Martial Cultivator

The winter snow has passed, and the grass and trees are growing in spring.

Because Xinliuzhou is located in the north, spring comes later than in the south. Fortunately, after the thin snow stopped flying, there was no snow on the ground, making it much easier to walk.

The Northern Official Road was most frequently used in the Daliang Dynasty. After all, for more than two hundred years, the Daliang Dynasty was constantly fighting against the demon clan and transporting military supplies. It was inevitable that people would travel on the official road again and again. In this way, no matter how good the official road was, it would be useless. It will inevitably get damaged.

But this official road in the north was indeed the best official road in the Liang Dynasty.

The beams are allocated for repairs every year, and they will never allow military supplies and grain and grass to be transported when the war begins.

Because this official road is wider than other official roads in Daliang, there is less congestion on the official road with caravan vehicles.

Now there is a group of people going from north to south. There are about twenty carriages in the group. Each carriage is pulled by two horses, but even so, the walking is not fast.

It can be seen how heavy the cargo carried on the carriage was.

On both sides of the carriage, there were more than twenty people accompanying them with swords.

At the front of the team were two carriages, neither of which were ordinary trucks. The driver was a tall man, and when he exhaled, he was quite methodical. At first glance, he was a practicing practitioner who had been practicing for many years.

This group of people didn't look like a caravan at all, but more like a wealthy family moving south.

After the convoy traveled for half a day, a middle-aged man who was leading the escort rode up to the second carriage, whispered something, and then waved. The grooms understood, then pulled the reins and drove the carriage out of the official road. , stopped temporarily on a piece of grass.

The first two carriages stopped directly by the river. After the carriages came to a stop, a charming woman walked out of the second carriage.

The woman appears to be only forty years old, but her shape has been maintained very well. There is no saying that she has gained weight in middle age. However, although her waist is not as slender as that of ordinary young women, it is not thick either. The waist is not that impressive, but the beauty of this woman's chest is beyond the comparison of ordinary women.

The woman only wore light makeup, and it was still possible to tell from her eyebrows that she was a beautiful woman when she was young.

After stepping out of the carriage, the woman whispered, "Let's rest here tonight."

After saying this, the woman approached the river and sat on the stone alone.

The rest of the guards were busy, picking up dry branches everywhere in preparation for the night. Some people also started to prepare dinner. After a while, there was only a trace of smoke by the river.

"ah!"

An exclamation suddenly sounded, breaking the calm. It was a cook who fell down by the river. The rice basin in her hand had fallen. The snow-white rice was scattered on the riverside, and some even spilled on the bottom of the river, attracting some swimming fish. .

The middle-aged man in the lead hurried to the river to check, and saw only a touch of blood flowing downwards mixed with the river water on the upstream side.

The cook must have been washing rice here when she saw this scene, so she was very frightened.

The middle-aged man raised his head, looked upstream, and noticed that there seemed to be a figure next to a big rock not far away.

"What's wrong?"

The woman asked not far away.

"Mistress, it seems there is a corpse in the river."

The middle-aged man hesitated a little, but he still spoke. Although he didn't see clearly, he had a pretty good guess at this moment.

"It's pitiful to die in the wilderness. You should take two people to bury the body so that he can rest in peace so that his soul will not be left homeless."

The woman frowned and spoke quickly. It has been the custom of the people for many years to be buried in peace.

We are strangers to each other, but the woman is also kind-hearted.

After the middle-aged man nodded, he immediately called his companions to walk upstream. The river was not shallow and the river was wide. If it hadn't been for a lot of large rocks piled up here, it is estimated that the corpse in front of him would have been washed downstream. .

The two waded through the water and carried the body to the shore. The middle-aged man glanced at the straight knife that the body was holding on to until death. Looking at the cold blade, he couldn't help but subconsciously said, "What a knife."

Another person couldn't help but laugh and said, "Old Liu, it's still like this. I'm more excited when I see a good knife than a pretty girl. Why don't you stay?"

"No, although I love knives, I don't want them all. Let's bury them with him. I guess he liked them very much when he was alive."

While the middle-aged man was talking, he looked at the corpse and realized that the corpse was actually that of a young man, less than thirty years old.

"It's a pity that he died so young."

The middle-aged man looked at the young man's torn clothes and saw many claw marks with bone-deep bones on them. He frowned and sighed, "It must be that he encountered some monster that he couldn't deal with."

Speaking of this, he also sighed. The evil plague in the Liang Dynasty has been unable to be eradicated for more than two hundred years, and the people up and down have suffered greatly from it.

"You go over there and dig a hole, and I'll find some clothes for him to change into. After all, we want him to be buried decently."

The middle-aged man sighed and lowered his head to untie the young corpse's clothes, but he quickly blinked because after his palm touched the other person's body, he realized that the other person still had a heartbeat.

"Mother, I'm not dead yet!"

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Night falls.

A group of people gathered around the campfire. The men ate dry food, chatted a lot of dirty things, and laughed from time to time.

But there was also a girl among them who listened to these dirty words with gusto.

That is the woman's daughter.

But compared to ordinary parents, women don't care that their daughters listen to these things that ordinary parents regard as scourges.

The woman was on the other side with a group of cooks and the like, and the young body, oh, no, the seriously injured young man, was lying next to the bonfire.

Although the straight knife in his hand was tightly grasped by him, several people still worked together to break it open, and finally placed it in the opponent's scabbard without touching his knife.

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then whispered softly, "Mother, this person is seriously injured. His life is hanging on by a thread right now. I'm afraid he will die soon. We really have to..."

The woman glanced at the man, then at the young man with his eyes closed tightly, shook his head and said, "Since he is not dead, she will take him with her on the road. As for whether he can go to the capital of the gods alive, we can only leave it to fate." ”

"There are also some hemostatic drugs, let's give him some. It's a pity for him to be so young."

The woman sighed and felt a little regretful. The young man in front of her looked young no matter how young she was. There should be many years left in her good life. It would be really regrettable if she really died at this moment.

The middle-aged man thought for a while and finally just nodded.

"By the way, move him to my carriage. Then walk slower and less bumpy. Maybe he can survive."

The woman thought for a while and then spoke.

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "My mistress, please don't let such a strange man enter the mistress' carriage. I'm afraid my reputation will be damaged. As for slowing down, I'm afraid it's not possible. The Wang family is afraid that they have come to their senses now. If they chase her by then, Kill, let’s…”

The middle-aged man was very worried. He had been working as a nurse in this woman's house for more than ten years, and he was very loyal. This time, they had no choice but to move their family from New Liuzhou to Shendu.

If not, who would want to leave their homeland.

The woman laughed at herself, "Who still recognizes me in the city of gods? As for reputation, my dead husband was born with a good heart and never doubted me. The past twenty years have passed like this, how could he do it now? Getting angry over these little things.”

The middle-aged man said softly, "My mistress has suffered a lot these past two years."

"What are you talking about? If it weren't for your help, this family would have been broken up a long time ago. If you say it's hard, it's you who are going to suffer."

The woman rubbed her brow, feeling a little tired.

The middle-aged man wanted to say something more, but finally he opened his mouth and just sighed.

Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite, but he sincerely felt that the mistress and family in front of him had obtained the most difficult sutras to recite.

Then he asked someone to carry the young man into the carriage, and the woman asked someone to bring a thick quilt and cover the young man. She looked at his face with his eyes closed and fell into deep thought.

My husband was originally a scholar. In his early years, he only liked poetry and songs. Several brothers from his family went to the Great Wall in the North, and they all died there in the end. After that, my husband was left alone to continue the incense. , but later after marrying himself, he somehow chose to put down his poetry manuscript and choose to join the army in the north. After several wars in the past few years, he was lucky enough to survive.

But who would have thought that he would end up on the battlefield in the last victory in recent years.

Perhaps this victory was the last comfort for her.

Sometimes the woman also thinks that she has not been able to give birth to a son for her husband over the years, and has not been able to continue the incense of his family.

Every time she thought about this, the woman actually blamed herself.

The woman who was thinking about these things alone, for some reason, sat alone until dawn, waiting for the middle-aged man outside to speak. Then she came back to her senses, glanced at the young man, and then said softly, "Let's go." Bar."

The convoy continued to set off, and there was still a lot of time left before the city of God.

After the convoy traveled for a few more days, the middle-aged man changed the young man's dressing every day. Although there was no improvement, he was surprised to find that the young man had never died and was still hanging on to his last breath.

This actually made the middle-aged man marvel. He felt that the young man had a tough life. If he kept going like this, he might be able to save his life by finding a famous doctor when he got to the capital city.

It was dusk again that day, and the motorcade once again stopped at a grassland not far from the official road. After lighting a bonfire, a group of men sat together and continued chatting. The girl just said something to her mother, and then Sitting next to his uncles, he took out a piece of hard biscuit from his pocket, took a bite, and asked vaguely, "Where were you talking about yesterday?"

A man smiled and said, "Miss, yesterday we just mentioned that our guardian envoy is a young warrior. He is not very old. I'm afraid he is not much older than Miss."

The girl nodded, remembering what happened yesterday, and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, before I finished talking yesterday, what did the Lord Guardian do?"

Coming..."

"There are too many to mention. In the early years, when the guard envoy was just starting out, he had already won the first place in the martial arts test at the Ten Thousand Willows Club. You must know that I, the Liang Dynasty, had been established for more than 200 years, but I had never won the first place in the martial arts test. Such things, as for what happened later, the guardian envoy was even more amazing. He walked along and did many things. Speaking of which, I heard a few days ago that the guardian envoy killed several great Sanxie people at the Straw Shoes Market. No one who is a big shot dares to fart."

One man said with emotion, "It's so happy!"

"No, if I really want to say it was happy, I had to kill that Taoist Zhenye in Shendu. At that time, Taoist Zhenye killed innocent people indiscriminately in Shendu, and no one dared to take care of him. In the end, the guard envoy came out of seclusion and killed him directly. Then he hung his head outside the gate of the city of God, and Chixin Guan didn’t even fart in the end!”

A man drank some water and felt unhappy. He wanted to drink now.

"Also, the bastard leader of the Tamamo Sect bullied the people of our Daliang. The guard envoy not only killed the people on the spot, but even destroyed the Ren sect in the end. It was really a relief!"

All the men laughed and talked about which brothel's courtesans were good-looking, how round their butts were, how tall their breasts were, and how good they were in bed.

In fact, at most it's just a knowing smile. No matter how you say it, those things are actually not as happy as these things.

This is such a joy.

"The guardian envoy is so young and powerful, I'm afraid there will be many girls who like him, right?"

The girl bit into the hard biscuit and asked curiously.

"Of course, I heard that in the capital of the gods, many shops are selling the portrait of the guardian envoy. I don't know how many young ladies who are waiting for marriage have bought one and hung it in their homes, admiring it day and night, waiting for us When we get to Shendu, I will raise some money for the lady to buy one so that she can take a good look at it.”

As soon as the man opened his mouth, the others immediately agreed. They had been living with the girl day and night and had watched her grow up. Many of them had long regarded the girl as their own daughter.

The girl blushed, but she quickly smiled and said, "Then it's agreed, uncles, don't go back on your word."

"Oops, miss, take it seriously, it's over, my brother's drinking money will be a lot less next month!"

As soon as these words were said, there was a burst of laughter immediately.

The men all laughed.

However, there were still some men who couldn't help but laugh and said, "But Miss, although there are many girls who like the Guardian Envoy, the Guardian Envoy has already found his heart. She is the talented girl from the Xie family in the capital of God. If they really want to talk about it, , The man, the talent, and the woman are truly a match made in heaven, and there is nothing wrong with them.”

The girl muttered, "I never thought that the guardian envoy would like me, I just admire me, right?"

The men looked at each other and said nothing.

They were all experienced, so they didn't know what a girl of this age was thinking, but they didn't pay attention to it. After all, a girl's feelings came and went quickly, which was normal.

A group of people were talking and laughing, but with the girl beside them, it was actually not too much.

As the sun sets in the west, the men don't talk much and turn to look at the sunset over there.

The woman sitting far away also raised her head and looked at the sunset, feeling in a trance.

The middle-aged man looked at the woman.

But soon, they heard the sound of horse hooves.