It was a requiem written in flesh and blood, and now, it seemed as if the emotion had faded in his memory over time.

In the spring of 19 years ago, the snow had not yet melted, and the plum blossoms of the country were blooming.

If it weren't for the extremely important dart, Tang Jianli would not personally escort it, obviously this dart was a big deal.

There are five dart carts, the horse pulling the cart is the fattest and strong horse in the dart board, the most elite runners of the twenty dart board are high-spirited, and a group of four is responsible for a car, and the dart car walks in the spring of the country.

Tang Jianli, who was walking in the front, did not have white hair on his head, and rode an extremely precious white horse, the white tassel on the spear and his cloak swaying in one direction in the spring breeze.

A jade bell hangs around the neck of the white horse, which makes a unique bell to ring the bell for the procession. The heroes of the Quartet on the rivers and lakes, when they hear this jade bell, they will give up three points.

The closest to Tang Jian is a dart flag more than one zhang long, with green cloth and gold characters: Tang.

There is only one dart game surnamed Tang on the rivers and lakes, as long as it is mixed on the road, you have to retreat three points when you see this flag, as if a gust of wind blows through a long street, sweeping the dust on the street spotlessly.

Whether it is a bandit who occupies the mountain as the king, or a green forest hero who blocks the road and robs, he will buy the face of this flag. They can't afford to mess with the flag's dart board, and they receive money from this dart board every year.

As a result, the darts of the Tang Dart Bureau can walk almost freely on the land of the country, and the reputation is the best in the country.

Of course, when encountering some people who are unwilling to accept Tang Jianli's benefits or think that the benefits are too little, as well as some tough guys who don't buy Tang Jianli's face, it is inevitable that they will use their knives to bleed.

Later, these heroes turned into soft eggs, after all, knives are not as delicious as gold.

And now, this flag, which symbolizes the honor of the dart game, is being gently blown in the wind.

The standard-bearer is only one year younger than Tang Jianli, and he has followed Tang Jianli to the north and south for many years, and has become Tang Jianli's shadow.

A very important reason why he can become Tang Jian's centrifugal belly is that when he took over this flag for the first time, he swore in blood that people would not fall down the flag, and he has been sticking to this oath for so many years.

"Brethren, you will be there in four days. This time the transaction is not small, and when the time comes, everyone must have a few drinks. Tang Jianli's words were full of anger and spread to the team, and the morale of the dart masters was greatly boosted when they heard it.

He was not stingy with every reward he distributed, which is one of the reasons why he was respected by others.

"Haven't you been saving up to buy a good horse, and when the deal is done, you'll have almost enough money. When Tang Jianli said this to the standard-bearer, there was a hint of beauty in his eyes, as if he was the one who got a good horse.

The standard-bearer was a little embarrassed: "Big brother, don't make fun of me." ”

Tang Jianli smiled, smiled very casually, and laughed out loud: "What's this, BMW with heroes." I know you've paid the deposit at the horse dealer. ”

The standard-bearer said: "Compared with this white horse of the eldest brother, I am not a good horse. ”

Tang Jianli said, "What breed?"

Although he was humble in the previous sentence and said that he was not a good horse, when Tang Jianli asked this, when the standard-bearer answered, his face was still full of pride, as if his horse was the best horse in the world: "Mongolian horse, black." ”

Tang Jianli couldn't help but admire: "The black Mongolian horse, a rare breed, must have very beautiful hair and a small size." ”

"Where, where, it's not big. The standard-bearer said this, but he still couldn't hide the pride in his eyes.

Tang Jianli waved his hand and said casually: "Alas, what's so embarrassing about this, what's so humble." Manly people love big horses and small women, don't you say?"

The standard-bearer said: "No wonder several sisters-in-law are so small and exquisite." ”

This time, not only Tang Jianli laughed, but everyone in the team laughed.

Tang Jianli likes people to joke with him, and he likes all his subordinates to treat him as a friend, rather than a high dart, he likes this feeling.

But it's a pity that God played a bad joke with them today, and this joke made Tang Jianli's white horse turn into a red horse, the kind of red with blood.

The first arrow came quickly, so fast that even if everyone had taken precautions beforehand, they couldn't stop it.

But this arrow was neither aimed at Tang Jianli's person, nor at his white horse, as if it was aimed at the air.

I only heard the sound of the bow and arrow breaking through the air, and there was a trace of the fragrance of plum blossoms, and the arrow arrived here.

"Bang!" The arrow exploded, sending out a cloud of white smoke, and at that moment, the entire team was trapped in billowing smoke.

"Bodyguard, there is an ambush!!" the smoke-smoked standard-bearer couldn't open his eyes, but he still shouted these words with all his might.

Amid the shouts of the crowd, more than a dozen arrows came from the same direction. This time, someone in the team was hit by an arrow and fell.

Amid the shouts of killing, more than twenty masked men rushed out of the woods, holding shiny weapons in their hands. They had obviously been in ambush for a long time, ready to wait for this moment, like a group of hungry wolves who had been waiting for an opportunity for a long time finally saw their prey.

Not only did they have plenty of energy, but they had obviously been planning for this robbery for a long time. They split into two teams and rushed into the dart line, just enough to cut a long serpentine team into three sections, which did not echo each other.

The few men who rushed into the front of the group slashed the flagpole with their swords, and the dust and white smoke raised by the dart flag falling to the ground mixed together.

Those who rushed into the back of the line cut down people when they saw them, without mercy.

First put down the dart flag to hit morale, and then took advantage of the chaos to kill the people by surprise, it seems that they have been planning for a long time in advance.

The standard-bearer was stunned and watched the dart flag fall to the ground, and before he had time to regret it, he heard Tang Jianli's shout: "Don't mess up, there are not many of them!"

As he screamed, he pulled his horse back and sprinted towards the tail of the group.

The spear was expressionless, but at this moment he could feel a thick anger, and everywhere he went, there would be blood splattered.

By the time the white horses had reached the end, three masked men had been stabbed to the ground, splashing blood staining the jade bell red.

The standard-bearer had drawn the knife at his waist and slashed down an enemy, and as he was running towards the flag, two other masked men surrounded him.

"Protect the dart flag!" When Tang Jianli shouted again, everyone was so engrossed in dealing with the enemy in front of them that they couldn't pay attention to the dart flag that fell to the ground.

Tang Jianli pulled his horse back and looked back, rushed in the direction of the dart flag, bypassed the dart cart, and stabbed an enemy all the way. He rushed to the flag, rolled over and dismounted, and raised the flag that had fallen to the ground.

"This gang of bandits is not in line with the rules for any way, and the brothers should not show mercy. ”

Tang Jianli's shout reached everyone's ears like a requiem, and their afterglow saw the Tang family's dart flag swaying in the spring breeze again, and they fought even more desperately to kill the enemy, the bodyguard.

Now, the dart flag, which was more than a foot long, had become Tang Jianli's weapon, like a long dragon going straight in, smashing into the enemy's Heavenly Spirit Cover and killing him with one blow.

Although the standard-bearer was unscathed at this time, he was already surrounded by four enemies, and in the face of the weapons of the four, he was about to suffer a loss.

Fortunately, Tang Jian was not far from him, and when he saw this scene, he took a step, and a swallow scribbled three times, raised the dart flag and threw it at a person, and the person's skull instantly cracked and died.

The standard-bearer took the opportunity to turn around and swung his sword, and one of the enemies beside him fell with a knife. In the middle of his turn, a huge flaw leaked, and another person's knife stabbed him in the back.

"Be careful!" Tang Jianli reminded him loudly that it was too late, the standard-bearer didn't have time to turn around, the dart flag was too long to wave, and at that moment, he subconsciously pounced on this side and blocked the knife.

The standard-bearer reacted and turned around, and the enemy's long knife had already pierced Tang Jianli's right arm.

In an instant, a blood-colored waterfall seemed to suddenly appear on Tang Jianli's right arm, and blood rolled down.

Seeing this scene, the standard-bearer immediately turned red-eyed. He took a step forward, slashed at the man's shoulder with all his strength, and then flew up and kicked the man in the chest, kicking him far away.

The person flew out, but the knife remained on Tang Jianli's right arm. Tang Jianli's strength didn't seem to be exhausted, and he swung back the dart flag and swung it at the other two, knocking them down, and the standard-bearer took the opportunity to cooperate and make up for two swords.

"Big brother!" The flag bearer held Tang Jianli, who was almost down, and the cold sweat of Dou Da rolled down his forehead, he handed the dart flag to the flag bearer, endured the pain and gritted his teeth and said, "Protect the dart flag!"

Tang Jianli's blood flowed down his right arm to the standard-bearer's body, and it was hot as if it had burned the standard-bearer's skin. Tang Jianli endured the pain and ordered, "Help me pull out the knife!"

The standard-bearer gritted his teeth and pulled out the knife for him without hesitation, Tang Jianli's right arm was like a fountain, and a blood mist sprayed on the standard-bearer's face.

Tang Jianli didn't give up, he picked up the spear on the ground and rushed towards the enemy again.

Wherever the spear goes, there will be blood splattered, and one stab in five steps, and one kill in ten steps.

There were only five or six of the twenty robbers left, after all, they were no match for the dart masters, and it wasn't long before the five or six people who were still standing also lay down.

Of course, everyone hadn't lost their minds yet, and they had a living mouth, and Tang Jianli breathed a long sigh of relief.

The brothers all gathered around and took out a white cloth to bandage Tang Jianli to stop the bleeding, and at this time his right arm was already painful and unconscious.

"How did you protect the dart flag? Why did you let Brother Tang pick up the dart flag for you? He was injured in order to save you!" An angry dart master pushed the flag bearer to the ground and scolded: "You are a waste! You can't even protect the dart flag! If someone sneaks up on you, you are not even vigilant!"

"The dart bureau has been in business for so many years, and this is the first time that someone has taken the dart flag!" Immediately, several other dart masters also opened their mouths to denounce, and the flag bearer bowed his head deeply, not saying a word, and his self-blame and shame made him embarrassed.

"Shut up, do you think the Guard Flag is a very simple matter?" Tang Jianli suddenly spoke.

"But Brother Tang, it's okay to lose the dart flag, and let you be so seriously injured. ”

"It's all brothers who were born and died, and they shed a little blood, where did you get so much nonsense. Tang Jianli snorted coldly, his voice was very weak, but he still couldn't hide the natural majesty in his tone: "We obviously fell into the ambush of others, so we didn't ask the rest of the people, but started to complain about our own people first." ”

Everyone stopped talking, Tang Jianli looked at the embarrassed team, sighed and said: "If we had to kill like this every dart, our business in this dart game would have been unsustainable for a long time." Immediately, he gave the standard-bearer a look, and the standard-bearer understood, grabbed the live mouth from the ground, and threw it in front of Tang Jianli to wait for him to fall.

Tang Jianli stared at the living mouth, raised his hand, and the standard-bearer immediately understood, and tore off the black cloth covering the other party's face.

Huokou is an eight-foot-tall man, with dark skin, pockmarked face, and a fierce face, and he is a character who is not easy to mess with at first glance.

But now, this fierce-looking man knelt on the ground and not only peed his pants in fright, but also broke out in a cold sweat.

Tang Jianli opened his pale lips and asked softly: "Before this dart set off, no one will know that we are taking this road, since you can ambush here, it means that there is an internal response, let's say, who is your internal response." ”

Huokou trembled with fright: "Say it, can you go around my life." ”

Tang Jianli said: "As long as you don't lie to me, I will spare the lives of your whole family." ”

Huokou was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, if he was wrong, Tang Jianli would kill his own family.

"Say it quickly. When Tang Jianli spoke again, he didn't say a word, and stretched out his hand to point to a person.

This person is a relatively young executioner in the team, completely opposite to the living mouth, the thin skin and tender flesh of the executioner, if it weren't for this strong suit, he would look like a white-faced scholar.

Including Tang Jianli, everyone was stunned, no one could have imagined that this young man who got along with him day and night would betray himself.

The face of the runner, who had not suffered any injuries on his body, was as heavy as water, and it was obvious that he had acquiesced, perhaps because everyone surrounded him in the middle, and he did not intend to resist and deny it.

"Now, can I go?" asked Huokou suddenly.

Tang Jianli was speechless, and he didn't feel embarrassed: "Let's go, see you in the rivers and lakes, if you want to live well, you'd better not meet me again." ”

When he left, he was faster than he was ambushed in a corner.

Tang Jianli endured the injury, slowly walked to the front of the executioner, his tone was full of anger, and he only asked three words: "Why?"

The executioner said lightly: "I need money to pay off my gambling debts." ”

Tang Jianli gritted his teeth: "Then why don't you borrow it from me?"

The executioner bowed his head and said, "Who made this dart too valuable?" His expression was ready to pay for the money.

Tang Jianli said angrily: "Our friendship in five or six years is not as good as a dart?

Although the executioner looks fine and tender, his bones are very hard, and he said: "Dart, why say so much, when I decided to do this, I already thought about the consequences." ”

Tang Jianli said: "Okay, it's a man, you should understand the rules of the dart game." Don't worry, I will take care of your whole family, and I will pay off your gambling debts for you, and I will not tell you what you did today. ”

The person who betrays the game must die, this is the rule of the game.

The executioner was a little excited, and said: "Dart, I will still do things for you in the next life, and I promise not to betray you, do you believe me?"

Tang Jianli said: "I believe you." ”

No one questioned Tang Jianli's sincerity, not even the standard-bearer who took the spear from him.

At the last request of the executioner, Tang Jianli accepted three rings from him kneeling on the ground to show his kindness.

Tang Jianli bowed deeply to him, which was a return salute and a final farewell to him.

When the standard-bearer's spear pierced the executioner's heart, it seemed to read his dying remorse. It was also from this moment that he decided to follow Tang Jianli for the rest of his life until he gave his life.

Tang Jianli still ordered the standard-bearer to carry the flag, and handed him his spear, saying: "I can't hold the gun in my right hand, I will work hard for you along the way." ”

He took over not only the dart flag and the spear, but also Tang Jianli's trust.

The standard-bearer helped Tang Jianli to turn over and get on the horse, the white horse was stained red with blood, and Tang Jianli on the horse turned back to the standard-bearer and said: "What if my right arm is injured, you are my right arm." ”

Since then, the standard-bearer has really become Tang Jianli's right-hand man, and later he became the head of the big dart. This is his highest honor and the most glorious career.

After this dart was over, Tang Jianli buried the executioner who betrayed them, paid off the gambling debts for him, fulfilled his promise to take care of their family, and told them that the executioner died as a bodyguard, and that he was a real hero and a hero.

The standard-bearer, who received the bounty, not only took the horse back from the horse dealer, but also used the rest of the money to buy two saddles that he thought were good.

One for himself, and another for Tang Jianli as a gift.

This is not the best saddle, but it is the most important pair of saddles for Tang Jianli, because it is his friend, his brother, who gave him money in exchange for blood and sweat.

Tang Jianli replaced the high-quality saddle he had been using and replaced it with this saddle.

After more than ten years of wind and rain, this saddle has been with him until Tang Jianli passed away.

Now, the white horse and the saddle are gone, and the brothers are gone, except for the spear, only the big dart head and Ye Yu remain.

In the past few days, when Ye Yu thinks of the past of the big dart head and Tang Jianli, the hesitation in his heart arises spontaneously, perhaps, the big dart head in the past, today's general, what he insists on is right.

When he was hesitant about this great favor and hatred, he walked aimlessly to Mr. Yan's medical hall, and seemed to be able to sense that the person in the medical hall had the same confusion as him.

"If it had been ten years ago, I would not have hesitated to do this. When Ye Yu said this to Mr. Yan, he had a similar answer: "If I hadn't practiced medicine, maybe I wouldn't have hesitated." ”

Ye Yu suddenly found that he and Mr. Yan were a kind of person: "When it comes to revenge, we should do it, although we are very reluctant." ”

Mr. Yan said: "None of us can find a reason to refuse the general. ”

Ye Yu said: "You want to repay the favor, I want to take revenge." ”

Mr. Yan was reluctant to talk about this topic, and her soft voice suddenly changed the topic: "In a few days, the plum blossoms will bloom." ”

Ye Yu said: "Can plum blossoms also be used in medicine?"

In the backyard of the medical center, there is a small plum tree, which has not bloomed at this time, but it can already be seen to be beautiful in winter.

"This tree was not planted for medicine. Mr. Yan said lightly: "Five years ago, the general came here to beat away Xu Guo's soldiers, and I was able to survive." In order to repay the general, I planted this tree, and every winter when the plum blossoms are at their brightest, I will cut off the branches of the most beautiful plum blossoms and send them to the general, so that I always remember his kindness. ”

"Every year, this year is the sixth year, and I believe that this plum blossom gift should not be interrupted. ”

Ye Yu said: "He would like you to send a pair of medicines." ”

Mr. Yan lowered his head, his eyes full of reluctance: "That's a medicine that harms others, and if it harms others, it will also harm himself." ”

"Have you ever killed someone?" Mr. Yan asked suddenly.

Ye Yu said: "Killed." ”

"Why?"

"I used to do it for the country, then for the sake of love, and then later, I don't know why. ”

"What about killing the King of Guards?"

"Hmm. ”

The dozens of plum trees in the backyard of the General's Mansion were just planted this year. When Ye Yu returned to the General's Mansion and passed by the plum blossom forest, he suddenly discovered the true meaning of the general's tree planting.

In this way, he wanted to tell Mr. Yan that I am not short of plum blossoms, and I am short of other things.

"The Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth month of September is the day when King Wei came here to learn with me. When the general said this, Ye Yu pinched his fingers and calculated: "It's been less than a month." ”

"It's been ten years, and it's finally coming to an end. The general said, "It's almost time for you to sharpen your knife, which doesn't seem to kill for a while." ”

Ye Yu said: "It's been a long time. ”

The general said: "It has not been easy for you to live in the past ten years, and I also hope that King Wei is the last person you kill." ”

He walked in front, Ye Yu followed, this road Ye Yu was already very familiar with, it was the road to the wine cellar of the General's Mansion.

Through the long cloister, in the courtyard of the kitchen, a dark tunnel leads underground, where the wine cellar of the General's Mansion is located.

Ye Yu thought that the general was going to drink again, but he was wrong, the general proudly patted a big wine jar of five hundred catties, and said with a smile: "I still haven't told you one more thing, in fact, this big jar of wine is the best wine I have here, and I personally made it with the finest glutinous rice." ”

Ye Yu said lightly: "This is for King Wei?"

The general said, "Not bad. This jar of wine is the most mellow, the smell of wine is the strongest, and the gods can't smell the medicine in it. The first thing I did when I lived in this general's mansion was to brew this jar of wine, and then I saw in my mind what King Wei looked like when he died. ”

The general continued: "A group of cooks I have invited from far away have also arrived, and they have made a good Sichuan dish, which is thick, spicy and fragrant. ”

Ye Yu interrupted: "Presumably, if you are drugged, the gods can't smell it." ”

The general patted Ye Yu's shoulder with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Yes, when all this is done, it is much simpler than I thought before." ”

The plan was not complicated, but the general's obsession of waiting for ten years made Ye Yu feel terrified.

He has also shed blood, killed people, crawled over corpses, he should have been a person who was not even afraid of death, but at this moment he was also afraid.

Ye Yu didn't know why he was afraid, when he threw this question to Mr. Yan, he didn't know if he could get a reasonable answer.

"I'm not even afraid of death, why do I think the general is terrible?" Ye Yu's tone was full of doubts, and his eyes were filled with fear and confusion.

Mr. Yan said leisurely: "Men are sometimes very strange, even though they have never died, they always say that they are not afraid of death. You're not the first person I've ever met who says you're not afraid of death, and you won't be the last. ”

Ye Yu opened his mouth in embarrassment, but he couldn't speak.

Mr. Yan said: "I know that you have killed people, and I know that you are bold, but do you know how miserable a person can die?"

Ye Yu said: "How miserable?"

A disgusting expression appeared on Mr. Yan's face, and he said, "I have seen people whose skin has been burned clean by the fire, bleeding heavily from the bed, and struggling for more than 20 days before dying. I've seen a five-year-old kid vomit incessantly, convulsions, bite his tongue and die. I've seen leprosy flower girls burned alive on the fire. I've seen people in their eighties lying in bed, unable to eat anything, their stomachs swelling as if they were nine months pregnant, and they were in pain for more than ten days before they died. ”

Ye Yu said: "These are all your patients?"

Mr. Yan nodded and said, "You heroes are happy to go down with a knife, but you haven't seen these people who are tortured by illness." They are all afraid of death, and they all know how good it is to be alive. ”

She suddenly asked, "Do you know where people go when they die?"

Ye Yu asked rhetorically: "What do you think?"

Mr. Yan's eyes were full of memories of the past, which was a distant and ancient myth that a man had told him ten years ago: "In a far, far away place, it is a place farther away than Persia." The people there believed in a wolf-headed human god who would put the heart of every dead person and a feather representing the truth on either side of a huge scale. The more bad things a person does in life, the heavier his heart will be. If you do good deeds, then your heart will be light or even weightless. On this huge scale, if the heart is lighter than a feather, then the person can ascend to heaven and immortality among the gods. If the heart is heavier than a feather, the heart will be eaten by the devil, and the person will be sent to hell. ”

After Mr. Yan finished telling this ancient myth, she noticed that there was some kind of unpredictable sluggishness in Ye Yu's eyes, and asked, "What?

Of course, she couldn't figure out Ye Yu's thoughts that he had already returned to the past, and he said blankly: "Many years ago, I heard it from the mouth of a Persian merchant. ”

Mr. Yan became curious: "Coincidentally, the person who told me this statement also heard it from the mouth of a Persian merchant. ”

"Later, I told the legend to an eleven-year-old girl. When Ye Yu carefully identified Mr. Yan's appearance, his eyes were bloodshot because of excitement, and this was the fastest heartbeat in ten years: "Who is the person who told you this legend?

Mr. Yan wanted to catch the strangeness in Ye Yu's eyes, but she didn't catch it, she didn't dare to believe it, she didn't dare to hope for some reason, her lips turned white, and she said in a daze: "I don't know his name, I called him big brother at that time." ”

Ye Yu desperately slowed down his rapid breathing, and continued to ask in what he thought was calm as much as possible: "How old are you this year?" ”

His voice was trembling, and Mr. Yan could feel that the other party was trying to control his emotions, and she herself was now controlling the same emotions: "Twenty-one." ”

"I'm big brother, are you Xiaomu?"