Luo Wen's face became distorted because of the pain, his eyes stared straight at Shi Yuan, as if he was waiting for the beginning of the story, he had a faint feeling that the relationship between this story and himself would definitely not be a good one On the one hand, although Shi Yuan said that the cloud is calm and the wind is light, he can see something from Shi Yuan's eyes.
After Shi Yuan tapped him a few times, his pain eased a little, otherwise he wouldn't be able to concentrate on listening to what Shi Yuan said.
"long, long ago."
Shi Yuan said with a smile: "There was a man from a poor family in the northwest of the Sui Dynasty, but he was eager to learn since he was a child. He met a wandering quack who liked his aptitude, so he was taken away from his home. He said goodbye to his family. In seven or eight years, he studied hard and practiced hard. By the time he was seventeen or eighteen years old, his cultivation was already good. Because his family was very poor, he envied those sons who were well-clothed and well-fed the most. So he vowed that he would be such a person in the future."
"It just so happened that the army selected children from good families to join the army to replenish its troops. This young man bid farewell to his master and returned to his hometown to join the army. He was not reused at first, but just lived in a muddle. Until two years later, the imperial court used troops abroad. The army is moving out, and he knows his chance has come."
"But how can such an inconspicuous soldier like him stand out?"
Shi Yuan got up and made a pot of tea for himself.
"He thought hard for a long time, and finally came up with a solution. He knew that one day the general was going to inspect the camp, so he intentionally clashed with a team leader, which annoyed the team leader, so the team beat him with a whip. He He didn't fight back. When the general arrived, he suddenly jumped up, snatched the whip and knocked down the team with one punch. The team was furious and ordered his men to arrest him. The soldier fell to the ground, just in time for the general to see him."
"Of course, it wasn't a coincidence, but he calculated it. He knew that the general loves talents, so he deliberately made trouble to show off his abilities. Sure enough, the general's eyes lit up immediately when he saw him knocking down more than a dozen people by himself. He was called to inquire, and he knew that he contradicted his superiors, so the soldiers beat him with ten army sticks. But the ten army sticks were not in vain, and he was transferred to the personal army by the general."
"After the start of the foreign war, he has been rushing to the general's side, blocking countless times for the general from the enemy's long lance and the knife. The first time he fought the enemy, the general led the army to defeat the enemy and won a complete victory. But he In order to protect the general, he suffered more than a dozen injuries."
"The general was grateful for his bravery and loyalty, so he promoted him to be a soldier. He personally applied medicine to him, and sent someone to send a hundred taels of silver to his family to subsidize his family. The war lasted for several months. The imperial army won consecutive battles and quickly occupied half of the enemy's territory. Because he has made a lot of contributions, the general pays more and more attention to him."
He paused and took a sip of his tea.
Luo Wen was fascinated by what he heard, but he forgot the pain on his body: "What happened next?"
"Later, after the foreign war ended, the general returned home triumphantly with the army. In the list of achievements reported to the imperial court, this young man's name ranked first. Because of the general's strong recommendation, this young man was promoted. I am also grateful to the general, as loyal as my son. The general is the same, treat him like a family member."
"Several years have passed like this, and he has become the general's right-hand man. The general is old and intends to train him to take over his position. But at this time, some officials in the court reported the general. The capital city of the empire was not breached in this war because he secretly received a generous gift from the emperor of the enemy country. The general was very angry when he found out about this, and asked the young man to find out who was the informer.”
"The young man searched for a long time but failed to find out, but the imperial envoy sent by the emperor came instead. The general did receive a heavy gift from the enemy country, so he was dismissed from his military post and sent to prison. But this young man was not implicated until When the general was sent to the execution ground to have his head chopped off, he didn't even know that the informer was secretly arranged by that young man."
"The young man did not expose himself, and the court did not know from the beginning to the end that he sent someone to report the general. He resigned to the court on the grounds that the general was dead and he did not want to stay in the barracks. But the emperor instead He was greatly moved by his attitude, promoted him to the military rank, and called him to the Imperial Palace to give him a big praise."
Shi Yuan paused, glanced at Luo Wen, and said: "Before this, this young man met his wife. His wife also came from a poor family, but she was exceptionally beautiful. When he saw her for the first time, he couldn't help it. He fell in love with this woman repressedly. So he came to ask for marriage in person, but the woman's parents were just honest people, so they were naturally happy when the young man proposed marriage, and soon they became husband and wife."
"Then...they had a baby."
"Maybe it's retribution."
Shi Yuan sipped his tea and said, "Later, because this young man offended a rich man, the rich man suppressed him so that his name did not appear in front of the emperor for more than ten years. There are too many things to do, and if no one reminds him, he will naturally not think of this young man. It was not until the emperor was preparing for the second war that he suddenly remembered that there was a brave young man who could be used."
"So he asked, where is this young man now. Just when the emperor was about to reuse this man who was no longer young, something happened to the man's family. His son has grown up and is halfway to the capital to take an important exam Raped a young woman... The son knew that his father was a very strict person. He was afraid that his father would find out about his affairs, so he made repeated mistakes. "
"you shut up!"
When Shi Yuan said this, Luo Wen's face immediately became ugly: "You mustn't talk nonsense! You don't know anything at all!"
"How could I not know?"
Shi Yuan smiled and said: "This man's master has some relationship with me... He took him away from his hometown and went to a place called the prairie."
"impossible!"
Luo Wen sat up abruptly from the bed, his face twisted.
"Is there anything absolutely impossible in this world?"
Shi Yuan said: "Just as I am sitting with you right now, in the eyes of you Sui people, this is also an impossible thing. Isn't it?"
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The competition in Nancheng has already started, and the sound of war drums can be faintly heard in the city. But in this room in the brothel, it was unusually quiet. Shi Yuan stopped talking and just looked at Luo Wen calmly. And Luo Wen was like a wild wolf about to erupt with animal nature, staring sternly at the old monk in front of him.
"Although he is indifferent to me, I don't allow you to slander him!"
"slander?"
Shi Yuan couldn't help laughing: "You are too simple. How can anyone who is successful in this world be clean? No need for others to slander him. Just finding out the truth is enough to ruin his reputation. This story is just here. It’s just started, do you think it’s over? Do you think you know everything after that?”
"You... don't say any more!"
Rowan growled under his breath.
"Do you know that the person you are protecting now is currently cultivating another young man? This young man is very likely to take away everything that should belong to you from you in the future. I will not lie, because there is no need... "
"Why?!"
Rowan asked after being stunned for a moment.
"If you want to know why, just listen to my story."
Shi Yuan poured a cup of tea and handed it to Luo Wen: "Actually, you also want to finish listening, don't you?"
Luo Wen's body trembled violently, and the ferocity on his face gradually receded, replaced by pain and confusion. He subconsciously took the cup of tea, but his hands seemed to have no strength, the cup seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and he needed both hands to hold it.
"You think you know about your brother, but you don't know anything about it. You think you know about your father, but you don't know anything about it. Even your mother, you still don't know anything about her."
"What do you mean?"
Rowan asked in a hoarse voice.
"In order to keep your mother, Luo Yao had to kill your elder brother. In his heart, his whole family is not as important as your mother. But your brother is his only son after all. Will it hurt? He killed your elder brother, and then transported the body back home in a very precious cold iron coffin. The emperor was grateful for your father's loyalty, and instead of holding him accountable, he promoted him to a higher position."
"In the next few years, your mother has been guarding the cold iron coffin and forbidding anyone to bury your brother."
"a few years later… "
Shi Yuan said indifferently: "When your father led the army to destroy the Shang, he captured many wizards from the He nationality. These wizards possessed very mysterious witchcraft, and your father was immediately attracted. Then he began to have an idea in his mind, The idea of making up for his debt to his mother. By accident, he learned that the wizards of the He tribe had a way to turn corpses into warriors, so he was overjoyed, and immediately arrested several wizards back, intending to turn your brother's corpse into Something like that, at least looks like it's alive."
"But wizards can make zombies, but they can't really resurrect a person. Your father captured many wizards, and none of them could meet his requirements. He caught and killed a batch, but still no one could do it. This is How can it be possible to do something against the sky?"
"Your mother hated your father more and more, and she didn't want to pay attention to him. Until later, a wizard from the He tribe came to your father on his own initiative and said that he could do it, but the prerequisite was that your father would not slaughter the wizard's tribe. Your father was very excited, so he took this wizard to meet your mother."
"This wizard... is Bochi."
"ah!"
Rowan exclaimed.
"It's the Bochi who is hiding in the deer monkey cave now, who is neither human nor ghost."
Shi Yuan said flatly.
"What else do you know!"
Rowan asked incredulously.
"A lot, a lot."
Shi Yuan smiled and said: "For example, the dolls hanging on the locust tree in your mother's yard, and the dolls hanging in her house, do you think they are just dolls? Those are real children. For ten years, she would send people out to steal a few children every year, and she would hold them in her arms and love those children as if she loved you when you were a child, but she would get bored after a while, because those were not her children, and then she would They would personally kill those children and make them into dolls. Everyone in the Luo Mansion knew that those dolls were lifelike, but who knew that they were all real dead children?"
"impossible!"
Luo Wen said with a pale face: "How could mother be so evil and cruel!"
"she?"
Shi Yuan couldn't help but sneered: "If your father is just a careerist, a person who can give up everything for himself, then he is not a devil, but your mother is a devil through and through. She is a devil at all. Crazy, a zombie who has lost his heart..."
"She has been aging for so many years?"
Shi Yuan asked.
Luo Wen's pupils suddenly dilated, and his mouth opened... With a bang, the teacup in his hand fell to the ground, and his body was smashed to pieces.