Chapter 71: True and False Zhao Boyan
After Yinyuan left, Zhao Boyan was so excited that he was about to fall asleep leaning on the tree. But the soil in the forest is so damp that there are all kinds of annoying mosquito bites, and it is unbearable to sit on the ground. He looked left and right, and one of them turned over and sat on a high branch. He stretched his arms, found a comfortable position, and lay down. The starlight was almost blocked by the layers of forest leaves, and he could barely see one or two corners of the light from such a high place.
Every old horse in the forest had a bell tied around their necks, which was not necessary to be so troublesome, but Zhao Boyan was reluctant to tie them up. Horses don't have to sleep for so long like people, one or two hours of sleep is enough, but they don't trespass either, they just walk around Zhao Boyan, the sound of bells is sparse, gentle and soft, like a very beautiful music.
The frightened silver in the distance is very different from the peaceful atmosphere of this place. It turned into a silver ball of light, shuttling quickly between the trees, flickering left and right without delaying for a moment. The silver is indeed worthy of the name of the King of Horses, even in this strange forest, there are many obstacles to move without hindrance. It's just that the pride, ease and momentum of the past are gone, and only a great sense of fear remains.
As the silver crane approached, the horses began to stir a little. But after all, the virtue of the silver curl, these old war horses who have been mixed in the military camp all their lives are no longer strange, and they will not get out of control. Zhao Boyan in the tree yawned and looked down with his head sideways. A burst of lightning flashed in front of his eyes, and Zhao Boyan still looked like a "horse leg", thinking with saliva about when he would be able to ride such a divine horse. But Yinyuan is unparalleled in the world, even if he can kill Li Wuxiong this time and make a contribution, but it is still hopeless to expect Ma Kuo to reward him with it, if Yinyuan gives birth to an heir, it is still a little possible to get a foal. But Yinyuan has been in the camp for seven years, and his stomach has never moved. Come to think of it, it is fierce like this, where does an ordinary stallion dare to come to ask for pleasure.
Zhao Boyan rubbed his temples, closed his eyes and stopped thinking about it. In fact, he is also quite tired from being involved in the turbulent Qingjiang political arena all day long, and it is a blessing to be banished like this, at least he can sleep peacefully at night. The wind gently stirred on his face, there was the sound of insects chirping and water in his ears, and the occasional bell, although he was lying on the trunk of a hard tree, Zhao Boyan fell asleep quickly.
But in his sleep, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find it. With the invisible feeling of coercion, his chest rose and fell more and more violently, and it became more and more difficult to breathe. Suddenly, the sound of bells in the forest was chaotic.
Zhao Boyan gasped, got up suddenly, and shouted in a lost voice: No! He opened his eyes in horror, and there was a humanoid black shadow less than a foot away from him, sitting at the end of the branch as if it had no weight. Zhao Boyan propped his hands and feet at the same time, and bounced back from the branches, clinging to the tree trunk like a spider, concentrating on the black shadow. But at the moment of his action, the black shadow also disappeared. Originally, it was not easy to detect it in the thick night, and Zhao Boyan could not find a trace now.
The frightened horses around fled farther and farther, the sound of bells gradually became inaudible, and the chirping of insects and birds all died in an instant, and the surrounding silence made people panic.
Suddenly, Zhao Boyan heard a sentence clearly: You woke up so fast. There was no one around, but it seemed like someone was talking to him.
"No, the voice is in the sea of knowledge. ”
Zhao Boyan heard a heavy sigh again, he looked around vigilantly, but still couldn't find "a shadow", only his heart thumped, like the knock of death. The anger in the army is the heaviest, and no one even takes the words of ghosts and gods seriously, let alone a military captain. But even if Zhao Boyan no longer believes in ghosts and gods, he was so shocked that he was covered with cold sweat at this scene, which soaked into his eyes from time to time. His hands subconsciously brushed his face, and when he touched his neck, his palms suddenly felt sticky.
The next moment, the world in front of him turned upside down, and he clearly saw in the distance that his body was still attached to the tree, and he had fallen to the ground.
With a bang, a human head fell under the tree, gurgling and rolling more than two feet away.
Zhao Boyan is already in a different place!
The black shadow jumped lightly from the tree and crouched down in front of the human head. The turquoise flames surged out from between its fingers, and pressed it on top of Zhao Boyan's head, instantly burning it to the ground. In the firelight, the shadow's face, which was originally like pitch black soil, slowly condensed into eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, and it turned out to be Zhao Boyan's appearance.
"Zhao Boyan" stripped off the clothes of the dead corpse, and gently wiped away the warm blood stains on it with both hands. Rather, as soon as the blood touched its hands, it was immediately sucked in like a boat that had encountered a whirlpool. Zhao Boyan touched his fresh face, sat down against a big tree, and slowly closed his eyes.
Gradually, everything regained its sound, and a strange bird like a ghost fire came out of the crack in the void and landed lightly on Zhao Boyan's shoulder, constantly emitting a crow-like cry. Zhao Boyan said like a dream: Don't be noisy, rest and wait for the enemy. Hearing this, the strange bird flapped its wings slightly, and stopped on the high branches, and in an instant the blue and green ghost fire on its body hid in its feathers, becoming no different from ordinary crows, and disappeared into the night.
Zhao Boyan then fell into a deep sleep.
On the second day, when Zhao Boyan woke up, there were two Qingjiang soldiers standing in front of him with embarrassed faces. The two of them obviously waited for a while, and finally saw Zhao Boyan open his eyes, but they still hesitated and didn't dare to speak.
Instead, Zhao Boyan opened his mouth first and asked, "Who are you waiting for?"
The slightly older soldier stepped forward and replied, "In dismounting and winning, this is my brother Ma Deli, and we are the personal guards of General Ma Xiao." Last night, in the middle of the formation, I broke into the horses under the jurisdiction of Captain Zhao, and General Ma was afraid that the captain would make a mistake and sent us to investigate. Captain Fang Cai couldn't wake up in a deep sleep, and he didn't dare to disturb him, so he waited on the side.
Zhao Boyan said: In this way, follow me to meet Li Takeo.
Ma Desheng and his brothers glanced at each other, and said with a little embarrassment: This and this, General Li was still angry about the incident of scaring the horse last night, and he was about to punish you, the general. What General Ma means, this is to hope that the captain will avoid the limelight for a while.
The two brothers said it implicitly, but they didn't like Zhao Boyan's dereliction of duty in their hearts. Originally, Zhao Boyan, as a military sacrifice wine, was the most important figure for the Ma family. Last night, Ma Qing was worried that it was because Zhao Boyan was in trouble, so he left, so he sent guards to investigate overnight. But when the Ma Desheng brothers saw Zhao Boyan lying under the tree sleeping unharmed, they confirmed his charge of dereliction of duty. Seeing Zhao Boyan's indifferent expression, the brothers really thought that Zhao Boyan didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, so they reminded: Captain Zhao, this is going to the camp, General Li must be to cure you for dereliction of duty, this is to lose your head.
Zhao Boyan touched his stubble and said: It's okay, I want to meet Li Takeo.
Ma Desheng's two brothers looked at each other, looking extremely speechless, and said in their hearts, Is this Captain Zhao evil, how can he not understand people's words, how can anyone be so persistent in sending him to death! The two brothers nagged a few more words, but from beginning to end, Zhao Boyan was like a steel pillar, unable to move, not even blinking his eyes. Ma Desheng was stared at by him, and his heart was furious, so he closed his voice.
Seeing that the two of them had not moved, Zhao Boyan looked extremely impatient, reached out and grabbed Ma Deli's shoulder, firmly clamped to death like an iron hook, and ordered: Lead the way quickly. Ma Deli couldn't bear the pain and pulled it with both hands, but he couldn't break it. Ma Desheng, who was the elder brother, was eager to protect his younger brother, and rushed forward with an arrow, but unexpectedly, Zhao Boyan just waved his hand lightly, and a strong wind came out of his fingers. Ma Desheng was unsteady under his feet, and he was thrown into a lot of meat. Zhao Boyan said coldly: Inform Ma Qing, I also have something to look for him, if not, this son will die here.
Where did Ma Desheng think that Zhao Boyan would make a move on them, and after encountering a mutation, he was messy and didn't know how to respond. When he acted with a single blood, as soon as he heard that Zhao Boyan was going to kill his younger brother, he didn't care about what to slow down, and after getting up, he punched straight to Zhao Boyan's face. Zhao Boyan frowned, his eyes full of disdain. He reached out his palm and stepped forward to grab Ma Desheng's fist with ease. Ma Desheng's figure was stagnant, and he couldn't get any closer to Zhao Boyan, and he couldn't even take back his fist.
Suddenly, a strange bird came out of thin air from behind his ear. The strange bird was the size of a human head, and its body was wrapped in yellow and green flames. It was silent when it appeared, but when it appeared, it let out an absent-minded cry, which startled Ma Desheng. He turned his head in a hurry, and the bird's beak reflected in his pupils was getting closer and bigger.
Sincere!
The strange bird effortlessly pecked through Ma Desheng's skull and gulped on the latter's cerebrospinal fluid. Ma Desheng instantly dried up like a deflated inflatable doll, his limbs hung softly, and hung on Zhao Boyan's hand like a thick leather coat. The strange bird sucked its brain, and there was another wisp of blue fire between its feathers.
The restrained Matthew watched his brother's tragic death with his own eyes, and hated it to the extreme, but he couldn't raise any strength, let alone revenge, and he didn't even have the strength to kill himself.
Zhao Boyan didn't seem to realize Ma Deli's hatred, and still said in that condescending tone: I want to see Li Wuxiong and Ma Qing, and you should lead the way. Ma Deli was so angry that he couldn't even say a word, and his two hands were still in vain to break Zhao Boyan.
Zhao Boyan repeated again: I want to see Li Wuxiong and Ma Qing, and you should lead the way! Ma Deli didn't care about him at all, as if he had lost his mind, and only cared about beating Zhao Boyan's hand.
Zhao Boyan finally ran out of patience, the strength in his hand was heavy, and he pinched Ma Deli's shoulder blade and collarbone into one, Ma Deli didn't even scream, and waited for the moment of his liberation in despair. The strange bird landed lightly on Martree's head, and its hot paws set his hair on fire. It lowered its head and pecked it downward.
Zhao Boyan snorted irritably, roughly groped the direction of the formation, and strode over.