Fang Chuning was puzzled. After that night in Kyoto, he and Xie Xun had almost no interaction. When had he ever offended him? Why did Xie Xun treat him so hard that he wanted to kill him?
This kind of cruelty has nothing to do with stance.
More like a personal vendetta.
"You are the coach of Zhongzhou, and I am the coach of Ningzhou Cavalry. Sooner or later, we will have to compete on the battlefield. Now you barge into my mansion alone. This is a provocation. Let's go out and fight, and we will decide whether we live or die. How about that?" Xie Xun looked serious.
proposed.
The tea served in the mansion is a specialty of Xizhou. The tea soup is light red, like blood diluted in water, and smells of grass. Fang Chuning pressed her slender white fingers on the ceramic tea cup and tapped lightly, "Immortal."
endlessly?"
"yes!"
Fang Chuning chuckled and looked at the door suddenly, "Tingfeng, what do you think?"
Xie Xun's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly looked sideways, but there was no one there. He was tricked by Fang Chuning, and Fang Chuning couldn't help laughing, "Don't be a coward."
If he and Fang Chuning fight to the death, no matter who dies today, the war between the imperial court and Ningzhou will break out immediately.
"By the way, thank you for saving Junjun when we were in Yangzhou." Fang Chuning wiped away the smile on his face and said seriously, "I owe you a favor. If you need it in the future, I will definitely pay it back to you if you need it.
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At that time, no one thought that the epidemic in Yangzhou would be so serious and the entire city would be closed down. That year, he was still struggling in Zhongzhou and could not mobilize the army. He could only watch helplessly as General Chen Ming sealed the city gates and stopped the influx of people from Yangzhou and both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Disaster victim. When Zhongzhou received the news and closed the city gates, the epidemic had already spread in the city. He was defending the city in Zhongzhou and training troops. He had almost no contact with his family, and he did not know that Fang Lingjun was in Yangzhou City.
He originally thought that the garrison in the south of the Yangtze River would soon quell the rebellion in Yangzhou. No one in the major cities dared to send troops for fear of the spread of the disease among the army. This epidemic also brought great disaster to Zhongzhou. There was also a shortage of food in the city.
He was unable to use the medicine. It was only after the epidemic in the city was stabilized that he learned that Fang Lingjun was trapped in Yangzhou. At that time, the news that Xie Xun was alone in Yangzhou also spread.
Later, he heard Fang Lingjun say exactly what happened in Yangzhou. If it weren't for Xie Xun and Feng Yu, she would have died in Yangzhou, and many people would have died in Yangzhou that year.
When this incident spread in the capital, it was like a slap in the face to many people. There was an epidemic in Yangzhou that year, and everyone in the capital was protecting themselves and hoarding grain, grass and medicinal materials. At first, Lin Heli was struggling to prepare supplies. Xie Xun
He also encountered such a situation, so he took a sword and robbed the clan's granary.
Lin Heli visited all the major families and used coercion and inducement to finally raise enough supplies and send them to Yangzhou in time.
Later, I heard that Xie Xun had disregarded his own safety and went to Yangzhou to provide disaster relief, and the clan was embarrassed. This incident made the whole government and the public lose their voices, and it was very embarrassing.
"Okay, there happens to be something that you can help me with. Don't see my second brother again." Xie Xun looked happy and made his request without thinking.
"Ah, this can't be done." Fang Chuning refused decisively.
"fraud!"
"Change it!" Fang Chuning raised his eyebrows, "Wait, why can't I hear the wind?"
"Second brother and you have been close brothers since childhood. Now we have different positions. I don't want him to be in a dilemma." Xie Xun emphasized the word "brother" heavily.
"Are you worried? When will your second brother be in a dilemma?" Fang Chuning said with a chuckle, "He will give up on me decisively. Be confident, no one is more important than you."
"You're mocking me!" Xie Xun was displeased and felt that Fang Chuning's words were very mocking. His second brother promised to take him hiking in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but he never went there once, but he stayed with Fang Chuning.
Back then in Xiyan Mountain, the second brother also chose Fang Chuning to enter Xiyan Mountain instead of him.
"So, because Tingfeng favors me, you don't like me?" Fang Chuning understood in his heart and was pleased by Xie Xun's sinister appearance.
"Are you thinking too much? It's just you?"
"You are so angry, I have to think more." Fang Chuning was in a happy mood, "Okay, we drank tea and chatted. Where is your brother? Take me to see him. If you don't take him, I will go find him myself.
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"Then go find it yourself!"
"Farewell!" Fang Chuning stood up and left the main hall. He had never been to the City Lord's Mansion, but he was not worried about getting lost at all. He stood in the corridor and looked at the snow falling in the sky. He raised his fingers at a maid and asked with a smile, "Your family
Where is the second young master?"
The maid looked at Fang Chuning's smile, her heart pounding, "In the Plum Garden."
"Where is the plum garden?"
"Over there..." the maid pointed forward, "you can see it through the two moon gates."
"Thank you!" He thanked him politely and walked slowly into the snow.
The plum garden is easy to find. There is a faint fragrance of plum blossoms in the wind. The closer you get, the stronger the fragrance becomes. Fang Chuning can see a forest of red and pink plum blossoms from a distance.
Xie Jue stood under the plum tree and watched Ruyi building a snowman. He had already built a snowman about the same height as himself, and happily inserted two plum blossoms on the snowman's head.
A gust of wind blew by, and clusters of plum blossoms fell down, covering him in pink and white. Xie Jue was a little absent-minded. He knew that Fang Chuning and Fang Lingjun were coming.
The last time we said goodbye to Zhongzhou, we said some inappropriate words when we left. When we met, we didn't know what to say.
Fang Chuning walked through the nine-wind corridor and saw Xie Jue's back. He also saw a child wearing a red cotton-padded jacket playing with a snowman. He called out to listen to the wind.
Xie Jue and Ruyi turned around at the same time. Fang Chuning looked at Xie Jue and smiled softly, but when he saw Ruyi, Fang Chuning's smile gradually solidified on his face.