readx;? When night fell, the lightning and thunder that lasted for nearly two hours between this piece of heaven and earth finally calmed down at this moment, and after Lan Shixun officially ordered Xun Ming to collect his troops, there were corpses all over the field outside Jinling City, and blood flowed like a river. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lan Shixun's soldiers and horses seemed to retreat very quickly and urgently, so that they didn't even have time to take back the corpses of their own companions, which was not a common thing on the battlefield, judging from the retreat traces of Wei Li and Chu Lingtian's two groups of men and horses, they seemed to have been interrupted by something in the middle of the attack, and the retreat was quite sudden. Although Han Xiao, Lu Yifan and the others in Jinling City didn't understand their intention of suddenly giving up the siege, but in any case, the defensive battle just now was fought beautifully, so far they had already lost nearly 40,000 of Wei's black armor army, and by the way, they also killed Chu Lingtian's 10,000 old troops, and the most pleasing thing for Han Xiao and the others was that the Jinling defenders had no other casualties except for the five thousand soul sect disciples brought out by Xie Yun who had lost hundreds. Therefore, tonight, Han Xiao and Lan Shixun went head-to-head, and Han Xiao could be described as a complete victory.

Looking at the tens of thousands of defeated troops that gradually disappeared at the end of the north, as well as the countless corpses scattered outside the city, Han Xiao finally relaxed his tense mood for a day, stood on the city tower with his hands on the battlements and looked up to the sky and laughed, while Lu Yifan was also secretly relieved after seeing Xie Yun and the others return safely.

"A big battle can lose 50,000 soldiers and horses of the other party, and in a few more days like this, we will be able to rush out with a large army, kill Lan Shixun's entire army in one fell swoop, and turn defeat into victory!" Lu Yifan looked at the tragic situation under the city with emotion, "It's just that after today's events, Wei Li is afraid that he won't be so impulsive anymore!"

"It's really worthy of being the first military general in the Holy Domain, today's battle shows his might, the public name of the Protector of the Holy Domain is worthy of it, this emperor really didn't misunderstand you!"

Just when Han Xiao and Lu Yifan were talking and laughing, Emperor Yan Chong didn't know when to re-ascend the city wall, and after he casually glanced at the dead silence outside the city, he suddenly understood the victory or defeat of the battle just now, and at this moment his mood seemed to be extremely not wrong, and his old eyes were full of excitement and relief. At this moment, Saint West King Yan Zheng and Saint South King Yan Hao followed closely behind Yan Chong, both of them looking back and forth towards the city with excited faces, as if they had never seen such a tragic scene.

As soon as he saw the emperor coming, the sergeants who were originally sitting on both sides of the corridor of the city wall to rest got up and wanted to kneel down and salute, but Yan Chong waved his hand again and again with a loving face to signal the sergeants to continue to rest, and he kept praising in his mouth: "You are all good men in the Holy Domain, and the emperor has seen the heroic battle just now." Today, you swear to defend Jinling City to the death, and you will create a glorious immortal feat, and each of you and your people will be permanently blessed by the royal family because of your loyalty and bravery today, and after the end of the war, each of you will be promoted to the third level and a bounty of ten thousand taels!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor!" Although Yan Chong said that he didn't need to get up, how could these ordinary soldiers dare to be really rude? I saw them respectfully kneeling on both sides to welcome Yan Chong as they walked by, and when they heard the Emperor's reward, everyone's faces showed excitement that could not be concealed.

"Your Majesty!" Han Xiao and Lu Yifan had already led people to greet Yan Chong at this moment, Han Xiao and the generals under his command knelt down one after another, while Lu Yifan and the people of the Soul Sect bowed their hands. Although it was just a small detail, it still made Yan Zheng's eyes, who were standing behind Yan Chong, couldn't help but flash a touch of profound light.

"Okay, good!" Yan Chong personally helped Han Xiao up and asked with a smile in his eyes, "How many enemies did you kill just now?"

"More than 50,000!" replied Han Xiao softly.

"And how many soldiers and horses did we lose?"

"Less than five hundred!" Han Xiao replied again, "Because we want to kill the three thousand black-armored troops outside the city gate to prevent them from escaping, just now Sect Master Lu personally sent the elite of the Soul Sect under his command out of the city to kill them, and then lost five hundred people!" Han Xiao's explanation was undoubtedly asking for credit for Lu Yifan.

"Good!very good!excellent!" Yan Chong couldn't even close his mouth when he heard this achievement, and nodded again and again in praise, "It seems that this emperor's trip to the West Emperor Mountain is not in vain, with the help of Sect Master Lu, it can really be worth 100,000 troops......!"

"Your Majesty has won the award, in fact, this battle will ultimately rely on Lord Han's arrangement to win a big victory, and I am afraid that Jinling City will be lost long ago!" Lu Yifan smiled modestly.

"All of them are meritorious! they all have great merit!" Yan Chong laughed and said, "If this battle is not fought, Lan Shixun still thinks that no one in the Holy Domain can compete with him, and today is just the right time to frustrate his spirit!"

Yan Zheng, who had been silently following the movements outside the city, finally retracted his gaze and said with a faint smile: "Sect Master Lu has such a ability at a young age, and he is the son-in-law of Lord Han, why not take this opportunity to ask His Majesty for a half-official position, so as to revive the glory of the Lu family in the future?"

As soon as Yan Zheng's words came out, Yan Chong and Han Xiao's eyes invariably turned to Lu Yifan, both of them had a touch of expectation in their eyes, but only Yan Zheng, who asked this question, was a little strange at the moment, although he also wanted to know Lu Yifan's answer, but Yan Zheng's curiosity was a little scrutiny.

Lu Yifan smiled slightly, then slowly shook his head and said: "I'm used to being idle, so I don't like to be bound by so many rules, so the good intentions of King Shengxi Lu are afraid that they will not be blessed!"

As soon as Lu Yifan's words came out, a trace of disappointment obviously flashed on the faces of Yan Chong and Han Xiao, but on the contrary, Yan Zheng's face inadvertently showed a hint of relief.

"Your Majesty, Lord Han, I'm still injured, so I'll go down and rest first!"

After that, Lu Yifan didn't wait for Yan Chong and Han Xiao to persuade him again and walked straight to the city wall, while Liu Sandao, Ji Yuan, Xie Yun, Lu Jun and other people from the Soul Sect followed quickly, and when a few of them passed by Yan Hao, Yan Hao couldn't help but whisper: "What about you? Are you willing to enter the court to serve the emperor? If you are willing, I will ask Your Majesty to give you high-ranking officials for you......"

But what made Yan Hao feel extremely embarrassed was that Liu Sandao and the others didn't even slow down their pace for half a minute in the face of their own kindness, and walked by one as if they hadn't heard it, but Lu Jun, who was walking at the end, took care of Yan Hao, and the result was just an inexplicable chuckle. Somehow, Yan Hao always felt that Lu Jun's last smile was actually mocking his proposal was very ridiculous, which made Yan Hao's heart unhappy for a while, after all, the recommendation and wooing of King Shengnan was not something that anyone could get, you must know that in the Holy Domain, I don't know how many people want to look forward to this kind of good thing, but it has become a worthless joke on this group of people, which makes Yan Hao feel more and more faceless the more he thinks about it. If Yan Chong hadn't been standing next to him, I'm afraid that Yan Hao would have stopped them and scolded them a long time ago.

"Han Gong, you son-in-law...... It's really screwed!" Yan Chong didn't know how to describe Lu Yifan appropriately, so his tone sounded mixed, and even a hint of intriguing, "Although the old man Qiu Ming had already told the emperor, the emperor still underestimated his temperament. ”

"Alas!" At this point, Han Xiao could only sigh helplessly, "This kid I grew up watching, he has the same temperament as Brother Lu, as long as it is a decision, he will never change it easily!"

"His father is like this, and he is the same, do you say that their father and son still blame the emperor in their hearts?" Yan Chong asked faintly, "Blame the emperor for hiding all this from them, blame the emperor for making their family fall into the middle, blame the emperor for failing to protect their clansmen and slaughter, and even blame the emperor for marrying Ling'er girl to Yan Ze before......"

"Your Majesty is too worried! Lu Haoqian's loyalty to His Majesty is worthy of the sun and the moon, and Yifan is only young and vigorous, and now he has just founded a huge soul sect, which can be said to be in the limelight, now if he is allowed to settle down to the court and live a down-to-earth life, I am afraid it will not be so easy!" Han Xiao hurriedly explained, "Since they want to go, let them go!"

The smile on Yan Chong's face gradually became stronger, and he saw that he threw a pair of old eyes straight at Han Xiao, and asked with a smile: "Lu Haoqian, this emperor is not worried, but if you let this emperor expand his sect with this Lu Yifan now, will one day the Soul Sect become the second Xuanzong?"

Before Yan Chong's words fell, Han Xiao's face changed suddenly, and then he immediately knelt on the ground with a 'poof', his face was a look of sincere fear, and he promised again and again: "Yifan will never be an enemy of His Majesty, not now, and never in the future!

"Of course he won't be alive now!, but what if you're gone?" Yan Chong asked with a smile again. However, when he asked this sentence, he didn't wait for Han Xiao, whose face became more and more pale, to open his mouth to answer, and then he suddenly laughed to himself, and then Yan Chong personally helped Han Xiao up, and before Han Xiao even dusted the dust off his knees, he explained with a smile, "Han Gongdon't take it seriously, this emperor just made a joke with you! Of course, this emperor believes that Lu Yifan will not fail me, let alone the way of heaven! haha......"

Seeing the Emperor Ling smiling and explaining while dusting off his body, Han Xiao only felt that he couldn't calm down for a long time as if he had just woken up from a big dream, his eyes were solemn as he looked at Yan Chong, and his heart was beating fast.

Han Xiao is well aware of the intrigue of the court, and he is even more well versed in the truth that a companion is like a tiger, and he knows better than anyone else that the truth is false, and the truth is true when it is false, and when it is true and false, this is not only a true portrayal of getting along with the emperor. Although Yan Chong kept saying that what he just said was a joke, in fact, would his worries about Lu Yifan really be a joke?

What if not?

After two hours of tension, the people in the gathering place in Jinling City gradually dispersed and returned to their homes to rest, although today's Jinling City has long been without the prosperity and liveliness of the past, but there is more tranquility and serenity. At this time when it should be bustling, there are no people on the street, and some people's homes can still be seen on both sides of the empty street, and even some people have just made a fire to cook.

Lu Yifan and the others walked slowly on the empty and silent street, Liu Sandao had been asking Xie Yun about the siege and killing of the Black Armor Army just now, and Liu Sandao couldn't go into battle in person just now, it can be said that his hands were itching, especially when he heard Xie Yun talking about how happy he had just killed, Liu Sandao's eyes were full of envy.

"Yifan, did you notice it just now?" Ji Yuan smiled lightly and bypassed the chattering Liu Sandao and a few people, walked quickly to Lu Yifan's side and asked softly, and when he said this, his expression became a little solemn.

"En!" Lu Yifan's answer was short and straightforward, he didn't stop, he didn't even twist his head in the direction of Ji Yuan, he still walked his steps unhurriedly, and the corners of his mouth slowly raised a soft smile, "Something is wrong!"

"yes! not quite right!" Ji Yuan also smiled lightly, "Do you want me to find someone to check on him?"

Hearing Ji Yuan's words, Lu Yifan's eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, and then after a little hesitation, he shook his head lightly and said, "Forget it! After all, he saved us!"

"Maybe he has another purpose?" reminded Kihara softly.

"Maybe! But the fact that he helped us can't be changed!" Lu Yifan nodded in response, "Since it wasn't targeted at us, then we don't need to investigate his affairs, it's all to repay his kindness to us!"

"That'...... Okay!" Although Ji Yuan was unwilling, he finally followed Lu Yifan's meaning, "I hope he is not doing bad things!"

"Who are you talking about?" Lu Jun poked his head out of nowhere and asked with a smile on his face, "Who would do bad things?"

Hearing Lu Jun's words, Lu Yifan and Ji Yuan couldn't help but look at each other and smile, and Ji Yuan replied softly: "Saint West King Yanzheng!"

"Oh!" Lu Jun didn't seem to have much interest in Yan Zheng, and even if he got the answer, he just laughed it off.

"Something?" Lu Yifan seemed to see Lu Jun's thoughts, and a look of curiosity couldn't help but appear on his face, "If you have something, just say it!"

"That ......" Lu Jun, who has always been frank, actually became a little squirming at this moment, an embarrassed and shy smile appeared on his face, and his cheeks turned red unconsciously, "If there is nothing to do for a while, I think ...... I want to see Fluttershy......"

Looking at Lu Jun's twisted posture, Lu Yifan and Ji Yuan couldn't help laughing, Lu Yifan slowly stopped, and then reached out to personally tidy up the slightly wrinkled collar for Lu Jun, and at the same time chuckled in his mouth: "It's time to go, it's long overdue!"

"The battle was tense before, so I'm embarrassed to mention it......"

"Fool!" Lu Yifan couldn't help but punch him hard in the chest when he heard Lu Jun's words, and then smiled, "We are brothers, what else is there to be embarrassed about between brothers?"

"Hehe...... Lu Jun smiled stupidly, "Then I'll go?"

"Go, go, go!" Liu Sandao stepped forward and laughed playfully, "Don't be in a hurry to come back, in fact, it's okay if you don't come back tonight!" Haha......" Liu Sandao's words immediately caused Chu Ding, Qin Qingyu and others to laugh.

"Let's go!" Lu Yifan smiled and stretched out his hand to push Lu Jun, who was crimson, and Lu Jun excitedly said goodbye to everyone again, and then ran towards another street, and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.

Looking at Lu Jun, who was getting farther and farther away, Liu Sandao suddenly changed his words and asked, "Yifan, do you have something on your mind?"

Liu Sandao's words immediately attracted the attention of others, and Lu Yifan asked Liu Meng, who was following behind, with a faint smile: "How is Yin Xi's injury?"

"It's no big deal, don't worry, the sect master can't die!" Liu Meng agreed loudly, "With Ah Chang, Wu Mei and Miss Ji to take care of them, Yin Xi, this kid is enjoying it very much now, I knew that I would be stabbed a few times in the morning!"

"Haha......" Liu Meng's words once again caused a burst of laughter from everyone.

"What about Ruoxi and Ling'er?" Lu Yifan nodded and continued to ask, "Didn't they say that they were going to thank Han Cheng in person?"

"They should be back!" Kihara said, "Now they should rest in the Han Mansion!"

"Oh!"

"Yifan, you always ask absent-mindedly one thing and one thing in the west, what's wrong with you?" Liu Sandao asked thoughtfully, "There must be something, don't hide it from me!"

"It's nothing!" Lu Yifan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, "It's just that there is a feeling of emptiness in my heart, this feeling makes me very unsteady, even upset, as if something bad has happened!" Saying that, Lu Yifan also gently covered his right hand in his heart, as if to soothe his uneasy heart.

"What's the matter?"

"I don't know!" Lu Yifan shook his head with a wry smile, "It's just a feeling, maybe it's too tired, it may be fine tomorrow if you sleep all night tonight......"

Although Lu Yifan's words were relaxed, he still subconsciously set his eyes on the night sky full of stars, as if he wanted to seek an answer from the vast starry sky.

Somehow, the stars in the southwest tonight seem unusually bright and dazzling!

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