Zhu Li had a strange and inexplicably surprised expression.
As for Ran Min, the military commander and king of Wudao mentioned by Zhang Guimou, when this seven-foot strong man saw Zhu Li, his expression was like that of a lone wolf wandering in the wilderness seeing the wolf king; or like a lost traveler in the dark night seeing the only star. Although Zhu Li was young, he gave Wudao this feeling.
In this life, Ran Min was born into a family with the surname Wu. Of course, his name could not be Ran Min, but Wu Dao. Wu Dao has been a magical person with innate knowledge since he was a child. However, he is a low-key person. Except for himself, even his parents don’t know his secret.
Zhu Li was a resurrected soul borrowing a corpse, but Wu Dao's life in this life was born by his mother and raised by his father. He had wasted twenty-four or twenty-five years in this world, living in ignorance until he saw the young man in front of him. It seemed that all his hopes in life were instantly concentrated on the young man in front of him. He could not do without him and was irreplaceable.
When Wu Diao saw Zhu Li, his usually serious face turned red and his stone-carved and jade-like cheeks kept twitching. No one could know how excited he was at that moment. The two had never met before, but it seemed as if they had known each other for thousands of years. For some reason, he had an urge to treat the young man in front of him as his master.
"Sanlang, won't you introduce yourself?" Wu Diao tried hard to suppress his emotions and looked at Zhang Guimou next to Zhu Li, his accent trembling slightly.
Zhang Guimou was stunned when he heard this. He was racking his brains to find a reason to ask, but he didn't expect that this captain, who was always rude, would break his usual habit and ask questions. How could he be polite? He immediately bowed and said, "Hello, Captain Wu. This is my brother Zhu Li. I have just joined the Cao Army. I have heard of your great name for a long time, so I came to see you specially."
After saying that, he quickly winked at Zhu Li, who understood and quickly imitated Zhang Guimou's gesture and said, "Greetings, Captain Wu. I am Zhu Li from Xuzhou. I beg Captain Wu to give me some weapons to defend myself."
"Weapons?" Upon hearing Zhu Li's words, Wu Diao's mouth corners curved upwards.
"It seems that the people brought by Sanlang all want weapons." Wu Diao did not seem surprised. He just looked at Zhang Guimou with a smile and teased.
"Uh..." Zhang Guimou, who always treated Zhu Li like an older brother, scratched the back of his head shyly when he heard this, looking very embarrassed.
Wu Dao just joked to Zhang Guimou casually, not taking it seriously at all, then looked at Zhu Li and said, "It's fine if you want weapons, but I have a condition."
"Conditions?" Zhu Li looked directly at Wu Diao. Seeing that the other party had a firm and unquestionable look, he realized that the other party seemed to be serious. He turned and looked at Zhang Guimou for help.
Zhang Guimou was also stunned. When he came to ask for weapons before, Wu Dao always asked them to show off their skills or demonstrate their strength. As long as he approved of them, he would readily give them the weapons and he had never asked for any requests. What was going on today
Zhang Guimou had experienced that Zhu Li was very strong. Although the two had never competed with each other, when they first met, Zhu Li easily pulled open his strength, which was obviously not something that ordinary people could do.
The three brothers were children of legitimate officials and all had impressive martial arts skills. Even so, they were able to easily unleash their strength and pull with the help of Zhu Li, which left a deep impression on him.
Although he didn't know whether Zhu Li knew martial arts or not, it shouldn't be difficult for him to gain the recognition of this martial arts captain just based on his strength. This was also the reason why Zhang Guimou wanted to help Zhu Li, because he had the confidence.
But now this military captain seemed to be treating Zhu Li in an unconventional way, which made him feel uneasy and uncertain.
"My elder brother has no money, and he will not hand Ning'er over to you. Don't even think about asking us for favors, big guy."
Just when Zhu Li and Zhang Guimou were hesitating, a childish voice suddenly sounded. It was Zhu Ning'er in Zhu Li's arms who spoke. Although she looked timid, she stared at Wu Diao with dissatisfaction with her big eyes like black grapes.
Wu Diao was also stunned by this childish and angry voice. He looked innocently at Zhu Ning'er who was lying in Zhu Li's arms like a koala. The little girl still twisted her head and stared at him fiercely, "Bad guy, don't think about cooking Ning'er and eating her. Big brother won't agree."
The childish voice was full of disgust and terror, but the meaning behind the words made everyone present shudder. They all looked at Zhu Li and Zhu Ning'er, the siblings. What on earth had this little pair of siblings experienced
"My dear, which bad guy wants to cook you and eat you? Tell me and I will teach them a lesson for you." A warm and sweet voice interrupted everyone's surprise.
An enchanting woman wearing silver armor and carrying a precious sword came out from behind the cart. She was about five feet five inches tall, with a pretty face and a heroic look between her brows. She looked heroic and no less than any man. She was a female soldier. She ignored everyone else present and walked straight towards Zhu Li, looked at Zhu Ning'er in his arms, and said gently.
The heroic female soldier startled Zhu Li and Zhu Ning'er. Seeing such a beautiful girl, Zhu Ning'er's angry face relaxed and she couldn't help but muttered softly, "There are many bad guys who want to kill Ning'er. Big brother can only run with Ning'er. We ran and ran until we got tired and fell asleep. Three bad guys found us and almost got into trouble. Big brother woke up and we ran here."
The little girl spoke clearly, and although her words were unclear, they were still shocking. The silver-armored female soldier walked up to Zhu Li, reached out and gently stroked Zhu Ning'er's pink face, then turned to look at Wu Dao: "Wu, I admire you so much, but you even bully this poor little brother and sister. Are you still a man, huh?"
Hearing this, Wu Dao's face turned red and he said, "Madam Pang, I just saw that this young man has good talent and wanted him to learn martial arts from me. You are wrong."
"Learn martial arts?" Wu Dao's words made Miss Pang, Zhu Li, and Zhang Guimou exclaim at the same time. Even Zhu Ning'er looked at the seven-foot tall man in confusion, not knowing what was going on.
"Of course. With such good talent and born in troubled times, it would be a waste if he didn't learn martial arts. It's the right time to learn while his muscles and bones are still fully grown. It will be too late to learn after this age." Wu Dao said calmly.
Explained.
"You, you want to accept a disciple?" Miss Pang looked at Wu Diao with a look of surprise, as if she had discovered a new world. She had liked Wu Diao for a long time, and even her own soldiers could see it. They had never found Wu Diao too close to anyone. She never expected that today he would go against his usual behavior and want to accept a young man he met for the first time as his disciple. Such abnormal behavior was shocking.
"Yes, Zhu Li, are you willing?" Wu Diao was very direct and asked Zhu Li with a serious face.
Miss Pang is not an ordinary person. Her surname is Pang and her given name is Honggu. Her identity is not simple. She is also the daughter of an official, but a rebellious official. Her father is Pang Xun.
"The Tang Dynasty's disaster originated in Guilin, and it was destroyed by Huang Chao." The second half of the sentence "destroyed by Huang Chao" refers to the Huang Chao uprising at that time; and the first half "the disaster originated in Guilin" refers to the Pang Xun rebellion.
In the third year of Xiantong (862 AD), Nanzhao captured Jiaozhi. The Tang court recruited 3,000 people from Xu and Si to support it. After driving Nanzhao away, it selected 800 of them to garrison Guizhou (now: Guilin, Guangxi). At that time, Pang Xun served as the judge of the grain department of Guizhou.
In the ninth year of Xiantong (868 AD), the soldiers of Xu Si who were stationed in Guizhou had been stationed there for six consecutive years and were homesick. However, the governor Cui Yanzeng did not sympathize with them and asked them to stay for another year. The soldiers mutinied, killed the captain Wang Zhongfu, and nominated Pang Xun as their leader to rebel. The rebels captured the governor Cui Yanzeng and returned north on their own. Of course, their momentum was greatly boosted, and countless peasants responded, attacking Huaikou and threatening Chang'an.
Pang Xun was killed due to the betrayal of the traitor Li Yan, but Pang Xun's former subordinates did not disperse. Instead, they hid secretly until the uprisings of Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao broke out. At that time, Pang Xun's former subordinates came back and joined the rebel army to rebel against the Tang court.
Pang Honggu, who grew up in the rebel army, is knowledgeable and experienced. However, she has been with Wu Dao for two or three years, but she has never been able to figure out this man.
Wu Dao is an extraordinary martial artist and has many powerful generals under her command, but no one can be a match for her.
Moreover, Wu Diao does things as he pleases and is very easy to talk to as long as he likes someone. But no matter how easy he talks to someone, he gives people the feeling that he is difficult to get close to.
However, what was so special about this young man that Wu Diao took a liking to him at first sight and wanted to take him as his disciple for the first time in his life. Pang Honggu looked at Wu Diao, then looked at Zhu Li in confusion, feeling very puzzled.
Heaven, Earth, the Emperor and the teacher are close to each other, and the relationship between master and disciple is even better than that between father and son. Moreover, these two people were meeting for the first time. No matter how cunning Pang Honggu was, she could not guess the trick.
She had no way of knowing that Zhu Li was carrying a magical treasure like the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and that Wu Dao was one of the heroic souls.
Alone in a foreign land, helpless and homeless, someone wants to take him in as an apprentice and teach him martial arts. No matter what his purpose is, Zhu Li plans to become his disciple first. Even if the situation gets worse in the future, can it be more confusing than it is now
"Master, please accept my disciple's greetings." Having made up his mind, Zhu Li did not hesitate. He untied the little sister and put her aside. Following the etiquette of becoming a disciple that he remembered, he prostrated himself before Wu Dao and paid homage to him with great respect.