Chapter 9 Chapter 7 Imperial Capital

The sea water of the Pacific Ocean, under the reflection of the moonlight at this time, looks lonely and calm. In summer, quiet night, the temperature is thirty degrees Celsius. Looking at the distant sky, there is a long shattered moonlight on the sea level, the moonlight is extremely beautiful, but you can't look too much, because as long as you look at this romantic scene, Ren Qinghe's soft voice will be faint in your ears sounded. On the high mast, Yao De built a hammock there, and since he got on the ship for more than half a month, he has been lying here, neither talking nor eating much.

More than half a month ago, he and his companions from "Rainbow Poison" broke into Tianlongtang alone, and blew up Tianlongtang's huge foundation overnight. During that battle, Yuan Jixiang and Ren Jiefu were injured, and they didn't know where to escape the pursuit in the city, so they went to the pier and boarded the "Severian" abandoned cruise ship. This "Severian" was a very famous "Love Boat" class luxury cruise ship in ancient times, but because the engine was too old, it was abandoned in Angel Bay. Later, a businessman with a quick mind took it It was refurbished and specially provided for the poor and criminals who could not afford transcontinental air tickets to cross the Pacific Ocean.

The ancient "Love Ship" is an extremely luxurious leisure cruise ship. Although it has passed through many years, there are still many ancient equipment on board, like a majestic ruin on the sea. People who board this giant ship only have one meal a day, and the rest The food and drinking water can only rely on the various races on board, all kinds of marginal races from different light and dark corners. During the nearly one-month voyage, there were constant quarrels, robberies, and fights on board, and it would not be surprising even if someone died. The ultimate destination of this "Severian" is the Imperial Capital located on the other side of the sea. Yao De and others also know that the behind-the-scenes organization of "Tianlongtang" is likely to be in the Imperial Capital, but "the most dangerous place is the safest place." ", and among the big cities in the 22nd century, only Dijing does not check their personal identities, so since they have nowhere to go, they plan to go to Dijing to wander, hide their names, and become a group of wanderers from now on.

On the distant sea, there was a dull whining sound at this time, like a horn, or like an animal whining.A few days ago, an old sailor said that it was the call of a whale, calling for his partner in the middle of the night at sea. If possible, Yao De sincerely hoped to call Qing He again at this time, really, all he needed was one. Behind him, there was a rustling sound. "Are you in a daze again?" The one who spoke was Jeff Ren, who had shot wounded his shoulder in the battle to blow up Tianlongtang, and there was still a bloody bandage on his shoulder at the moment, "Remind Qinghe again?"

"Not just thinking of her, but also thinking of you, Xiao Xiang, and Ding Fu." Ren Jiefu bypassed the hammock and sat on the edge of the mast. At this moment, his side face was facing the moonlight, and he had a faint look of Qinghe, but the strange thing was that Ren Qinghe was also an extremely beautiful beauty, but compared with Ren Jiefu , but still much inferior. "Remember what we do?" "Thinking of how I've been living until now, it seems that I've been causing trouble to those around me. I killed my mother, my father, and finally Qing He." "Why are you talking about these unhappy things?" Ren Jeff shook his head and said, "You didn't mean to do this."

"When I was young, when I saw you for the first time, I had a big fight with you and broke your head." Yao De's eyes were misty, as if intoxicated by memories, "But in all my Among all my friends, you treat me the best, and every time I make a mistake, you never blame me, and you always take it down with me." "I'm unlucky!" Ren Jiefu smiled faintly: "I've recognized you since I made you my friend." "Even about Qinghe, you didn't say a word, just went to fight Tianlongtang with me." "Everything is wronged and owed," Ren Jiefu said, thinking of Ren Qinghe, he felt a sharp pain in his heart, "It was Tianlongtang who killed her, of course I want to find their bad luck. As for You, I knew you were an idiot, and I was used to it."

"But I'd rather you scold me and beat me up. Maybe I'll be much better off." “我是想过要狠狠地揍你，”任杰夫摇摇头：“可是想一想，这样青河一定会心疼，想想就算了。青河从小的时候开始，就最心疼自己所爱的东西Even if those things are dirty and old, no one else is allowed to touch them. I think she will do the same to you." Yao De remained silent for a long time before he took a deep breath, and then he couldn't help crying anymore. "Jeff, I miss him so much, I really miss him so much," Yao De's tears flowed smoothly on his face like crystal water splashes under the moonlight, "I think about every word she said, Thinking of her every expression, I really want to hear what she said again, really, just once, just once..."

Jeff Ren stared at him blankly. "Qing Ho said to me: 'You know what? If you can wear earrings, you will look very good.' But, why don't I wear them? She wants to see so much, why don't I go and wear earrings?" He He took out the small cross-silver necklace from his bosom, "Why do you always have to wait until it's lost before it's too late?" Jeff Ren passed the necklace over and shook it gently in his hand. For a while, the two fell silent again. Suddenly, Jeff Ren tore off the chain of the necklace, leaving only the pendant of the cross. "Nothing is too late, as long as you want to do it, it will never be too late." He carefully bent the steel hook on the cross key pendant into an ingenious angle, "You said, you miss Qing He and love Qing He ,right?"

Yao De was stunned, then nodded firmly. "right." "Then I'll help you get your ears pierced here, and I want you to wear this forever..." He shook the cross pendant on his hand, "This silver cross means that you will never forget our Ren family. daughter, would you like to?" Yao De's eyes flashed brightly. "Yes!" He yelled hastily, "I am willing!" Jeff Ren smiled approvingly, and took out a vacuum needle from his pocket. "When piercing your ears, it hurts a bit, because we don't have any equipment, only this vacuum needle," he said, "So when I'm piercing your ears, you can talk to me so that you can share your thoughts .”

Yao De looked at Jeff Ren's focused expression and was carefully wiping the vacuum needle.Looking at his handsome face which was somewhat similar to Ren Qinghe's, he suddenly thought of something in his mind. "Jeff." Ren Jiefu wiped some wine on his hands, and shook Yao De's left earlobe a few times. "What's up?" "Qing He once promised me that he would tell me a secret about her, but he passed away before he could say it..." Ren Jiefu felt an imperceptible tremor, but Yao De didn't notice it. "What's the secret?" He pretended to be relaxed and asked, but his hands were trembling a little, "Did she say what was the secret?"

"No. But she said that one day, she will definitely tell me." Yao De said with a little ecstasy: "But... now I can no longer know." Jeff Ren raised the needle and said relaxedly: "That's nothing, one day, you will know." "What, you know... oops!" Yao De was curious to ask, but Ren Jiefu accurately pierced his left earlobe at this moment, and the vacuum needle healed the injured tissue in the instant of piercing, so not a single drop of blood flowed out. . "All right." Yao De pinched his earlobe, but still asked Ren Jiefu unwillingly: "Tell me, you know what Qing He wants to tell me, what is the secret?" "I probably know." "Then you'll tell me, won't you?" "Qing He must have told you that she will not tell you until the right time, right?" "right." "That's it?" Ren Jeff laughed: "I even know what she said 'the right time', so when the time comes, I will definitely tell you, okay?" "You really know?" Yao De doubted. "Really." Ren Jiefu wiped the cross pendant carefully and handed it to Yao De, "Put it on!" Yao De took over the small silver cross and put the hook through the ear hole. A hundred years later, this cross earring has become one of his most famous features in the Star Wars hero period. Even in the 24th century, in the new era of Time Hero Gray, many young people are competing to imitate this shape. "It's beautiful," Ren Jiefu said with a smile, "Qing He's vision is indeed right." Yao De smiled, but that smile was still a bit lonely. "However, I still don't know what secret Qing He wants to tell me." Jeff Ren paid no attention to him, just retracted the needle, and planned to turn over and climb down the mast. Suddenly, Yao De called him. "Jeff." "Is there anything else?" Ren Jiefu said with a smile: "Aren't you going to tell me that you can't sleep because of ear pain?" "Not this kind of thing." "What's the matter then?" "I just want to tell you that I have killed the person I really love, but your happiness is not as far away as mine, so you must take good care of it." Jeff Ren glared at him impatiently. "What the fuck are you talking about?" "About Xiaoxiang," Yao De said briefly, "Give up the bar, give up everything about yourself, you don't think she's just trying to show loyalty to us?" "Otherwise, what else is there?" Ren Jiefu forced a smile and said, "She and Qing He have a very good relationship, and you have heard her say that it is to avenge Qing He!" "Just tell me about this kind of thing. We've been together for so long, don't you know what she thinks about you? Don't let her down." "I don't understand what you're talking about, we're good buddies, that's all." "I'm afraid that one day, you will not be able to pay back the love that others have given you." "This is my own business, don't bother you." Jeff Ren said impatiently, "Is there anything else?" "It's okay," Yao De said with a smile, "However, as you said, one day, you must tell me what Qing He's secret is." Ren Jiefu stared at Yao De in a daze. "Sometimes I think you are really an idiot." He laughed haha: "You are really an idiot." Yao De waved his hand in disbelief, and then lay back on his hammock. It's just that he didn't know that Jeff Ren murmured such a sentence when he climbed down. "'She' will come back, 'She' will definitely come..." On the second day, the giant ship passed by a small Pacific island port where it was moored, where water and food were replenished, and many new passengers also came on board. Near noon, Yao De, Ren Jiefu and others were lazily basking in the sun on the deck, chatting casually, but during the conversation, they found a dark cloud blocking their sight. It was a man in a black coat, followed by a few big men with raised eyebrows. It was an extremely hot and sultry tropical noon in the Pacific Ocean at this moment, but he was dressed in dense clothes, as if the high temperature in the sun had no effect on him. Being suddenly blocked by such a strange-looking person is definitely not a pleasing thing. Yao De became alert, and reached out to grab the guitar beside him. "Yao De, Ren Jiefu, Shui Kes, Hai Zhiyao," the man in black said coldly, "there is one more, where is it?" Upon hearing such questioning, Yao De's heart sank to the bottom. Although he drifted on the sea for more than half a month, he still couldn't escape the gangster's pursuit. Hearing his name being pronounced smoothly, Yao De knew that he had lost his whereabouts again, and knew that these people in front of him were of course the killers who came to hunt down and kill the gangsters. However, this time with Ren Jeff and the others beside him, the situation seemed to be better than the previous few times. However, when the man in black pulled out a long sword glowing with blue light from his coat, he seemed to feel that the god of death was getting closer to him. In the 22nd century AD, there was a peculiar school of "Stimulation of Human Work Potentials" that became popular. This so-called "Stimulation of Human Potential" had a common name before the 20th century in ancient times, and it was called "Martial Arts". In ancient records, this kind of "martial arts" once had a brilliant era. When weapon technology was not yet fully developed, people who were good at martial arts were often called "martial arts masters". He has a considerable status in the world and is widely respected by the people. According to the research of later generations of scientists, this kind of school called "martial arts" does have the function of stimulating the human body's potential to achieve the purpose of injuring the enemy to a certain extent. The kind of "martial arts" has declined and become a legend in history. However, at the end of the 21st century, after the invention of Century Technology "Pandora Nucleic Acid", the potential of human beings was stimulated again, and because "Pandora Nucleic Acid" can be formulated in different doses, human intelligence and physical strength have been greatly improved Therefore, this "martial arts" that develops human potential has gradually emerged again. A master who has been processed by "Pandora Nucleic Acid" and is proficient in martial arts, ordinary people with guns can't compete with them.But like martial arts thousands of years ago, the selfishness and inferiority of human beings prevent the knowledge related to martial arts from being popularized, and it is often only something occupied by a few people. Therefore, it is not easy for ordinary people to meet such masters. However, what appeared in front of Yao De and the others at this moment was obviously an outstanding swordsman. Usually, a skilled swordsman with the help of "Pandora Nucleic Acid" can face more than ten gun-armed enemies by himself without necessarily losing the wind.In the past, Yao De had only fought against a few little Pouros, and he might not be able to win, so if this black-clothed swordsman made a move today, several of them would probably die on the spot before they even had time to make a move. "My name is Sang Junhe, and I am the Sword Soil of the 'Fei Penghui' in the imperial capital. Today, I am ordered by my superiors to hunt you down," the man in black, Sang Junhe, said proudly: "The hunting order says 'shoot to kill', you Do you want to kill yourself, or do you want me to do it?" Yao De's complexion became extremely pale, Ren Jiefu, Ding Yu, Shui Kesi and Hai Zhiyao were not much better. This kind of magical sword soil has always been heard only in legends, but it is hard to see it today, but it is Come to kill yourself. "I'm Yao De," Yao De said in a deep voice, "I did everything and it has nothing to do with my friends. If you want to kill me, just kill me." Jeff Ren shouted loudly: "No! Me too, I am also the one you want to kill. If you must do it, I am not afraid of you!" "And I!" "me too!" Suddenly, a deep female voice came from not far away. "I'm the other one! If we're going to die! We're going to die together!" Yuan Jixiang walked out of the cabin slowly. She injured her thigh during the attack on Tianlongtang and couldn't walk smoothly. "I'm their Companion Yuan Jixiang, I was also involved in the bombing of Tianlongtang, and I gave them all the weapons they used!" Sang Junhe laughed out loud. "Very good! Very good! You are really good guys." After a pause, he said again: "Don't let people say that I bully you, I will play a game with you today, and your life will be determined by winning or losing. Can?" After hearing this, a big man behind him had a disapproving expression on his face. "Lao Sang, this is not in line with the rules of the superior!" He shook his hand and said coldly, "The superior wants their lives. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford it." With a sound of "Zheng", Sang Junhe swung his long sword with a dazzling blue light. "Whatever happens, it's all mine! Don't talk too much!" The big man sneered, as if he was not convinced, but he still followed his advice and stepped aside with his companions. Sang Junhe pointed the tip of the long sword at Yao De and the others. Although the movement was relaxed, the black clothes all over his body had already begun to bulge. "I have three moves. If any of you can block one of my moves, I will let you go today." Yao De took a deep breath and shook his head. "Catch your sword empty-handed? In this case, isn't it the same as bullying us, no difference?" "Of course not empty-handed, you can use any weapon." "Any weapon?" the impatient Hai Zhiyao said, "Isn't it? Can even a gun?" Sang Junhe nodded proudly. "It doesn't matter if you want to use high-explosive guns." Hearing this, Hai Zhiyao quickly took out a long spear from his backpack, preparing to use it against the swordsman Sang Junhe. Ren Jiefu came over, pushed his gun away, and signaled Hai Zhiyao not to be reckless. Hai Zhiyao was stunned, and was about to speak, but Yuan Jixiang said in a low voice: "Jeff Ren did the right thing, don't use guns, because these swordsmen's physical strength is different from ours, and ordinary guns can't hit them at all." They, and if we use the same knives and swords, because of their status, they may not be able to kill us with one move." Ren Jiefu looked around and saw a long stick beside him, so he picked up the long stick and saluted Sang Junhe respectfully. Some of the onlookers on the side nodded secretly, knowing that this was a gesture of asking for mercy from Sang Junhe's subordinates. Moreover, Jeff Ren used a long stick that was less lethal, which was clearly a hint from Sang Junhe that he should not strike too hard. "excuse me." Ren Jiefu took a long stride, swung his long stick lightly, and rushed straight at Sang Junhe, but this move was just a cover, the real attack was a kick to the ground, intending to sweep Sang Junhe down on the ground. With a sound of "Pa!", there was only a flash of blue light, and Sang Junhe didn't see any movement. Jeff Ren's long stick flew straight into the sky, but there was a long bruise on his handsome face, and he groaned With a sound, he fell backwards. Yuan Jixiang was taken aback, and hurried over to help him, only to see that there was a long scar on Ren Jiefu's face, and he almost fainted under the heavy blow, but he didn't bleed. It turned out that Sang Junhe was really merciful when he struck. He didn't use the edge of the sword at the moment of the strike, but only hit Jeff Ren with the blade, otherwise this move would cut his head in half. "one move!" Hai Zhiyao couldn't bear it anymore, turned his head and saw Yao De staring at Sang Junhe in a daze, but he didn't intend to make a move. "I'm coming!" He yelled loudly, "Do you dare to fight me empty-handed?" Sang Junhe sneered, and put the long sword back into the scabbard. Yuan Jixiang supported Ren Jiefu, seeing Sang Junhe put away the long sword, a glimmer of hope could not help but ignite in his heart.When Hai Zhiyao was not singing, he was a master of martial arts who had won a grand prize. His fist and kick skills were quite good. If he could attract Sang Junhe to fight him empty-handed, he might have a slight chance of winning. Hai Zhiyao concentrated his mind, shielded his fists in front of his chest, and kept jumping, but Sang Junhe didn't move at all, just letting Hai Zhiyao jump around beside him. "Be careful!" Hai Zhiyao yelled, and then he punched Sang Junhe in front of him, until he was less than five centimeters away from his cheek, Sang Junhe still didn't move. Hai Zhiyao secretly rejoiced, thinking that he would definitely hit him on the cheek with a "touch", but this punch missed, but Hai Zhiyao's huge body flew high like Ren Jiefu's long stick , and then landed heavily. Just now, Sang Junshu's fist came behind, and when Hai Zhiyao's attack lengthened his body and exposed his flaws, he punched him in the ribs and sent him flying. "Second move!" Suddenly, Yao De yelled loudly as if he had just woken up from a dream. "Wait! I'll do the third move!" On the deck, Ren Jiefu and Hai Zhiyao took a bite from Sang Junhe respectively. They were so painful that they couldn’t speak. . Yao De glanced at his companions, and also saw the surprised and angry expressions on everyone's faces. "I will compete with you for the third move," he said loudly, "and, I want you to use your sword!" Sang Junhe was taken aback when he heard it. "You want me to use a sword? Did I hear you wrong?" He shook his head and said, "Boy, do you know that I am best at using swords? Among the ten swords of the imperial capital, I have always been ranked in the top three, and you today You want to compete with me?" Yao De also shook his head. "I don't compete with you on swords," he copied a guitar from behind, "You use a sword, I use this." Sang Junhe stared at him in disbelief, as if he wanted to see if this kid was out of his mind. "You use this? You really use this?" "That's right." "Good! Good! Good!" Sang Junhe couldn't help becoming a little angry after saying three good words, "In this case, needless to say, there is only one move left, I will give you ten moves, within ten moves, if you If you can hide from me, I will let you go, how about it?" The big man on the side couldn't help frowning again and said, "No way! Old Sang, you..." Sang Junhe gave him a cold look, and the man was caught by his eyes, and swallowed what he was going to say next. "Lu Pinhu," Sang Junhe said in a deep voice, "If you give me one more word of nonsense, I will kill you first, do you understand?" That man Lu Pinhu shuddered and dared not speak any more. Sang Junhe ignored him, turned around to look at Yao De, slowly drew out his long sword, and the black clothes on his body began to shake again. But Yao De is holding the guitar loosely, which is inversely proportional to the chill of the swordsman Sang Junhe. Yuan Jixiang, Ren Jiefu and the others watched the battle between the two, and couldn't think of any possibility for Yao De to escape this deadlock.Ren Jiefu even closed his eyes, not wanting to see Yao De being chopped into two pieces. Sang Junhe's long sword swiped across the sky, and it sliced ​​across Yao De's face with a "Zheng".I didn't see Yao De's reaction, but he took a small step on his feet and turned his body a little bit. After a loud "clang", Sang Junhe couldn't stop his momentum and fell heavily to the ground. . But Yao De was holding the guitar in his hands, as if he was a little lost, and he seemed a little lost in thought, but his body was not injured at all. Sang Junhe seemed unable to believe what was happening in front of him, turned over neatly and stood up, holding his long sword, looking at Yao De in surprise. "Wait...wait, senior, Jian...senior Jian," Yao De said hastily, "Didn't you just say that you can block this move? I..." Sang Junhe ignored him, but said in a deep voice: "Good work, take my trick again!" It was too late, it was so fast, his figure was like thunder, and the blue sword light was all dazzling, this time he actually used all his strength to stab Yao De violently. And Yao De's movement seemed to be extremely clumsy, he held the guitar and moved up a block, but before this block, Ren Jiefu and others finally saw it clearly, because before this block action, his footsteps moved a few more subtly point. This time, Sang Junhe couldn't even touch the guitar, and he couldn't even touch Yao De's clothes. If he was not careful, he fell heavily again! He sat on the ground in a daze, supported his body with his long sword, looked up at Yao De, as if he saw a terrible ghost.After a long time, he struggled to stand up, but the long sword couldn't bear his weight, and broke in two with a "clang". "Yinbulei!" He looked at Yao De and said sharply, "Who is Yinbulei?" Yao De froze for a moment, then shook his head. "I don't know any silver step mines." "Impossible! Impossible!" Sang Junhe shouted loudly: "Your movement, your footsteps, it's impossible not to be Yinbulei!" Yao De looked at him cautiously, and said slowly: "I really don't know Yinbulei." Sang Junhe stared at him, as if he wanted to see whether what he said was true or not, and after a long time, he let out a long sigh. "In my life, I am destined to be against him. In my life, no matter what, I can't compare to him." He said dejectedly: "If you win, I will not make things difficult for you anymore." Before Yao De could speak, a few men at the side rushed over. "No!" The man named Lu Pinhu yelled: "This matter is not for you to decide, Sang Junhe, you deliberately let them go. You have seriously violated the rules of the club. I must report you when I go back!" Sang Junhe gave him a cold look, and several men were shouting loudly with their chests and stomachs protruding. "Very good," he smiled slightly: "Very good..." The blue light reappeared, and his broken sword struck again. This time, the sword technique was even faster. Lu Pinhu was still shouting loudly, but when the sword light passed, the two men behind him had been stabbed in the throat, and blood spurted to the ground and die. "Now, let me ask again, is it you who want to report me?" Sang Junhe asked sharply, "Is it you?" All of a sudden, Lu Pinhu let out a scream, turned around and ran away, and the remaining two men also ran wildly after him. The three ran to the edge of the railing of the deck and jumped off without hesitation. After a long time, there was a faint sound of "boom" falling into the water.