Chapter 167

After a moment of shock, Xiao Heng suddenly raised his sword and stepped forward, beheading the bandit.

Looking back, he saw Jing Yan still standing there, with a huge bloody hole on his chest, which was constantly gushing out blood.

Facing Xiao Heng's shocked gaze, Jing Yan pulled up the corner of his mouth and smiled, as if he wanted to comfort him, but he opened his mouth and vomited a large mouthful of blood.

"Jing Yan!" Xiao Heng exclaimed and rushed forward.

But Jing Yan couldn't even stand, and fell backwards.

Fortunately, Xiao Heng caught him before he landed.

But...

The blood on Jing Yan's chest was still gushing out.

Xiao Heng was so panicked that he dropped his sword, and his hands pressed tightly on his wound, "It doesn't matter, I'll take you down the mountain! Come on! Come on!"

The mountain road was rugged, and he couldn't take Jing Yan down the mountain to seek medical treatment by himself.

But, the bandits were still resisting, and his people had no time to see him.

Blood kept flowing out from between his fingers.

Xiao Heng's hands always hold swords, and his palms are broad and thicker than those of ordinary men.

But at this moment, he felt that his hands were too small.

So small that they couldn't even stop such a small blood hole!

Jing Yan obviously saw Xiao Heng's guilt and panic, and grabbed Xiao Heng's arm. From his bloody mouth, he struggled to utter two words, "General..."

Xiao Heng's face was already bloodless.

His eyes, which had always been indifferent and cold, were now full of panic.

Jing Yan had never seen Xiao Heng like this, and at the moment, he pulled out a smile and comforted Xiao Heng, "No, nothing..."

Xiao Heng nodded repeatedly, yes, nothing, nothing...

But why can't the blood stop!

Xiao Heng felt that his eyes were pierced by the endless blood.

Unexpectedly, Jing Yan's hand slowly touched his own chest, and then tremblingly took out a sachet from his arms.

At a glance, Xiao Heng recognized that it was Qiao Nian's sachet...

But now, the light-colored sachet was stained with blood, and the original appearance could no longer be seen.

Jing Yan was a little panicked, and his bloody mouth overflowed with words of self-blame, "Dirty, dirty..."

How could he dirty the things that Nian Nian gave him?

Xiao Heng felt as if his heart was suffocating, and even his voice became extremely stiff, "Wait and wash it when I go back!"

As he said, he raised his eyes and looked around.

The mountain bandits gradually collapsed, and his people clearly had the upper hand.

So, he yelled at them again, "Come on!"

Unexpectedly, Jing Yan suddenly grabbed his collar.

"She, she doesn't like to eat cakes..."

The weak voice said so.

Xiao Heng was stunned and looked down at Jing Yan.

Jing Yan's eyes were full of blame, "You and her, Qing, childhood sweethearts, how could you, how could you not know..."

They were childhood sweethearts, and why didn't he even know what she liked to eat!

Countless blood flowed out along with Jing Yan's reproachful words, as if every word was broken into pieces, and then crushed all on Xiao Heng's heart.

Xiao Heng pressed Jing Yan's wound tightly, he didn't want to admit that he was not as good as Jing Yan.

But at this point, he seemed to be really not as good as him!

At the moment, Xiao Heng really didn't want to think so much, he just wanted his brother to be alive!

Seeing that his people finally had time to rush over, Xiao Heng hurriedly directed them to help Jing Yan up.

But, if he moved a little, Jing Yan would vomit countless blood from his mouth again, making people dare not touch him at all.

Jing Yan's hand was still tightly grasping Xiao Heng's collar, as if he had exhausted all his strength, warning Xiao Heng, "Don't, don't bully her again..."

"Protect her for me..."

"Protect her yourself!" Xiao Heng finally couldn't hold back the grief in his heart, and roared, "You earned the military merit yourself, go protect her yourself!"

But...

Jing Yan's mouth was just a smile, and then he slowly closed his eyes.

The hand finally fell down powerlessly.

A tear slid from the corner of the tightly closed eye and merged into the blood on the ground.

And the blood-stained sachet was still hanging on Xiao Heng's collar, and it was almost stuffed into his arms...

When we went down the mountain, it was already dawn.

The golden light rising in the east was so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes.

Xiao Heng subconsciously looked at the light, but his eyes were instantly hurt and he had to turn his head away.

His eyebrows were twisted, making his already cold aura even more gloomy.

The people under his command didn't even dare to breathe out, and they just silently sent the horses and armor hidden in the forest to him.

He then climbed on the horse, pulled the reins, and headed westward to Hezhou County.

The horse moved slowly, and Xiao Heng sat on the horse's back, watching his elongated shadow shaking violently.

He had never shaken so much before.

In the past, when he returned from a victorious battle, his shadow was always the most upright and the most correct.

On the contrary, Wang Le, as his name suggests, was restless even when sitting on a horse, and often played with Luo Shang, and their shadows became entangled.

Sometimes he lost his sense of proportion and even bumped into his horse, causing the shadows of several people to be messed up.

In comparison, Jing Yan was the most stable of the three of them. After all, Jing Yan had been in the army the longest and was the oldest.

His figure was always very correct and upright.

Once, Xiao Heng was very childish and deliberately slowed down, so that the two shadows walked side by side. It was not until after several comparisons that he felt that he was slightly better, and he was satisfied.

But today, there are no entangled shadows on the ground, nor are there any upright shadows.

Some are just a lonely, long shadow, as dejected as a defeated battle.

But this time, it was clear that he had won the battle.

The leader of the bandits is dead, and they even captured their second-in-command alive. After they go back to question him, they can root out all the bastards who colluded with the bandits.

The remaining minions are also dying and trying to escape.

The mountain banditry that had plagued Yongbei for a long time was finally overthrown.

Therefore, the battle was won.

Oh...

Victory?

Both of his brothers died on the top of the mountain, and one of them couldn't even find his body. Is this called a victory?

Xiao Heng's eyes became hot unconsciously, making the shadow in front of him seem to be on fire.

The sachet that Jing Yan had not stuffed into his arms was now treasured in his arms. The wetness of the blood soaked through the layers of clothes and clung to his chest.

I didn't feel cool, I just felt hot.

The image of Jing Yan when he first met him came to his mind. He originally thought that since Jing Yan was his eldest brother, he would be a little dissatisfied with him.

But he didn't expect that Jing Yan was much simpler than he expected. He only had family, country and the world in his heart, and they had fought through several life-and-death battles together.

He recognized that he was his general and obeyed his advice without any disobedience.

until……

Until Jing Yan had Qiao Nian in his heart.

The man who once only cared about his family and country finally had a touch of softness in his heart. He would feel sorry for her, would be reluctant to let go, and would argue with him as a general because of her!

Even to the last moment of his life, all Jing Yan cared about was Qiao Nian.

Until his death, he could not trust her!

It was still early in the morning, but the sun was making people feel dizzy.

Xiao Heng took a deep breath, raised his eyes and looked at the road ahead, and saw a petite figure riding a horse, blocking the road.

Is that... Nian Nian?

In a daze, Xiao Heng thought he was in a daze and had seen it wrong.

Niannian was supposed to be in Beijing, so why did she end up in Yongbei?

However, as the horse he sat on moved further forward, the petite figure became clearer and clearer.

She was dressed in dusty clothes, and her bun seemed to be loosened by the horse. A few strands of hair hung down, making her already petite face look even more haggard.

Really miss you.

His thoughts.

Xiao Heng's eyes were filled with light the moment he saw Qiao Nian clearly, but when he saw Qiao Nian's anxious eyes clearly, he suddenly realized.

She wasn't here to find him.