Looking north from the top of the city wall of the Beiguan of Gubeikou, you can see the vast and boundless grassland, and the gently undulating earth is like the huge waves on the surface of the big river. The wind blows the grass low, just like the big waves rolling, and there is no magnificent image.

Li Congjing stood at the head of the city, looking at the north with his hands in his hands, his long hair tied back at will, fluttering backwards with the strong wind. In front of him, the gentlemen who were suddenly killed were all broken and chased to their deaths. On the grassland within a radius of dozens of miles, there are figures who have lost their armor and abandoned their armor, and soldiers who are galloping back and forth and swords are constantly falling.

The fierce battle in front of him has come to an end, and Li Congjing's journey to break the Khitan has just begun.

Beside Li Congjing, there was a figure in a wide robe and long sleeves, standing tall and tall, like an immortal outside the sky. This Jianshan swordsman, who showed his sword when they met before and had an endless tendency with Li Congjing, was extremely quiet at this time, even if he was close to Li Congjing, the two of them were safe.

"Before I showed my sword to you, I tried to think of countless possibilities, but I never expected that you would be the one who won in the end in this battle, and you would win such a hearty victory." Jianzi's voice was calm and ethereal, as if he came from the top of a distant mountain, with an aura that ordinary people could not touch, and it felt a little unreal when it fell on his ears, he looked at Li Congjing and asked seriously: "What kind of person are you?" ”

Li Congjing's eyes fell far away, unlike the figure of the sword that was always a little erratic, as if he could rise with the wind at any time, his posture was tall and powerful, and he would be nailed wherever he stood, which gave people an illusion that even in the face of stormy waves, he would not move half a step, and the waves that were enough to drown the mountains and cities would definitely separate in front of him.

In the face of Jianzi's implied praise, Li Congjing's tone was still indifferent, and he replied: "A gentleman who knows what he can't do and does it, a man with lofty ideals who knows what he can't do and makes it possible, a hot-blooded man who defends his family and defends the country and dares to destroy all the enemies who come to him, a fighter who refuses to spare until death, an envoy of Lu Longjie who holds 60,000 border troops, and a Tang Dynasty official who has the dawn in his heart......"

It was as if he was complimenting someone who had nothing to do with him.

Jianzi raised his eyebrows, he couldn't have imagined that a person would praise himself so much, and his tone was so natural, as if he was saying something that everyone in the world knew. Is such a person shameless or does he know himself thoroughly, and he doesn't have a little hypocrisy, so much so that he doesn't even bother to cover it up?

Jianzi said coldly: "Speak human words." ”

Li Congjing smiled slightly, faced the sword, and replied solemnly: "General." ”

Jianzi lowered his head slightly, carefully pondered Li Congjing's answer, and raised his head after a moment, "It's a general, and it's also a swordsman." ”

Li Congjing shook his head and said, "You are a swordsman, so you think I am also a swordsman, but in fact I am just a general." ”

After a pause, he added: "The general of the Tang Dynasty! ”

Jianzi didn't have the habit of arguing with others, he began to accept Li Congjing's point of view, and his voice still didn't fluctuate in the slightest: "General of the Tang Dynasty, your words and deeds are really incomprehensible. ”

Li Congjing's eyes fell back to the vast grassland, within a range of ten miles, it was the Junzidu who was chasing and killing the remnants of the Khitan army, but there was no figure of them in his pupils, and the focus of his gaze crossed these soldiers and landed farther away. There, there is nothing, only the horizon, only the sky and the earth.

He said: "Then the day before yesterday, when you fought the last time, you obviously had the possibility of defeating me, why did you suddenly put down your sword and prefer to be captured?" ”

Jianzi looked at Li Congjing and said unabashedly: "I may indeed defeat you, but even if I defeat you, you still have the possibility of killing me." The look in your eyes tells me that anyone who stands in your way and tries to stop you, you will destroy it at all costs, even if it is to the end! ”

Li Congjing was noncommittal.

Jianzi turned around and looked at the vast world in the north with Li Congjing. The pass is also a mountain pass, and the wind is strong, rolling his wide robe and hunting and flying. He said slowly: "I don't know what kind of thoughts you have in your heart, your evil spirit is too heavy. When I stood in front of you and prevented you from chasing after Yerod, your eyes were blood-red, like a madman, and the madness burning in them was not just murderous and angry, but the will to destroy everything. You say that you are a general of the Tang Dynasty, which may be good, but you must not be an ordinary general. An ordinary general should not have the temperament of being willing to die and moving forward. ”

Such words reveal a person's deep understanding of another person, which should never appear between two people who have only met for less than seven days, but for the keenly perceptive Jianzi, the fight and observation between life and death are enough for him to be able to spy deeply into the soul of another person in a certain aspect.

Jianzi understood himself like this, and Li Congjing just laughed it off, because he never cared if others understood him. He has always believed that knowing people and knowing faces is already fate, and it is already rare, and it is too unsatisfying to seek knowledge. Besides, his people, his way, he never had the luxury of expecting others to understand, because other people's eyes and opinions are never important to him, and he will never take it to heart.

Jianzi Fang only said that he was right, as long as he kept moving forward and walked his own way.

Jianzi's answer did not satisfy Li Congjing, he said lightly: "This is not enough. He added: "It doesn't matter what kind of person I am. The young and powerful people in this world are always proud, and how they act, especially when faced with important decisions, do not ask others, only themselves. You are a sword of Sword Mountain, although I don't know which mountain you are from, but you can have such a sword path cultivation at a young age, and you must be a genius. How could a proud genius swordsman put down his sword because he was afraid of the enemy? ”

Many people have been together for many years, and they may not be able to really understand each other, many people have only met several times, but they can already know each other's thoughts. The conversation between the two is like an old friend for many years, based on knowing each other's hearts, which may not be very refreshing, but it must be amazing.

"When a person does things, he has to be meaningful, and if he does meaningless things, he is a meaningless person, and a meaningless person will definitely not become a person who makes a difference. The swordsman swings the sword in his hand, and it must also be meaningful. Jianzi said.

"Oh?" Li Congjing motioned to Jianzi to continue.

Jianzi continued: "I am not much different from your strength, even if I am a little taller, I am not too tall. You and I fight to the death, even if I win, I won't live long. The living do not need to be responsible for the dead, because a person who is about to die, or a person who is already dead, has no value to use, no strength to fear. When I die, Jerod no longer needs to fulfill his promise to me. If I die, who will protect what I desperately want to protect? ”

Li Congjing nodded silently and agreed with Jianzi's answer.

Jianzi smiled, and he exhaled a long breath, "So only when people are alive can there be hope, and everything is possible!" ”

Li Congjing smiled sincerely: "It's hard to imagine that such a statement came from the mouth of an unborn swordsman. ”

"If it's not from a swordsman, who should it be?" Kenko asked.

Li Congjing said: "Maybe it's a man of officialdom." ”

Jianzi stood at the head of the city, his gaze was thousands of miles away, and he said: "Genius is that he can be a swordsman or a schemer at the same time. ”

This is arrogant, and it is ridiculous to ordinary people, but when it comes out of some people's mouths, it seems to be taken for granted. Because, big words are not big words for them, but truths. Who can laugh at a truth?

Sima Chang'an had been seriously wounded in the previous battle, and he finally fell from the city with several Khitan barbarians, rolled down the road, and was blocked by corpses in the middle of the road, so that he did not fall to his death on the spot. When the war ended, Li Congjing went to visit him.

Although he was seriously injured, Sima Chang'an's mind was still sober, he was lying on the sickbed, and when he saw Li Congjing coming in, he wanted to struggle to sit up, Li Congjing helped him lie down, and said gently: "Since going north, the power of General Lai in Beiguan, Gubeikou, has been able to be pocketed by the Tang Dynasty, and now it is relied on the power of the general to be secured, and the prestige of the general has spread all over Lulong." It is precisely because of such a talent as the general that the commander can be invincible, and you can recuperate with peace of mind. ”

Sima Changan's lips moved slightly, and he said half-loudly: "Today's Tang Dynasty, those who can repeatedly defeat the Khitan, only Your Majesty and the military marshal, can follow the military marshal to protect the border and fight the thief, it is an honor for the last general!" ”

Li Congjing cared and encouraged again, and told Sima Chang'an to recuperate well, and then walked out of the ward.

At the door of the ward, the mouse's head was looking around, and when he saw Li Congjing coming out of it, he hurriedly stood with his head upright, recovering his posture of not squinting, and when Li Congjing passed by him, he hurriedly saluted, "I've seen the military marshal!" But because he was too nervous and excited, his voice changed his tune, and the words sounded as ugly as a duck's call. The mouse's head immediately turned red, and he lowered his head in shame, anxiety, and fear, and was at a loss.

Li Congjing stopped in front of him.

This made the mouse's head flutter with horror, thinking that this was terrible, and the military commander was dissatisfied!

However, the scolding he imagined did not come, but he heard an easy-going voice say, "Are you Guan Changsheng?" The name is good. Ben Shuai heard Huang Fulin mention you, I heard that everyone called you a mouse head, but this nickname is not true, although you are small, but the ability is not small, this time in the war, you have killed a lot of enemies, military merit in the forefront of the whole army, this Shuai should change the nickname. ”

The mouse head raised his head in surprise, and saw Li Congjing looking at him with a smile, but he still couldn't believe that the military commander who was as high as a god and a god would talk to him so cordially, and he forgot to answer for a while.

Li Congjing patted him on the head, "You are a good seedling, don't live up to the expectations of Huang Fulin and Ben Shuai." ”

It wasn't until Li Congjing's figure disappeared from sight that Guan Changsheng, who had always been commensurate with the "head of a mouse", came back to his senses and immediately replied loudly: "The humble position will definitely live up to the expectations of the military commander!" ”

After he shouted this, he breathed a long sigh of relief, only to find that his companions were looking at him with a kind of extreme envy and red eyes. Guan Changsheng straightened his chest and felt extremely honored.

Guan Changsheng would not have expected that from this moment on, no one would jokingly call him a mouse head.