Since ancient times, there are few famous ministers who have a good end, Han Xin, Huo Guang, Zhou Yafu, Gao Dezheng, Gao Ying, Guo Ziyi, Di Qing, Yue Fei, these people are all heroes among people. But in the end, it was impossible to escape the bleak fate.

The so-called "all the birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden." The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook. That's exactly what happened. Even though this truth is widely circulated, there are only a few people who can really understand it.

The reason why the famous Qi Jiguang was able to establish an immortal career in the southwest is inseparable from the support of Zhang Juzheng, a generation of Zaifu. There is a saying that "success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He". For this famous general, the downhill road of his career also began after Zhang Juzheng's death.

In the tenth year of Wanli, Shenzong planned everything and liquidated the Zhang family. The officials promoted by the first assistant have been affected to varying degrees. Qi Jiguang was naturally among them, and he was naturally attributed to Zhang Dang. At that time, Zhang Dingsi, who was in charge of the matter, figured out his intentions, so he suggested to the imperial court to transfer Qi Jiguang under the pretext that the north was stable and the south was in trouble.

After some deliberation by the Ministry of War, after reporting to the cabinet and the approval of the Divine Sect, the old general was released to Guangdong. At that time, there were wars in the north, while the southeast was relatively stable. The poor hero has no place to play, and there are many grievances in his chest.

After being transferred to the border, it is inevitable to express a few words of emotion. There were villains who passed these things to the government and the opposition, and Zhang Xigao wrote to impeach Qi Jiguang in the middle of the matter, saying that he was old and sick, vacant in his position, and eating Lu rice, which was not the way of benevolent ministers. When Qi Jiguang heard this, he fell seriously ill, so he had to resign and return to his hometown and return to Dengzhou (now Penglai, Shandong Province).

In just five years, a generation of famous generals Qi Jiguang fell from the peak of his life to the bottom. After he returned to his hometown in despair, he learned that his younger brother Qi Jimei was no longer alive. His wife, Wang, also became insane due to the untimely death of her stepson Qi Anguo, and left the Qi family with family property in the name of Hugh.

Under such a bleak evening scene, no one can stand it. He has been ill since he returned to his hometown, but fortunately, his fellow villagers have helped him and his family can barely make ends meet. However, this situation did not last long, and the rumors in the township that the court wanted to kill Qi Jiguang spread far and wide, and in order to avoid trouble, the number of people who went to Qi's house gradually decreased.

On this day, the evening breeze blows, and the reeds on the riverside sway. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the broken roof tiles of the Qi family, adding a bit of gloom. The spear on the weapon rack seemed to be much dimmed in the light of the setting sun.

Qi Jiguang drank some rice soup and his spirits improved, so he insisted that his son helped him to walk outside the house, saying that he wanted to move his muscles and bones. After many years of marching and fighting, his body was scarred. And this pair of legs is not as good as before, he wanted to play the gun twice, but his knees hurt terribly.

I had no choice but to sit down on a slippery wicker chair. The eldest son, Qi Zuoguo, stood beside him and was silent. Qi Jiguang has just passed the age of sixtieth year, but his whole person is aging. The wrinkles on his face are like knife cuts. The originally bright eyes also became cloudy, and the gray temples and unkempt beard made him lose his former majesty.

Outside the door, two children were holding bamboo knives and riding bamboo horses. A little boy with a bun said: "I am Qi Laohu, you are a widow." Where is the reason why the Japanese are chasing Qi Laohu and fighting? You still don't surrender?" Another boy said, "Don't surrender." Can't you always let you pretend to be a tiger, and let me be okay?" the two of them fought in the distance.

The immature voices of the two fell into Qi Jiguang's ears, and he didn't feel it. Xin said: "This child still knows that I am a tiger and a tiger, but what about the court? ”

He looked at the red in the sunset, and said in his mouth: "When you are drunk, you can pick up the lamp and look at the sword, and dream of blowing the horn and the battalion." Eight hundred miles of fire, fifty strings turned over the outside sound, and the battlefield was an autumn soldier. The horse-made Lu was fast, and the bow was like a thunderbolt. But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death. Poor white happens!"

When the eldest son Qi Zuoguo, who was standing beside him, heard this, he couldn't help but wipe his tears with his sleeves. Qi Jiguang smiled bitterly and said: "Son, my father has only passed the age of the sixtieth year this year, is it unbearable? Thinking that the ancient general Lian Po can still fight on the battlefield at eighty, I am unwilling to be my father, and my heart is unwilling!" When he said this, tears flashed in his eyes, and his voice was extremely sad.

Qi Zuoguo choked up and said: "My father's life's achievements are far better than Lian Po. Now that my father is old, it's time to rest. Qi Jiguang said angrily: "Do you mean I'm old? I'm useless." I'm telling you, I'm not old, I'm still useful, I'm still fighting.

If the general wants to die, he should die on that battlefield, and it is the general's fate to be shrouded in horse leather and stained with blood. If I want to die of old age and sickness, I ...... I, Qi Jiguang, might as well sacrifice my life for the country. ”

As he spoke, he struggled to sit up, but there was a dull pain in his leg, and he fell down on the wicker chair again. Qi Zuoguo said: "Father, you said before, 'I don't want to be a marquis, but I hope the sea will be peaceful'." Now that the four seas are calm, my father has done it, and it is time to take care of his old age. ”

Qi Jiguang said: "You are talking nonsense, you are talking nonsense, don't you see that the north is not peaceful, the Tatars are waiting for the opportunity to bite the throat of our Daming? I, I just want to sweep out the border troubles for Daming, there is a group of wolves staring at my Daming! Qi Jiajun, Qi Jiajun is the emperor, not mine, how many times have I said it, why are there still people slandering the emperor. ”

As he spoke, he was so excited that he couldn't help coughing. Qi Zuoguo stretched out his hand and stroked his chest and said, "Father, you are not old, nor are you useless. It's that I'm going to change tomorrow morning. Qi Jiguang said: "What is the sky?"

Qi Zuoguo whispered in his ear: "For my father, Lord Zhang is the sky, and if Lord Zhang falls, my father's sky will fall." Without this day, who else will support my father, and who else will protect my family?"

Qi Jiguang smiled when he heard this: "Your son, you are really stupid." Let me tell you, there is only one piece of heaven in this Ming Dynasty, and that is the emperor. Yan Song, Gao Gong, Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, the power in their hands is not as great as the emperor. The emperor is the heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and they are just a cloud, sometimes just a rain cloud. ”

Qi Zuoguo asked: "Father, since you have seen it so thoroughly, why are you still there?" Qi Jiguang said slowly: "Even if you understand it thoroughly, you still can't avoid it." It's not that your father is stupid, it's that you have to have a choice. This choice is sometimes either black or white. Sometimes it's either good or evil. But sometimes it's nothing, and you have to choose.

God chose the emperor, the emperor chose Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng chose me, we all know it very well. Alas, the more you understand, the more painful, and the more sober you are, the more painful it becomes. My son, remember. It's not that the sky changes, it's that the power of the sky is unpredictable, do you know? The sky is always the sky, high above, and the supreme is incomparable. No one is above the heavens. ”

Qi Zuoguo looked at his father as if he didn't understand, and Qi Jiguang's eyes fell on the red sun, as if under the afterglow of the red sun, he recalled the past. Once that high-spirited young man, he jumped on the horse with a spear and fought in the north and south. The Japanese turned on their horses, the Japanese lost their armor, and the banner of the Japanese was broken......

The old man only has memories, and a once famous person can only regain that pride by reminiscing. Daming's sky is still over there, and the people he is familiar with have gone, Yu Dayou, Tan Lun, Qi Jimei...... Rainbow Literature Network

Xiao Yunfan and his entourage left the dark capital and marched from Yangzhou, just because the demon god ship was too ostentatious to pass through the city, they left the boat in the cave and went north to Dengzhou from the waterway. A group of ten people walking in groups will inevitably attract attention. Therefore, Xiao Yunfan divided the people into two groups, himself and Qianqian, plus four followers. And the others followed the big man.

It was getting late, and Xiao Yunfan and others stayed in an inn. There are many heroes sitting in the hall, and three or five people gather at a table to talk. At this time, Xiao Yunfan had pretended to be a middle-aged wealthy businessman, and the second daughter of Qianqian Tingting pretended to be his personal entourage. Sitting at a table next to them, two big men talked and talked.

A red-faced man drank a bowl of wine, slapped his palm on the table and said, "This dog thief surnamed Xiao should be cut with a thousand knives, if he hits me, I must pull out his three layers of skin." He said to the man with the goatee across from him: "Third Brother Qi, you admire your chivalrous brother very much. If I met that dog thief, I would have to pick the skin and cramp. ”

The red-faced man's surname is Qi, and he is also a nobody in the rivers and lakes. But when he said this, the men at the next table couldn't help but glance at him more. At the table next to them, a big man in blue said, "The surname that this brother said is Xiao Yunfan?" Qi Zhengyi said loudly: "It's this dog thief." ”

Xiao Yunfan couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, he was called a dog thief, but he didn't feel that he was angry, and he secretly said in his heart: "Could it be that what Mr. Xun Yi said is true? In order to unite people's hearts, several leaders of the Central Plains Martial Arts put all the blame on me. And there is no way to deal with the ghost phase, but it is much easier to deal with me Xiao Yunfan. ”

He was thinking about it, and he heard Naqi Righteousness say loudly: "This dog thief plotted to kill the righteous brother, and also harmed the martial arts seniors, and teamed up with the demon sect demons to destroy the embankment and annihilate the fields. Although Qi's martial arts are not good, when he encounters such a thief, he must fight him to the end!"

A scar-faced man on the opposite side said: "Qi Daxia, you are very admirable as a gallbladder brother, come, I will salute you." As he spoke, he saluted Qi Zhengyi. Several heroes also toasted to this surnamed Qi. Xiao Yunfan's face was embarrassed, and a man in this entourage called Leng said: "Can you see Xiao Yunfan's plot to kill my brother?"

Qi Zhengyi said: "No." He asked coldly, "Can you see Xiao Yunfan harming the martial arts seniors?" Qi Zhengyi said: "No." He asked coldly: "Then Xiao Yunfan and the Demon Sect demons, have you ever seen it with your own eyes?" Qi Zhengyi didn't feel that his ears were feverish, but he still said loudly: "My friends in the rivers and lakes all say so, how can it be fake?"

Said coldly: "If friends from the rivers and lakes say that your face grows on your buttocks, and your buttocks grow on your face, can this be true?" Qi Zhengyi glared at Leng Shen and said, "Your Excellency is helping Xiao Yunfan to speak like this, is it possible to receive Xiao Yunfan's benefits?"

Leng Shen put down the wine bowl and said slowly: "First, I said that your butt is on your face because you don't speak through your head. You don't see it yourself, you believe what others say, others say that I am your father, and you really plan to inherit Lao Tzu's property? Do you want me to die laughing so that I can inherit my property?"

Qi Zhengyi said: "You...... Since you are not Xiao Yunfan's friend, why do you have to raise the bar with me when I speak?" shook his head coldly and said: "It's not me who raises the bar with you, it's that what you said is unreasonable." I asked you three questions, and your answer was no. You haven't seen it with your own eyes, so you have hearsay, didn't you teach you since you were a child, you must be cautious in your words and deeds. ”

Qi Zhengyi's face changed slightly and said: "Friend, although Qi has not seen someone, there are always other friends on the rivers and lakes who have seen it." If I say that, you can say that I am spreading rumors and ruining people's innocence. But everyone knows about this matter, and these friends are talking nonsense?

He took a sip of wine coldly, sighed and said: "People and clouds have been around since ancient times, whether Xiao Yunfan is good or bad, virtuous or stupid, this has to be discussed in the coffin." Can you really scold people to death for a day and a night, or can you curse people to death?" a bald old man sneered: "The old man talks happily, if you don't like to listen, get out, what's the reason for sitting here and lifting the bar?"

said coldly: "The world says that the world is unfair, and people have to say it." Why do you speak righteously, Lao Tzu, I speak to raise the bar, does anyone stipulate that what you say is right?" The bald old man said, "This is not true. Leng Shen picked up a peanut with chopsticks and fed it to his mouth and said: "Since no one stipulates that I say mine, why do you accuse me of raising the bar?"

The scar-faced man opposite Qi Zhengyi said: "Brother, you must have heard of Qin Hui's thousand-year-old notoriety, and you are speaking for Xiao Yunfan at this time, which is tantamount to putting this thousand-year-old infamy on your own head, so why bother?"

He shook his head coldly and said, "Qin Hui's reputation is stinky, that's not Qin Hui's reason. That's the emperor Lao'er found a big black cauldron to let Qin Hui carry it. I spoke for Xiao Yunfan, Xiao Yunfan is not Qin Hui, not to mention that he has done a lot of things for the Central Plains Martial Arts. It is inevitable that it is not a gentleman to accuse a person for no reason. ”

The scar-faced man glanced at him and said coldly: "Xiao Yunfan has done a lot of things for the Central Plains Martial Arts before, but these things are all calculations of the Ghost Sect. Leng Shen Qi said: "The Ghost Xiangmen has such great ability?" Qi Zhengyi said: "Your benevolent brother sits, Rong Qi will talk to you slowly."

The Ghost Xiangmen has a far-reaching plan, and the chess piece of Xiao Yunfan is placed in our Central Plains Martial Arts, which is to let this kid make a few great achievements first, so that the big guy can support him as the leader of the martial arts alliance, and then this kid will take power, so as to divide and encroach on our various sects. There is a way to be treacherous and loyal, and in the past we were almost blinded by his disguise.

Now that Dajue Temple, Zhengyi Sect, and several seniors of the Chishui Gang have come forward to confirm this matter, can there be any falsehood? Even if you don't believe me Qi someone, but the Supreme Master, a martial arts celebrity like Zhang Tianshi, they should always be reliable when they speak, right?"

Xiao Yunfan couldn't hold his breath and asked, "What did they say?" Qi Zhengyi said: "Several seniors have already spread the word to the world: whoever beheads Xiao Yunfan is regarded as the great hero of my Central Plains martial arts. Xiao Yunfan's heart sank, and he smiled bitterly: "Big hero?"

Qi Zhengyi said: "This benevolent brother, are you also angered by this dog thief's shameless behavior?" Xiao Yunfan said: "You keep saying that he is a dog thief, have you seen what he said?" Qi Zhengyi said: "It doesn't matter what he says, he just wants to justify his evil deeds." But who will believe what he says?"

Xiao Yunfan said in his heart: "Yes, he can't defend himself, who will believe what he says?" He only felt that he had a splitting headache and was filled with righteous indignation. He glanced at the crowd, then strode out the door, running all the way.

Qianqian and Tingting were concerned about his safety, but their footsteps were not as good as his, so they had to ask others for help. The cold man gave a secret message to his companion, and he still sat in his chair and quarreled with the others. First, it is just to bring everyone's attraction to himself, and secondly, it is convenient to let his companions leave early.

He estimated that everyone had gone away, and suddenly raised his hand to overturn a table and shouted: "Lao Tzu is Xiao Yunfan, didn't you say that you want to take my head, cut my tongue, and pick my hand tendons, Xiao is sitting here now, and everyone who wants to move Xiao comes forward." ”

He took off the hat on his head and threw it away, and the hat was actually embedded in the beams and pillars, deep into the feet. When everyone saw him show his hand, they couldn't help but feel a little afraid in their hearts. One by one, no one dared to step forward to lead the death.