Peach Branch City.

This small city, which is unfortunately located between Daze and Sansheng Mountain in the east, was still a little popular in the past few years, and the merchants who came and went have been completely deserted in recent years...... The dilapidated door plaques were rusty, and there were still residents in the city, but they were all haggard and withered.

The Three Holy Mountains encircle Daze.

The second prince held Liuli Mountain in his hand and opened an impregnable line of defense.

Five disasters and ten calamities, guarding Daze for 800 miles.

No one knows when the big war will begin...... The wealthy people with a solid family background, there is news in the court, and the "nobles" who have a relationship with the holy mountain have long since evacuated this realm of calamity.

The wind and rain in the east can fold the mountains.

And the people who stayed here were the same as the people who wanted to cross the Great Wall and enter the country in Xiling Qingbai City back then...... It's the same kind of people.

No money, no power, no power.

The Great Wall of the Great Sui is a wall.

There is no difference between the people inside the walls of this wall and those outside the walls...... The red dust is full of dust, the mud and sand are rolling, and under the general trend, they have no choice.

A ban was enacted in the middle state.

The Three Holy Mountains have joined forces to open a long line to prevent a large number of displaced people from entering the country and disrupting people's livelihood...... On the day when the eastern border and Zhongzhou turned against each other, the people of Liuli Mountain were no longer protected by the laws of the Great Sui.

And Taozhi City is in the gray area of this long line.

The sky is full of wind and sand.

A convoy of troops, difficult to trek through the wind and sand.

A young girl, with pigtails, poked out half of her head from the carriage, her eyes as black as agate jade.

The wind and sand are too big.

The girl struggled to look forward and saw an ancient and dilapidated city that was swaying in the wind and sand.

There were more than 20 people in the convoy, and the only thing that really had to be escorted was a carriage.

In these years, it was all people who fled from Taozhi City, and I didn't see anyone going to this broken city...... If you have the ability to fish people out of the Great Sui ban, where will you allow your wives and children to drill into this desolate ghost domain.

The girl's voice was hoarse and said, "Uncle Guo, is it 'Taozhi City' in front?"

At the front of the wind and sand, a man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, lowered the hat with one hand, lowered the horse's speed, and slowly came to the girl's side.

Guo Dalu took off his hat and gently pressed it on the girl's head, "The front is it." ”

His voice sounded a little tired.

This war in the eastern border, which broke out at some point, was like a vague storm that pressed on the hearts of every people. The young magnate with a strong background can escape, but there is always someone to stay here...... For example, the "dethroned envoys" directly under the imperial power of Zhongzhou were sent to every city in the eastern defense line.

They are here, they are watching, they are strictly obeying the law.

"The Envoy of the Emperor of the People's Republic of China" is now the last cornerstone of the imperial power in Zhongzhou to resist the tide of war in the east, if there is anything unusual, the first time to report to the Tiandu feedback.

Guo Dalu's expression was complicated, and he looked at the old city in the distance with the girl.

"Little Lychee, your father is an amazing man. The man said softly: "He took the initiative to apply to stay in Taozhi City." Soon, you'll be able to meet him. ”

Guo Dalu has been traveling to and from the east for many years, and he has long been familiar with the officials of Taozhi City.

Twenty years ago, he first entered Taozhi City in the east and got acquainted with Zhong Xun, the resident there.

Zhong Xun is upright, just to the point of "not knowing what to do", stubborn like a donkey.

It is because of this character that Zhong Xun has never been promoted in the slightest since he became a resident official.

This time, in order to protect the peace of his wife and daughter, Zhong Xun took the initiative to apply to stay in the east, and took the position of "dethroned envoy" in exchange for an opportunity to open the law......

And Zhong Xun's wife, Ning Xue, was escorted away by the imperial order, and after knowing the truth, she refused to travel far and vowed to follow her husband to defend the city together.

As a result, there is now a convoy that has returned from the past.

Guo Dalu was entrusted by Zhong Xun to personally escort his wife and daughter away, but because of his wife's opposition, he was not allowed to return to Taozhi City.

This trek lasted 15 days.

In Guo Dalu's eyes...... The opportunity that the stubborn man had bought was wasted.

Born to die.

and went back to the dead end.

Zhong Xun's daughter's name is Zhong Li, eight years old, carved in pink and jade, like a porcelain doll.

These fifteen days of running around are very sad.

Madame Zhong was so tired that she fell into a deep sleep.

Xiao Lychee was full of energy, leaned out of the carriage and looked around, Rao is little face was blown by the wind and sand, and still stubbornly refused to retract.

Guo Dalu gave the little girl a thumbs up.

has the stubbornness of his father.

Xiao Lizhi looked back at the carriage lightly, raised a finger, and whispered to Guo Dalu: "Shh...... My mother is already asleep. ”

The man comprehended, and his expression was a little complicated.

A quarrel broke out a few days ago, and he persuaded his wife to calm down, but Mrs. Zhong directly tore up the edict and forced herself to return, and her character was even stronger than Zhong Xun...... No wonder they can form a pair.

But in his heart he was still envious.

To be able to get such a good wife, what more can a husband ask for?

"Guo Daxia, let me ask you......"

Xiao Lizhi poked her head out and asked cautiously, "If my father sees me coming back, will he be very happy, and will he praise me for being sensible?"

When Guo Dalu heard this, he felt a little helpless and a little sad.

Children are the most innocent.

Where do you know about Little Lychee...... How much effort did my father's good intentions take.

She also thought that coming to Taozhi City was just an ordinary reunion.

As everyone knows, the edict was only issued once.

The privileges of the dethroned envoy have already been used, and it will be difficult for Little Lychee to go back when he comes to Taozhi City this time.

So.

It can be regarded as the fulfillment of Mrs. Zhong's wish, right?

Guo Dalu smiled in a complicated mood, he patted the little girl's head, and said softly: "Tell you a secret, you put your ears over......"

Little Lychee blinked and leaned closer.

Guo Dalu lowered his voice and said: "When I was drinking with your father a while ago, he told me that you have always been very sensible and have always been his pride. ”

Little Lychee was stunned.

The little guy looked at Guo Dalu suspiciously.

She didn't believe that her stubborn father would say such a sensual thing?

Guo Dalu said seriously: "Don't lie to you, lie to you is a puppy." ”

The little girl lowered her eyebrows, as if she was recalling Guo Dalu's words, and after a while, she held her face and smirked.

Her voice was very low, rippling in the wind and sand.

Crisp as a bell.

No matter how dark the world is, there is light.

No matter how dry the desert is, there are also sweet springs.

For Guo Dalu, he has been walking darts for 20 years, and what he has walked along this road is not darts, but the warmth and coldness of people, and the cold state of the world.

There are some things that are more important than dart money.

For example, at this moment, the smiling face of the little girl.

......

......

There was a "rain" in the sky.

On the roof of the carriage, there was a dull thudding sound.

The big and the small smirked and reacted.

A "sand rain" poured down, but the experience of walking the rivers and lakes for many years told Guo Dalu...... At this moment, it is not the stone that strikes on the roof of the carriage.

"Uncle Guo, what is this?"

Zhong Li looked confused, stretched out a hand, grabbed a puff of sand, and pinched it gently, and a cloudy white powder fell from between his fingers.

Guo Dalu retrieved his hat and said with a gloomy expression: "...... Little Lychee, retract your head. ”

The little guy snorted and obediently retracted his head.

Guo Dalu looked around, and his companions around him all looked solemn, and they all cast inquiring glances at him...... He stretched out two fingers, grabbed a "stone grain", and twisted his fingertips.

No.

This is not a rain of sand.

This is...... Human bones.

The man in the hat raised his head, the majestic outline of Taozhi City was already near, and a dark wall appeared in the wind and sand, and a large flag fluttered in the wind.

The stones at the head of the wall are broken and shapeless.

At the top of the banner, there was a withered corpse, its chest had been cut open, and its flesh had long been exposed, leaving only a pair of calves that were swaying like lanterns.

The entire convoy, with twenty-nine people, were all stunned in this huge dust.

It wasn't grains of sand that fell all over the place.

Rather, it is a human bone that has been crushed into ashes.

The majestic ancient city, the clouds are overwhelming, and there is a dead silence.

The corpses of the lungs were stripped of the city, hanging above the banners, and the high temperature made the desert scene dreamy and mysterious...... All this is reflected in front of everyone like a dream.

This is the most real nightmare.

It's a hell on earth.

From a distance, the image was impactful enough that everyone froze in place...... They couldn't imagine what had happened in the fifteen days they had been away from Taozhi City.

In the entire Peach Branch City, there is no one alive.

Over here...... It has been reduced to an empty city.

More precisely, the dead city.

The convoy was extremely lucky to avoid a catastrophe...... Be the first witness to this horrific massacre.

Liulishan Ghost Xiu slaughtered Taozhi City.

Of the 43,960 people who lived here, none survived.

Men and women, old and young, had their hearts and livers cut open, their lungs removed, and their heads cut off.

The convoy fell into a dead silence in an instant, and it was a scorching sun, but it was as if it was in a sub-zero ice cellar.

Mrs. Chung woke up.

She hugged Xiao Lychee, lifted the curtain, and just wanted to speak, all the words froze in her throat, and the sight behind the curtain was drowned by the tumbling dust and white bones......

At the very front of the crumbling dead city was a broken flagpole with a mutilated corpse on it. The corpse was as light as grass wool, floating around, its chest pierced with nails, and its blood dried up.

Looks like a top-heavy doll.

What can be seen clearly is -

The doll was draped in blood-soaked robes, the jade crown rewarded by the court was still intact, one arm was rudely torn off, the other arm was poked out, and the palm of the hand tightly clutched the large flag that penetrated the chest.

Taozhi City dethroned envoy, Zhong Xun.

Dead.

Madame Zhong raised her head, and the moment she saw the corpse, her body froze...... It was the longest moment of her life.

She tore up the edict of the deposed envoy and decided to return to Taozhi City, and thought that there would be such a day.

But I didn't think of it...... The day came so fast.

Coming soon...... I didn't have time to accompany myself, and it had already happened.

The woman slowly closed the curtains.

Little Lychee looked at her mother blankly, she didn't know what was going on.

Great sorrow to silence.

The entire Peach Branch City, accompanied by white bones and sand, and the souls of the dead whimpered.