Looking at the broken wooden comb in the woman's hand that could no longer straighten her hair, Liu He felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart.

He didn't know exactly what had happened to this woman, but one thing was for sure, it must have been a sad story.

Under the repeated persuasion of the monk Benian, the crazy woman was finally willing to sit back, but as soon as she sat down, the look of being afraid of being rude in front of Liu He just now was gone, and she devoured it, and there was nothing to say.

The monk never took a bite, not even his favorite wine, but kept adding food to the woman's bowl.

Liu He picked up the wine jar and drank it alone, and the three of them sat around the edge of the platform made of yellow mud and ate a wordless dinner.

When I came out of the old house, it was already the time to hold the lights.

The monk did not say hello to the mad woman, nor did the madwoman get up to see her off, nor even ask when she would come again, but just took her broken wooden comb and looked at the old yellow dog in the corner and smirked.

After a light rain, there was still a lot of water on the potholed ground, and under the reflection of the moonlight, the road back seemed much brighter.

Liu He no longer walked one after the other with Monk Benian as he did when he came, but the two walked side by side.

"Thank you." After leaving the village for a long time, the monk Benian spoke for the first time.

"Thank me for what?"

"Thank you for not asking anything."

The moonlight sprinkled on the emaciated face of Monk Benian, looking extraordinarily pale, just like his mood at this time, or the life he had experienced.

Liu He suddenly remembered that Cai Xi, who was once the fourth in the world, this monk who was preoccupied with a lot of things in front of him, was not too young, but after being with him for so long, he only noticed the vicissitudes on his face for the first time today.

"In a few days, it will be my son's sacrifice day." The monk said softly.

Liu He said calmly: "That's why you're leaving?" ”

"Every year on his sacrifice day, I go to see him, for so many years, without exception." The monk Beinian spoke calmly, as if he could already deal with his son's death calmly.

Liu He just nodded lightly and didn't speak, because he couldn't think of what to say at this time.

Console? Farewell?

It doesn't seem to be appropriate, so it's better not to say anything and just walk quietly.

"Donor, please go slowly, the poor monk has taken his leave." Outside the city of Chengdu, the monk Benian looked peaceful, with his hands folded, just like a monk.

Liu He hugged his fists and bowed down, and he was even more thoughtful.

After the ceremony, the two turned around at the same time tacitly, one to the south and the other to the north, but they went their separate ways.

In the next few days, although there was no teaching from the monk Benian, Liu He still moved all the boulders outside Chengdu to the mountain alone.

I heard that today is the last day of Liu He's cultivation, and everyone in the Tianji Camp wants to see with their own eyes what the leaders are doing in the month they have been on the mountain.

When they saw that Mr. Tianji, who had been powerless, was still walking like a fly on his back with a two-person high boulder, they were all dumbfounded and stunned on the spot.

Liu He walked in front with the boulder on his back, and they followed closely behind, until Liu He put the last boulder on the open space halfway up the mountain, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that in hindsight, these worries of his own are superfluous, and looking at the calm appearance of the head who does not grow his face and does not change his face, it is obvious that the amazing behavior of carrying a boulder before is still easy for him.

"Do you know what's the use of me moving these boulders?" Liu He patted the dust on his body and looked at the people in the Tianji Camp with a smile.

Chen Mo stepped forward and poked Liu He's solid chest muscles with his fingers in the past few days, and said, "This doesn't need to be asked, Boss, your practice in the past few days can be worth the hard work of ordinary martial artists for several years." ”

Liu He beckoned everyone to sit down, and said: "This is just one of them, the road blocked by these stones leads to no other place, it is our next goal, Hanzhong." ”

Gathered in a circle, everyone sitting on the ground was surprised and happy, for Liu He's future plan, everyone in the Tianji Camp naturally knew everything, but they had been suffering from not having a road to transport troops.

In particular, Han Yi and Zhong Lixun, after repeatedly calculating the situation of attacking Hanzhong with infantry many times, finally reached an offensive, and if they wanted to capture Hanzhong, they had to use at least more than 100,000 troops, and even if they won, they would need to pay at least half of the casualties.

However, this was all the situation before the absence of this road to Hanzhong, with this avenue, the cavalry and grain and grass baggage could go to Hanzhong unimpeded, and all the previous disadvantages were instantly gone.

"If the road from here to Hanzhong is so smooth, it only takes a month, I can take Hanzhong!" Han Yi, who has always been steady, swore in front of everyone for the first time.

Zhong Lixun glanced at Han Yi with a playful smile, then turned his head to Liu He and said, "If I am asked to lead the troops, it will only take twenty days." ”

Liu He glanced at the two of them quietly, suddenly smiled, waved his hand and said: "You two don't worry, I have to discuss the matter of conquering Hanzhong with Zhuge Junshi before I can decide, after all, how many troops can be given depends on him." ”

Han Yi got up and hugged his fists and said, "There is no need to bother Zhuge Military Division, the Han family army can set off at any time." ”

"Brother Han is right, let's fight in Luocheng, those soldiers who were incorporated into the Tianji Battalion, plus the soldiers of Luocheng, are enough." Zhong Lixun said it lightly, but outside the words, the meaning of competing with Han Yi for the commander of the army this time was very obvious.

Liu He's face sank, "Attack Hanzhong, I will personally lead the troops there." ”

Han Yi stood there and didn't speak, Zhong Lixun immediately got up and bowed and said, "The two of us are at the disposal of Mr. Tianji. ”

Liu He turned to smile, stood up and walked to the two of them, and held their hands separately, "I know that you two brothers want to share my worries, but now that we have just taken Yizhou, we must give Zhuge Military Division a little time, let him make overall arrangements, and when he handles all the affairs, I will go and talk to him about attacking Yizhou." ”

Chen Mo said with a big grin on the side: "Boss, you have such a good relationship with Zhuge Junshi, the two of them are about to wear a pair of pants, and it is not a matter of words for you to go to him." ”

Liu He pretended to be aggrieved and pursed his lips, "Have you ever heard a word, are you familiar with it or not?" It is precisely because of the good relationship between the two of us that if I go to him at this time, he will definitely say that I don't do business all day long, and I will know to make trouble for him, and if he takes the opportunity to send me some work, from now on, our brothers will not have such a happy life. ”