Dafeng Night Watchman

Chapter 457: Chapter 457: The truth behind the disappearance



Although Xu Xinnian often despised his vulgar father and elder brother in his heart, his father was his father. He could despise them, but he would not allow outsiders to slander him.

So, after hearing Zhao Panyi's accusation, Xu Xinnian first quickly calculated the ages of himself and his sister in his mind to confirm that he was a biological child. Then he became furious and sneered:

"Zhao Panyi, you keep saying that my father is ungrateful. What evidence do you have?"

The Battle of Shanhaiguan took place 21 years ago. He was 20 years old and Lingyue was 18 years old. The time did not match, so he and Lingyue were not orphans of the Zhou family.

Zhao Panyi sneered: "He's been dead for 21 years, there's no evidence. But Xu Pingzhi is ungrateful, so why should I slander him?"

Xu Erlang didn't believe it, and waved his hand: "Come on, tie this beast up for me."

The soldiers who were cooking meat had been paying attention to the movement here. Upon hearing this, they drew their swords and swarmed over, surrounding Zhao Panyi and 30 other soldiers.

The soldiers under Zhao Panyi drew their swords and confronted their comrades with fierce faces. Although they were injured and outnumbered, they were not afraid at all.

Being on the battlefield is like being trapped in hell. Since the expedition, they have fought with the Yasukuni Cavalry in turn, and their tempers have long been cultivated. No one is afraid of death.

Zhao Panyi pressed his hand, signaling his subordinates not to be impulsive, and spat out a mouthful of spit, saying disdainfully: "I won't fight with my comrades, unlike someone who says, like father, like son, they are all ungrateful dogs."

Xu Erlang's face was gloomy, and he shouted: "Tie him up."

The soldiers rushed forward, knocked Zhao Panyi and others down with the handle of the knife, tied them up, threw them aside, and then went back to cook horse meat..

Zhao Panyi was still cursing there, cursing the Xu family's ancestors for eighteen generations, including the women.

Xu Xinnian ordered his soldiers to stuff Zhao Panyi's mouth, so that he could only whimper and could no longer utter sweet words.

"Family affairs?"

Chu Yuanzhen saw that he frowned, and smiled and tried.

Xu Xinnian shook his head, looked at the ground not far away, and said hesitantly: "I don't believe my father is such a person, but what Zhao Panyi said reminded me of something. So I'll keep him for now."

When he was young, his eldest brother and mother had a bad relationship, which gave his father a headache, so his father often said that he and his uncle fought back to back, and his uncle blocked the knife for him and died on the battlefield.

Xu Erlang heard this since he was a child, and now, this inexplicable appearance of Zhou Biao seems very unreasonable and weird.

He looked at Chu Yuanzhen and said, "You seem to have a way to contact my eldest brother?"

Xu Erlang is quite cautious? There are no outsiders here, so why not just talk about the Earth Book? Chu Yuanzhen reached out and took out the fragment of the Earth Book and asked, "Do you want to contact Ning Yan? Tell me, what's the matter?"

Xu Xinnian looked at the fragment of the Earth Book in surprise and said, "Tell him about what happened here and ask him to ask my father for confirmation."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Chu Yuanzhen writing on the mirror of the small jade mirror with his hand.

The sunset was completely swallowed by the horizon, and the sky was dark. After dinner, Xu Qian'an took advantage of the dark sky and was not completely shrouded by the night. He digested the food comfortably in the yard and played shuttlecock with Xiaodouding.

Xiaodouding couldn't control his strength well, and always kicked the shuttlecock to the outer yard, or kicked a hole in the ground.

Her strength increased too fast. She has only been practicing the body-building method of the Power Gu Department for a few months? Is it her luck or mine...Xu Qian'an was almost stunned.

"Lina, what's wrong with Lingyin? Her progress is too exaggerated."

He turned his head to look at Lina, who was sitting beside him, peeling oranges.

Lina wrinkled her nose when she heard it: "I said Lingyin is as strong as a calf, with abundant blood and qi, and is a good seedling for practicing power Gu. Don't you believe my judgment?"

This good seedling is too good, I'm almost jealous... Xu Qian'an held the shuttlecock in his hand, looked at the shallow pit under Xu Lingyin's feet, and said helplessly:

"She can't control her strength now, and she will overexert herself if she is not careful. She should slow down in her practice."

Xiao Douding is a lively and active child, and she is more attached to her aunt. She went to school at the beginning of the year. Whenever she came home, she would run into the hall with her small schoolbag on her back and charge at her mother's round and perky peach buttocks.

Now that she is at home all the time, she is not so attached to her aunt.

She may go out again someday... And with her current strength, the Xu family may have three more motherless children.

"Oh!"

Lina nodded. She remembered that Lingyin was not a child of the Li Gu Department. Children of the Li Gu Department can use violence without restraint and are not afraid of hurting their

families.

And if you break the utensils and items at home, you have to be careful that your parents will use violence against you without restraint.

But Lingyin can't do that. The Xu family are all ordinary people.

Xu Qian'an was satisfied. Nanjiang Xiao Heipi was indeed a simple girl, but the advantage of being simple is that she is not arrogant, obedient and sensible.

If Li Miaozhen were asked the same question, she would say: Don't worry, from now on, the training intensity will be doubled to ensure that she can control her own strength in the

shortest time.

If Lin'an were to say: Then don't learn, let's play together.

If Caiwei were to say: How boring it is to practice, let's eat.

Huaiqing: Are you teaching me how to do things?

At this time, a familiar palpitation came, and Xu Qian'an immediately left Xiaodouding and

Lina and walked into the room quickly.

He took out the fragments of the Earth Book from under the pillow. It was Chu Yuanzhen who initiated a private chat request with him.

[Three: Brother Chu, how is the war in the north? ]

[Four: The war was difficult, but it was not bad, and each had its own wins and losses. I came to you to ask you something on behalf of Erlang.]

A dozen seconds later, the second paragraph of the letter came: [Four: We met a general flag

of Yongzhou Xi County named Zhao Panyi, who claimed to be a good brother with Xu's second uncle in the Battle of Shanhaiguan. ]

[When he saw Xu Erlang, he cursed and scolded Xu's second uncle as an ungrateful person, because Zhao Panyi, Xu's second uncle and a man named Zhou Biao were good brothers in the same team and fought back to back on the battlefield. ]

[Later, Zhou Biao blocked a knife for Uncle Xu and died on the battlefield. Uncle Xu swore to treat the other party's family well, but Uncle Xu broke his promise and never visited Zhou Biao's family in the past 20 years. I don't believe this, so I asked you to send a letter to you and ask you to ask Uncle Xu.]

Xu Qian'an almost wrote a reply with trembling hands: [Wait for me! ]

After collecting the fragments of the book, he did not go to find his uncle immediately, but poured himself a glass of water and drank it slowly. After finishing the water, his hands

stopped shaking.

"Squeak..."

Opening the door, Xu Qian'an walked towards the east wing with an expressionless face and

knocked on the door of the candlelight.

Second Uncle Xu, in his casual clothes, came over to open the door and said with a smile:

"Ning Yan, what's up?"

Xu Qian'an opened his mouth, then closed it again, hesitated for a few seconds, and asked softly: "Second Uncle, do you know Zhao Panyi?"

Second Uncle Xu was obviously surprised, his eyes slightly widened, and he said in surprise: "How do you know the brother I made in the Battle of Shanhaiguan? I tell you, he is my life-

long friend."

Xu Qian'an nodded: "Why didn't you contact me later?"

Second Uncle Xu shook his head and laughed: "You don't understand, military life, each of us

is far away, each There are responsibilities, and they fade over time. "

Xu Qi'an still nodded, and asked again: "Then you must also know Zhou Biao?"

Uncle Xu looked at his nephew, frowning, "What happened to you today, why do you know

Zhao Panyi and Zhou Biao?"

Xu Qi'an shook his head gently: "Uncle, answer me first, did Zhou Biao die in the battle?"

"Yes, it's a pity for a brother."

"How did he die?"

"Back then, we were sent to stop the corpse soldiers of the Wushen Sect, and Zhou Biao died

in that battle." Uncle Xu sighed.

"Didn't I block the knife for you?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? It was your father who blocked the knife for me."

A bleak autumn wind blew, and under the eaves, the lanterns swayed slightly, and the candlelight flickered, illuminating Xu Qi'an's face, which was uncertain.

"I know, thank you, uncle..."

After a long time, Xu Qian'an said hoarsely, and then, in the confused eyes of Uncle Xu, he

slowly turned and left.

Uncle Xu watched his nephew leave, and returned to the house. Auntie, who was wearing a white dress, sat on the bed, bent her long legs, and looked at a comic book of folk tales. Comic books are specially developed for some young children and illiterate people like auntie.

The beautiful and plump auntie did not raise her head, and looked at the comic book attentively, saying: "What does Ning Yan want to ask you about? I heard you are talking about

brothers."

Uncle Xu frowned and said in confusion:

"Strange, you asked about the two brothers who fought with me in the Battle of Shanhaiguan.

But one has died in the battle, and the other is far away in Yongzhou. He shouldn't know

them. "You also asked me if Zhou Biao blocked the knife for me. Am I so weak on the battlefield? This one blocked the knife for me, and that one blocked the knife for me."

Aunt looked up, her dark and lively eyes scrutinized him, frowning and saying, "Wait, who

was that?"

"Zhou Biao, you don't know him, he was my brother when I was in the army."

Aunt shook her head, "No, I remember him, when you wrote a letter home, you seemed to

have mentioned this person, saying that it was thanks to him that you survived or something.

I remember that letter was read to me by Ning Yan's mother."

It's a pity that the letter from 20 years ago is long gone. Second Uncle Xu's face suddenly froze, and he looked at his wife in disbelief, as if he was

looking at a madman.

[Three: Tell Erlang that this person does exist, and it is Second Uncle who has failed him.]

After sending the letter, Xu Qian'an gently tapped the fragments of the Earth Book on the table and said softly, "Go out first, I want to be alone."

Not far away, Zhong Li, who was sitting on the small couch, looked at him cautiously, dragged her embroidered shoes, and tiptoed away.

The door of the room closed, and Xu Qian'an sat at the table for a long, long time, without

moving, like a sculpture.

In the distant northern border, Chu Yuanzhen finished reading the letter, was silent for a moment, and turned to look at Xu Xinnian beside him.

Seeing the other party's expression, Xu Xinnian's heart suddenly sank, and sure enough, he heard Chu Yuanzhen say: "Ning Yan said that what Zhao Panyi said is true. "

Xu Xinnian's face was extremely ugly. He was silent for a long time, then drew out his knife

and walked towards Zhao Panyi.

Zhao Panyi's eyes suddenly widened, staring at Xu Xinnian, making a "woohoo" sound. His subordinates were as if they were facing a great enemy, and they cursed. The soldiers who were eating meat soup also looked over when they heard the sound.

Xu Xinnian turned his wrist, cut the rope with a knife, threw the knife aside, and bowed

deeply: "My father is not a son, and the son pays for the father's debt. Whatever you want, I will let you do it."

Zhao Panyi stood up slowly, with both disdain and confusion, and couldn't understand why

this kid's attitude changed so much.

He sneered: "Xu Pingzhi is not sorry for me, why are you pretending to be so nice to me?"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zhao Panyi spit at Xu Xinnian's feet, leaned over to pick up his sword, untied his

subordinates, and prepared to take people away.

"Wait!"

Xu Xinnian stopped him and said, "Brothers are all injured and hungry. Stay and bandage

them and drink a bowl of meat soup before leaving."

Seeing that Zhao Panyi didn't appreciate it, he immediately said, "Your matter with my father

is a private matter and has nothing to do with brothers. You can't disregard the life and death

of my Dafeng soldiers for your own personal vendetta."

Xu Xinnian successfully persuaded Zhao Panyi. He reluctantly stayed and sat around the

campfire, sharing the tender and fragrant meat soup with his comrades, with a satisfied smile

on his face.

Xu Xinnian returned to Chu Yuanzhen, staring at the small jade mirror in his hand, and

marveled: "Is this how you contact my eldest brother?"

Chu Yuanzhen chuckled and smiled freely: "Of course, the earth book can send books

thousands of miles away..."

His smile suddenly froze, and he twisted his neck inch by inch, staring at Xu Xinnian blankly.

"What's wrong? "Xu Xinnian said blankly.

"You, don't know, the fragments of the Earth Book?" Chu Yuanzhen opened his mouth and

uttered word by word.

"What is the fragment of the Earth Book?" Xu Xinnian was still blank.

Thump, thump, thump... Chu Yuanzhen took several steps back in shock, his voice a little

sharp: "You are not number three?!"

"What is number three?"

Pah...... The fragment of the Earth Book in Chu Yuanzhen's hand slipped off and fell to the

ground.

It was late at night. Xu Qian'an got up from the desk, opened the door, looked around, and

saw Zhong Li hugging her knees, leaning against the window, sleeping soundly.

He sighed, leaned over, put his arm through her knees, and picked her up. The touch from his

arm was round and plump.

Back to the room, put Zhong Li on the small couch and covered her with a thin blanket. It was

autumn. If she was not covered with a blanket, she would definitely catch a cold tomorrow

morning with her bad luck.

"Huh..."

Blowing out the candle, Xu Qian'an also huddled in the quilt and fell asleep. When sleepiness came, the last thought was: I seem to have overlooked something very

important!