The brightness of the torch lasts for a long time.
In the evening breeze, Xu Mu raised his eyes and looked at the dozens of young men standing in front of him. All the familiar faces looked at him firmly.
"Chen Sheng."
"My boss, I don't... look at Zhuangzi, I want to go to the border with my boss to fight." Chen Sheng's eyes turned red and he spoke nervously.
Xu Mu was startled, a little funny.
"I originally wanted you to go."
Chen Sheng suddenly became ecstatic and ran to Xu Mu's side in a few steps.
"Lu Feng, Lu Lao."
Lu Feng and Lu Lao were about to run closer with joy on their faces.
"You two... stay in the village. If something happens, go to Changjia Town and ask Master Chang to help."
Lu Feng and Lu Lao looked at each other for a while before retreating helplessly.
Xu Mu also felt a little helpless. At the beginning, the five horsemen worshiped him as their boss, and they were destined to follow them through life and death.
Chen Sheng, Zhou Zun and Zhou Luo, and the other two are Lu Feng and Lu Lao. It would not be an exaggeration to say that these five people are his old team members. They are all heroes who were killed with one sword.
"Brother Tian, come with me."
Tian Song had a straight face, even though his body was still a little injured, he still walked out steadily.
On the way to the border, we must ride on horseback. Xu Mu didn't want to take all thirty good horses with him.
What's more, there will still be three thousand old soldiers from Yuan Tao and eighty knights sent by Chang Shilang.
After ordering a dozen more young men, enough for twenty, Xu Mu waved his hand and told the villagers to disperse first.
"Chen Sheng, take people down to prepare. Not only two wooden guns, but also iron bows and arrow pots. You must prepare more. In addition, each person should bring two sets of hemp noodles."
"Don't worry, boss."
As soon as Chen Sheng ran back, he was caught aside by Lu Feng and Lu Lao, who punched him two or three times.
In the evening breeze, the torch finally burned to the end, making the night around Horseshoe Lake dark again.
"Go back and rest early tonight." Xu Mu sighed, grabbed the hand of his wife, and started to walk into the village.
What surprised Xu Mu was that his wife Jiang Caiwei lowered her head and remained motionless.
"What's wrong? Don't worry, it won't be a big problem this round."
I say this every time, but luckily, I escape death every time.
"By the way, I'll tell you the locations of the four treasure boxes."
Xu Mu pointed in a direction, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He seemed to be explaining the funeral arrangements.
Sure enough, Jiang Caiwei's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and she hugged him and started crying.
Xu Mu felt sad. The border is at war with the sky, who dares to say that the journey will be safe. What's more, Jiang Caiwei also came out of the refugee pile back then, so she naturally knew the dangers involved.
"Don't cry, I'll be back soon -"
"Xu Lang, leave a seed."
Jiang Caiwei raised her head and her expression became extremely serious.
Xu Mu was stunned for a moment. In my impression, my wife has always been a thin-skinned person. During this period, due to Zhuangzi's internal and external affairs, he often did not take into account the concerns of his young servant wife.
"Xu Lang, leave a seed!" Jiang Caiwei stood in the night with red eyes, crying again.
Xu Mu responded with a slight cry, then picked up the pitiful Jiang Caiwei and walked into the forest next to her.
The ancients had a saying about missing someone. If he is not here, or he died at the border, what will happen to the little maid and his wife, and how will they survive in this life?
unknown.
In the era of war and chaos, his biggest thought was to go on a peaceful journey with his little maid and wife.
Without expecting a hit, Xu Mu hugged Jiang Caiwei, and the two of them melted into a ball in the night.
A long time later, even though Xu Mu was at the border, he still clearly remembered Jiang Caiwei's murmuring cry in his ear that night.
…
In the early morning, the dewy haze began to wet people's eyes.
Jiang Caiwei tied up her bun and put on a new plum skirt. She stood in the morning breeze and slowly tied Xu Mu's robe and armor.
Lie Ma was beside him, snorting coquettishly.
After tying the robe armor, Jiang Caiwei carefully raised her hand and inserted a peace charm into the collar of the robe armor.
"I'm not in Zhuangzi. If something big happens, I'll run to the back mountain. There is a cave to the south of the back mountain, and I put some dry food there."
Jiang Caiwei shook her head stubbornly, "I will wait for you at Zhuangzi and take care of your family business. I will also find ways to do more private wine business."
"It's a bit silly..." Xu Mu's heart ached, and he took his little maid's wife into his arms.
"I don't know when I will return. If Mr. Xu doesn't come back in half a year, I, I will take people to the border to find him."
Xu Mu closed his eyes tightly and resisted the urge to cry.
"When I get back, I will go to Changyang General Office and promise you to be my wife, Xu Mu."
Jiang Caiwei bit her lip and nodded. After Xu Mu took the horse and had not taken two steps, her eyes turned red and she stood in the morning light, covering her mouth and sobbing softly.
Xu Mu gritted his teeth and did not look back.
The figures of the twenty riders have all put on their robes and armor, taken their swords, guns, bows and arrows, bid farewell to their parents, wives and children, and followed behind with desolate expressions on their faces.
"We are the thieves of the Ci family! I swear I will never pay you back if I don't do it to Di Gou!"
"My boss once said, why don't the man take Wu Gou and collect the fifty states in Guanshan!"
"I will thank the common people once I die, and none of us will be ordinary people!"
"Do you dare to go?"
"Let's go together!"
More than 20 strong horses, without any pause, raised up dust all over the sky and rushed towards the vast road ahead.
Jiang Caiwei ran to the intersection, crying all over. Behind her, many villagers also bowed and bowed.
"My son Li Poshan is the best general in the world!"
The old scholar drunkenly tried to step out of the building. If Chen Datie hadn't stopped him, he would have fallen to his death.
In the breeze, Chen Datie narrowed his eyes, looked at the disappearing figures in front of him, and fell into deep thought for a moment.
…
Changyang City.
Sitting under the weeping willow tree, Yuan Tao turned pale from coughing. He finally managed to hold the medicinal soup in his hand steady and drank it all in one breath.
"Master, my little boss has already gone to the border."
Yuan Tao did not answer, but turned his head, wrapped his cloak tightly around his body, and quietly looked at the color of the lake in front of him.
After a long time, he got up slowly.
"Gu Ying, take good care of my little boss Zhuangzi. If there is anyone who doesn't have the foresight, use the knife! If something goes wrong, I will be the one to take care of it!"
"Master, don't worry!"
Changjia Town.
Tsuneshiro was tying his robe while biting the steamed bun in his mouth. From time to time he looked far away, looking at the winding forest road ahead.
"If the young master wants to send it off, he should do it earlier. My boss is already far away."
"I won't give it away." After swallowing the whole bun, Chang Shiro let out a long breath and slumped down on the chair.
"He went to the border not only to comply with the wishes of me and Xiao Taotao, but also to find a way out."
"Everywhere in this world is dark. The little boss wants to gain momentum. This round of two thousand miles of border crossing is the first step."
