Zixu Changqing

Chapter 22 Fighting Monsters

Autumn went to spring, and at the end of February of the next year, the Wu division repelled the Chu army, and then Wu Zixu led the soldiers to Gusu to build the big city of Helu.

In the fifth month of the second year of Helu, Wu Zixu returned to Meili.

May Ming (tiao).In the back garden, Zhuo Yi was standing under the locust tree, carefully holding a bamboo pole to touch a cicada on the branch.When it finally came across it, Zhuo Yi didn't dare to move again, but the cicada started to run amok. After a few dashes, it broke free from the spider's silk, fluttered its wings and flew to a nearby branch, continuing to sing loudly.

Annoyed, Zhuo Yi stretched out the bamboo pole to look at it. On the top of the bamboo pole was tied a small circle made of bamboo thread. Dozens of spider silks were wrapped around the bamboo circle. At this time, the broken white spider thread swayed with the wind.

Zhuo Yi snorted, he was busy for a long time today, but he didn't catch one.

On the stone table, Sun Changqing was reading Wu Zixu's new volume of Art of War. Wu Zixu put down the cup of peach blossom tea in his hand, got up and went to the kitchen. After a while, he came out and handed Zhuoyi a bowl of thick flour paste.

He asked Zhuanyi to stir it with the bamboo pole, and then touched the cicada with the bamboo pole.

Zhuo Yi did so, stuck a cicada on the spot, grinned and boasted: "Uncle Wu, this method really works!"

"It's good if it works." Wu Zixu smiled a little embarrassedly. It was the sticky method he knew when he was a child. The bowl of thick noodle paste was added with coarse sugar boiled into water, which was quite sticky, but ordinary children , It’s lucky to be able to eat enough, no one wastes things like this.

Zhuanyile went crazy, and continued to harm the cicada.

When Wu Zixu returned to the stone table, Sun Changqing put down the bamboo slips: "Tian Rangju's Art of War is well written and has merits."

What he was looking at was the art of war written by General Qi Tian Rangju, which is called "Sima Rangju's Art of War"

Wu Zixu said: "It's really good. It's very detailed and realistic."

Sun Changqing said: "But some places are still not written, and some places are too detailed and too messy. I think there can be a book that treats war as a whole, from kings to generals to soldiers, from tactics to combat, From the march to the terrain, everything is written in, and it must be organized."

Wu Zixu said: "No one has done this work yet. It requires outstanding military attainments and willingness to write about it. Changqing, would you like to give it a try?"

Sun Changqing said: "I'm free now, I can try."

Zhuoyi ran over, showed the two of the cicadas in the cloth bag, and then asked Sun Changqing with a smile: "Master, are you free recently? Let's go to Fengtai Lake to play?"

Wu Zixu was depressed: "Yi'er, why don't you ask me if I'm free?"

Zhuo Yi hesitated and said: "Uncle Wu, you are very busy...Uncle Wu, let's go to Fengtai Lake together! Let's go together!"

Zhuo Yi showed a smile looking forward to intimacy, but he didn't hold any hope.

Wu Zixu was about to shake his head, but Sun Changqing also said: "Old Wu, you should go out more, it's better to hit the sun than to choose a day, just today, let's all go, huh?"

"Okay, let's all go." Wu Zixu followed the trend.

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Fengtai Lake is thirty li away from the city, the three of them rode their horses and arrived within two quarters of an hour.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the sparkling lake, reflecting more than a dozen bright colors intertwined with golden, orange and fiery red. Around you, green reeds swayed in the wind with tassels on their heads; in the distance, a flying bird returning to its nest Flying through the air, casting a little reflection on the lake.

"Wow, it's so beautiful!" Juanyi cheered and jumped off Sun Changqing's horse. Wu Zixu and Sun Changqing also dismounted and walked slowly while holding the reins.

Wu Zixu was walking, but suddenly felt a little weird. Looking at the people and scenes around him, he asked Sun Changqing, "Changqing, do you think there is something wrong?"

Sun Changqing shook his head: "No, what's the matter?"

Wu Zixu said, "I feel a little weird."

Sun Changqing thought for a while: "Old Wu, have you been here?"

Wu Zixu said, "No."

Sun Changqing was thoughtful: "When was the last time you came out to play?"

Wu Zixu: "I can't remember."

Sun Changqing understood: "Old Wu, I have a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Wu Zixu: "It's not appropriate to say it, don't say it."

Sun Changqing said loudly: "You should come out more! There is something wrong with you!"

Wu Zixu turned his head, unhappy.

In the front, Zhuo Yi ran to catch dragonflies, and actually caught one. He came back with both hands to present the treasure. Wu Zixu praised him once, and Zhuo Yi ran away again.

Wu Zixu looked at Zhuo Yi's back and said, "Yi'er doesn't seem to be in a good mood these two days?"

Sun Changqing said: "Yes, his mother remarried in the third grade of junior high school, just the day before you came back."

Wu Zixu hummed.

Wu Zixu said again: "Why did Yi'er think of coming to Fengtai Lake to play?"

Sun Changqing said: "He must have heard the rumor that at the beginning of spring, someone said that they saw a water monster in Fengtai Lake, and in March they sealed it off once, and the officials of Meili brought people to search it several times, but they couldn't find it. , let it be nothing."

Inexplicably, Wu Zixu thought of Jiao Qiuxin from Qi State. He once fought a water monster and lost one eye because of it. Although Jiao Qiuxin was very happy, it was obviously true.

Wu Zixu recalled that weird feeling that this place is inauspicious, it is best to leave as soon as possible.

As soon as this idea came up, "Ah!" A shrill cry suddenly came from the forest!

Zhuanyi was still ahead, Wu Zixu changed color, drew his sword and rushed over, Sun Changqing followed closely.

The voice came from the reeds behind the willow tree in the distance. When they found the willow tree, Wu Zixu saw Zhuan Yi first. Seeing that he was safe, he breathed a sigh of relief, pushed him behind him, and then pushed the willow branch to look inside. ——

There really are water monsters in the world!

Inside there was a monster with a strange appearance. It was about seven feet long and its color was black iron. There were thick and hard scales on its back. It had a flat and huge head with a protruding mouth.

Wu Zixu looked at the water monster, and then at the panicked people. They were all men, dressed as fishermen. One man fell to the ground, and three other men huddled together. One of them held his bloody shoulder. .

The monster chewed twice, shook its head and spat out something, which rolled to the ground.

Sun Changqing saw it clearly, it was a bloody arm, the white arm bone broke out, and the flesh and blood stuck together.

"Let's run quickly?!" A man tremblingly held a bow and arrow.

"We can't run! If we run, we will die!" shouted an older man behind.

"Fight, fight!" "We'll die together!" The older man made a final decision, and several of them clenched their fists. Although their whole bodies were trembling, they didn't retreat any more.

The water monster shook its tail and pounced again——for an instant, the knife flashed, and Sun Changqing stabbed at the water monster's abdomen, but the underside of the water monster's abdomen was very smooth. A long wound.

Sun Changqing missed a hit, and jumped away, the water monster threw himself away, knocked a man in front of him to the ground, flicked his tail, and turned his head to stare at Sun Changqing.

These great brown eyes--a fisherman could just see them, and his body was cold, his scalp was numb, and he felt his body go numb.

Sun Changqing said in a deep voice, "Who has weapons by your side?"

"No... I didn't bring anything with me when I came out today."

Sun Changqing yelled angrily: "Why are you standing here without a weapon! Let me go!"

Several fishermen thanked them hurriedly and left, the water monster roared and rushed towards them, Sun Changqing slashed behind the water monster, the scales were as hard as a stone, his knife only cut a white mark, and then Sun Changqing's eyes went black, As soon as the internal organs hurt, the body was knocked out.

The water monster turned around, abandoned the fishermen, and stared at Sun Changqing.

The water monster jumped up and rushed towards Sun Changqing, but Sun Changqing dodged with his sword, and almost missed the head of the water monster.

"Damn it!" Sun Changqing wiped his face with his sleeve.

The water monster roared and wagged its tail.

The water monster rushed over again, and Sun Changqing met him head-on with a backhanded sword, but another sword was faster than him. Long Yuan slashed at the tail of the water monster with a flash of white light, and cut off the tail abruptly, causing blood to splatter everywhere!

Sun Changqing looked at the white seal he cut, and then at the truncated tail, feeling extremely heartbroken.

Swords are not as good as people, so why not!

The water monster let out a roar of "huluhuhu—" and it got angry.

Between the sparks of the calcium carbide, Wu Zixu had already done two tricks with the water monster. His Dragon Yuan was really powerful, and he cut the scales of the water monster, and the sword saw blood.

Relying on the flexibility of their bodies, the two fought with it, adding wounds to the water monster's belly from time to time.

After fighting for a while, the water monster left puddles of blood on the ground, but it stood still.

Sun Changqing didn't dare to be careless, but seeing the water monster turned its head, it seemed that it also felt that the person in front of it was very difficult, so it changed its target, turned around and fled into the lake quickly!

Before he had time to think about how many lives the water monster would harm if he escaped, Sun Changqing chased after him. Unexpectedly, the water monster suddenly turned around, opened its bloody mouth, and bit Sun Changqing with lightning speed!

Sun Changqing couldn't dodge it, and slashed at the water monster's face with a backhand sword, and the water monster's head only had time to deviate slightly—between the calcium carbide sparks, the water monster's white fangs pierced Sun Changqing's shoulder, and Sun Changqing's eyes were bloody.

At this seemingly static moment, Sun Changqing thought of many, many things.

His battlefield, his family, his youth, his comrades-in-arms, and... Wu Zixu.

Is it all over now?

There are not many things he likes in his life. Fighting with his comrades counts as one, studying the art of war counts as one, and... And, being with Wu Zixu probably counts as one.

He hasn't figured anything out yet, so he's leaving?

In a trance, a bright light cut through the blood in front of him, and a familiar face appeared in front of him.

He saw a god above the nine heavens.

Sun Changqing opened his eyes wide and tried to see clearly. In the light, the god's voice was blurred in the wind: "Changqing...Changqing..."

Sun Changqing couldn't hold on any longer and fell into an embrace.

Wu Zixu rushed over and caught Sun Changqing. Just now he pierced the neck of the water monster with Longyuan, but Sun Changqing's clothes are completely red now, so he needs to be treated quickly.

Wu Zixu walked back with Sun Changqing in his arms, and several fishermen rushed over to support him: "Thank you for your help, strong man, strong man..."

Wu Zixu couldn't hear the rest, so he tried his best to say, "You're welcome, it's human nature to help each other in times of crisis, please step aside! Please step aside!..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wu Zixu also fell head first.

The author has something to say: Guessing game: What kind of species is this water monster?