Outside the immortal city, on the yellow sandy ground, the dust is flying, the sand and stones are flying, as far as the eye can see, and the panic is abnormal. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The war horses roared, the flags were flying, the swords and swords were shadowing, and the bloody rain and bloody wind were all crazy. Looking far away, there are many figures, in all directions, killing and shaking the sky. The earth shook the mountains, the hearts of the people were panicked, the horse leather shrouded in corpses, and the blood flowed like a river, no longer just a thing of the past.

Dressed in armor, Nan Hong stood on the city wall like a boulder, feeling the trembling of the earth under his feet, and watching thousands of troops and horses coming straight to the immortal city from all directions.

His heart has never been so tranquil and serene as it is now.

Nan Hong's hand holding the long knife was extremely firm, and the excitement was not only stopped in the bloodstream, but also seemed to boil directly from his bones. Feeling this strange state of tranquility and passionate coexistence in his heart, Nan Hong experienced an unprecedented sense of real and alive existence.

A good man, he is determined to fight on the battlefield, does not shrink, does not escape, bravely kills the enemy generals, and swears to defend his homeland.

I can't remember how many years of armor that have not been worn by people, in the sun, constantly flickering with cold light, Nan Hong looked back, and looked at the group of soldiers standing straight behind him with pride.

Such a scene, such a glamorous and moving. This kind of scene is what he really wants to see.

Ma Gan looked at Nan Hong, who couldn't stop exuding excitement, and for a while, he was a little puzzled. Why is this general in front of him, who is always not in a hurry when things happen on weekdays, and acts as if nothing can make him anxious, be so excited in the current situation where the enemy is invading and the troops are approaching the city.

However, at this moment, Nan Hong has no time, no time to care about their opinions, since he became an adult, when he joined the army for the first time, he has been imagining the scene of his own battle, in the past, ordinary and inactive, day after day life, never what he wanted, he has been waiting, waiting for this day to come.

The earth still trembled, and it grew stronger.

Nan Hong led hundreds of soldiers, as steady as Mount Tai, standing on the city wall, in the line of sight, in the distance, between the rolling yellow sand, the black iron horse gradually became clear.

Finally, the day has finally come.

Ma Gan followed Nan Hong's line of sight and looked at the thousands of troops and horses that were gradually approaching, although he was still shouting loud slogans, but in his heart he was like a normal person, and he was really a little scared. However, if Ma Gan had to make it clear what he was afraid of, he would not be able to say it for a while.

Death is definitely not this, as an immortal citizen, after a long time, death or not is no longer important. So what else can it be? Fighting? Ma Gan nodded secretly, maybe this is indeed the case, on the battlefield, he is destined to throw his head and spill blood, Ma Gan can do not care about his own life, but for the matter of depriving others with his own hands, and he is also a complete stranger, he is not sure whether he can really accept such a thing for a while.

Ma Gan didn't want to continue watching, he quietly turned his head, and his gaze turned back to the Immortal City.

It seemed that the city that was still in a state of bustling state before began to be silent in an instant as the sound of the earth trembling began, as if someone had used a pair of psychic giant hands to get stuck in the throat and could not make a sound.

At this time, the uninhabited streets, for some reason, actually showed a strange spaciousness. Ma Qian blinked, thinking, 'Is it an illusion?'

Due to the height of the city wall, at this moment, from where Ma Gan was, almost half of the city was in his field of vision, and his vision wandered, and the familiar streets appeared one after another.

Ma Gan stared blankly at the streets, and for a while, he completely blocked all the sounds outside the city. Memories flooded back, and he remembered the efforts he had made to join the defending team.

At that time, he was just a hairy boy, because his parents gave up their lives early, and he began to wander the streets early and eat a hundred family meals.

Later, as he grew older, Ma Gan's heart began to inexplicably give birth to an idea of wanting to become a soldier, but he lacked exercise since he was a child, and it can be said that he did not have any commendable skills at all, and he even forgot the threshold of entering the army.

However, probably because of his youth and vigor, Ma Gan decided on one thing, so he didn't think about giving up. It doesn't matter if the army doesn't accept him, rejects him. Since then, he has been running to the city walls every day, and he believes that sincerity is the truth of the golden stone.

So, after persevering for three years, Nan Hong, who joined the city defense team two or three years earlier, was finally moved by his persistence.

I still remember that day, Nan Hong, who was wearing a set of shining military uniforms in the eyes of Ma Gan at that time, walked straight towards him after finishing a day's task of defending the city.

Ma Gan can still remember the feeling at that moment clearly. It was a feeling of excitement and panic. Ma Gan, who noticed Nan Hong walking towards him, immediately stood up straight in fear, made a clumsy and stiff military posture, and stared straight at Nan Hong with his wide eyes, but after a while, the latter laughed inexplicably.

Looking at such a warm smile like sunshine, Ma Gan didn't know what was going on, and cold sweat gushed out on his forehead.

Nan Hong walked up to Ma Gan, and the strong voice characteristic of a soldier sounded, and he said, "It's been three years, no matter how windy or rainy, no matter how bad the weather is, you will come here, don't you have anything else to do?"

Ma Gan, who heard those words, showed signs of fainting in an instant. Originally, when he saw Nan Hong walking towards him, he thought that his behavior had finally moved him, but he would have thought that after three years of waiting, he would provoke blame.

At that moment, Ma Gan's legs couldn't stop weakening, because of disappointment, because of helplessness, because of panic. But in the end, he did not fall, because he mustered up all the courage, lifted the spirit of his thin body, and replied almost like a shout, "I want to join you." ”

"Why?" Nan Hong asked directly.

"I want to defend this city, to defend our homeland!" replied Ma Gan.

Nan Hong smiled, "This is not a good errand, it will be very hard, you have a small body like you, I am afraid that you will not be able to bear it." ”

Ma Gan immediately heard the meaning of Nan Hong's words, and immediately because of his excitement, his tears couldn't stop sliding out. He shouted the slogan and replied, "I'm not afraid of hardship, I'm not afraid of tiredness, joining you is my dream, for my dream, no matter how hard and tired I am, it's nothing." ”

Nan Hong nodded with satisfaction, stretched out his broad palm and patted Ma Gan's shoulder, then turned around and motioned for him to follow.

After that, Ma Gan followed Nan Hong to meet the general who defended the city at that time, and underwent a two-year test, from that night, Ma Gan, as an alternate soldier defending the city, began to patrol the city every night, such a boring work, he did it for two years, during which he never took a break and was absent from work for even a day.

So much so that he was familiar with every street in this city.

Ma Gan, who jumped from memory to reality, involuntarily stretched out his hand towards the empty air, as if as long as he was able to touch those familiar streets like family.

Ma Qian closed his eyes and felt the long-lost tranquility in his heart. That's nice, he thought.

When he opened his eyes again, the sound of the wooden door being opened suddenly came from all over the city, and when Ma Gan heard the sound, his eyes immediately locked on the source of the sound. I saw that the doors of the four major inns were like an appointment, they all opened open, and all kinds of people flowed out in an orderly manner. Immediately, he silently walked towards the largest teahouse in the city.

Ma Gan frowned in confusion, he habitually wanted to inform Nan Hong, but at the moment when the words were about to come out, he realized that at a time like this, no matter what strange things happened, it was no longer surprising. After all, compared to the black and oppressive army that could already be clearly seen outside the city, these little things inside the city were not worth mentioning at all.

However, at this moment, Ma Gan was far more interested in this group of people in the city who were acting strangely and were obviously not the citizens of the immortal city than the large wave of enemy troops who had already arrived outside the city.

From the point of view of Ma Gan, the enemy army has arrived, and all they are waiting for is war, which is impossible for anything to change. However, this wave of about 100 people in the city, in such a situation, there is still leisure and elegance to go to drink tea, which really has to make people wonder.

Ma Gan remembered that the teahouse where this group of strange people had sat down was called Sifang Teahouse, and the owner was a middle-aged couple, not too old, about forty years old, quite sincere, and the taste of tea was also very pure.

By the way! Ma Gan, whose eyes fell directly on the simple and ancient signboard hanging on the teahouse, suddenly remembered. The kind-looking couple didn't seem to be immortal citygoers.

Ma Gan stretched out his hand and pressed his forehead, the heavy armor was attached to his face, and the cold feeling of metal continued to rush straight to his brain, Ma Gan finally remembered, "Indeed, that couple should have suddenly come to the Immortal City about twenty years ago, and then through some channel, they quietly opened that teahouse, and have settled down since then." ”

Ma Gan remembered the few words he heard when he was chatting with others in the past, they said that the couple never talked about the past, where they came from, what they came from, what they came here for, and so on, until today, no one can get an answer.

Ma Gan, who was in a state of thinking, suddenly sharpened his eyes, and his gaze passed through the houses like arrows, pointing directly at the smiling couple in the Sifang Teahouse who were busy making tea for that group of strange people.

He had a very bad thought, which almost made him tremble, "Could it be, that couple has been silent in this city for more than 20 years, and what they are waiting for is today!"

Under the heavy and solid armor, Ma Ganzhi felt that cold sweat seemed to be overflowing uncontrollably from his seven meridians and eight veins, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, he was afraid that if his suspicion was correct, then what would everything become, and what would be the meaning of everything he had insisted on all these years.

Ma Gan didn't even dare to look at the teahouse anymore, he hurriedly shifted his gaze, turned his stiff body at some point, and forced himself to face the enemy army dozens of kilometers outside the immortal city, densely packed with the breath of death.

His thoughts were churning, and for a moment, Ma Gan only hoped that everything that happened was just a nightmare that he would eventually wake up.