On the sixteenth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, after tracking and monitoring Liu Erxing, who often went into the city to buy daily necessities, Fan Xiaowu finally decided to take action. So, at noon on this day, when Liu Erxing failed to turn over the book and had just lost a purchase money in his pocket in the gambling house in the city, he was extremely depressed and very frustrated, wandering aimlessly on the streets of Liangxiang City, thinking about how to explain to his boss and the chief steward of "Jingyuan" that the purchase money was gone but did not bring back anything, he met his good friend Fan Xiaowu very "coincidentally" and "accidentally", and under the warm invitation of his friend, " reluctantly" agreed to have lunch with the other party.

In an elegant and quiet private room in the largest restaurant in Liangxiang City, "Tianfu Building", Liu Erxing and Fan Xiaowu sat opposite each other, frequently raising their glasses. With three glasses of old wine in his stomach, although Liu Erxing's depressed mood has not been alleviated a little, the "chatterbox" has been opened. So, after complaining to Fan Xiaowu for a while, as always, about the injustice of God and the lack of talent, Liu Erxing slapped the table case and said dissatisfiedly: "Little fifth brother, tell me, what is my brother inferior to that Li Fu?" In terms of qualifications, when Lao Tzu was a small leader in the 'Five Tiger Village' and was in charge of a dozen or so people, he Li Fu was just a small minion in the village, and he only did some work every day to serve tea and pour water for my uncle and clean the courtyard. In terms of intimacy, Lao Tzu is his uncle's own nephew, and he Li Fu is just an outsider who can't beat him with eight poles. This kid just relied on being a personal companion to his uncle for many years, and he was the first of the brothers in the cottage to follow his uncle to submit to your masters, plus he was quite good at flattery and was very good at pleasing your lords, so he got the opportunity to climb up. Not only was he on an equal footing with Lao Tzu when the 'Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion' was established, but he was also promoted as fast as Lao Tzu after that, so that Zuihou became the deputy head of the 'Flying Dragon Army' Logistics Baggage Regiment like Lao Tzu.

The most unacceptable thing for Lao Tzu is that two years ago, Lao Tzu was demoted because he failed to return the public funds in the 'borrowed' regiment on time, but his uncle did not blame Lao Tzu, but he Li Fu ran to reprimand Lao Tzu, saying that Lao Tzu should not indulge in gambling, let alone embezzle public funds to repay gambling debts, so as to be sorry for the cultivation of your masters, sorry for your uncle's trust. Hmph, what is he Li Fu, but he is just a little minion who climbed up by flattery, and he is also at the same level as Lao Tzu in his position, what qualifications do he have to point fingers at Lao Tzu and make irresponsible remarks about Lao Tzu. Until now, Lao Tzu still suspects that he stabbed Lao Tzu in the matter of 'borrowing' the money in the regiment at the beginning, in order to get Lao Tzu down, so that he could logically replace the thirty masters who were about to leave at that time and become the head of this logistics baggage regiment. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Erxing's face was full of resentment and resentment. Looking at it like that, if Li Fu was here at this moment, I was afraid that he would have already pounced on him and tore the other party apart.

Seeing that Liu Erxing complained for a long time, and the sullenness in his heart dissipated a lot, Fan Xiaowu felt that the heat was almost over, so he poured a full wine for the other party, and said with something in his words: "Why should Brother Liu be like such a despicable villain, and he is not angry with his body." As the saying goes, 'the dragon is trapped in the shallows and is played by shrimp, and the tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by dogs', people like Li Fu are just villains, and sooner or later they will be retributed. As for you, Brother Liu, it's just a temporary setback. Anyway, Brother Liu, you are still Director Liu's nephew after all, and Director Liu will definitely spare no effort to cultivate and promote you, Brother Liu. With Brother Liu's talent and learning, and with Director Liu's help, one day you will definitely see your ability and reuse Brother Liu. ”

It's okay that Fan Xiaowu didn't mention Liu Wanbao, but as soon as he mentioned this name, Liu Erxing's originally somewhat stretched face became unhappy again. He drank all the wine in the cup, and said angrily: "Little fifth brother, you only know one and don't know the other. Yes, my uncle did take good care of his only nephew in the first few years, not only did he serve as the deputy captain of the baggage team of the 'Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion', but he also maintained and promoted him everywhere. In addition, he worked hard for his brother and worked diligently, so he was promoted to the deputy head of the logistics baggage regiment of the 'Flying Dragon Army' in just two years. But since the 'borrowed' public funds failed to be repaid in time, because he was afraid that this little mistake of his brother would affect his status in the hearts of the masters, and give the other party an excuse to suppress and weaken him, his attitude towards his brother changed sharply. While busy taking out money to fill the hole for his brother, in order to reduce the dissatisfaction of the lords with him. On the one hand, he began to distance himself from his brother, for fear that his brother would affect him. Later, his brother's position was demoted again and again, not only did he not say good things for his brother in front of everyone, but instead reprimanded his brother for not repenting, not wanting to make progress, and blindly gambling habits, Zuihou actually wanted to resign for his brother and go home to him as the head of the house. Hmph, I think I'm a seven-foot man with a dignified Liu Erxing, and the former deputy leader of a group, even if he encounters some setbacks for a while because he is slandered, how can he get to the point where he has to take care of the home for others and manage the inner house. Such a proposal is too underestimating me Liu. ”

"Director Liu wouldn't say that, right? Anyway, Brother Liu, you are his nephew after all, and you are the closest person besides your wife and daughter? Fan Xiaowu asked in surprise when he heard this.

"The closest person?" Liu Erxing snorted coldly, "Now, in the eyes of my uncle, except for his righteous son Liu Xiaoliu, who is both wise and brave, has made many military exploits, and is deeply respected by all of you, where can I let others go." ”

"How so?" Fan Xiaowu continued to pretend to be puzzled, "'Yizi' and 'Yizi', although they are also 'sons', there is still a word 'righteousness' in front of them after all, not their own son. And although Liu Xiaoliu is also surnamed Liu, he did not change his name after he joined Uncle Ling's family, but his original surname was Liu. What's more, as far as the younger brother knows, although Liu Xiaoliu keeps claiming that he is Uncle Ling's righteous son, he has never made a serious gift to recognize his father. It can be said that Liu Xiaoliu and Uncle Ling are actually not related, how can Uncle Ling get close to him and alienate Brother Liu, your closest relative? ”

"Why? He wasn't here for his future. Liu Erxing said disdainfully, "Brother Wei is just a waste person who no one cares about and has no future at all, how can he compare to the thriving little sixth son." He is now the commander of the first division and three regiments of the 'Flying Dragon Army', and he has won the respect and cultivation of all the masters in the army, and his future is bound to be limitless.

My uncle didn't have a son, so he naturally wanted to be able to rely on him when he was older. And compared with my 'waste' nephew, who can't be counted on at all, my uncle is naturally more willing to choose the sixth son to provide for his own retirement. In this way, what is so strange that he is close to Xiao Liuzi and alienated from my brother. ”

When Fan Xiaowu heard this, he first nodded sympathetically, and after comforting the other party for a few words, he deliberately showed an expression of hesitation and resignation. After a while, it wasn't until Liu Erxing was whetted by his expression that Fan Xiaowu deliberately said with a somewhat hesitant expression and tone: "Brother Liu, junior brother has a sentence, I don't know if to say it or not?" ”