This afternoon, Zhang Yuanjin finally got his wish and met someone from Taiping Dao.

"However, I didn't do anything, and just let them go."

"What's going on?"

Zhang Yuankong and Zhang Yuanhe actually didn't care if they could catch or kill a few people from Taiping Dao, what they minded was the unusual depression that Zhang Yuanjin was showing now.

“…… They're saving people. ”

The place where Zhang Yuanjin met Taiping Road was a small settlement somewhere outside the city, with only seven or eight households in total, and next to it was the workshop where they worked.

"As I passed by, the Zoroastrians were killing people."

"Ah, it's Yiren?"

"Yes."

Nodding sullenly, Zhang Yuanjin told them that the settlement was a place where Xia Yi lived together, and the workshop owner heard that it was Xia people, but almost all the craftsmen working in it were Yi people.

"It's a specially restructured workshop, isn't it?"

Suddenly realized, Zhang Yuanhe remembered reading this information, saying that there are some small workshops in Wurong, specializing in lacquerware, wood carving and other things to modify and rebrand, so that they are more in line with overseas tastes, and the profits obtained are not small.

"yes, that's the place."

When he found that someone was killing, Zhang Yuanjin planned to intervene, but when he found that all the people killed were Yiren, he stopped hesitating.

"Then, the people of Taiping Road came."

There were not many, only a dozen men, but they were enough to disperse the soldiers, who were nothing more than horses, swords, bows, and armor, and then they checked the dead and wounded, and treated the seriously wounded as much as possible. In it, Zhang Yuanjin even recognized two faces: on that rainy night, they used to hold the hilt of their swords, tap the shield in their hands, and sing a happy song in a low voice.

"And then, I, I didn't know what I was thinking at the time."

Looking back now, Zhang Yuanjin still doesn't understand what happened to him at that time: when he saw the Taiping Daoists with weapons in his hands, he didn't rush up to kill them, but walked over and asked them questions.

"I asked, why are you here to save people, to save these people."

Just recalling, it seemed that Zhang Yuanjin was exhausted, he held his head with one hand, and said, "And they looked at me strangely and replied." ”

In their opinion, there is no difference between Yixia and Xia in this world, only rich and poor...... Really? ”

Interrupting Zhang Yuanjin's narration, Zhang Yuankong suddenly asked, and after Zhang Yuanjin nodded silently, he sighed and stood up.

"Yuanjin, it's late, you can eat dinner first."

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"Mototsu is confused."

Zhang Yuanjin sat silently in the house to eat, Zhang Yuankong and Zhang Yuanhe each held a cup of tea and sat opposite each other in the courtyard.

"But that's okay."

Lowering his head and staring at the rising heat in his teacup, Zhang Yuanhe said, "I'm not most worried about Yuanjin. ”

"Senior brother, what I want to know is, what about you?"

"Are you confused?"

“…… I do not know. ”

After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Yuankong gave an answer, and the answer made Zhang Yuanhe sigh and put the cup down.

"That's not going to work, brother."

"Of the three of us, you are the only one, and you must not be confused."

Like Zhang Yuanhe, Zhang Yuankong looked at the teacup in his hand, just in a daze, and after a while, he said: "Actually, I've been thinking about it for the past few days." ”

"Of the three of us...... You may be more suitable than me to inherit the position of Heavenly Master. ”

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Zhang Yuankong's words made Zhang Yuanhe fall into silence, which lasted for a long time, and in the process, Zhang Yuankong sat quietly all the time, without saying a word.

…… Then, Zhang Yuanhe let out a long sigh.

"That's what I used to think, brother."

"But from that day, the day you and Li Na were tied, I ......"

"Strength, you say?"

Laughing, Zhang Yuankong said that he didn't think so, not to mention, he was just one step ahead.

"No, no, senior brother, you still misunderstood what I meant."

looked at Zhang Yuankong very seriously, Zhang Yuanhe said that he was very confident in his strength, the three brothers had always gone hand in hand, and now although Zhang Yuankong took the first step, he still had the confidence to catch up.

"I mean, that night, I suddenly understood something."

"The three of us are cultivated by Master after years of painstaking efforts, little by little, little by little."

Zhang Yuanhe's explanation made Zhang Yuankong even more incomprehensible: the three brothers were all orphans, adopted by Longhu Mountain, picked out by the disciples of the Fa, and favored by Zhang Dian...... Everything today comes from Zhang Dian, what is worth emphasizing in this matter, and how can Zhang Yuanhe "suddenly understand" until now.

"I mean, big brother."

Zhang Yuanhe said: "Our 'everything'...... It was all slowly 'cultivated' by the master with 'years of hard work'. ”

"Including, our 'specialties', including, our 'personality', and even, including our 'three' individuals, should have been selected by the master for a long time, corrected, and slowly cultivated, right?"

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From a very young age, Zhang Yuanhe thought that the three of them were Zhang Dian's most proud disciples, Zhang Yuankong was the senior brother, and he would definitely be the future heavenly master, and he and Zhang Yuanjin would be Zhang Yuankong's right-hand man and his most trusted person to bring Longhu Mountain to the peak together.

"At that time, I never even thought that I was just a little Taoist boy who was less than ten years old, why would I think about these things?"

"That's all you thought about then."

Smiling ashamedly, Zhang Yuankong said that he only remembered how Zhang Dian beckoned the three little apprentices every day after dark for what happened when he was a child, shaking the broken pu fan in his hand, and telling them the story of the speech and storytelling.

"yes, I remember it too."

When Zhang Yuankong said "Romance Commentary", Zhang Yuanhe's expression was so complicated that even Zhang Yuankong could see that something was wrong at a glance, but when Zhang Yuankong opened his mouth to ask, he said that there was nothing.

"I'll talk about that later."

Later, Zhang Yuanhe grew up slowly, read more and more books, literature, practiced more and more martial arts and spells, and more importantly, with Zhang Dian, he accumulated more and more knowledge and dealt with more and more practice.

"Then I had more and more ideas."

Especially, for some reason, although Zhang Yuankongshu is the first apprentice, Zhang Dian usually hands over all kinds of trivial affairs to Zhang Yuanhe to study and handle--- Zhang Yuanhe of course did not complain about this, but participated in these things with great interest.

So, one day, I finally thought that the teacher would do this...... What's the point? ”

When this thought first came to mind, Zhang Yuanhe's whole body trembled, for he actually had such a greedy and shameless thought, that day, he quietly punished himself, repeatedly applied wattles and cold water to himself, and kept repeating the cycle between excitement, trembling and tiredness, until he realized that he finally made this sinful thought completely clear.

"Ah, you ...... It turned out ......"

Growing up together since childhood, Zhang Yuanhe immediately remembered what Zhang Yuanhe said, and that time, Zhang Yuanhe explained that he wanted to practice a wooden method that sucked thorns into his body, and even Zhang Dian recognized it.

"It's ridiculous, I thought I had deceived Master at the time...... Now that he thinks about it, he should have known about it a long time ago. ”

Soon, Zhang Yuanhe found that the thoughts suppressed by self-torture were still in his chest, and he kept rolling, which made him afraid, but sometimes it could also give him strength.

"After all, with such ambitions, wouldn't it be ridiculous if I was left behind by you to catch up with me in terms of cultivation?"

In this way, the suppression of hard work --- later, this has actually become more and more into a cover --- his own thoughts, Zhang Yuanhe is still the same as in the past, serious practice, serious work, serious consideration, weighing, calculating the interests of Longhu Mountain, seriously thinking about his future where it is.

"Until you came to Wurong this time, until the day you came, in a completely irrational and completely inappropriate situation, you insisted on going to war with Li Nazao, just like before you, in a completely irrational and completely unsuitable situation, you insisted on intervening in the drama of the local government to 'exterminate the Taiping Dao'."

That night, Zhang Yuanhe couldn't sleep, he tossed and turned all night, he finally suddenly became enlightened, finally figured out Zhang Dian's intentions, and finally understood that he was inferior to Zhang Yuankong.

"Actually, the teacher has already told us these truths."

“…… I don't understand. ”

Shaking his head seriously, Zhang Yuankong really didn't understand what Zhang Yuanhe wanted to say. Looking at his sincere expression, Zhang Yuanhe smiled bitterly.

"Senior brother, think about it, think about the stories that Master told us."

"The one who led the thirty-six friends to run rampant in the state and county, he is not the smartest person, nor the most capable person, but he is the most prestigious person, and he is the one who can always make decisions at critical moments."

"Emperor Zhaolie, who turned to the world, he is not the smartest person, he is not the most capable person, but he is the most popular person, and he is the one who can make others never give up no matter what."

"Even ...... In those words laid out by the patriarch of the Faxiang Sect, the Zen master is not the smartest person, let alone the most capable person, but he is the only one who has never wavered, he is the will, he is the westward journey itself. ”

“…… That's what a leader should have. ”

In Zhang Yuanhe's view, this is something that Zhang Dian has understood very early, and it is also something that he has worked hard to instill in the three of them since they were young, and for this reason, he deliberately cultivated the three of them into different personalities and grew up in different directions.

"Yuanjin, he chooses good and stubborn, and he is prone to extremes, and his hatred of side doors and foreign ways is the strongest of the three of us. He is the hand holding the sword, and the teacher wants him to stand by your side and cut down the enemies who dare to challenge Longhu Mountain. Yuanjin will be intimidating, but it will also bring awe and respect to Longhu Mountain. ”

"I, I'm a person who always thinks too much, I look at people and things, and I always start with the bad side first, as you said, my psychology is always too dark. But Longhu Mountain also needs such people, I will be eyes and ears, I see, I hear, and then, I analyze, I list the choices. The teacher wants me to stand behind you and make sure that no one can sneak up from behind, I will be hated, but it will also bring stability and cases to Longhu Mountain. ”

"And you, senior brother...... You are a person who can convince others, you are the heart, you provide courage and unity, you have the ability to choose and decide the path, and you will be at the forefront and lead us forward. ”

"From the very beginning, our future was decided by our teachers in this way......

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After figuring out these things, Zhang Yuanhe calmed down, and in his opinion, this is also a good future: the relationship between the three brothers is far better than that of blood relatives, and in this framework, the abilities of the three can be maximized.

"But, there's a premise here."

With an unprecedented serious attitude, Zhang Yuanhe said that Zhang Yuankong is the heart of the future of Longhu Mountain, the direction and the road, he can be confused, Yuanjin can be confused, but Zhang Yuankong must not be confused.

"If you think Motojin's hesitation is wrong, you can reprimand him, you can convince him, you can punish him. If you feel that Yuanjin's hesitation is right, you can explain him, you can comfort him, and you can guide him. ”

"However, you can't fall into the same confusion as him."

"You are the heart, you are the direction, if you are faint, how can we show it?"

"Big brother...... It's time to decide. ”

After saying these words, Zhang Yuanhe was very tired, but at the same time he showed a strange relaxation, looking at Zhang Yuankong who was thinking hard, he actually laughed.

"You...... Think for yourself. ”

Patting Zhang Yuankong on the shoulder, Zhang Yuanhe stood up, stretched, turned around and walked into the house, while still shouting something, as if accusing Zhang Yuanjin.

"Even if you're in a bad mood, that's not a reason why you don't wash the dishes...... I haven't even finished my meal, and if you want to go to the mountain, do you believe that Master is going to ask for a stick?! ”

Listening to the noisy shouting of the two, Zhang Yuankong raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky, which had risen very high.

…… Then, shaking his head, he also stood up.