she won't live to twenty

After Wuming left, Tang Zhengze rode his horse into the deep mountains again, and when he came out again, he was dragging a huge brown bear behind his horse.

When Tang Zheng dragged the brown bear to the village, Wei Daniu and his party just came back from hunting.Their harvest today was not good, they only caught a few thin rabbits. After seeing the dead brown bear, the group of people stared wide-eyed.

Many people in the village heard the movement and hid behind the door to peek.

"Big, big brother... you are?" Wei Daniu asked in a daze.

"Daniel, do you have a dagger?" Tang Zhengze asked with a smile.

Before Wei Daniu could answer, someone behind him handed him a dagger.

Tang Zhengze skillfully peeled off the brown bear's thick fur with a dagger, and said with a smile: "I may have to stay in your village for a few more days, and this bear will be used as a gift."

Wei Daniu blinked and was speechless for a while, then asked weakly after a while: "Brother, where is your girl?"

Tang Zhengze stayed in the desert with Loulan for nearly two months. His long hair was not washed in time, and it was frizzy and messy. In addition to the stubble around his face, it is not surprising that the villagers recognized him as a barbarian. .

"She went home first." Tang Zheng said with a smile.

"Brother, you...why did you stay?" Wei Daniu took a deep breath, he is not stupid, such a wealthy Hu businessman brought a big brown bear into the village, saying that he would stay for a few days, how could it be possible Have no other intentions?He does not believe that there is a free lunch in the world.I heard that there are many sects that believe in evil gods in Yanbei. Could it be that Tang Zhengze is the leader of the evil cult, trying to trick their village into believing in evil gods?

Wei Daniu looked vigilant, he looked at the brown bear, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva again.

If there is meat to eat and clothes to wear, it is not impossible for the whole village to follow Tang Zhengze and believe in evil gods.After all... someone in the village followed Wang Shensuan to join the Northern Guards!Belief in the evil god is just lip service, and the officials in the city didn't bother to take care of it when they saw it, but the Northern Guards actually rebelled!Was found to be beheaded!

Tang Zheng had a panoramic view of Wei Daniu's tangled expression, he stood up straight, didn't say anything, just patted Wei Daniu's shoulder lightly, and there was a faint light in his deep eyes.Wei Daniu couldn't understand, but still nodded in a daze.

After peeling off the whole bear skin, Tang Zhengze smiled and waved to the villagers watching behind him: "Come on, give me a hand."

Immediately, people came up and cut up the bear's meat in a hurry, and the bear's skin was hung on the roof to dry.After a while, a large fire was lit in the open space in the center of the village, and the smell of bear meat in the cauldron filled the whole village.

This is the first time that a village has eaten so much since the beginning of winter.

After swallowing the warm bear meat, the people in the village were completely wary of Tang Zhengze.The warm feeling in the stomach can't deceive people, they don't care if Tang Zheng is a believer of evil gods, or a leader of the barbarians who wants to rebel.They only knew that the people in the village had been hungry for so long, and it was Tang Zhengze who fed them up!

The atmosphere in the village was rarely relaxed and lively. At the end of the meal, someone brought a barrel of sorghum wine, and many people gathered around the fire to drink and talk for a long time.

Wei Daniu and the others were drunk and said almost everything, but the most talked about was this fucking world.For example, a family in the village gave birth to twins. It was originally a great event, but who knew that the twins didn't even survive the early winter.

"Sigh... If those two poor babies hadn't died, Xiaoshan wouldn't have followed Wang Shenshu and went to the Northern Guards to die." One person sighed.

"Northern Guard Army?" Tang Zheng asked puzzled, "I only know Weibei Army, but I've never heard of Northern Guard Army. Is this the private army of City Lord Minghe?"

"Where!" Someone drank a sip of wine and mumbled, "The Northern Guards... are just a group of ordinary people like us, saying that they want to invade Minghe City and open warehouses to release food so that we can survive this winter. It's nice to say, but isn't this a rebellion? If you are found out, you will be beheaded!"

Wei Daniu was sober for a brief moment, and subconsciously wanted to stop the villagers from continuing to talk, but after seeing Tang Zhengze's deep eyes, he couldn't explain why, and he felt at ease.Wei Daniu buried his head in the fire and remained silent.

Tang Zheng smiled wryly and shook his head lightly. Now that the northern border is in chaos, the south might not be much better. There are many "Northern Guards" hidden in the whole Great Qin.

"Then who is Wang Shensuan?" Tang Zhengze asked again.

Immediately someone excitedly said: "Although Wang Shen is a cripple, his fortune-telling is accurate! If he hadn't told us that there were no bandits in the mountain behind us when he passed by our village a month ago, we would have starved to death..."

"That's right, there are a lot of bandits in that mountain every year, none of us thought that there would be no one in the mountain this year! That Wang Shen is really powerful."

"He also said that he saw a huge light in the northern guard... It seems that he said so, Xiaoshan followed Wang Shensuan to leave the village and join the northern guard. But we are timid and afraid of death, just go hunting in the mountains It exhausted our courage, let alone entering the Northern Guards, which could be fatal at any time! Unless the day really comes to starve to death, I am afraid that none of us have the courage."

The villagers said one sentence after another.

Tang Zhengze rubbed his chin with his fingers, his thoughts drifted away, and he gradually fell into deep thought.

……

Wuming rushed back to Changjing on the eve of the New Year's Eve.

Looking at this snow-covered city from a distance, Wuming felt an unreal feeling in his heart.It was nearly a year away from Beijing, and on the way she traveled all over the country, went deep into the wilderness, and went to Loulan, and she came back here again.

And her Nanyue...was waiting for her in the city.

Heartbeat quickened.

Wuming stayed outside the city wall for a long time. After dark, he took advantage of the darkness to climb over the city wall silently and walk on snow.Wuming was wearing a gray night clothes, with chestnut hair tied behind, covered by a cloak, very inconspicuous on the edge of Changjing City at night.

When I left Beijing last spring, Changjing was full of turmoil secretly, but the surface was still peaceful.However, when he returned to Beijing this winter, Wuming only felt that there was a strange atmosphere in the city.

Although every household is hung with red lanterns, the atmosphere on the street is inexplicably depressing.It stands to reason that on the night close to the New Year's Eve, the city of Changjing should be very lively. However, at this time, there are hardly many people in the city. Instead, you can see the Zhen Guojun patrolling from time to time.

It seems that Tang Zhi has already noticed something... Or, has Nan Yue been rescued?

Wuming suppressed the emotions in his heart, instead of going to the Wangfu, he walked past the street in front of the Nanfu.When passing by Nanfu, she clearly heard the sound of crying from inside.

It was Liu's voice.

But now it is clearly a festive New Year's Eve, but there is a dead white sail hanging at the gate of Nanfu, swaying gently in the cold wind, looking sad and weird.Hearing the sound of mourning inside, Wuming suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

She didn't stay at the gate of Nanfu for a moment, but continued to move forward, turned across the street, and walked towards the small vendors that she and Nanyue often took care of.

A few aunts hadn't closed the stall yet, they were chatting about something in a low voice.

Nameless hides in the dark.

"That girl from the Nan family is really pitiful..."

"That's right, she was about to marry into the prince's mansion, but she suddenly caught a cold, so she just went there, alas."

"The last time I saw that girl was only half a month ago. Didn't she return the water Lingling? Why didn't she disappear? God is really playing tricks on people."

Wuming took a deep breath, turned around and left the street, and sat down slowly in a deserted alley, his eyes full of hostility.

She knew very well that Nan Yue was not dead, otherwise she would not be able to live at all.

But the question is...why did the Nan family spread the news that Nan Yue was dead?No, maybe it's not the Nan family, but Tang Zhi. In Changjing City, only he can make the atmosphere of the whole city so strange and depressing.

But what is his purpose in doing this?

Wuming remembered what the master said, a madman has no purpose in doing things.But Wuming had already noticed that Tang Zhi was just doing things in a crazy way, beyond common sense, but he must have his purpose.

For example, he sent Autumn Equinox to follow Wuming because he was interested in Wuming at that time.For example, he later sent people to Weibei to bring Wuming and Nanyue back to Beijing, because he fell in love with Wuming for some reason and wanted to possess her paranoidly.

Wuming's eyes lit up, and he was immediately filled with killing intent.

Tang Zhi's methods of doing things are unreasonable, but the purpose is because of... her.

So this time too, for some reason Tang Zhi thought of pretending to be Nanyue's fake death, to lure her into the bait!Wuming covered his left heart with one hand, feeling the throbbing heartbeat inside, the corners of his lips curled up contemptuously.

That's right... Except for her, who would have her heart throbbing so hard when she heard the news of Nanyue's death? Even if it wasn't for Wuming who knew that Nanyue was still alive, she couldn't help but want to break into the palace to see what happened.

Tang Zhi's purpose was to lure her into the palace.

Although Wuming himself really walked through the gate of hell, would Tang Zhi believe that his confidant suddenly betrayed and deliberately pushed her off the city wall?Moreover, King Qin may not always be bedridden these days. With his suspicious temperament, he probably discovered that the master was not in the capital, and suspected that she was deliberately feigning death, hiding in the dark and discussing the rebellion with the master.

So the question now is, is Nan Yue in the palace?

Tang Zhengze wrote letters to the counselors in the capital when he was in Weibei, but even he didn't know whether the people were rescued now, and which counselor was the one who planned it, and the nameless counselors who were hiding in the dark could not be found .She could expose her identity to attract the advisors to come to see her, but wouldn't that be what Tang Zhi wanted?

As for Nan Mansion, Wang Mansion, Commercial Bank and other places, I am afraid they are all under surveillance by hidden guards.If Wuming went directly to Nanfu to meet Nan's family just now, Tang Zhi would have probably gotten the news of her return to Beijing.

Nameless thought about it seriously.

First of all, if Nan Yue had already been rescued, Tang Zhi's first reaction would be who rescued her?

Of course it was her.

Now that she has rescued Nanyue... why did Tang Zhi pretend to be Nanyue's death to lure her into the palace?Unless he's out of his mind.

So now Nanyue should not be rescued yet, even the master's counselor may have failed in his plan, and Tang Zhi found out, so he angrily wanted to lure Wuming out.

Thinking of this, Wuming stood up, leaned against the wall and looked at the palace from afar.

Nanyue is in there.

Wuming grasped the scimitar at his waist, straightened his gray robe, and silently swept towards the palace wall.Her speed is very fast, like a ghostly shadow, almost blending with the night.

Didn't even leave footprints in the snow.

Seeing that she was about to go under the towering palace wall, Wuming's figure suddenly stopped stiffly, she stopped and did not jump up immediately.

She just fell into a misunderstanding.

Her reasoning was correct, but she inferred from the perspective of a normal person, that is, after a normal person knew that Nan Yue was rescued, they would not make the illusion that Nan Yue was dead to lure Wuming into the bait.But Tang Zhi is an out-and-out lunatic!He had a problem with his mind!

Tang Zhi's purpose is very clear, that is to lead Wuming to the palace, as for why he did this halfway... Wuming doesn't need to understand the thoughts of a lunatic!

Wuming turned around without hesitation, and walked towards the south of the city silently.

The Zhen Guojun ambushed inside the palace wall put down their crossbow | arrows, Wang Tianba frowned tightly, and walked out from the dark corner.

"Master Huang, please tell Your Majesty that our operation has failed." Wang Tianba's voice was not as kind as it was in front of Nanyue, but with a rare murderous intent, "As for Changning and Miss Nan... I will go to Bring them back."

"Yes!"

Wang Tianba let out a long breath, and the domineering arrogance in his body quickly subsided. He quickly disappeared in the darkness, catching up with Wuming's pace far away.

Wang Tianba, as a master of the first grade of gods, is not able to hide his body, but disdains to hide.As long as he is willing to hide his mighty true energy, few people in Daqin will be able to find his trace.

……

Wuming went ten miles out of the city and found his green chicong at the post station in the south of the city.This BMW hadn't seen its owner for nearly a year, so it raised its hooves and neighed softly from a distance. Wuming smiled and sat on its back, untied the rein and patted the horse's neck: "Let's go!"

The BMW followed the night wind and disappeared into the forest.

Wang Tianba followed behind, smashing his head with the palm of his hand, and shook his head honestly.

...Why did he forget to ride a horse?

Although his lightness skills would definitely not be slower than that horse's in short-distance tracking, but if it was a long-distance trek, human legs would not be able to match the horse's legs.It must be too late to go back to Beijing to get a horse now, Wang Tianba took a look at the post station, and found that the remaining horses there were all inferior horses, and they would definitely not be able to catch up with the unknown BMW, so he could only sigh and use his true energy to catch up .

……

Wuming and Baoju Lvchicong only rested a few times along the way, and finally arrived at Daxing Mountain on the third night.

The pass in winter is covered with snow, and there are more and more refugees at the pass below Daxing Mountain. It stands to reason that the area around Daxing Mountain should also be more chaotic.However, the mountains are peaceful, and there is no trace of bandit activities.

Compared with the time when I passed Daxing Mountain this spring, there are probably a lot more residents in the mountain now.It will be the New Year's Eve in two days. Are you preparing for the New Year in the mountains?Do they know that chaos is rampant outside the mountain now?

Green Chicong walked slowly, and the nameless thoughts gradually drifted away.

After being separated for more than two months, it is finally time to see Nanyue again.During the long-distance running in the last three days, the nameless excitement has completely dissipated, leaving only a piece of softness in my heart, like a gurgling brook formed by melting winter snow.

She looked up at the mountain with a soft smile on her cheek.

Suddenly she heard some voices.

The sound of rustling on the mountain, and the sound of horseshoes getting closer.

Bandits patrolling the mountains... No, it should be said that they are private soldiers trained by Li Weichan, escorting a galloping horse.It was a pure white colt, Nanyue was sitting on the horseback, smiling and running towards Wuming.

At that moment, Wuming's heart was about to melt.

Nanyue was wearing a white fox fur cloak, half of her soft long hair was tied up and half spread out in the air, her cheeks were dimpled slightly.Xiao Huangsha lay on her shoulders, seemed a little confused about the situation, and stared at Wuming in confusion and fear.

Wuming got off the horse and opened her arms. Nanyue jumped off the horse without hesitation and fell into Wuming's embrace.

There were bursts of cheers in the mountains and forests.

Wuming hugged Nanyue, his chin lightly brushed against her cold hair, and a soft smile came out of his throat unconsciously.Laughing and laughing, it became a slight sob, and finally it became a laugh.In the past two months... the part of my heart that was missing due to loneliness has finally been found.

My heart was finally filled again.

The body of the soft little girl in her arms was also trembling slightly, and the hands holding her back became tighter and tighter, and finally the trembling stopped, and there was also a chuckle like a silver bell.

Along the way, Wuming originally thought of many things to say, such as apologizing for her failure to keep the promise and return safely from the battlefield.For example, she came to save her.For example, she misses her very much.

But in the end Wuming didn't say anything.

She just gently held Nanyue's hand and looked at her.

"Wu Ming, let's go back and rest." Nan Yue said softly.

Wuming nodded, and took a step into the mountain holding hands, her body stiffened suddenly, and her eyes instinctively became vigilant.

There was a mighty zhenqi behind him, followed by a simple and honest smile.

Wang Tianba came out from the shadows and said with a smile: "Xiaoyue is right, Your Highness Changning, come back with me. When the three of us return to Beijing together, there will be time for us to rest."

Wuming quickly held Nanyue tightly in his arms, and Hongyue drew her two sabers out of their sheaths.

Nanyue's pupils also dilated slightly, and she looked at Wang Tianba in astonishment.During those days in the capital, it was Wang Tianba who treated her best.Nanyue could see that Wang Tianba was sincere in his love for her, and he sincerely regarded her as his daughter.

However, the moment Wang Tianba's voice sounded, Xiao Huangsha immediately exploded his fur, and let out a hoarse "woo hoo" threatening sound from his throat, as if he might rush up and tear him to pieces at any time.

Wang Tianba is kind to Nanyue, and treats her kittens equally, but for some reason, Xiao Huangsha has always disliked Wang Tianba.In the past, it only dared to call out to him softly, but today, I don't know if it was because of Wuming's presence, Xiao Huangsha became more courageous, and dared to threaten him with a growling voice.

Wang Tianba smiled helplessly.

"What an unfamiliar kitten..." As soon as the words fell, Wang Tianba's eyes sharpened, and he drew his knife and slashed back!

"哗哗" there was a sound of wind, and countless arrows fell from the mountain in response.

"Come out, your arrows can't hurt me." Wang Tianba said lightly.

The private army in the forest no longer hid, and dozens of people jumped out of the forest with machetes in hand, rushing towards Wang Tianba!However, in the vast night, he always just smiled faintly.

Terrifying true energy swayed from his body layer by layer.

Wuming immediately turned around with Nanyue in his arms, and ran out a few steps with all his strength, protecting Nanyue firmly with his body, but he was still pushed by the internal force of Shen Yipin and almost fell to the ground.

"Ahem..." Nanyue coughed a few times, turned her head to look in Wang Tianba's direction, her shocked expression gradually froze.

She saw the blood spread.

It's not Wang Tianba's blood, but the bandit's blood.

Thirty or so well-trained bandits... died inexplicably without even making a sound.

Nanyue's throat was so tight that she swallowed her saliva with difficulty, causing her throat to hurt.

The person who led the charge was the former bandit leader named Mu Lou, and it was he who taught Nanyue how to ride a horse when she lived in the mountains these days.

The one holding the Changpu knife in the back is a 16-year-old boy named Yuan Yancai, who was smiling and calling Nanyue sister this morning.

Then there is Sang Yilin, who has a five-year-old daughter who always follows Nanyue and begs her to teach her to read.Then there are Gu Mao, Zuo Dahu, Uncle Qing, Luo Ge...

All the people with names and surnames, who talked to her, joked with her, and took care of her life in Taoyuan, just died silently and without any warning, turned into blood flowers, and sprinkled in Daxing Mountain.

Wang Tianba just smiled and shook his head, his gaze towards Nanyue was still gentle, but at this moment Nanyue only felt chills all over her body.

When she was in the capital, Nanyue had never seen Wang Tianba make a move, but she firmly believed in Wuming's words.

His martial arts are very strong, much stronger than Wuming, almost terrifying.

A master of the first rank can reach a hundred riders, a master of the first rank of gods... one person can kill a thousand riders.

Wang Tianba smiled innocently and walked towards Nanyue and Wuming step by step. Wuming hugged Nanyue tightly, her body tensed to the extreme. Suddenly she whispered something in Nanyue's ear, and then turned around without warning. , and punched Wang Tianba in the face!

Wang Tianba stretched out a hand indifferently, and the generous palm with calluses collided with Wuming's fist. The two internal forces surged and spread towards the mountain centered on them.

The wind was rushing, and the snowflakes were flying.

Nanyue staggered back two steps, then coughed while holding onto the tree trunk.

Then she saw Wuming, who had always been invincible, spit out a mouthful of blood, threw his body backwards, smashed an ancient tree in half, and fell powerlessly to the ground.

The master and the second master said a year ago that if someone with internal strength like Wang Tianba wanted to kill her, he could do it with just one finger.

One year has passed, Wuming has improved a lot, but still... only withstood his punch.

Once he punches again, she will completely lose the ability to resist.

In just a short moment, many thoughts floated in Wuming's mind.

Once the new year is over, Nanyue will be eighteen, and she will be twenty soon.However, she rushed from Weibei to Loulan, and then back to Changjing all the way from Loulan. She was about to live past 20 years old, and she did not expect such an ending.

It's ridiculous.

No... It's ridiculous, she said it when she fell from the Weibei city wall.

At that time, she thought that she had been shot through the heart, and the meridians in her body were also messed up by the domineering zhenqi on the arrow.She fell from the four-foot city wall into the battlefield helplessly, with fatal wounds on her body, and was captured by the barbarians into the depths of the wilderness.

No matter how you look at it, she has no chance of surviving.

But she miraculously survived.

She walked through the endless desert, climbed over countless deep mountains covered by heavy snow, saw everything in the world, and finally returned to Nanyue.

Is it really ridiculous just to say something?

No, absolutely not.

Wuming struggled to open his eyes, swallowed the fishy-sweet smell in his throat, and clenched his fists hanging by his side.

The author has something to say: It is already a miracle to be able to survive, so every day you have to survive becomes a miracle

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