From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 979

Su Youzi came, and she saw Zhou Yuan standing quietly in front, guarding Li Yu'an who was kneeling on the ground and crying.

Song Wu came, and he saw Jie Shuai standing quietly there, guarding the woman.

The soldiers all came, they had resolved the battle, they did not approach, just looked ahead.

Zhou Yuan did not comfort, did not urge, just looked at the Virgin Sister who was kneeling on the ground and crying.

There was no expression on his face, and it was terribly calm.

Li Yu'an cried heartbreakingly, cried with tears, kneeled on the ground, lay on the ground, with her hair disheveled, like a desperate madman.

No one comforted her, no one persuaded her, just waited for her to vent slowly.

It was unknown how long it took for her crying to finally stop.

She slowly turned back to look at Zhou Yuan, her eyes were red and swollen, her face was full of tears, and she was embarrassed and haggard.

Her voice was extremely hoarse and choked: "What did we do wrong?"

Zhou Yuan could not answer.

Li Yu'an pointed at the little girl, and couldn't hold back her tears again: "She! What did she do wrong!"

Zhou Yuan still couldn't answer.

Li Yu'an cried, "Why? Why? I want to know the reason, really, I want to know why it's like this!"

"They didn't do anything wrong, they just want to live, she just wants to grow up..."

"Why do we have to include them in the war?"

She looked at Zhou Yuan helplessly, she didn't even stand up, she just knelt in front of Zhou Yuan and hugged his legs.

She raised her head and trembled, "I always ask you when I encounter something I don't understand, Zhou Yuan... Can you tell me the answer?"

Zhou Yuan didn't speak, just squatted down and gently wiped her face with his sleeves.

Li Yu'an fell weakly in his arms, her face as pale as paper, still mumbling: "Why... Why..."

Zhou Yuan picked her up and slowly turned away.

Thousands of troops, make way for them.

Zhou Yuan stopped, without looking back, and just said: "Leave no island bandits alive."

He walked back along the street from which he came, step by step.

Li Yu'an hugged his neck, looked at him weakly, and said softly: "Don't you know the answer either?"

Zhou Yuan said: "I know."

Li Yu'an said: "I also know that where there is light, there is darkness. It has been like this since ancient times. This is an objective law that cannot be changed."

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment before saying: "It can be changed. As long as we are strong enough, we can make the law."

Hearing this, Li Yu'an buried her head in his chest and cried silently.

The two of them were silent, one was sad, and the other was heartbroken.

Zhou Yuan carried her out of the city and came to a clean place.

There is no blood here, only snow.

Li Yu'an murmured, "Will this happen again in the future?"

Zhou Yuan said, "Yes."

Li Yu'an said, "Can this not happen in the future?"

Zhou Yuan said, "Yes."

Li Yu'an whispered, "What should I do? I am willing to work hard."

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment before saying, "Put aside the sadness of the past, look forward, look to the future, stand up from the pool of blood, and become a giant."

Li Yu'an broke free from his arms.

She stood in the snow, her face no longer smiling as usual.

The moonlight illuminated her tear-stained face.

She raised her hand to the sky, her voice serious, "I am willing to work hard for this, so that they can live and so that she can grow up."

Zhou Yuan also stood up.

He also raised his hand and said solemnly, "I am willing to work hard for this, so that they can live and so that she can grow up."

Under the witness of the starry sky, their hands slowly approached and clasped together tightly.

Li Yu'an said: "The people of Seoul are not dead, there are still some people alive, they are terrified and desperate, they are waiting for me."

She turned around and walked towards Seoul.

She said in a deep voice: "I can't fall down, I have to cheer up, I will raise the flag of the Lee Dynasty, and tell them with the most sincere voice that I want them to live."

Zhou Yuan followed her footsteps.

Li Yu'an said: "Let me go by myself, this time I want to do this alone."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Okay."

Li Yu'an left, and every step she took left deep footprints in the snow.

This great pain made her grow a lot.

Zhou Yuan sat on the snow with some fatigue, looking at the stars in the sky, without saying a word.

A stove was placed steadily in front of him.

A pot of wine was placed on the stove.

The flames lit up, Guan Lu took two large bowls and sat in front of Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan said slowly: "Guan Lu, why did you join the army in the first place?"

Guan LuHe smiled and said, "In order to have food to eat, my family was too poor, and I joined the army with food, accommodation, and military pay."

Zhou Yuan said, "What happened later."

"Later, I went to Governor Xue's camp and fought against the Mongols, thinking about how to save my life and make some money."

After saying that, he paused slightly and said, "It was not difficult to make money at that time. The people in the border areas would give us everything. They were afraid that we would abandon the city and flee for our lives."

"It's just that... I didn't charge money at that time."

Zhou Yuan said, "People change."

"Yes."

Guan Lu nodded and said, "No one is born a hero, No one is born great. Who would think of serving the country as a new recruit? It's nothing more than making a living. "

"Gradually, I saw more things, the misery and simplicity of the people at the border, the ferocity of the Mongols... The environment is changing people, and we are also changing slowly. In addition to making a living, we also want to do something."

"When we wanted to make money, there were not many opportunities. Later, when the opportunity came, we couldn't bear it."

"We want to serve the country and protect the people. Unconsciously, we have become heroes."

When he was moved, he poured himself a bowl of hot wine and drank it in one gulp.

Zhou Yuan said: "Heroes are like steel, they always have to go through thousands of tempers before they are finally formed."

"When you were in Yunzhou, you and Zhang Fei chose to follow me. Why did you do that?"

Guan Lu smiled and said: "I have lost my identity, but my will is still there. I have great ambitions, so I got on the prince's carriage."

"At that time, I thought that if I could do something, make some achievements, and get a good position, my family would not have to worry about food and drink, and I would have some face."

Zhou Yuan said: "Did it change later?"

"It changed."

Guan Lu sighed and said: "The rectification of Shenjing has brought about earth-shaking changes in the six alleys, which made me realize that what we are doing, It makes people proud. "

"Recovering the Central Plains, the prince avenged the tragic deaths of the women in Apang Palace in Kaifeng Prefecture, and the beheading scene in the vegetable market was very moving. "

"Everything that happened made me feel that I was walking on a road full of light."

"Even if there is darkness everywhere, we are shining brightly. This sense of pride and accomplishment cannot be described in words."

"So even if I don't get any position or honor, I don't care. I just feel honored and I wish I could use all my strength and wisdom in our career."

He poured himself another bowl of wine and drank it in one gulp.

He grinned and laughed, "When drinking with Lao Xiong, he talked about the scenes that happened in Shuixi and mentioned a word that I have always remembered."

Zhou Yuan said, "What word?"

"Liberation."

His voice was very calm, but Zhou Yuan was struck by lightning and his figure shook violently.

Guan Lu said: "This is what the prince said to Xiong Kuohai and others on the way to Shuixi. They remembered it deeply."

"I remember it too. I can't forget it even if I want to."

Zhou Yuan picked up the wine pot and poured himself a cup, and drank it in one gulp.

The hot wine went into his throat, and his whole body became hot, as if his blood was burning.

Guan Lu said: "I am not such an idealistic person, but I have come to this step unknowingly, and I am getting stronger and more determined as I go."

"Prince, I don't have the right words to describe this feeling, but I believe you understand me."

Zhou Yuan filled two bowls of wine.

Guan Lu understood and raised the wine with him. The wine bowls touched each other, making a crisp sound, like the roar of the soul.

After drinking it all, Guan Lu said: "Then, what about the prince?"

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment.

He said slowly: "When I became a son-in-law, I really didn't think so much. I just wanted to live a comfortable life."

"But Ningyue was forced to marry, and the riots in Yunzhou made me realize that people still need to have the ability to protect themselves. So at that time, I wanted to do something, get to a certain level, and then retire and enjoy life."

"The sky didn't go as I wished. The assassination of Huang Heng, the former governor of Zhejiang, made me realize the crisis of the world situation."

"I don't want this place to become a hunting ground for foreign races, and I don't want to live in a chaotic world, so I made up my mind late at night to save the world. Rivers and mountains."

Guan Lu said: "So we followed the prince to the north."

Zhou Yuan said: "As we walked along, our ambition to save the country has never wavered, but when I first arrived in Xiangzhou, I saw the Portuguese burning, killing and looting in Xiangzhou, so I had a new feeling."

"It is not enough to just save the country. We are gradually falling behind other countries. We must rise up and have the power to protect ourselves to avoid being invaded in the future."

"So I sealed the wolf's lair and awakened the blood of the people. I confronted your majesty and wanted to control the military of Dajin.for the future, so that they don't make trouble."

"That's why there was the later reform of the natives and the two victories against the Portuguese and Dongfan Island."

"That's why we have the good situation today."

Guan Lu poured Zhou Yuan a bowl of wine and said, "So, this time, did the prince have any new insights?"

Zhou Yuan did not answer.

He drank a bowl of wine and then growled, "Not enough! Not enough! Not enough!"

"It's not enough to retreat at the right time! It's not enough to save the world! It's not enough for the rise of the Jin Dynasty!"

"We must be stronger! We must be the world's number one! We must dominate the era!"

"Only in this way can the things we don't want to see not happen."

Guan Lu said, "The riots in Yunzhou, the war in Lin'an Prefecture, the misery in the Central Plains, Xiangzhou, Jizhou, Shanhaiguan, Datong, east of Shenjing, Shuixi, Sichuan, the coast of Fujian and Guangdong, Dongfan Island, and here in Seoul! There are countless tragedies! "

Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Never again!"

He drank another bowl of wine and whispered, "And the Virgin Sister, I have never seen her so sad, I don't want her to be like this again."

He raised his head, looked at Guan Lu with red eyes, and shouted, "It's not over! Guan Lu! We are not proud yet! We still have a long way to go!"

Guan Lu stood up and stepped back.

He bowed with both hands and said solemnly, "I am willing to move forward with the lord, even if I die nine times, I will not regret it!"