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15.

The battle between the two armies was too chaotic, and I still didn't see Ji An's body in the end.The Qin army has already reached the edge of the city wall, and it will be a matter of time before they invade Xinzheng.

Zhang Liang was thinking about sending me and Zhang Kaidi out of the city. I pulled his sleeves and asked him to go with us. He smiled, "Grandpa, as the prime minister of Korea, should live and die with the country. I can't bear it. Forcibly send him away, but this country is still there, before the last moment, I wish to stand in front of the mountains and rivers instead of my grandfather."

"This way is a good way, Aran doesn't have to keep it."

"Let's go!"

The swimming fish in the pond were scurrying in different directions, and my eyelids drooped, feeling that the person in front of me was so far away from me.

I never missed everything in Xinzheng, after all, I have many bad memories, Ji An is gone, Zhang Liang has his way, and the only thing left for me is myself, it’s just a pity that all the glory has been lost.

I packed up a lot of belongings, and I took everything that was convenient for me to take away. If I couldn’t take it away, I would give it up. Nothing is more important than my life.

Zhang Kaidi was drugged by Zhang Liang, and he didn't wake up until we were some distance away from Xinzheng, but he couldn't go back either.Knowing Zhang Liang's intentions, he burst into tears, but he also forced himself to move forward. He looked forward to seeing his grandson again one day.

"Liang'er was taught by me, so she won't die so easily." He muttered openly.

At first I believed it too, but as the days passed, this belief became shallower.

Zhang Kaidi is getting old, even if he has the determination and perseverance to move forward, he can't resist the oppression of the years. We and the eight people who escorted us went all the way to the Qilu land that Zhang Liang said, and Zhang Kaidi's body was getting worse and worse. bad.At the beginning, I could barely support it, and tried not to delay the trip, but then I fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

I haven't experienced such a predicament for a long time. The hard days before the Ji family's fortune suddenly replayed in my mind, and I couldn't get rid of it.

Feeling more upset and irritable, he got up and stood outside.

The empty mountain was cold and silent, and there were several sounds from behind the rock wall.

One person said: "The Qin army invaded Xinzheng, the royal family was executed, and the son's whereabouts are unknown. Now, Mr. Xiangguo is critically ill, and the Qin army is hunting for Mr. Xiangguo again. If we continue to follow, there will be no good results."

One asked, "What do you mean?"

"Master Xiangguo and the young master treat us well. We can't sell his news, but we can't follow him to death. Madam has a lot of valuable things on her, why don't we take some away when we find a chance, so that life will be easier in the future. some."

The two hit it off right away, my feet felt cold, I hurried back to the house and pretended to be asleep, so that they wouldn't find out that I was eavesdropping.

I have never had much hope for people's hearts, and I have prepared for myself a back road before going out.

When it was daylight, I got up and went to the stream to fetch some water to wash my face, and came back with some water.

Seeing someone getting up to cook, I poured water on the white rice and smiled, "Just use this! I just tasted it by the stream, and it was quite sweet."

The rice is well cooked and everyone eats it quickly.Zhang Kaidi's health was not good, so he insisted on going as soon as possible. He also heard the news that the Qin army was hunting him, and he didn't want to delay on the road any longer.

I brought the rice to the open ground, "Grandfather, eat some before we start."

Opening his eyes without doubting him, he ate the rice with the vegetables.Soon, he fell asleep.

I dragged the people outside who had been drugged and fell asleep one by one into the house. I hadn't done any work in these years, and dragging these people to one place almost cost me half my life.

Before lighting the fire, I thought of Zhang Liang and hesitated for a moment. If he knew that I did such a thing to his grandfather, he would probably kill me!

But now I don't know whether he is dead or alive, how can I let the open ground stop my steps.I left openly, if he was caught by Qin Jun, he would reveal my existence.I am his grandson-in-law, so it is inevitable that Qin Jun will affect me.

As for the others, if one or two people had a disagreement, the others couldn't afford to have a disagreement, so they should settle it once and for all, lest they be caught and affect me.

With this in mind, he resolutely threw the torch into the house, and the fire quickly ignited everything, including the people in the house.

16.

There is also some fear, after all, it is the first time to do this kind of thing, especially at night, I always feel that their souls are following me.

After half a month of suffering, I finally figured out that I am no longer afraid.At this time, I have already stepped into the territory of Qin State.

A long time ago, I asked Ji An to prepare a way out for me here. The shady relationship between Father and certain forces in Qin State gave birth to a group of dead soldiers loyal to Ji's family. After Father died, King Han began to stare at Ji. At home, Ji An did not dare to call her back, and kept her in Qin State.

Now that Ji An is not here, only I can order them. If I want to restore the pampered life of the past, and gain a foothold in any country's territory, I need their help.

Here, I met someone totally unexpected.

——Jiyue Qingfeng, just like the first time I saw him.

One session, one session, wonderful.Even, I feel that God is playing tricks on me.

"Aran, long time no see, how are you?" Zhang Liang looked at me with a smile.

I panicked for a moment because of his sudden appearance, then immediately woke up, pretending to be pleasantly surprised, "husband, why are you here?"

If God wants to play tricks on me and seal off this road, I will also cut it out.

"Come here to find Aran and grandfather." Zhang Liang looked around, "Where's grandfather?"

Although he never thought that he would meet Zhang Liang again in Qin, there was a ten-thousandth possibility that Zhang Liang was still alive and would meet again one day, so he planned his words during the journey.

Immediately, the corners of his eyes were wet, and his face was full of shame, "Grandfather was seriously ill halfway, and was hunted down by the Qin army again. He was afraid of hurting me, so he insisted on leaving me. I sent three people to follow me. I was worried about my grandfather, so I sent them back again. I originally planned to go to Sanghai as you said, but I didn't expect to go the wrong way, anyway, I arrived in Qin State, I was thinking about looking for news here, maybe there is your whereabouts."

Zhang Liang lowered his head and said softly, "Ah Ran has worked hard."

He was smiling, but for some reason, I felt cold.

"Grandfather's whereabouts, Liang will send someone to look for it, so you don't have to worry about it anymore."

I nodded obediently and asked Zhang Liang how he found me.

"I have friends to help me."

Who is the friend he said, I will know immediately when I follow him back to the place where we stay.

Princess Honglian and the white-haired swordsman who killed Dad, Zhang Liang introduced his name: Wei Zhuang.

They also looked at me indifferently, but after sitting for a while, they left and never came back.

I couldn't help beating my heart, since they found the place where I was with such great powers, did they also find the place where Zhang Kaidi and the eight people died?Did Zhang Liang know everything?Why is he still so calm?

The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. I couldn't figure out Zhang Liang's purpose, and looked at him anxiously. He just happened to look at me and smiled lightly.

"Aran, what are you thinking?"

The teacup in my hand fell to the ground with a bang and shattered.

17.

Zhang Liang sent people to look for it for a long time, but they couldn't find Zhang Kaidi. This is what he told me.

I'm always dubious.

He took me to Sanghai Xiaoshengxianzhuang, the land of Qilu.Xiaoshengxianzhuang is a place that many students yearn for. Zhang Liang entered the Confucian school here, and soon became the third master here.

On the surface, Zhang Liang treated me the same as before, but I have been close to him for a long time, and I can detect every detail, not to mention there is a ghost in my heart, so naturally I pay more attention to it than usual.

I'm sure Zhang Liang knows I'm lying and even what I've done to Zhang Kaidi, but he didn't say a word, which terrifies me immensely.

This is far more unsettling than tearing face off with him, but I know that I don't have the courage to tear face off with him.Now there is the whole Little Shengxian Village behind him, his two senior brothers, one cold and the other soft, seem to be nothing special to him, but in fact they are very precious.

I began to plan my escape, lest Zhang Liang would make my life worse than death one day.

The world is vast, even if it is difficult to make a comeback, it is better than being in fear by his side.

Zhang Liang seemed to have taken precautions against this, and took me almost everywhere, never giving me a chance to escape.Others think that we are deeply in love, but we each have our own ghosts.

After a few years like this, I followed him from Xiaoshengxianzhuang to Bolangsha Assassinated Qin, and now he is named "Situ" and captured Wancheng together with Liu Bang.

Wancheng was difficult to attack. Liu Bang wanted to take a detour westward to destroy Qin, but was persuaded by Zhang Liang.Zhang Liang didn't go back to his tent to rest that night. He discussed in Liu Bang's tent all night. He sent troops to guard the outside and no one was allowed to approach him.

Inexplicably, I felt a little uneasy. I stood outside the tent and waited for him. After a while, he came out, approached me slowly, and smiled slightly, "It's time."

Liu Bang led his troops back to Wancheng quietly by taking a small path, and soon surrounded Wancheng with heavy troops, and the next step was to appease the Nanyang prefect who had retreated to Wancheng.

During this period of time when Zhang Liang was not in the camp, there were heavy guards around me.

Zhang Liang is ready to attack me.

I knew it in my heart, and I gradually became calm from the initial uneasiness.In recent years, Zhang Liang's mind has become more and more difficult to guess. There is only one thing that I will never doubt. If he is not fully sure, he will not restrain me so obviously.

It is absolutely impossible for me to be slaughtered obediently. When I saw that man last time, I asked him to pass an order to my dead soldiers. If I don't leave the camp for three days, I will rescue me.

At night, Zhang Liang still didn't return, the wind was blowing up and down, I was wrapped in the quilt until there were a few thuds outside, and I jumped up violently.

There were two people who came to take me away.

I followed them through the forest and through the trees, and my steps suddenly stopped, and my face began to turn pale.

This is not where I should be.

"The person Aran misses is in front of him, why don't you come and meet him? Maybe it's the last time."

Zhang Liang's gentle voice sounded somewhere, echoing in his ears, it was harsher than Ye Xiao's.

I followed the two of them forward with a pale face, brushing away the covered branches and leaves, and then I realized that I had entered Wancheng, and the plaque on the Nanyang Prefect's Mansion above it made people dizzy.

18.

Zhang Liang is still full of brilliance in the filthy place, so don't look at him closely.

I looked past him and landed on the bloody man bound in chains at the end of the cellar.

I couldn't control my steps and stepped forward, but Zhang Liang stretched out his hand to hold me down. He smiled calmly, "Liang promised him, if he can persuade the Nanyang prefect, Liang will let you go at ease."

I glared at him angrily, but he was not angry at all. He let go of me and still stood in front of me, preventing me from moving forward, "Liang keeps his promise, and Ah Ran can go anywhere in the future."

A moment of astonishment flooded my heart, and my eyes followed the two dead men who brought me here, the knives in their hands were on the throats of their former masters.

My throat moved at the same time, and the smell of blood filled my nose.

At this moment, I understood why Zhang Liang kept me.

He wants to subdue the dead in my hands.The Xiangguo Mansion was in chaos, and he needed a force to support him in his actions.

I wasn't completely unaware of the changes around me, but I thought he was going to disintegrate, never thought that what he wanted was to subdue.

At this moment, I am convinced and willing to admit defeat.

Seeing what I was thinking, Zhang Liang said: "What is a dead man? If he has never really died, is there nothing he can attack?"

I twitched the corner of my mouth slightly as if mocking myself, and looked up at him, "Since he helped you and exchanged his life for Wancheng, Aran wants to ask your husband about it, can you let me talk to him?"

Zhang Liang stared at me for a while, then turned his body sideways, and I walked a few steps, my heart seemed to be hollowed out all of a sudden, my body was weak, and I couldn't help but kneel down in front of the dying man.

"elder brother……"

Awakened by my voice, Ji An raised her swollen and bruised eyelids, breathing weakly, "Aran..."

The time when Ji An entered the Nancheng Prefect's Mansion was before Liu Bang and his heavy troops surrounded Wancheng. The Nanyang prefect tortured him, hoping to get news of the enemy from him. Knowing that his situation was over, he chose to surrender.

Therefore, Zhang Liang did it on purpose. He could ask Ji An to persuade him to surrender after the siege, so the meaning would be different.

He is taking revenge on me in the same way, wanting me to die in pain, just like I killed Zhang Kaidi.

"I'm sorry..." I don't know what else to say besides this one.

It took a long time for Ji An to find me. He also thought he was dead at the time. He got up from the mass grave and recuperated for a long time before recovering his body. Hearing the news that Zhang Liang became the third head of Little Sage Zhuang, he came to see me .

At that time, I was convinced that Zhang Liang had other intentions, so I didn't dare to tell him that Ji An was not dead, and kept going quietly.Zhang Liang knew of Ji An's existence, and it was self-evident who revealed it to him.

Zhang Liang found Ji An, knowing that Zhang Liang told him that it was a dead end, he went anyway, and exchanged his life for my freedom - he believed that I could not defeat Zhang Liang.

"I'm sorry..." I unchained him and hugged him.

Ji An opened his hand slightly, probably trying to cover my eyes like before, but his tendons in his arms and hamstrings were broken long ago, and he didn't have the strength to raise his hand again.

The hoarse throat made an unpleasant voice, "Ah Ran, I didn't... I didn't feel sorry for anyone, I... it wasn't... your fault, Father... and it wasn't your fault either... Auntie is dead, I think that too , I can't do it..."

I was stunned, and the tears couldn't stop pouring out.

This idiot knows everything!

"I'm sorry..." Ji An tried hard to open his eyes and look at me.

I looked into his cloudy eyes, and a voice echoed in my heart: He is so uncomfortable, he can't live, he can't live.

I hugged him tightly, raised my right hand tremblingly, and gently placed it on the back of his head, closed my eyes suddenly, and pressed vigorously on his occipital point.

I couldn't bear it. During the years in Xiaoshengxianzhuang, I didn't learn any martial arts moves, but I only knew the acupuncture points on the human body thoroughly.

Yan Lu, the second master of Confucianism, once said: the occipital bone is the brain, the dead point.

Ji An's arms hung limply, I stared at him for a while, and my tears dried up.

I put his body down, Zhang Liang's eyes flashed a little surprise, he probably didn't expect that I would personally make a settlement for Ji An.

I leaned out against the wall with my footsteps crooked. It was already dawn, and the early morning light fell on my face.

The sky is high and the sea is wide, let me be free.

But I have nothing left.

No one to help, no glory, no relatives, no love.

Zhang Liang followed behind me, watching helplessly as I took out something from my cuff and ate it.

He let me go free, am I going to let him go?

I stood still and looked back at him. I couldn't find the shadow of the boy back then, and said softly: "For a moment, I really fell in love with you. But it doesn't matter, I always have something I like more, and worked hard for it.”

Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, there seemed to be a ripple in his calm eyes, the ripple was fleeting, and he was so indifferent, "Liang and Aran have been together day and night for several years, and every moment is like a year."

Hearing what he said, I couldn't help laughing out, coughing up blood from the corner of my mouth, and finally coughing up a pool of blood with the laughter.

He restrained and tolerated a person like this, and said such unfeeling words in front of a dying person, I think he hated it very much.

Thinking about it carefully, I really hate it.

"Mr. Lau has held grudges for so many years, so I'm bothered."

"Aran's love, how dare you say you bother?" Zhang Liang also replied very coldly.

I nodded and leaned weakly against the wall, my vision starting to blur.

"Finally, I'm going to bother Mr. Lao. A rotting corpse is not very elegant. After I die, please find someone to dig a nicer hole to bury my brother and me. It's considered a husband and wife."

Zhang Liang's breathing didn't fluctuate, and the angle of his beautiful jaw moved downwards, as a response to my words.

I closed my eyes peacefully.

This life is over.

I died early, and I may wake up early.

This night is no longer long.

End

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