That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 768

At the beginning of June in the 23rd year of Taiping, Emperor Luanjia arrived outside Jiangdu City.

However, the weather was not good, and there was an unexpected drizzle on this day, as if following in the footsteps of His Majesty the Emperor to Jiangdu.

The rain was not heavy, neither fast nor slow, but the gloomy sky suppressed a layer of haze on people's hearts, and the heat mixed with damp water vapor made people a little more irritable.

Since the Dongjiang Grand Canal turned into the big river, there were hundreds of warships moored on the river. In addition to the boats of the accompanying imperial troops, there were also Jiangnan water troops who came to welcome the emperor, and the flags were all over the sky.

The merchant ships, grain ships, and passenger ships that were originally docked here have all been expelled and evacuated to other places by the Jiangnan Navy.

This place that once witnessed the battle between Xiao Yu and Lu Qian's two armies, and witnessed countless swords and swords, was silent at this moment, except for the sound of rustling rain. "Holy Majesty".

After landing on the shore, first the forbidden soldiers disembarked and formed an array, surrounded by layers, standing in the rain, the raindrops knocking on the armor, the sound was clear and crisp, but these carefully selected soldiers were indifferent to this and did not move at all.

Then came the accompanying officials and generals, the ministers headed by Xie Suqing, dressed in official uniforms, with a majestic demeanor.

In the end, Zhang Baisui personally held the umbrella, and His Majesty the Emperor, dressed in a black and red two-color imperial robe and wearing a twelve-pronged imperial crown, slowly walked down the downstairs boat.

The princess of Qiyang Xiao Zhinan, the governor of the rear army Yu Kuang, the head of the Yamen of the Third Department of Jiangdu, Jiang Bin, the governor of Jiangnan's secret guards, and others greeted the emperor here.

There was the sound of whimpering horns, and all the soldiers in formation knelt on one knee, and the sound of the mountain's cry resounded through the sky and the earth.

His Majesty the Emperor turned to use a large sedan chair carried by 32 people as a luan to drive to the Jiangdu Palace, and specially let Xiao Zhinan get on the sedan chair, and his father and daughter shared the ride.

There were only father and daughter in Luanjia, and the distance between the pier and the Jiangdu Palace was not too far, so the time for the two of them to talk was not too long. At this time, His Majesty did not see the majesty of the emperor in normal times, but it was a bit more like a father. Wen Wen asked, "Why haven't you seen Nan Gui?"

Xiao Zhinan couldn't hide the worry on his face, and said: "Nan Gui went to Wei State, and it has been more than a month, and he hasn't returned yet."

Xiao Xuan frowned slightly and said, "Is there any news coming back?"

Xiao Zhinan said softly: "The last news came back, saying that Nan Gui once appeared at the Wanghai Terrace in the Fragrant City of Wei Guochun, and disappeared after escaping from Chen Ye's hands. The owner of the Yaoguang Peak is nowhere to be found, and some people speculate that it was Nan Gui who did it, but there is still no trace of him."

Xiao Xuan hummed, different from his daughter's care is chaotic, as an emperor, he cares about the common people in the world, so naturally he won't get flustered because of some trivial things, calmly said: "In this way, Nan Gui should have arrived in the East China Sea 36 Island, but you don’t know which island you are on, so you don’t have to worry too much, maybe he will get what he wants this time.”

Xiao Zhinan nodded slightly, and then turned to say: "Why does the father come to Jiangdu in person? Just let the emperor take the place of the father."

She paused for a moment, then added: "Anyway, he's already been here once."

Xiao Xuan shook his head and said: "It's not the same, although Taibai is destined to be the third emperor of Daqi, but that will be a matter of the future, as far as the present is concerned, the emperor of Daqi is still Zhen, this position can only be achieved if you sit on it The emperor, whether he has sat on it before or may sit on it in the future, as long as he is not on it now, it is meaningless."

"Furthermore, some big fish cannot be caught unless the bait is big enough."

Outside the sedan chair, Zhang Baisui looked up at the gloomy sky above him, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

……

There is no Jiazi in the mountains, and it is cold and I do not know the year.

In Jianzhong Island, it is still the same.I don't know the years, the day and night, and the time of day here.

Xu Beiyou read all the bamboo slips during this period of time, but found nothing, but he also completely stabilized the realm of the twelfth floor of the earth immortal, and then he began to try to absorb the sword spirit of the special return sword, but the result was somewhat unexpected It was beyond Xu Beiyou's expectation.

A long time ago, Xu Beiyou, who hadn't surrendered the Twelve Swords of Jianzong, once made an analogy.Tian Lan, Que Xie, and Xuan Ming are like three beauties with different family backgrounds.Tian Lan is Xiaojia Biyu, a childhood sweetheart, gentle and amiable; but Xie is a lady who has not known each other for a long time, a little alienated; as for Xuan Ming, she is a stunning beauty who has seen many men in the world. If I don't move, I have the airs that I regard men as floating clouds, so I don't pay attention to Xu Beiyou at all.

However, the special return in front of me is different from the three of them. The special return is like a stunning beauty who has gone through all kinds of ups and downs and finally became the concubine of a dynasty, and then lost to the "queen" Zhu Xian in the competition for favor, and was promoted by the "emperor" Xianchen broke into the cold palace here, so he was completely enlightened and saw through the world of mortals.

In the face of Xu Beiyou, the new master, the special return is not only that the eight winds are still, but that there is nothing more sorrowful than heart-dead.

Back then, Gongsun Zhongmou once said to Xu Beiyou that a famous sword is like a beautiful woman, and a beautiful woman's sword is the most lethal.

Xu Beiyou now fully understands the meaning of it.

Xu Beiyou sat cross-legged on the futon, looking at the special gifts in his hands, especially the handwriting left by his ancestor Shangguan Xianchen.

"I came here by accident and saw the relics of my ancestors. I was very moved, so I left my sword here for the people who came later." Adding the four characters "Shangguan Xianchen" signed, it is exactly 35 characters, so Xu Beiyou saw one word and one sword, a total of 35 swords, with vertical and horizontal sword intent.

Xu Beiyou stroked these handwritings with his fingers, and whispered to himself, "From Sword 35 to Sword [-]?"

Xu Beiyou didn't know why the master didn't write the last sword alone, and it stopped abruptly at sword 35. Does it mean that it is the No. 30 six swords?Or did the master at that time fail to practice Sword 36?
Xu Beiyou didn't know, but when he stroked the words "for future generations" with his fingers, he had a subtle feeling that the reason why the master left the special return here was probably not just to prove that " Shangguan Xianchen once came here" is so simple, and it is to point out a clear path for those who come later.

Xu Beiyou's guess had no basis, it was just a strange feeling, but he firmly believed it.

Sword 36, Xu Beiyou stopped at Sword Thirty, leaving only the last six swords. These six swords just correspond to the six realms from the thirteenth floor of the Earth Immortal to the eighteenth floor of the Earth Immortal. The reason why Xu Beiyou failed to master the last six swords was not because of him. I don't know the wonderful solution to the divine will, just because his realm is not enough.

Xu Beiyou suddenly remembered the two dreams he had once had. In those two dreams, he was almost invincible in the world without using the sword 36. In his experience of setting foot on the 36th Floor of the Earth Immortal twice, he once Sword 36 was used twice, but it was not a complete sword [-].

Thinking of this, Xu Beiyou's mind suddenly flashed many pictures.

It was a turbulent river rushing eastward, and countless warships lined the surface of the river, making this plain far away from the river extraordinarily deserted.

The plain was originally a field, but because of the war, it has been barren, and there are large areas of weeds that are already withered and yellow, making it even more bleak in this already bleak season.

There was a white-clothed swordsman walking slowly in this barrenness.

Following his footsteps, the wind was born by itself, and the wind was like a sharp blade, cutting a straight path among the overgrown weeds, and at the end of the path was a fragmented picture.

(End of this chapter)