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Chapter 506 Fishing in the Well

Su Buwei kept sending Fang Xie to the Imperial Palace, he kept staring at Fang Jie's pace, and when he went out, he couldn't help but sigh after all, and hesitated to stop Fang Jie: "General Fang...... The next steps can be bigger or smaller, especially in front of His Majesty. ”

Fang Xie didn't understand this sentence at first, and in an instant, he remembered that he had been calculating how many steps he had taken since he boarded the imperial chariot, and then his face changed.

"Thank you, father-in-law!"

He said sincerely.

Su Buxing smiled and waved his hand: "Don't thank me, I'm just a subordinate who serves in front of His Majesty, and I have been following Your Majesty for a long time, so I have also secretly learned a little bit of the art of watching people, Your Majesty likes General Fang to be straightforward, and I also respect General Fang." But sometimes some inadvertent actions may anger Tianwei, so it's better not to transgress the rules. It's not easy to get to this point, if you fall because you don't even know it...... It's a pity ......."

Fang Xie hugged his fists: "I wrote it down." ”

Su Buxing nodded with satisfaction: "It's me who talks more, don't leave it at that, I wish General Fang a victory." ”

"Thank you"

Fang Xie gave a salute, then turned to leave.

Su Buxing looked at Fang Jie's distant back, and shook his head after a long while. He didn't know if he was right or wrong to do this, and although it might have been a coincidence, it was the most taboo thing for the royal family. As the emperor's closest chamberlain, he actually needs to remind the emperor to pay attention. But in the end, he still didn't do it, and a voice in his heart kept persuading him not to ruin the future of a young man who had made great achievements because of such a small thing.

He has been by the emperor's side for more than ten years, and he has never met a person who has the same pace as the emperor. It is a total of forty-five steps from ascending the chariot to sitting on the dragon chair, but you must know that it was carefully crafted by craftsmen exactly according to the size of His Majesty's usual walking steps. His Majesty has been taught court etiquette since he was a child, and there are even rules for how big each step is. And Fang Xie is just a person from a humble background, he doesn't understand these ...... His steps were the same size as the emperor's, just a coincidence.

Su Buxing turned around and walked into the imperial chariot, shaking this matter away from his heart and not thinking about it anymore.

After Fang Xie left the Imperial Palace, he went to say goodbye to Jin Shixiong, and the two of them talked for a while, and Fang Xie was ready to leave. Just as he said goodbye and walked out of the big tent, he suddenly saw a familiar figure standing there in the distance, standing with his back to him and holding his hands, as if looking at the scenery. But Fang Xie knew that this person was waiting for himself.

Fang Xie walked over and clasped his fists and saluted: "I've seen Lord Hou." ”

The person waiting for him was Hou Wenji, the former envoy of the Inner Guard, a person who no one could see through. When he was by the emperor's side, no one doubted his loyalty, so much so that after Prince Yi's rebellion, he fled to the northwest, and many people could not believe it. And when he was by Li Yuanshan's side, no matter how Song Qian persuaded Li Yuanshan that he was not credible, he still gained Li Yuanshan's trust.

No matter who he was standing on, it seemed natural, as if he should have been standing there.

Now that he is back with the emperor, the news sent before the decisive battle also made it easy for the court to crush Li Yuanshan's last struggle. He may have sent a lot of news to the emperor before this, but it didn't matter anymore. Importantly, Fang Jie's vigilance against this person has risen to another level.

"I don't have an official position on me now, so I should salute you."

Hou Wenji turned around, smiled at him and prepared to salute, Fang Xie hurriedly held him up and said, "Your Excellency's reinstatement is only a matter of time and a half, and even if you don't have an official position, you are still my senior, so it should be me who salute." ”

Hou Wenji didn't insist, and said gently: "You're leaving?" ”

Fang Xie nodded: "I'm leaving." ”

"Walk with me?"

Hou Wenji asked.

Fang Xie nodded, and followed behind Hou Wenji by half a step.

"It's better for you to leave."

Hou Wenji said as he walked: "Although Li is in ambush and the remnants of the rebels are not to be worried, there are still 200,000 Mengyuan barbarians behind the imperial army, and after Luo Yao's men and horses retreat to Huangyang Road, the barbarians' cavalry will never continue to pursue." And His Majesty will never allow those barbarians to leave from the northwest, so the real war has not yet begun. Li Yuanshan's remnants of the rebel army were nothing compared to the 200,000 wolf horsemen. ”

"Your Majesty did not mention it."

Fang Xie replied.

Hou Wen glanced at Fang Xie meaningfully, and smiled: "You are becoming more and more cautious. ”

Fang Xie smiled, noncommittal.

"Your Majesty values you very much, and that's a good thing."

Hou Wenji said: "I didn't really have anything important to see you, I just wanted to tell you something about Prince Zhong." Everyone says you're his disciple, and you say so yourself, but I know he probably doesn't have any intimate relationship with you. Anyway, I think you should be interested in his news. ”

"Yes"

Fang Xie nodded: "Prince Zhong has a great favor to me. ”

Hou Wenji sighed and said, "The people who have helped you are very happy, because they have met a person who understands Entu. Your Majesty also values you, and I appreciate you too. ”

"Adults have helped me, too."

Fang explained.

Hou Wenji shook his head: "No, when you were in Chang'an, you were not a person worthy of my special care, and now I realize that my vision is not as high as I always thought." I once mislooked at two people, the first was Zhou Banchuan, the director of the Martial Arts Academy, who thought too highly of him, it turned out that he was just a servant standing in front of the giants. The second is you...... I'm thinking you too low, but luckily it's not too late. ”

Fang Xie listened quietly and did not interject.

"If I'm not mistaken, Your Majesty will let you guard Qingxia, right?"

"Yes"

"Well, in that case, you should have nothing to do for a while. Prince Chung is not dead, but he does not seem to be free. If you have time while waiting for Meng Yuan's barbarian to return to the army, you can go and explore. You can think about it yourself. ”

He lowered his voice and whispered a few words in Fang Jie's ear, and Fang Jie's face immediately changed.

"Why do you want to tell me?"

Fang asked.

Hou Wenji was silent for a while, then stopped and looked at the sky: "Because Your Majesty stabbed Luo Yao in the back with the knife of Meng Yuanren, Luo Yao is someone who will never be able to endure it." You've seen Luo Yao, maybe you don't know Luo Yao well enough. What I can tell you is that if Luo Yao didn't plan to do it in a dignified manner, but relied on his invincible cultivation to assassinate the emperor, no one would be able to stop him. If there is one more person in this world who can, it can only be Prince Zhong. ”

"There is still an old dean in the Yanwu Academy."

Fang explained.

"The old dean is too old."

Hou Wenji sighed: "It's too old to get out of that Xiongcheng." ”

Fang Xie nodded: "No matter why, I will go." ”

"I knew you were going."

Hou Wenji looked at the sky and muttered, "Actually, you may not have understood until now, why Meng Yuan Wolf Rider would act according to His Majesty's thoughts." Because that is not acting according to His Majesty's ideas at all, but acting according to the ideas of the Meng Yuan people themselves. You haven't touched that level of secrets yet, but I'm now beginning to believe that sooner or later you'll climb that high, if not higher. The wolf rider failed to rely on his life to kill Luo Yao in the raid, and the rest of the matter was not easy to handle...... The world will be chaotic, but it is not only the Great Sui that is chaotic. ”

After saying this, Hou Wenji turned around and walked away.

Fang Xie looked at his back, thinking carefully about what he had just said, but found that he really didn't have a clue. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he still underestimated Hou Wenji, this person who seemed to be standing at the highest place in the world may have seen many truths that he should not see, but he was unwilling to say them. He's like a spectator, just waiting for things to happen and then it's over.

……

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On this trip, what I saw was actually not what Fang Xie expected. He originally thought that the emperor was planning to exchange his remnant life for the lives of Li Yuanshan Luo Yao and the 200,000 barbarian wolf riders, but now it seems that everything is not as tragic as he imagined. The emperor was still alive, and Li Yuanshan was defeated. Meng Yuan's barbarian army moved against Luo Yao, and Luo Yao was defeated and retreated.

He originally thought that if he saved the emperor's life, he would do his best, but now the biggest gain in this line of work is to kill Li Yuanshan with his own hands.

When he returned to his camp, Fang Jie's mind kept thinking about Hou Wenji's words. He said that the 200,000 wolf riders of Meng Yuan's barbarian horse did something to Luo Yao, and there was a deeper reason. And this reason is analyzed from Hou Wenji's words, it seems that the goal of the barbarian is to kill Luo Yao.

The people of the Buddhist Sect want to kill Luo Yao, and the Mengyuan army also wants to kill Luo Yao, why is this?

What is Luo Yao's identity?

This name is like a needle piercing Fang Jie's heart, making him always on guard against the danger that he doesn't know when it will suddenly come. Because no matter what Luo Yao's identity is, Luo Yao's fall in love with his physical body can already be determined. With Fang Jie's current strength, if Luo Yao really came, it seemed that there was no room for even a little resistance.

How strong Luo Yao is, maybe only Luo Yao himself knows.

As Hou Wenji said, if Luo Yao didn't want to play anymore, he could avoid everyone in front of the emperor alone, and then easily kill the emperor. Wan Xingchen is in Chang'an City, Luo Yao may be taboo and dare not kill the prince. But will there be masters around the emperor who can stop Luo Yao? If there were, Hou Wenji wouldn't have been so worried......

Fang Xie thought of Su Buxing, and then shook his head and denied this person. Su Buxing's cultivation will definitely be very strong, otherwise the emperor will not take him with him all the time. But Fang Xie didn't think that Su Buwei was Luo Yao's opponent, and Hou Wenji's understanding of this person must be clearer than Fang Jie's.

"What did the emperor say?"

Mu Xiaoxiao was stunned when he saw Fang Jie, and couldn't help asking.

"Nothing"

Fang Xie pulled out of his thoughts, smiled and shook his head: "It's just that I was promoted again, and now your man is already a marquis." ”

Mu Xiaoxiao smiled: "The important thing is that you don't have to stay with the emperor, this is the reason why we are down-to-earth." I don't know why, but I and I both feel that it is not a good thing for you to stay with the emperor. ”

"Perhaps."

Fang Xie had the emperor's old face in his mind, and he couldn't help but sigh heavily in his heart.

He ordered the cavalry to reorganize, bring enough food and grass with them, and leave immediately. The emperor sent someone to transfer a batch of armor and equipment, but he did not give him an additional soldier. The cavalry of 3,000 men will have to carry at least 200 carts with them when they return, and the journey will certainly not be too fast.

Just as Fang Xie was leaving the camp, he saw a dilapidated village not far from the camp. At first, Fang Xie didn't care about the difference in this village, but when his eyes had already left, his heart suddenly moved, and he immediately turned back. He saw a well platform under the dead trees at the entrance of the village, and an old man in coarse cloth clothes was sitting cross-legged on the well platform and holding a fishing rod high, and the fishing line was hanging in the mouth of the well, and it seemed that he was actually fishing in the well.

Fang Xie looked at the old man he had never seen before, stopped there and forgot to move on.

What can he catch fishing in a broken well in a ruined village?

Who is this person and why is he here?