Immortal Destiny

Immortal Destiny Chapter 1

2021-05-03

Chapter 1 The Great Chaos in the World

The boundary of the southern region.

In those years, the world was in great chaos. A war broke out between the Yuxi Kingdom in the south and the Jinshi Kingdom in the north. The two sides invested as many as one million soldiers and armor. The Southern State suffered a severe drought, the people had no crops to harvest, and thieves were everywhere. The people fled their homeland and embarked on the road of exile in order to make a living.

On an official road in Guohuai County, Yuxi, a group of refugees moved towards the grandiose of Huai County. There were seven-eight li in the team, at least several thousand people.

Twelve-year-old Xiao Lin is walking among this group of refugees. He is supporting the frail father Xiao Shan and holding the younger sister Xiao Zhi with the other hand, his dark face is full of confusion. With a lonely expression, he pursed his chapped lips and untied a bottle gourd from his waist.

Shaking it gently, there is a faint sound of water inside.

"Xiaozhi, drink some water." Xiao Lin handed the bottle gourd to younger sister Xiao Zhi.

Xiao Zhi's tanned little face showed a sensible expression, she hooked the head: "Brother, I'm not thirsty, you can drink it."

After listening to this Then, Xiao Lin's nose was sore, and he almost burst into tears. It has been more than two months since he left his hometown, and the dry food he brought with him has long been eaten. Two days ago, his mother starved to death on the road. In two days, the frail father and younger sister may also starve to death.

There is still more than 100 miles from Huaixian County in the Southern State. Judging from the current speed of the refugee team, it will take at least three days. Xiao Lin has no doubts about whether he can survive these three days. Grasp, even more how, even if you arrive in Huai County, you may not be able to find food.

Looking at the sallow cheeks of the father and the thin body of the younger sister, Xiao Lin was full of self-blame, if someone could give him a steamed bun now, he would definitely agree to anything condition.

Suddenly, there was a rapid neighing sound from the front, and a group of people and horses were moving towards them under the billowing smoke.

Xiao Lin was startled, and his face was full of horror. He had already heard adults say that on the way to Huai County, there were a lot of bandits. These bandits were killing without blinking. An eye, robbing money and women, if you are a little disobedient, you will be killed. Along the way, he has seen a lot of corpses displayed on the roadside, and only the bones are eaten by the wild beast in the mountains.

If you really encounter a bandit, there is no way out, Xiao Lin sighed in his heart.

Xiao Lin stared, staring at the smoke in front of him, until he saw the big "jade" character on the chest of the horse that rushed out of the dust, and then put a hanging one. Heart down.

"It's the official army." Xiao Lin muttered to himself. Although the official army often does some things to oppress the people, it is much better than the bandit. He won't kill people at will, but he still Quietly pushed the younger sister behind the father.

The man headed by this team of officers and soldiers is tall and thick, with distinct facial features and angular beards.

He looked at the refugee team in front of him and frowned deeply. After a while, a sneer appeared on his face.

He waved his hand behind him, and after a while, one person drove over, whispered a few words in his ear for the leader of the army, and while speaking, he glanced at the refugee team with a cold eye. The subordinates listened and nodded, and at the same time glanced at the refugees with a smile on their faces.

After driving the horses away, the entire army of officers and soldiers immediately began to lengthen, gathering the refugee teams from both sides. Seeing this scene, Xiao Lin's face was gloomy and his heart sank.

Soon, thousands of refugees were gathered in a pile of darkness, all of them looked at the scar-faced officer headed in horror, restless in their hearts.

Looking at the crowded crowd with satisfaction, the scar-faced officer forced a smile on his face, but this smile did not bring him an amiable image, but added a little terrifying aura. .

"I am Liu Dali, Deputy Lieutenant of Huai County, and I have been ordered to exterminate the bandits in the Tianlu Mountain area of the Southern State. I need to recruit some migrant workers to carry siege equipment. Any healthy man over twelve years old can do it. Join, everyone who joins will be given five steamed buns as a settling fee, and when the bandits are eliminated in the future, the recruited people will also be resettled, so as to save you from the suffering of being displaced."

The crowded crowd Suddenly there was a commotion. If it was normal, no one would care about the settling expenses, and it could even be said that it was pitiful, but now it is different. Most of these refugees have been hungry for several days, and they may fall down at any time while walking. At the side of the road, in this case, five steamed buns are not a matter of a few meals, but a hope for survival. Soon, some people walked out of the crowd and expressed their willingness to be recruited.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Lin sighed. He understood that these people who came out were not for themselves, but only for their families to survive. After all, with these five steamed buns , there is a glimmer of hope.

Soon, this group of officers and soldiers set up a few tents on the roadside, placed a few tables and chairs, and began to register the recruited migrant workers.

"Father, I'll go." Holding the father who wanted to sign up, Xiao Lin said with a smile, he knew that his father was very weak, coupled with the internal injury left by hunting in his early years, In the current situation, it has recurred one after another. If he really became a migrant worker, I am afraid that he will die on the road before he reaches the lair of the bandits.

"Brother." Xiao Zhi, who is one year younger than Xiao Lin, has red eyes. She knows that when big brother is gone, I am afraid that big brother will never be seen again in the future.

"Xiaozhi, my dear, when the big brother is away, you must take good care of the father and wait for the big brother in Huai County. The big brother will definitely find you." Resisting the grief in his heart, Xiao Lin said with a forced smile.

"en." Xiao Zhi nodded well, and then smiled at Xiao Lin.

Seeing Xiao Zhi's forced smile in order to comfort himself, Xiao Lin's nose is sore, he thinks of mother who died of starvation two days ago, he secretly gritted his teeth and told himself that he must not let younger sister Also same as mother.

He turned his head secretly, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingers, and threw them out. Then, Xiao Lin moved towards the outside of the crowd without looking back.

The long queue stretched for several hundred meters. After a rough estimate, there were at least a few hundred people who signed up. Xiao Lin was in the middle of the team, and he was a little uneasy. The applicants were sent back. He understood that these old people wanted to use their lives to give their families hope of living. There were also a few younger ones, thinner than Xiao Lin, who were also sent back. among the refugees.

Xiao Lin was very worried, afraid that he would not be able to be hired.

"Xiao Lin, you have signed up too." A childish voice came from behind him, without looking back, Xiao Lin knew that it was Xiao Shi, who grew up with him, that Xiao Shi's father was a A blacksmith, originally their family was rich in the village, but didn't expect, a year ago his father and eldest brother were drafted into the army, and they were gone forever, leaving him, a younger brother and a younger sister, His mother starved to death a few months ago before he came out to escape the famine. He had no choice but to come out with his younger brother and younger sister, Xiao Shi, who was one year older than Xiao Lin.

"You came out, what about your younger brother younger sister?" Xiao Lin showed a surprised expression on his face.

"What else can I do? Let Uncle Xiao help me take it. I hope we can exterminate the bandits as soon as possible, and then we can return to Huai County." Xiao Shi sighed.

Xiao Lin didn't speak, he knew that Xiao Shi said Uncle Xiao was his father, and this was something he couldn't do. Xiao Shi's situation was similar to his own. Without these steamed buns, all three of them were There's no way to hold on, so it's better to change a few steamed buns so that the younger brother younger sister has hope of living.

Soon, it was Xiao Lin's turn.

"Name?"

"Xiao Lin."

"Hometown?"

"Gouzi Village, Huai County, Southern State. "

"Age?"

"Thirteen." In order to increase the chance of being hired, Xiao Lin falsely reported that he was one year old.

The famous officer heard the words, looked up at Xiao Lin with a suspicious expression on his face.

"Officer, we are both young and we are both thirteen years old this year. You can see that we are both strong and can definitely work." At this time, Xiao Shi came up behind him, his face full of expression. Dui laughed, and while speaking, he showed his tendon to the officers.

Xiao Shi has been working with his father since he was a child, so he is very strong. He is more than half a head taller than Xiao Lin. Although he is only thirteen years old, he looks similar to a young man of fifteen or sixteen.

Obviously satisfied with what Xiao Shi said, the officials did not embarrass Xiao Lin, nodded, and wrote the word Xiao Lin on the roster.

After receiving the steamed buns with Xiao Shi, they returned to the refugee team.

The two took out four of the ten steamed buns and distributed them to Xiaoshan and the three children, then wrapped the rest in coarse cloth and handed them to Xiaoshan.

Xiao Shan took it and took out two steamed buns from the coarse cloth.

"You guys haven't eaten for more than two days, so eat a steamed bun."

Xiao Lin and Xiao Shi looked at each other, Xiao Lin took a steamed bun and broke it into pieces I gave Xiao Shi half of the two halves, and then said to Xiao Shan with a smile: "father, one is enough for the two of us."

Looking at younger sister Xiao Zhi, nibbling on the steamed buns sweetly, Xiao Lin suddenly felt that she had done the right thing.

Three days later, Xiao Lin and Xiao Shi followed the army and entered the Tianlu Mountain Range. The Tianlu Mountain Range is located in the west of the Southern State of Yuxi State and connected to the Jinshi State in the north. , vast and boundless, after a few hundred miles deep, it is an endless primordial mountain forest. Inside, the mountains are steep and steep, and the high mountains can't be seen at first glance. Everyone who entered was silent.

The scar-faced officer Liu Dali took hundreds of officers and troops, drove the hundreds of migrant workers, moved towards the Tianlu mountain range, and has been gone for four or five days. In Xiao Lin's opinion , at least deeper into the Tianlu mountain range for more than 100 miles, and they often heard the neighing of wild beast along the way, which made them really frightened.

If it weren't for the large number of people, I'm afraid they would have been attacked by the wild beast long ago. Xiao Lin is a little strange. It stands to reason that although the bandit's lair is also in the Tianlu mountain range, it is impossible to penetrate such a long distance. , Bandits survive by robbing and robbing homes. It is a bit unreasonable that it takes two weeks to go out to do business for such a long distance.

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