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The impact is still continuing. In Jiangnan, the news of Ning Yi's death and the destruction of the Black Flag Army has been spread through people's mouths. Except for a few scholars who began to pay homage to the dead Zhou Zhe and lamented "bringing order to order", this time, the voices of civil discussions

, seems quiet.

In the southern suburbs of Jiangning City, a large area of ​​courtyards was built among the hills with beautiful mountains and rivers. There were also troops from the Wu Lie Camp stationed nearby. This area is now the villa of Prince Junwu studying the research of objects. There are a large number of elm cannons and iron cannons.

Today, it was created from here, and troops are distributed everywhere. The prince himself often sits here.

At the end of autumn, a man with a severed hand knocked on the wooden door of a courtyard. This man was tall and steady, with several scars on his face. He looked like a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time. After giving some secret codes,

, the person who came out to receive him was Lu Agui, now the chief steward of the Prince's Mansion. What this veteran brought back was news about Xiaocang River and the three-year war in the northwest. He was an internal agent Lu Agui personally placed in the Xiaocang River army.

This man's name was Lin Guanglie. He had been in Xiaocanghe for several years. He joined the Black Flag Army and fought bravely. He was once promoted to the side of the rebel Ning Liheng. He was captured in the last few chaotic battles in the northwest and was severely punished.

He was tortured inhumanely, and while in custody, he escaped from prison with several Black Flag Army soldiers, cut off his own arm with his own hands, and narrowly escaped death. At this time, he went south to report the news.

Naturally, he was treated like a hero. After hearing relatively important information, Lu Agui settled him down and at the same time sent someone to inform the prince who was still in the capital at this time.

Lin Guanglie was arranged in the best house and received the best treatment. On this day, Lin Guanglie went out to Jiangning for shopping. He got rid of the two guards assigned to protect him and walked along the path after leaving the city.

From a distance, I saw Lu Agui and a group of soldiers waiting in front.

Lu Agui's eyes were puzzled. The person in front of him was a person he carefully selected. He had strong martial arts skills and a loyal character. His mother was still in the south, and he even saved his life... On the mountain road that day, Lin Guanglie knelt down and kowtowed to him.

He apologized, and then told him about his last things in the northwest.

During the three-year war in the northwest, enemies continued to come. Even though Ning Yi had made many arrangements to withstand it, the battle was still extremely brutal. In the last year, the Jurchens' offensive intensified, and everyone ran here and there. Ning Yi led

The Zhili troops also joined the battle, and Lin Guanglie was already a member of this team at that time.

The sword has no eyes on the battlefield. Although everyone protects him, Ning Yi has also been injured several times. In a desperate environment, he fought with everyone and once said that he might one day be Wanyan Lou.

During those times, Ning Yi liked to talk to people, and he did not shy away from many of his thoughts. When it came to his views on war and the world, not everyone might understand them, but over time, they understood

What kind of heart is that.

"...The battle in which I...was captured was one of the last battles that took place. The day before the battle started, I remember that the weather was very hot and we all hid in the mountains. When it was getting dark, we sat on the edge of the mountain.

Enjoy the cool air. I remember that the sun was as red as blood. Mr. Ning came back from visiting the wounded and told us that so and so was dead..." When Lin Guanglie said this, he had already stood up. "He sat with us for a while, and what he said later was,

I will remember it all my life..."

"He said... I have been nagging you all day long, and some people have said to my face that they are annoying me to death. I know... He said, in fact, I am a person who is afraid of death. I don't want to die or feel pain.

It feels good... He said, I don't want to talk about why we have to die and feel pain today, but I feel honored to be able to fight with you and rush forward together, because you are human beings and have noble and noble things.

It’s not some random rubbish. You have done your best for the best thing... So, if something happens one day, I really don’t think it was in vain..."

The man stood there with tears in his eyes.

"I was caught by them. Not long after, they said that Mr. Ning was dead. Because of this, I was not killed. That night I broke my hand, killed three people, and rushed out with everyone. I didn't know Ning

Is the gentleman really dead? But when he said those words, I really felt that I was a person who was not inferior to anyone, not even to the emperor..."

"Presumptuous!" Lu Agui's eyes turned cold when he heard the other party say this, and he shouted out. A group of soldiers around him drew their swords at the same time. For a moment, the mountain road was filled with fierce sword light. Lin Guanglie took a breath and used his remaining right hand.

Pull out the steel knife from your waist.

"Manager Lu, I accept your saving my life and I respect you. I cut off my hand and just thought that even before I die, I want to give this life back to you. I brought you the news about Xiaocanghe. Xiao Canghe

Cang He is upright and there is nothing he cannot say to others! But I have finished telling the news, Mr. Lu, I want to send this life back to the Chinese Army. If you want to stop me, you can keep my life today. But there is something,

Let me make it clear to everyone, after three years of fighting in battle, I only have one hand left, and I can still kill people, so be careful."

He lowered his figure slightly, stood sideways, and narrowed his eyes. There was only one person at this distance. If he rushed out, he would probably be shot dead on the spot. But even so, at this moment, he did not give people any sense of oppression.

Lower, this is the tiger returning from the hell in the northwest.

Lu Agui was silent for a moment: "If... Ning Liheng is really dead, what's the point of going back?"

"Mr. Ning told us what he said..." Lin Guanglie said, "If he really dies, the Chinese Army will pass him down. Manager Lu, you can't save this world."

The autumn leaves were turning yellow and falling from the trees in the wind. In the sky, the wild geese flying south formed a row. During the confrontation between the two sides on the mountain road, Lu Agui raised his head and sighed silently.

This was also the hometown of that scholar.

Now that the swan geese have returned, many people will never come back. Either they are not here, or their hearts are not here...

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Dali, in the southwest, is a quiet and peaceful country where Buddhism flourishes.

Duan Xiaoqing, the daughter of Duan Baosheng, the Marquis of Lianyi, is thirteen years old this year. Although she has not yet reached the age of hairpins, Duan Xiaoqing has been familiar with poetry and calligraphy since she was a child. She has studied female red and melodies. She has become a famous talented woman in Dali City at a young age. This is

In the past two years, people who have come to propose marriage have crossed the threshold of the Hou Mansion, making the Hou Mansion very proud.

Duan Baosheng has always been very proud to have such a good daughter, but of course he also knows that the main reason why his daughter is so eye-catching is not only that her daughter has been beautiful since she was a child, but also mainly because of the man who found her a few years ago.

Female gentleman, this female laywoman named Wang Jingmei is not only knowledgeable, proficient in nühong and music, but most importantly, she is well versed in Buddhism. After being introduced by Master Jingxin of Tianlong Temple, she finally joined the Hou Mansion to teach. Regarding this matter, Duan Baosheng

Always grateful.

Duan Baosheng always had admiration for this female layman who was outstanding in appearance, temperament, and knowledge. He once thought about making her a concubine in the Hou Mansion and proposed marriage to others. However, she declined politely, so there was no choice.

There is a solution. Buddhism is flourishing in Dali. Although Duan Baosheng likes the other party, he does not insist on marrying him by force. In order to favor the other party, he has always maintained a sense of proportion. In the past few years, except for the occasional meeting when the other party was teaching his daughter,

During the rest of the time, Duan Baosheng didn't meet much with the layman Wang.

In the past few years, the external situation has been turbulent. The Wu Dynasty was suddenly knocked down from its original stronghold. Fighting continued in the Central Plains and the northwest, and Dali gradually became tense. On this day, Duan Baosheng sent away a man from the courtyard where he received guests.

Guests met Wang Jingmei walking in the garden with her daughter on the way.

He paid attention to the beautiful woman in his eyes, slowed down his steps, and was still talking. The layman Wang never looked here, Duan Baosheng just looked at her profile. At a certain moment, she turned her head and looked this way, and Duan Baosheng saw her.

His face was completely pale.

What happened...

Duan Baosheng didn't understand.

On this day, the woman who used to be named Li Shishi but now goes by the pseudonym Wang Jingmei heard the news of Ning Yi's death in a corner of the southwest.

Before that, the army in the small valley where she once lived faced the ferocious Jurchens, held them back, and fought a big battle for three years...

She once thought that this battle would go on endlessly, and even then, the pain would not come as overwhelming as it did at the moment.

Many things suddenly came to mind. That figure, a simple fragment of her childhood, that reunion in Jiangning, she had always been full of misunderstandings about him. That man killed tens of thousands of people in Liangshan, during the disaster relief.

Chasing profits and manipulating human nature, when the Jurchens came, he resisted outside the city. When the Right Prime Minister's Mansion fell, he kept running. He killed the emperor and took her captive to the mountains in the northwest to let her sort out the texts.

At a certain moment, she thought of him and remembered that she once liked him. However, after killing the emperor, she could no longer like him. He would not deliberately give in to their arguments. Then, she went to Tiannan, and he blocked Tianbei.

…

Such a tough, stubborn and unyielding person, she almost... almost forgot about him...

On this day, Duan Xiaoqing saw her intellectual and beautiful female gentleman losing her composure for some reason. She hid in a small room on the side of her boudoir and cried for a long time...

The next day, Wang Jingmei resigned from Duan Baosheng.

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The geese returning south flew across the sky of Wu Dynasty.

In the Central Plains, Liu Yu's regime began to prepare to move the capital to Bianliang.

Yue Fei led his army towards the battlefield on the northern front. After defeating the two armies and recovering a prefecture and county, he was reprimanded by the capital. With the Black Flag Army gone, the Jurchens no longer had any obstacles to move south and could not

Let's start another provocation.

Prince Junwu returned to Jiangning and listened to Lu Agui finished talking about Lin Guanglie. He sighed slightly. Outside, another piece of iron cannon and gunpowder were shipped out of the workshop. The improvement of various firearms was in full swing.

To the south, Li Shishi cut off his hair, left Dali, and began his journey north.

Lin Guanglie walked on the road to the west, just like his journey to the south, passing through the majestic and dangerous passes.

In Xixia, after the defeat at Xiaocanghe and the fall of the Chinese army, Li Qianshun began to reorganize the trade routes, preparing to flex his muscles in the beginning of spring. Then spring began...

The black iron cavalry roared like the wind. In a powerful and violent offensive, it trampled the vast plains of the Black Water of Xixia. Soon after, it set foot along the Helan Mountain. The beacon smoke was burning, and this was the beginning that no one knew.

Mongolia, Genghis Khan Temujin, stepped onto the huge stage.

At the southern end of Tubo, a not-so-powerful tribal settlement called Dayang has gradually developed and begun to look like a Han settlement. A force that once shocked the world is gathering here, waiting. Waiting for the opportunity.

Arrival, waiting for someone's return...
Chapter completed!