I saw an old man and a young man walking in from the city gate leading a horse. At first, there was a middle-aged man of medium height, but he was tall and handsome, and he was very handsome. The old man behind him was extremely short and had a sparse beard. , looks disgusting.
The middle-aged man Jiang Shuo didn't recognize him, but the old man behind him recognized him. It was Pi Luoge, the master of the Qi Sword, the leader of Nanzhao!
Jiang Shuo was shocked, why did he meet Piluo Ge again just after he was reborn? It was as if time in the outside world had stopped for the past three years, waiting for him to come back.
However, it was too late to escape at this moment. Jiang Shuo hurriedly turned his head to face the wall, grabbed a few handfuls of sand on the ground and smeared it on his face.
I just heard the middle-aged man murmuring something to Jiang Shuo. I don't know what kind of curse he was reciting. Jiang Shuo couldn't understand it at all. He just sat there without moving, thinking that he would suddenly get angry when they got closer. Piluoge fights!
The middle-aged man saw that Jiang Shuo had no reaction and said in Chinese: "This Toutuo, we were passing through here and suddenly encountered a strong wind. Is it convenient to stay here for the night?"
Jiang Shuo was startled and turned around to look around, thinking where could there be a Toutuo here? Toutuo is a walking monk who practices asceticism, but it is obvious that he and the white ape are the only ones here.
The middle-aged man came closer and said, "Is it possible that I made a mistake? Your Majesty is not a Buddhist, so why is he wearing brown clothes?"
Jiang Shuo looked down and then remembered that his clothes had been torn by Mahayan a long time ago. In the next few years, he had been wearing Mahayan's brown clothes, but he forgot that they were monks' clothes.
Jiang Shuo has never had a haircut or shave in the past three years, and today he is no longer a teenager, but a real young man in his early twenties. In the past few years, he has grown taller and stronger, so he looks like this at this moment. With his unkempt hair and unkempt beard, he looked like a savage. He really looked like an ascetic.
Jiang Shuo's abnormal behavior attracted Piluo Ge's attention, and he said, "Duan Lang, let's see if he knows martial arts."
Jiang Shuo remembered that Piroge once said that he had two apprentices, one was a Han Chinese named Li Guiren, and the other was named Duan Jianwei, a white man. This Duan Lang must be Duan Jianwei, the second disciple of Piro Pavilion.
Duan Jianwei took the order and jumped in front of Jiang Shuo, saying, "I'm sorry." He reached out and grabbed his wrist.
Jiang Shuo thought that since they thought I was a walking monk, he might as well try to hide it first. He could now send and receive his internal energy freely. When he saw Duan Jianwei reaching out to grab it, he immediately removed all the internal energy from this hand. , turned elsewhere, Duan Jianwei pinched his Neiguan point, Jiang Shuo immediately pretended to be in pain and screamed: "What are you doing? It hurts me to death!"
Jiang Shuo was afraid that Pi Luoge would be able to hear his accent, so he deliberately spoke in a weird accent. He mixed together various accents he had heard from Silla, Japan, and the barbarians from the Western Regions, and it sounded very weird. If you come here, you will find obvious traces of deliberate artificiality, but although Pi Luoge, Duan Jianwei and others can speak Chinese, they are not Han Chinese. They just think Jiang Shuo's accent is strange.
As expected, Piroge did not realize that the crazy walking monk in front of him was Jiang Shuo, and spat: "It turns out he is a crazy monk."
Duan Jianwei felt that Jiang Shuo's pulse was weak and he didn't have any internal strength, so he quickly let go and said apologetically: "It's too harsh to strike again, please forgive me, master."
Jiang Shuo simply continued to pretend to be crazy and said: "Hehe, I do have some manners, master. I will forgive you, master."
Duan Jianwei called Jiang Shuo his master, but he was just polite, not claiming to be his junior. Unexpectedly, he actually regarded himself as his senior. Looking closely at his appearance, although his hair was unkempt and slovenly, he was actually very young. He turned out to be an insane monk. Duan Jianwei frowned slightly, but did not refute, only bowed to Jiang Shuo with crossed arms.
However, Piroge came over and sat beside the fire, saying to Duan Jianwei: "This crazy monk helped us build the fire, which saved us the trouble."
Jiang Shuo laughed and said, "My old man's craftsmanship is naturally good, but I just don't have meat to roast, so my good fire is wasted."
Piroge laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Not only is he a crazy monk, he is also a meat-and-wine monk."
Jiang Shuo shook his hands wildly and said: "Hey... otherwise, the Buddha said that those who want to beg for food should beg for food, those who want to be treated with food should be treated with food, those who want to be clothed in dung should be clothed with dung, and those who want to be clothed with lay people should be clothed with dung. You should accept it. Devadatta, I promise to live under a tree for eight months, and I also promise to eat three kinds of pure fish and meat that I will not see, hear, or doubt. The Buddha can eat wine and meat, so how can I not eat it?"
Piroge twisted his beard and said, "The little crazy monk knows some Buddhism, but he doesn't know how to cook barbecue?" He turned to Duan Jianwei and said, "Mr. Duan, let him cook the wild rabbit we shot today."
Duan Jianwei crossed his hands and said yes, took out two hares from the horse's leather bag and handed them to Jiang Shuo. Jiang Shuo took them with a smile, but saw that there were no wounds on the two rabbits, neither arrow wounds nor other injuries. As for the wound, even if Piroge's air sword was as sharp as an ordinary sword, if two rabbits were stabbed to death with the air sword, there should be bleeding wounds.
But the two rabbits were obviously killed by one blow, not strangled or suffocated. He felt strange in his heart, stretched out his hand towards Duan Jianwei and said, "Here comes the knife."
Duan Jianwei only thought that he was a crazy monk who didn't know martial arts. Since his master told him to let this crazy monk take care of the food, he took out a short dagger and handed it to Jiang Shuo. Jiang Shuo saw that the dagger had a snow-white blade, but the handle was dull. It was made of yellow and inlaid with jewels. It was the gold tooth dagger that Dugu Xiang used to stab Ye Guizhen back then. It seems that this Duan dagger was later acquired by Piluo Pavilion.
Ye Guizhen was stabbed, but Pi Luoge was able to take the golden tooth dagger. Jiang Shuo felt really sorry for Ye Guizhen, and he grinned when he thought of this.
Pi Luoge frowned and said, "Mad Monk, why are you laughing?"
Jiang Shuo said: "I'm laughing at this sword. The back is golden and very rich, but the front blade is curved, and it's so thin, cutting corners to the extreme."
The gold tooth dagger is made similar to the sharp teeth of wild beasts. It is curved and pointed. The thin blade is only due to the skill of the swordsmith, making it light and tough. This gold tooth dagger is indeed a rare treasure, but it is Jiang Shuo said he was inferior. Pi Luoge laughed again and said, "Monk, be careful not to cut off your fingers."
Jiang Shuo picked up the gold-tooth dagger and cut open the belly of a hare. He pretended not to know how sharp the gold-tooth dagger was, and with a "chi" sound, he pierced the hare, almost piercing his left hand that was holding the rabbit's back. , was so frightened that he threw the rabbit to the ground. Piluo Ge laughed loudly, but Duan Jianwei said: "Master, be careful..."
Jiang Shuo picked up the rabbit again and cut it open carefully. He saw that the rabbit's heart was already in pieces as if it had been hit by a hammer, but there were no wounds visible from the outside. Jiang Shuo was secretly surprised in his heart, but said: " Sigh...this rabbit's internal organs are broken, the blood is clotted in the cavity, and the smell is hard to get rid of."
Duan Jianwei said: "That's it. I said that the roasted rabbit always smells bad. It turns out that my method of hunting rabbits is wrong. It seems that the master does know how to cook."
Jiang Shuo thought to himself: It turns out that this strange injury was caused by this period of Jian Wei. It seems that we should be more careful with him.
Pi Luo Ge said, "Duan Lang, what did you say to this insane monk? Let's discuss the next step."
Duan Jianwei glanced at Jiang Shuo, and Pi Luoge smiled and said, "What a crazy monk, why don't you care what he does."
Duan Jianwei crossed his hands and said yes, saying: "Fuqi City is very close to the West Sea. Now Ge Shuhan is stationed in the West Sea. Last year, he fought in Jishi Mountain with a series of victories and occupied Damomen City. He has already attacked Shibao City. It is being surrounded from all sides.”
Jiang Shuo was shocked: It turns out that Tang and Fan fought for three years and were still fighting for Shibao City, but why did the leader become Ge Shuhan? Where did Wang Zhongsi go? "
Pi Luoge said: "Shibao City is the key. Now the Tang troops from Xihai and Jishi are coming over the mountains. As long as Shibao City is not taken, when winter comes, the mountains will be blocked by heavy snow and food and grass will not be able to be supplied." , If you don’t withdraw your troops, you will be dead.”
Duan Jianwei said: "That's right, so now Tubo is sticking to Shibao City and not attacking. They just want to hold on and wait for the weather to turn cold so that they can regain their lost territory."
Pi Luoge sneered and said: "Hey... Wang Zhongsi, the thief, refused to attack Shibao City with all his strength. The hidden alliance passed a secret message to Li Linfu that Wang Zhongsi secretly communicated with the prince. Li Linfu indeed used this opportunity to demote Wang Zhongsi."
Duan Jianwei said: "But it's enough to demote Wang Zhongsigong to the prefect of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Why bother to kill him?"
Pi Luoge sighed and said: "Mr. Duan, you are too soft-hearted. In this way, you are a bit like that little kid who traveled up the river. As a result, what do you think of that kid? You will suffer the consequences if you go against the current... "
When Jiang Shuo heard Piluoge talking about himself, he couldn't help but trembled in his heart. He forgot to suppress the inner strength in his hands and peeled off the entire rabbit skin with a "hiss" sound. Fortunately, Piluoge and Duan Xingjian were talking to themselves. , Jiang Shuo turned his back to the two of them, and they didn't care what Jiang Shuo was doing.
Pi Luoge continued: "Wang Zhongsi and the current saint are like father and son. If we don't take the opportunity to cut the grass and root out the root, it is uncertain that the official will be reinstated in the future. Therefore, the giant sent Ye Guizhen to kill Wang without knowing it. Zhongsi, it seems to outsiders that he just died of a sudden illness."
Duan Jianwei said: "There is something I don't understand. Wang Zhongsi is unwilling to attack Shibao City. Isn't it in line with the Yin Alliance's strategy of balancing the power of the world? Why should he be removed? Now that Ge Shuhan has been replaced as the commander-in-chief, he has been attacking fiercely for many years. What should we do if we really succeed?"
Jiang Shuo heard that in just two or three years, Wang Zhongsi was first demoted and then assassinated. He couldn't help but sigh. Although Wang Zhongsi was not a moral saint, he was indeed a rare talent in military and political affairs, and he loved the military and cherished it. People, it was indeed a blessing for the people of the Tang Dynasty that he was in charge of Hexi. He did not expect that he would end up like this, and he did not expect that the Yin Alliance could influence the government to such an extent.
Piluoge over there said: "The so-called balance of power in the world does not mean the gains and losses of one city or one place. Now the Tang Dynasty is too strong, so it will attack everywhere. If it is as busy as during the reign of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Zetian, who is busy with internal fighting in the temple, naturally There is no time to start a war. What the Yin League needs to do now is to disrupt the court and greatly consume the Tang army. The strategy used by Wang Zhongsi is to cultivate and survive on his own, accumulate small victories to win big victories, and bring down Tubo. This way , Isn't the Tang Dynasty getting stronger and stronger? It is becoming more and more militaristic? You said that the Tang army destroyed Tubo, who will they deal with next?"
Duan Jianwei said: "Yes, we are helping Tubo now so that the Tang army has no time to take care of Nanzhao. However, Ge Shuhan is attacking Shibao City so tightly now. What if we really conquer it?"
Piroge sneered and said: "Shibao City is not that easy to fight. The Tubo guard Tielensi Noro was not only born with supernatural powers and invulnerable, but he was also a good hand at arranging troops. He also thought that the Tang people killed him. His master, Master Gu Xin, will definitely fight to the death with the Tang army, but he will not back down. The purpose of the Hidden Alliance is not to win or lose. Even if the Tang Dynasty conquers Shibao City, tens of thousands of people will be killed or injured, but that's not the case. Are your vitality severely damaged?"
Some people died, but not completely...
