Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 636 Firefly
I don't know if it's because people's memory is always particularly deep when they are on the verge of death.Even after so many years, things have changed, but he still often sees those eyes in his dreams.

He is Chen Yan, the heir of the number one military general family in Southern Chu.

He knew from a very young age that he had a very high background and talent, and he was destined to make a big career.

And as the eldest son of a family with the surname Jia, and even the most outstanding son of the family in Danyang City, his first half of his life was smooth sailing.

When his childhood playmates were still walking cats and dogs, he went to the battlefield under the leadership of his stern grandfather.From the age of 15 to 25, he struggled on the battlefield for a full ten years, and even delayed getting married. Finally, at the age of 25, he did not rely on his ancestral shadow but relied on his military exploits to become the second only to the general and hussars. The general's chariot and cavalry general, with a gold seal and purple ribbon, is above General Wei and the front, rear, left, and right generals.

At that time, there was a sensation in the entire Shanhai Continent, breaking the record of the youngest chariot general in a hundred years.

Of course, he didn't know at that time that his record would soon be broken by a young girl.

At that time, the entire continent was talking about a young and promising jade-faced general in Southern Chu.

Even his grandfather, who had always been serious and unsmiling, heard the news when he was dying on the sick bed, talking about the hope of the Chen family, and passed away with a smile.

In order to give joy to his seriously ill grandfather, he married the daughter of the family who had been engaged for a long time after his grandfather fell ill.

The grandfather is happy to mourn, and the father succeeds the Da Sima, and the descendants of the Chen family are expected.

At that time, he was really proud of his spring breeze. When he was appointed as a general, he got married and started a business. He was newly married. Everyone, including him, believed that what awaited him was an extremely brilliant future.

Until, the war that changed him happened.

Xirong invaded, Guiyang dispatched troops, and the chief commander ordered him to go out in person.

This is a crisis for the border, but it is also an excellent opportunity for young generals to make contributions.

His father, as the chief minister, rejected all the opinions and accused him of leading the army. It can be said that he took great pains to pave the way for his future, so even though his wife was just pregnant, he agreed without hesitation.

He is also fighting for the future of his unborn son. Military generals are no better than civilian officials, only military exploits are the last word.

He was even more interested when he heard that the chief commanded the battle personally.He has always been very curious, what kind of person is that woman who walked out of Southern Chu and left countless legends on the battlefield.

But after seeing the real person, he found that the Chief Commander was not as cold and ruthless as he imagined or rumored, and was just an ordinary woman no matter what.

There are no capable people and strangers around, but only a nine-year-old child.

He has heard too many compliments since he was named general, and everyone said that he is young and promising, but the chief commander just frowned and spoke softly when he saw him the first time.

"too young."

He who has always been soaked in flattery has never heard such words before, and he couldn't help but speak out with anger.

"My lord, the general thinks that ability has nothing to do with age, not to mention that the war is so tight, the lord of the country has brought a child into the barracks, how can you say that the general is young?"

"It's true that the last general is not yet [-] years old, but he is still older than this one, right?"

Faced with his rude words, the Southern Chu civil officials who accompanied him were so frightened that they sweated profusely and hurriedly smoothed things over, but to his surprise, the high-ranking national teacher did not get angry.

"You're right. Ability has nothing to do with age. I've been reckless." The woman's voice was calm, and she looked at the little girl beside her, "This is my apprentice. She has the ability to protect herself on the battlefield, and General Chen also do not worry."

Can a nine-year-old protect himself on the battlefield?
Watching the woman speak calmly, without the domineering and arbitrariness he imagined, made Chen Yan even more angry. This anger was suffocated in his heart, and finally burned out his reason.

There is only one thought in his mind, and that is to make meritorious service.

Because of his eagerness to make contributions, when discussing who should be the vanguard to lure the enemy at the combat meeting, he volunteered without hesitation, and insisted on bringing only half of the troops despite Lin Shubai's dissuasion due to the shortage of manpower in the army.

In the end, he paid the price for his youthful madness and arrogance.

The bravery of the Xirong people was beyond his imagination. The [-] cavalry battalions around him were all wiped out. With his last breath, he completed the task of luring the enemy without dishonoring his Chen family. In order not to be captured, he wanted to He killed himself, but accidentally discovered a hidden hole.

Maybe it was because he had not seen his unborn child yet, a little unwillingness ignited in his heart, he burrowed into this cave through a dog's hole, but he no longer had the strength to climb up.

It was a mine pit, hidden and dark, and could not be seen from the outside at all. He escaped the pursuit, and it was also extremely difficult for rescuers to find him.

In this way, he survived for seven days in the damp and dark mine, relying on the sewage at the bottom of the pit.

However, as time passed, he became more and more frightened, disappointed day by day, and finally fell into despair.

His true energy has been exhausted, no one can detect his aura, and people who have been missing for three days on the battlefield will generally be regarded as dead by default.The news of his death might have already been sent back to Nanchu, and his comrades probably thought he was dead, and no one would look for him anymore.

He can only die alone at the bottom of this pit, and even the bones cannot be isolated.

By the seventh day, his body was stretched to the limit.

He thought he was going to die here.

The only regret is not seeing the unborn child.

And just when he murmured that he was about to die.

He saw those eyes.

Those were a pair of black and white eyes, clear to the bottom, so beautiful that it was unreal.

The mine is deep and dark, and because of the location, there is no sunlight in the daytime.Only in the middle of the night will a ray of moonlight penetrate.

These seven days, he relied on this ray of moonlight to count the time and support his mind.

And just when he thought he was about to die and took his last breath, under the moonlight, he lay on the gravel and raised his head slightly, and suddenly saw those eyes.

was watching him quietly.

Everything seemed like a dream, a hallucination.

"Am I already dead?" He remembered laughing in a hoarse voice.

"No, you won't die."

However, at this moment, a childish but calm voice suddenly came from in front of him.

"I found you."

The girl quietly walked to the moonlight, bent down and looked at him.

"I won't let you die."

Then she stretched out her hand and gently placed it on his veins, and the next moment he felt that there was ample real energy entering his body.

"You are..." That voice washed his chaotic head like a clear spring, and the true energy that also belonged to the fire method entered his body, finally awakening a wisp of his mind.

He focused his eyes, only to realize that the one who appeared in front of him was actually the little girl whom he had seen before by the side of Chief Commander Lin Shubai.

And at this moment, he was shocked to discover that this nine-year-old child was actually a sixth-rank practitioner!
"You in the end..."

But what shocked him even more was how did this girl know that he was still alive and how did she find him after he had been missing for so many days and slipped into such a deep pit, and was not found by anyone for so many days?

"You want to ask me how I found you?" The girl in front of him who was feeding him real energy stood up and asked softly.

He nodded hard.

"I heard the sound of the wind," the girl smiled. "The wind brought your voice, so I guess you are near here."

The sound of the wind?

He didn't understand at the time, thinking it was the little girl who was messing around with metaphors.It was only later that I found out that this was the girl's ability to listen to all things, which is recognized by the number one wind magician today.

"But even if you know I'm around..." he murmured.

It's not that he hasn't heard other people's footsteps these days, but the hole he is in is almost invisible from the outside, and even if he is nearby, it is difficult to know that there is a hole here.

"You have been missing for seven days. If you are still alive, I guess you must be somewhere with water." The girl said softly.

"And where there is water, there tends to be them."

The moonlight faded away.

"Where there is water, there will be fireflies on summer nights."

He opened his eyes wide, watching the girl in front of him open her hand lightly, and a little firefly flew from her palm.

"They led me to you."

In the dots of fireflies, he could clearly see the face of the girl in front of him.

She was covered in mud, but her eyes were amazingly beautiful.

He will never forget those eyes.

However, Chen Yan never thought of it.

After 17 years.

On the same summer night, he saw these eyes again in his yard.

　Summer fireflies are really a beautiful scene.

　　Little knowledge: Fireflies mostly grow near water

　　
　
(End of this chapter)