The Green Shirts in the Martial Arts Rivers and Lakes

Chapter 41
early morning.

The rattling of horseshoes made the dilapidated village a little more angry.

The village is located in the northwest of the capital, separated by more than ten or twenty miles, so few people know what it is called anyway.Catch up with this year, a hundred or so people go away, some die, most of the young and strong have gone out and wandered, and most of the people who can stay are old people who have lost their legs and feet.

I wanted to live every day, but a few years ago, I met a hero who walked the darts, passed by here, saw this scene, and sent people to come to help him every now and then, so my life had some hope, and it was not as lifeless as before.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes, people were suddenly seen moving around in the originally dilapidated village, and killings were everywhere.

It wasn't until the driver showed his face that someone greeted him eagerly.

"It's Uncle Cheng!"

Cheng Tinghua was driving a cart full of hay, wrapped in a lot of herbs for trauma.

Before he could stop, a man emerged from the hay bales.

"Junior Brother Chen!"

……

Several familiar voices came out one after another, it was Zuo Zongsheng and the others.

There were also some rangers in the capital, and a group of people gathered around, chattering and asking questions.

Chao Yun was the fastest, and she didn't speak, she just stared at Chen Zhuo with her white face sullenly, without blinking her almond eyes, and she relaxed the tension in her heart when she saw that there was no blood in her eyes. Concerned: "Brother Chen, are you not hurt?"

Chen Zhuo's heart warmed up, and he said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few days, don't be nervous."

After taking a closer look, he realized that the girl's body had grown taller unknowingly, and she became more and more graceful, almost reaching her chin in front of him.

Cheng Tinghua on the side looked at it displeasedly, seeing that his apprentice only had her big brother Chen in his eyes, he frowned, and suddenly regretted that he turned a blind eye and left Gu Yu in the bodyguard bureau, and gave it to this girl for nothing I made a formidable enemy, and lost all the meat to my mouth, I felt really uncomfortable.

"What's the matter, why don't you ask me, your master? Brother Chen is better than Brother Chen all day long, thinking about it every day... Go and make medicine with me..."

Zhao Yun wanted to say a few more words, but suddenly Cheng Tinghua interrupted her, her pretty face blushed, she didn't see the worry in the old man's eyes, she lowered her head and followed the old man away.

However, Chen Zhuo didn't notice the reaction of the two of them, he just took Cheng Tinghua's teasing words, coupled with the many people around him, he was busy dealing with it for a while.

He could vaguely recognize a few familiar faces from the crowd.

It's just that these unscrupulous boys in the past are more or less injured now; some lost half of their ears, some broke their arms, and some turned into one-eyed dragons, but they greeted him excitedly.

Zuo Zongsheng said with a lot of emotion: "My boy, I knew you wouldn't be quiet, but you actually killed Prince Yi...haha, happy..."

Zuo Zongsheng's peaceful appearance in the past seems to be a little more blunt now, with a scabbed bloody mouth hanging on his cheek, his eyes have become sharper, his beard is unshaven, his knife is inseparable from his body, and he exudes a strong smell of blood.

Seeing Chen Zhuo sizing up the wound on his face, Zuo Zongsheng laughed, "I was scratched by a foreigner's foreign gun, and I thought they had superhuman powers. They were still popular when they were hacked with knives and swords, and they talked like birdsong, hey What rice, I slaughtered more than 30."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, those rangers who participated in the Boxer Regiment also all chattered together.

"I killed two!"

"I killed one!"

"And me, five!"

……

Hearing the number of enemies killed, the smile on Zuo Zongsheng's face faded a lot.

How can flesh and blood be against guns and gunpowder? As many people are killed, more people die.

His expression darkened, but he quickly covered it up again, "Come on, come with me to see Master, and Uncle Li is also here."

A small courtyard with a wooden door half open.

Chen Zhuo followed all the way, but saw many people lying in the square courtyard.All of them wore red scarves and were covered in blood. Some were sitting against the wall, holding tassels in their arms, some were holding large knives, and some were missing arms and legs. They were lying on a straw mat, beside them. There are medicine bowls, full of wounded people.

Some people were struggling to drink the medicine, but before they swallowed it, their bodies went limp and lay motionless on the ground, causing several mournful cries at the same time.

"These are all killed along with the master. The master and uncle have not slept a wink for some days, and the brothers of Xingyimen have been busy taking care of them."

Looking at the corpse being carried out, Zuo Zongsheng looked complicated.

"Zongsheng, have you brought Master Cheng's medicine? Saving people is like putting out a fire, cook it quickly."

A deep voice came out from the room.

"It has already been sent."

Zuo Zongsheng responded.

As soon as the words came out, a burly figure had already crossed the threshold. When he raised his tiger eyes, he saw Chen Zhuo beside Zuo Zongsheng. His expression was startled for a moment, then his eyes widened, his eyes flashed, and he grinned into a smile stand up.

"Good boy, I really let you break out of the pass!"

The deep voice fell into everyone's ears.

This man is not too tall, but his body is solid, with broad shoulders and a broad back. He is wearing a gray shirt with ruined sleeves. He is bare with two thick and powerful arms, and his feet are almost worn out. Shoes, a pair of gray bloomers on the legs, stiff stubble on the forehead, and a shiny black braid hanging down the back of the head.

Great Sword King Five.

Mostly it was because he hadn't taken care of him for a long time. Compared with when he met him back then, Chen Zhuo felt that the person in front of him was too laid-back, with stubble all over his face, like a poor man who didn't finish his meal and had to drink on credit .

But those black and white eyes are so bright and frightening, like a pair of shining tiger's eyes, looking around like a tiger patrolling the mountains, ten thousand beasts dormant.

Chen Zhuo knelt down on one knee, and there was blood in his chest and abdomen, "Disciple Chen Zhuo pays homage to Master!"

Wang Wu smiled kindly, and was greatly touched while being gratified.

Who would have thought that the accidental meeting back then and some random advice would create a famous person in the world, and he even became his disciple.

Wang Wu smiled and helped Chen Zhuo up, looked him up and down, and even said "good".

Just looking at the wounded on the ground, Wang Wu smiled, and said softly: "Now is not the time for our master and apprentice to chat, help, save people first, and when there is no one in the courtyard, tell me about you." How did you get through all these years?"

Chen Zhuo nodded without thinking, "Okay!"

It's a pity that before the two masters and apprentices could talk about it in detail, the calamity of war had already spread from Jinmen.

Before it was dark, the members of the regiment sent a letter to report. The two masters and apprentices only met once, and Wang Wu hurried out of the village again with a knife in his hand.

The Allied Forces of the Eight Nations marched northward after massacring in Jinmen.

On August [-]nd of the Gengzi Year, the allied forces marched [-] troops from Jinmen along the banks of the canal.

Although there were tens of thousands of Boxers and Qing soldiers fighting desperately along the way, they were helplessly defeated. With heavy casualties, they had to retreat steadily.

In the middle of the night on August [-]th, the allied forces of the great powers arrived at the foot of the capital.

At night on August [-], the Empress Dowager, Emperor Guangxu and a group of confidant ministers secretly fled to Xijing.

After two days, the capital fell!
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(End of this chapter)