Gu Ji has been at the border for a year, and he has said no more than five sentences, and when he looks at people, his eyes are cold and wrapped in ice slag, and he ignores no one except Gu Li and Lu Xiao.

Gu Li was only five or six years old at the time, although his family was ruined, he was well protected all the way, because his father and mother were not crying for a while, and he quickly adapted to life at the border pass.

Gu Li was born cute, although she was protected by Gu Zhi, a group of big men in the barracks would still sneak and tease her whenever they had time, she didn't recognize her life, she was happy to everyone, and she soon became a baby in the barracks, and was cared for by everyone in the palm of her hand.

Knowing that everyone had no malicious intentions, coupled with Lu Xiao's teachings, Gu Zhi also let go a little, and occasionally let Gu Li wander around the barracks, secretly collecting some snacks.

Gu Li is not the kind of person who has no heart and lungs, no matter what delicious and fun he gets, he will share it with Gu Ji as soon as possible.

Everyone in the barracks could hear her soft and glutinous voice calling Brother Gu Jiong, shouting that people's hearts were about to melt.

Yue Yan also likes Gu Li, there is no one else in the barracks, except for Gu Yan, Gu Li is the closest to Yue Yan, Sister Yan shouts all day long, and when there is nothing to do, she frowns and complains to Yue Yan.

Sister Yan, why do you say that my brother is so fierce, he has a straight face every day, and people give him all the delicious and fun things, and he has never been happy.

Sister Yan, do you say that my brother doesn't like me, am I too noisy?

Sister Yan, I heard Uncle Lu say that our father and mother were killed by someone, and my brother wants to learn martial arts from Uncle Lu to find the bad guys for revenge, those bad guys are very strong, my brother will die, Ah Li has no relatives anymore, Ah Li doesn't want him to die.

Sister Smoke......

At that time, Yue Yan was also very young, but he was only nine years old, and he didn't understand what kind of blood and hatred Gu Zhi was carrying, but after being talked about by Gu Li for a long time, he unconsciously observed Gu Zhi everywhere.

Gu Bing grew up quickly, his appearance inherited his father, he was handsome, although he had not fully grown up, his face was dyed with a maturity and stability that he did not have at this age because of family feuds, and the eleven-year-old boy was already as beautiful as jade in the most ordinary soldier's clothes.

Yue Yan found that although he looked cold, his heart was actually hot, as long as Gu Li was in front of him, his eyes would be warm, the corners of his lips would rise slightly, with a slight smile, and his eyes refracted light, like a morning star.

As Gu Li said, he practiced martial arts hard day and night, just to make himself stronger quickly, so that he could find an enemy to take revenge.

Yue Yan didn't know what kind of enemy Gu Jiong was facing, only that he often missed meals because of high-intensity training.

Xu didn't want Gu Li to whisper in her ear every day, and heard her brother's stomach growling with hunger, Yue Yan would take two more steamed buns every time and secretly put them on Gu Yan's clothes.

The reason why he wanted to secretly release it was because Yue Yan didn't dare to talk to Gu Jiong.

It was the time to grow his body, where were the two steamed buns enough for him to eat, and after Yue Yan found out, he saved one of his steamed buns for Gu Jiong.

put it several times in a row, and one day, Gu Ji blocked her in the school field.

At that time, Yue Yan was carrying three hot steamed buns in her arms, she was scared and hot, and before Gu Yan could speak, she shed two lines of tears.

"Crying for what?"

Gu Zhi's hard question, he was in the period of voice change, and his voice was hoarse and unique to young people, not ugly, but with a strange sense of vicissitudes.

Yue Yan was stunned, and with a sigh of tears, he took out two steamed buns from his arms and stuffed them into Gu Jiong's hands, and explained weakly: "Ah Li asked me to help...... Get it for you. ”

Gu Jiong's skin had already turned tanned, he looked at the steamed bun for a while, and then looked at her bulging chest: "Isn't there another one?" ”

“……”

Yue Yan forgot to cry, and took another steamed bun to him.

Gu Bing took it and bit off most of it, chewed slowly and turned away, walked ten steps, looked back at her with bright eyes and said, "I don't need to give more in the future, I will only eat two." ”

The military rations at the border have never been rich, and if he eats one more, she will have one less, and he understands this truth.

Yue Yan didn't react to the whole person, he stood in place and looked at him, his eyes were red, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes, as if he had just been bullied.

"Do you understand?"

Gu Zhi asked again, Yue Yan nodded hurriedly, and the next moment he was stunned, because Gu Ji grinned at her.

At that moment, he smiled with two points of ruffianism, and his teeth were so white that he suddenly shook into Yue Yan's heart, planting a seed, which continued to sprout and thrive in the long years that followed.

"Good."

Yue Yan heard him mutter, just like he usually coaxed Gu Li, the ice and snow melted for a while, and he was extremely gentle.

After that day, bringing food to Gu Bing has become an undeclared secret between the two, and occasionally Yue Yan will take Gu Li to cheer Gu Bing on the sidelines of the schoolyard.

At that time, the years were peaceful and peaceful, and Yue Yan thought that he could go on like this.

However, a few months later, Hu Tartar led his troops to sneak attack, Lu Xiao sent troops to meet him, and was ambushed, and at a critical moment, Gu Jiong, who was less than twelve years old, led his troops to the rescue, and the Hu people took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the city and captured Yue Yan's grandfather Yue Zhao.

In fact, Yue Zhao will not be arrested when he comes to Japan, after Gu Ji left the city, Gu Li has been crying non-stop, Yue Yan secretly took her out of the barracks, Yue Zhao heard about this, and hurriedly came out to find them, but he didn't want to be kidnapped and left by the Hu people halfway.

Yue Yan didn't know at the time, coaxed Gu Li to stay on the city tower, and looked forward to Gu Jiong's return.

After waiting for three days, Gu Ji and Lu Xiao returned safely together, although more than half of the people Lu Xiao brought out were killed or injured, but their morale was greatly boosted, because Lu Xiao not only turned defeat into victory in the end, but also seriously injured Kutar.

Because of this battle, Lu Xiao was made the Duke of the Kingdom.

went to the border with the holy decree, and there was also the news of the death of the Yue family.

At that time, Yue Yan hadn't seen his grandfather for a long time, and his heart was panicked all day, Lu Xiao didn't tell Yue Yan immediately after learning about this, and personally led the troops to go deep into Hu Di several times to ask Hu Tatar dignitaries, but in the end what Yue Zhao swore to death and refused to treat Hu Tatar's injuries, was hung on the Hu people's city wall, and the corpse was violent for several days.

As soon as Yue Zhao died, Yue Yan was the only one left in the Yue family.

At that time, Yue Yan couldn't understand the meaning of the word orphan, but he saw Lu Xiao ordering people to hang white flags in the military camp, arrange the mourning hall, and let Yue Yan kneel in the mourning hall to wear linen and filial piety for the Yue family.

"Uncle Lu, where's my grandfather?"

She once asked Lu Xiao like this, but Lu Xiao didn't speak, just patted her head with red eyes.

During that time, the most common thing people around her said to her was: "Xiaoyan, your grandfather is a hero!" ”

She knew that heroes were very powerful people.

But she doesn't want a hero, she wants a grandfather!

Yue Zhao's bones were not snatched back, and Lu Xiao set up a well-dressed mound for him, completely understanding that his grandfather would never come back, and after she had nowhere to go except to stay in the barracks, Yue Yan locked himself in the house.

Gu Li would come to knock on her door every day, calling her Sister Yan one after another, but without getting a response, Gu Li left in frustration.

There was no place to complain, Gu Li was very unaccustomed to it, so he followed behind Gu Ji like a fart, and kept muttering with a small mouth.

"Brother, why is Sister Yan gone, is she home? I've heard that her house is far away from here, but why didn't she tell me before leaving? I still have so many secrets that I haven't told her. ”

Gu Li was a little angry when she spoke, and she didn't notice that Gu Ji didn't laugh at her for being such a small person this time, where there were so many secrets.

That night, Gu Bing opened the window and entered Yue Yan's house.

It was dark in the room, Yue Yan curled up on the bed and didn't recognize Gu Ji immediately, he was scared, but he couldn't jump up because his legs and feet were numb, so he could only hold on to the quilt and ask nervously, "Who are you?" ”

Her voice trembled, and there was a thick nasal voice, Gu Ji didn't speak, walked to the side of the bed, took out two steamed buns from his arms and handed them to her.

The steamed buns were still warm, revealing a sweet taste, Yue Yan didn't answer it, but his stomach was very honestly growling.

"Eat."

Gu Ji said, his expression was hidden in the darkness, and only a pair of eyes reflected the light.

"Fill your stomach, and I'll help you get revenge later."

He said, carrying her share of blood feud with her still childish shoulders.

At that time, Yue Yan didn't understand what kind of bloody rain would be behind his promise, but in an instant, tears fell like rain, and he cried without any image.

Her grandfather died, so did the relatives she knew, and she didn't even see them for the last time, when she was suddenly notified that they weren't there.

In this world, she is the only one left, no matter what kind of wind and rain she encounters in the future, she can only carry it by herself.

She was full of confusion about the future, like a leaf driving a lonely boat in the vast night, and the words Gu Zhi said suddenly gave her a sense of security.

Yue Yan cried for a long time that day, but Gu Ji didn't say anything comforting, just stood by the bed and accompanied her for a long time.

The next day, Yue Yan went out, and Gu Li saw Yue Yan jumping up happily, holding Yue Yan's hand and chattering non-stop, pouring out all the secrets that he regretted not being able to tell before.

Sister Yan, my brother has missed you for the past two days, you are not here, and no one brings him food.

Sister Yan, I actually secretly hid a lot of snacks before and didn't give them to my brother, they were all quietly given to me by Brother Lu, I'll give them to you to eat with you later.

Sister Yan, Brother Lu said that he would marry me as a daughter-in-law in the future, do you know what a daughter-in-law means?

Sister Smoke......

After having a common experience, Yue Yan suddenly understood what Gu Li meant to Gu Jiong.

Gu Li is pure, her world is so clean that there is not a trace of blood, she has a lively temperament, like the warm sun on a winter afternoon, constantly exuding light and heat, making the people around her feel warm and beautiful, and will not be pulled into the endless dark abyss by hatred.

After spending a while to get out of her grief, Yue Yan proposed the idea of practicing martial arts to Lu Xiao, and Lu Xiao persuaded her earnestly, but she stubbornly refused to listen.

Although Gu Jiong said that he would help her take revenge, she couldn't do nothing.

She changed into men's clothes, cut her hair short, and stood on the school grounds like a tomboy.

The scorching sun was hot, and the sun was very hot on the top of her head, and her body was weak, and her eyes were dizzy after a while, but she gritted her teeth and refused to admit defeat.

After a few days, she had a large sunburn on her body, which hurt at the slightest touch, and she couldn't sleep at night.

Another night, Gu Ji rummaged into her room.

At that time, she had learned to prepare a dagger under the pillow, and was about to pull it out, but Gu Zhi held her wrist down.

As soon as he finished practicing, he was sweating hot, and his palms were even hotter, Yue Yan subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but he grabbed it tighter.

"Gu Jiong!"

She called his name, and with anger, he grabbed her hand tightly and said, "Don't take a knife." ”

"Why? I want to avenge my grandfather and my family! ”

Yue Yan roared, her eyes were red again, Gu Ji raised her hand to help her wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Revenge, with me, you don't have a knife, you are a doctor, you have to save people!" ”

At that time, he had long known that his hands would kill countless people and be stained with blood, which was his fate, but he hoped that her hands would never be contaminated with such things.

"Gu Jiong, I can't do it!"

Everyone is dead, only she is left, how can she learn medical skills to save people with sincerity like before?

"You can!"

Gu Zhi said firmly, Yue Yan raised his eyes and looked at him, and endless ridicule surged in his heart: "Gu Jiong, I can't even save myself, who else can I save?" ”

"Me!"

"Save you?"

"Yes, I'll help you get revenge, in case I accidentally get seriously injured, you come to save me!"

Gu Zhi replied seriously, and there was another meaning that was not said.

He and Yue Yan have also suffered the disaster of annihilation, and they are also burdened with a sea of blood and hatred, he is ready to go to hell, but he hopes that she can live well.

The fact that she and Gu Li can live without dust is the last sustenance of his conscience and benevolence as the last trace of conscience and benevolence of the Gu family.

No one else knew about the conversation that night, and after that, Yue Yan and Gu Ji became more and more harsh on themselves.

In only three years, Gu Ji became the youngest and most strategic soldier in the Zhenbei Army, and Yue Yan studied medical skills day and night, and read through the medical books and codex left by Yue Zhao, and his medical skills were greatly improved.

They barely had time to communicate, and the only communication was still the two steamed buns that Yue Yan helped Gu Bing bring at every meal.

Kutar had been recuperating from the injury he had suffered for more than half a year from the battle three years ago, and his health was not as good as before after the injury, but he quickly cultivated his heir.

Hu Keduo led troops outside the city to commit several crimes, disturbing the people in the city, and Gu Bing took the initiative to ask for his life to go on the expedition.

He wanted to lead the troops to battle by himself, and that was the first time he led the troops independently, and that year, he was only fifteen years old, which was the best age for the young man.

If he grew up safely in Beijing, he would be the eldest young master of the Gu family wearing brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes, and his talent and appearance would be unmatched.

But the reality is that he wants to lead his own troops and squander his youthful frivolity on the battlefield.

Lu Xiao hesitated again and again, but in the end, he didn't resist Gu Ji and agreed to his request, but he wanted him to go with Lu Ji.

Hu people have wildness in their bones, and Ku Tar's education of Ku Keduo is even more fierce, but Hu Keduo was young and vigorous at that time, and it was inevitable to be frivolous in doing things, unlike Gu Jiong, who spent three years polishing himself, just to sharpen himself into a sharp sword, and he would see blood when he came out of the sheath!

Gu Jiong's battle against Ku Keduo, although it was a little difficult, there was no suspense about winning.

The hundreds of Hu people brought by Hu Keduo were all annihilated by Gu Jiong, and only Hu Keduo and a dozen or so guards fled in panic.

Gu Ji had those corpses burned, and only brought back the corpses of a few Hu generals.

Without Lu Xiao's permission, Gu Ji hung the corpses of those people on the city wall, just like the corpse of Yue Zhao at the beginning.

When Lu Xiao learned of this, he quickly asked people to put the body down, and called Gu Ji to the front to teach him well.

The Lu family has been loyal and decent for generations, and they can't agree with Gu Jiong's approach of retaliating with a tooth for a tooth.

Lu Xiao had the grace of saving his life and nurturing Gu Zhi and Gu Li, Gu Zhi did not refute Lu Xiao, and obediently admitted his mistake, Lu Xiao did not let go of this matter, and was very happy about Gu Zhi's big victory, and offered to help Gu Zhi hand over the fold to the court, so that he could officially join the Zhenbei Army, so that he could record military merits for him in the future, but Gu Zhi refused.

He said that he would never enter the court in this life, and he would not be an official.

Lu Xiao understood his character, and he didn't force it, and told him to leave.

Gu Bing went to change out of his armor, bathed and changed his clothes, and stole the corpses at night, chopped them into pieces, put them in wooden barrels, and knocked on Yue Yan's door.

"I have a few wolves in the mountains outside, can you come with me to see them?"

What he said was a question, but he didn't mean to discuss it with Yue Yan at all, and after speaking, he left with the wooden barrel, and Yue Yan hurriedly pulled the door and trotted to follow.

"I heard that you won the battle and didn't get hurt, right?"

"No ......" Gu Jiong just wanted to say no, thinking of the previous agreement with Yue Yan, he paused for a moment and changed the conversation: "I was not seriously injured." ”

The implication is that he has suffered some minor injuries.

Yue Yan immediately spoke: "I brought the medicine, I'll help you take a look at it later!" ”

Her tone was tense, full of concern, and she didn't notice that the corners of Gu Jiong's lips, who were striding ahead, curled slightly.

Yue Yan's physical strength was not very good, Gu Yan walked fast, followed him for a while, Yue Yan couldn't breathe, and Gu Yan, who walked far away and found that Yue Yan had not followed, turned back again.

Yue Yan will always remember that the moonlight was very bright that night, and a young man came to the moon with a wooden barrel full of blood, and squatted down in front of her without saying a word, exposing his broad back in front of her.

"Come up!"

He said, his tone was faintly overbearing.

"I ...... I can walk on my own! ”

She blushed, her heartbeat skipped a beat, and the next moment, her leg was caught by a strong arm, and the whole person leaned forward and lay on Gu Jiong's back, but Gu Jiong didn't move at all.

"Hold me by the neck."

Gu Zhi ordered, holding her buttocks and standing up straight.

That year, she was already fourteen, her body had developed, her chest was slightly bulging, it was hot in summer, they didn't wear much, she suddenly fell on her stomach, her chest was pressed and hurt, and then the whole person burned, and she only tried her best to bow her body and not dare to get too close to him.

"Gu Jiong, let me down, I can go by myself."

She was too ashamed to do so, and pleaded in a low voice, her voice soft as that of a newborn kitten.

"You can't keep up with me."

Gu Zhi said bluntly, without the slightest intention of letting her down.

After walking for half an hour, she finally arrived at her destination, as soon as Gu Jiong let go, Yue Yan immediately jumped to the side like a rabbit, Gu Jiong turned his head to look at her, with a smile in his eyes: "Why do you seem to be more and more afraid of me?" ”

Yue Yan nodded subconsciously, and shook his head desperately after ordering.

She wasn't afraid of him, if she was afraid, she wouldn't have come out with him in the middle of the night.

Seeing her repeatedly, Gu Zhi laughed in a low voice: "Silly girl." ”

After speaking, he walked to her side with a wooden barrel, grabbed her hand without refusal, and blocked her words without waiting for her to speak: "The mountain road is not easy to walk, don't fall." ”

His hands were very strong, and the palms were thick calluses, hot and hot, taking her step by step in the mottled moonlight, which reassured her and made her unable to resist falling a little bit.

Until he reached the top of the mountain, Gu Ji stopped, put his hands to his mouth, and roared a few highly simulated wolf howls.

A moment later, several pairs of dark green eyes flashed in the jungle and gradually surrounded them.

Yue Yan only reacted suddenly at this time, what did Gu Ji mean when he just said that he had raised a few wolves.

The eyes of those wolves were very cold, Yue Yan unconsciously leaned towards Gu Zhi's side, Gu Zhi took a dagger out of his boots, inserted a piece of meat from the barrel and threw it out, a wolf immediately jumped up, and caught the piece of meat in the air with a beautiful pounce.

"They won't hurt you, do you want to try?"

Gu Ji asked softly, Yue Yan subconsciously wanted to take the dagger, but when he looked down, he saw a human hand floating in the blood in the barrel, and suddenly his legs went weak and fell to the ground.

"Gu Jiong, I saw a ...... in the bucket One human hand! ”

"It's from Hu."

Gu Ji replied, picked out a few more pieces of meat, and fed meat to the wolves.

Yue Yan was cold, and his hands and feet were weak.

She hated Hu people, and she thought about killing people, but she didn't expect to see corpses in such an unsuspecting situation.

"I promised you that I would help you get revenge."

After saying this, Gu Ji didn't speak again, and silently threw all the meat in the bucket to those wolves to eat.

After a full meal, those wolves quickly disappeared into the darkness again, except for the wooden barrel brought by Gu Jiong, there was no trace of it around.

Gu Ji wiped the dagger clean, looked at Yue Yan condescendingly, and the soft moonlight illuminated her pale little face very clearly.

"This is who I really am, scared?"

After hesitating for a moment, Yue Yan nodded, she hadn't really killed anyone, and she hadn't experienced too much blood, Gu Jiong's coming tonight really scared her.

Gu Ji squatted down in front of her, so that she could see the somewhat crazy expression on his face: "Do you want to avoid me far away in the future?" ”

"I won't!"

Yue Yan blurted out, Gu Yan's eyes lit up slightly, and he leaned closer: "I will kill many, many people in the future, if I am injured one day, will you still save me?" ”

"I'm practicing medicine to save you!"

It's a promise they've made a long time ago.

Sensing that Gu Zhi seemed to be testing something, Yue Yan's eyes widened a little angrily, and he was about to say something more, but he saw Gu Zhi licking his lips, looking at her seriously and asking, "That's ...... Will you like me? ”

Will you like me?

Later, they all forgot who touched whose hearts first, and too much pain polished the initial throbbing to the point that only each other was indebted.

"Yue Yan!"

After priing open another empty coffin, Gu Bing couldn't help but shout out the name.

These two words lingered in his heart for many years, many times, and when he finally said them, he scraped off a piece of flesh and blood like a barb, and it hurt into the bone marrow.

Why can't he find where she is?