Li Yinzhou helped him to remove the cloth that was tangled up indiscriminately, and there was a knife edge with deep bone visible in the black blood scab.

That's not too much to say.

He took a closer look through the faint candlelight, and knew that the wound hadn't been debrided for several days. If it wasn't for the cold weather, he must have been infected with the virus long ago.

Moonlight streamed in through the panes.

It was as if a thin layer of frost had condensed on Lu Xun's eyebrows.

Seeing his indifferent appearance, Li Yinzhou couldn't help nagging: "No matter how busy you are, you should treat your injuries first. Do you also want to be bitten by maggots like the master?"

Lu Xun still kept his gaze down, with thin shadows brushed from his eyelashes, his eyes were uncertain.

After a while, he put down the bamboo slip with a soft bang.

Li Yinzhou's eyes hung down his arm, and a few lines of thin and small characters fell into his eyes, probably the battle report for Sun Quan——

"Wei's 380 and six people are all punished. Yan's 180 and seven people are left alone..."

These two families are well-known families in Wu County, and even have the highest status in the entire Jiangdong and even in the world.

The more you look down, the more shocking the numbers come into view.

His eyes suddenly jumped, and there seemed to be a cold light flashing across his heart, which clearly illuminated some dark thoughts in the corner——

"You didn't confront the family head-on, but assassinated?"

Lu Xun collected the bamboo slips indifferently, and said: "The aristocratic family is in the same spirit, so if we don't set up defenses and fight openly, I have no certainty of victory."

It's not like Li Yinzhou hasn't guessed like this before. The easiest way to deal with aristocratic families with different influences is to take advantage of the unpreparedness and slaughter them one by one.

But if this is the case, this massacre will no longer be the bloodbath of the Sun family, but an internal struggle between the clans.

As if guessing the shock in his silence, Lu Xun only said softly: "If it weren't for this, the teacher came from an unknown person, and the lord wants to preserve the reputation of the Lu family, so Xun can only use this to preserve the reputation of the lord."

Different from the clan's internal strife, the family's morality is high and prestige, and if they slaughter the family overnight, they will always give an explanation to the court.

Li Yinzhou couldn't help frowning: "There's no need to explain clearly. There can be many reasons. As long as the winner is strong enough, no one dares to attack Jiangdong. The lord doesn't care about those criticisms and scolding, and others don't have much sincerity." outrage."

At worst, just bear the infamy of being a traitor. In the troubled times, who else is a gentleman?

Ye Lan came in like mist, and a thin coolness covered her forehead.

Lu Xun sat quietly

In the cold and lonely wind, the slender figure was plated with silvery moonlight, as if covered in snow, so cold that it was almost lonely.

He said, "But I care."

Li Yinzhou's restless heart suddenly calmed down.

Lu Xun gently stroked the ink-colored surnames on the bamboo slips.

The aristocratic families maintain family friendship in the form of marriage. Those who are close, such as the Lu and Gu families, have been in contact with each other for generations, and those who are distant also have unclear blood relatives.

Among the people he killed were the Wei family, the Yan family, and many famous families.

There is also the Lu family and the Gu family.

There are even Lu Kang's clansmen, who have blood relatives of their parents.

How could he not care.

How can they be easily obliterated by the words of the weak and the strong?

Li Yinzhou had many words stuck in his throat, but he couldn't utter a single word. He collected many great principles in his mind, but none of them could compare to the pain of killing his relatives.

It's not that Lu Xun doesn't want to heal his wounds.

It's just that the pain in the shoulder is a little bit, but the incision in the heart seems not so deep, and it doesn't hurt so much.

……

The candle burned out silently, and the light on Lu Xun's face became even fainter.

Li Yinzhou slowly cleaned up the wound for him, and when the strong wine was rubbed on it, his usually calm eyes were also reddened by the scalding pain.

He just didn't realize it, lowered his eyes slightly, and started another topic: "Gu Gong is willing to help, is it because Gu Shao promised something?"

Lu Xun asked him back: "Do you think Mr. Gu must have some schemes to send troops?"

Li Yinzhou kind of acquiesced to this answer.

Gu Yong had no reason to help Sun Quan.

Even Ling Tong said that Gu Yong was a person who only talked with his relatives, and with such a forbearing and self-preserving temperament, the only reason he was able to draw a knife to the family was because of his own son Gu Shao.

But Gu Shao, who has no real power, can be tied back with a rope. Apart from marriage and freedom, Li Yinzhou can't think of anything else he can do to persuade his stubborn father.

It is also impossible to see that Gu Yong has any other intentions.

However, Lu Xun smiled lightly, his eyes reflected a cold light, silent memories.

"In the past, the Sun family's army came to Lujiang, and Gu Shao was also in Lujiang city, but Gu Gong did nothing and did not move. Why do you think that is?"

When mentioning the old things in Lujiang in the past, many faces that passed away suddenly came into view, and amidst the chaotic relationship, the silent and low-key Gu Yong was easily forgotten.

——If he didn't know about that cooperation, how could Gu Yong ignore Gu Shao who was in danger?

Li Yinzhou, who can be regarded as sophisticated in the world, was a little short of words for a while, but he never expected that Gu Yong would also be confused from the beginning

It was on the side of the Sun family.

But the Gu family didn't seem to have any benefit at all, and they still forbeared for several years and had nothing to do with the world.

Is it the dark son of Sun Ce, or...

There were too many doubts, so he simply asked directly: "But Gu Gong has always been on the side of the aristocratic family, what is his position?"

Lu Xun still smiled lightly, but there was a trace of undetectable sadness in his smile: "Since my grandfather is also the head of the family, and Sheng Xiangong is also a famous family, Gu Gong is also the same, inferior, and the same."

Li Yinzhou's pupils trembled slightly.

The aristocratic family and the Sun family have never been opposites, they are just walking on two paths leading to the same goal.

But even as tough as Lu Kang Shengxian, he bowed his head for the sake of the people.

Gu Yong just stepped on their footprints silently.

Li Yinzhou repeatedly chewed on the few words left by these old men, and looked down at Lu Xun's young face. Many old prejudices were silently cracked at this moment, and suddenly a light shone through the crack in his heart.

That sad hole was filled bit by bit.

The candle was burned out, only a wisp of blue smoke rose.

Only the remaining moonlight entered the house, showing two shallow shadows.

Lu Xun gently hugged the bamboo slips to his chest, leaned on the back of the chair with his arms folded, and remained silent for a long time.

Li Yinzhou just wanted to say goodbye and let him have a good rest, but saw that he was covered in his own shadow, his breathing was calm, and he just fell asleep.

His cheekbones were noticeably thinner under his pale blue eyes.

It seems that it has been a long time since I slept so peacefully.

……

With the obstacles removed, the road back to the city will be smooth and unimpeded.

As the horseshoe stepped into the city gate, some subtle rumors entered my ears.

"I heard that those big clans were all slaughtered. Who did it?"

"Does it need to be said? It must have offended the new lord."

"I heard that someone saw it. It was the Lu family and the Gu family who did it. Don't look at the aristocratic families who are all in the same spirit. They are just fighting for power and profit."

A horseshoe slammed on the bluestone slabs on the street, startling away the whispering crowd.

Sun Shangxiang raised his horsewhip and was furious: "What do they know? If it wasn't for the sacrifice of brother and Boyan, how could they still talk here?!"

Li Yinzhou took her by the sleeve and shook his head slightly to signal her to calm down.

Her eyebrows drooped a little lonely: "Why can't the people tell the truth? They are not bad people at all."

She probably already knew the ins and outs of the future from Gu Shao's mouth, and she also knew Lu Xun's painstaking efforts, but she couldn't bear it after all.

Let go of this grievance and distress.

Li Yinzhou jumped off the horse, took the reins of her horse's head and led her back.He explained in a low voice: "The aristocratic family is also for the common people. It's just that the way is different and they don't seek each other. The current Jiangdong cannot tolerate division, so the lord can only choose this as the worst policy. But Bo Yan, he still hopes that the aristocratic family can submit, so I don't want to I am willing to leave this quarrel behind.”

Perhaps it was also because he always believed that the disaster started with the Lu family and should end with the Lu family.

He didn't tell Sun Shangxiang about this.

Sun Shangxiang was riding a tall horse, clutching the mane with his fingers, and looked around the familiar city in a daze. There was still a beggar lying at the intersection, and an old man in cold clothes was talking to him, selling charcoal. Not far away, A dilapidated wine flag waved in the wind.

Except for some more gossip, everything is as usual.

Life is like boiling water on a stove, no matter how boiling it is, it is the same fiery but dull taste for the common people.

She seemed to understand something, but she was a little confused: "Since the way is different, why force it?"

Li Yinzhou led her horse back to the army.

Ling Tong's nose was already sweating.

Seeing that Sun Xiaomei came back safe and sound, he helped her get off the horse with peace of mind, and persuaded: "Don't be as knowledgeable as these common people, they will know the master's goodness in the future, and now the coffin is almost at the mansion, old lady... you can comfort her more." .”

Sun Shangxiang nodded, walked through the long queue, and walked all the way to the front.

Li Yinzhou followed with strides, within the scope of his ability, he didn't want to make any mistakes.

From a distance, he saw a plain white figure.

Mrs. Sun leaned on a cane, broke free from the attendant's hand, and stumbled out to meet her.

I haven't seen her for several months, but she is already so old, her rickety back is bent into a bow like a piece of rotten wood, and it seems that it will break in the next moment.

Sun Quan jumped off his horse and held out his hand hesitantly.

Their mother and child have been estranged for several years, at this moment, even if he wanted to comfort him, he didn't know what to do.

If ordinary people encountered such a thing, how would the youngest child do it?Should I hug her, or hold her arm?

In just a moment of hesitation, the old lady pushed away his helpless hand and staggered towards the coffin.

She seemed completely unaware of the rare concern and thoughtfulness of the youngest son, only the dark black coffin was in her eyes, and tears rolled down like a shower.

In the hazy vision, her son seemed to be standing in front of her eyes, holding a gun rebelliously and confidently, holding her head up, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, mother!"

She closed her eyes in grief, only feeling that a piece of flesh in her heart was gouged out, bleeding endlessly, and could never heal again.

Ling Cao, who was guarding the coffin, supported her precarious body: "May the old lady express my condolences."

Li Yinzhou couldn't bear it anymore. Leaving aside the grievances and grievances of the past few years, she was just an ordinary mother who tried her best to defend the family that lost her father.

In the gloomy sky, there are thick clouds one after another.

The snow fell silently.

Ling Cao's words were like a sharp arrow piercing the knife's edge of his heart. The old lady suddenly opened her eyes and pushed Ling Cao with her crutches.

I don't know where she got the strength, but she pushed the huge and fierce Ling Cao away a few feet, and at the moment when everyone was caught off guard, she knelt down in front of the coffin.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it..." She used the ground as a support point, clasped the coffin lid tightly with dead wood-like fingers, and pushed the thick wood through a thin gap.

A pale light seeped in through this little gap.

At the same time as her expression changed suddenly, the hearts of those who knew the matter tightened——

They all know that this is just an empty coffin to cover people's eyes and ears. If the old lady loses control of her emotions and reveals her secret, then all the previous plans will be in vain!

Ling Cao twisted the gun almost subconsciously.

Li Yinzhou was in a bad mood, so he rushed forward with a stride.

He pulled the old lady's sleeves hard, and covered up the slight slit with the skirt of his clothes calmly.

A powerful voice fell on her trembling ears.

"The general has been poisoned by arrows, so his appearance is a little strange. The old lady should not look at it."

He broke off her tightly clasped fingers one by one, and said every word like a word: "If Madam mourns blindly, it will only make loved ones hurt, and enemies will be quick. The vengeance has not been avenged, the lord needs you, Jiang Dong I need you too."

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