Two days passed quickly, and Qin Feng and others had arrived at Yumen Pass. Just as Qin Feng expected, Yuan Beishan's people did not intercept them on the road, but passed through some barren mountains at night and encountered some bandit mountains. The bandits were easily frightened away by the ninth layer of yin and yang aura of Supervisor Chen.
To put it simply, this journey is undoubtedly very smooth.
Qiusha City was the last city on the northern border of the Daqian Kingdom. The wind seemed to be stronger that day than in the past. The dust in the sky rose and fell with the strong wind, but did not fly.
The sand is brown, and glows as red as blood under the sunlight. The sand seems to contain something sticky and heavy, so it can only sink and float, not fly...
That was the blood shed by millions of people over the past two hundred years. So the sand was no longer yellow sand, but blood sand...
The people in the city seemed to have long been accustomed to the scene of blood and sand, so they didn't find it strange. They just squinted their eyes habitually to prevent them from being blinded by the sand and dust.
However, not one of the tens of thousands of armored soldiers in the square narrowed their eyes. Instead, they opened their eyes as big as copper bells and looked solemnly at the three figures walking slowly towards them.
They were a middle-aged man wearing gray clothes and holding a rusty knife in his hand, a middle-aged general wearing silver armor, and a boy who was only sixteen years old.
The young man's status should be extremely noble, because whether it was the middle-aged man in gray who followed him or the general, they always made their pace half a step slower, intentionally or unintentionally, and always stayed behind the young man.
"Greetings to the King of Qin!" On the square, tens of thousands of soldiers knelt down on one knee and saluted solemnly.
The sixteen-year-old boy was, of course, Qin Feng. The two middle-aged men were the supervisor of the hospital, Chen Yuan, and the guard of Yumen Pass, Zhao Tiangang.
According to Qin Feng's original intention, he did not intend to alert the defenders at Yumen Pass and leave the pass directly. However, Supervisor Chen said that even if he left the pass, the defenders would inevitably interrogate the people who left the pass, which would be very troublesome. It was not straightforward. Show your identity and leave the country openly and openly.
Only then did thousands of people pay homage...
"Pingshen." Qin Feng said calmly. His eyes were gradually attracted to this square.
The square is very old, and seems to have experienced many winds and rains. In the center of the square, there is a row of sculptures. They have made many contributions to Yumen Pass in the past two hundred years, either because of it or because they were built there. Statues erected by people. The founding fathers of the country, General Shenwu, and even the latecomer Yi Tianxing are among them.
But among the statues, there was a statue that had been demolished. Even the poems inscribed under the statue had been deliberately crossed out, leaving only two lines that could be blurred. The letter read: "Poor Xue Zhenyuan, it is difficult to escape." Yumen Pass."
Zhao Tiangang saw Qin Feng's doubts, so he explained: "The statue that was demolished belonged to General Zhenyuan. In his early years, he fought on the battlefield with senior Yi Tianxing and made countless military exploits. He was also the leader of Yi Tianxing. A disciple of Xing, perhaps he is also the person with the strongest cultivation level in the Daqian Kingdom besides Senior Yi Tianxing."
Speaking of this, Zhao Tiangang couldn't help but sigh: "It's just that thirteen years ago, when a large number of mysterious strong men came to the Daqian Kingdom, he betrayed the kingdom and poisoned the legendary strong Yi Tianxing, which caused the entire Daqian Kingdom to be destroyed. The Kingdom of Qian suffered heavy losses... Later, the mysterious strong men who came retreated. The God General Zhenyuan was afraid that the Daqian royal family would punish him, so he killed him desperately. So the God General Zhenyuan took three thousand people who were extremely loyal to him. The sergeant escaped from Yumen Pass and is still missing."
Qin Feng nodded. He had heard Dean Xia say this before. Moreover, he also knew that General Zhenyuan must not be dead, and he might even have been in contact with the anti-king faction in the royal city...
"What does that uncrossed verse mean?" Qin Feng asked with some confusion.
Pity Xue Zhenyuan? Qin Feng knew that the word Xue Zhenyuan should refer to General Zhenyuan himself, but why use the word pity?
Moreover, it was obviously a whole poem. Judging from the scratches, there were at least eight lines in front of it. After General Zhenyuan's rebellion, they had all been erased. Then why was the last line left alone?
Zhao Tiangang explained: "That poem was engraved by the great writer Zhou Menglong, a close friend of General Zhenyuan. Most of what was engraved was about God General Zhenyuan's contribution to Yumen Pass. And the last sentence refers to the twenty-sixth
An incident from years ago.”
"What's the matter?" Qin Feng asked with a frown.
"Twenty-six years ago, General Zhenyuan, who was responsible for guarding Yumen Pass, wanted to return to the royal city. Because he heard that his wife who was far away in the royal city had a serious illness, which made him very worried. But it seemed that there was a war at that time.
In an emergency, the royal family did not allow General Zhenyuan to return, but only told him,
He would ask the best alchemist to treat his wife... However, when the war subsided, General Zhenyuan's wife was not cured. When he returned to the royal city, all he saw was a cold body in an ice coffin.
The corpse...he was not able to even see his wife for the last time."
"The Daqian royal family has always felt deeply regretful and guilty about this matter. This is why General Zhenyuan even though he committed treason and the statue and other poems were destroyed, he still preserved the last sentence."
"Poor Xue Zhenyuan, it's hard to get out of Yumen Pass. I see." Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh after hearing this. This matter is indeed a pity. He believed that the Daqian Kingdom had done its best, and
I believe that Divine General Zhenyuan was definitely a Divine General who served the country and the people till his death...
However, unfortunate things always happen sometimes, and no one can avoid them. People will gradually change because of those unfortunate things, and their fate will be completely different from then on.
And those who can truly control their own destiny are either those who have great wisdom and can always stick to their original intentions. They are the most powerful and unparalleled heroes!
Even in Qin Feng's view, the reason why Divine General Zhenyuan betrayed the royal city in thirteen years was not only that the mysterious strong men who came were too powerful, but also to a large extent, it was related to the death of his wife twenty-six years ago.
related to the pain.
"Actually, if General Zhenyuan had not fled Yumen Pass thirteen years ago, but instead took the initiative to plead guilty, the Daqian royal family might not have punished him." Chen Yuanjian looked at the broken poem in the distance and sighed.
"After all, the Daqian Kingdom was severely weakened at that time and was unwilling to engage in a major war. Moreover, the royal family has always been known for its benevolence and righteousness. The Qianwu Academy and even the four imperial envoys were pardoned, giving them a chance to change their ways. If Zhenyuan God General had taken the initiative at that time,
If you return to the royal city and plead guilty, you should be pardoned. If so, perhaps many things in the future will not happen, and there will be no anti-king faction in the kingdom..."
Qin Feng nodded, but said nothing, because in this world, there are only results, not what-ifs...
After the square, there is the city wall and the city gate. The city wall spreads for thousands of miles along with the mountain, and it is difficult to see the end. On the city wall, the sergeants in black armor look solemn, and the strict team is like entrenched in the mountain.
The majestic black dragon.
"Open the city gate wide and send King Qin out!" Zhao Tiangang gave an order, and the heavy city gate slowly opened. Accompanied by Zhao Tiangang, Qin Feng and Chen Yuanjian slowly stepped out of the city gate of Yumen Pass.
But the moment Qin Feng stepped out of the city gate, he saw a scene that he had never expected at all.
The earth is trembling, but the earth is not trembling because of the opening of the heavy stone gate, but because of the people outside the city gate who are rushing like hungry wolves! Most of those people are of low cultivation, and their clothes are even more ragged. .Perhaps, calling them people is not appropriate, because they are not ordinary civilians, but refugees!
"Hurry, hurry! The gate of Yumen Pass is wide open! Maybe you can enter the gate early today!"
"It's terrible! You must enter Yumen Pass today! You must enter Daqian Kingdom!"
The refugees rushed towards Yumen Pass with all their strength. They were not running very fast. Some of them were sallow and thin, as if they had not eaten a full meal in several days. Some of them even had a broken leg and had to use a wooden stick as a crutch. Some people came staggering. Some had broken arms and worn out empty sleeves, swaying wildly as they ran... But their eyes looked at Yumen Pass with great eagerness, as if for them, Yumen Pass was their hope.
The armored sergeants were already accustomed to this situation. They poured out in an orderly manner with sharp iron guns and blocked the refugees outside Yumen Pass. They almost ruthlessly extinguished their enthusiasm and expectations. .
"In the past ten years, the Northwest Territory has been somewhat unstable and wars have continued. Especially in the past year, many weak kingdoms have even suffered disasters. These people are all refugees who have lost their homes and the protection of the kingdom. " Zhao Tiangang explained.
Qin Feng was silent, but what he was thinking about was the past in his previous life. At that time, the Daqian Kingdom underwent drastic changes, war broke out, and the country was almost destroyed. Many refugees also fled the Daqian Kingdom, which was turned into a scorched earth due to the war. , even Qin Feng himself is one of the refugees...
He once traveled eastward with the refugees, traveling thousands of miles just to find a place to stay! However, such a small wish turned out to be an unattainable luxury.
Because almost all kingdoms will prevent a large number of refugees from other countries from entering the country. Because too many refugees are prone to chaos, which may cause some harm to the kingdom, and no one wants to do this thankless thing...
Being unable to enter other kingdoms is a fatal disaster for refugees. There are always various ferocious beasts throughout the continent, and there are dangers everywhere. In addition to ferocious beasts, they also have to face the cold weather and lack of food.
When Qin Feng set out with the refugees, he had seen the originally noble and beautiful young lady, in order to find a place of refuge, begged to remarry a live-in husband, and some women even did not hesitate to become prostitutes. People who are taller than the sky and more talented than others are willing to work as slaves or become bandits. I have even seen people on the way to escape, who would not hesitate to kill people and eat their corpses just for a good meal...
The country has been destroyed, but the mountains and rivers are still there. But the so-called love, ideals, ambitions, persistence, everything has long been extinguished. When survival and stability have become a luxury wish, who have the right to talk about anything else?
When Qin Feng established the Fengyun Dan Alliance, he even taught the essence of his alchemy skills and even martial arts to others without hesitation. He also hoped that he could use this to enhance the foundation of the Daqian Kingdom, because he knew that young people are the king of a kingdom. hope!
A rich young man will make the country rich, a young man wise will make the country wise, a strong young man will make the country strong! Daqian Kingdom is the birthplace of Qin Feng, with countless precious memories and relatives he cannot leave behind! This is his root! Of course he is I hope the Daqian Kingdom can last forever and become stronger and stronger!