Qi Kuo

Defend my mountains and rivers, defend my robes.

Chen Ke's eyes lit up after listening.He sat beside Zhao Jun, lay down again, looked at the brighter star in the north, and asked him, do you know General Zhang Yuan?

Zhao Jun nodded, followed his line of sight like looking at the sky, and it was no different from the usual night sky.

After Chen Ke finished asking, he didn't care about his answer, and slowly closed his eyes.

He has been in the army for so many years, and because of some special reasons, he received preferential treatment from everyone when he first entered the barracks. Apart from following Zhang Yuan with a playful smile all day long, he just wandered around the world, and finally got a quack air.But it's not bad, anyway, recruited a personal army.

His innocence ended when General Zhang died in front of him in order to save the stubborn him, and Chen Ke really felt the cruelty of war, just like a canary just out of the cage, it encountered a forest fire when it came out.

Chen Ke, who hadn't opened yet, watched the light in the old general's eyes gradually dim, and he was hugged tightly by the bloody general.The general whispered in his ear, Chen Ke, you have to get out alive, and you have to protect this river and mountain for me...Chen Ke...

Chen Ke desperately wanted to nod, he could feel the general's reluctance to this world, he wanted to struggle to escape from the bloody air, he wanted to break free from this embrace, and block the dense feather arrows flying behind the general.

But he couldn't, he could only watch the life of the person in front of him with his eyes wide open, and he could only clearly feel the old general's hand holding him tighter and tighter, until the old general's breathing stopped beside his ear , His hand still did not let go.

Chen Ke waited in that cruel embrace, warm blood overflowed from the corner of the general's mouth, and flowed into Chen Ke's open eyes, stabbing him with pain and pain in his heart.

I don't know how long I waited, the tears in the corners of Chen Ke's eyes dried up, and the reinforcements finally arrived.

After fighting for half a day, someone forcefully separated him from the old general.

He raised his head and looked at the smile on the corner of Zhang Yuan's mouth, his pale lips were raised, and the blood on his face could not cover up its brilliance.

Chen Ke wiped the blood from his face, knelt down among the dead, in front of the old general, raised a dagger, and slashed his left palm, swearing to the sky, I, Chen Ke, will guard this place. Mountains and rivers!

He used blood as a sacrifice to cut off his own retreat, and he could not break or stand.

So he looked at his long-standing popularity in the army and the experience he had accumulated around the old general, and spent a year rectifying the remaining National Defense Army, and then quickly called his friends in the Jianghu.

A year later, Chen Ke was dressed in gray and white, and walked step by step on the general platform where the old general had stood before, drinking wine and swearing to his master, with [-] lions, and his momentum was astounding.And Chen Ke raised the wine bowl in his hand amidst the roar, drank it in one gulp, and said, I promised you, look, I did it.

You see, I did it, I promised you, I did it.

He saw that Chen Ke didn't move at all. After a long time, Zhao Jun saw him open his left hand unconsciously, and a scar across the palm of his hand suddenly entered Zhao Jun's sight.

Pale, ferocious.

His heart suddenly jumped heavily, and something popped up in his mind, but he didn't catch it.

It is common for marching people to be injured, but this wound is so hideous, if it is more severe, it will hurt the muscles and bones, and the left hand will be useless.

After much deliberation, this injury can only be caused by the general himself.

Yes, why?

He called again, and this time Chen Ke responded, and at the same time clenched his left hand tightly.The terrifying wound leisurely disappeared from Zhao Jun's eyes.

Chen Ke looked at him, and said to Zhao Jun, who hadn't recovered from his face, remember what you said today, and keep it!

Zhao Jun was taken aback for a moment, then nodded immediately, and nodded heavily, fearing that Chen Ke would not believe it, he said loudly, General, I will!

Chen Ke wanted to laugh when he saw him like this, but he was afraid of hitting him, so he asked him, how old is this year?

Zhao Jun smiled shyly, raised his hand and scratched his head, and said with a smile, "Fifteen!"

Chen Ke looked at his smile, as if he saw his own shadow from him, loyalty, courage, and innocence.

Zhao Jun was sitting facing the fire, the wanton fire reflected on his face, his bright eyes were full of the sharpness of a young man.However, Zhao Jun's face was strangely soft, no more than the lips of ordinary men, Zhao Jun's lips looked smaller, and looked like a child who hadn't opened at all.

Chen Ke's knife-like face softened, and his usual calm face was filled with warmth at this moment. He sat up, sat side by side with Zhao Jun, raised his hand and stroked the top of his hair, his voice was gentle, Zhao Jun ?Will you come to work under me in the future?

Zhao Jun turned to look at him, with a shocked expression on his face again. He hadn't recovered from the shock of the general rubbing his head just now, so he stammered while his mind was muddled, But, but, will, general, I will, no, what will it be? !

Chen Ke met his gaze, smiled and said, it's okay, it will be over soon.

After speaking, he felt that Zhao Jun's dazed look was cute, so he raised his hands and rubbed Zhao Jun's head heavily.

Zhao Jun: ...

Zhao Jun was woken up by Chen Ke the next morning. He listened to Chen Ke's order to complete the task in a daze, and went sleepily to prepare the dry food that Chen Ke said.

Chen Ke held Zhao Jun's shoulders with both hands, and said solemnly, Zhao Jun, listen carefully, in the next few days we will bypass Khan Bayin's army and go to Khan Bayin's city, so we can't start a fire recently, To avoid attracting enemy troops, so you have to prepare enough dry food now, the dry food in your bag is not enough, understand?

Zhao Jun gave a bewildered "Oh" and walked away with a tuft or two of dull hair.

Standing behind him, Chen Ke looked at his dumb hair swaying in the wind against the morning light, and smiled happily. After a while, he couldn't laugh anymore.

The wound on the abdomen that had just healed was torn again, and his face turned pale from the pain.

Zhao Jun, who was not far away, heard Chen Ke's laughter, and muttered, what's wrong with the general?

After walking a few steps forward, Zhao Jun suddenly laughed happily again. He reached out and touched the top of his hair. He thought, the general and I are friends now...

Suddenly something brushed his hand lightly, the smile on Zhao Jun's face froze, his inner thoughts completely changed, the general was just laughing at this... The general is really boring...

Just as Chen Ke and the two of them sneaked into Khanba quietly, the city of Huaining was extremely chaotic.

Hu Chen returned from a serious injury that day, barely managed to walk to the edge of Chen Lou, and then fell down heavily.Immediately, Lin Zheng led his troops back to the city and carried Hu Chen, who was seriously injured and unconscious, back in the chaos.After Hu Chen woke up, the first news he opened his mouth surprised everyone Dawei.

Hu Chen barely propped himself up against the head of the bed, his haggard face, which hadn't been shaved for several days, looked messy, and his originally clear face looked a little pale at the moment, he took the water handed over by the person next to him, his eyes seemed to be inadvertent He swept past Yuan Shoulu and his party.

He slowly opened his mouth and said, the general...he...unfortunately passed away...we were attacked in the first battle...cough...we finally escaped, and on the way back...we were attacked by wild animals again...cough cough...

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand to cover his face, his dry eye sockets were now filled with tears, and the blood in his eyes made him look like he was in pain.

When Lin Zhengben heard the news, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately wanted to rush up and beat the person who was lying on the bed chattering nonsense.

But just when he was about to make a move, when he looked up, he saw Hu Chen's tears falling down. Lin Zheng's expression instantly collapsed. Hu Chen never saw him cry when his father died...

Something flashed in Lin Zheng's eyes, and he yelled loudly at Hu Chen again, what the hell are you talking about, believe it or not, I will beat you to death!

Hu Chen still lowered his head and didn't argue anything, his heart was ashamed.

Zhuang Sheng and others looked at this scene and could only stand aside silently.

For a while, the atmosphere in the room was very deserted.

Lin Zheng took a deep breath, and said to Yuan Shoulu and the others who were guarding by the bed, everyone, what happened suddenly... His voice choked, and it was full of sadness.He went on to say, please be flexible, let us discuss it...

Yuan Shoulu suppressed his inner excitement after hearing this, and said to Lin Zheng, Master Lin, this...

Lin Zheng didn't wait for him to finish, and interrupted directly, Master Yuan, it's not my selfishness, it's just that this is a private matter within the National Defense Army and has nothing to do with outsiders!

Yuan Shoulu was stunned by what he said, and immediately cupped his hands, leading Huaining and the others to retreat.One of them glanced at Hu Chen before going out, the murderous intent in his eyes was not hidden at all, but no one noticed it.

Zhuang Sheng, who was waiting to send them out, came back and said, that's all right, they are all gone.

At this moment, Hu Chen raised his head again, the misery in his eyes turned into sarcasm, he quickly turned over and got off the bed, and said in a low voice, Chen Ke has entered Khanba King City!

Lin Zheng frowned, and asked him, what are you doing back then?

Hu Chen didn't answer his words, walked to the desk with everyone, picked up a pen, tapped the remaining ink on the table, wrote a letter, stamped his private seal, and sealed it with the "Chen" logo After that, he handed it to Zhuang Sheng and said, send this letter to the emperor as soon as you can, and do it immediately!

Zhuang Sheng stood up straight, took the envelope with both hands, and answered yes in a low voice.He immediately ran out with the letter in his arms, and as soon as he walked out the door, he forced out two lines of tears, and ran out of his room. When no one was paying attention, he quietly climbed up to the roof, tapped his toes, and quietly The sound rushed towards the palace at a high speed.

Hu Chen said to the rest of the people, remember, what you have to do now is to pretend to be as miserable as you want. To put it simply, you want to cry more than your dead mother, but not too much, don't doubtful.

He paused, then went on to say, keep an eye on Yuan Shoulu and his guards, and pay attention to what they fly out every day... We need to know who is doing the tricks, and let Khan Bayin know about us. Now, what a mess!

Therefore, when old and young came out of Hu Chen's room, their eyes were flushed, making the eyes lying in the dark filled with smiles.

Lin Zheng brought him a glass of plain water and said, what's going on?Hu Chen took a sip, sat on a chair, and said that he planned to break through from the inside, and said that he would definitely come back in half a month, so that we must catch the inner ghost in this half month.

Lin Zhengmei elbowed, the ghost?

Hu Chen put the cup on the table, stroked the body of the white porcelain cup, and answered him, not from our side, Yuan Shoulu and the others have a problem, but... Yuan Shoulu seems to be just a puppet... I doubt it is Huaining Guard Yuan Ming's problem, after all, they are father and son, Yuan Shoulu will guard his only seedling no matter what.

Lin Zheng sneered, chatted with Hu Chen a few more words, and went out.

Hu Chen, on the other hand, leaned against the back of the chair as if losing his strength.

As far as he and Lin Zheng are concerned, Chen Ke is a brother, a confidant, a close friend who grew up wearing a pair of trousers, went to the house to expose the roof tiles together, and together made troubles in the palace up and down.

Since the prince entrusted Chen Ke to them, they have never been separated from Chen Ke, sharing weal and woe.They stood beside Chen Ke, watching him grow up little by little, watching him kneel in front of General Zhang, with red eyes, swearing with his palm cut, watching him lose his voice for the first time standing on the stage cry bitterly.

Everyone thinks that Chen Ke is omnipotent. In fact, only these brothers, including Gu Zhi and Chen Ke's so-called personal army, know how confused Chen Ke is in private, and has been stuck in guilt for the old general. Deeper and deeper.

For so many years, no matter how much Chen Ke lost his temper with them, even sometimes when he was drunk, he always clamored to let them go, saying that he would drag them down sooner or later.They never thought of leaving, they would rather be under Chen Ke's halo forever, and be two confidants who are always trustworthy.Even though Chen Ke didn't seem to need them anymore, they still didn't think about leaving.

16-year-old Chen Ke knelt among the dead and swore to guard the mountains and rivers.

They looked at the bloody Chen Ke and said to themselves, no matter what, keep you safe.

Even the mission is friendship.

After years of life and death, a contract is made once in a while.

Death and life are broad, and Zicheng said.

Accept this kindness and make this oath.

The grace of brotherhood, the oath of mutual protection.

The author has something to say:

Writing this chapter really took my heart and soul. Kawen got stuck many times. It was originally sent out during the Dragon Boat Festival. After the Dragon Boat Festival, I only wrote less than a thousand...

But the relationship between Chen Ke and General Zhang will be discussed later...

Love you guys.