Chapter 47 Stuck in the quagmire, He Yanqing
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A few brave soldiers below just quietly touched up the stairs, and suddenly felt that the watchtower shook violently, and it was too late to go down, first there was a slight "crackling" cracking sound, and then the whole watchtower collapsed, and the people below immediately fled in all directions, the smoke and dust had just subsided, and the figures of the two had long been gone, and they quickly pointed to the distance and said: "They went over there!"
Everyone saw that Yuan Xingjian and Lin Jianlan were entangled, and the farther and farther they farther they went, only to know that the matter was serious, and they were all very anxious, and a few clever people had already run into the village to inform Leader Li, and just now there were soldiers who couldn't avoid being suppressed by the watchtower, so the onlookers had to rescue the injured people here, and at the same time send people to chase after them in a speedy rowing boat.
I don't know when Lin Jianlan had already let go of Yuan Xingjian's wrist, but the two of them couldn't stop at the moment, and under the anger, Yuan Xingjian had no intention of stopping, and the water was only a little soft mud under the reeds, and the two of them moved and jumped in the air from time to time.
At this time, Yuan Xingjian's hands were empty, the palm wind was very strong, Lin Jianlan had a hard encounter with Dr. Cheng earlier, although he secretly adjusted himself when he was rushing around, but after all, he was too tired and had not yet recovered completely, at this moment, seeing his moves surging out, he was a little unable to parry, and said secretly: "Yuan Xingjian's origin of martial arts is unknown to the people of the rivers and lakes, he rarely walks around in the green forest, and I am afraid that he rarely has such a chance to compete with others, I didn't expect it to be so majestic, the moves are simple but not reckless, thick and dexterous, it is indeed difficult to win." ”
He had no intention of fighting Yuan Xingjian to the death, he was angry for a while, and he was more serious, but when he was distracted, his eyes glanced to the side, and he was a little surprised: "How did you get here?" Before he could think about it, he was slapped on the chest by Yuan Xingjian's palm, and suddenly took a few steps back, no longer able to stand steadily, and couldn't control the strength under his feet, standing half in the water, supporting the mud with one hand, supporting his chest with the other, panting: "Thank you." ”
Yuan Xingjian saw that he was distracted, there was a flaw, and when he reached Lin Jianlan's heart, his heart turned sharply, and he felt a little funny, and secretly smiled bitterly: "Why did you get to this point, and why did you come here?" and retracted his strength, so although Lin Jianlan was in disarray, he was not injured.
Lin Jianlan saw him standing lightly in the reeds, the big dazer was still white and not stained with a single bit of soil, looked down at himself and said coldly: "Since Lin Gong has been injured first, Yuan doesn't disdain to take advantage of this." Besides, you and I have no hatred, everyone has their own ambitions, there is no need to force it, I hope that Lin Gong will not be so entangled in the future. After saying that, he turned around and wanted to go, but he felt that his shirt was grabbed, and when he looked back, he saw that Lin Jianlan had already flowed over, one hand firmly grasped his big hem, and the other pointed to the other side, and said with a stubborn expression: "Brother Yuan, is this your ambition?"
Yuan Xingjian looked in the direction of his finger, it was the corpse of the old boatman who was leaning on the wooden boat, his face was blocked by a piece of cloth, but he could see that his hair was white, there was an arrow tip on his chest that came out of his heart, and there were blood stains on his clothes.
Yuan Xingjian looked at the miserable appearance, speechless for a while, thinking of when he first came to Taihu Lake, thinking of talking with Lin Jianlan and Xie Zhongju, he also said that he didn't even want his reputation and life, and just wanted the people of Sanwu to live and work in peace and contentment. Then she didn't expect that she would die tragically under torture, and the cold feeling she had in her heart has not dissipated to this day.
However, after the first battle, the repelled officers and soldiers were faced with the dead and wounded people, Yuan Xingjian ordered his subordinates to spend two or three days to collect the corpses of the dead righteous soldiers, looking at the scarred and unbearable hill-like corpses, even if they knew that this was not their original intention, they still counted all this on the other party's head, and after a prayer, they could only wave their hands and let them sleep in the fire. I thought that my heart was numb, but when I saw the corpse of this old boatman, I suddenly experienced that throbbing feeling again.
Lin Jianlan said in a deep voice: "The eldest son of this old man has died in Taihu Lake, Lord Xie appeased the righteous army to return to his hometown to farm, and he took the remaining other daughter-in-law home, not to mention how happy he was!
The corners of Yuan Xingjian's mouth twitched slightly, and he was silent for a long time, but he spit out a sentence: "It is inevitable that there will be injuries and deaths on the battlefield, and besides, this is their willingness." ”
Lin Jianlan's eyes were about to split, and he said angrily: "They are willing, so can you bear to use them? The people of the rivers and lakes have their own security strategies on the battlefield, but they can only rely on their own bodies to avenge you! Do you know that you have used them, but someone is using you?" After saying that, he only glared at Yuan Xingjian, and when he saw that his expression suddenly became solemn, he said in a muffled voice: "What does Lin Gong mean by what he said? Who is using me?"
Lin Jianlan said it in one breath, although he felt that it was inappropriate, it was difficult to take it back, he was dumbfounded for a long time, and said: "Who is most looking forward to the chaos in the world, who is most enthusiastic about the affairs of Taihu Lake, why is this so, Brother Yuan, haven't you thought about it?"
What he said was already very clear, and it was impossible for Yuan Xingjian not to guess who he was referring to, so his expression relaxed, and said, "Is that mysterious person? Lin Gongmo is not joking, what is he trying to do? Empress Wu is so harsh and cruel, but a person with a righteous heart will not stand idly by. ”
Lin Jianlan couldn't take care of it anymore, and said loudly: "Why did King Liang torture and kill Lord Xie at the risk of being harshly reprimanded by Empress Wu, it is because Lord Xie has ironclad evidence that he privately forged weapons in Jiangnan! When Lord Xie and Su Shu first came to Jiangnan, they took appeasing the rebels as their first priority, and Wu Hong was let go by her, so how could they be distracted to investigate the evidence of his crimes, and how could they be easily obtained with the bodies of their two weak women? ”
Yuan Xingjian's face was unmoved, but he smiled slightly at Lin Jianlan, and said: "What Lin Gong means is that the person hopes that Jiangnan will be as chaotic as possible, and he gave the evidence to Xie Yaohuan, that is, he wants King Liang to kill him, if a Qing official who asks for the people's life dies unjustly in Jiangnan, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be greatly shaken, and the righteous army will not sit idly by." But the timing of his arrival was unfortunate, and he didn't know that we were going to dismiss the rebels, so that sentence was originally meant to be coerced, if she was not dismissed, Yaohuan still had her life, and this dismissal, he instructed King Liang to do it, right?"
Lin Jianlan nodded and said, "Brother Yuan finally understands?"
Yuan Xingjian said: "Does Lin Gong have any evidence?"
Lin Jianlan was stunned, shook his head and said, "I...... I don't have any real evidence, but it's generally the same. ”
Yuan Xingjian said: "But according to your words, this person can manipulate King Liang to act, and his identity is really suspicious." ”
Lin Jianlan bit his lip and said with determination: "He...... He is kind to me, if it is not a last resort, I don't want to say that his identity naturally has several times, one of which is the staff of King Liang's trust. He didn't want to say this last reason, but he saw that Yuan Xingjian was so affectionate to Xie Yaohuan, but he was kept in the dark, and he didn't know how to use it for Wei Suxin, and he felt depressed, but now that he said it, he felt a lot more relaxed.
Yuan Xingjian looked at Lin Jianlan quietly for a long time, his eyes were both mocking and disappointed, Lin Jianlan only felt that his back was numb from staring at him, and he suddenly burst into laughter, and it took a while to calm down, and said, "That mysterious person is really kind to you?"
Lin Jianlan was puzzled by his laughter, nodded and said: "Not only that, my father also did something sorry for him, so I have been hiding the truth from Brother Yuan, and now, I really can't be a bystander and let the war spread, but I can't help him." ”
Yuan Xingjian said: "Lin Gong's guilty words don't need to be said to the subordinates, if you have the opportunity to face your benefactor in person, it would be best if you could say it." Lin Gong's reasonable theory, if you hear it for the first time, I am afraid that you will really be convinced by what you say, fortunately, the mysterious person had a long talk with me beforehand, and said to me, although he is clear, but he is still afraid that someone will misunderstand him, maybe someone slandered him for killing Xie Yaohuan, and even wronged him for being a subordinate of King Liang, thinking that he still has a little thin face for you, no matter how I ask him which one will be framed like this, he will not say his name, but I can't imagine that it is you!"
Lin Jianlan was speechless by this long list of words, he only looked at Yuan Xingjian blankly, saw his face extremely contemptuous, and said slowly: "I really mistook you, I thought you were a gentle gentleman, but I didn't expect to be able to fabricate and frame a senior who is a 'benefactor' to you out of thin air, you can really say it!" Speaking of this, Yuan Xingjian let out a contemptuous laugh and said: " What kind of dealings have you had with him, Yuan doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know, but the strange thing is that since your father is sorry for him, you still pretend to be guilty, but you are still sorry for him in the same way as your father!"
These words were so harsh that Lin Jianlan's face turned white, and his lips couldn't help shaking, although Lin Xiaoyu was extremely shameless in acting like himself, but when he heard others ridicule and criticize him like this, who could stand it?
He wanted to refute, but he didn't know what to say, so it took a long time to squeeze out a few words from his mouth, but he was powerless: "Brother Yuan, don't believe him......"
Yuan Xingjian smiled: "If you don't believe him, do you believe you?" After saying that, he waved his hand again, sighed and said: "That's it, I don't believe in anyone, I only believe in myself." Lin Gong, please go back, don't humiliate yourself again. ”
Lin Jianlan stood in the water with half his body, only to feel a chill from his heart, until his whole body was cold, this was a cold that could not be alleviated no matter what internal skills he practiced, the small boat behind him was swaying slightly in the water, and Yuan Xingjian's figure in front of him had already jumped away, leaving only contempt and ridicule for him.
No wonder Wei Suxin knew that even though he had different aspirations, he was still generous enough to be willing to take care of his mother, everything he had already expected was that all he could persuade was Yuan Xingjian, who was expected by the righteous army, and he explained it first, Yuan Xingjian would never believe in himself again, but would be disgusted with himself.
It's all over.
Lin Jianlan no longer had the courage and strength to pedal forward with hope on the shore of Taihu Lake, felt that his legs were heavy and never wanted to lift it again, looked back blankly, and climbed onto the small boat with his feet, held the penny abandoned by the old boatman on the side of the boat in his hand, and slowly swept away from the reeds.
Obviously the sun is dazzling, but suddenly feel that there is a fine rain on the head, grandma once said that this is the "sun rain", it will stop for a while, after stopping you will see the rainbow, there are couples who can not meet at this time to go to the rainbow to meet, but grandma is confused, every time the person is different, today is the fairy in the sky, tomorrow is the third daughter of the dragon king, in the heavens, how can there be so many people who can't see each other? Lin Jianlan raised his head and let the rain slowly fall on his face, two warm rivers finally gushed out of his eyes, and the coldness of his whole body was that only his own tears could give him a little warmth.
After a while, sure enough, Lin Jianlan could no longer feel the feeling of rain on his body, opened his eyes, a rainbow was faintly visible on his head, and looked around again, seeing that he no longer knew where he had propped up the boat, there was no boundless lake on all sides, and there was no wind in the empty and quiet lake, Lin Jianlan smiled bitterly, and he didn't know how to row to the shore in that direction, so he had to pick a direction at random and hold it up.
He didn't grow up by the water, and he just watched others a few times with a penny, just like the cat and the tiger, and often went down to the boat and didn't move forward, but turned around in place, groping for a long time, just had some experience, and felt that the wind on the lake suddenly rose, Lin Jianlan looked up at the sky, and said secretly: "This time it's going to be real." Sure enough, after a while, the clouds were already thick, as if the water surface was encircled in it, and after a faint thunderstorm, the raindrops crackled down, which was completely different from the pleasant sun rain just now, and I felt some pain on my face.
Lin Jianlan didn't care much, and hurriedly rowed in one direction, and after a long time, he finally saw the shadows of the trees on the shore, as if there were still people. He was already drenched, and he just ran a few steps away from the shore, but he ran back and carried the body on the boat, and he couldn't open his eyes in the dense rain, and when he saw that the rain curtain was like a pavilion, he hurriedly ran to the pavilion, raised his eyes, but was stunned.