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Indeed, as stated at the beginning, Master never answered any question, even if the question did not come from the book.

Sometimes, he would be panicked by the doubts in his heart, kneeling in front of the master for several hours, just begging him to answer one or two questions for himself.

But Master always just smiled and didn't answer, and continued to be busy with his own affairs.

The three meals a day include soup, rice, noodles and vegetables, most of which come from the seeds planted by Master.Although he lives in a deep valley, the sun can always shine in through the mountains. Plants grow extremely fast in this fertile land. When he was ten years old, chickens and pigs were even raised in the valley. Often accompanied by the rushing sound of waterfalls, he falls asleep.

In the years before leaving the valley, he didn't have any friends, and all his knowledge of the outside world came from books.If it is not a real friend, it may be the bronze oil lamp that has accompanied him the longest. Every night, it will light up dimly, and accompany him to continue studying hard in the silence.

He often thinks, thinking that he is like a prisoner, imprisoned in this valley that seems to be a paradise, but he is so humble that he is not as good as those birds flying in the sky.

After all, he has grown from an innocent child to a very curious teenager. He naturally longs to leave this valley one day and witness the scenes in the books with his own eyes.

On the busy street, the sound of cries and people's voices blend together, white mist rises from the steamed stuffed bun shop, a girl in a silk dress with skin as white as snow walks through the street, laughing loudly...

Every night, he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, and a voice kept echoing in his mind: "Why?"

Why did he stay in the valley all the time?Why can't he go out and see the outside world?Why did Master refuse to answer his question?Why did he have to hold back in this deep valley to read all the books?why why why why...

Maybe these questions will never be answered, but he has been almost crazy in self-doubt day and night.

But when he was 17 years old, he finally couldn't bear it any longer. On a certain night, he quietly took out the burden cloth that he had prepared the night before, and when he opened it, he packed a few changes of clothes and touched it. He took out the steamed buns that he had spent a lot of time hiding, fastened them tightly, and carried them on his back.

Even though these steamed buns had been hidden by him for too long and were stained with mildew, it didn't matter at all. Now that he had made such a decision, he had to go out!

He mustered up the courage to straighten out his chest, which still didn't seem solid, and his heart was beating in excitement, almost jumping out of his chest.

When he was going out, he kowtowed three times on the ground, and said in a low voice: "Master, I will definitely repay you for the kindness of nurturing in the future, but today, I am determined to go out and have a look."

He cried bitterly, and finally walked out of the valley.

The road in the mountain has long been covered by all kinds of wildly growing plants, the night is dark, the stars are all over the field, and a few howling wolves can even be heard.

But he was surprisingly not afraid, he cut through the thorns and thorns all the way, while waving the hatchet in his hand to cut a road, while following the rugged mountain road.

Halfway through, he made a wrong step, and fell hard on the mountain road, his body was covered in blood, but even so, he didn't back down at all, and still walked resolutely towards the outside of the mountain.

The emotions that have been suppressed for more than ten years are like flames in his chest, constantly motivating him.

Even if the world is overturned, I still want to go outside to have a look!

However, when he reached the highest point all the way, he saw the vastness of the surrounding fields, the vastness of the world outside the mountain, and he could not see the end at a glance, but fear suddenly arose in his heart.

It was also at this time that he finally remembered that he had never lived outside. If he saw someone, what should he say? where?

There was no money in the valley, and he could be said to be alone when he came out, so where could he go?

"Why don't you try it?" Just then, he suddenly heard a voice in his ear, low, steady, gentle... most importantly, familiar.

The blood in his whole body was almost cold. When he turned around, his master was standing beside him, looking at him with kind eyes. There was no anger in it, but a bit of encouragement.

"Master." He knelt down and said fearfully, "Disciple..."

"Don't be afraid." Master stretched out a hand and gently pulled him up from the ground: "I didn't blame you."

After he hesitated and stood up with the support, the master continued to repeat what he said just now and said with a smile: "Why don't you try?"

"Try...try what?" He asked tremblingly.

The master looked into the distance, and the wide robe fluttered gently in the wind. For a moment, people thought that he would just float up and go with the wind: "This world is so big that it is difficult for you to walk through it even in your whole life." , and the valley is very small, so small that it is only the distance from this mountain to that mountain.”

The master lowered his head, and stroked his head with a broad and rough hand: "But the world becomes bigger, and it becomes more complicated. There are so many people in this world, there are good people, there are bad people, there are bad people pretending to be good people, and there are bad people who pretend to be good people." Good people pretending to be bad people, of course, most of them are ordinary people who don’t even know whether they are good people or bad people. And you will meet them, make friends, be friends, or be enemies, work together, or fight to the death .”

"But these are not important." Master smiled slightly. "Maybe you will meet many things and know many people, but these are just the appearances you see with your eyes. And eyes often deceive yourself. You have to learn not to use eyes." Only by looking at things can we truly see others and ourselves.”

At that time, he only felt puzzled, with tears still hanging on his face, he stared blankly at his master, and said with difficulty: "Disciple...don't understand."

Maybe everyone thinks that a person like him must have been a budding figure when he was young, and he was looked at by others.

However, he still remembered that that night, he did not make up his mind to leave the valley, but went back to the room and slept until noon the next day. Then, he continued to study hard. Over ten years.

Then one day, there was a young man who was only 30 years old at the Jishang Academy.

In just a few years, he became the most concerned young general of the Mohists from an ordinary student with no fame. It became famous all over the world after the First World War.

Counting up to now, he no longer knows how many battles he has experienced and how many honors he has won.

It's just that he is now a bit lonely.

He missed everything in the valley, even the loneliness accompanied by the oil lamp, seemed so precious at this moment.

And his master left the valley before he finished reading all the books. He left the few acres of vegetable fields with seedlings and the books in the whole building to him, and he has never been seen since.

He wanted to go back, go back to the valley and see the plants, trees, mountains and buildings with his own eyes. It must have been the happiest time in his life, right?

Chapter 469 Reckless

Wang Xuanwei was a little distracted for a while, and stood silently for a while, then took a deep look at Gao Changgong: "I can only guarantee that they will not die before I die."

"Enough." Gao Changgong smiled freely, he believed in Wang Xuanwei's temperament, as long as he promised, he would definitely do it, and this promise was already enough weight.

Qin Ke saw that Gao Changgong wanted to leave, and looked at him suspiciously: "You are leaving so soon? Aren't you going to meet Abu? He hasn't seen you for some time."

Gao Changgong shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "I won't do it this time. I just ran into you when I saw you, so I tried your cultivation. There will be many opportunities to meet in the future, so I don't stick to it for a while. When the time comes, I will listen to you." Your story along the way."

He whistled, and the sound of horseshoes suddenly came from the forest. Soon, a dark red horse as tall as a beast trotted over. As soon as it approached, it rubbed its head affectionately. Gao Changgong's shoulder.

Gao Changgong felt a little itchy, laughed out loud, and gently stroked its side face with his hand: "Don't make trouble, Chi Huo."

Chi Huo's nostrils opened and closed, exhaling a warm breath, and the exposed die looked like he was smiling silly.

Qin Ke watched Gao Changgong get on the horse, and seemed to think of something in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Wait, can you do me a favor? Help me take someone away."

Gao Changgong sat on the horse and looked down: "Who is it?"

Qin Ke hesitated for a while, then said: "A girl, she doesn't know martial arts, it's not safe to stay in the army, it would be best if you can take her away."

"Girl?" Gao Changgong was a little surprised, and soon showed a meaningful smile, and teased in a low voice, "Which girl is this time, let me figure it out, you have one in Jingwu, and now you have one with the public loser." The head of the family got married, but there was another one hidden in the army, little brat, why didn't I see it before, your ability to deceive girls is not small."

Qin Keteng blushed suddenly, and stammered: "What are you talking about? Why do I have one in Jingwu? It's not what you think. It's just that she sneaked into the army without discussing it. I'm afraid of him Danger."

"Secretly sneaked into the army with you? This is to live and die with you." Gao Changgong smiled more and more, "For you, other girls have done this, I am really gratified."

"I'm glad you're tall. If you don't help me, it's fine if you don't."

Gao Changgong looked at his angry expression, and laughed: "Call me good brother, and I will help you. Isn't it just to bring a girl?"

"No. Why do I have to call you brother." Qin Ke's eyes were not friendly, "When we meet, you pretend to be a ghost and scare me. Do you look like a brother?"

"Really not?"

"not called."

"Then I'll be leaving. It just so happens that I have something to do, so it's inconvenient to take someone with me." Gao Changgong gently tugged at the rein, Chi Huo turned around obediently, rubbing his hooves on the ground, as if he was going to be ready at any moment. run up.

Gao Changgong smiled, but he was not in a hurry to urge Chi Huo to leave, but was waiting for something.

"Okay... good brother..." Qin Ke's difficult voice came from behind him. After all, he succumbed to Gao Changgong's "excessive power". Please beg others.

Gao Changgong laughed loudly, and agreed: "Hey! Brother Qin, be good. It's rare to hear such sweet words from your mouth. I have to help if I don't want to help."

"What's wrong with this person? He likes to be someone else's big brother?" Qin Ke looked at the figure on the horse angrily, but only dared to whisper, not daring to let him hear him.

……

What he didn't know was that in a mountain forest dozens of miles away from him, the scene of old friends meeting was also being staged, but in comparison, it was not very warm, and the cold night wind seemed to blow away the temperature. Only indifference remains.

A sycamore tree was thick and old, and Xiang Chu sitting under it was sitting cross-legged with half-closed eyes. Compared with a few days ago, his clothes were a bit torn and his hair was a bit messy. The sword, but there are many small holes on the blade, as if it was bitten by a group of insects.

"Since you're here, why hide behind the tree?" Xiang Chu said softly, "Remember we haven't seen each other for five years?"

A black figure slowly flashed out from behind the tree, and Li Si, who was dressed up, stood up straight, like a long spear in the dark night: "You and I are at odds with each other, it would be better if we didn't see each other."

Xiang Chu was not angry when he heard this, but said indifferently: "It seems that it is rare for us to think of going together. But since you came, you must have brought me some news, right?"

Xiang Chu took a deep breath, feeling the surge of Qi and blood in his chest, but whenever he moved to a certain place, there would always be a bit of stagnation.

This was not an injury left by Wang Xuanwei.

Under the city of Jinzhou, he fought with Wang Xuanwei musk all the way, the two horses galloped for more than ten miles, and then Wang Xuanwei's horse under the crotch hit him with a sword and fell to the ground and died.

But Wang Xuanwei is Wang Xuanwei after all, although he is not a practitioner of qi and blood, and does not have a strong physique to run long distances, but under his spiritual concentration, Xuanweizi gathers under him like a cloud, forcibly forming a group. It looked like a goshawk, carried Wang Xuanwei and continued to flee.

The two of them were forty miles away from Jinzhou, and at this time there was no more Tang Jun around.

But the outcome of the two is still not announced.

After all, Wang Xuanwei went through a battle first, motivating countless Xuanweizi with his own strength, and using Xuanweizi as a shield to resist countless waves of arrows for the Mohist cavalry under his command. It was supported by long strength.

But at this moment, an unknown master came out of the sky, using the "Shou Yu Sword" created by the giant of the Mohist school. His strength should not be underestimated. Not only did he successfully rescue Wang Xuanwei, he even hit him with a palm chest.

Relying on his tyrannical qi and blood cultivation base, he relieved a lot of pain, but his internal injuries have not healed yet.A person with such strength would definitely not be an unknown person in the Mo family, but who would he be?

Could it be that the giant of the Mohist family made the move himself?

He shook his head, thinking that such a guess was too unreasonable, if it was the Mohist giant who made the move, it would be impossible for him to survive.

Moreover, it is even more impossible for the Mohist giant to abandon the court and easily become a lone hero and rush to the battlefield.

Li Si still stood quietly and said, "Do you still care about any news?"

"Oh, it sounds like what you brought must not be good news." Xiang Chu grinned.

Li Si sneered and said: "It seems that you still know how out of line you are... It was the priest who asked me to ask you, the previous arrangement, you could have surrounded and killed Wang Xuanwei, but surrounded by a hundred thousand troops, you forced yourself to Let him go, why?"

"Why do you think I let him out? Li Mo is under Yang Taizhen's order. If I insist on going my own way, if she thinks that I have a heavy soldier in my hand and will not be ordered by the emperor, I'm afraid there will be many troubles in the future, isn't it?"

Li Si shook his head and said: "Don't think that everyone else is a fool. Li Mei is just your lieutenant general. You are the commander-in-chief of the Tang Kingdom this time. It is impossible to usurp your power. As for Yang Taizhen, there will naturally be priests to arrange for the aftermath, not to mention, you were the first general Wang Xuanwei to kill the Mohists on the battlefield, relying on this credit will naturally make Yang Taizhen have nothing to say."

Xiang Chu nodded slightly, and said with a slight smile, "Okay, I have no objection."

"Irrefutable? Then you admit it?" Li Sidao: "In fact, you just want to have a good fight with Wang Xuanwei, right? And Yang Taizhen is just an excuse on your lips. But you should know that once Wang Xuanwei gets out of trouble , and how much trouble it will cause."

"How troublesome is it?" Xiang Chu looked extremely calm, "It's just that this time the conquest of the Mohists...returned in vain."

"you……"

"Li Si!" Xiang Chu finally got a little impatient, and interrupted him abruptly, with a voice like a roar of a tiger, "I know what you are thinking! And I, Xiang Chu, can tell you clearly today that Zhang Yanling is just a little girl of the Lord. That’s all, it’s not his turn to tell me what I want to do!”

4 Chapter Seventy

Li Si remained silent, as if shocked by Xiang Chu's sudden anger, his black clothes were looming in the shadow of the old tree, as if they would disappear at any moment.

"What's more, even Zhang Yanling doesn't care about the affairs of this world at all." Xiang Chu continued: "Not long after the Lord passed away, he jumped out so eagerly to promote this conquest, thinking that I don't know what he is thinking? The lord may have gone, but take a step back, the heir chosen by the lord is not him, but Zhuge Wolong, don't make a mistake!"

"Zhuge Wolong is dead, Shenqi chose another child." Li Sidao.

"Who knows?" Xiang Chu sneered, "At least in my opinion, Zhuge Wolong is not someone who will die so easily. As for that child, didn't you find out that he has a close relationship with Zhuge Wolong? They even followed him to find Zhuge Wolong's tomb, but you still haven't seen his dead body, have you?"

Li Si didn't speak.

Xiang Chu took a deep breath, and finally felt that the blood in his chest was gradually smoothing out. As he opened his mouth suddenly, a thick stream of blood was spat out by him, almost like a blood arrow, spanning a distance of dozens of steps. , hit the trunk of a pine tree in front of me, and I didn't know how many pine cones and pine needles were shaken off.

When Xiang Chu stood up, he turned his back to Li Si and said: "Tell Zhang Yanling that if he thinks he can replace the Lord, he is really too presumptuous. At least in my opinion, whether it is the tower wood in the north Really, it’s still impossible for the kid named Ying in Jingwu’s family in the south to obey him. It’s better to let him clean up his hands and feet now, don’t touch what he shouldn’t touch, and he shouldn’t take care of it ...don't worry too much about it."

There was no response from the forest, and Li Si's figure was no longer standing under the tree without knowing it, but disappeared without a trace.

Xiang Chu was not surprised by this, of course he was very familiar with Li Si's movements, so he just raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Wang Xuanwei, I will give you a chance, I hope you Don't let me down... This battle is meaningless, if there is no opponent like you, it will be really boring."

After Cai Yan was taken away, Qin Ke felt a lot lonely for a while. If it wasn't for the fact that there was Abu in the army who knew him well, he wouldn't be able to stay for a moment.

It's just that he has to do this again. According to Gao Changgong, Zhuge Wanling on the Jingwu side has already made arrangements. Following Wang Xuanwei, I am afraid that there will be several battles in the future. It is not appropriate for Cai Yan to stay in the army with a girl's family , Once on the battlefield again, in the chaotic army, swords are connected, arrows are raining, Qin Ke is too busy to take care of himself, let alone be distracted to protect another person.

"In the past few days, you have done a good job." When walking on the road, Wang Xuanwei suddenly said leisurely.

Qin Ke didn't quite get used to it for a while, thinking about it, this should be the first time Wang Xuanwei praised himself directly?

Although he had never expected his praise, this sudden sentence still made him a little embarrassed.

He scratched his head and said, "It's not just me, it's mainly Abu who helped plan it."

Wang Xuanwei didn't say much, just glanced in the direction of Abu station, and nodded.

Back in the camp, many soldiers had already woken up, and several sergeants stirred the fire and started cooking breakfast.

"General." These days, the Mohist cavalry had determined that Qin Ke deserved this title, so they naturally became more respectful.

Although they didn't know why Qin Ke walked back to the camp from the mountains and forests, when they found that the person standing next to their "general" was actually Wang Xuanwei, they all screamed in surprise, but at the same time they were overjoyed.

They would scream, because their general suddenly appeared, with a dusty look on his face, even a little embarrassed.

The great joy is that Wang Xuanwei really kept his promise and came here to join them, the hardships involved can be imagined.

Wang Xuanwei looked very calm, and said to the soldiers: "Find me a clean and quiet place, and don't disturb me until I give you an order."