Chapter 35: The Long Night Is Dark

The world is flashy, the water is beautiful, the mountains and the green are hundreds of miles away, there is the most floating slaughter chaos in the world, not far from the country, the soul of the dead country has not yet rested, but people have long forgotten the original shame, sinking in the wine and wealth and refusing to wake up......

The marching team finally arrived at Liu Ren's village at sunset, and the generals were very puzzled about why they made a special detour to a mountain bandit's village, but no one dared to question Chu Lingran's decision. The veterans who had been marching with Chu Lingran for several years had long been accustomed to absolute obedience to Chu Lingran, and this young general had never disappointed in a battle. No matter how many desperate situations and crises there are, he is so calm and scheming.

In the evening, after the army fell asleep, there was silence everywhere, Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran took advantage of the opportunity for the army to rest and came to Liu Ren's nursery where Rakshasa flowers were raised.

"It has a wonderful thing, that is, when it is not pulled out of the soil, there is still a trace of life that can give those who have painful memories a sweet dream, which is why so many people in Fuwan can live in peace in my small village, and when the evening comes, there is still a trace of comfort when they think of their relatives."

Liu Ren and Chu Lingran and Mu Ruoying picked all the Rakshasa flowers planted in the nursery into the marching package, which could probably make the damage of those Dongying troops who were striking at sea less than half, and the rest really didn't have time to plant in a short time to blossom and bear fruit, but... Mu Ruoying arranged for a few friends under Chu Lingran to plant these Rakshasa flower seeds in the private farms in Eastern Xinjiang and Western Xinjiang, and the flowers bloomed for a season, just when spring and summer bordered, when summer went to autumn, Eastern Xinjiang was stable, and Dongying surrendered, Chu Lingran's army should go all the way to the border of Western Xinjiang, and there was an extra bargaining chip to confront the king of Western Xinjiang.

"Oh? Forget the worries... If we can really forget the pain of the moment in this world, this hell rakshasa can be regarded as worry-free in the world......"

When picking the roots of the flowers, it is also the day when the Rakshasa flower withers, it will emit an extremely strong floral fragrance, which will be scattered in the wind in an instant, Liu Ren said that the Rakshasa flower will only capture people's minds when it burns, making people addicted and finally falling into the deepest pain. In this way, pain and joy are actually very close, but they are just a few flowers, some people have seen through it, so they are satisfied with the present in all kinds of pain, she and Chu Lingran are still laymen, they are only trying to be less bitter, but they have never hoped to be more sweet, as for satisfaction... Maybe it's like the withered rakshasas who cut off the roots of flowers from birth.

In the evening, Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran finally went to the princess of Dongjiang who had been hidden by them for several days, and marched all the way, the princess had been hidden in the team of the follower He Qiyu, and the long journey was indeed a little embarrassing for a woman who had never done equestrianism, the closer she was to Dongjiang, the closer Mu Ruoying looked back, she could see a soldier in the distance, looking anxious and panicked. But the current complicated situation in Dongjiang, how can a princess without any real power and ability be able to suppress those businessmen and complex officialdom who have done everything they can?

"Tomorrow, our army will be able to arrive in Dongjiang City, are you ready?"

Mu Ruoying is really worried about how this puppet father-in-law, who has been kept in captivity by General Gao for several years, can no longer be as rebellious as before, love her people, rectify corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and reorganize the finances of Eastern Xinjiang......

"I... I don't know. ”

She has not appeared in front of the people for a long time to preside over the overall situation, yesterday He Qiyu came to her tent to explain to her the general situation in Dongjiang, the people are deeply affected, but even if she is about to become the head of a country, she is helpless. In the past, her father and brother were in charge, and she never worried about the collusion between officials and businessmen one day, and the people even had a mouthful of hot porridge as an extravagant hope, but the people living in the dark corners competed with rats and beasts for food every day, but it is the common situation for most of the people in Dongjiang today. Dongjiang is not poor, in the past, as a big country, it was prosperous to raise troops and help farmers, and she really did not have the confidence to return everything to the way it was then.

"We will help you, we only need you to come forward to preside over the overall situation, no matter how high the order of a general who destroys their country, it is also suppressed for the people of Dongjiang, this is not the peaceful and prosperous world they want."

Today's Eastern Xinjiang, Mo Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran can't govern, but if Chu Lingran comes out, he is the new official sent by the Central Plains to rule the people of Eastern Xinjiang, if Dongjiang wants to become a free country, it can only be handled by the princess of the former royal family, Mu Ruoying has long understood that what the people of a country want is nothing more than stability, but the peace of mind behind stability can only be exchanged for freedom, no one will really want to strengthen the army for an enemy, and compete with the sea army that is already so powerful Dongying, But if it is for the sake of a free soul, then everything becomes a struggle to break free from the confinement and the only opportunity.

"What do you want to do?"

Shangguan Li Xiu has always been wary of the cooperation that Chu Lingran said, she naturally understands the strength of that man, who does not know that this general can strategize thousands of miles away, his terrible never lies in the strength of a person's martial arts, but in the ambition of a city, except for the accident in the eastern frontier, all the countries under his iron cavalry are superficially subservient to the Central Plains, but in fact they only have absolute loyalty under his control.

"It's better to get a tiger's den, how can you get a tiger?"

The army rushed early in the morning, today they must go to the city of Dongjiang, the five thousand soldiers assigned from the detachment should now also wander on the border of Fuwan Province, according to Chu Lingran's instructions, stationed in a village not far from the province, when the Dongying people invaded Fuwan again, waiting for his military order, they pretended to fight with the Dongying army and entered the Dongying border with the people of Dongying, the five thousand elite soldiers were enough to set foot on all the last city defenses of the Dongying royal family, and the Dongying sea troops were all on the land route of Fuwan, The soldiers left behind by the royal family are weak, and taking the head of King Dongying can greatly boost the morale of our army. Calculating the time, one stop in Dongying will be within these five or six days, and Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran will not have much time to rectify the upper and lower parts of Dongjiang.

The army rushed to the city gate of Dongjiang before sunset, and when Chu Lingran led his troops straight in, he did not see the gate guard outside the city gate, but only two or three patrol soldiers realized that Chu Lingran had arrived in Dongjiang after the army sprinkled tens of thousands of people gathered under the city gate. At the gate of a country, there should be at least hundreds of guards to change the guard, but for a few years, the imperial court turned a blind eye, and took the territory and took care of it in front of the honor of the great power, looking for fun, who knew that the city gate thousands of miles away was a borderless land that could be broken by one person? Is the man on the dragon chair really at ease?

"Let you city lord come to me, if I can't wait for him here for a moment, tomorrow I will hang his head on this city gate, so that you generals who used to command troops on the battlefield under my command will know that now you are as shameful as this ignorant soul with a head but no flesh and blood!"

Chu Lingran came on horseback, but it was not as good as the city gate, he wanted to look forward to the soldiers he left behind three years ago, let them guard the city, they still have half a trace of male blood? The soldiers he brought with him in the past may have been assimilated to the same level by this vain city......

"Yes!"

The two and three generals who were originally guarding the city gate were all under Chu Lingran's command in the past, he left them in Dongjiang to guard the land and people in the east of the Central Plains, they were indeed shameless to see Chu Lingran again, through Chu Lingran's name and his troops, no enemy rushed to invade Dongjiang, but they all understood that the city was falling, they were just going with the flow, they were just generals assigned by the imperial court to fight, and even the city lord of Dongjiang couldn't open his eyes in the desire for money, what could they do to change the world?

In order to wait for the arrival of the city lord, the five thousand soldiers guarding inside and outside the city gate all gathered in the city gate and knelt down in front of Chu Lingran's horse, they were ashamed of Chu Lingran, they thought that they would not have a chance to see each other again in this life, so they just had that guilt to find countless excuses for themselves, but today Chu Lingran's soldiers are coming to the city, he is still the ambitious young man in the past, and they have faced how ugly they are now, and how shameful it is for a general.

"General!"

"I have never been worthy of your general, and now the money in your pocket should be a little more than that of me, the general who protects the country, and my hometown is prosperous, and I have never said a word of congratulations."

Chu Lingran didn't know those people who were no longer worthy of the general's uniform, but they were the heroes and heroes who talked to him about his vision of the world in the past? If they were to kill the enemy in this way now, how many would they survive? He understands that the will of an ordinary person is not tenacious, and he also understands that the greed of the world is as gorgeous as fireworks, no worse than the influence of Rakshasa on people's minds, but it is his general, he leads the army in the east, and shares honor and disgrace. They lowered their heads even more, and no one dared to look directly into Chu Lingran's eyes, that was a debt and compassion, they understood that Chu Lingran never allowed his people to make a mistake.

"I left you behind so that you could oppress the people of Eastern Xinjiang together with the corrupt officials and corrupt officials? None of the people kneeling here now are my Chu Lingran's subordinates, and the wandering soul of the good boy of the Central Plains should die on the battlefield, instead of being tainted by honor and glory into your ugly appearance today. ”

Mu Ruoying was behind Chu Lingran and listened to Chu Lingran's cruel words to the generals, she knew it well, no one could understand Chu Lingran better than her. Chu Lingran gave them a second chance, but people often only bury themselves in the abyss buried by their own hands that they will know soberness and understand the value of rebirth. After Chu Lingran left, after Chu Lingran became the lord of the Central Plains, the five thousand people were still stationed here, and their loyalty could only be eternal after they died once.

"I'm going to die."

"As a general, you should die today to show that you still have a trace of male blood, but you are not... You are not a good man of my dynasty, let alone my brother Chu Lingran who lived and died together, you are now free, the world is so big, go with you with the money to exploit the people of Eastern Xinjiang to cross your dead souls......"

For a general who has been fighting for the glory of his country on the battlefield all his life, the greatest punishment is not to throw his blood on that inch of hot land, but to be abandoned by the country and the generals he believes in. It is the greatest punishment.

"Ask the general for mercy! Ask the general for mercy! Ask the general for mercy! ”

The begging for mercy was louder than the other, Mu Ruoying knew that the morale of three years ago had finally returned, which was why Chu Lingran's subordinates had never lost a battle, Chu Lingran never accepted a person who had no will. Perhaps the most similar thing between him and Hong Shunyao is that his subordinates all worship them as faith, when a person worships you as a faith, if you abandon him, then his world will be shattered in an instant, and no one can really face his bloody life, not even a general who is used to seeing bloodshed.

And the tens of thousands of soldiers behind Chu Lingran are facing the kneeling people in front of them at this moment, they fought side by side in the past, but now they are like this, and they are secretly glad in their hearts, if they have the experience of the past, there will still be half a doubt and disobedience to Chu Lingran's orders in the future, that is, the appearance in front of them now, just like a mirror, reflecting the two forks in the road in life, if you take a wrong step, you will have the appearance. Chu Lingran no longer paid attention to their pleas for mercy, just waiting for the arrival of the Dongying City Lord, now most of the Dongying people gathered at the city gate, they were all frightened by the vigorous battle, and when they looked around, they found that it was the devil who destroyed his country without a single soldier three years ago and made them live such a life, but so what? What was once their faith is now gone......

"Micro... Wechen Mavlong see the great... Checkmate. ”

The city lord of Dongying finally arrived, and the person who went to inform him of Chu Lingran's arrival was the one who woke him up from the land of fireworks, so at this time he was disheveled and extremely embarrassed, and he heard that Chu Lingran was angry at the city gate, he and Chu Lingran had never met, but he heard that this general could not see dirty things in his eyes, even if he was at the same level as him, he naturally understood that Chu Lingran wanted his life, and even the emperor did not dare to say no.

"I can't afford to be worshiped by the city lord like this, but today I heard that the city lord is well governed, and the five thousand generals under my former command will be... The rulers were so sophisticated that they should have done it for them... Thank you for the city lord's teaching. ”

"Wechen... Wechen didn't dare. ”

Although Ma Fulong said that he was not a scheming, he had been in officialdom for many years, so he naturally heard the anger and ridicule in Chu Lingran's tone, he didn't expect anything at the moment, what that young general would do to him.

"Why don't you dare? I sent the people of this city into the mouth of your tiger, because I would have been foolish, and I did not know that the world was full of devastation. Ben Jiang couldn't live with the people of Dongjiang, so he didn't dare to enter the city, but now he wanted to ask the adults... Do you still have a face to be buried in the city? ”

Chu Lingran's tone was high, and he was about to execute Ma Fulong in front of the entire people of Eastern Xinjiang, and in an instant, the city gate roared, and the people of Eastern Xinjiang had been depressed for many years and the bitter Chu was brought out by Chu Lingran in a few words, and Chu Lingran wanted... Maybe it's the resentment of the people at this moment. She has not appeared in front of the people for a long time to preside over the overall situation, yesterday He Qiyu came to her tent to explain to her the general situation in Dongjiang, the people are deeply affected, but even if she is about to become the head of a country, she is helpless. In the past, her father and brother were in charge, and she never worried about the collusion between officials and businessmen one day, and the people even had a mouthful of hot porridge as an extravagant hope, but the people living in the dark corners competed with rats and beasts for food every day, but it is the common situation for most of the people in Dongjiang today. Dongjiang is not poor, in the past, as a big country, it was prosperous to raise troops and help farmers, and she really did not have the confidence to return everything to the way it was then.

"We will help you, we only need you to come forward to preside over the overall situation, no matter how high the order of a general who destroys their country, it is also suppressed for the people of Dongjiang, this is not the peaceful and prosperous world they want."

Today's Eastern Xinjiang, Mo Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran can't govern, but if Chu Lingran comes out, he is the new official sent by the Central Plains to rule the people of Eastern Xinjiang, if Dongjiang wants to become a free country, it can only be handled by the princess of the former royal family, Mu Ruoying has long understood that what the people of a country want is nothing more than stability, but the peace of mind behind stability can only be exchanged for freedom, no one will really want to strengthen the army for an enemy, and compete with the sea army that is already so powerful Dongying, But if it is for the sake of a free soul, then everything becomes a struggle to break free from the confinement and the only opportunity.

"What do you want to do?"

Shangguan Li Xiu has always been wary of the cooperation that Chu Lingran said, she naturally understands the strength of that man, who does not know that this general can strategize thousands of miles away, his terrible never lies in the strength of a person's martial arts, but in the ambition of a city, except for the accident in the eastern frontier, all the countries under his iron cavalry are superficially subservient to the Central Plains, but in fact they only have absolute loyalty under his control.

"It's better to get a tiger's den, how can you get a tiger?"

The army rushed early in the morning, today they must go to the city of Dongjiang, the five thousand soldiers assigned from the detachment should now also wander on the border of Fuwan Province, according to Chu Lingran's instructions, stationed in a village not far from the province, when the Dongying people invaded Fuwan again, waiting for his military order, they pretended to fight with the Dongying army and entered the Dongying border with the people of Dongying, the five thousand elite soldiers were enough to set foot on all the last city defenses of the Dongying royal family, and the Dongying sea troops were all on the land route of Fuwan, The soldiers left behind by the royal family are weak, and taking the head of King Dongying can greatly boost the morale of our army. Calculating the time, one stop in Dongying will be within these five or six days, and Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran will not have much time to rectify the upper and lower parts of Dongjiang.

The army rushed to the city gate of Dongjiang before sunset, and when Chu Lingran led his troops straight in, he did not see the gate guard outside the city gate, but only two or three patrol soldiers realized that Chu Lingran had arrived in Dongjiang after the army sprinkled tens of thousands of people gathered under the city gate. At the gate of a country, there should be at least hundreds of guards to change the guard, but for a few years, the imperial court turned a blind eye, and took the territory and took care of it in front of the honor of the great power, looking for fun, who knew that the city gate thousands of miles away was a borderless land that could be broken by one person? Is the man on the dragon chair really at ease?

"Let you city lord come to me, if I can't wait for him here for a moment, tomorrow I will hang his head on this city gate, so that you generals who used to command troops on the battlefield under my command will know that now you are as shameful as this ignorant soul with a head but no flesh and blood!"

Chu Lingran came on horseback, but it was not as good as the city gate, he wanted to look forward to the soldiers he left behind three years ago, let them guard the city, they still have half a trace of male blood? The soldiers he brought with him in the past may have been assimilated to the same level by this vain city......

"Yes!"

The two and three generals who were originally guarding the city gate were all under Chu Lingran's command in the past, he left them in Dongjiang to guard the land and people in the east of the Central Plains, they were indeed shameless to see Chu Lingran again, through Chu Lingran's name and his troops, no enemy rushed to invade Dongjiang, but they all understood that the city was falling, they were just going with the flow, they were just generals assigned by the imperial court to fight, and even the city lord of Dongjiang couldn't open his eyes in the desire for money, what could they do to change the world?

In order to wait for the arrival of the city lord, the five thousand soldiers guarding inside and outside the city gate all gathered in the city gate and knelt down in front of Chu Lingran's horse, they were ashamed of Chu Lingran, they thought that they would not have a chance to see each other again in this life, so they just had that guilt to find countless excuses for themselves, but today Chu Lingran's soldiers are coming to the city, he is still the ambitious young man in the past, and they have faced how ugly they are now, and how shameful it is for a general.

"General!"

"I have never been worthy of your general, and now the money in your pocket should be a little more than that of me, the general who protects the country, and my hometown is prosperous, and I have never said a word of congratulations."

Chu Lingran didn't know those people who were no longer worthy of the general's uniform, but they were the heroes and heroes who talked to him about his vision of the world in the past? If they were to kill the enemy in this way now, how many would they survive? He understands that the will of an ordinary person is not tenacious, and he also understands that the greed of the world is as gorgeous as fireworks, no worse than the influence of Rakshasa on people's minds, but it is his general, he leads the army in the east, and shares honor and disgrace. They lowered their heads even more, and no one dared to look directly into Chu Lingran's eyes, that was a debt and compassion, they understood that Chu Lingran never allowed his people to make a mistake.

"I left you behind so that you could oppress the people of Eastern Xinjiang together with the corrupt officials and corrupt officials? None of the people kneeling here now are my Chu Lingran's subordinates, and the wandering soul of the good boy of the Central Plains should die on the battlefield, instead of being tainted by honor and glory into your ugly appearance today. ”

Mu Ruoying was behind Chu Lingran and listened to Chu Lingran's cruel words to the generals, she knew it well, no one could understand Chu Lingran better than her. Chu Lingran gave them a second chance, but people often only bury themselves in the abyss buried by their own hands that they will know soberness and understand the value of rebirth. After Chu Lingran left, after Chu Lingran became the lord of the Central Plains, the five thousand people were still stationed here, and their loyalty could only be eternal after they died once.

"I'm going to die."

"As a general, you should die today to show that you still have a trace of male blood, but you are not... You are not a good man of my dynasty, let alone my brother Chu Lingran who lived and died together, you are now free, the world is so big, go with you with the money to exploit the people of Eastern Xinjiang to cross your dead souls......"

For a general who has been fighting for the glory of his country on the battlefield all his life, the greatest punishment is not to throw his blood on that inch of hot land, but to be abandoned by the country and the generals he believes in. It is the greatest punishment.

"Ask the general for mercy! Ask the general for mercy! Ask the general for mercy! ”

The begging for mercy was louder than the other, Mu Ruoying knew that the morale of three years ago had finally returned, which was why Chu Lingran's subordinates had never lost a battle, Chu Lingran never accepted a person who had no will. Perhaps the most similar thing between him and Hong Shunyao is that his subordinates all worship them as faith, when a person worships you as a faith, if you abandon him, then his world will be shattered in an instant, and no one can really face his bloody life, not even a general who is used to seeing bloodshed.

And the tens of thousands of soldiers behind Chu Lingran are facing the kneeling people in front of them at this moment, they fought side by side in the past, but now they are like this, and they are secretly glad in their hearts, if they have the experience of the past, there will still be half a doubt and disobedience to Chu Lingran's orders in the future, that is, the appearance in front of them now, just like a mirror, reflecting the two forks in the road in life, if you take a wrong step, you will have the appearance. Chu Lingran no longer paid attention to their pleas for mercy, just waiting for the arrival of the Dongying City Lord, now most of the Dongying people gathered at the city gate, they were all frightened by the vigorous battle, and when they looked around, they found that it was the devil who destroyed his country without a single soldier three years ago and made them live such a life, but so what? What was once their faith is now gone......

"Micro... Wechen Mavlong see the great... Checkmate. ”

The city lord of Dongying finally arrived, and the person who went to inform him of Chu Lingran's arrival was the one who woke him up from the land of fireworks, so at this time he was disheveled and extremely embarrassed, and he heard that Chu Lingran was angry at the city gate, he and Chu Lingran had never met, but he heard that this general could not see dirty things in his eyes, even if he was at the same level as him, he naturally understood that Chu Lingran wanted his life, and even the emperor did not dare to say no.

"I can't afford to be worshiped by the city lord like this, but today I heard that the city lord is well governed, and the five thousand generals under my former command will be... The rulers were so sophisticated that they should have done it for them... Thank you for the city lord's teaching. ”

"Wechen... Wechen didn't dare. ”

Although Ma Fulong said that he was not a scheming, he had been in officialdom for many years, so he naturally heard the anger and ridicule in Chu Lingran's tone, he didn't expect anything at the moment, what that young general would do to him.

"Why don't you dare? I sent the people of this city into the mouth of your tiger, because I would have been foolish, and I did not know that the world was full of devastation. Ben Jiang couldn't live with the people of Dongjiang, so he didn't dare to enter the city, but now he wanted to ask the adults... Do you still have a face to be buried in the city? ”

Chu Lingran's tone was high, and he was about to execute Ma Fulong in front of the entire people of Eastern Xinjiang, and in an instant, the city gate roared, and the people of Eastern Xinjiang had been depressed for many years and the bitter Chu was brought out by Chu Lingran in a few words, and Chu Lingran wanted... Maybe it's the resentment of the people at this moment.