Chapter 367 Rong Yi pleads guilty
The soldiers rushed over and helped Huo Gannian up from the snow.
While calling for the military doctor, Huo Gannian was hurriedly carried back to the general's tent.
Along the way, the soldiers talked about it:
Poor General Huo, who had poured all his strength into supporting Nan Lijun to the throne, only to end up like this. His father died in battle, and his beloved became a concubine of the enemy country.
Even the strongest man would not be able to withstand such humiliation and blow.
The soldiers became more and more angry as they spoke. As men, they felt the same despair as Huo Gannian.
After returning to the general's tent, Huo Gannian did not remain unconscious for too long.
When he woke up, Ye Yan and Buyan were whispering about how to sneak into the royal court to rescue Yun Chen. Luo Dongdong wanted to join but was rejected on the grounds that they had no official positions and were free to do whatever they wanted, but Luo Dongdong had a military position and if he disobeyed orders, he would be in big trouble.
Luo Dongdong could only sit aside dejectedly.
Rong Yi knelt before Huo Gannian's bed and pleaded guilty in tears:
"General Huo, it's all my fault. If I hadn't blocked your way and stopped your rescue efforts, the boss wouldn't have been swept away by the snowstorm and ended up in this situation... General Huo, I'm guilty. You can punish me, I accept it!"
It would have been fine if Rong Yi hadn't said this, but once he did, Bu Yan flew into a rage. If Ye Yan hadn't stopped him, he would have rushed up to beat Rong Yi, angrily cursing:
"You also know how to blame yourself? I was protecting the princess! Why didn't you protect Achen? There were no enemies chasing us! Why is Achen always the last one to leave?"
Luo Dongdong whispered from the side: "The boss always leaves the most dangerous things for herself. She is always the last one to come. Everyone is used to it..."
Bu Yan laughed instead of being furious, "Okay! Then from now on you should just get used to the life without 'Boss'!"
At this time, Huo Gannian on the couch raised his hand slightly and made a "silence" gesture.
He stopped talking, but still had an angry look on his face.
Rong Yi was not annoyed when being scolded. He had nothing to say and even felt that the scolding was justified.
"General Huo, punish me! Demotion, dismissal, military caning! I'll take it all! Even demoting me to a small soldier is fine!"
Huo Gannian shook his head slightly and looked up at Rong Yi:
"Because of Rong Jiang, you are suspicious of me. You thought I rushed over and wanted to kill the princess in the chaos, so you stopped me, right?"
Rong Yi's face turned pale, and he agreed without any objection.
The others were all shocked, and Bu Yan had to bite his tongue to hold back from swearing.
Rong Yi gritted his teeth and said bluntly:
"Yes! I am suspicious of you! Because my brother just told me a secret, and then he died! And he died when it was just the two of you! I don't believe he died so easily!"
"'Easy'?" Huo Gannian laughed wryly. "Do you know what the rebels' granaries are like? They're stationed very close to the river, and to prevent flooding, they've built granaries entirely to store grain. No matter how hard we try, we can only light a tiny bit of the lower part, never the entire thing. At that point, we were discovered by the rebels and were being attacked. Just as our plan was about to fail, Rong Jiang climbed onto the roof of the granary, took off his clothes... and set it on fire."
After a pause, Huo Gannian continued with difficulty, his voice sorrowful:
"But food is not straw paper. It takes time to burn. Rong Jiang can only hold the fire until it burns his hair and whole body..."
Rong Yi felt numb all over, and he couldn't bear to imagine the tragic scene. He wondered how painful it would be to have the flames burning on his body.
Yes, this is what suits that fool Rong Jiang!
From childhood to adulthood, he has always been eager to do anything dangerous.
He said he was being a hero, but it was just to protect his only brother.
Rong Yi didn't believe that Rong Jiang would die easily in battle.
But if it was to burn the granary and to protect Huo Gannian's escape, Rong Yixin!
Rong Yi kowtowed heavily on the ground, choking with sobs:
"I'm sorry... General Huo... I shouldn't have doubted you... Thank you for bringing my brother back..."
"It's my fault." Huo Gannian sat up, rarely putting aside his usual stern expression. His eyes were calm, even kind, as he looked at Rong Yi with disappointment. "It's because of those letters. And the rebel army's night wings."
Rong Yi suddenly looked up, extremely surprised.
He didn't expect that Huo Gannian actually knew everything!
Huo Gannian smiled bitterly again. "Your suspicions are correct. I had my men prepare the thousands of 'begging for help' letters carried away by the storm—two years ago. Ever since the Lion Power Army set out on the expedition, there have always been three carts of paper in the military rations. If you don't believe me, you can ask the warehouse officer, Du Yifeng. Although there wasn't much left in Guying City by then."
"What do you mean?" Rong Yi didn't understand.
Bu Yan, who was standing aside, looked at him like a fool:
"Three carts, one cart with one hundred bundles, one bundle with three thousand sheets, a total of three hundred thousand sheets of writing paper."
Rong Yi was shocked: "This is the suicide note paper prepared for the Lion Power Army... right?"
It turns out that from the moment he formed the Lion Army, Huo Gannian was determined to sacrifice his life for his country.
That straw paper was the last retreat he left for every soldier in the world.
But Rong Yi wanted to question it out of his own selfish reasons.
Thinking about how Huo Gannian had known that he had concerns, but still entrusted him with important tasks time and time again, all this broad-mindedness and trust were betrayed, and the final result was that Yun Chen was harmed, Rong Yi felt so ashamed and remorseful that he wished he could kill himself on the spot.
Seeing Rong Yi's mood, Bu Yan's anger subsided a lot, but he still couldn't help but curse a few more times:
"And those night-flying wings, do you suspect we prepared them all this time? Ridiculous! They were all made of cloth that the Huo Gang urgently dispatched from the warehouse. Thousands of Huo Gang members worked tirelessly for two days and two nights to make them!
The people who carried out the airdrop were all the most capable people in the rebel army. Even so, without training, a hundred people would die for just one successful one! If you don't believe me, go ask Du Yifeng. He's in charge of all these things, he knows everything!
After a long silence, Rong Yi took off the token around his waist that symbolized his status as deputy general.
He stood up and looked directly at Huo Gannian with an extremely serious expression.
"General, I'm sorry. I'm unworthy of this position of deputy general. From now on, whatever I do has nothing to do with you. It's all my own doing. If I'm lucky enough to survive, from now on, I, Rong Yi, will follow your lead and go through fire and water without hesitation!!"
After saying that, Rong Yi turned around and rushed out of the tent.
"What are you going to do?!" Luo Dongdong sensed something was wrong.
With Yun Chen away, no one could control Rong Yi, an impulsive guy who was ready to do anything wrong, so Luo Dongdong quickly chased after him.
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On the other side, in the Luojiang Royal Court.
All wedding preparations were complete, and cheerful drum music filled the royal court.
Yun Chen was dressed up as a gorgeous Luojiang bride, surrounded by a group of maids, sitting high in one of the main seats at the wedding banquet, accepting congratulations from officials and guests.
She had a blank expression on her face, neither crying nor laughing, which made Xiong Dun, who was sitting in another position, frown.
When she learned that her father had died in battle, she did not break down and cry, or smash things to vent her anger as Xiong Dun had expected.
She just stood there in a daze for a long time, kowtowed deeply six times in the direction of Nan Country, and then said nothing and no longer responded to anything around her.
Xiong Dun felt both distressed and worried about Yun Chen.
He didn't expect that the Princess of Nan Kingdom would be so heartless. She would abandon such a hero who was covered with battle scars and every scar was a tribute to the country.
At the same time, he was more worried about Yun Chen's condition, as if he was looking at a volcano that could erupt at any time.
The longer she remained silent, the more uneasy he became.
Xiong Dun suddenly felt that he had overestimated himself.
No, I underestimated Yun Chen.
This is not a woman he can control.
Maybe there is no man in this world who can control her...
Rather than this, it is better to make it happen.
Thinking of this, Xiong Dun finally made up his mind. He raised his hand to stop the noisy palace people and the music.
Under the gaze of all the palace servants, guests and guards, Xiong Dun asked Yun Chen:
"Do you want to go back to Nan Country?"
Yun Chen nodded gently, "I want to."
"Even if the Nan Kingdom gave up on you, and your princess abandoned her loyal subjects like this, do you still want to return to the Nan Kingdom?"
"think."
"Will you continue to fight for the country that has abandoned you? Even if it means your death?"
"right."
"Why?"
Yun Chen was stunned for a moment, and a surge of emotion surged into his heart.
At this moment, she finally understood what Huo Gannian said.
She stood up and scanned the entire room, her eyes finally settling on Xiong Dun, but Xiong Dun could feel that she was not looking at him.
Each of her words was so light, yet it was like thunder, piercing the ears and shaking the heart:
"Because my country's surname has never been 'Nan', but 'Min'."
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