readx;? When Lu Yifan and the others officially entered the Wenyang Hou Mansion, the sky was completely dark, and the Hou Mansion was in disarray, although it was not as tragic as the corpses all over the ground, but through the clear scars that were slashed out of the broken doors and windows and the rockery on the wall, it was not difficult to guess what kind of catastrophe had happened here a few months ago. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As Xie Yun said, there are less than ten people left in the Wenyang Hou Mansion today, in addition to Xie Yang, Xie Yun's father and son, there are only seven or eight slaves left, because the Hou Mansion is hidden in the secret room, and there are still some emergency food hidden in the secret room that has not been found by the disciples of Lou Zong, so these few people in the Hou Mansion can barely survive to this day with this ration.

These slaves wandered in the inner courtyard in rags, and now they don't need to do some rough work such as cleaning the mansion, they now have only one task, that is, to take care of Xie Yang who has become a waste person wholeheartedly, because Xie Yang has always been kind in front of the people in the house, so although the family is ruined now, these surviving people have not abandoned him after all, and they can be regarded as a few loyal slaves.

"Second son!" Seeing Xie Yun and a few people walking briskly from the gate of the courtyard, these subordinates who were guarding the door hurriedly bowed and bowed, and two of them were still holding a bowl of sparse rice porridge and two dried mixed noodles in their hands.

At this moment, the door of Xie Yang's room was closed, but the room seen through the paper window was pitch black, without a trace of light, which made Lu Yifan puzzled for a while, and then asked: "Why don't you give the lights to Xie Yang's city lord's room so late?"

Lu Yifan used to live in the Wenyang Marquis Mansion, so these subordinates also knew him, hearing Lu Yifan's question, a sixty-year-old servant who looked like a butler said with a sad face: "Back to Lu Gongzi's words, the city lord ordered not to let the lantern in hand! Not only that, when a few of us sent food in just now, we were also coldly reprimanded by the city lord, and this has not been until now, the city lord has not entered the water and rice for a whole day!"

The worry on the old butler's face became more and more intense as he spoke, obviously he really cared about Xie Yang's body.

"Alas, my father's temper has become more and more strange since the accident, and in the three days since I came back, except for the first day I talked to my father for two hours, I haven't talked to his old man much!" Xie Yun said helplessly, "From a soul king powerhouse to a wasted person, this is really too big a blow to my father!"

Xie Yun's eyes couldn't help but turn red as he spoke, and then he hurriedly raised his head to try to suppress the tears that wanted to slip down, and when he saw the bright moon hanging in the night sky, the tears that were originally only rolling in his eyes suddenly fell down, as if the bright moon in front of him at this moment evoked some memories of his past.

"I still remember that my father liked to call me and my eldest brother to enjoy the moon together during the full moon, and my father also said that the moonlight in Wenyang City is the brightest and clearest in the holy area, because it is far away from the hustle and bustle, and there is no intrigue and sorrow in the world!" Xie Yun said as if talking to himself, "But I didn't expect that today, under the same round of bright moon, my Xie family has become a broken family, and things are wrong...... God, why do you want to treat the innocent people of Wenyang City like this......?

Lu Yifan gently stretched out his hand and put it on Xie Yun's shoulder, he didn't speak, just looked at Xie Yun quietly, and gently listened to Xie Yun's complaints and cries. At this moment, silence under the moon is better than sound.

"Let you see ...... smile" Xie Yun slowly came back to his senses, smiled bitterly and reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then squeezed out an ugly smile at Lu Yifan, and then he reached out and took the rice porridge and dumplings in the hands of the servant, nodded at Lu Yifan, and then gently pushed open Xie Yang's door with his foot.

The room was dim, and only the dim light of the moonlight shining through the paper window on the floor could be seen faintly through this layer of moonlight, and a figure was lying motionless on the bed in the corner of the room.

"Go out and ......" Before Liu Sandao and Mu Dan, who were at the end, entered the room, Xie Yang's dry and hoarse and extremely weak voice suddenly sounded from the room, "I'm not...... Didn't you already say don't...... Don't bother me?" Such a simple sentence Xie Yang gasped several times in the middle, which also shows how worrying his physical condition is at the moment.

"Dad, it's me, Xie Yun!" Xie Yun shouted softly, "Guess who is here today?"

Hearing Xie Yun's words, Xie Yang didn't respond for a long time, as if he acquiesced to the entry of Xie Yun and the others.

After not hearing Xie Yang's eviction order, Lu Yifan turned around and nodded slightly at Liu Sandao and Mu Dan, and motioned for the two of them to come in slowly and softly.

"Poof!"

With a soft sound, Lu Yifan stretched out his hand and instantly lit the candlestick on the table, and under the light of the candle flame, the originally dim room finally had a dim light. At this moment, I saw that on the bed in the corner, Xie Yang, who was dressed in white plain clothes, looked unusually thin, completely different from Lu Yifan's rich and graceful feeling when he first saw him, today's Xie Yang's face is not only not oily, but also looks unusually dry, his cheekbones are bulging high, his eye sockets are deep, and his originally slightly bloated belly is also deeply collapsed at this moment, the whole person looks so thin that he is almost skinny and bone, Yin Tang is black, his face is dull, his eyes are scattered, and even his mouth can't help but open slightly, and the corners of his mouth can even vaguely see a trace of barely choking saliva, as if he is terminally ill and dying。

The Xie Yang in front of him was simply like two people compared to the high-spirited and proud rich nobleman Lu Yifan had seen before, and they couldn't talk about the same day at all. This made Lu Yifan, who was already entangled in his heart, involuntarily feel a sense of desolation and sorrow again, while he lamented that things are wrong and wrong, he also lamented that creation and transformation make people, and it was only half a year before and after, it was really sad and lamentable.

"Uncle Xie, I'm Lu Yifan!" Lu Yifan forcibly endured the depressed feeling in his heart, squeezed out a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said softly, "I haven't seen you for half a year, and today I have the fate to return to Wenyang City to meet you." ”

Hearing Lu Yifan's voice, Xie Yang's body seemed to move, but it was a pity that now his meridians were broken inch by inch, and almost all his body except for his eyelids and mouth had lost his ability to control himself, so he didn't have the ability to turn his head to look at it after hearing Lu Yifan's voice, but fortunately, Lu Yifan was talking, and the person had already walked to Xie Yang's bedside.

"Oh, it turned out to be Lu Gongzi......" Xie Yang seemed to want to make himself happy, but the emptiness of his body made him have to put on an expressionless face, "I haven't seen you for half a year...... Lu Gongzi became more and more energetic......"

"Thanks to Uncle Xie's blessing, I finally saved a small life in the southwest desert!" Lu Yifan said with a smile, "Uncle Xie, how do you feel......?"

"I didn't ...... There's no need for that......" Before Lu Yifan's words could be finished, Xie Yang said weakly, "I should have been a dead man a long time ago...... Can you live until now...... Already earned......"

"I already know everything about Wenyang City, I didn't expect Lou Zong to dare to act so recklessly. Uncle Xie rest assured, even if we don't care about this matter, Lord Linghuang will definitely not sit idly by, he Lou Zong dared to slaughter the people of a city, I will definitely do my best to get back an explanation for Wenyang City in this matter!" Lu Yifan said righteously.

"No......" Hearing Lu Yifan's words, Xie Yang shook his head slightly and extremely weakly, as if he was denying Lu Yifan's point of view, "Things are not as simple as you think...... Although Lou Zong is domineering, he has not yet had the courage to be presumptuous to the point of bloodbathing the city...... The reason why Lou Zong dared to do this...... I guess there must be some strong backer behind it......

Hearing Xie Yang's words, Lu Yifan and the others moved their eyes almost at the same time, they had never thought about this aspect before, they had always thought that what Lou Zong did was just because he was used to being domineering, but they never thought that there was any powerful black hand behind Lou Zong. Xie Yang is worthy of being the lord of a city, and he does have to think about the problem more comprehensively and meticulously than Lu Yifan, a young man who has not been deeply involved in the world.

"I understand what Uncle Xie means, but no matter what, the millions of lives in Wenyang City can't die in vain, and justice must be sought for justice in this matter!" Lu Yifan said indignantly, "Regardless of whether there is a more powerful backer behind Lou Zong, since so many lives are at stake, it must not be stopped!"

"That's right, I must make Lou Zong's blood debt pay for the revenge of Wenyang City!" Xie Yun gritted his teeth and agreed.

"I also believe that good and evil are rewarded, and there is justice in the world!" Mu Dan nodded and said.

Hearing Lu Yifan's words, Xie Yun's eyes seemed to flash with tears of excitement, he looked at Lu Yifan quietly, pondered for a long time before slowly speaking: "Master Lu, I heard Miss Han say that you fought to the death with Lou Zong in the Southwest Desert, and finally ended up with an uncertain end of life and death, and I have always felt guilty for this...... Now that I'm safe and sound, I'm relieved to see you......"

"Uncle Lao Xie is worried, Lu Yifan is not so easy to die!" Lu Yifan said and laughed at himself, "On the contrary, Uncle Xie, you fought to the death for Wenyang City and did not retreat, and in the end you ended up so desolate that you really went through hardships." ”

"I ...... I am the Lord of Wenyang City, how can I sit idly by and ignore Wenyang City's troubles?" Xie Yang said slowly, "It's a pity that I am not good at martial arts, and I can't reach that Lou Yi after all...... In the end, it will harm the people of Wenyang City and my ...... My third brother ......" As soon as Xie Yang mentioned Xie Zhen, his eyes involuntarily flushed again, "I feel ashamed......"

"Since you know that you can't beat it, why don't you abandon the city and flee?" Liu Sandao hesitated for a moment, and finally said the doubts in his heart, "If the people of the whole city abandon the city and flee when the catastrophe is imminent, I think even if there will be some casualties, it will never end up being slaughtered so miserably, right?"

"Abandon the city and flee?" Xie Yang couldn't help but smile bitterly, "How easy is it to talk about? Wenyang City is far away from the southwest righteous road, and most of the people in the city have lived here for generations...... This is where all of them are based...... Not to mention whether they are willing to give up their hometown, even if they have the intention to escape, they must have a safe place to go...... There are only two gates in Wenyang City, north and south...... The south gate is close to the mountain, and there is only one way into the mountain now, if you flee south, then these people will inevitably become turtles in the urn, and they will definitely die...... Besides, if you flee north, Lou Yi has already arranged thousands of Lou Sect disciples to wait outside the North City Gate...... The city gate is so big, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, once the city gate is controlled by these well-trained and murderous Lou Sect disciples, then where can these ordinary people in the city have a chance to escape alive? Even if they can escape, there is only one winding path leading to the outside world outside the north city gate, which is as long as 300 miles, and in this 300 miles distance, which ordinary people have the opportunity to escape from the pursuit of Lou Zong's disciples? It's not unthinkable to abandon the city and flee, I think you have also seen the tragic scene outside the north city gate, and the mess is the best proof of the result......" Xie Yang's words contain endless helplessness and sorrow, as well as a lot of despair and grief.

"What about after the Lou Sect disciples leave?" Mu Dan asked, "Why didn't those surviving people leave Wenyang City and go somewhere else to find another way to make a living?

"Actually, it's time to go...... Walkable ...... It's already gone...... Xie Yang said weakly, "and the rest of these ...... I guess they're too reluctant to give up their relatives and their homeland......"

Looking at Xie Yang's languishing state at this moment, listening to his sour voice, Lu Yifan stopped Liu Sandao and Mu Dan's questioning, perhaps now that the result has become a fact, too many questions and assumptions will only make the wound in Xie Yang's heart more painful, which undoubtedly sprinkles salt on the wound, in such a bloody catastrophe, what he can do is extremely limited, and he can fight to the death until the last moment, which is admirable enough in itself.

"Uncle Xie, you can recuperate in peace, don't think about the rest of the things, we will definitely make the people of Lou Sect pay for the heinous crimes they have committed!" Lu Yifan said with good words.

After that, Lu Yifan wanted to get up and leave here, but at the moment when he was about to leave, Xie Yang suddenly stopped him in high spirits.

"Lu Gongzi...... Please stay ......"

"Uncle Xie, ...... you?"

"I have something to say to you......" Xie Yangqiang took a breath and said with an anxious expression, "I'm almost dead...... There are some things that are not said now...... I'm afraid I'll take my regrets into the coffin...... And even if it's dead...... I don't have the shame to face my dead brother......"

Xie Yang's words made Lu Yifan frown, and he didn't quite understand the meaning of Xie Yang's words.

"Except for Lu Gongzi...... You all go out first......" Xie Yang glanced at Xie Yun with slanted eyes, and then said slowly.

After hesitating for a moment, Xie Yun finally nodded slightly, and then turned around and left the room with Liu Sandao and Mu Dan, and closed the door tightly from the outside.

"Uncle Xie, what do you want to say to me?" Lu Yifan finally couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, "Is there anything else you don't want your biological son to know?"

"Yes!" Xie Yang's eyes straightened, and his throat was extremely hard, "This matter has been hidden in my heart for many years, originally I wanted to bring this matter into the coffin, but when I was dying at this moment, I couldn't do it anyway, I had to tell someone about it, so that I could leave with peace of mind...... I never dared to tell anyone, not even Xie Yun...... I also hope that you will keep this matter a secret for me forever...... Especially never tell Xie Yun and Xie Feng...... I don't want ...... I don't want my son to look down on me in the future......"

"Uncle Xie, what do you say......" Lu Yifan was full of doubts but didn't know how to speak.

"I Xie Yang is deeply guilty, and I have failed all the people who trust me and support me...... I'm actually a very despicable hypocrite......"

"Hiss!" As soon as Xie Yang's words came out, Lu Yifan couldn't help but gasp suddenly, what he said was too serious, right?

"Master Lu, I'll tell you ...... now" Xie Yang forcibly held back the excitement in his heart and said word by word, "Back then...... The Xie Zi Battalion was wiped out that year...... and my second brother was beaten to death by Lan Shixun because he sought justice...... Later, my third brother and I agreed to Lan Shixun's proposal and resigned to Wenyang City...... All of this, in fact, I ...... I've already colluded with Lan Shixun......"

"What?" shock, unparalleled shock. Lu Yifan seemed to have heard the most incredible news in the world at this moment, he only felt that his mind was blank, if this matter was not for Xie Yang to tell him personally, he was afraid that he would definitely not believe that a brother who had followed General Han Xiao for decades from birth to death would have done such a despicable deed at the last moment, "This ...... How is this possible......"

"But all this is true!" Xie Yang opened his mouth to explain, "Although our three brothers followed General Han from birth to death for many years, although we had a deep friendship with General Han, although I also became the commander of the 50,000 troops of Xie Zi's battalion...... But all of this is not enough for me...... Our three brothers pay the price of life and death, we fight bloody every day on the edge of life and death, I am not willing to be a little pawn forever, and I am not willing to wait for old age to return to my hometown penniless...... What I crave is the power and wealth I deserve for the power and wealth I have worked so hard to get back......"

"This ......"

"Actually, he had already asked me privately before Lan Shixun borrowed troops from General Han Xiao......" Xie Yang seemed to be stuck in the memories of the past, "I didn't agree at first, but then he promised me too many things that I couldn't resist...... These include absolute power in a corner of the country and an inexhaustible supply of gold and silver...... I only hated that I was consumed by interests at that time, and then embarked on a road of no return that I regretted for the rest of my life......"

"How much benefit did Lan Shixun give you to sell the lives of the 50,000 brothers in Xie Ziying?" Lu Yifan asked in disbelief.

"What Wenyang City used to be like, I think you have already heard of it...... Xie Yang did not directly answer Lu Yifan's words, but said to himself, "And just a few years after I came to Wenyang City, Wenyang City, where people originally starved to death every day, has become a place of peace, at least no one will starve to death anymore, at least no one will freeze to death...... Although he is still poor, at least he can live...... Do you know why?"

"Because Uncle Xie, you have good governance......"

"No!" Xie Yang said with a sneer, "I'm not a hard worker at all, and I don't know how to govern a city at all...... Let me tell you, the reason why Wenyang City has been able to change so dramatically in just a few years is because of the endless wealth I have...... Think about it, how much treasure can save millions of people from poverty and starvation?"

"I ...... I don't know ......" At this moment, Lu Yifan was completely shocked by Xie Yang's words.

"And all this money is the benefits that Lan Shixun gave me back then...... Xie Yang continued, "And then the death of the second brother was actually an accident, I didn't expect the second brother to be so reckless, let alone Lan Shixun would kill him, but at that time, I had already been in the same league with Lan Shixun, to the point where it was impossible to turn back...... So I had to swallow my anger...... and persuaded the third brother on the pretext of not involving General Han to settle the matter with me...... And all this because I want to achieve my ambitions...... Become the true overlord in this Wenyang City who can cover the sky with one hand and have supreme power...... And that's why I attach so much importance to Wenyang City, and I used to not allow anyone to destroy Wenyang City for anything...... Therefore, I was angry with Su Yingying...... Anger in the wind and clouds...... I never want to offend Lou Zong...... Because I don't want to see my hard work ruined...... Even when Lou Yi led people to kill Wenyang City, I still wanted to make peace with him with hope, and I was even willing to pay one-third of the lives of the people of Wenyang City to make amends...... It's a pity that Lou Yi is more ruthless than me after all, he wants not only a third, but all of it...... My hard work was finally lost...... Maybe this is providence...... A wicked man is his own hell...... After all, I ate the fruits of what I planted......"

Lu Yifan looked at Xie Yang quietly, he seemed to be able to read endless remorse from Xie Yang's red eyes, and felt a touch of grief from his wry smile. The so-called dying man is also good in his words, and it was not until the last moment of his life that Xie Yang truly repented, and he felt deeply remorseful for everything he had done.

"The past...... I'm so remorseful...... I'm sorry for the second brother and the third brother...... They never doubted me as a big brother until they died...... I'm sorry General Han...... I'm sorry for the 50,000 soldiers of the Xie Zi Battalion who died...... I'm even more sorry for the millions of dawn people in Wenyang City......"

At this moment, Lu Yifan's heart can be described as mixed, he doesn't know how to face Xie Yang in front of him again, in Lu Yifan's heart, what Xie Yang has done can be said to be extremely shameful, but now he can't directly scold. Faced with Xie Yang, who repented on his deathbed and was willing to tell everything to an outsider, Lu Yifan suddenly felt that he was both hateful and pathetic.

The so-called poor people must have something to hate, Lu Yifan has known this sentence for a long time, but it is not until today that he can really understand the meaning of this sentence.

Xie Yang, in the end, there is no money and no fame and fortune! Although he regrets not being at the beginning, it is a pity that it is too late!

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