Li Haoran shook the wine jug in his hand, and after noticing that there was no wine in the jug, he threw the wine jug into the lake, and then there was a 'poof' sound, he squinted at Geng Huyuan, and asked in a deep voice: "Isn't there anyone who admonishes you?" ”

"Naturally, there are, and that includes me. Geng Huyuan sighed and said: "We have been persuading for a long time, but it is a pity that the king of Wei does not want to see the situation of fratricidal brothers, nor is he willing to bear the charge of rebellion, so he led the army back to the north. ”

"This..."Li Haoran looked surprised and said in disbelief: "Even I, a country horseman, will fight, why wouldn't he dare?"

Geng Huyuan raised his head and drank the wine in his hand, and said softly: "We don't know why he didn't dare to go, and we didn't ask him. After the 50,000-strong army returned to the north, the Tiger Ben army was basically divided into three factions.

One faction was a cold observer, only doing what they had to do, and ignoring all the affairs between the new emperor and the king of Wei; the other group followed closely behind the king of Wei and was only loyal, regardless of whether they had the merit of the dragon or whether they could be prosperous or rich; and the last group were the more radical comrades, who disagreed with the behavior of the king of Wei and chose to leave the army after returning to the north.

The generals went to one in four, and General Lang also left in five. In this way, the 300,000 robes that were originally determined to be one are scattered, and they are no longer as powerful as before. I was disappointed and saddened by this, but there was nothing I could do about it.

For everything that happened, King Wei did not have a single explanation.

Later, under the pretext of the new emperor's accession to the throne, the imperial court transferred the generals of the Tiger Ben Army. Since then, the prestige of the King of Wei has declined, and he no longer has the majesty of his former command.

In May of the following year, after the new emperor stabilized the situation, a holy decree recalled the king of Wei and gave his uncle Wei Shanhui as the general of the town army, commanding an army of 300,000 tigers and garrisoning the northern border. ”

Li Haoran smacked his lips and said, "This is a typical unloading and killing donkey." However, as far as I know, after King Wei returned to Beijing, he was crowned King of Qi by the emperor, received a pair of Danshu iron coupons, and was also rewarded with countless good land mansions and beautiful concubines.

His current status is extremely noble, and his life is comfortable, and he does not have the miserable end of those who failed to win the throne in all dynasties, which can be regarded as a good ending. ”

"Is it really good?" Geng Huyuan smiled and said coldly: "A pair of hands that were originally used to bend the bow and hold the sword, but now they can only serve flowers and plants, linger on beauty, and outsiders will not know about the depression in it."

A horse that was supposed to gallop on the grassland was put in a stable and lost its original freedom, and an eagle that was supposed to soar in the sky was cut off and lost the ability to fly.

I think he is more painful than anyone else, and he regrets the choice he made back then. If I had the chance, I would like to ask him in person why he did that. ”

Li Haoran looked at Geng Huyuan with a strange expression, and said in a deep voice: "Didn't you ask him after you returned to the north?"

Geng Huyuan shook his head and sighed, "How could it be that he didn't ask." asked no less than three times, but he was dismissed, and then some brothers were cold, and they left the army one after another, and also gave the court a chance to plant nails. ”

Li Haoran frowned and asked, "Since that's the case, then why are you like this?"

Geng Huyuan said calmly: "I care about the promotion of King Qi and the love of the robes of the Tiger Army, and I have always stayed in the army to serve and never left. ”

Li Haoran said angrily: "Since you are serving in the army, how can you be banned from cultivating your whole body by these thirty-six silver needles?

Geng Huyuan squinted his eyes and said, "It's just the new emperor's imperial mental technique." ”

Li Haoran looked puzzled, "The emperor can tolerate the king of Qi, but can't he tolerate you?"

Geng Huyuan smiled coldly, and said in a cold voice: "Do you really think that the emperor is so soft-hearted? He didn't move his brother for the sake of stabilizing the society and his own reputation. But we, the old ministers of King Qi, didn't end so well.

Those who are unlucky will not be promoted in their original positions and will stay until the age of Zhishi; those who are unlucky will either be dismissed from their posts and demoted to commoners, or exiled to the west or southern Xinjiang; and the worst will either be beheaded or the whole family will go on the road together.

The most miserable small wave of people are all the hardcore old troops who persuaded King Qi's mercenaries to enter Beijing back then, and I am also one of them. The result is self-evident, more than a dozen lives of the whole family were killed, leaving me to live in the world. ”

Li Haoran sighed and muttered: "It is said that the heavenly family is ruthless, but I didn't expect to do such a thing, it's really chilling." ”

After a while, Li Haoran asked again: "Could it be that King Qi has been standing by from beginning to end?"

Geng Huyuan didn't answer in a hurry, but just looked at Gao Yang in autumn fixedly, and after a long time, he said slowly: "How can he, an idle prince who lives in seclusion in Beijing, know these things? When his brothers were killed, he might just be lingering on the flowers and leaning on the greenery. ”

Li Haoran sighed slightly, he had also had this kind of experience of being betrayed and disappointed, so he understood that feeling, and understood the feeling of being helpless and tired.

In the autumn wind, the old people talk about the old things, full of sadness.

What followed was a silent sigh, and the two old men who were almost 100 years old together took advantage of the turmoil of Meng Ran's injury, and recalled the past.

When Li Haoran came back to his senses, he asked softly, "Then how did you come to Jiangnan Province?"

Geng Huyuan said in a cold tone: "At that time, the whole family was in disaster, but I was the only one who escaped, and I hid in Tibet under the pursuit of the Imperial City Division, and survived for a long time.

After the news passed, I went back to Youzhou, where I waited for a long time, but I didn't get the news I wanted. Disappointed, I didn't know where to go, so I followed a caravan around.

By the time the caravan arrived at its destination, I was already in Henan Province. There I met a Taoist priest surnamed Qi, we hit it off at first sight, and traveled together for a while, under his guidance, I slowly let go of my knots and decided to be an ordinary person and live those ordinary days.

Under my bitter pleading, Brother Qi cast the Tiangang Forbidden Law on me, and cultivated my whole body into a ban. In view of the fact that I had nowhere to go home, Brother Qi introduced me to Brother Meng and asked me to be a nursing master in Meng's Mansion. ”

"Brother Meng, is it Meng Hao?" asked Li Haoran.

Geng Huyuan nodded and said: "Yes, it's a pity that Brother Meng died early, leaving orphans and widows, thanks to Meng Ran's heart, otherwise it ......."

Geng Huyuan stopped talking halfway through, after all, it was someone else's family matter, and it was not appropriate to say too much in front of outsiders.

Li Haoran took over the conversation and asked, "Who is the master of Brother Qi?"

"Brother Qi..."Geng Huyuan said with a wistful face: "Brother Qi is a disciple of the Taoist Sect, who has traveled in the world for some reasons, and is a confidant with Meng Hao, and he is also Mr. Meng Ran's enlightenment. ”

Li Haoran was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Mr. Qi is a master of the human fairyland?"

Geng Huyuan bowed slightly, and asked, "How can Brother Li know?"

Li Haoran said with a smile: "I always thought that Meng Xiaozi was blinding me, but I didn't expect it to be true, he really knows the master of the Six Heavens of the Human Immortal Realm." ”

Geng Huyuan just smiled lightly on the side.

Li Haoran suddenly remembered the reason for Meng Ran's travel, turned around and asked, "So Mr. Qi has criticized Meng Ran?"

"What criticism?" Geng Huyuan looked at Li Haoran blankly.

"Naturally, this is the reason why Meng Xiaozi went to the Taoist Sect to cultivate. Li Haoran said with a look of course.

"Well, what did he say?"

"Meng Xiaozi didn't tell you?"

Geng Huyuan shook his head.

Li Haoran squatted on the bluestone slab and said slowly: "When I was in the county jail, the two of us talked for a long time, I told him about my past, and he also told him about it.

He said that his life was peculiar and that he needed to go to the Taoist Sect to cultivate in order to save his life, and I laughed at him at the time, saying that he had met a god stick liar. Later, he said that it was a master of the Six Heavens of the Human Immortal Realm who gave him his life, and he thought it was Mr. Qi. ”

Li Haoran slowly stood up and continued: "So I followed him out of the prison and prepared to escort him to Wuliang Mountain, let him worship the Taoist Sect, and change his fate. ”

Geng Huyuan sat up, quietly looked at the pool of autumn water in front of him, and said softly: "Since this is the case, let's send him to Wuliang Mountain together, and after he enters the master's door, we will do other things." ”

"Okay, that's it. ”

"Yes. ”

The two of them stood and sat on the shore of the sparkling lake, basking in the warm sun, savoring the kind of friendship they hadn't had for many years.

Li Haoran suddenly thought of something, he looked sideways at Geng Huyuan on the side, and asked, "Since your whole body cultivation has been banned by the Tiangang Forbidden Law, why did the silver needle break out of your body?"

Geng Huyuan smiled bitterly and said, "It's just luck." Soon after you went out, two groups of people came to the house, all of whom were martial artists of the fifth rank or above.

In order to stop them, I received a slap in front of my body and on my back, but I never thought that by coincidence, the true qi that had been precipitated in my body for many years was stimulated, causing the silver needle to break out of my body and restore thirty percent of my cultivation. ”

Li Haoran sighed and asked casually, "What about the two of them?"

Geng Huyuan pointed to the surface of the lake and said with a smile: "It's all down there, I think the fish have been fed." ”

Li Haoran laughed and said, "I'll just say, why is the house so peaceful and peaceful, it turns out that those thieves bumped into your hands, and it was also their bad luck." ”

Geng Huyuan smiled and said, "Their luck is indeed a little worse, if they use the knife directly, I am afraid that my life has already been explained." ”

Li Haoran restrained his smile and asked in a deep voice, "What do those two people look like?"

Geng Huyuan thought for a moment and said, "One is a Taoist priest with thieves' eyebrows, and the other is a man full of anger. ”

Li Haoran frowned and muttered to himself: "One is Zhu Xuan's person, and the other is naturally Zhou Xiaowu's subordinate." ”