readx;? Early in the morning, in the main hall of the Protector's Mansion, Han Xiaochun sat proudly on the main seat, looking back and forth at Lu Yifan sitting in the hall and Han Ling'er sitting next to him with a smile on his face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Okay, good!" This is the sentence that Han Xiao said the most times today, and it is not difficult for others to feel how much he appreciates his son-in-law from his extremely relieved expression, "After so many hardships, now you can finally call me Daddy openly!" Haha......" Saying that, Han Xiao glanced at Han Ling'er, whose face was crimson, and then nodded with satisfaction again.

"Dad, when we learned that you were safe and sound, Ling'er and I were extremely happy, if it weren't for the fact that we had to assist His Majesty the Emperor along the way to recruit troops and horses, and transport grain and grass, I am afraid that we would be able to rush back to Jinling City a month earlier!" Lu Yifan explained with a faint smile, "What happened to the Han family before really scared us!"

"Alas!" As soon as he mentioned the past, Han Xiao's face involuntarily flashed with a touch of guilt, "If it weren't for my Brother Lu, he wouldn't have been degraded, he once knelt outside the imperial city all day long to ask for my life and later personally led people to rob the Dharma field, I already know these things, now that I think about it, I really owe Brother Lu too much! It's a pity that he refuses to go back to Jinling, otherwise I will have to apologize to him in person!"

"My father is very surprised to know that his father-in-law is safe and sound, but his old man has seen through the world, and now he just wants to stay in the Western Imperial City with my mother and the Lu family to live in the West Imperial City!" Lu Yifan nodded and smiled, "Father-in-law doesn't have to worry about the past, my father only has one close friend in his life, no matter how much he does for you, it is worth it!"

"Anyway, to see that you and Ling'er have a lover and eventually become married, I, as an elder, will be completely relieved!" Han Xiao said and couldn't help but look slightly sideways at Liu Sandao, Ji Yuan and the others who were sitting next to Lu Yifan, and then asked in surprise, "I heard that you are now the master of the Soul Sect, and you have gathered tens of thousands of disciples under your command, is this true?"

"It was really desperate for us to get together!" Lu Yifan's answer was regarded as acknowledging Han Xiao's question just now, and then he glanced around Chu Ding, Qin Qingyu and other Soul Sect Protectors with a smile, and smiled helplessly, "They were originally the proud sons of Heaven who came out of the Holy Soul Academy, but they were later implicated because of my affairs, so they died in the southwest with me, and finally created the Soul Sect together!"

"Lord Han, we are a legendary story in the southwest, if you want to hear it, I can tell you about it when I have time!" Lu Wencai couldn't wait to open his mouth and smiled, "I know everything that happened in the southwest, and I know a lot of things they don't know!"

"Wencai, you're talking about it again, and you don't have a door!" Lu Jun rebuked in a low voice, "How can you be so presumptuous in front of Lord Han!"

"Haha...... It's okay!" Han Xiao waved his hand nonchalantly, "I watched a few of you grow up, I know everything about what kind of character each of you is, when I exterminate the traitors, I must listen to your legendary stories!"

"Lu Jun, you see, Lord Han doesn't talk about me, you always eat salty radishes and worry about it......" Before Lu Wen finished speaking, Lu Jun's ill-intentioned eyes forcibly held back his next words, and his face still had a strange expression that made people laugh and dare not speak, which caused everyone in the hall to burst into laughter again.

There was more laughter in the Han Mansion this morning than in the whole year before.

"Patriarch, I'm back!"

With a clear voice came from outside the hall, and then I saw a heroic man in bright silver armor walked into the hall from the outside, this person's face is like a cold moon, his eyes are like bright stars, his nose is straight and his mouth is wide and angular, and a dazzling armor of silver shines for his already handsome and extraordinary, adding a touch of majesty to the sky, about twenty years old, handsome and chic appearance, coupled with the momentum of mighty and resolute, if such a man walks on the street, I am afraid that I don't know how many hearts of women who are just beginning to fall in love.

And for this person, Lu Yifan and the others were not unfamiliar at all, on the contrary, they were very familiar, because this person was the leader of the Qinglong Academy of the Holy Soul Academy back then, the famous lord of the Han Gate, Han Cheng.

"Door Master!" As soon as he saw Han Cheng, the first person to stand up was not Han Xiao, but the Soul Sect Protector Baili Feng who was sitting behind Lu Yifan, who used to be the second leader of Han Gate, so among the people present, in addition to the people of the Han family, the person closest to Han Cheng was none other than him.

From the moment Han Cheng's feet stepped into the hall, his face was always condensed with a touch of shock and surprise, he did not rush to report to Han Xiao about the city defense matters this morning, but slowly glanced at Lu Yifan and the others who were sitting in the hall at the moment, especially when he saw the hundred miles of wind, his eyes suddenly burst out with a touch of surprise.

"Baili Feng?" Han Cheng looked at him with surprise on his face, his face full of doubt, "Why are you ......" Before he could finish his words, Han Ling'er, who suddenly got up and walked in front of him, surprised him again.

"Brother, why don't you remember me?" Han Ling'er quipped with a smile, "Or have you forgotten your sister after more than a year?"

"Ling'er?" Han Cheng recognized Han Ling'er at a glance, and immediately a look of ecstasy erupted on his face, "It's really you, Ling'er, I thought I'd never see you again!"

"Bastard!" Before Han Cheng's words fell, Han Xiao's face sank suddenly, "Ling'er is so dignified, what do you mean never to see again?"

"Don't blame the patriarch, it's the little nephew who lost his words just now!" Han Cheng's reaction was still as agile and indifferent as before, instead of showing the slightest dissatisfaction because of Han Xiao's reprimand, on the contrary, he actually took the initiative to pull Han Ling'er's arm, looked up and down with concern in his eyes, and said casually while looking, "My brother is about to worry about you to death this year, let me take a good look at how you ......" Although Han Cheng showed meticulous care for Han Ling'er, Lu Yifan, who was sitting on the side, always had a strange feeling, it seemed that when Han Cheng saw Han Ling'er for the first time, his reaction was not the ecstasy and excitement he showed, but an indescribable strangeness. But Han Cheng's whole reaction had to be called natural and smooth, even if Lu Yifan had a trace of doubt, he really couldn't find any substantial evidence, in the end, it was just a feeling.

"Maybe it's just my own delusion...... Lu Yifan kept comforting himself like this in his heart.

"Oops!" was dragged over by Han Cheng like a child, Han Linger's eldest lady's temper suddenly came up again, only to see that she first shook off Han Cheng's hand indignantly, and then said to Han Cheng with a smug face, "Who can still treat Miss Ben what? But you are really worried!"

"Me?" Han Cheng smiled innocently and said with a wry smile, "Yes, yes, it's me who is the elder brother who makes my sister worried, I really deserve to die, and I hope that the eldest lady will not be like a villain!"

"Cheng'er, I haven't seen your new brother-in-law since I entered the door!" Han Xiao reminded softly, and as he spoke, he stretched out his hand slightly and gestured in the direction of Lu Yifan.

Under Han Xiao's instructions, Han Cheng set his eyes on Lu Yifan, who had been sitting next to him without saying a word, in fact, Han Cheng saw Lu Yifan as soon as he stepped into the hall, but he was deliberately pretending not to see it, after all, he and Lu Yifan used to be very good friends, but because of Tang Ruoxi's matter, the relationship between the two was quite stiff.

"Brother Lu, you're here too!" Han Cheng nodded lightly at Lu Yifan with a smile out of politeness.

"Brother Han, don't come to harm!" Lu Yifan's response was also very polite, as if the person who didn't feel that he wanted to have too much contact with the other party was not Han Cheng, and Lu Yifan was the same.

"Cheng'er, this time it is to lead His Majesty the Emperor to personally go to Xihuang Mountain to invite Yifan to come to help, with the 10,000 disciples under his command, plus the 20,000 new troops personally recruited by His Majesty along the way, our army can already be expanded to 80,000, which is definitely a good thing for us to resist Lan Shixun's 300,000 rebels!"

"Oh?" Although Han Cheng had heard of Lu Yifan's affairs before, he had never had an in-depth understanding, and when he heard Han Xiao say this today, he couldn't help but add a trace of jealousy to Lu Yifan in his heart. It's just that he covered it up very well, and instead of taking the opportunity to find fault, he said to Han Xiao with a smile, "There is also good news, according to our spies in the morning, Lan Shixun is no longer an army of 300,000 now, but 270,000! Ouyang Chun killed him at Sima Pass with a full 30,000 soldiers and horses!"

"Alas!" As soon as Ouyang Chun was mentioned, Han Xiao's face couldn't help but have a touch of sadness, "With the strength of only 3,000 people, he blocked Lan Shixun's 300,000 army in the Four Horse Pass for more than two months, and there are very few such fierce generals in the Holy Domain now! It's a pity that he and all the sergeants under his command finally died in the Four Horse Pass, in the end, Ouyang Chun did not break his promise to me, even if he fought to the death of a single soldier, he would never abandon the pass and flee!"

"General Ouyang is loyal and courageous, and has made immortal achievements for His Majesty the Emperor, I only hope that after we defeat the rebels, the patriarch can play the role of His Majesty the Emperor, posthumously crown General Ouyang as the four horses, and allow the Ouyang clan to replace the 'Hou Throne'!" Han Cheng knew the relationship between Han Xiao and Ouyang Chun, so he immediately asked for Ouyang Chun's life.

"Of course!" Han Xiao nodded with satisfaction, and then said softly, "You have a heart for this matter!"

"Meritorious service naturally needs to be rewarded, otherwise who will be willing to lead His Majesty in the future?" Han Cheng said humbly, "General Ouyang is definitely a model for our generals and soldiers!"

"En!" Han Xiao nodded slightly, and then he changed his words and said to Lu Yifan, "Now Han Cheng is the deputy general of our army and has become General Zuo. Yifan, if you don't dislike it, why don't you come to the camp as the right general, and at the same time I will crown you as the forward general?"

As soon as Han Xiao said this, Han Cheng's face changed suddenly, but he concealed it very well, although he had a lot of whispers in his heart, he didn't say anything on his lips.

"No way!"

Before Lu Yifan could open his mouth to answer, Liu Sandao, who was sitting on the side, rejected Lu Yifan directly, only to see him look at Han Xiao with a smile on his face, and explained unhurriedly: "What is the identity of our sect master? How can he go to the position of deputy general in the camp? No, no, absolutely not!"

"Brother Liu, don't talk nonsense!" Lu Yifan glared at Liu Sandao with annoyance, and then he hurriedly apologized to Han Xiao, "Brother Liu is a rough man, and I hope that my father-in-law will not be like him!"

"Haha...... It doesn't matter, what kind of person is Liu Sandao, Han Mou has already seen it when he was in Northern Xinjiang!" Han Xiao waved his hand and smiled nonchalantly, "This matter is indeed abrupt to me, Yifan now that your identity is different, it is indeed a little inappropriate for me to let you be a deputy general in the army!"

"Father-in-law, I'm ......"

"Huh!" Without waiting for Lu Yifan to finish speaking, Han Xiao preemptively smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong, I was just thinking that even if you agree to be a deputy general, I'm afraid that the disciples of your Soul Sect will not be convinced, and now that it is a time of life and death, the most undesirable thing in the army is dissent, which not only cannot gather combat power, but will also affect morale!"

"Lord Han Mingjian!" Liu Sandao agreed with a playful expression.

"I don't think this is as good as this!" Ji Yuan seemed to feel the embarrassment and helplessness in Han Xiao's words, so he hurriedly spoke out and started a round, "The position of the right general is temporarily vacant, but the position of the forward general is feasible, and the 10,000 Soul Sect disciples will stay under Yi Fan to form a forward army, as long as the Soul Sect disciples are not split and continue to follow the sect master, then they will never have any dissent, so that Lord Han can control the overall situation more powerfully, I don't know what you think?"

"I'm afraid that something is wrong with this matter!" Finally, after thinking about it again, Han Cheng still smiled bitterly and spoke, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he did not confront Lu Yifan, but first showed his distress to Lu Yifan, "Brother Lu, this matter is definitely not that I deliberately make things difficult for you, but just the rules in the army since ancient times." As we all know, even if there are thousands of troops, they can only be commanded by one person, and there must not be a situation in which one army is in charge and two masters, so when there are new recruits who fill the original army, it is necessary to split the new army and then mix all of them into the veterans, so as to avoid forming parties for personal gain. The situation of forming a gang and forming a faction appears, you should also know that once such a situation occurs, then there will inevitably be the same thing in the army but there are two different standards of reward and punishment, the most taboo in the army is far and near, and the difference between relatives and aliens, which will inevitably make the sergeants complain, and then the army will not become an army, and will not become a general, we are already weak in front of Lan Shixun, if there are internal worries, then how to deal with the enemy? The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one can guarantee that the 10,000 disciples of the Soul Sect can consistently advance and retreat together, and it is inevitable that some excellent fighters will appear in the middle of the battle due to the change of the battle situation.

Han Cheng's words are not unreasonable, and there are indeed such rules in the army since ancient times, so when his words came out, the first thing he got was the unanimous approval of the generals who were sitting opposite Lu Yifan and the others, and who belonged to Han Xiao's headquarters.

"It's simply a fallacy!" Liu Mengwen shouted, "What kind of relatives are estranged and close? What kind of faction is forming a party for personal gain? It's just nonsense!"

"It's not nonsense!" Han Cheng was not annoyed, and still explained calmly, "Why did Yan Lie's 200,000 army fail and succeed? It is because Yan Lie is nepotistic, which causes the army to form factions for personal gain and complain, and the soldiers know all day long that they have formed gangs and factions to expand their power, and no one has tried to resist the enemy anymore, so in the end, the whole army will be wiped out!"

"Then what do you mean by one army and two masters?" Seeing this, Yin Xi hurriedly helped Liu Meng to speak, "Lord Han is in charge of the whole army, and our sect master is only responsible for leading our soul sect disciples, in fact, the commander general is still Lord Han, in the final analysis, our sect master is just a forward general who leads 10,000 soldiers, how can there be one army and two masters?"

"This brother is going to be angry!" Han Cheng still chuckled unhurriedly, "Have you seen Lan Shixun's 300,000 rebels? That is actually the best example of one army and two masters, it seems that Lan Shixun is the master, and Wei Li and the 100,000 beast army he led are subordinates, but in fact, the beast black armor army only obeys Wei Li's orders, and all Lan Shixun's orders are ignored. According to the spies, the Black Armor Army led by Wei Li and Lan Shixun's headquarters army have had many conflicts, and in Lan Shixun's army, the treatment enjoyed by the Black Armor Army and the headquarters army is also completely different, the Black Armor Army can burn, kill and loot all kinds of evil, and it can be said that they are fragrant and spicy all the way, while Lan Shixun's headquarters army can only honestly follow behind to pick up leftovers, which leads to the fact that there are two different reward and punishment standards in the army I mentioned before, and the reason is that Lan Shixun and Wei Li have different understandings of one thing, which is actually understandableIt is impossible for any two people in the world to get together to have exactly the same attitude and thoughts on everything, which is the truth that there can only be one commander in the army, and there can never be two masters. Lan Shixun's 300,000 army was blocked by General Ouyang at Sima Pass for more than two months, and he also lost 30,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Han Cheng is indeed eloquent, especially his attitude of neither humility nor arrogance, which is simply the most stark contrast to Liu Meng and Yin Xi's irascible appearance of hating people with teeth and claws, and there is no need to say anything else, just looking at the two completely different emotions and attitudes of both of them, it is enough to distinguish the superiority of this debate.

And from beginning to end, Han Xiao never said anything to stop it, because he also desperately wanted to know what Lu Yifan thought about this matter in his heart.

"Brother Lu, is there any truth in what you said just now?" Han Cheng finally cast his gaze straight at Lu Yifan with a smile again, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly seemed to announce that this dispute was actually won or lost.

"It doesn't make sense!"

This time, he still didn't wait for Lu Yifan to open his mouth, and he was preempted again. The last time the person who grabbed the conversation was the joking Liu Sandao, but this time it was a silver bell-like female voice that came from outside the hall.

This sound sounded, and the eyes of everyone in the hall all converged outside the hall door, and Han Cheng also frowned slightly and slowly turned around, quietly scanning away a pair of suspicious eyes, but when his eyes converged on the outside of the hall door, the white shadow like a fairy descending from earth was a confident smile that made Han Cheng's slight upward from beginning to end, and it was completely frozen on his face in an instant.

"What if...... Ruoxi ......"

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