When the moon rises and sinks, the sun rises, winter comes.

Yesterday and today will never be the same, and those who have not been on the verge of life and death will not have this kind of awareness. Meng was watching the sun from his cell, and he was glad that his head was still on his neck, and he could still see the sun today, although it did not bring him the slightest warmth. Of course, what he didn't know was that Ji Lie had no intention of killing him in the first place.

Ji Lie got up early in the morning, wearing his most gorgeous armor, which was the armor newly created for him by the father of the little black bird, the left chest was engraved with a sun-running red bird, strictly speaking, a big firebird, and the right chest was two crossed iron swords, this ornament was designed by his chief adviser Yin Yong, rich in content, with clear intentions, since he wore this armor, it means that Huifeng Town is both in the country and independent of the country, this is a signal.

The covenant was made, the secret deal was reached, Lu Jian will leave Huifeng Town with the caravan today, Ji Lie did not keep him, after all, Zhaoguo is in the midst of a war, and Qingfeng Pass is only more than a hundred miles away from Yancheng, the capital of Zhaoguo, and for Zhaofang, it is the time when the water is hot.

The sun hung lazily in the sky, exuding a faint light and heat, Ji Lie rode a horse and stood on the small dirt slope outside Huifeng Town, the cold wind blew from behind, in front of him was a winding horse road, on both sides were jagged thorny jungles, and the smell of earth wafted from the dew-soaked loess road. Jiang Li was beside him, and he was also riding a horse, which was a fiery red horse, with four snow-white hooves and a tail that was half red and half white. She was dressed in silver-white armor, with a red and fiery coat on her back, and the cold wind swept the tassels on her helmet, dangling like a horse's tail. They watched Lu Jian's caravan depart until the last carriage disappeared into the distance, and they didn't say a word.

Jiang Li will also leave today, as for where to go, it may be to return to Yongdu, or it may be to summon the fat man's rock city, or to go to the capital of a certain prince.

Ji Lie thinks it is very likely to be the latter, it is not difficult to guess, Chen Guo and Zhaoguo and Huifeng Town are like a horizontal 'V' word, Huifeng Town is at the bottom of the 'V' word, the easternmost east of Qishan is Huifeng Town, the south is Chen Guo, the north is Zhaoguo, and there are two Xiongguan between the two countries, Chen Guo's Scorpion Pass, and Zhaoguo's Qingfeng Pass. Chen Guo and Zhaoguo are both small countries of 100 times, and Chen Hou led 30,000 people to block the front of Qingfeng Pass, wanting to break through Qingfeng Pass and destroy Zhao Fat in one fell swoop. And the fat man also ordered Lu Mo to lead 20,000 people to defend Qingfeng Pass and defend Yancheng. Such a force is the power of the country for them, and Zhao Fat Man no longer has any extra strength to attack Chen Hou's 30,000 army from both sides of Qingfeng Pass. So, where did the reinforcements that attacked Chen Hou's two flanks come from? There are indeed two small princes in the east and west directions of Qingfeng Pass, but those two princes have always been friendly with Chen Hou, even if they want to participate in the war, most of them are with Chen Hou, not to support the summoning of fat people, unless there is a strong external force to intervene, they will change their choice.

Ji Lie wanted to say thank you to Jiang Li, but he couldn't say anything, because he knew that even if he said it, Jiang Li would definitely answer him lukewarmly, you don't have to thank me, I am your creditor.

Yes, she was there to make sure that the debt would be repaid.

However, she, as a creditor, has paid too much for the debt.

The two of them rode on horses, shoulder to shoulder. The red horse under Jiang Li's seat was an uncastrated stallion, tall and large, and the animal had been staring at Ji Lie's horse. Ji Lie is riding a mare today, black and swarthy all over the body, without a single miscellaneous hair, it looks quite a miracle horse, but, in the eyes of the horse, such a horse is very beautiful, very tempting, I saw the red horse snorting restlessly, slowly approaching Ji Lie's horse, getting closer and closer, Ji Lie's horse wanted to hide to the side, but the red horse was very shrewd, it used its ass to block the mare's retreat, and put its mouth over, it seemed to want to bite the reins of the mare.

"Herod'......"

The mare was frightened, raised her front hooves and slashed wildly, and Ji Lie was caught off guard and was almost thrown off the horse. And the red horse, instead of biting the reins of the mare, raised his two hooves, and wanted to simply lie on the mare's buttocks, completely ignoring the fact that it was broad daylight. Jiang Li was ashamed and angry, raised his fist, and smashed the punch on the red horse's head, but he didn't expect it to arouse the wild nature of the red horse, the beast shook his back violently, and actually wanted to throw Jiang Li off, and turned his head to bite Jiang Li's hand.

"Wow!"

At this moment, the great firebird, which had been circling the sun in the sky, flew down, waved its huge wings, and blew a strong whirlwind, which frightened the red horse backwards again and again. Jiang Li took this opportunity to flip off the horse's back, pulled out the sword on his waist with a bang, and plunged the sword into the red horse's neck with a backhand.

The blood shot out like a tide, flowing down the sword body, and the red horse fluttered a few times and fell to the ground. Monchi scurried up from under the dirt slope and crouched down to inspect it, but the red horse was still dead, and the horse's eyes showed endless pain. Meng Qi glanced at Jiang Li. Jiang Li nodded. Meng Qi blindfolded the red horse with his hand, raised his palm, and slashed heavily into the horse's neck, and with a 'click' sound, the red horse stopped twitching and died.

Meng Qi walked down the dirt slope, and Jiang Li put the bloody sheath in it.

"Goo."

The big firebird came over and lay on the ground, Jiang Li stroked the reverse feather on its forehead, and said lightly: "Haven't you ever seen a horse killed?" ”

She didn't look at Ji Lie, but here she is Ji Lie, and of course there is a big firebird that can't speak, but can only 'coo' and 'goo'. The rest of the people are waiting at the bottom of the dirt slope, including Cai Xuan, the first beauty of Cai Country, and her maid Xiaochan, who will also leave today. Cai Xuan and Jiang Li are very good, so good that they can sleep in the same bed, of course, such a statement is very indecent, in Cai Xuan's words, they are learning from each other.

The cold wind was mixed with the smell of blood, and Ji Lie said: "What a pity to kill, this is a good horse, which can be exchanged for five strong slaves." ”

"Twenty."

Jiang Li patted the big firebird on the neck, motioned it to play, then took off the helmet and shook his hair, the long black and beautiful hair flew in the wind, a trace of it was wrapped around her face, and she pulled it behind her ear with her hand: "The essence they eat is accompanied by a small amount of ambergris foam, which can reduce the wildness, but retain a strong physique." ”

"Ambergris?"

Ji Lie was speechless, and gave the horse ambergris foam, which was simply a tyrannical thing for him, but she said it so lightly.

"I have brought two hundred horses like this, and now I have lent them to you."

"Do you eat ambergris foam?"

"Hmm."

Jiang Li nodded.

Ji Lie didn't speak, he got off his horse and looked down the dirt slope, where two hundred red swordsmen dressed in blood-red swords stood there, they were silent in the cold wind on their horses, motionless, like two hundred sculptures.

"Don't worry, I didn't give you the price of twenty slaves anyway." Jiang Li walked to Ji Lie's side and looked at Ji Lie from the corner of his eye, no need to guess, she also knew what he was thinking?

The crisp aroma came from the side, a trace of drill into the nose, the aroma is very unique, clear and cold like a cold spring, inhaled in a mouthful, cold from head to toe, but not cold, but refreshed. Ji Lie turned his head and just saw Jiang Li teasing his ears again, the action was extremely gentle, and her side face was extremely beautiful, which could not be described in words and words. The shallow sunlight fell on his cheeks, glowing with a soft glow, and his eyes were still extremely clear, and he had not changed in the slightest because he had killed the horse with his own hands.

'What kind of person is she?' ’

Ji Lie asked in her heart, when drinking, she was very bold, she almost drunk Ji Lie, when she killed the horse, she did not hesitate at all, and she made Ji Lie feel cold cleanly, and now, she is so soft, like a feather, as long as the wind blows, she can fly.

"Are you wondering what kind of person I am?" Jiang Li clamped his helmet, pressed the sword on his waist, and looked at the big firebird flying in the sky, his eyes were far away. Without waiting for Ji Lie to speak, he said: "Actually, the evil is the smartest, it doesn't have to care about other people's thoughts and opinions at all, because it is powerful enough. ”

Ji Lie said: "It also has weak times, a long time ago, I fled with it, and the enemy hung it around my neck, and its whole body was covered with mud, and its mouth was tied with ropes, and it couldn't scream if it wanted to." ”

When he said this, Ji Lie's voice was very flat, but his eyes were no longer indifferent, but slowly dimmed, and it was obvious that he remembered that unbearable past.

Jiang Li didn't speak, just quietly looked into the distance, quietly waiting for him to continue.

Somehow, Ji Lie's heart was like a stone blocked, he sat down, plucked a dog's tail grass, blew at the dog's tail grass, blew the grass around, and put the grass in his mouth: "Many years ago, my father put a bamboo tube in front of me, and there were two bamboo sticks in it, and he asked me to smoke one to decide whether to go or stay, life or death. ”

"One bamboo tube, two sticks?" Jiang Li sat down beside Ji Lie.

"Yes, a bamboo tube with two sticks, you can see it at a glance, I don't have to shake it at all, I don't have to pray for anything, I just need to stretch out my hand and pull out the life and death."

Ji Lie's voice became deeper and deeper, the dog grass on the corner of his mouth dangled, pressed on his knees, and the hand wearing the armor couldn't see the green tendons on the back of his hand, but he could see that the nail leaf was shrinking inch by inch.

"Fate, my destiny has never been a miracle, only a clear choice. And all I can choose is to survive and make myself stronger. ”

"What do you want to do when you're strong? Everyone who is struggling to live has a reason. ”

"I'm going to cross the river."

"You know, there are people or things on the other side of the river that you care about, and for this person or thing, you are struggling in pain and being strong in pain, and they are far more important than yourself."

A small, delicately armored hand reached over and gently covered Ji Lie's curled fist.

Jiang Li looked at Ji Lie's eyes, turned Ji Lie's fist over, pulled out his clenched hand, put another thing in his palm, and then said word for word: "You will cross the river." Take it and don't lose it. ”