On the afternoon of the third day of the first month of the eleventh year of Emperor Shaojing, in the city of Shengjing

The New Year is over, the joy in the city has not disappeared, the past pedestrians know and do not know, all hug their fists and say "congratulations", although the face is still full of hard work for a year's livelihood, although the heart still has the worry about the next year's rations, but, at this moment, those things can be temporarily let go, in this year for the most important festival for the summer people, joy and hope, is the first thing.

The snow-stained streets are still littered with the debris of firecrackers, and although some shops have already opened, only a small number of shops, accounting for more than 80% of the shops, will not open until the 15th day of the first lunar month, which is the festival called "Lantern Festival".

The city is the Shengjing City of the Quartet, the side is five miles long, it is the first big city in the north of Hebei, the city that was built at the earliest for the garrison of the army, to this day, there are still traces of the extremely heavy military fortress: the city is strong, the arrow tower is planted all over the needless to say, the tallest and eye-catching building in the city is also completely different from the cities in the interior: it is not the pagoda Dharma temple or the famous building, but the five key parts of the city, all built with huge stones, more than ten zhang high, can monitor any corner of the city, can also suppress the pavilion of the main road with the rain of arrows, and there are wells dug inside the pavilionIn the early history of Shengjing City, there was an outer city that was broken by the Xiang army when the early winter snowfall, the defender led the remnants of the army to defend the pavilions, fought hard in May, entangled the main force of the Xiang people and could not go south, and finally waited until the spring snow melted, the southern Hebei army arrived, the inside should be combined with the outside, and the glorious record of 30,000 people and iron horsemen were all wiped out in the city, and there was also because of the cowardice of the guards, and when there was still a war, the initiative to abandon the city, and lead the army and their families and cronies to retreat into the pavilion, The humiliating past of throwing the people of the city to the slaughter of the enemy.

The white horse has passed through the gap, time flies, today's Shengjing City, has not tasted the taste of the city for about a thousand years, in recent decades, there is no sword soldier at all, the five have witnessed countless glory, countless sad boulder pavilions have been crawling over the traces of the years, and gradually lost the original "meaning". More of them represent and carry "history", such as five old men who have been prosperous and once at the head of the tide, indifferently looking down on all the joys and sorrows in Shengjing City...

Established in the plain area, Shengjing City is about 70 miles away from Changbai Mountain, although the mountain is shaken, Shengjing City is almost not affected, in fact, except for a few people with a heart, most of the people are almost unaware of the changes that occurred in Changbai Mountain.

And, one of the people with a heart, at this moment, is staying in the closest place to the "sky" in Shengjing City, which is also the top floor of the "central guarding pavilion" among the five major guarding pavilions, with his hands behind his back, frowning, and looking at the sky outside.

The earthquake had struck about an hour before, and he'd been here ever since, frowning and looking out.

He was waiting, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for "someone else" to act.

The wait was boring, but he didn't care, and for a whole hour of waiting, except for a few brief orders to his subordinates at first, he had been silently watching outside, without any impatient expression on his face.

He had long been accustomed to waiting: in his life so far he had been waiting almost constantly, from bowing his head to his ears, waiting for fourteen years to finally find an opportunity to poison his own father and take the throne; To be willing to give in, after waiting for six years, he finally found an opportunity to raid with elite soldiers to uproot the "Xiangtian Han Family", which is also a veteran family in northern Hebei, he always kept waiting, and then, after a momentary outbreak, he entered a new round of waiting.

He was used to waiting.

All along, when educating the elite children of the clan, he would always say:

"There are only two states in life, one is waiting and the other is harvesting."

"The strong can reap the harvest immediately, and the weak must wait patiently."

"The so-called success is to have enough determination and stamina to be willing to wait ninety-nine times in exchange for that harvest."

The sun shone in and shone on his face, a face that had turned white and was full of wrinkles, and the two eyes, though divine, had been buried by the countless deep grooves carved by the wind sword and frost sword. The fifty-fifth head of the Changbai Gongsun family, Gongsun Bosi, he is already a sixty-two-year-old man.

The top of the pavilion is still quite spacious, it is a square with a side length of about two zhang, behind Gongsun Bosi, in the shadows, there is also a person sitting, Eguan Bo belt, the demeanor is very great, the eyebrows have been white, it seems to be very patient, just sit quietly, and do not speak.

With the sound of footsteps, a Tsing Yi Fang Shi walked forward quickly, lowered his hand and said respectfully: "General Hui, the few people who live in the Su Fang Inn have just left the city from the north gate and gone to the mountain. ”

Hearing this news, the corners of Gongsun Bosi's mouth twitched slightly, and said, "Very good." ”

"Then I will tell you to go down and act according to the previous arrangement."

The priest whispered, "Yes," and looked at the figure in the shadows, but stopped talking and quickly retreated.

The man in the shadow smiled slightly and said, "Brother Gongsun, His Majesty seems to be a little worried." ”

Gongsun Bosi didn't look back, but said coldly: "Weitai has always been meticulous and thoughtful, knowing that there are people in the 'Thirteen Yamen' of the Imperial Palace, how can they ignore it?" ”

The man smiled and said, "It's just a second-class palace eunuch, plus a secretary and a provincial official, will it also make Mr. Liu so worried?" ”

Gongsun Bosi suddenly turned his head and glanced at the man, his eyes were like electricity, but he said slowly: "Mr. Jiaoli is so angry, even the people of the 'Thirteen Yamen' are idle, do you really think that our plans can be hidden from the eyes and ears of the old man in the inner court?" ”

The old man, "Mr. Kakuri", smiled, got up slowly, but said, "General Gongsun, don't be bored." ”

"Although Gonggong Zhong is famous all over the world, but the conspiracy between our two families here has always been the top secret of the two families, although Gonggong Zhong is good, he is still a human body after all, it is impossible for him to really know everything, right?"

"Besides, if the general trend is today, Jizhou is already in the hands of Sun Wu, and the decree is not outside the gate, Your Majesty should really dislike the general, what can you do?"

As he spoke, the noise of noise, footsteps, and the sound of leather iron striking had come from below, and Mr. Kakuri moved out of the window, glanced down, and said with a smile: "Good military appearance." He stopped talking, only bowed his hand to Gongsun Bo Siwei, then turned away, and when he was about to reach the door, he suddenly stopped, turned around and smiled: "General Gongsun, there is still something I don't understand." Mr. Liu knew that the two were here, but why couldn't he know where they were staying? Seeing that Gongsun Bosi didn't answer silently, he didn't think he was angry, he just smiled and left.

After nearly another cup of tea, the Tsing Yi Fang Shi "Liu Weitai" pushed the curtain in again and said, "Go back to the general, the people of the Liu family have gone far away." ”

Gongsun Bosi nodded slightly and said, "Very good, please let those two adults come in." But suddenly I heard an extremely ugly voice say, "No need to please." ”

"We've arrived."

As he spoke, the two black-clothed men had pushed Liu Weitai away, and they entered with a high spirit, and the current one looked thin and arrogant, and he did not give courtesy, but only arched his hand, and said, "General Gongsun, you are doing a good job." ”

When the two of them came in, Gongsun Bosi had already turned around, and as soon as the man in black finished speaking, he had already clenched his fists and said, "Father-in-law is polite." ”

He also said: "Please forgive my father-in-law for the loss of etiquette in Fang Cai's words." ”

The man in black nodded prickly and said, "General Gongsun is loyal to the country, and our family naturally understands." ”

"Old man Zhong has something to say: This matter is important and related to the overall situation, please General Gongsun handle it properly, since the general has the emperor in his heart, then our family has nothing to worry about."

"The old man Zhong has another saying: If this matter is successful, General Gongsun will be the hero of the country, and he will not say that Yongzhen is in the north of Xinjiang, and he will only wait for the general to enter the prime minister, and he will also say that this place is the general's town, and I am not familiar with the place, so we must not interfere indiscriminately, and everything will be handled by the general at his own discretion."

When the man in black spoke, Gongsun Bosi always stood with his fists clenched and looked respectful, until the man in black finished speaking, Fang was busy and said: "This 'please' word, I really dare not take it seriously, I didn't take it as an emperor, and I didn't serve it, just because I was lonely and invincible, so there were many false ways to survive, as long as my father-in-law could understand that he didn't have a little heart, and he knew the middle father-in-law and the emperor on behalf of him, so that Zhibo Si was bitter, and he didn't feel loved. ”

He also said: "Before the two younger brothers led the army into the mountain first, and before they went, they did their best to turn Changbai Mountain downward, and they were determined to do this for His Majesty." Saying that, coughing, Liu Weitai saw the opportunity to step over, handed over the two small jade boxes to the man in black, and said with a smile: "The two adults have worked hard here, I am in the snow field in Shengjing, there is nothing good to honor the two adults, just a little Tuyi, not a respect, please smile." ”

The black-clothed man was very tense in front of him, and then he nodded slowly, and said: "General Gongsun is loyal to the country, it is really sincere, and after returning to Beijing, he will make it clear to His Majesty." After a few more words, Fang went away.

Seeing the two of them go out, Gongsun Bosi's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and he sneered: "Two useless wastes, the thirteen yamen have fallen to this point, what is there to fear?!" ”

Liu Weitai bowed early and said: "Back to the general, the two generals have been right, and the general can immediately lead the army out of the city." ”

He also said: "Mr. Jiaoli has also taken people out of the city, but that Mr. Yun is still in the city and has not left. ”

Gongsun Bo Si strode towards the door, and said in his mouth: "Don't worry, he is ready to deal with that gelding, Shaoqing will definitely go out of the city, you just take care of the city, don't mess with him..."

A moment later, the panic in Shengjing City reappeared, and under the personal command of Gongsun Bosi, a total of about 1,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry marched out of the city in a long snake formation.

… Plus, there's an episode.

In the most high-end restaurant in Shengjing City, in the most exquisite elegant room, the bloody atmosphere flowed, suppressing the smell of wine and coriander.

The two corpses lay on the ground, their faces still full of horror and disbelief, and dozens of wounds were made around them, and the wounds were extremely thin but extremely deep, as if they had been cut with a paper knife.

"Waste."

muttered, the murderer kicked the two of them, searched out the money and belongings in their arms, and quietly went, but it was Yun Feiyang, who had been in Jinzhou and Yun Chongbo for a while.

And he didn't know that after he had left, before the catchers and the servants had made a fuss, the curtain of the elegant seat had been lifted, and a sharp gaze, after carefully examining everything in the room, had quietly retreated without attracting any attention.

(Sure enough, as Gonggong Zhong expected, the Liu family has begun to show their anti-intentions nakedly...) ）

"Ahh

While jumping on his feet, he spat the snow water in his mouth vigorously until he felt better, and Yun Chongbo, who had just come out of a large snowdrift, stopped his movements and looked around.

At first glance, there are still tall snow-capped peaks in the distance, but the shape is completely different, and at the same time it is steeper or twisted, it appears much taller, and suddenly there are two huge cliffs around it, forming a spreading snow valley with a width of about 100 paces, and it zigzags into the mountains. In the snow valley, in addition to the snow drifts and broken stones, there are also many broken trees and animal corpses that have been destroyed by the earthquake.

The cliff formed by the crack of the ground has not yet had time to freeze the ice and snow, naked towards this desolate snowfield, the cliff is nearly a hundred zhang high, steep and difficult to climb, the colors of the green daisy are distributed according to the original stone belt, the depth is different, constituting a huge and strange picture, like the gods who carnivaled at the beginning of the primeval period, were suppressed because they angered the emperor, and did not recover from the ground until they slept for millions of years, and began to peep into this new world.

Nearly 100 zhang, almost upright cliffs, in the middle of which there are few small ups and downs that can be climbed, is the poet's so-called "apes want to cross the sorrow and climb, so that people wither their faces".

… And, very unfortunately, Yun Chongbo, he happened to fall in this snow valley.

(Oh my God...) ）

When he finally realized that he had been thrown into this huge snow valley in the earthquake just now, Yun Chongbo only felt that his eyes were dizzy, and he almost wanted to hit his head on the ground and pass out again.

(If you want to say it well, save people to the end, kill people to death, since God you didn't let me fall to my death in the earthquake, then why can't I do it, just let me fall on the snow valley...) ）

However, when the matter had come to this point, self-pity was obviously the most inefficient move, and after a long sigh, Yun Chongbo had no choice but to cheer up and began to try to find a way out of the snow valley. And, at this time, it was very strange that he was not free to think of Xiao Wenshuang first.

(If Wenshuang rushes back now, she's going to die in a hurry, no, I must think of something to hurry up...) ）

When thinking like this, Yun Chongbo's hand instinctively contracted, confirming that he was still holding it in his hand, although at this time, there seemed to be no difference between having a knife and not having a knife, but having a sea in his hand still made him feel a lot more relaxed.

Then he heard voices, the sound of crawling out of the snowdrift and stomping his clothes.

(Someone else dropped here?) That's great! ）

It seems to be a bit of a schadenfreude, but it is a joy from the heart, and in this context that can almost make people "despair", knowing that there are people to keep you company is, no matter what, it is indeed a joyful thing.

Turning around, Yun Chongbo was about to say hello, but a scream scattered all his preparations.

"You... It also fell?!! ”

The owner of the screaming was, of course, the Yuntai girl that Yun Chongbo already knew, but the object of the screaming was not him, but another one-armed young man who had just come out of the snowdrift. Among the three, he is also the only one who can maintain his calm bearing.

Responding to the girl's screams with a smile, he briefly looked around, then strode over to Yun Chongbo and stretched out his right hand.

"In Xia Cao Fengxiao, Brother Yun, we are really fateful."

In the eleventh year of Emperor Shaojing, on the third day of the first lunar month, in the Changbai Mountains, Yun Chongbo met Cao Fengxiao for the first time, at this moment, neither of them thought that although it was just a polite remark, this sentence can be called the best portrayal of the relationship between the two since then.

is also friend and foe, entangled, the half-life grudge between the "Taiping Heavenly Knife" and the "One-armed Zhilin", from this moment on, finally starts...

After inspecting the surrounding environment, the three of them finally confirmed that they were the only living people in the snow valley, and at this time, the three of them had also passed their names, although they were still a little hesitant at first, but when Sun Yugong found out that Yun Chongbo had no concept of her or Cao Fengxiao's name at all, he was a little disappointed at the same time, but also a little happy.

(It's nice to finally meet a silly boy who doesn't know who I am...) ）

Originally, it seemed that holding on to the situation was a more reliable option for those who were completely ignorant of their surroundings, but when the aftershocks struck, the snow valley shook, and a large amount of snow rolled down from above, the three of them had to flee to the depths of the snow valley despite their reluctance. In the process, Cao Fengxiao also released a fireworks signal to the sky, hoping to get in touch with Cao Zhisi, Cao Wenhe, who is still unknown to the whereabouts of Jiuquer, but received no response.

As for Sun Yugong, he was able to leave Shi Wenlong and the others far away, and he was still too happy to be happy, so how could he take the initiative to contact him? Cao Fengxiao was naturally interested in it, and he didn't mention it at all.

After running wildly for nearly three miles with their backs to the avalanche, the three of them slowed down and calmed down a little. In this process, Yun Chongbo, who has been hunting in the mountains since childhood, has great natural advantages, runs the fastest, and takes on the task of opening the road and choosing the road, not to mention, but also turns back several times to help the two: the slowest among the three is Cao Fengxiao, if it weren't for Yun Chongbo and even pulling and helping, he was almost caught up by an avalanche several times, although Sun Yugong was light and agile, but he also had a dangerous fall by a falling rock, all relying on Yun Chongbo to stop and save in time, which naturally made Yun Chongbo's authority rise, and when he was humble about the gratitude of the two, Yun Chongbo's heart, is even more delighted:

(Of the three, it seems that my kung fu is the best, amazing, really amazing...) ）

All along, Yun Chongbo has always followed the side of others with the consciousness of the "weak", whether it is the Five Tiger Generals or Xiao Wenshuang, they are the objects that make him willing to obey, and in the days when he walked with Hua Shengrong, he has always been advocated by Hua Shengrong, and never felt that he could give any advice to this old Jianghu oilman.

The matter of the "lewd thief" Yunyun, Yun Chongbo naturally asked Sun Yugong for a long time, but he couldn't think of Sun Yugong's tricks, seeing that the explanation was not enough, he simply put on a posture of "anyway, I just don't say", just smiled sweetly, the smile was lazy, and cute, although Yun Chongbo faintly felt that he was most likely to be a big fool and mistaken for a hero, but when he saw Sun Yugong's sweet smile, he couldn't get angry, and after half the weather, he finally ended up stupid, but he hated in his heart and said: "Dead girl, lie to your grandfather... Uh, uncle... Uh, it's better to be a big brother..."Fang knew that he was really useless, so he scolded people in his heart and didn't dare to take advantage of them too much.

He didn't know that Sun Yugong grew up in Yuntai Mountain since he was a child, and Sun couldn't love it like a treasure, needless to say, the generals of Yuntai regarded it as a pearl, all over the mountain, except for a heavenly crape myrtle, no one could control it a little, that is, sometimes he was out of line, and he just pretended to be cute with a shy face.

Seeing this, Cao Fengxiao just smiled, but he was afraid that Yun Chongbo would be unhappy, so he explained a few words with Yan, and faintly hinted that Sun Yugong was born in everyone, and he was spoiled since he was a child, and his temperament was like this. As he was talking, he saw that Yun Chongbo had a lot of worry between his eyebrows, and he was stunned.

But it turned out that Yun Chongbo heard Cao Fengxiao mention that Sun Yugong was favored by his father, and unconsciously thought of Yun Dongxian: he and Yun Dongxian have been separated for nearly two months, although he has no time to take care of him because he is always in the vortex, but the nature of father and son is difficult to forget, every night in the middle of the night, he will always haunt his heart, and he will miss it, and now he is led by Sun Yugong's matter, and he has unconsciously thought again: "Dad and a few uncles don't know what's going on, I hope it's okay..."

Cao Fengxiao asked a few words, knowing that the father and son were separated, he was very sympathetic, and saw that Yun Chongbo was unknown, and knew that there was another hidden situation, and it was inconvenient to ask more, so he knew the opportunity to stop, and walked for a while, seeing that Yun Chongbo was still a little sad, he suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Brother Yun, it is easy to learn since childhood, but I still know some divination techniques, if you don't dislike it, I'll test it for you?" ”

Before Yun Chongbo could answer, Sun Yugong had already heard it, turned back, and said with a smile: "Okay, good, I like to watch people tell fortunes the most, you can tell fortunes, why didn't you say it earlier..."

Speaking of which, Yun Chongbo actually didn't believe much in these divination and calculation techniques, but now he is really concerned, secondly, there is no other thing in the Snow Valley, and thirdly, he can't resist Sun Yugong's blind entanglement, so he smiled and said: "Okay, Brother Cao, you can calculate it for me." ”

And said: "But I don't know how to calculate?" ”

Cao Fengxiao said with a smile: "This place is remote, there is nothing to burn and occupy, I can't say, only to test the word, Brother Yun, you are thinking about what you want in your heart, so write a word on this ground, and wait for me to test it." ”

Yun Chongbo said in his heart: "What else is going on, of course it's Daddy and them." Then he picked a branch, wanted to draw a "father" word on the snow, but felt that the branch was not very suitable, threw it aside, took off the waist to the sea, tried to row a row, and heartache to go to the sea, afraid of being polluted by the snow water, with the foot of the snow to pull away the snow, straight to see the black soil below, with the sea on the ground to draw out a "father" word, he has only hunted in the mountains since he was a child, the work on the text is not good, at the moment the mood is nervous, the guy in the hand should not be handed, trembling, crooked, easy to draw out a "father" word, but ugly, The top is a "eight" prefix, which he wrote sticky together, like a "nine", and the cross at the bottom is loosely written, on both sides, like an "eight", if he didn't say that he was going to write a "father" word, it was really not easy to see.

After finishing writing, Sun Yugong had already sneered at him, Yun Chongbo also felt ashamed, and when he wanted to erase the rewrite with his feet, he was stopped by Cao Fengxiao and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's the best, and the best way to see the true heart and true temperament is in it, so it can be measured accurately." ”

In fact, Cao Fengxiao has always only learned the wisdom of soldiers, and only learned some talisman spells from Cao Wen and Cao Zhongde. Seeing that Yun Chongbo was uneasy, he had a plan to relieve him, so he naturally didn't care how Yun Chongbo could write. Although he doesn't know how to measure, he likes to be scheming, knowledgeable, and has always given a few words, and he has already said that Yun Chongbo is full of joy, although he doesn't believe it, his heart is much more comfortable.

The three of them talked all the way forward, but they didn't feel that the snow valley was lonely, but they saw that the snow valley was getting deeper and deeper, and the cliffs on both sides were getting higher and higher, but they couldn't help but be worried.

In fact, if Yiyun Chongbo meant, he should have stopped and turned back, but first, there was a roar behind him, and the snow and stones were still falling, and secondly, Sun Yugong was in high spirits, and he couldn't wait to double the depth ahead, and the risk was doubled. After working hard several times, all of them threw away their armor and returned, and they were very depressed, but they had to comfort themselves: "Anyway, there are no people everywhere in this mountain." The earthquake shook like this, and the place was probably destroyed, and of course Wenshuang wouldn't wait for me stupidly there when she came back, she was much smarter than me, and there must be a way to find me..."

Yun Chongbo is heartless, Sun Yugong is unhindered, the two of them go all the way, there is nothing superfluous to speculate, only Cao Fengxiao is alone, and he is also talking and laughing on the big face, without hindrance, a pair of eyes seem to be careless, but in fact, he has been scanning around, not missing any details, and he has repeatedly calculated countless times earlier in his heart,

("Heaven and earth are chaotic, the dragon is here", if you look at it from this point of view, this earthquake should be the best clue, I just hate that I can't contact the above for a while, with my strength, it is difficult to investigate deeply, I hope that I will not miss my father's entrustment... ）

In contemplation, a strange feeling suddenly made Cao Zhongxiao change color, and at the same time as he raised his head, his whole body fell into a slight paralysis, but there seemed to be a strong desire and excitement, which stirred up in his body and shook him.

(This feeling seems to be the feeling every time I confront Zhongde, but it is not him, just a similarity...) ）

At the same time, Cao Fengxiao also found that on his side, Yun Chongbo and Sun Yugong were at a loss, and he didn't feel the same way as himself.

When he realized that this was actually the feeling of "meeting an opponent in chess, he will meet a good talent", Cao Fengxiao Nayong also had a calm and smiling face, and he couldn't help but twitch violently, fortunately, he reacted very quickly, and he recovered in a blink of an eye, Sun Yugong didn't notice it at all, although Yun Chongbo seemed to be aware, but he just glanced at him, and when he saw that there was nothing unusual, he didn't pay much attention.

They didn't know that Cao Fengxiao's back was already soaked.

(It will give me such a sense of oppression, so strong...) Who is it? Could it be the gentleman on Yuntai Mountain? Still is... ）

Cao Fengxiao's heart felt extremely shocked, but Sun Yugong and Yun Chongbo, who were close at hand, didn't feel it at all, just because, in some fields, they didn't even have the qualifications to push the door in, which was equivalent to a baby who didn't know people, but would be more fearless of tigers and wolves than veterans who had been hunting for more than ten years.

"Strength" is only a third-rate or even lower level, Cao Fengxiao is not the kind of strong person, but in terms of wisdom and strategy, he has always been considered to be among the top 20 people today. In the battle of Sanbao, he fought in front of the battle, fought and fought wit, resolved many arrangements of the Dong family one by one, and did not hesitate to use the strategy of "Wang Zuo's broken arm" to harm himself to win, his reputation was even more stable, and Cao Zhongde, who was originally called "Yecheng Shuangbi" with him, gradually threw away, and began to be known in the world as the "one-armed divine machine", and he has begun to be slowly compared with Tianji Ziwei or Zhong Gonggong and others. He is not an arrogant person, but he will never be arrogant, he weighs himself several times in his heart, and often leaps and desires, just hoping to have the opportunity to meet these two wise men in the world who have already become "legends". But he also knew that these two people were too big, and the strength in their hands was too strong, and they were definitely not the existence that the Cao family could provoke at this moment, so they just thought about it, and they didn't dare to have the idea of "taking it seriously". At this moment, when he suddenly realized that there seemed to be a wise man nearby, and he gradually made himself feel that "the mountains are looking up", Cao Fengxiao, how could he not be shocked and frightened?

(But, anyway, you still want me to walk in front of you first, right?) ）

Questioning and surprised, Cao Fengxiao was engrossed in his attention and slowly turned the corner in front of him.

(Hmm, that's weird, what does that feel like...) ）

Frowning slightly, the handsome-looking, white-clothed young man with a lupine scarf turned his attention away from the scroll in his hand, turned his head, and looked at the towering peaks that had begun to be painted with a faint mixture of black and gray as the twilight faded.

(Familiar, yet strong, could it be that Zhongda himself came?) Or, my cheap junior brother? But they shouldn't be that idle... ）

Thinking deeply, he would not miss any movement around him, and when Sven Long and Phantom Ji appeared in the twilight, he had already turned around, stretched out his hand, and smiled, "You two have worked hard. ”

At the same time, beside him, a giant man who had been sitting on the ground with his head down and holding a spear in his hand, as if he was sleeping, also moved slightly, muttered something, but was vague, did not get up, and was silent again.

Shi Wenlong's face was ashamed, and he hugged his fists and said: "Back to the military division, Wenlong is incompetent and failed to take the young master back." ”

After a pause, he said: "Before the earthquake, the young master was actually picked up, but he was disturbed by a baby who was killed in a horizontal stab, and then met Cao Ye's two dry words, and then encountered an earthquake, and the young master was also separated in the chaos." ”

Tianji Ziwei smiled lightly and said, "It's okay, the young master is auspicious, and it will be fine." But he seemed to be very interested in the "baby", and asked carefully, and when he heard Shi Wenlong say that Yun Chongbo actually knew about Sun Can's unique magic skill "Seventy-two Transformations of Chaotian", he paid great attention to it, and interrogated carefully, Fang frowned and said: "You actually know the seventy-two changes of the Great Sage?" What a strange baby, could it be the child mentioned by the Great Sage? But, what should he do now—" suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "Who is it?!" ”

At the same time as the question, the big man with the gun shot up, held the middle of the gun in his right hand, and slammed it to the ground, and immediately saw that the ground cracked, and the cracks rushed forward like a dragon, and rushed straight to a snowdrift about ten zhang away!

"Hell-headed thing, get out!"

With the sound of several barrels of gunpowder exploding at the same time, the snowdrift exploded from the middle, and the snowflakes flew sideways, and when everything was calm again, the huge snowdrift was gone, and only a tall and thin man in black remained, standing with his fists clenched.

"Disciple Zhong Zhao, see Uncle Shi."

Looking at the big man who had lazily sat back on the snow with a gun in his hands with an "appreciation" eye, Tianji Ziwei did not speak immediately, but paced a few steps, slowly looking at the man in black who called himself "Zhong Zhao".

The man was not very old, only twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a long thin face, his eyes were not big, and he seemed to be squinting as if he couldn't open them, but he didn't mean to be lazy at all, and his whole body only showed a smell of spirit and strength, and the style of black clothes on his body was very simple, but it was cut according to the rules of the palace.

"Call me uncle? What a mouthless guy..."

said lightly, but did not ask, so that the man who was already ready to speak was also slightly stunned, and when Fang was anxious about how to deal with it, Tianji Ziwei suddenly said: "How many of your senior brothers are there?" The tone is slow, but it is already on top, which is the gift of the elder to ask questions about his nephew.

Zhong Zhao's shoulders trembled slightly, and finally he still hugged his fists and said: "Back to Uncle Shi, there are three people in the same door." ”

Tianji Ziwei glanced at him and said, "Three of you? So, you're number two? ”

Zhong Zhao's body fought again, and he lost his voice and said, "You..." "But I forgot to call Uncle Shi again.

Tianji Ziwei smiled coldly and muttered, "Qin Zhao Gao, Qin Zhao Gao!" ”

"Zhongda's father-in-law's method of naming is really clever..."

Zhong Zhao had fully recovered at this time, and bowed down again and said: "My father-in-law has something to say, if Mr. Dao has any slight remarks about my brother's name, he will teach me to remind Mr. that the word crape myrtle is not something that people should use lightly." ”

Tianji Ziwei was stunned for a moment, suddenly raised her head and laughed, and said, "Good, good, well said!" ”

Fu said: "That is not the case, Zhong Da has already taught you if he wants to come, if I ask him why he didn't come here in person, how should he answer?" The tone was already very contemptuous, and it seemed that Zhong Zhao was an ordinary errand talker.

Zhong Zhao's face did not move, he bowed slightly, and said: "My father-in-law has something to say, although the matter here is important, it is not the overall business, and he only teaches his disciples to adapt to changes, and he is not responsible for success or failure." ”

Tianji Ziwei laughed and said, "Oh? Does Chung Tat have a big breath now? ”

"Something related to the luck of the world, he actually said that he can 'be blamed for success or failure'?"

Fu waved his hand again: "You're good, go ahead." ”

Zhong Zhao bowed to the ground and said, "Uncle Xie." He didn't turn around, but went backwards like that.

It wasn't until he was far away that Tianji Ziwei raised his left hand, slowly patted his chest with the white feather fan, and muttered: "'Success or failure is not responsible'? That is to say, Zhongda, he is already in my place..."

Fu looked in the direction of Zhong Zhao and said with a smile: "This kid is also very interesting." ”

The big man sitting on the ground snorted and said, "Ask the military advisor, why do you know that the gelding dog has been tricked from the four words 'success or failure is not responsible'?" ”

Tianji Zi smiled and said: "There is no it, just because, those four words are not Zhong Da's words, but Zhong Zhao, this kid, because he is not angry with my contempt, made his own anger to me." ”

"Zhongda, how could you come up with such unconscionable words?"

The big man's voice moved slightly, and he said, "What does the military advisor mean?" ”

Tianji Ziwei smiled slightly, but suddenly said: "That kid is also fateful." ”

"Scheming, resourcefulness, and reaction are all first-class qualifications, and they can find us one step ahead of the Gongsun family of the head snake."

"There's only a little vanity, and I want to fight for a breath of leisure."

"If it weren't for that, how could I teach him to be born?"

Fu said again: "General Dongfang, General Shi, General Phantom." ”

Shi Huan's body shook and his fists at the same time, and the big man also got up, picked up his fists, raised them above his head, and said in a deep voice: "Not yet." ”

Tianji Ziwei turned around with her hand, looked around at the snow-covered mountains that had gradually turned dark, and said lightly: "The time, the place, the people, I have all ready." ”

"Ten years of savings, moving quietly, the great cause of the great sage dominating the world, will start tonight, as long as things are taken care of properly, after the summer, my Yuntai army will have enough capital to attack Jizhou and sweep the world!"

His voice was not fast, and his tone was not high, but it was extremely infectious, and the three generals were all moved by his speech, and said in unison: "Obey the orders of the military division!" ”

"What is this?"

The first to react was Sun Yugong, and although Yun Chongbo and Cao Fengxiao's reactions were not as unstable as her, they were also stunned, full of shock.

After bypassing the huge falling rock in front of him, the snow valley, which had spread for more than ten miles and had no trace of being interrupted, turned out to... Gone.

Instead of the snow-white cliffs, there are two gloomy cliffs with deep ochre yellow, mixed with dark red like blood and disorderly lines, the two cliffs are extremely close, and there is only a winding path in the middle that is only a few feet wide, which seems to be extremely deep.

The "darkness" is completely different from the ordinary dark night, it seems to be a living creature, a living creature with "sentience", slowly moving, hovering across the cliff valley.

At the end of the path, where the eye could not grasp it, in the indescribable darkness, there seemed to be something, something calling in a low voice.

Some strange and unspeakable feelings made Sun Yugong, who had always been bold, stop, and unconsciously looked at Cao Yun and the others with "confused" and a little "afraid" eyes.

No matter how "confident" and "independent" she is, Sun Yugong, after all, she is just a girl who has just turned seventeen, although her courage and knowledge are stronger than most of her peers, but when she encounters the existence that really makes her "afraid", she will still be like most women, consciously or unconsciously, trying to find a support on her side.

If it was usual, Cao Fengxiao, who was as careful as a hair and did not leak a drop of water, would never miss this kind of information, but at this moment, he did not respond to Sun Yugong's gaze at all.

He froze.

(This, what is this place?) ）

The whole body was tense like a bow, and the sweat was silently soaking the body, and the part of Cao Fengxiao's brain that was responsible for managing the "danger" was screaming wildly, if compared to the sound that could be seen by the ears, the strength was about enough to shake the glass utensils on the table into a piece of powder.

Clearly judged that the huge pressure he felt came from this mysterious cliff valley, but Cao Fengxiao did not feel better at all, at this moment, although his ears are still there, his eyes are still open, but he can no longer hear, can't see, and can't perceive anything from the outside world.

His "heart" has completely submerged into the "infinite chaos" on the other side, like the beginning of creation...

Therefore, the first person to see the inscription on the cliff was Yun Chongbo.

"This, Miss Sun, look at it, those words... I mean, look, those should be words, right? ”

The direction that Yun Chongbo points to is about two-thirds of the height of the cliff on the left, some of the lines that seem to be carved by hand, strangely combined in the red lines all over the cliff, seem to have glyphs, but they are all bent and bent, and there are many left and right turns, and the inverted hook is obliquely bent, although at first glance it seems to have a glyph, but to look closely, but can not say what the text is. At this time, it was almost twilight, and those words were also painted red, if it weren't for Yun Chongbo's hunting in the mountains since childhood, his eyes were far sharper than ordinary people, and it was really not easy to see.

Sun Yugong's foundation was better than Yun Chongbo's, he only glanced at it, and only frowned: "Hey, it seems to be the appearance of an ancient seal?" Xuan raised his hands and eyebrows, squinted, took a closer look, and said with a smile: "It's really good, it seems to be an ancient seal, I remember that the military advisor said that these words were not used by anyone as early as two or three thousand years ago, and this place is really old enough..." But don't expect me to tell you what those words mean. I don't know. ”

In fact, although this ancient seal has long been not used in the folk, the Confucian world has been circulating, not lost words, Sun Yugong has not been unlearned since childhood, but she is flying and jumping away by nature, so she has to shoot and bow horses, where are willing to learn the text of female workers? is the appearance of this ancient seal, if it wasn't for the fact that it was taught by Tianji Ziwei herself, she would never have remembered it. But he was a little unwilling, and a little curious, thinking: "Will that guy know, I heard that he is also very good and has read a lot of books...", then turned around, patted Cao Fengxiao, and said with a smile: "Hey, do you know what this means?" ”

Cao Fengxiao's mind was already taken by the opposite cliff valley, he was so intoxicated that he didn't realize the external affairs, and was slapped several times by Sun Yugong, Fang's whole body was shocked, he came back to his senses, and said to himself: "What's wrong with me?" But he didn't want to say more, just a few words lightly, and then looked up according to Sun Yugong's fingers, but his foundation was excellent, just a glance, he already recognized it, and said with a smile: "This, is it an ancient seal, look like this, it's really been a few years..." It's strange, 'just... Meaning. What does that mean? If it's the name of the valley, it's too long..."

He pondered to himself, Yun Chongbo and Sun Yugong couldn't understand at all, only dumbfounded, Sun Yugong was thinking to himself: "It's... Meaning... Hey, how do you feel that these words are a little familiar, as if I have seen them in the mountains..."Suddenly, Cao Fengxiao's whole body was shocked, and he lost his voice: "If you don't get the will, you will have the right!" ”

He blurted out that Sun Yugong had already slapped his thigh, and said happily: "That's right, it's these six words!" I've seen it in the military advisor's study, but I never understood what it meant. You're so powerful, you can even guess it like this..."Suddenly heard Yun Chong Poqi say: "Military advisor? Suddenly, he was speechless, smiled, and stopped talking.

Cao Fengxiao took a few breaths silently, calmed his body and mind, gradually felt calm, and captured his spirit, and knew that most of the Yunsun and the two did not know the origin of these six characters, so he slowly explained.

It turns out that these six words really have a very good origin, first seen more than 3,800 years ago, out of the mouth of a generation of art of war, which means that there was no war in the world, only for the right way not to achieve what you want, so there is a military matter, which is called "power", which is one of the earliest definitions of military affairs in the history of Great Xia, and it is possible to ask for the benevolent. Although later there were many capable people in the military world, and the treatises appeared one after another, and the military books written that day have long been lost, and there is no record in history, but these six-character assertions have been handed down from time to time, Cao Fengxiao has studied military books since he was a child, and naturally he has also dabbled, his memory has always been outstanding, if it weren't for the strange atmosphere in the cliff valley, his mental energy was greatly consumed, and he would have remembered it a long time ago.

After the explanation, Cao Fengxiao smiled lightly, and suddenly said: "I really want to go in and have a look at this place, you stay outside and wait for me, okay?" ”

Sun Yugong is willing to do it there? Wow wow yelled, unrelenting, he was going to follow up, although Cao Fengxiao was extremely wise, but he couldn't do anything about her, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Yun... You see, what to do? ”

If you say that Yun Chongbo, at this moment, as long as you go to find Xiao Wenshuang, where are you willing to do more things? This cliff valley is ghostly, he has already seen the hair on his back, and he really lacks interest at all, but he was born a hero, seeing that Cao Sun and the two of them are insisting on entering, he feels that "one of them is crippled, and one is a woman, so they go, not the big husband..." ”

Cao Fengxiao saw that the two of them were determined to follow him into the valley, and his expression was slightly embarrassed, and he groaned for a while, and Fang smiled bitterly: "That, it's okay." ”

He added: "Let's be careful, don't get separated, I think this place is very wrong." Both of them felt the same way and nodded their heads.

After looking at each other again, the three of them started at the same time and stepped into the cliff valley. But I don't know what kind of magical and strange changes have occurred behind them...

As soon as the three of them entered the deep path, there were countless strange noises one after another, and the tall cliff wall gradually became blurred as if it was surrounded by smoke and mist, and the snow-white that should have been all over the place began to gradually appear.

Soon, whether it is ochre yellow, vermilion, or the trail, they all disappeared completely, leaving only a snow valley that is still spreading to the mountain, naked, snow-white, lonely in this mountain, the cliff valley is like a hidden beast for many years, out of the mountain to forage for food, after some hunting, then disappeared without a trace, leaving only the remaining footprints of the three people on the snow, but in the cliff valley just where it was and cut off, leaving an endless stretch of snow in front of it, at a glance, as if the three of them walked here, Suddenly cast some spell and flew into the sky, it was really indescribably weird.

About an hour later, the shuttle whispered, and a figure swept from the snow, until it reached the end of the broken footprints, and said in a lost voice: "What is the matter? ”

At this time, it was already dark, and this person's appearance was not very clear, but he vaguely saw that he was nearly middle-aged, and he was majestic, but his expression and demeanor were extremely confused, and he circled around the footprints several times, and muttered: "Fuck, what's going on?!" After turning for a long time, Fang stomped his feet and said hatefully: "Let's reply to the general's words first!" He turned around and sped away the way he came.

Straight in the snow valley and ran out for a few miles, about to the place where Cao Fengxiao measured the words for Yun Chongbo, he saw dozens of figures, standing in the snow, the person slowed down, ran to the front of the crowd, and bowed to a military general who was about fifty-six or seventeen years old: "Second general." ”

The "second general" is the younger brother of Gongsun Bosi, the second person in the entire Gongsun family, Gongsun Shengji, when the earthquake was made, he had been ordered by Gongsun Bosi, and led 2,000 elite soldiers into the mountain quickly, so as to rush to the earthquake as soon as possible to see if there were any "clues" that the Gongsun family had planned for ten years and had been waiting for. He has been using soldiers for many years, and he is known for his speed, and he is good at raising things in all kinds of ways, so he is the best choice for this matter. When Gongsun Shengji saw the man coming back, he also raised his hand slightly and said, "Why do you have to see it when you have worked hard all the way?" ”

The bearded guest name called Le He Dang, and Liu Weitai, Li Yizi three are brothers with different surnames, originally all of them were Feng Shui scholars who walked the rivers and lakes, more than ten years ago to the Gongsun family, because they do have real talent and learning, and the Gongsun family has a lot in common with the witchcraft of the gods, and the Gongsun Bo silicon letter is heavy, with the henchmen and the commission, rich its billions, often to the genus of Qu Guan, for example, has always been entrusted with a heavy task, people send a nickname, call them "Changbai three feather Wu", the battle of Changbai, the stakes are significant, Gongsun family has been preparing for it for nearly ten years, The natural elite is exhausted, except for Liu Weitai who stayed in Shengjing City, Le He and Li Yizi both went out of the city with the army, and acted separately from Sasuke Gongsun Shengji Gongsun Jijian.

Le He took a few breaths and told him what he had seen in front of him, Gongsun Shengji was surprised, and couldn't help frowning and said, "Footprints... Gone? And he said, "You said that there seemed to be three people in those footprints, a woman and two men, but who could it be?" ”

Le He arched his hand and said: "I don't have a clue in the next time." After looking around, he said, "The word Fang Cai, does the second general have a clue?" ”

Before Gongsun Shengji could answer, a steady and calm voice had already said, "There are a little, but you'd better come over and participate in it." Le He heard this voice, his face was happy, and said, "Why, you are here too?" Gongsun Shengji said: "Exactly, I just told the third brother about the matter here with a flying pigeon handbook, and the mobile brother came over..."

The person who talked to Le He over there was Li Yizi, he was still kneeling on the ground when he was talking, staring at the crooked word "father" on the ground with his eyes, and only said: "Third brother, what do you think of this word?" ”

Le He Dang laughed and said, "I'm afraid it's the same as you think." He added: "It's a pity that the boss is not there." ”

Li Yizi said lightly: "He's not here, the two of us work together, and it's enough to barely measure." ”

Fu smiled again: "I really haven't played it for some years..."

Le He strode over, and said in his mouth: "Here are all over the stump branches, the snow covers the mountains, the original wood is destroyed by the soil, and the soil is invaded by the water. Saying that, his right foot moved slightly, kicking a stump branch away, which was abandoned by Fang Caiyun Chongbo, and continued: "If the person who has the heart of the five elements pattern, it will be fine, if it is unintentional, it is the will of heaven, which proves that this word should be interpreted according to the correct style." ”

Li Yizi didn't get up, just stared at the word, his right hand pinched and calculated, and said: "In terms of time, at this moment, it should be based on Kun Fang, and then the big place will be overturned, so it will be the opposite." After a pause, he said: "However, this person writes eight if nine, and writes eight if eight, which is the act of anti-meaning, looking at its calligraphy, pure nature, then it is easy to measure, and it should still be correct." ”

Le He stood still and said: "With gold as the grid, the soil and gold, but also in the anti-gram situation to forcibly break the situation and correct it, from this point of view, the person who wrote this word, his father, should be the gold of the grid, the lord is rich." ”

Li Yizi said: "Nine small animals and eight are compared, small animals, dense clouds do not rain, popular in the sky, the lord and gentleman, with Yi Wende, it can be seen that this person is doing nothing at the moment, waiting for things to be sent." ”

Le He touched his chin and said: "Jin Ge Ruijian, unearthed raw water, and then placed in this anti-restraint situation, it is a situation where there is no support and hidden dangers, it can be seen that although this person is proud, there must be hidden worries." ”

Li Yizi said in a deep voice: "Compare, Ji, there is no blame, and I am not resting." The Lord is obedient, and it can be seen that this person has been defeated by vicious fighting. ”

Le He Dang said: "This word is rooted in the soil, but this place has undergone drastic changes, the soil is not natural, it can be known that this person and the writer must not be natural, if it is not the separation of father and son, it is the righteous harvest moth." ”

Li Yizi pondered for a moment and said: "Although it is adjacent to the small animal, it is not the same hexagram, and now it is stronger than the word, or it should be connected." ”

Le He said: "This character stroke is intermittent, it seems to be difficult, it can be seen that this person is secretly worried: originally fire can give birth to the earth, here since the five elements are reversed, the master takes fire from the earth, it can be known that this person will have a fire calamity..." ”

Li Yizi also had a difficult face at this time, and hesitated: "Compared with the two hexagrams of the small animal, only two measurements are the same, one is ninety-five, one is *, ninety-five emperors, non-human can match, it will not be, it can be solved according to *, but it is one from above, one from above, that... Doesn't that mean the opposite..."

Although Gongsun Shengji is a military general, he is always a family heirloom of Umno, and he has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he also knows a lot, and the two of them estimate that he understands it when he listens to it, and he doesn't need to be explained. Hearing this, seeing that the two of them were confused, he smiled and said: "Since ancient times, it is unpredictable and incomprehensible, why do you two want to do everything?" ”

"Judging by the measured number, can the two of you have a consensus?"

Li Le and the others heard him say this, glanced at each other, Li Yizi slowly got up, and said, "It's already there." ”

"The recipient of the word belongs to the character of Dajin, extremely rich and expensive, and he is not convinced by the danger, and there are still hidden worries at the moment."

"Although the writer is called father and son, he is not flesh and blood."

Gongsun Shengji's eyes gradually turned cold, and said: "Such a person, for a while, I can only think of one. As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand and drew a "Cao" family in the air, saying, "What do you two think?" ”

Li Yizi bowed and said, "The second general has seen it very well. ”

"I'm afraid that among the 'Jiuquer Cao', someone has already infiltrated Changbai..."