Yang Caiping is just like his name, not only is he mediocre, he is even a little stupid under the discipline and care of Yang Shunhui. He Kui, who has been with Yang Caiping for more than ten years, knows better than anyone what kind of person Yang Caiping is. He even feels that he knows Yang Caiping better than Yang Shunhui and himself than Yang Caiping himself.
The rain outside the window is still pattering down, and the time for departure is getting closer and closer. He Kui sat on the threshold of the outhouse looking at the foggy rain in the gray sky outside in a daze. I don't know what's wrong, I'm feeling very irritable today.
All kinds of past events of working under Yang Shunhui's subordinates in these years came out all at once. In the past, he was also a young man with great ambitions. He thought that he could make a name for himself in the military. Even if he couldn't become a general of the Yiwei like Yang Shunhui, at worst he could be released to serve as a county magistrate. Officials of the fourth rank can also honor their ancestors.
He knew that he was capable, so it was no surprise that he gained Yang Shunhui's attention. He just didn't expect that what he got in exchange for this emphasis was not a bright future, but becoming a housekeeper in Yang Shunhui's family.
From the day he became Yang Shunhui's son's bodyguard, he knew that his future was actually over.
Can you say you have no complaints
there must be.
If Yang Shun hadn't pushed him by Yang Caiping's side, relying on his cultivation and ability, being a county magistrate in the local area was already his most important ambition, and he felt that it would not be difficult for him to become a fourth-rank man. So he turned his head and glanced at Yang Caiping who was leaning on the broken bench, with some resentment in his eyes.
"Master, we should set off in a while."
He said.
Yang Caiping hummed, without any doubt about the lies Yang Shun would weave. In fact, he has been living in Yang Shunhui's various lies for so many years. Maybe you haven't seen such a person, but there is such a person in this world. Yang Shun would use lies to weave a beautiful world without any coldness or sadness, so he imprisoned Yang Caiping in such a world, not allowing any noise outside to affect Yang Caiping.
It would not be too much to say that the current Yang Caiping is still as innocent as a child.
"Father won't come with us?"
Yang Caiping didn't have the slightest doubt about He Kui, he even felt that He Kui was closer than his father.
"The general still has military matters to deal with, so let's go first. Didn't the young master always want to do something for the general, didn't he always want the general to think you are capable? This time it's alright, the general is finally I am willing to let you do one thing. The general said, you are the vanguard officer of the army, leading us to find the way for the army. All of us must obey your orders."
"Very good!"
Yang Caiping cheered excitedly, then covered his mouth and carefully glanced into the back room. Yang Shunhui didn't fall asleep until dawn, and Yang Caiping was worried that his yelling just now would wake up his father.
"He Kui, this is my first time leading the army, you have to help me."
Yang Caiping walked over, took He Kui's arm and said sincerely.
He Kui suddenly felt disgusted with this child who was no longer a child whom he had protected for more than ten years. He was clearly an adult, but he was still living in a beautiful world without any impurities. Sometimes He Kui couldn't help but think that this person should feel the real darkness and coldness in some worlds.
If it wasn't for him, he should be wearing a general's armor, right
He Kui thought of this again, and looked at Yang Caiping with even more unfriendly eyes.
"Don't worry, young master, I will definitely do my best."
But he still habitually smiled and spoke in a very soft voice. Sometimes He Kui couldn't help but wonder if he was about to become a woman. If this goes on like this, he will be even older than the old woman with a broken mouth. Speaking of which, I don't owe Yang Shunhui anything, but Yang Shunhui owes him a lot.
"All right."
Yang Caiping took a deep breath: "I must do well this time, and I must not disappoint my father's trust. If I do well this time, maybe my father will let me lead the army in the future. I hate those foreigners. If I If you can lead the army, I will fight those foreigners."
He Kui sneered, thinking that the foreigner was let in by your father.
"He Kui, if you encounter any danger on the way, will you protect me?"
Yang Caiping might have sensed something, so he asked.
"Will do!"
He Kui smiled: "It's like what I've been doing all these years, protecting you."
But there are two other voices cursing in his heart... to protect you? If it wasn't for protecting you, I wouldn't lose my future! If it wasn't for being with you idiot, I would have already heard about General Ying Yanglang's battle armor! The first general of my He family has not appeared for a long time, isn't it all because of you? You loser! You idiot!
But he was still smiling, so kind.
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The team left the brigade in the rain. The rain made the road difficult to walk. However, because the official roads of the Sui Dynasty were built with strict construction requirements, even if it was difficult to walk, there was no particularly muddy phenomenon. Where the carriage wheels ran over, there was only a shallow trace.
A thousand elite soldiers of the Sui Dynasty escorted the convoy forward, deviated to the right and went to another world.
He Kui, wearing straw raincoat and bamboo hat, sat in front of the carriage and drove the carriage himself. That idiot Yang Caiping thought he trusted him by letting him drive the car himself, but He Kui was scolding his mother in his heart, no... he scolded Yang Caiping's eight generations of ancestors once. In such a horrible weather, who wouldn't want to take shelter from the rain in the carriage
"He Kui, should I prepare an armor?"
Yang Caiping's voice came from the carriage, still full of excitement.
He Kui ignored it, too lazy to pay attention.
He was still thinking about his own business.
Just because of this noisy Yang Caiping, I lost too much. Hearing Yang Caiping's words, he even had the urge to rush into the carriage, pull Yang Caiping out, and beat him up in the rain. In fact, He Kui didn't think carefully about what caused such a change in his mentality.
It was Yang Shunhui's words.
Yang Shun would tell him that he didn't want to lead the army anymore, and he didn't want to fight on the battlefield anymore.
This is tantamount to telling He Kui that your future stops here. He Kui once thought that when Yang Caiping was older, Yang Shunhui would transfer himself back to the camp. With his loyalty for so many years, could it be possible that he would not be able to change into a general
But Yang Shunhui didn't fucking want to lead the army anymore!
"He Kui, what rank is a vanguard officer?"
Yang Caiping in the carriage was still asking excitedly. Although He Kui didn't answer him, he didn't seem to care at all. He was still immersed in this kind of happiness that he could finally display his abilities, and he couldn't extricate himself.
He Kui still didn't speak.
But he suddenly reined in the ragged horse.
"Don't come out!"
He said.
Then he jumped down from the carriage, already holding the weapon he had used for many years, a pair of ring-headed knives in his hand. His ring knife is not heavy and wide, similar to the lancet that women in the world like to use. But it is longer than the Lancet, and the weight is less and heavier.
"Friends! If your eyes are still working, you should be able to see that this team has at least a few thousand people, and they are all elite. If you want to make money, you may stop the wrong person. Of course, if you are really short of money , I personally would like to help some."
He said.
In the rain and fog
There was a man standing on the official road ahead, with a very burly figure. Beside him lay at least thirty or forty moaning soldiers, their horses scattered not far away and did not escape. Those were the scouts of the team exploring the way ahead, and none of them seemed to have escaped. There was only one man blocking the way, but He Kui firmly believed that there must be helpers hidden elsewhere. A person, even a practitioner, would not want to attack a regular army.
The other party didn't speak, and He Kui's heart tightened even more.
"My friend, when you come out to do things in this weather, it is obvious that you have encountered some difficulties. Although you have no chance to succeed, and if you do, you will probably die, but I am also from the Jianghu, and I can't see friends from the Jianghu in trouble... Here are two hundred Two silver coins are not silver bills, but real silver ingots."
He Kui took out the money bag from the package hanging by his waist, and threw it directly.
"If it's not enough, I can make some more."
He said.
The reason why he did this was that he didn't want to cause extra problems. No one knew how many people were hiding behind the person blocking the way, nor did he know how well the person blocking the way was. Of course, the strength of the money bag thrown out was not small, and He Kui also wanted to test the cultivation level of the person blocking the way.
snap
The money bag was pierced by something that suddenly appeared in a way that He Kui couldn't see clearly, and it stopped not far from the strong man. After He Kui took a closer look, his body froze immediately, and he subconsciously took a few steps back. A white bone protruded from the hard official road in front of the big man on the opposite side.
It was as if ivory had appeared out of nowhere and hung the money bag there.
"I don't want money."
The burly man blocking the way finally spoke: "Should be Yang Caiping, the only son of Yang Shunhui, in the carriage? As long as you hand over this man, I guarantee that all of you will not die. If you don't hand over, I guarantee that you will come first." die."
He said.
He Kui's face changed, and he looked back at the carriage.
"He Kui, what happened? I'm afraid!"
Yang Caiping's voice penetrated into his ears, making the disgust in his heart more intense. Yang Caiping is no longer a child. I am afraid that this word is said so easily from a grown man's mouth, which is really dissatisfying. He Kui knew that his heart was already shaken. He could see that the person opposite him had a very strong cultivation, far stronger than himself. The sudden appearance of bones should be a way of cultivation that he couldn't understand at all. He Kui Knowing that in front of this kind of cultivation, I'm afraid I can't even block a single move.
To block is to die.
He took a deep breath, looked back at the carriage, listened to Yang Caiping's chatter in the carriage, and finally broke out: "Shut up, you little bastard! This world is not as beautiful as you think at all , it’s all dark and cold! Why should everyone protect you? Why can’t we live for ourselves? You are an idiot, why let us die!”
He shouted with all his strength: "Don't cry! Your tears will only make me sick!"
The crying in the carriage stopped abruptly.
After He Kui finished cursing, he turned around and looked at the burly man.
"Yang Caiping, remember... everyone has their own ideals and everyone has their own life. You have influenced too many people. You should mature. You can't expect others to protect you forever. You must have your own thoughts and ideas. Judgment... This is the last time I will protect you, the last time... "
He shouted to the burly man, "Come on! Walk over my corpse!"
The burly man was obviously taken aback for a moment: "Don't you hate him?"
"yes!"
He Kui nodded: "But he is already my friend."
The burly man was silent for a while, then stepped aside: "You two leave, this team of one thousand people... must stay."
He Kui was dumbfounded, as if he couldn't believe what he heard.
"get out."
The burly man pointed behind him: "Never come back, find a place where the two of you can live together."