Chapter 163: Variables
Mao Wenlong's indifference and arrogance made Li Zicheng feel uncomfortable, he saw that Ye County was not bad, and it was the rear of Henan. And Mao Wenlong still has some strength, which is worth his comeback.
Unexpectedly, as soon as it came up, the two sides hadn't talked much, Mao Wenlong refused so strongly, and Li Zicheng sank his face on the spot.
Obviously, this does not meet Li Zicheng's expectations, what about Mao Wenlong's real strength? At this moment, Li Zicheng didn't know, he was just hearsay, and then he understood a little superficial thing.
A trace of coldness quietly crept up on his face, Li Zicheng was no longer polite, and hugged his fists and sneered: "Since General Mao is not interested, then bother!" ”
Mao Wenlong would not have cooperated with Li Zicheng in the first place, he needed Li Zicheng and these rebels to contain the court and divert their attention.
In this way, Mao Wenlong can develop with peace of mind, so it is a joke for Li Zicheng to come to woo at this moment. Not to mention that his tone is very inappropriate, it is estimated that Mao Wenlong just agreed to form an alliance, and he had to paste things out if he didn't get the benefits.
"General Li go slowly!"
"Farewell!"
Although Li Zicheng doesn't like it in his heart, but the deal is not benevolent, and now Mao Wenlong's non-alignment does not mean that it will be impossible in the future. Li Zicheng finally suppressed the anger in his heart, and then said goodbye to Mao Wenlong.
Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Mao Wenlong saw that he didn't behave inappropriately, and he couldn't do too much, so he politely watched him leave.
Li Zicheng came and went faster, and the thirty or so horses carried billowing smoke and dust, and soon disappeared from Mao Wenlong's sight.
Li Zicheng's sudden appearance gave Mao Wenlong a signal that Li Zicheng had begun to operate in Henan.
And this is also a manifestation of his predicament, if nothing else, he should eventually be driven out of Henan by the imperial court to Shanxi, which is what Mao Wenlong wants.
When he returned to the city, he saw Hong Chengchou coming down from the city wall, and Mao Wenlong smiled evilly: "What, didn't you say that you wouldn't come together?" ”
Hong Chengchou looked indifferent and said indifferently: "Yes, I just didn't come with you, so I came alone!" ”
Mao Wenlong rolled his eyes directly and ignored Hong Chengchou. This guy is getting more and more cheeky, but this is a good sign, which means that Hong Chengchou has begun to gradually adapt to his new identity.
Mao Wenlong knew this and was quite happy. He imagined that Hong Chengchou would definitely become a real member of his side in the near future.
Dongcheng, still in the ordinary house, Cang Meina, Ruyin, and Ren Tianming met in the house. Ren Tianming had just told Cang Mina about his attack by the archers.
The latter has been silent for a long time, but he has not said anything, and has been gloomy, not knowing what he is thinking?
Ruyin was very worried in her heart, she was afraid that the matter she had discussed with Ren Tianming before would be revealed and known to the sect leader. Fortunately, there is also Ren Tianming by her side to support him.
The two of them have already been prepared, if they find anything wrong, they will break out and kill Cang Mina, and they will not show mercy!
After nervous and anxious waiting, Cang Minai finally spoke: "Are you sure that the archer is used by Mao Wenlong, and it is his person?" ”
Ren Tianming paused, and his body relaxed. From Cang Mina's tone, he didn't feel any killing intent. This also means that Cang Mina obviously hasn't found out about what happened between him and Ruyin.
Ren Tianming immediately replied: "Sect Master, my subordinates have already checked, and this person is indeed from Mao Mansion. ”
Cang Mina frowned: "What is the strength between you and him?" ”
Ren Tianming said very simply: "Half a catty and eight taels." ”
Cang Mina fell into silence again, and only after a long time did she hear him say: "Ruyin, the task given to you last time was canceled, and now we have to leave." ”
Obviously, Cang Mina has realized that she and the others are completely exposed to Mao Wenlong's surveillance, and staying any longer will inevitably put herself in a dangerous situation.
Ren Tianming and Ruyin nodded in agreement, and then the two of them said goodbye and went to pack their belongings.
However, at this moment, a sharp arrow pierced directly through the window and stared firmly at the wooden table in the room in front of the eyes of the three of them.
The faces of the three of them changed dramatically, and they each dodged to the corner of the house to dodge, but only this one arrow came in, and then there was no more, and then everything was calm.
Ren Tianming hesitated for a moment, hid behind the door and quickly glanced outside, and after making sure that there was no threat, he returned to the wooden table and looked at the arrow nailed to it.
A letter is tied to the shaft, and the arrow is just an ordinary arrow, which can be seen to be not the special arrow of the archer.
Ren Tianming glanced at Cang Meina, who nodded and motioned for him to read the letter. Ren Tianming no longer hesitated, reached out to untie the envelope, opened it, and immediately frowned.
"What does the letter say?" Somi Mina walked out of the corner, followed by Ruyin.
"Yodo!"
This arrow was just shot by Adou, in order to avoid long nights, he immediately started to act after consulting Mao Wenlong.
The location of the fight is in the woods in the back mountain, and the time is noon!
Cang Minai took the envelope and glanced at it, and then looked at Ren Tianming solemnly: "What, you really want to go?" ”
Ren Tianming showed a wry smile on his face: "This is the rule of our archers, once there is a dispute, it must be resolved by a covenant fight." Otherwise, if the news spreads, the descendants of other archers will attack them in droves. ”
Hearing Ren Tianming say this, Ruyin suddenly became nervous, how powerful the archer was before, she had experienced it herself.
At that time, Ren Tianming was also suppressed so that he didn't dare to move, if Ren Tianming went to the appointment like this, it would definitely be more than lucky.
Although the relationship between her and Ren Tianming is not deep, she urgently needs Ren Tianming's help now. Once Ren Tianming unfortunately died in battle this time, Ruyin would also lose a man who could help her sit on the position of sect leader.
"So do you have to go now?" Somi Nai's eyes were erratic.
Ren Tianming just nodded, he couldn't fly! He wouldn't want to do that if he could. After all, at this moment, he has no bottom in his heart, and it is unpredictable.
"In that case, let's go!" Cang Mina finally came to such a sentence lightly.
"Sect Master......." Ruyin was suddenly anxious, and stepped forward to persuade.
But Ren Tianming interrupted her, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for the success of the sect master!" ”
After lunch, Adou took the overlord bow and went to the woods in the back mountain alone. Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou took a group of subordinates to the military camp to sit down.
All but the necessary guards in the barracks were assembled. This time, no matter whether Adou wins or loses in the end, Mao Wenlong will let Tianming die.
Two thousand young men of the rebel army who had just arrived for less than a month were gathered, and in addition to that, there were two thousand Dongjiang troops. A total of 4,000 men and horses are already on the school grounds in the barracks.
Mao Wenlong had a cold face, turned his back to his hand, and swept his sharp eyes over everyone present one by one. After nearly a month of devilish training, these recruits have now begun to look like some soldiers.
It is no longer as casual as before, Mao Wenlong is very satisfied with this, he nodded and roared loudly: "Yes, your progress is obvious to all, I hope you can persevere." Striving to become a real Dongjiang Army as soon as possible is my expectation for you. ”
"Of course, if you have requirements, I will naturally give you benefits. I, Mao Wenlong, can't give you high-ranking officials and lords now, but I can guarantee that once you become a member of the Dongjiang Army, you will have three meals and your family will have no worries. ”
"Xie Zongbing!"
The two thousand recruits roared at the same time, and their faces flashed with excitement.
In such troubled times, they are still very self-aware. High-ranking officials are not something that everyone can do, it is something that is out of reach.
And having enough to eat and let your family live without worry is what is real. Look at the lives of the families of those Dongjiang Army, they are all landlords, which is very enviable.
Look at the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, their food will blow up these recruits. This is Mao Wenlong deliberately asking Liu Guangzuo to distinguish them and create some motivation for these recruits.
Now it seems that this is very successful, these recruits are very yearning for the life of the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, so the devil's training from the beginning of the slack, to the later positive, the changes of these recruits, everyone can see.
After Mao Wenlong finished speaking, he felt that the recruits were also very satisfied with his response, so he asked Liu Guangzuo and Chengzuo to go down to arrange the ambush.
Since it was a duel between archers, Mao Wenlong had no choice but to wait for news in the barracks if he wanted to watch the battle.
Adou waited in the woods early, and just arrived in the afternoon, Ren Tianming appeared on time.
This guy stood firm more than thirty meters away from Adou, stared at Adou coldly, and found that it was actually a young man of about twenty.
"You and I don't interfere with the water of the well, why do you want to fight with me?" Ren Tianming opened his mouth to question.
"You and I are our own masters, and you want to kill General Mao, how can you come to the well water and not violate the river water." Adou responded coldly.
The muscles on Ren Tianming's face twitched slightly, and from Adou's demeanor, he had confirmed that he was indeed a divine archer.
But in such an evenly matched fight, no one will want to have a good time, and it is impossible to end up with two defeats and injuries.
Ren Tianming didn't want to do such a foolish thing, and he also felt that it was not worth it, after all, there was no real dead knot between the two sides.
"If I no longer work for the Fusang Sect now, I will no longer be unfavorable to Mao Wenlong and the people around him. Do you think we need to have a fight? Ren Tianming suddenly changed his tone and threw out such a sentence.
Adou was stunned for a long time, and sneered: "Your jokes are not funny at all, or are you already afraid?" ”
The corners of Ren Tianming's mouth pulled out a trace of indifference: "I'm afraid of death, no!" I just don't think it's worth it. Do you think you will have a 100% chance of winning this fight? Don't lie to yourself, in fact, you and I both know very well in our hearts that neither of us can help each other. It's hard to predict the end result, and I think the most likely outcome is a lose-lose situation, do you think it's worth it? ”
Adou was indeed a little hesitant at the moment, he was indeed not sure that he would be able to survive this battle. But when it comes to whether it's worth it or not, he thinks it's worth it.
"If you don't think you're worthy, maybe your master isn't good enough. But I think it's worth it, even if I die for it, I die without regrets. "Adou is very tough.
Ren Tianming paused slightly, nodded and admitted: "Indeed, maybe it's really my master who is not good, so I will feel that it is not worth it." And doesn't this just prove that I don't really want to stay in Fuso! ”
In fact, Ren Tianming had already changed his original intention on the way here, and if he could, he didn't want to risk this meaningless fight with Adou.
Moreover, from the beginning of the morning, he had the heart to kill the Fusang sect leader with Ruyin, thus replacing her as the sect leader.
Adou finally tasted some flavor from Ren Tianming's words, he hesitated for a moment, and said coldly: "You mean to leave the Fusang Sect and no longer be our enemy?" ”
Ren Tianming said that there was nothing to hide here, and he also saw the hesitation in Adou's expression, which was a good precursor.
"I'll tell you the truth, the Fuso Sect Master is nothing in my eyes, just a Dongying woman, but she wants to control me, joke. If it weren't for the fact that her Fusang religion was not bad, and it was worth my attention, you think I would follow her orders? ”
A twinkle flashed in Adou's eyes, and he asked, "Do you want to take away the entire Fusang Sect?" ”
From Adou's reaction, Ren Tianming had already seen hope, and he simply told the truth: "We are the descendants of the Divine Bow, and there are only six of us left in the whole world, do you think I am willing to work under the command of a Dongying woman." ”
"What is the proof, what you say alone does not mean anything." Adou was really tempted.
Mao Wenlong was afraid of Ren Tianming because he brought him a great threat, so he wanted to kill him at all costs. However, if this threat can be completely avoided as Ren Tianming said just now, then the hidden danger can be eliminated without having to go on, so why not!
"Give me three days, and after three days, I will send the head of the Fusang Sect Master to Mao's Mansion!" Ren Tianming's face was full of hideousness, and his cold eyes were full of murderous intent.
Adou hesitated for a moment, and then agreed: "Yes, but during these three days, my covenant is still valid." After three days, I won't receive the proof you gave me, and then the fight between us continues! ”
Ren Tianming laughed: "Then it's decided, but now I think I need your cooperation and pretend to lose to me this time." Within three days, you must play dead so that I have a chance to kill that Fuso Sect Master!" ”
"What's in it for me?" Adou was not polite at all, and he learned some cheekiness from Mao Wenlong during this time.
"When I owe you a favor, when it is done, you can ask me to do something for you!"
"Okay, that's it!"
After the two agreed, Ren Tianming then left quickly, and the woods suddenly calmed down.