【Grain wattle】turbulent flow

At the end of autumn and early winter, the rain in the south of the Yangtze River is less of the usual lingering, and brings some refreshing coolness.

At the foot of Yushan Mountain, a quiet path passes through the dense bamboo forest and leads directly to the north and south.Even if it rains outside for a day, there are not many people on the road. Those who drive drive, those who drive on the road, occasionally pedestrians want to rest, they will take off their bamboo hats and walk to the side of the road, and sit in the only one in the depths of the bamboo forest. In the tea shed, drink some hot tea to warm up your body.

The shed was not big, supported by seven or eight thick old bamboos, covered with a few withered yellow banana leaves, which barely covered the wind and rain, and there were three or five square tables placed underneath, one or two of which were still half-drenched. in the rain.

And at the outermost table, there were two people sitting.

Sitting on the south seat was a middle-aged man, who was described as vigorous, and his eyes were unusually sharp.There was a wide-mouthed long knife on the table in his hand, the blade was not pointed at anyone, but it still exuded awe-inspiring coldness, making it impossible for people to look at it.

Sitting on his right is another man, dressed in a simple cloth shirt, silently toasting and drinking tea.The man seemed to be only 27 or [-] years old, but his brows and eyes were extremely calm. The tranquility even condensed the continuous rainwater pouring over his head, which melted a little warmth, and even the coldness of the blade that was so close to him was suppressed a little bit. .

The older man on the side laughed loudly: "Master Gu, I haven't seen you in a few years, I didn't expect to meet you on this trail."

The young man smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "Boss Lu, Yuexuan has long since stepped down as the leader of the alliance. Right now, he is just an idler in the rivers and lakes. It is a blessing to meet old friends and seniors during the journey."

Lu Biao raised his forehead heavily, and said: "Look at my memory, I forgot again, a few days ago, the leader of the Eastern Alliance came to look for the dog. Seeing the behavior of the little leader, he seems to be very busy recently. No wonder, Gu Meng... Hero Gu must have heard about the mad swordsman, right?"

Holding the teacup in hand, Gu Yuexuan muttered, "I've heard a little bit about it."

Chief Lu said angrily: "I don't know where that guy came from. He suddenly appeared and wrote a letter of war to the leader of the Eastern alliance. He must be forced to come out to fight. The date is set in the middle of November, and the martial arts conference will be held soon." In the near future, the leader of the Eastern alliance will not be too busy?"

Gu Yuexuan was silent for a moment, and said: "Don't worry too much, Chief Escort, my unidentified junior brother is meticulous in his actions, and there are seven sages of Wangyou to help him, so he must be aware of it this time."

He has been away from the valley for a long time, saying that it is impossible to have no worries, but compared to Dongfang Weiming, he still has other bigger worries in his heart.

Lu Biaotou smiled and said: "That's right, what kind of person is the leader of Dongfang, how can he be afraid of this mere nameless swordsman. I am too worried. Don't worry about Gu Daxia, come, let's have a drink with tea instead of wine!"

Gu Yuexuan toasted to each other, raised his head and drank the thick tea in his hands, seeing that the head of security guard Lu didn't even leave his hands three inches from the handle of the knife on the table when he drank heavily, and the appearance of four or five young and strong security guards on the other table were all on alert, I understood the general idea in my heart.

This trip can send the chief escort of the Golden Wind Escort, so the contents of the wooden box surrounded by other escorts must be of great importance.

More than half a year has passed since the day when he stepped down as the head of the martial arts alliance and sent the seal of the head of Xiaoyao Valley to the unknown place in the east.In the past few months, he stayed away from the disputes in the rivers and lakes. Although he lived in no fixed place, he was happy to be at leisure.Since he had made up his mind to be an idler at the beginning, he would not intervene in general Jianghu affairs, let alone take the initiative to inquire.

On the contrary, when Lu Biaotou saw him by his side, the nervousness between his brows faded a bit.

After all, there is Gu Yuexuan, who was not fair in Xiaoyaoquan in the past and the former leader of the martial arts, even if someone really wants to take this escort, he must weigh it carefully before doing it.

They ate this cup of tea for about half an hour, but the sound of rain outside still did not stop.A small half of the square table was soaked into dark brown, and the smell of old wood mixed with the smell of soil in the rain kept drilling into the nose.

Gu Yuexuan's sleeves were half wet, but he was still sitting upright, lowering his head and shaking the teacup in his hand.

A drop of rainwater fell into the half cup of residual tea, making a slight "poof", followed by another drop, causing shallow ripples.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred.

The first thing that flew over was a pair of chopsticks, which pierced directly into Lu Biaotou's throat.

Gu Yuexuan, who was still staring at the cup just now, stood up.At the moment when the chopsticks flew an arm's length away, he did two things. First, he pulled the head of Lu Biao who was still in a daze; out.

The cup that flew out replaced Lu Biao's neck, and just hit the pair of bamboo chopsticks.With a crisp sound, the tea cup was pierced by the chopsticks, and fine porcelain slag shot out, and at the same time, the chopsticks also fell to the ground and broke into dozens of pieces.

I don't know who shouted from the side: "Do it!"

In front of Gu Yuexuan, suddenly there was a dark pole.

The person holding the pole was sitting at the next table just now, and he looked like an honest old farmer in the country, but now there was a trace of cruelty that did not belong to an honest man on his simple dark face, every time he swung the pole, he aimed at Gu Yuexuan His neck and heart seemed to want to tear off the flesh and blood from his body immediately.

However, Gu Yuexuan was not afraid.He doesn't use a weapon, but his hands are better than ordinary soldiers. His fists are as cold as iron, and his body movement has the lightness of Xiaoyaogu's lineage. You can't get close.

Apart from the bearer who rushed towards him, there were two other escorts surrounding Lu, and the other three rushed towards other escorts.

Lu Biaotou also drew out his long saber, defending against the enemy with the family Bengyun saber technique.The two men besieging him, a man and a woman, looked old at first glance. The man used a pair of iron crutches, and the woman held the box of bamboo chopsticks in her hand.

These people are all people who have just leisurely drank tea in this tea shed.They seem to have been here all the time, as if waiting for a rabbit, watching people from Gu Yuexuan and the Golden Wind Escort step into this small area one after another, and then wait for the right time to launch this long-planned attack.

These people's martial arts are all good, and it didn't take long for the ordinary bodyguards to be hit. Two people cut their throats with bamboo hats, and blood gushed out silently. on the table.

Lu Biaotou desperately brandished the long knife in his hand, and hit the iron crutch three times in a row, the tiger's mouth was already bleeding.He fought and retreated, without taking his eyes off the wooden box on the table beside him, and shouted: "Guard!"

The two bodyguards who were still alive rushed forward regardless of the pain on their bodies. One of them was nailed through the throat by bamboo chopsticks, but he still wriggled and crawled for several feet, and died when his fingers touched the wooden box.The other person's chest was slashed three times by a sharp bamboo hat, and he carried it stiffly without falling down. He reached the wooden box faster than the bandits, and threw the box into the chief escort's hand with his last breath.

With the knife in one hand and the wooden box in the other, Lu Biaotou instantly became the target of all the other enemies in the room.

Gu Yuexuan felt anxious seeing other bodyguards killed one after another, but the bearer with the highest martial arts skills was hard to deal with.Seeing that he was distracted, the bearer's attack intensified, he raised the shoulder pole high in his hand, and when he swung it round, he slashed hard.

Gu Yuexuan looked carefully at that blow of strong wind, and saw some clues.

The man used a shoulder pole as a weapon, as if trying to conceal his true martial arts skills.

On that dark slab of wood, he felt a fierce knife intent.

He finally saw the ins and outs of that move.

Gu Yuexuan raised his hand, the power of heaven and earth was stored in his palm, his movements seemed slow, but actually they were as fast as lightning.With his punch, the split shoulder pole rested on his top for more than a foot, and he couldn't move forward any more.

In an instant, the indestructible pole seemed to be unable to withstand his punch. Starting from one end, it trembled non-stop, and finally fell out of his hand and split into several thin pieces longitudinally, one of which took advantage of the strength and shot back quickly. Go, just hit the shoulder bearer in the chest.

Suffering a heavy blow, the bearer spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, exhausted.

Gu Yuexuan had no time to hesitate, he grabbed another piece of the thickest shoulder pole in the air, jumped to the side of Lu Biaotou, swung it straight away, and put the wind of his fists in the wooden stick, opened and closed, Knock down the rest of the gangsters one by one.

Lu Biaotou was seriously injured, and he was still holding the wooden box in his hand.

After Gu Yuexuan finished sweeping the enemy, he grabbed Lu's bodyguard and said, "Let's go!"

At this time, there was a clear shout: "I can't go—"

Gu Yuexuan paused.

He felt a new surge of sword intent, coming through the forest and riding the wind, pushing the rain curtain aside, even the green bamboos around him couldn't resist the force, and bent to the sides——

The young man in commoner clothes frowned slightly, he shielded Escort Lu behind his back, lifted the hem of his clothes, gathered strength with his toes, and kicked the wooden table on one side into the air for more than ten feet.

The wooden table spun rapidly in the air until it collided head-on with the saber intent.

The narrow table stopped silently, as if being gently supported by the front and rear forces, and slowly fell to the ground without any wobbling.

A very thin knife mark suddenly appeared on the table, neatly cut from the middle.

The sword intent was still there, so the wooden table was still standing upright, and not even a trace of rainwater leaked to the bottom of the table.

At this time, there was a slight sound of horseshoes in the bamboo forest.More than ten people gathered together and surrounded the two people outside the tea shed.

Gu Yuexuan stood in the same place, looked at the person who had just received the saber at the front, and said loudly: "The No. 13 road of the thirteen roads of Jue Dao is well-deserved of its reputation. Looking at the brocade clothes on your Excellency, could it be the great disciple of the Jue Dao Sect in the past? The current commander of Tiqiyou, Xiahou and your lord?"

Taking a closer look, the person's brows and eyes are indeed somewhat similar to that of Xia Houfei, only more gloomy and surly.When he saw that Gu Yuexuan recognized his identity, he also nodded politely and said: "I don't know that the hero Gu has also come here, so I offended him so much. I heard that there was a fight here, so I came here to have a look, and then I found out There are thieves making trouble."

Gu Yuexuan nodded and said: "That's it, Mr. Lu and I will thank Mr. Tiqi for your concern."

After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

Xia Houyu shouted: "Wait a minute. Chief Lu's escort, there are evidences left by the imperial court's criminals, please return them to me."

Lu Biao turned around abruptly, opened his mouth and cursed: "I think the person who robbed the dart just now is basically with you."

Xia Houyu was noncommittal, just staring at the wooden box in his arms, showing a look of determination to get it.He looked at Gu Yuexuan again, and said: "Hero Gu is a sensible person, Xiaoyaogu and Junior Brother Ling have always been on good terms with the imperial court, so they must understand the concerns."

Gu Yuexuan was still standing in front of Lu Biaotou, and said calmly: "I'm afraid that a person from the countryside doesn't understand the various concerns Mr. Xiahou said. All I know is that Lu Biaobao and a group of brothers are protecting each other. The bodyguard of Jianghu, the people of the rivers and lakes have faith and righteousness, and the head of Lu's bodyguard is all about protecting the bodyguard, so I will do my best to protect him from nothing."

Xia Houyu's face darkened, and he narrowed his eyes and shouted: "Gu Yuexuan, don't toast and refuse to eat fine wine. He who knows the current affairs is a hero, and we are going to make a reservation for this escort. I just ask you, let it go or not?"

Gu Yuexuan looked up at him, brushed the rain from the hem of his clothes, and whispered two words: "No."