Until a long time later, the people of Chang'an were talking about that sword and that person that day.
Rich Tavern.
The old storyteller was surrounded by a circle of drinkers, all of whom stared at the old storyteller with bright eyes.
"Tell us about the last sword strike on the day of the Founding Ceremony!"
"Yes, yes! We want to hear it too, we want to hear it too!"
"There is still a big hole in the west city gate!"
"It is said that the man came out of the palace with a woman in his arms!"
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Seeing a group of drinkers chattering and getting more and more excited, the old man quickly raised his hand to signal for silence.
"Everyone, in the past few days, I have also noticed that everyone is very curious about the mysterious swordsman who last appeared on the day of the Founding Ceremony, so the little old man specially invited a military master who was on duty at the West City Gate today!" The old man turned sideways. , motioning for everyone to look behind them.
I saw Li Ergou sitting at the table drinking a small drink. Seeing everyone looking at him, he just nodded lightly.
"Ah! This military commander was at the scene that day?"
"Quick, this military master, tell us what happened at that time."
"Have you ever seen the man wielding the sword?"
"Come on, come on, pour this military master a glass of wine."
Among the drinkers, there was an attentive and eager gaze, as if a big man who had not been around women for several years was looking at a naked beauty.
But Li Ergou's attitude is very stable.
He straightened his clothes and coughed twice, and everyone fell silent.
"That day, I stood guard on the city wall as usual. After witnessing Lord Zhou's three swords to found the country, I thought that this was the pinnacle of swordsmanship in the world. It was impossible for anyone to be able to master the swordsmanship. It's better than this. Who would have thought that I could see that man's sword again."
Li Ergou paused for a moment, his face turned red, he swallowed, and looked at the old man beside him. The old man nodded slightly to him, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.
Li Ergou's face was much calmer when he saw this. He saw that everyone was still immersed in the atmosphere he had just created, so he continued, "I saw that one rising into the sky from the palace. The speed was terrifying. My eyes You can only know the direction of his movement by staring at the disappearance of the shadow he left along the way.
I originally thought that figure was some rampant thief in the world, arrogantly looking for trouble in the palace. After all, the palace was heavily guarded and had many restrictions. Four seventh-grade warriors once wanted to join forces to steal the palace treasures, and their bodies were hung on the east city gate the next day.
The reaction of the palace guards was indeed very fast. After the figure rushed out of the sky above the palace, a golden light shield firmly protected the entire palace, and countless sharp arrows shot towards the shadows along the way like heavy rain.
There are also countless figures of soldiers rising into the sky, with incomparable power, like heavenly soldiers and generals. Each of them exudes an extremely powerful aura, and they are about to capture that figure.
However, the figure threw away all these soldiers with just a few moves, and still came towards the west city gate.
At this time, in the sky, Emperor Zhou's holy shadow finally took action.
He stretched out a finger and pressed it towards the figure. This finger seemed to contain the truth of heaven and earth. No matter how the figure moved, it could not get rid of the tracking of that finger.
At this time, the figure was only a few feet away from the west city gate! "
Snapped
Li Ergou slapped the table, looked at the empty wine glass on the table, and licked his dry lips.
The drunkards on the sidelines were fascinated and immediately asked the waiter to serve the wine.
Soon, Li Fugui cheerfully came out with the fine wine collected in the store and put it on the table.
A drinker immediately came over and poured a full glass for Li Ergou.
"Come on, sir, drink this wine to moisten your throat!"
Li Ergou nodded with a smile and took a sip.
All the drinkers stared closely at Li Ergou, their eyes filled with anticipation.
Li Ergou took a deep breath and continued, "Seeing that a finger with a terrifying aura was about to press on the figure, he saw the figure rushing directly towards the finger. This rush seemed to bring With his invincible momentum, I was also surprised by his momentum even when I was around.
This impact directly smashed Emperor Zhou's finger into pieces. The whole city of Chang'an seemed to tremble at that moment.
However, what is even more jaw-dropping is yet to come.
Emperor Zhou shouted loudly, "You can leave, but she must not leave Chang'an for even half a step!" '
This violent shout stopped the figure and stopped in mid-air.
Only then did I see clearly that the figures turned out to be two people.
I saw that man with an immortal air, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, holding a three-foot green sword, and in his arms was a woman who could conquer the country. "
"Is there any more complicated emotional entanglement here?"
"Could this be the kind of story in a novel where the heroine is kidnapped into the palace and subjected to bullying? Then the hero trains hard for several years and finally becomes a master of martial arts and emerges from nowhere to rescue the heroine?"
"Why are you so anxious? Listen to what I have to say. We haven't yet said whether we can be saved or not!"
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A group of drinkers had different opinions and talked about it.
After Li Ergou coughed twice, he finally couldn't sit still and slapped the table. The loud noise made all the drinkers quiet down and all looked at him.
Li Ergou looked up at the ceiling, frowning, as if he was thinking about something.
Everyone was also very surprised. They all looked up and looked where Li Ergou was looking, but found nothing. They didn’t know that Li Ergou
Looking at something.
Suddenly, Li Ergou touched his palms and smiled, as if enlightened, and said, "This man who looked like a swordsman said loudly, 'What if I have to take her away today?' As soon as these words came out, Emperor Zhou was naturally furious.
You must know that today is the founding day of his Zhou Kingdom, and so many people in Chang'an are watching. The swordsman's words were insulting the face of Emperor Zhou. If he didn't regain his position, I'm afraid everyone in the world would laugh at what he had done today.
Seeing that Emperor Zhou was so angry that he was about to charge towards the swordsman, but the swordsman remained calm, holding the beauty in one hand, dancing a sword flower with the other, and said in a deep voice, "The Kingdom of Zhou has just opened, and I congratulate Emperor Zhou with this sword!" '
As soon as he finished speaking, the sun above Chang'an that had just emerged from behind the dark clouds seemed to dim, and the entire Chang'an was shrouded in darkness at this moment.
It was as if the swordsman just killed the sun with his sword.
And in this darkness, I couldn't feel anything, as if I had lost all six senses.
When I woke up again, I found a person standing next to me. Guess who this is? "
Li Ergou pretended to be cool, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, but his eyes were turned to the old man beside him.
When the old man saw this, he quickly came over and got close to Li Ergou.
Li Ergou whispered, "What should I say next? I don't remember the words!"
The old man said hurriedly, "Next, Emperor Zhou will tell you in detail the mystery of the sword mark on the west city gate!"
Li Ergou scratched his head, with a look of deep thought on his face.
The old man suddenly became anxious and seemed to want to say something. But the next second, he was pulled away by the drinker next to him.
"Get out of the way and let this official tell us what happened next!"
"Yes, yes, sir, go on!"
"I guess this person must be the swordsman. Maybe he saw that this official had extraordinary bones and extraordinary talent, so he had the idea of teaching him this peerless swordsmanship."
"No, no, I think it should be that woman, because Emperor Zhou had previously said that the woman was not allowed to leave Chang'an. It was probably Emperor Zhou who kept the woman here."
"I also think that after all, Emperor Zhou's strength is unfathomable, and the swordsman is probably no match for him."
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Li Ergou cleared his throat, smacked his lips, and said, "When I saw this man's face clearly, I was shocked and immediately knelt down to salute.
It turns out that this person is the current Human Emperor.
I knelt down for a long time but didn't see any movement from him, so I cautiously raised my head to look at him.
Emperor Zhou was seen standing with his hands behind his back, standing in the ruins of the west city gate that had been cut off half by a sword, and seemed to be looking at something.
My mind was racing at that time. Seeing that he ignored me for a long time, I got up and walked carefully behind him and asked, "Your Majesty, what are you looking at?"
Emperor Zhou slowly turned his head and glanced at me, then ignored me and continued to look at the door that was almost destroyed by the sword.
Just when I was getting a little impatient, I suddenly saw his lips move, as if he was murmuring something.
Before I could get closer to listen, I heard rolling thunder, like a dragon roaring. When I looked up, the sky was still clear.
'This sword, Wu Xiang, is worthy of being the apprentice of the old sword immortal. I asked myself how could Emperor Jiang force the old sword immortal to death so easily back then, and he didn't even get the legacy of the old sword immortal. It turned out that he used the whole The Sword Immortal Sect was exchanged for the departure of his apprentice.
Judging from this sword, it can be considered as 30% as good as the old swordsman. But it's a pity. If I take that person away, I won't be able to observe the old swordsman's sword...'
Having said this, Emperor Zhou looked at me, and I quickly bowed my head.
I just heard him say to me, don’t leak a word about what happened today, otherwise...
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"Ah, the official has told us so much today, isn't it..."
"Yes, the official actually sacrificed like this in order to satisfy our curiosity."
"Master..."
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The eyes of all the drinkers were moistened at this moment. They were very happy to hear it, but they didn't expect that the official in front of them would be in such a predicament.
When they thought that this official might be imprisoned tomorrow, they couldn't help but feel guilty and sympathetic.
"Well, actually I don't care about my own safety. If I can make everyone happy by sacrificing my own life, then I will be satisfied. However, I still have one more thought, which is to eat something before I die. It’s a good meal, I don’t know if I can have this good taste!”
Li Ergou had a look of emotion on his face, but he didn't know what he was thinking. The corners of his mouth kept rising and he couldn't suppress it.
However, all the drinkers' attention at this time was focused on the little girl holding a wooden basin at the side.
I saw the little girl holding the wooden basin and shouting, "Come on, come on, please show your kindness and collect some money to give this official a good meal."
All the drinkers also donated generously and kept stuffing money into it.
Copper plates fell inside, colliding with each other and making a pleasant clatter.
Whenever he heard this sound, the corners of Li Ergou's mouth would rise even more.
Seeing that Li Ergou couldn't restrain the joy in his heart, he laughed out loud.
At this time, the old man immediately stood in front of him and said to everyone, "Everyone, this official is busy with official duties today, so I won't spend more time with you. I will send the official out first."
With that said, the old man took Li Ergou out of the door.
After walking out of the door, Li Ergou said anxiously, "I haven't even cented the money yet. I agreed to eighty-two cents!"
The old man comforted him, "Don't worry, don't worry. How dare the little old man swallow your money? Look, this room is too hot. You go back and rest first. I'll take the money with you tonight."
As he spoke, the old man raised his sleeve and carefully wiped the saliva from the corner of Li Ergou's mouth.
Li Ergou also understood a bit of what the old man meant, gave him a meaningful look, and left.
It turned out that Li Ergou was not on duty that day, but went to drink with a few friends. Everything he said before was taught to him by the old man. This was a trap set by the two.
The old man's business has been sluggish recently, because recently it has been popular in the city to tell the story of the Emperor Zhou and the mysterious swordsman. The streets and alleys are full of stories about this, so the ears of the listeners are all attentive. If not, If you come up with something novel, they won't buy it.
Therefore, the old man came up with this method. He wrote the manuscript in advance and then asked Li Ergou to speak out as the person involved.
"I didn't expect to make so much money today. Hehe, I'm making a lot of money this time!" The old man couldn't hold back his smile when he thought about the money he made today.
"Oh, really? Can you tell me how much you earned?"
A gentle voice came from behind the old man.
The old man turned around subconsciously and said, "It's estimated to be dozens of taels of silver!"
However, when he saw the owner of this voice, he was shocked.
