Chapter 372 Beiling’s spy?
The pale young man seemed to want to get up, his body hunched over in pain on the bed. He seemed to hear footsteps at the door, and when he suddenly turned around, his black eyes were full of vigilance and ferocity.
The murderous aura on his body shocked Di Shuangcheng.
"Brother He."
Di Tao was extremely excited: "You're awake? Are you okay?"
When Xiao Yan saw that the person coming was Di Tao, his tense back suddenly relaxed, and he almost fell down when his hand loosened.
Di Shuangcheng strode forward and pulled the man back. When he helped him sit up on the bed, he let go of his hand under Xiao Yan's wary eyes.
"You are..."
"My name is Di Shuangcheng, and I'm the father of this bastard. Thank you for escorting the brother and sister all the way back."
Di Shuangcheng kept his eye on Xiao Yan while he spoke. The young man in front of him was really too handsome, and the aura he exuded at that moment was definitely not something an ordinary person could possess.
Seeing that the young man, who had been extremely alert just now, relaxed after a moment's silence after hearing his name, Di Shuangcheng's eyes showed some thought, and he slapped Di Tao, who was standing next to him, on the back.
"What are you standing there for? Apologize!"
Di Tao staggered after being slapped, his face turned even paler, and he lowered his head in front of Xiao Yan.
"I'm sorry, Brother He. I shouldn't have involved you in this matter. Beiling is targeting the Di family and the Zhen'an Army. This matter has nothing to do with you. It was my selfish motives that almost caused your death and caused the guards around you to..."
His eyes were red with guilt, thinking of the dozens of guards around Xiao Yan when they first met, and how only Zhang Bing was left in the end.
Now even Zhang Bin was seriously injured and almost "useless", and Di Tao couldn't say the rest of the words.
Di Shuangcheng glared at his son fiercely before turning to look at Xiao Yan.
"Di Tao is at fault this time. He's a burden now that he can't walk. When he recovers, I'll have him serve in the army as punishment. I'll then remove his command and send him to the front lines to fight the enemy. For every number of guards you've killed, I'll have him kill a hundred times as many Beiling men. He's not allowed to return until that number is reached."
The deputy general said anxiously: "General, the major general also knows his mistake..."
"If he admits his mistake, can he pay back the other person's life?"
Di Shuangcheng said angrily, "We were all born and raised by our parents. How can he be more precious than anyone else?"
"If it weren't for the fact that he was selfishly calculating in order to protect his mother and sister, I would have killed him just for what he did this time. Now I'm just letting him kill the enemy to pay off his debt. That's a bargain for him."
After Di Shuangcheng finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Yan and said, "He Langjun, you saved Di Tao's life, and it was he who brought you to this point. If you don't feel satisfied with this punishment, I will hand Di Tao over to you to do with as you please. The Di family will not object."
Xiao Yan stared at the burly, righteous Di Shuangcheng, and after a moment he spoke weakly, "No need. He finally managed to survive, so cherish him."
He took a deep breath to suppress the pain in his body, and sat up with a pale face.
"I came to Fengcheng for other matters and have no intention of getting entangled with the military. Since General Di is fine, please do as you please."
Di Tao was shocked: "Brother He..."
Xiao Yan looked at him with a cold expression, "I'm not familiar with you, and General Di has no intention of you becoming acquainted with me. General Di, please call me He Yan."
He ignored Di Tao's puzzled and pale face and looked up at Di Shuangcheng who was standing next to him.
"I was originally going to Fengcheng, and I brought the Di Tao brothers and sisters with me just for the sake of it. As for those people from Beiling, they had no good intentions when they sneaked into the heart of Wei. They just thought I was killing enemies for my country."
"General Di, as a military commander, there's no need for you to go to great lengths to pretend to teach Di Tao a lesson and stop me from asking your Di family for my life-saving favor. I'm not the kind of person who would want to repay a favor and pester someone from your Di family."
Di Shuangcheng hadn't expected Xiao Yan to see through his thoughts so quickly. Seeing the young man's brows full of annoyance and impatience, he was silent for a moment before speaking: "How did you see that?"
Xiao Yan said coldly, "Ordinary people wouldn't act like General Di when facing their savior."
"He didn't talk about repayment or gratitude. Instead, he just punished General Di and sent him to the battlefield to kill the enemy to compensate for the guards he killed. He then said, 'I'll deal with you as you wish' to clear the Di family of any involvement."
"General Di doesn't want to accept my kindness, and I don't want to do you a favor. There's no need to act like this."
Di Shuangcheng looked at the frosty young man and didn't try to argue. "I'm sorry, I'm not targeting you. It's just that there have been so many people from Beiling trying to join the army in recent years that I have to be cautious."
Di Tao finally understood what his father meant when he heard this. He hurriedly said, "Father, He Yan is not that person."
"My mother, Fangyun, and I were ambushed for days, and everyone around us was killed or injured. When we met He Yan, he wanted to avoid us, but I dragged him in. He also tried to leave several times in Anxi before, but I had to use some tricks to keep him here."
"Besides, if he had any ill intentions, he would have handed my mother and I over to those people in Beiling long ago. If we fell into Beiling's hands, you and the Zhen'an Army would surely be in chaos. Why would he risk his life to send us back?"
Di Shuangcheng looked at the wounds on Xiao Yan's body, and remembered what his subordinates had said about the miserable state of their bodies when they found them, and wanted to say something.
However, Xiao Yan had already spoken: "I know what General Di is suspicious of. Luoyan Pass is a strategic location and must not be taken lightly. It is normal for you to be cautious."
"I have no ill will towards the Di family. I came to Fengcheng for other matters. General Di can rest assured. After today, I will not have any further dealings with General Di."
Xiao Yan pointed outside after he finished speaking:
"I want to rest now. Please come in."
Di Tao said urgently: "He Yan!"
Xiao Yan looked indifferent and shut up without saying anything else.
The Di family father and son and the deputy general were almost "blasted" out by Xiao Yan. Although Xiao Yan was injured and could not take action, his disgusted attitude made it impossible for them to stay.
After coming out of the inner room, Di Tao angrily said to Di Shuangcheng, "Father, what are you doing? He Yan saved Fang Yun and mine, and he's still badly injured. His guards were almost all dead. How could you assume that about him?"
Di Shuangcheng frowned: "It's such a coincidence that he saved you."
Those people from Beiling got the information from somewhere and killed his wife and children, but He Yan happened to save Di Tao and his sister.
Although Di Shuangcheng was angry that Di Tao had involved innocent people, he was also somewhat wary of whether He Yan was deliberately using this incident to get close to Di Tao. After all, countless people had tried to use this method to sneak into the Zhen'an Army over the years, and he had suffered greatly because of it.
Di Shuangcheng originally just wanted to test the waters, but who could have imagined that the young man would directly see through his thoughts and drive them out without mercy. It was obvious that his previous actions had annoyed him.
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