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And Lu Jing really didn't stop her, so she let Lu Ling go like this......

After Lu Ling left, Lu Jing breathed a sigh of relief, sat down in the seat again, took the book in his hand, and flipped through it as if nothing had happened.

"That's it...... Let him go?" The result was very sudden, Qin Yu couldn't help but point to the door and asked.

Not only Qin Yu, but all the generals present felt a little surprised-everyone knew that when Lu Ling was mentioned before, Lu Jing's most unstable mood was Lu Jing, and before the war, Lu Jing even threatened to pick Lu Ling's skin; but now that he was captured, Lu Jing not only did not take this opportunity to take revenge quickly, but also treated Lu Ling politely, just like a relative, and everyone was a little uncomfortable......

"Hey, Sister Jing, what do you want to say?" Seeing that Lu Jing not only did not respond, but also hummed a little song in a good mood, Qin Yu continued to ask.

"What, do you have a problem?" Lu Jing didn't look at Qin Yu directly, just quietly flipped through the book and said with a smile.

"Of course there is a problem-" Qin Yu said with some reluctance, "Lu Ling is a prisoner of war, and he should be held in a military prison according to the regulations, how can he be allowed to act? Moreover, Lu Ling's guy is so dangerous, if he is not careful, he will use dangerous tricks to force us into a desperate situation, in case he has any misdeeds just after the war......

Of course, Lu Jing knew it in her heart, but listening to Qin Yu's endless "nagging", Lu Jing raised her head helplessly, and gestured to Murong Ying beside her: "Sister Sakura, shut his mouth ......"

Murong Ying nodded and smiled secretly, then stretched out her hands and covered Qin Yu's mouth in the middle.

"Uh-huh......" Qin Yu didn't pay attention, he was blindfolded by his wife, and his voice was slightly funny and embarrassing.

"What about this matter, that's it, anyway, the war is over, Lu Ling has become a prisoner of our army, and there will be no more threats to us......" Lu Jing got up and patted the table, stretched her waist, and said with a happy face, "There was news from General Chang just now, congratulations to us on taking Luoyang, General Chang let us recuperate in peace for a few days, so as to prepare for the war in the future...... In this case, in order to celebrate, everyone will improve their food tonight - I ordered someone to shoot some pheasants and hares in the mountains and forests, and tonight we will have a good gathering and barbecue over the bonfire!"

As soon as he heard that there was a barbecue, Xiao Tian couldn't help but say, "Really, it's so good?"

"Of course—" Lu Jing smiled playfully.

"Ah, this is a tower, not in the barracks, you have to be in ...... Barbecue on the city floor?" Su Jia listened, her eyes drooped, "Aren't you afraid that others will say that you are sick?"

"What's the matter?" Lu Jing narrowed her eyes into a slit and smiled indifferently.

"But...... Hmm...... "Qin Yu seemed to want to say something, but Murong Ying covered his mouth and couldn't open his mouth.

Xiao Tian also "took a hand" here, helped Murong Ying cover Qin Yu's mouth, nodded and said, "Okay, it's decided, tonight's bonfire barbecue is on the city tower, everyone comes together-"

"Yes, yes, I haven't gotten together to relax for a long time, I must be happy tonight!" Murong Ying was afraid that Qin Yu would talk a lot, and echoed with Xiao Tian.

Su Jia watched these "troublemakers" keep making trouble, and had nothing to say, just smiled and shook her head on the side.

So, it was decided that tonight's "party", an otherwise serious meeting, ended so lightly and happily......

"Jing'er, that Lu Ling...... "Only Tang Zhan and Lu Jing were left in the General's Mansion, thinking of what happened to Lu Ling just now, Tang Zhan still didn't feel at ease and asked, "Are you really ...... Don't worry about giving him freedom and not sending anyone to spy on him?"

Lu Jing closed the book and said confidently: "Don't worry, stupid, I know ...... in my heart."

"That Lu Ling...... Is he really willing to submit to us?" Tang Zhan continued to ask.

"No matter what the outcome is, it's good to leave everything to me anyway......" Lu Jing continued, "Because my surname is Lu, only I can convince him to ......"

The last sentence was meaningful, and Lu Jing cast a mysterious look at Tang Zhan. Tang Zhan didn't understand the meaning, but he had a good relationship with Lu Jing, and he seemed to be able to understand the meaning. Looking down at the book in Lu Jing's hand, it was the "Lu Art of War" that she had made up herself.

"Jing'er......" Tang Zhan had a flash of inspiration, and said secretly in his heart......

After being "released" by Lu Jing, Lu Ling returned here as soon as possible......

It's only been a day, but it feels like a year. The funeral he arranged for his father-in-law, the funeral has not been removed, looking at the flying white cloth in the courtyard of the door, empty and sad, Lu Ling couldn't help but wipe a chill in his heart.

Walking into the courtyard corridor, it leads directly to Lu Guogong's bedroom, and the spiritual seat of the father-in-law is still placed in front of the desk. Lu Ling saw it in his eyes, his expression was down, and he slowly walked towards the direction of the door.

The spiritual position, the door frame, the corridor, and the three-body body are connected in a line, which meets Lu Ling's eyes. A few short steps, but Lu Ling walked a long, long way, it seemed like an endless avenue, knowing the end, he could see the light and shadow, but it was like a mottled and shattered shadow, and he couldn't reach it...... Lu Ling took one step, two steps, and walked forward slowly, every time he walked forward, his mental strength seemed to be haggard for a while, and after walking this section, he felt very painful......

Finally, with the blankness in her heart and dragging her tired steps, Lu Ling finally walked to the "door......

"Childe, you...... Are you back?" the housekeeper couldn't help but ask in surprise when he saw Lu Ling leading the troops out but returned inexplicably, "I heard that you...... Captured by the generals of the Tang War, not ......"

"General Tang, have they really been here?" It seems that Miss Lu is right......" Lu Ling was expressionless, and responded coldly, "Yes, my current identity is a prisoner of war, but it's just ...... I'm not being detained......"

"Childe, you...... It doesn't matter, right?" Seeing Lu Ling's haggard look, the housekeeper continued to ask worriedly.

"I'm fine, they didn't do anything to me, on the contrary, they gave me freedom......" Lu Ling slowly walked to the spiritual seat of his father-in-law, knelt down and said, "They asked me to come back to take a look at my father-in-law, I also want to worship in front of my father's spiritual seat - I was in a hurry to leave yesterday's war, but I didn't pay much respects, it's really unfilial......"

After saying a few words, Lu Ling knelt on the ground, looked up at Lu Guogong's spiritual position, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart. Thinking of Lu Guogong's last wish to himself before his death, Lu Ling was unaware of the contradictions and hesitated in his heart......

(in recall)......

"Don't worry, father-in-law, there are children, these guys don't dare to mess with your father-" Lu Ling said fearlessly, "These guys are just lackeys in the court, bullying good and fearing evil, we don't need to bow to them!"

"However, the political struggle in the court, Ling'er, you don't understand......" Lu Guogong seemed to be emotional, and said slowly, "Ling'er, cough cough...... There is a request for the Father, can you grant it?"

"What kind of request, father-in-law, please speak-" Lu Ling asked with all kinds of filial piety.

Lu Guogong faced Lu Ling, full of reluctance, and said affectionately: "Ling'er, you are a homeless orphan adopted by your father in the war back then, and you have been helpless since you were a child...... He has cultivated you for the Father, and has treated you as his own son, hoping only to ...... Ahem...... Can you grow up safely...... It's a pity, ahem...... Encounter this troubled world...... Now that my father's illness is deepening, and his life is short, I only hope that Ling'er will ...... you Ahem...... Not poisoned by war, far from the cruel strife ......"

Lu Ling knew that her father-in-law was concerned about her own safety, but as an adopted son, Lu Ling vowed to be loyal to the Lu family for the rest of her life, and she had already made a decision in her heart...... Lu Ling comforted Lu Guogong for a while, and said comfortingly: "Father-in-law, the child knows that you are worried about my safety...... But now that the war is approaching, the court ignores you, and when you are seriously ill, you are ordered to defend the city - the righteous father is sick and can't do it, and the matter of the garrison to meet the battle is just left to the child!" Lu Ling said without hesitation, not only firm, but also confident in the defenders' defense against the enemy.

"No, Ling'er, you can't...... Ahem...... "Lu Guogong coughed and said with all his might, "It is for my father to defend the city against the enemy...... Serve the court and be loyal to the king...... Ling'er, you were raised by your father, and the death of your parents was due to the war, so you don't need to bear the ...... of allegiance to the imperial court Liability...... Ahem...... If it's because of the war, Ling'er, you...... Life and death, isn't that ...... cough cough cough ......" Lu Guogong said very hard, and he was afraid of entangled in the safety of his son Lu Ling.

"No, father-in-law, since you raised the child single-handedly, the child must know about the Entu newspaper-" Lu Ling said firmly, "Father-in-law is right, the child does not need to bear the responsibility of allegiance to the imperial court...... Everything the child did was to repay his father-in-law for his nurturing kindness -- since you were a child, you taught me martial arts, taught me the art of war, and taught me to command the army, and now that you have the ability to be a general, it is time to repay it! Since the child's name was given by the father-in-law, the child swore that he would only be loyal to the Lu family in this life and this life; since the father-in-law was in trouble, as a righteous son, how could he retreat and avoid it?

"Child, why are you so stupid, hey......" Lu Guogong lay on the bed, seeing Lu Ling swearing to himself "foolish loyalty", his heart was moved, but it was filled with regret and compassion, "It's a pity, why did you meet in troubled times...... Ling'er, you are high-spirited, but you entered my Lu family, if it was not the official father who adopted you at the beginning, but someone else, maybe...... Ahem...... Your life is much happier than it is now......"

"The child said that the fate is this, the child will be loyal to the Lu family as soon as he takes effect, no matter what the world is, he will never change!" Lu Ling stood up and said righteously, "Father-in-law, you can rest well, just leave all the rest of the affairs to the child......" After speaking, Lu Ling turned around, slowly and firmly, and left the bedroom.

Lu Guogong didn't say anything more, just looked at the back of Yizi's departure, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart......

(In reality)......

"I ...... There is no need to bear the responsibility of allegiance to the imperial court......" Lu Ling said silently, "I have sworn that in this life and this life I will only be loyal to the people of the Lu family, and I will not bow my head to the power of the imperial court...... But now that my father-in-law is gone, what am I loyal to......"

......

"I know your background, you are an orphan in the ruins of the war, an adopted son of Lu Guogong before his death, loyal to the Lu family all his life, and have never been involved with the Mengyuan court, so you don't need to be loyal and work hard for the Mengyuan court......"

......

Unconsciously, Lu Ling remembered what Lu Jing had said to herself just now.

"Miss Lu also said, I am just an orphan of the war, born at the wrong time, I will not die without my life, and I don't need to be loyal to the Mengyuan court......" Lu Ling said with a confused look in her eyes, "Then I ...... now What the hell should ......?"

Holding countless inner confusions, Lu Ling slowly stood up, finished paying tribute to his father-in-law's spiritual position, and walked towards the door again......

This time, Lu Ling walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and walked towards the streets and alleys of the city......

Luoyang was not hit by war, and everything in the city was as stable as ever. But in Lu Ling's eyes, this familiar homeland is gradually undergoing different changes......

Originally, although there was no war, the people in the city lived in panic and anxiety every day, and the imperial court was burdened with heavy servitude, the national contradictions were getting worse day by day, and the city scene was shrouded in haze......

Looking at the changes in Luoyang City, Lu Ling's heart suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he and his father-in-law raised their hands to travel in the city together, and the words that his father-in-law had said came to his mind for a while......

(in recall)......

"Father-in-law, when I grow up, I will also become a famous general like you, leading the troops on the battlefield and killing the enemy!" Lu Ling walked on the street, looking at the orderly patrol soldiers in the city and alleys, and couldn't help but be excited.

"Hahahaha, Ling'er is ambitious, happy for her father, very happy-" Lu Guogong smiled with relish, stroked his beard, then retracted his expression, looked ahead, and said longingly, "But compared to fighting, in fact, my father hopes that the world will be peaceful and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, so it is more joyful than being able to make tens of millions of military exploits when he was born......

"Why?" Lu Ling, who didn't understand it at a young age, turned her head and asked, "Didn't you say that a man has the world in his mind and must have the ambition to stand up to the sky - isn't the biggest ambition in life to become a general and lead the troops to dominate the territory?"

"Hehehe, silly boy, that is the ambition of a bloody man, but it is not the greatest ambition in life......" Lu Guogong smiled lightly and patiently taught, "Ling'er, you remember, the heart of commanding the army and the generals, and all the battles should be for the peace of the world after all...... No matter how big or small the military merits are, the quality of the generals, only if they are truly for the people of the world, in order to annihilate the wars in the world, and not for their own reputation, can they be regarded as real generals and real heroes!"

"Well, the child remembers, the child will take this as his ambition in this life, and he will only fight for the people of the world-" Lu Lingsheng swore an oath......

(In reality)......

Thinking of this dusty memory, Lu Ling couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, and said in his heart: "For the people of the world...... That's right, what my father-in-law taught me since I was a child was for the sake of the world's aspirations, not to serve the imperial court...... No matter what direction I choose, whether to be loyal to the court or to turn my back on the court, what is the ambiguity......"

As if he had gradually found the light of his life's path, Lu Ling smiled softly and continued to walk alone on the bustling streets...... (To be continued.) )