It's just the New Year's Eve, and Xumeng's mansion is as peaceful as ever.
This year, Yan Qiye did not spend his birthday in Xu Meng's mansion, but traveled around on his own. No one knew his whereabouts, even the lay people who escaped from the nunnery came to look for him several times, and people from the army came to the door one after another to send secret reports. The servants and maids in the Meng Mansion only said that the master was out of town and would return after the new year. If there were any important matters, they would have to wait until the master returned to the house before making a decision. In the end, they simply closed the door and did not allow outsiders to set foot in it. Others can say it better, but those who like drunkenness, such as the layman from the nunnery, have not tasted the good wine in Xumeng Mansion for a long time. Although he has never been able to drink well, he is quite good at drinking. I am afraid that I can only compete with the drunken old man when I go to the market, but it does not prevent the layman from the nunnery from being drunk. The closure of Xu Meng's house really makes this scholar feel uncomfortable all over. Even though the New Year's Eve was not going well, I came early to hang out not far from the front door of Xumeng Mansion.
Although Xu Meng's Mansion has become very powerful in the Great Yuan Dynasty in recent years, the defense of Xu Meng's Mansion is very absurd. Except for the protection of an ugly formation, there are few traces of masters in the mansion, let alone the current war. No matter how hard it is, no master will show up in Xumeng's Mansion. What's more, although Xu Meng's Mansion is called the sect on the mountain, it has very few disciples. All because of Yan Qiye's cultivation alone, he is like mountains and rivers, unable to look up. The layman in the escape nunnery has never seen people like Yan Qiye. It seems that he has a moody temperament. Sometimes he is kind and calm, and sometimes he is murderous. However, after thinking about it carefully, there are some rules and principles to be found. Therefore, although he is trembling, he is He has become a rare scholar who can hang in front of Yan Qiye. Whether he makes suggestions or analyzes the overall situation, he is quite in line with Yan Qiye's thoughts, so his life has been relatively smooth recently.
However, the scholar stood outside Xu Meng's Mansion and thought for a long time, still undecided. He touched the large peach blossom-like malignant sore on his forehead and hesitated for nearly half a day. Then he took advantage of the time when no one was around and crept around to the wall of Xu Meng's Mansion. He took out a rope hook from his arms and hung it on the wall. He almost exhausted all his strength before he could climb to the top of the wall and stepped on a few roof tiles in the courtyard of the mansion. Unfortunately, due to his lack of strength and weak bones, he still could not stabilize. He sprained his left foot when he landed on the ground. He gasped and dragged his injured leg up, sneaking into the wine storage room of Xumeng Mansion.
Even the literati found it very strange. Xumeng Mansion should not be so deserted at this time of year. Even if Yan Qiye has not returned to the house, there should be maids and servants walking around. After all, Xu Meng Mansion occupies a very large area. There are many people in charge of watering flowers, plants and trees, and keeping the house tidy. Usually when entering the house, there are usually people coming and going at this time, but today it is exceptionally clean. Even pushing the door open and entering the wine storage house, No one was seen along the way, and no sound was heard. Only the wind blew a few snowflakes, and the silence was tight.
However, the literati was worried. When he saw the jars of wine and wine displayed in the treasury, he immediately felt happy. He looked at them one by one, propped up his injured leg and limped forward, lifted the wine jar, and placed his two fingers at the bottom of the jar. With a slight caress, he knew what year was written on the bottom of the jar. He picked up the good wine that had been stored in the cellar for sixty or seventy years. After looking around for no one, he picked it up and walked straight to the dark room under the Treasury. Therefore, the surroundings are dark and dull, and the old yellow mud is smashed away without even taking the fire, and the drink is held in the altar with full heroism. It is obvious that he has a very poor drinking capacity, but the monks in the monastery have always been generous in drinking. They don’t care about the taste of the wine, but want to get drunk. They don’t even like drinking. They only like to be drunk, so they don’t want to taste the taste. , just drank it, almost stuffing his head into the wine jar, the posture was quite scary.
The lights suddenly turned on.
The literati saw Yan Qiye's old, unwavering face under the candlelight and almost choked to death on a sip of wine. He coughed for a long time and could not utter a single word while pointing at Yan Qiye.
"I'm really not afraid of choking to death." Yan Qiye was sitting cross-legged in the dark room. He shook his head helplessly and threw another futon in front of the coughing scholar. He was not as angry as the scholar expected, but just sat and watched. Xiang Shusheng smiled slightly.
"I would like to know what I have done since I have not been home for a long time."
The layman who escaped from the nunnery shook his head in embarrassment and managed to suppress his cough.
"In the early years, Tongmu Tower was as famous as Tulou. You should know this. However, in recent years, the situation has not been as good as before. It has been suppressed by Tulou everywhere, and its reputation in the world is getting smaller and smaller. However, it still has a foundation in Dayuan. This is the only place. I can still be on par with the Tulou influence. I was not successful in doing things before. I killed a leader in my house, but I still had no regrets. Therefore, at the end of this year, I went to visit the owner of Tiaomulou and had a pleasant chat with him for a few days. Later, I changed my surname to Yan at Tiaomulou, and returned to the Xumeng Mansion to take charge of me. I planned to hand over the responsibility of managing Tiaomulou to you, but unexpectedly you came over to steal the wine on your own, which saved a lot of effort. .”
"As for the illness of the military scholar, although he has been running for many days, it is really hopeless. His temperament and the root cause of the disease can be said to be deep-rooted. Maybe he can be cured by asking the immortal family to give him a magical elixir, but he is still in the human world and cannot be cured. There is no other way to cure him. Although he is withdrawn from the army and nursed back to health for a while, the disease cannot be cured. When the weather starts to warm up a little in the spring, it would be best to send him to the main court to mobilize the troops and horses. There is no cure. It would be better to die in the military formation as he wished, a moth flying into the flame, which would be magnificent." Yan Qiye doesn't need to say too much, the same is true in the hearts of literati. Countless people are talking about who is the most powerful person in the Xu Meng Mansion. Except for Yan Qiye who is sitting firmly at the top, there are only two literati below him. As he said, he is the master and needs to manage the military, money, food, and overall situation every day. , the scholar is the main battle, and one of them is indispensable, especially after the scholar handed over the commander's seal due to serious illness, it seemed that the sick tiger of the royal court, which had the king's pattern on the top, was firmly pressed, and he was breathing again. The gap actually firmly blocked the army from pressing forward and refused to retreat even an inch.
In fact, the sick scholar had never led an army before, but by chance one day he came to Xu Meng's house and asked for the position of commander of the army at the same time as Yan Qiye, who was famous at that time. Meng Mansion's secret agents didn't know who the scholar was, but Yan Qiye just agreed to the scholar's arrogant and conceited behavior. Since the beginning of the army, he gave all his military power to the scholar to lead him, and he really attacked the city. , the momentum is overwhelming. The layman from the nunnery had seen many talented and handsome people in the books, but most of them thought that the people who wrote the books were exaggerating and exaggerating. After seeing this scholar's ruthless and omnipotent attack methods, he also felt that Adding a bit of fear for no reason.
Nowadays, the military strength of Xumeng Mansion and the tribe can be compared to a river in a drought. The extraordinarily heavy number of cavalry soldiers falling into the hands of the scholar is like a majestic sea wave that gathers the rivers of the world. Wherever the soldiers point, they can destroy everything. , is clearly a frail scholar who has been sick all day long, but when leading troops, he is like holding the sharpest spear in the world, penetrating the entire Great Yuan Dynasty.
"What a pity. If that scholar had lived for another ten years, he might have made more than a fortune."
The layman from the nunnery shook his head and sighed, but Yan Qiye smiled softly, "No, no matter how amazing the scholar's attack methods are, he can only attack the entire Yuan Dynasty. As for the whole world, However, he may not be able to make great achievements and reach a point unparalleled in thousands of years. The reason for such comments is not that he feels that the scholar's ability is not good, nor is he belittling himself, thinking that the Great Yuan cavalry is inferior to other countries. The soldiers are good at fighting, but they lack that breath, and the quality of their actions varies greatly, so naturally they cannot be easily described."
"The scholar hated the royal court of Zhengzhang very much, and also hated the late He Han. According to what he said, even though everyone in the Great Yuan Dynasty thought that the predecessor He Han was the British Lord, he did not think that, In the past, the emperor Hehan, who was able to stand at the top of a country, not only held a pure vase in his hand, but also had a killing knife at his waist. The knife never fell on your head, so you only saw the pure vase. If all the people in the territory were eliminated If everyone else thinks this person is good, but if you think it's not good, is it your fault? Just talking about the whole world without talking about one person, and including one person based on the so-called generality, is tantamount to being a rogue. And the reason why this scholar can There is such an attack method, firstly because the fists of the Xumeng Mansion and the tribes are bigger than the fists of the main royal court, and secondly, the word "hate" can make a scholar who only knows how to read sages' books, in a short time After several years of reading military books and having no scruples, I was able to carry out such a frightening offensive."
"Now the Royal Court of the Zhengzhang is still capable of fighting, but my cavalry has never been able to completely destroy the Royal Court of the Zhengzhang. What's the reason?"
Yan Qiye asked, but the layman from the nunnery did not answer the question for a long time.
Shao Hehan's two-step risky move has begun to bear fruit. One step has caused the tribes to become alienated and only strive to occupy the grasslands and plains. The other step has allowed all the forces in the world that were already eager to try to enter the Great Yuan realm. Looking for a cup of delicious soup in the future, although it involves risks, can actually achieve great results; the scholar's illness has not yet eased, the army has lost its command, and now the offensive and military morale are not what they used to be. The reason why the tribes are still on the move is that they have not yet Showing a dejected look, but since the relationship is based on the word profit, right and wrong are most likely to arise at this time. If the army is defeated, I am afraid that it is not unexpected and common for people to be scattered. Not to mention that although the foundation of Xumeng Mansion is strong , but if it loses power, I'm afraid it will really be a tree????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
And the reason why the Zhengzhang Royal Court still has an endless supply of money and food aid to this day is because the secret report said that the hundreds of miles of grain roads were stained with blood. The tribesmen, old and young, who were loyal to the Zhengzhang Royal Court and even countless gods died in the food roads, and they stopped them with their lives. Iron hoof arrow feathers.
The scholar has a bone-gnawing hatred, but others may not have it, so the tribes have no other intentions except profit, so the royal court of Zhengzhu is still capable of defeating the enemy.
"My predecessor, He Han, it would be better if he could do worse."
The ugly scholar, who had taken two or three sips of wine, muttered something and ended up lying on the table. Yan Qiye was left shaking his head and then nodding, extinguishing the candle and sitting quietly in the dark room.
