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Chapter 202: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada, and the Yellow Sparrow Follows


Hu Lai is naturally Tokugawa after his disguise.

Because Tokugawa lives outside Tokuyama Castle, he got up early this morning, but there was still a long distance from his home to Boss Cai's shop, so he was still late when he arrived.

Boss Cai rushed over from a distance and saw a large group of people waiting in front of the store.

He just heard Ye Jian raising his voice and shouting "Hu Lai".

He suddenly remembered that his signature was Hu Lai a few days ago, so he He agreed from afar.

Ye Jian and Nie Liya remained calm and took a closer look at Hu Lai.

Although they only had his portrait, they could basically tell the difference based on his age, height, body shape and other characteristics, combined with the descriptions of the people in the Monument King Valley. consistent.

Hu Lai entered the small room, where there were other people looking at the original text and annotations on the Danba stele.

When he looked up, he was pleasantly surprised.

What was written on the white paper on the wall was exactly the original text on the stele: "The Sanskrit language is courageous, and the Chinese language is subtle.

First, I received the secret precepts, then traveled to the Western Tianzhu Kingdom, visited eminent monks, and received scriptures and commentaries."

Hu Lai looked at the annotations again and found that they were really exquisite.

He had studied the inscriptions in the Valley of the Stele King, but he couldn't understand many parts.

Now when he looked at the annotations on the white paper on the wall, he felt like he had a sudden enlightenment, and a sense of slowness in his bookishness.

Slowly enter the body.

The success of the calligraphy initiation naturally proves the accuracy of the annotations on the inscription.

Even though he had obtained the correct annotation, Tokugawa still stared at the white paper on the wall, savoring it many times and unwilling to leave for a long time.

If there were annotations for the entire inscription, how many would there be.

Most of the other people around Tokugawa who looked at the inscriptions were feeling enlightened in the spirit of scholarship.

After proving the authenticity and correctness of the inscriptions and annotations, they all left.

By the time Tokugawa was about to leave, three groups of people had already changed around him.

Hu Lai's reaction also confirmed Ye Jian and Nie Liya's guess about his bookworm character.

Hu Lai must be Tokugawa.

After Tokugawa came out of the hut.

Then he took Boss Cai and asked: "Boss Cai, when will the entire annotation of the inscription be auctioned?"

"Don't worry, sir.

The seller said that the annotation on the Danba stele was accidentally obtained from an ancient book.

In order to eliminate everyone's doubts, we have today's second confirmation observation.

The specific auction time It should be a week later.

But this inscription is worth a lot of money, so you have to go back and collect the money quickly, haha."

Tokugawa was suddenly startled.

He was obsessed with calligraphy.

During this period, all he thought about was the annotation of the entire inscription, but he did not think about it.

The annotation on the inscription might cost a lot of money to buy.

Boss Cai's words reminded Tokugawa.

Tokugawa suddenly felt dizzy.

Where can I get such a large sum of money?

If I really participate in the bidding.

There are more than a hundred people here, and a large part of them are representatives of some cultivation institutions.

Among them are some people from ancient aristocratic families.

How can I have the financial resources to compete with them?

Thinking that it was impossible for him to buy this inscription, Tokugawa felt like he was dying.

Tokugawa walked out of Boss Cai's shop in a daze and passed by a restaurant.

I just remembered that I hadn't eaten yet when I woke up this morning, so I went into the restaurant and ordered a few side dishes.

Since I didn't have enough money to buy the inscriptions and annotations, I felt depressed, so I ordered a pot of soju. unconsciously.

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After drinking a pot of shochu, he became even more dazed.

He had no idea that Ye Jian and Nie Liya were secretly following him in the distance.

Ye Jian was afraid that Tokugawa would hide the stele at home, so he wanted to follow him home before taking action.

In addition, they were unwilling to have an accident in Tokugawa City.

There were many masters in the city, and if Tokugawa finally took out the courage he carried with him The monument was known to others, and Ye Jian and the two were really worried that they would not be able to protect this artifact from being taken away.

The small mountain village where Tokugawa lived in seclusion was about ten kilometers away from Tokuyama Castle.

After drinking, Tokugawa was in a depressed mood and naturally walked slower.

Ye Jian and Nie Liya distanced themselves and followed Tokugawa.

More than an hour later, Tokugawa finally returned home.

When he was about to open the door, he suddenly felt a strong bookishness coming from behind.

He was startled, and he was so drunk that he quickly turned around and punched him.

Bang Tokugawa felt his body shake, and his whole body hit the wall.

There was a "click" and a big hole was hit in the wall.

Ye Jian learned from Nie Liya that Tokugawa was in the second level of growth realm, so he used the Shiyun Shou when he made a move.

Ye Jian had already cultivated the Shiyun Shou to the fourth level, and he could increase the number of points with just one slap.

Tokugawa's second-level cultivation was rushed into battle, so his power was naturally compromised, and he was no match for Ye Jian.

At this time, Nie Liya also caught up, and the two formed a siege to Tokugawa.

Tokugawa touched the blood at the corner of his mouth and looked at Ye Jian and Nie Liya in horror.

Aren't these two guys from Boss Cai's shop?

Oops, I tried my best to be careful, but I still fell into the trap.

Although Tokugawa was obsessed with calligraphy, he was extremely smart.

He immediately figured out that the so-called annotation of the Danba stele was a scam from beginning to end, and the purpose of this scam was to lure him into appearing.

Who else in this world Do you want to get the annotation of the inscription more than yourself?

Thinking about it this way, the other party was naturally sent by Beiwang Valley to hunt down his people.

However, these two people in front of him were extremely strange.

I had lived in Beiwang Valley for more than 20 years and had never seen them before.

"hehe" Tokugawa smiled bitterly and looked at Ye Jian and Nie Liya.

"You are really stupid because of your sharpness.

I have tried so hard but I still can't escape.

I just want to know, are you from the Monument King Valley?"

"Tokugawa, you are ungrateful.

Our Monument King Valley has treated you well.

You actually stole the Danba Monument while my grandfather was out.

As a result, my grandfather fell ill in bed.

Have you ever felt a trace of guilt in your conscience?"

Nie Liya scolded, while also revealing her identity.

When Tokugawa heard Nie Liya's girlish voice and heard Nie Liya say that Nie Bin, the Monument King, was her grandfather, he naturally understood that although Nie Liya was not usually in the Monument King Valley, Tokugawa had met her when she was young. .

"It turns out it's the eldest lady.

Tokugawa is disrespectful.

I wonder if Master is in good health now."

Tokugawa still had some feelings for his master Nie Bin, although these feelings were later overridden by his inner selfish desires.

Hearing that his master was ill, he still couldn't help but be concerned.

"Because you stole the stone tablet.

My grandfather fell ill in bed.

Don't you know that this stone tablet is my grandfather's life?

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You still have the nerve to ask about my grandfather's body.

You should return the stone tablet to me immediately and follow me.

Go and apologize to grandpa."

Although Tokugawa had some feelings for his master, he loved the stone monument more than the stone monument.

Otherwise, he would not have taken the action of stealing the stone tablet in the first place.

"Haha, Miss, you don't know that your Nie family has owned this stone tablet for more than a hundred years, but have you ever deciphered the ancient text on this stone tablet in the past hundred years?"

"This stone tablet is one of the crystallizations of the ancient civilization of our ancestors, a treasure of human calligraphy.

This thing was supposed to benefit everyone in the world, but it has been secretly hidden by your Nie family for more than a hundred years.

Do your Nie family have a clear conscience?"

"You are using strong words to make sense."

Nie Liya did not expect that Tokugawa could actually say such a truth.

"Haha, you are right."

Ye Jian, who was standing aside, said: "This Danba Stele is indeed a treasure of human calligraphy.

Although it belongs to the entire human race, does that mean that everyone can own it?

The Monument King Valley has secretly kept it for more than a hundred years.

Years ago, rather than keeping it privately, it is better to say that it has been protected for more than a hundred years.

If it had been allowed to circulate in the world, future generations would have had the opportunity to appreciate this calligraphy treasure."

"Besides, the Monument King Valley is the owner of the stele after all.

And what does your theft mean?

Are you promoting the art of calligraphy?

Are you still hiding the stele to satisfy your selfish desires and try to take it for yourself?"

Ye Jian's words made Tokugawa blush and speechless.

Tokugawa's face changed several times, and he sighed: "That's all, master treats me well.

Monument King Valley has raised me for more than twenty years.

I will return this artifact to you."

Nie Liya and Ye Jian were shocked.

They didn't expect Tokugawa to agree to return the stone tablet so readily.

"However, I have a small request.

I hope you can satisfy me.

I have followed the master for more than 20 years.

I know that no one in the Nie family has completely deciphered the ancient inscriptions on the stone tablet.

However, you published two sections of the inscription in Boss Cai's shop in Deshan City.

Explanation, where does it come from?”

Ye Jian smiled: "Of course we asked an expert to get the annotations for the inscription.

However, that expert only deciphered these two small sections of the inscription.

If it wasn't to lure you out, we wouldn't have taken this step.

Now that the inscription on the stele has appeared, it has brought a lot of hidden dangers to the Stele King Valley.

You’d better hand the stele to the eldest lady as soon as possible.”

Tokugawa was obsessed with calligraphy.

Although he usually copied the stone tablets, he only knew how to copy the ancient scripts.

He was unable to understand the connotations of the ancient texts in many places.

This also resulted in the calligraphy he copied often only being similar in appearance but lacking in spirit.

Tokugawa originally wanted to obtain all the annotations of the inscription from Ye Jian and his wife, but he had been wishing for decades.

When he heard that there was no annotation of all the inscriptions at all, he was deeply disappointed in his heart.

Tokugawa took out the Danba tablet from his storage bag and prepared to hand it to Nie Liya.

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Tokugawa caressed the Danba Monument with reluctance on his face, as if he was stroking his lover.

As a fan of calligraphy on stone tablets, his obsession with Danba Monument was not much lower than that of his master Nie Bin.

If we say, this Danba Monument It is also Tokugawa's life, even more important than life, it is not an exaggeration.

Thinking of how I have been obsessed with calligraphy for decades and studied hard with the master in the Monument King Valley for more than 20 years.

When I saw this stone tablet for the first time, I didn't sleep for three days and three nights, and the calligraphy shadow of Danba Tablet was all in my mind.

For more than a year, Tokugawa had been looking at the stone tablets for several hours almost every day.

He couldn't sleep without taking a look at them before going to bed.

Tokugawa suddenly put the stele into the storage bag again and shouted: "No, this stone tablet cannot be given to you.

It is mine.

It is a treasure in the world.

Everyone can own it.

Why can only you in the Monument King Valley own it?

Why do you become its owner?

Can you annotate this stone tablet?

Talking about protecting the stone monument, you are also robbers, so there is no difference between you and me, a thief, but you are still just to satisfy your own selfish desires, haha."

Ye Jian and Nie Liya did not expect that things suddenly changed.

Tokugawa looked ashamed just now and said he wanted to return the stone tablet, but he changed his mind in the blink of an eye.

The charm of this stone tablet is really not small.

"Since you have no repentance, don't blame us for being rude."

After Ye Jian finished speaking, he flipped his hand and played a move of Shiyun Hand.

He wanted to end this matter quickly.

He didn't want to have long nights and dreams.

Who knows how many people were paying attention to this artifact.

It was hard to tell whether anyone was following him.

Strong bookishness flowed into Tokugawa.

Since Tokugawa was prepared not to hand over the stone tablet, he was naturally prepared.

He jumped up and got out of the way extremely quickly.

It turned out that although Tokugawa was only in the second stage of the Growth Realm in his Shuqi realm, he, like Ye Jian, learned a movement technique similar to the Bird Step.

This was one of the reasons why he dared to change his mind suddenly.

He felt that with his movement technique, he would be able to Escape is no problem.

However, he was still wrong.

I only heard a scream: "Where can I escape?"

Nie Liya's movement was actually faster than him, and she quickly grabbed the direction he was about to escape and struck him with a palm.

"Chasing the Wind" A wind blade hit Tokugawa, who screamed, vomited blood, and flew more than ten meters away.

At the same time, there was only a "bang" sound, and a big hole was made in the house behind him, penetrating directly from the front of the house to the back of the house.

This was naturally the Shiyun hand that Ye Jian had just slashed at Tokugawa, although Tokugawa avoided it.

Ye Jian's Shiyun Hand, but the calligraphy of the Shiyun Hand did not stop and penetrated directly through several walls of the house.

Tokugawa fell to the ground, knowing that he could no longer escape today, and laughed miserably.

He was obsessed with calligraphy, and in the end he was harmed by calligraphy.

It was really sad, ridiculous and pitiful.

Nie Liya's Shuqi cultivation was at the fifth stage of the Growth Realm.

The Wind Chasing Slash hit Tokugawa on Tokugawa's body, which had completely broken his sternum and severely damaged his internal organs.

Without rescue, it was difficult to have any hope of survival.

Tokugawa coughed up blood, reached out and took out the storage bag from his waist, and gently threw it to Nie Liya.

"Miss, Tokugawa returned the stone tablet to you.

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Tokugawa was wrong, but Tokugawa has no face to see the master again.

Please apologize to the master for me, cough, cough,,," Nie Liya picked up the storage bag and opened it.

She checked the Danba stele and made sure it was authentic.

Nie Liya had followed her grandfather to observe and study this Danba stele since she was a child.

She was very familiar with it.

She could tell even if there were any dents on the stele.

Know everything clearly.

Nie Liya herself is a kind girl.

Although she suffered a lot from chasing Tokugawa, once she retrieved the stone tablet and Tokugawa was seriously injured by herself, most of the hatred in her heart disappeared.

Nie Liya took out a porcelain bottle from her body: "Here are some pills that can protect you from death."

Tokugawa struggled to sit up, blood still pouring from his mouth.

Tokugawa smiled bitterly and said: "Thank you, Miss.

Tokugawa has been obsessed with calligraphy all his life.

He didn't want to be harmed by calligraphy today.

He was obsessed with it and went astray.

But in this life, Tokugawa still has no regrets.

The only thing I regret is stealing the master's stone tablet.

I should pay the price, but for calligraphy, even if there is an afterlife, I still like it.

The Danba Monument is the master’s life, and it is also my life.

Now that my life is over, it’s time for me to leave.”

After Tokugawa finished speaking, he used up his last bit of bookishness and raised his palm to hit his head.

There was a muffled sound, and his brains exploded.

He was the king at the end.

Looking at this scene, Ye Jian and Nie Liya took a deep breath and were speechless for a long time.

Tokugawa was obsessed with calligraphy throughout his life, and once enjoyed happiness and a sense of accomplishment from calligraphy.

However, in the end he lost his true nature and was harmed by calligraphy.

Nie Liya was kind-hearted and wanted to bury Tokugawa's body.

After all, he was considered a disciple of Monument King Valley.

The two were about to bury Tokugawa's body when they heard a scream "咒" coming from the air in the distance.

Ye Jian was startled and looked up, only to see a red flying eagle and hound flying towards here from a distance.

Behind it was the figure of a dragon and horse flying towards him, and a rumble was heard in the air. came.

"Ye Jian, you can't escape.

I finally caught you, haha."

Zuo Feiyang's proud laughter could be heard in the air

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