One.

The night sky is dotted with stars and glows like jewels. Suddenly, a red light flew by, breaking the silence of the night. Gradually, countless red lights pierced the sky like a rain of rain and scattered everywhere. The general offensive, accompanied by a rain of arrows, officially kicked off.

According to legend, the Nu people are afraid of fire. Not because they are savages, but because fire has a terrible power to burn everything they have. They knew that in the midst of this dense forest, once a fire was set on fire, it would be impossible to extinguish it by human force. They could only pray to Heaven to show down nectar, otherwise they would have nothing else to do but watch the fire consume everything. For them, the fire attack is unimaginable, because the fire is merciless, and what is burned will eventually be the home they rely on for survival.

However, the alien army doesn't care about any of this. Because this land has no meaning to them, even the sea of suffering that they want to get rid of day and night. Therefore, the discovery of the base was a fatal mistake for the Nu people. They are about to pay a terrible price for it.

The village was instantly turned into a sea of fire, and the Nu people fled in all directions with wails, but there was no escape. Because it is surrounded by steep cliffs.

With the flames rushing to the sky, the Ming army attacked. A well-trained army like a killing machine marches forward, ready to deliver the final blow to the Nu. Of course, Chen Kezhao is also one of them.

Even a well-trained soldier can become frantic at the sound of the marching drums. Under systematic military training, the more elite it is, the more excited it is. The sound of the drums stirred up the murderous intent of each soldier, who frantically searched for their targets, and vented their instinctive impulses by slaughtering living beings. However, the most terrible thing is not the soldiers who have temporarily lost their minds, but the organizations that train them. In the village, the fire was as bright as day. Under the cover of a round of arrows, the Ming army, armed with spears, stormed the village. They slaughtered everyone but their companions, intending to avenge the Nu for the suffering they had suffered for the past four months with a catastrophe. After killing all the enemies in front of them, the Ming army conducted a carpet search of the village, and they were ready to slaughter the Nu people, even children and women, in order to completely avoid the trouble. On this night, the wails resounded in the sky, and the Ming army committed a heinous crime of common anger on the grounds of counterinsurgency. They tried to sow fear in the hearts of the Southern Barbarians, so that they would never dare to rebel against Han rule again. The corpses were all over the field, and Chen Kezhao saw the girl again. The tribe of the Nu people is walled with steep cliffs, and the middle is full of large and small houses. On the outskirts of the tribe, there is a building made of stones. Looking at the building in front of him, which was larger than the guild located in the middle of the village, Chen Kezhao speculated that this building must be unusual.

Chen Kezhao walked into the building, and the spacious room in the center of the building was filled with countless decorative stone and wood statues. And in the middle of this pile of stone and wooden statues, there is a statue of a goddess with four arms and two legs. Chen Kezhao knew the purpose of this building at a glance.

The goddess holds a drum in her right hand and fire in her left. The second right finger points to the front and the left hand to the left foot. Needless to say, this stone statue is a statue of a god. A woman who has a devil on her feet and wraps snakes around her body as bracelets, bracelets, anklets, and shoulder straps will not be ordinary people. The workmanship of the stone statue was not ingenious, but it was enough to make Chen Kezhao feel frightened and scared into a cold sweat. Most of the gods or devils worshipped by barbarian peoples will give people an inexplicable sense of fear. This idol is no exception. Perhaps, this stone statue is stimulating Chen Kezhao's inner instinct to kill and destroy.

Perhaps, irritating things make people feel tired. This murderous statue of the goddess calmed Chen Kezhao's manic heart from the killing, and he began to carefully search the remaining rooms. There were two doors centered on the lobby where the statue was enshrined, and Chen Kezhao pushed open the door opposite him and found that there was a corridor behind the door, and there were more than a dozen rooms on both sides of the corridor. Chen Kezhao began to carefully search every room.

The first room was a bedroom with nothing in it. The same goes for the second room. And in the third room, there was an old man huddled in the corner, shivering. The old man trembled with fear, but his eyes were full of hatred for the alien. Chen Kezhao raised the spear in his hand, but put it down again, closed the door and left.

He didn't do it out of sympathy, but because he wanted to find a decent opponent. Chen Kezhao knew that killing the elderly, women and children would make him suffer from nightmares more than ever.

There are still none in the fourth, fifth, and sixth rooms. Although the ornaments hanging on the walls are exquisitely made, they are not of much value. There might be some priceless gems hidden in the corner of the room, but he didn't want to take the time to find them. He had seen some of his fellow frantically collecting gold and gems, but most of these people died at the hands of his own people. He didn't want to die for these things outside his body.

When he arrived at the seventh room, Chen Kezhao opened the door and walked in. There was nothing in the room except for the stone altar, which made people feel suspicious. Chen Kezhao carefully observed this altar and soon discovered the secret in it. He picked up the fur and aimed it at the altar and kicked it the side of the altar. There was a staircase that led to a six-foot basement. There was a man in colorful clothes hiding in the basement and pounced on Chen Kezhao.

Looking at the knife in the man's hand, Chen Kezhao decided to kill him. Chen Kezhao stabbed the spear in his hand at the man, and before the man could resist, he was killed.

Behind the man was a chest filled with various gold, silver and jewelry. It seems that the man wanted to hide here with a treasure chest, trying to escape the search of the invading army.

According to Chen Kezhao, this man should be one of the Nu rulers. Greed for life and fear of death is almost the common trait of all rulers. Chen Kezhao hesitated for a moment, took the 5 opals in the treasure chest, and hid them in his boots. He did not touch any other gold, silver and jewelry. This cat's eye gemstone is priceless and cannot be matched by ordinary gold and silver jewelry.

When the opal is rounded, a thin line appears in the center, which looks like a cat's eye. Most opals will only have one thin line, and in a few cases two. And the value of double-line opal is immeasurable. Chen Kezhao picked out double-line opals. Opal is only produced in a specific region of Nanban, and the production is extremely limited, which can be described as a priceless treasure.

Compared to opal, diamond (diamond) pales in comparison. In addition to being hard and transparent, it is difficult for unprocessed diamond to exude its unique brilliance, which will greatly reduce its value. Of course, there are a few diamonds that naturally crystallize into an octagonal shape, which are invaluable, but in very small quantities.

Chen Kezhao turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly stopped. He noticed the knife in the man's hand. Although there were no gems embedded in the knife, Chen Kezhao unexpectedly liked the knife. This knife is moderately wide and short in length, so it will definitely be very easy to use. Chen Kezhao pulled out the knife from his scabbard, threw it aside, and inserted the knife again. Later, in the eighth room, he met her.

Ihui Idali, the woman he had killed three days earlier, was lying quietly on the bed in the eighth room.

For a moment, fear swept through his body. A woman who was killed by herself appeared alive in front of herself, and anyone would be afraid of her. He stood there for a long time, until there was a commotion outside the house, and he came to his senses. It appears that other soldiers broke into the building.

Chen Kezhao walked over slowly, carefully looking at this woman, the woman he stabbed to death with a poisonous needle. Thinking about it now, he wasn't sure if the woman had lost her breath. The woman in front of her, although she was highly poisonous, did not lose her breath. On the contrary, she has begun to get better.

Chen Kezhao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He never missed a kill with a poisonous needle, which led to his carelessness and caused him to forget how many masters are skilled in using poison in the land of Nanban.

The original mistake almost turned into an irreparable mistake. If this woman had come to her senses and told her people the fact that they had seen Chen Kezhao, then today's sneak attack would have failed. In this way, Chen Kezhao will be sentenced to death for the crime of lying about the military situation. Even if the emperor is mild-tempered, he will not forgive a soldier who provides false information and delays the military aircraft.

Chen Kezhao pulled out the saber he had just seized and put it against the woman's neck. This time, he must deal with it cleanly and must not leave a legacy behind.

At this moment, the woman opened her eyes. As when I first saw her, it was a pair of big eyes full of fright. The woman was puzzled at first, but after confirming Chen Kezhao's face, she immediately fell into panic. The woman never dreamed that the man who was haunted to take her life would appear in front of her again when she thought she had escaped the clutches. She would never forget his murderous eyes and the white glow of the butcher's knife in his hand.

At this moment, he should have killed her. No, you should have dealt with her before she even opened her eyes. However, that moment of hesitation made it difficult for him to start. The woman's eyes made the murderous intent in his eyes disappear. The knife in his hand immediately stopped.

Ihui Idali glared at him. The fear in his eyes had long since disappeared, replaced by anger and hatred. Chen Kezhao blinked. Through the eyes of Yihui Idali, Chen Kezhao saw himself, a self who had become a killing machine. He asked himself, why did he break into other people's homes and kill innocent women and children? In front of her, he was like a beast.

Chen Kezhao closed his eyes. Only by killing her can we get rid of it and avoid future troubles.

Suddenly, with a bang, the door opened, and there was a sound of footsteps behind him.

"What are you doing here?"

Chen Kezhao's ears heard a voice that had become piercing due to murderous aura. Before he could turn around, the owner of the voice appeared in front of him. It's acquaintances.

"Woman, isn't this a woman......?

The soldiers, in their early twenties, were licking their lips and staring at the woman. Chen Kezhao looked at the eyes full of ** in disgust.

"Isn't this good...... wait, how long is there left?"

The soldier looked back and muttered. His hand was already unconsciously reaching under him. Chen Kezhao pushed the soldier away, and the soldier was enraged, glared at him and said.

"What are you doing, I'm just playing. If you want to go first, you can say it, and I know the principle of first come, first come. ”

Chen Kezhao really wanted to tear his obscene face. But he still suppressed his anger, shrugged his shoulders, and said casually.

"yes, I'll come first. You go to the next room and wait!"

"Is it necessary? I'll just wait here, it's fun to watch other people do it, isn't it?"

Chen Kezhao resisted the urge to beat him up again and pushed him out of the door. In the corridor, several more soldiers came in one after another. Chen Kezhao pointed to the seventh room.

"Go to that room, I promise you'll be grateful to me!"

Chen Kezhao turned around again. This time, he didn't hesitate. If the rooms are laid out in the same way, there must be a basement as well. Sure enough, he found the basement under the bed. Chen Kezhao wrapped Yihui Idali in a quilt and stuffed it into the basement. He believed that the Nu would not be so stupid as to build a basement without even leaving a single vent.

Ihui Idali glared at him the whole time. He ignored it, and just said lightly.

"If you're lucky, you might be able to survive. ”

Chen Kezhao knew that the woman in front of him couldn't understand the language of the Han people. But what if they could understand it? No language would pale in the face of these hateful eyes. Chen Kezhao hid Yihui Yidali and turned to leave. He blocked the entrance to the basement with a bed and set a fire there.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, the sound of a fight was heard from the seventh room. What happened inside, Chen Kezhao knew it. It seems that for a moment and a half, the attention of all the soldiers will be focused on that room. That might be a good thing for her.

When he got to the third room, Chen Kezhao glanced in and left in a hurry. As he expected, the old man had already died under the butcher's knife of the Ming army. He thought of Ishidali again, and though she hid in the darkness, it was better than just dying. However, what can he do if he survives? Alone, bearing the blood feud of the annihilation of his clan, how much better can this be than death? He could not answer this question, but he still felt that it was better to die than to live. After all, staying in the green mountains is not worrying about running out of firewood.

The Nu village gradually disappeared into the raging fire. The soldiers, tired of killing, rubbed their eyes bloodshot with murderous aura, and gathered together. The troops are going forward again, and no one knows where they are going.

The army under the command of Huangfu Yan continued to move south, and during this period, there were countless casualties. However, Chen Kezhao's fate has changed dramatically. One day, three months after the extermination of the Nu tribe, Huangfu Yan ordered Chen Kezhao to be summoned.

For an unknown soldier, being summoned by the general is not something to be happy about. Chen Kezhao made great contributions to the extermination of the Nu clan, but he was only rewarded with two catties of pork and a jar of wine. But for Chen Kezhao, it is a great pleasure to be able to eat pork in this foreign country.

Now that the reward has been awarded, the general naturally has no reason to see him again, unless he has committed some wrongdoing. And those who can make the general personally deal with it must be the most heinous criminals. Chen Kezhao chuckled in his heart, could it be that his secret release of the enemy had been discovered? With this thought, Chen Kezhao walked into the tent of the emperor with trepidation.

After the ceremony, Chen Kezhao knelt down and waited for the general's departure. However, the general didn't say a word, just kept looking through the copywriting on the case. Chen Kezhao lowered his head weakly. The general's silence frightened him more than any punishment, and he couldn't help but think about it.

He repeated it in his heart.

"I didn't do anything wrong, there's nothing to be afraid of!"

He bit his lip hard, trying to calm his heart. At this time, the general spoke.

"What's your name?"

"Chen Kezhao. ”

"Chen Kezhao ......!"

As if hearing this name for the first time, Huangfu asked after repeating it silently several times.

"How to write it?"

"Huh?"

"Which one, which one?"

The sudden question made Chen Kezhao panic, and it took a long time for him to react and answer.

"General Hui, it's Ding Kouke, and the day is Zhaozhao. ”

"Write about it. ”

"Huh?"

"Don't make me repeat it twice! I'll let you write your name on this piece of paper!"

After the emperor finished speaking, he handed him a piece of paper. Chen Kezhao looked at the paper blankly and understood the problem.

"No way, my identity can't be revealed......!"

Under the burning gaze of Huangfu Yan, Chen Kezhao took the pen and paper and wrote down the three words Chen Kezhao. At the beginning, in order to prevent his identity from being exposed, he deliberately practiced the writing of these three characters.

Huang Fuyan glanced at it and threw the paper aside.

"It's a mess!"

The general's words are understandable. After all, except for the five words Chen Kezhao and Wang Yi, he doesn't know a single word of Douda.

"What's your real name?"

Chen Kezhao slowly raised his head. What he feared finally happened. His substitution for others has been revealed. The punishment of confiscation is a capital punishment in criminal law, second only to the death penalty. With such a heavy punishment, Chen Kezhao impersonated and deceived his superiors and subordinates, and his crime should be punished.

"The villain's name is Wang Yi. ”

He hadn't called that name in a long time. It was so long that when he heard the name again, it felt so unfamiliar. He glanced at Huangfu Yan, and Huangfu Yan had a smile on the corner of his mouth, which really surprised him.

"Wang Yi......! Good name. At least it's better than the name of Chen Kezhao, the rapist, why are you stealing other people's names?"

Chen Kezhao did not answer. The emperor in front of him obviously understood the ins and outs of the whole thing, and it was useless for him to say more. Huangfu Yan seemed to see through his thoughts, and did not continue to ask, but picked up a document on the desk.

"Chen Kezhao, the son of Chen Zhenhan, a wealthy man in Ge Weidian, Jiangzhou County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, was sent to the frontier for committing rape. The strange thing is that he was supposed to serve his sentence in the frontier, but he appeared in the Shuntianfu prison and was charged with robbery and murder. So, who are the people who are serving their sentences here now? Don't you think it's strange?"

It turned out that Huangfu Yan found that Chen Kezhao was talented in military affairs, so he became curious about this person, so he went to look through his file, but found that he was a rapist. But in the eyes of Huangfu Yan, Chen Kezhao could never be such a filthy and obscene person, he felt that the matter was not simple, so he sent someone to investigate secretly.

Originally, it would have been difficult to carry out an investigation of such an unknown person. After all, no one would be interested in soldiers from far away in the South Barbarians. Coincidentally, however, three years ago, Yunnan officials had already received an order to execute the fake Chen Kezhao.

Huangfu Yan smiled and said to Chen Kezhao, no, it should be Wang Yi now.

If I had received this order three years ago, I would have taken you back to Yunnan at that time, or I might have executed you directly. It was the slackness of the local officials that saved your life. ”

"Saved a life?" Hearing this, Chen Kezhao raised his head sharply and looked at Huangfu Yan.

"I've lost too many soldiers. As you said, I am responsible for their lives. Not because I am a commander-in-chief, but because they came and died because of me. ”

The general smiled bitterly.

"What kind of heart Dong Hanchen has, how can I not know? The reason why I am at his mercy is also because of the arrogance in my heart. No matter how high his official position and how many means he has, as long as I have a clear conscience, what can he do to me? I believe that one day the truth will be revealed to the world, and when the time comes, all my grievances will be redressed. ”

He smiled self-deprecatingly and continued.

"It's me who is too arrogant. Now, I know that the world is not as simple as I thought it would be. Injustice is the norm in this society. ”

Wang Yi asked.

"Why don't you bribe?"

This is something that all soldiers are confused about. What Dong Hanchen can do, why can't the emperor do it? Even if Dong Hanchen's father is in power and the opposition, as long as he can settle the ministers, how can he block the mouths of the people?

Huangfu Yan shook his head.

"One, I don't have any money, and second, I don't care about it. Although, I can't tell why. The reason I'm telling you so much is because I suspect I'm really doing something wrong. Serving the country loyally, sharing worries for the king, and obeying orders from above is my belief, and it is also the criterion that I have implemented for many years. Is this really wrong?"

Chen Kezhao was silent. If the emperor is just because he has no money, he can even take out his private opal. Although Chen Kezhao didn't know how much the opal was worth, he didn't feel distressed at all if he could relieve the general's worries.

"It turns out that the reason why the general can't get out of this southern barbarian land is because of your heart knot. ”

"Yes? Probably. ”

The emperor laughed. Soon, he sat down and wrote a document and handed it to Chen Kezhao.

"This is proof that you have completed your military service, and it can also be used as a household registration card (ID card) and passers-by (travel certificate). Of course, the name on it is Wang Yi. ”

Chen Kezhao took the paperwork and was speechless for a long time. For seven years, he thought about it day and night, and he wanted to get this document, but he didn't expect it to become a reality now. Huangfu Yan looked at him and said lightly.

"The carriage to Yunnan departs today, go all the way!"

Finally, after seven years and four months of military service, Wang Yi left the hot land of the Southern Barbarians. Seven months later, he returned to Jiangzhou, and by that time, it was autumn.

Ma Ma also returned to the Central Plains with Wang Yi. He lost the ability to walk due to snake venom and was exempted from military service, but the moment he stepped on the land of Yunnan, he miraculously stood up. Maybe that's his way of survival. The two parted ways here, and no one expected to see each other again.