Chapter 355: For Love and Justice
"Lan Yan!"
After the meeting hall was dismissed, Lan Yan and Yin Guyue were about to leave, but Lu Heng caught up from behind.
"What do you command?"
"Is it still so rusty? In a few days, you will be my brother-in-law, and we will be a family. Lu Heng smiled and slapped Lan Yan's arm with his fist.
Lan Yan also smiled and said: "There is a difference between respect and inferiority, and the eldest son, you have your own bearing, and you have the demeanor of the master, Lan is close and does not dare to be presumptuous." β
"Haha, Lan Yan, you will also make a sycophant." Lu Heng laughed and said: "Don't let others listen to what you say, my father is young, and my biggest role is to give him a smart and clever grandson, so that he can inherit the country he is going to fight." My ability is limited, and it is not easy to help my father manage the logistics. β
"Eldest Prince, you still think too much of yourself," Lan Yan said calmly: "Duke Lu has a cultivation policy for you, and he is just letting you sort out government affairs and cultivate your own team by the way." When the time comes, you are his most trusted rear, and he is also his successor who can fight the world with peace of mind. β
"Mountains also come from sand, and no one knows them. The eldest prince doesn't need to be presumptuous, when you sit in that position, you will naturally know what to do. β
"I'm about to be excited by what you said, and I can't wait to share my father's worries." Lu Heng said with a smile: "But I know that Lan Yan is your father's most worry-sharing subordinate, and you are also the waist of the morning breeze and the Dinghai Divine Needle near the sea." β
Lan Yan smiled, without refuting or admitting it.
Lu Heng restrained his smile and said seriously: "As soon as the Yanjing Peerless List came out, the world was shocked, the martial artists were shocked, Lan Yan, you are the first god general in the world, and you are in the center of the storm, and everyone is concerned." β
"Some people say that you have hidden the old department of White Night, deliberately let go of White Night, and secretly cooperated with White Night; Some people also say that you show grace to the three armies and gather the hearts of the army; Some people even say that you still have some contact with the old department of the Statistics Department, and you can control the ...... of Xingke County at any time."
"But Dad didn't take away half of your power and deprive you of half of your credit. You have always been the commander of the Navy, and you have been a senior cadre of the government, and our Lu family will always trust you. β
"Lan is ashamed."
"Don't care about the gossip out there." Lu Heng said: "I will try my best to tell you in front of my father, all those who spread rumors will be severely punished, and I will never let the heroes who shed blood and sweat for the Lu family be wronged and humiliated!" β
"Lan Yan, you didn't fail our Lu family, and our Lu family will never fail you!"
Facing Lu Heng's sight, Lan Yan nodded heavily, clenched his fists and said, "Lan Yan is willing to go to the soup for the Lu family era!" β
"I don't need you to go to the soup." Lu Heng suddenly relaxed and said with a smile: "As long as you don't let my sister cry." I'm not idle to talk to you, and if you don't see her, I'm going to die ugly. β
"But now it's ...... auspicious day"
"She is about to get sick when she holds back her words, so why don't you care if it's an auspicious day?" Lu Heng raised his eyebrows: "General Lan, do you have time to break through the beauty pass?" β
Lan Yan smiled bitterly: "Then it will be troublesome for the brother-in-law to lead the way." β
"Hahaha, the gentle township is a hero's mound, and this is even a famous saying." Lu Heng smiled and led them to the backyard of the county guard's mansion, stopped in front of a bunch of courtyards, and suddenly looked at Yin Guyue who was looking around behind him.
He blinked, "Would Captain Silver be interested in having a drink with me?" β
Yin Guyue's eyes lit up: "Do you drink flower wine?" β
"Shhhh Lu Heng blinked, "Then we won't bother General Lan for you to break through." β
Yin Guyue was about to agree, but she looked at Lan Yan who didn't speak in front of her, and said, "Forget it, I made a bet with General Lan before, I have to keep to myself these days, so I'll be honest and guard outside."
Lu Heng said curiously: "What are you betting on?" β
"Bet if he can stop me from sneaking up while he sleeps." Yin Guyue shrugged: "You can see that he is still standing here, you know that I have lost quite completely." β
"You're betting too dangerously, aren't you? Is this the confidence of the first person in the world? Lu Heng joked, didn't say anything more, and left directly.
Yin Guyue stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching Lan Yan walk into the courtyard, and then the maid outside screamed in surprise, and then the bedroom door opened, and a heroic and beautiful girl walked out, walked up to Lan Yan, raised her head, and stared at Lan Yan angrily: "You also know that you still have a fiancΓ©e who is only five days away from getting married?" If I don't call my brother to find you, you really won't come to me? If no one reminds you, will you forget the church in a few days? β
Lan Yan didn't respond, but turned his head to look at the flowers and plants in the yard, looking absent-minded. His appearance obviously made the girl in front of him even more angry: "Lan Yan, you-"
"Look." Lan Yan suddenly pointed to the flowers and said, "There's something there, did you accidentally drop something inside?" β
The girl was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously shook her head: "I didn't lose anything." β
"There's really something there, you come with me." Lan Yan pulled her to the flowers, grabbed her wrists and reached into the flowers together: "I seem to be lying to people, you touch it and know." β
"Lan Yan, don't change the subject, I-"
The girl's expression suddenly froze, she blinked, lowered her head to look at her withdrawn right hand, and found that there was a crystal clear jade bracelet on her wrist.
"Don't talk." Lan Yan raised a finger and motioned for the girl not to speak: "This is the jade bracelet that I secretly intercepted in the military expenses sent by Xuan Candle, it is said to be a rare jade bracelet named 'Fei Lengcui' by Skadi, which is worth dozens of gold yuan, and it is expensive." In the future, you will say that this is given to you by your father, don't say that I gave it, otherwise I will be punished according to military law, and you can only hold my head and get married in a few days, understand? β
Seeing Lan Yan's serious and serious expression, the girl looked like she wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so she had to cover her mouth and nodded violently, "Understood, understood." β
"Will you forgive me?" Lan Yan took her hand and asked softly.
"Humph!" Lu Lingyin turned his head, but he didn't let go of Lan Yan's hand, and looked down at the Fei Leng Jade Bracelet for a while, before he showed a reluctant look and said, "Only this once, don't take it as an example!" β
"Thank you, Miss Suzune, for your magnanimity."
Lu Lingyin couldn't hold back his expression at all, shook Lan Yan's hand coquettishly, led Lan Yan to sit in the pavilion in the courtyard, and said to the maids: "Take our decks, we want to play battle cards!" β
She stared at Lan Yan and said, "Play with me this afternoon, are you willing?" β
"Of course I do, not only this afternoon, but I will play with you for the rest of my life."
"It's just good to say." Lu Lingyin held his face with both hands, staring at Lan Yan without blinking, Lan Yan raised his eyebrows slightly: "What are you looking at?" β
"I'm looking at what the number one martial artist today, the unparalleled man in the world, looks like. That's right! β
Lu Lingyin took out four cards from his pocket, and they were the cards that came with the Peerless List, "Morrowind Blue Flame", "Statistics Division Blue Flame", "River Slashing Blue Flame", and a total of nine golden foil cards with Quan Hui Yao and only one in Morning Wind, "Battle Ghost Blue Flame"!
Lan Yan was a little surprised, and picked up the card of "Battle Ghost Lan Yan": "How did you get this card?" β
The card face of "War Ghost Lan Yan" is actually unremarkable, just like Lan Yan sitting at the negotiating table in military uniform, but he also has a neat army standing behind him. The corners of Lan Yan's mouth on the card face were upturned, and he had an elegant and casual smile, which seemed to have nothing to do with the 'war ghost'.
There is another sentence under the card face:
"A smile comes from an indestructible confidence in yourself."
"Someone else gave it to my father, and my father gave it to me again." Lu Lingyin hurriedly took back the "Battle Ghost Blue Flame", and said nervously: "Don't you want to take it, even if you give me a gift, I won't give it to you." β
Lan Yan smiled: "Compared to a big living person like me, do you like those cards more?" β
"But you can't be with me all the time." Lu Lingyin looked at the four cards in his hand, and his voice was a little low: "I can't accompany you into the military camp, fight with you in the south and the north, and make contributions with you, my tactics are really bad...... These cards are quite similar to you, are they made by your acquaintances? β
"I'm curious, too." Lan Yan replied.
He wasn't lying.
He was genuinely curious.
Lan Yan faintly noticed that the four cards should all be from the same person, and all four cards had provenances. But at the same time, people who have seen his postures of "Morrowind Blue Flame", "Statistics Department Blue Flame", "Slashing River Blue Flame" and "Battle Ghost Blue Flame" cannot be in Yanjing.
If it weren't for Yin Guyue being outside, he would have doubted whether these cards were made by Yin Guyue.
"By the way, have you read the latest issue of Youth Daily?" Lu Lingyin said: "It's so hateful, they actually painted you as a woman so ordinary, I think you look better in women's clothes directly than in that painting!" I actually bought a few ......."
"No."
"I haven't even said what I bought!"
"No."
"Why don't you want to?"
"I don't want to."
"Well, if you can beat me on the battle cards, I'll give up on the idea."
Lan Yan silently picked up his deck: "It turns out that you haven't noticed that I was deliberately letting you?" β
"Don't think I'm still the same person I used to be!" Lu Lingyin said confidently: "I have been researching new playing styles these days, and I can definitely surprise you, your life is like a candle in the wind!" β
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"Then it's time for me to take my leave."
The sun was setting, the twilight bell of Xingke County rang, Lan Yan stood up and said goodbye and left, Lu Lingyin looked at the cards in his hand, his face was full of grievances and was about to cry, the maids looked at their young ladies with pity, they held the cards in their hands to record the victory and defeat, one side is zero eggs, and the other side is ten wins. As for who wins ten wins and who has zero eggs, naturally there is no need to mention it.
"Suzune, see you in a few days."
Lan Yan was about to turn around and leave, but found that Lu Lingyin was pulling at the corner of his clothes. He looked at Lu Lingyin, who just lowered his head, didn't look at him at all, and didn't say anything.
He smiled, went over and hugged his fiancΓ©e, and kissed her lightly on the forehead, "I'm leaving." β
"Hmm." Lu Lingyin touched her forehead and nodded with a flushed face.
Lan Yan walked outside the courtyard and saw Yin Guyue looking at him with strange eyes. He didn't care, and strode forward, Yin Guyue following closely behind.
The two left the county guard without a word, and when they reached the vicinity of Mirror Lake, it was already dark, and a thousand street lamps illuminated the pearl of the morning breeze.
Yin Guyue finally couldn't help it, and said in a weird voice: "General, you are so cruel. β
"After holding back for such a long time, I thought you had finally grown up and learned not to speak." Lan Yan said calmly: "So, as you wishβwhy do you say that?" β
"Why do you have to be so gentle with Second Miss? The tenderness in you bewitched her and made her mistakenly think that this was love. β
Yin Guyue said: "Although I am not a good person, I have betrayed dozens of times when I am so old, but I also disdain to do this kind of thing as playing with other people's feelings. β
"What a vicious accusation." Lan Yan replied, "But why do you think I'm playing with feelings?" At my age, it's time for me to start a family, and Suzune is really my ideal partner, and I'm willing to marry her, and I really want to spend the rest of my life with her. β
"Oh, then you're a lower level of bad taste." Yin Guyue spread his hands: "Do you want to continue to spend the rest of your life with her after killing her whole family?" β
"Why are you so cruel?" Lan Yan said calmly: "We can use another more righteous way of saying - after avenging my father-in-law, Lu Gong, I will live a happy life with Lingyin." β
"It's like you're avenging your teacher Ding Yi, so you get Lu Zhong's appreciation?" Yin Guyue sighed: "But is it really interesting to live in a lie like this?" β
"Don't be afraid of lies, the world is built on lies; Do not be deceived by your heart, for your heart will also lie. Lan Yan's voice was low: "If the truth only makes life miserable, then why is it necessary?" β
"There are some issues that don't exist as long as we don't mention them."
"But some people always like to uncover people's scars." Yin Guyue picked up the abandoned peerless list next to him: "The one in front of you is unparalleled in the world, what should I do next?" β
"It's not what I should do, it's what others want to do." Lan Yan said: "You have also seen what happened in the council hall, and I have no choice. β
Yin Guyue smiled: "Isn't that good?" Everyone likes the number one god general in the world, and the archons like talents the most. β
"Lu Gong likes talents because he regards them as a wall to protect them from the wind and rain." Lan Yan said: "And now, I have become a dangerous wall in his eyes. And those people are adding bricks and tiles to me to make me look a little more 'grand'. β
As she walked, Yin Guyue suddenly burst out laughing.
Lan Yan: "What are you laughing at?"
"I remembered the rumors that Lu Heng said just now, saying that you secretly communicated with the old department of the Statistics Department, that you bought the hearts of the military, and that you secretly cooperated with Bai Ye."
Yin Guyue paused and sneered: "But General, you are indeed the old department of the Secret Statistics Department, and you are indeed buying the hearts of the army. β
"The first two rumors have come true, so the last rumor is not far away, right?"
"Now that you've got it." Lan Yan said lightly: "Then you just do what you have to do." After raising White Night for so long, it's time for them to reciprocate. β
"No problem." Yin Guyue made an exaggerated etiquette: "For the sake of General Lan Yan's ambition and interests, I, Yin Guyue, am willing to go to the soup for General Lan Yan and never give up." β
"Or, you can put it in a more just way."
Lan Yan looked at the lights of thousands of homes on the other side of the lake.
"We are for love and justice."