That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 332 Climbing to the Top, Jiangdu Recalls the Past

In the Taoist workshop tonight, there are countless scenes similar to this scene.

When the dark blue color began to emerge in the sky, the bargaining between Xu Beiyou and Yu Guanyin came to an end.

Yuguanyin was a little complicated.

Now in the Central Plains, there is a saying that there are four heroes, Qianlong Qi Xianyun, Crouching Tiger Zhao Tinghu, Young Phoenix Xiao Yuanying, Young Lin Xu Beiyou, Xu Beiyou is ranked fourth.

Just a fourth.

But looking at it now, Qi Xianyun was involved in the dispute of the first disciple of the Taoist sect, was plotted by others, and his whereabouts were unknown; Zhao Tinghu was in a bottleneck period in terms of cultivation and power, and could not make further progress in a short period of time; Xiao Yuanying disappeared after returning to the imperial capital , seems to be grounded by the empress.

Only Xu Beiyou not only set foot in the realm of the Earth Immortal in one fell swoop, but also directly participated in the change of Jiangdu, and improved in all aspects.

At his age, to invite the Dragon King of Buddhism into Jiangdu, to make a deal with his master Murong Xuanyin, to kill the Kunshan sect and call for slaves, what kind of courage is this?

How many people of the same age can have such courage?
Without a doubt, Xu Beiyou was the most accomplished of the four.

She was originally not optimistic that Xu Beiyou could take over the burden of Gongsun Zhongmou, but after this contact, although she dared not say anything to death, she also felt that as long as there were no accidents, it was only a matter of time before this young man officially took over as the suzerain of Jianzong.

Yuguanyin asked people to remove the wine jar, and brought Zhang Zhaonu's body to the carriage downstairs, and replaced it with a pot of clear tea.

She leaned forward slightly, and poured a cup of tea for Xu Beiyou herself.

Xu Beiyou didn't show a flattered attitude like before. In terms of his current status, he is enough to be on an equal footing with this Jade Guanyin.

He picked up his teacup and turned his head to look out the window, looking to the north.

Now he is prominent in the south of the Yangtze River, but after all he is still a northerner.

His hometown is the northwest of the Great Wall where "the desert is solitary and the smoke is straight, and the long river is setting in the sun".

Xu Beiyou didn't drink his tea and was in a daze.

Yu Guanyin looked at the young man, remained silent for a long time, and then asked out of nowhere, "What are you thinking?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she regretted it. She was not a little girl in love, so where did she have so much curiosity?

What she didn't expect was that Xu Beiyou actually answered her, "I'm thinking about my former self."

Xu Beiyou got up and walked to the window, and said slowly: "I think you also know my background. People say that I am the adopted son of the old man of Han Pavilion. My husband spent 20 years in Xiaofangzhai in the northwest. At that time, he didn’t have a lot of luxury. He didn’t teach me how to read or behave. It’s a day to make a comeback, so I don’t expect me to have any great achievements, as long as I can live my life in peace.”

Jade Guanyin did not speak.

Xu Beiyou didn't take it seriously, and continued to say to himself: "As for later, you also know that things turned around. Master went to look for Mr. in the tenth year of Taiping, and then took a fancy to me, accepted me as an apprentice, and left me a piece of heaven. I have practiced the first three moves of Lan and Jian 36 for ten years."

"Ten years after ten years, that is the 20th year of Taiping. In this year, I met Xiao Zhinan. What I remember most is that she said to me in a polite way, called 'Emperors and generals have kindness'? At that time, I seemed I don’t understand, but later I read a lot, and after knowing what it means, I found it very interesting. A princess of the Tian family said to me, a commoner, that princes have no kindred, which is really interesting.”

"The first time I saw Xiao Zhinan, she surprised me and thought she was a fairy. When I saw her later, I really felt that she was very different from ordinary women, but I couldn't tell what was different, and I was not afraid of your jokes. At that time, I I just want to marry a wife like this.”

Yuguanyin raised her eyebrows and said slightly sarcastically: "Based on your status at the time, if you want to marry Princess Qiyang, it's no longer a toad who wants to eat swan meat, but a muddy loach who wants a snake to swallow an elephant. Stretch yourself to death."

Xu Beiyou smiled and didn't feel annoyed, "It's not that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Later, when I realized the gap between the two, I decided to do something in Jiangdu with peace of mind, hoping to go to the imperial capital in the future."

Xu Beiyou said the words "do something" lightly, but only he knew the bitterness and tears in it.

Yu Guanyin suddenly asked: "Are you still a child?"

Xu Beiyou froze for a moment, then nodded.

Jiangdu is the world's premier land of smoke and willows, there are ten miles of boats in the Qinhuai River, courtyards in the city, women from all over the world, and even many orchids from the Western Regions, but Mr. Xu, who is famous in Jiangdu, is still a boy.

This is like a tiger switching from eating meat to vegetarianism. Who will believe it? !

But that's the truth.

Xu Beiyou has not taken that crucial step so far.

In the first 20 years, in Xiaofangzhai and Danxiazhai, I was poor and white, and there was an old scholar like Han Xuan, who was ignorant and had no chance.

In the next few years, he first ran around with his master, and then was chased and killed by the Demon Suppressing Palace. The Sword Sect was fighting among themselves, unstable, and had no such intentions.

In the end, after finally gaining a firm foothold in Jiangdu, Xu Beiyou, who had already opened up the sea of ​​knowledge in the Zifu of Shangdantian, suddenly found that he seemed not to have much interest in that matter.

The splendid country is far better than all the beauties in the world.

Xu Beiyou leaned on the window sill and looked down at Jiangdu, "Actually, before I met Xiao Zhinan, I had a childhood sweetheart, the kind I played with since I was a child, because I had no parents and lived with my husband, and she had no parents and lived with my grandfather. Both were crowded out by other children in the village, so they could only play together."

"At that time, I was young and didn't understand anything. Some people teased me that she was my daughter-in-law, and I also recognized her. Looking back now, my husband is actually a little happy to see her come true."

"I am two years older than her, and I take her with me no matter what I do, herding sheep, digging vegetables, picking wheat, mowing grass, chopping firewood, picking up sheep dung, each carrying a basket, walking in the morning and returning at night, I take the buns with me, With water, she doesn't know suffering, doesn't feel tired, she just feels very happy."

"Later, I took her to Shanzhong secretly. In fact, it was far worse than Jiangdu, but it still made us both confused. At that time, we only had enough money to buy a bunch of candied haws, and in the end we only bought We shared a bunch of candied haws. On the way back, her eyes were shining, and she said that the houses in the city are very grand, and they are all built with blue bricks. The roof is not thatched, but blue tiles. "

"At that time, I had already started to practice swords. I felt that I couldn't spend my whole life facing the loess with my back to the sky. After I had practiced my sword well, I would go out and try my luck. The one with a single family and a yard, and then buy land, buy a horse, put hundreds of taels of snowflakes and silver under the bed of the house, and sleep well, and then buy a little maid to take care of her."

"After I told her this idea, she didn't speak, just laughed."

"When I was 15 years old, there was a captain leading troops passing by Xiaofangzhai. Everyone was riding a horse. The smoke and dust brought up by the horseshoes was higher than that of people. Everyone had to give way. It was really impressive. I thought I would not be able to Only money, but also power, I told her, I will be a general and a high official in the future, and after I become an official, let her also be Feng Guanxiapei's imperial wife."

"She still doesn't speak, but still laughs."

Xu Beiyou had never said these words to anyone, but he expressed his feelings on the eve of his summit of Jiangdu.

Yu Guanyin suddenly asked: "Where is that girl? You left her in the northwest?"

On the top floor of Tianxiang Building, there was only the smell of wine and tea, and a man and a woman fell into a long silence.

After a long time, Xu Beiyou said in a hoarse voice: "She died, and died of a sudden illness. I happened to go to Danxia village at that time, and when I came back, she was already cold."

"Mr. said that she was looking out the door before she died, waiting for me to come back."

He raised his head, "Sir is not a monk, there is no way to save her life, I asked him why, and he told me, this is fate, you can choose to let nature take its course, or you can choose to fight against, as for the result, God knows. "

"Four years later, I saw Xiao Zhinan riding a savage purple horse. Sometimes I also thought, if that girl was still there, I might not follow Xiao Zhinan's advice to go to Zhongdu, and then there would be no Xu Beiyou today. gone."

Yuguanyin said slowly, "Now you have Jiangdu."

Xu Beiyou didn't speak, and looked at the gradually brightening sky with his back to the woman, weeping silently.

(End of this chapter)