The customs of the Liyang Dynasty on the border of Beimang are similar to the customs of the Liyang Dynasty, especially after the influx of survivors from the Eight Kingdoms. In fact, they are almost the same. Today is the tomb-sweeping in the Qingming Festival. Regardless of the age, the men of the family bring paper money of wine, food and fruit to the grave, burn the paper money, and cover the old grave with new soil, let the younger children fold new yellow branches in the city and insert them on the grave, and burn the yellow paper. Then kowtow and salute, worship the ancestors, ask for some blessings, and then return. There is no fixed time to go to the grave during the Qingming Festival. It can be sooner or later, but it is left in the city. Today, the heavy rain poured heavily on the head. Most of the graves are in the suburbs, not close to each other. Go to the grave.
Therefore, Tao Chengmu's thirty-one rides out of the city are very dazzling, leaving the bluestone streets in the city with a low slope from the middle to the sides, which is not easy to detect at ordinary times. Ten armored and iron horsemen marched in formation, pounding on the hearts of the people on both sides of the street. Contacting the bloody deeds of this general Chongshe who killed hundreds of enemies on the border battlefield, and killing people and drinking in the city and pastoral mansion every day, the ordinary people in Shengdou became more and more happy. Fa felt that this city shepherd who was born in the military could rest assured.
Wei Feng is a merchant, no matter how much money a merchant earns, he is not as respected as a nobleman. Although Wei Feng is one of the few rich people in the remaining city, the mansion he owns is still two streets away from the street where the city and pastoral mansion is located. Fortunately, the Wei Mansion is on the main city road, quiet amidst the hustle and bustle, and you can just see thirty-one cavalry galloping out of the city. The leader is Tao Qianzhi, who doesn't conform to the official system and wears armor. The blood-sweat horses were already extremely precious, and this horse, which was gifted by the Gusai Prefecture in accordance with festivals, was the best among them. It was so strong that the rich in the city coveted it and the common people daunted it.
City shepherd Tao Qianzhi took the lead, without squinting, naturally he didn't notice a young man with a knife squatting under the high wall and blue tiles of the gate of Wei Mansion, and a maid with a delicate body and soft eyes held an umbrella for him. Kneeling and squatting, facing south, he managed to burn a few handfuls of yellow paper, probably because he had done his best, and there was still a handful of yellow paper money left, which he put back in his bosom. The beautiful and pitiful servant girl reminded in a low voice: "Mr. Xu, the paper money for the ancestors is not good to put in the arms of the living. Will the maid help you to keep it?"
Xu Fengnian stood up, saw that her left shoulder was soaked, he pushed the mahogany umbrella frame towards the servant girl with his fingers, folded his hands on his abdomen, looked at the cavalry galloping away in the rain, smiled without saying a word, just shook his head. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the little umbrella tilting slightly over her head again, took it angrily and amusingly, and propped it on top of the two of them impartially. Xu Fengnian touched her head and said with a smile: "I'll send you into the mansion first, and I'll go out for a walk later, so don't follow me. I won't be able to come back until I leave the city this time. When we go to Chenghuang Temple, the rain is not as heavy as it is now, so I will bring you and Qiushui a pack of Zhouji Xiaolongbao."
The little maid who had just grown up in stature said empathetically, "On these roads, I will be there just a few steps away, my lord, you can just go shopping."
Xu Fengnian narrowed his beautiful Danfeng eyes, pretending to be wronged, and teasingly said: "I wanted to have a few more words with a certain young lady, but she didn't understand the style."
At that moment, the little girl seemed to be struck by lightning, her whole heart trembled, and she was speechless in a daze. She just raised her little chin, which would suddenly be sharpened a few years older, and looked at her with an intoxicating smile. son. Some love affairs are always inexplicable, and most of them will be blown away by the rain and wind, but at this moment, the little girl was caught off guard.
Xu Fengnian smiled and sent her into the Wei Mansion. After entering the door, the little girl did not immediately walk into the deep courtyard, but stood there and looked at his slender back. Looking carefully, she saw him walking into the rain curtain outside the eaves with an umbrella Suddenly, his figure paused, as if looking through the rim of an umbrella at the sky, which looked like a large square of inkstone.
Xu Fengnian walked slowly on the street under an umbrella, his shoes, socks and gown were already soaked from the burning paper. His Royal Highness Beiliang Shizi stepped on the stone slabs in Beimang City to kill thirty-one cavalry including the city shepherd. It seemed a bit cold to tell the truth.
The goods sent by the Fish and Dragons to the city at a huge price were actually left to Wei Feng after they were handed over to them, but they still kept them until today, and they agreed not to leave the city until the afternoon. In the past few days, it was nothing more than Wei Feng's friendship as a landlord, letting a few stewards bring these local beetle gang members who have never seen the world, to experience the taste of a gentle hometown. More than a thousand taels of silver, in the eyes of the Fish and Dragon Gang, is really shockingly lavish, and even they themselves feel a little embarrassed when eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Only Liu Nirong, who can't tell the pain after eating Coptis chinensis, remained silent and did not speak to anyone. Speaking of the death of guest Qing Gongsun Yang.
The young man Wang Dashi is the only idiot who stays in the Wei Mansion all the time. Apart from practicing boxing, he memorizes formulas. Mr. Xu taught him a sword move the day before yesterday, but unfortunately he can't learn it anyway. Fortunately, Mr. Xu seems to be a strange master who is not afraid of his apprentice being stupid but smart. Wang Dashi has no burden. Anyway, Mr. Xu taught him with good intentions, so he will learn it honestly. All he knows is that the trick is called Sanjin Listening to the name, Wang Dashi fell in love with it very much, and felt a sense of closeness, unlike the bluffing gimmicks of those masters in the Fish and Dragon Gang, who are often like Wan Jian Guizong, Slaying Dragons, Killing Tigers, Invincible Whirlwind Legs, etc., to scare anyone Well, anyway, even Wang Dashi doesn't believe how capable these moves are.
Xu Fengnian stopped, turned around and looked at the unexpected person, and said calmly, "Go to Gongsun Yang's grave?"
Liu Nirong nodded with a miserable face and a haggard expression, and then said in a deep voice, "Then I won't let you go to the grave."
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "I'll just walk around the city, and if I don't go to Gongsun Yang's grave to say anything, I really have nothing to say. Miss Liu is too worried."
Liu Nirong strode forward, leaving Xu Fengnian far behind. The pair of new enemies who made people out of luck went out of the city one after another, Liu Nirong walked to the southwest, and Xu Fengnian walked to the southeast. It was raining heavily, the sky was as dark as night, and the official road was muddy and difficult to walk. Xu Fengnian's boots were covered with yellow mud, and he walked for three sticks of incense without haste. He didn't meet a grave sweeper. Xu Fengnian exhaled a mouthful of mist, closed his umbrella with a snap, let the raindrops the size of soybeans hit his body, and started to run wildly , but did not sweep straight along the official road, but circled a huge circle. Every time the toes stepped on the ground, a mud hole would be blasted out on the ground, splashing countless water splashes. If ordinary people were watching, they would only see blue shadows It disappeared in a flash, leaving behind a series of water puddles blooming like lotus flowers at intervals of six feet, just like hitting a big water float in the lake with stones.
Tao Qianzhi, the city shepherd, came to a solitary grave, and inside lay a Gusai frontier soldier who could not be called an official. He was only a corps leader when he was killed. This old guy entered the frontier infantry at the age of sixteen. Battalion, who has been in the army for more than 30 years, spent two years of hard work by killing a Beiliang cavalry by chance to be promoted to the captain, and then spent more than 20 years wasting time in the position of captain, going back and forth on the battlefield, He has never killed a few people, but it is strange to say that Gun Lin Jian Yuli has dealt with Lord Yan all these years, but he did not die. The old corporal has only brought a dozen bastards under his command in this life, and the only ones who survived are now The next four, Tao Qianzhi was one of them. He changed from infantry to cavalry, and became a general of Chongshe, one became a fifth-rank infantry commander, and one became one of the few in the frontier army of Gusai. Excellent sentry, the last person is more prominent than Tao Qianzhi's official position, and he is vaguely about to become the pillar of the Northern Mang royal court. The old corps leader is greedy for life and afraid of death. What he taught these new recruits is not how to fight the enemy bravely, but how to fight because of greed for life and fear of death, such as how to pretend to be dead without showing any traces, such as stealing the softness from the corpse, how to snatch the decapitation Gaining military merits, but it is such a veteran ruffian who can immediately receive a salary and go home to retire. In a contact battle without warning, he died. Hey, he is an ordinary infantry of the Beimang frontier army, the soft armor he wears is useless against the sharp Beiliang knife. Corporal, I don't understand why the old guy who is addicted to alcohol wants to say that it is better to die in battle, and he doesn't use a coffin. The old corporal was nagging before he died, and he didn't have any bones, but he was in pain so much that his tears and nose were full, and he said at the end, it was really fucking painful.
Thirty direct line soldiers brought from Gusai got off their horses neatly and stood in the distance. Two of them took off their backpacks, and one took out several bottles of good wine that the general bought with a lot of money. There was nothing else except wine. , Another person took out a large stack of paper money wrapped in oiled paper, and handed it to the general together with the fire folds, and opened the umbrella to keep out the wind and rain.
Tao Qianzhi squatted on the grave, cracking a wine bottle with his fist. Six or seven bottles of expensive shochu from the Jiangnan Road of the Liyang Dynasty to Beimang flowed wantonly, and seeped into the mud in front of the grave together with the rain. I lit the yellow paper on the special fire pleats, and said to myself: "Old man, you don't have any great skills, but you taught our brothers how to survive. If you didn't say that you saved your life The military exploits were useless, so I transferred those two heads to Dong Zhuo. Even if this guy was killed, he wouldn’t be where he is today. It wasn’t that you blocked the knife for me in the end, and I couldn’t help you get the wine. Fatty Dong is The stone in the latrine, the stinky and stubborn temper, slipped his mouth when drinking with us, saying that he didn't keep his temper, and he had no face to come to see you, an old man who is as desperate for face as he is. I didn't think so much about him, since we arrived Staying in the city, you don’t even bring a few bottles of good wine that you coveted for a long time during the Qingming Festival. It’s unreasonable. You old guy is narrow-minded. Stealing your wine before is like stealing your wife. I have been a bachelor all my life. If you can live to this day, old man, you just need to say who you like, Fatty Dong and I are not afraid of heavenly kings and fathers, just help you grab it."
Tao Qianzhi held the burning yellow paper in his hand, completely ignored the burning pain, and said softly: "I killed a Beiliang soldier before I went to the grave, and I cut off his limbs with my own Beiliang knife. , I know you are timid, and I am afraid that you will not sleep well, so I won’t take you to the grave to quarrel with you. Old man, let me tell you that the Beiliang iron cavalry is actually the same as when we were young and thought the world was invincible. I haven't been on the battlefield for the first time, just hearing the horseshoes, I saw you trembling and swinging your legs, and even Fatty Dong and I were frightened to death. Now that you have killed too many people from Beiliang, that's actually the same thing. When they came to stay in the city, many Beiliang soldiers who brought four cages with them also knelt down and begged for mercy like dogs, and some of them were not as good as dogs when they drew their swords against Paozhe just to survive."
A handful of yellow paper was burnt, Tao Qianzhi clapped his hands to disperse the ashes, got up slowly and said, "I won't delay your drinking."
Thirty-one riders got on their horses silently, and the confidant lieutenant who was born in the sentry galloped towards Tao Qianzhi, and said in a deep voice, "General, there is nothing unusual within a radius of three miles."
Tao Qianzhi nodded, and said with a smile: "I thought those moths in the royal sauce tank who went to Gusai to cheat their merits would take the opportunity of my being demoted to come clamoring to beat the dog in the water. It seems that I overestimated them courage."
The captain sneered grimly and said: "A nest of raging bears, these embroidered pillows wearing silver armor and silver knives, what kind of brave men and soldiers can they bring out, a hundred horses will be stuffed between our teeth."
Tao Qianzhi raised his head and glanced at the gray sky. The rain still showed no signs of abating, so he withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "Go back to the city."
Thunder and rain and horseshoes.
One rode with the tail in place, the other rode out of the two or three mile long dirt path on the side of the grave, and it was about to turn into the official road.
Tao Qianzhi's pupils shrank, a stern look flashed in his eyes, he raised his hand, and the thirty riders behind him stopped instantly. The official road can usually be driven by four cavalry, but after the heavy rain washes away the potholes, three cavalry side by side is the limit. The cavalry wants to maximize the charge effect, and with the wielding space of the horse-style sword, two cavalry is the best.
On the official road splashed with water, a young man with a sword stood with an umbrella.
It is impossible for the school lieutenant knight who is proficient in sentry martial arts to inspect every plant and tree within a three-mile radius in a short period of time. In addition, the heavy rain has eliminated the footprints, so I can only guarantee to confirm whether there is a team of about ten people. The fish that slipped through the net was already the knight of the sixth-rank school captain of Beimang and shouted: "Who is here?!"
The man with the saber did not speak, but slowly put away the umbrella and inserted the tip of the umbrella into the mud beside him.
Tao Qianzhi was worthy of being a military commander who was decisive in killing and fighting. Seeing this action of the young man, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said flatly: "The two teams charge, kill without mercy."
The two riders rushed out side by side. The horse under the knight's crotch was strong, and it was a good horse among the border war horses. It showed a very dynamic visual beauty during the running process. It was washed by the rain, and the mane trembled with the muscles. For a while, the horseshoes actually covered the sound of the rain.
The two unsheathed Mang knives were as clear as snow. The blades were wider and thicker than the Beiliang knives, similar in length, slightly less sharp, and more curved.
The seasoned warriors must combine the running speed of their mounts with their sabers. The road conditions brought about bumps and ups and downs on the horses' backs. The two cavalrymen had thick arms. They were originally brave spearmen from the Gusai Frontier Army. If the two of them were not elites, they would not be eligible to be taken to Liuliu City by Tao Qianzhi as personal guards.
Two high-headed war horses and two reckless knives attacked together. The young man who was caught in the middle did not move his feet. Stepping, the back was pressed against the side of the galloping horse, and then there was a loud bang, and the man and the horse weighed nearly 2,000 kilograms and flew out sideways. The four horseshoes hung in the air and fell heavily six to seven feet away , The knight on horseback fainted on the spot. Leaning on the back of a horse, with a spontaneous rebound, the young swordsman lunged forward, Lightning took a few steps, and smashed his fists on the muscular rear of the second horse, blood spattered instantly. The horse howled, and turned half a circle in the air before landing in the mud outside the official road. The cavalryman was indeed brave, bounced off the horse, slid a long distance in the mud, wiped his face, and his face was ferocious .
The rest were divided into two rows of eight cavalry who rushed forward, replaced by the two leading cavalry, facing the cold-blooded methods of this swordsman, without any fear, according to the experience gained from fighting on the battlefield, they cooperated with Paoze next to him to chop the sword again. .
The young man does not retreat but advances, his figure is like a fish swimming, he walks through the rain curtain with sliding steps, lowers his head to avoid the knife attack, ignores the cavalry rushing past on his right, and sticks his left hand to another cavalry's arm , his feet were lifted off the ground by the forward momentum of the horse, Di Liuer turned on the horse, sat behind the cavalry, held the cavalry's head with both hands, twisted it staggeredly, and killed him. The curved-armed snake stuck to the corpse's chest, twisted it back, and the 145-jin corpse was thrown backwards, just hitting the horse's head chasing the cavalry behind it, a horse that had fought with its master for many years The head was shattered, the front hooves were bent, and they slammed into the mud. The cavalry rolled several times. The fourth knight in this row was skilled in horsemanship. The hunter jumped on the horse without hesitation, and the two rode together and continued to chase fearlessly.
It can be seen that the soldiers of Beimang are brave and good at fighting.
The Swordsman rode his horse, but he had no intention of fighting with the remaining city cavalry. The mount neighed in pain, and the four legs of the horse seemed to be crushed by a heavy burden. Xiang Yi and the two cavalry pawns only saw a shadow sweeping over their heads.
The two heads were swept off by one leg, as if the body was pulled apart, and rolled into the yellow mud in the distance.
The handsome swordsman who never drew his sword stood on the back of the galloping horse, pointing his toes, his body darting towards another cavalryman like an off-string arrow. After a few ups and downs, he kicked his chest hard to death The armored cavalrymen were separated from each other, and their internal organs were shattered into a mess.
Among the ten cavalry, except for the second cavalry pawn who was not killed in battle, the rest were all dead.
The terrified lieutenant asked in a low voice, "General, do you want to send someone to report to the city?"
Tao Qianzhi nodded, leaned over and patted the horse's head, and said calmly, "All twenty of you are scattered back to the city, don't worry about me."
The lieutenant's eyes were red, and he called out to the general in a hoarse voice.
Tao Qianzhi smiled and said, "How can it be so easy to die, I am also reluctant to die here."
After Tao Qianzhi finished speaking, Su Rong said coldly: "Listen to the order and go back to the city!"
After a short period of hesitation, the twenty cavalry were ordered like a mountain, and they all left with hatred.
The young swordsman didn't stop him, and jumped onto the official road from his horseback. Obviously, it was clear today, and he only stared at Tao Qianzhi.
Tao Qianzhi sat high on the pale golden-haired BMW, holding the reins in one hand and the saber in the other, with a calm demeanor, Hong Sheng asked, "But this puppy Murong Zhangtai sent you here to assassinate Tao?"
The assassin standing on the road didn't say a word, just walked towards Liucheng Chengmu.
Tao Qianzhi sarcastically said, "Could it be the new face of Princess Hongyan? It's interesting how this little girl's eyesight has been raised so much all of a sudden."
Wearing a fine black armor, Tao Qianzhi dismounted and patted the horse's neck. The psychic sweaty BMW trotted away reluctantly, neighing and wandering a dozen feet away, stamping on the horse's hooves restlessly.
The burly Tao Qianzhi seemed to know that the assassin would not reveal anything, so he stopped talking nonsense, and the moment he drew the Mang Dao, killing intent filled the surroundings. The two sides rushed towards each other, and the official road was full of murderous intentions, which was far better than the aura of the young assassin and the ten knights when they confronted each other.
Tao Qianzhi's saber techniques are simple, simple and clear, and they are all killing moves learned during his military career. They are absolutely not muddled. The knife clearly does not have the extravagant hope of killing the enemy with a single blow, and it has seventy-eight percent of its power, so the blade slides down, unparalleled in speed, and stabs at the abdomen of the young swordsman. The tip of the knife on the stomach, the right wrist twisted, the short knife in the sheath unexpectedly left the hand, and a round circle with no gaps could be seen in front of the body. After the overwhelming raindrops hit the circle, they were lased and bounced back. Tao Qianzhi squinted his eyes, and without flinching from the tip of the knife, he suddenly exerted force, trying to pierce the circle that was barely thicker than the scabbard.
The tip of the mang knife rubbed against the simple scabbard, making a sound of gold and stone piercing eardrums.
Tao Qianzhi was layered on top of each other, and his energy was gushing like a spring. In an instant, he superimposed his arm strength several times, and a bright white light burst out from the tip of the knife.
The young assassin withdrew his body and saw how he touched the scabbard, so he was pulled back, his right hand made a subtle slant, left the scabbard like a poisonous snake, spun around the tip of the knife, and then climbed up, about to chop off Tao Qianzhi knife-wielding wrist.
Tao Qianzhi withdrew his hands slightly, and snorted coldly, "Where is the Yeluzi sword technique, such a small skill!"
This cavalry general who has always been famous for horse fighting in Gusai has his sleeves bulging, and the Mang Dao successfully smashed the weird scabbard that was still spinning. The assassin's chest was silent, but when Tao Qianzhi saw the assassin's right arm making a pull and then pull back movement, he became vigilant and used the jackhammer to sink his feet into the mud, lowering his head and narrowly avoiding the beheading blow. sheath. Tao Qianzhi, who had escaped the catastrophe, pulled out his toes, splashed a large piece of mud, and rushed towards this young swordsman with endless weird tricks. He held the handle of the knife with both hands, leaned forward with a strong body, and carried a fierce momentum. Hit with a knife. The scabbard did not wipe off Tao Qianzhi's neck, but instead of falling to the ground, the scabbard swirled in the air until it reached the assassin's left hand, flicked his fingers, and within a blink of an eye, he left his hand again and lifted the stab at Tao Qianzhi.
The somewhat aggrieved Tao Qian Zhimang twisted his knife, his body rolled, and stood still on the side of the official road, staring at the assassin who could kill with a scabbard with a flick of his fingers, and said with a grinning grin: "It turned out to be Jianghu Mang!" My husband is juggling with a hand knife! Let me see how long you can do it in one go!"
The scabbard wraps around the beam like a swallow, and the swordsman can't stop circling every time he flicks his fingers.
Neither side gave their opponents a chance to rest, Mang Dao was as white as a firefly, and Tao Qianzhi walked away with his sword.
The scabbard Yan whirled and collided with Mang Dao continuously. In contrast, Tao Qianzhi, who was full of murderous intent, was already furious, and his sword was rolling, which was very frightening. But the assassin who is His Royal Highness the Prince of Beiliang is much more relaxed. On the official road, the Lishoujian who stole his teacher from Xiao Qiang outside Daomaguan and the master of the Fish and Dragon Gang held hands three times. It seems that his advances and retreats are well-founded, and he already has the demeanor of a somewhat majestic and heroic master.
There was an old man in sheepskin fur who knelt down with an umbrella.
Chunlei's scabbard had failed several times on Tao Qianzhi's armor. Xu Fengnian's eyes suddenly became sharp, and the sword in his chest poured out like a river. Air Rolling Dragon Wall.
Closing the sheath of Chunlei finally returned to Xu Fengnian's right hand, Tao Qianzhi knelt down on one knee, the Beimang knife was inserted into the ground, and thick blood slid down the blade with his wrist.
A body of mysterious armor was shattered, and the whole body was bloody and bloody, and there were even bones visible in several places.
Tao Qianzhi raised his head, gritted his teeth and smiled, "Boy, why don't you draw the sword for me?"
Xu Fengnian thought for a while, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then tirelessly played Sword Qi Rolling Dragon Wall over and over ten times.
After three times, Tao Qianzhi's Xuanjia was completely broken.
After six times, only the right arm holding the knife is still intact.
After ten times of sword qi rolling over the dragon wall, Tao Qianzhi was crushed to pieces, knelt on the ground with both hands on the handle of the knife, and died without falling.
Xu Fengnian stepped forward slowly, and slapped him away with the Chunlei scabbard without mercy. The sweaty horse galloped towards him. Xu Fengnian turned sideways with a grinning smile, jumped up lightly, wrapped his arms around the horse's neck, and bent his knees, Leaning back, he turned the entire body of the war horse over, and collapsed on the official road. The entire back of the bloody sweat horse was broken, and he fell dead on the spot.
From the beginning to the end, Xu Fengnian never talked nonsense with this Beimang city shepherd who was supposed to have a bright future.
Xu Fengnian stood up, let the rain wash away the silt on his back, hung the Chunlei Knife again, pulled out the umbrella, faced the direction of Beiliang, took out from his arms the handful of yellow paper deliberately left on the wall of the Wei Mansion, and gently Sprinkled into the air.