【Maple Cherry】

Chapter 28

Chu Wushang went south all the way out of the border of the Central Plains and entered Huainan, he never thought of the scene before him.He once led troops to capture Huainan City from Yutian Wulong. Even if he didn't stay for long, he knew that even though the generation of Huainan was not as good as Jiangnan, it was still fertile and peaceful, and the people were happy.When he fought in the past years, the cities and villages he passed through were devastated by the flames of war, but they were by no means the scene of purgatory on earth like today.

Guo Wu, a town and a village, was desolate. He grabbed an old man who was walking on the ridge of the field dragging a roll of broken mats. After asking, he found out that the Lord of the Er World was afraid of the strong soldiers in the south of the Lingnan and the fighting power in the north of the Mobei. He had already been in Huainan. Conscription was enlisted in the army. The elderly family of four men and two women, together with their daughter-in-law and son-in-law, seven or eight-year-old grandchildren, were all taken away. The fields were uncultivated. His three-year-old grandson was wrapped in the mat he was dragging.

Chu Wushang considers himself a young ranger, and has fought in the battlefield for many years since he became an adult. Hearing the old man weeping and moaning all the way, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.Seeing the old man drifting away, Chu Wushang took down the pigeon cage hanging on the horse, and sent a letter directly back to Wuyi Shi Yin, and he himself did not want to continue walking at all.

New tombs and old mounds in the barren fields, uninjured, a person and a horse looking into the distance, no clothes... You have spent all your time thinking and plotting the hearts of the world, I am afraid that you would never have imagined that what you and I did would actually become an act of helping the evildoers.Turning the horse's head, the trip to Huainan is no longer necessary.

"Mr. Jun, I beg you to let us go. My mother is 80 years old. No one will take care of her. She will starve to death." It's a group of... common people... hundreds of Central Plains Army people walking all the way pulling the rope, and the rope is tied to everyone's hands, men, women, old and young, not all of them are suitable for serving as soldiers.

"Tsk... I said, why are you so overthinking? What's wrong with being a soldier? You can eat and drink, and the world lord rewards you with money. Hurry up." A leader of the soldiers impatiently moved the kneeling man to the ground. The middle-aged man dragged him up from the ground, "I tell you to hurry up, Jun Yin is in front, he lost five cities in a row, and he is not feeling well at the moment, if you make trouble, he will definitely kill you to vent his anger."

"Master! I don't want any rewards. I just want to go home and serve my mother. Lord, please let me go!" The seven-foot man kowtowed like garlic, with tears streaming down his face. Everyone cried, and a dozen people knelt down, "My lord, I beg you to let us go..."

"What are you doing, do you want to die? Let me tell you..." The leader of the army was a little panicked. Just as he was about to draw his sword to scare him, he saw a man in black approaching in front of him. With a barrier knife in between, he walked over with a dark face, "What are you doing? Why don't you leave? Jun Yin asked me to come over and ask what's going on?"

"...My lord..." The soldier's face turned pale when he saw the person coming, "No...it's nothing...these people just can't think about it, I'll try to persuade you..."

"Persuasion?" The man glanced coldly at the dozen or so people kneeling on the ground, "If you don't follow, just kill them, what's there to persuade." He waved his hand, "Come here!" The dozen or so people Walking over, there are all black clothes and black crowns, with knives hanging from their waists.The leader looked at the people around him coldly, reached out and nodded, "Fifty steps back from here, everyone, kill!"

The people kneeling on the ground and the people standing on the side were all startled, a dozen of barrier knives were drawn out, the people dangling in the sun couldn't open their eyes, and the person who talked lightly about life and death had no interest in it at all, the corner of his mouth hooked With a sneer, he hugged his shoulders and looked at the panicked crowd. Fifty steps, one person per step, those people were bound by ropes, and there was no way to escape.However, the fear of death was separated by a black sword across the sky. The smile on the lips of the man hugging his shoulders froze forever. He lay on his back straight with his eyes wide open. The hem of the flying clothes made him struggle to utter the last few silent lips: "General..."

Everyone was stunned, they looked at the person lying on the ground, the blood on the neck was left all over the place, the swordsman not far away stood with their backs facing each other, the air froze for a moment, finally someone found that the rope in their hands was loose up.

"Who?" One of the dozen or so men in black frowned, turned around and glanced coldly at these people, and the military leader recognized him first, "Tu Wushang General!"

Some of the soldiers around him knew Chu Wushang, and some didn't, but he had actually heard of the name of the former general.

"Let him go." Chu Wushang glanced at the military leader and said coldly.

"This..." The soldier trembled for a moment, glanced at the man in black who was lying on the ground, and felt hesitant, let him go... If the soldier in front finds out, he will definitely not be able to spare him, so let him not let go... He is harmless The sword is too fast, I'm afraid... I can't survive... I was in a dilemma, and suddenly I heard someone say lazily, "Wait a minute." When the front team was one point, it was Jun Yin who came slowly.

Wu Wushang turned his head to look at the person who came over. This person was once his subordinate. He beat him with fifty military sticks for violating military regulations, and was demoted three ranks in a row. Unexpectedly, in the past few years after he resigned, this person actually Climbing to Jun Yin's position, "Who am I?" Chu Wushang sneered.

"I'm also surprised." Jun Yin looked Chu Wushang up and down, "General, haven't you already retired? Why, instead of being a good general, come here to be such a nosy ranger?" Although he According to the situation, the person is hiding behind a group of men in black.

Chu Wushang looked at him, with no fluctuation in his eyes at all, he raised his hand and pointed with his sword, "Let him go." He didn't take Jun Yin's words seriously at all, and he didn't take this person seriously at all. Order.Jun Yin was almost instinctive at that moment, and almost blurted out the word "yes", thinking something wrong, he suppressed it again.

"What are you?" Jun Yin was furious, "Come here, kill him!"

There are more than a hundred people brought by Jun Yin. No matter how skillful Wushang is, there are too many men in black who go forward and succeed. What's more, these are well-trained killers. Wushang turned around and kicked one person over. Half an hour had passed. Hundreds of people were fighting against one person. It was still inseparable. Jun Yin's voice came from the side, "Are you all trash? Hurry up and kill each other!" For him, a reward of one hundred taels, no, a reward of one thousand taels."

There must be a brave man under a heavy reward, this truth has not changed through the ages.Chu Wushang only felt that the attack was more fierce, a cold light flashed in front of his eyes, he instinctively dodged it, but he narrowly escaped the fatal wound, the dagger was brought over his shoulder, it hurt slightly, but it was more numb, and Chu Wushang was sad I don't know, when I turned around, I saw a man holding a dagger and looking at him with a sinister smile.

The next moment, a knife was approaching the throat, and Chu Wushang instinctively raised his hand to block it with the sword. As soon as his true energy moved, his eyes instantly went black. It really was poison. The poison was very strong. Cu Wushang held his breath. It was almost blurred for an instant, but the sword in his hand was steady without any panic. The opponent couldn't see clearly, so he simply handed himself over to the instinct of his body. The sword moves in his memory came out one after another, and he didn't know how to hold on. No matter how many moves he made, he felt that even the murderous aura around him was a little weaker.

Afterwards, a somewhat familiar voice laughed and said, "Why are you always so brave? One is brave against ten, and one is equal to a hundred. You are invincible, but you can stop thousands of people with one man's strength. This is called a tiger, you know?" ?” The voice was inexplicably reassuring, and someone supported his crumbling body with one hand.

Chu Wushang frowned, but someone caught his sword firmly, "Don't cut it, I'm Fu Ying." For a moment, Wu Wushang didn't know whether to worry or rest assured, but his consciousness was still gradually blurred, his leg Once soft, he was supported by the people around him.

"Master Hou, what should we do with these people?" Before he fell into a coma, Chu Wushang heard another voice coming into his ears, and then the person beside him uttered a word coldly, "Kill!"

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"Master Yin..." Yan Yun looked at his teacher worriedly, and Wuyi's calm and calm face was rare at this moment.

The girl brought by Sashou Mercy knelt on the ground, trembling, "My lord...what I said...it's all true. Miss, it was indeed the master of the world who designed it, so she knew King Yadi. When the lady married , Wang Yadi is obviously a favorite, and later the world lord sent someone to spread the word, saying that Miss...before she was married, she had an affair with Mr. Wu Wushang, so she was tortured to death by King Yadi in every possible way, so...so... "

"Why is this..." Wuyi's voice trembled slightly.

"The Lord said that only in this way can you hate King Yadi and work for him wholeheartedly." The girl was a maid who used to follow Jilu's side, but she was not the one who brought Jilu's body back.

The literati's hand broke a pen on the desk, and the broken sawdust pierced into his hand. Blood dripped down his wrist and fell on the half-written memorial. Seeing his compassionate hand, his heart ached. He was about to speak, But suddenly Wuyi slapped the broken pen on the table, and picked up a brocade box from the table beside him. Inside the brocade box, he shook out a piece of blood-stained cloth. A few words read: The lord of the world harmed me, and my father never wrote it.

Sashou Mercy watched Wuyi take out the lump and patted it in front of himself, only to feel that Wuyi's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but stepped forward worriedly, "Shi Yin, are you okay?" After the people investigated clearly, they escorted the girl back to Beijing, let go of mercy, and at the same time found out the nanny who lived in the Lord Er's mansion many years ago. , it was the Lord of Er who sent someone to kill him.He was worried that Wuyi would not be able to bear it, and wanted to talk about it one by one, but he didn't want Wuyi to have already known about it.

Wuyi didn't speak, he tried his best to calm down, and wanted to wave his hands to let the people in front of him go down, but he didn't say a word.

"Shi Yin!" Sashou Mercy hastily poured a cup of tea and handed it over, Wuyi took it and drank a few mouthfuls before recovering a bit. At this moment, a gray-white carrier pigeon flew into the room and landed directly on the ground. In front of Wuyi, Wuyi was silent for a moment, stretched out his hand to remove the bamboo tube from the carrier pigeon's feet, unfolded it, and saw the words 殢无伤 in his eyes.He knew that Huainan was forced to recruit troops, but he didn't want to have reached such a field.

Wuyi suddenly coughed violently, Sanshou Cibei and Yan Yun were terrified, and hurriedly gave him the air, only to see that Wuyi's face was pale, and his blood was surging, and a mouthful of blood came to his mouth, but he directly Swallowing back, "Sa'er..." The thin hand clasped Sashou's wrist, the strength made Sashou's heart startled, Wuyi helped him to stand up directly, "Follow me to see Er World Lord."

"The Lord of the World is generous, because he thinks that the eternal glory of the mountains and rivers that my father is looking forward to can only be entrusted to this person."

"Wu Shang, I promise you, ten years later, I will definitely let you see the eternal glory of mountains and rivers."

Three generations of loyal ministers wept blood, and the country had great dreams, but everything came to nothing.

Wuyi didn't really go to see World Lord Er with a wave of anger, he just walked to the courtyard with strength, Yan Yun turned his head, and what he saw was blood mist all over the sky. Spraying blood all over, he watched Wuyi fall down in front of him in a daze. If Yan Yun hadn't learned swordsmanship for a few months and was fast enough to catch Wuyi's body in time, he would have fallen hard this time .

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——to be continued