[Tianxia 3][Ghost ink X Wumeihou] I can't see the sky

The journey from the peach and plum blossom forest in the south of the Yangtze River to the Jianmen Pass in Bashu is extremely long.Qianzhu originally only loved to recite poems and paint pictures in the house, and felt that the journey to Lingyin Temple with his mother every few months would consume half of his life, and this journey, which almost crossed half of the wilderness, never Not experienced.Fortunately, although he didn't bring much entanglement, he saved enough, and was smart and alert enough when going out, so he rushed all the way and arrived at the gate of Shuzhou City.

At that time, Shuzhou City was under the jurisdiction of General Dingzhi of the Dynasty Army, and there were two lieutenants under his command. One was Gushoufu, a local farmer who joined the army. He was promoted all the way because of his repeated military exploits. The other lieutenant was named Ding Tianlie , who was born in a family of generals, is Qianzhu's elder brother.The military report brought by Qianzhu was extremely important, and the date of attack mentioned in it was imminent, so he made up his mind to settle Qianzhu in the city, and brought two lieutenants and a group of staff to discuss matters every day to discuss countermeasures.Soon, heavy troops were deployed to guard Wangchuan Town, and the defense was like an iron barrel, and they must not commit crimes in leisure time.

However, to everyone's surprise, when the expected date came, the dynasty army was ready to fight, but the demon army remained silent, calm as usual.It wasn't until three days later that a messenger was seriously injured and galloped all the way from the south. Only then did Ding Zhi realize that the enemy had no intention of attacking Wangchuan Town at all. Instead, they somehow managed to bypass this traffic fortress and directly raided the southern salt city. Quan Village, slaughtered all the villagers, and drove all the way to Tianhe Pass.Tianhe Pass is the last pass to guard Jiuli City, the accompanying capital of the dynasty. If it is lost, the entire Chinese royal family will be in danger.

Dingzhi didn't have time to hesitate, so he quickly entrusted Tianlie to stay in Shuzhou City, and ordered the ancient animal husband to assist him, and led his troops thousands of miles to help Tianhe Pass.

Tianlie sent Dingzhi's army away, then went to the hotel to find Qianzhu.The scholar was also perplexed by the changes in the current situation. He didn't understand why the demon army changed their plans. He raised his eyes and saw Tian Lie's serious expression, his heart trembled, and he said, "...you don't believe me?"

Tianlie stared at his eyes for a while, then sighed suddenly, and said, "No, I believe it. It's just that the world is turbulent, Azhu, you are a scholar, and you only recite those useless words all day long. It is very possible to be deceived by someone who doesn’t know people’s hearts.”

Qian Zhu's eyes widened, only then did she realize that Tian Lie actually looked down on scholars in his bones.However, most people who practice martial arts are like this. Only those who can hold a knife and hold a sword can gain their respect. It is not unheard of such words, and they are not very angry at the moment.

Tian Lie continued: "You don't know... In the battle five years ago, all the villagers in Yanquan Village were slaughtered by demons, not even the young children who were not as tall as the wheels of the cart were spared, and the blood covered the entire river bank. It was dyed red. A good brother of mine in the army was stationed there at the time. He fought with demons alone, and was stabbed dozens of times all over his body. In the end, he died standing up... But when he died, he couldn't wait Come to the reinforcements! Our people were all guarding Wangchuan Town at that time! No one knew that Yanquan Village needed people more! He died just like that!! Do you know that I sent him out of Shuzhou at that time, he But never come back...I..."

As he spoke, the tall general's eyes were faintly red, and his voice was almost choked up.Qian Zhu's expression was gloomy, knowing that her brother was blaming herself, she said after a while: "...I have never lied to you. Everything I said to you is true. You have also read the original battle report. The code left behind is definitely not a forgery."

Tian Lie nodded and said: "I understand, but now you have also seen that things in the army can't be sloppy. I have heard some rumors, and because the battle report is true, some people suspect that you are the demon army. The spies sent here deliberately spread false news to disturb the morale of the army."

Qian Zhu was startled, and immediately said: "Who? Who said that?!"

Tianlie smiled and said, "How can I tell you about this kind of thing?"

Qian Zhu raised her eyes to look at him, shook her head and said, "...You really still don't believe me."

Tianlie argued: "No, I know you will never lie, but it is possible for you to be deceived. I... Oh, Ah Zhu, you go back and don't participate in the war in Shuzhou anymore. Go back to your hometown , be your teacher well, and spend your life in peace, nothing is better than staying in this war-torn place and risking your life all the time."

Qian Zhu bit her lip and thought for a long time, then finally shook her head.

"Azhu...!"

Tianlie wanted to persuade me again, but Qianzhu said: "You don't believe me, so I must prove to you that I am innocent. What's more... What's more, what you just said reminded me why the demon army Suddenly changed the battle plan? Unless they also know that their military report has been leaked, don’t you think there is a real possibility that there are spies in the Shu Prefecture garrison?”

Tian Lie was stunned: "You mean spies...? Are you suspicious of my brothers in the army...? But every one of them was born and died together—"

"However, people's hearts are changeable, brother. Have you ever heard that 'long-term hatred is not as good as water, and waves are waiting for the flat ground'?"

Before finishing speaking, Tian Lie immediately interrupted Qian Zhu, his expression was almost annoyed: "No, I can trust every one of my brothers. Don't say any more, go back, go back now, don't come to Shuzhou again Already!"

Qian Zhu stood where she was, and watched Tian Lie leave with a flick of her sleeves, her hands clenched into fists.

"...No, I want to stay."

Staying here is not only to prove his innocence, but also because of the very likely spy.Now he has seen that although Tian Lie is unparalleled in the battlefield, he is careless and arbitrary in his daily actions, and he is not good at scheming.Now that he is determined to leave, and Tianlie will be the guard, I am afraid that if he is not careful, Shuzhou City will face disaster.

More than ten days later, Qianzhu ran out of money, and Tianlie refused to contribute money to support him in order to drive him back.Qianzhu couldn't help it, so she boarded in a library in the city, and became close friends with the owner of the library, Sikong Mo.The two often held long conversations, discussing political affairs, sometimes congratulating each other with high-fives, and sometimes sighing again and again, feeling like they hated seeing each other late.Later, when talking about the recent military reports in Shuzhou City, Sikong Mo also came to a conclusion similar to Qianzhu, and said worriedly: "Most of our troops have been transferred to Tianhe Pass now, and the defense in the city is empty. If the demon army takes this opportunity to come If there is an attack, and there are internal disturbances from within, the situation will be extremely difficult."

Qian Zhu said: "I just don't understand one thing, how did those monsters bypass Shuzhou City and directly attack Yanquan Village that day?"

Sikong Mo frowned in thought, and said for a while: "The road to Shu is as difficult as the blue sky. The terrain of Bashu is dangerous, unless all those monsters can fly, or...or...or..." He said three "or" in a row, Suddenly stopped.

Qian Zhu opened her eyes wide and said, "Or what?"

Sikong Mo said: "I just remembered that I grew up in Shuzhou. For decades, the city has been surrounded by rivers, with stormy waves crashing on the shore, and the water is turbulent. However, half a month ago, I heard my book boy Youmi mention it by chance. There was no severe drought, but the water in those rivers suddenly decreased a lot."

Qian Zhu said: "You mean...by water?"

Sikong Mo nodded and said, "I'm just guessing."

Qian Zhu clapped her hands suddenly, and suddenly realized: "It's very possible! Isn't Yanquan Village right next to the water!!——I'll go and have a look!"

"Hey, wait a minute, Qianzhu, you alone—"

Before she finished listening to him, Qian Zhu got up immediately, opened the door and walked out quickly.

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