Some people say that the night sky in winter is clearer than that in summer, but I don't know what the basis is. Fang Jie stood in the yard and looked up at the sky, trying to distinguish each constellation. Only when I look at the stars at night can I find the familiarity of the previous life, so Mu Xiaoyao, who is careful, feels that Fang Jie is a little sad every time he sees Fang Jie looking up at the night sky. Mu Xiaoyao stood next to Fang Xie more than once and raised her head to look in his direction, but couldn't see what he saw.
Perhaps it was the vague sadness that hurt Mu Xiaoyao's heart, so she planned to pull Fang Jie out of this state.
When a woman falls in love with a man, even the slight sentimentality in his eyes will make her sad, even if she doesn't understand what he is sentimental about.
"Changed your mind?"
she asked.
Fang Jie looked away from the night sky, and smiled at Mu Xiaoyao.
"Go and talk to Li Xiaolian first, this person must have a big secret hidden in his head. If we can learn about Li Yuanshan's arrangements from him, it will be of great benefit to our actions. Although I can guess some, I can't. Absolutely sure. If the emperor's thoughts are as I speculated before, we will find a way out from the cracks of thousands of troops this time. So try to be cautious. After all, there are you and three thousand who will accompany me on this adventure. cavalry."
Mu Xiaoyao hummed: "You really don't worry, you are actually bringing the real Li Xiaolian with you, and you are not afraid of any mistakes."
Fang Jie said with a smile: "Nothing will happen. The rebel generals in charge of the city will kill all they can. Last night before I killed people, I asked specifically. Among the rebel generals, the most useless one is Han En, so I That’s why he was the only one left to not kill. Seeing him today, I’m even more sure that this person is incompetent.”
When Fang Jie spoke, Mu Xiaoyao was fascinated by the faint confidence outlined on the corner of his mouth.
Women always admire confident men more.
"You rest first, I'll go see Li Xiaolian. I just found out today that we happened to have captured a big shot. Li Xiaolian is well-known in Xiangcheng, and he is the leader of the rising stars of the Li family. The younger generation of the Li family that Li Yuanshan admires the most, One is him, and the other is Li Yuanshan's eldest son, Li Xiaoche. It is said that Li Xiaoche is a military genius and has invincible courage. Li Yuanshan once said that the descendants of the Li family have Li Xiaoche in martial arts and Li Xiaolian in literature, and everything is safe."
Mu Xiaoyao nodded: "Then you come back earlier, maybe you have to deal with the rebels tomorrow."
Fang Jie nodded, and sent someone to call Zhuo Buyi and Chen Xiaoru to follow.
When Fang Jie and the others were killing people in Sui County last night, he sent the big dog back to where the army was at overnight, and asked Wanyan Chongde to lead the troops south and stop not far from Sui County. Fang Jie and the others left the city before dawn after killing everyone, hid on the way and captured the patrol guards sent by Li Xiaolian to Sui County in advance, and killed them all after interrogating them. In fact, the inspectors who met Han En in the advanced city before were all disguised as flying fish robes.
After asking about Li Xiaolian's whereabouts, Fang Jie immediately led his troops to surround Sansanlibao. After arresting Li Xiaolian and all the inspectors, Fang Jie changed into Li Xiaolian's clothes and entered Sui County pretending to be inspectors with a flying fish robe.
This is what happened.
Fang Jie's heart lightened up when he heard the words outside Li Chat's window last night. Immediately overturned his previous plan, because he found a better opportunity.
Li Xiaolian was taken into Sui County with a rope tied around his body and a gag in his mouth. Fang explained that this person was caught halfway, maybe it had something to do with the assassin, Han En naturally had no doubts, that idiot is still immersed in the joy of being promoted.
Fang Jie opened the door and walked in, and glanced at Li Xiaolian who was sitting cross-legged on the ground.
"are you hungry?"
Fang Jie walked over slowly, stretched out his hand to remove the gag in Li Xiaolian's mouth, and asked a question.
Li Xiaolian looked up at him with a calm expression.
"Who are you."
he asks.
Fang Jie sat down on the chair opposite to Li Xiaolian but did not answer. He was silent for a while and then said: "I have been very lucky these days. Many good things come to me, and I can't avoid them. Although I have been I don’t think any success should be based on luck, but I have nothing against this kind of success, on the contrary, I really like the cheap things I got. I’m really sorry, I only now know the weight of the three words Li Xiaolian.”
Li Xiaolian frowned slightly, looked at Fang Jie and continued to ask, "Who are you?"
Fang Jie still didn't answer: "I firmly believe that a person who can become famous is definitely not just relying on his prominent background, and those who have no ability will be exposed sooner or later. You are called by the people of Xiangcheng City, and you are regarded by Li Yuanshan as the Li family. The leader among the juniors is naturally not an idiot. But all successful people have a very good quality... self-knowledge."
Fang Jie leaned forward slightly and asked, "Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Xiaolian nodded: "I also know, whether I say it or not, I will die."
Fang Jie hummed, "So you don't plan to say anything."
Li Xiaolian asked for the third time: "Who are you!"
Fang Xie glanced at Zhuo Buyi beside him and asked, "Sir, I said before that it is difficult for a person with a firm mind to read minds. How about this person?"
Zhuo Buyi smiled: "His determination is not firm."
Fang Jie asked, "How do you see it?"
Zhuo Buyi said lightly, "Because I have already seen it."
Fang Jie couldn't help laughing, and said to Li Xiaolian with some regret: "I always hope that what I get is obtained through my own hard work, so I want to talk to you myself. But unfortunately, it seems that there is no such thing now." Necessary. Although it is very interesting to learn the enemy's secret from the enemy's mouth."
The next sentence he said to Zhuo Buyi: "You have lost a lot of fun."
Zhuo Buyi shrugged his shoulders: "I'm lazy."
Li Xiaolian didn't understand what the conversation between Fang Jie and Zhuo Buyi meant, but he could see that there was nothing in him that interested the young man. What he knows better is that when the enemy is not interested in him, then the time for death will come.
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"I was born in Li's family, so I have no choice."
Seeing that Fang Jie was about to go out, Li Xiaolian suddenly said such a sentence.
Hearing this sentence, Fang Jie, who had already walked to the door, smiled at Zhuo Buyi: "You are right, he really is not a firm-minded person."
Li Xiaolian said: "Because I can see from your eyes that you are no longer interested in me."
Fang Jie looked at him and asked, "What else do you have that interests me now?"
Li Xiaolian was silent for a while and then said seriously: "When I was still quietly reading in the study of Li's old house, Li Yuanshan raised the flag of rebellion. When I heard the news, I understood one thing... because My surname is Li, so even if I don't know anything about Li Yuanshan, there is no way out. That's why I came out of the Li family's old house. Since there is no way out, I can only go forward."
Fang Jie sat down again and nodded: "I don't deny this point. If Li Yuanshan rebelled against you, everyone in the Li family will have no way out. Once Li Yuanshan is defeated, your lineage will not continue. So you do your best I want to help Li Yuanshan with things, and I hope that through my own efforts, I will try my best to prevent misfortune from happening. This choice is very smart and very confident."
Li Xiaolian nodded: "But I have only one starting point for doing this, and that is not wanting to die."
Fang Jie's mouth twitched: "No one wants to die, but there are quite a few people who die."
He pointed to Zhuo Buyi: "You don't know this person, but you may have heard of his name. His name is Zhuo Buyi, and he is from the Ouchi Guard Office."
"Strange... no wonder..."
Li Xiaolian sighed: "No wonder you are not in a hurry to know anything about Li Yuanshan from me. It turns out that there is Mr. Zhuo who can read people's hearts from the inner guard."
"So you really do know."
Fang Jie said.
"Hou Wenji is in Xiangcheng."
Li Xiaolian said: "So, I know Mr. Zhuo's name is not something surprising. I am in charge of criminal names in Xiangcheng, and Hou Wenji is my deputy."
"It turns out that he's not doing well."
Fang Jie couldn't help but smiled: "When I was with the Ouchi guards, I was the deputy, and when I was with Li Yuanshan, I was still the deputy."
"Give me a chance to live, people like me will help you after all."
Li Xiaolian said seriously.
Fang Jie was silent for a while and said: "First, let's talk about Li Yuanshan's arrangement. You can save Mr. Zhuo from saying that he is a lazy person."
"Li Yuanshan deployed nearly 400,000 elite soldiers to the west of Xiangcheng. From Xingcheng in the east to Suixian in the west, he set up a pocket with 400,000 elite soldiers, and the opening of the pocket was Xiangcheng. He first added up his hands with seven tigers. Millions of troops are used as bait to lure the imperial army to press towards Xiangcheng step by step. But the bait is not enough, the biggest bait Li Yuanshan puts in front of the imperial army is Xiangcheng and himself."
"He mobilized a large number of troops from the rear to supplement the front line, and he is still playing the game. These troops are still going to die, and Li Yuanshan will not feel sorry for how many deaths. First, it can lure the imperial army to continue to go deeper, and second, it can also consume the imperial army. Then , he will even give up Xiangcheng at the right time, pretending to be defeated and fled in embarrassment. At that time, the imperial army will never be able to resist the temptation. Millions of troops have been defeated, Even Xiangcheng has been breached, at this time, no matter how wise the emperor is, he will definitely not give up the idea of chasing and killing Li Yuanshan."
"To the west of Xiangcheng is the tomb dug by Li Yuanshan for the imperial army. After defeating the seven tiger generals under Li Yuanshan, how many troops will be left when the imperial army defeats Li Yuanshan? After the victory, the imperial court will inevitably underestimate the enemy and relax. Thinking of the fact that Li Yuanshan's elites have been waiting here for a long time. As long as the emperor brings his men and horses to chase them, he will immediately be surrounded by the ambushes arranged by Li Yuanshan. And our seven patrol envoys are the elite troops sent by Li Yuanshan to ensure that there will be no accidents. people."
He glanced at Fang Jie: "Of course, not only these, but also the Mengyuan wolf cavalry that Li Yuanshan has not used. The reason why the Mengyuan people have not withdrawn is waiting for this day, whether it is Li Yuanshan or Quoketai Mengge , will not give up the opportunity to kill the Emperor of the Sui. What's more, they are not the only two people who want to kill the Emperor of the Sui. So this situation has no solution now... Even if I tell you all this, you Immediately send someone to report to the imperial army, there is no time."
After saying this, he looked at Fang Jie and asked: "Since you already know a lot about me, you should understand how beneficial it is to you to keep me. Whether Li Yuanshan wins, the court wins, or Luo Yao also stands in the end." Come out, what you need most now is to expand your strength. If you want to gain a foothold in the northwest, you need more people to help you!"
Fang Jie smiled and said softly, "It seems that you know who I am."
Li Xiaolian said: "I don't have a useful head, and I don't have a bargaining chip to exchange my life."
"When you told me that he was Mr. Chu Zhuo, the bodyguard of the inner city, I guessed it was you. Li Yuanshan already knew that you broke Meng Wansui's West Camp in Hou Wushan and then withdrew. You Here, it is mostly because you have guessed Li Yuanshan's purpose... But I advise you, try not to get involved in this game, sometimes sit on the sidelines and watch two or three fierce tigers bite, and then pick up the dead tiger Selling tiger skins for profit is the most correct choice."
Fang Jie sighed: "Just these words, I have to look at you with admiration. If there is a smart person like you to help me, many things will become easier. I am really tempted."
Li Xiaolian smiled: "The quality is cheap, you have no reason to give up."
"Yeah, there's no reason to give up."
Fang Jie said gently, "But I've never been a reasonable person."
He waved his hand, Chen Xiaoru immediately went up and grabbed Li Xiaolian's hair, and the knife held in the other hand stabbed Li Xiaolian's chest several times. Blood gushed out in an instant, and immediately dyed the clothes in front of Li Xiaolian red.
"For...why..."
He tried his best to ask before falling to the ground, and the words and sentences had become difficult to recognize.
Fang Jie went to him and knelt down, and whispered into his ear: "Because you are so smart, although I really admire you, but when I think of you following me, I will spend every day on guard against your schemes, and I will always be on guard." I feel very hard when I see you taking everything away from me. You are not a person who is willing to be inferior to others, and you also want to try to see if you can stand in troubled times. If you don’t meet me, a person like you Great things are possible. You're a dangerous person... and getting rid of an opponent early is really irresistible, very cool... "
Fang Jie stood up, looked at Li Xiaolian's body limply down with calm eyes: "Actually, you should know your end when I asked you if you were hungry, and the most correct way for you is not to tell me that Talking too much, but saying that you are hungry... At the very least, I will let you eat before you die."