The sun was unusually violent.

"My lord, in this kind of weather, the common people don't have the heart to work at all."

This is a gazebo in the backyard of the city lord's mansion, the gazebo is under a tree, shaded by the shade, Bian Ji walks around, he is only wearing a single clothes, but beads of sweat still roll down his face from time to time.

"It's not just the common people, but even I don't have the heart to move." Lin Bei was also outside the shade, he spread his body out, he didn't want to move, the instinct of snakes made Lin Bei hate this kind of weather, and he couldn't sleep like a person, he couldn't sleep beautifully, Lin Bei couldn't sleep at noon.

At this time, the red dragon was not out of the pond at all, and the little green snake was half on the lotus leaf, half in the pond, and even the three turtles did not want to bask in the sun, so they hid in the shade and slept.

"Why is the weather in Nanjun so hot today?" Bian Ji couldn't figure it out, and he felt so hot that he felt a fever in his heart.

"Because it's a tropical climate." Lin Bei said lazily, "That's why I asked everyone to plant trees in the city, so that the common people can have a shady place." ”

"It doesn't seem to be of much use, and the students are feeling hot here."

"Something is better than nothing."

Bian Ji could only nod his head, and said suddenly: "In this weather, will those natives make trouble?" ”

Lin Bei perked up: "Probably not, right?" But maybe, come and take a look, and tell the sergeants to let the natives rest too, and don't let them work for the time being, and wait until the sun passes. ”

The sergeant braved the scorching sun.

This is already the fourth day that Zhen Ping left Wanghai City, and it is mid-July, and the reason why Lin Bei did not go to Linjiang City is because the fighting has stopped for the time being, and he is waiting for the first batch of iron ore in the iron ore vein.

At first, Lin Bei planned to attack the Wabo tribe as soon as the ship was built, but there was a lack of iron in the city. The bottom of the ship could not be wrapped in iron sheets, so this kind of boat naturally could not be used, so they simply rested and recuperated, first engaged in the construction of the surrounding areas of the two cities, continued to pave roads, and continued to reclaim farmland. Drying salt also continues.

Bian Ji and Lin Bei talked about farming again, and Bian Ji said that with this kind of weather, rice grows quite fast, and it is really possible to achieve two harvests a year as Lin Bei said.

"Adult, adult"

A sergeant hurried into the backyard.

Hearing the voice, Lin Bei and Bian Ji glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, Could it really be those natives who are making trouble? If it's really troublesome, then kill a few to deter.

The sergeant ran in a hurry, his face covered with sweat. He fell to his knees: "My lord, the fleet led by the captain of the guard has returned, and it has just docked." ”

"Oh?" Lin Bei was immediately overjoyed, it turned out that Cui Lan was back, but seeing that this sergeant's face was not happy, but a little sad, Lin Bei's heart sank, "What happened to the Wei Commander?" ”

The sergeant choked up and said, "My lord." Fifteen mid-wing ships returned, and the Captain of the Guard, she was not in the ship. ”

Lin Bei's body suddenly felt numb. After a long time, he said, "What you said is true?" ”

The sergeant could only kowtow and did not dare to say anything more.

"My lord, let's go to the dock first and understand the situation before we say, Cui Lan is not the person with a thin life."

Lin Bei suddenly woke up: "Go." ”

He went out of the City Lord's Mansion first. Lin Bei didn't care about Bian Ji at all, and ran wildly towards the dock, the blazing sun was shining down, but Lin Bei's body was cold.

To the wharf, Lin Beiyou looked around. Sure enough, they only saw five mid-wing boats, and the sergeants had already disembarked from the boats, and when they saw Lin Bei, they all knelt on the ground, and a captain said sadly: "My lord, I am incompetent, the captain of the guard's ship encountered a whirlpool at sea and sank." ”

Lin Bei closed his eyes, and it took a long time to open them: "You tell me the details of what happened." ”

The captain heard that Lin Bei could speak, and he was relieved.

"Say it!!" Lin Bei shouted, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

Only then did the captain sober up and tell him what had happened.

Fifteen ships have been sailing along the coastline, and it is said that there will be no accidents, in fact, there is really no major incident, even if they encounter a few reefs, they all avoid it, who knows

"Half a month ago, we just passed through a sea area, because there are many reefs on the shore, the ship can't go through, so I went a little into the sea for a while, just after a while, there were suddenly several large whirlpools in the sea, the ships avoided it, and immediately were swept into the whirlpool, and when we withdrew from the whirlpool, only these five boats were left, and the rest of the ships were sucked into the sea by the whirlpool, and the captain's ship was also unfortunately killed."

"You didn't care about the chief of the guard, and then came back alone?" Lin Bei said in a solemn tone.

The captain was shocked and kowtowed: "My lord, it's not like that, when the wind and waves are calm, I waited for two days to patrol the surroundings, and I wanted to find the captain of the guard, but I really couldn't find it, my lord, so I waited before I set off for home, my lord, I am not greedy for life and afraid of death, but I want to return this news to my lord." ”

Lin Bei took a breath, "At first glance, when I heard that Wei Chang was dead, my heart was a little agitated, but I misblamed you for waiting, you wait for the return of the voyage, rest well, and wait for tomorrow to talk about this matter." ”

"My lord, what about the chief guard?"

"I have my own plans for this matter, you don't have to ask."

"Yes, sir."

Bian Ji hurriedly came, covered in sweat: "My lord, how is Cui Lan?" ”

Lin Bei didn't speak, just looked at the five boats and was silent.

Bian Ji suddenly understood: "My lord, please mourn." ”

Lin Bei opened his mouth, but found that his mouth was very astringent, and he couldn't speak at all, he was now in a deep guilt, if he hadn't brought Cui Lan on this road, Cui Lan would not have died.

After a long time, Lin Beicai said in a low voice: "Master, engrave Cui Lan's name into Yinglingtai, so that I can always remember it in the future." ”

"No"

"What about the Cui family? Where is it now? ”

"Cui Jie, the eldest man of the Cui family, is also in the army, and now there is only one old father left in the family."

"Yes, there aren't many people in Cui Lan's family, master, you go and inform Cui Lan's father, and in addition, let Cui Jie come to see me."

"Okay lord, it's hot, so let's go back to the city lord's mansion first."

Lin Bei nodded and slowly returned to the City Lord's Mansion.

A moment later, Cui Jie rushed to the City Lord's Mansion, he should have already known about Cui Lan's affairs, his eyes were red, "My lord." My little sister."

Lin Bei opened his eyes and looked at Cui Jie, he had only seen Cui Jie once, when he was in Longtan, because Lin Bei got raw bone grass for Cui Lan and cured Cui Jie's foot injury. Cui Jie came over to thank him, looking at Cui Jie, Lin Bei felt like a world away.

"Cui Lan has been buried in the sea, and Lord Ben is also very sad."

Cui Jie lay on the ground, and a low cry came.

"Where are you in the army now?" Lin Bei asked.

"The villain does not have a military position, because the little sister once said that she is the chief of the guard, but she has no strengths, and she is loved by the adults. Let me not say that I am her brother in the army, and my little sister cherishes the villain, and she has never let the villain fight. ”

Lin Bei smiled bitterly in his heart, it seems that Cui Lan had long expected such a day, in order not to cut off the Cui family's bloodline, so he didn't let his brother go into battle to fight, but Cui Lan asked his brother not to say his identity, but Lin Bei didn't expect it. It is said that if one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven. Cui Lan is the commander of the guard, and he is in charge of the sergeant, but his brother is not even the commander of the army, thinking of this kind of strict discipline, Lin Bei's heart is more guilty and sad.

"Since Cui Lan wishes, Lord Ben must be satisfied. Cui Jie, now you can leave the military and return home, with Lord Ben in one day, you can keep your Cui family peaceful, are you willing? ”

Cui Jie kowtowed to Lin Bei: "My lord." The villain doesn't want to be like this, the good boy should die on the battlefield, and now the little sister has passed away, as a brother, although the villain is not as talented as the little sister, but he also wants to follow the path of the little sister, fight for the adult, pacify the Quartet, and hope that the adult will be gracious. ”

"You still have an old father in your family, and now you have children."

"There are no children."

"Then you go home first and ask your father before speaking, if your father agrees, then this master will also fulfill you."

"Master Xie."

Seeing Cui Jie get up and leave the City Lord's Mansion, Lin Bei only felt overwhelmed.

An Zhongzhi and Bian Ji walked in quietly, and An Zhongzhi stiffened his head and said, "My lord, how should the funeral of the chief of the guard be handled?" ”

"You guys look at it, now that Cui Lan is buried in the sea and has no body, do you need to use a clothed tomb?"

"Exactly?"

"Well, that's what I said." Lin Bei paused: "It's more grand, and when the time comes, Lord Ben will personally worship to comfort Cui Lan's spirit in the sky." ”

"Do you need a city-wide mourning?"

"Good!"

"No."

"Go out first, and let me be quiet."

After a long time, before Bian Ji and An Zhongzhi retreated, Lin Bei opened his eyes: "What else is going on?" ”

An Zhongzhi gritted his teeth: "My lord, now that Cui Lan has passed away, this position of guard chief"

Lin Bei wants to be angry, and as soon as Cui Lan died, you were in a hurry to fight for power and profit? Fortunately, Lin Bei knew that his own mentality was wrong, so he suppressed his anger, "Just promote it from among the commanders, and let me see the specific candidates after you finish the discussion." ”

The news of Cui Lan's burial in the sea soon spread throughout the city, and because Lord Ryujin ordered the city to mourn, all the houses in the city hung up white cloth or white paper, and the city was full of sorrow.

The old father of the Cui family heard the news, shouted a few times My son, my son, and then fainted, and when he woke up, Cui Jie told his father that he wanted to continue to serve in the army, although Cui's father was sad, but he did not stop it, and let Cui Jie serve the adults well, don't fall Cui Lan's face, after Lin Bei heard it, he didn't speak for a long time.

Cui Lan's funeral was held three days later, it was very grand, because the body could not be found, so Cui Lan's clothes could only be put in the coffin, during the funeral, Lin Bei went to pay homage to Cui Lan's tombstone, and then left.

After Cui Lan's funeral, for several days, Lin Bei was unhappy, and he couldn't lift his spirits in doing anything, but he just met the new commander of the guard, this person was named Zhang Cheng, who was also a thousand-commander, and then the personnel in the army were transferred, Cui Jie was appointed as a centurion, and the original centurion was appointed as the new commander-in-chief, and these people were also received by Lin Bei in the city lord's mansion

Thousands of miles away, on the beach of a small island, a ragged woman was washed up, and the woman woke up dazed after spitting several mouthfuls of seawater, and several dolphins were spinning in circles on the beach.

"Why am I not dead yet?" The woman recalled how she fell into the sea, and then remembered a large school of fish swimming in the sea at that time, "Could it be that those sea fish saved me?" ”

The woman pulled her hair and showed her face, but this woman was Cui Lan, when Cui Lan looked at the sea, a big dolphin suddenly jumped up from the sea, as if to greet Cui Lan. (To be continued......)

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