The commander-in-chief of the army has always been the most conspicuous and comfortable place, knowing that his brother is here, but Xi Yan is very hesitant, he doesn't know what things will become when he sees his brother.

But since he has discovered that there are details in the army, he can't hide this matter...... In any case, I must make it clear to my brother, as for what my brother will do, Xi Yan has no heart to understand it.

But what Xi Yan is most afraid of is ...... He didn't think his brother would be unaware of such an anomaly.

After adjusting his mood, Xi Yan still pushed open the door of his brother's room.

Xi Luan sat in front of the handsome desk as always, constantly marking something on the map with a pen, his complexion was very calm, but his eyes were deep and faint.

Seeing that it was Xi Yan coming, Xi Luan's always calm face also had a smile, and he said with concern: "Is the injury healed?" ”

"It's all right, brother...... No need to worry. But your body, is it better? ”

"It's better," Xi Luan said leisurely, "The cold su in the northwest is indeed not to be underestimated, Feng Yi broke through a few days ago, if I were in charge in person, I am afraid there would not be such a heavy loss." ”

"Hmm......" Xi Yan hesitated, and finally spoke, "If my brother is in charge himself, I don't know what the battle situation will be like." ”

"It seems a little strange for you to speak today," Xi Luan's face condensed slightly, "Shi is also fateful, if I am in charge myself...... It must not be called the army like this. ”

So what? Will the losses not be so heavy, or will they ......?

Xi Yan still had some hope in his heart, so he asked: "The DPRK has learned that the battle has been lost, and the officials sent to overseer the army will arrive here soon, when the overseer comes, how is my brother going to deal with it?" ”

"What else?" Xi Luan didn't take this matter to heart, even if the battle was lost, he himself would bear the brunt of the battle, but he didn't take the power seriously. "The Overseers came, and told them the truth that the battle was going on, and that there was nothing to do with the change of generals, how was my body...... Everyone saw it with their own eyes. ”

Xi Yan's eyes drooped, 100,000 troops were buried in Feng Yi, the military law of Da Zhao has always been the strictest, what will Xi Luan face...... Xi Yan didn't know that in the past, there were examples of losing the battle and killing generals, even if the emperor loved his brother and let him offset his merits, those officials in the court and those who were hostile to the Xi family would not easily let this matter slip over.

It's just that all of this has to be ensured that my brother can return to Chongdu first...... After all his thoughts were secretly thought about, Xi Yan finally opened his mouth.

"You know, since the battle of Feng Yi, our army has killed two more generals."

"I know."

"The elder brother can also know that the change of guard and the route of transporting grain are all confidential."

"This is nature," Xi Luan looked at him calmly, "what do you want to say?" ”

Xi Yan hesitated again and again, took a deep breath and said, "I thought that there might be a lot of work in the army. ”

"How so?" Xi Luan sighed lightly, "Perhaps, the repeated losses of soldiers are just due to luck." ”

"Brother...... You never believe in luck. ”

Xi Yan already had an answer in his heart, but he was just unwilling, or he didn't dare to personally pull the person he respected the most from the altar.

In the battle of Feng Yi, it was the elder brother who insisted on attacking the city. As for the route of transporting grain, except for the grain transport officers and generals, only his brother and a few generals knew about it.

"Say whatever you want. A husband should be resolute and decisive, not indecisive. Xi Luan's face gradually became gloomy, and his tone became more serious than ever, "What did you think of?" Or do you know something? ”

"Is my brother ......" came to his lips, but he didn't dare to say it, he really didn't dare to shatter the reality that he was proud of.

"What is it? Do you want to say...... Secret agents? Or is it ...... Northern Qin's fine work? Xi Luan asked him instead.

Although Xi Yan was silent, he was already extremely sure in his heart, thinking of the unreasonable but far-fetched military orders issued by his brother before, and thinking of the losses of his own army in these days...... There is no other plausible explanation.

Xi Yan's face was already as cold as frost and snow, and after a moment of numbness, his heart suddenly tore apart, but he still asked as calmly as possible: "Outside Feng Yi's city that day, it was my brother who insisted on attacking the city with his own strength. ”

"Yes." Xi Luan paused, and his gaze at Xi Yan did not make the slightest wave.

"The transportation of grain and grass in the army and the route of changing guards are all arranged by my brother."

"Yes," Xi Luan was still calm, and his tone was as calm as a frozen lake, "Those who have thunder in their chests and a face like a peaceful lake can worship the general." And at this time, you are in chaos. ”

"Brother," for a while, Xi Yan's sorrow came from it, and all thoughts were lost, "Outside Feng Yi's city, it was my brother who issued an urgent order for Zhao Ying to attack the city...... Did you give up your 100,000 army to someone else? ”

Xi Luan closed his eyes slightly, and responded after a moment: "Yes." ”

"The water rebellion was also instigated by my brother behind the scenes?"

"Yes."

"This time I broke through so easily, and I took Lingzhou without a single soldier, is it also because of my brother?"

"Yes."

"Secretly communicating with Northern Qin, making Zhenyuan Pass a place where 150,000 Ming Ce troops are buried, is it also my brother's doing?"

"Yes."

asked six questions in a row, and every time he heard his brother answer it, Xi Yan's heart sank.

"Why?" At the end of the question, Xi Yan's voice was very bleak, so bleak that it was inaudible.

"Why?"

Xi Luan lowered his head slightly, a bleak smile swept up on his lips, and then he raised his head again, regaining his original composure, "Twelve years ago, I, Situ Zhu, and King Liao led the army to the Pingshui Luo Rebellion in the northwest. As a result, I and the King of Liao were besieged in the Zhenyuan Pass, and fought a bloody battle with the enemy for three days and nights, and the food was exhausted...... Of the two thousand, only fifteen made it back to Chongdu alive......"

Xi Luan closed his eyes and sighed lightly, tidied up his clothes slightly, even at such a time, he still maintained his demeanor.

"It's a kind of cruelty you've never seen before, and there's corpses all over the canyon. As far as the eye can see, stumps and severed arms can be seen everywhere, so that the dry food that everyone carries with them has been contaminated with blood, that is...... Real human blood steamed buns. In the end, every swing of the sword was extremely heavy. I, the King of Liao, and dozens of guards were surrounded by the rebel legions. At that time, the scouts had discovered a small path, and just as they were about to leave, several rebels attacked one after another, approaching the king of Liao......"

Xi Yan listened quietly, was it what his brother had suffered that made him decide to commit treason?

"I know very well that if I try to block it, I will definitely die or be injured. But I have no other way, because he is a prince, and I am a courtier; Behind him is the royal family, and behind me is the Xi family, father, mother, and you. I didn't want to gamble with my life, but I had to. ”

Speaking of this, Xi Luan's gaze became distant, but a wisp of softness suddenly crossed the depths of his eyes, "Lingjun...... yes, and Lingjun. I shed my blood for the court on the battlefield, but what did they do in the blink of an eye? Poison! Do I care about this waiting? Even the family and country I protect are behind me to kill the people I care about, so why should I use my body to protect it? ”

"But there is still the Xi family behind my brother...... Stop it, it's still too late. ”

Xi Luan turned a deaf ear and still whispered: "So I'm resentful." resented Situ Zhu, why didn't he lead the army to help in time. I hate the King of Liao, why should I suffer this pain for him. Resentful Da Zhao, why did the place I desperately guard become a black smoke barrier! In the past 12 years, how many loyal and good people in the DPRK and China have been persecuted, and how many people have been crying out for hunger and cold......"

Xi Luan's tone has always been as light as a breeze, as if he is telling something that has nothing to do with him, "Since I can't change it, then destroy it." ”

"Is the destruction that my brother is talking about, is it just to lure wolves into the house to fight!?"

Listening to these thunderous words, Xi Luan raised his eyes to look at Xi Yan and chuckled, his smile full of mockery of himself. Xi Luan sighed lightly: "If you are willing to take a detour to Shuiluo according to the military order, the army outside Feng Yi will ...... will inevitably fight with Northern Qin. Xi Luan's gaze suddenly became gloomy, "It's a pity, you're too disobedient." ”

"In my brother's layout, am I also a pawn?"

Xi Luan turned his head, his treason plan was seen through, did he have no face to say goodbye to Xi Yan?

"Maybe it's really in the dark, and it has its own providence. I originally wanted to lead the clam of the Western Regions to fight and kill each other later, but I didn't expect to be seen through by you. Speaking of this, Xi Luan's eyes looking at Xi Yan were also full of praise, "You are very good, you can still get rid of the thick clouds and fog, and you do have some ability." But in the next storm, you have to be determined. ”

Xi Yan didn't know why, but he was still immersed in the thunder, and said miserably: "What my brother said, I can't understand it anymore. ”

"Xi Yan, in the whole plan, you are my only constraint." Xi Luan knew that his time was running out, so he simply told everything.

"The people of Chushui changed their minds, I wanted to transfer you away, and then stay in Chongdu, but I didn't expect you to be able to quell the chaos in half a month, should I blame my subordinates for their incompetence? I asked you to attack Shuiluo because I wanted to transfer you out of the Chinese army, but you came back by yourself........." Xi Luan secretly shook his head and regretted, "It's just that since it's already started, I won't stop." Xi Yan, ...... in the future It's up to you. ”

"Please stop it, brother," Xi Yan said from the bottom of his heart, "In Chongdu City, there are still parents and friends." If the elder brother turns against each other at this time, where will the father and mother be placed? Could it be that in the future, the history books will leave a name, and the elder brother will also be willing to be a rebellious minister and thief? ”

"It's too late," Xi Luan was unmoved, compared with the past he suffered, what is the so-called history book name?

"Whether it is a brilliant history, or a rebellious minister or a thief, it will be commented on by future generations. These twelve years of exhaustive thinking are for this moment. ”

"What?" Xi Yan showed an incredible look, but he couldn't think of what else his brother would do? "Brother, stop now, it's still too late for everything......"

Xi Luan smiled at him, but his heart was like water.

"Xi Yan, everything is almost over."

In fact, Xi Luan's words were not finished, what he really wanted to say was: "For me, everything is almost over; But for you, it's just getting started. ”

"What are you going to do!"

Xi Luan smiled slightly, lifted the tea cup on the table and put it to his lips, and gently blew away the tea smoke rising from the cup.

Xi Yan didn't notice that his brother's thin fingers were already blue and white because they were too hard.

"Now that this is the case, what other face can I see you?"

"Brother!"

Xi Yan rushed over in an instant, but was pushed away by his brother at a faster speed, he never found that his brother, who had not practiced martial arts for more than ten years, still had such strength.

The wound on his shoulder was torn open under Xi Luan's hard push, and when he struggled to get up and look at his brother again, he had already taken a sip of hot tea, with the toxicity of a hook kiss, one bite was enough.

"Brother......

Xi Luan looked at him with a light smile, and there was a last hint of care or encouragement in his eyes.

When blood gushed from the corners of his mouth, the eyes that had accumulated countless deep eyes suddenly became clear, but then they were empty.

A gust of wind blew outside the window, bringing the news of his death back to the sky, and all the life in the house became scattered at this moment.

The elder brother died of drinking, but Xi Yan knew that it was his intentionally or unintentionally punishing him that pushed him to a dead end. He only felt as if he had followed his brother into that endless darkness.

……

Later, the history books contain that Huan Guo Hou Luan drank doves in the Jincheng army, Chinese New Year's Eve six.