A nursing master who was so ordinary that he could no longer be ordinary suddenly became a legendary martial arts master, which made Li Haoran, who had not advanced for many years, particularly shocked.

After a while, Li Haoran was still a little dazed, and subconsciously scratched his scalp a few times, and the surprise on his face did not subside for half a minute.

Geng Huyuan didn't put on a high-ranking stand, he still looked easy-going, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, what are you doing standing?" ”

Li Haoran was stunned for a moment, thinking that he couldn't stand and talk to the sitting master, so he settled down, sat next to Geng Huyuan, and said with emotion: "Since I practiced martial arts, I have wasted countless time, and at this age, I am still only a seven-grade who is neither high nor low, and I am fortunate to meet a martial arts master who has crossed the realm of the grandmaster, and I have no regrets in this life." ”

Geng Huyuan waved his hand and said, "Brother Li's breath is deep and the foundation is solid, so there may not be no possibility of further progress. ”

Li Haoran shook his head and smiled bitterly, "My body, I know that if it weren't for the prison disaster of the past few years, it would still be very possible to go further, but now, all the evils have entered the body, and the meridians have long been overwhelmed. ”

Geng Huyuan sighed, didn't say any more comforting words, took the opportunity to change the topic, and asked, "Is Meng Ran okay?"

"It's not a big deal, the viscera is slightly injured, just take care of it. ”

"That's good, if something happens to him, even if I go into the ground in the future, I won't have the face to see the old man. ”

Li Haoran hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "I don't know Geng... Geng senior..."

Before Li Haoran finished speaking, Geng Huyuan had already stopped and said: "Don't be like this, just call me Brother Geng, don't mention any seniors." ”

Li Haoran said in a deep voice: "I am a martial artist, since the master is the first, I am just a few years older than you, how can I call you brother." ”

Geng Huyuan patted Li Haoran on the shoulder, and said in a relaxed tone: "If you call me senior, then we will have nothing to talk about." If they are called brothers, they naturally have nothing to talk about. ”

"Alright, Geng... Brother Geng. ”

"Alas... Brother Li, please have something to say. ”

Li Haoran thought for a moment and asked seriously, "What is the origin of Brother Geng?"

Dean Geng let out a long sigh and said in a sour tone, "It's just a reluctant soul." ”

Li Haoran listened to this inexplicable sentence, and stopped talking: "If it involves Brother Geng's privacy, I haven't asked." ”

Geng Huyuan wiped his cheeks, smiled heartily, and said: "It's just some old accounts, if Brother Li is interested in listening, I will naturally vomit it quickly." ”

Li Haoran looked at Geng Huyuan expectantly, eager to know the past and present life of this martial arts master.

Geng Huyuan coughed lightly and said slowly: "I am from Hebei Province, I started the army at the age of fifteen, and soon joined the Tiger Ben Army and was stationed in Youzhou.

When I was sixteen years old, I met a mentor on a patrol and after teaching me everything he had learned all his life, I went on a voyage.

In the days that followed, I broke through three martial arts barriers in a row and became a fourth-grade martial artist.

At the age of eighteen, he entered the sixth rank, and at the age of twenty, he entered the seventh rank, which was only one step away from the little grandmaster.

That year, because of my outstanding merits, I was unusually promoted to partial general by the general, which caused countless waves in the army at that time. Many people secretly muttered that although my cultivation was high, I didn't know how to lead troops to fight, and they were waiting to see my jokes.

That autumn, the temperature was much cooler than in the past ten years, and the steppe barbarian offensive was much more ferocious than in previous years. Although the 1,000 people I led were very successful, but more than half of them were damaged, and they were criticized afterwards, and I remember that there was a lot of trouble at that time, and even the general of Zhenbei heard about it.

What happened later was more complicated, I won't go into detail one by one, and the final result was that there was no danger, I had neither merit nor fault, and continued to be a partial general, managing a thousand sons under my command. ”

Li Haoran looked at Geng Huyuan with a yearning expression, and sincerely admired: "Brother Geng is really a god, he has cultivated to excellence at a young age, and even his official position has reached a position that many people can't reach in a lifetime. ”

Geng Huyuan shook his head, just picked up the clothes on the table and put them on, and said after putting them on, "It's just that there is nothing to do in the house, why don't you go to the backyard to drink and chat together?"

Li Haoran smiled: "I can't ask for it." ”

On the bluestone slab on the shore of Nanhu Lake, Li Haoran and Geng Huyuan sat side by side, each carrying a pot of wine in their hands, and drank a few sips from time to time.

When the flask was empty, Geng Huyuan said in a deep voice: "In the time after that, everything went smoothly. For two consecutive years, no barbarians have gone south, and my martial arts cultivation has become more and more sophisticated, and I have gradually become familiar with the art of war.

When I was twenty-two years old, General Zhenbei formulated a military strategy to take the initiative to attack and conquer the grasslands, and our regiment, as the vanguard of the Northern Expeditionary Army, fought several tough battles and achieved some achievements.

In that war, I slew a richly dressed Khitan barbarian, who later learned that it was the son of a tribal leader.

That war lasted for more than a month, and at the beginning, our Liang Huben army was overwhelmed, successively defeated three large tribes, killed tens of thousands of barbarians, and captured countless cattle, sheep and horses.

It's a pity that the former army general was greedy for merit, regardless of the military order strategy, brazenly pursued the defeated barbarian army, and after going deep into the grassland, he lost his way and was surrounded by the barbarians' large army, and the entire 50,000 army only came back a few thousand people, and the main general also died on the vast grassland. ”

Speaking of this, Geng Huyuan slapped his palm on the bluestone slab, and saw that the stone slab that had been damaged by wind and rain for countless years and was still intact had an inch-deep handprint, which showed Geng Huyuan's resentment towards the events of the year.

Li Haoran asked with a solemn face: "This is the cause of the well-known case of King Wei going north back then?"

Geng Huyuan poured a sip of wine fiercely, nodded and said: "The rout of the front army has made the morale of the army low, and it has been killed by the barbarians, and it has been defeated in a big and small way, and the losses of the soldiers are innumerable.

After the news reached the capital, the saint was furious, and issued three decrees to reprimand the general of Zhenbei, and then sent the eighth prince, that is, Liang Ying, the king of Wei, to Youzhou to take over the Huben army.

After the arrival of the King of Wei, the general of Zhenbei was escorted to the capital by the people of the Imperial City Division, and then he was dismissed from his post and investigated and demoted to a commoner.

In the face of the withered fighting spirit and the degraded commander of the Tiger Army, Liang Ying, the king of Wei, spent a lot of thought, and under his careful rectification, the morale slowly recovered.

When the king of Wei was angry with the saint, he wrote a sincere recital to show the merits of the Tiger Ben army, and when the holy decree of commending the three armies arrived in Youzhou, all the soldiers of the Hu Ben army expressed their loyalty to Liang Ying, the king of Wei, in their hearts.

In the autumn of the following year, under the leadership of the King of Wei, the Tiger Ben army fought another battle with the barbarian army, and won the battle at the cost of 30,000 men.

Since then, the King of Wei has completely subdued the Tiger Ben army, and his momentum in the Great Liang army is also in full swing, almost on the same level as those famous generals. ”

Li Haoran took a sip of wine, raised his head slightly and asked, "Since Liang Ying, the king of Wei, has such a momentum in the army, why ......?"

Geng Huyuan's smile was a little bitter, and he said in a low voice: "Brother Li, what you want to ask is why King Wei didn't become the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, but only became the King of Qi and trapped in the capital?"

Li Haoran snorted.

Geng Huyuan sighed and said, "This matter involves royal secrets, and I only know one or two of them.

After the end of the war that year, the king of Wei stayed in the north for another three years, during which time, although he was a strict ruler of the army, he was well received by the soldiers.

In these three years, I also became a general of Yamen because of my merits, and I was in charge of 3,000 soldiers. As for my personal martial arts cultivation, I have also entered the realm of a little grandmaster, and my future is bright.

In July of the same year, the emperor fell ill and died in the Yangxin Palace, and he did not have time to be crowned the crown prince in the future, nor did he leave any edict.

If the queen had an heir, then maybe what happened later would not have happened, and I would not have ended up like this. ”

Li Haoran frowned and said: "It is rumored in the market that the current emperor sat on the dragon chair with the support of the Queen Mother, and even now, the story of mother and son filial piety has always been popular with the world. ”

Geng Huyuan smiled and said, "Since it's a story, then it's fake." ”

"Fake? Li Haoran looked skeptical.

Geng Huyuan lay on the ground with the back of his head in his hands, and said with gloomy eyes: "How is it impossible, under the threat of the sword soldiers, even if the Queen Mother supports a fool, she has to do it." ”

Li Haoran thought for a moment and asked slowly: "I remember that the Queen Mother's background is not low, how can she be easily threatened?"

Geng Huyuan said in a flat tone: "The queen mother has no children, and she can't be a mother with a son, so why should she offend the king of Chu who has already controlled the palace?"

When the king of Wei learned of the death of the emperor, he immediately led an army of 50,000 to return to the capital, and when he had just arrived in Jincheng County, Zezhou, he received a holy decree from the current emperor.

It turned out that when the emperor had just died, Liang Jue, the king of Chu, united with her biological mother Wei Guifei and her uncle Wei Shanhui, who was the secretary of the military department, to control the palace in one fell swoop.

However, in five days, Liang Jue, the king of Chu, held a court meeting in the Taichu Palace, and ascended the throne as the emperor with the support of the queen mother and courtiers, and changed his name to Liang Heng.

The specific process is unknown to outsiders, only that the second prince, that is, Liang Lang, the king of Qi, died mysteriously in the chaos, and afterwards those generals were heavily reprimanded, and the mother family of the king of Qi was rewarded lavishly; the seventh prince Liang Po, the king of Zhao, was imprisoned in the palace of Zhao Wang for the crime of disobeying the queen mother, and then died of depression. ”

Li Haoran pursed his lips tightly and said softly: "It turns out that there were such private things back then, what about the King of Wei? He was not far from the capital at that time, and he also had an army of 50,000, so there was no ......."

Geng Huyuan shook his head and said: "After the King of Wei received the holy decree, he thought about it for a long time on horseback, and when many soldiers thought that he was going straight to the capital, he heard a diametrically opposite order, that is, 'the whole army goes north'. ”