Chapter 193: Joy and Kindness
A withered leaf slowly swirled in the air with the cool evening breeze, and finally fell helplessly on Tuge's body, accompanied by the bright moonlight.....
X392 February, after the celebration of the traditional festival, the Sword Slaughter Empire officially began to implement the conscription decree, starting from the first to the third layer, to strengthen the country's armaments.......
At the same time, the Black Cavalry Empire in the south, which was defending against the attack of the Maguriro-Sword Slaughter Empire, was also making the same preparations, strengthening the fortifications. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The first layer at this time, Magukriro.
February, still the season of cold winds, a white-haired woman in the cold wind can't help but wrap up the thin and tattered patched clothes, orange peel face is full of wind and frost, the years have already carved a lot of scars on her face, in front of the door made of the wood door, is moving slowly drying clothes, several times the clothes are almost blown down by the wind. With a scrawny body, he tried hard to hang up his clothes, but with his aging body, it was obvious that even the simplest drying of clothes had become very difficult.
At this time, a very sturdy young man with firewood on his back came in the distance, and when he saw the old woman, he immediately dropped the firewood, walked forward in three steps and two steps, and grabbed the water-soaked clothes that were about to fall off the pole, "Mother, I'll come! It's cold outside, you go in first!" The short-haired boy of sixteen or seventeen took the laundry tub from his mother's hand, and then carried his mother into the house, and removed the tables and chairs that were in the way, and the boy dutifully placed the old woman on the stool, added firewood to the stove, and rekindled the fire, while he went out again to do the work he had not done. The interior of this house can almost be described as "four walls", and it is almost empty except for the simple and necessary tables and chairs......
"Brother, are you back?" I heard a sound outside, and saw a thin young man with a sallow face coming out of the back room with a hunched back. From time to time, it is accompanied by the sound of violent coughing coming from the chest.
"Brother!" the boy shouted, "where did you just run?" with a hint of reproach in his tone.
The young man did not speak, but silently put the firewood that his brother had chopped into the backyard. The young man looked at the man's lonely back and sighed slightly, he didn't say it, and the young man wouldn't ask on purpose.
The young man's name was Hi, the gray-haired old woman was his mother, and the young but sick man was his elder brother called Shan. Originally, the family had no worries about food and clothing, and his father used to be a member of the guild. But later, when Maguri and Seremig went to war, their father responded positively, and then in a battle with Seremig, the history is known as the Battle of the Raven Tree and died tragically, at that time, it was a rain of blood from the sky, and was called the "Siege of Blood Rain" by later historians, alluding to the fact that Margouri was beaten by Seremig and was powerless, which can be said to be about to perish, Tug appeared! led the people of Magkuri to repel Seremig and avoid the fate of the city.....
The Battle of the Raven Tree was the battle of Maguliro's rise, and the battle was so tragic that it is said that thousands of Thremig's soldiers died here, and for several months, the Raven Grove was left unattended, and the sound of evil spirits often being heard from inside. And the initiator of all this, because of the existence of such a person. This also led to the death of their father in the war, the mother cried and blinded because of this, and his brother was originally a second-turn sword demon, but there were unforeseen circumstances, and the good suffered from an extremely incurable heart disease, unable to do strenuous exercise, and the only source of income was to live by chopping wood every day, and those who were in good health joined the army to join the Magkuriro army. For the men of Magkuriro, joining the army was a quick and easy way to walk the road to generosity. As long as you hear that it is a soldier of Marguri, the enemy will be frightened and abandon your armor and flee, so the benefits of Marguriruo's army are far beyond those of other cities in the first layer of purgatory.
Lunch was just a simple radish and cabbage, and he sandwiched a few pieces of meat on the table into his mother's bowl and his brother's, "Mother, you can eat more!" said the young man, and then glared at his brother. Shan reluctantly put a few pieces of meat that were originally sandwiched back into his brother's bowl and put them back in his own bowl. swallowed his stomach under his brother's intent gaze, and Xi Cai looked away.
"Hey, you can eat more ..... too"
"Got it, mother! There's still a lot of meat! It's okay!"
After lunch, he went back to work, not a soldier, he could not do things in the union like his brother and father, not to mention that he had no skills, so he could only sell the chopped firewood to others day after day, year after year.....
If Tu Ge had not issued a conscription order, nor had he waged war against the fourth layer, he would have stopped here forever, and he had never thought of going home, perhaps the fate of Xi would always be like this, and he would have walked his life plainly and healthily, without magnificent waves, without Jin Ge Iron Horse, without horse leather shroud, and without frost-dyed iron armor...... The fates of people are in a sense implicated.
But good and happy are different, he used to be a second-turn warrior sword demon, although he can no longer participate in the union task because of physical reasons, but he can also do some groceries in the union to survive, but the good times don't last long, or because of his own health, good was fired by the president of the union, and the burden of the family fell on his younger brother, which made it unbearable for him to be an elder brother, so he had to find a new job. But he was too embarrassed to let his mother and brother worry about him, so he had to hide from them, and while his brother was out chopping wood, he came back to the great square of Magori.
I saw a bustling group of people gathered around looking at the official document with red heads on the stone pillar, and kept looking at it, talking about something. Shan stepped forward, only to see the three most conspicuous words on the largest head: "Conscription order!"
And on the side of the stone pillar is a middle-aged man and a man who is thinner than himself, they don't know good, but good knows them, they are all tasks with heads and faces in Magu, they are all collector's edition people, one is called Gao De, is now the vice president of the collector's edition, it can be said that the Sword Slaughter Emperor is fighting outside, and the reserve materials are all prepared by Gao De, and the other is called Li Liang, I heard that he is also a great figure in the collector's edition, he once wanted to join the collector's edition, but his strength is low, and the collector's edition doesn't look down on him at allγ If the name of the collector's edition in Maguli is no less than hearing the words Tuge and Chengdai, no! Now it should be called the Sword Tu Emperor, listen to your friends who are in the army, if the current Maguli is already not what it used to be, there are only two words to describe: powerful! Under the leadership of Jiantu, he waved his army south, all the way to the third layer of purgatory, and he lived here on the first layer since he was a child, and he never left the first layer of purgatory, I don't know what the third layer is, I heard that it is a very beautiful area, there is no distinction between the city-state and the periphery, the climate is suitable for living, the scenery is beautiful, and there are no man-eating monsters and terrifying demons outside, which makes people can't help but be fascinated.
Magkuriru's conscription policy is very relaxed, as long as you want to come, you must be able to join, and even give a lot of military expenses. Thinking about his body, every day is not as good as a day, death is a matter of time, it is better to exchange his weak body for some money for his mother and younger brother......
When Shan returned home, he saw that his mother and younger brother had already prepared a meal and were waiting for him to return, "Brother, mother, you see, we finally have money!" said Shan happily carrying a bag of gold coins.
"Son!" the good mother called softly, and there was no follow-up, leaving only two lines of tears, and she looked at her brother with a slightly ugly face. It's not clear why you look at everything in front of you.
"Brother!" the voice of joy sounded in the quiet room, and the cold wind was whistling outside,
"Brother, don't talk about this yet, get the money quickly, let's go out for a good meal today!" said as he was about to pull Xi outside, but found that Xi seemed to have taken root, no matter how good he pulled it.
"The village chief came just now, and he sent this thing!" said Xi with a blank face.
"What is it?" Seon deliberately lied, hiding his unnaturalness, he didn't know what the village chief was doing?
Xi slowly walked to the back, and after a while, he took out a set of military uniforms and leather armor, as well as a long knife, "Brother, don't lie to me, you went to the army, right?"
Shan's face suddenly became ugly, he didn't know what to say, he didn't know that after he signed up, Gao De would tell this information to each village, and then the village chief of each village would verify it again and finally determine the number of people who would go out.....
"Brother, we don't want this money, let's exchange the money back! You don't want to be a soldier, it's too dangerous! Have you forgotten how our father died?" looked at his brother happily, and said with an anxious face with emotion.
Seon didn't speak, and Hi persuaded her a few more times, and the mother of the two kept wiping her tears on the side, and from Hi's mouth, she also knew that her other child was going to go back to the path of her poor husband.
"Brother, listen to me, you take good care of your mother at home! I will join the army! I will become a big official in the future, and I will come back to take you to live a good life!" "Good deception Xi, in fact, he knows very well in his heart, if he goes here, I am afraid that he will never see his family again, either on the battlefield or in an unknown place, "The Sword Tu Emperor is majestic and strategic, we will also have a bite to eat with him!" Not to mention...... What's more...... "What's more, the pension is also expensive, the higher the status, the higher the pension, if the ordinary soldier in the valley dies in battle, the pension is one hundred gold coins, one gold coin is enough for an ordinary family to live comfortably and nourishingly for a month, one hundred gold coins, enough for his younger brother and mother to live a comfortable and comfortable life, not to mention that he wants to marry a daughter-in-law, get married and have children, there is only so much he can do as an elder brother,
After listening to it, he was not as happy as Shanshan imagined, but stared at him closely, looking indifferent and not saying a word.
Zen was ready to be scolded by his brother, "Brother!" shouted with joy.
"Huh?"
"When are you leaving? Mother and I will see you off!!"
"Brother!!" Shan's tears burst out of his eyes, covering his face and crying.
"Man, what's there to cry about!" "No, I'm just ......" Seon didn't know what to use to express his inner emotions at this moment.
"The expedition will be ten days later, and tomorrow it is said that the Emperor of Sword Tu and the Empress of Sword Tu will come to Maguli to inspect, and if they leave, they will also leave with Emperor Jiantu......"
"Okay, then you and your mother can say goodbye!" Xi finished speaking, without saying anything more, he lifted the curtain and walked out. Xi simply made Shan feel very strange, if it was before, Xi would definitely obstruct himself in every way, maybe he thought that his younger brother had really grown up.
In February X392, Tu Ge tricked the emperor and queen Yunxi back to Maguriruo, and at the same time gathered hundreds of powerful magicians to set up a screening barrier on the boundary between the first and second layers of purgatory....... The political struggle ended with Yunxi's defeat!!