Bu Yangying was ordered to find Nalan Invincible.

He had searched many places in the penal colony, but still found no trace of the fat boy.

Until he saw a black rumbling cellar, where the door was open.

Walking down the stairs of disrepair, it seems to be a tunnel of time.

This cellar has always been there, but it seems that no one has visited it for hundreds of years.

"Invincible, Nalan is invincible?" Bu Yangying called softly.

The air smells of old ash and rotting paper. In front of Bu Yangying were tall wooden bookshelves, the tops of which were submerged into darkness, and the shelves were piled with leather-bound books, some even bamboo slips, and boxes of ancient scrolls.

Somewhere in the room was an oil lamp, and a faint yellow light seeped through the stacks of books.

There was old paper everywhere, and just in case, Bu Yangying extinguished the candle in his hand, and followed the light in the dark cellar as he navigated the narrow aisles under the vaulted ceiling.

Nalan Invincible hunched his back and sat at a table embedded in a stone wall alcove. The light came from an oil lamp hanging above his head.

Nalan Invincible heard footsteps and raised his head.

"You've been here all night?" asked Bu Yangying.

"Huh?" Nalan Invincible seemed surprised, "How long do you say?"

"I didn't see you at dinner in the morning, and there was no sign of sleeping in your bed. "The guy who slept next to Nalan Invincible thought that Invincible had abandoned the camp and fled, but how could Bu Yangying believe it.

It takes courage to be a deserter, and Nalan is invincible that he doesn't even have that courage.

"Is it the next day? I don't feel the change of time here. ”

"Invincible, you are really stupid and naïve. "When we can only sleep on the cold, hard ground, you will realize how fascinating the bed is." ”

Nalan Invincible yawned, "Uncle Hai sent me down to the cellar to help Lord Yan find the map, but I didn't expect it...... Brother Shadow, look at your books, I never thought that there would be so many books hidden in such an isolated place. ”

Bu Yangying looked around, "There are also a lot of books in the library of the North Underworld. Did you find the map?"

"Found it," Nalan Invincible waved his fat sausage-like fingers, pointing to the scattered books and scrolls on the table in front of him. "There are at least a dozen of them. He unfolded a piece of parchment, "The ink on it has faded, but you can still see the mountains and rivers represented by the cartographer, as well as a book...... Where did I put it? I'm still reading. He pushed open a few scrolls and found a dusty book with a rotting cover. "This is," he said reverently, "from a ranger long ago, and recounts his entire journey in the penal colony. ”

"Nalan is invincible, maybe you can also pass on the record of our patrol this time. ”

Bu Yangying's original intention was to encourage Nalan to be invincible, but in fact, the last thing invincible needs to be reminded at this moment is the fate they will face from tomorrow.

Nalan was invincible and flipped some scrolls casually. "There are still a lot of maps, if you give me time...... It's a mess here, but I have a way to get everything in order, and I know I'm good at it, but it takes a lot of time, maybe years. ”

"I'm afraid Lord Yan doesn't have the patience to wait for you for so long," Bu Yangying pulled out a bunch of bamboo slips from the box, blowing off the dust on them, and when it was unfolded, the bamboo slips had broken silk threads. "You see, it's all falling apart. He muttered to himself as he looked at the faded handwriting.

"Lighter. Nalan Invincible walked around the table and took the scroll from Bu Yangying's hand, as if he were a newborn baby. "Important books are often copied by later generations, such as this one at least 100 times. ”

"But there's really nothing to copy, you see, what is written on it is useless. ”

"Then you're wrong, Brother Shadow, there's treasure everywhere here. ”

"You say yes, yes. Bu Yangying was skeptical. The so-called "treasures" should be gold, silver, jewelry, and jade agate, not the smell of dust, spider silk and corruption.

"I mean really!" the fat man blurted out excitedly. "I found the inscription on the sacred tree, a prophecy about the bitter winter...... There are also works that do not even exist in the Seven Kingdoms, and even records of the change of seasons thousands of years ago. ”

"Okay, invincible, you're right, but the book won't run, and it's not too late for us to come back and read it. ”

"Then we have to come back......"

"The two hundred brothers selected by Lord Yan this time are all experienced veterans, and there are three-quarters of the rangers among them, even if they stay in your father's castle, they will not be safer than this. ”

Nalan Invincible barely managed to squeeze out a sad smile. "I wasn't very safe in my father's castle either. ”

The wheel of fate in the world plays tricks on people, and it doesn't stop there, Bu Yangying can't help but think. Mu Sheng and Heita, who can't wait to participate in this long march, must stay in the penal colony, and Nalan Invincible, who doesn't want to go the most, has to face the ghost forest.

Nalan Invincible is a self-confessed cowardly person, extremely fat, extremely timid, and not good at riding horses and dancing swords. But Lord Yan Beixing insisted on having people from the think tank participate, Uncle Hai was old, and his body was too weak to walk, so this burden naturally fell on Nalan Invincible.

Lord Yan Beixing's assignment to Nalan Invincible was to carry the letter crow so that the information could be sent back to the exile along the way.

Nalan Invincible's jaw trembled, "I'm not the only one who can take care of the letter crow, anyone can do this," his voice was filled with a hint of desperation, "I can teach you how to get it, you are also literate, and it will not be a problem to help write letters." ”

"I'm Lord Yan's affairs officer, I have to follow him, take care of him at all times, I don't have time to take care of the birds, Nalan is invincible, you have sworn that you are now also a member of the Guardians. ”

"Guardians shouldn't be afraid, right?"

"Who of us is not afraid, and if he is not afraid, he must be a fool. "Over the past two years, there have been too many Rangers missing, including Shangguan Qi and the recently missing Exile Cavalry Commander.

They found two of their men in the forest, both of whom were brutally killed, and their bodies were brought back to life in the cold night. As soon as Bu Yangying thought of this, his injured hand twitched involuntarily.

To this day, he still sees Ma Tie's murderous corpse in his dreams, and sees those burning blue eyes and black cold hands, but these can't be said to Nalan Invincible.

"My father said that you don't have to be ashamed of your fear, it's how you deal with it. Let's go, invincible, I'll help you get the map. ”

Nalan nodded unhappily. The bookshelves are placed very closely together, with a narrow space between them, allowing only one person to pass through.

Walking out of the cellar, you will come to the tunnel that the brothers call the "Worm Path", which is located underground, and is the underground network that connects the entire penal colony.

In normal times, except for rats, few people use insect paths. But in winter, when the snow is dozens of feet deep and the frosty north wind is howling, these are the only passages that connect the places in the penal colony.

Dark days are coming, Bu Yangying thought as they climbed out of the cellar.

Legend has it that this winter is coming, and the dark night will last forever.

By the time they had stepped up the steep stone staircase and walked back to the surface, Nalan Invincible was as out of breath as a blacksmith's bellows.

Faced with a strong wind, the cloak of the blowing step and the shadow crackled.

White Flash slept under the barn's fence wall, and when Shadow stepped in, it leaped to its feet, and behind them, its fluffy white tail standing straight up.

Nalan Invincible squinted at the high wall. The city wall stands majestically, like an ice cliff of more than 700 feet. Bu Yangying sometimes feels that the high wall seems to have life, and his mind changes freely.

The color of the ice wall changes as the light moves, sometimes it is the deep blue of the frozen river, sometimes it is the white ash of old snow, and if the clouds obscure the sun, it dims again, and becomes the gray and black of the convex rocks.

The walls stretched east and west to the end of the world, and their magnitude made the exiles beneath them seem insignificant.

This is the end of the world.

And we're going to go north over the wall.

White Flash ran to the front.

The morning penal colony seemed empty. Musheng sneakily hid in the corner, as if waiting for him.

Mu Sheng saw Bu Yangying and pulled him closer, "Have you heard about your brother?"

"I heard about it last night. "There were quite a few new recruits in the penal colony yesterday, and they brought news from the South, and the whole hall was talking about this last night.

Bu Yangying wasn't sure how he was feeling.

The elder brother who played and fought with him since he was a child and drank the first glass of wine in his life actually turned the guardian of the northern realm left by his father into the king of the northern realm.

"Bu Yangfei will definitely be a good king. Bu Yangying said reverently.

"Really?" Gan Tiesheng on the side stared at him directly, "Boy, I hope so, I used to expect this from Huang Fuxiong." ”

"I heard that Huang Fuxiong's golden battle axe was built by you. Bu Yangying remembered.

"That's right, when I hit that tomahawk, Huang Fuxiong was a veritable hero of the world. But let me tell you, since Huang Fuxiong put on that crown and sat on the Iron Throne, his whole person has changed. Some people are born to fight, like swords, if you hang them up and wait for them to rust. ”

"What about his younger brother, what kind of person is Huangfu Yun?" asked Bu Yangying.

Blacksmith Gan Tiesheng pondered for a moment, "If Huangfu Xiong is real steel, then Huangfu Yun is shining bright copper, which looks beautiful, but in fact it is useless. ”

What kind of metal is Bu Yangfei? Bu Yangying didn't dare to ask.

If the people of the world think that Huangfu Zhang is the real king, then Bu Yangfei is a traitor. There is an unwritten rule among the guardians of the penal colony that such matters must not be discussed in depth.

The Legion of the Guardians of the Penal Colony is impartial in its approach to the Seven Kingdoms.

"Lord Yan Beixing is waiting for us. Bu Yangying said.

"Then I won't delay you, go find Lord Yan. Mu Sheng patted him on the shoulder, smiled and said, "Bu Yangying, starting tomorrow, let's go and get the cavalry commander back." ”

"Well, definitely. Bu Yangying assured him.

After the residence was burned, Lord Yan Beixing changed his residence. Bu Yangying left Bai Flash at the doorway guard.

"It's the damn stairs again," Nalan Invincible grumbled as he went upstairs, "I hate climbing stairs the most." ”

"If you go beyond the walls tomorrow, I promise there will be no ladder to climb there. ”

As soon as they entered the study, Yan Beixing was talking with Zhang Hanyu, the deputy commander of the cavalry. "You guys spend a lot of time," Yan Beixing pushed away the mess on the table and cleared the space. "Put it here, show me. ”

The deputy commander of the cavalry, Zhang Hanyu, was a sturdy man, with an inconspicuous chin line and a mouth hidden under a small mustache. He was originally good friends with Lin Mang's sect leader, so he had no good impression of Bu Yangying and Nalan Invincible, and only glanced at them coldly.

"In my opinion," Zhang Hanyu ignored the two who had just come in, and continued to say to Yan Beixing, "Lord Yan should guard the penal colony, and I will be responsible for leading the team out." ”

"When you sit in my place one day, you will be as you like. Yan Beixing said to him, "But in my opinion, firstly, I am not dead, and secondly, my brothers have not nominated you to replace me." ”

"Now that General Su Dingfang is dead, I am the commander of the cavalry," Zhang Hanyu said stubbornly, "I should command the attack." ”

Yan Beixing was indifferent. "General Su was sent by me, and I also sent Qin Xueying and Shangguan Qi before him, I don't want to send you out too, and then sit and wait, only to wait for a dark day before finally giving up hope and judging that you will also abandon the corpse wilderness. Yan Beixing solemnly declared to him. "Also, until I am sure that General Su died, he was still the commander of the cavalry. Even if he does die, it's up to me to appoint a successor, and it's not your turn to call the shots. Okay, you're good to go. ”

Zhang Hanyu stood upright, "Yes, my lord." "When he went out, the guy frowned at Buyangying, as if to blame him.

"Cavalry commander?" Yan Beixing's gaze stayed on Nalan Invincible, "I might as well let you forget it, there are people who are so brazen that they think I'm old in front of me, and I can't compare to him!, boy, do you think I'm old?" Yan Beixing's hair had long since escaped his age-spotted scalp, but it was regrouped on his chin, and a large shaggy beard almost covered his chest. He thumped his chest hard, "Do I look weak?"

Nalan Invincible opened his mouth, but he only let out a pitiful scream, he had always been afraid of Yan Beixing. "Of course not, my lord," Bu Yangying hurriedly answered, defusing Nalan's invincible embarrassment, "You are as strong as ...... Like ......"

"Bu Yangying, you kid, don't come to coax me, I won't eat your set. Without any nonsense, let me look at the map. Yan Beixing rudely flipped through the maps, only glancing at each one, "You only found these?"

"I ...... Big, big", Nalan stammered invinciblely, "It's still ...... There's a lot more, but, it's messy there. ”

"These are too old. Yan Beixing complained.

"It's been a long, long time since anyone drew a map, at least the location of the mountains and rivers is the same. Bu Yangying said.

"Nalan is invincible, how are the crows preparing?"

"Uncle Hai plans to pick it up after feeding it tonight. ”

"I want him to pick the best bird, not only smart, but also strong enough," Yan Beixing said, "If they are all slaughtered, I must let my successor know where we die and how we will die." ”

As soon as these words came out, Nalan Invincible was suddenly speechless with fright. Yan Beixing leaned forward, "Invincible, when I was only half your age in the past, my mother told me that if I stood stupidly with my mouth open, the weasel might mistakenly think that my mouth was its lair, and then slipped into his throat, so if you have something to say, if not, you can leave, I think Uncle Hai should have work for you to do." ”

Nalan swallowed his saliva and stepped back, hurriedly leaving, and almost hit the door panel.

"Is this kid really as stupid as he looks?" asked Yan Beixing after he left. "His father Nalan Gangfeng is really a good man, and this kid doesn't have the slightest inheritance. ”

"No, my lord, he's not stupid at all. Bu Yangying said.

"How's your hand?" Yan Beixing let go of Nalan Invincible, and asked Qi Yangying again.

"Much better. Bu Yangying took off his gloves and showed him. From the palms of the hands to the elbows, the scars are all over the place, and the mottled red skin has gradually healed. "It's still a little itchy, but Uncle Hai said it's a good phenomenon. ”

"Is it convenient to use a sword?"

"No problem," Bu Yangying said.

"By the way, Bu Yangying," Lord Yan Beixing looked at him and asked him with interest, "I guess you have also heard that your brother Bu Yangfei has been called the king of the northern realm in Wanghai City, what do you think?"

"I knew that Bu Yangfei would one day rule the Northern Underworld. ”

"Hehe, rule the Northern Underworld?" Yan Beixing smiled and shook his head. "Boy, you have to figure it out, lord and king, it's not the same thing at all. ”

Bu Yangying fell into deep thought.

That's right, the elder brother Bu Yangfei will wear colorful silk and satin, but he will be black and black all his life; he will marry a beautiful princess, and there will be a group of children and grandchildren under his knees, and you, as a guardian here, will not only never be able to get married, let alone have children; Bu Yangfei will be high and rule the Quartet, but he will only be a cow and a horse; others will scold you for being just a Wu Qiuba, but they will respectfully call him "Your Majesty"; No matter how ridiculous and boring things you do in this life, you will be touted to the sky, and even if you make great achievements here, you are destined to be unknown.

"Bu Yangying, I won't believe it anyway, this matter doesn't bother your heart at all. You know, I'm right. Yan Beixing said.

Bu Yangying stood up, his whole body like a tense bowstring, "If these things can cause me trouble, what should I do as an illegitimate or adopted son?"

"What do you think?" Yan Beixing asked, "As an illegitimate child or adopted son, what should you do?"

"I'll continue to haunt me, but the haunting will eventually go away, and I'll continue to be a Guardian here," Bu Yangying said, "Not to mention that this matter doesn't mean anything to me." ”

"Nothing interesting? do you really think that?" Yan Beixing said, patting him on the shoulder. "Bu Yangfei became the king, and you became the king's brother. ”

"So what, brother, the king, I'm still me. ”

"No, no, no, you can't say that, do you know about Huangfuyun?"

"I've heard that he's also called himself king, and has sent troops against the City of Light. Bu Yangying was puzzled and asked suspiciously, "But what do I have to do with him?"

"You have nothing to do with him, but have you thought about it, why does Huang Fuyun dare to call himself the king?"

"It's nothing more than because he is the younger brother of Huang Fuxiong, who is the previous king. Bu Yangying suddenly, as if he understood what Yan Beixing was trying to express.

"You know very well, Huangfu Yun is called the king because he is the king's younger brother, and you? you are also the king's younger brother, so," Yan Beixing looked at Bu Yangying with a smile, "Whether you are really unwilling or falsely unwilling, if Bu Yangfei has an accident one day, you also have the king's inheritance." ”

"No, I don't want such an inheritance at all. Bu Yangying said firmly, "I don't want Bu Yang to have any accidents." ”

"I wish him a long life. Yan Beixing said helplessly. "But you know, the world is unpredictable, and who would have thought that dead bodies would run around the colonies of the penal colony?"

Bu Yangying had nothing to say, so he could only silently pray for Bu Yangfei.