auspicious time has come

Chapter 155 He Killed Himself
He even murmured uncontrollably: "Who are you...?"

He knew that the person in front of him was Xiao Mu, Marquis of Dingbei, but...

In sight, the person immersed in the light and shadow replied to him: "It's me."

The voice that had long faded from the youthfulness was extremely gentle, but it still seemed to have the old shadow of the past.

At this moment, the man almost stopped breathing, and his body froze every inch of his body, only to set off turbulent waves in his eyes.

He didn't know how he found his own voice: "...Lang Jun?!"

He looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, and his voice and expression were erratic due to shock: "How could it be...how could it be..."

Lang Jun is clearly dead long ago!
The figure walked towards him slowly from the light and shadow, and stretched out the hand that was originally held behind his back, which contained an old and mottled dagger.

"You still keep this dagger—" Xiao Mu said.

The man's eyes were even more astonished when he heard this, and after his eyes settled on the dagger for a moment, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at Xiao Mu.

"When I was 12 years old, I gave you this dagger, so that you can protect and follow the order of Chen." Xiao Mu looked at the dagger in his hand, and seemed to be a little emotional: "But I never thought that after 12 years, for you Revenge for Chen Ling, just show me this blade—"

"Lang Jun..." The man stared at the person in front of him for a moment, and tried to move his bound body forward due to excitement: "It's really you?!"

Apart from His Royal Highness King Jin, only the Lord Lang knows about these things!

Even His Royal Highness King Jin may not know the origin of this dagger!
Only Mr. Lang!

It can only be Mr. Lang!

The man's eyes turned red almost instantly.

Xiao Mu squatted down on one knee in front of him, and cut the knot that bound him with a dagger.

As soon as the man got his freedom, he knelt down towards Xiao Mu with a "plop", and kowtowed heavily: "Lan Qingyan couldn't recognize the gentleman, and almost hurt the gentleman's life. He really deserves death!"

"Since you follow Chen Ling, it is also within your duty to avenge him. There is no fault or guilt." Xiao Mu stood up, his eyes were a little silent: "Back then, I did kill him with my own hands."

Everyone knows that four years ago, Xiao Mu, Marquis of Dingbei, quelled the rebellion of the King of Jin, captured the life of the King of Jin in front of the two armies, captured the thief and killed the king first, became famous in the first battle, was named Marquis Jinjue, and monopolized the military power in the North.

Lan Qing, who was kneeling there, was slightly stiff, and slowly raised her head: "...Did His Royal Highness King Jin recognize Lang Jun on the battlefield back then?"

Lang Jun's description and appearance have obviously changed!
"On the eve of the war, I secretly went to the Jin army camp to meet Chen Ling."

Lan Qing was extremely surprised.

So, before the start of the war, Mr. Lang and His Royal Highness King Jin revealed their identities? !

After the accident, he was puzzled: "Since this is the case, why is it..."

Even though the old people recognize each other, why did they still start a war and confront each other, and His Royal Highness Prince Jin was killed by Lang Jun's sword in the end...

Xiao Mu said: "At that time, the outcome of the war was already a foregone conclusion. I went there that night to persuade Chen Ling to retreat and surrender himself, so as to save the last chance of survival."

Lan Qing understood, and lowered her voice: "His Royal Highness...doesn't want to retreat, right?"

Looking at the condensed bowl of mutton soup in front of Lan Qing, Xiao Mu seemed to be brought back to the night four years ago when the dripping water turned into ice and the cold wind fluttered the banner of the Jin army.

The two sat together in the coach's tent.

After drinking two cups of wine, the old friend "resurrected from the dead", and the joy of reunion was quickly replaced by the heavy heart of changing times and changing world.

Among them, the choice between life and death is at this moment.

King Jin drank another glass of wine, and at first he spoke in a relaxed tone——

"Among the four of us, you know me best. If I rebel, I won't surrender."

"I know you want to save my life, you don't hesitate to reveal your identity, you come here alone regardless of your own safety, and you have to persuade me... Respectfully, I appreciate this intention. But what I have always asked for is not only to live."

"Do you know what I hate the most? Both my elder brother and I were born with stepmothers. Just because I am two years younger than my elder brother, I am destined to miss the throne—but what I hate is never my elder brother. I never thought about it before." I wanted to compete with my elder brother for the position of crown prince, but my father was suspicious, so he appointed my elder brother as the crown prince, and he regarded me, who was still a child, as an outsider and villain that needs to be guarded against..."

"He is not only suspicious, but also confused and incompetent. Does he really have no judgment in his heart whether the Shi family is collaborating with the enemy? All the injustices come from him! I hate him from the beginning to the end!"

"After the accident in the Shi family, my brother and I intentionally investigated what was going on, but he found out, and my brother banned me from the East Palace. After I was punished, I was directed to this bitter cold place by his oracle. The only thing I got was, 'If you are not called, you can't do it. Entering Beijing'! I was kicked out by him, and since then I can't even return home..."

"When I first arrived in the northern border, the alien races were staring at me. The lieutenants under my command didn't obey orders. I was obedient and obedient everywhere. I didn't know what to do. I was embarrassed and useless..."

"Later, I gradually understood that only when I am strong can I have the opportunity to smash those injustices with my own hands."

"I want to overturn the case for the Shi family. I want to leave this northern land that turned me into a trapped beast. I want to prove my father wrong and let him know that everything that happened today is caused by him alone!"

"Respect, you don't have to pity me, and you don't have to feel guilty—everything I do, on a deeper level, is not for the sake of the Shi family, it's all from the heart and obsession. You should know me. Peeing is not a quiet temperament, as long as someone pushes me a little, I can be pushed into a place of eternal doom."

"I won't surrender. It's really useless to linger on as a sinner. Even if you let me go today, it's too boring to live in hiding."

"After drinking this pot of wine, you don't have to be merciful on the battlefield tomorrow. You and I have competed since we were young. You have never defeated me. You know that my temperament is sensitive and unpredictable, so you deliberately give in, but you are afraid that I will see you. Give in—tomorrow, remember not to give in again, or I will think you look down on me."

"This battle, I want to fight to the end, even if I lose, I want to lose without regret—"

"Just treat it as complete for me, respectful."

"You came to see me today, and I am very happy to know that you are still alive."

"..."

So, the reunion is the farewell.

The next day, before the battle between the two armies, when the outcome was decided, he only hesitated for a short while, and his friend had already bumped into the long knife in his hand, making the final decision for him.

He watched his friend's scarlet blood gushing out of his mouth, he felt that the world was completely silent, and the sound of fighting with golden arms and iron hooves disappeared.

Did he really "fulfill" his friends?
He wasn't sure.

But the death of his friend really "completed" Xiao Mu.

To put it bluntly, he is the ultimate beneficiary.

Therefore, to kill is to kill, the person is killed by himself, there is no reason, no secret——

"I killed the man, no matter who I am. If you want to continue to avenge him in the future, there is nothing wrong with it." Xiao Mu regained his thoughts from the past and said to Lan Qing.

Lan Qing was silent for a long time.

"This is His Royal Highness Jin's own choice...it is not your fault." He said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Besides, there is no right or wrong in life and death on the battlefield, and I have always understood this. …The so-called revenge for His Highness King Jin is just an excuse for me to trick myself into living."

When he raised his head again, the dead silence and hostility disappeared from his eyes, and he smiled instead: "Besides... I am not your opponent in a one-on-one fight, and I am not even close to you in terms of numbers. Let’s talk about revenge, isn’t it courting death?”

Xiao Mu also smiled: "It's okay, you can give it a try, but I probably won't be merciful anymore, so you still need to think it over carefully, it's best to do it after explaining the funeral."

Lan Qing grinned.

After a while, he looked at Xiao Mu and asked, "Lang Jun, all these years... are you okay?"

When the old man reunites, he inevitably has a lot of questions to ask, but he still picks out the most elusive sentence to ask.

"It's not bad." Xiao Mu's tone was somewhat casual.

Lan Qing smiled again, but her eyes were a little astringent.

Lang Jun has changed too much, but it seems that he hasn't changed much.

"Speaking of which, there is an old matter, I want to ask you—" Xiao Mu said.

"Sir, please speak." Lan Qing also changed to standing.

"Back then, Yun Chao recommended himself to go to the Northland to persuade him to surrender. What happened in the Jin army camp?"

The Yun Chao he was talking about was Jiang Zhengfu's son, Jiang Yun Chao.

Because the family is a family friend, he grew up with Jiang Yunchao, who was the same age, and was selected to accompany the prince to study together. Together with King Jin, the four of them studied and practiced martial arts together. They share similar interests and are inseparable. Deep friendship.

When he was young, Shi Jingzhi originally thought that he and his friends and the crown prince would be like his father, Jiang Shishu and the sage, that the monarchs and ministers would get to know each other and guard the prosperity and stability of the country together.

However, the accident nine years ago pushed the four of them to different positions.

Although he saved his life, he changed his identity. Chen ordered Yu Beidi to rebel, and Yun Chao, who went to persuade him to surrender, died in the Jin army camp——

Afterwards, there was a saying that "the king of Jin detained Mr. Jiang and forced Xiao Mu to retreat, but Xiao Mu refused, so he provoked the king of Jin to kill Mr. Jiang to shake the morale of the army".

Xiao Mu had always been suspicious of the truth about Jiang Yunchao's death, but when he revealed his identity to King Jin that night, King Jin just lowered his head and drank, as if he didn't want to talk about it, and he didn't seem to know how to talk about it.

"There is indeed something else wrong with Mr. Jiang's family..." Lan Qing said: "When Mr. Jiang came to persuade him to surrender, although His Royal Highness Prince Jin refused to listen to the persuasion at first, he was kind enough to entertain him. And at that time, the war was not yet irreversible Afterwards, under the persuasion of Mr. Jiang's family, His Royal Highness was a little shaken, but at such a critical moment, Mr. Jiang was suddenly poisoned and died—"

Poisoning?

Xiao Mu frowned: "Have you found out who did it?"

Once Jiang Yunchao died, the battle had to be fought to the end, and there was no possibility of turning back. It was obvious why the poisoner had planned.

"Later, His Royal Highness King Jin ordered me to investigate secretly, but I have not been able to find any definite evidence." Lan Qing said: "However, His Highness King Jin has doubts in his heart - it is said that His Royal Highness made up his mind to rebel that year. The instigation of people is there."

These were things Xiao Mu had never known, so he asked in a fixed voice, "Who is this person?"

The man behind the scenes who instigated King Jin to rebel and killed the Jiang family's only son, he never knew that there was such a person behind the scenes——

　Sorry everyone, I was supposed to update it yesterday, but I’ve been too tired recently, and my child is sick (hand, foot and mouth disease, no fever now, it’s almost healed, but the mouth ulcer screams when I eat), so it’s delayed Arrived today.

　　Good night everyone~
　　
　
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