Jade clear

In the desert of Shuobei, a lone eagle soars and hovers above the high sky, and the sun above the head makes the yellow sand scorching hot.

In the scorching hot air, a line of mighty soldiers and horses marched forward from a distance without any haste.

A group of people were all dressed in armor and covered their faces with black gauze to prevent being burned by the sun.

The leading black-maned warhorse was a tall man with a pair of narrow and narrow eyes exposed through a black veil. He sat on the horseback with a straight back and looked ahead.

Within sight, there seemed to be a motionless person who was about to be buried in the sand not far away, with ragged clothes and no life or death.

The man tilted his head slightly, and a soldier behind him immediately rode up and asked, "What do you want the general to order?"

The man raised his horsewhip and pointed at the little black spot in the distance, and said: "Send someone to check if it's dead or not. If it's not dead, drag it back. If it's dead, it's fine."

The soldier answered "No." He made a signal and waved his hand to send lightly armed and agile scouts to investigate.

Not long after, the scout came back with an extra person on his horse.The man glanced at the dying man on the horse's back, who was breathing in and out, and pulled off the cloak to cover the man's head, and said: "Since it's a good fortune, then watch it, don't die."

After all, he didn't show much mercy, turned his head and raised the rein to drive, leading the army to move on.

It was dusk, the temperature in the desert dropped sharply, and the night wind was mixed with fine sand, which made the cheeks hurt, so the group hurried back to Border Town before dark.

Getting off the horse tiredly, he caressed the horse's head and handed the reins to the horse guard. The man took off the veil and the heavy helmet and shook the sand on it.The patrolling soldiers in the camp walked back and forth, and warm yellow candles were lit up in the tents. Soldiers in the northwest corner had already begun to set up pots and prepare to light a fire for cooking.

In the distance, a thick-backed man strided forward, waving his hands, and shouted, "What about Shuiyun, have you found a new water source?"

Qi Shuiyun unloaded the knife from his waist and threw it to the man opposite. He untied the belt that fixed the armor while walking into the tent. The fine iron armor was completely torn off by him.

"I didn't find it. I'll go further tomorrow." Qi Shuiyun opened the curtain and slipped in.

After entering the tent, he picked up the teapot and wanted to pour water to drink. After knocking for a long time, he didn't get much water. Qi Shuiyun rubbed his brows and sat on the chair tiredly.

"I said you, why come back with another burden, we can't support so many people."

"Then you want me to watch a living person die in the desert?"

"Hey, how many do you bring back every day, and how many survive? This is a place where people cannibalize. Whether they live or die is their life."

Qi Shuiyun closed his eyes, unwilling to say much, licked his chapped lips, and said slowly: "Shen Ye, I'm tired."

Hearing this, Shen Ye stood up and was about to go out, "Take a good rest, and I'll bring you dinner when it's ready."

Qi Shuiyun still lowered his head and closed his eyes, his voice was muffled: "Shen Ye, if the person who was saved today dies, don't throw it away to feed the wolves, just bury it properly."

Before Shen Ye could answer, he leaned back against the back of the chair, raised his head and opened his eyes, and said again: "Shen Ye, I think his clothes probably came from the south, and there is a way home that cannot be turned back. Forget it, we are no different from him."

Shen Ye's expression moved slightly, without saying a word, he bent his waist and got out of the tent.

As night fell and the wind was bitterly cold, Shen Ye tightened his cloak and looked around sadly.

The army of 50 rebels marched northward unstoppably, all the way like a broken bamboo, the iron cavalry smashed the mountains and rivers, the imperial city was bloodbathed, and the royal family of Daqi was almost slaughtered, and this Linyang Pass was the last line of defense and barrier of Daqi, and Qi Shuiyun was Daqi's last backbone and blood.

One man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it.

He is the God of War of the Qi State who is feared and honored with thousands of glory, and also the blood of the royal family who shoulders the important task of restoring the country.But now at Linyang Pass, he is like a dying beast struggling, trying his best to escape his established fate.

They have been besieged here for more than half a year, and the southern land has long since changed. The garrison is pressing the border and stationed in Mo Chuan, ten miles outside Linyang Pass.

Shen Ye thought, the one who suffers the most is actually him. Every time someone dies for him, he feels more guilt and self-blame.

He once saw with his own eyes how they treated the captives. The heavy rain washed away the blood that could not be washed away for three days, and the crematorium on the outskirts of the imperial city almost burned his eyes red.

He said to Shen Ye at the time, I must, must live.

Shen Ye sighed, turned around and summoned a small soldier, and said, "Go, give some water to the man the general rescued today, if he can survive tomorrow morning, after waking up, hand it over to the military servants, we have no food Take care of idlers."

The little soldier responded with a "promise" energetically and retreated.

The next day, just after dawn, a group of elite soldiers had already started to pack their bags and check their equipment. Qi Shuiyun stood in front of the stables and finished feeding the horses before leading the horses out of the stables.

Before getting on the horse, Shen Ye hurried over and stuffed a bag of dry buns in his arms, Qi Shuiyun was about to refuse immediately, Shen Ye said angrily: "If you don't eat, leave it to Heifeng, it is more tired than you Already!"

Hearing this, Qi Shuiyun brushed Heifeng's mane and said, "That's right." Then he put away the bag of dry food.

Shen Ye: "..."

At this time, the temperature was within an acceptable range, so without much hesitation, Qi Shuiyun immediately took people out of Guanbei.

The temperature rose sharply without any warning, the vast desert, the sun was so dazzling that the eyes could not be opened, and every day and every place were laid out in dazzling tones.

There are several small sand mountains in front, Qi Shuiyun shouted: "Pay attention to your feet, be careful of quicksand." After finishing speaking, he got off his horse and went to the sand mountains alone.

"Come and look over with me, two people, and the rest stay where they are."

Going up the sandy mountain is much more difficult than other mountains. If you use the ground for a while, your feet will slide down easily, but if you don't step hard, it is difficult to walk an inch. After walking a few steps, you will be out of breath.

Almost using their hands and feet on the ground, the three of them turned over the sand mountain in embarrassment, their necks were soaked with sweat, and dragged a long series of footprints. When they bent over and just climbed the ridge, there was an exclamation from beside them.

Qi Shuiyun subconsciously grabbed the soldier, and his body fell suddenly. Both of them rolled down with the sand covered in inertia, and rolled down to the flat ground. Pulling up the soldier, he asked, "Are you all right?"

The soldier became terrified, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "It's my subordinates who hurt the general!"

Qi Shuiyun quickly supported him, shook his head, and said, "Don't do unnecessary things."

The soldier who was still on the ridge above his head suddenly pointed to a distance not far away and shouted: "General! Look!"

When Qi Shuiyun turned his head, a clear stream of Koizumi miraculously appeared in front of him, lying on the bottom of the mountain, he took a few steps forward in disbelief, and kept walking faster and faster, until finally he could hardly restrain himself To run wildly.

How could it be, how could there be spring water in such a place, is it a mirage, it must be.

The spring water stayed there quietly like this, as gentle as an illusion, but it didn't disappear in an instant, nor was it buried by yellow sand.Qi Shuiyun restrained his joy, lowered his head, picked up the spring water and took a slow sip.

Knowing that the cool spring water slid down his throat and the coolness spread from his chest, he dared to believe that it was true!

"Heaven will not kill me!...Come here! Quickly summon the whole army! We have found the water source!"

"promise!"

Unexpectedly, there is a different scene under the sandy mountain. Strictly speaking, the spring water is not small, and there are even clumps of water plants floating on the water surface. What's more, there are a few old trees beside the water, with intertwined roots. Deep in the sand.

Qi Shuiyun looked up at the dazzling sun, as if wanting to confirm that he was not hallucinating, and asked the soldier who rolled down with him: "Did you see it?"

The soldier also had a look of disbelief on his face, and replied woodenly: "I see! Water, grass, trees... and houses! General, have we found the dwelling of the gods?"

Qi Shuiyun wiped his face, and ordered: "I'll go to find out the truth, and you are here to meet them."

"promise."

He still rushed back before dark, and when the news of finding the water source came back, the whole army cheered loudly and poured down the large bags of water they brought back. Shen Ye laughed proudly: "If you have wine today, you will be drunk today! How long can you live?" How many days are the days! The sky will never die for me haha ​​the sky will never die for me!"

Qi Shuiyun couldn't help but frowned, the feeling of the rest of his life after the catastrophe made people feel excited, "We marked that place, and we surrounded that place, and we will send more people to guard it tomorrow. By the way, that place lives Don't collide with an old man."

"Someone lives here?! Could it be some kind of god?"

Qi Shuiyun picked up his teacup and filled it with water, shook his head and said, "I went to see it today, it's just an ordinary old man, we only fetch water, don't disturb his life."

Shen Ye swallowed, and said, "How...how did he survive?"

"The old man is so good at archery that he can even shoot a desert goshawk... um, and, do you understand music notation?"

Shen Ye hadn't recovered from the shock of bending his bow and shooting the big eagle, but was taken aback by Qi Shuiyun's last question.

"I'm a rough old man, what kind of music score do I know?"

After finishing speaking, Qi Shuiyun took out a tattered book from his pocket, Nahan said: "The old man said that I am a destined person, I hope I will send this music score to Tianshuizong for him one day."

"Tian Shuizong... that's not a place we can go."

Qi Shuiyun caressed the three characters "Thirteen Yin" on the notebook and was lost in thought for a long time.

"Shen Ye, you are a god, can you see all of this, tell me, should we live or die?"