Chang'an: Qinglian Sword Song

Chapter 20 Six Great Elders

The next day, early in the morning.

Li Bai wolfed down a bowl of Hu spicy soup at the entrance of the alley, and set foot on the road to Guangdefang.

Not long after the sun rose, the streets of Chang'an City were filled with bustling people.

The rail car travels from the elevated to the underground, while the horse-drawn carriage runs on the track.Accompanied by the operation of countless mobile squares, the long and mighty drumbeat echoed between heaven and earth.

The morning drum rang eight hundred times.

Gradually awakening Chang'an, which was sleeping in the dark, made this majestic and magnificent city once again full of brightness and brilliance different from the night.

Lively.

This time, on the road, Li Bai finally no longer had a stomachache.

This time, no matter what he said, he had to see the Great Elder. No matter whether that guy Chen Shi was fooling himself or not, this time, he came to the Great Elder Yunzhong not only for his own needs. This time, there was a group of people behind him , Be sure to get his support!

I have worked for nothing for a month, so I have to give face no matter what!
If the cunning old man disagrees, then Li Bai can only help them recall the way the heavenly man behaves.

After making up his mind, Li Bai's mood became clearer.

Humming happily.

But they heard the sound of arguing in front of them. The two shopkeepers scuffled together. For some unknown reason, the goods carried by the two of them were scattered all over the floor.

The flow of people separated from both sides, and some people gloated and pointed at the jokes.

When Li Bai looked around curiously, he saw that the noses and faces of the two were bruised and swollen, and even the child next to him was so frightened that he cried.He frowned, passed the two guys, picked up the child in the corner and wanted to put him outside.

But it feels heavy when you start it, not the weight of a child at all.

But when the child's messy hair was lifted up, an old face full of cracks was revealed, grinning grinningly at him, it turned out to be a dwarf dressed as a child!
"Hello, Li Bai."

The grinning dwarf raised his arm, and suddenly two daggers were drawn from his sleeve, and they stabbed hard at his neck!

In a hurry, Li Bai let go of his hands and leaned back, narrowly dodging the dwarf's dagger, and was kicked in front of his chest by the dwarf. When he wanted to back up, he found that his legs were actually caught by the two wrestling wrestlers on the ground. The salesman was hugged tightly.

Then, he heard a voice that made his scalp tingle.

The muffled sound of the bowstring twisting!
Beside him, the cover plate of the mechanical carriage parked on the roadside suddenly fell off, and the huge military crossbow hidden in the carriage released howling crossbow arrows, and it had already pierced through the air in an instant.

And in mid-air, the fallen dwarf actually took out a bag of things from his bosom, and threw it towards Li Bai with split hands, scattered lime foam from it, and exploded in the air.

There was a vast expanse of whiteness in front of him, covering his vision.

Li Bai closed his eyes subconsciously, drew his sword, and chopped it down.

Then I heard two screams, and the arms of the two guys who were holding me under their feet had several bloody mouths, and they let go of the pain.

But it's too late.

The heavy crossbow arrows the size of his wrist were already within easy reach, and Li Bai could even imagine how the giant steel arrow with four-edged barbs was spinning in the air and flying towards his heart.

A high-pitched metallic sound burst out suddenly, and a crossbow arrow flew out of the lime powder, passed through a long distance, and nailed to the wall, buzzing!
It was only now that terrified cries emerged from the crowd, and the pedestrians scattered and fled.

When Li Bai finally ran out of the smoke and dust formed by lime powder, covering his face, he saw a huge figure slowly walking out of the shattered compartment of the carriage.

The face covered with scars is exposed, but the whole body is covered with heavy steel.

The ferocious armor followed the movement of the visitor, the armor blades rubbed against each other, and sparks flew out.Along with the operation of the mechanism, the oil pump started, making a piercing roar.

Behind the mask, only a pair of cold pupils can be seen.

——Composite Mechanism Armor·Mingguang Armor!

Li Bai was stunned.

That's a deadly thing that would kill the Nine Clans if it was hidden!

Even a guy who is paralyzed by a stroke can turn into a killing machine that can tear gold and iron after wearing this!
Although I don't understand the cause and effect, this time it must be troublesome.

He raised the blade in his hand and stood ready.

And the assassin in bright light armor laughed hoarsely, and rushed towards Li Bai with big strides, and the iron pestle in his hand, which was more than ten feet long, set off a hurricane.

At this moment, Li Bai suddenly heard the roar of approaching in the distance.

Then, there was a loud bang!
boom!
On the galloping road, a galloping mechanical carriage spewed out thick smoke, roared towards it mercilessly, and knocked the running assassin, including his bright light armor, into the air and smashed into the wall .

Immediately afterwards, he wiped the tip of Li Bai's nose, flicked his tail beautifully, and ran over the remaining killers along the way.

Finally, back up slowly.

Grind it again!
All I can say is that the scene was horrible...

Li Bai was stunned and dumbfounded.

Can't figure out what's going on here.

Then, he discovered that the person driving the car turned out to be an old acquaintance in Guangde Workshop, Chen Shi, the accountant in the workshop!
"Oh, how dangerous is the traffic on the road... Why don't young people nowadays pay attention to the road?"

A joking voice sounded from inside the carriage. Immediately afterwards, behind the open door, an elegant copper pipe protruded, emitting a wisp of blue smoke.

On the carriage, the unshaven middle-aged man was wearing a brocade jacket, leaning crookedly on the cushion, looking at the young man outside the carriage: "Li Bai?"

Li Bai nodded.

"That means you didn't find the wrong person."

The middle-aged man exhaled smoke and snapped his fingers: "There's no time to explain, get in the car."

Li Bai was stunned for a moment, then looked back at the surging crowd, and there were many malicious eyes.

I chose to be kind.

As a result, the organ carriage roared away and left in the dust!

Although it sounds noisy from the outside, the interior of the carriage has been modified, and it is surprisingly stable without any noise.

It was the middle-aged man who kept smoking, choking Li Bai so much that he opened the skylight.

Then, he turned around and looked at the unshaven middle-aged man carefully. After a long time, he asked with some uncertainty: "Grand Elder?"

"Yes, it's me."

The Great Elder nodded slowly, pinched his chin, and said triumphantly, "I said today is today, didn't I let you go?"

"Why are you here?" Li Bai asked curiously.

"Good question!"

The Great Elder couldn't help but clapped his hands, and then asked puzzledly: "Since last night, all the gangs, rangers and swordsmen in the city have received a reward of [-] gold, asking them to cut off a man named Li Bai." Human head, do you have any clues?"

"How would I know!"

Li Bai replied without hesitation, "I walk upright and sit upright, so it's not surprising that some young people are secretly jealous, right?"

After finishing speaking, he just remembered... Recently, it seems, as if, maybe, that he really offended a terrible person?

"Wu Yougong?"

he asked in shock.

"if not?"

After smoking a pot of cigarettes and knocking out the ash outside the window, the Great Elder unexpectedly filled another pot, "How many people in Chang'an do you think have such abilities? Or do you not know who you offended?

I'm going to come a little later, are you talking about it all the time! "

"Then why didn't you come earlier!"

Li Bai was annoyed: "Isn't it you who has been avoiding me!"

"Yeah, I'm avoiding you, do you know that?"

The great elder glanced at him angrily, "I didn't want to see you at first, and I really didn't want to touch anything with you. To be honest, I don't even want to admit that you are a person in the cloud... It was the first time you came to the door At that time, if Chen Shi hadn't stopped me, I would have someone beat you out with a stick!"

"Why?"

Li Bai frowned.

"Isn't your reputation enough?"

The elder asked back: "Or, if you think you are a sweet potato, you must be loved by everyone?"

This is something that the Great Elder knew, understood, and deeply understood from the very beginning.

Li Bai, it's troublesome.

If you want to be more detailed, then he is a super big trouble!
The key lies not in the enthusiasm of the young man, nor does it lie in his purpose or intention, but in that Li Bai's character and style are too square, black and white.

Out of place with this city.

The most terrible thing is that he still has the ability to practice his determination.

As early as when he heard that a man from the cloud came to Chang'an, set fire to the Yunjian building, and killed Ji Xian in the street, the first elder's eyes went dark, and he started to get angry with a stomachache...

Especially when I heard that this guy came to find me, my stomach hurt even more.

He didn't know what kind of person Li Bai was, and instinctively, he didn't want to get involved with such troubles.

The older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous they are, especially if they are the owner of a workshop, if they don't want the villagers to suffer for nothing, or cause some disasters, the courage will be even smaller.

You must know how to adapt to the wind, and you must know how to be smooth.

Originally, before he was sure that Li Bai himself would not threaten the operation and safety of Guangde Square, the Great Elder absolutely did not intend to meet him lightly.

Even, if it wasn't for yesterday's incident, he still planned to continue releasing Li Bai's pigeons.

Until he loses interest until he loses his temper.

"why?"

Li Bai asked angrily, "As an outsider, I come to the door with courtesy, even if you don't like me, you should at least tell me the reason? Could it be that the rules of hospitality have changed when people from Yunzhong came to Chang'an?"

The Great Elder shook his head helplessly, for a long time, heaved a long sigh, and suddenly asked: "Do you know what the word 'Heavenly Man' in the cloud means?"

Li Bai was taken aback, not understanding why he said this.

I don't know why this strange nickname has any meaning.

"really."

The Great Elder smiled wryly, twitched his eye bags, and after pondering for a moment, he explained: "In the beginning, the term "Heavenly Man" was used to describe those swordsmen who practiced on high mountains.

Those people's swordsmanship is outstanding, like immortals, living high in the sky, eating the wind and drinking the dew, awe-inspiring and worshiping.Later, the swordsmen on the mountain gradually deteriorated, and became synonymous with assassins in the struggle between the city-state in the cloud and the tribes.

Those guys, as long as they hear about injustice and injustice, they will cruelly use their own swords to bring everything back to the right track... Even after so many years, those guys are all dead, but there are still legends of heavenly beings in the clouds.

In Yunzhong, only the most powerful swordsman deserves such a title. "

He paused for a moment, then glanced at Li Bai: "Now, there is one more you."

Another guy known as the "Heavenly Man" came to Chang'an, and even Dali Temple had to register, and the focus was on monitoring and inspection.

This kind of person, as long as he is within five miles of Weiyang Palace, the alert level must be raised.

If you don't take a bow and crossbow to aim at it at any time, some people may not even be able to eat.

Although he didn't know how Li Bai settled the Dali Temple, the Great Elder instinctively felt how huge the trouble this young man represented.

If he is really a gentle, courteous and thrifty scholar, how could he be called that?
"I see!"

Li Bai was stunned, he didn't expect this ordinary nickname to have such a history, but he was even more puzzled: "How do you know so clearly?"

The elder gave him a blank look.

"Nonsense." He said, "Because I was the last one called the Heavenly Man."

"..."

Li Bai is speechless.

I didn't know whether to be in admiration or shock.

"...It's all in the past. I have such a big belly now. Let alone a sword, I have to tremble for a long time when I grab a pen." The elder complained angrily: "That nickname is not an honor, don't give it a day. It hangs on my head until night."

When they were young, some people liked to fight with each other, fighting to the death at every turn, mistakenly thinking that knives and swords can solve all problems, and that violence and death can deter all.

But knives and swords can't solve any problems, they will only make the problems more and more troublesome.Violence and death can only be feared and then resented.

But if you want to really create something and really do something meaningful, you can't just rely on the sword.

There are stronger forces in this world than that.

Brave and ruthless swordsmen, arrogant lunatics... the Elder has seen too much!

And he is most fortunate that Li Bai is not the kind of person he imagined, completely different from when he was young.

"You did a good job with that matter at Yao Yu's house."

He looked at the young man in front of him, and sighed: "Also, I've been upset with that bastard Wu Yougong for a long time, what you said last night was very angry with me.

So, I decided to give you a hand. "

"Really?" Li Bai was skeptical, "If that's the case, are you willing to support Mr. Lu as the workshop owner?"

"No, I don't want to at all!"

The Great Elder rolled his eyes, "I am the owner of the workshop, do you understand? I am the Great Elder, and I am responsible for Guangdefang. All dragged into the vortex.

Do you think that I integrated the people in the cloud in Chang'an in order to fight fiercely with others?It is to make everyone's life better!At least don't be affected by some messy trouble for no reason...

I have announced long ago that Guangdefang will not be involved in this battle for the owner of the workshop, and I will not change my mind for you now.

Think about those children in the workshop, if one day someone walks up to them with a sword in a menacing manner, what will happen? "

"..."

Hearing the scene described by the Great Elder, Li Bai's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

If because of his own reasons, those immature smiling faces fell into a pool of blood... He might never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

"It seems that you understand?"

The Great Elder nodded and raised his cigarette stick: "At present, the most urgent task is not Lu Daoxuan, but you."

"I?"

Li Bai frowned: "What's my problem?"

"You have a serious problem! Do you know how much fifty thousand gold is?"

The Great Elder asked angrily: "Fifty thousand gold can make an alcoholic soak in the best wine in Chang'an until he dies drunk! It is enough for a family of five to live until the birth of a great-grandson, and it can make Guangde The philanthropic hall in Fangfang has been open until my son died! Raising hundreds of children to grow up and study!

Then, someone offered [-] gold in exchange for your head! "

He reprimanded angrily: "Let's not talk about other people, even I can't help but want to cut off your head now, what do you think?"

"Then you are at a loss, Great Elder."

Li Bai smiled indifferently: "My head is worth more than [-] gold."

The Great Elder snorted coldly: "In Chang'an today, I don't know how many people are staring at you—there are hundreds of people with names and surnames. From today on, you must be careful when you eat, drink, and sleep when someone wants you Life!

Attacks against you will spread from you to the people around you, unless one day, someone cuts off your head and gives it to Wu Yougong, that dog thing!

Who do you think you have offended? "

Li Bai thought for a while, and asked tentatively, "A villain?"

"That's also the biggest villain in Chang'an City!"

Seeing that Li Bai was still indifferent, the elder was so angry that he wanted to beat him up.

Do it in a hurry!
But there is no use in rushing.

"I know, Li Bai, some young people are always determined to go their own way, never take the advice of the elders to heart, and always think that they can handle everything.

But in fact they can't, this is just an illusion that only belongs to teenagers. "

The Great Elder solemnly reminded: "The sword can't solve everything, Li Bai, it will only make you trapped in a cocoon and go further and further on the road to death."

"If I don't do anything, what's the difference between being deaf and blind!"

Li Bai glared at this guy: "You don't need a sword, can you solve that guy Wu Yougong? Or do you want me to compose ten poems a day so that he will be criticized by everyone and die without a problem?"

"Ha, I almost forgot, you are still that famous and talented unknown poet in Chang'an, it's really disrespectful."

I don't know where he learned about such a thing, but for Fangzhu at the top of Chang'an, there is nothing surprising.

The Great Elder sighed: "It happens that a talented young man like you is more troublesome than an empty-mouthed waste. You always think that the world will revolve around you, but it's not like that, it's just that you stand in the center That's all... This world is far more complicated than you think, Li Bai, I know you won't listen to me if I tell you.

But it doesn't matter, I have a lot of experience dealing with people like you..."

The sloppy middle-aged man squeezed his chin, and suddenly, he grinned, and the fierce flames in his eyes swelled: "Children are disobedient, probably because they are used to it, just give them a good beating!"

"Then come and fight, whoever is afraid of whom!"

The moment the Great Elder got angry, Li Bai drew his sword without thinking.

The sound of steel clashing erupted from the narrow compartment.

(End of this chapter)