On the seventh day of the seventh month, thirteen years after the signing of the Shangzi Alliance, Chen and Xiliang started another war.

The battle on the Chinese Valentine's Day is like lightning flashing across the night sky, and it ends in less than a day.

The letter to the war was even sent to Liao, Yuan, and Chen dynasties, and the Dangxiang army was recalled and returned in vain.

On the seventh day of the seventh month, at the Battle of Tongguan, a total of 17,000 people and 13,000 prisoners were killed in the Qinling Mountains and the Xiliang army entering the city.

The next day, Helianda of Xiliang urgently reported that he recalled the regular army and cavalry team disguised as horse thieves, gathered the remaining troops, and retreated thirty miles away.

That night, Bian Lingbai was seriously ill and died.

In the early morning of the next day, the new imperial envoy rushed to Tongguan, reorganized the army, and accepted the border commander Bai's military power.

"Before leaving, Mu Xiang told me that you have a clear mind and a very organized way of doing things, and you can consider all aspects. Now when you see this, you can't help but sigh and feel awesome."

Zheng Li is in his sixties and has a snow-white beard. When Duan Ling's grandfather was still alive, the old man led the Southern Chen army to fight outside the Great Wall. Inviting him to go out to stay in Tongguan was the best choice.

Duan Ling said shamelessly: "I dare not take it. Fortunately, Mr. Fei and Wu are alone."

Duan Ling really had to be humble when standing in front of Zheng Li. Although the situation in Tongguan was caused by himself, he had many loopholes in the process of performing the task, and he almost lost his life twice. Without Wu Du, he could not do anything at all.

Zheng Li kept the king and Xie and the others remained unmoved, and simply reorganized the army. Duan Ling saw that Zheng Li was about to activate Xie Hao soon, so he knew that there was no need to remind him which one was available. Although the mission in Tongguan was over, Duan Ling still had a lot of messes and had to clean up. He immediately said goodbye to Zheng Li and went back to Xichuan.

"I've seen you, seven years ago, at the pharmacy in Shangjing."

Wu Du finally remembered it.

On the Chinese Valentine's Day, Duan Ling finally told him: "Yes, it's me, you even scared me with the golden crow."

"But you..." Wu Du couldn't understand, and the past was overturned and poured into his heart in an instant.

After the heavy rain in autumn, Tongguan was covered with clear sky like water. The carriage set off again to head south. It was still the dumb coachman, with Wu Du and Duan Ling sitting in the carriage.

After leaving Qinling Mountains, when entering Bashan, Duan Ling asked the coachman to park the car on the side of the road. The two roads were full of maple trees. Duan Ling helped Wu Duan Ling rested in the maple forest for a while, and went to fetch water to change his medicine.

Behind him was a flaming maple leaf. Wu Du was injured in that battle and sprained his ankle. He got out of the car and came into the mountain. He sat on a big rock, bare his right foot, and stepped on the stool. Duan Ling adjusted the ointment and changed the medicine for him. He first reduced the swelling of his ankle, then untied the bandage on his left hand to stop bleeding and generate muscle.

"The injury on the hand will heal in almost a month." Duan Ling said to Wu Du, "It's okay if you don't suppurate. Instead, the ankle will take some time, and the muscles and bones will be damaged for a hundred days. Be careful these days."

Wu Duan Ling stared at Duan Ling without turning his eyes and replied, "It's okay."

"You are so good at light skills." Duan Ling said, "You must not leave any root cause."

Wu Du said: "What did you want to tell me before? He was slow and there was no one around here, so I can finally say it."

Duan Ling smiled at him and said, "The day you were in the cave before, you said something to tell me, what is it?"

The previous night, the two of them had no time to talk, and they were interrupted by the withdrawal of Dangxiang's troops. Then there were endless incidents. In the past two days, Wu Du had no idea why Duan Ling appeared in a pharmacy in Shangjing on that snowy night seven years ago.

But Duan Ling also said that his father was a pharmacy, so maybe he was the shopkeeper of the pharmacy?

"I'll ask first, why did I see you at that time?" Wu Du frowned and said, "Aren't you from Xunbei?"

"Fate." Duan Ling replied, "The fate we met was buried as early as that time."

Duan Ling carefully put medicine on Wu Du's hand.

Wu Du unnaturally glanced at the maple trees all over the mountains, and red leaves fell everywhere.

"Is fate? I..." Wu Du said, "I have made a vow in my master in this life that I cannot marry a wife or get married, and I should not even establish a career."

"Why?" Duan Ling asked.

"Assassins are like this." Wu Du replied, "When you have family and lover, you will have weaknesses. If you kill enemies, the other party's descendants will come to seek revenge, and they will kill your wife and children and set fire to your house. What future can a person who takes murder as his career?"

"But where are your master and your master's wife?" Duan Ling asked again, "Are they married?"

"They were not married." Wu Du replied, "They had no name, but in my heart, she was always the master's wife. Later, when she went to Zicheng, the master died in battle, and the master's wife also died in love. The White Tiger Bright Light Armor on your body was missing, and the Shanhe Sword Technique also fell into the hands of Zhao Kui who came to rescue him."

Duan Ling asked: "So you came to Zhao Kui to find it, right?"

Wu Du nodded and said, "Zhao Kui knew that I would leave once I found it, so he hid it."

Duan Ling asked: "What do you want to do after finding it? Will the Resurrection Sect be?"

Wu Du replied: "The master's sect has fallen, and the original inheritance has long been disinterested, and the whereabouts of the mountains and rivers are unknown. However, the White Tiger Hall has another responsibility, which is to protect the emperor in this chaotic world."

"But the Emperor doesn't need me to protect him." Wu Du said, "Although the prince intends to recruit me, I know that what he wants is an obedient assassin, not the descendant of the White Tiger Hall. In the final analysis, he still doesn't need me."

Duan Ling thought to himself that I need it, I need it.

Wu Du said: "Whether Zhao Kui, Mu Xiang, or the prince, except for the late emperor, everyone wants only killing swords, but no one can blame. In the troubled times, they were originally killing each other."

Duan Ling wanted to speak but stopped, but Wu Du thought he wanted to comfort himself, so he patted him on his shoulder and said, "Shan'er, what about you? What are you going to do? I know you want to make a name for yourself. You are sixteen years old this year. Following me all day long will inevitably delay you."

"What...what?" Duan Ling suddenly felt funny and felt warm in his heart.

"As you said, seven years ago, I went to Beijing to perform a mission. I met you at that time, and it was fate." Wu Du said again, "God sent you to me, maybe this fate is still there."

When Duan Ling heard this, he couldn't help but feel mixed feelings. Is it fate? Perhaps from the beginning of his birth, everything was destined to be the crown prince of Nanchen and Li Jianhong's son. He would be taken to Shangjing one day, and he was destined to meet Wu Du on that day.

"I won't get married." Wu Du said, "But you are different. You can't just live with me for the rest of your life. Go back and think about it carefully. You just turned sixteen and you have a lot to do in the future..."

"Of course I will follow you for the rest of my life." Duan Ling wrapped the bandage on Wu Du's hand and bandaged it, and said, "I don't want to start a family either, so it's okay to start a career."

"You..." Wu Du seemed to have expected Duan Ling to say this, and said, "Follow me, I have no name and no share, what is this? Being a servant for the rest of your life? Where is your fame? Don't you want to climb up?"

"Like your master's wife," Duan Ling said.

Wu Du's face suddenly turned red, and Duan Ling felt that the sentence was a bit inappropriate.

A maple leaf fell, falling quietly on the pile of leaves, making a "sand" sound.

Wu Du looked at Duan Ling and said, "Then...you either...just..."

"What's the point?" Duan Ling said blankly.

Wu Du thought about it and waved his hand and said, "Forget it, just talk about it."

Duan Ling was confused, and Wu Du said again: "You are lucky. If you don't follow Zheng Yan, then... let's settle it first."

"Zheng Yan?" Duan Ling asked, "What does it have to do with Zheng Yan?"

"Nothing." Wu Du waved his hand and said, "Go back."

"Wait." Duan Ling said, "I have something to say to you."

Wu Du: "?"

Duan Ling held Wu Du's hand, thought for a while, and suddenly understood what Wu Du said before. They had never talked about this issue before. Although in the eyes of Mu Kuangda and others, the young man who appeared inexplicably was the son of Wu Du's friend, the two of them knew very well in their hearts. Wu Du also knew that Duan Ling was just living under his protection for the time being, and might leave, so he had such a thing.

Wu Du was very happy to hear Duan Ling say this, and he was rewarded for his good deeds.

"My father is gone, this is the saddest thing in my life." Duan Ling replied, and sat on the stone and held Wu Du's hand. Wu Du separated his fingers and tied his fingers together with Duan Ling's fingers. He held his hand a little unnatural, and said to Duan Ling: "I will treat you well."

"Remember the day we just met?" Duan Ling said again.

Wu Du laughed and said, "Your father is a doctor in Rongchangtang? I remember you were holding a ginseng for pregnant women to hang their lives."

"It was for Uluohoumu to eat." Duan Ling said, "You stabbed him with a sword and almost died."

Wu Du: "..."

Wu Du's smile instantly disappeared and he looked at Duan Ling in disbelief.

Duan Ling replied: "'Zhu' is the first person I have killed in my life. At that time, Uluohoumu took my father's order and went to Shangzi to find me. After receiving me, he hid me in Shangjing City. You took Chen Guoying's team and rushed day and night to find my whereabouts. After Zhu died that night, the next day, you went to the school to find me, recognized the wrong person, and captured Cai Yan."

"Later, I grew up in Shangjing. In the spring of two years ago, my father returned to me." Duan Ling said, "Teaching you what I think I shouldn't know, such as leading troops to fight, leaping lightly... He trained me to shoot arrows, and taught me the sword technique of mountains and rivers."

Duan Ling let go of Wu Du's hand, stood up, and said, "Look."

Duan Ling concentrated his mind, recalling the palms of mountains and rivers, and in a flash, he swept up the maple leaves flying all over the sky. Wu Du was still in extreme shock, while Duan Ling was shuttled through the bloody maple flowers, lying and tying, holding his palms, and pressing them sideways. From beginning to end, he hit a set of palm techniques.

"I'm wrong in some places." Duan Ling said a little uneasy, "but it's basically right."

Wu Du couldn't speak for a while, Duan Ling sat down next to Wu Du, shook him and said, "Hey, Wu Du, are you listening?"

"And...what?" Wu Du said tremblingly, his mind was blank for a moment.

Duan Ling took Wu Du's hand, still clasped his fingers, and said, "Then we went to the capital to break. I didn't wait for my father and Cai Yan to escape."

Wu Du was shocked at this time, staring at Duan Ling in a daze. Duan Ling said in a daze: "I don't know what happened later. In short, when I returned to Xichuan, it became like this. I don't know who pretended to be me and nothing happened. Lang Junxia... Urohoumu poisoned me and threw me down the river. Maybe I went there and was rescued by you again."

"I'm sorry, Wu Du." Duan Ling said, "I lied to you for many things before. I dared not say anything. I'm afraid you are Mu Xiang's person..."

Wu Du staggered, got off the rock and went to the ground.

Duan Ling was inexplicably confused.

"You are... Sure enough... I just feel it's inappropriate..." Wu Du said tremblingly, "You are the real Your Highness... you... you..."

Wu Du was still injured and knelt straight in front of Duan Ling.

"Get up!" Duan Ling said hurriedly.

"Your Highness." Wu Du said breathing, "I am incompetent and have not protected the late emperor..."

Duan Ling also knelt down and said to Wu Du: "Get up quickly!"

"Get up quickly..." Wu Du wanted Duan Ling to get up.

"Get up quickly!" Duan Ling said anxiously.

The two of them stared at each other for a moment, and Wu Du suddenly hugged Duan Ling tightly, so excited that it was hard to describe. Everything that had been unable to understand before was explained based on this.

"I don't blame you." Duan Ling said, "I really don't blame you. You are not guilty. If you feel guilty, I will forgive your mistakes for your deceased father. From now on, you no longer have to take this matter to your heart."

Wu Du hugged Duan Ling tightly, and the force made Duan Ling feel pain.
Chapter completed!