Juvenile Tour [Jian San Yang Hua Tibetan Tang Dynasty]

[-]. Farewell

"Commander Chu just said, 'Brother will be gone in the future, you are alone...be well.'"

Ye Baining supported his shoulders, and seemed to be talking about something.However, Chu Loufeng just stared blankly, the other party's lips opened and closed, but no sound could be heard, and the world was completely silent.

In such silence, he suddenly remembered some trifles.

In the childhood memory that has long been blurred, there was a small courtyard in Suhang’s home, and there was a persimmon tree in the courtyard. In summer, the sunlight passed through the leaves, and the ground was golden yellow; Red persimmons hang in the snow like delicate lanterns.

Later, I don't know what happened, and the family was destroyed in an instant.His young elder brother, with red eyes, dragged him to kneel in the yard and kowtowed three times to his parents' spiritual tablets, then locked the door and left the alley paved with bluestone slabs without looking back.Afterwards, there will be a whole year of homelessness, Chu Yangqiu holding his hand, doing all kinds of day jobs in various places.

Even if they had to sleep on the street, the clothes of the two brothers were always clean, and Chu Yangqiu almost never shorted his food, but whenever he had spare time, he would teach him to write with a branch, stern and gentle.

Chu Loufeng once thought that he could no longer remember these things, but he didn't expect that they were so vivid.It's just that for so many years, he has never thought deeply about how Chu Yangqiu, who was only a ten-year-old child at that time, led him all the way to the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers.And whether the problem of his cold hands and feet was related to that period of wandering, even when he was approaching his thirties, he was always thin.

He pushed Ye Baining away in a daze, stood up slowly while leaning on the wall, and walked to his brother's side step by step: "Brother..."

He came late, too late.

When he was captured by Pei Taiyue, it was Chu Yangqiu who personally led the troops to rescue him; but when the other party was poisoned in his veins and dying, he was still sitting on the back of the feathered ink carving and desperately rushed to Qutang Gorge Come.

Chu Yangqiu let him be well, but he never saw his only younger brother until his death.Would he feel regretful when he ordered people to go to Ten Thousand Flowers Valley to pick them up and escort them directly into Wuwang City?

The once-loved deputy commander of the Haoqi League, holding half of the Central Plains' intelligence network, always dressed in black clothes and standing behind the general Tiance, the disciple of Wanhua, Li Jing Yi Daosu wrote in his hand, and his decisiveness in killing was merciless ——But when he died, he was no different from others, neither breathing nor heartbeat, and his face was quiet as if he had fallen into an eternal sleep.

Chu Loufeng slowly bent down, and lightly touched Chu Yangqiu's forehead with his own.

"Second Young Master, please mourn..."

Ye Baining comforted in a hoarse voice, but saw Chu Loufeng straighten his body little by little, and said softly, "During that battle, the person who led the army on the other side was Pei Taiyue?"

His voice was almost calm, without even the slightest tremor.

"Yes..." Ye Baining replied involuntarily, "Pei Taiyue killed Tang Ruhui and temporarily merged the two forces in the Valley of the Evil. He was also the one who led the attack on the city that day."

"Then how many people know that big brother is dead?"

"There are only a few of us, and we haven't had time to deliver the letter to the league." Ye Baining glanced at the two guards beside him, "In order to stabilize people's hearts, we can suppress this news for as long as we can."

Chu Loufeng nodded silently, stretched out his hand, gently took off Chu Yangqiu's forehead ornament, and turned around slowly: "Do I look like a big brother?"

He pressed the delicate silver ornament on his fair forehead, his face was cold and his eyes were stern, which made Bai Ning stunned for a moment: "Chu—"

"Brother died, and the Haoqi League has no leader. Why don't you let me take the place for a few days, and wait until the Valley of the Evil to withdraw the troops and make a decision."

"Second Young Master?!" Ye Baining gasped in shock, and almost subconsciously refused, "Absolutely not!"

"If not, how many days can you hide it?" Chu Loufeng looked into Ye Baining's eyes without blinking, "Since I can enter the Valley of the Wicked alone, Vice General Ye can trust my trick."

"But……"

"Although there is a big age difference between my dead brother and I, we are very similar in appearance and shape. As for the voice... as long as it is the same as the man outside, it is said that the throat was ruined by poison. And my right hand is a Yanjia. After a long time It is inevitable that the flaws will be exposed, and I still need to find an opportunity to cut off the whole arm... In this way, there is no need to worry about martial arts and internal strength."

His tone was calm, as if he was talking about something completely irrelevant to him.However, the more he has nothing to do with himself, the more terrifying it sounds to others.Such ruthlessness and absoluteness did not look like the man who just lost his brother and sat by the wall with his knees hugged, trembling like a child.

Several people in the room looked at each other, Ye Baining hesitated in his heart, but still shook his head and said: "The second son has nothing to do with this matter, and he was wronged because of the Haoqi alliance, how can we make the second son sacrifice like this? Not to mention Commander Chu's last wish , I hope that the second son will live a safe life—"

"Keeping Qutang Gorge is also the last wish of my deceased brother," Chu Loufeng cut him off decisively, "I hope that Vice General Ye will agree!"

After a long silence, Ye Baining and Chu Loufeng looked at each other silently - the two brothers really look so similar, they both have the same outline and eyebrows, they are very beautiful when they smile, but they are as cold as frost when they are serious .

"Then I will wrong the second son," Ye Baining bowed, "Ye thanked the second son for his righteousness on behalf of the Haoqi League!"

"I thank Second Young Master Dayi!"

The two people behind him also bowed to the end. No one saw it. At that moment, Chu Loufeng's dark eyes were sharp, but the corners of his lips curled up.

The winter sun is miserable white, and the river water is also miserable white.Scattered snowflakes were still floating in the wind, swirling and falling on people's hair and clothes.

The icy river water slaps against the rocks on the shore, as unchanged as it has been for thousands of years.Because Li Hanzhou's body was not left, Chu Loufeng suggested that Chu Yangqiu's body be burned, and sprinkled on the place where the two of them met and reunited.

Several personal guards were sobbing softly, even Ye Baining was slightly choked up, but Chu Loufeng had no expression on his face, he didn't even shed a tear.

"Please rest assured, Vice General Ye, I will not fall into the name of my late brother," his voice was soft but solemn, "Brother... this time, I will definitely not disappoint you."

"Second Young Master..." Ye Baining's throat choked up, and he almost burst into tears, but he tried his best to hold back.

"Actually, for the dead brother, dying on the battlefield for the sake of the Haoqi League is not a wish. What's more, there is General Li accompanying him, and there is nothing wrong with returning to heaven and earth."

He murmured, not knowing if he was comforting others or comforting himself.Ye Baining watched as the other party sprinkled the gray ashes into the churning river, opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

"If I feel sorry for him at this moment, the dead brother has a soul, so I will be sad instead."

Chu Loufeng sprinkled the last handful of ashes into the river, turned around and left without any regrets, but suddenly staggered under his feet.

The guard next to him thought that he had tripped over something, and quickly reached out to help him, but he never thought that Chu Loufeng would kneel straight down, holding a handful of dirt by the river, trembling all over, unable to control himself.

"I'll never see my brother again," he said.

As if he just realized it now, Chu Loufeng stretched out his hand to grab the wet soil, knelt down, and pressed his forehead to the river bank.

His elder brother is gone forever, not even the bones left.

From now on, there will be no such person as Chu Yangqiu in the world.Even if the ice and snow melt and the spring blossoms, even if the sun rises and the sun sets, and no matter how much he messes around and makes people worry, he will never be able to wait for that "lou Feng".

"I'll never... see him again."

The icy water of the river in winter rolls up the shore, gently overflows the ground, and brushes against his forehead, like a gentle caress.

In the Wangyou camp across the river from Bukongguan, Pei Taiyue sat at the table with a sinking face, listening to the reports of his subordinates.

During the siege battle a few days ago, Chu Yangqiu was injured by a poisoned arrow, and now he is recuperating in the pass, and his deputy Ye Baining will handle various affairs on his behalf.

Unexpectedly, the next day, news came from Wanhua Valley, saying that Chu Loufeng tried to escape from house arrest and was killed by Haoqi Wuwei.This incident caused an uproar in the Haoqi League. After all, it was Chu Yangqiu's favoritism that won him the opportunity to go back to the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers to recover from his injuries. He did not expect him to repay him like this.

However, in this way, Chu Loufeng's accusation of plotting to kill Li Hanzhou, which he publicly admitted before, was basically confirmed.Although some people speculated whether this was a plan Chu Yangqiu set up for his younger brother to get rid of the shell, but after the inspection of Chu Loufeng's genuine corpse, it gradually died down.Afterwards Chu Yangqiu burned the corpse cleanly, and everyone agreed tacitly not to mention the Second Young Master Chu in front of him.

However, when he heard the news, Pei Taiyue, who had always been calm and composed, suddenly got up.The subordinate who reported the news to him was terrified, but saw him take a deep breath and almost gritted his teeth: "... tell me again, how did he die?"

"Attempt to escape... was killed by Haoqi Wuwei, the body has been inspected..."

"Is that so...heh," Pei Taiyue seemed to chuckle, unable to detect any emotion.He groped and sat back on the chair, and his whole body showed a bit of weakness, "You are not the best at escaping...how did you die like this?"

That subordinate didn't dare to answer, he just stood in the hall tremblingly.After a long time, I heard the other party say again: "What about Chu Yangqiu?"

"Although Chu Yangqiu is troubled by this matter, most people in the Haoqi League still sympathize with him. After all——"

"Wait," Pei Taiyue interrupted him suddenly, "What does it mean that Chu Yangqiu has been charged with all the crimes related to Chu Loufeng?"

"Yes."

"so……"

Pei Taiyue was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised the corners of her lips.

The author has something to say: I spent the first half of my life trying to live differently from you, but for the second half of my life, I wish I could not live like you.

The reckless and willful Chu Loufeng no longer exists after all.