Under the green lanterns in the wilderness, a group of people sat around a campfire and talked at night, which was very interesting.
After Xia Qing gave an overview, she tilted her big head to look at Yang Liu and said with a smile, "Brother Yang, in the bodyguard profession, you can be considered a know-it-all. How about you say a few words and let me have a few bites of food?"
Yang Liu happily obeyed the order, put down the bowls and chopsticks, and then Xia Qing began to speak, "The previous generation of farm leaders accepted a total of five apprentices. They are the five elders of the farm that Brother Xia just mentioned. No one knows the true names of these five people. They travel all over the world. Only five kinds of vegetables are named: gourd, sunflower, mustard, cyanide, and taro. The boss, Mr. Hu, is a warrior in the realm of imperial arts. He has now ignored world affairs. There are rumors in the world that the reason why Mr. Hu gave up his position as the leader of the farm to Mr. Kui is Because he is about to become an immortal, Kui Lao, the second eldest son of the farmer, is now the leader of the farm, and is also a real expert in the Tiandong Realm; the third eldest brother, Jing Lao, is in the immortal realm; the fourth eldest brother, Jing Lao, and the fifth oldest tao old man, are To the realm of things. The senior we met just now calls himself Mr. Yao, so he must be the fifth among the five farm elders, Mr. Tao."
After hearing this, everyone in the room took a breath of cold air, especially Qiao Miaoqing, whose small mouth was open enough to stuff a duck egg. She was the largest killer organization in the world, and her father was the only one to reach the realm of things. There were actually as many as five martial artists in this farmhouse. The little girl frowned and thought: It seems that her father’s education was right. The disciples have a profound background. There is an indispensable connection between them and ordinary Jianghu sects. After crossing the gap, it is better to be careful when walking in the rivers and lakes and encountering people of the highest rank.
Liu Yi, who should have been in a heavier mood, suddenly relaxed his brows, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and laughed, "We are unknown people, but now we can be favored by big men in the world, how much more can our lives be like? Hahaha."
At a time of life and death crisis, he could still maintain such an open mind, and everyone couldn't help but look at Liu Yi with a high regard.
Liu Yi lowered his head and considered it for a moment, and then said, "It seems that the Pingtian incident has attracted the attention of the world. It is precisely because this incident has attracted the attention of the world that it proves that Shude was able to pursue Confucius and Mencius and save the time. Thanks to Li Zhuge’s great achievements, everyone, we are united, good times are waiting for you!”
After some understatement, everyone's morale improved and they started talking and laughing again.
Qiao Miaoqing, who has an almond-shaped face and peach cheeks, looked at Liu Yi infatuatedly. At this moment, the little girl was wearing willow eyebrows and starry eyes, brewing a very springy look.
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After the casual dinner, everyone went about their duties. Liu Yizheng was planning to discuss the affairs of Pingtian in Zhangwu County with Xia Qing. Li Erniu and Wang Dali left and returned, only to see Wang Dali escorting a young man dressed as an escort into the house. Wu then pinned him to the ground. Li Erniu gasped and said in a naive voice, "Sir, this kid is going to be a deserter."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Liu and Qiao Miaoqing also rushed over.
After careful questioning, Liu Yi learned that this person's name was Su Xiaosan. He was just in his early 18s. He was a typical farm boy with high ambitions. When Yangliu was ordered to go to various villages to recruit bodyguards, Su Xiaosan resisted. With a hoe, he begged to join the gang. Yang Liu saw that he was tall and ambitious, so he took him back to the escort agency.
The overall quality of the thirty bodyguards who had just joined was far inferior to that of the seventy county soldiers who should be supplemented. These people had just been recruited under the Lingyuan Escort Bureau a few years ago, and they only knew a little bit about the world. They were actually new entrants. The chickens of the world.
No, today I saw the master's style and thunderous methods. Some farm men who were determined to enter the world at that time gave up and farmed at home. Although it was hard and tiring, it was better than not knowing how to die in the next second. day, so Su Xiaosan decided to escape at night, but he was clumsy and was captured by a secret military sentry arranged by Li Erniu.
Things have become clear, and a worry that has always been hidden in Liu Yi's heart has finally become a reality.
The composition of these people is diverse, and these people have various thoughts. Except for the fourth child and Boss Xia who are surrounding them, I am afraid that Qiao Miaoqing, who is a fool on the surface, all joined the gang with thoughts and tasks.
It's better to have nothing to do on a daily basis, but if something happens, the situation will appear where everyone is doing their own thing, everyone is in charge of their own affairs, and everyone is taking care of their own affairs. If you are not careful, the team that was finally pulled together will face the dilemma of falling apart.
Liu Yi fell into deep thought: Should he kill people to establish his authority or should he leave others alone? Should he hand the person over to his uncle or make his own decision?
Liu Yi looked left and right, wavering.
Xia Qing, who had always had a very low sense of presence, said nothing this time. She just kept her eyes moving around the room, closely observing the expressions of the people in the room.
Yang Liu was obviously a little nervous, and he also felt that it was really hateful for Su Xiaosan to disturb the morale of the army, but Jianghu emphasized the importance of gathering if they were in harmony, and dispersing if they were not in harmony, which was far from the life and death rules of the military camp where those who strayed without permission were killed.
Needless to say, Li Erniu and Wang Dali had a jealous temper and military style. As long as Liu Yi opened his mouth to ask, he would definitely get the words "kill him to serve as a warning to others".
Therefore, today's idea can only be taken by oneself. Good guys and bad guys must be done by oneself. So, Liu Yi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Er Niu, find an open space. In addition to the brothers from the Huhu Gang, gather together All soldiers, assemble immediately."
Li Erniu took the order and left. Liu Yi waved to Qiao Miaoqing and others, and they walked away knowingly. Only Yang Liu and Liu Yi were left in the house.
Liu Yi looked at the somewhat helpless Yang Liu intently, and said sincerely, "Uncle, since Pingtian, I have been greatly helped by my uncle's care. During the fierce battle on the mountain that day, my uncle even saved me with his life. This made me, a half-nephew, deeply impressed by the loyalty and bravery of the escort agency." Yang’s family tradition is simple and honest.”
Yang Liu was silent, and Liu Yi continued, "My nephew will not explain the reason why I agreed to Yi'er's request so simply that day, but my uncle should also understand."
Yang Liu nodded slightly.
Liu Yi suddenly changed the topic, "The state has national laws, and families have family rules. Since this trip is to do things for the officials, they must naturally follow the rules of the officials. Otherwise, you may be spared in the middle of the battle one day, but you will be fighting and escaping the next day, and the deserters will follow you one by one." Three times later, the army was defeated like a mountain, and our people's will to die was gone. Who can be spared by then? Today, we can level the fields of five counties. In the future, we may be able to level the fields of a state and the world. How can such a person who cannot be reused deserve to enjoy fame? Fulu?"
Liu Yi paused deliberately and said in a low voice, "The so-called wealth is obtained through danger. In this line of work, we are taking food from the mouths of wolves and tigers for the people of the five counties!"
After saying this, Liu Yi stopped talking.
Yang Liu's thick eyebrows were furrowed and his eyelids were drooped. After a long time, he sighed and said, "As the saying goes, punishing one person will make a hundred people right, but killing one person will make you cautious. My nephew, please don't say anything more. I'll let my nephew arrange everything."
"Uncle, although things in the world are uncertain and unpredictable, everything must have an outcome." After that, Liu Yi walked out of the house without looking back, "Don't worry, I won't embarrass uncle." !Also, when discussing official matters, uncle, please call me Liu Pingtian, or Mr. Liu!"
The younger Yang Liu looked at Liu Yi's back in fascination, straightened his black headscarf, with a hint of bitterness and joy, shook his head and chuckled. Could it be that my sister’s fable that night was true?
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Li Erniu was ordered to summon all the soldiers. He chose a section with a gentle slope and a steep slope. After Liu Yi stood on the slope, everyone could see it clearly.
A little spark, a person is placed on a slope. If you don't take a close look at the handsome face of the person on the hillside, Liu Yi, who is seven feet tall, wears a gray jacket and gray shirt, and has a bronze complexion, is no different from an ordinary farm boy.
At this moment, Liu Yi looked at the soldiers surrounding him at the foot of the hillside. His whole body went cold due to nervousness, and his palms were sweaty. If he couldn't win over people with his words today, there was no need to go to Zhangwu County!
Thinking of this, Liu Yi slowly unfolded the yellow scroll in his hand. It was a great gift that he had known and compared with the roster during the Spring Festival. He suppressed the throbbing in his heart and said loudly, "Huaxing Are the seven corps commanders from the Armed Forces and Huaxing County Guards including Jin Man, Wei Tian, Tao Dao, and Jiang Li here?"
The seven people came out in response. Although they didn't know what was going on, they still came out and answered with their hands raised, "My subordinates are here!"
Liu Yi continued, "Are Yun Yi, Su Di, Pan Jin, Ge Xing and other seventy-four sergeants, sergeants and bodyguards here?"
Seventy-four people came out again, "My subordinates are here!"
Liu Yi looked around and said in a high-pitched voice, "You and others are originally farmers in Duyuan and Lingyuan counties of Huaxing. They are bully landlords in the two places. They look up to the power of their backers and take advantage of them. They occupy land and occupy land. You and others have lost their land. I have no livelihood and have no choice but to join the army to support my family. Is this true?”
Straightforward, concise and clear, eighty-one people bowed their heads and cupped their hands, with expressions of confusion on their faces, and all answered "yes".
Liu Yi nodded and took a wooden box from Qiao Miaoqing behind him. After opening it, a stack of land deeds appeared in his hand, "Last year, we were ordered by the emperor to flatten the fields of five counties. Do you know why? "
Eighty-one people shook their heads in unison.
Liu Yi looked around again and spoke sincerely, "What you are taking is the land that was taken away from us and other poor people by the wealthy. What is flat is the hearts of thousands of poor people!"
Liu Yi understood that the emotional card at this time was the weakest, so he immediately brushed it off and continued, "On the eve of the festival, this order and the governor of Huaxing County, Mr. Ying, jointly issued an edict to the two counties; on the occasion of the festival, Duyuan The bully landowners in Lingyuan and Lingyuan counties have all returned the land they had plundered in the past fifteen years. The three families who refused to return were all punished. After the festival, Mr. Ying has drafted the land title deeds for each household. "
Hearing this, the sergeant below suddenly became excited. Liu Yi was secretly happy in his heart, but his face remained calm and unfazed. I."
Liu Yi didn't waste any words, and walked with solid steps between Jin Man and Wei Tian, "Whoever's name I read, come to this place to get the land deed. Jin Man!"
Jin Man, who was standing next to Liu Yi, still couldn't believe it. It wasn't until Li Erniu stepped forward and patted Jin Man's shoulder hard that Jin Man came back to his senses. He stepped forward with trembling hands, took the land deed, and looked east. He looked around, carefully received it in the bag, knelt down and said, "Little man Jin Man, I am willing to die for you!"
After being helped up by Liu Yi, Jin Man held up his land deed, faced the soldiers, and said in a trembling voice, "Brothers, this land deed is real!"
Almost all the county soldiers and armed forces present knelt down, "I am willing to die for you!"
Liu Yi was also very excited. From now on, this team of more than 300 people belongs to him!
After calming down his excitement, Liu Yi walked up to Su Xiaosan and said, "There is another one, it's yours!"
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Su Xiaosan, who had just wanted to escape, was so ashamed that he wanted to kill himself with a knife, but Yang Liu snatched him away.
With both kindness and power, strength and softness, Liu Yi saw that the time had come. He took Su Xiaosan's knife and returned to the hillside. He held the knife and said boldly, "Brothers, if you want to see the mountains and rivers, you must be accompanied by like-minded people. We will inherit the emperor's edict." , the welfare of the people, brothers! Outside the five counties, how many difficulties are waiting for us to overcome? How many poor people like you are waiting for us to send a land deed? How many meritorious deeds are waiting for us to build ? Do you know?"
Having said this, Liu Yi looked eastward. A stubborn old man named Dongfang Chunsheng seemed to appear on the cold snow in the distant mountains. He was isolated from the world and had countless romances in his heart.
Liu Yi's eyes suddenly became more sparkling: Grandpa Dongfang, Yi'er misses you!
"It is understandable that the people love our country so much. Li Erniu, tonight, the military camp is undefended, and those who wish to return home will not be stopped. However, if after the rooster crows tomorrow morning, there are still those who dare to shake the morale of the army and flee, kill them! "
After that, Liu Yi turned around and went back to the house and never came back.
Everyone looked at Liu Yi with stern eyes and admiration. Maybe in their minds, this young man originally just took advantage of his family background or his father to get an official title. Maybe they just wanted to make a living and followed this young man south. Exit north and enter.
Starting today, everything may change!
"History of the Han Dynasty" records: In 342 AD, at the end of the month of Lotus, the young sage closed the door and kept quiet. He cleverly averted the danger. He was good at tempting and tireless, showed kindness and power, and united with everyone. His sincerity could reach the sky.
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Just when Liu Yi was winning people's hearts impassionedly, smoke was curling up from a man-made cave outside the distant mountains.
Inside the cave, a pair of red eyes flashed with greed, swallowing alive a lively wild roe deer.
The man didn't seem to want the roe deer to die too quickly, so he pulled the roe deer over and tied its limbs. Then, he bit the dark brown hind legs first, bit by bit to the roe deer's hind legs. Then, he used a knife to cut the meat thinly, starting from the base of the front legs, all the way to the base of the roe deer's neck.
The louder the roe deer screamed, the faster the people in the cave ate with their bloody mouths. From fast to slow, after the last piece of meat from the roe deer's front legs was cut off, the poor human creature was already dying and bleeding. One place.
A ray of moonlight fell on the world, and the owner of the bloody mouth revealed his true face. It was Jiang Ruisheng who had followed Liu Yi all the way north.
After a feast, Jiang Ruisheng looked greedily at the bright moon outside the cave. He held the book "Blood Sacrifice" in his left hand, and with his right hand he touched the dying nostril of the roe deer, which was spitting out blood. Trembling, the wounds under his legs were bleeding faster. Jiang Ruisheng looked at the roe deer's painful appearance and laughed.
Just when Jiang Ruisheng was distracted, a black shadow came over the mountain. After a few dodges, it rushed to Jiang Ruisheng, knelt down on one knee, and blurted out "Young Master". 33
"Kill?" Jiang Ruisheng's eyes were gleaming, his body was trembling, and he expressed his extreme longing with his body without any reservation.
"No killing!" The man in black replied solemnly.
"Not killed?"
"No killing!"
"Farmers are pedantic! As an agricultural classic, the "Five Grains Civil Order" was published without the approval of the farmers who were the leaders of agriculture. Many of its essential points were not recognized by the farmers. This is undoubtedly a slap in the face of the farmers. Even so, the farmers did not open the book. Killing? That’s pedantic, it’s really pedantic!”
Jiang Ruisheng's right hand released the pair of snouts of the wild roe deer, and he traced the roe deer's tear trough with his two fingers. With a click, he pulled down the roe deer's eye and swallowed it alive. It made people watch for a while. Gagging.
After wiping away the blood, Jiang Ruisheng asked, "Uncle Xiahou, where are you?"
"Back to my young master, after we found out about Tianchi's agreement a few days ago, General Xiahou has returned to Taihao City to report to City Lord Jiang. He also recruited people and horses. It will take about a month to return!" There was a trace of disgust in the eyes of the man in black. I want to finish my words early and avoid this evil star in front of me.
Jiang Ruisheng said lightly, "Is Chisong's matter settled?"
"Back to my young master, all the money has been spent and the matter has been settled."
"Well! Tell the brothers to pass through Zhangwu and go straight to Tianchi the next day. Get back!"
After the man in black left, both of them were relieved. Jiang Ruisheng was disgusted with these duplicitous dog slaves, and they treated him the same way. During this incident, the blood left by the roe deer on the ground had been sucked up by the scroll of "Blood Sacrifice". The bamboo slips of "Blood Sacrifice" shone with a faint red light, making people shudder.
Jiang Ruisheng unfolded the volume of "Blood Sacrifice" towards the moon, and the moonlight shone. "Blood Sacrifice" turned out to be a wordless heavenly book. There was only a bamboo slip with a short cross written on it: Kill hundreds of beasts, kill heroes, and the Tao will come.
Jiang Ruisheng touched the roe deer's big downy ears with satisfaction, looked in the direction of Wanfo Mountain, and said softly, "Don't worry, I won't let you die so soon!"
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Linzi County, hundreds of miles away from the Lingyuan Mountains, is warm but not cold at this time. As a first-line scholar in the Tiandong realm who has entered the imperial arts, Su Yu is not afraid of the wind and cold, but the Confucian leader is still wrapped in a thick coat. Standing alone at the door of Xianda Academy in a thick cotton-padded jacket.
Xiao Lingyu, a close disciple who came to see him off, asked him why he wore such thick clothes to go out. Su Yu replied with a smile, "The sound is different for ten miles, and the wind is different for hundreds of miles. This time I was ordered to go to Daqin to return the gift. Who knows that Daqin, thousands of miles away, is a What a situation, if I catch a cold, it will be bad."
"This is called being prepared. Do you understand, kid?" Talking about his own pleasure, Su Yu gave Xiao Lingyu a hard kick and laughed and scolded, "Get out of here, go and copy "What I Want with Fish" ten or eight times. , my teacher is back!"
Xiao Lingyu said "Oh", turned around and ran towards the palace, shouting as he ran, "Master, just pretend that my apprentice has never been here today!"
Su Yu smiled helplessly, "Hey, you brat! Haha."
Tonight, in the Xianda Academy, a Confucian holy land thousands of mountains away, the palace owner Su Yu rode a roe deer into the rivers and lakes that had not been out for more than 20 years, and headed north to find it.
As he walked, Su Yu closed his eyes and recited, "Confucius said: Life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want. You cannot have both. One can sacrifice life for righteousness."
"Huh? Don't tell me, this part about Saint Kong is a bit like Master Meng's style. It is indeed the same strain, hahaha!"
"Uh! This seems to be what Master Meng said! Haha! Why did I remember it wrong? Your Majesty, you sent me, an old fool, to Da Qin to repay the gift, and you are not afraid of me getting lost?"
In the desolate wilderness, hearty laughter and a series of shallow footprints were left.
Some people died, but not completely...
