That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 161 A Big Dream, Big Snow
Xu Beiyou felt like he had a very long and absurd dream.

Northwest is bitter.

It snowed heavily that year, the snow was so heavy that it almost crushed people to death, and even a few houses that had been in disrepair could no longer support them and collapsed silently in the seemingly endless white snow.

What is surprising is that there is actually a cicada in such a cold weather, whining mournfully.

A young couple passed by Danxia village in a carriage, but the road was blocked by heavy snow, so they had to take shelter here temporarily.The husband is dressed as a scholar, gentle and elegant, with a heart-wrenching bearing, while the wife is wearing a plain cloak, dignified and elegant, not like Xiaojiabiyu from an ordinary family, but like a lady from a noble family.

The woman was holding a baby in swaddling arms, neither crying nor fussing, her eyes wide open without any impurities, looking at everything around her curiously.

The couple settled down in an inn. The wife looked a little tired, presumably because she was tired from the carriage ride. After all, there was almost no stop on the road. In this snowy day, it was a long and difficult journey. Laughton, the husband ordered the maid to accompany his wife to rest first, but he himself stood in the backyard of the inn, staring at the heavy snow in a daze.

This snow is really heavy, plain and white, just like the color of the imperial capital at this time, the city is full of plains.

Not long ago, His Majesty the Great Qi Emperor, who had been in power for 30 years, passed away. The Crown Prince succeeded to the throne, and the Empress Dowager lowered the curtain. To go to the Northwest Great Wall at this time is also a retreat arranged in advance by the elders of the clan as a last resort.

One emperor and one courtier, the principle has not changed since ancient times.The vicious battle between Lord Chief Assistant and Lord Second Assistant has already been decided. In the end, the Empress Dowager made a move. Lord Second Assistant's defeat is a foregone conclusion. My family is deeply involved with Lord Second Assistant. Now the situation is still unclear, although the Queen Mother The empress and Lord Shoufu are not the kind of people who are cruel and ruthless, but it is inevitable that someone will take advantage of the chaos in the court.

Duanmu's family, Duanmu Ruisheng.

From the very beginning, this person wanted to get involved and eradicate dissidents, and his own family was the first to bear the brunt.

The man sighed faintly, this time he went out of the capital secretly, and he didn't even bring half of the guards with him, so he should be able to avoid the eyes and ears of the Dark Guard Mansion, right?After the snow stopped, he hurried to Zhongdu to pay a visit to the old general Zhuge. With the tyrannical force of the Northwest Army, they could always protect their husband and wife for a while.

But before the snow stopped, there were pursuers following them, wearing black wingless black gauze, black splendid official robe, black-faced white-soled official boots, and the bright and bright non-stick weapon hidden in the black sheath. bloody murder knife.

In this white snow, the darkness is shocking.

When the person who came pulled out the knife from the scabbard, the man knew in his heart that there was no chance of getting any better today.

A poetic sage said, "Embroidered clothes are in the spring when the Han Dynasty is standing, and the colorful clothes are heading toward the courtyard." The word "Xiu Chun" was established, but the people of Chu used the word "Xiu Chun" as the name of the garden, while the people of Qi used the word "Xiu Chun". Made the name of the sword.

What a embroidered spring knife.

It's just that in this severe winter weather, spring can't be embroidered, but winter is going to be embroidered instead.

Under the dark sky, there are swords, lights and swords, and amidst the heavy snow, there are little blood flowers like red plums.

After the dust settled, the inn was in a mess, men, women, and hidden guards were all gone, only the cry of the baby was particularly loud in this silent winter day.

There are quite a few people watching this scene, but who will meddle in their own business?It's not to blame passers-by for being indifferent, it's just that they are afraid of getting into trouble.

Each sweeps the snow in front of his own house, and don't care about the frost on other people's roofs.

After an unknown amount of time, an old carriage drove slowly through the heavy snow.

When passing by the inn, the old servant who drove the carriage stopped the carriage, walked into the inn following the sound of crying, and walked to the carriage with an infant baby in his arms after a while.

The person in the carriage raised the curtains. It was an old man with a haggard face but still majestic. He glanced at the child in the old servant's arms, sighed softly, and waved his hand.

The old servant showed a sincere smile on his wrinkled old face, put the child into the carriage, and then continued to drive the carriage on the road.

The snow fell more and more, and that winter day, the carriage left Danxia Village and went to a place called Xiaofang Village.

The baby took root there too.

Until ten years later, another old man came here with a sword box on his back, and saw that Xia Chan and the child holding Xia Chan.

This dream is really long.

Xu Beiyou slowly opened his eyes, he was no longer in the Dabaoen Temple, but in an elegant house, covered with a satin blanket, obviously not an ordinary house.

An old man with white hair and no beard was sitting on a chair not far from the bed. Xu Beiyou glanced at it, but couldn't tell the depth, but the old man's long-standing status could not be faked. , only Chen Ye, the master of the Demon Suppressing Hall, can compare, and others, even masters such as Gongsun Zhongmou and Zhang Wubing, are slightly inferior.

Xu Beiyou's sword box was placed on the table next to the old man. The old man stretched out two fingers and gently wiped the sword box. Thin lines of blood burst out instantly on his fingers, but they were completely healed before the blood seeped out. : "The sword aura of Immortal Sword Zhuxian is really extraordinary. If Gongsun Zhongmou held this sword, except for the Taoist sect leader Qiu Ye, no one would dare to say that he could win against this sword sect master. Now Zhuxian falls to you In the hands, it can only be hidden in the box and not chanted, it is really a pearl cast in the dark."

Xu Beiyou frowned, and asked cautiously, "But senior saved the kid?"

The old man removed his fingers from the sword box and said: "Old man Zhang Baisui, I was ordered by Her Royal Highness to save your life, so you don't need to thank the old man, you should thank Your Highness the Princess."

Xu Beiyou looked shocked, and asked softly: "Mr. Ping'an, Zhang Baisui, Your Highness, Princess Xiao Zhinan?"

Zhang Baisui said, "You even know the maiden name of Her Highness the Princess? No wonder Her Highness is willing to save your life by giving me a big favor. To tell you the truth, if you want to ask me to help you, Even His Royal Highness King Qi, who is expected to inherit the great rule, has to spend a lot of incense and affection. If Zhang Wubing asks you, I will help you. Fucking you kid? It’s just that the old man’s eyesight is clumsy, so I really can’t see anything special about you.”

Xu Beiyou smiled wryly, and laughed at himself: "I don't know why Her Royal Highness would help me like this."

Zhang Baisui stretched out his hand and tapped lightly on the sword box. The sword box was opened three inches, and a wisp of purple-blue sword energy flew up, which was pinched between the two fingers of the old man. , It is nonsense to talk about saving people with swords. Although the old man does not use swords, he is fortunate to have seen the great sword fairy Shangguan Xianchen control the sword. Sword 36 forcibly beats the nine-fold thunder punishment. The sword has defeated all the opponents in the world, and it is said that one person is half a sword sect. If you can master the sword 35, you will be the first-rate sword fairy in the world. If you can climb to the top of the eighteenth floor one day, it is not empty talk. However, Sword 36 has been the pinnacle of swordsmanship in the world for thousands of years, and it is tolerant of all kinds of circumstances. It is not because I have underestimated you. With your aptitude, it may be as difficult as climbing to the sky if you want to learn Sword 36."

Zhang Baisui flicked his fingers, and the sword energy flew into the sword box again, and the sword box closed slowly.

Xu Beiyou was silent. His master, Gongsun Zhongmou, had told him long ago that he had a high-level mind, a medium understanding, and a low-level aptitude. It is reasonable and expected.

Zhang Baisui tapped the sword box lightly with his fingers, and said: "There are five swords in the sword box, Zhuxian, Tianlan, Quexie, Moming, Xuanming, I think the two swords of Tianlan and Quexie have been used by you. Zhu Xian is difficult to wield, Xuanming is Gongsun Zhongmou's sword, the sword is too strong, only the inexplicable sword is just right, this sword is like water, has no constant momentum, no fixed momentum, can bend and stretch, can be long or short, hard to name, hence the name inexplicable. You were previously beaten by the Southern Ghost Emperor and your spine was shattered. The old man replaced the spine with an inexplicable sword and implanted it into your body, barely saving your life. This time you are considered to be extremely lucky. Take this opportunity to break through the first-rank realm in one fell swoop, and wait for you to recover from your injuries , but it is a real ghost realm."

Zhang Baisui didn't talk too much about his temperament, so he said so much for the first time today, it was the extreme, after that, he didn't say anything more, got up and left the room.

(End of this chapter)