sinovels Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Outside Jianzhu City, Xiliu Bian City, there is a stretch of verdant mountain forest. A young man in white is walking on the mountain road on his horse.
The sun that had just risen early in the morning printed countless indistinct golden spots on his body through the lush branches and leaves, hiding his pure and beautiful face in a shadow.
Turning a corner, a river with a waterfall suddenly appeared in front of you.
The snow-colored waterfall cascaded down from the mountain at the other end, splashing countless crystal drops of water, and like a silver dragon, it plunged into the river, causing a deafening sound.
Jun Ruo walked under the water and walked to the lake, his figure was immediately bathed in a thin mist, the sun was no longer blocked by the leaves, and his delicate face was clearly displayed in the morning light soaked by the mist.
Fair skin, delicate eyebrows, water-like phoenix eyes, slightly narrowed eyes with a leisurely smile, light-colored lips with light and clear arcs.
His long black waist-length hair was simply tied with a headband, and his white gown almost blended with the snow-white horse behind him. Put on a jade-colored gauze.
As if thirsty, he squatted down, stretched out his white and slender hand, scooped up a sip of water and drank it, the sweet and cool river water immediately moistened his thirsty throat.
He couldn't help but took another two sips, and then he stood up with a satisfied face.
After stopping to look at the majestic waterfall for a while, Jun Ruoshui led the horse and continued walking along the mountain path.
The clear river water stretches out in front of your eyes, and the round dark brown pebbles at the bottom of the river are shining with crystal pearls. Occasionally, tiny fish swim leisurely by, completely indifferent to the world, but I don’t know how many people I want to envy .
After walking a few steps forward, several pieces of clothes neatly stacked on a big rock by the river caught his attention.
He raised his eyebrows in surprise, and looked around in a blink of an eye. Looking at it, someone should be taking a bath in this river, right?
It was still early at this time, and generally no one would pass by this place. Probably the person taking a bath also considered this, so he had no scruples.
Shrugging his shoulders, Jun Ruoshui was not interested in the fact that someone was taking a bath in the river, and was about to continue walking, but his sight was attracted by a bright reflection on the grass beside the boulder.
There lay a piece of snow-colored jade pendant quietly, strung with golden thread, with tassels of the same color hanging from the bottom, and there seemed to be something carved on the round jade surface.
He couldn't help but reached out and picked up the jade pendant. The jade in the sun had a crystal clear luster, and it felt smooth to the touch in the palm of his hand. It was a high-quality suet white jade.
Just as he was about to examine the pattern in the center carefully, a sharp wind sound came from his ears. Jun Ruoshui glanced sideways at the flying object, and leaned back slightly to avoid the attack.
It was a drop of water, which became a sharp weapon for attack because of being infused with internal force.
Spinning his feet, he nimbly dodged the second row of water droplets flying towards him, and then a wave of water-laden palm wind roared towards him.
He bent down to avoid it, and at the same time raised his legs to block the opponent's attack coming towards his lower body. Before his upper body straightened up, the opponent hit him with two palms in succession.
He turned slightly sideways, stepped a little, and made a beautiful turn and jumped behind the visitor. He was standing on the big rock where the clothes were placed. If he turned to the left, he would fall into the river, and if he turned to the right, he would step on the clothes.
"Who are you?" A cold and majestic voice came to his ears, Jun Ruoshui saw that the opponent had stopped attacking, and immediately relaxed his posture.
He didn't answer immediately, but narrowed his eyes and smiled carefully to look at the other party.
It was a boy about his age.
The white jacket on his body was soaked and stuck to his body, but it just outlined his slender and well-proportioned figure. His long black hair was scattered on his back, his deep eyes were piercing with the same color as his hair, and his heroic sword eyebrows were sharp. Domineering, chiseled cheeks seem to have been finely crafted.
This is a handsome and extraordinary young man, and the stern aura emanating from him adds to his aura of detachment and refinement.
Jun Ruoshui stared at the drenched young man for a while, then suddenly smiled and raised the jade pendant in his hand, jokingly said: "I just want to borrow your jade pendant to see, is it necessary to make such a fuss?"
Under the sunlight, the white jade on his fingertips quietly reflected a milky halo.
The teasing tone made the stern young man's complexion even darker. Just as he was about to say something more, Jun Ruo sailor raised his hand and threw the jade pendant back to him, "Give it back to you, you look so ugly."
The young man raised his hand to take the jade pendant, he was a little surprised by the profound internal force transmitted from the jade pendant, and silently raised his eyes to look at the person who looked very dazzling in the sun.
"By the way, I'm going to Jianzhu, but I seem to get lost. Do you know how to get there?"
Leaping down lightly from the boulder, Jun Ruoshui continued to smile mischievously, her soft voice was like a spring breeze, her smiling eyebrows and eyes were slightly narrowed like a crescent moon, but she still couldn't hide the brilliance inside.
The cold boy didn't answer right away, but looked at him carefully for a while before he said calmly, "Follow this road and go straight to the city gate."
"Really? That's great, thank you." Jun Ruoshui turned around and took the horse and left.
After walking two steps, he suddenly turned his head and winked slyly at the cold young man, "By the way, the weather is cold, so be careful to catch cold while playing in the water."
After finishing speaking, he chuckled, stepped on the stirrup and got on the horse, and then he started to run along the mountain road.
A string of crisp laughter and a faint and quiet gardenia fragrance are left in the air, which is very special in the resinous smell of the mountain forest.
The grim young man stood where he was, his straight figure staring at the whiteness until he completely disappeared from sight.
"Your Highness, so you are here, the army is ready, when do you think we will leave?"
When he turned around to put on his clothes, a respectful voice came from not far away accompanied by the sound of horseshoes, and a handsome young general Yu Ma, who was dressed in black armor and looked a little older than the boy, approached.
The boy twisted his long hair dry, tied up his blue robe, and whistled with his two fingers.
The clear whistle pierced through the clouds, and soon there was a low neighing of a horse in the forest, and then a red horse ran out of the forest.
The whole body of the horse was red, only the hooves, tail, eyes and mane were black, its physique was stronger than ordinary horses, as if the red light shining from the inside out could tell it was a BMW.
The horse seemed to be quite human, and when it came to its owner, it stuck out its tongue and licked the boy's cheek. The boy didn't mind, and instead had a gentle and joyful expression on his indifferent face.
One person and one horse rubbed against each other for a while, the young man gently patted the horse's face, then got on the horse, and came to the side of the young warrior from before, "Notify the prefect of Jianzhu, be sure to prepare the backup food and grass in time, and wait for me to go back and change my body." Clothes, the army can go."
"Yes."
The two walked along the mountain road and soon arrived at the gate of Jianzhu City.
Now that we are in a period of war, the gates of each city are very strictly guarded, and inspections are required when entering and exiting the gates. Therefore, the cold young man quickly saw a man holding a horse waiting for inspection in the crowd at the gate of the city. You are like water.
He didn't look carefully at Jun Ruoshui's horse just now, but now he looked closely, and found that the snow-white horse was also a rare and good horse.
The horse's silver mane reflected dazzling light in the sun, and Jun Ruoshui's white clothes also stood out, making them stand out from the crowd immediately.
When the soldiers guarding the city saw Jun Ruoshui, they couldn't help but look at him twice. Others could let him go with just a few interrogations, but when it came to him, they asked left and right, but they still didn't let him go.
"Your Highness, what's the matter?" Noticing that the boy stopped his horse slowly, the young general couldn't help but frowned and asked.
"Lin Qi, go and see what's going on over there."
"Yes." The young general called Lin Qi soon arrived at the gate of the city. The soldiers guarding the city and the people who entered and exited all bowed their heads respectfully when they saw him, and only Jun Ruoshui looked at him with his head raised. .
"What's the matter?" Eyes widened slightly, Lin Qi was amazed at the extraordinary appearance and temperament of the young man in front of him, but he did not forget the order. He was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the soldiers guarding the city and asked.
The soldier who was being questioned stood up straight, lowered his head and replied: "Report to Master Lin, this young man has no clearance to pass the customs. Ask him where he came from, but he will not answer."
"Little brother, the war is raging now, and the borders of all countries are strictly inspected. If you don't have the permission of the people to pass the customs, we can't let you enter the city." Lin Qi frowned, turned to look at Jun Ruoshui and said.
Jun Ruoshui frowned slightly, and Qiushui's bright eyes showed some innocence, she rolled her eyes and said, "I was in a hurry, and I forgot to bring the customs clearance permit, I don't look suspicious, can this big brother be accommodating ?”
The cunning and clear voice seemed to have an irresistible magic power, Lin Qi was startled, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a long thing wrapped in cloth on Ruoshui's horse, which looked like a sword.
I couldn't help being a little surprised, this young man didn't look very old, only about seventeen or eighteen years old, but judging by his temperament and attire, he definitely didn't come from an ordinary family.
While hesitating, the stern young man riding a red horse came over.
When Jun Ruoshui saw him, the smile on the corner of his mouth suddenly widened a bit, and he raised his voice and shouted at him: "Hey, please intercede for me, you must know them?"
Lin Qi and the soldiers guarding the city widened their eyes in astonishment at this sentence, but the stern young man did not change his face, sat on the horse and looked at him and asked, "How do you know?"
"Ordinary people, why would they come to the city gate on horseback during this period of strict inspection? Besides, your attire is obviously from a powerful family." Hehe smiled, and Jun Ruoshui answered calmly.
Hearing the words, the stern young man slightly curled his lips, and a hint of appreciation flashed in his sharp eyes, then he turned his head and said to the soldiers guarding the city: "Let him in, and get him a customs clearance permit."
"Yes." The soldier froze for a moment, then turned around to guide Jun Ruoshui.
The smile on Jun Ruoshui's face deepened, he thanked the cold young man contentedly, turned around and walked a few steps, looked back at him and smiled, "Hey, what's your name? My name is Jun Ruoshui."
Jun Ruoshui?Good name.With a word of praise in his heart, an imperceptible smile curled up on the corner of the cold boy's mouth: "Wei Ming."
"Weiming? It's a very strange name, so thank you brother Weiming for your help. If there is a chance in the future, I hope brother Weiming will give me a chance to repay my kindness."
Clasping hands to Weiming, Jun Ruoshui straightened up and smiled again, then turned around and followed the guarding soldiers to the government office to handle customs clearance.
He walked smoothly, but he didn't notice Lin Qi frowning behind him when he heard Weiming's name.
"Your Highness, this young man does not look simple, you..."
Looking at Jun Ruoshui's slender figure, Lin Qiwang couldn't help frowning, before he finished his question, Weiming interrupted: "It's okay."
Indeed, just from Jun Ruoshui's secretly revealing hand when he threw the jade pendant back to him before, it can prove that he is not simple, but so what?
In the territory of Xiliu Kingdom, he didn't believe that the young man could do anything by himself.
Seeing the master's calm and confident expression, Lin Qi knew that it would be useless to say more, so he shut up helplessly.
"Your Highness, the army has been fully assembled, and we can go out just waiting for His Highness to issue an order."
There was a respectful reminder from the soldiers in front of the horse, Wei Ming nodded his head expressionlessly, and then the horse walked into Jianzhu City Gate and walked towards the place where the army was stationed.
After Jun Ruoshui followed the soldiers guarding the city to the government office to obtain a customs clearance permit, he came to a restaurant in the market alone.
I have been on the road for the past month, and it has been a long time since I could sit down to eat and drink with such peace of mind. In the morning, there were few people in the restaurant, so he generously chose a square table facing the street on the second floor to sit down, and then ordered a table full of aroma I ate my dim sum.
After taking a few bites, the sound of uniform footsteps and horseshoes came from downstairs. The sound penetrated the ground and caused the restaurant to vibrate slightly, causing him to turn his head and look downstairs.
It was the Xiliu army. The black battle armor meandered in the field of vision with continuous black currents. The black military flag was embroidered with dragons with gold thread. Above the dragon was the word "Liu".
The commander in silver armor soon appeared in the field of vision, most of his face was blocked by the helmet, and only his chin could be vaguely seen from Jun Ruoshui's position.
But the man's tall and straight figure and the familiar red mount under his crotch made him recognize at a glance that he was the stern young man who had a double-faced relationship before.
Unexpectedly, he is actually the commander of the Xiliu Army this time, it seems that his status is more noble than he imagined.
Picking up the cup and taking a sip of tea, Jun Ruoshui was thinking in his heart while smiling, his eyes were still fixed on Weiming, and he never moved away.
Because he is not from Xiliu, he only knows that the countries are at war, but he doesn't know the situation in Xiliu. Otherwise, he may have guessed the unknown identity at this moment.
There are a small number of onlookers on both sides of the street, mostly old people and women, many of them are quietly wiping their tears, presumably their sons or husbands are in the army.
Don't say that soldiers have no power to control life and death when they go to the battlefield. Even if they can retreat in this bloody storm, they don't know when the war will stop once it starts. The day of reunion with their families is naturally in the foreseeable future.
Looking at the slightly sad scene on the street, Jun Ruoshui sighed softly. He wanted to turn his gaze away from those sad scenes, but from the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of a crossbow arrow shining with a faint silver light in the sun. .
It was an assassin, standing on the eaves of the first floor of an inn opposite the restaurant where Jun Ruoshui was.
The side of the inn was designed in an inverted wedge shape, and the wall facing the street just provided a hiding place for the assassins.
It was still early at this time, except for the army and a few people on the street, there were not many guests from the restaurants and inns on both sides to watch. If the slightly exposed arrows were not reflected by the sun, even Jun Ruoshui would not be able to see him.
The crossbow arrow was aiming at Weiming at this time, realizing this, the smile on Jun Ruoshui's face gradually disappeared, and his eyes narrowed unconsciously.
The army continued to move forward, Weiming soon entered the attack range of the crossbow, and at that moment, the crossbow arrow glowing with silver light was shot out silently.
The ceramic cup in Ruo Sailor's hand was also ejected by him at that moment, and almost at the same time, the white figure had jumped out of the restaurant.
The cup drew a silver-white trajectory in the air, and then collided with the crossbow bolts that were shot out with great force, sending out a burst of tiny sparks.
The ceramics "bang" into countless fragments, and the sound caused alarmed the marching army. Weiming turned his head and saw that the crossbow had lost its strength and was slowly falling.
In the air, a somewhat familiar white figure flashed past.
Using extremely exquisite lightness kung fu, he volleyed onto the eaves of the opposite inn, and the long sword wrapped in cloth in Jun Ruosai's hand collided with the crossbow swung by the other party with a "dang" sound.
The assassin was obviously a well-trained dead man, and he didn't lose his mind when he encountered such a sudden situation, so he fought with Ruoshui on the eaves that were only three or four inches wide.
And at the bottom, without waiting for an order, Lin Qi has already led people to surround the inn.
Everyone watched nervously the two people who were fighting. The assassin's martial arts skills were quite high, and his moves were vicious.
I thought that Jun Ruoshui would not be his opponent, but I didn't expect that the seemingly slender young man possessed a unique skill, easily defusing all the assassin's attacks, and his long sword had never been drawn, so it was obvious that he still had power left.
His figure is handsome and gentle, the white gown spreads a milky halo as it shakes, the sun shines on his long black hair, and the hazy spots of light constantly swaying make people unable to help but feel fascinated.
Just when everyone was almost obsessed with watching, the long sword in Jun Ruosai's hand pierced the opponent's neck obliquely, and with a hook, he suppressed the assassin completely.
Weiming watched Jun Ruoshui stretch out his hand and hit several big holes on the assassin's body with burning eyes, and then tore him off the eaves.
After they landed, the Xiliu soldiers rushed forward to restrain the assassins.
Jun Ruoshui stepped aside, and when he raised his head, he met Weiming's deep and clear eyes.
The four eyes met, and he smiled again, and the deep smile in the phoenix pupil passed through the air and passed into the unknown eyes.
Weiming's expression has not changed, but there is a trace of other emotions in that indifferent face, which is pressed deep in his black pupils, and no one can find out.
The sudden danger caused the eyes of the people on the street to widen in surprise, and even some soldiers in the army, those who had not experienced enough, had their mouths half-opened in disbelief.
For a while, the street was so quiet that no human voice could be heard, and even the tens of thousands of war horses held their breath.
Lin Qi pressed the assassin to the front of the unknown horse, but his expression was also a little nervous. He was the champion of the new science and martial arts the year before last, and the martial arts scholars who were elected during the war usually went directly to the battlefield.
Because of his outstanding military exploits in Xiliu's annexation of a small neighboring country last year, after returning to the court, he was named a school lieutenant by the current emperor Xuanyuan Chen, and he was worshiped as a second-rank official.
Lin Qi has an upright personality, and he can't stand the style of stalking people in the court, so he has always kept himself clean and never participated in party wars. Because of his youth, he has been heavily used in the past year. This time he sent troops, even more so. Appointed as Deputy Marshal.
However, since he is the deputy commander, he also bears the responsibility of protecting the commander. If Jun Ruoshui hadn't helped him today, in case Weiming was really injured by an assassin, he would not be able to pay for the crime even if he had a few heads.
Thinking of this, he was even more annoyed by his own carelessness, and really wanted to slap himself twice on the spot.
Weiming didn't worry about it, his clear eyes just turned slightly on him and the assassin, and then turned back to the very handsome young man surnamed Jun.
After a while, he spoke calmly, with a calm tone, as if the previous assassination had never happened, "Lin Qi, you lead the army to move forward, and I will chase you after I have interrogated the assassin."
The indifferent voice has an unquestionable majesty. Even if Weiming doesn't say anything special or do any special actions, it is enough to make everyone obey him.
Lin Qi frowned slightly, and wanted to raise an objection in his heart, but when he looked up and saw a pair of obsidian-like eyes shining with firm light in Wei Ming, he immediately swallowed the words in his stomach.
A team of [-] people was left behind to protect the unknown, Lin Qi led the army to continue to set off, and when he passed by Jun Ruoshui, he did not forget to nod and smile at him to express his gratitude.
Soon there were only a hundred people left and Weiming left on the street, Jun Ruoshui blinked her bright phoenix eyes, and smiled brightly at Weiming, "Brother Weiming, I never thought that this opportunity to repay my kindness would come so quickly."
During the time when he was waiting for the army to pass, he just looked at Weiming leisurely, but he didn't feel embarrassed or impatient. It seems to be a bottomless deep pool, which attracts people to want to take a peek.
But the owner of those eyes is very stubborn, the defense line in the eyes is completely erected, and he insists on preventing people from prying.
Weiming lightly pulled the rein in his hand, and the horse under his crotch led him towards Jun Ruoshui, stood still in front of the people, he looked at Jun Ruoshui and said, "Thank you, Brother Jun, for your help, I still have a ruthless Please, I hope Brother Jun will agree."
"Brother Unming, please tell me."
"Brother Jun, please join me in interrogating this assassin."
As soon as these words came out, although the smile on Ruo Shui's face did not change, there were some eyebrows in his heart.
Even though he had rescued him, he still hadn't fully trusted himself. The interrogation assassin was, at best, but at worst, surveillance in disguise.
Weiming still wants to verify whether he and the assassin will be together.
Thinking of this, he pursed his lips slightly, and couldn't help but a trace of disappointment floated on his face.
But after thinking about it, it is true that people have to guard against such bitter tricks that are often used by spies from various countries.
Not to mention that he suddenly appeared with a strong martial arts, even if he didn't know his current position, he couldn't be careless.
As the commander of the Xiliu Army, if he trusts others easily, he will definitely not be able to fight in the future battle.
"Okay, I have never experienced such a fun and exciting trial of assassins, but I just ordered breakfast, and the horses need to eat during this journey, Brother Weiming should be reasonable and let me and the horses eat first Are you done with breakfast?"
Seeing that Weiming nodded slightly, Ruoshui continued to smile and said, "Why don't the sergeants put the assassin in prison first, Brother Weiming, let me have something to eat together."
The seemingly sincere invitation made all the remaining sergeants frown.
A corporal leader with a black armor and a red linen coat with a sword hanging from his waist came forward to try to persuade him, but as soon as he uttered the word "temple", he was interrupted by Wei Ming, "You first press the assassin back to the government office, and strictly enforce the order." Take care."
Seeing that he had given the order, all the sergeants stopped talking too much at the moment, turned around and walked towards the government office under the pressure of the assassin.
Weiming turned his head to meet the smiling phoenix eyes of Shang Jun Ruoshui, got off the horse, handed the horse to the waiter who came up to meet him, and then went upstairs with him.
After an episode just now, the tea that was poured earlier was already cold, Xiao Er hurriedly brought new tea and cups, and filled the cups for the two of them, and then retreated.
"Brother Weiming was able to lead the Xiliu Army to battle at such a young age, so he must have a high status. Now he is drinking at the same table with me. It is really an honor for me. For this cup, let me use tea instead of wine to respect Brother Weiming."
Holding up the small porcelain cup, Jun Ruoshui frowned and said something with a smile.
Weiming narrowed his deep eyes slightly, thought for a moment and then raised the cup, the two cups collided, and there was a soft "ding", but something inexplicable was knocked out.