The hero bends down

The whistling sounded in the rain, and the short black figure who was fighting Nighthawk heard the whistling sound immediately, and suddenly became shorter, no longer interested in fighting, and ran into the woods instead.

Yeying's eyelids twitched violently, he didn't dare to catch up, and ran desperately in the direction of Long Yi and the others.

After the short black figure rose and fell in the forest, he saw the tall figure standing on a branch of a tree, looking as if he was looking into the distance.He followed this person's face and saw Cheng Fengnan and Defu supporting Long Yi, and he didn't know whether Long Yi was dead or alive.

He hesitated for a while, and finally asked: "Master, is it really good to assassinate the emperor like this?"

The tall black shadow didn't speak, and after a long time, he raised his hand to look at his palm, and said with a smile, "Why not?"

The short man was taken aback for a while.

The tall black shadow said: "Chu Xiyou came to Beijing to find me this time, and asked me to help him win the feudal country. Now my palm is also an explanation for him." He paused for a while, and said: " One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, if the emperor can survive this calamity, it is unknown whether it will be a blessing or a curse."

The short man became more and more confused, he was not very smart in the first place, he scratched his head and said: "But Master always ignores court affairs."

The black shadow smiled faintly, and his eyes finally fell on Cheng Fengnan not far away.

If he doesn't care about the affairs of the world and the affairs of the court, he still needs that person to help him release the restriction of the ghost eyes on his body.

It's just that the treatment in these years has not seen much improvement, and I don't know when I will be able to escape this cage.

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After two days, the continuous drizzle finally stopped.Ji Munian stayed in the tent for a long time, Fang got up and folded the letter he had thought about and put it on the bedside of his bed, got up and walked out of the tent.

After the rain, the mountains and plains are green and green, and the air is mixed with a bit of soil, making it extraordinarily fresh.

Ji Munian called Jin Wei and said, "Where's the captain?"

There are many captains, but Jin Wei immediately understood the captain that General Ji was referring to, and said, "Captain Jin went to the school to practice swords."

Captain Jin was Zhong Su. Because his name was taboo, he had to take a random name and join the army.The name is very simple, only the word bell is split in half, and the name is Jinzhong.

Hearing what Jin Wei said, Ji Munian nodded and smiled, found a way, and walked towards the school grounds.

The Northern Feng army took advantage of the victory to pursue the Southern Chu to the border between the two countries. They left Jinnan Pass early and stationed in the open plain not far from the border.Just wait until the rest is over, and give the Southern Chu invading troops a final head-on blow.

During the rest period, Zhong Su had nothing else to do and just concentrated on practicing the saber.

Ji Munian had nothing to do, so he walked on foot, but before he reached the school grounds, he was stopped by someone.

"General Ji!" A familiar voice came from behind.

Ji Munian stopped in his tracks, turned his head to look at the person who came, saw that it was the deputy general Lu Heng, and asked strangely: "General Lu, why are you here?"

Lu Heng took a breath and said, "The last general is rushing to find the general."

Only then did Ji Munian turn around and look at Lu Heng, "Why is it so urgent?"

Lu Heng said: "The army of Southern Chu withdrew to camp two miles away from Yitianhou last night."

"One line of sky?" Ji Munian raised his eyebrows and asked, thinking carefully.

"A line of sky is a canyon, and the terrain is dangerous. It is the section of the road we must pass to go to the border of Southern Chu. The mountain is rugged. If the army crosses the mountain road, it may be difficult for the soldiers to climb and the horses of the cavalry will not be able to move forward." Lu Heng reported.

Hearing this, Ji Munian frowned and said, "The terrain in Southern Chu has always been steep, so it's not easy to attack." He pondered for a moment, and after hearing what Lu Heng said, he did have some concerns and said, "Take me to see the terrain."

The two walked towards the stables while talking.Ji Munian took a few guards with him, and went to the line of sky that Lu Heng said.

The first line of sky is about three miles away from the barracks. Ji Munian and Lu Heng went forward, and when they reached the canyon, Ji Munian saw a wide road opening in front of him. Let people see only a ray of sky.

He wandered outside for a long time, thinking about whether to go inside to observe. Lu Heng next to him said: "If our army pursues Nan Chu, I am afraid that Nan Chu will not give up this terrain and lie in ambush at both ends of the sky. But if we go around, we have to It takes three or four days to reach the southern Chu border military camp again."

After hearing this, Ji Munian silently looked at the canyon in front of him, and finally reined in and said, "Is it true that Nanchu has withdrawn from the sky?"

Lu Heng said: "The information from last night should be correct."

Lu Heng is a soldier promoted by General Zhenwu. He has been stationed in the southwest for more than ten years. He is experienced. Ji Munian has no doubts about him, so he asked: "How long and wide is this canyon? Can someone go in and check?"

"The scouts went to see it a few times and drew a map." After he finished speaking, he took out a piece of yellow silk from his lapel and handed it to Ji Munian.

Ji Munian took Huang Bo and looked at it carefully, still worried: "This matter can't be vague, I'll go and see it myself."

Lu Heng was silent on the side.

Ji Munian pulled the stiff rope and said, "I'll go in and have a look."

Lu Heng frowned and said, "General Ji, is this too dangerous?"

Ji Munian took the horse's long knife, held it sideways behind his back and said: "It's okay, if I'm alone, and I haven't met a super expert, I can escape." After a pause, he said: "If you encounter any accidents, you can play by ear. Go back to the camp and look for Captain Jin."

The guard next to him said yes.

Only then did Ji Munian steer the horse, one person and one rider, and walked into the canyon alone.Although he was highly skilled and daring, he still didn't dare to be careless, and walked up the edge of the cliff.

There is only a ray of sky left in the canyon, and the darker it gets as we enter the inside.On the long and narrow passage, only Ji Munian's hooves made the sound.

Ji Munian looked around, his eyes gradually turned to the protrusions of the cliffs on both sides, there were branches and grasses growing on the cliffs, but the more Ji Munian looked at it, the weirder it became.

When we reached the middle of the canyon, there was no end in sight on both sides.

After walking for a while, the horse's hooves in front of him suddenly sank slightly, and Ji Munian leaned forward slightly.

At the same time, he smelled a slight sulfur smell.

Awakened in his mind in an instant, in a flash, Ji Munian jumped out of his horse and volleyed into the air, and the ground exploded with a loud "boom boom".

In an instant, smoke and dust billowed, the sound of explosions was close to the ear, and scorching air waves swept up, and the powerful impact instantly broke the balance that Ji Munian maintained in the air.

This round of explosions ended, followed by another round, interlocking. In the canyon, there were only heat waves churning, red tongues flickering, and the earth was shocked.

Ji Munian tried his best to block the impact of the explosions. In the thick smoke, he only felt a sharp roar coming from behind him. He reluctantly turned his head, and just as he turned his eyes, he saw a blood-red thick arrow full of barbs. shoot at him.

The arrow continued to expand, and the pupils were filled with the arrow.

Ji Munian was restrained by the firearm, and had no time to change his body for a while, so he had to try his best to avoid the blood arrow.He only heard a sound of "嗤", the blood arrow pierced into his right leg, and there was a sharp pain in his leg, he couldn't stabilize his figure in the air, and fell headlong.

The sound of explosions on the ground continued.There was a shout in the canyon.

Ji Munian fell to the ground, blocked the continuous smoke and dust with one hand, and propped himself up with a knife in the other.

After the sound of the explosion and the smoke filled the air, there was a burst of smoke. Ji Munian raised his head, and saw the protruding rocks of the cliff, and the mountain was full of Southern Chu enemy soldiers.The Southern Chu soldiers are each equipped with bows and arrows, and they draw their bows until they reach one person in the canyon.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he tried to stand up from the ground, but there was pain in his leg.

A person in the distance laughed and said, "Ji Munian."

Ji Munian raised his head, and saw the man in the distance, dressed in purple clouds, even on the battlefield, he was also dressed in civilian clothes, with all kinds of noble looks, he was just the master he met when he bombed the Nanchu grain depot not long ago.

Chu Xiyou looked at the man in the canyon in a state of distress, and said in a happy mood: "As expected, you are the descendant of the Ji family. The hall arranged for you this round of firearms, and it actually made you survive." The Southern Chu archers who were everywhere in the canyon said with a smile: "This palace really loves General Ji very much. I wonder if General Ji can bear the thousands of arrows from our Chu Kingdom."

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After Zhong Su practiced the saber, he returned to the camp, but he didn't see Ji Munian, and felt a little strange.

In the past, Ji Munian always took him by his side, although today he went out to practice swords early in the morning, Ji Munian should still be in the tent.

He called a guard over and asked Ji Munian's whereabouts.

Jin Wei lowered his head and replied, "General Ji went out with General Lu to investigate."

Zhong Su let out an "oh", thinking that Ji Munian had something to do temporarily, so he didn't say much, and was about to return to his account.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, as soon as he entered the account, he saw a man returning from outside on a horse. He glanced at it, and it turned out to be the Deputy General Lu that the guard said.He paused slightly, and took a closer look, but he didn't see Ji Munian.

At this time, a slightly strange thought filled his heart.

This idea was still germinating, Zhong Su only heard a loud "boom" from the south, like thunder exploding in the flat ground, and it sounded continuously.

Zhong Su heard the sound, it was the sound of Nanchu firearms exploding, his face changed, and he pulled the guard again and asked, "Which direction was General Ji just going?"

The guard pointed to the side of the guide and said, "It seems to be over there, and General Gang Lu also came back from there."

Zhong Su's expression changed instantly.

The strange feeling in his heart became more and more intense, he walked quickly to Lu Heng's horse, regardless of his status, he directly stopped Lu Heng and said, "General Lu, do you know where General Ji is?"

Suddenly blocked by a school lieutenant, Lu Heng frowned slightly, but seeing the young general that Ji Munian had been taking care of and had specially explained to him, he restrained his temper and said: "General Ji is exploring the terrain in the sky."

After hearing this, Zhong Su shrank his pupils and said, "I heard that General Lu was also with General Ji, why did you come back first?"

Lu Heng said without changing his face: "General Ji is still studying the terrain, and ordered me to come back to deal with military affairs first." He said with a gloomy gaze: "I will guide General Ji to favor you, but you must know good or bad in the barracks, you A school lieutenant dares to block the way of this general..."

He spoke in a clanging voice, and was about to think of ways to punish Zhong Su, but Zhong Su didn't wait for Lu Heng to finish speaking, and ran to the stable on his own.

The long sword was still in his hand when he practiced the sword, Zhong Su rode on the horse, ignoring the rules in the camp, and whipped the whip fiercely, and the horse galloped out of the barracks in pain.

Along the way, Zhong Su rode his horse and galloped in the direction of the previous explosion. After a while, he saw the Yixiantian Canyon. He didn't stop at the canyon the night before, and rushed directly into the valley.

The field of vision became dark, and Zhong Su heard the howling of the wind, and after running in the canyon for a while, he heard the sound of arrows piercing through the air.

He looked up and saw many archers wearing Southern Chu costumes standing in the canyon. The arrows of the archers were pointing at a person holding a long knife hilt in one hand and a black iron sword in the other, splitting the arrows that kept coming.

The man had a thick red blood arrow stuck in his leg, and a few arrow feathers stuck in his back, and he was about to fall far away.

Zhong Su's face paled, but his hands didn't stop, he drove his horse into the rain of arrows, waved his knife to push the arrows away, and shouted: "Ji Munian!"

Hearing someone shouting, Ji Munian glanced sideways, and saw a man and a horse coming straight towards him without fear of danger.

When he saw Zhong Su's face, he was startled.But Zhong Su ran up to him in an instant, and shouted again: "Come up quickly!"

At the same time as he spoke, Zhong Su stretched out his hand holding on to the rein instantly, grabbed Ji Munian's arm, and pulled Ji Munian behind the horse.

At the end of the year, Ji Mu used Zhong Su's strength to mount the horse.At this moment, his whole body was exhausted, and he was already powerless. As soon as he got on the horseback, his figure was unstable, and he fell back.

Zhong Su immediately grabbed his hand and said in a low voice: "Hold on to me!" After that, he swung his long knife, clamped the horse's belly tightly, and rushed to the other side of the canyon against the rain of arrows.

Ji Munian managed to stabilize his body, pushed aside a few feathered arrows, couldn't hold on any longer, leaned against Zhong Su's back, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The blood soon wet Zhong Su's back. Zhong Su sniffed the smell of blood, his heart felt like a knife, and he couldn't speak for a while. He just drove the horse, hoping to get out of the encirclement as soon as possible.

While running wildly, the bright light on the other side of the sky slowly spread.

Chu Xiyou, who had been standing on a high place, squinted his eyes, and slowly stroked the bow in his palm.

Xiao Wei whispered: "Your Highness, they are about to break away from our encirclement."

Chu Xiyou gave a low laugh, thinking about the backs of Ji Munian and Zhong Su, and said with a low smile, "Leave?"

After he finished speaking, a layer of blood welled up in his eyes, just like when he shot and killed Concubine Xian.

Xiaowei has followed Chu Xiyou for many years, and when he saw Chu Xiyou's appearance at this time, he immediately presented three blood arrows.

Chu Xiyou took the arrow and drew the bowstring.

The three blood arrows shot again, and the whistling sound in the air was extremely ear-piercing, like howling ghosts and wolves, straight at the target.

The sound Zhong Su was all too familiar with, his heart suddenly tightened, he lashed out at the horse's buttocks, and then swung the knife to push away a bloody arrow, the arrow tip collided with the knife point, and a gap burst open on the knife.At the same time, the horse under his crotch neighed and ran forward a few steps, finally exiting the Yixiantian Canyon.

Then Zhong Su noticed that Ji Munian's hand on his waist tightened slightly, and the person behind him spurted another mouthful of blood.The horse under his crotch also screamed and fell to the ground.

Zhong Su hurriedly turned around and hugged Ji Munian, jumped off the horse's back, saw a bloody arrow pierced obliquely into the horse's belly, and another bloody arrow was pierced into Ji Munian's heart, ending with the entire tip of the arrow.

Seeing the commander shoot the enemy general, the Southern Chu army burst into shouts.Soldiers climbed down from the canyon wall one after another, and surrounded Ji Munian in the direction where his horse fell.

Zhong Su couldn't wait any longer, put Ji Munian's hand on his shoulder, and led Ji Munian into the bushes next to him.

The people behind immediately chased him down.

Zhong Su flees with Ji Munian under the cover of vegetation.But he took one person with him, and the speed eventually slowed down a lot.

Seeing the voices behind him getting closer, Ji Munian slightly opened his eyes and said, "Zhong Su, hurry up."

Zhong Su frowned.

Ji Munian felt that his body was getting heavier and heavier, and he closed his eyes uncomfortablely and said: "Their target is me, no one will chase you if you leave."

Zhong Su still frowned, led Ji Munian to run step by step, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go together."

"If you take me with you, neither of us will be able to leave." Ji Munian's voice was a little slow, and he spit out a mouthful of blood just after he finished speaking. , he said with a miserable smile: "If you go back, you can still help me avenge. What's more, Long Yi is still waiting for you there."

Zhong Su kept walking, but felt a pain in his heart.He knew that what Ji Munian said was true, but he couldn't let go of this person who he came to this world to be both a teacher and a friend.

Ji Munian took a breath and said, "Lu Heng must have betrayed... I'm afraid he will take power in the army, so you must go back and stop him."

Zhong Su looked at Ji Munian nervously, not knowing what to say.

After Ji Munian finished speaking, he took another breath. His heart was hurt, and he spoke intermittently: "The emperor gave me the tiger talisman and put it in a secret box under my pillow. The key to the box is the silver and copper hair on my head. Hairpin." With all his strength, he grabbed his hairpin with his hands, tore off the hairpin, stuffed it into Zhong Su's hand, then grabbed Zhong Su's palm, and handed the imperially gifted black iron sword to Zhong Su, saying: "If those If people don't believe you, just show this knife."

After he finished speaking, he tripped over a stone, staggered and fell to the ground.

Zhong Su was also dragged by him and fell to the ground. He hurriedly got up and went to help Ji Munian, but Ji Munian stretched out his hand and pushed him away.

"Let's go." Ji Munian hissed.

Zhong Su gritted his teeth and stared at him blankly.

"This is a military order." Ji Munian's voice was already hoarse.

Zhong Su suddenly felt that the tip of his nose was sore.

"Hurry up..." Ji Munian opened his mouth, another spurt of blood spurted out, and he curled up on the ground.

Zhong Su closed his eyes, opened them again and said, "Master Ji, Zhong Su thank you for the rest of my life."

Ji Munian closed his eyes, turned his head to one side and ignored it.

Zhong Su took a few steps forward, turned around suddenly, and quickly bowed three times to Ji Munian's body lying on the ground.

Ji Munian still didn't respond.

Zhong Su gritted his teeth again, turned his head and ran forward.

When it was confirmed that Zhong Su had left, Ji Munian slowly opened his eyes.

There was darkness in front of him. In the darkness, he vaguely saw a person raising his eyes and smiling at him, "Mu Nian, are you willing to come down the mountain with me?"

Seeing himself bowing his head, he smiled shyly and said, "Wherever the senior brother is going, I will go with the senior brother."

For many years, the senior brother was out of reach, but the promise made on that day became forever.