Cherry Blossoms Upon a Wintry Sword

Chapter 63: He family in southern Henan

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After Dajing was done, it was time to leave.

Early the next morning, Xuan Qing came to say goodbye to Lin Rufei. Lin Rufei asked him where he was going, and he replied that there was no specific place to go, and he would probably walk everywhere. After all, Yaoguang Continent is so vast, and there are many scenery he has never seen before.

Although she liked this monk very much, Lin Rufei didn't ask for a banquet that would not be scattered all over the world, but when Xuan Qing was about to leave, she took out a piece of gold from her pocket and handed it to Xuan Qing.

Seeing Jin Zi, Xuan Qing took a step back in conditioned reflex, as if he had seen a beast of a flood, and said, "Young Master Lin, what does this mean?"

Lin Rufei said with a smile, "I remember that on Mount Xiliang, the monk gave me a bead, so... this gold can be considered as what I owe the monk?"

Xuan Qing wanted to say something.

However, Lin Rufei waved her hand and interrupted what he was about to say: "If the monk refuses to accept it, I won't force it, but this kind of politeness will make you and I seem a little unfamiliar before, if the monk really treats me as a friend, it will be generous Take it."

Having said all that, Xuan Qing's refusal seemed unreasonable, he sighed, and reached out to take the gold. Lin Rufei felt relieved when she saw this scene. No matter how powerful Xuan Qing is, he is still a person. As a human being, he needs food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Although he lived in a temple and could make a living, he still had a place for money. Lin Rufei hopes that at least the monk can occasionally have two spare money to buy a candy man to eat.

Speaking of Sugar Man, Lin Rufei recalled what happened last night, and she couldn't help but look a little uncomfortable. Xuan Qing didn't understand what Lin Rufei's expression meant, she just thought he was feeling reluctant to part. So he put his hands together and bowed to Lin Rufei, saying that if they were destined, the two would see each other again.

Lin Rufei sent Xuan Qing to the door of the inn. She wanted to send him out of the city, but Xuan Qing refused, so Lin Ru Fei stood there and watched Xuan Qing turn away, her back was the same as when Lin Ru Fei first saw him. Free and easy.

What an interesting monk, Lin Rufei thought.

As for Lin Rufei, after asking Fu Hua, she decided to have lunch before leaving, while Fu Hua took advantage of this time to take care of the carriage.

On weekdays, there is a vegetarian meal belonging to Xuanqing, but today, Lin Rufei is not used to it. He picked up a piece of tofu and was about to put it in his mouth, when there was a rush of hooves at the door, and then a panicked figure broke into the door.

"Where's Monk Xuanqing?" The visitor was in a hurry, and there was a layer of sweat on his forehead. It was the other protagonist Lin Rufei saw in the alley yesterday, Prince Dajing Baitian Rui.

"Let's go." Lin Rufei replied, "I left in the morning."

"Leave?" Bai Tian Rui was a little unconvinced, "Didn't he go to the palace to resign with my brother?"

"I don't know." Lin Rufei shook her head.

Bai Tian Rui cursed, turned around and left, Lin Rufei could only see some embarrassment from his back. Yurui and the others didn't know the situation of the two, and they asked in a low voice if the prince had a grudge against Monk Xuanqing, or why he looked so hideous.

"Probably have a grudge." Lin Rufei said perfunctorily.

"The monk should be more careful." Yu Rui said, "This prince looks so fierce..."

Lin Rufei also showed some smiles. Bai Tian Rui, known as the smiling tiger, was completely different when he met Xuan Qing. But looking at it that way, it's quite interesting.

After lunch, Lin Rufei got into the carriage and followed the official road all the way to the south.

The further south you go, the more the core area of Yaoguang Continent, and the more developed the economy is. Even the official road under your feet is much wider. You can see wealthy merchants transporting goods and tourists riding horses everywhere.

Lin Rufei originally wanted to ride a horse, but she opened the curtain and looked at the dazzling sun above her head, and then she quietly retreated into the carriage. Seeing her young master's resentful expression, Fu Hua was very funny, and handed the iced plum soup to Lin Rufei, coaxing: "Don't worry, young master, in a few months, the weather should be cool, then young master Putting on a cape and going on a horseback ride is just as dashing."

Lin Rufei drank plum soup one after another, and asked how many days it would take to arrive in southern Henan.

Fu Hua calculated the days and said that if he traveled day and night, he might be able to arrive in seven or eight days, but if he stopped on the road, it would take more than ten days.

Lin Rufei snorted and said that it was not in a hurry, anyway, she was going out for a trip, just a few more days, and you could look around at the scenery.

After walking for a few days in such a leisurely manner, the surrounding customs gradually changed. Southern Henan is not as open as the folk customs of Dajing, but it has developed agriculture and likes pasta. Lin Rufei came here all the way with rice, but when she arrived in southern Henan, she found that in many inns, noodles had become the staple food. Most of them were cakes or noodles, but fortunately they all tasted good. Fei was quite happy to eat.

It's just that Yurui is not used to it, and she always feels empty in her stomach when she mumbles that she doesn't eat rice. Fu Hua smiled and nodded her head, saying that you are here to take care of the son, or to enjoy happiness. Yurui hummed, saying that the young master must also want to eat rice, and asked Lin Rufei if she was.

"Yes, yes." Lin Rufei coaxed her maid and said, "Let's find an inn with rice that night."

"Okay." Fu Hua agreed.

After entering the city, I asked all the way, and finally found an inn with rice. The three went in and ordered some food, planning to spend the night here.

While sitting in the inn waiting, Lin Rufei heard a hawker outside selling watermelons, so she asked Yurui to go out to buy one and eat it as a fruit to cool off at night.

Yurui went out happily, but didn't come back for a while, but it became noisy outside, as if someone was arguing. Fu Hua felt that the situation was wrong, so she wanted to get up and go out to have a look. Lin Rufei also stood up and said, "Let's go together."

Float nodded.

The two walked out of the door and saw that Yurui was arguing with the other person. She was arguing with the other person with her head raised. It was probably because the quarrel was a little anxious. Shank - looks like he wants to draw his sword. But the one who was arguing with Yurui was a tall man. This man was tall and mighty, with a big sword on his back. At this time, his muscular hands were hugging his chest, and he looked down at him. Yurui stomped her feet angrily. Yurui was originally just a teenage girl with a petite figure, but now standing in front of the man, she looks like a little baby.

"Why are you so unreasonable." Yurui gritted her teeth, "You bought it all, what do others eat!"

"I came first." The man said.

"Can you just give me one!" Yurui said.

"I came first." The man said again.

"You—" Yu Rui was furious.

Seeing this, Fu Hua called out, "Yurui, what's wrong?"

"Sister Fuhua." When Yurui saw that Fuhua and her young master came together, she immediately ran to Fuhua's side and said angrily, "Didn't the young master say that he wanted to eat watermelon just now, I came out immediately, who knows This man was one step ahead of me... He also said that he would buy all the watermelons, and I wanted to ask him to keep one for me, but he refused." The peddler pushed a small cart of watermelons, which weighed over 100 kilograms. Rui just wanted one, but he didn't agree with anything, so Yu Rui quarreled with him. The man didn't say anything else, he just said four words: I came first.

Almost didn't get Yu Rui to pass.

After hearing the whole thing, Lin Rufei felt that it didn't matter, she waved her hand and said, "It's okay, he can buy it if he wants. After we have eaten, we can go shopping on the street to see if there are other places to sell it."

Yurui bit her lower lip: "With so many watermelons, has he finished eating them? The weather is hot again. This watermelon can be kept for two days at most."

The man next to him heard Fu Hua's words and said, "Of course I've finished eating."

Yurui said, "How many of you eat?"

The man pointed to himself.

Yurui stared: "You eat alone? How much can you eat alone? I don't believe—"

The man spread his hands, making a gesture that you can't do anything if you don't believe me.

Yurui gritted her teeth and said, "I knew you were deliberately harassing me. Hmph, if you finish eating so many watermelons, I'll pay for you!"

The man said, "Really?"

Yurui said: "Naturally take it seriously!"

After listening to this, the man rolled up his sleeves, and actually planned to eat it. The melon seller was beaming with joy. He was also a wink. He could see that these people were dressed in extraordinary clothes and had swords hanging from their waists. Will not be delinquent. So he simply cut the watermelon for the man next to him, and shouted, "How about you, sir, my watermelon is sweet enough!"

The man said: "Yes, sweet."

The watermelon broke through the green skin, revealing the water-red flesh, with crystal clear sand inside, which looked crisp and sweet. Yurui sniffed the sweet fragrance in the air and swallowed her saliva. Eyeballs fell on the watermelon and couldn't move. This man has a big mouth, and a few mouthfuls are half a melon, but he doesn't look very rude when he eats it like this, but shows a bit of wild taste.

Fuhua frowned, she always felt that the man was teasing Yurui, she frowned and was about to come forward to say something, but was stopped by Lin Rufei, Lin Rufei shook her head with a smile, and said, "Look. It's okay for him to eat."

Floating flowers had to be.

The man ate the melon at an extremely fast speed, and soon there were piles of melon rinds next to him. Those watermelons that were juicy entered his stomach, but they seemed to have entered a black hole without an abyss, and there was no shadow at all. The man's speed did not change from start to finish, and the people around him were stunned. After a while, a lot of people watching the fun gathered near the watermelon stall. After the man finished eating one, the crowd would cheer loudly. It was extremely lively.

Fu Hua was about to look stupid. She had never seen a person with such a big appetite. A few hundred pounds of watermelon entered his mouth, but it seemed like a snack for a tooth sacrifice, one after another, without even needing to breathe. . In a blink of an eye, the watermelon stall was at its bottom, and there were only a few left.

Did he really finish eating? Yu Rui stared blankly at the sweet potato skin, and looked at the man with the eyes of a monster.

Lin Rufei saw Yu Rui's appearance, but she thought it was a bit funny.

"You... why are you so powerful." Yurui stared at the man in a daze, "Can't you bear with so many melons?" She usually eats two teeth and is full, and the three of them together with the young master Fuhua, only barely able to eat half...

The man seemed to be amused by Fu Hua's question, a smile appeared in his eyes, and he shook his head.

"Oh, okay." Yurui gave up, shrugged her eyebrows, and said dejectedly, "I'm short-sighted, but someone really can eat it like this... I thought you were trying to trouble me on purpose." She has given up , intends to buy the watermelon from this stall with money from the purse.

Unexpectedly, when the man ate the last one, he patted his stomach and said seriously: "I'm full, I can't eat any more."

There were booing noises from the crowd watching, but the man didn't care at all, turned around and asked the hawker how much the watermelon he ate in total.

The hawker said a price with a smile, and the man began to dig out the money happily.

"Wait, wait." Yurui said, "There's only one left, can't you finish it?"

The man said, "I can't finish it."

Yu Rui obviously didn't believe it. She bit her lower lip and said tangled: "You... you really can't finish it?"

The man smiled and said, "I can't finish it."

Although Yurui is young, she is not a fool. How can she not see that the man deliberately left one, she felt a little dazed and embarrassed for a while. This man is a prankster who deliberately finds fault.

The man paid the money, turned around and left, Yu Rui looked at the only remaining watermelon and a sweet potato peel for a while, and finally Lin Rufei patted her head with a smile and asked her to take the watermelon back. .

This matter had a great impact on Yurui. The little girl was depressed all night, and when she was eating watermelon, she thought of the man in the daytime, and sighed that there are so many strange people in this world.

"Yeah." Lin Rufei smiled, "People are making fun of you as a child."

Yurui said, "I'm not a child! I'm fifteen!"

Ordinary people, fifteen-year-old girls should be married, but Yurui is a swordsman of the five realms, so there is no rush to get married.

"Yeah, it's fifteen." Fu Hua sighed, "You also know that you are fifteen, can you be more stable in your future work? If you meet someone who doesn't give you face today, wouldn't you put the young master's face in your face? Lost together?"

Yurui bowed her head and admitted her mistake, admitting that she was too reckless.

Lin Rufei didn't care, he smiled and said, "It's alright, they don't know me anyway, they'll be embarrassed occasionally, and they won't lose a piece of meat. Besides, who would have thought that this person could eat a few hundred pounds of watermelon in one go? "

Fu Hua shook his head and said that the man would not be a simple person, even the giant sword behind him was not ordinary. Such heavy swords are rare in the world, and the only heavy sword that Gu Feiyu has ever seen is the one he has seen so far.

"Oh?" Lin Rufei became interested, "Is he also a great swordsman?"

"It should be." Fu Hua said, "I can't see the depth of his cultivation, so his cultivation has at least seven realms, or he has a strange treasure... In short, he will not be a person to be provoked."

Lin Rufei showed a thoughtful look.

That night, Lin Rufei, who returned to the room, casually chatted with Gu Xuan about it. Gu Xuandu ate the freshly cut watermelon while listening to Lin Rufei, and said with a smile, "This watermelon is so sweet."

"Really." Lin Rufei said, "I'll try it too." He said, then leaned over, took a small bite on the watermelon in Gu Xuandu's hand, chewed it and nodded, "It's really good."

Gu Xuandu lowered his head, looked at the tooth marks on his watermelon, and hummed with a vague expression.

"What do you think that person is from?" Lin Rufei asked.

Gu Xuandu thought for a moment: "Although I don't know that person, I have some impression of Jian."

"Oh? You know his sword?" Lin Rufei became interested.

"Well." Gu Xuandu said, "The name of the sword should be Qianjun. It has a history of hundreds of years. I have seen the sword master who made the sword. He is a lewd old man, but although the sword is named Qianjun, Not walking in the style of an epee."

Lin Rufei said, "Isn't it an epee?"

Gu Xuandu shook his head: "Qianjun has something special."

After inquiring carefully, Lin Rufei learned that although this Qianjun was only an epee in the hands of ordinary swordsmen, if it was in the hands of a swordsman it recognized, it would turn into thousands of tiny blades, turning it into a sword formation to knock down the enemy. strangle. According to Gu Xuandu, Qianjun is a clever sword, which is quite different from its bulky shape.

Listening to Gu Xuandu's description of Qianjun, Lin Rufei felt that Qianjun was somewhat similar to the man she saw during the day. They all look rough, but they are actually as meticulous as dust.

While chatting, Lin Rufei fell asleep in the company of Gu Xuandu, and slept until the next day, only to be woken up by Fuhua and the others to eat breakfast.

I have to travel today, so after dinner, Lin Rufei got into the carriage.

Fu Hua waved her whip and went out of the small town. The carriage went for a while, but she heard the sound of hooves coming from the side. Lin Rufei thought that someone was passing by them, but she didn't take it seriously. Who knew that the sound of hooves would follow them like this.

"Who's following us?" Yurui asked curiously, "I'll take a look." She lifted the curtain of the car and went out for a while, then came back soon, with a puzzled look on her face when she came back.

"Who is it?" Lin Rufei asked.

"It's the man who ate watermelon we met yesterday." Yurui said, "...he's right behind us. Do you want to stop and ask him what he's going to do?"

Lin Rufei thought for a while and said, "It's okay to ask."

So Fu Hua stopped the horse, and sure enough, as soon as their car stopped, the man stopped too.

Fu Hua stepped forward to ask him what he meant, and he smiled: "You may not believe it, I just happened to be on the way with you."

"Just by the way?" Of course Fu Hua couldn't believe it, how could there be such a coincidence in the world, "You should be faster on a single horse."

The man shook his head: "Although it is true that a single horse is faster under normal circumstances, the sword on my back is too heavy, and the horse can't run fast."

Fu Hua was at a loss for words, and didn't know what to do. She cast a look of help at Lin Rufei. Lin Rufei heard the conversation between the two and waved at Fu Hua, motioning her to come back.

"If that's the case, follow him if he wants to." Lin Rufei said, "What if he really hit the road."

Fu Hua sighed: "This is too far-fetched."

Lin Rufei said, "It's okay, he shouldn't be mean to us."

Fu Hua had no choice but to ignore him.

They went on like this all the way, both sides were at peace with each other, nothing happened, and they were getting closer and closer to southern Henan. After passing through a very desolate official road, Lin Rufei decided to rest for half a day before continuing on the road.

It was only after they entered the city that the man who had been following them disappeared.

Lin Rufei arrived at the inn where she was resting and ordered a pot of herbal tea, intending to cool down, and casually inquired about the He family from Xiao Er's mouth.

Xiao Er heard that they came from the north, but showed a look of surprise and said, "Keguan, did you come from the official road from the north?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Lin Rufei felt that Xiao Er's expression was different.

Xiao Er said: "Hey... along the way, you haven't encountered anything, what's the matter?"

The three of Lin Rufei's faces were dazed when they heard the words, and they didn't know what Xiao Er meant.

Xiao Er saw that no one understood, so he had to explain, saying that some powerful monsters had recently appeared on the official road to the north for no reason, and they had eaten a lot of merchants, and strangely speaking, they also had nothing to do with other places. Interest is only rampant on that official road. For this reason, the locals did not dare to take that road at all, and only out-of-towners who did not know would take this risk.

"The luck of the guest officials is really good." Xiao Er was still sighing, "Just a few days ago, I heard that the monsters from other places were eaten, and even the bones were not found."

Fu Hua said strangely, "Is there no one in the area who cares about such a thing?"

Xiao Er smiled bitterly: "It should have been there, but the demons seemed to be particularly powerful. The He family sent a few disciples over, but they were severely injured."

Lin Rufei said, "So that's how it is."

"Yeah." Xiao Er shook his head and sighed, "The world is not peaceful, and you must be more careful when you walk in the rivers and lakes."

"Thank you." Lin Rufei handed Xiao Er a piece of broken silver. Xiao Er happily took it and turned to leave.

After Xiao Er's remarks, Lin Rufei remembered the man who had to follow their carriage for the past few days. It seemed that his mind was indeed delicate, even for strangers who only met one-sidedly.

The rest is almost over, Lin Rufei explained a few words to Fuhua Yurui, and then went to the street outside alone. This small town is not large, but the streets are still lively, and you can see things that you have not seen before. Lots of rare stuff. Lin Rufei stopped in front of a stall selling fried pancakes. The pancakes looked delicious. The dough was full of chopped green onion and minced meat, and it swelled as soon as it was fried in the oil pan. Opened, exuding a strong aroma. Then use chopsticks to remove, filter the oil, and eat.

Lin Rufei bought one and was about to put it in her mouth when she noticed a familiar figure in the corner of the corner, it was the man who had been with them for a few days.

The man was still carrying the heavy sword on his back, and was looking at him with interest... the scallion pancake in his hand.

"Do you want to eat?" Lin Rufei asked in a conditioned reflex when he looked at him like that.

"It's not very suitable, you just bought it." Even so, the man had already stepped forward and walked in front of Lin Rufei, and his eyes were even more burning when he looked at the oil cake.

Lin Rufei laughed: "It's alright, I'll buy another one." He handed the pancake to the man, who took it without hesitation, opened his mouth and bit it. He swallowed the big pancake in two mouthfuls. After eating, he said to the boss, "Boss, wrap it all up for me." After saying this, he seemed to feel that something was wrong. After thinking for a while, he remembered the side. Lin Rufei, who was standing, pointed at him, "Leave one for him."

This situation was so familiar, Lin Rufei couldn't help but laugh and said, "Thank you." Remember to keep one for him.

"Don't mind, that's how I eat," the man said. "You have to eat it all in one go, or you'll always feel bad if you don't have it."

Lin Rufei said, "By the way, you haven't asked your name yet?"

The man replied, "He Wanxiang."

Lin Rufei's eyes lit up when she heard the name: "What family are you from?"

He Wanxiang said, "Forget it? What is your son looking for from the He family?"

Lin Rufei cupped her hands, bowed, and said, "Lin Rufei from the Lin family of the Kunlun Sword Sect."

He Wanxiang was stunned for a moment, as if he did not expect Lin Rufei to be from the Lin family, and hesitating in his tone: "Young Master Lin... is he here to send an invitation to the Kunlun Sword Association?"

"That's right." Lin Rufei smiled.

"That's really a coincidence." He Wanxiang said, "It seems that we are on the way, why don't we go together next time?"

Lin Rufei said, "Of course you can."

It's about a day or two's journey from here to the He family. It is naturally a good thing to be able to walk with the He family.