Chapter 215

Bianzhou.

The Lantern Festival has just passed, but the chill in this small southern city has not dissipated at all. Moreover, because it has rained for half a month, the cold air has become even thicker, as if it can penetrate into the bone marrow.

Xie Wan Ning settled down here and stopped traveling for more than half a month.

It was also here that she heard the news from the north.

——The King of Zhenbei, who was stationed in the northern border and won a series of great victories, driving the Jin bandits back to their lair, suffered a relapse of his old injury and was in critical condition.

The Khan's people, even the peasants who worked in the fields for a living, would pay close attention when they heard about the war on the border. They didn't know much about Lu Ziyan, but the name was indeed well-known.

Almost everyone is talking about it.

This meant that Xie Wan Ning didn't even need to inquire about the news, and she could hear all the news that was spreading widely.

Because the news had been passed on by countless people with different versions, Xie Wan Ning, as the person involved, made some cuts and slashes herself and managed to make it coherent.

The King of Zhenbei has a fiancée whom he holds dear to his heart. They have been childhood sweethearts for many years and are about to get married.

As a result, the girl had an accident while going out and was suspected to have fallen into Dayang Lake. No one saw her alive or dead.

The invincible and meritorious young general lost his beloved, causing his old injuries to relapse, and he vomited blood and fainted.

The subsequent rumors were much more outrageous.

It was said that after Lu Ziyan fainted, he never regained consciousness, and the empire's star general was in critical condition and was about to die.

It was said that Lu Ziyan went mad on the spot and angrily beheaded dozens of officials from Luzhou, leaving heads rolling down to vent his anger.

There is even a saying that Lu Ziyan vomited blood and his hair turned white overnight.

Xie Wan Ning really couldn't believe it at all.

Although she had seen Lu Ziyan vomit blood several times, that was when he was extremely angry with her. Apart from that, he usually behaved normally.

He led his troops into battle, killed the enemies on the battlefield, and was always victorious.

Besides, she had personally experienced how strong that person was. Xie Wan Ning didn't believe that he was seriously injured or on the verge of death.

She was even wary of the news spreading so widely.

Who is Lu Ziyan?
He was the commander who guarded the frontier and defeated the Jin thieves.

In the hearts of the people, perhaps even the emperor does not have as high a prestige as him.

If anything happened to him, not only would the morale of the soldiers on the frontiers be greatly damaged, but the entire Khanate, which was already plagued by bandits, would become even more turbulent.

If his life was really in danger, he would definitely keep the news a secret, just like he did in his previous life, and not allow any word to leak out.

Now, this news could be spread from the border to this small town in the south in less than a month...

This doesn't make sense at all.

Thinking of this, Xie Wan Ning slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

When she heard the news that Lu Ziyan was about to die, her heart seemed to be tightly grasped and rubbed by a huge hand, and her brain was hit hard by a heavy object, and her mind went blank, making her forget to breathe in an instant.

That was the body's instinctive reaction, and she didn't even think of resisting.

fine……

This information was probably released deliberately by Lu Ziyan.

If her body had not sunk to the bottom of Dayang Lake, as long as she was still alive, she would not have known that he was seriously injured and dying, and would not have gone to see him.

That must be it!

Xie Wan Ning wanted to raise her hand to wipe her face, but found that her fingers were trembling.

I still feel scared.

Even though I understood that this was Lu Ziyan's plan, the fear my body just felt was real. Although my mind tried to drive it away, I still felt a lingering fear.

She was actually so afraid of Lu Ziyan's death.