People with missing arms, lameness, and blindness are not easily forgotten even if they are seen only once, because their characteristics are so obvious.
Nightmare is neither missing an arm, nor lame, nor blind.
But people who have seen him once will not forget him easily - just because he has a cross scar on his face.
The cross scar is about an inch long horizontally and a little shorter vertically.
The width of the scar is about the same as that of the thumb.
Because the horizontal scar happens to be connected to the left corner of the mouth, if you see this face in dim light, it is difficult not to think of it as a ghost with a bloody mouth.
Nightmare's face, which could be called handsome, was greatly compromised, making it look even more ferocious and terrifying.
Jiang Yichen was naturally also deeply impressed by Ye Shang's cross scar, as well as his pair of evil wolf-like pupils.
But Ye Shang rarely showed his eyes, and Jiang Yichen had never seen them since the battle at Yuntianguan.
"The cross scar was injured by a sharp object for many years. It is still so visible today. You can imagine that when it was injured, the wound was very deep and the skin was torn." Jiang Yichen thought about it and analyzed, "But Ye Shang was back then.
When fighting with others?"
The old man said: "No, he scratched it with a dagger himself."
When Jiang Yichen heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath. In his opinion, Ye Shang was not the kind of gangster who bullied the weak and feared the strong, and committed evil acts, and he would not use self-mutilation tactics to cover up his external strength but internal inadequacy.
Furthermore, if that were the case, he wouldn't be so cruel to himself, would he?
So, why would a normal person torture himself through self-mutilation?
Do you want to forget the pain?
Or is it to remember hatred?
"It took me nearly a year to find out about Ye Shang's past."
The fact that I was able to spend a year investigating the details shows how much I appreciate and value Ye Shang.
The old man said: "I think you still remember Yin Li, right?"
Jiang Yichen said: "Remember."
The world is inseparable from love and hatred. Yin Li was kicked out of the Demon Palace and his face was disgraced, which was directly related to Jiang Yichen.
After that, Yin Li conspired with several people in the world to rob him of his unique skill, Tianshang's Broken Plum Hand, but failed and narrowly escaped death.
After all these years, Jiang Yichen had never heard anything about Yin Li, but he did not dare to forget this person who harbored resentment towards him.
Just when he was wondering about the connection between Yin Li and Ye Shang, he heard the old man continue: "Yin Li is the son of the head of the Yin family in Youjing and a woman from Yifengyan. He was not treated well by others since he was born, so his character
He is a little twisted and acts viciously. If we meet again in the future, we must not relax."
The old man only pointed to the point, and then changed the subject and said: "It was thirty years ago that a beautiful girl was born in the Yin family. She entered the palace and became a concubine. She won the favor of the emperor and was a shining star for a day.
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"The Yin family is well versed in the ways of being an emperor and a courtier, so they took advantage of this opportunity to seek positions both inside and outside the court, and at the same time developed their family business in the capital and outside the capital."
"With Concubine Yin's support, the Yin family has turned around in just one month. From a family of ordinary courtiers, it has become a vaguely wealthy family."
"The emperor turned a blind eye to this situation, but the Yin family has obviously caused a big impact on the old and new dignitaries of the court."
"In order to ease conflicts in all aspects, the Yin family can only make some concessions to calm public anger."
"This concession means sacrificing Yin Tianzheng, the second young master of the Yin family and now the second head of the Yin family."
"You know that if the court wants to punish a royal noble who has made a mistake, what other method is there besides capital punishment?"
Jiang Yichen said: "The women are sent to the cold palace, and the men are sent to the border to serve as soldiers."
The old man said: "Yes. Yin Tianzheng did not make any mistakes. However, for the benefit of the family, even as the second son of the Yin family, he had to obey the arrangements of the current head of the family and guard the border."
"At that time, Yin Tianzheng was only a young man. He had studied kung fu for several years with the same Jianghu master, and also read some art of war out of interest. Therefore, it was not without purpose that the Yin family asked him to go to the military for training."
"With these foundations and the management behind the Yin family, Yin Tianzheng, although he was young, quickly became the chief of Ganzhou Town in Longdi and quickly established a foothold."
"At that time, there were occasional cross-border spying activities in Wala, Beidi. Therefore, the border guards had to patrol every day."
"One day, Yin Tianzheng was patrolling the border with his ten-man team and was ambushed by the Wala soldiers."
"The Wala soldiers didn't have many people. They only had three or two more people than Yin Tianzheng and the others. But their victory was because they were unexpected. They killed three of them as soon as they came up. This put the team with fewer people in a dangerous situation of one versus two."
"Fortunately, Yin Tianzheng already had some kung fu foundation. In addition, he chose his subordinates and had a reasonable composition. Two skilled veterans worked with him to turn the situation around and kill those Wa La soldiers."
"There was a small episode in the process."
"This episode is related to a soldier named Lu Shifang."
"Lu Shifang is a little older than Yin Tianzheng. He comes from a poor family. He thought he could use the money to support his family after joining the army, so he joined the army."
"This man is upright by nature. He is not strong in body, but he has a lot of strength."
"Lu Shifang and Yin Tianzheng entered the military camp at the same time, and they also slept in the same place at first."
"Although they are both new recruits, Lu Shifang has only heard of murder and bloodshed, never witnessed it, let alone experienced it in person."
"In this ambush, two friends who usually talked and laughed were killed immediately. Lu Shifang was obviously frightened."
"When everyone fought back, Lu Shifang just relied on instinct to avoid and run away."
"Despite this, he still suffered a lot of physical pain, especially the left side of his face."
Hearing this, Jiang Yichen's heart moved. Could it be that these ten people on the road were the Nightmare later?
But that happened thirty years ago. Lu Shifang was already twenty-one years old at that time. Now Lu Shifang should have passed his destined years, and Ye Shang doesn't look that old. The two of them are really the same.
people?
"First, he failed to completely avoid the Wala man's knife. He received a vertical scar on the left side of his face, and then he was hit in the face by a flywheel dart." The old man's voice continued.
"The flywheel dart sunk deep into Lu Shifang's flesh, right next to the left corner of his mouth."
"After the pain, Lu Shifang almost fainted."
"Just when the Walas were taking advantage of their victory and were about to knock down another person, Yin Tianzheng saw that Lu Shifang's life was hanging by a thread, so he rushed over and rescued Lu Shifang."
"Lu Shifang was carried back to the military camp by Yin Tianzheng. The injuries on his face were too severe and left scars forever."
"That night, Lu Shifang found Yin Tianzheng and thanked him for saving his life."
"Yin Tianzheng solemnly told Lu Shifang that both of them came to the border for their families. If they want to survive on the border, they must have courage."
"Since then, Lu Shifang has worked hard to practice his basic skills and often consulted with Yin Tianzheng, as if he was a different person."
"Because the scars on his face looked too scary, Lu Shifang had almost no friends who could talk to him in the military camp, and Yin Tianzheng also relied on his ability to gradually rise from the rank of sentry officer to the rank of guard officer in half a year.
In this position, there are fewer and fewer opportunities for the two of them to talk."
"Because Lu Shifang became more and more capable in fighting, he was eventually promoted to a very senior position."
"During one of his team's patrols, he rescued a four-year-old boy."
"The boy was an orphan. The people in Ganzhou Town were not well off, and no one wanted to feed him. Lu Shifang couldn't bear to see that he was lonely and helpless, so he took him with him until he was destined to have a chance.
People will take it in."
"Lu Shifang used his spare time to teach the boy boxing, learn Chinese calligraphy with the boy, and asked him to do odd jobs in the military camp so that he would not be regarded as just eating and drinking."
"In the next one or two years, Ganzhou Town was invaded by several small-scale Oara troops, but they were eventually resolved without any danger."
"In order to seize the initiative, the Ganzhou military camp, which already had a certain amount of combat power, at the suggestion of Yin Tianzheng, who was already a staff general at the time, sent troops northward, preparing to frustrate the vigor of the Ola soldiers who had repeatedly wandered around the north to make provocations."
"In that battle, the Zhongzhou Army returned with a great victory, and the Wala soldiers were temporarily cleared from the north, and they did not dare to attack again."
"In that battle, the deputy commander-in-chief unfortunately died, and Yin Tianzheng happened to take over."
"In that battle, Lu Shifang also became famous and was called the 'Killing Shifang'!"
"It was also because of that battle that the Yin family made a small contribution. Concubine Yin added some fuel to the flames in the emperor's ears. The Yin family made some behind-the-scenes maneuvers and transferred the general troops of Ganzhou Town to other places. Yin Tianzheng took the top spot.
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"I don't know where the Wala people heard the news. They quickly regrouped and wanted to attack the Ganzhou camp and avenge it."
"After all, in the eyes of the Wala people, the victory of the Ganzhou Battalion last time was due to the flexible deployment and quick response of the commander-in-chief. However, Yin Tianzheng is still a little green after all. He can be a staff officer, but it is too far-fetched to control the overall situation."
"The facts are just as the Wala people expected. In this battle, the Ganzhou Battalion was no longer as unstoppable as before. Instead, it repeatedly showed flaws and made mistakes again and again."
"At this time, even Yin Tianzheng regretted that he was indeed not the material to lead troops in war. If he tried to be brave this time, he might lose his life."
"Unexpectedly, when the balance of victory was already tilted towards the Wala people, Lu Shifang came out to kill again. With his indomitable brute force, he killed all directions and truly succeeded in killing all directions."
"Commander Wala was beheaded by Lu Shifang, and his army was defeated like a mountain."
"That battle was probably a defeat that the Wala people never wanted to recall. They didn't want to believe that someone could actually turn the tide of the war with the power of a reckless man. They were even more willing to believe that this person was an evil ghost."
"When you fight with blood from all over the world, you are indeed no different from an evil ghost."
"Lu Shifang was a general who made great achievements in this battle, but he has always been grateful to Yin Tianzheng and has never had any thoughts of competing for credit. After all, Yin Tianzheng is the commander-in-chief of Ganzhou, and it is understandable that the credit should be attributed to him."
"The news of the great victory soon spread back to Youjing. While the Yin family was happy that their second son was blessed with good fortune, they also knew that it was time to take their hero back to the capital to live a peaceful life."
"After all, with the victory in those three years, Ganzhou Town was able to gain three to five years of peace, and these illustrious achievements were weighty enough to silence the powerful people in the DPRK."
"In the end, as the Yin family wished, Yin Tianzheng returned with great honor, was named a mighty marquis, and was given a mansion as a gift."
"The emperor held a grand banquet in the court for three days to celebrate this happy event."
"Lu Shifang and the boy were lucky enough to follow Yin Tianzheng to the prosperous capital city."
"They could have enjoyed the rest of their lives here, but the most unfortunate thing in their lives happened here."
"On the night of a banquet, I came across a man and a woman having sex in the palace grass."
"Lu Shifang saw clearly that the woman was one of the emperor's concubines whom he had seen during the day, and felt deeply that something was wrong."
"When he saw the face looking back at him, he knew that his destiny had come to an end..."