Chapter 9 first quarter
Standing alone among the corpses symbolizing death and destruction, he is the perfect embodiment of the essence of human vitality.
He looked up at the sky.The sky is unkind.
The spear point pierced the deserter's heart from behind.The deserter screamed and fell down. Ge Yuansheng held the blood-stained spear upside down, and rode his horse past the corpse.The long red hair was raised against the gust of wind. Di Bin then ran out from the forest, leaning over to examine the corpse of the deserter.He took off the waist bag of the corpse, and there were only a handful of silver coins and a bag of dry food in it.Di Bin tied his waist bag to himself. "Brother Ge, I saw... a gold tooth!" Di Bin put his fingers into the dead man's mouth and yanked, but he couldn't pull out the gold tooth. Ge Yuansheng paced back leading the thin horse, and handed the spear to Di Bin.Di Bin stood aside. Ge Yuansheng pulled out the ring-shou steel knife from his waist.The spine of the blade is covered with staggered gouges. The cold light flashed away.The head flew several feet away.Di Bin turned sideways to avoid the blood spurting from the severed neck of the corpse. Ge Yuansheng withdrew the steel knife, grabbed the head on the ground, grabbed the long hair on top, and threw the head violently to the ground.The cheekbones of the skull hit the ground hard, and the shiny gold teeth, together with a few real teeth, flew out from the dead man's purple mouth. Di Bin stared blankly at Ge Yuansheng for a while, then picked up the gold tooth, wiped it with the hem of his robe, and put it in his waist pocket. Ge Yuansheng smiled at Di Bin. The two stepped on the bareback lean horse and galloped away through the forest like the wind.
When tracing the legend of Yu Runsheng in the "shady world", it is inevitable to use this "Monkey Mountain" as a starting point. Before Yu Runsheng and the five lived there, Monkey Mountain had never had any great historical significance.There is only one folklore: shortly after the outbreak of the second "war against chaos"—that is, six years before Yu Runsheng and others entered the mountain—groups of monkeys in the mountain disappeared mysteriously overnight. Some people will say: the banished star comes to the world, and the monkey avoids disaster... Now, no one can confirm anything except that there are no monkeys in the mountains.
"Wow, I've lost again!" Long Bai shuffles the chess pieces on the ground and shouted loudly, "Don't play! It's boring..." Sitting cross-legged across from him, Qi Chu was tidying up the chess pieces on the ground with a smile.What they played just now was a chess game that originated from the nomadic peoples in Mobei outside the Guan. Long Bai had only taught Qi Chu not long ago, and after a few rounds, Qi Chu defeated Long Bai on the chessboard drawn in the sand. "Master Long, this is something for a five-year-old child. Only a dozen or so chess pieces are used, and there are only a few moves..." Qi Chu's sneering expression resembled that of a noble son of an aristocratic family. "...Well, barbarians are barbarians..." He turned to look at the cave. It was a cave facing east, located on a small valley in the middle of the mountain, and its location was very secret.A dilapidated cloth tent was hastily erected in front of the entrance, and two horses were tied outside the tent. Yu Runsheng sat under the tent at the entrance of the cave, resting his chin in thought. Qi Chu hurriedly turned her head away, not daring to look at Yu Runsheng again.For unknown reasons, Qi Chu still harbors some inexplicable fear of Runsheng. —You owe us your life.You have to remember. Yu Runsheng's words seemed both joking and serious, and they still linger in Qi Chu's dream. "Xiao Qi, can you teach me Go?" Long Bai asked while trimming his beloved longbow. "Haha, excuse me, Master Long, how old are you this year? Have you never heard of it? The way of Go, if you can't become a national player at the age of eighteen, you will have no hope for life..." "What about you? Have you become a national player?" "I..." Qi Chu frowned: "...I'm not boasting, if it wasn't for the war—" A palm silently pressed on Qi Chu's shoulder, causing him to bounce off the ground, his speech was suddenly interrupted, and he coughed violently. He turned his head and saw Yu Runsheng's cold expression. Yu Runsheng sat beside Qi Chu and looked at the handsome face of this chess nerd. "Have you read a lot of books?" Yu Runsheng picked up a white chess piece on the ground. "Well... there are some..." "Do you know why I didn't kill you that night?" Qi Chu's body trembled. Long Bai, who was sitting opposite him, was still trimming his longbow as if nothing had happened. "Because... are we... comrades?" Yu Runsheng shook his head. "That's pointless. We haven't been soldiers since that night." He held the chess piece with two fingers and held it up to Qi Chu's eyes. "It's because of this thing. I thought: Why does a deserter carry such an exquisite chess piece!" Yu Runsheng's expression was like melting snow at this moment, showing a warm smile like sunshine. Qi Chu breathed a sigh of relief. "That's it?" Yu Runsheng nodded. "They're back." Long Bai said. The sound of horseshoes pacing came from the forest. Ge Yuansheng stuck the spear upside down in front of the cave, and led the thin horse to tie it under the tent.Di Bin put the bag of dry food he had just snatched into the cave. "How many?" Yu Runsheng asked. Ge Yuansheng stretched out a finger. "It seems that we have almost hunted deserters in the mountains. We need to save some food." Ge Yuansheng took water from a large wooden bucket under the tent to wash the blood off his hands.The bucket is made by cutting down a big tree and hollowing it out. The cloth tent above has a small hole to collect rainwater into the bucket. Long Bai flicked the bowstring and stood up. "I'm going hunting."
The spear point pierced the deserter's heart from behind.The deserter screamed and fell down. Ge Yuansheng held the blood-stained spear upside down, and rode his horse past the corpse.The long red hair was raised against the gust of wind. Di Bin then ran out from the forest, leaning over to examine the corpse of the deserter.He took off the waist bag of the corpse, and there were only a handful of silver coins and a bag of dry food in it.Di Bin tied his waist bag to himself. "Brother Ge, I saw... a gold tooth!" Di Bin put his fingers into the dead man's mouth and yanked, but he couldn't pull out the gold tooth. Ge Yuansheng paced back leading the thin horse, and handed the spear to Di Bin.Di Bin stood aside. Ge Yuansheng pulled out the ring-shou steel knife from his waist.The spine of the blade is covered with staggered gouges. The cold light flashed away.The head flew several feet away.Di Bin turned sideways to avoid the blood spurting from the severed neck of the corpse. Ge Yuansheng withdrew the steel knife, grabbed the head on the ground, grabbed the long hair on top, and threw the head violently to the ground.The cheekbones of the skull hit the ground hard, and the shiny gold teeth, together with a few real teeth, flew out from the dead man's purple mouth. Di Bin stared blankly at Ge Yuansheng for a while, then picked up the gold tooth, wiped it with the hem of his robe, and put it in his waist pocket. Ge Yuansheng smiled at Di Bin. The two stepped on the bareback lean horse and galloped away through the forest like the wind.
When tracing the legend of Yu Runsheng in the "shady world", it is inevitable to use this "Monkey Mountain" as a starting point. Before Yu Runsheng and the five lived there, Monkey Mountain had never had any great historical significance.There is only one folklore: shortly after the outbreak of the second "war against chaos"—that is, six years before Yu Runsheng and others entered the mountain—groups of monkeys in the mountain disappeared mysteriously overnight. Some people will say: the banished star comes to the world, and the monkey avoids disaster... Now, no one can confirm anything except that there are no monkeys in the mountains.
"Wow, I've lost again!" Long Bai shuffles the chess pieces on the ground and shouted loudly, "Don't play! It's boring..." Sitting cross-legged across from him, Qi Chu was tidying up the chess pieces on the ground with a smile.What they played just now was a chess game that originated from the nomadic peoples in Mobei outside the Guan. Long Bai had only taught Qi Chu not long ago, and after a few rounds, Qi Chu defeated Long Bai on the chessboard drawn in the sand. "Master Long, this is something for a five-year-old child. Only a dozen or so chess pieces are used, and there are only a few moves..." Qi Chu's sneering expression resembled that of a noble son of an aristocratic family. "...Well, barbarians are barbarians..." He turned to look at the cave. It was a cave facing east, located on a small valley in the middle of the mountain, and its location was very secret.A dilapidated cloth tent was hastily erected in front of the entrance, and two horses were tied outside the tent. Yu Runsheng sat under the tent at the entrance of the cave, resting his chin in thought. Qi Chu hurriedly turned her head away, not daring to look at Yu Runsheng again.For unknown reasons, Qi Chu still harbors some inexplicable fear of Runsheng. —You owe us your life.You have to remember. Yu Runsheng's words seemed both joking and serious, and they still linger in Qi Chu's dream. "Xiao Qi, can you teach me Go?" Long Bai asked while trimming his beloved longbow. "Haha, excuse me, Master Long, how old are you this year? Have you never heard of it? The way of Go, if you can't become a national player at the age of eighteen, you will have no hope for life..." "What about you? Have you become a national player?" "I..." Qi Chu frowned: "...I'm not boasting, if it wasn't for the war—" A palm silently pressed on Qi Chu's shoulder, causing him to bounce off the ground, his speech was suddenly interrupted, and he coughed violently. He turned his head and saw Yu Runsheng's cold expression. Yu Runsheng sat beside Qi Chu and looked at the handsome face of this chess nerd. "Have you read a lot of books?" Yu Runsheng picked up a white chess piece on the ground. "Well... there are some..." "Do you know why I didn't kill you that night?" Qi Chu's body trembled. Long Bai, who was sitting opposite him, was still trimming his longbow as if nothing had happened. "Because... are we... comrades?" Yu Runsheng shook his head. "That's pointless. We haven't been soldiers since that night." He held the chess piece with two fingers and held it up to Qi Chu's eyes. "It's because of this thing. I thought: Why does a deserter carry such an exquisite chess piece!" Yu Runsheng's expression was like melting snow at this moment, showing a warm smile like sunshine. Qi Chu breathed a sigh of relief. "That's it?" Yu Runsheng nodded. "They're back." Long Bai said. The sound of horseshoes pacing came from the forest. Ge Yuansheng stuck the spear upside down in front of the cave, and led the thin horse to tie it under the tent.Di Bin put the bag of dry food he had just snatched into the cave. "How many?" Yu Runsheng asked. Ge Yuansheng stretched out a finger. "It seems that we have almost hunted deserters in the mountains. We need to save some food." Ge Yuansheng took water from a large wooden bucket under the tent to wash the blood off his hands.The bucket is made by cutting down a big tree and hollowing it out. The cloth tent above has a small hole to collect rainwater into the bucket. Long Bai flicked the bowstring and stood up. "I'm going hunting."