Chapter 118: The Price of Youth

Xu Huang has always felt that he is something to be proud of to have such an ability at such an age, but today Xu Huang began to wonder if he was too arrogant.

Chen Zhi doesn't have too many fancy, coming and going is almost all the most basic stabbing, picking, and plucking, but it is these most basic things that Chen Zhi can easily crack his exquisite moves, and it is easy to say, everyone learns martial arts from the routine, then the muscles and bones, and then the skin membrane, and then becomes the so-called Qi training. And for the generals who fight on the battlefield, of course, there are no such messy things, Xu Huang still remembers very well that his master once said that he was too particular about his moves, if it was an opponent who was half a catty or two, he might be able to win with his own tricks, but once he met a higher realm than himself, he would definitely lose. Originally, Xu Huang didn't feel too relieved about this, but at this time, Xu Huang really believed it.

The difficulty of Chen Zhi's opponent is only seen in Xu Huang's life, and this is just that, the key is that Chen Zhi's realm is higher than him, Xu Huang is still stuck in relying on the ingenuity of his own moves to win, and Chen Zhi has really reached the level of the so-called "back to basics", and this realm is to use the simplest way to achieve the purpose of attacking. Whether the move is subtle or not, the ultimate goal is to hit the opponent or kill the opponent, and the simple move is undoubtedly more effortless and more effective, which shows that the only thing is that your opponent is stronger than you in terms of vision and action.

Xu Huang's pressure is getting bigger and bigger, and the other party doesn't seem to do his best but has reservations, which makes Xu Huang a little puzzled. But in reality? Of course, Chen Zhi is not unable to kill Xu Huang, this young man may indeed be regarded as a master, but he is still far away from himself, Chen Zhi is after all, he was crawling in the sea of corpses in the mountain of knives. has long lost his so-called showmanship, and what he pays attention to on the battlefield is to kill with one blow. And the reason why Chen Zhi didn't rush to make a killing move was because he knew that Xu Ji had always loved talents, and this young man obviously had a lot of potential to tap. And Chen Zhi also saw his own shadow in this young man.

However, even if Xu Huang's toughness is amazing, he still can't last fifty moves, of course, not because of exhaustion, but because the mental pressure has made him unable to maintain mental concentration, and Chen Zhi just knocked Xu Huang off his horse with a simple shot, and naturally someone stepped forward and tied him up and escorted him back to the camp. At this time, Zhang Miao saw that the situation was like this, so he simply withdrew his troops directly, and it was meaningless to consume it any longer, but it was just to give Xu Ji more opportunities to mock, Zhang Miao didn't intend to lower morale.

Although Xu Huang was captured here, he was relaxed, if he continued to fight with Chen Zhi under huge pressure, he had a premonition that he would die. And Xu Huang finally understood at this time why Chen Zhi obviously had the strength to kill himself, but he wasted time with himself, it turned out that he wanted to capture himself alive, but what was the intention of capturing him alive?

Soon Xu Huang got the answer. Although he was captured, Xu Huang's treatment was not bad, at least there were no soldiers pushing him, and there was no unpleasant insults, which made Xu Huang have a little more affection for the young superintendent of Yu County, after all, no one likes to be pushed around with swearing.

was escorted to the tent of the Chinese army, and the soldiers behind him no longer followed him but signaled him to enter. Xu Huang frowned and walked into the big tent, the furnishings in the tent were extremely simple, except for the desk and rest clothes, there was only a large round table-like thing covered with a black cloth, and there was a young man sitting behind the desk facing the door in the big tent, he was even younger than himself. Needless to say, this person is Xu Ji.

After Xu Huang approached, he didn't speak but stood quietly in front of the desk, Xu Ji didn't look up and just asked, "Xu Huang?" ”

Xu Huang replied, Xu Ji raised his head and smiled and got up to untie the rope for Xu Huang. Then he said, "Don't be restrained, just sit down." Xu Ji's attitude made Xu Huang a little confused, he found a place to sit down and asked, "What does the Lord Inspector mean by bringing me here?" ”

Xu Ji smiled when he heard this, sat back in his place, and continued with the matter at hand. After reviewing a volume, he replied: "According to Shuzhi, you are not under Zhang Miao?" Xu Huang nodded and didn't care if Xu Ji saw it, and explained to himself: "My family has been helped. So they came to repay their kindness. Hearing this, Xu Ji raised his head and said, "How is your family?" ”

Xu Huang replied with a bitter face: "I passed away." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." After Xu Ji finished speaking, the tent fell silent again. Xu Huang asked again with some awkwardness: "Why did the postal superintendent bring me here?" ”

Xu Ji didn't raise his head but continued to look at the file in his hand and said: "It's okay, I just want to see you, now I've seen you, you are already free, go by yourself." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Huang was completely confused, after this post master captured him, he asked him to take himself to his big tent and personally untie the rope for himself, such an act was not to recruit himself? This is simply a complete violation of the behavior of a normal person.

And Xu Huang sat in a daze, half a pillar of incense did not move, Xu Ji finished another batch and raised his head to see that this person was still sitting, so he asked, "What?" Don't you believe what this post says? Xu Huang was still stunned at this moment, so he blurted out directly: "I don't believe it, I really don't know what the intention of supervising the post is, so I don't dare to move lightly." ”

Xu Ji laughed when he heard this, then got up and walked in front of Xu Huang, patted Xu Huang's shoulder and said, "Do you know why I want to let you go?" Xu Huang really shook his head, and Xu Ji asked, "Then you will give me a reason not to let you go?" First, you are not under Zhang Miao's command, and second, you didn't kill my subordinates. There is no injustice in the long days and no hatred in the near future, why should I embarrass you, an outsider? ”

Xu Huang said with a strange face: "Isn't the post supervisor worried that I will be Zhang Miao's subordinate again?" Xu Ji chuckled when he heard this: "What do you want? ”

With that, the two looked at each other and smiled. In fact, to put it bluntly, Xu Huang doesn't think much of Zhang Miao, he is not stupid, he can naturally see why Zhang Miao is in a hurry to attack Xu Ji, and he is also unlucky to fall into it, he has no good impression of Zhang Miao and is completely unfamiliar with Xu Ji, but he has to participate in it just to repay his kindness, and this time being captured is a relief for him.

"What are the chances of winning this battle between the post governor and the Taishou?" Xu Huang asked very bluntly. Even without regard to his own identity at all. And Xu Ji replied very frankly: "To tell the truth, I only have a forty percent chance of winning." Until now. ”

"Oh? The most common means of the superintendent is only a forty percent winning rate, so why should the superintendent bother so much? Xu Huang was indeed very strange, why Xu Ji had to go to such great lengths to do this. And Xu Ji just replied with a faint smile: "It's just to pay the price for the frivolity of youth." ”

These words are another incomprehensible sentence for Xu Huang. In fact, only people who know Xu Ji very well will know what Lu Dao means, Xu Ji's original ideal was empty and grand, and the result of that ideal was that he left Yingyin to Jiangxia, and later he found that his initial ideal was an unrealistic fantasy so he had a new goal, and he achieved that goal, but then there was greater trouble and a bigger mess waiting for him to clean up. These may be solvable for Xu Ji, until Yining's reappearance Xu Ji's trouble became huge again, and this trouble was planted by him when he was a child, and now Xu Ji is just bearing the effect for the original cause.

Of course, Xu Huang didn't know these things. To his ears, this is too unfathomable, and even has a bit of destiny, Xu Ji is only sixteen years old at this time, the so-called young frivolity is his current age, and Xu Ji's so-called young frivolity is really a little inexplicable. Fortunately, Xu Ji quickly skipped this topic, and he asked Xu Huang: "Since you are interested in talking, then introduce yourself, I am Chen Liunan's postal supervisor Xu Ji, Xu Wenlie." Didn't ask the brother for advice? Xu Huang was also stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "Nobody, Xu Huang, Xu Gongming." ”

Xu Ji put down the file in his hand and stood up and said with a smile: "Shu Zhi said that you can use a light weapon, but why did you pick a big axe?" "Xu Ji is really curious about this, the axe is actually used as a ritual weapon more often. This thing was too heavy compared to ordinary weapons, and if it was really a heavy weapon, it was undoubtedly a heavy halberd, and he really didn't understand why Xu Huang chose such a thing as a blade.

Xu Huang also smiled embarrassedly when he heard this, and replied: "At the beginning, I thought this thing was scary to look at. Later, I got used to it, and I never changed it. Xu Ji immediately understood that the feeling of this Xu Gongming is also a maverick. But seriously, most of the generals on the battlefield are spears. Broadsword is a lot. Even if there are not necessarily a few people who use a good gun, and if you want to be different, you can only start from the appearance, speaking of this Xu Ji and remembered Dian Wei, Dian Junqing is really not an iron halberd that is different from others, but the things he has learned and know are quite complicated, only the multi-utility weapon of the halberd can exert all his strength, so Dian Wei once said such a sentence: "If the halberd is not only a showman, then he must be a master." ”

And Xu Huang is naturally not a mediocre hand, just because he is too young, Xu Ji has not forgotten how badly Chen Zhi was abused when he fought with Xun Kuang, this is the price paid for youth, only after experiencing it will he grow, which is also one of the most profound truths that Xu Ji understands.

Xu Huang is a little embarrassed at this time, he really hasn't said anything to a few people, although he is famous, he has no achievements, this is also where he is a little embarrassed, even if he is indeed still young but after all, he can't fully explain this, the one in front of him is younger than himself, but he is already a county superintendent, and he has already made Taishou feel that his status is unstable.

However, Xu Huang also understands that what kind of achievements must be paid the corresponding price, the deeds of this post master have been circulated in the Central Plains for a long time, this is neither a child of a family nor the second generation of a wealthy family, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of efforts Xu Huang has to make to get to this point, and the so-called young and frivolous price of this post master Although he does not understand it, it can be regarded as a summary of past experience, Xu Huang's own life is stable, but it is precisely because of stability that he can almost be said to have no achievements.

Xu Ji had already made contributions on the battlefield at the age of fifteen, and he had been promoted to the post supervisor at the age of sixteen, and even so, Xu Huang could still feel that this was not Xu Ji's purpose, and this was far from the end of him. Xu Huang fell into deep thought, and Xu Ji was also emotional, after seeing Xu Huang. Especially after Chen Zhi said those few words ridiculously, Xu Ji was indeed a little absent-minded, and he naturally began to think about his experience over the years. It's a legend indeed.

I think that when I was a little kid outside Yingchuan Academy, I am afraid that no one knew that he would have today's achievements, and when he was forced to flee from Yingyin to Jiangxia, no one would know that this kid would have the current situation. Even when Xu Ji himself was in the Changshe night, he was confused about where he would go. And now that everything has an answer, he has paid more than ten years of hard work in exchange for such a situation, Xu Ji sometimes asks himself whether it is worth it or not, but then Xu Ji will laugh at himself for being ignorant, whether it is worth it or not, the matter has come to this, there is no way back, so those who paid at a young age can be exchanged for these Xu Ji is already very satisfied, but he is not satisfied.

"Komeito. Do you know the story of the snake? Xu Ji suddenly asked, and when Xu Huang looked at Xu Ji, he found that the superintendent's eyes were scattered, obviously outside the gods. So Xu Huang shook his head and said, "I don't know, please advise." ”

Xu Ji smiled and said: "Greed is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant, but it ends up being a laughing stock, this is the story of the snake." Xu Huang's face changed, the meaning of what he said was deep, the person Xu Ji was referring to in this must not be Zhang Miao, and he Xu Huang didn't have anything he wanted. So who is this "snake" in the story talking about?

Xu Huang didn't ask, he knew that most of the post superintendents wouldn't say it, so he asked instead: "Then does the post superintendent know what the dragon and snake said?" Xu Ji came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I don't know, Gongming, please advise." ”

Xu Huang smiled and explained: "Huang doesn't know if it's true or not. The family teacher once said that the change of the dragon and snake is nothing more than the difference between flying the clouds and mist and wandering in the wilderness. There is a thin line between dragons and snakes. The so-called Jackie Chan is luxurious and majestic, and the snake is called Jiao. It means calamity. Although Huang is a little puzzled, he feels deeply meaningful, I don't know what the superintendent thinks? ”

Xu Ji understood after hearing this. What Xu Huang secretly meant, and Xu Huang mostly understood who his so-called snake deserved, but these things were inevitably a little unpopular with the world, so both sides only vaguely mentioned it but did not say it in vain, and Xu Huang's so-called dragon and snake said it didn't matter whether it really came from his master or simply said it himself, the important thing is that Xu Ji agreed with the truth in those words, the dragon and snake are no different, nothing more than a different situation. And a person's success also depends on himself and not others. The so-called Fish Leaping Dragon Gate is a change for the fish dragon, and then the snake is a dragon change, so there is no dragon in the world, and the so-called Son of Heaven is just a joke, this is what Xu Ji heard, as for Xu Huang's true intentions, Xu Ji didn't care.

And Xu Huang didn't ask much, the relationship between him and Xu Ji is just here, but Xu Huang still really admires Xu Ji from the bottom of his heart, he can come to this day with a humble body, there are a lot of hardships and ups and downs in the middle, no matter how difficult it is, it is not too much, but he can persist until now is enough to show Xu Ji's extraordinary, but where should he go in the future? This is Xu Huang's biggest headache now.

Xu Ji saw Xu Huang's sad face and didn't say a word, and guessed his thoughts, this young man with great potential in Chen Zhi's eyes seemed to be worried about his future, but Xu Ji did not want to persuade him to work for himself, the so-called price of youth, everything is his own choice, no one can blame him, Xu Ji does not want to take away the rights of others, nor does he want to add his own influence to it.

Everyone has their own life, and they all have their own plans, Xu Ji is not a god who has no right to interfere with other people's thoughts, as for the future, Xu Ji can't think about it so far now, and Zhang Miao in front of him is still a big problem, he really doesn't have the leisure to take care of other people's affairs.

And what choice Xu Huang will make In fact, Xu Ji doesn't care, he has always treated this young man with the mentality of getting me lucky and losing my life, the reason is very simple, this is a person of the same age as himself, not only Chen Zhi, Xu Ji also seems to be able to see his former confusion and hesitation in Xu Huang, and only those who rely on their own beliefs to get out of these can firmly follow the path they want, and in this way, Xu Ji will not interfere.

At this time, what Xu Huang kept repeating in his heart was exactly what Xu Ji said, the price of youth and frivolity, yes, what kind of consequences the decisions he made now led to, and what kind of future he brought about are all things that he has to bear and accept, which cannot be handed over to others to bear. And is the so-called price of youth just what you will face in the future?

Xu Huang suddenly understood that Xu Ji was not regretting and complaining, on the contrary, Xu Ji was just accepting it calmly, no matter whether it was right or wrong, it was enough to face his heart, and no matter how big the price was, it was just a small twist and turn.

Thinking of this, Xu Huang smiled. And Xu Ji just nodded lightly but didn't say anything more. (To be continued......)

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