Meng Ran looked at Geng Huyuan with a solemn face, and couldn't help but feel serious, and asked in a deep voice, "Uncle Geng, what do you want to say?"

Geng Huyuan glanced at Fan Wuji beside him, and said slowly to Meng Ran, "Do you know where I came from?"

Meng Ran shook his head slowly.

Geng Huyuan coughed lightly and said: "I was originally a member of the Tiger Ben Army in the north, and I became a prisoner of the imperial court because of an old incident many years ago, and I hid under Tibet, met Mr. Qi, and under his introduction, I became a nursing master in the house.

I didn't want to say my identity so that I would implicate you in the future, but what I have to do in the future is too dangerous, if I don't tell you, I won't have a chance to say it. ”

At the moment, Geng Huyuan told him about joining the army as a teenager and serving the country as a young man, and even talked about the process of exile in the south of the Yangtze River, but he skipped some secret matters involving His Majesty the current Emperor and His Royal Highness the King of Jin.

After listening to these contents, Meng Ran's jaw dropped in shock, and there was not the slightest tension in his expression to be in the same room with the imperial court, but overflowing with admiration and yearning.

"Uncle Geng, you are really amazing, it only took ten years to go from a pawn with no foundation to a powerful Yamen general with five grades, and you are also the most important military meritorious, you are simply a myth. Meng Ran looked at Geng Huyuan with starry eyes, his eyes full of yearning and admiration.

Geng Huyuan looked at Meng Ran with a complicated expression, and said in a low voice: "So what? Haven't you fallen to the point where you are now? People are not like people and ghosts, they are not like ghosts, they are just a wisp of wandering soul between heaven and earth." ”

When it comes to military affairs such as the seizure and liquidation, Meng Ran didn't know what to say, but the flame in his eyes was not extinguished, but became brighter and brighter.

Geng Huyuan looked at the fire and said, "What? You also want to go to the Northland to join the army?"

Meng Ran smiled bitterly and said, "I have to ensure that I can survive first, otherwise, everything I say will be in vain." ”

Geng Huyuan nodded and responded: "Yes, no matter what you want to do, you must first save your life, otherwise, whether it is ideal or revenge, you will not have a chance to do it again." ”

Meng Ran snorted and asked in a worried tone, "Uncle Geng, did you say that you were going to the capital later, is it dangerous?"

Geng Huyuan no longer concealed it, and said in a deep voice: "Well, there is danger, maybe you will never come back." ”

Meng Ran's brows furrowed, and he asked word by word, "Uncle Geng, don't you want to do it?"

Geng Huyuan smiled lightly, patted Meng Ran's shoulder with a look of relief, and said softly: "I can't do it, if I haven't recovered my cultivation at this moment, then after sending you to Wuliang Mountain, I will definitely return to Lin'an and live a stable life like before."

Since I have resumed my cultivation by chance, it means that those souls who should have lived happily don't want me to continue to live a decadent and peaceful life, so how can I continue to be a shrunken turtle so that they can't rest in peace?"

Forty years old, just in the prime of life, but Geng Huyuan's sideburns were already slightly frosted, and the years carved a few fine wrinkles on his forehead.

Meng Ran looked at this man who should have been in the prime of life but was dyed with twilight, his nose was slightly sour, his eyes were unfreely moist, and he choked up: "Didn't you just say that being alive is better than anything else? Why do you insist on going to the capital? Why do you have to go to death?"

Geng Huyuan sighed lightly and said flatly: "After I recover from my injury, I am ninety percent sure that I will cross the threshold of the human fairyland, and at that time, it may not be certain to die." ”

Meng Ran didn't rejoice at this good news, and asked, "Does Uncle Geng think I'm a kid who can only read without worldly affairs?"

Geng Huyuan sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't miss you like this. ”

"Then why does Uncle Geng say that the fairyland can be retreated from the capital? Even if I am a fledgling who has never been far away, I am not a fool who has never read a book.

In addition to the mysterious Imperial City Division and the 300,000 forbidden army guards in the capital, there are also Taoist masters in the capital, not to mention the hidden immortal masters in the palace, where do you get your confidence? Why do you think you can come back alive?"

In the end, Meng Ran's tone had turned into questioning, as if Geng Huyuan was a disobedient child who was reprimanded by his parents after doing something wrong.

Geng Huyuan was reprimanded firmly, and he didn't rush to get angry, but just said softly: "I have to go after all, I can't let those who sacrificed in vain feel cold, I can't let people say that the people who came out of the Tiger Ben Army don't have any backbone, and I can't let people say that the Geng family is a group of soft eggs." ”

Meng Ran smiled bitterly and persuaded: "Then Uncle Geng can wait for me for a few years? You also said that I am awe-inspiring, and I can go to the fairyland after I am thirty years old, after I go up the mountain, I will definitely cultivate the Tao well, strive to break through the realm as soon as possible, and go to the capital with you when the time comes." ”

Geng Huyuan patted Meng Ran on the shoulder and said, "It's enough for you to have this heart, it's all my own private matter, there's no need to pull you up." Besides, the Meng clan is a scholarly family that has been inherited for a long time, how can they do such a rebellious thing, are you not afraid that your father will scold you in the spirit of heaven?"

Meng Ran shook his head and said, "If my father knew my intentions, he would definitely agree with me." ”

Geng Huyuan said: "Forget it, this is a quagmire that can't be explained, you don't need to jump in, if you really think of me, find me an apprentice, pass on my marksmanship, so as not to have no inheritance in the future." ”

Meng Ran nodded solemnly.

Geng Huyuan sighed softly, pointed to Fan Wuji beside him, and introduced: "This is my sworn brother, who served in the Tiger Ben Army with me in the past, and later withdrew from the border army due to injury, and became the commander of Henan Province. ”

Fan Wuji hugged his fist at Meng Ran, and said in an urn voice: "Under Fan Wuji." ”

Meng Ran cupped his fists and saluted back, and said respectfully: "Boy, Meng Ran has seen Third Uncle Fan. ”

After Fan Wuji laughed, he slapped a palm on Meng Ran's shoulder, making Meng Ran grin in pain.

After the three of them saluted, they sat down to talk.

Geng Huyuan turned to his brother and asked, "Third brother, why are you here? But what happened?"

A trace of strangeness appeared on Fan Wuji's rugged face, and he was trying to find a reason to prevaricate.

Meng Ran opened his mouth and said: "Third Uncle Fan, one person is short in wisdom and three people in wisdom, if you really have any difficulties, you might as well say it directly, Uncle Geng and I will help you with staff analysis, and I can help you." ”

Fan Wuji looked at Meng Ran's sincere face, sighed softly, and said, "What can there be, it's just offending people who shouldn't be offended." ”

It turned out that Fan Wuji was a real lieutenant of the Tiger Army, and later suffered a lot of injuries in the war with the Khitan, and could not continue to stay in the army.

Dengzhou is located in the corner of the land of Qilu, surrounded by the sea on three sides, although it is exposed to the wind and sun, but the local materials are abundant, and the folk customs are simple.

Fan Wuji recuperated in Dengzhou for several years, and the injuries on his body gradually healed, although there was not much left of his cultivation, but because of the past realm and fighting experience, his actual combat ability was rarely matched, and he was very important to the prefect of Dengzhou and the lieutenant of Zhichong.

During a sea patrol, Fan Wuji and his soldiers discovered a group of thieves who were stealing sea salt, and after a battle, dozens of thieves were killed.

After this merit was reported, the imperial court transferred Fan Wuji to Laizhou, which was close to Dengzhou, and made him the commander of Laizhou Zhichong Mansion, and the real power of the capital under the four products.

When he first arrived in Laizhou to take office, Fan Wuji's life was very comfortable, his whole body was fat, and even the tendons and flesh that had been boiled for many years were submerged in fat.

Promoted to become wealthy, beautiful concubines in new houses, and as comfortable as you want to live.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and a young magistrate came to Changyang County, Laizhou.

After the young magistrate took office, everything was fine in the first three months, and the magistrate of Changyang County got along well with the gentry and various forces in the county.

As soon as three months passed, the young magistrate exposed the cruelty in his bones and the wickedness of human nature, robbing the people's daughters, abusing and killing the people, throwing the living into the cage of the beast and fighting with the beasts, and so on.

When the prefect of Laizhou heard of his bad behavior, he summoned him to the county of the prefecture.

What happened after that is difficult for outsiders to know, only that the young magistrate and the prefect who disregard life and do all kinds of evil talked about wine, and then walked out of the state capital yamen with a figure of eight, completely without the panic that should be felt after being questioned.

On this day, the young magistrate took the accompanying dog's legs and robbed a beautiful woman shopping on the street next to the yamen of the state capital, and abducted her to the carriage.

This beautiful woman is Mrs. Ru of the Lieutenant of Zhichong Prefecture in Laizhou, who has just been pregnant for three months, and plans to wander the street while she is not yet pregnant and it is still convenient to walk.

An ordinary shopping trip actually caused an unprovoked killing.

Fan Wuji, who was drinking tea in the barracks, heard about this, ordered 20 soldiers, and went straight out of the barracks to the prefect's yamen.

In the face of the thunderous Fan Wuji, the prefect pushed two five or six, and said that women are like clothes, don't lose your official uniform for a piece of clothing.

Fan Wuji scolded, which made the prefect very embarrassed.

Then a group of soldiers caught up with the young magistrate who was still wandering around the city and surrounded him.

The funny thing is that after the young magistrate revealed his identity and family background, none of the people present dared to take a step forward.

Fan Wuji was very sad, but even more desperate.

The young magistrate is actually a son of the Yan clan in Qingzhou.

Yan Beirong, the patriarch of the Yan clan in Qingzhou, is the grandfather of Yan Defei, the favorite concubine of His Majesty the Emperor today.

Faced with a murderer with such a family background, Fan Wuji's hands kept trembling, he wanted to avenge his unborn child, but he was afraid of the power of the Yan clan.

Stimulated by the words of the young Yan Zhixian, Fan Wuji cut off the head of the cart horse with a knife.

Stimulated by horse blood, Fan Wuji seemed to have returned to the former northern battlefield, and his murderous intent suddenly rose.

An inevitable battle is about to begin.