There is a 'magical phenomenon' that many people have probably experienced, that is, a road that has not been walked always feels extremely long when you walk it for the first time. But after you walk it once and walk again, you will suddenly find that, hey, it is not there.
It was so far away in my imagination, but I remember that there was something not far away, and it would be there soon...
In fact, the road is still the same. Walking at the same speed does not take less time than the first time, but it gives people the illusion that time has been shortened.
This was the way Yunjing and the others returned home. They walked hundreds of miles for most of the day. They always felt like they would be home soon, but in fact they were still far away.
Along the way, Bai Zhi was no different from usual, even more considerate and gentle, but Yun Jing knew that she had not let go of her family in her heart, she just buried it deep in her heart, and it would take a long time to smooth out the pain bit by bit.
After driving for most of the day, in the afternoon, Bai Zhi on the ox cart said to Yun Jing with a somewhat unnatural expression: "Master, let's find a place to rest in front of us?"
What's the point of taking such a good rest? Yunjing was shocked, but he understood once he saw her expression, nodded and said with a smile: "That's fine."
Song Yan, who was driving the car, heard their conversation and immediately said: "Young Master, Young Madam, I remember there is a mangrove forest not far ahead, and there is a creek there. The environment is good."
"Let's go there, it's getting late, just in time to get some food," Yun Ding nodded.
After arriving at the ground, Bai Zhi hurriedly got out of the car, then ran quickly to the depths of the forest and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Yun Jing was not surprised by this. People have three urgent needs. Although Angelica dahurica is beautiful, it is no different from normal people. It needs to be excreted after eating and drinking water.
Rainbow? What rainbow? The waste excreted by beautiful women still smells...
I used my mind to observe the surroundings. Except for a middle-aged man fishing quietly by the stream, there was nothing worth noting. Yunjing stopped observing Bai Zhi. The old couple saw nothing, and that kind of thing
How perverted would it be to watch it?
Ugh~
Song Yan and the others started to make a fire to cook. Liu Dazhuang suggested to get some game, and Yunjing let them go.
When I saw the gurgling stream on the edge of the mangrove forest, Yun Jing suddenly felt a little itchy, so I stretched out my hand and took the fishing rod from the oxcart through the air.
Take advantage of this rest time to cast it a few rods first, and then use earthworms that can be found "everywhere" as bait.
When we came to a small pool with deep water by the stream, we found a good spot and Yunjing put down a small bench to sit down. An earthworm 'automatically' came out of the ground and hung it on a fishhook.
After throwing the pole, the next step is to wait quietly.
He was separated from the middle-aged man fishing by a stream, only about ten or twenty meters away. He was an ordinary person, neither a martial artist nor a scholar. He probably had a good family background and had time to relax like this.
When Yun Jing arrived, he just looked up calmly, nodded slightly to say hello to the unfamiliar fishing friend, and then focused on the float on the water.
When Yunjing met the other person's eyes, he also nodded and confirmed his eyes. They were all people who liked this kind of quiet leisure and entertainment.
There was no communication, both parties fished quietly.
After a moment, the float of the person opposite sank, he quickly closed his pole, and soon pulled up a small white strip ten centimeters long.
There was no movement at all on Yunjing's side.
After the other party put the little white strip into the fish basket, a fisherman's sense of superiority emerged spontaneously. He subconsciously looked at Yunjing and smiled, as if to say, look, I caught a fish, are you envious?
Yunjing: "..."
Don't be complacent, this is just the beginning, wait and see who loses more!
People are so boring most of the time. No, Yunjing is competing with each other inexplicably. They have the same hobby and want to win or lose. There is no sense or sense of achievement in cheating in this kind of thing. You have to rely on your true ability and luck.
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After a while, the other party caught another chopstick-long crucian carp, but there was still no movement from Yunjing's side.
In the same way, after the other party collected the crucian carp, he glanced at Yunjing again to see if he saw it, so I fished again.
Yun Jing remained unmoved. Fishing is all about being calm. Once you get anxious, you won't be able to catch anything. Yun Jing, who was already in good shape, was not affected at all.
But the problem is that when the opponent catches fish one after another, it becomes a bit bullying, especially Yunjing who doesn’t even glance at him.
Could it be that I found the wrong location?
The other party smiled even more happily, and the sense of superiority on his face was beyond words. It was not too flattering to show off in front of fishing friends.
This kind of silent competition is actually meaningless at all, but it makes people happy. When I was chatting with people later, I said how many fish I caught that day but didn't catch any fish from the other side. This topic came up.
Well, I don't know how long it will take to blow.
In about half an hour, the other party caught a dozen fish, some large and some small, but Yunjing's harvest was zero.
Sure enough, today is not a good day for fishing? Well, I guess the other party has prepared a nest in advance. This must be the case, otherwise the explanation does not make sense. Yunjing felt a little disappointed when he thought about it, and he was fighting a battle that he was not prepared for.
I suffered a terrible loss.
On the other hand, when looking at the other party, it's called a complacency. Occasionally looking at Yun Jing, I always feel that he is saying, isn't it? Is that all you do?
Yun Jing said nothing, with a calm expression on his face, "Haha, we are fishing for fun, so I won't argue with you."
Bai Zhi took care of her personal hygiene and came over. She saw Yun Jing fishing, so she stayed beside him quietly without saying a word.
With the appearance of Bai Zhi, the old man opposite looked at him for a moment, and suddenly felt that the harvest in the fish basket was no longer good. Young people do not have martial ethics!
However, there is something even more extreme. As the sun sets in the west and the hot autumn sunshine shines on both sides of the bank, Bai Zhi quietly gets up and leaves, and comes back a moment later. She stands next to Yunjing and holds an umbrella for him, and also brings him along the way.
A plate of cut fruits, and Yunjing would be fed a piece from time to time.
This scene made the brother opposite him feel a kind of irritable mood. He always felt that he was being shown off, and his emotional changes caused him to lose the hook to a big fish.
After a while, Song Yan and his friends found that the food was the best. Bai Zhi simply went to bring Yunjing a mouthful of food so that Yunjing could fish seriously.
The guy opposite was silent for a moment, put away his pole, picked up the fishing basket and left angrily. He stopped fishing. I had a good harvest of fish today, but I just couldn't be happy.
Yunjing was stunned, why are you leaving now? You haven't seen me catch a fish yet, and I haven't been able to say anything respectful yet.
In the end, Yunjing caught a fish, a white stripe the size of a finger. He immediately felt comfortable. He finally had no air force, otherwise he would have to stay and delay his trip.
For fishermen, it doesn’t matter the size, as long as they catch something, it’s a matter of dignity.
Looking at the small white strips he caught, Yunjing felt happy, thinking that the whole piece of tofu can be used to make a pot of soup. He stopped and left. As for the small fish, Yunjing let it go, otherwise he would really take it.
Let's make some soup. Anyway, as Angelica dahurica testifies, I did indeed catch the fish, so my hard work was not in vain.
After starting their journey again, Yunjing and the others entered a county town after nightfall, found an inn and booked a small courtyard for one night.
They continued to set off early the next morning, but people like Liu Dazhuang and Ding Wei secretly looked at each other, and their eyes conveyed one meaning, it's good to be young.
Why are they making eye contact like this? Because Bai Zhi's actions are obviously unnatural, what's going on? It's better to be young, and your physical strength and energy are really enviable.
There is a saying that only the exhausted cows have not plowed the land. Yunjing and Bai Zhi are already an old couple. No matter how hard they work, they will not make her act unnaturally. The reason for this... ahem, can't be said.
At noon that day, Yunjing and the others passed by a small village. Yunjing took the initiative to ask Song Yan to stop the ox cart and looked towards the entrance of the village with interest.
There was a group of more than 20 villagers gathered there. They were surrounding one person. It wasn't that something had happened, but they were conducting a normal transaction.
The object of their transaction was not a salesman walking around the village, but a very special person. To be more precise, that person was engaged in a very special profession. For Yunjing, this profession was completely legendary.
exist.
That man also sells things, but the items he sells are very simple, just one type, kitchen knives.
The man selling the kitchen knives looked to be in his thirties, in the prime of life. He had an easy-going face and showed a amiable and wealthy side at all times.
He was carrying a wooden shelf on his back, with dozens of kitchen knives inserted on the shelf, all of the same style and size, and the weight of a kitchen knife was at least one pound. And he went to the countryside carrying dozens of kitchen knives.
It shows the physical strength and endurance.
In fact, there is nothing interesting about this kind of thing. It’s not that there is anything special about the knife seller. He is just an ordinary person. From Yunjing’s point of view, he can’t see it wrong. The reason why Yunjing stayed to watch with interest is that
The other party's knife is not sold, but given away!
It's not accurate to say that he gave it away. He just didn't accept the money. Instead of accepting the money now, he gave the kitchen knives to the villagers on credit. He will come again in the future. At that time, the villagers will give it to them on their own, more or less casually.
So what’s the difference between this and giving it away for free?
For country people, a kitchen knife can be used for many years, and sometimes it can even be passed down to family members. Nowadays, there are "free" kitchen knives available. Who wouldn't be happy about it, so I bought the kitchen knife seller Tiantianwei
If there is a need, the knife seller will give one to the villagers on credit.
After all, many people in this era are simple and take things from others for free. Many villagers can't bear to take advantage of them. Perhaps they are a little cautious about not having a free lunch in the world. Therefore, not every villager is willing to take advantage of others.
I got a kitchen knife on credit from the knife seller.
Looking at the transaction scene over there, Yun Jing had a strange look in his eyes.
Even the knife dealer showed up?
Yunjing had heard of this kind of existence in his previous life, but had never actually seen it. To him, it was only a legend. He never thought that he would actually see it now.
Such a thing really exists!
Are they stupid for giving away knives for ‘free’? After all, kitchen knives cost nothing, but seeing is believing right now.
The profession of credit knifemen has been given a layer of mystery by word of mouth. Some people say that their appearance means that troubled times are coming, others say that it means that a big disaster will happen, and some even say that it means the change of dynasty.
…
In short, there are different opinions, and I don’t know whether they are true or false. After all, there is no conclusive evidence to prove this.
Now that he actually met him in person, Yunjing was inevitably a little curious.
"What's wrong with the officer?" Bai Zhi looked in the direction Yun Jing was looking. There was nothing special, so she asked curiously.
Yun Jing smiled and said: "It's nothing, I'm just curious." After saying that, he paused and asked Bai Zhi: "Xiao Bai, have you ever heard of a knife loaner?"
"Knife loaner? I have never heard of it. Is there any problem?" Bai Zhi thought for a while and said, she really had never heard of it.
Yunjing was not surprised by this. After all, it was his first time seeing such a profession. He shook his head and smiled: "It's nothing, just asking."
At this moment, Liu Dazhuang, who was standing next to him, thought for a while and said, "Young Master, I have heard of a knife loaner."
"Oh? Tell me what you know." Yunjing looked at him curiously.
Liu Dazhuang recalled it carefully, and then said slowly: "When I was a child, I heard some old people talking about knife dealers, saying that they sell knives on credit and don't charge money.
Account, how much you can charge at that time depends entirely on the wishes of the person who borrowed his sword on credit..."
Liu Dazhuang paused for a moment before saying this, frowning slightly as he tried to recall the information he knew, and then said: "Regarding the appearance of the knife loaner, the most common saying is that something bad will happen, either a catastrophe or a war.
Anyway, it's a little unclear. What's more, the reason why they didn't charge for the knives they gave out on credit was because they had a premonition of the coming disaster. Knives are for people to tide over difficulties. After all, in the face of disasters, a kitchen knife is always there.
It is better to have a hand than to be unarmed. Rather than saying that they are here to collect debts, it is better to say that they are coming back to receive a favor. In fact, think about it, if people really get through difficulties because of a kitchen knife, it is tantamount to a life-saving grace. Isn’t it a life-saving grace?
Can the price of a kitchen knife be compared to that? Even if you can’t get everything back, only a few people repay the favor, it’s still a huge profit.”
Is that so? Doesn’t it mean that these people who borrow money are playing long-term investment tricks?
However, this is not the point. The point is that the appearance of the knife loaner means unknown. Will something bad really happen?
But the question is, now that the Dali Dynasty has strong troops and strong horses, the country is peaceful and the people are at peace, how come there is an unknown person who borrows swords on credit? Will there really be a big disaster or chaos?
This kind of thing is very mysterious...
After thinking about it, Yun Jing said to Liu Dazhuang: "Uncle Liu, please come over and see if you can get a knife on credit from the knife lender. Be polite. If you can't, don't force it."
"Young master, whatever you say, don't bother me. I'll come as soon as I go." Liu Dazhuang nodded and smiled. He immediately got off his horse, put his sword on the horse and walked towards the person who borrowed the sword. Yunjing said that he should be more polite, so naturally there was no need to bring it.
Weapons.
Bai Zhi looked at Yun Jing curiously and asked, "Officials seem to care about people who borrow knives on credit? Is it hard for you to believe the rumors told by Uncle Liu?"
"There are some things that I would rather believe. It's hard to say anyway. There is no loss anyway. It doesn't hurt to know a little bit out of curiosity." Yunjing shook his head and said, regardless of whether the rumors are true or not, Yunjing is just innocent at the moment.
curious.
To be honest, even though Yun Jing has read so many books, he has only seen a few records about the people who borrowed knives on credit. They are all specious, and there are no detailed records.
Anyway, according to the records that Yun Jing has read, every time the knife creditors appear, there will be great disasters and chaos in the years and more than a decade afterwards. It is very magical. It makes sense to say it is a coincidence. It is hard to say that it is related to them.
You can't even get close to it.
Liu Dazhuang came back after a while. He shook his head and said: "Master, I'm sorry, my subordinate failed to bring back a kitchen knife."
Under Yun Jing's questioning gaze, he continued: "The other party wouldn't give me credit. He said his knife was only given on credit to people who are destined to be together, but I am not a person who is destined to be involved, and we don't need it either."
"Well, it doesn't matter. I'll trouble Uncle Liu to take this trip." Yun Dingding nodded and said without any surprise.
The other party's knife was never held in his hand to look at it, but to Yun Jing, it was no different. It was just an ordinary iron kitchen knife, with nothing mysterious about it.
Ding Wei said from the side: "If the young master is suspicious, do you need me to bring the person who borrowed the knife over to find out more about it?"
"No, we don't have any conflict with the other party, there is no need to bother with it, and the other party is not doing anything harmful to nature, so there is no need to worry about it," Yun Jing shook his head.
Although Yunjing was curious about the fact that it was related to something mysterious, his curiosity was not serious enough to get to the bottom of it.
After looking at the person who borrowed the knife from a distance, Yun Jing said: "Let's go."
The others had no objections and started on their way again.
However, Song Yan took this matter to heart. Since Yunjing was a little curious, he decided to collect more information about the people who borrowed knives on credit in the future, so that he would be prepared if Yunjing asked about it on a whim one day.
The rest of the journey went smoothly, no unexpected events occurred, and I didn't see any other credit card holders. It seemed that the one I met was just a special case.
But Yunjing and the others knew in their hearts that since there was a knife dealer, there must be such activities in many places around the world, but they had not encountered them yet.
Two days later they returned to Niujiao Town smoothly.
Immediately after returning, Yunjing received four letters, all of which were sent while he was accompanying Bai Zhi home. In this era, communication was inconvenient, and communication was almost all done by letters.
After Yunjing repaired himself a little, he began to browse the four letters. To his surprise, the first letter was actually sent by Zhou Yu, who had visited him during his study tour last year. Lu Jiang and others were also present at that time. When Yunjing communicated with them,
We also discussed the pattern of border wars in the past year, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Yu didn't convey anything particularly important in his heart. He asked Yun Jing if he was well, and then talked about some of his daily life after taking office. Zhou Yu is now the county magistrate, governing a county, and there are some things happening almost every day.
The trivial things that happened were a bit dumbfounding. Zhou Yu seemed to be expressing his depression between the lines. It was obvious that his idea of flexing his muscles to serve his country was in vain. Dealing with trivial things was obviously not in line with his ambitions.
The only thing that Zhou Yu was happy about in the letter was that after he took office, he wiped out several gangster nests that occupied the mountains and gained the praise of the people under his rule. This was his only glorious deed.
Finally, he expressed in the letter that he and Yun Jing hit it off immediately and looked forward to having a drink and chatting again next time they meet again.
Yunjing was very happy to receive this letter from Zhou Yu. The other party has not forgotten him. Having one more friend and one more person to communicate with is a joy in life.
After reading it, Yunjing did not rush to read other letters. Instead, he spread out the paper and wrote a reply to Zhou Yu seriously. He selectively briefly elaborated on some of his affairs after the separation, and then expressed that he would take time to get together with him in the future.
gather.
Yunjing didn't mean to be polite, he really had such thoughts. After all, he was going to the Northern Fantasy Land, and he could also visit Zhou Yu on the way.
After writing the reply, Yunjing opened the second letter, which was sent by Ye Tian who was far away in the capital. The letter was all about daily life. Well, Ye Tian's daily life is all kinds of good luck, when and where to pick it up.
Yun Jing was no longer surprised. Ye Tian emphatically mentioned in the letter that he had gone to Fang Yueyue's house to look for her, and was not refused entry. He and Fang Yueyue also played happily.
It’s been a day.
As for the Fang family, they actually didn't shut out Ye Tian. This was within Yunjing's expectations but also beyond expectations. In the end, this was a good thing, both for Ye Tian and the Fang family.
If the Fang family rejects Ye Tian, and even sees people talking harshly through the crack in the door, God knows what bad things will happen.
In response to Ye Tian's letter, Yunjing also replied to him, chatting about some trivial matters, and then told Ye Tian to study hard. Only by reading well can he make a difference in the future.
The end is the third letter, which was sent by Lin Yexing. The letter mainly expressed one idea, inviting Yunjing to attend his and Shen Qingrou's wedding at the end of the year. Along with this letter, there was also a copy of his
Handwritten invitation.
Yunjing also wrote back to him, saying that he would be there when the time comes. When he replied, Yunjing thought about Lin Yexing and his sister Lin Xingyu and subconsciously scratched his head. He must have to face it then. Forget it, he raised his head and shrank his head.
It’s also a knife, just go!
What makes Yunjing laugh and cry is that Lin Yexing expresses an inexplicable sense of victory in every word in the letter, as if he has finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish of getting married in front of Yunjing.
The two were 'lifelong enemies'. This time Lin Yexing finally took a step ahead of Yunjing in terms of marriage, which made him very happy...
The last letter was sent by Yunjing's master Li Qiu. Yunjing was not surprised at all. After all, he exchanged letters with his master almost every month.
However, the content of the letter sent by Li Qiu this time made Yunjing raise his eyebrows.
In the content of the letter, in addition to daily communication with Yunjing, Li Qiu mainly conveyed one idea, actually asking Yunjing to visit the Burial Sword Mountain ruins as much as possible!
He was really surprised that his master asked him to go to Yunjing to bury Jianshan. He did not force him and asked Yunjing to go as much as possible. This shows how much Li Qiu attaches great importance to letting Yunjing go.
There was nothing that the master and apprentice couldn't say. In the letter, Li Qiu also gave the reason for letting Yun Jing go, but it was very vague. It was only because the master and apprentice had formed a tacit understanding through years of getting along day and night that Yun Jing could understand what Li Qiu wanted to express.
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Li Qiu asked Yunjing to go to the ruins of Burial Sword Mountain. This matter must start with the destruction of Burial Sword Mountain. The destruction of Burial Sword Mountain as known to the world was the suppression of the Myth Realm after the master of Burial Sword Mountain passed away.
This leads to destruction.
However, Li Qiu told Yunjing that there was another reason. He said that the reason why the head of the Myth Realm fell after the destruction of Burial Sword Mountain was one reason, mainly because of the Dali Dynasty.
I don’t know where Li Qiu got the news, saying that he once buried the Sword Mountain to forge a sword for the emperor, and the one who holds the sword will be able to rule the world!
Regardless of whether this news is true or false, it has laid the foundation for the destruction of Sword Burial Mountain.
Now there is something strange happening in the ruins of Buried Sword Mountain. It might be the appearance of the legendary Sword of the Emperor, so Li Qiu asked Yun Jing to go there and see if it was true.
If the Sword of the Emperor is really born, Li Qiu asked Yunjing to take it away as much as possible to prevent it from falling into the hands of others, otherwise the world may be in chaos. After all, it is just the words "Sword of the Emperor". Once someone gets the sword, it can do a lot.
If something goes wrong, it will jeopardize the stability of the entire country.
There are countless talented people in the Dali Dynasty. If there is a sword of the emperor, how easy will it be to take it away?
Why did Li Qiu let Yunjing go? What he said was that what reassured him most was that Yunjing took away the Sword of the Emperor. He understood Yunjing's character. Even if Yunjing held the Sword of the Emperor, he would definitely not care about that position.
Any ideas.
Only if the sword is in Yunjing's hand, the current stability of the family and country will not be destroyed because of a sword.
In other words, if there is such a sword, Li Qiu will not worry if it falls into the hands of anyone except Yunjing!
After reading this letter from his master, Yunjing fell into deep thought for a long time.
Over the years, Master has rarely made any request to himself. In fact, it is not a request. After all, it is not mandatory to go to Li Qiu. However, Yunjing still decided to go. Master's many years of upbringing and teaching, this is a small matter.
Son is nothing at all.
The reason why Yunjing fell into deep thought for a long time was because he thought of the knife dealer he met two days ago.
The man who borrows swords has appeared, and now something that is suspected to be the legendary Emperor's Sword that can bring trouble to the world suddenly appears. Is this a coincidence?
"The Emperor's Sword, is there really such a magical thing? It's just a sword. To put it bluntly, it's just a weapon. The person who holds it can actually dominate the world. Isn't this ridiculous?" Yunjing said speechlessly in his heart.
Thinking that the knife dealers had appeared, Yunjing was a little unsure for a moment.
What if there really is such a magical sword?
By the way, the matter at Buried Sword Mountain has been going on for so long and it’s not over yet. Is there really such a sword waiting for its owner to appear?
I believe you are evil, just go and take a look and you will know!