Growth Volume Chapter 247: On Loyalty
As the night deepened, the group finally entered the border of Bazhou, and from a distance, they saw an inn's tricks fluttering in the wind.
A few people entered the inn, intending to rest here for the night before continuing on their way.
Duan Yi still looks down on the sword-wielding boy after all, as the so-called everything is inferior, only reading is high. What's so great about that brightly dressed man, at best, he is a child of a family who dances and plays swords on the rivers and lakes, after all, he is a group of reckless men, how can he be compared with Mr. Shan Xing, who is rich and has five cars?
It's a pity that the old man doesn't seem to think so, but has a good conversation with the son, and Duan Yi, who has a helpless face, can only go to the stable alone to feed the horses to relieve his boredom.
In the inn, Shan Xing and Shan Xuan chattered around Xiao Chen non-stop, especially the smart and clever Shan Xuan, who was extremely close to the big brother who saved them in front of them.
"Big brother, are you very good at martial arts?"
Xiao Chen nodded in response.
"Then have you been able to beat the officers and soldiers of Yong'an?" Shan Xuan asked again.
Xiao Chen touched his chin and thought for a while, it is difficult to say whether he can fight Yong'an's officers and soldiers or not, but if he wants to make a move in the end, no one should dare to fight back.
Thinking about it, Xiao Chen nodded again.
"Great!" The little girl clapped her palms and said, "I knew that my brother was very powerful." ”
Looking at the round little girl who suddenly became happy, Xiao Chen gently rubbed the former's head and said, "Then why do you want me to attack the officers and soldiers of Yong'an?" ”
The little girl raised her chin and said angrily: "It's to blame that Xiao Chen for not being angry, otherwise my grandfather and I wouldn't have to go back and forth between Bazhou and Bazhou, and we wouldn't be in danger today." Brother, if you meet Xiao Chen, you must beat him up. ”
Obviously, the little girl didn't know that the young man sitting in front of her was Xiao Chen, who was not angry in her mouth.
Ouyang Xu and the others, who were sitting at the other table, all showed a look of crying and laughing when they heard this, only Du Yingying couldn't help it and burst out laughing.
Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, then pretended to be casual and nodded:
"If Xiao Chen is really such a mess, then he really deserves to be beaten."
To appease the noisy little girl, Xiao Chen turned his head to look at Shan Xing, who was eating peanuts alone, and asked, "Old man, I just don't know what the reason is?" ”
Shan Xing waved his hand helplessly and said, "This matter is a long story." ”
Lying on the table, Shan Xing shook his head lightly and said: "Now the Wei State has long been full of wolf smoke, internal and external troubles are continuous, when I was in Bazhou, I heard that Xiao Chen dared to resist hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Qianguo with five thousand black armor, and for a while he was a little impressed by this Yong'an prince, and originally wanted to serve Yong'an with a few feet of body, even if he died with Yong'an, he was not afraid at all. ”
"But I didn't expect that when I arrived in Yong'an, the army of Qianguo had been forced to retreat, and after inquiring carefully, I learned that the Qinglong and Vermilion Bird guards who supported Yong'an were executed by Xiao Chen with bad intentions, and Yong'an also absorbed tens of thousands of guards, and the troops were unprecedentedly strong for a while."
"But a thief is a thief, a thief is a thief, how can he deceive the old man with this little trick, he is just greedy for the strength of the two cities, so he executed the two guards, how is this behavior different from those thieves who are trying to divide the world?"
"The ambition of the concubine has been undoubtedly exposed, I am afraid that he has already had the ambition to take advantage of this troubled world to fight for the world, the old man originally went with a warm heart, but after learning about the situation of Yong'an, he can only return disappointed."
Hearing Shan Xing's words, the smiles on Du Yingying and the others' faces had completely disappeared, and Han Che squinted his eyes, revealing a cold killing intent in his eyes. Du Yingying pinched a handful of sweat deeply, for fear that Xiao Chen would do something bastard in anger.
Xiao Chen put his hand on his chin, and his face showed a contemplative expression.
did not have the anger that Du Yingying expected, but nodded lightly and agreed: "If it is according to what you say, old man, then Xiao Chen is indeed a wolf ambition. ”
"Humph!" Shan Xing didn't notice the strange looks of the people around him, and shouted angrily: "It's good that he Xiao Chen is also favored by the emperor, and now the royal family is low, he doesn't want to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, but he has bad intentions, such a wolf-hearted person, can An conspire with him?" ”
Raising his eyes flatly, Xiao Chen looked at the angry Shan Xing and suddenly said softly: "But Mr. thinks that there is still room for salvation in the current Wei State?" ”
Shan Xing was slightly stunned, and seemed to know that this topic was too heavy, so he could only change the topic and said: "But no matter what, as a courtier, you should also know the way of loyalty to the king, how can you have a rebellious mind?" ”
Xiao Chen was a little speechless for a while, the old man's words were right, but in terms of the current world, it was a little stupid and funny. If we continue to talk about it, it will only be a chicken and a duck, Xiao Chen can only get up slowly: "Mr. is talented, but he is just a prodigal son in the rivers and lakes, and he has no intention of going to court, please forgive me for saying goodbye." ”
Looking at Xiao Chen, who left in a hurry, Shan Xuan on the side timidly grabbed the corner of Xiao Chen's clothes and said, "Won't the big brother have a meal with us?" ”
Xiao Chen had a smile on his face and gently rubbed the little girl's hair.
"Brother is not hungry."
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The moon and stars are scarce, Xiao Chen sat alone on the top floor of the inn, looking up at the stars in the sky.
Ouyang Xu didn't know when he also climbed onto the roof, stood beside Xiao Chen and said coldly: "Lord Wang, as long as you say a word, I will kill that talkative old man now." ”
Xiao Chen smiled and shook his head.
"People like Shan Xing, if you pull it all over the world, you don't know how much you can shake out, you can't kill it, and you can't kill it. Ouyang Xu, if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight, and you must learn to appreciate other people's accusations against you. You can indeed kill Shan Xing with a sword, but apart from his words, he is still a little girl's grandfather, and he will not die even if he calculates everything. ”
"But the experience of this incident made me understand one thing, although he Ji Wushuang is like a god, he only doesn't care about people's hearts. As the saying goes, there are gains and losses, and that's nothing more. ”
"Talents like Ji Wushuang have omissions, how can I talk about a gentleman like Xiao Chen?"
"If others want to scold, they will scold, I Xiao Chen has a lot of infamy, I don't care about this one."
In the night, I happened to see Shan Xing taking Shan Xuan out of the inn to play, in order to please Xuan'er, the old man whose identity was extremely noble in the eyes of the literati directly squatted down and pretended to be a puppy, and Xuan'er was laughing on the side, one old and one young happy.
Looking at the scene in front of him, the depression in Xiao Chen's chest disappeared in an instant.
"This old man, if you don't talk that nonsense, it's actually quite cute."
In the darkness, a figure suddenly walked slowly from a distance, it was a middle-aged man, wearing an ordinary cloth coat, and carrying a long knife with a very old sense on his back.
Standing still in front of the inn, the man raised his head and glanced at Xiao Chen on the roof, and suddenly grinned.
"Xiao Chen, come to fight ......"