Section 308 Jointly

If you had to do it all over again, what would you choose?

This is an eternal topic, even Pei Mingcui can't help but assume it once.

There are too many choices in life, although there can only be one ending in the end, but there are some things, no one can know if the re-choice can change the ending!

If she does it all over again, Pei Mingcui will not give up Yang Guang easily, she will still do her best to prevent the decline of Dasui, she still can't easily forget her aunt's entrustment, and she still can't save Li Xuanba's life.

Sometimes, knowing the ending, but can't stop it, I'm afraid that I would rather not want to do it again.

But if Pei Mingcui can choose to get to know Xiao Buyi again, knowing what Xiao Buyi did today, whether she will choose to support Xiao Buyi, and whether she will let him get close to Yang Guang, Pei Mingcui is afraid that she doesn't know!

All she can do is ask a question, and then walk away without waiting for an answer, because she knows that this hypothesis will not get an answer, even if it is obtained, it is also an illusory answer, and the choice is only once, and it will not be repeated!

Xiao Buyi looked at Pei Mingcui in the distance, and stood there in a daze, wondering what Pei Mingcui was thinking.

You don't have to guess a woman's thoughts, Pei Mingcui's thoughts are even more incomprehensible. But Xiao Buyi can't be hostile to her no matter what. She seems to be the enemy of the world, but Xiao Buyi only has respect for this kind of person.

If he were given another choice, he would probably still take this path, at least he didn't know what the outcome would be, and he felt that he was walking a good path now!

Turning her head to look over, she saw the woman in black looking at the bright Luohe River, the river water was reflected, reflected in her eyes, two points of light, and her slightly indifferent eyes were somewhat vivid.

The morning sun rose, 10,000 golden snakes flew and swam on the surface of the Luo River, and the eyes of the woman in black also became colorful.

"If you had to do it all over again, would you still follow me?" Xiao Buyi suddenly asked with a smile, and without waiting for an answer, he urged the horse to go.

The woman in black looked at the bright river, was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "If you do it all over again...... Of course I do! ”

Not far from the city gate, Pei Mingcui was already standing in front of the horse, waiting for Xiao Buyi and the others. Compared with the time when he left the Eastern Capital, the Eastern Capital is now full of tense atmosphere.

Although the outer city of the eastern capital is tall and strong, but the city defense facilities are not complete, in addition to a few main city gates, there are many bare earthen walls, the city defense is extremely poor, there are heavy guards here, only afraid of bandits raids, the tense atmosphere of war is about to come out.

The people who enter the eastern capital must be strictly checked, and the people in the eastern capital have the latest road guides, so that although it is not possible to strictly control the people entering and exiting, it can at least increase security.

Of course, Xiao Buyi and the woman in black had no way to guide them, and when Pei Mingcui and the three of them arrived at the city gate, some officers and soldiers came to ask. This time, there was no need for Xiao Buyi to make a move, Pei Mingcui just took out a token and shook it.

When the officers and men saw this, their vigilant attitude immediately became very respectful. A captain with nearly 100 guards led three people into the city, from Jianguomen through Tianjie, straight to the direction of Tianjin Bridge.

Along the way, Sui soldiers can be seen everywhere, eyeing each other. Xiao Buyi was on the horse, thinking of the last prosperity of the Eastern Capital a few years ago, compared with today's tension and depression, and shook his head secretly.

When all the Sui soldiers saw this team, they were somewhat surprised, but they automatically flashed to the sides. The specifications of this kind of guard cannot be used even by the princes and ministers, and the three of them seem to be quite face-to-face, but they are strictly guarded, and many people don't know what kind of person they are.

The soldiers of the Eastern Capital City Defense took turns to change the guard, but after all, someone still recognized Pei Mingcui and Xiao Buyi, and whispered: "It's the Right Xiaowei General, the Right Xiaowei General is back!" General Xiao is back! General Xiao is back......"

The low cry at the beginning came quickly, and in an instant it turned into cheers, and the cheers spread out, and the eastern capital was like a sea of joy, but after a while, these words were recited in the entire eastern capital, General Xiao is back, the original savior of thousands of miles, who broke through the mountains and flew away, and almost eradicated General Xiao of Wagang is back!

Wagang is strong, the eastern capital has no leader, and the people are panicked, and they only feel that the words are bleak.

None of the people in the Eastern Capital would have a good impression of the Wagang bandits, although the Wagang bandits shouted to overthrow the tyranny and overthrow the rule of the faint king, but because of the bandits in Wagang, everyone felt that it was more difficult than before. They can't leave because they are reluctant, but more because of helplessness, where can they go because of the chaos in the world?

But when I heard that General Xiao, who was almost as famous as Zhang Xutuo, came to the Eastern Capital, all the people suddenly felt hopeful.

Xiao Buyi fled for his life, and Zhang Xutuo secretly carried out his will, and few people knew about it. Today's people in the eastern capital can be said to know nothing about the original events. In fact, not only the common people, but also the soldiers and hundreds of officers do not know about it.

But they know one thing, General Xiao is here to save the Eastern Capital! The saint abandoned the eastern capital, and the bandits came to the city, and now only General Xiao can save the eastern capital!

Xiao Buyi came to the Eastern Capital, and he didn't disguise himself, and he didn't need these, this time he followed Pei Mingcui's advice and went to the Eastern Capital in a dignified manner, but what he didn't expect was that after so long, there were still people who remembered him, and there were still people cheering for him!

With a warm meaning in his heart, facing the rising sun, Xiao Buyi slowly waved his hand to the people, responding to more enthusiastic cheers, whether it was the officers and soldiers, or the people, they poured into the heavenly street to welcome.

The situation in front of him was a little strange in Xiao Buyi's impression.

When he was in front of Yanmen City alone, it was also early in the morning, and he also received such cheers and courtesy.

No matter who is the emperor of the people's soldiers, they will only remember the person who can lead them to victory and keep them safe, and now the eastern capital is decadent and panicked, and the arrival of Xiao Buyi, no matter whether it can turn the tide or not, it is better than sitting still!

Xiao Buyi's wave of her hand was natural, Pei Mingcui squinted, the sun shone on her face, red and bloody, and the woman in black was a little surprised in her eyes, she obviously didn't expect Xiao Buyi to be so popular.

Not only her, even Xiao Buyi himself was unexpected.

Countless people came out, and the officers and soldiers still stopped drinking at the beginning, just afraid that someone would collide with General Xiao, but the officers and soldiers who soon came in also joined the ranks of cheers, and followed Xiao Buyi forward, Hao Hao soup.

In the past year in the Eastern Capital, there have been few times when it has been so lively!

Pei Mingcui looked into the distance and sighed softly. The three of them crossed the Tianjin Bridge and had arrived at the right door of the inner city. The inner city is tall and majestic, and the guards are even stricter, even the people of the eastern capital here cannot approach, let alone enter.

Everyone was separated from the Tianjin Bridge, and they could no longer pass, Xiao Buyi looked back, only to see a crowd of people, and when he saw Xiao Buyi turn his head, it caused a burst of cheers.

The captain asked Pei Mingcui to show the token, and after seeing the token, even the soldiers guarding the inner city were in awe, and saluted Pei Mingcui respectfully, and there were soldiers who knew Xiao Buyi, and they saluted him, and invited the three of them to enter the city, and the city gate was closed, which cut off the tide of people.

The gate of the inner city was closed, and all the cheers and cheers were finally isolated outside the city, Pei Mingcui suddenly said: "No matter what, if one person can get such cheers, it is not in vain to come here." ”

Xiao Buyi smiled: "If I knew that I was so popular, I would probably have come here a long time ago. ”

Pei Mingcui didn't answer, and walked in the direction of the inner palace under the leadership of the prison gate general. Sima Chang'an, the lieutenant general of the Jianmen Mansion, died in Li Min's rebellion and was beheaded at home. The guards of the prison gate mansion were also killed by Yang Guang's will because of more or less blind obedience.

Today's guards have changed a lot from the beginning, after the death of the lieutenant general, it has been vacant, and there is no replacement, but Lu Chu is temporarily responsible for it by the internal history.

These things are all along the way, Pei Mingcui said to Xiao Buyi, the information flashed in Xiao Buyi's mind, but he had already come to the Xiaoxian Hall with Pei Mingcui.

The palace is brilliant and magnificent, but it is deserted, in Xiao Buyi's eyes, no matter how you look at it, it is the last splendor of the West Mountain.

The three of them didn't wait to sit down, and the sound of rushing footsteps came from outside the hall.

Pei Mingcui turned her head to look over, not in a hurry. She now seems to pay less attention to anything, and she doesn't even take her surname to heart, but she has a kind of indifference and calmness.

Xiao Buyi looked up, only to see an old man walking in outside the hall, with a black face and charcoal, also thin and short. When I saw Pei Mingcui, there was joy in my eyes, and I only said two words, "Come on...... Finish? ”

Although the old man was thin, his neck was a little thick, and his Adam's apple was not small, moving up and down like a plug, causing him to speak very unsmoothly.

Pei Mingcui stood up slowly, nodded, and pointed at Xiao Buyi and said: "Nei Shiling, this is Xiao Buyi, the right general of the imperial court." , who was framed by annihilation before, has now found out the truth and reinstated the official. After Pei Mingcui introduced Xiao Buyi, she pointed to the person and introduced to Xiao Buyi: "General Xiao, this is Lord Lu Chulu of the internal history order, he has been in Xijing, I think you may have never seen it." When the saint went to Yangzhou, he asked Lord Lu and Lord Yuanwendu, the secretary of Taifu, to assist King Yue to guard the eastern capital. ”

Xiao Buyi stood up and saluted, "Lord Lu, look up for a long time." ”

He said it politely, but he had indeed heard of Lu Chu's name, but he had never seen it.

Lu Chu glanced at Xiao Buyi and said coldly: "Long Yang." ”

His attitude towards Xiao Buyi can be said to be very cold, but Xiao Buyi didn't care, Pei Mingcui asked, "I don't know if King Yue is still resting?" ”

Lu Chu shook his head, "Pei ...... You come with me. ”

He only said Pei Mingcui's name, Pei Mingcui already understood his intentions, and said to Xiao Buyi: "Brother Xiao, please wait here, I'll go back when I go." ”

Xiao Buyi nodded, "Then you...... Be careful. ”

Pei Mingcui had already gotten up, but when she heard this, she was stunned, and nodded: "Thank you General Xiao for your concern." ”

Under Lu Chu's escort, she walked quickly to the outside of the palace, and the guards also followed and left, Xiao Buyi sat in the empty palace, looked at the woman in black and said, "Eat rice, have you always been so indifferent?" If others don't talk to you, you won't answer? ”

Although he is a master of art and bold, he is somewhat bored in the palace. In fact, there are all kinds of speculations about the woman in black, but she has been unable to do it, and she asks casually, just to find some clues.

The woman in black shook her head and said, "No." ”

Xiao Buyi became interested, "Since you haven't been so indifferent, then we might as well ......"

"I used to be more aloof than that." The woman in black replied, turned her head to look outside the palace, obviously unwilling to talk to Xiao Buyi too much.

Xiao Buyi said helplessly: "That's really not much different from being dumb." ”

The woman in black didn't answer, Xiao Buyi sat on the chair and muttered, "Why did you assassinate Yang Guang?" The woman in black was silent, Xiao Buyi shook her head, and fell silent.

After Zhuxiang's effort, someone outside the hall hurriedly walked in, seeing that the official uniform was the general of the prison gate, and after seeing Xiao Buyi, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Excellency is General Xiao?" ”

Xiao Buyi was slightly stunned, "I am." ”

The man raised his head and said, "General Xiao, King Yue invites General Xiao to the Chongde Hall for a while." ”

Xiao Buyi asked, "I don't know Brother Tai's surname?" ”

The man said in fear: "Don't give your surname He, He Shaosheng, and be the right general of the prison house." ”

Xiao Buyi nodded and said, "Look up for a long time." ”

He Shaosheng was stunned, "Does General Xiao know you?" ”

Xiao Buyi smiled and said: "That's not true, but I haven't seen it for a long time." ”

He Shaosheng also laughed, "That's true, General Xiao has witty words, and I admire it." What Xiao Buyi said was not funny, He Shaosheng looked like he was stammering, "In the next is actually the name of General Xiao who has been admired for a long time, but in the next Xia, he has been promoted from the personal guard to the right general, and he has never had the opportunity to meet Lord Xiao." At the beginning, in front of the Wude Palace, I saw General Xiao defeat General Feng Lang with my own eyes, and he was majestic, which really made my heart break. ”

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "He Lang will be promoted to the position of Lang General in the position of personal guard, presumably he is also an extraordinary skill, and he can not be an ordinary person." ”

He Shaosheng shook his head and said: "How dare I compare my little ability with General Xiao, by the way, King Yue invited General Xiao and asked General Xiao to move." ”

Xiao Buyi turned his head to look at the woman in black and said, "If you eat rice, let's have a piece." ”

The woman in black stood up and followed Xiao Buyi's side, but He Shaosheng was a little embarrassed: "General Xiao, this ......"

"Miss Pei said, let me meet King Yue with her, doesn't King Yue agree?" Xiao Buyi asked.

He Shaosheng hesitated, "That's not true, General Xiao, please!" ”

He walked out first and walked in the direction of Chongde Hall, Xiao Buyi and the woman in black followed closely.

When I arrived in front of the Chongde Palace, the front of the hall was very deserted, and there were no palace people, Xiao Buyi frowned slightly. He Shaosheng saw Xiao Buyi's doubts and explained: "King Yue has always been frugal and simple, and likes to be pure, so there are few palace people outside this Chongde Palace. General Xiao, please wait outside the palace first, and I will tell King Yue first. ”

He was about to enter the palace, but after only a moment's effort, suddenly there was a sharp sound of footsteps in all directions, and hundreds of Praetorian Guards rushed in from all directions.

The Praetorian Guards were armed with guns, shields, or knives, and in an instant, they surrounded Xiao Buyi and the woman in black on the inside and outside of the three layers.

Xiao Buyi frowned slightly, but she was not panicked, the woman in black was still indifferent, and her eyes were not shocked.

The first person shouted: "Xiao Buyi, as a Taiping demon, you dare to enter the palace privately, with bad intentions, you should be killed." ”

The man pulled out his waist knife early, waved it vigorously, and said: "Xiao Buyi committed a rebellion, the crime is unforgivable, and the person who kills Xiao Buyi first will be rewarded with ten taels of gold." ”

The guards swarmed up, and the shield bearers stepped forward, squeezing in all directions, like an iron wall!

The man sneered, but after flashing to the shield hand, he seemed to know how powerful Xiao Buyi was, and he didn't dare to step forward in person. But they came prepared, this kind of battle is impenetrable, but it is specially used to deal with masters!

Even if Xiao Buyi's martial arts are strong, he doesn't believe that hundreds of Praetorian Guards can't help Xiao Buyi!

Xiao Buyi did not move, and the woman in black did not move, and the two stood on the spot, as if they were stunned.

After a while, the shield man stopped abruptly, and the sound of 'clanging' poked the shield on the ground, but the spearman shouted fiercely, and the spear pierced through the gap in the shield, stabbing the two Xiao Buyi who were surrounded in the phalanx.

They don't need to change, they don't need moves, it's just this kind of dense piercing that can make the people in the formation be pierced like hedgehogs.

After the battle, the man had a smile on his face, and he had already begun to imagine Xiao Buyi's appearance with holes all over his body and blood flowing all over the ground. Xiao Buyi died, and he was not allowed to be promoted to the knighthood.

Suddenly, his smile froze, Xiao Buyi finally made a move, he stretched out his hand to draw the knife, just a sharpening, more than a dozen spears stabbed in front of him had been broken, and before he could land, Xiao Buyi had already rushed forward.

He burst out, as brave as a cheetah, and the spears behind him pierced out, all falling into the air. Xiao Buyi moved from stillness to movement, like thunder, like lightning, everyone only felt that he drew his knife and swung it, and the movements of his body were all together, almost in no particular order.

Under the light and shadow, the spears broke one after another when they pierced him, and his rush was unstoppable, and all the soldiers were horrified, only to feel that this person was not human!

But although Xiao Buyi rushed fast, the shield in front of him was like a mountain, and he looked like he was going to kill himself.

At the moment when Xiao Buyi drew the knife, the woman in black used her toes to force her toes, and she had already volleyed up with her heels, and the latter came first, and she actually landed on the shield of the shield hand on the opposite side. The shield bearer was shocked, the spear of the spearman in the front row was broken, and only the broken rod remained, and the lethality was gone, and he hurriedly retreated. The spearmen in the back row rushed up, and the spears stabbed in two directions, some went to stab the woman in black in the air, and others stabbed out again, but it was Xiao Buyi!

This kind of formation was used by the infantry of the Sui army, and Zhang Xutuo and Yang Yichen were all skillful, multi-derived, and extremely lethal. At the beginning, Zhang Xutuo used the Eight Winds Camp to win more with less, and the thieves could not break it, Yang Yichen used this array to trap the red leopard and the bandits under the Supreme King almost alive, which can be seen in its power.

Although the current command is slightly inferior, the reason is much the same.

The spear stabbed out again, and the sun shone in the air, and the cold light was dotted. Xiao Buyi's pupils shrank, and he suddenly shouted angrily and struck out with a knife.

The spears that stabbed at him snapped, and he slashed out with all the strength of his single sword, slashing out with a snap of his wrist, right on top of the iron shield of a shieldman.

I only heard a click, blood rain sprayed in the air, and the shield hand holding the shield was actually split in half by him and the shield with the shield, and flew out upside down.

Although the soldiers had heard of Xiao Buyi's courage and invincibility, and thousands of troops were unstoppable, after all, they had only heard that they were now on the scene, and they knew his terrifying bravery!

The shield-bearer was actually split in half by his sword and shield, which in their eyes was like a god-man.

The array was a little chaotic, the order was not working, some soldiers retreated in panic, and some soldiers were squeezed forward. Xiao Buyi's eyes were sharp, his body was non-stop, he rushed through the rain of blood, passed the weight of the shield hand, reached out and grabbed a short knife hand, and swung it out vigorously, only to hear a scream, and the spears stabbed out one after another, but pierced the soldier's body, stabbing him alive in mid-air.

Xiao Buyi took advantage of this gap, twisted his waist sharply, and squeezed past the soldier.

The soldiers only felt that Xiao Buyi in front of them seemed to have changed its shape a little, writhing like a snake, and running like flowing water, almost unable to believe what they saw!

The woman in black rose from her shield and volleyed again, her spears stabbing at her, and it seemed that she was going to die. Unexpectedly, she flipped her wrist in the air to take the sword, and the long sword on her back was already in her hand!

The light shone in mid-air, the sun shone obliquely, and fell on the long sword, and the woman in black shook her wrist and sprinkled a little light.

The spearmen stabbed out their spears, but they covered their throats with their hands and fell to the sky.

The long sword of the woman in black flew like a meteor, but the person staggered like snow. The spear was like a forest, but she danced like a bird in the flowers and trees, and with a light touch of her toes, she stepped on the top of the soldier's head and galloped over, and her wrist vibrated again, and the bird turned into a goshawk, and rose in the air, and the long sword vibrated sharply, stabbing at the soldier like a rainbow.

From the time the leader gave the order to drink, to the time he saw Xiao Buyi and the woman in black break out of the formation, it was only a moment's effort. I saw the woman in black with a sword like lightning, and I was about to dodge to the side, but suddenly my arm was grabbed by someone, and she froze and couldn't help but be shocked: "Don't kill me!" ”

Of course, Xiao Buyi knew the truth of capturing the thief and the king, so he rushed to the man's side, grabbed the man's arm, and saw that the man's face was like dirt, and he slashed out with a single knife and killed two soldiers who came to the rescue. The long knife turned again, and it was already on the man's neck.

Blood is like water, flowing down the blade, falling bit by bit, terrifying.

The woman in black was in the air, and when she saw Xiao Buyi rushing out of the chaotic army, she captured the general led by her, her long sword trembled slightly, and she stabbed to death the three people who rushed to her in an instant.

But between the swings of her sword, she had already killed at least a dozen people.

Xiao Buyi's killing is just to establish authority, although it is bloody, it is far less than the number of killings by the woman in black. The woman in black was elegant in killing, but she galloped all the way over, and there were corpses under her feet.

Although the woman in black returned the sword into the sheath, the soldiers did not dare to step forward. First, the leader fell into the hands of Xiao Buyi, and secondly, these two people were delicate and gentle, but they looked like Lord Yama, and they reached out to take the surname of others.

"Brother Tai's surname?" Xiao Buyi asked with a smile.

The man was cold, gritted his teeth, and said, "I...... I...... My name is...... Cao ...... Cao ......"

Although he wanted to pretend to be a hero, he could see that Xiao Buyi's smile was cold, and his eyes were full of evil, and his teeth clenched for a while, and he was trembling and speechless.

Xiao Buyi didn't wait to hear what he said, his face changed slightly, he looked up, and saw hundreds of soldiers pouring out in the distance, and the armor was running in this direction, frowning secretly.

Of course, he didn't think that this was Pei Mingcui's arrangement, if Pei Mingcui wanted his surname, the attack arranged would definitely be much more ingenious than this. But the guards are endless, Pei Mingcui does not appear, but it makes him frown a lot, and the power of the Eastern Capital has changed, and these people know that he is going to find an excuse to kill him when he arrives in the Eastern Capital, but they don't know whose subordinates it is?

Many soldiers rushed in the distance, but the first one was an old man, his face was full of sorrow, and when he saw this situation, he shouted loudly: "General Xiao, keep people under the knife." ”

When he heard the sound of the people, all the soldiers saw him coming, and scattered on both sides. Xiao Buyi knew this old man, and said with a smile: "Lieutenant General Dong, I don't know what to do here?" ”

The person who came was Dong Qifeng, Xiao Buyi was quite familiar with him when he was in the Eastern Capital, and they drank together because of the relationship between Princess Wuwu.

Dong Qifeng smiled bitterly and said: "General Xiao, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here, please let General Cao Lang go, how about I go with you to see King Yue?" ”

(To be continued)