Chapter Eighty-Three: The Assassin's Dream

Xiang Qiu here seems to be more suitable for being called Xiang Ling.

He was dressed in an old military robe, with a sword hanging from his waist, and sat on the corpse with a very unhappy face.

"Am I lazy? I'm lazy. He tapped the soles of his shoes with his feet, "Didn't you say there were bandits?" The result was to carry the dead here. ”

The soldier next to him kicked him: "What happened to the dead body?" Xiang Ling, you can also carry the corpse, don't forget that the last time you fought with the remnants of the rebels, you almost killed everyone. ”

"Someone else almost killed me, okay?" Xiang Ling was even more angry and raised his sword, "I said that one person would fight ten people, but they didn't help, and they almost knocked me out, but as a result, everyone was surrounded, right?" In the end, it didn't rely on me to fight my way out of the encirclement, but I fought a rake. ”

The soldiers next to him giggled and laughed, "Don't brag", "You can fight a ghost", "Last time, you said that one person fought ten people, and Nan Gongzi gave ten people, and you beat you like a dog." ”

Xiang Ling knocked the ground with his sword: "That doesn't count, those ten people set up a formation, it's a shield, a gun and a crossbow, this doesn't count..."

"It's nothing, it's nothing!" There was an angry shout, "Xiang Ling, you are gathering the crowd to be lazy again!" ”

Hearing this shout, the soldiers gathered around Xiang Ling immediately lowered their heads and dispersed.

The leader of the generals standing in the distance looked at this side with a heavy face, surrounded by guards.

"Xiang Ling, if you don't listen to the military order and are lazy and slippery, just get out of the British Army!"

Xiang Ling stood up with his head down, put the sword back into his waist, followed behind the other soldiers, and lifted a corpse, and the soldiers around him saw that the generals no longer paid attention to this side, and smiled at Xiang Ling in a low voice.

"Xiang Ling, what are you afraid of, get out of here."

"yes, you didn't always want to go, saying that you would go to the Sword Ranger Quartet."

Xiang Ling snorted: "What can I do when I get out?" He looked down at the corpse he was carrying in his hand, the corpse was wearing a military robe, exactly the same as the one on his body, "The soldiers of Jiannan Dao said that they would kill them, and the banner of the Jiannan Army said that they would become a heroic army, and what was there to use a sword to go everywhere in this world." ”

A soldier next to him kicked him: "Xiang Ling, say what you should say, and say less what you shouldn't say." ”

The other soldiers beside him also glared at him and took a few steps away, lest they be affected by him.

Xiang Ling pursed her lips, kicked and kicked away, and didn't speak.

Li Minglou looked at Xiang Ling like this and smiled, it turned out that Xiang Ling was a small soldier under Xiang Yun, he didn't look very mixed, the robe he was wearing was old, and the swords were ordinary, and he was also teased by his companions, and he was not arrogant at all.

Li Minglou stood outside the door and watched Ling move the corpse, cleaning the ground, busy from day to evening, and did not rest in the evening, and was driven to patrol and guard.

Such a big thing happened in Xiang Mansion, the first thing Xiang Yun said was that the officials of the government obeyed their orders, and Taiyuan Mansion was under martial law inside and outside.

After the dust settled, the people in the city resumed walking, but the martial law around the Xiang Mansion was still under martial law, and idle people were not allowed to approach, but there were always bold people watching and snooping.

Xiang Yun is known for being kind and loving to the people, as long as these people don't break in, they won't let the soldiers and horses disperse the intimidation.

Xiang Ling is one of the soldiers who is responsible for guarding the surroundings.

"Is it food in a moment?" Holding a spear, he asked the soldiers beside him weakly, "I've been busy all day, and I haven't drunk a sip of water." ”

The soldier next to him sneered: "Think beautifully, who brought you food, what do you think you are doing, just look at the street, and then go to eat when the duty is over." ”

Xiang Ling was annoyed: "Then there will be cold rice and cold dishes left, and it is not a trivial matter to see the street!" Looking around again, "Why are there only us guards, and there are no patrols?" It's not well defended. ”

Another soldier leaned against the wall and smiled: "Just make a show, Taiyuan Mansion is under the control of the Hou Ye, how can there be anything to guard against." ”

Xiang Ling said: "Naturally, there will be a large number of soldiers and horses, but what about assassins? A single-handed, assassin can be everywhere and pervasive. ”

The soldiers all laughed, "What an assassin." "Where's the Assassin all these days?" "Even if an assassin comes, what can it do?" "Xiang Ling, don't you also call yourself an assassin ranger? I remember you couldn't even beat ten soldiers. ”

Xiang Ling said angrily: "What does the assassin have to do with whether he can fight ten soldiers, the assassin is not about hitting a few people, the assassin only needs to kill one person." ”

The soldiers waved their hands, "Then such a powerful assassin will be handed over to you." ”

Xiang Ling didn't bother to talk to them anymore, holding a spear and looking at the street in front of her, her eyes swept over the people on the street little by little, including men and women, old and young, using the cover of twilight, huddled together and whispered and pointed, getting closer and closer to this side, and some people had the audacity to ask the soldiers what happened.

There are more and more crowds, noisy voices on the street, and some people are arguing because of the excitement, "You stepped on my foot" and "Oh, you broke my foot", pushing and scolding, attracting people on the street.

The soldiers looked over, and someone shouted to Ling: "Do you think these two people are assassins?" Deliberately causing confusion. ”

Xiang Ling looked over there: "No." ”

The soldiers laughed, "Take a closer look." ”

Xiang Ling ignored them, Li Minglou looked at him and found that Xiang Ling looked guarded, but instead of looking at the two people who were fighting, he looked at the crowd of people who were watching the fight......

Some people in the crowd were clamoring, some applauded, some were afraid, and some covered their eyes......

The person covering his eyes opened his fingers slightly, and looked at Li Minglou between his fingers.

So far away, the twilight was dim, but the vision was very dazzling, Li Minglou stood up, Xiang Ling had already passed her, and walked forward with a spear in his hand.

"Stand back!"

"Take both of them with me!"

The officers who patrolled the streets also heard the noise, grabbed the two and took them away, and drove away the crowd of onlookers on the street.

Xiang Ling stopped, Li Minglou stood beside him, and the sight in the crowd was gone.

Interesting, is it found that there are really assassins? Li Minglou looked at Xiang Ling, Xiang Ling's eyes were cruising on the street, his eyes were bright in the dim light, and Xiang Ling at this time had just become a person with Xiang Qiu, whom she knew.

However, Li Minglou's expression returned to Mu Ran, what does it have to do with her.

She wanders here, she can't live or die, she can't save her relatives and kill her enemies.

The dim light and shadow were soon engulfed by the night, Xiang Ling finally ended her duty, rubbed her stomach to find food, the food was already cold, Xiang Ling chewed a few bites and threw it away, quarreled with the soldiers who cooked, and scolded to find something to eat.....

Li Minglou followed him through the barracks outside the Xiang family's house, through an alley guarded by soldiers, and came to the street, where there was no prosperity in the past, large and small shops were closed, and there were a few restaurants with lights on, but there were no customers, and the pedestrians passing by were in a hurry.....

Li Minglou suddenly found that Xiang Ling did not go to the restaurant to find food, but ran through the street to an alley and walked around....

What is he looking for?

Li Minglou followed indifferently and watched Xiang Ling finally stop in front of a grocery store, although the shop was lit up, the door panel was closed.

Xiang Ling didn't knock on the door, and directly raised her foot and kicked over.

The door panel fell, the light poured down, and someone in front of the counter inside turned around in fright, holding a mirror in one hand to cover his face.

"Guest officer, the door is closed, why are you in such a hurry?" He asked in surprise.

Xiang Ling stood at the door, holding the knife in her hand: "I want you!" ”

With a snort, the man removed the mirror to reveal his face, and the light faded instantly.

He had a fair complexion, long eyebrows, thin lips that were a little red, and the rouge in his hand was sweeping the tails of his eyes, leaving a touch of crimson.

Li Minglou was stunned, Uncle Min.

Li Min looked at her and smiled, her eyes rolling: "Want me?" You're so ugly, you can't afford it. ”

He was slender and weak, and his voice was soft, but Xiang Ling, who was standing at the door, was tense, and Li Minglou could hear the bones creaking.

"Taiyuan Mansion is under martial law." Xiang Ling said, "Who are you?" Where did it come from? What to do? ”

Li Min pursed his lips, raised the mirror to his eyes again, and gently rubbed the remaining fat powder on his lips: "You didn't see it?" It is written on the door, grocery store, of course I am a businessman who sells groceries, Taiyuan Mansion is under martial law, and I didn't say that I am not allowed to do business, you little soldier....."

He poked half of his face out from behind the mirror and looked at Xiang Ling and winked.

"You're here to blackmail me?"

Xiang Ling held the knife and walked forward slowly: "Don't pretend to be crazy and stupid with me, you open a grocery store?" Then why have you been wandering around outside Xiang Mansion before? The two people who collided were your fault. ”

Li Minglou suddenly realized that in the evening, the sight was Li Min.

Li Min put his hands on the counter, looked at Xiang Ling, who was stepping on the cat's steps and moved in step by step, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Okay, there are so many guard generals, only you found me, what did you do before?" It's not like a soldier. ”

Xiang Ling said: "A certain is a ranger." ”

Li Min grinned: "What a ranger......"

Xiang Ling's words fell, the person pounced like a cat, the knife in his hand brought a cold light, there was a loud sound, the person fell like a cat again, the knife light followed, the person hit the wall and slid down, and the knife grazed his shoulder and sank into the wall.

With a click, a small mirror fell to the ground.

Li Min still leaned in front of the counter and clapped his hands gently: "Today's young people are really, they call themselves rangers with a few casual sword dances, I praise you for being able to find me, are you still serious?" If I hadn't let you find out, you'd have found out, let alone chased me to find me. ”

He walked over and picked up the small mirror that had fallen to the ground, and saw that the small mirror had cracked a mark, and his face was full of distress.

"It's a pity for me to be a mirror."

Li Minglou stood beside him, looking at him carefully, she tried hard to think about Li Min, there were not many Li Min in her memory, not much in this life, even less in that life, if it weren't for this life, she wouldn't even remember Li Min.

The first time I saw him when I was a child, it was a small guy next to my father, and I gave her flowers, grass, rouge gouache or something a few times, probably because she didn't have any liking for these things, and then I didn't send them again.

Little guy, running errands and doing chores, is different from a big housekeeper like Yuanji, in that life, after his father died, he didn't know where he went.

I didn't expect him to show up now.

"You're an Assassin!" Xiang Ling shouted on the ground.

Li Min glanced at him with disgust: "Shout, are you shouting for people to arrest me?" ”

Xiang Ling sat up from the ground, looked up at him with shining eyes, and did not shout, but leaned over and bowed: "You teach me to be an assassin!" ”

Li Min said, "What do you want to do?"

Xiang Ling stretched out his hand and grabbed the corner of Li Min's clothes, which looked like an ordinary green robe, embroidered with a plum blossom, he couldn't help but touch it, and muttered: "My name is Xiang Qiu, I have been determined to be a ranger since I was a child, and I joined the army in troubled times, and I have not achieved anything for ten years, I thought that there was no ranger assassin in the world." ”

Li Min lifted the corner of his clothes and shook him off, and said, "There are no Ranger Assassins anymore, and I'm not a Ranger Assassin, I'm just a grocery store." ”

He walked back to the counter, held up the mirror, and looked at his face to finish his unfinished makeup.

"Don't delay me in grooming, you can be your little soldier."

Xiang Ling sat on the ground, looked at Li Min's back, and pulled out the knife on the wall.

"Are you going to kill the first candidate?" He lay his sword in front of him, "I will help you kill him." ”

Li Minglou looked at Xiang Ling and wanted to laugh a little, Xiang Ling is still Xiang Ling, just like he did to himself at the beginning, he will give up his life as soon as he is convinced.

Li Min turned around, the makeup on his eyes had been completed, and a half-opened flower was also on his sideburns, and he looked at Xiang Ling with a smile.

Xiang Ling straightened his chest and let him consider.

Li Min stretched out his finger and pointed to the flowers on his sideburns and asked, "Is this flower beautiful?" ”

Flower? This question seemed to be a bit unexpected, Xiang Ling looked solemn, looked at the flowers on Li Min's sideburns seriously, thought for a moment, and shook his head: "It's not beautiful....."

Li Min's eyes widened, obviously this answer also surprised him, and his voice suddenly rose: "Isn't this beautiful?" Except that it's beautiful in itself, plus it's ..... on my head."

Xiang Ling smiled: "Uncle, although I have achieved nothing for ten years, I have still seen a lot of beautiful flowers and plants, these flowers and plants are not beautiful, and they are not in the skin ..... the bones."

Before he finished his words, his eyes went dark, and the mirror smashed over his face again, and he fell to his back, and there was a scolding sound in his ears, and his feet fell like raindrops, "You know what beauty and ugliness!" ”

Xiang Ling covered her head and curled up on the ground, and after a kick, Li Min retracted her feet indignantly: "It's really unlucky! I shouldn't have looked at you more, what a fool! ”

He threw up his sleeves and walked out, and Xiang Ling hurriedly got up and shouted, "Xiang Yun is cautious, surrounded by guards day and night, and he can't get close to him easily..."

Li Min stopped by the door and glanced back at him.

Xiang Ling looked at him with a bloody face: "I am willing to help Xiang Qiu with my life!" ”

His eyes were shining, his thin body was creaking, and his whole body was burning like fire.

Li Min smiled: "You want me to teach you how to be an assassin?" ”

Xiang Ling nodded.

Li Min said: "You, you're too ugly, wait for the next life to look better, and then come to me." ”

Xiang Ling was stunned and hurriedly asked, "What is your name, uncle?" ”

Li Min gritted his teeth and snorted: "Remember, my name is Li Min." ”

After speaking, he stroked the flowers on his sideburns, and floated out of the door, disappearing in the night.

Li Minglou followed, and Li Min couldn't see Li Min's figure in his sight, but there was the sound of footsteps and armor colliding.

There was a bang, and the smell of alcohol was in my nose.

Li Minglou looked back and saw that Xiang Ling, who was sitting, untied the water bladder hanging from his waist, which turned out to be wine, he poured the wine from his head, and the wine stained his body with blood......

A group of officers and soldiers came from the street, saw that the lights were on and the door was wide open, and rushed in......

Xiang Ling's identity was quickly recognized, although she was a small soldier with no official or position, she was very famous in the British Army, and almost everyone recognized her.

"Xiang Ling, you are so bold, you dare to drink at this time!"

"I drank it, and I ran out to play drunk!"

"I heard that you have been reprimanded today, you are lazy in your work, and the brigade commander wants to drive you away!"

They giggled around Xiang Ling.

Xiang Ling said with a smell of wine: "I don't even want to drink wine if I don't have anything to eat?" Who told them not to leave me food! I, Xiang Ling, why eat cold rice! ”

The guards laughed even more, and the shopkeeper and the guy at the back of the shop were also brought out, trembling: "Soldier, we don't sell food here." ”

The guards had enough laughing and drove Xiang Ling out of the grocery store, and someone untied Xiang Ling's sword and gave it to the shopkeeper to "take it as money for the kicked door." ”

The shopkeeper thanked him for his kindness, "The first candidate is really strict in governing the soldiers, and the first candidate is really kind and loving to the people." ”

Xiang Ling scolded and tried to get his sword back, but was stopped by the guards.

"When is it now, if this store is sueed, Master Hou will know, it is a trivial matter to drive you away, and it is also possible to cut off your head in the military law."

"The head is gone, you don't even have the opportunity to eat and drink, don't you still want to make a contribution?"

Xiang Ling obviously also knew, and grabbed the wine bag with a scolding grin: "This world-breaking way is a blind person, and it will make me live in vain." ”

He often talked wildly, and the guards were used to it, and scolded and kicked him a few times to drive him away.

The lights of the grocery store were extinguished, and the night was darker in the streets, and no one walked except for the footsteps of patrolling soldiers and horses.

Li Minglou had nowhere to go, and thought that since Li Min appeared in Xiang's house, he would definitely appear, so he continued to follow Xiang Ling back to Xiang's house.

From night to day, from day to night, the corpses inside and outside Xiang's house were carried away, the blood on the ground was washed and paved, the festive wedding decorations were also removed and burned, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of lives were covered with flesh and blood as if it had never happened.

Li Minglou looked at Xiang Ling, a little soldier, carrying the corpse and scattering loess as a guard, he was not as lazy as before, and would take the initiative to ask Ying to do things.

"Take the sword as a pawn, and want to earn some merit and reward, and redeem the sword."

When his companion boss asked him why, he gave a straightforward answer, apparently this was not the first time he had done this, and his companion boss laughed and cursed, and then arranged for him to do more.

Li Minglou didn't go to Xiang Yun, Xiang Nan, and even Xiang's house couldn't enter, she seemed to be tied to Xiang Ling, floating with Xiang Ling like a ghost, and then day and night became a trance for her, it seemed that a long time had passed, and it seemed to be just a blink of an eye.....

She came to her senses again and found herself in the wild, followed by Xiang Ling, who was running forward with a knife and gun tied to straw sandals.

"Hurry up, it's a big job this time!" He shouted and galloped forward.

But a spear stretched out in front of him almost poked him: "Don't mess up the formation!" ”

Xiang Ling scolded angrily, but dared to leave the queue, so she had to slow down and follow the team and scold, "When I become the captain, whoever runs slower will be beaten." ”

The companions around him laughed and said, "Then we don't dare to be your subordinates"

Xiang Ling scolded back: "I don't want you yet." ”

The captain shouted again, "Silence! No noise! ”

The boring and monotonous wild travel made Li Minglou in a trance again, fluttering with Xiang Ling, it was not hard, she raised her head to look at the sun in the sky, the sun here will not make her miserable, but I don't know if it will melt her, she feels that she is about to melt and become transparent.....

The noise came again, there were voices neighing and crying, and of course the nearest was Xiang Ling's scolding.

"I'll just say run faster! Look, it's late! It's a fart job! ”

"It's not too late, we can still carry the dead and treat the wounded..."

Xiang Ling jumped: "Carrying dead corpses again, am I carrying dead corpses in my life?" ”

They were noisy here, and a general on horseback galloped up and shouted, "What are you doing!" No noise! "Master Hou is here!"

In the previous sentence, he sneered at Ling, and in the latter sentence, he immediately stopped making trouble, and pushed his companions around him, "Hurry up and go, go and carry the corpse." ”

The generals galloped past, and the companions dared to joke to Xiang Ling, "How did you become so obedient?" "Xiang Ling is afraid of Master Hou."

Xiang Ling looked at them, "How can Master Hou be afraid?" It's love. ”

The companions were stunned and immediately laughed: "Is Xiang Ling a ghost?" "It's the first time I've heard Xiang Ling say who he loves." "This is to make a good impression in front of the Hou Ye." "It seems that Xiang Ling really wants to make a contribution."

Xiang Ling ignored them and focused on carrying the dead bodies, and her companions stopped laughing and followed the work, while saying, "Why did you die so much." "Is the remnants of the Shi Dynasty so ferocious?"

Through their words, Li Minglou probably knew, because he learned that the Xiang family was going to have a happy event and Xiang Yun would come back, the rebel Shi Chao Yu took the opportunity to touch and attack, and fought against Xiang Yun's British army, the rebel remnants were wiped out, and the casualties of the British army were not small.

She fluttered with Xiang Ling in a daze, and suddenly Xiang Ling stopped, looking in one direction, there were many soldiers and horses over there, fluttering the big banner.

Xiang Yun is here.

Xiang Ling ran to the place where Xiang Yun was: "Master Hou is here, settle the injured first." ”

Xiang Yun is benevolent and kind, and will visit the wounded soldiers every time there is a big battle.

This time, the companions scolded and scolded, "If you really want to please Hou Ye", "If you move a dead corpse and a wounded soldier, you can get Hou Ye's blue eyes?" "Does Xiang Ling look down on herself or underestimate Hou Ye?"

Although they scolded and scolded, they could show themselves in front of the first candidate, and the ordinary soldiers still couldn't hold it back, so they all ran away.

After listening to the reports of the generals, Xiang Yun really came to see the wounded soldiers.

There are many dead, there are also many wounded soldiers, those who have broken their muscles and bones are relatively light, and those who have been shot in the eye and throat by arrows and knives, and they can't die and can't live, and they can't live are miserable......

"Don't be afraid." Xiang Yun looked at a soldier who was shot in the throat, the soldier panted like a fish, becoming more and more urgent, he turned his head and called, "Mr. Ji." ”

Ji Liang, Li Minglou stood behind Xiang Ling, and saw a middle-aged man walking out of the guards, carrying a medicine box, with a blank expression.

Ji Liang in this life, she is still the first time she has seen it, and she looks very strange.

But the generals were all familiar with him, and there was a commotion when they saw him come out, "It's Mr. Hunter!" "Master Hou asked Mr. Hunt to come." "With Mr. Hunter here, you can come back to life!" Everyone celebrated, and even the wounded soldiers, who had been crying, stopped their voices, and their desperate expressions were full of anticipation.

Ji Liang was given to Mingyu by Xiang Yun, saying that he wanted to protect Mingyu's life, and now that Mingyu was killed by him, Ji Liang naturally returned to him.

Li Minglou looked at this side blankly, and then fluttered...... Xiang Ling carried a wounded soldier with a broken thigh on his back and ran this way.

"Mr. Hunt, Mr. Hunt, save my brother."

The wounded soldier he was carrying did not know that he had an extra brother, and the pain made him faint.

But before she could see her, Xiang Ling was stopped by the guards.

Xiang Ling explained anxiously, tears falling, "My brother, I'm just this one brother." He looked inside, "Master Hou, Mr. Hunting, save my brother." ”

Xiang Yun glanced at this side and nodded to a general, who signaled to the guards, but Xiang Ling still couldn't take a step forward.

"Give us the wounded, you stand back." The guards said and ordered the two guards to take the wounded soldiers and send them to Mr. Hunter's side, but Xiang Ling was still tightly blocked.

It seems to be chaotic and noisy, but in fact, where Xiang Yun is located, there are three layers of soldiers and horses to protect it, and swords, guns, bows, crossbows, shields and armor are waiting for them.

Xiang Ling tiptoed to the wounded soldier who was picked up, "Brother, don't be afraid." "Wipe your tears and stand still.

Not all wounded soldiers were sent to Mr. Hunter, only those who were extremely injured......

A wounded soldier who let out a scream was carried by four men.

Xiang Ling stood far away and looked at it, and was also startled, the wounded soldier's entire head and face were blackened by the fire.....

"The rocket hit him in the head, and he was carrying the oil with him...," explained the companions who sent him.

This person was picked up and sent to Ji Liang, Ji Liang only glanced at it, and waved his hand, "It's hopeless, give him a good time." ”

These words made the noise around him pause slightly.

Xiang Yun knew Ji Liang's temper, Ji Liang said that if he didn't save it, he really couldn't help it, and he couldn't persuade Ji Liang, but to soothe the mood of others, he coughed lightly, walked in front of the wounded soldier, and leaned over to check: "...... Why did you hurt so badly....."

Before his words fell, the wounded soldier with a black face who was burned by the fire got up and reached out to hug his neck, and with a flash of the knife, one of Xiang Yun's heads rolled to the ground.