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Chapter 338: Ambition

When Fang Xie came back from Hexing Building, there were no other pedestrians on the street, and the moon hung high but was exceptionally bright. The moonlight sprinkled so that the night did not look like that frightening darkness, walking alone on the quiet street, stepping on the long, long shadow of himself being dragged out by the moonlight.

Hexing Building is not far from his residence, and it is only a five-minute walk. And now there are at least 4,000 elites of the left avant-garde in Anlai County, and there is no need for Fang Xie to bring his entourage at all, unless it is Luo Yao who wants to kill him.

The meaning of what Luo Qiu said at today's dinner was actually obvious, he was acting as a lobbyist for Luo Yao. At the beginning, the first emperor sent Luo Qiu to Pingshang because this person was stable enough to do things and distinguish priorities. But now Fang Xie has reason to believe that once Luo Yao rebels, Luo Qiu may not necessarily stand on the side of the imperial court.

More than ten years is enough to change a person.

Fang Xie walked back while thinking about what Luo Qiu said today, and his mind was turning over and over again, in fact, there was just one sentence that made it difficult for him to calm down.

If you get the guidance of the great general, you will definitely improve by leaps and bounds in your cultivation.

Luo Qiu's words were replayed back and forth in Fang Jie's mind, which made Fang Xie a little distressed. He thought that he was a person who could resist some temptations, but now he realized that the weight of a person's greed sometimes cannot be controlled at all. In such an era, it is better to be a great official than to be a peerless master.

Just as Fang Xie was about to walk to the door of the residence, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

Fang Xie stood up and turned around, and then saw the man who exuded cold arrogance under the moonlight.

"The general still doesn't rest?"

Fang Xie hugged his fists and asked.

Luo Yao looked at Fang Xie from afar, and the moonlight seemed to have turned into his sight, so that Fang Xie felt as uncomfortable as if he was not wearing clothes.

"After I went back, I thought about it, and suddenly I felt that it was better to talk openly and honestly about some things."

Luo Yao said in a flat tone: "I'm a soldier, and I don't like that kind of tactful way very much. ”

"Then I'll go with the general?"

Fang Xie said with a smile.

Luo Yao nodded: "Okay"

After saying this, he continued to walk forward, and Fang Xie waited until he came over and followed unhurriedly two steps behind him. The two people are walking with the same hands, and there are some similarities in looking at the backs. This small city is full of soldiers on the left and in the front, and from time to time you can meet soldiers on duty patrolling the streets. Whenever he encountered a patrol, Fang Xie listened to those soldiers shouting a general, and he could feel the respect from the bottom of his heart in his tone.

"Your arrival in Yongzhou is the first time we have met."

Luo Yao's first sentence Fang Xie didn't believe much, because Luo Yao had been very abnormal since seeing him. Fang Xie didn't know Luo Yao, so he didn't know what a normal left avant-garde general looked like, but Fang Xie could feel that Luo Yao's words and demeanor were too far from the arrogant and ruthless person in the legend.

"Yes"

Fang Xie nodded.

"But I appreciate you."

Luo Yao continued: "I was interested in you when the news of the entrance examination of the Martial Arts Academy reached Yongzhou...... You fought with that kid from the Xie family and knocked him down. ”

"Xie Fuyao left his hand and didn't do his best."

Fang Xie answered truthfully.

"You don't know how to practice, you are born with a waste physique...... But the kid of the Xie family is a famous talent in Jiangnan, and he has already entered the hall when he was ten years old. The old monster in Wudang Mountain regards him as a closed disciple, although the one who goes down the mountain to pass on his art has always been ** positive, but isn't that old monster determined to teach him something? So even if that kid from the Xie family keeps his hand, your performance is still eye-catching. ”

"General Xie praised."

"This is the truth, not a compliment."

Luo Yao said lightly: "I will never hypocritically praise anyone, even if you are a Qincha. ”

He stopped, looked back at Fang Xie and asked, "Why do you keep keeping two steps away from me?" Do you think you can get out of this distance? ”

Fang Xie was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "It's just a habit." ”

Luo Yao snorted: "This is a good habit." ”

"Thank you"

"It won't hurt you to answer me three questions first."

Luo Yao sat down on the steps at the door of a large family's house, pointed to his side and motioned for Fang Xie to sit down. Fang Xie didn't excuse himself, and sat calmly.

"What does the general want to ask?"

"First...... What does Your Majesty think of this marriage? ”

Fang Xie was silent for a long time and replied seriously: "Your Majesty doesn't seem to want to marry the eldest princess to the young general, firstly, because the southwest is too far away from Chang'an City, and the eldest princess is Your Majesty's favorite daughter, not one of them. The second is because...... It's because His Majesty more or less knows some things about the young general's daily life, so he is not very relieved. ”

"And the third?"

Luo Yao asked.

"There is no third."

Fang Xie shook his head.

Luo Yao smiled: "Yes, it's just that you don't dare to say it." The most important reason why Your Majesty asked you to come is because you want to use troops against the northwest, and the affairs of the northwest cannot be hidden...... Your Majesty doesn't trust me, and he's afraid I'll take advantage of the chaos in the northwest to make trouble. You came, it's just that Your Majesty sent you to check on me through the marriage of the eldest princess. ”

Fang Xie smiled bitterly and did not answer.

"Second question......"

Luo Yao didn't seem to want to continue to dwell on this issue, he already knew what he wanted to know.

"Is Xiao Yijiu dead?"

Fang Xie didn't expect Luo Yao to ask this, so he was stunned for a moment: "He wasn't dead when I left the capital, but he shouldn't live long with his felony." His Majesty should be waiting for the day when the Criminal Department will close the case, and dispose of him and Prince Yi together. ”

What Fang Xie didn't know was that Xiao Yijiu was not immediately beheaded. It was because the emperor wanted to test Wan Xingchen's reaction, and he was also worried that Xiao Yi would make a move if he moved Xiao Yi and 90,000 Xingchen, after all, that person ...... It's too strong.

Luo Yao shook his head: "People like Xiao Yijiu, if you want to kill, it's better to kill them earlier." Your Majesty...... I'm afraid that there is another deep meaning. ”

Fang Xie didn't know, Luo Yao was just curious, so this topic ended a little abruptly.

"The third question...... If I sincerely invite you, would you like to stay in the left forward and work? If I had made a remark, His Majesty would not have refused my request. You think carefully before answering this question, because this is a rare opportunity for you. ”

Luo Yao said lightly: "I'm not arrogant, but you should understand that I'm the only one who can guide you in your cultivation now." ”

This...... It's really an irresistible temptation for Fang Jie.

……

……

"Can't"

Fang Xie took out his pipe from the deerskin pouch and lit it, and took a deep breath: "The general may feel that I don't know how to lift, in fact, I also feel that I am a bit idiot to refuse like this. No one knows their bodies better than I do, so I know what you're saying is an indisputable fact. Staying at the left midfield, I have the potential to break the shackles that I have been unable to break all along...... But...... Even so, I couldn't stay. ”

Luo Yao tilted his head and glanced at him: "Reason? ”

Fang Xie spat out a thick puff of smoke, and under the moonlight, he was like a demon who swallowed the essence of the sun and the moon.

"I want to join the army, I want to pick up a horizontal sword again, jump on horseback, and kill the enemy on the battlefield...... If I stay in Yongzhou...... Forgive me, General, then the enemy I am going to face is by no means the enemy I want to face. I lived in Fangu for three years, and those three years were the most stable three years of my life. In order to remember this stability and steadfastness, I remembered the names and faces of everyone in Fan Gu for three years. There were almost 3,000 soldiers and civilians in the border army, and I would not mistake any of them. ”

"But they died."

Fang Xie rubbed his sour nose: "If their death has anything to do with me...... I have to go back to Fangu to atone for my sins. If their deaths have nothing to do with me, I will have to go back to Fangu to take revenge. ”

Luo Yao said lightly: "You don't look like an impulsive person. ”

Fang Xie smiled: "Sometimes it's not human when you are impulsive. ”

Luo Yao was actually amused by his boring words and smiled: "You should know a lot about me, because I know that you will not let yourself come to Yongzhou without knowing anything." I was lucky not to die when I was crushed by someone, but I might as well die. I remember when I was giving up on myself, someone said this to me...... If you are persistent, you will succeed. If I hadn't heard that, I might have been a dead skeleton or a wreck. ”

"You also have an obsession in your heart."

Luo Yao said: "This is very good, you and I are very similar...... Soldiers naturally have the unique blood of soldiers, and if I hurt my friend, if I can't do anything at that time, it doesn't mean that I will pretend to forget it later. When I have the power, do those who hurt my friends still want to live freely? ”

Fang Jie's heart fluttered when he heard this, and he thought of those villagers in Fan Gu. Every face had come to his mind more than once, and it was never blurred.

"It is very difficult and proud for a man to aspire to revenge, and I will not stop you."

Luo Yao took the pipe from Fang Xie and took a deep breath: "Such a good tobacco...... From Nanyan? ”

"Yes...... The goods were trafficked from Nanyan to Chang'an City. ”

Fang Xie replied.

Luo Yao snorted: "But haven't you thought that there is no conflict between you staying in the left guard and your revenge?" ”

"Huh?"

Fang Xie was surprised for a moment, as if he couldn't believe what he heard.

"I know what's going on in your mind."

Luo Yao slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, looking more like a demon than Fang Jie: "It's not just you, I'm afraid that many people, including Your Majesty, will think that I will be disloyal, and I will eventually do something sorry for Your Majesty and sorry for the Great Sui Imperial Court." It seems reasonable to think like this, I have a heavy army in my hand, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and this place is my territory. But...... Twenty years ago, when I first defended Yongzhou, someone in the court swore that I would definitely rebel, and now twenty years later, why don't I rebel? ”

He asked Fang Jie, but Fang Xie didn't know how to answer. Fang Xie didn't expect Luo Yao to say this matter so bluntly, without any shying away from it.

"Because I never wanted to do the opposite."

Luo Yao took a deep breath and then slowly spit it out, as if venting the dissatisfaction in his heart.

"I, and everyone in the Left Avant-Garde, have never had the idea of rebellion. You can believe it or not, but I don't need to explain anything to you. In the future, it will be written very clearly in the history books, and it will be left for future generations to comment...... The reason why I am pretending not to know about the defeat in the Northwest is because His Majesty does not want me to know. And I am waiting for Your Majesty's summons, if Your Majesty says Luo Yao, you will lead troops to the northwest to quell the rebellion...... I'll put on my armor and get on my horse right away! ”

Luo Yao raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky: "There are more than 400,000 horses in Yongzhou, which is twice the number reported to the imperial court. This is one of the reasons why those idiot courtiers doubt me, and it is also one of the reasons why Your Majesty doubts me. But I can tell you that when His Majesty needs me, these 400,000 people will appear in front of His Majesty one by one, and rush forward without hesitation in the direction of His Majesty's fingers. ”

"So, even if you stay in the left guard, you can go to the northwest to kill the Mengkou rebels."

Fang Xie was silent for a long time, then shook his head and said seriously: "The general believes in himself, but others don't believe in you." Therefore, Your Majesty will not easily mobilize the left avant-garde, and I am a person who pursues a comfortable life. And the first thing you have to do to make yourself comfortable is...... Don't force yourself against your will. ”

"Thank you for the love, but I can't stay."

His words were soft, but to the point.

"That's a shame......"

Luo Yao sighed and got up: "You didn't tell a lie today, I'm very happy." ”

"The general didn't say a word of lie, not only will I be happy, but Your Majesty will also be happy."

Luo Yao smiled: "I won't force you, you just have to think it through yourself." ”

He walked out slowly, and after four or five steps, he suddenly stopped again.

"I knew you were an ambitious young man, but I didn't expect you to be so ambitious...... The left front guard, with an army of 400,000 troops, could not fit it. ”