Huaigui

Due to the sudden change, He Lanmingyue couldn't help but rush towards the group of bandits.The opponent was confused by his actions for a moment, but quickly adjusted and swung the knife.

Xie Bi's eyes went dark at this moment, and there was only one thought in her mind: "I should have known that he was a lunatic!"

He didn't dare to look, but He Lan Mingyue didn't care, and rushed straight to the horse bandit closest to him.Letting go of the reins, He Lan stepped on the stirrup vigorously, and the whole person rushed over. The horse bandit was caught off guard and tripped by him and his mount. The horse neighed and fell into the yellow sand.

Helan Mingyue dexterously rolled to the side, avoiding the long knife cut behind her, stepped on the wrist of the fallen horse bandit and crushed it forcefully.Hearing the other party's screams, he didn't have time to react, and another machete came from the side.

With a low growl, He Lan Mingyue was short, and hit the enemy's chest with his elbow, hitting him blindly.He made a clever move, bent the man's arm a little, and the man felt his whole arm go numb for an instant, He Lan took advantage of the situation and slashed towards the wrist like a knife, the scimitar fell in response, and he hooked the handle of the knife with his toe , In the blink of an eye, the weapon changed hands.

With a scimitar in hand, Helan Mingyue is more and more at ease.

He shuttled among the horse bandits without the slightest bit of fear, Xie Bi who was beside him was terrified, not knowing whether he should get off his horse or not, he held on to the rein tightly and did not dare to make a sound.

Xie Bi grew up in Luoyang City, and she usually sees little fights at most. She has never seen such a life-and-death struggle, and her throat seems to be blocked——He Lan Mingyue seldom fights with anyone along the way, but at this moment Every time he slashed at the most vulnerable part of the opponent, the blood licking with the tip of the knife like a desperado was completely different from usual.

After watching this point, Xie Bi murmured: "Xi Wu... This is not Wu Xi, this is a terrible style of play!"

Not far away, watching Helan Mingyue injured several people in a row, the leading one-eyed dragon raised his breath and said: "Good skill, he is a practicing family! Let me learn!"

Helan Mingyue slashed another horse bandit, turned around, and saw the one-eyed leader shout angrily, hit him head-on, and quickly raised his knife to block Ling Kong's big knife.

The metal collided, and he was forced to take two or three steps back. Before he could catch his breath, One Eye swung a heavy sword and attacked him with all his strength. A pain in the chest——

The knife wound showed some signs of cracking at this moment!

His heart sank, he avoided the one-eyed attack again, turned his head to look at Xie Bi, and had already made a decision: "You run! Head towards Yinzhou City!"

Xie Bi was stunned, he sprinted for a few steps, and when he whipped Xie Bi's mount, he ran out involuntarily.Xie Bi almost fell off his horse, and when he looked back and saw He Lan Mingyue being submerged by three people, he couldn't help shouting: "What are you going to do!"

What responded to him was a sharp and long howl in the sky, a little hoarse, but it made the scalp numb.

Xie Bi raised her head and opened her mouth: "Yes..."

Above the sky, a gray-blue bird of prey suddenly appeared like a god's messenger. It spread its wings and almost covered the sky, blocking the last rays of the setting sun, and let out another long cry.

Then it folded its wings and rushed towards the one-eyed dragon!

The voices of "be careful" and "it's them" suddenly sounded from all around.

The one-eyed dragon who was going to continue chasing and killing Helan Mingyue changed his face when he heard this, then he twitched his horse's buttocks and leaned over to stick on the saddle, narrowly avoiding the blow of the raptor.

The one-eyed dragon became angry from embarrassment, but he didn't dare to get entangled with the eagle. He gritted his teeth, ran a few feet away, and then gave orders: "Get out!"

All the horse bandits withdrew their hands and left in the dust. He Lanmingyue supported the ground with a scimitar, and half kneeled on the yellow sand, holding her chest. It took a long time before she felt the joy of the rest of her life after the catastrophe.But before he could catch his breath, he heard the clatter of horseshoes again.

This time he hurriedly raised his head, and looked at the crowd parked not far away—compared with the horse bandits, there were only four or five, and when the horses ran past, a cloud of fine sand and smoke was stirred up by the horse's hooves.

Against the light, Helan Mingyue couldn't see their appearance clearly, but her intuition was that they were not bad people.

The gray-black bird didn't pursue even if it missed a hit. After gliding for a while, it spread its wings and slammed a few times. It landed on the outstretched forearm of one of them, stood up slowly, and rubbed the head of that person affectionately.

The man stopped in front of Helan Mingyue, touched the eagle's head, got off his horse and made a gesture, and the rest of the riders surrounded Helan Mingyue and Xie Bi in a well-trained manner.

He took two steps and stood still in front of He Lan.

This is a very tall man. When he gets close, he can see his face clearly: perhaps the desert wind and sand hides his actual age, with vicissitudes different from that of the Central Plains, but his eyes are extremely bright, black and white are distinct, and the sharpness in them is like the light of a knife.There is an abrupt scar on the bridge of the nose, extending to the cheekbones, the corners of the mouth are tight, and the brows are raised high.

Seeing that Helan Mingyue didn't intend to get up, he stretched out his hand and raised his chin to signal for him to hold it: "Are you injured?"

He Lan Mingyue said: "Thank you."

Holding him, He Lan stood up with difficulty, and took off the veil.During the fight just now, his face was covered with dust and blood, his bun was messed up, his hair stuck to the side of his face, and his lips were all chapped.

This look was really embarrassing, He Lan Mingyue wiped her face with her sleeve: "Is that... an eagle?"

"It's just a falcon." The man smiled miserably, and turned to He Lan, "I haven't—"

Seeing the face of the young man in front of him, he suddenly stopped for a moment and didn't finish speaking.

He Lan Mingyue didn't notice his abnormality, and let go of his hand: "Thank you, big brother and... Brothers, we are going to Yinzhou City, where is the big brother from?"

The man still didn't answer.

Seeing him staring at her with a dazed expression, Helan Mingyue had an indescribable intuition in her heart, but she didn't dare to confirm it, so she could only wait for the other party to speak in a daze.

The falcon on the man's shoulder stepped on it impatiently, and its sharp claws picked up the thread of his clothes.

He Lan tried again: "Excuse me..."

"Huh?" The man finally came back to his senses, and stroked Saker's head, "Yes, it only takes a quarter of an hour to ride a horse. Are you two going to settle down there?"

"Exactly, I haven't asked the name of the eldest brother yet."

"Miangui's surname is Li." He glanced at Helan Mingyue again, and said indifferently, "Xingsi, people in the city call him Siye."

He Lan Mingyue nodded and thought for a while: "Fourth Master."

Li Si smiled: "You are only in your early twenties. If you really want to shout like that, it is taking advantage of you. If others know about it, they don't know what to think. Call Uncle."

He Lan quickly changed his words: "Fourth Uncle, my name is He Guichi, and the person over there is my friend Xie Bi."

"Bi of the blue sea and blue sky, the words are like washing!" Xie Bi hurriedly added, jumped off the horse and ran over, "Thank you fourth uncle, if you didn't come, we might be dead today..."

Li Si glanced at him, and the smile on the corner of his mouth faded away: "I'm not related to you, so it's not close."

Xie Bi was at a loss: "Huh?"

He Lan Mingyue sniggered at the side, Li Si secretly chewed his surname, raised his head: "He Guichi? What a good name." He Lan said he didn't dare, and he said again: "You are going to Yinzhou City, come with me Bar."

The fierce battle just now died down, and He Lan Mingyue got on her horse again.He stared at Li Si's back, thoughtfully, the Saker falcon playing with the thread seemed to feel his sight, spread its wings, and rushed over suddenly, Xie Bi screamed: "Brother He, be careful!" !"

He Lan Mingyue did not dodge or avoid, and stretched out her hand like Li Si.

The next moment, Saker didn't even look at that arm, and the jade-colored claws were as sharp as knives, and stopped directly on his shoulder.After it stood still, it chirped cheerfully, and raised its head proudly.

"Good!" The other riders on the side repeatedly praised.

"Fourth brother, Feishuang has never taken the initiative to get close to others before!"

"What what?" Xie Bi was puzzled.

A tall and strong man explained: "Feishuang is the descendant of Condor, just hatched last year, and he might become Eagle King in the future! Although it looks ferocious, it is very human, and its vision is very high. Except for four Brother has never been willing to let people get close, and now he took the initiative to fly to that little brother's shoulder... It seems that you are destined to be destined."

Li Silang laughed and said: "What kind of eagle, its father is nothing more than a rare white falcon!"

Xie Bi echoed with a half understanding, and glanced at He Lan Mingyue.

The man was sitting on the horse, holding the falcon, his back was still straight, he looked into the distance, and a city gradually appeared on the horizon.

Yinzhou City has arrived.

In He Lanmingyue's imagination, although Yinzhou is not prosperous, the people are comfortable, like a paradise in the desert.Merchants often rest here or do business on the spot. There are children running around in the streets and alleys, and the guards rest and drink everywhere between patrols. The tea stalls are also bustling.

But now, the ruins are not considered, and the guards are better than nothing. Walking into the city, the earth walls and houses around are lifeless. Occasionally, a person passes by on the street. His face is numb and his clothes are tattered.

Looking at the ruined city wall in front of him, he suddenly felt sad.

As if reading his emotions from his expression, Li Sidao said: "The commercial road is broken, and now Rouran occasionally harasses not far from the north, and some soldiers cross the border to rob the common people. All the young and middle-aged people who can go go elsewhere, leaving the old, weak, sick and disabled with no one to rely on."

He Lan said in a trembling voice: "Could it be that the court... the court doesn't care about their life or death?"

"The imperial court?" Li Si smiled, "Back then, the dog emperor ceded Longcheng to Rouran for peace, and even the small countries in the Western Regions were attached to Xi Rouran, just to attack Southern Chu. Now that Southern Chu has not been captured, Longcheng won't be able to get it back either, hmph, if it wasn't for the fact that there are so many contradictions..."

He Lan Mingyue asked curiously: "Fourth Uncle seems to know these things very well?"

Speaking of this, Li Si seemed to realize that he had said too much, and his face froze: "No, I heard what others said. Those dog officials in Longyou didn't plan to control Yinzhou and Xiazhou at all, and wished to abolish them as soon as possible to save money. .”

"Where's the yamen?"

"All the officials have fled, only the militiamen are left." Li Si said with drooping eyes, "Old people and children... always need someone to protect them."

He Lan asked, "Fourth Uncle, are you the militiamen of Yinzhou?"

Li Si didn't deny it: "It's getting late, I haven't asked whether you came here to join relatives or what?"

Helan Mingyue couldn't explain why he came here for a while, and only said: "I originally went back to my hometown, but my relatives are gone." He looked at Li Si, and then looked around, "Is there any inn in Yinzhou City?"

"There's a fart." Li Si smiled, and slapped Helan Mingyue on the back, beating him until he took two steps forward, "Come on, I'm a good person to the end, you go to live with me, if there is A side courtyard."

Before He Lan could express anything, Xie Bi hurriedly said, "Thank you! It's fine if you have a place to live, I don't choose!"

Helan Mingyue paused for a moment, and said slowly, "Fourth Uncle, thanks to you."

Li Siyi nodded, and led them to ride through several streets and alleys to the west of the city.Passing the closed gate on the way, it seems that it is surrounded by a rare compound in Yinzhou. Although the gate is red and mottled, it still retains the grandeur of the old days. Xie Bi took a second look, he couldn't hold back Temperament, asked directly.

"Fourth Master, is that some kind of noble mansion? It looks like no one lives there."

Hearing that Li Si and He Lan Mingyue turned their heads at the same time, both of them were taken aback, Li Si frowned with a look of disgust, but He Lan Mingyue opened his eyes wide as if he had been struck by lightning.

The door was closed tightly, and the dusty memories were locked inside. The courtyard wall was not too high, and a tree branch protruded obliquely.

Helan Mingyue's palms were in severe pain from being rubbed by the reins.

After a long time, Li Sicai said: "That is the former Longxi Palace."

The answer in her heart was confirmed, but He Lan Mingyue didn't know how to describe her mood at this moment.He doubted Li Si's familiarity with Yinzhou's past events, and his understanding of the palace seemed to confirm his guess, and he was struggling with the sudden appearance, with many emotions stagnated in his heart, He Lanmingyue bit the tip of his tongue fiercely.

The severe pain brought him back to his senses, and with the smell of blood in his mouth, He Lan whispered, "Let's go."

Li Si took a deep look at him.

The place where he lives is not far from the Longxi Prince's Mansion, and it is a courtyard that is more spacious than most of the houses in the city.Li Si is still unmarried and lives with militia brothers.Among them, Duan Six—the tall and strong man who explained this and that to Xie Bi—already had a wife and children, and his wife specially cooked and cleaned up for these old men. The pair of children are also cute, and it is rare to see a newcomer Don't be afraid, just run in and out.

Sister-in-law Duan is a hot-tempered woman, she quickly cleaned up the room for He Lan Mingyue and Xie Bi, leaned against the door and reminded: "Brother He, you settle here now, come out for dinner later, ah."

Helan Mingyue nodded, Xie Bi couldn't bear it anymore, and went out with Mrs. Duan: "Sister-in-law, I'll help you..."

Xie Bi left, and He Lan sat on the edge of the simple couch, holding the machete snatched from the horse bandit by his side.He was full of the palace that passed by, eager to go back and take a look, but he didn't know where to stand.

Just as he was thinking wildly, someone knocked lightly on the door twice.

He Lan Mingyue looked over and saw Li Si standing there: "Fourth Uncle...do you want something from me?"

Li Si walked in, looked at him deeply, stopped for a long time before he wanted to speak, then pulled a stool and sat down beside He Lan Mingyue, heaving a long sigh.

"What's the matter, Uncle Fourth?" He shouted kindly, not noticing that the man clenched his fist.

"When I saw you today, I wanted to ask, are you not Han Chinese?"

He Lan Mingyue was taken aback, and said truthfully, "My father is from Xianbei."

Li Si didn't expose the strange Chinese name: "He Guichi...it's really a good name." After a long silence, he spoke in a hoarse voice: "You...is your surname He Lan?"

The heartbeat was like a drum, and after a period of chaos, it returned to calm.He Lan Mingyue drooped her neck, and suddenly she felt extremely relaxed.After a while, he took out the half tiger talisman from his pocket and spread it out in front of the other party.

The candles in the room flickered, and as soon as the brass wolf figure emerged, the eyes of the unruly man who walked in front of him turned red without warning.

He Lan Mingyue said softly: "Are you General Zhenwei?"

Li Si, Li Ciyuan grabbed his hand suddenly, wrapped the half of the tiger talisman together, then bowed his body, and pressed it against his forehead.He Lan Mingyue didn't move, she sat stiffly, and heard him sigh softly.

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