Novoland: Eagle Flag Chapter 2: Sword twenty one

Himino forcefully opened his eyes, only opened a thin slit, and the eyelids were so heavy that they seemed to be glued together.

"Are you awake?" someone whispered.

Himeno turned his head in the direction of the voice, the speaker stood at the window with his hands behind his back, the sun was shining brightly, and Himeno could only see a faint figure from his back. The strong sunlight made him raise his hands to cover his eyes.

The man walked slowly to his bedside: "You have been sleeping for a day and a night."

"You... who are you?" Ji Ye's eyes adapted to the light, and he saw the other person's face clearly.

It was a handsome young man in his early twenties, lightly dressed, tall and straight. There was a strong smell of alcohol on his body, and when he smelled it, Ji Ye seemed to be drunk, but the young man's eyes were still clear and bright. Ji Ye saw that he was holding a flat cupronickel pot in his hand, presumably it contained spirits.

"My name is Xie Gui," the young man smiled slightly, "You don't know me, and you don't need to remember me. It's just that someone asked me to bring you here. Fortunately, you are all fine, and finally fulfilled your mission."

"Those who were with me... oh..." Ji Ye pushed himself up vigorously, the wound on his body seemed to be split open, and he felt severe pain.

Xie Gui didn't stop him, but pointed his finger. On the bamboo bed not far away, Yu Ran curled up in the white quilt, her forehead was wrapped in plain silk, and the stubborn lock of hair that Ji Ye was familiar with came out from inside, gently Bend into an arc.

Himino lay back in relief.

"She's a beautiful girl." Xie Gui pressed slightly **** Ji Ye's chest, and Ji Ye cried out in pain.

Xie Gui just smiled: "But if you hold on like this, maybe you will never see her. You are the most injured person, we almost thought you would not survive. Your other friend is fine , just passed out, but he has a special status and has been sent back to the East Palace."

"Asule is fine too," Ji Ye looked at the roof and let out a long sigh of relief, "That's all right."

"There is one thing I have to warn you in advance. This time, the East Palace caught fire and destroyed the ancestral tomb of the Baili family. Now there is a curfew all over the city, and people from the Tingwei Mansion are searching from house to house. I don't know how long it will last." You don't have to confess to me what you saw inside, and I don't want to ask, but if someone other than us knows about this," Xie Gui stared into Himeno's eyes, "may cause earth-shaking changes. Can you keep a secret?"

Jimo nodded: "I won't say anything."

"That's good." Xie Gui raised his head and took a sip from the cupronickel pot, and smiled again, his smile was a little out of proportion to his age, lazily, "Your eyes are really magical, I still have something to ask I'll show you."

He held out a long bundle wrapped in blue silk from the side, and Ji Ye looked at the patterns embroidered on the silk and felt extremely familiar. He suddenly remembered that it was the pattern on the top of the passageway in the tomb, the talisman of the secret technique, suppressing the restless dead soul. He vaguely knew what was in the baggage, and turned his head away in horror.

"Don't be afraid, it has already been tamed, otherwise I wouldn't dare to touch it. The Dragon Blood Bone Knot will not be activated again until its new owner dies. But now I have to take this sword away, When you need it, someone will give it back to you.”

Xie Gui untied the burden, it was really the sword. This is the first time Ji Ye has looked at it so carefully. This huge piece of metal is as quiet as a stone in Xie Gui's hands. Under the stone-blue metal, there is no sharp edge, but upon closer inspection, one can find that its blade is composed of extremely fine sawtooth.

Himino's breathing was a little short. He was still uneasy, and the sword made him feel as if he was in a deep sleep, and the roaring and transforming ghosts hadn't dissipated.

Xie Gui's fingers lightly swept over the sword: "I never thought that I would have the opportunity to touch this sword with my own hands..."

"I have nothing else to do, I'm going out to buy something," Xie Gui put away his sword, with a sly smile, "Do you like snacks? Would you like some sweet-scented osmanthus?"

"No, my brother eats those things."

Xie Gui smiled, got up and left holding the sword, and closed the door behind him.

Outside the house is the warm sun in the morning.

This is a simple thatched-roof hut, built on the mountainside, and you can see the forest trees as far as you can see. The clouds and mists in the valley are slowly rising up, gradually submerging the entire mountainside.

"General." Xie Gui stopped at the corner.

Someone stretched out his hand from behind the wall, and Xie Gui held the sword over.

"Are the two children all right?" asked the man behind the wall.

"Himino has woken up, the girl is fine. She is a desperate child. If it keeps like this, I really don't know how long I can live."

"He has already stepped on the battlefield with one foot. Can he survive on the battlefield if he doesn't work hard?" Burn it, and you should leave here as soon as possible. I have prepared a letter of recommendation for you to go to the imperial capital, and our people will pick you up there."

"Are you going to start a war with Chenyue?"

"It's not yet time. If Chenyue doesn't step into this battlefield, we won't step in either. But it's a matter of time. Sending you to the imperial capital is an early preparation."

"Yes!"

Xie Gui was silent for a moment: "I have a word, I just want to say it. I heard that in order to protect the secret of this sword, in the past fourteen years, no less than two hundred people died for it. Today it finally Exposure to the sun is the key to the revival of the Heavenly Drive, while our enemies are still hiding in the dark. In order to keep the secret of the sacred object, shouldn't this child be sacrificed?"

The voice behind the wall was silent for a while: "It's my selfishness, every time I look into his eyes, it's like looking into a mirror."