In this small city, in a house that originally belonged to the local gentry, Dou Liang and Gu Shunxing sat opposite each other.

This rivalry is not because of the equality of status between the two parties, but because of the indistinguishability between classmates.

In fact, according to today's situation, Gu Shunxing should sit below.

"Da Lang, I have heard about your rebellion, it is because of your mother, but have you ever thought that if something happened, you didn't come to me, and you didn't even use your own identity to solve it, how stupid and reckless it was."

There was absolute regret and anger in Gu Shunxing's eyes.

At the same time, Huaiyang Daoist, Dou Liang was not a gregarious person when he was talking about martial arts.

Not to mention that he does not interact with students from other state provinces or Jindu, even if it is a local exchange party between classmates in Huaiyang Road, he rarely participates.

In the three years he has been teaching martial arts, he has probably done these few things.

Teach outside to make money, lecture on martial arts to study, and then work hard not to get second in the exam.

Smart and powerful like Gu Shunxing, like a fish in water in the Jin capital, and regarded as a genius in the first lecture hall, they are all inferior to themselves.

Of course, apart from any exams related to combat, Dou Liang's results were not outstanding. Perhaps this is also the reason why although he is powerful, he is not very famous in the Jindu Martial Arts Hall and the circle of the powerful, but is a little weird and makes people stay away.

Of course, Gu Shunxing knew what kind of potential this fellow villager had, so Gu Shunxing attached great importance to the emotional investment of this fellow villager - money exchange was impossible, because even when Dou Liang only ate one steamed bun a day, he did not borrow even a penny from anyone.

At the same time, more participation in communication, as well as walking around with the Xie family and the Xie family's protégés, allowed Gu Shunxing to obtain a lot of news that ordinary people could not know at all, including the experience of Xie Shence and the prince in that village when they went to the south of the Yangtze River.

Lord Assassin Shi praised Jin Law and pleaded guilty, hundreds of people rode black clothes and black armor, these things, Gu Shunxing asked his father and eldest brother for verification.

So Gu Shunxing knew what to do.

In the past three years, in addition to maintaining a certain frequency of party invitations (although Dou Liang almost never agreed), there will also be academic exchanges, the two have not had a deep friendship, and their speech is shallow, and they have never had any ideals and ambitions.

In addition to secretly helping Dou Liang settle some troubles that are not within his ability.

Gu Shunxing was very satisfied with his three-year relationship with Dou Liang. He believes that if Dou Liang wants to say that Dou Liang is the most trusted and closest person in the Jin capital, it must be Gu Shunxing.

originally thought that after graduating from the martial arts hall, the two would have the opportunity to work together after working hard outside for a few years, but they didn't want the final result to be like this.

This is undoubtedly something that makes Gu Shunxing sad, sad and angry.

Gu Shunxing's feelings have his own reasons.

――Your mother was killed, and you can't move the enemy, but you know that I am in Wuxi, why don't you come to me? Am I not a friend?

Okay, even if you don't look for me, won't you give your name? You are a person who speaks martial arts, who dares not to uphold justice for you?

You can get justice yourself.

In that case, why do you want to kill and rebel?

You can fix it yourself!

But you've rebelled!

You've rebelled!

Gu Shunxing looked at Dou Liang and did not hide his emotions at all.

Dou Liang was also looking at Gu Shunxing, expressionless.

"There's no turning back now, but you can still let go. Dalang, you listen to me. Your enemy has been killed by you, and the person behind him, I also helped you suppress it, that person doesn't want to wear official robes in this life, revenge, revenge, I can help you"

"If you let go now and disband them, I can arrange a new identity for you. Believe me, in less than three years, you will be able to reappear in front of the world in a new identity and then fulfill your ambitions! Da Lang, you think clearly, you still have a future and a family. ”

"Besides, you still don't understand? You don't have a future, you won't succeed, you add up, there are less than 10,000 people, how many can you fight? It's hard to replenish a dead one. Do you have any money for food? Do you have weapons and armor? Do you have any horses? Do you have siege engines? Can you make it now? Do you win hearts and minds? The time and place are favorable, how much do you occupy? ”

"Then do you know how many troops there are in Wuxi City? I tell you, fifteen thousand! The food in the city can be eaten for half a year! The city wall of Wuxi City is more than five zhang! The shortest place, there are also four zhang, how do you fight? ”

"And don't forget, this is just Wuxi, the wealth of Jiangnan County, more than you imagine. You can't even fight Wuxi City, let alone Jiangnan County, let alone Huaiyangdao. Don't forget, Jiangbei, there are nearly 100,000 Huai troops. ”

"Da Lang, if you really want to fight, I know I can't stop you. But have you not thought that your men, your brothers, they follow you, they believe in you, they follow you to shed blood and die, without complaining? Even if there are no complaints, you can bear it?! ”

"Da Lang, have you been studying in the martial arts hall for three years? What did the gentleman say, and you forgot? Have you learned to go in the belly of a dog? What about your conscience? Eaten by dogs too?! ”

The more Gu Shunxing spoke, the more excited he became, as for the fact that he had already patted the table and stood up at this time, the teacup on the table was overturned by him, and the tea flowed all over the ground.

However, despite Gu Shunxing's emotional excitement and his chest rising and falling violently, Dou Liang was still sitting with a calm face.

"Dalang, you have to think clearly"

After a while, Gu Shunxing was a little tired and said such a sentence.

Gu Shunxing was indeed very tired.

From the first time he learned of Dou Liang's rebellion, he began to investigate the whole story, and after nearly four or five months of busyness, he was only a little more relaxed at this time, and he was immediately sent here as a lobbyist.

He knew that Dou Liang's mother was killed by mistake by a wealthy businessman, because the rich businessman who had no eyesight fell in love with his sister, and when he couldn't coerce him, he used force, but was stopped by Dou Liang's mother, and he became angry and angry.

Subsequently, because of the concealment of the wealthy businessman and the indifference of the people behind him, this incident became an unjust case. Of course, it was not disclosed.

At that time, because Dou Liang had already entered the lecture hall, his whole family moved to the city, and the rich merchant killed people in the city, and he could still get out of the city, among them, the energy of the rich businessman and the power of the people behind him were beyond the reach of ordinary people. It is not impossible to come forward to seek justice as Dou Liang's martial arts hall, and it is extremely difficult.

What happened next, as Gu Shunxing knew, Dou Liang did not look for the government by himself, let alone him, but single-handedly, killing a wealthy businessman's family of seventeen at night.

Then, pull the flag and rebel.

It's so fast that it's too late to react.

Although the incident shocked everyone, the senior member of Jiangnan County was killed by Gu Shunxing and the Jiangnan County Governor's Mansion, but the damage caused was irreparable.

During this period, it doesn't matter how many things Gu Shunxing has done, how many people he has begged, how many connections he has used, and how much money he has spent.

The fatigue that had already exhausted Gu Shunxing, because of Dou Liang's silence this time, hit his heart again, making Gu Shunxing speechless again.

After a long time, Dou Liang finally spoke.

"Anteriorly" Dou Liang seemed to have a smile on his face. Gu Shunxing also raised his head again.

"I thank you."

"The man was exiled for three thousand miles, I know. In fact, I had already raised things at that time, and if you did this, you must have used a lot of relationships, and if you don't talk about the difficulties, I also know some of them. It's just that it's here, and there's no turning back."

"What's not possible?" Gu Shunxing said: "There is no whether you can or not, only whether you want to or not." ”

"Actually, I'm glad you came. I'm happier that you can say such things to me. Because you are still the Gu Shunxing when you were talking about Wutang, not the son of the Gu family, and now Jiangnan County is transferred. ”

"If you're really happy to be my friend, listen to me."

"Listen to you? You know, it can't be. ”

"I don't know, why can't it be? Dou Liang, you rebelled, there is no hope of success! You don't even know what you want to do, you don't even see how far you can go, and you're going to keep going? Let more people follow you to death? ”

Dou Liang looked at Gu Shunxing seriously and said, "I know. ”

"Huh?"

"I know what I'm doing. I also know how far I can go, and as for the many people who will die, I know, and the brothers who are with me also know. ”

Dou Liang smiled slightly and said: "You said something, why didn't I come forward myself, why didn't I ask you for help, you said that as long as you indicate the identity of the martial arts, no one will ignore what you said is right." I know that too. ”

"Now You Know"

"Yes, I know!"

Dou Liang said loudly: "But I know better, if I don't report to Wutang and don't look for you, I'm just a farmer, and if I find the official mansion, who will pay attention to me?!" ”

"I'm not the first student of the lecture martial arts, I didn't receive the certificate of completion from His Majesty the Emperor, I don't know the son of your Gu family, the transfer of Jiangnan County, my sister and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince don't know each other, I didn't enter the lecture martial arts hall and didn't have the care of the Admiral, I didn't receive your secret protection in Jindu, I am a farmer in Jiangnan County, who will pay attention to me?"

"So, I didn't use that identity, I only used my original identity to do what I wanted to do. I am my mother's son, and I want to avenge him, so I did it alone. I knew there were people like me who had no way out when they were wronged, so I took them with me. ”

"Like you said, the soldiers of Wuxi City are well fed, and we may not be able to defeat them. But I know that the entire Dajin Dynasty is short of grain, but the grain in Wuxi is enough for more than 100,000 people to eat for half a year, but after all, it is official food, and the common people have no food. Those who are officials have food, but those who die of hunger are those who grow food. We have no way out, so we can only rebel"

Gu Shunxing was stunned.

To be precise, Gu Shunxing was shocked by Dou Liang's words.

Dou Liang is an unknown genius in the martial arts, and his sister Dou Hongxian has intersected with His Royal Highness the Prince. He himself entered the lecture hall, and like him Gu Shunxing, he was taken care of by Xie Shence. He was labeled as a Xie family, and like him Gu Shunxing, he was regarded as a princeling. Dou Liang also has a friend like himself who has nothing to do with interests and only affection

So Gu Shunxing took it for granted that Dou Liang should handle things in the same way as him.

However, Dou Liang said such a thing today, which has completely overturned his previous cognition.

We are officials, we are the future standard-bearers of this world, shouldn't we look at the problem from the perspective of a superior person?

Dou Liang said, in fact, I am farming, and I can only deal with it in my own way.

Gu Shunxing wanted to say something more, but he opened his mouth but didn't say it.

This is not his usual way of thinking, nor is it his code of conduct, so he can't say anything, he doesn't agree with it, but there is no reason to oppose it.

thought he knew that what Dou Liang said was the truth.

If Dou Liang is a white ding, then the ways that he Gu Shunxing said before that can solve the problem are all empty talk.

Yes, no one will pay attention to him. Don't even ignore him, if Dou Liang comes to the door to be fair, not to be killed, not to be ruined, it will be a miracle.

Gu Shunxing was born in the Gu family of "Taihu Cai Gu", and he experienced several changes in the family when he was a child, and he understood from a very young age that whether it is a shopping mall or an officialdom, if you don't have strength, you are nothing.

The Cai case a few years ago impressed him even more.

Xie Shence, who was the commander of the Tiqi Division at the time, single-handedly overthrew the Cai family, which was indispensable in Jiangnan County and even Huaiyang Dao, and helped his Gu family reach the top of Jiangnan County. At that time, Xie Shence's demeanor and the desolation of the Cai family at that time were deeply imprinted in the heart of Gu Shunxing, who was still a child at the time.

So Gu Shunxing understood that what Dou Liang said was right.

If he is a farmer, his revenge will not be avenged for the rest of his life, and his grievances will not be redressed in the next life.

Gu Shunxing didn't know how he got out of the house, and he didn't know how he left this small city that had been captured by the rebels.

(PS: On the first day of the first lunar month, I wish you all the best for the New Year, and I wish you good health and all the best.)