Volume 1 The moon is dusk and the light is like day Chapter 2 Farewell to death

In Shouchun City, the old man squinted his eyes, looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, and said with a slight smile: "Everyone in the world says that I, Huang Yujin, are greedy for money and lustful, and during the confrontation between these two armies, I don't care about the world, I only care about my own selfishness, and blindly endure humiliation and seek peace. But now the three offensive and defensive alliances of the northern kingdom are interconnected. In terms of military strength, my Da Chu is still too inferior. What's more, there is Wu Yueguo in the south, and my southern reclamation army is indeed sufficient to hold the big pass, but the remaining strength to attack is insufficient, so from this point of view, if my Great Chu really goes north to face the three soldiers of the grassland, my Great Chu is in danger of losing the country!" The old man sighed softly, and looked out the window with cloudy eyes, but he no longer spoke. The woman lowered her eyebrows lightly, pinched the corners of her clothes with her fingers, and did not say a word for a long time.

Outside Shouchun City, the man surnamed Liu held the jade pendant with one hand, locked his chest tightly with the other, and staggered forward. There was a whistling sound behind him.

The person who tore up with the man surnamed Liu was not in a hurry, but just passed slowly step by step, which seemed to be slow, but in fact it was extremely light. Stepping down, like a shower of rain, is fleeting. The man's footsteps were light, and he disappeared into the rain curtain for a long time.

In the northern Uton Department, the man sitting on the high collapse opened his sleepy eyes, looked at the curtain that was sometimes rolled up by the north wind, Xu felt a little chill, and tightened the gorgeous mink robe on his body.

The north wind outside the tent was whistling, and after a while, there were snowflakes falling, and the sky and the earth were covered in silver for a while, and the trees were dyed with layers of silver.

A man gently patted the cotton robe on his body, and the reins in his hand had already become straight due to low temperature, only to see the man's fingers move slightly, and the hot steam on the top of his head rose, but the stiff reins also became arc freely. The man's fingers moved slightly, the horse's reins shook with a sound, and the horses under his crotch heard the sound, afraid of being whipped, and neighed loudly, and ran straight out.

After a short walk, I saw rows of large tents stationed on the grassland, surrounded by ranger scouts urging horses to patrol. Farther away, you can see piles of bonfires blazing, and uniformed sergeants sitting around the fire, smelling the smell of wine in their noses. The man's footsteps were light, and he slightly discerned the direction, and swept towards the large tent in the center at a rapid speed.

Murong Tao's eyelids were slightly raised, and his true qi was agitated, as if he had been caused by some kind of traction. Looking at the gas candle flame in the big tent, the corners of his mouth hooked up a slight arc, his steps were light, his body moved slightly, and in the blink of an eye, he was ten zhang away.

The man riding the horse looked at the man who suddenly appeared in front of him, his face showed a slight surprise, and then disappeared, the long whip in his hand rotated slightly, and in an instant, the snowflakes of the sky and the earth were stagnant, and the goose feather snow that was originally flying seemed to be subject to endless suction, and a group of long whips gathered. Suddenly, the horsewhip wrapped around the snow, like a long sword.

The man's hand was forced, and he slashed down with a straight sword, and the surrounding snowflakes instantly melted into a cloud of snow and poured out towards Murong Tao. Murong Tao's figure froze, he looked at the long whip that was coming quickly in front of him, smiled slightly, and closed his palms slightly, as if an old monk was in a state of mind, and the three-foot sword gang beside him erupted out, turning the cloud of water vapor into nothingness.

"Zhao Shuli, I haven't seen you for three years, but your skills are becoming more and more refined, this style has both offense and defense, it is indeed exquisite. The man's face was still the same, noncommittal, his steps were slightly oblique, he stepped out, his body did not retreat but advanced, the long whip in his hand was worthy of a finger, and the originally slanted long whip instantly became straight. The strength in Zhao Shuli's hand poured out, and he actually stabbed straight with a whip sword. Murong Tao hesitated slightly, his body reversed, he could dodge the long whip, grabbed the long whip with one hand, made two fingers with the other, and used Zhao Shuli to return the whip force, used his fingers as a sword, and stabbed straight at Zhao Shuli. The two of you come and go, and they fight endlessly.

After a short time, the sergeants who were originally sitting by the campfire got up together, and the drums in the barracks sounded, just like a storm and a storm. Zhao Shuli's eyes flashed, and he was not drunk before. Listening to this drum beat, my heart hesitated. Seeing this, Murong Tao did not attack violently, but continued to fight and stop, consuming his strength.

Taoguan, lonely, every family has a good dream. Li Zhijin stood quietly outside the door, walking back and forth anxiously, although in a hurry, there was no sound. Inside, an old woman shouted loudly, and it wasn't until the sound of wow wow was heard that a voice of surprise came out.

Li Zhijin heard the crying, and his tightly knit brows gradually relaxed, and he gently pushed the door with both hands and stepped in. Walked two steps quickly and walked to the bed, with a slightly distressed look on his face. Stretched out her hand to wipe the sweat on his wife's forehead, the two looked at each other and smiled, the old woman stepped forward, said hello softly, stretched out her arm slightly, and handed the baby in swaddling clothes over, Li Zhijin smiled slightly, and was busy reaching out to pick it up.

To the east of Taoguan, it was originally a place for the inspection of the three armed forces, but later because the scouts of the northern country often smuggled across the river in the east, the Taoguan guard changed the old system and brazenly set up the command post of the three armed forces in the east. Lieutenant generals were often stationed in case of the Northern Army.

On the east side, ten miles away from the barracks, there was a closed house. The candles in the house are yellow, sprinkling a little warm color. In the east wing of the room, a long bookcase is placed behind the curtain. A middle-aged man lies horizontally at his desk, perusing the book in his hand by the light in front of him. The man's mouth murmured slightly, like a whisper, and like a low moan.

In the Uton, the man tightened the ribbon behind his hair, and looked outside, his face cloudy.

It is said that Murong Tao and Zhao Shuli are fighting endlessly, but between the two of them, their martial arts are also indistinguishable, but they go back and forth and do not flinch from each other. After a while, I saw a fire rising from the sky in the distance, and the sound of fighting shook the heavens and the earth.

Zhao Shuli's face was cloudy, but he just held the long whip in his hand, and his heart swayed.

"Hmph, Zhao Daxia, who used to be famous in the north and south, is now so cowardly, if the rivers and lakes of the Southern Dynasty know that Zhao Daxia is now drunk all day long and running around for women, I Murong Tao will be ashamed of you. Murong Tao sneered. When Zhao Shuli heard this, he was slightly stunned, and the long whip in his hand shook back and forth, attacking and defending in a good way. Murong Tao saw that Zhao Shuli was unmoved, and then he didn't say much, just looked at the man in front of him, and the fire in his eyes was fierce.

To the north of Taoguan, the guard general Liu Yi hung a long sword at his waist and stood on top of a tall building, his face solemn. Although most of the imperial military horses were stationed in the north and south to prevent the north and south of Vietnam, the two military horses were very different. The northern sergeants are good at horse warfare, especially the cavalry, which is the best in the world. Men from the north rode horses when they were young, and they were young and skilled in horse warfare. Although the state of Chu was large, it had no choice but to cede the five counties to the north, and the five counties in the north were fertile places with water and grass, so the state of Chu did not have a large horse farm except for farmland, so the cavalry was weak. Even if there were occasional victories, because there were no large number of high-quality war horses, the enemy army repeatedly fled but still brought a large number of casualties to the northern border of Chu. Liu Yi stood by his sword, looked at the fireworks in the distance, and hesitated.

Outside the camp of the Wutun Iron Cavalry, the two figures became faster and faster, Zhao Shuli frowned slightly, his heart was a little anxious, watching the torches in the distance gradually approach, and his heart turned a thousand times. After a while, I could only hear the hooves of horses, and rows of black-armored knights shouting. The sword rose and fell, and the black-armored sergeant stood with his hand in his arms. Zhao Shuli's heart shook, but his face did not show the slightest, the strength of the long whip in his hand did not decrease, and the whip shadow was bursting, dense as rain.

In the distance, the first row of black-armored sergeants was already approaching. I saw the leading sergeant shouting twice, and many sergeants in the back row divided into two teams and surrounded the two in the middle. The lead sergeant gently pulled the bowstring and did not twist the string, as did the sergeants around him.

Murong Tao saw that many sergeants had arrived, and his color was overjoyed. The strength in his hand has not decreased, just looking for an opportunity to introduce Zhao Shuli into the arrow array. Zhao Shuli lay on his horsewhip horizontally, looked at the surrounding sergeants, his mind turned in an instant, the horsewhip swirled slightly, and clusters of snowflakes gathered. The strength in his hand vomited slightly, the hot steam on the snowflakes was steaming, the horsewhip was thrown down, and the drops of water were spit into flowers, and they were thrown towards the surrounding sergeants. The sergeant was horrified at the moment, and the originally tight bowstring was released in unison, and a hundred arrows were fired in unison.

The northern sergeants are known for their strength, and their strength is extraordinary, coupled with the strong bow made of the cold iron of the northern country, the strength is even greater. At this time, the sword rain was in unison, and the two had to retreat in unison to avoid its edge. Zhao Shuli took advantage of the moment when the crossbow was fired together, the long whip was castrated, and the six feather arrows shot in front of him were quickly pushed away, and his body went backwards. The whip was raised again, making a bouquet of snowflakes in front of him, and throwing it down against the sky, and for a while, the snowflakes between the sky and the earth were fluttering, blinding the sun and the moon.

Murong Tao was furious in his heart, his palm was lightly raised, his long sleeves were thrown down, and his strength was wildly rolled, and the surrounding world was clear in an instant. When the world was clear, Murong Tao looked at the afterimages around him, where was there still Zhao Shuli's figure, and he was angry in his heart, so he had to find his anger and leave.

The Li family. Li Zhijin gently hugged his wife, looking at the baby in swaddling clothes, with a faint smile on his face. After a short time, I saw the snow outside the window, and the rain became more and more urgent, so I stood up and went to tighten the window lattice. For a moment, I felt that a figure passed by, but if I looked closely, there was only a layer of pale silver frost on the ground. Li Zhijin rubbed his slightly tired eyes, thinking that it was his hallucination.

It is said that Murong Tao came looking for snow footprints, and when he arrived in Taoguan City, he looked at the messy footprints around him, showing that the people in the city had trampled on him, and he was anxious. But if you look closely, some of the footprints are light in the snow, and the footprints are very unclear. With a move in his heart, he chose the slightest footprint and chased away.

Li Zhijin turned around and returned to the bed, tightened the gap in the corner of the bed for his wife and children, and then blew out the lamp and candle on the table, undressed and lay down.

There was silence outside the window, Zhao Shuli pinched the long whip in his hand, and untied a gourd from his body. Zhao Shuli looked at the dark night sky with a sad face, and smiled bitterly.

"Zhao Shuli, where can you escape!" An angry shout sounded, Murong Tao rushed over, his sleeve robe was flicked, Bai Xue gathered together, twisted his fingertips, and actually used Bai Xue as a sword and threw it straight at Zhao Shuli. Zhao Shuli didn't move when he heard the sound, the long whip shook quickly, the strength in his hand poured out, and the long whip returned like a sword. Li Zhijin only heard the sound of gold and iron outside the window, and he hesitated in his heart, and was busy dressing to see. When the window door opened slightly, I felt that my face was hot, and I reached out to touch it, and my head was already dripping with blood.

Zhao Shuli saw that there seemed to be an object in the place where the long whip touched, his heart vibrate, his body swayed slightly, and the long whip in his hand drew a circle, not attacking but defending.

Murong Tao stared and saw that the window lattice was slightly open, obviously caused by someone opening the window, and his face was slightly happy, but he was no longer fighting with Zhao Shuli, and a carp entered the house. Li Zhijin's wife didn't know what was happening, but called out to her husband loudly. Suddenly, I only felt that my throat was tightly locked, and I couldn't breathe half a sentence.

"Zhao Daxia, this man was indeed killed by you, not me, Murong Tao. You claim to be a decent family, but you accidentally killed her husband, which famous family are you. Now that this woman is in my hands, why don't you send him and his wife to Huangquan!" Murong Tao laughed, his face was full of surprise.