Tenth: The sword of exquisite elegance - Chengying
Note: The story and pictures are purely fictional and have nothing to do with real history.
Shadow
An ancient dawn, a moment of black and white communication, a pair of hands slowly raised. In the middle of the two hands is a sword handle, only the handle of the sword does not see the body of the sword, but on the north wall is faintly cast a shadow of the sword.
The sword shadow only existed for a moment, and then disappeared with the advent of the day, until dusk, the sky was getting darker, and in the blink of an eye where the day and night intersected, the fluttering sword shadow reappeared.
The raised hands drew an elegant arc and waved to a tall ancient pine next to it, and there was a soft "click" in the ear pinna, and the tree body shook slightly, and there was no change. Soon after, however, the lush pine cover fell in a gentle south wind, flattening the bulging rings of the year, indicating the passage of time.
The darker the sky, the longer the sword became invisible, the ancient twilight silently closed, and there was a silence between heaven and earth.
This invisible sword is the famous sword that was admired by Liezi in "Liezi TangWen" and later hidden by Kong Zhou, a defender of the Country in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Shang Dynasty: Chengying.
Chengying is a sword of exquisite elegance.
The story is found in Liezi Tang Qian.
Ninth: The Noble Peerless Sword - Pure Jun
Pure jun
During the Spring and Autumn Period, on a windy and sunny afternoon, after several years of lying down and tasting courage, he finally defeated the Yue King of the State of Wu, and woke up after a sweet afternoon nap, feeling very comfortable.
After drinking a pot of fine Longjing new tea, Gou Jian excitedly sent his men to find a person. This person is Xue Zhan.
Xue Zhan was a native of the Qin State and was traveling across the country at this time.
Although Xue Zhan was young, he was already famous among the nations and was known as the world's first sword master.
Not long after, The polite Xue Candle of Mei Qingmu xiu came.
After a polite greeting, the guest and host took the entourage to the wide outdoor terrace.
Yue Wang Gou Jian loves swords, this terrace is several feet high, the momentum is relaxed, the light is abundant, and it is specially used to watch the sword and admire the sword.
After taking a seat, Gou Jian glanced at Xue Zhan beside him, thinking that although this young man was young but had read countless swords, ordinary swords would definitely be difficult to enter his eyes, so as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked his subordinates to take two swords that he was quite proud of: Mi Cao and Ju Que.
Who knows, Xue Zhan looked at it again and said casually, "These two swords have shortcomings, cao guanghua is scattered, and the texture of the giant que is thicker, and it cannot be regarded as a sword." Having said that, he also lazily yawned in the warm sunshine.
Gou Jian was quite surprised and felt very faceless. He thought about it, gritted his teeth, and leaned down in the ear of a personal attendant and gave a few commands. After a while, the attendant led hundreds of ironclad samurai and escorted a sword to the stage.
Xue Zhan felt amused and asked, "What kind of sword did the Great King bring with him when he was so excited?" ”
Gou Jian's attitude towards Xue Zhan was a little unhappy, and he spat out two words without anger: "Pure Jun."
Only to hear a "clanging" sound, Xue Zhan fell from his back from his seat, the golden noodles with his hair fell to the ground, a long hair was scattered, and his face suddenly froze and sluggish, and it took a while before he suddenly woke up.
Only to see him tiptoe to the ground, a few vertical leaps down the steps, came to the sword, bowed deeply, and then solemnly arranged his clothes, took the sword from the waiter's hand, carefully knocked a few times, swept a few times before slowly pulling the sword out of its sheath.
Only to see a ball of light blooming out, like a hibiscus out of the water, graceful and clear, the carving on the hilt of the sword is like a star running, flashing a deep light, the sunlight on the sword body is integrated, like clear water flowing across the pond, calm and soothing, and the sword blade is like a cliff with a thousand walls, sublime and majestic...
After a long time, Xue Zhan asked in a trembling voice, "Is this Pure Jun?!" ”
Gou Jian nodded, "Yes," he continued triumphantly, "Someone is going to exchange this sword for a thousand horses, three rich villages, and two big cities. ”
Xue Zhan hurriedly said, "Can't change." ”
Goku frowned pretentiously and asked, "Why?" You're reasonable. ”
Xue Zhan said loudly and excitedly, "Because this sword is the only work forged by heaven and man." In order to forge this sword, the thousand-year-old Chiyo mountain broke out of the tin, and the water of the Wanzai Ruoye River dried up and produced copper. When the sword was cast, Lei Gong hit the iron, the rain lady poured water, the dragon held the furnace, and the Heavenly Emperor loaded the charcoal. The sword casting master Ou Yezi inherited the fate of heaven and forged and polished with the gods for ten years, and this sword was completed. After the sword was completed, the gods returned to heaven, the Chiyan Mountain closed as before, the waves of the Ruoye River rose again, ou Yezi also died of exhaustion, this sword has become a song, and the horse city pool He Zu Daoya..."
Gou Jian nodded with satisfaction, "It is reasonable to say, it is a priceless treasure, I will treasure it forever." ”
Pure Jun is a noble and incomparable sword.
The story is found in the Book of The Crossing.
Eighth: The sword of courage - fish intestines
Fish intestines
When the big black iron eagle flew towards the main hall, Zhuan Zhu was also carrying the plum blossom phoenix that he had cooked by hand.
The sun is hunting in the sky, and the eagles are flying as before. The main hall is displayed, dedicated to steady progress.
The clouds were stunned by the momentum of the flying eagles and swam away. Attracted by the aroma of the vegetables in his hand, wang yi raised his nose and owed himself a debt forward, only to see the dish but not to see the specialty.
That dish is called plum blossom anchovy, plum blossom is the cold plum of the severe winter, the anchovy is the anchovy in the taihu lake that only appears in the hot summer, and the hot is to use the branches of the cold plum in the winter to roast the anchovy in the summer taihu lake.
The flying eagle had already seen the outline of the great hall, and the sky suddenly darkened.
Zhuan Zhuan had already come to the king's staff and put the dish on the case.
The lights in the hall were still on, the clouds were rolling in the sky, and the great eagle had already gathered its wings.
Wang Yi swallowed and looked at the delicious food in front of him. He is steadily breaking the fish by hand.
With a thunderclap, the flying eagle volleyed down into the great hall. Wang Yi suddenly felt a fierce murderous qi shoot out from the belly of the fish, and he was stunned.
The fish intestine sword has been sheathed (fish belly), snuggled steadily in the hands of the dedicated, and rushed forward. Two trained Tie Ge crossed from the front of them, and the fish intestine sword pierced through the gap, still advancing. There are three layers of fox armor in front of you. The first layer penetrated, the second layer penetrated, and when it penetrated the third layer, the fish intestine sword found itself turned into a broken sword.
The sword broke, but the killing qi was not broken, and the fish intestine sword was still moving forward.
When the flying eagle shattered the hall, the fish intestine sword also advanced into the heart of the king. The flying eagle whistled contentedly as it fell from its injury. The half-broken fish intestine sword hummed a silent song in the weakening heartbeat of the king.com.
Overwhelmed by the rain of blades and swords, with the last bit of strength, he burst out a lonely smile at the ground under his face.
“...... The Thorn King of the Lords, the Flying Eagle Strikes the Temple..."
Fish intestines are a brave sword.
The story is found in The Chronicles of History. Assassin Chronicles
Sixth Seventh: The Sword of Affection - Gan general, Mo Evil
Dry will not be evil
Gan General and Mo Xie were two swords, but no one could separate them. Gan Jiang and Mo Xie are two people, and no one can separate them (them).
Ganjiang, Mo Evil are the two swords forged by Ganjian and Moxian. Gan will be the male sword, and Mo Xie will be the female sword. Gan will be the husband, Mo Xie will be the wife. Gan will be very industrious, and Mo Xie will be very gentle.
When Gan will cast a sword for King Wu, Mo Wei will fan the fan and wipe the sweat for Gan.
Three months passed, general Gan sighed, and Mo Xie also shed tears.
Mo Xie knew why Gan would sigh, because the gold and iron essence collected from the five mountains and six combinations in the furnace could not be melted, and if the iron was not transformed, the sword could not be forged. The general also knew why Mo Xie was crying, because if the sword could not be forged, he would have to be killed by King Wu.
One night, Mo Xie suddenly laughed.
Seeing Mo Xie smile, Gan Will suddenly became frightened, he knew why Mo Xie was laughing, and said to Mo Xie, "Mo Xie, you must not do it." ”
Mo Xie didn't say anything, she just laughed.
When Gan Will woke up, he found that Mo Xie was not around, like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, he knew where Mo Xie was.
Standing on the towering wall of the forged sword furnace, his skirt fluttering like a fairy, Mo Xie saw the figure of the general rushing from a distance in the faint morning light. She laughed, and she heard the dry general hoarsely shouting, "Mo Xie..."
Mo Xie was still laughing, but the tears also flowed at the same time. General Gan also shed tears, and in the blur of tears, he saw Mo Xie fall down, and heard Mo Xie finally say to him: "General Gan, I am not dead, we will still be together..."
The molten iron melts and the sword is cast smoothly. One male and one female, named Gan will not be evil.
Gan will only dedicate "Gan General" to King Wu.
The news that the General Gan was secretly hiding "Mo Evil" was soon known to King Wu, and the samurai surrounded the General Gan. The general opened the sword box and asked desperately, "Mo Xie, how can we be together?" ”
The sword suddenly jumped out of the box, transformed into a beautiful white dragon, and flew away. At the same time, the dry general suddenly disappeared without a trace. When the Gan General disappeared, the "Gan General" sword beside King Wu was also missing. In the desolate poor city county thousands of miles away, a young white dragon suddenly appeared in a large lake called Yanpingjin (Yanping Lake).
This white dragon is beautiful and kind, calling the wind and rain for the people, the desolate poor city and county gradually adjust the wind and rain, the grain is abundant, and the name of the county town is changed from poor city to Fengcheng.
However, locals often find that this white dragon looks at the lake surface of Yanpingjin almost every day, as if it is waiting for something. Some people also saw that it often had tears in its eyes.
Six hundred years later, by chance, when Building the city wall, Ling Lei Huan of Fengcheng County excavated a stone box from the ground, which contained a sword with the word "Gan general" engraved on it.
Lei Huan was overjoyed and took this famous sword that had been recited for a long time with him.
One day, Lei Huan passed by the yanpingjin lake, and the sword in his waist suddenly jumped out of its sheath and jumped into the water.
Just as Lei Huan was stunned, the surface of the water surged and jumped out of the black and white double dragon. The double dragon frequently nodded to Lei Huan in thanks, and then the two dragons entangled their necks affectionately, and both dived into the water and disappeared.
The people who have lived in Fengcheng County for generations have found that the white dragon that is said to have existed for more than 600 years with tears on the surface of Yanpingjin Lake every day suddenly disappeared. The next day, an ordinary little couple moved in the county. The husband was a brilliant blacksmith, very skilled, but he only worked hard to forge ordinary agricultural tools that could not earn a few dollars, but refused to build weapons with thousands of dollars. While he was working, his little wife was always by his side to fan him and wipe his sweat.
Gan General and Mo Evil are a pair of swords of affection.
The story can be found in "Wu Yue Chunqiu", "Search for God", and "Collecting Remains".
Fifth: The Sword of Integrity and Purity - Seven Stars Longyuan
Seven Stars Dragon Yuan
This sword legend was forged by Ou Yezi and Gan General, two great sword masters.
Ou Yezi and Gan Wei forged this sword, chiseled the Ci Mountain, released the stream water in the mountain, and led it to the seven pools next to the sword casting furnace into the Ring of the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper, which is called "Seven Stars".
After the sword is formed, looking down at the sword body, it is like climbing a high mountain and looking down into the abyss, ethereal and deep, as if there is a dragon lying on its back. It is called "Longyuan".
Although the skill of this sword casting is exquisite, it is also famous for the ordinary fisherman who cannot know his real name: the yuzhangren.
It is said that Wu Zixu was killed by his traitors and was chased by the soldiers and horses of the Chu State all the way.
On this day, he panicked and fled to the shore of the Yangtze River, only to see the mighty river and the waves.
When the front blocked the water and the pursuing soldiers were anxious, Wu Zixu found that a small boat was coming rapidly upstream, and the fisherman on the boat even called him to board.
After Wu Zixu got on the boat, the boat quickly disappeared into the reeds and disappeared, and the pursuing soldiers on the shore went away in mourning.
The fisherman carried Wu Zixu to the shore and brought wine and food for Wu Zixu.
Wu Zixu thanked him profusely and asked the fisherman's name.
The fisherman laughed and said that he was wandering in the waves, what was the use of his name, just called "fisherman".
Wu Zixu bowed to Xie Xie, took a few steps, had concerns, turned back, and untied the sword of the third ancestor from his waist: Qixing Longyuan, who wanted to give this sword worth thousands of gold to the fisherman to thank him, and asked the fisherman not to reveal his whereabouts.
The fisherman took the Seven-Star Dragon Yuan Sword, looked up at the sky with a long sigh, and said to Wu Zixu, "Rescue you only because you are loyal to the country and do not want to repay." And now, you still suspect that I am greedy and less trustworthy, and I have no choice but to show my purity with this sword. After saying that, the horizontal sword killed itself. Wu Zixu was inexplicably remorseful.
Later, this sword was passed down to the Tang Dynasty, and was renamed "Longquan" to avoid the secrecy of Gaozu Li Yuan.
The Seven Stars Dragon Yuan is a sword of integrity and purity.
The story is found in "Wu Yue Chunqiu".
Fourth: The Sword of The Way of Wei - Tai Ah (Tai Ah)
Taia
The capital of the State of Chu had been besieged by soldiers and horses of the State of Jin for three years.
The Jin State sent troops to attack Chu in order to obtain the treasure of the Chu State: the Tai'a Sword.
Everyone in the world said that the Tai'a Sword was forged by ou yezi and Gan generals, two great sword masters. However, the two masters did not think so, saying that the Tai'a Sword was a sword of the princes' mighty way, which had long existed, but it was formless and traceless, but the sword qi had long existed between heaven and earth, only waiting for the opportunity to condense, and the heavens, the earth, the people, and the three ways were one, and this sword was completed.
The Jin state was the most powerful at that time, and the king of Jin certainly thought that he was most entitled to this sword, but contrary to his wishes, this sword was forged in the weak Chu state.
When the sword was released, the body of the sword was indeed naturally engraved with the word "Tai'a" in the seal body, which showed that what Ou Ye and Gan Would say was true.
Of course, the King of Jin could not swallow this breath, so he asked the King of Chu for a sword, and the King of Chu refused, so the King of Jin sent an army to cut down Chu, and took the opportunity to destroy the Chu State in the name of the sword.
With a huge disparity in troop strength, most of the cities and pools of the Chu State soon fell, and the capital city was also surrounded by regiments, trapped for three years, the grain and grass in the city were exhausted, and the military revolution did not exist, and the danger was imminent.
On this day, the Jin Dynasty sent an emissary and issued an ultimatum: If you do not hand over the sword again, tomorrow you will capture the city, and then the jade will be burned!
The king of Chu was unyielding, and ordered him to go to the city tomorrow to kill the enemy. If the city is destroyed, he will use this sword to kill himself, and then he will pick up this sword left and right, ride a fast horse to the great lake, sink this sword into the bottom of the lake, and let the Tai Ah Sword stay in the Chu country forever.
At dawn the next day, the king of Chu ascended to the head of the city, only to see that the Soldiers and Horses of the Jin State outside the city covered the sky and the sun, and his capital was like a flat boat in the middle of the ocean, and there was a danger of collapse at any time.
The Soldiers and Horses of the Jin Dynasty began to attack the city, and the shouts were like a mountain roaring tsunami, and the city was about to be destroyed.
The King of Chu held the sword in both hands and sighed, "Tai'a sword, Tai'a sword, I will sacrifice you with my own blood today!" So he drew his sword out of its sheath and pointed it directly at the enemy.
An unbelievable miracle appeared: only to see a mighty sword qi shoot out, and the sand and stones flew outside the city, covering the sky and the sun, as if there were beasts roaring in it. The soldiers and horses of the Jin Dynasty were in chaos, and a moment later, the flag was on the ground, bleeding for thousands of miles, and the whole army was destroyed...
After this incident, the King of Chu summoned the wise man of the kingdom, Feng Beard, and asked, "Why does the Tai'a Sword have such power?" ”
Wind Beard said, "The Tai'a Sword is a mighty sword, and the inner might is the true might." The great king is in the face of adversity, mighty and unyielding, it is the outstanding performance of the inner power of the great king, and it is the inner power of the great king that inspires the sword qi of the Tai Ah sword! ”
Taia is a mighty sword.
Third: The Sword of the Emperor's Path, Chixiao
Chixiao
During the Qin Dynasty, there was such a young man who was not out of breath and was full of problems.
He was lazy and never did the farm work at home. He was a good drinker, and he was often drunk into a pool of mud. He was, and he couldn't open his legs when he saw a beautiful girl. He was rude and grinned at both officials and the people. The most infuriating thing is that he lies and brags.
He often let people look at the seventy-two moles on his left leg, not to say that it was a skin disease but to say that it was a celestial map.
He often looked at Xianyang from afar, shook his head and sighed: "Oh, the big husband should be like this!" ”
He was lying more and more outrageously.
He got a rusty iron rod from nowhere and told the townspeople that it was a sword obtained from the Nanshan Immortals, and his name was Chixiao. He regarded it as the most precious treasure, and the "sword" did not leave his body all day.
He also said that he was not a human but a red dragon in the sky.
His cattle are blowing bigger and bigger.
He said that he had known the First Emperor for a long time, saying that the First Emperor was a white dragon. It is also said that the First Emperor is inferior to him, because he is a red dragon with higher mana, and he will replace him as emperor in the future.
He also said that he knew that the First Emperor's Vitality had turned into a white snake and had been swimming around Fengxize for some time now. He said he was going to cut off the white snake, and as he said that, he also compared it with the iron rod he had picked up.
People took his words as jokes and big words, and no one believed them.
However, in one night, everything changed.
On this night, dozens of young people from the township who went to the county to apprentice and work walked to Fengxize, and this young man was also among them, but instead of going to work, he joined in the fun, and took out a wine jug and drank wine as he walked.
The gang stopped when they reached Fengxize.
Strange to say, the people who have recently gone to the county to apprentice often disappear inexplicably near Fengxize, so for safety, everyone sent a quick-witted young man to take a few steps to inquire.
After a while, the spies fled back in fright, saying that he had walked some distance and smelled a faint smell in front of him, so he climbed up a large tree and looked out, and saw a huge and vicious white snake blocking the middle of the road, as if waiting for something.
The crowd was stunned and did not dare to move forward again.
At this moment, the young man separated the people and went forward, saying that the white snake was waiting for him, and that he was going to cut it off, and as he spoke, he pulled out the iron rod and staggered. It seems that he had drunk all the way and was already drunk.
People held their breath, looked at his crooked back, and said in their hearts, "This stupid boy..."
After a night, the young man did not return, and people knew that he must have become a good meal for the snake.
The clouds cleared and everyone moved on.
After walking for a while, suddenly, they saw a huge white snake being cut in two and thrown on the side of the road. After walking a few miles further, I found the young man lying on the side of the road, panting and sleeping, and above his body there was a cloud shrouded in a cloud, and a red dragon in the cloud was lazily flying around. The iron rod in his hand was gone, replaced by a sword decorated with colorful beads, nine jade, and a blade like frost and snow, and two seal characters were clearly engraved on the sword: Chixiao.
At this moment, people believed that what the young man had said was true.
This young man was Liu Bang, and this sword was the Chixiao Sword of the Snake Slayer Uprising.
Chixiao is a sword of the Imperial Dao.
Second: The Sword of Ren Dao - Zhan Lu (Zhan Lu)
Cham Lu
Zhan Lu is also known as Zhan Lu, Zhan Lu is a sword, but also an eye.
Cham Lu: Cham Cham but black also.
This black and traceless sword makes people feel not its sharpness, but its generosity and kindness. It is like a deep, discerning black eye of the heavens, watching the every move of kings and princes.
The king is able to do it, the sword is on the side, and the country is prosperous.
The king is incompetent, the sword is abandoned, and the country is destroyed.
The hero of hardware, the essence of the sun, the god of the out, the mighty of the service.
When Ou Yezi forged this sword, he couldn't help but touch the sword to tears, because he finally fulfilled his lifelong dream: to forge an indestructible weapon without the slightest killing.
According to legend, after the Sword of Zhan Lu was baked, it was obtained by the King of Yue and later passed to the King of Yue. Because of the defeat of Gou Jian, in desperation, he paid tribute to Wu Wang Fuchai. However, King Wu had no way, and Zhan Lujian actually left on his own and flew to the side of the world-famous King Chu. Since then, Zhan Lujian has become a representative of justice and benevolence.
The so-called invincible benevolence, Zhan Lu is a sword of benevolence.
First: The Sword of the Sacred Path, Regulus
Regulus
The bronze of the first mountain of the gods was cast by the Yellow Emperor and later passed down to Xia Yu. The body of the sword is carved with the sun, moon and stars on one side, and the mountains and rivers and trees on the other side. The handle of the sword is a book on the art of farming and animal breeding, and on the other hand, it is a book on the strategy of unifying the four seas. Xuanyuan Xia Yu Sword! What else can we say about such a sword?
Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor once used this sword to kill Xuan You.
Yellow Emperor, Xia Yu! What else can we say about these two people? Courage, wisdom, benevolence... It all comes down to two words: the Word.
The Xuanyuan Xia Yu Sword was a Sword of the Sacred Dao.