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Chapter 1 Introduction · Settlement

Set storm

The turbid cup and the shallow lamp ask the way forward, and the bright river is difficult to cross.

Walking alone in the market, no one knows, silent, the rivers and lakes are thousands of miles away.

Even if the flowers flow and the water chases the waves, for thousands of years, the old man will be broken like a cloud of smoke.

Leaning on the sword, Zhaoge and laughing now, most of the beauties are bone-boned people.
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Three years in Jing'an, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

The winter wind was bleak, maybe because of bad solar terms, Zhaoge actually had heavy snowfall for several days in succession.

The snow is coming, the sky is gray, and the twilight is captive.

A dilapidated temple in Lanling City is now a temporary residence for travelers.

The dilapidated small temple, which seemed to be about to collapse at any time, was quietly dormant in the heavy snow.The ears of travelers are filled with the unique bleak smell of winter wind.

Several big men occupied the center of the temple. At this time, a fire was raised and they sat on the ground, surrounded by the fire.They took out a few leather bags from their bundles, and by the look of them, they probably contained spirits.

They should be people from the world, but they were stuck here during the New Year celebrations due to the heavy snow, which aroused their anger. Everyone was cursing and shouting, and the smell of alcohol filled the entire small temple within a few moments. .

The Emperor's birthday falls in the first month of the year, so Zhaoge City in Kyoto was under martial law before the first day of the Lunar New Year. The group of them wanted to go to Zhaoge to go escorting, but they were delayed on the way and now they had to be temporarily stopped in Lanling.

A few travelers cowering in the corner couldn't help covering their mouths and noses with their hands, but seeing the size of the big fellows and their weapons in their hands, they dared not speak out.

At this moment, I heard the sound of "da da" horseshoes in the distance. Although the sound was far away, because it was in the snow, I could hear it very clearly.

The big man next to the fire chuckled "haha" and said loudly: "It's my fault! I was trapped outside Lanling City with no mountains and no water for five days without seeing any oil or water. When I heard the sound of the horse's hooves, I Zhi is a good, smooth animal! Why don't you grab it and have a drink."

The man in gray robe next to the big man frowned and said: "Junior Brother Ninth, I'm afraid you are too drunk! Someone else's horse is also playing tricks? This horse's hooves sound like a famous horse, I'm afraid the idea will be tricky. Besides, this More than 30 miles to the south is the boundary of the Shentai Palace, so be safe and don't cause trouble."

As soon as the three words "Shentai Palace" were spoken, the foul-mouthed man suddenly sobered up, touched his nose and became silent.

Unexpectedly, the sound of horseshoes outside did not stop at the gate of the temple, but galloped past like a gust of wind.

who?

Such a big snow has not stopped?
Several men rushed to the door of the temple and looked up, but they could only see the back of a lone rider - the man was unknown male or female, but his back was extremely thin, and the clothes behind him were almost soaked with blood. They were so shocked that they were even more drunk. a bit.

Who knew this wasn’t the end yet!
However, with the effort of half a stick of incense, a team of imperial cavalry captains with sharp knives in their hands galloped past here, looking at the direction they were going to chase the previous man!

Among the men, the one with the highest level of martial arts was a man in the "Observation of the Universe". He just passed by in a flash and seemed to see the lone man riding Juechen before. A golden epiphyllum pattern flashed past on the hem of his skirt. .

Golden epiphyllum?

His heart was beating wildly, and he murmured, "God... Could it be the Shentai Palace?"

impossible!
The Shentai Palace is the number one sect in the world, and the high priest of the Shentai Palace is the national teacher of the dynasty. How can the disciples in the palace be chased by the Tianchen Royal Xiaoqiwei?
It must be because of his dizziness and misreading just now, it may not be a short-lived epiphyllum.

……

After a stick of incense, on the Immortal Ridge on the outskirts of Lanling.

The team of royal cavalry captains got off their horses together, and they rushed to the edge of the rock face with pale faces. They were shocked to see the fresh blood gushing out from the edge of the cliff, and their expressions changed drastically!

This is clearly a sword of blood suddenly pulled out of a person's body by a sharp blade!
The commander was shocked and murmured to himself: "What's going on? Could it be that someone has already made a move before us?"

The deputy commander behind him also looked ashen, trembling all over and exclaiming:
"How can there be so many blood people still alive? My lord, what should I do? Could it be that people have fallen to the bottom of the cliff? The above said that they are going to live. Isn't this, isn't this a serious crime against the Jiu Clan?"

The man had clearly been seriously injured before and was walking in blood.Now I've been ambushed and severely injured here again, I'm afraid...

The commander gritted his teeth and turned pale: "Look! Find me! Quick! Go to the bottom of the cliff immediately, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you still have to find someone!"

"But this place is a cliff. If you have to go down the next mountain road to get down to the bottom of the cliff, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time. I'm afraid I'll find it by then."

It's too late.

The conductor made his eyebrows jump wildly and said word by word: "Who is that person? Even if it is a scattered and broken corpse, we must find it and bring it back to Zhaoge."

otherwise
I'm afraid that the nine clans of people like them will not even think about dying!

******
In July, the fourth year of Jingan.

Ling You frowned and sent away the scholar couple who were quarreling and making trouble all the way to the door of the inn where they were staying. Then he took a deep breath and turned to look at the two "troublemakers" in the guest room with an expressionless face.

The two grudges are very knowledgeable and interesting, and no one looks at him.

One looked up at the sky, the other lowered his head and clasped his hands.

As for the attitude of admitting your mistakes?
Not saying there are none at all, but not many.

Ling or put two objects about four feet long in his hands, which were wrapped in a soft cloth and could not be seen clearly, and placed them heavily on the table.

With the sound of "touch", the pupils of Han Changsheng, who clasped his hands aside, trembled.

Ling Or put down the heavy object in his hand, exhaled the turbid air in his heart, and then spoke calmly and without personal emotion as much as possible:

"Speaking of which, why did you hit someone this time?"

Han Changsheng rolled his eyes and quickly thought of countermeasures in his mind.

Ling or this person had a good temper, and he rarely got angry with them, but whenever he held back his anger and asked them questions calmly and in a low tone, that was the most troublesome.

Han Changsheng cleared his throat uncomfortably, and decided that it would be better to throw the pot clean without showing loyalty.

This little "grievance" is expected to be bearable by Xie Zhao!

So he blinked, and said: "That Linghe, let me explain in advance that I was not the one who beat someone, it was all done by Ah Zhao alone! Not only did she beat someone, but she also tore up the scholar's book."

Ling You nodded when he heard the words, turned his head and looked at the girl named "A Zhao" who was pretending to be innocent with an expressionless face.

He said lightly, "Xie Zhao, don't pretend to be dead, talk."

The appearance of the girl named Xie Zhao is really strange.

Looking at her facial features, one can vaguely recognize what should be an extremely delicate and beautiful face, but instead, a large ugly bluish-black birthmark has grown on most of her face, and the other half of her face that was not covered by the bluish-black birthmark is not like that. Sometimes it gets dirty.

Xu Shi was just now fighting with someone outside, and something dirty got stuck on him during the fight.

Her legs and feet didn't seem to be very good either, and she was holding a stick-shaped object nearly two meters in her hand.

At first glance, the "long stick" looks very much like a crutch with an odd shape, and its length is like a spear.

But if you take a closer look, you will find that the surface is full of rust and mud, just like a beggar's dog-beating stick.

Seeing that Xie Zhao couldn't escape, he could only sigh a long time, scratch his head and complain in a low voice:
"How can you blame me? That poor scholar looks sanctimonious and looks like a dog. Who would have thought that he actually beat his wife in the street because she discovered the scandal between him and his illegitimate wife!"

With a "pop" sound, she patted the "long stick" held in her left hand heavily with her right hand, as if she had a heroic spirit of plausibly and eliminating harm for the people.

"—I bumped into his brother! This is simply unbearable!

Fortunately, he is still a scholar, so he wants me to read this book or not. Fortunately, he is so kind-hearted that he has done something for the sages of the past and present! "

Han Changsheng nodded immediately, very cooperative.

"That's right! This is what happened, and this is how it happened. This time we were just trying to see injustice and seek justice. It was all a misunderstanding! I guarantee that Azhao did not cause any trouble today!"

Ling You glanced at the two people singing together and raised his eyelids coolly:.

"You guarantee? Are you more reputable and reassuring than her?"

Han Changsheng paused suspiciously: "Hmm."

It seems that he has no credibility at all. He and Xie Zhao are barely evenly matched.

Ling Ju frowned and looked at Xie Zhao again.

"Sure?"

Xie Zhao stared, almost swearing.

"It's natural!"

Seeing that her expression did not seem to be fake, Ling or couldn't help being startled, and seemed a little puzzled.

"Since that's the case, then why did the lady who was a scholar come to scold you with that scholar just now? Aren't you acting bravely in righteousness?"

Speaking of this, Xie Zhao was not very sure.

She hesitated for a rare moment, and then whispered: "Ask me, who should I ask? I'm still wondering. Is this little lady crazy? We obviously have good intentions to stand up for her."

Han Changsheng said "uh".

He glanced at them, and whispered with the same volume: "Well, I may vaguely know the reason."

Both eyes fell on him in an instant.

Han Changsheng didn't want to be fooled either, he curled his lips and said with some distaste:
"I just took advantage of the chaos and listened to the rumor on the street. That heartless scholar hated the sky and scolded his mother, saying that the six concubines in the family can't give birth, and all of them are hens that can't lay eggs.

I heard that he would bring in a few more concubines along with the outer room of the prostitute, scolding his wife for being unvirtuous so that he could not have a son.Oh my god, he is already a six-bedroom concubine, isn't he satisfied?How can a wife be virtuous? "

Having said that, he shrugged again.

"That scholar lady is also heartless. Ah Zhao, you just blocked her from the scholar's broom, and your arm was scratched by the scholar's broom.

This little lady was afraid of being scolded by the scholar when she returned home, so she actually took out her anger on us. She came to our door with the unscrupulous scholar to seek bad luck on us, and even called you ugly!It doesn't make sense! "

Ling or heard this and frowned.

"Are you hurt?" he asked.

Xie Zhao shook his head like a rattle.

"No, just a little scratch, Changsheng used to make a big fuss."

Han Changsheng was not happy to hear these words.

"Hey, Azhao, if I hadn't come quickly, you wouldn't have been beaten by a broomstick. That scholar seems to be gentle and gentle, and he has quite a lot of strength when he hits a woman."

Ling's face turned cold immediately.

If he had known, he shouldn't have let them go so easily.

He thought they were the ones who suffered, so he couldn't bear to listen to their complaints and scoldings for a long time. It turned out that he actually beat Xie Zhao?
Ling You's voice was low, and it sounded like he was holding back his anger.

"Xie Zhao, next time you meddle in other people's business, can you first see if Han Changsheng and I are around?"

Xie Zhao said "Hey" and waved his hand indifferently.

"——It's all trivial! It doesn't matter!"

Ling Yu frowned and stopped talking.

He breathed a sigh of relief exhausted physically and mentally. He always had a premonition that if this troublemaker didn't keep an eye on him, sooner or later he would die on the street and be beaten to death.

On this side, Ling You was still worried, but on the other side, Xie Zhao was already fine, holding his chin and nodding thoughtfully: "Sure enough."

Han Changsheng asked curiously: "Sure enough?"

Xie Zhao sighed seriously.

"Sure enough, whatever pot goes with the lid, the poor people must be hateful! It seems that I can only bless them and lock up this 'virtuous couple'."

A person's path is always chosen by himself.

In fact, many people whose fate has been wasted, not every step of their life is wasted and suffering.

It's just that those people insisted on diving into the smelly ditch all the way to the bottom, no matter how hard others tried to pull them, it was useless.

Xie Zhao was quiet for less than a moment, when he suddenly turned his head to look at Ling He, who had been a little irritable in recent days.

Did today's reprimand end so quickly?
Isn't this...too abnormal?

(End of this chapter)