The wind and snow at the border pass, the light rubbing of the years, the boundless life and death, a song of Qiang flute whimpered, blowing up the hearts of pedestrians and breaking the love of the border pass.

The battlefield was unpredictable, and all the remains of the Xuanjia Army who died in battle could be found and brought back, and they would be buried in a valley outside Yecang City, north of Luojia Mountain; Those who could not even find the remains were also put up in graves. Over the years, the valley has been full of military mounds, so the people in the city also call this valley the military mound valley.

The military mound valley is a naturally formed mountain col, backed by Luojia Mountain, west of Yecang City, originally a valley with dense vegetation, on the flat ground with the gradual rise of the mountain, each step will form a platform that can accommodate one person to pass, until the top of the mountain has a total of twelve steps, after being selected as the burial place of the Xuanjia army, these naturally formed steps happen to become the place to bury the bones of the faithful. According to the rank of the fallen soldiers, the soldiers were buried in the valley, and the higher the rank, the higher the burial place. Song Mi was the lowest-ranking rank in the Xuanjia Army, so he would be buried on the first-order platform.

On the first day of November in the 28th year of the Liang calendar, there was no wind or snow on this day, and it turned out to be a rare sunny day, Song Mi and the eight Xuanjia soldiers were buried in the military mound valley. King Yu led all the soldiers above the rank of lieutenant to stand solemnly, and white cloth bands were tied around their foreheads, left arms, and waists. As a witness to Song Mi's attack, Xuan Shaoning and the Fourth Brigade, under his command, were also allowed to participate. This is the first time Xuan Shaoning came to the military mound valley, all he saw was alpine loess and a lot of tombs, each tomb was set up before a large or small stone tablet, which was engraved with the name and surname of the person who was buried, among these stone tablets such as forests, some were as clean as new, and some had gone through vicissitudes and blurred handwriting.

Four soldiers of the Xuanjia Army slowly walked through the crowd carrying the coffin loaded with Song Mi, and the coffin was covered with the military flag of the Xuanjia Army. When the coffin passed by Xuan Shaoning, he seemed to be able to smell the indescribable unique smell in Song Mi's mouth.

The coffin had been lifted to the top of the first steps, and a bottomless pit had been dug very close to the side of the mountain. With the increasing number of fallen soldiers, in order to reduce the felling of trees on Luojia Mountain, King Yu ordered that all burial mound valleys be placed vertically instead of flat a few years ago.

King Yu walked to the bottom of the steps and said solemnly: "Fall! ”

The two people standing in front of the coffin squatted down and held the coffin, and the two people standing behind them raised and cooperated to slowly send the coffin into the hole. The sound of the urn, which was not loud, came from the coffin that touched the ground, but it was amplified countless times in this quiet military mound valley, and it was transmitted into the hearts of every soldier.

King Yu stepped forward to pick up the shovel and sprinkled the first pinch of loess into the pit, and then all the generals above the rank of lieutenant each completed a shovel until the pit was completely filled.

King Yu stood in front of Song Mi's tomb, holding a glass of wine, and silently sprinkled it on the ground, "Every Xuanjia soldier who is sleeping here is my brother Xiao Yunqi, Xiao Yunqi only mourns you with this thin glass of wine, mourns Song Mi!" ”

"All soldiers take off their helmets!"

Everyone neatly took off their helmets, revealing their slightly messy buns.

King Yu stood at the front and everyone, facing all the military mounds, and bowed deeply three times in a row, and there was no mourning, no crying, not even a sound of gasping during the whole process. The funeral of the Xuanjia Army was simple but solemn, and the living people comforted the robes wiped away in the most military way, and the brothers who were buried here were remembered in the hearts of every living Xuanjia Army soldier.

When he was about to leave, King Yu walked past Xuan Shaoning's side, and seeing that he and everyone in the Fourth Martial Arts did not move, King Yu patted Xuan Shaoning's shoulder with his hand. The withdrawal of the thousands of people was as silent as when they entered, and in a short time, there were only nine people left in the entire Gunzuka Valley.

Xuan Shaoning vaguely remembered that since he entered the academy, he had experienced life and death in the past eight years, but he had never experienced death, and Song Mi, who had been getting along day and night for more than half a year, although he had few serious words but always helped him at critical moments, was now quietly sleeping underground.

Xuan Shaoning finally moved his somewhat numb body, walked to Song Mi's tomb step by step, and knelt down with a plop, "Captain Wu, you have taught me since I entered the barracks, and now is the time for me to repay you, rest assured, I will take care of the brothers of the fourth army!" ”

Stretched out his hand and touched the tombstone engraved with the word Song Mi, the handwriting was strong and red and dazzling, Xuan Shaoning suddenly stood up, I must avenge this revenge! This is Xuan Shaoning's oath to himself.

"Captain Wu, you are our new Captain Wu, brothers will listen to you in the future!"

"Yes, live and die together!"

"Captain!"

Xuan Shaoning turned around silently and looked at these brothers behind him resolutely, "Don't say death easily, with me for a day, I must not break my word to Brother Song!" ”

When they returned to the barracks, Ling Tieying, Ling Feiyan, Shi Gong Zhengyuan and Huo Qing were already waiting, and when they saw Xuan Shaoning appear, Huo Qing was the first to step forward to comfort him: "Shaoning, we firmly believe in your innocence at all times, and I hope you don't feel too sad." ”

"You have a lot to do now, you need to pull yourself together." After Ling Feiyan finished speaking, he looked at his father, and Ling Tieying walked over and handed over a sandalwood box. This is an ordinary wooden box that can no longer be ordinary, and the only difference is that it is engraved with the word "Xuanjia". Xuan Shaoning opened it and saw that it contained an armband, an armband embroidered with a silver wolf's head, and the word "Wu" below the wolf's head.

"I'll officially hand over the armband of the captain of the Cold Sword Guard!" Ling Tieying said very solemnly, and the armband is an honor and a responsibility. Xuan Shaoning nodded vigorously to show his determination.

"Since you're here, come in and sit down." Xuan Shaoning let the four of them into the military tent. The commander of the Xuanjia Army does not have an independent living account, but he has an independent account, which originally belonged to Song Mi, and now the owner has been replaced by Xuan Shaoning. When Song Mi was buried, his armor followed his master, and everything else remained the same.

Xuan Shaoning understands the basic etiquette of dealing with people, and the army is simple, but Song Mi still has the most common earthen tea for hospitality. When Xuan Shaoning opened the cabinet, in addition to the tea box, there was also a porcelain jar with a glazed white body that attracted his attention. Not because of how unique or delicate the jar is, but because there is a red inscription on the can, which reads: Annam White. This is something from the Bai family in Annam? Xuan Shaoning immediately thought of Bai Luoyao's unstained, pure and flawless face. Out of curiosity, he unscrewed the lid, and immediately a smell of medicine came out. This smell is familiar, where have you smelled it?

Come to think of it! It's Song Mi! When he spoke, he always had a unique smell that was sometimes strong and sometimes light, which was not a good smell, but with the experience of Qingshan Academy learning pharmacology with Yin Li, Xuan Shaoning still remembered this taste, who would have thought that the source would come from here.

When I took out the contents, it looked no different from ordinary tea, if it weren't for the smell, I was afraid that it would be ordinary tea. This is not a special thing in itself, and Song Mi has passed away, even if he took medicine before his death, it is understandable, as a soldier, who does not have a little injury on his body? But his intuition told Xuan Shaoning that since this medicine came from the Bai family, there might be some secrets in it.

"Shaoning, are you alright?" Seeing Xuan Shaoning standing alone in front of the cabinet, Huo Qing asked uneasily, this greeting brought Xuan Shaoning back to his senses, "I'm fine!" Taking advantage of the unpreparedness, he pushed the jar into the deepest part of the cabinet until it was no longer visible in the darkness.

"Yesterday there were a lot of people, and it was inconvenient to talk about the inside story in detail, but now I can say it." Back at the mansion, King Yu retreated left and right, leaving only Mo Chengfeng in the mansion.

"Does Your Highness look familiar with that arrow?" Mo Chengfeng took out the arrow that had been put into the brocade box again, "Such a unique arrow can be found except for him, and in the past twenty years, his subordinates have never seen it again." ”

"Could it really be him?" King Yu's eyes were both worried and afraid, but also hidden expectations and surprises, "Is he still alive?" ”

"An arrow piercing the clouds is the ancestral secret art of the Huangfu family, the arrow is specially made, and the matching bow is also unique in the world, such a unique archery method can only be inherited by the man in the family who is both talented and can practice hard. I think that Huangfu Hongwen relied on this arrow to take the life of the general of the Tang Dynasty, quelled the rebellion of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, and made the Tang Dynasty dare not offend my Liang again in ten years! ”

"I have heard about these glorious battles countless times in the army since I was a child, but twenty years ago, the Huangfu family was beheaded because of its involvement in party disputes, and even involving the secrets of the royal family.

"This arrow is confirming!" Mo Chengfeng became a little emotional, "Every arrow of the Huangfu family will be engraved with the family emblem on the body of the arrow. ”

"But this arrow doesn't have it?"

"I'm afraid that the deep meaning is to announce to the world that the Huangfu family is not extinct, and 'an arrow through the clouds' will reappear in the world, which is a signal of revenge!" Speaking of this, Mo Chengfeng's face was already flushed.

King Yu found the change in Mo Chengfeng's mood, "Whether it is the remnants of the Huangfu family or someone using the Huangfu family as a cover, this matter must be investigated." ”

"What Your Highness said is very true, leave this matter to me!"

"Don't be busy for the time being, listen to Junmao's return."

Mo Chengfeng subconsciously looked outside the house, and the dusty Xia Junmao walked in quickly, and it was only then that Mo Chengfeng remembered that he didn't see Xia Junmao in the Junzun Valley today, and it turned out that he went out of the city to investigate.

"The last general will see the general, Master Mo!"

"What's the catch?"

"The footprints of our army are still there, and there are indeed suspicious footprints twenty steps away from the place where Song Mi was attacked, but they have been destroyed by the time the general arrives, but those suspicious footprints only exist in one place."

"Are there tall trees at that pile of footprints?"

"Exactly! Right between two tall pine trees! ”

"Could it be that they have been lying in ambush there for a long time?"

"According to the general's speculation, some people have figured out the habit of our military and civilians going to the playground to collect pasture, and chose a team of men and horses to attack in order to lead us out of the city to investigate, and they have already ambushed on Liubo Mountain, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack."

"But who are they targeting? Who do you want to investigate? And how can you be sure that the target will definitely enter the ambush circle? Also, Song Mi is just a captain, will it be their target? What is the intention of deliberately shooting a military commander? Mo Chengfeng threw out a bunch of questions in one breath, there is no doubt that even King Yu and Xia Junmao could not answer these questions.

"Jun Mao, you need to continue to pay more attention to this matter!"

"Yes, General!"

"Your Highness, let me help Captain Xia, right?"

"It's okay, with Master Mo, things can be more helpful to do."