Chapter 10 The tenth round of rural pavilions

When they walked down the hill, the sun had completely set, and the surrounding sky was full of brilliant sunset glow. Although it was the same as before, Pei Jue's mood was completely different from the past. Because he now has a confidant by his side, he is no longer lonely in his heart, even though he doesn't even know the boy's name. The young man was holding a cloth bag in one hand, and the other was on Pei Jue's shoulder. The two of them were still drunk, and their steps were a little staggering, but they walked so fast that Pei Jue felt as if someone was pushing him from behind, making him His pace involuntarily quickened.

He knew that it was all due to the strength of the boy's hand on his shoulder, and he couldn't help admiring his martial arts even more in his heart. The two of them didn't know the way, and they didn't know how long they had been walking. They saw that the surrounding area was getting more and more desolate, and there was no Tian Mo left. When they came to such a desolate place, where would they go to rest tonight? Unexpectedly, when he raised his eyes, he saw the shadow of a pavilion standing in the vastness of the scene. At this moment, he was still drunk, and he didn't care where the pavilion was, and he didn't care if the owner of the pavilion would take in the two clothes. The ragged boy stayed overnight, pulled the boy's sleeves, and walked over quickly. When he came closer and took a look, he was even more happy. It turned out that the gate outside the building was actually open.

This building stands in the desolate outskirts of no one, and the door is actually open. If anyone sees this, it will be a little strange, but these two teenagers, who are already seven points drunk, are completely ignorant. Regardless of these, he walked straight up the stone steps, looked up, and saw that the courtyard inside the door was deep, and there was not even a trace of light. Although the twilight was deep, it was already summer, and the day was long, but there was still some dim light at the moment. The two walked through the courtyard and entered the hall, but they saw cobwebs everywhere on the curtains, the tables and chairs in the hall were ruined, and the four walls Xiao Ran, it is obvious that this magnificent house is actually a deserted house.

The young man laughed, and put the cloth bag in his hand heavily on a table of the Eight Immortals. Unexpectedly, with a "click", the square table fell down suddenly. Pei Jue grinned and thought, "Your big bag is like There are so many tricks in it, it must be frighteningly heavy." He sat down on a chair next to him. Unexpectedly, there was another "crack", and the chair also fell down. Pei Jue lost his focus and fell to the ground with a puff.The boy laughed.He took two steps forward and was about to pull Pei Jue up, but when he stepped down, the sole of his foot seemed to be completely embedded in a hole. He was shocked, and leaned down to look down, feeling horrified.

The hazy moonlight came in from outside the door, and it happened to shine on this piece of ground. There were seven or eight footprints sunken deep in the ground, almost three inches deep, and he just stepped into the footprints. When Pei Jue saw it, the smile on the young man's face suddenly faded, he lowered his head and stared at the ground in astonishment, he felt strange, got up, walked closer to have a look, and couldn't help but be surprised. It should be known that although this huge mansion is dilapidated, the construction is very solid. The floor of the hall is covered with a thick layer of concrete, and at this moment these footprints are three inches deep into the ground, so the person who stepped on these footprints is very powerful. Isn't it appalling.

The young man lowered his head in astonishment for a while, then walked to the collapsed chair that Pei Jue sat on, and reached out to pick up a section of the chair leg, but where he touched it, the solid mahogany chair leg broke, and his eyebrows With a wrinkle and a flick of the hand, the mahogany chair was scattered into a pile of wood chips, not even a neat piece of wood. He is young, but has a lot of experience in the world. He knows that this kind of mahogany chair will never be corroded into such a shape due to the age. When he turned his eyes, he saw that there were also two neat footprints in front of this mahogany chair. Deep into the ground, like a chisel.

With a thought in his mind, he took a few steps back, and seeing the footprints just now formed an arc in front of them like a fan, he couldn't help sighing secretly and thought: "This must be the footprint left by the internal masters here to compete for internal strength, and three or four people joined forces to deal with the person sitting on the chair—" As he turned his mind, Pei Jue patted him on the shoulder, pointed to the footprints on the ground, stretched out three fingers of Shi, Zhong, and Mu, twitched it lightly, and shook his head, as if very strange. The young man was startled for a moment, but then he felt overwhelmed. He knew that Pei Jue's gesture meant the word "seven". He turned his eyes and found that there were only seven footprints on the ground besides the two footprints in front of the chair. Next to the rightmost footprint, there is a round hole.

He frowned and pondered for a while, then abruptly closed the cloth bag, searched inside for a while, took out a candle and a torch, fanned the torch, and lit the candle. one light. He held the candle in his hand, and when his eyes turned, he suddenly exclaimed, his footsteps were slightly wrong, and he took a stride, and rushed to the foot of the wall behind the mahogany chair just now. Pei Jue immediately looked and saw that The wall is glittering with crystals, and there are actually seven points of cold light embedded in it, which are neatly arranged in the shape of a "Big Dipper".

The young man held a candle and reflected it on the wall, and saw seven steel nails, which were deeply embedded in the wall. In the shadow of the candle, Pei Jue felt that his face was pale, and he frowned and meditated again. Although Pei Jue was also wondering about these footprints and cold stars in his heart, he felt that these things had nothing to do with him at all, so why should he waste his brain on them, smiled slightly, stretched his waist, walked back a few steps, and looked at In the corner of this decayed hall, there is actually a picture hanging, which looks out of proportion to the surroundings.

At this moment, he couldn't help being curious, and looking back, the boy was still staring at the cold star on the wall, so he didn't go to greet him, and went to that corner. Although the candlelight was extremely weak, he could see that the painting was actually a cliff, standing thousands of feet above the cliff, and the gully below was deep and bottomless. On the cliff, there was a blind man holding a torch in his hand. Staff, another long-clothed scribe, was leaning against a tree, playing the flute. The blind man must have been so engrossed in listening to it that he forgot to detect the way ahead. Under the abyss at the bottom.

This painting is very delicate, and the expression on the face of the blind man is drawn out. The sky is as blue as blue, the bonus is as red as purple, and the blind man also has an expression of infatuation. If you go down, you will be smashed to pieces immediately. Pei Jue looked at it for a while, and the more he looked at it, the more he couldn't bear it. He thought how could the person who painted this painting be so cruel, and put a blind man in a desperate situation. He was originally a person of the most affectionate nature, but when he looked at the painting, he felt sadness coming from it, and he couldn't help himself, wishing he could run into the painting and give the blind man a hand. He sighed inwardly, turned his head away, couldn't bear to look any further, but he didn't know where his eyes moved, but he saw a pair of pens and ink on a small table by the wall, the ink in the inkstone was still wet, he was overjoyed, It doesn't matter how in this deserted house, how could he walk over with his pen and ink in a big stride, pick up the stone inkstone in one hand, pick up the brush in the other, and run to the painting, unexpectedly adding a person behind the blind man. The young man pondered for a while, then murmured: "The Big Dipper Needle, the Big Dipper Needle...Could it be that the 'Big Dipper' has also come here? But who is that sitting on the chair?" Looking around, I saw Pei Jue standing far away Yes, with a pen in his hand, he was drawing on a picture on the wall. Startled again, he strode over, only to see Pei Jue concentrating on drawing a picture of a man in a long gown. The young man stretched out a hand to grab the blind man's shoulder. Although Pei Jue has never studied painting, but he is extremely talented, and his painting is not outrageous, but he can also paint the young man lifelike, and his features are somewhat like himself. The young man couldn't help laughing, seeing Pei Jue holding the pen, looking left and right, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he was quite satisfied in his heart, he added a long sword beside the young man in the picture, Fang Zi dropped the pen, He let out a long sigh, but still stood in front of the painting, his eyes fixed, and he didn't even realize that the boy had come to his side. Unexpectedly, he lost his paintbrush, and there was a strange whistling sound from the roof of the hall. The sound was sharp and high-pitched, which was extremely ear-piercing in the quiet night. The young man was startled suddenly, he took three steps back, looked up, the roof was covered with cobweb dust, no one could be seen, but the sharp and high-pitched whistle did not stop. Shocked, he stood the candle in his hand on the ground, opened his arms, and was about to jump up and go to the roof to see what happened, who knew—— A burst of clear laughter suddenly came from outside, the laughter seemed to be far away, but the laughter continued, the young man felt a blur in front of his eyes, and there was already a figure at the door. The starlight outside the door is like candles, and the candlelight inside the door is like stars. Under the light of the stars and candles, one can see that this man is tall and tall, with a wide back and three pavilions, but he is wearing a sapphire blue silk robe and is shaking a plain folding fan in one hand. , stroking his thick beard under his chin with one hand, walked in slowly, his eyes swept around, his sharpness was like lightning. The young man was shocked in his heart: "This man is so fast." He looked up, but saw that this man was also staring at him, and suddenly laughed loudly like a bell.The young man laughed until his ears "buzzed", and he couldn't help being surprised again: "This person has such deep skills." There was only Pei Jue, but he was still concentrating on the painting, he didn't hear the laughter at all, and he didn't see this person at all, he was only thinking in his heart: "It would be great if I could save all the people who are on the verge of extinction in the world one by one." He wished that he was the handsome young man with a long sword on his waist in the painting, with a sword in his hand, enjoying the rivers and lakes. The tall and mighty old man walked into the hall slowly, and suddenly said with a loud laugh: "Old man Zhanfei, I don't know your brother's surname, can you tell me?" The young man was startled, startled, and thought to himself: "Could it be that this person is the magic hand Zhan Fei." Looking up, he saw that Zhan Fei's laughter suddenly stopped, and his eyes looked at Pei Jue without blinking, and he never looked at himself again.I don't even need to answer the question I asked myself just now. Zhan Fei shook his folding fan and laughed again, but walked to Pei Jue's side and said with a big laugh: "So it's Your Excellency, great, great, I thought it was a dear friend before." His voice paused, his eyes swept across the painting like lightning, and he couldn't stop nodding. Although his voice was loud, Pei Jue still couldn't hear him, the young man's thoughts changed, and he made a sudden stride towards Pei Jue, who knew that the wind from his clothes blew out the wax flames on the ground. The hall was suddenly dark, and when he took out the torch again and lit the candles, there were four more figures at the entrance of the hall, walking in side by side, each with strange expressions on their faces. Pei Jue also woke up from his contemplation at this moment. When he turned around, he saw four people walking in from the door. One was tall, with a thin face and eyes like eagles. He was slowly stroking the hilt of his waist with one hand. Deep look. The other portrait was no different from him, except that he was younger and did not have a sword around his waist. Walking beside them was a thin, skinny dwarf with a leopard skin saber hanging around his waist, accounting for almost half of his body, but his face was also extremely deep, which made him look very funny and changed There's nothing ridiculous about it. Pei Jue's gaze turned to the hand of the person on the far right again, his heart moved, and he suddenly realized: "No wonder there are only seven footprints just now, it must have been left by these four people." An iron crutch, but when walking, it is still very stable. The eight eyes of these four people, like eight lightning bolts, were all looking at Pei Jue. Pei Jue couldn't help but look aside, but saw another tall and mighty old man looking at him too. Pei Jue felt frightened and frightened. He didn't know why these people were looking at him like this, but he saw the four people getting closer and closer, standing in front of him together, and looking sideways at the painting on the wall. Although Pei Jue didn't recognize these four people, the young man recognized two of them. He stretched himself out and stood in front of Pei Jue, laughing and saying: "Who am I? It turns out to be your brother. It's a great honor to meet you." The two slender men turned their eyes and couldn't help frowning secretly, as if they were extremely unwilling to see this young man, but they couldn't help laughing, saying: "It turned out to be Wu Shaoxia, ha, what a coincidence, I didn't expect Wu Shaoxia to come to the south of the Yangtze River." The thin and withered man looked him up and down a few times, then suddenly sneered and said: "This must be Wu Mingshi Wu Shaoxia, a seven-handed boy who was famous in Heshuo five years ago, right? My younger brother has heard the name for a long time, and I have always looked forward to seeing him, but unexpectedly I met here." Although he was talking to the young man " Wu Mingshi" was talking, but his eyes were looking at the roof, with one hand resting on the leopard skin saber, he seemed to have no eyes. That ragged boy is really the "Seven Skillful Boy" Wu Mingshi. For hundreds of years, the earliest person in the martial arts world has become famous. In terms of elf escape, no one can compare to this "Seven Skillful Boy", but Pei Jue didn't know until now that he was actually a celebrity in martial arts. At this moment, he couldn't help raising his sword eyebrows, and said coldly to the thin and withered man: "It's easy to say, easy to say, Xiao Ke is Wu Mingshi, Your Excellency—" Before he finished speaking, the slender man laughed again and again: "This is the Feihong of 'Qiqiao Chasing the Soul'. People in the Jianghu say that the north and the south are both beautiful, and they can't meet each other. It means the two of you, ha, you two should really get close." That Feihong let out a heavy "hum" in his nostrils, and said coldly: "Actually, the word 'Qiqiao' is only worthy of someone like Wu Shaoxia. As for Xiao Kemo—but he absolutely can't bear it." Wu Mingshi laughed and said: "Then you can change your name." As soon as these words came out, everyone was startled, and that Feihong's face changed suddenly. Although Wu Mingshi was smiling, he was already on guard before he spoke. It must be known that his words violated the taboo of martial arts. He also knew that Feihong would not let it go. Unexpectedly, Feihong took a look at Pei Jue who was standing behind Wu Mingshi, and suppressed his anger. Wu Mingshi's eyes froze for a moment, and he couldn't help being very surprised: "Could it be that he is a master of martial arts, and he can make this 'Qiqiao chase'?" Soul' afraid of him?" Turning his eyes, he saw the magic hand flying, his eyes never left Pei Jue, at this moment he suddenly turned to the slender man, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Mo has forgotten the appointment made a few days ago." The slender man looked at Feihong, and Feihong looked at the lame man on an iron crutch, they nodded slightly at each other, they suddenly took a step forward, and even bowed to Pei Jue. The master Zhan Fei laughed, and bowed himself to Pei Jue, and said loudly: "Xiao Ke Zhanfei." Pointing to the two tall men, "These two are the Mo brothers in the 'Big Dipper'." Then pointing to the lame man: "This is the 'Golden Rooster' Xiang Yicrow " Pointing to Feihong again: "Your Excellency must have heard the name of this 'Qiqiao Chasing Soul' just now!" He raised his eyes and said, "I don't know your surname Gao, can you tell me?" Where Wu Mingshi's eyes moved, he saw that these grass-roots masters who have dominated the martial arts in the south of the Yangtze River actually bowed to Pei Jue at this moment, and he couldn't help being startled again. He was originally an extremely intelligent person, but at this moment he couldn't figure out the identity of these people. As for Pei Jue, he couldn't hear what these people said from the beginning to the end, so he was even more at a loss at this moment. The master Zhan Fei asked a few questions in a row, but saw that the young man in front of him still didn't say a word, his thick eyebrows frowned, and said, "Your Excellency, why—" Wu Mingshi said with a smile: "This is my friend Pei Jue, what can Daxia Zhan tell you, and it's the same with my younger brother." "Qiqiao Chasing Soul" raised her eyebrows, and suddenly shouted loudly, causing Wu Mingshi's ear to buzz again, who would have thought that Feihong sneered after drinking it: "It turns out that your friend is a deaf man, and you are a hero. It seems that the appointment you and I made a few days ago is nothing at this moment." In his tone, he was extremely proud, but Wu Mingshi couldn't help being startled. But Zhan Fei, the magic hand, sneered and said sharply: "Who says it doesn't count!" Walking in front of Pei Jue, who has always been indifferent, and looking carefully, he suddenly yelled, like a thunderbolt, Wu Mingshi was shocked, and stepped back three steps in a row, Feihong, Mo Nan, Mo Bei , Xiang Yiyi's face also changed drastically, only Pei Jue's eyes were still blank, and he didn't hear anything at all. He wondered in his heart, he didn't know what kind of tricks these people were playing, and why they bowed to him, he couldn't help sighing secretly, hating that he couldn't hear what others said, and looked at the boy—Wu Mingshi for help, only to see that he Just like himself, his face was dazed, his eyes were full of surprise, and he seemed to be in a fog of life. "Qiqiao Chasing Soul" Na Feihong sneered and said: "Brother Zhan yelling is useless. This person is really a deaf man. Does Brother Zhan want to find a deaf man to take on such a big event?" That slender man is exactly Mo Nan, the "Second Sha" among the "Seven Big Dippers", at this moment he is still stroking the hilt of his sword with one hand, and said in a deep voice: "I don't think brother Zhan should be so stubborn. In fact, you and I both come from the same martial arts, so there is nothing to say." Turning his eyes, he said again: "Brother Xiang, do you think so?" The "Golden Rooster" crowed and shook the crutch in his hand, and said sharply: "My surname Xiang doesn't care about other things, just ask my surname Xiang to obey your orders, that won't work." The prodigy Zhan Fei raised his thick eyebrows, and said sharply: "Could it be impossible for me to obey orders from you, a cripple?" Xiang Yiyi yelled a thousand times, nodded slightly with his one foot, his figure had already passed by, his right hand moved slightly, and he swung the iron crutch on his left side with a "huh", "splitting Huayue hard", taking the head Xiang Zhanfei swung down. Zhan Fei, the master hand, looked at the crutch that was pressing down like a mountain, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, but his figure didn't move. Seeing that the crutch, which was as powerful as a thousand junctures, was already crushing on his head, who would have thought A streak of blue light suddenly flew up from the side, pointing towards the head of the crutch, but with a sound of clang, the crutch swerved and brushed past Zhan Fei's side.It was dark before the eyes, and the candle went out again. Xiang Yiti shouted loudly: "Brother Mo, what are you doing?" Er Sha Mo Nan smiled slightly, wiped the long sword spine with his left hand along the right hand, put the long sword into the sheath again, and said with a slow smile: "Brother Xiang, don't get angry, this matter can't be solved by hand, it's just a matter of time." What are you trying to do?" Pei Jue bowed slightly, picked up the piece of candle from the ground, Wu Mingshi stretched out his hand, fanned the fire pocket again, and lit the fire. The two looked at each other with doubts. Pei Jue pointed at himself and pointed Pointing to the door, it means: "Let's go." Wu Mingshi slightly lowered his jaw, and walked around the side of Zhan Fei, who was staring at the Mo brothers and the golden rooster, reached out to pick up the big cloth bag, and said with a smile: "Since you all have something to discuss, Xiao Ke will leave." Pei Jue followed behind and was about to walk out of the hall.Unexpectedly, there was a blur in front of my eyes, but I saw the magic hand Zhan Fei waving a folding fan, standing in front of him, not letting him go out.