Pindao should be robbed

Chapter 11 Swords
But Liu Qiao hurried towards the south, and in half an hour, he arrived in Songjiazhuang.

Suddenly it occurred to him that if he ran away, he would not be able to do without money. I had been an official for two years, and I had saved some money, which was easy to spend on the road.

When they arrived in the village, Song Yiren and his wife were astonished, and Mrs. Ma, the teacher's wife, was nowhere to be seen. After asking, they found out that Jiang Shang had also returned before Banzhuxiang.

"Ziya said that he was going to the west to visit sages. His younger siblings hated the hardship of traveling and did not want to leave their hometown, so they forced Ziya to write a letter of divorce. Now both of them have left Zhuangzi. I don't know where to go."

Liu Qiao was stunned when he heard the words, bowed to Song Yiren, and said: "These days I live in the village, thanks to the care of my grandfather, it is really difficult to repay this kindness, but the master ordered me not to stay for a long time, so my disciple went to get the bag and left. ..."

Song Yiran saw Liu Qiao's urgent expression, so he just told him: "Brother Liu, take care all the way, if you pass by Chaoge in the future, if you have free time, you can come to the village to play, and a certain family sweeps the couch to welcome you."

Liu Qiao didn't say much, went into the wing room and pulled a sackcloth to put it on, took the few coins that were pressed under the bed, packed them up, and went out of the village all the way.

"The sky and the earth are vast. Although it is said that the dragon enters the sea, he does not know where to go. The immortal is one person and one mountain. If you want to find a place to practice the law, you should go to the mountain to practice."

After a little thought, Chaoge has many hills in the east, plains in the north, and mountains in the west and south, so he rushed southwest with his pack on his shoulders.

Liu Qiao practiced the martial arts taught by Yuxu's secret to the immortal family, his body is vigorous and his walking is so light.

Although he has not yet practiced the soaring changes and the five elements, even if he is running on the ground, he is no slower than ordinary horses.

Besides, BMWs are delicate, so they have to rest after walking dozens of miles and feed them some eggs and soy flour.

And Liu Qiao is now a fairy martial artist, and when he runs like a girl, he can be said to be walking like flying, just like the land gods of later generations, jumping streams and ravines, crossing mountains and ridges, like walking on flat ground.

He always had a sense of urgency in his heart, fearing that the court's pursuers would catch him, so he didn't dare to take the official route, but just followed the country trails to bury his head on his way.

I didn't realize how long he walked, about several hours, seeing the sun was about to set, he was also a little tired from walking, so he left the path and walked onto the official road.

After walking not far, I saw a town on the road, two streets several hundred paces long, filled with banners, selling vegetables, wine, and lodging shops. I was slightly happy, and said: "It's just that I'm tired from the journey. Hungry, let’s go eat some wine and food, rest for one night, and leave tomorrow.”

"Please sit down inside, guest officer. What would you like to eat?" Seeing Liu Qiao enter the shop, the sharp-eyed waiter led him to sit down and asked courteously.

"A big bowl of plain noodles, a dish of side dishes, a jug of wine..."

According to Yuxu's precepts, you can't actually eat meat and drink too much alcohol, so I ordered a few small dishes at random and started eating.

A gust of wind blew away the clouds, and after drinking and eating, Liu Qiao thought about going on the road alone. Although he has martial arts skills, he can't do without a good weapon.

So he went to the town to find a blacksmith's shop, and saw that there were pitchforks, hoes, and rakes inside, and several big men with bare upper body were beating and beating.

"What does this distinguished guest want to buy? Farm tools, plowshares, hatchets, boilers, everything." A slightly old blacksmith raised his head and asked.

Liu Qiao shook his head and said with a smile: "Do you have any weapons in the master's shop?"

"It's a certain family's poor eyesight, and what you say, sir, really doesn't look like someone digging in the ground."

The master blacksmith also smiled, invited Liu Qiao into the shop, and said: "There are also weapons, and merchants always buy them for self-defense. It just depends on whether you want light or heavy, blunt or sharp..."

Liu Qiao can play with all kinds of weapons, but he is more proficient in whips, swords, hooks, and knives. After thinking for a while, he said: "Does the master have good swords?"

"Of course there are, wait for my apprentice to fetch the sword and let the guest officer choose it."

The old blacksmith nodded and ordered his apprentices to bring a bundle, spread it out on the table, and lay it out one by one. They are really exquisite, good weapons, and good swords

I saw: the wide-edged sword, the willow-leaf sword, the broad-edged sword is cold and cold, with long handles in both hands, powerful and heavy, and the willow-leaved sword is faintly cold, light and ethereal, and extremely sharp.

There are also dozens of one-handed swords, two-handed swords, eight-sided swords, single-edged swords, curved-edged swords, flocked swords, long-handled swords, sandalwood-handled swords, long and short ones.

There are also fancy, flamboyant, light-colored ones with sword tassels on their tails, which are very beautiful. These are worn by nobles for banquets, for dancing, and for scholars and officials.

Liu Qiao picks and chooses, and chooses a simple and unadorned sword, forged from Kunming Steel, with sandalwood as the handle, black lacquered sword body, white blade, plain and unpretentious.

Hold it in your hand, weigh it, it weighs about three or four catties, swing it twice, and play a sword flower, it feels just right, and you can't help but nod in satisfaction.

"My esteemed guest has good eyesight. This sword is forged from Kunming Steel. It can cut iron wires without breaking the blade. It is very tough and can bend seven inches without breaking the blade. The hilt is made of sandalwood and polished with fine sand..." The sword The apprentice who came introduced from the side.

Another apprentice pulled cotton thread thick and thin, and handed over a piece of iron wire about a foot long. Liu Qiao cut it down with his sword, and only heard a crisp golden and iron sound of "Zheng", and it was cut in two.

Touching the blade, it was still very sharp and not damaged at all. He put the tip of the sword on the floor again and poked it hard. The blade bent [-] to [-] degrees. Once the force was released, it returned to straightness. The toughness is very good.

Liu Qiao was very happy, and couldn't help but asked with great satisfaction: "It really is a good sword, how much does it cost?"

"This sword is priced at two mins and thirty renminbi. Thanks to the attention of a distinguished guest, I wiped off the change and rounded it up. How about two renminbis?"

One penny is equal to one thousand wen. Liu Qiao has been in this life for a long time, and he knows the price of goods. If we compare the prices of future generations, one penny is roughly equal to one yuan in the previous life.

In other words, this sword is equivalent to 2000 yuan in future generations, which may not seem very expensive, but money is rare in this world, but it is not cheap to think of it.

You must know that he is in charge of Sitiantai. Although he is a Qingshui Yamen, he also belongs to one of the nine ministries of the imperial court. Going to corruption and accepting bribes, I only saved seven or eight coins.

It's not easy to ask for seven or eight dollars. Liu Qiao wanted to bargain, but judging by the old blacksmith's face, he probably wouldn't accept it.

But walking in the rivers and lakes is not enough without a good weapon to protect yourself. He hesitated for a moment. Although money is rare, Liu Qiao is not a person who cherishes money. He immediately opened his pocket and quickly took out the money.

Seeing that Liu Qiao paid the money neatly and made a big deal, all the blacksmiths in the shop were overjoyed, and gave him a high-quality sandalwood scabbard.

After leaving the blacksmith's shop, seeing that it was already dark, Liu Qiao thought of the secret technique of Yuxu on the jade board in his bosom, and felt itchy, so he went to find an inn to stay at random.

As soon as he arrived at the room, he kept the sword on the couch, lit an oil lamp, and sat beside the bed impatiently, took out the jade plate passed down by Jiang Shang, and looked at it by the flickering light.

The jade board ruler is roughly square, about one finger thick, with small characters on both sides, engraved with the general outline, Qi training method, acupoint meridian, pass secret orifice, etc. At a glance, there are about a thousand words.

The characters are small, and they are all the authentic chapters of the immortal family. Although the words are pearls and concise, they are written in classical Chinese style, which is extremely obscure, and the oil lamp is dim. I can't stop crying.

Moreover, there was a lot of voices in the red dust of the inn, and he couldn't calm down because of the noise. How could he read the fairy book, he couldn't help being very irritable.

"Sigh, as expected, the jade books of the immortal family are full of precious words, but this place is not a good place to study. It is better to find a quiet place deep in the mountains as soon as possible, and only after bathing and changing clothes can you practice quietly..."

He had no choice but to put away the jade board, sit cross-legged on the bed, close his eyes slightly, and study the Five Elements Taoism taught by Jiang Shang in his mind, Qimen Dunjia.

The five-element escapism, the three religions, basically everyone knows it, it is not very advanced, but it is by no means superficial, it is a Taoism that is easy to learn but difficult to master.

It is easy to learn, such as the earth escape technique, which can take three to five days or a few months, and it is easy to get started. With a little sand, you can escape with objects, fly a few feet away from the ground, and travel hundreds of miles.

But it is very difficult to practice proficiency and develop it into supernatural powers.

The vast majority of gods, who have practiced this technique for hundreds of years, may not be able to escape at any time and follow things, which shows how difficult it is to practice this technique to a high level.

Looking at Fengshen, there are not many gods who can really practice to escape in an instant, and escape with things, only Lu Ya, Wen Taishi, Yu Yuan and a few others.

But Liu Qiao studied for a long time before he realized that this kind of "Taoism" requires mana to perform.

It's not impossible to use it without mana, but if you use it forcibly, you will only travel a hundred miles, and you will have to pay some price.

Right now he didn't even learn Qi training technique, so he had to skip this technique and study Qimen Dunjia instead.

Qimen Dunjia is more complicated than the Five Elements Taoism, including magic spells, numerology deduction, physiognomy, life and death avoidance, and talismans, etc.

Fortunately, compared to "Taoism", Qimen Dunjia belongs to the category of "Spells", and ordinary people can also perform them.

This kind of "magic" is more similar to the abilities of Maoshan Taoist priests such as Uncle Jiu in the zombie ghost movies of later generations, such as inviting immortals to help Luan, pilgrimage to the truth, and so on.

To put it simply, most of the spells are to establish a connection with a certain boss, such as gods and demons, demons, gods, and gods, through sacrifices. can.

This kind of "magic" is said to be the art of witchcraft that the ancestors of the Three Religions observed that ancient witches sacrificed living people to please gods and demons, and even drove them away.

So it was learned and derived from it, but some bloody spells of living blood sacrifices were removed, and some low-cost, more decent spells were added.

Powerful ones such as worshiping the altar with the five Yins, ecstasy, and seven arrows on the nail head all belong to this category.

Therefore, when the gods and gods of the Conferred Gods opened the altar, they always had their hair loose, babbling strangely, collapsing and jumping like epileptic seizures, this is the legacy of the ancient shamanism.

However, there are many formations in Qimen Dunjia, which are performed by using the power of heaven and earth, such as using trees, stones, and using the terrain to set up a maze, which is quite subtle.

(End of this chapter)