Chapter 40 Spring Encounter
Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue are only at the master level, and they are not considered the top in the world. However, the main reason why the battle between the two caused such a sensation is because of their identities.
Ye Gucheng became famous at a young age and became a grandmaster a few years ago when he was less than 30 years old. He is a leader among the younger generation and has long been known for his talent in kendo. Ximen Chuixue, although lagging behind Ye in terms of cultivation, Gucheng, but his age is younger than Ye Gucheng, and his kendo qualifications are not inferior to him. In the past, he was often compared with Ye Gucheng. Of course, the most critical reason is that Ximen Chuixue is from the Jade Emperor Pavilion. The reputation of the emperor has spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. Even the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty made an exception and allowed the two to compete in the Forbidden City.
The Emperor of the Jade Emperor Pavilion is extremely mysterious, and everyone wants to have a glimpse of it. Moreover, the mainstay in the world is the Grandmaster level. Many people also want to gain insights from the competition between the two to help them improve their strength. After all, Grandmaster-level competitions are rare. Now that there are two such masters competing, how can people not flock to them?
In Yanjing City, Song Yuhua and his younger brothers and sisters finally arrived. At this time, people lined up at the city gate to enter the city like a long queue.
"Wow, is this Yanjing City? It's as big as Daxing City." Song Yuzhi said, looking at the magnificent city in front of him.
"Little sister, you have never been to Daxing, how do you know this place is as big as Daxing?" Song Shidao asked doubtfully.
When Song Yuzhi heard this, his face turned red and he pinched his brother's waist angrily.
"If you don't care, they must be the same size anyway." The little girl said angrily.
"Hiss...yes, same size, same size." Song Shidao rubbed his waist painfully and said quickly.
"Okay, you two, stop fighting, there are so many people here." Song Yuhua said.
There are now many Jianghu people in Yanjing City, and the various yamen of the imperial court have arranged people to come and maintain order. Fortunately, everyone knows that this is not a place for people to run wild, so the two sides are in peace. Occasionally, drunk Jianghu people cause trouble. , but soon he was either captured by Hulong Villa or captured by Jin Yiwei.
Huamanlou had nothing to do and took Ah Fei for a stroll on the street, while inquiring about news about the world.
"A Fei, why have you been so happy these past few days?" Huamanlou asked while walking.
"I'm looking forward to seeing Brother Ximen and the others compete with each other soon," A Fei responded.
"Don't you have a competition between Jingcheng and Ximen? What are you looking forward to?" Hua Manlou said.
"Brother Hua, stop talking. How can that be considered a competition? Brother Ximen and I probably didn't show even three points of strength in sword practice, let alone Ah Qing. She was just trying to fool around." Ah Fei said depressedly.
"Hahahaha, right?" Huamanlou laughed after hearing this.
Then the two of them got tired of shopping and found a restaurant to have something to eat.
Ah Fei obediently poured wine for Hua Man Lou.
"I can do it myself." Hua Manlou said. In the past, when he went out to eat, someone else would pour him wine because he couldn't see him. But now, unlike in the past, his perception of what he sees, hears, and perceives makes him the same as normal people, or even far better than normal people.
"Sister, who do you think is better, Ye Gucheng or Ximen Chuixue?" At this moment, a girl's voice came from the private room next to them.
"Needless to say, it must be Ye Gucheng. I heard that he was a master a few years ago. Tsk, tsk, a sword coming from the west, a flying fairy from the sky. If only I could be so powerful." A young man's voice said.
"Hmph, no matter how powerful they are, they are not as powerful as dad. Dad can defeat them with one hand." The girl continued.
A Fei's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard this. He had always respected Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng, who was also a master swordsman. Now when he heard someone making fun of the two of them, he couldn't help it.
"It's ridiculous how many cats and dogs dare to talk so shamelessly." A Fei said to the neighbor.
"A Fei, please don't be rude..." Hua Manlou scolded him quickly.
There was a sudden silence next door.
"Little sister, where are you going?" came a female voice.
Then there was the sound of slightly hasty footsteps.
"Bang..." The door of the private room where Huamanlou and the two of them were staying was pushed open.
"What are you talking about? Who are you talking about, cat or dog?" I saw a little girl scolding the two of them with her hands on her hips.
Upon seeing this, A Fei quickly stood up and said.
"How could you just barge in?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Yuzhi, why are you so quick to apologize?" It turned out to be the three sisters of the Song family. Song Yuhua also came to the private room, grabbed Song Yuzhi and said.
"Huh, I'm not apologizing. Who told him to talk about me first?" Song Yuzhi said angrily with a small face.
A Fei was about to retort when Hua Manlou said angrily.
"A Fei, why don't you sit down? It's so shameful of you."
Seeing that Hua Manlou was angry, Ah Fei could only sit down obediently.
"I'm sorry, girl, my brother didn't mean it. I hope you'll forgive me." Hua Manlou said with cupped fists.
"Sir, it's us who should apologize. My sister is spoiled at home." Song Yuhua said.
"Sister..." Seeing that her sister didn't speak for him, Song Yuzhi stomped his feet angrily.
Seeing this, Huamanlou quickly changed the topic.
"It seems that some of them are not from the capital? Are they also here to watch the sword show?" Hua Manlou said.
"Exactly, we came from a very far away place." Song Yuzhi said.
"Oh, as expected, I am Huamanlou, this is A Fei, I have met these two young ladies, young master." Huamanlou said with cupped hands.
Song Yuhua quickly returned the greeting.
"I am Song Yuhua, and this is my second brother Song Shidao, and my younger sister Song Yuzhi."
"Lielie..." Song Yuzhi made a face at Hua Manlou and the others.
"Why don't you sit down and chat? I like making friends the most." Hua Manlou said.
Seeing this, Song Yuhua couldn't refuse, so she sat down.
"Thank you, Mr. Hua." Song Yuhua said.
Song Yuzhi and Ah Fei stared at each other across the table.
Hua Manlou and Song Yuhua began to talk about interesting things in the martial arts world, and Song Yuhua was amused by Hua Manlou's humor from time to time.
At this moment, Song Yuzhi stared at Hua Manlou, and then suddenly stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Hua Manlou's face.
"Ah, are you blind?" Song Yuzhi said in surprise. She accidentally discovered that Hua Manlou's eyes seemed dull just now. The way he looked at her and the others was different from others.
"Little sister." Song Yuhua shouted hurriedly.
"What are you doing?" Ah Fei slapped Song Yuzhi's hand away.
Hua Manlou held Ah Fei indifferently, then smiled and said to Song Yuhua.
"Miss Yuhua, your sister is very observant. She found out that I am blind so quickly." Hua Manlou praised. In fact, although he can't see, if you don't observe carefully, his eyes look almost the same as normal people. In addition, with the help of the sight, he will not be mistaken for a blind person when walking on the street.
"What?" Song Yuhua was shocked, and then looked at Hua Manlou carefully. Although Hua Manlou's eyes were clear, he always seemed to lack a bit of spirit.
"I said so." Song Yuzhi said proudly.
"Little sister, you are too disobedient." Song Yuhua said angrily again.
Seeing that her sister was really angry, Song Yuzhi hurriedly pretended to be well-behaved. But her eyes glanced at Ah Fei proudly, which made Ah Fei grit his teeth.
"Hua Gongzi, I'm really sorry." Song Yuhua said.
"Haha, it's okay, your sister is innocent and romantic, and she is very similar to our Ah Qing." Hua Manlou said.
After chatting for a while, Hua Manlou got up and prepared to leave with Ah Fei.
"It's nice to meet you, Miss Yuhua. We live in Yuhuangzhuang, 20 miles northeast of the city. You are welcome to come and play. Goodbye." Hua Manlou said.
"Thank you, Mr. Hua." Song Yuhua said hurriedly.
Watching the two leave, Song Yuhua thought to herself, what a gentleman with elegant demeanor and gentle manners.
"Sister, what's wrong with you? You ignored me when I called you." Song Yuzhi pulled her sister's clothes and said coquettishly.
Only then did Song Yuhua come to her senses, and took the two downstairs to pay the bill.
"Everyone, your meal has been paid by that young man just now." The restaurant owner said to Song Yuhua.
"Oh, okay." Song Yuhua was startled, and then hurriedly replied.
"Sister, that brother Hua is really good at doing things." Song Shidao said.
"Well, let's go, let's find an inn." Song Yuhua nodded.
There are still a few days before the competition, but the inns in the entire capital are already full. Many people in the capital have cleaned up their homes to use as guest rooms, which has relieved the housing pressure and made a small profit.
"Sister, what should I do? I have asked so many inns, but there is no room." Song Yuzhi said with a sad face.
After the three left the restaurant, they have been looking for an inn to stay in, but after two hours of searching and asking dozens of inns, there are no vacancies. Although they only walked one or two streets in the capital, it seems that other places are the same.
"Sister, I just saw some of them staying in the homes of ordinary people, otherwise we..." Song Shidao said.
"I won't stay there." Song Yuzhi said hurriedly. How could she be willing to live in the homes of ordinary people when she was spoiled since childhood.
Although Song Yuhua does not discriminate against ordinary people, even if she is willing to stay in the homes of ordinary people, she and her three brothers and sisters may not be able to find a suitable family for a while.
At this time, the shadow of Hua Manlou suddenly appeared in Song Yuhua's mind.
"Outside the city, twenty miles northeast." Song Yuhua muttered.
"Sister, what did you say?" Song Yuzhi asked in confusion.
Then, Song Yuhua gritted her teeth and said to the two of them as if she had decided something.
"Let's go, let's go out of the city."
"What? Go out of the city?" Song Yuzhi and Song Shidao said in unison.
"Yes, there is probably no inn in the city that can accommodate the three of us, and the same is true for the people's homes. Let's go outside the city, to Mr. Hua's place." Song Yuhua said.
"Hey, that's right, didn't Mr. Hua say before that he lives in a manor outside the city, where he can definitely stay, at most we can give him some silver." Song Shidao said with his eyes lit up.
"What? Are you really going?" Song Yuzhi suddenly remembered Ah Fei's face that made him hate him, and said reluctantly.
"No, what if I don't go? Are you really going to sleep on the street?" Song Yuhua pinched her sister's face and said.
"Okay, let's go." Song Yuzhi said helplessly.