Not long after, someone came in again in the room where Li Dao and the two were located, but it was a personal guard who said: "Lord Qiyu, Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang sent two wooden boxes to the two adults respectively, which are very heavy. ”

Li Wei impatiently sent the guards down, looked up at Guo Yan and said, "Ado, what do you mean by this Sima Fang's move?" ”

Guo Bian's real name is Guo Duo, he was born as a horse thief and has no words, and after following Dong Zhuo, he felt that the name Guo Duo was not good, so he changed his name to Guo Bian, but most of the people close to him called him Guo Aduo.

Guo Yan frowned, pondered for a long time, and then spoke: "Brother Zhiran, what Sima Fang said cannot be believed. This person must have wanted to make friends with the two of us. ”

Li Dao nodded, he also felt this way, and asked suspiciously: "But how refreshing he said directly, why did he have to turn such a corner, and find such a lame reason." The children of the big family scattered to all sides, this is a well-known thing, and the lord will not really be angry with him because of this, isn't it, how do you say that word? What's more, what's more? ”

Guo Yan glanced at Li Dao angrily, couldn't help but laugh for a while, and joked: "That's called a superfluous move, or it can be said to be a snake to add to it." You, you, you're also from a good family, and you're not as knowledgeable as me, a horse thief. ”

"Hahaha, Lao Tzu has the most headache to deal with these learned people, it's okay to clean up some twists and turns, and it's not pleasant to say a word." Hearing Guo Yan's teasing, Li Dao was not angry, the two talked very casually, and it was common for them to joke with each other, Guo Yan often reminded him that now Dong Zhuogui is the Taishi, there is no need to be in the past, they as subordinates also have to learn some elegant things, but Li Dao has always scoffed at this kind of thing.

Guo Yan put away his smile, and then spoke: "It seems that Sima Fang and other gate valve disciples don't look down on us martial artists at all, if they take the initiative to come to intersect, they will inevitably lose face, and Sima Fang has a sentence that is true." ”

"Oh? That sentence? ”

Guo Yan smiled slightly: "He is very afraid of death." So he wanted to find a backer in the lord's camp, and happened to find you and me, the military advisor Li Ru, the commander of the Flying Bear Army, Niu Fu, were the sons-in-law of the lord, and Xu Rong These three people are the closest to the lord's family, but the three of them are also the most dislike the gate lords of the Shi clan, and Sima Fang naturally can't take refuge. Although the strength of Huaxiong, Zhang Ji and other Kansai factions is also good, they are all reckless men, and they have always been incompatible with these Kanto scholars. The group of people who took refuge in Bingzhou, as well as the group of guys who were taken in after entering the customs, are being swallowed up by our three parties at this time, so it is logical for Sima Fang to choose you and me to come to take refuge. ”

Li Wei nodded, Guo Yan's analysis was very accurate, and he suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment, "I see, then how should we deal with it?" The lord once strictly ordered that he was not allowed to form a faction. ”

Guo Yan sneered and said: "Ha, the lord naturally doesn't want to form a gang, but the lord doesn't want this to happen?" You see, before we entered the customs, although we were divided into three factions according to their respective affinities, it can be said that they were united in one mind. However, after entering the customs, the lord gradually ignored political affairs, and the military Li Confucianism had to bow down to him, and he couldn't take care of many things, so Xu Rong and Niu Fu needless to say, they were not people who fought for power and profit, and their identities didn't have to care about these. But Kansai Huaxiong and that Uncle Zhang Ji's nephew and others have not always relied on their own bravery to exclude you and me. If it weren't for the lord's loyal pursuit of you and me for so many years, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to earn the current position of Raushzi. ”

Hearing this, Li Dao also had a look of resentment, just like Guo Yan said, since entering the customs, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru have had a lot less restraint on the generals under their command, and there has been a lot of friction between the factions.

Among the original tripartite forces, the faction of Dong Zhuo's own family represented by Niu Fu, Xu Rong and others has always been the most powerful, but it has always remained out of the matter, and the contradictions between the people and horses who followed Dong Zhuo from Xiliang and the people of Kansai led by Huaxiong and Zhang Ji gradually intensified.

In addition, after entering the customs, some people who defected from the state first, and some people recruited in Luoyang and other places, formed a new faction.

After the first battle of Tiger Prison Pass, Hua Xiong was named the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General by virtue of his meritorious guarding, which was a head higher than Li Dao and Guo Yan, and the Kansai faction gradually gained the upper hand, Li and Guo were naturally unwilling, and stationing in the barren land of Wuguan was an important manifestation of gradually falling out of favor.

Thinking of the current downfall of the two of them, Li Wei sighed heavily, picked up the wine jug, and poured a whole pot hard.

Guo Yan looked at Li Wei's movements, and then spoke again: "Don't worry, Brother Zhiran, now our opportunity has come." ”

"Oh?" Li Wei put down the flask and looked at Guo Yan suspiciously.

Guo Yan said with a smile on his face: "This Sima Fang is not only from the scholar clan, but also a famous man, he is taking refuge in you and me at this moment, he wants to use us to protect himself and his family." So, can't we also use him to strengthen our strength? ”

Picking up the gold cake in his hand, Guo Yan then spoke: "After all, whether it is in troubled times or peaceful and prosperous times, this real money can be eaten anywhere. ”

"Hahaha, Ado, you're really good." Although Li Dao is reckless, he is not a fool, his strategy is not much worse than Guo Yan, otherwise the two would not be able to become irreversible friends, but many times he is used to confusing everyone with these illusions.

At this time, Guo Yan moved slightly, and he immediately understood the subtlety, and picked up a piece of gold cake casually, Li Wei smiled, and immediately became full of confidence in the future again.

In a hidden mountain forest thousands of miles away from Wuguan, Zixu and Yu Ji sat cross-legged, and there was another person in front of them, who was the mysterious blood phoenix.

At this time, nearly ten days have passed since the last meeting at the foot of the Qinling Mountains.

The blood phoenix closed its eyes as if it was breathing, and there was a faint white gas steaming out of his body, and Zixu and Yu Ji looked at him nervously.

After a few breaths, the blood phoenix slowly exhaled a breath, there was some fishy sweet smell inside, the sleeves of the purple void robe flicked, the smell suddenly flew away, and then a big tree in the distance actually made a 'snort' sound, and yellow smoke came out, and after a while, the big tree that the two people hugged slowly withered, but the three people in the field were not the slightest surprised.

Zixu opened his mouth and asked, "Senior brother, are you better?" ”

The blood phoenix opened his eyes, full of exhaustion, shook his head and said: "This awakening is too fragile, and then it was shocked by the Nanhua guy's natal true yuan, I'm afraid it won't be able to recover for a while." ”

Zixu seemed to have expected this situation, and said, "Senior brother, don't worry. Senior Brother Nanhua has made a ten-year appointment with us, and we still have time. ”

Yu Ji on the side suddenly complained: "Senior Brother Zixu, we have already drawn a line with Nanhua and Zuo Ci, why do we still call them that?" ”

Zixu sighed and didn't speak.

Blood Phoenix opened his mouth and said, "Senior Brother Yu Ji, after all, we and the two of them are from the same family, although there are differences, we can't erase that past. ”

Yu Ji opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't speak, and the atmosphere fell silent for a while.

The blood phoenix opened his mouth to break the silence and said, "Senior Brother Yu Ji, how is the arrangement on our side?" ”

"This time, I found a good seedling, the industry has been arranged, and they were sent to all parties before going out of the mountain this time, and it won't take long to grow up with their abilities."

Blood Phoenix nodded and said, "That's the best." I also saw Lu Bu, the person of destiny, and this person is not simple. Now that he has not broken through the barrier of mortal martial arts, it is already a little difficult for me to suppress him, and if it takes time, he is very likely to become a great enemy. ”

"Is it so powerful?" Yu Ji asked in surprise.

The solemn color in the blood phoenix's eyes was rich, "Yes, the so-called people of the Mandate of Heaven have become stronger and stronger these few times, otherwise they would not have slept for so long this time." ”

Zi Xuan suddenly interjected: "Senior brother." ”

Blood Phoenix and Yu Ji looked at Zi Xu, and after Zi Xuan muttered for a while, he suddenly spoke: "Senior brother, have you ever doubted whether the path we chose is correct? ”

The blood phoenix's pupils shrank, and before he could speak, Yu Ji next to him still got up and said, "Senior Brother Zixu, what do you mean by this?" Have you forgotten how the two of them suppressed us after the master left, where is our Tao wrong, the way of heaven is followed, broken and then established, this is the real Dao, their so-called Tao is just to manipulate everyone for their use, how did you have such an idea? ”

Zixu lowered his head and was silent.

The blood phoenix looked at the two of them deeply for a long time, and then said: "Senior brother, everything has yin and yang, and the cycle is repetitive and eternal. What is Cycle-and-Repeat? One to, one again, one yin, one yang, chaos as the beginning, after the beginning of the opening of heaven and earth, the clear air rises and is the sky, the turbidity descends to the place, yin and yang are born and all things appear, all things are prosperous and the world is prosperous, the pole is declining and all things are destroyed, and after the destruction of the bath and the birth is a new era, this is the cycle. As Senior Brother Yu Ji just said, the way of heaven follows back, breaks and then stands. We are the ones who follow the sky, the heaven and the earth are not benevolent, and all things are used as dogs, why should the senior brother give birth to the benevolence of that woman. ”

Zixu was still silent, slowly closing his eyes, and his lips were tightly closed under his snow-white beard.

Yu Ji and Blood Phoenix glanced at each other, and at the same time saw the helplessness and despair in each other's eyes, this Purple Void Senior Brother has a profound Taoism, but his heart is a little soft, when he and the two of them have an expression of opinion to the left, this is the first time Zixu said such words, obviously he has some ideas about the previous practice after a long period of thinking.

Blood Phoenix knows Zixu very well, even if he has thoughts that he disagrees with, he will unswervingly stand by their side, and even shelter him and Yu Ji from the wind and rain.

Thinking of Fang Cai's words, the blood phoenix couldn't help but recall the past hundreds of years, and there was a faint wavering in the depths of his heart, and he was quickly thrown out of his mind, and Lu Bu's stubborn eyes appeared in front of him again, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose, bringing out a strange smile.