The candles in the square crackled, no one spoke, although Jun Wuyi had resentment in his heart, but the crime of collaborating with the enemy, if this was confirmed, it would be destroyed, once Jun Wuyi opened his mouth, and it spread to the Jian family in the future, it was a situation of endless death, and everyone's eyes brushed towards Huo Dameng, after all, he was the only official figure here.

Mengzi didn't speak easily, just glanced at Zhou Ran, every word he said now would be related to life and death, not even just the life and death of Jian Dahu alone, but also the lives of thousands of people and soldiers in the entire Qingshan County, he must be cautious.

sighed deeply, so far, Zhou Ran has to repeat the events of three years ago in 1510, as a first-hand witness of the events of that year, Zhou Ran knows that every word he says is stabbing the general's heart, but there is no way, when it comes to this, no one can avoid it.

In the winter of the fifth year of Shenlong, the weather was exceptionally cold, and before the wax moon, a few heavy snowfalls fell, filling the entire Changping Pass inside and out, and there was a piece of silver and white everywhere, and there was almost no trace of green at a glance.

In such weather, even the most experienced hunters in the mountains have already collected their knives and bows, and are ready to spend the winter in a warm nest.

But as the guard of Changping Pass, Jian Dahu couldn't have a moment of rest. Just one day ago, Jian Dahu received an urgent secret letter of 3,000 miles from the imperial court, saying that Fan Tinghui, the Si Lilang who had been an envoy to Shanrong for 20 years, would come with his family thousands of miles to join him, and asked Jian Dahu to travel 200 miles west to meet in Devil's Valley.

This is a big event, the imperial court has always wanted to use troops against Shanjung, but it suffers from little understanding of the internal situation in Shanjung, so it does not dare to make a decision easily. Well, now that Fan Tinghui is still alive, and he has lived in Shanjung for twenty years, as long as he is brought back, all the secrets inside Shanjung will no longer be a secret to the imperial court. Jian Dahu received the secret letter, he didn't dare to slack off, for twenty years, a loyal and brave man like this, Jian Dahu would never let them have any accidents under his nose, and he didn't wait for the snow to stop, and took three thousand evil unicorns out of Guanxi overnight.

How Fan Tinghui has come over in the past 20 years, Zhou Ran doesn't know, and he doesn't know how many secrets are involved behind this matter, in short, what happened on that snowy night back then, still makes this battle-hardened man angry.

The evil unicorn has a huge body, and it is a fierce beast of fire, and it is not afraid of the cold, which is most suitable for traveling in the mountains in winter. Two hundred miles doesn't sound close, but it's just a matter of time for the evil unicorn. In the secret letter, he asked to arrive before Zi Shi, but Jian Dahu was forced to advance by an hour, as a commander, such a temporary march, Jian Dahu had to take into account all kinds of unexpected situations, not to mention that Devil's Valley was not a good place, even the most experienced old hunter in the mountain, he was not willing to go to that place easily.

I thought there would be a fierce battle along the way, but who knew that things would go unexpectedly smoothly, and there were almost no enemies, and even the heavy snow that continued to fall for several days stopped.

The moon was bright that night, shining brightly on the snow, and the whole valley could be seen through as far as it went.

When the three thousand evil qilins arrived at Devil's Valley, dozens of members of the Fan family were already waiting there, but they could no longer follow Jian Dahu back to their hometown of Chao Si Ye Xiang, because they had all become blood people, blood people frozen with blood.

The eyes of the three thousand evil qilin were red, and Zhou Ran still remembered that that night was the first time he saw the general shed tears.

Although he knew that these people had no hope of surviving, Jian Dahu did not leave them alone, and the three thousand evil qilins carried these silent warriors on the way home.

When I went, it went well, but something went wrong on the way back, and the three thousand evil unicorns were ambushed one after another along the way. There is no need to think about it at all, Zhou Ran knew that what happened back then was a long-planned conspiracy, those demons in the mountains were left unblocked, but when the big guy saw someone and was in his heart full of grief and indignation, if he said that it was not calculated in advance, how could anyone believe it?

It's just that these people have calculated thousands of calculations, almost every detail has been calculated, but they have ignored the most important thing, grief can certainly make people lose accurate judgment, but it can also stimulate the most terrifying power in a person's heart, not to mention that this is the most elite evil unicorn war horse in Changping Pass.

The sound of fighting that night continued all night, and Jian Dahu took three thousand evil unicorns to face the demons of thousands of demon mountains, and he didn't retreat a single step, and he killed a bloody way out. When he returned to Changping Pass, there were only two hundred and eighty horsemen left of the three thousand evil qilins, but there were many dozens of people in the Fan family, and there were not even a single missing arm or leg.

Overnight, Jian Dahu vacated his house, now that he has returned home, he can't let these heroic spirits suffer any more grievances, he wants them to feel the warmth of home.

That night, Jian Dahu and Zhou Ran accompanied Ying Ling along with the two hundred and eighty evil unicorn men, and the whole night passed.

I don't know if it moved the heavens, a miracle happened, and when the sky was just clear, Jian Dahu heard the sound of breathing. Although there are more than 200 big men in this house, it is really normal to hear the sound of breathing, but these men have all practiced martial arts, and they have just experienced a fierce battle, and the sound of breathing is naturally different from that of a seriously injured woman. Although the sound of breathing was very weak, it could not escape Jian Dahu's ears.

called the medical officer, and listened to them one by one, for fear of missing one, but the sky was pitiful, and after being loyal and good, a girl named Xiaoping survived.

For seven days, Jian Dahu was almost unclothed and accompanied, and every pair of medicine was boiled out by Jian Dahu staring at the medical officer, and on the seventh day, the medical officer's nervous expression finally relaxed.

The girl survived, Jian Dahu did not report it, there was a tragedy like Devil's Valley, Jian Dahu did not have the slightest trust in the ministers and ministers in the court, if the girl was sent to the court, I am afraid that there would be no bones left.

Then the next thing was logical, and it didn't take long for the girl to become a wife, and Jian Dahu's house finally had the appearance of a home. During those days, Zhou Ran could often see Jian Dahu smiling, and sometimes he couldn't help but smile when he reviewed the official documents, and the entire Changping Pass was happy for his general.

In the new year, when the spring flowers bloomed, Xiaoping was pregnant, and although the men in the army were a little rougher, they also had their ways of expression. If the craftsmanship is good, prepare some baby bassinets, cots, etc. I didn't have any skills, so I often went to hunt some pheasants and hares and sent them to the door of Jian Dahu's house, and ran away.

Zhou Ran felt that those days were very happy. But the good times did not last long, the spring flowers bloomed, the beasts in the mountains came alive, and people's minds became alive with it.

In March, someone from the imperial court came, saying that the imperial court was sympathetic to Fan Tinghui's loyalty and righteousness, and specially brought gifts from the Queen Mother and Gu Xiang. Everything changed after the eunuch named Qiu Quanli came.

At first, everything was fine, giving nicknames, raising sorrows, and things were done beautifully. Qiu Quanli is as his name suggests, after all, he came out of the deep palace, he knows the etiquette very well, and he is very humble to Changping Guan, and he does not have the shelf of the head of Changning Palace at all. Before leaving, he specially prepared some items for children to send to Jian Dahu's house, and as a return gift, Jian Dahu also prepared a family banquet to entertain the celebrity around the Queen Mother.

That night, the guests and hosts were happy and happy, and they drank a lot of wine, and of course they didn't say less.

Qiu Quanli left, and saw that although his father had passed away, the court had not forgotten his loyalty, which could be said to be extremely grief, and the big stone that Xiaoping pressed in his heart was completely put down, and he just lived with Jian Dahu wholeheartedly.

In the blink of an eye, half a year, the border is peaceful, the army and the people are peaceful, and Xiaoping has also reached the day of production. But at such a critical juncture, the border pass, which had been quiet for most of the year, suddenly became not peaceful, and the three thousand iron horsemen of Cangji City went south, and the soldiers pointed directly at the Bala River Valley, where there was a large area of fertile farmland and many border people lived.

As a border guard, Jian Dahu naturally couldn't sit idly by, so he had to be ruthless and take five thousand leopard guards out of the pass to meet the enemy.

The Bala River Valley is not close to Changping Pass, a distance of 500 miles. Jian Dahu was worried about the safety of the people, and hurried all the way, and it only took less than half a day to feel the Bala River Valley, but what he saw was a peaceful scene, the fields were full of people busy harvesting, where was there a barbarian?

Despite this, Jian Dahu still didn't dare to take it lightly, and he reconnoitred everywhere, almost checking every corner within a radius of two hundred miles, but still did not find a trace of the enemy.

After waiting for another day to make sure that there was no hostile situation, Jian Dahu led the army back to Changping Pass, and on the way back, Jian Dahu also deliberately caught a leopard cub and prepared to give it to the newborn child as a gift, but he never thought that what was waiting for him would be such a bloody scene.

Zhou Ran stayed in the house all day that day to take care of it, for fear that something would happen, if he hadn't been sick a few days ago, he could have run for the eldest brother today, where would the eldest brother have to be distracted by him at such a critical time? But fortunately, everything went well, at night, Xiaoping gave birth to a big fat boy smoothly, and when the general came back, he might not be happy.

Since everything went well, Zhou Ran couldn't continue to stay in the house, and carefully explained that his sergeants stayed at the door, in case there was anything inside, someone had to summon them, right? There were only a few old mothers left in the house to serve, and Zhou Ran went to work on his own.

I haven't been in the army all day, and there are a lot of things backlogged, Zhou Ran has been busy until the second half of the night, which is considered to be idle, and when he was about to take a nap, a sergeant outside came in a panic to report that something had happened to the general's house.

To this day, Zhou Ran still remembers the bloody scene, the whole house was full of blood, but everyone died peacefully, even the healthy pawn who stayed at the door was pierced through the chest until someone pierced it, and the steel knife in his waist was not pulled out.

Xiaoping lay quietly on the bed, her eyes closed as if she was asleep, but the blood soaked the entire mattress and became a puddle on the ground. The newborn child was still lying in the cradle, with a blue face and wide open eyes, as if he was still full of curiosity about this new world. Some of the old mothers fell at the door, some were lying on the edge of the bed, and none of them showed a trace of horror on their faces.

If you want to say that Zhou Ran is an experienced man, even if someone splashes blood in front of him, I am afraid that his face will not change a little, but that night, Zhou Ran's heart is pinched together, he doesn't know what he said and done, he only knows that he guarded Xiaoping's mother and son to the death, and waited until the moment when Jian Dahu came back.