() In the autumn of the eighty-ninth year of the Great Xia calendar, Zhao Yu, who was still His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, returned to Beijing from Jiangling City, opened the road with the Fourth Army, and thousands of people were empty, and Zhao Yu accompanied him, as well as the girl Jiansheng who went down the mountain for the first time since the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion.

On the same day, in a flower boat on the Jinshui River, a pretty Qingqi man was secretly packing his bags, preparing to take advantage of the opportunity of the imperial grandson's return to Beijing to elope with his lover.

But it backfired, just a few days later, on the bank of the Jinshui River, the Qingqi people were forced to a desperate situation and committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river.

When the Qing people were dying, the Jian Sheng who happened to pass by saved her, and then used almost all the coils to redeem the Qing Qi people, which is also the origin of Zhao Yu's curiosity later, why Jian Sheng, who was born with a sword heart, was cheated out of all his money.

Time passes, nearly a year has passed, the Jinshui River is still murmuring, the bright moon over Shenjing City is still so bright, but the riverside with red leaves is now lush and full of spring.

By the Jinshui River, the two who met again have changed dramatically.

Jian Sheng is no longer the young sect master of the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion who has descended the mountain for the first time, has a delicate sword heart, and is extremely curious about everything under the mountain, and that Qing Qi man also took off his neon clothes and feathers at this time, and put on the coarse cloth clothes that are most common among the people of Great Xia.

Time has left an extremely deep imprint on people, for better or for worse.

Then, under the moonlight, after the coarse cloth woman got up, she pulled the sword and walked slowly towards the distance ahead, and at the same time a joyful voice came out:

"Benefactor, please come with me, in order to wait for you on the riverside, so I simply rented a room by the riverside, not far ahead. ”

After the words fell, Jian Sheng nodded, let the woman lead the way in front, and then gently responded:

"I don't know your name yet?"

"Oh, look at me, I'm so excited, I forgot it, slave Xue Nan, I've seen my benefactor. ”

The woman Xue Nan is worthy of being the top brand of the Qingqi who used to spend the boat, even if she is dressed in coarse clothes, when she bends over, her figure is graceful, and her voice is extremely tactful and good, and then Jian Sheng nodded and responded:

"You don't have to call me a benefactor, just call me a sword student. ”

As soon as Jian Sheng's two words with an invisible edge came out, the expression on the woman's face was slightly stunned, and then she still smiled and led the way in front, and after a while, a room directly against the Jinshui River appeared directly in front of her.

The house is very simple, and there is no fence to enclose a courtyard, but it is open, and you can directly follow the stairs to the Jinshui River below.

In front of the house, Jian Sheng met the big yellow dog again, and at this time, it was wagging its tail violently at the woman Xue Nan who came with it, and it looked extremely excited.

"The owner of this house used to be an old couple, and then when they were old, they were taken back by their sons in Shenjing City to care for the elderly, they were very good, as long as I helped take care of this litter of puppies, they only charged a small rent symbolically. ”

A faint voice came out of Xue Nan's mouth, and then he walked into the house, took a lamp, put it on the table outside the house and lit it, and then invited Jian Sheng to sit down, and continued to speak:

"The surrounding conditions are simple, and I ask the benefactor to bear with me. ”

"The environment here is quiet, far away from disputes, and the Jinshui River is below, which is very good, but I didn't expect there to be such a secluded place in Shenjing City. ”

After Jian Sheng finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the Jinshui River in front of him below, as one of the three rivers and six banks of Shenjing City, this river is naturally extremely prosperous, so Jian Sheng can even see the flower boat floating on it like stars in the distance, and then she seems to think of something, and asked softly:

"Are you living alone now? If I'm not mistaken, after the redemption last year, you followed a descendant. ”

As soon as this question came out, the woman Xue Nan, who walked out of the house with a cup of hot tea, suddenly stopped in place, and after stopping for a long time, this young woman who was wearing coarse cloth clothes but still unconsciously exuded style, put the steaming tea in front of Jian Sheng, sighed quietly, sat down and responded:

"I once thought that I had found my life, and I was not even afraid of death in order to be with him, but unfortunately, he was not a good person. ”

After Xue Nan's words fell, Jian Sheng withdrew his gaze from the river, and then looked at the former's pretty face, his eyes fluctuated slightly, and then Xue Nan smiled reluctantly and continued to speak:

"I'm not afraid of jokes, after the benefactor redeemed me at that time, I always believed that he would return the silver to the benefactor, because he had always told me like this, so he and the benefactor made an agreement to meet and repay the silver a few days later on the riverside, but after I went with him, I found that he took me directly away from Shenjing City, and this walk was more than half a year.

"By the time I returned, there was no trace of my benefactor, so I stayed by the river, thinking that one day I would meet you again. ”

After Xue Nan finished speaking, he took out a small purse from his arms and gently placed it on the table in front of Jian Sheng, and his tactful voice continued to come out:

"Benefactor, this is the silver I have saved in the past six months, although it is still far from the amount of redemption, but I will pay it back slowly. ”

In the voice of the woman Xue Nan, with a sense of relief, she said that the drama was ruthless, but compared with those gentlemen who were sanctimonious, these women who had experienced the sophistication of human feelings when they were young knew more about kindness.

Jian Sheng did not raise his hand to collect the silver on the table in front of her, because for her at this time, any money was meaningless, and then she gently raised her hand to hold the teacup in front of her, and said softly:

"You've had a hard time these days, haven't you?"

As soon as Jian Sheng's question came out, the woman shook her head with a smile and responded:

"Actually, benefactor, although this period of life is hard, but this is the easiest time in my life, in fact, when I jumped into this golden water river, on the verge of death and was rescued by my benefactor, I felt that everything around me became different.

"Maybe this is the so-called death and rebirth, I am now looking for an errand in the Great Xia School Palace, and the monthly money is also extremely considerable. ”

"Death and resurrection?"

The muttered voice came from Jian Sheng's mouth.

Half an hour later, under Xue Nan's farewell, Jian Sheng's figure slowly walked out of the house, and about half an hour later, she walked along the Jinshui River, walking in the moonlight, and stopped in place, because under the moonlight in front of her, there was an exceptionally tall figure.

This figure stepped forward, and her cold and beautiful appearance gradually became clear, and then Xu Qing, the eldest lady of the Wei State Mansion, looked at the sword student standing in front of her, her red lips opened lightly, and her voice came out:

"Xu Jin told me about saving you, Your Majesty also knows that you have come to Shenjing City, and now pass on Your Majesty's holy decree, if you find the Linglong Sword Heart, you can go to the White Emperor's Palace to face the saint and continue to inherit the Dao system for the Great Xia Sword Dao. ”

After these words fell, Xu Qing stopped speaking, but turned around and left directly, and then in the shadows, a figure wearing Si Tianjian's robe walked out like a ghost, and then whispered in Xu Qing's ear:

"My lord, there is news from the Gwangju Division Heavenly Prison that a person appeared in a river outside the Gwangju Metropolitan City yesterday, a young man, who has been dead for half a year, according to the investigation, the murderer has been locked, not far ahead. ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Qing looked at the coarse cloth woman who was in the yard not far away, squatting down and petting the big yellow dog, and was silent for a long time.

Then a soft pop sounded as Jian Sheng jumped into the Jinshui River.