Chapter 28 (26)
Yuan Yi said with a smile: "This is natural, the famous former Qingtian Zhai Lu Dazhai Lord, his power is all over the world, and his reputation has resounded all over the country, which one of the martial arts does not know? Even my father has mentioned you to me more than once." ”
Lu Qian was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that his son was already so extraordinary, and his father must be a more amazing monster. This breath made him flutter, and said with a smile: "I don't know what Lord Lingzun thinks of Zaixia?" The tone turned upward, not as if he was humbly seeking advice, but as if he was ready to wait for a few shocking praises.
Yuan Yi said with a smile: "Father, he has always been harsh on people, but this time he made an exception to praise you, saying that you have so many martial arts, such a little scheming, and a little decisiveness when you should be ruthless, it's a pity that there are so many more fancy intestines." However, restlessness is not a bad thing, and it is precisely because of the refusal to be satisfied with the status quo that it shows that there is an enterprising spirit. ”
Although Lu Qian's words of appreciation were a little ambiguous, it was difficult to ensure that Yuan Yi was derogatory when he relayed it, maybe when the old man mentioned himself, he said that he was strong in martial arts, excellent in mind, brave and resourceful. And he is often scolded by his elders because he is not safe enough, this enterprising righteousness is really great for his heart, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the promotion, speaking of which, Ling Zun and I really met late, and he is my New Year's Eve friend." When will you invite me to the house and get drunk with the old seniors?"
Yuan Yi smiled: "Don't be busy, you haven't seen each other yet, why do you hate to be late?" This is the temper of the wind and the rain, my father specially taught me, don't learn from you." After you became the owner of the village, it can be said that it was smooth sailing all the way, huh? In the end, he was planted in the hands of the remnant star? I heard that he was only alone in your Taihang Mountain, and the negotiation of Zhao'an went smoothly, and the battle of Guizhai did not lose a single soldier...... Of course, those who died at the hands of Cheng Er's master do not count. I'm really curious, how the hell do you do it, and how can you solve it so easily?"
Lu Qian's face sank slightly. He thought that the people who could make Yuan Yi familiar must be famous in the martial arts, and he could be among them, which was a great honor, and his net worth rose several times out of thin air. But he didn't expect that he even knew something about an unknown person like Cheng Jiahua, and if he belonged to this group, it would be nothing unusual.
He, a big man who has been galloping in the rivers and lakes for many years, suddenly learned that in the eyes of others, he was just on an equal footing with any of the little minions under his command, and no one would have any good mood.
Cheng Jiaxuan always wanted to talk more to Yuan Yi, but he always ignored himself. It just so happened that he knew the truth of this matter, so he hurriedly took the opportunity to interject and said with a smile: "I have heard of this battle, Qingtianzhai surrendered without a fight, and by the way, handed over a large number of blades of grain and grass to the imperial court. Lu Dazhai is not afraid of the sky, the earth is not afraid, he is afraid of the death of the young marshal. As soon as I saw him, it didn't matter if he was a person, a team, or a group of people? I was so frightened that my hands and feet softened, so I hurriedly surrendered. Immediately disbanded Qingtianzhai not to mention, but also bowed, good things to say, even if this team was levied for nothing, they didn't dare to ask for any benefits. If there is no fighting, then how can there be blood and casualties? Therefore, this is how this remarkable record was won. This matter has become a laughing stock in the palace, and Cheng Jiaxuan also overheard it when he was chatting with others.
Yuan Yi smiled, "Oh, I see. If you can't fight, you will surrender in time, and the lord of Lu Zhai really knows that the current affairs are Junjie. Although Qingtianzhai is dead, the brothers have left a life, and they are still worried that they will not have the day to show their skills in the future? As a bandit who occupies the mountain as the king, unless you take the capital and sit on the throne of the emperor, there will always be some misname and bad words. Taking advantage of the name of Zhao'an, it is the smartest thing to find a step for yourself. However, I heard that in the past six years, the imperial court has repeatedly sent troops to encircle and suppress, and has been defeated repeatedly, and it has never been able to stop your group of bandits. In order to avoid the loss of troops, and at the same time, it is also a snaring of talents to resist the rebel armies from all walks of life, so the idea of recruiting peace was moved. With your forces at that time, you are fully capable of continuing to resist. I heard that before that, there was no difference of a few days, and Guizhai fought with the court generals in a Zhao'an, and won a complete victory, so that they could not have a few people left, and they rolled down Taihang Mountain in a gray manner, which was called joy. Since the remnant star dares to hold it up, he goes up the mountain alone, but he doesn't look at you in his eyes. If you raise the village and encircle him, you may not lose to him, so why should you be obedient to him?"
Cheng Jiaxuan said with a smile: "When the brave meet on a narrow road, it is naturally because the martial arts of the young marshal are so good, and the lord of Lu Zhai thinks that he is invincible, and it is also for the sake of his brothers, so he surrendered." For this reason, the group of subordinates felt that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, spineless, and no longer obeyed his jurisdiction. In fact, it is not easy for him to blame. ”
She once followed Jiang Yanchen and Ji Qiannian to pay the final tribute to the dark night among the broken ruins, and saw with her own eyes that Jiang Yanchen looked up to the dark night death compared to others. When I saw him in the palace before, I only felt that he was cold and cruel, and he was extremely difficult to get along with, so he was careful to avoid him, but it can be said that he had never been in contact. But what Jiang Yanchen likes, she likes, the characters are all the same, and at the same time, recalling that the appearance of the dark night is really one in a thousand, and it is worth touching herself, so she vigorously said good things about the dark night. She still had a good impression of Lu Qian, and said a few thoughtful words to him, so that he would not lose too much face.
Lu Qian's face was blue for a while, white for a while, and scolded secretly: "Dead girl, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a dead pig." "For this matter of surrendering without a fight, he completely lost the hearts of his brothers, who would rather be incorporated into any motley army than follow him. In contrast, Cheng Jiahua, the master of Erzhai, who openly defected to the enemy in times of danger and did not hesitate to kill a few old brothers to show his loyalty, everyone did not seem to hate it so much.
It's no wonder that Lu Qian is a big brother who can lead everyone to victory all the way and finally attack the imperial city, while Cheng Jiahua is sitting in the second position by virtue of his master-apprentice relationship. Everyone was never really convinced of him, and they didn't take him as an official Erzhai master.
Finally, he has an excellent mind, and he can successfully break the enemy and win after several times of advice, and it is more than enough to be a military advisor by the side of the owner of the village. Moreover, he is a popular person around the big boss, and the brothers do not want to speak ill of him and get into trouble. Anyway, it's a dispensable person, and it's over that everything is safe with each other.
But if Lu Qian, the eldest brother, betrayed, it would be tantamount to tearing down a fortress in their hearts. Once the high hopes of Manji are disappointed, he will hate Lu Qianke to the core, and even put the blame for the destruction of Qingtianzhai on him.
In fact, only Lu Qian himself knew that at that time, the two sides were fighting hard, and the cottage might not be able to reap much benefit. Even if there is a one-in-10,000 chance victory, it will inevitably be a loss of troops and a loss of generals, and it will not be able to cope with the next encirclement and suppression.
From the first time he met the Night Dead, and saw him repelling decent ambushes with contempt, and his methods were terrible, he was afraid of him. Many years later, even if his martial arts have advanced rapidly, it is not what it used to be, but the fear planted in his heart is difficult to easily remove.
When we met again at the top of Taihang Mountain, I only remembered that I was afraid, and completely forgot that I was the owner of the first big gang, as if I had become the little follower who nodded and bowed when I first met, and even the martial arts I had learned for many years were forgotten, and I never thought that someone could compete in front of him.
He led the crowd to surrender, in addition to his own fear of death, he still wanted to save the lives of his brothers in a great way. Everyone has been fighting hard together for many years, and they have formed a deep friendship with each other, and they must not watch them die. Even if it is difficult to convince others, the real thoughts at that time will never deceive themselves.
Yuan Yi smiled: "Is it? The Remnant Star is really so powerful? He was very famous back then, but he was not under the lord of Lu Dazhai, and everyone was terrified." My father is more optimistic about him than he is about Brother Lu. At that time, I wanted to meet him, but unfortunately, he also died young. ”
Cheng Jiaxuan smiled: "Yes, of course it's amazing." But that defeated general, don't you want to know who it is? Lord Lu Zhai's side set a record, and his side also set a record for the heaviest casualties in battle since the Qing army invaded the Central Plains......
Li Yijie remembered that he led the troops out at that time, thinking all the way about valuing peace, and didn't want to talk about it in a few words on the top of the mountain, and the two sides broke their faces and did it. His side has always been suppressed to the point that he has no power to fight back, and even if Lu Qian wants to wipe them out, it is not impossible. Fortunately, he left a back road and let everyone go down the mountain.
Because of the shame of that war, Li Yijie was depressed for a long time, and even moved the despicable idea of exchanging his junior sister for peace. This was the last battle he wanted to mention, and for the first time he tasted the cruelty of "defeat like a mountain".
If Cheng Jiaxuan is allowed to continue to talk unobstructed, he will inevitably shake this matter out in public. Since the heroes knew that the martial arts alliance leader was so incompetent, his prestige would not be allowed to rise in the future. Coughed dryly twice, and said: "Yuan Gongzi, as the saying goes, the tiger father has no dog, the son has such magical powers, presumably it is also a family history, I don't know what kind of business Guibao does, where to make a fortune?"
Everyone was very curious about Yuan Yi's identity, and when they heard Li Yijie ask, they all closed their mouths and waited for him to answer. As for the defeated generals of the imperial court, this group of martial arts people has always been indifferent, and they can't hear or feel any losses.
Yuan Yi said: "I didn't mean to hide it from you, but I just wanted to make a name for myself." When others remember me, they remember me as a person, not my family. Even if the family has brilliant achievements, it still has nothing to do with me, it is itself, I am myself, and I will never rely on the glory of my ancestors to add glory to my face. I'm not rare. ”
Li Yijie said: "Yuan Gongzi is too worried, we first recognized you in this ancient tomb, and we were also deeply convinced by your martial arts and resourcefulness, which has nothing to do with your family." Besides, the glory of the family is gradually accumulated by the actions of the children and grandchildren, and I want to say that you should be adding glory to it. It's just that I want to make a friend with all my colleagues, and it has nothing to do with interests. Since they are friends, they should not hide anything from each other, and they should be honest with each other. ”
Yuan Yi smiled and said: "There are thousands of people here, if you want to be honest with me one by one and explain your family background, then I don't know if you want to talk about the Year of the Monkey." It doesn't seem to be much fun to make friends in the tomb. Okay, I look at you Li Mengzhu is quite pleasing to the eye, so I will just tell you. Have you ever heard of the four cities of 'Yuanping Xialiu'?"
There was no emotion on everyone's faces, but the older generation was secretly shocked in their hearts. The four cities of "Yuan Ping Xia Liu" were powerful in the martial arts many years ago, and they were rich enough to rival the country, and they could almost share half of the imperial court. When people in the rivers and lakes talk about it, they have to bring a bit of awe.
First, it is sincere respect, lest a disaster come out of the mouth; second, everyone will encounter some troubles, no matter how big or small, there will be times when it is uneven. But if you make friends with the people in the four cities, even if you get into a lot of trouble, you just have to put your mind at ease, sleep with your head covered for a few days, and when you go out again, you will definitely have to solve it smoothly, and it will be done extremely cleanly, leaving no branches.
Every time the four cities are entrusted, they are all those who come and do their best. However, there are rules for doing things, and whether it is an acquaintance or a new stranger, the cost is very high. But when people are desperate, they are looking forward to being able to break the fortune and avoid disasters, not to mention that the efficiency of the four cities is indeed amazingly high, and there has never been a mistake for many years. The reputation is getting better and better, and there are countless admiring guests, so it is no wonder that Sicheng can accumulate such a thick family foundation.