a moment ago.

"Your Majesty, it seems that these barbarians are determined to fight to the death. If you want to leave, you must kill the barbarians who are chasing you in. Only in this way can you leave Cangwu Mountain safely."

In the bamboo forest, Xiao Yiming said to King Qing.

King Qing looked depressed. He glanced at the Qian soldiers who followed him, then shook his head at Xiao Yiming and said, "The barbarians have wolves. This Cangwu Mountain is not a good place to go. Now that we have come here out of necessity, it is extremely difficult to kill the pursuers."

Xiao Yiming said in a deep voice: "No, the barbarians also suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle, and their reinforcements have not arrived yet. Now they insist on chasing us in, we will definitely be able to get rid of them!"

"But this will take time. Your Majesty, please go first."

"We should deal with the pursuers as soon as possible and then escort the prince away."

Xiao Yiming's words did not make King Qing feel at ease. On the contrary, he felt that it would be extremely difficult to deal with the pursuers with such a small number of people.

He didn't even understand why Xiao Yiming could say such confident words.

Perhaps it was because he was in his prime and still had great ambition, and he would never give up easily under any circumstances, which was very similar to himself in the past.

But time is like a knife, and now I am already in my old age...

At this time, Xiao Yiming said again: "My Lord, I can't take you away now. I must join the battle to deal with the pursuers. I will let them take you away."

"Everyone else, come with me to deal with the pursuers." Xiao Yiming winked at the two Qian soldiers, and the two immediately walked to the side of King Qing.

There were few people to begin with, and now two more people were separated. Prince Qing felt that it would be extremely difficult just thinking about the battle with the pursuers they would have to go through. In this situation, could they really defeat the pursuers and come back?

But seeing Xiao Yiming's serious expression, he didn't know what to say.

If someone else had said this, Prince Qing would even feel that he had been betrayed, and that this was an excuse to separate them so that he could escape.

But the person who said this was Xiao Yiming.

This man who had followed him since he was ten years old had done so much for him in the past nearly thirty years. He was like his shadow, always following him. When he was still in armor, he never let the enemy get close to him on the battlefield. With his knife, he killed countless enemies he wanted to kill.

So, after taking off his armor, he felt at ease to let Xiao Yiming follow his second son. After that, he also acted efficiently. Hundreds of thousands of people died in Yanluo Mountain, but he was able to bring his son away and save his life.

It felt okay at the time, but looking back today, it was really a journey of going through fire and water.

After all - no one has ever survived a battle with the rebels.

Now that the situation is hopeless and he has nothing left, this man is still loyally guarding him. Prince Qing is filled with emotion at this moment.

at this time.

"Protect the prince. We need to make some arrangements to kill the pursuers."

"Your Highness, be careful!" Xiao Yiming said in a deep voice. He said no more and turned around to lead his men away.

Just after taking a few steps, the voice of King Qing came from behind: "Wait a moment."

Prince Qing patted the shoulders of the two people beside him and said, "There are many pursuers, so you should go too. I can go alone."

Xiao Yiming was stunned and said quickly: "No! Your Majesty!"

"You need someone by your side. Actually, I should have taken you away, but without me, the pursuers may not be eliminated. Your Highness, are you worried about..."

Before he finished speaking, Prince Qing waved his hand, a self-deprecating expression on his slightly pale face:

"I don't worry about anything else."

"I just want to say that I am old, but I have fought in wars for decades and walked through mountains of swords and seas of fire. Now I can walk this night road alone."

"Am I a weak person?" He patted the ornate sword at his waist and said to Xiao Yiming.

Xiao Yiming's face froze, and then he said, "No, the prince is the same as before!"

Upon hearing the words "just like back then", Prince Qing felt as if he was pricked by a needle. If it were really like back then, he should have taken up his sword and killed the enemies long ago. But tonight he was fleeing in a panic, not even a trace of his former self.

But he knew that Xiao Yiming was not mocking him.

Prince Qing nodded and said calmly, "That's good to know."

"Go ahead. There are many pursuers. If you all go together, maybe you can solve the problem."

"If it's resolved, come find me again..." King Qing said the second half of the sentence weakly, because he knew it was as difficult as climbing to heaven. Either all these people would die, or only Xiao Yiming would be left, and the biggest possibility was that no one would come back.

But there is nothing much to say. The winner takes all, and this is a truth that has never changed since ancient times.

"Go." After taking a deep look at them, Prince Qing walked alone into the depths of the bamboo forest.

"Your Majesty."

Xiao Yiming suddenly spoke up, and Prince Qing stopped in his tracks and turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"

"When I first met the prince thirty years ago, he was so handsome and heroic. I still remember his appearance vividly to this day."

"Things have changed, but the prince is still the prince." Xiao Yiming said respectfully, clasping his fists towards Prince Qing.

Prince Qing’s body stiffened.

Then, he raised his hand to brush away a strand of white hair hanging from his forehead and nodded slightly at Xiao Yiming.

Then he walked forward without saying a word.

Xiao Yiming's gaze lingered on his back for two breaths, then he turned around:

"Let's go and kill those pursuers."

With an expressionless face, he pushed aside the bamboo branches hanging in front of him and jumped out.

-

The bamboo branches were shaking, and the spilled blood dyed the straight and green bamboo trunks mottled. As the night wind blew, the smell of blood in the dark bamboo forest became stronger and stronger.

now.

Xiao Yiming chopped at the enemy in front of him with his sword one after another. During the fierce fight, no one knew how many bamboos around the two of them were chopped off.

Blood spilled from the two men, stained the ground, and the increasingly strong smell of blood made the wolf king even more crazy.

But the two were fighting fiercely, and it couldn't find any opportunity to rush forward and bite them.

But soon, accompanied by a muffled groan, Xiao Yiming kicked Yan Cheng in the chest. Yan Cheng fell backwards, but fortunately the bamboo behind him supported his body.

Xiao Yiming took a step and in a moment he had raised his sword and chopped down.

The wolf king seized the opportunity, kicked off with his hind legs, and swept his front paws towards Xiao Yiming's neck. However, Xiao Yiming had expected this, as he had been on guard against this vicious wolf!

Seeing the wolf rushing towards him from the corner of his eye, Xiao Yiming stepped on a broken bamboo, and with the help of the reverse force, he bent down, twisted his body, and chopped at the wolf's claws with a knife.

The wolf king reacted quickly and twisted his body in mid-air.

Xiao Yiming frowned slightly, twisted his wrist, and the blade flipped, turning from chopping to slashing.

There was a "wow" sound.

The notched blade slashed across the wolf king's left front leg, immediately leaving a flesh-wrecking wound.

At this time, Yan Cheng had already bent over and stabbed Xiao Yiming in the waist and abdomen with a knife. Xiao Yiming took a deep breath, bent his waist to avoid the knife, and then bent his left hand, twisted his waist, and slammed his bent left elbow towards Yan Cheng's face.

Yan Cheng only thought that he would fight back with the knife, so he was always on guard against his right hand, but he never expected that he would actually use his injured left hand to attack him.

Caught off guard.

There was a "bang" sound!

This elbow hit Yan Cheng right in the face. For a moment, Yan Cheng felt dizzy, as if he was hit in the face by a hammer.

In an instant, several of Yan Cheng's teeth were broken, his nose was crooked, his facial features were deformed, and blood spurted out from his broken face. He flew backwards in severe pain, even breaking the bamboo behind him, and then fell heavily to the ground.

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