Mr. Li's words made Han Zhao fall into deep thought for a long time.

I don't know how long it has been, but when Han Zhao spoke again, Mr. Li had already finished his wood carving. And this time, Mr. Li carved the face of the wood. It was a beautiful woman, and the carved clothes did not look like they were from ordinary people.

Looking at the wood carving in Mr. Li's hand, Han Zhao asked, "How many people have taken on this task." ”

Mr. Li smiled: "You should ask how many people have not taken this task." ”

Hearing this, Han Zhao immediately understood the deep meaning of Mr. Li's words, so he turned to ask: "What kind of conditions did he offer to convince the killer of the "Ghost Fire" to participate in this mission regardless of life and death?"

Mr. Li said lightly: "Freedom." ”

Han Zhao frowned and asked, "Freedom?"

Mr. Li nodded: "Nantang promises that as long as he succeeds, he is willing to use his savings over the years as a reward, and erase the past of assassinating successful people in the "ghost fire". ”

Han Zhao asked, "Is this his own meaning or..."

Mr. Li said: "Naturally, it is his own meaning. ”

"Isn't he afraid of being known by the lord of the country when he does this?" Han Zhao wondered, but after thinking about it, if a killer really succeeded, this would actually be a credit to Nantang, not a sin.

Han Zhao's desire to speak stopped, Mr. Li saw it in his eyes, did not ask, but said lightly: "I have not entered the rivers and lakes before, and I hope to be famous all over the world one day, but now I am in the rivers and lakes but I am struggling to live the rest of my life." ”

Han Zhao: "So, you also took on this task?"

Mr. Li nodded without saying a word.

Han Zhao asked, "Who are you going to kill?" ”

But seeing that Mr. Li put down the wood carving in his hand, and slowly took out a crumpled portrait from his sleeve, Han Zhao took the portrait from his hand, and then frowned, "Why did you choose him?" instead of ......

Mr. Li interrupted, "Right now, he's the real threat. I think General Han Zhao knows this better than me. ”

Han Zhao paused, and then asked, "What about the others?"

Mr. Li recalled, "The others took two portraits, but I guess most people would still target the lord of the Thousand Thunder Country. After all, in everyone's eyes, as long as Lei Che is solved, the danger of Liuyun City can be resolved. ”

Han Zhao sighed: "This is a road of no return. ”

Mr. Li smiled: "The same is true for Jianghu Road. ”

Han Zhao continued to ask, "When are you going to leave?" ”

Mr. Lee said, "Tomorrow." ”

Han Zhao: "When is tomorrow, I'll give you a ride." ”

Mr. Li said lightly: "No need. ”

Han Zhao was puzzled: "What, I'm afraid that people will know that we have a relationship in private? We are brothers in the same sect, Nantang should have known about it a long time ago, right?"

Mr. Li smiled and didn't say anything, just handed the wood carving in his hand to Han Zhao, "Because of this, I want to trouble you with one thing." ”

Han Zhao looked at the wood carving with a solemn expression, and then asked Mr. Li instead: "Is there anything I can help with, you can say it, I will do my best." ”

"This time I left, life and death are unpredictable. If you have the opportunity, I hope you can bring this wood carving back to the little sister. And tell her a word for me. Between the words, Mr. Li's eyes fell on the wood carving, "Although I have been expelled from the master now, I have never forgotten the words she said to me. If I still have the chance, I will definitely take her away. ”

"Good. When the words fell, Han Zhao took the wood carving from Mr. Li's hand, carefully put it away, and then continued to say to him, "I promise you this matter first, but I hope that in the end you can come back alive and say these words to the little junior sister in person." ”

"Let's talk about it. Mr. Li smiled bitterly, "After I leave, if there is any more turmoil in Liuyun City, General Han Zhao can only figure out a way by himself." ”

Han Zhao nodded, and sighed: "I miss the time when you used to call me junior brother more than listening to you call me a general. ”

"Don't talk about the past, people have to look forward. Mr. Li smiled and patted Han Zhao's shoulder without saying anything more. and turned to drink the pot of "drunkenness" that had not been drunk with Han Zhao in turn.

This was the last pot of wine that Mr. Li and Han Zhao drank.

The last pot of wine in this life.

Han Zhao knew that for his senior brother, freedom was like a candle on the table, and his senior brother was like a moth to a fire. They all know what the ending will be, but for Mr. Li today, if he wants to embrace freedom, he must first embrace death.

Thinking of this, Han Zhao's eyes suddenly became a little gloomy. It's something he can't change. And all he can do is to win the next battle of Liuyun City and find a way. Just like Nantang.

......

Just when Yun Fan led his troops out to Liuyun City, Lei Che also reorganized his army and embarked on the journey to Liuyun City. In the process, he received greetings from the Heavenly Martial Kingdom and learned that the army of the Xia Kingdom would be stationed in Liuyun City next. And in the process of Xia Guo's entry into Liuyun City, Tianwu Kingdom had already had a confrontation with Xia Guo.

Although Tianwu Guo did not mention how much combat power they and Xia Guo had lost in this short confrontation, it made Lei Che think more carefully about what role he should play in the next battle of Liuyun City.

Lei Che has already done this twice.

One was when he was assassinated by "Yin", and the other was when he learned not long ago that Brother Wei Chi and Nangong Jinyan had contact with Gu Yu in private. In fact, the two successions did not have any effect on the morale of the Thousand Thunder Country.

Although it is inevitable that there will be some complaints in the hearts of those who have been replaced, it is the lord of the Thousand Thunder Country who is leading the troops to go out at the moment. No matter how many complaints there are, they have to digest them themselves. What's more, Lei Che handed over the task of guarding Yaoguang City to a few guards who were still in the city.

It can be seen that although Lei Che is not worried about them, he still attaches great importance to them. In addition, Gu Yu has been taken by Lei Che's side at the moment, even if there is any accident in Yaoguang City at that time, Chu Liang and they will still be able to deal with it.

In addition, Lei Che also asked Zhan Teng to secretly report to him from time to time about Yaoguang City, if there is an accident, Zhan Teng can directly mobilize the armor-breaking war bears in the city to forcibly suppress the chaos by force.

In fact, for Lei Che, in the Thousand Thunder Kingdom today, the only thing he fears the most is Gu Yu and those Heavenly Martial Kingdom secret magicians who accompany her. Therefore, in order to prevent "backyard fires", Lei Che brought Gu Yu and the secret magicians of the Heavenly Martial Kingdom with him.

However, not all the Heavenly Martial Kingdom secret magicians followed Gu Yu to accompany Lei Che on the expedition. For example, Qing Yan, and his other four junior disciples. At this moment, they were in Yaoguang City, in the ancient temple of the Black Heaven Sect left over from the previous dynasty, and they continued to build a magic circle according to Gu Yu's plan.

In the process, the snowfall that swept through the entire Jibei became bigger and bigger. Gu Yu, who had already left Yaoguang City, looked at the white vastness between heaven and earth, and fell into silence. She knew that the circle in Yaoguang City should be built soon. When the time comes, she will be able to control this terrible wind and snow, and turn it into a sharp blade in her own hands, burying thousands of troops and horses at the snap of a finger.

At this time, Lei Che didn't know what Gu Yu was doing, and even the greedy war bear, who had always been wary of her, couldn't guess what she would do next. Although his intuition told the greedy war bear that it was not a good thing, with the upcoming battle of Liuyun City, he was involved in too many variables that he had not expected before, and the greedy war bear had to turn a blind eye for the time being.

On a snowy night, Lei Che sat in the camp of the Chinese army, looking at the war sand table and fell into contemplation. The greedy war bear on the side looked at Lei Che lazily and asked Lei Che what he was thinking at the moment.

After a moment of silence, Lei Che asked about the rumored Red Yan Black Lion and the Huawu of the Heavenly Martial Kingdom. Both of these things are directly related to the legendary Chiyan warrior, and Lei Che thinks that the greedy war bear may know some of the stories.

As one of the twelve primeval divine beasts, the greedy war bear is simply a living fossil that follows Lei Che. From the greedy war bear, he can learn about the history that all the greedy war bears know and experience, as well as the origin of some things.

As a result, what Lei Che didn't expect was that his question actually made the greedy war bear choose to avoid it. However, in the end, after some questioning, the greedy war bear still told Lei Che about the Red Yan Black Lion and the little bit of the past he knew about Hua Wu, the famous general of the Tianwu Kingdom.

"First of all, that Red Black Lion is not the Twelve Ancient Divine Beasts. It's just a descendant of one beast and another. I won't explain this to you in detail," the greedy war bear muttered, and Lei Che understood and asked instead, "Then what special abilities does this Chiyan Black Lion have?"

Gluttonous War Bear recalled, "Can manipulate the Red Flame, like the legendary Captain of the Red Warrior Legion. If I'm not mistaken, at the time of the Akayan Rebellion, it was the mount of Uesugi Chigaku, the commander of the Third Legion of the Akayan Samurai. 」

After listening to the words of the greedy war bear, Lei Che frowned and said, "It's Uesugi Qianyue again, how can you have him everywhere you go?"

The greedy war bear sighed, "After all, this depraved leader of the Red Yan Samurai Legion is indeed very famous. If he hadn't killed those Blood Tiger Riders who passed by, maybe the Black Heaven Sect wouldn't have found a chance to frame the Chiyan warriors, and then make the Chiyan Rebellion out of control. 」

Lei Che smiled bitterly, "Then our Ji Dynasty will not be divided because of this?"

Gluttonous War Bear: "Yes, so in the final analysis, despite the Black Heaven Sect's encouragement, this Uesugi Chigaku is the main culprit for the split of the Ji Dynasty. 」

Lei Che continued, "So to say that the Red Yan warriors are rebels and thieves, I don't think they have been wronged. 」

Greedy War Bear: "If it weren't for the dissent within them later, and the fact that the Ninth Legion's Commander Mul Kali was missing, even if the kingdoms of Heaven joined forces, there might not be enough to stop them. 」

Lei Che wondered, "It's just that they are so powerful, so powerful that they are terrifying, so that even if they make a small mistake, they will have countless eyes staring at them, and this small mistake will be infinitely magnified. 」

Greedy War Bear: "It is precisely because of the strength of the Chiyan warriors that many princes want to win them over. Although they all ended in failure, they also found a way to restrain them in the process. 」

Lei Che paused and asked, "With the help of the Black Sky Sect's hand?"

The greedy war bear sighed, "These heroic warriors who have lived in the world for so many years, although they have terrifying combat power, most of their minds are not as complex as mortals. Still, they also have desires, desires. As long as you find the right breakthrough, you may not be able to win them together, but it is not difficult to destroy them and tear them apart. 」

The words of the greedy war bear made Lei Che fall into deep thought.

After a moment of thought, Lei Che asked the greedy war bear, "So, what is the truth about the final subsidence of the Chiyan Rebellion, do you know?"

The greedy war bear paused, and only a few words brought over that period of history: "I must not remember the specific details, but I know that success or failure lies in Uesugi Chitake. In the process, the Black Tenkai Sect tempted Uesugi Chigaku and succeeded in causing him to fall. By the end of the Chiyan Rebellion, the war had basically shifted from the war of the Chiyan warriors against the kingdoms of the heavens to their internal slaughter. 」

Hearing this, Lei Che suddenly sighed: "After that, where did Uesugi Chigaku go, do you know?"

Gluttonous War Bear: "I heard that I went to the Northern Desert, but there has been no news since then. The Akayan samurai of the Third Legion, which is in the same vein as Uesugi Chitake, also turned into a fallen Akayan samurai after the fall of Uesugi Chigaku, and went into exile all over the world. 」

Lei Che: "Didn't these Chiyan warriors follow Uesugi Chigaku to the Northern Desert?"

Gluttonous War Bear: "I don't know about this, but I heard earlier that the fallen Chiyan warriors had haunted the northern part of the Shu Kingdom in the past few years, and the lord of the Shu Kingdom was still Yun Chen, and the time should be around the "Mingguang Change". At that time, Yun Chen sent the blue wolf cavalry to go with the Hanjia army, and asked a man named Lian Mu to lead the army to crusade against those fallen Chiyan warriors, and finally heard that only Lian Mu came back alive. 」

Lei Che: "I think I've heard Qiu Yu mention this, but I forgot to ask her about these depraved Chiyan warrior armors and how she handled them later. 」

Gluttonous War Bear: "I don't know. Maybe when you take down the whole of Jibei, you can find the person named Lian Mu and ask him in person. 」

Lei Che paused, and then said, "So, does the Huawu of the Heavenly Martial Kingdom have anything to do with Uesugi Chigaku?"

Gluttonous War Bear recalled, "The armor he was wearing now was probably the one that Uesugi Chigaku had abandoned. When I traveled with you to the Heavenly Martial Kingdom earlier, I noticed this detail. At first, I didn't know that the Mo Kingdom guard in Yaoguang City actually held the weapon of Uesugi Qianyue in his hand, and now it seems that this time the Tianwu Kingdom sent Huawu to participate in the battle, which is very likely to be related to the heavy sword "Shattered Star" in Yaoguang City at this moment. 」

Lei Che: "That's not good news. 」

Gluttonous Bear: "But it's not bad news. 」

Lei Che thought for a moment and said, "Also, first of all, they must help us win the next battle in Flowing Cloud City. If we lose this battle, even if this Huawu gets the "Broken Star", it will have no meaning. 」

Speaking of this, the greedy war bear suddenly fell into deep thought, "It is said that when Uesugi Chigaku left Dongzhou, he left a sentence. Whoever can gather the most precious thing he has hidden in this land will be the next commander of the Third Legion of the Red Warriors. So I think this Huawu of the Heavenly Martial Kingdom should have come for this sentence. 」

After hearing this, Lei Che couldn't help but laugh and said, "The most precious thing Uesugi Chigaku said is his armor and weapons and the Red Black Lion?"

Gluttonous War Bear: "In the eyes of the world, it may be so. However, rumors are rumors, and how many of them are true and how many are false. Unknown. 」

Lei Che pondered, "If these are really the most precious things in Uesugi Chigaku, why did he leave them behind in the first place?

Greedy War Bear: "This question, maybe we won't know the truth behind this rumor, what it is, until that Huawu General from the Heavenly Martial Kingdom arrives in Yaoguang City and picks up the ancient sword "Shattered Star". 」

Lei Che smiled, "If he can pick it up. 」

Just as Lei Che and the greedy war bear were in the exchange of consciousness, a soldier with a dinner party broke into the Chinese army camp where Lei Che was resting uninvited.

The greedy war bear, who was originally a little lazy, gradually revealed undisguised hostility after this soldier stepped into the camp, and Lei Che asked the greedy war bear suspiciously: "Why did you suddenly reveal this look. 」

The greedy war bear slowly walked to Lei Che's side, and bared his sharp fangs to face the soldier holding the dinner, "There is something wrong with this person, I smell something strange from him. 」

Lei Che asked puzzled, "Strange smell?"

The greedy war bear roared in a low voice, and did not answer Lei Che's question, but said, "You have to be careful, this person may not be a soldier of our Thousand Thunder Country. 」

Lei Che understood, and asked the soldier who came to the banquet: "Wait a minute, who let you in?"

When the soldier heard this, he froze in place.

Lei Che frowned and said, "The widow is asking you." ”

The soldier was silent, and at this time, several guards guarding outside the Chinese army's tent had already blocked his way. Seeing this, the soldier didn't know what he had done wrong, maybe he was too nervous, so after listening to Lei Che's question, he suddenly knelt on the ground, hoping to beg Lei Che for forgiveness.

As a result, to Lei Che's surprise, at the moment when the soldier just knelt down, a silver needle shot out directly from the soldier's back and neck, and approached Lei Che's eyebrows. Seeing this, Lei Che was not surprised. But when he heard a low roar from the greedy war bear, the silver needle that shot at Lei Che was immediately shocked away.

Seeing this, the assassin was shocked and hurriedly took out his dagger, and Lei Che directly lifted the war sand table in front of him and smashed it heavily on the assassin's body.

The next moment, the guard, who was about to enter the tent to take down the assassin, was slit by the two of them and dragged into the tent. Seeing this, Lei Che did not call the guards to escort him, but sat down very indifferently, looked coldly at the three assassins standing in front of him at the moment, and then asked, "Tell the widow, who sent you." Perhaps the widow will spare you from dying. ”