Laughing at Chang'an

"What exactly does Geng Yan want to do?"

"No matter what he wants to do, we can't watch it like this, we have to stop him."

"How to stop it? Feng He followed him, Da Mo made it clear that he wanted to protect him, and this is inside the city, so it's hard to do it clearly..."

"It's already at this time, why are you still looking at your face? Don't forget that Zhou Bingyan was killed by you..."

"Grandfather! How are you doing? You beep..."

"Shut up." A tired voice sounded from the multi-person communication line that was connected together. Hearing this voice, everyone who was communicating actually shut up obediently. Return to deathly silence.

After a while, the voice sounded again——

"Geng Yan's cultivation base has been abolished. This has been confirmed repeatedly, and it cannot be faked. He woke up five years later, and there is not much power in his hands, except for Geng Liancheng who fell back to Tianmen, and Zhang Puqiu who was sent to Donggong. I'm afraid there is no one else. So if he wants to do something, he has to rely on Huang Sha and Li Mubai, but these two people have no reason to help him wholeheartedly. Even if they are willing, the desert and the light below them may not be willing... ...Besides, in my opinion, Li Mubai didn't really want to save Li Shen, otherwise he wouldn't agree to freeze Li Shen for a hundred years, most of the time he was concerned about face and didn't want to get the reputation of being a brother-in-law."

"That's justified." Another old voice sounded, "Huang Sha's insistence on keeping Huofeng safe has caused a lot of dissent in the desert. Li Mubai lacked popularity within the Li family because of his father's murder and treason. His combat strength is only six steps of the immortal road, and not everyone is convinced in Huiguang. Even if the two of them help Geng Yan, the help will be limited, and we must not let ourselves get confused."

One of the people in the quarrel just now said: "You two are right, but in my opinion, the real trouble is Feng He. He disappeared for three years, and after he came back, it became more and more difficult for people to understand. I even suspected that he had already been promoted. Entering the altar..."

"Fenghe is still Nine Steps on the Immortal Road." The tired voice sounded again, "I'm sure."

"Sealing the river is indeed a trouble." The old voice said, "Even if he is nine steps on the immortal road, he can't do anything to the ordinary half-step altar. In terms of combat power, he can be regarded as the second person in Chang'an today, only under the yellow sand."

"Half of his combat strength comes from that blood gun. As long as he doesn't have that gun, he can't use that weird blood curse, and it won't be a big deal to seal the river." A rough voice interjected, and added at the end, " Without that gun, I can deal with him alone."

The voice who was arguing with him just now said with a smile: "Are you telling a joke? The gun is in the hands of others, what can't be done? It's all nonsense."

The rough voice was annoyed, and he roared: "Han Danru! Why are you having trouble with me!? If I say something, you have to say it?"

"Heh." The latter sneered back and sarcastically said, "You idiot."

Seeing that the scene was about to get out of control again, the tired voice sighed for a long time, and said in a low voice: "If you continue to quarrel, Geng Yan will arrive at Weiyang Palace."

These words are more effective than anything else, and it also brings everyone's thoughts back to the original question - what exactly does Geng Yan want to do?

"I do have a guess." The old voice, who had been silent for a long time, said quietly, "Since he wants to ask Huang Sha and Li Mubai to help him, he naturally has to offer a reward worthy of their help. Although Geng Jun is actually not there But it hasn’t disappeared from the archives of Weiyang Palace, don’t forget, the Geng Army has one thing, we can’t get it even if we want to.”

Everyone is not an idiot, and when they woke up like this, they all reacted immediately.

"You mean... guild contribution value?"

………………

Weiyang Palace, get off Maqiao.

Li Sanduo gave it this name, which not only means "all the kings, ministers and princes get off their horses", but also means "get off their horses and prestige".This legendary figure carries some strange values ​​that are still incomprehensible to future generations, and these values ​​have also had a profound impact on Chang'an and even Middle-earth—such as equality between men and women, freedom of marriage, and the rejection and rejection of privileges. limit.

Geng Yan stopped in front of the Xiama Bridge, not because he didn't want to go, but because there was no way ahead.

Even if they couldn't guess what he wanted to do, those people would not just let him into Weiyang Palace calmly, not to mention his purpose is not difficult to guess.Geng Yan lowered his eyes, and the Xiama Bridge in front of him was firmly blocked. If he took even one step forward, the battle would erupt in an instant.

To kill someone at the gate of Weiyang Palace is to really lose face.

Geng Yan frowned and spat out blood, put Li Shen on his back, and stepped forward.Shining swords, guns, swords and halberds swarmed from all around, trying to poke him out of more than a hundred holes, but he turned a blind eye. The thick-soled leather boots moved forward for a certain distance, and fell back to the ground steadily.

A few severed human skulls rolled to his feet, Feng He held Mo Xihua, a knife in his sleeve as thin as a cicada's wing, between his fingers, and lifted the corners of his lips a little coldly.The flashes of the media cameras in the distance kept crackling, but there were not many passers-by at the Maqiao who were actually watching the show, and those who were still eligible to stay here to watch the show were actually all in the game.

For example, the leader of Bayonet, Han Danru, and the boss of Husha, Yuan Baohou.

In today's Chang'an, the bayonet and the tiger rank fifth and sixth respectively. They have divided up the legacy of the blood slaughter and the Geng Army, and have expanded rapidly in the past five years.The bayonet took over the territory of the Geng army in the South China Sea, but the tiger killer focused its attention on the north, and each was full of food. Except for the discord between the two leaders, there was no conflict between them, and a ranking The fourth old soldier, the three of them are monolithic, even Li Mubai and Huang Sha dare not act rashly.

Seeing Feng He leading the mercenaries from Da Mo to escort Geng Yan across the Xiama Bridge, Han Danru raised his eyebrows and sneered at the people around him: "Who said just now that he alone is enough to deal with Feng He? What are you waiting for? Hurry up. "

Yuan Roar kept his face dark and silent, staring at Feng He's movements without blinking. Chang'an City has never been short of talents.In terms of age, Yuan Roar belonged to Yang Xingxing's generation. He became famous early and went to Chang'an City to work hard at the age of eighteen or nineteen, but he still couldn't get into the top group.As the saying goes, everything can't stand a comparison. A life that was originally smooth and successful, compared with the above, doesn't look so good.

Now it's hard for the times to turn around, and when he's in his prime, if he wants to ask him to do a little undercover for others, that's absolutely impossible.So Geng Yan must die, Li Shen must die, and everyone who wants to make him lose his power must die.

"Up."

Perhaps sensing the murderous intent around Yuan Pao's body that was about to turn into reality, Han Danru suddenly turned his expression away and said, before he finished speaking, he had disappeared in place, and suddenly appeared behind Geng Yan, holding an inconspicuous The gray-black military thorn easily pierced the activated egg-shaped shield on Li Shen's body, and pierced Geng Yan's back neck with precision and speed.

A bullet was fired later and arrived first, and hit the narrow blade of the military thorn impartially. The impact of the bullet made it deviate from the original route and narrowly missed Geng Yan's neck.The next moment Fenghe arrived, and he and Han Danru exchanged a set of dazzling stabs in mid-air, but there was a loud howl, and someone rolled towards him like a tiger descending a mountain, and the air seemed to be blown out with one punch. Of course Feng He could dodge the ripples, but there were Geng Yan and Li Shen behind him, so he couldn't dodge.

Protecting people is far more difficult than killing people.

Feng He fell back to the ground steadily, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and met Yuan Paohou's Tiger King punch abruptly without dodging or evading.His upper body was sunken backwards visible to the naked eye, and his feet plowed two half-meter-long deep grooves on the ground, and he was punched until he vomited blood. This punch might have cost him half his life.

"Damn it." Feng He wiped the blood from his lips with the back of his hand, thinking that if the yellow sand doesn't come again, he will fight for two half-step altars by himself, and he will have to protect the two burdens of Geng Yan and Li Shen, just thinking about it is enough It's hard, it can't be better.

——Huang Sha, whom he missed so much, was in a meeting.

"It's all right to protect Huofeng. You are our leader, and it's not a big deal to be a little selfish. Now in Chang'an City, I, Da Mo, have deserved the top spot because of your altar. Strength. That Li Mubai of the Radiance, even with the divine armor in his hand, his own strength is not enough, and he will not be able to do it after all. According to the current situation, in ten years, no, five years will be enough, and I, Da Mo, can become king."

At the moment in the meeting room of Damo, the person who is talking is the veteran of the same generation as Master Huang Sha. When he was young, the old man was born and died for Damo. He was blind in one eye and lost a leg. Even when Feng He first joined the regiment, he had been trained by him. No matter how his identity changed later, when he met him, he would respectfully bow his head and call the instructor.

Huang Sha frowned and stood in the first place. He didn't inform the old man to attend this meeting, but the other party broke in suddenly.With the other party's qualifications and reputation in the regiment, it is not easy for him to ask someone out, but the other party has made a clear plan to stop him.

"Instructor Liu..."

The instructor added a surname in front, and his displeasure was clearly expressed, but the old man brazenly interrupted his words, and said first: "Huang Sha, I know you are low-key, and you don't like being pushed to the forefront. , but this time, you can't let me go. I have been in Chang'an for more than a hundred years, and I have never reached the top. Is it possible that this regret will be kept in the future? The boy Feng He has a deep friendship with Li Shen, and no one I can stop it, but if you want to drag Da Mo to go crazy with him, I have to stand up."

"And me." Someone in the conference room said in a deep voice and stood up.

Whether decisive or hesitant, the cadres in the conference room stood up one after another, staring at Huang Sha at the head of the conference table, silently begging him to change his mind and stop going his own way.

The life and death of Geng Yan and Li Shen has nothing to do with Da Mo. To be precise, it is best for Da Mo that they are dead.On the contrary, if Da Mo insisted on intervening, he would have to confront the old pawns, bayonets, tigers, and other forces that divided the Xuetu and the Geng Army. No one would do such a thing that has no advantages but disadvantages. .

Huang Sha also stared at the people standing around the conference table. His figure was like a silent mountain. He was always low-key and calm. Those dazzling halos had never been taken off by him. Did he not want to or disdain?Nobody knows.

"My original intention of becoming a mercenary was to be a hero."

In the silent conference room, Huang Sha suddenly spoke.

"Although I don't expect to be a hero like Li Sanduo, at least I have to be famous, I have done some famous things, and I am remembered by many people... But this is not a hero."

"At best, he's just a mercenary."

The gap between reality and imagination is so large that it is difficult to measure. I work hard day after day for life, and unconsciously become an appearance that I don't know.The dream of youth has long since ceased to exist, and the Chang'an in the dream has also lost its colorful light and turned into a cold city.

"This city follows the cruel law of the weak preying on the strong. Mercenaries rely on strength to seize status and wealth. The strong live and the weak die. There are no heroes."

"But as a mercenary, I also have the pride of being a mercenary."

"We have power, but we never abuse it. The purpose of killing is to stop killing. We despise the bully and disdain to be with him. We respect the dignified person, even if he is an enemy... If you abandon these prides, then What is the difference between us and those despicable murderers?"

"Many of you have experienced the war five years ago, so it should be very clear who guarded this city and saved your lives in that war. Now this hard-won The peace of the world was bought by them with their blood and lives, but what happened to these heroes?"

Huang Sha closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said loudly——

"Chang'an is not a city that would shame heroes. It wasn't a thousand years ago, and it won't be a thousand years later. Call me stupid or naive. This is me, Huang Sha, as a Chang'an mercenary." pride."

………………

If there is really someone in this world who does not change his face when Mount Tai collapses in front of him, then Geng Yan is undoubtedly such a person.With Li Shen on his back, he walked step by step in the shadow of swords and swords, not only did his face not change, even his eyes did not deviate or waver.Even though Feng He and the two half-step altars were fighting fiercely behind him, the agitated air current stirred up the loose blond hair on the back of his head, causing them to dance wildly in mid-air.

In the snow cave in the north, Li Shen asked him why he came to rescue him.He said that there is no reason, and I don't need a reason to save you-that was a lie.Of course he wouldn't let Li Shen die, anyway, before he used up the value of the other party...it should have been like this.

When did this relationship start to deteriorate, and when did he start to be attracted to Li Shen, it is difficult to trace back.When he realized it, he couldn't let go, life or death didn't matter, as long as they were together.

With the total death.

It's a bit ridiculous to say, just as Li Shen couldn't tell whether he loved him more or hated him more, in fact he didn't know whether he loved Li Shen more or possessed more.Or there is no difference between the two at all. For him, love is possession, and possession is love.

He wanted Li Shen to belong to him completely and completely.

——But that is impossible after all.

Geng Yan raised his head and looked at the gate of Weiyang Palace. For him and Li Shen, this was a crazy journey. From the encounter on the snowy field 16 years ago, and even earlier, when fate outlined the In Skynet...

"Big guy!"

A thunderous roar awakened Geng Yan from his brief absence, he turned his head slightly, and looked in the direction of the sound.I saw Geng Liancheng, who looked much older, limped and ran towards him desperately, and in front of that figure, a stream of knife light flashed from a distance like a line of fire.

Feng He, restrained by Yuan Roar and Han Danru, did not hesitate to give up protecting himself, and let Yuan Roar hit his vest with a punch, and the short gun fired six bullets in an instant, blocking the way to the sword light.However, before that, more than a dozen people were waiting in the path of the bullets, using themselves as shields to forcefully stop them.

Geng Yan knew that he couldn't dodge the knife.

He only had time to make a choice - to let go of Li Shen, or not to let go.

In the end, he didn't move.

This is his love, cruel, even cruel.He didn't know what so-called love was supposed to be, and he didn't care, no matter how true that was.

The light of the knife slashed down, and blood flew.

Gu Dong tried his best to cut the person in front of him diagonally from his shoulder to his waist and abdomen, and the blood splashed all over his head and face, but he couldn't hide his astonishment and shock.With Han Danru's military stabbing on his neck and Yuan Pao's punch hole on his back, Feng He, who was almost cut in half with a knife, stood face to face with Geng Yan with his head down, raising his head inch by inch.

"...Let's go." He coughed up blood and urged impatiently, "Scared you stupid?"

That's it, brother.

Geng Yan silently stepped forward, and continued to move forward under the protection of Feng He's upright body. Gu Dong, who was sober from the shock, pulled out the giant blade from Feng He's body. Seal the river and chase Geng Yan who is moving forward.

The two eyes were filled with scarlet color, and Feng He's face was in pain, as if something was about to break free from his body, but without warning, a white uniform overcoat fell from the sky, covering his whole body live.

In the next second, Geng Yan was grabbed by the shoulder with a palm, swept past the enemies in front of him like a breeze, and fell into the gate of Weiyang Palace.

"Li Mubai!?"

Han Danru and Yuan Paohou both exclaimed, this sudden intruder is none other than Li Mubai, the leader of Huiguang now.And it was rumored that this second generation ancestor whose combat power was no more than six steps of the immortal road, at this moment, rescued Geng Yan and Li Shen under their noses. With that speed...they all cast their eyes on each other's battle armor at the same time. above.

...God Armor?

Li Mubai ignored them, but looked somewhere in the sky and laughed.

"Master Huang, it's really time for you to come." He shook the folding fan in his hand, pointed to Fenghe who was squatting on the ground in his coat not far away, and said angrily, "Hurry up and get your house Useless things are taken away, it looks like an eyesore."

Huang Sha fell from the sky to the ground, frowned and leaned over to look at Fenghe who was shrunk into a ball, raised his head hesitantly, but saw that Geng Yan was already walking towards the gate with Li Shen on his back, and Li Mubai was standing at the gate, with a dull expression on his face. Arrogant, he asked Yuan Paoba and Han Danru in a natural tone: "I'm already here, do you want to continue?"

Huang Sha felt that he deserved a beating, but since it wasn't addressed to him, it didn't matter.He picked up the shrunken Feng He from the ground, and as soon as he touched it, he felt something was wrong...it was too light.Without changing his expression, he pulled Li Mubai's coat tighter, and stepped into the void without saying a word.

"Li Mubai, why do you bother to make trouble with us because of Geng Yan and Li Shen? Wouldn't you be happier if they died?"

Huang Sha's departure made Han Danru feel a little relieved, he asked Li Mubai who was standing in front of the gate, the confusion and puzzlement in his eyes were real, he really couldn't figure it out.

Li Mubai tapped the folding fan on his palm, still with that uncomfortable arrogant expression, he said with a smile: "Joke, what am I going to do, do I need to explain it to you?"

"you!"

"Taking advantage of people's danger, shamelessly carve up Xue Tu and Geng's army, so you don't know the heights of heaven and earth, and think you can sit on an equal footing with me?" Li Mubai's words were full of sarcasm and ridicule, roaring in front of Han Danru and Yuan, he didn't give any face The other party asked, "Why didn't that old dog, the wooden hunchback, dare to come? Didn't he just push you out to serve as sabers... Anyway, today I will let you gain insight and see clearly what a gap is."

After saying that, he raised his hand and ordered very casually, "Close the door."

So under the watchful eyes of everyone, the main gate of Weiyang Palace, which was never closed, slammed shut without warning.

Li Mubai flung the folding fan away with a snap, and stood tall, his eyes and brows were full of arrogance, and his whole body was full of arrogance inside the fan.

"Weiyang Palace, don't you know the land of my house?"