Cheng Yuan never thought that he would see his brother under such circumstances.
Cheng Xun knelt down beside a charred corpse as if he had lost his soul, and the surrounding wooden buildings were burned to black coke.
"Brother-"
Cheng Yuan tried sexually arousing, and his eyes were full of suspicion and uncertainty.
Because the brothers are quite different in age, Cheng Yuan's deepest impression of his brother is the figure of him studying hard under the window. After Cheng Xun got married, he took his wife to serve as an official in another place, and Cheng Yuan followed his father, so the two brothers did not have much contact. Despite this, the two were still closer than ordinary noble brothers, and Cheng Yuan also respected and admired his brother very much.
After many years of absence, Cheng Yuan still wanted to show his brother how he was growing up. The two brothers sat down to catch up and chat about family affairs.
However, the world made people, Cheng Xun served Xu Pei, Cheng Yuan served Jiang Pengji, and the two brothers' positions became hostile.
When two tigers fight, one will be injured, Xu Pei fails, and Cheng Xun is about to face the situation of being a prisoner.
Cheng Yuan was afraid that his soldiers would hurt Cheng Xun, so he hurried over.
Probably due to better luck, Cheng Yuan did not take many detours to find Cheng Xun.
He ordered the soldiers to retreat, went straight forward, and stood beside Cheng Xun.
The air was filled with the strange smell of burning raw meat, and there was a faint smell of blood and iron.
Cheng Yuan moved his gaze to the charred corpse, and a bold thought climbed to the top of his heart—
With the appearance of the eldest brother, could it be that this charred corpse is Xu Pei
Before he could come up with an answer, Cheng Xun moved his stiff neck, bloodshot eyes of different thicknesses crawling around his eyes.
"Gong Liao, I didn't expect you to be here."
Cheng Xun still refuses to accept the reality, but Cheng Yuan's appearance makes his last line of defense collapse and collapse.
Cheng Yuan saw that his brother was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to speak more, so as not to touch Cheng Xun's sensitive and fragile nerves.
Before Cheng Yuan could speak, Cheng Xun sneered and asked, "Are you going to bring someone to capture me?"
"Little brother is just afraid that the soldiers under him will be insignificant and offend the elder brother, so he rushed here. Even if they are captured, the younger brother will not allow them to hurt or humiliate the elder brother. You can rest assured." Cheng Yuan said honestly, "Seriously, the eldest brother has been away from home for ten years, and the father and mother miss the eldest brother very much. The two-year-old affairs are already high, the eldest brother may wish to go back and see them—"
Cheng Yuan subconsciously moved out of his old parents.
Speaking of his parents, Cheng Xun's numb eyes became a little more turbulent, like a lake wrinkled by the breeze, and soon disappeared again.
"I can't serve my parents at home, this is for my brother. I will have to pay more attention to Gong Liao in the future."
Cheng Yuan groaned in his heart, and an ominous premonition crept into his heart, and he couldn't get rid of it.
"What do you mean by this, eldest brother?" Cheng Yuan said, "Serving your parents is your responsibility as a son of man, and you are still the eldest son in the family!"
He had a hunch that if he didn't wake Cheng Xun up at this moment, maybe the other party would do something crazy.
"The lord was defeated and was forced to *** - such a deep hatred, Gong Liao, do you think that as a brother and a minister, should you avenge the lord?"
Cheng Xun raised his hand and shook Cheng Yuan's hand away, struggling to stand up.
He had been sitting on his knees for too long, and his legs were numb and bruised. If he hadn't supported himself with perseverance, he would have collapsed long ago.
Cheng Yuan's face turned pale, if Cheng Xun took revenge, wouldn't it be—
He shivered, Cheng Yuan was sure that his brother was going to do something, or that the other party's mood was not right.
"My lord has given me the grace to rebuild." Cheng Xun said.
Cheng Yuan gritted his teeth and wanted to shake his brother's shoulders to wake him up. Then what kind of ecstasy soup did Xu Pei give him, "I believe that Duke Zhao has already lost! The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. It has been so cruel since ancient times. If the one who lost today is not Duke Xinzhao but the lord, eldest brother thinks that the Xinzhao Guild will let her go? It is Duke Xinzhao's own choice and not persecution, so why is there hatred?"
It is true that scholars die for those who are confidants, and Cheng Yuan also admires those who are famous and distinguished.
However, when these words were put on the relatives beside him, Cheng Yuan couldn't accept it.
The eldest brother Cheng Xun has parents on top, children on the bottom, and a virtuous wife with him.
Why did Cheng Xun abandon everything and go with the old master without saying a word
At the beginning of the chaos in the five kingdoms of the world, there were forty or fifty vassals of large and small lords in Dongqing alone.
Most of them were swallowed up by neighboring princes without even raising a small splash. Today's Xu Pei is just following their old path.
His elder brother had only been under Xu Pei's account for three or four years. Cheng Yuan didn't think Xu Pei was so good. Why did his elder brother give up
Cheng Xun sneered and spoke loudly.
"I vow not to surrender to Liu Xi, let alone join forces with such villains."
No matter how well Jiang Pengji did, in Cheng Xun's eyes, she was not orthodox. She was born into a noble family but did something disgusting. She was friendly to the poor and alienated from the noble family. A virtuous hypocrite.
To put it bluntly, she is just carrying the banner of righteousness and planning for herself, disrespecting the orthodox rebels.
In addition to Xu Pei's incident, Cheng Xun also couldn't accept that he would work with a group of people who couldn't make it to the table after his surrender.
Cheng Yuan was anxious and angry, how could his own master be slandered at will
Not even if this person is his own brother.
"The lord is a master who really has the will to pacify the world. Even her father agrees with her. Why is the eldest brother so stubborn?"
Cheng Yuan regretted it as soon as he said this, not because he regretted his rebuttal, but only because he regretted saying too much.
Cheng Xun snorted contemptuously.
"Rude and vulgar, how can it be done!"
Cheng Yuan didn't want to argue with him, lest the two brothers get angry.
"Brother might as well stay calm and think more about your parents, sister-in-law, nephew and niece. A Xu Pei is really worthy of your entrustment? He is from a noble family, but he is not the master that the elder brother is looking for. Even if it is not the master, he will be defeated in another place. In the hands of one person." Cheng Yuan said, "Eldest brother dislikes the lord and is unwilling to submit to the official position, so it's better to be at home. After the world is at peace, it is not unreasonable to go into official position and show your ambitions."
Cheng Xun said with a sneer, "Tao is different and not conspiracy!"
He and Liu Xi will never be on the same road.
Let him do things under this person's account or snort, and would rather die!
Cheng Yuan was helpless, so he could only call someone in and temporarily detain Cheng Xun, so as to prevent him from doing irrational things in a hurry.
Xu Pei just died, or the method of death by raising fire, the mental blow to Cheng Xun was huge.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Xun drew his sword to confront him, but the soldiers did not dare to attack due to his identity, but instead stabbed several swords.
Cheng Xun laughed coldly and looked crazy. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the stone wall in the courtyard, and a trace of cruelty flashed in his heart.
"Do not-"
Cheng Yuan also injured his arm by Cheng Xun during the blocking. Before he could wake up, he saw Cheng Xun hitting the wall, and he was shocked.
There was a muffled thud in the air—
A large pool of blood stained the blackened walls.