News of the invasion of the Qing military base was blocked, and a full day passed, and no more crises occurred.

According to Qingyi's thoughts, the other party's abolition of Qing's important missile unit was for the follow-up war.

If the Wang clan declares war at this time, then the Qing clan is equivalent to a lame leg and fighting with others.

Therefore, Qing Yi was always in a state of anxiety during this day, and in his opinion, it was because of his dereliction of duty that the Qing family's strength was damaged. As the current supreme military commander of the Qing clan, he should be fully responsible.

In case in the follow-up attack, the Qing clan is defeated because of this, he Qing Yi should apologize with death.

However, the Wang clan did not carry out a full-scale attack, as if the other party simply wanted to destroy Base 012, and there was no follow-up.

This made Qingyi's mood empty, and he always felt that something was missing.

Qing Zhen took him to the Ginkgo Biloba Manor in the middle of the mountain, and asked people to prepare hot water and meals for him.

Qing Yi didn't have any appetite at all: "Second brother, aren't you worried at all?"

"Of course I'm worried," Qing Zhen took a pillow and spread it on the black-gray marble floor of the villa hall, and he sat on the pillow as if he were sitting right in the middle of the black lake.

I don't know why, Qing Zhen has no feelings for this ginkgo manor, which symbolizes the authority of the Qing family, but he has a soft spot for the black lake in this hall.

He even had the superfluous items in the hall removed: potted plants, rockeries, calligraphy and paintings, sofas, etc., leaving only a grand piano and a gray cushion cushion.

Qing Yi sat on the cold ground next to Qing Zhen and said, "Second brother, if you don't scold me, just beat me, you don't say a word about me when I make such a big mistake, I'm a little flustered." ”

There is always a saying in this society: the leader says that you value you, and when he doesn't say you, you are finished.

In fact, there is some truth in this sentence, so Qing Yi always feels like he is hopeless in the face of the calm Qing Jin.

It's just that Qing Zhen didn't answer his question, but said something else: "Qing Yi, how many times have you been to this Ginkgo Manor when you were a child?"

"Once," Qingyi said, "when I was 18 years old, my father led me over, saying that he wanted to take me to meet the old man who used to be in charge of Qing's family, and then the old man said that I was not a great talent, and my father ignored me very little when he came home. Later, when my father was seriously ill, he was in the hospital and would not let me visit him. ”

The deformed family affection in this consortium is shocking.

Perhaps many homeless people will mumble to themselves that it is better to be a homeless person when they know these things, but if they are given the opportunity to become a new consortium, most of them will also forget about all this.

Qingyi's father was very strict with him, and when he was a teenager, he urged him to study, socialize, and even learn military knowledge in advance.

Once Qingyi doesn't do well, his father will beat and scold him.

Once, Qingyi thought that this was because his father loved him, so he loved him deeply and took responsibility.

Later, he realized that his father had always regarded him as a tool for wealth and glory, and when the other party found that it was not useful, he abandoned it.

Qing Yi said: "Ginkgo Manor seems to be a fate-determining place in the eyes of every Qing family's disciple. Just like the children of ordinary families take the college entrance examination, the watershed is decided from the age of 18. But what is even more desperate is that even if you fail the college entrance examination, others will not fall into the ground, and there are other opportunities. But if you go out from here, if you are said to be useless, you will be targeted by the 'hyena jackals' outside, and it will only take a few years for all the power in your hands to be carved up. ”

Qing Zhen said in a daze: "Yes, the old men almost decided your fate with a single word, which is why I used to hate here." When they saw me, they smiled and said that I was suitable to be the shadow of the Qing family, so I had to be the shadow of the Qing family for them. ”

Qing Yi looked at his second brother, to be honest, he had always been a little curious, what Qing Zhen said here back then, he was actually selected by that group of old men to become the shadow of the new Qing family.

However, Qing Zhen didn't intend to explain anything: "I have to come more often than you, because after becoming a shadow, I have to come to report to the old men, and I have to accept their lessons." Every time I visited, I felt that the furnishings in this hall were too redundant, as if there were a lot of vassals and elegant things to cover up the fact that they were stupid. ”

In Qing Jin's eyes, the beast head specimens, landscape calligraphy and paintings, and exquisite weapons in the manor were all just useless embellishments.

Hypocritical and impetuous.

In fact, the old men had neither the strength nor the heart to splash ink, and the grand piano in the hall had never been played.

A truly powerful person, why should he groom himself with all this?

This ginkgo manor can't represent the Qing clan, where he Qing sits, where is the center of the Qing clan.

So, he had the place emptied, leaving only a piano and a pillow.

Qing Zhen smiled at Qing Yi and said: "My father was told by them that 'he was too angry with his books and stupid to read', and as a result, he was depressed all his life and was squeezed by his relatives. You know how poor Luo Lan and I were when we were children, and those relatives took away all the family property left by my grandfather. In fact, my family originally had a piano, but Luo Lan almost died when he was born, and his father sold the piano in order to treat him. I always wanted to buy him another one, but unfortunately I couldn't do it before he died. ”

Qing Jin's brilliant life began at the age of 18, and when he became the shadow candidate of the Qing family, all the relatives who had been cynical came back to please him.

It's just that later, when most people looked at his glamorous appearance, they forgot the embarrassment of this shadow.

This is Qing, this is reality.

In this family, whether wealth or marginalization is just a matter of the old man's words.

It's a pity that when Qing Zhen was glorious, his father had already died.

Qing Zhen continued to recall: "When I was a child, my father carved the keys directly on the table in order to teach me to play the piano, and at that time my fingers were painful, and I always begged my father not to let me learn the piano, and I also wanted to go out to play every day like Luo Lan, but my father said that my brother is the kind of person who can beg for food no matter what the world is, because he has the ability, is willing to endure humiliation, and is willing to bend down and bow his head." I was the only one who made him a little relieved, and his father said that if he left, I would have a craft, and maybe I could make some money by selling art. ”

"No wonder Second Brother, you left this piano behind," Qingyi said.

"Well," Qing Zhen said, "If my father could play such a good piano during his lifetime, he would be very happy, and this kind of good piano should be played by someone like him." ”

Qingyi nodded: "I understand the piano matter, it's the first time I've heard the second brother mention it, but why do you want to leave another pillow?"

Qing Zhen glanced at Qing Yi: "Because you have been sitting on the floor for a long time, your butt will hurt, doesn't your butt hurt?"

Qingyi: "......"

Speaking of which, Qing Yi also went to the room to find a pillow and put it under his buttocks.

Not to mention, he didn't dare to say anything when he sat on the floor with Qing Zhen just now, and now he feels really painful......

I don't know why Qing Yi suddenly felt that his mood was much calmer, maybe it was Qing Jin's eloquent tone that affected him, or maybe the black lake was too calm, which made his heart calm down.

It's no wonder that his second brother likes to sit here, and the other party seems to have too many things on his mind, so he needs a more "quiet" environment to sort out his emotions, and this is just the right place.

Empty and monochromatic, it's like meditating in the middle of a lake.

Qing Zhen said to Qing Yi: "Don't worry too much, we must first admit the strength of the enemy before we can have the courage to face it." The destruction of the military base is expected, and there is no need to blame yourself too much. Even if the other side doesn't destroy the No. 012 military base, it will destroy the others, and we can't prevent it now. ”

"Then second brother, what do you think they want to do now?" Qingyi asked.

Qing Zhen smiled: "I should know the answer soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Pu ran in from outside, still holding a satellite phone in his hand.

Xu Pu said to Qing Jin: "Sir, I'm really calling. ”

Qing Zhen took the phone and put it to his ear, and Wang Shengzhi's weak voice came from inside.

The other party chuckled softly: "Last time I invited you to come, you didn't come, this time, I am waiting for you at barrier 61." ”

After speaking, Wang Shengzhi hung up the phone.

Qing Zhen handed the phone to Xu Pu, and both Qing Yi and Xu Pu heard what Wang Shengzhi said.

It turned out that the other party destroyed the No. 012 military base, just to tell Qing: I have the ability to break the chips in your hand.

The last time the Wang family invited Qingzhen to go to the Central Plains, Qingzhen did not go.

This time, the Wang family gave Qing Zhen a reason to go: if the Wang family and the Qing family went to war, the Qing family would definitely lose, but now there is a chance for peace talks, do you want it?

Qing Yi looked at Qing Zhen and said seriously: "Second brother, you can't go!"

Qing Zhen asked, "Why?"

"You are the leader of the Qing clan, if you have an accident, this Qing clan will collapse," Qing Yi said: "They just destroyed one of our military bases, not all of them, the Qing clan still has the strength to fight! If the Wang clan wants to attack, he must first build a huge supply lifeline, a 500-kilometer journey, I am confident that they will know the difference between the Qing clan and the Kong clan and the Zhou clan." ”

Qing Zhen smiled: "If it can destroy your first military base, then it can also destroy the second one, I think, it is very likely that the other military bases have gone wrong, but the other party has not started the destruction plan." Ah Yi, playing chess with artificial intelligence, you can't leave anything to chance. ”

"But second brother, it will be very dangerous for you to go, will the Wang family treat you well, will he let you go back to the southwest?" Qingyi said urgently.

Xu Pu, who had been silent, also said, "Sir, you can't go. ”

Qing Zhen smiled and said, "Let the back kitchen cook some more food, I'm a little hungry." As for these things, I'll have to wait until my brother returns. ”

The other party has already fallen, and now it's time for the Qing family.

Qing Zhen sat in the black lake and looked out of the hall door, and just happened to see the ginkgo tree halfway up the mountain.

At this time, the ginkgo tree has not yet turned yellow, and it will really turn yellow in October, which is the most beautiful time for Ginkgo Mountain, and the fruitful harvest season also carries more memories of Qingjin.

Qing Zhen remembered that his father had told him that these ginkgo trees were planted by the ancestors of the Qing family, and at first everyone never thought that this place would become a ginkgo mountain.

The ginkgo tree is also called the Gongsun tree, because it takes more than 20 years for a ginkgo tree to grow to fruit, so it is "the public planting the tree and the grandson gets to eat".

When he was a child, he and Luo Lan were hungry, so they would come to Ginkgo Mountain to secretly pick the ginkgo seeds on the trees, at first they didn't know that the ginkgo seeds were poisonous, or their father told them that this thing had to be cooked before they could eat.

Ginkgo Hill is a closed area, and although there are no troops stationed, few residents are willing to venture into the mountain because it is the "back garden" of the Qing family.

Qing Zhen originally didn't dare to steal the ginkgo seeds, but Luo Lan was bold, he said that he was dying of hunger, and he didn't care about the bullshit rules.

Later, the brothers also brought other people to pick them, and then secretly sold them to the restaurants in the barrier, and when they sold more, the boss would give them a bowl of white fruit pork knuckle soup to drink.

If you're lucky, you can still eat some leftovers, which is a rare meat for the two brothers.

Gradually, someone in the Qing clan learned about their stealing of ginkgo seeds, so they squatted on Ginkgo Mountain to catch them.

Fortunately, Qing Zhen was a child of the Qing family, so they were exempted from punishment.

Later, Ginkgo Mountain began to garrison troops, but the commander of the infantry battalion was kind-hearted, and the other party saw that Qing Zhen and Luo Lan were in distress, so they turned a blind eye to the theft of white fruits.

The battalion commander was Qingyi's uncle, so Qingzhen and Luo Lan later got acquainted with Qingyi.

After getting acquainted, Qing Zhen once asked Qing Yi's uncle: "Why didn't you arrest us, but instead connived at us to steal the ginkgo seeds?"

Qingyi's uncle smiled and said, "Do you know that this ginkgo tree is also called Gongsun tree?"

"I know, my father said that," Qingzhen replied.

"Have you ever heard that when the Qing ancestors planted these ginkgo trees, they told their descendants that if one day the descendants of the Qing family can't survive, they will come to pick ginkgo nuts and cook them to eat, and maybe they can get through the difficulties," Qingyi's uncle said.

"I haven't heard of it," Qingzhen shook his head.

Qingyi's uncle smiled: "Your ancestors planted trees for the future of the family and to keep a stick of incense." You are a descendant of the Qing family, what can you do if you pick a few ginkgo fruits? Maybe this ginkgo tree was planted for you. ”

At this time, Qing Zhen looked at the ginkgo forest and suddenly thought, after drinking and pecking, it was his turn to protect the Qing family.

......

The news that the Wang family invited Qing Zhen to go to the No. 61 barrier was passed on to Luo Lan by Xu Xuan.

Luo Lan, who was originally rushing back to Barrier 111, actually took the special battalion to Barrier 114 first.

Luo Lan was already inspecting the Qing Clan's barrier, and he had just killed a group of people in the north, and his sudden diversion to the No. 114 barrier really made the officials there break out in a cold sweat.

When they learned that Luo Lan was coming, the officials gathered together to discuss countermeasures, and they couldn't figure out if they had done something wrong that caused this killing billet to suddenly change its itinerary?

But after careful inventory, the officials felt a little inexplicable, their No. 114 barrier has no loopholes in the management of ordnance and grain reserves, and they are not the same as the previous barriers to temporarily replenish the granary, they are really conscientious and do not engage in any tricks.

Everyone thought to themselves, since there are no mistakes in their work, let's see what this Qing's No. 2 person is going to do first.

When Luo Lan was about to arrive, all the officials ran to the door to welcome him.

They all heard that Luo Lan didn't give the officials a good look when he went to the various barriers, and he didn't even get out of the car when he passed by the city gate.

But Luo Lan can not get out of the car, but they can't not be unwelcome.

As expected, Luo Lan led the convoy and galloped past, without the slightest intention of stopping at the door.

However, after Luo Lan's convoy entered Barrier 114, it did not drive to the office building, but directly killed the official residence of a member of the Qing clan.

This member of the Qing clan has a good prestige within the Qing clan, but the other party and Qing Zhen are not of the same mind.

It stands to reason that Qing Zhen should clean up this potential threat after taking office, but the other party's prestige in the political circle of Barrier 114 is relatively high, and Qing Zhen has more important things to do.

This time, Luo Lan rushed over directly with the troops, and after arriving at the other party's residence, he directly carried out a complete blockade without saying a word, and then rushed in with the elite of the special battalion.

A middle-aged man named Qinghuan stood in the middle of his courtyard and looked at Luo Lan coldly: "What are you doing?"

Luo Lan smiled and strode towards the other party, and then suddenly took out a pistol and shot the other party dead on the spot, but he didn't give the other party a chance to say a second sentence.

The change happened so suddenly that many of the security personnel in the residence did not react.

By the time everyone tried to resist, the soldiers of the special battalion had already begun to clear the entire mansion with automatic rifles equipped with silencers.

The security personnel here are all Qing's original veterans, and even Qinghuan's old subordinates are all elites.

Under normal circumstances, they are fully capable of dealing with surprise attacks.

But they only wear pistols every day, not even body armor, where are the elite opponents of the special battalion?

Luo Lan glanced at the official mansion covered in blood, and then returned to the car without any delay.

Zhou Qi sighed: "It's too murderous." ”

Luo Lan said nonchalantly: "This guy seems to be staying quietly in Barrier 114, but he has been manipulating the officials of Barrier 114 in private, and he is also trying to collude with the rest of the Qing clan. In the past, I kept him to show my brother's kindness, but now that the Wang family wants to make trouble, how can I continue to keep him?"

Luo Lan's trip suddenly changed her itinerary and became so violent, all because of Wang's invitation.

At this moment, Luo Lan is extremely sober, and a big change is coming, what he has to do is not to hurry back to the No. 111 barrier, but to clean up all the unstable factors around Qing Zhen first.

He wants to help Qingzhen eradicate all hidden dangers in the southwest within 3 days.

In this way, he can focus his attention elsewhere without distraction.

Zhou Qi said: "What is the charge of killing him?

"Hehe," Luo Lan found that there was a drop of blood splashed on his face just now, he wiped the blood with a tissue, and said with a smile: "I, Luo Lan, killed someone, when do I need to make up a crime for others? ”

Extraordinary times, extraordinary people, doing extraordinary things.

This is Zhou Qi's inner evaluation at this time.

The special battalion thoroughly cleaned up the entire official residence, and when it was over, those officials had just arrived here, and everyone looked at the blood all over the courtyard as if they didn't even dare to make a sound.

Luo Lan sat in the car and looked at them coldly and said: "Today's events, there is a reason for it, you can do your own work with peace of mind, and the internal affairs of the Qing clan have nothing to do with you." The ordnance management and food reserves at Barrier 114 are doing a good job, and I am satisfied. ”

After saying that, the convoy set off again and rushed to Barrier 115, and in Luo Lan's plan, there were still several people to kill.

The officials standing at the door of the official residence at the back of the convoy looked at each other, and they looked back at the corpses in the official residence, but their hearts suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

An official said to his subordinates: "Get someone to come and clean up, remember, block the news." If anyone asks about this, they will always answer that they don't know. ”