Chapter 3: Fangs
Li Zi, who had his back to Lu Lone, did not look as annoyed as he roared just now, the corners of his mouth rose strangely, he took a step forward with one foot, stood still, turned around, and the ground under his feet was actually pressed out of a hideous crack by him. He shouted and swung the knife in his hand at the person in front of him, and even the air flow of the knife wind forced the people on both sides to take a few steps back, and it was really impossible to imagine the strength of the knife.
"Good!" Lu Gu rushed up to the sword, and the sword slashed along the surface of the knife, leaving even a crackling spark.
The soldiers were dumbfounded, and some even whispered. In the face of such an evenly matched showdown, no one dares to blink easily! Their leader's sword continued to press down, and the sword was less than an inch away before it slid out, and if it did, it would have cut the skinny boy in half!
Between the lightning and flint, the sword had flown out along the tip of the sword, leaving an arc in midair.
Li Zi obviously didn't expect Lu Gu to lose his sword directly, in a martial arts competition, he didn't want to kill people, so he wanted to quickly retract his strength. However, the cold blade had already reached Lu Gu's face, and the divine power could not save it.
Lu Gu's eyes have been staring closely at the trajectory of the blade, without a single panic, the tip of his nose touched the moment, he bent his eyes, suddenly fell back, with the flexibility that ordinary people can't believe to lower his waist, his right foot volley with the momentum of a tiger out of the mountain kicked out of Li Zi's wide open empty door at this time, the latter only had time to widen his eyes, the knife suddenly took off, and his body flew out diagonally.
Lu Gu was obviously not sure of this move, and after a kick, he also lay on the ground, gasping for breath after escaping death, grabbing the fragrance of life. The cold sweat forced out in an instant of life and death had already soaked his white clothes, and his soaked hair stuck to his face indiscriminately.
The kicked-out man smashed a hole in the wooden staircase, sinking his whole body into the pit, and his men trembled and lifted the leader, who still looked incredulous, out of the place.
A soldier flatteringly slapped the leader's back: "Boss, don't be angry, isn't this kid going to play a trick!" How could a real contest tolerate such a slippery head as him! A group of people chimed in.
Li Zi glanced at them and didn't speak, but in his heart he had to admire Lu Gu's dangerous move, he knew that the real martial arts were not just a struggle of pure strength, but also a battle of wisdom! Brains are as indispensable as force. Lu Gu's victory did not violate any rules and morals.
"Let's go!" Li Zi said in a sullen voice, he glanced at the sluggish middle-aged man hiding on the side, held back for a long time and asked, "This person is the main person of the country, you want to take it away, not afraid of being implicated?" ”
Lu Gu was still lying on the ground, and he replied with a smile when he heard the words: "You are the one who released the people!" ”
Li Zi was vicious: "Then I will return to the lord of the country and say that you snatched people from me, and the blame is not mine!" ”
"That's also your disadvantage, catch me and arrest me, what are you afraid of alone? However, when the time comes, everyone in Yuzhang City will know that the majestic Yushu Linfeng has a dignified appearance and the leader of Yun Yuwei, who has outstanding martial arts, lost to a nobody! But Ah Lizi, I don't think you're bold enough to joke with me, I guess-" Lu Gu turned over with his hands, patted the dust on his sleeve in disgust, and swept over Li Zi, who was so angry that his face turned red, his smile deepened, and his eyes were sharp, "The lord of the country didn't let you arrest people at all!" ”
Walking up to the middle-aged man and carefully helping him up, Lu Gu was stopped by Li Zi, who had a cold face.
"Lu Gu, I am convinced if I lose to you this time, and I will never be your enemy again. Take this man with you, but you know who this man is! ”
Lu Gu stopped and stood in front of the door of Ning Bi Pavilion, his face was no longer as frivolous as before, and he didn't smile. It was a picture that everyone present remembered clearly many years later - the not tall but unusually tall figure is straight and reminiscent of the legendary heroes in ancient books, and there is no need to draw a sword or a sword in front of you, just standing straight makes people feel a sense of oppression that is unprovoked, at a loss and with nowhere to escape - even if you retreat, the spirit that cannot be forced to look is like a shadow, and you can only look up!
He stood under the sun, his eyes looking straight at Yun Yuwei and the others, no, maybe looking farther away. The young general, who fought everywhere many years later and performed many miraculous feats, has a pair of eyes that are different from ordinary people. The bright, almost transparent amber color of the daylight makes people feel that all the darkness in their hearts will be hidden in front of it. He pursed his lips, and said in a small but firm voice: "'One body has fought three thousand miles, and one sword has been a million divisions', the Shenhu of Yan State, feared by 100,000 lone wolves in the northwest, and General He Buning, who Lu Gu admires very much!" ”
Evening is the most tranquil moment in the capital of Yan in the westernmost part of Dayan, Yan is close to the Hu people in the northwest, the people suffer from the continuous war all the year round, the Hu people especially love to sneak attack at night, so the merchants in the market are always vigilant before the evening to close the stall, the sky is not dark, every household has already been locked, the street is empty and silent, even the barking of chickens and dogs is extremely small.
The sun moved westward, and above the extremely pale azure in the distance, the fiery red clouds blurred the fish-scale clouds, and the layers spread out on one side of the sky like a splendid splendor, and even the city towers standing quietly in the northwest were also trapped in the flames.
Lu Gu didn't have the heart to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the distance at this time, he pinched his fingers and calculated, he had followed He Buning around the city tower five times, from the crowd of people on the street to the present, at least two hours. This man obviously wanted to get rid of him, otherwise he wouldn't have picked the farthest way to go. Lu Gu secretly scolded those people who called He Buning crazy people in his heart, who would be stupid and stupid to think about how to calculate?
"I said, General He, can you rest?"
He Buning's steps kept stopping, as if he didn't hear. X Lu Lone's heart is on fire, and he obviously saved people, but he is opposite
I owe him the same. He took a deep breath, secretly moved the tip of the C, and swept out in an instant, blocking He Buning sideways. Seeing that He Buning had stopped, he straightened up, bent down and saluted solemnly, "General He, would you like to talk to me a few words?" ”
He Buning only stared at Lu Gu with a pair of dark eyes, stunned, and it was true that he looked like a madman's dull eyes.
Lu Gu's expression remained unchanged, and he spoke slowly: "General He doesn't have to pretend to be crazy and stupid, Lu Gu has no calculations, but he has admired General He since he was a child, and he wants to ask General He a few questions." ”
Without the change in Lu Gu's imagined face, He Buning still looked like a genius, but his eyes were more erratic, as if he wanted to look at the sky from a distance.
"Okay..."Lu Gu sighed in his heart, this is the predecessor he admires, he and He Buning have never known each other, and it is not He Buning's request to save him, why should he rely on saving others to ask others at will.
He Buning looked at Lu Gu who was hanging his head, bypassed him and continued to walk towards the city gate.
"General He, I'm not a warm-hearted person in the ancient way, what happened just now was all out of admiration for the hero!" Lu Gu, who had his back to He Buning, suddenly let go of his voice and shouted, "The General He I know is the god of the people of Yan Kingdom, and a true hero who is not cowardly under the eyes of the wolves in the northwest!" ”
Lu Gu turned to He Buning's back, slightly won his jaw, his clear eyes reflected the fiery red flowing clouds, and his clear face was a little aggressive and gorgeous for no reason. There was three points of anger in his clear voice, as if he was annoyed by He Buning's evasion: "Lu Gu shouldn't have said anything in front of General He, but there are some things that Lu Gu really wants to ask General He for advice." Don't you know that the general has been to other vassal states of Dayan? The people rose and rested at sunset, and the more prosperous cities were lit up even at night. But the people of Yan country can't do this, there are often people from the northwest who ride horses and bring bows and arrows to harass at night, which family doesn't return home in the evening?
"In recent years, the world has been chaotic, 100,000 soldiers in the northwest are guarding north of Jingnan Pass, and the vassal states of the Yan Dynasty are also busy drawing their swords to each other, how can they have the leisure to deal with this small border country!" Lu Gu sneered, "I'm afraid that if the wolves in the northwest really attack, they won't send troops to help Yan Guo, right?" General He's choice, as an outsider, really has no one to interfere with. Please forgive the general, Lu Gu grew up listening to the stories of the general since he was a child, and it is really ...... to see the general today."
Lu Gu couldn't bear to say any more, he saw He Buning's body trembling slightly under the sunset, and his back was arched severely, as if he was just a middle-aged man who had been living a hard life, carrying some extremely heavy burden, which made people unable to breathe and resist. He Buning didn't look back for a long time, and walked in the direction of the setting sun, the shadow stretched extremely long, and was gilded with a layer of gold by the sunlight, until it gradually faded away and slowly disappeared into Lu Gu's field of vision.
Lu Gu's heart was sour, he had seen the young General He when he was a child, he was high-spirited, and he raised the sword and mountains and rivers, which was the heroic nature that Lu Gu longed for. When he grew up, Lu Gu often went to the teahouse to listen to the storytellers tell the stories of the heroes of the world. He Buning's deeds are his favorite part, and even now, he can tell about the countless victories.
Ten years ago, the northwest also had an ambitious invasion of the Yan Dynasty, and the nearest small Yan country became the pedal for them to step into the land of the Yan Dynasty, and those generals in the northwest wanted to show their strength by slaughtering this small country, and shook the Yan Dynasty emperor who occupied the most land in the world. This first battle really shocked the whole world, but it was not because of the ferocity of the Northwest Offensive
- But the invasion that these wild wolves had been preparing for several years did not have time to implement, and the long-awaited beauty of the Yan Dynasty, Zhucui, and the fertile land, they were pressed to the door of their homes.
It was the battle of Jingnan Guan in the northwest that made He Buning, a god, enter the stage of troubled times.
Legend has it that when the 30,000 soldiers in the northwest attacked violently, the reinforcements from the rest of the Yan Dynasty were too late to arrive, and the lord of Yan was in danger of giving orders, and in the midst of the mourning of the government and the opposition, the young man He Buning carried a sword and stepped on the corpse of a minister who persuaded the lord of Yan to surrender, and everyone was amazed at the courage of a little sergeant. The young man knelt in front of the lord of the country without squinting and asked for military power, and under such a resolute gaze, no one dared to refute it.
However, it turned out that they were indeed right that they did not refute it. At that time, Yan had a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses, He Buning rode a horse with a sword, rode out of the city alone in the snow, and took 3,000 stragglers stationed in the northwest to ambush outside Jingnan Pass, and stopped the northwest wolves outside the pass.
To this day, He Buning's past is still entrenched in Lu Gu's mind, and he patted his face vigorously, regretting in annoyance what he had just said. Who doesn't age? What are you struggling with? Perhaps this is the twilight of a veteran. It's just that I don't know why Li Zi's gang didn't let go of He Buning and reunited another day, so they should ask clearly.
Lu Gu paced slowly, thinking about it, and his knuckles tapped lightly on the scabbard, making a rhythmic crisp sound, so that he didn't hear the abnormal sound on the side.
The branches of the old trees planted on both sides of the road are coiled, and the friction sound of the branches and leaves moving without wind is very strange.
A dagger was hidden in the shadow of the leaves, shining in the shadows of the trees, like a neighing viper, its sharp fangs waiting to deliver a fatal blow to its enemies.
Lu Gu suddenly felt a heavy blow to his neck, and his eyes went black and he fainted.
Ancient temple in the mountains.
The thin gray clouds clinged to the full moon, enveloping a cloud of moonlight, and only the faint moonlight floated down through the gaps in the clouds, casting itself into the shallow puddles of water on the mountain. The sound of horses' hooves came suddenly, and the splash melted the moonlight, and when it fell, it scattered into the void.
The man in black grabbed the reins of his horse, and a long neighing broke the silence of the ancient temple. He looked up at the nearby temple and frowned, as if he suspected that he had come to the wrong place. Several low bungalows are dilapidated and gray, the walls are peeling off inch by inch, and the bricks and tiles on the roof of the temple are incomplete.
"Coming?"