In the twilight, Xu Fengnian finally walked to the source of the weak water in the border area of Aquarius, which was a verdant oasis, like a green bead inlaid in the yellow sand disc, which was particularly joyful.
Xu Fengnian washed his face on the edge of the turquoise river on the edge of the turquoise river, and the vermilion robe was like a koi fish playing in the water.
Coupled with the old man's own henchmen, the two confronted each other and cooperated with each other to resist the endless revenge assassinations.
But in Xu Fengnian's opinion, it really doesn't match the news he got before, the dark piles are sparse, and the strong army stationed in the military camp ten miles away has also plummeted from 600 people to only 200 horsemen, Xu Fengnian took a few handfuls of cold water to wash his face, and then he was relieved, the old man in Beimang's eyes no matter how the tiger dies and does not fall, after completely abstaining for five or six years, he has lived behind the scenes for a long time, and his reputation is naturally not as feared as before.
If it is said that Huang Songpu, the privy king of the Southern Court, opened a good head for the Southern Dynasty, in fact, even earlier, there were people in the Beiting Imperial Tent as a remnant of the Spring and Autumn Period, in a high position, which can be called one person under ten thousand people, at the beginning, every time Her Majesty the Empress hunted, and the ministers painted ashes to discuss matters, and only this person can make the unruly royal court magnates happy and convinced, Beimang can smoothly implement the scholarly rule in the future, it can be said that it is the credit of this old man, Xu Fengnian's purpose is to see this old man who was praised by the empress as the pillar stone of Beimang, Who can believe that a son of Beiliang who is destined to be incompatible with Beimang has passed the test and walked thousands of miles, which is to throw himself into the net Xu Fengnian chose this secluded location near the water, and did not rush into the hinterland of the oasis, it was clearly a large array of Qimen Dunjia, and he set foot in it indiscriminately, maybe he would be captured as an assassin.
Half of those who travel a hundred miles are less than ninety, Xu Fengnian waits until the twilight is heavy, and the yin of the red robe is always that warm and carefree attitude.
Xu Fengnian held his breath, like an old monk, remembering the camel riding woman he met on the Gobi Desert half a decade ago, and he knew that it was a dragon girl without looking at her face, otherwise with Xu Fengnian's current Taoism, she would not show up to borrow any water.
As for the help in the back, there are not too many thoughts, nothing more than the grace of a water, and the spring reciprocates.
Ancient books record that every time this kind of mirage enters the ocean or into the desert, there will be a mirage, the difference is nothing more than a mirage or a mirage, the mirage belongs to the dragon, exhale into a building, and the co-work is equal to the natural divine power is different, and the phoenix concubine is also different from the world, the mirage has been regarded as the key to the immortal mountain by the emperor who seeks immortality since ancient times, the mirage seen by mortals is naturally fake, but this illusion can not emerge for no reason after all, after all, it is based on it, the emperors of the past dynasties instructed the priests to go to sea to visit the immortal fairy mountain, There will inevitably be a dragon girl in the team, but how to guide with specific secret techniques, it is unknown, whether that woman will become the key to the emperor in the future, Xu Fengnian is indifferent, and it is not something that he can decide as a prince whose own status is in danger.
There are a few people in the world who can be as happy as the old man in sheepskin Qiu when he was young, and most martial artists walk the rivers and lakes, and after suffering pain and loss, they all believe in the purpose of seeing more, doing less, and talking less.
A Xu Xiao, the head of the rivers and lakes, and a Beimang empress, accepted as an eagle dog, easily made all the people in the two rivers and lakes involuntarily.
Xu Fengnian suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the path trampled by the water, at the end of the trail there was an old man and a young man who came together, the young boy was born with red lips and white teeth, and came on a bamboo horse, looking cute and cute.
With a green bamboo as the crotch to get off the horse, the mouth is softly shouting to drive, the child wears a wide-sleeved robe, the look is natural, people forget the vulgar.
The old man beside the child has white hair, tall figure, scarf and green shirt, has a clear and easy atmosphere, the old man is holding the bamboo horse child in one hand, holding two volumes of scriptures in the other, seeing Xu Fengnian who has no hidden whereabouts, he seems to be not surprised, let go of the little Taoist child's hand, and waved his hand at Xu Fengnian with a smile, like a long-lost reunion.
The reason why Xu Fengnian did not hide or avoid was that he guessed the identity of the old man, Xu Huainan, who was the first powerful minister of the Beimang Royal Court in the past, was born in Liaodong, and after careful consideration, he turned out to be a distant relative who was a generation older than Xu Xiao, but this relationship can be so far away that it can be ignored.
Xu Huainan, before the scholar fled north, had arrived in Beimang, and became the chief strategist of the Murong empress who usurped the throne.
Liyang's second national expedition to the north, it was also the resignation of the return to the field, he re-emerged, formulated a strategy, so that the upstart Tuoba Bodhisattva defeated the third line of Liyang, he lived in seclusion on the weak water these years, nominally the house was a two-faced spy who sold the military intelligence with his left and right hands, which caused the empress to be angry, and had to withdraw from the royal court, but in fact, it was a well-deserved meritorious veteran Xu Huainan's attitude towards the Murong clan and the empress had serious differences, and he was disheartened.
Looking at this old man who once climbed to the top step by step and then slowly climbed the stairs, Xu Fengnian inevitably had mixed feelings.
The one in front of him is a powerful minister who can be compared with Xu Xiao in terms of prestige and merit.
Xu Fengnian respectfully saluted, and the old man with excellent spirit approached, helped up the descendants of the Xu family who were in danger, looked at it a few times, and said with a smile: "My old man didn't expect you to come to see me if he wanted to break his head, I even thought about whether it was possible that Xu Xiao visited in person, it was really a big surprise, it is worthy of my Xu family, I said it early on, I don't dare to vote for the Xu family's daughter-in-law." ” Xu Fengnian smiled bitterly.
Xu Huainan touched the head of the bamboo horse boy beside him, looked at the rippling river, and said softly: "Don't worry, there is a lot of movement at the Liangmang border, and I have removed a very key Zhu Wei swordsman here, because I guessed that you were going to come, so I took the opportunity to transfer most of the imperial tent horsemen, which looks the most dangerous here, but it is also the safest."
In the Qingming Dynasty, he left the city to kill Tao Qianzhi, and then fought with Tuoba Spring Falcon, so that the young general who did not know the height of the sky suffered a dumb loss, along the way, he took advantage of the hand to kill the demon Xie Ling, Dunhuang City attracted Deng Tai'a out of the sword, as if there was a grudge with the princess tomb on the side of the Yellow River, you are in this later life, it is really an eye-opener for the old man.
At that time, I said, as long as you can survive to the weak waters, I will see you no matter what.
Come on, come on, let's sit and talk. ” Xu Huainan and Xu Fengnian sat on the grass by the water, the naïve boy suddenly made an angry face, and when he mentioned the bamboo horse, he was about to split down into the water, the weight of the qi made Xu Fengnian suffocate for a moment, and the yin thing in the red robe jumped out of the water, and it was also the appearance of turning over the river and the sea, fortunately, Xu Huainan held the verdant bamboo pole and shook his head.
It is still a rare means to cut off the three corpses on the ten continents, but the one next to him must be a hard-working child.
In the past few years, there have been many huts, and the smart people who know how to burn the cold stove have gradually become unable to endure their temperament, and they have become more and more reduced. ” For Taoist orthodoxy, the Dragon and Tiger Jindan has always been regarded as the only way to prove immortality, and the Fu Gong Wai Dan is a side door, not to mention the left way of beheading three corpses that is not recorded in any classics.
Moreover, Xu Fengnian didn't have the heart to get to the bottom of this detail, just a little Taoist boy could make the yin thing that tends to be full of yin qi like a great enemy, is Beimang too much hidden dragon and crouching tiger Xu Huainan, who was old but did not see any old and tired people, sat cross-legged and said softly: "Since you dare to come here, I will make an exception to meet you honestly and say a few words from the bottom of my heart that I planned to bring into the coffin, if it was a year ago, I would have planned for Xu Xiao to Beiliang as agreed, after all, I can't talk about being loyal to the royal court, and I don't have the hobby of being a courtier in a woman's skirt, the reason why I am a traitor slave to the country and do my best for the empress is just because I hold back my bad breath for the Spring and Autumn Period and Liyang, in this case, I am also happy to see the cold and reckless waves, This is more interesting than the chess game review, of course, I am the same as Xu Xiao are famous stinky chess baskets, but the Taiping Order of Chess Sword Yuefu, inside and outside the chessboard are genuine national players, he has traveled to Liyang for more than ten years, found out the context, this time returned to the palace, prescribed the right medicine, played a big game, black and white, including Beimang Liyang Beiliang, my position as a strategist, naturally replaced by the new emperor, I have been waiting for the price for more than ten years, it has become a big joke.
Xu Fengnian, you said that since the royal court no longer has a place for me to use literature, even if I make a cheeky comeback, what can I do?"
Xu Fengnian was silent.
Xu Huainan, who was self-deprecating in his words, didn't look at this young man who came from the mountains and rivers, "Isn't it very disappointed?"
Xu Fengnian nodded and said, "If I am not disappointed, I don't believe it myself." ” Xu Huainan really opened the skylight and said brightly, and said slowly: "When I was born, I was naturally full of wealth, and after I died, I was destined to be beheaded in less than ten years, half because I deliberately did not restrain the clansmen, and they were angry with their fresh clothes and horses, and when I was the prime minister of the North Courtyard, I also deliberately had a long-term relationship with Yelu Murong and the two surnames.
The other half is that the empress is a woman after all, it is the nature of women to hold grudges, she is destined to settle old accounts with me before she dies, and take 10,000 steps back, even if she misses the old and does not embarrass me, the next Beimang Emperor will also take my descendants.
I think I can be worthy of the clansmen, more than 30 years have been like the sky, and it is the glory and wealth that ordinary people can't enjoy in a few lifetimes, only one person, can't die, or can't die so early, it can be regarded as a little compensation for my distrust in Xu Xiao. ” Xu Fengnian raised his head, puzzled.
Xu Huainan laughed softly: "Back then, Xu Xiao had Zhao Changling and Li Yishan as his right-hand men, and I was not an immortal, so I couldn't give them to two, so I could only give you one of the future kings of Beiliang."
If you can trust it, you can use it with confidence, he will die of exhaustion before the age of forty. ” The old man pointed to his head, "The strategies and intrigues that I have learned from reading history and self-realization in my life have all been taught to this inconspicuous grandson. ” Without Xu Fengnian asking, the old man smiled and said, "He is already on his way to Beiliang, so you will naturally meet when you should meet." ” Xu Fengnian was about to get up to thank him, but he was stopped by the old man waving his hand, "I owe you your father and son, and the old man can make steady progress in Beimang, and Xu Xiao's help is indispensable." ” Xu Huainan suddenly smiled: "I remember that when I left home when I was young, my original intention was to be a Confucian scholar.
Where would you have thought to get to where you are today?
” Xu Fengnian was speechless.
Xu Huainan patted Xu Fengnian on the shoulder and said kindly: "In the future world, after all, you young people will be allowed to guide the country." ” After the old man sighed, he then asked: "I heard that you have a climate for practicing swords and swords, but I want to take a look at the Beiliang Knife." ” Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "Come to Beimang, it's not good to carry the Beiliang knife."
There is only one Spring Thunder short knife. ” The old man patted his forehead and said with a smile: "I'm confused, and the short knife doesn't hurt." ” Xu Fengnian took out the Spring Thunder Knife from the bookcase.
Xu Huainan put it on his knees and stared for a long time, "The old man has no joy to speak of, and he has nothing to fear in death, the reason why he is patient and immortal is to wait to give that grandson a future, and then there is one less reason to die with peace of mind."
Since the old man owes Xu Xiao, he can't owe you anymore.
And the old man also thought of a way to live up to anyone. ” Xu Huainan took out the Spring Thunder Knife and handed it to Xu Fengnian, the smile on his vicissitudes of life was extremely open-minded, "Come on, come on, cut off Xu Huainan's head, put it in the bag, return to Beiliang, and be the king of Beiliang."
To be continued: