In an instant, corpses were strewn outside the city, and the sky seemed to be on fire.

"Go!" The talisman in the sky turned into red blood light, like a needle, and struck towards the black dragon, and saw that the black armor was tattered little by little, falling off little by little, and countless red lights were like a drizzle, and the black dragon that was constantly attacking, like a bone-eating ant, the black dragon soon disappeared.

The black dragon dispersed, followed by Chen Zimo, the red drizzle in the sky pursued him, Chen Zimo roared angrily, but the black gas dispersed, I saw him holding the sword, using the black gas as a barrier, stabbing away, suddenly the cold light scattered, the sky appeared, and the rolling air waves destroyed and decayed.

Chen Zimo, who was out of strength, was shot down alive and fell into the woods, and Mr. Lan sneered, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out, he hurriedly covered his mouth, this is out of nowhere, the foreigner who bought Chen Zimo's books before rushed out, and the crumbling Mr. Lan turned into a gray light and disappeared over Heluo.

After the storm passed, everything returned to calm, and a sunset shone on the ruined Heluo City. At the end of the war, the only remaining soldiers in the city cleaned up the mess, the evening breeze blew, and the smell of blood still lingered in the air.

Two days later, the night was lit up by the celebrants singing and the beautiful fireworks lighting up the night sky, which was held by the rich people of the city, who should have been the biggest victims of the city after the breach, but who were the happiest now.

The colorful fireworks are like the flowers of the coming early summer, and the people of the city are drunk and singing, and in the distant ruins, a lonely figure sits on a wooden beam that has been burned to black charcoal, and drinks the wine in the jar alone.

"Brother Chen, after receiving such a serious injury, why do you still drink alone?"

Chen Zimo didn't look back, his pale face was very conspicuous by the firelight, he waved his hand casually, and his voice was low and hoarse. "Why did Brother Ouyang get here?"

Ouyang Lou, who was dressed in white, was extremely conspicuous in the dark night, and he stepped forward and stood beside Chen Zimo. "I see you're lonely, so I'll drink with you. ”

"Lonely, am I lonely, what is lonely?" Chen Zimo's voice was extremely dim, as if it was a dark night.

"What is the loneliest, the fireworks in the sky are blooming because of you, they are all watching the fireworks, and no one will think of you in the end. ”

Chen Zimo didn't speak, just drank silently. His heart had long since been devoid of any sensation, as if it had been taken away, and his eyes were full of boundless despair.

Ouyang Lou was also very acquainted, and took out a jade plaque and put it next to him. "This is my token, pass by me when you have time, good wine and meat are enough. ”

"Definitely, you'll have a drink with me then. Chen Zimo smiled faintly, but he looked so miserable.

"I don't drink well, three taels at most, but I will definitely sacrifice my life to accompany me when the time comes. With that, he turned and left, and stopped after a few steps. Sun Yun is fine, but his father was removed from his post and recalled to the capital, and the affairs of Heluo City were temporarily taken over by Lu Lingfeng. ”

Chen Zimo nodded and didn't make a sound again. Ouyang Lou walked a long way before the strong man guard walked up. "Young master, that token was given to you by the master, why did you give it to him. ”

"Why not?" Ouyang Lou clapped his hands with the folding fan in his hand, but there was some smugness in his eyes.

"Although he is ashamed of his humble position in this battle, or it is simply not a battle, but a fierce battle of God Fighting and Contempt, but you look at his current appearance, I am afraid that he may be just a flash in the pan and live up to the trust of the young master!"

Ouyang Lou turned around again to look at the back that looked endlessly lonely in the moonlight, patted the strong man's shoulder and smiled. "Don't let him burn himself anymore, sigh that he may burn out, if he helps me, I can withstand thousands of troops. ”

Looking at the lights of thousands of homes in the city not far away, Chen Zimo's heart, which was originally insensitive, suddenly hurt a little, he just wanted to be a simple person, but now fate is playing with him like this, disappearing, disappearing, this city belongs to his heart has disappeared at all, maybe this is fate.

And what he wanted to do was to see what his fate would not let him see. It was at this moment that he made up his mind to leave here to find the bones of his parents and the events of the past.

In the early morning, Heluo City was still as calm as ever, the troops leading the city were still cleaning up the remaining mess, and the dilapidated houses seemed to tell how terrifying and thrilling the battle situation was that day, and the only extra thing in the city was the thousands of icemen still standing outside the city, hard as iron, firmly stuck to the ground, as if warning those enemies, and those icemen were also as cold as Chen Zimo's heart.

Yes, people's hearts will always get harder and harder.

Ouyang Lou and they left as soon as they cleared, and at the same time Feng Yan and his party left, they also had to rush back to the capital with Sun Dushou. Chen Zimo stood at the head of the city, watching them leave one by one, Uncle Wang and Jiang Linliang in the supervising mansion were nowhere to be found, and Yu Bing's whereabouts were unknown, and the empty room was just like his empty and cold heart.

Lu Lingfeng, who had finished handling the affairs, saw Chen Zimo walking in, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile.

"Zimo, are you okay, your family's affairs, in fact, I~"

Before Lu Lingfeng's words were finished, Chen Zimo interrupted: "How is Xiao Yun?"

"Xiao Yun has woken up, and the injury is fine, you!" Ling Feng paused, "Did you come to me for something?"

Chen Zimo also paused. "I'm here to say goodbye to you. ”

"Farewell, where are you going?" Ling Feng hurriedly asked.

"I'm going to go to the barracks where they stayed, just like my father and Uncle Lu did. ”

Ling Feng looked at him in surprise. "I think you should calm down and think about it now, I understand your feelings, if you are willing to join the army, there is a shortage of people in the city defense army, it really can't be done, I think General Ouyang Lou also intends to recruit you, you will have a good future with him, but it is really inappropriate for you to go to the Xiaolin army." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, I understand it, but I want to see the path that my father and mother have walked back then. ”

Ling Feng sighed and nodded. "Since you have thought about it, I will say that I have no intention, I will write a letter for you in the name of the acting governor of Heluo City, you can bring it, the recruitment of the Xiaolin Army will also be in the autumn of the next year, you are still living in the mansion during this time, and I will need your help with Xiaoyun's wedding at that time!"

Chen Zimo shook his head. "I'm leaving tomorrow, I want to travel during this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with your wedding with Xiao Yun, so I'll give this thing to you, it's my heart." After speaking, Chen Zimo took out five fire talismans from his arms, this thing Ling Feng recognized himself, this was the relic of Chen Zimo's mother, and he often carried it with him.

"This gift is too valuable, this is left by my aunt, you better put it away. Ling Feng hurriedly pushed the gift back.

"People are gone, what's the use of thinking about this, I won't bother Xiao Yun, just say it for me. Chen Zimo put the fire talisman on the table and turned around to leave.

"Wait. Ling Feng took out a gold medal from the drawer. "At this time, Lord Feng asked me to give it to you, he left first, and he asked me to convey my apologies to you, and this token is also the meaning of His Royal Highness the Good King. ”

"Thank you!" Suddenly, Chen Zimo looked up at Lu Lingfeng again and asked, "Ling Feng, what do you think this river and lake is?"

Ling Feng was a little strange, he didn't understand why Zimo suddenly asked like this, but he also said: "Where there are people, it is called rivers and lakes, you and I were born in these rivers and lakes, and we are destined to not escape from these ups and downs. Ling Feng wanted to say something, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed back, and only said: "Brother, you and I don't know when we can get together, this day is high and the water is long, the rivers and lakes are far away, this battle, I also know that you have deep strength, and even make me jealous, but this world is dangerous, you still have to be more careful." ”

Chen Zimo nodded and smiled. "Don't worry, this path is my choice, I naturally have a number under my feet, take good care of Xiao Yun, you and I will have a period later." ”

Looking at the back of Chen Zimo leaving, Ling Feng's heart also felt a little sad, and he muttered to himself: "Brother, do you know that sometimes it is more painful to choose than not to choose, it's just that people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves." ”

On the second day, this day, the wind is beautiful, the sun is shining, and the yellow calendar reads: It is advisable to travel far away, visit friends, avoid marriage, and bathe.

Chen Zimo left like this, he left Heluo City alone, leaving this sad place, taking away the last trace of himself, as if he had never been there. Outside the city, he wanted to turn around and look at the city, maybe Xiao Yun was still watching him from the city, maybe his family was still waiting for him to go home, but he didn't turn around in the end.

Soon after, along with Chen Zimo, there was also the restaurant called Pinjinke, and the sudden fire turned the entire gorgeous building to ashes, and the people in Pinjinke were nowhere to be found.

In the imperial city, the young emperor in the library was holding a book and reading it carefully, when a eunuch walked in and whispered: "Your Majesty, most of the people in the city are missing, and now there is only one person left, look!"

The Emperor closed the book and looked up. "Let's let that one take over the vacant position of the superintendent first, I want to see who is playing this game of chess with me, and also, there is a person named Chen Zimo in the list of meritorious people in the book of the Good King and the Fu King, this person is a little interesting, it can make these two old guys so fanciful, it's not simple, so I will make an exception to seal him as a vain who has no fief and no money, and he is disgusting and disgusting to those two guys. ”

The battle of Heluo City quickly spread all over the rivers and lakes, and Chen Zimo's name also spread, some people said that he was an unborn swordsmanship genius, some people said that he was a disciple of a master and a master of formation, and the thousands of icemen standing outside the city were the testimony of his legend, but no one knew that he was also a sad person who lost everything.

People in the world don't know that the things they once had were taken away, it doesn't mean that they will return to the time when they didn't have that kind of thing, when he didn't turn to look at Heluo City, in fact, his heart, like the iceman, was completely frozen.

A few months later, there was a ground movement in Nanshan Town, someone found a corpse in the ground of the old temple, and the villagers immediately reported it to the local government office, and the government officials secretly took the body and forced the matter down, only saying that the begging man died in the ground movement.

The body was hastily burned in the government office within a few days, during which time only the magistrate of the government was in charge of the government, and he stayed in the morgue for a long time.

"I see!" Zhixian smiled silently.

Not many people had seen the corpse, and he was the only one who knew it.

"Chen Zimo!"

And if Chen Zimo was also on the scene, he must have been surprised that he could lie on the bed and become a corpse, but he would also be surprised that this magistrate was Jiang Linliang.

Many years later, when later generations mentioned the story here, it was the end, but it was the beginning.

Attached volume

What is this river and lake like, Yu Bing said: "The winner is the king, and the loser is the villain." ”

Lu Lingfeng said: "People in the rivers and lakes can't help themselves. ”

But at least you have to take a look to know its true face, this road is dangerous and dangerous, and the eyes that are secretly peeping around have never left, can he really know the truth of the year?

End of Volume I