On the last leg of the road, the old man's voice stopped abruptly, and he got up as if to untie the donkey, Qin Gang was afraid that he was gone, so he began to run, and shouted with his cheeks: "Mr. slow down, how can you sue me?" ”

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When he arrived, the old man was already sitting upside down on the donkey, wanting to drift away. Qin Gang couldn't take a breath and gave it away.

The old man stroked his beard, smiled and said, "Entrusted by an old friend, I am waiting for His Highness here." ”

Qin Gang asked him: "The old friend is Xie Tianshi, where is it?" ”

The old man smiled and said, "Since the Heavenly Master sent me here, I don't plan to see His Highness." ”

Zhu Bao followed beside him and said angrily: "Doesn't he Xie Xian take our monarchs and ministers in his eyes?" Why don't you plan to see Your Highness? ”

The old man asked, "What are you asking for?" For that thunder. This thing hurts the heavens and the peace, and it cannot be used in the world. Besides, even if the Heavenly Master gives it to you, you can do it, then Xiahou Wulu can also do it. Although Xiahou's brother is no longer alive, he is also an expert in gold and stone, and there are people in the family who are good at minerals, and they may not be able to produce the same because of their inspiration, what is the advantage of His Royal Highness? If the Heavenly Master refuses to give, won't the world say that the Heavenly Master will not save the world? How dare I see you? His Royal Highness is a person who wants to practice the Great Treasure, and he asks people to ask for tricks only for clever things, and he falls behind. ”

Qin Gang was stunned, looking back at Zhu Bao, Zhu Bao was embarrassed.

The old man slapped the donkey's buttocks, and the donkey slowly threw his hooves, and he said as he walked away: "I sang a song just now, and the words are already in it." If Your Highness has a heart for rivers and mountains, you should seek a long-term strategy, ask the way, and live all beings, instead of opportunism. The old man was entrusted by the Heavenly Master to leave the letter in the pavilion, and His Highness should figure it out. ”

Qin Gang saw that the man was sitting upside down on the donkey's body, the donkey did not feel the danger of the road, and walked on the mountain stream with his hooves, and asked Zhu Bao with a dumbfounded eye: "Xie Tianshi is familiar with Xiahou martial arts?" ”

Zhu Bao smiled bitterly: "A sect in Huashan, claiming to be a Yongren to keep incense, he has also paid attention to major events in the world." ”

Qin Gang nodded, walked into the pavilion, there was indeed a book left on the stone table in the middle of the pavilion, picked it up and looked at it, a map was drawn on it, and twenty-one words were written in a small seal below: "Say champion, abandon Tongguan, open Hebei, divide the chieftain, the mountains and rivers, can fight and fight, and win the strategy." ”

Qin Gang fell into deep thought.

Tang Sheng arrived outside the pavilion to gasp, and when he saw Qin Gang holding the book silently, he reminded: "Your Highness?!" Qin Gang handed over the letter and said softly: "Tang Sheng's view." ”

Tang Sheng walked closer, and was shocked after just a glance: "It's incredible." ”

Qin Gang sighed: "Yes." Let us give up Tongguan, wouldn't we abandon ourselves? It's incredible. And let me open the passage to Hebei...... However, if you really get out of the way, the battle line will be longer and longer, which makes some sense. He picked up his left hand, clenched it into a fist, picked up his right hand, and also clenched it, and then turned a fist into a knife, a split in the middle, and asked Zhu Bao and Tang Sheng: "What do you think?" ”

Zhu Bao and Tang Sheng made eye contact.

Qin Gang made up his mind and said: "Destroy the handwriting, you two must not leak half a word." I will no longer go to Wuguan, but go to Tongguan to meet the champion Hou. ”

Zhu Bao said: "The surroundings of Xiaguan's house have been monitored, but I am afraid that His Highness's whereabouts have fallen into the eyes of those who have a heart, and then go to Tongguan...... Is it appropriate? ”

Qin Gang said with a smile: "I was sneaky before, but my strength was insufficient and I had nothing to do, but now that I have a long-term strategy in hand, I can save the world, so come clearly." Since ancient times, the virtuous monarch has a fierce ambition, and the hidden clouds are to hide the wind and thunder. Swallowing the bright moon, the tiger roared and was shocked...... Xie Xian is teaching me to be an emperor. ”

He bowed to the main peak, pointed to the sky, and said softly: "In this way, if I can enter the main long moon, I will be honored by my teacher, and heaven and earth can prove it." ”

In an instant, the clouds and mist in the mountains were fierce, and it seemed that there was a storm to come.

Seeing the sudden change in the weather, Liu Qi had just arrived in Huaxian.

Since ancient times, a road in Huashan, want to bypass this flower mountain is dozens of miles, although everyone in the wild tooth can not help but see the mountain, but walk carefully, the day is about to enter the summer, the wind and rain are coming, the guide reminds them to find a village to stay, to avoid the rain, but everyone is frightened like a rabbit, where will be willing?

But when it rained, the mountain road could not be walked, but the guide refused. The two sides bargained until they had collected all their bodies, and gave the guide everything they could, assuring him that the rain would not fall, and that there were stars in the night of the previous night, and the guide would be reluctant to do so. That night, they did not want to rest in the middle of the night, and the next day they had to go on the road again, and the guide could not hold up their speed, so they paid the guide another horse.

In order to motivate the guide, Liu Qi repeatedly emphasized: "Tired for a few days, but you really earn money, the day before yesterday is a decimal, take the horse you rode back, and it will be worth you for a year or two, even if you take one or two hundred taels of silver as the principal, how much can you earn in a year?" ”

The guide can still hold on, but I am afraid that they will not fulfill the contract when the time comes.

The mountain road is not easy to walk.

Hurry up and hurry, it's also several days.

When he arrived at Wuguan, Liu Qi ignored the stingy Zhang Fenqing and Mali had to stop him, and gave the horse to the guide, who was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and repeatedly hugged his fists, worried that Liu Qi and several people would carry weapons and it would not be easy to pass the customs, so he also asked an acquaintance in the local area to try to give them another ride.

It's just that after leaving Wuguan, the brothers are almost exhausted of dry food, almost penniless, and then in the afternoon, seeing that there is a village not far away, they plan to hunt nearby and spend the night with the prey.

In the afternoon, the brothers hunted, but found nothing. In the evening, they wandered around the village, wanting to be cheeky and stay overnight, and an elderly mother-in-law took pity on these offspring, rushed to inquire about them, but did not see through their lie that they "wanted to serve the country and join the army", and called them to their home. The old woman's son was doing business outside and had settled in the city, and there were only two old husbands and wives in the house. Their family is still solid, with good wine and meat, and the old man returned home after retiring from the army, and said a lot of words of encouragement to them. Everyone was embarrassed to eat in vain, anyway, they had already left Wuguan, and there was no dry food on their bodies, so they didn't leave immediately the next day, planning to go out again to hunt prey, part of it was to compensate the old man and wife, and part of it was cooked as dry food.

The Central Plains is densely populated, and there are far fewer wild things in the mountains.

After shuttling through the nearby mountains and forests for most of the day, a few people began to harvest, caught two pheasants, killed a hare, an elk, and luckily, killed a wild boar. They feasted in the wilderness, and went back along the road, and it was already evening when they approached the village, but a mile or two away, they could see the fire above the village, and everyone hurried to it, and the village was full of corpses, and an old woman who had been dragged to death was left at the entrance of the village.

Several people hurriedly dismounted as if they were burned by something, and although they saw that it was not the mother-in-law, their hearts still sank. They rushed to the pond and saw the wall of the courtyard collapse in several sections, and when they ran into the courtyard, they saw the old man and wife who were dead. Liu Qi noticed that there was still blood on the old man's sword, and the enthusiastic mother-in-law was lying on the stone mill, her finger with the ring was cut off, and the big emerald ring on her hand disappeared.

He remembered that the mother-in-law had said that the old man had proposed to her with this ring when he was young.

Since then, they have had children and spent dozens of spring and autumn together, and this ring is a testimony.

These cruel beasts treat the old man like this, and when they die, they will cut off their fingers and take away their rings.

The village is full of traces left by nomads, recalling yesterday's lies and the enthusiasm of the old couple, Liu Qi involuntarily knelt down and shouted to the sky.

He knew that with this massacre, the brothers would question their own choices. After a long while, he got up silently, put the old husband and wife together, looked at them dead, and said secretly in his heart: "Uncle." Are you trying to avenge my Abba, or are you just looking for an excuse to go south to herd horses? If you want to rule this land with Uncle Zhang Wei, how can you treat the people living here like this? There are many heroes in this land, aren't our ancestors just that, you use such bloody methods, it will only arouse the blood of countless men.

The crowd shed tears for the unknown couple.

Liu Qi, who came back to his senses, ran out of the door, turned over on his horse, and shouted loudly at everyone: "They just left, follow me to chase!" I will restrain and punish these rebels on behalf of my father, uncle, and elders. ”

The sunset was red, as if it had been soaked in the blood of the old husband and wife of the old man and wife. The tragic situation urged Liu Qi to gallop on the road, but in addition to his "stupidity", the horses that lacked refined food and worked hard all day were exhausted and were pulled far behind. He walked again and again, and finally stopped on a loess slope. Turning the slope down was a small battle place, on which there were more than a dozen corpses and a few fallen war horses, and a steppe man who was about to die held one of his severed hands, bowed his intestines, and rolled in the ground.

Waiting for his companions, Liu Qi made a judgment on the situation.

Qingde should have fallen, and Gao Xian's soldiers and horses must also be thinking about bypassing Tongguan and entering the pass, so a nomadic army of soldiers and horses as a vanguard hit here.

The outcome was clear at a glance: the nomads left behind their wounds and retreated, and the Jingkang cleaned up the battlefield and stripped the shiny things as well.

Liu Qi turned over and dismounted and rushed to this battlefield.

He stepped in front of the man who was not yet dead, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Are you the ones who killed people in the village that went down the road to the north?" Tell me, and I'll give you a treat! ”

The man was not very old, his face was as white as wax, and the severed hand he held in his only hand was missing a finger, which made people think that he was associated with the mother-in-law who had severed his finger.

He nodded dripping with sweat, not knowing whether to confess or ask for a quick death, he just looked at Liu Qi with straight eyes, and spat out in a weak fierce voice: "I can't see the Divine Mountain, I don't know where the Immortal Heaven is, you sound like a native of your hometown, I beg you to end the loneliness of my soul!" ”

Liu Qi's gaze was stunned in front of the severed hand, I don't know if the finger that was cut off first and then cut off was the dazzling green ring, or his own love?!

He turned his gaze again, and looked at the other party's face, dark complexion, young childishness, as if he had seen it.

Suddenly, he rubbed his eyes, it was difficult to be stingy with his waist, and he involuntarily bent down and wiped and recognized the face, but the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became, and a trace of cold sweat broke out in his heart, tears suddenly fell, and he felt familiar again, and said in his heart: "This must be a partner who has played, and he recognizes me." He couldn't find anyone from his memory, but he felt that the other party should know him, so he hurriedly helped the other party stuff the slimy intestines into his stomach, and then remembered to let the other party's soul rest in peace, cut a handful of hair, put it under the other party's nose, and replied: "Where is not your home?!" We are shepherds. Rest here in peace. Rest in peace. ”

A mouthful of blood foam came out of the corner of his mouth, and finally choked on Liu Qi's hand.

Liu Qi shook his head and asked again: "How do you know that I am from your hometown?" Do you recognize me? ”

He shook the man's body, and gradually became aggressive, but when he saw that the man was already dead, he quickly stopped, and immediately squatted there, and cried profusely.

The whining grass roared all around, raising a low sorrow that I don't know for whom, like a puff of smoke, like a cloud of fog, floating in people's hearts and lingering.

Everyone arrived one after another, and finally stood on the high slope with Liu Qi and watched coldly, colder than ever.

It's getting dark.

In the distance, the spark torch gradually ignited, and it was confirmed that it was two armies that were about to go to war. They stir, they move, they move step by step.

The moon also hung out leisurely, climbing little by little.

Liu Qi suddenly felt that this scene seemed to have happened before, so he muttered to himself: "People often say that the winner is the king, and the loser is the thief!" The winner can do whatever he wants with the loser. Whom shall we seek revenge? ”

The people could not know that he was suddenly disheartened, and they did not judge that the murderer was dead as he did, and they were not to be outdone to chase the murderer to the ends of the earth to show their hearts. Compared with others, Zhang Fenqing was much calmer, he understood Liu Qi's words, stared at the fire chapter tumbling in front of him, and reminded: "Liu Qi! Let's retreat, if we don't retreat, I'm afraid that we will be stirred up into the tearing and killing, in this dark night, who can tell whom?! ”

Dewy tide clothes.

Liu Qi stood quietly on the high slope, did not answer him, only thought to himself: "What should I do?" If Abba were still around, he would have told me! ”

At the thought of Abba, he knew that there would never be a chance to listen again, and his heart was pricked again, followed by humiliation, anger, and restlessness.

In order to calm down, he had to look up at the sky, trying to find the home of the immortal heaven in the midst of the light.

Zhang Fenqing felt that he was thinking about the old couple and wife, and hurriedly said: "I really can't chase it anymore." What's the use of catching up? I'm afraid it'll stir us in. When people die, they take revenge, and they don't know it! It's better to take care of ourselves first and leave quickly. ”

Zhao Guo was the most favored by the couple, and his hatred was also the deepest. He was stunned, then his eyes widened in disbelief, and he said angrily, "Are you ingrateful?!" It's really better to feed the dog than to give you something to eat yesterday, eat other people's food, drink other people's, and now spit it out......"

Zhang Fenqing was so angry with him that he couldn't help but scold before he finished speaking: "You guy with tendons, there are torches everywhere, who are you looking for." You're going to find it. There you go! Roar at me! To chase or not to chase is up to Liu Qi! He calmed down and said in a simple way: "Have you thought about Liu Qi's position? Even if you find someone. It's a war between two countries, how can he find out who is right and who is wrong? ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Liu Qi again.

Yang Lin whispered: "Liu Qi." Let's pull people to be bandits, right? If you don't vote for your uncle, let's take revenge on our own. Liu Qi suspected that the ring had changed hands at the bottom of the slope, and also suspected that the person who had just died was his childhood playmate, who knew him, and the severed finger may be his engagement ring. Originally, he was still thinking about this, but Yang Lin was asking him, he fell silent, but he didn't know how to answer well, his head was very messy, and finally, he found a reason to give Yang Lin and himself: "They are fighting, and it is these people who suffer." We can play a very little role in this, and we can persuade them to restrain their troops and kill and injure less innocents. ”