r18novel Chapter 1735 is his brother
Chapter 1735 is his brother
Qi'a was not injured either.
Moreover, after this battle, his complexion looked more human, commonly known as "having a healthy glow".
He truly appears to be the most outstanding general in the army.
He stood there, motionless as a pine tree, straight as a sword just sheathed.
Upon hearing Lu Zhaoling's question, a hint of grievance seemed to well up in Qi'a's eyes.
Lu Zhaoling was stunned for a moment, wanting to take a closer look, but he had already regained his composure, which made her wonder if she had seen wrong.
She and Qi'a weren't that familiar, so it was reasonable for her to side with her senior brother. What did Qi'a have to feel wronged about?
Qi'a said in a deep voice, "I want to take this person down with me."
But Yin Yunting stopped him.
Lu Zhaoling was taken aback. "So you two got into a fight over an outsider?"
Duan Fan, he's an outsider, after all.
“He’s still alive, so naturally we can’t let you take him along like this,” Yin Yunting said in a deep voice.
"The life he stole, the person he framed, was my best brother." Qi'a said, looking at Lu Zhaoling, "And you too..."
He paused before finishing his sentence, his expression somewhat complicated.
Lu Zhaoling waited for him to finish speaking, but he did not continue.
"Me too? Why don't you continue?" she asked curiously.
“It’s nothing, but I’ve been looking for this person. I promised to avenge my brother,” Qi’a said.
He had been investigating this matter for many years, and now that he had finally found out and caught the person, of course he had to take him away and make him kneel in front of his brother's grave.
Lu Zhaoling looked at Yin Yunting.
She still didn't know the specifics of what happened to Duan Fan.
"Let me hear what's going on."
"Sit down and let's talk," Zhou Shiyue said, walking over as well.
He had also noticed the way Qi'a looked at Lu Zhaoling, and he also found Qi'a's unfinished sentence a bit strange.
But Lu Zhaoling already had many secrets, and now he was somewhat numb to it. As long as she was safe and sound, he could accept whatever secrets she might have, or what her past identity or actions might have been.
Even if she had once created a huge hole in the sky, he would probably only say one thing—
Lu Xiaoer, you're really top-notch.
“Duan Fan can’t run away now, no need to rush.” Zhou Shiyue pulled Lu Zhaoling to sit down first.
Yin Yunting also walked over and sat down.
Qi'a glanced at him and then sat down opposite him.
"Senior Brother, tell me about this Duan Fan first," Lu Zhaoling asked.
Yin Yunting then recounted everything he had asked and seen.
Upon hearing that he had stolen the life story and fate of the young man he had framed, Lu Zhaoling felt heartbroken; such a person shouldn't have ended up like that.
She now utterly despises Duan Fan.
This person deserved to pay with their life and had no right to live any longer.
Zhou Shiyue looked at Qi A, "How could that person be your brother?"
The age doesn't seem to match.
Before that young man died, Qi'a had been a ghost for a long time.
Qi'a said, "In his previous life."
In other words, he knew that person's past life.
"He had done many good deeds in his past life. Although he made a mistake and was punished, resulting in a short lifespan after reincarnation, the mistake he made was out of necessity..."
Qi'a closed her eyes, concealing her grief.
"He died protecting the young master."
Upon hearing his words, Zhou Shiyue felt a stirring in his heart for some reason and looked at Lu Zhaoling.
When Qi'a mentioned the young master, he had a strange feeling that the "young master" he was referring to was Lu Zhaoling.
If it were her, then he could understand the half-finished sentence he just said.
"Your young master?"
Lu Zhaoling didn't feel that way; in fact, she was quite curious and asked directly.
Did Qi'a and the others have a young master before?
"who is it?"
“Yes…” Qi’a lowered his eyes, “You wouldn’t recognize me even if I told you.”
"That was in my past life. After I died, I drank half a bowl of Meng Po soup. My master said that remembering everything was of no benefit."
"Then what do you remember?" Lu Zhaoling asked.
“I remember my brother, I remember I once had a master, I once had a young master, I remember we once fought desperately to escape some calamity, but I remember nothing else,” Qi’a said.
Zhou Shiyue looked at him and felt that Qi A's words might be half true and half false.
He remained silent, simply keeping these things in mind.
“My brother was given a hard-won chance to be reincarnated, but he was so cruelly harmed. If his life hadn’t been taken away and his soul hadn’t been harmed, I could have found him after he died in this life, and at least he could have worked with me in the ghost market.”
—Afterwards, we can wait with him for our master to return.
But now it's gone; his soul has been destroyed.
So how could he possibly let Duan Fan go?
"Senior Brother, have you found his brother's Book of Life and Death?" Lu Zhaoling asked Yin Yunting. "Has he been reincarnated yet? Or is he queuing up outside the Underworld King's Palace?"
Yin Yunting shook his head.
He said with certainty, "Senior Sister, Qi A wasn't wrong about this either; that person's soul was indeed scattered."
"this......."
Lu Zhaoling was also furious when she heard this.
"What's the point of protecting Duan Fan? He truly deserves to die!"
As she spoke, she raised her hand and slammed it hard on the handrail with a loud bang.
Zhou Shiyue's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly grabbed her hand, pulling it over to look. His palm was red.
"Why are you so agitated? Even if you're angry, you should hit someone else, why are you picking on yourself?"
At this moment, the retired emperor also floated over.
He looked serious.
"This Duan Fan is quite good at flattering people in the palace. Your brother trusts and values him and is preparing to groom him."
The emperor valued Duan Fan highly, believing that if given a few more years, Duan Fan would be a talent capable of succeeding the prime minister.
The main point is that everything Duan Fan said and did suited the emperor's preferences.
Therefore, during the palace examination, in terms of actual talent and learning, Duan Fan was actually inferior to the other two, but what he said was the most appreciated by the emperor, as it touched the emperor's heart.
He became the top scholar.
The other two understood this in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do to seek justice.
Why can't they understand the emperor's thoughts as well as Duan Fan?
At the time, they all wrote articles on similar national policies, but only Duan Fan's article had a central idea: the Great Zhou was on the rise, and all the credit went to the emperor. The emperor was the pillar of stability, and the Great Zhou needed this emperor even more in the future.
This central idea delighted the emperor.
The Emperor Emeritus said this to tell Zhou Shiyue that Duan Fan could not be dealt with arbitrarily, otherwise the Emperor might cause trouble.
After all, this is a promising and loyal minister whom the emperor has recently been eyeing.