The dream of a lonely hero

Guo Yun was angry:"You're talking arrogant words, come on! Let's sneak around."

Guo Jin was also afraid of the martial arts competition between Yan Yun and Guo Yun. It would be bad if anyone made a mistake. He felt that the sick Yan Yun might have some skills since he said so."Yun'er! Get the precious eagle bow that is your father's."

Guo Yundao:"Dad! Don't take it. Back then, there were countless generals and generals in your military camp, but no one could pull them away."

Guo Jin also wanted to let the first-life Yan Yun know the depth and said to Guo Yun:"Don't say more"!

Guo Yun took off the carved bow from the wall and handed it to Yan Yun. Yanyun took the heavy bow, his left hand was like holding Mount Tai, his right hand was like holding a baby, and the bow was opened like a full moon. Guo Yun was stunned and shouted"Okay"! I thought that I couldn't help but admire Yan Yun's physical strength even before he recovered from his serious illness. It was beyond Guo Jin's expectation, and there was a look of surprise on his face; originally Guo Jin had no good impression of scholars, but today he solved Yanyun's urgent need just out of gratitude for his sincere love and asking for the fish bag. Thinking of accidentally discovering a useful talent in the imperial court, I was filled with joy, but my face did not show it at all. It was still a serious face.

Yun Dao:"Your Majesty! I want to ask you something, I don't know if I should say it or not"?

Guo Jin said,"Master, please tell me." He expected that Yan Yun must be asking him to help him with some errand in the government or military camp.

Yan Yun said:"That Qinglong Sword was a gift from the master. Can I redeem it if I have money someday?"

Guo Jin was surprised,"Look! Your parcel, luggage, and sword are all here. For a martial arts practitioner, his own sword is like life. How can I take away someone's love?" It turned out that Guo Jin had already ordered Guo An to settle all the debts owed by Yan Yun at Muyun Inn, and took back Yan Yun's packages, luggage, and sword and placed them on the chair in the room where Yan Yun lived.

Suddenly a mountain seemed to be pressing down on Yan Yun's head. How could he repay the store if he couldn't sell the sword? A cloud of worry covered his brows. He stood up to pick up the package, luggage, and sword to leave.

Guo Jin:"Where are you going, Master?"

Yan Yun:"I already owe money for the room at Muyun Inn, and today I owe money to the king. Now that I have no money, what should I do if I don't sell my sword?"

Guo Yundao:"You think my father really bought your sword and only sincerely helped you when you were in trouble. How can you think of my father as someone who takes advantage of others' danger?"

Yan Yun was stunned for a while to sort out his thoughts:"This! This is how I can thank you."

Guo Jin:"Thank you! I got my silver fish bag back from you with the help of the young master. Let's compare the fish bag with your sword!"

Yan Yun:"When I was little, I didn't know you, Junhou, so I asked for the fish bag without thinking about repaying you."

Guo Yun:"You have a chivalrous heart and don't ask for anything in return, but my father doesn't have a chivalrous heart!"

The servants of the Hou Mansion had already brought tea and snacks. Seeing that the Guo family and his son were sincerely helping each other, Yan Yun became less reserved. Guo Jin, Guo Yun, and Yan Yun ate and chatted, and Yan Yun set off from Zhenzhou. I briefly talked about selling swords from the capital to Tianhan Bridge.

Guo Jin was very sympathetic and asked:"Where do you want to go, Master?"

Yan Yun:"I originally wanted to obtain fame through the imperial examination and serve the imperial court, but now, now", he returned home and accomplished nothing. He couldn't see his elders in Jiangdong. He really didn't know where he was headed.

Guo Yun:"With Brother Yan's ability, why do you have to get fame through articles? You can still serve the imperial court by making meritorious service on the battlefield."

"Merit on the battlefield, merit on the battlefield," Yan Yun thought to himself.

Guo Jin silently observed Yan Yun's subtle expression and said,"Master, if you are interested, I can recommend him. Tian Qin, who is in charge of Jinzhou's army and horses, has some friendship with me. I will write a letter to you."

Su Tinghou Guo Jin thought of talents as much as he loved talents, but he had no position and power and could not give Yan Yun a place to show his talents. Quan recommended him to Jin The state soldiers and horses took charge of Tian Qin's tent. Yan Yun stayed at Sutinghou for a few days, recovered from his illness, and said goodbye to Guo Jin and his son. Guo Yun admired his martial arts very much and asked him to stay for three days to learn martial arts. Three days later, Guo Jin served as Yan Yun After a farewell banquet and a gift of fifty taels of silver, Guo Jin and Guo Yun sent Yan Yun to a pavilion ten miles outside Tokyo.

Guo Jin, the Marquis of Suting, looked at Yan Yun's disappearing back and said to himself,"I don't know if this is the right thing for me to do.""Wrong?"

Guo Yun:"Father recommends talented people to the court, what's wrong with that?""？

"If you are not a sage, you are a beast." Guo Jin, who has been a soldier for half his life, has seen countless people and is not sure whether Yan Yun will become a sage or a beast. Thinking about it, he blurts out"whether it is a sage or a beast."

Guo Yun:"Dad, you worry too much. Okay, Yan Yun is so kind and honest, how could he become a beast?"？

"This is exactly what I worry about as a father. Kindness and weakness will lead to the opposite of everything."

"Why doesn't daddy keep Yan Yun by his side and train him slowly to avoid going astray? This is also to cultivate talents for the imperial court."

"Then our family will not be far away from being massacred."

Guo Yun was confused:"Why did dad say this?"

"Such a father will give those treacherous people an excuse to raise dead soldiers to fight against the imperial court. Besides, a fish tank cannot raise a dragon that gallops around the world.

" When they arrived at Jinzhou Xiangjun Command, they commanded the Si Yamen and handed the letter from Guo Jin, Marquis of Suting, to the concierge. The concierge handed the letter to Tian Qin, who was in charge of Qian. Tian Qin was originally a subordinate of Guo Jin who was deployed in Xishan Du, and he was implicated in his dismissal due to Guo Jin's dismissal. The Forbidden Army was demoted to the command of the Jinzhou Xiang Army. Tian Qin saw the letter and thought: The old superior Guo Jin is idle now. It is hard to say that he will not rise again in Dongshan to take charge of the army. It is not easy to dismiss the face; then he appointed Yanyun Xiang Army to command. He was engaged in the yamen department. Yan Yun was an upright and old-fashioned person who was not familiar with the world. He was not good at handling relationships. Most of his colleagues regarded him as a different person. He repeatedly made slanderous remarks to slander Yan Yun in front of Tian Qin. Tian Qin transferred Yan Yun to the Sixth Battalion and the Five Capitals Shenwu Team. Team deputy.

One morning, Yan Yun carried his luggage and was led by Wang Xian, the deputy head of Wudu, to go to the Shenwu team. After walking more than ten miles out of the city, he was more than a hundred paces away from the Shenwu team camp. The team was leading five or six The Xiang army came to greet them. They were all dressed in military uniforms, eight feet tall, with faces like crown jewels, thick eyebrows, long eyelashes, water-cut pupils, red lips, graceful and graceful, with eucalyptus trees in the wind. Yan Yun felt familiar and couldn't think of it for a moment. Get up. Approaching, the team is smiling and saluting Wang Xian with clasped fists,"Wang Dutou has come to Xiaozhai in such a big way, it can be said that it is full of brilliance." Wang Xian is arrogant and sullen. He is indifferent, and the team is accompanying the smiling face,"Which He didn't open his eyes and made Wang Dutou unhappy. Dutou ordered his brothers to demolish his house and dig up his ancestral graves." After saying this, he took out some silver and quietly stuffed it into Wang Xian's face. Wang Xian was still expressionless. Finally he spoke:"What is the name of the new team deputy? He said it himself and said goodbye." Before Yan Yun reported his home address, the team leader said:"No matter how busy Wang Dutou is with military affairs, he must have a meal! I heard that Dutou was coming, and the young men had already prepared a banquet at the 'Zhuangyuan Building', hoping that Dutou would be able to show off his busy schedule and show his respect." Wang Xiandao said,"With such hospitality, we can only do as the guest does." Yan Yun recognized it. , it was his younger brother Yan Feng who was in that team and shouted excitedly,"Jun Biao!" Jun Biao!". Yan Feng had long ago heard that a man named Yan Yun was coming to serve as team deputy in the near future. When they met just now, he confirmed that it was Yan Yun and casually responded,"Team Lieutenant Yan is not in a hurry. We will discuss the military affairs later." Wang Xianchao said"No. 1 Scholar""Let's go downstairs." Yan Yun stood blankly, thinking: It must be Yan Feng. This is not about meeting an old friend in a foreign country, but about him wanting to meet his brothers. Why is he so cold and asked, is it really Yan Feng? Just as he was thinking, a Xiang Jun, who had just greeted Wang Xian with Yan Feng, came back and said,"The team is calling the deputy to go to the Zhuangyuan Building to have a drink." Yan Yun said:"Go back to the team, I won't go.

I’m going to the camp." More than fifty steps. The two large barracks are in dilapidated condition, one is where the soldiers live, and the other is the soldiers' dining hall. The three small barracks are intact. There are four small barracks, one is a kitchen, and the other is where the team leader Yan Feng lives. , one is for the team deputy, and the other is for the guard. Yan Yun approached the barracks with his luggage on his back, and the barracks were silent. An old soldier came out of the kitchen and looked at Yan Yun,"You are the new team deputy Yan Yun, right?""!

Yan Yun replied:"Exactly."

The old army saluted carefully:"I have seen Deputy Yan." He hurriedly took the luggage."Deputy Yan is coming with me." He opened the door of the deputy's room and led Yan Yun in.. The indoor windows are bright and clean, with four desks, four chairs, four beds, three neatly covered beds, as if no one has lived there, and one is empty. The old army put the luggage on the empty bed, opened it and spread it.

Yan Yun said:"Old man , take a rest!"

The old army said in panic:"Vice Captain Yan! Don't call me that, it will shorten your life! The younger brother’s surname is Ni, so please call him Lao Ni."

Yan Yun said,"Old Ni, where have the Xiang troops gone?"

The old soldier said,"They have gone to build the road. Lieutenant Yan, you have a rest, while the younger one is getting food."

Yan Yun rested for a while and walked out of the barracks. He came to the big barracks where the soldiers lived. The smell was overwhelming, the door was half-open, the roof was leaking in several places, and there were a few rats scurrying around. Running back and forth, they found nineteen beds, which were made of broken straw mats and worn sheets. Yan Yun wondered if this was the barracks of the Xiang army or the residence of the beggar."Deputy Yan! Lieutenant Yan! Yan Yun heard the call and walked out of the barracks. The cook, Lao Ni, stood at the door of the deputy barracks and looked for Yan Yun. Yan Yun responded and walked towards the deputy barracks, thinking that Yan Feng must be back. The brothers had been separated for half a year. There are so many things to say, how is the mother, how is Uncle Shang's family, how are the uncles and the seventh aunt? He must be as eager as himself; no matter how fast he steps, he can't keep up with the eagerness; he walked into the deputy barracks of the team. Old Ni said :"Deputy Yan, come and eat. The food has been brought to your table." It wasn't Yan Feng who came back, it was Lao Ni who asked Yan Yun to eat. Yan Yun was very disappointed. Lao Ni said,"

Deputy, is there something on your mind?"

Yan Yun The thoughts of missing my brother haven't come back yet, so I answered the question"What should we eat?""？

"Lieutenant, it's almost noon. oh! This food is not good, it is not as good as the commanding officer’s Yamen, I am wronged by the team deputy."

Yan Yun looked at the table with two meat and vegetables, a pot of wine, and a few fried cakes, and said:"No, no. It's dinner time"

"Um"！

"Why haven't the soldiers arrived?"

"They don't come back to eat. This is not Zhang Ning (cook) and the little boy preparing to deliver food to the road construction site. Please be patient while we deliver the food."

"slow! Bring the food on the table and I will go with you and eat with the soldiers"

"this! this. It's such a hot day, what's the duty of the team mate doing if he suffers like that?"？

"I am not here to enjoy the blessings, so pack up and go together."

Old Ni saw that Yan Yun was determined and did not dare to say anything, so he quickly packed the food on the table.

In June, the sun was scorching and the heat was unbearable. Zhang Ning carried two buckets of food. Ni carried two large food boxes, followed by Yan Yun, and walked towards the road construction site. Zhang Ning and Lao Ni were sweating all over their bodies. Yan Yun had practiced Taihe Internal Skill and was immune to cold and heat, but in the scorching sun His back was dripping with sweat. When he was inspecting the barracks, Yan Yun was puzzled. As he walked, he asked Lao Ni:"Lao Ni! The soldiers of the Shenwu Corps all live in Qingsong Ridge."

Old Ni replied:"They all live in Qingsong Ridge."

Yan Yun said:"There are nineteen beds in the Qingsong Ridge barracks, and the maximum number of people is 30 people including the captain, deputy, and officer. , each team of the Xiang Army has a quota of 50 people. Could it be that there are 20 people lying in the open air?"

Old Ni hesitated and said:"Little Lao Er - Little Lao Er doesn't know, I don't know."

Yan Yun:"You are prevaricating me today. Okay, I will know tomorrow, and you will still say 'I don't know' then!"

Lao Ni panicked. Zhang Ning said:"Lao Ni has something to hide! Lieutenant Commander Yan will know sooner or later. How much can your old bones bear?"

Yan Yun said:"Zhang Ning, you tell me."

Zhang Ning said:"There are vacancies for soldiers in every Jinzhou Xiang army and every team.".

The three of them walked two or three miles and saw a forest and a pergola on the roadside not far away. There were several benches and tables under the pergola. There were cut watermelons on one table and ten piles of them on the other. Several bowls and chopsticks, four people wearing waistcoats with ripped waistcoats, each with a leather whip around their waists, gathered around a table, one was playing dice, and the other three were gnawing on melons, concentrating on it, shouting"big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big"."！""Little little little"! The melon pulp and smeared stars flying in his mouth. Zhang Ning said to Yan Yun:"Team deputy, those four are the guards Deng Er, Cao Si, Li Wu, Huang Gou, and one moreSupervise the Xiang army building the road from the front." Yan Yun saw a dozen shirtless Xiang soldiers fifty steps away holding shovels, wielding pickaxes, raking iron, and pushing stone rollers under the scorching sun. They did not enter the shed and walked toward the Xiang soldiers working there.

The working Xiang soldiers were all skinny, their skin was baked black and red by the hot sun, their sweat was dried, and there were blood marks on their backs, chests, and arms from being beaten with whips, and their trousers were so shabby that it was hard to tell the color. The prison officer was short in stature and was full of fat. He kept whipping him with a whip and scolded,"You pigs and dogs who eat improperly, hurry up, hurry up!" If we can’t finish repairing this section of road, we won’t have a fucking chance to eat!" One of the Xiang soldiers passed out and fell to the ground. The prison officer ran over and kicked him several times, waving his whip and beating him as hard as he could. He kept yelling,"Lazy pig, how dare you fucking pretend.""Death"!

Yan Yun stepped forward and shouted"Stop"! The sound was like a loud bell.

The prison officer stopped his whip in surprise and asked:"Who dares to disturb military affairs?""

"Yan Yun, deputy of the Sixth Battalion Wudu Shenwu Team"

"oh! It turned out to be the new deputy captain Yan. Disrespect, disrespect! The prison officer Xu San is polite. That guy is lazy and pretending to die, I'm teaching him a lesson."

Yan Yun ignored Xu San and went straight to Xiang Jun who fell to the ground. When he found that the heat had passed, he picked up Xiang Jun and ran towards the pergola. He said to Xu San,"Let brother Xiang Jun rest in the pergola.".

Under the pergola. The prison guard Deng Er’s head is as long as a spoon behind a thousand buildings, with a line of gold seals on his face, and his chest and arms are covered with inch-long black hair. Gambling with Cao Si, Li Wu, and Huang Gou is in the ascendant, and Lao Ni , Zhang Ning said hello to the four guards,"Thank you for your hard work, four masters" and put the load into the shed. Deng Er, Cao Si, Li Wu and Huang Gou continued to play as if no one was around. Lao Ni approached carefully,"Master! The new team deputy Yan Yun is here." Cao Si, Li Wu, and Huang Gou stopped when they heard this. Deng Er was furious when he lost the bet and slapped Lao Ni in the face,"You old man! It's useless for the new team vice-president to disturb the Second Master! The second master crawled over from the gate of hell on Shamen Island. It's a good thing that the second master gave him a warning." Yan Yun carried the unconscious Xiang Jun to the pavilion, followed by Xu San and all the Xiang Jun.

Deng Er shouted:"Everyone is here. Damn it!"I'm asking you to come back"? The soldiers stopped and trembled all over.

Yan Yun said,"It's me!" Yan Yun, deputy of the Sixth Battalion and Wudu Shenwu Team."

Deng Er:"Yan Yun is nothing!"Prepare for the Second Master" and stretched out his big hand to grab Yan Yun's head. Yan Yun grabbed Deng Er's wrist and pulled it back. Deng Er fell somersault and rolled out of the way. Yan Yun put the unconscious Xiang Jun down on the pergola. Next, he used Taihe's acupuncture points to treat him. Deng Er got up, grabbed the shovel from a Xiang soldier, ran over, and slashed at the squatting Yan Yun's back. The Xiang soldiers were all horrified. Deng Er's shovel left Yan Yun's back. Only a few centimeters, Yan Yun seemed to have eyes on his back, and he kicked Deng Er on the stomach with his"Oolong tail". Deng Er was kicked out two feet away, and fell to the ground and slid far away. The melon water and other things were spat out, and the shovel flew out of his hand. All the Xiangjun, Cao Si, Li Wu, Huang Gou and Xu San all cheered.