As expected, Yu Meng didn't come after him, and neither did the rest of the group. Li Bochen held his breath again, then vomited out blood, and suddenly felt a relief in his chest. He thought to himself, it would be great if the method to go to that realm could be used at any time. Just like when he was injured just now, he could immediately go there to adjust his breath. But if you have to wait for a breath like now, it is really useless in the battle formation.
Seeing him vomiting blood, Fang Yu hurriedly said: "General Li, you..."
Li Bochen smiled: "Small injury. But how is your arm?"
After a while, Fang Cheng said: "I'm really useless. I thought that since I was in the Qi-nurturing realm, I wouldn't have a hard time dealing with those wandering riders, but in the end..."
Li Bochen said with a smile: "It's not your fault. All the knights in the army are heroes. Even if they are not as strong as you, their strength is not comparable to that of ordinary people. And in the military formation, they know how to coordinate advance and retreat, and they practice spears every day. Even if I rushed over, I would get hit once or twice."
Fang Chu said: "General Li, can you teach me in the future?"
Hearing that something was wrong in his voice, Li Bochen hurriedly said: "Okay, let's practice slowly."
At this time, I heard the sound of horns from the two camps at the rear. It was time to see that the centurions did not stop them and were ordering troops again. But even if they sent armored vehicles out again, they would still be unable to catch up. The two of them galloped forward for a while, and the woods got closer and closer. When there were still two or three hundred steps left, I saw the trees in the forest suddenly shaking, and they suddenly moved to both sides.
Fang Yu was startled, and Li Boxen said: "Don't panic, it's our formation."
Sure enough, a group of soldiers rushed out of the forest, and two feathered men suddenly appeared in mid-air. When I got closer, I saw a person in front of me wearing a piece of armor randomly outside the scholar's robe, holding a sword in his hand, riding a horse and rushing over, shouting: "Cousin!"
It's Chang Qiuwu. Li Bochen really didn't know how he could scream, but his arrival meant that the two of them were out of danger. He also responded: "Brother Chang!"
When they were close, Chang Qiuwu flicked the horse's head and said: "Quick, get in quickly!"
The two horses rushed straight into the woods, and the soldiers were withdrawn. At this time, Li Bochen turned around and saw the trees on both sides swaying again and closing together.
Is this the formation set up by Sui Buxiu? Is it a maze?
Chang Qiuwu reined in his horse, jumped off, ran to the side of the white horse and said, "How are you!?"
His eagerness is written all over his face. Seeing him like this, Li Boxen felt really warm in his heart. He was about to say, "I'm afraid he's a little injured," when he suddenly caught a glimpse of three people standing not far away.
The two were brown-winged feathered men, wearing leather armor. One of them wore a shiny half-length fish scale armor and a bright red shirt underneath. Hanging from his waist is a long sword with a shark skin sheath inlaid with rubies, and a gilt five lion crown on his head. A face that is fair and fair yet heroic, and a pair of eyes staring at him unblinkingly.
It was Sui Buxiu.
Li Bochen was stunned, swallowed those words, and jumped to the ground without Chang Qiuwu's support. When I landed, I felt a sharp pain in my chest again, and my eyesight went dark. But he still forced a smile and said, "Brother Chang, don't worry, there are only a hundred people."
He returned the sword to its sheath, raised his hand to the man, and said in a deep voice: "Young Master Sui, you have always been kind."
A smile appeared on Sui Buxiu's face, he also raised his hand and said: "General Li, I haven't seen you for a few months, and you are already worth one for a hundred."
Did he just see what he looked like when he broke the formation? That's really nice. Li Bochen also smiled: "It's just a hundred people, not monsters. Mr. Sui, is this formation set up using the Zhongzhou barrier method?"
Sui Buxiu said: "Not really, but they are more or less the same."
Li Bochen nodded, but for a moment he didn't know what to say to him. Sui Buxiu also smiled reservedly, probably having the same idea. Fortunately, Chang Qiuwu said: "Mr. Sui, thank you for your help. Our ancestors are waiting to meet my cousin. Let's talk about it later."
Sui Buxiu seemed to be relieved and said: "Okay."
Then he looked at Li Boxen: "General Li, I'll talk to you later and apologize."
Li Boxen said: "Young Master Sui, you are welcome."
Sui Buxiu took a step back with the two feathered men, turned around and walked away. After they were far away, Li Boxen said: "Brother Chang, how many people are here?"
Chang Qiuwu said: "Just these three - who is this?"
"Fang Yu. A friend of mine."
Chang Qiuwu looked at Fang Cui and said, "He's also seriously injured. Come on, let's go together!"
After passing this forest was the field outside Mengjiatun. Chang Qiuwu brought more than fifty soldiers out, and these people followed behind the three of them. Li Bochen told Chang Qiuwu what was going on in the city, and then he was distracted to see these soldiers.
Most of them are young and strong, with strong bodies. They have iron armor on their bodies and swords, guns, swords and shields in their hands. Just looking at his languid expression, he couldn't lift his spirits.
Li Boxen said: "Are these the original soldiers on Jinghu Mountain? Is Zhu Hou really dead?"
Chang Qiuwu took Li Bochen and walked two steps quickly, and whispered: "Cousin, tell the truth, did you kill Zhu Hou?"
On the way back, Li Boxen had guessed that someone would ask such a question - Xiaoman left that day, so did he, and then Zhu Hou died suddenly. Someone must connect Zhu Hou's death with himself, an outsider.
In fact, he had also thought about whether to tell the Chang family about Xiaoman, but he had not made up his mind before entering Houcheng. But now that he knew Sui Buxiu was here, there was nothing to hide.
Sui Buxiu let him go that night in Wuliang City because he discovered that his surname was Li and that he was a spiritual master. At that time, they may not have thought that they had the surname of Li, but now that they have met here, they should have understood what is going on. If they want to hide it, they can't hide it for long.
Li Bochen sighed and said: "I didn't do it. But it has something to do with me. Let's... let's talk about it when we get back."
Chang Qiuwu grabbed his sleeve and said, "Okay, let's talk about it when we get back."
But once he was caught, he was not let go. Li Bochen thought to himself that he was afraid of being like last time - when he met Zhu Hou last time, he also said "we'll talk about it when we get back." But that time, more than twenty days passed. Chang Qiuwu is already in his forties, but he is not as steady as he seems. He seems to be a young boy, which is also interesting.
When they reached the town, the weather was different again. The streets were empty, and the shops on both sides were almost closed. When you leave the town and walk up the slope, everyone is closed. After walking a little further, I saw my house from a distance. Li Bochen felt sad and quickly moved his eyes away.
When they arrived in front of the Chang family's house, Chang Qiuwu told the soldiers to disperse, and the three of them entered.
He called a maid and asked her to take Fang Bao to bind the wound, and then pulled Li Bochen's sleeve all the way to the second hospital. He walked in a hurry, and Li Bochen followed him and walked a few steps quickly. Finally, he couldn't help coughing, and he coughed up another mouthful of blood.
Chang Qiuwu was startled and said, "What's going on!?"
Li Bochen waved his hand and said, "I guess a few bones in the chest are broken, so it's not a big deal."
Chang Qiuwu stared: "Isn't this a big deal!? Come on -"
Pulling Li Boxen to the door of the main room, he raised his hand and gave a random salute. He said urgently that his ancestor Qiu Wu wanted to see him, and hurriedly opened the door.
Li Bochen then met Chang Xiu. Today he was wearing a brown cloak and a gauze crown, and he was sitting on a chair in the hall. The old god was there. Seeing Chang Qiuwu pushing the door open and walking in, he frowned slightly and started to speak. But Chang Qiuwu said: "Old ancestor, my cousin is injured! He coughed up blood!"
Chang Xiu was stunned, then stood up and said, "Where is the injury?"
He walked over quickly, grabbed Li Bochen's wrist and put it on his veins.
Li Bochen's heart was moved and he was speechless. When I entered the Chang family, I was still thinking about how Chang Xiu would treat me, how to talk to him, and how to test their attitudes. Seeing the appearance of these two people, I couldn't remember all those thoughts. When he came into this world, only Xiaoman had been so kind to him for more than twenty days. Now that she was gone, he thought he would never taste that feeling again. Unexpectedly, in this room at this time, he felt the familiar feeling again. Feel it.
With these thoughts swirling in his mind, he felt his eyes heat up slightly, and he couldn't help but want to call Grandpa. But another thought suddenly popped out, making his heart feel cold again - Xiaoman did this to him at first, but then Xiaoman left. Now, is this my grandpa true, or is he just pretending?
He gritted his teeth and closed his mouth.
At this time, Chang Xiu let go of his hand and said, "Three bones were broken, but the internal organs were not injured."
He took another step back, looked at Li Boxen carefully, and said, "Okay, okay, okay, this is my grandson."
Taking another deep breath, he raised his hand to straighten the crown on his head, and his expression calmed down.
Li Bochen was stunned for a while, and Chang Qiuwu was busy saying: "Cousin!"
Only then did Li Bochen understand what he meant. After thinking about it for a while, he leaned down and bowed down, saying: "Grandpa, please accept my grandson's bow——"
But as soon as he bent down, Chang Xiu reached out to hold him up and said, "No!"
Then he said: "Qiu Wu, come here."
Chang Qiuwu walked to him. Chang Xiu suddenly knelt down on the ground and made a big salute. Chang Qiuwu was stunned for a moment, then he knelt down with a thud and kowtowed his head.
When Li Bochen first saw his action, his heart tightened, not knowing what he was going to do. When he came to his senses, before he could stop him, he heard Chang Xiu say in a deep voice: "Old minister Chang Xiu, I bow to the king!"
Li Bochen was stunned for a while, then he knelt down to lift Chang Xiu up and said, "Grandpa, what are you doing!"
But when Chang Xiu grabbed his arm, Li Bochen felt that his hands seemed to be clamped by iron clamps - this was the first time he saw someone who could completely suppress him in terms of strength!
Then I heard Chang Xiu say: "Qiu Wu!"
Chang Qiuwu hurriedly bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, Chang Qiuwu, bows down to the Lord!"
Chang Xiu then grabbed Li Bochen's hand and stood up, saying: "Bochen, you have the luck of being the Beichen Emperor. You should be the leader of the Li Kingdom. From now on, you must never worship anyone else, not even me."
Li Boxen was thinking about family ties before, but now after what happened, he feels much calmer. Chang Xiu knew that he had Beichen's luck. Was it Sui Buxiu who said that? It's just that he didn't expect that there was also a saying "Don't worship others". First he was called "cousin" by Chang Qiuwu, who was older than him, and now he was worshiped by his grandfather. He didn't know what to say for a while.
His grandfather used to be the young minister of Taichang Temple, and he was in charge of etiquette. But if he calls himself the Lord of the Kingdom every day and has to bow down at every turn, it will be really fatal.
He had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "...Grandpa, we are at home now. We should not pay attention to these things when talking to our own family, right?"
Chang Qiuwu also stood up and said: "Yes, ancestor, my cousin is a casual person. My ancestor is also polite at home. I'm afraid my cousin won't get used to it."
Chang Xiu said seriously: "It has been more than ten years since the state's utensils collapsed. How can we abandon the etiquette? Without an edict from the king, these etiquette should still be followed."
Li Bochen sighed and said, "Grandpa, just think that I have issued an edict telling you not to worship me anymore, okay?"
Chang Xiu then bowed and saluted, saying: "Follow the order."
Chang Qiuwu also said hurriedly: "Follow the order."
Li Bochen sighed in his heart again - this was really uncomfortable. He thought that his family would test him carefully, but he never expected the scene like this.
Chang Xiu straightened up and said again: "Master, please take a seat."
At this time, Li Bochen knew that he could not refuse, and his body was in real pain, so he had to slowly walk to the hall and sit down. After he sat down, Chang Xiu said: "Qiu Wu, go get the medicine."
Chang Qiuwu responded and went to the east room. Chang Xiu sat down under him, put his hands on his knees, and remained motionless and did not speak.
Li Bochen had a lot to say. But seeing him like this, I didn't know how to speak, so I had no choice but to sit with him. When Chang Qiuwu got the medicine, Chang Xiu said again: "Master, please take the medicine. After taking this medicine and adjusting your breathing for one night, you will be cured."
Li Bochen took the pills in Chang Qiuwu's hand and took them. When he saw him bowing and taking two steps back, he also sat down.
The three of them sat in the hall for a while. Li Bochen couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Grandpa——"
Chang Xiu immediately turned his body to one side and pretended to listen carefully.
Li Boxen said: "Grandpa, can I not be the leader of this country for now?"
After he said this, he paused and waited for Chang Xiu to speak. But Chang Xiu just listened and said nothing. Li Boxen had no choice but to say again: "Grandpa, please say something."
When he called "Grandpa" for the first time, he felt a little awkward. But now that it's easy to say, I think it's the same title as "Mr. Chang Lao". Li Bochen thought to himself, and he didn't know if it was because of Chang Xiu's behavior - when he first saw him, he seemed to be genuinely happy. But that joy was quickly suppressed by the word "ritual", and the affectionate meaning in this title also faded a lot.
In fact, he didn't want this. He hoped that Chang Xiu could call him "grandson" like he did before. Although his grandson was not a big deal, he would feel better after all.
After Chang Xiu heard what he said, he asked, "Is the king issuing an edict?"
Li Bochen smiled bitterly: "I just want to hear your opinions. Besides, there are some things that you may not know."
Chang Xiu said: "Please tell me, Lord."
Li Bochen glanced at Chang Qiuwu and saw that he was sitting in a serious manner at this time, with no idea. He wanted to talk about Xiaoman, but he couldn't make up his mind for a while. But after thinking about it, I can't hide that matter after all. Besides, these things have been heavy in his heart for a long time, and it would be easier if he could really talk about them. Then he raised his heart and said, "My wife who came here with me earlier is actually named Sui Manshu."
