Sun Rong's claw was very violent, and it had swept in front of Yuan Rui's eyes in an instant. Unexpectedly, Yuan Rui didn't see the slightest look of fear, closed his eyes and leaned back, slid out a dagger from his sleeve, and took advantage of the situation to meet Sun Rong's claws. The knife flashed, but when he heard Sun Rong's scream, the five fingers of his right hand had each been cut off a joint.

Sun Rong gritted his teeth, pinched the severed finger tightly with his left hand, and looked at Yuan Rui with surprise in his eyes. Han Yan on the side saw that the situation was not good, and was about to sneak attack, but almost at the same time as he stepped forward, Yuan Rui had already kicked him away.

Yuan Ruitian capital is much higher than ordinary people, after this year's hard practice, for the highest level of the water heart knife technique, has reached the point where it is easy to use, Han Yan's small action is naturally like a child's play in his eyes now, easy to crack.

Compared with Sun Rong and the others in front of him, who were stunned by their own strength, Yuan Rui's expression was much calmer, and he looked at Han Yan with a smile: "Han Sikong must be puzzled, why did my martial arts improve so quickly?" ”

Han Yan got up slowly, rubbed his aching buttocks, and said hatefully: "Your Majesty is addicted to safari on the surface, but it turns out that he is secretly practicing martial arts, Han admires it!" ”

Yuan Rui's face showed appreciation: "Han Sikong is really a smart person, but it's a pity that you are such a talent, if you can be loyal to the court, care about your family and country, and care about the well-being of the common people, you will definitely be able to become a generation of famous ministers and go down in history forever." ”

Han Yan laughed: "What a family and a country, the well-being of the common people!" Two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and Yuan Rui was also a little stunned.

As he spoke, Tu Hong and the others outside the hall had already killed the remnants of Sun Chaozong, and rushed into the hall with a few guards: "Your Majesty, it's too late for the minister!" Are you alright? ”

Tu Hong's appearance pulled Yuan Rui's attention away from Han Yan, and when he returned to his eyes, his face was suddenly full of spring breeze, and the grievances of the past year were finally released at this moment, and he said happily: "General Tu, today's I am not the same as I was two years ago, General Tu, relax!" ”

Tu Hong repeatedly confessed, and only then did he escort Sun Rong and Han Yan away.

The next day, in the prison, Sun Rong and Han Yan were put into two adjacent cages, and Yuan Rui led Zhou Zhengzhi past Sun Rong and directly into Han Yan's cage.

Han Yan glanced up at Yuan Rui listlessly: "Did Your Majesty come to see Han's depressed state?" ”

Ignoring Zhou Zhengzhi's strong opposition, Yuan Rui strode up to Han Yan, squatted down and looked directly into his eyes: "Han Sikong is the dragon and phoenix among the people, first as Yu Chenglie's master, he planned and launched a great rebellion that shook the foundation of the Great Wei, and then he threw himself into Sun Rong's account and almost disintegrated the Great Wei from the inside, you have carefully planned so many things, are you willing to bring the story behind this into the coffin and not let the world know?" ”

Han Yan raised his eyelids slightly: "So, Your Majesty is here to listen to the story?" ”

Yuan Rui nodded silently.

Silence, deathly silence, as if the blood had stopped flowing, the pulse had stopped beating, and the mind had stopped moving.

After a long time, Han Yan let out a long sigh: "Your Majesty, do you know what is the greatest sorrow in life for those who have fought all their lives?" ”

Yuan Rui didn't answer, waiting for Han Yan to reveal.

"The greatest sorrow of a person who has fought all his life is not to die and the country to be destroyed, but not to die on the battlefield! My father, Han Xingjian, was the general of the Liang Kingdom, so he endured such sorrow. The scene of his old man's death is still deeply engraved in Han's mind even today. ”

Go back in time to the winter of 38 years ago, when Han Yan was just a five-year-old child. Under the situation that the Great Wei swept the world and encroached on the neighbors, his father, Han Xingjian, the general of the Liang State, led the soldiers and civilians of the Liang State to hold the isolated city of Guzang for more than ten years, and won the unanimous support and love of the Liang State. As the only son of the Han family, Han Yan should have spent his childhood pampered and carefree. However, the arrangement of fate is always unpredictable, Han Yanda was born with a vicious disease, and his physique was extremely weak, Han Xingjian almost invited all the famous doctors in Liangguo but was still helpless, and many people predicted that he would not live to be ten years old. For five years, he has been accompanied by soup cans every day, and he has drunk more medicine than ordinary people in his life. Fortunately, Xiao Han Yan has an optimistic personality, never complains, and often shows a smile to comfort his parents.

On this day, Han Xingjian once again took the initiative to go out of the city to repel the Wei general Geng Tong, and when he returned to the city, he was welcomed by the people. Han Yan was also carried by his nursing mother in the crowded crowd, seeing that his father was so loved by the people, the little guy also excitedly shouted with the crowd: "Long live Da Liang!" Long live General Han! ”

Han Xingjian had a serious face, not infected by the carnival crowd at all, and stopped when he walked to the city square without saying a word. When the people saw him like this, they also quieted down with amusement and listened to what he had to say.

"Come out on your own!" With Han Xingjian's shout, a teenager in the queue came out in line and knelt in the middle of the crowd.

"Isn't this young man the one who follows the general all day long and is trusted by the general?" Many of the onlookers recognized the boy's identity.

Han Xingjian's tone was unusually cold: "Why you were punished today, you can tell everyone about it." ”

The young man hung his head in shame and muttered, "...... Escape ......"

Another young man came out of the column and said unevenly: "General Yu, at that time, the Wei army surrounded the brave people, if he didn't retreat, he wouldn't be able to come back at this moment!" ”

The person who spoke was Yu Chenglie, who became the general of Dawei Yuli many years later, and the young man who knelt on the ground was Lian Dayong.

"Shut up!" Han Xingjian drank, "How many times has General Ben told you, since you are a soldier, then you only have to move forward, not retreat!" The scar on his back is a great disgrace to the soldiers! I'd rather you fight the enemy and die than retreat and live!" When someone comes, he will be punished with a hundred military sticks, and whether he can save his life depends on his creation. ”

"General! He's still a kid! Be merciful! The people wept while begging for Lian Dayong.

"Execution!" Han Xingjian ignored everyone's pleas and monitored the execution process throughout the process, and the soldiers in charge of the execution wanted to secretly find an opportunity to release water, but they couldn't get it, so he finished beating the 100 military sticks firmly.

In the barracks, Lian Dayong lay on the bed and moaned in a low voice, and his entire buttocks were already a blur of flesh and blood. Han Yan's mother, Ma Shi, came to visit Han Yan with Han Yan, handed the decoction medicine in her hand to Han Yan from afar, and pointed at Lian Dayong with her finger: "Yan'er, send this bowl of medicine to your Uncle Lian!" ”

Han Yan picked up the medicine bowl and held it to Lian Dayong: "Uncle Lian, drink the bowl of medicine!" It's not bitter at all, and with my years of experience in drinking medicine, I know it as soon as I smell it. ”

"There is a young master!" Lian Dayong took the medicine bowl and drank it all.

"Dayong! I heard that you were beaten up by the general, are you okay? A voice sounded a dozen paces outside the tent, and another person came to visit.

"It's Li Hui!" Lian Dayong frowned and said, "It's okay? Why don't you give it a try? If you weren't in charge of the paperwork in the General's Mansion, but followed us into battle, you would have been killed by the General! ”

"Hehe, if I have a tough body like you, do I still need to be in charge of paperwork?" As he spoke, Li Huiren had already entered the account.

When Han Yan saw him come in, he grabbed the medicine bowl, called Uncle Li obediently, and withdrew to find Ma's.

I heard that there was a famous doctor from Chang'an who traveled to Guzang, anyway, a dead horse was a live horse doctor, and Ma took Han Yan to try his luck after leaving the barracks. In the past five years, I don't know how many doctors I have seen, and every time I come with hope and return disappointed, but despite this, every time I hear the news of this kind of foreign traveling doctors, Ma always involuntarily rekindles the flame of hope.

When the people along the way saw the two of them, they all greeted them warmly, and some even forced Ma's hands to stuff an egg or two fish and other objects to express their gratitude to Han Xingjian for leading everyone to resist the invasion of foreign enemies. Ma Shi was already surprised by this, and although he tried his best to shirk it, it didn't take long for his hands to be full of things.

Sure enough, the doctor still shook his head helplessly after reading Han Yan, and Ma took Han Yan to leave disappointed again. The two turned around a street corner and suddenly found a young girl lying on the ground in front of them, with ragged clothes and messy hair. Ma Shi hurriedly went up to investigate, and he still had qi, but he was probably too hungry and his body was very weak. Just happened to have a few steamed buns forcibly sent by the people in his hand, and Ma broke a piece and stuffed it into the girl's mouth.

Seeing that the girl's physical strength had recovered after eating, Ma asked with concern, "Girl, what is your name?" Why did you fall here? ”

The girl's tears were blurred: "Thank you Madame for saving your life, my name is He Songmei, I am from Xikou Village outside Guzang City, a few days ago the Wei army invaded and burned our village, I fled here with nowhere to go, tired and hungry ......"

"Poor boy, the Wei people are so hateful!" Ma couldn't help gritting his teeth, looking at He Songmei's voice softening again, "Then what are your plans in the future?" ”

He Songmei shook her head in confusion.

Maybe it's because he has been following Han Xingjian for a long time, and Ma can't see the people being bullied by other countries, so he asked: "I won't tell you, I love plum blossoms the most in my life, so I like it very much when I hear the girl's name, if the girl hasn't thought about where to go in the future, you might as well live in my house for the time being?" ”

He Songmei couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and slammed her head at Ma several times: "Thank you, Madame, for taking it in!" Thank you, Madame, for taking me! ”