An old man who had been living in an inn in Zhongzhou's 'Jiuliang City' had been living for several days, and he was a little hesitant, this incident gave him a headache, not because of how dangerous and difficult, but because he really didn't know how to open this mouth and how to say this.

'Heaven and earth are the king's teacher, and the master and apprentice are like father and son. Generally speaking, heaven and earth have no time to take care of you, and you don't have time to take care of you, in addition to relatives, the closest relationship in this world can basically be regarded as a master and apprentice, but not all apprentices in the world will be grateful for the picture, of course, not all masters will protect their disciples like children, he is this kind of master. He didn't regret what happened back then, and he didn't want to face it, not many people knew the details of this matter, at least the patriarch didn't know, otherwise the patriarch wouldn't have sent him, and he never mentioned it to the patriarch, after all, this was not a glorious thing, compared to the patriarch, his wife as a master was too incompetent.

"Whew!" he let out a long breath, drank the cup of tea, and pushed the door open.

On the martial arts field of 'Qiuchi Mountain', everyone is practicing martial arts, and Heng Wuxuan has a solemn face, giving a few words from time to time, or dismantling a few moves with others. Shao Mingqian walked past everyone and nodded with a smile.

"Alliance leader!" a 'Xuanyi Guard' walked forward quickly, hugged his fist at Shao Mingqian, and said, "Someone asks to see you." ”

"Who?"

"An old man, he refuses to report his name, do your subordinates want to bombard him away?"

"No, please ask him to see me at the 'Kui Cliff' in the back mountain. ”

"Yes. "'Xuanyiwei'

"Shuliang, come with me. ”

"What are you doing?" Liang Xie was stunned, someone asked to see his senior brother, what he took me to do.

"See a man. Shao Mingqian didn't explain much, and Liang Xie didn't want to continue to ask, so he immediately collected his knife and followed behind Shao Mingqian, and the two left the martial arts field and went to the back mountain.

Kui, the monster recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Great Wilderness Classic", the shape is like a cow, a foot, its sound is like thunder, "Kui Cliff" is not a cliff that looks like Kui, but because the surrounding peaks are arranged in a special way to the windy day, the wind is whistling, like thunder, so it is named.

Shao Mingqian and Liang Xie stood on the edge of the cliff, and after a while, the 'Xuanyi Guard' walked over with an old man.

"Alliance leader!" 'Xuanyi Guard' bowed down and clenched his fists.

"Hmm. ”

'Xuanyiwei' clenched his fists and bowed again, then turned and retreated.

'Xuanyiwei' retreated, revealing the face of the old man, and Liang Xie's head 'buzzed' when he saw it.

'Teacher...... Master?' He never dreamed that it would be his master.

Sun Minggan smiled and said, "Shuliang is also there." ”

Liang Xie Tie blushed, he didn't know what the master was going to do, the events of the year had already made him very disappointed in this master, and seeing that he was in danger in the Jingguo Mansion, Sun Mingmo didn't even say a word to him when he pleaded, which made him even more cold.

Seeing that Liang Xie didn't speak, Sun Ming didn't think it was angry, smiled dryly, and turned his gaze to Shao Mingqian.

"Is Master satisfied with choosing this place to talk?" Shao Mingqian was not shocked, neither showing how much he missed and respected this master, nor ignoring him like Liang Xie, but said flatly.

"It's nice to have few people, it's quiet. ”

"Is Master here to see his apprentice or to be a lobbyist?"

"This ...... , I haven't seen you for many years, I came to see you, and by the way, I discussed some things with you. Sun Ming couldn't imagine that Shao Mingqian would be so straightforward.

Shao Mingqian smiled and said, "The 'Raising Sword Alliance' is not mine alone, and the apprentice can't agree to what the master wants to discuss." ”

Sun Ming's face changed slightly, and he said, "You already know?"

Shao Mingqian said: "First send officers and soldiers to surround the mountain to exert pressure, and then send people to lobby, even if we can't recruit the 'Yang Dao Alliance', it will definitely make us unable to free up our hands to meddle in other things, after a long time, you have Wu Jingguo in the court to lie about the military situation and defraud the imperial court's military salary, and the 'Yang Dao Alliance' will lose its economic resources and will not be dragged down by you, it will also make people's hearts discouraged, and they have to let go of a war. To be honest, if it weren't for the death of the emperor, this move would have allowed you to succeed. ”

Sun Ming said: "Master Li is a master of strategy, and he is a master of leverage, and few people can calculate him. ”

"Master?" Shao Mingqian smiled slightly: " Before Wu Jingguo gained power, he was forced by the threat of his opponent in order to survive, and he Master Li was indeed a master in his strange plot, and now he is in power, Wu Jingguo's strength is far better than before, and there is no one who threatens him in the government and the opposition, and this group of people gathered together with interests will also be suspicious of each other because of interests, after all, I have never heard of anyone who can distribute the benefits to everyone's satisfaction, so as long as the opponent is not strong enough to threaten their lives, the descendants of Wu Jingguo will always consider their own gains and losses first, and the same is true for Master Li. If the opponent is strong, they still have a chance to win, and if the opponent is not strong enough, Wu Jingguo will be destroyed. ”

Sun Ming nodded and said: "Ming Qian, what you said is also reasonable, but I still listen to Master's advice, your 'Yang Dao Alliance' foundation is still shallow, and you can't fight them, Master guarantees that as long as you are willing to take refuge in the governor, the governor will not touch a single hair of Shuliang, if you want to be the master of martial arts, the governor can support it, and if you want to serve the country and kill the enemy, the governor can also promote you to be a general." ”

"Guarantee?" Liang Xie couldn't help but sneer, what did he guarantee with his position in front of Wu Jingguo?

Shao Mingqian said, "Master, you know that I am not used to handing over my future to others. ”

Sun Ming said with a smile: "Your temper is still so stubborn, but have you ever thought about it, with the power of the governor today, what kind of master can't be invited?

Shao Mingqian smiled and said: "Master, you didn't look down on me in the past, and now you still think that I will lose, and you don't dare to compliment your apprentice." ”

Sun Ming smiled, but his eyes were full of killing intent, and he only felt that the jealousy that he had finally suppressed in his heart was rising again.

Shao Mingqian said again: "The real strength is not as simple as it seems on the surface, Master thinks that the invincible Wu Jingguo in the world is just a bedbug that can be killed at any time in the eyes of some masters. ”

Sun Ming's face changed, and he snorted coldly: "Some of the masters you are talking about are you? ”

Shao Mingqian said: "Don't dare, the apprentice can only be counted as half at most." ”

Sun Ming said: "Is it only half?"

Shao Mingqian said: "It's only half, but fortunately, it's not difficult to find another half." ”

Sun Ming smiled slightly and said: "You are a person who practices martial arts, you must know that the speed is half slower, the strength is half smaller, and the move is half as simple as half the difference, sometimes two halves or even ten halves can't spell one." ”

Shao Mingqian said: "Of course, the brave have no fear, and the hegemon has no regrets, but the real invincible is not the strong on the surface, but the strong person who is weak on the surface and strong in the heart. ”

Sun Ming said: "How can you go back like this once in a while? ”

Shao Mingqian said: "Didn't Master hear about the dispute between Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the overlord Xiang Yu, the dispute between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and the dispute between Cao Cao and Sun Liu? ”

Sun Ming smiled: "My good apprentice, I haven't seen you for many years, but I have become sharp-toothed." ”

Shao Mingqian said: "There is no eloquence, only the lingering 'Raising Knife Society', and there will never be one of the four major gangs, the 'Raising Knife Alliance'. ”

Sun Ming smiled and said: "Okay, well, for the teacher, I want to know how you can win in the face of the governor?"

Shao Mingqian said: "Two words are enough!"

"What two words?"

"Selfish!"

The reason why the governor won a big victory in the competition with the 'Guyu' party was that he used the word selfishness to recruit so many talents, and it was precisely because of the selfishness of his subordinates that he had the power to lean towards the government and the opposition today. ”

"That's right, everyone will be selfish, but the methods and limits of selfishness and selfishness, once the success is extremely fast, the failure will be even faster, when the enemy is exhausted, internal friction is a scourge that it can never avoid, and it will not die...... Non-stop!"

Sun Ming nodded, and said with a smile: "So you won't listen to Master's persuasion?"

Shao Mingqian said: "Don't dare, it's just that it's better for the 'Yang Dao Alliance' to make any choice than this one." ”

Sun Ming nodded and said: "Well, since this is the case, then the master will give you another piece of advice, stay neutral, don't go against the governor, you don't want to see your disciples end miserably, you will hand over the heads of the people of 'Tan Gate' and 'Banbu Tang' to the teacher, and the master will have the confidence to intercede for Shuliang when he goes back." ”

Hearing this, Liang Xie couldn't hold back any longer, and said with a sneer: "Good and righteous master, back then, you were able to kill the third senior brother and the sixth senior brother, and the senior brothers who killed them almost all died, how can you be so kind now?"

Sun Ming smiled miserably and said, "Do you remember what happened back then?"

Liang Xie said: "I only know that the former master was a chivalrous and righteous person, although the martial arts are not very high, but everyone respects them, who would have thought that suddenly one day our beloved master would stab his apprentice in the back." ”

The muscles on Sun Ming's face twisted a few times, his lips trembled, he wanted to speak and stopped, and finally sighed after a long time and said, "I was forced to be a teacher back then. ”