The young man is full of worries and leans alone in a dangerous building, not believing that there is no sorrow in this world.
"You are still young and have a lot to do. Why should you stick to the ordinary world and be unhappy?"
Just when Liu Yi was filled with sorrow, a white head quietly appeared beside Liu Yi. Old Zhao Yao, dressed plainly and cleanly, energetic and high-spirited, said to Liu Yi, "Jiang Ruisheng, a small scholar in the realm of immortality, actually made the three of Quzhou Is the son of Liu Quansheng, the leader of heroes, timid and thinking of quitting?"
"That's not true!"
Liu Yi gently rubbed his red eyes and said with a wry smile, "Although this junior is not afraid of powerful enemies, and his soldiers are also brave and not afraid of death, Mr. Zhao, you have also seen that among our formations, the strongest is nothing more than breaking the city." In this situation, where did you get the capital to take Jiang Ruisheng’s life?”
After saying that, Liu Yi lowered his head and murmured to himself, "Using the Pingtian army I have now to deal with Jiang Ruisheng is tantamount to hitting an egg against a stone!"
"You said you are not afraid of strong enemies? You said the Hirata army is not afraid of death? Haha, not necessarily?"
Zhao Yao asked three questions in a row, and then asked again, "If you are not afraid of strong enemies, how can you tremble and cry? How can the Pingtian army know that their soldiers are sincere before they wield a single sword?"
Old Zhao Yao's words were like a basin of cold water poured on Liu Yi's head.
Liu Yi wanted to refute, but instead bowed his head and remained silent, because what Zhao Yao said was the truth.
"Haha! Come on, I will tell you a story, maybe it will inspire you."
Zhao Yao took Liu Yi's left wrist and sat side by side on the stone steps, with Yanya Beast's head raised and Xiaoxue Weiwei, the two of them were talking to the moon.
"Young general, do you know why I am not afraid of Jiang Feng?" Old Zhao Yao turned around and asked.
Liu Yi pursed his lips and thought: Old man, you don't cause trouble or cause trouble, and with Marquis and Realm on your side, Jiang Feng naturally won't and doesn't dare to do anything to you.
However, he said, "Mr. Zhao is a battlefield veteran who has emerged from the dead, blood and fire. He is more experienced and mature than Jiang Feng, so he is naturally tabooed by Jiang Feng."
"Sophisticated? Mature?" Old Zhao Yao shook his head and smiled, "In terms of sophistication, can I compare to Jiang Cang, the old head of the Jiang family? In terms of maturity, can I compare to Zhao Yuhai of the Fanggu Zhao family? Even Zhao Yuhai of his Jiang family is better. Don’t take it lightly, my Xuanhuai Zhao family is nothing in the eyes of his Jiang family!”
Liu Yi grinned and said, "Maybe it's because you are barefoot and are not afraid of wearing shoes, and Jiang Feng is afraid of losing both sides?"
Old Zhao Yao laughed loudly, "The Jiang family in Quzhou has countless followers, tens of thousands of cavalry, and a huge subordinate group with two dogs, two wolves, an eagle, and a snake. As long as we can destroy the Fanggu Zhao family and the eight surviving old-line families in the south, , his Jiang family is the real king of Quzhou. In front of his Jiang family, I, the Xuanhuai Zhao family, can’t even be considered barefoot, I can only be regarded as a withered grass under someone’s feet. He only needs to step on it lightly. I fell down!"
Liu Yi raised his eyebrows, "Why is that?"
"Think about those days! Xuan Huaihou sat on a land thousands of miles away, commanded six armies, carried a hundred thousand armor, and had three generals in the realm of things under his command. Jiang Feng was nothing compared to him."
Liu Yi complimented, "In the end, I still lost at your hands!"
Zhao Yao shook his head and thought for a long time, "Back then, I started from scratch. I had no parents, no wives and no children. I had no worries. I devoted myself to helping the saints quell the chaos, and I expected to be granted the title of lord with swords."
"The Marquis of Xuanhuai is different! Ever since he was reduced to Marquis of Xuanhuai from King Xuanhuai by the late emperor, he always took care of his family and helped the old and the young when he traveled. He wanted to break the earth and become a king, but he was afraid of tigers in front and snakes in the back. It was too late to decide, and the rebellion was originally a secret, but it was suddenly made known to the whole city by Xuan Huaihou. Ridiculous! Sad! Poor!"
Liu Yi said seriously, "Those who plan for great things should avoid looking forward and backward. Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, who were as powerful as the fourth and third princes a hundred years ago, ended up being defeated and killed in the end."
Zhao Yao smiled casually, looked up at the vast starry night, and said leisurely, "Back then, I heard that Xuan Huaihou was plotting against morality and intending to take advantage of the emptiness in the country to establish himself as king. On the night before he raised his army, I gathered more than a hundred grassroots soldiers from Xuan Fumen, Breaking into Xuanhuai City at night, he first tied up the Xuanhuai County Magistrate, and then handed over the military talisman of the county guard chief. He immediately ordered the county soldiers to guard the city gate and no one was allowed to enter or exit. I took more than a hundred grass soldiers, With the banner of asking for orders from the people and killing the national traitors, I went straight to the Xuanhuaihou Mansion and clamored at the gate to capture the culprits."
"What happened next? Zhao Lao must have lost his momentum, right?" Liu Yi asked calmly and calmly.
"If you want to make the best jade, it must be forged in the fire. Little General Liu, if you want to achieve something, it's not that easy!"
Zhao Yao patted Liu Yi's shoulder lightly and said dully, "Marquis Xuanhuai found out that I only had a hundred people with me and knocked down the government to arrest people. He was furious and immediately sent his generals to meet me. I am not afraid of anything." Not afraid of the ground, he carried two axes in his hands and fought more than 200 moves with the guy. After selling a fatal flaw, he finally chopped him into pulp, overturned his army and killed his lieutenants. Xuanhuai Hou sent people again, I once again picked up the lamp and continued the fight, killed him, and ordered his subordinates to wave flags and shout bluffs."
Liu Yi looked up at the stars and said, "People in Huaxing County say that Mr. Zhao is a martial arts star who descended to earth. Now that Mr. Zhao confides in his heart, it turns out to be true."
Old Zhao Yao chuckled and said, "I took advantage of Xuanhuaihou's loophole. At that time, most of Xuanhuaihou's powerful soldiers and generals were working outside, and there were only a few hundred soldiers in the mansion. I killed Xuanhuaihou's two men. The sound of soldiers and horses stopping and calling the door was endless. In the early hours of that night, I suddenly heard the neighing of horses in the civil war in Xuanhuaihou Mansion. I thought that this was Xuanhuaihou's sentry riding out of the city to look for troops, so he used himself to block the door and strangle his way out. Sentry Riding Unable to get out of the house, he had no choice but to climb over the wall to fight with me, but was defeated by me. The sky was almost bright, and Xuanhuaihou finally couldn't bear it any longer. He went out with all his strength and led all his troops to fight me decisively. Tsk, tsk, tsk, that old guy. He is also a wonderful man. When the two armies are facing each other, he even has a beautiful concubine by his side. Do you really think that he is unparalleled in romance?"
"With the heart of death, one against a hundred, Zhao Lao is really a man!" Liu Yi admired sincerely when he heard this.
"That battle! I was hit by twenty-eight knives and finally defeated the soldiers. When my brothers found them among the dead, there were still two knives stuck in my thighs and lower abdomen. My boss, Zhao Xia, advised me Going back, I knew that if I returned, I would definitely end up being torn into pieces, so I decided not to withdraw. If it hadn’t been for timely treatment, haha, there would be no Uncle Xuan Huai today!"
Old Zhao Yao was thinking far away and said softly, "At that time, I lost a lot of blood and I felt like the world was spinning and my body was swaying. But at that time, I was young and full of energy. If I didn't steam the steamed buns to fight for breath, I would use a short stick to hit the vertebrae until it hurt. Standing blankly at the door of Xuanhuai Mansion. Xuanhuaihou, that old bird, finally lost all his strength and never dared to come out to provoke again. Poor Xuanhuaihou sat in the hinterland of the Central Plains, but in the end he did not step out of his The Marquis died of depression."
Zhao Yao didn't talk much and was very simple, but from between the lines, you can still feel the bloody atmosphere of the battle that night.
At that time, both sides were holding their breath. Xuanhua Hou was waiting for Zhao Yao to die, and Zhao Yao was waiting for Xuanhua Hou to surrender. In the end, Zhao Yao, who was unwilling to die silently, lived and won!
"That night was really wonderful! The people in the ten streets nearby lit their lamps and opened their windows. They hid in their houses and hesitated to speak. They stared at me like a fool. Until Zhao Xia took Xuan Huaihou's head. The moment they pinned it on my waistband, they still didn’t believe that I would be the final winner.”
Old Zhao Yao gently trimmed his white hair and laughed loudly for a long time. The bloody storm of the year and the ignorance and rudeness of those who mocked him were all disappeared in this smile.
"Little general, the reason why I tell you about my old story is not to brag about how brave I am, but to tell you that there are few one-sided victories in the world, and the success of many people often comes from the persistence in their hearts. And unwillingness, that is stubbornness and resistance to fate. Don’t let go while hanging on for a breath, you will find out afterwards that you are actually only one step away from success." Old Zhao Yao said sincerely.
Liu Yi was such a smart man. He immediately understood the implication of this nagging. It turned out that Zhao Yao was just adding fuel to his own fire!
Liu Yi calmed down for a moment and immediately raised his hands in thanks, saying, "Senior, I have taught you earnestly, and I, the junior, will be taught throughout my life!"
After a conversation, Zhao Yao and Liu Yi, old and young, continued to sit on the steps, looking at the sky in trance, feeling lonely and speechless. At this time, the Zhao gate half-hidden the foothills, the high forest covered the Huagu trees, and they were deep in silence. , Liu Yi no longer sat upright and languid. ap.
"Mr. Zhao, do you think this junior has a good chance of winning on this trip?" Liu Yi took the initiative to speak. Naturally, the question he asked was not about Zhao Yao and Liu Yi, but about his old grudge and grudges with Jiang Ruisheng.
"I want to ask you first, do you think you and Jiang Ruisheng are familiar with each other?" Zhao Yao
He asked this question out of nowhere.
This question made Liu Yi fall into deep thought.
I originally upheld the righteousness of my family and country and despised the likes of Jiang Feng and Jiang Xingze, but today Zhao Yao suddenly asked about it. When I thought about it carefully, the ballast stone in my heart of "protecting the country and defending the country" actually trembled inexplicably. one time.
Jiang Feng and Jiang Xingze are dedicated to revitalizing their family business. Are they evil?
His father destroyed the ancestral foundation and the incense was no longer sustainable. Jiang Ruisheng came to take revenge. Is he an evil person?
And Ling Xiao who jumped into the river to escape, Lequan who led his troops to surrender to the Qin Dynasty, and Xun Yu who devoted himself to saving his son, are they also evil people?
If they are righteous, aren't they themselves evil?
So, I am running around for the welfare of the people of the five counties, am I an evil person?
When he finally thought about it, Liu Yi shook his head vigorously, smiled, and said to Zhao Yao, "There is no good or evil, but there is right and wrong!"
"I don't have any other intention, I just want to tell the young general that to become a great businessman, you must not only have the ability to possess morality, but also the ability to take life and death!" Old Zhao Yao wrapped his hands around his sleeves and let out a glimmer of light in his eyes, " Back then, I killed the whole family of Marquis Xuanhuai! Not even the guard dog was left behind!"
"It's good to get rid of the roots without leaving any troubles!" Liu Yi's lips moved slightly, obviously feeling a little uncomfortable. What old Zhao Yao told him today was never taught to him in the books, and his father never mentioned it.
"When we were looking at the North Tower two years ago, if your father had been more ruthless, what happened today wouldn't have happened!" Old Zhao Yao lamented, "A rotten fish was taken away, a pot of poisonous soup was made, and the two states were charred. Countless living beings!"
