He even muttered uncontrollably, "Are you ...... Who? ”

He knew that the person in front of him was Dingbei Marquis Xiao Mu, but ......

In his sight, the man immersed in light and shadow replied to him, "It's me." ”

The voice that had long faded from the youthfulness of the youth was extremely gentle, but it still seemed to carry the old shadow of the past.

At this moment, the man almost stopped breathing, and his body froze inch by inch, only setting off a turbulent wave under his eyes.

He somehow found his voice: "...... Pimp?! ”

He looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, and his voice and demeanor were all fluctuating with shock: "How is it possible...... How could it be ......"

Lang Jun is clearly gone!

The figure walked slowly towards him from the light and shadow, and stretched out the hand that had been behind him, and inside it was an old, mottled dagger.

"This dagger, you have always kept-" Xiao Mu said.

The man's eyes were even more shocked when he heard this, and after his gaze settled on the dagger for a moment, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at Xiao Mu.

"When you were twelve years old, I gave you this dagger, so that you can protect and follow Chen Ling." Xiao Mu looked at the dagger in his hand, and seemed to feel a little emotional: "But I never thought that after twelve years, in order to avenge the Chen Ling, you just showed me this blade——"

"Lang Jun......" The man stared at the person in front of him for a moment, trying to move his bound body forward because of excitement: "It's really you?!" ”

These things, except for His Royal Highness King Jin, only Lang Jun knows!

Even His Royal Highness the King of Jin may not know the origin of this dagger!

Only Lang Jun!

It can only be Lang Jun!

The man's eyes turned red almost instantly.

Xiao Mu squatted down on one knee in front of him and cut the knot that bound him with a dagger.

As soon as the man was free, he knelt down towards Xiao Mu with a "plop" and kowtowed heavily: "Lan Qingyan failed to recognize Lang Jun, and almost injured Lang Jun's life, he really deserves death!" ”

"It is your duty to follow Chen's order and avenge him, and you are innocent and innocent." Xiao Mu stood up, his eyes were a little silent: "Back then, it was indeed me who killed him with my own hands. ”

As everyone knows, four years ago, Xiao Mu, the Marquis of Dingbei, pacified the rebellion of the King of Jin, took the life of the King of Jin in front of the two armies, captured the thief and killed the king first, became famous in the first battle, and was named Marquis and entered the Jue, and monopolized the military power of the North.

Lan Qing, who was kneeling there, stiffened slightly, and slowly raised his head: "...... Back then, did His Royal Highness the King of Jin recognize Lang Jun on the battlefield? ”

Lang Jun's appearance has obviously changed!

"On the eve of the war, I secretly went to the Jin military camp to meet Chen Ling."

Lan Qing was extremely surprised.

In this way, before the war, Lang Jun revealed his identity to His Royal Highness the King of Jin?!

After the accident, I was puzzled: "If this is the case, why is it ......?"

Under the recognition of the old people, why did they still start a war and confrontation, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin finally died under the sword of Langjun......

Xiao Mu said: "At that time, the victory or defeat of the war had already settled, and I went that night to persuade Chen to order the retreat to surrender and save the last trace of life. ”

Lan Qing understood, and lowered his voice: "His Royal Highness King Jin...... Reluctance to quit, right? ”

Xiao Mu looked at the bowl of condensed sheep soup in front of Lan Qing, as if he had been brought back to the night four years ago when the water was dripping into ice and the cold wind hunted and agitated the banner of the Jin army.

The two sat down in the manager's tent.

After drinking two glasses of wine, the old friend "came back from the dead", and the joy of reunion was soon replaced by the heavy mood of the passage of time and the changes of the world.

Among them, at this time, there is a life-and-death decision.

King Jin drank another glass of wine, and at first he spoke in a relaxed tone—

"Among the four of us, you know me best, and if I am against me, I will not descend."

"I know that you want to save my life, and you will not hesitate to reveal your identity, and you will come here alone regardless of your own safety, and you must also persuade you...... Respectfully, I understand this intention. But I have never asked for more than just to live. ”

"Do you know what I hate the most? My brother and I are both born from the queen mother, just because I am two years younger than my brother, I am destined to miss the throne - but I never hated my brother, I never thought of competing with my brother for the throne of the prince, but my father was suspicious, he made my brother the prince, and he regarded me as an outsider to watch out for when I was still a child......"

"He is not only suspicious, but also confused and incompetent, whether the Shi family is a collaborator or not, he really has no judgment? All injustice comes from him! He was the one I hated all along! ”

"After the accident in the Shi family, my brother and I intended to secretly investigate the strangeness, and he noticed that my brother was grounded in the East Palace, and after I was punished, I was pointed out by him to this bitter cold place with a holy edict, and all I got was 'no one to enter Beijing without a call'! I was kicked out by him, and I can't even go home again......"

"When I first arrived in the north, the alien race was eyeing me, the lieutenant generals under my command did not listen to the command, and everywhere the yang and yin disobeyed, I didn't know what to do, embarrassed and useless......"

"Later, I gradually understood that only when I am strong can I have the opportunity to crush those injustices with my own hands."

"I want to overturn the case for the Shi family, I want to leave the northern land that turned me into a trapped beast, I want to prove my father wrong, let him know that everything today is caused by him!"

"Jingzhi, you don't have to pity me, and you don't have to feel ashamed - everything I do, to put it deeply, is not for the sake of the Shi family, it is just from the obsession of my heart. You should know me, I have not been a peaceful temperament since I was a child, and as long as someone pushes me, I can be pushed into a place of no return. ”

"I'm not going to fall. To survive as a sinner is really a wretch. Even if you let me go today, it's too boring to live incognito. ”

"Drink this pot of wine, you don't have to be merciful on the battlefield tomorrow, you and I have been competing since childhood, you have never won me, you know that my temperament is sensitive and unpredictable, so I deliberately give in, but I am afraid that I will see that you are giving in - tomorrow, remember not to let it anymore, otherwise I will look down on you when you look down on me."

"In this battle, I want to fight to the end, even if I lose, I have to lose without regrets-"

"It's all about me, respect."

"I'm glad you came to see me today and know you're still alive."

“……”

So, the reunion is goodbye.

The next day, in front of the two armies, when the victory was decided, he only hesitated for a short time, and his friend had already bumped into the long knife in his hand and made a final decision for him.

He watched his friend's scarlet blood gushing out of his mouth, only to feel that the world was silent, and the sound of Jin Ge's iron hooves fighting in his ears was all gone.

Did he really "fulfill" his friend?

He wasn't sure.

But the death of a friend really "fulfilled" Xiao Mu.

To put it mildly, he is the ultimate beneficiary.

Therefore, to kill is to kill, and the person is killed by his own hands, without bitterness, without hidden feelings-

"I kill people, whoever I am. If you want to avenge him in the future, you have nothing to blame. Xiao Mu withdrew his thoughts from the old incident and said to Lan Qing.

Lan Qing was silent for a long time.

"This is His Royal Highness the King of Jin's own choice...... It's not Lang Jun's fault. He said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Besides, there is no right or wrong between life and death on the battlefield, and I have always known this...... The so-called revenge for His Royal Highness the King of Jin is just a reason for me to coax myself into living. ”

When he raised his head again, the dead silence and anger in his eyes were gone, and he smiled instead: "Besides...... On single-handedness, I'm not Lang Jun's opponent, on the number of people, and even Lang Jun's body can't get close, and then talk about revenge, isn't it looking for death? ”

Xiao Mu also smiled: "It's okay, you can give it a try, but I probably won't show mercy anymore, so you still need to think clearly, it's best to explain the aftermath before you do it." ”

Lan Qing grinned.

After a while, he looked at Xiao Mu and asked, "Lang Jun has been ...... all these years Are you okay? ”

When the old people reunited, there were inevitably many things he wanted to ask, but he still picked the most ethereal sentence to ask.

"It's okay." Xiao Mu's tone was a little casual.

Lan Qing smiled again, but her eyes were a little astringent.

Lang Jun has changed too much, but he doesn't seem to have changed much.

"Speaking of which, there is an old matter, I want to ask you-" Xiao Mu said.

"Lang Jun, please speak." Lan Qing also changed to standing.

"Back then, the Yun Dynasty recommended itself to go to the north to persuade him to surrender, what happened in the Jin military camp?"

The Yun Dynasty in his mouth is Jiang Zhengfu's son, Jiang Yun Chao.

Because his family is a world friend, he grew up with Jiang Yunchao of the same age, and was selected as the prince's companion together, plus the king of Jin, the four of them studied and practiced martial arts together, like-minded, inseparable, and they were all tired of deep friendship when they were young.

When he was a teenager, Shi Jingzhi thought that he, his friends and the prince would inevitably be like his father and Jiang Shishu and the saints, and the monarchs and ministers would know each other and keep the stability of the great sheng country together.

However, the accident nine years ago pushed all four of them to different positions.

Although he saved his life, he changed his identity, and Chen ordered a rebellion in the north, and the Yun Dynasty, who went to persuade him to surrender, died in the Jin military camp-

After that, there was a saying that "the king of Jin detained Jiang Jialangjun and coerced Xiao Mu to withdraw from the army, but Xiao Mu did not comply, so he provoked the king of Jin to kill Jiang Jialangjun to shake the morale of the army".

Xiao Mu has always been suspicious of the truth of Jiang Yunchao's death, but when he revealed his identity with King Jin that night, King Jin only bowed his head and drank, as if he didn't want to mention it, and even more so didn't know how to talk about it.

"Jiang Jialangjun's matter...... There is something else going on. Lan Qing said: "When Jiang Langjun came to persuade him to surrender, His Royal Highness the King of Jin did not listen to the persuasion at first, but he was also very entertaining. And at that time, the war had not yet reached the point of no return, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin was also slightly shaken under the persuasion of Jiang Jialangjun, but at this critical moment, Jiang Langjun was suddenly poisoned and died——"

Poisoning?

Xiao Mu frowned: "Can you find out who did it?" ”

As soon as Jiang Yunchao died, this battle had to be fought to the end, and there was no possibility of turning back, and the reason why the poisoner was trying to do so was obvious.

"After that, His Royal Highness the King of Jin ordered me to conduct a secret investigation, but I have not been able to find definite evidence." Lan Qing said: "However, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has people who are suspicious in his heart - it is said that the reason why His Royal Highness made up his mind to rebel back then was because of the instigation of this person. ”

Xiao Mu didn't know these things, and he asked in a fixed voice: "Who is this person?" ”

The mastermind behind instigating the King of Jin to rebel and killing the only son of the Jiang family, he never knew that there was such a person in secret-

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I'm sorry everyone.,It was supposed to be updated yesterday.,But I've been too tired lately.,Plus the child is sick (hand, foot and mouth disease.,Now there's no fever.,It's almost better.,It's just a mouth ulcer that screams as soon as you eat),So it's delayed until today.。

Good night everyone~

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