After this period of fermentation, Zhou Ping has become a symbol of the entire human race, from the Tang Dynasty to the major vassal states, from the princes and magnates, and children of several ages, the name of the god of war Zhou Ping is almost unknown to everyone!

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Si's ears naturally came to these news, and now Li Si's mood is not complicated, on the one hand, he is happy that Zhou Ping is guarding the City of Ten Thousand Beasts, and on the other hand, he is worried that Zhou Ping will be out of his control from now on and become the next person similar to Yuan Tiangang.

Although Yuan Tiangang was born to rebel, but he was too afraid of Li Chunhao because of his own strength and power and finally could not escape death, today's Zhou Ping is more powerful than Yuan Tiangang back then, will he eventually follow the old path of his father?

Now Li Si's mood is very chaotic, people will become, even he has to admit that his whole person has undergone earth-shaking changes after he ascended the throne, Zhou Ping is also a person, and he can't guarantee that his temperament will not change as much as himself.

The two used to be brothers in life and death, but how many brothers in this world end up turning against each other for the sake of power and interests?

Li Si, who was sitting alone on the dragon chair, thought for a long time, and finally said, "When the affairs of the Ten Thousand Beasts City are almost settled, let Zhou Pingchu come back from them, and the reason is that I want to give them a reward......

Naturally, it was the shadow who took the order, but he keenly noticed that this time Li Si used me instead of me!

The two have been in the same boat for so many years, and at this time they finally have to be entangled because of interests, they used to want to grow, but after growing up, they have to face these disturbances, maybe this is the price of growth.

The holy decree quickly reached Chu Li's side, and Chu Li's thoughts on these matters were naturally more meticulous than Zhou Ping's, and this war without gunpowder finally began......

A month later, all the seven major theaters on the front line of the human race were paid, the beasts retreated to the Ten Thousand Beast Forest, and on the huge Wanshou Plain, there was no more boundless blood and bones, and this war finally ended......

It lasted one year and two months, more than one million soldiers were killed and wounded by the two races, since the holy war thousands of years ago, this is the largest war, the soldiers of the seven major war zones of the human race are united, the main battle camp, the reinforcements of the subject countries, and the various departments of the city guard army fight desperately to defend the territory, creating many cloud sorrow elegiacs......

The war drum battalion that generously died on the battlefield of Lushan, and the five thousand city guards in Lincheng who coexisted and died with the city......

In an era, someone must stand in that position to sacrifice, this has been the case throughout the ages, the war drum battalion is like this, the defenders of Lincheng are like this, and Zhou Ping is even more so, they stand in that position and hold up their chests, and the last glimmer of hope of the human race is preserved in the most vicious attack of the beast clan, and every drop of blood sprinkled on the battlefield is proof that they have lived!

After another half a month, Zhou Ping went out of the mountain, and although the hidden dangers on his body had not been completely solved, it was difficult to affect him too much.

Zhou Ping, who walked out of the room, looked up at the rising sun in the sky, please close your eyes and feel everything in the world, the sun shines on his face, the breeze blows through the ends of his hair, finally, everything is finally over.

Zhou Ping found Chu Li first, and at this time, Chu Li had already handled the affairs of the front line, and there was no problem in handing over some of the remaining affairs to Chen Bi'an and Mu Ruqing.

"When will you go back?" Zhou Ping asked.

"Anytime. Chu Li said with a smile, "I've been waiting for you to get out, in fact, there's nothing to arrange, it's just some trivial things, your brother Zhang Hanzhong is a good hand, and his ability to deal with these affairs is not much worse than yours." ”

Zhou Ping smiled, Xiaohai became the emperor of several brothers in the south back then, and he became the light of the human race, although Zhang Xiaoyue has always been by his side and has no reputation, but his moon-chasing soul species makes him have extremely strong combat effectiveness, only Zhang Hanzhong, Zhou Ping doesn't want to leave him behind, so he has been cultivating his ability intentionally or unintentionally, but fortunately, this kid is also angry, and after so much, he has finally grown into a strong man in his own right.

Looking at Zhou Ping, who was smirking, Chu Li thought for a moment, and then said with a somewhat solemn face, "This trip back to Chang'an City, I'm afraid there will be some special circumstances, you have to be mentally prepared." ”

"Special circumstances?" Zhou Ping asked with a puzzled expression, "What special circumstances?"

Hearing Zhou Ping ask, Chu Li let out a long sigh and asked, "Zhou Ping, do you know what your biggest weakness is?"

"Weakness?" Zhou Ping frowned, and for a while he didn't understand what Chu Li meant.

"You trust the people around you too much. Chu Li said slowly, "You suffered such a big loss from Song Wenyan at the beginning, and this time you will have a longer memory." ”

After Chu Li's moment, Zhou Ping immediately understood what he meant, but he still asked in disbelief, "You mean, Li Si will do something to me?"

Chu Li slowly shook his head and said, "It's not enough to do it, but it will definitely suppress you, especially since you and I will definitely be deprived of some of the military power in my hands now." ”

"Is the way of imperial checks and balances...... Zhou Ping let out a sigh, and then shrugged his shoulders with a smile, "If he wants, then give it to him, I didn't come to the front line to fight for money and power." ”

Chu Li glanced at Zhou Ping deeply, and didn't say anything more, because he knew that even if he said anything, it was useless, he knew this kid's temper best, once it was the person Zhou Ping identified, unless he sold him like Song Wenyan, it was absolutely impossible for this kid to be wary of them.

But this is not a bad thing, the road still has to be taken by himself, after this battle, Chu Li only understood one truth, the road he arranged for Zhou Ping was not necessarily the way he wanted to go, some things were not allowed to be experienced by himself, and some losses were not allowed to be eaten by himself, he would not understand it anyway.

In order to prevent the beast clan from counterattacking, Zhou Ping did not take many soldiers with them when they returned to Chang'an City this time, but only brought some guards and cronies.

Chu Li left Chen Bi'an, Mu Ruqing, Zhang Hanzhong, and the old subordinates of the Yan Luo Army on the front line to control the overall situation, even if the beast clan really wanted to fight back, they could react the fastest.

Everyone left the front-line barracks and embarked on the road back to Chang'an City.

Along the way, the most excited is Zhang Xiaoyue, this time the return route passes through Wuyin Mountain, and he can finally go back to see his wife and children.

When he was in the front-line barracks, Zhou Ping had a quarrel with Zhang Hanzhong over the matter of being the godfather of the child, but this time it was good, Zhang Hanzhong stayed on the front line and did not come back.

Everyone went all the way to Wuyin Mountain, and Chu Li heard that Zhang Xiaoyue had settled here, so he left a little selfishness and ordered the troops to rest here for a day.

Everyone changed into regular clothes and came all the way to the pawnshop that Zhang Hanzhong had run before, but before everyone could enter, Zhou Ping heard a quarrel in the pawnshop.

Zhang Xiaoyue just wanted to rush in, but Zhou Ping stopped him and signaled him not to be impulsive first.

"All the shops on this street have paid their money, do you want to wait for the master to open a hole in your head if you don't pay?"

"I ...... We've already paid this month's money, so why do we have to pay it again?"

Zhang Xiaoyue frowned, the person who spoke was the housekeeper he left before leaving, could it be that someone dared to collect protection money and receive it on his head?

Just when Zhou Ping was still hesitating, there was a sudden chaotic sound of ping-pong bells in the room, Zhang Xiaoyue rushed in without hesitation, only to see a playful gangster holding a sharp knife against the neck of the old butler, and his subordinates were snatching money out of the money box.

"No! this is the money that our shopkeeper has for the child's medical treatment, you can't take it!" The old housekeeper watched the gangsters start to rob him, and he didn't care for his life to protect the money box.

As soon as the gangster wanted to make a move, Zhang Xiaoyue grabbed his arm, and twisted his arm with a little bit of Zhenyuan.

The leading gangster let out a miserable scream, and the other subordinates also looked at Zhang Xiaoyue, at this time Zhou Ping also walked into the house with Chu Ci, he glanced at everyone coldly, even if Zhou Ping did not use any True Yuan Xuan Qi, the momentum and eyes tempered in the blood and fire of the battlefield were enough to make these Shijing gangsters frightened.

Zhang Xiaoyue threw the person out of the air, and then helped the old housekeeper up, a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Zhou Ping frowned slightly, and tapped Zhang Xiaoyue's shoulder, signaling him not to be impulsive yet.

"Who are you? Do you know who I am? If you dare to do something to me, I am afraid that your life will not be wanted!" Although his arm was twisted off, the little thug still shouted hard because he had a backer.

"Oh?" Zhou Ping asked with a sneer, "I would like to know who you are." ”

"I'm City Lord Zhao's person!" The thug said coldly, "If you provoke the City Lord Zhao, don't want to have a foothold in Fog Hidden City again!"

Zhou Ping narrowed his eyes slightly, and a nameless anger ignited in his chest, his anger was not because this gangster robbed and injured people, but because he and his brothers were desperately defending their families and defending the country on the front line, and the lord of a city in this stable place in the rear actually looted the people's fat and ointment for his own selfish interests, and even the families of the front-line soldiers dared to oppress!

"Go back and tell you City Lord Zhao, I will definitely visit him personally. Zhou Ping said coldly.

The little thug originally wanted to say something, but when he saw Zhou Ping's cold eyes, he swallowed it back again, and immediately fled with his subordinates.

"Are you...... Shopkeeper!" The old butler grabbed Zhang Xiaoyue's arm, and tears gradually appeared in his eyes.

"It's me. Zhang Xiaoyue took a deep breath and nodded, "It's me who is back." What happened during this time, butler, you tell me everything!"

Listening to the housekeeper's narration, Zhang Xiaoyue gradually understood everything that had happened since he left for more than a year.

Chu Qingping gradually took over Zhang Xiaoyue's previous industry with the help of the old housekeeper, and under her management, Zhang Xiaoyue's industry became bigger and bigger, and soon Chu Qingping became a well-known wealthy businessman in Wuyin Town.

However, the good times did not last long, after the news of the tight war on the front line, the previous city lord and most of the city guards were transferred to the battlefield, and the new city lord is said to be a foreign surname of the six families of Chang'an City.

Since ancient merchants did not fight with officials, and Chu Qingping was about to give birth during that time, she had no choice but to pay protection fees to the newly appointed city lord to ensure safety.

Originally, Chu Qingping thought that when his child was born, he would be able to free his hands and feet to break his wrists with this Zhao city lord, but the newborn baby was weak and sickly, Chu Qingping had been running around in order to treat the child for several months, visiting famous doctors, but until the savings were spent, he did not see the child improve......

Hearing these words, Zhang Xiaoyue finally couldn't control his emotions, tears burst out, he kept wiping his tears with his only left hand, and his crying gradually became hoarse.

He didn't know that Chu Qingping had such a hard time with her children for more than a year, no matter how strong she was, she was a woman after all, in order to keep her husband's industry, in order to cure the child's illness, she could only grit her teeth and insist on herself, no one knew how many tears she shed holding her crying child in those sleepless long nights, and no one would hug her when she was in the most difficult time......

Zhou Ping held Chu Ci's hand with a complicated expression at this time, Zhang Xiaoyue abandoned his wife and children to go to the battlefield for him, and Chu Qingping should not have suffered so much......

A light rain fell outside the window, and just as everyone was speechless, a thin figure ran out of the rain into the pawnshop with his clothes on.

"Steward Zhang, go and burn the stove. Chu Qingping took off the clothes draped on his head, and then carefully unwrapped the swaddling clothes in his arms, and said softly, "It's raining outside for some reason, I'm afraid that the child will catch a cold." ”

Zhang Xiaoyue looked at the emaciated woman in front of her trembling and stood up from her seat, Chu Qingping finally paid attention to the few people in the room at this time, her gaze swept over Zhou Ping and Chu Ci, and finally fixed on Zhang Xiaoyue, the two looked at each other, Zhang Xiaoyue walked up to Chu Qingping and gently flicked the tips of her rain-soaked hair, and then hugged her and the child in her arms.

"I'm sorry...... I'm sorry for you......" Zhang Xiaoyue cried hoarsely, and Chu Ci, who was standing beside Zhou Ping, also quietly sobbed at this time, Zhou Ping shook her hand, and his nose was a little sour.

Chu Qingping lay down on Zhang Xiaoyue and sobbed softly, but when she saw the two new scars on Zhang Xiaoyue's shoulders, she immediately began to cry.

This woman who has been strong all her life has finally unloaded all her defenses in front of the man she loves, and at this moment she finally has something to rely on, and she can finally be as weak as a normal woman......

The rain of that year, that return......