Seeing the clouds

Chapter 7 The Young Knight Ranger Beyond the Six Passes

For the people who have lived in Yumenguan for a long time, Zheng Biao will always be a hurdle that they cannot overcome and have to face. Fortunately, in the past two years, under the warning of the government, he has restrained himself a lot.

Talking about Zheng Biao, in his early years, he had a younger brother named Zheng Heng. They were born in poverty. Their lives were saved by an expert when they were young. However, the expert could not bear to have them die at such a young age. In troubled times, he taught the two brothers martial arts.As a result, both of them were amazingly talented people. They entered the first rank early in their early twenties. Then they admired their master's romantic spirit and traveled around the world. When passing through Tianshui City in Northern Han Dynasty, they had a conflict with a local gang. Although It's hard for a strong dragon to defeat a local snake, but local snakes really need to be ranked. At least one of the two of them is superior, so they can still suppress the local snakes.Besides, the young man is young and energetic, and he is even more angry.As a result, Zheng Biao took out the intestines of the leader of the gang in front of hundreds of people...

Almost everyone was frightened at that time, and some started vomiting on the spot.Originally, gang fights would inevitably result in a few lives, and it would be difficult for the government to control them. Who knew that this gang actually had contacts with the local government, and the contacts were quite large.Many business transactions in the government secretly relied on this gang. Such things were not uncommon in troubled times, so the two became wanted criminals by the Northern Han government.

At that time, the Six Kingdoms had not yet been unified, and there were no criminal departments and secretaries all over the world. However, the first-class masters in the world were very rare, not to mention there were more than one or two, so the government's wanted list could not help at all. The slightest bit of threat.On the contrary, all the gangsters and government agents who were sent to hunt him were killed in the wilderness without exception.

However, the continuous pursuit more and more stimulated the dark side of the two brothers, so all thirteen members of the Tianshui governor's family who published the wanted list died overnight. This bloody incident was reported to the Northern Han Dynasty, which made it very difficult at that time. The Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, who valued domestic stability, was furious and sent people to Qingyun Mountain overnight. Unfortunately, none of the three heroes of Qingyun were on the mountain.Just when the envoy was about to return in defeat, Zhuge Qingfeng, the incoming master of the Qingyun Sword Sect and the master of the Three Great Masters of Qingyun, decided to go out and kill the two men himself after receiving the envoy and understanding the origin of the matter.

The Qingyun Sword Sect was the top sect in the old Northern Han Dynasty and even in the world. Together with the Qinxi Sword Pool in the south, it was also known as Beiqingyunnan Qinxi. It was the two most deserving swordsmanship holy places in the world.Among them, Qinxi Jianchi mainly forges iron and makes swords, and never takes the initiative to cause trouble. It belongs to the famous passive sect in the world; Qingyun Sword Sect is the opposite of Qinxi Jianchi. All swordsmen in the sect wear green shirts, with the " "Xia" as its purpose, specializes in killing famous bullies and bandits in the world.For example, the current sect leader Han Yun and Han Daxia once wiped out the notorious Black Dragon Village in the world when he was crowned; the "Drunken Sword Immortal" abandoned Qingshan and abandoned the two heroes to kill the demon Zhao Bahai, etc.Even the Three Heroes of Jing Ke and Jing, who have now betrayed the sect and have a very bad reputation in the world, were once swordsmen respected by everyone.

The old sect leader Zhuge Qingfeng had always focused on chivalry, and was most ashamed of "people who practice martial arts, using martial arts to disrupt the ban and oppress the people."

So the ancient sword flew out of Qingyun Mountain thousands of miles away, and landed in front of the two brothers Zheng Biao and Zheng Heng. Then an old man in a green robe descended from the sky, with his hands behind his back, and one foot stepping on the hilt of the ancient sword, with a leisurely expression. , the two of them met, it was called an ancient path of immortality.

The old man closed his eyes and said with a smile: "Two little brothers, where are you going?"

The two of them looked at each other with heavy expressions on their faces, thinking that they were going to have a hard time.

The old man still had his eyes closed, and was not unhappy at all because of the silence of the two men: "You two little brothers, why are you silent?"

At this time, Zheng Heng cupped his fists and said, "Back to Master, my brothers are just traveling around the country and have no specific destination."

The old man mocked: "Aren't you killing Jianghu?"

The two of them frowned, and suddenly had the urge to fight the old man to the death. However, without knowing the enemy's combat strength, neither of them dared to take action rashly.The old man opened his eyes and saw the expressions of the two of them. He smiled and shook his head. The two of them had reached the first level at such a young age. Their talent was not inferior to that of his three apprentices.

The seedling is a good seedling, but it is a pity that he has gone astray.

The old man continued: "I just want to hear your understanding of the word 'Xia'."

The two brothers frowned again, and they were even more unable to understand the intention of the old man in front of them.If he was simply going to kill himself, why bother talking so much, but it was absolutely unreasonable to say that there was no malice, otherwise why would he have spoken to ridicule himself before?
Compared with his brother Zheng Biao, Zheng Heng is more bookish. He has read a lot of books and has certain opinions on the word "xia".So he still said in an ordinary way: "The great chivalrous person serves the country and the people."

The old man nodded and said with a smile: "Three people form a crowd, and those who have the strength of the crowd, such as great loyalty, great filial piety, great benevolence, great love, etc., are called chivalrous people."

Zheng Biao had a hot temper. After hearing the old man's mysterious words, he finally couldn't help but ask: "What do you want to say, master?"

The old man stroked his gray beard: "I just want to ask, do you two realize your mistake?"

Zheng Biao suppressed his anger: "What's wrong?"

The old man shook his head and sighed, then he stretched out the two middle index fingers of his right hand and pointed them side by side at Zheng Biao. Suddenly, a sharp sword energy visible to the naked eye burst out from the two fingertips and shot towards Zheng Biao.The two of them were horrified. Zheng Biao hurriedly used his energy to resist. As a result, the sword energy drove straight in and directly shattered Zheng Biao's protective body. The gang energy penetrated Zheng Biao's chest.Zheng Biao endured the pain and drew out a large mouthful of blood. Zheng Heng glanced at his eldest brother who was in a state of embarrassment, and then at the old man with a calm face in front of him. He gritted his teeth and said softly to Zheng Biao: "I'll hold this guy back later." Old man, take advantage of the opportunity and run away as far as you can. Don’t worry about me. He is an old man and won’t be too embarrassed. It won’t be good if word spreads. We’ll see you at the same place then.”

When Zheng Biao heard this, he felt 1 unwilling, but looking at his younger brother's decisive eyes, he thought that staying here with his unsatisfactory body was also holding his younger brother back. He covered his chest, sighed, and nodded.

Both of them naively thought that even if Zheng Heng couldn't be defeated, it wouldn't be difficult to escape alone.

But the old man standing in front of them was the leader of the Qingyun Sword Sect, who was ranked fifth in the martial arts rankings at that time - Zhuge Qingfeng!
Zhou Tong, who is worthy of being called the best in the world, once said: "Today's sword cultivators focus on skills rather than Tao, and it is difficult to reach the level of elegance. As for swordsmanship alone, no one can compare with Brother Qingfeng of Qingyun Mountain. I have watched the world for more than sixty years. For a long time, only the three states that have no origin and no desires are close, and I can see them on my back. The rest of the swords are on the way to the sword, and the road is long, but they are far away."

But Zhuge Qingfeng is an old man who is nearly a century old after all. If he uses all his strength to bully two fledglings, wouldn't it be a joke if word spread?

So the old man said to the two people who were exchanging retreat options: "I heard about what you did. No matter what the reason is, I can't agree with martial arts practitioners who use martial arts to kill innocent people. But I can't bully the younger generations either. Let's do this, you each take my sword, and I will let you two go."

Probably seeing that the two of them were still hesitant, the old man added: "Don't worry, I only have two powers."

After hearing the old man's promise, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. Zheng Heng winked at Zheng Biao, and Zheng Biao nodded helplessly.

Then I heard Zheng Heng say: "Thank you, master, for not making things difficult for us, but I have the courage to make another request to you."

The old man stroked his beard and said, "Tell me about it."

Zheng Hengdao: "My brother has been injured by the master's sword energy, so I boldly request that I carry both of the master's items by myself."

The old man nodded, agreeing to Zheng Heng's request: "I still only use one sword, but how about using four points of force?"

Zheng Heng cupped his fists and said, "Thank you very much." After that, Zheng Heng began to control his Qi. After being fully confident, he nodded towards the old man.

The old man closed his eyes, moved his lips slightly, and murmured: "Go!"

I saw a Qi sword condensed above his head, about four feet long and crystal clear.With the word "go", Zheng Heng rushed towards Zheng Heng like thunder. Seeing this, Zheng Heng raised his hands to shake the Qi sword hard.Afterwards, the sword energy was smashed by him in the air. Zheng Biao was overjoyed and rushed up to slap the sculpture-like back vigorously, but the sculpture immediately fell to the ground, lifeless.

Zheng Biao threw himself at the corpse of Zheng Heng, burst into tears, and cried: "Brother!"

The old man shook his head, and the ancient sword disappeared into the sky thousands of miles away on the continuous land.

From then on, not only did Zheng Biao's old illness remain unresolved, his state of mind also became blocked, and his state deteriorated from bad to worse. In the end, he was only left with a incomplete second-level state.

After burying his brother's body, Zheng Biao's temperament changed drastically and he wandered to Yumen Pass alone and opened a bun shop.At first, the local residents were very enthusiastic, but gradually they discovered that Zheng Biao was weird, and sometimes the meat filling in the steamed buns also tasted a little weird.

In troubled times, people are worse than dogs, and this is not an unusual thing in the northwest border!

This is no small matter. Who knows where the meat comes from, let alone whose family members are missing.

In the end, even the government was involved in this matter, but without evidence, there was really no way to do anything to Zheng Biao. He was also a former first-class martial arts master. If he was angered, God knows whether he would put his The family makes buns.

Later, the government discovered that there were fewer and fewer beggars in Yumen Pass. Once they contacted Zheng Biao, the matter finally came to light.But the government still can't take too much control over a few beggars. There is no need to fight Zheng Biao over a few beggars whose origins are unknown. The gains outweigh the losses.At most, he could just warn Zheng Biao not to go too far.

But beggars are not weeds on the roadside. The wildfire will not burn them out and they will eventually come to an end.What to do at the end?So Zheng Biao went out of the city to hunt down lone horse thieves. After all, killing horse thieves was not breaking the law and he could win the favor of the government.

As a result, he got the title of "Guanxi Town", and the government gradually acquiesced in his killing of beggars. However, the business of the bun shop was still bleak, and except for a few poor people, only unsuspecting foreigners went to fill their bellies.

As a result, Zheng Biao became the most isolated person in Yumen Pass. Some people admired him for daring to go out to kill horse thieves, but they did not dare to associate with him. Some people could not understand his behavior, but they could only watch his fate quietly.

Fortunately, Zheng Biao doesn't care about this. His only hobbies are killing people and making meat buns, and he never tires of it.

I don’t know if the master who taught martial arts to the two brothers Zheng Biao and Zheng Heng would feel sad when he saw the two brothers ending up like this.

What's the old saying?The young hero was furious.

On this day, just after noon, Zheng Biao was guarding his bun shop, bored.

Although the border has become peaceful recently, there are not many people passing through the border, and not many locals come to buy his steamed buns. Fortunately, he has captured a lot of gold and silver from the horse thieves who went out of the border, and his life is still quite relaxed and happy. .

He never thought about whether he would return to the world of gangsters and become a bandit if he could no longer survive.Anyway, he could be a bad guy but never a good guy. He had long been disgusted with the world where his brother was buried.

At this time, a little beggar dressed in tatters and slovenly passed by his bun shop with a furtive look in his eyes.I have never seen him before, but Zheng Biao has seen his voice and shadow many times in the past few days. This little beggar looks about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a sallow complexion and thin skin. It seems that he has not eaten anything nutritious for a long time. .Every time I run to the bun shop and see the big buns, my eyes always blink and my mouth moves slightly. I guess I have been waiting for a while, and my saliva is dripping down.However, when the little beggar saw the fierce look on Zheng Biao's face, there was fear in his eyes, he wrinkled his mouth and ran away wisely.

Every time.

It's not like Zheng Biao never thought of following him secretly when no one was around.After all, there are not many pigs left. If you can catch one, you can catch one, no matter whether you are good or bad.However, the little beggar's legs and feet were very nimble and he disappeared without a trace in a flash, which gave Zheng Biao a strange feeling of being teased.

At this time, a young knight came up. He was dressed in ordinary clothes, but Zheng Biao could tell at a glance that the knife on his waist was extraordinary.The young man glanced at the little beggar not far away from him, walked to the bun shop and said with a smile: "Brother, how do you sell buns?"

Although Zheng Biao hates the martial arts world, he still has no reason to resent the knight who travels the martial arts world with a sword. After all, he was once like this. If he resents it, wouldn't he be denying his former self?

Makes no sense.

Zheng Biao looked at the handsome young man in front of him with extraordinary temperament, and simply replied: "One costs two cents, two costs four cents. If you buy three, I will only charge you five cents."

When the young man heard this, he smiled and said, "That's troublesome, brother, I want two."

So Zheng Biao skillfully took two buns and handed them to him.The young man took the bun and thanked him with such a good attitude that Zheng Biao, a perverted and evil figure, felt comfortable.

I saw the young man holding the bun, walked up to the little beggar, and gave the bun to him.The little beggar took the bun with blank eyes. Zheng Biao, who was so angry that the matter had nothing to do with him, secretly cursed the brat for not understanding the ways of the world.However, the young man was not angry, and nodded to the little beggar to eat the buns. The little beggar, who finally understood, immediately thanked him in every possible way, but before the buns could even be eaten, he ran away like the wind.

Zheng Biao looked at the young knight's slender back and couldn't help but recall the past.

Don’t you see, there is a young knight-errant in Huainan, and the scenery is full of music.

(End of this chapter)