"Guard the surrounding area. No one is allowed to approach within a hundred feet. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
Yang Kaishan's emotions came and went quickly. He quickly put away his little girlish attitude and said in a deep voice, full of murderous aura.
The words were meant for the surrounding veterans and could not be spread beyond this small courtyard.
He was still an old farmer before, but now he straightened his spine and fought with iron and blood, like a sword unsheathed, making people dare not look directly at him.
"promise!"
A group of 'old men' around them knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly. When they stood up, they straightened their backs and their eyes were sharp. They didn't look like they were caring for their old age. They were clearly a group of ferocious beasts that chose people to eat after waking up.
To be honest, facing such a group of 'old people', Yun Jing was a little frightened. It seemed as if there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood under their feet. The aura of a life-long battle really made people's scalp numb.
They are veterans of many battles and are proficient in killing methods. I am afraid that years of hard work have not only not made the sharp blades in their hands dusty, but have actually polished them even sharper.
A group of killers, I am afraid that facing enemies of the same level, they can cut people like vegetables. Just facing their momentum honed from hundreds of battles, the enemy will be defeated by three points!
"Master Yun, please take a seat." Yang Kaishan turned back and looked at Yun Jingdao.
He looked at Yunjing with scrutiny, and did not look at him differently because the eldest princess was carrying a jade pendant. They had been waiting for decades to be loyal to Dali, loyal to this country, and respectful to the royal family. But Yunjing, a mere young man, was not enough.
to get them to put down their posture.
Yunjing cupped his hands and said: "General, you're welcome."
The two parties sat down, and although they were in a small farmyard, Yunjing felt like he was in a Chinese military camp.
Fortunately, Pei Mo's gang didn't come here, otherwise they would have been chopped into pieces by these veterans if they met...
Yang Kaishan sat down with a golden sword, took a deep breath, and asked Yun Jing: "Master Yun, I have been away from the world for decades and isolated from the world. What is happening to the outside world now? Is our family and country safe?"
The first thing he asked was that he cared about his family and country, not about being forgotten by the world. Yunjing felt sad because Dali had lost a lot of money to them.
Thoughts flashed in his mind, Yun Jing said: "The family and the country are here now, so that General Yang can know that ten years ago, farmyard manure appeared in the border areas. The dynasty vigorously promoted it, and the farming methods were different from those in the past. Now if there is no disaster, the people will
After a year of hard work, grain production has increased by more than 30%. Now the people can barely have enough to eat. In the past, not even one out of ten people died of starvation!"
Hearing this, Yang Kaishan, including the veterans who listened with their ears pricked up, were all shocked and extremely excited.
"Okay, okay, okay, the people have food in their bellies and grain in their barns. This is a prosperous age. We never dared to think about it, but now it has actually come true. God bless the great separation," Yang Kaishan said excitedly, and immediately gestured to Yun
The scene continues.
In this era, people can barely eat enough and fewer people die of starvation. This is a rare and prosperous era, and we dare not expect too much.
Then Yunjing talked about some changes in the situation over the years, such as the layout of the court in the years after the new emperor ascended the throne after they came here, etc. Then the conversation changed and he said in a deep voice: "Many years ago, Master Chen was murdered and fell by the design of the Dajiang Dynasty. I
Da Li sent troops to the Northern Expedition, many years have passed, and now the war is still going on!"
As soon as these words came out, the temperature in the small courtyard dropped by more than ten degrees out of thin air.
Yang Kaishan snorted coldly, and the whole courtyard trembled. He said in a cold voice: "The traitor in Dajiang deserves to be punished. Although we have been dead for decades, our sword is still young. One day, we will definitely kill him with his head rolling!"
"
The surging killing intent was like a knife blade, and Yunjing's skin felt the stinging pain like a knife cutting it. Especially the anger on these veterans, as if the scorching sun was about to burn the world, which frightened Yunjing.
After the words fell, Yang Kaishan restrained his aura. After understanding a little about the changes in the outside world, he looked at Yun Jing expectantly and asked: "Did Mr. Yun come with the imperial edict?"
Opening his mouth, Yun Jing shook his head and said helplessly: "No."
Frowning, Yang Kaishan asked again: "Can I carry the cabinet transfer order?"
"No," Yun Jing shook his head again, feeling a little depressed.
The eyes of Yang Kaishan and the surrounding veterans were somewhat sad, and he continued to ask: "Do you have any documents from the Ministry of War?"
"Still not", Yunjing said in a complicated tone, not even daring to look at the other person's eyes.
Their expressions were already a little bitter, but Yang Kaishan refused to give up and said: "Master Yun, does he have an oral order from the emperor? Or does the eldest princess express his will?"
Sighing in his heart, Yun Jing said: "General, please forgive me, I came here by chance and did not come with any orders."
"Is that so..." Yang Kaishan murmured, his tone and expression extremely bitter. He probably already knew that he and others had been forgotten by the outside world.
Decades of persistence have resulted in such a result, which is a shock that ordinary people cannot understand.
However, they have persevered for decades. They have waded through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and their minds are so firm that they have not wavered in the slightest!
With thoughts flickering in his mind, Yang Kaishan examined Yun Jing and said: "I don't care how you got the eldest princess's belongings, nor what your status is. There is no imperial edict, no royal decree, no cabinet order, no military documents, just rely on the eldest princess's possessions.
We will not give you the things that the princess carries with you, and our responsibilities are confidential, so we cannot let you go. Mr. Yun, do you understand what I mean?"
"General, you have been here for decades. Things have changed in the outside world. I am still young. I don't know what happened back then, which is why you have been here forever without anyone caring about you. Moreover, I know that you are here and you still have some connections outside. If
If you leave, you will definitely be able to report it to Heaven, and at that time there will be an order from the court to reassure the troops." Yun Jing thought for a while and said.
Shaking his head, Yang Kaishan said in a deep voice: "Master Yun, what I can tell you is that when we were ordered to escort something, the person was there but the person was missing. Apart from the documents from the Ministry of War, there were only imperial decrees and cabinet transfer orders.
Only with the royal edict can we direct our next actions. The things we protect, including our movements, are related to confidentiality and must not be leaked at all. Therefore, you do not have the documents of the Ministry of War, the imperial edict of the Tianjia, and the third one.
There is no royal decree in the cabinet transfer order. Our mission is top priority and we dare not relax at all to reveal our whereabouts. Therefore, even if you have the eldest princess’ belongings, you only represent an individual. We cannot let you go. If you stay, we will not
This is the maximum I can do to embarrass you!"
"This..." Yunjing was confused.
What kind of thing is this? They have been holding on for decades. The mission is confidential and cannot be leaked at all, so they will not let any leaks happen, and they will not let anyone go.
The problem is that this place is deep in the center of the illusion, isolated from the world. People from outside cannot come in. They have been forgotten by the world. No one will care about them. No one can get out. The news cannot be passed to the court. The court cannot
Knowing them, of course it is impossible to issue an order. This is an endless cycle...
Yunjing struggled: "What should I do?"
"Wait, wait for the order to be issued. Mr. Yun may think that I am stubborn, but military orders are military orders, and there is no room for error. Unless a new military order is issued, you can only wait, and you will have to wait for eternity." Yang Kaishan
Take a deep breath.
Yun Jing understood what he meant. In a word, there was absolutely no possibility of letting him go except waiting for new military orders to be issued, because that would probably leak the secret.
This is very difficult to do.
"What if, this junior said, what if this junior insists on leaving?" Yunjing thought for a while and said.
Yang Kaishan said: "I understand what Mr. Yun means. You want to leave before you can notify the court to issue an order to break the current deadlock. But let's not talk about whether you can leave the illusion. If you insist on leaving, in order to prevent leaks
, we will kill you, I know this is very contradictory and entangled, but it is the fact, it is our duty!"
Thoughts flashed in his mind, Yun Jing asked again: "What if I leave quietly? And then notify the court to bring the transfer order, what will the general do?"
Frowning, Yang Kaishan said: "If you dare to leave, we will spare no effort to kill you. I know Mr. Yun is doing it for our own good, but please don't try it easily. You will really die. However, if Mr. Yun really
They can leave under our siege and bring new orders. At that time, we can only obey the new orders."
That's okay. Yunjing is confident that it's easy to leave.
Seeing his relaxed expression, Yang Kaishan warned seriously: "Master Yun, really, I understand your thoughts, but I still want to advise you not to try it easily, you only have one life!"
"Junior understands," Yunjing nodded seriously.
Shaking his head, Yang Kaishan also saw that Yun Jing did not listen to what he said, but he had already said what needed to be said. If Yun Jing insisted on causing trouble, he would really not be merciful in order to prevent the news from leaking.
Then he said: "Master Yun, you can live here peacefully and don't mess around. By the way, don't reveal our identities to others. Do you understand what I mean? I don't care if they are
We have guessed our identities, but our identities are still confidential. Next, I will mark a piece of land for you and arrange a place to live. Just wait and see."
He had already issued an order to expel guests, but Yunjing did not leave. Instead, he thought for a while and said, "General, I have no intention of inquiring into the military situation, but General, can you tell me how you got here? How have you been living these years?
If it’s not convenient to say it, forget it.”
Yang Kaishan thought for a while and said: "Since Mr. Yun wants to know, there is nothing wrong with you, so I will tell you what I can tell you. Back then..."
Under his narration, Yunjing understood a little bit about their experiences.
At that time, they, the border army, were guarding the border as usual. One day, they suddenly received an order saying that there was a fear of war and asked them to be on guard. They didn't know the reason and just obeyed the order.
Not long after they received the order, the Dali Dynasty and the Dajiang Dynasty suddenly made large-scale military mobilizations. They still didn't know the reason, but they had a premonition that a war was about to happen.
Sure enough, the two sides started a war out of nowhere. At that time, the total number of people participating in the war between the two countries was four to five million!
That war was completely incomprehensible to the people at the bottom.
When the war reached a certain level, Yang Kaishan and his fellow veterans who guarded the border suddenly received an order to escort something back to the country and go to Luocao Slope. When the time came, there would be someone there with the order to receive the items they escorted.
At that time, the order was issued in a hurry. They only told them not to ask what it was and to deliver it safely. Moreover, the order said that the things being escorted were of great importance and there was no room for error. Even if they all died, nothing could go wrong and they could not tell anyone.
Anyone outside their army is escorting things secretly. Military orders are as high as the mountain, and anyone who disobeys them will be killed without mercy!
Then he inexplicably escorted something back home under the cover of friendly forces and headed straight to Luocao Slope.
As a result, after they arrived at Luocao Slope, no one came to pick them up...
After waiting for several days, no one came. In order to protect the things they were escorting, they had to find a secret place to wait, and then they came to this illusion by some strange combination of circumstances.
The illusion is so evil that once they enter, they cannot get out.
At that time, there were three thousand people in their border army, and each one of them was a veteran of hundreds of battles. But after entering the illusion, in that weird illusion, they died one after another, and finally they were able to pass through the illusion and come here.
There are only a few thousand people in the central blank area.
Yang Kaishan said that at that time, so many of them entered the illusion. In order to avoid being separated, they came up with a stupid way to connect everyone with ropes. Even so, most of them were still killed or injured in the strange illusion.
After the remaining more than a thousand people came here through the illusion area, they stationed themselves and continued to protect the escorts and waited for someone to come to meet them.
This wait lasts for decades.
When they came here, there were people here. They were the people who entered the illusion before they came and could not get out. There were not many, only a few dozen people.
Those who could come here were all highly skilled people. When they arrived, they also had conflicts with the 'natives' here. In a big battle, Yang Kaishan and the others were outnumbered and killed most of the 'natives'.
Dominant here.
After all these years, almost all the remaining 'natives' have died of old age, and now there are still a few dying old people left.
At first, those 'natives' wanted to leave the illusion and go to the outside world, but Yang Kaishan and the others had to kill them in order to keep it secret. This rule has been maintained to this day.
However, it was decades after all. The more than a thousand sergeants who came here at that time were all still young. It was fine at first, but how could they endure the isolation and loneliness after a long time? As a result, many people's hearts began to wander.
They all want to leave.
Speaking of that time, Yang Kaishan burst into tears. As a general, he focused on his mission, but his subordinates wanted to leave in vain, so the "camp bombing" incident inevitably broke out, and his former comrades became enemies.
How heartbreaking is it?
In the end, the faction that focused on Yang Kaishan's mission won the war. In that battle, more than half were killed or injured!
After that melee, there were no major riots in the following decades. It was just that people from the outside came here occasionally and wanted to leave, but they refused to let them go. Then conflicts broke out and were suppressed by force...
In short, interludes happened occasionally, and they just came here over the years. They lived a farming life in this isolated place, waiting for someone to bring them, and they waited for decades.
In the past few decades, when they had nothing to do, they could only spend their energy and energy practicing martial arts to pass the time. Gradually, as the decades passed, those who were still alive were all good fighters.
As of now, the border troops who came here on the spot are still alive, and their cultivation level is not lower than that of the late acquired ones. There is no way, they have done nothing but practice martial arts for decades.
Therefore, this is why the first person Yunjing saw when he came here had innate cultivation. In forty years, over time, a pig could become a master.
Of course, being able to become a master is also related to those people who come here accidentally one after another. People who come here cannot get out. As time goes by, they no longer hide their secrets and share their cultivation skills.
, which has greatly enriched the cultivation techniques of people here. In other words, everyone here now has several unique skills.
In Yang Kaishan's words, if the weakest member of their frontier army goes to the outside world, it would probably be just a joke to kill some of the bottom innate masters.
There is no other way. Over the past few decades, they have nothing to do except pondering martial arts. Who will be simple?
Life goes by like this day by day, and occasionally women come here. No matter how it is at the beginning, later, as time goes by, they know that they can't get out. In despair, they can only find a suitable wife and get married.
This continues to descend from generation to generation, so this is how the children here come.
However, there are more men than women here, and any woman who comes is as greedy as swan meat, so there have been many fights.
After decades of isolation from the world, people here have more or less psychological problems. Some people can't hold on and go crazy and collapse. Some of these people commit suicide, and some go crazy and kill indiscriminately. In short, up to now
, the damn ones are almost dead, and those who can persevere are all people with minds as strong as steel.
Anyway, up to now, there are still more than 200 of the more than 1,000 border troops who came here, about 230 to be precise. The rest are either outsiders who have arrived one after another, or
He is a descendant born locally.
When Yang Kaishan and the others came here, they didn't even have a true artistic conception. Now, including Yang Kaishan, there are two true artistic conceptions in their border army alone.
When Yun Jing first came to this place, he 'saw' three true artistic conceptions. The remaining one arrived ten years ago. At that time, that person was still in the late stage of Xiantian. More than ten years later, he has set foot in the true artistic conception...
Generally speaking, it is still very peaceful here now. As expected, Yang Kaishan and the others will stick to their mission and continue to wait until the day they die.
If they all die, nothing can be done about what happens next.
Of course, now Yang Kaishan has the cultivation of true artistic conception, and his life span is about two hundred years old. At only eighty-six years old, it is still too early for him to live to the end of his life.
I can't imagine what a terrible torture it would be to live in this isolated place for more than a hundred years!
After hearing these stories, Yun Jing was also filled with tears.
They came here for a task and an order. From youth to middle age, and now to old age, they have been here for half their lives. What is left now is just a belief in their hearts that they still persist in.
"There was originally someone at Luocao Slope to pick you up. Once they picked you up, their mission was completed, but no one showed up. Apparently there was something wrong with the person who was supposed to pick you up," Yun Jing said after listening.
With a sigh, Yang Kaishan said: "Who knows, we have been here for decades, even if there was something wrong back then, we still don't know."
After thinking about it, Yun Jing said: "According to the general, the incident was very big and almost triggered a full-scale war between the two countries, but there was no news afterwards. I guess the participants in that incident, especially
I am an insider, I am afraid something went wrong, otherwise it would be impossible not to leave any information at all."
"Perhaps, the things we escorted came from the Dajiang Dynasty... Well, judging from the attitude of the Dajiang Dynasty at that time, which did not hesitate to launch a national war, I am afraid that all those who knew about it have been poisoned by them." Yang Kaishan shook
He shook his head.
No one has taken care of them for so many years, how could they not figure this out?
"If that's the case, General, you still stick to this place..." Yunjing said hesitantly.
But Yang Kaishan interrupted him with a firm look and said: "I understand what Mr. Yun is going to say, but military orders are like mountains!"
As soldiers, military orders are everything to them, and Yunjing has nothing to say about this.
After thinking for a while, Yun Jing weighed his tone and said, "General, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."
"Young Master Yun, it doesn't matter what you say. Whether you answer or not depends on what you say," Yang Kaishan said with a smile.
Yun Jing hesitated and said: "General, what I want to say is, haven't you seen that thing in all these years?"
"We are only responsible for escorting and have no right to watch." Yang Kaishan shook his head and said in a leisurely tone: "Actually, we have been curious over the years, but military orders are nothing. If we cannot abide by this, our persistence will be useless.
It means nothing.”
They didn't even know what they were escorting, but they persisted for decades. Yunjing could only use the word great to describe such people!
They should not be forgotten in this isolated corner. Their deeds deserve to be known and praised by the world.
They are the real heroes!
'The second prince is now in Xieyang City. He should come to greet these heroes in person in order to give them proper respect. In fact, it is not an exaggeration for the emperor to come to greet them in person...'
Thoughts flickered, Yun Jing already had some thoughts.
After looking at the sky, Yunjing stood up and said, "General, it's getting late, so I won't disturb you anymore."
"Master Yun, please help me," Yang Kaishan said with a smile, and then said to the old man who was leading the way: "Old Zhao, take Mr. Yun there and arrange a place for him."
"Yes," the other party nodded, then looked at Yun Jing and said, "Master Yun, please come with me."
When Yun Jing got up and followed him, Yang Kaishan said solemnly from behind: "Master Yun, remember not to leave. I'll just say this. You can take care of yourself. I don't want us to be unhappy. Maybe you are out of trouble."
Good intentions, but please understand us, military orders cannot be violated!"
"Junior understands," Yunjing turned around and cupped his hands.
Their identities have their tasks, which are their persistence and cannot be confused.
Soon after, Mr. Zhao arranged an uninhabited hut for Yunjing. When he left, he said: "Mr. Yun, after all, we are still fellow villagers. You are new here. You can settle in first and I won't disturb you anymore."
Please tell me about your hometown when you have time in the future. We haven’t seen each other for decades, and I don’t know what my hometown is like now.”
I left home when I was young, and my local accent has not changed. Once I enlisted in the army, I couldn't help myself...
Feeling sour in his heart, Yun Jing returned to the house after seeing him leave.
When it gets dark, Yunjing takes advantage of the darkness to rise into the sky and fly towards Xieyang City.
Not long after he left, a murderous roar sounded here.
"Looking for anyone who dares to leave, I will kill you without mercy!"