Chapter 108: Heart-to-heart
readx;? The military camp in Wenyang City, Xie Yun once said that this is one of the three most interesting places in Wenyang City, the first two are Wenyang Mountain, and the other is Drunken Dream Tower, Lu Yifan has already seen it, but this Wenyang military camp, today Lu Yifan and the three of them are visiting for the first time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Here Lu Yifan saw the real garrison for the first time, this is located on the west side of the inner city of Wenyang, said to be a military camp, in fact, it is just a few streets and hundreds of houses that are isolated separately, the area here is actually not large, there is only one entrance and exit of the entire military camp, and it is also the entrance of a street, which is guarded by several sergeants who are waiting for it.
At this moment, there were wounded sergeants everywhere on both sides of the street, and when they saw Lu Yifan and the three of them walking slowly, there was a trace of resentment in their eyes, after all, Lu Yifan and the three of them hurt the most in a melee last night, but because of the identities of Lu Yifan and the three of them, Xie Yang did not punish them in the slightest, and the whole thing ended inexplicably because of the successful escape of Xie Feng and Su Yingying.
Xie Yang has not shown up since he returned to the house, and Xie Yun, who was injured, was carried back to the house to heal, long before Lu Yifan came here, they also made a special trip to visit Xie Yun, and when they saw Xie Yun's half-dead appearance, they really understood that Xie Yun's biggest wound was not on his body, but in his heart.
And the reason why Lu Yifan and the three of them came here today is actually just to find one person, Xie Zhen.
No matter how much things happened in Wenyang City during this time, for Lu Yifan and the three of them, they were just passing by in a hurry after all, and it was indeed time for them to leave after staying in Wenyang City for more than four months. And before leaving, Lu Yifan had to come here to find Xie Zhen and find out another thing they had always cared about, that is, the truth about the battle between Xie Ziying and Zhuo Wolf Grassland back then.
At this moment, Xie Zhen, who was physically and mentally exhausted, was sitting in his room quietly contemplating, his flickering eyes and a look filled with a faint sadness showed that Xie Zhen didn't seem to be in a good mood at the moment.
"Bang bang bang!"
With a crisp knock on the door, I only heard Han Linger's voice slowly coming from outside the door: "Uncle Xie, are you resting?"
"Oh, Miss Han, please come in!" Xie Zhen heard Han Ling'er's voice and hurriedly stood up, quickly sorted out his emotions, and walked towards the door.
"Uncle Xie, what happened last night ......"
"Don't talk about last night's incident anymore!" Before Han Ling'er could finish speaking, Xie Zhen interrupted her words, "Speaking of which, I also want to thank you, it is precisely because of your timely action that the eldest brother did not end up with a situation where flesh and blood killed each other, and father and son became enemies!"
"Actually, Uncle Xie had already moved his compassion when Xie Feng and Xie Yun begged each other, but because of the existence of Lou Lei, he had to make a move, didn't he?" Lu Yifan said softly.
Hearing Lu Yifan's words, Xie Zhen couldn't help but glance sideways at Lu Yifan, his eyes were filled with emotion: "Lu Gongzi is quick-minded, not only has excellent talent in martial arts, but also is chivalrous and courageous, Xie Laosan admires!"
Xie Zhen is a rough man, he is not as urban as Xie Yang, and his attitude towards people and things is very direct, good is good, bad is bad. Therefore, his praise of Lu Yifan today is completely out of his heart, without the slightest pretentiousness.
And for this kind of people, Lu Yifan is also the most willing to make friends.
"Uncle Xie, let's not hide it, we're here to ask you for your resignation!" Lu Yifan said with a light smile, "It's been more than four months since we came to Wenyang City, and we should leave too!" City Lord Xie may still be in a bad mood because of last night's incident, so he has been locked in his study and no one has seen him, and Xie Yun is also dead and injured now, and I'm afraid he can't say goodbye to us." For this reason, we have to come and disturb Uncle Xie!"
"Oh, are you leaving?" Xie Zhen said with some surprise, "You have spent most of your time cultivating on Juyang Peak in the past few months, and I haven't entertained you well......"
"What did Xie Sanbo say, we have already taken care of it during this time!" Lu Yifan greeted politely, "It's just that many things are unexpected, and it is extremely annoying to want to come to Xie Sanbo, so I hope to take care!"
"Thank you Lu Gongzi!" Xie Zhen said as he invited Lu Yifan and the three of them to sit down, and then hurriedly ordered his entourage to put good tea on the table.
"The ugly thing of the Xie family makes you laugh! Today I will replace the wine with tea, and I will toast you with a glass!" It can be seen that Xie Zhen is really guilty about Lu Yifan and the others, both in his attitude and tone are extremely sincere, and he raised the teacup in his hand and drank it all as he spoke.
"What did Uncle Xie say? You and my father are brothers in life and death, isn't the matter of the Xie family just my Han Ling'er's business? If I ignore it, my father will definitely not forgive me when I go back!" Han Ling'er rolled her eyes and replied with a smile.
As soon as Han Xiao was mentioned, Xie Zhen's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and then he forcibly endured the sadness in his heart and said quietly: "Compared to the current days, I still prefer the life that once followed General Han." It's a pity that the past is gone!" As he spoke, Xie Zhen put a cup of tea into his stomach again.
Seeing this, Lu Yifan's eyes couldn't help but flash a solemn look, he could see that Xie Zhen's feelings for Han Xiao were by no means ordinarily deep, so he said sincerely: "Uncle Xie, let's not hide it, when we are leaving, we want to have a heart-to-heart chat with you Sanbo Xie!"
"Heart-to-heart?" Xie Zhen seemed to realize something, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and then asked rhetorically, "Do you want to get something from me about the Xie Ziying and the battle of the Zhuo Wolf Grassland?"
"Yes!" Facing Han Ling'er and Ji Yuan, whose faces became more and more nervous, Lu Yifan was surprisingly calm, even in the face of Xie Zhen's questioning, he still answered neither humbly nor arrogantly, "We are not only curious, but also have a final explanation to Uncle Han." ”
As soon as Lu Yifan's voice fell, Xie Zhen stared at him silently, the two looked at each other, and neither of them opened their mouths to speak.
In this way, after the two looked at each other for a while, Xie Zhen finally smiled lightly, and then said aloud: "Actually, even I don't understand the incident eight years ago!"
"Even you don't understand, what do you mean by that?" Kihara couldn't help but ask.
Hearing Ji Yuan's question, Xie Zhen couldn't help but turn his head, but there was a mysterious smile in his eyes when he looked at Ji Yuan, under such a strange gaze, Ji Yuan, who was originally eager, couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't quite understand what Xie Zhen meant by looking at himself like this.
"If I'm not mistaken, you're from the Wolf Grassland, right?"
"Hiss!" As soon as Xie Zhen's words came out, even Lu Yifan and the three of them were shocked at the same time, they seemed to have never mentioned Ji Yuan's background and origin in Wenyang City.
"Uncle Xie...... How do you know?" Lu Yifan asked in disbelief, undoubtedly acquiescing to Xie Zhen's guess in his tone.
"Actually, I already recognized him as soon as I saw him that day!And not only did I recognize him, but my eldest brother also recognized that he was from the Zhuo Wolf Grassland!" Xie Zhenlang laughed, "But the day we first met in the Wenyang Marquis Mansion, you didn't say much about his life experience, only that he was your friend in the Holy Soul Academy, and our two brothers naturally didn't mention it much!"
"But how did you recognize it?" asked Han Ling'er puzzled.
"The wolf head stick he is carrying is the personal weapon of the leaders of the eighteen tribes of the Zhuo Wolf Grassland!" Xie Zhen smiled lightly, "And the golden silk jade belt wrapped around his waist is also a token of the leader of the Zhuo Wolf Grassland tribe!
Facing Xie Zhen who was eloquent, Lu Yifan's faces couldn't help but become more and more surprised, it seems that their cover-up can't hide Xie Zhen at all, people have already seen everything through exercises and weapons, but they are still pretending to be ignorant, and now it seems that it is too naïve and ridiculous.
"It turns out that you have already seen through everything!" Ji Yuan said with a wry smile, "Ji Yuan admires!"
"There's nothing strange about this, if I hadn't been to the Zhuo Wolf Grassland and knew something about the customs there, I wouldn't have known this!" Xie Zhen smiled nonchalantly, in his opinion, these things he said were not worthy of praise at all, "What's more, your eyebrows and eyes are even more like a person!"
"Who?"
"Ji Lie!" Xie Zhen said loudly, "If what I expected is right, Ji Lie should be your father, right?"
When Ji Yuan heard the word "Ji Lie", the whole person couldn't help but tremble suddenly, and he didn't need any answer, Xie Zhen already knew that he had guessed correctly.
"Eight years ago, we were ordered to go to the Zhuowolf Grassland to quell the war, and we found the dying Ji Lie in a mountain of corpses, but unfortunately he was seriously injured at that time, and we were powerless to return to the sky!" Xie Zhen said this with a hint of regret in his tone, "Ji Lie is a man, there are not many people I admire Xie Zhen, Ji Lie is one!"
"I think this jade belt flowed into the world at that time......" Ji Yuan slowly stroked the jade belt around his waist, his eyes full of grief.
"What the hell was going on at that time? Xie Ziying was ordered to quell the war, how could the whole army be wiped out? Isn't there any other army to support you? Where did my father go at that time? He couldn't have left you alone!" Han Ling'er threw out a lot of doubts, and the eyes that looked at Xie Zhen became more and more anxious.
"If General Han is here, of course the Xie Zi Battalion will not fall into the fate of the entire army!" Xie Zhen said viciously, "The Xie Zi Battalion fought with the Beast Domain army in the Zhuo Wolf Grassland for a long time, and finally was surrounded and killed by the enemy because of being outnumbered, and we have always been in a state of isolation and helplessness, and finally ...... In the end, I could only watch as all the more than 50,000 brothers in the Xie Zi battalion were killed, and in the end, there were less than ten people who followed the three of us brothers to fight out of the encirclement......"
When Xie Zhen said this, his red eyes were already full of tears.
"What does Xie Sanbo mean that General Han was not there at that time?" Lu Yifan immediately heard the clue in his words, "And you just said that you would fight your three brothers out of the encirclement? What does this mean that Xie Erbo didn't die on the battlefield?"
"That's good!" Xie Zhen looked extremely emotional at the moment, only to see his big hand wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said angrily, "Because the general who led the emperor's order at that time and ordered the leader to quell the Zhuo Wolf Grassland Rebellion was not General Han Xiaohan at all!"
"What?" As soon as Xie Zhen's words came out, Lu Yifan and the three of them all exclaimed, "Isn't General Han the Protector of the Country?
"Don't forget, now in the government and the opposition, in addition to the Duke of Protector, there is also a Duke of Zhenbei!" Xie Zhen said in a deep voice.
"Hiss!" These words shocked Lu Yifan's heart again, "Zhenbei Gong, isn't that Lan Shixun, the father of Lan Chen, his rival since childhood!"
"That's right! it's Lan Shixun's despicable man!" Xie Zhen clenched his fists, and when he mentioned Lan Shixun, he couldn't help but tremble with anger, "The general in charge of leading the army at that time was Lan Shixun, and Xie Ziying was specially borrowed from General Han before the accident!"
"What?" At this moment, it was Han Ling'er's turn to exclaim, "My father would actually lend his favorite Xie Ziying to Lan Shixun?"
"General Han is loyal to the Emperor, and the safety of the Sacred Domain is more important than anything else! At that time, the north was in an emergency, this was not a battle within the Holy Domain, but a territorial crisis related to the two major realms of the Holy Domain and the Beast Domain, General Han was well aware of the righteousness, how could he not send troops to Lan Shixun?" Xie Zhen said faintly, "It's just that General Han may not have imagined that the Xie Zi camp he lent out in order to take care of the overall situation has become a complete lamb to the slaughter in the hands of Lan Shixun!"
"Are you saying that you were in a state of isolation and helplessness at that time, and even ended up being annihilated by the whole army, all because of Lan Shixun's miscalculation in the use of troops?" Lu Yifan asked.
"It's not a miscalculation! I think he's meticulous in his calculations!" Xie Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "If he miscalculated, how could he send troops to battle just when all the brothers in my Xie Zi battalion were killed and wounded? If he didn't know how to lead troops, how could he finally succeed in quelling the Zhuo Wolf Rebellion?"
"You mean to say that Lan Shixun deliberately put Xie Ziying in a crisis?" Han Ling'er exclaimed.
"That's good!" Xie Zhen roared angrily, "Lan Shixun has always been jealous of General Han's status and power in the court, Xie Ziying is the first vanguard under General Han, and he killed Xie Ziying under the guise of public welfare, which is equivalent to stabbing General Han in the back! After quelling the Zhuo Wolf Rebellion, Lan Shixun was officially named the Duke of Zhenbei by the emperor, and his status has risen again and again. ”
"I have also heard my father say that Lan Shixun's arrogance is in the limelight!" Lu Yifan nodded and said, "But in the end, this matter is just your speculation, what real evidence do you have?"
"If there is real evidence, why did we end up here?" Xie Zhen said helplessly, "Since it is a war, it is impossible not to die, Lan Shixun's personal vendetta must not be described as extremely ruthless, but also extremely shrewd! In the end, the entire Xie Zi battalion was wiped out, and it made people speechless!"
"Why don't you go to my father, do you just swallow your anger and watch tens of thousands of brothers die in vain?" Han Ling'er asked angrily.
"How can we swallow our anger? In order to seek justice, we once made a big fuss about Lan Shixun's Chinese army's big tent, and my second brother was also beaten to death by Lan Shixun's order when he broke into Lan Shixun's big tent to seek justice......" Speaking of this, Xie Zhen couldn't help but whimper.
"I really didn't expect that Xie Erbo didn't die in the siege of the beast domain army, but was actually killed by Lan Shixun...... He died in the hands of his own people......" Lu Yifan muttered to himself, his words full of helplessness and contempt for human nature.
"Lan Shixun was gracious and powerful, after killing the second brother, Lan Shixun also found me and my eldest brother, he said that as long as we don't make trouble anymore, he is willing to let us take charge of a city, and the second half of our ......lives will be glorious and rich," Xie Zhen said with a wry smile, "And this city is this poor and chaotic Wenyang City!"
"This is not the thing that surprised me the most, what surprised me the most is that you actually agreed to Lan Shixun's request?" Han Ling'er shook her head in disbelief and said, looking at Xie Zhen with a cold look in her eyes.
"I didn't agree!" Xie Zhen said loudly, "but...... But the eldest brother told me that if we insist on making trouble again, this matter will definitely implicate General Han in the end, because at that time, Lan Shixun had just quelled the war in the north and made a great contribution in front of the emperor, no matter how the emperor was led, he would never be embarrassed for Lan Shixun because of our few pawns, and General Han's personality would definitely swear to Lan Shixun not to give up, once the matter was deadlocked, it would inevitably be unfavorable to General Han, we had already killed the second brother because of this incident, and we could no longer implicate General Han, so ......" Xie Zhen sighed helplessly, " So in order for General Han not to be implicated in this matter, my eldest brother and I had to endure the humiliation and write a letter, telling General Han that the entire army of Xie Zi's battalion was wiped out, and we had no shame to face him again, so we wrote a letter to resign, this letter was forwarded by Lan Shixun to General Han, and my eldest brother and I quietly left the army at that time and came here......"
"So my father thought you were alive and well until now......," Han Ling'er said with a frown.
"This is a dumb loss, we have to eat it, and we have to eat it if we don't eat it!" Xie Zhen sighed helplessly, and after that, he repeatedly instructed Lu Yifan and the three of them, "I told you about this matter for the sake of your help last night, and now that eight years have passed since the incident, we don't want more people to be implicated in this matter, so please keep this matter a secret forever!"
"We won't tell you about this until we have to!" Lu Yifan replied to Xie Zhen's request with such an ambiguous sentence.
"Then have you figured out what happened back then?Why did the Beast Domain army raid the Zhuo Wolf Grassland?" Ji Yuan asked with hope, "How did they unknowingly bypass the eyes of the northern garrison and suddenly kill them?" and have you ever seen a seven or eight-year-old girl in the Zhuo Wolf Grassland? Her appearance and eyes are very similar to Miss Han?"
Faced with Ji Yuan's many questions, Xie Zhen shook his head silently: "I really don't know this, many things back then were very strange, and everything happened in a daze, until now I still know a lot of details about the year! As for the little girl you said, she should be from Zhuo Wolf Grassland, right?" I can only tell you that when we arrived at the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, there was only one person still alive, Ji Lie, and all other than that, there were only mountains of corpses left, and the residue after the fire burned out, I don't have the slightest impression of the little girl you said, if you are sure that she was in the Zhuo Wolf Grassland at that time, it must have been drowned in the endless corpses, or a fire set by the Beast Domain army......"
"No!" Before Xie Zhen's words could be finished, Ji Yuan was extremely able to stop him, his eyes were shining at this moment, obviously he was extremely annoyed by Xie Zhen's guess.
Ji Yi'er is so important to Ji Yuan that in front of Ji Yuan, no one else can say that Ji Yi'er has the slightest accident.
Facing Ji Yuan's reaction, Xie Zhen only smiled bitterly and shook his head, he had experienced the situation at that time, so he also understood Ji Yuan's mood very well.
But somehow, when Xie Zhen said today's words, Lu Yifan's heart suddenly had a thought, as if the matter of Zhuo Wolf Grassland back then was far from being as simple as it sounded today.
This confusing game of chess back then may not only be incomprehensible to Ji Yuan, but even Xie Zhen is just a poor chess piece who knows nothing about it!
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