The sun slowly climbed up from the east, and at this time Liu Guang had already packed his luggage, Aunt Song walked in, took some dry food and the like, and gave it to Liu Guang: "Xiaoguang, it also takes a day's journey to Liangzhou City, you take these dry foods, eat them when you are hungry on the road, and there are some entanglements, you also take them." ”

Liu Guang took the dry food and said, "Aunt Song, I can't take this silver tael, you can keep it for yourself." ”

"No, no, Xiaoguang, listen to me, when you arrive in Liangzhou, you may not be able to enter the military camp for a while, you are not familiar with the place in Liangzhou, you can use it with some entanglements, Aunt Song is old, and you don't need so much, you protect Xiliang, these are nothing, listen to Aunt Song's words, accept it, otherwise Aunt Song will be unhappy." Aunt Song said bitterly.

Liu Guang felt a little sour in his heart, took the few taels and said, "Well, I accepted Aunt Song." ”

"That's right," Aunt Song said with a smile. Although this money is not a lot, it has been saved little by little by Aunt Song over the years, Liu Guang knows that it is not easy for her, how can he accept her, but if he does not accept it, it may be the biggest disrespect to Aunt Song.

Liu Guang put away his things, and saw that Aunt Song's face was a little anxious, as if she had something to say, Liu Guang saw this and hurriedly said, "Aunt Song, is there anything else?"

Aunt Song was a little hesitant and said: "It's nothing, it's you, if you meet me when you join the army in Liangzhou, you can ask him to take care of it, after all, he is earlier than you in Liangzhou, by the way, his name is Zhang Chun, remember." ”

"Yes, yes," Liu Guang replied.

"If he asks about me, you can say that I'm doing well, tell him not to worry, take good care of himself," Aunt Song explained. At this time, Liu Guang deeply felt Aunt Song's love for her son, a little like Guo Yuan, but a little different.

When parting, Aunt Song was reluctant, once upon a time, she also sent her husband and son away like this, although Liu Guang is not her son, but people have feelings. has been with Liu Guang for so long, and has already treated him as her own son in her heart, and it is parting, how can Aunt Song feel better?

Liu Guang was also reluctant, but he was still ruthless, and when he left, he didn't tell Aunt Song to take care of her body, and promised that she would definitely come back.

At this time, the wind blew the yellow sand, the sun scorched the earth, Liu Guang took the hat and walked alone on the road. Walking to the vicinity of Wuye Town, facing a familiar place, Liu Guang stopped.

Liu Guang, with a familiar voice coming, the young man turned around, raised the hat with his hand, and looked at the riverside, only to see that there was a red figure there who was very familiar and was running towards him.

Walking in red, Liu Guangcai found out that it was Ning Qian'er, only to see that she was wearing a red dress with a ruddy complexion, and she was more beautiful than ever at this time.

Ning Qian'er looked at him and said, "No matter how you go, you won't come to say goodbye to me, if Aunt Song hadn't come to tell me that you would leave today, you might not be able to see the last one." ”

It turned out that Aunt Song came back so late yesterday because she came to Wuye Town to look for Qian'er, and Liu Guang suddenly felt in his heart.

In fact, that day, Aunt Song came to tell Ning Qian'er that Liu Guang was leaving, and also told her that Liu Guang had already loved Ning Qian'er deeply in his heart, but he was leaving, and he didn't dare to tell her.

Looking at Ning Qian'er, Liu Guang shook his head and said, "No, I'm just afraid that you will be sad." ”

Could it be that if you leave without saying a word, aren't you afraid that I will be sad, Ning Qian'er's words gradually weakened.

Ning Qian'er took off a hairpin from her head, handed it to Liu Guang, and said, "Am I beautiful?"

Liu Guang swallowed his saliva and said without hesitation: "Beauty, especially today." ”

"That means I wasn't beautiful before," Ning Qian'er said with her mouth crossed.

When Liu Guang was at a loss and wanted to explain, Ning Qian'er quickly stepped forward and kissed Liu Guang, the young man was stunned, Ning Qian'er blushed, half-lowered her head and said: "Remember my most beautiful appearance, keep you with hairpins, remember to miss me, and also, I will wait for you to come back, you must come back." ”

Liu Guang didn't care about it anymore at this time, hugged Ning Qian'er tightly, closed his eyes and said, "I will definitely defeat Xifan, and I will definitely come back to you when I come back." ”

Ning Qian'er was already in tears at this time, and she kept nodding in response.

Liu Guang let go of her, turned away, and didn't look back, at this time he couldn't hold back anymore, two lines of tears flowed down his face, he didn't want her to see it. And Ning Qian'er looked at Liu Guang's distant figure, tears couldn't stop flowing, this back gradually drifted away, it was so familiar and unfamiliar.

"I like you, Liu Guang, you must come back!" Ning Qian'er shouted to Liu Guang's distant back.

Liu Guang could hear it clearly, but he didn't dare to look back, his heart was happy and sad at the moment.

Ning Qian'er said to herself: "Liu Guang, you must come back, I will wait for you." ”

The sun was setting in the west, the afterglow shone on the city wall on the edge of the desert, the two big characters Liangzhou on the city gate were high, and the young man lifted the hat, with a smile on his face, and walked into the city.

This Liangzhou City was so big in the eyes of the young Liu Guang that he couldn't find where to join the army after walking for most of the day.

Liu Guang saw that he was wandering around indiscriminately, and there was no way, so he asked the pedestrians on the road, only to learn that it was getting late, and if he wanted to join the army, he needed to go to the recruiting office in the north of the city to sign up tomorrow morning.

In this way, I have to find a place to stay tonight, and I can only join the army tomorrow, Liu Guang thought to himself. He also knew that when he arrived in Liangzhou, if he wanted to eat, drink and stay, he had to find an inn, and these basic common senses had gradually become known after Liu Guang returned to Xiliang. However, Liu Guang asked many inns in a row, but he felt that it was very expensive, and his little money was given by Aunt Song, and he was unwilling to spend it easily, so Liu Guang did not find a place to stay when it was dark.

Liu Guang took advantage of the night, unconsciously came to the north of the city, saw that there was a grass shed in the corner of the city, Liu Guang looked at the grass shed is very good, and there was no one around, so he thought about resting here for one night, and then going to the recruitment office tomorrow to sign up for the army.

In the grass shed, Liu Guang's stomach growled, and at this time he remembered that there were still some dry food in the backpack, so he got up and untied the backpack and took out the dry food given by Aunt Song and ate it.

Liu Guang looked at the stars in the sky while eating, and said to himself: "I don't know if Aunt Song and Qian'er have eaten it, alas, what do you think, they must have eaten, and it's not like I'm alone outside." ”

After that, he took out the hairpin that Ning Qian'er gave him, Liu Guang took the hairpin and smiled happily, that kiss, the young man's mind was full of pictures in the daytime. Liu Guang held the hairpin tightly in front of his chest and ate it with a smirk.

The moonlight is bright and clean, and a lover sends the moonlight to eliminate lovesickness, Liu Guang doesn't understand at this time, the ultimate lovesickness will accompany him for a long, long time in the future, and gradually grow up with him, until one day he will be like his Uncle Guo, screaming and laughing in his dreams.

It's a new day again, the morning in Liangzhou City, it's extremely busy, people get up early, and people in the street market are shouting. Liu Guang rubbed his eyes, stretched his waist, and saw a thriving faction.

"Who?" shouted the half-old man when he walked into the hut and found a young man inside. The young man stood up, and saw an old man in half-armor in front of him, wearing armor and cloth clothes, similar to those uncles when he was in Anxi, but a hundred times better than theirs.

"Oh, old man, I didn't have anywhere to go last night, so I slept here for the night, I'm sorry. Liu Guang hurriedly explained.

The old man in armor saw that although the young man was not tall, he had a pure face and gentle speech, and did not look like a bad person, so he asked with some surprise: "Young man, how long have you spent the night here?"

Xiliang's night is not as cold as during the day, but it is very cold, this Liu Guang is an ordinary person, and he slept here for another night, which inevitably surprised the old man a little.

In fact, this is nothing to Liu Guang, the nights in Anxi are even colder than this, and it is not often because he hides from the Tibetan army and sleeps in the wilderness.

"Yes, I originally planned to come to Liangzhou to join the army, but it was too late last night, there was no place to go, I heard that the recruitment was in the north of the city, so I thought about coming to the north of the city, and saw that there was a grass hut here, I was too sleepy, so I fell asleep here, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to cause you trouble. Liu Guang explained everything to the old man.

When the old man saw that the young man was here to join the army, he said, "So that's the case, I'm in charge of the horses and grass in this recruiting office, and the recruiting office is now open, you can go and sign up." ”

Liu Guang smiled: "Really, thank you, uncle." So saying, he ran out.

The old man hurriedly shouted, "Stop." ”

The young man stopped, he didn't know what the old man wanted to do, he turned around and wanted to ask, only to see the old man take out a bun from his body and say, "I didn't have breakfast, there are many people, and it will take a long time to queue up. ”

Liu Guang covered his stomach, his dry food had been eaten, and now he was already hungry, so he took the bun and ate it in a big gulp.

"Woo, woo, thank you, uncle. Liu Guang said while eating.

"Eat slowly, don't be in a hurry, I'm full just now, so there is one left, seeing that you must not have eaten, I will give you food, good guy, how can you be hungry when you come to join the army." The old man looked at Liu Guang and said with a smile.

After Liu Guang finished eating, he thanked the old man and went to the recruiting office, only to see a big man in armor and battle clothes sitting in the shed, with a face full of horizontal flesh, very fierce, and was inspecting and interrogating people who came to join the army like him. Liu Guang lined up in the back and watched the people in front of him get fewer and fewer, and gradually it was noon, and finally it was Liu Guang's turn.

The horizontal face glanced at Liu Guang and asked, "Hometown?"

"Anthy. ”

He looked at him with a big face and said, "Be specific, where do you live now?"

In Xiliang, there are many Anxi people who returned to the east with Helan Jingde, collectively known as Anxi returnees, and these returnees were placed in the six military towns of Xiliang, so this cross-faced man thought that Liu Guang was a returnee from Anxi, so he asked him to specify where he lived now.

Liu Guang replied: "I now live in Zhangjia Village in Wuye Town. ”

"Name, age?"

"Liu Guang, fifteen and a half years old. ”

Looking at the young man with a big face, he stopped the pen in his hand, hesitated a little, turned to the back and shouted, "Come here, help me remember it." Then a man dressed like him, but without his tallness, came to help him write down his name.

And the big man with a horizontal face said to Liu Guang: "Boy, come here." ”

Liu Guang was puzzled, but he still followed, only to see the two of them enter a tent, take out a large stone pier tied with iron chains, and say, "Lift it." ”

Liu Guang looked at it and thought to himself that this was not a joke, where did he lift it, but he still tried it, and the result was obvious, Liu Guang did not move a little bit with the strength of breastfeeding.

The big man said, "Okay, go back, you're not qualified." ”

"Why, why don't anyone else use it, just I have to lift this, and it's so big, how can I lift it. Liu Guang asked with a dissatisfied expression.

The big man with a horizontal face grabbed the iron chain with one hand, and with a hard effort, the big stone pier got up, Liu Guang looked a little dumbfounded, and the big man with a horizontal face said: "You don't have the strength, and your stature is short, and you are not qualified, so I want you to carry this, if you can't do it, you have to go back, let's go." ”

"Believe me, I can, go into battle and kill the enemy, I've never been afraid, I just want to be a soldier, protect my homeland, give me a chance, please. Liu Guang sincerely prayed for the big man with a horizontal face, hoping that he could give himself a chance, even if it was a slight, he would fight for it.

But the big man with a horizontal face seemed to be iron-hearted, and coldly rejected him.

Liu Guang hung his head and followed behind the big man with a horizontal face, and walked out of the tent, and the big man with a horizontal face motioned to the armored man with a pen to cross out Liu Guang's name.

Liu Guang looked at the recruiting office, his heart was extremely low, he had fought for it, but when he remembered the words of the big-faced man in the tent, he suddenly felt as if he had no direction, did he have to go back like this?

Liu Guang lowered his head and walked through the long queue, like an abandoned child. The old man in charge of the forage saw Liu Guang walking out dejectedly, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, you lost the election?"

Liu Guang raised his head and looked at the old man, his eyes flashed with tears, the old man knew the sadness in his heart, and also knew the child's mood of wanting to join the army, the old man looked back, and did not dare to look at him more. In the old man's eyes, there was a fire in the young man's eyes, a kind of scorching fire that could be guarded by sacrificing his life.

Liu Guang looked at the old man, the sad loss in his heart was difficult to express, standing there in a daze, the old man shook his head, sighed, turned around, and hugged a large bundle of hay with all his strength, only to see him standing firmly on the ground, and at once he carried the grass with about a few hundred catties onto the carriage, as if it was effortless.

Liu Guangfang was still feeling lost and sad, and suddenly turned into panic and surprise, he didn't expect that an old man who was half a year old had such great strength to move hundreds of catties of forage, and it seemed that it didn't take any effort.

Liu Guang looked at the old man, if he had such strength, he would not be afraid that the army would not accept him. Liu Guang stepped forward without hesitation and said: "Uncle, my name is Liu Guang, please accept me as an apprentice, I also want to be like you, have such strength, and please accept it." ”

When the old man saw Liu Guangbai in front of him, he was really pious, so he smiled and said, "Hahaha!! young man, you get up first!"

The old man helped the young man up, and Liu Guang said, "Is the old man willing to accept me?"

"I, Old Man Xu, am just a lowly pawn in Xiliang, what can I teach you, I can't afford it. The old man said.

"No, your strength is stronger than that of a young man like me, if I had your strength, I would have gone in a long time ago, and I would not have been returned. Liu Guang said seriously.

The old man touched his beard, looked at Liu Guang with a very appreciative look, and said slowly: "Young man, don't you understand this Xiliang Iron Ride, everyone in it is better than me, did you see the big one over there just now?" ”

Liu Guang looked at the old man's horizontal face and said, "He doesn't want me." ”

The old man said again: "Do you know his ability, this person has a thousand catties of strength, the peak of the eight grades of martial arts, and he is also one of the best in the Xiliang army, he has experienced dozens of battles large and small, and he is brave in battle, ordinary people are not his opponents, ordinary people like you, it is estimated that a hundred can't beat him, do you say he is powerful?"

Liu Guang was a little surprised, this big man with a horizontal face is so powerful, his martial arts are similar to Uncle Guo, and he is also respectful in his heart.

"Then I don't have a chance? Please accept me, uncle, teach me skills, so that I can enter the barracks, I really want to join the army, only in this way can I protect Xiliang, and Xiliang can be peaceful." Liu Guang pleaded sincerely.

"It's not that I don't accept it, it's just that I'm old, and I don't have any skills to teach you, even if I teach you, no matter how well you practice, it's only worth one or two people, if you really want to enter the barracks to protect your homeland, you should learn the art of one person against ten thousand people, that's what you should learn." ”

"But the world is so big, where can I go to learn the art of apprenticeship, and learn what you said about the art of one person against ten thousand?" Liu Guang said a little deflated.

"I know some places, I don't know if you want to go?"

"Where is it? As long as I can learn something, I will definitely go. Liu Guang said firmly.

"In the middle of the mainland, where are there many sects that have attained the Dao, and the people in those sects have good skills, if you can go in and cultivate, the future will be unlimited, and Xiliang needs such talents now, in order to truly defeat Xifan and protect Xiliang!" said the old man surnamed Xu.

"Zhongzhou?" Liu Guang looked at the old man, remembered what Guo Yuan said about Chang'an, what kind of land is vast, capable people, and that Uncle Xi replied that the sword was flying, his heart was full of yearning, and he said excitedly: "Uncle Xu, thank you, Liu Guang will definitely come back with real skills, and then he will walk into the Xiliang military camp in a dignified manner." ”

The old man touched his beard with relief, moved by Liu Guang's determination.

Liu Guang said goodbye to the old soldier surnamed Xu, looked at the gate of the barracks, and resolutely decided to go to the mainland to find capable people to learn art. The old man looked at Liu Guangyuan's back, and said slowly: "Alas, just leave the enemy killing on this battlefield to us people, and the future of this Xiliang depends on you young men." ”

What Liu Guang didn't know was why the big man with the horizontal face didn't want him, not because he couldn't lift the big stone pier, but because the big man with the horizontal face knew that he didn't want Xiliang to have no future.

Years of war, years of conscription, Xiliang has almost reached the point where there are no soldiers to conscript, in the eyes of the big-faced man and the old man, like Liu Guang, is the future of Xiliang, too small, they all know, but they can't bear it.