The old shopkeeper laughed when he heard this: "At that time, that idiot monk probably didn't know that he managed to get a word from you, but he had the general of Northern Qi take it back."
Xiao Hei shook his head and said, "Ordinarily, my brother should have returned to the imperial city by now."
The old shopkeeper was startled and couldn't help but ask: "Will he come to Dingzhou City to look for you?"
"Won't."
Xiao Hei smiled bitterly and said: "If the old Taoist priest hadn't revealed my news to him, how would he have known that I had returned to Dingzhou? Besides, Sister Shuzi and Brother Xiaohu were following him."
In Xiao Hei's opinion, the most his brother can do is quietly wait for him to return at No. 47 Wine Shop.
If he was in a good mood, his brother might have already tidied up Yard No. 46 before he could go back.
In this way, Qing Qing Yan'er and the old shopkeeper will have a place to live when they go back. At least the two little guys will have a spacious place to practice swordsmanship with their brother.
The iron sword was too heavy, so I asked my brother to cut two bamboo swords for my sister.
Thinking of this, Xiao Hei couldn't help but chuckle: "When I return to the Imperial City, I will also be a hands-off shopkeeper and leave the sword practice to my brother and Sister Shuzi."
The old shopkeeper smiled: "It would be a good idea to let the two little girls learn swordsmanship from your brother."
Back in the prehistoric world, Li Xiuyuan shocked the Tianshan Mountains with his sword.
Not to mention that after so many years, even he couldn't imagine what level Li Xiuyuan's swordsmanship had reached now?
Unexpectedly, Xiao Hei poured a basin of cold water on him.
Grinning, he said: "Brother has not focused on swordsmanship in recent years. After leaving Wuyu Tianshan, he didn't even forge swords."
"Why is this? Could it be that he was stimulated by something?"
The old shopkeeper didn't know the old Taoist priest's thoughts, so he couldn't understand Li Xiuyuan's choice.
Xiao Hei thought for a while and said, "The old Taoist priest said that my brother has only survived half of his calamity. He has been cultivating his mind these years and hasn't thought much about cultivation."
In Xiao Hei's view, whether it was his master during the Great Qin Dynasty or his brother going to the desert to hunt tiger cubs after coming to the Great Zhou Dynasty, they had nothing to do with spiritual practice.
The only explanation is that the words the old Taoist priest said back then affected my brother's mood over the years.
Thinking of this, Xiao Hei couldn't help but proudly said: "My brother said that he got a divine song from the prehistoric world and played it once when he was in the Five Realms..."
The old shopkeeper felt sad for a moment, thinking of the little things on the Tianshan Mountains.
In the end, the moment when Li Xiuzhen was plotted and flew down the cliff of Tianshan Mountain...
I couldn't help but mutter to myself: "Has he learned it?"
"Yeah! That should be it."
Xiao Hei sighed and said quietly: "He played this divine song in the apricot orchard by the Fuchun River because of the death of Yelu Mingzhu's father, and he became bald overnight..."
"Later on the Tianshan Mountains, in order to help Mingzhu recite in southern Xinjiang, he played this divine song again. The result was that he could escape the tribulation in advance..."
At this point, Xiao Hei slapped his thigh and couldn't help but roar.
After taking a deep breath, he smiled bitterly and said: "When you meet him, you are not allowed to mention this matter again. My brother said that he has already gone to the five realms to recite. He has given up reciting and will never look back from now on."
"Go to recite? Stop reciting?"
The old shopkeeper shook his head and murmured to himself: "I'm afraid this is not that easy. Unless he has lost his memory, there will always be moonlight nights, when the rain falls, and the flowers bloom, and he will think of the past."
It was him himself. Ever since he left the prehistoric world with the old Taoist priest, he had vowed to forget the past, but in the end, he still couldn't forget it.
Xiao Hei shook his head and said with a smile: "That's also my brother's business. I just need to follow him and don't have to starve."
The old shopkeeper laughed when he heard this: "You can't go hungry alone now, and you have two sisters who can't go hungry either."
When Xiao Hei heard this, he screamed: "Sorry, I forgot to buy meat for Yan'er. No, I have to go out."
Without saying anything, the person had already slipped out of the living room and headed outside the city lord's mansion.
…
The time of Xu is approaching, and we are in the Northern Qi camp.
The lights in the general's tent were still bright, and it seemed to General Gao Hu that the vanguard general Huangfu Wuque was drinking with the two lieutenants from the imperial city.
Huangfu Wuque said with emotion: "This time, I think the generals in Dingzhou City have any other tricks to stop our cavalry."
General Gao Hu thought for a while and replied: "Let the army rest for two days, and then attack the city."
"Also, we will send more troops to patrol at night in the next few days. I believe the general in Dingzhou City should have received the message and know that our reinforcements have arrived."
Gao Hu looked at the lieutenants in front of him and said seriously: "Although they did not attack the camp that night, it does not mean that they really dare not come."
Huangfu nodded and agreed, and told the deputy general beside him: "Go and make arrangements immediately. Before we attack the city, double the number of guards patrolling at night."
The deputy general took the order and left.
At this moment, the spy guarding the outside of Dingzhou City came in and reported: "General, Dingzhou City is very quiet. There are no lights on the towers, let alone opening the city gates."
"Are you sure there is no movement from people in Dingzhou City?"
Gao Hu had already taken off his armor and changed into an ordinary green shirt. He planned to rest after arranging the things in front of him.
Since the other party didn't move, he didn't have to wear armor day and night.
"Yes, General." The spy reported back respectfully: "We still have a few brothers who have been watching in the dark outside the city, and will set off fireworks whenever there is any movement."
Gao Hu was slightly startled and threw the armor aside. His frown instantly relaxed. Since someone on his side was watching from the dark, there was no need to be so nervous.
After all, the other party is also a human being, not a god.
It is impossible to lead a group of people and swagger past their own hidden sentry without making any movement.
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "In this way, you will have to work hard for a few nights. After the army attacks the city, you won't have to go to such trouble."
"Understood." The spy cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I will go outside the city and keep an eye on him."
Waving his hand, the general asked the spy to continue executing his orders.
Looking at the generals in front of him, he said after a long while: "I don't believe they will suffer a heavy loss without taking revenge. The patrols in the camp cannot be relaxed."
Huangfu nodded without any flaws, and said ruthlessly: "We have laid a dragnet, as long as they dare to come."
…
Hai hour time.
Qingyu accompanied Xiaohei to the tower at the north gate of Dingzhou City.
Looking at Xiao Hei who remained calm, Qingyu suppressed her doubts because she really couldn't understand. The two sides had been fighting for so long. What powerful moves did Xiao Hei not use?
Xiao Hei didn't say a word, but looked up at the stars in the sky in a daze.
Qingyu looked at him and couldn't help but ask: "What's the use of looking at the stars?"
Xiao Hei shook his head and replied: "I was wondering, will God suddenly get angry and cause a heavy rain in early summer?"
Qingyu couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "How is it possible? The summer solstice has not yet come, how can there be a heavy rain?"
"That's it, that makes me feel relieved."
Thinking of the Queen's reply, Xiao Hei sighed.
Looking at Qingyu, he said, "I won't wait for that heavy rain. I will leave in a few days when General Yuwen from the Imperial City arrives."
Qingyu nodded when he heard this, looked back at him and said, "You go back first. After I finish that matter, I have to go back to the Imperial City to see my master."
"Old Taoist priest...your junior sister..."
A strange smile appeared on Xiao Hei's face, and he looked at her and smiled: "Believe it or not, the master and apprentice may have gone to No. 47 to find their brother."
Xiao Hei understood that the old Taoist priest was a guy who only wanted to practice and break through the realm. Seeing that the opportunity was in the imperial city, where would he and Qingyu be waiting for him to return to the imperial city?
In his opinion, even if he was shameless, the old Taoist priest would still go to No. 47.
Not to mention there is a Northern Qi princess who is as curious as a baby.
Qingyu sighed and said with a smile: "You can't blame the master. I can only say that you exaggerated that mysterious brother so much that even the master couldn't help but want to see it."
Xiao Hei was not thinking about this, but looked at her and said seriously: "Sister Qingyu, after you take the elixir I gave you, from now on you and the Queen will be people in two different worlds."
"How to say?"
Qingyu was startled by Xiaohei's serious attitude, and quickly asked: "You're not asking me to turn against you, are you?"
"No, you will have a long lifespan like my sister Yan'er in the future, while the empress and the emperor only have a lifespan of a few decades, or at most a hundred years..."
"If my guess is correct, my brother will eventually let you leave Dazhou and Beiqi and go to an island in the sea... Only by staying away from the world can you and your junior sister have a bright future."
Now that Qingyu has eaten everything, Xiaohei is not afraid to explain some things to her in advance, so as to save her from lingering on the wealth in the palace.
After all, he knew that the old Taoist priest and Gao Yue'er would not be able to stay in the imperial city for many years.
Before leaving, the old Taoist priest will definitely go back to Qingniu Mountain and take away his precious disciple.
Only then did Qingyu remember that she was no longer what she was yesterday. She was still at the sixth level of Nascent Soul, and all of this was because of the young man in front of her.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but complain quietly: "I fought hard that day, and I broke through again... Wow, you haven't congratulated me yet."
Xiao Hei looked at her and smiled lightly: "If you are not distracted, you are only a little higher than ordinary people, so you are not worthy of my congratulations."
Qingyu sighed, took Xiaohei's hand and asked: "Do you think how many more years of hard training I have to do before I can reach the realm you mentioned?"
Xiao Hei shook his head, pointed at the stars in the sky and said, "It turns out that even if you spend your whole life, you won't be able to break through that threshold."
Qingyu thought about it, and suddenly became speechless.
Xiao Hei then smiled: "Because I am asking for the elixir for Yan'er... Therefore, it is only a matter of time before you and your junior sister cross the threshold, so don't be impatient."
"You and Gao Yuer'er's practice must be arranged by the old Taoist priest. I won't teach you two how to practice, really."
Xiao Hei sighed and said, "I can only do my best to help you with the elixir."
Qingyu naturally understood this truth. Thinking of the details of her encounter with Xiao Hei, she couldn't help but ask: "You were the one who saved me in the alleys of the Imperial City back then, right?"
Xiao Hei chuckled: "You idiot, besides me, do you think there really is a god passing by in this world who happened to save your life and mine?"
"But why did you hide it from your Majesty?"
Qingyu was a little confused and said in a daze: "Is it possible that at that time, you were afraid that the queen would cause trouble for you?"
Xiao Hei nodded and replied: "Brother said that we are all people who are afraid of trouble... Even if you return to the Imperial City, don't tell her about me."
"Why?" Qingyu asked puzzledly.
Xiao Hei smiled bitterly and said, "Because my brother and I will leave you on a certain day."
Qingyu was even more confused. How could there be a monk in this world who could just walk away, unless he was a god.
Thinking of this, he took Xiao Hei's hand and asked with a frown: "Is it possible that your brother is really a god?"
"He, he is not yet."
Xiao Hei chuckled and said, "However, he will eventually have that day."
At this point, it's already halfway through Haishi.
Xiao Hei took out the bow and arrow and held it in his hand, pointing at the Beiqi camp with stars and lights in the distance and said.
"In the dead of night, let me set off a firework for Sister Qingyu..."
