At that time, Philip's first reaction was: Why didn't he faint earlier!
Seeing that Reinhardt fell to the ground, Xiaya immediately frowned, hurried up to help him up, stretched out his hand to roughly check on Reinhardt's body, and his face suddenly changed: "Why is he hurt so badly? ?"
Immediately, he immediately shouted for someone outside to find a doctor. It was such a mess, and it was crowded. Xiaya didn't have a good time to say anything in public. He glanced at Philip, winked at him, and asked him to go back alone with him.
Philip was obviously a little nervous. Along the way, Xia Ya didn't speak, and Philip didn't say a word either. He just pursed his lips, gritted his teeth secretly, and speculated on Xia Ya's mind.
Finally back in the city, Xi Ya took Philip back to the city guard's mansion, and entered his official business hall. Only then did Xi Ya look at Philip: "There is no one here, tell me - I still have a lot of things to do. Come back and arrange the defense of the city, and I will go to the camp outside the city in a while. So you'd better keep it short."
Philip's face became more and more pale, and finally he shook, his tone was a little dead, and suddenly he pulled out a short knife stuck in his waist and pinned it to the table.
Take! !
The short knife was inserted almost halfway into the table!
Xiaya looked at the knife on the table and looked at Philip coldly: "What do you mean?"
Philip was stunned, raised his head, and said slowly: "In the camp just now, you guessed right... These things are indeed fake! This matter is very important and extremely secret. Once it leaks out, it will definitely cause chaos. ... If you want to kill me, sir, I have nothing to say. Since I followed you, my life has been sold to you!"
When Xia Ya heard this, her face suddenly turned cold, she walked over slowly, stretched out her hand and lifted it gently, and pulled out the knife on the table.
Seeing Xi Ya raising the knife, Philip's face darkened and he sighed: "If you want to kill me, my lord, then for the safety of our group, after killing me, please go out of the city in person, and that guy Reinhardt ended up being killed. You must not fake an outsider's hand for such a thing as silence!"
After finishing speaking, Philip closed his eyes and waited to die.
He waited for a while, but didn't wait for Xia Ya to drop the knife, just opened his eyes a little strangely, but saw Xia Ya holding the knife in his right hand, and the fingers of his left hand gently stroking the blade.
Those eyes did not look at the blade, but scrutinized Philip's face, with a somewhat playful look in his eyes, but there was no joy or anger between his eyebrows.
At this moment, why does he still look like the rough-hearted turtle? It was clearly an old fox that ran out of the mountains!
Just when Philip was shocked by Xiaya's unhappy eyes, Xiaya suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth, sneered, and casually stretched out two fingers that were stroking the blade, flexing his fingers at the blade. Last shot!
With a bang, the blade made a crisp sound, and then the sharp high-grade steel dagger suddenly broke into two pieces!
The power of Xia Ya's hand made Philip's heart jump when he saw it!
After going out these days, this Lord Xia's strength seems to have improved a lot!
If it is this steel sword, senior warriors with this kind of ability naturally have it, but it is so casual and light, without deliberately accumulating qi and exerting force, and even without using fighting qi, two fingers can easily slash the dagger." bomb"
break! - This ability makes Philip look a little horrified!
Thinking of him, he was originally a seventh-level samurai, and he could be considered to have entered the threshold of a high-level samurai, but after he was in his thirties, he no longer had any diligence. This Sir Xia Ya, who is not yet 20 years old this year, has already achieved so much...
But Philip didn't know that Xi Ya had been with Hasting's perverted powerhouse all these days, or he was "teaming up to fight monsters" with Hasting, and was practiced severely by Hasting. Either he was chased and killed by an elf master like Mr. Tao, and later by a strong man like Hastings.
Our poor turtle is struggling back and forth on the line of life and death almost all the time - such a test is certainly torturous, but it is of great benefit to the tempering and growth of his strength!
In a word... If you fight with top experts all day long, your strength will naturally rise.
Philip was thinking wildly in his heart, and he couldn't help but get distracted, but suddenly he heard Xi Ya speak.
"You think I'm going to kill you?"
This sentence seems to be like a thorn, piercing directly into Philip's heart!
The tone of Xia Ya's speech was also a little unpredictable. His expression gradually became serious at this time, and his eyes became more and more solemn. Later, it almost became a little strict!
Suddenly, he looked at Philip so ruthlessly, but smiled instead - this smile is extremely strange.
Immediately, Xia Ya seemed to be talking to himself and whispered: "Yes... Such an important matter should indeed be kept strictly confidential. If the secret is leaked out before the matter is completed, then everyone will not have a good life... Hey! "
Xiaya looked at Philip: "Is it strange? This forged order is actually in the military camp, and I have already watched it secretly before no one is paying attention... Hmph, you are courageous enough! You Philip actually Dare to be the master, make this kind of decision, this kind of thing-the entire northern border counties of the entire empire were directly entrusted to me to manage? This... This is simply to make me a king! Haha!!"
Xia Ya spoke faster and faster, but his tone still didn't look like he was angry, but instead there was some indescribable excitement and nervousness.
He couldn't help but walk a few steps back and forth in the room, and then touched his forehead: "No... I know you. Philip, you, although you do things with a ruthless energy-hmph, when you were in the Wildfire Plain. , watching you eat grilled goblin meat, I knew that you are a ruthless person. But your shrewdness and ruthlessness are in small things. Such a big thing... You can't think of it and do it, You don't have that kind of big-picture view... Well, yes, that Reinhardt made this decision, didn't he? Well, it must be him! That guy looks like a little white face. Hehe, but... he's really a jerk The courage to dare to do things! It's just that when I saw him, I was a little muttered in my heart, and I always felt a little jealous of this kind of guy... "
After speaking, the turtle couldn't help but whisper to himself: "Well... that poor dragon in Ada is one of them, and the smiling Dax looks like a master who stabs a black knife in the back... And there is that one. I don't know if Cavie Hill is dead or not... These guys are all one type of thing... "
After he finished speaking, he finally sighed. Looking at Philip, who was already sweating coldly, Xiaya's cousin gradually calmed down, and the aura that had forced people to breathe gradually disappeared.
"I won't kill you." Xia Ya said softly: "You have done such a big thing for me - I do not deny that if this thing is done, it will be of great benefit to me, and there will be soldiers and horses. With territory and status, it will not be a problem for Lao Tzu to become an independent king in the future... What you have done has brought me benefits, you have made such a great contribution to me, if I kill you to silence... This kind of thing , I, Xia Lei Ming, can't do it yet. With love and reason, it stands to reason that I should thank you and reward you heavily, you are my great hero... But!!"
Xia Ya's tone changed, and his voice became stricter again: "But I'm still very annoyed!"
Annoyed
Philip stayed. Annoyed by what
"I don't know about this matter at all! You made the decision directly? Then you brought these thousands of people over here?! You decided on my behalf for such a big thing? Did you just do it? "Xia Ya smiled wryly, his tone was indescribably depressed: "Leading one side of the land, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers, and owning a vast territory... These things are naturally good, I, Xia Ya, will become a hero or even an overlord of one side, But… "
Xia Ya suddenly shouted angrily: "... But, how do you know that these are what I want? In case, Lao Tzu is the kind of person who has no ambitions, likes to be full and mess around, and eat and wait for death. What about Han?! You made the decision on my behalf, and you didn’t ask me whether I was willing or not? Yes, status, army, power, these are all within easy reach... But I have been on fire since then!! Position, once you go up, you can't come down!! One side hero... one side hero! Haha! How many of those who are one side heroes are safe and sound? I have become a thorn in the eyes of the Odins, and a thorn in the flesh of the rebel alliance! I will carry such a big burden from now on! Then I will continue to carry it! In the future... Either success or death! There is absolutely no other way to go! All of this, you haven't even asked me if I want it or not!"
Xia roared angrily.
God testifies - when I first came out of the mountain, I really just wanted to be a little mercenary who could see the market, eat and wait to die.
A "King of the North"? what! Hats are scary, but wearing a big hat like this can lead to death if you're not careful!
Lao Tzu is not a strong man like Hastings, even God Emperor Odin dares to calculate! I'm not Merlin, even King Landis has to look at her face!
Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu! I'm just a little hunter! !
Philip was stunned - he really didn't expect that Char would be angry for this reason.
"I won't kill you, I won't kill you!" Xia Ya smiled fiercely: "But there is one! This burden was brought back to me by you instead of me! You also pushed me up this road... From now on, then I want you and me to do these things together! You need to carry more and heavier burdens together! In the future, don't even think that you can live a peaceful life one day! I will slap you with a whip and force you to Hurry up and work hard for Lao Tzu! Don't think about a day of lazy days and free time, you understand!"
As soon as Philip heard this, his face suddenly changed, and his face that had already had a face of death, radiated brilliance again!
He naturally understood that although what Xiaya said was vicious, it had already made a signal to Philip: starting from today, Philip will be the officially accepted core member of the small group under Xiaya! He will also be reused by Char!
This is exactly what Philip has always wanted!
As soon as Xiaya waved his hand, without waiting for Philip to say anything, he turned around, walked to the side, sat down, and took a few breaths: "Go ahead... Rodriguez cavalry, what happened."
Only then did Philip cautiously recount everything he knew.
Regarding the final outcome of the Roderian cavalry, on that bloody night, the 13th Corps forcibly rushed into the camp with a deadly attitude...
When talking about the news he heard from the door of the Rodriguez cavalry, although Philip already knew it, when he said it again, he couldn't help but get excited.
On the other hand, Xia Ya listened, but her face was pale.
Even if I heard that the 13th Corps had less than 10,000 cavalry soldiers, endured long-term hunger, and drove the thin horses to attack the enemy, that night, the storm was violent, and even the thunder couldn't suppress the roar of the killing...
However, Xia Ya just raised her brows slightly, and didn't say much.
Not even... He didn't even have a hint of excitement on his face! !
After listening quietly, looking at Philip whose mouth was dry, Xiaya just whispered "um", raised her eyelids and glanced at Philip: "It's over."
"... Finished." Philip hesitated for a moment: "Sir, do you already know the news...?"
"How could I possibly know." Xia Ya snorted.
"That… "
"Then what?" Xia Ya stood up and walked slowly to the door, facing south.
He turned his back to Philip, but the voice that came was cold and calm: "Should I be excited? Should I be emotional for these brave and heroic cavalry?! Admiration?! What is there to admire."
He turned his head, but his eyes were a little red!
"Those heroic souls who died in Osgilia... I used to be one of them. Back then, I used to lead 200 cavalry into the formation. When I rushed out, I never asked myself whether I was afraid or not. I don't dare! I only know that as long as I stand in that group and hear the special charge horn, it seems like a magic power is driving me, making me full of blood and courage... At that time, even if there is a mountain in front of me, an iron The wall, I can rush up and smash it open with my head..."
As he said that, he smiled lightly: "It's not just me, every Roderian cavalry is like this! Therefore, that night, they were able to make such an unbelievably brave act, in the eyes of you outsiders. It seemed shocking, but for me... I know the group, and if I were there that day, I would rush up with them, and there would be no hesitation."
Having said that, his fists gradually clenched.
"... Besides, what's so amazing about this! A brave iron army, sacrificed like this! Just for one person? For one person?! The throne is going to succeed... Hmph, then what is an empire? Those Brave warriors, they didn't die for the empire, but for one person. Only for one person, huh, only for one person?! This kind of thing should only be sad, where can it be praised!"
Hearing this, Philip felt a strange feeling in his heart.
The inherent view in people’s hearts has always been that the emperor represents the empire, and the empire is also owned by the emperor. To die for the emperor is to die for the empire…
Xia Ya's words, but faintly, seem to indicate some subtle... different
However, isn't allegiance to the empire the same as allegiance to the emperor? To die for the emperor is not the same as to die for the empire
The difference in this...
Philip shook his head vigorously.
It is very subtle to say that, Xi Ya, a seemingly rough-hearted turtle, is extremely accurate in his evaluation of Philip: He is shrewd in small things, and has enough ruthlessness in doing things, but he lacks the overall situation and the real Atmospheric.
These things are not something Philip can understand.
After being silent for a while, Xia Ya raised his hand: "... Well, these things are not for you to think about. You should go down and rest first, you have suffered enough outside these days, and the injuries on your body Not a lot, right? I’ll let you rest for three days, and after three days, report back to the military camp.”
Philip's eyes lit up! He immediately shook his head and said loudly, "I don't need to rest, I can…"
"Take a rest." Xia Ya seemed to smile: "At least take a breath, it's always too tight, people will collapse."
He waved his hand and let Philip leave. The two of them didn't tell them any nonsense about "secrecy". Everyone knows that this matter is a big secret and can only be rotted in the stomach, so there is no need to say anything. wasted.
However, when Philip walked to the door, Char stopped him again.
"Wait a moment!"
Seeing Philip stop and turn around, Xiaya suddenly said: "You came back with me today, and you are ready to be killed by me... With your mind, you can't think of this. Well, yes... It's that Reinhardt. Te told you, didn't he? He expected these things long ago?"
Philip was stunned for a moment and said honestly: "Yes, my lord, Reinhardt said that you may choose to kill and silence..."
"Oh?" Xia Ya sneered: "So did he let you run away first?"
"...No." Philip said: "I didn't want to run. If you kill me, Sir, I will recognize it."
"Um… "
Char was about to wave Philip back again, but Philip suddenly said, "... However, that Reinhardt said something else."
"Oh? What did he say?"
"He said, if you choose to kill me, my lord, then you are a ruthless hero. But even if you have achieved something, it is very limited. But he also said that you may not kill me, but you are right. I have made a lot of use, even a reward... Let me give you my heart from now on... To say something disrespectful, my lord, it seems... That Reinhardt, it seems that you and I have taken into account the situation of our conversation today, even what you just said To scold me fiercely and make me work hard, he seemed to guess what he meant... He said, if you don't kill me, but choose the second method and let me return to my heart, then you are not a hero, but …”
Xia Ya's face immediately became a little weird: "Oh? Then I'm the real hero?"
"...Well, that's not true, he said, then you are the hero among the heroes!"
A hero among heroes? !
What is this
Most importantly, this word, this word.
Damn, is this a compliment to Lao Tzu or a curse to Lao Tzu
"Why can't I be a hero?" Xiaya was a little upset.
"Sir." Philip smiled bitterly: "Reinhardt has already told me the answer to this question... He said that no real hero will end well. Therefore, you can't be a hero, just follow the hero. , it will be even more unlucky.”