The setting sun is like blood, the yellow sand is vast, and the long business road goes forward and disappears behind the shadow of the mountain. The young master stood on the top of the mountain and looked at all this, and couldn't help but sigh: "After all, it is still an ancient battlefield, and you can still vaguely hear the sounds of fighting on the ancient battlefield. A veteran finally swallowed the defeat with pain, maybe he is standing here , perhaps standing there, seeing his own soldiers being swallowed up by the other party's soldiers. One side must be wearing blood-like armor. The armor that has been watered with blood will be brighter, but in the setting sun, the body soaked in blood is also brighter. It will seem a little cold."
"No, little guy, death is cold. Soldiers fighting on the battlefield will not feel cold, even in the ice and snow." An old voice came, as if in an ancient battlefield Before the war, the voice of Eternity said, "It's because of the surging blood! It makes people feel warm and hot all over. A power that does not belong to him came to the soldiers, and they roared They were fighting, rushing, and excited. What they saw in front of them was no longer the same soldiers, but wooden piles on the training ground. They only knew how to chop. However, the same was true for the soldiers on the opposite side. The same roaring, charging, and excitement... When their weapons slashed at each other, they were absolutely sure to kill each other, but in fact, they didn't know whose weapon would take away the opponent first. Their lives may fall on each other at the same time, and then fall on the battlefield at the same time.”
The young master looked around, but did not find the speaker. At this time, a group of people were running on the business road, and the sunset was about to hide behind the mountain. The young master frowned slightly. He was not afraid of anything, but at this moment he was There was also a hint of chill. However, at this time, on the mountain road where the young master was going up the mountain, there was a lame and slovenly old man slowly staggering over. The old man's crutch is just an ordinary pine branch. It's just that he has used it for a long time and has to bear his body. It is a bit bent. The place where he holds it is smooth, but it has a layer of patina because he has held it for a long time. Yes, it's just that the batter looks extremely greasy and has no aesthetic appeal.
The lame old man staggered to the side of the young master, with a shy and sincere smile, and said: "Sir, this is an ancient battlefield. Although there is a business road here, this business road is just It is a small road where people often commit murder and swindle goods. If you have nothing else to do, you should leave as soon as possible! If you walk forward here, you will reach Wanyangyuan in four or five miles. It is a small In the town, many caravans will rest and replenish themselves in Wanyangyuan. Young Master may as well go to Wanyangyuan. Of course, Young Master also has another choice, which is to turn around and return to Xisha City. Xisha City is better than Wanyang is slightly larger."
"Senior, there is no need to be polite. My junior's name is Qin Shuang!" Qin Shuang looked heroic, but there was also a hint of laziness in his heroic spirit. Qin Shuang clasped his fists at the old man and said, "Senior, Qin Shuang came here from Xisha City. , I heard that this place is an ancient battlefield, so I came here to watch it. It is said that there is a wonderful scene with stars, phosphorus and fire corresponding to it. It is really shocking. How can you rush to Wanyangyuan? Senior, I see that you are also alone, so you are here too. Do you appreciate the starlight and phosphorus?"
The sudden appearance of the old man made Qin Shuang a little suspicious. However, Qin Shuang never speculated on a person with malicious intent. He always thought that the other person was a good person and just asked casually. Qin Shuang didn't care at all what the old man was doing, and Qin Shuang didn't care at all what the old man had in mind.
Although the old man looked slovenly, he was arrogant in his heart. He also had a smile on his face, but he also felt a little uncomfortable. The old man said: "Master Qin Shuang, you can watch the stars, but if you use phosphorus fire, It is impossible to see it easily. There are too many soldiers buried under the yellow sand here. After they turned into phosphorus fire, there will no longer be any trace of them between heaven and earth."
Watching the phosphorus fire on the ancient battlefield was disrespectful to the original soldiers. Qin Shuang naturally knew that when the old man said this, Qin Shuang smiled and said: "Senior, the phosphorus fire here is exactly what they fought before. Meritorious service! If such meritorious service is achieved, it will be a kind of glory. The juniors coming here to watch the phosphorus fire this time is to express their respect for them, rather than being disrespectful and blasphemous. So seniors, don’t worry, juniors are just here. Just feel the fighting spirit of the ancient battlefield."
The old man wanted to say something else, but Qin Shuang didn't want the old man to continue talking. He took out dried meat and wine from his luggage, put them on the ground, and invited the old man to eat them together, saying: "Senior, This is some food, if senior doesn’t dislike it, then he and Qin Shuang can eat it together!”
The shy look on the old man's face was even worse, but his eyes never left the dried meat and wine that Qin Shuang put out. Qin Shuang knew that the old man must also want to eat, so he immediately smiled, sat down cross-legged, and said: "Senior, Please don't be formal! Qin Shuang never writes letters separately, it's the same for everyone. Senior is so free and easy, do you still care about this? "
"If that's the case, you're welcome!" The old man was really hungry. He swallowed a piece of dried meat that was more than half a foot long in a few mouthfuls. His eyes still glanced at the wine bag that Qin Shuang put out. He handed it to the old man. The old man took a sip and said, "Ah, it feels so good! Mr. Qin Shuang, when you eat meat, you need to drink alcohol. Otherwise, the taste will be a bit less!" "
However, the old man realized that Qin Shuang had just taken out a wine bag, and he had already drank it first. He saw the change in the old man's expression, but Qin Shuang didn't care and took the wine bag from the old man's hand. After taking a big sip, he said: "Senior, you are right, you have to eat meat to drink wine, otherwise the taste will indeed be much less. This jar of yellow sand wine was bought by this junior from Xisha City , the owner of the wine shop told me that it has been thirty years, but this time I drank it for fifteen years at most! When I was in Xisha City, the taste was even richer! In front of this ancient battlefield, if I didn’t drink Even with some old wine, it’s hard to feel the atmosphere of an ancient battlefield! Rumor has it that wine can only be called living wine if there is a soul in it. From this point of view, the wine we drink now is just dead wine. Fortunately, this place is also a place of death. , but it doesn’t matter!”
Seeing that Qin Shuang was not pretentious, he picked up the wine bag and drank it. The old man's favorable impression of Qin Shuang increased a lot. The old man picked up a piece of dried meat, and this time he began to chew it carefully. To pair it with a sip of wine, the old man chewed the meat and said, "Mr. Qin Shuang, wine depends on people! Mr. Qin Shuang has never experienced so much, so he can't appreciate the taste of wine! I am now I just can't feel the taste of wine, I just feel that I am drinking a sip of bitter water. It is the youth and frivolity of the past, and it seems to be the free time of the past. However, when I am a little tipsy, I feel like Ming Jing in my heart. It seems like, in fact, it is not youth and frivolousness, nor is it the carefree time, but the years that cannot be touched and the yellow sand that cannot be grasped!"
"Oh?" Qin Shuang didn't even attend the family's grand ceremony. He went out alone just to see the ancient battlefield, see the scenery, and listen to some stories. When the old man said this, Qin Shuang immediately said, " Senior, you might as well talk more, junior wants to hear senior’s stories. This junior is traveling and has experienced some things himself, so naturally he also wants to hear some other people’s stories.”
At this time, the old man picked up another piece of dried meat, took a bite, and said: "Actually, I am also a soldier. He is the kind of soldier who fights for the rest of his life. He can be considered a veteran!" But the old man drank cautiously. After taking a sip of wine, he even put the dried meat in his hand back to its original place, and then continued: "On the battlefield, I have seen too many deaths, and I have also seen too many young people turned into bones and loess. On the battlefield, even if we die in battle, it is good to have a thin layer of loess covering our bodies. A loess bag is even a luxury. However, our names will be engraved on Standing on the monument of meritorious deeds and enjoying the admiration of everyone, however, these are meaningless to us. "It has always been hard to conscript people. Hundreds of people rush to go and one person returns; what's worse is that those who conscript people have white hair and look at the journey. Mother cries at night!"
When the old man said this, his eyes were a little moist. Qin Shuang thought about it for a while. After the old man's mood calmed down a little, Qin Shuang said: "Senior, I didn't expect to mention your sad past. But let's forget about the past. Come on, senior, don’t worry about it. Besides, senior is traveling around alone this time, but he is also free and easy!"
The sky gradually darkened. From the back-and-forth chatting, Qin Shuang knew that the old man's name was Gao Chengxuan. According to the old man, he was a veteran, but Qin Shuang always felt a little different, and Qin Shuang did not go. To expose him, he instead listened to Gao Chengxuan talking about those bloody past events on the battlefield. However, the old man also discovered that Qin Shuang was only listening to the stories, but he never listened to them. Gao Chengxuan was also drunk and full of meat. After he was full, he said: "Qin Shuang, you little guy seems to only care about my deeds, but you didn't even listen to me at all! Is the story I told so unattractive, that you have no empathy?"
"Hahaha, the past of the seniors is naturally special, but the juniors are still young and do not have so many experiences, so..."
