The Sword of Smiling and Proud

Chapter 84 The Spirit of the Contract
Shen Bing was born in the Taibai Sword Sect and worked in Jinyiwei as Qianhu. When he met him in Fengdu, he admired Guan Yuan very much and wanted to win him over to join Jinyiwei.

Unexpectedly, a few years later, when I heard the news again, it was actually the news of death.

It turned out that Jin Yiwei, as the emperor's personal guard, had the duty of collecting military information and plotting against the enemy generals.In recent years, the Tatar tribe in the Mongolian desert has risen, and Jin Yiwei has also sent people into the depths of the desert to collect military intelligence.

Three months ago, the spies sent back the last news, saying that there was a major discovery, but it was discovered by the Tatars, and they were about to be arrested, so Jin Yiwei sent someone to pick him up.

As a thousand households, Shen Bing led a team of Jinyi Guards out of Xuanhua to meet them at the edge of the desert.

Unexpectedly, before receiving the spies, they encountered the Tatar brigade cavalry.

Although Shen Bing was highly skilled in martial arts, his two fists were no match for four hands. The light and nimble Taibai swordsmanship could not exert its power in an army of hundreds of people.

The Jin Yiwei who followed him was almost wiped out, he escaped desperately and returned seriously injured.

When Shen Bing returned to the capital, he was still thinking about the spies trapped in Mobei. They were originally Pao Ze. Now that his comrades in arms asked for help, he still had to find a way to bring him back, not to mention that he had discovered important information.

But he knew that he could no longer send a large group of people there.There are so many people that it is easy to attract the attention of the Tatar tribe. If they attract a large group of cavalry, they will surely die in the vast desert.

Therefore, we must send people with high martial arts skills to go alone.

He immediately thought of Guan Yuan. Guan Yuan's impressive swordsmanship in Fengdu and his decisive temperament left a deep impression on him.

It's a pity that Shen Bing had just written a letter and had it sent by Gu An, who joined Jinyiwei two years ago, inviting Guan Yuan to go to the capital for a briefing, but he failed to sustain his injuries and passed away.

Gu An went to Huashan first, but when he learned that Guan Yuan was not there, he came to Luoyang again.

After Guan Yuan listened to Gu An's narration, and then read Shen Bing's invitation letter, he refused in his heart.

Are you kidding me, go to the depths of the desert to rescue intelligence spies, playing Mission: Impossible?Ouchi agent 007 ah.

Seeing Guan Yuan hesitate, the young man next to him spoke up,

"Before my father died, he asked us to look for Guan Shaoxia. He said that although Guan Shaoxia is young, he is a hero, a hero, and a promise. Young hero, you have superb martial arts skills. If you can help, you will surely succeed."

"Father? You are?" Guan Yuan asked suspiciously.

"In Shenlian, a small general banner in Jinyiwei, Shen Bing is the late father."

Shen Lian?Although Shen Lian in history was a Jinyiwei, he was a scholar who didn't know martial arts, nor was he a disciple of the Taibai Sword Sect.Could this be Shen Lian from the story of Xiu Chun Dao?The time is also wrong.

Guan Yuan complained slightly, you are not as handsome as Brother Zhen.

Besides, just after your father passed away, you came to Luoyang on a business trip. Is Jin Yiwei so curt?
Although Shen Lian was complimenting Guan Yuan just now, he nodded in his words. He had an agreement with Shen Bing before that he would help Jin Yiwei with something.

Guan Yuan was a little speechless, he promised to do something for Jin Yiwei, but he didn't say that he could go to die.

Let me go deep into the desert alone. If I encounter hundreds of Tatar cavalry, even if I have perfect innate skills, I will be exhausted to death.

Even if Wang Chongyang, who has learned from the past, is the best in martial arts in the world, he will fail to fight against gold.Facing the large-scale army formation bravely, I have more than enough heart but not enough strength.

"You Jin Yiwei can't be selected alone? Do you need to find foreign aid in the Jianghu?" Guan Yuan didn't understand.

"The world has been at peace for a long time now, and I, Jinyiwei, are indeed a bit lonely. Although my Shen family has been Jinyiwei for generations, serving the country loyally, in these few years, only one father, who went to the Taibai Sword Sect to study as a teacher, was a special case of going down the mountain to serve the country. .”

It's not that Jin Yiwei doesn't know martial arts, but most of them are fighting skills in the army, such as spear, horsemanship, bow and arrow riding and shooting.

Most of the time, they held Xiuchun knives as a status symbol. After all, they didn't need to use real knives to catch some corrupt officials.

Guan Yuan looked back at Gu An, who was a little embarrassed, and knew that Shen Bing didn't like his nephew's martial arts.

"Guan Shaoxia, please don't worry, I will accompany you when we go to the desert this time. The two of us have small goals and act quickly. As long as we are careful, we can definitely avoid the Tatar patrols." Shen Lian said beside him.

What important information did the spies discover? The two generations of Shen Bing and his son, regardless of life and death, wanted to rescue him?

Having said all this, in order to fulfill the spirit of the contract, Guan Yuan agreed to Jin Yiwei's invitation.

Guan Yuan was still somewhat grateful to Shen Bing who helped him out of trouble before, but now that Shen Bing sacrificed his life for the country, he respected it even more. Since it was his last wish, he gritted his teeth and helped.

Seeing that Guan Yuan agreed, Gu An and Shen Lian also breathed a sigh of relief.If Guan Yuan insisted on refusing, the two of them would have no other solution. They would go back to the Taibai Sword Sect to ask those teachers. He and his two juniors probably wouldn't have that face.

When Gu An and Shen Lian went to Huashan to find Guan Yuan, all the Huashan disciples they met respected Guan Yuan very much.They inadvertently saw the scene of the disciples of the Huashan School practicing swords. Except for a few young ones, their martial arts were much better than Gu An's.

Knowing that martial arts are taboo, they didn't dare to look more, so they hurried down the mountain.On the mountain road, I met the third brother of the Huashan School and hurried up the mountain. He was very skilled in internal skills, and he also admired Guan Yuan when he mentioned it.Seeing that he seemed to be in a hurry and a little anxious, the two of them didn't disturb him too much.

As the second senior brother, Guan Yuan probably wouldn't be admired by Shen Bing either if he had amazing skills.

With his participation, Shen Lian was a little more confident in the trip to the desert, almost from ten deaths to none, to nine deaths and one life.

Of course, he didn't dare to tell Guan Yuan about this.

The three of them knew that time was not waiting for them, so they simply packed their bags and set off all the way north.

When he arrived in Xuanhua, Gu An, who was not in the plan, bid farewell and left. He went to contact the frontier army and went out to meet Shen Lian and Guan Yuan according to the agreed time.If the two of them didn't show up after the agreed time, there was a high probability that the mission failed and they died in the desert.

Shen Lian and Gu An checked the contents of the horse's luggage at the Jinyiwei station in Xuanhua.

Shen Lian prepared the attire of a herder with horses in the desert, loosened their hair, oiled it, painted turmeric on the exposed skin to dye their complexion, applied a thick layer of oil, and put on a felt hat.Guan Yuan stopped in front of the bronze mirror, but didn't recognize himself. The handsome young knight on Huashan Mountain turned into a Mongolian man who ran around for a living in the desert and herded horses everywhere.

This General Banner of Jinyiwei really has a set, it is worthy of being engaged in intelligence work.

"What's wrong with this accent, I can't speak Mongolian either."

"I will. I'll come to communicate with them along the way. You just need to act silly."

Guan Yuan suspected that Shen Lian was deliberately teasing him.

After resting for two days, they were full of energy, so they put on this attire, one person and two horses, left Xuanhua, and went to the depths of the desert.

(End of this chapter)