Kaifeng Bistro

Having said that, Han Qi stopped, and Bai Yutang couldn't help asking: "Master Han, what happened next?"

Han Qi shook his head solemnly: "No one knows what happened next. Because none of those Song soldiers survived, and even their bodies were gone."

"What? The corpses are all gone?" Zhuo Zhuo exclaimed: "That is to say, these more than ten thousand people disappeared out of thin air?"

"That's right." Han Qi nodded. "I searched around to find out the whereabouts of this army, and finally found out from a few hunters in the valley. That day, when Ren Fu and the others came down to the valley, suddenly a group of cavalry in black and black armor came from the valley. They rushed out... The number of these cavalrymen was not too many, maybe even only a thousand, but they were very brave, and each of them could outnumber a hundred. They rushed into the Song army, and they set up a command flag on the mountain, The command was very strict, and those who were killed by our soldiers were turned on their backs, and no one was left behind."

Tan Zhifeng and the others immediately realized what happened next.After a pause, Han Qi continued: "These... are not the most appalling... These hunters were shocked at the time. They hid in the mountains and trembled with fright, but when they recovered Only then did they discover that those Song Jun who had died had come back to life one by one..."

At this moment, the guard beside Han Qi came over and said to Han Qi, "My lord, it's time for us to hurry."

Hearing this, Han Qi stood up slowly, and asked Zhan Zhao and the others: "Everyone...are you going to the northwest?"

"Yes." Zhan Zhao replied, "We just want to go to Huaiyuan City to find out."

Han Qi bowed to them and said: "Everyone, I'm going to the capital to accept the crime. If the Tian family allows me to return to the northwest to serve, even if I die on the battlefield, I will have no complaints. But, I'm afraid I I don't know where I will be demoted, but now the lives of the people and soldiers at the border are entrusted to you."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stood solemnly and saluted together, watching the guards hug Han Qi onto the horse and lead the soldiers slowly towards Kaifeng.And those people were still crying and burning paper by the roadside, and it took several hours before they gradually dispersed, lighting torches and walking back to their respective villages and towns.Tan Zhifeng and the others were not in the mood to rest this time either, so they took advantage of the horses driving the carriage having eaten enough fodder, got into the carriage and continued heading northwest.

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On the other side, Xu Gan led his previous ten or so subordinates, as well as Shangshang, Ling'er and Chen Qing, all the way west, and soon arrived at the place where Xixia and Song Dynasty handed over.That night, just as Xu Gan fell asleep, Ling'er beside her became restless, and the little hand holding Xu Gan was shaking uncontrollably.

The closer he was to Xixia, Xu Gan could clearly feel that the various auras in his body were becoming more and more restless. The dark evil aura that came from nowhere, and the bloody aura that was aroused in his body did not know when. Ridu couldn't stop clashing with each other in his pulse, each wanted to drive the other out, but both became stronger at the same time under this impact, and became more difficult to control.

When he hugged Ling'er, Ling'er's body was as cold as ice, but when Ling'er's hand took his hand, the golden Buddha seal in his palm suddenly shone brightly, burning Ling'er cried out in pain.

"Ling'er, wake up." Xu Gan called out in a deep voice: "Tell me, where does this aura in your body come from, and tell me what did you see?"

"I don't know," Ling'er replied intermittently: "Something is calling me, he told me that my soul does not belong to me, only he can control my destiny."

"Where are you going?" Xu Gan continued to ask, "Where did he ask you to find him?"

"To the west...to the west..." Ling'er spit out these words and fainted again.The golden light of the Buddha seal gradually faded.But the black air in Xu Gan's palm was still spreading everywhere.

Xu Gan stood up, the redness at the corners of his eyes was getting thicker and thicker, it looked like a tear of blood, but his expression was still as calm and indifferent as before.He went to the courtyard and pulled out Kunwu, and looked at it carefully under the moonlight.As the various auras in his body became more and more vigorous, Kun Wu seemed to be gradually waking up—this giant sword was no longer dim and dull, and the dirty color on its surface was slowly fading away from Xu Gan. A blood-like crimson light gushed out from his hand, lingering around this ancient sword, and Kun Wu also clanked, as if echoing its master from afar.

At the same time, a cloud of black smoke gradually rose from the northwest, which looked particularly eye-catching on a clear moonlit night.The dazzling red light emitted by the Kunwu sword rose gradually. These two rays of light were like two giant snakes, greedily pounced on each other, intertwined and bit each other. The black giant snake opened its mouth wide, as if to Devour the opponent completely.

Outside Huaiyuan City, Tan Zhifeng and Wen Hui looked worriedly at the sky in the northwest. "His strength is not strong enough." Wen Hui said softly, "Look..."

Tan Zhifeng could see clearly that the two rays of light were stalemate in the air for a while, and suddenly strands of black air emerged from the red light, and then both rays of light began to recede, and dissipated after a short while.

"It's just that our opponent is trying to test Ying Long." Wen Hui continued: "His current strength is far stronger than Ying Long."

"My blood can undo Kunwu's seal..." Tan Zhifeng turned around and said to Wen Hui, "You...do you know why?"

"If you want to know this, you need to know why Kunwu was sealed." Wen Hui still looked at the sky in the northwest where the smoke and dust had cleared, "Zhifeng, do you know what goes through in the establishment of each dynasty?"

"I know..." Tan Zhifeng's voice became softer: "Many people will die."

"Yes, before, after..." Wen Hui said, "Kunwu is a sword soaked in blood. Blood makes it sharp and blood makes it invincible. Gather on the sword, if the emperor cannot calm these undead, then this sword will slowly fall into a deep sleep and lose its power until another killing wakes it up."

"So, what it brings to the emperor... is absolute power, but also unknown danger..." Tan Zhifeng asked, "Is that so?"

"Yes." Wen Hui nodded and said, "I think, many times, this sword returned to Ying Long's hands, right?"

Tan Zhifeng recalled Yinglong's life after life. Yes, the blood-red light often surrounded him. After he died and reincarnated, this light disappeared with him.

"This sword," Wen Hui went on, "for a dragon, it is an evil spirit that cannot be purified in reincarnation, until...until one day, it was sealed by you."

"So, it still has something to do with my blood." Tan Zhifeng raised his hand, looked at his white, almost transparent palm under the silver moonlight, and said, "Perhaps, I should figure it out with Ying Long. In the end... who am I?"

Wen Hui did not answer this question.The two of them sat side by side in front of the dilapidated threshold, looking at the long-abandoned fields.It is almost summer, and the weather in the northwest is starting to heat up.Tan Zhifeng inexplicably felt agitated in his heart, and he said to Wen Hui: "The scripture you read that day, can you read it again for me to listen to?"

"Okay." Wen Hui began to chant softly: "Buddha, Bodhisattva Mahasattva has ten kinds of hearts. What are ten? The so-called: like the heart of the earth, it can hold and grow all the good roots of all living beings; like the heart of the sea, all The immeasurable, boundless, great wisdom of all the Buddhas has flowed in..."

"...It is like the heart of a lotus flower, which cannot be contaminated by all the dharmas of the world; like the heart of Utanbo flower, which is difficult to encounter in all kalpas; like the heart of the pure sun, which breaks through the darkness; like the heart of emptiness, it is immeasurable. It is ten. If the Bodhisattvas live in it, they will have the Tathagata's supremely pure heart..." Tan Zhifeng followed along and chanted, and his mood really gradually calmed down.But after he calmed down, he looked at the red north just now, but felt a sense of loss.Tomorrow, they will enter Huaiyuan City.He still doesn't know what is waiting for him in this city?And in Gyeongju not far away, what is waiting for Xu Gan?

Wen Hui went back to the crumbling house, and there were two flower pots by the corner that had never left his side. "I'm sorry," Tan Zhifeng raised his hand and plucked the leaves of hyacinth and green radish: "My spiritual power is very weak, and I haven't been able to transform you completely. Now, I want to take you to such a dangerous place. Actually , if you don't want to enter Huaiyuan City..."

"Tan Zhifeng, what are you talking about?" Yi Yi's figure appeared beside him: "Let's not go to Huaiyuan, and watch you rub your arm against Kunwu sword by yourself?!"

"Zhifeng, why are you always so depressed?" Zhuo Zhuo also jumped out and patted him on the shoulder: "We have two great gods, and that sword, and Brother Zhan and Brother Bai, can't we fight against one until now? The guy who doesn’t dare to show his face? Zhifeng, why don’t you think about it with me, after we’re done, where do you want to live with the master?”

"Anywhere is fine." Tan Zhifeng murmured: "As long as I'm with you, with Ying Long, even if it's a barren mountain, I'll try my best to make good food for you."

"I don't know if there will be anything delicious when we arrive in Huaiyuan?" Zhuo Zhuo looked at the carriage parked outside boredly: "Zhifeng, although those dried meat and pickles are delicious, they are a bit tired after eating all the way. Tomorrow , let's go to the city earlier!"

"Do you want to eat?" Tan Zhifeng looked at the tall locust tree at the door and asked, "If you want, I can give you an extra meal now, how about it?"

"What are you doing?" Zhuo Zhuo asked curiously, "I know you bought some noodles in the town yesterday, but you don't have anything else besides noodles!"

"And this." Tan Zhifeng raised his finger and pointed to the tall locust tree, "Come on, Yiyi, pick some fresh leaves for me."

Yi Yi slowly raised his hand and swung it upwards, the green whip entangled the branch and pulled it down, Zhuo Zhuo hurriedly picked two handfuls of new leaves and put them in front of Tan Zhifeng under the moonlight: "That's it, why don't we just let it go directly?" What about grazing?"

"This is called Huaiye Lengtao," Tan Zhifeng stood up and smiled at them: "Just wait."