"When I mentioned the Counter, you said you didn't know anything...... Are you lying?" said Su Li, looking at the look on his face.

Chen Changsheng could only be silent, because he didn't know how to lie.

Su Li said to himself, "Then what are these old guys going to do when they push you out?"

Conversations often happen, and they often don't need any answers when they end, Chen Changsheng couldn't find the answer, and Su Li only took a short time to think about it.

Confirming that the cavalry of the Great Zhou was really far away, Chen Changsheng carried him on his back, walked through the Black Willow Forest, and continued to walk towards the south.

As the walking or running continued, the climate became warmer, and the scenery they saw became closer and closer to the real time. In Kyoto, it should be the thick of spring, and in the south, it is already late spring, but it is still a little cold, and you can still see the star-like residual snow as far as the eye can see, but fortunately, there is already some star-like greenery.

Looking at the cyan grass sprouts that regrew in the weeds that died last year, Chen Changsheng remembered that a full year had passed since he left Xining Town, and too many changes had taken place in this year, even if he was still a teenager in his youth, every time he looked back, he would inevitably have some feelings that middle-aged people would have.

After passing through a farmer's settlement called Wolitun, there were some more changes around the two, and there was an extra car, which was pulled by two sturdy deer.

Chen Changsheng sat in front of the car, pulling the rope between the necks of the hairy deer, and let out a few shouts of unknown meaning from time to time, probably trying to imitate the methods of those farmers, but it was obvious that the two hairy deer could not understand his command, but fortunately, the general direction was not wrong, in short, they were walking south. The south is still far away, but as long as you keep going, it will always get closer and closer.

Su Li was lying in the car, with a thick futon under him, covered with smooth and flexible animal skin, a yellow paper umbrella resting beside him, wine and food by his side, a bamboo flute in his hand, pressed to his lips, and made a beautiful sound from time to time.

After walking for two days, in front of the official road, you can faintly see a yellowish city, different from the military village you saw at first, this is a real city, look at the outline of the city can accommodate at least tens of thousands of people, presumably it is extremely prosperous and lively, if you want to reconnect with the human world, there is no doubt that this is the most convenient.

Chen Changsheng glanced back at Su Li and asked with his eyes if he wanted to enter the city.

Su Li was holding a piece of fur and was carefully wiping the holes in the bamboo flute, but Li ignored him.

Chen Changsheng understood, but he still didn't understand, shook his head, pulled the rope in his hand, and let the two hairy deer pull the car down the official road, through the slightly hard field, and bypassed the earthy yellow city.

There is a birch forest in the south of the city, and the thousands of birch trees are not thick, but appear to be a little thin and straight, like swords, rising from the ground and piercing into the sky.

It's late spring, but the birch forest in the cold zone hasn't grown too many green leaves, and you can see the opposite side of the forest miles away.

When Lin Mo entered, this was not Su Li's experience of teaching Chen Changsheng to walk in the world, but the old words he had seen countless times in those miscellaneous memoirs.

Chen Changsheng gently tightened the rope and motioned for the two hairy deer to stop.

He didn't perceive any danger, he just did it subconsciously.

Su Li sat up with difficulty in the carriage, and the bamboo flute in his hand had been inserted into his waist at some point, and it was replaced by the yellow paper umbrella.

He looked at the silent birch forest and suddenly said, "Here it is." ”

Naturally, the enemy is coming, and the people who want to kill Su Li are coming.

Chen Changsheng's mood instantly became nervous, jumped from the car to the ground, untied the rope between the necks of the hairy deer as fast as possible, and slapped twice on their thick buttocks with the scabbard, the hairy deer was in pain, and ran in the opposite direction towards the birch forest, but this kind of livestock has a tame temperament, and it didn't run far, standing dozens of feet away and looking at Chen Changsheng, looking very confused, as if he didn't understand why he wanted to beat himself.

"You're worried about their lives or death, what should I do?" Su Li was very angry, looked at Chen Changsheng and said.

Chen Changsheng held the scabbard and said, "Then senior, do you want to go in?"

When he just left Xueling Hot Spring, he asked Su Li, but Su Li was unwilling, and it seemed that Su Li had not changed his mind until now. I only heard Su Li sneer and said: "I'm going in, what if you die?" I don't want to put all my life on someone else's body, let alone a weak guy like you. ”

Chen Changsheng thought to himself that this was indeed reasonable, although his predecessors could not fight now, his combat experience and wisdom were far superior to his own hundreds of times, and he was by his side, so he could always help himself. There was no movement in the quiet birch forest, and he asked, "What next?"

Su Li didn't understand what he meant at all, and asked, "What are you doing in the woods?"

Chen Changsheng said: "Yesterday, my predecessors said that the most important thing in the battle is the moment when the defense is the attack, if you can really take it by surprise, then no matter how strong the opponent is, you may lose." ”

Su Li glared at him and said, "So you're going to rush into this wood, find that person, and then kill him?"

Chen Changsheng nodded honestly.

Su Li raised his forehead and said, "Do you know what realm that assassin in the woods is?"

Chen Changsheng shook his head honestly.

Su Li said angrily: "Then you are going to rush in like this? Do you want to die?"

Chen Changsheng was at a loss, he didn't know whether to nod or shake his head, thought for a while and said, "This is not ...... Do you do what your predecessors taught?"

Su Lili was angry and said helplessly: "You have to understand, what I said, first of all, it must be based on the same level as your opponent, even if it is worse, it can't be too far behind." ”

Chen Changsheng said: "But what the seniors said clearly was...... No matter how strong an opponent is, he can lose. ”

Su Li said angrily: "Rhetoric, this is rhetoric! Do you understand rhetoric! Exaggeration is a language art!"

Chen Changsheng bowed his head in silence, and after a while, he couldn't help but raise his head and ask, "Then what if you really meet an opponent who is far stronger than yourself?"

The answer given by Su Li was unusually concise and clear, simply clear: "Run, or kneel." ”

The speed at which Chen Changsheng carried Su Li on his back was not necessarily faster than the assassin who had not appeared in the woods, you must know that people who were engaged in the profession of assassin had always had a faster body and speed than ordinary cultivators. Chen Changsheng, like Su Li, would not completely entrust his life to others, even if it was someone he trusted, let alone a person who wanted to kill himself.

You can't run away or kneel, in fact, there is another way to deal with it, that is: wait.

Chen Changsheng drew his short sword, looked at the silent birch forest, looked at the green shoots that were gradually depressed from a distance, but difficult to find when looking closely, waiting for that person to appear.

The man never showed up.

Time passed slowly, and his hand holding the sword became a little sore, and he shouted into the woods, "Come out, he sees you." ”

Su Li didn't expect him to do such a thing at all, and shook his head at the sky, a little ashamed of being in company.

There was still no one in the woods to respond, Chen Changsheng lowered his voice and said, "Senior, it seems that the method of luring the enemy is not easy to use. ”

The conversation between him and Su Li before could even be said to be a dispute, so naturally it couldn't really be a dispute.

Looking at the quiet birch forest, Su Li said thoughtfully: "That person is gone." ”

"Huh?" Chen Changsheng was a little surprised.

Su Li lay back in the carriage, put down the yellow paper umbrella, and picked up the bamboo flute.

Under Chen Changsheng's call, the two hairy deer slowly paced back, and were meekly re-tied to their necks by ropes.

The bamboo flute is clear, and it sets off again.

......

......

On the next journey, Chen Changsheng became a lot more silent, or more like his usual self - only when facing Tang Thirty-six and Su Li, would he talk more.

His current silence was, of course, due to the Assassin who would appear at some point.

Just as sometimes not speaking is more powerful than speaking, an enemy who does not appear is always more terrible than the enemy standing in front of you.

Su Li, as usual, couldn't see the slightest uneasiness on his body at all, the bamboo flute continued to blow, the wine continued to drink, and the injury continued to recuperate, just like lying in the Snow Ridge Hot Spring that day, it was very comfortable and calm, as if he was not seriously injured, but just on an ordinary trip.

Chen Changsheng looked at the scenery in his sight vigilantly, he was under a lot of psychological pressure, and some things he thought of made his mood more and more heavy.

Encountering two killers in the military village, the Great Zhou cavalry searched everywhere, indicating that as Su Yan guessed, the black robe calculated the direction of their escape, and passed the news to some forces in the human world, what would those forces do next? If it was the Holy Queen Niangniang who instructed to hunt down and kill Su Li, then did she know that she was with Su Li? If she knew, would she let those strong men and assassins kill herself? If so, would she let those strong men and assassins kill themselves easily? If so...... The big people in the palace want Su Li to die, so can they know that they are still alive? Or will the demons deliberately hide their existence?

One evening, eight hundred miles away from Tianliang County, the deer cart stopped again to rest for a while, and the twilight was as thick as blood.

Chen Changsheng told Su Li all his uneasiness without concealing it, no matter what problems there were between him and Su Li's camp now, since he didn't leave Su Li in the snow ridge at that time, then there was no reason to leave Su Li halfway, they were now sitting in a car, and they naturally had to face the upcoming storm together.

"Not too many people will know that I am seriously injured, for reasons I told you the other day. Let's analyze the assassination in the military fortress...... If such a crude and ridiculous act is also regarded as an assassination, and then think of the hundreds of Zhou cavalry, you can see very clearly, whether they want to kill me or I am killed by them, they are not willing to let the entire continent know about this. ”

Su Li picked up a branch and drew a map in the mud, pointed to the straight line and said: "They don't need to surround the point to send reinforcements, so the reason why there has been no movement until now is only one reason, our speed is too fast, so that after breaking through the front line of the Northern Army, those people have not had time to send enough strong men to kill us." If you look at this as a war, their main forces are on their way......"

Chen Changsheng squatted to the side and listened intently.

These days, such a scene has happened many times, Su Li usually shows that he is extremely improper, but at this time, he is very serious, he teaches Chen Changsheng how to distinguish the traces of beasts and people, how to distinguish which plants can be eaten, which bacteria are poisonous, what is the most important thing when fighting, and even taught him how to march and set up the formation.

In addition to swords and cultivation, he taught Chen Changsheng a lot of things.

Chen Changsheng asked again, "Senior, why did you teach me this?"

Choosing a future pope for the Southerners may be the real answer, but it is not enough.

"Because, I taught Akiyama. ”

Su Li threw away the branch and said, "He has been learning with me for a month, and if there is enough time on the road, I will teach you enough for a month." You give me back the yellow paper umbrella, and I took you away from the snow field, which has been offset by the two, but you didn't leave in the snow ridge, so I owe you a favor, and you treat me as a favor. ”

"Favors?"

"In the future, you will always start competing with Akiyama, I hope you don't fall too far behind, as fair as possible, that is, the favor I gave back to you. ”

After Xueling Hot Spring, Chen Changsheng was once again moved by Su Li's senior's superior demeanor, and then said seriously: "That yellow paper umbrella was not returned to my senior, but was borrowed from you." ”

Su Li looked at him quietly, and suddenly laughed: "I'm not used to this warm scene, so I want to break it deliberately?"

Chen Changsheng said: "Yes. ”

Su Li said: "I'm also not used to it, so don't ask me similar questions in the future." ”

Chen Changsheng looked at him and said seriously: "Senior, you are really a good person. ”

Su Li looked at him and said seriously: "Don't say this kind of thing in the future." ”

"Why?"

"Because later you will know that I have never been a good person in the traditional sense, and that I am moody, and if I don't agree with each other, I will go out and kill people. ”

"But I can't really see it...... All right...... Senior, although the sentence just now was deliberately said, but in fact, the yellow paper umbrella is indeed mine. ”

"Oh, it seems that you really don't believe that I will riot and kill!"

"Senior, if you can still kill people now, why don't we dare to leave in the middle of the night. ”

Without speculation, there was no need to say any more, in the increasingly thick twilight, Chen Changsheng began to prepare utensils for dinner and camping.

Su Li looked at the busy young man by the fire, squinted slightly, and slowly rubbed the bamboo flute in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

As the twilight receded, after simply eating the barbecue, Chen Changsheng extinguished the fire to make sure it didn't turn into a light at night.

There was nothing to say all night, the morning came, the morning breeze was slightly cool, with the smell of dew and grass, which was refreshing, and the two hairy deer took a cheerful step, and walked out of more than ten miles in a short time.

There are green plants growing on the large fields, probably sorghum, but these sorghums have just begun to grow, and they do not have the appearance of the green gauze tents in the legend, let alone hide their figures.

So Chen Changsheng saw the person in the field at a glance.

It was a handsome man, fully armoured, with seven long knives behind his back, which was incomparably bright in the morning light.

He doesn't look like an assassin by any means.

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(The next chapter strives for ten o'clock.) ）