The four fields were scorched, Chu Zhengan covered his wounds and stumbled forward, and behind him, the crowd of mountain bandits was in hot pursuit. There was only the last arrow left in Chu Zheng'an's quiver, blood flowed down his forehead into his eyes, the road ahead was blurred, and the footsteps behind him were getting closer and closer, Chu Zhengan gritted his teeth, and pulled out the sword on his waist with his bloodstained hand, "Zheng" A sharp blade roared, he turned around with the sword, and drew an arc from bottom to top with his arm, and the person behind him didn't have time to dodge, and was deeply cut by the sharp blade, and with a slight sound, blood gushed out, sprinkling Chu Zhengan's face. Chu Zhengan turned around with the force of swinging his sword and continued to run forward.

I couldn't hold it anymore, I lost too much blood, my eyes were black for a while, and my throat was filled with the smell of blood.

After turning over a small hill again, Chu Zheng'an stopped panting, and there was a cliff in front of him. The cliff is not high, and it will not be good to jump down, but below is the rushing river, and I don't know how many reefs are hidden.

There was no way back for him.

Chu Zheng'an pointed his sword forward, fixed his eyes on the front person, that person was wearing an eyepatch on his left eye, Chu Zheng'an stepped forward and swung his sword at his right neck, and the only eye subconsciously raised his hand to block it, and fell down on the spot, trampled under the feet of the bandits who rushed up from behind. Chu Zheng'an separated the dagger from the left with a sword, stabbed the long sword into the abdomen of a person, and before he could pull it out, he saw an axe cut straight towards his forearm, Chu Zheng'an opened his arm sideways while drawing his sword, but he was stabbed in the ribs again.

Chu Zheng'an's eyes were red, he couldn't remember how many injuries he had suffered, he couldn't feel the pain.

One by one, the bandits fell in front of their eyes, and immediately new ones came up, obviously sixty or seventy people, but it seemed that they could not be killed. Chu Zhengan jumped backwards to avoid a punch, but did not touch the solid ground, and the feeling of weightlessness made Chu Zhengan realize that he had jumped off a cliff.

Chu Zheng'an "bang" submerged into the water, he was choking in the icy rapids, looking at the bandits on the top of the cliff above who were angry and helpless, he felt happy in his heart. The figure of the bandit gradually shrank until it disappeared, and with it Chu Zheng'an's consciousness, before his consciousness was swept away by the turbulent waves, he laboriously glanced down at the long sword in his arms.

"That's it......"

Consciousness is intermittent and blurred, often just after opening the eyes, and immediately passing out. He seemed to have hit a reef, he seemed to be carried by someone, he seemed to see a blindfolded man.

Chu Zheng'an fell into a long dream, he dreamed that he returned to Beijing safely, and his childhood playmate, that is, the current saint, washed the dust for him and gave him glory, and they drank and talked merrily, as they had done countless times before, just like before he led his troops out of Beijing......

He woke up without warning.

His eyes were brown beams in the room, and the burning pain took over his body again, and he knew that he was in danger and had returned to the world.

He wanted to raise his arm, but as soon as he moved, he felt a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, and he gasped with a "hiss".

"Are you awake?" a gentle male voice whispered.

Chu Zheng'an's body was wrapped with gauze, and he barely turned his neck, and he saw a man in a moon-white robe, sitting on a mahogany chair, with a curling mist emitting from the mouth of the porcelain cup in his hand, and the man's face was hidden in the mist, and his eyes were covered with a layer of white silk. The man in white blew on the mouth of the cup, stood up and walked slowly towards Chu Zheng'an, a pair of hands groped on his face, and after touching the position of the mouth, the man gently raised Chu Zheng'an's head and fed him water, "You have slept for five days." ”

Chu Zhengan saw his sword and armor neatly placed on the shelf opposite, he opened his mouth hesitantly, but the exit was, "The grace of saving your life should be repaid when you make up your mind." ”

The man smiled into the air, "Your Excellency doesn't have to be polite," after thinking about it, he added: "General Chu." ”

Episode 2

The man in white is named Lin Qingmian, and he is a fortune teller. According to him, five days ago he was riding a donkey and was about to leave the village for the market, when he passed by the river, the donkey stopped and did not look back. This donkey has been with him for many years, Lin Qingmian immediately went down to inspect it, and after a careful exploration, he found a person by the donkey's hooves.

Chu Zhengan has been cultivating for more than a month, he is in good health, at this time the wounds on his body have formed hideous scabs, he sat in Lin Qingmian's small courtyard and carefully wiped the long sword in his hand, Lin Qingmian sat at the chess table and drank tea, because the other party couldn't see it, so Chu Zhengan looked at him without scruples.

Lin Qingmian is young, about twenty-five or sixteen, this person goes to the street from time to time every day to tell fortunes and measure feng shui. Chu Zhengan never thought that he would one day rely on a fortune teller to live. As for how to recognize his identity as General Chu, Lin Qingmian shook his head with his hands behind his back at that time, saying that this would not be known until he recovered from his injuries, so it was best to recuperate obediently. Chu Zheng'an was powerless under the serious injury, and felt that if the other party wanted to harm himself, he didn't have to go around in such a big circle, so he simply recuperated with peace of mind.

Chu Zhengan retracted the long sword into its sheath and put it down gently—he felt it was time.

"Sir. Chu Zhengan called him softly.

Lin Qingmian seemed to know what he wanted to say, and smiled slightly at the air: "It's actually very simple, first of all, the armor of ordinary warriors, the armor on the chest is all pressed on the upper piece, and the armor on the abdomen is pressed on the lower piece to facilitate movement, and the armor on the chest and back of your armor is not embellished, and geometric colored patterns are painted on it, so you are a general." ”

Chu Zhengan nodded, "Next?"

"Secondly, it is your sword, the scabbard is wound with gold wire, the pendant is decorated with enamel, the center of the sword head is decorated with a vortex, and the sword lattice material is jade, which is warm and delicate to the touch, and it is very valuable. Such a valuable sword was supposed to be used for decoration, or worn by courtiers to show dignity. ”

He paused for a moment and continued: "But the sword head part that was supposed to be jade was made of iron, and the jade in the center of the sword body was cold to the touch, so I guessed that it was not jade, but a harder and lighter tortoiseshell. ”

Lin Qingmian put down the teacup, groped towards him, and slowly sat down beside him, "I remember that during the enthronement ceremony of the Holy Lord, I gave the general of the protector a special sword, although I did not see it with my own eyes, but like the general, this precious but not in accordance with the etiquette, but quite practical sword, should be given by the saint." ”

Chu Zhengan continued to nod, "You are such a smart person, why do you only stay in a small village?" Lin Qingmian laughed: "A person as powerful as a general was not also defeated by a bandit?" Chu Zhengan was so frightened that he had nothing to say, he had nothing to do during his recuperation, thinking about this bandit all day long, originally the saint sent him to exterminate the bandit, he still felt that it was a big fuss, it was completely unnecessary, and he used a knife to kill chickens, but this trip, let alone killing chickens, the knife was almost gone.

The door sounded, interrupting Chu Zheng'an's thoughts, it was the children who were lying at the gate peeking at him scattered in a hurry, since he was able to move to the yard, the children in the same village didn't like to come to Lin Qingmian to play, but lay at the door to secretly observe him, thinking about it, his face is now scabbed, and it is not unusual to be regarded as a monster.

Lin Qingmian heard the sound, sighed, and then slowly groped out, Chu Zhengan could vaguely hear him talking to those children, he pricked up his ears, and could only hear words like "not terrible", "hero", "very powerful" and so on. Chu Zhengan slowly got up and walked into the house, he didn't have to listen anymore, he knew it in his heart.

Episode 3

This time he left Beijing, he only brought one hundred and fifty Qingying Army, his Qingying Army is well-trained, they are all brothers who charged with him on the battlefield, originally he wanted to take his brothers to rush into the bandit village after nightfall, who knew that the bandits found them in advance. The arrows were ignited, the red sea generally poured out from the cottage, the Qingying army was taken by surprise, retreated again and again, the bandits chased out, the Qingying army was outnumbered, and fought and retreated, retreated to the end, only Chu Zhengan was left.

It is said that at that time, there happened to be a bandit from a certain mountain who came to celebrate the birthday of a certain master, so there were a lot of people that day, the village was large and closed, and no one knew outside after living for many days, and he originally planned to do it well the next day, but Chu Zheng'an came at this time.

When retreating, Chu Zhengan ordered his lieutenant to ride the fastest horse, and quickly whipped back to report the news, now it has been a month, I don't know where he is now.

After a few days, Chu Zheng'an was able to drag his legs and walk slowly, and the children in the same village were no longer so afraid of Chu Zheng'an, and often came to this small courtyard to play. Although Lin Qingmian can't see, he has a pair of skillful hands and can make a lot of interesting gadgets.

The little boy named Shi Fu snorted, sat on Lin Qingmian's lap, and watched him make a straw butterfly, Shi Fu blinked his big eyes and quietly asked Lin Qingmian: "Brother Chu over there, is it really powerful?" Lin Qingmian smiled, and also followed Shi Fu's appearance and whispered: "Don't you know if you go and ask yourself?" Shi Fu was shy by nature and didn't dare to come over timidly.

Chu Zhengan sat on the stone steps basking in the sun, and opened his eyes when he heard the words, "Child, you remember, if you want to become a powerful person, you must first have justice in your heart." Shi Fu was ignorant, but Lin Qingmian looked interested: "That Chu ...... Big brother, what is the justice in your heart?" Chu Zhengan replied without thinking: "Defend the family and the country, and pacify the enemy." Lin Qingmian nodded approvingly: "It is worthy of Brother Chu, he is full of pride and ambition, no wonder he is deeply loved by the people." ”

Lin Qingmian's words are true, the three generations of the Chu family are generals, heroic and loyal, and Chu Zhengan has accompanied today's saint since he was a child, and his glory is extraordinary. The Chu family style is generous and benevolent, and when the men go to the battlefield, the family members give porridge to help the poor every festival.

"Brother Chu, I dare to ask you whether what you are asking for is justice or glory. Probably no one dared to talk to him like this, Chu Zhengan was stunned for a moment, "I? Of course I'm for justice." Lin Qingmian was still light-hearted, but his smile slowly fell: "If it is for justice, why do you, Brother Chu, never mention the people?" Chu Zhengan wanted to refute, but in his heart he felt that Lin Qingmian was not wrong, it was when he was thinking and tangled, the courtyard door was pushed open, and the person who came was a man wearing an eyepatch, who was said to be aggressive when he was young, and he was stabbed in the right eye during the fight.