Chapter 20: The Weight of the State
It is said that Taiqingzi carried the unconscious Qin Wei and jumped over the city, and after falling into Suiyang City, the defenders at the head of the city thought that Taiqingzi was an immortal, and they were overjoyed, plus the ten carts of grain arrived in the city, adding hundreds of Xuanjia elites, and the military strength in the city was greatly increased. For a while, the military order could not be conveyed, and the deputy marshal had to withdraw his troops.
"Boom... Boom... "Several heavy sound of cymbals, resounded throughout the bloody Suiyang battlefield, today's battle, and like the past several battles, the rebels left thousands of corpses, hundreds of ladders, several dilapidated rushing cars, and countless armor and weapons under Suiyang City. More than 10,000 forward troops supported each other, dejected and retreated, they looked back at Suiyang, the city wall has long been soaked in blood into dark red, among which I don't know how many are my own brothers and friends, fathers and uncles, at this moment the army has a sad face, all miserable, all pain, all originated from this city, one of them a fifteen or sixteen-year-old Xi teenager, from a distance to see the Tang army at the head of the city will throw a broken corpse from the city, suddenly his legs stagnated, muddy tears gushed out of his eyes, slid down his bloodstained cheeks, and immediately faced Suiyang, "Puff" kneel on the spot,
"Daddy!" Immediately howled and cried bitterly, there was still a childish wail, and the barbarian soldiers around him who were only crying were broken, and they clenched their weapons one after another, and looked at Suiyang's eyes, as if there were a few more points of hatred......
But there were several thunders, like ink-stained rain clouds as if to pity the battlefield, tumbling and gathering in the sky of Suiyang, bean-sized raindrops poured down, the battlefield has not yet dispersed, still sticking to the bloody heat, and whistling cold wind, mixed with the fishy dry soil, coiled in this turbid world, broken limbs, blood-stained swords, silent soldiers, have been ruthlessly washed by the cold rain to the bone, the blood stains that have not yet dried up, mixed with the rain, slid down the cold gun body, seeped into the brown and red soil, it was a potholed battlefield, A moment later, it was filled with the cold rain and wiped flat, and the blood stains on the city walls, which had long since dried up and blackened, were now washed away. The rainwater, mixed with human blood and full of foam, merged into a bubbling and turbid stream, and hurriedly poured into the hastily dug and narrow trap ditch under Suiyang City. A few of the remnants of the soldiers who were seriously injured and fell to the ground, and who had not yet completely lost their breath, could only moan weakly, watching the rain bury themselves.
The boy raised his head high, let the heavy raindrops whip his cheeks, rain and blood mixed with tears slid down, a moment later, the boy raised the scimitar in his hand and crossed in front of him, calmly watching the raindrops clanging on the blade, one hand tightly clenched into a fist, and hit his chest hard
"Dad, I will definitely avenge you"
Another bolt of lightning pierced the sky, and then thunder rolled, and the heavens and the earth trembled......
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Hearing the rebels singing gold to withdraw their troops, the army at the head of the city did not rejoice too much, but silently pulled out the arrows that filled the city and put them away, and the army endured the hunger in their stomachs, stripped off the armor and helmet of the rebels who died at the head of the city, pulled out their spears and arrows, and then threw them out of the city. After arranging the garrison, Zhang Xun Xu Yuan led a group of guards down the city and saw the people of the Xuanjia camp gathered at the city gate. Knowing that Taishou was coming, the surrounding soldiers and civilians got out of the way, Zhang Xun was about to come forward to pay respects, raised his eyes, and hurriedly signaled the generals around him to silence. At this time, the Xuanjia Battalion, which was still galloping on the battlefield and invincible the world just now, fell to the ground and fell asleep at this moment, and even the war horses fell to their knees and gasped. Tai Qingzi, who had white hair, was solemn in his face to heal the unconscious Chuan Baoyungong, not far away, Xiaoxiao stared at the black bruises behind Qin Wei, frowned, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and the silver needles in his hands danced, Bai Yu Haitang stood aside with a nervous expression, helping Xiaoxiao hand over the silver needles and ointment, seeing that dozens of silver needles went down, the bruises on Qin Wei's back wound had begun to disperse, and everyone was relieved. It just so happened that at this time, Chuan Bao suddenly protruded a mouthful of blood and woke up. I was about to struggle, but I opened my eyes and saw that there were Tang soldiers all around, and my heart was relieved, at this time, there was a warm and strong internal force behind him, Chuan Bao hurriedly looked back, it was actually the mysterious Taoist of that night, so closely, I found that this Taoist was only middle-aged, but the hair was snow-white, and he was about to speak, but he heard the mysterious Taoist whispering: "Don't speak, concentrate and calm down" Chuan Bao heard this, knowing that this is the way to heal himself, and immediately felt grateful, and said: "Thank you seniors" according to Taiqingzi's words, brows stretched, and sat quietly, The posture has just been corrected, but I feel that the meridians around my body are pouring into the full internal force, and they are scattered along the eight veins of the Qi Sutra, and several acupuncture points on the body are faintly hot, which is extremely comfortable
"The head of the person has nine palaces, the heart has nine holes, the umbilicus has nine gods, the shape has nine households, knocking on the teeth and thinking of the gods, leading the true qi to cross the thirty-six palaces, returning to the dantian, reciprocating, nurturing knots, pure Taoism, can nourish the meridians and nourish the veins, moisten the acupoints"
Chuan Bao only felt that there were some weak and dry meridians, after being moistened by this internal force, first ****, and then all the soreness was lost, and the strength recovered instantly, and then this full internal force actually gathered to the dantian by itself, and the dantian was warm for a while, which made Chuan Bao suddenly open his eyes and shouted, like a tiger roaring and a dragon, just when the sky was cloudy, thunder, Yan Feng and the Xuanjia battalion on the side woke up one after another, and for a while they looked at Chuan Bao for unknown reasons.
Seeing this, Tai Qingzi immediately withdrew his palm power, got up gently, looked at Chuan Bao with a smile and nodded. Chuan Bao clenched his fists, feeling the internal force of his whole body, his own strength seemed to be a few points stronger than before, and then he was overjoyed, and Bai Yu on the side saw this, hurriedly stepped forward and patted Chuan Bao's arm: "Tsk, a moment of effort, Brother Yan's internal injuries are all healed" Looking at Tai Qingzi, he was immediately taken aback: "Dao Chang's face is so young!" ”
When Chuan Baozheng was excited, when he heard Bai Yu's words, he suddenly remembered the Taoist behind him, and then turned to Taiqingzi is bow and said, "Thank you seniors for teaching martial arts exercises to heal your wounds!" He immediately bowed his hand and bowed heavily. When Tai Qingzi heard this, he just smiled slightly.
At this moment, the raindrops of beans fell one after another, but everyone did not have the intention of dodging, Zhang Xun watched the Xuanjia camp wake up from a distance, and then took a few steps forward and said: "As the saying goes, great grace is not grateful, but such a great favor, Zhang Xun is unforgettable, Zhang Xun is the soldiers of Suiyang City, thank you here!" Immediately, regardless of the muddy ground, he knelt heavily on the ground, bowed three times, Yan Feng saw this, and hurriedly struggled to get up from the arms of the lord of Ningshu, and stepped forward to support Zhang Xun
"The rise and fall of the family and the country, the husband is responsible, and Lord Zhang does not need to be polite"
After that, Zhang Xun led Xu Yuan and a cadre of guards to meet everyone, and learned that Yan Feng and his party were actually from Yuhang, thousands of miles away, they were all indignant, and they couldn't help but thank each other several times, Zhang Xun looked at Taiqingzi, suddenly frowned, and stepped forward and said: "Can the Taoist go to Ningling." Seeing this question, Tai Qingzi smiled slightly and said, "Poor Dao has never been there"
"Really?" Zhang Xun was thinking about it, and suddenly felt a noisy sound in the distance, it was actually Nan Jiyun, the general, who was leading dozens of soldiers of the Xuanjia Battalion, not sheltering from the wind and rain, carrying more than a dozen steaming cauldrons, rushing towards the city gate.
"There's something to eat!" "If you have something to eat, you can't starve to death!" The defenders in the city were overjoyed, and ran in the direction of Nan Jiyun, taking off their helmets to make soup bowls, Nan Jiyun was not stingy, while scooping out the food for the soldiers to share, while ordering several groups of people to carry the cauldron to the city, so that the soldiers who stuck to the standby could be satisfied, although it was only a light soup porridge, the army had a good meal, and no one coaxed it, so that Yan Feng couldn't help but have a lot of emotion in his heart, no wonder a small Suiyang City could not stand tall in front of hundreds of thousands of troops, and support for several months, it was really rare. The army in the city had been hungry for several days, and immediately with the momentum of the wind and clouds, they poured heavy rain to eat the soup in the pot. Still licking the remnants of the millet in the helmet, the soldiers of the Xuanjia Battalion saw that the soup made of such rotten millet made the soldiers so willing, their hearts were sour, and they stopped in the rain in silence.
Bai Yu and Chuan Bao took off their clothes, raised them above their heads to block the shower for Qin Wei and Xiaoxiao, only to see that the blood on Qin Wei's back had been dispersed by the silver needle, but it showed a cracked wound, it turned out that it was vigorously suppressed The texture was rotten, but fortunately, Qin Wei's physique was excellent and did not hurt the bones, Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment and turned it out of the medicine bag for a long time, and finally had to take out an emerald green vial, frowned slightly, and unscrewed the cap of the bottle, and a burst of fishy air immediately dispersed, so that Bai Yu and Chuan Bao looked sideways, Begonia pinched his nose and asked: "Xiaoxiao, what is this." ”
"Muscle Pill" saw Xiaoxiao pour out two jade-like small pills from the vial, leaned in front of Qin Wei, and wanted to pry his mouth open, but as soon as the pill got closer, Qin Wei actually frowned slightly, opened his eyes dimly, and glanced at the emerald green pill that had come to his mouth, and suddenly remembered the medicine that almost cost him his life when he was healing before, and hurriedly said: "Xiaoxiao... Still... It's better to change the taste, hmm! Unexpectedly, as soon as he spoke, a jade hand covered Qin Wei's mouth, and of course, the two emerald green pills.
"Hurry up and eat!" Xiaoxiao took out a silver needle and stabbed it into Qin Wei's neck, Qin Wei's throat trembled, and he swallowed the pill in his mouth. When the three people on the side saw this, they only felt a choke in their throats, and they all felt nauseous.
Bai Yu tried to calm down, swallowed his saliva, and asked cautiously, "Miss Xiaoxiao... What is that medicine made of, and why does it taste so fishy?"
Seeing Qin Wei swallowing the pill, the "rotten bone grass" poured him a few mouthfuls of water, seeing that Qin Wei's face was pale and he couldn't stop coughing, but he couldn't spit out the pill, so he calmed down and replied expressionlessly.
When the three of them heard this, their jaws almost dropped, "Rotten bone grass is a strange poison in the world, can it be used as medicine?" Then subconsciously hid a few steps back, and Haitang asked cautiously: "Brother Qin... How many more days will you live? ”
"He'll be dead in a moment!" Xiaoxiao replied angrily, in her eyes, this patient was the biggest and stupidest one she had ever seen, when she treated him for the first time, looking at the terrifying wound on his neck that turned out to be white, he thought that the chance of being saved was very slim, and suddenly heard him mutter: "Li ...... Will...... Although he couldn't hear what he was saying, he was still shocked by this will, and it seemed that he was an obsessed person, and he was immediately determined to save him at any cost. Later, regardless of his own injuries, he killed the Shocking Wind Village, and later, when he handed the golden silk soft armor to himself, Xiaoxiao gradually had a strange feeling in her heart, but she didn't know what it was, and finally had to be classified as the benevolence of the healer, thinking of this, her face turned red, and she hurriedly turned out the golden silk soft armor that had not been worn from the medicine bag and stuffed it into Qin Wei's arms.
"You still wear this thing, otherwise you will go out vertically and come back horizontally every time" Xiaoxiao dropped this sentence, ignoring everyone's strange eyes, picked up the medicine bag, and ignored the pouring rain, and went to check the injuries of the other soldiers in the Xuanjia Battalion.
Haitang hurriedly approached Qin Wei and asked, "Brother Qin, you'll be fine" Qin Wei smiled helplessly, "The muscle-growing pill made of this rotten bone grass is a healing elixir developed by the Yang Medicine Immortal himself, and it has a miraculous effect on healing external injuries" After speaking, he was about to struggle to get up, but his limbs were sore, numb, and there were bursts of itching from the bruises on his back, and it was actually the muscle-growing pill that worked.
The rebels have been attacking the city for several months, and the boulder fire pot that has been thrown into the city has already made a mess in Suiyang City, most of the houses have been smashed and burned, and the surname Bai in the city can only build a shed to live temporarily, Bai Yu saw that his brothers were fine, so it was convenient for Chuanbao and Haitang to help Qin Wei under a grass shed built in a hurry, temporarily sheltering from the wind and rain, Bai Yu sat on the hay and touched his waist, only to remember that the bamboo branch sword was taken away by Wu Renxing, and he was suddenly sad, Chuanbao beat his chest and feet angrily, for him, losing the gourd is secondary, the key is, Can't drink the spirits inside, in this Suiyang City, where supplies are in short supply, it is even more impossible to find a mouthful of turbid wine, how to be good on the wine worms, and immediately the two sighed, Qin Wei sighed due to the effect of the medicine, the stinging pain was unbearable, so he had to clench the golden silk soft armor in his hand, closed his eyes and said nothing, Haitang saw that Nan Jiyun was very hard to distribute soup and food in the rain, so he also ran over, did not shelter from the wind and rain, picked up the wooden scoop and scooped the soup and food to distribute to the soldiers.
"Alas, what a good sword, it's really a shame to the ancestors of the Bai family, I can't imagine that I, Bai Yu, have been practicing martial arts for several years, and I can't protect a weapon, it's really useless" Bai Yu grabbed a handful of hay, held it in his hand, stared at it in a daze, and threw it aside after a long time
"I'm not the same, the only treasures I have won now are Brother Qin's golden silk soft armor and that stone, uh, what about that stone?" Chuan Bao was also as stunned as Bai Yu, and suddenly remembered the stone on his body, and immediately rummaged around, and when he got it in his hand, he found that the stone had been cut off by Qi Brush
"What is this?" Seeing that the wound was actually a boxy piece of yellow and white jade, there seemed to be something engraved on it, and he hurriedly said to Bai Yu: "Brother Bai come and see!" The stone has changed! When Bai Yu heard this, his mind still couldn't escape from the grief of snatching the sword, and he came over slowly
"Destiny Stone?" When Bai Yu saw the font engraved on the jade face, he frowned, and then said: "Heavenly Mandate Shi, what does this mean, whoever gets the stone is the person of Heavenly Destiny?" Hearing Bai Yu's words, Chuan Bao also frowned, and he didn't know the meaning, "That's right, it is indeed the person of destiny" The two were hesitating, but Tai Qingzi walked into the grass shed and said with a slight smile.
"Can you tell Poor Dao where this stone came from?"
Seeing Tai Qingzi's question, the two discussed it in a low voice, this Taoist has the grace to save his life, plus several times to kill the thief against the country, and immediately agreed, and told Tai Qingzi the original source of this thing.
"I see, it's really interesting" Tai Qingzi listened intently, and after a moment, sighed with a slight smile. Immediately, just like the two of them, they sat on the spot, swept away the dust, and pinched the trick in their hands.
"Let Poor Dao tell you a story."
If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next time