Chapter 45: A Beginning and an End
May 19 is one of the 24 solar terms.
It seems that the world is very taboo about perfection, and there are small summers and big summers, small colds and big colds in the solar terms, and only the great fullness is missing.
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On this day, the Central Plains coalition army was connected from end to end, the drums and horns were heard, and the banner hunting stretched for two hundred miles, slowly approaching the lonely city of thousands of miles.
It's getting closer.
Close enough to see the flagpole covered with snow.
Approaching, the outline of the lonely city gradually comes into view.
The silence of the millions of heroes was as silent as death, and the sound of heavy breathing came and went.
When you look up, you can see the Tang flag that has long been dusty in history, and this kind of impact is more intense and shocking than any propaganda!
It is this banner that has been held for 64 years that has allowed the desperate Central Plains people to regain their courage.
It was also this blood flag that allowed the Chinese nation to defeat the arrogant barbarians on the frontal battlefield.
But the bearer of the flag fell.
Never again.
The solemn atmosphere lasted for a long, long time, until the hoarse order came from the cloud car, and then it progressed layer by layer, spreading to the army of millions:
"Take the remains of the martyrs home!"
The queue walked towards the lonely city in an orderly manner, and everyone's expressions were deep.
In fact, many poor soldiers don't understand what a sense of history is, but when they step on the uneven broken limbs and white bones on the soles of their feet, they deeply feel a kind of powerlessness and desolation.
As long as you have been on the battlefield, you know that the corpse will be infected with the plague, is it that the Anxi guards are unwilling to burn it clean?
In the end, I was alone, and the wild dogs all over the desert couldn't burn it all!
Time seemed to be very long, and the world became quieter and quieter, except for the muffled footsteps.
The golden figure at the front slowly stopped, and the empress stared at the blood flag that was close at a moment's notice.
She had practiced the action of pulling out the flag many times, and now that it had finally come, Li Wan found that her five fingers trembled slightly, and she was so close, but she never dared to stretch it out again.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Empress of the Tang Dynasty finally held the flagpole, shook her wrist, and the flag rose off the ground, hunting and flying in the wind and snow.
At this moment, the mission of the Anxi Army was completed.
"Sixty-four years ago, Suzong Li Heng handed over this banner to the Eighth Regiment of the Anxi Army and told them to fight the enemy on the border."
"Today, they return the flag to me!"
The solemn voice resounded, and the empress took the lead in entering the territory, as if she had stepped into another world.
Outside, the sunset is buried in the horizon, and the yellow sand is rolling to obscure the sky; The territory is covered with snow, and the snow floc is covered in layers, swaying and falling on the tips of Li Wan's hair and eyebrows.
She stared at the bloody city walls, none of the bricks were intact, the snow could not wash away the blood stains that had accumulated for decades, and the gates were scarlet and rough, the color of death.
Looking at it, his eyes gradually blurred, and a teardrop fell without warning.
The moment I heard the news of the death, I felt more guilty than sad.
can witness the crumbling blood sword by the railing, the unpatrolled city, and the birds and birds chirping non-stop in the position that originally belonged to Gu Changan in order to avoid the snow-
Dizzy, she stopped and slowly crouched down, feeling grief like never before.
The Central Plains will never lose Chang'an.
"That peach branch should have been planted by Chang'an before his death, why can't it grow tall."
Liu Shang muttered to himself in the queue, his gaze jumped over the withered peach branches, and landed on the watchtower inspection platform.
"Alas......" Zhi Lansu sighed deeply, he was most afraid of the figure of the city, slaughtering 10,000 troops during the day, and dragging his wounded body to patrol the lonely city at night, day and night.
But the man was not there, and he died a month ago.
Probably sacrificed outside the lonely city, the majestic qi of the flesh died out, and turned into a never-ending vision of heavy snow.
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The scene of the old man kneeling is out of place, he is the emperor of Beiliang, and he is the commander of the million-dollar coalition army.
But Xu Ting knelt down in front of the public to atone for his sins, a decision that overrode public opinion, and extinguished the most shining light of the Chinese nation.
Not only him, but hundreds of thousands of generals are carrying heavy spiritual shackles, which is a debt that can never be repaid.
The wind howled, and the black wave slowly approached the lonely city.
The whole picture of the city is completely clear, the bone residue and rotten flesh are deeply embedded in the brick cracks, and the thick walls are brushed out with blood, which is so terrifying that thousands of soldiers dare not force their eyes.
The towering lonely city is the crest of the soul of Anxi!
The sixty-four years of unstoppable Qiqi is Gu Changan's backbone!
The muddy bloody ground is the spirit of the Central Plains people fighting in despair!
The lonely city awakened the timid people in the Central Plains, just like the swordsmith in the Spring and Autumn Period, Gu Changan spent his life casting the sword to defend the glory of the nation!
"Don't forget the shame and remember the martyrs!"
I don't know who roared angrily, hundreds of thousands of soldiers spontaneously waved their arms in salute, roaring and screaming while holding back the tears.
Only by experiencing the war and personally walking through the desert can we feel the greatness and tragedy of the Anxi army's defense of the lonely city.
Persevering in the dark and desperate situation until now, it is completely using the will to create miracles, and using faith to fight against the barbarians.
The soul of Anxi deserves the highest respect!
The roar of the sonic sky faintly shook the lonely city, and two figures, one old and one young, slowly walked at the head of the city.
The old man was lame with a broken arm, a little dry man, wearing a coarse blue cloth shirt, and his face was shriveled.
Xiao Luoyang looked at the boundless army, tears unconsciously shed from the corners of his eyes, raised his sleeves to wipe them around, and the more he wiped his tears, the more he wiped his tears.
But he didn't have the excitement he imagined, and all the expectations had been worn out at the moment when Brother Chang'an died.
The empress at the front moved her lips and choked up, "It's too late." β
Carpenter Qin didn't speak, even if he had shallow knowledge, he should know that he bowed down and said to see His Majesty, but he couldn't let go.
The Anxi army has never been afraid of death, and is not even afraid of dying worthless, but when a lie hammers the night, no matter how beautiful the dawn is, it is broken.
"It's very late, but it's a pity that Chang'an died." Qin Carpenter's voice was muddy and hoarse, and he was not nervous in the face of the barbarian dog army, so there was no reason to show his cowardice to the Central Plains army.
"I'm sorry." The empress's expression was pale, and the intense pain was like the whole heart being pinched into powder by a large hand.
"When a person dies, it is superfluous to say anything, remember it or forget it......"
Carpenter Qin paused as he spoke, and at a glance he saw the skinny Liu Shang, revealing a long-lost smile:
"I'm home."
There was silence, and millions of heroes stood silently, letting the wind and snow blow their cheeks.
Liu Shang broke away from the team, walked into the city gate silently, gently pushed it open, and walked down the city to greet him.
The once weak scholar suddenly hugged his head, bit his fist and suppressed his whimper, and his body spasmed violently.
Back in the lonely city, the unbearable memories of the three years came flooding back, and he experienced countless humiliations and despair, and only at home could he vent without burden.
Xiao Luoyang ran over and wanted to stop him.
"It's not easy for him to cry enough." Carpenter Qin sighed, raised his hand and patted Liu Shang's shoulder, "You are also a hero of Anxi, we are proud of you." β
"Brother Chang'an is staying in the dormitory, you go and persuade him." In the end, the child can't hide the secret, Xiao Luoyang begged with tears.
Liu Shang's crying stopped abruptly, and he looked at Xiao Luoyang with a shocked expression.
"Chang'an said that he was afraid that the Central Plains would feel guilty, and he didn't want to scare them, so he ......"
Halfway through Carpenter Qin's words, the thin figure rushed to the city wall dwelling a mile away, barely breathing, and he pushed open the dilapidated wooden door.
The gloomy black mist leaned quietly against the wall, and you could vaguely see white hair and white robes, as well as clean smiling faces.
"Chang'an!" Liu Shang burst into tears.
Is it a legendary spirit?
He wasn't shocked, he wasn't rejoicing, he just felt angina.
"That's what the hell it looks like." Gu Changan smiled, "I'm also sad." β
After speaking, he glanced at Liu Shang and whispered:
"Suffered."
Liu Shang looked at him with red eyes, some things were hidden as great grievances, and when the words came to his mouth, he felt that it was not worth mentioning, so he pretended to be free and easy to say:
"It's just a little bit of weather."
"It's not going to be good, I know." Gu Changan saw his missing tongue, as well as the three fingers that had been amputated.
Liu Shang's lips trembled, turned his head, and squeezed out a smile:
"The journey was very smooth, I just miss you very much."
The black mist gradually collapsed, not wanting to transmit the yin qi, Gu Changan's voice was very erratic:
"The way I look now, I don't scare them, and I don't want to make the Central Plains feel guilty, you can arrange to take back the remains of your grandfathers."
"Chang'an!"
Liu Shang wanted to grab his arm, but he was empty, and said angrily:
"Who will be afraid of you? You have gone through so much suffering just to hide in the dark? β
Gu Changan was silent, only he knew the confusion and confusion in his eyes.
"Chang'an, we swore at the beginning, I brought the Central Plains army to the lonely city, you stand at the head of the city and raise the flag, how can you break the contract!"
"What did the grandfathers say before they died, no one cared about us before we died, and we must be beautiful after death, you will not be complete if you are not in the eighth regiment of Anxi!"
Liu Shang's emotions were extremely intense, his voice was a hysterical shout, and the part of his abdomen that made the voice twitched non-stop.
Chang'an, it shouldn't be able to leave the lonely city.
It scared him.
Gu Changan was speechless, and the last wish of the old man guarding the city made his thoughts waver, "Let's go." β
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There was a long dead silence outside the city.
The snow never ends.
The soldier's heart became heavy and cold.
Falling on the eve of victory is always the most desperate thing in the world.
He has endured endless suffering, holding a torch in the dark night, and it was the Central Plains who snatched the torch and pushed him into the abyss of death!
Stand where the hero stands out, but never get a chance to say thank you again.
Suddenly.
"Winter!"
"Dongdong!"
"Dongdong Dong-"
The low sound of the lizardskin drum sounded suddenly, hurried and courageous, like the beating of war drums!
The voice was so abrupt that the pawn was at a loss for what to do, staring at the lonely city in a daze.
The speed of the beating became faster and faster, and gradually the mountains roared and the tsunami roared, and the peace outside the city was completely torn apart by the sound of drums!
As night fell, the sound stopped abruptly.
"More than 20,000 ......" a cultivator whispered, which represented the heroic soul of Anxi who died heroically.
Who's beating the drums?
He looked up and saw that the child's holes were constricted, his nose was sour, and tears were hazy in his eyes.
Much later, he found that the moment in front of him was forever imprinted in the depths of his soul.
Heaven and earth are all frozen.
Snowflakes drifted on the faces of disbelief.
Millions of generals suffered cardiac arrest, and the fog shadow floating in the city was so eye-catching, and it was also so shocking to the past and the present.
A man who dares to crack the earth and open the sky in the face of suffering.
He's back.
No, he never left!
Transform the soul of the hero, Zhenshan River!
At this moment, not only ordinary soldiers, but emperors like Li Bang and Xu Ting all felt that there was a flame burning in their hearts.
I was so excited that my whole body trembled, and I was so moved that my eyes were full of tears.
For the rest of his life, the scene of the soul shadow stepping on the city will echo in his mind.
No one was creepy, and no one was frightened.
Not a single one!
Even the folk girl who is responsible for transporting food is full of tears at this moment, she will have nightmares for half a day when she encounters a snake in the forest at night, but when she sees the legendary ghost, her emotions are only passionate and exciting.
How could a person who spent his life desperately protecting the people of the Central Plains be afraid of him, and how could he be afraid of him?
Even if he lies in a palm-sized urn, even if he turns into a powerful ghost who chooses people and devours them, he will always be the giant of the Chinese nation!
In the almost suffocating silence, the city resounded with a sixty-four-year overdue reply.
Gu Changan looked around at the million-strong male division in Wuyang, and said sonorously in the face of the wind and snow:
"All the 8th Regiment of the Anxi Army report to duty."
"We have not disgraced our mission, and we have not lost an inch of land."
It's like accidentally striking a bass string in the silence of the night.
The sound of the piano is like a waterfall and rapids, like a roaring beast, like a storm and stormy waves!
Both generals and practitioners are trying their best to suppress their voices at this historic moment.
Silence has power, and the Central Plains Heroes don't say a word, they want to use silence to express a monstrous power.
It can destroy the world and shake the world, and it can shake the world!
When the ghost sticks to the territory, when that word spreads all over the world, it has surpassed any spiritual inspiration, and it is the most incomparable emotion in the world!
Everyone was depressed, the empress trembled her eyebrows, and there was hesitation between her eyebrows, but her eyes never dared to touch Gu Changan, and the boundless pain made her breathless.
For a long, long time.
The empress finally mustered up her courage, she clearly saw the clean and handsome face in the black fog, and saw the smiling face that was still clear after a lifetime of hardships.
"I'll say ...... on behalf of the common people."
Li Wan was silent for a long time, and choked up:
"You've worked hard all these years."
The empress's cry followed the bleak wind and snow, and outside the silent city like death, it completely infected millions of soldiers.
"Defending the enemy on the border, where the mission lies, how hard it is." Gu Changan actually had no expression, but he still knew that he was in a trance and pain at this time, like a child who had left home for a long time and finally found his real home.
"It's just...... It's just that it's been a really hard journey. β
Countless generals couldn't control their emotions anymore, bowed their heads and gritted their teeth and sobbed.
He has suffered countless wounds, shed countless blood, spent lonely days and nights alone, faced a mighty wild dog alone, and wandered alone in the dark.
Their seven-year-old is carefree, and his seven-year-old is sword-wielding.
The duty mission turned him from a man to a madman, and from a madman to a ghost.
So many sufferings that make me cry in despair when I think of it, he just said two words lightly-
Tough.
"I'm sorry, I killed you." Xu Ting's eyes flashed with tears, and his voice trembled slightly.
Gu Changan felt the military situation of the Central Plains, and looked at the young people who were desperate for the survival of the nation, and his emotions gradually became complicated.
"It's not a pity to die, but I hope that the Central Plains will expel the barbarians and recast the glory of the nation."
"I pray that you will come and tell me proudlyβthat today is the best you want."
"Knowing that it is impossible, there will be a glimmer of hope."
After a moment's pause, he smiled and said in a reassuring voice:
"Don't feel guilty, if I had been conscious at that time, I would have also killed the rear of the barbarians."
"If you go back to sixty-four years ago with your memory, the Eighth Regiment of the Anxi Army will still step into the Western Regions to defend the Central Plains."
"It's our responsibility and we've never regretted it."
After speaking, he also realized that his yin qi was spreading wildly, so he said softly:
"Let's go into town."
The soul shadow disappeared at the head of the city, but the millions of soldiers still stood in place, and their hearts set off a violent shock, which could not be calmed down for a long time.
In their imagination, Gu Changan should be the proudest person in the world, sharp, and as dazzling as the sun.
But he speaks very ordinarily, just like countless friends around him, the more ordinary he is, the more sad it brings to him.
He just doesn't want us to be burdened, he doesn't want us to feel guilty, and his only wish is the prosperity of the Central Plains.
The night was already dark, and the procession began to slowly enter the city, everyone's face tense, but deep down there was a high-pitched roar.
The moment the ghost stood at the head of the city, they already believed in the tenacious willpower of their thousand-year-old nation!
They believe that no matter how collapsed the situation is, it will not shake the belief in the rise of the nation!
Knowing that it is a dead end, death does not spin!
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Top floor of the castle.
The spiral staircase is suspended by a light curtain of the mold lake, and there is a faint lightning and thunder inside, and the wind and rain are combined.
The light curtain was divided into several pieces, and one of the light curtains made a loud sound like the ringing of an ancient bell.
With each sound, the queen's face became more hideous, her temples fluttered with rage, and her holes glowed a terrible purple.
"It's exploded!" A sage wizard with a face tattoo spell was bleeding, and the strange-eyed boy stared at the light curtain, and said in a deep voice:
"Three times better than last time."
Everyone at the altar breathed heavily, and the atmosphere was as stiff as iron.
Thrice?!
The empire detected that the human world was a spherical shape, and it was cut into several plates of land, which was a divination made by absorbing the qi of the Heavenly Dao, not a national fortune but a spiritual power.
The last time the lonely city was exposed, the deeds of Anxi Lao Pawn and Gu Changan spread all over the Shenzhou Continent, and the decadent willpower of the Central Plains ushered in a skyrocket.
And the disaster brought to the empire was reflected in the battle of the Western Regions.
Although it was a madman who single-handedly changed the tide of the war, the tenacious battle of millions of Han slaves in the Central Plains also played a vital role, otherwise he would not have won the frontal battlefield.
This time, the ghost town of mountains and rivers has brought a threefold increase in the spiritual level, if the exposure of the lonely city made the Central Plains sick tiger stand up, now it is time to find prey.
"Are you sure?" The old woman in the wedding dress had a gloomy expression.
A few old monsters who half-opened the gate of heaven did not say a word, and the shock brought by being a ghost keeper was predictable, and even when they first heard it, they were like a thunderbolt in a sunny day, and their consciousness was in a trance.
"Can you get a glimpse of the next change?" Tuoba adjusted his emotions and stared at the wizard for a moment.
The wizard immediately shook his head in rejection, and the dark-eyed boy flashed with imperceptible fear.
Tuoba World keenly captured.
"Will you lose your life?" She spoke in a calm tone.
The wizard hesitated for a moment, then muttered, "Yes...... will backfire and die. β
After speaking, it was like falling into an ice cave, and his whole body was full of bone-chilling coolness.
An abyss-like aura locked on him.
"Hraldes, the crown of glory is reserved for you, and you will be an indelible monument to the realm of imperial warlocks."
"It is a great honor to dedicate oneself to the great mission of the abyss today!"
The spiral staircase sounded with a sound that could not be refuted.
The sorcerer named Herades was terrified, and he was terrified that his saint was a cheap life?
"Impossible!" He turned pale and flatly refused.
After being silent for a long time, the old woman in the wedding dress searched for memories in her mind, and then pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled:
"If your precious granddaughter knew that her grandfather was a shameless coward of the Empire, she would have killed herself in humiliation, right?"
Gerades shuddered, staring at the old woman's ugly face, unable to believe that the other party was threatening his most beloved granddaughter.
"And sons and grandchildren." The old lady in the wedding dress smiled coldly and no longer concealed it.
There are ants under the half-opened gate of heaven, and the saint is just a more precious ant, but in the face of the interests of the empire, no matter how precious it is, it can be sacrificed without blinking.
Herades' heart was like ashes, and he laughed miserably:
"The Kingdom of the Supreme God."
He prayed silently with the cross on his chest, then opened his mouth and spat out a tiny seat covered with fingernails, and the qi slowly seeped into the light curtain.
Oh, his face was distorted by pain, and terrible green smoke came out of his seven orifices, and Gerades's mind exploded, and he said hysterically:
"The next skyrocketing seven ...... Septuple. β
The heavenly machine is fleeting, and his life seems to have been directly drained, lying straight under the light curtain, and the person is gone.
The altar fell into an infinite silence, and the crowd was shocked to each other, feeling a strong sense of absurdity.
Septuple?
It's ridiculous!
"Do you believe it?" Tuoba Tianxia's cheeks were hideous, and he looked directly at the old woman in the wedding dress.
The latter paced back and forth, looking at the furious land immortals.
Seven times the spirit of the fight?
Is it the first basal burst, or is it seven times after the triple?
If it's the latter, it's tantamount to the sky falling apart!
"Dying intimidation!" A blonde-haired and brown-eyed land immortal roared angrily, but the balance in his heart had tilted, and it was unlikely that Gerades would risk the lives of his descendants.
Is it still caused by Gu Changan?
Even a miracle like condensing the physical body should not cause Dongtu to burst out with an unimaginable spiritual will.
The reason why this time is so terrifying is that there are no ghosts in the world of Gain, which is unique, and its particularity beautifies the unyielding spirit of Hannu's life and death.
"Don't be affected by false prophecies, there will be no third time for Hannu, with the suppression of the Supreme God Kingdom, no matter how high the fighting spirit of the Eastern Soil is, it will be destroyed."
The blonde and brown-eyed land fairy is extremely calm, trying to calm people's hearts, the future will always change with the present, even if it is true, as long as the ghost is killed, it will be solved.
Tuoba Tianxia's face was like a rusty iron vessel, and she remembered that today was the small full season in the Central Plains.
When the moon is full, it is lost, and when the water is full, it overflows.
She didn't believe that a lonely city wild ghost could continue to churn out the stormy waves, it had reached such a miserable point, if it was even more chaotic in the empire, then she would faintly question the sacredness of the Heavenly Dao.
"You were born with wings, why are you willing to crawl forward all your life, like insects and ants!"
"Mean stupid!
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Tuoba Tianxia roared in his heart, and then retired and left the castle, she was waiting for news from the Western Regions, how did Gu Changan choose, whether to continue to garrison or go to the Central Plains?
For both options, the empire must make diametrically opposed contingencies.
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Turtle City.
Walking into the desolate and desolate rammed earth streets, the soldiers first set up camp in the city, and at three o'clock, they all went to the graveyard at the foot of the mountain to worship.
There is no greenery in the bare mountains, endless wooden monuments, and lonely soul shadows.
"Grandparents, the Central Plains will take you back, as well as your descendants and relatives, as well as your new comrades-in-arms."
Gu Changan stood for a long time, until the sound of heavy footsteps got closer and closer, and he smiled and floated into the distance.
The empress and Xu Ting and other three emperors set up altars and flags, the gift of grains, the flesh and blood of cattle and sheep and other livestock to pay tribute to the dead, and hundreds of thousands of generals looked solemn.
I thought that the tears had dried up the moment I entered the city, but I still felt a burst of grief when I looked at the dense old graves.
In the chorus of bells and chimes, Chen Zhigu, the prime minister of Beiliang, trembled in his arms, squirming his lips and chanting the sacrificial text.
There was boundless silence, and a hoarse and heavy voice sounded in the grave mountain, which was subdued and frustrated, and the words trembled.
"The Central Plains would like to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Anxi Armyβ"
"The husband is in Siyi, the training of the sages, to go to the old and new, and to provoke at the beginning. The strong man Huaide, the parasitic blade, the resolute ghost, the gold and stone are shocked! β
"Recalling the past, wading into the desert, serving the country, being lonely and miserable in the Western Regions, the city of Qiuci, the benevolent teacher is not afraid, and the strange Xun Zhuo Bing!"
"Wei Qianyuan's back and forth, to the military revolution of Fang Jian, both boarding the car and ignoring it, only to take righteousness and forget about the spin, sweep the prestige in the fourth, revitalize the people's will in a hundred years, the painful spirit road is far away, stay in the Western Regions to sleep!"
"The sun dwells in the moon, the wilderness is clear, the flesh and bones are overwhelmed, and the people of the country think about it."
"Only without hatred, who can calm the mountains and seas? The dream of the loyal soul, the allegory of the comer. β
"Hold the cart to return together, look back at the mast to greet each other, settle down in Sangzi, and follow the tomb of the comrades."
"The soul returns, to oppose the hometown."
"The soul returns, and Vimo is forever wounded......"
In the last moments, the old man staggered through the graveyard looking for the tombstone of his dead father.
Although the unbearable vicissitudes of the past have long since eaten away at his memory, what happened that spring is still imprinted in his heart very clearly.
The back of his father's departure, the old yellow dog barked and chased all the way, and the child did not say goodbye well, and went in the opposite direction in the sunset.
"Dad, I'll take you home." With tears in his eyes, Chen Zhigu bowed and kowtowed in front of a grave.
As early as when the list of martyrs in Anxi was announced, their descendants decided to go to the Western Regions to do logistics and transport grain, and at this moment, they could no longer hold back the gushing thoughts, and rushed to the grave forest one after another.
"My grandfather, you won't go back once your ruthless heart is gone, my grandmother has scolded you all your life, and she is still thinking about your badness before she dies."
A burly warrior leaned against a wooden monument to make a toast, and the sound of sobbing was faint in the howling graveyard.
"But my grandmother didn't remarry, she said that her heart picked a heavy burden, one is you, the other is a child, no one can take it away."
She also said that how could she let a second man lift her hijab in this life.
"My father also died on the battlefield, I know very little about my father's life, and I can't remember the words he taught when he was a child, I only remember the sentence on his lips that it is glorious to protect the family and defend the country."
"Our old Chai family has been a soldier for three generations, and the brute dog has not died, and your great-grandson will also go to the battlefield to strangle ......"
Gu Chang quietly listened to the crying voices with different accents, in fact, he remembered the names of many old soldiers, and even his faces appeared in front of him.
"Future generations are very filial, and they are similar to you, so don't often mumble sorry for your children underground in the future."
The empress looked at the black fog without a shadow under the light in a daze, and condensed two words in her mind: loneliness.
The more lively the surroundings, the stronger this sense of loneliness becomes, and he stands in a crowded place, but it seems that he is separated from his surroundings in two paintings, although they are a few feet apart, but they never get along.
She walked over, and although it was the first time they had met, she whispered in the tone of an old friend:
"I'll take you home."
"The imperial court found the Gu family's old mansion in Chang'an City and renovated it, you can live the life you want."
Gu Changan was speechless.
More and more people came over, including Xu Ting Shang Kuo, as well as the academy master and astrologer Li Ping, and their eyes were full of anticipation.
Gu Changan pointed to Wu Yangyang's generals and said calmly:
"There is no self in the world, so I won't go back to my homeland to infect yin qi."
"Seeing them, I know that the nation is still the five mountains upward, all the rivers are still rolling eastward, and the will of Shenzhou will always move forward."
"One day, the flag of the Central Plains will fly in the holy city of the barbarian country."
Li Ping's eyes suddenly turned red, and he choked up:
"Your mission is complete, we will find a way to help you reshape your body, accept the baptism of Yanmen Pass's aura, Kyushu Ding cultivation, the incarnation of the sword of national fortune, you can try anything."
"Why bother pushing yourself, you have to rest!"
She knew how dark this man had walked through, and now that the dawn had broken, how could she continue to stay in the night.
Gu Changan smiled at her:
"Since I died, there was no going back."
If you want to recast your body and keep killing the dog, you can leave the obsession and your soul will be gone, and he would rather destroy the lonely city than fall outside.
Besides, I've been in the city all my life, what can I do when I go out.
"Since I died, there was no going back."
Hearing this, Li Ping was like a fish in his throat, and countless words he wanted to say were swallowed back by himself, leaving only a suppressed feeling of suffocation.
Come early or not to come to the Western Regions, he can have countless free choices, but it was the Central Plains that cut off his way home.
Everyone tensed their faces, and their calm words hit their hearts directly, and their souls ached faintly.
"I am willing to stay in the lonely city and obey the command of the hero!" A general's words were excited, and the green tendons on both sides of his temples burst out.
"No return!"
"Swear to live and die with the territory!
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"If you die in battle, the remains can be sent back to the Central Plains, and there are no regrets in this life."
One by one, the generals stepped forward, their voices were categorical, and there was no hesitation.
"Also...... And me. Zhe Lansu rose in the crowd, touched the sight of the black mist, and blushed and said, "...... atonement"
"You're still alive?" Gu Changan looked at him with a smile.
Zhe Lansu suddenly felt embarrassed, and his left arm hung in the air and didn't know where to put it.
"Thank you for the coffin, for your good wine."
Gu Changan spoke in a calm tone and continued:
"Yumen Pass is the territory you should guard, and behind you are the people of the Central Plains, and you can't let the barbarians defile the territory of Shenzhou."
"In troubled times, there is no merit compared to protecting the common people."
After a pause, he pointed to the mourning grave and said softly:
"I sent them away with my own hands, and I don't want to see my comrades fall beside me again."
There was a silence, and the faces of the generals who were eager to try gradually darkened, and the light in their eyes disappeared, turning to sadness.
They don't know, they just want to do what they can, so that this man who stands up to the sky is no longer a lone soldier.
Because they don't know when, this wisp of soul will disappear, and they want to accompany them, afraid that the hero will be lost in the lonely city.
"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"
"Chang'an, Chang'an, what crazy are you talking about?!"
When several elderly grandmothers heard the news, they rushed over, their silver temples were scattered, and they roared hysterically:
"If you don't leave, what will we give back these old bones!"
"Without me, who will weave clothes for you, who will cook for you?"
"It's almost autumn, it's cold at night, you don't have thick clothes, what should you do if it's freezing?"
Their hoarse voices were already pleading and low sobs, and only by watching Chang'an grow up and watching Chang'an change from a doll to a hero in the Central Plains could they understand the suffering of this child.
Gu Changan still smiled:
"I'm a ghost, I don't need to eat or wear."
Li Wan turned her head, tears were still falling, she tried her best to contain her emotions, but she was completely out of control because of one sentence.
"You fart! You are still Chang'an, anyway, if you don't leave, I won't leave, and the old body will talk to you every day. Mrs. Xu had tears in her eyes and directly put on a tough tone.
"Chang'an, the old man also stayed, stayed for almost sixty-five years, and was reluctant to give up a brick or a tree."
Carpenter Qin's expression was cold and hard, but Liu Shang, who was following behind him, was already in tears, he knew that no one could change Chang'an's mind.
In the past, when Mrs. Guo was still alive, she persuaded Chang'an to surrender all day long, but Chang'an still patrolled the city day and night, and to this day, it has not stopped.
"The old man has no queen, you help me to the end!" Carpenter Qin's tone could not be refuted, but his heart trembled violently.
He was afraid that Chang'an's soul would be scattered one day, and he would have to stay by his side, at least relying on carpentry to build a coffin and a pitch-black box.
"Brother Chang'an, I'm almost old enough to go to war."
Xiao Luoyang straightened up, his chapped lips were tightly pursed, without Brother Chang'an's Central Plains, it would not be the Central Plains in his dreams.
Gu Changan was silent for a long time, and suddenly sneered:
"What are we fighting for? For the sake of their children to be able to read aloud in private school, and for you old people to spend a peaceful old age! β
"The mission is completed, do you still want to die one by one? Think sixty-four years is not enough? β
"Which of you is not a burden to me? As long as there is one person left, I must leave a concern, because I want to torture me endlessly! β
"Enough is enough!
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The gloomy voice became higher and higher-pitched, and he walked up to Liu Shang and looked at the seven urns he was holding.
"Your parents, and your grandparents." Liu Shang showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time.
Gu Changan bowed his head, wanting to pat him on the shoulder, but he was afraid that the yin qi would invade his body, so he retracted his virtual sign and said seriously:
"In the future, I will guide the temple and enter the pavilion."
"No......" Liu Shang smiled with tears in his eyes, and said with a firm look in his eyes:
"I'm going to join the army."
"If the world is happy, I really want to fish and plow, and wander the rivers and lakes, but in the chaotic times, the abyss is on the side, I should die."
"It's fine." Gu Changan didn't persuade again, his eyes shifted to the urn, and he whispered:
"I'm sorry, the unfilial son is going to cut off his children and grandchildren."
"I have only one request for the Central Plains, sweep the tomb for me on the Qingming Festival, and put a March peach blossom in front of my mother's tomb, I remember that she also likes it."
After speaking, he ignored the painful eyes of his relatives in the lonely city, and left directly.
But as he walked, the black fog stopped, looked at the face that was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar, and showed the bright smile that he should have when he said goodbye:
"If I never see you again, I wish you good morning, good afternoon, and good night."
Turn your back and float away.
Carpenter Qin was paralyzed on the ground, his eyes were hollow, and his mouth was babbling:
"We all have a beginning and an end, what about you...... What about you, what about you? β
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The dark room, he hasn't lived in it since he was seven years old, but everywhere is clean and dust-free, Grandma Xu cleans it every day, but it has been 18 years since he slept in the last room.
"Finally, I don't have to defend the city."
"Good dreams."
Gu Changan lay on his side on the bed, smelling the smell of gravel, the phantom gradually began to twitch, and whimpered in the dark night.
He couldn't even shed tears, but he was clearly in pain to death.
"Good dreams, good dreams......" Gu Changan wailed bitterly, like an abandoned little beast, his body trembled so much that he couldn't stop.
Why me!
I also want to go to the Central Plains, but my soul is scattered in the Central Plains, what else can I bring besides causing pain to the common people?
I could only curl up in the corner, and accept the fact that my soul was destroyed on an ordinary day when no one was paying attention.
Grandpa Qin, Grandma Xu, which is not a relative who gets along day and night, I have been saying goodbye since I was a child, saying goodbye to relatives one by one, until now I am sending the last one away.
I have exhausted the way I ought to go, and I have kept the soil that I should keep.
A lonely man guarding a lonely city, that's the end of it.
I'm going to live for myself.
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Outside the city.
The Nine Sages and all the Enlightened Beings were entrenched in the air, and the majestic qi machine frantically gushed out withered and withered peach blossom branches, forming a strange fan-shaped arc in all directions.
This peach is originally a thing of the Central Plains, and has been baptized by the aura of Yanmen Pass, and at this moment the Central Plains Qi machine will nourish it vigorously, and the peach petals can grow visibly with the naked eye.
The pink peach blossoms are close to each other, crowding the entire branches, the trunks of the trees are thicker and thicker, and the peach petals are like patches of fire clouds in the night snow.
The Nine Sages' face was pale, and the qi in his body was exhausted, but no one stopped, until the peach blossoms grew to the height of the city tower, until the farthest peach branch extended twenty miles away, until Ruan Xian fainted out of breath......
Lookout.
The empress is guarding the city tonight, she stares at a peach that looks like a peach blossom garden, the snow and petals are intertwined, and the most beautiful scene in the world is nothing more than this.
The bright moon hung high in the sky, round and clean, with a cold light, and Li Wan aimlessly patrolled the distance.
It had only been two hours, and she was already very tired, and she didn't know how torturous it was to repeat this action day after day.
Did you sleep well?
You've been laughing all day today, and you're supposed to be in pain, but no one has the right to comfort you.
The empress shook her head, trying to throw something out of her head, but the back lingered.
The army will be tomorrow To be unplugged.
Tomorrow at this time, will you still stay at the head of the city?
Her eyes flickered, but instantly became firm again, and she said again.
Pei Jingshu, who was napping against the wall behind her, woke up suddenly and stared at His Majesty with a shocked expression.
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PS: Speaking of which, it's not a scam of money (too innocent)......
The platform is charged by the number of words, and the subscription of a certain chapter is expensive because of the number of words!
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