separation, we should treat each other with admiration."

"I didn't intend to throw cold water on you." Bei Yanzhou said, "I just ask: If Wang Qiao also comes to fight with you, are you sure you can win against him?"

"He? Isn't he a monk?"

Many people in the martial arts world know about the fact that Daoist Beiming accepts closed-door disciples, but few people have seen the real skill, but it is naturally passed on miraculously.After all, the descendants of the Twelve Families of Fengwen are also closed-door disciples of Wudang Master Zhenren. The name alone is enough to shock the world; Knowing that he really doesn't have any foundation in martial arts, even if Daoist Bei Ming has the power of enlightenment, he can't turn stone into gold, right?What's more, in the period of five years, for martial arts experts, if they meet famous teachers and practice hard, they can become talented, but once they pass the age, it is not easy to establish a solid foundation.

Bei Yanzhou heard the contempt in his voice, and couldn't help sighing: "You have no idea what the consequences of what you are doing...but he is a discerning person. This is like using the twelve families as firewood. Burn it, and put the Pope of the Southern School on the fire. If he sits idly by, he is not Wang Qiao." He paused slightly, "What's more...I think we are all just bait, In order to catch a big fish...the bait must be as heavy as possible...everything else is a cover. The real goal of the northern faction is to force him to go down the mountain and enter the world. Daoist Beiming can keep him for a while, but he can't after all His whole life..."

Wen Fang heard that Xu Xu only talked about Wang Qiao, and said angrily, "You still have the heart to worry about others? No matter how they make trouble, it's all pre-determined cause and effect, so what does it have to do with us?" But Bei Yanzhou only Dingding looked at the misty waves on the lake in the distance, and ignored him again.

Wen Fangji felt that his tone was harsh, and he regretted it, and didn't know how to make him happy. He stood awkwardly for a while, and then calmed down: "Do you want to go to the lake to see it? It's been a long time Let's go back... Let's take a closer look, shall we?"

Bei Yanzhou snorted lightly, and said with a sneer: "Can I still go casually now? To be able to see the long sky and wide waters here, I am already much luckier than the supernatural power of marrying Gu back then."

These words made the young man's face turn pale, and suddenly without further ado, he hugged the person around him, and with one lift he jumped down the mountain.Bei Yanzhou couldn't help but let out a soft cry, and saw nothingness in front of him, and people were like birds flying against the wind, plummeting towards the deep valley below.In the middle of the journey, I saw him change his arms around Bei Yanzhou's waist, and support himself on the cliff with one hand, a surge of real energy hit the rock and knocked down a rock; The person's body froze slightly, and he slid out a few zhangs, such a concoction, he walked on the flat ground on the mirror-like cliff.Immediately afterwards, with a swipe of the flying arrow in his hand, it wrapped around the body of a big tree in the valley in the distance. The machine and the gold thread pulled them forward across countless branches and twists and turns. It took the two of them nearly a day to The mountain road that he had just walked out of slowly, now passed by like the wind in just an hour or two.Bei Yanzhou leaned against his arms, and as the sweat evaporated, the breath of a young man who had just grown up came to his nostrils, and he felt that this child had grown into an appearance that he could not recognize. The zhenqi surging like a river is simply not something that can be found in ordinary practice, and I think there must be adventures.Although Bei Yanzhou knew that his skills had improved a long time ago, he never imagined that he would be able to do so, so he couldn't help but ask, "Where did you learn this kung fu?"

Wen Fang sent a smile, it was the time when he was in high spirits, but he didn't want to show off to others, seeing Bei Yanzhou's eyes finally settled on him, his heart fluttered, he just felt his whole body full of strength, and he pointed forward, Said: "It's here!"

Bei Yanzhou hastily turned his head to look, and saw that the dead trees and shredded teeth of the winter had receded one after another. Suddenly, there was a vast expanse in front of him. There are still blue colors on Qiandao, which are the grand sights that I have been familiar with since I was a child.It was like a bird escaping from a cage. Nothing could stop him, so he couldn't help but jumped down and ran towards the lake.

After Wen Fangzhi saw him again, it was the first time he saw him so happy, and he was stunned for a while, and he just felt full of joy, sweetly piercing into his heart. The suffering he has suffered in the past few years, and the foreseeable troubles in the future are all gone. It's not a problem at all, while walking far away, seeing his happy appearance, rubbing his somewhat sore and stiff arms, slowing down the strength of his body, a lot of inexplicable and incomprehensible emotions surged from the bottom of his heart. Actual fantasies come out.He saw Bei Yanzhou tentatively walked to the edge of the embankment, his temples swaying in the wind of the hunting lake, like a fairy in the sky, staring at the depths of the lake just a short distance away; Wen Fangji's figure, after seeing him rubbing his arms, seemed to soften his expression, he took a few steps away from the embankment, and came towards him instead.

"Why, is your arm sore?" Bei Yanzhou felt a little funny, knowing that this kid must be competitive and strong, so he persisted till now; Passing his arm, Shu pressed the bulging and tense muscles to smooth them out, and said with a slight smile, "If I had known that your abilities had become so great, I wouldn't have to worry about you."

"Why don't you worry? You need to worry!" Wen Fangji said in a hurry. After speaking, he felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, and bit his lip embarrassingly; he just looked at him pitifully and remedied, "Look, my arm is still sore. You Just rub it for me again." They stood side by side on the embankment, looking at the Pinghu Lake in the distance like a mirror, and the shadows in the lake water were indistinct. "You like to see the scenery here, so I will bring you here every day, okay?"

Bei Yanzhou shook his hand, stroked the now clearly grown joints, and said softly: "Fang Ji, I beg you for one thing."

"Don't say one piece, a hundred pieces, a thousand pieces are fine."

Enduring the sadness in his heart, he looked at the vigorous appearance of the young man who had just bloomed in front of him, smiled slightly on his face, and saw that the eyes in front of him seemed to be lit up, reflecting the rays of light, as if only Bei Yanzhou When he was happy, he became happy too.Bei Yanzhou smiled and squeezed away the soreness on his arm, and said: "I want to stay by the lake for a while longer. You can go to the market ahead and buy some old-fashioned soft cakes. I haven't tasted them for a long time. It's the taste of that house."

Wen Fang saw that he was in a good mood. Since seeing him again, it was the first time he saw the haze on his face. Naturally, he obeyed his orders and replied happily: "Then don't move here, I will come as soon as I go. You What kind of stuffing do you want? Do you like the plum flavor?"

Bei Yanzhou nodded and said with a smile: "Go ahead and buy more of your favorite flavors. We'll sit here and finish eating before going back."

Wen Fangji happily agreed, bouncing up and down to the collection, looking back from time to time, only to see Bei Yanzhou's tired black bruise under his eyelids, his thin and sunken face, but he was very relaxed Sitting on the dam with his knees hunched over and his back arched, the sun cast shadows of different shades on his thin body.Now the young man has become a boy again, as if he is holding a favorite treasure in his hands, he is afraid of breaking it when he blows the bomb, and he is afraid of falling when he walks; he racks his brains and only thinks about how to make him happier, not caring about his clothes Drenched in sweat, the thin wind chilled the back of his neck at the moment; he wished he could trot all the way there, but when he was weighing the bill to pay the bill, he heard a commotion outside——

"Drowned! Someone threw water!!"

All the cakes in one hand were scattered on the ground, and an ominous premonition suddenly surged in his heart, and he rushed out like an arrow from the string; for some reason, he vaguely guessed... as if he had a premonition, and noticed a slight error, but Can't tell, just squeezed in to push away the crowd, so where is his shadow on the embankment where Bei Yanzhou is sitting?I only heard people talking and saying: "I didn't see clearly...he looks like a handsome son...you are young..."

"Could it be that you can't think about it, I saw him sitting on the dam for a while..."

"Yeah, tied the feet with stones—still wondering what he's up to—the man has jumped—"

"It hasn't come up yet!"

Wen Fangji felt that his heart stopped beating, and he couldn't vomit out his breath. The people around the lake knew a lot about water skills, and two enthusiastic fishermen with good water skills had already jumped down to save others, but after a while they came up and just shook their heads. , holding a moon white beaded headband in one hand.That's what Bei Yanzhou wore to tie up her hair earlier...

He just felt a thud in his head, and he couldn't care about anything else: he swung his hands and knocked away the villagers blocking him, and jumped into the water; Long, breath-holding is not a problem, as soon as the body falters, it plunges into the bottom of the water.

The water of this lake is caused by damming, it is extremely deep, several feet deep from the shore, and the deepest part may be hundreds of feet deep.There is no light at the bottom of the water, it is deep and dark, and nothing can be seen.He doesn't know much about water, but relying on his long breath and his skill of falling, he fumbled at the bottom of the lake until he was exhausted before coming up to the surface to take a breath. The bustling people also dispersed, but he got closer and closer to the lake, his body became colder and colder, his hands slapped the water surface for support, and shouted hoarsely: "Yan Zhou! Yan Zhou!"

Even with a body made of iron and strength of tens of thousands of catties, it is half the result with twice the result in the water, not to mention the more anxious and worried he is, the more he shouts, the more chaotic his breath will be, the more he will sink in the water, and gradually he will not be able to float up; I slapped my hands hard but couldn't get enough strength, the surrounding water and sky were the same color, and it was twilight, and the shore of the lake could not be seen around, the lake was covered with fog, and I couldn't distinguish things...

He only felt that his strength was going to be exhausted, so he couldn't help but let out a long whistle, exhausting the breath in his chest, trying to teach him to hear; but when the breath was exhausted, the man also sank below the surface of the water, with a hazy light and shadow covering his eyes, The swaying water surface was getting farther and farther away, he hung in the muddy water, and suddenly thought in his heart: If a fish comes, eats my flesh, and eats his, then we can be together again ...

Thinking about it this way, he felt as if a big fish had indeed swam to his side, but it didn't eat him, instead it turned into a monster in the water. The fairy of the Dragon Palace supported him to swim to the surface of the water...

Bei Yanzhou originally held back his sorrow and sadness, and when he saw Huanxin again, he thought that it would be better to let that foolish boy think he was dead; he even loosened his hairband and let it float away, but he dived into the bottom of the lake and slowly hid to the bottom of the lake. the middle of the lake.Qiandao Lake is like his own backyard, and it is even easier to hold one's breath underwater for a meal.Although he couldn't bear it in his heart, but the matter had come to this point, he had to escape, so he could only make him feel sad.What's more, seeing this kid's kung fu was not the same as Wuxia Amon, thinking about it, without his own restraint, it would be easy for him to protect himself.

But I never expected that this silly boy would jump into the water without hesitation. With his three-legged cat-like water skills, if he hadn't practiced so hard and had a lot of courage over the years, he would have choked on the water.Originally hardened his heart, thinking that he should go back when he was exhausted, but this foolish boy couldn't find it, he completely forgot about his own safety and death, never thought that Bei Yanzhou tricked him into running away, Only when he committed suicide.Bei Yanzhou saw everything in his eyes, how could he not feel sad and regretful in his heart, listening to him splashing on the water, calling his name, the hoarse echo hit the water, it was like going back to the time when we parted five years ago, in the high mountains, the ringing sounded over and over again Seeing his hoarse echo, it pierced into his heart like a needle, and sweet blood flowed out...

The sound came from all directions across the water, and there was no way to avoid it; Bei Yanzhou couldn't bear it anymore, cut off the stones tied to his body, swam to him and lifted him out of the water with all his might.

It's just that after all this tossing, the bone-corroded silver bands wrapped around his wrists were getting deep into the flesh because the time was approaching, and the pain was so painful that he could hardly hug Wen Fangji's body; They are all white, and they are cold all over. The lake water is especially cold in winter. Seeing the sun set and the western mountains, a layer of ice slag faintly formed on the lake surface, and the blood is about to freeze.But they were in the middle of a vast lake, and it was extremely far from either side of the shore. Bei Yanzhou was so anxious that his heart hung in his throat. Although he disregarded his own life and death, he couldn't ignore Wen Fangji's life and death; now Seeing that she had made him like this, she cursed in her heart, "This stupid idiot! Why are you ignoring me?" But she couldn't bear to let go of him anymore, so she just risked her life and took him to swim to the nearest shore.He knew that on the surface of the water that was about to freeze, his hands were gradually strangled by the hoop, and his blood was blocked, and he was so cold that he could not use any strength. When he wanted to shout, his lips were as cold as frost. If there was a delay, the two of them would have to meet And died in this lake.

At this moment, a boat sailed far away in the mist on the lake. It seemed real and unreal in the mist. There was a person leaning on the bow of the boat, wearing a thick felt, braiding his long hair with his hands, and staring intently at the boiling wine on the stove in front of him. .A fishing rod was leaning beside him, and the thin line of the float trembled slightly with the waves that were broken by their struggle, which attracted him to look this way.For a moment, Bei Yanzhou thought that he had froze his brain and saw a mirage or something, because he was obviously a man, but he was so handsome that even the shadow reflected in the water was like the moonlight; but it was not The beauty is so beautiful that it is thousands of miles away, but it gives birth to a touch of spring, which is lined with the hot tea smoke, making this cold winter sick day warmer.

When he saw the people in the water, he had a look of surprise and familiarity on his face, and he threw the fishing line towards them; but Bei Yanzhou had no strength to hold the fishing line, and the boat was far away; Feeling anxious, it was too late to turn the boat around, and lightly made a hissing gesture towards Bei Yanzhou at the corner of his mouth, flicked his finger, and suddenly a wooden vine came out of his sleeve, entangled with the fishing rod and clung to the fishing line all the way , holding the waists and backs of the two in the water, he dragged them to the front of the boat in a flash.

Fortunately, Mr. Yanzhou has been with strange skills since he was a child, so he is not dumbfounded, but he also feels that this state is unbelievable. He must have met a fairy or some kind of tree demon god, but when he approached the boat, he saw it. There was still a head resting on the man's lap. It turned out that there was still a person lying in the belly of the boat, who had been sleeping in the dark, but now he finally seemed to notice the movement, and asked lazily, "What's wrong?"

The handsome man with the appearance of a fairy said: "Get up and have a look, a big fish has been caught." He stood up and stretched out his hand to pull the two of them into the boat; the wooden vine slipped back into his sleeve, as if nothing had happened , he blinked at Bei Yanzhou; when he turned his face, he saw the half of his face on the other side looked like a dead tree with twisted roots, which was still terrifying; fortunately, Bei Yanzhou had no time to think about it at this time.

The other person lost his leg pillow, got up reluctantly, yelled out as soon as they met each other, and hurried over to help: "... Mr. Bei?! How could you... this person is... this is not the Wen family Kid?... Ah Qing, go inside and get the quilt."

Bei Yanzhou was trembling all over, but he didn't care about himself, first leaned over Wen Fangji and knelt down on his abdomen, forcing him to spit out the muddy water in his stomach, then turned to beat his chest cavity, breathing with him.He has been obsessed for a long time, and his blood is even more blocked. Wang Qiao hurriedly removed his shoes and socks, and injected a stream of hot air from the Yongquan point on the sole of his foot to keep his heart running; Bei Yanzhou put it on, and stretched out his hand to press the Shenque acupoint on Wen Fangji's abdomen, condensing a wave of true energy to fix the Shenyuan in the internal organs.It took such a long time before he heard a gasp, followed by a choking cough; Bei Yanzhou almost sat down without strength, his whole body was like a sieve, and he couldn't say a word for a long time; Pulled back from the gate of hell.

Wen Fangjiu vomited all the silt water, as if he didn't know what ordeal he had gone through, but he just looked around blankly, as if he saw nothing but Bei Yanzhou beside him, so he stretched out his hands to support his body, and made the last effort With a little strength, he leaned over and hugged him, with his arms around his waist like a cub protecting food, his fingers touched his white lips, and there was a smile on his face, as if he didn't know what he was saying: "Too Okay, you're fine...you're so cold, and I'm so cold too...don't leave me anymore, I can't do without you..."

Bei Yanzhou shoved him hard in front of his chest, and beat him away, "...my friend!" He cursed in disbelief, and pressed his wet head against his shoulder, neck and chest, "What did I provoke you?" You?" But even as he said that, he allowed him to open his arms and put all those sprawling spurs into his arms; the two wet people were like two fish out of water, struggling together wetly .