In the room, Wu Gen looked at Lu Lie with some surprise, wondering why the other party would make such threatening remarks.
"I'm sorry for my stupidity, but where did this disaster come from? I hope Brother Lu can clarify his doubts." Seeing that the other party was silent, Wu Gen quickly asked.
"Alas." Lu Lie let out a long sigh and took a sip of sake.
"Brother Wu, you are young, powerful and handsome, but your fault is that you are too capable. To be honest, the Kuntianzhou human race is humble. When you came here, everyone regarded you as an alien, like other herdsmen. Naturally, no one will pay attention to you when you do something, but if you achieve a little bit, you will be watched closely. The more people watch, the more things will happen secretly. If you are not careful, you will be stared at. You may lose everything. In addition, you have defected to the lord's family. According to your Beizhou view, they are also a big family that dominates a country. It would be fine if you directly defected to the lord, but you chose to defect to the young master. It is inevitable that you will be involved. When brothers fight, there will be people who don't like you, and they always want to get rid of them. If you join the army and have mediocre qualifications, you won't be too eye-catching. However, you are still so good at fighting, and you have gathered a group of subordinates. Arrogant soldiers and powerful generals, this is a big taboo. No one in power will allow such a force to be controlled by foreigners. To put it more harshly, even if Ji Ye is in power, he will not tolerate you for a long time. Even if he can tolerate it, his officials will never tolerate it. This has nothing to do with people's feelings, but has to do with power and the seat he sits in. Wu Gen, Ming people don't speak secretly, and I have always been right to him. You know that the human race is harsh. But I also admit that there are heroes among the human race, and you are one of them. As the saying goes, heroes cherish heroes, and Lu Lie’s shameless invitation to you today is really because he loves talents. "Whether you can listen to it or not, it doesn't cost me much, it's just a pity for Brother Wu's ability." Wu Gen blinked, looked at Lu Lie who had lowered his head to drink, and then glanced at Ba, who was smiling at the corner of his mouth. flood.
Lu Lie's words were quite pertinent. In fact, this was what Hu Jia and Yang Zheng had secretly mentioned to Wu Gen. If the Fearless Army only relies on their friendship with Ji Ye if they go further down, it will be like tying a lonely boat to a thin rope. If the tide is slightly bigger, there is a risk of the boat capsizing.
With a long sigh, Wu Gen saluted Lu Lie and Ba Hong solemnly,
"What brother Lu said is absolutely true, but I have reached this point. Is there a way out? I can teach you a brother." Ahem, Lu Lie coughed, curled up one leg, and put his arms on his knees. Stop wandering,
"Brother Wu, you are like a boat in the river, and you can't stop. If you stop here, many people will be afraid that you will come back, and they will definitely push you to death in the water. We can only move forward, but we just want to find more At the port, there is a place to dock when the waves are rough. A cunning rabbit still has three caves, let alone a tiger and leopard like Brother Wu."
"Oh." Wu Gen raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
"I understand what Brother Lu means. He secretly defected to his family. It's just that I only knew Ji Ye in Iron Shou Province. Wouldn't it be outrageous to switch to someone else rashly? Who would accept it?" Lu Lie and Ba Hong looked at each other. , said with a meaningful smile: "If Brother Wu can trust us, our two families can also accommodate us, and we will provide some human races for the brothers to rebuild the army." At this point, Lu Lie stood up,
"Of course, Brother Wu may feel that Lu Lie's move is suspected of poaching and is a villain's move, but Lu said it clearly that I fell in love with Brother Wu just to poach him. Of course, this is not the case. Even then, Brother Wu can still interact with the Ji family, but they just have more room for maneuver." Wu Gen put his hands back on the ground, looked up at Lu Lie and said with a smile: "Brother Lu is so blatantly pulling people, so you are not afraid. Should I turn around and tell the Ji family?"
"Haha." Lu Lie raised his head and laughed,
"What happened today is just you, me and Brother Ba. Even if you go and tell the truth, so what if I refuse to admit it. With the current precarious situation of the Ji family, even if you are dissatisfied with me, how can you dare to attack at will? It's bad." The situation in the entire province. Brother Wu, this matter is an upright conspiracy. Of course, if Brother Wu really can't get over this hurdle, just pretend that Lu didn't say anything today." Wu Gen lowered his head and said nothing. He hesitated and said, "Let me think about it again. Ji Ye is not kind to me. I really feel sorry for him by doing this." Lu Lie nodded, stood up and patted Wu Gen on the shoulder.
"It's natural. It's really not easy to turn around in this circle all at once. This is human nature. If Brother Wu agrees outright, I will become suspicious."
"Thank you Brother Lu and Brother Ba for your understanding." Wu Gen cupped his hands perfunctorily, stood up uneasily, and was about to say goodbye and leave.
"Wu Gen, there is no need to hesitate about this, just accept it." A loud voice came from behind the screen, and with the sound, Ming Zheng suddenly appeared in front of Wu Gen.
"Mingzheng, why is it you? When did you come to Hanlu City?" Wu Gen said with a surprised look on his face. Mingzheng laughed and stepped forward, grabbing Wu Gen's arm.
Compared with when he was in Da Yizhou, Ming Zheng's face was a little pale, but his features were much more mature.
"Yes, your skills in the Golden Body Technique are stronger than mine." Mingzheng nodded with satisfaction, clasped his hands behind his back,
"I have been here a long time ago. As an outsider, after listening to his thoughts, I would advise you to accept this matter."
"What's the explanation for this?" Wu Gen took a deep look at the other party. From the actions of the three of them, it was obvious that they had known each other for a long time.
"Wu Gen, let me ask you, why did you come to Kuntianzhou, but for the Ji family?" Mingzheng said with a smile.
"For..." Wu Gen stopped mid-sentence, his heart pounding. That's right, didn't I come to Kuntian Continent just because I wanted to have a strong army in my hand to fight back to Beizhou?
Helping the Ji family conquer the world is just a way to expand the army, and the ready-made soldiers and resources are right in front of them. Seeing Wu Gen's expression, Mingzheng nodded slightly,
"Just figure it out. Don't stay too long and get stuck in the situation and be unable to extricate yourself. Then you will become a real shepherd." Gritting his teeth, Wu Gen rushed to Lu Lie and Ba Hong and cupped his hands.
"Two of you, I have good intentions. I agree for the time being, but some details need to be discussed with my brothers." Lu Lie smiled slightly, spread his hands,
"It's all right. This is a big matter and needs to be discussed carefully. I heard that you and President Mingzheng have an old relationship, so we might as well get together today. Come, let's not talk about official matters, just personal friendship." On the third day, With the kind invitation, Wu Gen sat down again.
From now on, we really just talk about some experiences of Kuntian Continent, and occasionally talk about the weird customs of Dayi Continent, and no longer talk about cooperation.
After drinking and eating, Wu Gen blushed and staggered up to say goodbye. Not to mention, Lu Lie's drinking capacity was really good, and he was evenly matched against him after more than ten rounds.
After leaving Lu Lie's mansion, Wu Gen walked out of the city with a gloomy look, followed closely by Li Qi and others.
Seeing that Wu Gen was preoccupied, several people did not dare to come forward to disturb him. Even Niu Chao, who had always been naughty, wisely kept his mouth shut.
He was stupid, but not stupid. If he disturbed Wu Gen at this time, he was simply seeking death. After leaving the city gate, Wu Gen did not rush his horse, but rode slowly. After walking a few miles, he suddenly saw Niu Chao proudly showing off something to a few people.
He grabbed it with his hand and took a look, but there were more than a dozen gold leaves and an antique mirror with a thumb-sized bead embedded in it.
"This is mine." Niu Chao hurriedly came up to snatch it, but was carried over by Ha Ying.
"Wu, you even rob children's things. Be careful if you encounter ghosts in the daytime or thunder on a sunny day. You won't get sores on your body and don't have pus on the soles of your feet." Niu Chao was pinned on the horse by Ha Ying, but he didn't dare to go too far. Zaoji could only mutter in a low voice.
"Where did it come from?" Wu Gen looked around at the mirror.
"The man named Lu just gave it to me." Niu Chao stared at Wu Gen, for fear of swallowing his gold.
"Ha Ying, beat me up." Wu Gen didn't even raise his head, and after looking at it for a long time, he didn't see anything strange about the mirror.
"No, no, no, no, I found it in a place where there are many books." Niu Chao quickly surrendered,
"This guy was so poor that he only found so much gold. Later, I saw this object on the bookshelf. I thought I could exchange a lot of money for the beads by digging them out, so I took them too." Wu Gen's face changed slightly. This is not surprising. The worry-free thing probably slipped into Lu Lie's study.
After thinking about it, he took out a jade coin from his body.
"Didn't you see this in the study?" Niu Chao was stunned and said confidently: "How much are these pieces of stone worth? I didn't take them." When Wu Gen heard this, he became furious and hit Niu head-on. overtake,
"Stone Piece, I'll beat you to death for this blind thing. You steal things and don't pick out the valuable ones. Bring these junk things back." Niu Chao held his head and wailed: "How did I know this thing is valuable? Niu Chao This traitor never told me." At this moment, the sound of rapid horse hooves came from the distance.
Wu Gen looked up and saw that Ming Zheng was riding over. He threw the jade coin in his hand to Niu Chao and said in a low voice, "If you look for it from now on, this is the only thing you will take. If you pick it up by mistake again, I will beat you to death, you slut."
"Wu Gen, let's talk alone." Ming Zheng rushed to Wu Gen, looked at Niu Chao who was crying, and pointed forward with his chin.
Wu Gen understood and urged his horse to take a few steps forward, putting some distance between him and Ha Ying and others. The two of them rode side by side, Ming Zheng's body rising and falling slowly as the horse walked, looking calmly ahead,
"Wu Gen, I wonder why I went behind Ji Ye's back and secretly helped Lu Lie and the others." Wu Gen took a deep breath and did not answer the other party's question.
"Ji Ye is good to you."
"Yes, Ji Ye and I have a close personal relationship." Mingzheng heard Wu Gen's dissatisfaction, but his expression remained the same.
"But personal relationships are personal relationships, and business affairs are business affairs. When I came to Kuntian Continent at the risk of being deprived of my cultivation, I originally wanted to make a great cause, instead of being trapped in the desolate place of Dayi Continent. It's just that However, after getting along for a long time, I also discovered that Ji Ye can be a close friend, but it is impossible to become a friend. Reading shows that he is not interested in power and has no desire to compete for supremacy. It will be difficult for me to achieve my wish by relying on him. Therefore, I use Ji left the Iron Shou Province and joined the Dengtian Temple to see if there was a chance to show his ambition." Wu Gen sneered after hearing this,
"But I found it."
"There is a slight chance, but it is not possible at the moment." Mingzheng said calmly,
"Kuntianzhou's top brass don't have many ambitions. They just want to stick to their old ways and maintain their own interests." Mingzheng suddenly turned around and said: "Wu Gen, I have told you about you. In fact, you and I are facing the same dilemma. You want to lead troops to resist the divine religion, and I want to accomplish something big. If Kuntian Continent remains like a pool of stagnant water, it is impossible for you and me to accomplish it. Therefore, we must make Kuntian Continent into chaos. . Only when there is chaos can we take advantage of the fire. Only when there is chaos can we have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. Only when there is chaos can we create possibilities while remaining unchanged."
"I admit this." Wu Gen nodded.
"It's just, is this good for the Ji family? How should we deal with Ji Ye?"
"Wu Gen, you see you still haven't jumped out of the game. Those who achieve great things must be in the game and have their hearts outside." Mingzheng shook his head slightly.
"To you and me, the Ji family is the Ji family and Ji Ye is Ji Ye. The two are completely different. My idea is how to get the maximum benefit for Ji Ye. As for the other Ji family, it has nothing to do with me. At the moment , Ji Ye is weak in the Ji family. After all, there are Ji Xin and Ji Chen. Even if the Ji family is successfully restructured, it has little relationship with Ji Ye. According to his temperament, he will not do many extraordinary things. You are right to form the Fearless Army, but with Ji Ye's status and character, it can only stop here, and there will be no more room. It is better to extend your tentacles to all the forces in the Iron Hand Province, secretly Accumulate your own strength. When the civil strife in Iron Hand Province stirs up, we will find ways to eliminate others and help Ji Ye ascend. That is the real good thing for him. Because you and I have no ambitions in Iron Hand, we have nothing to do with Ji Ye. Conflict of interest. When Ji Ye secures his position and the Iron Hand Province is in control, and with a solid territory, we will trigger wars in other provinces. Only if we can control multiple provinces can we have the strength to challenge those old guys. Then we might be able to do something.”
"This is your plan. If you want to attack Ji Ye's father and brother, how many people will die?" Wu Gen's face turned cold.
"That's right, those who achieve great things will not care about small benevolence; those who achieve great achievements will not care about small benevolence." Mingzheng turned to look at Wu Gen, his eyes burning.
"In order to get here, my cultivation level dropped two levels, and I finally made up for it bit by bit. If I don't do something, it will be a big loss. Okay, I have said it clearly, I have to go back to accompany Ji Ye Have a good drink or two. Say goodbye." With that said, Mingzheng turned his horse's head and ran towards Hanlu City.
Looking at the cavalry Juechen, Wu Gen stood still and said nothing. After a long time, he said to Ha Ying and others: "Go back to Xingshan."
