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Zhou Que waited. This would be his final moment. Everything would end here, and now. He would die within three seconds now… But nothing happened. He opened his eyes. He was perplexed, every bandit lied down on the ground, dead. There were multiple arrows sticking out of their bodies. Then he looked to Li Gan, who also took about two arrows through his chest. Without saying a word, he fell down. Those shots he heared, they weren't the shots of the bandits! But who rescued him?
Zhou Que looked around, multiple citizens were standing on the egde of the field, amazed, but also scared. They all looked at him. But then they suddenly looked another way. A man stepped out of the crowd, followed by several soldiers, all were wielding a bow. The man however didn't, he had a katana with him. Sheeted on his belt. The man was fully armored, and at least six and a half feet tall. He also wore a plume on his helmet, but this one was more orange- like, and wasn't as long as that of himself. The man headed for Zhou Que.
"That was quite a fight you put up there."The man said. "We were Lucky we were able to save you." Zhou Que didn't understand it. " What do you mean?" He was still a bit confused about what just happened. "I mean we could use a man like you. Why don't you join our army?" Zhou Que was overthrown, first the man rescued him, and then he asked him to join the Wu army! It was pretty logic though, he was wearing an armor with a huge sword. Of course he would be asked this question. But he didn't answer instantly, when he was part of a big "fighting organization" he was betrayed. But this wasn't just a group of bandits, this was an army, doing what it could do to bring peace to the land. "Do you have a name?" The man suddenly asked. Zhou Que answered. "My name is Zhou Que, son of Zhou Pen. But I was raised by my uncle, Zhou Yan." The man turned white, and tried to say something. He tried to redeem himself, and spoke: "It appears we are cousins then"…
Zhou Que also turned white, and didn't speak. The two men stood in front of each other. "Don't you remember me?" the man asked with a vague smile on his face. "I….I Don't." Was the only thing Zhou Que could say. "I am your cousin Zhou Tai. I left you with my father after I heard my uncle, or your father, died. I left shortly thereafter." It all came back to Zhou Que, he was only a toddler when it happened. His father was killed by bandits, and his mother turned insane, and committed suicide. That's what his uncle told him. "Yes…Yes I remember you…" Zhou Que said soft. Zhou Tai sighed from relief. But then put his straight, serious face up. "So, I assume you will join our army as a general?" Zhou Que was a bit surprised, that his cousin put his serious face up already. "Yes I will". He said. And as he walked along with Zhou Tai, the two remained silent, but Zhou Que couldn't help but notice the happiness his cousin's eyes…