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Just after Xi Chen left from Lu Yifan, as soon as he returned, he personally wrote a 30,000-mile urgent letter to the emperor, and sent someone to send a fast horse back to Jinling City in the middle of the night. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info and ordered the northern border guards who sent the letter, even if they ran the dragon horse to death day and night, they would send the song back to Jinling City within 20 days, which was a matter of life and death in the holy area, coupled with Xi Chen's strict orders, his subordinates naturally did not dare to slack off, and they brought ten days of dry food to satisfy hunger overnight, rode their horses north, and completely disappeared into the endless night as soon as they rode outside Dingbei Town.

Today's night sky, there is no starry moon, and it is a little dark and a little crazy!

At the same time, Liu Sandao also secretly called Xie Yun to Lu Yifan's room, Xie Yun didn't know Lu Yifan's purpose for looking for him, so as soon as he entered the door, he was involuntarily nervous by the serious and depressing atmosphere of Lu Yifan and Liu Sandao.

"A Fan ......"

"Shhhh

Lu Yifan's words made Xie Yun frown, although he didn't ask more, he already had a premonition that things were not good.

"This matter is about Yi'er's ......" Lu Yifan seemed a little difficult to say, in fact, he didn't believe Ji Yi'er, but Ji Yi'er's indifference to everything after coming here and the discrepancies between her and Yu San's words before made Lu Yifan have to think one more step in the face of things at such an extremely critical moment now, "I remember that when we were in Night City, Yu San told us that Yi'er was taken to pay off the debt, but Yi'er told Ji Yuan that Yu San sold her to a rich man surnamed Sun in Yicheng, and then repaid the debt!" This may seem like something inconsequential, but it's a key point that keeps me at ease for a long time!"

"You mean...... Yicheng's rich man?" The intelligent Xie Yun immediately heard the key to Lu Yifan's words.

"That's good!" Lu Yifan nodded in response, "Although Yu San and Yi'er's words are only one rich man Sun, this is indeed the most crucial part of Yi'er's experience back then! If she was really sold to Rich Sun as Yi'er said and became her goddaughter, then she should be a young lady and have not suffered any hardships! But her current temperament is far from what a young lady should be, but more like a person who has seen through the vicissitudes of life, and this maturity should not appear in her little girl! Moreover, I don't think that any young lady can have a high level of cultivation at such a young age! Even Ling'er, as the daughter of Han Xiao, the first martial general of the Holy Domain, is far inferior to Yi'er! Isn't this too strange?"

"Yifan, do you suspect that Yi'er is lying?" Xie Yun said with a worried face, "If that's the case, then she didn't just deceive us, but she also deceived her own brother who loved her deeply!"

"I don't want to make up my mind about that!" Lu Yifan sighed softly, then looked at the wall with deep eyes, and muttered to himself, "I hope that this time I guessed wrong! If I really guessed wrong, then I would rather kneel down to Ji Yuan and Yi'er to make amends, then at least my heart is happy!"

"What ......if," Xie Yun hesitated, but finally said the concerns in his heart, "You guessed right?"

Lu Yifan didn't answer, because he didn't know how to answer at all.

"If you really guessed correctly and found out that Yi'er really deceived us and Ji Yuan, then what are you going to do next?" Xie Yun frowned and continued to ask, "Expose her, question her, or tell Ji Yuan all this?"

"Ji Yuan must not be able to accept that his beloved sister deceived him!" Liu Sandao said quietly.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if Yi'er deceived us, because she deceived us because there must be something unspeakable that she didn't want to tell us, if it was just because she didn't want to revisit the hardships of the year, then it was ......nothing," Lu Yifan pretended to comfort himself easily.

"But what if it's not for some unspeakable secret, but for some ulterior purpose?" Liu Sandao ruthlessly pierced Lu Yifan's assumptions, and said with a deep gaze, "Especially for some kind of purpose that is not good for us......"

"Brother Liu, don't guess!" Without waiting for Liu Sandao to finish the rest of the words, Lu Yifan stopped him abruptly, "Before everything is clear, none of us should speculate about Yi'er, after all, she is a girl's family who must have suffered a lot over the years, and now that she is finally reunited with her brother, we shouldn't think of her like this!"

"Yes!" Xie Yun nodded sympathetically, "I hope everything is just our blind thoughts, otherwise Ji Yuan will definitely be in pain!"

"So I want to trouble you to take a trip to Yicheng secretly!" Lu Yifan finally returned to the topic and said his ultimate purpose of calling Xie Yun here, "Find this rich man Sun, figure everything out, and let us feel completely at ease!"

"No problem!" Xie Yun first agreed happily, but then as if he suddenly remembered something, he hurriedly changed his words, "Wait a minute, you were just promoted to the banner master, and you will take someone to the Zhuo Wolf Grassland tomorrow, if I leave at this time......"

"Don't worry, we will be careful when we arrive at the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, you don't have to worry!" Lu Yifan had already guessed Xie Yun's worries, and smiled lightly and said with relief, "On the contrary, it's you, you must be cautious when you go to Yicheng secretly this time, I will let Yin Xi bring a few people with you, and there will be a good one on the way!"

"No!" Xie Yun replied, "Yicheng is within the North Ridge, which belongs to the territory of the Holy Domain, as long as I don't cause trouble, there won't be any trouble, but it's the time for you to employ people now, and it's better for Yin Xi and the others to follow you! After all, we don't know about those northern border guards who were newly sent by Xi Chen, and they may not be able to obey you! Now that there are crises in the northern Xinjiang, you have to rely on your own talents at a critical time!"

"It's okay!" Lu Yifan didn't insist anymore, stretched out his hand and put it on Xie Yun's shoulder, and said with a solemn face, "I'm waiting for you in the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, Xie Yun, be careful when you go to Yicheng!"

"Don't worry!" Xie Yun also raised his hand on Lu Yifan's shoulder, and the corners of his mouth raised a relaxed smile, "I'll go back and prepare later, and leave the Border Guard Mansion before dawn, tomorrow morning, you just need to prevaricate an excuse for me!"

Xie Yun said, he and Lu Yifan's five fingers invariably worked together and grabbed each other's shoulders heavily, although there were not too many words, but one action and one look at each other was enough to convey too many things.

In order not to attract attention, Xie Yun did not leave immediately, but stayed in Lu Yifan's room for an extra half an hour, and the three of them drank a few more rounds of tea before they pretended to be okay and got up to say goodbye.

Tonight, the cold wind is still cold and biting, and the Border Guard Mansion still looks calm on the surface. But in reality, there are too many people tossing and turning tonight and slumping and slept.

This is true for Xi Chen and Lu Yifan, but the same is true for Lan Chen, who lives in another courtyard.

Lan Chen has been sitting quietly in his room in a daze since he came back, his eyes changing with the fluctuations of his mood, sometimes excited, sometimes worried, sometimes happy, sometimes sad and angry. He was excited and happy that he had been promoted to the banner master in just two months, and once this matter was reported back to Jinling City, he was afraid that the entire Lan family would be shaken. What worries and grieves is that the land of northern Xinjiang is now encountering a critical moment that has not been encountered for many years, and his promotion opportunity was exchanged for the lives of the seven banner masters. This price is still too big even for Lan Chen, who has always been arrogant.

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, which also interrupted Lan Chen's complicated thoughts.

"Who?" Lan Chen knew that this was the Border Guard Mansion, and outsiders could not intrude at will, so he didn't panic, and his tone was very flat.

"Childe, it's me!" An old voice slowly sounded outside the door, Lan Chen was no stranger to this voice, it was Hai Lao.

"Come in!" Lan Chen didn't get up to greet him, and when Hai Lao pushed the door in, Lan Chen only greeted him lightly, "Hai Lao hasn't rested so late?"

"Didn't Childe never fall asleep?" said Hai Lao with a smile, "I saw that the candle in Childe's room was not extinguished, so I came here to beg for mercy, and by the way, I wanted to say a few words to Childe!"

"Confidant?" Hai Lao's words seemed to arouse Lan Chen's interest, in fact, he and Hai Lao were not familiar with each other, only knew that Hai Lao was the master that Lan Shixun sent to his side to protect him before he left, as for where Hai Lao came from, and what was the relationship between him and Lan Shixun, Lan Chen didn't know anything.

"Sit down!" Lan Chen sorted out his messy thoughts a little, and then gestured slightly at a chair next to him, motioning for Hai Lao to take a seat, "In the middle of the night, I don't know what Hai Lao wants to say to me?"

"Hehe, first of all, the old man should first congratulate Gongzi on his promotion to the banner master of the Border Guard Mansion!" Hai Lao arched his hand at Lan Chen with a smile, "You can be promoted from a newcomer to the banner master in two months, which is a unique thing in the history of the Border Guard Mansion." ”

"This matter is just a coincidence, don't mention it!" Lan Chen is not an ordinary young man after all, and he is not complacent at all because of Hai Lao's two kind words, "Hai Lao didn't come here so late just to say congratulations to me, right?"

"Childe is really smart!" Hai Lao nodded and smiled, "Lord Lan sent Childe to Northern Xinjiang, and he really didn't choose the wrong person!"

Hai Lao's words immediately aroused Lan Chen's vigilance, and he saw that he stared at Hai Lao's smiling face with deep meaning, and said faintly: "I don't understand what you mean, what do you mean by sending me to Northern Xinjiang?"

"Childe, let me ask you, today Xi Chen promoted you and Lu Yifan as banner masters at the same time, but in the end, he only assigned the northern border guard to Lu Yifan, and he didn't care about Childe's intention at all, what do you think about Childe?" Hai Lao asked tentatively.

"What do you want to say?" Lan Chen asked bluntly, "You might as well speak up! You know that Master Ben has always disliked guessing other people's words!"

"Xi Chen is prejudiced against Gongzi, but he loves Lu Yifan very much!" Hai Lao did not shirk, and said bluntly, "Childe, do you remember how Qin Bao tested you when you and Lu Yifan first entered the Border Guard Mansion, and how did he test Lu Yifan?"

Hai Lao's words made Lan Chen's eyes suddenly flash a cold light, and Lan Chen had always been haunted by Qin Bao's death to himself that day.

"You know the reason for all this, right?" Lan Chen suddenly raised his eyebrows, stared at Hai Lao's eyes, and said word by word, "Tell me!"

"Actually, it's very simple, just because Gongzi you are the son of Lan Shixun, the Duke of Zhenbei!" Hai Lao gradually put away the smile on his face, and replaced it with a solemn look, "The rapid rise of Zhenbei Gong in the court in recent years will naturally cause dissatisfaction among many people, from Han Xiao, Lu Haoqian, down to Xi Chen and others, these people are all old ministers who have followed the emperor for many years, and they have not seen any improvement in so many years, and Lord Lan has become one of the three powerful ministers in just a few years, and has become a thorn in the side and flesh of these people!" Therefore, it is normal for them to do everything possible to make things difficult for Lord Lan, and not to miss any opportunity to embarrass Lord Lan!"

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the angry Lan Chen slapped his palm heavily on the table, shaking the tea set on the table and knocking it over, clanging loudly.

"Despicable villain!" Lan Chen gritted his teeth and said, "I can't fight my father with a clear sword, but I secretly want to embarrass my father by targeting me, it's really a villain's doing!" I always knew that Han Xiao and Lu Haoqian were at odds with my father, but I didn't expect that Xi Chen, who was far away in the northern Xinjiang, would be such a shameless person!"

"It's like this in the middle of the court, the so-called capable people are excluded by others, and the mediocre have their own faction, which has long been commonplace!" Hai Lao added fuel to the fire, "And in order to give you and your brother Lan Jin a better opportunity to cultivate, Lord Lan sent you to Xuanzong to practice under tremendous pressure, and this matter also attracted the dissatisfaction of the ministers, who said all their slander in front of the emperor, and secretly framed Lord Lan for colluding with the sect leader of the Holy Domain, trying to be the enemy of the emperor!"

"It's just nonsense!" Lan Chen's face turned red, and the look of hatred that he couldn't kill showed that Lan Chen had gradually lost his original reason at this moment, "Who is slandering my father so much behind his back, I want to cut him with a thousand knives and crush his bones and ashes!"

"Who else could it be? who dared to frame Lord Lan in front of the Emperor, who else could there be besides Han Xiao and Lu Haoqian?" said Hai Lao with an innocent face.

"I guess it's these two shameless people!" Lan Chen scolded, "In vain, I thought Lu Yifan was a good thing, his father was a villain who likes to play right and wrong, how could this Lu Yifan be a good person? During this time, he was just pretending in front of me, but in fact, he had already secretly communicated with Xi Chen, and wanted to set up a situation to harm me together!"

"In fact, no amount of gossip can shake Lord Lan's status, but the most important thing is to lead the emperor for such false accusations...... He actually believed it!" Hai Lao deliberately showed an unbelievable look, and said with a grief-stricken face, "Lord Lan is loyal to the Emperor, and he personally went to the Northern Xinjiang at great risk to lead troops to quell the Wolf Grassland Rebellion, and later led people to clear out the Closed City Lou Sect that was doing evil in the southwest, plus he has been diligently assisting the Emperor for so many years, but he didn't want to get to the end, and the Emperor didn't believe him...... It's really wrong...... I don't think it will be long before Lord Lan will be completely framed and lose everything he has now, and the emperor will be unkind to erase Lord Lan's exploits for so many years in one fell swoop......

"How can the Emperor be so confused?" Lan Chen, who was in a hurry, finally said something unscrupulous.

"Why can't it? In the current government and the opposition, the emperor believes in Han Xiao and Lu Haoqian, but he doesn't believe in Lord Lan......" Hai Lao said in a sad tone, "Even the old man and I feel worthless for Lord Lan! Not only me, but even those brothers in the border camp who have followed Lord Lan from birth to death are also crying out for Lord Lan!"

"You mean Chu Lingtian and Ma Rufeng?" Lan Chen suddenly thought of the people in the camp, and suddenly understood why Ma Rufeng was only respectful to himself that day, but he was extremely indifferent to Lu Yifan and Xi Chen, it turned out that there was such a reason behind this.

I have to say that Hai Lao really knows how to incite Lan Chen's emotions, and he also knows how to reverse right and wrong and confuse black and white.

"That's good!" Hai Lao nodded in response, "Ma Rufeng is a rough man, with a straight temperament, but he can't lie the most! He can see right and wrong clearly in black and white, and he can't rub the slightest sand in his eyes! He doesn't despise Lu Yifan, but contempt Lu Haoqian behind Lu Yifan, and even despise the mediocre emperor!"

"Then the father is willing to sit back and wait to die, waiting to be framed and die by Han Xiao and Lu Haoqian?" Lan Chen stood up suddenly, glared at Hai Lao, and asked sharply.

"Of course not! If you are unkind first, then don't blame me for being unjust! Lord Lan is now forced to be helpless, so he can only ......" Hai Lao's words were abruptly paused at this point, and his old eyes were still staring at Lan Chen's expression with deep meaning, even if Lan Chen's expression changed at the moment, Hai Lao could immediately notice it.

"So what?" Lan Chen anxiously urged, "Hai Laodu, what are you still selling in front of me at this time? How did my father decide?

"In any case, Childe, you must be the first to remember one thing! All of this is thanks to Han Xiao and Lu Haoqian, everything Lord Lan is doing today is forced out alive by the confused and mediocre Emperor!" Hai Lao asked again with disease.

Lan Chen's heart couldn't help but tremble slightly when he heard this, as if he realized something in his mind, but he didn't ask more, he had to wait quietly, waiting for Hai Lao to completely confide out the most important sentence.

"Childe, Lord Lan's final decision is...... Wrong is wrong, plot rebellion ......"

"Shhh

As soon as Hai Lao's words came out, Lan Chen's pupils shrank, and then his legs weakened and his body crooked, and he fell back to the chair heavily.

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