Chapter 53 Chapter Fifty-One

In the early morning of the next day, 6,000 sheriffs and officials from Taikang County, Taiguang County, Huzhou County, Jiangning County, and Huning County, who had arrived six days ago, joined forces with sixty-three cities under the jurisdiction of Wu County. More than a thousand civil and military officials have already arrived at the north shore of West Lake. Lin Chunfeng led the 18 counties and five cities of his subordinates to prepare the way, stayed up all night, drove out the idlers, cleaned up the dust, set up guards, set up tents, and removed more than a thousand yamen servants, officials, and sergeants in the city. Borrowing 7,000 people from ten neighboring cities managed to encircle the north shore, but the other three lakeshores were powerless, and only sent 2,000 yamen servants to scatter on the shore, just to make up the story.

Starting from Qinbixuan in the east on the north bank, triple brocade tents are set up with bright yellow brocade. Each brocade tent is ten feet apart and extends to the left and right. is the forbidden area.Guarding the outermost brocade account are 3,000 soldiers from various counties, the second layer is 1,500 soldiers from Wu County, and the third layer is Zhuban Zhiba, the Imperial Guard of the Dianqian Division specially transferred from Beijing. Hundreds of people. In the center of the Jinzhang, there is a majestic and magnificent hall.This hall is wide with eleven couplets, five deep with double eaves and a mountain-style roof. side hall.

The whole hall is built on an I-shaped white marble platform with three floors, and each floor is surrounded by carved stone railings. Under the pillars decorated with dragon and phoenix patterns, there are 1,142 embossed chi heads for drainage. It is called Qianlong spit water, and the main hall is named "Chongyuan". It was built by the emperor Zhao Chang'an in the spring of last spring when he would go on a tour on behalf of the emperor. The courtyard in front of the hall covers an area of ​​more than 3,000 hectares. The center is paved with huge bluestones. There are 18 levels in total, from the first grade to the upright, from the ninth grade, with two lines in the east and two in the east and west in the west.

There are sixty first-rank officials in the hall, separated from the east and west sides. Forty officials from the Ministry of Rites are taking care of them on the front of the hall. Outside Zhang, Fang is the place where officials below the third rank of the counties and prefectures stand.There are always more than a thousand people inside and outside the hall, but they all stand upright, silent, as quiet as an ancient temple deep in the mountains. But the situation on the east, west and south shores of the lake is different.Wang Chengyun, the governor of Wu County, looked at the boundless crowd and listened to the noisy and deafening voices. His face was full of worries: "Is this a temple fair, or the last episode? Why are there so many people? Didn’t it say in the newspaper yesterday that it was only over 10,000? But now, even 40,000 to 50,000 is probably an underestimation.”

Lin Chunfeng was sweating all over his forehead early: "Oh! Master Wang, there are indeed only more than 10,000 people in this martial arts world, but who would have thought that they would come?" Pointing to the girls and young women in the crowd who were wearing heavy make-up and posing, "Neither I don't know where they came from. They are either accompanied by their father and brother, or guarded by their servants. They all rushed here to admire the grace and beauty of His Royal Highness. This way, there will be more people, not to mention those who want to open their eyes , An idler who has learned a lot, and can only boast when he returns to his hometown in the future. It has become like this, and the lower officials can't do anything about it!"

A young official said ignorantly: "His Royal Highness shouldn't have issued an order to allow the people to come and go freely. If these untouchables were blocked by strict orders earlier, how could this situation happen?" As soon as the words came out, the two superiors immediately fell silent. Turning his face, he knew that he had slipped his words, so he quickly lowered his head and didn't dare to make another sound. And the guards and repression of the yamen servants complained even more, they were able to block one, escaped the other, surrounded the east, and dispersed to the west.A yamen servant was furious, and couldn't help gritting his teeth and scolding his mother: "Zhao Chang'an, who is his grandma! If you want to find someone to fight, where is the best place to go, why come to me? You don't want to choose your life if you want to die, and you are a straight mother-in-law!"

This scolding made a few faces pale with fright: "Brother Cao, please keep your voice down, brother's family is still pointing at the few taels of scattered silver this month!" Brother Cao regretted it a long time ago: "Hey, I just fainted Don’t know what nonsense you’ve been talking about! Brothers, don’t blame me, don’t blame me!” A yamen servant said with a smile: "Brother Cao didn't say anything just now, right?" All the way he said and winked all the way, all the yamen servants laughed: "Yes, yes. Brother Cao didn't say anything, and we didn't hear anything. !" A small yamen servant shook his head and asked: "Brother Cao, when Lord Qiantui comes, where will you fight with that bandit leader? Is it there?" He pointed at Chongyuan Hall.

Brother Cao smiled: "A poor country boy who has never seen the world. No matter how arrogant the surname Ning is, he is just a poor ghost like you and me. How can he be allowed to go to such a noble place? Didn’t you see thousands of people guarding it? If someone dares to put a toe on that carpet, the guy who eats it will immediately..." He raised his hand and slashed at the neck. Xiao Li couldn't help scratching his head: "Then where are they wielding their knives today?" Brother Cao couldn't help being proud when he saw that all the yamen servants were looking at him, but he didn't put it off: "Here, there it is!"

Everyone looked at the place he pointed, and there was a small sandbar in the middle of the misty lake, on which more than a dozen pink and white peach blossoms were in full bloom.It's late spring, the grass is delicious, and the fallen flowers are colorful.In the flower room under the tree, there is a desk, two chairs, with cushions in the middle of the chairs, and a set of Rujiao tea sets on the table.Looking from the shore full of people, I can only feel that Xiaozhou is indescribably quiet and quiet, far away from the hustle and bustle. "There used to be a pavilion up there. A few days ago, according to the decree of Lord Qiantui, the prefect demolished the pavilion to make room for this space. Except for the two of them, no one else can go there. Wait a minute When the two of them are fighting to the death, they won’t be afraid that someone will stand in their way.” Hearing this, the nine people standing behind Brother Cao thought: Zhao Chang’an is really amazing!He put the decisive battle on the small island surrounded by water, and all the people in the martial arts who wanted to help Ning Zhiyuan were too far away to think about it.He is only in his early twenties now, and he is already so old and vicious. If a few more years pass, hehe, will people in this world still have a way out?

The nine people are not ordinary people, they are Master Honghui, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, Daoist Qingyuan, head of the Wudang School, Dongfang Xiaotian, the old owner of Feijian Villa, Luo Yangtai, the head of the 63rd Escort Bureau in the seven counties, Taoist priest Ouyang from Qingcheng, Yide, the elder of Xinjiang, the chief rudder of Tianxiong Hall, Lu Xiongfeng, Alta, the chieftain of Jinzun of Miaodong Mountain, and Sha Guangli, the leader of Tianzhu religion in the Western Regions.Those who have been in the rivers and lakes for a day will immediately change expression as soon as they hear these nine names.

At this time, the nine people and the group of disciples they brought with them were dressed in ordinary clothes in order to deceive others.In order to cover their bald heads, the eighteen old monks in Shaolin Temple wore bamboo hats.They had already made a careful plan, no matter how heavy the price they paid today, they must kill Zhao Chang'an to prevent the world from suffering!At this time, seeing that the plan for many days is about to come to an end, all the heroes are looking forward to Zhao Changan's arrival soon, so as not to let everyone wait anxiously. What was more anxious than them was the three thousand officials who had lined up earlier. Everyone had stood silently in the hall, outside the hall, under the steps, and in the court for a long time. Built for Luanyu, what happened at the end of Qingshi Avenue paved with loess and sprinkled with clean water.Wang Chengyun asked, "What time is it?" The subordinate said: "Go back to the adults, it's just past two o'clock." Wang Chengyun was wide and fat, and couldn't stand for a long time, so he couldn't help sighing: "Why don't you come?" There was a sound, and everyone was refreshed: "Here we come!" They hurriedly bowed and held hands, and arranged the queue. But the sound got closer, and only one rider was seen.Lin Chunfeng recognized that they were the family members he sent to inquire about Luanyu's whereabouts.Fifty steps away from the master, the family members got off their horses and saluted Wang Chengyun and Lin Chunfeng who were coming quickly: "Greetings, my lords!" They asked urgently, "Is Your Highness coming soon?" The family replied: "I'm afraid it's too early to answer the words of the two adults. Your Highness got up at the first moment of Maoshi, had breakfast at the third moment of Maozheng, and went to Lingyin Temple to offer incense in a sedan chair on the 32nd moment of Chenshi. Pray for the people of the world, take the sixty-fourth car to Liuhe Pagoda on the third quarter of the hour, and pray for the emperor, I am afraid that I will get up here at the first hour of the Si hour!" When the two of them heard this, their bodies turned cold.Lin Chunfeng said to the sweaty Wang Chengyun: "My lord, look at the situation. Your Highness won't be here for a while. Why don't you let all the lords sit down in the tent and rest under the poisonous sun? What's wrong with it, I'm afraid it's not good." Wang Chengyun had been looking forward to this sentence for a long time, and nodded immediately. After this break, another hour passed.Not only the three thousand officials, but even the tens of thousands of people on the shore of the lake and in the peach blossom forest were anxious.The members of the Four Seas Association were arranged by the government to sit in a square pavilion facing the water on three sides on the west bank early in the morning, and they waited for two hours.Ning Zhiyuan and Zhaoyang were fine, but Zhang Qiangdong couldn't hold back. At this moment, he tossed and turned, only cursing Zhao Changan's eighteen generations of ancestors.Everyone didn't care, but Zhaoyang was slightly unhappy, but when she thought about what was going to happen later, how could she care about these trivial things? Just when I was restless, "Here we come!" Someone yelled, spreading the word to ten or ten, and immediately caused quite a commotion.Tens of thousands of people stood on tiptoe and looked towards Qingshi Avenue. The end of the road was empty and there was no movement, but they didn't know what "coming" was? Looking around again, Fang Shi understood: there was a faint sound of horseshoes-the iron hooves of hundreds of horses, beating on the bluestone road, facing the bright spring sun, a team of one hundred horses came rushing. Si Zhuban in front of the palace of the imperial guards wearing Chu robes is straight.All the officials cheered up, rushed out of the yellow tent where they were resting, straightened their clothes, and stood up in their respective positions. All the squads went to the end of the road, dismounted, handed over the reins to the officers who came, and then dispersed to guard the shore of the lake.After a while, there was a very neat and majestic sound, this time it was Yulongzhi, and another one or a hundred people, "scrubbing", stepping on an even and steady rhythm; followed by a hundred people in golden armor and red clothes There are one hundred Japanese soldiers holding banners and embroidered clothes, one hundred dragon guards wearing black clothes and crowns, and then another hundred guards wearing golden cicada crowns. A group of people went to the front of Chongyuan Hall, and they all lined up in their respective positions, facing north. Then came the imperial eunuch.First come thirty, standing facing east, and then another thirty, standing facing west.In this way, thirty people came in a while, and thirty more came in a while, and it was not until about twenty dials came that they heard the faint sound of fine music. and music.At this time, at the end of the avenue, a group of eunuchs in Chu robes came neatly, holding dragon banners and phoenix tails, and pheasant feathers and Kui heads. There were as many as two hundred people; Burning imperial incense; then a crank-handled nine-dragon golden umbrella, and then two hundred eunuchs in green robes, holding high a gold medal painted with red lacquer, with large characters written in gold powder: On behalf of the Son of Heaven.Then came the crown robes and shoes, and there were deacons and eunuchs holding gargle bowls, dust whisks, incense burners, jade cups, etc., all of them walked forward slowly with respectful expressions. After the teams passed by, sixty-four eunuchs in red clothes came slowly carrying a three-layer luanyu with golden crown, bright yellow embroidered dragon.Seeing Luanyu, the tens of thousands of people who were lying on the ground were confused again. They all raised their heads and stood up to look into the distance.The guards swung their whips resoundingly, but Zhao Changan didn't dare to actually hit them because Zhao Chang'an had his own intention first. The result was like countless gourds falling into the water.Overwhelmed by the pressure, in the end, all the yamen servants stopped kneeling, stood on tiptoe, raised their heads desperately, and wanted to see it first. But people were immediately disappointed. Although the Luanyu is spacious, there are bright yellow gauze curtains hanging on all sides. No matter how much you pay attention, you can only vaguely see a person sitting in the Luanyu.Since the distance is so far away, the appearance and clothing of this person cannot be seen clearly at all.Luanyu was followed by four golden sedan chairs carried by sixteen people, the four princes in command, followed by the sedan chairs of nearly a hundred county kings, lords, princes and ministers, and after that came teams of eunuchs and imperial guards. . When Luanyu was still a hundred steps away from the front of the hall, three thousand officials and tens of thousands of guards, sergeants, and government servants all bowed down, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, shouting long live.Luan Yu didn't stop, he went straight onto the bright yellow carpet, carried up the triple white marble steps, and didn't put it down until he was on the top of the Danchi.The fourth prince had already rushed to the front to wait on him. At this time, he bowed to Luan Yu, kneeled down and begged the king to come down, and then the two princes drew up the curtains. The two princes carefully helped one person out of the middle, and walked slowly into the Chongyuan Hall. The curtain of the front hall fell. Tens of thousands of bull's eyes staring as big as copper bells did not see even a single trace of this person's clothes.Xiao Tan murmured in a low voice: "Huh? Which play was sung? You just hid in?" Brother Cao understood a bit: "He went to change clothes." Xiao Tan became more and more confused. : "Change clothes?" "Yes! The emperor's old man is the most troublesome when going out. He wears clothes for meals, clothes for going out, clothes for worshiping Buddha, and clothes for going up the pagoda. When he arrives here, he has to change again. After all, it took him half a day. He has already changed five clothes, and when Ning is slaughtered, he may have to change again. And these changed clothes, he will never wear them again in this life!" "My dear mother!" Xiao Tan's head was as big as a bucket, "I've only had the same clothes for more than ten years, but he's good enough to throw six clothes in half a day. It seems," he swallowed, "in this world, it's still better to wear clothes." The emperor is here comfortably and comfortably! It would be great if I could get over this addiction for a while!" Brother Cao smiled: "Boy, just wait, wait for tens of thousands of years, and see if it will be your turn, and it will take a long time The addiction of throwing six clothes." At this time, three thousand officials had knelt down in the court, and six officials from the Ministry of Rituals knelt down and asked to be ascended to the throne to receive the ceremony.There was joy on both sides, and the etiquette eunuch led Wang Chengyun and other civil officials to arrange shifts under Danchi.The yellow curtain was lifted, and a handsome young man in an apricot yellow silk robe came out. "Come out, come out." There was another commotion in the crowd; but Ning Zhiyuan knew this person, he was Prince Rui Zhao Changyou. Zhao Changyou signed his body obliquely, stood on the side of the hall, and announced: "Excuse me!" All the civil servants retreated to one side.The eunuch led the military officer to Danchi to arrange shifts.Zhao Changyou announced again: "Exemption!" So he retired.At this time, officials with lower ranks came forward to arrange their shifts.Zhao Changyou proclaimed for the third time: "Exemption!" The officials retreated to both sides of Yubi.The imperial eunuch bowed forward to serve the tea, the tea had been served three times, Zhao Changyou went back inside.Zhao Changan lowered his seat, stopped happily, retreated into the nave, and was served by the eunuchs led by the four kings. He changed his clothes for the sixth time, and then the ceremonial eunuchs knelt down and asked to be promoted to the throne. Zhao Changyou came out of the palace again, and asked, "Wang Chengyun, the governor of Wu County, is here?" Wang Chengyun hurriedly lifted his robe and stepped up the steps, approaching Dan Chi, knelt down and kowtowed: "Wang Chengyun, the governor of Wu County, kowtows to His Royal Highness Qiantui, the prince!" Zhao Changyou said : "His Royal Highness ordered this king to ask you, is Ning Zhiyuan here?" "Return to the lord, here we come! Now we are waiting in the Yanbo Zhishuang Pavilion on the west bank." Zhao Changyou turned sideways, and said to the lowered Minghuang vertebral curtain: "Your Highness, can you tell Ning Zhiyuan to come and see you?" Behind the curtain, the throne A clear voice said: "Yes!" So Zhao Changyou said: "Your Highness's decree, tell Ning Zhiyuan to come and see you!" As soon as the words fell, the two eunuchs screamed in unison: "Your Highness's decree, call Ning Zhiyuan to see you!" Six to ten, ten to a hundred, and finally tens of thousands of officials, guards, eunuchs, and yamen servants on the north bank sang loudly together.The sound of propaganda rolled over the lake like spring thunder, and for a moment, the entire sky of West Lake echoed the imperial edict calling for Ning Zhiyuan.Tens of thousands of people were frightened by the prestige of this announcement: "Well, what is Tianyu Lunyin, I finally learned it today!" Almost all of them felt admiration in an instant: a man born in this world should be like this! Ning Zhiyuan remained motionless, frowned and said: "Little Ma, go! Tell His Highness Qiantui that I will wait for him on the small island in the center of the lake." Then he got up, smiled at the brothers, fixed his eyes on his beloved wife, and immediately When you reach the edge of the pavilion, stretch your left foot and step down into the lake.Seeing that he turned the water surface into a flat ground, all the famous ladies and noble ladies would immediately "plop" into the lake and drown into a drowned chicken, all screaming coquettishly.But when he saw that his toes had barely touched the surface of the water, he lightly lifted his right foot, and there was not even a ripple on the surface of the water, and he was flying towards the small island in the air. A gentle breeze blew over the lake, blowing his layers of clothes. Even the legendary Immortal Lingbo couldn't have such an elegant and moving scene.This time, the 70,000 to 80,000 people on the shore were dumbfounded.Master Honghui was stunned: "Gao Tian Liuyun! This... This is the unique skill of the Sanyi Immortal Yazi that has been lost for a long time, Gao Tian Liuyun! Amitabha!" He was very happy, "He can do this light work? Today, Zhao Changan cannot escape Retribution." "Okay!" I don't know who was the first to react. Immediately, tens of thousands of people, including the officials and guards on the north shore, couldn't help but respond.This burst of colorful sound, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, exploded in the sky, and it was much louder and louder than the sound of proclaiming the decree just now. When they arrived at Xiaozhou, Ning Zhiyuan sat down in the seat on the left. When the group of heroes saw it, they were all in high spirits: "Grandma's, this is the real Ning Zhiyuan!"Apart from the fact that there were fewer people shouting and clapping their feet, their aura was no less than that of Zhao's! Ma Hua was led by an eunuch to stand still in the courtyard twenty feet away from the front of the Chongyuan Hall. With Qi in his dantian, he said to the hall from a distance, "Zhao Chang'an, the young head of my family said, He is waiting for you on the island in the middle of the lake." The voice was not loud, but even a little eunuch in the farthest corner of the hall could hear every word clearly.All the officials, eunuchs, and guards turned pale, and the officials from the Ministry of Rites immediately scolded him.Zhao Changyou waved his hand to stop him: "Why didn't Ning Zhiyuan come?" Barely hearing his words clearly, Ma Hua said with a smile: "The competition is about martial arts, what does it have to do with status? Why do you want my young master to worship him? ?” These words made all the officials sweat.But he heard a clear voice behind the yellow curtain and said faintly: "In that case, I will go meet him for a while!" The veil was slowly rolled up, and the people who had been waiting all morning finally got to see the sky! Ning Zhiyuan stared, looked into the distance, and was stunned.Not only him, but tens of thousands of people were all stunned when they saw it.It's not because of Zhao Chang'an's appearance, even if he grows into a celestial being, he won't surprise everyone like this. The reason why everyone is stunned is because... His clothes are too grand!It was so solemn that it didn't seem like he was going to have a decisive battle with the number one master of martial arts in the world today.A martial artist fighting for life and death would never dress like he is now! He is wearing a light yellow fine silk gown with a snow white silk collar exposed at the front, and a light yellow blue sky red sun rolling golden dragon robe, the outer edge of the robe is decorated with snow white silk satin.The waist is tied with a rhinoceros and kylin row of square jade belts, jade double dragon pendants hang on both sides, and golden silk shoes for ascending to immortals and clouds on the feet. The hairpin is full of beads and a jade crown, and in the center of the crown is a shining pearl as big as a lychee. .Such a big pearl, let alone see it, just listen to it, and everyone on the shore of the lake has never heard of it in their life.But what surprised everyone the most was that he was actually wearing a light yellow gilt Longevity brocade cloak. The fur near the neck of the cloak was rich, covering half of his face. Zhaoyang was very surprised. In her memory, Zhao Chang'an only wore white robes and golden crowns when he went to court, and usually wore plain and unadorned long gowns. Why is it like this today?This dazzling body can make people notice him at a glance, not to mention among tens of thousands of people, hundreds of feet away, even among hundreds of thousands of people.well!She sighed in her heart: He has really changed his mind! Zhao Chang'an stood up, Zhao Changyou and Zhao Changxi bowed to support him, and walked down the throne slowly.All the officials standing there and a group of guards and servants immediately knelt down.The blackness covered the endless official hats and heads, and I saw the three of them walking steadily towards the lake. Ning Zhiyuan looked at his moon white gown, and couldn't help smiling wryly.It seems that I value today's battle too much.For this battle, he even considered the color of his clothes: the decisive battle should be between the third quarter of the sixth hour and the first quarter of the noon, when the sun is in the sky, and the moon white blends with the sunlight, making it the least eye-catching.The more the opponent can't see clearly, the better the chance of winning; the clothing must be light so that it is good for the stretching of the hands and feet, and the size of the clothes should not be too large, which will hinder the hands and feet, but It should not be too close-fitting, otherwise it will hinder the movement of hands and feet.For this reason, he specially found Qingzhou God Shear Zhu to order the long gown he is wearing now.Really nothing more, nothing less, not a single extra wrinkle.But looking at Zhao Changan who was almost on the shore, he could only smile wryly.All the heroes also frowned, some of them were mean-spirited, and it was inevitable that some harsh words would come out. When they arrived at the lake, a dragon boat was already waiting, and the three of them were escorted by eunuchs to get on the boat. Zhao Changan sat down on the throne under the umbrella of Huang Luo in the middle, and then the dragon boat slowly came towards the small island.When they reached the shore, the body of the boat was level with the shore, and a ten-foot-wide springboard was set up. Zhao Changyou and Zhao Changxi were about to help again. Zhao Changan waved his hands and stood up. Leaving the boat and landing.Seeing his action, the smile in Ning Zhiyuan's eyes flashed away. Zhao Changyou and Zhao Changxi, who were following Zhao Changan, looked at Ning Zhiyuan with complicated expressions, as if they wanted to say something to him, but in the end they only took a deep look at him before returning to the dragon boat. Zhao Changan sat down in the first chair, without looking at Ning Zhiyuan, only facing a tree full of flowers, and asked calmly: "Are you Ning Zhiyuan?" Ning Zhiyuan agreed with a smile.Zhao Changan said coldly: "I heard that you have been looking for me for a long time?" Ning Zhiyuan replied: "Yes. In fact, I've been looking for you for nearly eight months." "Duh! How dare you call me me in front of Lord Qiantose?" The two eunuchs pouring tea scolded.Zhao Changan frowned, ordered him to back down, and was not allowed to come here until he was summoned.All the eunuchs had to get on the dragon boat, and then left the island to return to the north bank.Watching the dragon boat leave, Zhao Changan picked up the conversation just now: "I heard that you have released the wind a long time ago, and you want to compete with me. I have been waiting for you for a long time. Unexpectedly, this wait is five months, and I will pay you back first." I thought you were afraid and didn’t dare to come.” Ning Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows: "Oh? According to you, today's battle has already been decided before it even started? And you must be the one who wins?" Zhao Changan smiled arrogantly, without denying it. Ning Zhiyuan sipped his tea: "His Royal Highness's martial arts practice is astonishing as ever, and he has been famous for a long time. Although Ning is not talented, he has a clue." Now it's Zhao Changan's turn to raise his eyebrows: "Oh?" "Your martial arts are extensive and profound, but they can be summed up in four sentences: Qianli Kuai is the Wind and Internal Skills, the Eight Moves of Folding Plum Blossoms under the Moon, the Flying Dragon in the Sky, and the Destiny Sword!" Zhao Chang'an was terrified, and cast a deep glance at him: "Yes, I started to practice martial arts at the age of five, and I learned a lot from others. I have been involved in all kinds of martial arts in the world, but I have just tasted them. The one who really learns and specializes is the The three things you mentioned just now. As for the Yuan Mie Sword,” he smiled lightly, “it’s just a sword. You know me, and I know you too. Your internal force combines the essence of the three schools, especially Shaolin Temple Zhensi Zhibao Tathagata's miraculous skill is the most amazing, lightness kung fu is high in the sky, and palm technique is also the secret of Shaolin Temple'Sixteen Forms of Vajra Subduing Demons'. All of these, you are equal to me. Unfortunately, you have no chance to destroy the sword , not to mention the unparalleled and most beautiful eight-fold plum blossom under the moon, if you do this, you will lose." "Supreme and beautiful?" Ning Zhiyuan smirked, "Is there really such an unbelievable swordsmanship?" Zhao Changan got up slowly.At this time, the breeze came slowly, and a wisp of willow wind blowing on the face was not cold, passing over the distant mountains, across the lake, through the flower forest, and around the flower garden.A branch of flowers growing horizontally above the two of them couldn't bear the blow of this gentle wind, "Crack!" The flower branch broke and danced away from the tree. Zhao Changan smiled, relaxed his right wrist, his thumb, forefinger, and middle finger had grasped the slowly falling flower branches, and then he drew the flower branches obliquely to the left in a semicircle.His movements are elegant, his posture is agile, his expression is tranquil, and his gait is calm. Looking at his unrestrained appearance, he seems to be admiring flowers, looking at the moon, tasting tea, and playing the piano under the plum tree as cool as water, enjoying the beauty and darkness of that garden all to himself. fragrant. "This is the first form of the 'Eight Forms of Folding Plum Blossoms'!" Then, without a trace of suffocation, he leaned to the right, his clothes fluttering, and swung his second sword "Hanshamei" Shadow Road". He didn't look sideways, his sleeves fluttered, he swung a sword, and said the name of this sword. If he didn't notice, he had already swung eight swords!That piece of flower branch was just a piece of flower branch, but when he swung his first sword, the very ordinary flower branch suddenly changed into a sword with erratic airflow, like a wisp of wind, Consisting of a dream, a tear, and a sigh, the transparent, ubiquitous and ubiquitous sword—Yuan Mie! Ning Zhiyuan sat still, concentrating on the movement of the flower branches up, down, left, and right, and at this moment, fine sweat broke out on his forehead.Looking at the air where the flowers and branches passed by, he flew into the sky, and after a long time, he muttered to himself: "So fast! So fast swordsmanship!" Fast?Such a slow swordsmanship, how could he speak fast?When Zhao Changan waved the flower branches, his movements were so soft and slow, as if he was afraid that if he moved too fast, the morning dew in the stamens would slip from the tender petals, damaging the beauty of this peach blossom.With such a slow sword technique, he actually said it too fast! The tens of thousands of people staring at him from afar were amazed when they saw him dancing with flowers for the first time, but those who knew the goods saw him and immediately knew that he was demonstrating a set of supreme sword skills, so they hurriedly cheered up , the eyeballs did not dare to make a mistake to stare at his every move, lest if the eyelids blinked halfway, they would miss a slight trembling of the flower branches, and make themselves miss a rare moment in a martial arts student's life. Extreme swordsmanship. At this time, Zhao Changan had stopped all movements, and stood quietly in the shadow of a peach blossom tree with sparse branches and slanting branches: "This is the eight styles of folding plums under the moon! Now, do you still think it is not the most beautiful?" " Ning Zhiyuan was still looking at the place where the flowers and branches danced just now, still reminiscing about the movement and changes of the Eight Swords just now, letting the breeze blow his soft clothes, causing slight ripples, for a long time, Fang murmured : "Yes, this is indeed the supreme and most beautiful sword technique!" "Then... these eight moves, how many of them have you seen clearly?" Ning Zhiyuan was still intoxicated: "Your Highness moved too fast, I only saw three of them clearly." "Which three moves?" Zhao Chang'an smiled knowingly, "It's the third move 'people can't sleep in the sound of the jade flute', the fifth move 'Jiangnan is suspected to be at the end of the world', and the eighth move 'a few students cultivate plum blossoms' ?” "yes!" Zhao Changan focused his eyes on the sparkling lake water under the spring sun, and sighed: "As expected of Ning Zhiyuan, he is astonishingly talented, unexpectedly, he forgot five of the eight moves in just one pass!" He waved his hand. It was so slow, but Ning Zhiyuan only saw the three moves clearly, and forgot all the other five moves, yet he still praised the other party? "I will demonstrate it again, this time, please watch carefully!" Hua Zhi raised again, but the eight swords swung this time are completely different from the eight swords just now, they are completely different eight swords!And this time the speed is also different, this time the speed is faster than Jingfeng, as fast as lightning! . In fact, tens of thousands of people saw that he just waved the flower branch casually in the air, then put his hand down, and put it behind his back. The movement was so fast that it was inexplicable: What is the purpose of him waving the flower branch like this?Out of tens of thousands of people, only a few people could see clearly that at that moment just now, he had already swung the eight swords, the eight swords were done in one go and as fast as one sword! Ning Zhiyuan was stunned again: "So... Bajian's attack can be so slow!" Slow?With such a quick wave, he actually speaks slowly? There was a light in Zhao Changan's dull eyes: "This time, how many swords did you see clearly?" "His Highness Cheng moves slowly, I only saw one of the swords clearly!" "Oh?" Zhao Changan's expression was filled with surprise mixed with admiration.The two said in unison: "Is it the eighth sword 'How many lives can cultivate plum blossoms'?" This time it was Zhao Chang'an's turn to be stunned: "It only took half a cup of tea, but you can actually see only one sword, the last sword clearly!" He raised his robe sleeve again, and swung the Eight Plum Blossoms for the third time. This time the sword move has changed again, it is completely different from the previous two times.But the most confusing thing was this time, before he swung his sword, he would be stunned for a long time, staring at the ground, frowning, as if he had completely forgotten the sword move he had learned by heart. , was racking his brains and pondering, what should be the start, direction, change, turning and ending of this sword?Just like this, stumbling and procrastinating, he barely finished using the eight swords again. And just when he thrust out the first sword, Ning Zhiyuan jumped up and stared dumbfounded, as if his soul had come out of his body. When the eighth sword fell, he exclaimed: "That's it! Yes, that's it!" One sword! Can you demonstrate it again? Three times, this sword is the one I see most clearly, but I can't forget it!" Zhao Changan smiled, and the flower branch casually put it on the back of the chair next to him: "This time, can you still see clearly?" Ning Zhiyuan stared at the dew falling on the flower branch, and smiled for a long time, that kind of I finally got what I wanted, and smiled happily when my wish was fulfilled. Zhao Changan's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again, and he sat down slowly with his feet shuffled, "It's amazing, it took me six years to completely forget the Eight Swords, and it took only a cup of tea. You actually forgot all about it. Such vision, comprehension ability and martial arts cultivation, really make me shudder!" Ning Zhiyuan lowered his head and thought for a while, looked at Zhao Changan, and sincerely cupped his hands: "Your Highness, Ning's skills are not as good as yours in today's battle, so I lost!" Zhao Changan was stunned, extremely surprised: "You admit defeat? You haven't done anything yet. You just admit defeat?" Ning Zhiyuan nodded and said: "Although I didn't do anything, the eight moves of folding plum under the moon are indeed the most supreme and beautiful swordsmanship. , I dare to assert that in today's world, no one can take the lead!" Zhao Changan glanced at him sideways: "Scared? Are you regretting it? Regret should not be overestimated. Now that you have mixed regrets, you want to run away?" Ning Zhiyuan smiled calmly: "Your Highness is wise and wise, and indeed what Ning has in mind." Zhao Chang'an got up abruptly: "You have no eyes on the king, and you violate the ban with force. I have wanted to kill you a long time ago. With your understanding, In another three years, my martial arts will surely surpass me, do you think that I will do such a stupid thing like raising a tiger to cause trouble?" Ning Zhiyuan was stunned: "I have surrendered, you still won't let me go?" Zhao Changan gritted his teeth: "Let it go? Hmph, because you are still young and already have such a high level of martial arts, if you have anything to say, tell me now. After you lay dead on the ground, you I will order someone to handle your last wish for you!" Ning Zhiyuan laughed, "Although I admit defeat, I may not necessarily die, and you want me to leave a last wish right now, isn't it too hasty?" "I will never forgive you today!" Ning Zhiyuan had no choice but to say, "Since Your Highness is aggressive, I have no choice but to accompany you!" Flipping his wrist, he already had a sword in his hand, a sword that was so ordinary that he could buy it for half a tael in any blacksmith shop. steel sword.Seeing that Zhao Changan was very surprised, he smiled and said, "Yuan Mie Sword is an unparalleled magical weapon, and no sword of any kind can compete with it. If that is the case, why should I find some swords to destroy?" Zhao Changan smiled: "Hearing your words, it seems very unconvinced? Well, my swordsmanship is far better than yours, so I just use this..." He weighed the flower branch in his hand, "Come to fight with you, it can still make you You die convincingly! Make a move!" "Wait a little longer." Ning Zhiyuan smiled, stepped forward, and stared into the other person's eyes.Zhao Changan couldn't help turning his face away, avoiding contact with the eyes that seemed to be able to see all the truths in the world.Ning Zhiyuan said unexpectedly: "I am not very old, and you seem to be younger than me. Considering your martial arts cultivation, it is not low. If you have anything to say, please speak up now. Wait a minute Your last wish, I will order my brothers to handle it for you!" Zhao Changan was startled, pondered for a moment, bowed solemnly in salute: "I do have something to do, please ask Master Ning to fulfill it behind me!" "What's the matter?" Ning Zhiyuan replied solemnly. "There is a woman from the Yan Mansion in Gusu who appeared in the Eastern Palace of the Imperial City in Tokyo. After today's battle, I beg Master Ning to find Prince Rui and Prince Duan who were by my side just now." He took out an unspoken letter. , holding both hands to Ning Zhiyuan, "Give this letter to the two of them to open and read, and they will help you take this girl out of the palace and send her back to Gusu." "This matter..." Although Ning Zhiyuan accepted the letter, he hesitated, "It's not that I don't want to do it, it's just that I heard that it's not that Miss Yan can't go back to Gusu, but that she herself doesn't want to go back." "I don't want to go back now," Zhao Changan smiled strangely, "After today's battle, I will go back." "Okay!" Ning Zhiyuan carefully put the letter into his arms. A gust of wind blew, and the peach blossoms rained down from the sky.The dragon boat quickly reached the edge of the small island, and Zhao Changyou went ashore, holding a yellow umbrella to cover Zhao Changan from the rain. One hundred and eight..." "Go down!" Zhao Chang'an sternly ordered, "No one is allowed to come again without being called by me, otherwise, he will be punished for committing a crime!" Zhao Changyou was stunned, had to lower his head, handed the umbrella to Zhao Chang'an, turned around and boarded the boat, and returned north shore. 上万武林中人遥见他一手花枝，一手雨伞，均想：“大战在即，他却为了这种连头发都淋不湿的小雨还撑了把伞，等下打起来，岂不是自己碍了自己的手脚，自己绊了自己的身形？且他身上又累累赘赘地穿成了那样，天底下居然还会有这种决战的人，这种决战的方式！今天自己可真是大开眼界了！”但离二人虽远，群雄也都看出赵长安从容不迫，一副胜算在握的样子，不禁又想：莫非他的武功真已到了这种地步，迎战当今的第一高手，也可这样草率托人？ “出招吧！”宁致远瞟了瞟花枝、黄伞，“除了晏小姐，殿下还有别的话要交代吗？” 望一眼万千片自枝头冉冉飘下，落了二人一头一身的粉白花瓣，又望着远处的某个地方出了半晌的神，赵长安方神情恍惚、答非所问地答了一句：“愿生生世世，莫再生在帝王家！”话音方落，袍袖一展，一剑已刺向宁致远。 宁致远右掠，青钢剑一递，没附着一丝内力，横斫对方右肩下两寸，正是一式攻其必救的“围魏救赵”。但剑方至中途，花枝突然变招，疾刺他右胁，隐挟风雷之声，显见枝上所附内力不弱，右胁若被扫中，不死也是重伤。 他大惊，不及思索，腕内收，剑锋疾削赵长安右手，“哧！”只见赵长安大骇，往后飞掠三丈，同时右腕疾缩，饶是如此，他宽大的袍袖仍被剑锋割裂了两尺。“怅望千重山色！”宁致远心念电转，醒悟：自己迫退他的这高妙至极的一剑，是月下折梅八式中的第四式“怅望千重山色”！ 赵长安虽是折梅八式的主人，又熟谙这套剑法，但就连他自己也无法抵挡，或是破解这八式，这已经完美了的，没有一丝瑕疵的剑法！刚才幸亏宁致远对这套剑法不熟练，剑上又没有内力，这才没刺中他，否则的话，此时他右手已齐腕而断了。 虽然宁致远心想：我不能用他的剑法对付他！但不知为何，他似中了魔般，一剑刺出，剑锋被迎上来的花枝一引，剑尖轻颤，横斩赵长安的紫矶穴，竟然又是一式折梅剑法。未待他回过神来，赵长安又被这一剑逼退了两步，但在后掠时，花枝拂中剑身，宁致远不假思索，抬手一格，一连三式折梅，直斩他左颈、锁骨、左肘。赵长安只得再退三步，宁致远就这样身不由己地，一气挥出八剑，交织如银的漫天剑光中，只见赵长安被逼得不住倒退。 “通！”他一脚踏空，已要栽进身后的湖水中去了。数万人的惊呼声中，忽见宁致远疾伸手，已一把抓住了他左手，用力往回一带：“小心！”将他拉回了小洲上。赵长安恼羞成怒：“逆贼！”花枝上一举，下一拂，左一掠，右一格，便是四式“折梅”。这时，宁致远的八剑刚刚使完，正不知该变换何招之际，突见半空中绽放出一片美逸如云的花海，那漫天横斜的花枝、纷纷洒落的花雨，不是桃花，而是梅花，在自己眼前绚烂、轻灵、自在地飘舞回旋。 一时，他心神飞越，不能自持了，竟然痴立当地，仰头如痴如醉地看着，浑忘了自己身在何处，此是何时。 章强东等人方才看他挥出的折梅剑法，亦无不神飞魂驰，及待见他竟拉回险落湖中的赵长安，已是大为诧异，这时见他竟为剑法迷眩，呆立不动，无不失声惊呼。 赵长安突然撤剑，斥道：“充什么愣，接招！” 宁致远暗道一声：“惭愧！”一样的折梅八式，在他手中使出与在自己手中使出，当真有天壤之别！当下，他心无旁骛，只专注于那一段花枝的挥动，心思：难道，这剑法，天底下就真的没有破解的法子了吗？就这片刻间，赵长安又挥出三剑，他只得退了三步。 完美无缺的剑法，无法抵御的剑法！他固然可以仗着剑利削断花枝。但对方所拈的，若不是一段花枝，而是一柄剑，一柄削金断玉、天下无双的宝剑——缘灭宝剑，那情形又会是什么样呢？ 一转念间，他遍体生寒：赵长安若存心要杀自己，那自己早就是个死人了！