Foreword: The bond between the master of the eighth hall of the Spirit Master Gate and the original fourth hall master of the Spirit Master Gate, Zhao Lu.

Body:

The southwest mountainous area is full of bandits, and most of them are composed of displaced people.

In order to ensure the stability of the southwest, the Qing Empire ordered the local government to organize an army to exterminate it with all its might.

(Fourteen years ago, Sichuan Prefecture)

"The congregation will obey. ”

"In !!"

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: The southwest bandits have endangered local security for a long time, making the people in the southwest miserable, and I feel very uneasy, so I specially ordered the local government to organize regimental training, train elite soldiers and strong generals, and eliminate the bandits, so as to show that the grand event of the Qing Dynasty is enlightened. Chin this. ”

"We will definitely follow the Lord to kill with all our might, and live up to the emperor's grace!"

"That being the case, I, Zhang, have thanked you. In the future, I will rely on the assistance of the generals. The man held the decree in his hand and said in high spirits.

"That's nature, that's nature. Everyone clasped their fists and said.

Generals, please come with me to the inner hall to discuss.

When he arrived in the inner hall, the man laid out the drawings, on which black dots were densely delineated.

"Gentlemen, please see, this is the topographic map of the mountains and rivers in the southwest, and on this drawing, the large and small black dots marked are the bandit strongholds. ”

"Master Zhang, this ······" All the generals looked at each other.

"My lord, there are no less than a hundred black dots on this drawing, how should we deal with so many bandits?" asked one of them with a suspicious face.

"yes..." There was an uproar in the room.

"Generals don't have to worry, I'll give you an analysis. Although there are more than 100 bandits on this drawing, only two places are the strongest, that is, the bandits of Hushan Cliff and the bandits of Feiyunpu. The combined number of bandits in these two places is more than 1,000, which should not be underestimated. As long as these two bandit forces are eliminated, the rest of the places are ants on a hot pot, which is not worth mentioning. ”

"Adults analyze it. ”

"The bandits of Hushan Cliff and the bandits of Feiyunpu have been the targets of the imperial court's conquest and suppression for several years, and His Majesty the Emperor has sent troops to kill them many times, however, the bandits here are extremely treacherous, and the two bandits have joined forces to defeat the official army many times. Therefore, this time His Majesty the Emperor issued an edict to crusade against the bandits, and we cannot confront them head-on as we did the previous times, first, the bandits live in the mountains and know the terrain very well, and if we rashly attack, we can only bring about our own destruction, but they occupy a favorable location; second, if the army goes to kill them, it will definitely make the two bandit nests the same enemy, and once they unite, it will be even more difficult for our army to exterminate them. ”

"The adult's analysis is extremely correct, and we admire it, but the adult, can't fight head-on, what should I do?"

"It's going to take a wedge. Zhang An smiled slightly.

"My lord, it's not easy to do it, not to mention that the bandits themselves are extremely vigilant, and after the first few killings by the officers and soldiers, the bandits must be very cautious about strangers. ”

"Hummhahaha······"

"Why are you laughing?" the generals don't know why.

"He'll get it, because I've been giving him this gift for two years, and it's time to return it. ”

(16 years ago)

"The official will spare the little girl. ”

"Okay, as long as you serve me well, I'll let you go. Hahaha······"

Two people dressed as Qing soldiers are flirting with a woman from a good family. At this time, the two big men stopped: "You scum, you only know how to bully the defenseless people." ”

"What are you talking about?!, seeing that you two are dressed like ordinary people, but like fugitives captured by the Empire. ”

"Is it so, and isn't it?" said one of them dismissively.

"I think you're looking for death. ”

The two Qing soldiers drew their broadswords and killed them.

The two big men raised their fists head-on, and the two big knives slashed over, but they couldn't cut the bodies of the two people, and the two Qing soldiers were stunned, and they were all shouting: "You are an iron wall." ”

In the end, the two Qing soldiers knelt on the ground and begged for mercy again and again.

"You two lackeys of the Qing Empire, I should have killed you today, but I'm afraid that your dog's blood will stain this girl's clothes, so don't get out of here!"

"What the uncle said, what the uncle said is, I'll wait for this to roll away. ”

After the two Qing soldiers walked away, a strong man with a beard on his face came over and looked at the girl. But seeing that the girl had a graceful body, a face like a peach blossom in April, and delicate and fair skin, she was stunned.

"Why did the girl wander here and be tricked by this clear dog?" said another strong man behind the bearded man.

The woman said: "I was originally from Shandong, with my parents to go south to make a living, just a month ago my parents went to the sea to do business and died, I can only scatter the land, go around to relatives, never thought that when I passed here today, I was targeted by two officers and soldiers, and I was going to ravage the little woman, fortunately, the two heroes helped out, and the little woman thanked her." ”

"It turns out that you have no father or mother, and you are wandering around. Said the strong man with a beard.

"Exactly. The woman said.

"That's great, I'm thirty-three years old now, and I don't have a lady yet, so why don't you be my wife." ”

"The little woman and the hero only have this side of the relationship, how can they agree. ”

"You don't care about that, there is nothing I can't get from the person I fancie. As he spoke, the bearded man picked up the woman and left.

Although the woman struggled, she could not break free.

These two strong men, with beards, are the bandit leaders of Hushan Cliff, Zhao Hu. The other is the bandit boss of Feiyunpu, Shi Chong.

After Zhao Hu carried the woman to the cottage, he immediately welcomed the woman as the wife of the village, and got a son a year later. When the child was just born, he had a strange illness, a high fever that did not go away, and his body was cold and hot, Zhao Hu thought that his son was going to die, and spent his days in the cottage depressed.

One day, the cottage brothers reported: "The big boss, there is a person from outside the cottage, dressed specially, carrying a box, and wearing a bamboo basket hat." said that it could cure the illness of the son of the big boss. ”

"Who is it? Hurry up, please, hurry up. Zhao Hu said eagerly.

Then a man appeared in the cave, dressed exactly as the person who had told him to do so. The man saw Zhao Hu and explained that he could save Zhao Hu's son, and Zhao Hu immediately led him to see his son.

At that time, Zhao Hu's son was in the arms of his son's mother. The man carrying the box glanced at her, his face showed a fierce light, and the woman lowered her face timidly.

The man looked at the child's condition and said, "It is very dangerous, if you are a few days late, the child may be more than lucky." ”

"And what is my son's disease?"

"It's not a disease, it's a spiritual seed. The man said.

"Spirit seed?"

"Yes, spirit seed, my identity is a spirit master, walking in the rivers and lakes all the year round, exploring the mysterious things of the microcosm - spirit, passing by here today, I saw a dark spirit gathered at the top of the mountain, so I walked up the mountain to find out. I didn't want to be caught by the people on the mountain, so I listened to them talk about the child and knew the reason for the child's illness. ”

"There is a spirit on this mountain, called 'White Dew', and the reason why it is such a name is because it is mixed with the drops of water in the morning mist, and it looks like dew, and the white dew enters the mountain spring, and the people in the mountain drink more spring water, so it is drunk into the stomach of everyone. ”

"In that case, why is it that none of us have anything to do, but my son is like this. ”

"Don't be in a hurry, wait for me to elaborate. White dew is the softest and purest thing, it is very easy to be absorbed and digested by the human body, the digestive organs of adults have become complete, drinking this spirit will quickly absorb it, and children are different, he is only a few months old baby, for the softest and purest things if you drink more than the number at a time, his digestive organs are not mature, can not digest all the white dew, then drink a little mountain spring every day, every day the body can not digest the white dew in the body accumulated, over time, the so-called disease will arise. ”

"Then can my son be saved?" Zhao Hu said.

"It's okay. "I saw that the man took out a small gourd from the box, and the mouth of the gourd opened, stretched out his palm, and carefully dripped a few drops of golden liquid from the mouth of the gourd.

Then put these drops of golden liquid into the child's mouth, and after a while, I saw that many dim-colored long smoke clouds emanated from the child's entire body, which slowly rose to the sky and disappeared.

Then the man went to the place where the people in the mountains drew water from the spring, and poured in a bright yellow liquid, but he saw a dim light coming out of the mountain.

"In this way, there is no big problem in drinking the water of the mountain spring. ”

Sure enough, a day later, Zhao Hu's child miraculously recovered. His face returned to blood, and his movements became lively.

Zhao Hu set up a banquet, toasted again and again, and said: "I didn't expect that Mr. Zhao was so young that he was a master in the world, and I Zhao Moujing had a cup of Mr. Zhao." When I was in the mountains for a long time, I didn't know his honorific name, which was presumptuous. ”

"Leader Zhao, the younger generation has the same surname as you, and the single name is a deer. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Zhao Lu, I didn't expect the two of us to still have the same surname, it's really fate. I think my husband is polite, so I might as well give my boy a name. ”

"I'm a junior, how can I name the chief's child? ”

"Sir saved my boy's life, and on this basis, if Sir has a cat and a dog, I am willing to do it. ”

"Then Zhao Lu is better to be respectful. In this world, the edge is too exposed, but it is swallowed by the sharp blade, only by being humble and working hard silently, maybe there is a way to live, just call Zhao Fu. ”

"Fu? Zhao Fu, Fu equals blessing, hahaha, it's really amazing, I have to take care of Mr.'s blessing in the future." Hahaha··· Come on, do it!"

On that day, Zhao Hu was very drunk, and the other entourages were also the same, and they all fell asleep on the table. Only Zhao Lu drank a little wine, not drunk, and stood outside the drinking room to breathe.

At this time, the woman of the day was about to go in to clean the things in the room, Zhao Lu said casually: "A spirit seed like Bai Lu will not gather easily, when I saw you, there were countless white dew gathered on your body, it seems that you are also a person who can resist the spirit technique, and you also have the physique to attract spirit seeds." ”

"Oh~~ Did you find out?" the woman turned.

"You can obviously control a spirit seed like Bai Lu, but you see that your own flesh and blood are about to be eroded by Bai Lu and you can't save yourself, do you look forward to your child dying?"

"Not bad. The woman replied.

Zhao Lu was taken aback: "What were you talking about just now?"

"I'm here with a mission, and for a person with a mission, no emotion can be contaminated. However, since I had children, I could no longer carry out my mission, and I couldn't do it. ”

The woman hid her face and seemed to be crying.

"I don't care what kind of past you have, from now on you have to abandon everything and live for the sake of your children. ”

The woman didn't reply, just went inside and took care of it.

After that, Zhao Lu said goodbye and left, and said to Zhao Hu that he would definitely come to visit again if he had the opportunity.

(Fourteen years ago, Sichuan Mansion) "It turned out that Master Zhang arranged one of his beautiful henchmen on the Hushan Cliff." This trick is clever, Zhao Hu never imagined that his wife was actually a secret agent of the imperial court. Hahahaha..."

"But, my lord, it's been two years, is there any possibility for this spy to defect to the enemy, is it reliable?"

"Every killer has a handle in the hands of the controller when he becomes a killer. ”

"She has a child in my hands. Zhang An showed an evil face.

"Kid?"

"This woman's husband is an assassin killer who can manipulate spiritual magic like her, but his husband was killed by an opponent during a mission, she was pregnant at the time, I secretly hid her, and when the child was born, I immediately asked the child to be taken away and taken care of by the people in the house. Said to take care, in fact, this child is a bargaining chip in my hand, she must obey my orders, if not, then..."

"Your Excellency is really smart, but there is one more thing, your subordinates are unknown, please know it. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"Your Excellency has planted such a tricky eyeliner inside the bandits, why are you delaying it? ”

"This is to blame the former governor of Sichuan, Zhou Dun, I have repeatedly asked for the use of this plan to eradicate bandits, however, this bastard, afraid that I will rob him of his credit, not only did not adopt my opinion, but also asked the emperor to transfer me to the northwest, but unfortunately he was killed by bandits, if he is still here today, I Zhang An will not let him go. Zhang An gritted his teeth and said.

"What my lord said is that Zhou Dun's beast is really innocent. ”

"But now, the thorns I planted in the bandits' dens are finally going to do their job. Action only in these days. We only wait for the Hushan Cliff and Feiyunpu to merge and reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

(Fourteen years ago, Tiger Mountain Cliff.) ）

"Today, my brother Shi Chong is coming to my Dazhai, you go and prepare wine, so that you can entertain my brother. ”

When the woman heard this, a wicked smile appeared on her lips.

Three days ago, the woman had already received a secret letter from Zhang An, asking her to find an opportunity to make Hushanya and Feiyunpu two masters fight.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, Shi Chong came to Hushan Cliff.

Shi rushed in and saw the woman first. So he leaned over and said, "Hello sister-in-law." I wonder where my big brother is?"

"Your eldest brother said in the inner chamber that he had something important to discuss with you. ”

"Important, big brother usually has important things to reveal at the wine table, how can he be summoned in the inner room this time. ”

"Maybe this time it's something extraordinary, you come with me. ”

Shi Chong couldn't figure it out all the way, so he could only follow the woman.

I don't want the woman to take him to his room.

Shi Chong was still kept in the dark, "Why did my sister-in-law bring me here?

The woman didn't say a word, but she was undressing her clothes with both hands, and even exposing one of her smooth arms.

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?" Shi Chong hurriedly lowered his head.

"Come on, save me, come on, help me!" the woman shouted as she threw herself into Shi Chong's arms.

Shi Chong was shocked and at a loss.

Zhao Hu heard the voice, pushed the door in, and saw Shi Chong holding his wife in his arms, who was disheveled. Punch and hit.

Shi Chong is difficult to defend even if he is a hundred mouths.

Zhao Hu beat Shi Chong and detained him.

So the two bandit forces of Hushan Cliff and Feiyunpu fought.

In the battle, more than half of the casualties on both sides were killed, and while the two sides were fighting, the woman stabbed Shi Chong to death.

His body was placed in a conspicuous position, and was seen by the bandits of Feiyunpu, and the battle between the two sides became more intense, and in the end, Feiyunpu was destroyed by the bandits of Hushan Cliff because he did not have a big boss, however, there were only more than 100 disabled people left in Hushan Cliff in the end.

The woman secretly sent a secret letter to Zhang An, Zhang An quickly sent officials and soldiers to kill, Zhao Hu led the remnants of the men and horses to meet the battle, and finally died, and the rest of the troops scattered and fled, since then, the two major bandit forces in Sichuan of Hushan Cliff and Feiyunpu have been eliminated.

The woman returned to Zhang An's mansion with Fu in her arms and begged Zhang An to let her see the child she hadn't seen for two years.

Zhang An sent the woman's other child to her, and the five-year-old saw that she was very unfamiliar, and the woman coaxed him in every possible way to hold him in her arms.

"Lord Xie has taken care of my children carefully for two years, and I will never forget your kindness. The woman wept bitterly and thanked her.

Zhang comforted Xu and smiled: "It is also appropriate for you to see the last side of the child." ”

The woman was shocked.

The killer in the room stabbed her in the heart with a sword, and the woman said with blood streaming down her mouth and tears streaming down her face, "Why? Why did you not let me go when I completed the task you gave me, why?"

"Yes, you did your job brilliantly, but for an Assassin, you have corresponded with me for too long and know too much, so you are already a person who should not be alive. ”

"You~~" The woman didn't finish her words, her body fell down and died.

The woman's blood splattered on the five-year-old child's face, and his eyes saw the red-speckled world, and he felt the warmth and smell of blood. He screamed in fear.

Fuyawawa, who was in the woman's arms, cried loudly.

"Kill these two little brutes. Zhang An said.

A killer slashed the throat of a five-year-old boy with a knife, and the boy fell to the ground and died.

Another killer threw a poison dart and stabbed the crying Fu.

At this moment, a sword flew from the air, blocking the dart.

When Zhang An took a closer look, the two-year-old baby was already in the hands of a stranger.

The man carried a wooden box, a hat on his head, and a black mask between his nose and mouth.

"Who are you, dare to spread wild in my mansion and capture him for me. Zhang An said.

The man didn't answer, he came over instantly, retrieved the sword, and took Zhang An as a hostage in his hand without Zhang An feeling it.

"Hero, hero, if you have something to say, you have something to say. Zhang An's voice softened instantly.

"Tell your man to stand back and prepare a fast carriage for me. The man said.

"What are you all doing in a daze, didn't you hear the hero say to let you retreat, all of them retreat for me, and quickly ask someone to prepare the carriage. ”

After that, the man left with Fu.

The person who rescued the ambush was Zhao Lu, who raised Fu in the Spirit Master Gate, and devoted himself to teaching him spiritual art and swordsmanship, making him one of the eight protectors of the Spirit Guardian Temple.

Zhao Lu often recalled the exchange with Fu's mother that night, and often sighed: "I heard that the bandits in Hushan Cliff and the bandits in Feiyunpu are composed of displaced people, although they robbed, they robbed the rich and helped the poor, they were righteous bandits, and the Qing Empire was full of displaced people, which can be described as precarious, and they were not appeased by the displaced people, but suppressed, which was the root cause of the empire to its destruction." That woman, who could have embraced happiness but was still in love with the empire, was really sad. However, how can a mother stand idly by while her child is held hostage at the hands of the other party? The world is too complicated, and I should not delve into it further. ”

Zhao Lu treated Fu like his own brother until the moment he died, so he and Fu had a bond for more than ten years, and after his death, it was understandable that Fu had such a reaction.