Zhang Yan'er and Jiang Yingying brewed two large pots of tea from the kitchen of the wine store, and the nine of them drank it to quench their thirst.

After drinking a cup of tea, Bai Yutian asked in a low voice: "Feng Daxia, are you really only going south this time to travel to the good mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River?" Or is there something else? ”

Feng Wanli took the teacup that his disciple had poured for him, called the disciple away, took a sip of tea, and said softly: "A few days ago, there was news that came to Biluo Lake, and my master was extremely shocked when he heard it. In order to find out, my senior brother invited me to go south together, and as a junior brother, there is a reason to shirk. ”

Bai Yutian asked casually, "What news?" ”

Feng Wanli replied: "The news says that a young man in his early twenties killed the Songshan outcast Zhishan monk with just one palm, and it was not a sneak attack. The high level of martial arts is incredible. ”

Bai Yutian smiled slightly and said, "That great monk's powerful vajra palm can be said to have been practiced to perfection, and it is very powerful. However, he had a tyrannical temperament, was anxious to put me to death, and neglected to defend, so that I could take advantage of the opportunity and attack him by surprise, and it was not how to subdue him with one palm. ”

Feng Wanli said: "Gongzi's martial arts, although they have not reached the realm of transformation, they are also much better than the best monks. Once he hands it over, even if he doesn't give you a chance to take advantage of it, if he wants to get out of the way, I'm afraid it will be difficult to climb to the sky. ”

Bai Yutian smiled slightly and said: "Feng Daxia, my Pure Yang Sect has always been a single lineage, and I have never swaggered and deceived in the rivers and lakes for the sake of prestige, and the scope of my activities is limited to the Yangtze River Valley. You are rushing to the death of the best monk, it is enough to find out the truth of the matter, why did your senior brother Cheng Wanpeng want me to die? ”

Feng Wanli said: "Bai Shaoxia, people go to high places, and water flows to low places." For ordinary people, they have climbed to a high place, regardless of whether they are worthy of talent and morality, and they don't want to be easily pulled down. The local saying is good, don't mum about the rabbits who go up the mountain, and a bowl of soup for the rabbits who go down the mountain. Those who covet high positions, if they want not to be the rabbit that goes down the mountain and become someone else's meal, naturally have illusions, thinking that the early elimination of all potential threats is a rainy day. ”

Bai Yutian said: "Feng Daxia, the so-called impermanence of destiny, only the virtuous live in it. If a dynasty or a sect wants to seek long-term peace and stability and not be easily replaced by others, what it should do is to constantly improve itself and benefit others, instead of trying to harm or stifle the new forces. From the beginning of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to today's Great Song Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty has changed hands many times, and a dynasty with all the power in the world is like this, let alone a Jianghu sect! ”

Feng Wanli sighed and said, "Bai Shaoxia, who said no." But the saint is a saint, and the mediocre is a mediocre. A saint can help the world, ask the heavens, and work his own talents; Mediocrity is not successful, in addition to standing still, it is to draw the ground as a prison, whoever is stronger than himself will be regarded as a potential enemy, and he wants to get rid of him quickly. ”

Bai Yutian said: "People in the world, who doesn't want to take a step forward and display their life ambitions flawlessly. The reason why society progresses is that heroes don't ask where they come from, and the green is taken from the blue and the green is from the blue. If you are stronger than you, you are the enemy, and you have to disappear, then the imperial court opens a school, and the craftsmen accept apprentices to teach art, isn't it nothing to do, and this is a big move. ”

The summer sun is scorching, sweating is nonstop, drinking water to quench thirst is the right thing in the right thing.

Feng Wanli asked himself the same as Bai Yutian thought, and there was nothing to argue between the words, so he drank tea.

Bai Yutian was infected by it, and also drank water, and after quenching his thirst, he changed the topic and asked, "Feng Daxia, have you heard of an evil organization called the Dragon Slayer Society?" ”

Feng Wanli was quiet, thought for a while, and replied softly: "Bai Shaoxia, you may have asked the wrong person, the contemptible person has really never seen any dragon slaying meeting." ”

Bai Yutian smiled slightly, and said: "Don't hide it from Feng Daxia, since I saw it in Black Tiger Village, the juniors still thought that you went to Jiangnan this time, just like the Dragon Slaying Club, and came here for the batch of official silver escorted by the Longwei Dart Bureau." ”

Feng Wanli said: "Robbing the official silver is like a rebellion, and the Dragon Slayer Society is a small gang, even if it lends it a hundred guts, it will not be so rampant." ”

Bai Yutian said: "Feng Daxia, as far as I know, the Dragon Slayer Society is rampant in the Jianghu martial arts, doing all kinds of evil, and also collaborating with the enemy to commit treason, helping the party members to fight against the Great Song Dynasty, which is simply rampant. You Biluo Lake is located in the northwest, have you really never heard anyone talk about it? ”

"Bai Shaoxia, the world's great talents, most of them think that they have extraordinary abilities, if they can't display their talents, their lives will be like living in vain. Everyone has their own aspirations, and if they can't dispose of them all, what can they do if they hear about it, and what can they do if they don't hear about it. Feng Wanli had a bitter face, sighed, and said Lang Lang: "Wuding fights with swords to break the clouds, and goes straight to the Tianhe River and down to the emperor." After the battle, three million jade dragons were defeated, and the scales and remnants of armor flew all over the sky. ”

The four lines of poetry are magnificent, and the words are amazing, so that after listening to them, people inexplicably feel that the poet is bold and open-minded, and he is by no means a general.

"When autumn comes, September 8, I will kill a hundred flowers after the flowers bloom. The heavenly incense array penetrates Chang'an, and the city is full of golden armor. Although Bai Yutian didn't like such verses, it was difficult not to be infected by the heroic spirit, so he unconsciously took it.

After taking a sip of tea, he continued: "Feng Daxia, you sing the praises of snowflakes, strengthen your determination to cause trouble in the world, sing chrysanthemums with Huangchao, and establish the ambition to change the world, it is really the same thing, and the disasters are thousands of toiling people. However, whether it is to bring disaster to the world or change the day, it is just a feat of one person, and it is not advisable if it does not represent the will of the toiling masses of the world. ”

Feng Wanli snorted lightly, took a sip of tea, and said, "Bai Shaoxia thinks too highly of me Feng." I, Feng Moujie, a reckless martial artist, have such eloquent ambitions, but I just moaned without illness and sang other people's poems. ”

Bai Yutian was taken aback, and said quickly: "Who is so ambitious that he dares to compete with Huang Chao?" ”

Feng Wanli replied softly: "A scholar in Huayin County, Huazhou, surnamed Zhang, named Yuan, participated in the imperial examination, failed to take the test, and regarded his talents as difficult to display, so he decided to rebel against the Song Dynasty and join Xia. ”

"Hey!" Bai Yutian sighed lightly and said: "Such an atmospheric, heroic, and chivalrous poem, but with a Zhang Yuan who is unlucky, talented, and arrogant, is really a blessing for the Song Dynasty and a disaster for the people of the Song Dynasty." ”

Feng Wanli also sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't." If you want to have an ambition to stretch, the upper-class people, in addition to the imperial examination and the first, also have the grace of their ancestors; The lower-class people, except for the imperial examination, are military merits, otherwise they can only occupy the mountain as the king and gather people to rebel. But there are a few people who can live as well as Han Gaozu. ”

Bai Yutian said: "But no matter how talented you are, no matter how arrogant you are, no matter how indignant you are, no matter how much you complain, you can't collaborate with the enemy and commit treason for your own selfishness, and be a sinner of this nation." These tens of millions of people of the Great Song Dynasty did not offend him, so why did they so ruthlessly put tens of millions of compatriots on the fire and ignore the feelings of their family and country. ”

Feng Wanli saw that Bai Yutian was a little childish, and couldn't help but laugh, and said: "Bai Shaoxia, people don't do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, and there are a few people in the world who can't be ruthless." Who does the emperor's three palaces and six courtyards rely on? Who do the three wives and four concubines of the official rely on? Who does the delicacies of the mountains and seas depend on for businessmen? Even the neighbors want to take a bite when they see other people's melons growing well, not to mention the poor people like Zhang Yuan. ”

Zhang Yan'er came over with a teapot to add tea to the two, and when she heard the words "poor person", she asked curiously: "Feng Daxia, what poor person?" ”

Feng Wanli replied: "I mean that Zhang Yuan was also a poor man before he collaborated with the enemy and committed treason. ”

"They all collaborated with the enemy and treason, no matter how pitiful they used to be, they couldn't be pitied, and what was left to others was only hateful, quite hateful." Zhang Yan'er filled the two with tea, smiled lightly, and walked away.

Bai Yutian picked up the teacup and saluted Feng Wanli: "Feng Daxia, what kind of person is that Zhang Yuan, you might as well tell me in detail." ”

Feng Wanli drank tea and said casually: "I'm just hearsay, and I can't do it accurately." ”

Bai Yutian smiled: "Isn't it just hearsay now!" ”

Feng Wanli smiled and slowly said what he had heard:

"Zhang Yuan has been smart and studious since childhood, proficient in literature and martial arts, and when he was young, he was chivalrous and self-responsible, and he was dignified and dignified. Participated in the imperial examination, successfully passed the understanding examination and the provincial examination, but during the palace examination, he was unlucky, and his name fell into the mountains, and he was defeated repeatedly.

In the first year of Jingyou, the Jiaxu Branch was held, and Zhang Yuan participated in the scientific examination again, but the result was still unsuccessful. Although he was disheartened about the road to the imperial examination, he still had great ambition and pride, and felt that he was full of talent and could not die in the village. Seeing the rise of the Northwest Party and Li Yuanhao, who disturbed the Northwest Frontier and became a border trouble in the Northwest of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Yuan decided to take the road of marching and constructing the Northwest Rebellion by giving advice to the border generals, serving the imperial court and stretching his ambitions.

But it backfired, when he and his two friends came to the border pass to join the army with great interest, they didn't think that the border generals would look down on the three down-and-out scholars, thinking that they were delusional, and unceremoniously drove the three out of the city.

The imperial examination has been tried repeatedly, and there is no hope of making contributions at the border gates, and Zhang Yuan and others inevitably have complaints in their hearts. When he returned home, in order to vent his resentment, he did something that violated the law of etiquette, but he was arrested by the Huayin County Order and beaten and scolded severely.

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the emphasis has been on literature and light on martial arts, and the scholars have been held in the palm of their hands. As a scholar, Zhang Yuan was ambitious and arrogant, and he was so humiliated by the local county order that it could be said that he had lost the dignity of a scholar and began to be completely disappointed in the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Yuanhao, who was rampant in the northwest, sat on an equal footing with Song and Liao in order to establish the country, and was thirsty for talent. Zhang Yuan saw that Li Yuanhao would become a climate in the future, so he ran away, just to realize his own ambitions. ”