Chapter 484: The Elders (2-in-1)
(It's a little too late in time, so it's still a two-in-one today, so forgive me!) )
Walking slowly from Nianqingcheng in Dayue to Xizhou City in Xizhou, Wen Mingxian was not panicked, one was that he considered that he was old and bonely, and if he walked fast, he would only make himself suffer; On the other hand, Bai Sheng's body is not better than him, although he doesn't look weak, but the actual situation is not optimistic.
At one time, Sui Fuzhi was also worried that he would not be able to hold up Xizhou, but fortunately, Bai Sheng was also a master, and Yan Shu, who had been taking care of him intimately, did not insult the name of "Situ Living Buddha".
"Could he be pretending?" Although Sui Fuzhi has a wide range of knowledge, he doesn't know much about martial arts, and seeing Bai Sheng getting better day by day, he can't help but worry that this may be a ploy by Bai Sheng and Yan Shu.
"It doesn't look like it." Deng Biao's strength is more than a grade different from Bai Sheng and Yan Shu, but even so, he is also a more expert in this aspect than Wen Mingxian and Sui Fuzhi, he faintly noticed at the beginning that Bai Sheng's body did not seem to be as good as it used to be, and through Guò's observation along the way, he was even more convinced that perhaps Bai Sheng's condition was a little more severe than he imagined.
"I've heard that there are a lot of secret methods, similar to the way back to light, the method of stimulating the remaining life span for a short time, which can make people return to a normal state, but this method also makes people die faster......" Wen Mingxian thought as he stroked his beard lightly.
"There is a way to do it." Deng Biao nodded in confirmation.
"Oh? Is there really one? Wen Mingxian was slightly stunned, although he had only heard of it, but he never knew whether this method was true or false, and he occasionally mentioned it today but was admitted by Deng Biao, and he had to be overjoyed.
"Will you?" endured it, he didn't hold back after all, and insisted on asking Deng Biao in Sui Fuzhi's weird eyes.
"This ......" Deng Biao was slightly embarrassed, and honestly admitted: "This is not a simple matter, I can't reach that level...... If you want to know, you might as well meet Mr. Hua and ask him, and he should be able to explain it to you in detail. ”
"Flowers hate willows? How could he be...... "Wen Mingxian smiled, "Although the world is praising him for how amazing, but I know what kind of character he is, how can he understand this kind of thing!" ”
Wen Mingxian's words are naturally not scolding flowers and hating willows, but in his opinion, some people are stronger in dancing and writing, and some people are stronger in making swords and swords, but they may not be strong in all aspects. It is natural that Hua Hates Liu is amazing, but after all, there are things he doesn't know, and this method of "returning to the light" is definitely not something he knows.
The reason why he is so sure is that Wen Mingxian just knows that according to Hua Hates Liu's character, he will never do this, and it doesn't seem to be a hurtful thing, but people are so strange, once some things are identified and stubborn into their character, no matter what others say, it will be useless.
"If you can't do it, you can find a living Buddha." Deng Biao said with a smile, "I'm ninety percent sure that he must have this ability." ”
"Haha, there's no rush for this." Wen Mingxian smiled gently, and beckoned to Wen Wen, who was preparing food for everyone in the distance, Wen Wen ran over when he saw this, and hurriedly asked what was the matter.
"As I said before, how long will it take to get to Xizhou City?" Along the way, he was responsible for contacting and communicating with Xizhou, and all the matters fell on Deng Biao and Wen Wen, who asked Wen Wen instead of asking Deng Biao at the moment, but because Deng Biao didn't know what dirty things he ate the day before yesterday, he actually had a stomach, although he got better after a period of tossing, his energy couldn't keep up, and these things all fell on Wen Wen in the past few days, and every time he thought of this, it embarrassed Deng Biao a lot.
"Master, at most, we will be in the countryside of Xizhou in half a day, and the people who come to the township of Xizhou will be able to escort us all the way to our destination......" Wen Wen said while looking at Deng Biao who was sitting on the side, and was looked at by Wen Wen with such concern, Deng Biao immediately became embarrassed.
"Oh? Who did Xizhou City send to greet you? Wen Mingxian breathed a sigh of relief, if someone from Xizhou came to take care of him, he would be a lot easier, at least in case of an accident in his body, he didn't have to worry about losing dumb, and when the time came, it would be much more cost-effective to take advantage of the situation to extort a sum of money from Xizhou.
The people on his side naturally didn't know what he was thinking, especially Wen Wen, who dutifully reported back to the boss after listening to the question: "I heard that this time he was escorted by Yang Rui from the township, this Yang Rui is a young elder of the Yang clan, and the status of Mr. Hua and Miss Yang in the Yang clan is equal. ”
"First?" Sui Fuzhi heard the key to Wen Wen's words, and immediately asked: "Could it be that there is a later one?" ”
"My lord." Wen Wen smiled slightly: "Out of the countryside city, the black feather guard next to the city lord Yang will take over and escort us east, I heard that Elder Yang Jiuguan Yang will also set off from Xizhou City tonight at the latest after dealing with the affairs of Xizhou City, and it is estimated that he will be able to meet with the black feather guard at that time." ”
"Black Feather Guard? Yang Jiuguan? Wen Mingxian couldn't help but be surprised, he had heard of this black feather guard, but all the characters with heads and faces, if they were either afraid of death, or they knew that they could not die, they always had to set up many barriers around themselves to prevent being killed, Yang Wu naturally belonged to the latter, and his black feather guard was also a very famous fierce soldier in Dayue.
And Yang Jiuguan is even more amazing, I heard that there are faint rumors that he is the next successor of the Yang clan and the city lord of Xizhou? Wen Mingxian didn't have to think about it to know that this rumor must be true, after all, aside from the Yang family, Yang Jiuguan's name also has a certain reputation elsewhere.
"This Yang Jiuguan Elder Yang ...... Are you familiar? Sui Fuzhi looked at Wen Mingxian's appearance, obviously the other party knew something about this Yang Jiuguan, his heart moved slightly, and he asked the other party modestly.
"Wen Xiang doesn't have to worry." Wen Mingxian chuckled: "Although this Yang Jiuguan is also not easy to match, but there is an advantage - he is extremely trustworthy, if we can reach a contract with him when we go to Xizhou this time, then it will only be beneficial to us." ”
"Oh? Is this man so credible? "Sui Fuzhi was dumbfounded, in the current situation, there is no difference between talking to others about credit and self-dying, except that one sounds better and the other sounds bad, but the final result is the same, that is, being killed by someone...... This Yang Jiuguan can't be so stupid, right?
"Look...... You are too serious......" Seeing Sui Fu looking at himself with a disbelieving expression, Wen Mingxian patted him on the shoulder with a wry smile and said: "You don't know him, so you don't know his code of conduct, and the number of times you will deal with him in the future will not be less, whether it is you or someone else, if you fight him, I only have one sentence for you......"
"Oh? What words? As soon as he heard Wen Mingxian's words, Sui Fuzhi knew that he was still underestimating Yang Jiuguan, and immediately humbly asked for advice.
"Honestly, the most sincere." Wen Mingxian finished speaking seriously, but said with a "hehe" smile: "In the final analysis, it is necessary to learn from him to pretend to be stupid." ”
"This ...... How is this understood? Originally, after listening to Wen Mingxian's first half of the sentence, Sui Fuzhi already knew what to do with Yang Jiuguan, but after listening to Wen Mingxian's later words, he didn't believe himself: before and after...... It doesn't seem to mean the same! Did you misunderstand?
"He has mixed in the rivers and lakes, and he has inevitably been contaminated with the habits of some people in the rivers and lakes, such as the arrogance of sticking a knife in the ribs for a friend, and the ...... of keeping promises" Wen Mingxian signaled Sui Fuzhi not to worry, and slowly explained: "This is in politics...... Hehe, I think you can empathize, if you don't have some careful thinking, you can't live, once you were an official, you run a huge family, it's also like this......"
"Well......" Although he responded on his lips, in fact, Sui Fuzhi's expression was not good-looking, he didn't expect Wen Mingxian to say so bluntly about the obscurity of "once an official", but he couldn't deny that what the other party said was indeed the truth, so he could only respond softly, as for what attitude he could have, it didn't matter.
"Yang Wu and Yang Duan are not stupid, so naturally they will not choose a stunned person to take this hot potato; And Yang Jiuguan is not stupid, if he doesn't have the ability, in the end, this fragrant dumpling will be snatched away before he gets it in his hand and hasn't tasted it......"
"Lao Wenxiang's speech is really brain-consuming, a moment of potato, a moment of fragrant dumplings, although I didn't understand, but this stomach is really hungry, so let's go eat something first!" Deng Biao didn't dare to be interested in these things, judging from his character, he seemed to be more in line with the kind of person Wen Mingxian said with a "stunned" personality. Wen Mingxian and Sui Fuzhi were not surprised by his reaction, but Wen Wen, with a wry smile, could only watch Deng Biao leave.
Laughing and scolding, Wen Mingxian also left with Deng Biao, he paused and continued: "Yang Wu, Yang Duan dare to give, Yang Jiuguan dares to take it, what does this mean?" It shows that this Yang Jiuguan must not be an ordinary person! It's ridiculous to play tricks in front of him, like a child saying 'I'm never going to play with you again' in front of an adult. ”
"Like a child?" This metaphor surprised Wen Wen on the side, if they were juniors who "greeted" Yang Jiuguan like this, it would be fine, but the words of the old man also contained Wen Xiang Sui Fuzhi, and it would be too inappropriate to compare him to a "child", right? What's even more weird is that this "kid" can't fight him Yang Jiuguan? Thinking about it, I feel that what the old man said in this matter is a bit exaggerated.
"Why, you don't believe me?" Wen Mingxian noticed Wen Wen's expression, chuckled lightly, and said something that sounded completely inexplicable to Sui Fuzhi.
"Not everyone is like that kid in the past!"
Reminiscence? Isn't it the original little guy in Wen Mingxian's mansion? That kid Sui Fuzhi has also seen it twice, and it seems that in my impression, apart from feeling that the kid has some aura and is more likable, there are no other characteristics, right? What is his relationship with Yang Jiuguan?
Of course, this is just a question in Sui Fu's heart, as for the reason, since Wen Mingxian doesn't want to point it out, no matter what the consideration, he should respect the other party's intentions, and just have his ears temporarily deaf and don't hear anything.
"His temperament is like this: you see that he looks like a fool on the surface, but in fact he is very shrewd in his heart, and perhaps no one can compare with him in his heart, so if you want to have a relatively fair position with him on the surface, you can only start by 'pretending to be stupid', hiding all the little abacus in your heart from letting him see it, or it doesn't hurt to simply explain it to him directly, a thousand words, don't act in secret."
Having said so much, although it may be more concise to directly say the conclusion, Wen Mingxian also believes that with such a rambling rhetoric of his own, Sui Fuzhi will definitely pay more attention to Yang Jiuguan in his heart.
This is also Wen Mingxian's purpose, his own body knows that even if a person knows more things when he is alive, but once he dies, he can't take anything away, and the only thing he can do may be to find more people to talk to while he is alive, and find ways to teach others more.
What's more, he is an old man who is about to die, that is, whether he is reluctant to give up on this earthly world, or whether he is afraid of death in his heart, the old man, he always has the right to be verbose, right?
"What did you say?"
Seeing that the scene gradually fell silent, Bai Sheng got out of the carriage at this time, he jumped out of the carriage, his body appeared extremely flexible, but in Wen Wen's eyes, it was as if he felt that the thin old man in front of him had been kicked out of the carriage.
Since it is "kicked out", it is natural that someone must be in the carriage. After Bai Sheng, it was forgiveness, compared to Bai Sheng's vigorous appearance, he seemed a little slow when he came out, not only slow, but also seemed to be a little weak, if he didn't know the actual situation of him and Bai Sheng, Wen Wen might really believe that this forgiveness was the one who was dying.
This group of people doesn't seem to be long-lived masters...... Wen Wen teased in his heart, but after he finished speaking, he secretly scolded himself in his heart one after another, and kept regretting it: it was just to scold himself for his short life, but he brought the old man with him, which is very disrespectful! Although the old man's body is weak, his spirit has always been very good, not to mention longevity, he should live a long life......
While muttering in his heart, he got up and gave way for Bai Sheng to sit down, and he went to find Deng Biao, and when he passed by Yanshu halfway, he saw Yanshu smile gently at him, I don't know if it was to thank him for his "eyesight" to give Bai Sheng a seat, or just a polite smile.
"How's your discussion?" Bai Sheng sat down with a big grin, and without waiting for Wen Mingxian and Sui Fuzhi to ask him, he took the lead in asking.
Wen Mingxian felt that if Bai Sheng's two arms were still there, his movements at this time should be to put one hand on his knees and raise the other hand to his chest to prevent him from opening his mouth to ask questions.
"I also want to think like you don't have to think about anything, just lie down comfortably in the carriage." Since they are all old men who have retreated to the "second line", Wen Mingxian naturally doesn't need to be polite to Bai Sheng, he said with a smile, not caring at all whether the other party can hear the ridicule in his words.
"Hmph, don't think I don't understand!" Bai Sheng is not stupid, Wen Mingxian sounds like he is envious of him, but in fact he is laughing at him for not being able to help him along the way, it is all "useless". However, he was not annoyed after hearing this, and people who have been in high positions for a long time, occasionally being scolded and scolded, may be able to taint some worldliness and make his original self feel unreal more real.
He smiled slightly, as if he hadn't heard Wen Mingxian's sarcasm, and said again: "I didn't go to Xizhou City like you have a mission, I went to find Hua Hate Liu to ask about something, although I may not be able to ask anything in the end, but I tried my best to ask is an explanation to my people...... To put it bluntly, my 'confession' is for the dead...... But you are different. ”
What Bai Sheng said is true, and his ease, Wen Mingxian and Sui Fuzhi, two people who can't live for long, have to think about the living, and this line of work also needs to be "explained" to the living, and the heaviness of the task is self-evident.
"Originally, there was no way, but Fang Cai had some preliminary plans in mind." Sui Fuzhi nodded in agreement and said, when he said this, not only did Bai Sheng feel incredible, but even Wen Mingxian, who had been talking to him, felt that this change was too fast: Fang Cai? When is the square? When you are babbling here and talking?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be relieved: it turned out that he had always underestimated this Sui Fuzhi! Speaking of which, he may not be as clear as Kim Jongyang, a child who has just become a monarch, right?
"As far as I know, whether it is Yang Wu, the city lord of Xizhou, or Yang Duan, the patriarch of the Yang clan, they are not simple people, you actually have a way to persuade them to give in on the princess's marriage? This...... You're not bragging, are you? When Bai Sheng was out of words, he also said the words of "bragging", which showed that he was surprised in his heart, and Yanshu, who chose to stand quietly behind him, couldn't help but chuckle when he heard the word "bragging", but this smile made his face ruddy, as if as long as he smiled more, he would not be so weak anymore.
"These two, I think it's not just you and me, but even looking at the world, it's rare for a few people to be able to pat their chests and ensure that they can handle one of them." Shaking his head in shame, Sui Fuzhi denied with a smile.
"You...... Could it be that Yang Jiuguan is talking about? "Since Sui Fuzhi said that it is not Yang Wu and Yang Duan, then after excluding the two of them, there will only be ...... left Wen Mingxian's heart moved, and he couldn't help blurting out.
"It's him." When Sui Fuzhi nodded, he didn't forget to bow his hand to Wen Mingxian: "Fortunately, thanks to the old man's guidance, I thought of a way." ”
"Oh, you don't come to this set, let's talk about what the method is?" Bai Sheng anxiously urged on the side.
"It's not a complicated solution, you just need to 'play stupid'." Sui Fuzhi chuckled, and broke the method he thought of with one word.
"Playing stupid?" Bai Sheng didn't know what the two of them said before, and he was naturally puzzled when he heard it at this time.
"Haha, that's good! This may work! Wen Mingxian was overjoyed when he heard this, and applauded again and again.