The cold wind is like a knife, the earth is used as a chopping board, and all living beings are regarded as fish and meat.Thousands of miles of flying snow, using the sky as an oven, melting everything into silver. The snow is coming, the wind is still uncertain, a carriage comes from the north, the rolling wheels crush the ice and snow on the ground, but they cannot crush the loneliness between heaven and earth. Li Xunhuan yawned, and stretched his long legs as far as possible on the soft mink fur. Although the carriage was very warm and comfortable, the journey was too long and lonely. Not only did he feel tired, but he also felt very tired. Loneliness, what he hates the most in his life is loneliness, but he often associates with loneliness.

"Life is full of contradictions, and no one can do anything about it." Li Xunhuan sighed, and took out a wine bottle from a corner. While he was gulping down the wine, he also coughed loudly. The incessant coughing made his pale face glow with a sickly blush, as if The flames in hell are burning his body and soul. When the wine bottle was empty, he picked up a small knife and began to carve a figure. The blade was thin and sharp, and his fingers were long and powerful. It was a portrait of a woman, whose contours and lines seemed so soft and graceful under his skillful hand that it seemed alive.

He not only gave "her" moving lines, but also gave her life and soul, because his life and soul have slipped away from the blade quietly. He is no longer young. The corners of his eyes are covered with wrinkles, and every wrinkle is full of worries and misfortunes in his life. Only his eyes are young. These are a pair of strange eyes, which seem to be emerald green, like willow branches blown by the spring breeze, gentle and flexible, and like sea water under the summer sun, full of pleasant vitality. Perhaps it is because of these eyes that he can live to this day. Now that the portrait was finally completed, he stared at the portrait obsessively for an unknown amount of time, then he suddenly pushed open the car door and jumped off.

The big man driving the carriage immediately shouted and stopped the carriage. This big man had a beard on his face, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, but when his eyes moved to Li Xun Huan, they immediately softened and filled with loyal sympathy, like a vicious dog looking at his master. Li Xun Huan actually dug a hole in the snow, buried the newly carved portrait deeply, and then stood in front of the snowdrift in a daze. His fingers were numb from the cold, his face was red from the cold, and his body was covered with snowflakes.But he didn't feel cold at all. The person buried in this snowdrift was like a person closest to him. When he buried "her", his own life became meaningless.If it were someone else, they would be surprised to see him behave like this, but the big man driving the car seemed to be used to it, so he just said softly: "It's getting dark, and there is still a long way to go, young master Get in the car quickly!"

Li Xun Huan turned around slowly, and found that there was actually a line of footprints beside the rut, coming here alone from the far north, and walking forward alone.The footprints are very deep. It is obvious that this person has walked countless times and is exhausted, but he still refuses to stop and rest. Li Xun Huan heaved a long sigh and murmured: "In this kind of weather, I can't imagine that there are still people who have to travel and suffer in the ice and snow. I think he must be a very lonely and pitiful person." The bearded man didn't say anything, but sighed secretly in his heart: "Aren't you also a very lonely and pitiful person? Why do you always only know how to sympathize with others, but forget yourself..."

There are many pieces of solid pine wood under the car seat, Li Xunhuan started to carve again, his technique is refined and skillful, because what he carves is always the same person. This person has not only occupied his heart, but also occupied his body. The snow finally stopped, but the cold air between the heaven and the earth became heavier, and the loneliness became stronger. Fortunately, there was a sound of human footsteps in the wind at this time. Although this sound was much softer than the sound of horseshoes, it was the sound Li Xun Huan was looking forward to, so no matter how soft it was, he would never miss it.

So he raised the ermine curtain and opened the window. Immediately he saw the lonely figure walking ahead. This person walked very slowly, but never stopped. Although he heard the hissing of the car, he never turned back!He neither brought an umbrella nor a hat, and the melted snow and ice flowed down his face and down his neck, and he was only wearing a very thin piece of clothing. But his back is still straight, his body is like iron, ice, snow, cold, tiredness, fatigue, hunger, can not make him yield. Nothing can bring him down! Li Xun Huan only saw his face when the carriage came to the front.

His eyebrows are thick, his eyes are large, his thin lips are tightly drawn into a slit, and his straight nose makes his face look thinner. It was a face so easily associated with Granite, obstinate, determined, cold, indifferent to everything, not even himself. But this is also the most handsome face Li Xun Huan has ever seen in his life. Although he is still too young and immature, he already has enough attractive charm. There seemed to be a smile in Li Xun Huan's eyes, he opened the car door and said, "Get in the car, I'll give you a ride." His words have always been very simple and powerful. In this endless world of ice and snow, his proposal is really impossible for anyone to refuse.

Unexpectedly, the boy didn't even look at him, and he didn't even stop in his footsteps, as if he didn't hear anyone talking at all. Li Xun Huan said, "Are you deaf?" The young man's hand suddenly grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist. His hand was already whiter than the flesh of a fish, but his movements were still very flexible. Li Xun Huan laughed, and said: "So you are not deaf, so come up to the bar for a drink, a sip of wine will not harm anyone!" The boy suddenly said: "I can't afford it." He actually said such a sentence, Li Xun Huan even smiled in the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes, but he didn't laugh, but said softly: "I'll buy you a drink, you don't need to spend money to buy it."

The young man said: "I don't want things that I didn't buy myself, and I never drink wine that I didn't buy myself...Have I made my words clear enough?" Li Xun Huan said: "It's clear enough." The boy said: "Okay, let's go." Li Xun Huan was silent for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go. But when you can afford wine, will you buy me a drink?" The boy glared at him and said, "Okay, I invite you." Li Xun Huan laughed loudly, the carriage had already sped away, and the young man was gradually lost in sight, Li Xun Huan was still smiling and said: "Have you ever seen such a strange young man? I thought he must have gone through many vicissitudes, who knows He talks so innocently, so honestly."

The bearded man driving the car said calmly, "He's just a stubborn kid." Li Xun Huan said: "Can you see the sword stuck in his belt?" The bearded man also had a smile in his eyes, and said, "Can that be considered a sword?" Strictly speaking, it is not really a sword, it is just a piece of iron more than three feet long, it has neither blade nor breech, not even a hilt. It's the hilt. The bearded man smiled and continued, "In my opinion, it's just a child's toy." This time instead of smiling, Li Xun Huan sighed and murmured: "In my opinion, this toy is very dangerous, it's better not to play with it." The inns in the small town were not very big. At this time, they were full of tourists who were blocked by the wind and snow, making them extremely crowded and lively. There were more than a dozen empty dart carts covered with straw mats piled up in the yard, and the straw mats were also covered with snow.Under the eaves on the east side, there is a caramel-colored dart flag inlaid with gold rims slanted, which is blown so loudly by the wind that it is almost impossible to tell whether it is a tiger or a lion embroidered with gold thread. In the restaurant in front of the inn, big men in sheepskin jackets came in and out from time to time, and some of them deliberately opened their skirts after drinking a few glasses of wine to show that they were not afraid of the cold. When Li Xunhuan arrived here, there was not even a single vacant bed in the inn, but he was not in a hurry, because he knew that there were not many things in this world that could not be bought with money, so he first found a bed in the inn. At the table in the corner, I ordered a jug of wine and drank slowly. He didn't drink fast, but he could drink for days and nights without stopping.He kept drinking and coughing, and it was getting dark. The big bearded man had already walked in, stood behind him, and said: "The upper room in the south has been vacated and has been cleaned, young master can rest at any time." Li Xun Huan seemed to know that he would handle this matter well, he only nodded his head, and after a long while, the bearded man suddenly said: "There are also people from the Golden Lion Guards staying in this inn, it seems that they have just been escorted out of the mouth. Dart back." Li Xun Huan said: "Oh? Who is the escort?" The bearded man said: "That's Zhuge Lei, the 'Quick Wind Sword'." Li Xun Huan frowned, and smiled again: "It's not easy for this madman to survive till now." Although he was talking to the people behind him, his eyes kept staring at the door with the cotton curtain in front, as if he was waiting for someone. The big bearded man said: "The child's footsteps are not fast, I'm afraid he won't be able to get here until the watch starts." Li Xunhuan smiled and said: "I don't think he can walk fast, but he just doesn't want to waste his energy. Have you ever seen a wolf walking on the snow? If there is no prey in front and no pursuers behind, it must It refuses to walk fast, because it thinks it would be a pity to use all its strength to walk." The bearded man also laughed, and said: "But that child is not a wolf." Li Xun Huan didn't say anything anymore, because he coughed again. Then, he saw three people walking into the restaurant through a door in the back. The three of them were talking very loudly, talking about those "knife-head licking blood" activities in the world, as if they were afraid that others would not know that they were The head of the "Golden Lion Dart Agency". Li Xun Huan recognized the purple-faced fat man as "Ji Feng Jian", but he seemed unwilling to be recognized by the other party, so he lowered his head to carve his portrait. Fortunately, after Zhuge Lei arrived in this small town, he didn't pay attention to anyone at all. They soon had food and drinks, and began to eat and drink. But the food and drink could not stop their mouths. After drinking a few glasses of wine, Zhuge Lei was even more proud, laughing loudly: "Second brother, do you still remember the day when we met the 'Taihang Four Tigers' at the foot of Taihang Mountain? Is it?" Another person laughed and said, "Why don't I remember? The 'Taihang Four Tigers' dared to move the red goods that the eldest brother had saved that day. The four of them showed off their power and said, 'As long as you, Zhuge Lei, crawl around on the ground, our brothers will immediately come to you." Let you go over the mountain, otherwise we will not only keep your red goods, but also your head.'” The third person also laughed loudly and said, "Who would have thought that before their knives were cut off, the elder brother's sword had already pierced their throats." The second person said: "It's not that I, Zhao Lao Er, is bragging. In terms of the strength of the palm, it is natural to count as our chief escort's 'Golden Lion Palm'. But in terms of the speed of the sword, I am afraid that there is no one in the world today." It's time for our big brother!" Zhuge Lei raised his glass and laughed, but his laughter stopped suddenly, and he saw that the thick cotton curtain was suddenly blown up by the wind. The two figures were blown in by the wind like snowflakes. Both of them were wearing bright red cloaks and wide-brimmed snow hats on their heads. They were almost the same shape and height. Although everyone couldn't see their faces, seeing their outstanding lightness skills and eye-catching attire, they couldn't help but feel their eyes straighten. Only Li Xun Huan's eyes were staring at the door, because when the curtain was blown up, he had already seen the lonely boy. The young man was standing outside the door, and seemed to have been standing there for a long time, like a lonely wild wolf, although he longed for the warmth inside the door, but was afraid of the dazzling firelight, so he was reluctant to leave, but I dare not break into this man's world. Li Xun Huan sighed softly, and then turned his gaze to the two of them. I saw that the two people had slowly taken off their snow hats, revealing two withered, thin and ugly faces, which looked like two yellow waxy human heads. Their ears are small, but their noses are huge, occupying almost one-third of a face, squeezing the eyes to the ears. But their eyes were vicious and piercing, like the eyes of a rattlesnake. Then, they began to take off their cloaks again, revealing the dark tight clothes inside. It turned out that their bodies were also like poisonous snakes, slender and firm, wriggling anytime and anywhere, and they were still sticky and wet, which made people feel uncomfortable. It was both frightening and disgusting to watch. These two people look almost exactly the same, except that the face of the person on the left is pale, while the face of the person on the right is as black as the bottom of a pot.They moved very slowly, slowly took off their cloaks, walked slowly past the counter, and then, the two of them walked slowly in front of Zhuge Lei together! The restaurant was so quiet that even Li Xun Huan's sound of chopping wood could be heard, although Zhu Ge Lei wanted to pretend he didn't see these two people, but he couldn't. Those two people just stared at him without blinking, their eyes were like two wet brushes dipped in oil, brushing Zhuge Lei's body back and forth. Zhuge Lei could only stand up, forced a smile and said: "Two people with high surnames? Forgive me for my clumsy eyes..." The pale-faced human snake suddenly said: "You are the 'Quick Wind Sword' Zhuge Lei?" His voice was sharp, hasty, and trembling constantly, like the sound of a rattlesnake, Zhuge Lei's hairs stood on end when he heard it: "No...don't dare." The dark-faced human snake sneered and said, "Only by you, are you worthy of the title of Jifengjian?" With a shake of his hand, suddenly there was a black and slender soft sword in his palm, and he shook this belt-like soft sword head-on, until it was straightened. He pointed this sword at Zhuge Lei, and said word by word: "Leave the bag you brought back from outside your mouth, and I will spare your life!" The second Zhao suddenly stood up and said with an apologetic smile: "I'm afraid you two made a mistake, our escort is for overseas delivery, and now the escort cart is empty, there is nothing, both of you... " Before he could finish his words, the black snake-like sword in the man's palm had wrapped around his neck, and when the hilt was lightly touched, Zhao Lao Er's head suddenly jumped up in the air. Then, a stream of blood rushed out from his neck, causing the head to turn twice in the air, and then, the blood rained down, sprinkled on Zhuge Lei's body little by little. Everyone's eyes were straightened, and their legs seemed to be playing the pipa non-stop. But Zhuge Lei was able to live until now, because he has two hands after all. He suddenly took out a yellow cloth bag from his pocket, threw it on the table, and said: "The tricks of the two are really good. I brought back a package from outside my mouth, but the two of you just want to take it away like this, I'm afraid it won't work." The black snake smiled sideways and said, "What do you want?" Zhuge Lei said: "At any rate, you two must save your real kung fu, so that you can have an explanation when you go back next time." While he was talking, he had already stepped back seven steps, and suddenly pulled out his sword in a "choke", others only said that he was going to fight the opponent desperately. Unexpectedly, with a backhand, he picked up a dish on the table next to him. The dish contained fried shrimp balls, and the shrimp balls flew up immediately. He only heard the hiss of the sword wind, and the sword light turned around like a horse, and more than a dozen fried shrimp balls were cut in half by him and fell to the ground one after another. Zhuge Lei showed a proud face, and said: "As long as you two can still play a hand, I will present this package immediately, otherwise, please go away." His swordsmanship is really not weak, and his words are beautiful, but Li Xunhuan is secretly amused, if he does this, others will only be able to chop shrimp balls, not his head, whether he wins or not Negative, at least I have saved my life first. Black Snake giggled and said: "This can only be regarded as a cook's skill, can it also be regarded as martial arts?" Speaking of this, he took a long breath, and the shrimp balls that had just landed on the ground flew up flutteringly again, and then, seeing a flash of black light, all the shrimp balls in the sky suddenly disappeared. They have all been pierced on the sword by him, even those who don't know martial arts know that although it is not easy to chop shrimp balls with a sword, but if you want to pierce shrimp balls with a sword, the strength of your hand, the sharpness of your eyesight, let alone how difficult it is times. Zhuge Lei's face was ashen, because he saw this sword technique, he suddenly thought of the two of them, he took a few steps back quietly, and said in a low voice: "Could it be that the two of you are... the two green blood snakes?" Hearing the words "green blood and twin snakes", the other bodyguard, whose face turned pale from fright, suddenly slipped under the table. Even the bearded man behind Li Xun Huan couldn't help frowning, because he also knew that the underworld friends in the Yellow River area in recent years, in terms of dark hearts and hot hands, there are very few people who can surpass these "green blood snakes". I heard that the red cloaks they wore were dyed with blood. But he still didn't hear much, because nine out of ten people who really knew what the "Jade Blood Snakes" had done had their heads moved. He only heard the black snake chuckle and said: "You still recognized us, at least your eyes are not blind." Zhuge Lei gritted his teeth, and said: "Since the two of you have taken a fancy to this bag, if you have anything to say, please... just take it." White Snake suddenly said: "If you are willing to crawl around on the ground, our brothers will let you go immediately, otherwise we will not only leave your baggage, but also your head." This sentence was exactly what Zhuge Lei and the others said just now when they were bragging, but now that it was spoken from the white snake's mouth, every word became like a knife. Zhuge Lei's face turned blue and then turned pale, he was stunned for a while, then suddenly crawled on the ground, and actually crawled around the table. Li Xun Huan couldn't help but sighed at this moment, and murmured, "So this person's temper has changed, no wonder he can live till now." His voice was very low, but the eyes of the black and white snakes had already stared at him, but he didn't seem to see it, and was still carving his portrait. The White Snake smiled sadly, and said: "So there are still high-level people here, my brother almost missed it." Black Snake grinned and said: "This burden is willingly given to us, as long as someone's swordsmanship is faster than my brother, my brother is also willing to offer this burden with both hands." White Snake's hand trembled, and there was a soft sword like a poisonous snake in his palm, but the light of the sword was as dazzling as a white rainbow. He flashed the sword in the wind, and proudly said: "As long as there is a faster sword than my brother, my brother will not only kill this Give him the burden, and even the head!" Their eyes were fixed on Li Xun Huan's face like poisonous snakes, but Li Xun Huan was concentrating on carving his wood, as if he couldn't understand what they were saying. But someone outside the door suddenly shouted: "How much is your head worth?" Hearing this sentence, Li Xun Huan seemed surprised, but also very happy. He raised his head, and the boy finally walked into the room. The clothes on his body were not completely dry, and some of them had even turned into ice chips, but his body was still straight, as straight as a javelin. His face still looked so lonely, so stubborn. There is always an unyielding wildness in his eyes, as if he is ready to fight and rebel at any time, making people afraid to get close to him. But the most noticeable thing was the sword stuck in his belt. Seeing the sword, the anger in White Snake's eyes turned into a sneer, he chuckled and said, "Did you say that just now?" The boy said: "Yes." The white snake said: "You want to buy my head?" The boy said: "I just want to know how much it is worth, because I want to sell it to you." White Snake was startled, and said, "Sell it to me?" The boy said: "That's right, because I don't want this burden, nor this head." The white snake said: "So, you want to come to me for a sword fight?" The boy said: "Yes." The white snake looked him up and down for a few times, then looked at the sword by his waist, and suddenly burst out laughing wildly, he had never seen such a funny thing in his life. The boy just stood there quietly, completely ignorant of what the man was laughing at.What he consciously said was not worthy of being so funny. The big bearded man sighed secretly, he seemed to think that the kid was really poor and crazy, and Zhuge Lei also felt that there was something wrong with his head. Only the White Snake laughed and said, "My head is hard to buy..." The young man said: "There is too much gold, I only need fifty taels." The White Snake stopped laughing suddenly, because he had realized that the young man was neither crazy nor idiot, and he was not joking, what he said seemed to be very serious. But when he looked at the sword again, he couldn't help laughing again, and said: "Okay, as long as you can do this again, I will give you fifty taels." Amidst the laughter, the light of his sword flashed, as if it was about to hit the candle on the counter, but the candle remained motionless as the sword light passed by. Everyone felt a little strange, but the white snake had already blown out at this time, and the candle was suddenly divided into seven sections, and the sword light flashed again, and the seven sections of candles were all pierced on the sword, the last section of flame flickered, and the candle flame It was still not extinguished - it turned out that he had cut the candle into seven pieces with a sword just now. The white snake said proudly: "Do you think my sword is fast?" There was no expression on the boy's face, and he said, "Soon." The white snake sneered and said, "How are you?" The boy said: "My sword is not for sharpening candles." The White Snake said: "Then what are you using this scrap metal for?" The young man grasped the hilt of the sword, and said word by word: "My sword is for killing people!" The white snake giggled and said, "Kill someone? Who can you kill?" The boy said: "You!" The word "you" was spoken, and his sword had already stabbed out! The sword was still stuck in the boy's belt, and everyone saw the sword. Suddenly, the sword was inserted into the white snake's throat, and everyone saw the three-foot-long sword passing through the white snake's throat. But no one saw clearly how his sword pierced the white snake's throat! No blood is shed, because the blood has not yet shed. The young man stared at the white snake and said, "Is your sword fast, or my sword fast?" The White Snake made a rattling sound in its throat, every muscle in its face was beating, its nostrils gradually dilated, its mouth opened wide, and its tongue stuck out. Blood dripped from the tip of his tongue. Black Snake's sword was raised, but he didn't dare to stab it out. The sweat on his face kept dripping down, and the sword in his hand was trembling constantly. The young man suddenly pulled out his sword, and the blood shot out from the white snake's throat like an arrow, and he let out a suffocated breath, roaring wildly: "You..." After this roar, his people fell face to face. But the young man turned to Black Snake and said, "He has admitted defeat, how about the fifty taels of silver?" He still spoke so earnestly, as earnestly as a silly child. But this time, no one laughed at him again. Even his lips were trembling, Hei Snake said, "You...you...did you really kill him for fifty taels of silver?" The boy smiled lightly: "Not bad." All of Black Snake's face was contorted, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh. He suddenly shook the sword in his hand, pulled his hair vigorously, tore all the clothes on his body, and dropped the silver in his arms. When he got down, he threw the silver in front of the young man forcefully, crying, "Here you are, I'll give you all..." He ran out like a madman. The boy neither chased nor got angry, but stooped to pick up two ingots of silver, brought them to the shopkeeper behind the counter, and said, "Do you think this is enough for fifty taels?" The shopkeeper was already half short, shrunk under the counter, his teeth were chattering, he couldn't speak, he just nodded desperately. At this moment, Li Xun Huan turned around and smiled at the bearded man, "I'm not wrong, am I?" The bearded man sighed, and said with a wry smile: "That's not bad at all, that toy is really too dangerous." He saw the young man walking towards them, but he didn't see Zhu Ge Lei's movements, Zhu Ge Lei never got up from under the table. At this moment, he suddenly raised his sword and pierced the boy's back! His sword is not slow at all, and the young man never thought that he would make a plot against him - he killed the white snake, Zhuge Lei should be grateful to him, why did he kill him? Seeing that the sword was about to pierce his heart, at this moment, Zhuge Lei suddenly let out a roar, jumped up to a height of six feet, and the sword in his hand flew out and stuck on the eaves. The silk tassel on the hilt was still trembling, Zhuge Lei covered his throat with his hands, staring at Li Xun Huan, his eyes almost protruding. Li Xun Huan wasn't carving wood at the moment, because the small wood carving knife in his hand was gone. Straws of blood flowed out from Zhuge Lei's back. He stared at Li Xun Huan, and there was a "click" in his throat, only then did someone realize that Li Xun Huan's wood-carving knife had reached his throat. But no one saw how the knife came to his throat. Seeing that Zhuge Lei was sweating profusely, his face was deformed by the pain, he gritted his teeth suddenly, pulled out the knife, glared at Li Xunhuan and roared, "So it's you...I should have recognized you a long time ago !" Li Xun Huan sighed, "It's a pity you didn't recognize me until now, otherwise you might not have done such a shameful thing!" Zhuge Lei didn't hear his words, and he will never hear them again. The young man also glanced back, with a look of surprise on his face, as if he couldn't figure out why this person wanted to kill him. But he just glanced at him before walking up to Li Xun Huan, his wild eyes seemed to reveal a warm smile. He just said a word, he said: "I invite you to drink."