Chapter One Tonight Is What Year

  Splashed onto Li Jianguo's body.

  The sound of mournful wailing and clashing metal echoed in his ears, a cacophony of noise.

  Li Jian Guo opened his eyes, and the face that entered his vision was a woman's. The woman looked to be in her early twenties, with a delicate appearance. However, at this moment, the pale and beautiful face seemed to be distorted due to pain.

  The woman lay on Li Jianguo's body, but her arms supported her body, as if she was afraid of pressing against Li Jianguo.

  "Don't worry, baby, it's okay!"

  The woman lowered her head and happened to meet Li Jianguo's gaze.

  A pale face forced a smile, spoke in a warm and low voice, stretched out an arm, and hugged Li Jianguo into his arms.

  Li Jian Guo only then discovered, himself... had actually turned into an infant!

  "Let's go after those rebels and don't let a single one escape!"

  Someone was shouting loudly with a voice like gold and iron, full of energy.

  The woman's face changed, and she struggled to get up. Li Jianguo had not yet come out of the shock of turning into a baby, but he was horrified to discover that on the woman's chest, an arrow had pierced her body from behind, revealing a cold light flashing, still with bloodstains on the arrowhead. This woman, severely injured, Li Jianguo immediately understood, and the warm spray on his face was her fresh blood.

  The woman propped herself up earlier because she was afraid of being hit by an arrow and hurting Li Jianguo.

  Li Jianguo was somewhat bewildered: What on earth is going on?

  At the age of forty, he suddenly became a baby; and encountering such things was really beyond his comprehension.

  Are there still people who kill with bows and arrows these days?

  Alright, using bows and arrows to kill people is one thing, but how does it look like they've encountered a tragic case of extermination? And in broad daylight! This is supposed to be a society governed by law, so aren't those murderers afraid of being punished by the law?

  Thinking of this, Li Jianguo couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart and shouted loudly: "Stop!"

  But he had forgotten that he was now an infant, and his vocal cords were still developing. His angry roar could only be transformed into the wails of a baby's cry.

  The woman held him with one hand and tried her best to avoid the arrowheads on his chest from hurting Li Jianguo.

  Another hand grasped a gleaming sharp sword, gritted teeth and rushed forward. Behind her back, the sound of bowstring echoed, a sharp arrow broke through the air and hit the woman's thigh. She could no longer stand firm, with a thud she fell to the ground, and Li Jianguo in her arms also slipped out of her hands, rolling on the ground for two rounds before stopping about two or three meters away from the woman.

  "Sister!"

  After a loud roar, all that could be heard was a series of clashing metal and screams.

  A robust and vigorous man appeared beside the woman. He was about 185 centimeters tall, with a strong physique and powerful muscles. His dark face had a sharp jawline, and his whiskers were as sharp as steel needles. His sword-like eyebrows and tiger-like eyes shone brightly with spirit.

  Wearing a gray short jacket on his body, with an outer cover similar to a shoulder pad, but the sleeves covering half of his upper arm gauntlets.

  He had his hair tied back in a short queue, wore a pair of leather boots on his feet, and was dragging a heavy, black club in his hand, which was covered with thick, fresh blood mixed with some dull white and sticky substance. He ran to the woman's side and hugged her tightly.

  "Baby... brother, where is baby?"

  The woman was on her last breath, but still thought of Li Jianguo who had turned into a baby.

  The man caught sight of Li Jianguo at a glance, dropped his stick and picked up Li Jianguo in one swift motion.

  In the blink of an eye, Li Jian Guo had clearly seen the situation around him. This seemed to be a village, but at this moment it was covered in a large fire. In the flames, many men and women could be seen running around frantically, and there were countless people wearing black clothes, with leather armor on top, holding shiny knives and swords, chasing and killing everywhere. The cries of grief and the screams were endless, Li Jian Guo was really shocked! Because from the clothing of these people... it seemed that this was not his original era.

  Time travel!

  This is a very popular term on the internet.

  There are even film and television works that have specially depicted such stories.

  But what era is this, after all?

  The man held Li Jianguo in one hand and hugged the woman with the other, trembling and saying: "Sister, baby is here, look!"

  "Brother, take good care of the baby, you take the baby and leave quickly."

  "Let's go, we'll go together..."

  The man's body was trembling slightly. Li Jianguo found that the woman's face was getting paler and seemed to have lost her vitality. He somewhat understood that this woman should be his own mother, but the man holding him didn't seem like his father. Judging from their titles, the man and woman looked more like a pair of siblings. So, who was the child's father?

  In the woman's eyes, affection and reluctance flowed out, and she gently touched Li Jianguo's cheek with her face.

  "Brother, I'm done for... You quickly take the baby and go find her dad..."

  The woman's voice grew fainter and fainter until it was almost inaudible.

  The man asked loudly: "Sister, where is your father now? Tell me!"

  "His dad is in..."

  The woman stretched out her hand, wanting to stroke Li Jianguo's cheek. But before she could finish speaking, the hand that had been extended froze in mid-air and suddenly fell limp. Her eyes remained open, staring at Li Jianguo, with a reluctant expression on her face.

  Contact with women, but just for a brief moment.

  Ke Li Jian Guo could feel a mother's love for her child from her series of actions and words.

  Rather than hurt the child, she would rather be injured herself.

  There was that kind face, the reluctant expression... In an instant, the blood vessels in his body resonated strongly. Li Jianguo couldn't hold back that strange sadness, opened his mouth and let out a burst of sobs.

  Although he still hasn't figured out what happened, Li Jianguo has already accepted his identity as a young mother.

  "Sister!"

  The man let out a mournful cry.

  Li Jian Guo however heard a voice, "Yan Hu, put down your weapons, hand over the child!

  Before Ning left the capital, Chancellor Zhang had privately urged me to take care of a couple of things. As long as you hand over the child and reveal Li Ze's whereabouts... Everyone here is my man, I can make decisions, let you leave this place... What do you think?

  The man's name is Yan Hu.

  He gently laid down the woman's body, one arm hugging Li Jianguo, and the other hand picking up a large stick from the ground.

  It can't be this bad, right?!

  Li Jian's heart skipped a beat. He didn't have time to sort out his chaotic thoughts, the biggest crisis he had faced since crossing over made him instinctively grab onto Xian Hu's collar with his chubby hands. At this moment, he was completely defenseless and could only rely on Xian Hu... although he still couldn't be certain if Xian Hu was really his uncle or not. Just then, Xian Hu was surrounded by dozens of people.

  If Yan Hu is greedy for life and afraid of death, then Li Jianguo's life will be in danger.

  Yan Hu lowered his head, looked at Li Jianguo, and then hugged Li Jianguo's arm tightly.

  The speaker was a man of average height, about 170 cm tall, with a slightly slender build, wearing a blue robe.

  Triangular eyes, a pair of broken eyebrows, giving off an aura of sinister gloom.

  Especially on his cheek there is a birthmark... wait, it seems like it's not a birthmark, but rather a bird-like tattoo.

  Li Jianguo was shocked, he had never seen anyone get a tattoo on their face before.

  Yan Hu said: "Unexpectedly, a dignified general like you would also do such a thing?"

  Handsome?

  What official position is this again?

  Li Jianguo felt increasingly puzzled, but he could also guess a little bit: this guy, probably not Han Chinese!

  Lü Shuai smiled and said, "Yan Hu, don't show off your eloquence."

  Ning Mou might as well speak clearly, that brother-in-law of yours did a great thing back then, and the Emperor has never forgotten it.

  Yuwen You's descendants have all died out; any remaining fugitives are hardly worth worrying about.

  Only you, brother-in-law, are the emperor's heart disease. This time Ning Mou replaced his father to enter Beijing, and was favored by the emperor, he was appointed as the governor of Qin State, thinking that he should share worries for the emperor... Hmph, it's still the same words, if you hand over the child and tell me where your brother-in-law is, I'll let you go. Otherwise, Ning Mou can only betray the trust of the Crown Prince."

  My goodness!

  Li Jianguo was utterly shocked!

  It seems that with this identity of mine now, things are not so simple anymore.

  "This one..."

  Yan Hu seemed somewhat moved. But Li Jian Guo in his arms, however, could clearly feel that Yan Hu had stuffed him into his embrace. His eyes rolled around rapidly as he glanced around quickly, then let out a long sigh with force.

  "Great heroism!"

  He said, lowering his head and glancing at Li Jianguo.

  It's hard not to find it somewhat strange: this child didn't even cry?

  Under such circumstances, ordinary children would have burst into loud wails long ago, but Li Jianguo, except for crying out twice earlier, didn't make a single sound again.

  "But you killed my sister and destroyed my village of Yanmen, how can I let it go?"

  Yan Hu suddenly stopped the big club in his hand, and with a loud kick, he kicked the club head. The big club flew up, Yan Hu's feet moved, and he pounced to one side. With a single hand, he swung the club, accompanied by a whistling sound, and struck down at a man wearing black clothes with a crushing blow. Before anyone could react, Yan Hu had already made his move, extremely stealthy, with the club exerting a force of a thousand pounds.

  The black-clad rogue was caught off guard, and as he saw the large club falling down, his instincts kicked in and he raised his knife to meet it.

  All of a sudden, there was a loud "Dong" sound, and the steel knife in his hand was knocked flying by the big club. The Li soldier dodged too late and had his head smashed by Xian Hu's swift swing. As soon as he made this move, the surrounding Li soldiers became chaotic. Two Li soldiers blocked Xian Hu's path from left and right. But then they saw Xian Hu's big club flying through the air with a whistling sound, sweeping across like a thousand armies...

  "Block me and die!"

  With a loud roar, the heavy club smashed into the waist of one of the barbarian soldiers.

  Don't look at the big stick without a sharp blade, but the power of speaking tiger is very great. This stick goes down and hits the soldier's bone broken and tendon fractured, rib cage concave, mouth spitting blood falls to the ground.

  He was taken aback at first, but then he burst into a rage.

  This is called giving you face, but you don't want it... Alright, even if it's the eldest grandson now, there's probably no reason to blame.

  Clang!

  Ning Changzhen took a step forward, and before anyone saw him move his arm, the long knife under his ribs suddenly came out of its scabbard, moving with Ning Changzhen's body as one. With a flash of colorful light, it chopped down, and he shouted loudly: "Yan Hu, you're looking for death!"

  Talk the tiger first move, Ning Chang Zhen followed out of the trick.

  There were originally more than ten steps between the two people, and after Sheng Huo made his move, that distance became even greater.

  Yan Hu grasped Li Jian Gu's hand, and with the other hand wielded his staff to knock down several people. Just as he was about to break through the encirclement, Ning Chang Zhen's knife had already caught up. The glint of the knife flashed by, accompanied by a cold aura, slashing towards Yan Hu's back. After knocking down an enemy soldier with his staff, although Yan Hu couldn't look back, he could sense Ning Chang Zhen's long knife approaching.

  No good... This guy can actually condense his knife aura into internal energy!

  He cursed in his heart, the big stick slipped in his hand, the tail of the stick became the head of the stick, and he leaned back against his back.

  This is called Su Qin carrying his sword on his back.

  A loud clang was heard, the long knife chopped onto the big stick, across the stick, a sharp knife energy surged into the body.

  Yan Hu spat out a mouthful of blood, but his body rose into the air with the force of the long knife, doing two flips in mid-air before flying seven or eight meters away. As soon as his feet touched the ground, a Li soldier rushed at him from an angle. Yan Hu took a deep breath and spun around on the spot, dodging the soldier's attack, snatching the long knife out of his hand, then striding forward to deliver a horizontal blow.

  This collision is no trivial matter.

  Gathering all his strength in his waist and hips, Peng sent that barbarian soldier flying with a crash.

  At this moment, Ning Changzhen's knife fell empty, and his heart was stunned. Just as he was about to rush over and make another move, he saw the Liubing soldier who had been knocked flying by Yantu rushing towards him head-on. These Liubing soldiers were all followers of Ning Changzhen from Qinzhou and could be considered trusted subordinates.

  He hastily reached out to grab the soldier's body, his elbow shrinking, and resolved the force of the flying soldier, holding him steady on the ground. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan Hu swung his long knife, knocking down two soldiers, and rushed to a war horse. He put Li Jian Guo on the horseback, then grabbed the reins, jumped onto the horse, and used the knife to slash at the horse's buttocks. The warhorse let out a loud whinny and galloped away wildly. Other soldiers tried to block their way but were knocked flying by the horse.

  Ning Changzhen was so angry that he jumped up and down like thunder.

  "Chase him, chase... don't let this traitor get away!"

  It's desirable to pursue, but it's not that easy.

  Previously in the village, they were slaughtered everywhere, and the horses were scattered all over. It's not easy to gather them together again at this point.

  It was not easy for Ning Chang to gather more than ten horses together.

  Not bothering with anything else, he mounted his horse and shouted "Follow me... The rest of you, thoroughly eliminate the remaining villagers, don't let a single person escape."

  More than ten Li soldiers followed Ning Changchen onto his horse, and the remaining dozens of people also responded in unison.

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  Xiang Hu hugged Li Jianguo and rode his horse like flying.

  Blood continuously spurted out from his mouth and nose, drop by drop falling on Li Jianguo's face.

  Ning Chang's one knife had clearly injured his internal organs. If it weren't for Yan Hu's robust physique, he might not have even had the strength to ride a horse at this point. He galloped for more than half an hour before finally collapsing from exhaustion.

  Yan Hu knew that Ning Chang Zhen's actions this time were made under the emperor's orders.

  If you don't catch up with yourself, I'm afraid you won't be able to let go easily.

  I've already been seriously injured, and if I'm caught up with, I fear it will be hard to escape death. If I die, that's no big deal, but this child...

  This is his most beloved little sister's flesh and blood, it absolutely cannot just disappear like this.

  Thinking of this, Shi Hu stopped the war horse and looked around. He saw a huge stone not far away from him, with a seam on it. He hastily got off the horse with Li Jian Guo and quickly walked to the side of the boulder.

  Baby, it's not that Uncle wants to abandon you, but following Uncle is really too dangerous.

  You first behave and hide well here... wait for your uncle to get rid of Ning Changzhen, then come back to rescue you... did you hear?

  Yan Hu said with a smile on his dark face, putting Li Jian Guo in the gap of the giant stone.

  Li Jianguo widened his eyes and made a "yi yi ya ya" sound with his mouth. Of course, he didn't want to part ways with Yan Hu like this, but the problem was that he also knew that Yan Hu's decision was currently the best solution.

  This is about saving his life!

  Besides, even if he opposed it, Shēn Hǔ would never know.

  Yan Hu stuck a piece of tape on Li Jianguo's face and then used the vines beside the giant stone to cover up the gap.

  He lay on the ground and listened carefully, faintly hearing the sound of horseshoes. He knew that Ning Changchen had brought people to chase him up!

  Although there is some reluctance in his heart, he also knows that this moment cannot afford to be sentimental.

  He gritted his teeth, turned over and jumped onto the war horse, galloping wildly along the big road. Li Jian Guo hid in the gap of the giant stone, and soon heard a horseshoe sound coming from afar, getting closer and closer, then gradually fading away...

  From waking up till now, counting it out, it's only been one or two hours at most.

  But this hour-long ordeal was undoubtedly the most heart-wrenching one for Li Jianguo.

  Turned into an infant, mother died, encountered a killing spree...

  These scenes, one after another, flashed through Li Jianguo's mind, making him feel extremely tired.

  He wasn't even clear about his own infantile body, and how old he was now, but it shouldn't be more than a year. His brain hadn't fully developed yet, and after this ordeal, he couldn't help but feel dizzy and exhausted.

  Closing his eyes, Li Jianguo unknowingly fell fast asleep.

  Even in sleep, I still feel waves of inexplicable fear...

  He never believed in the possibility of time travel, but when he encountered it personally, he felt not excitement, but fear.

  The Master said: The subjects on which the Master did not talk were prodigies, feats of strength, disorder and spirits.

  It's not that I don't want to say it, but rather I dare not say it, or maybe I just don't know how to say it.

  Li Jianguo felt that after experiencing this matter, perhaps in this world, there really are ghosts and gods? Otherwise, how could he have come to be on a baby's body?

  Wow, it's really too weird!