The night is a bowl of stronger wine, and those who want to be strong have to swallow it hard and grit their teeth to show their composure.

Xu Ji suddenly had some envy of Tang Weitian, who fell on the couch and hummed quietly, he didn't have to worry about who was loyal to the people around him, he didn't have to take the risk of making decisions related to people's lives, and he didn't have to endure the torment of killing loyal ministers......

Tang Weitian just begged to drink to his heart's content, and then lay on the bed and slept steadily, he didn't even notice the sound coming from his mouth, stretched his arms, and yawned big, "Dadu, can you rest?" ”

"You go to sleep first."

Tang Weitian didn't squeak, and after a word, he was already asleep.

As King Wu's personal bodyguard, his only role now is to add a horizontal barrier to the door.

Xu Ji couldn't sleep, so he got up quietly, bypassed Tang Weitian, and walked out of the house.

It was still cold outside, but there was no longer that bone-penetrating feeling, Xu Ji became more sober, and said to the guards guarding outside: "Spring is coming." ”

"Yes, where the sun is shining, the snow is starting to melt." The leader of the guards showed a sincere smile, and like the other Wu people, he revered King Wu very much.

Xu Ji couldn't help but wonder if the leader of the guards had also killed women and children in the Eastern Capital in the name of revenge.

"Did anyone bring it?"

"I've been here a long time ago, and I've been locked up in the front yard, waiting for the order of the ruling party."

"Take him to the study."

"Yes." The leader of the guards sent a soldier to summon people, and he took the rest of the guards to escort King Wu.

The palace of the four kings was crowded with soldiers of the rebel army, and Xu Ji left a small room as a study, which was full of books and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, but he couldn't spare time to read at all, and occasionally sat here for a while, but he was also full of anxiety and couldn't read a word.

"Stay outside." Xu Jidao.

The leader of the guards was taken aback, "The ruling wants to see him alone?" It's too dangerous......"

Xu Ji shook his head, "It's going to be fine." ”

The leader didn't dare to say anything more.

Tian Jiang was escorted by more than ten guards, there was no restraint on his body, and he stood up without bowing after entering the house, and only when he saw the guards behind him exit the room, he showed a trace of surprise.

"Sit." Xu Jidao.

Tian Jiang said: "If it's just one or two sentences, I'll still stand." ”

"It's hard to say, it depends on how much you want to say."

"First of all, it depends on what King Wu wants to ask."

"The woman you avenged for it, tell me about her."

Tian Jiang was stunned again, "The person is dead, and the revenge has been avenged, what good is it?" ”

"I wonder if General Song deserved to die."

"I won't name her, she's not a famous person. She is the daughter of a neighborhood, she is very kind, I once had something to do and had to go out, she took care of my mother and took good care of her. Later, she was sent to Mrs. Liang's mansion to be a maid ring, and she became a concubine ......"

"To whom do you want to be a concubine?"

Tian Jiang glanced at King Wu, "Your Lou family has a group of concubines, but you ask me this?" ”

Xu Ji smiled, "Please continue." ”

The Liang family fled the Eastern Capital in a hurry, and she was forgotten in the house, so she returned home to live with her parents. Song Xingju interrogated Liang Fu, learned her whereabouts, and personally led people to arrest ...... That's pretty much it. ”

Xu Ji felt sad, but there was also a little benefit, and he didn't regret forcing Meng Shenglun to cut himself.

"Of course, if King Wu wants to hear another explanation, he can find your subordinates."

"Another way to put it?"

"They will tell you how greedy Mrs. Liang is, how many things he has done that hurts the heavens and bad reason, how much he is favored by that little concubine, and how vicious he treats his subordinates, either beating or scolding. Such a person is innocent of death, Song Xingci's method is a little out of line, but he can't do anything because of this trivial matter. ”

"Hey, Tian Zhuangshi has learned like this."

"People in the world are often like this, they think you are good, killing people is a righteous act, they think you are bad, and giving porridge to the poor is also a ghost."

"There is a shortage of food in the city, and there has been no soup for several days." Xu Jidao.

"What King Wu did is normal, and there is no need to explain."

"I still want to explain someone to Tian Zhuangshi." Xu Ji talked about how he met Wu Ren, how he got to know the generals, and Song Xingci's origin and deeds, as long as he knew, he would tell them all.

This is not a matter of one or two sentences, Tian Jiang listened to it for a while, and simply walked over and sat down.

"Finished?"

"Well, this is General Song who Tian Zhuangshi shot with an arrow."

"What is King Wu's intention?"

"I just want Tian Zhuangshi to know who you killed."

A smile appeared on Tian Jiang's face, "Does King Wu know who I am?" ”

"I have heard a little about it, and I know that Tian Zhuangshi is a filial son."

"When I was younger, I was not a filial son, for me, reputation came first, my brother came second, and my parents were third at most. I also take things at home, not to fulfill my filial piety, but to let my neighbors see that although my field craftsmen are stubborn, they are famous and live better than them. ”

Tian Jiang's deeds when he was young were too many, he had no intention of saying them all, but after a little pondering, he chose one, "When I was eighteen years old, I once went out of the north gate of the Eastern Capital at night to kill five nightcrawlers before dawn, one more than my opponent. I don't know the people who were killed, I don't know if they're innocent, and I don't know if anyone in my family is waiting for them. ”

A fierce light flashed in Tian Jiang's eyes, it was the past that he had been trying to suppress but had not completely removed.

"That's who I really am, back in the day, even if I knew that the Nightkin was innocent, I wouldn't be relentless, because I wanted to win the bet and win the fame. No matter how the promise is made, even if it is a drunken gaffe, even if it is a slip of the tongue, as long as it comes out of my mouth, it must be fulfilled. ”

"The same is true for Tian Zhuangshi now."

Tian Jiang shook his head, "I've seen it through a long time ago, I still keep my promise, but I am doubly careful when I make a promise, and I don't dare to say a word lightly." ”

Xu Ji once helped Tian Craftsman, but never got any promise.

"Does Tian Zhuangshi still value reputation as much as before?"

Tian Jiang glanced at King Wu, "I said that I want to tell you, I don't care who Song Xingqi is, if he kills my benefactor, I will kill him to take revenge, that's all." I'm not talking to you about fame. ”

"Let's talk." Xu Ji poured the wine himself, "Guanzhong old wine, there is only this in the city now." ”

Tian Jiang took the cup and drank it all, said "It's okay", and his face did not change.

Xu Ji couldn't fight, so he only dared to take a sip.

"King Wu has ever learned 'Mingshi'?"

"A little bit of dabbling."

"No wonder. If you want to talk, let's talk about it, does King Wu think that reputation is important? ”

"Of course it is."

"More important than real?"

"It's hard to say, which is more important than the real thing, which comes first...... It's a whole science. ”

"It's simple for me."

"I want to hear and see."

"Let me ask again, why does King Wu think fame is important?"

"Win souls, possess people, reassure people, and ......"

"I have a bad reputation, but I can also attach myself to the people and reassure the people?"

"A person with a bad reputation is nothing more than to make people fear him and fear him, and reputation is equally important. What does Tian Zhuangshi think? ”

"I also think that fame is important, and the reason is slightly different from that of King Wu. The real is false, so the name is important. ”

Xu Ji was stunned, "I don't understand, since he is a real person, how can he be false?" ”

"How many does King Wu think I can fight?"

"Tian Zhuangshi can be called a hundred enemies."

"Hey, at most five, it has to be ordinary people, if it's a practitioner, it's very difficult for me to fight two, as for those characters who are more skilled in martial arts, I have to hold the heart of death before I dare to do it. King Wu has a large number of soldiers, how many of the most powerful people can he fight? ”

Xu Ji thought for a while, "If you talk about fighting alone, there is no one more powerful than Tian Zhuangshi." If the two armies face each other, if they can remain undefeated with equal troops, they are rare generals. ”

"What has King Wu heard?"

"Famous generals can defeat more enemies with fewer enemies, or even ten times as many enemies, but I don't believe it, I always feel that the record is exaggerated, or that the enemy is too weak, not that the famous generals are too strong."

"Look, that's what I mean, the real is the false, that's why everyone asks for a name."

"I still don't understand ......" Xu Ji was conceited about his intelligence, and when he talked to Fan Shuqing, although it was laborious, he could also keep up closely, but this time he didn't know why, and he didn't understand what Tian Jiang meant after talking for a long time.

"I'll tell you one more thing about myself. I was twenty-five years old at the time, and I had a reputation for being 'dead'. A friend of a friend was robbed of his territory, so he begged me to come and bow down in public, and he was much older than me, but he recognized me as a brother, and filled half of the courtyard with gifts. It was my favorite scene at that time, so I returned the gift and promised to avenge him. ”

A smile appeared on Tian Jiang's face, and then he sighed lightly, "I still can't forget it." Alas. The land grabber is also a famous hero, the next day happened to be his birthday, a large banquet, more than 200 guests, at least half of them are heroes, the kind of people who dare to draw a knife when walking on the street. ”

"Tian Zhuangshi didn't pick this day to report a provocation?"

"At that time, my desire for fame was stronger than anything else, and of course the more people the better. Many people went with me, but I told them all to stay outside the village, and at the height of the feast, when all the guests were there, I broke in alone, carrying five knives. ”

"Five knives?"

"Don't ask why, I just loved it."

"And then?"

"I said I was a farmer who never stopped, and asked the man to hand over the land and apologize to my friend. There are indeed guests who stand up for that man, and a great crowd will come and beat me. ”

"You defeated them all and killed them?"

"If you inquire, there are rumors about it, but it's not true. As I said earlier, I can fight up to five people, and there are many masters in the village, even if I fight alone, I may not be able to win all, not to mention that there are many people on the other side? I stabbed myself in both legs and in both arms, and then I walked up to the man with a fifth knife and said, 'I will die for you.'" ”

"The guests didn't stop you?"

"I was going to stop it, but as soon as I walked over, they got out of the way."

Xu Ji was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

"It's a stupid deed, but it fits me perfectly, and fame matters because no one is superior. If there is really an immortal in the world, he doesn't need a reputation, there are really thousands of enemies, ten thousand enemies, he doesn't need a reputation, even just a hundred enemies, reputation will not be too important, they just need to show their true skills, and those who worship will naturally become a film. It is a pity that the world is trapped in the mortal womb of the flesh, and if you want to break through this bondage, you have to seek fame, and fame is false, but it can magnify the real thousands of times, compared with it, the real is false. ”

"The emperor is in the name of the emperor, and he can rule the world by it, compared with it, the emperor himself is not worth mentioning, but is nothing."

"Hey, King Wu is King Wu."

"And then, the man gave up the territory?"

"I'm still alive, and I'm still alive, so what do you say? At that time, I thought that it was those five knives that won the victory for me, but it was actually my reputation, and the man was afraid that he would be in trouble after killing me, so he chose to back down. We were both very stupid, he lost his reputation because of his timidity, and soon withdrew from the world, and I became more and more proud of my momentary victory, and I regarded fame as real, and I really thought that I could make a hundred to a hundred, and finally cause a great disaster. That's something else, I don't want to talk about it. ”

Tian Jiang got up and drank the liquor again, "The world is too weak, and I need to borrow a name to improve myself, I see through this, so I go to the name and seek truth, and King Wu also sees through this, but he wants to ask for a hundred, a thousand times the name." I will take the wine away, and ask King Wu to send me back to the prison and lock me up with the others, and don't look for me again in the future. You and I are different. ”