sinking into sand

Under the city wall, the debate has come to an end.

Seeing that Si En was basically sure of winning, Yu Sha couldn't help but relax a bit.

But at this moment, a great sense of crisis suddenly rose in his heart.

He quickly turned his head and looked inside the city wall of Dingzhou. At first glance, there seemed to be nothing unusual, but with his eyesight, he still saw a little bit of black smoke.

"Oops!" He immediately patted Guan Lan who was asleep next to him to wake up: "Damn it, Yu Wangling burned the city!"

Yes, Yu Wangling burned down the city.

Xiang Feibai took the last remnants of the refugee army and some of the people from the Jinzhan Pavilion into several teams, set fires all over the city, and walked towards Jingyang Palace while setting fire.

Dingzhou City has been under martial law for many days because of the army outside the city, and no one goes out on the streets during the day.At this time, the fire was set, and the people rushed out, all crowded into the street.

This obviously made it difficult to fight the fire, and to make matters worse, the people in the city defense station and other places had long been infiltrated by Yu Wangling's refugee army during the days of martial law in Dingzhou.

So the fire began to spread wildly, and there was no one to put out the fire.

When the news reached Jingyang Palace, all the adults who were still concerned about the debate at the gate of the city were shocked.After hearing where Xiang Feibai was moving, they realized what kind of lunatic Yu Wangling was.

But it was too late.

The news from Dingzhou City was sent to the desks of Guan Jingyue and Zhai Su as quickly as possible.Guan Jingyue made a decisive decision and could not wait any longer.Immediately let someone tell Qin Shen in the city to open the city gate.

It's just that the news went back and forth again and again, and a lot of work was delayed.There are only two people in the city, Guan Lan and Yu Sha, who are used to climbing over walls.

"You go to Jingyang Palace—!" Yu Sha shouted to Guan Lan, "He must want to snatch Xie Jingfeng and go to the south to establish a puppet dynasty! Don't let him succeed—!"

"Understood!" Guan Lan agreed, and went to the direction of Jingyang Palace alone.

Yu Sha and his troops divided into two groups, and first went to the place where the fire was fierce to organize the people to fight the fire.Dingzhou is no better than Daocheng. It was the capital of several dynasties, and it was finally rebuilt after the Jian'an Rebellion. It is the city that accommodates the most people in the hinterland of the Central Plains.It would be a huge loss if it burned down here.

The city was in chaos, and Yu Sha soon realized that the city defense station had been paralyzed.At this time, the only option is to evacuate the crowd to reduce casualties, and then find someone to open the city gate as soon as possible, and let Guan Jingyue and Zhai Su's army come in.

When Yu Sha was running around the city, Guan Lan had already arrived at Jingyang Palace.

This place has obviously been taken care of carefully. The formerly resplendent imperial palace has been caught in flames. Many people have fled to the streets, but many more people have not escaped.

Guan Lan arrested a few palace servants who had escaped and asked them, and they all said that they had never seen Xie Jingfeng.He looked at the burning hall in front of him, and resolutely performed lightness kung fu to climb in from the palace wall.

Jingyang Palace is no longer the same as when they came yesterday, fires can be seen everywhere, and black smoke billows.Guan Lan rushed over to Xie Jingfeng and his mother's hall according to what they had remembered.

The main hall was not on fire, Guan Lan saw a figure in the room, directly broke through the window and broke in.

However, the person in front of him was not the person he expected.

Supported by Xiang Feibai, Yu Wangling sat on the seats in the whole hall, and Xie Jingfeng and his mother were nowhere to be seen.

Yu Wangling looked up, seeing that it was him, he was suddenly disappointed.

"It's you?" Yu Wangling said, "I thought he would come by himself."

When Guan Lan saw him, he knew that he had fallen for the trick. From what I heard, this trap was originally designed for Yu Sha.

Guan Lan has always advocated that he can kill as fast as he can, and never give his opponent any chance to talk nonsense.

But facing Yu Wangling at this moment, his strange intuition suddenly moved.

This led him to ask him a question instead of killing Yu Wangling in the first place.

"Why do you think the person who came was Yu Sha?"

Hearing his question, Yu Wangling showed a teasing smile for some reason: "Why, you don't know?"

"He has always kept the most dangerous things to himself." Yu Wangling said, "He clearly knows that I am targeting Xie Jingfeng. Jingyang Palace is the most dangerous place, so of course he will come by himself."

After getting the answer, Guan Lan spoke again, driven by that strange intuition.

"Then do you know why he asked me to come?"

Yu Wangling was very cooperative, he himself wanted to know the answer and asked, "Why?"

"Because my coming is more reassuring for him than coming by himself." Guan Lan said, "He knows that I am better than him."

When Yu Wangling heard this answer, he suddenly smiled.

"Is that so?" He said, "That's it."

Guan Lan began to feel that the person in front of him gradually made him feel uncomfortable. Since Xie Jingfeng was not here, it was time for him to leave.

Just as he was about to ignore everything and turn to leave, Yu Wangling suddenly stopped him.

"Guan Lan—!"

His voice was very tearful, not at all like his usual idleness and wild cranes: "Have you ever thought that one day, you will no longer be so strong!"

Yu Wangling roared, as if he was not talking about Guan Lan, but about himself, "You will also become a weak person one day. At that time, what do you think he will do to you?!"

Guan Lan felt that this question was so inexplicable that it was unimaginable, but his weird intuition appeared again, so he answered Yu Wangling's words.

"What can I do?" His expression seemed to say that this was a very stupid question, "Protect me."

After all, he added in a strange way: "He loves me so much."

After saying this, Guan Lan felt that he would no longer be able to follow other people's nonsense, so he stepped on the eaves he had stepped on just now and jumped out.

Inside the room, Yu Wangling looked at Guan Lan's voice, he was silent at first, then shook his head, and finally started laughing suddenly.

Xiang Feibai stood by and guarded him, persuading him in a low voice: "Pavilion Master, we..."

Yu Wangling stopped laughing suddenly, still staring at the direction Guan Lan was going out, interrupted Xiang Feibai's words, his voice was very hoarse.

"At that time, he also treated me like this." Yu Wangling said, "At that time, my health was failing. He suddenly, as if he really regarded himself as an elder brother, began to protect me."

"He doesn't even think about it. With his background, do I need his protection?" Yu Wangling scolded with a sneer, but his smile seemed to burst into tears: "So I thought that he looked down on me, so I scolded him and beat him. Sue him to the elders' house and Yu Duanjiang."

"But when people from the Elder's House and Zhu Zheng planned to make me die, he still blocked it for me."

Yu Wangling's expression suddenly became very sad, almost as if he was crying, but there were no tears in his eyes: "This is the first time, and there will be a second, third, and fourth time in the future."

"The last time he went to assassinate me for me, it was that time, something happened to Peony Academy."

Yu Wangling's eyes suddenly became lively, as if he was recalling something good: "That was the first time I saw such a painful expression on his face, he came to beg me, he came to beg me crying, he asked me to beg Yu Duanjiang And the elders' house, let them not fall into the low status of those girls."

"At that time, I felt that this is what I want." Yu Wangling said, "I didn't help him, and then he cried again, but this time I felt uncomfortable. After that, he started to avoid me. In the end, he started working against me."

Yu Wangling's eyebrows frowned, showing a smile that was uglier than crying: "Then, we fought and fought, and he always showed that kind of painful expression that I like. But then, Guan Lan came suddenly , and now, he is not in pain."

The expression on Yu Wangling's face suddenly disappeared, he didn't look back, but Xiang Feibai asked.

"Do you know why I keep you?"

Xiang Feibai didn't speak.

Like what he had done countless times before, Yu Wangling replied to himself: "Because you are a bit like him."

"Gentle, loyal, and kind." Yu Wangling said softly, "So, when you are forced by me to do those dirty things, I will feel that he is back."

Xiang Feibai couldn't bear it anymore, he turned his head to the side, resisting the urge to choke.

Outside the window, there was a faint noise and the sound of horseshoes in the distance. Guan Jingyue and Zhai Su's army had already entered Jingyang Palace, and they would investigate here soon.

Xiang Feibai wiped away all his personal feelings, and said aloud, "Master, we really should go."

Yu Wangling didn't answer him, he snatched Xiang Feibai's saber again, turned around, and pulled Xiang Feibai by the neckline like he had done countless times to pull him in front of him, finally looked beside him The standing man.Buckle + group period; clothing age. Five "baba, five; nine ages:

"Xiang Feibai." Yu Wangling looked into his eyes: "I'm talking to you now."

"I don't want to live anymore, do you want to die with me?"

Xiang Feibai was pulled very close by him, and because of this closeness, he saw his own reflection clearly in Yu Wangling's eyes for the first time.

He also showed an ugly crying face like he had compromised countless times in this life, and answered him: "... I really don't want to meet you again in my next life."