Chapter Eighty-Seven: Their Sorrows
Xuanyangfang is located in the southwest of Dongshi, in a small courtyard near the fangmen, a young man is neatly packing up his things.
A handsome young man pushed open the creaking wooden door of the small courtyard, took a closer look, and then said in confusion: "Are you leaving?"
The young man who was packing up his things tied the burden on his back, the burden was not big, only a few changes of clothes and the hundreds of dollars he had earned as a shopkeeper in the past few months.
The young man came back to his senses, it was Zhang Tianyi, who failed to assassinate An Lushan at Mindemen that day.
Zhang Tianyi looked at the visiting Xiao Yan, nodded with a smile, and said, "Yes, I'm leaving!"
Xiao Yan was a little melancholy and asked, "Where are you going?"
Zhang Tianyi laughed and said, "The revenge of killing my father must be avenged! It's just that I want to understand that it is impossible to kill An Lushan by assassination alone." ”
"Then what are you going to do?" Xiao Yan asked.
"I'm going to join the army!" Zhang Tianyi said seriously.
"In the army?" Xiao Yan had obvious doubts on his face.
Zhang Tianyi nodded seriously and explained: "I've figured it out these days, if you want to kill a military general with a heavy army, there are only two methods, force or power. The last failure has proved that it is impossible to kill An Lushan with my current martial arts, not to mention that he will be even more difficult to kill in the future. And if I want to break through in martial arts again, it will take at least decades of accumulation, and killing a dying person can be regarded as revenge. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if I am lucky enough to break through to the Grandmaster Realm, An Lushan, who is the envoy of the Two Towns Festival, it will not be difficult to buy a few Grandmaster Realms. ”
"So you want to become a soldier and have more power?" Xiao Yan understood Zhang Tianyi's words.
Zhang Tianyi spread his hands and smiled helplessly: "What else can I do if this is not the case? I won't be able to write poetry! The civil official can't do it, so he has to go to the killing field to fight! Fortunately, in this respect, I am also a family scholar." ”
Xiao Yan tried his best to Zhang Tianyi's thoughts, although he was a little reluctant to part, but he couldn't say anything to obstruct him, but said enthusiastically: "Wang Shuai is going to leave tomorrow, why don't I ask my uncle to help you ask for a confession?" There is no too big ministry, but it is better than starting from a small soldier." ”
Zhang Tianyi shook his head and thanked: "No need, I won't go to Wang Zhonghe's army." ”
"Oh?" Xiao Yan looked at Zhang Tianyi.
Zhang Tianyi immediately explained: "Wang Zhonghei has some relationship with his father, if I serve in his army, and the army will be deployed in the future, my Zhang family's soldiers will let him see it!"
"Are you worried that he will denounce you?" Xiao Yan asked.
"It's not!" Zhang Tianyi shook his head and said: "It's just that my father once said that Wang Zhonghei is good at the military but clumsy in his life, and he is not clear with the prince in private, I am afraid it is rare to have a good death." I'm going to be promoted, and there's no future with such a general!"
"Oh......" Xiao Yan nodded in agreement after listening, Zhang Tianyi was only guessing about the relationship between Wang Zhongsi and the crown prince, Xiao Yan had seen it with his own eyes that day, although he didn't know the identities of the two parties at that time, but as an internal guard, it was still easy to learn the details when he inquired later, and it was also a wise choice for Zhang Tianyi not to take refuge in Wang Zhongsi.
"Then where are you going to join the army? I can help you a little!" Xiao Yan said enthusiastically.
Zhang Tianyi has been more or less aware of Xiao Yan's extraordinary identity these days, and Zhang Tianyi is very grateful for his kindness, but he shook his head and said: "No need! I am going to Shengzhou to join the army this time!"
"Shengzhou?" Xiao Yan looked puzzled.
In addition to Wang Zhonghe's appointment, the imperial court yesterday issued another edict allowing all prefectures and counties in the east and west of the Yangtze River to recruit troops on the spot for self-protection. Zhang Tian said.
Xiao Yan also knew this edict, but he didn't understand why Zhang Tianyi chose Shengzhou alone.
Looking at Xiao Yan's puzzled look, Zhang Tianyi smiled and explained: "I heard the officials in the yamen say privately that this edict was written by Xu Xiangti, in fact, in order to give several of his students more self-protection in Shengzhou. Later, I also inquired about it, Xu Xiang did have several students in Shengzhou, and the eldest disciple of them had just been appointed as the ambassador of Shengzhou a few days ago. ”
"What do you think! Xu Xiang did such a thing just to let a few of his apprentices get a handful of military merits, after all, Datang is the most important military merit. What kind of art of war can Xu Xiang's scholar apprentices know? As long as I go, I will not be treated as a guest by them? At that time, as long as I fight a few small battles and have Xu Xiang watching in Beijing, who will dare to covet the merits of his students? As long as I follow these few officials well, am I still afraid that I will not be promoted to an official? And Xu Xiang does not have a military general who can handle it now, so as long as he enters Xu Xiang's eyes and uses Xu Xiang's power, it will not be a difficult thing to kill An Lushan!"
Zhang Tianyi has grown up very quickly, and the already smart teenager has already learned how to take advantage of the situation under the conscious thinking in the past few months.
Xiao Yan looked at Zhang Tianyi, who was full of confidence, and was silent for a while, before he smiled: "It's okay, then you can go!
"You too, pay more attention to safety!" Zhang Tianyi walked over and hugged Xiao Yan with both hands, patted him on the shoulder, and said goodbye: "Okay, I'm leaving!"
After speaking, he carried a Qingfeng sword and strode away.
Xiao Yan stayed in the courtyard for a while, watched his familiar friends gradually move away, sighed, and then left.
In the distant Shengzhou City, on a hill outside the city, there was also a young man looking at the city not far away with a melancholy face.
"Senior Brother Xiahou!" a boy who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old ran over.
The young man who was looking from afar turned his head when he heard the sound.
"Senior Brother, are you worried about Senior Brother Yun again?" the young man asked.
The young man nodded silently.
"Actually, if you want me to say, Senior Brother doesn't need to worry at all, Senior Brother Yun is the highest cultivator among us, and with Senior Brother Murong by his side, it is impossible to be fine!" There was not the slightest trace of sorrow on the young man's face.
The young man looked at it and sighed in his heart: "I don't know what happened in the Linyu, but I transferred all the idle forces in the sect." Otherwise, there would be no need to let these half-grown children take the risk this time!"
Yes, when the Dustless Ancestor first released the mission, no one thought that there would be any risks in this mission. But now, young people can no longer suppress the panic in their hearts!
First of all, Senior Brother Ma and Ling'er had an accident, and the Qianli Fu was stimulated, and then when he arrived here, he found that the signal of the Qianli Fu was actually on the distant sea, and the young man did not dare to move, so he had to wait for the other senior brothers to come. But when they gathered together, the signal of the Thousand Miles Fu disappeared!
And they who had been waiting here for many days suddenly sent their way, and none of Senior Brother Yun and the others, who should have been the closest to here, appeared!
The young man is not as optimistic as the young man, he is also a man who has been out a few times, and has a clear understanding of the dangers of the wild places outside. It stands to reason that Senior Brother Yun and the others should have been the first to arrive here, but now they have not appeared for a long time, which can only mean that Senior Brother Yun is afraid that something has already happened!
But in order not to hit the group of juniors and disciples behind him who had not experienced training, the young man still did not express his guess.
"Senior brother, what do you say He Wuyong's gang wants to do? Originally, they wanted to camp together, but this guy wanted to take his minions to another mountain. He also said that he didn't want to mix with our group of garbage, I think he is garbage, okay! Relying on his own Lao Tzu is the fourth elder, he looks down on people! What the hell!" the young man became more and more angry, and he kept chattering about it.
Hearing this, the young man's brows furrowed deeply, and his already boring mood became a little agitated.
Originally, 12 of their senior brothers and sisters met here, and the young man, as the oldest and most senior brother in this place, should have him to lead this senior brother. However, the man named He Wuyong relied on the father of the four elders of his presbyterian church to disobey the orders of the young man, and after a big quarrel between the two sides, He Wuyong took his group of fox friends and dog friends to the opposite mountain.
The young man had not learned the art of war of the barbarians of the outside world, but he still understood the simple truth that the forces should not be dispersed. But now there are twelve of them, and they are divided into two teams, which makes the already restless young man even more uneasy!
"Senior brother, you said that the first place where Senior Sister Ling'er's Thousand Miles Talisman was triggered was obviously in the city below the mountain, so why don't we go in and investigate? What are you doing here? The aura bracelet on our body is almost used up!" The young man looked at the aura bracelet on his wrist that was about to bottom out, and said with some worry for the first time.
Being in the wilderness of the outside world is not as good as being in the sect. When they were in the sect, as long as they didn't cast spells, there would basically be no loss of aura, but in this wild place full of toxins, the aura on their bodies was decreasing all the time. Even if they don't use magic, they have been in the outside world for so long, and this aura bracelet on their wrists is about to run out, even if there is a spare one in their arms, they still have to hurry back!
"Yes, Senior Brother, why don't we go back to the Sect, go to the head and the ancestor, and stay outside, I'm afraid that our aura bracelet will not be enough for us to return to the sect!" another young man walked over and said.
Seeing this, the young man had to be relieved: "Don't worry, everyone, let's hurry back to the difficult plain, or how much aura, when we see the head and the ancestor, the aura bracelet on their body is different from ours, and the aura stored in it is more than a hundred times more than ours, as long as the task is completed, are you afraid that the head and the ancestor will not take us back?"
The young man heard this and laughed. The first young man said, "In that case, let's go into the city now to investigate!
Ling'er's Thousand Miles Talisman is now invalid, and they don't know if the "Man of Destiny" they are looking for is still in the city below the mountain, but in the eyes of these young people, why should they go down to investigate, so that they can give an explanation to the head and the ancestor.
When the young man said this, the young man shook his head with a wry smile: "No! If I could go, I would have gone a long time ago!"