After rebirth, my wife just wants to be a widow

Chapter 376

Shen Ruoyan's body moved slightly.

There is indeed a secret behind General Lu’s death that year!

Shen Ruoyan raised her head, her eyes red, "Who doesn't know that General Lu died in the northern border while fighting against the Beidi people?"

"Hmph, what do you, a little girl, know?" As if recalling the deepest pain buried in his heart, the muscles on Uncle Zhou's cheeks twitched unconsciously, and his facial features became distorted, "That last battle was It was indeed very tragic, but in the end we won!

Of the 3000-man team, only 50 people were left. General Lu and I were both injured. But more than the pain, the most terrible thing was that the enemy burned our food and grass, and we had no food for a long time.

If we exit the city to find food, our previous efforts will be in vain, but if we continue to defend like this, we will starve to death long ago without waiting for the second wave of enemy attacks.

Just when they were most desperate, supplies of food and grass were finally delivered.

Do you know what is more painful than despair?

It was like seeing hope, but being kicked back into the abyss when he was unprepared.

After getting the food and grass, the brothers quickly set up the pot and wanted to have a good meal. But when everyone was feasting, they didn't know that the food was poisoned.

I was changing the dressing at that time, and I was a step late. When I returned to the dining area, I saw that all the brothers who had been chatting and laughing just now were bleeding from their orifices and were dead on the ground. "

At the end of the sentence, Uncle Zhou clenched his teeth and tightened his body, unable to utter another word.

Shen Ruoyan was also very shocked. Who would have thought that General Lu, the god of war, was actually poisoned to death?

She cleared her throat and tried her best to ask, "Could it be someone from Beidi who did this?"

Uncle Zhou adjusted his mood and returned to his usual indifferent state, "I thought so at the time, but the Beidi people had been beaten away by us long ago. When this batch of food and grass was delivered, we carefully checked the tokens on each other's bodies. , I can confirm that those who delivered food and grass were all our soldiers from Daning. The most important thing is that I saw them stabbing to death the brothers who were still alive.

We fought bloody battles against Beidi, but we never thought that we would die in the hands of our own people in the end! "

Recalling the past, Uncle Zhou's eyes widened angrily, as if he wanted to eat people alive.

Shen Ruoyan was a little scared, but she still asked in detail: "But what does this have to do with Lu Yan? He lost his father and was also a victim of this incident. If you want to avenge General Lu, you can tell Lu Yan the truth and join forces with him. , why force him to death?"

Uncle Zhou snorted coldly, "You want to trick me, little girl? Why should I tell you this? Get up and follow me!"

He spoke very tightly. If he hadn't remembered the past just now, he wouldn't have told Shen Ruoyan so many things.

Uncle Zhou bent down and was about to pull up Shen Ruoyan who was kneeling on the ground, but before his hand could touch the girl's clothes, a silver sword appeared at his neck.

Shen Ruoyan quickly stepped aside.

The long sword on his neck was close to his skin. As long as the opponent exerted a little force, he could be killed. Uncle Zhou still maintained a half-crouched position, not daring to move.

He turned his head slightly until he saw the man threatening him with a sword, and showed a slightly surprised expression.

Does this idiot know how to do martial arts?

Tang Xiuyuan held a sword in one hand and stood upright behind Uncle Zhou. He exuded a fierce momentum that made people dare not doubt his swordsmanship.

Even though his life was at risk, Uncle Zhou was surprised for a moment, and then returned to his usual calmness. He did not ask what Tang Xiuyuan wanted to do, nor did he regret his own negligence. He just stood there and quietly observed his surroundings.

He is like a lone wolf. As long as he finds a flaw, he will fight back without hesitation and complete the comeback in an instant.

Tang Xiuyuan looked at Uncle Zhou with a complicated expression.

While the two were confronting each other, the dead "Lu Yan" on the ground stood up like a carp and suddenly jumped up. He still had the dagger stuck in his chest. Combined with the blood stains all over his body, at first glance, he thought it was... Fake corpse.

Uncle Zhou seemed to understand the reason immediately, and sighed in a hoarse voice: "What a trick to hide the truth."

"If you are prepared for Zhou, you will be lazy, if you are familiar with it, you will not doubt it. Uncle Zhou, this is what you taught me back then." Tang Xiuyuan responded calmly, but his voice was Lu Yan's.

It turned out that Lu Yan had already made plans to protect Shen Ruoyan by her side from the very beginning when he agreed to use him as bait and put himself in danger to lure Uncle Zhou and the others out.

Lu Yan knew that Uncle Zhou had been on the battlefield for a long time. Although they wanted to pull off a trick, they were afraid that something would happen, so he disguised himself as Tang Xiuyuan and deliberately blocked Shen Ruoyan before he got into the carriage, so that the coachman and Dong Huicheng had to bring him into the carriage. .

After they were brought to this valley, Uncle Zhou revealed Shen Ruoyan's true identity. Lu Yan wanted to take Shen Ruoyan away immediately, but after seeing Shen Ruoyan's eyes, he calmed down and continued to pretend to be Tang Xiuyuan.

The two were locked in the cell together that night. Lu Yan and Shen Ruoyan discussed together all night. Shen Ruoyan told everything about Uncle Zhou's previous attempt to murder Mr. Li and how he set fire to the building on Chinese Valentine's Day last year.

Because one of the prisoners in the cell was a woman and the other was a fool, the guards did not have much precaution. Lu Yan sneaked out quietly under the cover of night and returned to the cell before dawn.

The "Lu Yan" who faked his death just now was pretended to be a secret guard. Because they were worried that Uncle Zhou would recognize the flaws on his face, the secret guards chose to attack at night every time.

At night in the forest, you can't see anything with your hands. Even if there is firelight, you can't see clearly.

The secret guard disguised as Lu Yan had worn iron armor and tied several blood bags inside in advance, and the dagger used to commit suicide was also specially made. The front part of the knife would automatically retract when it encounters obstacles.

In the thick night and the surrounding smoke, Uncle Zhou didn't see anything strange at all. He thought Lu Yan really committed suicide, so under Shen Ruoyan's guidance, he revealed the true cause of General Lu's death.

Lu Yan held a long sword and pointed the blade at Uncle Zhou, with a trace of bitterness in his eyes. Just now he was standing in the thick smoke, observing the movements here, and heard Uncle Zhou's words clearly.

Lu Yan asked: "My father was... poisoned to death?"

Uncle Zhou didn't speak, he remained motionless, with no intention of answering.

Lu Yan pressed the long sword on Uncle Zhou's neck, and a blood mark appeared on the man's neck.

If you look carefully, you will find that this blood mark is exactly the same as the one on Shen Ruoyan's neck, from length to depth.

After doing this, Lu Yan took back his sword and said to Uncle Zhou, "Okay, let's go."