The barracks of the new army of the Zixiao Army are located in the east of the city, near the city gate. After all, it is a training place for non-commissioned soldiers, and being too close to the people will disturb the people's lives, and it will not be convenient for the training of the new army itself.

The military camp of the Zixiao Army located here is called the Yunzi Battalion, and there are 2,000 permanent soldiers, most of whom have to go through more than a year of training before they can officially join the Zixiao Army and become one of the most elite troops in the entire Yan Land.

When Wei Lai and the old woman came to the gate of the Zixiao Cloud Character Camp together, the time had already come.

The street outside the barracks was covered with a thick layer of snow up to his ankles. On both sides of the tall camp gate made of iron and wood, there are two iron frames, and the brazier is placed on it, although the snow is flying, but on the brazier, the flame is burning vigorously.

The gate of the mansion is strict, especially under such a night, the door of the mansion is carved with the appearance of a fierce beast with a blue face and fangs, and under the illumination of the fire that is constantly extinguished, it adds to the fierce atmosphere. On both sides of the camp gate stood two soldiers who were in charge of night watch, standing with swords, their bodies straight and straight, like sculptures and iron towers, letting the wind and snow fall on their shoulders, but they did not move.

Hu Subai was old after all, and when she caught a glimpse of Nafumen's appearance, she was naturally horrified, her body shrank, but she still pointed to the mansion gate in front of her and said to Wei Lai beside her: "Wei Gongzi, this is the military camp of the Zixiao Army! ”

The old woman must be flustered and frightened in her heart at this moment, and her words are a little unorganized, Wei Lai can also understand this, but he still can't help but look at the old woman strangely after hearing the old man's words. He remembered very well that after Hu Le, who was rescued by them that day, woke up, he once said that his mother-in-law, that is, the old woman named Hu Subai in front of him, had not good eyes, and he had to do things slowly and leisurely on weekdays, and he had to get very close to see things so that he could barely see clearly. This was also one of the main reasons why Hu Le was anxious to go home to visit his mother-in-law at that time.

But almost all the way to the old woman led the way, although there was occasional hesitation, but did not take the slightest detour, it seems that he is extremely familiar with the layout of the east of the city, and this in itself is a very worthy matter - under Jiang Huanshui's intentional layout, the entire Dongcheng District of Ningxiao City is almost the residence of the military and important people from all sides, and ordinary people have no chance or need to come here to do something. What's more, the old woman's legs and feet are inconvenient, and her eyes are not good, how can she have the opportunity to come here? Moreover, in such a night, Wei Lai has difficulty seeing, but this old woman can clearly see where the Zixiao Army is, obviously relying not on eyesight, but on the memory accumulated by coming here often. But what does she, an old and ordinary woman like Hu Lekou, often come here to do?

Such doubts made Wei Lai's brows furrow slightly, but he also understood that this was obviously not the time to delve into this matter. His face sank, and he walked to the gate of the camp at that time, and before he could speak, the two soldiers in charge of guarding the gate of the camp shouted to Wei Lai: "The key point of the barracks, idlers are not close." ”

Wei Lai stopped when he heard this, and said to the two of them: "Two military masters, I and this old woman are not idlers, we are here to ask to see the commander of the camp, and I am also bothered to report it. ”

"See the commander?" The two armor soldiers looked Wei Lai and the old woman up and down, how to look at the clothes of these two people did not look like the guy who could know the commander of the Yunzi Battalion, but for the sake of safety, the two did not directly and rudely drive Wei Lai and the others, but asked: "What do you see the commander?"

"That's right, this old woman's grandson was kidnapped by the Zixiao Army today, and we want to ask the old woman's grandson what he has done and how he can be released. Wei Lai could naturally feel the contempt in the eyes of these two armor soldiers. But instead of being annoyed, he continued to speak in a calm tone about the purpose of his trip.

But this kind of courtesy was not respected as it should be, and after hearing this, one of the armor soldiers suddenly showed impatience: "Get out! I don't know if I can take money from you with my eyes wide open!"

"Master Jun, I really saw that my grandson was taken away by the military masters of the Zixiao Army, so I bothered the military master to report it, no matter what my grandson committed, there must be an explanation, right?" Hu Subai on the side saw the two of them respond like this, and immediately panicked, she hurriedly stepped forward and shouted loudly, seeing that posture seemed to be ready to kneel in this ice and snow like this, kowtow to these two armor soldiers for help.

Seeing this, Wei Lai hurriedly stretched out his hand and grabbed the old woman's body that was about to kneel. Hu Subai had already completely lost her sense of proportion at this moment, she turned her head to look at Wei Lai, grabbed Wei Lai's shirt like a life-saving straw, and said: "Wei Gongzi, you want to find a way, I am such a grandson, if he has three strengths and two weaknesses......"

"Don't make noise here, if you want to cry, change me somewhere. The armor soldier guarding the door snorted coldly, obviously in the hearts of these two people, they had already characterized Wei Lai and the two as chaotic people, and their attitude was naturally extremely bad, looking at the impatience in their words at the moment, it seemed that if Wei Lai and the two of them were entangled again, these two men were very likely to use force against Wei Lai and the others.

Hu Subai naturally became more and more anxious, and she subconsciously wanted to speak out to defend herself, but was interrupted by Wei Lai's question: "Does my mother-in-law really remember clearly, it was indeed the people of the Zixiao Army who captured Hu Le." ”

The old woman was stunned for a moment, and turned her head to look at Wei Lai, but saw that Wei Lai was staring at her with blazing eyes at the moment, as if she wanted to see through it. But the old woman did not hesitate for half a minute under such a gaze, and hurriedly said: "Every word that the old woman of Gongzi Wei said is not the slightest fake, if there is the slightest deception, it will definitely be a thunder and thunder!"

In all fairness, Wei Lai felt that the old woman's behavior was a little strange in some aspects, and he was also a little wary of it in his heart. But these oddities were not enough for Wei to completely dismiss the old woman's words, and he especially had a hard time believing that the other party would do something harmful to Hu Le. Therefore, after the old woman's words again, Wei Lai nodded heavily. Then he looked back at the fortified barracks, and his face sank suddenly.

The Zixiao Army can be called one of the most elite troops in Yan Land, naturally it is not a false name, it is a prestige that has been fought by bloody battles across corpses. Even the soldiers in the Yunzi Battalion, who are reserve recruits, also have an alertness that ordinary people can't match. At the moment when Wei Lai's eyes sank, the faces of the two people who were in charge of the night suddenly changed, and their hands pressed on the handle of the long knife they were carrying, they stared at Wei Lai, their eyes were vigilant, and one of them shouted: "Boy, this is Ning Xiao City, I advise you not to look for death!"

Wei Lai didn't say anything, just took a step forward.

Cloth boots made of ordinary cloth step into the snow and enter the snow for three points.

The snow splattered and turned into tiny snow particles that bloomed like fireworks.

They rise, rise, collide with the falling snow in the sky, and then each shatters into tiny snow particles that spread out.

The ground began to tremble, and more and more snow began to rise from the ground, pouring into the sky, and the fine snow particles spread out layer by layer, and in a blink of an eye, the whole world was filled.

Suddenly, a golden and blood-colored light lit up, running through the white and vast world where the snow particles were scattered, Wei Lai stepped again, his clothes were agitated, his hair was flying, lingering under such light and qi, he looked like an ordinary young man, but at this moment he was like a god and demon who ruled the world from above the nine heavens.

Under such a momentum, the faces of the two sword-wielding guards suddenly became extremely ugly, and the momentum of the previous domineering disappeared in a blink of an eye, and they took a step back in the direction of the barracks gate, and their eyes towards Wei Lai gradually became terrified.

"What do you want to do? Could it be that you want to forcibly break into my Zixiao Army camp?" But Rao is heart was afraid, but the two of them obviously still had a little illusion, at least from their knowledge, no one in this world should do such a thing, after all, the three words of Zixiao Army are a force that cannot be ignored for the entire Dayan.

But they had clearly miscalculated the boy in front of them, who had not paid any attention to their bluffing threats, and his steps were taken again, and the wind and snow were even more chaotic, and the momentum around him was even stronger, and even faintly there seemed to be the sound of a dragon's groan. Such a terrifying momentum, which is something that two ordinary soldiers can fight against, not to mention them, even the Hu Subai who came with Wei Lai was also pale, obviously frightened by this sudden change - of course she wanted to save her grandson, but out of some deep-rooted concepts, she also thought that it was not a wise choice to go head-to-head with the Zixiao Army, which represented the imperial court......

Under the pressure of Wei Lai, the two retreated again and again, and soon retreated to the gate of the barracks.

Just when the two of them panicked and didn't know what to do......

Call!

A flash of fire suddenly lit up from the dark barracks, which was a campfire in the barracks, and then more campfires lit up from all over the barracks, illuminating the entire barracks as if it were daylight.

The sound of footsteps and the sound of iron armor colliding also began to resound, and the camp of the quiet Zixiao Army completely "woke up" in this short period of less than a few breaths.

Rumble.

A muffled thud swung open from the camp gate.

The heavy and huge camp gate also slowly opened at that time, and the two armor soldiers who were relying on the camp gate to support their trembling bodies did not notice, and fell to the ground on their backs in great embarrassment.

Then, in the wide open camp gate, rows of armor soldiers dressed in white armor with the mark of Ziyun on their chests rushed out, lined up in front of Wei Lai, shook hands with swords and halberds, and stared at Wei Lai with a solemn expression.

This Zixiao Army really deserves to be one of the Three Xiao Army, even if it is only a new army in reserve, this condensed momentum is still enough to make the rest of Dayan's army embarrassed.

"Zixiao Heavy Land, who is presumptuous?" At this time, a neutral voice sounded, and a young general in bright white armor came out of the crowd.

Wei Lai caught a glimpse of the comer, the corners of his mouth rose, and the mighty momentum around him was suddenly restrained by him at that moment, whether it was the inverted wind and snow or the strange light in the sky, they all disappeared at this moment, and returned to silence, only the fires on the iron frames on both sides of the camp gate were still burning.

"I can't ask to see the commander in the next place, and I have no choice but to make this decision, create this battle, and lead the commander to see it. ”

Wei Lai walked out with his hands arched, and the young general standing in front of the crowd bowed, and then looked up at the other party, who also happened to look up at him at that time.

The two looked at each other, and they were both stunned at that moment.

"Is that you?" said the young general's eyes narrowed and his tone was strange.

Wei Lai also looked sick, but he quickly recovered, and said again: "Wei Lai has seen General Xiao Mu. ”

......

Xiao Mu.

For Yandi, especially Ningzhou, it is a thunderous name.

The son of the Xiao family, the young commander of the Zixiao Army, the young talent, and the son of the general.

These are the names that accompany this young man, who is exactly twenty-eight years old this year.

But even at the age of twenty-eight, the young general's life still has many stories to tell, some of which are especially popular with storytellers.

At a young age, this Young Master Xiao showed a talent that amazed the world, and at that time, countless young talents of his generation were pale compared to his astonishment, and even some of the young monks of the previous generation were defeated by him. He was in the limelight for a while, and the entire Ningzhou bent over the word Xiao Mu.

And after such a long time, Xiao Mu himself can't help but think that he is a peerless demon who has never been seen before or since. Such days lasted until sixteen years ago, when Xiao Mu was twelve years old, when it was the end of the year, and the sky was covered with a thin layer of snow like today, piling up a thin layer on the streets of Ningxiao City.

A man came to Ningxiao City with a boy who was also twelve years old, and Xiao Mu was following his father to greet the state pastor, and the father and son also happened to come to ask for the state pastor. They seemed to be old acquaintances, Xiao Mu's father and the boy's father stayed in the state pastor's mansion, and they whispered about some "big things" that Xiao Mu didn't care about at that time. And Xiao Mu sat in the hall of the state pastor with the boy, looking at each other awkwardly and silently.

It was a fatalistic encounter—at least for Xiao Mu.

Even today, ten years later, Xiao Mu still remembers that in the state pastor's mansion, which always has a faint scent of books, it was the other party who took the lead in breaking the silence between the two.

"Hey, I heard them say, you're amazing. The boy stood on the side of the door, one hand caressing the calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall from the handwriting of Lord Zhou Mu, while looking at Xiao Mu with a grin and asking with a smile.

Xiao Mu noticed that the other party was carrying a long knife on his back, and the blade was hidden in the scabbard and couldn't be seen, but judging from the ordinary scabbard and the other party's equally cheap and cheap dress, the knife should not be considered a good knife, but a person...... is more like a wild boy in the countryside.

The boy's question seemed extremely rude, which made Xiao Mu, who had been accustomed to the so-called etiquette and etiquette since he was a child, a little unhappy, out of his arrogance as the young master of the Xiao family, he still tried his best to maintain his demeanor, he nodded and responded: "Yes." ”

He never denied his excellence, this is not arrogant, in Xiao Mu's opinion, he is already excellent, if he is too humble, wouldn't he relegate those who were defeated under him to the ground? His honesty, in his opinion, is respect for those defeated generals.

Under normal circumstances, after learning his identity, such a wild boy will probably show an expression of inferiority or admiration, and for these two reactions, Xiao Mu has already thought of a countermeasure in his heart, he will give the other party enough affirmation and encouragement, and at the same time show that he is different as a genius demon - he has extremely rich experience in such things, after all, when facing any peer, the other party can only show the demeanor of one of the two.

But obviously, this wild boy is not a normal person.

When he heard this, he grinned more and more happily, and then said, "Then let's fight." ”

After saying this, the wild boy didn't give Xiao Mu any chance to react at all, so he took the knife on his back in the mansion of Lord Zhou Mu.

To this day, he still can't forget the scene when the knife came out of its sheath, it was a knife he had never seen before, and never again, and he thought that there would be nothing brighter and whiter in this world than that knife. When the knife came out of its sheath, it was almost so bright that Xiao Mu couldn't open his eyes.

Of course, Xiao Mu lost that battle.

It was the first time in his life that he tasted failure.

And this kind of taste is really unforgettable, and for a long time to come, defeating that wild boy has become the goal of Xiao Mu's cultivation.

For this reason, he came to the door more than once to ask for advice, but whenever he thought that he had grown enough to defeat the other party, the other party would slap him in the face with his strength and knock him into the cruel reality.

In this process of continuous cultivation, challenge, defeat, re-cultivation, re-challenge, and re-defeat, six years have passed. Xiao Mu became more and more courageous, he did not have the slightest intention of being discouraged or giving up on himself, although he was beaten every time he came to the door, his nose and face were swollen, but in Xiao Mu's heart, this kind of fight has gradually become a way of cultivating each other. He even regarded the other party as his confidant who didn't say much, but had a deep friendship, well-although every time he beat him, the other party didn't apologize at all, and he didn't even invite him to a meal, but Xiao Mu was sure that he had such an idea.

It wasn't until ten years ago that he came to the door again to challenge the man.

This time he won, it was very difficult to win, but he was not happy, because he felt that even if the other party had done his best, Xiao Mu clearly knew that the other party was deliberately losing in his hands. He didn't try to expose the other party, he felt that from the moment the battle began, there were countless bright and dark eyes watching the two of them.

He knows.

Lose...... It was his only option.

And winning is also the only thing Xiao Mu can do for this best friend he thinks.

That is, from that day on, Xiao Mu sat firmly at the top of the Hanxing list and continued his radiant life, while that person has not been able to make any progress in the past ten years, and has become the laughing stock of the entire Ningzhou.

......

Outside the barracks of the Zixiao Army.

Xiao Mu stepped forward, and he stared at Wei Lai. To be precise, it was staring at the long knife behind Wei Lai's back.

He frowned and whispered.

"I don't understand how a guy like you can deserve his knife. ”