The three of them scolded the "Dog Emperor".

But in fact, Zheng Xiu, Fan Yu, and Xie Yunliu all know that now that Daqian is in turmoil, the only way for the new emperor to do this is the most correct way.

It is understandable to defend the country called Daqian at the lowest cost.

Even, Fan Yu, Xie Yunliu, and the 1,000 soldiers who traveled west were all victims of this move.

Zheng Xiu placed Xie Yunliu and more than 100 soldiers properly.

Xie Yunliu later told Zheng Xiu that after he became the general of Pingxi, he had met Chu Chengfeng and Bai Xiaosheng.

Chu Chengfeng has long been different from what it used to be, his domineering words are revealed, and his ambition to fight for the world is difficult to hide.

Bai Xiaosheng gave him a piece of news for free: the Beiban colluded with the Shache Kingdom, and the Shache Kingdom was mobilizing a large army to invade Daqian from the west. Great dry, dangerous.

The "rivers and lakes" that Xie Yunliu is familiar with have long existed in name only, and things are not people. After he and Bai Xiaosheng had a drink, they joined Fan Yu and embarked on the road of no return to the west.

A few more days passed in the blink of an eye.

Every day, the sky is cloudless, the wind and sand are silent, the air is distorted in the distance, and the sun is hot.

Every time I breathe, the air around me seems to be filled with lead, muffled and heavy.

The soldiers walked around the town wearing their armor and stomachs, and after a while, they were covered in a hot sweat.

Many soldiers simply took off their armor and stomachs, and under General Xie's military orders, they assisted the Lieri tribe, with only a hundred people, wanting to complete the feat of guarding the frontier.

Zheng Xiu, who is familiar with the desert climate, speculates that a sandstorm is brewing on the desert that is rare in several years.

One night.

Meal.

Zheng Xiu found that Fan Yu was gone, so he looked around and looked around for Fan Yu's figure.

Madame pointed into the distance.

Under the bright moon, the silver light is swaying. A lonely figure raised a glass to the moon on the eaves.

At this time, Fan Yu no longer has the usual gloom and self-confidence, and under the moonlight, he is full of a quiet that seems to have read the prosperity of the world and tasted the coldness.

For a moment, Zheng Xiu seemed to see the former monk from Fan Yu.

Scold~

Zheng Xiu shook his head and chuckled.

They were the same person.

It's just that it's cracked.

Zheng Xiu made a big hand out of sand, he calmly stepped on the giant hand, let the sand support him, and easily climbed onto the roof.

Fan Yu drank a cup, listened to Zheng Xiu's footsteps on the mud tiles, didn't look back, and asked, "Come and kill me?" ”

Zheng Xiu smiled: "Don't wait until now." ”

Fan Yu nodded calmly: "Yes." ”

Zheng Xiu sat next to Fan Yu, "Can I ask something?" ”

"It's better to ...... One question, another question. ”

Fan Yu smiled slightly.

"Done." Zheng Xiu readily agreed, and he never suffered a loss, he took the initiative to ask first: "What is the incomplete building?" ”

Fan Yu turned around and glanced at Zheng Xiu. He was very curious why Zheng Xiu would ask a question from the outside world in this hypocritical and indistinguishable ghost place. Fan Yu didn't seem to want to hide anything, paused for a moment, and replied: "A place where countless poor people gather. ”

Zheng Xiu frowned. Fan Yu didn't seem to intend to use this casual answer to perfunctory, and continued: "You should know that Ye Weiyang, Night Lord? ”

Zheng Xiu nodded.

"Underneath the palace, there is a huge secret chamber in which many ...... were locked Gifted people. The Lord of the Night has created a new Raven Keeper in order to 'sew' it, and there, we are just using it to piece together the flesh and blood of the Raven Keeper, nothing more. ”

"Sewing?"

"Well, the wiveker's unique thaumaturgy, which can sew up corpses, is used on living people. In twenty years...... Oh, it should be said that about two hundred years later, at the time of war, there were countless corpse sewers. After sewing, the remaining 'we' are crippled. It's just ridiculous that this kind of 'mutilation' allows us to escape from that place and glimpse a new doorway, which is a small path independent of the avenue - the side door. ”

"I see." Zheng Xiu was shocked at the same time, but also suddenly realized. At this point, he finally understood why all the disabled people in the broken building turned out to be the reason.

"But why did the Lord of the Night sew the 'Raven Keeper'?"

Fan Yu smiled slightly, smiled but did not answer.

Zheng Xiu was stunned for a moment, then closed his mouth, and stretched out his hand to signal: "Please."

Fan Yu thought for a while: "According to the thaumaturgy you performed, you are indeed a 'painter'?" But I've met a few of the world's most famous Danqing people, and with all due respect, you're by no means any of them I've ever met. ”

"Is it a question?"

"Count."

Zheng Xiu replied: "Now I am indeed a painter, but I am unknown. ”

"I see." Fan Yu was satisfied with this answer, nodded, and took the initiative to answer Zheng Xiu's second question: "I don't know why the night lord is obsessed with sewing out the 'crow keeper', but the first crow keeper is still living in a broken building, he can't speak, he can't understand human language, just like a real ...... Crow. In my personal opinion, the 'crow keeper' exists to raise more ravens for him, and the ravens are the 'eyes' of the night lord. ”

Eye?

Zheng Xiu subconsciously glanced in the direction of Sunset Mountain.

The Lord of the Night is the candle, and the candle is the one who chases the sun, who lived many years ago, and who saw the "scorching sun" at the end of the chase. What does he need so many "eyes" for?

Next, Zheng Xiu and Fan Yu asked and answered even more quickly.

Zheng Xiu: "Are you an ascetic?" ”

Fan Yu: "Yes." Who are you? ”

Zheng Xiu: "Ordinary small rich businessmen are not worth mentioning. Who are your landlords? ”

Fan Yu: "Heh. Wei Chen. Do you know my demons? ”

Zheng Xiu: "Well, I don't know. Friend. How to solve the thaumaturgy of the crow keeper? ”

Fan Song: "Eating the eyes of the crow keeper who has never gone blind can solve the 'art of death', provided that the person who has not completely died." Oh? Did you win? ”

Zheng Xiu: "...... Not quite hit. What thaumaturgy did you use to take the arrows of the Chero River? ”

Fan Yu: "Heh. It's not thaumaturgy, but the real martial arts of Lou Mengkong, Yin and Yang are reversed, if you want to learn this skill, you must first come from the palace, do you want to learn? ”

Zheng Xiu: "I'm not interested. You know this situation, why did you go to great lengths to destroy the 'martial arts'? ”

Fan Yu: "Looking for you." Bai Xiaosheng didn't want to say it, he didn't want to say it, so I told him that if he didn't say it for a day, I would kill a martial arts person, and gradually no one among the people dared to call himself a martial arts person, which was ridiculous. Do you still want to go out? ”

The quick Q&A between the two came to an abrupt end.

Zheng Xiu opened his mouth, but for an instant, he fell silent.

He hesitated.

"I see." Fan Yu smiled helplessly: "Ten years of time, extinguish the original intention." ”

Zheng Xiu turned his head and looked in the direction of "home".

There is a home, a bed, a table, a chair, a well, a cat, a ...... His wife.

Fan Yu got up, faced the bright moon, turned his back to Zheng Xiu, and said softly: "Five years ago, I was still looking for you, and I wanted to ask you if you knew the way to get out. And one day, Fan suddenly woke up, and Fan lived here for 50 years. Fifty years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the things around us are not human. Everything in the past has gradually become strange and indifferent. What is true? What is Fake? I can't remember clearly whether I am Fan Yu or Lou Mengkong. Life is too short, how many fifty years are there? I have lived here as Lou Mengkong for a lifetime, enjoying all the glory and wealth, delicacies and delicacies, and I have no regrets. ”

"And you,"

Lou Mengkong let out a long laugh, his body was like a wild goose, floating lightly into the distance, and his voice came back: "How can you be sure that you are Gongsun Mo, or the person you think you are?" ”

"Life is gorgeous, the pavilion is skillful, is it a big dream or an empty dream?"

"Since I've been living here for 50 years, why don't you dream of a dream for the rest of your life?"

When Zheng Xiu returned home, it was dark inside.

Two eerie eyes stared at him in the dark.

"Meow~"

With a meow, Xie Luohe, who was hiding behind the door, hugged Zheng Xiu from behind.

"What did you say?"

Xie Luohe asked.

"Can't you hear?"

Xie Luohe was silent for a moment and shook his head: "I don't want to hear it." ”

He said that everything in front of him was a big dream. But I can't trust him. ”

Zheng Xiu smiled.

Xie Luohe's embrace tightened suddenly, and she saw through her husband's thoughts.

Zheng Xiu paused for a moment, knowing that he couldn't hide his thoughts from his wife, so he sighed lightly: "Even so, I will accompany you to finish this dream." ”

"Hmm." In the dark, Xie Luohe smiled: "Okay." ”

Ten days later.

"Here we are."

To the west of the Cicada Valley, outside the horizon, the black oppressive army is in the line of heaven and earth, pressing towards the Cicada Valley in a mighty way, as far as the eye can see.

When Riding spread the news to the tribe, the scorching sun tribe was full of gloom.

According to rough estimates, after a month, the ambitious "brake king" gathered an army of 36 countries, numbering 10,000 people.

"Obviously, a game of death."

Fan Yu said firmly.

Zheng Xiu shook his head: "Not necessarily." The valley road of the cicada valley is narrow, and only ten people can be placed side by side. No matter how many of them there are, we will defend the valley and fight with bows, and with the help of the terrain, we should be able to resist one or two. It really can't be done, we retreat into the desert, and with the familiarity of the scorching sun tribe with the desert, we may not be able to gnaw down the army of 10,000 people. ”

Xie Yunliu shook his head with a bitter face: "Brother-in-law, you haven't been to the battlefield, and you don't know the horror of the army of 10,000 people." Just defend the valley mouth, to the desert in the open space, the fine sand is weak, the camels here are weak, and the war camels in the Western Regions are not comparable at all, and they will catch up with a puff of smoke. The army of 10,000 people rode a war camel and charged, even if the old sister's archery skills were against the sky, it was difficult to stop the might of the 10,000 people. ”

Xie Luohe did not speak.

Ridi gritted his teeth: "We will defend the Cicada Valley!" Boss Mo, Gong Xie, when you can't stop it, the two of you will flee back to the Central Plains on camels, and you don't need to worry about us! ”

Zheng Xiu was stunned for a moment, listening to the tone of the sun and the earth, obviously making psychological preparations for co-existence and death with the Sun Cicada Valley. But he couldn't figure out why Ridi was so stubborn, and he would rather die with the whole clan than retreat into the Central Plains.

"Why?"

Richi showed a difficult smile: "Here, it is our roots!" ”

After the discussion, the Japanese and the earth began to prepare for the battle before the army of the Western Regions attacked.

……

An army of 10,000 people entered the town of Ricicada three days later.

The first man was not Aturu, but a strange general. He first shot indiscriminately at the valley of the cicada from a distance with a rocket soaked in boiling oil.

A wave of rockets came down, so that Zheng Xiu and the others could only hide behind the rocks.

But everyone in the Scorching Sun Clan has practiced the fur of the Xie Clan's archery, and the arrow will turn if it misses. The strange arrows shot out from the Cicada Valley, but they were all blocked by the strange "fan shields" of the Western Regions.

Xiao Feng Meow trembled and stood on Xie Luohe's shoulder, Xie Luohe held a longbow in his hand, bit his lower lip, and did not make a move.

Xie Yunliu was dressed in iron armor, and stood in a military formation with an army of 100 people, guarding in the valley, standing uncomfortably.

Zheng Xiu cut his wrist, blood gushed out, and he directly drew countless powerful ghosts on the rock wall.

"Charm and Spirit...... Dementors! ”

At the moment when Zheng Xiu painted it, countless illusory ghosts roared and swarmed into the army, and the heavens and the earth changed color in an instant, startling the army of the Western Regions and ten thousand people looking at the sky at the same time, and the terrible ghosts passed through their bodies, and the sorcerers fell one after another.

Seeing this, Fan Yu's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light.

"Hex! Black art! He's magical! ”

In the army of the Western Regions, some people were terrified.

Zheng Xiu took away a small piece in the blink of an eye with this hand, and the generals of the Western Regions saw this, waved the military flag, and the army retreated.

"Win...... Win? ”

Sunland exclaimed.

"Nope." Zheng Xiu's face was slightly pale, and he looked into the distance. I saw that the retreating army of the Western Regions did not completely retreat, but stood up in the dilapidated town, maintained the formation, and defended but did not attack.

After a stalemate for a long time, at dusk, Xie Yunliu finally couldn't help it and launched a charge.

"Kill!"

However, the camels under their command were only used for ordinary transportation, not on the battlefield. Seeing that Xie Luohe launched a charge, the flag was waved again on the opposite side, and the rumbling war drums sounded, and the frightened camels suddenly did not obey the call, and the military formation of the hundred-person Shenwu army was chaotic.

After disturbing the camels, the hundred-man army facing Xie Yunliu shot a rain of arrows. Xie Yunliu gritted his teeth and flew up, his long knife in the air was like a dragon, the air flow was rolling, and he hit a wave, and his heroic posture was comparable to Xie Luohe, who shot with all his might.

It's just that even if Xie Yunliu is so brave, it is difficult to block the rain of arrows with the strength of one person. In the process of retreating, six people were killed, more than ten were wounded, and the hundred-man army retreated into the valley in ashes.

After the Western Regions army was stationed in Cicada Town, they did not rush to attack. The opposing generals seemed to know that the terrain of the Cicada Valley was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, the empty streets of the town were very suitable for the army to rush and kill, Xie Yunliu's hundred-strong army lost its mounts, and the infantry could not play much role in the solid battlefield of the enemy's position, so they could only be in a dilemma in the valley.

There was a stalemate.

This stalemate lasted another ten days.

Sunrise and sunset.

Since yesterday, thick gray clouds have drifted far away from the desert, as if a huge cover has been placed over the desert, and the sky has been pressed down.

On the side of the Sun Clan, it is now obvious that there are two problems.

First, the desert wind and sand are coming, and in the past, the cicada valley was used as a natural barrier, and they were naturally not afraid of the wind and sand. But once the Cicada Valley was breached, and there was a sandstorm behind them, they really had no way out.

The second is supplies, in terms of water, although they can send people to the nearest oasis to replenish them, but in terms of food, they have begun to be stretched thin, and it is difficult to continue to maintain.

The Western Regions Army sent troops to harass from time to time, and once the resistance of the Scorching Sun tribe was fierce, they immediately retreated, never in love with war. Now this war has fallen into a strange situation, the side with few people would rather die than give in, and the side with more people is outrageous.

"They want to kill us."

While being vigilant about the movements of the Western Regions army, during the discussion at night, Xie Yunliu said his thoughts with a straight face.

Zheng Xiu, Ridi, Xie Luohe, and Fan Yu glanced at each other.

At the same time, he looked at Xie Yunliu in surprise.

Fan Yu was surprised: "You...... Just see it? ”

Zheng Xiu was helpless: "Isn't it obvious." ”

Xie Luohe was a little depressed: "They seem to be waiting for something. ”

Since the start of the war, not a single arrow has been fired on the Xie Luo River, for some reason. Plain is even more taciturn, completely different from usual, judging like two people. Now that he suddenly spoke, Zheng Xiu seemed to be inspired and thought of a possibility: "Wait for Arturu?" ”

Ridi wondered, "He's not dead yet?" ”

Fan Yu asked, "Aturu?" Who? ”

Zheng Xiu twisted his beard and muttered to himself, "What are you waiting for him to do?" No, quite possibly. Aturu said 'the reincarnation of the Buddha' at that time, and the Western Regions seemed to call the 'Inhuman' 'the reincarnation of the Buddha', and if Aturu was still alive, he would naturally know the power of the Inhuman. Their purpose is not to be a mere cicada valley, they want to break through here at the lowest cost and go straight to the Central Plains. After all, after the Cicada Valley, they still have to face the boundless desert and the stubborn resistance that the Central Plains may encounter. If I were the king of brakes, I would also find a way to win here at the lowest cost. ”

Fan Yu heard that although Zheng Xiu didn't answer, he probably knew that Atulu should be a stranger from the Western Regions, who had met with Zheng Xiu and his wife, and was estimated to be disabled. Thinking of this, Fan Yu showed a strange smile: "Use Inhumans to deal with Inhumans?" Oh, it's very likely. ”

Several people looked at each other, and the more they thought about it, the more likely it became. It's just for a while, and I can't think of a way to deal with it.

Either retreat or fight, but both are life-and-death.

Another ten days passed.

Ridi ordered someone to cook a few pots of leaf soup in the rear, and a few thin slices of meat floated in it.

The gray clouds in the far reaches of the desert are closer.

The wind and sand actually went in the direction of the cicada valley.

There is still a stalemate inside and outside the valley, and the two sides have suffered losses from each other. If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before the Scorching Sun Clan is wiped out.

But on the tenth day, something changed.

As if chased by the wind and sand, the group came from the Central Plains and arrived here.

Now that the Scorching Sun tribe is already in the wind, Ridi and the others immediately noticed that there was another strange team coming from the Central Plains and crossing the desert.

The procession consisted of several hundred, walking on the backs of camels at the forefront, flags fluttering.

The flag has the word "Chu" written on it.

"Hahaha!"

The moment Xie Yunliu saw the flag, he coiled his bare skull hard, chewed leaves in his mouth, cried and jumped in place, and beckoned into the distance.

"Lao Chu! Lao Chu! It's Lao Chu! ”

After a while, the team that crossed the desert came to the eastern valley mouth.

The first person lifted the big hat, his dark skin was full of wind and dust, his thick beard was twisted into a knot, his dry hair was messy like a chicken nest, and he had a pair of resolute and bright eyes under his tired expression.

At this moment, where does Chu Chengfeng still have the demeanor of the "third young master" back then, looking like a beggar on the street.

Chu Chengfeng grinned, got off the camel, looked around at everyone, first hugged Xie Yunliu heavily, and then saw Zheng Xiu, his expression was stunned, he patted Xie Yunliu's bald head angrily, and said angrily: "Why didn't you tell me that Brother Gongsun is here?" ”

Xie Yunliu said embarrassedly: "This is a secret, we can't betray my brother-in-law, right?" ”

"You fucking treat me as an outsider, I wouldn't have come if I knew it!" Chu Chengfeng kicked Xie Yunliu away, and wanted to hug his grandson brother after more than ten years of absence, but Xie Luohe stood silently on the side, his eyes calm.

Chu Chengsheng stopped his steps, rolled his eyes, and arched his hand towards Xie Luohe and Zheng Xiu.

"Ben Shuai...... cough cough, don't change your name and sit down and don't change your surname, the third young master of Plum Blossom Villa, the weapon spectrum ranking...... Bah! It's long gone with a weapon spectrum. However, it is still known as 'looking for blue in the world, and a little plum in the mountains'...... Chu Chengfeng. All these years, don't come unharmed? ”

This sentence suddenly reminded Zheng Xiu of the first time he met Chu Chengfeng.

After Chu Chengfeng, the group got off the camel one after another and took off the big daz.

There were many familiar faces of Zheng Xiu inside, many of them, Zheng Xiu couldn't name them, but they had a relationship at the martial arts conference in Dugu Villa.

Xiao Beast, who was once a prisoner under the stairs, Chu Chengfeng's wife Wen Shishan, several knights who were hammered by Zheng Xiu at the martial arts conference, and the Iron Lady who had performed scissors on Zheng Xiu but was cut back, and Brother Ximen and Brother Gu who competed in light skills on the mountain road.

The Iron Lady has now coiled up her woman's bun, looking at Xie Luohe and Zheng Xiu who are like fairy curlers, first showing regret, and then smiling with relief. Ten years ago, the scissors kick silently left a surging silhouette in her heart, and it was ten years to hide it, and now it's gone.

"It's been a long time, Brother Gongsun! You're really blessed! ”

A little old man with gray hair and hair who was fatter than ten years ago suddenly jumped over and smiled at Zheng Xiu, who was stunned.

"Jiang, Jiang Fat."

Zheng Xiu didn't know them, but they knew Zheng Xiu.

Zheng Xiu participated in the martial arts conference with the vest of "Xiao Buping", which left a deep impression on them. Not to mention the invincible Chelo River.

"Don't come unharmed."

"Hey! Today's good meeting, the prosperity is not shallow, today's rivers and lakes meet, when another glass of wine and joy! ”

"Ahem, Qingshan doesn't change...... No, what should I say? ”

"Hahaha! We have a lot of rivers and mountains, how can we let this group of extraterritorial horsemen be ruined! ”

"It's been hot for most of the month, and it's finally cool here!"

The knights greeted each other one after another, saying polite words that were popular on the rivers and lakes back then. It's just that when I talk about it now, it's a little rusty, and some people can't help laughing out loud when they talk about it, as if they think of their young self ten years ago.

The heroes of the past have long since retired to the mountains and forests, and now they are covered with the smoke and fire of the world. Some became husbands, some worked as farmers, some had gray hair, and some became wives.

They used to dominate the martial arts, and they didn't ask about the world after they went into hiding.

The imperial court was unfair to them, and the secret factory destroyed the martial arts.

First of all, Zheng Xiu and Xie Luohe lived in seclusion here, Xie Yunliu came here because of his old sister, Chu Chengfeng rushed to the desert because of his relationship with Xie Yunliu, Bai Xiaosheng was worried about his old friend, and with his own connections, he gathered the good hands on the rivers and lakes in the past.

Silently walking at the end of the line, he took off his hat and showed a pale face.

Under the shabby coat, a blue robe was still in place, and a pitch-black scabbard hung from his waist. The man's hair was disheveled and scattered, and his face was stamped with two twisted fonts like birthmarks.

"Cheng Huan!"

With a pale face and a black scabbard, Cheng Huan is the same as back then. It's just that there are more words on the face and more folds between the eyebrows. And in that eyes, he was no longer empty, when he saw Zheng Xiu, he smiled slightly, and always felt that Zheng Xiu and Xie Luohe looked very kind.

Without waiting for Zheng Xiu to ask, Cheng Huan took the initiative to say: "The great revenge is avenged, and there are no regrets in this life, so I will come to the desert and meet the old man." ”

There are not too many grievances and hatreds, a simple thought let Cheng Huan come here, free and wanton.

Now in the desert, this group of chivalrous men with old faces and no longer demeanor made Zheng Xiu inexplicably think of a word.

- "Jianghu".

Although the rivers and lakes are small, there are always people.

"Huh."

Deep in the crowd.

Fan Yu looked at the lively crowd, smiled low-key, showed relief on his face, and whispered.

"It's all right."