Chapter 63: The Night Boat Talks
Although the ferry boat where Yun Xuelan stayed was a little old and a little old inside and out, the guys on the boat were indeed good at attracting guests, and several waves of warriors came on board one after another near the evening. Perhaps these people who had just boarded the ship were not as wealthy as Yun Xuelan or the self-righteous young man surnamed Du before, and they all chose the second-class cabin on the second floor and the third-class cabin below deck. Yun Xuelan and the others were also happy to be quiet.
Yun Xuelan, who was wearing a middle-aged face, breathed in the room for more than an hour. Although today's young man finally re-ascended the Zhongwu Realm, he was rolled down the hill by lightning and fell back to the Heavenly Milk Realm, but his mentality is much calmer. After encountering the catastrophe a few months ago, the young man's heart lake has already transformed from a closed and filthy pond to a vast ocean. This fall is a good thing for Yun Xuelan. The young man had already opened up thirty-three acupuncture points in his body before, and he was still three places away from being able to open thirty-six perfect realms to enter the Mengyuan realm, which was also the reason why Yun Xuelan had been suppressing the opportunity to break through to the Zhongwu realm for a long time. Because of the use of the moon spirit to heal Rin Tan's injuries and fall into the realm, Yun Xuelan had another opportunity to hit the perfect breakthrough that no one had reached for more than a thousand years.
There was a knock on the door, and the boat man informed the guests that it was time for dinner on board. Although there are differences in the advantages and disadvantages of the rooms on the ferry, unless the guests have a special explanation, the meals are all fisherman's meals cooked in the ship's kitchen. The guy told Yun Xuelan that if the guests in the cabin didn't want to go downstairs to the dining hall, they could also ask someone to send them upstairs. After Yun Xuelan inquired, she still called Ding Ye and Rin Tan to go downstairs.
The three of them walked into the dining hall back and forth, and the middle-aged man and the old woman in white who had greeted him before were already seated at a square table in the corner of the wall. Seeing Yun Xuelan and the three of them coming in, the middle-aged man in white and the old woman smiled friendlyly. The three of them sat at a nearby table, and Ding Ye noticed that the old woman had been looking him up and down, and smiled slightly uncomfortably.
Soon after the three of them took their seats, several more waves entered the dining hall. There was a middle-aged man with two young men, two men and one woman and three young warriors, and a handsome young man following his elders.
Several waves of people were a little wary of each other, and they never greeted each other with their eyes. It's not that there is no one in everyone's eyes, and the origins of walking the rivers and lakes are not very clear, even if they are willing to greet others with a smile, I am afraid that they will be mistaken for a hidden knife in a smile.
is the hearts of people who are friendly to each other, and they judge each other's hearts with such a narrow-minded attitude, and they unconsciously let their hearts and the hearts of the people in the rivers and lakes change from speculation to wishing.
The owner of the boat accompanied Xiao and his buddies to put the dishes served on the tables where several guests were seated, and while saying polite words, he promoted the wine on his own ship. Just after listening to the price given by the boss, the guests at the other tables buried their heads in the fish soup. Yun Xuelan asked for a pot of unique wine in the boss's mouth.
Fresh fish with fine wine. The boss sat at a table in the dining hall and looked at everyone with a smile. Seeing that everyone had almost eaten, the middle-aged man spoke: "You should all come here for tomorrow's Sun family's soldiers, right?"
"That's natural, otherwise who would have traveled all the way to such a place?" said the middle-aged man with two young men, wiping a handful of grease stains from his long hair.
The shipowner, who was quite opportunistic with this straightforward man, smiled and continued: "So, how many of them are warriors of the military family?" The five guests who were asked looked at each other in unison, but none of them answered directly.
"Boatman, you know a lot. The elder who accompanied the handsome young man in the family said sarcastically. There was also a faint flow of cold killing intent in it, but it was suppressed again. Rin Tan and Yun Xuelan glanced at each other, both frowning at the weight of this person's murderous intent.
"It is taboo to ask others directly about their heels on the rivers and lakes. The slightly taller of the three young warriors opened his mouth to explain to the shipowner, and then stood up and hugged his fists at the gray-haired elder who had spoken mockingly before, "Don't be surprised by this senior, the ship's family is not our martial arts cultivator, and his words are abrupt, please forgive me if you have any offensive intentions." ”
The gray-haired elder glanced at the young man who stood up and smiled at him, and snorted coldly to indicate that he didn't care anymore. On the other side, the long-haired middle-aged man with two juniors in the sect looked at the young man who was well-behaved, and his eyes were full of envy, "Look at it, this person is the same age as you, so he can do things so sophisticated." In the future, whether it is in his own forces or walking the rivers and lakes, he will definitely make great achievements. Look at you again, you have such thoughtfulness as him, and the most important thing in walking the rivers and lakes is ......" The middle-aged man actually preached to his two juniors.
At the square table where the young man was, the woman and the man stared at their companions at the same time. It's just that the burning in the woman's eyes is admiration, and the man's eye is jealousy.
"Hypocrisy. Ding Ye, who was wearing a black felt hat, muttered in a low voice, "You have to deliberately pretend to be so sleek and ......sophisticated at a young age," but before Ding Ye's words were finished, he was blocked by a snail that Yun Xuelan bounced into his mouth.
"You don't know that there is fierce competition among some families or sect forces, and if you are not careful, you will not only never get ahead, but you will even have to worry about your life. Some people have to force themselves to be like this in order to survive or to fight for a better future. When you go out, don't be open-mouthed, don't you understand the truth that trouble comes from your mouth?" Yun Xuelan's voice sounded in Ding Yexinhu, and his tone was a little stern.
Although Ding Ye's voice was soft, most of the people present were martial arts cultivators. Hearing the words of the young man in the black felt hat, the young man who got up left and right looked a little embarrassed. The woman who admired him glared at Ding Ye viciously, but in exchange for the latter's deliberately amplified sound of drinking soup.
"It's me who is reckless, I who is reckless. "Businessmen pay the most attention to harmony and wealth, and the shipowner hurriedly came out to play a round," all of you here are young and handsome, and you must be very proficient in the knowledge of each family. ”
"It's not proficient, but it does have some knowledge of hundreds of schools, and it is a rough one. The handsome young man beside the gray-haired elder said suddenly, straightening his clothes as he spoke. The shipowner's words were just polite and euphemistic to end the conversation with a somewhat awkward atmosphere, and everyone never expected that someone would really be able to interface like this, naturally. The atmosphere was even more awkward for a while,
A mouthful of "poof", I don't know if it was intentional or really amused by the words of the handsome young man, Ding Ye squirted out a mouthful of soup. The boy waved his hand casually, and laughed stiffly while holding his stomach.
Ding Ye's sneer made the handsome young man and the elders beside him look cold. It's just that before the two of them boarded the ship, they heard that the young gang leader of the famous sea hunting club in Anyang County was thrown into the sea from the boat. Although the old and young are not from Anyang County, as warriors from Liyang Prefecture, they will naturally read some newspapers related to this place before coming here. Those who dare not put the Sea Hunting Club in their eyes are either stunned, or the power behind them is far better than the other party. Although the gray-haired elder and the junior under his care are arrogant, they are not stupid, and when they have not yet figured out the depth of Yun Xuelan and the three of them, they naturally dare not blindly and directly confront them.
Who knew that the woman who had been obsessed with the young man suddenly spoke, and her words were full of pride: "My Senior Brother Liu is proficient in studying the knowledge of the military family for many years, and even many elders of the sect are ashamed of the doctrine and opinions of the military family. Tomorrow's question is about the way of soldiers, not the debate of various schools, not more than who is involved in knowledge. What's more, not being proficient in learning and mixing is self-destructive. ”
"Senior Sister Jin, don't say that. I am stupid and have a wide range of knowledge, so I can't study them one by one, so I have to choose one of the most interesting soldiers to inherit and study. This brother is a talent, he must be very intelligent, and he must be able to understand all the veins and paths, and tomorrow's question will definitely stand out. The young man surnamed Liu, who was delicate in all directions, started a round again.
The shipowner looked curious when he heard this, and looked at everyone with a smile. At this time, the middle-aged man in white, who had been silent, spoke: "Since you are all here to ask for tomorrow, you must all believe in the doctrine and doctrine of this soldier surnamed Sun, I wonder what mistakes do you think there are in these doctrines?"
Hearing this, everyone present was stunned, and they didn't know why the middle-aged man in white had this question. If you feel that there is a flaw in the doctrine of truth, how can you regard it as the foundation of the avenue to prove your own martial arts.
"What you said is inexplicable, as a first-line ancestor, the knowledge has been passed down to future generations for so long, how can we deliberately point fingers?" Among the three young martial artists, the young man who had been silent finally spoke.
"If there is really something inappropriate in expressing it, it should be that the ancestor asked the person who commanded the army to be incorruptible. It is true that if the commander of the first army only focuses on managing his reputation for integrity, he will not have much attention to training and commanding the troops. However, my generation of warriors, practicing military knowledge and techniques, is not just to one day enter the WTO as a general, or to protect the family and defend the country or to expand the territory, admired by thousands of people during his lifetime, and left a name in history after his death, and the people of later generations sang praises of merit. In the final analysis, everything you do and ask for is for the sake of fame. In this case, there is nothing wrong with paying attention to your reputation and keeping yourself clean when you are handsome. When the young man surnamed Liu said that he was very happy, he got up and talked eloquently.
The slightly chubby of the two young men who had never spoken, hesitated and then spoke: "I think it is a bit exaggerated for the patriarch to always emphasize that if there is a huge difference in the strength of the two warring sides, there will be no chance of victory. He himself has always stressed the need to be good at using special warfare. Isn't this the kind of special warfare that our warriors have? Even though the other side has thousands of troops and horses, they are all ordinary people who do not know martial arts, and our warriors are all capable of being a hundred. Therefore, regardless of whether there is a huge difference in strength, as long as the person who is good at using martial arts cultivation can use strange tactics to become the key to victory. ”
As soon as the young man's words fell, his companion retorted: "What you said is not to win more with less, but to defeat the weak with the strong." What if both sides of the war are warriors, and there is a huge disparity in numbers?"
The chubby young man said a little unconvinced: "That is, whichever side has the strongest top combat power can win." There is a martial realm than a martial realm. Compared with the upper martial realm and then the middle martial realm, it can always be compared. ”
"Then what if all the top combat power is available, and the number is still vastly different?" Seeing his companion's face flushed at being refuted by himself, the thinner young man was a little proud. It's just that the middle-aged man who accompanied him was a little annoyed, and the brothers of the same sect did not go out in unison, but fought in the nest. But he didn't want to say it in public, so he frowned at the two of them vigorously.
The three teams of six people in the field argued with each other, quite pointing at the country and scolding Fang Xuan.
Some people argue about whether training troops and commanding troops are more important, some people are blushing and debating whether soldiers should obey military orders or fight on their own when they are leaderless, some people say that logistics and the diplomacy of the state are the key to victory or defeat in World War I, and some people expound on the relationship between arrogance and the results of the war.
However, Yun Xuelan and the three of them took everyone's verbal swords as a snack for tonight, and asked for six pots one after another, drinking them with taste, and did not comment on everyone's remarks. Until the night when everyone dispersed, the three of them still sat there eating fish and drinking wine.
The man in white stood up unsatisfied, and also went upstairs after saying goodbye to Yun Xuelan and the others. The old woman leaned behind him, and when she passed by the table of Yun Xuelan and the three of them, she stared at Ding Ye for a long time. It's just that the young man at this moment is a little overwhelmed, and he is in a trance supporting his chin with his hand.
"I saw that a few guest officers didn't seem to be too interested in their previous discussion, could it be that a few of them didn't come to ask for tomorrow's descendants of the Sun family?" The shipowner dragged a bench and sat down at the table of Yun Xuelan and the three, and very consciously picked up the wine on the table and poured himself a glass.
"Those who have collected the culmination of a family of learning, or the Taoist patriarch who opened and established their own teachings, are all the strengths of a hundred schools of learning. Although the previous discussions were wonderful, they did not jump out of the prescription of soldiers. No matter how fanciful you say, it's just ......" Yun Xuelan didn't finish speaking, but threw a peanut into his wine bowl.
The shipowner raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Your Excellency's tone and ambition are not small. Then dare to ask your Excellency what you have to say about the question of the white-clothed guest officer from before?"
"The three schools of the art of war have been at the top of the hundred schools since the establishment of the school, and there are countless people who have proved the avenue with the study of the soldiers. It's just that this patriarch surnamed Sun seems to put the politics and soldiers before the horse. He once said that he would use politics to assist the army, but he ignored every time he raised troops, used troops, and collected troops without discomfort for reforming the government, consolidating the government, and managing the government. The so-called auxiliary army with politics is actually to use politics to benefit the army and strengthen the army with politics. Monarch and minister, who is the handsome general?"
The shipowner was silent, just nodded.
Yun Xuelan continued: "The so-called mercy is not in charge of the army, and it is also biased. It should be cowardice who does not take charge of the army, cowardice who does not control the army, indecisive people who do not control the army, and those who look forward to the latter do not take charge of the army. ”
"If a benevolent man is a handsome, and he pays attention to human affection everywhere, and is soft-hearted, then where is the military law?" asked the shipowner.
"The so-called strict military law is what the Legalists say about rewarding meritorious service and punishing if there is a mistake. The so-called compassion is what Confucianism calls benevolence and Buddhism's so-called compassion. The soldiers are too heavy to kill, and they are too late. War is not the original intention of war, but to stop war with war, to calm chaos with war, and to calm the people with war. And how many soldiers have been unable to attack a certain place for a long time, liquidating the wartime shame on the people of a city, slaughtering and slaughtering the city after breaking the city, and using this to blackmail other cities on the way forward. I thought I could coerce the enemy, but it backfired. You must know that the people's hearts cannot be frightened, even if they can be bluffed for a while, they will eventually win over the hearts of the people and collapse in the hearts of the people. ”
Seeing that the shipowner was deep in thought, Yun Xuelan added: "The attacker is the government, and the requisitioner is profitable." And the hearts of the people and the people only defend the family and the country, and they do not defend the king, let alone the king. ”