August 14, the last day before the decisive battle.

The lively atmosphere in the capital is at its peak, and people are almost everywhere, and people's voices can be heard almost everywhere.

On this day, from the morning onwards, all sorts of things kept happening.

From the first moment of the first day of the hour, the last batch of tributes from various remote areas of the state and county came in one after another, from the south gate of the capital to transport in, all the way are guarded by officers and soldiers, Yang Chang crossed the street, all kinds of curiosities are available, what jewels Ayaluo, rare beasts, special fruits, tea weapons, full of cars and cars, attracted I don't know how much attention.

And one of the most distinctive tributes, or in other words, the most special tribute, is sent from the borderlands, and the reason why this tribute is special is not that it is so precious.

In other words, this gift is not only a treasure, but also unique in the world, priceless, and the emperor will be extremely happy, extremely glorious, and extremely relieved when he receives it, even if the subjects who see this gift will be honored.

This gift is a group of living people.

A group of living people from the farthest frontiers, who live in the most noble royal court of the frontier people, originally had the opportunity to control the fate of the entire frontier, but now they have to come to a foreign royal capital to spend the second half of their lonely and cramped lives.

These people are the concubines and sons of the Border Lord, and they are the most important congratulatory gifts after last year's unprecedented victory in the border lands.

Although it was a year late, because in this year, in order to completely devour the border land and belong to the territory of Da Chen, the general Wang Bubu still needs them to carry out some superficial pacification effects, and now, in this Mid-Autumn Festival, they were sent to the capital, which shows that the border land no longer needs these people, and the general Wang Bubu has completed the annexation and assimilation of the border land, and these people are the best proof.

Therefore, these people sent it a little late, but they were sincere enough, and the general Wang did not live up to the fact that he handed over a complete border land to the emperor.

Even the most incompetent subjects can understand this.

So when these people entered the city, the crowd on both sides of the street was crazy, everyone shouted and laughed, and some even sang songs, which was completely unbridled and carnival.

And on the carriage loaded with the royal family of the border people, the concubines and sons of the border people were all cowering like sheep, and they did not dare to look up at this cage that was about to hold them for the rest of their lives.

This is a complete victory for the alien race.

"Have you heard? In order to transport these barbarians, General Wang sent 3,000 elite horsemen to escort them, which was really cheap for them, and it was better for them to die on the road, and when they entered Beijing, they humiliated the capital of my Da Chen for no reason. ”

"Yes, but speaking of which, I really want to go outside the city to see those elites of my Da Chen, stepping on the border, scolding Fang Xuan, thinking about it, my blood is boiling, what kind of tiger can do this?"

"I want to see it, it's simple, I have a relative in the army, I heard him say, those elite riders have to leave tomorrow, you can go before tomorrow, so let's treat me to a good meal, I'll take you to sneak in quietly, how about it?"

"Okay, it's my dream to be a soldier since I was a child, but unfortunately my father won't let me, I must study!"

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Listening to the noisy conversations on the side of the street, Cui Li carefully squeezed through the lively long street, and there was a faint sound of singing in the distance, singing a song compiled by his predecessors to fight against the border people, which sounded particularly exciting, but when Cui Li turned into an alley, he gradually couldn't hear clearly.

Cui Li's mood was very calm, neither disturbed by the excitement outside, nor worried about the upcoming decisive battle tomorrow, he heard that Gu Yuean had been fasting for the past few days, and he felt very good, which showed that Gu Yuean attached great importance to this battle.

But he wouldn't do it, not because he didn't value the battle, but because of his character, and his realm made it unnecessary for him to calm his mind in this way.

He just lives as usual, and he is already the best preparation.

But what he did today was a little unusual, because the street he walked on was a place he would never usually come to, and this alley was also a place he would never set foot on.

Ten years, more than ten years, twelve years, he hadn't been to this place for almost twelve years, if it weren't for his wonderful memory, and because this place had indeed left a deep mark on his life, twelve years of change, maybe he wouldn't have found this place.

Following the route in his memory, he stopped in front of a dilapidated courtyard, Cui Li raised his hand and wanted to knock on the door, but when the door touched, he had already opened.

Different from the dilapidated appearance outside, everything in this yard is very clean, although it has been very old, but because of that cleanliness, it does not show a feeling that it may completely shatter and collapse at any time, but only reveals a texture of years.

It's as if so many years have passed, and time has only left some ripples, and everything that remains is no different from before he left.

"Are you finally willing to come to see me?" In this vicissitudes of the courtyard, beside a stone table, sat a young man in Tsing Yi, whose eyes were like water, and he looked deeply.

"I didn't expect that after all these years, it seems that this place has not changed at all. He didn't know what to do, so he had to say so.

It is easier to say that a place is the same as before, than to say that a person is the same as before, because the place is always that place, even if it is broken and old, it is a broken place, but people are different, people are too easy to change, and when they change, they are easy to become sad people, old people, old people, enemies, no matter which one, it is not too good, so there is a word called things are people.

It may be the scene in front of you.

"That's because I bought it early on, sent someone to take care of it every day, and if I made the slightest mistake, I would kill that person. The son of Tsing Yi smiled and said something murderous.

"Mingyue ......" Cui Li sighed with a wry smile, he found that since the day he left here, he faced the woman in front of him, and the most expression left was a wry smile.

And before that, they had a lot of happy times.

When they were still young, one was a poor sour boy from a broken family outside the Guan, and a handsome young man from Shuzhong, the two teenagers hit it off at first sight, living in this house that has been some years, in the summer to talk about martial arts, by the way, holding the watermelon while eating while catching fireflies to make fireflies and hang them under the eaves to watch all night, in winter, drinking wine around the hearth, red clay small stove, late to the sky and snow, drank cup after cup.

It was their best years.

"I've come to bid you farewell. Cui left for a long time and suddenly said.

"You're not going to die, that Gu Yue'an is definitely not your opponent, if you plan to run away after winning him, then even if you chase him to the ends of the earth, even if it's for a lifetime, I won't let you go." The boy in Tsing Yi still spoke plainly, but his heroic sword eyebrows made people dare not doubt what he said.

She does what she says.

It is said that chasing for a lifetime is a lifetime.

"Mingyue, I'm an ominous person, no one who has been related to me since I was a child will not end well, this is destiny. Cui Li's expression was still very bitter, "However, this kind of destiny will soon come to an end, because the first time I saw that young man, I knew that I would eventually fight with him, and I would lose to him." ”

", what is the destiny of heaven, you also told me this back then, so I practiced hard, and now I can already feel the heaven and the earth, isn't it the sky, if this thief wants you to die, I will kill this day. In an instant, a strong sword intent filled the entire vicissitudes of the courtyard, and the flowers that should not bloom in winter in those courtyards withered all at once, Qin Mingyue said word by word, "If that Gu Yue'an wants to kill you, then, I will kill him now, and that destiny will be gone, isn't it?"

"Mingyue, you won't understand. Cui Li just shook his head, "In short, this battle must be carried out, you promise me, don't do stupid things, just stay here, okay?"

"Unless you promise me too, you must come back alive to see me. Qin Mingyue's sword intent had not disappeared, and the entire air was still full of sword aura.

"I ...... I can't guarantee it, but ...... I try my best. Cui Li just shook his head, and then, turned around.

"Cui Li, have you ever liked me?" Qin Mingyue said in the end.

Cui Li's whole body was shocked, he didn't speak, and left.