mountains and rivers and rewards

He suppressed the repeated headache and said, "Then come to me when you are free at night, and I will teach you how to read."

Seeing Qin Min's happy face after speaking, Gu Youchuan's headache also disappeared halfway, and suddenly he felt that he was what a good gentleman should be, and he had a sense of accomplishment as a teacher.

4. Raid

On the endless snow, the two black horses are like two small black spots, breaking the integrity of this white.

Now it's the vernal equinox, and the snow at Yanmen Pass is still not melting, but after so many years, Qin Min and Li Erzhuang are also numb.

Today Qin Min and Li Erzhuang were going to deliver meals to the soldiers standing guard outside Cangyun Castle. They took turns every day, once a month. They didn't have to go to class to practice martial arts on this day, and the teenagers regarded this day as a cherished holiday.

"Qin Min, what Shilaozi book are you reading? It's hard to leave your hand even after a day off!" Li Erzhuang grabbed the rein with one hand, and tried to snatch the book with the other.

Qin Min dodged lightly, and saw that he was holding an old book that was almost tattered between his fingers. The rice paper had turned yellow, and the writing on it was a little blurry, but the words "Analects of Confucius" could still be read clearly on the cover of the book.

Li Erzhuang couldn't read, squinted his eyes for a long time, finally had no choice but to give up, and asked Qin Min curiously: "Do you understand?"

Qin Min kept his eyes on the book, and replied, "Brother Gu sorted out all the unfamiliar words in these contents for me today."

In fact, Li Erzhuang went to a "literacy class" with Qin Min, but it was a headache for him to see the small black characters like ants. In addition, Gu Youchuan is strict in this aspect, and usually one mistake will be punished several times. Ten times, so I never went to it again.

"Brother Gu really likes you. He also teaches you more in class, and he teaches you alone at night." Li Erzhuang was a little dissatisfied, counting the "unfair" things one by one with his fingers.

Qin Min was inexplicably happy when he heard this, but his face was neither sad nor happy, and he countered: "You were not taught a set of sword skills by him alone."

Li Erzhuang scratched his head embarrassingly: "It's different, it's because I'm too old to learn... What's wrong?"

Qin Min was listening quietly, but suddenly turned his head, looking for something aimlessly in the snow.

"It seems that someone is following us." Qin Min put the Analects of Confucius in his carry-on bag, and clenched the handle of the knife tightly, as if ready to fight at any time.

Li Erzhuang was startled by his words, and looked in the direction of his gaze, but there was nothing but rocks, trees and a few stubborn weeds.

"Could it be that you read it wrong, it's windy today, maybe it's the sound of the wind blowing past." Li Erzhuang looked around and said uncertainly.

Qin Min was just reading the obscure sentences in the book, but suddenly felt a trace of internal force passing behind him. Recently, because of Gu Youchuan's intentional training, his martial arts has improved rapidly, surpassing the boys in the same barracks as him .

But the internal force appeared for a moment, and then disappeared without a trace as if it had evaporated. Hearing what Li Erzhuang said, Qin Min himself was also confused, not sure if it was an illusion, and the hand holding the handle of the knife loosened again. Reluctantly said: "Maybe, who will follow the two of us to deliver meals?" Even though he said so, Qin Min was still beating drums in his heart. Could it be the eyeliner of Xi Ren's enemy army?Or is it the Spike Army?

At this time, he suddenly thought that before leaving today, Gu Youchuan handed him a letter, and mysteriously asked him to bring it to the captain who was guarding the front line of Yanmen Pass.

Isn't it for this letter?

Qin Min clamped his horse's belly and urged Li Erzhuang: "Let's go quickly."

This section of the road was desolate and deserted, and there were not even soldiers on patrol. The two teenagers rode on the horses and felt the coolness behind them, and suddenly they were vigilant.

Seeing that the gate of Yanmen Gate was just in front of him, the sound of sharp knives cutting through the air came from behind him.Qin Min reacted quickly, got off his horse in an instant, rolled twice in the snow out of inertia, and had already formed a perfect defensive posture when he stood up.

If Gu Youchuan was present, he would probably feel very relieved. After teaching for less than a month, Qin Min's progress is so fast.

Qin Min dodged the deadly sneak attack, his mount was not so lucky, the black horse fell down with a long hiss.

Li Erzhuang was a step slower than Qin Min, but he was behind him almost immediately, back to back ready to attack.The two attacked one by one and defended the other, and they didn't show any panic when facing the two masked men who appeared suddenly.

Their formation is difficult for the enemy to attack, Qin Min gestured to Li Erzhuang, indicating that one person should stop the other, and no matter what the masked man's purpose is, don't let them succeed.

But the two masked men looked at each other and rushed towards Qin Min together. Even if Li Erzhuang entangled one, the man only wanted to get away and attack Qin Min instead of fighting Li Erzhuang.

Qin Min's heart trembled—they really came for Brother Gu's letter.

Thinking that he tied up his bag tightly, watching the moves of the two masked men with piercing eyes.Their swordsmanship is different from that of the Spike Army. The Spike Army is a soldier, and their swords see blood on the battlefield, so they always have a fierce and desperate momentum.But this time the two swordsmanship was more elegant and light, with some fancy movements, Qin Min felt that they might be from the world.

After Gu Youchuan's special training, although Qin Min was a little embarrassed to deal with it, the moves in his hands were not messed up. Coupled with the harassment from Li Erzhuang, they managed to connect twenty or thirty moves without any risk.

"Be careful!" The masked man that Li Erzhuang was harassing suddenly walked around behind Qin Min. Qin Min was attacked one after another.

Qin Min gritted his teeth and withdrew the attacking knife, and turned sideways to avoid the attack behind him. Unexpectedly, the sharp blade cut across the strap of the package, and the whole package fell into the snow.

"It's over." Qin Min's heart dropped suddenly, and regardless of the knife that greeted him, he lay down and protected the package with his body, thinking only that this was a letter from Brother Gu, and no matter what he said, he couldn't let others snatch it away.

Xuan Jia received the knife for him, avoiding flesh injuries, but the following internal force still shocked Qin Min's chest with pain, and the smell of blood rose up in his throat instantly.When the second knife came up, it was finally blocked by Li Erzhuang. Qin Min took the opportunity to turn over with the package, ready to meet the next round of offensive.

"Who is there!"

Just as the masked man was about to attack again, he heard a voice from the direction of Yanmen Pass.

Seeing the savior, Li Erzhuang shouted loudly in that direction, "Killer!"

Seeing that the form was wrong, the two masked men flew away immediately.Qin Min was so tired that his legs were weak, and he held the knife on the ground to prevent himself from falling.

The patrolling soldiers arrived soon, and they were startled when they saw the dead horse and the two Cangyun troops in distress. After asking what happened, they hurriedly gathered a group of people to search in Cangyun Fort.

After Qin Min arrived at the Yanmen Pass, regardless of the bruises on his back, the first thing he did was to find out the crumpled letter, find Captain Wang and pass it to him.

"Huh? Gu Youchuan gave it to me?" Wang Ruzhu has been stationed at Yanmen Pass all year round, and he is also a member of the Haoqi League. He once performed missions with Gu Youchuan.

He opened the letter suspiciously, his face darkened in an instant, he was silent for a long time, and suddenly growled: "Gu Youchuan sees that I won't tear you apart!!"

In Cangyun Fort, Gu Youchuan was fighting with Yu Yinghan, and without warning, he sneezed, causing him to lose a move. He rubbed his nose and thought, "Which bastard is scolding me?"

Hearing what Wang Ruzhu said, Qin Min couldn't help but leaned forward curiously to take a look at the content, which almost made him spit out the blood that he didn't vomit when he was cut by the knife.I saw a fluffy dog ​​vividly drawn on it, with a bone in its mouth, and the dog looked at the reader with a playful expression.

Qin Min took a big step back in shock. Is this the letter he desperately protected?He only felt mixed feelings, recalling Gu Youchuan's pretended serious expression when he handed the letter to him, a feeling that he was a fool being played by others spontaneously arose.

In an instant, Gu Youchuan's tall and tall image was shattered in his mind, and he couldn't put it together.

The "culprit" Gu Youchuan didn't know about this at all. He lay on a chair basking in the sun, kneading melon seeds, as if he had entered an old life ahead of schedule.

So when Qin Min returned to Cangyun Castle, what he saw was this scene, and he was so angry that he almost didn't come up, especially when Gu Youchuan waved to him and asked - "Do you want to come and eat sunflower seeds together?"

Qin Min's face turned dark with anger, no matter how he looked at Gu Youchuan, he seemed to be recruiting a dog. Without saying a word, he glared at Gu Youchuan angrily, then turned his head and left.

Gu Youchuan was inexplicably stared at by him, and the melon seeds in his hand couldn't even taste the fragrance.

For three days in a row, Qin Min didn't take the initiative to find Gu Youchuan. Gu Youchuan felt guilty looking at Qin Min's always stern face, but he didn't know where he stroked his Ni Lin.

"Yinghan, that kid Qin Min ignored me for several days." Gu Youchuan lost his appetite when he thought about this matter, so he harassed Yu Yinghan out of the idea that he didn't want to eat or eat others.

Yu Yinghan put down the bowl and chopsticks, and asked seriously, "Haven't you heard?"

Gu Youchuan looked confused: "What?"

"Qin Min was attacked when he was delivering food at Yanmen Pass. I heard that the attacker's target was your letter to Wang Ruzhu." Yu Yinghan summed up the gossip these days in one sentence.

Gu Youchuan showed a strange expression: "Why can my handy calligraphy be robbed?"

Yu Yinghan gave him a blank look: "Think about what you said when you handed the letter to Qin Min?"

Gu Youchuan racked his brains and thought for a while, and he probably said "this letter is very important, we must protect it".

Guaranteed that these words will be heard by some people with ulterior motives, Qin Min is still very honest, probably