Chapter 1

The morning sun dyed the clouds in the sky bright red, and the chickens and dogs in the city had not yet woken up, but outside the city was already full of people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Duanyue and Cuiguo stood on top of the high city tower and looked down, and the radius of a hundred miles was full of mighty soldiers and horses, like ants densely packed. The sound of the slight friction of the armor on his body was like thunder, resounding in the sky.

Duanyue's gaze was locked on the head of the mighty army, he was wearing a heavy set of armor, and he looked very extraordinary. Holding in his hand is the purple dragon knife, which is said to be made from the materials obtained from the axe that opened the world in ancient times, which can be called an artifact. This was given to the wind by Murong Chui, and now it is very suitable to hold it in his hands.

"Don't worry, my brother will take good care of Xiaofeng." Mrs. Yu gently patted Duanyue's shoulder and smiled softly at her, letting the ice in Duanyue's heart slowly warm and melt. "You have to believe my brother, he has been galloping on the battlefield for so many years, and he has never seen any scenes."

Duanyue nodded. Although Yan Feng was personally appointed by the emperor as the main general, Xu Lin assisted Yan Feng in the name of the deputy general, and Xu Xiachu also went to Yanzhou together, but in front of many seniors, he could only be a small soldier commander, and the former Xu Vice General has now become Xu Guard. Facing the familiar title, Xu Xiachu had no choice but to shake his head helplessly and retreat behind the wind. This is the first close contact between Xu Lin and Xu Xiachu in half a year, but the two did not show too much abnormality.

Before the march, it was necessary to strengthen morale and prepare for armament, which was naturally presided over by Murong Chui, the first general of the Liang State. He stood on top of the tower, the fluttering red flags dancing wantonly in the fierce wind, and the drumbeat in the army became more and more urgent and shook the sky. Mrs. Yu looked around left and right, and suddenly frowned, she secretly leaned into Duanyue's ear, and said to Duanyue like a child's complaint. "Princess Sheng An and Lord Jin Zhao didn't come alone, this is too rude!"

After hearing this, Duanyue suddenly remembered these two people, and she immediately searched eagerly among the crowd around her, and sure enough, she couldn't see the familiar faces of the two people. Duanyue was still lucky, and secretly comforted herself and said: Maybe it's under the city tower? She immediately lay on the edge of the city tower and looked down, but it was full of moving heads, how could she be so sharp-eyed to tell who was who.

Cuiguo hurriedly pulled Duanyue away from the side of the city tower, and she patted her chest again and again in a panic. "The county lord should be careful! This tower is twenty zhang high, so how good is it if it falls! After that, he pulled Duanyue away from the edge of the city tower with no worries. Her gaze was also very dull. "Master Hou went on the expedition, why didn't anyone in that family come, it's too unconscionable......" Cuiguo heard Mrs. Yu's complaint, and she couldn't help but agree.

"If you don't know, don't talk nonsense!" Duanyue glared at her. She obviously told Lu Qingyi in person and asked her to remember to see her off, how could she forget? Duanyue lowered her head and pursed her lips, very unwilling. "If you don't see people on the tower, you can't say anything, what if they are at the gate under the tower? Don't take it personally. ”

Mrs. Yu's red lips with lip grease opened slightly, she looked at Duanyue's face to refute the words without saying a word, and suddenly reacted that every word and every word of Duanyue just now was bright and dark in favor of Lu Qingyi, and her heart fell down in an instant, and even her pink face turned blue in an instant, and she suddenly didn't say a word.

As the drums became more and more intense, Murong raised his head, squinted at the increasingly shining sun in the sky, and muttered in a low voice. "It's almost time." After that, he nodded calmly to the attendant next to him. The attendant hurriedly understood, walked to the edge of the city tower, waved the bright red flag in his hand, and faced the wind like a swimming dragon gathering domineering majesty. As soon as the red flag came out, the soldiers under the city tower were suddenly silent, and there was no sound at all, and the air froze in an instant.

"The Uighurs wantonly abused us on the border of Daliang, robbed us of our heaven and earth, robbed us of our money, killed our children, and did all kinds of evil!" Murong Chui's loud voice could be transmitted to distant places with the sound of the wind without the help of other objects, and entered the ears of every soldier. As soon as he said this, all the soldiers were infected by this anger, and they were all filled with righteous indignation, and they wanted to drink the blood of the Uighurs and behead the Uighurs in anger! Seeing the atmosphere of the crowd rising, Murong Chui continued to speak with satisfaction.

"But those days are coming to an end! Today, you are going out to let the Uighurs know the power of my beam! Let them no longer dare to step into my beam, and even when they hear these two words, they will be terrified! The emperor ordered that no matter who it was, if he killed three enemies, he would be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver; Killing ten enemies is exempt from taxation and does not require forced labor; Kill 20 enemies and reward the homestead, and the official fortune Hengda! "For whom, reward is the best way to boost morale. These soldiers were all from poor families, and many of them were prisoners who had committed crimes and served as prisoners.

Hearing Murong Trai's promise, everyone cheered and cheered, and the little fear of the Uighurs dissipated, and their hearts were full of only the reward. They shouted in unison, "Long live my emperor!" The vigorous sound shook Duanyue's eardrums. She watched the soldiers under the tower waving the spears in their hands, like the waves of the sea, such a magnificent scene, no matter who saw it, everyone was boiling with blood and blood, and they wanted to kill the enemy together!

The solemn swearing-in ceremony was coming to an end, and the drums were gradually extinguished. Duanyue hurriedly ran to the edge of the castle tower and looked at the figure of the wind, she knew that if she didn't look at it, she wouldn't be able to see it. Cuiguo took a deep breath and walked to Duanyue's side, looking in the same direction, full of words that could not be confided, all she could do was look up in the corner.

"Does the county lord have anything to say to the Hou Ye? If you don't talk about it, it's too late. Cuiguo whispered, her eyes blinking, her long eyelashes fluttering up and down like a feather fan. Ever since Duanyue arrived here, he hadn't spoken to the Wild Wind.

Duanyue's eyes looked at the wind downstairs in the city, even if she said all the words in her heart, she didn't say a word. She shook her head, disappointing Cuigo. "No, whatever I say to my brother now is a burden for him, and I don't want him to be too nervous." After that, he showed a bright smile at Cuiguo, and forced him to pretend that he was fine. But only Duanyue herself knows best, she doesn't understand the righteousness so much, she is just afraid that she will walk in front of the wind and cry red before she can say a word.

The horn of the expedition sounded, like a lightning bolt striking Duanyue, making her tremble, and even her pupils instantly shrank. At the urging of this trumpet, the neat army began to move in a scattered manner, and the sound of horses' hooves gradually sounded. Duanyue immediately found that familiar appearance in the chaotic crowd, her eyes were firmly fixed on him, and the next second, the wind fled. Seeing that the horse was tensed and running hard, she happened to see the wind turn its head for a few seconds, as if looking for something. Duanyue didn't think much about it, and immediately decided that he was looking for himself, and then he waved his arms and jumped on the city tower, which was extremely conspicuous.

Duanyue didn't know if the wind had seen her.

"Ugh." Mrs. Yu walked to Duanyue's side at some point, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief in her hand, with a poignant expression. She watched as the army departed little by little, and her grief suddenly burst the embankment. "Even though I've seen so many expeditions, I'm still scared. Every time my brother left, I couldn't sleep well all night, always having nightmares and dreaming of my brother asking for help in blood. With that, he wiped his tears again.

Murong hung his back and paced over. When he heard Mrs. Yu's words, he didn't comfort them, but raised the corners of his mouth. "It's that old, don't let the kids see the jokes."

"Where's the joke? Isn't that worried that my brother still has a little wind? When Mrs. Yu heard Murong Chui's words, she immediately stopped crying and glared at him angrily, and turned her head away angrily. 、

Murong Chui laughed heartily, and he looked at Mrs. Yu with gentle eyes. The woman in front of her, who was nearly forty years old, had already climbed on her face with traces of time, and the subtle wrinkles at the end of her eyes quietly told the story of this woman. But even if Mrs. Yu is not as beautiful as she was when she was young, in Murong Chui's eyes, she is still the little girl who followed her brothers when she was young, she loves to cry when she is in a hurry, and she always acts recklessly without considering the result with her own ideas.

He closed his eyes, and the face still appeared in front of him. Murong Chui took a deep breath and brushed away the shadow in his mind. He looked at the sullen Duanyue, his face was gentle, and he didn't have the sense of majesty and oppression that he had just raised morale on the city tower, but he was as comfortable as family.

"I'll leave you alone in Ninghou Mansion during this time, is it okay?"

Duanyue nodded and replied to Murong Chui. "This is not my brother's first expedition, and I have long been used to being alone. Besides, I'm not a kid anymore. ”

"In the past, Xiaofeng went out, and Xia Chu was in Ninghou's Mansion, but now the two of them are gone, I'm afraid that if there is a bad person, what do you have to do, then I really don't know how to face your father and Xiaofeng." Murong Chui said all the worries in his heart, and Mrs. Yu also nodded in agreement.

"Leaving you alone in such a big Ninghou Mansion, I don't feel at ease. Why don't you live in my house and happen to be with the mandarin ducks? ”

Duanyue shook her head and politely declined Mrs. Yu's kindness. "I really don't need to, I can take care of myself by myself." She looked at the two of them apologetically, feeling that she had failed their care, and suddenly felt guilty. "Uncle and aunt's kindness, Xiaoyue herself understands, but she really doesn't have to worry about me."

With that, she bowed goodbye to the two of them, and took Emerald from the high castle tower, down the stairs step by step, and slowly walked down the stairs.