Chapter 1066: First Volume _ Chapter 1066: The Last Meeting

First Volume _ Chapter 1066: The Last Meeting

The moment Chen Si returned to the Chen Family, he had already been targeted by the Jinyi Guards.

Every single move he made was carried out right under Qin Feng's nose.

Because Chen Si's family was in Qin Feng's hands, Chen Si had no choice but to pursue the whole way, while Qin Feng only needed to give the order, have the Jinyi Guards secretly dispatch troops, open a sack, and wait for Chen Si to walk into the trap.

Chen Si never could have imagined that Qin Feng was lurking in secret less than a thousand steps from the Battlefield.

Not to mention Chen Si, even Liu Ming and the other Confidants all assumed Qin Feng would personally see Chen Si off.

Unfortunately, everyone underestimated just how rational Qin Feng was.

Even in a guaranteed-win situation like this, Qin Feng still hid within the Safe Zone, never giving Chen Si the slightest opportunity.

A thousand troops, fresh and waiting for the weary, Stealth attack combined with encirclement.

Even if Chen Si commanded troops like a god, the Three Hundred Cavalry under his hand could not produce the slightest effect.

In just One Incense Stick Time, those Three Hundred Cavalry were thrown into complete disarray, and then suffered Total Annihilation.

Half a Envoy later, Chen Si—who had been leading his Confidants in a charge, about to carve a bloody path out—was captured on the spot by Tianji Camp Guards lying in ambush.

Before long, Chen Si was brought before Qin Feng.

Looking at Chen Si, stripped of his Armor, all his Weapons confiscated, left with nothing but his bare hands, Qin Feng finally stepped out of the carriage.

Chen Si had imagined countless times the scene of meeting Qin Feng, but he had never imagined that in the end, they would meet in this way.

Pathetic! Utterly pathetic!

But when he raised his head to look at Qin Feng, he could detect not a trace of contempt in Qin Feng's eyes—instead, there was only sorrow.

Qin Feng waved his hand, and the Tianji Camp Guards immediately released Chen Si.

From the moment Chen Si rushed back to Zhuozhou, the once-mighty Grand General of the Northern Di was already dead.

The man kneeling before Qin Feng now was nothing more than a One-Armed, down-on-his-luck man.

"Get up, Brother Chen. You're a hero—you wouldn't do something that brings shame on yourself."

Those light, airy words carried an utterly firm attitude. If Chen Si failed to recognize what was good for him and insisted on spouting some heroic vow of perishing together, then what awaited him would be nothing more than a clean, swift blade.

Facts proved that Qin Feng had not underestimated Chen Si.

He rolled his somewhat aching shoulders, sat down directly on the ground, looked at the neatly dressed Qin Feng before him—looking as if he reigned over all Heaven—and then recalled that immature young man from the first time he had met Qin Feng.

Chen Si's heart was filled with a thousand emotions: "I said long ago that you would be the one to influence the survival and disgrace of the Great Di. I was not wrong about you."

Facing Chen Si's praise, Qin Feng only gave a bitter smile and asked a very practical question.

"Even the women and children of the Chen Family know to seek Revenge against me. Why are you, on the contrary, so open-minded about it?"

Chen Si took the Wet Towel Liu Ming handed him, wiped the dust and blood from his face, and appeared perfectly composed.

"Since you asked, I'll give you one more lesson."

"For me personally, of course I hate you—I hate you enough to swallow you alive and flay you."

"But setting aside the identity of a member of the Chen Family, I only ever treated the grudge between you and me as a mission."

"The moment I left my home, I was no longer a member of the Chen Family."

Hearing Chen Si's answer, the bitter smile on Qin Feng's face deepened.

How he wished that every member of the Chen Family could be as open-minded as Chen Si. If so, Qin Feng would not have had to deal the Chen Family a fatal blow.

Unfortunately, there is only one Chen Si in this world. Even the Chen Family could not produce a second.

"Every man of your Chen Family is a loyal, righteous hero, and the women can also be called heroines."

Qin Feng was by no means stingy with his words of praise—after all, the Chen Family deserved them.

Chen Si, however, laughed: "You're feeling sorry for the Chen Family?"

Qin Feng did not answer, but asked instead: "Shouldn't I be?"

"Whether it's the Northern Di or Shedynasty, how many Chen Families can you find? Every person has personal desires, and clans and Aristocratic Families only ever consider their own interests."

"Even my Qin Family could never be as noble as the Chen Family—willing to seal the doors and wipe out the household for the sake of the nation."

"An Aristocratic Family this loyal and righteous—each one destroyed is one fewer…"

Although Qin Feng was rational to a frightening degree, at this moment, facing his old friend Chen Si, sentiment ultimately gained the upper hand.

"Brother Chen, shall we take one last walk together?"

Chen Si did not answer. He simply braced his body and stood up, making a gesture of invitation.

Sensing the strange looks from Liu Ming and the others, Chen Si explained before Qin Feng could even speak.

"I am a commander, not a Martial man. Without Armor or Weapon, even if I truly wanted to harm Qin Feng, I might not necessarily have the upper hand, would I?"

"Besides, all the Chen Family members are in Qin Feng's hands. If anything happened to him, even death would be a luxury for the Chen Family."

"The overall situation is settled. I have no need to make trouble for myself."

With things said to this point, Liu Ming no longer blocked them, letting Qin Feng and Chen Si walk off toward Huang Ye.

At first, neither of them spoke, simply walking side by side in silence.

In the end, it was Qin Feng who broke the calm atmosphere.

"Brother Chen, I killed every male member of your Chen Family, and the old, weak, sick, and disabled have been scattered and sent to foreign lands."

"The women and children will also grow up under my Surveillance."

After saying these words, Qin Feng had already made his Preparation, waiting for Chen Si to go mad.

But the reality was exactly the opposite. Chen Si appeared very calm, and said softly: "Thank you."

"At least doing so will leave a bloodline for the Chen Family."

"If I were you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have such a broad mind—I would have killed them all to the last."

"Once the seed of hatred is planted, it is very hard to pull out by the roots."

Chen Si admired Qin Feng's breadth of mind, and naturally Qin Feng also admired Chen Si's magnanimity.

Anyone else would be incapable of taking things as lightly as Chen Si does.

If not for the depleted National Strength of Bei Di Guo, coupled with a once-in-a-century blizzard that made Grain and Forage impossible to sustain, and with Chen Si garrisoning Bei Di, how easy would it have been for Qin Feng to take this kingdom?

From start to finish, in Qin Feng's heart, Chen Si's threat level has always far exceeded that of the King of Bei Di.

Before this, Qin Feng did not believe in the phrase "mutual admiration among the worthy."

But now, Qin Feng has finally come to understand that "the loneliness of a master" is not pure arrogance.

If he could, Qin Feng would truly hope Chen Si could lay down his armor and return to the fields, to go back to ordinary life, but the people of this era exist at two extremes.

Clearly lacking any "family-and-country sentiment," yet holding grudges over the smallest slight.

Take the Chen Family, for instance — for the sake of Bei Di, they met with ruin and the loss of their entire family, but do they truly know what "country" means?

Probably not!

Fighting over grievances for a country that does not truly exist — far too foolish.