In the autumn of the sixth year of Beining, on the day of Yu's seventeenth or eighteenth birthday, Yunling Tongfengmen received an unusual visitor.

The visitor was a young woman, wearing a simple bamboo hat and a snow-collared Sichuan brocade given by the royal family. She carried an edgeless sword and a pair of long and short knives.

"Today is my son's birthday. Please forgive me for the inconvenience of using force with others." Yu Lingwei rejected the other party's request for discussion.

After the woman heard these words, her beautiful eyebrows drooped, she pursed her lips and sighed in extreme disappointment, and whispered resentfully: "Well, Master Yu, I would like to take the liberty of wishing you a long life."

"Thank you very much. Although I can't use force today, I can discuss it tomorrow. If your guest doesn't mind, you can stay the night."

"Really? Then I'll thank you, Master Yu."

"You're welcome, haven't you asked me the name of our distinguished guest yet?"

"Wu Yue, Liu Yike, is currently the acting master of Tianli Taichangliu, a branch of the Liu Sword Sect. It is just a small branch of the sect, not as famous as the main Liu Sect. The leader of the Yu Sect must have never heard of it." The woman was a little embarrassed.

, bowed his head with a slight smile.

Yu Lingwei was stunned, and suddenly remembered the rumors he heard a few years ago, saying that a branch of the Liu Family Sword Sect that had never been well-known had a female swordsman with a peerless genius, who was recruited by the Royal Martial Arts Division and awarded the title

Given the title of Sword Master, there is no doubt that he is this person.

"Your distinguished guest is so humble. If I guess correctly, you are the newly promoted Sword Master of the Liu family."

Liu Yike shook his head shyly: "That is an honor given by the royal family. I still hope to be recognized by martial arts masters like Master Yu."

As Zhong Lingqi said, Liu Yike is a real martial arts fanatic. Swords are obviously weapons for killing people, but she enjoys the process of sparring with masters and usually insists on using the bladeless sword called "Chun Yu".

sword.

The purpose of the Liu Sword Sect is to protect the sword, and Liu Yike's branch has further developed this into "no killing." This branch, which firmly believes in never killing unless necessary, has been reduced to

He was the laughing stock of the Liu Sword Sect, but no one expected that Liu Yike would become the new generation of Sword Master of the Liu Sect.

When Yu Shiqi was young, he didn't realize what kind of person the person who came to challenge his master that day was. He also didn't carefully watch the next day's competition. He just glanced at it briefly and ran away.

He was lazy and taking a nap in the back mountain bamboo forest. At that time, even with his character and martial arts attainments, he could not understand how profound the moves he saw in those few glances were, and he could only remember the vague shadows.

Now Yu Shiqi recalled that one of the swords he saw at that time was the moment when Liu Yike and his master Yu Lingwei were fighting with all their strength, and it was used to break Yu Lingwei's sudden thunder and flash stunt.

The sudden thunder flash is an extremely fast and violent sword attack in Tongfengmen's thunder vein swordsmanship, but Liu Yike used the same extremely fast and fierce sword skills to attack and resolve it. After Yu Shiqi became an adult, he personally performed it in the battle.

After realizing the power of sudden thunder and lightning, he gradually realized how unimaginably powerful Liu Yike had become at that time.

Not surprisingly, the master should have lost in that competition... Yu Shiqi thought to himself that the top of the world in Beining belonged to Liu Yike. He had also heard a lot about the former acting sect leader in the Desolate Sect.

According to the legend, her existence is like a shining meteor. As a swordsman of Yunzhongjian, it is really a great regret that I could not meet such a person.

"The moment I saw you use that knife, I thought... I could hear some news about Liu Yike from you." Spider covered the wound and said slowly, "She disappeared suddenly six years ago, and there has been no trace of her since.

According to the news, people from the Desolate Sect are looking for her, and I am also looking for her. After all, she is still the Sword Master named by the royal family and an important figure in the Yuwu Division."

Yu Shiqi replied blankly: "When I was in Yunzhongjian, the acting sect master has been replaced by the current sect master Bai Yi. I have heard some things about Senior Liu, but I have never met her. I have no idea about her."

Her memory remains on the day long ago when she came to Tongfeng Sect to spar with my master."

"If Liu Yike was still here..." Spider said regretfully, "Maybe there is no need for me to negotiate with the ferry master today. No, if Liu Yike was still here, the situation would not be like this at all. She can protect the emperor and the imperial capital.

people."

Zhong Lingqi did not comment on this statement. Based on his understanding of Liu Yike, he privately believed that Liu Yike was also a free-spirited person who did not want to be restrained. The reason why she took on justice and responsibility was simply because she had the Liu family in her body.

The sword sect has the purest sense of guardianship and kindness, but it is still too much for her to be trapped in the imperial capital for the rest of her life.

"Spider, I still believe in Muzhiren to this day." Zhong Lingqi said sincerely to his former right-hand man, "Compared to the previous emperor, he did not do any worse. He also fulfilled his vow to defeat foreign enemies. Are you willing?

Are you willing to help me again?"

"Master Ferry, we have all seen the emperor's achievements in military conquests, but is he really suitable for the peaceful era after Beining?" Spider said earnestly to persuade Zhong Lingqi, "I am not denying the emperor's talents in governing the world, but you want to

Understand that in the past seventeen years, Beining has offended too many people and lost too many allies in order to conquer the powerful enemy of the Rongxia Empire on the grassland."

Zhong Lingqi remained silent. He understood that what Spider was doing was right. Even people like him, who were far away from the temples, had a deep understanding of it. In the past seventeen years, the emperor had been forced to do a lot to overthrow Rong Xia, which caused a lot of trouble between the government and the people.

Unsatisfactory decisions.

For example, the "field horse tax" forced civilians to free up fields to grow pasture and raise military horses, required southern states to pay additional "peace tax" to compensate for the losses of the northern war, and selected one man from every household with more than two men to enter the imperial army reserve military service.

The "law to protect soldiers", as well as the mandatory military fund-raising that seriously deepened the conflict between the emperor and the aristocratic families...

"The emperor created countless enemies for himself through a series of war policies, while his loyal allies, the main combatants who grew up in the flames of war, continued to sacrifice themselves in the seventeen-year war. In the end, those who survived could not even fight for

The emperor controls the entire army, and the powerful generals in the Tiannan Camp and Tianbei Camp in the imperial capital are no longer the emperor’s confidants.”

When Spider said this, there was a trace of sadness in his eyes. He paused, then smiled bitterly and said to Zhong Lingqi: "Master Ferry, to be honest, you can't turn this over for the emperor. Mu Zhiren is a great emperor.

But he has done what he should do, and it will be better for Chen Lin to be governed by a new monarch who is not so annoying."

Zhong Lingqi lowered his head, and his eyes that gradually dimmed showed that he accepted what Spider said in his heart, but then he squeezed out a word of determination and no regrets from between his teeth: "At least I want to protect the one he loves.

Man, no matter what he has done to be hated by others, I will not allow anyone to take revenge on his wife and daughter after his death."

When Yu Shiqi heard these words, he became more determined to help Zhong Lingqi fulfill his wish, although he still kept a distance from the Wangchuan gang.

No one noticed that as they tried hard to persuade each other to reach a reconciliation, the blood falling on the floor quietly changed.

Dong'er, who had always felt that she couldn't get a word in, accidentally glanced at the blood stains between Zhong Lingqi and the spider. At first, she thought she had been blinded, but the next time she realized that something strange had happened to the blood stains.

Variety.

"Dad, brother, look..."
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