The first rays of the morning are sprinkled at will, reflected on the cold cascading leaves, on the faces of those who are full of hope for life, and this scene can go on for a long time, even if tomorrow is cloudy, even if the future is uncertain.

Jiang Ming and the five of them lived in this old mansion for the time being, because the arms of the Zhong family on the other side of the town were stretched out, and this happened to be the kind of place where the grass and trees were declining and no one cared about, I have to say that Kwai Ji was very satisfactory in the arrangement of this matter, and giving the homeless prodigal son a safe house can win people's hearts more than more comforting empty words.

The morning light is faint, and even wrapped in a layer of coolness, Jiang Ming stood in front of the mossy wooden door, without saying a word, there was no sound around, insects and birds did not sing, and even some farmhouse chickens and dogs did not call, as if the heaven and earth at this time were his, reaching out to make the sun set and the moon rise, this feeling of almost integrating into nature was not reluctant, like a river flowing slowly along the river, like a withered yellow leaf fluttering and falling, vivid and free.

"What else are you going to do?" a gentle female voice came from behind her, and all she could feel was the worry and trepidation in her tone, which had not diminished since the man fearlessly stood in front of her, shielding her from all the unstable factors that came from turbulence and crisis, and it could last for many years, life and death, or maybe so.

Jiang Ming seemed to be awake in his sleep, but he felt that he was different from before again, just like a cicada drinking water, he would be extra energetic because of the autumn dew. He heard a familiar voice behind him at this time, and there was a warm feeling, he and Xiao Gao Zhonghai had no relatives and no thoughts since they were children, and they all grew up by their own hard work, so naturally they couldn't taste anyone's waiting and concern. He smiled bitterly guiltily and thought to himself: I don't know how long this girl has been waiting?

Jiang Ming turned around, took off the short shirt he was wearing and put it on Mu Qinglan, who was sitting next to him, and said with a smile as usual: "It's almost autumn, the weather is getting colder, does your left foot still hurt?"

Mu Qinglan didn't refuse, she had known each other for many years, even if she was called a childhood sweetheart, it wouldn't be too much, so she naturally didn't care about these silent concerns. She shook her head slightly, and without saying anything superfluous, she asked again, "What are you going to do?"

Jiang Ming was stunned for a moment, and responded: "There is a crisis in Huangshi Town, the Zhong family's targeting, or even if the Zhong family's father and son are eradicated, there are still other forces of Zhu Tianye interfering, only by leaving here, can we get rid of it." ”

"But Miss Kwai said that if the black-clothed tooth catcher intervened in this matter, the Zhong family would definitely not be able to escape. Mu Qinglan frowned, her lips clenched, and there was a hint of unbearability in her expression.

"In the siege of the city, if you die, you will be broken, and if you live, you will escape. If there is a clever commander, the black-clad tooth catcher can want to capture the old man, let out a little livelihood and succeed, if he surrounds and annihilates him, it may backfire and will not succeed. What I doubt is their strength, and I don't feel comfortable pinning all my hopes on strangers. Jiang Ming said.

"So what do you want to do? They are no longer accessible to us. Mu Qinglan understands the gap between them, there are seventy or eighty guards in the Zhong family, Kwai Ji represents a huge martial arts sect behind her, and the black-clothed Tooth Catcher is the direct guard of the Nine Mansions Alliance, one of the five powerful countries of Zhu Tianye, she, Jiang Ming, is just an ordinary civilian.

Jiang Ming was silent for a moment, clenched his fists tightly, and said in a low voice: "You want to know why I changed, I only know that I will go my way, and when my strength reaches a certain point, you can ignore these." ”

She looked at his gaze, suddenly very unfamiliar, she obviously understood Jiang Ming's alienated personality from other people from the beginning, he had vast ambitions in his chest, he would not flinch even if he was frustrated, although he lived an ordinary life in silence, he was a unique ordinary person. And one day, seeing that he will become the person he hoped for, she was a little confused.

What you see is never a person's choice, but a person's path.

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Since ancient times, there is a saying that "the platform of nine floors, starting from the soil", and the construction of a high tower needs to draw the ground as a prison, circle a hundred meters of radius as the base, and then transport the boulder to embed it, layer by layer, the manpower and material resources consumed are not small. Three years ago, the Zhong family and their families moved here, in order to envelop the town management, set up an activity called "Zhen Zhen Tower, Bao Sheji", and called on the villagers to build a 45-foot-high tower with a large amount of money, standing at the west entrance of the town, which was praised by the three elders of the town. Now this tower is on the edge of the yellow sand, no one dares to approach, and desertion is inevitable, but the Zhong family is walking quite steadily on the road of the overlord Huangshi.

"Ahead is the entrance to Yellowstone Town, and all the black-clothed tooth catchers will lead the team to enter in an orderly manner, and they must not disturb the people. ”

"Our target is the Zhong family, and the Yellowstone vein, and we must not act alone or do anything else. ”

A neat team of about 100 people slowly ran forward, they were all dressed in carved moon scimitars and black clothes, mighty and solemn, the strongest team of the Nine Provinces Alliance, each of them was one in a hundred, with a strong physical fitness and a sense of obedience to orders, they were not many in number, but they could often play a role in surpassing the army of 10,000 people.

"Detective, tell me, there's a tall tower ahead, what is this for?" The captain of this operation, Ren Jianying, is only twenty-two years old, but he has become the fourth leader of the three commanders and five leaders in black, and he is recognized as a leading talent in the army.

A thin man stepped forward, clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "Leader, this tower was built by the Zhong family three years ago, originally to sacrifice to the ghosts and gods to suppress luck, but then the Zhong family's atrocities continued, and the yellow sand spread here, so the villagers abolished the sacrifice, and this tower has been abandoned for three years." ”

Ren Jianying frowned slightly, his handsome face turned up with a touch of worry, he took out a cross iron frame from his arms, and inserted it into the yellow sand facing the tower in front of him. I saw that the cross iron frame turned automatically, and finally stopped for about a few minutes, and the long end pointed to the west.

"The west is red, the main white tiger, the white tiger is fierce, it will be stained with blood, and there is a fierce slaughter in this tower. Ren Jinying was shocked, he understood that this spiritual artifact would never go wrong, so he immediately turned the team, took the vertical as the horizontal, held the weapon slowly, and slowly surrounded the tower.

At this time, the yellow sand was still whirling wantonly, but there was no wind seeping into the team, if a discerning person could see the faint brilliance of the film around the team, this is a kind of medium-grade metal that can shelter from the wind - wind beads.

"Roar, roar!" Suddenly, the tower sounded one after another sonic lion roars that shook the mountains and forests, as if they could break people's eardrums, Ren Jinying and the others only felt a trance before they came to their senses, and they saw the red-eyed lions rushing down one after another at the top of the tower, and their momentum was like a landslide, which was terrifying.

"Long sword defense!" Ren Jianying roared, his body retreated rapidly, and the hundred figures also retreated in one direction, but they did not collapse, they had already experienced such a sudden crisis thousands of times, but this time the enemy was a group of lions.

There are about twenty or thirty male lions, all of them have blood-red eyes, and their bodies are twice as tall as ordinary lions, the so-called "birds are orderly, and beasts have collars", the leader of the male lion group is late, but with the posture of the overlord stands proudly, its body is even taller, like a small mountain. The black-clad Tooth Catchers were terrified that if they were clawed by this lion, the human race would be cut in two.

Ren Jinying stared at the tall male lion in front of him, a touch of horror and incomprehensible fear flashed in his eyes, and a few words slowly came out between his teeth: "Glass Crazy Lion!"

Around the Zhong Mansion there is a circle of Weiyang willow planted three years ago, this willow tree sprouts in spring, long leaves on the summer solstice, takes root at the autumn equinox, and strong branches in winter, and the ordinary willow tree is very different is that Weiyang willow never falls leaves from life to death, when the leaves are green to the extreme, it will spontaneously rot, decay inch by inch on the branches, but there is no yellowing and withering process. This kind of willow tree was once known as the product of the prosperity of the courtyard, but more than a dozen Weiyang willows in front of the Zhong family were acquiesced by the three elders in the town, and they were originally planted in front of an ancient temple, because the Zhong family presided over the construction of the tower and built merit, so there is such a reason.

I have to say that because of these more than a dozen Weiyang willows, the Zhong family's mansion has become more and more prosperous in recent years, and several huge and wide cluster buildings stand in the center, looking at it from a distance, it is like Xuanwu going to sea is very magnificent.

"Father, what's in that broken tower?" Zhong Qiao stood and offered a cup of tea to his father Zhong Tiefeng, his face was quite flattering, so that people who didn't know really thought that he was a good young man who adhered to filial piety.

As a father, how could Zhong Tiefeng not know his son's temperament, because he was pampered and spoiled without reproach, he was usually more serious in family affairs. He scolded: "You rebel son messes with flowers all day long, so naturally you don't know the secrets of your family." That tower was instructed by the lord to let me build, three years ago there was really nothing, but now it is my Zhong family's dependence, as long as the things in that tower do not die, we will always be the overlord of Yellowstone Town, even if you bully the young women in this town, I will not discipline you. ”

"Really?" Zhong Qiao's face was pleasantly surprised, it can be said that he interpreted the color to the extreme, and after thinking about it slightly, he felt that this matter was related to "that adult", but he had to be serious. He smiled again: "My Zhong family is powerful, and there is that adult behind me to help, forgive him for not blowing any turmoil." ”

Zhong Tiefeng's face tightened, and he reprimanded: "Bastard, you don't know the current situation of Huangshi, right? I don't know who spread the news, the Nine Mansions Alliance already knows about our exclusive annexation of the Huangshi ore source, and now it has ruled out the black-clothed tooth catcher to come to investigate, and many powerful families in Zhu Tianye have also heard that my Zhong family has a treasure, and they have all come to drink a bowl of porridge, if it weren't for the support and instructions of that adult, Lao Tzu would have run away a long time ago!"

"Huh?" Zhong Qiao's face suddenly turned pale with fright, but he didn't forget to flatter him, frowned and said with a smile: "As long as my father is here in Huangshi for a day, I won't have a problem, and what 'adult' is just serving my Zhong family." ”

Hearing this, Zhong Tiefeng couldn't help but sigh that his son didn't know the height of the sky, but thinking that Zhong Qiao's mother died early, he naturally lacked some love and teaching, so he didn't blame much, but said to these words: "You're right, you can tease this girl from Huangshi, except for the woman from the Mu family who escaped, I will bear everything for you." But you have to understand that during this period of time, you have to keep a low profile, and after this turmoil, I will take the opportunity to get rid of the control of the 'Burning Song Dao people', and then the entire Huangshi will be the world of you and my father and son. ”

"Hahahaha!" The father and son looked at each other and laughed, in this wide hall, full of the landlord's arrogant words, but they didn't know that at this time, there was a black eye watching the eaves of the beast house, like a poisonous snake.

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"Tell the fourth team leader, I have already sent my brothers for help!"

Ren Jianying held a black iron sword tightly in his hand, and the battle intent in his eyes had already condensed a little, if it wasn't for the overall situation, I am afraid that he would have killed the past a long time ago. Although the male lions are violent, they can almost kill a person with a claw, but the officers and soldiers in black have undergone strict training, and the degree of tacit understanding is extremely high, three or four people deal with one head, with rich combat experience and agile skills, they are not panicked under the fierce attack of the lion. The battle dragged on, and although several officers and soldiers had been killed, several male lions had been killed, and the leader of the male lion looked at these proudly, looking at the human leader who was also motionless, silent and cold-blooded.

Ren Zhenying raised his sword, his face was indifferent, and he shouted loudly: "Liuli Mad Lion, I know that you can understand my words, I only explain my intention, I am Zhu Tianye Xingyuzhou Jiufu Alliance Army under the black-clothed capture of teeth Ren Jianying, I am here to investigate the crime of the Zhong family father and son in Huangshi Town, if you insist on being used to block arrows, but you can think clearly about whether you can withstand the wrath of the Jiufu Alliance?"

The glazed mad lion, the eyes are red and the body is tall, the fangs are fierce and the fangs are very good at fighting, from childhood to adulthood need to be twelve years old, after the psychic wisdom, and people do not lose, the mane on the chest grows the glass lion heart, comparable to the human status realm master.

What is surprising is that the glazed mad lion was silent for a moment, and it really opened its bloody mouth, and its long fangs were unconcealed, which was daunting, only to hear the roar of the wild lion, the wind and sand stopped, the beasts trembled, and the deep voice slowly came out: "Human, I am not afraid of any alliance with you, I promise to wait here alone, don't disturb my rest, this place is under my jurisdiction." ”

"I only ask you, let me not give way, quickly retreat, and you have a way to live. "Ren Jianying is also extremely domineering, after all, behind him stands the entire Nine Mansions Alliance, the background and strength are there, and since he is the spokesperson of the alliance, he can't let the dignity of the entire country be lost. Full of war spirit like fire, although he clearly knew how difficult an adult glass lion was, but a soldier, a young soldier, would never flinch at all.

"Stupid humans, since they refuse to retreat, prepare to bury their bones in the yellow sand!" The huge sphinus was like a hill, it rushed fiercely, and several black-clothed officers and soldiers were slapped to death with a claw before they could react, which further aroused Ren Jianying's anger, and the battle of the pinnacle began.

(As people say: There is impermanence without a place.) The major events of life are the fixed frame of the position, the personnel are immeasurable, all martial arts practice, through the hole fur to the self-made master, the depth of nine sections, can be judged according to the strength and weakness, there is no clear limit, can be called "human position"; Being able to channel spirit can be called "status", and as for the means of heavenly position, it is completely open to heaven and earth, and there is no phase of change, so it is a different situation. )

Ren Jianying held a half-foot short blade in his left hand and a three-foot long sword in his right, his jet-black robe hung down to the ground, but the wind and sand could not lift the corners of the robe wrapped in a faint brilliance. This scene is remembered extremely sadly, this enthusiastic young man, rushing forward, may be the same for many years later, never knowing how to turn back and regret. Maybe he is what he looks like in his name, as strong as a hero, reduced to a heroic name!