Zhang Xi returned to Yongxing, Hunan, and it was close to Chongyang. At this time, the autumn frost in Beijing city has come, the red leaves are all over the city, the mountains are dyed with Dancui water and clear waves, the broad people take their friends to carry the wine to climb high to cool off the cold, enjoy the autumn scenery, the general people are already busy preparing firewood and charcoal, storing winter vegetables, repairing the fire kang, preparing for the winter. The land of Hunan is warm, still the bamboo trees are luxuriant, the clouds are covered with rain, it seems that the north has just entered the early autumn, the mountain peaks are green and the streams are slippery, and the eyes are sad and blue. He walked all the way back, not caring about physical fatigue, rushed back to his house to meet his mother, and had a reunion dinner with his younger brothers and sisters' family for three or four days. Hongshi gave him three hundred taels of silver through Kuang Shichen, and he left two hundred taels to settle down in his home, and then went to Zeng's camp to find his teacher Zeng Jing.

"Good!" Zeng Jing listened to Zhang Xi's activities in the past year, put the letter written by Kuang Shichen to himself on the candle and burned it, and said with a happy smile on his wrinkled face: "It's not in vain that I taught you, and you haven't traveled thousands of miles in vain." Truly a talented man! Sages don't judge heroes by success or failure, not to mention that things are still promising! As he spoke, he asked his wife to serve Zhang Xi a meal. He is fifty-four years old this year, he looks a little older than his actual age, his hair is gray, he is braided in one place, his slightly long face is black and red, and a pair of deep triangular eyes under the two gray shou eyebrows flash, sometimes flashing, revealing shrewdness and strength, the sideburns and the beard at the corners of the mouth are combed neatly, hanging straight to the chest, a little otherworldly and elegant. Seeing Zhang Xi staring at him, Zeng Jing smiled and said, "I'm old, you still look like when you left, but it looks much deeper." ”

Zhang Xi saw that his wife had brought the meal, so he got up and took it, and said, "Thank you, my wife." He turned to Zeng Jing and said, "Let's talk while eating—ah, it's still delicious in my hometown!" ——The situation is what the student just talked about, and then the third elder brother was too busy, so I talked to Teacher Kuang a few times, but because I didn't know what arrangements the teacher had here, I didn't go deeper. ”

"Why bother to tell me thoroughly?" Zeng Jing smiled and pushed the two books along the table, "These are my two books, the sample books that have just been carved out, you can take them and read them-Kuang Shichen is assisted by the third elder brother, and he learned Zhao Gao's way of destroying Qin; I learned from Zhang Liang, taking the road of the righteous soldiers and the world's scenery, and his actions are not the same. So much for. Zhang Xi hurriedly finished the rice in the bowl, drank the remaining fish soup and bacon with boiling water, wiped the sweat from his head, and hurriedly picked up the two new books written by the teacher. I saw that one of the covers was written "Zhixinlu", and the other was called "Zhijilu", and I called "good" and said: "Observe the situation and know a few, review the old and know the new - good!" Zeng Jing smiled and said: ""Zhixinlu" is a cliché, and I wrote about the political situation and public sentiment when China was chaotic. There are also Song Liao Jinyuan's, who added their own reading knowledge. The "Know a Few" article collects ancient and modern auspicious catastrophes, and talks about the induction of heaven and man. The article is written for the world, and the opening chapter is still the words of the sage, 'Yidi has a king, it is not as good as the death of Zhuxia'. ”

Zhang Xi looked at it again, and saw the dense ranking in "Zhijilu" annotated: The Yellow River was clear and the world was in chaos that year, and the meteorite fell and the British lord died this year, as well as the judgment of the famous people at that time and the later verification. In the form of explaining the Book of Changes, he commented in detail on the principles and symbols, which was very thorough. "A book of more than 100,000 words, where can I finish reading it at one time? Go down and browse again. Zeng Jing took a puff according to the cigarette and smoked, and said with a smoke: "It's still the same thing I said when you left, Daqing is now running out of gas." Every country that is about to die will surely have a tyrannical king who will perversely act against it. You come and take a look at this Yongzheng - usurping the throne, bullying brothers, forcing the queen mother, and killing heroes, and don't talk about him. His decree cultivated cool officials like Tian Wenjing, Ortai and Li Wei on the one hand, and suppressed Yang Mingshi Sun Jiagan on the other hand. The gentry in the countryside wanted to finish the grain in one piece, and the small people in the grassland forced the people to leave their hometowns and reclaim the famine. He worships his own palace chariots, horses, and jade silks, and also gathers the wealth of the world, and rectifies it all in one net, regardless of whether it is high or low! Looking at the rule of officials and the hearts of the people, is he not a tyrant?

"Nian Qianyao is a great general who has made meritorious contributions to the border and has been grateful to him; Long Keduo is a lonely minister, with high prestige and high prestige, and he also set up a prison without saying a word. He acted like this, how could a person like Yue Zhongqi not be afraid of doubts? ”

Zeng Jing leaned back in the chair, staring at the green mountains outside, smoking one pot after another, thinking and saying, "What you just said is right, Xiucai can't rebel." If it weren't for the rescue of a righteous martyr like Zhang Xingren, you would already be in a different place, so persuading Yue Zhongqi to raise troops is indeed the best policy. "The students are willing to go to Xining again." Zhang Xi thought about the teacher's words, and his own experience confirmed it, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Yongzheng was indeed a lone husband and a thief, and he had reached the point of betraying his relatives. Yue Zhongqi raised his troops to the east, and the spectacular scene of the world's unveiling response, he was from the bureaucracy, and his crusade against the unscrupulous cause of the horse grass edict aroused his blood boiling. He stood up suddenly, and his voice became a little hoarse: "Yue Dongmei didn't dare to go to Beijing to report on his work, it was not a long-term solution, I think he is still undecided." If this kind of thing drags on, the court is ready, and it will be too late to do it again. So I'm going early! ”

"Don't be impatient!" Zeng Jing knocked the ashes and stood up, paced a few steps in the room and said: "Persuading Yue Zhongqi to rebel, it is unusual, if you are not ready, it is equivalent to a moth throwing fire, or will he take you to ask for a reward?" ”

"How could that be? He is the descendant of Yue Wumu! ”

"Since ancient times, loyal ministers have produced rebellious sons, and they can't be measured by this, since they think they are the descendants of the loyal ministers of the Han family, he didn't do this official in the first place." The wrinkles on Zeng Jing's forehead folded up Lao Gao, "This has to be thought about, I think it is better to persuade him to know the righteousness again from the perspective of the interests and disadvantages, and write a letter so that he can read it again and again." He was afraid that Yongzheng would kill the heroes, so he started from here, and then said that Yue Pengju was the enemy of the Jin people, and his loyalty and righteousness were left through the ages, and he wanted him to know the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period. The article is not well written, you can't go! ”

"Then ask the teacher to come up with a pen."

Zeng Jing looked Zhang Xi up and down, and sighed after a while: "You also have to understand that your trip is like Jing Ke going west, and there is more than one luck." I'm too old to put anything out of my mind. You have an old mother and a younger brother and sister! ”

"I've thought about this for a long time." Zhang Xi said angrily, "I have also explained it at home. My mother was also a man of righteousness! ”

Seven days later, Zhang Xi and Zeng Jing said goodbye in tears. Calculating the schedule, from Yongxing to Xining, it is about 3,000 miles to pass through the four provinces of Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, and Gansu. Zeng Jing sent it straight out for twenty miles, only then waved his hand, and did not come back until he couldn't see his back. Zhang Xi didn't have the slightest concern all the way, he ate dry food, lived in a cold shop, and stayed in Xiaoxing at night, just in a hurry, and when he arrived in Xining, it was the first month of the seventh year of Yongzheng.

Xining is already a military city. Here is allowed to send troops into Tibet, most of the residents have moved inward, Nian Qianyao set up an empty city to lure the enemy to attack, forcing the people in the city to be "bait" outside the city, and a group of people who died and fled a group, after several bloody battles with Luo Buzang Tenzin here, and killed and starved to death a lot. There were only a few lamas' monasteries and merchants who were engaged in the tea and horse business in the Central Plains in the city, and most of the empty houses were called barracks. There are only a few scattered mule and horse shops scattered in the city, and the cold and biting wind wrapped in yellow sand is rampaging through the streets and alleys, and the streets are full of camels carrying grain and grass, walking unhurriedly in the wild wind and sand...... Zhang Xi found a dry shop, squeezed and slept with a group of camel drivers on the boiling hot kang, bought water with the remaining five or six taels of silver, took a hot bath, changed his clothes, and put on the leather robe that Zeng Jing gave him. After asking the general clearly about his whereabouts in the west of the city, he didn't say a word, raised his spirit and went to the camp, and asked Goshha, who was guarding the door, to go in and communicate: "I came from Hunan on a special trip, and there is a letter from the deceased to General Yue, please bother to pass it on my behalf." ”

"May I ask your name?"

"Oh, my name is Zhang Xi." Zhang Xi looked at the main gate of the great general in the wind and sand under the gray sky, and said, "I have a very important letter, and I must meet General Yue." ”

Na Goshha didn't say anything, took Zhang Xi's name and stabbed it in, and it took about a bag of cigarettes to come out, and said with a smile: "Marshal Yue is having a meeting with several generals, you come with me." Zhang Xi nodded, followed the pro-soldier, but entered through the Yimen, entered the inner courtyard through a side gate of the school field, and settled in a very tall and empty signing room. The soldier said: "This is the marshal's signing room, he is arranging military affairs in the council hall, and he will come down in a while." There is hot tea in the pot, hello to sit. With that, he went.

Zhang Xi sat alone in Yue Zhongqi's detention room, and suddenly felt a bizarre feeling: the day before yesterday in Beijing, yesterday I went to Hunan, and today I came to Xining, where the wind and sand are very cold, and the changes in life are so incredible! When looking at the detention room, there was a paper inkstone and other objects on a desk in the middle, a long table against the wall, and stacks of documents that were feet high; A large kang in the north is covered with tiger skin mattresses, and a kang table is installed on it; On the south side, there is a tea hanger by the door, and the water vapor is emitting white smoke in the charcoal fire; Under the east window, there is a white wooden bench, and there is nothing left. There is only one word hanging above the long case on the west wall, but there are only two:

Breath quiet.

There is neither a title nor a payment, and it is very conspicuous in this room. The first thought that flashed in Zhang Xi's heart was "cold". A little apprehensive heart quieted down.

"It's called Master Gao-Gao Yingtian, understand? Tell him to come over. There was a sound of footsteps outside, and a heavy voice commanded loudly, "You go to the Quartermaster Department, two people who stood guard at night froze to death last night, and the fur in the leather robe has fallen off, and if you want to do it, you will change it." To be in shortage, a document was issued ordering the Gansu general to be the governor of Gansu, and it was shipped within seven days! ”

Then, as soon as the heavy cotton curtain sounded, a middle-aged man with a short figure came in, a nine-python five-clawed python robe was dressed in a crane patch suit, and he was wearing a pair of knee-length cowhide high-waisted boots under his feet, thick eyebrows like brooms, and a pair of small eyes on his black and red face were shining - at a glance, it could be seen that this was Yue Zhongqi, the first general of the Yongzheng Dynasty. Zhang Xi had already stood up, seeing the seven or eight military academies who came with him to help him take off his crown uniform and pat the floating soil on his body, Yue Zhongqi just pondered with his face up, and he was suddenly nervous in his heart - he was already riveting a lot, but suddenly his confidence was lost.

"Your name is Zhang Xi?" Yue Zhongqi changed into a sauce-colored river silk lynx monkey skin robe, glanced at Zhang Xi, who was in a daze, and said with a smile: "Good looks, handsome man!" Specially from Hunan to write the book, this weather is really not easy. Zhang Xi came to his senses and shouted, "General Yue is well!" Then he knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "The villain is Zhang Xi, a member of Hunan, who is ordered by the teacher Shi Jiesuo, to face the general with confidential and important matters!" Yue Zhongqi was surprised: "Didn't you say that the letter was delivered?" ”

Zhang Xi paused and looked at a few people in the room. "Oh, you mean them?" Yue Zhongqi smiled and said, "These are all veteran ruffians. I have been with me for decades, crawling out of the pile of dead people, and I have not carried them on many important confidential matters. If you have a word, say it, and if you have a letter, take it out. It's just that you who are reading are so timid! Several generals laughed when they heard this. Zhang Xi thought about it, no matter what he couldn't speak first in this situation, he lifted the corner of his leather robe, tore it open with a "snort", carefully took out a letter and presented it with both hands, and said, "General, please take a look." ”

"A good word!" Yue Zhongqi looked at the envelope, took out the letter, and was shocked at first glance:

Xiangshui Shi Jiesuo was the first to bow to Song Pengju Marshal Wu Mu Shaobao, and then the Dongmei General was under his command

He rolled his eyes and looked at Zhang Xi, and then read the letter silently. The letter was written very long, briefly outlining Yue Fei's heroism of resisting gold and never returning to death, stating the scene at that time, if Gaozong believed and did not doubt, he advocated a decisive battle, and swept the Central Plains with the power of the southeast, and there would be no resentment of the Wind Pavilion under the hundred generations. Then he talked about the tragic disaster of the heroes of the past dynasties who were suspicious of the lord, and their names were hung down and then their families died...... Yue Zhongqi looked at it, and felt that the words on it were jumping wildly, and his head rose for a while, and suddenly Zeng Jing's pen turned:

The "gold" of the husband in the past was the Jurchen clan, which ravaged the Central Plains and then fled to Changbai Mountain and Xing'an Mountains, and was renamed "Man". It is the ancestor of Manchu who is the enemy of the ancestors, and the descendants of Shaobao are like the ministers of the East and the United States! How can this be considered filial piety? The barbarian race, the heart of the jackal, the nature of the snake and scorpion, although there is an artifact, it is difficult to destroy China. Zi said that Yi Di's monarch is not as good as the death of Zhuxia, because this fang is not only not a king, but also the enemy of my Zhuxia. How can you be loyal to the enemy and act as the king? In the past, Tang Yao helped to abuse, killed good and rewarded merit, and stole a unique name, which was unkind, but he did not agree with China and North Korea, and died without hearing of it. If the general takes him as the law, how can he be benevolent and wise? If it is not my race, its heart will be different, the general is in love with the puppet dynasty, lingering between the dangers, supporting the army in a dangerous place, and the general's danger is like a morning dew! Do you know? Five hundred years of kings, since the construction of the Yan year, just the right number, after the king is loyal to the good, the British sky, with hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters of the same hatred, high Zhang Yizhi to restore my Han family clothes, then the drum is a sound all over the world, 100,000 bears and tigers do not come out of Sanqin, Lu Shen can be revived in a hundred years! Shi Jiesuo's first vertebrae were heartbroken

When Yue Zhongqi saw this, he was already covered in sweat. Trying his best to press the sudden beating heart, Yue Zhongqi frowned, and said: "This is indeed a letter of life, and it is not in vain to be able to read such a letter in a lifetime." It's just—it's just that this Shi Jiesuo is like a person's number, and of course I can't care about it. But since I believe in him, I should always know who he is, and I should always see him. ”

Zhang Xi's bowstring-like heart was relieved, and when Yue Zhongqi read the letter, his face was pale with nervousness, and his heart almost jumped out of his cavity, which was even more unbearable than being tortured. At this moment, his mind is clear, and his attitude is much more calm, because he said: "Now I can only know my subordinates, this is my teacher." Three graves, five classics, eight ropes and nine hills can be passed, and the astronomical and geographical wind corners are all through. As long as the general of Dongmei agrees with this intention, a banner will be a banner, and the teacher will be thousands of miles away. Yue Zhongqi's head shook like a rattle and said, "It's hard to believe." ”

"Zhang Xi is also a seven-foot body, and I will stay here as a hostage." Zhang Xi said proudly, "The teacher is not there when you raise the matter, you kill me and sacrifice the flag!" ”

"Such a big thing, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you and me alone."

"As long as you do what the letter says, God will return, and some people will support it."

"Look at this teenage doll." Yue Zhongqi smiled at a few generals who listened to it as if they were in the fog: "He came to persuade me to rebel, but he couldn't believe me." If I want to lead the troops like this, it's strange if you don't mutiny. Several generals thought Yue Zhongqi was joking, and they couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Xi felt a kind of humiliation of being scorned, stood up with "brush", and said: "If the adults don't believe it, let me go, if the adults want to invite merit, the head is here." Why laugh?! "Let go—ask for credit—hum, sneer?" Yue Zhongqi sneered, "You're too tender, young doll!" Tell me the truth, who sent you, and where did you get here? Zhang Xi only knew Yue Zhongqi's true meaning at this moment, at this time he was trapped in the net of heaven and earth, and there was no reason to survive, because he looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "Yue Fei's descendants are like this, hahaha......"

"Come!" Yue Zhongqi's voice was as cold as ice, "Take it!" ”

"Wow!"

"Drag it out, draw forty strips, be ruthless!"

"Wow!"

In the blink of an eye, a few goshkhas pulled the guest down from the seat, pulled him to the outer porch, and tied it to the pillar, crackling and jerking.

"Send it to the back hall for punishment," Yue Zhongqi couldn't hear Zhang Xi's **, he was so angry that the three corpses exploded, and shouted loudly, "As long as you don't die, any punishment can be used!" He picked up the cup and took a sip of water, it was cold, and he personally went to pour the tea pendant, poured it on his hand, scalded his hand, and broke the cup to pieces with a "bright voice". Cha Gao Yingtian stepped in and said in a daze: "Beating people outside, angry inside, what's wrong with the big handsome?" Yue Zhongqi took a breath, pointed to the letter on the case, and didn't say a word.

Master Gao stepped forward a few steps, picked up the letter, and after reading the first line, his legs were weak, and he sat on the wooden bench, fixed his mind and looked carefully. Yue Zhongqi said: "As long as someone took a basin and buckled it on my head, he also came to send the handle!" What's wrong with this world? It seems that everyone has lived enough! I'm here for military lunch, I'm so busy that he's going to blame me! Gao Yingtian slowly folded the letter and asked, "Dashuai, what are you going to do?" ”

"This case should be asked by the Criminal Department." Yue Zhongqi said, "The flail is handed over and sent to Beijing!" Gao Yingtian said: "I can't do it." As soon as you are publicly released, or the interrogation is delayed, the culprit and the evil will not be obtained, and the imperial historians will still pick bones in their eggs, and they will impeach you for conniving at the main culprit, this matter has been done neatly, not only those rumors that say that you are a descendant of Yue Fei and plotting against each other are self-defeating, but they may help the emperor find out a big case of rebellion. Not only is there no disaster, but there is merit! Do you give this credit to the filthy officials of the Criminal Department? "Gao Yingtian is the most inconspicuous one among Yue Zhongqi's staff. Calling him here was to reprimand him for the inappropriate scheduling of grain and grass, but at this moment, Yue Zhongqi had already forgotten about it. He looked at this unattractive little master with admiration, and said, "Old Gao, this is what I see!" How do you say? I'm most afraid of this kid now, gritting his teeth and not snorting. ”

Gao Yingtian stroked his sparse yellow beard, thought about it with a lonely face, and said, "Of course." Then there will be new rumors that flies don't hold eggs without sewn seams. Maybe it's because you make an appointment first, break the contract first, and then want to invite merit - I want to send you disobedient, what words can't be arranged? He paused, clasped his hands together, and squinted his eyes with a green glow like a cat: "Bitter meat trick—yes." ”

"Huh?"

"It's great to do this." Gao Yingtian grinned and said, "Hit hard, it's best to spit out." I'm not afraid of this guy, let's use soft skills again. As soon as he came up, he coaxed, maybe he became suspicious? ”

Yue Zhongqi chewed on his words, and only after a while did he say, "I'm protecting people here." No matter what, first protect your military merits. ”

Zhang Xi was beaten all over his body and was dragged into a small house in a coma. He had also seen the government officials pass through the halls, and he had also seen the three halls of the governor's yamen interrogated, and the officials pressed the adulterous women to the red-hot iron chains, and the children were unconscious in a puff of green smoke. Compared to the punishment, he also felt that the military officials were a little more poisonous...... First use salt water dipped in the whip to whip, draw out a rice-shaped pattern, until the whole body is full of "patterns", oozing out is no longer blood, but yellow water. The military academy drank wine, slowly grilled the whole strip, and painted it little by little according to the "flower" pattern...... Wake up in pain, wake up and burn again, and repeat like this......

In the middle of the night, in a burning pain, Zhang Xi gradually woke up. He was covered with eschars, but he felt that the pain was not so unbearable, but his mouth was thirsty, and the thirst was so dry that it was from his throat to his heart. He tilted his head slightly, and found himself lying in a small suite separated by an earthen wall, with a warm kang beneath him, and flower cups and tea bowls could be faintly seen on the table under the kang. He wanted to call for water, but he stubbornly tightened his mouth, and in the dark night, he could only see a faint glint in his eyes. Suddenly, a conversation between two people that was so low that it was almost a whisper came over the screen:

"Hey...... Awake? ”

"Nope. Oh, it's high-"

"Shhhh

"This is a stubborn donkey character, he is not thirsty when he is awake, and he is fed several times when he is unconscious."

"Have the military doctors come to see you?"

"I've been here, and I've been drugged. said please rest assured, there is no internal injury at all. Of course, pain is inevitable. Doctor Ma said that as long as you eat and drink well, you will be fine for a few days. ”

"Shhhh

A few very light footsteps sounded, and there was no sound outside. An old soldier in a thorn gown came in with an oil lamp, and when he looked at Zhang Xi, Zhang Xi hurriedly closed his eyes. There was a sound of pouring water, and the old army sighed, and then Zhang Xi felt a cold on his lips. This time he pretended to be unconscious, no longer refused to drink water, drank a large bowl greedily, and passed away half-unconscious again.

"Zhang Xi - Mr. Zhang......"

A choked voice shouted in his ear, and then the light turned on, Zhang Xi opened his eyes, but it was the fierce and vicious General Yue standing in front of him. He snorted, trying to turn his back and go, but the pain of the arrow stopped him.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm coming to see you." Yue Zhongqi's eyes were full of soft light, and he approached Zhang Xi. Master Gao held the lamp beside him, helped Yue Zhongqi check the scars, and whispered: "It's okay, my lord, it's all flesh wounds, and the old horses are quite good at doing things." ”

A drop of cold water fell on Zhang Xi's neck, Zhang Xi trembled excitedly, and when he looked at it, it was Yue Zhongqi's tears, Gao Yingtian persuaded him: "Dashuai, don't be sad...... Mr. Zhang, let's talk about it in detail. Zhang Xi stared at Yue Zhongqi without blinking and said coldly: "You are the general of the Manchu family, I am the soul of the Han family, what do we have to talk about?" Yue Zhongqi seemed to have been hit with a stick, his face was so pale that there was no blood, he slowly retreated to the side and sat down, burying his face between his arms, as if suppressing the great pain, and sobbing all over his body.

"General Yue is the twenty-first grandson of Yue Fei." Gao Yingtian said coldly, "If you want to spoil him again, I will ask someone to drag you out to feed the dogs!" Anti-Qing is a catastrophe that destroys the nine clans; Restoring sight is another glorious cause for the ages. Why do you Zhang Xi want us to believe a letter? Zhang Xixiang was shocked by Jiao Lei, shivered, and said with a stutter: "It turns out ...... It turned out to be trying me? ”

Yue Zhongqi leaned over, stroked Zhang Xi's hair with his rough hand, and said slowly: "Good brother, last year, the emperor transferred me to the military plane, and I didn't dare to abandon the army to take up my post. There is also such a person who came to our army to persuade me to raise troops, and he still got an order from the third prince Zhu from somewhere. I believed him, but the letter he sent out was intercepted by my people, and it turned out to be a fine work at Yongzheng's sticky rod! You know, I am responsible for the safety of the Han family, I look up to the heroes and martyrs of my ancestors, and I have a lot to do with it! Zhang Xi stared at Yue Zhongqi's face, but that face, those eyes were full of honest tears, and the wrinkles that had been through the vicissitudes of life were shining under the lamp, hiding the endless worries in his heart. After a long time, Zhang Xi also sighed and asked, "Why do you have to know who sent me now?" ”

"We don't know where you come from, how dare we do such a thing with you?" Gao Yingtian sneered, "You are really too tender." Ma Guangzuo's 30,000 men were stationed in Gansu, and Legying's 15,000 men were stationed in Songpan. Xi'an General Wadeqing's 50,000 troops and horses are all blocking the way, you say that if you raise the banner of righteousness, you can get out of Sanqin? Since you have come to conspire with great things, you should be honest with each other, you yourself are not sincere, but you want us to be sincere? You're such an interesting teacher! ”

Zhang Xi tightened his lips, Yue Zhongqi and Gao Yingtian's pretentiousness deeply moved him, and the reason for the analysis was really impeccable, he moved his lips and pursed again.

"Mr. Zhang is also tired." Yue Zhongqi stood up, "Lao Gao, tomorrow you will take a sedan chair and send Mr. Zhang away." Bring him a hundred taels of coils. ”

"Wait!"

Zhang Xi didn't know where the strength came from, so he sat up and said, "Since you are sincere, are you willing to be brothers in life and death with me?" "Why not!" Gao Yingtian was stunned and didn't come back to his senses, Yue Zhongqi had already agreed: "Come on, come on, just pick up the soil here for incense, and the three of us will be good for Jinlan!" ”

So the two of them took Zhang Xi under the kang, drew up an oath under a flickering tile oil lamp, knelt in the south, and recited in unison:

Today, Yue Zhongqi, Gao Yingtian, and Zhang Xi faced Haotian God and told their ancestors. The three of us have the same mind, for the common people of the world, for the great cause of recovering the Han family, and fight against the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Life with this will, death with this heart, and wish to be brothers in life and life. If this will be violated, the betrayer will die under the sword and arrow, and will not be reincarnated forever!

A gust of wind swept through the house, and the sand and gravel made the roof tiles loud. Zhang Xi said in a low voice: "Two brothers, my teacher is ......"

Yue Zhongqi and Gao Yingtian returned to the signing room, and the two looked at each other and smiled under the lamp. Gao Yingtian said: "Since you already know Zeng Jing, why is the handsome still dealing with him?" Yue Zhongqi said: "From now on, I will not see him again, and you will deal with him until you hold Zeng Jing!" - In case he fakes again, it will be more difficult for me to rectify, and it will be more difficult to sing than to ascend to the sky! Alas...... The only death through the ages of hardship, Zhang Xi wants to take the right path, he is a good man! ”

"How can the emperor explain it?" Gao Yingtian picked up the pen, "Do you want to write the common oath?" ”

"Write." Yue Zhongqi thought for a moment and said categorically, "Write it as it is." If we have no choice but to make a decision, we don't need to mention the words of the anti-Manchu and Han people in the oath, just say that we can become brothers who live and die together. ”

At dawn, Yue Zhongqi's 800-mile expedited recital had been sent out to Changchun Garden.

Four days later, an 800-mile order issued by the Military Aircraft Department was sent directly from Beijing to Yongxing, Hunan.

On the fifth day of the second month, the Yongxing County Ya poured out the nest, and the fast horse rode straight to Zeng's camp......