Chapter 491: Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor (Part II)
In 1383 A.D., a generation of famous military generals Sun Mengxuan was officially ordered to remove his armor in the Kunlun Wonderland, the ancestor of all roads in the world, and wrote the final perfect ending for her many years of fighting on the battlefield.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Since I started the army, after more than ten years, I finally clarified the universe, swept away the crowd, and recovered the rivers and mountains. The soldier Sun Mengxuan fought from the dragon, unswervingly, determined the world, fixed the country and the country, and made many achievements. Now, the crowd is ambushed, the world is settled, the sea is peaceful, all countries come to the dynasty, and the dynasty of the prosperous times in the past is nothing more than that. To this day, only the former ministers have been infected with flaws when they have traveled westward one after another, and every time I think about this, I can't eat during the day and can't sleep at night. Today, Feng Sun Mengxuan is the 'Marquis of Ling', leading the word "handsome", entering the Taimiao to share the worship, quasi-folk temple worship, the mandate of heaven is the oath, the jade dragon is the evidence, and it is allowed to unload the armor and announce it to the world. I wanted to go in person, but I was in poor health, so I wrote this edict to express my heart, and specially ordered the crown prince Zhu Biao to come on my behalf to serve the 'Marquis of Ling', hoping that Aiqing would understand my intentions, inherit my will, and live up to my hopes. Chin thisβ"
When the crown prince Zhu Biao read out Zhu Yuanzhang's holy decree loudly, Sun Mengxuan slowly walked up the Kunlun Wonderland 100-step cloud ladder, at this time, she had already changed her dress, but saw her long hair shawl, wearing a little star jade ornament, the word "will" cloak floating on the back placket, hanging a colorful jade belt around her waist, wearing a long sword, holding a feather fan in her hand, one arm around the Hetian jade chain, her feet barefoot, walking on the white jade ladder. On both sides of the stairs, there are about 500 female disciples, neatly lined up on both sides, dressed in white shirts, holding glowing candles, singing "Ode to the Dragon" in unison, all the people watching the ceremony all stand under the jade steps and look up, this is Sun Mengxuan's last "armor removal ceremony".
With the singing, Sun Mengxuan quietly walked to the top of the stairs, and at the top there were several masters of the Xiuzhen Realm who presided over the ceremony, and the prince Zhu Biao and his entourage were waiting. After Sun Mengxuan arrived, Zhu Biao personally took off the sleeveless "general" cloak for her, and Sun Qi, the head of the military family, shouted: "The time of heaven is the destiny, worship the general!" After speaking, he handed a cloak with the word "handsome" to Zhu Biao beside him, and Zhu Biao personally put it on for Sun Mengxuan, but saw a simple "handsome" word fluttering in the wind behind him.
Then, Zhu Biao asked people to take out a delicately carved jade dragon with a rare texture and a length of about three feet, hold it in front of him, and announce in a loud voice: "The hour has come!
Sun Qi raised his hand: "Certificate of honor!"
There are a total of 100 soldiers under the steps, all of whom are above the identity of the word "Hou", and at the same time, the dragon chanted out of the sheath, drew his sword and pointed to the sky, and the three times he shot into the sky and shouted in unison: "For honor!"
Zhu Biao lightly picked up the cloak with the word "handsome" on Sun Mengxuan's shoulder from behind, folded it, and placed it on Sun Mengxuan's left side, and then put the jade dragon on Sun Mengxuan's right side, before announcing loudly: "Licheng!"
At this time, in the hall of Kunlun, there were twelve ringing golden sounds, the auspicious cranes hovered and flew overhead, a vast sea of clouds, the sunshine sprinkled Kunlun fairyland, Sun Mengxuan was witnessed by ten thousand people in the world, and finally saw the dragon unloaded, the success of the retreat, a generation of famous generals, from then on away from the battlefield.
There are more than 20,000 people standing in the square of Kunlun Wonderland, looking up at Sun Mengxuan quietly, some of them came to participate in the Qianchen Meeting, and some of them came to watch the ceremony by invitation, all of them were silent at this time, because according to the convention, it was Sun Mengxuan's turn to say something at this time, and make an evaluation for his life.
Sun Mengxuan stood at the top, put the feather fan in his hand on top of the folded cloak, looked at the black head below, pondered for a while, and then slowly spoke, containing the mana of the cultivator, the voice was clear and not noisy, ensuring that everyone could hear it: "Today, I am standing here to officially unload my armor and return to the field, which reminds me of a lot of past events, many familiar faces, but ...... They're gone. β
"Today, I have successfully retired, but they can only recall their voices and smiles in their memory, what an irony this is, I ......" After a pause, Sun Meng hesitated for a while, and then continued to say in a low voice, "I ...... I miss them, I miss each of them, we have fought together, we have lived together, we have struggled together on the brink of death, but I am fortunate that I have come back from there, and they will sleep forever in a foreign land. β
"Over the years, I have been fighting on the battlefield all year round, and I have seen too many joys and sorrows, too many bitter tears, which are all touching the bottom of our hearts, but I have never shed tears, because I know that crying cannot change anything, only to live strong and go to victory, is the best comfort we bring to those who have passed away. Along the way, I am so fortunate that there are people who trust me and deserve my trust, who support me and deserve my support, and I am so favored by God that I am indescribable. β
"The definition of war is not so narrow, and it does not just refer to the war of countries, it takes a million gold to do it. In fact, war is everywhere, life and death are wars, intrigue is also wars, and the noisy quarrels of the small people in the market for the sake of buying and selling goods can even be described as a war between two people, so the 'war' has been deeply engraved in our bones and flowing in our blood. β
"Some people say that our souls are broken, because war is evil, it is destroying our souls, but after coming out of the valley of death this time, I suddenly realized that in fact, we human beings are all defective ourselves. Just imagine, what have we human beings done for thousands of years? War, hunger, death, hatred, destruction, and so on, we are so ugly, and these are all brought by ourselves, because we can't let go of the hatred in our hearts, so we bring greater hatred to others, because we can't let go of the grief in our hearts, so we bring greater sorrow to others, and this is the true face of our human beings. β
"Humanity is only one race that exists in this world, only the largest number of races that exist, and there are also demons, beasts, and other races that we don't know about, and because of this, we are engaged in bloody battles day after day, year after year, under the pretext of these ridiculous and absurd racial differences, always saying that other races are evil and endangering us and so on, so we have to destroy them, and what about ourselves? To be sure, the disasters caused by our own human beings are actually much more serious, and what qualifications do we ourselves have to live in this world?
"I have unarmed today, ending my long journey of bloody battles, in which it is always said that I have brought victory, but I have also brought death and annihilation, and today, I am not only clearly aware of this, but I will spend the years to come to repent, and to pray silently for all those whom I have killed and who want to kill me, that they may live a little better in that world, where, I think, maybe there will be no war, no hatred. We must remember that we go to war for the sake of 'no war', not for the sake of victory or defeat, and that the ultimate goal and highest state of war is 'indisputable', and the establishment of a peaceful and prosperous world is what everyone wants. β
"May the world be peaceful for a long time, and there will be no more wars...... Sun Mengxuan bowed his head slightly on the high platform, and his words were saluted.
Everyone in the audience was silent, and there was no response for a long time, and after a while, they slowly echoed the voice: "Long-term peace and stability, no more wars......"