After walking around, it was as calm and peaceful as if nothing had happened, but it gave people a faint sense that something was about to happen, and I didn't know when the next meeting between the two armies would be.

Lin Jianlan stood in the sinking twilight, a pale white moon had quietly appeared in the sky, even if he was embarrassed, he had to go to Taihu Lake, or he could still be honest with Yuan Xingjian, or...... From the last time we parted, it was even possible to refuse to see it.

Because he didn't know what would happen suddenly, Lin Jianlan didn't dare to delay, hurriedly filled his stomach and ran towards Taihu Lake, although he didn't see it very clearly at night, but the farmland on the side of the road had already grown more weeds that were as tall as one person, and most of them seemed to have not been cultivated for many days, and the thatched cottages in the distance were also pitch black, and it was strange to rest together at night.

Lin Jianlan's heart moved, and he ran over from the fork in the field, and when he got closer, the small vegetable fields in the courtyard in the dark night had long been barren, and he asked a few times in a low voice, as he thought, no one answered, and casually pushed open the door of a room, and a stream of dust and fireworks came to his face, choking Lin Jianlan coughed violently a few times, and after calming down, he lit the fire and inspected everywhere. There was already a thin layer of ash on the pot, and there was a pile of ashes on the ground in the hall, Lin Jianlan squatted down and twisted his fingers, the ashes slowly scattered, it turned out to be paper ashes, and if you looked closely, it was mixed with a few pieces of paper money that had not been burned.

He sighed and got up and stood up, walked out of the house, and went to the side to look at a few houses, all of them were the same scene, returned to the right road, and continued to run forward for a while, from time to time on the road to see this kind of cottage that several families gathered together and could not even be called a village, I understand that I am afraid that some of them have been appeased by Xie Yaohuan and returned to their hometowns to farm, and they got together to settle down again, but the good times did not last long, after Xie Yaohuan's accident, Yuan Xingjian was inspired, and Su Qian scattered the land in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of these people returned to Taihu Lake, and the crops that had not been taken care of for many daysThe paper ashes of the memorial are faintly telling the hearts of these loyal people.

However, whether this is good or not, Wu Zetian has already presided over justice for Xie Yaohuan in a sense, and will no longer remove the preferential treatment for the people of Jiangnan, but she will not tolerate any further progress, from ancient times to the present, which emperor will let this situation develop?

All kinds of thoughts and questions make Lin Jianlan have no time to take care of the tiredness of the past few days, the cold air at night slowly steamed up with a trace of glow that slightly penetrated the clouds, Lin Jianlan's hair and clothes have already been wet by the night dew, the dark blue of a lake before dawn is thick and slightly rippling, and the dark blue of a lake appears in front of him, looking into the distance, before the sunrise, there are more wrecks of ships on Taihu Lake, and the trees and grass by the lake have traces of being trampled by war, a smell that is difficult to show is quietly diffused, blood mixed with beacon smoke, and a smell of decay makes Lin Jianlan frown slightly, but felt that he had stepped on something under his feet, and when he looked down, he saw that it was a severed arm, and he looked at the armor on his arm, which should be an officer and soldier, and he couldn't see clearly in the dark, and something was faintly squirming on it.

Lin Jianlan's heart was nauseous, and he felt miserable, a huge chessboard, he was also a soldier, no matter where he was, who would care about life or death?

After waiting for a while, he didn't see the boats of the Taihu Righteous Army coming back and forth, Lin Jianlan said secretly: "I'm afraid it's to guard against spies, so I won't accept outsiders into the lake anymore." "Looking around, there were no boats, only some broken sampans floating bits and pieces on the shore, and although I hadn't ventured to try it, I didn't have time to look for boats everywhere. Lin Jianlan had to collect some planks around and hold them in his arms, close his eyes and concentrate, just open his eyes, lift his breath a little, jump to a piece of driftwood in the lake in the distance, and throw the plank out with his hand at the moment of landing, but the process is not as terrible as he imagined, probably because he paid great attention to the strength when he landed, but did not see a particularly shaky bump or even sink into the water, Lin Jianlan calmed down, there are not too many planks, if you see there in front of you before you land, you will no longer use your own, so reciprocating, because you have to choose the direction of driftwood, so the route of the vertical jump is particularly tortuous, about half an hour, even if the plank of Huai has already been cut into smaller wooden blocks by him with his palm to use as a point of assistance, but there was not much left, Lin Jianlan saw that there were already some reeds growing not far away, and there should be mud in the depths of the water, so he simply threw the wooden block with all his strength, and jumped a few times in one breath to the reeds, but did not fall into the water.

It turned out that there was a small boat hidden in the reeds, Lin Jianlan's last rush was too hard, the boat almost overturned, and after a while, he stabilized his body, but he was surprised at first glance, there was a person lying on the side of the boat, his head, shoulders, and arms were sunk under the water, his vest and legs were shot by several arrows, and a dark red floated around his body for a long time. The arm was in the water, still holding a weapon, Lin Jianlan looked fixedly, where was the weapon, it was a pickaxe. At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and he saw clearly, the head floating in the water was already full of white hair, Lin Jianlan looked carefully at the moment, only to realize that this small boat was originally on his own, his heart twitched, and he couldn't care about anything else, he turned the body around and dragged it on the boat, and in an instant, a group of swimming fish who didn't know what the name of the water dispersed, and the face under the white hair on the boat had long been soaked and couldn't see the appearance clearly, and there were traces of being gnawed, which was very terrifying, a foul smell hit, Lin Jianlan couldn't help it anymore, and he vomited while holding the boat.

He hurried all night, and the little he had eaten last night was long gone, and he retched at first, and then he vomited all the bile, and tears flowed down his eyes, and he could not stop the sadness and grief in his heart when he thought of the words of the old boatman when he had carried him twice.

After a while, Lin Jianlan wiped his eyes, tore off a piece of cloth from his shirt, covered the old boatman's face, and muttered: "Uncle, I have something to do now, and I will come to find a good place for you when I leave the village." Straightened up, when he first came to find Yuan Xingjian, he abruptly removed the blindfold, and still had some impression of the path, and looked around again, before choosing a direction to run.

The reeds are dense, Lin Jianlan still remembers that when he took the speedboat twice, there were wild geese flying out from time to time next to him, at this moment he was passing through, but silent, I am afraid that he had already been frightened away from here by this sudden war, and was running, when he heard a very loud battle horn not far away, he stood at the root of the reeds and stopped, looked up, under the glow, a military camp with strong walls and flags fluttering was already in front of him, and there were soldiers on each of the two guard towers looking into the distance. In front of the water village are dozens of warships, and from time to time there are the sound of blade knocking and shouting, presumably in practice.

It seems that Wei Suxin's strength is indeed very great, and the equipment of those soldiers is much stronger than in the past, but thinking of the tragic death of the old boatman, the armament must be extremely limited, and it can only be supplied to those strong rebels.

Lin Jianlan watched incognito, thinking about how to get in, but saw a movement on the watchtower on one side, the soldiers above were holding their fists and bowing down, as if to greet someone, for a moment, a person slowly climbed high in a big hat, and waved his hand, the soldiers next to him all retreated, he was alone at the highest place, staring in the direction of the sunrise, although Lin Jianlan couldn't see his expression clearly, but he felt that his majestic figure was lonely at the moment.

Yuan Xingjian raised his hand and pinched the fluttering plain flag in his hand, Mosha for a long time, and then let go, but he heard a long howl from the reeds not far away, and was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the place where Lin Jianlan was hiding, and saw a figure coming slowly, walking closer, and seeing a pair of eyes looking up at himself, both sad and pitying.

The sergeant next to him saw that someone was coming to invade, and suddenly poured out from all directions, some people had seen Lin Jianlan, and they hesitated slightly, and some had not seen him, so they naturally regarded him as an enemy of the invasion, and they were eager to try Lin Jianlan with weapons. Lin Jianlan didn't say anything, he only looked up, and saw that the plain flag was a little dazzling, and it was hunting in the wind, and Yuan Xingjian's eyes were also extremely melancholy when he looked at him.

Yuan Xingjian hesitated for a moment, but still made a gesture to the bottom, the surrounding soldiers slowly withdrew, each back to his position, the sentry tower is extremely high for people who do not know light skills, but for Lin Jianlan it is just ordinary, leaning up, but at a glance saw that the corner of the flag was slightly older than other places, and his heart was sour, looking back, he saw that Yuan Xingjian was not as unkempt as he was back then, his face was very neat and majestic, and his sideburns were all messy, but there was an indescribable sentimentality, which was only stronger than that day.

Lin Jianlan sighed lightly in his heart and said, "Thank you." ”

Yuan Xingjian knew that he was grateful to himself for letting him re-enter the Yijun Shuizhai, and said: "Why should Lin Gong be polite, I think that these ordinary people under my command, if you want to stop you, you can't stop it." ”

Lin Jianlan said: "I came from Hangzhou, and I saw that Brother Yuan took the city but was able to abandon the city. ”

Yuan Xingjian said: "Lin Gong must not have come to me to say this, right? ”

Lin Jianlan knew that he could no longer knock on the side, so he had to turn around, look directly at Yuan Xingjian and said, "Brother Yuan, do you want to be the emperor?"

Yuan Xingjian didn't look at him, but looked to the east again, squinted his eyes slightly, and said, "You actually asked me this sentence." Brother Lin, do you remember that sentence?"

Lin Jianlan said: "The way of heaven has its own heaven, and others cannot replace it. Brother Yuan, do you still think so now?"

Yuan Xingjian sneered and said: "If the way of heaven is not good, why can't it be replaced?" It's just that I don't want to be an emperor, I don't know what the future holds, but I can go as far as I can, and the world will be turned upside down, and everyone in the world knows how dirty and dark Wu Zetian's self-proclaimed scenery is, and they all know how many Qing officials' lives have been harmed for her own selfish desires, how many families have been ruined, and they all know Xie Zhongju's wrongs!"

Lin Jianlan knew his family background, and now he was afraid that he counted both hatreds on Wu Zetian's head, and couldn't help but sigh slightly: "They are naturally innocent, however, Brother Yuan, look at it, aren't these people under your command innocent? If Lin Gong brings up the old matter again, forgive Yuan for not having time to listen carefully, you say that I am for selfish desires or for justice, I will not stop there. ”

Lin Jianlan lowered his head and said, "Brother Yuan, don't mention them, I just ask you, do you feel better?"

Yuan Xingjian was stunned by his question, his face was very uncomfortable, and he forced a laugh twice and said: "Lin Gong's question is really strange, I naturally feel happy! haha!

Lin Jianlan continued: "Do you think you finally have some face to worship Lord Xie?"

Yuan Xingjian said: "The military affairs are busy, I ......" but he heard Lin Jianlan ask step by step: "Hangzhou won, Brother Yuan is so happy, naturally he should go to worship." ”

Yuan Xingjian's face turned pale and said, "What is Hangzhou's small work?"

Lin Jianlan said: "Where is it, the flag is victorious, and the majesty of Wu Zetian is killed, and it is time to have a grand sacrifice in front of Lord Xie's tomb." ”

Yuan Xingjian was bitter, he was ridiculed by him one after another, and finally couldn't bear it, and said angrily: "You don't have to deceive people too much, I respect you for being an old man who met her at the same time, leave you a few faces, when to pay tribute is a matter between me and her, but it makes you so arrogant!"

Lin Jianlan knew that things were difficult to turn around, and he was also annoyed that he didn't tell the truth, but instead forced himself to make a move, grabbed Yuan Xingjian's wrist and said: "Commander Yuan is proud of the spring breeze at the moment, why don't you go to worship Lord Xie? The tombstone is not far from here, with your kung fu, but a moment back and forth, you go with me!"

Yuan Xingjian couldn't imagine that he was messing around, and he felt that his wrist was like an iron hoop, and he couldn't break free, compared to that day when he was watching the case on the eaves, the internal force had entered the country, thinking of the case, he was naturally sad and angry, but smiled: "It's so bold!" It is also a piece of luck, a palm slashed over, and it was ten percent of the strength, if you want to fight, I am afraid that Lin Jianlan's hand and his wrist will be broken by his move, but Lin Jianlan still does not let go, and only uses the other hand to parry and resist.

At this moment, a group of people had already gathered under the watchtower, and when they saw that Commander Yuan had just invited this person upstairs, he started to move at this moment, and he didn't know how to help Yuan Xingjian, and a group of people were just as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and they were at a loss below.

The two people upstairs are extremely angry, their hands are not merciful, they are full of strength, the palm wind and the fist are mixed with the wind, and they can't even see the shadow of the fast move, but they still only have one arm against the enemy, and the other arm is closely connected with the other party, even so, the watchtower built of wood and bamboo poles, the surrounding pillars have been scraped by strong internal force several times, and the whole sentry tower is shaky.