Su Buwei sent Fang Jie under the imperial chariot all the time. He kept staring at Fang Xie's pace. After all, he couldn't help sighing when he went out. He hesitated and called Fang Xie to a halt: "General Fang... It can be bigger or smaller, especially in front of His Majesty."
Fang Jie didn't understand this sentence at first, but suddenly remembered that he had been counting how many steps he had taken since he boarded the imperial chariot, and then his expression changed.
"Thank you, Eunuch!"
He said sincerely.
Su Buwei smiled and waved his hands: "You don't have to thank me, I'm just a servant serving His Majesty, I've been with His Majesty for a long time, so I secretly learned a little bit of the art of observing people, Your Majesty likes General Fang to be straightforward, I also respect General Fang's uprightness. But sometimes some inadvertent actions may offend Tianwei, so it's better not to go beyond the rules. It's hard to get to this point. If you fall because of reasons you don't even know...it's a pity …”
Fang Jie clasped his fists: "I'll write it down."
Su Buwei nodded in satisfaction: "I was the one who talked too much, so let's just say goodbye. I wish General Fang the best of luck."
"Thank you."
Fang Jie saluted, then turned and left.
Su Buwei looked at Fang Jieyuan's back, and shook his head after a while. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong for him to do so. Although it might just be a coincidence, this kind of thing is the most taboo of the royal family. As the emperor's closest servant, he actually had to remind the emperor to pay attention. But he still didn't do this in the end, a voice in his heart kept persuading him not to ruin the future of a promising young man because of such a trivial matter.
He has been with the emperor for more than ten years, and he has never met a person whose steps are exactly like the emperor's. There are a total of forty-five steps from boarding the imperial chariot to sitting on the dragon chair, but you must know that this is carefully crafted by craftsmen according to the size of His Majesty's usual walking steps. His Majesty has been taught court etiquette since he was a child, and there are even rules for how big each step is. And Fang Jie is just a person from a poor family, he doesn't understand these things... His stride size is exactly the same as that of the emperor, it's just a coincidence.
Su Buwei turned around and walked into the imperial chariot, he shook off this matter from his heart and didn't think about it anymore.
After Fang Jie left the imperial chariot, he went to say goodbye to Jin Shixiong, and the two talked for a while before Fang Jie was about to leave. Just as he was leaving the big tent, he suddenly saw a rather familiar figure standing there in the distance, with his back to him and his hands behind his back, as if he was watching the scenery. But Fang Xie knew that this person was waiting for him.
Fang Jie walked over, clasped his fists and saluted, "I've met Lord Hou."
The person who was waiting for him was Hou Wenji, the former emissary of the Qingya Township, the guard of the Great Nei, a person that no one could see through. When he was by the emperor's side, no one doubted his loyalty. Even after Prince Yi's rebellion, he fled to the northwest, and many people couldn't believe it. And when he was by Li Yuanshan's side, no matter how Song Qian tried to persuade Li Yuanshan that he was not trustworthy, he still gained Li Yuanshan's trust.
Whoever he was standing next to, it seemed so natural, as if he was supposed to be there.
Now that he has returned to the emperor's side, the news sent before the decisive battle also made it easy for the court troops to crush Li Yuanshan's last struggle. He may have sent a lot of news for the emperor before this, but this is not important anymore. The important thing is that Fang Jie's vigilance against this person has risen to another level.
"I don't have an official position now, so I should be the one who salutes you."
Hou Wenji turned around, smiled at him and was about to salute, Fang Jie quickly supported him and said, "My lord's reinstatement will only take a while, and even if you don't have an official position, you are still my senior, so I should be the one to salute. "
Hou Wenji didn't insist, and said gently, "Are you leaving?"
Fang Jie nodded: "I'm leaving."
"Walk with me?"
Hou Wenji asked.
Fang Jie nodded, and followed Hou Wenji half a step behind.
"You can leave now."
Hou Wenji said as he walked: "Although Li Ni was punished and the remnants of the rebel army are not a concern, there are still 200,000 Mongol barbarians behind the imperial army. After Luo Yao's troops return to Huangyang Road, the barbarians' cavalry will never continue. Pursue. And His Majesty will never allow those barbarians to leave from the northwest, so the real battle has not yet begun. Li Yuanshan's remnants of the rebel army are nothing compared to the two hundred thousand wolf cavalry."
"Your Majesty has not mentioned this matter."
Fang Jie answered.
Hou Wenji glanced at Fang Jie meaningfully, smiled and said, "You are becoming more and more cautious."
Fang Jie smiled, noncommittal.
"Your Majesty values you very much, which is a good thing."
Hou Wenji said: "It's really nothing important that I came to see you, I just wanted to tell you something about Prince Zhong. Everyone said you were his disciple, and you said so yourself, but I know that he and you There may not be any intimate relationship between them. But in any case, I think you should be very interested in news of him."
"yes."
Fang Jie nodded: "Prince Loyalty is a great favor to me."
Hou Wenji sighed and said: "The people who have helped you are very happy, because they met a person who knows how to repay you. Your Majesty also values you, and I appreciate you very much."
"My lord helped me too."
Fang explained.
Hou Wenji shook his head: "No, when you were in Chang'an, you were not a person worthy of my special care. Now I realize that my vision is not as high as I always thought. I once misjudged two people. The first One is Zhou Banchuan, the head of the Academy of Martial Arts, who thinks him too high. It turns out that he is just a servant standing in front of a giant. The second is you... I think you are too low, but fortunately, he is not counted. Night."
Fang Jie listened quietly without interrupting.
"If I'm not wrong, Your Majesty will let you guard Qingxia, right?"
"yes."
"Well, since that's the case, you should have nothing else to do for a while. The loyal prince is not dead yet, but he doesn't seem to be free. If you have time while waiting for the Mongolian barbarian to return to the army, you can visit .You should decide for yourself about the narrow escape."
He lowered his voice and whispered a few words in Fang Xie's ear, and Fang Xie's face immediately changed.
"Why are you telling me?"
Fang asked.
Hou Wenji was silent for a long time, stopped and looked at the sky: "Because Your Majesty stabbed Luo Yao in the back with this Mongolian knife, Luo Yao will never be able to bear it. You have seen Luo Yao, Maybe I don't know Luo Yao well enough. What I can tell you is that if Luo Yao doesn't intend to follow the rules in an upright manner, but relies on his invincible cultivation to assassinate the emperor, no one can stop him. If this There is only one person in the world who can, and it can only be Prince Zhong."
"There is also an old headmaster in the Martial Arts Academy."
Fang explained.
"The old dean is too old."
Hou Wenji sighed: "I'm too old to get out of that great city."
Fang Jie nodded: "No matter why, I will go."
"I knew you would go."
Hou Wenji looked at the sky and murmured: "Actually, you may not understand until now, why the Mengyuan Wolf Riders acted according to His Majesty's ideas. Because it was not acting according to His Majesty's ideas at all, but according to the Mengyuan people's ideas." Act according to your own ideas. You haven't touched the secrets of that level yet, but I'm beginning to believe that you will climb to that height sooner or later, or even higher. The wolf cavalry failed to kill Luo Yaohei in the raid, and the rest Things will be difficult to handle... The world will be chaotic, but the chaos is not limited to Tai Sui."
After saying this, Hou Wenji turned around and walked away.
Fang Jie looked at his back, carefully thinking about what he said just now, but found that there was really no clue. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had still underestimated Hou Wenji. This person who seemed to be standing at the highest place in the world might have seen many truths that he shouldn't have seen, but he was unwilling to tell them. He's like a spectator, just waiting for something to happen and then it's over.
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This trip, what I saw was not what Fang Jie expected. He originally thought that the emperor was planning to exchange his remaining life for the lives of Li Yuanshan, Luo Yao and those 200,000 barbarian wolf riders, but now it seems that everything is not as tragic as he imagined. The emperor was still alive, but Li Yuanshan was defeated. The Mongolian barbarians attacked Luo Yao, but Luo Yao retreated.
He originally thought that if he could save the emperor's life, he would try his best to do it, but now the biggest gain in this line of work is to kill Li Yuanshan with his own hands.
When he returned to his camp, Fang Xie kept thinking about Hou Wenji's words in his mind. He said that there was a deeper reason why the two hundred thousand wolf riders of Meng Yuan Manzi attacked Luo Yao. And this reason, analyzed from Hou Wenji's words, seems to be that the barbarian's goal is to kill Luo Yao.
People from Fozong wanted to kill Luo Yao, and the Mongolian army also wanted to kill Luo Yao. Why
What is Luo Yao's identity
This name is like a needle piercing Fang Jie's heart, making him always on guard against the danger that will suddenly come at any time. Because no matter what Luo Yao's identity is, it is certain that Luo Yao has taken a fancy to his body. With Fang Jie's current strength, if Luo Yao really came, it seemed that there was no room for resistance at all.
How strong Luo Yao is, maybe only Luo Yao knows.
As Hou Wenji said, if Luo Yao doesn't want to play anymore, he can avoid everyone and appear in front of the emperor by himself, and then kill the emperor easily. Wan Xingchen was in Chang'an City, Luo Yao might be afraid to kill the prince. But will there be masters around the emperor who can stop Luo Yao? If so, Hou Wenji would not be so worried...
Fang Jie thought of Su Buwei, then shook his head and denied this person. Su Buwei's cultivation must be very strong, otherwise the emperor wouldn't keep him by his side all the time. But Fang Jie didn't think that Su Buwei was Luo Yao's opponent, and Hou Wenji must know this person better than Fang Jie.
"What did the emperor say?"
Seeing Fang Xie in a daze, Mu Xiaoyao couldn't help asking.
"nothing."
Fang Jie pulled out of his thoughts, smiled and shook his head: "It's just that I was promoted again, and now your man is already a Marquis."
Mu Xiaoyao smiled: "The important thing is that you don't have to stay with the emperor. This is why we feel at ease. I don't know why, but Qingfan and I feel that it is not a good thing for you to stay with the emperor."
"maybe."
The emperor's old face appeared in Fang Jie's mind, and he couldn't help but sighed heavily in his heart.
He ordered the cavalry to rectify and leave immediately after bringing enough food and grass. The emperor sent someone to allocate a batch of armored equipment, but he didn't give him an extra soldier. The 3,000-man cavalry team will bring at least 200 carts with them when they go back, and the journey will definitely not be too fast.
Just when Fang Jie left the camp, he saw a dilapidated village not far from the camp. At first, Fang Xie didn't care about the difference in this village, but when his eyes had already left, he suddenly turned back in a heartbeat. He saw a well platform under a dead tree at the entrance of the village. An old man in coarse clothes sat cross-legged on the well platform and held a fishing rod high.
Fang Jie stared blankly at the old man he had never seen before, stopped there and forgot to move on.
Fishing in a dilapidated well in a dilapidated village, what could he catch
Who is this person and why is he here