I want to cultivate swordsman

On the sixth day of the first month of winter, Lin'an County experienced a heavy snowfall that was rare in ten years.

And earlier than ever before.

In previous years, the snow fell in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, but this year it was a month earlier.

In the early morning, when people in the entire county got up from their quilts, they were all stunned by the sight of snow-covered plains in front of them. Maybe they didn't expect such a thing as snow to happen.

"Hey, that's weird, isn't it a little early today?"

On the west side of Wutong Street, Wu Xingqi, a sesame seed seller, opened the door, couldn't help widening his eyes, grabbed the snow and stuffed it into his mouth like he had found a treasure, and laughed while chewing.

Zhang Quande, who was slaughtering pigs next door, couldn't help but exclaim.

"Young lady, it's snowing!"

There was a rare smile on the bearded black face.

It snows in the winter moon, which has never happened in Lin'an County for many years. Most people think it is a good omen, and it is a sign that the auspicious snow will herald a prosperous year.

On the east side of Wutong Street, in the courtyard of the second uncle's house.

Xu Zhiqiu still didn't move, and stood with his eyes closed, comprehending the sword's intent.

Even so, there was no jade dust on his body. It seemed that the heavy snow last night deliberately avoided him.

"Wow woof! woof woof!"

At some point, Ah Huang, who had been raised by the family for many years, jumped out of the kennel and kept rolling in the snow, feeling extremely excited.

Hearing some noisy dogs barking, Xu Zhiqiu slowly opened his eyes, and happened to meet Lao Huang's eyes.

For a moment, the old yellow dog felt that there were countless peach blossoms falling towards him from the sky and the earth, mixed with a sharp and sharp aura, as if he wanted to cut his dog's head into thousands of pieces.

Immediately, Lao Huang was so frightened that he tucked his tail and ran back to the den screaming wildly.

After a while, he ran out cautiously again, his eyes were blank, suspicious of Gousheng.

Xu Zhiqiu didn't notice the fright that Lao Huang was receiving. He raised his right hand and pointed it like a sword. The true energy in his body circulated, and a misty and illusory luster appeared on the fingertips, condensing into a white lightsaber.

The lightsaber is small and exquisite, the whole body is crystal clear, about two inches in length.

There is a momentum and intention that makes ordinary people shudder.

Looking at this lightsaber, Xu Zhiqiu felt joy in his heart, and a slight smile appeared on the corners of his lips.

True energy condensed, sword energy exposed.

This is the ability that a sword repairer can only show when he reaches the sixth level of the Qi training realm.

In just one night, Xu Zhiqiu broke through the realm with the help of the Peach Blossom Sword Formation.

It's a pity that the comprehension of the sword intent is still a bit short, and it will take some time to meet the requirements in the scriptures.

"Comprehension of sword intent is not so simple, it is great to be able to break through the realm with the help of sword formation."

Satisfied, Xu Zhiqiu dissipated the sword energy and returned to his room.

Not long after, Ah Huang's dog barked again in the courtyard, followed by that girl Xu Yueyao's exclamation.

Perhaps even children have an inexplicable enthusiasm for Dongxue. The seven-year-old girl even ignored her mother's scolding, and boldly rolled around in the snow for several times, and finally hugged Ah Huang's neck and let out "cluck, cluck, " Laughter.

After playing around, Xu Yueyao knocked on Xu Zhiqiu's door, held the ice and snow and said, "Look, brother, it's snow, it's snow, it snowed a lot last night."

Xu Zhiqiu hummed, pretending to be surprised, and said, "Yes, it snowed a lot."

Seeing that her eldest brother was as surprised as her previous self, Xu Yueyao smiled happily, then pointed to the snowman that had just been piled up in the yard, and showed off, "This is what I piled up, isn't it amazing?"

Xu Zhiqiu looked at the two snowmen next to each other in the courtyard, nodded and said with a smile: "Well, it's amazing, it's amazing. Is it me and Lao Huang?"

Xu Yueyao blinked, and the smile on her face suddenly stopped.

"I hate it, it's obviously me and elder brother!" The little girl pouted, frowned, and snorted dissatisfied.

Hearing this, Xu Zhiqiu had nothing to say.

...............

Just after noon, Xu Zhiqiu didn't eat at home, and took his cousin to Suxiang Pavilion. This is a famous pastry shop in Lin'an County. The desserts in it are all expensive toothaches. Ordinary people seldom come here even during the Chinese New Year.

Xu Zhiqiu spent five renminbi and bought five yuan Huaci in the store, which was fulfilled the promise he made a few days ago. Give your best treasure to Xu Zhiqiu.

Where can the little girl have any treasures.

It's just fluorite picked up from the fields in summer evenings.

The child is young and ignorant, and he regards the luminous stone as something extraordinary.

Xu Zhiqiu rubbed his cousin's head and said with a smile, "Let's keep the stone for myself, brother doesn't need it."

Xu Yueyao ate the touhua glutinous rice cakes, and said vaguely: "What's the matter, isn't it the elder brother who cares?"

Xu Zhiqiu shook his head: "It's not uncommon, it's just..."

He stopped suddenly in the middle of speaking.

Xu Yueyao, who didn't hear the answer, raised her head in doubt, and then saw her eldest brother standing there, looking to one side intently, and couldn't help but look over curiously.

It was a jewelry shop on the side of the street, which basically sold jewelry that only women could wear.

Xu Yueyao tugged at Xu Zhiqiu's sleeve a few times, not understanding why her elder brother stopped leaving suddenly.

Xu Zhiqiu took her hand by the way and walked towards the shop.

The layout of the store is not too big, but there are quite a lot of goods on display. The boss is a middle-aged man with a kind face and a fat body.

At the moment, she was standing behind the counter, wiping a jade hairpin with a handkerchief, and greeted a guest when she saw a guest coming.

When Xu Zhiqiu entered the store, he first glanced at the shelves, pretending to be a customer looking at the goods, and then turned his eyes to the owner's hands, and asked softly, "Boss, this jade hairpin in your hand is really beautiful. ?”

The boss didn't know Xu Zhiqiu, but he also replied with a smile: "Yes, I just entered the store this morning. It's a new product. Little brother, did you like this jade hairpin?"

Xu Zhiqiu nodded slightly, and continued: "This jade hairpin is in good shape. If it is given as a gift, it must be satisfactory, but I don't know the price..."

"The price will definitely satisfy people," the boss put the jade hairpin between the two of them, "little brother, if you sincerely want to buy it, then I won't ask for more of this hairpin. Can."

Five taels of silver...Xu Zhiqiu hesitated a little: "Boss, can you make it cheaper?"

The shop owner looked embarrassed: "Little brother, the price is already very low. To be honest, I originally wanted to keep this hairpin as a gift to my mother-in-law, but since it is open for business, how can anyone pay attention to it?" The reason for not selling it, if you want it, the price is really irrelevant.”

Xu Zhiqiu didn't say a word.

Xu Yueyao next to her was quietly eating Touhua Ci, not the slightest bit interested in jade hairpins.

Seeing that he was still hesitating, the boss started to sell it actively: "Little brother, it's really not expensive. Take a closer look, the craftsmanship of this jade hairpin is extremely high-quality, and the quality of jade is rare. The girl smiled happily and never forgot."

As he spoke, he handed the jade hairpin to Xu Zhiqiu's eyes, and asked him to observe it carefully.

The jade hairpin is about six inches long, the whole body is crystal clear, emerald green, and there is a beautiful mandarin duck carved at the end. There is nothing to say in terms of quality or craftsmanship, but...

It's just that in the field of vision that ordinary people can't see, this jade hairpin is entangled with black silk, and it is heavy with yin.

It shows that this thing is an unknown thing, and it has something to do with ghosts.

It was also because of this that Xu Zhiqiu walked into the shop, wanting to buy Yuzan.

After hesitating for a long time, seeing that the boss still had no intention of letting go, Xu Zhiqiu had to pay five taels of silver, quite helpless.

Then he asked again: "Boss, are there any more goods that came into the store from the same batch as this jade hairpin?"

The boss was happily weighing money with a scale, and shook his head after listening to it: "No, just this one, this jade hairpin was not brought from the Fucheng workshop, but I bought it from an antique dealer this morning of."

Antique dealer?

Xu Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment. If I remember correctly, the beauty scroll of the soup restaurant owner Sun Dabao was also bought from an antique dealer. This is a bit of a coincidence, and I don't know if it is the same person.

"Boss, do you know the antique dealer?"

"do not know."

The boss put down the scale and said, "I just thought he was pitiful, and he was still setting up a stall outside in the snow, and I saw that this hairpin was beautiful, so I bought it back for three...ahem, five taels of silver."

Three taels of silver, Xu Zhiqiu smiled, pretending not to hear the boss' slip of the tongue, and continued to ask: "Then the boss still remembers his appearance?"

The owner of the shop looked a little unnatural, looked at the beams of the room and thought for a while, "It's just a skinny old man, and he is wearing old shabby cotton clothes, and his accent should be a foreigner. My little brother asked what he was doing. ?”

"It's nothing," Xu Zhiqiu lied casually, "I'm just interested in antiques, and I want to have a look at them when I have time."

"That's it," the boss didn't doubt it, "then you can go around the alley next to Qingliu Street, maybe you can meet him."

The alley next to Qingliu Street.Xu Zhiqiu wrote down the address in his heart.