Chapter 43: Towards Disfigurement
Xu Yongzhi and Duan Zishou's wounds healed, and it was already fourteen days later.
It's a great joy to feel the strength regained.
I no longer need to be helped by others to walk, or others to take care of the bath, and every progress makes me feel happy.
Only when life is in one's own hands can people feel at ease.
Health in a desperate situation is also stronger than a serious illness in the arms of a lover.
The chirp is back.
Xiaogui's letter said that Zhou Zhuocheng was violently beaten by Li Yu, and the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty would send someone to Bianliang to plead guilty.
Xu Taishi also finished building all the weapons and equipment and prepared them for Xu Yongzhi.
Duan Meimei is learning to ride horses with Huo Yizun in the courtyard these days.
She wasn't very good at it, and for an hour every day, the neighbors could hear her yelling in the yard.
"Come on, Meimei." Xu Yongzhi watched her ride a horse upstairs with a cane, and when she felt that she was not easy, she opened her mouth to encourage.
"Sister, are you tired, do you want to eat a leg of mutton!" Duan Zishou and Ah Crisp were happily watching the jokes next to them.
"Don't eat! Before learning to ride a horse, resolutely do not eat lamb shank! ”
"I don't want to look at the store, the house, and the luggage all day long, I want to go to see the most lively scene with you."
Outside the door a mare passed by, and the horse jumped for joy.
"Bad horse!"
Duan Meimei fell to the ground with a thud.
After ten days of practice, she was finally able to let Huo Yizun let go and rode away on her horse.
"I still think it's too fast, isn't this horse too fierce?" Duan Meimei asked Huo Yizun.
"This horse should be over seventy years old, the oldest. If you can't get used to this speed, then it's best to take the car honestly. Huo Yizun looked helpless.
"Uncle Yizun, don't be so venomous! How could a seventy-year-old horse still go hungry for a mare that day? I'll definitely learn! ”
"Ahh Don't look back and say that I taught you to ride a horse. ”
After weighing it again, it was decided.
On the day she finally hit the road, Duan Meimei rode a fluffy little gray donkey.
The sun was warm, and Ah Crisp dozed off in Duan Zishou's chest pocket.
"This is much more comfortable, I'm really envious of Ah Crisp, you can ride a horse with anyone."
"Sister, don't say that, Ah Crisp only sits in the arms of the person he likes." Crisp said.
"Okay, good, my sister said something wrong......" Duan Meimei said.
Seeing that everyone was ready to stop, Xu Taishi sent everyone to the avenue.
"Childe, brother, children, take care, I am here to monitor the movements of Hongzhou and Jinling, and there will be letters from time to time." Xu Taishi said goodbye to everyone.
Several people set off together, and at this time, the autumn air was crisp, and as we walked north, red leaves appeared on the side of the road and on the mountain.
"Uncle Yizun, are you familiar with the military camp?" Duan Meimei asked Huo Yizun.
"Hey, I haven't been a soldier, I knew I should ask Taishi, Taishi was an officer of the Jin Dynasty when he was young." Huo Yizun said.
"I also thought about asking for advice before, but then I thought about it, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the barracks should be similar to those in our shop, and it will not be wrong to obey orders and listen to commands." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Childe has a lot of sense, I think Childe's martial arts and wisdom are not a problem to command thousands of people, but I am also worried about one thing, that is, people in the army, Childe may not be adaptable." Huo Yizun said.
"Oh, where would it not fit in?" Xu Yongzhi asked.
"Those are all rough men, and the people we come into contact with are completely different." Huo Yizun said.
"I'm not worried about this, I've been wandering the rivers and lakes for a few years, bandits, horse bandits, coachmen and porters, and I have a lot of dealings." Xu Yongzhi is full of confidence.
"Childe, if you talk about dealing with rough people, I may have more experience, and your experience may really not be enough." Duan Meimei said.
"Sister, are you the rough person you are talking about?" Duan Zishou asked.
"Amori, you're not a rough person, you're innocent. What your sister is talking about is the kind of rough person who holds back a bad heart and tortures people, like Chef Fan. Xu Yongzhi said.
"Yes, Childe, Chef Fan is typical. Childe was a young master before, a proprietor, although you came into contact with rough people, but they took your money, ate your food, and listened to your command, they will move closer to you, restrain their evil thoughts, and even become good people because of you. Duan Meimei said.
"Hmm......" Xu Yongzhi nodded in agreement, it was true.
"As for some particularly treacherous people, such as bandits and horse bandits, when you see them, you don't actually have any dealings with them, they are beaten away by you, or they are directly killed by you, this is a sword fight, not a dealing." Duan Meimei said.
"When you really start as a small soldier, you will find that there are many, many people in the army who are not good or bad, but who are particularly prestigious, and these people may still be positive under the jurisdiction of discipline, but in troubled times, they have knives in their hands, and officers may connive at them to rob things and women, you may have to get along with such people, you will definitely not join them, and you can't kill them casually." Duan Meimei said.
"It sounds like a lot of work." Xu Yongyi's face was depressed.
"If you are a commander and are in charge of a hundred people, you can let these 100 people act according to your moral standards, if you are a commander, the 500 people can all listen to you, but if you are an ordinary soldier, you may have to listen to others for a long time." Duan Meimei said.
"It seems that I have to obey, fortunately, it is a forbidden army, defending the capital, and I will not kill and loot." Xu Yongzhi comforted himself.
He turned his head to Huo Yizun: "Uncle Yizun, what does the army of the wizarding world look like?" ”
"Wizarding World...... There is no standing army. Huo Yizun looked confused.
"What!" Xu Yongzhi was taken aback.
"Every family has combat power, and when it comes to actually using spells, women may be even more powerful than men." Huo Yizun thought of this, thinking of Tian Xiaoqian when he was young, and his body trembled slightly.
Ah Crisp thought of Tian Kokou, and nodded again and again.
Xu Yongzhi thought of the headache Chen Xiaofan, and this girl still doesn't know whether she is an enemy or a friend.
Duan Zishou thought of Ah Crisp's projection technique, and laughed happily.
"The most important thing is that there is almost no foreign invasion. All the dangers of wizards come from infighting. ”
"I heard that the emperor of the Sui Dynasty invaded Taoyuan." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Yes, hundreds of years ago, generally speaking, if there was a situation where there was a need to fight, it was enough to shout with a loudspeaker at the entrance of the village."
"Dad, shouldn't wizards have teleportation or something?" Crisp asked.
"There is indeed this ancient spell, but it has not been used for at least two hundred years, and it has been lost."
"Lost?"
"That's right, the wizarding world has also encountered a very depressed and dark era since the Anshi Rebellion."
"Has this chaos also affected the wizarding world?" Xu Yongzhi asked curiously.
"That's right," Huo Yizun said, "In fact, the establishment of the Tang Dynasty is due to the sorcerer's credit." ”
"What?"
"After Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty invaded Taoyuan, the guild thought that the Sui Dynasty would not give up, so it assisted several anti-Sui forces, such as Li Mi's Wagangzhai and Emperor Taizong's army."
"I see, are Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng both wizards?"
"No, Yuan Tiangang is a true Taoist, but Li Chunfeng is a wizard, although his mother is an amateur, but Li Chunfeng's power is very strong, but after he sat in the world in Taizong, he no longer used witchcraft, but studied astrology, astronomy and arithmetic."
"It seems that like my uncle, he is a person who wants to study nature." Xu Yongzhi said.
"That's right, they are indeed wizards of the same genre, and the style of wizards has nothing to do with surnames, but mainly differences in views of the world."
"For example, Tian Dabang and Li Chunfeng actually believe that they can control the power of nature by studying everything in the world:"
"There is another category like me, Sister Huo Xiang and Brother Zhixun, who hope to find the power of the mountain ghost Niangniang from the ancient classics and use it;"
"The third category is like my brother Huo Dingyu and the current president Yu Sanjiang, whose eyesight, whether it is the starry sky or the ancient power, is a means for them to achieve power and gain influence."
"The third type of wizards seems to be the most dangerous." Duan Meimei said.
"Yes, but sometimes, this kind of powerful wizard can ensure the survival of the wizard power, and many emperors have actually thought about taking away the witchcraft of witchcraft and using it for their own use."
"Li Forsythia used Li Yu's idea to encircle and suppress my family, she didn't know that my family didn't have necromancy at all."
"That's right, in fact, there has been such a thing in Linquan Town more than once in history, the book burning pit during the Qin Shi Huang period, many of the dead were wizards, but this time Yu Sanjiang actually joined forces with the imperial court, and this matter really broke through the bottom line of wizards."
"Power." Xu Yongzhi sighed.
"But if a hard-line wizard wants to be the king, it's very difficult. It's hard for the wizarding guild to organize wizards into an army, because everyone has their own mana, why should I listen to you? ”
"Moreover, everyone in witchcraft can read and write, and the education they have received since childhood is also to pursue their own development, and it is difficult for them to be deceived by a king or sage, and they have no sense of serving a community."
"That's the power of knowledge."
"And there are also family forces that are in the way, whoever becomes the president can't get each family to fight for him, everyone is more like hundreds of tribes, and wizards are not a country at all."
"Sounds like a good model, there is no emperor." Duan Meimei said.
"Therefore there are many who want to be their kings. After the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong once invited a wizard of the Huo family into the palace, he wanted to do something, you can think about what it is. ”
"I guess, he wants to resurrect Yang Guifei." Duan Meimei said.
"This is your idea after reading Bai Letian's "Song of Long Hatred"." Huo Yizun said.
"He doesn't want to die." Xu Yongzhi said.
"That's right, Childe was right." Huo Yizun said.
"Why ......" Duan Meimei.
"What the emperor pursues, one is power, the other is immortality, if you can not die, then the power will have a chance to get back, no matter how great the power, no matter how beautiful the woman, if there is a death in the end, it is also a tower in the water, and sooner or later it will be empty." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Childe sees it very clearly, that's what the emperor thinks, they don't have so much sympathetic love, wealth and women will dilute their fear of death, but that day will come sooner or later." Huo Yizun said.
"This is how this ancestor of our Huo family entered the palace to see Emperor Xuanzong, and he was also taken aback when he heard this thought, he couldn't agree to this matter, because Emperor Suzong had already succeeded to the throne, and Xuanzong was now the emperor. The world is already chaotic enough, and if there is one more emperor who will never die, will there be less chaos in the world? ”
"My ancestor told the Emperor that there is no immortal person in the world, but I can summon the soul of the concubine to chat with you, this is what I can do."
"Is this a conjuring?" Xu Yongzhi asked.
"It's not a conjuring, think about how else we can do it." Huo Yizun said.
"Give it up." Crisp said.
"What Ah Crisp said is a possibility, but the cost is still too high, Yang Guifei has been dead for many years, and her soul is scattered, even if she sacrifices it, she may not be able to detain her soul, not to mention that the emperor is now alone, who is willing to sacrifice his life to sacrifice his concubine?"
"Colliers ......," Duan Meimei said.
"Your tastes are too heavy."
"I'm sorry......" Duan Meimei lowered her head.
"What the ancestor of the Huo family did was very simple, he went out to find a very good drama actor, this actor had acted in the palace back then, and had seen the concubine many times, she stood behind the screen, learned the tone of the concubine's voice, and chatted with the emperor for half a night, and the emperor felt that death might not be so lonely, so he accepted death."
"It's really clever." Xu Yongzhi praised.
"But this ancestor ran into trouble, because someone accused him, saying that he used necromancy, and like Brother Zhixun, he was also hunted down by necromancers, and then fled incognito for thirty years, until the son and nephew of the Huo family became the guild leader and issued a pardon order, and he returned to the wizarding world."
"The war between the two worlds is rarely a hot war, but this kind of battle of wits in still water, the secret battle in the court, the fame in the rivers and lakes, son, you are about to step on the court and the wizard, you must be cautious." Huo Yizun said.
"But I don't have any witchcraft ......"
"I believe it, I believe it," Huo Yizun said, "but Li Lianqiao doesn't believe it, right." ”
"Li Yu doesn't believe it either, General Zhao may believe it, but I believe Chai Rong definitely doesn't believe it either."
"Your background did not bring you the convenience of witchcraft, but it added all kinds of unknown risks to you, but it doesn't matter, anyway, even if you are tortured by the enemy, you will definitely not reveal the secret of witchcraft."
"Of course, the eldest brother-in-law is an iron man." Duan Zishou said proudly.
"Not necessarily," Huo Yizun said, "but your brother-in-law really doesn't know anything about witchcraft!" ”
"Hey, Uncle Poisonous Tongue, are you really okay like this?" Duan Meimei said.
A few people walked for ten days, and gradually they could see Bianliang City, and the forbidden army teams that were mobilized back and forth often passed by them, and at this time Huo Yizun suddenly remembered something.
"Childe, you have already said that you want to be a small soldier with General Zhao?"
"That's it."
"Is it too late to regret it?"
"I said it with a lot of momentum, the eldest husband is hard to chase after his words, and now it's not good to regret it." Xu Yongzhi said.
"That's terrible......"
"What's wrong?"
Huo Yizun jumped off his horse and stopped an oncoming young soldier.
"Trouble Brother Bing, how to get to the forbidden army's yamen?"
"This uncle, are you going to the Ma Jun Yamen, or the Bujun Yamen?"
"Infantry Yamen."
"Enter the city at the east gate, and walk two hundred steps to the east of the school entrance."
"Thank you, Brother Bing."
The soldier walked away, and Xu Yongzhi asked Huo Yizun.
"Uncle Yizun, how do you know that I am going to the Bujun Yamen?"
"That's not the point, I asked casually."
"Why do you ask casually when you ask for directions?"
"The focus is not on the infantry yamen, but on the face of that brother Bing."
"That face!" Crispy shouted.
"What's wrong?" Duan Zishou looked confused, and he hadn't figured out the situation yet.
"I don't seem to have one thing on my mind."
Xu Yongyi's face was annoyed.
"When you are a soldier in Da Zhou, you have to tattoo words on your face!"
Duan Meimei looked at Xu Yongzhi's handsome face and cried out with a wow.