After sending Yang Guyou away, Ning Xiaochuan walked all the way east along the border alone.

When he saw the maple trees all over the mountains, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and after a four-year absence, he finally returned to Zhongzhou again.

Ascending Xiangshan, the Santangguan on the mountainside is still the same as it was back then, solemn, but he is no longer the boy who came out of Yindu at the age of seventeen.

Dong Pingsheng opened his eyes in the early morning, put on his armor as usual, and went to patrol the customs, which was a habit he had developed for more than ten years, even if he wanted to, he couldn't throw it away.

On the pass, Dong Pingsheng had just arrived at the pass, and the deputy general beside him hurried over, and said with an embarrassed face, "General, early in the morning, there is a person who claims to be your friend who wants to see you, this person has extraordinary skills, and the last general persuaded him to go to your house, but he didn't go, he had to wait on the city wall." ”

"Oh?" Dong Pingsheng was a little confused, and smiled softly, "What about him now?" ”

"Now sit on the wall." The lieutenant arched his hand.

Dong Pingsheng bowed slightly, and went to the city wall under the leadership of the deputy general; Sure enough, a man in a thin white shirt held a dead branch in his hand, sat on the battlements like a child, looked at the fragrant mountain in front of him, and danced the sword flower with the dead branch in his hand, Dong Pingsheng looked at the man's back, and was a little afraid to recognize him.

The adjutant general was just about to go to call someone but was stopped by Dong Pingsheng, "You guys go and do your business, General Ben, a friend of General Ben, will entertain you personally." ”

The deputy general retreated, Dong Pingsheng slowly came behind Ning Xiaochuan at the head of the city, and said with a grin, "Ning Wugongzi is really powerful, I haven't seen you for so many years, and you have actually learned swordsmanship." ”

Listening to Dong Pingsheng's voice, Ning Yan turned his head suddenly, casually threw away the branch in his hand, patted the dust on his buttocks, and smiled.

"General Dong said with a smile, where can there be any swordsmanship, just shake it casually; It's too late to learn now, because it's not the one who surprises the bones. ”

"Hahaha."

Dong Pingsheng laughed, looked at Ning Xiaochuan, who was much more mature than back then, and directly stretched out his arms and gave him a huge hug.

"General, I haven't seen you for so many years, when did you become so numb." Ning Xiaochuan said speechlessly.

Dong Pingsheng put his arm on Ning Xiaochuan's shoulder and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, you kid makes General Ben miss it so much, by the way, when did you come back, why don't you say hello, what about your eldest brother?" That kid won't come back again, will he? ”

Ning Xiaochuan shook his head embarrassedly, "No, my eldest brother is busy with military affairs, and it is inconvenient to get out, I also came back quietly this time, and I plan to go to Jiaozhou to see Renguo Gong, and I want to come to see you when I pass through Tongyang." ”

"Even if you kid has a conscience, it's much better than your big brother."

Dong Pingsheng was in a good mood, but after noticing that Ning Xiaochuan was going to Dian Zhou, his expression became serious again, "You are going to Jiaozhou to see Ren Guogong, is something wrong with Ren Guogong?" ”

"Hey......"

Ning Xiaochuan sighed helplessly, "Since the king of Guangnan ascended the throne, the Duke of Renguo has fallen ill, and it has not improved until now, it stands to reason that this trip to Jiaozhou should have been my eldest brother and sister-in-law's business, but my eldest brother is busy with military affairs, and my sister-in-law is pregnant with Liujia, it is really difficult to get out, no, let me do it for me." ”

"Your eldest brother is also big-hearted, I have heard more or less about your Ning family over the years, it's a pity that General Ning died, I didn't expect that even Emperor Jingwen such a good son of heaven could do such a ridiculous thing, hey."

Although Ning Zhi and his wife have passed away for many years, whenever they recall this incident, they still feel regret and pity.

Ning Xiaochuan smiled lightly, "It's all in the past." ”

Dong Pingsheng looked around, and after confirming that there was only Ning Xiaochuan alone, he said in surprise. "Why are you alone this time? What about the two little girls next to you? ”

"Sister Su Su is by the side of General Zhou in Zhennanguan, General Zhou is General Shan's former minister, and he is very good to Sister Su Su; Besides, Su Su is also a young lady of the family, let her stay by my side all the time and be a subordinate, even if she is willing, I am not willing.

As for Su Min, I didn't expect that the little girl I rescued at the beginning would actually be a pure yin body, born with a different body, and naturally she also had her own chances, so she couldn't stay. Ning Xiaochuan said with emotion.

Standing at the head of Tongyang City, he always had in his mind the appearance of them going east together at that time, and the old Song Tou was also there at that time.

Dong Pingsheng, who had long known that Song Jing had died in Chengyang City, did not say a word about Song Jing.

"It's unfortunate or lucky, but it's the best outcome for them." Dong Pingsheng laughed softly.

Ning Xiaochuan bowed slightly, "These people are seeing each other and missing each other, General Dong, after we separate today, when will the next time we meet." ”

Such a sad topic made Dong Pingsheng also a little difficult to accept, "What are you talking about, it's not easy to see me, and when I go to Xiangzhou next time, I will find you two brothers to drink." ”

"Hahaha." Ning Xiaochuan followed and arched his hand, "Then I'll wait for you in Xiangzhou." ”

Obviously he was only a young man in his twenties, but in Ning Xiaochuan, no, it should be in their two brothers, he saw forbearance that did not belong to this age.

Back then, General Ning and his wife were forced to die in Yindu, if it was himself in Xiangzhou, would he ignore it? He won't, but Ning He will, and so will Ning Xiaochuan.

Thinking of this, Dong Pingsheng couldn't help but have more warmth and admiration when he looked at Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan didn't notice the change in Dong Pingsheng's gaze, turned around and said goodbye to Dong Pingsheng, passing through Tongyang, he didn't plan to stay for long.

There is always danger around you, and the longer you stay here, the more dangerous General Dong becomes.

Looking at Ning Xiaochuan's back alone, Dong Pingsheng stopped for a long time, facing the young man who was born with the rising sun and kept moving forward, there would also be shadows behind him, but as long as he didn't know his head, he would never see that darkness.

It's just that how firm you have to be along the way will you hold back and not look back.

……

To the south of Zhongzhou, it is Xiangzhou, there is a river that runs through the whole territory in Xiangzhou, called the Tear Luo River, Ning Xiaochuan led Xiaobai alone to walk on the side of the Tear Luo River, wearing a set of washed white robes, wearing a straw hat, walking leisurely, listening to the roaring waves of the east of the big river, the mood is particularly comfortable.

On the side of the Tear Luo River, a luxurious sedan chair appeared in front of Ning Xiaochuan, and the eight-lift unicorn sedan chair made of exquisite mahogany showed the dignity of the identity of the master family all the time.

Generally speaking, only officials in high positions are qualified to be eight-lift sedan chairs, which shows that the identity of the owner of the sedan chair in front of him is undoubtedly a minister of the court and the central government whose status is comparable to Ning Feng.

On the side of the sedan chair, there are more than 20 soldiers wearing exquisite armor, these soldiers wear face-covering iron helmets, hanging knives around their waists, protecting the sedan chair, and next to the sedan chair, a white-haired old man is sitting next to the big tent and reading books, with dignified manners, elegant and atmospheric, at first glance he is not an ordinary person.

Ning Xiaochuan swayed and pulled Xiaobai past the sedan chair, and when he was halfway there, he suddenly saw a huge wave in the Tear Luo River, and under the huge waves, a behemoth with a body length of more than five meters suddenly burst out of the water and came straight to Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan secretly said that it was not good, and immediately turned on his true qi, and the green tendons on his hands burst out, and he smashed it out with a punch, this punch was magnificent.

When his fist hit the monster in front of him, Ning Xiaochuan saw that this was a behemoth monster with a tiger-faced horse body and a blue-faced fangs.

"Qingkui."

Ning Xiaochuan groaned, and directly kicked Qing Kui's face, the true qi in his body skyrocketed, and Jiang Qing Kui directly kicked and flew out.

Qingkui is a kind of rare beast, according to legend, they absorb the true qi of heaven and earth like humans, and their fur is as hard as a stone is invulnerable.

Moreover, this strange beast only recognizes one master in its life, and is extremely loyal to its master, and after the master dies, it will no longer recognize people as masters.

Qingkui was kicked to the ground, Xiaobai saw Qingkui and screamed directly, Ning Xiaochuan frowned, "How can there be Qingkui if you are good." ”

Qing Kui rushed out again, Ning Xiaochuan could only raise his fist again, only to see that his fist was like a wind, and his whole life smashed on Qing Kui, this punch went down, and he only felt that his arm was going to fall apart.

"I'll go, it hurts." Ning Xiaochuan frowned, turned over and kicked at Qingkui's mouth that was about to open, and was bitten by this blue-faced monster, then his trip to the south would end here.

The true qi in his body was retrograde, and the two strands of true qi converged along Ning Xiaochuan's veins and veins to his left and right hands, and raising his hands was two fists.

The first punch is overwhelming.

The second punch was as fierce as fire.

After two punches, Qingkui fell to the ground again and smashed on the side of the Tear Luo River, and a deep pit was directly smashed out by the Tear Luo River, and Ning Xiaochuan's afterglow looked at the sedan next to him, but he didn't expect the old man to be still reading.

"Old thing, this beast must be his." Ning Xiaochuan scolded in his heart.

This old guy can watch himself and Qingkui fight so calmly, and he doesn't worry about being affected by the battlefield, or he is a top master, a master in the world; Either it's a pig's nose sticking green onions, pretending to be an elephant.

But can the one who can be carried in an eight-carrying sedan chair be an unknown person?

Ning Xiaochuan drew a circle with his right hand, no longer caring about the old man, the immediate urgency was to get rid of this beast quickly, this Qingkui's combat power was not weaker than the Canglin griffin he encountered in Dian Prefecture at the beginning.

One man and one beast are in a stalemate here, and after Qing Kui noticed Ning Xiaochuan's strength, he didn't dare to rush out rashly, but Ning Xiaochuan didn't dare to make a careless move, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

At this moment, the old man who had been reading slowly got up, and the people around him hurriedly stepped forward to help, and the old man quietly came to the edge of the battlefield between Ning Xiaochuan and Qingkui, looked into the car, and said in a deep voice, "Let Qingkui stop." ”

"Dad, don't wronged people, I never spoke." There was an ethereal female voice like a bell in the car.

And this sentence also confirmed Ning Xiaochuan's conjecture, this Qingkui is really theirs.

"Yuanbao, don't make trouble, go back."

The woman in the carriage shouted loudly through the carriage, and Qingkui next to her looked at Ning Xiaochuan, to be precise, at Xiaobai behind Ning Xiaochuan, and after a loud roar, a fierce man plunged into the Tear Luo River.