The army returned to Luoyang, Kyoto. The people of the city welcomed him.

Xiaozhong rode a horse and walked at the forefront of the team, he was already burly, like a jade tree in the wind, wearing a silver armor, shining with a fierce light, and a white cloak behind him, fluttering with the wind, which made people awe-inspired. Behind him, the soldiers were neatly formed, the halberds were numerous, and the flags were fluttering.

Most of the people in the crowd were women and children, and the old man, seeing that there were his relatives in the procession, cheered non-stop, and those who could not see their relatives were secretly wiping away tears, and a white-haired woman pointed to the team: "Che'er, it's Che'er who is back!" A young woman glanced at the gesture and said, "Sure enough, it's the husband, he's really back!" The soldier in the team looked at the two of them, did not dare to say hello, but turned around and secretly wiped away his tears.

The brigade was about to enter the city, but there was no city gate guard to greet him, and Xiaozhong didn't care. And he drew near to the city.

At this time, I saw a person coming from the city gate to beat a horse, this person is the same age as Xiaozhong, his figure is slightly inferior to Xiaozhong, he is dressed as a general, but he saw that he was holding a halberd, and his face was not like welcoming the brigade, the man approached the brigade, pointed at Xiaozhong with a halberd and said: "Brother Jin, don't come for many days!" ”

Xiaozhong immediately replied with a salute and said, "Brother Wen Jing." Brother Wen Jing is here to greet me? ”

Wen Jing was originally the son of the great Situ of the dynasty, and was given an idle post by the shadow of his father, but because of the trouble in the capital, he was demoted to the city gate guard, before Xiaozhong went on the expedition, this person also led the team to go on the expedition, wanted to make meritorious contributions, and re-dismissed the face, but the thousands of troops and horses are not child's play, the great Situ knew that his son only had the courage to kill the enemy and did not have the demeanor of strategizing, and several exhortations and reprimands were reprimanded before settling down.

I heard him say: "Jin Xiang, after you and I are both founding heroes, most of the generals of my father's generation have died or are old, and my generation is prepared, but if you talk about qualifications, I am not worse than you, but you have grabbed the first credit and received a good reputation!" ”

Xiaozhong said angrily: "I, Jin Xiaozhong, wholeheartedly protect the people of my Nine Regions from the bullying of the people of the Northern Regions, and I have never sold my reputation in my life. ”

"That means I'm selling my reputation!"

"What does Brother Wen Jing think?"

"You!" With that, he raised the sword halberd in his hand.

Xiaozhong also pulled out his sword with a "poof", and Gongsun Qi said in the back: "Xiaozhong, the people here are looking forward to the early return of the soldiers. After hearing this, Xiaozhong returned the sword.

said: "This general is on official business, and he has no time to waste time with idle people."

Ziqing immediately reprimanded: "The general has returned victoriously today, and he will make a pilgrimage immediately, please ask General Wen to avoid it!" ”

After hearing this, Wen Jing pointed at Ziqing and said angrily: "A small partial general dares to show off his might in front of me." ”

Ziqing also said angrily: "What? ”

"Wait for General Ben to teach you a lesson!"

Xiaozhong saw that this person was too rampant, and his right hand gradually raised, wanting to draw his sword and teach Wen Jing a lesson.

Xiao Li didn't understand the world, he only knew that no one could hurt Xiaozhong, and before Xiaozhong drew his sword, Xiao Li jumped up from the horse, crossed his hands and grabbed the mandarin duck Yue respectively, and went straight to Wen Jing's throat. What is this? ”

Xiaozhong's face did not change, and said: "Okay, you must defeat this protector of mine first, and then you are qualified to let our Jin family brother's sword - unsheath!" ”

Wen Jing said: "Although you led tens of millions of troops, but you won a few battles at the border pass, but don't show off your power here, this is the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are many people who govern and protect the country, there is no shortage of you, you, you deceive people too much, then don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!" Raise the halberd and stab at Xiao Li.

Xiao Li did not dodge, raised his right arm Mandarin Duck Yue picked up the halberd, and saw him take two steps back, and actually flew up and jumped behind Wen Jing, Wen Jing only felt a cool breeze behind him, and also turned back to a halberd, the two of them slammed their blades together, and did not distinguish between victory and defeat, but Xiao Li did not give up, and slid towards the halberd, and the right arm of the Mandarin Duck Yue slid straight to Wen Jing's throat, Wen Jing was shocked, flashed to the side but still suffered a loss, Xiao Li's mandarin duck Yue did not exhaust his strength and slashed towards Wen Jing's chest.

Seeing this, Xiaozhong shouted: "Stop!" Quickly flew out of his hand with a sword. ”

Everyone saw a sword light flash, the mandarin duck in Xiao Li's right hand flew out, and Wen Jing's halberd was also bounced away.

The people were so frightened that they forgot to beat their drums and retreated a few steps back. It turned out that Xiaozhong was afraid that Xiao Li would hurt Wen Jing's life, so he used the dragon tail sword to stop Xiao Li's mandarin duck Yue, otherwise Xiao Li's weapon would definitely pass through his chest. But Wen Jing was still injured, and it seemed that the injury was not light, and the blood was flowing.

Xiao Li retrieved the mandarin duck Yue and the dragon tail sword, and returned the dragon tail sword to Xiao Zhong, Xiao Zhong whispered to Xiao Li: "This place is not comparable to the border battlefield, you must not kill indiscriminately," before he finished speaking, he only heard Ziqing and others shouting: "Xiao Li!" Be careful! ”

Xiao Li quickly turned around and used the mandarin duck to fly and stabbed at the halberd behind him. The people around them took a few more steps back.

Xiaozhong said angrily: "Wen Jing's brigade has not yet entered the city, I have no intention of hurting you, how can I be aggressive!" ”

After that, he wanted to immediately go forward and teach him a lesson.

"Hey—wait!" Wen Jing waved his hand to stop Xiaozhong.

The eyes were staring at Xiao Li's back, just now the halberd almost passed through the chest, fortunately Xiao Li dodged in time but also cut through the clothes, the hole in the clothes revealed the eyes of a stag, Wen Jing was busy holding the halberd to pick up Xiao Li's clothes, Xiaozhong thought that Wen Jing was going to provoke trouble and hurriedly pulled out the sword, but saw that a male deer was exposed at the tear in Xiao Li's clothes, the antlers were as strong and beautiful as a small tree, angry eyes, lifelike. The people of the Northern Regions believe in the stag, and the deer is used as a totem, almost everyone knows it, Wen Jing pointed to Xiao Li and said, "What is this-"

Xiao Zhong was also very nervous when he saw this, but he didn't show it, since the day he recovered Xiao Li, he knew that Xiao Li was in exile in the Northern Regions, and was later trained as a killer by the Northern Regions Royal Court, so he had this tattoo, in order not to let him cause trouble, his schedule was adjusted to the opposite of other soldiers.

Ziqing knew about this and was also worried, but Fushan and the others were also very surprised, and they couldn't understand why Xiaozhong brought a person from the Northern Regions with him. Gongsun Qi also knew that when he recovered Xiao Li, he was afraid that there would be such a day, so he lived in seclusion with Xiao Li after the war, so as not to bring trouble to Xiaozhong.

I only heard Wen Jing shouting: "He-is a ghost clan?" ”

In recent years, the people have been miserable, and the heavy taxes and forced labor are all due to the invasion of the people of the Northern Regions. The people who watched the excitement became angry, but when they saw Xiaozhong's eyebrows and angry eyes, they didn't dare to step forward, Xiao Li didn't move when he saw this, and his face was as hideous as a wolf.

Wen Jing covered his wound with his hands and shouted: "The ghost clan has entered Beijing and everyone will be punished, kill him for me!" However, when the voice fell, the soldiers guarding the city looked at Xiaozhong, they were all a little afraid, and tried with weapons in their hands, but no one dared to step forward.

Xiaozhong couldn't sit still when he heard this, and said angrily: "Xiao Li is not from the Northern Regions, he is just a Han from the Northern Regions, Wen Jing, don't reverse black and white and hurt innocent lives!" ”

"But how can this dog in the Northern Regions cross the territory of my Nine Regions, as the son of Da Situ, this son will never sit idly by, today, this person must not enter the city." After saying that, he gave orders in the air, and when he saw the two of them flying down from the city tower, Wen Jing said again: "Tie him up!" ”

"Xiao Li is my person, a soldier under my command, I can't allow you to humiliate." Before the two of them could stand still, Xiaozhong immediately stepped forward to stop him.

At this time, I saw a chain like a spiritual snake, swimming in the air, straight to Xiaozhong's mount, the horse was frightened, neighed and kicked in a panic, Xiaozhong hurriedly grabbed the reins, and it took a while to calm down, but he quickly recognized this chain and wondered: "Tie the dragon rope?" ”