Plum Blossoms

The weather is getting colder and colder, it snowed all day yesterday, and this morning there is a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere.

Lu Xiaofeng's friends have already left, and now he is the only one left in this city.They had previously agreed to have a competition on the Beiguan Mountain outside the city to see whose lightness kung fu was better.

People in the city are very busy.The Chinese New Year will be in 20 days, and they have a lot of preparations to do - dealing with old accounts, cleaning, ancestor worship, new year's goods, new clothes and so on.People on the street came and went in a hurry, but most of them had beaming faces.

Lu Xiaofeng likes to see them happy.

The accumulated snow was difficult to remove, and there was a thick layer on both sides of the road.The situation will be better when you get to the place where the shops gather.Businessmen, in order not to affect the business in their stores, naturally they have to organize the guys to clean up quickly.

There are many busy people, but there are also many idle people.

Just at noon, most of the leisurely people came to this street to look for food like Lu Xiaofeng, so they sat in the same shop with him by chance.

It's just because they don't know each other, so they eat their own food.

Lu Xiaofeng sat on the second floor, eating meat and drinking wine, listening to others chatting by the way.Generally speaking, his behavior can be called eavesdropping, which is really immoral.However, these people's voices were very loud, and they looked like no one else was there. Presumably they didn't care about other people listening.

Lu Xiaofeng felt at ease when he heard that.

What they said was nothing more than small and trivial news, with words like "Xiaojie's Qiaojie" mixed in.Lu Xiaofeng could tell that this was the bodyguards of a bodyguard agency in the city, several of them had just returned from a business with bulging pockets, and they just had a good night with the girls in the building yesterday.

There are still a few of them who should not have followed the darts, and only echoed what their companions said.

They also talked about the bandits in the Hejian Road, saying that most of them were men with no strength and were not worth mentioning.While talking, the topic turned to the fourth concubine of Xinna, the head of the escort. They didn't say much, but a few people winked and smiled jokingly, as if they kept silent.

One of them said: "The chief escort's house is full of fragrance, and I don't know when I will be able to marry a wife, alas."

His companion laughed and said: "You go back now, don't follow your brothers to eat delicious food, save money, and a matchmaker will come to your door in a few years."

It's not easy to be an escort, it's a bloody job, and one day it might end up on the road.Therefore, most of these escorts choose to spend a lot of time after the end of the escort, and they are always extravagant on weekdays. The money they earn is basically not enough to save a little, but they have a feeling of "drunk today".

Another person said: "When it comes to marrying a wife, I think of a big event. I heard that a month ago, the Hua family in the south of the Yangtze River held a happy event. I have a fellow villager who came from there and said that it was a lively event. The master of the Hua family As long as the wealthy party comes to the door to say congratulations, there will be cakes and snacks, which is really generous."

The older person said with contempt: "The Hua family is one of the richest people in the south of the Yangtze River. The family's money is more than you can spend in a few lifetimes. A few boxes of snacks are nothing."

Then some people lamented that if they were reborn in Hua's family in the next life, and were served with rich clothes and fine food, then they would have no regrets in this life.

Lu Xiaofeng just wanted to laugh.

Not only did he know about the happy event they were talking about, but he also participated in it.It was a happy day for the fourth son of the Hua family. At the invitation of the Hua family, many people came to the wedding banquet. Lu Xiaofeng met many of his acquaintances.He still remembered that Huamanlou was wearing a rather festive cloud brocade outer dress, and the usually elegant and elegant Mr. Pianpian was even more handsome, causing everyone at the banquet to ask who it was.

It's just that although Hua Manlou is still polite and gentle, only Lu Xiaofeng knows his worries.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help sighing.

It has been more than three months since the three of them went together with Master Sun to inquire about Dazhi Datong.When he returned to the inn from the suburbs that day, Wang Zhaojun looked normal, at most he was a little taciturn, and went straight back to his room.Considering her mood, none of them bothered her.But who would have thought that her room was empty the next morning.

The tables, chairs and bedding in the room were neat, and her personal belongings disappeared, as if there were no traces of a dispute or fight.Then there is only one possibility, she left on her own.

The inn clerk confirmed Lu Xiaofeng's conjecture.

He said that Miss Wang went downstairs very early, asked him for a pen and paper, wrote a letter and left.He handed the letter to Lu Xiaofeng and the others, and Hua Manlou asked, "How long has she been gone?"

The shop clerk thought for a while and said, "It's about an hour, it's quite early, and the sky has just dawned. Ah yes, it's time to beat the drums."

The gates of the city are opened at dawn and closed at dusk, and with the sound of drumming, the gates of the four sides are opened and closed at the same time.

Lu Xiaofeng said: "It seems that she has left the city."

He had just read the letter, and there were only a few words in it - thank you, goodbye.

Hua Manlou frowned when he heard him read the letter.

Lu Xiaofeng comforted: "She may be in a bad mood, so she went out to relax." He said, feeling helpless at the same time.

"Do you know the Canyon of Kings?"

This was the first question Wang Zhaojun asked during the conversation with Dazhi Datong. 50 taels of silver for an answer, if the answer is urgent, it is not worthless, but Dazhi Datong's answer is surprising.

"Unheard of."

"In this world, there is no place called the Canyon of Kings." In the cave in front of them, an old voice said slowly: "Girl, you don't need to ask any more questions, and you won't get answers to your questions. "

But even so, you can think of other ways, as for leaving like this?

Lu Xiaofeng had a headache.

Hua Manlou had a worried expression on his face: "She is alone, she has no martial arts, she is still a girl, she is not familiar with the place where she lives, what if something unexpected happens?"

Lu Xiaofeng didn't feel the need to be so worried.Although Wang Zhaojun has no martial arts, he still has some means of self-defense, at least there is no problem in protecting himself.As a person who was attacked by her, he was very experienced.

Flowers Manlou is concerned about chaos.

With a sliver of hope, they stayed in the inn for another three days, but they finally found no one.After that, Lu Xiaofeng and Huamanlou parted ways, one returned to Suzhou, and the other ran towards the sunset in the west.

Huamanlou said that it would be bad if Wang Zhaojun went back to Baihualou but couldn't find him.

The rivers and lakes are still the same rivers and lakes, how many people are happy and enmity, and there are countless romances.Lu Xiaofeng chased the rivers and lakes, devoted himself to the rivers and lakes, and became a part of the rivers and lakes.

He can already be regarded as a well-known figure in the Jianghu.

At the end of October, when the wind from the north was just beginning to blow, he sat in the most lively selling gold cave in Luoyang City, watching the scenes of cigarettes and singing and dancing downstairs.

The wine in the glass glowed softly under the light of the candle, and he drank it all in one gulp.

The people on the side laughed loudly: "Okay, drink well! Come on, fill up Daxia Lu!"

More people didn't notice their corner, but sat and chatted in twos and threes, or made fun of Jiao'e beside them.During the staggering of toasts, the news of Jianghu spread little by little.

"It is heard that the disciples of the Twelve Links have been making frequent moves recently, and I don't know what kind of storm is going to be caused."

"The fourth son of the Hua family in the south of the Yangtze River is about to do good things. The Hua family is now spreading invitations, and the date will be the middle of next month."

"The sword idiot at Jianzhuang seems to have refined a good sword again."

"Gao Zhengyi is dead!"

Everyone took a deep breath.

Who is Gao Zhengyi?

But he is just a man in the rivers and lakes.

Naturally, there are good and evil in the world.Although Gao Zhengyi's name is great and bright enough, he himself is by no means a kind person.

In short, the worst thing he did was to kill his master, Fu Yuan.Fu Yuan's martial arts are average, but he is extremely forthright and righteous, and has a good reputation.The reason why Gao Zhengyi killed his teacher was because Fu Yuan betrothed his daughter to another apprentice, Yang Lang.

Fu Yuan was killed, Yang Lang was seriously injured, and Gao Zhengyi fled.

The rivers and lakes pay attention to repaying grievances, resenting grievances and enmity, life and death are but a momentary matter.It's not that there are unprovoked killings, but the killing of teachers... is extremely bad in nature.

After the news spread, many righteous men threatened to pay Gao Zhengyi with his life.However, this Gao Zhengyi has a bit of brains, and hides himself extremely secretly, so far no one has found his whereabouts.

"Who died at the hands of?" Someone asked, wondering which hand and eye could reach the sky.

The person who revealed the news held the wine cup reservedly, raised his chin and quickly glanced at the crowd, with a bit of complacency in his expression.

He has nothing to be proud of.

Lu Xiaofeng pouted, and the chopsticks in his hand picked up the crispy peanuts on the plate.

"It's Ximen Chuuxue."

Another uproar.

Who is Ximen Chuuxue?

The owner of Wanmei Mountain Villa is addicted to swords like his life, and his swordsmanship is superb. He is one of the few people who have truly reached the peak of martial arts in the world today.There are rumors in the world that he only goes out four times a year and kills one person each time.

Could it be that he reserved a spot for Gao Zhengyi this year?

All of a sudden, everyone at the table was talking about it. Some said that even Gao Zhengyi could be found in Wanmei Villa, and his intelligence capabilities should not be underestimated.

Lu Xiaofeng's mouth was about to burst into laughter.

Ximen Chuuxue is upright, chivalrous and righteous?

Isn't this really ironic?

He knew better than anyone else that Ximen Chuuxue killed people not because of the righteousness and chivalry they kept preaching.

What Ximen Chuuxue pursues is the Tao in his heart.

Whether it's the scorching sun or the cold winter, they will start from Wanmei Villa and travel thousands of miles to another city.Fasting for three days, bathing in incense, just to avenge a stranger who has never met, to kill another stranger who has never met.

This is ridiculous and unimaginable to others, but in the eyes of Ximen Chuuxue, this is an extremely solemn matter, and it is worth all his energy to treat it.

The sword is a murder weapon, if you want to prove the way of the sword, you must kill someone.Ximen Chuuxue doesn't kill for himself, for fame and fortune, or for selfish desire.The reason why he kills is simply because he treats the sword with sincerity.

"There will always be unfaithful people in this world who can't be killed. When you stab someone's throat with your sword and see the blood bloom under your sword, you can always see the brilliance of that moment, and you will know There's nothing like that kind of beauty."

Speaking of this, Ximen Chuuxue's usually indifferent eyes revealed a strange light.

The author has something to say: The timeline of the next few chapters is disrupted. For example, the Beiguanshan incident at the beginning of this chapter is in early December, and later Lu Xiaofeng heard about Gao Zhengyi's incident in Luoyang at the end of October. It was mid-November.