readx;?“ You don't have to close the door!"

After returning from the main hall of Northern Xinjiang, as soon as he stepped into his room, Lu Yifan turned around and smiled at Liu Sandao, who was following behind him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Don't close the door?" Liu Sandao was stunned for a moment, then looked back at the quiet night sky again, and couldn't help but have a look of doubt on his face, and then asked puzzledly, "It's already so late, do you still want to go out?" Do you want me to call Ji Yuan and Xie Yun over?"

"No!" Lu Yifan shook his head slightly, and then a mysterious smile rose at the corner of his mouth, "It's not that I'm going out, but someone is going to visit later!"

"Visiting, who's coming back so late?"

"Me!"

Sure enough, just when Liu Sandao's words had not completely fallen, a cold voice suddenly sounded not far from the door, and then I saw Xi Chen, who was dressed in a white ermine, walking faintly from the dark accompanied by Hu Lao, and at this moment in Hu Lao's hand was still carrying a dim red lantern that could no longer be dim, this lantern was really dark and a little ridiculous, even if it was carried by Hu Lao in his hand, he couldn't illuminate the surrounding things at all, if he hadn't walked very close, no one would have thought that this would be a lantern for illumination。 For Xi Chen and Hu Lao, this lantern is more like a form, better than no form.

"Xi Chen?" Liu Sandao couldn't help frowning when he saw Xi Chen, he had never been as polite to Xi Chen as Lu Yifan, although there were not many opportunities for the two of them to meet, but every time they met, Liu Sandao called Xi Chen's name directly, without any respect. At the same time, Liu Sandao's body also subconsciously stood outside the door, impartially blocking the already narrow door, and also blocking Lu Yifan in the room.

Xi Chen seemed to see through Liu Sandao's protector's intention at a glance, but he didn't bother to pick it out, just smiled lightly, and then said to Lu Yifan: "Since you guessed that I will visit, and you have decided not to close the door, then you don't mind if the governor of Pontus goes in and talks, right?"

"It's freezing at night in Northern Xinjiang, please come in!" Lu Yifan didn't deliberately go out to greet him, but turned around and walked to the tea table in the room, his palm lightly pressed against the cold teapot, and a flame soul flashed from his palm, but the cold tea in the pot was much warmer in an instant, Lu Yifan picked up a teacup and took the lead in pouring a cup of tea for Xi Chen.

Faced with Lu Yifan's invitation, Xi Chen was naturally unceremoniously, gently rubbed his slightly cool hands, and walked into the room.

"Bang!"

When Xi Chen and Hu Lao entered the room, Liu Sandao also reflexively entered the room and closed the door heavily.

"Dudu, I don't know what to do with me so late?" Lu Yifan handed the tea to Xi Chen and asked with a smile.

Xi Chen was not polite, he took the teacup and gently dusted off the ermine, then sat down at the table uninvited, and then raised the teacup in front of him with great interest, lowered his head and took a sip gently. And Hu Lao stood by Xi Chen's side with a respectful face, and did not mean to sit down.

"Since you guessed that I was coming, then you might as well guess why I came tonight?" asked casually as Xi Chen sipped his tea. In fact, Lu Yifan's tea is not a good tea, but Xi Chen is like tasting a rare fragrant tea, smashing the bar very carefully, so that he didn't even raise his eyelids when he spoke.

"The Governor sent all the seven Banner Lord's subordinates who were killed to me, but not to Lan Chen, I think the Governor's coming tonight probably has something to do with this matter, right?" Lu Yifan asked rhetorically without being humble or arrogant, and a shrewd light flashed in his eyebrows.

"Click"

With a soft sound, I saw that Xi Chen couldn't help but mistake his fingers after listening to Lu Yifan's words, and then put the tea lid back on the teacup, although he didn't directly admit his intention, but from his rather surprised face, it was not difficult to see that Xi Chen did look up to Lu Yifan again.

Xi Chen slowly raised his head, his eyes looked directly at Lu Yifan, and Lu Yifan also looked back at Xi Chen fearlessly, both of them were smiling, but Lu Yifan's smile was more open, while Xi Chen's smile was unpredictable.

"Lu Yifan, can I trust you?" Xi Chen suddenly said such a question for no reason, and Hu Lao, who got up, suddenly trembled after hearing this, and looked at Xi Chen in surprise, as if he didn't expect Xi Chen to ask so directly.

In the face of Xi Chen's sudden question, Lu Yifan, who had already put the teacup to his lips, couldn't help but be stunned, but he didn't answer hastily, but kept thinking while rolling his eyes. Although his face did not change as before, his mind was spinning rapidly, and he was constantly figuring out the true meaning of Xi Chen's words, and even more calculating whether Xi Chen was an enemy or a friend.

"Dudu, I don't know if I can trust you?" Finally, after a moment of silence, Lu Yifan finally slowly moved the teacup away from his lips, and then asked Xi Chen calmly.

"Hehe......" Hearing Lu Yifan's words, Xi Chen laughed suddenly, not only was he laughing, but he also turned his head to look at Liu Sandao and Hu Lao who were standing next to him, as if asking them: Is Lu Yifan's question ridiculous?

It's just that except for Xi Chen, there is no one in the room who laughs with him anymore, Liu Sandao doesn't, and Hu Lao doesn't either!

"Okay!" Xi Chen suddenly stopped laughing, and almost instantly the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a look of admiration, "It is worthy of being the son of Wen Dinggong, and his scheming is really far beyond ordinary people!"

Listening to this sentence, which I don't know whether it was praise or sarcasm, Lu Yifan was unmoved, and still looked at Xi Chen as plainly, as if he was waiting for his reply.

Obviously, not only does Xi Chen not believe in Lu Yifan, but Lu Yifan also can't believe in Xi Chen.

"Trust is the beginning of all conversations, if we break our trust with each other, then today's conversation will be meaningless!" Xi Chen said faintly, "I don't know if I can trust you, I only know that I am the governor of the Frontier Guard Mansion, loyal to the emperor, loyal to the Holy Land!"

Xi Chen's words Lu Yifan's eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Dudu, I'm just like you at this point!" Lu Yifan said righteously, "At least, I will definitely not regard the mortal enemy who invaded the Holy Realm as my friend!"

"Okay!" Xi Chen said loudly, "It's enough to have you, I can trust General Han Xiao, I can trust Lord Lu, and I can also trust you today!"

"Du Du!" Lu Yifan couldn't help but stand up, a look of excitement appeared in his eyes.

"Then tell me, who is targeting our Border Guard Mansion this time?" Xi Chen waved his hand to signal Lu Yifan to sit down, and then asked.

"Didn't the northern border guard who came back already say it, it was done by the powerhouse of the Beast Domain......" Lu Yifan didn't quite understand what Xi Chen meant.

"No, I'm asking who do you think did it, not asking you somewhere where to do it!" Xi Chen once again emphasized the difference between the two, suggesting that Lu Yifan wanted to name a specific name.

"I ......" this time Lu Yifan was stopped, and he also wanted to know who did it, but in fact he didn't know, Lu Yifan thought about it with a puzzled face, and then said, "Dudu, don't hide it, the woman who was taken away by Ma Rufeng that night was a person from the Beast Domain, and her master is a Yaksha clan, known as Mrs. Zhao!"

"People from the Beast Domain?" Xi Chen pretended to look at Lu Yifan in surprise, and asked with a slight frown, "Then why did you only tell me now?"

"Because at that time, I didn't know if I could trust the Governor!" Lu Yifan said with a wry smile, "After all, people were ordered by the Governor himself, so I was secretly suspicious of you at that time...... Suspicious of you......"

"What do you suspect of me?" Xi Chen raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, "Wonder if I have colluded with the Beast Domain?"

"En!" Lu Yifan replied lightly with a lot of guilt, and then hurriedly apologized to Xi Chen, "It's Lu's villain's heart, please don't blame the governor!"

"You don't have the heart of a villain, but you are cautious!" Xi Chen smiled lightly, "It's just that you think of the wrong person, the person you should be careful with shouldn't be the governor of Pontus!"

"Who is that?" Lu Yifan hurriedly asked.

"Maybe you should ask Liu Sandao more about this sentence!" Without waiting for Xi Chen to answer, Hu Lao took the lead in making a gesture at Liu Sandao.

"Ask me?" Liu Sandao was stunned for a moment, but soon he understood, reached out and gently touched the remaining scar on his cheek, and then muttered thoughtfully, "What do you mean...... The man who hurt me that night? but...... Wait a minute!" Suddenly, Liu Sandao's eyes suddenly straightened, and then he stared at Hu Lao with a grim face, and asked viciously, "You already knew about that night?"

"Just like you, you couldn't trust us at the time, and we naturally couldn't trust you either!, so it's not strange that I didn't tell you!" said Hu Lao with a smile, "And didn't I tell you now?"

"What do you mean......" Lu Yifan took over the conversation and said with a solemn expression, "Hai Lao?"

"Who else but him?" Xi Chen said with a sneer, "A master like Hai Lao, even if he is the governor of Pontus, he hasn't encountered it for decades! And when I noticed that he was seriously injured, I was even more surprised by the methods of this Liu Sandao beside you, I don't know where Liu Sandao was the supreme master you recruited from? As far as I know, there doesn't seem to be such a number one person in the Lu Mansion, right?"

"Then did there ever be a person like Hai Lao in Lan Mansion?" Lu Yifan asked with a frown, "Anyway, I don't remember that Hai Lao appeared in Lan Mansion before, he seems to be a master who suddenly appeared when Lan Chen came to Northern Xinjiang!"

"Although I don't know where this Hai Lao came from, I can tell you very clearly that he is in the same group as these beast domain powerhouses who killed the seven banner masters, and of course this also includes the Madam Zhao you mentioned!"

"What?" As soon as Xi Chen's words came out, Lu Yifan's eyes couldn't help but widen in shock, his face was full of disbelief, although he had expected it before, but now that he learned about it from Xi Chen's mouth, his heart was still inevitably shaken. After all, what the Beast Domain did this time was no longer a small fight in the past, but really killed the seven banner masters of the Border Guard Mansion and hundreds of northern border guards!

If Chu Ling was innocent and in the same group of beast domain powerhouses, then his sin would be tantamount to a conspiracy to rebel by a foreign clan, which was the first capital crime of a thousand cuts!

"What is Chu Lingtian, the governor of Pontus had already expected it! It's just that I never thought that he would be so bold and dare to collude with the powerhouses of the Beast Domain to kill my people!"

"Smack!" With Xi Chen's low snort, the teacup that he was originally holding in his hand was instantly crumbled, and the tea that was waiting for the opportunity to flow out instantly wet his sleeve.

"But as far as I know, Chu Lingtian is...... It's ......"

"It's Lan Shixun's person!" Without waiting for Lu Yifan to say his words, Xi Chen said bluntly and coldly, and then stared at Lu Yifan directly, and said word by word, "Now you know why I asked you first, can I trust you?"

Lu Yifan didn't answer Xi Chen's words, but nodded lightly with a complicated expression. Behind this incident, it seems that it is far beyond Lu Yifan's imagination, although he thought that Lan Shixun might do something unseemly, but he never thought that Lan Shixun would play so big this time!

"I don't understand!" Liu Sandao suddenly opened his mouth and said, "How do you know these things? Do you have conclusive evidence? If so, why don't you directly submit them to the Emperor and ask him to execute Lan Shixun as soon as possible? If not, then where did you get your confidence after saying so much today?"

"I really don't have conclusive evidence!" Xi Chen seemed to be hit by Liu Sandao's words, and his originally resentful face instantly became a little sluggish, "If I had evidence, how could I allow Lan Shixun to live until now?"

"Then you ......"

"Although I don't have any evidence that I can come up with, I am convinced of it!" Xi Chen's eyes were resolute and did not allow anyone to question the slightest, "Actually, you have been so suspicious for a long time, haven't you?

"Then why don't you test Chu Lingtian?" Liu Sandao asked with a frown, "Maybe all this is because you are wrong, although he ordered Ma Rufeng to save Yu'er, but maybe this is just a private matter, and it has nothing to do with the killing of the seven banner masters!"

"Tempt it?" Xi Chen couldn't help but sneer, and then said meaningfully, "Chu Lingtian has an army of 100,000 in his hands, how can this be easily tempted? If one is not careful, not to mention the hassle of surprise, it will accelerate some of their insidious plans! If the 100,000 army really starts to turmoil, how can we resist it with just a few hundred people in our Border Guard Mansion?"

"Du Du is reasonable, this risk really can't be taken easily!" Lu Yifan nodded approvingly, and now he completely understood why Xi Chen so simply refused to ask Chu Lingtian for help in the palace just now, "It's just that now that the beast domain powerhouses have invaded the northern frontier in large numbers, what are the plans of the Du Du? Could it be that you really want to rely on the rest of us to resist them?"

"Of course not!" Xi Chen shook his head slowly, "This is just a delaying tactic I have used! The purpose is to temporarily stabilize the situation in the northern frontier first, so as not to make the opponent suddenly attack! As for reinforcements, we still have to look for them, but we can't ask Chu Lingtian!"

"To whom?"

"Jinling City, Your Majesty the Emperor!" Xi Chen said in a profound tone, "The only way to do this now is to secretly report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor, and ask the Emperor to order General Han Xiao to personally lead the army to settle this matter! As long as General Han restrains Chu Lingtian's 100,000 horses, our Border Guard Mansion can also do the following things freely!"

"Sneer......"

Suddenly, an extremely subtle sound suddenly came from the room next to Lu Yifan's room, which made the faces of Xi Chen and Hu Lao change suddenly. Hu Lao even directly turned his soul power and wanted to run around the door.

"What are you doing?" It's just that Lu Yifan blocked in front of Hu Lao one step faster.

"Who lives next to it?" Xi Chen was far calmer than Hu Lao, but his face was a little heavy.

"It's my brother of life and death, Ji Yuan!" Lu Yifan said with a firm expression, "He will never deliberately eavesdrop on our conversation, even if he really hears it, then I can definitely trust him!"

Hearing Lu Yifan's words, Xi Chen's eyes stared straight at Lu Yifan for a long time, and Lu Yifan always adhered to his beliefs, and he did not shy away from looking at Xi Chen.

"Okay!" Xi Chen finally took a long breath, then slowly stood up, stared at Lu Yifan with deep eyes, and said word by word, "I came to you to tell you that you should be very careful with Lan Chen in the ......future! Xi Chen said and gently swiped his right hand on his erect neck, although he didn't make the words clear, but the meaning was already very clear, which made Lu Yifan's heart stir up a little again, it was okay not to mention Lan Chen, but when he mentioned Lan Chen, his heart that was still firm just now was a little inexplicably shaken.

"I'm leaving! Tomorrow morning, you will set off for the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, be careful yourself! Before this matter is resolved, the Pontus Governor doesn't want you to die like this!" After that, Xi Chen no longer hesitated to take Hu Lao up and leave Lu Yifan's room.

Looking at Xi Chen's distant back, Lu Yifan was stunned for a long time, somehow he always had an inexplicable sense of desolation in his heart tonight, as if something bad was going to happen soon.

"Yifan ......" It wasn't until Xi Chen walked away completely that Liu Sandao slowly walked to Lu Yifan's side, and said in a voice so low that only the two of them could hear it, "Why didn't you tell Xi Chen just now that in addition to Ji Yuan, there is also a Ji Yi'er in the inner room living in the room next to him?"

Hearing Liu Sandao's words, Lu Yifan slowly turned his head, his dark eyes staring straight at the empty wall, and on the other side of the wall was the room that had just made a sound. Lu Yifan stood there like this, quietly staring at the wall, his eyes were extremely complicated but also extremely hesitant, no one could see what he was thinking at the moment.

Finally, after being silent for a long time, Lu Yifan slowly opened his mouth, and at this moment his voice sounded so hoarse, and even trembled slightly.

"The mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings, the trees are quiet and the wind is not stopping! Alas...... Brother Liu, go and find Xie Yun for me!"

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