Chapter 3: All the way west
"It's not good, it's on fire, it's not good, it's on fire, the Li family's house is on fire."
A panicked cry, with a raging fire flying into the sky, resounded in the village late at night in autumn, causing the chickens and dogs in the village to bark, something no one could have imagined.
At this moment, two figures stood on the hillside in the distance, one of the shadows was emaciated and stubborn, and the other was weakly nestled against the emaciated boy.
Looking at the company carefully, these two people are Li Mu and his mother who burned their homes, and I saw Li Mu holding a shiny spear in his right hand, and the knuckles of his fingers holding the handle of the gun tightly made a creaking sound because of the force, which obviously showed the mood of the teenager at this time.
A big black eagle bow was carried behind Li Mu's back, and a pot full of eagle feather long arrows was contained in the quiver exposed from the back of his shoulder.
The spear and the carved bow were the only two items that Li Wu left to his son Li Mu.
According to the mother, this spear and this carved bow were saved by Li Wu when he went into the mountains to hunt a few years ago, and the old man left these two things when he was recovering from his injuries and saying goodbye.
At that time, the old man also said: "Your child, with peculiar bones and extraordinary appearance, will definitely establish immortal achievements in the future, but he is just making people, but because of a serious illness, he can't distinguish between right and wrong, and he is extremely demented. I will give these two things to your children, as well as the transcription of the secret of spear and archery, all of them, hoping that one day God will open his eyes, so that this stupid child will be sober, and he will have the opportunity to practice a few skills, which can keep your family of three safe for a lifetime. ”
The old man finally confessed that if Li Mu still couldn't get better when he was eighteen years old, then he would bury the weapon and the secret book under a boulder in the mountain forest where Li Wu saved the old man.
Li Mu's father, Li Wu, didn't know the name of the old man's family in the end, only that he seemed to have a surname of Dong, and he was still a child, and he couldn't remember it clearly.
Li Wu didn't see his son get better in the end and protect the safety of the family.
Li Wu is just like the grass that can be seen everywhere on the hillside where Li Mu is standing at this moment, the leaves begin to grow when the sky comes, and when autumn comes, it withers and turns yellow, leaving only the weedy roots in this place.
Looking at the thatched hut in the distance that turned into flying dust in the autumn wind, Li Mu didn't feel too much reluctance and sadness in his heart. It's already poor to this point, it's hard to this point, and it's back to this point, where are there so many scruples!
Before the rebirth, Li Mu, at that time, was an iron-blooded man, a typical tough guy in the army who could not be killed, never afraid of any difficulties and setbacks, always laughed at any tribulation, and used his practical skills to bring out several special combat brave special operations units, and he himself also got the appreciation of the top from a company officer, and achieved the position of a battalion officer in three years.
Li Mu is not afraid of hardship, nor is he afraid of tiredness, nor is he afraid of a bad background, and he is not afraid of his martial arts being bad, because Li Mu has always believed in the words of Emperor Taizu Wu, a soldier without a little culture is the stupidest army, and a smart mind is the strongest capital to conquer the world.
All the way to the north, Li Mu and his mother's destination was Shangdang County, Bingzhou, Hedong, in the eldest son county of the county, a place called Wangjiazhuang.
Wang's original name was Wang Yiru, who was born to one of the concubines of Wang Qing, the third son of the current owner of Wangjiazhuang, Li Qing is honest and duty-bound, and his status in their family is very ordinary, Wang Yiru is also from his concubine, and in the Wang family, there is no status.
When Li Wu married Wang Yiru, his identity was a lieutenant under the rule of a military candidate of the Yanmen Pass garrison, and when he went to propose his relatives, the Wang family did not have too many requirements, so they married Wang Ruyi casually.
Later, the Xiongnu repeatedly invaded the border of the Han Dynasty, Li Wu was very uneasy, in one of the battles, Li Wu was wounded, and then unloaded his armor and returned to the field, returned to Wei County An in Jizhou, Zhaojiazhuang in Yang County, relying on a few thin plots of land to live, and when he was free, he entered the Taihang Mountains to hunt, and the days came like this.
has been walking west from Anyang, along the way, Li Muniang and the two of them, almost completely sleeping in the open air, met a caravan that often came and went with Yanmen, only to know that the caravan was going to pass through the Taihang Mountain Huguan, and the mother and son begged if they could go all the way.
Yang Zicheng, the leader of the caravan, has been going south and north for more than ten years, his eyes are very sharp, and he sees Li Mu holding a spear and carrying a carved bow, and he is not like a mortal at all, so he immediately agreed.
With the protection of the caravan along the way, he avoided some strongmen who occupied the mountain as kings, and Wang deliberately smeared a lot of black charcoal on his face before leaving, so that there was a lot less unnecessary right and wrong.
When there was nothing to do on the road, Li Mu had time to secretly take out the two secret books he was carrying to ponder and practice, and he was chatting with Yang Zicheng.
In the continuous conversation, Li Mu determined which period he was in at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor at this time was Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Liu Hong, this year was the fourth year of Guanhe in 181 AD, and there were about three years before the Yellow Turban Rebellion in 184 AD.
Why does Li Mu know this history of the late Eastern Han Dynasty? Because Li Mu in his previous life was a complete fan of the Three Kingdoms, whether it was the film and television of the Three Kingdoms, books, novels, or even all kinds of computer games of the Three Kingdoms, he was completely involved in each of them, almost a Three Kingdoms pass, and Li Mu often had some strange ideas to compare himself with Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and other fierce generals, and he even went to the Three Kingdoms City without interest, wearing armor and horses. I took a lot of photos to satisfy the unrealistic Three Kingdoms dream in my heart.
Moreover, Li Mu asked his mother, and after learning that he was actually born in the first year of Jianning, it was probably the year when Emperor Ling of Han began to ascend the throne in 168 AD, and now Li Mu is fifteen years old, but the soul in his body is much older, and he is already in his thirties.
When he encountered a clean stream, Li Mu came to a secluded place, and through the stream, he took a closer look at his current appearance, which made his mood a little better.
Li Mu in this life, his appearance is eight points similar to his own in the previous life, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, handsome and extraordinary, sharp eyes, delicate face, very majestic, but also kind, and there seems to be a heroic force in the beauty.
It's just that his mouth is a little smaller, his jaw is a little sharper, and he looks a little more stubborn and masculine.
Although Li Mu, who is fifteen years old, has delicate and white skin, his bones are slender and tall, and he does not look thin, the only thing he lacks is the temperament in the army that he has repeatedly honed in his previous life, and the wheat-colored skin that only that man has.
Since crossing over, the only thing that Li Mu is satisfied with is this appearance, Li Mu clearly remembers that if you want to get ahead in this era, appearance is a very important thing.
And the two most typical negative examples are the somewhat obscene and ugly Pang Tong and the dignified Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao is handsome, which is why Emperor Ling likes him more, at a young age, he became one of the eight captains of Xiyuan, and Pang Tongren is very ugly, at the beginning, even the steel needle Hu Zhang Fei and the green hat Guan Yu disliked him, and in the end there was no way, I thought of an opportunity to show myself, in order to show my talent, I would enter Shu, but I was unlucky, and finally died tragically.
At this time, the caravan continued to go west, thinking that after passing the most difficult section, the road would be much smoother, but it encountered a group of thieves rushing out in front of it.