The falling city wall is like a collapsed sky, and the rising sun above the sky is like a blazing flame.
There are no living defenders on the wall of the fortress. Hassan, Pu Lanqi and others stood on the wall and fought for a long time, and then quietly waited for the master of the grassland to enter the city and come to the fortress.
Before entering the city, Yan Liuyuan rode through the refugee market town outside the barrier. On both sides of the road, refugees were hiding in their shacks.
The barrier has been broken down, but what is surprising is that the falling city wall did not affect the market town at all. After the war, not a single refugee died.
Yan Liuyuan saw a child hiding in the shack. His father was protecting him tightly behind him, but the child couldn't help but look at Yan Liuyuan secretly.
Yan Liuyuan smiled and asked Qi Qige beside him for some beef jerky and threw it to the child, but he didn't say anything more and continued on his way.
The child who took the dried meat looked at Yan Liuyuan curiously. He suddenly felt that the other person seemed to be the most handsome person he had ever seen since he was born.
With eyes like stars and brows like swords, when he looks at the other person, it’s like looking at a perfect god.
But what the child didn't know was that when Yan Liuyuan looked at him, he seemed to see himself many years ago. At that time, there was a person who would always protect him like a father.
While passing by a masonry courtyard, Yan Liuyuan saw many schoolchildren hiding inside, and he asked, "Is this a school in a market town?"
One A young man said tremblingly: "Please let these children go. The oldest is 14 years old and the youngest is only 8. Even if 176 Barrier has offended you, these children are innocent."
This The school gentleman was very frightened. He could not see the end of the cavalry entering the market town. The majestic horses required him to raise his head to see the young man on the horse.
But no matter how scared he was, he never took a step back.
The strong horse snorted, and the white air spurted from its nostrils was like an arrow, with an astonishing momentum.
The young school teacher stepped back in fright, but still firmly protected the students behind him.
Yan Liuyuan looked at the young man, and then smiled at the children: "You have a good teacher, remember to study hard. Someone told me that books are the best way to understand the world. Get out of school. If you want to understand this world again, you will have to pay the price with blood. This is your last refuge."
I don't know what came to mind, Yan Liuyuan was in a daze when he said this.
The young school teacher was a little at a loss. The young man on the horse opposite him should obviously be very cruel, but that didn't seem to be the case.
"He Guyan, give them some dried meat," Yan Liuyuan said and continued riding forward without looking back at the children.
He Guyan looked at the group of children in surprise, but in the end he let the tribesmen carry a bag of dried meat and still said ferociously on the ground: "IThe master of the house rewards you. "
At this time, Hassan had already run down the tower and knelt in the city to greet the new king respectfully.
"Get up," Yan Liuyuan said.
Qiqige beside her suddenly noticed that when Yan Liuyuan entered the barrier, his expression gradually became colder, and he was completely different from when he was in the market town.
Da, da, Da, da.
The crisp sound of horse hooves echoed on the long street of Barrier 176, and the entire barrier was silent because of the arrival of Yan Liuyuan and the others.
The rough men on the grassland. The costumes, the majestic cavalry, and the civilization of the Central Plains were in sharp contrast.
On one side were neat masonry buildings, and on the other side were animal skins and long swords dripping with blood. Yan Liuyuan sat calmly. On the horse, looking around at the scene, he never thought that he would step into the barrier again in this capacity, and step into the place he hates most.
But now, there are more than two hundred prairie people after the disaster. Entering the barrier for the first time in years
The soldiers around him saw that the city was about to move, but the residents in the city were all cowering at home, not daring to come out.
Hassan. Next to Yan Liuyuan, he whispered: "Master, let's start? "
Yan Liuyuan glanced at him: "Start with what? "
" Massacre the city! Hassan said: "The tribal leaders behind are very excited. They want to massacre the city to show your glory. This is everyone's wish." "
" Massacre the city? "Yan Liuyuan was stunned for a moment. He looked at the tribal leaders behind him. Sure enough, they were all impatient, especially the two leaders of the Pulan tribe and the Hegu tribe. They died in this war. Too many tribesmen should use the blood of the people of the barrier to pay tribute to their tribesmen.
And they all asked Hassan, and the master said that they would use the blood of the people of the barrier 176 to sacrifice.
Although everyone suffered heavy losses in the storm, and although there would be a lot of material losses during the march, they would have a lot of wealth after a massacre.
But at this time. , Hassan found that his master was silent.
Once the massacre begins, cries will ring in the ears, black smoke will rise from the huge barrier, and countless people will die.
Yan Liuyuan looked at the originally prosperous fortress and the dilapidated fortress wall behind him. If Sister Xiaoyu were here, she would definitely not want to see a massacre happen here.
He suddenly said: "The order goes down. No massacre of the city. First, find out all the managers in this fortress and tell the residents that they can survive as long as they report these officials. It would be better if they talk about their crimes." However, before getting my order, I will kill anyone who kills indiscriminately. "
Hassan was a little embarrassed: "If you kill one of your own people because of the death of the barrier people, I'm afraid..."
Yan Liuyuan said calmly: "Then it seems they are still I don’t understand who is the master of the grassland. "
"Understood,"Hassan followed the order, and of course he obeyed Yan Liuyuan's orders unconditionally. If someone disobeyed, he should pull that person out and drag him to death with a horse.
The soldiers behind moved very quickly. In just a few minutes, they asked where several officials lived, and then dragged the fortress officials out of their homes.
Yan Liuyuan sat on the horse calmly from beginning to end, with Qiqige riding beside him. The large group of people headed towards the center of the barrier. A barrier official said that there was The official residence of the Shen family.
When he was about to arrive at the official residence, Hassan saw that the manor was heavily guarded, so he immediately led the Jin clan members and rushed over with heavy machine guns.
Yan Liuyuan waited on horseback, and within half an hour, Hassan opened the door of the official residence for him.
The official residence was already filled with blood, and all the living people were kneeling on the ground. Yan Liuyuan moved his horse forward. He looked at everyone in the official residence and said, "I heard that the person in charge of this barrier is called Shen. Yin, which one of you is the one, please stand up and speak. He Guyan, you take people to raid the granary and the arsenal. We will take away everything we can."
After that, Yan Liuyuan. He got off his horse and walked to the villa in the manor. It wasn't until he sat on the leather sofa in the living room of the villa that he looked at the middle-aged man that Hassan was holding down: "Are you Shen Yin?"
Shen Yin Looking at Yan Liuyuan coldly: "The barbarians on the grassland dare to come to the Central Plains to cause trouble, aren't you afraid of the revenge of the entire Central Plains?"
Yan Liuyuan smiled: "The fire seed? Kong? Wang? Who do you think will avenge your Shen family?"
As soon as these words came out, Shen Yin immediately realized that the young man in front of him should know Zhongyuan very well, and he was well prepared to break through the No. 176 barrier this time. Come.
"I'm very curious," Yan Liuyuan tapped the armrest of the leather sofa with his slender fingers and asked: "Fortress No. 176 was obviously as famous as Fortress 178 in the early years, why is it so degraded now. ”
Shen Yin stared at Yan Liuyuan, but didn’t know how to answer this question.
At this time, a large number of fortress officials were brought to the official residence by Servant Lanqi, holding a thick stack of paper in their hands.
The officials were knelt down in a row. Pu Lanqi handed the paper in his hand to Yan Liuyuan: "Master, these are all evidence of crimes written by the residents of the barrier."
"It seems that you are really unpopular," Yan Liuyuan took the paper and said, "How about we play a game. You report each other and let me see if you have performed meritorious services."
< p>As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man knelt on the ground and walked out step by step with his knees: "I report that the Shen family has been domineering in the city for decades, squeezing the people out of their misery. It's unspeakable, this Shen Yin is even more sinful, he even robbed his subordinates' wives!""Continue," Yan Liuyuan put his arms on the sofa and said with interest, resting his chin on his palms.
"Also, Shen Yin is really nothing. He killed innocent people indiscriminately earlier, and he likes to slowly torture the grassland people when he catches them!"
p>Someone started this, and other people’s accusations are like an open faucet that can no longer be stopped.
The villa became noisy, and someone shouted: "This Shen Yin still likes men!"
"The year before last, he had selected women and children from the refugee market town outside! "
Yan Liuyuan seemed a little impatient listening to the chaotic sounds: "Okay."
The villa immediately fell silent again.
Yan Liuyuan looked at Shen Yin: "Look, these are you people in the barrier, living a pampered life, but you have lost your backbone and happiness."
But he heard Shen Yin kneel down. He sneered on the ground and said, "The refugees are just a bunch of pigs. What dignity and happiness do they have?"
"No, they are happier than you," Yan Liuyuan shook his head.
Shen Yin laughed loudly: "Those refugees can only run for a living. Some sell their daughters to others, and some can only steal and steal. No one cares about these people even if they die under the mine. Their families will go They never mentioned revenge, they only asked about the compensation. Some people sent their children to school, only to find out a few years later that what they learned was useless. Those who should dig sand dug sand, and those who should go to mines They just go down to the mines and live like an animal day by day. I ask you, what kind of happiness can such a person have?"
Yan Liuyuan looked at the villa. The morning light outside the gate, in his impression, the market town was not like this, and the refugees were not like this either.
At that time, his brother came back from hunting. Although his family was already very poor, he would still often go to Wang Fugui's shop to buy him two hard candies, the kind that were so sweet that they were cloying.
My brother would first hide one, and then give him only one, telling him to save some.
But Yan Liuyuan couldn't help it. He would finish it all at once every time, and then look at Ren Xiaosu eagerly. Only then would Ren Xiaosu take out another one from his pocket. It would give him two surprises.
Every time during the Chinese New Year, my brother would go to Wang Fugui to buy him new clothes. Although they were very poor, he had new clothes to wear every year.
In the cold winter, the adults in the market town would go to the slaughterhouse to cut some fat meat and make dumplings. On New Year's Eve, the smell of meat would come from the simple shacks, and the greedy children would watch eagerly. With.
Wang Fugui would stand in the market town and hand out firecrackers to children, which were small firecrackers removed from the five thousand firecrackers. Each child would be given five firecrackers for them to play with.
Children run crazy and silly around the market town, and occasionally knock over other people's shacks. Then the adults in the family will rush to apologize, and while apologizing, they will spread the culprit's ass. .
There was laughter and crying there.
Everyone experienced poverty and suffering during that time, but Yan Liuyuan felt that the time in his memory was all happiness.
Yan Liuyuan could even recall his brother’s rare smile at that time..
But at a certain moment, Yan Liuyuan suddenly resisted recalling all this.
However, he did not intend to tell this to Shen Yin, and the other party did not deserve to hear it.
"Pu Lanqi," Yan Liuyuan said.
Pu Lanqi knelt on one knee in front of Yan Liuyuan: "Master."
"It's no longer interesting. Kill all these people and hang them at the door," Yan Liuyuan looked at He never put it on Shen Yin and others: "I didn't allow you to massacre the city before, but now I allow you to raid these people's homes, one tribe at a time. I believe it will be enough to make up for your losses in the war. Go Come on, don't let them neigh like pigs."
After saying that, Pu Lanqi and He Guyan stood up excitedly, and they directly smashed the hilts of their knives into the mouths of Shen Yin and others. , smashed their teeth one after another, and then made them speechless.
The once prominent officials in the fortress could only open their eyes wide in horror and whine from their throats.
Shen Yin, who was still a little tough just now, is now incontinent.
Pu Lanqi and others led their tribesmen to rush to the official mansions and do whatever they wanted. Gold bars, jewelry, and firearms were hidden there. Hassan also emptied all the arsenals and granaries.
In the evening, the robbery finally ended.
The men on the grassland built a huge wooden fence in front of the villa, and then hung the corpses of the officials on it one by one. From a distance, it looked like a row of terrifying wind chimes.
Whether Yan Liuyuan likes these 'wind chimes' or not, the grassland people now need to arouse their bloody nature before they can face the more difficult war in the future.
Yan Liuyuan must let them enjoy victory and killing again and again, and then become his most loyal believers.
At this point, it doesn’t matter whether you like it or not. The owner of the grassland only needs to consider whether his believers need it.
If the grassland people need it, then he will let the enemy's corpse become his flag.
Suddenly, Yan Liuyuan saw the newspaper on the coffee table in front of him. The header of the newspaper said, Hope the Media.
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After Yan Liuyuan saw the newspaper, he did not go to get it, but still leaned on the sofa with his eyes closed to relax. The Qing family's envoys had already brought everything he needed to know, so he was not particularly interested in the newspaper.
Qiqige always stayed next to him. At this moment, she felt Yan Liuyuan's inner conflict, as if he himself was struggling.
The little girl took out a comb from her sleeve and stood obediently behind Yan Liuyuan to comb his hair. While combing his hair, she said, "You are my father's hope now."
p>"Hope?" Yan Liuyuan repeated, seeming to be considering the meaning of these two words.
The little girl added: "Yes, I have never seen my father be so brave. In the past, when big tribes came to ask him to donate cattle and sheep, he only dared to offer them obediently.Other people in the tribe also dared to be angry and dare not speak out, but it is different now. That day when I saw him talking to the Qiudun tribe leader, he was neither humble nor arrogant. "
"That's because the power in his hand has become stronger," Yan Liuyuan said with a smile: "But the Qiudun tribe is declining. Originally, I wanted to see if they were brave and good at fighting in this war, but the result disappointed me. The Qiudun people were always hiding behind, and they had been knocked out of their courage. How could your father not have the confidence to face such a person? "
"No," Qiqige said softly: "Abba said it was the gods who gave him strength. Now every morning, he will take his grandmother to kneel down to you. He said that you can lead the prairie people to live a good life and no longer need to be afraid of anyone. Now everyone in the tribe says that you are the sun in the sky, and I think so too. Only when the sun from the sky comes to the human world can it look so beautiful. "
"Okay," Yan Liuyuan smiled: "Go find your father and tell him that I am ready to leave here. ”
By some strange coincidence, Yan Liuyuan picked up the newspaper on the coffee table. He glanced at the date and saw that the newspaper seemed to be from yesterday.
He had heard of Hope Media. It was because Wang Fugui liked to read newspapers every day.
At that time, he would ask Wang Fugui why the other party liked to read newspapers. Wang Fugui said with a smile that it was a waste of time, and then told Yan Liuyuan to follow Mr. Zhang. Learn knowledge, and when he can understand a whole newspaper, give him a candy to eat.
At first, Yan Liuyuan had a longing for candy and studied hard every day, but soon he couldn't. He started to be playful and lazy again, begging his brother to take him hunting every day, because there is a bigger world outside the market town.
Now, he can understand the entire newspaper, but he said. The person who wanted to give him candy was nowhere to be seen.
Yan Liuyuan looked at the first page of the newspaper, which was about the war between Huozhong and the Kong family, and the movements of the Wang family.
< p>At this time, the Wang family was not in a hurry to join the battlefield, but was stationed at the border, quietly waiting for something.According to Yan Liuyuan's speculation, the Wang family was just waiting to kill Kong. It's just a chance of fate.
In fact, there is nothing special about the consortium, right? Everyone is like a beast in the wilderness. They will go all out as long as they find an opportunity. Before the hunt begins, everyone usually remains silent.
Yan Liuyuan turned to the second page. This page talked about the aftermath of the Holy Mountain incident, such as how many people entered the mountain, how many people came out, and how heavy the losses were. Moreover, this page also It was told in detail that the trip to the Holy Mountain was just a trick between Anjing Temple and Huozhong. I don’t know who revealed this to Hope Media.
The third page started to get boring, and it was all about it. What the editor-in-chief Jiang Xu saw and heard in the Wang family, as well as his records on artificial intelligence, have mixed reviews.
The newspaper said that Jiang Xu is still in Barrier 61 and talks about artificial intelligence. He will continue to observe the situation.
On the fourth page, the newspaper began to talk about the Luocheng Qinghe Group.Due to the changes, all the knights except Xu Ke have left Luo City and are missing.
Yan Liuyuan just turned the page slowly, waiting for his subjects to gather.
But the moment he turned to the fifth page, the young hero froze.
Half of the fifth edition contains only two lines.
Don’t let the sorrow of the times become your sorrow.
61.
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Yan Liuyuan was very familiar with this passage, and also knew who it came from, and everything about the refugee market town Good memories are all related to each other.
That day, he saw a red spear piercing the opponent's abdomen and then being swept away by the flood.
The flood was like irreversible time, taking away almost all his good wishes for this world.
No more candy and no more new clothes every year.
At that time, he was the other party's younger brother, and now he is the new king of the grassland.
At this moment Qiqige rushed into the villa: "Abba and the others are back!"
But as soon as she finished speaking, she found the boy sitting alone on the sofa, far away The dusk was dark, shrouding the young man in black shadows, making him feel particularly lonely.
Yes, it is the loneliness of the king.
Loneliness wrapped in wind, snow and thorns.
Yan Liuyuan looked up and looked outside the villa, wanting to go to Barrier 61 to find Ren Xiaosu.
But when he looked up, he saw the body hanging on the wooden fence shaking constantly, and the purple-black blood was dripping to the ground.
That was the person he ordered to be killed, and it was also his sorrow.
Next to the corpse, Hassan and tens of thousands of cavalry have gathered there. Thousands of people formed a sea, and the rough cavalry continued to line up on the long street, with no end in sight.
But all of these people suddenly dismounted and knelt on the ground, shouting at the birth of the new king, and the walls began to tremble.
Yan Liuyuan could see the expectant eyes of Hassan and others from a distance, pious and hot.
At this time, Yan Liuyuan stood up and silently lit the newspaper, and then still ignited a raging flame in the villa.
The luxury and decadence in the villa burned together and began to spread.
Yan Liuyuan stood in the flames, looking at the flames around him, as if looking at this decadent era.
"Brother, I can't go back."
"Brother, I can't go back."
"You said not to let the sorrow of the times become Your sorrow."
"But I want my sorrow to become the sorrow of this era."
Yan Liuyuan took out the picture from his arms. The black green-faced fang mask was worn on his face, hiding everything in his past.
He felt that even this era had no need to exist.
Hassan knelt in front of his horse and served as a horse stool for him. Yan Liuyuan stepped on Hasan's back and climbed onto the horse.Back: "Go home, triumphant!"
The warriors cheered, and someone fired into the sky with the automatic rifle they had just obtained. The men who went out to fight finally followed the new king back to their hometown.
My hometown is in the north.
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This volume is over, next volume: Wall of Breakup
Say something, it’s not worth a separate chapter. For the sake of plot continuity, this is still a three-in-one chapter.
I once said that the first series of this book may consume all my energy and energy within two years. What I want to say, what I want to express, all my desire to talk about is It’s in this book.
Sometimes it may seem trivial, but please give me a little patience and let me finish telling this story. I feel that it was only at this moment that Yan Liuyuan finally became himself completely.
I may, maybe, should love every character in this story more than everyone else, and I hope to accompany them to their respective destinies.
I don’t ask for much from this book. I just hope that you can tell your friends that there is a storyteller named Elbow who told a good story.