Chapter 42: An Assassin Gao Jianli in the Night Part 1(1/2)
It's not yet dark, the tents in the camp have been set up, and the smoke is rising as the guards start to light fires, boil water, and cook food.
After dinner, the guards continued to practice with knives and swords for another half an hour.
The sonorous sound every morning and dusk has become a scenery of the carriage and the future that the children long for.
Li Xiuyuan came to the fire and picked up the boiled water to make a pot of tea. Holding a cup of hot tea, he looked at the children playing by the river from a distance, and at Zhao Meng and Xu Fu who kept drawing swords.
Isn't it the same when I think about how I cut snow in the Tianshan Mountains?
Li Xiuyuan only took a breath and drank a sip of tea. He didn't say anything, but just stared at the sky in trance.
He murmured to himself and asked, "Master, can I help those children?"
Just as the old Taoist priest said that it is better to seek help from others than to seek help from yourself, the sky did not give him any reply.
Perhaps in the eyes of the old Taoist priest, this is not a big deal, as long as Li Xiuyuan does not intervene in the occurrence and direction of those major events.
Li Xiuyuan has a lot of elixirs in his body. He only needs to cook a pot of medicinal soup to enable these children to embark on the path of spiritual practice.
Coupled with the Qi Movement Technique and Sword Drawing Technique he gave Xu Fu, it will not be difficult for these children to practice to the realm of golden elixir one day.
What if Xu Fu really found his opportunity at sea?
After all, I have never been to that place, so I probably don’t have time to visit it.
Perhaps after burning books and burying Confucians, the old Taoist priests will have to take themselves to the next dynasty that will destroy Buddhism and Taoism.
There was also the young master Fu who met in the back mountain who had his own academy, and Zhang Liang. He didn't know if he would meet more conscious guys.
But now, he was a little worried about Xiao Hei.
When that guy came to Daqin, it was like he was reborn, and his temperament became much gentler. Li Xiuyuan was afraid that he would suffer a loss outside.
It seems that next time I go out, I have to bring Xiao Hei with me.
If he did something wrong and was kicked away by the Heavenly Dao here, he wouldn't let Xiao Hei stay here alone.
After practicing the sword-drawing technique for half an hour, Xu Fu walked over waving his arms and sat down next to Li Xiuyuan.
After thinking about it, I said, "It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival when we get to the beach. I'm not sure at all whether we can go out to sea."
Li Xiuyuan glanced at him in surprise, thinking that everything would not be smooth sailing for you. Otherwise, why would you need to spend three times to go to sea?
Thinking of this, I looked at him and said gently: "You and I don't know how to sail. When we get to the beach, don't rush to buy a boat. First, ask a few people who know how to sail."
Xu Fu chuckled and said, "That makes sense. It seems we have to learn some common sense about going to sea first, and then consider whether to buy a boat or hire someone to build it ourselves."
He said proudly: "Actually, it doesn't matter. If you can't go out to sea this year, there will be next year. If you can't go out next year, there will be the year after that. Just follow the same principle as our practice, don't rush."
Li Xiuyuan sighed and patted his shoulder.
He said: "The fact that you think this way means that you have the momentum to become the overlord of a certain country. Going to sea is just like practicing cultivation. The road is long and long, so don't be impatient."
In Li Xiuyuan's opinion, as long as he and his group arrive at the seaside, find a village and set up a simple magic circle, even if someone from the Imperial City sends someone here, they will just give away people and money.
Xu Fu was also secretly happy. According to the original budget, it would have cost a lot of money to come here.
Unexpectedly, he didn't spend a penny, but instead earned more and more. Maybe after this trip, he could save a big ship's silver.
As the two chatted, it was time to take turns to watch the night.
According to the old rules, Li Xiuyuan, who was worried, took four guards on duty for the first half of the night and handed them over to Zhao Meng in the second half of the night.
The old Taoist priest ignored him, so Li Xiuyuan held a scroll of bamboo slips and read the "Book of Songs" again by the light of the fire. After these days, he read it again and again.
In addition, Xu Fu explained it to him, which gave him a better understanding of the Book of Songs.
How can I say that I have no clothes? I share the same robe with you.
Use these two sentences to explain that he and Xu
The current situation of Fu and others couldn't be more appropriate.
Looking at the poems on the bamboo slips, he felt filled with satisfaction and pride.
I didn't expect that the characters I saw in the history books would be transported back to the past from the future due to a beam of starlight.
Although his little Hei can't change anything, he said that being able to witness the rise of a great era is something to be proud of.
At least the next time I see my husband and parents, I can tell them that I was Xu Fu's friend.
While his thoughts were soaring, his pupils suddenly shrank.
In the night, a black lightning broke through the wind and the sky instantly pierced the quiet night, and flew in front of Li Xiuyuan in just a blink of an eye.
This was an ordinary iron arrow, and it pierced into Li Xiuyuan's chest.
Li Xiuyuan did not make a sound, but reached out to pick up the long sword lying on the ground, and slashed it through the lightning and stone fire!
There was a click, and the long arrow broke into two pieces.
Only a few dozen feet away from him, a figure walked out of the night and came towards Li Xiuyuan.
When the figure got closer, Xiu Yuan finally saw clearly a man in green clothes coming over. The ribbon on his head was flying up and down in the night wind. He didn't look like an ordinary bandit or killer.
Because the spiritual consciousness released by Li Xiuyuan told him that there was only one person in front of him here, and there were no large groups of bandits or killers hiding in the dark night.
"Enemy attack!"
The guards watching the night reacted instantly. The four guards held iron bows and aimed at the man in green who was walking towards Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the person who came, and after a while, he said to the guards behind him: "Go back, I'm here."
As soon as the four of them heard Li Xiuyuan's words, they nodded to each other and disappeared into the dark night.
Li Xiuyuan quietly looked at the man in Tsing Yi walking towards him and said coldly: "Are you a bandit or a killer? Who do you want to assassinate?"
The visitor shook his head and listened to him say in the same cold voice: "As long as it is the special envoy sent by King Qin, I want to kill him. I don't belong to any party, I am just me."
Li Xiuyuan nodded upon hearing this. Since he was not a bandit, there was no need to risk his life.
After thinking about it, it seems that the person said: "I don't understand. There are so many generals and envoys in Da Qin, can you kill them all?"
The person who came looked at the sword in his hand and said softly: "There is no other way, then just like chopping wood, just chop each piece and count it as one."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he laughed and said, "You can't cut down all the firewood, just like the weeds on the grassland."
The visitor frowned and said, "You are not King Qin's special envoy. How can a special envoy have such ability?"
"Special envoy?" Li Xiuyuan looked at the visitor quietly and said, "I am here, but you can't seem to see him. Tell me, who sent you here."
The visitor glanced at Li Xiuyuan warily, but made no move to step forward or retreat.
Instead, he lowered his head and pondered, feeling a little surprised and confused. After thinking about it for a while, he put away the bow and arrow in his hand.
Perhaps in his opinion, the Li Xiuyuan in front of him could knock down the first iron arrow he shot, so he would naturally not mind facing him again.
The situation in front of him was indeed a bit weird. The guy in front of him could actually block his own fatal arrow, but he ignored him and didn't mind letting him go at all.
The visitor couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, thinking that the person who could follow King Qin's special envoy was indeed a master.
Putting down the weapon in his hand, the visitor patted his sleeves, as if to shake off the non-existent dust. He took a few steps forward, raised his hands and said, "I dare not ask you for your name?!"
After a while, Li Xiuyuan calmly replied: "I'm just a liquor storekeeper. I don't belong to any party. I just follow the adults to see the outside world."
Seeing Qing Renyi put down the weapon in his hand, Li Xiuyuan also sat back by the fire and poured a cup of tea.
He looked at him and said, "Let's have a cup of tea, sir. I won't see you later."
The man in Tsing Yi was stunned again. He obviously didn't expect Li Xiuyuan to pour him a cup of tea.
So he quickly stepped forward and sat down by the fire. With a faint smile on his lips, he said, "I didn't expect you to be unafraid of my slashing you."
Li Xiuyuan picked up the cup in front of him, took a sip of warm tea, and said, "You can give it a try?"
The visitor rubbed his hands, picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said calmly: "You are the most interesting guy I have ever seen. You can actually make tea for a killer."
"That's because I know you can't kill me." Li Xiuyuan replied lukewarmly.
The visitor continued to ask: "Don't you have anything to ask me?"
Li Xiuyuan glanced at him coldly, looked at the man with a vicissitudes of life in front of him, and shook his head: "Since you can't kill me, why do I need to ask you? If I ask you, will you answer truthfully?"
The visitor slowly raised his head, and the firelight illuminated his face and his eyes instantly became much brighter.
I saw this man's eyebrows were like swords, and although his face had some vicissitudes of life, there was still a hint of sharpness. If it were in another place, it would be impossible to tell that this guy was actually a killer.
Even Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but feel a little distracted, thinking that a guy who thought well was actually learning to be a killer.
The visitor seemed a little surprised that Li Xiuyuan would look back at him, and couldn't help but say: "That's not necessarily true? If I meet the right person, I might be able to tell the truth."
Li Xiuyuan sighed and said calmly: "Do you want to test me? Do you want to fight with me?"
The visitor thought for a while and said, "If you weren't here tonight, no one would be able to block my way."
This was tantamount to clarifying his stance with Li Xiuyuan and revealing his intentions.
Li Xiuyuan put down the cup in his hand, looked at him and said calmly: "If I hadn't been in a good mood tonight, you would be a dead person by now. You have to understand this."
The visitor was stunned for a moment and replied dumbfounded: "Can't you?"
Li Xiuyuan went on to say: "You are not the first killer, nor will you be the last. The number of people who have died under my arrows along the way is not just a thousand, but also hundreds. Don't act like you are unpredictable. I hate it."
When the visitor heard this, he was stunned and speechless.
To be continued...