"Please!" "Please!" The two swordsmen each turn their sword tips upside down, hold the hilt with their right hand, put their left hand on the back of their right hand, and bow to salute. The two of them hadn't stood up straight yet, suddenly a white light flashed, followed by a clang, the two swords intersected, and each of them took a step back.Everyone in the audience let out a soft "Huh". The swordsman in green slashed three swords in a row, and the swordsman in brocade slashed one by one.The swordsman in Tsing Yi shouted, and swiped his long sword straight down from the upper left corner with great force.The swordsman in brocade shirt was nimble and leaped back, avoiding the sword.As soon as his left foot hit the ground, his body bounced up, swiped two swords, and attacked the opponent.The swordsman in blue stood still, with a slight sneer at the corner of his mouth, and swung his long sword lightly, blocking the incoming sword.

The swordsman in brocade shirt suddenly sprinted, circling around the swordsman in blue, his feet getting faster and faster.The swordsman in green stared at the tip of the opponent's long sword, and when the enemy sword moved, he swung his sword and shot down.The swordsman in brocade shirt turned left and right suddenly, his movements fluctuated.The swordsman in blue felt slightly dizzy when he turned his head, and shouted: "Are you fighting with swords, or running for your life?" He swiped two swords and cut straight.But the swordsman in brocade shirt ran very fast, when the sword arrived, he had already left, and the edge of the enemy's sword was always about a chi away from his body.

The swordsman in green turned his sword and turned sideways, squatting slightly with his right leg. The swordsman in brocade saw the opening and stabbed at his left shoulder with his sword.Unexpectedly, this squatting of the swordsman in green was a lure, the long sword suddenly circled, and went straight to the enemy's throat, with great urgency.Horrified, the swordsman in brocade shirt let go of his long sword and shot towards the enemy's heart.This is a way of fighting against each other in a helpless situation. If the enemy continues to attack, the sword will definitely hit the heart.In this situation, the opponent has to withdraw his sword to block, and he can get out of this hopeless situation.

Unexpectedly, the swordsman in blue didn't dodge the fight, his wrist trembled, and with a pop, the tip of the sword pierced into the swordsman's throat.With a bang, the thrown long sword pierced his chest, and the long sword fell to the ground.The swordsman in Tsing Yi smiled, put his sword back and stood up, it turned out that he had hidden a heart-protecting iron mirror on his chest, although the tip of the sword was stabbed, it was not hurt at all.The swordsman in brocade shirt spurted blood from his throat, and his body twisted on the ground.Immediately, a follower came over to lift the corpse and wipe away the blood on the ground.

The swordsman in Tsing Yi returned his sword into its sheath, took two steps forward, and bowed to a king sitting in a brocade-draped chair with his head in the north to salute. The king was wearing a purple robe, with a strange appearance, a very long head and neck, and a pointed beak like a bird. He smiled slightly and hissed: "The strong swordsmanship is exquisite, and I will give you ten catties of gold." The swordsman in blue knelt down on his right knee, bowed and said "Thank you!" The king waved his left hand, and a tall, thin, forty-year-old official on his right shouted: "Wuyue swordsman, the second contest!"

A burly man walked out of the Dongshou brocade shirt swordsman team, holding a big sword.This sword is more than five feet long, and the blade is extremely thick, obviously it is very heavy.A swordsman in blue came out from the west. He was of medium build and his face was full of sword scars. There were one in the east and one in the west, at least twelve or thirteen. How many times have people compared swords.The two first bowed their knees to the king, then turned around, stood facing each other, and bowed to salute. The swordsman in blue stood up straight with a grin on his face.His face was already very ugly, but with such a smile, it was even more ugly indescribably.Seeing his ghostly appearance, the swordsman in brocade shirt couldn't help shivering wittily, let out a long breath with a bang, and slowly stretched out his left hand to grab the hilt of his sword.

Suddenly, the swordsman in green yelled like a wolf howling, he straightened his sword and rushed towards his opponent, the swordsman in brocade also shouted loudly, raised his big sword, and slashed at him.The swordsman in green leaned out of the way, his long sword slashing across from left to right.The swordsman in brocade shirt wielded his sword with both hands, and a big sword danced loudly.This big sword weighs at least fifty catties, but his moves are still extremely fast. As soon as the two joined hands, they made thirty or so moves in an instant, and the swordsman in green couldn't help but retreated under the pressure of his heavy sword.The more than fifty swordsmen in brocade shirts standing at the west end of the main hall all had joyful faces, seeing that this competition was definitely won.

Only the swordsman in brocade shirt shouted loudly, the sound was like thunder, and the sword swept across.The swordsman in blue couldn't avoid it, he lifted his long sword and tried his best to block.When there was a sound, the two swords intersected, and half of the big sword flew out. It turned out that the long sword in the swordsman's hand was so sharp that he cut the big sword in two. From the throat to the lower abdomen, a gash about two feet long was made.The swordsman in brocade shirt roared repeatedly and fell to the ground.The swordsman in green stared at the burly figure underground for a moment, then put his sword back into its sheath, bowed his knees and saluted the king, his face unable to conceal his complacency.

An official next to the king said: "The strong man has excellent sword skills, and the king will give you ten catties of gold." The swordsman in green thanked him and retreated. There are eight swordsmen in green clothes lined up in the first row in the west. Compared with the more than fifty swordsmen in brocade clothes on the opposite side, there is a huge disparity in the number of widows. The official said slowly: "Wuyue swordsmen, three sword fights!" The two swordsmen each walked out one person, saluted the king and stood facing each other.Suddenly, the blue light was dazzling, and everyone felt cold.But seeing the three-foot long sword in the swordsman's hand trembling unceasingly, it was like a gleaming ribbon.The official praised: "Good sword!" The swordsman in blue bowed slightly to thank him for his praise.The official said: "I have watched two matches alone, this time two against two!"

One of the swordsmen in brocade shirts came out in response, drawing his sword out of its sheath.That sword is as bright as autumn water, and it is also a sharp weapon.Another member of the Tsing Yi Swordsman team came out.After saluting the king, the four saluted each other, followed by the flickering of the sword light, and started fighting.In this two-on-two sword competition, fellow swordsmen take care of each other and cooperate.After counting, there was a scoff, and the long sword in the hand of a swordsman in brocade shirt was cut off by the opponent.This man was extremely brave, holding a half-cut sword, he flew towards the enemy.The green-clothed swordsman flashed his long sword, and with a hissing sound, he sliced ​​off his right arm up to his shoulder, and then added a sword, piercing his heart.

The other two were fighting endlessly, the victorious swordsman in blue was watching, suddenly he stretched out his long sword, and with a sneer, it cut off the sword in the swordsman's hand.The other person's long sword went straight into the palace, pierced through the opponent's chest, and pierced through the vest. The king laughed loudly, clapped his hands and said: "Good sword, good swordsmanship! Wine rewards, rewards! Let's watch another four-on-four competition." There were four people from each team on both sides. After saluting, they fought with swords.The Swordsman in Brocade Shirt lost three games in a row, and four of them died. At this time, the four people who ended up in the sumo wrestled fiercely, and they wanted to win one game no matter what.I saw two swordsmen in green clothes pinching a swordsman in brocade clothes from left and right.The remaining three swordsmen in brocade gowns stepped forward to invite a fight, but were blocked by two swordsmen in blue with their swords outstretched.These two swordsmen in green clothes were purely defensive, their moves were strict, they didn't even fight back, but it prevented the three swordsmen in blue clothes from going to help their companions, the remaining two swordsmen in blue clothes fought two against one, more than ten moves He killed his opponent in no time, and then attacked another swordsman in brocade shirt.Previously the two swordsmen in green clothes were still using the old method, only defending but not attacking, they blocked the two swordsmen in brocade robes, allowing their companions to kill their opponents two on one. The brocade-clothed swordsmen who were on the sidelines saw that there were only two companions left, and the number of winners and losers had been decided. They all clamored loudly and drew their swords one after another. The official said loudly: "Sword learners, keep the way of the sword!" There was an awe-inspiring power in his expression and tone, and all the swordsmen in brocade shirts fell silent immediately. At this time, everyone could see clearly that the swordsmanship of the four swordsmen in green clothes was completely different, the two guarded their moves extremely tightly, while the other two's offensive moves were fierce and vicious, they split up and attacked together, the defenders entangled the opponent, only There is only one person left, let the attacker outnumber the few, nibble and kill one by one.Using this method to meet the enemy, even if the opponent's martial arts are relatively high, the swordsman in green will still have a good chance of winning.Let alone four against four, even four against six or even eight can win.The sword moves of the two guards were like a sword net, purely on the defensive, it was more than enough to block five or six people. At this time, the two swordsmen in green clothes still entangled one swordsman in brocade clothes on the defensive, while the other two swordsmen in blue clothes quickly attacked with their swords. After killing the third swordsman in brocade shirts, they turned to attack the fourth opponent. Attack each other.The two green-clothed swordsmen who were on the defensive separated to the left and right, sweeping the formation by the side.Although the remaining swordsman in brocade shirt saw that the defeat was over, he refused to give up his sword and surrender, and still fought hard.All of a sudden, the four swordsmen in green yelled loudly, and they thrust out four swords at the same time, stabbing at the swordsman in blue from front, back, left, and right. The swordsman in brocade shirt was hit by four swords and died instantly. His eyes were wide open and his mouth was also opened wide.The four swordsmen in blue drew their swords at the same time. The four raised their left feet, dragged the blade of the long sword on the sole of their shoe, wiped off the blood on the sword, and returned the sword with a swipe.It goes without saying that these few movements are clean and neat, the most rare thing is that they are extremely neat.At the same time, he raised his foot and dragged the sword, but only made a sound when he put the sword back into its sheath. The king laughed loudly and applauded: "Good swordsmanship, good swordsmanship! The swordsmen of the Shang Kingdom are famous all over the world, but it can teach us to open our eyes today. The four swordsmen are each given ten catties of gold." The four swordsmen in blue The scholars bowed together to thank them.The four people bent down like this, and the four heads were arranged in a straight line, without any height or height. I don't know how much effort it took to practice so uniformly.
A swordsman in blue turned around, picked up a long golden lacquer box, walked up a few steps, and said: "The king of our country thank you for your generous gift, and ordered the minister to return the sword. This sword is newly cast by our country. , for the pleasure of the king." The king smiled and said, "Thank you very much. Doctor Fan, take it and have a look." The king is Goujian, king of Yue.The official was Fan Li, a doctor of Yue State.The swordsmen in brocade shirts are the guards in the palace of the King of Yue, and the eight swordsmen in green clothes are the envoys sent by Fuchai, the king of Wu, to give gifts.The king of Yue was defeated by Fu Chai in the past, and wanted to avenge this revenge. He was very respectful to the king of Wu on the face, but he secretly trained soldiers day and night, waiting for the opportunity to attack Wu.In order to test Wu's military strength, he even sent out the masters of the guards to compete with Wu's swordsmen. Unexpectedly, in the first battle, all eight of the Yue's masters were wiped out.Gou Jian was startled and angry, but his face remained calm, showing joyful admiration and admiration for the sword skills of Wu Guo swordsmen. Fan Li walked up a few steps, took the long golden lacquer box, felt light and light, as if there was nothing in the box, and immediately opened the lid of the box.The people around didn't see what was in the box, but they saw that Fan Li's face was suddenly covered with a layer of blue mist, and they all said "oh", they were very surprised.It really is the sword energy reflected on the face, and the eyebrows are green. Holding the lacquer box, Fan Li walked up to the King of Yue, bowed and said, "Please look, Your Majesty!" Gou Jian saw that the box was covered with brocade, and there was a three-foot long sword, the blade was extremely thin, and the precious light flowed from the blade. Uncertainty, he couldn't help praising: "Good sword!" He held the hilt and lifted it up, only to see the blade kept trembling, as if it could be broken with just a slight shake, thinking: "This sword is so thin, It’s just for viewing, not practical.” The leading swordsman in green took out a piece of gauze from his bosom, threw it up, and said: "My lord, please stretch out the blade of the sword, and the edge of the sword should be upward. When the gauze falls on the sword, you will see that this sword is different." The light gauze fluttered down from mid-air, Yue Wang Ping sword stretched out, the gauze fell on the sword, unexpectedly the downward momentum didn't stop, the gauze was split into two pieces and landed slowly.It turned out that the sword had cut the gauze in two, the sharpness of the blade was really unimaginable.Your Majesty and Your Majesty, the applause was thunderous. The swordsman in green said: "Although this sword is thin, it will not break when it touches a heavy weapon." Gou Jian said: "Doctor Fan, try it." Fan Li said: "Yes!" Holding the sword case with both hands, he asked Gou Jian to put the sword into the case. He took the sword out of the box and said, "Draw the sword! Let's try!" The swordsman in brocade shirt bowed and saluted, drew out his saber and held it in the air, not daring to strike down.Fan Li shouted: "Chop down!" The swordsman in brocade shirt said: "Yes!" He swung his sword and chopped down, but the place where the sword fell was one foot in front of Fan Li.Fan Li lifted the sword upwards, and there was a light hissing sound, the long sword in the swordsman's hand was broken in two.The half-cut sword fell, and it was about to touch Fan Li, but Fan Li jumped lightly to avoid it.Everyone applauded again, but they didn't know whether they were praising the sharpness of the sword or Dr. Fan's agility. Fan Li put the sword back into the box, bowed and placed it at King Yue's feet. Goujian said: "Swordsmen of the Shang Kingdom, please go to another seat to have a banquet and receive the reward." The eight swordsmen in green clothes saluted and went down to the hall.With a wave of Gou Jian's hand, the swordsman in brocade shirt and the attendants in the hall also retreated, except for Fan Li. Gou Jian looked at the long sword at his feet, and at the blood all over the ground, just in a daze, after a long while, he said, "How?" Fan Li said: "The swordsmanship of the Wu warriors may not be as good as these eight people, and the weapons used by the Wu warriors may not be as sharp as the swords. But looking at this end, it is enough to see the rest. The most worrying thing is that the Wu warriors The art of group warfare, the clever use of Sun Wuzi's art of war, I think that in today's world, it is truly invincible." Gou Jian mused, "Fu Chai sent these eight people to present the sword. What do you think is the purpose?" Fan Li said: "Then It is to let us retreat in the face of difficulties, and not to invade Wu for revenge." Gou Jian was furious, bent over, grabbed the sword from the box, waved his hand back, and cut off a piece of the chair with a sound, and said loudly: "There will be thousands of difficulties, and Gou Jian will also be determined." Retreat without knowing the difficulty. One day, I want to capture Fu Chai, so I will use this sword to chop off his head!" As he spoke, he cut a sandalwood chair in two with another sword strike. Fan Li bowed and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!" Gou Jian said in astonishment, "Seeing that the swordsmen of the Wu Kingdom are so good, what is there to congratulate?" Retire. Since your majesty has this determination, great things will surely come true. For this difficult matter, we must ask Dr. Wen to discuss it together." Gou Jian said: "Okay, go and send Dr. Wen here." Fan Li went down to the palace, ordered the palace supervisor to pass on the language of the doctor, and stood beside the palace gate to wait for him.After a while, Wenzhong Pegasus arrived and entered the palace side by side with Fan Li.
Fan Li was originally from Wan, Chu State, he was suave, informal, and his actions were often unexpected, so the local people called him "Crazy Fan".Wen Zhong came to Wandi to be the county magistrate, and when he heard Fan Li's name, he sent his subordinates to visit him.When the subordinate saw Fan Li, he came back and said, "This man is a well-known lunatic in the local area, and his behavior is messy." Wen Zhong laughed and said, "If a person behaves differently, ordinary people will laugh at him for fooling around; he has brilliant and unique insights. A mediocre person will call him stupid. How can you understand Mr. Fan?" So he went to visit him in person.Fan Li avoided seeing him, but anticipating that he would come back, he borrowed the clothes from his elder brother and dressed neatly.Sure enough, after a few hours, Wen Zhong came again.After the two met, they talked about the way of king and overlord for a long time, and they were extremely speculative. They really hated seeing each other late. Both of them felt that the countries in the Central Plains were sluggish, the state of Chu was large and chaotic, and the sign of hegemony in front of them was in the southeast.So Wenzhong resigned from his official position and went to the state of Wu with Fan Li.At that time, the king of Wu was making great use of Wu Zixu, and he obeyed his words, and the country was prosperous. Wen Zhong and Fan Li lived in Gusu, the capital of the state of Wu, for several months, seeing Wu Zixu's various reform measures are indeed outstanding, and he may not be able to beat him.After discussing with each other, they thought that Yue State was close to Wu State and had similar customs. Although the area was small, they could show their skills, so they came to Yue State.Under Goujian's interview, they appreciated their talent in discussion, and both of them worshiped as doctors. Later, Goujian refused to listen to Wen Zhong and Fan Li's advice, and raised troops to fight against the state of Wu. With Shimai as his general, he was defeated in a battle by the Qiantang River. Goujian was besieged in Kuaiji Mountain, and almost perished.In a crisis, Gou Jian used Wen Zhong and Fan Li's tricks to bribe Dazai Bopi, the treacherous minister next to the King of Wu, and speak for the King of Yue.Fucha, king of Wu, refused to listen to Wu Zixu's advice, and agreed to make peace with Yue, and brought Goujian to Wu, and later let him return.Afterwards, Gou Jian decided to take revenge and adopted Wen Zhong's nine techniques of destroying Wu. The first of the nine techniques is to respect the heaven and the earth, serve ghosts and gods, and make the king of Yue have the heart to win.The second is to present the king of Wu with a large amount of money, which not only makes him accustomed to extravagance, but also removes the meaning of guarding against Vietnam.The third is to borrow grain from the state of Wu first, and then return it with steamed rice. The king of Wu saw that the grain was too big, and distributed it to farmers as grain seeds. As a result, the rice did not grow, and the state of Wu was starved.The fourth is to present beauties Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, so that King Wu is obsessed with beauty and ignores political affairs.The fifth is to give gifts to skilled craftsmen to lure the king of Wu to build a high palace, consuming his financial resources and people's resources.The sixth is to bribe the treacherous officials around the King of Wu to corrupt the government, and the seventh is to alienate the loyal officials of the King of Wu, which finally forced Wu Zixu to commit suicide.The eighth is to save food and grass to enrich the country's financial resources.The ninth is to forge weapons, train soldiers, and wait to attack Wu. All the eight techniques were successful, but the last ninth technique encountered a major difficulty at this time.Seeing that the King of Wu sent eight swordsmen, the sharpness of the blade and the essence of swordsmanship displayed were truly unmatched by the warriors of Yue.