At night, the bright moon hung high, and a breeze blew in the Northern Liang Region, causing Lin Yuan to wrap his clothes tightly.

He and Qin Boyong sat on the steps in front of the "Mid-Levels Study", with a jar of flower brew and two small bowls between them, and a handful of peanuts on top of lotus leaves. The two tasted wine and admired the moon in this way, chatting about the world.

This was the first time Lin Yuan had drunk wine in his life, and even the sweet flower brew made him a little upset.

Seeing that Lin Yuan's side face was slightly red, the old man picked up the wine jar and poured him another bowl, and asked with a smile: "What happened in the Lu family today, so that you, a heartless person, can use wine to drown your sorrows?" ”

Lin Yuan pinched a peanut and threw it into his mouth, and without wiping his fingers, he reached out and inserted it into his hair and began to scratch, looking like he had a headache. After a while, he stopped moving, put his palm on his forehead, looked sideways at the old man and said, "Qin Boyong, do you know the feeling of life passing in front of you?" ”

Thinking that Lin Yuan was really a little drunk, he began to call the old man by his name.

However, Qin Boyong didn't mind, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "You forget, I am a 'thousand slaughter', and there are countless lives on my hands." ”

"Fuck your uncle!" After Lin Yuan laughed and scolded, he lowered his arms, propped his hands on the ground behind him, looked up at a bright moon, and said in a heavy tone: "Then when you witnessed the process of death for the first time, were you afraid?" ”

Qin Boyong roughly understood Lin Yuan's thoughts, he also raised his head to look at the sky, and said lightly: "Afraid, how can you not be afraid." ”

Lin Yuan chuckled lightly and teased, "There are still things in this world that can make the 'Jade-Faced National Teacher' afraid. ”

The old man also chuckled, and he took the bowl to his lips and said, "Everything has a first time. ”

After that, Qin Boyong drank all the flowers in the bowl, and Lin Yuan also picked up the wine bowl and drank with his head up.

However, Lin Yuan still didn't know how to drink, he felt his throat hot when he was halfway drunk, and hurriedly tilted his head and coughed repeatedly.

Qin Boyong patted him on the back and asked a little funny: "So you are depressed because you saw the dead for the first time today?" ”

Panting to calm his breath, Lin Yuan turned over and lay directly on the ground, he didn't care about the rudeness of the four corners, he just looked at the sky and sighed, and then said with blank eyes: "It's not because of this...... Instead, I was thinking, if the person who died in front of my eyes was Sister Weiyang, or Sanli, would I be helpless like I am today, and could only watch their lives pass......"

"Are you planning ahead?" Qin Boyong asked sideways.

With another long sigh, Lin Yuan put his arm on the bridge of his nose and whispered, "Sort of." ”

The old man patted Lin Yuan's thigh, and then reached out and grabbed the wine jar and took a sip, drinking the remaining half of the jar.

"In my opinion, you don't have to worry about it." Qin Boyong grabbed the mouth of the altar and said to Lin Yuan.

But the boy lay on the ground as if he were asleep.

Qin Boyong shook his head and chuckled, he looked ahead again, and said Kankan: "With your sister's strength of the Five Rank Great Perfection, there are few opponents in the Northern Liang Domain, and as for that little brother in red, you don't have to worry about it." Instead of worrying about the two of them, you might as well think about your own safety. ”

What the old man said was the truth, in terms of Lin Yuan's current physical fitness, he was really "powerless".

"It's because they're all worried about my safety that I'm scared ......" Lin Yuan didn't get up, just opened his mouth and muttered.

Qin Boyong comprehended Lin Yuan's worries and asked, "Are you afraid that the next dangers will follow, and they will be in danger if they stand in front of you?" ”

Lin Yuan replied with an "um", he got up from the cold ground, lowered his head and asked himself, "What should I do then?" ”

"Then why don't you hide back on Qifeng Mountain?" Qin Boyong said with a light smile.

His suggestion attracted Lin Yuan's strange gaze.

Qin Boyong didn't choose to look at Lin Yuan's reaction, he continued: "Going to the mountains to be a turtle with a shrunken head, isn't it possible to escape these problems?" ”

I thought the old man would say something, but I never thought it would be such a bad idea.

Lin Yuan scratched his head bitterly, and he said: "How can it be so simple, besides, I don't want to escape, my father's affairs always have to find out the reason, not to mention...... Now it seems that he may still be alive, and I can't even hold back half a step. ”

"Since you don't intend to be a coward, why bother here?"

With a sharp question and a sharp look, Qin Boyong made Lin Yuan speechless for a while.

I saw him get up and walk down the steps with his hands on his knees, standing with his back to Lin Yuan, looking up at the starry sky.

"Do you think that when the first king and I decided to revolt, did we consider the difficulties and dangers of the process?"

"Do you think that the first king and I thought about the establishment of the Northern Jin Dynasty in advance, and asked many brothers to sacrifice their lives?"

Qin Boyong's question, Lin Yuan didn't know how to answer.

"Do you think that in the battle of Peng Miao, did the first king think that he would die on the battlefield?" Qin Boyong asked again.

Lin Yuan was speechless, and after thinking for a while, he replied uncertainly: "It should be...... Nope......"

"You're wrong!" Qin Boyong flicked his sleeve robe and turned around, he looked a little excited.

"We thought about all of this when we first met! We know how hard it is to build a kingdom where people are healthy! We also know that many people will die because of this! Even...... Where was Wang Yun first, he had already guessed that he would die in battle while defending the territory of the Northern Jin Dynasty! Qin Boyong's eyes were a little ruddy.

Lin Yuan got up slowly, wanting to go down to comfort him. But as soon as he got up, Qin Boyong's impassioned voice sounded again.

"But so what!"

"At that time, the world respected strength, and it was bullshit to say that all beings were equal and had the same end! Xiuwei just wants to step into Natongzhou and pursue the way to immortals, and how many people have considered the life and death of ordinary people? ”

"There is a false prosperity in the world, and everywhere you can see is that the people are struggling to make a living!"

"Brother Yun and I were not afraid at that time, we were also afraid that our success was made of the flesh and blood of others!"

"But if the first king and I had flinched at that time, when would the veil of hypocrisy in this world be torn apart?"

"If there is no sacrifice of those soldiers, how can the Northern Jin Dynasty make a living for the people?"

"Although we can't save the suffering people in the world, our persistence has at least allowed the subjects of the Northern Jin Dynasty to live a comfortable life."

"Wild boy, no one can know whether the future will be good or bad, you can imagine the future, but you can't be afraid. As long as you are afraid, you can only stand still. ”

At this moment, Lin Yuan had already walked in front of the old man, and he said with a light smile: "I'm just just just thinking, is it necessary to use your experience to teach me a lesson?" ”

Qin Boyong put his hands behind his back, he stared at Lin Yuan seriously, and said, "I've known you for some years, and I don't want to watch you become a coward." ”

"Besides, you and Brother Yun have too many similarities."

Lin Yuan looked at his year-old friend sluggishly, thinking that he saw the shadow of the old man in himself.

Lin Yuan gasped and sighed, he raised his arm and patted the old man's shoulder.

"You're afraid to see people around you die, but what's the use of being afraid? Although you can't cultivate, you have a good brain, and you can protect them with wisdom. Qin Boyong continued.

Lin Yuan nodded, and he responded: "Don't worry, I won't back down, my father hasn't found out yet." ”

The two have known each other for a long time, and then laughed out loud for no reason. They walked up the steps together and sat down on the ground again.

"So, did you gain anything from the Lu family today?" The old man grabbed a few peanuts in his hand.

As soon as he said this, Lin Yuan had a headache, he wanted to use Lu Mingcheng's matter today to force him to ask if the Liu family's funds for hiring killers were related to the Lu family, who knew that stealing chickens would not lead to rice, and he would take an innocent life.

"Although the original purpose was not achieved, it cannot be said that it was completely ungained...... Lin Yuan tried his best to keep his mind clear and began to sort out today's various things.

"How?" The old man asked.

Lin Yuan's mind began to recall what the black clothes had said before he died, but whenever he thought of that bloody face, the terrifying pictures of the morning would pop up in his mind.

Shaking his head a few times, Lin Yuan held his breath and dispelled the blood-red picture from his mind, he closed his eyes tightly, and slowly spoke: "Waste...... Desolate Mountain! ”

"What did you say?" The old man didn't hear Lin Yuan's words clearly.

Lin Yuan opened his eyes suddenly, his gaze was bright, he squinted at the old man and asked, "Do you know about Desolate Mountain?" ”

When Qin Boyong heard this name, his brows suddenly tightened, and he put down all the peanuts that were sent to his mouth.

"What's this, you ask?"

"The black cloth you saw in front of Lu's house today, he said to me before he died, Lu Hao was originally on the desolate mountain, I guess he still has a word for later, but he swallowed his breath before he finished speaking." Lin Yuan explained.

After listening to Lin Yuan's words, the old man began to rub his chin regardless of the oil stains on his hands, and his eyes gradually became hollow thoughtfully.

"I heard that Desolate Mountain was originally the territory of a group of bandits, but since the seventh year of the prosperous era, the Northern Jin Dynasty has gradually calmed down the civil strife, and most of the mountain bandits have either abandoned the mountain or been exterminated by the army, and Desolate Mountain should be the same situation." Lin Yuan said what he knew.

At this time, the breeze was blowing, and the leaves outside the fence rustled.

After thinking for a while, Qin Boyong hurriedly got up, and walked straight back to the "study house" before remembering that Lin Yuan was still there, so he shouted in the house: "Wild boy, go back first today!" I'll check the matter of Desolate Mountain! ”

When the sound fell, the wooden door slammed shut.

Lin Yuan sat stunned and stood up with a lotus leaf after blinking his eyes a few times.

"Then I'll go first!"

After saying hello, there was no movement in the house, and Lin Yuan didn't stop, so he ate peanuts and left by himself.