Novoland: Eagle Flag Chapter 2: Sword Fourteen
August 13th, the first year of Emperor Cheng.
Lonely at night, across the water, the Confucian Temple's Zhenguo Bell rang loudly, and the bell sounded far away in the cool night.
"Listening to the Bell in the Confucian Temple" and "Looking at the Sword in the Wu Temple" are two things that must be done by the children of aristocratic families who are new to Nanhuai. In the Confucian Temple is enshrined the huge bronze bell bestowed to Bailishi by Emperor Qiangwei 700 years ago, while in the Wu Temple is the saber that Bailishi's ancestors used when they fought with the emperor. It's just that 700 years have passed, the Confucian Temple's Zhongwu Temple's sword no longer has the atmosphere of the old battlefield, and the war has never invaded the bustling Nanhuai River. Under the summer night, everything has become as soft as water.
The well-known Lord Wenrui of the Baili family has studied poetry all his life, and he likes to drive the carriage at night, stop on the Yueqiao beside the Phoenix Pond to listen to the bell, look at the shadow of the piercing tower in the distance, and murmur alone. As the lord of the country, he has a talent for all the world, so he wrote the poems he thought of on the bridge on paper, and then folded them into paper boats one by one, and put a piece of candle stub left in the palace in the boat, With a little spark, let it go far away by the flowing water under the bridge. In the far downstream, there are a group of people waiting blindly every night to pick up those paper boats. If they are lucky, the water will not stain the ink, and they can be sold for thousands of gold baht in the market of the Confucian Temple. Later, the collection of "Wen Rui Chuan Deng Song" was collected from the paper boats of Wen Rui Guozhu.
Master Wenrui died on Yueqiao when he was seventy years old. The inner eunuchs watched from a distance as the old king tremblingly put down a paper boat, sat on the swollen bank and washed his feet, and never stood up again. On the last paper boat picked up by people downstream, it was written: "Listen to the bell by the water for seventy years, and this life is over."
People who come to Yueqiao many years later, when they hear the bell of the Confucian Temple, most of them don't think that the ancient bronze bell was originally a wake-up call, but think about the free and easy farewell after seventy years of listening to the bell by the water.
In the dead of night, there are few cars and horses passing by, and there is a person standing silently on the bridge. He was wrapped tightly in a black cloak with a hood, leaving only a tall and thin back to show. He leaned on the railing to see the dark shadow of the Confucian Temple in the moonlight in the distance, silent as a stone.
The wind swept the leaves, and they rolled over from the bridge head on the ground. The spectator took a small step back, and lightly crushed a dead leaf under his feet.
"You're late." His sea-blue eyes were scrutinizing.
At some point, a man in a black cloak stood in the shadow of the moonlight at the head of the bridge, with the hood hanging low, covering half of his face.
"For the secret of Cangyun Ancient Toothed Sword, it's worth waiting a little bit, right? Cangming Eagle." The pipe speaks.
"You know my identity, you know that I came for Cangyun Ancient Toothed Sword, who are you?" Yi Tianzhan lifted his hood, revealing a silver white and thin face. His hand also protruded from the cloak, holding a silver spear.
"Don't get me wrong, I mean it well. The spear skills of the Cangming Eagle may have been forgotten in East Lu, but I know that you are the hero who once killed sixteen Hexues and rebelled against the Stark city-state, Tianwu Zhe The title is not in vain. I dare not approach you now because I am afraid of your gun."
Yi Tianzhan raised his eyebrows: "I don't like this sneaky way. You wrote to me and said, do you know where Cangyun's ancient tooth sword is?"
"Yes, I want to sell it for some money, so I ask you to meet here."
"Sell for money?" Yi Tianzhan sneered, "Then wouldn't it be better to sell to the princes? You don't hear much about rich Tianqi?"
"Other heavenly drives may not be rich, but your lord is different. Not to mention that you once owned the wealth of the entire Stark city-state, the secret of the Bronze Gate you have mastered alone is enough to buy the entire vassal state ?”
"You... how do you know this?" Yi Tianzhan's eyes suddenly changed, like a falcon pounced on food, although he was wearing a black cloak, it was clear that his whole body was tense For a moment, then stretch out.
He walked towards the person at the bridge head slowly, the tip of the spear protruding in front of him intentionally or unintentionally.
"Because we have a relationship."
"What origin?"
"Are you persecuting me like this? Are you insincere?" The man at the bridge still stood motionless in the shadows.
"Samurai Sky Drive has no history with sneaky people."
"What is Sky Drive? Is it a descendant of the ancient iron emperors, or is it just a group of fools pursuing honor?"
"Show your face!" Yi Tianzhan shouted, he had already reached the bridge, only ten feet away from him.
"Why not see for yourself?"
"Good!"
Yi Tianzhan smiled, raised his hand suddenly, and the silver-like spear approached the opponent's face hidden under the hood, and the erratic attack was completely without warning.
The opponent did not move at all, and Yi Tianzhan had no intention of withdrawing the attack at all.
At the same moment when the spear point pierced the hood, Yi Tianzhan suddenly felt that the feeling in his hand was not right-it was definitely not the feeling of stabbing a person. And the other felt even stronger, he felt a coldness under his knees!
He lowered his head and saw a silver arc of light appearing under his feet, like a small moon, and then rose suddenly. At this time, it was too late for him to withdraw his spear, and there was no room for retreat or dodge. The silver light rolled, trying to gouge out his kneecap.
Yi Tianzhan suddenly bent down. He held the silver light with his right hand hidden in the black cloak! A few pieces of shattered cloth fell down, but Yi Tianzhan held Yinguang firmly. It was a short thorn with a blade of no more than six or seven inches, and there were poisonous green marks on the blade.
At this point the spear had completely destroyed the man standing in the shadows. When he fell to pieces and his black cloak fell apart, Yi Tianzhan realized that it was just a wooden frame covered with a black cloak and a leather bag on the wooden frame. Yi Tianzhan's spear pierced the leather bag, and a curved black shadow jumped up in the leather bag, and suddenly rolled up along the barrel of the gun.
Yi Tianzhan didn't have time to control the silver knife, and retreated like an arrow. Yu Rendu's advantage burst out, he held the gun in one arm, and with his right arm hidden in the black cloak, he slashed at the black shadow on the gun barrel. The black shadow jumped violently, as if it was stuck to his hand. It was exposed under the moonlight, it was a pitch-black little snake, Yi Tianzhan grabbed its tail, turned over and bit fiercely on Yi Tianzhan's hand covered with a black cloak.
Ying Tianzhan threw it out, and the spear followed up, nailing it to the ground.
Suddenly, raging fires rose up around the bridge, and the torches that had been placed there were lit at the same time. But when he put down the black cloak, it was bright, but he was alone, and the surroundings were empty.
He flicked his spear, stood still, and didn't move and didn't look at it: "I can't imagine that this kind of killer's tricks will become more and more sophisticated after so many years!"
"The barbaric martial arts on the battlefield can be as exquisite as art in the hands of the sky fighters. It's really rare. If you change other sky warriors, even if you can escape my sword, you can't escape the fangs of Cup Shadow."
"I have already prepared. I can live for so many years, and I have experienced more than fighting in battle. Now you don't want to say that you asked me to come or you want to tell me about Cangyun Ancient Tooth Sword?"
"Of course I want to kill you!"
"Tianluo's killer, will he be the opponent of the samurai in the face to face? You are so conceited, dare to stand here and talk to me, do you have any tricks? You have used puppetry, ground Cangshu, Lingdao and Cup Shadow, in Tianluo, those who can master the three arts are already the first-class killers, you can master the four arts, do you have anything else in your pocket that you want to show me?"
"Hehe," the voice floated from all around, "The art of killing is also an art, you can see it one by one, it can kill the eagle of the dark sea hundreds of times."
"You hate me, don't you?" Yi Tianzhan laughed, "I can tell, although you are laughing, but the smell of hate in your voice is better than the scent of flowers on your body and the smell of that snake All thick."
A moment of dead silence.
Ying Tianzhan suddenly heard a scream behind him. He didn't have to look back, and there was no time to look back. He had heard of the bee stings that the Tianluo Assassin used machine-stretched. This kind of thin iron stinger was almost inescapable at close range. He slammed to the left, all the stingers were gone, and Yuren's speed saved his life again. But his arm seemed to be bitten lightly by a mosquito, and then the pain spread.
He turned his head and saw a bloodstain on his upper arm, the black cloak had been cut open, but he couldn't see the opponent's weapon at all. He didn't dare to move anymore, he didn't know how many spider silks were waiting for him around him, he was trapped in the web.
"Spider Silk!"
"Give your life for everything you have done!" said a voice floating around, "I still have seven boxes of bee stingers, and the giant eagle will be turned into a pile of feathers in the siege of bees and spiders to redeem Return to the pride of the suzerain!"
Yi Tianzhan didn't dare to move, he could only draw the hand crossbow from under the black cloak. He looked around, but couldn't catch the enemy's shadow. He took a deep breath, and shot four consecutive arrows from the hand crossbow at the torches set up around him.
The moment the torches were all extinguished, more piercing beeps came from all directions than before, and Yi Tianzhan, bathed in the silver moonlight, knew that he was surrounded by bee stings. If he moves, he will be cut by the spider's silk; if he does not move, he will be nailed to death by the stinger.
He remembered that the teacher once explained to him the horror of spider silk: "It is a murder weapon completely hidden in the shadows. If you move your legs, it will cut off your legs. If you move your hands, it will cut off your hands. If you try your best Fluttering, your strength will cut your whole body into pieces. Unless...you can see the spider silk and catch the spider along it."
He suddenly curled up, and he sat down short!
The bee sting flew away from the top of his head, and he looked up to see those black shadows passing by, and strands of silver split the starry sky!
He jumped up suddenly, and grabbed those faintly flickering silver threads with his right hand. The silver thread didn't cut off his hand, he grabbed the whole spider web in the palm of his hand, and then pulled it hard. A woman's low exclamation came from the darkness, and Yi Tianzhan dragged the almost invisible spider web in his hand and sprinted away. A plank on the bridge cracked, and the "spider" hidden in it was pulled out and dragged by him to roll a few steps on the ground. Yi Tianzhan turned back, pounced down like a big eagle. He didn't use a long spear, but used those silks to wrap around his opponent, and then he slammed it!
He and the woman stood face to face in the moonlight and stood motionless.
"When there is only one light source left, the spider silk will appear. This is why you lit the torches around the bridge, right? It's a pity that this secret is not only known by Tianluo's killer. Who are you?"
The other party didn't answer, all he saw were eyes of hatred.
"Actually, I don't expect your answer. I know it's you, the guardian of Cangyun Ancient Tooth Sword. In fact, I have always wanted to know what kind of person you are."
The metal filaments forged by the rivers have torn through her black armor. The close-fitting black leather armor is made of thinned rhinoceros hide lined with shark skin, soaked in water and dried dozens of times, it can resist stabbing, but as long as Yi Tianzhan uses a little more force, she will be killed by himself The spider's web cut into a **** man.
Ying Tianzhan took off her veil, and looked at the indifferent and beautiful face.
"You win, kill me."
"Don't think that I will soften my heart," Yi Tianzhan smiled coldly, "I am not You Changji, and I will not pity your beauty!"
"I know you won't be soft-hearted," the woman's voice was faint, "Sky Warrior, Master of Stark City, Eagle of Darkness, you are too great, you never pity anyone, you only value Your heavenly drive, your will. Come on! Kill me, you have ordered to kill my husband, now kill me too, everything will be over."
"Stupid!" Yi Tianzhan grabbed her **** and pulled her up, "Do you really understand what a sky drive is? Do you understand what is the reason for the existence of the Cangyun Ancient Tooth Sword? For your Husband came to avenge me? But have you ever married him? You are not his wife at all, and you have no idea what You Changji is thinking!"
The woman froze for a moment.
"I know!" she yelled.
"Ridiculous!" Yi Tianzhan pointed to the wooden frame inside the black cloak, "You are just like that puppet, the puppet in You Changji's hand! He just wants you to guard this sword for him when he is desperate , He had no one to rely on at that time, and you were his only help. And what are you for? Love? This reason really supports you to do so many things for him?"
The woman was speechless and just stared at him.
"I know you don't believe it. But why don't you think about how I knew of your existence, and how I followed the route that You Changji walked to find Cangyun Ancient Tooth Sword? Because of all this," he emphasized With a clear tone, "It's the man you call your husband who told me himself!"
Like a thunderbolt hitting the top of the woman's head, her beautiful eyes suddenly enlarged and went blank. She suddenly roared loudly, with a strange distortion in her roar: "You lie!"
"Lying?" Yi Tianzhan sighed lowly, "Do you think You Changji won't lie to you? Then did you know that he was married before he died? Did you know that he had another child in his infancy?" Your child? Until you find out all this, you still believe that You Changji really loves you. You Changji can lie to you about one thing, and the second, many things. You are a charm, right? ? Don’t understand too many things about people’s hearts, this is not the place for you to come.”
"I won't kill you, but there will be no next time. Sword, I must take it away!"
In the moonlight, when he looked at the woman's blank eyes, there was a faint gleam, so quiet and deep, like a lake of sorrow, making people feel so dazed that they just wanted to walk to the lake and then plunge into it. His hands trembled, he let go of the woman, covered her exposed body with his cloak, and turned to leave.
After walking a long distance, he turned his head, the moonlight fell on the bridge, and the woman in black lay there quietly, her blank eyes facing the night sky.