Volu for Seclusion in Nature (1/2)

Volu for Seclusion in Nature

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On the twentieth day of the fifththe bad news, the Princess of Jiaping wept in grief until she shed tears of blood She was heard to say, “Carrying out Father’s instructions, the Lin family exists for Daizhou, Daizhou does not exist for the Lin fa, she ordered her two elder brothers to lead the Daizhou ar this, the Later Ruler sighed and shedto stop the surrender fro and sent someone to tell the Princess that she could surrender as well The Princess halted this and replied, “I have received great favor frorets if I die How can I turnRecords Voluht at this an to flee The surviving ten or so Lin faht sight of a unit of cavalry in blue-gray ar the utterly routed barbarian army The iron hooves thundered and there was a sea of banners The vanguard of the Yong army had arrived The dust kicked up per and co officers spurred his horse and galloped over At his side and taking the lead was a tall youth in the ar’er, where’s Father?”

Lin Tong hadand an uncertain future Seeing this youth, all of her thoughts vanished She loudly and sorrowfully shouted, “Eldest brother, eldest brother! Daddy is up on the walls! There has been no sound for some time I’m afraid, I’ to throw hi officer sighed lightly and gestured with his hand to send so soldiers to follow the youth The officer soleeneral is Li Jue and currently serves as Great Yong’s Deputy General of the Forht¹ Army Under the command of His Imperial Majesty, I have come to reinforce Yanmen I wonder if any of you have the ability to serve as the ar away her tears, Lin Tong resolutely answered, “I auide”

Li Jue frowned and replied, “It ed fighting In addition, doesn’t the Princess want to go check on Veteran General Lin?”

Lin Tong again replied resolutely, “Lin Tong’s life has long been out of these hands It is a blessing from the Heavens that I have been able to survive to this day Lin Tong can do nothing about Father’s fate However, if we allow the entire barbarian army to retreat, I would not have any face todied General, please do not worry Lin Tong can hold up!”

Seeing that Li Jue was still somewhat hesitant, Chiji interjected, “General Li, please be reassured, this one is wang Ji and is willing to serve as the guide for the arraphy outside of Yanmen Pass and will be helpful in the pursuit of the enemy General, please do not worry about us, husband and wife”

A dazzling light shone in Li Jue’s eyes as he immediately clasped his hands and said, “So it actually is the Marquis of Chu’s subordinate, young eneral once attended upon the Sir at the Cold Courtyard When I headed out, the Marquis of Chu once had this general pay attention to the young eneral is greatly co the way, presumably we can definitely ensure that the barbarians will have no way of escaping”

Chiji issued a soft cry and could not help asking, “Hasthis, Lin Tong could not help beco a warhorse Lin Tong silently elbowed Chiji in the ribs While Chiji was still in pain, Lin Tong realloped off in the direction where the barbarians had fled Chiji did not bother to talk further with Li Jue and pro This caused all of the Lin fa sht also spurred their horses to follow and help guide the Yong ar In reality, he had not seen Jiang Zhe Over a fortnight ago, he had entered Daizhou under orders Everyone in Daizhou knew that the Lin faulfed by bloody battle, no one had the heart to send the news of the Yong invasion They were all worried that, if Lin Yuanting learned of this, he would sacrifice himself in order to protect the province’s coanized to stop the Yong arh Li Jue had repeatedly declared that he was going to reinforce Yan was trying to profit fro to not har ar army was in a constant state of tension as it reached Daijun² At this time, the entire populace of the commandery believed that Li Jue intended to assault the city where the Lin family’s ancestral shrine existed Currently, Eldest Princess Anqing, the Marquis’s wife, ithin the city Li Jue was put in an extre it difficult to explain hiyi who had come prepared to ask to surrender Al Zhe’s emissary also arrived to report of Chiji’s presence at Yanh, Li Jue did not knohy one of Jiang Zhe’s retainers would be at Yanuarded the Cold Courtyard, Li Jue could only exclaiht

Guided by Lin Chengyi, the vanguard of the Yong army hurried to Yanmen without any obstructions Li Jue ell aware that the ehly of the Lin faalloped north He especially burned with anxiety when he ca re just in ti and Chiji froh it see had been personally appointed by Lin Yuanting to co with her would ensure that Daizhou would be pacified In this regard, Lin Tong was far yi This was quite clear due to Lin Yuanting handing over cohter rather than his eldest son In addition, having traveled day and night with Lin Chengyi, Li Jue could see that Lin Chengyi did not have the talents to serve as a coh he was skilled at horse archery and had a straightforward terief-stricken wail echoed frohed softly He watched as Lin Chengyi charged down, ed out of the pass Li Jue saw that Lin Chengyi face was streaked with tear stains and splattered with blood,hiuards on close tere and used his sword’s poyi unconscious

Just then, one of Li Jue’s lieutenants ca before Li Jue’s horse, he shook his head and exclaimed in admiration, “General, the Daizhou army is truly composed of heroes Atop the walls is hell The three thousand Snow Wolves and all of the Daizhou defenders are practically all dead However, one of the Daizhou co is still alive and there are several Daizhou officers and soldiers ere seriously injured Although none of them can speak nor move, there should be no harm to their lives This subordinate has already dispatched ar has died in battle surrounded by the corpses of the Snow Wolves and the Daizhou areneral’s view, he used himself to lure the enemy and had set an ambush around hiasped with ado pursue the enemy and ensure that no one can look down upon our ar, Li Jue spurred and whipped his horse to charge out of Yan separated for two hundred years, elite cavalry froain tread upon barbarian soil This time, they had pursued the barbarians for three hundred uidance of the Daizhou army, Li Jue smashed the core of the barbarian army

In the subsequent twenty years, the rebuilt Daizhou ar the various barbarian tribes into chaos The Gele tribe was nearly exterminated From that point forward, the barbarians ceased to raid for a full fifty years, not daring to even peek at Yannable But this is a historical aside After the victory at Yanmen Pass, the top priority that needed to be confronted was how to face the Yong army which had completely controlled Daizhou

Of the current Daizhou, there were aTheir leader was Crith was scant, fro Daizhou, if the Lin fa toar conflict would be difficult and bitter Lin Yuanting had been forced to bitterly hold Yanmen Pass without reinforcements, partly because each of the Daizhou commanderies and counties were defended by locally trainedand partly because of the pressure exerted by the entry of the Yong ar returned to Daizhou, Li Jue wished he could urge Lin Tong toeer from the populace Now that the barbarians had been repelled and the entirety of Daizhou learned the grievous news of Lin Yuanting dying in battle, everyone had come to offer condolences and pay their respects As far as the eye could see, the whole of Daizhou hiteunder these circu learned of the deaths of her husband and beloved son, and news of the entry of the Yong army, she fell ill and was confined to bed Able to hobble about with a cane, Lin Yuanchong oversaw the funeral arrangeyi, Lin Tong, and Chiji kept watch by the coffin Unconsciously, everyone had cast the need toemperor to the back of their minds Even Chiji had no wish to face Li Zhi Who kne the Lin family would ultimately be handled? Under these circumstances, Li Jue could only helplessly report theemperor and wait for an imperial edict on how to proceed

On the fourteenth day of the fifth month, an exhausted Chiji walked towards the funeral hall with heavy feet Funeral cere aside Lin Yuanting’s high status None of the various custohtly overlooked Because the Lin fa these matters, and Chiji was the only one familiar with outside communication and matters, he could only rush about in his identity as Lin Yuanting’s son-in-law In co at their father’s coffin and receiving all of the guests who ca else to do

Just now, a soldier ca army stationed outside of Daijun Chiji s the for cavalry stationed outside Besides, even if there were so?

Entering the funeral hall, Chiji saw the haggard-looking Lin Tong gazing in a trance at the coffin and yi was expressionless as he kneeled on the fore officers of the Daizhou army and Daizhou’s civil officials Because the common people from all of Daizhou’s commanderies and counties had all paid their respects, the funeral hall was no longer as bustling as prior These officers and officials were all whispering as that ultimately needed to be faced However, no one had the heart to raise this matter with the Lin fahtly and walked to Lin Tong’s side In a gentle voice, he said, “Tong’er, these last several days have been too exhausting for you You should go to the back to rest”

Lin Tong raised her head and looked Grief flashed across her eyes as she replied, “Husband Ji, I will lead all of the officers to Xinzhou for an audience with the Ee on so I promised my father You have no need to worry that I will beco army contributed heavily to the successful defense of Daizhou”

Chiji did not respond, only gently patting Lin Tong’s sweet shoulder What could he say? Even though he knew that this young woman had spoken these words in pained distress, he could only watch Right when everyone in the funeral hall heard Lin Tong’s words and were feeling dispirited, a soldier from outside reported that so, Lin Tong asked, “Wasn’t an order issued long ago to permit all those who have come to pay their respects to directly enter?”

The soldier answered, “Reporting to the Princess, the visitors aren’t frouished”

“What are you afraid of? Do we have anywith a tired suests in”

The soldier voiced his co before a column of individuals directly entered the funeral hall

The people of Daizhou all stared The funeral hall had been established for several days now In that time, essentially all the people in Daizhou with a e and influence had come to pay their respects or had sent someone to pay their respects on their behalf Who would couests, everyone sensed they were far from ordinary

They were four in total The man at their head was dressed in plain, unadorned clothes and was roughly thirty-five or thirty-six years old His appearance was for with large strides like a prancing dragon or tiger His bearing made it impossible for anyone to dare to look hiray-haired man hite teant, dressed in the plain robes of a scholar He seemed carefree and at ease

Behind the twoman Both of them wore azure clothes From their clothes and their position, it would seem that the two of them were attendants However, in the eyes of the Daizhou individuals, the le particle of dust and there was a faint, lively light in his eyes Whoever met his eyes felt as if their soul had been pierced As for the azure-clothed young lancefrozen over by the coldest winter solstice

Everyone exchanged looks of dis the four newco out Everyone turned to look and saw that both Lin Tong and Chiji had let out cries Chiji’s face expressed astonish’s face also showed alared uests lit some incense, he clasped his hands and paid his respects to theHowever, everyone present found it proper and nor, and Chiji all koed to return the greeting While Chiji still appeared terrified, tears flowed down Lin Tong’s face and her features trembled