Chapter 243: The Old Man Comes
At night, Landuo, the lord of Zephyr City, sat alone in his study, staring blankly at the pile of urgent documents on the table, but his mind was immersed in the memories of the past.
Fifteen years ago, he was just a very ordinary official, a hot-blooded young man, and a good man with a fist and a heart for the country. Although he has no family background and background to be proud of, he has been promoted repeatedly in just a few years, and he has gone smoothly all the way. All this, not because of his good luck, but because the land in which he served had an extraordinarily talented lord.
"The future of the wolf clan is not in the hands of the royal family, but in the hands of you ordinary young people. If you can put the power in your hands to the people, you will not only benefit this land, but also make the country strong. We have been vassals of others for generations, but one day, we will learn to be masters. And if you want to be the master, you must rely on you to awaken the people and accumulate national strength, please you!"
Lan Duo still clearly remembers that at that training meeting for new officials, the gray-haired middle-aged Chinese speaker spoke earnestly, as well as the deep worry and helplessness between his eyebrows. This person is Wolf Fang's father, Wolf Sea. Many members of the Wolf Clan's royal family have always been dissatisfied with the Wolf Clan's national policy of clinging to the Rising Sun and reckless military force, and he is the leader of this group, a resolute anti-ally, a person who has devoted his life and even his life to achieving the true independence of the Wolf Clan.
For the wolf clan, his appearance was an opportunity, and his rise also gave many people hope in the darkness to end the war. You must know that the destructive power of the continuous war to the country is extremely amazing, and the people of the wolf clan are generally miserable because of their participation in the war of the rising sun. At the end of every war, the Rising Sun eats the soup of the wolf tribe, and this soup is full of bitterness - it is at the cost of the shattering of thousands of families and the desolation of fertile fields. While the royal family is tasting the fruits of victory, the trauma of war has made the country's body continue to drip blood and become weaker and weaker.
It's not that the higher-ups don't know the pain that the war brings to the common people, but they don't care, because they don't have the ability to resist the mighty Rising Sun, and they don't want to lose their lives in the war with the Rising Sun. And if you can steal a life, and live a beautiful life, you can be on an equal footing with the royal family of the rising sun, why not?
Therefore, the sea of wolves has become an alternative in their eyes and has been severely excluded and suppressed. But he was not discouraged, he spent most of his time traveling around the wolf clan to check the people's situation, and at the same time actively looking for ways to change the status quo of the wolf clan's existence, gaining the support of more and more civilians, and gathering many like-minded people around him.
Until one day, an unexpected assassination ended all this, and the surging call for independence in the land of the wolf clan came to an abrupt end. Every time he remembers the scene of the bloody slaughter, and every time he remembers the scene of his terrified escape under the enemy's butcher's knife, Rando has nightmares. And in the more than ten years he has survived, he has been lost and fallen, not for anything else, but for the guilt in his heart that he can't extricate himself from. Without the courage to face death, he could only live with shame, and gradually became a person he once spurned.
"Master, don't be embarrassed, come and eat something!" a middle-aged woman in plain clothes walked in with a meal.
"Thank you. Rando nodded. For more than ten years, the only thing that hasn't changed in his life is the woman who married him when he was at his most down. Even though he is the lord of the city today, he did not accept a concubine. This kind of persistence seems to be the only memory he left for his gorgeous life, because every time he faces her, he can still vaguely remember what kind of person he used to be.
"Rumors are spreading outside that a group of bandits are causing trouble in the area under the jurisdiction of Zephyr City. Is the old man bothering about this?" Putting the meal on the table, the middle-aged woman stood behind him and gently rubbed her shoulders for him.
"That's right!" Lan Duo smiled bitterly, "Don't you see, the emergency documents on my desk are piled up? After the old wolf head and the green mountain spirit were destroyed one after another, there was a huge power vacuum in the northland, and these people took the opportunity to emerge, and the speed of development was quite amazing!"
"But I heard the legend outside that the bandits who have been in turmoil recently are all under the banner of the spirit of the green mountain. The woman asked, confused.
"Flags, just to deceive people. Lan Duo raised his head from his wine glass and sighed, "If I'm not mistaken, these people should all be from Blackwater City." This Meng Yi stabbed the hornet's nest and patted his ass and left, but he left all the trouble to me. ”
"Blackwater City, you mean, they are Zhu Xiaoqi's subordinates?" the woman asked in surprise, "The war is over, why did he do this, aren't you afraid of provoking a war between the Heavenly Dragon and the Wolf Clan?"
"Do the wolf clan dare to go to war with the Celestial Dragon?" Lan Duo laughed at himself, "He did this as a naked revenge, but we can't do anything about him! I have reported it to that old guy in Guli a few times, and he can't help it, but he has repeatedly forced me to send troops to encircle and suppress him." Meng Yi can't even handle it, can I kill it?"
"What then, after all, you are the lord of the city, you can't just let it go, can you?" asked the woman, her face worried.
"I have no choice but to give in to them and find a way to divert this scourge elsewhere. Lando sighed.
The woman's face changed suddenly: "Master, you do this, but there is a suspicion of gangsters, what should I do if Gu Li blames him?"
Lan Duo smiled, and smiled a little sadly: "Madam, do you think that if I don't do this, Gu Li will let me go?
"I know. Can't you do what your child wants for the sake of his future?" the woman pleaded.
Lando drank in silence.
After several drinks in a row, he slammed the glass on the table.
"I can't. It's because I have children that I can't do that. Moreover, this country makes me unable to see the future of my children. I can be a coward for the rest of my life, but I can't be a wicked person who has lost his conscience and be an accomplice to them!" he said categorically, his expression extremely unequivocal.
"But in this case, doesn't Gul just take your handle, how will we live in the future, and what will happen to the children?" the woman was anxious.
"Madam, don't be in a hurry, listen to me first. Lando looked at her with a smile and comforted her softly, "I've been quietly observing and thinking seriously these days. I found a very interesting thing: everything that is happening in West Wind City right now has a lot to do with him and Zhu Xiaoqi. They must have joined forces, and this time they were coming for me. ”
"How can this be? There seems to be no conflict of interest between you and him, and you still defend him everywhere!"
"It's a different story. The rising sun withdrew, Meng Yi retreated, and the north became a piece of fat in front of Zhu Xiaoqi's eyes. If he doesn't take a few bites at this time, then he won't be the Zhu Xiaoqi who turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain! Wolf Tooth, I'm afraid he is his spokesperson in the Northland, and they want me to choose a side now!" Lan Duo said in a deep voice.
"Landuo, you can have this vision, proving that the master really didn't look at the wrong person back then. Outside the window, an old voice sounded, causing a change in the expressions of Landau and the woman.
The voice sounded familiar, and it instantly awakened Landuo's memory.
"Is Lord Wolf Qingyun outside the window?" he asked in a trembling voice, as he got up, looked out of the dark window.
"Very good, more than ten years have passed, and you can still hear my voice!" A dark shadow flashed in, and an old man with a dignified face appeared.
"Lord Qingyun!" Lan Duo fell to one knee with a thud. Wolf Hai said that a man can kneel on his knees and kneel to his parents in his life, but he should not kneel to others. So, under his rule, there was no etiquette of kneeling.
"There are some things that are destined to be unforgettable, right?" Wolf Qingyun stared at him and said abruptly.
"Guilty of despicable duty!" cold sweat broke out on Landuo's forehead, and his body trembled slightly. Wolf Qingyun was one of the two most courageous generals around Wolf Sea back then, and in front of him, Lan Duo didn't have the slightest courage to resist, so he simply admitted his felony of abandoning his master and fleeing.
"Get up! It's been so long that some memories should be let go with the wind. Qingyun looked at him deeply, sighed and waved at him.
A mighty force came, and Landuo's body rose from the ground.
"Everyone is afraid of death, you can only die if you stay, you can't change anything, and the master won't blame you. Moreover, after so many years, you can still remember the love of the year, and you also have a heart to defend the young master, but you are not a ruthless and unrighteous person. Wolf Qingyun smiled bitterly.
"Lord Qingyun said this, Lan Duo was even more ashamed in his heart!" Lan Duo said gloomily. The level in front of him is over, but what awaits him after the pass, he is really afraid in his heart. Qingyun's trip was by no means to catch up with him, he must have been sent by the wolf's fangs. What wolf teeth wanted to do, what Zhu Xiaoqi wanted to do, he couldn't figure it out.
"Madame, go down and rest first!" he said, turning to the woman. The woman seemed to be worried about his safety and did not want to leave, but eventually withdrew from the room under his forced gaze.
"You must be very confused, why did I come to you?" Qingyun looked at him, "I came to find you on this trip to give you a future. ”
"Future?" said Lando, frowning.
"Yes. If you wish, we intend for you to replace Gulee as governor. Qingyun nodded, "However, this provincial governor, in the future, it will no longer be the wolf royal family that will be loyal to us, but our nation." From now on, you have to fight for the fate of the wolf clan, and you will never have the opportunity to be a deserter again. What awaits you may be death, but it may also be the rebirth of a nation!"
The wolf's fangs want to rebel? Landuo's heart was shocked.
But it was very strange that after thinking of this, not only was he not afraid, but he felt an indescribable excitement and excitement, and even felt relieved that the dream of the Wolf Sea had been continued. It's just that the tiger father has no dog, this son's vision is farther, his courage is bigger, his steps are wilder, and the dream he longs for is more magnificent.
For Landuo, this is also an opportunity to renew his ideals and reincarnate as a human being.
The old man came and brought with him a key to open the knot in his heart. Just when you put that key into the door, everything will be irreversible. If he succeeds, maybe he will also have the opportunity to leave an indestructible reputation in the history of the wolf clan, and if he fails, he will become a sinner who wants to exterminate the royal family.
"I do!" Even so, Landau didn't hesitate for long.
He made a solemn decision, a decision that a man should make. He wants to witness a piece of history and become the founder of history!