The Spirit World

Chapter 596 The sorrow of the second son of the Ning family.

Yilongzhi was obediently pulled by the tall man, and Wang Ziyu also followed them obediently.

The secret passage was neither wide nor narrow, just enough for Brother Yu'er to run through. Strangely enough, although it was a secret passage, it was glittering with gold. The piles of various gold and silver and the stairs leading directly to the bottom floor revealed the builder's unparalleled arrogance.

The gold and silver were particularly dazzling because of the glowing crystals, and Brother Yuer had to block them with his arms. He didn't really run away. In fact, as soon as he left, his brother came running up and grabbed Yilongzhi and rushed downstairs, most likely to take Yilongzhi home.

And he, of course, didn't expect his brother to do this, but he might have been forced to do so. He had never thought of running away all the way here. Driving the carriage to this place in a hurry would definitely be reported by Xiao Yaer. However, he did this because he did not want to really go against his brother.

He had to find a staircase to get down.

Two years ago, he boldly went to the border of the empire alone on horseback, and there was no news from him. Two years later, he came back happily, but he didn't go home directly. If he were an ordinary family, they would also be anxious to find him. Maybe he died on the border of the empire and no one came to collect his body. It was his own fault, but he was the young master of the Ning family.

What a concept, the second young master of the Ning family, one of the five major families in the empire, secretly left the city during the border turmoil. In fact, this alone is enough to get him put in solitary confinement for several years, not to mention choosing to go to the border without permission.

He is a child from an ordinary family. If he dies at the border, no one will know and no one will feel sorry for him. His identity is different.

He is the second master of the Ning family, one of the five major families in the empire. If he dies on the border, or something happens to him, the laughing stock of other border countries and the morale and even majesty of the empire will be destroyed.

Men of the empire can die in battle on the border, but they cannot die tragically as unknown people in a foreign land.

So, when he fled, he was not simply escaping, but avoiding disaster.

He had already thought about it. As long as he was caught by his brother, he would be dragged to the emperor to plead guilty. He would be guilty even if he was innocent. He had survived the border, but he would be on high alert when he appeared before the emperor.

My brother took the blame for me. If he had just quietly said that he was back, there would be no need to make a big deal out of it and I wouldn't have to run around. But now, if everyone in the city knew about it, my brother would definitely want to make the matter go away. If I were to be accused of "being the second son of the Ning family, but leaving the capital during a turbulent time, leaving the capital for two years, and going to the turbulent border..." then there would be no crime to be charged with.

Well, he was just born into a royal family.

Because he was the second son of the Ning family, he didn't even have the freedom to enter and leave Huadu. It wasn't that his life was really hard, but he didn't have to be like those refugees who died without knowing how they died.

This is his heart knot...

Seeing with my own eyes... that red hot blood boiling on my body, dear girl... please forgive me...

I can't save you...

He gritted his teeth and rushed out of the secret passage, but was stopped by his own soldiers. Two knives pressed against Brother Yu'er, preventing him from moving forward.

"Anzi, let me pass." Brother Yuer pleaded with a soldier with a mole on his eyebrow: "I can't be caught. Please let me go."

"Second Young Master, you have finally come back, so you should go and apologize to the Emperor. The eldest Young Master is worried about you, so please don't cause him any more trouble." Li An sighed sadly.

"Second Young Master, An Zi is right. You should think carefully about the future of the Ning family. You are already at the age where you have to share the worries with the eldest young master. Please don't be willful anymore, Second Young Master." Another soldier also looked at Brother Yu'er worriedly.

"Don't say any more, Eagle, I won't..." Brother Yu'er secretly took a step back and was about to force his way through the two men's defenses: "Anzi, Eagle, please, let you go. I came here and I absolutely cannot be taken back to see the emperor."

He clenched his fists and straightened his stance, looking ready to engage the two soldiers in a fistfight.

"Please, Second Young Master...grow up quickly..."

An Zi and Lao Ying also deployed their troops, but they drew their swords from their waists and showed no intention of stopping.

"Anzi, Eagle, I don't want to fight with you..." Brother Yuer gritted his teeth. Seeing that the two men stopped talking, he had no choice but to start concentrating his own spiritual power.

"Second Young Master, go back... Help your elder brother..." An Zi had already assumed a horse stance, but he still said it while drawing his sword. He was glared at by Eagle.

"Anzi, their brothers' issues should be resolved between the two of them. We shouldn't interfere." After glaring at Anzi, Old Eagle glared at Brother Yuer. His eyes were somewhat fierce. He really hadn't thought of showing mercy, so he acted like this. His ruthlessness was already written on his face.

The long swords of both of them flashed blue light, and their fighting posture was extremely obvious. With the front and back feet opening and closing, they were about to take a step forward and rush in front of Brother Yuer.

"But I still want to say that the eldest son has taken the initiative to demote his position in order to help you take the blame. The position of general has already belonged to the Li family. The eldest son is idle at home and can only make a living by farming. He can't display his martial arts and his ambitions are in vain. How can you bear it?! Eldest son!"

"..."Brother Yuer silently dodged the two sword lights, suddenly jumped towards the exit of the secret passage, dodged, and went straight into the secret passage to hide.

"This is not my fault. He could have stopped shielding me as long as he didn't tell His Majesty where I went. How could such a thing happen? What he did was completely to harm me!" Brother Yu'er gritted his teeth, punched Anzi hard, kicked Laoying, and suddenly stepped into the air and walked away. Anzi and Laoying blocked with their swords, knowing that they would not dare to kill him with swords. He used a lot of force, and Anzi and Laoying really did not dare to use too much force, so they just took the blows.

In that case, their fight wasn't extremely brutal, there were just some fierce slashing moves, which really made Brother Yu'er feel embarrassed, but that wasn't necessary, because their goal was to capture people, not to kill them.

After two or three rounds, Brother Yuer seized the opportunity to escape, but this time another sword fell straight in front of him and stuck in the entrance of the secret passage.

"Ning Kang!" The tall man jumped to the side of the sword. Yilongzhi and Wang Ziyu stood quietly at the exit of the secret passage. They could only remain calm at this time.

How could his brother not understand Brother Yuer's cunning behavior... Wang Ziyu didn't dare to stop him at all.

"Second Young Master, the eldest young master is here..." An Zi and Lao Ying put away their swords and immediately retreated. Their mission to delay Brother Yu'er was accomplished...

"Ning Kang, mother really wants to see you... If you don't want to bear the stigma of being unfilial for the rest of your life, come back home as soon as possible!"

The elder brother stood at the exit of the secret passage, sheathed the sword, and looked seriously at Brother Yu'er who was a little stunned. Brother Yu'er slowly withdrew his fists and feet and just looked at Wang Ziyu and Yilongzhi.

Always... using the family's honor, the family's future, and the love of his parents to pressure him to do things he... didn't want to do...

"Brother..." The words came to his lips, but he couldn't say anything.

"Ningkang, go back... I know you've had a hard time in the past two years, but it's okay now. As long as you go home, you won't have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation." His brother's words were like ice needles piercing his heart, making him angry.

"Me!" He had no anger originally, but now he was a little furious. However, he could only let the anger take over his heart, as he had nowhere to hide.

"I know you hate me, but I'm doing this for your own good. You stay in the capital, and as long as you don't cause any trouble, I won't care if you make friends with anyone, and I won't care if you go to bed with any woman, but you'd better not cross my bottom line! In the two years you were away, do you know how many people have paid for you? Everyone in the Ning family can only bear the stigma, but you have never changed."

His brother's words hurt him.

The golden and silver lights in the secret passage…those magnificent things still sparkled in his eyes.

Because he never cared about...how Brother Yuer felt...

He wants to eat, he wants to drink, he wants to play, he wants to be happy, he can eat, drink and have fun in any way he wants, but he can’t have ambitions!

Even if you have great ambitions, you have to keep them to yourself.

Because this is the capital, the Ning family, one of the five major families.

If His Majesty needs you, then you are from one of the five major families. If His Majesty doesn’t need you, then you’d better be a corrupt and incompetent man!
Eat, play, and have fun!

How can it be!

So many people in this world have died in accidents, so many people have died in wars, so many...

In the struggle between life and death, unable to save the situation, all I can do is eat, drink and have fun... like a waste...

For the Ning family, for the Ning family, for the Ning family!

When will the Ning family truly do things for one person? For me?

Thinking back to the past, I wanted to be a great hero...but I knew that I would have to serve my brother all my life. As the helper of my brother, the eldest son, I could only handle the trivial matters of the Ning family behind the scenes. There was a missing chicken in the east, a missing duck in the west, a servant in the south needed a funeral, a maid in the north needed a dowry, and the Zhang family was long and the Li family was short!
When will it be finished?
These countless, repetitive trivialities! Which one of them is related to the ambition in my heart?
He just wanted to fight his way to the border, kill the enemy as an unknown soldier, and get military merit! Let those people see that the second son of the Ning family is also capable! He is a good general and a good warrior!
Instead, he is a coward who only knows how to count his pants! A waste who only eats, drinks and has fun!

However, things always go against one's wishes...

He went to the border for two years and came back in disgrace... All those things - the wish to become a great general and save the people of the world, all came to nothing...

Do you remember!

The red before my eyes, the butcher knives slashing at the dark neck, the noble boots kicking at the thin body, the dying refugees, are nothing more than ants in the war, at the mercy of others...

It's not that wherever they appear...there will be war...

But wherever there is war...there, there will be pitiful people like them...

Ah... He doesn't want to be a great general... Because in war, there are always losers...

Do you remember? The destroyed farmland, the dark land burned by the terrible war that stretched as far as the eye could see...

How do those who survived... face the pain of losing their homes and loved ones?

Do you still remember? In those clear, childish eyes, there was the bewilderment of facing the butcher's knife, the shock of being separated from the human body...

He almost collapsed as he looked at the girl in confusion, as if his heart had also been taken away from this world. In this cruel world... who is the real winner?

Do those people also have homes?

Where is their home? My home is here. My family is struggling for a job that puts them at home. My family, inheriting the blessings of our ancestors, may only be one of the top five families... the Ning family...

Sad...

In fact, it is not tragic, because he was born in the Ning family and was given the surname Ning. The child born from his mother's womb, who was engaged to his father since birth, was named Ning Kang, the second son whom he did not want to face.

Good... from the moment I was born... I was the second son... forever and ever, I can only be an assistant officer! Assisting my own brother!
Family first! Ning family first! Mother first!
What about me! What about me! Someone wants me! What to do! Has anyone asked me what I want to do? What do I want to do when I grow up? Have you asked me!

No! You just know that I am the second son of the Ning family... a future assistant officer, a fate that I can only accept when I am born into this big family.

Even if you want to make any changes, you will be severely punished.

However, Brother Yuer never said these words from beginning to end. He may have rehearsed them countless times in his mind. He wanted to tell his brother, he wanted to tell his mother, he wanted to tell! His Majesty! His own thoughts.

He wants to save the world from suffering. He has great ambitions! He has the talent to realize this ambition!

He was silent and lowered his head.

But... he could only accept...

My brother, my mother, and His Majesty...

He couldn't resist...

But he still came... came to this Huadu...

Anzi and Laoying grabbed his shoulders to prevent him from escaping, but his shoulders simply drooped helplessly and he had no intention of escaping at all.

"You can confess in front of the emperor, which will reduce your crime." The elder brother saw that Brother Yu'er was deflated. Although he lowered his head, he seemed to be able to see the unwillingness in his heart.

There was wind here, and it seemed to be blowing on Brother Yu'er's cheek intentionally, causing him to choke on his sobs...

After all, if he comes back, it must be because he has suffered enough outside.

Huadu, isn't that enough for him to enjoy himself...

"Brother Yu'er..." Wang Ziyu called Brother Yu'er softly. Brother Yu'er did not even look up, but was slowly taken onto the carriage by Anzi and Laoying.

Ning Ziyu closed her eyes in worry, as if everything could not be solved any better...

He looked at nothing, and looked at him calmly with the calmness of a dragon, as calm and peaceful as usual...

This was not a thrilling arrest, nor was it a grand scene. Speaking of it, this incident would also make people feel very embarrassed...

No one thought that Brother Yuer could really resist to any extent.

After all, this is also a family scandal... He can escape, but where can he escape to the capital? He can't escape...

My brother, here, down the stairs...

He's not stupid...

He is just unwilling...

Unwilling to accept... those people... all of a sudden,

It's lost... it can never come back...

Their heads seemed to be looking at themselves...

He would not be afraid or even terrified because the heads of the people he had been with fell on the dark ground...

He can only feel grief and anger... He can only cry for them...

Why...I can't save...them...

But that's probably what heroes are like.

In the first twenty years of his life, Ning Kang had a very high sense of conscious practice of martial arts and a very high sense of self-awareness. He was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and flowers, and was also good at all kinds of entertainment.

However, his impossible dream of becoming a great general like his father had an immense impact on him.

For someone who is full of talent, just because he is the second son of the Ning family, he can only be an assistant official... He is absolutely unwilling...

The first rebellion in his life was to run to the turbulent border of the empire at that time and lead an irregular military career...

What he had seen and heard in the past two years had caused his world to collapse beyond all possibility...

But this is also something he has to face.

A woman named Lady Rose launched a war called Bloodline, marching westward under the slogan of the Bloody Rose Army. Everything on the border began to be truly bloody...

As a member of the Five Great Families, Ning Kang disappeared at this time, and it is very likely that he would be reported as a spy. So Ning Fu, who was already a general, took the initiative to resign and return to the countryside...

In this age of turmoil, the least valuable thing is human life...

right?

This is an imaginary world, an imaginary system (I will explain why this is the case in the relevant volume), imaginary characters, and imaginary races! Don't substitute anyone, anything, or anything you know.

The typos here are because the setting of the 10th century AD has an accent...

The typos in other places are probably accidental... I have visual fatigue and it is difficult to find them right away. But they speak with accents, so it is okay to assume so.

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