"Report! The Beiyi army has left the city and will arrive in Jincheng in five days!"
"Report! The Beiyi army is still three days away from Jincheng!"
"Report, everyone in Beiyi is still fifty miles away from Jincheng!"
Reports from the Beiyi army were delivered every day, and everyone knew that the Beiyi army was getting closer.
"I have sent word to the surrounding cities that they will not leave the city and wait for my order!"
"The newly arrived soldiers and horses from various places in Daqi are mostly militiamen and local warriors who are difficult to fight in battle. They are ordered to retreat to the second line and train in Ancheng, Shangcheng and Jicheng, and form a second line of defense to prepare for defense at any time. and support!”
"The soldiers and horses in the city are hidden in the Tibetan Soldier Cave. When the Northern Yi soldiers and horses arrive, and when some of the Northern Yi soldiers and horses enter, close the city gate immediately. Prepare many crossbows on the city wall to defend the city!"
Order after order was passed down from Zhou Ziru, and all the troops were ready, waiting for the arrival of the Northern Yi troops.
The sky above Jincheng was sunny and windy, and it was extremely peaceful.
Yi Xiaodao stood on the wall at the top of the city, looking north. There was already a bit of summer heat in the air, just like his mood.
According to the news sent back by the scouts, the Beiyi army would appear in his field of vision in two hours.
Yi Xiaodao tried his best to suppress his inner anxiety and slowly sat down on his knees.
Two hours, just wait.
In a daze, Yi Xiaodao actually fell asleep.
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"Xiao Dao, wake up!"
"What? Is the Beiyi army coming?" Yi Xiaodao woke up suddenly and got up immediately.
What came into view was a dilapidated bamboo house. He Yue'er put her hands on her knees and bent down to look at Yi Xiaodao.
Seeing Yi Xiaodao getting up, He Yue'er was startled: "Are you having a nightmare? I see you are still frowning so tightly even when you are asleep..."
When Yi Xiaodao saw He Yue'er again, he was shocked and stepped back repeatedly. He didn't want to get caught by the bed board behind him and fell on the bed.
"Hey! Be careful!" He Yue'er quickly stepped forward and grabbed Yi Xiaodao, but her head still hit the bed board.
A pain hit him, making Yi Xiaodao grimace.
"What's wrong with you?" He Yue'er rubbed Yi Xiaodao's head distressedly.
"It hurts...are you dreaming?" Yi Xiaodao recalled the pain and felt a little confused.
He Yue'er pulled him up: "Hurry up, it's almost time for school to end. If you don't pick up Xiao Feng, he will cry again!"
"Xiao Feng? Who is Xiao Feng?" Yi Xiaodao looked at He Yue'er in confusion.
"Hey, you don't even remember your son, do you?" He Yuer'er was a little angry.
"Son? With whom..." Yi Xiaodao was just halfway through his words when he saw that He Yue'er was about to get angry and quickly got up from the bed: "Okay, okay, I'll go right now!"
After walking out of the bamboo house, he looked around and found that he had somehow returned to He Yue'er's home, on the hill beside Wancheng.
Relying on his memory, Yi Xiaodao quickly went down the mountain and walked towards Wancheng: "Son...when did I have a son? No! Now is not the time to think about this. Isn't Yue'er...dead?"
Before Yi Xiaodao could figure it out, a person in the distance called out to him.
"Hey, brother! You're here just in time. These are the fish Li Dingxing just caught today. Here, take two back and try them with your sister-in-law!"
Yi Xiaoling ran from a distance, covered in mud, carrying two fresh carps in his hands, and brought them to Yi Xiaodao and stuffed them into his arms.
"This...Xiao Ling...how did you get so dirty?"
"Xiao Ling? Who is Xiao Ling? I am Xiang Lian'er!"
"Hey, let's not talk about it anymore. I am a fisherman, and you don't know how many days I have been clean? By the way, Li Dingxing also caught a lot of crabs, and he brought his sister-in-law and nephew to my house for dinner in the evening! That's it! With that, I’m leaving!”
Yi Xiaodao looked at the two struggling carp in his hands and smelled the fishy smell of the carp. The smell was pungent and a sense of reality hit his face.
"Was I dreaming before? Or am I dreaming now?" Yi Xiaodao seemed to have figured it out, but he was a little confused. He couldn't tell which part was reality.
Arriving outside Wancheng, Yi Xiaodao was rushing towards the city with his fish in hand, when he saw a rich young man walking towards him with a few servants.
"Haha, who do I think you are? I smelled such a pungent smell all the way away. It's you little beggar! I said, aren't you a hunter? Why are you sneaking fish into the city?"
The rich man asked lazily with a look of disdain, and the servants around him laughed in time, cheering for their master.
"Fang...long?" Yi Xiaodao tentatively called out Fang Qianlong's previous real name.
"Snapped!"
A servant slapped Yi Xiaodao on the face with a backhand: "Is it the name of our young master that you can call?"
Yi Xiaodao was a little dizzy after being beaten. Just a slap from an evil servant could make him dizzy?
Yi Xiaodao was about to fight back when he found that he could no longer stand firmly and was swaying.
When several evil servants nearby saw that Yi Xiaodao had made a move, no matter who made the move first, they all gathered around and punched and kicked Yi Xiaodao.
"Young Master Fang is so majestic!" A cold voice reached Yi Xiaodao's ears.
The evil servants around stopped and dispersed, and then they heard Fang Long's flattering voice: "Hey, isn't this Mr. Zhao? How dare I show off my authority in front of Mr. Zhao?"
"I don't care how you play on weekdays. But today is my mother's birthday. I want everyone in Anhui City to be peaceful and don't cause trouble for me."
"Yes, yes! Mr. Zhao, I was distracted and didn't notice. Each of you, slap yourself three times and apologize to Mr. Zhao!"
There was a crackling slap in the face, and Mr. Zhao didn't pay attention to it. Yi Xiaodao didn't even look at the man on the ground, and turned around to leave.
"You're lucky today!" Fang Long snorted coldly, led a group of servants who stopped, and walked away.
Yi Xiaodao climbed up from the ground tremblingly, dizzy, and found that he had no internal energy at all, and he couldn't even feel the mysterious fire.
"What the hell is going on..." Yi Xiaodao was at a loss.
"father!"
A crisp sound reached Yi Xiaodao's ears. When he looked up, he saw a cute little chubby kid running towards him.
"Dad! Why did you come here?" The little fat boy looked at Yi Xiaodao: "Dad, who bullied you!"
Yi Xiaodao looked at this little chubby kid and felt that he was both strange and familiar at the same time. Between his eyebrows and eyes... he somewhat resembled He Yue'er.
"Xiao Feng?" Yi Xiaodao called tentatively.
"The head of the family, even if he is busy, should remember the time when the children are dismissed from school!" A thin-faced old man followed Xiaofeng over.
"Dad, sir, seeing that you didn't come to pick me up, he was still planning to send me back!" Xiaofeng puffed up his chubby face and seemed a little unhappy.
Yi Xiaodao nodded in greeting: "Thank you, sir...Thank you, sir."
The thin old man sighed and patted Xiao Feng on the head: "Learn your lessons well and get ahead as soon as possible." After saying that, he left with a rather proud attitude.
The little fat boy helped Yi Xiaodao dust off his body: "Dad, the bad guys didn't hurt you, right? When I grow up, I will definitely take care of all the bad guys!"
Yi Xiaodao felt warm in his heart and touched the little fat boy's head: "It's okay. Go home quickly. Your mother should be worried."
Yi Xiaodao hugged his cheap son and limped back to the bamboo house on the mountain.
He Yue'er happened to have dinner ready and brought it out. When she saw Yi Xiaodao's appearance, she hurriedly put down the food and rushed over.
"What happened to you? Where did you fall?"
"Dad was beaten by bad guys. I didn't see it. If I saw it, I would take care of them!"
"That's nonsense! Wash your hands and eat!" He Yue'er patted Xiao Feng's head, and the little fat boy jumped up and went to wash his hands.
He Yue'er looked at the wounds on Yi Xiaodao's face and said distressedly: "You are a clumsy person and a clumsy tongue...I told you not to let you go, but you went instead! I'll pick up Xiaofeng next time!"
He was dull and clumsy... This was the first time that Yi Xiaodao heard someone commenting on him like this. He smiled bitterly and shook his head without saying anything.
Looking at the food on the table, Yi Xiaodao just remembered and was about to speak when Xiang Lian'er's laughter came from outside the door.
"You were right. Brother really forgot all about it! Sister-in-law, we are here. What delicious food did you cook?"
"Hey, why are Lian'er here? You didn't tell me earlier! I... didn't prepare any good food..."
He Yue'er seemed very embarrassed and didn't know what to do for a while.
Xiang Lian'er raised the food and wine in her hand: "What good food do you want? Look, my Dingxing is all ready! I just want to have a drink with my eldest brother today!"
"Okay, okay, come on, please sit down, please sit down!"
Xiang Lian'er entered the room, followed by Li Dingxing. When she saw Yi Xiaodao shaking the wine bottle in his hand, he winked with a smirk.
Behind the couple, a girl with braids stuck her head out and asked timidly: "Where is Xiaofeng?"
Yi Xiaodao looked at all this, it was so real, yet so...illusory...
"Why are you still standing there in a daze? Come and eat!" Seeing Yi Xiaodao in a daze, He Yue'er couldn't help but urge.
Yi Xiaodao stood up slowly, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This kind of life is good, but this is not what I want."
He Yue'er and the other three were dumbfounded, not knowing what Yi Xiaodao meant.
As soon as He Yue'er stood up, Yi Xiaodao said softly: "I have something to say to you alone." After saying that, he walked out the door alone.
He Yue'er nodded and followed Yi Xiaodao outside the house without asking any further questions.
Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er were left looking at each other, not understanding what was going on.
When we came outside the house, the moon happened to be out of the east mountain and climbed up little by little.
"So today is the fifteenth day? What a beautiful moon." Yi Xiaodao stood on this familiar hill and couldn't help but sigh.
"What happened?" He Yue'er looked at Yi Xiaodao's appearance and didn't understand. Yi Xiaodao was usually honest and honest, so how could he look so sentimental?
Yi Xiaodao looked back at He Yue'er and said softly: "Looking at you under the moon, you are always so beautiful..."
He Yue'er didn't speak, waiting for him to finish.
"We were not like this originally. I am not familiar with this world at all now. In the world I lived in, we experienced a lot together. I was the prince of the imperial court, and I fought in all directions, in the south and in the north. There is no one in the world. One is my opponent!"
"Now, I am in that world, preparing to fight against the Great Khan of Beiyi, but here..." Yi Xiaodao stopped talking.
"Life here is dull, and I get bullied from time to time... Even my family is impoverished..." He Yue'er added.
Yi Xiaodao shook his head: "That's not what I meant. As long as I'm with you, I don't care what kind of life I live with."
"So, what about me in that world? Am I well-educated and a lady?" He Yue'er blinked her eyes and asked longingly.
Yi Xiaodao was stunned and said slowly: "In that world...you are dead."
"Is it so dangerous?" He Yue'er was shocked.
"It's very dangerous..."
"Then do you want to go back?" He Yue'er asked, staring at Yi Xiaodao's face seriously.
Yi Xiaodao looked at He Yue'er's face, his big eyes blinking, and the twinkling light in his eyes was so charming...
Yi Xiaodao nodded with difficulty: "Go back! Otherwise...many people will die..."
He Yue'er smiled: "Then you go back, then my honest Yi Xiaodao will come back. But you must be careful. If it doesn't work, don't even think about avenging me!"
"You..." He Yue'er's words were somewhat beyond Yi Xiaodao's expectations.
"You have your own things to do. I'm just a woman and don't understand anything. But I know that what you want to do must be right!"
Yi Xiaodao's eyes became moist, and the person in front of him gradually became blurry.
"Yue'er..."
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"Be alert! The Beiyi Army is coming! Take cover!"
Yi Xiaodao woke up from a deep sleep, opened his eyes, and his eyes became extremely clear.
