Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

Mo Wuhan sneered, and stared at the vastness in the distance: "Since you know that I have abandoned my sword for ten years and still come to me, you must have something important, so why should I ask? Besides... Besides... Old Tie, you You're right, I'm getting old too, and I'm a worthless person who died under Lin Quan, like a useless person, why not draw my sword once for the world and die well, what's wrong with me?" Tie Ao looked at him, Mo Wu was still as cold and ruthless as a rock, but under his eyes, there seemed to be a trace of fire. In the distance, the blowing of horns in the company battalion sounded like gods weeping and howling ghosts. In the western sky, a heavy sunset shone like blood amidst the sound of horns. It seemed to be calling for ancient battles in the prehistoric world. meaning.

On a post road leading to the pass, Lu, who is made by a horse, is flying fast. The knight on the horse was dressed in a strong suit, his forehead and face were covered with a layer of sweat, and the clothes on his back were already soaked, exposing the muscles along the spine. Under a pair of thick eyebrows, suddenly hale and hearty is a pair of leopard-like fierce eyes, black and white pupils, shining with a youth that has not yet been chaotic. In the distance, two horses rushed toward each other with a puff of smoke and dust. The knight was stunned for a moment, but he put on the bridle and stepped aside to make way. When passing by the knight, the man in front suddenly turned around and said something. The horse was so fast that the knight only heard one sentence: "Ten thousand taels of gold can't be wasted..."

Ten thousand taels of gold?The knight looked back suspiciously, and the place where the two men were going was obviously where he had come from - the Gongger Grassland. Without even thinking about it, he turned his horse's head and chased after him. The man behind the horse was replying loudly: "What are you talking about Chu Tianhe this time—who is it?" The knight jumped up and stood in front of the two: "Who are you?" The fast horse was frightened, and the man in front stood up, and immediately the man exclaimed: "It's you—you, you, it's that kid named Dandong!"

That knight was Fang Danfeng, and he couldn't help but look him up and down—the two familiar faces turned out to be Feng Xi and his two bosses, no wonder they called out the name "Dandong".He pulled out a long knife from his waist with his backhand, and said coldly: "You guys came back from the capital? Tell me, what did you do?" "The stinking boy is really lenient." The man behind reined in the horse, obviously not realizing that the danger had come: "Hey, you forgot about me? When you were kneeling at the bottom of the Red Mountain, it was my brother who carried you into the house." Hey—why, I won’t see you in a while, it’s getting more majestic again? Get out of the way—” Before he could finish his sentence, the knife in Fang Danfeng’s hand had been slashed down in the air, and the back of the knife weighed down everything on the back of his neck, and the man fell headlong under the horse, I don't know if he died.

The other person was taken aback. Fang Danfeng was standing on the ground. He didn't see clearly when his opponent jumped up, when he made a move, and when he landed. His companion had already fallen. After interrogation, innocent people should not be killed indiscriminately..." "Bandits and bandits, do you dare to say that you are innocent?" Fang Danfeng slashed down again, and the man dodged with all his strength. He was able to dodge people, but he couldn't dodge the horse. He fell to the ground, his hooves still twitching. "You...you..." The man pulled out his knife and tried his best to pull his right leg out from under the horse's corpse. Fang Danfeng didn't frown, and he chopped off his right hand for the third time without frowning. Come down: "Don't move, move again, the uncle will cut you alive."

Blood dripped down the blade, Fang Danfeng's eyes felt an imperceptible pleasure, he took another step forward, and stepped heavily into the pool of blood, the bandit's own blood splashed all over his head and face, looking up, he felt This "officer ordered by the imperial court" is more cruel and terrifying than bandits.He gritted his teeth, and slapped his palm down on his Tianling Gai, but Fang Danfeng slashed again, his left hand was cut off as the snow passed by, and it fell on his head, along his cheek, and fell into a pool of blood. "Say, what are you doing?" Fang Danfeng remained expressionless, colder than the blade.

The bandit's hands were cut off, and his leg was pressed under the horse's corpse. His whole body was wriggling in blood, but a sneer sneered at the corner of his mouth: "You can't possibly know...hehe..." Fang Danfeng was startled, and caught up with him one step at a time. He stretched out his hand to pinch his chin, but it was too late, the man's face turned black in an instant, and foul-smelling blood flowed from his seven orifices. "Damn it!" Fang Danfeng angrily threw the corpse on the ground, tore off a piece of his skirt and wiped his knife, walked up to the man who fainted just now, first carefully checked that there was no poison in his mouth, and cut him with the edge of the knife. Tesuji.

The man was awakened by the pain, and saw the death of his companion again, and trembled in fright. "Tell me," Fang Danfeng said with a half-smile, "What did you guys go to the capital for?" "I... I don't know..." The blade lightly slashed across the man's forehead, peeling off a small piece of flesh, Fang Danfeng clenched his right hand, "Believe it or not, I'll tear off your whole skin?" The man's crotch was already wet: "I...I really don't know..." Fang Danfeng pulled the man's flesh half an inch down with his hands slightly, exposing a piece of fresh flesh on his forehead, and he finally couldn't help screaming: "My lord... I came to Beijing with Second Brother Li, he went Nine-door admiral’s mansion, I’ve been waiting outside, I really didn’t hear what they said—my lord—they want to get rid of Marshal Chu, what I said is absolutely true, forgive me—”

Fang Danfeng pondered for a while, forgive him for not daring to lie anymore, and sneered, "It's cheap for you", stretched out his finger, and it had been inserted into his forehead forcefully, the man's eyes were wide open, he fell to the ground, dead. "Feng Xihe, you shameless gangster!" Fang Danfeng cursed angrily, got on his horse, turned back, and rode away... In the Beiting barracks, the soldiers had just finished their lunch, and it was already scorching hot, but none of them took off their armor, they just wiped their knives in twos and twos, and cursed their mothers bitterly—most of them scolded the Beiguo army, Feng Xi There are also a lot of harmony, and more of them are scolding and talking.

Fang Danfeng rode his horse straight into the camp, but was stopped by the soldiers guarding the camp. "I have something urgent to see Marshal Chu!" Fang Danfeng said anxiously. "No matter how urgent you are, you have to wait—" The guard guarding the gate lowered his voice and pouted: "The imperial edict has arrived, and your lord is receiving it." "Accept the order?" Fang Danfeng was startled, but he didn't dare to rush in. He just stood outside the camp and listened attentively—— "...The Beiting army is arrogant and arrogant, and they wantonly spared the frontier defense. They will send back to the princess of the northern country quickly. If there is any trouble again, they will be strictly enforced and will not be pardoned lightly! This--" the angel's voice in the room was arrogant and cold, only Fang Danfeng could be heard tightly Make a fist.

As soon as the gate of the camp was opened, the guards rushed out to clear the way, the ministers who announced the decree walked in front, but Chu Tianhe followed with a smile on his face, and said in a low voice: "My lord has come from a long way, let's rest for a day, tomorrow—" "General Chu, I have to return to the imperial court to return to my court after I bear the grace of God." The civil servant cupped his hands in the direction of the capital: "You can do it yourself." Chu Tianhe hastily tugged on his sleeve, as if he was going to pass something over, and said in a muffled voice, "Your Excellency, you have worked hard..." But the civil official suddenly changed his color: "General Chu! Everyone in the court calls you a famous general of a generation. You are upright and upright. How dare you bribe the court officials!" Flushed with embarrassment, he watched the envoy walk out of the camp gate, boarded the carriage and left. "General..." Tie Ao couldn't bear to see Chu Tianhe's face, reached out to pick up the banknote, and comforted him: "That man is a dog raised by Mu Tidu, how can he accept your money?" Chu Tianhe smiled wryly: "This amount of money is not enough for those Beijing officials to put their teeth between their teeth. Alas, this old man is acting like a villain."——That amount of money has been his salary savings for twenty years, but it has I can't even send it out. In a blink of an eye, Tie Ao saw Fang Danfeng and was startled: "What are you doing back? Didn't you tell you to report to Prime Minister You's residence?" Fang Danfeng took a step forward and knelt down: "My lord, this is all caused by Feng Xi and that bastard. The subordinates intercepted two of his subordinates on the road, saying that they gave ten thousand taels of gold to old thief Mu—" Tie Ao said angrily, "Who told you to make up your own mind?" But Chu Tianhe waved his hand weakly: "Old Tie, don't scold the children, I'm afraid this letter will not help the matter even if it is delivered, Mr. Mu died here, he... how could he let me go?" Tie Ao asked anxiously: "What, what should we do? When will we detain Princess Nichlemeyou privately? Where can we find a princess to return him?" Chu Tianhe smiled wryly: "If you want to commit a crime, why don't you have any excuses? To hate is to hate that Mu Xiaohe public revenge, he doesn't think about it, I'm dead, the Beiting army is gone, what will the court do? In the hands of Bei Guo?" At the end, he was so angry that he reached out and took off the helmet, his white hairs were as strong as needles. Su Kuang slowly came out from the shadow of the tent, his face was also pale, and he knelt down to plead guilty: "My lord, the villain deserves to die. I failed to protect Mr. Mu and implicated my lord." "Get up, don't do your business..." Chu Tianhe looked around. Countless soldiers had stopped making noise and stood together, waiting for his instructions. Chu Tianhe sighed: "Old Tie, you take your Go back, two children, you have nothing to do here, so tonight's appointment should be cancelled." Tie Ao said urgently: "Lan Tou, what about you?" Chu Tianhe said proudly: "I would rather die by the sword of the Northern Kingdom than by the hands of a villain." Fang Danfeng said loudly: "I won't go back, I will live and die with the general!" He yelled this sentence so passionately that countless soldiers shouted in unison—— "The soldiers of the Beiting Army will fight with the general!" "I would rather be loyal to the country than die in the hands of villains!" Chu Tianhe said slowly: "You...why bother?" Tie Ao grabbed his hand: "Suantou, the general is away, and the emperor's order is not acceptable. Now that the two armies are facing each other in Huanggangliang, the imperial court is not allowed to make a move. Isn't it necessary for the Beiting army to wait and die? Why don't you just fight and kill one? , kill two and earn!" "You..." Chu Tianhe finally gritted his teeth and stomped his feet: "Damn, I don't have a princess to return him, brothers, let's destroy the Northern Army and then—" "Yes—" There was a sound of responding in unison, and countless sincere eyes looked at their general. "General Chu... I have an idea..." Su Kuang whispered. Fang Danfeng couldn't help being sarcastic: "Your idea last time was to find Feng Xi and borrow a horse, which almost made Mr. Mo mad, so what's your idea this time?" Su Kuang ignored him: "Tonight's appointment cannot be cancelled. General, Feng Xihe has already connected with Admiral Mu, and it may be impossible to pull him into the water... But soldiers are not tired of deceit, why don't we take the opportunity to assassinate Xinjiang? If you die, the morale of the army will be disturbed, maybe there is still a chance to win in one battle." Chu Tianhe looked at him: "You and Lao Tie, are you sure?" "No..." Su Kuang smiled wryly: "It's not me and Master, General, I'll go by myself." Tie Ao opened his eyes: "You're messing around again!" Su Kuang walked up to Chu Tianhe and knelt down: "General, I have repeatedly mistrusted Feng Xihe, and I regret it so much, just give me a chance." Chu Tianhe supported his shoulders, and said word by word: "It's a major matter for the military, don't get angry." Su Kuang shook his head: "I'm not angry. General, our army is short of horses, food and grass. We can't win without surprise soldiers. If the soldiers are together, our master and apprentice may not be able to return to the capital. If this is the case, there is no need to waste manpower. If I lose , Master, Junior Brother, Mr. Mo, can also assist the general." Having been under Tie Ao for many years, this was the first time he called "junior brother", Fang Danfeng's heart felt hot, and he said loudly, "senior brother, I'll go with you! Anyway, I'm missing a lot, as long as there is a master." Su Kuang continued to shake his head resolutely: "I acted alone, but I was flexible. Besides, the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom Army are pressing down on the border, and Feng Xi and the tiger are watching. Master, how can he handle it by himself?" Chu Tianhe wanted to say more, but Tie Ao persuaded: "Lan Tou, let him go, Danfeng, you protect the general, I will bring someone to meet Su Kuang - this kid is smart and good at kung fu, if he can really kill Zha Xinjiang and Burma is also a great achievement." After a long time, Chu Tianhe nodded: "Since we're going, we should prepare early—it's getting late." Everyone raised their heads together when they heard the words, a round of red sun had already set to the west, the sunset glow in the sky was like the rouge on the cheeks of a young girl, it was as red as drunk, reflecting the thousands of miles of grassland, it was like a poem and a painting. The Beiguo Army and the Beiting Army faced each other from east to west, with clear offense and defense. "Whether Su Kuang wins or not, if he wants to escape, he must not flee to the east or west. It is a big taboo to go straight to the company camp. Between the north and the south, the south is China, and the people of the north must take strict precautions. Although it is heavy, the defense must not be strict, but there is still a glimmer of hope. We will guard here in the northeast corner and meet Su Kuang." Tie Ao urged the horse vigorously, and explained to Mo Wu beside him. "Understood." Mo Wu still cherishes words like gold, as if saying one more word will consume his internal energy. "Old Mo", Tie Ao suddenly turned his head. "I'm still young." Mo Wu ignored him. "Okay, little Mo, young hero Mo", Tie Ao couldn't laugh or cry, "You talk about the dangers of the officialdom every day, why don't you leave this time?" Mo Wu sneered: "The world is not much better." Tie Ao laughed: "You are really stinky and hard, why, Long Qing's anger has not subsided?" It was good not to mention Long Qing, but when Long Qing was mentioned, Mo Wu's face immediately turned dark, and this time he kept his mouth tightly shut, refusing to say a word. Tie Ao gave a whip, and laughed again: "Really not talking? That boy Su Kuang is right. After this battle, our master and apprentice may not be able to go back, and we are all dead. You won't say much." Say something?" Mo Wu glanced at him coldly: "Tie Ao, ever since you passed forty, you have become more and more wordy, like a woman, your hand skills have not improved, but your mouth has become eloquent." "What's wrong with being eloquent?" Tie Ao chuckled, "It's different from you, I'm old, I like to chat with young people, and I think the world is still beautiful." Without mentioning the reins, the horse's hooves passed over a dead body, "Yes, it's really beautiful." Tie Ao shook his head with a wry smile, and coughed: "Really, Mo Wu, there are some things that we need to talk about. I'm afraid we won't have a chance if we don't talk about it now——Whose intention is it for us to suppress the bandits this time?" ? If Feng Xihe is killed, who will benefit? The sudden dispatch of troops by the Northern Kingdom was premeditated or a coincidence? What is Feng Xihe's plan? How ambitious is Zhajiangmian? , what excuse did they use to provoke?" He was about to ask endlessly, but was frustrated to find that Mo Wu didn't hear a word. "Mo Shaoxia! You abandoned your sword for ten years, and I pulled you out. Aren't you curious?" Tie Ao was angry and funny. Mo Wu shook his head: "Anyway, I've been pulled out by you. Curiosity is at best uneasy. Why should I be suspicious? You can continue to ask. I know you guys like to ask and answer for yourself. I just listen." Tie Ao smiled wryly and shook his head: "You bastard, don't you feel wronged just to die in Saibei like this?" Mo Wuhan sneered, and stared at the vastness in the distance: "Since you know that I have abandoned my sword for ten years and still come to me, you must have something important, so why should I ask? Besides... Besides... Old Tie, you You're right, I'm getting old too, and I'm a worthless person who died under Lin Quan, like a useless person, why not draw my sword once for the world and die well, what's wrong with me?" Tie Ao looked at him, Mo Wu was still as cold and ruthless as a rock, but under his eyes, there seemed to be a trace of fire. "Good! It is indeed the best sword in the world!" Tie Ao urged his horse hard, and said loudly: "I have been using this opportunity to figure out a line, suppress bandits, harass the border, and kill the enemy... There must be someone behind this scene. And there is only one person who has this ability and can benefit—but I can't figure it out, why did Feng Xihe collude with him? If he wanted to use Feng Xihe's power, why did he order to suppress the bandits?" Tie Ao thought hard, and didn't expect Mo Wu to answer, but Mo Wubiao spoke at this moment: "I don't know, but I, like Su Kuang, don't think Feng Xi is the kind of person who betrays the country and seeks glory. " Tie Ao wondered: "Oh? Let's hear it?" Mo Wu smiled: "Su Kuang and I should have similar thoughts. The person Long Qing likes is probably not a treacherous person." Tie Ao sneered: "Don't be sentimental, that kid Su Kuang has a crush on Long Qing but doesn't admit it, you count that onion, how many times have you met Long Qing? When people see you, they want to stab you." Mo Wu lowered his head and said softly: "Brother's daughter will never be a villain, I believe her." There are unspeakable regrets and memories in these words... Tie Ao hesitated: "Feng Xi is very close to the city, what if Long Qing falls for him?" Mo Wu resolutely said: "If Feng Xihe really colluded with Beiguo and betrayed the country for glory, Long Qing would definitely kill him." Tie Ao sighed: "I hope...to accept your good words." In the distance, the blowing of horns in the company battalion sounded like gods weeping and howling ghosts. In the western sky, a heavy sunset shone like blood amidst the sound of horns. It seemed to be calling for ancient battles in the prehistoric world. meaning. Mo Wu glanced southwest: "Su Kuang, he's gone in." The two stopped talking, and just waited silently, hoping that the heaven would give Zhonghua a chance, a miracle...