Su Heng slept very soundly, perhaps because of the peach blossom drunkenness, and perhaps because he was in a safe place, but no matter what, this was the most restful sleep he had since he went south and north, there was no life and death, only the intoxication of spring flowers everywhere.

When he opened his eyes, the sun in the east was spreading, and the purple qi in the sky was diffusing from the east, Su Hengfu was spiritual, sitting cross-legged on the ground, facing the purple qi, and began to run the nameless heart method, the purple mansion at the center of the eyebrows seemed to be moistened by this purple temperature, and became a lot more comfortable, although the ghost crystal still filled most of the acupoints, but at least there were some gaps for the flow of true qi.

The Oriental Purple Qi is infinitely mysterious, but it is difficult to absorb it, since the old iron head taught Su Heng the Nameless Heart Method, this is the first time that Su Heng has swallowed a trace of Heaven and Earth Purple Qi.

"Su boy, let's go!" Chu Zhuang's voice came from the bottom of the mountain, Su Heng heard the sound and looked, only to see the peach forest under his feet, the peach blossoms were drunk with powder, and under the rising sun, it was like a fairyland on earth, rising a pink fairy mist.

"It's coming!" A little at Su Heng's feet, the whole person fell down the mountainside, and with a few peach trees, Su Heng floated all the way to the foot of the mountain.

Chu Zhuang, the monk, and the master of Momoyama have all arrived.

"Since you are in a hurry, I will not stay long, if there is danger, you might as well retreat here first, my peach mountain, even if an army of 10,000 is coming, I can protect you. The master of Momoyama patted Chu Zhuang on the shoulder and said.

Soon, Su Heng and the three of them were on the road, and the monk was very happy to eat the peach nectar sent by the owner of Taoshan, and occasionally fished a little from Su Heng. It was breakfast for three.

"Old Chu, why do we still have to go south?" Su Heng was puzzled.

"It's not there yet. ”

The three of them had not been gone for half an hour when a sound of breaking the air came from behind, and then the fragrance of peach blossoms followed.

It turned out to be the owner of Momoyama, Baili Dynasty.

"Suddenly remembered that an old friend is still in Jushou, Su boy, you might as well help me go and see him. The master of Momoyama said, and then threw out a jar of wine, "This jar of wine can be regarded as my breaking of the vow to send you." ”

Su Heng grabbed the wine jar, "I don't know what kind of person my predecessor's friend is?"

"If he is still alive, he should sell wine in a tavern, and you should go and look for him when you come to Jushou. If he is alive, say hello to me and invite him to come to my peach mountain together, and if he is dead, then forget it. The owner of Momoyama was extremely free and easy, and left after speaking.

"Lao Chu, isn't this Peach Mountain master too casual?"

"When you get to Jushou, you'll naturally know. Chu Zhuang seemed to have thought of something.

The trio were back on the road, but the journey was quicker.

Spring is stronger in the south than in the north, and the wind is full of warm flavors.

Su Heng and the three of them rode horses and marched all the way to the southeast, which was quite comfortable. In this way, the three of them rushed for half a month.

Until one day, Chu Zhuang stopped.

On that day, several grey carrier pigeons flew in from the south. Chu Zhuang's face was not good, and he was even a little angry.

Su Heng saw Chu Zhuang standing by the lake without saying a word, and then the entire lake suddenly exploded after half an hour, and countless dead fish flew up.

An angry zodiac master is terrifying!

"What's going on?" the monk was a little puzzled, and he was stunned for a moment.

Su Heng was also obviously shocked, he had never seen Chu Zhuang's appearance, what happened?

Chu Zhuang took out an ink-colored broken arrow from his arms, and then threw it into the air violently.

A long and sharp roar was heard, and a black phantom swept out of the broken arrow and flew south.

"Let's go. Chu Zhuang's voice was very low.

The trio hit the road again, and for the next few days, several grey pigeons flew in from the south and one from the southeast every day.

Chu Zhuang's face became worse and worse, and in the end, it was so gloomy that it was about to drip.

"We're going a little bit faster. Chu Zhuang's tone became very anxious.

In this way, the three of them drove six hundred miles a day, and drove for three days in a row before they saw an old soldier and an old horse.

When Su Heng saw the veteran, he could actually feel the concern in the veteran's eyes, but the veteran didn't speak, just glanced at Su Heng deeply, and then said towards Chu Zhuang, "Southeast, three hundred miles." ”

Chu Zhuang stepped forward and patted the veteran's shoulder, didn't say a word, just pounded his chest hard, and gave the veteran a standard military salute.

The veteran returned a salute, and at the same time specially gave Su Heng a military salute. There was a wordless solemnity in the air.

Chu Zhuang turned around and got on his horse, "Let's go!" After saying that, he took the lead in galloping towards the southeast.

Su Heng looked at the veteran, and the veteran also looked at Su Heng, until the three of them walked for several miles, Su Heng turned around and could still see the figure of the veteran, standing quietly in place.

"Old Chu ......"

"Don't ask, just go!" Chu Zhuang's words were full of helplessness, mixed with a little anger!

Su Heng was silent, and the monk on the side was also silent, he just saw that under the feet of the old soldier, streams of blood were constantly oozing......

The three of them ran again for a day, rested for half an hour, and then continued on the road, until in the second half of the night, when their horses could not bear it anymore and fell on the road.

Chu Zhuang took Su Heng and the monk, and the three of them carried their bags and walked the remaining seventy miles on foot.

Su Heng saw another veteran, but this veteran did not lead the horse, but stood upright with a broken gun.

"East, two hundred miles. ”

Chu Zhuang had tears in his eyes and stood in place and gave a military salute.

The veteran also looked at Su Heng and watched the three of them leave.

After Su Heng walked a few miles, he turned around and saw the veteran gently leaning on the broken spear, facing the east in the sun.

At this time, it is the time when the sun is rising.

"Old Chu......" Su Heng stopped and shouted softly in a trembling voice.

"Don't ask, just go!" Lao Chu roared at Su Heng for the first time, he resisted the urge to turn around, pulled Su Heng and the monk, and strode towards the east.

Along the way, Su Heng saw more and more veterans, each veteran only said the direction and mileage, the only difference was that the mileage that everyone said was getting shorter and shorter......

The veterans also became weaker and weaker, and some even fell to their knees after saying a word, and could not open their eyes again.

Su Heng didn't ask again, Chu Zhuang didn't say anything more, and the monk felt that an invisible barrier seemed to be held up between the two people.

The last veteran did not show up as before, leaving only a remnant of the gun nearby.

"We're almost there. Chu Zhuang knelt on the ground, looked at the remnant gun in his hand, and finally spoke.

The spring wind blew at this time, and there was a little more blood out of thin air.

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Li Shi walked slowly on the path with a gun,

He walked step by step, not in a hurry, and the tip of the gun dragged the floor, leaving a shallow mark on the mud.

Li Shi is forty-seven this year, twenty years ago was still a young officer, with a bright future, if it weren't for the turmoil back then, maybe he would be a fierce general in the army now, with strong soldiers and horses, and a faction of his own.

Twenty years ago, the Ministry of War issued 317 volumes of Qing military orders, one of which had his name on it, and for the past 20 years, Li Shi had been hiding in the area around the junction of the southern mountains of Ding'an, until three months ago, a gray carrier pigeon flew from the north and landed on his thatched house.

He dug out a spear from the open space in front of the thatched hut that had been buried for twenty years, but it was still shining cold, and then the fire burned to the end of twenty years of seclusion.

The land in front of me seemed familiar, but it seemed that the green mountains in the distance were gone, and instead became a large lake, where the grass was green, the water was misty, and a huge tree stretched its long treetops into the lake. Under the tree, a man in black was standing there, looking at the lake in a daze.

Li Shi approached, and the person in front of him seemed to be somewhat familiar.

"You say, can the fish in this lake know that there is actually a wider sea out there in their lifetime?"

"Maybe you know, maybe you don't. Li Shi seemed to think of someone.

"Then you say that the fish here, will they want to swim into the sea?"

"Maybe I want to, maybe I don't want to. ”

"Why aren't you sure?"

"Because I'm not a fish ......"

"In that case, why did you decide to help those rebels back then and let them break through the gate of Jushou City?"

"I told you at that time that there are no rebels in Beiji. Li Shi looked at the person in front of him and trembled in his heart.

The man in black looked at Li Shi, and there was a trace of reluctance in his eyes, "After I passed through the encirclement, I didn't continue to go west, I just wanted to wait and see, whether you would come or not, I didn't expect it...... You're here after all. ”

"You know, I'm not going to sit idly by. The gun in Li Shi's hand pierced into the soil and clanged.

"If you don't come, there is still a way to live today...... I really don't want you to come, and if it were anyone else, I wouldn't have felt the slightest bit uncomfortable killing. The sword in the black-clothed man's hand seemed to smell murderous aura, and the sword roared.

"I've never changed, so I'll come over, but you, I'm almost unrecognizable. ”

The man in black slowly drew out the long sword in his sheath and stroked it gently, "You know that twenty years ago, if it weren't for the Beiji rebels, today, you and my brother would have been able to become the generals of the new generation of Lichu army, and their power is incomparable." ”

"If it weren't for Beiji's attack on Jushou twenty years ago, I'm afraid that today, I will be overthrown by Jun Shang when I leave Chu!" Li Shi suddenly pulled out his spear and pointed at the man in black, "Don't talk nonsense, fight!"

The murderous aura exploded in an instant, and the two didn't say a word more, and collided straight together!

Long spears and sharp swords, endless killing moves, after a stick of incense, there is only a residual spear left on the grass, and two words can be vaguely seen on it, Li Shi......

This place was named Shihu by later generations......