Longmen Memoirs

"Have I not said enough before?"

"What I said was to Chen Huijie, not Superintendent Chen."

Wei Yanwu smiled.

"Then this time you should listen carefully to what I want to say to Chen Huijie."

"Wait a minute -" Chen suddenly interrupted Wei Yanwu's move to speak. She untied Chi Xiao, pulled up a chair and sat down opposite Wei Yanwu.

A strange look appeared on Wei Yanwu's face, which quickly disappeared.

"Let's start from there." Wei Yanwu hesitated, took out a long pipe and lit it. When the smoke filled the air, he said, "Let's start with Tallulah's father and your mother."

"Twenty years ago, I brought my sister to Longmen, where I met Wen Yue, and also met Edward, Tallulah's father, who had fled here."

"I dare not say that I hit it off with him, but he is both wise and brave, and has extraordinary courage."

"Cosiche, who was ruling Longmen in the dark at that time, regarded us as a thorn in his flesh. We also knew very well that only by driving him out... would we and this city have a future." Wei Yanwu exhaled the smoke and said slowly: "So I, Wen Yue, your mother, Edward, Lin, Laosihu... and all those who opposed Cosiche's rule and oppression, we worked together to defeat Cosiche and drive him and his forces out of Longmen."

"As all stories tell, after a stormy time together, my sister, your mother, fell in love with Edward."

Chen seemed to be able to imagine from Wei Yanwu's words the dangerous, tortuous but magnificent scenes they had experienced in those past years.

They trust each other, they have the same goal, they fight together, they plan together, they support and encourage each other.

There are fights, partings, survivors, and righteousness and generosity in dying.

Chen could only imagine, but his imagination alone was enough to move his face.

Wei Yanwu's voice was as calm as an old man reminiscing about his prosperous years.

Chen didn't dare to interrupt.

This was the first time she saw Wei Yanwu look like this.

"I chose the cemetery where they were buried. It was the farthest place Longmen had ever been. We drove out of Cosiche, and Longmen stopped dozens of miles away. The city full of hope lit up with lights. The future Waiting for us."

When he said this, a discrete light gradually appeared in those sharp eyes.

"We are here, alas..." Wei Yanwu raised his finger, but could not find the place in his memory. He put it down slumped. The tone of the man who held the power of this dragon gate became a little lonely.

"I should take you to the tombs where they are buried and point out those places, and then tell you what we did at that time. However, this is fine. After the matter is over, the three of us will go to see their husband and wife together. Bar."

"I hope Tallulah will be willing to accompany you." Chen finally spoke up and paused: "I mean, okay."

Wei Yanwu continued.

"There we were, drinking, talking, laughing, forgetting all about the lack of fuel in the vehicle, and nearly dying of thirst until that sick old Adams, coughing, drove his private truck up to us. Where did you come from and scolded me and Edward severely?"

Wei Yanwu seemed to have remembered something: "Oh... He wasn't that old, not that sick, or even that cruel at that time, but who cares, everyone of us was laughing."

He raised his hand and shook out the ashes.

"Lin laughed... He smiled as if we had never had blood on our hands... He smiled like a young man who had spent a whole series of good times." Wei Yanwu said: "Many people died, many , but we drove away Cosiche, Dragon Gate will not become a footnote in the pace of Ursus' conquest, it is worth it, this city has a future of its own."

"What happened next?" Chen couldn't help but ask. She seemed to be close to the truth: "What happened next?"

"Don't worry, Hui Jie, I'm about to talk about it."

Wei Yanwu looked at Chen and smiled a little.

1Chapter 17 Because none of us can be good people ([-]) Flowing Clouds

"Edward is the last descendant of the noblest bloodline in Londinium. We keep this secret firmly in Longmen. As you know, I did this, but Cosiche already knows his identity and his plan. It probably took shape then.”

"He let my jealous brother and the shadow of Londinium know that Edward and my sister... are in love."

Wei Yanwu clenched his hand, and the majesty cultivated by Longmen's highest officer flashed across his eyes.

"I was forced to choose between Edward and my sister's unborn child." Wei Yanwu said: "Edward already knew it, he understood it. He asked me to take good care of her and her child, and I killed him with my own hands."

"...You also failed to fulfill her last wish."

Chen's mood suddenly became extremely silent. She just looked at Wei Yanwu, who had killed his brother with his own hands. Chen didn't dare to think about how helpless and struggling he was at that time.

In other words, he killed Tallulah's father but saved Tallulah.

"Cosiche took advantage of this to deceive her." Chen said softly, and then asked: "Does Tallulah know about her?"

"Maybe she knows, maybe she doesn't. It doesn't matter. I don't care if she forgives me, I do."

"After Edward's death, I kept the mourning secret for ten years. No one except my brother and Cosiche knew the fact. Now that Edward and my sister have passed away, those who died because of me will also be forgotten."

Wei Yanwu looked at Chen and softened his tone.

"Your mother doesn't have much affection for you. This is my fault. In order to protect her, I had to let her marry a noble of the Yan Kingdom. I should have done better. You are right. I didn't do it well. , did not fulfill his last wish."

"You also know what happened next." Wei Yanwu said: "Koxiche sneaked into Longmen again and used this to blind the young Tallulah. He threatened to blow up half of Longmen and kidnapped her. That scene Although we won the war, we paid a heavy price. They returned to Ursus through the protection of the two princesses of Leitania, and I cannot take the risk of sending Shadow Guards to pursue them."

Chen breathed out softly. The truth was more complicated than she believed. She couldn't find any reason to judge the right or wrong of what Wei Yanwu did. At least, he had tried his best.

Maybe he is not a good person or a good relative, but he has not done anything wrong, he is just weak [&

"How can I be sure that what you said is the truth?" Chen asked.

"I never need you to believe me, neither you nor Tallulah." Wei Yanwu said: "I am too forgetful, maybe because I am old. I have too many things that are easy to forget, or in other words, I There are so many things that I want to desperately forget, but I will never dare to forget them."

"What about him, Chen Mo, what's going on?" Chen asked: "What you just said, his parents... and King Wu."

"You have already checked, haven't you?" Wei Yanwu asked: "I know what you did, you have checked, you abused your power in the Guards Bureau to check his parents, how about it, it's very common, right?"

Chen grimaced.

"Stop being so pretentious! Smelly old man."

"Hmph..." Wei Yanwu snorted softly: "I didn't expect you to go so far as to come back with a child, Xiaomo, okay, I like that child very much, but I don't like that guy, and I will never be able to, I don’t want the same thing to happen to Xiao Mo.”

"He is my daughter!"

"She is, but if you can't, I'll have to teach her myself."

"You know your current performance has subverted my impression of you."

Like an old father who becomes jealous after knowing that his daughter was deceived by a nasty man without telling him.

Chen sighed silently.

No argument.

Wei Yanwu seemed to be satisfied with Chen's concession. He put down his pipe, took out the tobacco from the bag and lit it. Chen frowned at his actions and did not stop him.

This old man may really need this thing to stabilize his emotions now, whether it's the past or jealousy.

"My brother..." Wei Yanwu lit his pipe and thought for a while before speaking: "Although he is a jealous person, he is very ambitious and capable."

"Chen, have you ever heard of the story about Yan Kingdom?" Wei Yanwu asked: "In the distant past, the god of Dayan ignored the suffering of mankind and turned a blind eye to the natural and man-made disasters in Dayan. So a certain emperor decided to mobilize the power of the whole country , summoned countless strange people to conquer the gods, and they succeeded. Although they left countless corpses behind, the gods finally bowed."

"You mean... but isn't that the myth and legend of the Yan Kingdom?" Chen didn't understand what Wei Yanwu wanted to say.

"In the eyes of mortals, it is indeed a myth and legend, an anecdote advocating the Great Flame True Dragon." Wei Yanwu said: "My thoughts when I heard this story are no different from what I think now."

"——But, my brother doesn't think so. Gods do exist, just like the rumored Kjerag who has never been attacked by natural disasters." Wei Yanwu said: "More than twenty years ago, I led I left Dayan with my sister and came to Longmen. At that time, the old Marquis of Jin'an Houfu in the Yan Kingdom was still alive. The prince of Jin'an Houfu and I were very good friends, and he called me brother."

"I never heard you mention it."

"Of course, of course I won't mention it, because the Marquis of Jin'an and the Marquis of Jin'an have long since disappeared." Wei Yanwu said nostalgically: "I still remember that that boy was once the most outstanding young man in Dayan Capital. One, with his bright clothes and angry horses, as well as his literary skills and martial arts skills, no one in the capital can compare with him."

Wei Yanwu rarely praises someone with such high praise.

"I can imagine how prosperous he would be now if he were still alive." He said softly with regret: "He would have become very good friends with Edward. They are the same kind of people, if they could both live to this day."

"I have a great debt to the old man of the Marquis of Jin'an. It was he who used his connections in the military to allow your mother and I to leave the Yan Kingdom smoothly." Wei Yanwu said, "Perhaps this has been buried since then. It was a disaster, but even my jealous and narrow-minded brother had to swallow this bad breath, because the veterans all valued my brother and regarded him as the heir to the mantle, and would never tolerate him because of a little personal grudge. Take action."

"So he is Chen Mo's father?" Chen asked. "But...why...if it's really like what you said..."

"Listen to me, Chen, listen to me quietly." Wei Yanwu stretched out his hand to interrupt Chen's questioning. "Now that I have decided to tell you, there is no need for me to hide it anymore."

"it is good."

"It started when he brought his wife to Longmen." Wei Yanwu said, "Until then, I didn't know that the Jin'an Houfu had been wiped out."

Chen opened his eyes slightly.

"The couple are from the Chen family, the last members of the Chen family." Wei Yanwu said: "My brother is cruel and violent, but he does not lack reason and government. The reason why he did this is because of an experiment."

"Remember the story about God I just told. Yes, they found the body of God. Maybe it was God, or something called God. He either threatened or attracted a group of Da Yan and Da Yan. The most outstanding able men and women on earth and scientific researchers in various professional fields are trying to recreate the great deeds done by the legendary true dragon."

"What is their purpose?" Chen couldn't help but hold his breath. This story sounded so bizarre that it was unbelievable.

She might have guessed it.

Paying such a high price cannot be just for fun, of course only war.

Wei Yanwu didn't answer.

"They used the flesh and blood of a god to create a monster that is neither a god nor a human being." Wei Yanwu said: "The monster has no human feelings, no fear, no emotions, or even thoughts. It is just a living body. .”

"My brother is so disappointed."

Wei Yanwu raised the corners of his mouth sarcastically.

"Five years have passed like this. During this period, they tried every means to awaken the [life] in this baby's body. They conducted countless inhuman experiments and countless testing methods, but it was still just a body, unable to laugh, unable to Cry, not even in pain.”

"The young marquis of the Chen family, after confirming that the body was of no use, he and his personal guards were sent to become guards there. In other words, he was sent to that place as a sign of gratitude to the Chen family. "A warning for what he did." Wei Yanwu said: "That's where he witnessed what that group of people did cruelly to a child."

"Several years later, maybe one day, the efforts of those researchers were not in vain. The child finally had a little emotion. He suddenly felt pain one day and shed tears. After getting the news, part of him The researchers were overjoyed and immediately told the news to my brothers, who no longer deserve to be called human beings."

"But there are still some people who were forced to come here. They clearly know what this means and what terrible world it will turn into in the future." Wei Yanwu said: "These people are the real heroes. , the same as Shijie."

"Shijie also knew in his heart that he would be released back to the capital within a few days, but at this time, the group of people found him, so they plotted a plan together, a plan that would make them all doomed."

Wei Yanwu's voice softened.

"...At that time, Shijie already had a five-year-old son."

Chen suddenly realized what Wei Yanwu was going to say next.

Wei Yanwu noticed Chen's expression.

"You should be able to guess what happened, right?" Wei Yanwu said: "They exchanged the child with Shijie's son, and they couldn't hide it for a few days, so after receiving the transfer, Shijie took the child and left the country of Yan .”

"Mr. Chen is an old military leader. He participated in the Four Emperors War when he was young. After many years of fighting in the north and south, the Chen family has achieved its glory today. Shijie was originally the only hope to continue this family."

"That night, the old man was silent for a long time. He beat Shijie hard. His grandson was the old man's only hope. Without his grandson, the Chen family had no hope. He dismissed his people and broke his favorite He was so old that he had to be supported to move around, but that day, he walked into the palace step by step and climbed the 99 golden steps."

Wei Yanwu sighed heavily.

It seems that I can think of the trembling old man who would collapse as soon as the wind blows. When he walked up the high steps and looked at the majestic palace with his cloudy eyes, his back was so tall.

Benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust, gentleness, courtesy and humility, loyalty, filial piety, honesty, shame and courage.

Wei Yanwu said to Chen, as if admonishing:

"The old man lived an upright life. He sacrificed his life for the country. He worked diligently and devotedly to the royal affairs all his life. He treated the heaven above and the people below. However, although the Chen family has lost their loyalty and filial piety, they will not lose their benevolence and courtesy."

"Later Shijie came to Longmen." Wei Yanwu said: "I knew what happened to him. I took them in. I met the child. Shijie named him Chen Mo. He hoped that the child would never have to know what happened to him in his life. Things that happened."

"But I can't think like that." Wei Yanwu looked at Chen.

"I can't. I don't deny that when I see him, he reminds me of the person who killed Edward, so I don't like this child, and for Shijie's safety and for Longmen, I must get rid of him."

"But...Chen Shijie stopped you, right?" Chen asked in a low voice. "He stopped you."

"You're wrong, Chen."

Wei Yanwu put down his pipe.

"Shijie didn't stop me. He also knew that he couldn't stop me. Like I said, he is the most outstanding young man in Yan Kingdom, just like Edward."

"They didn't give me the right to choose!" Wei Yanwu said coldly: "He and his wife are wary of me and don't dare to let down any guard. But you have to know that Yan Guo will find them sooner or later, and he will find this child sooner or later. whereabouts."

Wei Yanwu raised his head slightly and stared at the heavy rain outside the window.

"He knows that as time goes by, one day I will have to make the same choice as Edward did. He also knows that I don't care about that child."

"So he is dead, and his wife is also dead. Maybe they really regard him as their child." Wei Yanwu turned his head: "Only in this way, if they are all dead, can this clue be completely buried, and Dayan will not be able to find it. Longmen, I erased their traces, erased their information, I covered everything up, as if I had never seen them before. There are many people coming and going in Longmen, and the death of a small police officer is insignificant at all."

"——What's more, he is already dead, and dead people cannot speak. I have no reason to get rid of the child anymore. Just like this, I pay attention to the child. For the convenience of control and safety, I combine him with Talu He was placed in the same orphanage and allowed you to have contact with her." Wei Yanwu lowered his eyes: "This is the stupidest mistake I have ever made."

"And then to right this wrong, you kicked him out of the dragon gate."

There was no emotion in Chen's words, just calmness.

"He should not continue to stay here." Wei Yanwu did not deny: "Shijie's death made me let him go, but it does not mean that I will not let him continue to have contact with Tallulah."