In the north of Anyang City, Xue County, in an inconspicuous Yangchun courtyard, under the big tree, an old man about fifty years old is playing against another middle-aged man, killing back and forth on the chessboard, although the old man is over fifty years old, properly maintained, still has black hair like ink, and there is no trace of old age.

At this time, the middle-aged man suddenly threw the black chess piece and said with a smile: "Elder Lei is worthy of being a chess master, I admire it, and I admit defeat." ”

In the man's mouth, Elder Lei is the number one person who presides over the Chen Guo Revival Association in Chen Di, so Lei Xiaoming, the head of the Lei family, the secretary of Chen Guo, and the middle-aged man who plays against him is Xiang Lan, the number one person who presides over the Lu Di Revival Association.

Lei Xiaoming smiled a little proudly when he heard this, picked up the tea bowl on the table and took a sip, and said: "I haven't seen you for many days, Brother Xiang's chess strength is good, the old man admires, today Brother Xiang is looking for me not just to play chess for recreation, right?" ”

Xiang Lan smiled and said, "Naturally, it's not a pastime to play chess, I want to introduce a master to Elder Lei today." ”

Lei Xiaoming said in surprise: "Oh? Where is the master, the old man wants to see it. ”

Xiang Lan smiled: "He'll be there soon." ”

Before Xiang Lan's words fell, an old man dressed as a ranger in a hat entered the courtyard, and Ji Zhao, who had been following Elder Lei to protect his safety, did not notice when this person appeared, he was shocked, it seems that this person is not an old monster-level monk.

The person who came took off the hat and took off the scarf, only to see that the person was gray-haired, drooping and old, and looked just an ordinary old man.

Lei Xiaoming looked at his face, his eyes were hidden but not revealed, and his momentum was extraordinary, he must be a master with extraordinary abilities.

Lei Xiaoming didn't dare to slack off, stepped forward and saluted: "Who is this senior?" ”

The old man said indifferently: "Old Jiang Yi, now there is no door and no faction, the rivers and lakes are just scattered, and I have seen Elder Lei." ”

Lei Xiaoming said: "Oh? Jiang senior, junior Lei Xiaoming, the current head of the Lei family in Zhangtan, has seen his predecessors. ”

A figure flashed in Lei Xiaoming's mind, and he seemed to have heard of his name, but he didn't dare to confirm the person in front of him.

At this time, Ji Zhao's eyes who were following Lei Xiaoming's changed slightly, and his tone was hesitant: "Senior Jiang, are you the elder Jiang of Ling Xuanzong?" But... Didn't the younger generation hear that your old man had ...... more than 20 years ago?"

Jiang Yi looked at Ji Zhao and smiled indifferently: "It seems that you have seen old decay in the past?" ”

Ji Zhao saluted respectfully and said, "The seniors don't hide it from you, when the juniors visited Ling Xuanzong's friends in the past, they happened to see your old man. ”

Jiang Yi smiled: "I see, I didn't expect that after so many years of decay, there are still people who remember me, a bad old man, which is commendable." ”

Jiang Yi saw that everyone present was full of doubts, and explained: "Twenty-eight years ago, the country of Lu was destroyed, but it is a pity that the old decay has hundreds of years of cultivation but has no power to return, the general trend is like this, it is not human to refuse, Jiang simply announced the closure of life and death, and since then secretly separated from Ling Xuanzong and made a leisurely cultivation, that's it, many people in the monk world think that the old decay has failed in retreat and fallen, if it were not for the obsession in my heart, I would not come here to meet you." ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized.

When Lei Xiaoming saw that Xiang Lan introduced this person, he must have a plan, and said, "Seniors are here to conspire with us?" ”

Jiang Yi bowed his head and said, "Well, that's right, this matter is carefully planned with the elders, is Elder Lei willing to discuss the plan with us?" ”

When Lei Xiaoming heard this, his heart jumped, he could invite the old monster of the four phases to come out of the mountain, Xiang Lan definitely had a big plan, since he had come here, fortunately he heard what he was going to do.

Xiang Lan Yi stretched out his hand and pointed to the room, and said to the two: "Senior Jiang, Elder Lei, please come in the two, I will carefully explain the cause and effect to the two." ”

After the three of them finished explaining to Lan around the map, Lei Xiaoming's heart was like a stormy sea for a long time.

Lei Xiaoming came back to his senses after a while, and said in a trembling voice: "What? Actually want to assassinate the emperor? This...... You guys... How dare you think about it! ”

Lei Xiaoming digested some of the information a little, and asked: "Although this plan is thorough, but the emperor is surrounded by the eagle dogs of Baijia, and this time, two of the three marquis of Baijia must be on the road, and the accompanying army is at least more than ten Shu, and it is difficult to hit it with one blow." ”

Xiang Lan seemed to be confident, and said: "Elder Lei, I know that you have concerns, today I am looking for you to come here for a secret meeting, it is to use the power of your association, I hear, the demon sword Xie Qian, who challenged the invincible opponents of the major sects in the monk world, has invested in the Chen State Revival Association, in addition to the Jiang seniors, we also spent a lot of money to invite the sword saint of the Dongyi clan Wulan Zhu Chi to come to congratulate the battle, and the three seniors of the four phases return to one realm to shoot together, this time the emperor will be dead or alive, if the emperor of the Jin court dies on the way to the east, this will undoubtedly be a shocking change for the Jin court, When the time comes, the court will be ownerless, and it will be a good opportunity for us to wait for the incident to restore the country. ”

Lei Xiaoming thought for a while, and hesitated: "The Jin army is strong, even if we wait for the assassination to succeed and take the opportunity to start an incident, I am afraid it will be difficult to shake the imperial court, but it is a lot of life, why bother, you don't know about the change of the people of Dongjun last month, but it has only been more than ten incidents, and it was suppressed by the Jin army, it is difficult!" ”

Xiang Lan smiled mysteriously and said, "Brother Lei doesn't know, the Dongjun Civil Rebellion a few months ago was secretly planned by me, intending to test the reality of the Jin people. ”

Lei Xiaoming's face changed slightly, and he pointed at Xiang Lan and said angrily: "It turned out to be you?" How can I gamble that there was an incident in Dongjun, if you want to test the truth of the Jin Court, you will try your reckless life, why bother the people of my Chen Land, hum! ”

Xiang Lan knew that he wanted to cooperate with Lei Xiaoming, and hurriedly reassured: "Alas, my good big brother, I can't help it, if the county of my hometown of Lu has an accident inexplicably, then it is very likely that the emperor will change the established route and not pass through the ambush site I designed in advance, the reason why I launched the Dongjun rebellion is to remind the imperial court that it is time for the emperor to parade, and to give the Jin court a big surprise." ”

Xiang Lan saw that Lei Xiaoming was still angry, and admonished: "Brother Lei, those who have achieved great things are not informal, and sometimes necessary sacrifices are unavoidable, as long as we can drive away the Jin people one day and successfully restore the country, we will be able to shine in the annals of history and live forever." ”

Xiang Lan continued to persuade: "I can see the civil uprising in Dongjun a few months ago, since the unification of the third Zhaowu Emperor, in fact, the Jin court's control over my old Kanto land is very limited, the invincible Jin army was scattered in the counties and counties like a full star, and it can only be stationed in the important city passes, and it is impossible to form a joint force to suppress the rebellion in a short period of time, and now finally wait for the death of Emperor Wu, the new lord of the Jin court ascends the throne, the lord is suspicious, and the prime minister is in power, it is a good opportunity for me to wait for the trouble, the new lord has no heir, as long as the emperor dies, The upper echelons of the Jin court will inevitably fall into civil strife because of the struggle for the throne, and when the court in Guanzhong elects a new monarch, we may have succeeded in restoring the country long ago, please Elder Lei think twice......"

Xiang Lan was repeatedly appeased and persuaded after a while, and Lei Xiaoming's face was relaxed, and his expression was quite moved.

At this time, Jiang Yi, who was standing on the side, said leisurely: "The land is not benevolent, take all things as a dog, don't care too much about the honor and disgrace of the people in a place, we should think of the common people, kill the tyrant, overthrow the Jin court, abolish the harsh government, and return the people to a bright and prosperous world. ”

Lei Xiaoming's expression was excited when he heard this, and he respectfully saluted Jiang Yizhi's disciple and said: "The seniors' golden and jade words are deafening, and the younger generations have been taught. ”

Seeing this, Xiang Lan hurriedly increased his weight, he walked to the earthen platform on the left side of the room, and tore open the curtain covering it, only to see that this earthen platform was a simple topographical sand table.

Xiang Lan pointed to the sand table and explained: "Everyone, please see, this is the northern slope of the Sand Ridge, the east of the Sand Ridge is the only route for the emperor's eastern tour, the terrain of the col is narrow, the large army is not easy to deploy, the col terrain I have personally surveyed countless times, only this is the most suitable place for ambush, and it is only two days away from Shucheng, even if the Shucheng defenders receive the news to rescue, they have to march for at least five hours, and now it is late autumn, and the Shaling Mountain is full of fallen leaves, I have already sent someone to dig the hidden fortifications, It is difficult for the scouts of the Jin army to detect the abnormality, as long as the sub-guard of honor passes here, our army will immediately launch an ambush to cut the army into several sections, the Jin army is well-trained, our army is small, at most it can barely support for half an hour, and the rest depends on the three seniors. ”

Lei Xiaoming nodded again and again when he heard this, he could tell Lan Zhiyan that he was reasonable, and the possibility of success was extremely high, and he was almost about to agree.

Lei Xiaoming somewhat understands some art of war, he carefully looked at the sand table and deduced it in his heart, and said: "This strategy has a great chance of success, which of the three seniors will attack and assassinate the emperor at that time?" ”

Jiang Yi said proudly: "Naturally, the old man is the main attacker. ”

When Lei Xiaoming heard this, he said movingly: "Senior, the Ci Fighting Method is completely desperate, this is a plan to die, even if we cut off the army and can't take care of it from the end, then the emperor's guards, the army, there must be as few as twenty or thirty thousand people, senior, you want to fall into the encirclement of the army, even if the assassination is successful, your old man is afraid that it will be difficult to escape?" ”

Jiang Yi smiled indifferently and said: "It's okay, the old man never planned to come back, the old man was born in the Ling Xuan Sect, if it wasn't for the early years to take care of the involvement of the sect, he would have planned to do this a long time ago, now the old man has been cultivating for hundreds of years, there is no hope of soaring, and the longevity is about to end, to be honest, he has already lived enough, and the things behind him have long been explained, at this moment there are no regrets in his heart, only to ask for a chance to be loyal to the country, after the death of the old man, the next matter, you should sincerely unite and go to the national disaster together." ”

As soon as these words came out, Lei Xiaoming and Xiang Lan's hearts were greatly shaken.

With tears in his eyes, Lei Xiaoming bowed down and saluted: "Mr. righteousness, we are ashamed of ourselves, I swear, Lei will never live up to Mr. trust, as long as it is done, we will immediately connect the heroes to do things together, break the family and business, and go to the national disaster together." ”

Lei Xiaoming was also so excited in his heart that he almost cried on the spot, people don't even want their lives, why are you hesitating?

Jiang Yi laughed and said, "Okay! Good! When the time comes, I will wait for you to restore the country. ”

Jiang Yi turned around and saluted Xiang Lan with a fist: "I think that the ancestor of my Lu country, the Duke of Zhao, has been conferred the title of Marquis of Lu for more than a thousand years, and from now on, the thousand-year-old foundation of the Duke of Lu will be entrusted to Elder Xiang." ”

Xiang Lan also returned the salute to Jiang Yi with tears in his eyes, and said: "Mr. Jiang, don't worry, even if I am Xiang Mou, even if I die on the battlefield and the horse leather shroud, I will never live up to what Mr. stopped today."

Lei Xiaoming bowed his hand to the two and said: "Since we have formed an alliance, why don't we make an alliance with blood and talk about wine?" ”

When Jiang Yi heard this, he laughed and said, "Okay, be a big white." ”