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Chapter 81 The Praying Mantis Catch the Cicada (3)
Gu Zhen thought to himself: "I heard that old ghost Wang is very good at deceiving people. I don't know what benefit this ignorant fool has received from him, so he is so determined?" Just thinking about it, he heard the copper melon hammer say: "Old man, my brother You two would rather die than betray your friend, don’t you think so?” Fan Yuqian sighed, “Yes.”

Gu Zhen frowned, winked at Lu Jian, and signaled to use force. Unexpectedly, Lu Jian thought for a while and sighed: "These two keep their promises and respect justice. If I force each other, wouldn't it be teaching people unrighteousness?"

Gu Zhen was greatly surprised, and frowned, "Lu Jian, have you made up your mind? Letting them go like this is letting the tiger go back to the mountain!" Lu Jian sighed, "It's the same as Wang Zhi and Xu Hai who broke the trust of others for their own safety. What's the difference?" Gu Zhen was so angry that his face turned blue, he shook his sleeves and said angrily, "What nonsense, faith, okay, you want to be a great Bodhisattva, a great sage, it's up to you." Turning around and sitting on a stone, he gritted his teeth and sneered .

The Tonggua Hammer faced Fan Yuqian face to face, unable to guess what Lu Jian was thinking.Lu Jian also looked at the two of them, thinking that if forced by force, the two of them would not speak to the death, so they had no choice but to kill them.But killing is easy, but saving lives is difficult.Master Yu monk told himself to be merciful. Although these two people are not good, they are not useless. If they can make them abandon evil and do good, it will be a great merit.Thinking of this, he raised his voice and said: "Bronze melon hammer, light steel gun, it's easy to let you two go, you have to promise me one thing."

Tonggua hammer said: "It depends on what's going on? If it's about Mr. Wang, don't expect me to say a word." Lu Jian said coldly: "You three evil spirits of the Longmen have done all kinds of bad things, you deserve to die. But I see you two There is room for doing things so that you will not lose your conscience. I want you to swear to God that you will not do evil in the future. If you do evil again, just enter my ears. Even if you are thousands of miles away, I will definitely come to take your life .”

Tongguachui and Fan Yuqian heard it like they were in the clouds, and they felt that this person was either crazy, stupid, or conspiring, otherwise, there would be such a good thing in the world.

Fan Yuqian weighed the situation, if the other party did not let go, even if he escaped, he would not be able to take the copper melon hammer away alive, so he turned his heart and shouted: "As you said, I will swear first! From now on, I, Fan Yuqian, will never Do evil, or else, there is such a tree." With a wave of the spear, it hit a big tree as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and with a "click", the tree snapped.

Seeing Fan Yuqian's oath, Tongguachui said angrily: "If you don't do evil, you won't do evil. If you violate it, tell me to kill you." Lu Jian nodded and said: "Very good, you can keep your word for Wang Zhi. Live up to my promise." He waved his hand, "Go!"

Fan Yuqian walked forward holding the copper melon hammer.Gu Zhen looked at the two, his heart was as cold as ice, he turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves.Lu Jian felt guilty, sighed, and followed them from afar, while Yao Qing followed behind them indifferently.

After walking for a while, they suddenly heard someone say: "Please stop!" The three turned around, but saw Fan Yuqian running towards him with a gun.Gu Zhen said impatiently, "What's the matter?"

Fan Yuqian stopped a foot away, and said in a low voice: "Brother Lu, Fan has something to ask." Lu Jian said: "Please tell me!" Fan Yuqian said: "Last night, Fan was careless in the city of Nanjing, and he didn't have time to show what he had learned. , I was defeated by the king, and I secretly regret it. After we leave today, we will see each other indefinitely, and I hope Brother Lu will not hesitate to teach you."

Lu Jian was greatly surprised, shook his head and said: "Swords and guns have no eyes, let's avoid it!" Fan Yuqian sighed: "I'm afraid I can't, my brother-in-law died in your hands with the golden hook and sickle, I just thought about it carefully, if I don't help him Revenge cannot be explained to my sister."

Gu Zhen laughed back angrily: "You dwarf is too shameless. I didn't mention it earlier, but now I hid my companions, so I came to mention this matter of revenge." Fan Yuqian's face became hot, and he said: "My second brother and I are sworn brothers. My sister and my sister are brothers and sisters. Brother Lu, a man of righteousness, must understand my difficulties."

This reasoning sounds reasonable, but it's actually very rude. Gu Zhen was about to yell at him when he suddenly heard Lu Jian sigh: "Then we have to fight." Gu Zhen almost exploded with anger when he heard this, Yao Qing remained silent for a long time At this time, he couldn't help shouting: "Lu Jian, you fool, why are you crazy?" Lu Jian said in surprise, "Ah Qing, it makes sense for him to avenge his brother-in-law!" Yao Qing said: "So, you Was it reasonable to be killed by him?"

Seeing her annoyed, Lu Jian became silent. Fan Yuqian was afraid that he would regret it, so he hurriedly said, "I hope Brother Lu will be successful." Lu Jian smiled wryly, and said, "Ah Qing, don't worry, I won't lose." Yao Qing looked angry, and said to Fan Yuqian, "Don't wait, let me make a handy weapon." Fan Yuqian said: "Brother Lu, please do it."

Lu Jian walked under a cypress tree, stretched out his hand to Gu Zhen, "Lend me the dagger." Gu Zhen glared at him, threw the dagger, Lu Jian took it, cut off a branch four feet long, and sat under the tree , pruning and removing leaves.

Gu Zhen looked around, Yao Qing frowned slightly, the brows were three parts angry, three parts worried, and the remaining three points, but they didn't seem to be fully concerned.Gu Zhen was secretly amazed: "This woman is very rich, and she shows her true feelings, which is really rare..." Suddenly, Yao Qing's eyes lit up, revealing a surprised expression.

Gu Zhen turned his head and looked, Lu Jian peeled off the branches, leaves, and bark, which seemed normal, but Gu Zhen looked at it for a moment, and suddenly felt something different.The ups and downs of Lu Jian's dagger clearly conformed to a certain principle. Faster is too fast, slower is too late, advancing is too left, retreating is too right. Mystery.

Gu Zhen's heart twitched, as if he realized something, and he announced it, but he couldn't say it.Looking around in the blink of an eye, Fan Yuqian was looking at the dagger, his eyes rising and falling with the dagger.

Not long after, Lu Jian stopped the dagger and stood up slowly. The wooden stick in his hand was bent freely, round and smooth, as if it was a natural creation, without any excess.

Lu Jian pointed casually, and said, "It's done." Fan Yuqian stared at the wooden stick with a look of joy and sorrow, and sighed: "He cut wood into soldiers with one step, and his mind and spirit are harmonious. It's a joy." After a moment of silence, he sighed again Said, "My Fan family's 'Phantom Spear' has five routes, if I can break all of them with one step, Fan will admit defeat." As he spoke, the long spear trembled, and the fallen leaves on the ground gathered towards the tip of his spear like a river flowing into the sea.

Fan Yuqian let out a clear whistle, and raised his spear suddenly, defeating Ye Chengzhen, it was the first "Phantom Spear" to "gather and scatter the stars".This style has been practiced to the extreme, and it can attract dust and dirt for my use.

Lu Jian's figure was slightly tilted, the wooden stick met the leaf formation, and he casually drew a circle. If there was suction at the end of the stick, the broken leaves all over the sky scattered and gathered again, and all were stuck to the end of the stick.

This way of "gathering and scattering stars" is divided into "outer one style" and "inner one style". The "outer one style" gathers and disperses foreign objects, such as dust, leaves, etc. to confuse the opponent; Suddenly big and small, scattered and gathered, internal and external echoes, endless changes.

Fan Yuqian didn't expect that the "inner style" hadn't unfolded yet, and the "outer style" had been broken by Lu Jian's technique of seizing troops, so halfway through the spear, he changed rapidly all the way "flying north and south", pointing the spear obliquely at the sky, like a flying bird flying out of the sky. dust.

The fallen leaves on the end of Lu Jian's stick were blown away by Fan Yuqian's spear wind, and immediately the stick went straight in, lightly touching the tip of the spear.He has the ability of "replenishing the sky and robbing the hand", all the weapons in the world can change randomly in his hands, and use suitable moves, not to mention that this wooden staff is a long spear that he deliberately cut to restrain Fan Yuqian.Fan Yuqian felt that the stick was sticking to the spear, just like last night, fearing that it would be snatched away again, he hastily retracted the spear and resorted to "Seng Yao draws the dragon".

This way the marksmanship is extremely wild, the huge forest is blowing golden wind, the cold air is blowing over the ground, the broken leaves in the sky have not yet fallen, and they are rolled up into the sky, the broken leaves seem to have sprouted head and tail scales claws, like a mad dragon, entwining the two of them.Seeing the situation, Yao Qing couldn't help but take a step forward, holding the "Evil Factor" between her fingers.

In the Southern Dynasties, Zhang Sengyou, a great painter, once painted dragons on the temple walls without touching their eyes.Someone asked, and Zhang replied: "When you touch your eyes, you will fly away." At that time, people always asked to touch it, but Zhang Sengyou reluctantly agreed, but when he touched his eyes, there was a thunderstorm, and the dragon he drew really broke through the wall and flew away.Fan Yuqian's marksmanship imitated the meaning of the law, "drawing the dragon" is false, "finishing the eye" is the truth, the fluttering of the spear is just an empty move to confuse people's eyes and ears, and the finishing touch is the killer move that kills people.

The defeated leaves are flying wildly, and the gun is rolling like lightning. Ordinary people are bound to be dazzled when they are in it.But Lu Jian used his hands instead of his eyes, not for the momentum, not for the fallen leaves to cover his eyes, the wooden stick was not far from the point of Fan Yuqian's spear, just like a big eagle grabbing a bird, let the spear point jump up and down, always unable to get rid of the wooden stick, and even more so Don't talk about making that finishing touch.No finishing touch, no matter how wonderful the dragon is, it is just a dead dragon.

Fan Yuqian struggled for a long time without success, but suddenly changed again and turned into a road of "floating flowers", with guns and flowers blooming, sometimes east and west, covering the sky with clouds and sun.It stands to reason that such an uncertain marksmanship must be powerful, but Lu Jian turned a blind eye to the marksmanship, no matter how many marksmanship, he only looked for the tip of his spear.

"Seng Yao draws a dragon" and "Drawing flowers from the sky" have a lot of false tricks, which consume a lot of energy, and you have to be on guard against Lu Jian taking away your weapons. Even though Fan Yuqian's skills are profound, after a long time, he feels that his dantian is empty, so he has no choice but to let out a deep sigh, and the gun is gone. Suddenly, the tip of the gun pointed to the ground.Lu Jian stretched out his wooden stick, and as soon as he touched the spear, he suddenly felt that the spear was not moving at all.Lu Jian's technique of seizing troops had to be borrowed from others. Whether Fan Yuqian's long spear was forwarded or retracted, or if the spear was blown out, Lu Jian could use his strength to snatch it away, but the long spear in front of him seemed alive. On Fan Yuqian's body, he was as solid as steel and as firm as stone, and Lu Jiankong felt that there was no room to take advantage of his magical skills.

Fan Yuqian was sweating profusely, and his breathing gradually became short of breath.In fact, he has not practiced this way of "nodding with a stubborn stone", except for the ancestor who created this spear technique, no one in the Fan family has ever practiced it.As the name suggests, "Shenggong speaks, and the stubborn stone nods", this way of marksmanship contains extremely high and profound Zen mechanism, and the mechanism of Zen is used.

Fan Yuqian is good at spear skills, but he has a weak temper and is nostalgic for the world of mortals. It is far from being able to see through the world and become a Buddha instantly.However, this "nodding stone" comes from the way of Zen. If the opportunity comes, it is not difficult to get through it in an instant. If the opportunity is not there, there is no hope for life.Therefore, no matter how hard he tried, in the past 20 years, he had only practiced to the point where "the human and the gun are integrated, and they are as if they are not moving."Otherwise, when the powerful enemy attacked back then, he must have become the ghost of his gun, so that he would not destroy his family and wander the world.

Fan Yuqian has the momentum of a stubborn stone, but he has no ability to "nod his head". After a while, his whole body is hot, and his sweat is like a stream.

Seeing the advantage, Gu Zhen and Yao Qing both showed smiles.Lu Jian also understood Fan Yuqian's predicament. He had a kind heart and did not want to force others into difficulties. Seeing Fan Yuqian's complexion turn from red to white, and from white to blue, he knew that if the stalemate continued, this person would inevitably die from exhaustion.Thinking of this, he sighed, removed the wooden stick and said: "This battle is considered a draw, you didn't lose to me, and you didn't win from me, so if you tell Lingmei like this, is it an account?"

Fan Yuqian took two steps back and stood speechless.Gu Zhen looked more and more angry, and said coldly: "You have taken advantage of me again, why don't you hurry up?" Fan Yuqian ignored it, glanced at Lu Jian, flicked his spear, swiped a few times on the ground, and turned around Body, go quickly.

Looking at the gun marks on the ground, Gu Zhen's eyes lit up, and he read word by word: "Hui-zhou-" After reading it, he smiled unconsciously, "Okay." Lu Jianqi said, "What's good?"

Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Huizhou is the hometown of Old Ghost Wang." Yao Qing's thoughts changed sharply, and she blurted out: "Could it be that he escaped back to his hometown?" Lu Jian was puzzled, Gu Zhen calmly said: "This plan It's called "surprise", or "put it to death and live later". The Huizhou government is powerful and risky, but Wang Laogui was born in the local area, and he is familiar with every plant and tree, so it is easier to hide. If it were me, maybe Take this risky move too..." Yao Qing sneered and said, "I'm putting gold on my face again."

Gu Zhen laughed out loud, stretched his brows, and smiled at Lu Jian: "Ashamed, ashamed, coercion by force is not as good as convincing others with virtue. According to my method, it may not be able to convince this Fan. You let go twice." He, he was grateful, finally revealed the truth."

Yao Qing smiled slightly, and said, "Smelly fox, do you sometimes admit defeat?" Gu Zhen said with a smile: "Then it depends on who it is against, is it against you Yao Damei, Gu will never accept it." Yao Qing sneered Said: "Who cares?"

The two quarreled along the way, but Lu Jian became a spectator instead, and didn't come to persuade him until the fight got serious.So noisy, at night, I found a farmhouse to rest.Lu Jian ran around for several days and was extremely tired. He took a bath after dinner and fell into a drowsy sleep.

He was sleeping soundly, when he suddenly heard someone knock on the door, Lu Jian put on his clothes and held the lamp, and saw that it was Yao Qing.She took off her hairpin and turned her plain face to the sky. Compared with the day, she looked like a lily reflecting water, elegant and fresh.

Lu Jian was dazzled, his heart was beating wildly, and he said, "You...don't you sleep?" Yao Qing rolled his eyes at him, and said, "I can't sleep because I'm thinking about something." Lu Jian said, "What are you thinking about?" Yao Qing said angrily, "Silly Kid, how long do you want me to stand?" Lu Jianru woke up from a dream and hurriedly welcomed her in, Yao Qing leaned on the wooden bed and sat down gracefully.The farm was poor, with a bed but no stool, so Lu Jian put down the oil lamp and had to stand there blankly.

Yao Qing looked at him, patted the edge of the bed and called, "Come here, if you don't know, I'll treat you as a punishment!" Since the two reunited, Lu Jian saw such a gentle look for the first time, and he couldn't feel his heart skip a beat, his blood boiled She flushed her cheeks, hesitated for a moment, and sat on the edge of the bed with a blushing face.

Yao Qing stared at the candlelight for a while, then quietly asked, "How are you doing these years?" Lu Jian hesitated, "I can't say it's good or bad, but I always survived."

"Guess what I'm thinking?" Yao Qing sighed softly, "I was wondering why you became a robber? How did you know the stinky fox? Why did you want to catch Xu Hai and Wang Zhi for him? Why did Zhen say that if you don't catch Wang Zhi, you won't live long? If it wasn't for this sentence, I wouldn't scare off the officers and soldiers for him."

Yao Qing turned her eyes, her eyes melted deeply into Lu Jian's heart.Lu Jian secretly complained to Gu Zhen that he shouldn't have said these things to Yao Qing, but the matter had come to an end, so he could only say: "These words are too long." Yao Qing stared at him and said seriously: "Then you have to talk long , don't miss a single bit."

Her tone was soft, and Lu Jian heard it, his eyes and nose were slightly trembling, and when he looked up, Yao Qing happened to look at her too, his eyes were black and white, black as night, white as jade, covered with a faint mist.

Lu Jian had seen this look in Yao's study before. At that time, the two of them did not know whether they would live or die after the battle with Yan Zhihu, so the corners of their eyebrows and eyes naturally showed endless lingering love.

The situation was as it was yesterday, and the past was in front of him. Lu Jian regained his composure and slowly told what happened in the past three years, detailing everything.

Yao Qing looked calm and listened intently, only when she heard Ah Shi, she let out a soft oh, her eyes slanted slightly, with deep meaning.Lu Jian was flustered by her look, but when she looked carefully, Yao Qing's expression was calm, so she was relieved.

I don't know how long it took, the lamp oil burned out, the room was pitch black, and the rooster crowed in the distance, which was very clear in the silent night.The rooster sounded the number, and the room suddenly fell silent. In the silence, Lu Jian only felt a soft little hand reach over, took his hand, and placed it on his slender knee. His whole body was warm, and he couldn't help murmuring: "Ah Qing, Ah Qing..." Before he could finish speaking, water droplets splashed on the back of his hands.Lu Jian was taken aback and called out, "You...why are you crying?"

Yao Qing was silent for a moment, let out a breath, and said in a shy voice: "Ning Bukong killed my father first, and then turned you into a robber, I'll be a ghost and I won't spare him..."

Unexpectedly, when she said this, Lu Jian was startled, forgetful, stretched his hand past her ear, brushed away strands of hair, and stroked Yao Qing's hot cheeks.Although he couldn't see at night, through "Jie Shou", Lu Jian could still picture the pear blossom with rain in his heart, and he couldn't feel the tenderness, and sighed: "Ah Qing, what have you been doing for the past three years?" ..."

Yao Qing's body trembled, she was strong by nature, and she didn't want to make a sound when she shed tears, but for some reason, when she heard this sentence, her body became weak for no reason, her eyes were hot, she pressed her face into Lu Jian's arms, and began to cry hoarsely.

This cry was not only for Lu Jian's experience, but also for her loneliness, hardship, melancholy, misery, and all kinds of emotions in the past three years, all pouring out with tears.

(End of this chapter)