Far away, Fan Lixiang was running wildly in the woods. Fan Lixiang suddenly saw that Chen Ying had not followed. She stopped and looked back dozens of meters behind, looking at the white spot on the hill, as if she could see a pair of hands in front of her eyes.
The little girl hugging her delicate body was cold, helpless, and desperate, lingering on the edge of death.
"Stop." Fan Lixiang raised her hand, and everyone stopped. After running for five miles, they were out of breath. The soldiers received the order to rest and collapsed to the ground.
Fan Lixiang, dressed in yellow, stepped on the accumulated leaves and rustled towards Chen Ying. She stood next to Chen Ying and looked at the small white dots shrouded in the sunset in the distance.
"What, can't you bear it?"
Chen Ying was silent for a long time, slowly shook his head, and murmured: "I just can't agree with it, and I can't understand how you can use a girl's filial piety to threaten her life. By doing this, doesn't the young lady feel any guilt in her heart?"
Chen Ying felt that since he returned to Guiyang with Fan Lixiang, he had been living in inner struggle and suffering every day, so he pretended to surrender to Liu Qi. The reason Fan Lixiang gave was that Liu Qi could not give her power forever. Only Liu Zhang could
It can be done.
She offered advice to Liu Qi to search for food, and the people in the four counties were in misery. The reason Fan Lixiang gave was that this could completely cut off Liu Qi's escape route, and make the Jingzhou Army lose the support of the people, which would facilitate the Sichuan Army's rule in the future.
Now, Chen Ying felt that what Fan Lixiang had done had exceeded his bottom line. Chen Ying initially followed Fan Lixiang because of Liu Zhang's order and Fan Chang's old favor, and he only treated Fan Lixiang as a young lady. But later, Fan Lixiang
His methods made him unconsciously become Fan Lixiang's true subordinate.
But now, a subordinate is questioning Shangguan's behavior.
"No wonder, no wonder you didn't make any move when I told you to take down the old man." Fan Lixiang said calmly, her expression unusually calm.
Fan Lixiang looked into the distance and let out a breath. The smile on her face looked charming in the darkness of the woods.
"As the saying goes, I would rather be a dog in prosperous times than a person in troubled times. But in this era, there are dogs in troubled times everywhere. Chen Ying, put away your useless sympathy and pity. This kind of waste-like pretentiousness will only
Turn you into a dog in troubled times."
Chen Ying was speechless. Maybe Fan Lixiang was right, but he couldn't agree in his heart.
"Your Excellency, I walked through Jingyi Prefecture, from Jiangzhou to Brazil, from Brazil to Hanzhong, from Hanzhong to Wuling, and from Wuling to Chaisang. Over 10,000 people were massacred. Do you know why?
Looking at your behavior, you don't want to kill anyone, and you even have the same useless sympathy in your heart.
Therefore, he was too tolerant of the people around him, could tolerate a barbarian woman wandering around in front of him, could tolerate a group of pedantic civil servants being impatient in front of him, and did not kill Wei Yan, or even a woman who had always wanted to assassinate him.
The Lord is killing all the way, not because of his original intention, but because he understands that if you don't destroy, you don't build, you break and then build. He would rather bear the world's infamy, but also move forward in the direction he has set. If one more person dies today, maybe tomorrow, there will be
Many more people can live with peace of mind."
Fan Lixiang and Liu Zhang have not known each other for a long time, but since Fan Lixiang decided to change her life, Liu Zhang became her only possible support. Before choosing to stick to the big tree of Liu Zhang, Fan Lixiang had to carefully observe
This big tree has to know everything about Liu Zhang.
Facts have proved that it is possible for Liu Zhang to give her everything she wants. Although this requires her to work ten times harder than a man, at least there is hope. This is why Fan Lixiang has been unswervingly working for Liu Zhang.
"Is it possible that the many things that young lady has done are just for the sake of this world?" Chen Ying asked.
"Haha." Fan Lixiang burst into laughter suddenly, as if she had heard something extremely funny, and raised her pink face, "The world? What does the world have to do with a little girl like me? I just want to gain something in this troubled world.
I have the right to live as a man, and I don’t care about anything else.
I am a woman. In order to gain the same power as you men in this troubled world, I need to pay more. Therefore, I will not imitate adults. I will not be stingy about sacrificing anything except myself.
The Lord remains surprisingly calm at all times, and when everyone disagrees, he always knows what he is going to do, but he still cannot avoid this useless sympathy. One day, the Lord will pay for it.
cost."
Fan Lixiang's eyes were shining with a firm look on her face.
The setting sun sank into the dark mountain peaks, and the fiery red sunset glow shone on the hill where the girl was standing. Fan Lixiang turned her head and said to Chen Ying with sharp eyes: "Chen Ying, what happened this afternoon, I hope is the first and last time that it happens to you.
, I know you are not afraid of death, but a subordinate who disobeys orders is of no use to me."
After Fan Lixiang finished speaking, she turned around and left, calling the resting soldiers to continue on their way. Chen Ying took one last look at the girl on the hill, hesitated, and followed Fan Lixiang's footsteps.
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"Who is your leader?"
Jingzhou soldiers surrounded the hill. When they discovered that the girl was not Fan Lixiang, the leader became furious and wanted to kill her to vent his hatred. The girl said this, and then Wang Wei walked up.
The situation of Wang Wei and his group of Jingzhou soldiers is not much better than that of Fan Lixiang and his party. Moreover, Fan Lixiang will use the banner of Jingzhou soldiers to grab some things from time to time. Wang Wei only brought a little dry food allocated, and now it has been eaten up. The soldiers
I had not eaten enough for several meals, and if I could not catch up with Fan Lixiang, I would have no choice but to turn back.
But at this time, he was completely disappointed. Unexpectedly, Fan Lixiang actually asked a girl to pretend to be her, which attracted the attention of Jingzhou soldiers from a distance. Wang Wei angrily threw the long knife to the ground. The soldiers stood unkempt, with the lake wind blowing.
Passed by, it was desolate under the glow of the sun.
"I'll kill you." The soldier was in a low mood. A general, who had been depressed for a long time, finally couldn't stand it anymore. He raised his sword and vented all his resentment towards Fan Lixiang on the girl, and he was about to slash her with the sword.
After delaying for so long, seeing that it was getting dark, Fan Lixiang could not catch up. Now Wang Wei was as cold as death and did not want to care about what his subordinates did. Maybe this girl really volunteered to die for Fan Lixiang.
"Allow me to say a word, and then I will kill or behead you." The girl raised her head and said, "I am Xu Zhaoxue, Sima Hui is my master, and Duke Pang calls me granddaughter. I know these relationships. If it were normal, the Jingzhou soldiers would definitely
Don’t kill me, but now that you are at the end of your rope and won’t remember your past, just kill me if you want.”
The girl closed her eyes after speaking.
Wang Wei turned around and saw Xu Zhaoxue's face clearly. Xu Zhaoxue was the daughter of a wealthy family in Lujiang, but she had traveled around since she was a child and learned some strange alchemy skills. She had also been honored by Sima Hui Pang Degong and other Jingxiang scholars.
Strictly speaking, there is no relationship, but Sima Hui and others really like this girl.