Early morning.

The sound of horses' hooves added to the life of the otherwise withered village.

The village is located in the northwest of the capital, separated by more than ten or twenty miles, and few people know what it is called anyway. Catching up with this year, more than 100 people walked and died, and most of the young and strong went out to wander, and most of the people who could stay were old people who were old and had poor legs.

I wanted to live one day at a time, but a few years ago I met a big man who walked a dart, passed through here, saw this scene, and let people come over every three or five to help one or two, and the days were a little hopeful, not as lifeless as before.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the originally dilapidated village suddenly saw people moving, and slaughter was everywhere.

It wasn't until I saw the driver's face show that I heard someone greet him eagerly.

"It's Uncle Cheng!"

Cheng Tinghua drove a cart full of hay and wrapped in a lot of herbs to treat injuries.

Before he could stop, a man came out of the hay bale.

"Senior Brother Chen!"

……

Several familiar voices came out one after another, it was Zuo Zongsheng who gave birth to them.

There were also some rangers in the capital, and a group of people surrounded them, chattering, asking questions.

Chaoyun came the fastest, and she didn't speak, she just stared at Chen Zhuo left and right with her white little face, her apricot eyes didn't blink, and when she saw that there was nothing to see, she relieved the tension in her heart, and said with concern in her eyes: "Brother Chen, you're not hurt, are you?" ”

Chen Zhuo's heart warmed, and he smiled: "I haven't seen you for a few days, don't be poor and nervous." ”

After a closer look, he realized that this Nizi's body bones had grown taller unconsciously, and she was becoming more and more slim, and she was almost up to her chin when she stood in front of him.

Cheng Tinghua on the side was not very happy, seeing that his apprentice only had her brother Chen in his eyes, he frowned, and suddenly regretted that he had left Gu Yu in the dart game with one eye and one eye closed, and he made a big enemy for this girl in vain, and the meat to his mouth was lost, and he felt so embarrassed.

"What's the matter, why don't you ask your master and me? Brother Chen is long and Brother Chen is short all day long, thinking about ...... every day Boiled medicine with me......"

Chaoyun wanted to say a few more words, but when Cheng Tinghua interrupted like this, his pretty face turned red, and he didn't see the melancholy in the old man's eyes, so he buried his head and followed the old man.

Chen Zhuo didn't notice the reaction of the two, only when Cheng Tinghua said something ridiculous, and there were many people around him, he was busy dealing with it for a while.

He could vaguely make out a few familiar faces in the crowd.

It's just that these boys who used to be stingy are now more or less injured; Some lost half of their ears, some had broken arms, and some had turned into one-eyed dragons, but their faces greeted him excitedly.

Zuo Zongsheng said with emotion: "Good boy, I know that you will not settle down, how do you think you actually killed Prince Yi...... Haha, happy ......"

Zuo Zongsheng's peaceful appearance in the past now seems to be a little more stiff and angular, there is still a scabbed bloody mouth on his cheeks, his eyes have become sharp, his beard is unshaven, and the knife does not leave his body, exuding a thick bloody atmosphere.

Seeing that Chen Zhuo was looking at the wound on his face, Zuo Zongsheng laughed, "I was scratched by the foreigner's foreign gun, I still think they have three heads and six arms, the sword and sword are still red, and they say some bird language, what kind of rice, I slaughtered more than 30 people." ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, those rangers who participated in the Boxer Rebellion also started talking.

"I killed two!"

"I killed one!"

"And me, five!"

……

Hearing these number of enemies killed, the smile on Zuo Zongsheng's face faded a lot.

How can flesh and blood be able to defeat guns and gunpowder, kill more people, and die more.

His expression darkened, but he quickly covered it up again, "Let's go, follow me to see Master, and Uncle Li is also here." ”

A small courtyard with a half-open wooden door.

Chen Zhuo followed all the way, but saw that in the boxy courtyard, there were many people lying on their heads, all with red scarves on their heads, covered with blood, some sitting against the wall, holding tassel guns in their arms, some holding big knives, and some were missing arms and legs, lying on a straw mat, with medicine bowls beside them, all of them were wounded.

There are also people who are struggling to drink the medicine, but before they can swallow it, their bodies are already weak, lying on the ground and not moving, and at the same time causing a few sad screams.

"These are all killed all the way with the master, the master and the uncle have not closed their eyes for some days, and several brothers and sisters of the Xingyi Sect have been busy taking care of them."

Looking at the corpse that was carried out, Zuo Zongsheng's expression was complicated.

"Zongsheng, have you sent Uncle Cheng's medicine? Saving people is like fighting a fire, and it feels boiled. ”

A thick voice came from the room.

"It's already been delivered."

Zuo Zongsheng responded.

As soon as the words fell, a burly figure had crossed the threshold, and as soon as the tiger's eyes were raised, he saw Chen Zhuo beside Zuo Zongsheng directly, his expression was first stunned, and then his eyes were wide, and his essence exploded, and he was already grinning.

"Good boy, I really let you break out of the pass!"

The deep voice fell into everyone's ears.

The man was not too tall, but he had solid bones, broad shoulders and broad back, a gray shirt with ruined sleeves, two strong and powerful arms, a pair of almost worn out sprinkling shoes under his feet, a pair of gray bloomers on his legs, stiff stubble on his head, and a shiny black braid hanging down the back of his head.

Broadsword King Five.

Most of it is because he has not taken care of it for a long time, compared with when he met him back then, Chen Zhuo only felt that the person in front of him was too downtrodden, and his face was full of stubble, like a poor man who had eaten the last meal but did not have the next meal, and had to pay on credit for drinking.

But those black and white eyes are bright and terrifying, like a pair of shining tiger eyes, looking forward to it like a tiger patrolling the mountains, and ten thousand beasts are hibernating.

Chen Zhuo knelt down on one knee, and there was a hidden blood gushing in his chest and abdomen, "Apprentice Chen Zhuo to meet Master!" ”

Wang Wu smiled kindly, and he couldn't help but be greatly touched by the relief.

Who would have thought that the meeting in Pingshui back then, with some random guidance, would create a famous character who shocked the rivers and lakes, and became his own disciple.

Wang Wu smiled and helped Chen Zhuo up, looked up and down, and said a few words "good".

Just looked at the wounded all over the ground, Wang Wu smiled, and said warmly: "Now is not the time for our master and apprentice to chat, take a hand, save people first, and when there is no one in the courtyard, then tell me how you have broken through all these years." ”

Chen Zhuo didn't want to nod and said, "Okay!" ”

It's a pity that before the master and apprentice could talk in detail, the disaster of war had spread from Jinmen.

Before it was dark, the people of the regiment had already sent a message to report, and the master and apprentice only saw each other, and Wang Wu hurried out of the village with a knife.

After the Eight Guo coalition forces slaughtered at Jinmen, they marched north.

On August 2 of the year of Gengzi, the coalition army gathered 20,000 troops and marched along both sides of the canal from Jinmen.

Although there were more than 100,000 Boxers and Qing soldiers desperately blocking the attack along the way, the defeat was already obvious, and under the heavy casualties, they had to retreat one after another.

On August 14, late at night, the allied forces of the great powers marched to the capital.

On August 16, at night, the Empress Dowager of the West, Emperor Guangxu and a group of confidants and ministers secretly fled to Xijing.

After two days, the capital fell!

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