"I said Master Jun, what are we going to do on this trip?" Fourth Brother Xu's voice came from afar. Cheng Ruoxuan's chaotic mind suddenly retracted, and when he raised his eyes to look, he saw that he was following a sergeant step by step, with a bit of flattery on his face. Xu was blocking Cao Chengqi's tall body, or maybe he didn't have time to care about him at all, Fourth Brother Xu didn't notice her and Jing Feng.

"You just said that the leading military master wanted to see me by name, could it be that he finally remembered to send me some reward?" He kept nagging at the sergeant, and there was a bit of smugness in his respectful expression, "I took such a big risk to fight the thief, and even the life of my daughter-in-law was on the line." ”

When Cheng Ruoxuan heard this, his face suddenly turned pale. Jing Feng had already clenched his fists, stood up, and shouted hatefully: "Old Fourth Xu! ”

Fourth Brother Xu was stunned, turned his head and looked at everyone, and then he saw Ah Hui on the ground. He was stunned for a moment, suddenly his face fell, he stumbled over, knelt beside Ah Hui, and cried at the top of his throat. He cried so hard. If it weren't for the real pain, such a good-faced man probably wouldn't shed so many tears. But somehow, Cheng Ruoxuan actually heard some kind of expectation from this cry. She glanced at Cao Chengqi, an officer who often showed a kind face, who was indifferent at the moment.

Jing Feng also stared at Fourth Brother Xu coldly, but there was a strong anger in his eyes. Cheng Ruoxuan's heart tightened, for fear that he would be impulsive. But in the end, he just stood in place and said to Fourth Brother Xu word by word: "You said that you would protect her." His voice was hoarse, "You promised to protect her when you asked for a kiss!" ”

"I tried my best. I was meant to save her. Fourth Brother Xu wiped his tears, his eyes drifted to some point, as if talking to himself; He suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Jing Feng and said, "What about you?" You always say that you are thinking of Ah Hui's kindness, and you say that everything you do for her is a matter of internal affairs and does not want to reciprocate, which you usually say so loudly! But where were you when she died? And who are you to accuse me! He seemed to suddenly have confidence, and his voice also became higher, "You have the ability, you die for her!" ”

Jing Feng's eyes were about to split, but he had to grit his teeth and didn't say a word of rebuttal.

Cheng Ruoxuan felt a dull pain in his chest, uneven, and more guilty.

"You're not wrong." She forced herself to speak. Jing Feng boarded the pearl diving boat, more or less to help her get home; Besides, in order to get the ship back to the village, he had clearly done his best. "No one thought it would happen. If you were there, you wouldn't have hurt Sister Ah Hui no matter what. She has a spirit in heaven, and she will surely ...... You must know. ”

The dead can't speak, and Cheng Ruoxuan doesn't think he can forgive anyone for Ah Hui; But at this moment, Jing Feng was already alone.

Wen Renyue stared at her for a while, and suddenly said, "With your own strength, how can you protect your relatives?" He still has the indifferent tone he usually has, and when he hears it in Cheng Ruoxuan's ears, he exudes a coldness.

Rao is how she favors Jing Feng now, and she has to admit that Wen Renyue is right.

"Why do you say that?" Jing Feng stubbornly raised his head and took the words, "But if I'm here, no matter what...... At all costs. His eyes were almost dripping blood. He still looked dazed, as if he needed someone to show him the way; It's more about urgency and remorse. If he could turn back time, he would really do everything for Ah Hui.

Wen Renyue looked at him scrutinizing and continued: "If you want to save your sister and the villagers today, you must know the identity and movements of the Tukou in advance, and warn the villagers in time to protect them. How can you do it all on your own? ”

"I-" A confused expression flashed across Jing Feng's face. He was undoubtedly a shrewd hunter, with a strong hand and a good bow. But these are obviously not enough to meet the conditions that Wen Renyue said.

"You're alone now, but you might want to protect someone in the future." Wen Renyue pressed tightly, "Can you really prevent this from happening again?" ”

"-What does this have to do with you?" Jing Feng retorted, but it was obviously not as hard as before. Cheng Ruoxuan suddenly felt that he glanced at himself. She didn't understand the look for a moment.

"I have a proposal." Wen Renyue said, "You can't learn what you need in the countryside; Applying for the lecture hall may be a good place to start. ”

"Martial arts?" Jing Feng's eyes were blank. Cheng Ruoxuan was also a little confused, Wen Renyue was going to help Jing Feng, but she couldn't figure out why he suddenly had such a plan.

"The martial arts hall is a place for me to cultivate talents." Cao Chengqi looked at Wen Renyue and said uncertainly: "My lord wants to introduce this kid to the martial arts hall?" ”

Wen Renyue nodded and said to Jing Feng, "Most of the military attachés in the DPRK and China died here. I can ensure that you enter the lecture hall by repairing a book, whether you go or not, it's up to you. ”

Jing Feng has always refused to buy officials' accounts, and when he understood the ins and outs of the martial arts, the confusion in his eyes immediately turned to vigilance, "I still think it's a good place, it turns out that I went to learn to be an official." Are you afraid that I will be embarrassed by these officials, and you want to win me over? There was a look of anger and disdain on his face again, "Lord Cao's official position should be very high, right?" I still don't have what it takes to save my sister. What can I learn from going there? ”

Cao Caotie raised his eyebrows and immediately shouted: "Arrogance! ”

Cao Chengqi looked as usual, neither dissatisfied nor ashamed, only standing with his hands in his hands, still a majestic style that did not move the eight winds.

"Lord Cao was ordered to suppress the bandits, trying to wipe out all the thieves, and he had the intention of killing." As soon as Wen Renyue's words came out, Cao Caotie's face became more and more unbearable. Wen Renyue was unmoved, still with an idle attitude, allowing others to speculate on the semantic praise and disapproval. He continued to say to Jing Feng, "What the martial arts hall teaches, as well as the art of saving people. ”

Jing Feng still refused to be gullible, and only said, "What is that?" ”

Wen Renyue said: "When today's son was still the king of Changli, my father was taken captive by the Golden Horde. In order to save his father, His Majesty disregarded the respect of the prince, invited himself into the martial arts hall, endured humiliation and heavy learning for five years, martial arts battle array, the art of war, and was meticulous in everything. ”

He mentioned this matter abruptly, Jing Feng couldn't react for a while, and he was still a little ignorant; Cheng Ruoxuan is familiar with this history, but when the Liang people mention the nomads in Shuobei, most of them disdainfully call them barbarians, and few people will refer to them by the official title of "Golden Horde". The barbarians were brave and violent, and all dynasties and dynasties had harassed the border and even invaded the Central Plains, which was the most worrying external trouble for the Great Liang. When today's son's father, Emperor Wen, was taken captive by the barbarians, this matter was regarded as a great shame by the Liang people. It wasn't until the king of Changli welcomed back the old emperor that he succeeded to the unification and drove two personal expeditions, and finally beat the barbarians to the north of Qilin Mountain, retreated to the desert of Shuobei, and never dared to attack again.

"If it's you," Wen Renyue said, "If it's Ah Xuan who has been kidnapped by the thieves, let me ask you, even if you have the courage to be a horseman and single-handedly, how should you save her?" ”

Jing Feng's expression darkened. Cheng Ruoxuan also felt a pain in his heart. She knew that he must have remembered the Xuan clan who had not been rescued. Xuan's death was the first layer of haze cast on Jing Feng's unstoppable youthful spirit, and it was a sharp thorn in her heart forever.

"How do you know about her?" Jing Feng suddenly asked. His voice was hoarse with exhaustion, and there was a faint hesitation in his move.

"You tried your best to take Ah Xuan on the boat, in order to send her home," Wen Renyue said to break Jing Feng's plan, and said: "But you have lived in the countryside for a long time, and you can't even know that the people on the island are bandits, if there is any danger, can you really deal with it?" Her identity is so precious, I don't know how many thieves will covet it along the way. It is much safer for Qin Tianjian to assign people to escort them. He spent a long time here, and originally came to wait for Cheng Ruoxuan.

"Valuable?" Jing Feng looked at Cheng Ruoxuan. He clearly knew what was going on, but there was still a glimmer of unwillingness in his eyes, as if he still wanted her to deny it.

Cheng Ruoxuan frowned and said softly, "I'm sorry." ”

"I see." In the past, no matter what time it was, the light in Jing Feng's eyes was like lightning under a rock, and he refused to give in to anyone or anything. But now that he had been hit so hard that the thing that supported the light had almost collapsed. Rao was like this, he actually smiled at her, "You can finally go home this time?" ”

This smile stunned Cheng Ruoxuan. She didn't speak, just bowed her head in acquiescence.

"Maybe you didn't have to hide it from me, maybe ......" Jing Feng was in a trance, and a mocking expression suddenly appeared on his face, "Forget it." In our mountains and wilderness, aren't the rivers and lakes sinister? When you go home, don't come out again. ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was a little apologetic, but he was sad and indignant, and always wanted to let him give way; At this time, he was given a meal to grab the white, and he was finally annoyed. "Who are you despising when you say this?" She felt aggrieved in her heart, and her voice trembled a little, "My ancestors were born in the countryside, and they tried their best to protect the water and soil of their hometown. "This is something written on the Pei family tree, even if the family rarely mentions it, but when worshipping ancestors, they will not omit the poor background of several generations ago." What about you—"

She paused suddenly. Ah Hui's bones are not cold, and the words "a few pheasants and muntjac can't protect people for a lifetime" are too cold and thin.

"Whether you want to be an official or not, the martial arts hall is always a place to learn skills. If I were you, I'd try it. She turned her face slightly, and didn't look at Jing Feng; But this is also seriously persuaded, "something...... You don't know what it's like until you've gone through it. You look down on the left guard of the navy like this, but don't forget, Chen Zhuo only saved you once last night. She knew that Jing Feng treated Chen Zhuo differently from other sergeants in his heart, so she specially reminded him of this; What she was thinking about in her heart was how she got along with Jing Feng in the past few days. She never thought that there would be such a wanton country boy, maybe she was not the boudoir lady Jing Feng thought she was.

“…… You've got it all talked. Jing Feng's expression showed a sense of giving up.

"Tired Cao Yishi refers to a person leading the way for him. After all, it is the academy of the Ministry of War, and it must be that you people in the army know the process. I sent the referral letter to me. Wen Renyue and Cao Chengqi decided, and said indifferently to Jing Feng's eyes, "To go or not to go - I just said it, it's all up to you." ”

Jing Feng still had hesitation in his eyes. But he didn't refuse again.

Wen Renyue turned around and said to Cheng Ruoxuan: "Let's go." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan knew that there was no need to say any more, nodded, took a step forward, but she didn't know what she was tripping over in her heart, and turned around to meet the gaze of Shang Jingfeng looking at her. His face was still gloomy with helplessness, but there was a gloomy loneliness in his eyes that she had never seen before. Cheng Ruoxuan had only been with him for a few days, and he didn't feel that the friendship was so deep, but when he saw this, his nose suddenly became sour. The sorrow and farewell are only now real. She realized in hindsight that the distance between the two of them would turn into thousands of miles after that. This time, it was really rare for them to have a chance to meet again.

The sergeant assigned by Cao Chengqi has come forward to urge. Jing Feng turned his head away, and a moment of painful determination flashed in his eyes. He didn't answer immediately, but leaned down and knelt down, covered Ah Hui's body with white sails again, shook out all the silver money in his pocket, handed it to Fourth Brother Xu, and told him to take Ah Hui back for a thick burial. After being instructed in many trivial matters, he turned his back and followed the sergeant. The setting sun cast a long shadow behind him, and the young man's steps seemed to be held back by something, rarely as brisk as before. But he never looked back.

"Won't you give it away?" Wen Renyue looked at Cheng Ruoxuan, with a little indescribable meaning in her eyes.

Cheng Ruoxuan shook his head. She'd been here for too long, and she should have gone home. And those intersections that shouldn't have happened will inevitably pass the time of time, whether she wants it or not...... She stood in the shadows beside Wen Renyue, as if she had hidden an ancient book about star tracks in the past, silently taking her sorrow into the bottom of her heart.