5. Jin Tianyu: Keel
Decades later, Li Yu, who was dressed in a white robe and clear sleeves, said to the people around him when he was dying, although I wanted to work hard since the death of my parents when I was a child, and become a brave man like a real golden dragon heir, but I have always been weak throughout my life, and the people I want to protect are always hurt, and the outcome of my expectation of change is always unmoved, but I really want to redeem the smiles of those I love, I should have done well, but I have never been, so if I want to jump into hell, I am willing to jump down. He stared ahead as if he saw something, his tone was sad, but there was a smile on his face, and tears were falling down.
A few years later, Li Yu was called Shengshengzong in the temple, and posthumously called the Emperor Fatian Shengren, this talent who didn't seem to exist much was mentioned again, but no one in the people of the Nine Lands knew the reasons for it.
And this year, the eleven-year-old Li Yu, who hid in the evil city with Uncle Wang and the remnants of the army, was even more ignorant.
In the cold morning, he and Li Ni put on the Xuanjin dragon pattern narrow-sleeved robes and were led to the school by Xuan Ming.
On the school ground, the Xuanjin armor soldiers in the distance lined up neatly, practicing unremittingly, and shouting loudly. In the vicinity, there were many sergeants fighting in pairs, shouting loudly, swords and guns bursting out, as if they were really fighting the enemy.
Li Yu's dark eyes widened and looked carefully at these iron armor bones in front of him, although he was still unable to fully adapt to the cold and tough place from the quiet deep palace he was in not long ago, but he no longer had the initial disgust and fear. He saw Uncle Wang, who was tall and conspicuous in the crowd, also wearing Xuanjin armor, holding the five-foot Mo knife with a cold glow all over his body, and quickly advanced and retreated under the siege of several fierce soldiers, avoiding left and right, raising his hand and waving his knife, subduing the opponents one by one in just proportion.
Then he patiently dismantled the sergeants to practice the opportunity to miss the opportunity in the battle, until they all nodded in understanding, then put the knife into the sheath, and led the guards to stride towards Li Yu and them.
Li Yao stood in front of the two children, knelt down on one knee, and all the guards behind him also knelt down, and everyone said roughly: "Long live my emperor!"
"Uncle Wang, please get up. Li Yushang said coldly.
After Li Yao got up, he bowed down again, smiled softly, and said with a white breath: "My emperor, eldest princess, I invite you here today in the hope that you will start practicing martial arts from now on. Our clan is the supreme clan of the Nine Lands, since the creation of the Yang Yan Heavenly God, it is the golden dragon who follows him, and the heirs are all the warriors who deter the Nine Lands, in addition, the current situation also urgently needs you to learn the art of self-preservation. ”
Li Yu couldn't take his eyes off the long knife that was put into the sheath, it was called Long Yin, its handle and blade were dark ink, and when it came out of the sheath, the blade was faintly flowing like a layer of cold light, and every time he saw it, he always felt that his body was tightening and he couldn't help but be attracted. It was forged by an extraordinary weaponsmith from the foot of the Heavenly Mountains, and blessed by a profound mystic, it has been passed down for hundreds of years, and has gone through many outstanding battles of the Golden Dragon Warriors, so that when it is unsheathed, people can hear the sword that devours the souls of countless enemies, and there seems to be a real dragon roaring in the sword.
Li Yu looked up at his Uncle Wang's red eyes, regardless of the chills, and said aloud strongly: "Uncle Wang, Yu'er knows that our clan has produced heroic warriors since ancient times, and the ancestor of the Kai Dynasty is to gallop the territory with a dragon sword to level the country and the people, Yu'er wants to practice martial arts, and be a man like the ancestor like Uncle Wang!"
"My emperor, that's a good point!" Li Yao smiled and nodded in approval, and then turned to look at Li Ni on the side, "Eldest princess, you are a girl, and you should have been guarded by a man, but you told Xuan Ming that you want to practice martial arts, and the current situation is chaotic, I think it is indeed good that you can learn some self-preservation techniques." ”
Xiuyan's Li Ni's face was pale, the more delicate she looked, she looked at Li Yao fixedly, nodded, and said indifferently: "Uncle Wang, Ni'er also knows that the daughters of our clan have always been Yingjie, not spoiled, and there are also women who don't let them shave their eyebrows, I may not be able to do it well, but I will study hard." ”
Since the breakthrough of Shangdu, Li Yao has seen depression, sadness and doubt in the eyes of these two children who have lost their parents, and his heart has also increased a heaviness. And it may be the difference between boys and girls, Li Yu seems to have gradually come out of sadness and fright, and his eyes will begin to flash with some children's due light, but the girl Li Ni has not improved much, always seems to be filled with sadness, so that he always feels a hidden pain in his heart when he sees it, but he is helpless. Blooming said that girls mature earlier, so they think more, maybe that's the case. But today, seeing that the two children are so firm and sensible, Li Yao feels very relieved.
He nodded emphatically and said, "I am very relieved that Ni'er said this! The girl has a delicate and flexible body, and she is the best at learning short blades and archery, and Xuan Ming is quite accomplished, so let her teach you well, and then I will teach you some practical knife skills." As he spoke, he looked at Tingting Ming, who was standing behind Li Ni, and Mingming nodded immediately, his eyes full of obedience. This young woman from Yuexiu has a slightly darker complexion, but her face is beautiful, especially her delicate posture, and her martial arts are extraordinary.
Then he looked at Li Yu again, "My emperor is taught by me, in addition," he turned sideways, and let the two soldiers, one tall and one short, said: "Xiahou is outstanding in sword skills, and can be a deputy teacher, and his younger brother Xiahou Duo, Fang is fourteen years old, and he already has some martial arts, and can be sparred for my emperor's attendants, so that the opponent will not be too strong to practice." ”
The two soldiers immediately bowed their heads and bowed their hands.
Li Yu looked carefully at the two people opposite. He knew that Xiahou Gong, a tall and mighty young general like his uncle, was from the loyal martyr Xiahou clan who had assisted the Li clan for hundreds of years in the land of Emperor Jun, and his high-quality bloodline not only gave him the appearance of Angzang and heroics, but also made him always maintain a keen and open-minded attitude, and at this time he was looking at Li Yu with blazing eyes, and the corners of his mouth were smiling. And although his younger brother is not an adult and much shorter, he is also a heroic young man at first glance, with obvious stubbornness in his eyes, and he is also looking at him, and there is a look of disappointment on his face inadvertently.
"There are two of them. Li Yu said modestly.
Li Yao smiled heartily, looked at Li Yu approvingly with red warm eyes, and said, "Then let's try our hands in the field first!" After speaking, he turned around and went first, and everyone followed.
Li Yu followed first, he thought of the pair of eyes he saw just now, every time he looked at Li Yao, he would look at the extremely firm eyes of Uncle Wang, who he had admired since childhood, there was a pair of red pupils, like the red glow that ignited at sunrise on the platform of Emperor Jingshan, dazzling and scorching.
Although he was previously told that his uncle coveted the throne and plotted against him, he was punished by his father. And it was through the discord of their brothers and the imprisonment of the brave Uncle Wang that the rebels won with one blow, and the dynasty fell apart. But Li Yu didn't understand all of this, and he didn't want to understand it. He only knew that his uncle Wang was unrivaled in the world, but every time he saw him, he was full of firmness and softness, which made him feel warm and free, and would not harm him, he just worshipped.
He also thought that he did not have such eyes as Li Yao, and although he was very eager to have them, he only had a pair of pitch-black pupils, and like his father and sister, he was the only person in more than two hundred years who did not have this mark of peak in the lineage of the Li royal family and the Yushu royal family.
The palace scholar had taught him early on that this mark originated from the agreement of the ancestors of their two major clans. More than 200 years ago, when the Li clan ascended the throne and ruled the Nine Lands, there was a crisis, and the Yu Shu clan in the land of Chunyue greatly helped the Li clan, and finally worked together to create a prosperous foundation of the dynasty, and naturally reaped the greatest rewards. The two ancestors, who had the power to reach the pinnacle, realized the importance of the alliance between the two clans, and set an alliance that would not be violated for future generations, and they must marry to ensure that those who have the orthodox bloodline of the two clans will continue to rule the world from generation to generation. Because both ancestors had a pair of red eyes that are rare in the world, this spectacle has also been passed down for generations to come, as the highest authority of the dynasty and clan.
Li Yu knew that his father had been trapped by this all his life. He was the first descendant of pure blood in more than 200 years without such an imprint, so much so that his birth was once regarded as a bad omen, and some people doubted the loyalty of the empress and even questioned the legitimacy of his succession.
As a result, his father grew up in seclusion in the palace, living a childhood with only a few people. When he grew up, his father seemed to be an outlier in the royal family, he was far from the tall stature and handsome appearance of his fellow people, and even a little rickety, and people thought that he was quite mediocre in intelligence. This once caused controversy over whether he could inherit the throne, and people felt that his younger brother Li Yao, who was brilliant in martial arts, had a noble figure, and had a pair of bright and fiery red pupils that were more bright and fiery than his grandparents, and was the real son of destiny, and if the prince Xi succeeded to the dragon throne, it would be detrimental to the dynasty's qi.
Fortunately, the emperor Li Yan was brave and fair, and he also trusted his queen, and insisted on the ancestral system of the eldest son succeeding to the throne, and married the beautiful and beautiful Yushu eldest princess Jin Yao for his father, and made an imperial decree, which was passed on to the eldest prince Li Xi after his death.
What made Li Yu quite unwilling was that even his mother, such a noble and beautiful Yushu clan's bloodline, could not help him avoid the fate of his father, and he and his twin sister only had a pair of ordinary black eyes. How nice it would be if he could have a pupil like his uncle, Li Yu thought regretfully more than once, especially at this moment when the aura of glory of the Li family had dimmed, and this thought became even stronger when he saw those eyes.
However, he was helpless, those prophecies about his father seemed to have come true, and now he seemed to have experienced his father's confusion and panic to some extent, as well as the unwillingness and desire to work hard, he should be as brave as his ancestors and his uncle in his bones.
These thoughts flashed through Li Yu's mind, and Li Yao in front of him had already handed him a sheathed knife, and handed Li Ni on the side a pure white bow.
"My emperor, eldest princess, beginners can't control too powerful weapons, I have specially made this Xuantie Mo knife and a horned rhino bow for you, they are delicate and light, but they are also sharp and extraordinary, for you to use. ”
Li Yu took the knife, the whole knife was really of moderate length, the scabbard and handle were pure ink, only engraved with simple dragon patterns, and the feel was delicate but still heavy. He looked sideways at Li Ni's hand, the white horned rhino bow was also a tailor-made size, and the bow body was also engraved with a simple and beautiful cloud dragon pattern.
"My Emperor, draw your sword and come out, like me," Li Yao made a stride and slashing motion at him, "Hit Xiahou Duo, see how strong your strength is, and if the weapon is handy." ”
Hearing this, Li Yu stretched out his hand to draw the knife, and with a sharp unsheath sound, the knife in his hand really had a cold light coming through. The young sergeant Xiahou Duo in front of him had also raised his sword in front of him and made a blocking gesture.
Li Yu knew that everyone was looking at him, so he raised the knife, held his breath and held his strength, and took a few steps straight towards Xiahou Duo, and the heavy thing in his hand rushed forward with him, Xiahou Duo stood still at all, but suddenly "boom" a burst, he suddenly felt a strong rebound force, he actually threw his hand back, staggered back a few steps, sat down, and the knife in his hand had been taken off to the ground.
There were a few laughs beside him, Li Yu hurriedly looked up, the soldiers all pursed their lips and laughed, Xiahou Duo was at a loss and turned his head to look at his brother with disgust, he suddenly lowered his eyes, only to feel that the eyes around him were sharp, and his face was hot.
He thought that the posture just now must be extremely ugly and stupid, and he was really weak. This is the real perception of Li Yu, who is a teenager for the first time.