Ni Chu

Xiang Ye blinked, looked at Gai Nie and then at the dagger nailed to the wall, scratched his head and said, "At that time, he was really far away from Mengsu, and the dagger swished towards her. Flying over, isn’t it a hundred-step flying sword?”

"Hehe." Gai Nie shook his head and said with a smile: "Zhao has practiced swords for half his life, and he has defeated many master swordsmen. He has never heard of such superb swordsmanship. I wanted to open my eyes today, but I didn't." Thinking about it is just a way of stabbing people with a sword, brother Xiang's way of thinking is really different!"

"Uh!" Xiang Ye was taunted by Ge Nie, and his face turned red immediately, and he curled his lips and said in embarrassment: "I really don't know swordsmanship, but I just think his sword is very powerful, so I think of it." the name."

"Hahahaha, Hundred Step Flying Sword! That's a good name!" Gai Nie raised his head and laughed a few times, narrowing his eyes and said, "After Brother Xiang reminded me, I really thought of a trick. I have verified that it is feasible, how about teaching Brother Yu Xiang?"

Xiang Ye was stunned for a moment, before he could think of how to answer, but Meng Su who was beside him hurriedly answered, "If Mister wants to teach Mr. Xiang how to use swordsmanship, why do you need to practice the 'Hundred Step Flying Sword'? As long as Mister is willing to give you a few tips I'm afraid it's enough for Mr. Xiang to use it for the rest of his life."

Gai Nie didn't speak, just twisted his beard and looked up at the ceiling, looking lost in thought.

Seeing that Xiang Ye was still standing there stupidly, Meng Su quickly gave him a wink and said, "Mr. Xiang, Mr. Gai Nie is known as the number one swordsman in the Qin Dynasty. Could it be that you still refuse to be your master?"

Xiang Ye is not stupid, after Meng Su's touch, he immediately realized that Gai Nie wanted to teach him swordsmanship, so he quickly stepped forward two and a half steps and knelt in front of Gai Nie, cupped his fists and said, "Master, please accept my apprentice's help." bye!"

Gai Nie looked down at Xiang Ye, held him up with his hand and said, "I promised to teach you swordsmanship, but I didn't agree to accept you. If I hadn't been taken care of by you these days, I would never have taught you swordsmanship easily. Under the door, you still have to pass the test. Three years later, you will come to Taihang Mountain to find me. If your character is still as pure as it is today, I will officially accept you as an apprentice. Presumably by then, the "Hundred Step Flying Sword" should have begun Xiaocheng."

Seeing that Gai Nie agreed to teach Xiang Ye swordsmanship, Meng Su stood aside with envy on her face, she licked her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say a word, turned around silently and walked towards the door a little lonely .

"Young master Meng, you should stay too. Zhao just happens to have a set of swordsmanship that suits your physique, and I will teach you together. It is also because of our fate these days." Gai Nie saw Meng Su walking out of the door, and said to her indifferently. said something.

Gai Nie said this very lightly, but it sounded like a thunderbolt to Mengsu's ears. She turned around quickly and asked with joy, "Do you really want to teach me swordsmanship, sir?" ?”

Gai Nie nodded, sighed softly and said: "I have never had a few apprentices in my life, but unfortunately not many of them became famous. When Jing Ke traveled all over the world, he came to Nie Village to challenge me and talked with me about swords. It's a pity that what he talked about at that time was just the superficial aspect of swordsmanship. I saw that his bones were clear and strange, and he was indeed a prodigy in sword practice. Then we will lose the news about him, unexpectedly, a few months later, the news of Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin came out from the Palace of the King of Qin."

Speaking of this, Gai Nie shook his head, and said regretfully: "If he is not arrogant, how can he fail to recognize his own strength and rush to assassinate Qin? Think about Qin Wang Zhao Zheng, who is a master of swordsmanship, Jing Ke How can such a mediocre swordsmanship kill him?"

Xiang Ye and Meng Su listened quietly to Gai Nie's narration. When Gai Nie mentioned Zhao Zheng, King Qin, Xiang Ye frowned. Although the Qin Dynasty was the first feudal dynasty, it was not without taboos. Nie's face didn't change when he called Yingzheng by his name like this, which made him very puzzled.

If Xiang Ye didn't study history, when Gai Nie said the name "Zhao Zheng", he might not know who he was talking about, but he who studied history knew very well that Qin Shihuang was called Ying Zheng, and he was the grand historian of later generations. It was used for the first time when the public compiled "Historical Records". Before that, the name of Qin Shihuang was mentioned, and the world only knew Zhao Zheng but not Ying Zheng.

The names of people in the Qin Dynasty are slightly different from those of later generations. The nobles often have surnames in addition to their surnames. For example, Qin Shihuang has the surname Ying's Zhao.Under one surname, there are one or several different surnames, and people often take the surname instead of the surname when choosing a name.

"After Jing Ke assassinated Qin, Zhao Zheng ordered people to arrest all the people in the world who had contacts with Jing Ke in the past three years to Xianyang, and killed everyone else. Sword competition. The two of us talked about the way of swordsmanship in Qin Palace for more than three days. They wanted to swarm me and kill me, but Zhao Zheng stopped them, not only did he not kill me, but he allowed me to call him by his name and invited me to be the swordsman of the Great Qin court." Gai Nie turned his eyes outside the door when he was narrating these things. , his eyes became very deep, as if he was missing the days of discussing swords with Qin Shihuang.

Neither Xiang Ye nor Meng Su spoke. Xiang Ye, who was born as a descendant, had not suffered from the heavy corvee of the Qin Dynasty, so naturally he would not have any ill feelings towards Qin Shihuang; while Meng Su was the granddaughter of Meng Tian, ​​who led an army of 30 The northern conquest of the Xiongnu was the military power given to him by Qin Shihuang.The glory of the Meng family is closely related to the support of Qin Shihuang. As a descendant of the Meng family, naturally, he would not hold grudges against an emperor who valued the Meng family very much.

"The two of you and Jing Ke have the same talent for practicing swords. As long as time passes, although it is impossible to look at the world with a sword alone, it is rare to meet an opponent when two swords are combined." Gai Nie's gaze wandered over the faces of the two of them. After a circle, he finally said to Meng Su: "Young Master Meng, you go out, I will teach Brother Xiang a set of sword skills suitable for him to practice, and I will teach you sword skills later."

Mengsu didn't dare to disobey, and hurriedly bowed and retreated out.

Xiang Ye looked at Gai Nie in astonishment, Meng Su's status was already very noble, but she still respected Gai Nie so much, which shows that Gai Nie's status in the Qin Dynasty was also extremely noble.

After Meng Su withdrew, Ge Nie slightly closed his eyes and leaned his back against the wall. After a while, he seemed to be talking to himself and said: "Miss Meng is not bad, if any general who is shocked on the battlefield marries her, It will definitely be a great help!"

Xiang Ye looked at Gai Nie anxiously, and from Gai Nie's words, he heard the fact that Gai Nie had already seen that Meng Su was a woman.

"Brother Xiang, the Meng family is in trouble now, and their status is no different from that of ordinary civilians. This is a great opportunity for you to take this opportunity to please Miss Meng and become Meng's son-in-law in the future!" Sure enough, when Ge Nie opened his eyes again, his eyes were fixed on him Looking at Xiang Ye, he said jokingly: "Zhao can see that she has a little bit of affection for you. Today I will teach you a set of swordsmanship. If this swordsmanship is used alone, it can kill the enemy before the battle." Or you can barely cope with ordinary opponents, but if you meet a master like Xin Nong, you two must fight together!"

"But..." Ge Nie's words made Xiang Ye unprepared. He raised his head and looked at the solemn Ge Nie and said, "I was just entrusted to send her to Jiangdong Xiang's to develop with her." No further relationship has been thought of."

"Let's talk about this later." Gai Nie pulled the corner of his mouth and said with a playful smile: "Today I will teach you a set of sword skills. Guiguzi taught it to me personally, you need to practice hard, and I will personally test your swordsmanship growth in three years."

"Yeah!" Xiang Ye responded and stood behind Gai Nie.Gai Nie propped his hands on his knees and stood up with great difficulty.

He said to Xiang Ye when he walked towards the door with the long sword in his hand: "Come out with me, I will show you the Xianglong sword technique, you only have three days, and I will leave in three days. If there is something wrong with your practice, I can correct it for you. After three days, you can only follow the way you practiced in the future."

Xiang Ye followed Gai Nie, looking at Gai Nie's slightly vicissitudes of the back, he suddenly had a feeling that he would be as lonely as Gai Nie in the future after learning swordsmanship.

After leaving the hut, the two saw Mengsu squatting by the river and staring at the rushing water from afar.

Gai Nie turned around to face Xiang Ye, a look of loneliness flashed across his face, and he said to Xiang Ye in a tone full of vicissitudes: "If you really want to learn swords, you must know what is sword. The sword. The sword is not just a weapon in your hand, it is also your arm, an arm that can extend and take the life of the enemy. The sword exists to protect you and the people you love, but it has two sides A bladed weapon, it will protect you, but it will also hurt you. The better the sword is, the more lonely your life will be, and you will even die by the sword in the end, are you still willing to learn?"

Xiang Ye smiled slightly, looked at Mengsu's back by the river and said to Gai Nie: "Please teach me, sir, although I don't know who the person I will protect in the end when learning swords, but I know that if you don't If I learn from it, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to fulfill the promise I made to Governor Li this time. I’m not a person with a long-term vision. I’ll wait until the future to talk about the loneliness in the future. What I want to do now is to send Mengsu to Jiangdong Xiang’s family intact. to the barracks."

Gai Nie nodded appreciatively, sighed and said: "Yes, who can tell whether you will be lonely in the future or not. It's better to do the current things well and then consider the reality of the future. If you can't survive the present , how come the future?"

After saying this, Gai Nie pulled out a silver bright sword flower with the long sword in his hand, and made a swordsmanship gesture and shouted at Xiang Ye: "Look out!"