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Erlong Mountain is also as peaceful and beautiful as this weather, and the gongs and drums at the foot of the mountain are noisy at this time, full of joy.

It turned out that Song Jiang, who Chao Gai had been looking forward to for a long time, arrived.

All the leaders of Erlong Mountain came down the mountain to greet them.

Chao Gai was full of spirits, full of joy, and when he saw Song Jiang, he shouted from afar: "Brother Gongming, I haven't seen you for a long time when I said goodbye that day, just like a different world, I want to cover it." ”

Song Jiang, who was riding a horse, heard the eager call, saw the joy of Chao Gai's true feelings, hurriedly dismounted, strode towards Chao Gai, and hugged Chao Gai as excitedly as excitedly, and said in an excited voice: "Yuncheng County has no king, Song Jiang is alone there to beg for life like a lonely goose, how lonely and boring and helpless, I don't miss Brother Baozheng's kindness and heroism, and I miss those happy days when I drank and chatted and scolded traitors and heroes on world affairs. ”

Song Jiang's expression and demeanor at this moment are all sincere, and there is no element of hypocrisy.

He knows Chao Gai too well, and he knows very well that as a brother with a different surname, Chao Gai is the best brother who deserves to be the best brother, the most reliable good man, and the man who can give up his life to help or save him Song Jiang. When the Birthday Gang incident happened, he did not hesitate to risk his life to report the news, in addition to having concerns about his personal interests, he also did not hesitate to do it because of Chao Gai's sincere righteousness and the deep affection between the two.

Song Jiang has never regretted this matter. If the world were to do it all over again, he would still resolutely choose to do so.

At this time, Song Jiang hugged his old friend who had been separated for a long time but was still familiar with him, and felt down-to-earth and warm in the deepest part of his heart.

This is the sense of security that only the most righteous, strong and reliable old friend can bring him, Song Jiang knows that here, as long as Chao Gai has a breath, he Song Jiang can stand safely, unless Chao Gai is dead and unable to protect him, he will need to find a way to survive by himself.

What Chao Gai could bring him was by no means selflessly given by anyone he met and subdued on his way to escape. The loyal bodyguard and personal servant Cyber is incomparable. Cui Daocheng, the pig iron Buddha who has been with him for a long time, and Qiu Xiaoyi, the flying yaksha, are even more disdainful of mentioning it.

Until now, Song Jiang has never dared to really trust and rely on these two guys, let alone trust them completely unconditionally, and has always been wise and generous in an attitude of seduction and tying them up, guiding them with righteousness, and caring for them with warm words and considerate care.

These two people are like two vicious wolves that cannot be raised, and if one accidentally provokes them or dissatisfied, they may be murderously counterattacked.

As for others, such as Xue Heng, Zhang Xuanzan, Liu Fu, Li Ji, Yang Shi, Liu Wuji, Poison Horn Jiao Qinhui, etc., can follow him, the fundamental reason is not that they are like-minded, but that he can lead everyone to find a way out.

Among these people who were accepted, Kong Hou, who was like-minded and brained, was not counted, and there was only one Hong Yan, the head of the Hong Sect, who was a more trustworthy follower. This person just lacks vision and is too arrogant and cautious, as long as he respects him well and takes care of him in terms of interests, he is still righteous.

As the relationship deepened, Hong Jiaotou also obviously admired and trusted him more and more Song Jiang, became more and more righteous towards him, and began to obey his words, believing that with the passage of time, he could eventually become a person who unswervingly followed him and put his will and choice first.

The honest and righteous brothers Zhang Daneng, Wang Bin, and Li Yan are one layer behind. The most important thing for these three people is to be like-minded, to live and do things together, short-sighted, not to think about long-term things, and not to care much about future interests.

Such people are usually easy to get along with, don't bother to be on guard, and feel at ease with their hands, but when it comes to choosing who to follow, they may not be reliable. The fact that the three of them had actually betrayed the eldest brother in Snake Horn Ridge and followed him Song Jiang instead had proved this characteristic.

Because of these reasons, Song Jiang had absolutely no intention of murdering Chao Gai at this time, and having a competitive heart was only a bureaucratic habit of thinking, out of the instinct of power.

In the distance, in a hidden place, Zhao Yue and Hua Rong quietly watched the festive scene of the Chao Song Victory Division at the foot of the mountain.

Zhao Yue carefully observed Song Jiang's every move with great interest and could see clearly.

Song Jiang's excitement and joy and true feelings are as sincere as Chao Gai, the affection is from the heart, and the base is so natural and touching.

The corners of Zhao Yue's mouth twitched slightly, and he knew in his heart that Chao Song and Song were real brothers who cared for life and death at this time. Whoever dares to provoke one is to provoke the other. Whoever dares to harm the other, the other will take revenge at any cost. However, this precious and sincere friendship will eventually split with the change of the situation and the difference of political pursuits, and as the divergence gets deeper and deeper, the division will become more and more obvious and profound, and when Chao Gai becomes a stumbling block to Song Jiang's political choice, the two will become enemies. Chao Gai, a hero of peasant thought, may not be able to be ruthless against Song Jiang. However, Song Jiang, who was a Confucian scholar and a feudal bureaucratic politician in nature, was afraid that he would eventually be ruthless for the sake of loyalty and patriotism, and while continuing to maintain the righteous principles that must be observed to lay the foundation of this group, Song Jiang, who was loyal to the monarch and patriotic, was afraid that he would eventually be ruthless. At that time, the mentally handicapped who were only afraid of Chao Gai's political struggle could not even understand how he died.

The secular existence of politics and politicians will always abide by the principle of practical interests, and there is no real and pure friendship.

Even if there is, it is based on common pursuits and interests, and a stable political relationship between the leader and the led has been formed. Otherwise, even if there are common interests and political ideals to pursue, one side can stand out and win greater support, or if it is not satisfied with the status and power it has, it may rise to the top and threaten the political power position of the other side, and it will also turn against each other.

As long as Song Jiang does not change his world view and political thoughts, the outcome of the relationship between Chao and Song will inevitably change from life and death to life and death.

He turned his gaze back to the others.

Glancing at Ren Sen Sanlei brothers, and then glancing at Yin Tai and Yin Chun brothers who are like demon ghost kings, Zhao Yue's gaze swept over Cyberdang Wang Si, pig iron Buddha Cui Daocheng, and Flying Yaksha Qiu Xiaoyi, the three people he had long been familiar with, and also swept over Hong Yanhong, the head of the Hong Yan Hong sect who was not rare at all for Chai Jin to leave to Song Jiang, kicking and killing Yang Zhang Bao, Li Ji of the Rabbit, Dwarf Qiu Yilang, Ma Zhankui, Sang Zhonghe, Sui Daqiu, Yang Shi, Liu Wuji, etc., to see the old acquaintance Kong Hou who had seen his scheming methods in Mengzhou, After glancing at Qin Hui and other old people in Snake Horn Ridge, his eyes were finally locked on Xue Heng, Zhang Xuanzan, and Liu Fu.

He found that compared with the Zizhou Army in the Snake Horn Ridge battle at that time, the temperament of these three people has changed a lot in just a few months, and the strong evil aura on their bodies is caused by repeated battles, which is not surprising, the kind of general or even a famous general has been vaguely presented in the three of them, with them only in their twenties, this seems unusual.

It seems that the pseudo-Qi generals in history can shine for a while in the chaotic world, and their majesty is incomparable, in the end, their own quality is excellent, and they are not comparable to the rebel officers of the Qin Hui or the ignorant fools of the Hongjiao leader.

Kong Hou, Xue Heng, Zhang Xuanzan, Liu Fu, these four potential capable people, Chai Jin did not consider accepting them for the Cangzhao Group at that time, but at that time he felt that these four people were very smart and assertive, and Song-style bureaucratic habits, bureaucratic pursuits and selfish characters were extremely heavy, such people are not easy to change their thinking, whether they can change it or not, whether it is worth the effort to collect, it still takes time to test the observation and judgment, but as a result, Song Jiang suddenly came, and quickly attracted and recruited these four people, A relatively united, close, and stable ambitious group has been formed, and the hearts are all puffed up again to be a high-ranking official of the Great Song Dynasty, which cannot be accepted.

Chai Jin considered that Song Jiang really needed strong manpower to form a force, so he simply completed Song Jiang.

Zhao Yue had learned about these things from the information that Chai Jin kept sending, and agreed with Chai Jin's decision.

However, at the moment, he also has to sigh: Song Jiang not only has a resounding nickname as a banner for inspiration and team formation, but also has a good character and luck against the sky. It seems that Song Jiang was born to take this path.

Zhao Yue secretly compared with Song Jiang.

He is wealthy, famous, powerful, and has backers, and he has traveled from south to north, but it took a lot of effort to recruit some talents. If you look at Song Jiang, he is only a small official with a righteous name, and he can easily accept so many talents just by going around from Yuncheng to Cangzhou to Qingzhou.

Song Jiang's charm and ability should not be underestimated.

Heroes like Ren Sen, Zhang Daneng, Wang Bin, and Li Yan, who are bloody, have a human bottom line, and have the ability to do things, were forced to live in the rivers and lakes for various reasons, but they can still insist on the Tao and the Tao, which they have been trying their best to recruit. As a result, from Cangzhou to Liangshan, how many times I went back and forth, but I didn't meet it.

Now the people who came to Erlongshan with Song Jiang entered the Song Jiang cloth bag, and with Song Jiang's wrist, others basically didn't want to get involved.

Song Jiang's power has swelled too quickly, and it seems that he must try to find a balance to maintain Chao Gai's authority and direction of development in Erlong Mountain. Chao Gai relied on his own charm to attract the three brothers Zhang Daneng. Gongsun Sheng quietly turned that fox spirit into a spy assistant, and these are not the key to balancing Erlong Mountain.

We have to find another way to ensure our fundamental strength.

Otherwise, Erlongshan will become an uncontrollable military group that cannot predict what evil will happen, let alone become a help, and it will not be bad if it does not become a big trouble.

What Zhao Yue was thinking about there was complex and far-reaching.

Hua Rong, who was watching with a telescope next to him, didn't think about anything serious, but his mind was also very complicated.

Zhao Yue came to live in his house this time, on the one hand, to promote the development of Erlong Mountain and change the situation of the coexistence of the three Kou in Qingzhou, on the other hand, he felt that his ability was mature and complete, and he could go to the northern battlefield to realize the dream of killing Liao Kou, and asked him to prepare to leave Qingzhou.

His virtuous wife Cui Shi and son Hua Fengchun, as well as the old daughter of Zhang Guqing, the late old Zhizhai of Qingfeng Village, have been taken care of by the housekeeper Hua Xin and his wife, and quietly left Qingzhou by the way on the ship that Zhao Yue came to Qingzhou, went to the pirate base camp to see the new world, accept and enjoy the beautiful new fashion of the new empire, and then returned to Cangzhou to wait for him at Zhao Yue's house, and then went to Qingzhou to reunite with his brother-in-law and sister's family.

Yanyun officials such as Yeluchun, the king of Yan of Liao, now hate Zhao Gonglian more and more, and they can't get rid of it immediately. After the Cangbei border, it is inevitable that the Song-Liao conflict will continue and intensify day by day, and the situation will become more and more tense and dangerous.

Zhao Gonglian will inevitably go out to the battlefield in person to command the battle in the future, the danger increases, there are elite soldiers and guards around him to protect, not afraid of short-range combat, just afraid of strong crossbows and cold arrows to attack the armor can not be protected, and the guards can not react to the vital point that cannot be saved.

Zhao Yue was very worried about the safety of his eldest brother, and needed to make up for the lack of protection of the guards around his eldest brother, and asked Hua Rong to go to Cheongju to act as the escort of the eldest brother, so as to prevent the eldest brother from being plotted by assassins or condor archers in time with Hua Rong's strong martial arts and high sensitivity to bows and crossbows.

Hua Rong himself is also willing to go to Cheongju.

There is his only sister who depends on each other, I haven't seen him for a long time, I miss it very much, and there is also his brother Wen Chenghou who he has always admired and wants to follow, and he wants to kill Liao Kou to fulfill the ambition of the general, and at the same time, it is also to avenge his father who died in the border pass. If it weren't for Zhao Yue always saying that his ability was not enough to be powerful in the enemy country, and he couldn't survive in the dangerous and unfavorable complex environment in the north, he repeatedly urged him to practice his all-round fighting ability, and resolutely disagreed with him to abandon Qingfeng Village, he would have gone to Qingzhou long ago.

Now, Zhao Yue, a young man who has grown amazingly old and stubborn enough, has finally recognized his Hua Rong's ability, and can finally leave this boring little Qingfeng Village, Hua Rong is very excited and full of expectations for the future.

But what he had a complicated feeling at the moment was that he only learned this time that his big brother and confidant friend Song Jiang had become an important chess piece that Zhao Yue wanted to use very early, but he was an abandoned pawn that he was very likely to throw away when he ran out.

Hua Rong could see that Zhao Yue attached great importance to Song Jiang's ability and role, and was now secretly protecting and fulfilling Song Jiang, but he didn't really care about Song Jiang's life, death, honor and disgrace. After the powerful Cangzhao Group uses Song Jiang, should it help Song Jiang cross the life and death barrier, take Song Jiang in, and give him a new and broad way out. That needs to depend on how Song Jiang chooses in the end.

This is completely different from Zhao Yue's previous style of always taking the initiative to help the person he likes change his mind, point out the future, and even forcibly take a new path, it is simply to let Song Jiang decide his fate with self-consciousness and providence, showing a kind of ruthlessness.

This made Hua Rong very uncomfortable. (To be continued.) )