The eldest brother's beating at Yanmen Pass
As the first rays of dawn broke through, the cliffs of Yanmen Pass were gilded with a cold, iron-like bluish-gray.
The eldest brother crouched low as he moved nimbly among the dead trees, his colorful headscarf wrapped tightly around his head, making him look like a flamboyant sparrow.
He carried a bulging bundle in his arms and looked back every three steps.
The purple bamboo that I waited for last night is now emitting a faint fragrance in the bundle.
"We've made a fortune this time..."
He grinned, and just as his toes touched the branch, he suddenly heard a clear shout from above.
"die!"
A cold glint flashed across my face.
He and his bundle plunged into the haystack, and the last thing he saw was a black robe fluttering in mid-air and a gleaming silver sword tassel.
When I opened my eyes again, the sun was already high in the sky.
The eldest brother rubbed the bruise on the back of his neck, his robe, soaked with snow water, frozen into a hard shell.
The bundle was still beside him, and the snow lingzhi was intact.
He was overjoyed and was about to slip away when he suddenly felt the light above his head dim.
A girl in black stood on a treetop, sword in hand. Her ponytail was tied high, and her face was obscured by the backlighting, except for a bronze bell at her waist that jingled softly in the wind.
"Heroine, spare my life!"
The eldest brother did a somersault and leaped three zhang away.
"I'm getting out!"
The girl's toes barely touched the ground, and she followed him like a shadow.
"Help!!!"
The piercing howl startled the birds into flight.
Suddenly, a green shadow flashed by, and a man wearing a jade toad headdress blocked the girl's sword with his sword.
With a clang, sparks flew everywhere.
The eldest brother huddled in the crevice, watching helplessly as the two figures passed each other.
The girl's swordsmanship was unpredictable, like a snake, sometimes slithering along the ground, sometimes twisting in mid-air; the toad-headed man's knife, however, was as steady as a rock, each move carrying a deep and powerful force.
After thirty moves, the girl suddenly leaped backward, and the bronze bell rang.
She lightly touched the withered branches with her toes, and with a few leaps, she disappeared among the rugged rocks, her movements as elusive as a wisp of smoke.
"Thank you, sir..."
The eldest brother had just poked his head out when he saw the tip of the toad-headed man's knife already pressed against his throat.
A muffled laugh came from under the hood.
That's it?
"With your skill level, it's normal for you to be instantly killed by an ancient maiden."
"Green-headed thug... oh no, sir! What's your name?"
"Also a dream."
As dusk crimson fell over the pass, the gang leader limped open the gang's gate.
"The purple bamboo sold for two hundred taels!"
He raised his money bag, only to see Zui Qingfeng leaning against the doorframe, sneering, while Chen Ze's sword tassel moved without wind.
Xi Jiang slowly and methodically unwrapped the blood-stained bundle.
The fried fish drooped its head from the roof beam.
I showed him a wanted poster for someone who looked a lot like him.
"So the boss was mistaken for shrimp rice?"
Dog Egg flapped its bald wings.
"You idiot! You deserve it!"
The eldest brother touched the bruise on the back of his neck and suddenly remembered the girl's disdainful look when she left, and his face flushed again.
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