Anthology of Gu Long: The Prodigal Son of Border Town

Chapter 42: One Sword Shocks the Quartet (1)
extremely hot.

It shouldn't have been this hot after it had just rained.

Beads of sweat trickled down people's stiff necks and into their almost soaked clothes.

The color-changing lizard crawled among the sand and stones, as if it also wanted to find a shady place.

The grass that has just been wet by the rain has been dried again.

Even the wind is hot.

The wind blows from the grassland and blows on people like the devil's breath in hell.

It's only cooler in the house.

On the three-foot-wide counter, there are piles of bright silks and satins, and sets of ready-made clothes.

Ye Kai sat in a wicker chair next to him, stretched his legs, and watched Ding Linglin lazily choose her clothes.

The two guys in the store, one older, waited beside him with his hands down and a smile on his face.

Another young man took the opportunity to sneak to the door to watch the excitement.

They have been in this business for a long time, and they have learned that when women are choosing clothes, it is best for men not to participate in their opinions.

Ding Linglin chose a light blue dress, compared it with her body, put it down again, sighed softly, and said: "Unexpectedly, there are quite a lot of stocks in this place."

Ye Kaidao: "Others only think there are too few goods, so don't you think there are too many goods?"

Ding Linglin nodded, and said: "The more items there are, the more I can't make up my mind. If there are only a few items, I might have bought them all."

Ye Kai also sighed and said, "This is the truth."

The young man smiled apologetically, "It's just because Wanmatang's aunts and ladies often come to visit, so the shop has to stock more goods. I'm really sorry."

Ding Linglin couldn't help laughing, and said: "You don't need to apologize for this, it's not your fault."

The older guy said: "But the customer is always right. If the girl thinks the store has too much stock, it is the store's fault."

Ding Linglin smiled and said: "You really know how to do business, it seems that I can't buy it if I want to."

The young man standing at the door suddenly let out a long sigh, and murmured: "Unexpected, really unexpected..."

Ding Linglin frowned and said, "You didn't expect me to buy it?"

The young man was startled, turned around and smiled apologetically, "How dare you make such a fuss!"

Ding Linglin said: "What do you mean?"

The young guy said: "The little one just never imagined that Miss Ma would really wipe someone's back."

Ding Linglin said: "Miss Ma?"

The man said, "It's the daughter of the third boss of Wanmatang."

Ding Linglin asked, "Is that the one in the red dress?"

The buddy said: "The three bosses only have such a daughter."

Ding Linglin said: "Who is she wiping the back for?"

The guy said, "That's...that uncle who takes a bath in the street."

Ding Linglin rolled her eyes and turned to look at Ye Kai.

Ye Kai squinted his eyes, as if dozing off.

Ding Linglin said: "Hey, did you hear that?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Linglin said: "Your good friend is wiping someone's back, don't you want to go out and have a look?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Linglin said, "Well, what do you mean?"

Ye Kai yawned and said: "If a man is wiping a woman's back, you don't need to tell me. I've already gone out to see it. It's only natural for a woman to wipe a man's back. What's so interesting about it?"

Ding Linglin stared at him, and finally couldn't help laughing again.

The young man suddenly sighed again, and said, "You know what Miss Ma means."

Ding Linglin said: "Oh?"

The guy sighed: "Miss Ma wronged herself so much because of the third boss."

Ding Linglin said: "Oh?"

The guy said: "Because the cripple is the enemy of the third boss, Miss Ma is afraid that the third boss is too old to be his opponent."

Ding Linglin said: "So she didn't hesitate to wrong herself, just to ask Lu Xiaojia to kill the cripple for her?"

The guy nodded and sighed: "She is really a filial daughter."

Ding Linglin suddenly sneered, "Maybe she just likes to wipe men's backs."

The guy was startled, and wanted to say something, but after being glared at by the older guy, he lowered his head.

Suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes outside.The sound of hooves was chaotic, and there was obviously more than one person coming.

Ding Linglin's eyes moved, and she said, "Go out and see who is here!"

Although the guy was very dissatisfied with her, he still walked out with his head down.

"It's the old master from Wanmatang."

"How many have you come?"

"There seem to be forty or fifty."

Ding Linglin pondered, and glanced at Ye Kai out of the corner of her eye, and said, "Do you think they want to help? Or are they here to watch the fun?"

Ye Kai yawned again and said, "It depends on whether they are stupid or smart."

Ding Linglin said: "If they want to help, are they really idiots?"

Ye Kai said, "You're an out-and-out idiot."

He smiled, and said again: "Such a beautiful scene, only a fool would miss it."

Ding Linglin also smiled, and said, "Are you wholeheartedly waiting to see whether it is Fu Hongxue's sword speed or Lu Xiaojia's sword speed?"

Ye Kai said: "Even if I have to wait for three days, I will wait."

Ding Linglin said: "So you are not an idiot."

Ye Kai said: "Absolutely not."

At this time, various voices gradually came in from the street, including coughing and whispering, but most of them were sighs full of surprise and emotion.

Seeing Miss Ma wiping people's backs, many people were obviously surprised and complained.But no one dared to come out to meddle in this business.There are not many fools in this world after all.

Suddenly, all sounds stopped, even the wind seemed to have stopped.

The two guys in the store seemed to suddenly feel an indescribable pressure, which was suffocating.

Ding Linglin's eyes suddenly shone, and she murmured: "Here we come, finally here..."

No one moved, no sound.

Everyone has felt this irresistible pressure, which is overwhelming.

"It's here! It's finally here..."

What a hot sun, what a hot wind!

The wind blows from the grassland, and this man also came from the grassland.

The mud on the road has dried up.

He slowly walked up the road, taking a step with his left leg first, and then slowly followed with his right leg.

Everyone was looking at him and the sun was shining on his face.

His face was pale and transparent, like the eternal snow and ice on a distant mountain.

But his eyes seemed to be burning.His eyes were staring at Ma Fangling.

Ma Fangling's hand stopped, and the bath towel in her hand was still dripping water.

Her heart was bleeding.

One drop, two drops...sorrow, anger, shame, hatred.

"Why don't you go? Why do you still stay here?"

"I can't go, because I want to watch him die, in front of me!"

She was struggling and shouting in her heart, but there was no expression on her face.

Fu Hongxue's eyes were fixed on Lu Xiaojia's face.

Lu Xiaojia didn't even look at him, but instead waved to Ding Laosi and shopkeeper Hu.

They just had to walk over.

Lu Xiaojia said: "This is the person you want me to kill?"

Ding Laosi hesitated, looked at shopkeeper Hu, and the two finally nodded at the same time.

Lu Xiaojia said: "You really want me to kill him?"

Ding Laosi said: "Of course."

Lu Xiaojia suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, I will definitely kill him for you."

He stretched out a hand and slowly picked up the sword on the wooden stand.

Fu Hongxue immediately clenched the hand holding the knife.

Lu Xiaojia still didn't look at him, but focused on the sword in his hand, and said slowly: "What I promised, I will definitely do."

Ding Laosi smiled and said, "Of course."

Lu Xiaojia said, "Don't worry?"

Ding Laosi said: "Of course don't worry."

Lu Xiaojia sighed lightly, and said, "Since you are relieved, you can die."

Fourth Ding frowned and said, "What did you say?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "I said you can die already."

The sword in his hand swung out suddenly, slowly, not fast, and did not stab anyone.

Ding Laosi watched the sword in his hand swing out, his face suddenly tightened, and his whole body tightened suddenly.

Everyone looked at his face in surprise, no one knew what was going on?

Ding Laosi's people have fallen down.When he fell down, suddenly a blood arrow shot out from under his lower abdomen.

Only then did everyone see that a sword had stabbed out of the barrel, and the tip of the sword was still dripping with blood.

When Ding Laosi was looking at the sword in Lu Xiaojia's right hand, the sword in Lu Xiaojia's left hand had been thrust out of the barrel and pierced into his stomach.

At this moment, shopkeeper Hu also fell down, and blood gushed out of his throat.

The sword in Lu Xiaojia's right hand was also dripping with blood.

When shopkeeper Hu saw the sword stabbing out from the barrel, the sword in Lu Xiaojia's right hand had suddenly changed direction, accelerated, and with just a flash of lightning, it had already pierced his throat!

No one moved, and there was no sound.Everyone seems to have stopped breathing.

The tip of the sword was still dripping blood.

Seeing the blood dripping from the tip of his sword, Lu Xiaojia sighed softly, and murmured: "People in my line of work will keep their hands in the bathtub even when they take a bath, you should understand by now." .”

Ma Fangling suddenly hissed: "But I don't understand."

Lu Xiaojia said: "You don't understand why I want to kill them?"

Of course Ma Fangling didn't understand, and said, "They are not the ones you want to kill!"

Lu Xiaojia suddenly smiled again, turned his head, and his eyes finally fell on Fu Hongxue.

"Do you understand?"

Of course Fu Hongxue didn't understand either, no one understood.

Lu Xiaojia said: "Actually, they don't really want me to kill you. They just want to plot against you from the side when I fight you."

Fu Hongxue still didn't quite understand.

Lu Xiaojia said: "This idea is indeed very good, because no matter who fights with me, they will have no spare power to guard against other people's plots, especially the plots from the barrel."

Fu Hongxue said, "In the barrel?"

At this moment, a loud "bang" was heard suddenly.The sound actually came from the wooden barrel, and then, the wooden barrel was suddenly shaken away.

The water splashed everywhere, and a silver light shone in the sun.Suddenly, a figure jumped out of the barrel.

This man is so fast.But Lu Xiaojia's sword was faster, the sword light flashed, and there was another scream.

Another string of blood beads flashed under the sun, and a person fell to the ground. It turned out to be a golden-backed camel dragon!
There was no sound, no breathing.The screams of misery have disappeared in the hot air blowing from the grassland.

After an unknown amount of time, Ding Linglin let out a long breath and said, "What a fast sword!"

Ye Kai nodded, and he also admitted.

No one can but admit that a sword made of ordinary iron seems to be no longer a sword in Lu Xiaojia's hands.

It seemed to have turned into a poisonous snake, a bolt of lightning, lightning struck from hell.

Ding Linglin sighed: "Now even I admire him a little bit."

Ye Kai said: "Oh?"

Ding Linglin said: "Although he may not be a smart person, he may not be a good person, but he does know how to use a sword."

The last drop of blood also dripped down.

Only then did Lu Xiaojia lift his eyes from the tip of the sword, looked at Fu Hongxue, and said with a smile, "Do you understand now?"

Fu Hongxue nodded.

Of course he understood now, everyone understood.

There was an empty section under the barrel, and there was a person hidden inside.

Once the water is filled into the barrel, no one can see how deep the barrel is.

Of course Lu Xiaojia didn't stand up straight, so no one would have thought that there was a layer under the barrel.

Therefore, if the golden-backed camel dragon sent out a hidden weapon from there, Fu Hongxue would never have dreamed of it.

Lu Xiaojia said: "Now you should understand that I take a bath not because I want to be clean, but because someone paid me 5000 taels of silver."

He smiled, and said again: "For 5000 taels of silver, maybe even Ye Kai is willing to take a bath."

Ye Kai was smiling.

Fu Hongxue's face was still ice-cold and pale. Under such a scorching sun, he didn't even have a drop of sweat on his face.

Lu Xiaojia said leisurely: "Even I think this idea is good, but it's a pity they still miscalculated one thing."

Fu Hongxue couldn't help asking, "What's the matter?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "They misread me."

Fu Hongxue said, "Oh?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "I have killed people before, and I will kill people in the future. I also like money. For 5000 taels, I am willing to take a bath anytime and anywhere."

He smiled again, and continued lightly: "But I don't like being used by others, and I don't like being used as a tool."

Fu Hongxue let out a long breath, and the ice and snow in his eyes seemed to have gradually started to melt.

He suddenly felt that the person standing in front of him, dripping wet, was at least human.

Lu Xiaojia said: "If I want to kill someone, I always do it myself."

Fu Hongxue said: "This is a good habit."

Lu Xiaojia said, "Actually, I still have a lot of good habits."

Fu Hongxue said, "Oh?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "I still have a good habit of never swallowing what I say."

Fu Hongxue said, "Oh?"

Lu Xiaojia said: "Now I have received other people's money, and I have promised others to kill you."

Fu Hongxue said, "I heard it."

Lu Xiaojia said: "So I still want to kill you."

Fu Hongxue said: "But I don't want to kill you."

Lu Xiaojia said, "Why?"

Fu Hongxue said, "Because I never liked killing people like you."

Lu Xiaojia said, "What kind of person am I?"

Fu Hongxue said, "He's a very funny person."

Lu Xiaojia was surprised and said, "I'm funny?"

(End of this chapter)