"That's what happened that day, my Linjiang City is financially scarce...... Chu Zhongli told how Linjiang City was short of money at the beginning, how everyone decided to attack Niutou Mountain, how he met Fang Laohan, how he killed the iron-backed tiger, fanged leopard, and other lion, how to fight with the five-clawed dragon in the hall, and finally cut off one of the five-clawed dragons.

Speaking of Chu Zhongli's refusal of the five-clawed dragon's surrender and asking the five-clawed dragon to pay for Fang Yao's life, Ji Qingji couldn't help but applaud loudly. raised the wine jar to a higher level, drank this jar of wine in one go, and surprised Chu Zhongli. Ji Qingji put down the wine jar, his steps were a little staggering, and he sat next to Chu Zhongli and said: "Okay, after listening to it, it is really exciting, I admire you the most in three points, the first is that you are brave and resourceful, and you can defeat Niutou Mountain, which is almost inseparable from your wisdom; But what I appreciate most about you is your straightforwardness, I went to suppress bandits because of lack of money, so to speak, unabashedly, this kind of unpretentious sincerity, I am the most valued. ”

Chu Zhongli said with a smile: "Brother Qingji has won the award, in fact, I and the common people are also promoted in good sounds, but your brother is straightforward, how can I be a fake in front of you!"

Ji Qingji said: "Okay, happy, happy! I'm out of wine, brother, you can give me some more." ”

Chu Zhongli saw that there was still half an altar in his altar, and said while leaning: "Brother Qingji called me 'brother' just now, I have a lot of feelings in my heart, although I have two elder brothers, but I have never experienced the kind of brotherhood that fights side by side, when I fought with you in the village before, I had this feeling." ”

When Ji Qingji heard this, he also threw away the wine jar, and was so excited that he grabbed Chu Zhongli's shoulders and said, "Really, I feel this way too!" I think, since you and I are like-minded and both appreciate each other's deeds in life, why don't you worship as brothers with different surnames?"

Chu Zhongli was also enthusiastic, and said: "I also have this intention! To be a brother with a hero like my brother, Chu is really happy!"

The two talked about this, their hearts were very excited, and they immediately took the soil for incense, knelt down and bowed, and exchanged prefaces, Chu Zhongli was eighteen years old, Ji Qingji was twenty-four years old, Chu Zhongli called Ji Qingji the eldest brother, and the two swore to each other, and since then they have become brothers with different surnames. By this time, both of them were already a little drunk, and they began to sing in the grass.

Chu Zhongli sang: "In ancient times, many people were mistaken by false names. It's better to be vain. Persuade the gentleman to come to the drunken country frequently, this is a place without worry and hatred. Chu Zhongli is quite fluent in rhythm, and these few sentences are sung with ups and downs, twists and turns.

Ji Qingji said with a smile: "This song is quite interesting, but the foolish brother drinks wine, not to avoid sorrow and hatred, but to add heroic style! Sorrow and hatred can be avoided temporarily, but cannot be avoided permanently, since you and I are brothers today, in the future, the foolish brother will definitely join hands with you to fight the difficult situation together! We are manly husbands, we should still face life head-on!" Speaking of this, he stretched out his hand to hold Chu Zhongli's hand.

Chu Zhongli was holding his hand, only to feel as if a force was being transmitted in, and his heart was instantly full of fighting spirit, turned his head, and smiled at Ji Qingji.

Ji Qingji lay on his back and said, "Why do I feel hungry." ”

Chu Zhongli nodded and said, "Little brother also feels hungry, I remember that we seemed to have put something somewhere before." ”

Ji Qingji said: "It seems to be ...... It's a leg of mutton. ”

Turning his head to see, the leg of mutton was still roasting in the fire, Ji Qingji grabbed it, and saw that it was almost burned black, and it was too hot to the touch, and it couldn't be eaten at all. So he held the leg of mutton in his hand and waved it in the air dozens of times, and when he ate it again, it was really cold, so he sat down with Chu Zhongli, and the two of them grabbed the mutton and ate it.

Each person ate dozens of bites, and after a while, he ate a leg of mutton, Ji Qingji took wine to drink again, and after a few sips, he took a long breath and said: "Brother Xian, Brother Fool is a little arrogant now, and I want to evaluate the heroes of the world." ”

When Chu Zhongli heard this, he was also interested, and said: "Brother, let's taste it, the younger brother is also very curious, he has been staying in Chu State all these years, and he has seen too little, and he has only recently come to the Chu-Wu border." ”

Ji Qingji nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then I will only evaluate the big names of Chu and Wu, so that the virtuous brother will have a good idea in his heart." He was silent for a moment and said, "I thought about it just now, the two countries of Chu and Wu combined, there are a total of three and a half people that I admire, and there are three and a half people that I don't admire." ”

After hearing this, Chu Zhongli felt that it was novel and interesting, and said, "Little brother, I want to hear who the half of the people you admire are." ”

Ji Qingji said with a smile: "The half of the people I admire are my father, Wu Wang. ”

After Chu Zhongli heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Brother, what you said is so interesting, first of all, half of the person is interesting, but the half of the person I admire is still your father, the key is that your father is still King Wu, this is really a strange talk in the world!"

Ji Qingji waved his hand, unable to suppress his smile, and said, "Don't want to make fun of the foolish brother." My father, Wu Wangyi, is also a man with great ambitions, he is a decent and kind-hearted person, loves peace, and believes that Wu should not always be influenced by Zhou Tianzi to be hostile to Chu, but should develop production and be good-neighborly and friendly. ”

Chu Zhongli nodded after hearing this, and said, "Then King Wu's idea is really commendable." ”

Ji Qingji sighed and said: "Alas, but he is soft-hearted and has poor mobility, which leads to being overhead by my third uncle Ji Guang and unable to get out of the shackles, which is why I only admire half of him." ”

Chu Zhongli didn't know much about King Wu Ji and didn't feel that he should comment on Ji Qingji's father, so he just nodded and said, "Please continue to talk about those three people you admire." ”

Ji Qingji said: "The third person to admire, naturally is you, brother, the reason for admiration I have said before, you are brave and resourceful, perseverance, and now you are blessed by the gods, and you have the ability to cultivate, I believe that in a few years, you will definitely be able to become a rising star in the world!"

Chu Zhongli knew that he was an upright person, since he admired himself, it must be true, he was despised since he was a child, and when he heard this, he was very happy, and said with a smile: "Thank you brother for your attention, but if Ling Zun knew that I was behind him, maybe he would ......."

Ji Qingji said: "Hey, I won't tell him, even if he knows, I can't let him spank me." As for the second one, it is my eldest uncle, Jiza, who has read the books of the sages since he was a child, and wants to promote the establishment of order with benevolence, so as to save the world from chaos. He was originally the heir to the throne, but was unanimously excluded by the nobles, and could only go to the country, and now he is spreading his doctrine all over the world, and I have always admired my uncle. ”

Chu Zhongli nodded and said: "I have also seen one of your uncle's apprentices, the one named Lu Chongxi, although he loves to do things, he also has a benevolent heart, and he is a person with faith and pursuit. But I don't know who is the first person you admire the most, who can be ranked above Ji Za, the great Confucian?"

Hearing that he was going to say that he admired the person the most, Ji Qingji's expression instantly became respectful, and said: "The person I admire the most, brother, you must know, it is your second brother, Wuchang Gong Chu Zhongkun." ”

After Chu Zhongli listened, he thought to himself, Ji Qingji is already a hero in the world, my second brother can make him admire him so much, and said: "My second brother and I are also about ten years old, he often does not return to Yingdu, I don't know much about him, I hope my brother can tell his story." ”

Ji Qingji nodded and said, "He is one of the three most talented people in this generation. He was three years old condensed qi, seven years old concentrated, twelve years old refining gods, in the same year alone on Wudang Mountain and Xuan Xi real people on the sword, self-created exercises 'Ten Directions Sword', when he went down the mountain looked up to the sky and smiled, has broken through the human realm, reached the realm of consciousness period, at the age of sixteen for the fiefdom of Xiakou, a palm to kill Jing Jiawei's famous old-timer Jing Haiyi, Dai guilty meritorious service to Xiakou as Xiakou Marquis, after his arrival in office, he changed Xiakou to Wuchang, take the meaning of prosperity of martial arts.

Originally, there were two important military towns of the Zhou State in the north of Xiakou, Hankou and Hanyang, and the Zhou State wanted to contain the Chu State with this, so he immediately launched an attack at the beginning of his tenure, and captured those two important towns within a year, which became the barrier of the Chu State. To the north of Wuchang, there were also two vassal states of the Zhou state, the state of Xi and the state of Cai, and the state of Zhou led an army to unite these two states to conquer Wuchang. He led the army to defeat the Three Kingdoms Alliance, captured the original Zhou Wang Jizhao, and then humiliated him and released him. In the second year, he captured the country of Xi, changed the country to Xixian, and married Mrs. Xi, who was known as the "first beauty of Jianghan", and in another year, he captured the country of Cai, and when he returned to the division, he also destroyed the country by the way, and set up Cai County and Sui County, and the previous Xi County were all directly under Wuchang. Since then, he has captured two cities and three kingdoms with one city in Wuchang, and his strength has been able to compete with the king of Chu and the three major families. Back then, he carried the head of the king of Cai, went straight to Yingdu, threw the head on the golden palace of the king of Chu, and asked for sealing. The king of Chu did not dare to disobey his will, and crowned him as the general of Chu and the Duke of Wuchang, the general is the ultimate military attaché, and the Duke of Wuchang recognized his own name and promoted a knighthood. At that time, he was only about the same age as your brother. Since then, he has been dominant in Wuchang, fierce soldiers, often threatened to attack Luoyang, and took the position of the world's co-ruler to sit, although it has been ten years and has not really started the Northern Expedition, but the world dares to say this, he is alone. Brother, do you say that he is a hero? Brother Fool thinks that only such a person can be called a genius in the sky!"