Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

In an instant, Liu Yi and Nie Yinniang didn't react, they just watched him kidnap Hongniang! Liu Yi said angrily: "Chase!" The two were about to step up, when suddenly the bamboo shadows all over the sky darkened, like invisible ripples, pushing away layer by layer in the air. Liu Yi was surprised when he felt a fierce sword energy coming across the bamboo forest!Before he could dodge in the future, his whole body was already trapped in an ice cave, and he could no longer move half a point!Liu Yi was waiting to defend against the enemy, when he heard Nie Yinniang's scream and flew backwards.

Liu Yi didn't have time to think about it, so he flew to pick it up, and the fierce force rolled up the two of them together, and threw them heavily into the mud. Liu Yi only felt severe pain like broken bones all over his body, and his true energy could not be condensed immediately.And Nie Yinniang at the side seemed to be hurt more seriously. She barely supported the ground with her hands, coughed uncontrollably, and vomited out blood, staining the front of her chest red. Several green bamboos fell from the sky in circles.The whole world seemed to freeze at that moment, and the light of the morning sun also became dim.

The sun halo gradually dissipated, green bamboos swayed, and bamboo leaves fluttered, a girl in purple walked slowly towards the two of them holding a Wenlong sword.Her long hair was tied up high on the top of her head, reflecting the magnificent color of the morning glow. Liu Yi's eyes were chaotic and complicated, staring at the girl. - red line. She is not dead yet, and even the wounds on her body have basically recovered, and the sword in her hand is so cold, powerful, and flawless. There was a hint of a smile in Liu Yi's eyes, but then stopped. The murderous aura, like the most splendid morning light, flew away in front of him, blurring the purple figure.

In the sky full of green bamboos, her face was still as cold as snow. Hong Xian didn't look at him, but went straight to Nie Yinniang and stopped. Wenlong's sword was shining brightly, reflecting her slender fingers almost transparently. Her posture for holding the sword is very special, the index finger and thumb are twisted into a buckle, tightly set on the jaw of the sword.Back then, for this strange posture, she was punished by her master and ridiculed by her peers.However, she just faced it coldly, neither defending nor changing. Again and again, at dawn and dusk, she stood alone by the seaside, wielding her long sword, and using her posture—steadfast, persistent, and seeing the world as nothing.

Who would have thought that the one who finally had the deepest understanding of swordsmanship was this girl dancing swords by the sea in a weird pose? Liu Yi couldn't help showing a rare tenderness in his eyes: after so many years, her posture of holding the sword still hasn't changed at all. Hong Xian still didn't look at him, but stared at Nie Yinniang coldly. Suddenly, the long sword was raised high, about to stab at the top of her skull. The sword energy gushed out, making Nie Yinniang's clothes rattle. Nie Yinniang felt a tingling pain all over her body, as if she was being pinpointed, and she was completely powerless to resist.

She raised her head reluctantly, staring blankly at the long sword above her head, with a little helplessness in her eyes—unexpectedly, she still died in her hands. The long sword penetrated the morning light and stabbed straight down! "Stop!" Liu Yi woke up from the memory and shouted with all his strength, his voice changed. Hong Xian's hand froze slightly, and he only gave him a cold look, and the long sword fell again! The wind of the sword was overwhelming, and Liu Yi tore open the skirt of his chest: "You owe me a sword!" There was a very deep wound on his chest from left to right, almost splitting his whole body horizontally. The wound had already scabbed and penetrated into the skin, and it seemed that it had been with him for many years.

The bitter morning wind blew back and forth between the two of them, raising green bamboos all over the sky. Hongxian looked at him, his gaze was still as cold as ice and snow, without any fluctuations. The dazzling sword brilliance reflected the sadness on Liu Yi's face: "You still owe me a sword." Liu Yi repeated it again, but his voice was much lower. He sighed deeply and said, "Don't kill her." But he already had the intention of begging. The red thread didn't move for a long time, her pale face was almost transparent under the sun, and the expression on her face was even colder, her hand holding the sword was as steady as a rock, but there was a faint glint of divine light in her eyes.

Liu Yi. Many years ago, the boy who raised a fire by the sea and watched her dance sword; the boy who knelt with her in the ice and snow and handed her a green feather; The boy of opportunity... Unexpectedly, they met again here. But it was once again, reunited in the desperate killing. Her cold heart seems to be a little hesitant. Suddenly, the sky is full of blood! A dazzling brilliance emerged from the bottom of her hand, and this sword was finally shot! However, it was not Nie Yinniang who was oriented, but Liu Yi. The sword energy tore through everything and swept down, Liu Yi only felt that his eyes went dark, and a big canopy of blood bloomed in front of his eyes.

This sword also crossed his chest from left to right, completely overlapping with the scar from many years ago. She seemed to want to gouge out the scars from many years ago. However, it only makes it deeper. Hong Xian raised the long sword that was still dripping blood, and stepped away on the green bamboo without looking at the two of them again.The bamboo shadow swayed, gradually covering her figure in the glow of the sky. After a long time, Liu Yi managed to sit up straight, Nie Yinniang helped him up, tore off a white cloth from his shirt, and bandaged the wound for her. Her movements were very slow, as if she was absent-minded, as if she wanted to ask him something, but she couldn't speak.

He looked at Nie Yinniang, smiled wryly and said, "I have settled with her. When we meet next time, she will kill us together by the sword." Nie Yinniang bit her lip and said in a low voice, "How did you guys meet?" Liu Yi silently looked at the bamboo leaves flying in the air, and said softly: "Many years ago, in twelve places where the sun was out of sight, there were twelve groups of children receiving legendary top-secret training at the same time. Originally, each group of people Only one can survive, therefore, all legends should come from different places, and they should never meet each other, but Hongxian and I are exceptions."

Liu Yi cast his eyes into the distance: "She and I were training partners together." Speaking of this, a faint smile appeared on his face, which made his pale face suddenly look gentle: "During a killing training, I blocked a fatal sword for her. But I told her, don't be afraid Don't be merciful to me because of this, because only one of us can survive. I hope to have a fair confrontation with her in the end. If we are lucky enough to both survive, I will find another chance to ask her to get this sword back." The movements of Nie Yinniang's hands were somewhat sloppy, and she asked slightly: "What did she say?" Liu Yi smiled self-deprecatingly: "She left me a bet, she said that we would never leave alive at the same time—and then turned around and left." Nie Yinniang sighed softly: "Putting him to death and rebirth, he really deserves to be the best assassin in the legend." This was originally a sincere compliment, but for some reason, Nie Yinniang always felt that her smile was a bit forced, she took a deep breath, Covering up: "And then?" "Then?" Liu Yi smiled wryly: "Then it was the final assassination." "Our final assassination was to kill everyone else on a small isolated island. In the end, it happened to be her that I confronted. At that time, her swordsmanship was far from what it is today. I have been fighting with her for half an hour. At Shichen, the two of us were covered in wounds. Just as we were struggling for the last time in a pool of blood, the master appeared. He thought our group had exceeded expectations and decided to make an exception and let me stay with her. As the price for the exception, he killed Dead the man who trained us and the victors of the other group." "This is the past between me and Hongxian, a very mediocre story." He sighed a long time, as if he didn't want to tell it again. Nie Yinniang didn't ask any more questions, she hastily wrapped up his wound, stood up, but felt an inexplicable irritability in her heart. This is his past, his past with Red Thread. It is a memory that she never had, and will always have. The two were relatively silent, only the morning breeze was blowing gently in the bamboo forest. Liu Yi's eyes moved forward, but he saw that crazy girl picked up the doll on the ground at some point, and hugged her tightly in her arms. Liu Yi sighed, stood up with the help of the bamboo branch, walked slowly to the front of the crazy girl, pointed to the doll she was holding and asked, "Who gave you this thing?" The crazy girl hid under a few green bamboos, trembling, saw him approaching, hurriedly took a step back, hugged the doll tightly, fearing that he would snatch it, and murmured: "Sister Hong sent... to me..." Liu Yi pondered: "How could she have this doll?" The crazy girl giggled and said, "Sister Hong gave a shiny thing to a man. That person has many dolls. I like this one. Sister Hong said that as long as I am obedient, she will give me this doll. I am obedient." She nodded vigorously, emphasizing the tone of the last sentence.Her body stood straight, without shaking at all, to prove that she was very, very obedient. Liu Yi roughly understood what she meant, but it turned out that the matchmaker bought this doll for her at the market.But how could the doll she picked at random depict Huo Xiaoyu's face? He pondered for a moment, then suddenly took out an ingot of silver and waved it in front of her: "Did Sister Hong exchange this for the doll?" The crazy girl nodded her head desperately, Liu Yi smiled and said: "This can buy a lot of candy, you can buy as much as you want, and I can exchange it with you for this doll, is it okay?" Obviously, the crazy girl is not very interested in money, but she became interested in another sentence of Liu Yi. She hugged the doll tightly and looked at Liu Yi excitedly: "Silver can buy candy, if you give money to Sister Hong, will she stop holding me accountable for stealing her candy?" She held onto Liu Yi tightly like she was holding onto her doll: "Take me to Sister Hong quickly! As long as she doesn't ask me for candies, I'll give you this doll!" Liu Yi smiled wryly, took the crazy girl's trembling little hand, and said, "Let's go, let's go to Sister Hong and return your candy!" A killer can not only kill, but also track.Because most of the time, they have to find out who they want to kill, and then kill them.Therefore, even though Jianghu Ke is also a master, they still found out the direction of his departure from the traces of his ups and downs. He went to Shura Town. If it was only Liu Yi, or Nie Yinniang, it would be very difficult to catch up with Jianghu Ke, because he is also a master and knows how to cover his tracks. ——Perhaps, all assassins are like this. Only after covering themselves well can they kill the enemy without defense. Maybe this is the reason why they teamed up. Nie Yinniang just noticed the details that Liu Yi ignored; while Liu Yi quickly analyzed the meaning of things that Nie Yinniang thought were unimportant.Combining all these, they finally found the quack and matchmaker. At this time, the crazy girl with a face full of mud disappeared at some point.But no one cares about her anymore. This is an abandoned house with heavy gates and luxuriant flowers and trees, and the prosperity of the past can still be seen vaguely, but now there are only autumn insects and fallen leaves flying in it.Nie Yinniang and Liu Yi decided to investigate secretly, because they found that there was another person in the abandoned house. A dying man. That man is a young man in white clothes, but he is a young man with all his wealth and a stint in Beijing, his appearance is extremely desolate.He was half leaning against the decaying wall, his Chinese clothes were already ragged and knotted, and his left chest was even more stained with blood.His whole body was decayed, abandoned in a dark corner after all the prosperity, and gradually decayed, just like the atmosphere of this abandoned house. He lowered his head, and the corners of his parched mouth squirmed slightly, as if he was still singing a sad ballad. Although the singing was intermittent and the words and music could not be heard clearly, the sound of dying with extreme sorrow was so moving that one couldn't help but Sigh with emotion. Liu Yi even discovered that the skin on his arm had been thinly peeled off, and the fan-shaped piece was exactly the size of a tattoo. ——Could it be that he is also one of the legends, who was assassinated here by the person who got his name scroll, and forcibly stripped off the tattoo?But why did that person leave him alive? These questions made Liu Yi and Nie Yinniang decide to wait and see what happened before deciding on the next move. The Jianghu guest shot like the wind, through the big cloak, hit the matchmaker's acupoints, then shook her left hand, and threw her out.He stared at the young man in white, and said coldly, "Can you rest in peace now?" The boy's face was full of excitement, he stretched out his hand, and his fingers were trembling.He wanted to touch Hong Niang's face, but the serious injury on his left chest almost exhausted all his strength, and his hand stopped three inches in front of the jade crown on her head, and he could no longer move forward. The Jianghu guest looked at it, and seemed a little unbearable, and kicked the matchmaker towards him with a slight movement of his feet.The boy finally put his hand on the matchmaker's face, this simple action seemed to give him great comfort, and a radiance was reflected on his dying face, he murmured: "Thank you...thank you ...let me meet Hong'er whom I hadn't seen for several years..." The Jianghu guest turned his face away and didn't look at the expression on his face. He knew that his heart must be cold because he was a killer.So he said coldly: "I hit you that day and seriously injured you. You said that you still have a wish, and you will not die with peace. Now that your long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, you should go!" He was tall and strong, his fist was like a bowl, and he punched the young man down!A happy smile appeared on the boy's face, and he closed his eyes.He has seen the person he loves, so what's the point of dying? But dying at this time, wouldn't it be the most pitiful and saddest! Nie Yinniang could hardly hold her hand, blocking the rock-shattering blow of the quack.But at this moment, a sudden change occurred in the field. The eyes of the dying young man in white suddenly opened, and in his withered eyes, there was a sharp light shining, where is there any trace of decline?He raised his hand from his bosom, and swiped it out quickly from left to right.The cold electricity was overwhelming, and a blue sleeve arrow was drawn in his hand! At the same time, the unconscious matchmaker who had been acupunctured was like the lightest swallow, leaping over the Jianghu guest's head, her hand also raised from her bosom, and swiped out from right to left.She also has the same cold electricity in her hand.The two lights intertwined, and suddenly a bright cold light was drawn out, dancing through the air, and shot at the quack in the chest! The faces of the quacks changed, and only then did he realize that he had been fooled by them, and what made him even more angry was that he had found the killer himself! The pair of lightning flashed sharply, and in a single swing, a blood mist exploded. The fist that the Jianghu slammed was cut off by the shoulders, and then smashed into pieces by the fierce cold electricity. At this critical moment, Jianghu Ke yelled loudly, his body retreated towards the wall, and the cloak suddenly flew forward, turning into a black cloud, covering his figure.This cloak is woven with cold gold thread from the bottom of the sea, and swords, water and fire are useless.He was confident that if he could hold them back for a moment, he would be sure of escape. At the moment when his body was about to jump out of the wall, there was a crisp sound of two palms clapping behind the cloak, and then his body froze completely. Hong Niang volleyed down, and the sleeve arrow in her palm completely pierced into his forehead.But the young man in white flew out close to the ground, and the sleeve arrow pierced his left knee.He could even feel the ferocious and flexible force of this move, and the moment his muscles were stimulated and tensed. Then, his life passed away rapidly, leaving only the dancing fireflies in the whole world, and it was also rapidly fading away until there was only endless darkness. Hong Niang slowly retracted her sleeve arrows and jumped down from the wall.Just now she and the young man in white clapped each other's palms, using their strength to jump up and down, killing the quack in an instant, although it was only a moment, but for this move, they have practiced thousands of times, it has been done for them The essence of martial arts. The young man in white bent down and searched for something on the quack, the matchmaker straightened the white jade crown on her head, her flexible eyes turned, and she stared at the hiding place of Liu Yi and Nie Yinniang, and said with a smile: "The play is over, Brothers and sisters should come out too, right?" Liu Yi and Nie Yinniang were startled, and they looked at each other, both surprised by her keen insight! Seeing their astonishment, Hong Niang showed a satisfied smile on her face, and said with a smile: "Please allow me to introduce you, this is Mr. Xingyang." Liu Yi stared at the young man in white: "Young Master Xingyang in "The Legend of Li Wa"?" The boy in white smiled and nodded. The matchmaker smiled and said, "Dongting Liuyi, the needle god Nie Yinniang, we have all admired them for a long time." Liu Yi and Nie Yinniang looked at her with solemn expressions.The matchmaker in front of her seemed to have been reborn as another person.Acting so precisely and attacking so fiercely, he is definitely not the inexperienced second-rate assassin just now. Only her smile was still brilliant, as if she had no intentions. Nie Yinniang stared at her smiling face, and said calmly: "You lied just now, and with that trick just now, you must have killed no less than forty people." The matchmaker's eyes were bent, her smile looked pure and bright, it seemed that there was no malice or reservation at all, she smiled and snapped her fingers: "Killing people is not glorious, of course it's not good to talk about it , I just don’t want Senior Sister to think that I’m a bad boy.” Liu Yi interrupted her, pointing to the corpse of the quack and said, "Why did you kill him?" Hong Niang blinked: "If we don't kill him, how can our nightmare end?" Nie Yinniang frowned and said, "What do you mean?" The matchmaker smiled, knelt down, searched the corpse of the quack, and said: "You must have never imagined that his name in the legend is Kunlun slave! The Kunlun slave who carried the red silk for Cui Sheng. It's a pity that this time He is responsible for the matchmaker, so there is only one way to die." Nie Yinniang was startled: "Slave of Kunlun? How do you know?" The matchmaker took out a blue scroll from her sleeve, which seemed to have been cut into countless pieces, but was carefully glued together piece by piece: "It took me three days and three nights to put this together, it is exactly His name book." Nie Yinniang's pupils began to shrink: "Have you obtained the name scroll of Kunlun slaves?" The matchmaker shook her head: "With such good luck, I don't have to spend three days and three nights putting it together. It's a pity that the person who originally got it threw it in the air without even looking at it." , One sword cut into countless pieces." Nie Yinniang frowned: "Who?" The matchmaker exhaled, and blew on the bangs that fell in front of her eyes: "Such arrogance, of course it's our great swordsman Hong Xian senior sister!" She seemed to be afraid that they would not understand, and added a few more sentences: "I got the willow Mr. Xingyang got the red line for the name roll of senior brother. We tracked the red line and found the name roll of Kunlun slave." Nie Yinniang said: "In this way, you have already set your sights on Kunlun slaves?" The matchmaker smiled: "Senior Sister, I don't really think that I just hired a rough guy at the market to accompany me in an opera, right?" Nie Yinniang sneered slightly and said, "I really underestimated you." The matchmaker seemed very happy to be praised, and said: "I have made a more important discovery, and I will definitely shock you when I say it!" She puffed her cheeks and said solemnly: "Moreover, I suspect that his identity is not only a Kunlun slave, but also the arranger of all this, our master!" 〖The Legend of Li Wa During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, the governor of Changzhou, Mr. Xingyang, had a son who was extremely talented. When it came time to take the exam, his father had great expectations for him, so he prepared a lot of money for him and sent him to the capital to take the exam. After arriving in Chang'an, he went out to play and walked to Mingkequ, where he saw a young girl chatting with two maidservants in a small courtyard.The beauty of that girl's appearance is unparalleled in the world.The young man was so envious that he couldn't move forward when he stopped his horse, so he pretended to drop the whip to pick it up, and kept staring at the girl.The girl also looked back, as if she also had a heart of admiration, and the boy even lingered and refused to go.He found out that the girl was the daughter of Lehu Li's family, so he dressed up to visit.Looking closely at that woman, she looks like a flower like a moon, her beauty is unparalleled.The young man loved him so much that he stayed at his home.He feasted and traveled every day, and although he brought a lot of money, it was gradually consumed.Seeing that the young man had no money in hand, Li Wa's mother was unwilling to entertain him anymore, but Li Wa loved the young man deeply. Li Wa's mother then designed to deceive the boy out and abscond with Li Wa.The young man couldn't find it anywhere, fell in love with him, fell ill, and almost died of a serious illness. At this time, all his money was spent, and his clothes were almost pawned. He could not return home, so he had to sing dirges for others.One day, he was competing with others in the chapter of "Xielu", and his father, who happened to come to Beijing, saw him, annoyed him to degrade himself, defiled his family, and ordered him to be beaten to death.His companions snatched him off and saved him all night.After more than a hundred days, he could barely walk with a stick.Since then, he can only live by begging, and he can't even sing dirges. One morning, it was snowing heavily, and the young man was cold and hungry, begging in the snow with a shrill cry.When Li Wa heard the boy's voice, she immediately recognized him and hurried out to meet him.When the young man saw Li Wa, his heart was filled with resentment and he fell to the ground, unable to speak.Li Wa hugged him in tears and said, "It's all my fault for letting you end up like this!" So he stayed. Li Wa's mother was very reluctant, but Li Wa was determined not to abandon the boy, so she used all her savings to redeem herself, rented another place to live with the boy, and cared for him carefully.He also invited famous teachers to teach the young people to read. It took three years before the young people were allowed to take the exam.Li Wa felt that she had almost repaid what she owed the young man, so she wanted to leave the young man.The young man was shocked and vowed that if Li Wa left, he would kill himself.The young man then forcibly took Li Wa to the post.Nai's father saw that he had changed from evil to righteousness, so he also recognized his father and son.After hearing his experience, his father thought that Li Wa was a rare heroine, so he presided over the marriage of the two. Later, Li Wa was named Mrs. Li Guo, and she had four sons, all of whom were high-ranking officials. Non-smoking case: Li Wa escaped from Fengyue in her prime, and did not take the love of her children as a constraint, helping her son complete his career.His knowledge, demeanor, and determination are all far above the young master.Although the baby does not have the name of a heroine, she does chivalrous deeds, and she is also a legendary woman. 〗