Chapter 1 Tang Hongxuan
The State of Chu is located in the southernmost part of the mainland, adjacent to Qin and Han in the northwest, and the vast sea in the southeast.
The land in China is fertile and rich in products. It is a rare place for people to live and work in peace and happiness.
In such a precious place, the people should live a comfortable life, but things are often not as good as expected. The State of Chu has been out of war all year round. Because of the incompetence and unrestrained oppression of the rulers, many families died, the people were displaced and suffered unspeakably. What's more, they fell into the grass and became the bandits and occupied the mountains as kings.
These mountain thieves and grass bandits make a living by burning, killing and looting. When the mountain thieves go there, they are as messy as locusts.
"Ky, hurry up and break your dog's leg quickly"
A muscular man with a beard is scolding at a teenager with ragged clothes, messy hair, dark red blood stains and thin.
The teenager just lowered his head slightly, was silent, biting his lips tightly, and a trace of bright red blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. He just staggered and followed the big man in front of him, his eyes were persistent and resolute, but a trace of confusion flowed out.
The young man's name is Tang Hongxuan. He is 16 years old. He is from Danyang, the capital of Chu. His father has been an official in the dynasty for many years and is loyal.
I also live the life of a young master.
Unexpectedly, the emperor listened to the villain's slander and framed Tang Hongxuan's father Tang Long of collusion with the State of Qin and leaked the important military secrets of the State of Chu to the State of Qin. The emperor was indiscriminately angry and issued an order to kill the Tang family.
On the day of the incident, Tang Hongxuan was hunting and playing with several close teenagers.
Tang Hongxuan shot a fat elk with an arrow and shouted excitedly to the guard next to him, "Go and get my young master's prey."
He quickly said to the teenagers next to him, "Brother Qin, we can go to Yihongyuan tonight to have fun." After saying that, he laughed.
At this moment, Tang San, the old housekeeper of Tangfu, galloped over on a jujube red horse. The horse ran quite fast and soon came to Tang Hongxuan and others. Tang San was covered with blood and a green cloth wrapped in his hand.
When the horse fell, Tang Hongxuan quickly wanted to help the old housekeeper Tang up, but the old housekeeper Tang waved his hand. The old housekeeper Tang looked at Tang Hongxuan's green face and the anxious look that he was worried about himself. His eyes were red and at a loss. He barely showed a spoiled smile but suddenly snorted from his mouth. Out, and then hold back.
Tang Hongxuan was full of sadness when he saw the pain of the old housekeeper Tang, but he didn't know how to relieve the pain of the old housekeeper Tang.
At this time, intermittent words came from the old housekeeper Tang: "Hongxuan, you grew up watching me grow up. You are smart and clever... I'm very happy... I like it." Speaking of this, the old housekeeper Tang coughed violently, and bright red blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. Tang Hongxuan couldn't help crying and hugged the old housekeeper Tang.
Tang San ignored Tang Hongxuan's crying and whispered, "The master was killed by the traitor, and the Tang family was exterminated. Well, men should be self-reliant. In the future, you should... To... Be good... Repair... Practice, remember to report for the Tang family... Revenge." After saying that, Tang San's hand drooped weakly, and his eyes opened wide, as if he were unwilling, as if he was worried about Tang Hongxuan's way forward.
Tang Hongxuan turned over the old housekeeper's body and saw dozens of wounds on his back, which was shocking. Tang Hongxuan became more and more sad and angry, and his anger burned in his heart.
Seeing that Mr. Tang worked hard for Tang's whole life but died tragically in front of him, he thought that his family had been killed by the emperor. Tang Hongxuan's eyes were red and his eyes were full of hatred. He looked up to the sky and roared, only to hate that he was too weak to kill his enemies to avenge his family.
Gently laid the body of Butler Tang flat on the ground, solemnly kowtowed three times, and then kowtowed three times in the direction of Danyang City, which was his home.
Looking up, Tang Hongxuan's young face seemed to become mature in an instant, and his eyes showed a resolute and unyielding divine light. You see that his deep eyes seemed to have experienced the vicissitudes of life, and it was as short as a flick of a finger, which made people unable to figure out.
There was no time to bury the body of the old housekeeper Tang, because there was a team of soldiers with halberd running forward aggressively not far ahead.
He shouted, "Don't let him run away, catch him alive."
Tang Hongxuan's sharp eyes looked at the soldiers who were running towards him. Everyone felt like being stared at by beasts, as if they were behind their backs. All the soldiers stopped together and dared not step forward. They couldn't imagine how this obviously weak-looking teenager could scare them.
Tang Hongxuan withdrew his eyes and buried his hatred deeply in his heart. When he had the opportunity, he must kill the enemy with his own hands, avenge his family, and avenge the old housekeeper Tang who did not forget to teach him before him.
He grabbed the old housekeeper's green cloth package and wanted to get on horseback, because he knew that it must be a relic left by his father.
At this time, Tang Hongxuan, the teenager who had been replaced by Brother Qin, stopped him and said to Tang Hongxuan with a smile, "Where is Brother Tang going? Why don't you say goodbye to him? It's not too late to treat you to a good drink for your brother.
Seeing this situation, several teenagers next to him also stood in front of Tang Hongxuan, looking at Tang Hongxuan with bad intentions like a beautiful woman in Jinshan, as if they wanted to write Tang Hongxuan as a treasure.
Tang Hongxuan's heart was even cold when he saw this. These people were as close to you as brothers at the previous moment, and the next moment they met like their father's enemy for the benefit.
"Get out of here." Cold and emotionless words came from Tang Hongxuan's mouth, which would take a step back with the deterrence of the teenager.
At this time, a teenager who was scared by Tang Hongxuan's words and felt ashamed took half a step forward and said calmly, "Well, Tang Hongxuan, don't be rampant. There are my elite soldiers from the State of Chu behind you to arrest you in the future. Hurry up and arrest them. I will plead for you and ask the emperor to beg you to be gentle. It falls to you."
Seeing that these people obviously wanted to take themselves back to make contributions, but still had to put on a righteous ugly face, Tang Hongxuan's heart to become a strong man became more and more firm.
A sharp arrow shot through the throat of the talking teenager. Pulling arrows, pulling bows and shooting arrows in one go, Tang Hongxuan seems to be a veteran who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years. There is no superfluous words, turn around, get on the horse, and go away. Before leaving, I took a deep look at Danyang City, and my eyes were full of hatred.
When everyone came to their senses, they could only see Tang Hongxuan's not-long figure gradually fading away.
At this time, the soldiers behind hurried. A soldier and officer-like man stepped forward and looked at the teenagers contemptuously and said contemptuously, "A group of young masters, don't think about arresting people for meritorious service, and be careful not to hurt your little body." After saying that, he went straight after Tang Hongxuan.
Leave a few teenagers to look at me, and I look at you and look at each other. They thought that they could catch Tang Hongxuan, turn over and make a contribution, be promoted to a position or reward some property. Unexpectedly, he was shocked by Tang Hongxuan's words and let him kill a person, and his face felt shameless.
On the way to escape, Tang Hongxuan was surrounded by the court officers and soldiers several times and almost survived, but he narrowly escaped. There are more than a dozen large and small injuries on his body, all of which were left when they were rounded up by officers and soldiers.
He waded all the way through the mountains and rivers, crossed three cities, fled thousands of miles, and finally came to the bottom of the four peaks. Tang Hongxuan was exhausted and almost fell down.
If he hadn't experienced the pain of extermination and become far more resolute than his peers, he would have fallen into the hands of officers and soldiers and beheaded.
"I don't think those officers and soldiers in such a deep mountain forest will not chase them." Tang Hongxuan thought about it.
So he had to sit down and rest. He never wanted to get out of the tiger's mouth and enter the wolf's den. As soon as he sat down, he was found by a mountain thief who claimed to be a black wind cottage and wanted to take him up the mountain. Tang Hongxuan was powerless to resist, so he had to follow him up the mountain obediently. Depending on the situation, this had the previous scene.
"Brother Leopard, do you think this man is so weak or disabled? He is like a beggar. I don't know what's the use of taking him to the mountain?" A middle-aged man with a mouse beard looked obscene and flattered the big man.
The big man just looked back at the man and said perfunctorily, "This is the meaning of the big man. It's not what you and I can speculate."
The person with the mouse beard behind listened to the big man's words and gently stroked the mouse beard, nodded thoughtfully, and then suddenly smiled strangely.
Tang Hongxuan saw the look and words of the big man and the middle-aged man, but he didn't know what it meant.
Is it a robbery? But when I look like this, a fool can see that I don't have money. Tang Hongxuan was so thoughtful.
The green cloth package that the housekeeper gave me was some money, but the escape had already been exhausted, leaving only a three-inch three-legged bronze tripod in his arms.
The small tripod is simple and unpretentious, with complex and mysterious patterns on its body. The mouth of the tripod is hovering with magnificent green dragons, and Jackie Chan's momentum for nine days. The whole tripod doesn't look outstanding. It looks like an ordinary tripod with a small size. The only difference is that the small tripod is as light as nothing, like holding a leaf in his hand.
He felt that his father must have the intention to give this tripod to him, so he cherished the little tripod in his arms, which may be of great use to him in the future.
The two mountain thieves caught me, neither searching nor questioning, but just taking me to the mountain. Looking at the strange smile of the middle-aged man with a rat beard, Tang Hongxuan felt that this matter was absolutely strange, and the two people must have no good intentions.
It's just that I'm at the end of the road, and there are still many wounds on my body that have not healed. It's not appropriate to fight with them. Follow them up the mountain before making a decision. Tang Hongxuan's heart also calmed down and he raised his feet to move forward.
, a loud slap hit Tang Hongxuan in the face, which made Tang Hongxuan stagger and almost fall down. Five deep fingerprints suddenly appeared on the left face, and blood kept leaving blood at the corners of his mouth.
"I told you to go quickly, but you still stopped. Do you need to clean up? Come on, we will definitely let you enjoy it when we go back, hehe. The middle-aged man with a mouse beard said to Tang Hongxuan, who was bleeding at the corners of his mouth after beating.
It turned out that Tang Hongxuan stopped unconsciously when he was thinking about why the two people caught him up the mountain, which made the middle-aged man with a rat beard unhappy, so he took action to treat Tang Hongxuan.
Tang Hongxuan lowered his head, gently swallowed the blood in his mouth, and deeply recorded today's insult. He must return it a hundred times a day.
silently followed them forward, regardless of the hot pain on his face, because Tang Hongxuan was thinking about the meaning of the middle-aged man who left a mouse, "the big owner will definitely let you enjoy it"? Thinking of this, Tang Hongxuan had a bad feeling.