While the city of Yangzhou is bustling with joy, the small town of Yunmengya on the bank of the Yuezhou River is also experiencing a Lantern Festival spectacle.
But if there is any difference, it is that there are no Jianghu sects like Wenjianhu involved.
Tonight, Yijian Villa, who was staying here, received a secret letter. The letter was unsigned, just four words written on the envelope.
"Listen to your relatives' instructions." Ye Dangting was not in a hurry to open the secret letter, but called Lin Manliu and Chong Ying to his side.
The boy in pink clothes saw the handwriting on the envelope and immediately asked, "But is there any news from Brother Lu?" Because the four-character handwriting was very familiar to Chong Ying, it belonged to Lu Fengbai.
Ye Dangting responded: "It should be, that's why I called you here..." Lin Manliu looked at the envelope he put on the table, and then looked at his eyes.
I don't know why I have a feeling that maybe the old liar has been prepared for what happened today? Ji Ting said: "Now that everyone is here, let's open it and see if Feng Bai has any plans to return?" Ye Dang nodded and then raised his hand to tear open the letter.
After reading the contents, his eyes began to look a little strange, but soon became calm again.
He looked around for a week, and finally settled on the woman in black. Eleven looked at his gaze and stared at the letter with slightly narrowed eyes.
Ye Dangting then placed the letter on the desk and moved it as far as possible towards Eleven. Almost everyone, including Lin Manliu, had the same reaction as Ye Dangting just now.
Only Eleven's face was extremely calm, with no change visible at all, but the fists in her sleeves were already clenched.
The letter said: In the fifth year of Shengyang, three months before the preparations for the Zhujian Peak Sword Appreciation Conference, Tu Dou, the master of Xunhan Mountain, secretly met with three people.
Two of them are elders of small sects in central Guizhou, and their sects were attached to Zhujian Peak in the early years. The last person is the governor of Qianzhou.
Then an accident occurred at the Zhujian Peak Sword Appreciation Conference. Four swords were stolen and the swords hidden in the Sword House were destroyed. Xunhanshan did not return directly. He stayed in central Guizhou for half a month before returning to Liuzhou.
At the beginning of the sixth year of Shengyang, Zhan Keng, the elder of Xunhan Mountain, secretly set out for central Guizhou, but he deliberately avoided it when passing by Juzhou for an unknown purpose.
The content of the letter is very short, but it alludes to the unexpected connection between Xunhan Mountain and the sword appreciation accident at Zhujian Peak. And it is worth mentioning that the handwriting of the content was not written by Lu Fengbai.
Lin Manliu looked at his master, and Eleven shook his head at him to indicate that nothing was wrong. Chong Ying was the first to ask: "Did Brother Lu send back the collected information?" Ji Ting denied Chong Ying's point of view: "Feng Bai would not send the information back intact and without his Opinion..." Lin Manliu realized something and looked at Ye Dangting.
"Do you have the letter that Senior Brother Bai got earlier with you?" As soon as the young man finished speaking, the old liar in yellow shirt in front of him took out the letter from his arms.
The envelopes and contents of the two letters respectively addressed the old liar.
The word "listen" was pressed by Lin Manliu. While everyone was still thinking about Lin Manliu's actions, Ye Dangting laughed out loud.
"It seems that someone doesn't want us to be so comfortable..." The secret letter I received tonight, the words on the envelope
The four words "Dang Tingqin Qi" seem to be written in imitation of Lu Fengbai's handwriting. The person behind the delivery of the secret letter immediately had a direction in everyone's mind.
Que Xie again... Chong Ying reacted the slowest, looking like he suddenly realized something, which made everyone laugh.
Lin Manliu's mind flashed
After the word "quexie", there is a little more doubt. There must be some kind of cooperative relationship between Quexie and the old liar, or between the umbrella holder and the old liar.
And it had already been guessed by both him and the master, so why cover it up like this and deliberately use Lu Fengbai to convey the news.
The young man could only ask with doubts: "Then what is written in the letter requires us to get to know Xunhanshan as soon as possible?" Ye Dang heard the answer: "If it is really Quexie's doing, even if the news is true, We are not controlled by them...why should we let it go?" He looked at Eleven again before continuing to speak.
"There will definitely be an understanding of Sword Forging Peak, but not now, nor will it be possible just because you solve Xunhan Mountain..." Dressed in black, her eyes were extremely calm, and she looked at Ye Dangting. The corners of his mouth curved slightly.
"I understand. If it were as simple as what was explained in the letter, we wouldn't be left without a clue until now..." Ye Dangting hummed softly and looked at the remaining three people.
Chong Ying immediately said seriously: "Brother Lu is not here, Chong Ying is taking care of Brother Ye!" Ji Ting slapped the pink-clothed boy on the head, and then yelled: "I have disliked you for a long time... It's like this every day, what should I do if I lead Manliu to bad behavior?" The boy in pink put his hands around his head and squatted on the ground, even crying.
They said something like Senior Sister Ji Ting bullying others, Brother Ye wants to stand up for me, and so on. Lin Manliu was about to speak, but Ye Dangting reached out a hand first and put it on the young man's shoulder.
"Relax, Ji Ting! Daxia Lin will not imitate Chong Ying. After all, each has his own merits!" The young man hurriedly knocked off the old liar's hand and said to Ji Ting: "Sister Ji Ting, don't worry, you won't!" Chong Ying! After hearing this, he stopped pretending to cry and quickly stood up straight, ready to argue with Lin Manliu.
After that, the two teenagers started the most serious battle in the world in front of everyone.
An "elegant" move. You come and I go, how to escape with your mouth! The matter of this letter came to an end in the voices of the two joking with each other.
...The next day, early morning. Ye Dang summoned Bai Zi, the senior brother of Jinwu Sect, and told Bai Zi what happened last night and everyone's speculations.
At first, Bai Zi didn't understand why Yijian Villa cared so much about appreciating swords at Zhujian Peak.
It wasn't until the whole matter was revealed that Ye Dang heard about the origins of some disciples in the village. Bai Zi finally understood...the predecessor of Yijian Villa was actually the Jiangnan Lu family.
When Yanyang moved north and south together, the Si family of Zhujianfeng had a good relationship with the Lu family. It's not just the friendship between Lu Xu and Si Xuan, it's more of a cooperative relationship between a weapon forger and a team of soldiers.
For our ancestors, Lu Fengbai should be investigated. Then came the disciples who Ye Dang heard from when Yijian Villa was opened.
Except for some relatives and friends of the three village owners, it can be roughly divided into two parts. The large number of people are the disciples who traveled with Lu Fengbai as early as in Yangfeng Valley.
Those with a smaller number of people were the old members of the Si family who looked down on the other two surnames in Zhujian Peak. For the disciples in the villa, Yijian Villa should be investigated.
Finally, Ye Dangting mentioned the ownership of the four swords in the world in a very subtle way. Ye Dang didn't understand what he said, but Bai Zi also understood.
Even though he failed in the sword competition, Hanmei fell into the hands of Quexie. There is still a sword left in Yijian Villa, and there may be a last sword unknown to the world.
And these four swords in the world were accidentally scattered across the rivers and lakes from the Sword-Appreciating Swords at Zhujian Peak. As for the ownership of these four swords, he should investigate.
After Bai Zi listened to what Ye Dang heard, he didn't ask too many details and asked decisively.
"If we really want to break up with Xunhanshan, when will Brother Dangting plan to leave?" Ye Dangting said directly without thinking, "The fastest will not be until mid-February!"
"Then it will be a good month for you to cultivate yourself, and then you will have a good time meeting Xunhan Mountain..." Bai Zi said and started gearing up.
Seeing the excitement of the senior brother of the Golden Crow Clan, Ye Dangting suddenly laughed out loud.
"I don't know whether to talk about something or not. Even if Brother Bai heard the instructions from Master Mo, why would he give all his money to Yijian Villa?" Bai Zi waved his hand and said in response: "Just think of me, Bai Zi, as the ancient road leader! "Ye Dang stopped laughing when he heard the words, and clasped his hands on his chest.
"Then thank Brother Bai for your generous help in advance!" Bai Zi imitated Ye Dangting's actions and said: "Compared to what Yijian Villa does, what Bai Zi did is nothing!" Looking at each other, The two of them laughed loudly together, with great momentum.
Even Lin Manliu, who was leading the disciples in the village to practice swordsmanship outside the courtyard, was a little curious about what the two of them were talking about.
Anything funny? To make the two great men laugh like this... The young man thought about it, leaned forward slightly, and held out the long sword in his hand.
The disciples of Yijian Villa behind him also imitated Lin Manliu's move and handed out their long swords together. But how could they understand what Lin Manliu was thinking?
Almost everyone was not sure about the strength of their swords. Some people fell directly to the ground, and some people did not hold their swords firmly and fell to the ground.
Only Lin Manliu remained motionless, leaning forward with his sword forward a little. When the young man realized what was happening behind him and turned around to look, no one was standing with a sword.
He hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with everyone?" Upon hearing the young man's question, some disciples immediately responded.
"Junior brother Lin, what training methods have you learned in the village?"
"Yes, Zhuangzi's standard long swords are heavier than ordinary swords. According to what Junior Brother Lin did before, it is easy to let go..."
"Junior brother Lin didn't fall down when he handed the sword before. Could it be that he has learned a lot and can teach us?" Faced with these shouts, Lin Manliu was a little confused. Didn't he just hand out a sword casually forward?
"Brothers, would you like to see me demonstrate it again?" The young man said as he began to recall the feeling just now. He leaned forward slightly, and then held out the long sword in his hand.
His figure and the long sword's previous movements were maintained at an exaggerated angle, and then stopped.
Lin Manliu remained motionless and was about to speak: "Brothers, look, this is it..." But before the young man finished speaking, he fell towards the ground just like the previous disciples of Yijian Villa. .
Lin Manliu hurriedly handed out his sword again and stabbed it into the bluestone on the ground. This way, you will avoid falling to the ground.
"Junior Brother Lin, how did you do that just now?" Everyone asked in doubt. The young man was also a little confused and made some gestures with his sword in front of his eyes.
The sword he just drew was not as fast as the force of the sword breaking Qiuyue. Both his state of mind and the speed at which he handed the sword were extremely peaceful.
But can it still remain unchanged after the sword is drawn? This feeling was very familiar to Lin Manliu... just like Ye Dangting taught him about the surge of spring mountain bamboos and the mottled shadows of Xia Yan.
