Chapter Eighty-Four: The Fall of the Star

The pain on his body is getting weaker and weaker......

Is that what it is? The so-called oil runs out of lamps......

"Where will the thief go?!"

A Zhou army general shouted, raised his spear and stabbed Chen Bei in the right shoulder.

"Haha, it's done!" General Zhou smiled ecstatically, but in the next breath, the smile on his face froze, because he found that Chen Bei was still sitting peacefully on his horse, just glancing at him with eyes that did not look like a living person.

"Bell-!!"

With a backhand shot, the spear in Chen Bei's left hand smashed into the Zhou general, who subconsciously resisted, but suddenly felt an incomparably strong force attacking, not only was the spear body in his hand bent, but even the bones of his arms were smashed and cracked.

This guy ...... Is it really human?

Zhou Jiang looked at Chen Bei in disbelief, and just as he lost his mind, Chen Bei pierced his chest with a spear.

"It's hard to ...... Believing ......" A mouthful of blood spit out from his mouth, Zhou Jiang stared at the position of Chen Bei's heart, he really couldn't imagine that a guy who had obviously been pierced through his heart by a crossbow arrow could still maintain such a strong wrist strength.

"The thief will die!"

Another Zhou general shouted and killed Chen Bei, after all, Chen Bei, who was covered in blood, although his appearance seemed to be even more terrifying than in Pingyue, but on the other hand, wouldn't this be a great achievement, as long as Chen Bei could be sniped to death, he would be promoted to become rich and famous.

"......" turned his head and glanced at General Zhou who was attacking from the right, Chen Bei swung out his spear with his backhand, and drew it to the chest and abdomen of the war horse under the crotch of General Zhou, only to hear a loud bang, and the galloping war horse actually somersaulted in the air after receiving this heavy blow.

Glancing at the Zhou general who was lifted in the air and at a loss for what to do, Chen Bei shot again, only to see that the opponent's head was shattered.

"Chen Bei......"

In the distance, General Zhou's voice sounded again, Chen Bei casually threw out a spear in his hand, only to hear a pop, and General Zhou in the distance was pierced through the chest by the spear, and he didn't even have time to shout out the follow-up words.

But this also made Chen Bei have another arrow on his body......

Glancing at the Zhou general who attacked him, Chen Bei's eyes lit up, and he threw out another spear in his hand, but when he heard a bang, the Zhou general with a bow was hit in the chest by the spear, flew upside down for more than ten zhang, and fell to the ground, life and death unknown.

Glancing around, a little surprise appeared in Chen Bei's eyes.

Odd......

The scenery around me is still so slow, but why, I can't dodge it?

Is it your own reaction that has slowed down? Or is it ......

Is it because the body's reaction has slowed down......

Glancing at his hands that were completely stained red with blood, Chen Bei's face showed a somewhat complicated look.

Gradually, I lost my concentration......

"Knives!" Chen Bei on horseback roared, and the Taiping soldiers behind him heard about it and hurriedly stepped forward to offer the war knife in his hand.

Holding the knife in his hand, the momentum on Chen Bei's body was a little heavier.

Sure enough, he is still suitable for a straight weapon like a knife......

"Poof!!"

With a slash, blood splattered, and in the midst of the exclamations around him, a Zhou soldier was almost split in half by Chen Bei, the strongest material bone in the human body, and at this moment, it was impossible to stop Chen Bei's incomparably strong strength.

"This guy ......"

"Monster...... This guy is a monster! ”

The nearby Zhou army almost collapsed, and after several thousand generals died one after another at the hands of Chen Bei, the fighting spirit in their hearts was completely shattered. Because they found that whether they were stabbed by a gun or a knife, the man who seemed to be a monster was still sitting on the back of the horse as peacefully, continuing to ** them, like an immortal ghost general.

"Huh?"

Ma Dan, the general of the Zhou army, who was commanding his soldiers at the exit of the valley, also seemed to notice the twitching behind him, and subconsciously glanced back.

Just a glance, Ma Dan was almost frightened, because he found that Chen Bei had killed him behind him at some point, only more than ten zhang away from him.

What's going on?

The Taiping army in the Death Valley actually came out? What about the adults and the second lady?

Subconsciously looked into the distance, and saw that the banners of Xie An and Eldest Sun Xiangyu were still floating high in the distance, Ma Dan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, after all, if something happened to Xie An and Eldest Sun Xiangyu, he would be to blame.

After peace of mind, a thought suddenly popped up in Ma Dan's heart.

Boy......

Weighing dozens of arrows, can you still fight your way out of the encirclement?

is worthy of being the son-in-law of the Liangqiu family!

Putting aside the difference in camps, Ma Dan was inexplicably full of admiration for Chen Bei.

After all, Liangqiu has cultivated dozens of fierce generals who can take charge of their own affairs in the hundreds of years after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, among which there are as many as 27 people who are qualified and have military merits to sit in the position of generals, but because the Great Zhou Dynasty left the regulations that the four towns should not interfere with the military, so Liangqiu has never sat in the highest position in the military of the Great Zhou.

But even so, it is undeniable that Liangqiu is a tiger general!

Not to mention, let's just say that Liang Qiu Gong and his two sons, that are the leading figures of the Great Zhou military in recent decades, take Ma Dan as an example, when he was young, he almost grew up listening to Liang Qiu Gong's prestige.

From Liang Qiu Gong to his two sons, that is, the former Dongzhen Hou Liang Qiu Gong and Liang Qiu Jing, and now Liang Qiu Gong's granddaughter, the general of the Eastern Army, Dongzhen Hou Liang Qiu Dance, although Liang Qiu Yimen is not prosperous, but the prestige and heritage are still enduring, especially the twelfth generation of Liang Qiu Yimen, Liang Qiu Hao and Liang Qiu Wu These two cousins who surpassed their ancestors appeared before and after.

There is no doubt that if Liang Qiu Hao and Liang Qiu Wu, two cousins, sit in the Liang Qiu family at the same time, looking at the whole world, who would dare to underestimate the Liang Qiu family, a family with only three people left?

It's a pity, it's a pity......

Even Ma Dan, who is an outsider, secretly feels sorry for the Liangqiu family, after all, the Liangqiu family could have prospered again.

"Whew......" Ma Dan let out a long breath.

At this point, even if he has respect for the Liangqiu family, at this moment, as the general of the Zhou army, he can't let Chen Bei, the son-in-law of the Liangqiu family, break through and leave.

There should be a chance......

He's worse than he was yesterday......

Thinking of this, Ma Dan subconsciously clenched the war knife in his hand.

And at this moment, Chen Yan in the distance seemed to have noticed something, and glanced at Ma Dan, who was waiting solemnly, and his cold and terrifying eyes were so terrifying that Ma Dan didn't dare to move at all.

"Stepping on ......"

There was a sound of horses' hooves, and Liu Qing, who was behind Chen Bei, rushed straight past Ma Dan, only a few feet away from the latter, but unbelievably, Ma Dan didn't react and watched Chen Bei break through.

"General?" The adjutant general, who had been waiting for his own general to give a sniper order, glanced at Ma Dan suspiciously, and he realized that Ma Dan had a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, and beads of sweat the size of beans covered his forehead.

"......" looked at his trembling hands in disbelief, Ma Dan looked at Chen Bei, who had already rushed out, in amazement, opened his mouth, and stopped talking.

Good...... Boy!

What a terrifying murderous aura......

"Chasing ......" Ma Dan clamped the horse's belly between his legs, but unexpectedly, the war horse under his crotch did not obey the master's last wish at this moment.

Do you feel it too?

That kind of murderous aura that doesn't look like a thing in the world......

As if feeling the horror of his beloved horse, Ma Dan gently stroked the horse's mane and looked at Chen Bei's back with complicated eyes.

He was frightened, as the general of the Zhou army and the deputy marshal of the Jizhou soldiers, he was frightened......

He subconsciously felt that if he had at least a thirty percent chance of winning against Chen Bei yesterday, then he might not even have the slightest chance of winning, although Chen Bei's injury at this moment was even worse than yesterday's, almost to the point of running out of oil and lamps......

on, it's death!

No, it should be said, on the top, there is only death!

At this moment, Chen Bei is far more terrifying than in Pingyue, much more terrifying!

For some reason, Ma Dan's mind conjured up the appearance of a tiger cornered......

Trapped Beast ......

If you are poor, you will not chase it, if you are poor, you will lose yourself, if you are trapped in the beast, you will be counterattacked......

"Ma Dan?"

"Huh?" When he came back to his senses, Ma Dan noticed that Xie An's chariot had arrived at his side at some point, and he hurriedly saluted Xie An and his eldest grandson Xiangyu.

"Marshal, military advisor!"

Nodding, Xie An frowned and said, "He...... Passed? ”

A hint of shame flashed on Ma Dan's face when he heard this, and he said in a hurry, "Yes, the last general...... Don't dare to step forward to block ......"

Retreating from the battle, this was supposed to be dealt with by military law, but Xie An didn't say anything, and even, this time, even the eldest Sun Xiangyu didn't blame Ma Dan, after all, they all knew that the current Chen Bei was definitely the most terrible time in his life.

Whoever stands in the way of others will die!

"Lord Husband, we just need to chase after him from afar, and we don't need to clash with him, he ...... It won't be long before ......"

The eldest grandson Xiangyu reminded on the side.

Xie An nodded silently, after all, he also knew very well that with Chen Bei's current injury, even Jin Ling'er, who had superb medical skills, would be difficult to treat him.

What is supporting Chen Bei at the moment is just an idea, the idea of taking Liu Qing to a safe place safe and sound, once the idea is weakened or the will is achieved......

Shaking his head, Xie An didn't dare to think about it anymore, and said in a heavy tone, "Ma Dan, you are here to confront Yan Lei, the Taiping Army's Shaking Light God General, as for Liu Qing and the others...... This house is catching up with himself! -- More than 4,000 crossbowmen under the command of this government will be handed over to you, and you will give this government 1,000 light cavalry! ”

"Yes!" Ma Dan clenched his fists and took the order, and immediately called a thousand-man general named Han Li, and asked him to lead a thousand horsemen to follow Xie An and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and then fought hard to fight a bloody way for Xie An and the others, so that the latter could chase Liu Qing and Chen Bei.

Because the road to the north has been completely cut off by Changsun Xiangyu, Chen Bei can only protect Liu Qing to break through in the direction of Jiangling in the south.

In the process of breaking through, Liu Qing and Chen Bei followed fewer and fewer people, so that when they really broke out of the encirclement, there were only a few dozen Tianfu soldiers left.

However, in their rear, there were a thousand cavalry of Xie An and the eldest grandson Xiangyu......

"Speed...... Slow down......" Qin Ke'er, who was paying attention to the front, whispered.

"Hmm......" Xie An responded perfunctorily, didn't he notice?

He noticed, and could even guess, why Liu Qing and Chen Bei's escape speed gradually slowed down......

Uncle......

Finally, I couldn't hold it anymore......

Alone smashed ten machine crossbows, and then escorted Liu Qing from Xie An and Ma Dan's total of 15,000 Zhou sergeant soldiers to fight their way out of the encirclement, killing a thousand people before and after will kill seven soldiers and kill hundreds of soldiers, for a person who weighs dozens of crossbows, this is simply an unbelievable thing.

"Huh?" Suddenly, the eldest grandson Xiangyu's eyes showed a little surprise, because she found that Liu Qing and Chen Bei in front of her suddenly changed direction, no longer fleeing in the direction of Jiangling, but escaped into a forest on the southeast side.

Do you want to use the woods to get rid of our pursuers? Or is it ......

As if thinking of something, the eldest grandson Xiangyu chuckled and said, "It seems that I plan to use the woods as a cover, so that Liu Qing can take the opportunity to escape...... Han Li! ”

"The last general!" Ma Dan's thousands of men pushed Han Li forward.

"You go around and surround the woods......"

Before the eldest grandson Xiangyu's words were finished, he saw Xie An sigh slightly, and said lightly, "Don't work so hard, if she wants to escape, let her escape!" With that, Xie An ordered the coach to stop.

"Husband-sama......"

As if realizing something, the eldest grandson Xiangyu frowned and glanced at her husband, but when she noticed the look on Xie An's face, she didn't say anything more.

That's it, anyway, there is a concubine, so even if Liu Qing holds a grudge in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do anything......

Oh, Liang Qiuhao, who has lost his invincible strength, that little girl who is inferior to herself in knowledge and resourcefulness, what else can she make trouble?

If the husband is his greatest reliance and reliance, then Liang Qiuhao is probably the pillar in Liu Qing's little girl's heart, right?

Forget it, for the sake of my son in the womb, the concubine should be a good person...... I won't kill them all!

Thinking of this, the eldest grandson Xiangyu stopped talking, although Chen Bei surprised her again and again, almost leaving her helpless, but this time, thinking about it, everyone knows that this fierce general has reached the point of running out of oil and running out.

At the same time, in the woods, Chen Bei was leaning on the trunk of a tree, slowly sitting down, and he didn't know whether he was excessively using the Liangqiu family's fog and flame tricks, or he lost too much blood, which made the general's complexion look extremely bad.

Beside Chen Bei, Liu Qing knelt on the ground, hugged Chen Bei, gently pressed her head on his shoulder, and cried bitterly.

After all, Liu Qing had already realized why Chen Bei suddenly changed his mind and entered this forest......

"Qing'er," she said as doting on Liu Qing's hair, Chen Bei didn't care about the wounds on her body, and said softly as usual, "I'm sorry, Brother Chen can only send you here......"

"No...... Don't ......" Liu Qing, whose face was full of tears, shook her head desperately.

"Brother Chen promised ** that he would take good care of you, but ...... I'm afraid I'm going to make an appointment......" Chen Bei said with a bitter face, because he gradually felt that the strength of his whole body seemed to disappear out of thin air, making it extremely difficult for him to even speak at this moment.

Zhou Jun...... It doesn't seem to have chased into the forest......" A Tianfu soldier said with a little surprise as he hid behind a tree and looked out of the forest.

"You want to stop me in front of the woods!" Another Tianfu soldier said.

"No, no, then Xie An chased after me and others, so he only brought a thousand cavalry, and now these thousand cavalry are staying outside the forest in a good manner, and it seems that they have no intention of bypassing the forest to intercept us......

"Yes......" Chen Bei's eyes showed a little warmth when he heard this, and he muttered, "My subordinates are merciful, hehe, it's my cousin-in-law after all, it seems that this little face will still be given to my brother, hehehe......" Saying, he turned his head to look at Liu Qing, smiled and said, "Let's go, Qing'er, it seems that Zhou Jun will not chase you anymore, take this opportunity, you wait to leave this place quickly......"

"Chen Shuai wants to stay?" A Tianfu soldier asked in a lost voice.

"No, no," Liu Qing shook her head again and again, grabbed Chen Bei's sleeve, and said in a loud voice, "Since Xie An cares about the old relationship and no longer chases after him, Brother Chen, I might as well wait to go together......"

** With Liu Qing's hair, a wry smile flashed on Chen Bei's face.

"Brother Chen, I'...... That's it......""

Liu Qing's face stiffened when she heard this, and she shook her head again and again as if she had lost her soul.

"Let's go, Qing'er ......" sighed slightly, Chen Bei glanced at Lin Wai, and said very firmly, "The reason why he came after him was just to see Brother Chen for the last time, not to chase you, you should leave quickly...... If you delay and encounter the rest of the Zhou army, even if my cousin-in-law has the heart to let you wait for a horse, it is not good to speak again......" As he spoke, he took advantage of Liu Qing's inattention and slashed her neck with a knife.

Liu Qing was shocked, and slowly fell into Chen Bei's arms, apparently knocked unconscious by Chen Bei.

"Take Her Royal Highness the princess and leave!" Chen Bei gave the final order to the remaining dozen or so Tianfu soldiers.

The more than ten soldiers looked at each other, and finally, one of them gritted his teeth, hugged his fist towards Chen Bei, and hugged Liu Qing on the horse's back.

"Chen Shuai cherishes!" More than ten Tianfu soldiers said goodbye with a sad face, and then, under Chen Bei's urging, they finally disappeared into the depths of the woods with Liu Qing.

"Treasure ......"

With a long sigh, Chen Bei took out a wood carving from the bag on his waist that had not yet been carved.

"Heh, I knew this was the case, I really should have taken some time to come out a while ago......" Looking at the wood carving with a bitter smile, Chen Bei carved it with his right hand, which was already trembling slightly.

I don't know how long it took, Chen Bei suddenly heard a cordial greeting from beside him.

"Uncle......

"Ah, you're here, brother......" Glancing up at the person who came, Chen Bei smiled slightly, as he expected, Xie An came alone, and he still stayed outside the forest with a thousand horsemen.

"Actually, it's been a while, but seeing that the eldest brother is engrossed, he didn't dare to disturb ......" Xie An said with a wry smile, after all, he had indeed stood for a while, but seeing that the blood on Chen Bei's body was flowing more and more, he couldn't help but open his mouth when he saw that the blood on Chen Bei's body was flowing more and more, and he couldn't help but hold on for as long as he could.

"Hehehe, that's it...... Sit down and say? ”

"Uh, it's better to be respectful than to obey ......" arched his hand, Xie An didn't care about the filth on the ground, sat on the ground, sat opposite Chen Bei, and quietly watched Chen Bei carve the wood carving in his hand one by one.

Licking his lips, Xie An took the lead in breaking the somewhat awkward atmosphere.

"In fact, Liang Qiugong once asked his younger brother to bring his eldest brother back......"

"Old man?" Chen Bei chuckled, shook his head and said, "When I return to Beijing, tell the old man that I ...... I've gone too far, I can't go back, I have lived up to the old man's expectations, and I hope that the old man can forgive me, an unfilial grandson......"

"Uncle...... Xie An's eyes flashed a little unbearable, and he suddenly gritted his teeth and asked, "Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?" ”

As if seeing through Xie An's thoughts, Chen Bei smiled slightly and said, "My brother's greatest wish is to let Qing'er get out of trouble safely, and my brother has done it for my brother...... Thanks a lot! ”

"The eldest brother is serious...... Well, what's going on after that...... That ......"

Looking at Xie An's spitting appearance, Chen Bei only felt funny in his heart, shook his head and said, "Why do you have to be so spitting and spitting, isn't it just after death?" -- After spending his life for his brother, and doing such things that the Liangqiu family does not tolerate, he has no shame to be buried in the ancestral grave again...... After the brother leaves, the brother will find a ...... casually" Speaking of this, Chen Bei seemed to suddenly think of something, his face turned red, and he couldn't speak.

Xie An's astuteness was admired even by the eldest Sun Xiangyu, and seeing that Chen Bei, who had put his own death out of the way, suddenly blushed, how could he not guess Chen Bei's thoughts.

"What does the eldest brother mean, do you want to be buried with Liu Qian, the second-generation commander of the Taiping Army and the biological mother of Heavenly Ji Liu Qing?"

When Chen Bei heard this, his face, which had been pale due to excessive blood loss earlier, was suddenly full of blood again, and he moved his position uncomfortably, and said embarrassedly, "No...... Don't ask for ......"

Don't ask for extravagance......

Xie An's original intention was just to make a good-natured joke with Chen Bei, but after hearing Chen Bei's answer, his mood was unusually heavy.

The son-in-law of the dignified Liangqiu family should have been the proud son of heaven with unlimited scenery and a promising future, and he paid so much effort for the Taiping Army, and even took his surname, but the final answer was not extravagant......

"Leave this matter to the little brother!" Xie An said in an extremely serious and serious tone.

Chen Bei was stunned when he heard this, looked at Xie An and stopped talking, but in the end, he obviously couldn't resist the desire in his heart, waved his hand and said, "No, it's always not good to be buried together, just ...... Just bury her next to her brother ......"

Hearing this, Xie Anxin became more and more uncomfortable, although he nodded in response, but he secretly made up his mind in his heart that Chen Bei and Liu Qian must be buried together, fulfilling his eldest brother's final long-cherished wish in this life.

If Liu Qian was buried with someone before...... Then dig up that man!

Although it is very immoral to dig up people's graves, in Xie An's opinion, Chen Bei is definitely qualified to be buried with Liu Qian.

In the following time, Xie An chatted with Chen Bei about some trivial things, including things about Liang Qiu's family, which were very relaxed and interesting.

Chen Bei listened with a smile while carving the wood carving in his hand.

Suddenly, as if he had seen something, he looked up with a smile called surprise on his face.

"Qian'er ......"

"Uncle, let me tell you, when the younger brother saw Xiao Wu for the first time, he was almost killed by her...... Well, to be exact, that should have been the second time...... At that time, Xiao Wu almost even showed the fog flame, which really scared the little brother to death...... Qian'er? Not? Uncle, what are you talking about...... Is it? ”

Xie An told the interesting story of the year with great interest, and seeing that Chen Bei had not responded for a long time, he subconsciously looked at Chen Bei, but found that Chen Bei's head had already hung down.

"......" opened his mouth, and Xie Anxin looked at Chen Bei with a heavy heart, looking at the smile on his face that seemed to be relieved and relieved.

Glancing at the wood carving that Chen Bei was still holding in his hand, Xie An realized that at some point, Chen Bei had finished carving the unfinished wood carving.

Different from what Xie An had seen a few years ago, this time, Chen Bei finally carved his facial features......

[…… Fear? Uncle brother is also afraid of something? ]

[hehehe......]

[Let's hear it!] ]

[Hmm...... All right! ――Naturally, there are things to be afraid of...... For my brother, I have gradually begun to forget her appearance, and there will be a time when my brother will forget it, right? This is really, more painful than death......]

"Great, great......"

Xie An, who had never cried even in the most difficult days, was full of tears of emotion and joy in his eyes at this moment, looking at Chen Bei's relieved smile, he couldn't help muttering to himself.

"Great, really...... That's great...... Uncle......"

On September 23, the fourth year of the Great Zhou Jingzhi, the third generation commander of the Taiping Army and the twelfth generation of the original son of the Liang Qiu family, Liang Qiu Hao, in the woods eight miles south of the decisive valley in Jiangling County, after carving the last and most perfect wood carving of Liu Qian, finally bled out and died of exhaustion.

The most talented martial arts son in the history of the Liangqiu family and the strongest military general in the world finally passed away with a smile in front of his cousin-in-law Xie An. (To be continued.) )