General's House.

Linghu Pei woke up and saw Linghu Rou lying on the couch. She hadn't rested well for several days, and now she fell asleep holding Linghu Pei's hand.But she slept very restlessly, her heroic eyebrows were tightly frowned, Linghu Pei reached out to touch Linghu Rou's cheek, but she didn't want to involve the wound on her shoulder blade, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her painful forehead .

Linghu Rou opened her eyes if she felt something, and saw Linghu Pei, who had been unconscious since returning home, finally opened her eyes, her voice was trembling, "Father..."

"Xiao Rou." Linghu Pei's face was pale, but even so he managed to sit up.

Linghu Rou pulled the pillow behind him, let go of Linghu Pei's hand, and got up to leave, "Father, I'll tell my brother that you're awake—"

Linghu Pei grabbed her hand, "Xiao Rou."

Linghu Rou turned around.

Linghu Pei rubbed his chest and coughed twice, "Don't call Yin'er."

Linghu Yin also kept guard in front of the bed for two nights before he was persuaded to go down and rest.Linghu Rou originally wanted to tell his elder brother to find his peace of mind, but after hearing what Linghu Pei said, she sat back on the couch again.

"Father has something to tell you." Linghu Pei said.

Linghu Rou looked at Linghu Pei and nodded.

Linghu Pei looked at his beloved daughter who was much thinner than before, and felt a pain in his heart, and reached out to touch Linghurou's cheek.Just like when she was a child, Linghu Rou grabbed his hand and swayed on her cheek.

"Father told you now, don't tell Yin'er." Both Linghu Rou and Linghu Yin were brought up by him, but how can the son he picked up be the daughter who is connected by flesh and blood?Linghu Pei had already made plans when he was in prison, "Okay?"

Linghu Rou was slightly taken aback, but meeting Linghu Pei's eyes, she nodded involuntarily.

"The second prince wants me to hand over Yin'er to him." Linghu Pei said.

Linghu Rou frowned, "What does the Second Prince want Elder Brother to do?"

Linghu Pei suddenly sighed, "Xiao Rou, there are many things that Dad has never told you."

Linghurou looked even more confused, "Father—"

"Yin'er is not my own." After Linghu Pei finished speaking, he tightly grasped Linghu Rou's hand.

Linghu Rou froze in place, "Father, what did you say?"

"Yin'er, Yin'er was picked up by me in the Imperial City of Beidi in the past. At that time, I saw that he was about the same age as you, and I was moved with compassion, so... I took him in." Linghu Pei said Here, there is also grief in the eyes.Although Linghuyin was not his own, he was the child he brought up, "The second prince already knows his identity now, if I don't hand him over, then I will be from the Linghu family..." Linghu Pei said later. I can't go on.He is loyal to the emperor, but the emperor wants to force him to give up the flesh of his palm.

Linghu Rou had never heard of this secret, but now that she heard it, she was dumbfounded.

"Xiaorou—"

Only then did Linghu Rou recover from the great shock, and the first thing she remembered was the tiger talisman she had taken from her brother a few days ago, and now that Linghu Pei came back, she wanted to take away his brother's amulet. life, hand it over...

"Little Rou!"

Linghu Rou slowly withdrew his hand from Linghu Pei's hand, then shook his head numbly, "The second prince wants his life."

How could Linghu Pei not know.But what retreat does he have now?If he could come back, he was ready to sacrifice Linghu Yin for the Linghu family.

"Brother, for the sake of the Linghu family, he almost died on the battlefield all these years—" Linghurou's eyes slowly filled with tears, "Now, in a word, he was picked up, he is from Beidi, and he is about to die." Let him go." The accumulated tears rolled out, Linghu Rou seldom shed tears, because her father taught her that a daughter of the general should only bleed but not cry, but now she couldn't stop these weak and useless tears, "Father, brother, he—"

"He has always been from Beidi." Even if Linghuyin was brought up by him alone, even if Linghuyin made great military exploits for Tianqing, it is still the fault of him being born as Beidi.

After hearing this, Linghu Rou suddenly laughed miserably after a long time.

"Xiaorou—"

Linghu Rou stood up, shook off Linghu Pei's grasping hand, and stepped back step by step, "If this is true, I would rather let my brother leave Lin'an alive."

Linghu Rou retreated to the door, and suddenly heard a noise, turned her head and saw Linghu Pei fell to the ground - he was tortured in prison, and now he fell to the ground, the wound on his shoulder blade was split open again Oozing blood.

Linghu Rou hurried back to help Linghu Pei, "Father!"

Regardless of the pain, Linghu Pei tightly grasped her arm, "Xiaorou, it's too late."

"What's too late?" What's too late before it happens?

"Second Prince, you have already sent heavy troops to surround Lin'an City." As early as when Linghu Pei was released, those soldiers followed his escort and blocked the entire Lin'an City, "This time, If we hand over Yin'er, the Linghu family will still have a chance, if we don't hand over, I'm afraid my Linghu family will not escape this catastrophe."

"The emperor really wants to move my Linghu family?" Linghurou's hand supporting Linghu Pei began to tremble.Although she is a woman, although her father and brother have fought against the enemy in these years, she has never escaped once in battle. Now that Beidi has been defeated, the emperor raised the guillotine against the Linghu family?

Linghu Pei felt sour in his heart.He fought all his life, couldn't protect his wife when he was young, and now his temples are graying, and he still has to sacrifice his son to keep his family alive.

"This is the emperor I am loyal to? This is my Linghu family, the emperor I am loyal to?" Linghurou didn't know whether she was questioning her father or herself.She handed over her brother's tiger talisman, which led to his current desperate situation.

"The second prince only gave me three days. Once the three days are up, he will personally lead his troops to enter Lin'an City. When the time comes..."

Linghu Rou went from anger to powerlessness to numbness, as if it was only a moment, "At that time, this Tianqing will no longer have my Linghu family."

"Yes."

This is no longer a choice.This is already a desperate situation.

She thought that the emperor had passed this difficulty by releasing her father back, but she didn't think that a greater danger was still lurking behind.

"Xiao Rou, I can't protect your mother. The only wish I have now is you." Linghu Pei's every word seemed to be stained with blood.

Linghu Rou couldn't stand still, and fell to the ground together with Linghu Pei, "Mother..."

She had no mother when she was young, and only her father and brother were around her, but they were strict at any time, but they were always there for her—she fell into the enemy's line in the past, and it was her brother who came alone and rescued her from the horse.But even so, she still felt that the distance between herself and her brother was so far that she could only feel awe, but not admiration.

"Xiaorou, dad only wants you to live well."

Linghu Rou murmured, "Live well..."

To live well, you need to sacrifice your brother's life.

She suddenly remembered that what the second prince told her, to release her father back, she needs to do two things.The first thing is to take away his brother's tiger talisman, and the second thing is to surrender his life.

She didn't understand until now.

Linghu Pei raised his hand to wipe away the tears on her face, not wanting to wipe away a tear, another hotter tear fell again.

……

"General." Chang Qing saw that Linghu Yin's face was pale, and there was a bowl of steaming medicine by his hand.

That was what he wanted to bring to Linghu Pei's room.

"General..." Chang Qing saw that Linghu Yin's hands on the table were trembling unreasonably, he had never seen such an abnormal Linghu Yin.

Not only were Linghu Yin's hands trembling, but his voice was also trembling, "It's so cold..."

"Cold?" This year's winter came later than in previous years. Although it is cold now, it is not so cold that you are shivering. "General, let me get some charcoal fire."

"No...no need." Linghu Yin's hands shook so much that the medicine bowl in his hand fell to the ground.

The dark brown concoction exudes a bitter taste.

"General!" Changqing stepped forward.

"For people who are not of my race, their hearts must be different." Linghu Yin remembered what Zhou Lang said to him. At that time, he felt that this was a motto, and now it really fits his fate.Linghuyin laughed suddenly, but there was a sense of desolation in that laughter.

It was he himself who wanted to cut off the retreat.

It is he himself who wants to gamble on people's hearts.

Linghu Yin patted his chest and stooped down.He really felt cold, as if he was in the cold winter, and all his blood was poured on the ice.

Changqing took a few steps forward, wanting to help Linghuyin.

Linghu Yin buried himself in the shadows, his voice was cold and seemed to disappear, "Get out."

Changqing hesitated to speak, and finally only answered, "Yes."

When the door was closed, Linghu Yin, who had kept his head down, did not raise his head.

……

nightfall.

Linghu Rou knocked on the door, "Brother."

Linghu Yin, who was in the dark, raised his head, only to realize that there was no light around him.

Linghu Rou, who didn't get a response, knocked on the door again, "Brother."

When she knocked for the third time, the door in front of her finally opened.

Linghuyin stood by the door, looking down at her, his expression was still so indifferent, it seemed no different from usual.

However, Linghu Rou felt that her heart was trembling so badly that she needed to avoid Linghu Yin's gaze, so as not to have the feeling of being seen through, "Brother, Dad has woken up."

Linghu Yin, who had been with her in front of the bed for two days without sleep, reacted too flatly at this moment, "Mmm."

"Father wants to see you." Linghurou consciously said every word, and her heart trembled violently.

But Linghuyin didn't seem to notice her abnormality at all, and seemed to have completely seen through her tricks, "Yes."

Linghu Rou didn't even dare to raise her head.

It was Linghu Yin who took the initiative to say, "Let's go."

Linghu Rou took Linghu Yin to the front hall.

Linghu Pei was sitting in a high position, and because of his serious injury, he looked a bit old. He hadn't seen Linghu Yin for a long time, and seeing him now, he felt that Linghu Yin was a bit more heroic than he remembered , "Yin'er."

Linghu Yin's ancient well-like gaze flickered for a while.

"Come here." Linghu Yin beckoned.

Linghu Yin walked up to him.

Looking at his stern and extraordinary face, Linghu Pei suddenly felt speechless.That is the child he raised since he was a child. Although he is not his own, he is better than anyone else.

Linghu Yin saw two glasses of wine on the table.

"You have grown so big." Linghu Pei felt that he had never looked at this child properly until now.He stretched out his hand to hold Linghu Yin's hand, and when he touched the thick calluses on his palm, his heart trembled, "Maybe it's because I'm old, and I always like to think about the past... At that time you and Xiaorou is so tall, she can't hold her gun steady, and she can't draw her bow."

Linghu Yin blinked.The past events that I recall clearly on weekdays become very strange when I say them from Linghu Pei's mouth.

"Hey. I'm old."

Linghu Yin remained silent.

Linghu Pei didn't dare to continue talking, he patted the back of Linghu Yin's hand, and then let go, "Thinking of all these years, our father and I have never had a good drink. The last time Xiaorou got married —You didn't come back..."

The corners of Linghu Yin's lips moved slightly, like a smile.

"Then I should punish myself with three cups, why are there only two cups here?" The tone seemed to be joking.

Linghu Pei was taken aback.

Linghu Yin stretched out his hand to pick up a glass of wine, and looked directly at Linghu Pei, "Father, you taught me that a man has ambitions in the world, and you taught me to be loyal to the king and never give up."

Linghu Pei opened his mouth, watching Linghu Yin pick up the wine glass, but couldn't say a word.

Linghuyin has been waiting for him to speak for a long time, but he still didn't get a word.

"Loyalty is in my flesh and blood, and this flesh and blood is what you gave me." Now the man in front of this flesh and blood wants to pick it off with his own hands, "The Linghu family will live up to Tianqing Jiangshan, and I will live up to the Linghu family."

He was born with layers of shackles, and he was never born to relax for a moment.He really owes nothing to anyone but himself.

Zhou Lang.

Zhou Lang.

He didn't get what he wanted most, and he lost nothing at the very beginning.

But even at this moment, he still has a little extravagant hope.But this extravagant hope was also shattered at this moment.

"Yin'er..." Linghu Pei felt that Linghu Yin seemed to know everything.

Linghu Rou behind him stretched out her hand, trying to stop him, but in the end she let it go.

Linghu Yin raised his glass and drank it down.

The layer of shackles on his body was finally stripped off, and at this moment, Linghu Yin felt unprecedentedly relaxed.

Finally, you can let go.You don't have to feel indebted to anyone, and you don't have to feel ashamed of anyone.

Linghu Yin picked up the second glass of wine, "Why is it so bitter?" After speaking, he shook his head and smiled, then raised his head and drank it down, "From now on, there will be no more Linghu Yin in this world."

"Brother!" Linghu Rou saw him finish his second glass of wine, and then rushed forward.

The wine glass fell to the ground, and Linghu Yin fell down.

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