Juvenile Tour [Jian San Yang Hua Tibetan Tang Dynasty]

Fifty-six. Birth and separation

There is no calendar day in the mountains, and the year is unknown when the cold is gone.

Wanhua Valley is still quiet and beautiful. Even though it is already winter outside, the valley is still as warm as spring.Large expanses of purple flower sponges undulate like waves, and the green cliffs are inserted into the earth like a fairy's jade pen.

Chu Loufeng is still a prisoner, but because of Chu Yangqiu, he is allowed to go back to the valley to recuperate his wounds, and he is usually under house arrest under house arrest, under constant surveillance by two mighty military guards.

He himself didn't care much about these things, and stayed in the house honestly every day.It's just that Chu Yangqiu deliberately cut off his communication with the outside world in order to allow him to heal his wounds at ease. Chu Loufeng was thinking about the battle of the mighty villains in his heart.Yan Qingyue, the big brother of Tiangongmen, is also a man of noble spirit. According to Chu Yangqiu's request, he helped him remake a right arm with the Yanjia mechanism. Although it is not very flexible, he can barely do some simple movements. After wearing gloves, it looks like ordinary people.Apart from eating, sleeping and drinking medicine all day long, Chu Loufeng is trying to get used to his prosthetic limb and practice writing with his left hand.

His calligraphy was taught stroke by stroke by Chu Yangqiu, and even the copy that was traced in red later was written to him personally.Therefore, the handwriting of the two brothers is very similar, and there is almost no difference.

Yuqing came to see him every day, just as gentle as he remembered.Chu Loufeng felt very guilty when facing his master. It has been nearly two years since he left the valley, but he has never returned once.

However, Yu Qing didn't care, she just stood on tiptoe and rubbed his hair as she did when she was a child: "A man's ambition is everywhere, and it's a good thing that you don't want to be confined to the square inch of Wanhua Valley."

"Understood, Master," Chu Loufeng obediently lowered his head to let her touch, "I will come back to see you more often in the future."

"Don't break your promise," Yu Qing bent her fingers and tapped his forehead, "I remember when I saw you for the first time, you were only so small - now you have grown so tall."

She wrinkled her nose, and there was a hint of childishness in her smile that never changed.Chu Loufeng also answered with a smile, only to feel that a tight string in his heart suddenly loosened, and all the previous events in the Valley of the Evil suddenly seemed like a dream.Only the centrifugal Gu in his heart will hurt from time to time, reminding him that all this is reality.

Half a month passed quickly, and one day before dawn, Chu Loufeng woke up from his dream.He gasped heavily, looking at the pitch-black ceiling above his head, he felt his heart beating like a drum.

He doesn't often have nightmares, but today he is restless, but he can't remember the content of the dream.Chu Loufeng lay blankly on the couch for a while, when he suddenly heard a sound from the courtyard, it was someone coming in.

The two mighty military guards guarding next to him also heard the noise, one jumped out of the window directly, and the other pushed open the door of his room, came to his couch vigilantly, and pressed his right hand on the hilt of his sword.

"what happened?"

Chu Loufeng took a piece of clothing and put it on his body, and sat up too, feeling more uneasy in his heart.The person who came from the courtyard was not a friend but an enemy, the two said something and walked into the room together.

"Second Young Master," the visitor said, dressed in blue and vigorous attire, "please follow me to Qutang Gorge."

"Did something happen to my elder brother?" Chu Loufeng was startled.He recognized the person who came, he was one of the personal guards who followed Li Hanzhou in the past, and now he followed Chu Yangqiu.If he came to him in the middle of the night, there must be some emergency.

"Commander Chu wants to see you."

The man answered briefly, and showed him the token of the Haoqi League from his pocket, as if he didn't want to say more.Chu Loufeng quickly got dressed, went to the table and opened his simple small bag, ready to put some daily clothes into it, but was stopped by the man: "Second Young Master, time is tight, there is no time to pack these."

Chu Loufeng frowned, but didn't say anything, put down his things and followed the man out the door.The two mighty military guards also wanted to follow, but they were stopped at the door by that person: "This is Commander Chu's secret order, I don't want others to know - I will definitely send him back tomorrow."

"This……"

Both of them are Chu Yangqiu's confidantes, hearing what he said at this moment, they couldn't help but hesitate.However, the other party has indeed been with Li Hanzhou for nearly ten years, and the degree of loyalty can be learned from time to time, so there is absolutely no reason to lie.On the contrary, Chu Loufeng interjected: "I won't run away, it's difficult for my elder brother. Besides, I'm useless in martial arts now, he alone is enough to guard."

The two mighty martial guards looked at each other, finally nodded and let them go.Chu Loufeng followed behind him, passed Xiaoyao Forest, and walked towards Lingyun Ladder.

However, at the entrance of Lingyun Stairs, Chu Loufeng stopped, Pingping stretched out his hand, and said, "What kind of flower is this time?"

The man was taken aback, and asked, "What kind of flower?"

"Big brother is good friends with Uncle Li Dongliu, who is the envoy of Wanhua to welcome guests. Every time he comes back, no matter how hasty he is, he will bring him some exotic flowers and weeds—isn't there any this time?"

"...It happened so suddenly, Commander Chu probably forgot."

Chu Loufeng didn't answer, his eyes were shining brightly under the moonlight.The man felt a little dizzy from his stare, and unconsciously pressed the hilt of the sword behind him with his right hand: "Second Young Master, please."

"Are you sent by my elder brother?"

Chu Loufeng took a step back and confronted him cautiously.The previous behavior of this person was really suspicious, but because of working together for many years, the two Haoqi Wuwei who were in charge of guarding him relaxed their vigilance.The nonsense about flower seeds before was just a test.

He knew that what he was doing now was very dangerous, but this person suddenly wanted to harm him, maybe something serious happened in Qutang Gorge.Chu Loufeng was very worried about Chu Yangqiu, so he simply followed him out, waiting to see how the other party would react.

The two stood in a stalemate for a while, and the man finally drew his sword with a "clank", and said in a low voice, "Chu Yangqiu is openly showing favoritism, spare your life—I will take your head today to comfort General Li's spirit in heaven!"

After all, it was a sword stabbing.Chu Loufeng didn't expect it to be such a reason, and couldn't tell what it was like in his heart for a while.However, the sword light in front of him could no longer allow him to think too much, so he just dodged to the side, reluctantly avoiding it.

"Someone broke into the valley!!"

Chu Loufeng shouted with all his might.

This is the only way for Ten Thousand Flowers Valley to the outside world, and it uses the Lingyun Ladder to go up and down, and it is also one of the few places in the valley where multiple disciples are sent on duty.The reason why Chu Loufeng chose to speak clearly here is to guard against the other party's sudden attack.Now that his martial arts are useless and his internal strength is gone, he can only take advantage of the chaos and leave with the help of others.

"Who is so bold?"

Sure enough, Li Dongliu was the first to rush out, shooting out a faint green light with the judge's pen in his hand.One after another, several more righteous disciples surrounded here.Under such circumstances, the man couldn't argue, and watched Chu Loufeng take advantage of the confusion, touch the feather ink carving beside him, turn over and sit on it.

"Uncle Li, please!"

"Loufeng, wait—"

The big black bird sang sharply, flapped its wings and flew away. After circling in the air for a week, it flew out of the valley, and soon disappeared in the faint morning light.

Qutang Gorge was the same as when he left half a month ago, except that the city wall of Bukongguan was in ruins. It was obvious that it had been violently attacked, and the whole city was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

Seeing that Chu Loufeng was alone, the guard at the door couldn't help showing surprise, and was prevaricated by him with a few words, turned around and entered the room to report.While waiting, Chu Loufeng chatted with a few guards beside him. It turned out that a few days ago, Evilman Valley led a group of people to attack, and Chu Yangqiu led the people to defend to the death. Both sides suffered a loss.

He didn't mention the bad news about Chu Yangqiu's injury, and Chu Loufeng couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. However, when the other party mentioned that the villains were approaching the city, an extremely angry expression flashed across his face. I don't know if he thought of it What.

Just as he was about to continue asking, the previous personal guard had already returned and said, "Commander Chu, invite Second Young Master to go in."

"Big brother!"

Chu Loufeng pushed the door open and entered, and a figure lying face inward could be vaguely seen on the bed in the tent.The boulder that had been hanging in his heart for a long time finally fell to the ground, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother, you scared me to death last night, I thought you—"

His voice stopped abruptly.

Inside the opened bed curtain was a strange face.

"My elder brother... where is Commander Chu?"

There was still a persistent smile on Chu Loufeng's face, and his eyes were a little confused, as if he didn't understand the situation in front of him.The man sat up, pointed to the side silently, and said, "Everyone is inside."

His voice was abnormally hoarse, whether it was illness or intentional.However, Chu Loufeng couldn't care so much at the moment, turned around and ran towards the place he pointed.There was originally a bookshelf placed against the wall, and there was a small secret room behind it, which was sometimes used as a place for impromptu meetings.At this moment, the original tables and chairs inside were removed and piled up against the wall, and a low couch was added in the middle.There were three people standing beside him. They turned their heads after hearing his voice, but they didn't move or speak.

"...Brother?"

Chu Loufeng spoke in a trembling voice.

He stumbled to the edge of the couch, shaking from head to toe.

"Big brother?"

Chu Yangqiu lay quietly on the couch, covered with a white sheet, with red blood oozing from his chest.His expression was quiet, as if he was just asleep, his face was pale, his long hair was pitch black, his brows were slightly frowned, but the corners of his lips seemed to be slightly raised.

Chu Loufeng stretched out his hand and smoothed his elder brother's brow little by little, only to feel that there was still a slight warmth between the tentacles.He couldn't help being startled, touched the other person's body again, raised his head, and said in a panic: "Brother's heart is still hot... Hurry up and find the medical officer!"

"Second son..."

"Hurry up!" Seeing that no one else responded, Chu Loufeng became a little anxious, turned around and was about to rush out, but someone grabbed his arm suddenly.He struggled indiscriminately, and unexpectedly burst out with astonishing strength, throwing that person staggeringly.In the chaos, he only felt that several hands were pressing him firmly against the wall, unable to move at all.

"My condolences, Second Young Master, Chu commanded him... just left."

The familiar voice spoke very strange sentences.Chu Loufeng turned his head in a daze, he recognized the person who spoke, it was a Tibetan sword disciple named Ye Baining, when Chu Yangqiu was promoted to acting commander, he was also promoted to lieutenant general.

"I just left... what do you mean?" Chu Loufeng looked at him hesitantly.Seeing that he was no longer struggling, the two guards also let go of his hands, allowing him to lean weakly against the wall.

No one answered, Chu Loufeng stared blankly at Ye Baining for a while, feeling that all the strength was taken from his body, his mind was buzzing, and countless messy sounds and images flashed.

He wanted to walk to the couch and say that you are talking nonsense that my eldest brother is still alive.However, he could neither lift his legs nor open his mouth, so he could only stare blankly at Chu Yangqiu's peaceful face on the couch.

"Why is the second son here?"

Ye Baining asked in a gentle voice, and finally regained some of his consciousness.Chu Loufeng muttered for a long time before he found his own voice: "Li Hanzhou...someone is coming to kill me, to avenge him..."

He finished his story incoherently.It turned out that the day before, Chu Yangqiu knew that his fate was not long, so he sent people to Wanhua Valley to pick up Chu Loufeng, and arranged for people to escort him into Wuwang City, and entrusted Tianxuanying to take care of him and clear up his grievances.After Li Hanzhou's personal guard found out about this, he rushed into Wanhua before the group of people, wanting to strike first.

The elder brother was always thinking about his own fate even when he was about to die. Chu Loufeng felt his eyes were sour, he bit the corner of his lips, and asked, "Then elder brother, why..."

He couldn't say the word "death" no matter what, Ye Baining sighed softly, and said: "That day, the wicked attacked aggressively, and the Haoqi alliance was weakened. Commander Chu came to the front of the battle, and was accidentally shot by a poisonous arrow... In order not to It does not affect morale, and uses silver needles to limit the poison so as not to spread. But when attacking the city..."

His throat choked, but he couldn't continue speaking.Chu Loufeng couldn't help asking: "What happened during the siege?"

"They took General Lee's body..."

"How?" Chu Loufeng suddenly felt ominous.

Ye Baining took a deep breath, and slammed his fist on the wall: "Burn his clothes, kill his corpse for public display!"

"what?!"

Chu Loufeng felt like being struck by lightning, and sat down limply against the wall.

In a blank emptiness, he seemed to see the man's lips curled up, and he said in a half-gentle, half-malicious way, saying, Lou Feng, since you escaped, you have to pay a price.

...yes, as it should be.Since he had no respect for Li Hanzhou's body in order to escape, why should he expect the enemy to respect it?Chu Loufeng sat on the ground blankly, and could almost see the soldiers approaching the city that day, the blue sky and white snow, and the blood flowers blooming wantonly.

That was the person he had respected and admired for so many years, wise and mighty like a god of war, but he had fallen to the point where there were no bones left.Chu Loufeng raised his head in a daze, looked at Ye Baining, and said in a hoarse voice: "...and then?"

"At that time, the city was shocked, and some people couldn't bear it immediately, and wanted to go out to snatch General Li's body back. The command was also a little chaotic, and only Commander Chu was still calm, saying, 'A division is strong, and mourning soldiers will win', He personally went up to the city wall to command with his injuries, and guarded until the villains retreated." Ye Baining closed his eyes fiercely, and then opened them slowly, "Who knows that Commander Chu vomited a big mouthful of blood just after returning to the house. Only then did I know...he was mentally disordered before, and the poison had already entered his veins, but he was still holding on..."

"So, you just found someone, pretended to be the big brother, deliberately made his voice hoarse, to create the illusion that he was still alive..."

Chu Loufeng murmured.His gaze moved to the side of the bed, and he saw wet ink and a pile of bloody paper on the small table.

Noticing his gaze, Ye Baining rubbed the corners of his eyes fiercely: "Commander Chu has been explaining the matter of the Haoqi League before his death, because it hurts his heart and lungs, speaking is very laborious, but he still insists on writing until the end..."

His voice was choked with sobs, and he could hardly form a sentence. Hearing the words, Chu Loufeng asked in a trembling voice, "Big Brother, did you tell me anything?"

"No," Ye Baining squatted down in front of him, supported Chu Loufeng's shoulders, and paused every word, "Commander Chu just said, 'Brother is gone, you...you have to be fine.'"

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