Chapter 080: Sheepskin Fur Going to Kaisan

There are parents who beat their children when they are angry, but there are no parents who remember their children’s faults, for the old man Zhao Dingxiu, Su Su Su is his own son, just missing that blood, if the young man surnamed Xu does not step into this alley, perhaps this life will die in this town, the tombstone engraved with the five words of Zhao Dingxiu’s tomb, and then together with the graves are scattered by the wind and rain, no one will remember the Spring and Autumn period of the Western Sichuan! Zhao Shusheng’s words of gold, he will worry about Su Su this child did not marry a gentle daughter-in-law, will worry about this child was bullied by the marketplace, will also worry about him without his own scolding, will be crooked, will not be able to material, will be in a poor life. But now it is not the same, Li Yishan completed the agreement of the year, he is going to take the incognito Su pastry to the south, to the eighteen departments of the southern imperial decree to carry out planning, as Li Yishan said in the cliffs of that year: Western Sichuan is not, there is still the back of the Sichuan!

Today, the old man to those children in private school teaching family personally apologized, and then those pots of orchids to send out, it is that year, the butcher with a knife cut his arm, heard that the old man to go, without saying a word, chopped off a whole fresh pig leg, forced to come over, and then afraid of the body of the thin teachers can not carry the home of the stocky boy back to the door of the small courtyard, and later more than likely to be a son of his father’s work! When the butcher’s boy laughed nervously and said a few words Mr. Remember to come back later. The old man laughed and urged that after knowing the words, help your father to keep score can not be sloppy, do things in the details of kung fu. Simple boy scratched his head, do not know how to answer. The old man waved his hand, struggling to hold the pig’s leg to move to the yard, in the front yard to think of things Xu Fengyen saw the situation and rushed to carry on the shoulder, to help put into the cooker room to go.

Su Crisis near dusk, stewed a large pot, the aroma permeates the entire courtyard, with him and Uncle Qi two gourmets town hall, not afraid of not finish eating. Xu Fengyen bought a few sets of clothes in the city, and then purchased a small bookcase, just can be loaded into the spring thunder, as for the sword hibernation of the spring and autumn, ready to carry behind the back, no longer wear a sword, but also counted as a kind of identity disguise is better than nothing, in this way, there are a few points of the negative book hanging sword traveling scholar look. Xu Fengyen refused to waste the six hundred pounds of gold, let the female devil Xue Songguan escort three people to Nanzhao, although there is a Qi sword maker escort, can not be a big mistake, but escort this kind of thing, is always more good, together with the teenage dead soldiers and also commanded to go by the way to Beilang, at first e dead or alive did not promise to accompany His Highness from the Orange State into the Jinshi State, Xu Fengyen only had to take out the rack of the son of the Northern Liang, only to let the teenager heart unconvinced and obedient. The young man’s heart is not convinced to obey the order to travel south.

A large table of people ate fragrant stew together, even the blind zither player was retained, the dead soldier e also let Xu Fenian shouted to rub rice, is a rare lively scene in the courtyard.

Wine and dine, the teenager e go back to clean up the family belongings, Su Su brought Xue Songguan to go around the city, the old man and pulled out half a hang of money to steal stuffed over, rather like their own son is not good enough to abduct a girl, do how the elders have to fill up the face. In the courtyard there is only the old master blacksmith Xu Fenian three people left, talking is no more scruples. Xu Fengyen gave Zhao Dingxiu a few names of people in Nanzhao according to what Li Yishan said. The old man was in a good mood, silently memorized these several weighty characters as well as contact information, and finally asked bluntly, “Is the Xu family going to rebel?”

Xu Fengyen for no reason recalled Qingcheng Mountain and Qingyang Palace, not knowing if he had already put in 6,000 armored soldiers, sighed, shook his head and said, “A means of self-preservation only.”

The old man lamented, “There are as many strategists in the Spring and Autumn as there are rivers of carp, but the ones who become famous and successful are only about a pair of hands. Zhao Changling under your Xu family died early, it’s a pity that he was so talented as a king. Luckily Li Yishan is still alive, otherwise the cunning rabbit will die and the dog will cook, your Xu family may not be able to have today’s scene. Previously, I only think that Li Yishan, although the plan is slightly better than Zhao Changling half a chip, but lost in the vision of the spirit, compared to the early death of Zhao Changling, and now still help Yan Ci Wang planning and strategy of the feudal land of Nalan right Ci, only counting the art of the strong and the road is weak, but the past 20 years through the Orange State into the fragmented news, slowly look down, the original year Li Yishan is still hiding clumsiness, or was Zhao Changling front cover, can not be used, and then Xu family to dominate the north of Liang. Waiting for the Xu family to enter the master of Northern Liang, in addition to going to the battlefield one, Li Yishan regardless of geography, insight, change and diplomacy, or literary cultivation, is a first-class scholar of the country. Simply evaluating him as a poisonous warrior is really an injustice to Li Yishan.”

Xu Fengnian lazily leaned against the door pivot of the room and laughed, “My master is a well-deserved all-round talent, Xu Snapdragon also said that Zhao Changling had been harboring a guilty conscience back then, saying that with him, Zhao Changling, in the world, Li Yishan would not be able to do his best. My master is really to the realm of arbitrary, no matter lead military governance, are at hand. These twenty years down the line, even I don’t know exactly how many hands of second chess my master has laid out, I’m afraid that in my master’s eyes, only Zhang Julu in the dynasty is his equal opponent for the game.”

Old Master said with a regretful face, “It’s a pity that I can’t meet Li Yishan on this trip south, there are too many words I want to chatter with him, I won’t be happy until I spit them out. By the way, Your Highness, how is your master’s health?”

Xu Fengnian said softly, “Not too good.”

The old master frowned, Xu Fengyen squinted his eyes at the sky and laughed brightly with great certainty, “Don’t worry, how could he die!”

The next day, they left the city in the early morning hours, gathered near the dry moat outside the city, and then went their separate ways.

Su Shu originally wanted to shamelessly talk to the old man about renting a carriage, so that he could show off, no? However, this morning when she woke up, she saw the old man’s tense face, so she didn’t have the guts to do so. Good to hear that Miss Xue will go with him to the strange south, for the carriage or not it does not matter, looked back at the dashing gentleman standing by the river waving his hand, Su Shu gently tugged the woman’s sleeve, asked in a low voice: “You and surnamed Xu is not familiar with the fact that?”

The blind woman softly said, “Not familiar.”

Su Cui smiled and asked, “Then you won’t like him, right?”

The corner of her mouth curled up and she shook her head.

Su Shu is happy to celebrate, but also some sadness, that boy even the old man see eye to eye, in the future in all likelihood, not good, and his own such a life of confusion, just a muddled life of a rogue asshole, then she will be even more like not up, right?

Junior e did not rush to follow the big group, his big bow and arrow pouch had been hidden and handed over to the stout blacksmith to carry, the teenager just stood beside his master, wanting to speak.

Xu Fengyen laughed, “It’s useless for you to follow me, maybe you’ll even drag your feet and die for nothing.”

The teenage dead soldier had a despondent look on his face.

Who said that teenagers don’t know the taste of sorrow.

Xu Fengnian patted his shoulder and said comfortingly, “Go on, when you arrive at the Northern Liang King’s Palace, tell Xu Snap and my master Li Yishan that I am fine. This is also counted as your merit.”

The teenager was quick to worry and quick not to worry, smiling brightly, he said, “Good grin.”

Xu Fengyen thought for a moment, pulled out a bag of broken silver and threw it to the teenager, “Don’t make people think we’re stingy.”

The teenager took the bag of silver money, suddenly lowered his head and muffled, “Your Highness, why don’t I go with you to Jinxi Prefecture, I’m actually not that afraid of death.”

Xu Fengyen pivoted his body, stomped on his buttocks and cursed with a laugh, “Get lost!”

The teenager whose master was Xu and he was E staggered a bit, turned around and stared at the far away back in a daze, rubbed his eyes fiercely before he hurriedly ran to the old master and his entourage.

Su Su Su was surprised and asked, “Yoho, your kid even cried?”

Know this person nicknamed teenager hate skimming head said: “Dead shortcake, want you tube?!”

Su Shu laughs: “Is that guy your own brother?”

The teenager was annoyed: “It’s your uncle!”

Su Crisp froze for a moment and laughed.

The infuriated teenager learns from His Highness the son to follow the example and kicks Su Crisp’s buttocks, and says with a lot of energy: “Get lost!”

Even the old husband was happy to fall on his sword, stroking his beard and laughing: “Little E, good lesson.”

Su Zi patted her raw and painful buttocks, bared her teeth, but did not get angry.

Turned his head to look at, Su Shu although he thinks not smart, but also not stupid, he probably know that the surname Xu to the north alone, not let small e accompanied, is good intentions, in his place, it is estimated that he can not do, not to mention, a person alone, even talk to no one, how pitiful.

Xu Fengyen, who did not know that he had become someone else’s scenery, traveled north, patted the spring and autumn behind his back, and smiled, ”Originally I wanted to give it to that boy Wen Hua, it’s not like using a wooden sword all the time, but I have to wait for him to get better before I say it, or else carrying it on his back for a day or two before he’s powerful enough to give it to someone to snatch it away, and that’s too humiliating. If he refuses to take it, then give it to Teng Ta’ah, and consider it as repaying the favor of giving him the sword. If you can’t meet him, it’s okay, go back to Northern Liang and give it to White Fox Face. If he doesn’t want it, this brother called Chunqiu, then you’ll have to hang out with me.”

Xu Fenian fell silent and said to himself, “Actually, after all is said and done, I want to give it to the old man with the sheepskin fur the most.”

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In Jiangnan Red Deer Cave, there were rice paddies between the green water and mountains.

After transplanting rice seedlings, an old man in sheepskin fur sat on the field stacks with bare feet to rest, surrounded by a wooden waterwheel.

The young man with a sword who had followed his father into the mountains to live in seclusion squatted beside the old man and asked: ”Hey, old man Li, what exactly do you do? I asked my uncles and they won’t tell me, and Sister Jiang only said that you are a sword practitioner, so have you ever walked the rivers and lakes, tell me about it?”

The old man in sheepskin stooped down and spooned water from the waterwheel to splash on his feet, washing away the mud brought up by the field, and said in a bad mood, “Go go go, don’t disturb my elegance of looking at the scenery.”

Teenagers playful: “Tell me about it.”

Sheepskin fur old man laughed at himself: “Where in the jianghu so many warriors, are small fish and shrimp, talking about it is not interesting.”

The young man said: “stubborn old man, do you know who my father is? He is the resounding warrior!”

The old man said with a blank stare, “Not to mention your father, I even beat your grandfather.”

The young man reddened and said angrily, “You’re talking nonsense, my father is one of the top great swordsmen in Western Chu, and my grandfather is even more skilled with the sword, and is the only remaining great master of the Way of the Sword in Western Chu!”

The old man snapped his toes and laughed: “Still a great master, you go and call your grandfather here, see if he blushes? Lu family little child, you see your father rubbing that broken sword every day with the same care as caressing the skin of a little lady, but which time he saw the old man to ask for advice on the way of the sword, aren’t they all afraid to wear a sword?”

Although the young man was born in the Spring and Autumn high noble family, inevitably in the minutiae stained with some of the arrogance brought in the womb, but also not overbearing, acceptance of others are scrupulously respectful of etiquette, but this mountain and live in a hayloft is not a famous generals is a great man of letters, he would be happy to come to the eye with this most unseemly scruffy old man nagging, listening to the old man’s words of the sheepskin fur, careful consideration, it seems to be really the same thing, will be convinced to doubt, said: “In that case, you are also a great swordsman?”

The old man looked toward the thick green ribbon of the babbling brook, and asked rhetorically, “How is it considered big?”

The young man grunted, “I heard that your last name is Li, so it’s a swordsman like Li Chun Gang that’s considered great! But although both of you have broken an arm, you’re a hundred thousand miles apart though! I used to hear my grandmother say that Li Chun Gang was the most handsome and elegant man in the world, even she admired him, look at you!”

The old man casually wiped his hand on the fur, pulled out his ears and laughed: “The little child said enough on the side to play with the crotch of the bird to go, the old man is not in the mood to listen to you to hold the stink feet.”

The young man was born smart, know the reasoning of the curve to save the country, hehehe changed his words and laughed: “Old-timer, since even my father has to ask you to teach you sword learning, you see me root bone how good? Why don’t you teach me all your famous skills? Count me as a loss, and be your registered disciple!”

The old man in sheepskin fur was amused, “Then you’ve really suffered a great loss? You want to learn the sword? Roots and bones come second, heart comes first, understand? Your family has produced a large number of famous ministers and prime ministers, so will you be able to plant rice seedlings in the fields?”

The youngster slapped his sword sheath and huffed, “How can I go do crop work, it’s too late to learn that art of war and practice sword!”

The old man laughed, “That’s right, that’s why you can’t learn the old man’s sword.”

The young man gambled, “It is evident that your sword skills are not superior either.”

The old man, who shared the same surname as Li Chun Gang, laughed it off and got up, “Little child of the Lu family, go and tell those grandparents and uncles of yours that I’m going down the mountain. I’m not coming back. By the way, bring another message to your sister Jiang, killing and saving people, a line of separation is also a line of separation between heaven and earth.”

Although the teenager often talked back to this old guy, but in fact still like this scruffy old man without a frame in his heart, once he heard that he was going down the mountain, in the future, he was not going to die of tedium? Hurriedly asked: “Li old man, down the mountain to do what ah, a big age, will not have to break into the world, right? The jianghu ah, are I these young people’s, what are you to join in the fun, here in the old age is not good? Don’t go, at most I won’t call you a bad old man, okay?”

This old man said to go away.

Some helpless teenager had to turn around and run to the hillside, first told his grandfather, once a famous general of Western Chu, the old man looked shocked, dropped the books to rush out of the hut to chase people, but then sat down deflated, lost in thought.

The young man asked curiously, “Grandpa, what’s wrong?”

The old man touched the child’s head, and together they walked out of the hut, looked down the mountain, and softly said, “Now it can be said, this Grandpa Li of yours, not only does he share the same surname as the Sword God Li Chun Gang, but he actually shares the same name, because it was originally one person ah! Grandpa was beaten by senior Li when he was young, to say not afraid of jokes, to be able to marry your grandmother, or attributed to this beating na. The other day to lead the donkey on the mountain that little boy, with you about the same age, was said to be a mouthful of western Chu crooked accent of the same age, if grandpa did not expect wrong, is Teng Tai’a sword boy.”

The young man was struck by lightning.

The waterwheel was still drawing water and irrigating, and the man had already gone away.

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A stout old man with white hair and white beard left the city.

Who doesn’t know how to get out of town? Who wouldn’t know how to get out of town?

But this time he went out of the city, all the way, behind a hundred miles away has been hanging a full eight thousand iron horsemen! Passing through the Guangling Road when followed by three thousand armor, and then south to the king of Yanzhi jurisdiction, followed by three thousand riders, in the middle of the eight hundred miles of the capital of the secret orders, and then added two thousand iron horsemen.

No matter what he wanted to do, these eight thousand iron horsemen were just looking from afar, not going to intervene.

The whole eight thousand cavalry, like a shy little girl who wants to talk, only dares to look at the adored man in her heart from afar, just doesn’t dare to come close.

A coarse linen robe of the old man foot on a pair of hemp shoes, holding a seven or eight year old little girl in green, fit as a fly, rush over the galloping horse, the terrible thing is that the little girl’s body is weak, was white hair like snow old man traction, can be like the grass fly.

An old man and a small, let a person shocked side eye.

The small child brought by the old South Tang territory tilted his head and asked, “Old grandfather, where are we going ah?”

The old man, who had probably been unsmiling for an aeon, broke into more speech around this child and said, “To meet a deceased person. Both a senior and a confidant.”

The small child hmmm, also do not understand too much, just pretend to understand nodded and said, “deceased ah.”

The old man smiled, “The deceased is the meaning of old friends. But past late, is the deceased, see or not see are meaningless.”

The little child in green silk clothes obediently said, “Old grandpa, then let’s hurry up!”

The old man suddenly stops walking, see the little girl blinking her eyes with a confused face, laughs: “Green fish child, wait a moment, another three hundred miles to see that deceased person, I want to catch some flies.”

The old man was gone in an instant, and returned in an instant.

Then he pulled up the little girl nicknamed Green Fish’er and continued on his way.

Eight thousand riders in the head of the three hundred vanguard riders tumbled, and no longer dare to cross the half step of the thunder pool.

How can they not be afraid?

This old man is that the world s first person Wang Xianzhi who is majestically located in the city of Wudi!

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Sheepskin fur old man came to a decadent yellow mud house in front of the house has a long time no water pond.

When I was young, I went down to the mountains to walk the rivers and lakes, and I bought a green fish and a red carp in the market, and I let them live in the small pond in front of the house. At first extremely conceited, thought in the jianghu stay but half a year, to be invincible in the world, will also be boring and back. After stabbing you, I went to Chopping Devil’s Terrace and brought your ashes back to my hometown, only to see the house in ruins.

Pond water is dry, lotus leaves are withered, two tails in the pond red also do not know where.

Li Chun Gang along the overgrown mountain road climbing, the top of the mountain is his practice sword place, the top of the mountain peaks seem to be the sword fairy among the reclamation, the wine on the mountain ping abruptly tree up a smooth cliff.

This side of the cliff, by the youthful vigor of Li ChunGang sword gas and, gullies, mottled.

Li Chun Gang came to the mountain apron, squatting in front of a deserted grave, pulling away the weeds, the tombstone without words, leaving only a nameless sword from his youth to accompany her.

This old man in sheepskin fur looked toward the mountain wall and laughed, “How can I, Li Chun Gang, decay and die of old age, and how can there be a day when I can’t lift my sword? And how would I want to leave you and ascend? Is there anything under the sky more boring than being an immortal?”

The old man looked back at the lonely little grave and softly said, “I, Li Chun Gang, am the only swordsman in the world, and I, Trojan Bull, am the only famous sword in the world; this is Li Chun Gang’s swordsmanship before he was thirty years old.”

“And then after that, as you wish, as Qi Xuan frame old man thought, the mountain does not come on me, I do not go on the mountain. If there is a mountain in front of me blocking the way to go, I will open the mountain for those who come after me. This is Li Chun Gang’s Way of the Sword!”

“Green Robe Child, see how this sword is?”

Li Chun Gang drew the ancient sword that hadn’t been sheathed for half a century, and with a gentle stroke, split the entire cliff.

Li Chun Gang raised his head and said aloud, “Deng Tai’a, I’ll lend you a sword, do you dare to take it?!”

A voice came from the nine heavenly clouds like thunder, “What does Deng Ta’a not dare to do? Thank you Li Chun Gang for opening up the mountain for my generation’s sword path!”

A light throw.

This sword opened up the sky.

After the old man in sheepskin fur threw the sword, he didn’t go to see the magnificent scene of the immortal’s sword opening the mountain peaks, but just sat in front of the grave.

The old man who has never said half a word of love with a woman in his life murmured in a fine voice, just saying with her to listen.

The sky is getting dark, the old man in sheepskin fur has blurred vision, such as the dying old man is sleepy, dozing off.

Some strain to open his eyes, looked at a green robe trotting.

He softly said, “Green robe child.”

The green robe stood timidly in front of him and said softly, “My name is Green Fish’er.”

The one-armed old man is already a person’s death, closed his eyelids, still trembling, raised his hand, “Green robe child?”

This little green dress somehow, the spirit of the cause, stretch out a small hand, hold the old man, nodded, “Well!”