Chapter 19: The Future Is Unclear
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"It's been six years before I know it. Xiao Xia sighed.
"yes. It seems like a long time, but when you think about it, it doesn't seem to be long. Don chuckled and sighed, and looked sideways at the firelight. "Especially when I'm around this fire, it always reminds me of the fire faction's rudder station that day, so I always like to bake the fire when I'm fine. ”
Xiao Xia touched her head and smiled. Although he hadn't forgotten it, he didn't think about it very often. But maybe he had too many things to remember.
In other words, Don chuckled and probably didn't think of that much.
"How have you been in the past six years?" Don asked with a chuckle.
"Hmm," Natsu thought for a moment. "After we broke up that year, I went north to Qingzhou, met with my master and bought some talismans, and then I wanted to come to see the grassland of Yongzhou, Jizhou, so I went to Jizhou from here. After wandering around Jizhou for more than a year, he offended a group of horse thieves and was chased and ran into the sea of grass. walked alone in the sea of grass for a month, walked into the boundary of Yongzhou, and almost died, only to be rescued by several spies from the Liuzi Battalion. However, when I rescued me, a spy was trampled to death by a one-horned Kui Niu in the sea of grass, and I couldn't help it, so I took over his unfinished military service and spent two years in the Liuzi camp."
"You spent two years in the Yongzhou Liuzi Camp?" Tang chuckled and his eyes widened, then shook his head and smiled bitterly. "It turns out that you are really not afraid of death. ”
Yongzhou Liuzi Battalion, that was the seventy-second year of the Great Qian, when General Hongye had just been named a general, in order to alleviate the lack of military strength on the front line at that time, he wrote to the imperial court. All the death sentences and heavy prisoners with martial arts and Taoist skills were escorted to the military establishment established in Yongzhou. The general promised that these people would be pardoned for their sentences as long as their military merits were sufficient, but the tasks performed by these people were also the most arduous and dangerous, and there was not one in ten who could really survive and be spared the crime. Because death row prisoners from all over the country are sent here in an endless stream, and there are even people from all walks of life who are hunted down and killed by enemies. The desperate Jianghu also took the initiative to join in order to seek the protection of the general, and this person died and came and died, like flowing water. That's why it's called the Liuzi Camp.
Perhaps in recent years, after the wars with Sidi were not too fierce and frequent, there were many more people who survived, but if you want to talk about the most dangerous in the world. The easiest place to die, but there is still nothing more than this.
"As long as you are careful, it is not so easy to die. Others died to save me, if I clap my hands and thank you and leave, I can't get over it in my heart. And I haven't tasted this kind of military life, so it's not bad to try. I've learned a lot and opened my eyes a lot in the past two years, but it's been a lot of fun. Xiao Xia smiled and said it very easily. Of course, it was far from easy, and he almost died at least four or five times in those two years. It's not that I haven't regretted it, but I still came back to life after all. "More than two years ago, I retired from the Liuzi Battalion, and the military merits of the generals were exchanged for money and sent to the homes of a few dead friends, and then I went to Yangzhou to mix for a few days, and I was going to go to Qingzhou to inquire about my master's news. But the money was accidentally spent. In Luoshui City, I planned to wait for news from my master for a casual meal, but I was accidentally involved in some grievances in the rivers and lakes, so I could only flee to Yongzhou from here. ”
"It turns out that you have lived such a wonderful life in the past six years" Looking at Xiao Xia, Tang chuckled a little dazed, and then smiled astringently. "Sometimes I really envy you. ”
"What about when you went back to Tangjiabao? I heard that you were five years ago."
When "Tang Jiabao" read the name, Tang chuckled and no longer had that kind of glint in his eyes. Proud as if it was the greatest place in the world, he squinted his eyes as if trying to see what was in front of him. "When I went back six years ago, the old lady summoned my brother to be the inner disciple of our house on the grounds that I couldn't train, and I was not convinced, and I confronted the old lady, and as a result, I was immersed in a water prison for three months. Then I left Tangjiabao and never went back."
"It's just a disciple" Xiao Xia still clearly remembers that the young man who was so proud and radiant when he talked about the Tang family before. Now, after six years, his appearance doesn't seem to have changed much, he is still handsome and delicate like a girl, but the air of impulsiveness, self-righteousness and implicit innocence is gone, but only a thick gloom remains.
"But we're really just the two of us in this room. My brother is just the illegitimate son of my father who stayed outside, and he has only been back to Tangjiabao for a year, and he can't even use hidden weapons, and I am the best and most talented person in our generation who has practiced hidden weapons. But the old lady called him and didn't call me, why?"
Tang's chuckle was not intense, but a gloom that was so thick that it couldn't be dissolved. After a pause, he smiled coldly again, and his laughter was like two handfuls of ice colliding: "And my brother doesn't even want to learn the secret weapon, saying he doesn't like it." A disciple of the Tang Sect who doesn't learn secret weapons? Haha, he is still an inner disciple. If I see him, I will also call him honorific: Fourth Young Master. ”
"Are you taking this too seriously? Xiao Xia sighed and shook her head.
"It's not that you take it too seriously, and you can't put down the things that you carry on your back from birth. Don chuckled and sighed. "So I envy you. Nothing. ”
"Haven't you had an easy time in that dart game for the past five years?"
"It's been a good five years. Don's chuckling eyes shone with some color. "At least it's very leisurely, I didn't practice hidden weapons day and night like in Tangjiabao, memorize prescriptions, learn to dispense, and learn all kinds of other things that I can't learn in short. In addition to sword practice, sometimes I accompany Xiaoyan to go fishing, and sometimes I listen to other people drinking and chatting, although I basically don't talk to them about anything, but it is also interesting to listen to it on the side. When I was in Tangjiabao, I never imagined that I would have such a leisurely time. ”
"Wouldn't that be nice?"
"yes, not bad. If they don't die. Don chuckled and pointed to the four bonfires around him, his brows so gloomy that water could drip from his brows. "Your woman is right, I killed them. If only I could get rid of the horse thief leader quickly. Maybe they won't have to die at all. At least one or two fewer deaths. ”
"That's not my woman" Xiao Xia coughed dryly, smiled bitterly, and then sighed and patted Tang Xiaoxiao's shoulder. "Since we can meet here again today, although we can't drink and talk now, we finally have a chance. Miss Bright Moon and I will escort you to your destination. We'll be there then."
"Who said I was going with them? Daoist Xia, don't go with this person. This man is a bad person. ”
Mingyue's voice sounded behind him, and when Xiao Xia turned around, he saw her standing not far behind him. I didn't even realize how she came with her.
"Miss Bright Moon. This Ah Xiao brother has been a good friend of mine for many years, and this good friend means, "Xiao Xia doesn't know how to explain to this half-demon, half-human girl, and I don't know if she can understand."
But Mingyue snorted coldly, and interrupted Xiao Xia's words very decisively and resolutely: "No." Can't be friends with bad guys. We'll get out of here right away, and leave them alone. ”
"Ahh
For Mingyue's sudden appearance, Tang chuckled and frowned, and then he watched the conversation between the two on the side, and when he saw Xiao Xia's appearance, he smiled at him: "So your ears are so soft?"
Before Xiao Xia could react, Mingyue reacted first. She didn't seem to think the joke was funny at all, tilted her head, looked at Tang and squinted her eyes: "I told you not to do strange things." ”
The voice fell. Behind Tang chuckled, another bright moon figure appeared, waving her slender arm and patting him on the head.
Tang chuckled should have been invisible, and Mingyue's palm didn't bring the slightest sound of wind, but he actually reacted just when this palm was about to be slapped, and the smile on his face instantly froze. He took a sharp step forward, then turned and stabbed with his sword.
Under the blade of the sword, Mingyue's figure immediately shattered and dissipated, and then at the same time, three Mingyue appeared around Tang Xiaoxiao's body, patting, grabbing, or hitting him. But Tang chuckled and was able to dodge the palms of the three bright moons in a very clever and awkward posture. The long sword in his hand can actually pierce the figure of two bright moons again.
"Stop!" Xiao Xia didn't have time to drink at this time. But at this time, instead of stopping, Mingyue snorted coldly, as if she was a little angry that she didn't hit her two shots, and after a few more moments, twenty or thirty identical Mingyue appeared around at the same time, and at the same time raised her hand and slapped Tang in the middle with a chuckle.
"Stop!" Xiao Xia shouted again. This time he didn't just move his mouth, he knew that it was useless to just move his mouth, and at the same time he took out a talisman and used it in his hand.
The talisman turned into a piece of blue light and exploded, a biting chill suddenly rose, and countless fine Xiaoice condensed in the air within a radius of ten zhang, swirling with an inexplicable whirlwind, enveloping Xiao Xia, Tang Xiaoxiao, and the dozens of bright moons in it.
This is actually a waste talisman, and it is a failed work that Xiao Xia spent a lot of effort to draw the winter cold ten miles of Zhongyipin. Because the outline of the divine mind was flawed, the power was less than one-tenth of the original spell, and hundreds of taels of capital were wasted. He was reluctant to throw it away, and he pondered taking it out and selling it in a hot place, but he didn't know that he encountered such a situation, so he hurriedly used it.
But this waste talisman was just right at this time, although the condensed ice cube was so small that the tofu that was connected to it couldn't penetrate it, it only stinged slightly on Tang Xiaoxiao and Xiao Xia's bodies, and then immediately turned into a little rain and dew, but the figures of the dozens of bright moons were all shattered and dissipated in an instant, revealing the only true body.
Mingyue was still behind Tang chuckling, raising her hand to grab the back of his head. The nephrite-carved fingers seemed to be innately inherently incompatible with any notions of strength, toughness, or blood, but she really grasped it, even an elephant's head could scratch a bloody hole.
Tang chuckled at the angle where Mingyue was still invisible, but all the other Mingyue in his sight was gone, and he also knew what it would be, he immediately rushed forward sharply, turned around, and slashed his sword diagonally.
This sword did not have the slightest wind and murderous aura, but it was accurate to the extreme, and it happened to pick the edge of Mingyue's palm, so that Mingyue's light grasp without the slightest pyrotechnic aura deviated a little.
There was a boom. The earth and rocks collapsed, and the ground that was out of direction was suddenly plowed by an invisible force and a deep huge scratch. It turns out that you don't even need to grasp it, and this grasp can turn an elephant's head into a rotten tomato.
Tang's chuckling face instantly turned pale, he didn't expect that this girl was not only unpredictable, but also so powerful to shoot, if it weren't for Xiao Xia's spell, he could only turn into a pile of rotten meat that he couldn't even recognize.
Mingyue's face also changed. A small red mark was stabbed in her palm by the sword. Not even blood came out, but for the first time, her face showed anger, but her anger was not chuckling at Tang. Instead, she went to Xiao Xia, and she glared at Xiao Xia, her anger mixed with the incredible taste. Crisply asked: "Daoist Xia, I helped you beat the bad guys, and you actually helped the bad guys beat me together?"
"Huh?" Xiao Xia didn't expect Mingyue to react like this at all, and hurriedly waved his hand to explain. "Miss Mingyue, I just want you to stop"
The white shadow flashed in front of him, and the bright moon girl with an angry face had already pounced, and the white and slender hand grabbed at him. This came down very quickly, Xiao Xia didn't expect Mingyue to turn her head and rush towards her, she didn't have time to react in the slightest, and her face was in pain.
He's dead. This was Natsu's first thought. Then he was stunned, why didn't he see his right eye with his left eye and his right eye saw his left eye and then saw his brain, blood and bones flying together, and the stump and internal organs were scattered everywhere? Then the other side of his face was also in the same pain, and there was an even more painful pain in his shoulder, which made him can't help but scream. It turned out that Mingyue actually grabbed two handfuls of his face and then bit him on the shoulder.
"Daoist Xia. I don't care about you anymore, you go with the bad guys!" Mingyue let go of Xiao Xia, turned her head angrily and ran, but in the blink of an eye, her figure disappeared into the night.
"This" Xiao Xia touched his cheek, and there was a five-finger scratch on each side, but the skin was scratched. Some blood beads oozed out, but the bite on the shoulder was quite deep, and a piece of blood was dripping. He froze there, feeling angry and funny.
Tang chuckled and was stunned, both shocked by Mingyue's skills, but also amused by this inexplicable move, looked at the direction of Mingyue's departure, turned his head and asked with a strange expression: "What is the origin of this girl?"
"It's a long story" Xiao Xia shook her head with a wry smile, and there are still a lot of secrets in this, and I don't know how to say it clearly. "Don't say it. ”
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The next morning, Mr. Lin learned that the Bright Moon Woman was saying goodbye, and his face was suddenly difficult to see. The other people in the dart game also looked at each other, without this highly skilled woman to press the formation, they really didn't have much confidence in what the journey would be after entering Jizhou.
Xiao Xia returned the two red goods that had been given to them as a thank you to Mr. Lin, and then arched his hand, and said to him and the others: "Don't worry, although Miss Mingyue has something urgent to leave, but this Jizhou situation is also well known in the next month, and the gentleman promises a thousand gold, since he has promised you, he will definitely send you to the state capital." ”
These words are indeed responsible and courageous, but everyone's faces are not much better. Not only was this friend chased by a demon bull with a bloody face yesterday, and he couldn't see the slightest outstandingness, but also because of the two scratches on his face now, which were obviously from the hands of a woman, and in addition to Lin Xiaoyan, the daughter of Mr. Lin's dart head, there was only the unknown Mingyue Woman.
What is the relationship between this friend surnamed Xia and the Bright Moon Woman, what happened last night, they don't know, and it's really hard to guess, but now in the face of this friend with the scratches of the Bright Moon Woman, it is really difficult to feel good.
Everyone was speechless, but Tang on the side chuckled but spoke: "Since the Bright Moon Woman has left, it is useless to think about it now." This Xia brother knows a little about the rivers and lakes of Jizhou, and he is always better than our hearsay. Everyone went all the way together, so there was more or less care. ”
Ah Xiao, who was cold and silent and never spoke much, suddenly said this, and everyone in the dart game couldn't help but feel a little relieved while being surprised. In their minds, this young man with excellent swordsmanship has long been the future master of the dart game, but his indifference to the affairs of the dart game on weekdays makes people a little worried, but after this ordeal, he seems to be finally willing to put his mind to it. And this is also reasonable, and it is impossible for the Bright Moon Woman to find it back, but I just hope that this friend surnamed Xia can really help a little.
Everyone packed up and prepared to go. It's just that Xiao Xia encountered a strange thing that made him a little depressed: the body of the burly and fat horse thief was missing.
Yesterday had been a bit hectic, and the blood of the person who had just died had not coagulated, and the severed head was also full of blood, which was difficult to clean up, so Xiao Xia didn't bother to pay attention to the corpse of the big boss for the time being. The horse thieves here are all broken hands and feet, and it is difficult to get out of this swamp by themselves, and I don't think there will be any more leisure to bring the huge body of the big boss of nearly three hundred catties, so Xiao Xia has made up his mind to go to the head of the owl to receive the reward when he sets off today. But when he walked to the place where the big boss had fallen, he didn't see the fat body like a bear.
Could it be that these horse thieves seem to be fierce and desperate, but in fact, they are loyal and courageous and chivalrous, and they do not forget to collect the corpse of the leader when they are unable to protect themselves? Xiao Xia's eyes widened, trying to find some traces of drag from the trampled ground, but when he found that he couldn't even find the pair of double knives of dozens of catties of the big boss, he also understood, probably the big boss got up and ran away secretly.
Of course, Tang chuckled and didn't have a reason to keep his hand, and everyone also saw with their own eyes that the big boss was pierced through the heart with a sword, but seeing it, it wasn't necessarily like that. Maybe it's because there is too much fat on this fat bandit leader, and it's not easy for people to see the position of the heart, maybe it's because of his voice at that time that made Tang chuckle a little crooked, and maybe the heart of the horse thief is a little crooked. So what seems to be a heart-piercing sword is actually not fatal.
This kind of thing Xiao Xia has encountered several times, and it is not very rare, but this time he encountered it here again, which undoubtedly made his expected military exploits go down again.
The three horse thieves didn't get a single head of military merit, which really had to make Xiao Xia very depressed. In addition, even Mingyue's capable subordinate ran away, judging from such a bad omen, this westward trip to Jizhou may be troublesome.
And he later realized that there was more than trouble waiting for him. (To be continued......)
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