Chapter Eighty-Four: The Danger of the Hidden City (I)
Youzhou has always been very hot, but on this day, there were two great happy events.
This first great joy is naturally the arrival of Xu Chang'an to help them solve the inexplicable plague; this second great joy is that the general who left them and hid in the Youzhou Prefecture was escorted to Chang'an, and now the Youzhou guard is Pan Mei.
Since these days, they have seen what Pan Mei has done, and they have wished that they were Pan Mei's soldiers before.
Jumping from centurion to general is something that many people dare not imagine. There are even some people who can't be a centurion in their lifetime, let alone a general.
Although his path to promotion was faster than that of the cultivator Edgeworth, no one objected.
In the hearts of all soldiers, Pan Mei is their general and their brother who lives and dies together.
But Pan Mei herself doesn't think so.
He was still wearing the armor belonging to the centurion, walking in front of the military camp where Xu Changan lived, and tried to muster up the courage to push the door in several times, but his hand touched the door, but he lost all his courage.
He knew what he wanted to say, if he pushed open this door, then he would push out this low-hanging up position as a border general, which was the dream of countless people for a lifetime or even several lifetimes, and naturally it was also a position he dreamed of.
Only by sitting in this position can he fully display his talent.
Pan Mei's heart was wrapped together like a hemp rope, and she couldn't untie it, and several times her hand touched the door, and immediately shrank back, as if it was on fire.
He knew that this position should not be his own, with his military merits, Xu Chang'an pacified Yuezhou much higher than him; with the effect of this incident, this little marquis contributed a medical book, and also used his own influence to replenish the grain and grass of the Youzhou border army. No matter which one is taken out alone, he Pan Mei is far inferior.
"General Pan!"
Two soldiers passed by Pan Mei and immediately bowed.
Pan Mei motioned for the two to get up, and the two walked around the corner, Pan Mei thoughtfully followed, hid around the corner, and heard the whispering of the two from a distance slowly becoming smaller.
"This time, thanks to the little marquis, you said that this little marquis is really a god......"
In just one sentence, Pan Mei made up her mind.
He wanted this position, but he got it with dignity, not by this kind of way of picking up leaks.
After hearing the conversation of the two soldiers, he decided to give up.
Pan Mei knocked on the door, and when the previous general was still there, he wanted to knock on the door and put forward his opinion on the soldiers of the border. But every time I could only look at the gate from afar, and did not dare to take half a step closer, and now I could enter at any time, but this step was more difficult than ever before.
"Alright, after dangling in the door for so long, come in. ”
Xu Chang'an's voice came from inside, Pan Mei pushed open the door, only to see Xu Changan sitting alone in the hall, the little Taoist priest who had always accompanied him and the strange woman were gone, and the middle-aged man in the green shirt and the white kitten were also nowhere to be found.
Only Xu Changan, wearing a green shirt, sat at the table, and there were two cups of tea on the table, one of which belonged to Xu Changan.
Pan Mei was stunned for a moment, could it be that this little marquis already knew that he was coming?
Xu Changan waved his hand, pointed to the cup of tea, and said lightly: "Sit." ”
After finishing speaking, Xu Changan stopped talking.
The two drank tea for a while, and Pan Mei couldn't hold back any longer.
"Little Hou Ye, I ......"
Before he could speak, Xu Changan glanced at his teacup, rolled up his sleeves, stood up again with the pot, and poured him a cup of tea.
"Drink tea!" Xu Changan said lightly, interrupting Pan Mei's words.
Pan Mei could only swallow all the words into her stomach and continued to drink tea.
The two were silent for a while, Pan Meimei finally mustered up the courage, and was interrupted by Xu Changan in the same way.
Finally, when Xu Changan was about to add tea to Pan Mei for the third time, Pan Mei finally couldn't help it, her face turned red, she mustered up her courage, and covered her teacup.
Xu Changan glanced at him strangely, Pan Mei no longer hesitated, and knelt down on one knee and said: "Little Marquis, the last will be blessed by heaven's grace, but I am afraid that I will live up to heaven's grace." Therefore, I came to invite the little marquis to ...... with the holy mountain."
Pan Mei lowered her head, a strange smile appeared on Xu Changan's face, and she immediately picked up the second half of his sentence.
"Let him take back his life?"
Pan Mei glanced at Xu Chang'an in surprise, and it was only now that he felt that the battle of Yuezhou was fought by this little marquis, not by Zhiyong Hou Jiang Ming.
The little marquis's long and narrow eyes seemed to be able to see through his thoughts.
Pan Mei was thinking about it, and Xu Changan continued to speak.
"I know that it is very uncomfortable to be unworthy, especially for people who want to really make a contribution to themselves. ”
When Pan Mei heard this, she immediately raised her head, and Xu Changan's words reached his heart.
Xu Changan continued to let him kneel half-way, and did not let him get up, but Xu Changan stood up by himself, put his hands behind his back and said: "Pan Mei, a person from Jingmen Prefecture, fought against the original five tribes on the border of the South China Sea and made some small achievements. ”
Xu Changan cherishes Pan Mei's experience, and even remembers clearly what Pan Mei has done and the details of each credit.
Pan Mei looked at Xu Changan at this time, as if looking at a fairy.
"Okay, I'll tell you honestly, you were recommended by me, the imperial court originally planned to let Xuanyuan Chi come to guard here, but then too many things happened in Chang'an, so he didn't come. As for the original general, after the murder at the Chang'an Altar, he received a secret letter from Fan Yuzhi. If it weren't for the kindness of the old Holy Emperor, he would have died a long time ago, and now not only does he not know gratitude, but he also leaves his post without permission. Such a person, call him back to lead you, do you not worry? Besides, when the Holy Emperor is older, Xuanyuan Chi will rush here. ”
Hearing Xu Changan's words, Pan Mei lowered her head.
Immediately, he immediately raised his head, looked at Xu Changan and said, "Isn't that still you?"
Xu Changan shook his head, sighed and said, "I have more important things to do, if you don't want to, let this group of brothers fend for themselves." ”
Xu Changan took out a tiger talisman from his cuff and placed it on the table.
"Whether you want it or not, it's up to you. With that, he moved to the back of the hall.
At the back of the hall, there was already a person waiting, and after seeing Xu Changan, he was deeply moved.
Wang Pu thanked the Hou Ye. ”
The person waiting for him was Wang Pu, and it was Wang Pu who took the initiative to come to him, and asserted that Pan Mei would never accept this title, so he came to ask Xu Changan for help.
Sure enough, Pan Meilai found Xu Changan.
It's a pity that Xu Changan has long known his thoughts.
"Mr. Wang, please get up, to be honest, Pan Mei is just around the corner to become a famous general, and he just did what he had to do. I just don't know why Mr. Wang came to ask me to say this? Could it be that this Pan Mei is your ......?"
Wang Pu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The little marquis is too worried, the lower official is considered a strategist, and the strategist naturally wants to find a capable leader." ”
Xu Changan nodded, acquiescing to his thoughts.
......
Pan Mei looked at the tiger talisman, and finally sighed, stood up, and picked up the tiger talisman that was quietly placed on the table with both hands.
At the same time, Xu Changan took Tao Youting, Chang Moche and Li Daoyi, followed by a cat, a dog and a white ape, and quietly walked out of the Great Wall of Youzhou, and they were ready to save Tao Youran first. Although he didn't like Tao Youran much, when he was at the foot of the snowy mountain, Xu Changan was a lot less hostile to this Tao Youran.
As everyone knows, they are afraid that Dabai, who does not have much truth in their mouths, will harm the soldiers, so their actions to take it away will almost cause a war in Youzhou in the near future!
......
In Chang'an, the light rain on the heavenly street is as moist as a crisp.
The air after the rain was exceptionally fresh, and Ning Zhiyuan and Luo Ziang sat in the attic.
"Brother Luo, you used a painting to lure me here, I don't know why?" Ning Zhiyuan asked lightly, with some doubts on his face.
Luo Ziang didn't hide it anymore, so he said directly: "Brother Ning came here this time, he must have come for Youzhou, and the people from Tianji Pavilion said that it was during this time that the things in it came out." My Luo family has suppressed those things for generations, and I don't allow the slightest mistake, so I want to ask Brother Ning for a favor!"
"Please speak!" Ning Zhiyuan replied to him politely.
"According to the prophecy, there will be a snow demon ape attacking the city in the near future, and I am ready to go back and resist the snow demon ape's attack at the same time as the soldiers. But it's still not easy to solve, so I want to ask Brother Ning to help ask for foreign help. When Ning Zhiyuan heard this, he nodded, and immediately replied, "I don't know who to invite?"
"Lingyin Temple, in fact, as long as it is a monk, it will do. ”
Hearing this, Ning Zhiyuan frowned.
"Why are you looking for a monk? And why don't you go yourself?"
Luo Ziang could only touch his nose in embarrassment and said: "Our Luo family and those masters have always been at odds with each other, as for why we invited them, because Zhu Yan and monkeys respect monks more." ”
"But what you just said is a snow demon ape, apes and monkeys are different. ”
Luo Ziang could only laugh dryly and said: "It's all up to Brother Ning, in the eyes of the monk, apes and monkeys are the same, the same!
Ning Zhiyuan nodded, and headed towards Lingyin Temple.
As soon as Ning Zhiyuan left, Luo Ziang hurriedly went to Xunfa to take a leave of absence and hurried to Youzhou.
This time, the rest of the Luo family did not make a move, which was a test for him.
......
A white wind and snow suddenly rolled up outside the Great Wall of Youzhou, and the soldiers were dumbfounded before they had time to cheer.
I saw rows of soldiers standing under the tower! No, it should be ape soldiers!
Seeing this scene, someone hurried to find Pan Mei.
Pan Mei arrived, only to see an old man stand up, his face showed a fierce light, and shouted towards the Great Wall of Youzhou: "Release my son, everything is easy to say, otherwise, don't really think that the agreement of thousands of years ago is still useful!"