Erzhuang's steps had staggered, and there was no possibility of evasion. Just when the Qinghe cavalry rushing at the front was about to stab him with a spear, a figure suddenly picked him up and hid aside.
When the charging cavalry saw that the two heroes had been rescued, they immediately tightened their reins, stopped the charging horses, and then turned their horses' heads to pursue the two men who had escaped quickly.
The death that Erzhuang imagined did not come. He opened his eyes with force and saw the familiar black gown. His teacher was back!
"Er Zhuang, you are too heavy. Even my teacher can hardly carry you." Sun Zheping said with a smile as he carried Er Zhuang and fled quickly.
Erzhuang was carried on Sun Zheping's shoulders. His hands tightly held the baby in his arms, for fear that Xiao Linzi would fall.
His eyes were red and tears could not stop flowing down. When he saw the teacher, all his grievances finally burst out at this moment.
Feeling his body twitching from crying, Sun Zheping seemed to understand something and remained silent.
"Teacher, they are all dead. My father, my mother, my eldest brother, and my sister-in-law were all killed by the Qinghe people. We may be the only ones left in the village now." Erzhuang said with a trembling voice.
"Sure enough..." Sun Zheping's heart skipped a beat. He had an ominous premonition when he came back from Beidou City and saw Qinghe's cavalry. Now hearing Er Zhuang's words further confirmed his guess.
Sun Zheping took out a bottle of elixir from his arms and gave it to Er Zhuang. He said with a solemn expression: "Er Zhuang, this is the best medicine for injuries. Please adjust your breath and recover quickly. Now is not the time to be weak. Leave here first." Erzhuang naturally understood this truth. He gradually controlled his emotions. After he stopped crying, he immediately poured a few pills from the bottle into his mouth, closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing. The effect of this pill was amazing. After taking it, Erzhuang felt that the wounds on his body gradually stopped bleeding, and his energy also recovered a lot.
Because he was already very close to the village entrance when he rescued Erzhuang, and because Sun Zheping was very skilled, he dodged all the Qinghe cavalry's attacks.
The Qinghe cavalry guarding the entrance to the village had long been killed by Sun Zheping. After a while, he escaped from the village with his two strong men on his shoulders.
Yaqiu Jiliang was not in a hurry to take action. He stared at Sun Zheping's leaving back thoughtfully. After Sun Zheping left the village, he immediately got into the woods next to the village. Sun Zheping chose a direction other than Beidou City. The cavalry could not gallop in the woods. Yashiro Kira signaled the cavalry to stop.
"Ask more men over here. The big man is seriously injured and they can't run very far." Yashiro Kira shouted loudly. A Qinghe cavalry immediately took the order and left. After a while, a large number of cavalry came over, and the woods The Qinghe cavalry outside has reached more than 500 people.
Yaqiu Kira's face was as dark as water. He turned over and dismounted and said: "Everyone dismount and walk into the woods to search. If you find suspicious people, you don't need to investigate and kill them on the spot." As soon as he finished speaking, Yaqiu Kira took the lead and took the lead with a mace. Walking in the woods, the commander went in. Those Qinghe soldiers dared not stop and rushed in.
Sun Zheping was carrying his two men through the woods. His speed gradually slowed down, and his breathing began to become abnormal.
Er Zhuang had completely stopped crying at this time. He noticed something strange about Sun Zheping and said hurriedly: "Teacher, what's wrong with you? Put me down quickly!" Sun Zheping ignored Er Zhuang and continued to move forward for a while. Due to the distance, he finally couldn't hold on anymore and let Er Zhuang down.
Erzhuang looked at Sun Zheping's condition with a worried look on his face. Sun Zheping was bent over and panting violently. His face was extremely red and big beads of sweat kept falling down his face.
"Teacher! What's wrong with you?" Er Zhuang hurriedly stepped forward and gently stroked Sun Zheping's back. Sun Zheping frowned and shook his head slightly and said: "It's okay. I used too much force and injured an old injury. I'll be fine if I rest for a while." Erzhuang's eyes were very sharp, and he saw a trace of blood on the corner of Sun Zheping's mouth, and he His heart skipped a beat as he realized that Sun Zheping's situation was definitely not as he had downplayed.
Erzhuang was anxious in his heart but didn't know what to do, his eyes were full of anxiety. Sun Zheping's tone was calm. He stretched out his hand and said, "Bring the elixir!" Er Zhuang quickly handed the elixir bottle to Sun Zheping's hand. Sun Zheping poured a few elixirs into his mouth, and then sat down. On the ground, sit cross-legged and meditate.
Erzhuang stared at Sun Zheping nervously, fearing that something unexpected would happen to him again. After a while, Sun Zheping's face gradually returned to normal, and his breathing became much calmer.
Erzhuang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Teacher, are you okay?" Although Sun Zheping looked much better, he still said seriously: "It's not safe yet. Those Qinghe people can't just let us go. Let's go!" "Sun Zheping took Er Zhuang and continued to escape in the woods. The forest area near the small mountain village was extremely vast. Because Er Zhuang was seriously injured, it would take a long time for the two of them to get out.
After Sun Zheping pondered for a moment, he walked forward and said seriously to Er Zhuang: "Er Zhuang, when I left as my master, I wanted to tell you something, but you didn't choose to leave with my master at that time. He didn't say anything." Erzhuang's heart trembled. He knew that the teacher was about to reveal something very important to him, so he stood up and listened attentively.
"Master knows that you chose to stay back then to fulfill your filial piety. This is correct. Master also appreciates your actions. The teachings of Master and Lao Lu over the years are not in vain." Sun Zheping showed a satisfied expression on his face, His eyes were filled with relief.
Erzhuang was not very happy to be praised. Sun Zheping's words reminded him of his lost family members, and his heart was full of bitterness.
Sun Zhe looked at the infant in Er Zhuang's arms and said, "The baby in your arms must be your nephew." Er Zhuang gently stroked the quiet Xiao Linzi and nodded heavily.
"Hey, you have experienced such a big change today. Almost all of your family members have been killed. Now only your uncle and nephew are left. It can be considered that you have nothing to worry about. I am going to tell you what I didn't tell you back then!" Er Zhuang thought in his mind. A flash of enlightenment flashed through his face, and he said solemnly: "Teacher, now only the disciple and Xiao Linzi depend on each other. The disciple will go wherever the teacher goes!" Sun Zheping's eyes showed satisfaction, and he said: "All decisions must be made by listening to It's not too late to do it after you finish what the teacher said." Er Zhuang nodded lightly, stopped talking, and waited quietly for Sun Zheping to speak.
"You should be familiar with the Jin'an Dynasty. Jin'an was the number one overlord in the Central Plains at that time. It dominated three of the nine states in the Central Plains. At that time, Jin'an's civil and martial arts were at their peak, and they had the potential to unify the Central Plains." The two strong men can also be considered. Having read many poems and books, he certainly knew what Sun Zheping said, and he could recite these historical stories by heart.
He looked at the proud look on Sun Zheping's face and couldn't help but think that Sun Zheping must have a close relationship with this bygone dynasty.
"On New Year's Eve, all the three commanders of Jin'an rebelled. Many forces hiding in the dark took action one after another. The saint came in person, but King Jin'an tried his best and was still unable to save himself. The palace of Jin'an was finally captured, and King Jin'an was defeated by his My younger brother Chu Youshe killed him." When Sun Zheping said this, a sense of sadness appeared on his face, especially when he mentioned that King Jin'an was killed, his eyes were full of anger.
"Of course you also know about the promotion of the next three families. Now, as my teacher, I will tell you what you don't know!"
"The King of Jin'an has two princes. The news known to the world at that time was that the life and death of the two princes were unknown. Many people speculated that these two princes had already died in the palace of Jin'an." Sun Zheping's eyes flashed. Jingmang said: "But what I want to tell you is that the two princes of Jin'an were not dead. They escaped from the palace with a minister. In the end, the two princes went their separate ways. The minister took The second son came to Yingzhou and lived incognito." Erzhuang was a little shocked when he heard these words, because there are no records of these things in the history books, and there are only a few unofficial records of the events of the Prince of Jin'an, and most of these records Most of them are vulgar stories that disparage the Jin'an Dynasty.
Sun Zheping's last two words gave Er Zhuang some guesses, but he did not speak directly. Sun Zheping said with some excitement: "You should have guessed it. Yes, Weishi is the minister who escaped. Weishi was the leader of the shadow guard of Jin'an Palace back then." Sun Zheping's words confirmed Erzhuang's guess, and his brain Running at high speed, an astonishing fact appeared in front of him.
"You mean, Xiaofeng..." Erzhuang said hesitantly. Sun Zheping interrupted him. He smiled and said, "You guessed it right. Gu Xifeng is Chu Zhongan, the second son of King Jin'an who escaped from the palace. He was only over two years old at the time." Although Er Zhuang He had already made some guesses, but the fact coming from the teacher's mouth still shocked him. His face, which was already pale due to excessive blood loss, became even more colorless.
"Back then, my master was seriously injured when he escaped from the palace, and his strength was at a loss. In order to protect the safety of his younger brother, His Royal Highness specially sent Lao Lu to come over and protect Xiao Zhongan with me."
"You should roughly know the rest. Are you shocked?" Sun Zheping's face turned a little ugly because he was in a hurry, but he still managed a smile and said.
Erzhuang just thought about it for a moment, then hurried forward. He suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Sun Zheping and said, "Teacher, I, Zhou Xiaoshan, am willing to go through fire and water for the Jin'an Dynasty and protect Jin'an forever!" When Zhuang said those four words, his expression became extremely complicated and he said: "Yonghu Jin'an, I haven't heard these words for a long time. Your boy's skill in applying what he has learned is quite impressive. You can do it so quickly." Have you thought about it? You can't regret your choice." Erzhuang said very seriously: "Teacher, now I am alone. You, Master, and Xiaofeng will be my relatives from now on, since you are all from the Jin'an camp. , I will naturally choose Jin'an without hesitation." Sun Zheping nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, you are worthy of being a disciple who has made a decisive decision. Remember what you said today, His Royal Highness is now based in Youzhou. This is you. Take it, and you can find His Highness in any restaurant in Youzhou with the same mark as the token." Sun Zheping said and threw Er Zhuang a somewhat weird token, which was made of a mixture of wood and metal. It is made, the production process is extremely complex, and the patterns on it are very delicate.
Er Zhuang took the token and carefully stuffed it into his arms. Suddenly, there was a movement behind him, and someone came over. Sun Zheping immediately said to Er Zhuang: "Er Zhuang, you go first as the teacher to break up the rear!" Naturally, Er Zhuang did not want to leave the teacher alone, and he insisted on talking to Sun Zheping. Zheping fights side by side.
Sun Zheping said angrily: "You will only cause trouble to me if you stay like this. I have to protect you during the battle. Do you want to kill me? Get out of here. Don't wait for me. Master will naturally do it." Find a way to leave." Having said this, Erzhuang had no choice but to continue fleeing north alone, leaving Sun Zheping to face the enemy alone.
