laughing soul

With the sound of war drums, miserable corpses lying on the scorched earth, one by one had their arms and legs cut off by sharp knives, and they were attacked by rockets while they were struggling. His face was covered all over his body, his body and face were distorted for a moment, even the appearance of death was extremely horrific, even if his face had never been burned, it was too hideous to be recognizable as a human being.

"My lord, the Northwest Army of Dayue is really unstoppable. We suffered heavy losses, and half of our soldiers were killed in the fire. In this way, we have no chance of winning, my lord!" Half of his shoulder was roasted by the fire, and his whole body was scorched. The soldier who smelled of barbecue knelt down at the man's feet, his back was straight, his eyes were amazingly bright, "This place is already a dangerous nest, the Lord must move to Kunlun Mountain!"

The man stood on the city wall overlooking the battle situation, his pair of handsome long eyebrows were so tightly twisted that he could strangle a fly with his eyebrows.His fingers were tightened and released, and there was a blood-red scar on the palm of his hand. When a thin stream of blood flowed from between his tightly clasped fingers, the man finally raised his head, and said sadly and helplessly: "I understand. The whole army retreats to Kunlun Pass."

Kunlun Pass is located between Qingzhou and Baicheng. The terrain is difficult to defend and difficult to attack. The Xiongguan Pass is the last barrier of the Jiuli people.After this pass, they have no way to retreat. If they want to save their lives, they can only go up the mountain to survive, give up the original land of Jiuli, and are willing to be the people of the mountains on Kunlun Mountain.

Everyone in the world knows that the Kunlun Pass is one man's gate and ten thousand men can't open it, but everything in the world is human-made. Decades ago, the tribe in Jiuli discovered that the road to Baicheng behind Kunlun Pass is not only on the surface. There is also a secret road hidden among the trees in the mountains. If the Northwest Army of Dayue knows about it and forms a siege from inside and outside the city, at that time, even if the gods save their lives, they will only end in failure. Defeated, the end of death with tail between legs.

It's just that this road is really hard to find. The little girl lost her sense of proportion while playing in the mountains and forests, so she stumbled and fell into the pothole in the secret road. Only then did he follow the sound to find her and the path.If it is not from the Jiuli tribe, they must know nothing about it, and they are helpless against the Kunlun Pass, and the only way to go is to attack and grab it.

This time, he was cornered to death, so he had to fight with his back.

In an instant, all the people of the Jiuli tribe retreated to the gate of the city and raised their bows like a moon. A team of 2 men, women, old and young faced the [-] young and strong Northwest Army. It is still clear at a glance.

Chu Quan took over the thousand-mile bow from the lieutenant general. This bow was made by ten top craftsmen in Jiuli for three months. The back of the bow is made of snow-thousand-li tendon and good wood. Pull it apart, with feathered arrows made of birch branches and the excellent technique of the bow user, it is not a problem to penetrate the poplar with a hundred steps.

He pursed his lips slightly, bowed to a full moon, pointed the arrow made of cold iron at the intruder, and said in a resolute and cold voice, "Jiuli will obey the order!"

"exist!"

"Today the Great Yue of the Central Plains wants to invade Jiuli, and swears to defend the territory to the death, and will not retreat even half a step!"

"Swear to the death to defend the country, even if you die, you will not retreat!"

The shouts of these 3000 people showed the heroism of thousands of troops. Even the youths who had not yet been crowned and the gentle and elegant bachelors on weekdays raised their swords with red faces, and their scarlet eyes were deep red, like red heads on the Kunlun Mountains. A wolf with blind eyes.

Feather arrows hit the intruders like a torrential rain, one by one penetrated into the flesh, rolling up bursts of bloody flesh, they wailed, screamed in pain, struggled to die with their eyes open.A moment ago, the majestic Northwest Army was sitting high on horseback, and the next second, it was a lonely ghost under the arrow, and was trampled by the horses and iron hooves of its brothers who came one after another. burst.

Those who want to create hell must first enter hell.

Chu Quan looked back at the clansmen, glanced briefly, there must be one of them, he felt a little more at ease, he breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his thousand-mile bow to aim at the people who came down from the city.

and many more.

He suddenly felt a chill in his heart. Looking back, his whole body seemed to be blown upside down by the howling north wind in the deep winter, and his naked body was frozen into a human-shaped ice cube.

There is one less doctor.Miss Gong He.

It could not be that he was attacked or captured by the Northwest Army. Before he left for the expedition, he repeatedly told him that the woman and the doctor must stay in the center of the team and hand them over to the soldiers for protection. Both the Palace and the Northwest Army will not be able to break through Jiuli in the future. Layers of defenses hit the inside directly, and killing Gong He without him even noticing is tantamount to nonsense.

From this point of view, there is only one idea that makes sense.

It was Gong He himself who left Jiuli's heavy guards.

Chu Quan's whole body was numb. He looked back almost instinctively, and saw that the back gate of Baicheng, which was originally empty and deserted, was the Northwest Army coming in mighty force.

Gong He was dressed in military uniform and held a scimitar in his hand. He was riding a horse in a heroic manner. The heavy armor mask covered half of her face, and she could vaguely see a cold smile on her face.She followed closely beside the general, and several guards at the rear city gate stepped forward to fight. She waited unhurriedly for the point of the sword to approach her, and she couldn't even see how she moved. Then there are a few more broken arms.After finishing everything, she lazily walked forward, half leaning on the horse's back. If it weren't for the blood dripping from the tip of the machete in her hand, it would be hard to believe that these arms were cut off by her. of.

As if sensing that Chu Quan was looking at her, Gong Heyang pulled off the armor on his head, his long hair scattered in the wind, and the faint smile at the corner of his mouth gradually expanded and expanded.It was as if an evil wind had blown, carrying the dry and cold north wind and blowing straight to Chu Quan's heart and lungs, extinguishing the scorching blood before it boiled, leaving a pile of empty ashes.

"Gong He...she is the deputy general of the Northwest Army..."

No wonder the left and right lieutenants next to the commander of the Northwest Army always have a vacant seat, no wonder that even if they want to fight the Kunlun Pass, the opponent is so sure of victory, no panic, no wonder Gong He's life experience in the first half of his life will never be found out...

This poor, homeless doctor is actually the deputy general of the Northwest Army!

The original softness and deceitfulness, the delicate appearance that can't even carry a heavier package, are all planned by this general in advance, and are specially used to plot against Jiuli and Chu Quan.

Seeing that Chu Quan stopped shooting arrows, all the Jiuli people stopped for a while and looked behind. Only then did they realize that they had already been attacked by enemies, and there were traitors in the nest.

"Master..."

"Chu Quan, at this point, you have only two choices. One is to surrender immediately. I will not destroy a single soldier in Dayue, and everyone in the Jiuli tribe can get a half-official position in the court. Naturally, you cannot do without an official." To the six books. Second, to resist to the end and be forced to go up the mountain, if so, no wonder Dayue killed all the remnants of Jiuli, one counts as one, but if it falls into my hands, they will not survive." Gong He chuckled lightly, condescending Leaning sideways at Chu Quan, "I'll give you a stick of incense to make a decision."

Chu Quan only felt that the feather arrows he shot just now pierced his body one by one, and the pain made him feel unbearable. The three thousand clansmen put their hopes on him, which undoubtedly added to his pain.He was quite puzzled, why Da Viet was so obsessed with taking Baicheng and Qingzhou into his territory when he was burdened with tens of thousands of miles in the Central Plains, when the world was already safe and peaceful, but he always wanted to expand the territory and invade other countries to strengthen his prestige, could it be that everyone in the world is like this If you are not greedy enough, do you have to force others to die?

Now it is a dangerous nest where swallows live and fish swim. The once weak woman is a knife and axe, and he is a fish. They are tied to the chopping board and cannot move. They watch helplessly as this white-eyed wolf will avenge him and kill him.

"Miss Gong! How did the lord treat you in the past! How can you be worthy of him for what you have done today?"

"Your life was hanging by a thread back then. Who gave you a house to live in? Who saved you from the fire and water?"

"You are so unreasonable, but you will be punished by God!"

Gong He was scolded and scolded by the clansmen who had taken care of him meticulously, finally straightened his back a little, and laughed sincerely as if he had heard some very funny joke, laughing so hard that people worried about her Fall off that horse.

"Everyone, my name is Lu Qingyan, and I am the right deputy general of the Northwest Army. What Gonghe is all a pseudonym I used to lie to you for fun. Are you really a bunch of lunatics who still believe in a lie I uttered at the end of their lives? "

Everyone was stunned, without exception, they were all stunned. They were stunned for a moment, and then shot arrows one after another.

"Jiuli people obey the order! Everyone evacuates! Climb Kunlun Mountain quickly!"

Lu Qingyan swung his knife to block the random arrows, and after tilting his head to signal to the commander, he raised his flag and ordered: "All generals of the Northwest Army obey orders! Hunt them down at full speed, and return to the capital. Those who have military merits will be rewarded!"

There must be warriors under the heavy gold, not to mention the Northwest Army, the most powerful army in Dayue. As far as it goes, besieged on all sides, isolated and helpless.

Lu Qingyan's eyes followed Chu Quan all the time, she nodded lightly with her fingers in the air, nodded slightly and smiled: "It's in the right position, bring the poisonous arrow."

...

With a jolt, Chu Yu lay staring at the bed curtain for a while, and when his sanity recovered a little, he got up from the bed covered in cold sweat.That feathered arrow soaked with poison seemed to hit his heart impartially, but he didn't know what time it was, he was already on the battlefield of a narrow escape.

The karma of many years ago turned around and came back to him to be fulfilled. Knowing that it was the mark left by him hundreds of years ago, he still had an illusory feeling of staying out of the matter and watching the fire from the other side.

Cui Weichu's natural anti-drug physique is probably the root of the disease left at that time.

He rubbed his forehead lightly, and was about to tidy up and take a shower, but through the layers of gauze curtains, he saw a figure lying calmly on the beam with a pair of long legs dangling.Chu Yu's brain, which was still plagued by nightmares at night, suddenly felt dull pain. He suppressed the desire to frown and scold others. He put on a big cloak and sat up straight: "Brother Zhou, why do you want to find Chu? If there is nothing wrong , It's not very polite to scare my soul out of me early in the morning."

"Don't talk to me here," Zhou Yong turned over and floated down, and poured tea without hesitation, "I'll pass the news of you running to the capital back to Cui Wei—Pavilion Master, don't stare at me, you think Gu Wei is hiding something? Can you live?"

Gu Wei is Chu Yu's default idiot, but after all, he is one of his own, and it is inevitable that he will be unhappy to let others suffer so much. The pavilion master's face is not very good: "What are you sending back to Cui Wei?"

"Pavilion Master, don't worry, I know what you are avoiding. I have already told them in the letter not to say anything. In fact, it doesn't matter what kind of medical book you edited out of the ordinary. We are just a few of us. Envoy Cui Wei is coming back, and you don't care?" Zhou Yongmin Sipping cold tea, he had no intention of leaving.

"Yunyuan?" Chu Yu reached out and snatched the tea that Zhou Yong had just filled and drank it. While he was in a daze, he walked away from the teapot and drank a couple of sips at the spout, which finally quenched his thirst. What are you doing here in the cold Kunlun Mountains? Even the local mountain people don’t want to stay in that place.”

"He is the mountain god of Kunlun Mountain. If he doesn't go back to his own land, where will he go?" Zhou Yong said, "That woman will look for you first every year when she comes back, Pavilion Master, I'm afraid Gu Wei and Cui Wei won't be able to stop her."

Most of the mountain gods in other places are gray-faced and white-haired old men and grandmothers, with an amiable appearance that is harmless to humans and animals, but they were born in this evil family of Kunlun Mountain. Girly.When meeting other people, Yun Yuan still knows how to restrain herself and show off her old folds to deceive others, but once she meets Chu Yu, she can't wait to use up her thousand-year-old mastery, and make herself look so unbearable Tolerate.

Chu Yu has no weird hobbies, so naturally he has no interest in this little god who will never grow up. However, he has become determined after eating the weights. He has been running all over the mountains for more than ten years.

This caused Chu Yu's black blood to flow back when he was mentioned.

"If I don't go back, why go back? Can't I marry her?"

Knowing that he was afraid of this, Zhou Yong nodded maliciously.

"Come on," Chu Yu knew that Zhou Yong wanted to disgust himself, and waved his hands, "Leave Yun Yuan to Gu Wei. This guy is usually a coward, but he can still come in handy at critical times—much better than you. Regarding medical skills, you Cui Wei As long as you leave me alone, nothing will happen, I will slowly plan this matter, after all, everyone has resisted this thing for so many years, I also expected that it will be hard to change for a while. By the way, there is one more thing."

"My lord, tell me."

"I suspected that Cui Wei's previous incident was related to today's Dayue, so I came to the capital all the way. It's just that I really know very little about it. Have you ever heard something related to the founder of the mountain, Chu Quan, from seniors? ?”

Zhou Yong understood: "Pavilion master remembered the past life?"

Chu Yu nodded: "That's right. I can't sleep peacefully these two days. Today's dream must have involved the affairs of the previous dynasty. Senior Chu Quan, Lu Qingyan, Jiuli, Northwest Army... Cui Wei was originally from the Jiuli tribe? In this way, can Da Yue have a blood feud with me, Cui Wei? Can senior Chu Quan have the poisonous bones of Cui Wei and the Chu family when he is alive?"

Zhou Yong was a little dazed when he asked a series of questions. He slowly organized his thoughts and was about to answer them one by one, but someone knocked on the outer door a few times. Chu Yu raised his eyebrows at him, Zhou Yong understood, Light as a swallow, he flew onto the beam again, without revealing any flaws.

"Young Master Chu, you are an old minister."

Chu Yu wrapped his cloak tightly, and answered after lighting the candles: "Your Majesty Liu, you don't need to be formal, it's windy outside, please come in."

On weekdays, Chu Yu either sits quietly in the Cuiwei Pavilion with a terrified handsome face and acts as a mascot, or smiles to please others, pretending to be a dummy with a gentle and kind smile like a Bodhisattva.Zhou Yong had never seen such a prudish posture of Mr. Pianpian, and felt that it was very fresh, so he couldn't help lying down and staring at him intently.

Liu An came in with a low eyebrow, saluted respectfully, and then sat down.

Zhou Yong took a condescending look and saw it clearly, yes, his master has come to the people of the Central Plains to enjoy the happiness.

"I came to visit Chu in less than Maoshi. I think Mr. Liu has something important to do." Chu Yu boiled a small piece of tea cake with the boiling water he had boiled when talking with Zhou Yong just now, "There is no good tea, Liu My lord, please forgive me... if you have anything to ask, it's okay to say it."

Liu An nodded and thanked Chu Yu for the cup of Pu'er pushed in front of him, and took out a letter from his wide sleeve: "Master Chu, this is a letter from Mr. Qiu from Weizhou, specially for you."

The letter may seem ordinary, but if you look closely, you can detect its clues.It's just a letter, but it exudes a fresh orange fragrance. When you open it, you can see that there are some plum blossom petals in it.

Chu Yu: "..."

It's true that the world is full of wonders, the mountain god who looks like a little girl is just pleasing to his eyes, but this handsome young man in the bustling capital actually has ulterior motives, which really opened his eyes.

"Thank you Mr. Qiu for me," Chu Yu unfolded the letter paper in front of Liu An and glanced at it. What he said was nothing more than nonsense about asking him to take care of himself in the middle of the capital, adding more clothes in the cold weather, and so on.He glanced at the end of the ten lines, and saw that the person wrote in an elegant and elegant font, "The war in Weizhou is urgent. I don't know when I will see you again. This is a sincere feeling. It is rare for Qiu to see it in 18 years. I can't complain." My humble self-esteem is also a rare feeling in the world. You have insight, but please be sure to accept it. After years, you can also fall in love with each other."

Chu Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Seeing that the letter had been delivered, Liu An didn't dare to offend the person whom His Majesty loved so much, and found an excuse to slip away: "I think Mr. Chu has not yet woken up from his dream, so the old minister will step back, and Mr. take a nap. I will study "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" at this time. On "Not too late."

Chu Yu didn't look at him, and drank half a cup of tea leisurely, and then called out to Liu An: "Master Liu, please stop."

Liu An put his hands on the door frame, and hurriedly turned around and bowed: "Master Chu, what else can you order?" The moment he turned his head, he clearly saw the gentle and modest smile on Chu Yu's face fade away completely. The face became strange.

Chu Yu didn't answer, and drank the hot tea slowly, leaving Liu An with a cold and sullen side face. The flickering candlelight coated him with a layer of light and dark silhouettes, which couldn't ease the coldness of the man.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Liu An's forehead was instantly condensed with fine droplets of sweat, and his arms were raised respectfully in front of him, so stiff that he couldn't move.

On weekdays, he seemed to be wearing a mask that fit into his bones, but after a long time, people thought that the thing had grown into his skin.This is suddenly picked up completely, it doesn't look like him anymore.

"Master Liu, that Mr. Qiu of yours has the means to teach you to lie in circles. Maybe you don't recognize me, but you must understand one thing," Chu Yu picked up the candlestick and paced to Liu An, his eyes wide open. It was as dark as ink, and no light could shine in. "My ability is no less than that of Qiu Yuan... Now, Mr. Liu, please answer a question from Chu."

Liu An has never seen such a posture before. As soon as his legs softened, he knelt down to Chu Yu: "The old minister knows everything!"

"Okay," Chu Yu narrowed his eyes, and slowly squatted down to look at the frightened old man. At that moment, the old man thought he saw a pair of dead eyes.

It was pitch-black, icy-cold, and exuded a gritty lifelessness.

"Tell me, who is Qiu Yuan? He is not an imperial doctor...Prime Minister? Prince? Eunuch? Or...Emperor?"

Liu An knelt down and couldn't get up.

Zhou Yong was dumbfounded.