Lu Xingyuan didn't seem to hear what he said, raised his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, and praised loudly: "Good wine, it is really good wine." ”

Seeing this, Lu Wenbiao had to shut up first.

"Wen Bi, for my father, let you all stay in the national capital, do you know what it is for?"

"It's to repay the emperor's favor and resist the Imurans to the end!"

"Wrong!" Lu Xingyuan put down his wine glass and said lightly: "The reason for my father is to let you wait here to go and surrender the Imurans." ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Wenbiao couldn't help but tremble with his right hand, and spilled half of the wine glass in his hand.

"Father...... Father! Lu Wenbi never dreamed that his loyal father would say such a sentence.

He froze and asked, "Isn't Father joking?" ”

Lu Xingyuan didn't speak, and pressed his son's heart to the bottom of his abdomen.

"Wen Bi, there was something you probably couldn't remember when you were a child. You were only about five or six years old that year, and once your father took you to this Suzaku West Market to hang out, and then a man invited you and my father and son to dinner, right above this restaurant. ”

Lu Wenbiao was stunned, he really couldn't remember talking about such a thing for no reason.

"At that time, in addition to ordering a lot of good dishes, that man also brought some kiwifruit and pastries that you had never eaten, and my father remembered that you liked the black coconut cake the most, and he didn't stop eating three pieces in a row."

Black coconut cake?

Lu Wenbiao thought about it, and when he said this, he did seem to have some impressions.

"Do you remember what that man looked like?" Lu Xingyuan laughed to himself and said, "It's nothing if you can't remember, you were still young at the time, and you only cared about eating." ”

"What's the man's origins?"

"That person is the Great Witch God of Imulan------ Wenlan."

"Wen Lan?!" Lu Wenbi was taken aback.

He had heard this name countless times, and knew that it was the one who covered the sky with one hand in the kingdom of Imulan, but he never expected that he had already met when he was a child, let alone that he would have something to do with his father. If anyone knows about this kind of thing, it may make the Lu family charge the enemy and traitor, which is not trivial, but today he will say it lightly from his father's mouth!

"How could my father be with ...... Relationship with him? ”

At that time, my father was deeply trusted by His Majesty the First Emperor, and he was often transferred to the governors of various places, although the official rank was not high, but he was really entrusted by His Majesty to secretly carefully investigate the actual situation of the officials in various places. That Wen Lan didn't know how to learn about his father's origin, and he could see that His Majesty valued his father, so he quietly appeared in the capital of Taiye Kingdom, trying to persuade me to do something for him in private. ”

Get things done......

Lu Wenbiao knew how many sword light and blood shadows could be contained in these three words of understatement.

"Wen Lan is trying to convince his father to collaborate with the enemy?"

Lu Xingyuan didn't answer directly, just smiled: "The conditions he put forward are very favorable. ”

"What did he say?"

He said that as long as his father is willing to help him in secret, then the Bihai Kingdom will be peaceful for a day, and I will still be the important minister of the Bihai Kingdom, and if the Bihai Kingdom changes the sky and becomes the world of Imuran, I can still become the important minister of Imuran. In this way, no matter what the situation is in the future, it will be able to maintain the glory of the first life, isn't it not reassuring? ”

"Father wouldn't believe his nonsense, would he?!" Lu Wenbiao suddenly felt a little disgusted, he didn't expect that he would eat something sent by an old treacherous and cunning person.

"Of course my father didn't believe him, if it weren't for His Majesty the First Emperor, My father would have died on the edge of the Thousand Ponds, where would there be any life, let alone you. You don't have to think about it when you collaborate with the enemy. However, Wen Lan didn't seem to give up, in fact, he had already looked for it a few times in the early years. He always felt that there was nothing in the world that he couldn't buy, either the price was not high enough, or ...... Just failed to do what he liked. But that time, the father rejected him harshly. He hasn't been seen since. ”

Lu Wenbi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked in surprise: "Why did my father suddenly mention this matter again today?" Could it be that what my father didn't do back then wants to do now? ”

"To be precise, it's not for the Father to ask you to surrender, but for Your Majesty ......"

"Your Majesty?" Lu Wenbi was more and more surprised.

"Before His Majesty left the capital, he secretly confessed to his father. His Majesty said that although there is a chance of victory in the battle of Linzhou, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents. In case Your Majesty can't return to the capital safely, then she needs to do everything that has been arranged for her father to do for her. ”

"Your Majesty...... Expect today? ”

"Your Majesty is the lord of a country, and a child who has grown up for the father, and he is very thoughtful in his thoughts, which is rare in the world. She said that if she had to reach the last step, she could let the officials of the DPRK and China scatter on their own. Although these people have lost their loyalty for a while, they are indispensable pillars of the country, and only when they are scattered will they have the possibility of reuniting under their command in the future. If, as you said, you are locked up in nine gates and only wait to die in the city, what good will it do except leave the name of loyalty and righteousness? Even if there is a day when the court is revived in the future, if all the people are dead, will it become empty talk? ”

"This ......" Lu Wenbiao was speechless for a while.

"And my Lu clan is a little different, first, Wen Lan knows that my Lu clan has always been from the blade clan, and it is easier to descend, and there are many descendants of the Lu clan who have important positions like you, and the Imulan people have won Taiye City, and they urgently need someone to stabilize the situation for them, and they will definitely not refuse to accept our surrender."

"Father!" When Lu Wenbiao heard the surrender, he was a little anxious.

"Hear the Father finish speaking." Lu Xingyuan frowned and said, "What is the difficulty of the eldest husband if he wants to protect the festival and justice?" Fight for a while, and if you die, you are a loyal minister! But can this keep His Majesty's country? Can this save the blue sea from fire and water? ”

"What does that father mean ......"

"You, Wen Ji, and Wen Xiang are a plan from Your Majesty to give their father, and it seems that they have abandoned their reputations, but in fact, they are obscure, waiting for the opportunity. His Majesty said that in addition to her, there are two other people in the capital of Taiye Country that she is most worried about, one is Princess Yinquan and the other is Princess Qingyang. Your Majesty found out that Princess Qingyang was in the Imuran Merchant House before, and let her father spy on her, you know about it. ”

"Yes, the son obeyed his father's wishes and did not dare to startle the snake."

"Well, no matter which princess it is, it is all His Majesty's blood relative, and my Lu clan has to fight for my life, and I must protect the three of them. That's why we have to surrender! Only by subjugating the Imulans can they continue to retain some of the power in their hands, and only then can they be more likely to protect them. Do you understand His Majesty's intentions now? ”

"My son understood." Lu Wenbiao breathed a sigh of relief.

"What ......if," Lu Xingyuan's expression became extremely solemn, "What if my father is talking about what if...... Your Majesty is unfortunate...... At least to ensure that Princess Qingyang can escape alive, only if she lives, the emperor of the blue sea will not be cut off from ....... In this entrustment of His Majesty, there is already the consciousness of entrusting orphans, you must know that only I, the Lu family, can bear this heavy trust! ”

"Yes!" Lu Wenbiao replied solemnly: "The son must keep it in mind, as long as it is what the father points to, the son will obey!" So the father...... Is it also to stay in the capital and wait for surrender? ”

Lu Xingyuan shook his head.

"No, I'm already old, and Wen Lan also knows my character, a person who refused to surrender all his life, but now he is willing, don't say it's him, even I don't believe it." As he spoke, he laughed twice.

"You can tell Wen Lan at that time, just say that I am an old stubborn who does not know the times, and I will not surrender, so I have fled to the south. You are all still young, and you don't want to give up your future, but you also want to return to your ancestors, so you stayed in the national capital. It's human nature to say this, and Wen Lan is probably willing to believe it. ”

"Father...... Where are you going alone when you are not with your sons? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, for the father, naturally there is also the things that His Majesty has to do. What's more, your father is by your side, and you have too many scruples, maybe Wen Lan will take it to restrain you, which is not good. ”

"But my father ......," Lu Wenbiao was a little unbearable.

"Needless to say, just do as the Father wills." Lu Xingyuan thought for a while, and then said: "You are gentle, you are not very good at lying, let your brother Wen Ji say what he said just now, he is Honglu Siqing, and he has been much sharper than you since he was a child." ”

"Yes......"

Between the words, the young man had already brought the hot food, and the more Lu Xingyuan looked at him, the more pitiful he felt, so he took out something from his sleeve, but it was a small iron plate.

"Little brother, the Imulans are coming, don't stay in the West Market anymore, you take this sign and go to the back of Dongsan Ge Wanliu Lane to find a person named Aunt Yue, she will have a place for you to hide and save your life." Remember, you can only go alone! ”

The young man took the token and looked at it in his hand, smiled miserably, put it back on the table, and saluted respectfully: "Thank you for this lord's mercy, but the villain is already alone, and he doesn't care too much about tomorrow." And...... The villain has to go back to look after the house. The good intentions of the lord are appreciated. After saying that, he didn't accept the iron card, and went downstairs.

Lu Wenbi muttered, "Watching the house...... Special...... My family is gone, but is there still a home? After speaking, his eyes turned red and he slammed his fist on the corner of the table.

He said hatefully, "Father...... Since it was Na Wenlan who had come to look for his father several times, why didn't he ambush some people near this restaurant that day and take down the old thief, wouldn't it be a disaster? ”

"The old man actually did what you thought that day, he was lying down here."

"Really? Then why ......" Lu Wenbiao was puzzled.

"So Wen Lan is not a simple person, he seems to have expected that I would ambush the soldiers downstairs, and only said a word to my father, and left safely."

"What's so powerful? Can you make your father stop? ”

Lu Xingyuan stood up and looked out the window, and said faintly: "He said, for the sake of him giving that child to me as a son, I shouldn't have taken him with revenge today......

“…… Father, what he meant by this ...... Big brother is him......" Lu Wenbiao was already incoherent.

"Not bad...... As a father, I didn't expect that it was he who put your brother Wen Jun on my way to Linzhou......"

"So he knows his brother's background?"

"About...... After he got out of the restaurant that day, his father thought at first that he had sent the son of a nobleman from Imuran to occupy the magpie's nest, but at that time your brother was already eleven years old, and at first glance he knew that he was a son of a southerner, and he was not at all an Imuran look, so he was relieved a lot. It wasn't until Wen Jun died early that Wen Lan didn't appear again. For the sake of my father, I thought that people were also dead, and I went to find out what happened to that life, so I never remembered this matter again, let alone mentioned it......"

Snow droplets gradually drifted outside the window, and Lu Xingyuan looked at the horse-drawn carriages on Suzaku Street in the distance that were still passing one after another, and sighed: "Maybe you are right, if my father took him that day, maybe today would be very different." ”