The frost had just fallen when we left Donghai Fishing Village, and it was already past the Beginning of Winter along the way.
The two horses pulling the cart were running happily. The driver felt sorry for the horses and wrapped them in animal skins to keep out the cold. Even the biting north wind could not hurt the horses.
Fortunately, the two of them were not in a hurry. They basically only found an inn to stay within three hours every day.
There is no need for humans or horses to fight against the snow and wind.
The inn, the houses on the roadside, and the cave not far from the roadside were all places where the three of them and the horses spent the night.
The coachman had long been accustomed to such heavy wind and snow, and was used to spending the night in the wild.
Only Zhang Liang was not used to it. After all, where had he ever suffered like this before?
Like Zhang Liang, the coachman also wore a leather jacket. Only Li Xiuyuan always wore a black coarse cloth shirt, the most common clothes in the imperial city, which made the coachman tremble.
It has been almost ten days since the two left the fishing village on the East China Sea. Along the way, they passed through Anyi and stayed one night in Xiaye. They saw that they would reach Handan in Zhao State today.
Along the way, Li Xiuyuan spent most of the time holding the bamboo slips and looking at them.
After reading the book of poems and then reading his Tao Te Ching, even Zhang Liang was so confused that he didn't know if Li Xiuyuan could remember it after reading so much.
Li Xiuyuan didn't bother to explain to him, but he thought about how high-spirited this guy would be in front of him a few years later, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
Zhang Liang, who was bored, took out the roast chicken he bought on the road and poured another glass of wine. While drinking, he lamented the impermanence of life, saying that he never expected to find Xu Fu on the edge of the East China Sea.
Since Li Xiuyuan left Tianshan, he has become less and less interested in eating. Perhaps it is because in the last few years in Tianshan, he only ate spiritual rice and vegetables grown by himself.
Seeing Zhang Liang drinking and eating meat, Li Xiuyuan thought of Xiao Hei who was following his master.
After following him, Xiao Hei also fell in love with soy sauce beef, especially when Sister Hong often bought it for Xiao Hei in the small town, which made him addicted to it and never got tired of it.
It's already freezing cold in front of us. I wonder if the master who has been traveling has returned to the academy?
What about the swordsmanship practiced by Xiao Hei? I wonder if this guy can learn to cut snow with one sword if he spends another winter?
Seeing Li Xiuyuan holding the bamboo slips in a daze, Zhang Liang couldn't help but ask: "Do you think Xu Fu and the others can ask for immortality for King Qin? If he wants to live forever, what will the people of the world do?"
Li Xiuyuan ignored him, looked down at the bamboo slips, and shook his head gently.
The Tao of the heart holds all the power in the world, but it is like an ant in front of the Tao of Heaven. How can one achieve immortality with just one pill?
If this were the case, the old Taoist priest would not have to torture himself like this.
After thinking for a while, he replied: "How do I know about this? Maybe only God knows?"
Li Xiuyuan will not tell Zhang Liang some of the stories that will happen, because Zhang Liang has his own life trajectory, and what he sees in front of him is just a microcosm of his life.
"Ask God? How could God bless him?"
Zhang Liang, who was sitting aside, smiled bitterly and said, "Ask God, why don't you go back and ask the teacher? Maybe the teacher can see some secrets, maybe."
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The wind and snow were blowing all the way, and I saw that I had reached the northern territory of Zhao State, and it would not take long to enter Dayan.
The further north you go, the colder the wind becomes. From time to time, the cold wind carries snowflakes and blows into the car through the gaps. The hazy sky is filled with low clouds, as if they will collapse in the next moment.
"How long does it take from here to the border of Dayan?" Li Xiuyuan opened the curtain and looked at the coachman and asked.
The coachman replied: "We can reach Dayan in less than two days, and it will take a few more days to reach Jicheng."
Zhang Liang was stunned, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "Are you anxious?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at the hazy sky and said leisurely: "Since Yan Zhao is such a hot-blooded man, I wonder if the bandits here are as fierce!"
"Will you really encounter bandits?"
Zhang Liang thought that everything was safe and sound along the way. Suddenly,
The unexpected danger made him frown tightly.
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and smiled: "Don't forget that you are already a monk. When you encounter bandits who are robbing you, don't you know how to draw a sword?"
When Zhang Liang heard this, he couldn't help but touch the long sword lying aside and said with a smile: "That's right. You have been killing bandits all the way out of the imperial city, so it should be my turn."
Li Xiuyuan gently pushed away the long sword in his hand and said quietly: "I have sharpened my sword for ten years, but I have never tried the frost blade. Swords are for killing people, not for showing off."
Li Xiuyuan had an idea in his mind. If he really encountered bandits next, he would have to let Zhang Liang try his best, just like Zhao Meng and Xu Fu.
All the changes he will face next are Zhang Liang's fate, not his own.
From now on, he wants Zhang to get used to the days without him and Xiao Hei. After all, the future is in his own hands.
The story of Da Qin is already very exciting, but compared with the years after Da Chu, it is a little less interesting.
Perhaps, that kind of experience is the life Zhang Liang wants.
Before Zhang Liang could reply to him, a murderous aura suddenly blew in the cold wind.
Looking up, a group of black men on horseback suddenly appeared in the wind and snow. They were all wearing black robes. Looking at the lonely carriage, there was a strong murderous intent.
Zhang Liang opened the curtain and was shocked: "So there are really bandits?!"
Li Xiuyuan jumped off the carriage and asked the driver to drive the carriage back one mile, waiting for the fight to pass before returning.
The coachman flicked his whip and drove the carriage slowly to turn around.
The wind and snow were getting tighter, and the man in black rode a horse slowly towards the two of them. With a hint of twilight, the two of them could clearly see the weapons in the hands of the man in black on the horse.
Zhang Liangliang was extremely shocked. This was the first time he had faced the bandits in the wasteland since leaving the imperial city.
However, Zhang Liang couldn't help but tremble in his heart, but it wasn't because he was afraid. Because there is a powerful guy in front of him to support him.
In this unconcerned area, he decided to try his sword skills.
Gradually, the man in black was less than thirty feet away from the two of them, and Zhang Liang could even see the greedy look on the man in black's face.
Li Xiuyuan's mouth moved slightly, as if explaining the next task to Zhang Liang. There were too many people, and he was afraid that he would not be able to do anything. If Zhang Liang could handle half of them, it would be pretty good.
The night fog filled the surroundings of the bandits. More than thirty men in black did not conceal their murderous intent and raised their swords towards the two people in the wind and snow!
In the eyes of the bandits in black, the two people standing in the wind and snow were like weaklings. What was ridiculous was that Zhang Liang was still holding a long sword in his hand.
With a long sword, you want to deal with more than thirty people of your own?
In the eyes of the bandits, Zhang Liang and Li Xiuyuan were the same as in the eyes of the ferryman on the Yellow River. One was a steward or servant, and the other was a young master.
Zhang Liang suddenly felt that death was approaching, so he had to look at Li Xiuyuan.
I saw that the long sword in Li Xiuyuan's hand was placed behind his back, obviously not wanting to be seen by the bandits.
After thinking for a while, he said, "When we start fighting, each of us will get half of it?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and said with a smile: "It's up to you, half of each person!"
Zhang Liang nodded heavily, thinking, do you want to protect me?
Whoosh whoosh! Three black iron arrows shot into the snow in front of them like lightning.
Zhang Liang was startled and took a few steps back to avoid the danger of being shot by an arrow.
Li Xiuyuan reached out and knocked the flying iron arrows to the ground with the long sword in his hand, his face cold and expressionless.
There was a loud shout, and Zhang Liang's true combat power finally broke out at this moment!
The whistling of horses and the roar of the man in black rang out in the cold wind. In just the blink of an eye, the two horses had already rushed to Zhang Liang. The man in black leaned forward with the long knife in his hand ready to kill.
Zhang Liang in the snow mist avoided the opponent's sword, lowered his head, and moved the long sword in his hand towards
Cut off the horse's hooves from under the bandit!
The horse screamed and fell into the snow, and the man in black on the horse also fell off instantly!
Before the man in black could get up from the snow, Zhang Liang pounced on him like a hungry wolf, and continued to slash out with the long sword in his hand!
With a click, the two men in black groaned, and Zhang Liang chopped off the long knives in their hands with a sword. Zhang Liang's speed forced them to fly away!
The man in black roared angrily, turned over and climbed up to pick up the long knife in the snow. In their eyes, Zhang Liang was too fast.
Seeing the opponent picking up the long knife and roaring toward him, Zhang Liang did not panic, but then slashed out with a sword. The fierce momentum forced the two of them to take another step back.
Seeing that their companions were at a disadvantage, four more men in black jumped off their horses and surrounded Zhang Liang with long knives in hand!
Zhang Liang struck out with his sword and stirred up the snowy mist that filled the sky, shrouding the two men in black in front of him. He wanted to deal with the two men in front of him first, and then fight with the men in black who rushed up.
Li Xiuyuan silently took out the iron bow and held the iron arrow in his hand. Whenever Zhang Liang encountered a life-or-death crisis, he would shoot an arrow.
As long as the man in black dares to ride his horse towards him, he will shoot three arrows in succession.
The man in black who rushed forward slashed with his sword. The wind of the sword brought up the flying snow and slashed at Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang did not fight hard, but moved two feet to the right.
With a cry, Zhang Liang leapt up from the snow mist, his true energy condensed on the long sword, and he slashed out with one sword from top to bottom!
"Crack!" a sound sounded.
A human head flew out of the snow mist, and the blood mist sprayed out and instantly dyed the snowfield red. The blood mist in the wind sprayed the faces and bodies of the two men in black who rushed up.
In an instant, Zhang Liang, who was flying from the air, collided with two men in black.
The anxious man in black flipped his wrist and thrust a dark dagger into Zhang Liang's chest!
Zhang Liang let out a loud roar, and in an instant blocked the bandit's wrist with his left arm. The sword in his right hand reversed and stabbed the man in black in the eye.
This was a desperate moment of life and death for both sides. The man in black retracted his short sword in fear and tried to retreat, but Zhang Liang's long sword took advantage of the situation and pierced the neck of the man in black.
"Poof!" With a sound, a blood arrow dyed Zhang Liang into a bloody man! In a flash of lightning, Zhang Liang eliminated two men in black!
Zhang Liang, who was covered in blood, looked very scary, but his confidence was obviously high and he was no longer as panicked as before.
There were three arrows in the snow mist, and three human heads flew out in an instant, turning the snow mist red again.
At the moment when Zhang Liang wiped the blood from his face, Li Xiuyuan shot three life-threatening arrows, hitting the three men in black who were invisible in the wind and snow and slashed at Zhang Liang.
In just a few breaths, five of the bandits had already fallen into the mist and snow.
"Kill them!" The man in black did not expect that this middle-aged man, who looked like the servant, would shoot and kill three of their companions in an instant.
They always thought that only Zhang Liang was the real threat.
It wasn't until the three men in black fell down after being hit by arrows that they realized that this seemingly inconspicuous guy was their biggest threat!
No matter how scary Zhang Liang is, he is not as scary as the man in front of them. They must deal with Li Xiuyuan first, and then deal with Zhang Liang.
Li Xiuyuan snorted. He didn't expect that these guys had seen through everything and wanted to kill him in the snow first.
Unlike Zhang Liang, Li Xiuyuan, who was holding an iron bow, did not shoot the horse, but fired three arrows in succession, shooting at three different men in black.
Whoosh whoosh!
Three iron arrows flew out, piercing the vast snow and fog, and like three black lightnings, they went to harvest the man in black riding the horse, but there was no expression in his eyes.
While Zhang Liang was stunned, amidst the sound of arrows, the twelve men in black who rushed towards him fell in the wind and snow.
