"Obey!" Seeing Meng Liang's answer, the soldier acted quickly at this time and ran towards the door.

But in the middle of the hour, I saw a gray-haired old man walking up the steps with a cane. Seeing this, Meng Liang was about to help, but was stopped by a gesture from the old man, so he had to stand in place and watch the old man slowly walk towards this side.

In this way, you can see the old man clearly, his head is full of hair, and his beard has turned white and dragged to the ground. And the eyebrows are not short, at least one or two feet, and they look like they should have lived for some years.

And the strength of this old man was also difficult for Meng Liang to figure out, and he couldn't even see what kind of name he had after watching it for a long time. But no matter what, Meng Liang always felt that there was a sacred feeling in him, like a god high above.

"Please sit down, old man, do you really know how to retreat from the enemy?" Meng Liang took out a stool from the ring and placed it behind the old man.

"Thank you!" Seeing this, the old man sat down slowly: "Actually, I don't know, but I've lived for so many years and I've seen a lot, so I think I might know some methods." ”

"The old man might as well say it directly!" Seeing the old man like this, he also knew that he already had some experience, and he thought that he should have some knowledge.

"Then I'll say it, I just hope the marshal won't be angry!" As he spoke, the old man picked up the cigarette pot and lit a choking cow, and took a few puffs before he was satisfied: "Actually, it's not just me, the old people here know it, but they don't dare to say it, I've lived enough." I feel that even if I risk being beheaded, I have to report it, after all, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband. I was born here, and I died here. So whoever is the emperor is fine, I don't care, but this emperor must be a native of us, and I will never tolerate a foreigner to rule us. After all, His Majesty the Dragon Emperor was born here, and he is also a person here, but the Cloud Suppression Empire may not be!"

"Well, the old man can have such a determination, which makes Meng Liang ashamed to hear it. It's just that what kind of method is this, and if you say it, you will be worried that we will kill your head? You can rest assured that I will say it! I, Meng Liang, promise that no matter what you say, I will not touch you!"

"In this way, I am relieved, Marshal Meng Liang is really a good person!" Saying that, the old man took a few more puffs before continuing: "This method was actually used in the previous dynasty, that is, to pray for the protection of the Heavenly Clan. The national strength of the previous dynasty was naturally not comparable to today's, but at that time, with the protection of the Celestial Clan, we could be regarded as the hegemon. And now that he has lost the protection of the Celestial Clan, his own strength alone is really too bad!"

"Heavenly Clan!" Hearing these two words, Meng Liang's face had become a little unsightly. After all, in his heart, the exclusion of the Celestial Clan could not be dissolved in a day or two, and now that he heard it, he naturally felt a burst of anger in his heart.

But he still forced it down: "It's okay, old man, you go on! It's my gaffe!"

The old man looked at Meng Liang and sighed: "Actually, I also understand the mood of the marshal, as a beast clan, he is inherently inseparable from the Celestial Clan, not to mention that the marshal has experienced such a thing, and he must be very resentful of the Celestial Clan in his heart, in fact, I will also have such a mood!"

The old man paused as he spoke: "But you should also understand that marshal, now that you are in power, it is no longer the age to live for yourself." As a marshal, you are responsible for your army, your soldiers are responsible, and your emperor is responsible!"

Now the old man had already gotten up: "Marshal Jingrui and General Huyun have been fighting outside for a long time, and the life and death of His Royal Highness the Dragon Emperor and General Yang Zheng are uncertain! Now the enemy army is about to come to the city, and it is at the time of the country's survival." If you miss a major event because of a personal grudge, this is a sinner for the ages!"

"It's not that I don't know this, but ......"

Without waiting for Meng Liang to speak, the old man interrupted him again: "Could it be that you are willing to watch the Dragon Emperor die! Could it be that you are willing to watch this world be thrown away because of your grievances! Could it be that you want to be a sinner of the empire through the ages! What ambitions the Dragon Emperor has The Marshal should know better than me, if he dies like this, then he will not be able to turn a blind eye!"

"This ......" At this time, Meng Liang didn't know what to say, because the old man's words were reasonable, but Meng Liang still had some will in his heart.

When the old man saw that he had already said this, he didn't say anything more: "Forget it, I'm just a dying person, and I don't have the intention to say more." I only hope that the marshal can recognize the situation clearly, and not make a wrong move and lose everything! This is the rune used by the emperor when he wanted to meet the people of the Celestial Clan, and I will put it here! If the marshal has figured it out, crush him, and there will still be salvation in the world. If the marshal is unwilling, it will be fine, this right should be a decoration!"

As he spoke, the old man put down a token and left! Meng Liang, who was still stunned in place alone, said no more.

Meng Liang didn't know what to do or say at this time. At this time, his mind was in chaos, on the one hand, the life and death of several good brothers, and on the other hand, the hatred that he had been thinking about for more than 20 years.

He didn't want to let go of either one, but now he knew that he could only choose one between the two. And no matter which one is chosen, the other is destined to let go.

Meng Liang was so embarrassed, he didn't know what to do, or what he could do. At this time, he was just wooden, and even picking up the rune and putting it in the ring was instinctive.

He needs to be quiet, yes, he really needs a calm space to think. He has always buried his head in his head and has never encountered such a choice.

He was never told what to consider when faced with such a choice, and no one told him what option he should choose. It all depends on him, and only if he can choose one thing or the other can solve it.

But if he chooses the wrong one, he may regret it for the rest of his life, until the moment before he closes his eyes forever.

But at this time, he really did not have a calm space for him to make a choice, because the enemy army was about to enter the city, and in such a situation, where would there be any quiet place?

"What should I do? Can anyone tell me?" as if he was talking to someone, as if he were talking to himself, but no one answered him at this time.

Yes, all this is only for him to choose. But he didn't know what to do at all, he wanted revenge, but he wanted Zhao Yulong and them to live, because this was his last relative in the world, and he didn't want to lose them!

Thinking about it, he suddenly thought of his parents when he was a child. It was the most beloved person in the world, and Meng Liang still remembers their faces.

And at that time, they would always say to Meng Liang: "Don't be afraid, everything will be fine after sleeping!"

Yes, everything will be fine. Just like Meng Liang when he was a child, whenever he was sick, he would always choose to sleep so that he would wake up the next day.

"I really hope it's all a dream, how nice it would be if I could get better after a good night's sleep?" Thinking about it, Meng Liang slept on the bed wearing armor.

Ever since the border was in an emergency, Meng Liang would not take off his armor every time he slept. Because he was always worried that the enemy would attack him while he was sleeping, he hardly took off this armor for convenience.

But even then he was able to fall asleep because it was tiring to have so many things to deal with every day. Therefore, his head is always asleep when he rests on the pillow, and whenever he sleeps, he always dreams.

There are many of these dreams, but most of them are scenes of victory in the war. Today was a little different, he had a strange dream, all of which was the happiest time with his brothers.

Those times were always very short, but they were very fulfilling, and now that he has these dreams, Meng Liang is naturally very happy.

But soon, these dreams were shattered. Instead, it was a desolate place, where there was nothing, the world was all gray, and the sound of ghosts crying wolves was heard from time to time.

The ground was also a dead gray, with nothing, and there were some red flowers in the distance, but those flowers had no leaves, only red flowers.

At the other end, Meng Liang saw a pavilion in which a person stood with his back to him. Meng Liang wanted to go up and ask what kind of place this was.

But before he could take a step, he was already in the pavilion. The man was facing away from him, and although he felt weird, Meng Liang still spoke: "Hello, may I ask, where is this place?

The man didn't answer him, just turned around slowly. This frightened Meng Liang, because this person had Yang Zheng's face and was covered in blood, and he was looking at him.

But Meng Liang was not frightened, and now he boldly asked: "Yang Zheng, why are you injured? Where is this? Brother Long? What about those soldiers? Didn't Xiangyu go to you?"

Yang Zheng didn't seem to hear these words, but kept repeating until: "Cliff Peak, save Brother Long! Cliff Peak, save Brother Long!"

Then as the sound drifted farther and farther, the scenery around Meng Liang gradually disappeared. It's just that that sentence has been echoing in Meng Liang's mind, and the words that were not spoken by Yang Zheng's voice made Meng Liang feel so real.

Suddenly, the world was spinning, Meng Liang suddenly got up from the bed, and touched his head with his hand: "My head hurts so much, what's wrong with me?

As he spoke, Meng Liang hurriedly got up, and saw a soldier running towards here, looking very nervous: "What's wrong, what's going on?"

"Enemy army! The enemy army has already attacked Qingjia City, and it is estimated that it will be able to kill Tianyu Imperial City in a few days! Marshal, what should we do now?"

"I know, you go down first!" This was not what Meng Liang expected, according to the strength of the enemy army, it was reasonable to attack now.

It's just the previous dream that made Meng Liang think about it a lot. Now it's the rune that I took out of the ring, and I put it on my hand and didn't know what to do.

But finally he gritted his teeth and pinched hard at him. All this has been a long time, and the runes that were originally made of fragile materials seem to be extremely hard at this time, and no matter how hard Meng Liang tries, he can't crush him.

The sweat rolled down from his forehead, landed on the armor, and then transferred into the shoes with the armor, wetting Meng Liang's shoes. But what Meng Liang cared about now was not these, but the runes in his hands.

This is a very simple thing to crush him in the eyes of ordinary people, but for Meng Liang, it is a great struggle.

After all, there are a lot of things in it, and if he starts, it means that he must let go of hatred and let go of a lot. But if you don't start, you will also lose a lot of things, and now it is the same difficulty to start or not to start.

But whenever he thought of Yang Zheng covered in blood, Meng Liang's heart was always unbearable. He didn't know if Yang had really become what he had dreamed he was, but he knew he couldn't watch them all become like that.

Thinking of this, Meng Liang's heart also struggled to pinch down. Now that it was dark in front of him, Meng Liang came to another place.

It was a room with only one old man in the room. But this old man gave Meng Liang a feeling that he had always been very strong, and although the room seemed simple, the structure was not simple.

The old man felt that there was one more person in the room, so he turned around: "You are finally here, I have been waiting for you for some hours, but you are here anyway, so young man, have you thought about it?"

"Who are you? Do you know me?"

"You may not know my face, but you should recognize it. As soon as he said that, the old man's face changed, and he became the old man Meng Liang had seen before, and soon he changed back again: "I am the Emperor of the Heavenly Clan, the most powerful person in the entire Heavenly Clan, and the most useful person to speak!"

"It turned out to be you!" Meng Liang recognized the face: "I didn't expect this to be arranged by yourself, you want us to be vassals of your Heavenly Clan?"

"Yes and no, do you think you have a choice?" said the Emperor and laughed, smiling kindly.

"yes, I don't have a choice, I want them to live. As long as you promise me that they can all survive, I am willing to declare the return of the empire to the Heavenly Clan on behalf of Brother Long!"

"Don't worry, as long as the people are alive now, I can keep them alive, but if the people are dead, I can't do anything. Besides, my conditions are not as simple as submitting to us!"

"You have other conditions, say it! As long as I can do it, I promise you!" The war is urgent, and Meng Liang just wants to solve this matter quickly.

"You can definitely do it, and only you can do it. I want you to give your life willingly!" said the Emperor's eyes, with a trace of terrifying killing intent.

"My life?" Meng Liang never expected that the Emperor would make a request to cover up.

"Yes, your life! You know that you have a grudge against us Celestials in your heart, and if you become strong in the future, it is not good to add some trouble to our Celestials. So in order to solve these troubles in the most effective way, I want you to die now. Exchange your lives for the lives of a few of them, and consider for yourself! Of course, if you don't want to, you can also choose to return to the empire now and die in battle like your brothers, I don't force it!"

Meng Liang hesitated a little, but he finally replied resolutely: "If my death can really be exchanged for their lives and the survival of the empire, I am willing to die!"

"Don't worry, I'm going to say a lot about it, so when are you going to give me your life?"

"Right now, I don't want to waste too much time, I hope you can send troops as soon as I die, otherwise I won't let you go!" As he spoke, Meng Liang's eyes were filled with sharp killing intent.

This is indeed a rare look, at least for thousands of years, no one has dared to do such a look to him except Meng Liang. But he only smiled: "Naturally, so now, boy, are you ready to die?"

As soon as the words fell, Meng Liang felt a kind of collapse of the sky. The landscape around him was crumbling, and his body was twisting and stretching. And the internal organs in his body are also constantly being destroyed, and at this moment, it seems that an invisible force is pressing him, making him breathless.

"That's what it feels like to die, but so what's the matter. At least I'm worth dying!" After saying this, Meng Liang felt that his eyes were dark and unconscious.

When I woke up again, I saw the biggest shadow of my childhood. Yes, that scene had always been engraved in Meng Liang's mind, and now it appeared in front of his eyes again.

The huge fireball hit downward, but the villagers of Sihe Village had a god-like faith, calmly watching the falling fireball, without fear or words.

In an instant, it was destroyed, and after the fire, all that was left was ashes, not even a single tile.

Seeing this, Meng Liang hurriedly ran up, but he couldn't catch anything, only a puff of dust. Soon the dust was gone, and darkness was back in sight.

Then there was a scene of several people fighting in front of him, it was Jingrui and Zhao Yulong. At this time, they were all surrounded by enemy troops, and it seemed that they were about to run out of strength to fight alone, and at this time, Meng Liang wanted to help them, but found that his body could not move.

After that, the scene in front of him disappeared again, and then a person from the Celestial Clan appeared. Meng Liang didn't know who he was, but looking at the wings behind him, he knew that he was a member of the Heavenly Clan.

At this time, the people of the Heavenly Clan were saying to him, "Kill me, kill me, and you will be able to avenge your family, I will stand here, you can do it!"

When Meng Liang raised his claws, he said again: "But you also have to remember that as long as I die, several of them will also die!

Undoubtedly, it was such a multiple-choice question again, but this time Meng Liang was not as confused as before, but said: "Since this is the case, then I will let you go, as long as they can live, it doesn't hurt to keep you alive." ”

"Really, aren't you revenged? Don't you want to think about your family?"

"I think I want to avenge them. But at the same time, I also know that it is impossible to recover what has passed, and what can I do by killing you. But what I have now, at least I can keep. So instead of dwelling on the pain that is gone, I might as well cherish what I have now, at least so that I don't lose more!"

"Good! good!" As soon as these words fell, Meng Liang saw that his eyes were dark again, and nothing was gone.

(End of chapter)