A few days later.

By Chu Tianya's side, there was a mysterious woman in "strange costumes", who was inseparable from him all day long, and even went to Tianji Peak with him and entered the gunpowder workshop.

Except for Bai Xu, no one has entered this place with Chu Tianya.

Later, it was determined that the lord had an extra "personal guard" by his side, and he was still a woman.

This woman is mysterious, and no one has ever seen her face. She was covered in a large black cloak, and she wore a black leather mask that covered most of her face, revealing only a pair of jet-black eyes.

Just this pair of eyes as bright as the stars and the moon is enough to make many men think about it; The wide black cloak can't cover her wonderful figure, and between her gestures, she is peerless.

For the sudden appearance of such a mysterious woman beside the lord, the villagers speculated, but no one dared to ask. At the same time, everyone found that the two "personal maids" who used to follow the lord around were all gone.

Even Tang Ang and Anu were very surprised, when did the lord recruit such a peerless master or a woman to be his personal guard?

How "close-fitting"?

Usually walking on the road and going in and out of any occasion, this woman is always closest to the lord, even closer than Tang Ang and Anu; Even at night, she stayed in her lord's room, and no one knew what had happened between her and her lord. At this time, Tang Ang and Anu can only guard outside the house.

The crowd didn't even know her name, and they didn't see who she had ever spoken to. Until one time, Uncle He called her "Suzaku" in front of everyone, and she agreed.

Chu Tianya didn't know why Uncle He called her like that, but from then on, everyone finally knew how to "call" her.

"Wanyan Daike is dead. Suzaku is a good name. Wanyan Daike said to Chu Tianya, "Chu Tianya, I will always follow you." Unless you die, or I die. ”

"Suzaku ...... Reborn from the ashes? Chu Tianya thought.

It was late at night, and a candle was lit in Chu Tianya's room. He was washing his feet.

Suzaku, who took off the big black cloak and the black leather mask, washed Chu Tianya's feet as before, carefully and gently, and took care of everything.

Chu Tianya said that she did not follow the example of the past at all, and served like a slave. But Suzaku insisted, she said, and she was willing!

"When a woman serves a man wholeheartedly, nothing can replace her inner peace and contentment." Suzaku said, "Such a peace and contentment, which is very humble in the eyes of others, is a kind of luxury for the former Wanyan Daike. Whether it is facing Wanyan Zonghan or Chu Tianya, Wanyan Daike's heart will never be calm. ”

"Eventually, there's a good chance I'll let you down." Chu Tianya said, "You know that the only person I love in my heart is Xiao Linglong. ”

"It doesn't matter. I'm confident that you'll fall in love with me, sooner or later, I'm patient. Suzaku smiled indifferently, "Now I just want to enjoy this peace and contentment quietly." Because I am a Suzaku bird, I can calmly do whatever I want, whether it is humble or noble. What others think has nothing to do with me. ”

Chu Tianya shook his head, and said in his heart, it was not so much the eyes and practices of others that made Wanyan Daike live in the shadow of Xiao Linglong; It's better to say that she has been competing with herself. She has always been acting in a one-man show in her own world, whether sad or happy, in fact, it has nothing to do with others. Even who she falls in love with is just her own business, and it has nothing to do with the person she loves.

In this world, since there will be such lonely people; Her loneliness comes from the bone marrow, from the deepest part of the soul!

"I'm curious, how could you have cultivated such a strong martial arts at such a young age and become the great leader of the wolf fangs?" Chu Tianya said, "It's not just me, even the old man can't figure out this question. He said that unless you are a true genius and have been practicing martial arts since you were born, it is impossible to have such superb martial arts at your age! ”

Suzaku gently stroked Chu Tianya's instep and sighed leisurely, "I'd rather I be an extremely ordinary or even a little ugly woman, than be a genius who practices martial arts, and I don't want to be born with such a face......"

Chu Tianya subconsciously looked at her, the cross knife mark on the left side of his face had just formed a layer of blood scab and had not yet healed. Therefore, the wound pulled to the flesh, causing some subtle distortions in her facial features, no longer the soft and beautiful appearance of the past, as if she had become another person, a person who no longer had anything to do with beauty.

"The old man said that he would find a way to heal your face." Chu Tianya said.

"No, I don't." Suzaku smiled slightly, still pouring hot water on Chu Tianya's instep without hurrying, and said, "Most of the women in this world are very ordinary, they don't have a prominent family background and outstanding appearance, but many of them can gain true love, and there will be a man who feels sorry for her and spends her life with her." Wanyan Daike, who was once from a prominent background, with outstanding looks and a rough life, is dead. Suzaku just wants to have an ordinary life, an ordinary love, and live the second half of his life quietly. ”

"Do you think you can make it happen?" Chu Tianya asked.

"Yes." Suzaku replied categorically, "Only by believing will we work hard; Only with hard work can there be a possibility of success. ”

Chu Tianya took a breath, "The old man is right. Your wisdom is far greater than your martial prowess and your looks. ”

"This is the first time you've really complimented me." Suzaku raised his face and smiled at Chu Tianya, "I will remember this day." ”

"How do you know if I'm real or fake?" Chu Tianya smiled.

"Have you forgotten that my best skills are disguise and deception?" Suzaku smiled, "If anyone wants to lie to me, it's the Banmen Axe." ”

Chu Tianya said with a smile: "The essence of the Central Plains culture is the rare confusion and the golden mean. There's no need to make everything clear. The happiest people in the world are often forgetful fools. ”

"You're right." Suzaku nodded lightly, "There are some things that will cause headaches if you think about it too much, and it will hurt you when you think about it." That's why I decided to no longer be the Wanyan Daike who wears a mask and lives in the shadow of others, but this Suzaku who enjoys simplicity and tranquility. Just like at this moment, I am with you, and my heart is talking to each other, which is the greatest happiness and satisfaction for Suzaku. ”

"You're so lonely." Chu Tianya sighed softly, "And your loneliness has nothing to do with others, even if there are thousands of people accompanying you, you are still lonely." Because you shut up your heart and made it dusty. ”

"I don't want to talk about the past. At least from today onwards, Suzaku is no longer lonely. She lowered her head, carefully wiped Chu Tianya's feet with a dry towel, and said, "Because there are already people who can tug at Suzaku's heartstrings." ”

At this moment, Chu Tianya felt that a certain string in his heart seemed to have been plucked.

Late at night, Chu Tianya lay on the bed with his head resting on his arms and couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Suzaku said that although she was willing to give a qiē for her perseverance, including her life; But unless Chu Tianya personally said that he loved her, she would never cross the thunder pool by half a step and have any intimate relationship with him.

She arranged her one-man show in an orderly and step-by-step manner.

"Am I going to be impressed by her?" Chu Tianya was asking himself, but he didn't have an answer, and he didn't dare to think about this answer.

Because he knows that true love has nothing to do with appearance, family background, and background, and it cannot be forced or escaped. And the most touching and inducing love in this world is "persistence"!

Suzaku's persistence is simple and blind, fiery and stubborn; The only thing Chu Tianya can do now is to go with the flow.

The next day, He Bo came down from Tianshu Peak again, and once again picked up seventeen masters from the Lecture Martial Hall.

Strange to say, recently, the masters of the martial arts hall have been missing one after another, and there are rumors that they have died, but this has not stopped more martial arts practitioners from rushing to Qixingzhai. Perhaps it is precisely because of many rumors that the martial arts hall of Qixingzhai has added a mysterious color. But all those who are good at martial arts want to come to this popular "martial arts palace" in the rivers and lakes to find out, and accept the invitation of He Bo, an unfathomable and outrageously strong old man, to go to Tianshu Peak and his party!

Let's not talk about the skills of these people, this courage alone is enough to satisfy Chu Tianya. He also believed that the old man must have his own way of picking out the true elite among these people and polishing them into diehards.

Before taking people up the mountain this time, Uncle He once again made such a request to Chu Tianya - let Suzaku go up to the Heavenly Pivot Peak with me!

It's just that this time it's not to kill her, but to let her, the former leader of the wolf's fang, help him select elites and train dead soldiers together!

Of course, the other main purpose is to persuade the wound to be reduced.

He said that the longer he got along, the more he felt that Qiu hurt this young man and that he should be killed; That means that Qiu Sheng is indeed a rare talent.

Suzaku once said that she could convince Qiu Shu. If it weren't for the fact that she had just been injured, He Bo would not have been in a hurry.

Chu Tianya agreed. Without any persuasion, Suzaku happily went. She said that she would train Chu Tianya's guards to be better and more loyal than the wolf's fangs. Because the premise for her to achieve her wish is Chu Tianya's absolute safety.

Although Chu Tianya knew that so far, whether Vermilion Bird was over or Yan Daike, everything she did was just acting in a one-man show. But Chu Tianya clearly felt a kind of unease, even guilt.

"I don't love her, but she is willing to pay for me......" Chu Tianya felt a little confused, "If this continues, how should I face her and deal with the relationship with her?" Flying Fox, do you want to continue to avoid me? What would you think if you were told about her? …… What a headache! ”

In the next few days, Chu Tianya soaked in the Tianji Peak Gunpowder Workshop Bureau, and worked with Yelu Yanchen to study how to polish the barrel of the first fire gun. Failure is always inevitable, and it once made Chu Tianya and Yelu Yanchen frustrated.

Sure enough, when the book is used, there is less hatred. Chu Tianya once thought that he, a person who was tired of playing with 54 pistols, would not be able to make a "semi-primitive" flint gun at all. But when it comes to doing it, I know what it means to be a good eye.

In fact, let alone in the Great Song Dynasty, even in the 21st century, with enough materials at hand, not everyone can make their own guns.

It seems that this matter is really in a hurry. Chu Tianya was ready to fail thousands of times, and vowed to build the first Great Song Dynasty's flint gun. As Suzaku said, only if you believe in it, you will work hard, and only if you work hard will you have a chance to succeed.

On this day, an uninvited guest came to the cottage, which brought a small trouble.

The matter was reported to Bai Xu in advance. It stands to reason that he can handle all the big and small things in the cottage, but even Bai Xu didn't dare to focus on this matter, so he went to Tianji Peak to report to Chu Tianya and asked him to decide.

"How else is this happening?" Chu Tianya was also a little surprised when he heard this.

"It's a bit of a surprise. But when you think about it, it makes sense. Bai Xu said.

Chu Tianya's heart lit up, "You mean, Zhu'er?" ”

"Exactly." Bai Xu said, "Previously, Xiaosheng borrowed Zhu'er's Haidongqing to transmit false military information and news to the wolf's tooth outside the mountain. In particular, the matter of 'the Great Song Dynasty's preparation for the Northern Expedition to recover the two states of the Shuo Dynasty' cannot but arouse the great attention of Wanyan Zonghan. Even if we let Zhu'er go out to avoid rumors, they would rather believe it than believe it. ”

"So, the Jin State sent an envoy to Taiyuan, and said that he wanted to 'take over Taiyuan'. Although they knew that our Great Song Dynasty would definitely not give up Taiyuan City lightly, they also came to give it a try. Chu Tianya said, "The reason is that they are here to explore my reality." ”

"That's right." Bai Xu nodded and said, "Previously, when Wanyan Zongwang was trapped in Tokyo, he made an alliance with the newly appointed official family. According to that covenant, Taiyuan was to be ceded to the Jin State. But at that time, there were still lords and kings in Taiyuan City, who led the army and the people to resist to the death and never surrender, and finally beat Wanyan Zonghan to lose his armor and defeat Huanglong Valley. It stands to reason that Wanyan Zonghan doesn't have the face to ask for Taiyuan again. But those people in the Jin court didn't think so. They would rather lose Yan Zonghan's face, but also try to see if they can take Taiyuan with the original paper covenant and the empty gloves white wolf. ”

"Jing Qian, don't you see that the Jurchens are using their usual methods again." Chu Tianya frowned, "Just like the Zhang Jue incident at the beginning, they are using the topic to play and find an excuse for the southward invasion." At this time, if we promise to give up Taiyuan, then it is best, they will take the throat of the gateway of the Central Plains without much effort; If we don't agree, the Kingdom of Jin will accuse us of violating the covenant and use this as an excuse to send troops to me for questioning! ”

"The lord is wise! Xiaosheng deeply agrees! Bai Xu's expression became stern, and he said, "It's winter, and the Jurchens are already ready to move. Now he has preemptively sent an envoy to ask for Taiyuan, in addition to spying on the truth of our army and verifying the truth of the news sent by Hai Dongqing, another important purpose is to find an excuse to send troops! ”

"In this way, it is inevitable that Jin Bing will go south again." Chu Tianya's brows furrowed deeply, "Our time is getting more and more urgent. ”

"The top priority is how do we deal with that Jurchen envoy?" Bai Xu said, "Taiyuan prefect Zhang Xiaochun sent a secret envoy to the mountain in the starry night to report the matter to the lord. It seems that he also thought that this matter was very serious, and he did not dare to act rashly and make his own decisions. ”

Chu Tianya pondered for a moment, and raised his sword eyebrows, "I will personally go down the mountain and meet the envoy of the Jin Kingdom!" ”

"Okay, Xiaosheng is willing to accompany the lord with him!" Bai Xu's eyebrows suddenly fluttered, and he had a sense of raising his eyebrows, he said, "Thinking about this time last year, the envoy sent by the Jin State was still Yelu Yujian, and the lord was forced to receive and serve him; Today, the lord is the lord of 100,000 and can judge national affairs! Xiao Sheng wants to see how the envoy of the Jin Kingdom should face the lord! ”

"Then what are you waiting for, light up five hundred tigers, and follow me down the mountain!" Chu Tianya's chest is also full of pride and high spirits!

This time is different from the past, no matter what kind of Jurchen envoy you are, even if Wanyan Zonghan came in person, Chu Tianya would not hide his head and show his tail and pretend to be submissive like he did when he treated Yelu Yujian.

Man's spirit and heroism are indeed subtle things.

Now, Chu Tianya was even looking forward to seeing the envoy of the Jin Kingdom earlier; Then in front of him, do something that Tong Guan and Wang Yu didn't dare to do at the beginning!

At that moment, Anu lit up five hundred tiger ben and accompanied Chu Tianya down the mountain with Bai Xu to Taiyuan City. Tang Ang stayed behind to lead his troops to guard the Heavenly Trench Pass, and Wang Xun, Fu Xuan, Liu Ze and others reorganized their troops and horses to deal with a war that could break out at any time!

At the same time, Chu Tianya also passed on the order to Xishan Mengde, asking that side to step up the preparation of troops and increase vigilance.

When the messenger went south, it was the people of Jin who stretched out their first claws of temptation; Is the real attack still far away?

Taiyuan City, because of the sudden arrival of the Jurchen envoy, became depressed and dull. The city was finally restored, but it was lifeless at the moment, and from a distance, it looked like a gloomy resentment was pressing on the sky above Taiyuan City, which was suffocating.

After all, the scenes of the war are still vivid in everyone's minds, and many more people have been maimed or lost loved ones in that war.

Jin people are enemies, which has simply become an unbreakable truth in the minds of Taiyuan people.

When Chu Tianya led five hundred tiger ben into the city, someone recognized him at first sight, and the people erupted in a small exclamation. Soon, more and more people opened their closed doors and walked onto the street, blocking Chu Tianya, and the water could not be drained.

The people did this for only one purpose, that is, to "persuade Chu Tianya" not to let the golden dog succeed and rob Taiyuan City.

The people of Taiyuan would rather die than be slaves to the country!

And now, Chu Tianya has become the guardian city in their minds. It's not just because Chu Tianya participated in last year's Taiyuan defense battle and became famous; What's more, the people are tacitly clear that if they really want to resist the golden dog, the corrupt and incompetent Great Song Dynasty court and government are not so trustworthy; In contrast, Chu Tianya, who gathered 100,000 people under his command and dared to pull Wanyan Zonghan off the horse, is definitely a trustworthy man!

"Taibao, on behalf of our fellow villagers, you will go and tell the golden dog - we would rather lose this head than become a slave of the Jin country!" To this day, there are still Taiyuan people who call Chu Tianya like this. It made him feel very relatable.

Some people also said, "General, the golden dog is here again, Taiyuan can only rely on your protection!" ”

"I'd rather die than descend the golden dog! ――As long as the general says a word, we will all follow you and fight with the golden dog! ”

……

And so on, gossiping, the people blocked Chu Tianya on the streets of Taiyuan for more than an hour.

Chu Tianya's heartstrings were plucked again.

It's just that this time it's not because of a certain slender jade hand, but the blood of a nation, and those floating in the sky above Taiyuan, the unyielding soul!