Chen Guo, Mocheng.

Mocheng, located at the last pass on the southwestern border of the Chen State, is also the first city to enter the territory of the Chen State. The border between the two countries, in times of peace, always inadvertently facilitates trade between merchants of the two countries. Mexican City is no exception. In the past, it would have been brightly lit and flowing.

Half a month ago, relations between the two countries were cold, and there was a great tendency to draw swords and strain them. Businessmen love money and spare their lives. The sudden attack of Yan Guo a few days ago caught Da Chen off guard. In addition to Da Chen's sergeants, there were also merchants who traveled back and forth to the border.

If the Yan Kingdom needed to invade Dachen from the northeast, then Mocheng would become the first pass. Behind Mocheng is a horse Pingchuan, as long as Mocheng is broken, Da Chen will have no danger to defend. The guards are well aware of the importance of Mocheng. In a short period of time, a defensive posture was made. Evacuate most of the people and merchants in the city, and mobilize heavy troops to defend day and night to ensure the safety of the southwest road of Dachen.

At this time, the people in the city were less than one-fifth of what they used to be, and the huge city fell silent for a while. And the noise from the streets once again brought a little vitality back to the city.

Chen Yichen was originally a person who loved to join in the fun, not to mention that he had a friend who had just met. has been touted by Xiao Zichen for so long, and he naturally doesn't want to show cowardice and timidity. In other words, he was also willing to believe in Sergeant Da Chen.

The inn faces the street, the internal structure is also simple, from the street face through the main hall is the backyard, and the center of the courtyard is decorated with a rockery fish pond. According to the rockery fish pond for reference, then the guest rooms of the entire inn are in the shape of a tic-tac-toe, divided into two floors, and a circular corridor around the courtyard.

After Chen Yichen came out of the room, he stood in the corridor on the second floor. The noise came from far and near, and only the sound was heard, but no one was seen. I thought to myself: There shouldn't be a snitch, if I capture him, won't it be considered to be a harm to the people.

The thought flashed, and Chen Yichen still subconsciously took out the short sword that he had never used from his cuff. Although he is not a person in the rivers and lakes, he doesn't look like a three-point person, and in any case, he can be regarded as joining the armed clan now. Holding a short sword in his hand, he became bold for a while, and seemed to really regard himself as a Jianghu person. If you make up your mind, you have to go to the staircase.

I took a step under my feet, and before I could land, I heard a sound behind me. Subconsciously turned around, a figure flashed in front of him, and then he saw the other party grabbing one arm towards him. The hallway wasn't very wide, and his body was in the process of spinning backwards, and his outstretched arms took up most of the hallway.

Just listen to the other person's mouth: "Get out." ”

The pupils contracted, and the dark shadow was already within reach. Chen Yichen said secretly: It's so fast. I wanted to avoid this person, but I couldn't dodge it. When the left shoulder was pushed hard by the other party, he felt that his body was out of balance, and the right arm that was flicked was completely in the trajectory of inertia, and smashed towards the chest of the person in front of him.

With a muffled sound of "poof", Chen Yichen's right arm was resisted and could not continue to move forward. This is how the body finds a sense of balance. , standing firmly in the hallway, did not fall.

"You...... Who?"

The man who spoke looked at the boy in front of him in disbelief, and looked at his chest mechanically. That's right, a short sword of Ula is stuck in the heart.

Chen Yichen's eyes widened, staring at the masked man in front of him. His pupils turned slightly, and the hand he held the short sword was stained with blood at some point. A few words squeezed out of his throat intermittently: "You, you're dead?"

"Yes. The man in black replied refreshingly, simple and clear, easy to understand.

After getting his answer, Chen Yichen woke up like a dream and withdrew his hand with a swish. The man in black standing opposite, along with the short sword on his chest, lost Chen Yichen's balance point, fell backwards, and fell to the ground hard.

The corpse fell to the ground, but its eyes were round, and it looked like it was dead. Indeed, even he himself couldn't believe that he had been stabbed so inexplicably.

"Dead, dead. Chen Yi stood in place, looking at the dead corpses on the ground, his heart pounding.

"You killed him?"

The sudden sound of words made Chen Yichen come back to his senses from his trance, and his eyes, which were originally on the dead body, unexpectedly saw the two legs standing next to him. The moment his gaze slowly traveled along his legs, and the moment he stayed on his face, he was shocked again.

The person standing in front of him was the general who was interrogated at the city gate when he entered Mocheng today. When Chen Yichen saw that it was him, he was naturally shocked. When the people who came saw Chen Yichen, they were obviously stunned.

"You killed someone?"

Chen Yichen was in turmoil. Man, indeed, died in his own hands. But he had absolutely no idea of killing him, and he couldn't even believe that he died in such a daze. Facing his second question, he said, "Yes... No... I... I didn't want to kill, he... Why did he die?"

"Such people don't have to stay alive. The general stepped forward, took off the deceased's face scarf, and said, "Hmph, it's cheaper for you to die so happily." ”

"Is this your dagger?"

The general pulled out the short sword from the deceased's chest and wiped the blood from it with the towel he had pulled off. Looking at the rusty sword body, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. I secretly sighed in my heart: I can kill with such a rusty sword, it seems that the young man in front of me is not an ordinary person.

Chen Yichen nodded, saw him hand over the short sword, and took it easily.

"Can you kill him and learn martial arts?" the general had to re-examine the young man in front of him. You must know that the person who was killed in front of you can also be regarded as a master of Yan Kingdom. He asked, "What origin?"

"I've learned a few years of rough kung fu, Orion. Chen Yichen replied truthfully. After thinking for a moment, he added: "I didn't mean to kill him, it was he who hit the short sword." ”

"No wonder. The general nodded, recalling the picture he had just seen when he jumped over the roof, and wondered what kind of martial arts such a strange body technique was. "Do you know who he is?"

"I don't know. ”

"This person is a secret agent sent by Yan Guo, ten days ago, this person secretly infiltrated Mocheng to collect information. The general took out a token from the dead man's bosom, handed it to the sergeant who was chasing him, and continued: "He has been under surveillance since the first day he came to the city, and today he was arrested by us when he was in the city to connect with others, and he took the opportunity to escape in the chaos. ”

"Now that he's dead, what should I do?" Chen Yichen didn't know why he told himself this, what he was most concerned about at the moment was to kill people to pay for his life and repay debts.

"Sooner or later, it's all going to be a death. The general waved his hand, motioned for the sergeant to take the dead body away, and said slowly: "If you can kill him, you will also make a contribution to the country, and I will send someone to send the bounty tomorrow." ”

"What bounty?" Chen Yichen became more and more confused the more he listened, and asked, "You don't arrest me?"

"Da Chen's law, assist the government to arrest and kill the secret agent, and reward 100 taels of silver. The general patted Chen Yichen on the shoulder and said, "By the way, I remember that there are three of you traveling with you, and one of you is injured, how about it, are you looking for a doctor?"

"Looked. ”

"Hmm. The general nodded and said, "If you have anything in Mocheng, you can come to me at any time." ”

The general turned to leave, and after the accompanying sergeants withdrew, Li Wanwan, who was onlookers, hurriedly ran over and asked eagerly: "Brother Chen, what happened just now?

"I'm fine. Chen Yichen turned around and looked downstairs, many soldiers had already disappeared without a trace, and there were only a dozen onlookers left in the entire inn.

"Your hands are covered in blood, did you really not hurt yourself?" Li Wanwan looked at the traces of blood on his hands, took out a handkerchief and wiped it gently, carefully checking whether there were any wounds.

"I'm really fine, Juan'er, let's go back to my room first. Chen Yichen was like waking up from a big dream, all this came too fast, and he was not prepared at all, until he sat at the table, wondering if he had ever left this room.

"Childe is really hidden. Xiao Zichen slowly walked to the table, supported the table with his hands, and sat down on the opposite side cautiously, with his waist straight.

"Young Master Xiao. Chen Yichen frowned slightly and said, "This is an accident, do you believe it?"

"What do you mean?" After Xiao Zichen sat down, he didn't move except for his eyes.

"It's hard to explain. Chen Yichen thought of the moment when the short sword pierced the opponent's chest, he still had palpitations, put the short sword in his hand lightly on the table, trembled and picked up the tea poured by Li Wanwan, took a sip gently, and said: "That person wanted to push me away, I was turning around, he pushed hard, my body twisted, my arm flicked, and he himself came up." ”

"Childe is humble. Xiao Zichen smiled slightly, disapproving of his words. casually killed a secret agent, effortlessly, and said that it was accidental, who could believe it. But since he said so, he just listened to it himself.

"Xiao Gongzi, I think you still call me Yi Chen, call me Gongzi, it sounds awkward. This is indeed what happened, and Chen Yichen didn't know how to explain it for a while, so he could only divert from this topic.

That's what I mean. Xiao Zichen nodded slightly, but his body did not move and said: "It's better like this, how many years older than you, and we will be commensurate with brothers in the future, what does Chen Shaoxia think." ”

"Okay, it's good, I'll call you Brother Xiao in the future. "Chen Yichen is older, and it is not easy to remove the word son, but there is an inexplicable addition to the word Shaoxia, but in comparison, I prefer the latter in my heart.

"Brother Xiao?" Xiao Zichen muttered several times and said, "Brother Xiao and Xiaoxiong are a bit homophonic, I don't dare to call Xiaoxiong in vain." Why don't you do this, since you have a life-saving grace for me, then we don't care about age, I call you Brother Chen, how about you call me Brother Zichen? Yes, except for the surname, our name is really brother. ”

"Yes, yes, no problem at all. It wasn't until this moment that Chen Yichen felt that this person was too inkblotted. However, there was one thing that I was very curious, hesitated again and again, and finally didn't hold back, and asked: "Brother Zichen, do you scholars usually sit up straight like this?"

"Huh?" Xiao Zichen looked down at his sitting posture slightly, it was indeed very upright, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Don't hide it from Brother Chen, there is an injury on the back, sitting like this, it doesn't hurt." ”

"I see. ”

Li Wanwan, who was on the side, had already noticed Chen Yichen's boredom, and knew his character well, so he interjected and said: "Brother Yichen, it's too late, let's not disturb Xiao Gongzi's rest, let's talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to say." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Chen Yichen heard Wanwan's words, worried that the words would be snatched away by Xiao Zichen, and hurriedly said: "It's all my fault, I almost forgot, the doctor repeatedly told Brother Zichen to rest more, then we won't bother, Brother Zichen hurry up and rest and recuperate." ”

"This..."Xiao Zichen was completely sleepy, he wanted to leave people behind, but there was no suitable reason, although he was unwilling in his heart, his face did not show anything, and he said: "You Lao and the two are so concerned, and the people close to them are just like this, so Xiao is ashamed." ”

"Worthy of it, worthy of it. Chen Yichen stood up, helped Xiao Zichen up without saying anything, and said, "You and I are brothers, don't be so polite in the future, it's better to rest early,"

Looking at the two figures leaving, Xiao Zichen's eyes flashed with a hint of strangeness.