The creek outside Willow Fort has frozen, and the winter gloom has obscured everything, and only this sun can bring the only remaining comfort to the creatures of this land.

Ah Ming leaned under a tree by the river, biting a withered stem in his mouth.

On the other side of the river, Liang Cheng rode by, and when he saw Ah Ming, he grabbed the reins.

Ah Ming closed his eyes and pretended not to see it.

Not long after, a shadow obscured the sun's rays on him, and he opened his eyes a little helplessly and looked at Liang Cheng standing in front of him.

"I heard them say that you have been practicing archery with the Lord this month?"

"What do you have to say?"

Liang Cheng shook his head, "No." ”

subsequently

Liang Cheng took out a bag from his pocket, which contained raisins, and handed it to Ah Ming.

The warm winter sun shines here, and under the frozen creek lies the restlessness of looking forward to spring.

In the cold wind, there is a slight taste of almonds, and in addition to the cold and bitterness, it seems that it can taste a little sweet.

raisin

Two men,

One sitting, one standing,

This scene seems to be frozen into an oil painting, which can always make people think more.

Ah Ming looked at Liang Cheng,

Opening:

"Sick?"

"Yerba Grass told me to bring it to you."

Ah Ming didn't stretch out his hand to take it, but said:

"Did you know that when the raisins are dried, they are swept back with shovels and brooms? Will you wash it when it's done? ”

"Don't eat?"

"Don't eat it."

Liang Cheng reached out and grabbed a handful indifferently, sat down next to Ah Ming, and began to chew.

"You're not dirty." Ah Ming said with a smile.

"There may not be many dirtier things in this world than the two of us."

One, a vampire, and one, a zombie.

They are all yin and evil and obscure, and they are a kind of "dirty" that goes beyond ordinary dirty.

"If you can't see it, you will still have low self-esteem?"

"I admit that I have low self-esteem, and I am really afraid of the dark."

"You're really sick today, don't you, you want to laugh at me?"

"Fangcao said that you are in a bad mood for a while, let me comfort you."

"Do you have a crush on someone?"

"Nope."

"Also, the daughter of the family took the initiative to seduce you, and you are still sitting still, hey, are you not interested in women?"

"Usually when they talk about this topic, you are bound to me."

"........." Ah Ming.

"Siniang told me that she is very optimistic about the potential of Fangcao, so if you are free, go to talk to other girls and talk about things."

"Me and her, nothing."

"You killed someone's father."

"It's like you didn't kill someone's girl's mother."

"It's the hand of the Magic Pill."

"Oh, sorry, no, what do you mean by Siniang?"

"It's not for you to fall in love with Fangcao, although this is ancient times, but the little girl's unrequited love is not a big deal, and it is a common thing to put it in the future life, confess and fall out of love."

"This is Siniang's original words?"

"Yes, Siniang thinks that you have to help cut off the little girl's mind, and if you say it, there will be nothing to do, she wants to cultivate herbs."

"Okay, I'll talk to Fangcao in a few days."

"Hmm,"

"And then, I won't eat the raisins, if you want to eat them, take them and eat them slowly, what are you doing sitting here?"

"I'm just a little curious to ask, how does it feel to accompany the master to practice archery every day?"

"Oh, I see." Ah Ming suddenly realized, "You came to see my jokes?" ”

"Yes."

"Then I'll talk to the Lord, tomorrow I will replace you to accompany him to practice archery, won't you understand?"

"Different."

"What's the difference, it's hard for you to be shot anyway."

"For archers, the pleasure brought by their own arrows, shot out, and after hitting the target, is bounced off, or when they are shot into the arrow and fall to the flesh, there is a world of difference."

"Hehehe."

Liang Cheng handed his water bladder to Ah Ming,

"It's dry, drink more water."

"Shameless."

"I want to see it."

"Despicable."

"I've already laughed anyway, so make me laugh a little happier?"

"Ruthless."

"Hurry up, I still have something to do, I want to go to Nanwang City to get equipment, money and food."

Ah Ming reached out and took the water bladder,

Unplug it,

"Gooo

When drinking water, Ah Ming didn't let the water leak out of his mouth, but it didn't take long for the clothes on his body to start getting wet.

After Liang Cheng saw this scene, he shook his head,

Road:

"It's miserable."

"Satisfied?" Ah Ming put down the water bladder.

Liang Cheng shook his head again and said:

"Next time I change the tank and give you water, I want to see the fountain."

"........." Ah Ming.

"Even if you accompany the master to practice archery, it is not appropriate to wear strong armor, and it shouldn't be a big problem to wear a soft armor, right? At the very least, it won't be shot into honeycomb coal. ”

"I'm wearing leather armor."

"And then you're being shot like this?"

"The Lord will be instilled with blood and blood in the arrow."

"Oh?"

"It's a strange tone, I seem to hear your excitement."

"It seems that Fangcao is indeed not suitable for you, where are you depressed, you are more and more happy to be shot by the Lord."

"I know we're both dirty, but don't say anything ambiguous like that, it makes me feel like I'm a little dirty."

"If I'm not mistaken, Ding Hao once said that the release of qi and blood is a sign of entering the eighth-rank martial arts."

"Yes."

"In this way, the Lord is indeed a martial arts cultivation wizard in this world."

"It's still early, but it's already considered to have touched the doorway, and I feel that it may take a few more months to achieve a smooth release of qi and blood, and when the time comes, it will almost enter the eighth grade. Compared to the general cultivation speed of people in this world, the Lord is indeed a genius. ”

"You've worked hard."

It's really hard, and I have to be shot for a few more months, which is the rhythm of shooting from winter to spring.

"No way, aren't you all waiting for an upgrade?"

"By the way, there's one more thing."

"Say."

"Who did I hear say, the reason why you were chosen by the Lord to be the target of archery practice is because you eavesdropped on the Lord's inner monologue?"

"There's the kind of guy who walks up to your bedroom bed and talks to you against your bed...... Eavesdropping? ”

"I don't know the specifics, but I can probably guess that you were pretending to be asleep at first without alerting the Lord that he had gone to the wrong room."

"Is that my fault?"

"The Lord can't be wrong."

"Yes, it's my fault."

"I'm a little curious, did the Lord's monologue that day say about us?"

"You know, you're the first to ask me this question."

"Oh?"

"Fan Li couldn't think of this, Xue San knew that he had a big mouth and asked me, and I wouldn't say it, so he didn't come to ask me, Siniang has a close relationship with the lord, so you don't need to ask this again."

"What about the blind?"

"The blind man used to be a psychiatrist, and he didn't come to ask, because he knew that anything, when it was in the stomach, was indeed true, but once it came out of the mouth, no matter how real it was, it would be adulterated.

Sometimes, it is deliberately adulterated, and sometimes, it may not even be known that you have been deceived by yourself. ”

"You mean, the Lord ...... him?"

"I didn't say anything, you're a zombie, tell me, is Shatuoque Stone conscious now?"

"Yes."

"Isn't this enough, Fan Li can say anything without his brain, because he is this character, but we are different, in the future, we will be polite to the Lord.

In the past, the blind man forced the master to practice martial arts, and he was a little too anxious, and you still used your fingernails to stick in the master. ”

"So, you're just whitewashing yourself?"

"I have always been faithful to the Lord, not faithful, will I willingly accompany the Lord to practice arrows for a month?"

"Is this stupid to be shot by an arrow? is so decent, why do you even lie to yourself? ”

Ah Ming raised his head,

sighed,

Looking at the sun overhead,

Sighed:

"For life."

…………

"Brother Zuo, why are you like this?"

Zheng Fan said in shock.

"Brother Zheng, can you put away the smile on your face and ask me with concern?"

"I'm sorry."

"Ugh."

Zuo Jiqian leaned on crutches and motioned for the two subordinates behind him to bring in the gifts he brought.

"Brother Zuo, come into the house and sit."

Zheng Fan welcomed Zuo Jiqian into the fortress.

Yerba Cao brought two cups of hot tea and some snacks and stepped back.

Zuo Jiqian glanced at the layout inside with some curiosity, and said with emotion:

"Brother Zheng is really an elegant person, even the inside of the fortress is so chic."

In the walled hall, the furnishings and decorations are luxurious, and even the calligraphy and paintings of celebrities are hung.

This is not some "Zheng Zhai", this is Cuiliu Castle!

Moreover, when he came in, Zuo Jiqian also noticed that the project funds and materials on his side had just been approved, but if the construction really started, it would have to wait for the spring to thaw, but the Cuiliu Fort here had already been built, and at the same time, this area was really big.

Not to mention accommodating a few hundred people, there is no problem for thousands of people to live in it.

However, Zuo Jiqian is a child of the family in the end, and he will still be a man of proportion, he thinks that the construction of Cuiliu Fort is likely to be inseparable from the relationship between the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, so he did not ask about the construction of the fort, but started with the decoration of the hall used to entertain guests.

"I've always felt that life needs a little sense of ritual, especially Qiu Ba like us who tie our heads around our waists, maybe one day people will be gone, so we have to live every day seriously."

"But it's not, Brother Zheng, brother, I'm almost never going to see you again this time."

"I was about to ask, what's wrong with Brother Zuo?"

"I'm ashamed to say it, because Brother Zheng, you took the lead, so a while ago, we had many fortresses, in fact, more or less, they all took the initiative to send troops to the south to go around.

Everyone else is fine, they have gone around and come back, and they have some gains, of course, it is naturally not as amazing as Brother Zheng's victory over the city with a hundred horses.

Brother, I also have an itch in my heart, and I also brought hundreds of cavalry to fight in the grass valley over there in Qianguo, Brother Zheng, you should also be able to understand, as a martial artist, I can't hold back when I see others able to lead the troops to kill me but shrink back. ”

"Understand, understand." Zheng Fan nodded seriously.

From this point of view, Zuo Jiqian should have been planted.

"But, brother, I'm going to memorize the words, and not long after passing through the flint group, I happened to run into a cavalry of Chen Zhen, and the other party had more than a thousand horses.

However, I wasn't afraid at the time, thinking that I could finally really do it as a real gun, in terms of cavalry battles, I Dayan hadn't been stunned by anyone, but who knew that after the confrontation, another Qianguo cavalry came out and caught me off guard.

I'm not afraid of Brother Zheng's jokes, my life was almost confessed in Qianguo.

Finally, I picked up a life and came back, and the hundreds of riders who came out came back were less than a hundred, and the loss was huge. ”

Zheng Fan also sighed,

In my heart, I was thinking,

This loss should not be the most important, with the background of Zuo Jiqian Zuo's family, it should not be a big problem to add back, the biggest problem is that Jingnanhou should have turned a blind eye to the fact that the fort below privately sent troops to molest the Qianguo people.

It is to create border friction and put pressure on the Qianguo, and at the same time let the Qianguo side send more troops to the border areas.

But it's okay for you to go out and wave, and the wave will be a wave, but your wave will collapse, and the wave will flow,

was beaten back with a full head,

Do you want to put pressure on the Qianguo people or find confidence in the Qianguo people?

In fact, this is also Zheng Fan's previous deeds gave them a kind of excessive self-confidence, it is true that the armaments of the Qianguo people are relaxed, and it is not false that the Qianguo people are not beaten, but there are still three nails in the broken ship.

Moreover, compared with the Jingnan Army, the border army that Qianguo can pull out is indeed a bit useless, but the problem is that the soldiers of each fortress plus the county soldiers of Yinlang County actually do not belong to the system of the Jingnan Army, similar to the difference between the central army and the local security regiment during the Republic of China.

At this point, the situation in Beifeng County is the same, the gap between the Zhenbei Army and the local garrison is really too big.

At the same time, the barbarian soldiers under Zheng Fan's command, equipment and cavalry and archery kung fu, even if they are lost in the Jingnan army, under the same number, it is estimated that the Jingnan army is not comparable to Zheng Fan's Cuiliubao Police Station.

Looking at Zuo Jiqian, who was sighing there, Zheng Fan expressed concern on his face, but he was quite gloating in his heart.

Who told you that you really don't treat the Qianguo people as human beings at all.

At this time, Zuo Jiqian finally said his intention,

"Brother Zheng, it is said that in three days, the new chief soldier of Nanwangcheng will arrive, and when the time comes, we will all go to Nanwangcheng to report on our work, this time, brother, I made this mistake and broke my Yanren's face, brother, I do feel guilty, but brother, I have always wanted to find the field again in the battle array.

If the new chief soldier and new officer take office, and want to use people to make a statement, please Brother Zheng to help me say a few more kind words. ”

Zheng Fan was a little surprised:

"Brother Zuo, what you said is too outlandish, Brother Zuo and I, you have taken a knife together and experienced a life-and-death relationship, but whenever there is a need, brother, I will definitely not say a word.

But, brother, I am humble and light, if this trusting general soldier doesn't even sell the face of Brother Zuo and your Zuo family, what is the use of what I say next to my brother? ”

The Zuo family should have status, and the status is not small.

Because Zheng Fan had seen Jingnanhou at the beginning, and after learning that Zuo Jiqian was Zuo's family, he chatted with Zuo Jiqian for a few days.

No matter how Emperor Yan plans to use the knife against the gate valve next, no matter what Jing Nanhou's attitude towards the gate valve is, in short, in this context, Zheng Fan does not think that a general soldier who may not give face to the Zuo family will give him face.

Although Director Zheng has been pulling tiger skins and pulling people above him.

But that's fooling others, but you can't fool yourself and really think that you are a character now.

"Brother Zheng, you really have to help my brother, otherwise ............"

At this time, Zuo Jiqian actually took the initiative to leave his seat and walked in front of Zheng Fan, making a gesture to kneel.

Zheng Fan was shocked,

Then he was so shocked that he seemed to forget to reach out to support and stop Zuo Jiqian from kneeling,

Left Jiqian's knee is bent halfway down,

"............" left to move forward.

, why don't you help me!

Zheng Fan continued to look shocked, and he continued to be shocked.

Zuo Jiqian was embarrassed,

The atmosphere in the hall was a little stagnant.

"Poof!"

Zuo Jiqian closed his eyes and knelt down.

Zheng Fan immediately stood up and said in surprise:

"Brother Zuo, what are you doing, you and I are brothers who have experienced life and death together, what can't you say well, you have to be like this?"

Verbally shocked, but the hand still didn't help.

Zuo Jiqian took a deep breath,

Road:

"This time, only Brother Zheng can save me."

As a child of the family, you were elected by the family to be an official, and ate the family's resources, if you still lose your official position, it is tantamount to wasting the family's investment in you, not to mention the family elders, even those peers who are jealous of you will not let you have a good time!

"Brother Zuo, let's make it clear, who is the rookie chief soldier who dares to give you face like this?"

Xiao Dahai, the former commander of Nanwangcheng, died inexplicably, and Zheng Fan couldn't tell whether he died of natural causes or ......

Then, the prefect of Nanwangcheng was assassinated at Xiao Dahai's funeral.

According to the system, the general soldier of Nanwangcheng is the top boss of these fortress garrisons, including Zheng Fan.

It's just that the current situation is that the Marquis of Jingnan drove the Jingnan Army into Nanwang City, taking charge of the overall situation, which means that military power intervenes in the locality.

But the new commander-in-chief of Nanwangcheng selected by the imperial court is still coming, and his duty is to command the local security regiment.

"This new chief soldier has moved from Beifeng County."

"This, Brother Zuo, it's really not a brother I shirk, in fact, brother, I am in Beifeng County, and I don't know many people."

"Brother Zheng, this time you are really the only one who can save my brother and me, this time my brother has this incident, Jing Nanhou has not been held accountable, this is to make it clear that he will wait for the new general soldier to take office and sell the new general soldier a face.

This new general soldier, who was known for his iron-faced selflessness in the local area a few years ago, is the most daring to deal with the children of the powerful, and my identity as a member of the Zuo family, this time not only can't help me, but may even harm me. ”

"Brother Zuo, this, I really ............"

"Brother Zheng, I heard that you were originally the captain of the Guardian Merchant School in Hutou City, Beifeng County?"

"That's right."

"Isn't this right, the new chief soldier who was moved to us here was also in Hutou City at the beginning, Brother Zheng should know him."

"Wait a minute............" Zheng Fan stopped Zuo Jiqian, took two breaths, and asked, "The new chief soldier, is his surname Xu?" ”

"Exactly, Xu Wenzu, whose words are clear, is known as Ming Zhenggong because he likes to punish and sanction the children of the powerful the most."

"Hiss ............"

Comrade Shenhai, you were transferred here to be my boss?

Zuo Jiqian showed surprise on his face and said, "It seems that Brother Zheng and this Xu Mingzheng know each other?" ”

Zheng Fan nodded and said:

"Acquaintance."

"Then brother, has there been a turnaround in my matter?"

Zheng Fan sighed and said:

"Brother Zuo, in fact, you can send someone to Hutou City to inquire."

"What?"

"Everyone in Hutou City knows that this Ming Zhenggong and his brother are on the same footing."

"Ahh

Zuo Jiqian immediately fell to the ground, originally thinking that he had caught a savior lobbyist, but he didn't expect to catch a disaster star.

"Then, then, Brother Zheng, isn't it difficult for me, brother?"

Zheng Fan reached out and rubbed his face,

Said with a sad face:

"Brother Zuo, I'm also in trouble."