The Assassin's Empire of Three Kingdoms

  "Big sister, he's awake! He's awake!"

  The first sentence Long Fei heard after regaining consciousness was this. His head was a bit dizzy, and his whole body felt like it was tied up, unable to move. He tried moving his fingers and toes, fortunately, the feeling was still there.

  He opened his eyes slightly. What's wrong, when did the sky turn gray? What's going on. Long Fei closed his eyes again, squeezed hard, and when he opened them again, it was still a gray sky. A young face approached him, not very old, but with a strange hairstyle, like that of Shikamaru Nara from the Hidden Leaf Village, with a pompadour that stood straight up. But he looked friendly.

  "What's the use of waking up? You're almost smashed to pieces, even if you survive, you'll be a cripple!"

  Kazemaru's face instantly changed from joy to sorrow upon hearing this.

  Long Fei exerted himself to move his body, but unfortunately didn't budge an inch, and could only slightly turn his head. The clothes on his body had been changed by someone, making him look like an ancient person wearing a style with slanted buttons, which was still quite fashionable.

  "Water! Water! I want water!" Long Fei Tian croaked out these few syllables with his parched, cracked lips.

  It was still the "Luwan" who hastily held a bamboo tube to Longfei's mouth. It seemed that he was so thirsty that he completely forgot Lianchang's teachings, and in an unfamiliar environment, he actually drank a stranger's water with big gulps, finishing it all at once.

  He drained the entire bamboo tube of water and Long Fei let out a long sigh, nodding slightly: "Thanks! Trouble you to make a call to our troops, the number is..."

  "Telephone?" 'Shikamaru' looked puzzled and turned to ask the woman sitting in front of him: "Sister, do you know what a telephone is? What did he just say about a telephone!"

  "Never mind him, he won't live for long anyway, let him fend for himself!" The woman's words were still icy cold.

  "Rokuro" turned his face to Ryūhi with a smile: "Big sister has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, don't worry, she won't let you die. You should just rest well and recover from your injuries first."

  Since waking up, he felt a strong jolting sensation and heard the sound of horse hooves. Long Fei estimated that he was likely on a horse-drawn carriage. But who still uses horse-drawn carriages nowadays? Even cars are too slow, let alone horse-drawn carriages - it would take forever to get anywhere. Long Fei turned his head and saw 'Lu Wan' looking at him, and responded with a faint smile.

  "Brother, where are we going?" Long Fei couldn't hold it in anymore and asked 'Lu Wan'.

  "Rokumaru" smiled: "Luoyang!"

  "Oh......! Going to Luoyang, can we arrive in the afternoon?" Long Fei asked.

  "Afternoon?" 'Shikamaru' showed an extraordinary surprise: "Here is a thousand miles away from Luoyang in Bianzhou, just started walking, at least ten days and a half month!"

  "Fifty days half a month?" Long Fei was thoroughly defeated by 'Luwan': "Just sit in this horse carriage and go?"

  "Rokumaru nodded: "This is the best carriage, the three horses pulling it are all fine horses from outside the pass, and can run over a hundred miles in one day. It's already fast enough! If we were to walk, it would take at least a month! If not for this urgent mission, Big Sister wouldn't have hired such a good carriage."

  "Wait, wait! You said task? What task?"

  "Kamamaru" hastily covered his mouth, turned his head to look at the woman in front of him, and that woman was also looking at him. After being glared at fiercely by that woman, he hastily lowered his head and said nothing.

  The carriage was silent except for the creaking caused by the collision and the "creaking" sound of the horse's hooves. Everyone was quiet, listening to the rhythmic sound of the horse's hooves on the road surface. Long Fei kept replaying in his mind what Lu Wan had said: Pingzhou, carriage, Luoyang. A series of events made him completely unable to understand. He only remembered that he had flown forward and grabbed the girl just in time, but unexpectedly, the girl struggled hard once, and the small tree in his hand broke off, and they both fell down together.

  But, as it happens, the girl looks quite good, with long hair down to her shoulders, a pure white mini-skirt, and when the wind blows, her two legs are vaguely visible, which is a great temptation for these soldiers. I don't know what happened to that girl? Is she unable to move like me after falling? Or maybe she's dead!

  "Brother, there's another person who fell down with me?" Long Fei spoke again.

  "Shikamaru" turned his face: "Is there anyone else? We only saw you, lying naked at the foot of the mountain, and these clothes are mine."

  "Am I naked?" Long Fei looked down at his body again with great effort.

  "Yes! It was Big Sister who saw you first, and since you still had breath in you, she reported it to our carriage. We thought you were robbed by bandits - there are many of them around here, including Han people, Xiongnu people, and Xianbei people... I know of several myself, all hiding in these mountains..." 'Luwan' was a talkative person, and once he started talking, it was hard to stop him.

  "Alright, we'll be in the clouds soon. Once we're there, find a doctor to take a look at him. If he can be cured, then cure him. If not, just throw him into some desolate wilderness and let the wolves have him. No need to waste our food." It was that icy woman's voice again.

  Long Fei didn't like hearing this, he said: "Who wants you to save me? I became a soldier for your sake. Without us soldiers, could you have lived a peaceful life? Maybe you would have become slaves of that country by now!"

  "What's all the fuss about? What's wrong with being a soldier?" The woman turned her face this time: "Without you guys fighting and killing every day, I'd be living a good life. But because of you soldiers, my family is broken and my home is ruined. You still have the nerve to talk back? Stop the car! Throw this thing that doesn't know what's good for it out!"

  With a mighty pull on the reins, the wildly galloping horse let out a long whinny. The carriage's speed suddenly slowed down. 'Luwan' hastily mediated: "Sister, forget it, he was just being reckless, don't bother with him, we need to hurry, it'll be dark soon, and if we can't reach Yunzhong before the city gate closes, we'll have to camp out again, let's go! Hurry up!"

  The car fell into an awkward silence again. Long Fei least wanted to hear others say that being a soldier was not good, he enlisted at the age of 18 and stayed in the army for five years, starting from a soldier in a field combat reconnaissance company, relying on his own skills, first entering the A-level motorized infantry division, later to the special armored division, and this year was selected into the special reconnaissance camp, now just became a squad leader. He was injured three times, all of which were left over from battles with drug traffickers and terrorists. He had his own unique understanding of soldiers.

  The atmosphere was awkward for a long time before Long Fei said: "Take me back, I don't want to go to Luoyang!"

  That woman was about to blow up again, and was hastily persuaded by 'Luwan'. He said to Long Fei: "We are here to rescue you, how can you not know what's good for you? Once we reach the clouds, find a doctor to treat your injuries. If you want to leave, just leave, we won't stop you. If you keep going like this, you'll surely die outside!"

  Long Fei felt a bit helpless, he had never been tied up like a rice dumpling before. After thinking for half a day, he thought that Luoman's words were also right. He was alone outside and couldn't move at all, so what could he do about going back to his unit? It seemed that he could only endure it temporarily. The time on the road was the most boring, finding someone to talk to was undoubtedly the best choice.

  Long Fei looked at 'Lu Wan' strange dress. 'Lu Wan' was also wearing the same clothes as himself, plus that hairstyle, very much like an ancient person. Long Fei laughed and asked: "Are you guys filming a movie? What kind of movie is it, which dynasty's? I love historical dramas, especially those about Wei Qing and Huo Qubing fighting against the Xiongnu."

  "Movies?" Lu Wan was a bit confused: "Wei Qing, Huo Qubing? That's the story of Emperor Wu's time. Now our great Han has long lost that glory, internal wars are endless, treacherous officials dominate, and external bandits are eyeing us covetously. I heard they're almost at the Nine Origins already, our peaceful days are over!"

  "What? What? The Great Han? Is it now the Great Han?" Long Fei also started to get confused like 'Lu Wan': "What time is it now?"

  "It's now Zhongping 6th year, no! It should be called Yonghan 1st year. The county magistrate just announced the change of era to Yonghan a few days ago." 'Luwan' kept counting on his fingers.

  "In the sixth year of Zhongping, in the first year of Yonghan?" Long Fei didn't know what that meant either, and asked again: "I don't understand these things, just tell me who the emperor is."

  "Hehe......" 'Luō Wán' put down his hand and smiled slightly: "I don't understand these things either, the current emperor is Emperor Xian, yes it's Emperor Xian!"

  "Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie?" Long Fei completely collapsed at this.

  "Kamaru's" mouth was wide open: "You, you actually dare to call the Emperor by his name, this is a capital offense!" Kamaru said, looking around nervously.

  Long Fei was so angry he almost cried. What the hell is this? It really fulfilled that old saying, one night back to before liberation, but he's good, one sleep and back to BC. As for history, Long Fei still has some understanding of it, he likes history, has read many and varied historical books, his favorite being Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but he never thought that like the internet, he would travel back in time. Isn't heaven playing a trick on him?!

  From this moment on, Long Fei completely calmed down. He quietly lay in the back of the car, his head tilted upwards, staring blankly at the roof without saying a word. Thinking of his parents at home and his fiancée who was already engaged to him, what was he doing here? No way, he had to think of a way to go back, he must go back.

  Long Fei wanted to turn over, using a lot of strength, but didn't even budge. 'Lu Wan' saw Long Fei suddenly become agitated and hastily stepped forward to hold him down. Anxiously saying: "Don't do this, it's not good for your injury, Big Sister said that if you move around again, you'll really be paralyzed!"

  Long Fei felt like crying, but he couldn't cry. The feeling in his heart was something that could never be expressed, a mix of depression, worry, pain, sadness, and even excitement, as well as helplessness.

  The sky gradually darkened, and in front of the horse carriage, a earthen castle appeared. The coachman swung his whip and shouted loudly: "Everyone, ahead is Yunzhong, we've arrived just in time, the city gate hasn't been closed yet, if we were any later, we wouldn't have made it! Drive!"