However, it was said that Lou Shiming took Lou Shifan and more than 60 of his subordinates to hurry back, ignoring the battle behind him. On the evening of the same day, they came to the spring pond under the Longquan Temple and stayed in the Yuanjun Temple outside the village.

This area is popular to worship Bixia Yuanjun, there are many legends in this regard, and the Yuanjun Temple is even more village-based. The Bixia Yuanjun mentioned here is not the goddess of Mount Tai, but the worship of Chen Jinggu, the lady of Linshui, from Fujian.

This one of Quantang may be because of the size of the village, and the scale of the ancestral hall is not small, with two courtyards on the left and right, three on the left and two on the right.

Looking at the shape of the temple, it should have been built at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, but two hundred years have passed, and now only the courtyard on the left is still a Taoist priest, and the courtyard on the right, which was originally used as a practice of Kun Dao, is deserted, and only the empty houses are still there. Lou Shiming: They settled here.

Lou Shifan was very dissatisfied with his brother's arrangement, but he didn't dare to say it. Lou Shiming looked at the color on his face and sneered in his heart, and he didn't say anything. After dinner in the evening, the brothers went for a walk by the pond.

At that time, it was just getting dark, and it was a little cold on the pond in late autumn, so they were all wrapped in cloaks and sat on the trunk of a fallen tree in the leeward of the shore.

"If it weren't for the heavy rain in the afternoon, we might all have returned to Luoqiao." Lou Shifan spoke.

The corners of Lou Shiming's mouth raised slightly: "If it weren't for the heavy rain in the afternoon, it is estimated that Long Hui would still have a chance to succeed." ”

"Huh?" Lou Shifan turned his head: "Does my brother think he will return in vain?" ”

"I didn't say it." Lou Shiming pointed to the sky: "God came to such a rain, the ground in the mountains is slippery, I see that Li Dan's subordinates use a lot of cars, and the driving speed is fast, Long Hui is a simple cavalry, and it is not easy to walk on mountain roads when the farriers are slippery, and it is difficult to catch up."

Even if you catch up, you can't eat your opponent. The little thief was so slippery that he couldn't have counted the rain earlier, and I said how he got up in the morning and didn't look like he was in a hurry! ”

"Since my brother guessed that Long Hui couldn't succeed, he only took these dozens of people to turn around and go back, didn't he think about staying to help him?" Lou Shifan frowned and asked, obviously he had been harboring this question for a long time.

Lou Shiming laughed: "Third child, you still don't have a long memory!" What did my eldest brother send me for? Come to kill Li Dan, or do you want to break his army? No, it's to save you back, that's my job, nothing else matters!

What is Li Dan? A troublemaker, did he come and eat us twice? No! It's just a little trick to make us sick.

His subordinates said that it was just a group training, what else? Last time, there were 1,000 people, and this time it's about the same number. If he really puts a position in front of him, do you think his thousand men can stop me or you?

That's right, he used to trick me, too. That's just a small skill of carving insects! Therefore, you value him too much, he is actually not so capable, and he is not a 'famous general', just a team exercise.

Is it worth delaying our plans for this kid? Naturally it's not worth it! Which of the two things is more important, laying down Shangrao or catching Li Dan? Needless to say, you know it too.

If I stay with Long Hui, led by the Tsing Yi team to the west, who will take it if the official army launches a surprise attack in Beicheng tomorrow? Who should the eldest brother find to command the defenders of the large camp outside the north gate? ”

"Well, that makes sense." Although Lou Shifan is irritable and willful, he still has the ability to distinguish which words are right and which ones are reasonable. "Second brother, do you think Long Hui can beat Li Dan?" He asked.

"It's hard to say, his soldiers are all singled out, veterans in the cavalry. You know that our entire army has only 2,000 cavalry, and almost all of them are in the hands of the eldest brother, and the eldest brother must have sent him the best this time, so the combat power is still there. ”

Lou Shiming affirmed it first, and then said in a changed tone: "However, Li Dan, this kid is good at using all kinds of tricks to make up for the lack of combat power of the team, so he may not suffer a loss." ”

"Then ......, after talking for a long time, second brother, who do you think will win?"

"Hah!" Lou Shiming didn't answer directly, but handed over the gourd in his hand.

Lou Shifan's eyes lit up, and he immediately unscrewed the lid and took a sip: "I understand, the second brother hopes that they will pinch each other, and in the end both will lose, but neither of them will strangle the other party to death, and this result is the best." Right? ”

"Where do you see ......?"

"Oh, don't deny it. I already knew that you and Li Sanlang were doing this wine business, and others couldn't find it everywhere, but you only had Fengquan in your hand, what does this mean? ”

Lou Shifan blinked: "However, you should also take your little brother, after all, I did this with Li Sanlang first, you insert it like this and then I have nothing to do, it's not big, right?" ”

"It's no problem to count you as one, I'm just afraid that you will talk nonsense in front of the eldest brother." Lou Shiming's eyes rolled and hugged his younger brother's shoulder: "But I still have to say, business belongs to business, and we can't ruin our Lou family for business, this is the premise!"

Look at this time, I don't care who wins Long Hui or Li Sanlang. I've left him most of my cavalry, so what's going on?

But I won't help Li Sanlang publicly, whether he can rush out or not is his own ability, I have other things to do, I can't help! Li Sanlang said that this has a special name, called ...... 'neutral position'! ”

"It's understandable that the second brother doesn't help Li Sanlang, but why don't you help Long Hui? I don't really understand that. Lou Shifan handed the gourd back, saw that the person behind him was far away, and asked softly: "But that Long Hui offended the second brother?" ”

"Hmph, if he just offends me, it doesn't matter, I'm not that narrow-minded." Lou Shiming then mentioned the fact that Long Hui was in charge of his own actions and almost killed the brothers, and then asked: "Does the third brother know why that guy is like this?" ”

"Isn't he bent on killing Li Dan?" Lou Shifan was surprised.

Lou Shiming shook his head: "He originally followed his father to raise troops, didn't he know that doing so would endanger your and my lives?" ”

"Shhh The second brother is saying that the guy did it on purpose? ”

"Even if he didn't mean to, at least he didn't take your or my lives that seriously! So what is important to him? Lou Shifan shook his head, and Lou Shiming sneered and said: "Let the boss be in the limelight and sit firmly in the seat, this is what he cares about the most!" ”

"W-Why is this related to Big Brother again?" Lou Shifan was dumbfounded.

"You forgot something." Lou Shiming took a sip of wine, snorted wine and smiled, pointed with his finger and said: "Long Hui's sister-in-law is now serving Mrs. Fengxian, and her father is very satisfied with her, and has already said that he will promote her to be a concubine for her eldest brother a year ago." ”

"Oh, that's what you're talking about, I've heard about it, too." Lou Shifan nodded.

Lou Shiyong already had two daughters but no sons, so Lou Zishi was very anxious and asked the Long family to make him a concubine because Mr. Lin Quan said "This woman is suitable for a man".

"So what?" Lou Shifan looked at his brother, but the latter only drank and didn't answer.

He tilted his head to himself, thought, and said in a long tone, "Oh——, I see." But that Long Hui thought that his sister was going to marry the eldest brother, and his uncle was towards the eldest brother, so he didn't put us in his heart? ”

Seeing Lou Shiming smiling, he knew that he had guessed about the same, and he was immediately furious: "Good thief, do you dare not take the master as a dish?" ”

"What do you think?" Lou Shiming pushed it again, and he waved his hand pretending to be drunk: "Don't see that you are also surnamed Lou, but you have to stand aside in the eyes of others." ”

Lou Shifan was arrogant, and his teeth cracked when he heard this. But after a while, he sighed again, and said with a wry smile: "It makes sense to stand aside, we were born by my aunt, and we are not qualified to stand by the eldest brother's side, so it is normal that Long Hui does not wait to see him." ”

"If he just doesn't want to see him, but he doesn't care about our lives, there is a deep meaning here."

After Lou Shiming finished speaking, he turned around to look at his younger brother: "I said, can you think a little longer?" People who are almost twenty years old are still like this, and they can't care about anything, and sooner or later they will call people dead and cheer for them! ”

"Who's going to hurt me? Just rely on him Longhui? Have the ability to fight with the master for 200 rounds! ”

"!" Lou Shiming stretched out his hand and knocked on the corner of his forehead: "Don't you see it?" The boss plucked his father all day long, 'lay down Shangrao, build the capital and become the king', what kind of heart did he have? ”

"Don't you just want to be that prince? I won't rob him. Lou Shifan pointed to his brother: "It's you, you two were born to one mother, he is actually very jealous!" Why else did you send you to carry grain and grass this time? You still don't understand? ”

"I know!" Lou Shiming sneered: "He muttered to his subordinates all day long, saying that he was afraid of being the second Li Jiancheng, and I understand this!" ”

"So, you're the one who should be the most careful! Hey....... ”

"You're wrong." Lou Shiming shook his head, and while stuffing the gourd to Lou Shifan, he shook his fingers: "Who said that Li Shimin can only be the second?"

Believe it or not, if Li Shimin died on the battlefield back then, it would be the eldest and the third Li Yuanji who would face each other in Xuanwumen! Lou Shifan was stunned, and Lou Shiming smiled when he saw it.

"Second brother, you, don't make such a joke. You know that although my brother and I are bold and willful, I have never had the heart to compete with my eldest brother! Lou Shifan's face changed a little, and he hurriedly distinguished.

"I know, but the eldest brother is a suspicious and delicate person, can you say that he knows too?" Lou Shiming hooked his younger brother's neck and lowered his voice very low:

"When did he talk to you like this, when did he go free and unrestrained with you, when did he treat you as a brother rather than a subordinate or a servant? Your mother is from your mother's housemate, so what?

Isn't it that every time you have an accident, the second brother comes to the rescue? He just sat high in the hall with his hands behind his back, when did he rush out and stretch out his hand? Third brother, wake up, in his heart, we are not as expensive as him. This is true now, and even more so after the father becomes the king and the emperor! ”

Lou Shiming sneered, stretched out his hand to grab the gourd and took a sip, and asked with a grin: "Do you know, why did I persuade my father to place Xiaosi in Chaoyang?" ”

"It's safe over there."

Lou Shiming pursed his lips and shook his head: "It's only half right!" He stuffed the gourd to Lou Shifan again: "Chaoyang guard Wang Xu is my brother, Xiaosi has him to protect me, I can rest assured!" ”

"What?" Lou Shifan was taken aback: "You, you mean that someone wants to harm Si'er?" But he's still a doll, and his father loves him so much......! ”

"Yes, my father loves him and his mother." Lou Shiming snorted coldly: "Then do you know who poisoned my aunt?" ”

"Auntie, isn't Auntie suffering from dysentery ......?"

"Do you believe this kind of coaxing?" Lou Shiming smiled very seriously, and after laughing, he pulled his younger brother: "I heard that my aunt had an accident, I rushed to see it, and the blood was all black and purple ......."

The person who poisoned him was extremely ruthless, and he actually smeared the poison on the spoon that fed Xiao Si'er water. The aunt tasted the soup and felt that it was still hot, so she put down and talked to the girls. If it weren't for that, that night would have been two lives! ”

"Oh my God!" Lou Shifan was dumbfounded: "Then, what about the person who poisoned it?" ”

"Dead, he himself ate the poison, so there is no proof of death!"

"Can't find out who sent it?"

"What's not to find out about this?" Lou Shiming sighed: "If people don't know, unless they do." As he spoke, he gave a thumbs up to Lou Shifan.

"Why? Attacking a doll, what is this kid doing in his way? ”

"Because his uncle is Du Jing."

Lou Shifan blinked his eyes and understood the mystery inside. Du was Lou Zishi's partner when he started the army, his family was a well-known tea merchant in western Fujian, and even owned four sea ships in Quanzhou Port!

Du actually smuggled iron ingots overseas in the name of ballast for the smooth trade routes, married his sister to Lou Zishi as a concubine, and later not only funded him to build a private army, but also helped him train soldiers.

In the early days of Lou Zishi's army, Du actually provided thousands of trained private soldiers to help, and this team not only became the main force, but also provided almost all the middle and lower-level officers for the mine rebellion army.

Like Tie Xiao'an, Sun She, and Luo You, they have all been trained in this private army. Later, Lou's power gradually expanded, and he began to be jealous of Du Jing's influence. m.

The two had a fierce quarrel over whether to attack Shangrao, and in the end Du was sent to the small place in Chaoyang as a nominal guard, but in fact Wang Xu put his uncle and nephew under house arrest.

Therefore, he is afraid that when Xiao Si'er grows up, he will have the support of the Du family behind him, and he will be a big opponent. But what does that mean? Lou Shifan finally turned the corner.

Lou Shiming nodded, sighed and said, "Poor aunt, I don't know who I offended or why I offended until I die." ”

"Brother, why do I find these things unbelievable?"

"Brother, read more books!" Lou Shiming smiled bitterly: "Once a person is confused by power, even if he is a brother, he will look at him like an enemy."

And the enemy can be very red when they see each other, this kind of opponent sees it, but he is smiling and caring for you, making you feel that he is so kind and harmless! ”

Lou Shifan acquiesced, and after a while, he said in a low mood: "If you say that, I don't dare to go back to see my eldest brother." He wouldn't excuse me for defeat, would he? ”

"Not yet, after all, you are not a powerless little four." Lou Shiming said half-jokingly: "Even if he gets rid of you, he has to consider whether your subordinates will mutiny, or how he will set up a Hongmen banquet." ”

"Don't joke about it, I'm getting goosebumps!" Lou Shifan hurriedly took a sip of wine to suppress the shock.

"It's okay, third brother, there is a second brother, and I will protect you!" Lou Shiming patted him on the back: "Now you know why I oppose my father to be the king and emperor like that, and I don't want him to attack Shangrao, right?"

Once the father sits in that position, the Lou family will fall to the ground, all the officials and soldiers will come to deal with you, and all the scholars will think of us as rebels. There is no other Lord! We're going to have to fight the court to the death.

Third brother, do you see that we are still so difficult to attack a Shangrao, how difficult is it to fight the world? How many people have to die here? Mr. Lin Quan taught us: If you succeed in ten thousand bones, but the emperor's foundation, then hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will have to die!

Third brother, you just heard that your aunt died, and you shuddered, millions of people died, what would be the scene? Does the Lou family really owe the world this blood debt for the name of a king?

Even if we can divide one side or even go further, you have heard Mr. Lin Quan talk about the history of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen later killed the Tang Dynasty royal family to the blood, and everyone said that it was the retribution of Xuanwumen.

Third brother, would you like to do this kind of thing again to your children and grandchildren? What's more, if the father becomes king, that person's ambition can no longer be controlled.

Even if he didn't want to, those people under him, such as Long Hui and Qiu Shopkeeper, would help him think like this for their own power and wealth.

Alas! I'm really afraid that our brothers will have a fratricidal situation in the future, is it really interesting to go there? ”

Lou Shiming's words had never been said so thoroughly in front of his younger brother, and Lou Shifan nodded again and again when he heard it. "What does the second brother mean, or do you want to try your best to prevent your father from becoming king? But can you and I stop it? He said worriedly.

"I can't stop it, I can't stop it!" Lou Shiming shook his head dejectedly.

"Well, isn't it useless for you to say so much?"

Lou Shiming smacked his lips, thought about it, leaned closer and said softly: "I have an idea, you can help me refer to it."

First of all, if the attack on Shangrao is frustrated, let's advise our father to give up Shangrao, turn to Lead Mountain, and then march west to Jianchang from there to join forces with the Jiangshan Army, one north and one south echo each other.

In this way, whether to go west to Changsha and take Hunan as the foundation, or to go south to Shaowu and Jianning to divide in western Fujian, are more flexible, and the initiative is in me.

We have been in Shangrao for too long, and the imperial court has enough time to transfer troops to besiege it, I am worried that I will stubbornly hold on to Shangrao, and the officials and troops will be surrounded on all sides, and it will be too late for me to leave! ”

"Well, that's an idea. But what if the father and the eldest brother don't adopt it? ”

"One word, go!"

"What?" Lou Shifan was taken aback: "Leave them behind?" ”

"Before I came to pick you up, Li Dan gave up Guangxin and fled north, and the Qianzhong army had already led troops to occupy the city. If my father and brother insist on not listening to the persuasion, we will go west from Guangxin.

The trolls are all my subordinates, and they will cooperate with the operation. We abandoned Yongfeng and Hengcheng to take down Xing'an, Leadshan, Geyang, and Guixi as the foundation. This can not only echo the father, but also prevent everyone from being rushed to this cage! ”

Lou Shifan was stunned, he didn't expect the second brother to have such a big plan. "But, but these territories are not all Yintuo's now, how can he be willing to hand them over to you and me?"

"Why don't you understand? You and Yintuo have a hatred for taking away your wife, do you still expect to return 'Mrs. Ru' to him, and he will be able to be friends with you? Lou Shiming punched his younger brother in the shoulder socket and scolded with a smile.

"Oh, but too!" Lou Shifan thought of the delicate girl, and quickly patted his forehead: "How is that good?" ”

"Easy to do!" Lou Shiming sneered: "When he comes back, he will ask me for Guangxin City, so I pretend to agree to lead him into the city and set up an ambush to kill him!" ”

"This ......, do you want to tell your father?"

"Don't use it yet, but I think Yintuo has been bullying my Lou family for a long time, and my father should be very happy that we have joined his team. Besides, it is only natural that he intended to declare a personal vendetta against you and me at the table, so he was killed in a fight. ”

"That's it, can you convince his subordinates?"

"So I have a reason to lead my troops to the west to subdue, and I have a reason to go!"

"Oh! The second brother is smart! ”

At this moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps from far to near. "Who?" The guards asked.

"It's me, I have something important to report to the two young marshals, and the eldest prince sent a messenger, and they finally found it, and they rested in the front hall. Please tell the two young marshals, do you want to see you here, or do you want to go back and see you again? ”

"Hmph, it seems that the eldest brother is quite worried about the two of us." Lou Shiming smiled slightly at his younger brother, then stood up and shouted to the back:

"Wait, we'll go back now. Come on, help the three generals! Lead the horse! After he finished speaking, he turned around and grabbed his younger brother's arm with one hand: "There is a second brother here, and the third brother is fine!" ”

Lou Shifan's lips moved, and he stretched out his other hand to grab his second brother's arm: "There is a third brother, I will ensure the safety of the second brother!" The brothers looked at each other and smiled, and supported each other, and walked one foot deep and the other shallow toward the shore.

Some people died, but not completely......