The flowers bloom and fall on the dangerous peak, and it is two years in a flash.

On this day, the gate of "Ansheng Pass" was opened, and a team of guards dragged their tired bodies into the gate, and the gate was immediately closed. The leader is still Lao Yang, every time he comes back, he has to leave new injuries on his body, and this time, he was carried back.

After the dog entered the customs, he shouted where Sun Zikai was, and after a while, Sun Zikai came to the house with the medical box, Lao Yang was lying on the wooden board, the ground was scattered with blood cloth, he had a broken arm, and there was no blood on his face.

Cutting limbs, stopping bleeding, burning skin... Lao Yang is worthy of being a man, he has never shouted a pain, and the seven-year-old Sun Zikai has done everything nervously, he has perfectly served as the role of the first doctor of "Anshengguan" in the past two years, and he has treated all injuries and diseases, and the gatekeeper has also reached the greatest degree of dependence and trust in his medical skills.

The woman asked what happened, and the dog said: "Three groups of barbarians have made us yin, we always thought that there were only two groups of people in the birch forest, Lao Yang took us and wanted to wrap them in a circle, but I didn't expect those two groups of people to be seduced, we were copied from behind, Nange, Xiyang, Dongzi did not escape, Lao Yang gave us the queen of the palace, and was cut off an arm." ”

The men lowered their heads very low, they were like frosted eggplants, and this expedition hit them hard, but this is also a common thing, and the ending of the gatekeepers is actually the same.

Lao Yang, who had just fainted, woke up, and Sun Zikai immediately comforted: "It's okay, my life is saved." ”

Lao Yang nodded to Sun Zikai, and then said to everyone: "This time, blame me, I was careless, let them play, Lao Zhang (Scar Man), don't go out during this time, send two more people on the city wall, send three more at night, keep an eye on it, don't let them steal." ”

Lao Zhang nodded, and then said: "Nanzi and the three of them, the corpse was left outside...."

Lao Yang closed his eyes, sighed, and then shook his head, Lao Zhang knew what he meant, and said: "Their mother-in-law and aunt all understand, just now I asked them to pack their things, and then let the dog send them back to the city to find the children." ”

At this moment, the girl ran in, grabbed Lao Yang's leg, and cried urgently: "Godfather, what is your arm?" ”

The girl was four years old, and she was accepted as a goddaughter by Lao Yang, who had no children and no daughters, and took Yang Youshi. The women took the food out, and the men went out one after another.

Sun Zikai has been standing by the wooden plank, his eyes are not as calm as back then, his eyes at this moment, like looking at his relatives, Lao Yang saw him and wanted to reach out and touch his head, but his right arm was broken. Lao Yang said: "It's okay, it's just an arm, and I can't delay anything." ”

Sun Zikai said: "You use a knife in your right hand, and you can't use a bow." ”

Lao Yang turned his head, looked at Fang Liang, and said, "Then I can also use my fists, it's okay." ”

"Old Yang, who can cut off your arm." Sun Zikai asked.

Lao Yang shook his head, but Lao Zhang replied: "Barbarians, how do we know what their names are, hatred is recorded in the general ledger, and they also hate us, and they want to kill us all." ”

Sun Zikai said: "Lao Yang, the next time I go out, I will go out too." ”

"No," Lao Yang firmly refused: "I told you a long time ago, it's not time yet." ”

"When is the right time?" Sun Zikai took off his clothes, and on his strong body, the muscles bulged like fists, where should this be the body of a seven-year-old child, and there were deep strangulation marks on his shoulders, which was proof that he had carried a bow and arrows day and night in the past two years. "I told you a long time ago that I can kill people, and I have learned all the skills you taught me, and now I just need to practice."

"You're still a kid, your strength is too small, it's not child's play outside."

"I know, you wait—" He ran out, and after a while, he came back with an extra weapon.

It was a knife, a knife he sharpened himself, because he was too small to make a machete, so he sharpened the blade very thinly, and the slender knife flashed with cold light, and the blade was like a mirror, which made people cold when they saw it.

Sun Zikai said: "I haven't made a scabbard yet, but I can use it." I couldn't make the bow too heavy, so I got close to shoot. ”

"No way!" Lao Yang still refused, "Child, when you can get ahead, you can't rush now." ”

Sun Zikai said calmly: "I went out, not to get ahead, and I am not good at killing, but these things, someone has to do them, I am sure that I can guard the pass now, and I will not become a burden to you, I will kill one more, and we will die one less." ”

Lao Yang closed his eyes, and Lao Zhang persuaded him: "Xiao Kai, wait for another two years, you are too young, it is difficult to ride a horse." ”

"You don't have to give me horses, just have someone with me."

Lao Zhang said: "Guanli needs you to be a doctor, so let's wait for another two years." ”

Sun Zikai was silent for a moment and said: "Lao Yang, Lao Zhang, you can't stop me, don't take me out, I will jump off the city wall by myself, I will not give my life to others, let alone let others die for me, I have made up my mind, next time, I must go out." With that, he walked out of the door, threw himself into the training ground, picked up the hard bow, opened the bow and shot at the target, and the arrow was sure to hit.

In the house, Lao Zhang sighed and said, "Lao Yang, I told you a long time ago that you should let the child spend his birthday in the city, he is too young to stand up as high as a horse's belly." ”

Lao Yang was drowsy and extremely tired, and said, "You can take him out for a walk." With that, he went to sleep.

Half a month later, Sun Zikai excitedly packed his bags, they were about to go out of the customs, a day ago, the barbarians stuck a knife in the city gate at night, this kind of naked provocation, the gatekeepers will not tolerate it, if they do not take action, the barbarians will become more and more arrogant.

With a bow and quiver on his back, he pinned the slender knife to his waist, walked out of the door, and saw that the men were sharpening their knives, and Sun Zikai felt even more happy.

The dog smiled: "Xiao Kai, how long has it been since I've seen you so happy, and you're so happy when you get out of the customs?" ”

"Happy" Sun Zikai replied, "Brother dog, the feeling of being trapped in a cage is too painful, people, you have to yearn for freedom, you have to have freedom, you can be considered alive!" ”

"Hahaha, boy, don't pee when you wait outside!"

"If you pee, you don't have a handle!"

The men may have been infected by the children's emotions, and they also had enthusiasm, and the sixth son said: "Boy, you are such a big person, your arms are as strong as the masters, you just don't have the opportunity to go to those sects, you have a good foundation." ”

"My father and mother used to be.... It's a pity that it's a little person, they can't get inside, they cultivate qi, heaven and earth aura, saying that everything in the world is formed by aura, but I think it's ridiculous, how can people be made of qi? ”

Liuzi smiled: "Then what do you think people should be formed of?" ”

Sun Zikai pondered for a while and said, "There is a life, a living being.... I think well... If I want to create a perfect person, then first I have to give him infinite vitality, then I have to have inexhaustible strength, then I have an indestructible body, and a unique mind, and finally, I have to add immeasurable emotions, well, these are the five points. ”

Everyone listened to the child's words, and only thought it was funny, he was a child after all, although he had killed no fewer people than any man here, but his views on the world were still too immature.

Lao Zhang walked over and said, "Get on the horse, switch." "This time, he's leading the team.

The man shouted, "Switch! Then they slammed the knives in their hands together, making a noise, gaining momentum, and paving the way for themselves.

Lao Zhang said to Sun Zikai: "Boy, you follow me, you can do whatever I tell you to do, you can die quickly outside, don't make trouble for us." ”

Sun Zikai agreed, then turned over and jumped on the bag on the horse's back, shrank his head, and squatted in, looking like a bag full of goods.

Lao Zhang asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"I won't sit behind you, so as not to delay your action, I'm here, and I can still take the barbarians by surprise."

"Okay." Fourteen gatekeepers and a small gatekeeper sitting in a horse bag rushed out of the gate with a long roar across their horses.

Sun Zikai snapped an eye on the bag, observing the situation outside at all times, the horses were running very quickly, the time for the guards to be outside was very short, and every breath was running.

Lao Zhang just wants to take people within ten miles outside the gate, take a quick turn, make sure that there are no barbarians hiding, and according to Lao Yang's thoughts, don't let the child have an accident. Outside the customs, there is no democracy at all, all actions are based on the orders of the leader, the guards have already made an agreement, even if there is a cliff in front, the leader says to jump, but also must jump immediately, the idea of the leader does not need to be explained to the people below, this is also how many years, the way of survival handed down from generation to generation of guards.

Sun Zikai, who was hiding in the horse bag, heard the sixth brother outside say: "Lao Zhang, look at the smoke over there, it's in the direction of the birch forest." ”

The horses stopped, Lao Zhang looked at the smoke over there, and after thinking about it, he said: "Divided into three teams, I will lead the people in front, dogs, six sons, the same way!" ”

The dog and the six sons each led three people to run to the sides, and Lao Zhang took the remaining five people and ran in the direction of the birch forest, everyone drew their knives, Sun Zikai also put his hand on the handle of the knife on his waist, he thought the hole in the bag was too small, so he poked his head out and observed the surrounding environment.

Suddenly, he flipped up and grabbed Lao Zhang's shoulder, Lao Zhang was startled, and immediately stopped the horse, everyone stopped, Lao Zhang turned around and said sharply: "Don't delay." ”

"Lao Zhang, we may be ambushed if we go." Sun Zikai said.

The man on the side shouted: "Xiao Kai, shut up, all actions are under command." ”

Lao Zhang unexpectedly explained to him, and said: "The terrain of the birch forest is flat, there is no shelter on both sides, the farthest mountain, is beyond the range of the bow and arrow, even if there is an ambush, we can get out immediately, and we stop where we can see the birch forest, we will not approach, there are six sons and dogs behind them to ensure the safety of the flanks and rear, last time we were eager to kill the enemy, and rushed up with all our brains, this time it will not be the same again." ”

Sun Zikai said: "Lao Zhang, I don't think so, I know that you have walked this road many times, and you can't be more familiar, but there must be no barbarians, otherwise you won't be in the birch forest by the third group of barbarians, I think so, the opposite side has made a trap as a premise, you don't care what kind of trap he is, we have to suffer, they have the courage to stick a knife in our gate, they have the ability to do things you can't think of, and once we follow the plan they have made, Then we will lose the initiative to fight, and every step after that can only be a move. ”

"And what do you think?" Lao Zhang asked patiently, before leaving, Lao Yang specially instructed him, the leader still doesn't care about the thoughts of the people below, but the child's thoughts, you must listen to it, in the future, he may become the new leader of the gatekeepers, from this time, you can start training him.

"Jump out of the other party's innings," Sun Zikai said, "don't go to the birch forest, go there." He pointed to the grove three hundred feet away.

The men said, "There's nothing, there's no way to hide people." ”

Sun Zikai said: "Go there, set that forest on fire, they light cigarettes and we will also light them, see who can't stay up first, just see what they want to do." ”

"What if no barbarians show up?" The men hesitated.

Sun Zikai was anxious and said: "No matter what you do, I will do whatever I say, anyway, just light a forest, assuming that they have made a trap, the smoke is for us to see, if we don't act, they will come out with a net." ”

Lao Zhang waved his hand, "Do as he does." ”

Lao Zhang's words, no one refutated, an order, everyone rushed to the low forest, and after a while, the forest was on fire, and thick black smoke rose towards the sky. The guards retreated to the heights together, observing the movement outside the forest from a distance.

After waiting for half a pillar of incense kung fu, nothing happened, Lao Zhang said: "It's good that you have this idea, Xiao Kai, but outside the gate, although intrigue abounds, but more often, it is to catch the opponent off guard, time is life, this is the first thing you have to learn as a gatekeeper." ”

Seeing that everyone was leaving, Sun Zikai also knew that he should have made a mistake in judgment, but he still asked Lao Zhang: "Lao Zhang, let's run to the gate of 'Anshengguan' with our current position, and run desperately, how long will it take." ”

Lao Zhang Hu looked at "An Shengguan" suspiciously, and replied: "You don't need a hundred breath time. ”

"If the barbarians come from all directions, can we escape into the pass?"

"Hold it, but it is impossible for barbarians to come from all directions, and there are not so many barbarians within fifty miles of 'Ansheng Pass'."

"That's good, let's rest here for half a day."

"Huh?" The dog said, "Xiao Kai, it will be dark in half a day, we still have a task!" ”

"The task can be done tomorrow, the 'Ansheng Pass' is unbreakable in one day, we are very safe, and it is very safe here, I don't feel that the fire in the dwarf forest has brought me the answer that the outside is safe, so I am willing to wait for another half a day, and then observe and observe, until there is no danger at all..."

Lao Zhang interrupted him and said, "Shut up, boy, how can you waste time if you survive outside, are you waiting for the barbarians to get closer and closer outside!" As a gatekeeper, how can we be so cowardly, if we waited until it was completely safe to act every time, the barbarians would have stepped on our heads and killed people. ”

Sun Zikai was not in a hurry, and said: "Lao Zhang, I'm not cowardly, I weighed our current situation, if I can be more stable, why should I let myself let my subordinates bear even the slightest possibility of death?" I'm not afraid of death, when the time comes to do it, death will die, but now we don't have to go there, we have a choice. Although I am very happy to be able to come out, but I am very opposed to the decision that we were stabbed yesterday and go out to crusade today, if it were me, I would wait for two more days, if they didn't come to stick the knife again, I would go out to crusade, if they came to stick the knife again one day, then I would definitely not go out again, because the other side was in a hurry, he desperately wanted us to come out, barbarians, they let us come out for only one purpose, that is, let us die! I don't want to die, Lao Zhang, I want you all to live. ”

Lao Zhang was stunned for a long time after hearing this, the men only listened to his orders as the leader of the team, he never had any hesitation outside, but this kid was right, it is not that today it is necessary to find out whether there are barbarians within these ten miles, they have already checked it once half a month ago, ten miles outside the gate, there are no resources, and there is no big shelter, if the barbarians come in a mighty way, they can't hide, just a few scattered, then there is really no need to kill in a hurry, the other side dares to be in' Since the child said that there is such a possibility, and they have nothing to lose here, they might as well follow the child's wishes, the child is special in the hearts of the guards, this is the inheritance, and it is also the hope of those who may become the soul of the knife tomorrow.

"Okay, let's rest here for a while, but I can say okay, staying here until the evening today can be regarded as taking you out for a spin, and then you will stay in the customs honestly, and you will do whatever you want."

"Okay." Sun Zikai agreed, he knew that his judgment must have been wrong, but he was not disappointed, he was a person who was willing to think about any situation, so this result actually ruled out a kind of dead end in his imagination, which should be happy.

For the first time, the men were so leisurely outside the pass, they got off the horse, sat on the ground, and looked at the fire in the dwarf forest, the wind blew the smoke into the distance, there was a lot of grass in the dwarf forest, and the fire might burn until night, and soon, the men also said that they were laughing, and the six sons smiled and said that they were going back to tell Lao Yang to see if he would get angry, and their group of guys, without his leader, were on the top of the mountain not far from the pass, and sat with their hands spread all afternoon.

Only Sun Zikai and Lao Zhang have been observing the dwarf forest and the surrounding movements, when two hours have passed, Lao Zhang wants to lead the team back to the pass, Sun Zikai suddenly pulled him back, and shouted: "Quickly call them all up, there is a situation!" ”

Lao Zhang was startled, and immediately whistled, everyone stopped, recovered in an instant, and first pulled out the knife, his nerves were tense, as if he was going to cut the knife down at any time. Lao Zhang asked everyone to get on the horse, and then lifted Sun Zikai on the horse, and asked, "Boy, what did you find?" ”

"There's someone in the woods!"

When the people heard this, they only called out ridiculousness, and the dog said, "That place can't hide people, so it's the size of a palm." ”

Sun Zikai pointed to the dwarf forest and said, "Can you see through what is in those forests?" "The dwarf grove is dense and small, but everyone really can't see what is hidden underneath, and the fire just now is also at the edge of the point, and it does not go deeper.

Lao Zhang said solemnly: "You really see someone inside." ”

"Yes, I'm sure," said Sun Zikai, "it's a child, and it's so smoked that I can't stand it." ”

"There are very few children outside the gate! Will you see an adult? Or is it a rabbit? The dog said.

Sun Zikai replied: "I'm not mistaken, I'm sure that if there are children, there may be women, old people, old and weak women and children, which means that they are a barbarian tribe or ethnic group, there are many people on the opposite side, there should be an ambush in the birch forest, but they hide the children and women here, it is impossible not to protect them, and the news of our exit also needs someone to inform the barbarians in the birch forest." He was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "Where can I always observe that forest and the situation of 'Anshengguan'?" ”

Liuzi grinned, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Here." ”

Sun Zikai's face changed, he pulled out his knife and shouted, "Find it quickly, there are barbarians in ambush here!" Fast! ”

No one acted, the men all looked at Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang and Sun Zikai looked at each other, and after a while, he immediately ordered, "Find!" ”

All the men turned over and dismounted, immediately rushed around, slashed with knives, eager to dig three feet into the ground, the result was unexpected, only ten breaths of effort, everyone really found a lying barbarian under the grass five feet away, the dog picked the man's tendons and tendons, fell in front of Lao Zhang, shouted: "Strange! The little grandson was right! What a person! ”

Lao Zhang grabbed the barbarian and asked, "Say, how many people?" ”

The barbarian's eyes revealed fear, especially when he looked at Sun Zikai, but he was very stiff-mouthed and didn't say anything.

Sun Zikai walked up to the barbarian and said calmly: "Lao Zhang, let everyone rush to that low forest, kill half of the people inside, and then come back and listen to him." ”

The barbarian was obviously panicked, and was about to speak, but was immediately stopped by Sun Zikai, Sun Zikai said: "It's too late, wait for that half of the people to be killed, and then you can decide the life or death of the next half of the people." ”

The barbarian looked at Sun Zikai now, just like looking at the king of Hades.

The six sons were about to get on their horses, and the barbarians shouted: "No, no, no! They are all family members and innocent. ”

"Fuck you!" A man scolded: "Our children are guilty, Lao Tzu go down and slaughter them all!" With that, he turned over and got on his horse.

The barbarian immediately shouted: "I say, I will say everything!" ”

Lao Zhang said coldly: "How many people." ”

"Two... Two hundred. ”

The guards were shocked, Lao Zhang also took a breath and asked, "Where are so many people?" ”

The barbarian stopped talking again, Lao Zhang gave Liuzi a look, and Liuzi took the three of them and immediately rushed across the horse to the low woods, and a moment later, a wail sounded in the low woods. The barbarian shouted, "I say! I say! ”

Lao Zhang didn't speak, stroked Sun Zikai's head lovingly, and said: "My child said, wait for half of the people to die, and the remaining half, it will be your turn to decide on life and death." ”

After half a cup of tea, the four of them rushed back with blood-drinking knives. The barbarian scolded: "Brutes, you can do it! ”

Sun Zikai looked back at the low woods, and was very worried in his heart, he scared that guy, but he didn't expect Lao Zhang to do it directly, but the man guarding the gate did not have any guilt on his face, Lao Zhang said indifferently: "Half a year ago, the six sons and the family, were climbed into the barbarians in the pass, all the heads were cut off, two years ago, Dongzi's half-year-old son, because of your poisoning, died, four years ago, my thirteen-year-old apprentice, was gouged out by you, seven years ago, Guo Zi's family... Fourteen years ago, Lao Zhang's daughter and wife, were stolen out of the customs by you, abused and killed, twenty years ago, 'Ansheng Pass' was broken by the barbarians, after the pass, all the old and weak women and children, were hacked to death, the barbarians rushed into the tea city, killed half of the city, the blood of the child can be piled up in a room, you robbed things, killed people and ran, the people who survived the tea city, did not survive the winter, starved to death. ”

Sun Zikai listened to these words with a trembling heart, like all the gatekeepers, his teeth were clenched, looking at the barbarian's eyes, with the killing intent of the sea of blood, he pinned the knife to the barbarian's neck, a pair of eyes, cold as frost, calm as a dead tone, and said coldly: "The next half of the people, divided into two parts, okay, you can now decide which group of them can live." ”