The north is boundless, the fog is long, and the Great Wall is majestic and magnificent.

Baron Hajvi Yakel stood in the cold dawn of the first day, looking at the endless wall rising in front of him, and once again felt an inexplicable shock, he had been shocked countless times in the past five years.

"Lord Baron, take a good look at the Great Wall, for tomorrow you will be leaving. Five years have passed, and you must be tired of this place. ”

Baron Hajvi Yakel did not answer his attendant's words, but he taught the herald a letter, and watched as he put it in a wooden tube the size of his little finger and tied it to the raven's leg.

Watching the raven fly south, he finally exhaled, "Go back, never come back." He said it to the ravens in the sky, and to himself. However, he gave the herald ten gold coins, and the other man ran away.

The letter was worth 10,000 gold, and ten gold coins bought a raven that could fly to the designated place, and Baron Hajvi Yakel felt that it was worth it. Moreover, he is violating the law. Normally, there would be a fixed time every year for the soldiers to deliver letters from home, but it was by manpower to rush around the continent on fast horses, not through the most efficient raven. Of course, the raven messenger is something that only the nobles can afford. Therefore, ordinary sergeants will not point out when they see someone hiding ravens privately. This is an unspoken rule in the military.

The squire behind him had doubts on his face, and he muttered for a long time before he said to Hajvi Yakel, "Your Excellency, please take me back with you." ”

"You know, my hereditary title has been stripped away, because of my contribution to the Endless Wall in the past five years, I have been able to retain the ownership of the Flower Meadow, so in the future, don't call me Lord Baron, you should also have a better future. ”

The squire was silent, he saw that there was no one left and right, and finally made up his mind and said: "My lord, I am a veteran who met you here, and since I was wounded by an arrow in the thigh last year, all the glory in the barracks has nothing to do with me. This is the marginal world, but also the most realistic world, everyone respects the strong, and I am a cripple and cannot get any respect. You know this, so please take me back with me, I am willing to serve by your side!"

"There are only ten places, and I will take the soldiers who came with me, they are from the flower grassland, and your hometown is not the flower grassland. Baron Hajvi Yaker said coldly.

"My lord, have you rejected me?" said the veteran in disbelief, "My lord, I have no way to survive if I stay here! The Great Wall Administration has always asked veterans to explore in the fog north of the Great Wall, and after you leave, they will definitely send me out! Even a healthy young man who walks into the fog will die for a lifetime, let alone me, a lame man." ”

Over the years, the middle age north of the Great Wall has been filled with white mist, and in order to find out the situation, of course, some experienced soldiers have to be sent into the mist, but ...... Almost no one has ever come back alive! Even if he came back alive, he couldn't understand what was in the fog, and as a veteran who had been stationed at the Endless Great Wall for ten years, by chance, he had seen that the Great Wall Administration would send someone to imprison all those who came back alive! This discovery made his heart completely cold, which showed that once he was sent to the north of the Great Wall, there was almost no way out!

"Are you lame? No, I know, you're not lame, everything is faked, you've been with me for a year, I'm not blind," Baron Hajvi Yaker glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "In order not to be sent north of the Great Wall to pierce your own leg, this kind of cruelty is really hard to think about, all for the sake of life, I know it." Moreover, I did not report you, and you should thank me, otherwise you will be punished for desertion. ”

"You...... You know?" the veteran's voice trembled.

"Obviously, you're on patrol south of the Great Wall, and the south is ......," Hajvi Yakkel paused for a moment, then sneered, "It's in the far north, how can any horse thieves come here and rob?" I don't know why the top management of the Great Wall Administration would believe you, but I will never believe it. ”

Just a year ago, a scout veteran patrolled south with a ten-man squad, and he was the only one who ran back with an arrow stuck in his thigh, and was finally assigned by the Great Wall Garrison to serve as a retinue at Hajvi Yakel's side.

"My lord!" said the old soldier, who suddenly knelt before Hajvi Yakel, and said decisively, "I can tell you directly that I put the arrow in my thigh myself, but there is a reason for ......this! Would like to exchange this news for a spot for you!"

At the mention of his family, Haijivi Yakel suddenly frowned, "You say it, I'll decide after that." He added, "Don't get your hopes up, I don't think I'm going to believe you." ”

The corner of the veteran's eyes twitched, and a tear suddenly flowed. Seeing this, Hajvi Yaker did not make a sound, but heard him whisper in an angry tone:

"That's a mouth-out!My people!My team!'s a mouth-killing!" He gritted his teeth.

Hajvi Yaker didn't speak, and continued to watch his performance, which of course could be a revelation of his true feelings.

"It's the soldiers of the kingdom, they are all wearing the kingdom's standard armor!they are holding kingdom swords, and they have medals from the Arkor Kingdom Warrior Association! I see them all! they are the people of the kingdom! they are the ones who killed everyone in my scout team......"

"You don't make sense! You are Kingdom soldiers!How could Kingdom soldiers kill their own people!?Why would they kill your scouts for no reason!?" Hajvi Yakel coldly interrupted the veteran's statement, looking down at the veteran kneeling in front of him, he whispered, "Admittedly, you used to be a good scout. But now, you're a liar! a deserter!"

"Listen to me! I'm a deserter, but I'm not a liar!" said the veteran, leaving two lines of tears.

"There is no logic in what you say, how can you make me believe it?Do you take me for a fool? For the sake of you working hard with me for a year, I will not tell you about it, but please don't insult my intelligence!" said this, and there was a hint of anger in Haijvi Yakel's tone. As a soldier, what he looks down on the most is deserters, shielding veterans, and he has already swam around his bottom line several times, who knows that the other party will have to inch in.

"Listen to me!" Like a hammer, the veteran slammed his head to the ground.

A few seconds later, blood was running down the wing of his nose.

Baron Hajvi Jarkel suddenly stretched out his foot and put it under the other man's forehead, causing the veteran to stop self-harming. "I'll ask you a few questions, and if your next answer convinces me, I'll give you a chance. ”

"Can't!"

"What?" Baron Hajvi Yakel frowned, "do you know what you're talking about, you madman. ”

"My lord, I can't convince you of everything I said, I just ask you to listen to everything I say! I don't ask too much, I just ask you to listen to it! I'm already desperate, a year ago, I was already dead in my heart, just die, it doesn't matter if you leave me on the Endless Wall, but I must tell what is hidden in my heart

Get out!"

With a heavy exhale, Hajvi Yaker looked around to make sure there was no third person around, but to be on the safe side, he asked the veteran to stand up and speak.

The veteran calmed down and spoke in a deep voice:

"We passed by a fringe village in the North Mirror, and we wanted to stop to replenish our supplies before returning to the Endless Wall, but when we entered the village, we saw ...... Saw our kingdom soldiers slaughtering the villagers!!"

Haijvi Yakel clenched his fists, holding back his doubts without interrupting the veteran's narration, only to hear the veteran continue:

"I told my scouts to run, run as far as possible, and they kept flying, flying up to ask, ah!" he lamented, "these stupid boys! They are too young to know the meaning of the words 'kill and kill.'" And just like that, they rushed up and questioned them, and then ...... They were also slain by the sword! I was the only one who escaped, and I could have expected this outcome. Your Excellency, you may wonder in your heart that I killed my scouts, but do you know that I picked out those young men from among the recruits and brought them up! they have been with me for more than three years, how can I bear to kill them?

Haijivi Yakel looked at him coldly and said, "Let me ask you two questions: first, why did the soldiers of the kingdom massacre the villagers, and second, why didn't you report to the Great Wall Administration after you returned to the Endless Wall?"

"I don't know the first question, but my lord! Please listen to me, put yourself in your shoes, if you are killed by all your subordinates! The murderer is a soldier wearing the same armor as you, and when you return to the barracks, will you still trust others? Surely not! Your Excellency, you must not deny this!"

Silence, dead silence.

Finally, Hajvi Yaker shook his head, "No matter what you say, I won't take you back to the South." He decisively refused. The number of places is limited, and he is responsible for the personal guards he brought to the north from his hometown, "Tell me your hometown, and when I return to the south, I will submit a letter of recommendation to your hometown garrison, as for whether it will be useful or not, I can't be sure." In the end, he decided to give the veteran a hope.

A miserable smile suddenly appeared on the veteran's face, "No need, sir," he said sadly, "I was relieved when I told me all the things in my heart." With that, he turned and climbed the stairs to the top of the Wall.

Not knowing what he wanted to do, Hajvi Yakel shook his head and walked in the opposite direction of the Great Wall. He had only come here to make peace with the heralds and to send the news of his home back to the south in advance. The conversation with the veteran made half of his joy at home disappear, and it also added an inexplicable heaviness.

Hell madman, he cursed in his heart. Immediately, he unfurled his frowning brow and made himself look like a real gentleman.

The morning in the north was still very cold, and he tightened his robe and walked briskly in the direction of the barracks.

Bang!

A shrill and dull sound sounded not far behind, as if something had fallen from the sky, and Hajvi Yaker felt a faint vibration from the ground to his feet.

As if with a hunch, Hajvi Yaker frowned again. Turning slowly, he saw the corpse of the veteran, the body of the fallen to pieces......