"Is this your grandson?" Zhi Ning carried the child and knelt in front of Fu Lingxi.
Fu Lingxi's beautiful face was expressionless. She only twitched a little before saying indifferently, "I'm sorry, I'm powerless. I can't save him!"
Zhi Ning carried the child, sobbing and kowtowing desperately. "He's still young. He's only one year old. Your blood flows in his veins. Can you bear to see him being tortured by Zhi Li? You … Can you bear to see him … "
Towards the end, Zhi Ning could not continue. She did not dare to think or say those terrifying words.
"I'm sorry, I'm powerless." Fu Lingxi walked up the stairs and left the secret chamber.
Behind her, Zhi Ning's blood-sobbing screams could be heard. "Fu Lingxi, aren't you afraid that Søren will skin you alive in the future?"
Fu Lingxi ignored her and walked out of the tower.
Zhi Ning sat paralyzed on the ground, hugging the child. She could not even cry anymore.
"Dragon in the sky, if you have eyes, please send down a bolt of lightning and strike that bastard Zhi Li to death, lest he harm my child again." Zhi Ning's voice was hoarse.
Zhi Li was her biological brother. For a long time, he was her only family. She was willing to do anything for her brother.
But now, she was really cursing Zhi Li to die.
At this moment, Fang Qingzhuo stopped crying. She went forward and hugged Zhi Ning gently. "Xiao Ning, don't be afraid. I'll save the baby. I'll definitely save you and the baby."
At this moment, Fang Qingzhuo had made up her mind!
In order to save Zhi Ning and her son, she was going to give it her all, even if it meant putting Zhi Li to death!
What did the black figure say to Fu Lingxi? No one knew.
But for Fu Lingxi, it was definitely not a bad thing. She was so excited that her eyes lit up and even her body was trembling.
…
Heavenly Wolf Pass battlefield!
Zhi Li's crusade against Tianshui City could be said to be silent, but in the end, a dark horse like Jian Ze appeared.
The Jian family was an old noble family in the Raging Wave Kingdom. For generations, it had always been a combination of a scholar and a martial artist. In this generation, the scholar was Jian Yong, while the martial artist was Jian Ze. There was a Marquis and a Count in the clan!
However, this Count was earned by Jian Ze, and it was inherited with each generation. It was not like Jian Yong's Marquis title, which was truly hereditary.
Jian Ze was fifty-two years old this year. His talent in martial arts had been extremely high since he was young.
At the age of eighteen, he had already achieved outstanding military exploits. After that, he immersed himself in it for more than ten years.
When he was 32 years old, he encountered the Rouran War. At that time, he was a captain of the Dragon Guard Legion. That's right, he was a subordinate of Sauron.
In the battle against Grand Duke Yelan to reinforce Rouran City, Jian Ze fought valiantly and stood out from the crowd.
That's right, he had stood out from the crowd, but he hadn't made any significant contributions.
In fact, he had made a great contribution and had almost turned the tide of the battle. However, he had disobeyed Count Sauron's orders and attacked privately, disrupting the rhythm of the army. Not only that, but the ten thousand cavalrymen he led had also suffered heavy casualties.
Therefore, not only did he not get a promotion, but he was also whipped ten times by Count Sauron.
The Rouran War had changed the fate of many people in the Raging Wave Kingdom. Many generals had soared because of it, but Jian Ze wasn't one of them. After the war, he left the Dragon Guard Legion and joined the Fengdu City Guard Legion. He was still a commander of the rank of a captain.
It had always been a rule in the army that infantrymen were half a rank lower than cavalrymen. Therefore, in this Rouran War, Jian Ze's rank had dropped by half a rank. One could imagine how indignant he was.
However, after being unlucky for more than ten years, his luck had finally turned for the better.
The King, Sauron, once went out in public to participate in a farming ceremony and farmed with the farmers in the suburbs of Fengdu. Of course, this was just for show.
Jian Ze wasn't good-looking and had a dark complexion. He wasn't as handsome and elegant as his elder brother, Jian Yong. Therefore, he dressed up as a farmer and farmed with the King, using him as a bodyguard.
Unexpectedly, there were more than ten assassins hidden among the farmers who farmed with the King. They suddenly attacked and used farming tools to assassinate Sauron.
At that time, the King was in the middle of the field. Gao Yin, Gao Yu, and the others were more than twenty meters away.
No one could have imagined that there were more than ten assassins hidden among the farmers who had been checked countless times.
At that time, the King was on the verge of death. At the critical moment, Jian Ze, who was disguised as a farmer, protected the King behind him and fought against more than ten assassins alone. He was stabbed five times, but he killed six of them and saved the King.
Who sent the assassins back then? Why was the Black Ice Manor so negligent in this matter?
From this, it could be seen how intense the conflict between the King and the nobles was.
It was also at that time that the King was completely disappointed in the Black Ice Manor and allowed Gao Yin to establish the Shadow Pavilion.
At that time, Jian Ze finally made a meteoric rise. He was conferred the title of Count and promoted to the position of Deputy Superintendent of the Fengdu City Guard Legion.
After becoming a direct descendant of the King, even though his title and position had been promoted, he did not feel that his life had become better. Instead, it became even more difficult for him.
He felt as if he had encountered countless walls of air. No matter where he went, people were very polite to him, but their politeness was filled with coldness. He looked like a vile person who had been lucky enough to be promoted.
As time passed, this situation became more and more serious.
When the news of the King being childless officially spread, he was completely isolated by the military and nobles of the Raging Wave Kingdom. Even his own brother, Jian Yong, cut off contact with him.
In everyone's eyes, Jian Ze was the King's Sauron.
However, his image in the King's Sauron was not very good. Even though he had once saved the King's life and the King had conferred him a title and promoted him to a military position, the King was not close to him after that.
This was because during the Rouran War, Count Sauron's memorial to the King had a very bad evaluation of Jian Ze. He said that this person was brave, but loved grandiose achievements and did not cherish the lives of his soldiers. He was also eccentric and ruthless.
Therefore, even though Jian Ze had saved the King's life, the King did not like him. Sauron was a very temperamental person. If he did not like something, he would not even like to act. Therefore, from a young age, he was judged by the previous King to be temperamental. He was also judged by the nobles as obstinate and ungrateful.
Originally, a life-saving favor was not enough to confer a title of Earl. However, the King still conferred the title of Earl on Jian Ze, treating it as a life-saving favor.
Therefore, Jian Ze was in a difficult situation and his days were very difficult.
These days lasted until Zhi Li returned!
After returning from Yan Capital to Fengdu, Zhi Li was conferred the title of Young Lord and was only half a step away from becoming the Crown Prince.
Moreover, the nobles and feudal vassals who had always opposed the King, upon seeing that Zhi Li was like a heavy rain, immediately gathered and pushed Zhi Li to the frontline against the King.
Zhi Li also desperately searched for and promoted his own people in the crowd. He immediately took a fancy to Jian Ze, this weirdo who could not please both sides.
He knew that Tu Lingtuo was extremely powerful and he could not rope him in, so he could only rely on him. Therefore, Jian Ze became the first military person that Zhi Li truly roped in.
Jian Ze had been neglected for decades and was a full forty-seven years old. Now that he met Young Lord Zhi Li's concern and eagerness for talent, it was like a long drought meeting a good rain, a person whose body was frozen suddenly basked in the sun.
That feeling was like a widow who had been sleeping for more than ten years and suddenly a handsome and gentle young man came to her bed. The two hit it off and Jian Ze became Zhi Li's number one confidant in the military.
From then on, Jian Ze felt that the clouds had parted and the sun had risen. Good days were finally coming!
However …
The good days did not come. Although the nobles of the Raging Wave Kingdom treated him much better and he was finally promoted from Fengdu City Guard Commander to Southwest Legion Commander.
As one of the four Legion Commanders of the Raging Wave Kingdom, he was almost at the peak of the general level.
However, after going to Southwest Legion, Jian Ze realized that it was not as good as staying in Fengdu City Guard. That was because the entire Southwest Legion was filled with Tu Lingtuo's people, and they completely surrounded him.
All the generals of Southwest Legion worshipped him!
He was the highest commander of Southwest Legion, but he had no financial power or promotion power. He was a commander without an army.
With Zhi Li's cooperation, he tried his best to stir up trouble in Southwest Legion and continuously seized power.
However, he had the ability to fight and fight for power, but he was too impatient, too treacherous, impatient, and murderous. He was not good at acting. Therefore, he was unable to take down Southwest Legion even after four to five years.
Duke Meng Wei of Southeast Legion was the governor and commander, and a member of the royal family. He did not need to act to monopolize power and make people submit to him.
Tu Lingtuo was deeply rooted and had great power, but his acting skills were top-notch.
Chu Ye of Northern Legion only had one ability, and that was to be cautious. He wanted nothing more than to act according to the books. However, his acting skills were superb. One day he would call his father, the next day he would call his mother. He would also pretend to be rude to the soldiers, saying 'father, mother, mother' all day to buy people's hearts. Thus, his position as Legion Commander was stable.
Only Jian Ze, the commander of Southwest Legion, was so sullen.
Only on the battlefield would he have a chance to perform!
Finally, the crusade against Søren came, and Jian Ze once again shone brilliantly.
Chu Ye of the Northern Legion and Feng Li of the Middle Legion had been beaten like shit. Only Jian Ze of the Sky Wolf Pass had managed to break through.
However, just like Count Sauron had said, Jian Ze did not cherish the lives of his soldiers. He fought like the Seven Injuring Fists, injuring one thousand enemies and eight hundred of his own. He only had a goal in his eyes, not lives.
Moreover, on the first day he broke through Sky Wolf Pass but was recaptured by the Rock Bandits. In the following battles, he did not have any achievements.
That was because on the first day, he had suffered sixty thousand casualties, and more than half of the Southwest Legion had died. Following that, he could no longer command the army.
Of course, he still had the so-called Southeast Rebel Suppression Army, which numbered a hundred thousand. However, this group of people was made up of the local ruffians of Southeast Province. How could they fight!
…
Sky Wolf Pass battlefield, Jian Ze's camp!
Jian Yong appeared in Jian Ze's tent. His son, Jian Ning, surrendered to Søren and was currently a hostage and captive at the Wind Thunder Fortress defense line.
"His Highness Zhi Li lost." Jian Yong's first sentence was.
Jian Ze's eyes widened and he said hoarsely, "How is that possible? His Highness Zhi Li had four hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, and he staked everything on one throw to attack the Wind Thunder Fortress defense line. Even if it was an iron wall, it would have been breached. If it were me, I would have won long ago. "
Two to three days had passed since Zhi Li's great defeat.
However, the Wind Thunder Fortress defense line was four hundred miles away from Sky Wolf Pass. If they took a detour, it would be more than five hundred miles away. The defeated soldiers had yet to escape to Sky Wolf Pass.
Furthermore, no one used a messenger hawk to inform him. Now, even the capital thousands of miles away knew that Zhi Li had lost, but Jian Ze still didn't know. It was clear that he was a failure as a person.
Jian Yong said, "He said that he staked everything on one throw, but at the crucial moment, he and Tuling Tuo still had ulterior motives and reserved their strength. During the decisive battle, when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately abandoned everyone and turned to escape. At that time, there were more than two hundred thousand soldiers on the battlefield. As long as he took the lead, there was clearly hope of winning. In the end, when the situation just showed signs of losing, he escaped. "
"Truly a useless general who exhausted thousands of soldiers." Jian Ze slammed the table.
Jian Ze was less than 1.7 meters tall and looked very old. He looked like a farmer, but he only had two eyes and was constantly aggressive.
Jian Yong said, "Not only did Zhi Li lose militarily, he also lost politically. His adultery with Tuling Tuo, the murder of Tu Liyang, and the conspiracy to seize the foundation of Luanyang City have already been exposed to the world. Now, he is stinking and completely hopeless. "
Jian Ze's face twitched in pain. Zhi Li was the first ruler who appreciated him and put him in an important position. Now that he had lost so badly, what should he, Jian Ze, do?
Jian Yong said, "Now that there is no hope for Zhi Li, no one can stop Her Highness Jung Yeon from ascending the throne, and no one can stop Søren from ruling the kingdom. Little Brother Ze, your chance is here. "
Jian Ze said, "You mean, you want me to pledge loyalty to Søren?"
Jian Yong said, "Yes, after Søren ascends the throne, he will definitely carry out a great purge in the Raging Wave Kingdom, but he has no one to help him. You are very capable, but you don't know how to be a person. Now, you just need to personally go to the Wind Thunder Fortress defense line and kneel down to pledge loyalty to Søren. I guarantee that the Commander of the Dragon Guards will be yours, and it will be the one with real power! "
Jian Ze's eyes moved, then he picked up his cigarette and took a deep puff, saying, "You want me to pledge loyalty to him? Sure! Let Søren invite me himself. Back then, Zhi Li stood in my courtyard for three days before I submitted to him. I only know how to fight, I don't know how to act. I can't take the initiative to run to him and kneel down to please him. Since he wanted a thousand-li horse, he had to put on a courteous attitude! I don't need him to stand for three days, just two will do! "
…
Inside the Wind Thunder Fortress defense line.
Søren was treating Teacher Niya to a meal, and he also called Jian Ning from the captive camp over.
This captain, who was once the youngest Dragon Warrior, was practically kneeling on the ground to eat. His neck seemed to be suffering from cartilage, and he didn't dare to lift it up at all times.
Previously, for the sake of power, he could offer his wife to Zhi Li. Now, for the sake of power, he could naturally offer everything to Søren.
The reason why Søren did this was also to help Teacher Niya vent her anger.
"I am a boorish man, Niya really cast pearls before swine back then." Janine sighed humbly and said, "Only when she followed Lord Sauron did they truly fall in love with each other. Both of them will be united!"
Teacher Niya really felt extremely sad and ridiculous.
This was the man she had once married, and the man she had once admired?
At this moment, Zhuang Zhixuan sent a secret letter to Søren from outside. On it was written: "Jian Ze is willing to surrender, but I want His Majesty to invite him personally. Show respect to the wise, and make three visits to the thatched cottage."
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