As Shen Cha said, An Ming and Li Jun have long since stopped and want to compete with each other.

Especially Li Jun, the rapid change is beyond the imagination of those around him. An Ming once asked him how he could figure out something that he hadn't figured out for so many years in the past could figure it out overnight.

"There is a sky outside the sky, there are people outside the people, if the frog at the bottom of the well does not jump out of the well, it will never know the vastness of the world."

Although the answer was a bit inappropriate, Li Jun's answer was the most personal feeling he had after entering the Shadow Camp.

In the past, the Shadow was an existence that they needed to look up to for ordinary soldiers, and they had always believed that being selected as the Shadow by General Shen, in addition to meeting certain requirements, had a strong talent in one or several aspects, and it was the kind of talent that others might not be able to master in a few years, and they could learn it at a glance or two.

But when he was really in it, Li Jun realized how naïve and ridiculous his former self was. The so-called talented people he imagined before did exist, such as the leaders in the Shadow Battalion, Shadow Four, Shadow Five, Shadow Thirteen, and so on, but most of them were still the same as himself, very ordinary people, the only difference was that the people who became Shadow were all harder and harder than him, and they had no distractions.

"As the saying goes, stupid birds fly first." On the order of Shen Cha, Ying Si, who specially came to train An Ming and Li Jun, told them on the first day they came, "If you know your shortcomings, you must do your best to make up for them." Don't say anything about birth defects, which cannot be remedied, as long as it is a defect, there is a way to make up for it, it depends on whether you are willing or not. ”

From that day on, An Ming and Li Jun began to practice day and night, practicing with Ying Si during the day, and if they still had strength at night, they would choose to practice by themselves. I don't know if it's fate, every time they train on their own, they can meet the Dai Yi who was brought by General Shen from the recruit camp. This kid has long lost the arrogance he had when he first joined the army, and the whole person has calmed down a lot.

An Ming didn't deal with Dai Yi much, and when they met each other, they just nodded to each other and said hello. It's Li Jun, who doesn't know how to make friends with Dai Yi, although he can't talk about everything, but occasionally he will say something from his heart.

"Let's rest, we've been practicing too hard in the past two days."

On this day, only Li Jun and Dai Yi were trained, and An Ming was called away by Ying Si in the afternoon, and he hadn't come back by dinner.

After practicing for almost an hour, the two of them wiped off their sweat and lay directly on the grass in the school field.

"Brother Li, do you know what the fourth master asked Brother An to do?" Dai Yi put his hands behind his head, looked at the stars hanging in the sky, and said, "I haven't seen his figure for a whole afternoon or night." ”

"I don't know." Li Jun shook his head, took a deep breath, and caught the falling snowflakes, "Since the list of entourages was announced, he has been busy, and he has been like this for several days. We lived in the same room, and when I went back in the evening, he hadn't come back, and when I woke up in the morning, he had already gone out. Basically, you don't see each other once a day. ”

"In two days, we're going to go, and it's normal to be busy. It's you...... is also the team leader, why didn't the fourth master look for you? ”

"Don't scold me, you kid, I'm a team leader, I'm a nominal leader, and it's useless." Hearing Dai Yi say this, Li Jun was not angry, but just raised his foot and kicked it in his direction, and by the way, he also covered him with the cloak that was still on the ground. "Look at who went out with General Shen and Jin Junshi this time? The elite of the Vanguard Battalion, General Shen's personal soldiers, and the people of the Shadow Battalion. ”

"Don't be presumptuous, you are also quite powerful, the only shortcoming is that you are not as careful as Brother An, if you want to change this problem, you will not be a captain now." Dai Yi sighed, didn't speak, and stared at the stars in the sky.

Hearing that there was no sound, Li Jun felt curious, and glanced sideways, "What do you think?" ”

"Brother Li, the battlefield ...... Isn't it scary? ”

"It's terrible, cruelty is real." Li Jun patted Dai Yi on the shoulder, "Don't worry, we won't encounter any danger this time." ”

"That's not what I meant." Dai Yi put his hands on his chest and crossed them, "When I was in Xijing, I always envied the people at the border, what kind of horse leather shroud, what kind of battlefield, I felt very majestic." Two years ago, when the marshal and the marquis returned to Beijing, I also joined in the excitement and stood in the crowd to watch them, and I felt ...... I am very envious and hope that one day, I will be one of them. ”

"Aren't you one of them now? Haven't you already fulfilled your wish? Li Jun smiled, "Or are you worried that you will retreat?" ”

"I definitely won't back down, I'm just worried that when it comes to the critical moment, it will hold everyone back. Brother Li, the first time you went to the battlefield, didn't you have this kind of concern? ”

"I never thought about it, and I didn't have the opportunity to think about it." Li Jun learned from Dai Yi's example, lying on his back facing the sky, "When we came to join the army, it was different from now, we were fighting almost all the time, and when we stayed in the recruit camp for almost forty days, we had the opportunity to face the Liao soldiers. At that time, there was no other feeling except excitement and excitement, and I hoped that I could behead the enemy and then become famous. ”

"Did you behead the enemy?"

"My luck is not bad, I killed a total of six Liao soldiers, and I was also slashed three times." Li Jun pointed to his calf, right arm, and back, "The injury is not serious, and it will be alive in a few days." Although my wish to behead the enemy was fulfilled, the fame of the first battle was lost. An Ming, that kid, killed twelve in that battle, and trampled me under my feet. At that time, I was very annoyed, and when I was healed, I went to him to fight, and as a result, the two of us had a private fight known to Shangguan, and our combat exploits were gone, and we were beaten on the board. He smiled bitterly, "Originally, with our performance, we could have been transferred to the front army, even if we were not in the vanguard battalion, we could face the enemy directly." But...... In the end, we were assigned to the rear army, and although we also had a chance to kill the enemy, it was much less than the front army. He turned his head and looked at Dai Yi, who was listening to him very carefully, "Don't be afraid, since you are coming to join the army, since you have the idea of killing the enemy and serving the country, you will face it bravely." ”

"It's okay to drag the brothers back?"

"If you feel like you're dragging your feet this time, try not to make that mistake next time. Those of us who have come from this time have come from you, and no one will complain or anger you because of this. ”

Dai Yi didn't speak, and after thinking for a long time, he nodded slowly, "I remember, thank you, Brother Li." ”

"No thanks, it's just ......" Li Jun smiled and glanced at Dai Yi, who wanted to say something and stopped, "You didn't just come to me today to solve your doubts, but also wanted to tell me something else, didn't you?" ”

"It's very sensitive." Dai Yi nodded, "I really have something to say." ”

"Say what? I'm listening. ”

"Tell me about you and Brother An."

"An Ming? What are we worried about? Worried we're going to fight? ”

"No, I want to share my own thoughts." Dai Yi sat up and stretched, "I've also heard about the two of you. ”

"It's not surprising that you've heard about it, I'm afraid this matter has spread throughout the entire Shen family's army, right?" Li Jun smiled bitterly, "Everyone thinks that I'm not good, and I shouldn't pester him." These days, I've also wondered if I had taken a different approach, wouldn't it be where we are today? ”

"As long as you move this idea of recognizing your relatives, no matter what method you use, the result will be the same." Dai Yi held his chin and looked at Li Jun, "If you let me say it, you shouldn't have such thoughts." ”

"Why? We are brothers, and if we didn't know each other's existence, maybe we wouldn't have had this thing. But you know it, and you still have to ignore it, it's too impersonal, right? Li Jun yawned and patted the falling snowflakes on his body, "You are an only child at home, right?" Don't you wish you had a brother who could support each other? ”

"No wonder the general asked me to come to talk to you, and sure enough, as the general said, you haven't completely figured it out." Seeing the confusion on Li Jun's face, Dai Yi tugged at the corners of his mouth, "You're right, brothers can indeed support each other, but this must also be based on your love and willingness, not your heat." Obviously, Brother An doesn't have this idea, even if it takes another ten or twenty years, you won't be able to get what you want. ”

"I ...... What if you can? Li Jun spread his hands, "Look, I originally thought that with my own ability, I would not be able to enter the Shadow Camp, after this period of training, after my own efforts, I think that if there is a next selection, maybe I will have a chance to be selected, right?" An Ming's ......"

"No play!" Dai Yi waved his hand very decisively, "Actually, Brother An is not a hard-hearted person, but he is a very stubborn and stubborn person, and once he recognizes something, he will never change." In this matter, he decided that Ling Zun Lingtang had bad intentions and was malicious to his adoptive parents and the An family's property. He glanced at Li Jun, "You won't deny this, right?" ”

“…… Yes, I advised them, but they didn't listen. Not only An Ming was angry, but I was also angry, which is why I insisted on joining the army. ”

"Out of sight is pure, isn't it?" Dai Yi sighed, and silently thought in his heart, General Shen is really like a god, guess the thoughts of the Li family and his wife, if it is not a god, obviously it is a person who has never met, how can he guess so accurately. Seeing Li Jun's puzzled gaze, he smiled, "Although Brother An doesn't recognize you, his attitude towards you is obviously different from that of Lingzun Lingtang. In his opinion, your thoughts are very simple, you just want to recognize this brother, and there are no other nonsense ideas. ”

"Then why doesn't he admit me?"

"Is it possible to admit you, but not your biological father?" Dai Yi shook his head, "Admitting your biological father, isn't it just pushing your adoptive parents into the abyss from which you will never recover?" It is better to be born than to be nurtured, and in his heart, his adoptive parents are the people he respects the most. ”

"I didn't think about it."

"It's too late to start thinking about it." Dai Yi shook off the snowflakes on his body, "You have to be glad that the object of your entanglement is Brother An, not me." He has a good temper, and no matter how you toss, he chooses to avoid it and not confront you head-on. If it were me, the first time you went to break this relationship, the big mouth was pumped in your face, where could you get an inch? ”

"Look at what you can, and slap me with a big mouth? Do you try? ”

"Try it, just try it, the master is a famous street fighter in Xijing, and he can get out of the way if he gets angry, so far, there are only ......" Thinking of the hot pain of the whip slapping his face, Dai Yi subconsciously touched the place where it was pumped, and didn't continue to talk anymore.

When Li Jun saw him like that, he thought of the rumors in the army and couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at, if it weren't for that whip, I wouldn't be here today, it's a blessing in disguise!" Dai Yi snorted, straightened his face and continued, "As for your parents, the An family and his wife are also well-educated, they don't argue or entangle, you try it if you change to those families in Xijing, even if they are from small families, they dare to go to the yamen to sue them." ”

"Sue?"

"Yes, today's emphasis on filial piety and human ethics is not only that children should be filial to their parents and elders, but in turn, parents and elders should also love their children and not let their children be hurt. If I'm not mistaken, there was also a case in Xijing where the Jingzhao Mansion sentenced the parents of the abandoned child to fifty years plus ten years in prison. Since then, there has never been such a case in Xijing. Dai Yi patted Li Jun, "If the An family and his wife were more serious people, they would have sued your father and mother to the yamen, compared to the case in Xijing, even if they were not imprisoned for ten years, they would not be able to escape for three or five years." ”

"I see, no one has mentioned it before."

"I told you, when you write back, remember to tell them not to really get out of your way. If your parents refuse to stop, it will also affect your future. ”

"That...... You didn't come up with it yourself, did you? Li Jun stared at Dai Yi, "Did General Shen tell you to tell me?" ”

"It's good that you know, don't let down the general's hard work."

“…… Okay, I'll tell them. ”

"Also, the general asked me to tell you, don't worry about any brothers or not brothers, the Shen family's army has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, once they have been on the battlefield, they are all brothers in life and death. The feelings that come out of real swords and guns are much stronger than the so-called blood relationship. Dai Yi stood up and moved a little, "I think so too, whether it is a half-brother or a half-brother, they will become enemies in the face of interests, and when they frame each other and cut each other's knives, they will not think that they are brothers." ”

"......" Li Jun also sat up, looked at the time of Dai Yi's half a cup of tea very seriously, and smiled bitterly, "I'm a few years older than you, but I'm ashamed that I can't see and live clearly without you!" ”

"I also learned a lesson, how stupid and stupid I was in the past, always holding on to the little things in front of me, not at all like a man who stood up to the sky." Dai Yi jumped twice and lay down again, "When I was at home, life was not going well, and I lost my temper at every turn." When I arrived at the border pass, I learned that although the guards at the border pass were in a high position, they were not even qualified to lose their temper and play petty. Such a comparison can only set off how unbearable the former self was. He smiled lightly, "I think if I go home now, my dad will be surprised, he would never have thought that I would become like this." ”

"Uncle will be very happy." Li Jun patted him, "Let's work together, and one day we will become the kind of person we want to be." ”