Chapter 28 Man Goes High
Ouyang Xue sat on the edge of the pool, feeling extremely depressed. After the defeat of the martial arts conference and the defeat of the first line of heaven, her life with her father became more and more difficult.
Over the years, the Yue court has been in turmoil, and her father, King Yue, has really become a loner, and the people around him are fighting openly and secretly for their own interests. Each concubine in the inner palace was consolidating his family's position, and the ministers of the court and the central government were bent on fighting for greater power. The whole court was divided and scattered. The general Zhang Li took advantage of the military power in his hands to form a gang and gradually control the power of the DPRK. Although he could not blatantly drive King Yue off the dragon chair and proclaim himself emperor, he colluded with some important ministers to restrain King Yue.
Ouyang Xue is the only one who really helps King Yue revitalize the Yue Kingdom. She was out at the age of fifteen or sixteen, wanting to unify the martial arts and let the martial arts people serve the Yue country.
King Yue will give her a large amount of money every year, let her support the Dragon Gang, and use this as a base to win over martial arts people, and finally achieve the goal of unifying the martial arts by seizing the leader of the martial arts alliance. After several years of hard work, she was about to get her wish, but Mo Chu's appearance turned her dream into nothing.
What disturbed her the most was that the power of the general Zhang Li was getting bigger and bigger, and her father had no way to take him. Some time ago, Zhang Li united several important ministers at the court meeting and sued her Ouyang Xuehua for a large amount of money in the treasury and wanted to unify the martial arts, but nothing was done. On the surface, it is a lawsuit against the princess, but in fact, it is an allusion to King Yue's improper decision-making, and the princess should not be allowed to come.
Due to the fact that several important ministers invited him together, King Yue had no choice but to stop supporting the Dragon Gang and disband the martial arts people around Ouyang Xue according to Zhang Li's wishes.
Ouyang Xue had no one by her side, and she couldn't do anything anymore. If she returned to Yueguo, Zhang Li and others would still embarrass her, so she stayed in Chu State.
She thought of her country, her father, and her alone, and her heart was extremely sad. She didn't know why she would follow Mo Chu to investigate the case at Hanyu Pass, when she saw Mo Chu, how much she wanted to be comforted by him, but before she could complain, he scolded her with a face, and her mood dropped to the freezing point.
No matter when or on what occasion, she should hate Mo Chu and must hate Mo Chu. Because Mo Chu made her almost nothing, but she couldn't hate it, and she would think about him from time to time. She didn't know what she owed him in her last life.
As the Yue Kingdom stopped supporting it, the huge Dragon Gang slowly entered a difficult situation. The disability of the gang leader and the suppression of the local court have exacerbated its fall, and the once powerful Dragon Gang has been in turmoil.
Situ Long and Wu Zhi tried every means to delay the decline of the Dragon Gang. The number of people in the gang is constantly losing, and the scale is constantly decreasing.
For Situ Long, he is already a cripple, and the glory and honor of the past are no longer so important to him. On the contrary, he now has a lot of time to spend with his daughter Situ Feng to enjoy his family fun.
Wu Zhi is a smart man. Now that Ouyang Xue, the princess of the Yue Kingdom, has lost her position, she has no backing, and it is a good choice to keep the Dragon Gang. First of all, Situ Long likes him more and more, and really regards him as his own son. Secondly, although the Dragon Gang is in decline, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and when Situ Long goes to enjoy his family happiness, he naturally takes on the responsibility of leading the Dragon Gang. Third, although he had taken the Regeneration Pill, it would still take some time for him to recover his full strength. Fourth, and most importantly, Situ Long's daughter Situ Feng treated him very well, so that an orphan finally felt the warmth of home.
In the blink of an eye, Wu Zhi has been in the Dragon Gang for more than three months, and Situ Long completely regards him as his family. In a few days, it was the death day of Mrs. Situ Long, and Situ Long told Wu Zhi in advance and asked him to prepare and go to worship Situ Feng's mother together. Wu Zhi secretly rejoiced, this was a signal that Situ Long treated him as a family member. Although Situ Long's family treated him well, he had not forgotten the humiliation of the dung pit, and he must take revenge.
Situ Feng's mother is buried in Cuifeng Mountain in the southwest. On this morning, Situ Long took his daughter and Yizi to Cuifeng Mountain to worship. Cuifeng Mountain is also well-known in the local area, and due to the large and dense forests, the whole mountain is relatively sparsely populated. The trio rode along the trail.
Suddenly, more than a dozen big men swept down from the trees on both sides of the path, and pulled Situ Long down from the horse with a rope, and Wu Zhi and Situ Feng, who followed behind, immediately grabbed the reins and stopped. The group of big men immediately surrounded the three of them.
"What do you want to do in broad daylight?" Situ Long asked angrily.
"Lao Tzu has been a little tight on money lately, so take out the money on you. A scarlet face said viciously.
Situ Long laughed, "You are not small, you actually grabbed my head." Wu Zhi also stepped forward to help: "Do you know who he is?"
Scarface smiled, "I don't care who he is, I'll also grab it." ”
"He's the famous Dragon Gang leader Situ Long. Wu Zhidao.
"What about the leader of the Dragons, I used to be afraid of him, but now he is a cripple. Scarface laughed, and the others laughed too.
"Boy, he really doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, let the master teach you a lesson. After Wu Zhi finished speaking, he began to attack Scarface.
Several big men rushed over and besieged Wu Zhi with Scarface. Seeing this, Situ Feng reminded Wu Zhi loudly, "Brother Zhi, be careful!"
In the blink of an eye, there were more than a dozen rounds, and Wu Zhi began to feel a little overwhelmed. Situ Long saw that Yizi was already at a disadvantage and wanted to step forward to help. The rest of the people also surrounded him and started a vicious fight with Situ Long.
Wu Zhi lasted for more than a dozen rounds, and Scarface kicked him in the stomach, causing him to fall to the ground in sharp pain. A big man rushed up, stepped on him with his foot, pointed a knife at Situ Long and said, "Old ghost Situ, stop immediately, otherwise I will kill him." ”
Situ Feng said in a trembling voice: "Don't kill him, don't you ask for money, I'll give you all the money on my body." ”
Scarface smiled lewdly and walked over to get the money, "Little lady, you don't have to fight if you hand over the money earlier." After taking the money, he put a handful on Situ Feng's face.
Situ Long and Wu Zhi shouted at the same time: "Don't move her!" Because Wu Zhi was captured, Situ Long had already given up the attack, and the big man next to him took the opportunity to punch him in the chest, "Don't talk nonsense, if you move again, I'll kill you." ”
Wu Zhi saw that Situ Feng was being bullied, cut his legs, swept down the big man who stepped on him, then turned over and stood up, flew and pounced on Scarface, and the two scuffled together.
Scarface was hurt by him, and whispered: "Boy, you're crazy, we're acting, how do you play really." ”
Wu Zhi lowered his voice and said, "If you take the money, just get away from me." With that, he pushed Scarface out with a hard hand.
Scarface also shouted with interest: "Brothers, the money has arrived, withdraw quickly." With that, he disappeared into the woods with the others.
Situ Long smiled bitterly, "I really didn't expect that our Situ Long was robbed by a few little thieves, and the dignified dragon gang leader couldn't even protect his own daughter." ”
Situ Feng stepped forward and comforted: "Dad, don't think about it too much; these people's martial arts are not weak, and they can't imagine that they will do this kind of thing." ”
"Yes, Master, so many of them came to attack us, and in the end, we beat us away. Wu Zhi also comforted.
"Zhi'er, thanks to you today!" Situ Long sighed.
"Father-in-law, what are you talking about, isn't this what I should do?" Wu Zhi said with a smile.
Situ Long didn't speak, and the three of them returned to the road and went to the cemetery to worship the dead. After returning from Cuifeng Mountain, Situ Long kept himself in the study, and Situ Feng didn't dare to disturb him.
On this day, Situ Long asked his daughter to be called to the study. "Feng'er, what do you think of Wu Zhi?" Although Situ Long already had an idea, he still wanted to hear his daughter's opinion.
"He's okay. Able to endure hardships and be good to people. Situ Feng didn't think much about it, and directly said his opinion.
"Do you think he's someone you can trust?" Situ Long asked deeply.
"Dad, what are you talking about?" Situ Feng's face was full of shyness.
"Feng'er, you answer Dad's question seriously. Situ Long wanted to know the exact answer.
Situ Feng looked at his father's serious and serious appearance, and he was not coquettish. "I haven't been with him for long, so it's hard to make a decision, but it feels good. ”
"Since you are satisfied with him, then Daddy will entrust you to him. Situ Long said kindly.
"Dad, I don't want to get married, I want to be with you all the time!" Situ Feng said.
"Silly boy, dad is old, you should have your own life. Situ Long sighed.
"No matter what, I'll be with my dad. Situ Feng said.
"Yes, my good girl. Situ Long said with a smile.
Situ Long knew that he was old, and he was still a cripple, and he could no longer protect his daughter. He only has this precious daughter in his life, and he wants her to live a happy life. After a few months of observation, this Wu Zhi endured humiliation and was quite a general, and he should be a trustworthy person. He decided to pass on all his internal strength and martial arts to Wu Zhi, and the burden of protecting his daughter in the future would be handed over to him.
Wu Zhi was not surprised when he heard that Situ Long was going to pass on all his internal strength to him. Because it's all in his design. But he still pretended to be more resistant. "Master, your internal strength has been practiced for forty or fifty years, and you can't live without it. I'm still young and there's still time to improve. ”
"Zhi'er, you are a good boy, I will hand over the Dragon Gang and Feng'er to you in the future, your current martial arts are not enough to protect them. I want to pass on all my martial arts and internal strength to you, and there will be few opponents in this world in the future. ”
"Master, no, if you pass on your internal strength to me, what will you do in the future?" Wu Zhi said.
"Zhi'er, don't shirk it, aren't you there, I'm old, everything in the Dragon Gang will be handed over to you in the future, and Feng'er, you have to treat her well, don't bully her. Situ Long said sternly.
Wu Zhi was still shirking on his lips, and he was already smiling in his heart. He worked hard to get everything he wanted, and he thought to himself, this is what I deserve. Once you humiliated me and didn't treat me as a human being, I still had to be respectful to you and let you keep calling. Today I finally won everything I deserved!
Situ Long gave all his internal strength to Wu Zhi, and at the same time passed on his martial arts to him. Wu Zhi has a deep foundation, coupled with his intelligence and studiousness, and he can endure hardships, and it didn't take long for him to reach the point of perfection. Looking at Wu Zhi's progress, Situ Long's father and daughter were very happy, after all, their efforts in the past few months had not been in vain.
Wu Zhi saw that his martial arts had been effective, and his goal had been achieved. Many times he wanted to kill Situ Long to avenge his previous humiliation against him. But he couldn't do it for a long time. Because during this time, he truly experienced the warmth and happiness of home.
Situ Long is not as cold and unapproachable as Nangong Qing. Situ Long, who had lost his martial arts, completely became a loving father and greeted him warmly. What he can't let go of the most is Situ Feng, this little girl accompanies him to practice every day, eats with him, talks with him, and washes and cooks for him. This kind of warm life is something he has not enjoyed in his life. If he killed Situ Long, the Dragon Gang would not let him go, and such a beautiful life would disappear completely.
The Dragon Gang was declining day by day, and Wu Zhi began to sigh whether his life was destined to be spent in plainness. Tang Que, the eldest of the Tang family, lost Ouyang Xue's protection, and he was very depressed, and he didn't want to just be a descendant of the Tang family.
On this day, Tang Que went to the Dragon Gang to meet Situ Long and persuaded him to go to the Yue Kingdom to join the general Zhang Li. Seeing Situ Long's appearance, he couldn't help but sigh that a person's life is really 30 years of living in the east and 30 years in the west.
Situ Long's life is basically fixed, but he still wants Yizi to do something, so he asks Wu Zhi if he wants to go to Yue Guo with Tang Que. Wu Zhi wanted to kill Situ Long, but he couldn't, he was very aggrieved to live such a life, and he didn't want to live with Situ Long every day. But he still replied politely, "It's all up to the righteous father." Situ Long also consulted his daughter's opinion.
Situ Feng said: "Brother Zhi is not an ordinary person, he has ideals and ambitions, we can't drag him back, if he wants to do something big, let him go." ”
Wu Zhi received the support of Situ Long's father and daughter, so he and Tang Que left the Chu State and went to Zhang Li of the Yue State together.