Chapter 355: Attitude!
Chapter 355: Attitude!
Fang Xie went directly to Luo Yao for a showdown twice, both on the same day. After returning from Cangman Mountain, it was determined that Luo Yao was the one who arranged everything back then, and he said to Mu Xiaoxiao that he would simply go directly to Luo Yao to ask for clarification. When this matter was not yet discussed, Cui Zhongzhen came. All night, Fang Xie didn't sleep well. The news brought by Cui Zhongzhen had a relatively small impact, and what really made him toss and turn was what the relationship between himself and Luo Yao was.
When he arranged for someone to rush back to the northwest in the evening, he moved in, and the two of them drank until the early hours of the morning. Fang Xie inquired in detail about the battle situation in the northwest, and the scene that came out of Cui Zhongzhen's mouth was the most intuitive and shocking. Cui Zhongzhen watched the big defeat happen, but the plain and unpretentious narration was even more touching.
Fang Xie could imagine the bloody scene, and he could also imagine the determination and despair of the soldiers of the Great Sui at the last moment.
Because of Li Yuanshan's rebellion, hundreds of thousands of elites died in the northwest. On the grassland of 2,000 miles, I am afraid that only the corpses with only dry bones can still be seen, and although the stupa piled up with human heads has collapsed, the stupa seems to have been pressed on the hearts of everyone who survived.
Including Choi Jung-jin.
This man drank too much wine and cried silently after reaching the end, but Fang Xie didn't even know where to start with words of comfort.
The enemy's horses trampled over the corpses of their comrades, and the hooves of the horses stirred up not dust and smoke but flesh. How many ambitious Great Sui men died like this, and at the moment they fell, they may still be looking back at the East and hoping to see their homeland. There are their fathers and elders, and there are their villagers.
After settling down the drunk Cui Zhongzhen, he returned to his room to solve his sleep. I barely slept for a while when it was almost dawn, but when I fell asleep, I began to dream. After a while, I dreamed that Luo Yao handed over his infant self to Mu Xiaoyi, and his hands were still stained with the blood of Shen Tianfan's door. After a while, I dreamed that Li Yuanshan was standing in front of Meng Yuan's cavalry and smiling hideously, but the corpses lying on the ground were all Fan Gu's comrades and people.
Even if he didn't sleep well, Fang Xie still got up on time to cultivate. Recently, he has become more and more proficient in controlling the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, although the Yuan Qi that he can control is still very weak, but it is undeniable that he has made a qualitative leap.
Sweating all over, Chen Xiaoru walked over quickly to find him just as he was about to go back to the room to wash.
"My lord, Luo Yao sent someone here, it's Ye Jinnan."
"What's the matter?"
"Ye Jinnan refused to say, with a team of elite armor soldiers, he only said that he had something important to ask to see you."
Fang Xie hummed and said, "Let him wait for me in the living room." ”
Fang Xie went back and changed his clothes, and when he arrived in the living room, he found that Ye Jinnan was wearing a piece of armor. Outside the door, dozens of armor soldiers stood on both sides of the road with their knives. This plane was a little unusual, and Fang Xie thought of Cui Zhongzhen in an instant.
"I've seen Lord Xiaofang."
Seeing Fang Xie coming, Ye Jinnan hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted.
"General Ye came to me so early, but what's the matter?"
"On the orders of the general, please invite a few comrades from the northwest to the general's palace to discuss matters."
Although Fang Xie had a faint premonition, he couldn't help but be taken aback. Cui Zhongzhen and the others only arrived yesterday, and they didn't go to see Luo Yao, and they didn't even reveal their identities. But early the next morning, Luo Yao actually sent someone to invite. I have to say that Luo Yao's control of Yongzhou has reached a terrifying point.
"The general knows the way so quickly."
Fang Xie knew that he couldn't hide it, so he simply admitted it directly.
Ye Jinnan said: "When they entered the city, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate saw that they were not ordinary people, and the people who served as soldiers always had a different temperament. Especially those who have just come down from the battlefield, even when they walk, they will remain vigilant and have a murderous aura on their bodies. Their customs clearance vouchers were issued by Huangyang Dao, and although they used the credentials of the government, they could not hide the steel seals smashed on the weapons they carried. ”
"There are those who lead the army on the left, and there are those who are on the left Xiaowei......"
Fang Xie realized that Cui Zhongzhen and they were all qualified soldiers, but they were far inferior to the secret spies of the Ouchi Guards in terms of safety. If this matter were to be done by someone from the Ouchi Guard's Office, it would be absolutely impossible to find any clues. Even the steel seal on the weapon forgot to cover it up, so it can only be said that Cui Zhongzhen and they came too quickly this way.
"People are still sleeping, please wait a moment for General Ye."
Fang Xie invited Ye Jinnan to sit down and poured tea himself: "Since the general already knows the way, can I take the liberty of asking, what does the general think of the war in the northwest?" ”
It's now, there's no need to hide it anymore.
Ye Jinnan didn't expect Fang Xie to ask so bluntly, he was silent for a while and then said seriously: "We are the knife in the hands of the general, and the general is the knife in the hands of His Majesty, as long as the imperial court decrees it, the general will definitely lead the army north." As a soldier, it is naturally incumbent upon him to put down the rebellion for the country. ”
"I talked for a long time with people from the northwest last night......"
Fang Xie sighed and said, "I'll go with you in a while, because the person who came is an old friend I knew before I entered the Martial Arts Academy, so he knew that I would come to me first in the city, and I was going to sue the general." ”
"It's fine."
Ye Jinnan nodded, took a sip of tea, and suddenly said, "After arriving at the General's Mansion, if there is anything that dissatisfies Lord Xiaofang, please refrain from doing so." There are other guests in the General's Mansion today, and it may be a little unpleasant to meet with Lord Xiaofang. Please look at my thin face and try not to get angry. ”
"Who?"
Fang asked.
Ye Jinnan hesitated for a moment but shook his head: "When you get to the Great General's Mansion, Lord Xiao Fang will naturally know the Dao." ”
After hearing this, Fang Xie smiled and said, "When I arrived at the General's Mansion, I was also a guest, how could I be presumptuous?" General Ye rest assured, in Yongzhou City, I will not rely on my identity as a messenger to talk and do things indiscriminately. ”
He got up and walked to the door and ordered someone to invite Cui Zhongzhen to come. Then he whispered to the black boy Yan Mad and said, "Go out for a while and bring a flying fish robe to cheer them up, and then go and tell Miss Mu to let her bring my Chaolu knife!" ”
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When Fang Xie and the others arrived at the General's Mansion, they saw from a distance that there were a few people standing outside the three-story stilted building opposite the small lake, and the clothes on their bodies also seemed to be soldiers of the Great Sui, pacing back and forth, obviously waiting a little anxious. Fang Xie didn't see anything, but Cui Zhongzhen's eyes immediately turned red.
"Rebels!"
His footsteps stopped abruptly and pointed to the opposite side of Xiaohu: "General Ye, what's going on!" I didn't expect to see rebels in the Left Avant-garde General's Mansion! Either you kill me today, or you have to give me an explanation! We worked hard to kill the thieves in the northwest, and when we arrived in Yongzhou, the thieves became the guests of General Luo! ”
Ye Jinnan's face was not good-looking, and he smiled curtly and explained: "When they came, they didn't say who it was, they only said that the general's old man asked to see him...... This, it is expected that the general does not know the details of them. ”
Fang Xie also stopped, looked at the people opposite and sneered: "General Ye said that I should not mess around when I go to the General's Mansion, is this because of this?" ”
Ye Jinnan became more and more embarrassed, and he didn't know how to explain it.
"Since the rebels are the guests of the general, then there is no need for us to stay."
Cui Zhongzhen hugged Ye Jinnan: "Say goodbye, tell the general about your troubles, we are waiting for the general on the northwest battlefield!" ”
These words were puns, and Ye Jinnan's face turned even redder. He was not familiar with Cui Zhongzhen, so he had to ask Fang Xie for help: "Lord Xiaofang, you also know that General Lu Dao will never be against him. When the general sees them, he must have the reason of the general, and I ask you to persuade this General Cui, and I will say it when I see the general later. ”
Fang Xie sneered: "In what capacity should I persuade him?" A friend of the great general, or a Qincha sent to Yongzhou by His Majesty, or a citizen of the Great Sui? ”
Cui Zhongzhen said coldly: "Let's go." ”
Fang Xie waved his hand: "Let's go?" Let the rebels run us away, I can't afford to lose this man. This is still a matter on the ground of the Great Sui, and it is rumored that I met the rebels and avoided them, and I was afraid that I would be scolded and bent my back! ”
After saying this, he strode towards Luo Yao's three-story stilted building. Ye Jinnan wanted to stop but couldn't do it, so he had to follow behind and persuade while walking.
"Lord Xiaofang, you should be able to trust the general!"
Fang Xie was silent, and his steps became faster and faster.
Cui Zhongzhen followed behind him, his hand tightly gripping the handle of the horizontal knife at his waist. Dozens of guards from the Ouchi Guard Office dressed in brocade flying fish robes followed, their big red cloaks fluttering in the wind. Shen tilted the fan and walked with his hands, and Mu Xiao's waist held the Chaolu knife in his arms.
"What people, stop!"
When they arrived in front of the stilt building, a few armorers immediately came out to stop them. Fang Xie glanced at them: "If you dare to kill, you will draw your knife, and if you don't dare to kill, you will get out." ”
These words made the guards stunned, and they subconsciously looked at Ye Jinnan. Ye Jinnan shook his head, and the few armorers immediately retreated.
Fang Xie glanced coldly at the rebels when he passed by, and found that they were still wearing the standard leather armor of the Great Sui, but the number one inside had been changed to earthy yellow. The livery of the Great Sui army is dark blue, no wonder Cui Zhongzhen can tell at a glance that they are rebels.
Those rebel soldiers didn't know Fang Jie, and they were a little hairy by him, and subconsciously took a few steps back. Fang Xie walked quickly into the stilted building, and the silver-armored warrior in the dark was stopped by Ye Jinnan and did not show up. A few people entered the room, and at a glance they saw a rebel general standing in the open door whispering something with a smile on his face.
Fang Xie walked in and glanced at Luo Yao, who was sitting behind the desk.
Luo Yao frowned slightly, what he didn't like the most was that someone entered his study without permission. But he didn't have a seizure, but stood up and smiled: "Lord Xiaofang came just in time, this is General Wu from the northwest." ”
He said to the general Wu again: "This lord Qincha sent by the imperial court to Yongzhou is explained. ”
"Fang Jie?"
The rebel general surnamed Wu glanced at Fang Jie, his face became a little ugly, but he still hugged his fists and said, "I have long admired the great name, and the governor of my family, Lord Wu, often mentions you." ”
"Wu Peizhi?"
Fang asked.
The general surnamed Wu was a little displeased: "Calling my family's governor by his name, Lord Xiaofang is a little rude, right?!" ”
"There's even more rudeness."
Fang Xie smiled, and suddenly rushed up with a little under his feet, and a punch was smashing on General Wu's face. This punch was extremely abrupt and powerful, and Ye Jinnan, who was standing beside him, was a beat slower when he wanted to stop it. The general surnamed Wu is the nephew of Wu Peizhi, the governor of Hebei Province, and he doesn't know any martial arts. He didn't expect Fang Xie to make a move when he met, and he was directly smashed his nose unexpectedly. The punch was like knocking over a soy sauce bottle in his face, and the blood gushing out of his nose immediately stained his face.
With a thud, the general surnamed Wu fell to the ground.
"Lord Xiaofang, what kind of attitude do you have?"
Luo Yao, who was standing behind the desk, asked coldly.
"Here comes the knife!"
As soon as Fang Xie stretched out his hand, Mu Xiaoxiao immediately handed over the Chaolu knife. He stepped forward and chopped off the head of the general surnamed Wu with a knife, and with a flip of the knife on his wrist, he pierced the head that fell to the ground and slowly lifted it up.
He looked at Luo Yao and said word by word: "That's the attitude!" ”