There are many treasures in this country

Xiao Suo, a scholar at the age of 11, was passed down as a myth in Zhuoyang County for a while, and he was neither in the limelight nor in the limelight.In the same year, the prodigal son Shen Yan ran away from home to join the army, and since then embarked on the road of fighting against foreign aggression and accumulating meritorious service.

Xiao Suo is 24 years old this year, counting Korn and Koenke together, he has passed the provincial examination seven times, and failed in any of them.How much praise he once received, how much slander he has to bear now.

Shen Yan has just turned 31 this year. He has made remarkable achievements and has made many meritorious deeds. He is an official up to the third rank, and the Holy One has favored him very much.It's a pity that the big tree attracts the wind, and the situation is extremely dangerous.

The style of this dynasty has always been that literature looks down on martial arts, and martial arts despises literary skills.Zhuoyang County once had an emperor's teacher, the folk customs are good at writing, they regard warriors as soldiers, but they respect the literati to the bone.

Xiao Suo stood in front of the tombstone, thinking that he wasted twenty and four springs and autumns, but was useless and accomplished nothing, and even had to rely on warriors to help his mother's grave, so he couldn't help feeling sad.The cloudy sky on the rainy wind seems to be his gloomy future.

Shen Yan didn't have his delicate thoughts of "feeling the time and splashing tears", so he urged with an umbrella: "Have you finished praying? The rain is getting heavier and heavier."

Xiao Suo wrung out the muddy water on the hem of his clothes, took out a plain handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe his hands, and said: "Thank you General for subsidizing the student's burial of my mother. I will definitely repay you for your kindness."

Shen Yan asked with a smile: "How will Xiao Xiucai repay?"

"This..." Xiao Suo didn't expect him to be so straightforward, "The students are now poor and homeless, and they are unable to repay them. If there is a day when you can feel proud, what orders does the general have, but teach the students what you can, and you will definitely not refuse. "

Shen Yan twitched the corner of his mouth, pulled his sleeve, and said as he walked: "Xiao Xiucai's words, I have written down the general. When you are in the sky, don't forget me."

"Adhering to the general's auspicious words."

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of horseshoes treading water from behind.

When Shen Yan went out, she put a little thought into it, and specially ordered people not to follow, and acted as a groom herself, driving out with Xiao Suo.Originally, I hoped that the two of them would get along with each other, and get some words out of his mouth, so as to enhance their relationship by the way.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, he suffered retribution.

A few horses came galloping from behind, Shen Yan didn't care about opening an umbrella, turned around and dodged with great effort on the muddy mountain road, and his clothes were completely wet.Xiao Suo poked his head out from the carriage, feeling quite sorry, so he wanted to hold an umbrella for him.

Before he could pick up the umbrella rib, a whip suddenly fell from the air and was whipping on the back of his hand. A red mark immediately appeared on the white skin.He frowned, tears fell from the pain in an instant, but he held back the pain.

Following a few long neighs, the horse rider tightened the reins and stopped in front of the carriage.The surroundings were so quiet that there was only the sound of rain, Shen Yan was in the night, and saw the steel knives on the opposite side with a cold light, but he couldn't see their faces clearly.

He turned his head and whispered something to Xiao Suo, holding the handle of the knife tightly with his left hand, and asked loudly: "Who is coming, and why is it blocking the way?"

The leader on the opposite side had frost on his face, his eyes gleamed fiercely in the dark night, and said in a deep voice: "There is a scholar named Xiao, please leave him behind, and we will get out of the way."

Xiao Suo opened the curtain of the carriage, his thin face was full of doubts, just as he was about to open his mouth, Shen Yan pushed him back.Shen Yan was uncharacteristically serious, and whispered: "Stay still, don't talk!"

He raised his head, sneered, and asked again: "A mere poor scholar, I don't know how to offend you, can I ask?"

"This matter has nothing to do with Your Excellency." The leader said: "We only want Xiao Suo Xiao Xiucai, if Your Excellency does not hand him over, our faces will not look good."

Shen Yan smiled and said: "There is no such thing as Xiao Xiucai and a great scholar here. I am the only servant who is not sensible. Are you afraid that you have misunderstood the person?"

The man on the opposite side speculatively said: "Since Your Excellency is not willing to take this convenience, then we have no choice but to be impolite." After speaking, he made a gesture, and dozens of assassins behind him all used light kung fu, stepped on the stirrups, and jumped vertically He stepped out and rushed forward in an instant.

In the dark, like an eagle hitting the sky, it is magnificent.

Shen Yan is not afraid in the face of danger, standing on the horse, there seems to be an infinite coldness in his eyes.

He glanced at Xiao Suo in the car from the corner of his eye, unsheathed his long knife, and rushed to meet him.With just one move, the majestic man was beheaded by the horse. "Capture the thief first and capture the king", the enemy will be destroyed without a fight.

These people are not ordinary assassins, in case of an emergency, there is no chaos at all, and they will come back again after a moment of daze.

However, "martial arts in the world, only fast can not be broken."The two sides confronted each other, fighting for speed.Shen Yan raised the knife and dropped it, killing and wounding several people.One of them fell on the frame of the carriage while he was still alive, and the horse neighed in shock, its front hooves jumped up, almost turning the carriage over.

Xiao Suo stumbled in the carriage, hit his forehead against the board wall, and the wound he made in the afternoon started to bleed again.

After all, he is a frail scholar, how could he go through such a bloody scene, only to see Shen Yan on the opposite side fighting a group, and he didn't lose the wind, and the blood splattered all around.The man at his feet was only half breathed, but he was still grabbing the knife and trying to cut him.

Poor Xiao Daxiucai, who couldn't even walk steadily, jumped out of the car while holding the window, but sprained his ankle.With all his strength, he lifted a big rock from the grass with shaking hands, and threw it at the dying assassin.

The stone fell halfway, Xiao Suo hesitated again.Take people's lives and hurt the world.This person is on the verge of death. How can he harm others by studying sage books and being educated by etiquette and righteousness since he was a child?

But don't hurt him, his blade will cut himself again...

When he was hesitating, he suddenly heard the sound of weapons piercing his flesh, the man rolled his eyes and died.Xiao Suo dropped the boulder in a daze, and saw Shen Yan standing opposite with a cold face, wiping the knife with the assassin's lapel.

"You—" Xiao Suo was dumbfounded, "They...are all dead?"

Shen Yan let out a "hmm", tore off a strand of cloth from the hem of his clothes, wrapped it around the wound on his left arm, tied his teeth together, and asked, "Who did you offend? Burning your house doesn't count, but you have to Is it okay to kill you and silence your words?"

Xiao Suo faltered and couldn't explain clearly.Shen Yan ignored him, turned over the assassin's body, tore off his clothes, saw a dragonfly tattoo on his right shoulder, and said: "The killer of the Happy Hall, he did a lot of work!"

"Happy Hall?" Xiao Suo didn't know anything.

Shen Yan threw the corpse away, and helped him into the driveway: "The underworld forces in the Jianghu have high prices, quick work, and tight-lipped words. It's hard for a big girl to kill someone like you. They actually paid a lot of money to hire people from the Ruyitang. To be safe, I must kill you."

Xiao Suo was silent.

Braving the rain, Shen Yan pulled the rein and turned in the opposite direction.Xiao Suo was very puzzled, and asked him loudly in the rain: "Where is the general going, why don't we report to the officials?"

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the carriage was speeding on the muddy mountain road, making a lot of noise.Shen Yan vaguely heard his words, and sneered: "Report to the official? Do you have hairy brains? Do you think the government can control your affairs?"

Xiao Suo was puzzled, why the government couldn't control his affairs?Such a big murder case, people who died all over the place, shouldn't they report to the police?If you don't report to the official, what will happen to this matter?

Shen Yan galloped his horse all the way, and Xiao Suo was bumped in the car.I don't know how long it took, the carriage finally stopped.Shen Yan lifted Xiao Xiucai, who was pale and about to vomit, out of the carriage, swung the long knife in his hand, and mercilessly scratched a bloody mark on the horse's back.The horse neighed and ran away with the empty cart.

Xiao Suo was even more puzzled, brushed a lock of wet hair from his forehead, and asked him: "Without the carriage, how can we go back?"

Shen Yan fiddled with the weeds taller than people on the side of the road, and said: "There must be assassins behind, and there must be ambushes on the road. The two of us are no match for them. Let them chase the carriage, and we will wait here .If you don’t go back tomorrow morning, you will bring someone to find me on Eleventh.”

Xiao Suo nodded, and heard him talking to himself again: "Hey? The door is broken! I clearly remember that there is a cave here, why is it gone? It's over, I can't find a cave to hide in."

He was losing his mind when he suddenly heard Xiao Suo calling him from a distance: "General, is this the cave?"

Shen Yan twitched the corner of his mouth and ran over, seeing that there was indeed a very narrow hole hidden in the grass behind him, he was very surprised: "How do you know it's here? You're so honest, I didn't expect to know this kind of place. "

When Shen Yan was at home as a teenager, he didn't study hard. He was fishing and hunting birds with the urchins in the village all day long. He once discovered this secret cave by accident, and hid here several times when he ran away from home.

Xiao Suo got into the hole close to his body, stretched out his hand to gather up the twisted grass, turned his head and said, "My father was a doctor in the village before he was alive. , It is said to be a rare medicinal material."

The cave was pitch black, Shen Yan didn't need to maintain the image of a jade tree facing the wind, he sat on the stone and said: "So that's the case. I said that it is impossible for a great scholar like you to come here for no reason."

Xiao Suo groped for a long time behind the big rock on the side mountain wall, and asked Shen Yan: "Does the general have fire on him?"

Shen Yan hurriedly took it out from his bosom and gave it to him. Fortunately, the fire letter was covered with a bamboo shell, so it didn't extinguish the sparks inside.Xiao Suo took it, and actually lit a candle that was conjured up somewhere.He was afraid that the flames would expose Xingzang, so he moved the candlestick to the side wall.

Rain at night, caves, and pursuit, General Shen felt that the timing really couldn't be better, the sky has eyes!He carefully rubbed against the stone next to him, and asked with a smile, "Does Xiao Xiucai have cursive characters?"

He felt that he might be dazzled——Xiao Suo's fair skin turned a little red under the candlelight, and he heard his gentle voice mumble: "Yes, there are, but... the students are dressed in white, and their status is disrespectful, so there is no need to shy away from it. General Shen can just call the students by their names, there is really no need to call them cursive characters, let alone call them scholars."

"Why?" Shen Yan chased after him, reaching out to touch his wrist, "Aren't you happy when I call you a scholar?"

Xiao Suo lowered his head and remained silent, so Shen Yan also remained silent.

After a long while, he said in a low voice: "Students have read sage books for more than [-] years in vain. They have failed in repeated tests and have achieved nothing so far. Tongsheng in the county ridicules students on a daily basis, often mocking them with the word 'scholar'."

Shen Yan originally meant to compliment him, but he didn't expect to offend him, so he hurriedly pointed to the sky and said: "I didn't mean that, please don't get me wrong! I respect you very much in my heart, you don't know, our old man just He wanted me to drink more ink, and for this reason, he named me an inkstone with the word 'inkstone'. I think it should be a fake 'fake', fake text."

Xiao Suo actually laughed.

He has a really nice smile.

Shen Yan, as if he had won a treasure, said more and more slobberingly: "Hey, guess what my cursive characters are?"

Xiao Suo thought for a while, and asked: "Could it be related to Wenmo?"

"That's right." Shen Yan said with a grin, "The old man gave the word 'Wen Yu', saying that the article is like jade. Haha, I laughed my teeth out, like dung like dirt, it's almost the same!"

Xiao Suo pursed his lips, two pear dimples appeared faintly, he lowered his head and said: "Parents' heart is to hope that their children will become dragons, there is also some. Although the general lacks a little in writing, martial arts... Now that he is an official in the court, he is appreciated by the emperor. I want to come to Master Shen Jiuquanxia is also relieved. It is a student who has failed in half his life, so he is really ashamed of his parents!"

Shen Yan wished he could slap himself. It was wrong to say anything, so he hurriedly comforted him: "Xiao Xiu...Young master, don't blame yourself. You are only in your 20s, so what do you say is half a lifetime. How do you know that you are a late bloomer?"

"Adhering to the general's auspicious words."

Shen Yan waved his hand and said: "You don't have to call me 'General' one by one, you can call me by name or word, just 'you and me'."

"Students dare not."

Shen Yan was not very happy when he heard the words, and said with a sneer: "I know, you are probably the same as them, and you look down on warriors like me. Zhuoyang has always valued literature since ancient times, and has always only valued civil servants. Even our old man, when he heard that I wanted to When I joined the army, I was so angry that I was expelled from the genealogy, let alone you. If I hadn't met a nobleman who lent me 200 taels of silver, I wouldn't have been able to buy even the military household who was out of the third rank. The old man would not want it until he died. Seeing me, it's as if this military rank has dirty the lintel of his house! Heh, he really wanted to see my younger brother, but even though he became a civil servant, his father didn't come back after he died, so he sent him away."

Xiao Suo was a little bit sorry, and hurriedly said: "The student didn't have such intentions, the general was overwhelmed. It's just that the student is humble, the general has outstanding military achievements, and the official position is prominent, so the student dare not make mistakes." When he was anxious, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and his fair face With childishness, it is extremely lovable.

Seeing this style, Shen Yan, what troubles can't be forgotten?I'm afraid that stabbing him twice at this moment will make him happy and feel refreshed.

He smiled lightly: "Forget it, you don't have to take what you just said to heart. Let's talk about serious things. What's going on with your grievance?"

The author has something to say:

I just met in the early stage, the framework has just been set up, there may be more foreshadowing, the officialdom is relatively boring, and it will be fine later.