The next morning.
The dazzling sunlight penetrated into the room from the gaps in the curtains. Xue Yun was startled and woke up suddenly unconsciously.
"grandfather......"
A soft call came from beneath him, and Xue Yun quickly looked down.
He saw the little beauty nestled in his arms, her closed eyelids filled with tears, as if she had seen the dead An Gufeng again in her dream.
He sighed helplessly.
Xue Yun carefully moved his body, pulled away and slowly laid it flat on the bed.
He also covered An Ruxuan with a blanket.
Seeing the other party sleeping deeply, Xue Yun finally calmed down and sat back on the chair next to him.
last night.
The elderly An Gufeng died of his injuries after all. As the granddaughter that the old man had loved since childhood, An Ruxuan almost collapsed emotionally on the spot.
Fortunately, Xue Yun was present, and after some pulling, the National Night Watchman from the Ministry of War Readiness had the opportunity to remove the old man's cold body.
In order to comfort and stabilize her mood.
Xue Yun stayed with An Ruxuan in the ward until she fell asleep due to excessive grief.
"Silly girl......"
He leaned back on the chair, raised his hands and stretched himself out.
There was still a mess in his heart, and Xue Yun only felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.
As the older generation of night watchmen in Longdu passed away one after another, the responsibility of guarding the city-state and protecting their homeland has fallen on the young people.
Xue Yun is already aware and prepared, but this does not mean that others are the same as him.
The situation is precarious and turbulent.
Every step in the future will be very difficult, and every choice will become very important.
Whenever something goes wrong, it is no longer a matter of personal gains and losses, but millions of civilians in the entire fortress city will suffer together.
"Teacher Beigong..."
He looked up at the ceiling.
Xue Yun smiled bitterly and murmured to himself: "Is this the pressure you were under back then?"
A thud~~
While he was thinking wildly, the door to the ward was suddenly pushed violently open.
"Xue Jiao..."
The young night watchman in front of the door had an anxious face. Just when he was about to speak, he saw Xue Yun frowning and making a silent gesture.
"Don't wake her up, let her sleep a little longer."
He quickly stood up gently and looked back at An Ruxuan who was sleeping on the bed.
Xue Yun stepped forward and put his arm around the night watchman's shoulders, and said softly: "If there is anything important, let's go out and talk about it."
He closed the ward door with his backhand.
Xue Yun looked around and saw that there were already small groups of night watchmen waiting quietly in the corridor.
"what's the situation?"
"Report to the instructor..."
The young man at the head quickly stood up straight, bowed extremely respectfully, and then spoke immediately.
"The city lord just called and ordered all the national night watchmen in the city to go to the south gate immediately. It is said that he wants us to join the road to greet the imperial city envoy team coming from afar!"
There was a pause.
The young man lowered his voice and whispered: "The city lord also said that instructor Xue, you must also participate, and you will never be allowed to be absent without reason..."
Your grandpa has legs!
Damn Hu Kui, how dare you act like a city lord in front of me?
I cursed in my heart.
Xue Yun could tell at a glance that he was ready to put on a good show that turned against the guests.
"knew."
He nodded calmly.
Xue Yun glanced at the crowd and immediately ordered: "Leave a team of people to continue guarding the hospital. After Miss An wakes up, I will personally escort her home safely. No mistakes are allowed."
"ah?"
The leading young man looked embarrassed and said with a wry smile: "But the city lord said that he would ask all the night watchmen to come out of the city to greet him. That is the envoy from the imperial city. If the brothers neglect..."
What a piece of shit the messenger from the imperial city is!
The real messenger had his neck wiped by Chen Jingshan a long time ago, and now he is lying in the coffin and is about to be frozen into expired reserve meat.
That's almost it. Are you really prepared to carry eight sedans to welcome a bunch of fakes into the city? !
He drooped his eyelids.
Xue Yun complained crazily in his heart for a while, and said with an unhappy face: "Where do you come from so much nonsense? You know, I am your instructor, how dare you not even listen to me?!"
He was startled violently.
All the young people immediately looked at each other, recalling Xue Yun's torture methods in the training camp, and couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
"Yes, yes!"
Give an order.
The night watchmen at the scene immediately organized their duties in an orderly manner.
A team of six people was left to take charge of An Ruxuan's safety. The others quickly evacuated the hospital with Xue Yun, boarded the vehicles of the War Readiness Department, and headed straight towards the south of the city.
...
At the same moment——
In the wilderness dozens of kilometers away from the southern city of Longdu, a large group of people were gathered together, seemingly waiting for something.
"Captain Tian, it's been more than three hours, why haven't the orders arrived yet?"
A young man in plainclothes crouched in front of the ceremonial vehicles and pomp with a painful expression, muttering and complaining: "Brothers left the city before it was fully lighted, and didn't even have time to eat breakfast. Anyway, tell me." What are we going to do?"
"Damn it, you're the only one who talks the most!"
A strong figure suddenly stepped forward, raised his foot and kicked the young man on the butt.
The expression of Ding Mian in front of him was displeased, he raised his eyebrows and cursed: "As a national night watchman of Longdu, have you forgotten all the most important regulations?"
He touched his butt and quickly got up and ran away.
The young man who was kicked quickly begged for mercy: "Oh, Captain D, please be gentler. Of course I know, how could I forget..."
"Never interfere with secrets, let alone inquire into high-level decisions, and obey orders resolutely and unconditionally!"
"It's good to know!"
Hands on hips.
Ding Mian had a cold expression on his face, looked around at the people around him, and warned in a deep voice: "Let me tell you, our mission this time is very important. Please cheer up. If anyone misses something important, please do it yourself." Take the initiative to feed the freaks in the wild!”
"Forget it, Old Ding, we can't blame them entirely."
Tian Zelin, who was not far away, turned around and smiled, and softly comforted him: "I stood on guard all night last night, and we were pulled out of the city before I had time to rest. It's really hard for our brothers."
He took out a pack of biscuits from his pocket.
Tian Zelin handed it to everyone and said with a smile: "I still have some dry food here, which was leftover from the last field training. If you don't mind it, you can share some to fill your stomach."
I was almost hungry all night.
A dozen young people were full of energy, and they immediately stepped forward and swept away the compressed biscuits in Tian Zelin's hand.
"Fuck..."
Silently rolling his eyes.
Ding Mian came to Tian Zelin's side, shook his head and sighed: "This year's newcomers have too much shit. Think about our training camp students back then, they have never suffered anything, how can they be like them, how many times have they been hungry?" Immediately he started shouting!"
Puff~~
Tian Zelin couldn't help but laugh.
"Uh, why are you laughing?"
Remove the water bottle from your waist.
Ding Mian raised his head and took a sip of water, frowned and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"
"No, no..."
Tian Zelin took a deep breath and sighed: "It's just that I think your tone is becoming more and more like instructor Xue back then."
