the enlightener says

"How to settle the accounts is their business. If you don't return the grassland, you must have the two cities. Could it be that my [-]-year-old son is full of blood and goes to charge for the Tang Kingdom in vain?"

Liu De pondered for a moment, his five fingers subconsciously clenched into fists, and said firmly: "Okay! I will go to Tang Guo to talk in person."

3 Chapter Twenty

Cao Meng waved his hand and said in a drawn-out voice, "Hey. What are you going to do? You just came back and asked you to run again. Doesn't it seem that the lord of the country is too unkind?"

Liu De said respectfully: "To share the country's worries, I dare not slack off in the slightest."

"No, no, there are more important things that must be done by you. Since the war is going to start, you have to help check how and where the army will go to war, how to transport food and grass, and how to deal with iron, salt and medicine. People can do better than you." Cao Meng said with a smile: "The fact that you helped the Great Wall before is enough to prove your talent."

"The lord Liao Zan." Liu De smiled, "It's just a stupid method that I came up with in a hurry, and it's not a talent."

"So much food and grass can be transported to the Great Wall with minimal loss. Isn't that good? Sometimes, you don't have to be too humble." As he spoke, Cao Meng's eyes gradually softened, and he looked at the curtain of the big tent, as if he could wear it. Through the thick layer of animal skin.

He said, "Let Secretary Cheng go."

"Secretary Cheng?" Liu De stared blankly at Cao Meng.

In Canghai's official system, Secretary Ling and Secretary Cheng are officials who manage confidential files and draft documents. In terms of rank, they are considered third-rank. However, Liu De thinks it is very unreasonable for such civil officials to be turned into envoys to Tang.What's more, he remembered that Secretary Cheng was an old man over eighty years old. With his body, could he bear the fatigue of this ride?

"Oh, that's right." Seeing Liu De standing still, Cao Meng immediately reacted, and said, "I haven't told you about this yet. When you were sent to Jingwu, I issued an edict. Failing, let him retire and return home. Now, Secretary Cheng has changed."

"So that's the case. I returned home in a hurry, and I didn't know about this." Liu De nodded, and then he understood a little, "Then dare to ask the king, is the new secretary Cheng... Mr. Guo? Or Mr. Cheng? Think about it Those who are capable and experienced in the court, these two are the most suitable."

"neither."

Cao Meng's eyes were still fixed on the direction of the tent door, as if there was a rain of flowers in front of him.He thought of the fiery red dress and the three thousand black hair. She was sitting in the courtyard, her eyes were as clear as water, and she looked up at the blue sky, looking like a picture scroll.

"It's a woman named Luo Fengchu, this person... you should still remember?"

Liu De's eyes were closed, and his eyes were almost dark. It happened that Dian Wei lifted the curtain and walked out. He followed Cao Meng's gaze and looked out of the tent. He stood there dumbfounded, unable to make a sound for a long time.

A group of people went down the mountain, chatting and laughing in the breeze. Although they failed to get the compass from the Five Elements Division, they still got new news, not fruitless.

Knowing that the next stop was the Mo family, Cai Yan had infinite expectations in her heart, but she also had some other doubts in her heart. She looked at Gao Yishui and asked curiously, "So? What did you insinuate later?"

She was more sensitive than Qin Ke and Abu, and she didn't seem to intervene too much, but secretly kept their conversation in mind, and thought it over several times.

Gao Yishui shook his head, pretending to be dignified and said: "The way is too deep, unfathomable."

"Then you have been discussing the Tao for a long time, can you tell the difference?" Cai Yan blinked her bright eyes, "I underestimated you, I didn't expect that Mr. Gao Shan has a wide range of knowledge, and he can even explain the principles of heaven. So transparent..."

Gao Yishui rarely boasted, he just laughed and said: "It's a pity, I don't know how far his realm has reached, but I think it's not too shallow."

Qin Ke looked at Gao Yishui, frowned and said, "What do you mean? Didn't you just say that it's unfathomable?"

"I just discussed a few Taoist classics with him, so I can judge his cultivation level. I haven't really tried it, and everything is just speculation." Speaking of this, Gao Yishui smiled wickedly, and said: " Do you think I was joking when I kept telling you to go up with Abu and beat him up? I really thought so, okay? But after thinking about it later, I felt that the risk was too great. I am afraid that the good days of my journey are coming to an end."

Qin Ke sneered: "You yourself are about to smash the guqin several times, and if you want to beat us, you won't beat us first..."

He looked at Qin Ke's "too lazy to care about you" expression, laughed again, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Let's not talk about this, at least there is news about the Five Elements Sinan, we should find a place to celebrate , I’m the host, and I’ll treat you to roast chicken! Another pot of Lao Bai Gan!”

Qin Ke curled his lips and said: "You want to drink yourself, don't drag me into it. Are you a host? You have no money at all, why don't I pay for it?"

"What's the difference? You are now a celebrity under Prime Minister Jing Wu. You are under one person and above ten thousand. What is this little money? I am your best friend after all. I don't feel blushed at all eating and drinking yours."

Qin Ke squinted at him and pushed him hard: "Get lost, go to hell."

A few people were bickering and noisy, and soon they reached the halfway up the mountain. When they arrived at the teahouse, a few barbarians hadn't left, and they seemed to be chatting. yelled.

"What is he shouting?" Qin Ke asked.

Gao Yishui listened and said with a smile: "He is asking if we have seen the envoy."

Several people walked over together and sat down at another table.

"When will I go to the Mo family?" Cai Yan is full of expectations for the next journey. After leaving Ding'an City, she can't wait to step on every corner of this new world. "I heard that after Jicheng took power from the Mo family, All kinds of clever tricks are spread all over the city. There are tens of feet high waterwheels that run day and night, wooden men who can serve you tea and water with your fingers, and there are also wooden men who can run by themselves without being pushed. The ox cart and horse cart..."

Qin Ke rubbed his chin, and he also showed some curiosity about what Cai Yan said, but after thinking about it, he felt that the matter of finding the artifact and the master was more important, and asked instead: "The public loser in Jinzhou... ...have you heard of it?"

Cai Yan blinked, looked at him in disbelief and said, "You are from the Mo family, don't you know?"

"Me? How would I know... I'm just a countryman who walked out of the mountains. Abu, do you know?"

Just as Abu was about to answer, Cai Yan had already opened his mouth: "I heard that the public loser was originally a famous family in Jicheng a few decades ago. What happened, the Gongshu family was suppressed, the patriarch Gongshu disappeared, and the family moved to Jinzhou..."

"So that's it." Abu nodded, and said, "Ms. Cai has more knowledge. I just heard Huang Jiaoxi mention some things in class, which is far less detailed."

Cai Yan laughed crisply, "It's not that I've been well-informed, it's because I often went to the palace when I was a child, and I had the opportunity to see those ancient books in the palace... The upper echelons of the Mo family seem to be very taboo about the surname Gongshu, so they have been deliberately downplaying them. In addition, after the disappearance of the lord of the family, the entire family has gradually declined, and after decades, there are not many who can think of them."

"It's not missing." Gao Yishui came over, took away the cup of tea in front of Qin Ke, gulped it down, sighed contentedly and wiped his mouth, "It's exile. Sentenced to exile on the frontier, it is a blessing in misfortune to keep the family from being implicated."

"Conspiracy?" Qin Ke took a breath. Such a crime is indeed serious enough.

Cai Yan's eyes shifted, and he nodded slowly: "If it's a conspiracy...it's no wonder that the upper echelons of the Mohist family deliberately downplay the surname Gongshu. This kind of thing, no matter where it is put, is a scandal."

"The Mohist court is a pot of muddleheaded porridge, and there are troubles one after another. I am not surprised by scandals and so on. It's like the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism is known all over the world, but Mohism My own theory is getting weaker and weaker, and the Mohist giant who has worked hard for decades may not have a very easy life." Gao Yishui said casually, whistled, and said: "Let's go, I'm already hungry, Roasted Chicken and Lao Baigan are not available here, hurry down the mountain."

"Just know how to eat." Qin Ke said: "Then when shall we leave for Jinzhou?"

"What's the rush? Jinzhou won't suddenly grow two legs and run away. It's impossible to go to the public loser to ask for things. It's a declining family, but it's a big family anyway, so I have to figure it out " Gao Yishui stretched his waist, "Eat first... I can't think of anything when I'm hungry."

Chapter 321

However, when the four of them went down to the foot of the mountain, they bumped into a group of people blocking the way.

"Unexpectedly, Mr. Lu, who is a high-ranking military adviser on the Great Wall, would use such a clumsy method of waiting for a rabbit." Gao Yishui shook his head helplessly.

By a small path at the foot of the mountain, Lu Ming sat firmly on a tall horse, his eyes were as aloof as those of a superior, looking down at Qin Ke and the others. The bandits on both sides were sturdy, with a playful smile on their lips.

There was actually an acquaintance. Lu Pu stood behind Lu Ming. He looked at Qin Ke and said sharply, "Boy, you can't escape this time."

This time, he was no longer partnering with a reckless man like Wu Ting, but came with Lu Ming's power, even if it was just pretending to be a tiger, it was enough to make him proud.

Lu Ming urged the horse, moved forward slightly, inspected several people, and finally looked at Gao Yishui: "It doesn't matter whether the scheme is clumsy or deceitful, as long as it is useful, isn't it? What about things, what did the old man give you?"

Gao Yishui shook his head and said with a smile, "Would you believe me if I said he didn't give me anything?"

Lu Ming smiled, looking like the spring breeze and rain, not annoyed at all, and said: "You said, I will naturally believe half of it, I have always been a honest person, since you said he didn't give you anything , then... just hand over the thing you got in Ding'an City."

Qin Ke's heart moved, as expected, when he met Lu Pu and Wu Ting in the archives library, he was a little strange. The two bandits also wanted to find the silk book that recorded the whereabouts of Wuxing Sinan. Obviously, the "father" above them The target is also the Five Elements Sinan.

It's just that he was able to find out that the pointer of Wuxing Sinan had fallen into their hands by himself, which is really amazing.

Qin Ke felt a hand touching his back slightly, he turned his head and saw Gao Yishui's mouth moved, but he didn't make a sound, but Qin Ke understood what he meant, he was saying: seize the horse.

Qin Ke looked at the few healthy horses that were vacant beside Lu Ming. Although the horses were somewhat sluggish after running around for days, their foundations were still there. The horses' eyes were still bright, their fur was shiny, and they were fat and strong.

However, the bandits that Lu Ming brought with him this time should all have some background in cultivation. Although he has successfully reached the third realm, after all, there are still Cai Yan and Gao Yishui by his side, so he must not ignore their safety and go on a rampage with Abu. of.Thinking of this, he tightened his grip on the Bodhisattva sword.

Lu Ming lowered his head slightly to signal that the bandits took an attacking posture and walked forward slowly. The Great Wall-style sabers had already been unsheathed, and two of them put the sabers horizontally on their shoulders.

I really don't know what General Mulan's expression will be when he sees this scene. The Great Wall-style saber has fallen into the hands of these vicious bandits...

He didn't know why Lu Ming appeared here, but one thing was certain - it was definitely not written by General Mulan.

Qin Ke looked at Lu Pu who was gradually approaching, and said solemnly: "At any rate, I didn't shoot you in the palace."

Lu Pu sneered and said, "Do you want me to thank you? Everyone understands. The situation in the palace is complicated. You just can't do it for a while. If you have the strength of that person..."

He thought of Li Si who was like a ghost in the shadows that night, and it was he who saved his life, and even revealed some things about Funiu Mountain to him, so that he could return to Lu Ming again. By his side, a trip to the palace is not nothing.

It's just that he is still wondering, what is Li Si's background?If he had friendship with Lu Ming, he would help him, but why did he insist on sending Qin Ke out?

"What nonsense are you talking to them?" Chen Hu, the most cultivated among the bandits, glanced at Lu Pu, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth. The plaything at his fingertips, "If you have to bicker in everything, why do you need a sword? Let's grab that woman first, chop off her fingers one by one, and after chopping off the fingers, then go up from the palm, I don't believe it. , They can bear to watch without saying a word."

Looking at Chen Hu's cruel eyes, even Lu Pu, who had a lot of lives in his hands, couldn't help but tremble all over.

Now Chen Hu is 38 years old, and he has practiced well for many years. If it weren't for the internal strife in his family's cottage a few years ago, and the cannibalism of several leaders led to the decline of the cottage, he would not have accepted Lu Ming's solicitation.

"Well said! If you think about it, you can do some fun things along the way..." Chen Bao, Chen Hu's younger brother, held his saber eagerly, and his eyes fell on Cai Yan, showing a lewd smile.

Although Cai Yan was dressed in coarse cloth and had no makeup on her face, her natural beauty was hard to conceal.

Qin Ke frowned, and stepped forward to protect Cai Yan behind him, while Abu had already pulled out a few sticks and halberd heads from the bag, and after a few splices, the hooks were biting together, and soon there were more of them in his hands. In the rainy night of Ding'an City, the halberd was extremely powerful.

"I'm blocking in front, you help me hold the line." Abu whispered: "If it really doesn't work, I'll stop them, and you take them away."

Abu's cultivation is not as good as Qin Ke's for the time being, but after all, long halberds are more suitable for group battles, while Qin Ke's agility is more suitable for dodging and moving.

Gao Yishui and Cai Yan have no cultivation, they need someone to guard them personally.

He clenched his halberd tightly with both hands. Of course he knew that what he was going to face next would be a tough battle, but once a person really faced the front line of life and death, he would appear much calmer.

Bodhisattva Qin Ke got out of the sheath, and replied in a deep voice: "If we die together, we may not have a chance to escape..."

But the neighing of the horse stopped the last exchange between the two before the battle.

Chen Hu waved his saber, and stepped on the mud that had rained overnight, splashing water and mud spots, he jumped into the air, and crossed a few times. The heavy saber danced in his hand, creating a heavy and mighty The wind was blowing, and it came to Abu in a moment.

"Ake!" Abu yelled, and the halberd in his hand shook with his arms, and the shining blade was swung like a wind and snow. When it touched the sword, the two groaned at the same time. .

Chen Hu frowned, and felt that the halberd was as powerful as his own when he touched it. Looking at Abu's young face, he was surprised for a while, but more annoyed. Then, he shouted loudly. , as the energy and blood surged, the strength in his arm increased greatly, and he pressed the halberd abruptly.

Abu gritted his teeth, and secretly judged that Chen Hu should be closer to the gate of the third realm than himself.

Chen Hu used the Great Wall-style saber, and the fierce force in his saber technique also carried a lot of the murderous aura of the Great Wall army. Abu seemed to have seen Jing Wu Chaotang performing Wu Su Ding Fang's vigorous chopping again that day. Like mountains collapsing, like floods sweeping away.

However, since Lu Ming is the Great Wall's military adviser, he is naturally familiar with military training, so it is not surprising that he can train these people who have already cultivated themselves to use the Great Wall's saber technique.

But there is one thing that Lu Ming may not know.

When Gao Changgong took them all the way to Wu County, the big boat sailed through the wind and waves. Qin Ke got Mulan's professor at the bow of the boat, and learned the Qijin Sword under the terrifying coercion of the sword.At the same time, he was at the stern of the boat, and he did not know how many times he had fought back and forth with Su Dingfang. He was very familiar with this kind of saber gesture.

So what if Chen Hu's current cultivation has entered the third realm?As long as he didn't break through the three realms, he was just a mortal after all, and the fighting spirit in his bones was instantly aroused, and as the halberd was stretched, he let go of the force of the sword in an instant.

Abu swung his halberd like a windmill, and went straight to Chen Hu's lower body!

"Abu! Don't forget to look for opportunities!" Qin Ke, who was already facing Chen Bao, swung the heavy saber away with his sword.

Chen Bao did learn a few styles of the Great Wall's sword technique, but compared to Mulan's aura before, it was simply a thousand miles away, and Qin Ke naturally handled it with ease.

"At a time like this, can you still care about others?" Chen Bao's forehead bulged with veins, and he sneered and cut again. Qin Ke took a light step back, never letting Chen Bao have a chance to rush behind him, while Gao Yishui By that time, she had long since lost her usual carefree appearance, like an old hen protecting her cubs, protecting Cai Yan with vigilant eyes.

"Damn it, how come the two little bastards who haven't grown all their hair are so good? Will they be able to do it in a few years?" Chen Bao scolded, Qin Ke easily blocked the knife just now, shocked It made his tiger's mouth numb slightly.

He was jealous in his heart, thinking that Qin Ke must be a descendant of a famous family in Jingwu, he must have been born wearing gold and silver, and was taught by a famous teacher, and he, the son of a bandit leader, was far worse than others after all.

My self-cultivation was tempered with human life, these wealthy children just have good parents, so they can be named marquis and generals in the future, why?

He gritted his teeth, his legs sank slightly, his eyes widened and he shouted loudly, the saber slashed towards Qin Ke again!

However, this time the Bodhisattva sword didn't have any strength at all. Qin Ke flitted aside like a ball of soft cotton. Chen Bao almost fell because of too much force. Seeing Qin Ke's legs spin back and jump again He took a big step and landed in front of Gao Yishui and Cai Yan.

The Bodhisattva picked and sent one away, just in time to repel Lupu who was quietly approaching alone.

Chapter 322 Fighting

With a light move, Lu Pu already knew that he was no longer Qin Ke's opponent, but Lu Pu would not back down, and Chen Bao also came up to meet him. Qin Ke held the sword across his chest in one hand, protecting Gao Yishui He and Cai Yan made a circle to get closer to the few horses grazing leisurely.

Lu Pu finally didn't wait anymore, swung his knife and slashed at Qin Ke's face again, but Qin Ke gave a low shout, took a step forward, squatted down, and at the same time swung the Bodhisattva's scabbard sideways. Drawing a sharp arc, he hit Lu Pu's back all at once, knocking him to the ground forcefully.

Qin Ke, who succeeded in one move, did not stop at all, and leaped across Lupu, which fell to the ground, but Chen Bao was far more sensitive than he thought, and he turned around and had already mounted a black horse. After running behind Qin Ke in a few steps, the horse neighed, its hooves soared into the air, and the sword it swung seemed to fall from the sky.

Qin Ke looked at Chen Bao sitting on the horseback, and applauded his horse control skills silently in his heart. On the other side, Abu and Chen Hu were at loggerheads, but relying on his familiarity with the Great Wall sword slashing method, he finally He still has the upper hand. The long halberd move he learned from Gao Changgong is a move only used on the battlefield. It is wide open and close, and it is not weaker than Chen Hu's sword. Moves and blocks are steady and steady.

When the weapons were handed over this time, Abu suddenly hooked the sword with the crescent of the halberd, and pulled it suddenly.

Chen Hu had nowhere to use his strength and was dragged to the ground. Before he could stand up, he saw the halberd sweeping towards him like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. Several rolls.

Abu still wanted to chase forward, but Chen Hu wanted to get back on his horse after he stood upright. The saber turned around and slashed at the middle of the halberd, and then slid back a certain distance with the momentum of Abu's blocking.

Abu chased Chen Hu and ran in front of a yellow-brown horse. Before Chen Hu could touch the reins, Abu passed the halberd forward, blocking Chen Hu's outstretched hand, and at the same time used the tail end of the halberd After hitting the horse's butt, the yellow horse neighed and ran to the side, while Gao Yishui had already led Cai Yan to meet him in that direction.

Qin Ke's eyes brightened slightly. Chen Bao on the horse did not bring him too much pressure. Instead, he was always looking for opportunities to knock Chen Bao off his horse. Seeing that Abu had succeeded, he couldn't help shouting happily: "Old Gao! Get on your horse!"

Lu Pu on the ground hadn't lost consciousness yet, and at this moment, he had already followed Chen Bao on one horse, one on one, and rushed towards Qin Ke with a knife.

The two sabers pierced through the air. The Bodhisattva spun around in Qin Ke's hands and hit the sides of the two sabers. Then he flashed and hit the leg of the steed under Chen Bao's crotch with the scabbard. Chen Bao almost fell to the ground when he tilted his body on one side. The horse was frightened, and ran away regardless of Chen Bao's tightening of the rein.

Qin Ke grinned and looked at Lu Pu. Before he could react, the distance between the two was less than one step.

Qin Ke finally waited for this moment.

Seven Swords!

Like a long cool breeze, the blade of the sword fluttered in the autumn sun, but it carried a bit of aura.

Lu Pu trembled slightly. When he lowered his head, all he could feel was a cold sharp edge sneaking into his chest without a sound. Trembling, Qin Ke suddenly pulled out the blade.

He staggered back, blood red like clusters of firecrackers in spring, dripping on the grass bit by bit.