Chapter 1 Handan Border City
The strong wind outside the gate can still bring a little sand and dust into the small city of Handan, and the soldiers guarding the city sit paralyzed on the city tower as usual to sleep, and the soldiers in the pass are still idle.
This is a remote border pass in the Tianwu Kingdom, a place that is basically free from foreign invasion but must be guarded.
The terrain of the great wilderness outside the gate is complex, and strange beasts are rampant, and inside the gate is a thousand miles of pasture, providing excellent horse breeds for the Tianwu court.
And the soldiers here are not so much guarding the border as they are guarding the pastures for the herdsmen to prevent wandering horse thieves from killing people and stealing goods.
Naturally, the horse thieves don't need these soldiers to exterminate them, as long as they can arrive in time when the horse thieves appear, after all, nominally defending the city and preventing foreign invasion is their first priority.
The military manager here is an old man with some sloped feet, and is called the old military manager.
Ordinary soldiers, most of whom were dispatched, stayed here for a few years at most if they were not killed by horse thieves, and the old soldiers had been in the desolate land for fifteen years.
This is very clear to Yiye, because Yiye was brought up by the old military management here, and now Yiye is fifteen years old and has lived here for fifteen years.
Since he was able to wield a spear easily at the age of three, Kazuha has been fighting with the old military pipe every day, although he has not been able to win a battle for more than ten years.
But today it was another surprise, after some temptation, the spear in Yiye's hand touched the old junguan's breastplate first, and the old junguan's gun was still an inch away from Lin Yiye's throat.
Seeing this scene, the sloppy man next to him, who was drunk and dreaming of death, suddenly came to his senses, stared at it for a long time, and said something in his mouth: "I'll just say, this kid is very weird, and the old man at the foot of the slope will not be his opponent sooner or later." Before he could finish speaking, he fell to the ground again and fell asleep.
"Yiye, someone from the ranch in the east has brought wine, come and unload the wine. A man at the gate of the barracks said loudly.
"It's coming, it's coming", after saying goodbye to the old army, Yiye put down the spear in his hand and trotted over.
Each ranch in the city of Handan regularly supplies Handan, and the wine was especially important to the soldiers stationed in this desolate place.
Yiye came to the outside of the wine warehouse, and saw a large wine jar five feet long with a height of five feet on a carriage, which was full of wine, and the wine jar and wine were estimated to be five or six hundred catties.
The ranch to the east used only this vat to deliver the wine at each time, and at first the people here had to go to great lengths to free up the wine in the vat, and three or four people could unload the wine.
As Yiye grew up, he showed a talent for martial arts that no one here had ever heard of, and at a young age, his vitality far surpassed that of these skilled soldiers.
Naturally, the drudgery of unloading the wine fell to Yiye, and his way of unloading the wine was also simple and direct.
Yiye walked to the carriage, and his height of more than six feet was just able to hold the huge wine jar with his arms outstretched. With the force of a leaf, the huge wine jar left the carriage and slowly rose, and the wheels made a few "clicks" as if relieved.
Yiye turned around and carried the jar bigger than himself into the jar, poured out the liquor, and then carried out the empty jar with one hand and put it back on the carriage.
"Xiaoyou's strength is extraordinary, and he is really a god. The old man who drove the car saw everything in his eyes and praised it from the bottom of his heart.
"The old man has won the award", Yiye saw the old man praise and made a salute to him.
This old man Yiye had never seen it before, and the people who came to the ranch in the east were different every time he drove to deliver wine, so Yiye didn't feel strange.
In fact, what Kazuha didn't know was that the people of the ranch learned that there was a young man who was born with divine powers, so they all rushed to deliver wine so that they could see his true face, so that different people came every time.
"Many years ago, I heard that in the land of immortals, the capital of the royal family, there are young people who can subdue dragons and tigers, and there are great powers that can open mountains and crack stones. was only a child's joke, but when I saw Xiaoyou today, I realized that I was sitting in the sky. ”
It's not the first time Ichiha has heard similar words, whether it's the words and dictations of the elders around him, or the anecdotes in the book, Ichiha has already constructed a rich and vast world in his mind.
"Dare to ask the old man, where is the land of the immortal family, where is the capital of the royal family, is there really such a person in this world?" Yiye listened to the old man's words, and couldn't help but be curious. Since I was a child, I was born in this desolate border pass, and my heart yearns for the outside world.
"How can a mere mortal man know this? I don't know, I don't know. The old man exchanged a few words with Yiye, and then drove away under Yiye's eyes.
Yiye returned to the wine warehouse, filled the large wine jug around his waist, and then went back to find the old military manager. In Yiye's heart, the old military manager of this small town in Handan is the person he is closest to.
Although Yiye and the old military manager are not related by blood, the old military manager regards him as his own.
Since he was a child, he has taught him to read and write, and passed on his martial arts, and the old military manager has always been by his side since Yiye was conscious.
Yiye came to the old military management tent with a large wine jug, and the old military manager sitting outside looked at the child in front of him, and his eyes were full of love.
"Grandpa, this is a new wine, it should smell good, you can taste it." Yiye unscrewed the mouth of the gourd, sat down in front of the old military manager and handed the wine jug over.
The old military manager took the wine jug, raised his head and drank it full, and Yiye quietly watched the wine flow down the throat of the old military management into his stomach.
The old military manager drank bitterly, put the flask aside, and wiped off the wine from both temples with one hand.
"Grandpa, I want to go outside and have a look. Yiye thought about it for a long time along the way, and still said what he thought in his heart again.
In the early years, Yiye thought about leaving, and the longing in his mind constantly stirred his nerves, and it was really difficult to suppress Yiye's mood of going out to explore this remote border pass.
Earlier, the old military manager told him to wait a few more years on the grounds that he was young, and Yiye also felt that his grandfather should not travel far because he was old, so he rarely talked about it.
The old military manager was not surprised when he saw that Yiye mentioned this matter again, and the old military manager looked at Yiye's eyes very calmly. Asked, "How old is Kazuha this year?"
"Yiye is fifteen years old this year, and grandpa asked last month, why did you forget it again. "A leaf back to the old military management.
The old military manager has already reached the age of sixtieth, and although there is nothing wrong with his body, some small things are often forgotten.
Yiye planned to leave this time, and he didn't think that he would go out for too long, and he would come back in a year and a half, after all, this place can be regarded as his home.
"Yiye is fifteen years old, and he is indeed not young, so it's time to go out and have a look. ”
"So grandpa agreed?" Yiye looked at the old military manager with expectation.
"Hmm......" The old military manager nodded slightly.
"Great, I was finally able to get out. Yiye was overjoyed, he really didn't expect that this time his grandfather would agree to his request to travel so easily.
"I'm going to prepare now, and I'm going to leave tomorrow. As if he was afraid that the old military manager would change his mind, Yiye trotted all the way back to his residence and began to pack his bags.
He could be heard cheering all the way, "I'm going out, I can finally get out," and everyone didn't know why, they didn't know what made this kid happy like this.
The back of the old military manager who was fading away was so familiar, and he had all kinds of feelings in his heart at this time.
The old soldier got up and climbed up to the top of the city, looking up to the north. The wind blowing outside the gate scrubbed the pale hair on the top of his head, and the scattered ends of the hair blurred his vision, but he knew that the glorious dynasty had always been in this direction.
The old military manager muttered to himself: "Even if all kinds of causes and effects are added to him, I believe that the little master can move forward." ”