Ni Chu

"Aw! Aw! Aw!" Following the screams of wild beasts, three beasts pounced towards Shi Lei were shot by arrows from the darkness on the right, and flew out screaming, only one came from the left. The beast that rushed over couldn't reach it due to Shi Lei blocking the angle of the arrow in front, so it didn't hurt it.

Shi Lei saw the three beasts on the side being shot flying by the arrows, he let out a long breath, bent his left arm into an elbow to protect his chest, then swung his fist violently, hitting the mouth of the beast's sword point.

The beast howled miserably, and was thrown flying by him.

When Shi Lei withdrew his spear and resumed his defensive stance, the wild beasts around him slowly backed away.

A burst of chaotic hoofbeats came from behind Shi Lei, when the hoofbeats approached, the beast gave up attacking Shi Lei, and retreated into the darkness under the leadership of the beast king.

"Shi Lei, are you alright?" When Xiang Ye and others arrived, the wild beasts had already withdrawn, and only Shi Lei and the corpses of five wild beasts were left in the place where the human-beast battle took place just now.

"I'm fine!" Shi Lei looked at the direction where the beast retreated, and said to Xiang Ye: "The village may have been attacked by a wild beast, and there are no living people. If General Bai hadn't secretly helped me, I'm afraid I would have died in the mouth of the beast."

"Me?" Bai Fu heard Shi Lei mentioning his secret help, his eyes widened in astonishment and said: "I didn't, I came with General Xiang, and when we got here, those beasts had already retreated."

Hearing Bai Fu's denial of saving him, Shi Lei frowned, pointed to the three dead beasts on the ground and said: "Could it be that the one who shot them to death was not General Bai?"

Bai Fu looked at the beast corpses on the ground in the direction of Shi Lei's finger, and saw three long arrows stuck in the throats of the beast corpses.

He hurriedly got off his horse, ran to the corpses of the beasts, pulled out the arrows and observed them carefully for a while before saying, "I used a crossbow, and these arrows were fired with a bow. I really didn't help you secretly just now. It must be that there is an expert around here who secretly helped General Shi."

Hearing this, Shi Lei widened his eyes in astonishment. He remembered that the three arrows that killed the beast flew towards this direction almost at the same time. When shooting crossbow arrows, there will be a short interval between each crossbow. According to this analysis, these three arrows are indeed not fired by Baifu.

Xiang Ye took the arrow from Bai Fu's hand and looked at it carefully for a while. Suddenly, a familiar feeling surged in his heart. This feeling was very strong, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before. Such arrows.

"It's getting late, and it's impossible for us to continue on our way. Although this village is not very peaceful, it's better than no place to stay." Xiang Ye put down the arrow, pondered for a moment, and said, "Everyone, go find a clean room first. Today, everyone lives in the same room, sleep more vigilantly in the middle of the night, don't let thieves and beasts take advantage of it!"

Everyone responded, and scattered around to find a clean house.

After pushing away a few rooms, they found that there were blood splatters and corpses of villagers that the beast hadn't finished eating in almost every house.Just when they were about to despair, an arrow suddenly flew out of the darkness with a "swish", nailed firmly to the door of a house.

"Go into that room!" The arrow didn't cause much panic to everyone, but instead gave Xiang Ye the idea that that room could be settled, and he quickly pointed at the house where the trembling arrow was nailed to the door , took the lead in rushing over there.

When everyone entered the room, they saw that the room was neatly furnished, and it didn't smell of blood like other houses.

When Xiang Ye ordered everyone to enter the house whose door was shot by an arrow, a figure's body in the darkness trembled slightly.He wanted to stand up several times, but he fell down on the ground again as if he couldn't make up his mind.A pair of hawk-like eyes stared fixedly at the house that Xiang Ye and the others entered, and those eyes were full of complex expressions.

This person crouched in the dark for a long time, and after waiting for almost a stick of incense, he sighed heavily, turned over and sat up.

"Why are you sighing?" He just turned over and sat up, when a voice came from behind him, which startled him.

He hastily pulled out an arrow from his quiver and put it on the bowstring to aim at the direction of the sound. Where the arrow pointed, a young man in general Chu armor held his hands behind his back and was looking at him with a smile on his face. .

"I've been away from you for a few months. I don't know if you still remember me!" The man wearing the armor of General Chu was none other than Xiang Ye. When he saw the bowman looking at him vigilantly with a bow and arrow, he clasped his fists in both hands and deeply felt this. The man made a salute and said: "If it wasn't for Your Excellency's secret divine arrows to help that day, I'm afraid I would have been buried in the belly of a wolf. The great kindness is always in my heart, and I only regret that there is nothing in return. I don't want to meet here by fate!"

"Are you...?" The bow bearer lowered the bow and arrow slightly, and asked Xiang Ye with some doubts.

He really couldn't remember when he saved the general of Dachu from the mouth of the wolves. Although he lowered his bow and arrow a little, there was still a strong doubt in his tone.

"That day when Xin Ling intercepted and killed Chi Xue'e, one person rescued Chi Xue'e but was attacked by a pack of wolves. If it wasn't for Your Excellency's secret arrows to help, that person would have been buried in the wolf's belly. Could it be that Your Excellency has forgotten about this?" Xiang Ye still held his hands together. He clasped his fists and kept saluting and said, "Xiang Ye is the one who was rescued by Your Excellency that day, and now he is under the tent of Great Chu Peigong, dare to ask Your Excellency's name?"

After Xiang Ye reported his family name, the man smiled at him and said, "So it was you, who was struggling against the attack of the wolves back then, but now you are a general. It can be said that the world is a joke. Under the Weifeng, the ancestors were originally Wei. The aristocrats of the country, the king of Qin unified the world, the six heroes were annihilated, and the state of Wei was not spared in the end. I wandered all over the world, and heard that General Xiang Liang was doing something in Jiangdong. I originally planned to take refuge, but unfortunately there is nowhere to go, and now I have to wander in the world."

"Hehe, it's a pity that such a brave man is living among the people. If you don't go on the road together with me, after finding the army, I will recommend you to Peigong. With your ability, you will definitely do a lot in the Chu army! "Hearing Wei Feng said that he once wanted to join Xiang Liang, Xiang Ye smiled slightly and cupped his fists and said to him.

"Pei Gong?" Wei Feng frowned and said, "A small pavilion chief, who comes from a lowly background and has little faith and integrity. How can I vote for him? If you have a connection, recommend me to General Xiang Liang or Young Master Xiang Yu." General, shall I go with Your Excellency?"

Xiang Ye felt deeply for what Wei Feng said, and he couldn't help admiring Wei Feng's opinion.As soon as Liu Bang and Xiang Yu started their expedition to the west, Wei Feng could see Liu Bang's true nature, which is very valuable.

In fact, Wei Feng's thoughts are not as simple as Xiang Ye thought. Liu Bang was born recklessly, but Wei Feng was born in aristocrats. Naturally, he looked down on Liu Bang, who came from a lowly background. Won Xiang Ye's favor.

"Okay!" Xiang Ye nodded, and said to Wei Feng: "I have some friendship with General Xiang Yu, so I will recommend you to me."

Wei Feng looked at Xiang Ye dubiously, and after a while he nodded heavily, and said to Xiang Ye: "Okay, then I will go on the road with the general, if I can be taken in by General Xiang Yu, the kindness of recommendation will definitely be in the future." Report to each other!"

That night, Xiang Ye and the others did not sleep soundly. Although the group of wild beasts were driven away, they did not leave too far away. From time to time, there would be one or two howls of wild beasts outside the village.

The Chu army marched very fast, and it was two days later when Xiang Ye and others caught up with the army.

Back at the barracks, Xiang Ye went to see Liu Bang first, and then led Wei Feng to Xiang Yu's camp.

Entering Xiang Yu's barracks, a pipa melody could be heard from a distance in the camp, and along with the pipa melody, a graceful and soft female singing sound reached the ears of Xiang Ye and Wei Feng.

The closer you get to Xiang Yu's camp, the clearer the melody of the pipa like jade beads falling on the plate and the singing of women.

When Xiang Ye and Wei Feng came to Xiang Yu's camp, Xiang Yu was sitting in the tent, with one arm resting on the table in front of him, bowing his body, resting his chin on his palm, looking at Zheng hugging him with obsession in his eyes. A woman dancing the pipa with her sleeves relaxed.

This woman has high hair on her temples, wearing a bright red long dress, and a jade-colored silk sash around her waist, which tightly wraps around her waist, which can only be grasped, showing the beauty of her figure. Exquisite and exquisite.

The woman's apricot eyes were full of affection, and from time to time she gave Xiang Yu a look full of tenderness.She opened her mouth lightly, and accompanied by a gentle dancing posture, a song like a nightingale sang out from her small, red lips like cherries.

"Yu Ji, you are getting more and more beautiful." After the woman danced to a song, Xiang Yu got up and walked to her side, took the pipa and put it aside, took her hand, and said to her tenderly: "For many years , I always thought that taking back the land from the Qin people was the purpose of my life. It wasn't until you appeared that I realized that I didn't live in this world only to defeat the Qin people and restore the Great Chu, but to meet you!"

Yu Ji leaned her head lightly on Xiang Yu's chest, and said to him softly: "Since the first time this concubine saw the general, she was attracted by the general's heroism. This concubine has been with the general for life and death. The general goes out, the concubine The concubine will wait for you to return in the tent; when the general returns, the concubine will serve you tea and water. The concubine just hopes that the general will take good care of himself on the battlefield, and you must remember that I am waiting for the general!"

Xiang Yu gave a "hmm" and took Yu Ji into his arms, and they hugged each other tightly.Xiang Yu stretched out his hand to support Yu Ji's chin, slowly bent down, and moved his mouth close to Yu Ji's cherry red mouth.

"General Xiang, General Xiang Ye under Pei Gong's tent came to ask for an audience!" Just as Xiang Yu and Yu Ji's lips were about to touch each other, a guard's voice came from outside the tent.

Xiang Yu smiled helplessly, straightened up and held Yu Ji's shoulder and said softly: "Xiang Ye is a talent, I have to see you, you and I have to be gentle at night."