The Legend of Swing Sword and Execution of Demons

August twenty-first, Chen time.

The autumn wind is blowing, and the morning light is just right.

The so-called "one flower blooming alone is not spring, but a hundred flowers blooming together makes the garden full of spring".

If you want to say where the four seasons are always spring in the imperial city, it must be the imperial garden.

Magnolia and carnation bloom twice in early spring and midsummer.

Rhododendrons and Begonias inherit the warmth of spring and pave the way for the splendor of summer.

Fujimoto rose and petunias build a wall of summer flowers.

In autumn, you can enjoy chrysanthemum, osmanthus and jasmine.

In winter, there are plum blossoms, orchids, and narcissus Aoxue blooming.

There are flowers in all seasons, and the garden is full of flowers every year.

It is not difficult to create such an atmosphere with Hundred Flowers, but it is delicate work.

There is no shortage of gardeners to take care of the royal garden of the palace.

However, most of the flowers in the imperial garden are pruned and cared for by one person.

Pruning flower branches is the gardener's job.

But as long as they love and understand flowers enough, anyone can do these trivial and complicated things.

If the flowers are too fragrant, I love flowers like my life, and I am always willing to spend time to take care of each potted flower.

Almost all the flowers in the imperial garden were planted by Hua Taixiang himself, so he naturally took on the job of gardener.

Three days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the strange rain "locked" Hua Taixiang in the palace for three days.

He supervised and directed a group of eunuchs and maids to build the flower-protecting shed, and personally went into battle several times to seal the corners that were prone to problems.

The Drunken Helmsman of Tangtang Huajian condescended to set up a tent next to the main hall not far from the imperial garden, and guarded it for four days and three nights.

Presumably, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have believed that this man, who is said to be more beautiful than all the women in the world, would be so happy to be a flower farmer regardless of his image, doing all the dirty and tiring work.

In this way, the imperial garden has been well taken care of by the diligent Hua Taixiang.

Just like drunk among flowers, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, it is so thriving.

It has been two days since the heavy rain three days ago.

After the flowers were too fragrant to rest for two days, he came here to see if there was anything else he could do for these flowers.

He entered the palace halfway through Mao.

This busy, it is almost three quarters of the hour.

He glanced at the sky, estimated the time, and after putting the barrel and flower shovel back, he wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, rolled down his sleeves, brushed off a little dust on his clothes, and was about to leave.

Looking up, he saw a figure standing on the eaves obliquely in front of him.

He is tall and tall, with a magpie tail and a long crown on his head, wearing a red-striped wide-sleeved brown robe, and holding a very rare silver-white long sword with a sheath in his left hand.

The other party had stood there quietly since when, silent, and did not come to disturb him.

If it weren't for the fact that there shouldn't be a person standing there, otherwise, from Hua Taixiang's sight, the person, the eaves, and the blue sky seemed to be a painting, quiet and harmonious, without being obtrusive.

It was Hua Taixiang who greeted the unexpected guest first.

"You came."

The picturesque man replied: "It seems that you have already guessed that I will come."

Hua Taixiang said: "You have been so close to the smiling Maitreya all these years, and he has worked so hard to present gifts to the father-in-law. No matter how stupid I am, I can easily guess that you will follow to support the scene."

In recent years, the only one who has been able to get close to the smiling Maitreya, excluding the members of the Tushi Gang, is Xie Fei, one of the four great swordsmen of Zhongzhou who was born in Buji Island, "Sword Demon" Xie Fei. This is almost a well-known fact in Zhongzhou Jianghu .

Xie Fei said frankly: "I never thought you were stupid."

Hua Taixiang obviously didn't believe it, and asked suspiciously, "Oh?"

Xie Fei explained: "Among the hundreds of rivers and lakes gangs in the Kyushu, Four Seas and Two Alliances that were invincible in the past, only the Huajianzui family is still living happily and happily today. If you are like this, you are still stupid. There are no smart people out there."

Hua Taixiang grinned self-deprecatingly, and said: "Heh, just think that you are all praising me, and you don't mean to be sarcastic. If roses want to bloom beautifully, they cannot do without fertile soil. If they change places, what will you do?" choose?"

Although the distance is not close, Xie Fei still feels that if Hua Taixiang smiles, there is really no woman in the world whose smile is more pleasing to the eye than this man's.

Xie Fei blinked his eyes, put away his useless thoughts, and replied earnestly: "It may be hypocrisy and wait for the opportunity to move, or it may be a strong man who unscrambles and draws a clear line."

Hua Taixiang wondered: "Oh, there are actually two answers. Although there are rumors in the world that sword ghosts are difficult to distinguish between good and evil, I am always sure that you will not be a person who vacillates."

Xie Fei said: "Analyze the specific situation and see how deep the trap is."

Hua Taixiang asked: "What if you get stuck in it and cannot extricate yourself?"

Xie Feichang sighed, and said, "So, you didn't plan to watch the fire from the other side?"

Hua Taixiang asked with a smile: "How can you stand by and watch when you are in a fire?"

Xie Fei was still puzzled, and said: "If Yu Tian is dead, what harm can it do if he gets drunk among the flowers?"

Hua Taixiang frowned, her smile turned into a wry smile, and she said, "How dare the new dynasty use the trusted officials of the old dynasty? Once Yu Tian dies, who will endorse the various privileges of the 'Imperial City on Earth'?"

Xie Fei insisted: "As long as people are still alive, everything will have a chance to gradually improve."

Hua Taixiang shook her head and said: "It's easy to say, but you should also understand that it is difficult to change from extravagance to frugality. When Yu Tian dies, Huajianzui Building will collapse, and at least [-]% of people will not be able to maintain their current quality of life. It's quite rare not to make trouble. On the contrary, if Yu Tian doesn't die..."

Xie Fei understood what Hua Taixiang meant, and continued: "If Yu Tian doesn't die, your imperial city on earth will be even more splendid."

Hua Taixiang took a few steps forward, picked off a osmanthus branch that looked like a golden fan, and said: "The flowers should be beautiful and beautiful when they bloom in the world. If not, it would be better to turn them into mud and dust."

Xie Fei sighed lightly: "Okay, I understand."

Hua Taixiang put the sweet-scented osmanthus branches in her nose, and the fragrance entered her nose. A little fatigue after busy work was swept away, and her eyes became clear and sharp.

"Your sword is named Burial Flower, but it is always so spotless, it is not worthy of the name, today let's see if you use the sword to bury me, or I use flowers to bury you~
"After two days, it will be the end of the summer heat, so I will greet guests with this golden fan and osmanthus~"

After speaking, the wrist trembled slightly, and more than twenty small "golden fans" on the osmanthus branches rustled off.

Then, like a group of golden butterflies flapping their wings, they flew towards Xie Fei on the eaves!
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……

Another corner of the palace.

Two golden butterflies fluttered lightly, over the high wall, around the palace, through the crack of the door, and came to the open land everywhere.

Butterflies always dance with flowers. There are no flowers here, and it seems that there should be no butterflies.

I don't know if the two butterflies lost their way because they were only interested in lingering, or they got out of a certain flower bush.

In short, they are not far from the central hinterland of the imperial palace, and the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where Emperor Yan lives, is behind the three palace walls in front.

It's just that this first palace wall doesn't seem easy to pass, because there is a person sitting in front of this palace wall.

A man in a yellow robe sitting on a boxy gilt box.

This man is not a butterfly catcher, and he can't see the two golden butterflies at all.

He is someone who is waiting.

He has been waiting here for quite some time.

He thought no one would come, so he sat on the box, put his elbows on his knees, crossed his fingers and raised his chin on the back of his hands, waiting idly for this.

He finally waited for two people.

Two people in black clothes, a man and a woman.

Their faces were not masked, but the faces looked strange from a distance.

Either he had never met them, or they had disguised themselves.

Of course, the latter is more likely.

Five hundred steps away, he really couldn't see the uniqueness of the black sword in the man's hand, but the woman's weapon was wrapped up, which was obviously very recognizable.

The two sides are so relatively quiet for tens of breaths.

Seeing those two people in black robes stepping forward, the man in yellow robe was able to confirm that the only people he had to wait for today were these two people.

But he didn't get up in a hurry, he only waited for the other party to come fifty steps away before he said: "My Xia Shanshi, would you two exchange names?"

"Cold charm."

"Jiang Yichen."

Apart from not tearing off their camouflage, the two people in Xuanyi had a great time reporting their names.

Leng Mei also removed the wrapping around the blade, revealing the double thorns of osmanthus twigs frozen in ice and snow—Han Gong Zhe Gui.

Accompanying Jiang Yichen on this trip to the north, Leng Mei didn't dare to be ambiguous, and specially brought the long-lost cold palace to deal with the powerful enemy.

But whether it was her or Jiang Yichen, it was hard to imagine that the first opponent they would face would be Shanshi, the mouse god of the gods.

Shock also flashed in Shanshi's eyes, obviously he didn't expect the opponents to be these two people.

But he still sat on the gold-plated box, held his chin and said unhurriedly: "You two didn't expect that I would be your way, did you?"

"It's really unexpected."

Jiang Yichen walked and talked, the sword in his hand was about to be unsheathed, although it was unexpected that Shanshi was here, he didn't have the patience to explore the reason.

Shan Shi saw Jiang Yichen's sense of urgency, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, don't worry, how can Eunuch Yu be so easy to meet? Even if Eunuch Yu is exempted from screening them layer by layer, before the final meeting, Eunuch Yu will be able to meet you." If you don’t have the temper, you have to hang them out for a long time to grind the hostility of the guests. We just met, if you don’t have other companions here, there will only be the three of us here, why don’t we chat for a while?”

Jiang Yichen didn't stop, and said flatly, "We don't know each other well."

Shanshi said: "It is fate to meet thousands of miles away, why should we have known each other before."

In a few words, the distance between the two sides is less than thirty steps away.

Jiang Yichen glanced at Leng Mei and asked her opinion.

Leng Mei couldn't give a definite answer either.

Because this good beginning is not the same as the good beginning that the two of them knew from the intelligence information.

Jiang Yichen said: "I thought you were a qualified businessman, but I didn't expect you to be just a businessman."

Shan Shi heard Jiang Yichen's implication, but still asked: "I don't know how Brother Jiang defines this qualified businessman?"

Leng Mei interjected: "Qualified businessmen are honest, and honest people generally don't stay in Cao Ying and their hearts are in Han, and their feet are on two boats."

Shanshi laughed loudly, and said: "Hahaha, what Miss Leng said is interesting, I hope you will never have the chance to say the latter to Brother Jiang."

Leng Mei said confidently: "He won't."

Shanshi nodded in agreement with this view, continued the previous topic, and said, "You two mean that Shan should be loyal to the temple of the gods?"

Jiang Yichen and Leng Mei stopped, only ten steps away from Shanshi.

At this distance, both of them can almost kill Shanshi with one blow.

But Shanshi still didn't intend to get up, he still sat calmly, showing no trace of fighting spirit or hostility.

After all, Jiang and Leng couldn't directly deal with such a person, so they had to chat with them and wait and see what happened.

Jiang Yichen pondered for a while, and then gave a conclusive answer.

"Even if Ghost Demon Fairy is chasing me to death, I still have to speak for her at this time.

"Whether she is good or Tantai Mingyang, they all have full trust in you.

"They have even handed over all the business of the Temple of the Gods to you to take charge of the management. When you left Fujian and encountered an accident, the ghost and demon concubine just abandoned me. I think the reason why she left was probably because she was afraid of you. There is a fear of life, not to trouble Duo Mingze.

"But turning around, you came inside the palace wall to guard the gate for Eunuch Yu.

"If you want to come to Ghost and Demon Fairy, you would never have imagined that you are still hiding this trick behind your back, right?"

Pop, pop, pop!

Shanshi clapped his hands and got up.

"Brother Jiang scolded you well!

"I also saved face for Shan, and didn't directly call Shan a watchdog.

"Hallmaster Ji and Hallmaster Tantai really don't know my identity.

"It's just that you two should also know that people can't help themselves in the Jianghu."

Leng Mei sneered and said, "So you came here to share our bitterness with the two of us?"

Shanshi smiled wryly and said: "If you two are not afraid of wasting time and are willing to listen."

Jiang Yichen said: "Can we still trust you?"

Shanshi knew that Jiang Yichen's words were asking Yu Tian if he would really hang out the guests for an hour.

Sui said: "Don't worry about this, Eunuch Yu has been operating in the imperial city for more than ten years, and he is still a bit self-reliant."

Seeing that the hostility between Jiang Yichen and Leng Mei had dissipated a lot, Shan Shi said, "Then I'll make a long story short."

"It is said that if you are not in charge of a family, you don't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt. When you become a family, you know that business in today's world is not so easy. After I took over the family's business completely, I found that there were many abnormalities in the large accounts.

"Originally, I wanted to show my hand in front of my old man, find out the problem first, and then show off to him.

"Unexpectedly, after such an investigation, and then traced back to the source, many big guys were found out.

"I found out that those who have been taking care of my good family's business all these years, there are the Twelve Sects of Tiansha, there are some in the Red Clothes Sect, and there are also those in Dongchang...

"At that time, it could be said that the wealth of the good family was stuffed by these forces.

"If you want, everyone can continue to do business peacefully and make a fortune together.

"You don't want... Naturally, there will be someone else who can take the place of your good family.

"My old man saw that I was too quick to get started, and knew that he couldn't hide it, so he confessed that he had to have it for the sake of this good family.

"The old man gave birth to me, raised me, spoiled me and loved me. When I was young, I obeyed everything I wanted, almost bringing mountains of gold and silver to me.

"Later, it was also a story of father's debt and son's repayment.

"For the sake of a good family, what's the point of bowing your knees?"

Jiang Yichen was silent for a moment, and then said: "There are not many real gentry and wealthy businessmen in the world, but of course Eunuch Yu's selection of your good family will not be aimless."

Shanshi glanced at the gold-plated box behind him, and said, "It's only natural. Eunuch Yu has taken a fancy to the value of the ingenious techniques of the Tianji School."

Jiang Yichen said: "It seems that you are quite appreciated by your father-in-law. Today, you are regarded as a scholar who died for a confidant?"

Shanshi shook his head and said: "It's serious, if you want to really appreciate me, you have to be the two masters of the temple of the gods, follow my actions, never interfere, let alone threaten my good family."

Leng Mei asked: "Then how do you plan to repay them?"

Shan Shi said: "Miss Leng asked well, the brothers of the Temple of the Gods who withdrew from Fujian with me are still alive and well, I just temporarily restricted their freedom of coming and going."

Leng Mei said: "Then when do you plan to lock them up?"

Shanshi said: "If Eunuch Yu wins today, they will be imprisoned until the temple of the gods is disbanded. If Eunuch Yu loses, they will be free again in a few days."

Jiang Yichen sneered and said, "Do you think you are worthy of the kindness of the two palace masters?"

Shanshi said helplessly: "There is no such thing as the perfect way in the world. You can only choose one from the kindness of life, the kindness of knowing people, and the kindness of trust. At least it doesn't matter whether the temples of the gods exist or not. When we meet again, we won’t draw swords against me, but we can just laugh it off.”

Jiang Yichen sighed and said, "Forget it, your two hall masters don't know who they are. I was wrong. I thought Duo Mingze was the one who betrayed the temple of the gods."

Shanshi said: "There are always many things in the world that are hidden very deep, and they are always weird and bizarre to outsiders. As for Duo Mingze, he is loyal to the temples of the gods, but this person is too ambitious and his methods are too radical. Forgive others, if he grows bigger, maybe the temple of the gods will have a better tomorrow, but once the success is complete, [-]% of the temple of the gods will replace the old people with new people. Is such a temple of the gods still the temple of the gods? ?”

Jiang Yichen said: "It may be difficult for you and I to see that scene, it's useless to talk too much, today you are going to shed your blood for Admiral Yu?"

Shan Shi said: "No, Shan is only doing his best for his father-in-law, not his life."

Jiang Yichen frowned and asked, "Why?"

Shanshi tapped the gilt box behind him with his heel, and then he took out two objects of human height from it as if by magic.

In the blink of an eye, the other party's ten fingers and feet seemed to be covered with threads as thin as hair.

And the two things that were as tall as a person also stood uprightly, and at the same time bowed their hands.

Jiang and Leng couldn't hide their astonishment in their eyes.

Leng Mei was surprised that Shanshi wanted to control two Yanjias by himself.

Jiang Yichen was startled to realize that the two armors looked familiar, but they were more detailed and well-equipped than what he saw more than a month ago.

The feet of these two Yanjia are like knives and swords, they are sharp weapons, if it is not controlled by Shanshi, naturally they cannot stand upright.

The weapon in Yanjia's hands looks like a thorn or a scimitar. Presumably such a blade can exert its lethality more.

"The four Yanjias of the Red Clothes Church Guitang were also made by you?"

Shanshi did not deny it, and said: "There are not many people in the Jianghu of Zhongzhou who can fully master this skill."

Jiang Yichen said: "Then, you alone have to deal with the two of us."

Shanshi said: "Fortunately, only two of you came here. What I mean by working hard for Eunuch Yu is that you have two choices at the moment, either destroy the two sets of Yanjia, and I will leave; I'll wait here together until the result comes out?"

Jiang Yichen and Leng Mei looked at each other, and said, "Is there a third option—to beat you directly?"

……

……

Jiang Yichen and Leng Mei had to make a choice.

Smiling Maitreya and Yingfo had no choice.

Eunuch Yu and Admiral Yu asked them to wait, so they had to wait.

If they didn't wait, they wouldn't even see Eunuch Yu.

They had been standing on the square in front of the Palace of Preserving Harmony for almost an hour, but they still didn't see the intention of the master to come out to meet.

Although today's weather can be regarded as good, it is not a problem for the two of them to stand for a while.

But if you don't have good energy-raising skills, you will still be easily upset and anxious.

This may be the purpose of Yu Gonggong.

From this point of view, what Shanshi said is not wrong at all.

Just when Yingfo felt that Yu Tian, ​​the grandson of Yu Tian, ​​had to wait for an hour before he dared to show his face, four bearers came steadily towards them carrying a sedan chair.

686 chapters, 5252 words.

Interesting coincidence, interesting numbers.

Six not six, lucky 52, double lucky~