Section 2: Faith
Yue Xiao walked straight into Luosha Town, and followed the crowd to Luosha Inn, the only inn in this town. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
This is a place where you can eat meat and drink wine in a big bowl, and it is one of the places in Luosha Town. As for the other gold cave, it is a place that all men understand.
Here, the news on the rivers and lakes and the battle situation at the border are flying all over the sky, and there are chivalrous people everywhere, and there are even small businessmen who are constantly coming and going, and they are all disseminators of news.
It was approaching evening, and there were many people who came to the inn to sharpen, but it was not too much, and only the last one was left on the Eight Immortals table on the first floor.
Yue Xiao walked straight to the Eight Immortals table, and then Xiao Er came to the table.
"Guest, what do you need to have? Our shop's Luosha wine is so famous that even the emperor of the dynasty is full of praise. Xiao Er tried his best to show off his eloquence.
"A bottle of thirteen-year-old Luosha wine. ”
Yue Xiao's voice was not loud, but the people who were boasting about how many transactions they had made, how many businesses they had pulled, or who were talking about interesting things about the rivers and lakes all stopped and looked towards this side.
Xiao Er was stunned, anyone who can say thirteen years of sand old wine is not a simple character. That's a tribute, the gold-lettered signboard in the store, how can it be taken out and sold. What's more, there is only a pot in the old hotel in Luosha. The shopkeeper regarded it as a treasure and refused to show it easily.
"Hey, boy. You have a good eye, you actually know the thirteen-year-old wine of Luosha, but in my opinion, you are not that blessed. A fat man sitting at the table next to him bit half of the chicken leg and smiled.
After the Han finished speaking, it caused a burst of ridicule from everyone.
Yue Xiao also laughed for a while, knowing that it was difficult to find a thirteen-year-old Luosha wine here, so he changed his mind and asked for the good daughter red on the bottle, plus a pound of cooked beef and a plate of peanuts and sent Xiao Er away.
"Have you heard that Vice Admiral Chong led three hundred men and horses into the garrison of the domain army this time, and directly killed the leader of the forward battalion of the domain army. A businessman who thinks he has first-hand information says.
"That was three months ago, I heard my cousin who was on an errand in Xu Ziying say that Vice General Chong is a talent, and his martial arts are peerless, and even Yue Xiao, the martial champion two years ago, is not an enemy. The four officials dressed in the official uniforms of Luosha Town retorted to the merchant.
"No, I heard that the martial champion Yue Xiao is very powerful, and he has defeated many martial arts masters. The official sitting across from the official did not seem to believe what he was saying.
"Haven't you seen Vice General Chong make a move, that's called an earth-shattering ghost god, taking the head of the enemy's general in the army is as casual as picking up things. The cousin's official who was on an errand in the Xu Ziying camp said.
"Then you've seen it" The official on the other side seemed to like to disagree with him, and always had some fun with him.
"It's not true, it's just my cousin......"
"Your cousin is your cousin, you are you, don't say that your cousin is the same as you, do you go to sleep with your cousin's woman? Or your woman your cousin sleeps ......" The official on the other side was speechless for a while, your woman's, and his face turned red.
Yue Xiao listened to the conversation of the servants, and just shook his head, for people like them who spread rumors about the rivers and lakes of their own opinions, there is no need to go to the general knowledge, although Yue Xiao was mentioned in the words and belittled him, but for the small people living in the market, how can they be concerned.
Yue Xiao thought to himself, listening to the guests next to him bragging, talking about interesting stories about the rivers and lakes and the court, although there are true and false, but there are also reasonable evidence, it is not that there is no nonsense, but everyone just laughs at it, but Yue Xiao listens to the most about Chongsan's deeds.
Speaking of Chongsan, Yue Xiao had heard of this person in the court, and only knew that Chongsan was a person from the Xu Ziying, and he also had a lot of military exploits.
Yue Xiao thought back to some of the things he had heard in the imperial court, plus what he knew, and slowly emerged some introductions about Xu Ziying.
Xu Ziying, the pride of the people of the Heavenly Spirit Dynasty, is not only because of his outstanding military exploits, not only because his generals are brave and good at fighting, but also because they are the only existence in the entire Heavenly Spirit Dynasty that can make Feng Zhaoran feel fearful.
In the past 30 years, the Xu Ziying has experienced 1,231 large and small battles, with more than 37,000 killed and wounded. This is the data that has been counted since five years before Emperor Tianwu ascended the throne. You must know that until now, the entire full Xu Zi Battalion is only 3,000 people.
In the 1,231 battles, the most tragic battle was thirteen years ago, that is, in the eleventh year of Tianwu, in order to resist the invasion of the vassal state, the entire Xu Zi battalion fought to the end, only the last person remained, and the entire battlefield was full of corpses, only one partial general survived, he is the current Xu Zi battalion leader Zhang Zhiyuan.
As for Chongsan in the mouths of everyone, it is rumored that he is the righteous son received by Zhang Zhiyuan three years ago.
The town of Luosha at night is silent, the silence is terrible, of course, there is a brightly lit place, and there is a happy place to spend the gold cave.
Of course, all of this has nothing to do with Yue Xiao, who lives in the Luosha Inn. He doesn't look down on those vulgar fans, but he doesn't despise them, they don't discriminate, they are forced by life, they are pitiful, and they are also a way to live, although they sell skin and meat business, but they are strong and brave.
Speechless all night, early the next morning, Yue Xiao put the long sword on his shoulder, and a wine gourd hung on the back of the scabbard, and strode towards the center of the northwest wilderness behind Luosha Town.
When he walked out of Luosha Town, looking at the yellow sand in his eyes, Yue Xiao sang unconsciously.
The long sword is swinging in Kyushu, and now the green worm lake is ringing, and the shy child is singing, and the bamboo cane is bright;
Sigh the rivers and lakes, the heroes and heroes are tired, the rivers and lakes sigh, the corpses are all over the field and suffer from insects;
By the Green Worm Lake, the drunkard who looks at people for no reason under the Tianzhu Peak;
Only in this world, the wolf of Kyushu is far away, sitting and watching Nanyue, and the years are melancholy in the twilight of the dynasty.
This song is called "Sigh by the Green Worm Lake", which is a song that Yue Xiao has listened to since he was a child.
Every time he saw the dead old man drunk, he would sing this song, and then he would stir it up so that even the fish in the Green Worm Lake could not live in peace.
Although Yue Xiao does not sing that sense of vicissitudes, in this long yellow sand, it is also an infinite artistic conception. Singing "Sigh by the Green Worm Lake" over and over again, Yue Xiao's pace did not slow down because of the heat in the long yellow sand, but kept walking steadily towards the wild land in the northwest.
The time of one day and one night, walking and stopping, was all monotonous with yellow sand, which did not bring a trace of boredom to Yue Xiao.
In the evening of the next day, Yue Xiao finally met the patrol team of Xu Ziying.
A team of ten people, with two horses alone, a halberd, a long sword, double rattan armor, and an iron helmet. In Yue Xiao's view, this kind of equipment is afraid of fire attack, but in this place where the yellow sand is full of sky, there is not a single grass plant, how easy is it to attack.
In the past, Yue Xiao could only see how heroic and good they were from the records of Xu Ziying, but now when he saw these ten people for the first time, his blood suddenly boiled. If he can control this powerful force, he will have a chance to fight with Feng Zhaoran.
"Intruder, kill!" The captain of the ten-person squad didn't say a word, he directly rode his horse and threw the halberd, watching the fierce and fierce halberd flying towards him, Yue Xiao did not hesitate at all, the long sword was instantly unsheathed, the sword light flashed, and the long halberd was split into two, directly passing by both sides of Yue Xiao's side, and the remaining momentum did not go, and half of the long halberd was submerged in the yellow sand.
Yue Xiao originally thought that this was just a temptation, but the nine halberds that followed immediately followed were indomitable murderous aura.
Yue Xiao's eyebrows became solemn.
The long sword in his hand couldn't help but clench a little, the tip of the sword pointed to the ground, and his left foot took half a step forward, his knee slightly bent.
Looking at the nine halberds that flew towards him, he dodged the first powerful halberd with one dodge, and looked at the halberd that had not entered the yellow sand for most of it, Yue Xiao knew that if there was such a flying halberd array, even if his martial arts were strong, it would be difficult to get out.
It's a pity that these simple nine halberds can't form such a formation.
Dodging again and again, being surprised again and again, surprised by the power of this flying halberd, surprised to carry out such a ten-person squad in such an open yellow sand, and even more surprised by the strong man who led such a group of elite soldiers.
The nine halberds did not hurt Yue Xiao in the slightest, but they were slightly embarrassed between dodging.
Squatting on the ground, Yue Xiao, who thought it would end like this, raised his head and saw ten people dressed in rattan armor swinging their swords towards him.
If this is scratched by a long sword, the small one will be missing an arm or leg, and the big one will die here.
Yue Xiao originally thought that he couldn't have been caught by hand, but now he looked embarrassed.
In the face of ten people rushing in turn, although he was not injured, he did not gain the slightest advantage.
If those martial arts heroes who were defeated by Yue Xiao knew, they would definitely be surprised.
The normal formation of just ten people, the team almost stabbed the entire rivers and lakes with a sword, and the transparent teenager was suppressed.
Fortunately, Yue Xiao was not jealous, a sword aura swept by, and the front hooves of the war horse under the crotch of the ten-person captain were chopped, only to hear a click, the horse's leg was broken, and the team leader rolled down with the horse, the team leader seemed to have practiced the crop handle for several years, and the long sword was thrown, and he stood up as soon as he rolled over.
"Stop!" the team leader stood up, raised his right hand and motioned for the other nine to stop.
Seeing the captain's action, the nine people immediately grabbed the reins and strangled the galloping horse.
"Are you Martial Champion Yue Xiao?" asked the team leader.
"It is in the past that Wu Zhuangyuan is in the past, and now, I am just a guilty body. Yue Xiao said.
"Vice General Chong heard that the martial champion of the dynasty was coming, and he couldn't sleep with joy, and asked me to pick you up, I have been running on this yellow sand Gobi for several days, and they all said that Yue Zhuangyuan has outstanding martial arts, and he has defeated hundreds of martial arts heroes in the rivers and lakes. The team leader said modestly.
"May I ask where Vice General Chong is?" Yue Xiao did not feel superior because he had a slight advantage in the competition of these ten people, but was easy-going and respectful.
"Vice Admiral Chong is waiting for you in the barracks, he is looking forward to fighting with you, in the Xu Zi camp, but there is a rule, who can block Vice Admiral Chong's three moves, you can enter his escort team, that is the signboard of the entire Xu Zi camp, you must have heard of it, Vice General Chong led his escort team straight into the forward battalion of the domain army, and the team of three hundred people easily broke through the layers of protection of the domain army, took the head of the opposing general and returned. "The team leader admires the deputy general very much, that is the blood in his bones, this is the banner of Xu Ziying, the blood is boiling, and the pride of the man who dares to fight and rush.
"By the way, who came up with that kind of flying halberd array that you used just now?" Yue Xiao asked.
"Well, it's a long time ago, it's the stunt of Xu Chuan, the general of the first generation of Xu Zi Battalion. ”
"Is that Xu Chuan, who is known as the Flying Halberd?" Yue Xiao said in surprise.
"You should have heard of it, fifty years ago, he was a hero who moved the rivers and lakes, and then took refuge in the imperial court and founded Xu Ziying, but then he suddenly disappeared without knowing why, without any news, and completely disappeared from the rivers and lakes. ”
"I seem to have heard of him, but I don't know where. Yue Xiao frowned, as if he was thinking about where he had heard the name of Xu Chuan, the flying halberd.
"Have you really heard of it?" The team leader seemed to be very excited, looking at Yue Xiao with a look of hope.
"I can't remember. Yue Xiao scratched his head, shook his head, and said helplessly.
"Hey, forget it, it's been more than 30 years since it disappeared, and the current Xu Ziying is still the same, which can be regarded as a blessing. "The squad leader seems to have something unspeakable.
"Has something happened to Xu Ziying recently?" Yue Xiao understood as soon as he heard the squad leader's tone.
"This is not an unusual thing, according to our Vice Admiral Chong, our Xu Ziying has people from the Demon Sect mixed in, and it has been causing panic recently. ”
"Oh, I see, then Vice Admiral Chong must have been investigating. Yue Xiao said with a smile.
"Vice General Chong has been busy with this matter recently, and it wasn't until he heard that Yue Zhuangyuan was coming to Xu Ziying a few days ago that he relaxed a little. ”
"It's rare, then let's go to Xu Ziying, don't let Vice General Chong wait for a long time. Yue Xiao was a little eager to meet this godlike deputy general who was rumored to be in the wilderness of the northwest.
"Please also ask Yue Zhuangyuan to wait for a while. The team leader said.
"What else?"
"Since the establishment of my Xu Zi Battalion, I have never lost a horse, a person or a sword, even if there is only the last person left in my Xu Zi Battalion, unless all of them die in battle!"
Yue Xiao was stunned on the spot, this was no longer a feeling, but a powerful belief engraved in his bones.
For those who are used to seeing the court's deception, and then experiencing this kind of thing, the huge difference makes it difficult for Yue Xiao to convert.
Yue Xiao watched the team leader walk to the war horse that he had cut off the front hooves and tendons, and in his clear eyes, the team leader secretly wiped away his tears, and then hugged the horse's head with both hands and twisted it vigorously, as if he had helped draw a perfect end to this tragic life.
Yue Xiao saw it in his eyes, and he was sour in his heart.
Eleven people rode away, dragging a black war horse behind them.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the neat horseshoe prints and a few traces left by the halberd spread deeper into the northwestern wilderness.