Chapter 1 The Old Man in the Old Place

I thought it would be like this, but it was like a sudden landslide, and even if I was conscious, I would still be shocked by it.

There were all the memories of the past sixteen years, and now, all I have to do is burnt marks and bones all over the place. If this is a dream, then I would like to wake up now. When I wake up, I will be cloned with a cloak to protect me from the cold of the morning, and Xuanyu will prepare breakfast, and it may happen that Ahll will come back to eat.

But it's not a dream.

I saw Midnight's hand holding the reins of the horse clenched tightly and did not let go for a long time. Perhaps because he saw my embarrassed appearance, Midnight let go of my nearest left hand and quickly covered my eyes with it.

"It's not good for you. ”

"No, I want to see, I want to see clearly. "I took off the midnight hand and looked closely at everything that hurt me.

The village had changed, the fence had burned down, and only the ground near the land was still standing in black paint. The houses inside have long since collapsed, and some even have only a few outlines left. Everywhere you look, bones are everywhere, some are white, some are gray, and some are in the house with ashes, only the brace above the spine is still strong.

Ignoring the men behind me, I rode straight in. I walked cautiously so that the horses did not make any loud noise, so as not to disturb the soul that was resting again.

Midnight followed, but the rest of the people didn't. Midnight slowly approached me, but I didn't dare to make any sound.

I walked inside, introducing myself like midnight as I went.

"This is the Sui family, the son of their family, who likes to bully me when he has nothing to do, and I hate their family the most. This is Grandma Li's house, although she doesn't like my imprint, but she will still give me some pancakes to eat when no one is around. This is the Yuan family, and the Yuan He of his family likes Xuanyu, and the domain leader said that he would agree to the marriage of the two in the summer. But now that spring has passed and summer has come, the people who promised to get married are gone. ”

Midnight wanted to comfort me with something, but I never knew what to say, so I simply didn't say anything. Just follow me quietly and listen to my own words.

I rode my horse and went to the deepest part of the inside. I have a purpose.

In front of one of the largest houses, I stopped. I remember that there was a small camphor tree in front of it, but now it is gone, and it must have been burned by fire. The house has become a basic skeleton, but fortunately it has done some measures to not completely burn down.

"This is my home. ”

I dismounted and wanted to go down. Midnight stopped me and didn't want me in. But I still broke free from her, once I made a decision, no one could stop me, she knew it, so let me go.

I stepped over the threshold, and memories of the past seemed to flood back. With his memory, the stairs are below, is the room of the domain leader, and when he approached, he seemed to ask about the smell of wormwood, and the domain leader has always liked to smoke wormwood in it to prevent insects. Walking up the precarious staircase, right in front of my room, next door to Xuanyu's.

Entering my former room, I saw the only disfigured wall with a square burnt mark. That's the painting that the domain leader pasted on it, and that's what Guan Yunyu used to look like when I painted it with Xuan Yu. The painting was so ugly and ugly, but I couldn't get it off because it was pasted there, so I stayed for so long. Unexpectedly, it was gone.

My old desk, bed boards, and cupboards are gone, and all that remains is the black slag of wood.

Xuan Yu's room was forbidden for me to enter six years ago, and now, according to the rules, I still haven't entered the room that is unobstructed. This is Xuan Yu's boudoir, and the domain leader promised that after Xuan Yu got married, he would give me half of it. Now, it's still Xuanyu's, and I don't have the right to enter it.

After going out, midnight has been there. She had already dismounted and stood at the door waiting for me. I approached her with my usual steps. Midnight knew that I couldn't listen to anything now, and swallowed what I was about to say.

We both got on our horses and turned around and left.

"I used to hate this place, I hated the people who discriminated against me and bullied me here, but now, I don't feel that way. ”

Midnight still listened to what I said to her, as if listening to my complaints.

"Seeing the departure of someone who was once so close to you is like suddenly having something stripped of your heart, but you can't say anything. That's how war should be, that's why midnight will bury all his feelings in his heart, right?

"I've seen it. Midnight said suddenly.

"What did you say?"

"I've seen this kind of scene before," Midnight seemed to recall, "I waited at home for my father's return as usual, but instead of coming, another group of people came. The fire just went up, and my mother burned to death right in front of me, and she didn't shout for fear that she would leave a shadow on us sisters who were about to get out of the fire. When I returned home again, only the collapsed beams remained, and my mother was buried underneath. If it weren't for him, my sister and I would be gone, so for my sister's life"

"Midnight?" I said.

"What's wrong?"

"You seem to be crying. ”

Midnight touched his face, and sure enough, there was something like tears. Midnight quickly wiped it and said, "I don't, don't talk nonsense." ”

I lowered my head and said nothing. Midnight knew that I wouldn't talk nonsense, so I was relieved to speed forward.

When I saw the large army again, some time had passed. Xin Mo didn't wait for us to arrive, and said, "How about it, should we arrange the war department first, or first?"

Xin Mo looked at me, and I knew what he was trying to say.

"It's okay, I can do it, it's nothing. ”

"Are you really alright?" asked Midnight.

"Originally, I wasn't sure if I could win, but for this reason, people from the Xiuze Realm would never come in, at least I didn't agree. ”

Midnight patted me on the shoulder and rode towards the back of the army. Li Sima followed, afraid that there would be any orders in the middle of the night. Only two of them are left here, Xin Mo and An Sima, and they have always been easy-going people who can follow my orders. And Li Sima deliberately avoided me to follow Midnight, obviously not agreeing with my identity and orders.

Seeing that I had been looking at Li Sima's back, An Sima said, "He is such a person, the general doesn't have to care, he will get used to it in a few days." ”

"It's okay, let's talk about how to resist the Xiuze Realm first. ”

"But this place has been burned down, how can we defend it? Now it's too late to build a defensive platform. Xin Mo asked, apparently this was everyone's question.

"No, we have the right time. The Xiuze Realm is in our north, and the city platform in the north is the strongest in the entire Guan Yun Domain and even the Broken Spirit Realm, and the people of the Demon Clan will definitely not destroy it. In front of it is a mountain forest that no one has been able to walk out of for a long time, called the 'Devil's Forest', and in front of it is a beach. This is our location. ”

"What about the time of day?"

"It's the beginning of summer, and there are a lot of forests here, so there is a lot of natural rainfall. The abundance of rain will turn that side of the beach into a swamp-like ground. In other words, once the soldiers of the Xiuze Realm arrived, it would be difficult to move an inch. This season, it is time for the ferocious birds in the 'Demon Forest' to breed, and it is inevitable that they will be more vigilant than ever. ”

"In other words, the current season and terrain alone are enough to resist the Xiuze Realm. It's funny, what are we doing here? Is it possible to rush out?" An Sima looked relaxed, this was the first time he had seen this situation.

Xin Mo looked puzzled and wanted to ask some questions.

Seeing the contrasting expressions of the two of them, I explained, "These things are unknown to outsiders, and the Commander and the Realm Lord must not know, otherwise they would not have allocated such an elite army to us." Of course, even if this is the case, I am afraid that something will happen. Therefore, although we have favorable conditions, we must be fully prepared. As long as there is a person in Guan Yunyu, he can break through the natural barrier. ”

An Sima's expression became serious, but then he put his hand on my shoulder and said, "No wonder the commander has been asking to set off after you have finished training, it turns out that you are still so useful." ”

"The tone and gesture in which you speak to the general?" I pretended to be angry and wiped his hand.

An Sima shrugged his shoulders and smiled slightly, and rode his horse backwards, probably to find his army to give orders.

Xin Mo looked at An Sima's appearance, and said helplessly: "It's really the same as my nephew who didn't make it." ”

"Nephew, is he also in the Qi Xuan Domain?"

"Well, I made some mistakes and was punished and dismissed from the army, but I was stopped by General Mu, and now I am working as a coolie, and I can continue to be his commander after three years. ”

"It's funny, I like to do these things in the middle of the night. ”

"In fact, when you look at the generals and soldiers here, they are like emotionless killing tools, but they are also flesh and blood, they have their families, and they have their love and hate. Therefore, general, you must understand that their lives are also their lives, and their parents and relatives pray for a safe return, and they cannot fail their hopes. ”

Xin Mo didn't say anything more, sighed, and led the team to the north of the castle. As the team progressed, they all came back in the middle of the night, and when they came back, they didn't look very good. Midnight stared at the road ahead, and even the corners of his mouth drooped. And looking at Li Sima's sulking appearance, he knew that they had a conflict.

Ansima wanted to come and tell me something, but because it was close to me in the middle of the night, he couldn't succeed. Midnight didn't tell me why she was angry, and she didn't want to say either. Xin Mo also sensed this not very good atmosphere, he simply stayed away and didn't provoke anyone.

In the evening, midnight just ate some food and hurried to sleep. After the two Simas left, I responded to Xin Mo's eyes, took the rest of the food that I had eaten at midnight and the food I had not eaten, and approached the camp tent at midnight.

I held something in both hands and whispered outside, "Midnight, have you slept?"

There was no sound in the tent, but I knew that I didn't fall asleep in the middle of the night.

"Midnight, then I'll go in, and if you don't make a sound, it's a tacit acquiescence. I'll ask again. ”

There was still no sound inside, so I had to push open the curtain and go in. I saw that in the middle of the night he was lying on a mattress lying on the ground, upside down to the right without a quilt. I put all the food in my hand in front of Midnight. Only then did I realize that her eyes were open in the middle of the night, and she was resting on her right arm, not moving the slightest.

"Do you want to eat it, it's much better today than yesterday. ”

Midnight still didn't speak.

"What's wrong with you, the one surnamed Li, no matter how bad it is, you don't have to sulk by yourself, don't get along with yourself if anything happens, even if you can't get along with yourself, don't get along with your stomach. Eat it. ”

"You eat it. ”

Midnight finally opened his mouth.

"Then I'll eat it. ”

I really started eating, I didn't eat much at all, and I even made some of my own well-made meals for Midnight. Since Midnight asked me to eat, then I will eat it for her.

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that his attitude is not very good. ”

"Oh, An Sima said it, he is such a person, he insists on going his own way, and he doesn't go up or down. ”

"No, he is an official of Sima and has real military power, and we are just commanding, and everything still has to be listened to them. ”

I swallowed what was in my mouth and said, "I know, but we're still in a higher position than them, and we want to open some." ”

Midnight nodded, sat up, took a piece of steamed bun from my bowl, and before I could speak, she bit down. Actually, I bit into that piece, but I didn't say it.

After the night was calm, I left with an empty bowl and saw Xin Mo as I left. Xin Mo looked at my empty bowl, chuckled, and said, "You still have the ability." ”

After one night, and with morale already high, we were soon at the city. As expected, there was not much damage to the castle platform, and even if there was something bad, it would not affect the next enemy in the slightest. The Demon Clan has finally done a good thing.

Soon, the rooms here were assigned, and who was doing what was also assigned. Midnight has long since regained his original spirit, and An Sima is still so hippie and smiling, but his strength in training soldiers cannot be underestimated. Now, he can only continue to train the soldiers' emergency response capabilities, just waiting for the arrival of the few Xiuze Realm soldiers.

However, all of us are wrong, and the reputation is so simple. I remembered what I said before, as long as there is a person from Guan Yunyu inside, you can break through.

Looking at the mighty army under the city, all the generals on the platform looked at me, even midnight.

Why is this happening, obviously no one will break through the "Demon Forest", it is possible that there are people who know the terrain inside.

But fortunately, our soldiers are also prepared, and their ability to deal with them is invincible. Looking at the embarrassed appearance of the Xiuze Realm army under the city, he also knew that most of their physical strength had been consumed by the "Demon Forest" again and again. The appearance of their formation is also strange, and it seems that they have also consumed a lot of military strength.

When I looked closely, one of the strikers drew all my attention. He should have been dead by now, and he wouldn't be here at all.

The people under the city began to provoke, signaling the people of the city to fight. The man's voice was among them.

"Chenchi, I can't think of it, it's me. ”