There is no iron armor on the Huanglong battleship. Except for a slightly hunched old man on the bow, there is only a majestic man with a pair of crouching silkworm eyebrows. Middle-aged man with a spear. Xu Fengnian drifted behind lightly, exchanged a glance with the old man, and then greeted Yuan Zuozong, not forgetting to nod and salute to the subordinate named Liu Yanbing in the distance. , his reputation should not be revealed, and he has never done a feat that shocks the world, so Liu Yanbing's cultivation level is unpredictable. Xu Xiao, who came out of Beiliang, took Xu Fengnian to the railing, and said with a smile: "I remember the last time I was on the Chunshen Lake, I was fighting with Wang Mingyang from Xiangfan City. This time, I took the opportunity to take a look. The lake is still the same lake. , compared to the scenes of dead bodies floating in the lake and starving, it was much more lively and lively. I saw it with my own eyes during the journey, and then I knew that Zhao Heng and Zhao Xun, the father and son, were indeed unambiguous in governing the big and small political affairs of the jurisdiction. You can hear the praise of King Jing'an from the common people if you just drink tea and wine in it. I always feel that if you are an official in the court, if you are criticized and impeached by the officials, you may not be a corrupt official, but if the people in the territory say yes, it is probably really good."
Referring to the young vassal prince who was once kicked into Chunshen Lake by him, Xu Fengnian sneered: "It's only because he has a first-class counselor by his side, otherwise Zhao Xun would have been eaten by the Qing Party long ago. The party fell apart after being tossed by Zhang Julu a few times, and it was completely unable to compete with Zhang Dang and the party, but it was not easy to deal with Zhao Xun, who was not famous enough to suppress Qingzhou. Liyang's surname is Zhao, but Xiangfan City and Qingzhou have different surnames Zhao, who cares? It was someone who helped him sort out the context and manage the relationship. He knew the benefits of those old foxes, threw down a few baits including marrying a concubine, and deliberately kept his face, helping the son of a Qing Party boss in Taiyuan. Ancheng has to go to a real power official in Beijing, and then he will tell the truth through other people's mouths afterwards, Zhao Xun does not have these real bait and favors, and will only be reduced to the same virtue as the King of Huainan."
Xu Xiao grabbed the railing with both hands, and said with a smile: "It's that blind Lu Xu who played chess with you in Yongzi Lane, right? The two rules and fourteen strategies were written by him, and I've seen them too, even a reckless man like me." You know, it's not easy. Zhao Heng, a girl, has been making mistakes all her life, but this hand rests beautifully. In Yishan's words, there is no smoke and fire, and it will happen when it happens. So this person can't be too smooth Shun Shui, too smooth, really come to a desperate situation where I can only rely on myself, I want to save face, I don't want to jump over the wall in a hurry."
Xu Fengnian asked: "Why did you think of leaving Beiliang? Brother Yuan and Lu Qiu'er are newcomers replacing veterans. In everyone's eyes, Beiliang is a turbulent situation. In addition, the last time they crossed the border with Beiliang's iron cavalry Dongfeng, Dong Zhuo and Hong Jingyan in Beimang are no longer bound by the past, so you are not afraid that Beimang will fight back and catch us all by surprise? What if there are people in Beiliang... "
say. Enemies who don't have a good relationship with your father are more willing. You, Xu Xiao, are tired of living, so let's get out and gnaw the hardest bones and fight the hardest battle to the death. Then, my father was fighting and fighting all the way south. Those high pillars of the imperial court, the aristocratic family who had always looked down on my father, were finally willing to raise their eyes and take a look, so they were a little scared. The soldiers and horses are strong? "
Xu Xiao grinned and stretched out a palm, "50,000 cavalry. Father used 50,000 cavalry to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty. The young emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty yelled at your father, saying that Xu was not worthy of your mother Wu Su , and said that your mother is blind and unfit to practice swords. Dad didn't argue with him, and finally took six hundred elite cavalry, broke in directly from the gate of the imperial city, and rushed into the Golden Palace. The guy collapsed on the dragon chair Come on, I peed my pants in fright."
Xu Fengnian smiled with warmth in his eyes. In fact, he has been familiar with this story for a long time, and he can hear cocoons, but it is different from the impatience that was directly shown on his face in the past. Now, as long as Xu Xiao is willing to talk, he is willing to listen.
Xu Xiao suddenly smiled awkwardly, obviously thirsty, and waved to Yuan Zuozong, who was deliberately standing far away, "Go and get two pots of white wine. You don't need to warm it up. The more you burn the knife, the better."
Yuan Zuozong quickly brought two jugs of wine, Xu Xiao and Xu Fengnian each had a jug, Xu Xiao stopped talking about his past after such a pause, and said softly: "Han Shengxuan is dead, and Master Liu Hao is also dead. Half of the tongue is left for Benxi and Zhao Huangchao. What father could not do, son has done, and father is happier. Father left Beiliang this time, in addition to giving Yan Wenluan and others one last chance, in fact, he mainly wanted to leave for a while. Going the way you walked back then, I went to the Jin family's mansion on the way, and I didn't think about how to embarrass them, but I heard that the old man who offered wine at Jin Lan Pavilion, Jin You, was scared to death on the same day after knowing that his father passed the door and refused to enter. gone."
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Don't let them have a good year."
Xu Xiao laughed it off, looked to the northwest, and said slowly: "Father has been thinking about one thing for the past two years. If Bei Mang is really determined and insists on going south regardless of the overall situation, then in the end, how much money will Dad hand over to you?" .Dad has fought so many battles in his life, both winning and losing, losing more and winning more, but when he lost, it was really miserable, a complete defeat, and two times it was almost annihilated. Can make a comeback. After losing the battle, seeing those young faces blackened by gunpowder smoke, I can still laugh when I see my father, and I don’t feel that I have followed the wrong person. I swear, even if I am lucky enough to become a high official and have a son, I will definitely let this kid go to the battlefield in person in the future! Only in this way will Dad feel worthy of those soldiers and feel better. But if I really have For example, when the Zhao family wanted to recruit you to be a son-in-law in the capital, in fact, it’s not that my father never thought about agreeing. At that time, my father thought that if he wanted to feel guilty, he would feel ashamed of his father alone. It's just apologizing, I was still very selfish thinking that my son would not suffer this crime, and then my father took the wine and went to Chaoge to find Yishan to drink, you know, Yishan directly threw the wine outside the house, because later he heard about you The boy ran off to wander the rivers and lakes, and I went to go to him for a drink, and Yishan had a smiling face, and his father couldn't persuade him after drinking it. So these years, after many veterans took root in Beiliang, many old men, heroes, sons, and sons broke through. A lot of disasters happened, let them wipe their buttocks, some people still saved some face, they came directly to Qingliang Mountain to plead with me, some thought I couldn't see, sneaked and did something worse, murdered people, wiped out the grass, The methods are not bad at all compared to the Spring and Autumn Wars, and some are more straightforward. I think that Lao Tzu worked hard with Xu Xiao to get into today's military exploits and family business. It is a big deal for his own children to kill a few people and bully a few girls. Killing and arson has become a matter of course. I don’t even think about it, why I was willing to put my head on the waistband of my trousers to fight with the surname Xu, and why I didn’t hesitate to kill the official.”
Xu Xiao took a sip of wine and asked with a smile, "Father originally wanted Yishan to do something, but Yishan said that you refused to let him live or die. What do you think?"
Xu Fengnian calmly said: "You have been notorious in this life, but you still don't think there is enough infamy? You still have a good reputation with the old generals and soldiers in Beiliang. You are not afraid of being scolded by others. I am afraid. Those new emperors Before enthroning, the first emperor hurriedly helped to remove the emperor's mind of the meritorious old man, so you don't use it on Beiliang. If I do it, you can feel more at ease, and I have no burden. Zhong Hongwu is just killing chickens to warn monkeys. In Beiliang, favors are favors, and rules are rules. Whoever uses favors to break the rules with me, I will let him pack up and leave. This time I go back to Beiliang, and I will go to the western desert first to win over tens of thousands of criminals who can mount horses and fight. , and then I will travel all over Beiliang, I don't believe that I have traveled through Liyang River and Lake, and Beimang, and I can't leave my own Beiliang."
Xu Xiao nodded in relief and just drank.
Xu Xiao swallowed the last sip of strong wine, shook the empty pot, and said softly: "When you arrive in Beiliang, don't be in a hurry to win over the criminal forces raised by Yishan. no?"
Xu Fengnian bit his lip and said with a smile: "How can a father always ask his son if he is okay?"
Xu Xiao threw the jug into the lake, and said with a smile, "How can a father ask his son to go out and take risks?"
Xu Xiao put his hands in his sleeves, looked up at the sky, squinted and said, "Last time, I was probably busy killing people all the way, I didn't think so, but this time I realized that the south is so cold to the bone, old man."
Xu Fengnian took off the red fox fur cap silently, pressed it on Xu Xiao's head, and gently pulled it down tightly to cover the old man's ears.
The old man moved his lips and turned around abruptly.
It seems that he doesn't want his son to see his old man in tears and his hero's twilight.