Chapter 165: Night Talk
Although they guessed the result, the two of them did not panic, as long as they were still in Sky City, even if Yin Zhongxian was at odds with the Xu family, he would not tear his face immediately. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Even so, they still secretly took precautions, after all, they were facing a Tianyuan Realm cultivator, and if they were not careful, they would most likely lose their lives.
"Since this matter is over, Zhongda won't stay long, so I'll take the two friends away", Xu Zhongda stood in front of Yun Fan and the two with a calm face, resisting Yin Zhongxian's sharp gaze.
"Very good! Since he is a guest from afar, Major General Xu naturally wants to entertain him more", Yin Zhongxian was not angry at all, his expression could not be seen to be cloudy, and no one knew what he was thinking at the moment.
"Don't worry about the prime minister", Xu Zhongda patted Yun Fan on the shoulder, and the two of them immediately understood, and walked towards the door side by side.
"Where's the old man?", before leaving, Yun Fan glanced at the stage, but he didn't see Mu Qingzi's figure, it seemed that this person disappeared out of thin air, or never appeared.
"It's strange", he walked away quickly, despite his doubts.
The entrance of the Dynasty Theater
After tonight's incident, the three of them were no longer interested in hanging out, so they rushed back to the direction of Xu's house, and after returning to the attic of Huayuan, they dispersed to rest.
At night, Yun Fan collected the exercises and strolled towards the charming flower garden, only to see that among the lanterns and on the stone bridge, it was Xu Zhongda who was half-lying on the railing and drinking himself.
Since the three of Yun Fan stayed in the attic of Huayuan yesterday, he stayed here as a caretaker, and when he heard the footsteps, he threw the cyan wine gourd, and said with a long breath: "Why hasn't Brother Yun rested yet?"
Yun Fan took the cyan wine gourd, sat on the railing of the one-foot-wide stone bridge, raised his head and poured a few sips of spirits, then threw the wine gourd back, he looked at the flower garden full of rainbow light, and said with a casual gaze: "The wine is more sorrowful, why not call a few more people?"
"What if you call a few more people, it's just to add to your troubles", Xu Zhongda sighed, and there seemed to be a strong sense of helplessness in his words.
Yun Fan's face was stagnant, Xu Zhongda, as the queen of the general, had a bold and generous temperament, and was righteous and thin, but he didn't expect him to have the sorrow of ordinary people, Yun Fan remembered that Princess Zhihua had a marriage contract with him, but it seemed that for some reason, he didn't treat his fiancé very much.
"Is it because of the princess?".
Hearing the word princess, Xu Zhongda's expression was stunned, and he immediately smiled bitterly: "How does Brother Yun know?"
"Brother Xu, please forgive me for saying more, the princess seems to have affection for you, but she doesn't know why she rejects you like this?", through getting along in the past two days, all kinds of clues have made Yun Fan discover some abnormalities, not to mention that Xu Zhongda has a straightforward and rough temperament, and it is difficult to hide anything from others.
"Alas!", Xu Zhongda sighed first, and then said softly: "I have been childhood sweethearts with the princess since childhood, as early as when I was only thirteen or fourteen years old, I had a private life with her, and I once had a very good memory, but now that I think about it, the past is like a dream bubble."
"She used to be a lively and cheerful little princess, especially cute, and particularly beautiful and charming, not so cold now, she didn't have a good face when she saw people, but things in the world are often so tricky, just five years ago, a major event happened in the empire, and since then, she has changed, her temperament has become cold, and she has become unkind."
"She is the eldest daughter of the royal family, she is destined to bear all this, but she is very tired and helpless, many times I see her crying, I want to help her, but she always pushes me away".
Yun Fan listened silently, and only after half a sound did he respond: "What happened?
"Everyone in the empire knows about this, so it doesn't hurt to tell you", Xu Zhongda raised his head and poured a few sips of spirits, the painful look on his face decreased a point or two, and he said in a dejected tone: " Five years ago, the emperor was attacked and killed by the emperor of the Xijing Empire Ying Sendai, during which he almost fell, forcibly urged the secret technique to save his life, and then returned to the city in the sky, the emperor was seriously injured and dying, the court was disheartened, and many people's minds changed, including the ambitious Prime Minister Yin, at a critical time, the royal family needed someone to stand up and preside over the overall situation, but the eldest prince was greedy for beauty all day long, and lived a life of obscenity, the second prince was timid and incompetent, and he was overwhelmed, and he knew that the painting was the eldest daughter of the royal family, and in desperation, he could only come out to preside over the situation, she was only fourteen years old that year, with the support of the royal family, with the full support of Lord Zhongshu and my father, she began to deal with the government affairs”。
Speaking of this, Xu Zhongda paused for a moment, Yun Fan clearly saw it clearly, two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks, and his straight and straight body couldn't help but tremble.
There is a saying that men don't flick when they have tears, let alone make a man who has been fighting on the battlefield all year round cry, and the bitterness can be imagined.
Xu Zhongda took a deep breath, forcibly restrained his slightly trembling body, and his voice became hoarse, "She was fourteen years old that year, she should have been under the protection of her family, carefree, innocent and natural, like other girls have a good life, but she can't, she has to deal with complicated government affairs every day, and she has to deal with many treacherous and cunning wall grasses in the court, I really want to help her, I have worked hard to cultivate, I even want to assassinate Yin Zhongxian, but I can't do it, I can help her too little."
He threw his head up violently, poured a whole pot of spirits with a grunt, then threw the cyan wine gourd to the ground at random, grabbed another wine gourd, and lay half-dead on the railing, venting his inner emotions.
"As soon as I entered the Houmen, it was as deep as the sea, and Xiao Lang was a passerby from now on", Yun Fan had an inexplicable bitterness in his heart, he didn't expect them to have such a bumpy love road, thinking of his previous words, he felt even more sad for Ye Zhihua's fate, to be precise, in the face of that situation, she had no choice but to give up her feelings, disguise herself, and turn into an iceberg that no one else could see through, and deal with the traitors in the court.
"Don't drink it", Yun Fan thought that there might not be no way to save him, so he stepped forward and grabbed the wine gourd, patted Xu Zhongda's shoulder, and said: "Brother Xu, you don't have to be so sad first, if one day, Prime Minister Yin and these traitors are eradicated, the princess will be liberated, and at that time, I believe she will definitely change her mind."
"I think so too, this is also the reason why I have been cultivating desperately for so many years, desperately trying to help her, but it is not so easy to eradicate Yin Zhongxian and others, Yin Zhongxian is a cultivator in the middle of the Tianyuan Realm, and he can compete with my father alone, although my father is slightly better than him, it is difficult to have too much advantage."
"In addition, Yin Zhongxian has a lot of power in the imperial court, there are many ministers who support him, and there are tens of thousands of heavy soldiers who obey his orders, this guy also unites the people of the Xijing Empire, once he moves, the Xijing Empire will definitely come on a large scale, so my father has been throwing a mouse taboo, not daring to do it easily, I have to endure it for several years, and I have not eradicated him", speaking of Yin Zhongxian's matter, Xu Zhongda immediately recovered his spirits, and there was no trace of decadence before, his eyes exuded a sharp and firm luster.
"After several years of open and secret fighting, the moment of our decisive battle with Yin Zhongxian is coming, I have been looking forward to this day, I used to always know the painting standing in front, suffering alone, but I can't do anything, this time I must stand in front of her, shelter her from the wind and rain, and remove all obstacles for her."
Yun Fan's gaze looked through the flowers, staring at the thick dark clouds in the sky, as if he saw a huge storm that was about to hit, although he knew that the city in the sky would become unpeaceful in the near future, but he did not have any fear or escape thoughts, this is the path that a truly strong person should take, only after countless trials and rains, can he stand on the top.
Accompanied Xu Zhongda to drink wine in the middle of the night, and the two of them returned to the room after they were happy, Xu Zhongda drank a lot tonight, and finally he helped to help him go back.
When he returned to the room, Yun Fan sat cross-legged and used a trace of Yuan Force to force out the wine in his body, and it took him a long time before he regained his strength.
The night was cold, and a hint of gloom hung over the sky city.