Chu Zhongli listened to Ji Qingji talk about his second brother's legendary experience, and was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, and it took a long time to calm down and say: "I only knew that my second brother was a character, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful. ”

Ji Qingji said: "Because of this, I can become the person I admire the most, if I can fight side by side with him one day, I am willing to die immediately!"

Chu Zhongli said: "It seems that I will have to know more about my second brother in the future." ”

Ji Qingji said: "But there is one thing that I have never understood. After he just sealed Xiakou, he captured two cities and three kingdoms in two or three years, and since then it has bordered the Zhou State, but in the past ten years, why has there been no big movement, and I ask my brother to talk about it. ”

Chu Zhongli thought for a moment and said: "I estimate that his victories at the beginning, although they are inseparable from his heroic ability, must also have the support of a force behind it, and this force is either the Chu royal family, or the three major nobles, after all, the Chu State was in danger at that time, and defeating the Zhou State and its dependencies became the wish of the entire Chu State." But when he threw his head to ask for the seal, perhaps both the king of Chu and the three nobles saw that his threat was greater than his role, so they might start to stumble on him behind his back. No matter how powerful he is, if he is under the joint control of the Zhou State and the Chu State, it will be difficult for him to get ahead. ”

Ji Qingji clapped his hands and shouted: "Yes, it must be so! Brother, although your cultivation talent is not as good as his, your ability to perceive world affairs is really not weak, and it is unknown whether you will be able to achieve achievements that Brother Ling cannot achieve in the future." ”

Chu Zhongli said: "Alas, the future is unpredictable, brother, let's talk about the three and a half people you don't admire." ”

Ji Qingji groaned: "Among the three and a half people I don't admire, one and a half are brothers and your relatives, so I can't say it very well." ”

Chu Zhongli waved his hand and said: "Brother, but it doesn't matter, since we are brothers with different surnames, my relatives are also your relatives, what does it matter if you chat." ”

Ji Qingji nodded and said: "The half of the person I don't admire is your eldest brother, Chu Zhongqian, the prince of Chu, since he became the prince, he has hardly achieved anything for so many years, he has not accomplished any major things, and sometimes even some small things are messed up, this is the reason why I don't admire him." However, he is also limited by his talent, no wonder he is, not to mention that he is also a pawn of the King of Chu, and it is unnecessary not to admire him too much, so it is only half of it if he does not admire. ”

Chu Zhongli said: "What my brother said is that my eldest brother is not smart, and I can't blame him, he is a very good person." ”

Ji Qingji said: "The third person I don't admire is my third uncle Ji Guang, he has the means and ambitions, and can basically convince the nobles of Wu State, with the support of the border general Wu Yun, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the 'Wu Liujian' under his hands, and a group of dead soldiers, he can assassinate whoever he wants, and he can be regarded as a character." But he acted too insidiously and cunningly, not above board at all, he obviously wanted to be the king and not himself, he had to set up my father as a transition, and he would not kill people in the name of the dignified people, but only secretly kill people, today he let Geng Shiqiu mix in the bandit pile to kill you, so that the Chu State and the thief forces can make enemies, and he will reap the profits, and his insidiousness can be seen. A person like this is just a villain, no matter how powerful he is, Ji will never admire him. ”

Chu Zhongli said: "I have already heard about him, and it is only through today's events that I really understand him, which is indeed insidious and cunning." I thought to myself, if Ji Guang really usurped the throne and became the king of Wu, with his means, he would really be a fierce opponent of Chu. And he said, "Then who is the second one who does not admire?"

Ji Qingji smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "This one, it is Ling Zun, Ling Zun, Chu Yuanjing, the king of Chu, is very means, and he can be regarded as the top politician of the previous generation, he weakened the Chu royal family, used the three major families to consolidate his rule, and then used Chu Zhongkun to contain the three major families, and then used Chu Zhongqian to contain Chu Zhongkun, and with Chu Zhongqian's qualifications, becoming the prince will not threaten his rule, he will sit firmly in Diaoyutai under such a power structure, and his political skills can be regarded as sophisticated." However, the starting point of his politician is only to ensure his own personal interests, rather than focusing on enriching the country and strengthening the army, so that the entire Chu State becomes strong, and now the Chu State is cronyistic, the institution is bloated, the country is gradually declining, and the whole country has become gloomy, and it cannot be said that it has a certain relationship with the King of Chu. In the eyes of the foolish brother, a politician should put the interests of the country and the people first, and put his own interests behind, which is why I don't admire the king of Chu. Moreover, the king of Chu also did an extremely cruel thing, please forgive the foolish brother for not being able to tell you about this matter, otherwise it will be regarded as scolding the father to the son, which is quite rude. In fact, I just said so much, it's not right, and the foolish brother is here to apologize to you. Speaking of this, he got up and gave Chu Zhongli a deep look.

Chu Zhongli also got up and returned the salute, and said: "Why should my brother be too polite, I also have a little understanding of the political situation in Chu State, it is indeed that the country is weakening day by day, and what my brother said is quite objective." "I thought, he just said that my father Chu Yuanjing did an extremely cruel thing, I don't know what it is, but it's not good to ask him, let's divert the topic, so he said: "Then I don't know who my brother admires the most?"

Ji Qingji sighed, sat on the dirt slope, the moonlight sprinkled his burly body and lonely face, he picked up the jar, slowly drank the residual wine in the altar, smiled bitterly, and said: "The person I don't admire the most is I, Ji Qingji, myself." ”

Chu Zhongli seemed to be a little sad when he looked at him, so he stood next to him without saying a word. Ji Qingji lowered his head for a while, raised his head slightly, and sighed: "Now that the political situation in Wu is chaotic like this, as the crown prince, I can't reorganize the dynasty and let Ji Guang control the government, and even when he wants to usurp the throne, I can't even save my father's life! But this ...... Maybe it's just my wishful thinking, he is so powerful, and it is more likely that after killing my father, he will send someone to kill me too. I have a great body, but I am short of breath, and when I reach this situation, what is there to admire!" Later, he threw the empty jar to the ground, and he was so powerful that the fall was deafening, and the altar was smashed into countless pieces.

Chu Zhongli listened to what he said, his emotions were sincere, and his heart was also very touched, recalling that he had no cultivation ability at the beginning, but he had persevered in cultivation many times, but every time there was no effect, at that time, he had a feeling of powerlessness, feeling that a person's ability was limited, and there were some things that could not break through the shackles even if he tried hard, and now when he heard Ji Qingji's words, he could understand his situation at this time, maybe what he needed most at this time was someone to stand with him.

Thinking of this, Chu Zhongli walked up to Ji Qingji, patted Ji Qingji's shoulder gently, and said to him: "Big brother, since you and I have become brothers with different surnames, your business is also my business, if there is really that day in the future, even if I lose Linjiang City, I will do my best to protect you!"

Ji Qingji said: "Okay, it's really in vain for us to make friends between brothers." ”

Chu Zhongli also picked up his wine jar and shook it, and found that there was only a bottom left in it, so he picked up the wine jar and drank it all, and then raised the wine jar and said: "Although I am trapped here now, I want to come to the future when I should come out, if that Ji Guang comes to provoke me and my brother again in the future, I will make him Ji Guang become a chirper!" Speaking of this, he picked up the jar and threw it to the side, and smashed the jar in half. After Ji Qingji heard this, he fell on the grass and laughed. Chu Zhongli also lay on the ground, only to feel a sense of sleepiness coming, so he fell asleep with his arms on his shoulders.

Ji Qingji has deep internal strength, although he drank more wine than Chu Zhongli, he didn't lie down and sleep like him. After a while, when the moon reached midday, the people in the village also dispersed, and when they saw that there was no one around, they also lay down and fell asleep. But when sleeping, he still remains vigilant to prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking him.

The next morning, the sky was bright, and the villagers also packed up their big bags and gathered at the entrance of the village according to the agreement, Chu Zhongli asked the village chief to take people to go first, and then took a few jars of wine with Ji Qingji, poured wine on various houses in the village, and lit a fire. Chu Zhongli found another wall that had not been burned, and wrote a line of large characters on it with burned ash:

Chu Zhong is away from the end of the bull head mountain bandits

This sentence was not to show his prestige, but to deliberately show Ji Guang's ears and eyes, so that they would know that it was the gang of thieves annihilated by Chu Zhongli, and Geng Shiqiu was also killed by him Chu Zhongli. In this way, the enemy will not suspect Ji Qingji, anyway, he has the backing of Chu State and Donghuang Taiyi, even if the other party wants to kill him, he has nothing to fear.

Ji Qingji read this line, pondered for a moment, and said: "Anyway, I have been wandering around all these years, and I haven't had anything to do recently, so let's follow my brother's side, so if anything happens in the future, the strength of the two of us will always be greater than the strength of one person." ”

Chu Zhongli was overjoyed after hearing this, and said with a smile: "That's no better, with my brother by my side, if I return to Linjiang City, it is equivalent to inviting a master to Linjiang City to go back, you are alone, and you will lose your armor in Linjiang City, if you can get help from such a person, my brothers will be surprised when they hear it!"

Ji Qingji said: "Brother made fun of me, I knocked down your subordinates before, and I have to give them a gift when I go back this time." ”