Jiang Jianming was taken aback, and first laughed: "What am I going back for? I'm not really the princess anymore. What kind of birthday banquet am I attending?"

Then he couldn't help frowning slowly, and asked: "Besides, isn't Yin Beidou not able to return to China without a special reason?"

This sentence is absolutely true, no matter what holidays the empire celebrates, it is the iron rule of Yin Beidou not to leave the alien star where it is stationed at will.

In other legions, it is impolite for the emperor not to come to see him after his birthday, but the two special legions of the empire, Jinrilun and Yinbeidou, are exceptions.

——Think about it, if all the generals went back to celebrate His Majesty's birthday, the space robbers and alien creatures would have to fight in arm in arm?

For people like Xie Yuduo, at most, they can remotely project on the emperor's birthday to make a formality, and it is absolutely impossible to go back in real body.

"Yes, but..." Xie Yuduo nodded, he seemed to want to say something, but he showed a hesitant expression when he was about to speak.

He waved at Jiang Jianming, pointed to the nearest white tablet and said, "My lord, come and see here."

Jiang Jianming walked over, Xie Yuduo stroked his back and motioned him to look down.

In the darkness, at the bottom of the glowing white stele, where the name has not yet been engraved, there are several lines of smaller characters.

Jiang Jianming took a step forward to look carefully, and was suddenly stunned.

I saw that the inscription reads——

Offering sacrifices to the heroic souls of mankind through the ages:

Even though it is difficult to bury the bones in the homeland, the heaven and the universe can bury them.I saw the heroic soul flying to the sea of stars, it should be like a white bird returning to its nest.Enjoy.

Seeing these words for the first time, Jiang Jianming immediately thought of the last line of a mourning poem dedicated to Prince Lai An that made him unhappy.

It was also the fuse that made him make up his mind to come to the far interstellar space.

When he was practicing in the field, on that snowy night sleeping in the shock, he once told Tang Zhen that the poem was "poorly written".

Indeed, what is the "unruly golden rose" and what is the "eternal sun" in front of it, the flattery is too obvious, and it is ridiculous and tasteless after reading it.

But at that time, he also added a premise, "Except for the last sentence, there is something interesting."

Unexpectedly, the sentence that made him feel a little bit interesting turned out to be Huayong, and the original sentence came from Yinbeidou's heroic tablet.

Xie Yuduo touched the white stele with his hand, and said slowly: "This is a famous sentence in the sacrificial rites written by the first general of the empire for the emperors who died, especially the soldiers who died in the distant stars. The design of the stele of heroes, is also from this hand."

Jiang Jianming's brows softened for a moment: "It's Commander Aslan. Back then, His Highness and I studied his books."

Xie Yuduo nodded: "After the death of a new crystal species, a large number of crystal particles in the body will quickly dissipate. Many people think that the final destination of these crystal particles is the crystal nest in the depths of the universe. The crystal particles are translucent when they escape.It is white, so it is compared by the commander in chief to a white bird returning to its nest."

"Your Excellency Jiang, I will also leave my name here one day."

Xie Yuduo fixedly stared at the Heroic Monument, and suddenly said this, there was something very complicated in his eyes.Under the twilight of the white stele, the Major General's side face looked more handsome than usual.

"The sea of stars is so vast, and the arrow that leaves the string does not have to return. Set foot on this road and never come back—this is the fate of Yin Beidou."

Jiang Jianming's expression moved slightly: "Major General."

"—But my lord, you are different from us."

Xie Yuduo turned his head, and said sternly, "You are not a real Yinbeidou person, and from the bottom of my heart, I don't want to demand you with Yinbeidou's discipline."

The major general patted his chest, and curled his mouth: "We, the gang, surrendered our lives from the moment we joined Yinbeidou."

"We are loyal to the empire and the people, to this snow-silver military emblem and the destiny behind it, and you..."

"And I'm just an ordinary person."

Jiang Jianming continued, and said calmly, "I didn't come here to protect the people of the empire, nor did I want to expand the territory for the empire, nor did I have any belief in Yin Beidou."

As he spoke, he raised his head, and countless tall white obelisks fell obliquely into his deep black eyes, like the Milky Way hanging upside down in the night.

"I don't have such a high level of awareness, I don't have the qualities that a hero should have, I just want to collect a person's body, that's all."

Xie Yuduo laughed.His laughter spread among the white monuments, creating a new echo, mixed with the next sentence: "Really, Your Excellency Jiang Xiao?"

"I heard about what happened when you were an officer during the adaptation period. The boy who was repatriated...Joe Brown, why did you go back to save him before he knocked your mecha off the cliff by mistake?"

"Human life is at present, as it should be."

"That melee with the Space Pirates before the valley, why did you risk shooting the Red Dragon?"

"Probably from above, I was a little angry at that time."

"You are calm, wise, transparent, and have experienced so many things. I used to think that your temperament would be colder."

Jiang Jianming: "What do you want to say?"

"Whether it is the awareness of disregarding life and death, or the noble and pure character, there are few people who can match you in the entire Yin Beidou."

Xie Yuduo said, "But you still don't look like a real Yinbeidou man, which is very similar to Your Highness..."

"One thing you both lack."

The major general's eyes lit up suddenly, like the cold light on the tip of a sharp sword when it was unsheathed: "It's called loyalty."

"You and Your Highness are both the kind of people who don't want to bow their heads and become ministers. There is a kind of people in the world whose backbones would rather bend than bend. They are born with the fate of emperors, and Ziwei Xing descends to earth."

"So, you will never become a soldier who is subordinate to Yin Beidou and dedicates his loyalty to the faith. My Yin Beidou is destined not to keep you, unless..."

The next moment, at the bottom of the vast and silent Heroic Monument, under the witness of countless dead souls throughout the ages.

The supreme commander of the fortress, Major General Xie Yuduo——with a calm face, he bowed down in front of the newly promoted lieutenant who was only 21 years old!

He got down on one knee.

Caress the heart with the right hand.

Jiang Jianming raised his eyes suddenly: "Major General!"

He took a half step back calmly, his military boots rubbed against the floor tiles, "Please don't do this."

"Your Excellency!" Xie Yuduo raised his eyebrows violently, and let out a shout, his eyebrows and eyes seemed to be burning, "Unless you can become the person who leads Yin Beidou, it is up to you to accept our loyalty, up to youBe our faith!"

"Until then, it is possible for the silver Beidou's military emblem to land on your chest, and we can truly have your existence."

Jiang Jianming's eyes were cold: "Major General Xie, did you drink fake wine before you came?"

He pursed his lips slightly, his eyes fell on Xie Yuduo condescendingly, and he was uncharacteristically calm: "Do you still know what you are talking about?"

"Your Excellency Jiang, you know that I am not joking." Xie Yuduo knelt on the ground, but his expression was like an aggressive tiger. "Nowadays, the situation in the far interstellar world is getting more and more serious day by day.I counted on my fingers: marching faction and shrinking faction, nobles and civilians, new humans and disabled humans... a group of drunkards and rice bags can quarrel from morning to night! The empire's three-system nine-star city seems to be stable, but once the war comes, how many conflicts will arise?Exploding at the same time!?"

"I...I have a hunch, no, I have seen it with my own eyes," the major general closed his eyes and took a deep breath, unable to tell whether it was exhaustion or pain between his brows, "The sun in the prosperous age is setting, before it rises againWe have a tough battle to fight in the cold night."

"..."

Jiang Jianming let out a long sigh, his expression seemed a little sad.He looked around at the white monuments on all sides, and at this moment, the names of thousands of heroic souls seemed to flicker, staring at him tenderly.

"But I," Jiang Jianming said softly, "are just a crippled human commoner, Major General."

The remaining words are self-evident: What do you expect me to do?

"Yes." Xie Yuduo sneered, "You are a commoner, the kind of commoner who can attend the emperor's birthday banquet; you are also a disabled human being, the kind of disabled who can join the army."

Jiang Jianming: "..."

Xie Yuduo: "You are still a former crown princess with no name or distinction, the kind of former crown princess who can elope with Her Highness Garcia at any time."

Jiang Jianming: "..."

"You have infinite possibilities, the point is whether you think about it, my lord." Xie Yuduo sighed, and he firmly grasped Jiang Jianming's wrist, "As the general of Yin Beidou, I start from my loyalty to Yin Beidou and the empire, and the twoOn balance, I don’t want the military and the empire to lose talents like you.”

"Just treat it as an early investment..."

"Your Excellency, I hope you can get close to the core of the empire. There must be the truth you want there. If you return from the empire this time, you are still willing to stay in Yinbeidou and go to this cold night journey with us."war"

Xie Yuduo stroked his chest, lowered his head, but the corners of his mouth became more and more maddened, "Then, please accept the future loyalty of the next official."