"You should be the second sister that Brother Yu often mentions, hello, I'm Zhu Ziying..." Zhu Ziying stretched out her hand towards Mo Chen and took the initiative to take Yu Yi's words.

Mo Chen looked at Zi Ying, and then at Yu Yi, both of whom couldn't help but redden's cheeks, as if they were very shy. She winked at Yu and made a strange expression.

Mo Chen held Ziying's hand and said, "Hello." But then she became serious again and turned to Haichi.

"Go back quickly, the patriarch has called a plenary meeting and told everyone to rush over. ”

"The plenum, except that there has been no plenum since five years ago, what is my father's face?" Elders and representatives from all areas of the family must attend, usually once a year, to summarize the work of the family and, if it is held on a regular basis, to indicate that something important is happening.

"As soon as my father came home, his face was not good. Mo Chen paused, "Or rather, in fact, there is something wrong at the coming-of-age ceremony." ”

"Oh, my sister, so you're here!" Suddenly, an extremely loud and disobedient voice came into everyone's ears, completely breaking the quiet atmosphere of the original book city, and everyone inside was stunned for a moment, and turned their eyes to the door. I saw a young man in plain clothes holding a white fan appear there, looking towards the third floor.

"It's him!" the corners of Mo Chen's mouth twitched, and he became annoyed all of a sudden. Not long ago on the street, this disciple openly molested a woman from a good family, and now he dares to appear here, and it is really a narrow road.

"Two... Second brother?" Ziying was stunned for a moment, and then said more embarrassedly.

"What... What? That guy is your second brother?" Mo Chen's eyes widened and he asked. She compared the two brothers and sisters, and couldn't believe how such a quiet girl could have such a brother.

"Uhh

Zhuyun walked to her side, glanced at Mo Chen at a glance, grinned, and secretly complained in his heart, isn't this the two he met during the day, he actually met here, so he couldn't hide the matter of being dragged by his ears.

"Yo, isn't this the apprentice who teased my sister on the road today?" Mo Chen looked at him with disdain, and his tone was strange.

"What a disciple, I... I... That's the pursuit of true love. Zhuyun shook the bangs on his forehead and said.

"You!" Mo Chen gritted his teeth and stepped forward, but was stopped by Mo Yuyi.

"Oh, who is this little brother...?" Zhuyun noticed the boy beside Ziying, and suddenly said, "I remembered, I should have seen you at the coming-of-age ceremony, right?"

Yu nodded and replied, "Yes." ”

"Hahahaha, that's true!" Zhuyun opened his fan and laughed heartily. This smile has brought more eyes here.

As if sensing a strange gaze from the outside world, Mo Chen blushed and hurriedly pulled Yu Yi away.

Zhuyun turned around and walked in front of them and said, "What's the hurry, are you in such a hurry to leave?"

"We do have an urgent matter, and we can't afford to lose this person. Mo Chen glanced at the other party coldly, looked away again, and said.

"Brother Yun, they do have something to do, so they hurry back for a meeting. Ziying explained.

When it came to the meeting, Zhu Yun seemed to think of something, his face became very serious, he couldn't help frowning, and thought: It seems that things are not simple, I thought it was just the Zhu family that had this situation, but I never thought that the Mo family, the Liu family and others had held a meeting. What could make so many families in the black dust meet and discuss at the same time, could it be that there is danger on the border?

Zhu Yun's pupils shrank, and he immediately became serious, and said to them very seriously: "Heichen may have had an accident, and I came to ask Zhu Ziying to go back to the meeting this time." ”

Mo Chen saw the playboy in front of him, once he became serious, he was completely different from before, and he couldn't help but have a strange feeling in his heart.

"Then let's go back quickly. Zhu Ziying said.

Everyone nodded and left.

Each family has built a family meeting hall that can accommodate thousands of people, and this place is hardly used in normal times, except in an emergency, when it was last used, it was five years ago.

"What? What happened this time?" An elderly elder of the Mo family listened to Mo Hao's statement, and immediately slapped the table, and the old and deep voice echoed in the hall.

Mo Hao sat in the middle, his face was gloomy, he should have been too busy, he hadn't drunk a sip of water today, so that his lips were dry and cracked.

Mo Ting sat in the audience, staring closely into her father's eyes. In the past twenty years, except for the one five years ago, she had never seen her father so negative, as if he was standing in a sea of fire, enduring that kind of torment.

After a long time, Mo Hao exhaled a breath and said slowly: "We received a distress letter from Zichen, maybe they are back..."

"They?" everyone was stunned for a moment, and their faces were instantly covered with shocked expressions, and they were silent one by one. The audience whispered, the words were disorganized, and it seemed that everyone was a little restless.

"Then what does Speaker Shen Tuo mean..."

"I will lead the troops to the battle, Shangguan Hua, the patriarch of the Shangguan family, and Lei Guang, the head of the Lei family, will assist in the expedition, and each family will send combat power. Mo Hao said.

"Why?" said one of the people in the audience, standing up and roaring.

"That's it!"

"It's not fair, why let you go!"

"Well, isn't this a death for nothing?" a few more people stood up, cooperating with the previous ones. The audience suddenly changed from whispering to noisy.

“......”

Mo Hao looked at the boiling crowd, but his mind was empty, he didn't want to explain or suppress their noise, he just felt a little powerless.

"Going on the expedition, we, our Zhu family has paid too much for Heichen!" Zhu Liang's roar sounded in the hall of the Zhu family's council, similarly, the Zhu family was not at peace tonight, or rather, tonight, there was no family in Heichen who was stable.

"Zhuliang, we can't choose. In the hall, Mrs. Bamboo looked haggard and tired. Obviously, this is the trickiest thing she's had ever encountered in five years. "If the crisis of Zichen is not resolved, the lips and teeth will be cold, and the black dust itself will not be able to protect!"

"But the Zhu family has suffered heavy losses, and it has been difficult for the economy to recover in the past five years, so all the hard work will be in vain!" Zhu Liang said.

Seeing that his mother looked haggard, Zhu Yun immediately grabbed Zhu Liang and did not let him refute again.

"Mother, where is the conscription book?" asked Zhu Ziying.

The meeting broke up unhappily, and everyone knew the deep righteousness in it, but their hearts were very twisted. Everyone understands the truth and what the big picture is, but when the task falls on the individual, the truth and the big picture become worthless.

The conscription rolls were sent to every home. As soon as Mo Yu flipped through the conscription book, among the hundreds of names, he suddenly saw his own name, and his heart was suddenly shocked, as if he had been struck by lightning, and he couldn't move. It's not joy, it's not fear, it's like all the seasonings mixed together, it's indescribable.

"The eldest brother and the second brother have all died on the battlefield, and the third brother will go again, what does this mean? Do they want the Mo family to be wiped out?" Mo Chen immediately got up and yelled at his father. Mo Ting grabbed her and shook her head.

"Pack up and set off the day after tomorrow. Mo Hao stood up, looked at everyone helplessly, looked at Mo Yuyi, his eyes were red, and left silently.

It was like saying goodbye, silent but heavy.

"Patriarch—" Everyone stared at Mo Hao and bowed to him.

Zhu Ziying stared blankly at the two black characters on the white paper-Zhu Liang, silent, and her lips trembled slightly.

Zhu Liang closed his eyes and didn't say anything, only the sound of his slightly rapid breathing in the lobby. After a long time, he opened his eyes, bowed to his mother, and said, "I know, when I get back!" and then he walked straight down the hall.

In the lobby, everyone gathered, but they didn't say a word.

Mo Hao took out the armor in the room. Once, this armor withstood countless violent attacks, it was stained with the blood of the enemy, it was a symbol of glory, a badge of victory, but because of a defeat went to loneliness.

He stared at the clothes, and his eyes lit up with flames of war: mist, white silk, strange black gas, and ghostly fire burning on those arrows, Zhu Tianqing pushed him away to face the enemy alone, and Mo Feng and Mo Lei Ling both died in battle......

Mo Hao slammed his armor to the ground, panting. He was so unsteady that he almost fell to the ground.

"Am I old?" he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and slowly closed his eyes, the question swirling in his mind.

"Father. Mo Ting stood at the door, saw Mo Hao's face was not good, and hurriedly walked in and poured him a glass of water.

"Ting'er, don't you think your father is very useless. Mo Hao held his forehead with his left hand, and his thumb kept rubbing his temples.

"No, never. I believe that every decision my father made was for our good. Mo Ting handed him the cup, her eyes full of concern.

"I know that many people are dissatisfied with this expedition, and to be honest, I am also afraid, those enemies are no longer on the same level as us, and they are right, they are indeed dying in vain. ”

"The purple dust is not guaranteed, the black dust is unpredictable, and the lips are cold and the teeth are cold, I believe everyone understands. ”

"If there is no desire in the world, there will be no more war, and we can't always convince people with one reason. Mo Hao sighed, took the teacup, and said, "What if..."

He was silent for a while, then looked at Mo Ting and said, "If we can return triumphantly this time, I will definitely spend more time with you." My father is so incompetent that he never cared about his children, until Feng'er and their departure, I—" He didn't continue, but stood up and touched her head, "I didn't expect Ting'er to grow so tall." ”

"Father!" Mo Ting bit her lip and stopped talking.

"Okay, okay, let's go back, take care of the house during my absence!" Mo Hao patted Mo Ting's shoulder and said earnestly.

Seeing this, Mo Ting swallowed all the organized words back, nodded silently and left. She walked out the door, leaned against the wall, clenched her right hand into a fist, and made a fierce determination in her heart.

The day before the expedition, the entire black dust was shrouded in darkness. There was no shouting from the stalls on the road, the pedestrians were listless, the family was not as lively as before, and everything was lifeless.

Mo Yuyi was lying on the hillside, his eyes were blank, and his mind was full of thoughts.

He could finally get out and leave the prison that had imprisoned him for eighteen years. He can get out of the dust and see the outside world, and he should be happy, no, no, not happy, it's based on suffering. He can't see the beautiful world, the green mountains and green waters, and the swallows and warblers crying, but the wars full of corpses, the scorched earth burned by the flames of war, and the homes flooded by the sea of blood.

Swords and swords, rivers of blood, white bones, withered grass, and homeless people......

Ha Yi took a deep breath, his lips trembling slightly. Today is the last day, how did he spend it?

He only remembered that Murong Jue and the three of them were obviously not as lively as they used to be, and their eyes couldn't help but feel a little bitter and heavy when they looked at him.

"Brother Yu, you must come back safely, don't forget, you still have to participate in our coming-of-age ceremony!"

"Yes, you can't break the contract, otherwise, we won't recognize you as a big brother. ”

“......”

They are all teenage men, and they don't want to show too much worry and reluctance. In Yu's eyes, he saw the responsibility and bravery of his three friends, and he was full of confidence in them.

"Okay, I promise you!" Mo Yuyi said.

Mo Yu looked at the starry sky, the stars were bright and extraordinarily bright, but they still couldn't hide the bleak indifference.

There was a crisp wind chime in her ears, Yu Yi followed the sound, Zi Ying was walking gently, she sat next to Yu Yi, looked up at the starry sky, and muttered, "I don't seem to see the moon tonight..."

"Yes, there is no moon tonight..."He turned his head to look at Ziying, silent.

"Brother Yu, you should go out too. Zhu Ziying paused, took a breath, and there was a faint tremor in her voice, "What we said that day seems to have come true." ”

"Ziying... I—" Mo Yuyi looked at the girl's side face, her eyes were red, and she had obviously cried.

"To be honest, when I saw my eldest brother and your name, my mind went blank, I didn't know what I was thinking, I was a little scared. Ziying stopped and couldn't go any further.

Yuichi looked at the starry sky again and said, "I can go out, to be honest, I... I don't want it that way. It would be great if I could be a traveler, but that's the way it is..."He paused and looked at Ziying. A tear streaked across the girl's face.

Yu Yi hurriedly got up to comfort her, "Don't cry, I don't want to see you cry." ”

"Brother Yu, I feel that if you leave, I will have few relatives. I'm afraid I'll never see you again, just like I won't see my father. Ziying held back her tears, turned her head to look at the black dust, and closed her eyes silently.

Maybe she shouldn't have appeared here, in the bamboo house. For her, this place is unfamiliar, and she does not belong here, just like Mo Ming does not belong to the Mo family.

Ziying clenched her hands so hard that her hands turned white and kept trembling. The body couldn't help shaking, like a peach blossom standing in the wind being blown away, and the fragrance disappeared. She gritted her teeth and refused to shed another tear.

"Ziying, I promised you that I will always protect you, so I will never..." his mouth stopped, looked at Zhu Ziying, and was silent for a while. Then, he exhaled and gently patted his hand on the other's shoulder.

At that moment, Yu Yi felt the coldness on Ziying's body and the fear hidden in his heart.

"I'm going to come home in triumph!"