11 Metamorphosis

"You little girl, you can't boast," Yang Mingyuan patted Ling Dongwu's head dotingly, and said, "Miss your brother, he's in front, and now he's resting, let's go,"

"En," Ling Dongwu agreed, and ran to the front of the general stage in the martial arts training ground.

Ling Dongwu saw a man from a distance with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, with broad shoulders and thin waist, tall figure, strong bones and muscles, and the irrepressible vigor of a young soldier all over his body.

Yesterday's young man is already a majestic man today, Ling Dongwu's voice trembled a little with excitement: "Brother, Brother Zicheng,"

Mu Zicheng looked back, the beautiful young man in front of him, there was no lack of heroism in his grace, a pair of bright eyes were as deep as a pool, and when he blinked slightly, he was sparkling, exuding a dazzling brilliance, "Sister," he took a few steps forward excitedly, and grabbed Ling Dongwu's soft hands, an unfamiliar heartbeat made him subconsciously let go of her hand immediately, only glanced at her, then lowered his head, pretending to look elsewhere,

Ling Dongwu was still immersed in the excitement and joy of reuniting with Mu Zicheng, and didn't notice his abnormality, happily like a bird, snuggled up to Mu Zicheng and chirped,

Many of the soldiers who were resting beside Mu Zicheng all looked at this "young man" who was much more handsome and beautiful than their commander, and had a peerless demeanor.

Mu Zicheng saw that everyone around him was looking at Ling Dongwu with fascination, and he felt very uncomfortable, and ordered his deputy general Jiao Hongliang to lead the soldiers to continue training, he and Ling Dongwu walked to the side and told each other about what happened after the separation.

Mu Zicheng saw that Ling Dongwu was wearing men's clothes, and it would be inconvenient if he called her sister, so he called her the same small character as the master, "Dong'er, you have been okay for the past two years, it must be very hard to go out to do business," he heard about Ling Dongwu making money in business when he was in the military camp, and he was very proud of her ability, and he was also very worried about her safety,

Ling Dongwu laughed: "You won't come back as soon as you leave, I'm really uncomfortable at home, looking at the third prince worrying about money, I thought about trying to make money to help him, in order to repay his life-saving grace, I didn't expect that I was far from good, and I actually succeeded, brother, what is your situation in the team,"

Mu Zicheng thought about his two-year career as a horseman, from a small soldier to a captain, and then to a deputy general...... Every step was in exchange for his life, but he didn't want to say it to Ling Dongwu, for fear that she would worry about herself, so he just said something easy in the army.

The two walked to the courtyard where Ling Dongwu lived, this small courtyard, although there are only three houses, but the scenery is very good, planted with two osmanthus trees, the rich fragrance of osmanthus flowers floats without wind, looking for the fragrance and slowly pacing under the tall osmanthus tree, a swing, a stone table, a set of tea sets on the table, it is really leisurely,

Mu Zicheng was happy when he saw Xia Wenxuan placing Ling Dongwu in such a comfortable and quiet courtyard, but he felt that something was faintly inappropriate, but where was the inappropriate, he couldn't say it well,

Ling Dongwu poured tea for Mu Zicheng and asked him, "Brother, if you don't go to Lord Lu in the future, will you stay here with the Third Prince?"

The tea is a fragrant and turquoise dragon well, in the delicate Ru kiln ceramic cup, the mist is ethereal, the tea leaves are lifelike, like an orchid blooming, the green juice is crystal clear, pleasing to the eye, Mu Zicheng took a sip, the tea fragrance hits people, the fragrance is lush, the mouth is full of relish, Mu Zicheng took a sip of tea, "Yes, I will stay here in the future, this time I came to the third prince here to obey orders, it is also the meaning of Lord Lu, he said that the third prince is a British lord Mingjun, I want to follow him to resist foreign invasion,"

"Hehe, that's good, it'll be easy for us to meet in the future," Ling Dongwu jumped and jumped around Mu Zicheng with infinite joy,

The two chattered a lot, and suddenly a junior colonel came to look for Mu Zicheng, reporting that there was an unknown powerful bandit near Tiantai Mountain, and the third prince ordered Mu Zicheng to lead his troops to the battle.

In the army, under the military order, like a mountain, Mu Zicheng quickly stood up and sorted out his clothes, and was about to set off, Ling Dongwu had just met Mu Zicheng, how could he give up and be separated like this, "Brother, I also want to go with you,"

"Then how can it be done, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, what if it hurts you," Mu Zicheng listened to her words and waved his hand again and again,

"I have martial arts, so I will naturally protect myself, brother, just let me go, I am reluctant to part with you," Ling Dongwu shook Mu Zicheng's arm coquettishly,

How could Mu Zicheng bear to be separated from her, as soon as he thought of the battlefield, he would protect her with all his might, so he nodded, "Okay, you go with me,"

When Xia Wenxuan knew the news that Ling Dongwu and Mu Zicheng were going out together, Ling Dongwu had already followed Mu Zicheng on the way to Tiantai Mountain, and the army went all the way to Tiantai Mountain.

Along the way, there are all soldiers and horses, years of war and succession, the northern desert and the western regions continue to invade small groups of soldiers and horses, bandits and bandits, so that the entire Nanzhao land from time to time war chaos, coupled with the plague, drought, flood near Tiantai Mountain from time to time, the fleeing victims are in groups, many places are full of bones, many places have been ten rooms and nine empty......

Ling Dongwu has traveled around the rivers and lakes in order to do business this year, is familiar with the general trend of the world, and knows that the three kingdoms are at war for territory and hegemony, looking at everything in front of her, she can only sigh silently in her heart, and she is also lucky to think that she is leaning on the big tree to enjoy the shade, if it is not for the third prince Xia Wenxuan and his brother Mu Zicheng, it is herself who is now suffering from displacement,

***

It is said that Yi Zhikuo got the report of Cedun, saying that he found Ling Dongwu, and he was very suspicious, and he had heard many times that he had heard the report of Ling Dongwu's whereabouts after searching around for more than a year, but it was later proved that it was all a false impostor reward.

But Tsedun knew Ling Dongwu, he had always been cautious, different from other babbling soldiers, Yi Zhikuo listened carefully to what the messenger said, and even the whereabouts of the little rabbit cub in Mu Zicheng were known, this time he couldn't be wrong, he almost jumped up with excitement: "There really is the whereabouts of that little slave girl,"

"Really, that Mu Zicheng is now a deputy general, and he is intercepting and killing a small group of soldiers and horses from the Western Regions on the border of Nanzhao, Ling Dongwu is now under the pseudonym Ling Dong, and he is running around doing business, but the people around Ling Dongwu are the masters of the Three Princes of Nanzhao Kingdom, and it is difficult for us to get close to her......"

"Don't be afraid," Yi Zhi waved his big hand like a fan, "As long as there is his whereabouts, King Benhan will naturally have a way to get her back,"

"Tell us to go down, and we will leave tomorrow to find the bride of King Benhan......"

"Great Khan, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to act recklessly like this......" The Hanshui National Master originally strongly opposed Yi Zhikuo and Ling Dongwu being together, but in the past year or so, in order to find and miss Ling Dongwu, Yi Zhikuo has done a lot of infatuated things that are inconsistent with his age and style of acting, which are unexpected and unbelievable to the soldiers, and completely reversed the concept of the Hanshui National Teacher's opposition to Yi Zhikuo and Ling Dongwu together, he knows that Yi Zhikuo's life from now on will definitely not stop if he finds Ling Dongwu, even if he finds Ling Dongwu, His life will also unfold with Ling Dongwu as the center,

For today's plan, the Hanshui National Master can only remind Yi Zhikuo, who was carried away by the sudden love, to take less unjust roads on the road to find his wife, "King Han, the outside world is not like the desert, with us in charge, the three princes hold the military power, Mu Zicheng is now outstanding in martial arts, Yang Mingyuan is a famous Qingfeng chivalrous man on the rivers and lakes, if you go directly to find someone, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult......"

"Haha, please rest assured, the king has his own arrangements, and he will order it immediately, and he will leave tomorrow,"

Yi Zhikuo has been the king for many years, can manage these vicious, inhumane Hu soldiers and sand bandits, has his own shrewdness, he is rough and fine, cunning and abnormal, listening to the news from Cedun, he has a plan in his heart, he carefully selected 50 cautious and fine sand bandits with outstanding martial arts among the sand bandits, dressed up as a business traveler, divided into two teams and set off early the next morning,

Out of the desert, the fast horse whipped up for more than half a month, and finally arrived in Texas, at this time, the soldiers who followed Ling Dongwu in Texas came with the news, saying that Ling Dongwu had left Texas and rushed to Lingnan, so they looked for news and rushed to Lingnan, Ling Dongwu for more than a year, for business, up and down the country, running around, no matter where he went, never stayed for more than ten days, always Yi Zhikuo's back foot just arrived, Ling Dongwu left with his front foot,

Yi Zhikuo was indignant, listening to Ling Dongwu's fame in the business world along the road, everyone praised her, and felt proud of having such a capable lady in her heart, and was anxious and painful for Ling Dongwu to miss intentionally or unintentionally, and secretly swore in her heart, "Little fairy, if King Benhan catches you this time, he will definitely tie you firmly around your waist with chains, and in this life, you don't want to leave Lao Tzu half a step,"

***

Judging from the smoke and dust, the people should be more than 30,000 cavalry, but their own strength is only 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, Mu Zicheng is in danger, calmly arranges the formation, 6,000 Nanzhao soldiers form a strong phalanx in Tiantai Pass, and block the mountain pass entirely, and the other 4,000 infantry are hidden on both sides of the mountainside, exposed to the rain of arrows, in order to protect the crossbowmen, Mu Zicheng ordered the only two thousand cavalry to line up behind them,

One by one, the deputy generals were ordered to leave, and the Nanzhao soldiers quickly formed different formations according to Mu Zicheng's command, and each soldier in the infantry phalanx in the center had a spear in his hand, and the queue was strictly guarded there.