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When they arrived outside Guangling City, the horses were exhausted, so the two dismounted and entered the city.

When I arrived at the city gate, I immediately felt that the atmosphere was strange. The guards guarding the city were all crying, without any vitality.

They all recognized Liu Yu, and one of the guards had red eyes, burst into tears, and cried out sadly, "Mr. An left last night!"

"boom"!

The news was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, making Liu Yu's scalp numb and his whole body go limp.Ye Haoran stretched out his hand to support him, which gave him the strength to barely support him.

Ye Haoran didn't feel much about Xie An's death in his heart, but inexplicably felt that the sad atmosphere in front of him was very familiar, as if he had experienced it many years ago.There is a touch of sadness in my heart, passing through the long river of time, crossing the limit of memory, and passing it to my heart.

The two pillars of the Southern Dynasties, the two giants of Jiang Zuo, Huan Chong have gone, and Xie An, who is now known as the No. 1 scholar in the world, has also left and returned to the west.

The entire Guangling City was shrouded in gloom, and the people were crying and running beside the road. Without Xie An, the Southern Jin Dynasty could no longer maintain a peaceful and prosperous life.Without Xie An's support, Xie Xuan would fight alone.Although he is an invincible commander, he lacks the influence that Xie An has on the royal family and nobles.

Liu Yu came to the Governor's Mansion in the center of the city in a trance, Ye Haoran knew that he hadn't calmed down yet, and felt his grief because of Xie An's death.Without saying a word, he followed Liu Yu, who was in a trance, to the governor's mansion.

The whole Guangling seemed to be in no condition anymore. Although there was Liu Yu by his side, such a stranger could be led into the reception room indiscriminately, as if everyone's heart died because of Xie An's departure.

Ye Haoran tried to feel such an atmosphere with concentration, hoping to find something useful through this.

"Liu Yu! It's really you!" Liu Yu followed the sound absent-mindedly, and after a while, he recognized that it was Liang Dingdu, the general of Xie's family.

The two stared blankly for a moment, Liang Dingdu's eyes turned red suddenly, and he cried sadly, "Mr. An has gone!"

The same sentence "Grand An has gone", said by the general of Xie's family, has the power of being irreversible and deterministic in life and death.

Liang Dingdu obviously cried all his tears, wiped his eyes with his sleeve and suppressed his grief, and said: "The young master is in the study, please go see him."

Liu Yu stood up staggeringly, and Ye Haoran supported him to prevent him from falling down.

Liu Yu felt top-heavy, looked at Ye Haoran with a wry smile and asked, "Does my face look ugly?"

"It doesn't look good." Ye Haoran felt that Liu Yu's ability to make it this far was already a model of strong will.It's strange that his face looks good.

Xie Xuan sat in a corner of the study, bowing his head in thought.

Ye Haoran had met Xie Xuan before, and he could be called elegant and handsome, but this time he looked at Xie Xuan again, but he seemed to have aged for more than ten years, with mottled temples, and he no longer had the heroic spirit he had during the Battle of Feishui, which showed that his internal injuries had not healed , and there is a sharp deterioration in the situation.

Liang Dingdu led him outside the door and let him go in by himself.

Liu Yu stepped into the study and knelt down, "Master Xuan, Liu Yu is back!"

Ye Haoran just cupped his hands and found a seat to sit down.

Xie Xuan didn't care about Ye Haoran's actions, he looked up at Liu Yu, and said in a daze, "Are you injured? Get up!"

Liu Yu seemed to see a teacher who single-handedly promoted him, like a child seeing an elder, not knowing what to say.

Xie Xuan sighed: "Okay, as long as it's safe and sound. Is Bianhuangji lost? Get up!" Until then, he smiled at Ye Haoran: "Brother Ye is here too? Trouble along the way?" .”

Liu Yu stood up reluctantly, and according to Xie Xuan's instructions, sat down on the grand master's chair on his left, right next to Ye Haoran.

Xie Xuan showed a exhausted expression, and sighed, "Say it!"

Liu Yu felt hot and cold in his body, very uncomfortable.Knowing that due to emotional depression and excessive fatigue, the old disease that has not yet fully recovered has relapsed.But at this moment, Na still cared so much, insisting on explaining the whole situation in detail.

After hearing this, Xie Xuan frowned and said, "Can't you see through this is a trap?"

Liu Yu felt an unspeakable pain.

Of course he couldn't tell Xie Xuan that he was going to come back to report to Xie Xuan, that Man Miao was Sima Yao's new favorite, but...he had to lie to Xie Xuan on this key point, and it was the first time he lied to Xie Xuan, and the only The reason why he can explain his return to Guangling in person is to ask Xie Xuan for help for Bianhuangji.

Liu Yu clearly felt Xie Xuan's dissatisfaction and disappointment with him, but he still had to hold on, and said dejectedly: "When I realized that I was wrong, it was hard to return."

"Didn't Brother Ye stop him?" Xie Xuan looked at the silent Ye Haoran, as if he knew very well that Ye Haoran would never fail to understand the situation.

Ye Haoran raised his eyes expressionlessly and said, "Why do you want to stop it?"

Xie Xuan looked away thoughtfully at Liu Yu carefully, and said in a deep voice, "When you escaped from Sun En's clutches, why didn't you rush back to Bian Huangji to fight side by side with Yan Fei?"

Xie Xuan is the person Liu Yu is most grateful to and respects, but now he wants to say something against his will, the contradiction in his heart can be imagined.

He heard himself saying: "At that time, I was seriously injured, so I could only sit in a small boat to adjust my breath and recuperate. When Ren Qingti left and met Nie Tianhuan's warship fleet, I already missed the opportunity to turn back."

Xie Xuan looked up at the beam in the study, and said calmly: "This is not the behavior of a hero."

Liu Yu's mind was shocked, and resentment surged from the bottom of his heart.

Xie Xuan didn't believe his words, and didn't believe that he really had the idea of ​​rushing back to Bianhuangji.I just think he is a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

well!This trip is really over, no wonder Xie Xuan is disappointed in himself, the things he entrusted to himself are completely in vain, he can neither keep Bianhuangji nor protect Ji Qianqian.

Thinking of this, his consciousness gradually blurred, and finally he seemed to hear Xie Xuan's call coming from thousands of mountains and rivers, and then gradually disappeared, and finally there was absolute nothingness and darkness.

"He's too tired. It's the limit of what he's going to do. It shouldn't hurt to take a good rest." Ye Haoran stretched out his hand to feel the pulse of the fainted Liu Yu. He seemed to know a little about medicine, but he could only make some simple judgments.

"What's the actual situation?" Seeing Ye Haoran say this, Xie Xuan felt a little relieved, and then asked another question.

Ye Haoran looked at Xie Xuan indifferently, without the common respect of the world, but said in a conversational tone of the same generation: "Your life is not long, and knowing it is useless. And he is not moving in the direction you want Is it? You should be satisfied."

Xie Xuan greeted Ye Haoran with plain eyes, and said calmly: "Life and death are destiny, and it cannot be changed by manpower. It is also a subtle chance that I can meet Xiaoyu and teach him before I die."

Ye Haoran is still silent, the coincidence is simple, but no one can see through it.If Xie Xuan didn't value it, Liu Yu might just be an ordinary soldier who valued love and righteousness, instead of embarking on such a difficult road.

Xie Xuan stared at him deeply, and said in a deep voice: "After I die, Huan Xuan will rebel. With the rebellion between Sun En and the Lianghu gang, the south will fall into dire turmoil. No one in the Beifu army can cope with such a huge change. Shi Xiaoyu's opportunity came. In the age of continuous war, as long as he is a real talent, he will have a chance to rise."

"What do you want to tell me?" Ye Haoran looked back at Xie Xuan expressionlessly.

Xie Xuan said seriously: "He is not only the last hope of my Xie family, but also the only hope of our Han people."

Others really couldn't believe this sentence, how could Liu Yu and He De bear this evaluation, but the person who listened to it was Ye Haoran... and Ye Haoran knew that what Xie Xuan said was true.

Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, was the king of chaos and prosperity.

This is the evaluation given to him by history.

Ye Haoran knew what Xie Xuan wanted to say. Thinking of Ji Qianqian's strange behavior, he should have seen the clues of Liu Yu's feelings for him when he left Jiankang, and what kind of person Xie Xuan was, in Jiankang and this time It's not surprising to have guessed something after meeting and accompanying him.

So Xie Xuan meant to persuade him to leave?

Good plan, good idea, if Xie An and Xie Xuan passed away one after another at this time, with Liu Yu's personality, he would always try his best to protect Xie's family in his lifetime, and he would definitely continue on this road.

As Xie Xuan said, life and death are fateful, and it cannot be changed by manpower.Is it really destined?

Ye Haoran remembered what Liu Yu asked:

"If one day I repay Xuanshuai's kindness, and I am still unmarried at that time, and you are still unmarried, will you be willing to consider the possibility between us at that time?"

Ye Haoran looked down at Liu Yu, who was unconscious with his eyes closed, and sighed in his heart, you know... Once Xie Xuan dies at this time, you are destined to be unclear for the rest of your life.

Ye Haoran suddenly felt a little tired. Can things like fate really not be changed?

He sighed softly, looked up at Xie Xuan, and said calmly, "I respect his choice."

He didn't regret that he answered "yes" at the beginning.If their fate only ends here, then he accepts it frankly.But if Liu Yu can stick to that desire to have the best of both worlds, how can he take a step away?

I want to ask and return to my dream without a deadline

28.

The conversation with Xie Xuan ended like this, Ye Haoran took Liu Yu to the residence arranged by Xie Xuan for them.

Liu Yu lived in the northeast corner of the backyard of the governor's mansion. It was a durian garden exclusively for well-known generals and personal guards. There were more than 20 wing rooms.Liu Yu's neighbor is Song Beifeng, and the neighbors on the other side are He Wuji and Liang Dingdu.

Among them, He Wuji was promoted to the head of Xie Xuan's soldiers because of his bravery and skill in fighting. He was the same as Liu Yu's deputy general, but his qualifications as a deputy general were deeper than Liu Yu's.There are distinct levels in Gaomen, and according to the current arrangement of the living room, Liu Yu's status in Xie's family seems to be higher than that of He Wuji.

Ye Haoran's room is in the southeast corner, which is specially for guests to live in.His identity has nothing to do with Beifu soldiers, and he lives with Liu Yu