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Li Yishan obviously didn't want to talk about this topic, so he turned his head and led the three of them to the twelve city gates in Chang'an City.The twelve city gates are three gates each in the east, west, south, and north, and they surround the entire city layer upon layer.Chang'an City is located on a small hill, and the terrain in the city will rise a little bit after passing through each city gate, and finally reach the highest point of the Military Affairs Office. Standing on the high point of the Military Affairs Office, you can have a bird's-eye view of the whole city.

But the Military Affairs Office is a forbidden place for ordinary people, and Li Yishan will not bring the three of them into it, but it is also possible to bring them to the last four inner city gates.Li Yishan introduced them to the first eight city gates one by one. Xie Xuanyang listened to them with a smile, treating himself as a real ordinary tourist until they came to the last four gates.

The last four inner city gates of Chang'an City are named after the four elephants of Qinglong, Baihu, Xuanwu, and Suzaku. Inside the gates are the residences of the generals of the Northwest Army, and a section of the market inside is the Central Military Affairs Office.

Xie Xuanyang suddenly understood something when he saw the general's mansion inside the door.He turned and looked up at the Xuanwu Gate in front of him for a while, and said with a long sigh, "Sixiang Xingxing, guarding the four directions, good meaning!"

After that, he turned and looked down.Although these last four city gates are not the commanding heights of Chang'an City, they can already see most of the city from here.Passers-by are bustling with people, and there are countless shops and vendors on the eight streets and nine streets, which is like a scene of singing and dancing.

It's just that the prosperity is a bit too much.Xie Xuanyang lowered his eyes to look at the crowd of people on the street. They stood far away, and now they couldn't see the expressions on the faces of the people passing by, but Xie Xuanyang could easily imagine their overflowing happiness. That was when they were visiting the whole city with Li Yishan An expression I've seen all the time.

However, people have joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys. No matter how peaceful life is, not everyone will be happy all the time.

Xie Xuanyang looked at Li Yishan and was silent for a long time before finally making up his mind and saying, "Do you think the common people are so happy with their jobs?"

Li Yishan asked back, "Why is it not good for the common people to live and work in peace and contentment?" He looked at Xie Xuanyang with puzzled eyes, and he couldn't understand what he meant by asking this at all.He said again, "Could it be possible that you think it's a good thing to be trapped in a troubled world?"

Xie Xuanyang shook his head and said no.

He no longer looked at Li Yishan.Under the warm sun, there was no shadow on the streets in the city.The angle of the sun in the sky has not changed, it is exactly the same as when the three of them first came here, but they have obviously been traveling with Li Yishan for a while, and according to the time, it should be the time when the sun sets in the west.

After a long time, he said again, "It's not good in troubled times, but it's not good in this city either."

Li Yishan was stunned, the expression on his face became strange, he looked a little stiff, his smile didn't seem like a smile, anyone could see the bitterness from it.His voice was a little dry, and he said hoarsely, "What's wrong?"

Xie Xuanyang looked at him again, Li Yishan's face turned pale, and the hands hanging by his sides were tightly clenched into fists trembling slightly, as if he was holding back something.Xie Xuanyang said, "Because it's not real."

Li Yishan's whole body trembled violently, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were already scarlet, as if washed by fresh blood.Except for these strange red eyes, Li Yishan's face no longer showed the bitter expression just now, as if he was wearing a mask calmly.But often this lack of expression is the saddest.

Knowing this truth, Xie Xuanyang sighed softly, and said, "Actually, you have always known that the real Chang'an City has long since disappeared."

Li Yishan pointed to his feet and said, "It's still there, it's here." His tone was firm, but the three people present knew that what Xie Xuanyang said was true, and Li Yishan also knew this fact.

"In the [-]st year of Longqi, the enemy country of Emperor Yun poisoned the Yuan River in the city, and the water in Chang'an City was poisoned. The defenders were powerless to fight the enemy but would rather die than surrender. The enemy army besieged the city for several months. After satisfying hunger, the entire army was almost wiped out. The residents of Chang'an stunned the remaining defenders with medicine, and ordered the old and weak Confucian women to take them out of the city through secret passages. ..." Xie Xuanyang narrated in a very slow voice, every time he said, the devilish energy on Li Yishan's body increased by one point.

Li Yishan gritted his teeth, "Shut up."

Xie Xuanyang just paused for a few breaths, looked at the man in front of him who was already in his prime, and said slowly, "That year, you were twelve, and you were appointed as a general to be stationed in Chang'an."

Li Yishan's voice was choked with sobs, his lips trembling, "You, shut up!"

Xie Xuanyang stepped forward and stared straight into Li Yishan's eyes, "Do you still remember why you became a demon? Chang'an fell, and you have been on countless battlefields in your life. This is your first and only defeat. Do you remember why? Later, you were obsessed with attacking that enemy country? Why did you go crazy and wipe out all the surrounding countries that threatened Emperor Yun? Why were you regarded as a murderous monster by the people of other countries? Why... established the Eastern Capital? "

Li Yishan took a step back and closed his eyes in pain, as if something was blocking his chest, making every breath he took heavy and painful.He closed his eyes, and the city of Chang'an, where there were only ruins and charred bones, appeared before his eyes again.He still remembered how the land was dyed a dazzling blood color at that time, and he could hear how many dead souls were wailing in the fire that burned the whole city.

When he opened his eyes, his inner peace had been restored, and it seemed that the hatred that had piled up for thousands of years was no longer rolling.He said in a deep voice, "Do you know what I was thinking at that time?"

Li Yishan's question was a bit inexplicable, but Xie Xuanyang understood that he was talking about the time when Chang'an City was destroyed.Xie Xuanyang shook his head, "I don't know."

"I was thinking, why did I survive when I was defending the city with all my heart to die?" Li Yishan stretched out his palm to cover his upturned face, as if trying to catch the warm sunshine.The sunlight fell into his eyes through his fingers, piercing his eyes so painfully that even his eye sockets turned red.

Xie Xuanyang couldn't tell whether Li Yishan wanted to cry or was just stabbed by the sun.Li Yishan said again, "They told me, don't cry, they will also turn into ghosts after death, and will follow me, and follow me to take back all the lost rivers and mountains."

He paused, and covered the back of his hand even closer, completely covering his eyes, Xie Xuanyang saw something slipping down his cheek.Li Yishan suddenly fell silent, and after a long silence, he continued, "I thought, okay, then I will take it back. Not only will I take it back, but I will also make the rivers and mountains bigger, and double the bastards who swallowed up our land." Give it back! So what if you are called a villain? What if you become the public enemy of all other countries? I want them to know that no one can invade my country or my home!"

Xie Xuanyang said, "So, you have become a demon."

Li Yishan said, "That's why I became a demon, so all the people here who bear the same burden as me have become demons."

It was only then that Xie Xuanyang truly understood his father, the Demon Lord whom all demons longed for, the Linwu Emperor who was held on the altar by the Dongdu people even after a thousand years.

Xie Xuanyang understood Li Yishan, Liu Zhou understood Li Yishan, and Qing Xiao also understood.

Not only did he understand the Demon Lord, he also understood the entire Dongdu.Qingxiao kills demons and exterminates demons, killing demons that do all kinds of evil.He has never known why the Eastern Capital has tens of thousands of demon cultivators, but he rarely sees demons doing evil, and he also does not know why the wild demons can restrain their nature in the Eastern Capital, and there are quite a few cultivation bases that are strong enough to call the wind and rain The powerful magician is willing to become a member of the Eastern Capital Dynasty.

He looked at Li Yishan with piercing eyes, and suddenly there was an indescribable emotion in his heart, either respect or reverence.He said, "You are demons, but you are not demons."

Li Yishan said, "To the people of other countries, we are demons, demons that devour human flesh and blood. But to our own family, we are just ordinary people."

He put down his hands and looked at the Chang'an City under his feet, "You are right, I do know that this Chang'an City is a fake. The real Chang'an has neither the General's Mansion in the Inner City nor the Northwest Military Affairs Office. I just can't let go of this place, I thought that if they were here, if this city was the main base of the Northwest Army, they might not be destroyed."

He laughed again, and said, "But it's obviously impossible, it's just a delusion. What should come will come back, and what should be destroyed will also be destroyed. The cycle of cause and effect is like this. Chang'an is located in the northwest of the rich and rich. It must be more dangerous."

He suddenly rubbed Xie Xuanyang's head, "You are very smart, you have led me to bring you here from the beginning. You have realized that I don't belong here since you saw me, right?"

Xie Xuanyang smiled and said, "Yes, after all, you became a demon before you became an adult, but when we met, I didn't see that you had half a demonic energy. I know you are not good at hiding it. If you don't have it, it can only mean that you are a demon here. You can control the dream, and you regard yourself as the self before you became a demon."

Li Yishan smiled and said, "It's a dream, the dream Zhiqiu gave me."

Zhiqiu is the name of Immortal Zixu, and Li Yishan always likes to call him by this name.

Li Yishan said again, "I am Li Yishan, but not him."

Xie Xuanyang was not surprised when he heard it, and said, "I know you are actually his demon."

Li Yishan said, "You are worthy of being my son."

Xie Xuanyang raised his eyebrows and said, "You really know my relationship with you."

Li Yishan said, "Of course, although I haven't been born here for a thousand years, it's impossible not to recognize my own and Zhiqiu's blood. Is your name Chang'an?"

Xie Xuanyang smiled and shook his head, "My brother's name is Chang'an, and I am Yong'an."

Li Yishan clapped his hands and laughed, "Yong'an Yong'an, what a Yong'an. Chang'an Yong'an! Good boy."

As he said that, he flipped his hands and offered a spirit bead, which floated on the palm of his hand with a soft white light, and he said, "I know what you want. This is the key to destroying this place, and it is also the key to the entire private treasury. Precious things, take them."

Xie Xuanyang was taken aback when he heard the words, "Destroy this place?"

Li Yishan waved his hand at him and said, "I've dreamed here for a thousand years, so it's time to go back. Go, you're right in the middle of the Military Affairs Department."

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Chang'an Yong'an, my country, my home, no one can invade a single cent

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