The brief conflict on the battlefield had subsided, and Han Xu and Zhu Rong returned to the place where the two armies originally faced each other.
Jiang Yingnian and He Lanxiao did not leave, they were still waiting there. Seeing them walking over from a distance, Jiang Yingnian hurriedly took a few steps forward and asked with concern: "Han Xu, are you okay?"
Han Xu said: "I'm fine, Master."
Zhu Rong saw that Jiang Yingnian was full of concern for Han Xu. In contrast, He Lanxiao's face was calm, as if the chaos just now had never happened to him, and her safety and life and death did not matter.
It's none of his business.
She was furious and asked, "Uncle Helan, why don't you ask me if I'm okay and if I'm okay?"
He Lanxiao glanced at her and said calmly: "If you had something to do, you would have shouted out a long time ago. Why do you still have to wait for me to ask you? What's more, with a master like Mr. Han by your side, nothing will happen to you."
He hesitated for a moment, then said what was in his heart: "Zhu Rong, you initiated this war on your own initiative. Even if you are in any danger, you should have thought of it in advance. This is not an accident."
Seeing him criticizing her with a straight face, Zhu Rong chuckled and said, "Do you have to talk to me like this every time you see me?"
"What kind of gesture?" He Lanxiao said calmly: "I am the national counselor of the Qiang Wu Kingdom, and it is true that I consider the country where I am, but what about you, as the Queen of Kuis, launching this war will have a negative impact on you.
What’s the benefit?”
Jiang Yingnian smelled an unfriendly atmosphere in the air. It was obvious that the two of them still couldn't talk to each other well, so he walked over and tugged on He Lanxiao's sleeves and whispered: "Brother Helan, don't forget that we are friendly
You're here to persuade her, why are you talking like this, aren't you afraid of offending her again?"
However, He Lanxiao gently patted the hand that he was holding on to indicate that it was okay. He Lanxiao breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Zhu Rong, it's time for you to grow up. You are no longer a child. You can't be any more."
Such impulsiveness."
Even though Zhu Rong was usually eloquent, when she was in front of He Lanxiao, she was often speechless. Her eyes turned red again, and she held it in for a long time before saying, "Why do you want to teach me a lesson?"
?Didn’t you say that you are now the national preceptor of the Qiang Wu Kingdom? You are not the national preceptor of Kuisi, so what qualifications do you have to teach me a lesson?"
"Yes, yes." He Lanxiao was slightly disappointed with her reaction. He whispered: "Okay, I won't talk about you. I really don't have the qualifications to talk about you."
"Who do you think you are?!" Zhu Rong couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes and flowed down her cheeks. She didn't bother to wipe them and continued: "No matter how I beg you, you are not willing to come back. If you don't come back, you won't come back."
Right, but you still keep the same attitude as before to teach me and reprimand me. Who are you?"
He Lanlan was silent. I don't know if he was speechless or was thinking about something.
Jiang Yingnian couldn't stand this breathless scene, and tried to smooth things over: "Brother Helan, Zhu Rong, don't you have something to say? There's no need to make it so ugly every time, right? We all know each other.
Field, if you have any problems, just tell us, and if you have any conflicts, tell them openly. If Han Xu and I can help you, we will do our best to help you!"
He Lanxiao shook his head and said, "It's nothing, just let everything take its course."
"Is this just letting nature take its course?!" Zhu Rong couldn't help shouting: "If you leave me alone and leave the country of Kuisi that is kind to you, then you go back to your country of Xuli. Even if you are
I won’t have any complaints if I go back to Xuli! But you just..."
Zhu Rong trembled, took in a breath with difficulty, and said with trembling lips: "Are you going to the Qiang Wu Kingdom specifically to go against me?"
He Lanxiao's eyes met hers and said, "I never thought of going against you."
"You are going against me by assisting Tasara! Can't you see that she bullies me? Can't you see that she wants to go against me at every turn?! Are you just pampering her and pampering her without any bottom line?
?!" With tears in her eyes, she stared at him hatefully.
A look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on He Lanxiao's face. He was in embarrassment and also in pain. Zhu Rong stared at him relentlessly, as if he insisted on giving an explanation.
"Tell me, why are you mute?" Zhu Rong said contemptuously.
He Lanxiao clenched his fists tightly, and after a long time he slowly let go. He said with relief: "You and Tasara each hold one of the red flame baskets. You and I both know this. Mr. Han needed to use it when he was poisoned last time.
Chi Yanluo, why do you think I would go far away instead of looking for Tasara, but would go all the way to Ques to find you?"
Zhu Rong frowned and said, "Because you are too embarrassed to ask her for it."
He Lanxiao smiled helplessly and said: "Look, what you said is not inconsistent? You keep talking about Tasara and I, but others don't know and think that Tasara and I have something to do with each other.
Shameful
What about the personal relationship? Regarding the matter of Chi Yanluo, you said that I was embarrassed to ask her for it. Why was I embarrassed to ask her for it? I am the national master of the Qiang Wu Kingdom. Since I have such a good relationship with her, why should I do it?
Are you sorry?"
Zhu Rong was speechless for a moment and looked at He Lanxiao in confusion.
He continued: "There is only one reason. The reason why I chose to look for you far away is because there is no red flame basket in Tasara. If I look for it in the mountains, I don't know how much time it will take. The poison on Mr. Han's body
I couldn't wait any longer, so I had to come to Ques to see if you could help."
Zhu Rong murmured: "How could she not have a red flame basket? She and I obviously have one each..."
"Her use was given to me." He Lanxiao said calmly: "Zhu Rong, there are some things you don't know. It's a long story. In short, no matter what happens to Tasara, I owe her."
Zhu Rong looked at him blankly and said, "How...?"
Taking into account that Jiang Yingnian and Han Xu were still standing nearby, He Lanxiao looked around and found a place where he could sit down. He said, "Sit down, everyone. If you don't mind listening to me tell a short story,
, just sit down and listen."
After everyone sat down, He Lanxiao briefly recalled the past story and slowly began: "At the beginning of the story, I was still in Xuli. I was still very young at that time and liked to travel around and study. I was obsessed with
I studied all kinds of herbal medicines recorded in medical books, and when I heard that there were some rare herbs somewhere, I couldn’t help but go and look for them myself.”
"Once I returned home after traveling for several months. When I got home, I found that there was an extra person at home, a woman from the Qiang witchcraft country that I had never seen before. Her name was Lian Yi, and she was accidentally rescued by my second brother in the mountains.
Come down and take home the Qiang shaman medical woman who is recovering from her injuries."
When Jiang Yingnian heard this, his brows moved slightly. When he was training at the Xiang Army Camp in Beizhong, he heard about the incident with the Helan family in the capital. The time they fought at the Xiang Army Camp, He Lanlan was
Because someone mentioned this matter and angered him, he joined the fight...
Jiang Yingnian kept a calm expression on her face and continued to listen to He Lanxiao's words.
He Lanxiao said: "Perhaps it was because I was too young and too conceited at that time. I thought that I was well-read and proficient in medical skills, so I had nothing to talk about with Lian Yi, who was a medical woman. I thought arrogantly that the two of us were interested in each other.
Congeniality is the confidant who can best understand each other. But I just ignored one person, my second brother, my only biological brother, A Lan."
He smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "At that time, I was too conceited and arrogant. I only thought about myself. Every day I talked with Lianyi about things we knew well, and ignored Alan's feelings. Everything seemed to be logical, so I asked my father
I told my wish to marry Yan Yi. Although my father was concerned that Yan Yi was a foreigner, he couldn't resist my begging, so he finally agreed. It wasn't until around the time of my engagement that I realized that A Lan also liked Yan Yi. He even
She fell in love with Lian Yi earlier than me, but I was so immersed in my own world that I never realized it!"
Hearing He Lanxiao mention his past love like this for the first time, Zhu Rong felt tense all over, but he had to prick up his ears and listen carefully for fear of missing any word.
He Lanlan lowered his head in shame and said: "Alan has been pampered by his family since he was a child. Everything is within reach. But this time, the girl he wanted was taken away by someone. That person
It's none other than his own big brother. How can he swallow this tone of voice? He is just willful. He is a kind child after all. From the beginning to the end of this incident, he never felt sorry for me in front of me."
Jiang Yingnian said: "
From the training camp at Xiangjun Camp to the military camp, Helan has always been the smartest and most powerful among our group. He does not seem willful, but rather indescribably indifferent..."
He Lanxiao shook his head slightly and said: "At that time, he went to see his father and made a big fuss. My father was so angry that he reprimanded him. Later, Lian Yi and I made arrangements to get married. He still couldn't let go of the matter, so he went to see him again.
My father was making trouble. My father couldn't talk to Ah Lan, so he had to go find Lian Yi..."
He sighed and said: "I don't know exactly what my father said to Lian Yi. Anyway, Lian Yi left a brief letter later, saying only that the engagement was terminated and that she was going back to the Qiang Wu Kingdom. I will go immediately.
Searching in the south, I want to find Lian Yi..."
He Lanxiao sighed with emotion: "I have really never gone back these years. My father must have given up on me."
Speaking of this, Zhu Rong couldn't help raising his doubts and said: "But didn't you come to Kuisi Country back then? Since you want to pursue Lian Yi, you should go to Qiang Wu Country!"
"That's right." He Lanxiao said: "At that time, I was heading south, preparing to go to the Qiang Wu Kingdom. But fate has its way, and I met a person just after I left the Nanqin border."
He looked at Zhu Rong and said, "That's your father. At that time, he was wearing civilian clothes. I couldn't tell that he was the king of Ques. I just saw that he was injured, so I rescued him without much thought.
I killed him and helped him stop the bleeding. Your father didn’t want to owe me this favor in vain, so he insisted on letting me go to Ques with him, saying that he wanted to thank me heavily. I couldn’t refuse, so I followed him to Ques.
I know, it turns out he is King Ques..."
He Lanxiao looked at Zhu Rong with a bit more tenderness and affection in his eyes. He said softly: "You were just over five years old at that time. It was the cutest time. Can you still remember that time?"
