Chapter 861 A lonely figure in the sea of ​​suffering

"Yin'er, how about taking a risk with me once?" Lin Qian suddenly lowered his voice and looked at the people around him with a smile.

"What are you going to do?" As soon as Yin'er heard and saw it, she knew that he was going to assign a new task to her, and she happily looked forward to what he would say.

"Whether Wanyan Jun is attached to Wanyan Jun, or Chu Fengliu Xuanyuan Jiuye, the target is me alone." Lin Qian didn't need to think too much, he already knew a thing or two about the Kongtong battle, "They had many details to kill in the last battle.

I, however, have come up empty-handed time and time again, obviously unwilling to give up. Whether traitors or spies, they will definitely be targeting me recently, hoping to attack in a quiet and uninhabited place. Just like Su Jiangxue did back then."

"You kid, you've always been bold." Yin'er understood and smiled slyly, "What should you do in a secluded place so that they have the courage to go out?"

"..." He glared at Yin'er fiercely, "If you don't cooperate, I won't take you with me."

"No! We must be together!" Yin'er quickly hugged him, showing off her charm, "Okay, okay, cooperation is..."

In addition to this plan of using himself to lure the snake out of the hole, Lin Qian also investigated whether anyone close to Tian Shouzhong might betray him. The answer was no. Most of the leaders of Yan'an Prefecture died in battle and were buried in the city. There was a possibility of traitors among them.

The character was negligible, so Lin Qian set his sights on the soldiers who went to Yan'an Road at the same time as Gu Tingxian, Gengzhi and others. There were too many people among them, and the area was too large to search, and it happened to be in Shouyang Mountain in January and February.

The people who went to Yanyan Road were naturally the biggest suspects because they had intersections in the two incidents. Lin Qian screened out nearly a hundred people, but they were all close followers of Lin Qian. The degree of credibility was really incredible.

In pursuit of the Allied generals, Lin Qian could not pick out any of them out of thin air, so this line could only be temporarily stranded.

Yin'er also knows that these are the best methods. In this alliance based on the principle of "absolute mutual trust", it is very hurtful to suspect anyone of betrayal. This is the case for everyone at the core level. Non-core

It won't be much better for those at the top - it can be said that if the traitor is generals like Xiang Qingfeng, Liu Wujin, etc., it will cruelly destroy Yin'er's outlook on life and values. And if the traitor is someone close to Lin Qian, such as Deng Yifei, Shuixuan, etc.

This kind of follower will also severely shake Yin'er's outlook on life and values... She likes the pure world so much...

People's feelings are all close, and Yin'er doesn't believe that Lin Qian doesn't. Qian hates spies so deeply, and he must also deplore traitors. However, reality leaves no room for it: this time, "absolute mutual trust" has really missed the mark. It can be said that,

If Lin Qian hadn't put all the doubts and confusion in his heart, it would probably have triggered another crisis of trust in the Allies and everyone would be in danger. No one wanted to see this situation, and Lin Qian would not allow it...

However, Lin Qian could not let Tian Shouzhong and Feng Guangliang die in vain. He had to risk breaking his principles and make up his mind to find the truth of the matter.

I have to say that this world is fair, and where there is conquest, there may be betrayal.

The closer you get to the truth, the more confusing the situation becomes. This process of being close but out of reach, always hanging between various possibilities, with no clue at all, finally getting a clue and then disappearing, is the most painful and difficult process in the past.

Yin'er must accompany Lin Qian.

"Actually, the more pleasant result is: the one on Shouyang Mountain is a spy from the Jin Kingdom, and the one in Yan'an Prefecture is a traitor from General Tian. Neither spies nor traitors are people close to you. They are both inconspicuous and do not have much communication.

...I hope this is the most, so that the 'absolute mutual trust' will not change." On the way back to Pingliang from Yan'an Mansion, Yin'er prayed.

"However, hope is one thing, reality is another. Before drawing a conclusion, the inference is that the less the better... But when the truth comes out, no result can be escaped." Lin Qian smiled.

He said that Yin'er didn't understand the meaning of this smile until later.

Who collects souls for death, who is the collector of corpses?

The Battle of Kongtong ended more than ten days ago, and the atmosphere of war is still solidified in the mountains and rivers. Lin Qian and Yin'er left and returned, and the atmosphere of the ten days here has not eased at all.

With an eye on the three passes and control of the five plains, this place was supposed to be a fortress, but it just happened to meet Lin Qian, who was born to fight.

Lin Qian and Yin'er, who took the risk all the way back to Pingliang from Yan'an, were not followed or disturbed by a suspicious person on the way. This plan seemed to have failed. The whereabouts of the traitor was confusing.

The mountains are heavy and the rivers are heavy, and the willows are dark and the flowers are bright.

Not far from the Juxian Bridge at the foot of Kongtong Mountain, the sound of the huge water flow could not hide the footsteps of the uninvited guest...

"Who! Come out!" Yin'er had such a sharp ear that he drew his sword when he yelled angrily.

The man who had been sneaking around for a long time finally showed up because he had nothing to hide. Unexpectedly, he was an old friend.

"Yi Yiran...?!" Qian Yin originally wanted to lure the traitor to show up, but he didn't expect that it would be her. Shen Yiran. Regarding her, Qian Yin also had a lot of questions. Why did she leave Li Chen and how could she be born in Kong?

During the decisive battle at Dongshan, I appeared at Jin Camp, and happened to have a map of the dense forest maze in my hand.

"Brother Lin, leader..." Shen Yiran burst into tears at that moment.

In the Jinghe River Valley, huge rocks are flying in the sky, rainbows are flying across the river, and beads and jade are splashing.

"Yiran." Zi Shen Yiran had been crying and silent since seeing them. Of course Yin'er was surprised, but when she saw her step forward and suddenly hugged him like a light dance, Yin'er suddenly understood that to them, she was a person.

People who disappeared for several years and finally appeared next to Lin Qian, regardless of their current situation, would definitely cry with joy at this scene.

Yin'er choked up and didn't know how to ask her - as a very happy woman in her eyes, how could Yin'er ask if Li Chen still abused you, and did you leave because of Li Chen's abuse...

come back?

"Why did you go to Jinying?" Lin Qian asked at this time, and Shen Yiran's expression suddenly froze.

"Many soldiers on Fengxiang Road, Qingyuan Road, and Yanyan Road have said that they have seen you in Jinying opposite. Not only did you run away from home a few years ago, but you have been wandering around Shaanxi for several days and nights without returning home in the past few years.

Lin Qian said sharply, Yin'er was shocked. Shen still stood there with a broken expression.

"Shengnan..." Yin'er heard his serious tone and quickly persuaded him.

"In the Battle of Kongtong, you happened to have a maze map, which saved me from being trapped in the formation. It wasn't until then that I understood that you wanted to sneak into the Jin army for a detailed plan." Lin Qian's tone was full of objections, "But then

You Shen Yiran, do you have the ability to protect yourself in an enemy camp?! Why did you not mention it to me beforehand when you were in danger alone?"

"Brother Lin... I didn't come to the Jin camp to do detailed work. I don't have that kind of ability... I just happened to be serving an officer recently and saw the map from him. He was drunk and said Wanyan Junfu wants your life, there is no way I will not save you." Shen Yiran smiled miserably.

"..." Yin'er heard that Shen Yiran was not working as a craftsman, but as a military prostitute!? Unknowingly, her breathing changed a little.

"Shen Wang, how can you debase yourself like this?!" Lin Qian was furious when he heard this. In his heart, because Shen Wang died early, he had always regarded Yi Yi as a younger generation whom he nurtured and loved. , this person once had the qualifications to become a heroine like Yin'er.

"It's nothing mean... The officer doted on me very much and said he would marry me soon. He was a good man and did not care about my low status... However, Ajie should not stay with me anymore... I was wondering what to do. Well, I happened to come here and saw you." Shen Yiran smiled, unable to tell the truth and falsehood, "I will bring Ajie another day. Brother Lin and the leader of the alliance happen to have no children, so they can help me raise Ajie. ...Don't let that bastard Li Chen touch him..."

"Li Chen is your husband after all, and Ajie's father, so a family of three has to end up like this?!" When Lin Qian shouted, Yin'er felt sad, because he said he had no children.

"Li Chen may not be Ajie's father." Shen Yiran smiled shamelessly, "Brother Lin, you asked me six years ago, who is Ajie's father... Me, I also I don’t know which one it is. Maybe it’s Senior Brother Lu Xiao, maybe Senior Brother Shan Xing, maybe Senior Brother Yan Feng... Haha, there are too many possibilities. Still from that time, it was such a woman, Brother Lin and the leader of the alliance, actually Didn't you even see it?"

What kind of scene is this? Lin Qian was angry and resentful when he heard it: "Shen Yiran! You are so self-destructive and self-destructive. Are you worthy of your dead father!?" Yin'er has never seen Lin Qian before. He was so angry that blood was flowing out from his sleeves, and the wound on his arm should have burst open. If the other party was Hai, if the other party was Hai, Lin Qian would have slapped any of them with a slap.

"Father?!" Shen Yiran's expression continued to be confused. At that moment, her face was so distorted that she didn't look like Shen Yiran. "Could it be that Ajie was born to me and my father? Well...impossible, the time is not right..." Big He smiled and turned around to leave, leaving Lin Qian and Yin'er standing frozen.

After a long time to regain consciousness, Shen Yiran was already far away. Qian Yin hurriedly chased after her, but he was too late. After chasing her for a while, the sound of footsteps completely disappeared.

"Yi Yiran...could she be crazy..." Yin'er thought about it carefully and felt that Shen Yiran's words just now were fragmented and incoherent, and many of them were trying to provoke Lin Qian to fight. Yin'er felt sour in her heart.

"You're right." Lin Qian's face turned cold, "Li Chen can't be forgiven for still reaching this point."

But Qian Yin was unable to question and deal with Li Chen——

After meeting Shen Yiran, I walked for half an hour. As I walked, I felt that the environment started to feel strange. The surrounding landscape seemed to have been changed by some force. I replayed it again. I wanted to go back along the way, but I realized after a few hours that Back to the same place again.

Is it another dense forest maze? No, this time, half of Kongtong Mountain is placed in the maze array, which is more dangerous than the last time in front of Wangjiaping. As night falls, bears roar and dragons roar, darkness and supernatural In the atmosphere, the majestic peaks and cliffs stand tall, and the culverts are like the eyes, ears, mouth and nose of the devil. The tension and mystery of this place soars at the same time.

"It's over, it's over, I'm dead this time!" Yin'er couldn't find the exit, and Yin'er was worried. According to legend, this kind of dense forest maze formation is Liu Yue's most powerful skill. It can be called her trump card that has been tried and tested repeatedly, and she has saved several young princes.

Liu Yue must have carried Yin'er through the maze more than twenty years ago. Unfortunately, no matter how good Yin'er's memory was, she could not reach the level of the road at that time.

Remember.

"I really lose when I meet your mother." Lin Qian smiled to calm Yin'er's temper. Instead of rushing out, he lit a fire on the spot and sat down next to the woman who was looking around, calmly saying, "It's getting late, why not come in

Rest here for the night, and then find an exit when the light is better." Yin'er responded, and sat down with him, and continued: "This 'Heaven and Earth Labyrinth Array' was arranged by the Jin according to her method. Last time Wangji

Pingqian, half of Kongtong this time... I have jumped into the same pit twice in a row, each one deeper than the last."

In fact, it happened not only twice but three times. Last time in the underground palace in Huining County, Lin Qian had seen the prototype of this labyrinth array. In the couplet group, Liu Yue used pavilions, flower paths, and doors to form Bagua Liangyi.

Take it out of the underground palace, and use the pure natural landscapes such as rocks, ravines, and forests to make it bigger and hurt people more thoroughly. If it weren't for the fact that he knew Liu Yue's existence, Qian Yin would have thought it was Kong.

How could one imagine that human imagination could be so wonderful in the inherent death place of Dongshan Mountain! And conversely, precisely because the Jin people arranged it in front of them according to the formations passed down by Liu Yue, Qian Yin even felt that this person was...

It was so alive, as if she was still alive.

"I don't know how many people, how much effort, and how long it will take to put this formation together." Yin'er sighed, and Lin Qian's mind moved. Yin'er had already got into his arms with a sly smile, and after a while,

He added: "It's all my fault. I ran too fast to chase Yiran."

"I can run faster than you." Qian also smiled. To be honest, they were indeed misunderstood by Shen Yiran. If she hadn't left so suddenly and crazy, Lin Qian followed the sound and chased her without thinking.

It is impossible for the two of them to lose their vigilance and fall into the maze formation in an instant - is this the case? Could it be that the Jin people had already set up this formation and asked Shen Yi to bring them in?! Otherwise, such a big formation would

The method was formed so quickly, so how could one predict that Lin Qian would definitely walk in here?!

In an instant, all the hurtful words like spy, traitor, and spy came to mind. None of the possibilities that Lin Qian had imagined before involved such a result - "Shen Yiran", she appeared unexpectedly but naturally.

Already...

Still?! She has been active in various sites on Qingyuan Road and Yanyan Road since a few years ago, wandering around various gold camps and enjoying herself. If she is the traitor who betrayed the Yanyan Road stronghold, is it not wrong? Just imagine her

You can extract the maze map from the Jin Army officers while they are drunk, or you can use similar methods to deal with Tian Shouzhong or his close subordinates. It is true that Lin Qian cannot bear to accept this idea, but he must not ignore it if it occurs. You know

After the Battle of Longnan, Tian Ruoye was also captured by the Jin people and became a military prostitute. Tian Shouzhong and other Tian family soldiers had absolute sympathy and strong intimacy with this former head of the family, and because both the lord and the mistress liked him.

Shen Yiran would not set up too many defenses. Even Lin Qian, before today, thought that Shen Yiran might have become a military prostitute in order to resist the money and do fine work, which was excusable...

But Shen is still her, and it's impossible to be captured. Just now she said it herself, she did it voluntarily. There is no hope for her in the Song Army, so she might as well switch sides and go to Jinying to find someone who truly loves her. That's true. Lin Qian couldn't tell how close it would come true. Careful work, careful work... In fact, you can think about it from another angle. Shen Yiran may not have wanted to be a workman of the Song Dynasty, but he might have betrayed and become a workman of the Jin Dynasty. Three major conditions for a traitor: To be very close to Lin Qian, she can achieve it, to have martial arts skills, which she has, and to have a strong heart, which she has too many.

So, on Wangjiaping, she gave directions to the Allies and led them out of the maze. It can also be understood that she was gaining Lin Qian's trust in order to pave the way for a bigger maze this time. Lin Qian was not wary of her at all. After all, The Jinren's target has always been Lin Qian. Wang Jiaping was just practicing for the first time, this time it was real and he was more confident.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that she was the one who lured the snake out of its hole with Qian Yin.

Otherwise, it was she who betrayed the drunken Jin Army officer to save Lin Qian and help Lin Qian win the Battle of Kongtong. The traitors in the Allied Forces should know that she had even seen her at that time, and her participation in the war was not a secret. Jin Jun can find out as long as he investigates deeply, so why does Jin Jun keep her and not kill her? Unless Jin Jun wants to use her...

More importantly, Shen Yiran not only easily met the time requirement of being on Yanyan Road in February, but she was also in Shouyang Mountain in January - that day Lin Qian took Guo Ao and Yin'er to worship. During the Purple Rain in Shanxing, I once saw two footprints, one large and one small, beside Shanxing's tomb. They belonged to a woman and a child. They were obviously one of our own but refused to show up. From Shen Yiran's words, I could tell that maybe Ajie She is a descendant of Shanxing... Shen Yiran who said this sentence was crazy, but Shen Yiran who said this sentence missed her very much at that time, but things were different.

"Yin'er, is it Yiran's fault?" Lin Qian didn't tell Yin'er his doubts. He only asked about Shen Yiran's role as a military prostitute. Those messy and unformed thoughts must not be believed or insisted on casually, let alone Spread to others.

"Well... how can I blame her? She is a poor person. She didn't mean anything she said." Yin'er's topic was still about "having no children".

"I really shouldn't have treated her like that." Lin Qian let out a long sigh, "She has always been a child in my heart, but I don't know much about her. More or less, I have learned a lot about her in the past few years. It was all overlooked. She has taken the wrong path now, and I really have the responsibility to bring her back."

Yin'er smiled foolishly and stared at him for a long, long time.

"What?" He looked back at her.

"Paternalism." Yin'er smiled.

"After we go out this time, we must have a deep talk with her. As long as she can be saved." He must prove whether Tian Shouzhong's death is related to Shen Yiran. He can give people who have betrayed the Allies a second chance to weigh the matter. Prioritize, either let go of the past, or give up the blame. Of course, if he had mistrusted her just now, Shen Yiran had not betrayed but was simply willing to be a military prostitute. He also hoped that she was not terminally ill.
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