The Neon Tower

Afternoon

"Your Majesty, I have something to report to the Emperor." An urgent report came from outside the door.

"What's the matter."

"Here I present the calligraphy of the guilty minister Zhao Yuhan."

"What? Show it to me."

Although he was given a surname, Ke Yuhan's seal had never been changed, so he could recognize her instantly.The emperor opened it and sighed for the beauty of the scroll, and said, "This Yuhan, who is such a skilled painter, is a person who doesn't know what to do."

"Your Majesty, the last general has sent people to search the entire capital, but there is no trace of the sinner."

"Have you ever been to Prince Duan's Mansion?"

"I've been there, but I haven't found it, and the prince seems to be traveling too."

"Hmph, tenth old man hasn't gone out for so many years, why did he choose this time?"

"Your Majesty?" the general said softly: "Currently only the imperial palace has not been searched, and the general wants to ask the emperor for instructions..."

"Search." The emperor closed the scroll and put it on the table disapprovingly.

"what?"

"Don't understand? Search. If you can't find it in the palace, search the whole country. If you find it, you will be caught immediately and executed on a certain day. The envoys will arrive later, and the movement should be kept as small as possible. If the envoys find out, you chop it up." Ten heads can't atone for this sin."

"Obey." The general looked puzzled, the emperor usually favored this criminal, why was he so resolute and indifferent at this time?

At night, on the roof of the imperial study——

"..." Yu tightened his nerves and turned around carefully. The person ten steps away in front of him looked very familiar, even though there were a few hideous scars and wrinkles on his face.

"Why, don't you recognize me?"

"You are...you joined the training camp at the same time as me? Your name...your name..." Yu tried his best to recall, and finally said his name: "You are Yi? Dongfang Yi?"

"Yes... I'm Dongfang Yi, you finally remembered." Dongfang Yi's expression was extremely cold, he licked his lips and said.

"Why...how are you safe and sound? Are there any other surviving brothers?" A glimmer of hope surged in Yu's heart.

"No, they're all dead."

"then you?"

"I was recruited by the Forbidden Army, have you forgotten? In the last selection, I lost and you won." As he spoke, Dongfang Yi looked at Yu slowly, with sharp eyes.

"Hmph..." Yu sneered, recalling the nightmare that day: "It doesn't make any sense to win or lose."

"Yes, at least I still remember your ecstatic and triumphant expression when General Fan assigned you the last spot."

"That time, it was just a fluke..." Yu hurriedly said modestly.

Dongfang Yi didn't wait for Yu to finish his superficial words, raised his head halfway and said loudly: "It's nothing special, it's just because of his good-looking face."

"..." The wind of the conversation suddenly changed, leaving Yu at a loss for an instant.

"I remember very clearly what Fan Yingchen said at the time. The iron cavalry army must have four conditions: courage, bravery, intelligence, and handsome appearance." Dongfang Yi frowned, stretched out a finger and swiped in mid-air : "I have all the first three, but I lost in the fourth."

That year, the military concentration training camp——

"Yi, if you work so hard, you will definitely be selected this time." The young man said to Yi with a smile.

"I hope. Compared to being under General Deng, I would like to be led by General Fan, but there are too few places... If I miss this recruitment, I don't know when I will have a place."

"Don't worry, you can do it!" The young man patted him on the shoulder and walked away.

Yi was selected into the iron cavalry camp as he wished, and his grades have always been among the best. Fan Yingchen also praised him very much, and he knew that this time, he was in sight of victory.

Today's training program is one-on-one fighting. The kid in front of him keeps smiling and shaking hands and patting his shoulders. This makes him feel very uncomfortable. This is actual combat training. Can this guy be serious?

Look at this kid, although he always has a smile on his face, but his skills are not bad at all.Several times, I was controlled and fell to the ground like a kite tied with strings.After that, Yi often trained with this kid in the same team. Every time he lost a game, he would correct the mistakes in his mind and practice repeatedly every night. But when he felt strange, this The boy seems to use different moves every time he practices, which makes him unable to respond.

One of Yi's arms was pressed behind his back, and then he heard a sentence: "Give way!" The boy tapped as hard as he could, and he would let go immediately after the victory was determined, without causing pain to his opponent.

"Yu~ How are you practicing?"

He walked in front of him with a majestic appearance and elegant demeanor. In Yi Yi's eyes, he seemed to be shining with brilliance all over his body. He was an existence that did not eat the fireworks in the world, but now he was draping the shoulders of the kid in front of him like an ordinary person. The biological brothers generally laughed and cursed.

"Brother Chen! I'm fine."

"That's fine, practice hard, there are too many people in this battalion who are better than you."

"Yes!"

Fan Yingchen looked at Yi who was standing in a daze in front of him, took a step forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Yu, Dongfang Yi, who was selected in this concentration camp, is one of the top three experts in the concentration camp. You should learn more from him."

Yu's smile was still bright, and he said, "Yes!"

"Yi, work harder."

"Yes, General Fan." Although Yi's face was unsmiling, he was already excited by such a casual sentence and action in his heart. He was convinced that the general's expectations of him were higher than others.

In the final selection three months later, Yi finally won. It was the first time he really won against Yu. He just pressed Yu hard with his body weight and pressed Yu's head into the sand. , and even twisted Yu's arm and refused to let go, as if he was afraid that if he let go, Yu would fight back, and finally turned defeat into victory.

"Dongfang Yi, the competition for the selection of the staff should come to an end, you don't have to hurry up and let go." The coach, Big Brother Wang, shouted.

Only then did Yi slowly get down from Yu's body. Seeing Yu struggling to get up from the sand, rubbing his bruised arms and cheeks, his guilt surged from his heart.

"Sorry... I... pushed too hard."

"Heh, what you say is a contest of strength, and I am convinced that I lost." Yu's smile was still bright.

After an incense stick of time, the staff list was completed and announced to all staff.

"The last quota for the fifth cavalry army is Xiao Xiangyu." After Wang Shuo announced the last quota, everyone cast strange glances at Yu.

"Why? Coach Wang, I am the one who wins." Yi stepped forward and asked.

"Soldiers who join the Iron Cavalry Army must meet four conditions: courage, bravery, intelligence, and handsome appearance." Ying Chen got down from his seat and said calmly: "The first three are for the battlefield, but There is no guarantee that one day you will fall into the hands of the enemy and become a prisoner. Then your face may save your life at this time. I don’t ask all the editors present here to be heroes who serve the country loyally, but at least they will come back alive for me. .”

The audience erupted, only Yi Yi stood there listlessly, motionless

"Handsome? Is it because I'm ugly that I lost the election? I worked so hard, but I lost to my looks?"

Everyone dispersed, and finally Yi was left standing there alone. Yu wanted to step forward to calm down, but was stopped by Brother Wang, who twisted his neck and told him to follow.

When he came back to his senses, Yi clearly saw Fan Yingchen before he went down, and glanced at him from the corner of his eye.

"Could it be that the general wants to test me? See if I'll be devastated because of this? That's right, it's absurd how this hot-blooded and combative team can only accept beautiful men."

While everyone was gone, he sneaked into the commander's camp quietly, because the commander's camp in the city was just the commander's lounge, and the door was not guarded.The voice in the camp clearly spread outside, making Yi stop.

"Won't that Dongfang Yi just stand outside and refuse to leave?" Big Brother Wang's voice sounded.

"A man who can't stand such a setback can join the Cavalry Army." Fan Yingchen said.

"Brother Chen, I am the one who lost...why..." Yu said.

"Yu, shut up, now it's not up to you to decide who gets into the Cavalry Army, don't think I didn't see you releasing water just now." Fan Yingchen said.

"What? Let the water go?"

"I didn't turn on the water, I really accidentally tripped over it."

"That can't be beaten to death. They are all my brothers. Is it necessary to be so merciless?" Fan Yingchen paused, and then said: "This person is terrible. He looks very honest, has a quiet and polite personality, and never He has money ties with people, and he will not sell favors to others. All the amounts are clearly divided. To be honest, he works hard for others and has a lot of fighting spirit. He is indeed very suitable as a soldier, but this also proves that he He was very serious about winning and losing, and to put it bluntly, he was very ambitious and impersonal.”

"Didn't Brother Chen always teach me to be ambitious?"

"That's because you are not self-motivated. What I want is a person who can live in a group, not an independent individual. Besides, you have been in the training camp for nearly a year, can you improve? Do you want to stay here any longer?"

"of course not!"

"Don't think so much, and I didn't lie to him, you must meet those four conditions to join the cavalry army, your seniors selected them in this way, don't look at your brother Wang with a stubble on his face, after shaving his beard He's more handsome than me."

"General, you really know how to joke."

"Sincere."

Ah. . .Fan Yingchen turned out to be just a narrow-minded villain, who said that I was ambitious because he was afraid that one day I would be able to climb to a higher position than him. What kind of crap is the iron cavalry?Isn't it all because of connections?I am not rare.