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Qiguan is located in the north of the Wei River, with towering mountains on both sides, and the city of Guan is stuck in the narrow part of the valley, like an iron hand choking its throat.

The snow and rain the day before yesterday finally stopped this morning, and the dark clouds were still hovering over the canyon, as if they were about to collapse in the next moment and make the city collapse.A few black eagles circled at low altitude from time to time, and sometimes soared into the sky.

Feng Qi was blown cold by the wind, but his cheeks were still hot and flushed abnormally.He has been staring at the canyon for a long time, silently thinking about how to ambush here.

There were footsteps going up the stairs behind her. Ji Xiao was still dressed in men's clothing. She looked around, walked up to Feng Qi, and said in a low voice, "My brother will be here soon."

Feng Qi nodded, and only said: "The wind is strong, let's go back."

The city wall had very long stairs, and when Feng Qi walked down, both ankles started to tingle.

Ji Xiao walked forward with a man's steps, sword in hand, and suddenly said: "Master Feng Qi, I heard that Lu Changqing has come, what are your plans?"

Feng Qi was about to answer, but couldn't help coughing.He looked up at the sky and sighed calmly.He has always found it difficult for Lu Changqing.Don't let go of killing, leave harm behind, hide too late.Thinking of his own body, Feng Qi was overwhelmed with worry—before he died, he must take away Lu Changqing's soldiers and horses, otherwise when he became a climate, neither Feng Yun nor Ming Song would be strong. Qing's opponent.

Seeing that he was silent, Ji Xiao looked back, his lips trembling: "...Lord Feng Qi, do you have pain in your ankle?"

"No, you see I'm walking well." Feng Qi immediately put away his worry and said with a smile.

That smile was as beautiful and charming as ever, but it was a little more haggard than when Luoyang first met.Ji Xiao sighed deeply in his heart.At this moment, there was a commotion ahead, Ji Xiao hurriedly turned his head, and saw two people chasing one after the other on the street.

Ji Xiao pushed Feng behind with his sword.The person behind chased him closer and closer, and when he reached Ji Xiao, he had thrown the person in front to the ground.The chaser was a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old. Although he was thin and small, his aura was not inferior to others.With a haughty expression on a delicate face, the corners of his mouth were tightly clenched to fight with others.

Feng Qi noticed that he had been snatching the money bag from the man's hand, so he also reached out to get it, but Ji Xiao stared and blocked it with his arm.Immediately after, a black-clothed, plain-faced woman ran up, crying, "Give me back my purse! This is money for my daughter's medical treatment!"

Hearing this, the young man raised his eyebrows even more coldly, and the little red mole at the corner of his right eye became more and more bright red.His moves were instantly fierce and aggressive, he twisted the thief's backhand, and then snatched the money bag with his hands.

"Take it." The boy handed the money bag to the woman, and the woman thanked him weepingly.

The young man looked cold, and said to the little thief: "You robbed in broad daylight, I will arrest you and send you to the police."

But the little thief knelt down at his feet and cried bitterly: "Young one is forced to do so. I also have a seriously ill sister at home. If I didn't have nowhere to go, how dare I come out to snatch it...Young hero, please forgive me!"

The young man stared at him, without saying a word, with a movement of his hand, he actually twisted the thief's arm.The little thief screamed and rolled all over the floor in pain.

Ji Xiao is a woman after all, with a soft heart, she whispered: "What a cruel child."

Feng Qi looked at the boy, rolled his sleeves and smiled.The young man fumbled a few times from his pocket, took out a handful of coins, and put them in front of the thief.He still said indifferently: "Removing your arm is to punish you for robbery. Giving you this money is to pity you for saving your sister. If I see you committing theft again, I will cut off your hands."

The young man turned around and left.

Feng Qi said to Ji Xiao: "Ah Xiao, if someone cares about this child, he can become a great weapon."

"When I look at his eyes, he is always cold, which makes people dislike." Ji Xiao said.

"Those are a pair of clear eyes, and they can always clearly distinguish right from wrong," Feng Qi said softly, "Although things in this world are not always black and white, if there is such a person in the court, Zhou Dynasty Guozuo can It's been going on for a hundred years."

Lu Changqing rushed to Qiguan with his soldiers and horses non-stop day and night. The cavalry arrived first, but the infantry was still behind.When they finally saw Guancheng, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, dismounted one after another, smashed the ice surface of the Wei River and buried their heads in drinking.Those war horses were also unbearably thirsty, they swarmed to the hole and squeezed their heads to drink water.

Lu Changqing let his horse go to the river to drink water, but he himself looked up at the gray Guancheng.

This city was built by Feng Qi back then, but now that Feng Qi is dead, the city is still standing.Lu Changqing looked down at the wild grass by the river again, desolately, thinking of his brother who passed away in a hurry and whose bones were hard to find, his heart was sour and his tongue was sour, it was fishy and bitter.

He was thinking about something on his mind, his eyes wandered aimlessly, and when he noticed, he had already stared at the miscellaneous forest in the distance for a long time.He raised his eyebrows and stared intently, only to feel that Lin Mu had a strange feeling, which made people tremble with fear for no reason.

"There may be an ambush in the forest ahead, let everyone mount their horses!" Lu Changqing said to the messenger.For a while, the soldiers reluctantly left the water source and stepped back on their horses.

Lu Changqing rode forward and stopped in front of the forest.The morning light is bright, but the light in the forest is dim, and you can't see clearly even seven feet away.However, the trees are clearly arranged sparsely, so they will not block the skylight.

From Yongdu to Haojing, he never walked this road, so he never encountered this forest.This time, in order to get to Qiguan as soon as possible, I took a small road and came to this forest by chance.

Lu Changqing took the bow and arrow from his back, put the arrow on the bow.

This bow was exactly the one used to shoot Zhu Hou Mingsong's shoulder at that time, with a range of nearly half a mile. It was designed by Feng Qi back then to compete with Quan Rong's powerful crossbow.After Lu Shutong obtained this bow, he imitated thousands of bows and distributed them to the soldiers of Qing State. Since then, the army of Qing State has surpassed all other countries, and this kind of bow has been called "Qing Bow" by the world.

Lu Changqing fully drew the bow, and then the iron arrow flew off the string like a bird of prey.The arrow sank silently into the darkness of the forest.Lu Changqing frowned and pulled the reins back a few steps, ordering the soldiers to step forward and shoot arrows into the forest.

For a while, arrows flew like locusts, and the black forest remained silent.

Lu Changqing pulled the rein and turned around, feeling a strange feeling in his heart for a moment.When he fully turned around and took a closer look, a chill rushed to the tip of his nose.Just now the Weishui should be on his right and left, and when he turned around, it should be on his right, but now why is the Weishui still on his left?The direction of the Wei River is south, so at this moment, which side is south?Lu Changqing's heart palpited for a moment, and he immediately calmed down.The direction of Guancheng is north, he raised his eyes to look, a drop of cold sweat rolled down the bridge of his nose - Guancheng disappeared, surrounded by trees.The trees are dense, covering the sky and the sun, and Lu Changqing can't judge the direction according to the sun at this moment.

He has been in the army for many years, and he has never encountered such a strange situation. The soldiers around him were also shouting in panic. He took a deep breath and calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "What are you afraid of? I just shot so many arrows. You've all become hedgehogs! Everyone, don't wander around!" Having said that, Lu Changqing remembered the strange art of shielding armor that Lu Shutong told him in the early years.

They may have fallen into the formation, and if they make a wrong move, there will be no bones left.

Suddenly, a soldier's horse was frightened and rushed into a path in the forest.Lu Changqing's heart palpitations struck again, only a few swishing sounds, a gust of Yin Qi rushed from one side, someone fell off a horse in the darkness, screaming and neighing intertwined.

"It's the arrows that were shot between us! They're flying back towards us!" Someone yelled in horror.

Lu Changqing shouted: "Nonsense!" He hadn't finished speaking when he heard a whoosh in his ear, and suddenly felt his cheeks became hot, and when he wiped them with his hands, it was hot and humid.His horse seemed to feel the shaking in his master's heart, and he backed up a few steps with trembling legs.

The people and horses were in a mess, and everyone began to flee indiscriminately, and the sound of arrows became more rapid. However, Lu Changqing swung his sword and slashed several times. Although he could protect himself from being injured, he did not see the iron arrows that fell down.

The roar of the tiger was heard again in the forest, followed by the strange sound of birds that had never been heard before. Lu Changqing's mount also began to stir, and he had to hold the rein tightly.

Who set up this evil formation here, Lu Changqing gritted his teeth and thought.If it is a formation, there should always be a way out. Instead of being stuck here and waiting to die, it is better to try your luck.Thinking so, Lu Changqing rode his horse towards the path on the left.

At this moment, a clear voice shouted loudly: "Over there is the gate of death."

Lu Changqing was startled, he quickly reined in his horse, and followed the sound.

I saw a boy in yellow shirt standing in the sun outside the black forest, staring at him with his head tilted.The teenager has a red mole on the corner of his right eye.The young man suddenly smiled, and sang loudly: "Xiu Sheng injured Du Jing, and opened eight gates. Dragon horses bear the river map, and turtles carry Luo books. Take 23 from the left, and [-] from the front. Open the gate to fly the phoenix, and the gate of death to come out the white tiger . At the seventh day of the Jiazi period, Yulong retreated two steps."

Listening to his singing, Lu Changqing knew that it was a way to break the formation, and immediately followed his song. Sure enough, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he stood outside the forest in a moment.

The boy also attracted other soldiers, and almost all of them were injured.

The boy was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he was born with a handsome appearance.I just heard him complain: "This formation is different every day and every hour, which makes me dizzy from reciting those songs. It's really annoying!"

Lu Changqing hurriedly thanked the young man, and asked, "Do you know who set up this formation, and why did you set up this formation?"

The young man scratched his head, kicked his feet and sat on a rock, "I don't know who made it, anyway, there was only such a forest in front of my house when I was born."

"Who taught you the ballad you just memorized?" Lu Changqing asked again.

"It's my grandpa!" The boy said, staring at the bow on Lu Changqing's back, and shouted, "Big brother, I have a bow that is exactly the same as yours at home!"

Lu Changqing's heart was shocked, this bow was only owned by soldiers of the Qing Kingdom, and he instantly remembered Lu Shutong who was ambushed and killed in Qiguan with no bones left.

"Little brother, can you take me to see it!" Lu Changqing's usually indifferent eyes flashed a light, and his eyes became eager to look at the young man.

Looking into his shining eyes, the young man couldn't help but think of the sky full of stars lying on the big straw mattress at night and looking up.

He smiled and said, "Why not, I'll take you there."

Lu Changqing ordered the soldiers to rest where they were, bandaged the wounds, and led the horse to follow the young man towards the woods.

"Little brother, next to Lu Changqing, what's your name?"

"My name is Xie Yan."

Seeing the boy always staring at his horse, Lu Changqing rarely showed a smile on his face as cold as a jade carving, and leaned over to hug the boy onto the horse's back.

The young man's cheeks were flushed with joy, he put his legs on the horse's back, and bumped his buttocks, as if he was galloping the horse.

A courtyard gradually appeared in the mist ahead.

When Lu Changqing walked to the door, he was overwhelmed by the golden sunflowers in the courtyard.Regardless of the cold, these flowers raise their brilliant flower discs one after another and bloom in full bloom towards the sun.The young man seemed to have been tired of seeing these flowers for a long time, and when Lu Changqing tied up the horse, he smiled and ran into the house holding his hand.

Feng Qi walked in the cold wind all morning, and fell on the bed as soon as he returned to Jinghou's temporary residence.When he went out, his cheeks were flushed with fever, but when he came back, he was as pale as snow.His lungs were burning like a fire, he coughed continuously, his head bowed down on the edge of the bed, blood splashed to the ground along the corners of his mouth.

Feng Qi couldn't touch the veil, so he wiped the corner of his mouth with his fingers, looking at the dark red blood stains on his fingers, he felt a little flustered.He is not young anymore, and he fell ill this time, and he will not recover as before.He thought of his master's entrustment before he died, and when he thought that there were too many things he needed to do, he felt terrified, and the fear of not being able to fulfill the oath had surpassed the fear of death itself.

There was severe pain in his chest again, and he coughed again in pain, with blood continuously overflowing from his mouth, this endless coughing up blood even made him feel a sense of dying.Feng Qi looked at the teapot on the table, and got out of bed with his clothes on and his bare feet.As soon as he stood up, he felt dizzy due to blood loss. He staggered and walked over, held on to the table, and reached for the teapot.

He held the handle of the teapot and lifted it, was taken aback for a moment, and then lifted it upwards forcefully.

Suddenly great fear seized his heart, and in an instant he was sweating like a waterfall, his pale face almost became transparent.

Reach out for clothes, open your mouth for food... Hahaha...

Disgusting memories crammed into my mind stiffly, I didn't want to admit the shock of Lu Changqing's miscalculation when he attacked Haojing, I didn't want to admit that I couldn't do anything, I broke my tendons and waggled my tail but pretended to be calm, I didn't want to admit failure, I didn't want to admit my fear... …

However, at that moment, he was indeed deeply terrified, terrified of that man named Lu Changqing.

At that time, he didn't know his admiration for him, so he couldn't count this as a bargaining chip.All he knew was that this man hated him so much that in order to kill him he would go crazy and go to Beijing to kill the king regardless of the wrath of the princes.

Feng Qi stared at the thin wrist exposed under his sleeve, stared at it with tight lips, and then picked up the teapot.

This time it didn't take much effort. Hot tea was poured out of the teapot and poured into the cup.

Feng Qi regained his composure, and took a sip from his teacup.

There was a noise outside the door, but Ji Xiaomen stepped in without knocking, and stared straight at Feng Qi.

Feng Qi smiled and said, "Miss A Xiao, what's the matter?"

Ji Xiao whispered: "I'll ask you again, what are you going to do with Lu Changqing?"

Feng Qi took another sip of tea and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Ji Xiao said without hesitation: "Feng Yun and Xuan Yuan led troops to surround Lu Changqing. I heard that he is now near a chaotic forest by the Wei River."

Feng Qi drank the tea for a while, then drank the rest of the tea in the cup before putting down the cup.

"Master Feng Qi, where are you going?" Ji Xiao grabbed him, "You are leaving the city now, it's too late!"

"Since I'm going, I have time." Feng Qi held Ji Xiao's hand and pulled it from his sleeve.Ji Xiao looked at his determined eyes, but he didn't know where his confidence came from.She only felt that Feng Qi Guoshi's words were mysterious and unpredictable, but she firmly believed in them.

"What do I want to do with him? What can I do with him?" When leaving, Feng Qi sighed quietly.

Lu Changqing was pulled into the second door by Xie Yan, and there was another small courtyard inside, with an old man sitting on a wicker chair in the courtyard.Although the old man's beard and hair were white, his face was hale and hearty.

"Good grandson, who did you bring?" the leader asked with a cigarette stick in his mouth.

"Grandpa, where's our bow?" Xie Yan rushed into the house and ran around looking for it, but the old man shouted: "Little bastard, don't let your grandpa rummage around!"

Xie Yan had already rushed out with a bow in his arms, and handed it to Lu Changqing.

Lu Changqing looked at the bow, his lips moved slightly, and two lines of tears suddenly flowed down.

Xie Ji was startled, and rubbed his face with his sleeve, "Brother Changqing, why are you crying, what's wrong with you?"

This is Lu Shutong's bow.Only a phoenix is ​​carved on his bow.Lu Changqing caressed the phoenix carving, caressing the dark brown marks that were still dry on it.

Lu Changqing raised his head and said, "Old man, where did your bow come from?"

The old man didn't seem surprised by Lu Changqing's gaffe just now, he took a sip of his pipe and exhaled white mist, "I picked it up by the river 20 years ago."

"Beside the bow...is there someone?" Lu Changqing asked again.

"I didn't even see the fart." The old man snorted roughly.

At this moment, another young man walked in from the courtyard, and when Lu Changqing saw him, he couldn't help but look back at Xie Yan.This young man looks exactly like Xie Yan beside him, even the red mole on the corner of his right eye is exactly the same.

The boy opened the stool and sat down, and said to his grandfather and grandson: "Grandfather, Xiao Yan, there are many soldiers outside the black forest, a man in white clothes broke the formation, they are all coming here."

The old man jumped up all of a sudden, "The man in white clothes? That must be that kid Xuan Yuan! No one can break through Feng Qi's cloth formation except him!"

Lu Changqing was surprised again: "You said the formation was set up by Feng Qi?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a leisurely shout from outside: "His Royal Highness, goodbye to the Star Pavilion, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Feng Yun!" Lu Changqing frowned.

"Brother Changqing, where are you going? You can't go out!" Xie Yan grabbed Lu Changqing who was walking out.

Lu Changqing remained calm and composed, "They want to arrest me, so don't implicate you."

"Grandpa!" Xie Yan looked at the old man for help, and the old man silently examined Lu Changqing without speaking.

"Xiao Yan, who is this person? You led Lin Zi out? Didn't I tell you, don't bring people out casually, do you know what he does?" Xie Ji said while drinking the water from the clay bowl.

Xie Yan gave Xie Ji a hard look.

Lu Changqing had already shaken off Xie Yan and walked out of the inner door, standing among a large field of sunflowers.

Countless archers are facing this thriving courtyard, as long as Lu Changqing walks out, he will be shot into a sieve.Lu Changqing raised an arrow to the bow, trying to lure Feng Yun to speak, "Jinghou, when you made the covenant at the Star Watching Pavilion, but you didn't believe what you said, what face do you have to stand in the world?"

Feng Yun said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, I have not broken the contract, and I am here to invite you into the city..."

"Your Highness, don't answer!" Xuan Yuan interrupted suddenly.Feng Yun also came to his senses, and hurriedly shut his mouth.

Lu Changqing's arrow did not shoot out.

He has found Feng Yun's location, and a good arrow will definitely kill him, but... Qiguan is now full of Jing soldiers, and once Jinghou dies, Quan Rong will definitely attack Qiguan.

Lu Changqing didn't expect that he would press the arrow at the last moment. He brushed his black hair, smiled calmly, and slowly lowered the bow.

There was already movement outside the door, and Lu Changqing seemed to hear the sound of the bow string gradually tightening in the wind.

Feng Qi is dead, love and hate should be let go.He lit the flames of war, he owed the world in this life, and it is understandable to repay it with his life now.

Feng Qi looked at the green-fur man Xiao Shuxuan raised, and suddenly felt a complicated feeling in his heart.This man seemed both very familiar and completely unfamiliar.

"Aman." A gentle voice sounded from behind.

After Lu Shutong died, there was only one person in the world who would call him that.

Lu Changqing turned around abruptly.

Among the countless golden sunflowers, Feng Qi was dressed in purple, with black hair brushing his shoulders, standing facing the light, looking awe-inspiring.

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