Anthology of Gu Long: The Prodigal Son of Border Town

Chapter 37 The Sword Without Sheath (3)
The cut off flagpole suddenly bounced up and then fell down again.

Another blue light flickered under the eaves.

A section of the flagpole more than three feet long turned into seven or eight sections again, and pieces fell down.

Everyone's eyes are straightened.

Ye Kai sighed again, and murmured: "Such a fast sword, it really deserves its reputation."

The man in red stomped his feet vigorously, and said bitterly: "Since you are here, why don't you come down?"

A person behind the eaves said calmly: "It's cool up here."

The man in red jumped up and said loudly, "Why do you always fight against me?"

The man asked, "Why do you always fight against others?"

The man in red asked, "Who am I against?"

The man said: "You clearly know that the horse girl didn't interrupt the flagpole, why did you bother her?"

The man in red said, "I'm happy."

Ye laughed.

Ma Fangling was already unreasonable enough, but unexpectedly met someone even more unreasonable than her.

The man in red said loudly: "I just don't like her, what does it have to do with you? Why do you speak for her? Why don't you help me when I am angry with others?"

The man asked, "Who are you?"

The man in red said: "I...I..."

The man asked: "When did Lu Xiaojia, who kills without batting an eye, ever get angry with others?"

The man in red actually lowered his head and said, "Who said I was Lu Xiaojia?"

The man asked, "Didn't you say that?"

The man in red said: "That person said it, not me."

The man said: "You are not Lu Xiaojia, who is Lu Xiaojia?"

The man in red said: "You."

The man said: "Since I am Lu Xiaojia, why do you pretend to be?"

The man in red suddenly cried out again, saying: "Because I like you, I want to come to you."

After saying this, everyone was stunned again, and all of them opened their eyes wide and looked at him.

The man in red said: "What are you doing looking at me? Could it be that I can't like him?"

He suddenly tore off the red scarf tied around his head, and then said loudly: "Are you all blind, can't you see that I am a woman?"

She is actually a woman!
She raised her face and said, "I've already let her go, why don't you come down?"

Suddenly no one spoke from behind the eaves.

The woman in red asked, "Why don't you speak? Did you suddenly become dumb?"

Still no sound from behind the eaves.

The woman in red bit her lip, and suddenly jumped up.

Where is anyone behind the eaves?
The person was gone, but a pile of peeled peanut shells was left behind.

The face of the woman in red changed, and she shouted: "Xiao Lu, surnamed Lu, where did you die, and you still don't let me out."

No one came out.

She stomped her feet and said bitterly: "I see where you can hide? Even if you hide in the sky, I will find you."

I saw a red shadow flashing, and her person disappeared.

The bald-headed man suddenly jumped up from the ground, jumped onto the horse's back, and rode away.

Chen Daguan stood there stunned, smiled wryly, and murmured: "It seems that this woman has quite a problem."

Ma Fangling was also in a daze, suddenly sighed softly, and said, "I really admire her."

Chen Daguan was startled again, and said, "Do you admire her?"

Ma Fangling lowered her head and said softly: "When she likes someone, she is not afraid to say it in front of others. At least she has more courage than me."

A gust of wind blew off the peanut shells on the eaves, but it couldn't blow away the resentment in Ma Fangling's heart.

Her gaze seemed to be staring into the distance, but intentionally or unintentionally, she couldn't help but look at Ye Kai.

Ye Kai was looking at the peanut shells in the wind, as if there was nothing more beautiful than peanut shells in the world.

For some unknown reason, Ma Fangling's face turned red again, she stomped her feet lightly, and with a whistle, her rouge horse immediately came running far away.

She jumped up immediately, and suddenly whipped her backhand, rolled up the peanut shells that hadn't been blown off the eaves, scattered them in front of Ye Kai, and said loudly, "Since you like it, I'll give it all to you."

When the peanut shells fell, her men and horses were gone.

Chen Daguan looked at Ye Kai with a half-smile, and said leisurely: "Actually, if you don't say something, it's almost the same as saying it. Mr. Ye, are you right?"

Ye Kai said lightly: "It's better not to say than to say."

Chen Daguan said: "Why?"

Ye Kai said: "Because talkative people are always annoying."

Chen Daguan smiled, of course it was a fake smile.

Ye Kai had already walked in front of him, pushed open the narrow door, and murmured: "It's okay not to talk, it's really unbearable if you don't eat, why do some people don't understand this truth?"

Only one person said leisurely: "But as long as there are peanuts, it doesn't matter if you don't eat."

The man was sitting in the room with his back to the door, and a large pile of peanuts was placed on the table in front of him.

He peeled a peanut, threw it up, and then caught it with his mouth. He threw it high and caught it accurately.

Ye Kai laughed and said with a smile: "You have never failed?"

The man didn't look back and said, "It will never fail."

Ye Kai said: "Why?"

The man said: "My hands are very steady, and my mouth is also very steady."

Ye Kai said: "That's why others will find you to kill people."

It is true that killing people requires not only steady hands, but also steady mouth.

The man said indifferently: "It's a pity they didn't want me to kill you."

Ye Kai said: "After you kill that person, come and kill me, okay?"

The man said: "Excellent."

Ye Kai laughed.

The man suddenly laughed too.

Chen Daguan who just walked in was stunned.

Ye Kai laughed and walked over, sat down, and reached out to pick up a peanut.

The man's smile suddenly stopped.

He is also a young man.A strange young man with strange eyes, even when smiling, these eyes are cold, like the eyes of a dead person, without emotion or expression.

He looked at the peanut in Ye Kai's hand and said, "Put it down."

Ye Kai said, "I can't eat your peanuts?"

The man said coldly, "No, you can tell me to kill you or me, but you can't eat my peanuts."

Ye Kai said: "Why?"

The man said, "Because Lu Xiaojia said it."

Ye Kai said: "Who is Lu Xiaojia?"

The man said, "I am."

Eyes are dead gray, but they are flashing like blades of light, Ye Kai looked at the peanut in his hand, and murmured: "It seems that this is just a peanut."

Lu Xiaojia said: "Yes."

Ye Kai said: "Is it different from other peanuts?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "No."

Ye Kai said: "Then why do I have to eat this peanut?"

He smiled and put the peanut back slowly.

Lu Xiaojia laughed again, but her eyes were still cold, and said, "You must be Ye Kai."

Ye Kai said: "Oh?"

Lu Xiaojia said, "Besides Ye Kai, I can't think of anyone like you."

Ye Kai said: "Is this a compliment?"

Lu Xiaojia said, "A little bit."

Ye Kai sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's a pity that ten catties of compliments are not as good as a peanut."

Lu Xiaojia stared at him, and after a long time, said slowly: "You never carry a knife?"

Ye Kai said: "At least no one has seen me with a knife."

Lu Xiaojia said, "Why?"

Ye Kai said: "You guessed it."

Lu Xiaojia said, "Is it because you never kill? Or is it because you don't need a knife to kill?"

Ye Kai smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes either.

He was looking at Lu Xiaojia's sword.

A very thin sword, thin and sharp.

No scabbard.

The sword was stuck obliquely in his belt.

Ye Kai said: "You never use the scabbard?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "At least no one has seen me use the scabbard."

Ye Kai said: "Why?"

Lu Xiaojia said, "What do you guess?"

Ye Kai said: "Is it because you don't like the scabbard? Or is it because this sword doesn't have a sheath?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "No matter what kind of sword, there is no sheath when it is refined."

Ye Kai said: "Oh?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "The scabbard was added later."

Ye Kai said: "Why doesn't this sword have a sheath?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "It is the sword that kills, not the sheath."

Ye Kai said: "Of course."

Lu Xiaojia said: "Others are afraid of the sword, not the sheath."

Ye Kai said: "It makes sense."

Lu Xiaojia said: "So the scabbard is superfluous."

Ye Kai said: "You never do unnecessary things?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "I only kill the extra people!"

Ye Kai said: "Excess people?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "Some people are superfluous in this world."

Ye Kai laughed again, and said, "Your reasoning sounds really interesting."

Lu Xiaojia said: "Now you have also agreed?"

Ye Kai smiled and said: "I know two people who never use the sheath of their swords, but they can't tell such an interesting reason."

Lu Xiaojia said: "Maybe even if they say it, you may not be able to hear it."

Ye Kai said: "Maybe they don't want to say it at all."

Lu Xiaojia said, "Oh?"

Ye Kaidao: "I know that they are not talkative people. As long as they know their truths, it is enough, and they seldom tell others."

Lu Xiaojia stared at him and said, "Do you really know what kind of people they are?"

Ye Kai nodded.

Lu Xiaojia said coldly: "Then you know too much."

Ye Kai said: "But I don't know you."

Lu Xiaojia said: "Fortunately, you don't know, otherwise the first person to die here would not be Fu Hongxue, but you."

Ye Kai said: "What about now?"

Lu Xiaojia said, "I don't have to kill you yet."

Ye Kai smiled and said, "You don't have to kill me, and you may not be able to kill him."

Lu Xiaojia sneered.

Ye Kai said: "Have you seen his martial arts?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "No."

Ye Kai said: "Since I haven't seen it, how can I be sure?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "But I know he is crippled."

Ye Kai said: "There are many kinds of lame people."

Lu Xiaojia said: "But cripples usually have only one kind of martial arts."

Ye Kai said: "Which one?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "Braking still and attacking later, that means he must be faster than others."

Ye Kai nodded and said, "That's why he can come first."

Lu Xiaojia suddenly grabbed a handful of peanuts and threw them up.

Suddenly, his sword was out.

The sword light flickered, as if it had returned to his belt in just one flash.

But the peanuts fell into his hands—shelled peanuts, cleaner than hands.

The peanut shells were crushed.

Suddenly someone cheered loudly at the door, even Ye Kai couldn't help cheering in his heart.

What a fast sword!

Lu Xiaojia picked up a peanut, put it in his mouth, and said coldly: "Do you think he can be faster than me?"

Ye Kai was silent, and finally sighed softly, said: "I don't know... Fortunately, I don't know yet."

Lu Xiaojia said: "It's just a pity for these peanuts."

Ye Kai said: "You still eat peanuts."

Lu Xiaojia said: "But peanuts have to be peeled one by one and eaten one by one to get the taste."

Ye Kai said: "I'd rather eat the shelled ones."

Lu Xiaojia said: "It's a pity you can't eat it."

As soon as he lifted his hand, the peanuts flew out in a series, and they were all driven into the pillar like nails.

Ye Kai sighed: "Your peanuts would rather be thrown away than given to others?"

Lu Xiaojia said lightly: "My woman is the same, I would rather kill her than leave it to others."

Ye Kai said: "As long as it is what you like, you will never leave it to others?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "Not bad."

Ye Kai sighed again, and said with a wry smile, "Fortunately, you only like peanuts and women."

Lu Xiaojia said, "I like silver too."

Ye Kai said: "Oh?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "Because if there is no money, there will be no peanuts, let alone women."

Ye Kaidao: "It makes sense. Although there are many things in the world that are more important than money, these things are often only available with money."

Lu Xiaojia also laughed.

His smile was cold and strange, and he smiled coldly: "You have been talking for a long time, and only this sentence is like what Ye Kai said."

(End of this chapter)