Chapter 72: Blessings and Misfortunes
After the end of the battle of Liuqingshan, Beiwuwei went to the nearest Liyang City to resupply, because the army was retreating privately, there was no letter from the Ministry of War, and there was no emperor's decree, if they returned to Beijing, they would be impeached by the imperial historian.
After the generals in the army deliberated, they decided to temporarily station the army outside Liyang City and wait for the next order from the imperial court.
In the past few days, the fighting has stopped, the army has gradually relaxed, the soldiers on the verge of collapse have finally been able to breathe, and the suffocating atmosphere in the army has gradually begun to ease.
In the evening, the soldiers had just set up their newly obtained tents and lit piles of bonfires to relax their tired mood, Liu Yi and other generals also deliberately relaxed military discipline in order to relieve everyone's tension.
The favorite repertoire was finally staged, and around the campfire, the soldiers carried the freshly paid military pay in their arms, nibbled on scones, shook bamboo tubes, and the sound of dice and excited shouts and curses spread far and wide.
Outside the crowd, two figures took advantage of no one's attention, sneakily hid behind a big tree, pretended to squat in the pit together, and got together head to head.
"How many people are left over there?"
"There are less than ten people left, what about you?"
"It's worse than you, only six brothers."
"Hey......"
"This time the two armies of Black Flag and Rhino Horn were defeated, the prince must be furious, and the king was planted in the hands of Xu Rui Xiao'er again, I think we may not be able to escape the blame."
"Yes, maybe it's because Prince Ping is angry, and those guys above will put the blame on us."
"It seems that you and I have a hard life, even if we don't die on the battlefield, we still can't escape this catastrophe."
"Not necessarily!"
"Oh? What else can you do? ”
"For today's time, if you can get rid of Xu Rui, the culprit, maybe there is still a chance of life!"
"How are you going to act?"
"Tonight, let's gather the last brothers and ......"
As night fell, the tired Beiwuwei fell asleep early, and the soldiers patrolling the camp were less than half of them before, and the remaining half were also lazy and perfunctory, everyone knew that the army was out of danger, and there was less urgency of life and death, and no one would still be nervous.
"Who?"
The sentry standing guard suddenly saw a group of non-commissioned officers walking towards the guard camp and immediately asked.
"Da Chun, our lives are hard tonight, and it's our turn to be on duty."
The leading sergeant greeted the sentry standing guard, and grinned as he led a dozen brothers in crooked armor past him.
In normal times, he would definitely ask the soldier for the command to patrol the camp, but the whole army has been very lax these days, and he is so sleepy that he doesn't bother to ask again, just muttering a few words to himself.
"It's strange, why are there all fresh faces around Brother Zhuzi? Cut...... Maybe those soldiers will let the recruits patrol the camp for them......"
Easily bypassing the sentry, the group of soldiers patrolling the camp immediately gathered together, and the leader whispered: "Everyone first disperse and hide, I'll go and see if the kid is asleep, and when I blow the whistle, I'll do it at the same time!" ”
As he was talking, it was like a gust of wind blowing, and the leading soldier felt a chill on his back, and his heart was shocked, and he suddenly turned around.
But there was nothing suspicious behind him except for the camp tent or camp tent.
The soldier carefully checked it and found nothing abnormal, shook his head, smiled and cursed suspiciously in his heart, and continued to arrange the unfinished matters just now.
No one noticed that the gust of wind that swept past them would turn around, and after going around in the guard camp a few times, they took the first step to the destination of their trip, Xu Rui's camp.
At this time, if someone takes a look at the door of the tent, they will find that it is a yin wind, and it is clearly a figure that is almost to the extreme.
The man was dressed in a shabby cyan robe, his figure was thin and tall, his appearance was not good, and his hair was randomly inserted with a withered branch, and it was actually a branch that killed the Taixuan Shangxiang of the Nanyue Ghost Ancestor, the old heavenly master of Gui Yushan.
"The source of the eternal overlap is here, could it be the people in this tent?"
The old heavenly master pinched his fingers, his face was solemn, and he was about to open the curtain, but he was suddenly slightly stunned.
A hair was tied to one corner of the curtain, and the other end of the hair was tied to a small bell, which was immediately pulled by the hair as soon as the curtain was lifted.
Although this mechanism is simple, it is very practical, and ordinary people can't see the hair at all in the dark, so it is really very hidden.
"Hmph, carving insect skills ......"
The Celestial Master snorted coldly, his body moved slightly, the curtain seemed to be blown by the breeze and swayed slightly, his hair and bells were unscathed, but his body had already penetrated through the outside of the curtain.
When he entered the tent, his speed was very fast, but his pace was very strange, like a drunken man staggering, and if he looked closely, he found that the place he had let him lay extremely hidden traps, crossbows, bamboo sticks, and even lime.
Those traps that made Wang Man jealous were not only invisible in the eyes of the Heavenly Master, but also had no effect at all.
The shadow cowered in the corner, her eyes wide open and she walked back and forth, but she didn't see a single figure in her sight, not even the slightest movement.
Suddenly, a finger lightly touched the back of her neck, and Shadow immediately rolled her eyes and fell asleep, except for her head hanging slightly, leaning against the tent, her body posture did not change at all.
The old heavenly master appeared beside Ying Yu and shook his head: "It's a good seedling, but it's a pity that there is no famous teacher to guide me, and I have taken a lot of detours......"
As he spoke, his figure flickered, and he came to Xu Rui's side in an instant, and the speed was as fast as teleportation.
Xu Rui was sleeping soundly, there was a slight snoring sound in his nostrils, this time really tired him, his tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and he immediately fell asleep, not to mention that the old fairy was silent, even if he beat the gong and drum in front of him, he might not wake up.
The Heavenly Master stared at Xu Rui tightly, his eyes full of brilliance.
"Odd number, this kid is definitely an odd number, is he the source of the eternal overlap?"
He frowned, his fingers pinched a seal, and his two pupils gradually dilated, as if he had suddenly started to froze.
"Hiss......"
After a few breaths, the Heavenly Master's pupils suddenly shrank, and he came back to his senses, his chest rose and fell violently, and his back was instantly wet with cold sweat, as if he had seen some terrible scene.
"How could it be, how could it be...... This person not only can't calculate cause and effect, but also has a vast amount of luck, compared to it, the luck in this world is like a flat boat, not worth mentioning!
The luck of the world is far inferior to the luck of one person, how can there be such a strange thing?! ”
The Heavenly Master's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.
No wonder this eternal overlapping image is so powerful, and it is hell that there is such an outlier in the world.
Although there are good and bad in the overlap of eternity, when the good times are the birth of saints, and when the bad times are the source of disasters, but there can be no sages in the world that occur once in a thousand years, but there can be no disaster star that will leave a disaster through the ages, this kid must be eliminated!
Thinking of this, the Heavenly Master stretched out his palm, gritted his teeth, and slapped it fiercely towards Xu Rui's face.
This palm is ten times more ruthless than the one that killed Situ Yuan, and as soon as the palm wind came out, it immediately faintly brought out the momentum of wind and thunder, as if the luck of heaven and earth was running around this palm.
However, when the palm of his hand was about to slap the tip of Xu Rui's nose, it stopped, and the terrifying wind and thunder dissipated in an instant, as if it had never appeared.
The old heavenly master raised his palm motionless, like a clay statue, and at this time his heart was at war between heaven and man.
Everything in the world has cause and effect, thunder and rain dew is the grace of heaven, if I forcibly change my life against the sky, it is a bad way of heaven, the people in the world can escape a catastrophe, but they will be exposed to cause and effect, and from then on it will be doom again and again, not to mention the feather and ascend to immortals, it is impossible to ask for a good death.
What to do? Is it all righteousness, or is it selfishness?
Just as he was hesitating, a strong palpitation suddenly surged in his heart, which made his face change drastically.
The Old Heavenly Master has already seen through life and death, only seeking the top existence of the Great Dao, and he thinks that he is only one step away from being feathered and ascending to immortal, and there are few things in this world that can stir up the waves in his heart, let alone the palpitations that almost make him unable to control himself.
He hurriedly calmed down his emotions and looked for the source of his heart palpitations, only to find out in horror that it was the swordsmanship in his heart that was about to move!
"Could it be that he is destined to practice this set of swordsmanship?"
The Heavenly Master's brows furrowed even deeper, he didn't lie to Situ Yuan, this set of swordsmanship was indeed an occasional thing he got when he comprehended the Heavenly Dao, but there was one thing he didn't say all.
That is, he felt that this set of swordsmanship was like a meteor outside the sky that had broken through his heart and automatically flew into his heart, and it was as if someone was connected to his heart and brain, forcibly pouring the swordsmanship into his mind.
This is the biggest reason why although he has a full picture of swordsmanship, he does not understand the deep meaning at all, and he cannot practice it.
"This set of swordsmanship is extremely strange, although it is powerful, it is obscure, is it specially born for this person?"
Taoism emphasizes cause and effect, and if this set of swordsmanship is really born with this person, then he will send the swordsmanship to him, and he will have been contaminated with cause and effect and become the person in the painting.
This time, the image of the eternal overlap is so fierce, if it is not handled well, it will be a catastrophe, and when he thinks about it, the face of the Heavenly Master is cloudy, and he is even more hesitant.
Do you want to count yourself or the world? The Celestial Master was constantly wandering between the two, struggling.
After a long time, he finally sighed and said to himself: "That's it, I am an outsider, and my heart is just to accumulate more yin virtue, since I have already accounted for cause and effect, why do I have to go against the sky?"
What's more, there are good and bad images of the overlapping images of eternity, maybe this kid is really a great sage once in a thousand years, and the way of heaven ordered me to take this trip, so I followed the will of heaven, and I could make some preparations for the future feather ascension. ”
In the end, it is a master of the Tao who can break through the red dust, his mind is certain, and the look of hesitation immediately disappeared from his face, and the old master took out a sword book that he copied by himself from his arms, and he was still on the bed, and then took a step forward, and the figure disappeared in an instant.
Outside the tent, the leading soldier quietly touched Xu Rui's tent, and suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing, this time he had no chance to turn back, but his body stiffened in an instant, his vitality was cut off, and there was no wound on his body.
Not only him, but more than a dozen brothers who came with him were all the same, and they died tragically in an instant, and this unknown counterattack was stillborn, and the dark chess buried in the Northern Martial Arts Guard was truly destroyed at this moment.
Hundreds of miles away, he was about to rush back to the Chinese military camp after burying his master, he took advantage of the night to sneak into his room, and just after entering the door, he heard a cold voice.
"You want to leave, where have you been these days?"
He was slightly stunned, and when he turned around, he saw a familiar figure sitting in the dark.
The corners of his mouth hooked up with a smile, and he asked lightly, "Since you came to me, it means that I should have a task, right?" ”
The man nodded: "There is a mission, the prince asked you to go to the Northern Dynasty and help him kill someone!" ”
"Murder? Who does the prince want to kill? ”
He shrank his pupils slightly, and a sneer appeared on his face.