When he set foot on Wanjin Beach and entered the Yellow River, he was filled with grief and anger, but only one thought was still red and hot, and he held it tightly in his heart and refused to abandon it.

Not regretful, unwilling, unwilling.

The river water illuminated by the setting sun can no longer be seen in front of me, and the magnificent golden clouds are gradually obscured by the rising darkness. The fighting, shouting, and screams are gradually inaudible. The blood-stained armor sinks with the body, and the mouth

The river water containing coarse sand grains was choked in his nose, and his chest gradually became painful. However, his hair and limbs became strangely light, and even his severely injured left arm seemed to have resumed movement.

He remembered that when he was young, his mother once said that after death, people have to drink Meng Po soup to wash away the memories of this life and go to the human world again.

So what if he was born as a human being? Seeing that the government was dirty and the officials were strife, he angrily wrote a letter to impeach Li Gang for not knowing military skills, and then he changed his name and fled his hometown. Seeing the world overturned and Jin Ou shattered, he squandered his family wealth, recruited rebels, and defended the isolated city with blood.

, but still could not stop the iron hooves of the golden man who trampled the mountains and rivers of Guanshan. Even if he fought with his sword to the last moment, he could not save the father and the common people who trusted him wholeheartedly with his own courage.

It turns out that in this life, he has seen so much suffering and exhausted so much strength, but it is about to come to an end.

He stopped struggling and let the boundless Yellow River swallow him up. Above the dark river, and above it, were the fierce winds and scorching sun that had not changed in Shaanzhou for thousands of years.

When his soul was about to dissipate, it felt like someone was dragging his body vigorously. Leaving the cold and heavy river water, he breathed in the sweet mountain air in his lungs. He coughed painfully, and the wounds all over his body hurt. He

It was like being put into a frying pan and fried several times. Even though he had an iron-clad character, it was still unbearable. He was just afraid of being captured by the Jurchens and refused to lose his will and moan. During the jolt, he opened his eyes and reluctantly

I saw what looked like two young men dressed as Song Dynasty people. They cut a few branches, tied them with a tarpaulin, put him on it, and dragged him back to the distant camp step by step.

1,

In the autumn of the ninth year of Jianyan's reign, the emperor of the Song Dynasty made a northern expedition, and the emperor personally conquered it, which shocked the world.

Shaanzhou City is located in a fortress. It suffered a lot from military disasters during the Jingkang period. It has been ten years since the founding of the New Song Dynasty. Everyone in the city is eager to conquer Yanjing and relax their ambitions. Since the official expedition of the Zhao family, the Northern Expedition's proclamation has been recited all over the place.

At that time, all the people in Shaanzhou were in an uproar. Li Jiedu, wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, led a mighty army out of the city. Elders all over the city were sent thirty miles away, and they waited until the fluttering mainstay flag was no longer visible.

turn around.

This war was so serious that Li Yanxian only left Shao Yun to guard Pinglu, and his younger brother Li Kui was in the rear to support him. The rest of his subordinates went with the army. There was also a murderous atmosphere in Shaanzhou City. Although it was still a peaceful scene with fireworks during the day,

When the sun was still twilight, the city gates were locked early. Women and children stayed behind closed doors, and young men and women formed patrol teams. They walked along the streets every night, holding fire and sticks. When they saw unfamiliar faces, they would question them carefully to beware of the subtle tricks of the Jin people.

Shao Zhou is the younger brother of Li Yanxian's favorite Shao Yun. He is only seventeen years old this year. When Li Yanxian visited Pinglu, he saw that although he was young, he was smart and sensible. He liked him very much and took him with him to work as a service placement.

This time when the army went on an expedition, Shao Zhou accidentally contracted typhoid fever. After he recovered, he had lost his temper and could not follow. Fortunately, Shao Zhou was an optimistic person. Others sighed all day long and regretted not catching up with this violent war. He

But he was busy working in the back office and there was no complaint.

In the evening, a golden half-moon hung on the blue sky. Shao Zhou wiped his mouth hastily after dinner, hurried back to the kitchen, brought out a bowl of black hot medicinal soup, and tiptoed to get it.

He slipped into the east compartment. He had just taken a few steps when someone slapped him hard on the shoulder. Shao Zhou was so surprised that he almost spilled the medicinal soup. Then he saw that it was Liang Dagang, his familiar playmate.

, and now he is working as a guard in the government office. This man is much taller than him, and he can block half of the moonlight when he stands in front of him. He just walked quickly in small steps, but he didn't expect to be caught by this guy.

"I'm just asking you, who do you secretly cook these soups for every day? Is it the Xianzuo that you and Wang Qi dragged back that day? You usually have face in front of Jiedu, and you have to be more careful, so that Xizao doesn't sneak in.

It’s a big deal!”

Shao Zhou frowned when he heard him say that the hero he had rescued was Xiao Zuo. But he had a meek personality and was not good at arguing loudly and loudly. He just guarded the pot of medicinal soup tightly to avoid being pushed again and spilled.

It delayed the person in the room.

"You are just trying to frame a good man. The dozen or so arrowheads that were gouged out from that good man's body were Jurchens' swallow-tailed arrowheads. This must be true! Besides, the stab wound on his left arm was very serious. I'm afraid he won't be able to perform the sword dance again even if he heals.

If you don't know how to use a sword, tell me, those who kill the Jurchens are all good men, and I can't help but leave him alone on Markham Beach!"

After complaining to his friend, Shao Zhou continued to walk to the east wing. Liang Dagang's face was feverish, so he had no choice but to follow suit. He looked around first, and then lowered his voice, "But don't you think that this man looks harmonious?"

Are they too similar? No, they are exactly the same! They are just darker, thinner, and have scars on their faces!"

Shao Zhou just lowered his head and pretended not to hear, stretched out his hand to push the door of the east wing, and slipped in like a cat. Liang Dagang sighed outside and stamped his feet heavily. After all, he couldn't feel relieved and followed him in to see what was going on.

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The cold moonlight slanted in from the window lattice, illuminating the thin figure of the man on the kang, as if lying in a puddle of green jade. Seeing the two people coming in one after the other, he only slightly

After a quick glance, I was speechless.

The room was filled with a strong smell of herbs and a faint smell of blood, and the hanging ropes were covered with fine cotton cloth for dressing wounds. Liang Dagang knew that the words he had just spoken had been heard by this person, and he suddenly

He began to chatter a little, rubbing his fingers to say something, but saw that the man looked away coldly, as if he didn't want to say a word. Shao Zhou seemed to be used to this man's temper, and took off his boots.

Kneeling by the kang, he wanted to help him up and drink the medicine.

"In this life, I only know how to kill gold men and avenge my family and country. I don't know how to make a living by doing anything detailed." The man had an arrogant temper and waved away the medicine bowl handed over by Shao Zhou. His voice was hoarse, like a night owl croaking at the moon.

Liang Dagang was even more embarrassed and coughed a few times: "It's not that I want to misunderstand the heroes. It's just that the national war is about to happen recently, so there are strict inspections in the city."

The man was startled, "What kind of national war? After the fall of Shaanzhou, is Wanyan Lou's family going south again?"

Shao Zhou remained silent after hearing this. Seeing that the man was unwilling to take the medicine, he put it on the tables aside. Liang Dagang, on the other hand, became anxious after hearing these unclear words, "You are such a ignorant man, how could Shaanzhou fall?"

, Li Jiedu led our brothers to defend for eight years, and the mainstay military flag was also given by Zhao Guan's family. Wanyan Lou's family was beheaded by our emperor and Song soldiers as early as the battle of Yaoshan. The dead ghost can still survive.

It’s impossible to survive and lead troops!”

He kept mumbling to himself, but Shao Zhou winked at him, took a quilt, covered it carefully with the man, and then pulled his companion out of the room.

"You're so surprised, this guy doesn't know anything!" Liang Dagang said angrily.

"I've been drowning for a long time, and I guess there's something wrong with my brain." Shao Zhou walked under the moonlight with his hands in his sleeves, his childish face stretched into serious lines, "Maybe he has forgotten what happened in the previous war. In short, can we save him?

Just be wrong."

The autumn night was cool, the moon was at its peak, and a layer of pale night frost hung on the grass the two of them walked through. Several distant banging sounds were heard in the city. Shao Zhou sent Liang Dagang out of the government office, and after a brief gesture he handed over his hand.

He resumed his calm posture just now, ignoring that the soles of his robe and boots were wet with frost, and trotted back in a hurry, like a vigilant fox flying through the night.

When he returned to the east wing, he first took a look at the medicine bowls on the table and breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the man was still willing to take medicine on time.

"Are you afraid that I will seek death?"

"Scared." Shao Zhou found a piece of boiled clean cotton cloth, moistened it with water in a copper basin, wrung it out and prepared to wipe the person's body - seriously injured people are prone to developing bedsores if they lie down for a long time and need to be taken care of.

Change and turn over. "Before, I followed my elder brother. He was fighting and I was rescuing people. Some of the good men who were carried down couldn't bear that their comrades had left, so they turned around and wiped their necks out of sight."

He heard the man sneer: "What year is this?"

"In the autumn of the ninth year of Jianyan, it has been seven years since the official family returned to Tokyo as the capital."

"Isn't the imperial court trying to reconcile Lin'an? How can we revive the old capital? Don't lie to me."

"Knowing that the general doesn't believe this, and there is no basis for what he says, Tomorrow I will only show the general the newspapers from the past few years."

The people in the room fell silent. After Shao Zhou finished serving, he put the quilt back on him. Seeing that the man stopped talking, he walked out of the room again. He let out a long breath and took out a copper seal from his sleeve pocket.

, inspect carefully.

The copper seal is small, with warm tentacles, and the lace on the nose of the button has been slightly worn, so it is obviously the person's personal belongings. On one side is the inscription "Changle Ankang", and on the other side is the inscription "Shaoyan".

The characters, like silver hooks and iron strokes, have a compelling heroic spirit as they hover and pitch.

2,

"Cover the Fu Gantang trees, do not cut them or cut them down, just as Zhao Bo did.

Cover the Fu Gantang, don't cut it, don't break it, call the uncle to rest there.

Cover Fu Gantang, don’t cut it, don’t worship it, as Uncle Zhao said.

…”

The weather is getting colder day by day, and there are children jumping and playing outside the government office. Childish singing comes through the courtyard wall, which makes the desolate winter day feel a little more lively.

After the man was able to get up, he remained silent and didn't like to go out. He only rested for long days on a bamboo couch under the gantang tree in the backyard. The early winter sun only had a faint warmth, filtering through the skinny

The branches cast mottled light and shadow on his thin face. After reading the newspapers from the past few years when Shao Zhou moved here, he became even more silent, neither asking questions nor smiling. His eyes were clear and clear, and he occasionally glanced at people.

, as cold as a wisp of snow falling from the tip of a gun.

The military doctor came over and sighed with Shao Zhou, "The tendons in his left arm are broken. He will not be able to shoot a bow or use a gun or knife in the future. Rainy days are even more difficult, so this is the only way."

Shao Zhou quickly made a silent gesture and asked the military doctor to go back. Before he could turn around, he heard the man behind him say: "Your surname is Shao. Do you know Shao Yun?"

Shao Zhou felt a sudden thought, "It's my brother."

"Where is he? Off to war?"

"No, Li Jiedu arranged for him to guard Pinglu. In the past few days, the official family has arrived at Pinglu. My brother accompanied the banquet and was rewarded and commended. There has been no correspondence recently and the war has been tense. Maybe he escorted the official family to the north.

.”

silence.

Shao Zhou took a peek and saw that the man was covering his face with his robe sleeves, his clenched fists were pressed between his teeth, and his shoulders were twitching for a long time, as if he was trying to control his surging heart.

Of course he remembered Shao Yun, a comrade who shared the joys and sorrows, and regarded him as a general and a brother, but in the end he was unable to save Shao Yun from escaping.

Pinglu fell, and from the sobbing words of the remnant soldiers who had escaped from defeat, he pieced together a tragic picture.

Shao Yun was furious and refused to surrender. Wanyan Lou's chamberlain ordered people to drive nails through Shao Yun's bones, nail and handcuff his body to a wooden frame, and carry him to the east gate of the city for public display. Shao Yun's clothes were ragged, and his back was exposed.

The black tattoo attracted a bad boy to come up and touch it, and joked with his companion next to him: "What a good tattoo, it can be the scabbard for my sword."

Shao Yun was furious and beat the opponent with a wooden frame, but was pulled back. Shao Yun was nailed and handcuffed in the cold wind for four days without water or rice. On the fifth day, the Lou family ordered him to be executed.

During the incident, Shao Yun's mouth was full of blood, and he sprayed Jin Jun's face, gouged out his eyes, and removed his liver. Shao Yun continued to curse until he died.

The night after he heard the tragic news, he lost his temper and became almost crazy. He rode into the city, burned all the Taoist temples and temples in the city, and smashed the clay and wood sculptures enshrined on the incense table with his sword. The soldiers who came over beat him
To be continued...