In front of the tall Mt. Rest, the shadows move with the shadow of the sun.
Seen from a distance, the gray-white rest mountain spreads endlessly to both sides, as if it is spreading to the end of the world.
It is a high wall that connects to the sky. It is difficult for apes to climb and for birds to cross. It isolates the north and south of the desert, and it seems to isolate life and death in the world.
Yulang City.
Someone stood on the wall looking at Mount Xi'an from a distance and let out a long sigh.
He was an old man, with white beard and hair, and a hunched back. He looked like he was already in his twilight years.
Beside him, a child grabbed his sleeve and looked at the gable with curiosity, asking: "Grandpa, what happened to those who set out against the wall?"
The old man sighed and said, "They? They are all dead."
The child said "Huh?" and said: "Why are they all dead? Where are so many people? They live in those big cloth houses under the city, and they line up in neat lines, majestic, as if they are going to war! Why are they all dead in the blink of an eye? Dead? Grandpa, did you see it? "
The old man said: "I didn't see it, but I know it. Everyone who goes under the high wall from here must be dead."
The child chased and asked: "Grandpa, you didn't see it, how could you know?"
I heard someone say: "Because your grandpa is talking nonsense!"
His voice was that of a young boy, slightly sharp, as if he was approaching the stage of voice change, and his tone was really rude.
The child turned his head unhappy and said, "Brother Xie, you can't say that about my grandpa!"
On the top of the wall, sitting a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, his legs hanging outside the city wall, his eyebrows raised upward, he said with anger: "Because your grandpa is talking nonsense! No one has seen it, how can you Dead? Haven't you seen how powerful they are? They are much more powerful than those bad guys! According to me, not only are they not dead, but they have defeated the bad guys and are about to triumph! Look at the horizon, they are about to fight from the horizon Come back under the banner, there will be no one left behind!”
The child looked into the distance and saw only the top of the mountain, not the horizon. But although he defended his grandfather, he felt that what the young man said was not bad. Those who set out looked really mighty, and said: "Grandpa, what he said is right..."
The old man sighed and said: "A-Cheng, don't argue with this little brother. You see, he has been waiting in the city for so long, his eyes are red, and he can tell that his relatives have gone to war. Naturally, he hopes that People can come back alive. It’s hard for him to have such perseverance at such a young age, but..."
He looked at the sky, with only Mount Anxi in his eyes, and said: "It's just that there is Mount Anxi. No one can come back alive from Mount Anxi. No, it should be said that no good person can come back alive from Mount Anxi. If you want to come back, otherwise you will." If you die, you will become a demon. Rather than becoming a demon, it is better not to come back."
The old man was so sure that the young man named Xie couldn't help but feel scared, but he quickly raised his head and sneered: "That's just a story to coax children. Who would believe this? A good person is a good person, how can he become a devil? "
The old man said: "It's a story, and it's also a fact. My old man has been working as a tailor apprentice in Yulang City for sixty years. He often looks on the top of the city and sees that the people coming and going are all evil people with big brains. , the more evil, the richer. Those young and lively faces can come back once or twice, but gradually they will never come back. What you look like here is a high mountain, but in fact it is a ferocious beast that eats people. .”
The young man surnamed Xie was frightened when he heard this, but then he raised his head and said, "It's different this time. The hero is fighting this time! The devil is a clown, vulnerable to a single blow."
The old man smiled helplessly and said: "Hero, the way back for a hero is sadness. It's useless, it's useless. Have you seen the high Mount Anxi? Unless Mount Anxi falls, the hero will only Can bury bones..."
boom!
A huge shock came from under his feet, and the old man was knocked to the ground. The young man named Xie almost fell off the city wall. He urgently held on to the top of the wall to steady himself, and it took him a long time to raise his head.
As soon as I looked up, I saw the endless desert in front of me, and I could see the horizon at a glance. That's where the sky and the earth meet, where the clear blue sky connects to the long stretches of yellow sand.
The high gray wall that had just blocked the view was gone.
Rest Mountain has collapsed!
…
The collapse of Mount Rest was a major earthquake, both geographically and psychologically.
Originally, the white-haired swordsman had rebelled, but the establishment of Sunrise Camp had greatly shocked the hearts of the civilians who stayed in the city. But when these people set out to conquer Guliang Mountain in a mighty manner, almost everyone in Yulang City made the same judgment as the old man.
These people are already dead.
After all, compared to the short life span of the white-haired swordsmen, the people in Yulang City live longer, and their ancestors have lived here for generations. They have seen enough to know what a behemoth the Gangliang Mountain and the Anxi Mountain are. If you want to use your own body as a fulcrum to move the cliffs of that kind of mountain, you can only say that your brain is abnormal.
For these people who are different from ordinary people, some people admire them, some people feel sorry for them, and there are also a lot of people who disapprove of them. Some even accuse these people of bringing disaster.
There are a lot of discussions in Yulang City these days and it is very noisy.
But when the collapse of Anxi Mountain happened, Yulang City was silent for a moment.
The next moment, there was a mountain of cheers from outside the city.
The two mountains have fallen!
Finally fell!
Although the common people are not slaves in the open, how can anyone in Yulang City live well if they are not slave owners or dignitaries from afar?
Being yelled at by all kinds of big shots, he was squeezed to the extreme, and because of the vast desert around him, he couldn't escape, so he had to endure it. Generation after generation, there is no hope of making a comeback. No one had any hope in the first place. They just had to live one day at a time. Now that Mount Rest has collapsed, it is like the sun shining into the shadows, and the darkness is finally passing!
For a time, the city was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and the streets were deserted.
The people from Yunzhou still have manpower in the city, and they are responsible for guiding the atmosphere at this time. So it wasn't long before everyone knew that the swordsmen from Bai Yujing, under the leadership of His Royal Highness the Sword Immortal Ruyi Jian, led the awakened white-haired swordsmen to conquer the Gangliang Mountain and kill the Gangliang!
Lian Yiliang is dead!
In fact, most people don't know that Meng Liang is a specific existence. They only need to know that Meng Liang Mountain has completely disappeared from the world.
But in fact, there are informants of various important people in the city, and even some manor owners who were lucky enough not to go up the mountain. They were stunned when they heard that Zong Liang was gone. All kinds of news flew to various places like snowflakes, and will be announced in the next few months and days. A situational earthquake occurred in the middle of the year with a series of chain reactions.
However, the most important thing right now is that the fellow villagers should give a good welcome to the returning heroes!
Although everyone is still very poor, it doesn't matter, the owner of the manor is rich.
The white-haired swordsmen left in a hurry before and did not take away much property. The common people were so presumptuous that they did not dare to move around even if they knew that no one was in the mansion.
Now there is no scruple.
How many people rushed in to each large house, and those who could be moved were moved out, and those who could not be moved were tried by all means. I wish I could scrape the ground, save part of the supplies to entertain the heroes, and share some of the extravagant wealth among everyone.
During this process, the people in Yunzhou only guided and did not stop it. It's not that they are not greedy for money at all, but they have basically collected all the spoils of war. They still have enough money to pay for a military trip, so they won't compete with their fellow villagers for the remaining property.
As for the thieves who fished in troubled waters, Yunzhou people also acted as police officers to punish them, under the banner of Bai Yujing, which undoubtedly gained another wave of reputation.
So with the strong support of all the people, a grand welcome party was organized at noon.
In the evening, the setting sun shone on the horizon. Before I could see the human figure, I saw long, narrow and sloping shadows all over the ground.
Then, as if rising from the ground, thousands of troops appeared in the distance.
They're back!
The only person left in Yunzhou to capture the boss is an old man who looks unattractive, even a bit like a corrupt scholar. But he is the mountain commander of the Yunzhou training camp and the deputy commander of the Prosecution Department Nan Zihua. When the old man was young, he was also a powerful frontline swordsman with outstanding military exploits. Now that he has been a mountain commander for many years, his temperament has become gentler.
He had been in Yunzhou for many years and knew many people, especially the District Procuratorate. Most of the people currently active on the front line were his apprentices. He took a quick look and saw that there were many young and familiar faces in the team, and he was relieved for the first time.
It seems that the battle damage is not big.
As people get older, they naturally become more emotional. When he was young, he went out on his own and was not afraid of even the most dangerous and difficult tasks. But when he came to his students, he became worried. Especially this expedition to the Mengliang Mountains, known as the darkest place in the world, is extremely dangerous, and no matter how well-prepared it is, it is not enough. He was mentally prepared for large-scale sacrifices.
But now it seems that there are not that many attrition.
He saw his student Fu Xianchan, who was the commander of the subsequent reinforcements. I also saw Bai Yujing's swordsmen, several faces of the younger generation, and even an "old friend" Feng Zhilie.
But there was one crucial person that he didn't see.
Where did frontline commander Tang Zhao go?
Commander Nan's heart sank: he had actually only met Tang Zhao once, and there was no friendship between them. But Junhou specifically mentioned that Tang Zhao was very important and had an unlimited future, so he must be protected. If he had any shortcomings, not only would he not be able to explain it to the prince, but he would also be unable to face Xing Ji who was in charge of Chaoyang Camp.
But looking at the team's atmosphere, it's very relaxed and exciting, and it doesn't look like the coach is dead.
Nan Zihua suppressed his emotions and led everyone out to greet him. Welcoming everyone who has returned into the houses that have been prepared.
Because it was almost evening and there were many people returning, they were still placed in the Sunrise Camp. The camp has been completely renovated. Hot soup, hot rice, good wine and meat are provided in the camp for everyone to enjoy.
Before sitting down at the table, Nan Zihua saw an opportunity and grabbed Fu Xianchan and asked, "Why don't you see Xiaotang?"
Although there were only two of them now, Fu Xianchan deliberately lowered his voice and said in an almost whispering voice: "He is involved in a very important matter now. The Lord advised him not to show up and return to Zhongtian Mansion overnight."
(End of chapter)
