Chapter 9: The Old Story of the March
Lin Yilan was in a stalemate with the guards outside the door, and she was about to make a move several times, but Lin Yilan endured her anger, and suddenly all of a sudden, Lin Yilan seemed to feel that she had grown up a lot, and suddenly understood how much responsibility she shouldered as the only son of the Lin family, not only for herself, for her father, but also for her entire family.
Lin Yilan didn't choose to break in, but the sound of arguing with the guards quickly attracted the commander of the guards here, this person, Lin Yilan remembered, was obviously Wen Shi'an's person, and he was placed here, which shows that they have evil intentions.
The commander smiled very disdainfully when he saw Lin Yilan's decadent appearance now, that kind of contempt emanated from the bottom of his heart, and the disdain written on his face, in fact, Lin Yilan knew how unpopular he was now, and he also despised himself from the bottom of his heart.
The commander was very disdainful and ordered his subordinates: "Let him in, I still think that I am the eldest young master of the Lin family, this kind of person can't do anything." ”
Lin Yilan didn't argue with him anymore, Lin Yilan understood that all the arguments now were meaningless, his father had become a prisoner, and it was natural that what he did should be looked down upon, and the most important thing for him now was to understand the truth of the matter and mobilize all his strength to save the current situation.
Lin Yilan ran towards the gate, but when he stepped into the gate, his steps became heavier and heavier, this door that he hadn't stepped into for a few months, it seemed that everything was as usual, but it was on the verge of destruction and fragmentation, he couldn't help but think of that person, Wen Hai, the source that made him so decadent and degenerate, this matter is closely related to her father, will she help herself? Lin Yilan's heart tingled slightly.
Lin Yilan shook his head, trying not to think about these things that made him sad and irrelevant, his intuition told him that his father must be in the study now, and sure enough, Lin Yilan found his father there.
Lin Houxuan was wiping the treasure knife that he had been putting in the study as an ornament, in fact, it was the treasure knife that followed him from birth to death, fought on the battlefield, and was given by the emperor. When Lin Yilan walked in, his father was wiping the knife with a new shiny, and the blade reflected a faint cold light, with a strong murderous aura.
The treasure knife is not old, just like his father, but Lin Yilan can feel that his father is the same as himself, the decadence from the heart, scattered on the rice paper on the table, is his father's powerful and upright handwriting: Lao Ji is in the twilight of his life, and his heart is strong...... The words are talking to themselves, with an inexplicable mockery.
Lin Houxuan didn't realize that Lin Yilan was standing behind him and looking at his old back, maybe he was really old, maybe his heart was dead, his former alertness would not let him not find out that there was a person standing behind him for so long, maybe Lin Houxuan had decided that he was going to die this time, so he had nothing to love.
Lin Yilan's eyes were inexplicably sour, and she squeezed out a syllable full of crying from her throat: "Daddy......"
Lin Houxuan turned around in surprise, his eyes that were already calm revealed a trace of joy, Lin Houxuan didn't expect that he would be able to see this son who had to break off with him in his lifetime, he hadn't seen his son for a long time, looking at him skinny, affectionate and haggard, distressed, sad and angry.
"Look at you, don't listen to your father, make yourself like this, like what to say, cry and cry, your father is not dead, men don't flick when they have tears, didn't your father teach you since you were a child!" Lin Houxuan has never relaxed his discipline of Lin Yilan, and even in this situation, he is still very strict.
It's just that Lin Yilan was not as rebellious as before, he didn't talk back because he was angry at his father's words, and he didn't complain about his father's stern verbosity: "Dad, what the hell is going on, what happened, they must have deliberately framed you, you tell me everything, what happened back then, I will definitely figure out a way." ”
Lin Houxuan sighed: "Alas, these things, you can say that I did them, or you can say that I didn't do them." ”
Lin Yilan didn't expect that he would hear such an answer, raised his head, looked at his father incredulously, Lin Houxuan said to himself: "I still remember that eight years ago, you and I went out together, that small-scale battle with Tubo. ”
Lin Yilan nodded, it was eight years ago, he was the young master of the Lin family who was proud of the spring breeze, and was appointed by the emperor as a marshal to lead the whole army to Tubo, in order to avoid his youth and lack of experience that would lead to any big problems in decision-making, the emperor ordered his father Lin Houxuan to be the supervisor of the army, which was his first and only time to lead the three armies.
This incident is a major turning point in Lin Yilan's life, that is, in this war, he was personally removed from the post of marshal by his father, and he can no longer raise his head in front of the three armies, otherwise, he will definitely grow into a majestic general like Tang Changyu and Zhao Nan now, but unfortunately he didn't, this war was stuck in his life like a stinger, and it was difficult to pull it out.
It was from then on that Lin Yilan began to hate his father, thinking that his father did not give him the opportunity to get ahead, so that he would live in the halo left by his father for the rest of his life, and he began to be silent and drunk, and he traveled in the mountains and rivers, Lin Yilan did not understand why his father would bring up this matter at this time.
"Do you know why your father would rather let you hold a grudge for the rest of your life than get rid of you as a marshal?" Lin Houxuan asked, and Lin Yilan shook his head blankly.
Lin Houxuan sighed and began to talk about the events of the year, the explosives that had been planted finally exploded at this moment, and the Lin family, which had blown up the former glory, fell apart.
"When we went to Tibet, we lost a batch of military salaries on the road, to be honest, this batch of military salaries is not small, this is a big accident, but after all, you are the first time to go on the expedition, and our remaining grain and grass is barely enough, so I think as long as we win the battle, the emperor will not punish you too much', so I didn't pay attention to it at first, but later I found out that I was wrong."
"It's a coincidence, it wasn't until we arrived at the front line, one night after patrolling the night, I couldn't sleep, so I walked around the barracks casually, and walked to the place where the grain and grass were stored, and I found that our grain and grass had obvious signs that had just been tampered with, and I found out that the grain and grass were now decreasing in small quantities every day, and we were so busy and tired from marching and fighting, and it was too late if we didn't count them carefully."
"By the time I found out about this incident, it was already too late, I had no way to find the person who stole the grain and grass in the huge barracks, and I couldn't replenish the lost grain and grass back, at that time, our grain and grass were no longer enough to support our original battle plan, and our battle was fought hard, if this matter was known by the soldiers, we would definitely be in chaos and defeated without a fight."
"So the next day, I removed you from your post as marshal on the trumped-up charge of disadvantaged marching and obstructing the original battle plan, of course my father knows that this may be related to your future and destiny for the rest of your life, but my father would rather keep you as a son for the rest of his life than suffer any hardships and punishments for this."
"In fact, both sides of this war are very difficult, so when I found the leader of Tubo to negotiate and proposed to reconcile, the other party agreed without hesitation, and then the two of us returned to the dynasty, and the emperor married Princess Wencheng to Tubo, I thought this matter was solved."
"But I didn't expect that eight years have passed, and someone has re-excavated this small battle, I don't know what this person's intentions are, and I don't know whether I was targeted recently, or I fell into someone else's big set early in the morning, as a chess piece, and now an outcast, waiting for the fate of being slaughtered."
"So, now I am accused of embezzling military salaries, secretly meeting with the enemy, and having a good relationship with the Tibetan royal family."
Lin Houxuan sighed heavily, looked at Lin Yilan and said: "Yilan, it's not right for my father all these years, obviously I arranged such a cruel fate for you at the beginning, but I couldn't take care of you, so I made you become what you are now, it's my father who is sorry for you, my father has already thought about it, this time my father is definitely going to die, it's just sooner or later." ”
Lin Yilan couldn't listen to what his father said anymore, he knelt on the ground weakly, his face was already full of tears, it turned out that this was the case, it turned out that the truth was like this, he was twenty-eight years old at the time, he was so young and frivolous, he didn't know the height of the sky, and his father was so well-intentioned, he tried everything to protect himself, and even did not hesitate to plant a time bomb that ignited at a moment for his peaceful old age.
Now that he has finally exploded, and Lin Houxuan's only hope is that his son will not be involved in these complicated things, he would rather bear everything himself than let Lin Yilan's body suffer a little bit of spark.
But at this time, Lin Yilan knelt in front of Lin Houxuan's eyes, kowtowed heavily for him three times, and swore to the sky: "I, Lin Yilan, will definitely find out all the truth and return my father's innocence, otherwise I will fall off the cliff and there will be no bones!" ”
Lin Houxuan has never seen Lin Yilan so serious, his son can say such a serious oath, his heart is greatly moved, no matter what the final result is, at least Lin Yilan's heart has moved him deeply, his son, finally at this time, understands the responsibility and shoulders the responsibility.
After Lin Yilan said this, he went straight back to his room, he washed the filth off his body, carefully shaved off his beard, tied his black hair back to the back of his head, except for losing some weight, everything returned to the radiant Lin Yilan of the past.
Lin Houxuan looked at his son's energetic appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little hope for life.