Chapter 255: It's hard to be the flag master
readx;? The Zhuowolf Grassland in Northern Xinjiang has now become a lonely wilderness with wild grasses growing everywhere, neither the leisurely beauty of a wind-blown grassland where cattle and sheep are now as Ji Yuan said at the beginning, nor the boundless wilderness where Lu Yifan imagined that he could gallop on horseback. www.biquge.info On today's Zhuo Wolf Grassland, there are only cracked land and weeds in the dry yellow land, and occasionally you can see a yurt house in the distance, and two or three scrawny horses, which can also prove that there is still a trace of human population here.
Perhaps, these people are the lucky ones who survived the disaster of the Zhuo Wolf Grassland back then. But are you really lucky to survive?
Not necessarily, without the home of laughter and laughter, without the prairie where the grass grows and the warbler flies, in their current life, they are only barely alive, except for living, they no longer have other emotional sustenance, and what lingers in their hearts is in addition to the nightmare of the year, I am afraid that there is only endless sadness and memories of the wilderness in front of them.
It has been almost a month since Lu Yifan and Lan Chen brought people to the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, and in this month's time, Lan Chen has barely said a word to Lu Yifan, even if sometimes Lu Yifan takes the initiative to come to the door, Lan Chen also claims that he is sick, and Hai Lao and Sanchun's attitude towards Lu Yifan has also become quite unfamiliar. In Lu Yifan's opinion, it seems that all these mutations started from the day he and Lan Chen were named flag masters.
Of course, Lu Yifan didn't know anything about the conversation between Hai Lao and Lan Chen.
Lan Chen snubbed Lu Yifan, and Lu Yifan naturally wouldn't be bored. And more importantly, the problem that gives Lu Yifan a big headache now is not Lan Chen's attitude, but these northern border guards who came with him.
On this trip to the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, Lan Chen only brought Hai Lao and Sanchun and more than 30 of his guards. And Lu Yifan, in addition to Liu Sandao, Ji Yuan and more than 20 Wenyang warriors who came together, also followed more than 120 northern border guards sent to him by Xi Chen, these northern border guards used to serve the dead seven banner masters, and now they were fiercely divided into Lu Yifan's hands, and of course they were dissatisfied for a while. They disobeyed Lu Yifan because the current Lu Yifan was far inferior to the banner master they followed before, both in terms of age and cultivation.
Therefore, since he came out of the Border Guard Mansion, few of the more than 100 northern border guards on the way have been obedient. Causing trouble everywhere, as small as lying in bed in the morning and refusing to hurry, to always bullying some vendors who happened to pass by for no reason along the way, in short, they like to make trouble for Lu Yifan, and their purpose is only one, that is, to make Lu Yifan unbearable and take the initiative to ask Xi Chen to take these northern border guards back.
Liu Sandao and Ji Yuan both advocated catching a few leaders who made trouble and teaching them a strict lesson in military discipline, but they were both rejected by Lu Yifan. And the reason for Lu Yifan's refusal is that for these northern border guards, they must first salute and then soldiers, and discipline them with reason and law first, and they will fight again if they are really unconvinced!
Among the more than 100 northern border guards, the most prestigious one today is a middle-aged man named "Liu Meng". This person's cultivation has now reached the realm of the Nine Turns Soul Spirit, and he is definitely second to none among the many northern border guards, originally after the unfortunate death of the seven flag masters, this Liu Meng is the most likely candidate to be promoted to the flag master, not only these lucky surviving northern border guards think so, even Liu Meng himself thinks so. But what everyone didn't expect was that Lu Yifan suddenly killed him halfway through, completely breaking Liu Meng's good wishes. Lu Yifan was not only unusually promoted to the banner master, but also was easily assigned more than 100 northern border guards by Xi Chen.
Liu Meng wholeheartedly believes that Lu Yifan is a powerful child who has no real talent and real learning, and thinks that Lu Yifan's ascendancy is completely based on the relationship between his father Lu Haoqian, if it is a real fight, Liu Meng is confident that even if it is ten Lu Yifan, he will not take it seriously. Therefore, there have been so many things big and small since this period of time, and the ten* were all secretly instructed by Liu Meng.
Liu Meng expected that Lu Yifan would not last a few days, but he underestimated Lu Yifan's patience, although a lot of unpleasant things happened along the way, but Lu Yifan not only had the slightest intention of retreating, but every time he could hold back his anger and reason with these troublesome northern border guards. Over time, many northern border guards were a little embarrassed to make trouble for Lu Yifan again. And Liu Meng saw that the momentum was not right, and wanted to find an opportunity to personally plot against Lu Yifan, but unfortunately was discovered by the keen Liu Sandao, in the middle of the night, Liu Meng had not yet found a chance to shoot at Lu Yifan, but he was beaten by a man in black, and in the end, Liu Meng not only did not hurt Liu Sandao, but he didn't even see Liu Sandao's face clearly.
Now that everyone has arrived at the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, under the guidance of Ji Yuan, Lu Yifan found a flat place with plenty of water to set up camp, and Lan Chen deliberately chose another place far away from Lu Yifan's tent in order not to get too close to Lu Yifan.
It has been a long time since he came to the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, but surprisingly, Lu Yifan and his party did not encounter a single master of the Beast Domain, except for a few small gathering tribes in the entire Zhuo Wolf Grassland, they couldn't even find a ghost. If it weren't for the bones of the seven banner masters, I am afraid that Lu Yifan would have doubted whether there were any beast domain powerhouses here.
At noon, dozens of northern border guards were sent by Lu Yifan to investigate the traces of the beast domain powerhouses, while more than two dozen Wenyang warriors were all left behind to patrol around several camps.
And Lu Yifan, Liu Sandao, Ji Yuan, and Yin Xi were sitting in the tent discussing something, and Ah Chang was carefully pouring tea and water for them one by one. Although Lu Yifan has never regarded Ah Chang as a maid, Ah Chang has already put himself in the position of a maid. During this period of time, he has been by Lu Yifan's side, and the details of his life can be said to be leaky, which often makes Lu Yifan feel embarrassed, and after hard persuasion to no avail, Lu Yifan can only let Ah Chang persist like this.
As for Ji Yi'er not joining it, it seems that Ji Yi'er has not really integrated into this place from beginning to end, except for Ji Yuan, she almost never takes the initiative to talk to others, even if she meets Lu Yifan, she just nods and greets slightly.
"Yifan, what is it that Xie Yun is in such a hurry?" Ji Yuan asked Lu Yifan with a puzzled expression, Lu Yifan and Liu Sandao did not tell Ji Yuan about Xie Yun being sent to Yicheng.
"He only said that he had some personal matters to do, and it was inconvenient for me to ask!" Lu Yifan shook his head with a light smile and said, "Presumably he will come to meet us when he finishes it!"
"Then will he be in any danger?" Ji Yuan was obviously still a little uneasy, and his dark eyes were full of worry at the moment.
Lu Yifan was naturally very moved by Ji Yuan's kindness and righteousness, but the more he was moved by Ji Yuan's simplicity and kindness, the more he couldn't tell him about his suspicions about Ji Yi'er. This is not to prevent Ji Yuan, but to avoid making Ji Yuan have any mustard in his heart. After all, one is his brother in life and death, and the other is his own sister, so it's better not to let him know about the gap between the two.
"Ji Yuan, you don't have to worry blindly, back then, you were in a hurry to find your sister, and you just left! Xie Yun has always been cautious in doing things, there will definitely be no problems!" Liu Sandao laughed nonchalantly, "It's you, do you have any special feelings about coming back to Zhuo Wolf Grassland for so long?"
"Feelings?" Liu Sandao's change of topic was very successful, and when asked like this, Ji Yuan's eyes suddenly became dark, and a wry smile couldn't help but appear on his face, "How can you feel? This place is completely different from back then! It doesn't look like a place at all, maybe it's not a place at all!"
"What about the nomads?" Yin Xi asked curiously, grinning, "have you visited them, and maybe there are any people you know among them?"
"What about acquaintance?" Ji Yuan shook his head and chuckled, "If I go to see them, it will only bring them painful memories, what else can I do? Is it possible to hug each other and cry a lot? They finally came out of the haze of the past, and now they are living quite comfortably, so ...... I don't want to bother them anymore!"
"What about revenge, you won't take revenge?" Liu Sandao raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "This is not like your temperament!"
"Of course revenge must be avenged!But I am no longer in a hurry to revenge!" Ji Yuan's words At this point, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a sweet smile, and even the corners of his eyes couldn't help but wrinkle together, only when he laughed from the bottom of his heart, the corners of his eyes would have such a strong change, Ji Yuan gently stroked the wolf's head copper stick inserted in front of him, and then laughed softly, "Now that I have found Yi'er, I just want to take good care of her now, and do my best to make up for what I owe her as an elder brother over the years!" As for revenge, I won't go until I see Yi'er find a good family to marry and live a stable life at the earliest!"
"People say that hatred has a lot of power! But today I saw that the power of family affection is enough to cover up hatred!" Lu Yifan nodded in agreement, and then he reached out and lightly hammered Ji Yuan's shoulder, and said with a smile, "You just have to take care of your sister, and we will solve the revenge matter for you!"
"That's it, when I see those rabbit cubs in the beast domain, I'll be the first to go up and slash him a few times for you!" Yin Xi promised with a smile on his face.
Hearing these words, the corners of Ji Yuan's eyes couldn't help but become a little ruddy, and then he grabbed Lu Yifan's arm and said gratefully: "I, Ji Yuan, can meet you good brothers in this life, and it's worth dying!"
", we won't take care of my sister for you when you're dead!" Lu Yifan scolded with a smile.
"It's okay, Yi'er's girl is so beautiful and lovely, it just so happens that I'm not married, so I'll take care of her!" Liu Sandao joked cheekily.
"If she can really accompany Brother Liu in this life, it will be really a blessing for this girl Yi'er! haha......"
"You can talk!Ji Yuan, you kid is really getting better and better at talking!haha......"
For a while, in the midst of Ji Yuan and Liu Sandao's jokes, Lu Yifan and Yin Xi also laughed with them.
"Lord of the Border Guard Mansion...... Help me...... Decide for the old ......"
"Old fellow, get out of here! Beware of Lao Tzu beating you to death again!"
"Shoot me...... Shoot me to death...... The brutes killed my horses, robbed my family of food, and kidnapped my granddaughter...... Old man, I'm ...... today I fought with you today......"
"Hey, old immortal, I think you're tired of living! Do you know who we are?
"Lord...... The Lord of the Border Guard Mansion...... Please come out and save my granddaughter......"
Suddenly, accompanied by an old cry of grief and bitterness, followed by a loud scolding sound resounded in front of Lu Yifan's tent. After hearing this commotion, Lu Yifan, Liu Sandao, and Ji Yuan couldn't help but glance at each other suspiciously, and at the same time, Yin Xi had already strode out with a cold face.
"A group of bastards, don't you know that Lord Lu is resting in the tent? How dare you make noise here and look for death?" Yin Xi shouted at the group of people outside as soon as he opened the tent door.
"Lord...... Help......"
Outside the door was a white-haired man over seventy years old, his old face was covered with tears, a pair of old eyes had long been blurred by tears, and his rickety posture and slightly trembling thin body made people feel a burst of pity. An old man of such an age cried bitterly into this pitiful appearance with tears and snot flowing all over his face, and Lu Yifan really encountered it for the first time.
"Are you the eldest lord here?" When the old man saw Yin Xi, he completely ignored Yin Xi's vicious black face, and immediately threw himself down, stretched out his arms and hugged Yin Xi's legs tightly, and begged bitterly, "Lord, please be merciful and let my granddaughter go......
"Old man, this is our Lord Lu, and he is also the eldest master here, if you have anything to say to him, you might as well say it to him!" After Lu Yifan and the others walked out, Ah Chang, who was kind in his heart, hurriedly stepped forward when he saw this, stretched out his hand to help the old man up, and comforted him with a sympathetic face, "If you have any grievances, say it slowly, Lord Lu will definitely give you justice!"
"Lord Lu......" The old man looked at the young Lu Yifan blankly, was stunned for a moment, and then knelt down in unison with his knees to Lu Yifan, "My lord, old man, I beg you...... If you want horses and food, take them away, we don't want them...... As long as you let my granddaughter go......"
"What's going on?" Although Lu Yifan had just come out, he suddenly heard a hint from the old man's words, and the old man actually thought that Lu Yifan had snatched his granddaughter. Lu Yifan's face sank, and his eyes became solemn and a little scary.
"I'll go check ......" Seeing this, Liu Sandao hurriedly agreed and wanted to turn around and retreat.
However, before Liu Sandao could investigate, the old man suddenly grabbed Lu Yifan's trouser legs, looked at Lu Yifan with tears, and begged bitterly: "If you have the heart to find out about this matter, please go and save my granddaughter first......
"Your granddaughter?" Ji Yuan stared at him, and then asked curiously, "Who is your granddaughter, where is your granddaughter now, and how are we going to save her?"
"I ...... I...... I don't know where my granddaughter has been taken by your men......" cried out the old man with a look of horror, "I beg you, sir, to go and save her...... She's still a little girl......"
"This ......" The old man's words made Lu Yifan speechless for a while, he seemed to have guessed what was going on, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, "Old man......"
"Lu Yifan, get out of here yourself and take a look at the good things your subordinates have done!"
Before Lu Yifan's words fell, he only heard Lan Chen's roar suddenly coming from a distance, and then before Lu Yifan could figure out what was going on, he saw that Lan Chen was walking towards Lu Yifan with more than a dozen guards, and at this moment, in the hands of the guards behind Lan Chen, there were still five or six disheveled northern border guards, and at this moment, these clamped northern border guards were still scolding and shouting, and they didn't seem to take Lan Chen and the others in their eyes at all.
"This ......" Lu Yifan couldn't help but have a look of doubt on his face facing the six northern border guards who were thrown in front of him, he looked straight at Lan Chen, and asked with a puzzled face, "Lan Chen, who are they?"
"See for yourself!" Lan Chen ignored Lu Yifan, but glanced at the six northern border guards lying on the ground with disdain, and then waved his hand, only to see the two guards carrying a girl who was also disheveled and disheveled walked up step by step, and at this moment, the girl hung her head and dragged her legs, allowing the two guards to come over like this, but her body did not move at all, and she didn't know whether she was alive or dead.
"Not to mention that your subordinates grabbed horses and food, they actually kidnapped a woman to a mountain depression and did something worse than a pig and a dog!" Lan Chen reprimanded in a cold voice, "Lu Yifan, this time I see how you justify!"
"What?" As soon as Lan Chen's words came out, a roar suddenly flashed in Lu Yifan's mind, and even his body trembled. He only knew that these northern border guards under him liked to cause trouble, but he never expected that they would dare to do such an unreasonable thing. At that moment, Lu Yifan's body was trembling with anger, and his fists were clenched by him.
In front of Lu Yifan, who was furious, the few northern border guards who were thrown on the ground couldn't help but feel a chill in their backs, and they wanted to struggle to stand up, but they were kicked to the ground by Yin Xi and others, and suddenly a "oops" cry of pain came out of several mouths.
"Good granddaughter...... Grandpa is here...... Good granddaughter, you look up and look at grandpa......" When the old man saw his granddaughter, he hurriedly stood up and hugged her from the guard's hand, and no matter how desperately the old man shook it, the girl did not react at all.
Liu Sandao's eyes froze suddenly, and then he walked forward quickly, stretched out his hand and gently brushed the girl's long messy hair, and then put his fingers against her chin, slowly lifting the girl's head.
And just when the girl's face was completely lifted by Liu Sandao, the gurgling blood that kept spilling out between her lips suddenly appeared in front of Lu Yifan's eyes.
This girl would rather die than obey, and finally bit her tongue and committed suicide!
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