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Of course Qin Ke didn't want it.

For Qin Ke now, what is the most important thing?Naturally, it is the trace of the master, and even in his opinion, even the past events of the master that Liu De told him will be more precious than the fifteen thousand Juechen soldiers.

Commanding thousands of troops and responding to every call, such a thing sounds very majestic, but who knows how much blood will be stained behind it?

"No need..." Thinking of this, Qin Ke whispered: "I am willing to fight. As for the vanguard general and the Juechen army, I don't care. I... still have a lot of things to do. You can’t stay in one place for too long.”

"You..." Guan Changyu was also a little angry for no reason, but felt that his anger was unreasonable, so he could only hold his breath and stare at Qin Ke, thinking that this young man really didn't know what to do, and how many people begged him Unable to ask for merit, unexpectedly refused in a few words?

Liu De thought more than Qin Ke, squeezed Qin Ke's shoulder slightly with his hands, and said to Cao Meng with a smile: "Look, lord, your tricks don't seem to be tried and tested. .”

Cao Meng was rejected, but he didn't feel sad at all. On the contrary, he admired Qin Ke more and more. He took a step back and said, "Don't be fooled by fame and wealth, that's right. If that's the case, I'll keep this vanguard general for you for now. If you One day, if you figure it out, you can come to Canghai to ask me to cash it in at any time."

Cao Meng looked at Liu De again, and said with a smile: "I can tell, Liu De, you are so confident, it seems that you have already thought about this child, right? Don't be foolish, just tell me everything, as long as I can satisfy you Yes, even if you want my concubine in the palace, I will give it to you!"

Chapter 617 The Magic Pill of Chengtian

A concubine in the palace?Qin Ke couldn't help but covered his face, he just felt that Cao Meng was so dumb that he couldn't stop talking, even this thing could be given away, so what else could he not give away?

Liu De also showed a somewhat embarrassed smile, thinking that it was not the first time that the lord of the country said these things that violated the rules of ethics, etiquette, and deviant.

"There is no need for a beautiful concubine." Liu De said: "Although the people in the Lord's Palace are good, but this child has not yet become an adult, let alone a marriage. Even if the Lord wants to reward these things, I am afraid that he will not Good luck."

"Pedantic." Cao Meng gave Liu De a conclusion with a smile, "What's so unlucky to suffer, a man should aim at the world, but there are times when he stays in the gentle country. As a matchmaker, choose a beautiful woman and make a marriage first..."

Qin Ke's face turned red, and he felt that his mind was in a mess, so he kept waving his hands and said cowardly, "No...it's unnecessary...I don't want to be engaged..."

How old is he this year?Although it is said that many children in the village have made baby marriages early, but the master has always disagreed with early marriages. He only said that if you can meet a woman you like in the future, it is not too late to talk about getting married.

Now he can at least be sure that he likes Cai Yan, so how could he listen to Cao Meng to form such a ridiculous marriage.

As a result, Cao Meng became more and more interesting the more he watched, he laughed and said, "Look, our young hero is really ashamed."

Liu De couldn't bear it anymore, and finally abandoned the etiquette for the time being, and Cao Meng said angrily: "If the lord continues to mess around like this, I really won't help the lord to plan this matter, let the lord talk to this child himself, If he doesn't want to fight with Jebeg, I don't care about it."

Cao Meng finally stopped his unrestrained smile, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'm going to say more, I'll punish myself three cups in a while. Just tell me, what do you want Gu to reward this child? I'm really curious .”

The expression on Liu De's face relaxed at this moment, and then he looked at Qin Ke and said with a smile: "In my opinion, the king doesn't have to be married to someone rather than wanting to marry him. The second son is not right now. Leading the army outside the village? Why not let the two become brothers with different surnames, and in the future it will be the young people's world, and when the two of them reunite, maybe they can make a difference?"

In fact, this is exactly Liu De's idea. In his opinion, if you want to take Qin Ke into the sea, you should not be impatient.

If Qin Ke really sworn brothers with Cao Pei, even if Qin Ke is not in Canghai as a general in the future, he will always have a sense of belonging to Canghai.

What's more, in his opinion, Qin Ke will definitely leave Jingwu one day in the future. At that time, Canghai will become his second harbor, and it will be much easier to accept him into the army.

"Let him and Pei'er become sworn brothers?" But when Cao Meng heard Liu De's proposition, he hesitated, as if he had some considerations, and then he smiled meaningfully and said: "But he He is not at the same age as Pei'er, but closer to Zhi'er, maybe he can become sworn brothers with Zhi'er..."

"Master Mingjian." Before Cao Meng finished speaking, Liu De interrupted him in a low voice, "Although the third son and Qin Ke are about the same age, they have never gone out with the army after all, and it is difficult to be courteous far away. From my point of view, the difference in age doesn't affect the two being brothers to each other. Wasn't there a lot of difference when I sworn brothers with my second and third brothers back then?"

Cao Meng felt Liu De's toughness, and he was a little stunned, and then he didn't think too much, and laughed a few times: "Forget it, since you say yes, Gu has nothing to say, send a signal later, let Pei Just come here."

Hearing Cao Meng's agreement, Liu De also smiled again, and patted Qin Ke's shoulder with a smile: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you thank the king soon? I'm afraid that such an opportunity will be hard to find in your life. The second."

In fact, among all the people present, apart from a few barbarians, Qin Ke who was at the center of the conversation was the most confused.

What he didn't understand was that he had already agreed to the request to help out in a fight, and he didn't ask for anything in return. Why did Liu De have to toss out some things?

Also, why do you want him to sworn brothers with that second son?He didn't know the Second Young Master, why did he somehow want to become brothers with this Second Young Master?

But looking at the look of expectation in Liu De's eyes that almost seemed to be pleading, he felt that he couldn't refuse, thinking that anyway, it would be more reliable to marry a brother than to be married by Cao Meng, and there will be many vicissitudes in the future The elder brother of the Second Young Master, he has gained a bit of prestige when he speaks out, doesn't he?

After rushing back to Jingwu tomorrow, when Sun Qing used the entire Sun family to bluff people, he could also laugh out loud, then stood facing the wind, with one hand on his forehead, made a chic expression, and responded loudly: "Sun What is family, my elder brother is still Cao Meng's son!"

So he immediately turned around and agreed, but he hesitated and said: "Thank you...the king...well, do I have to kneel down and thank you?"

"That's unnecessary." Cao Meng was happy when Qin Ke agreed, clapped his hands and said, "This is outside, not in the Canghai Palace. If you can avoid the red tape, it should be you. Kneel with Peier."

"Oh..." Qin Ke nodded, but forgot about it.

Liu De looked at the two with a smile, and said again: "In this case, congratulations to the king for having an extra handsome son, but the king can't accept such a son in vain, right? Although Qin Ke's surname is not Cao, but Now it can be regarded as half of the Cao family. And he has a good talent in cultivation, why don't the lord give him the 'Chengtian Pill' to help him one last time?"

"Chengtian Pill?" Qin Ke looked at Liu De, could it be that this is what Liu De wanted to give him?

"So it turns out that you are here waiting for Gu." Cao Meng couldn't help laughing and said, "You have planned to the extreme for your younger generation, and you even came up with the idea of ​​'Chengtian Pill', no wonder you want him to Sworn brothers with Pei'er. Don't you know that Chengtian Pill is the treasure of the Cao family, and it must not be passed on to outsiders unless it is the Cao family?"

Liu De nodded, and said with a smile: "Of course I know, this Chengtian Pill is an inheritance pill given to the Cao family by the previous emperor. There are five pills in total. , and now there are three left.”

"You know?" Cao Meng withdrew his smile and looked at Liu De expressionlessly, "Then you still have the nerve to reach out to Gu?"

Qin Ke felt that Cao Meng was brewing some emotions at this moment, but Liu De didn't seem worried at all, just cupped his hands and said: "I know that in the heart of the king, talents are more important than a few pills, don't you?"

The two looked at each other calmly, their eyes seemed to sparkle, which seemed to make the temperature in the room drop a lot.

But only a moment later, both of them couldn't help laughing out loud. Cao Meng held his stomach, as if he had heard the most interesting words in the world.

The laughter warmed the air in the room again like spring wind and rain. Even Uncle Ji who was lying on the straw supported by Qin Ke was startled by the laughter and slowly woke up.

"Uncle Ji." Seeing Uncle Ji's movement, Qin Ke immediately leaned to Uncle Ji's side and patted the back of Uncle Ji who had just woken up.

Cao Meng glanced at Uncle Ji, then continued to smile at Liu De: "Okay! Liu De, I've always been reluctant to listen to other words, but what you said was so lonely that you went. If so, by You! Give it as you say! Is it just a pill? If Gu can use this pill to exchange for a talent, it will not be difficult to rule the world in the future. If this is the case, who will say that there is no future? Can't we rebuild the prosperity of the past and ask someone to open a furnace to refine dozens of Chengtian pills?"

Liu De smiled and nodded, "Liu De admires the lord of the country for being so open-minded."

"Admiration is admiration, but if you just flatter Gu Gu, you can't do it." Cao Meng laughed and scolded, while taking out a small bottle from his arms, handed it to Liu De's hand with some solemnity, and said softly: "Except for horses. Shit, you have to find a way to make this kid really able to do things for Gu in the future, if he refuses, then you have to find someone else for Gu. At that time, Gu is not a master. "

"Yes. I will do my best." Liu De responded with a laugh.

After Liu De's explanation, I realized that the so-called Chengtian Pill naturally means a elixir that is ordered by the sky to inherit the blessings of heaven.

In the previous dynasty, Emperor Ji Yang who believed in alchemists, in order to live forever, would ask alchemists to refine a furnace of elixir at the ceremony every year when offering sacrifices to heaven.

But because the medicinal materials are hard to find and the heat is hard to control, the real pill is only 190 five pills, which happens to be the supreme number.

However, those 190 five pills still didn't make Emperor Ji Yang get the longevity he wanted, but instead made him go crazy day by day.

In the end, before he died, he knocked down the pill furnace in a fit of anger, set the palace on fire, and died in a sea of ​​flames together with the rest of the pills that hadn't been eaten.

Unexpectedly, after the fire burned, the surviving Chengtian Pills all changed color, and were carefully put away by the eldest son of the emperor.

The alchemists in the palace were dispersed one after another, and the alchemy room was closed and never opened again. After the eldest son of the emperor inherited the rule, he made great efforts to govern and recruited talents, and it was only then that the previous dynasty was revived for nearly 50 years.

And these surviving Chengtian Pills were used to reward the courtiers. The meaning of "Chengtian" was naturally changed to "Cherishing the Blessing of the Son of Heaven", and only a very small number of courtiers had the opportunity to receive such gifts.

Cao Meng's ancestor was one of them.

"Then what do I want this thing for?" Qin Ke, who had settled Uncle Ji and Aunt Qing, was a little dumbfounded after listening to Liu De's words, "This Chengtian Dan sounds like a very powerful name, but it turned out to be very impressive. Crazy poison? Could it be possible for me to use it to harm people..."

Liu De looked at Qin Ke gently, and explained softly: "The Chengtian Pill left behind is no longer what it used to be. Instead of being a poison, it has become a real panacea for physical fitness. The most important thing is...it can help practitioners Qi and blood practice."

Qin Ke was slightly taken aback: "You mean, Chengtian Pill is beneficial to my practice?"

"If it's just beneficial, the lord of the country will not regard it as a treasure." Liu De explained with a light smile. In Qin Ke's view, he is the most suitable commentator with a Confucian temperament, and his smooth and soft voice is impressive. Feeling extremely comfortable, "Do you know how the lord became a little master back then? You must know that his cultivation talent is really..."

Liu De also knew that he shouldn't describe it like this, but he still smiled wryly and said: "It's kind of bad. If it weren't for this Chengtian Pill, it would be impossible for him to go from the realm of Qi and Blood in just five years. Reached the realm of the little master."

"So powerful?" Qin Ke finally became interested, "Then if I eat this, won't I be able to directly enter the junior grandmaster, maybe even a grandmaster?"

Liu De looked at Qin Ke helplessly, rubbed his head, but laughed involuntarily, thinking that it would be a good thing if he really had such a child: "If so, Canghai Kingdom should have had three more children a long time ago." A master master, invincible in the world."

"That's right." Qin Ke thought for a while, and felt that it was a bit exaggerated to achieve the realm of a master simply by relying on a pill, but since Liu De fought for him like this, it must be because the pill was so important to him. There are not small benefits in the practice of this, so he smiled and said, "So, I just picked up a big deal for nothing?"

Chapter 618 Fourteen of Seven Advances

Thinking of this, he suddenly became energetic, and he didn't care much about the matter that he was involved for no reason. He even rubbed his hands together, took off the Bodhisattva sword from the horse's back, and took half of it out to look at the blade. .

But for some reason, when Liu De saw the edge of the Bodhisattva Sword, his complexion darkened, and there was a bit of nostalgia in his eyes.

So the sword is still there?

There are heirs?

"Can I see your sword?" After a moment of silence, Liu De asked in a faint voice.

Qin Ke didn't think much, just nodded, and handed the Bodhisattva sword to Liu De. Anyway, in his opinion, a person with Liu De's status would never snatch the Bodhisattva sword, let alone the one on his waist. The ancient sword Zhanlu may not be weaker than Bodhisattva.

Liu De took over the Bodhisattva Sword, feeling the heavy weight of the scabbard, and then gently stroked the hilt, following the part wrapped in animal skin to the cold gauntlet.

Then he grasped the hilt of the sword, exerted a slight force, and with a clear and crisp sound, the Bodhisattva sword came out of its sheath and groaned. Several snowflakes that slowly fell from the sky were cut off in an instant, and the sword pointed towards the sky. The reflected light makes it seem to have a cheerful mood.

"Long combined 360 days, wide combined with half of the sky, unparalleled sharpness, can cut jade and gold..." Liu De put down the scabbard, slowly stroked the sword body, his eyes seemed to be looking at an old friend, the voice of his voice There is also a little more affection in the midst, "Old friend, so you are still here, I didn't expect that we would see each other more than ten years later."

Qin Ke sensed Liu De's feelings for the sword, and asked suspiciously: "Uncle Liu, do you have a relationship with this sword?"

"Yuanyuan?" Liu De said with a slight smile after hearing this, "This sword used to be called Qingzhu, and it was originally made by a famous swordsmith on the Great Wall. Later, Ziyun brought it out, and even In the midst of disputes, one person and one sword rushed out of a hundred thousand troops..."

Qin Ke's eyes were slightly rounded. When he heard about the past of the Bodhisattva Sword for the first time, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "So this is your friend's sword? Then... what does Qingzhi mean?"

"Qingzhi means that the lights are green and the lights are blue and white." Liu De answered the question, and then asked Qin Ke: "What is the name of this sword now?"

After getting Qin Ke's answer, he frowned and sighed: "It's really an unexpected title, but it shouldn't be a bad thing...Little brother, do you understand the meaning of the name 'Bodhisattva'?"

Qin Ke nodded and said: "Gao Changgong said that a soldier is a weapon, and a saint can't use it. Maybe I hope I can make this sword less bloody?"

It's just that he thought that he had killed quite a few people along the way, so he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

Have you forgotten the original meaning of the sword name?

Liu De shook his head, and said softly: "It's good to have less blood, but in your opinion, is that all there is?"

Qin Ke looked at Liu De, and asked hesitantly, "Is there any other meaning?"

Liu De smiled, slowly put the Bodhisattva sword back into its sheath, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You have to know that although a sword is a murderous weapon, it is not only used to take people's lives. The saint said, use it as a last resort, then When is it a last resort? Is it to vent your personal anger, or to serve the people of the world? In my opinion, the sword is sharp and hurts others and yourself, but if the people in the world need this sword and the person who holds the sword, then this sword It has to be unsheathed."

"For the people of the world?" Qin Ke inexplicably felt some shock, and felt some weight, but the weight didn't belong to him at the moment, but belonged to Liu De in front of him.

In fact, he has never had such a great sentiment, and he has never thought about saving anyone, let alone becoming a saint who helps the world and the weak... Maybe he can draw his sword to help when encountering injustice, but this is just his pure compassion after all. .

Like Liu De, relying on his thin shoulders to support the weight of the whole world, he thinks that the current him can't do it at all.

The ancient Zhanlu sword on Liu De's waist, although Qin Ke has never seen it really come out of its sheath, Qin Ke knows that when Liu De pulls out that sword, there will be countless people following behind him He, fought for him, died for him...

Maybe I can only be a ranger in this life...

Liu De quickly saw the bewilderment in Qin Ke's eyes, and was not eager to instill anything in him, but just smiled and said: "Forget it, maybe you will understand these things in the future. At that time, I hope we can Fight side by side to truly restore peace to the world. Right now, we still have to take every step ahead.”

"Pull out your sword." Liu De handed the sword back and said, "While there is still some time, I will teach you how to deal with Zhebig."

Qin Ke unsheathed the Bodhisattva sword again according to his words, and asked: "Why? Zhebige has lost his right hand now, because of the damage to his blood and blood, and he can't use his best bow. Is it possible that you still think that I no chance"

He thought that Liu De must not understand his current strength. Now he has a lot of cards in his hand. In addition to the Xunfeng Technique and Qijin Sword, there is also the purple thunder hidden in his body. He would be able to fight against a small master like Cheng Shuangaxe.

And what surprises him the most is that it turns out that his biggest trump card is not these things hidden in himself, but the little black who seems to only know how to eat and die all day long.

It was also after the Confucian disciples sneaked into Lu's mansion that day that Qin Ke learned that Xiao Hei had such a strong poison that even a practitioner at the level of a small master could be poisoned by him to the point of unconsciousness.

When he came out this time, Cai Yan refused to keep Xiao Hei by his side as a "guard", so he forced it into Qin Ke's hands again, so the little guy is now sleeping soundly in the clothes on his chest - after all, he has grown up. After becoming smaller, it is no longer difficult to hide it in clothes.

Although Zhebige is a little master in Canghai, he is estimated to be as strong as Zeng Yu, but after cutting off his right hand, his combat power will also be reduced by half. As long as he is not too careless, it is almost a matter of course to beat him.

Liu De shook his head and said, "Although I believe in your strength, it won't be a bad thing to learn more. Your Qijin sword... was taught by General Mulan, right? However, although General Mulan is strong, it can be used in the Qijin Sword. On the sword, there is still something missing after all."

Qin Ke was startled again, then smiled wryly, thinking how many times would Liu De scare him in one day?He even knows Qijin Sword?So to say……

"The Bodhisattva Sword came from the Great Wall. That Zhao Ziyun...could be the one who created the Qijin Sword?"

Liu De smiled and nodded: "The reaction is quite fast, yes, Ziyun's martial arts talent, I'm afraid there are few people in the world who can compare with him. He used two kinds of weapons in his life, one is a gun, and now your tall The general's spear skills are unparalleled, and there is his shadow in it. The other is naturally the sword. The Qijin Sword is the essence of his life and death. At the beginning, there were 49 moves, but later when he went north with us After throwing away the chaff, it was finally reduced to fourteen moves, and the name was named 'Seven Advances Sword'."

"Fourteen strokes?" Qin Ke was still lamenting that someone as powerful as Gao Changgong had also learned Zhao Ziyun's skills, but when Liu De said that the Qijin Sword has fourteen strokes, his eyes widened .

"Isn't there only seven tricks?" Qin Ke looked at Liu De stupidly, thinking that Liu De couldn't count, so he made a mistake. The name is called Qijinjian, but not Qiqijian. Where did it come from? Fourteen strokes?

Seeing Qin Ke being shocked by him again, Liu De couldn't help laughing: "It's seven tricks, but it's also fourteen tricks."

Qin Ke's biggest headache is the word games played by people like Liu De. Every time he tantalizes people's appetite, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Hey...you can just say it if you have something to say, don't make me worry, the extra seven days What is the trick? Why have I never heard of it..."

Liu De still showed his unhurried attitude. After he retreated ten steps away, he smiled and said, "You raise your sword, and I'll tell you."

Qin Ke looked at the Bodhisattva Sword in his hand, then at Liu De, not understanding what he meant, then slowly raised the tip of the sword and pointed at Liu De who was facing him.

The buzzing sound suddenly sounded!

Almost in an instant, the snowflakes falling from the sky were all rolled up, turning into roaring and dancing wild dragons.

……

When Qin Ke and Zhebige finally stood still in the snow, there was a commotion in the village, and countless villagers gathered towards this side as if they had got some news.

Aged and rickety old man, chattering woman, calm and tall middle-aged man, middle-aged man wearing a cotton cap with his hands tucked into his sleeves, a middle-aged man with a carpenter's knife in his bare arm, The kid who is holding the dog and laughing...

These people who Qin Ke was most familiar with in the village, when they responded to the call, even the snowflakes falling from the sky and the cold wind could not stop their footsteps. Those who didn't know thought these people were celebrating the new year .

And the voices gathered in their mouths quickly formed a wave, overwhelming.

"Ake! Good job! Hit his mother!"