Chapter 19: Choices

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"Click"

In a fit of rage, he slammed the table to pieces.

What the man in the black cloak told him was true, the other party ruined his way home, he had heard this about it a long time ago, but he didn't know why, he still felt a little angry, as if he was a little sad.

"What's wrong with you, bastard?" Master Turtle was startled by him.

Meng Yun was in a very depressed mood at the moment, picked up the equipment box and turned around and left, no one wanted to take care of it.

All he thinks about now is that he can no longer serve the army he loves, never have his own squad, and never return to the motherland he swore to protect......

Just after he left, the turtle master retracted his gaze and looked at the wood fragments on the ground that had been frozen into ice lumps, and looked at him in disbelief, "Uncle, how did the bastard boy's aura change?"

......

It was getting dark, and the streets were full of begging homeless, and everyone was miserable.

Walking out of the wizard's courtyard, he didn't know where to go.

At this moment, he suddenly smelled the smell of wine, so he followed the smell of wine.

After rounding a few street corners, I came to an alley, and when I looked up, I found that it was a sake lees shop, not a wine shop, and some people were loading the sake lees into ox carts, and the aroma of the sake lees was emitted by these sake lees.

At this moment, the old man who drove the ox cart saw him, "Did the young man come with the smell of wine? Alas, alas, there is not enough food to eat in the war, and there is no surplus grain to make wine, even these sake lees will be sent down to make food." ”

When he heard the other party say this, he no longer hesitated to turn around and leave, but at this time the old man stopped him again.

"Hey, wait, I have a pot of self-brewed turbid wine, and the quality is not as good as that in the winery," the old man said to himself, untying the wine jug around his waist and handing it over, "If you don't dislike it, I'll give you this gourd wine." ”

"Thank you," he said, blankly taking the drink and turning away.

Just after he left, the alley resounded with a conversation between the old man and the handyman, "Old Yu Touer, why are you so generous today?"

"Hey, little rabbit cub do your job," the old man said angrily, and after speaking, he looked at his departing back, "This kid must have encountered some difficulty, alas, how many people have been ruined by the barbarians." ”

"Hey, old man Yu, have you heard rumors, it is said that our city is protected by a dragon," the handyman said, beating his waist.

"Why didn't you hear that my son was in the city at the time......"

On the edge of the steep cliff on the east mountain of Blackwater City, the cold moon hangs high.

The city below was pitch black, with little firelight, and it was extremely deserted.

Meng Yun sat alone on the edge of the cliff, occasionally throwing his head up and pouring wine into his mouth, next to his equipment box, where he had been sitting for more than half an hour, during which no one had bothered him.

During this period, he thought about a lot of things, and also thought about many people, both in this world and in the original world, but he found that no matter who he was, he seemed to need a reason to live and a meaning to exist.

The Man in the Black Cloak cut him off his way home and buried his reason for being.

He is a professional soldier, not an ordinary peddler's pawn, he has his own oath of allegiance, but in this world, he cannot find his own place and meaning, and there is no goal worthy of his allegiance.

This feeling of desperation made him feel very frightened.

And with that comes endless confusion and anxiety......

Not long after, the turtle master's voice came from behind him, "The bastard boy is hiding here to drink, and he doesn't call me?"

While speaking, the turtle master came over with a wine jar, "You see I brought good wine, drink this." ”

Seeing that he was depressed, the turtle master put the wine jar on the wooden box, and sat down back to back with him on the spot, "Don't think about it, what's worth it for you?"

Meng Yun threw the empty wine gourd aside, "Play up there, do you think I look like someone who needs comfort?"

"It's so inconsolable, come and drink," Master Turtle turned over and poured him wine......

In the first half of the night, the turtle master kept pouring it for him, and he kept drinking.

The alcohol was very low, and he couldn't drink it for a while, but he couldn't stand the large amount of drinking, and he couldn't remember when he drank it, and he didn't know how he went back.

When he woke up, he found himself lying in the house, with a headache to death, sighed and turned to the ground, and when he opened the door, he found a large group of people standing outside the house.

Most were armoured soldiers, and there was a scribe in cloth.

"See the general!"

When they saw him open the door and come out, they bowed down together.

Meng Yun was taken aback by this situation, ", what's the situation with you?"

"General, you're awake," a sergeant in armor saluted him.

"Haha, you recognized the wrong person, my rank is only a second lieutenant, and there are several steps in the middle," Meng Yun waved his hand and smiled, and after speaking, he prepared to bypass everyone.

At this moment, the only middle-aged scribe in cloth stood up and saluted him, "Since the general has stepped forward in danger, why don't you end up fighting against the stubborn enemy with the people of my city?"

Meng Yun frowned and looked at the other party, "Who are you?"

"In Xiaguan Chengzi, Naigongzi Jingjian is under his command," said the middle-aged scribe in cloth.

"Jingjian, what did he ask you to come to me?" He naturally couldn't forget this person, who was the one who put him into the city in the first place.

"Yesterday, the general was well organized on the city wall, and fought a bloody battle with our people, so that the barbarian wolf cavalry did not attack the city, and the wizard has informed Gongzi of this, and Gongzi has been confirmed by the mouth of the soldiers defending the city," Guan Chengzi paused at this point, "At this moment, everyone in the county is looking forward to taking Your Excellency as the general and fighting the vicious barbarian to the end, so as to bless the 200,000 people in my county." ”

"Uncle, you are quite good at talking, but you still think too much, I will not lead troops to fight," Meng Yun suddenly couldn't help but laugh when he saw this person.

Guan Chengzi played the role of a lobbyist, probably understood his character in advance, and did not detour when he spoke, in a few words, he explained the cause and purpose of the matter clearly, and complimented him by the way.

"If the general can't fight, I'm afraid there will be no one in the world who can fight," Guan Chengzi bowed again.

"Did you think of these words yourself, or did someone teach you?" Meng Yun said with an eyebrow raised.

"There is a way to know the whole leopard at a glance, and it is just to tell the truth," Guan Chengzi said with a blushing face and a heartbeat.

"Uncle, your mouth is too powerful, I won't tell you, what about your son-in-law?" Meng Yun couldn't help laughing.

"Childe has been waiting outside the door for a long time," Guan Chengzi didn't mind.

Only then did he turn his head to look at his surroundings, "Outside the door?"

It's a mansion, it's a big house, and there's a lot of room, but it's not the wizarding tower that used to be.

"General, please come with me," Guan Chengzi turned around and made a gesture of invitation.

Meng Yun hesitated a little when he heard this, turned his head to look at the generals beside him, and everywhere he looked, he clasped his fists and saluted, and then he nodded at Guan Chengzi, who led him to the front yard, and the generals behind him immediately followed.

......

It should be in the afternoon, the sun is a little skewed, and the whole house is quiet.

I thought that the formation just now was big enough, but he still underestimated these people, and when he walked to the gate of the courtyard, the gate was pushed open from the outside, and before he could lift his feet and step out of the threshold, he heard the sound of mountains and tsunamis outside.

"See the general—"

At this moment, he couldn't help but gasp when he looked up.

As far as the eye could see, the streets outside the door were full of soldiers, from east to west, there were more than 5,000 people, all of whom were half-kneeling on the ground at the moment.

Directly in front of the crowd, there was a wooden platform with flags waving on it, and it was full of incense tables.

Standing under the wooden platform were acquaintances, Turtle Master, Er, Jingjian and a few others, as well as wizards led by Ji, in addition, there was a strange old man with black and white patterns painted on his face.

"General, it's time for the soldiers to get up," Guan Chengzi reminded in a whisper behind him.

Meng Yun frowned and looked directly at Jing Jian and didn't answer, this guy is a son of the King of Beixuan, I can't tell you that the monarch is his father, to put it bluntly, he is the highest status person here, and the county guard is not as high as him, Guan Chengzi did this is definitely instructed by this thing, otherwise no one would dare to play like this.

The two ministers sang like this, but he didn't move him half a point, he was not Jiang Ziya or Zhuge Liang, and he didn't swell to the point of saving the world. Take 10,000 steps back and say, in this world, there is no one worthy of his allegiance.

Even if the Black Cloaked Man had a prophecy, it wouldn't work.

Jing Jian did this without informing him in advance, or even reminding him without anyone.

While he was drunk, the two ministers put their heads together, and dug the pit for him in one night's work, which smelled of coercing him.

But then again, just based on what others have seen and heard, he hastily worships others, this is not like what Jing Jian can do, this thing is not a brainless person, even if he really has no brains, this Guanchengzi will not let him come nonsense, who dares to guarantee that he has the ability to lead troops? The answer is that no one dares to guarantee it, including himself.

Among them, there must be someone who is bridging the line, and the reason why the person who pulls the line dares to play like this is nothing more than the reason for the prophecy scroll.

"Soldiers, please—"

Guan Chengzi saw that he was silent, and he had no choice but to give orders to the soldiers to get up on his behalf.

On the other side, Jing saw that he was disgruntled, and touched his nose and smiled.

Meng Yun snorted coldly and retracted his gaze, then turned his head to look at Turtle Master and Ji, "Is it your ghost?"

"Hehe, everyone is waiting," the turtle said with a smile.

In front of so many people, no matter how thick-skinned he is, he naturally can't do anything out of the ordinary.

"Since the general has a mandate of heaven, why don't you obey it?" Guan Chengzi said behind him.

"Destiny?" Meng Yunchong snorted coldly by tilting his head behind him.

Judging from Guan Chengzi's reaction, Ji has already announced the contents of the scroll to the public, at least these high-level officials know about it, otherwise they wouldn't have said so.

"Brother Yun, I have learned from the mouth of the turtle senior, your personality seems to be kind, but in fact you are unruly, and I know that you look down on the so-called princes and nobles such as us, and you are not willing to bow down to others," Jing Jian stepped up the steps and persuaded him bitterly, "But why don't you try to give them a way out for the sake of the people of the whole city?"

"Uncle, you really deserve to be the main minister, one of the two mouths is more powerful than the other, but are you chasing ducks to the shelves, and you want to throw the mess to me?"

"The mess will not be lost to Brother Yun, and not only that, we are willing to help Brother Yun," Jing Jian paused again when he said this, "If it is successful, it will be your credit, and if it is lost, you will be willing to bear it, so good?"

Meng Yun looked directly into the other party's eyes, and only after a few seconds did he lose his breath, "Alas, I have convinced you, what else can I say after you finish saying all the good things?"

When they heard him say this, the faces of the people were overjoyed.

Jing Jian and Guan Chengzi glanced at each other, and heard the latter shouting loudly, "Everything is over, and the ceremony will begin......"