The mountain breeze is cool, but not as cool as the human heart.
General Ling felt his heart was cold and he thought the world was too dark.
He came to Flower City with the determination to win. He came with full confidence. Although he never said it, he did have the idea of recovering the previous shame in his heart - others also thought so. Otherwise, why would he follow Fang Yan who had just returned to Flower City after three years of mourning
He used various tricks and strategies, but was defeated by Fang Yan again and again. In the confrontation and fighting with Fang Yan, General Ling never got any advantage. Instead, he was beaten red and swollen by Fang Yan again and again.
Jiang Junling really likes the saying "flip your hand and you can make clouds and flip your hand and you can make rain", but he can only helplessly watch others put this saying on Fang Yan's head.
Because Fang Yan failed to capture the city after a long siege, General Ling could only stay in Huacheng and could not escape. All kinds of gossips arose in Yanjing City, and some important figures in the family began to doubt his ability to control the overall situation. Some people opposed, some scolded, some watched from the sidelines, and some sneered----
It was precisely because of the pressure from all sides that General Ling designed and planned such a deadly game.
He spent so much time and effort, but the result was so unsatisfactory.
General Ling wanted to curse at the sky. Even if Fang Yan is your biological son, your partiality is really too much. In just one night, you let him obtain the light of Tai Chi, you let him complete Tai Chi Pisces, and the reinforcements you sent were stronger than each other, as if they were free. How can you let people live? Why don't you just give him the Vajra blessing to make him immortal? Do you have the ability to make him become a god or an immortal
General Ling feels that the world is dark and God is unfair!
That guy seems to be living a life of luxury, who would want to touch him
"It's easy to talk about the hearts of old friends, but it's also easy to change the hearts of old friends." General Ling sighed softly. "The world is full of wonders. Today really opened my eyes."
There are many people with strong luck, but people with such a strong fate as Fang Yan are rare in the world. If he can't be killed like this, to what extent will he go against the will of heaven in the future
There is a pavilion behind him, with a stone table and stone chairs in it.
There was wine on the stone table, which was the finest champagne they had carried up from the mountain.
General Ling was not used to drinking champagne, thinking it was not as refreshing and fiery as white wine, nor as gorgeous and elegant as red wine. However, he liked the good omen of champagne to celebrate victory.
This bottle of wine was originally intended to be used to celebrate victory in a war, but now it seems it can no longer be used.
General Ling looked at the champagne on the table and felt that it was an irony to himself.
When he picked up the bottle of champagne and wanted to throw it far down the mountain, someone behind him shouted, "Don't throw it away. You can't throw it away. It would be a pity to throw away such good wine."
Figures flashed and a group of people quickly rushed into the pavilion.
The leader was a middle-aged man in a black suit. He greeted General Ling with a smile and said, "Second Master, if I'm not mistaken, this bottle of champagne is the 1998 Krug Ampang Black Diamond Champagne, right? A bottle costs several thousand US dollars, and it's in short supply. It's really hard to drink it normally. My brothers and I have been climbing the mountain all night, and we are really thirsty now. If you don't mind, can you give us this bottle of wine to moisten our throats?"
While the man in the suit was talking, the several men in black he brought with him scattered around and surrounded the general in the middle.
As if he didn't notice anything unusual about other people, Jiangjun Ling looked at the man in a suit in front of him and said, "Li Guoqiang, you came all the way from Yanjing City to Yijian Peak. You definitely didn't come here to drink a sip of champagne, did you?"
"Of course not." Li Guoqiang said with a smile. "But if I can have a sip of Pinot Noir champagne before talking about business, it will be worth the trip."
General Ling smiled and shook his head, handed over the champagne bottle in his hand, and said, "I originally thought I had no use for it, so I wanted to throw it away. But now that you mentioned it, I think it's a pity to throw it away. If you are interested, drink it. Just think of it as a celebration for my brother in advance."
"Thank you, Second Young Master." Li Guoqiang took the champagne, shook it skillfully a few times, and then suddenly stabbed it towards the sky.
boom!
There was a muffled sound, and then the champagne in the bottle spurted out.
After taking two gulps from the bottle, Li Guoqiang handed the bottle to a man in black beside him, looked at General Ling and said, "Good wine, it really is good wine. If it weren't for the generosity of the Second Young Master, it would be difficult for us to drink such good wine."
General Ling smiled as he watched the champagne bottle being passed around by the men in black, and said, "What's a bottle of champagne? If you like it, I'll have someone send you a few boxes of better wine when I get back."
Li Guoqiang waved his hands and said, "No, this is impossible. If those young masters in Beijing knew that the eldest master was going to send me, Li Guoqiang, some wine, would I still have the courage to leave the house? They would tear me apart. Who is the second young master? He is a god in everyone's heart. Who dares to drink the wine sent by the god?"
The murderous intent in Jiangjun Ling's eyes flashed away, and he looked at Li Guoqiang with a smile on his face and said, "Guoqiang, are you here to laugh at me?"
"Second Young Master, what are you talking about? How can I laugh at Second Young Master? I'm here to cheer him up." Li Guoqiang said seriously. "I just heard that Second Young Master is going to hold a champagne banquet at Yijian Mountain tonight, and he has invited many big-name celebrities to attend. Although I didn't receive an invitation, I still rushed here. I don't think Second Young Master will blame me for coming uninvited, right?"
Li Guoqiang looked at Yijianfeng on the opposite side and asked, "Second Master, how is the situation? Our contestant should have won, right?"
"I'm afraid we will disappoint Guoqiang." General Ling said calmly, "We lost."
"Lose?"
"Lost." General Ling answered with great certainty.
Li Guoqiang sighed deeply and said, "It seems that I am late and can't help the Second Young Master at all-----"
The smile on the general's face disappeared, and he said, "Guoqiang, we are all old acquaintances, so there is no need to hide anything. Just say whatever you want to say. My big brother asked you to come here to keep an eye on him, so he wouldn't just say a few sarcastic words and think you've completed the mission, right?"
Li Guoqiang laughed and clapped his hands, saying, "Second Young Master is indeed wise and powerful. I knew that nothing can be hidden from you. You also know that I, Li Guoqiang, am timid and thin-skinned. Originally, there are some things I can't say, and some things I am embarrassed to do. But under the encouragement of Second Young Master, I think I should still try my best-----"
General Ling looked at Li Guoqiang firmly and asked, "Then tell me clearly, General Xing, do you want to cripple me or kill me? I hope it's the latter, because that would prove that my elder brother is the same kind of person as I know him."
"Second Young Master, actually, this matter has nothing to do with the eldest young master. You know the eldest young master's character. He likes to travel, ride horses and shoot arrows. He is too lazy and doesn't want to worry about anything. It's just that we brothers couldn't stand it anymore, so we wanted to help the eldest young master get some things back."
"It has nothing to do with him?" The general said with a hint of sarcasm. "Li Guoqiang, you said that my elder brother is lazy and likes to travel, ride horses and shoot arrows. When you said this, did you believe it yourself? Do you think anyone in Yanjing City believes it?"
"An ambitious guy, in order to prove that he is not competitive and has no desire for power, talks nonsense all day long and acts crazy. He either indulges in women and destroys his reputation, or kills chickens and hunts rabbits without knowing what to do. Does he think he can deceive everyone in this way? Does he think everyone is an idiot? Naive. It is really naive."
"If he was really a man, he would have stood up to me and competed with me. That way, more people would have valued him. Unfortunately, he didn't. He can only hide behind the crowd like a turtle, shooting cold arrows and spreading rumors from time to time. Isn't it embarrassing?"
"Hahaha------" Li Guoqiang clapped his hands and laughed, saying, "Second Young Master's words are sharp and his scolding is satisfying. I have discussed this issue with the eldest young master before, and I also told him what you said. But the eldest young master's answer gave me a feeling of enlightenment. Do you know how the eldest young master answered me?"
"I am indeed a little curious." The general sneered.
"The eldest master said that if everyone thinks my acting is poor, then it proves that my performance is successful----" Li Guoqiang said: "I'm not trying to win the Best Actor Award, so why do I need such superb acting skills?"
The general's face darkened and the fierceness in his eyes became even stronger.
There is a lot of truth in what the general said. If he jumped out to compete with me, I would have regarded him as my biggest rival and stepped on him wholeheartedly. If everyone thought he was truly selfless, then with my sensitive and suspicious personality, I would naturally think that he had great intentions and would find ways to kick him out.
The funny thing is his poor acting skills. He appears to be non-competitive, but secretly he keeps doing small actions, which makes people underestimate and belittle him, thinking that his level is just so-so.
In this way, when he suddenly jumped out and pointed his bayonet at himself, it was truly impossible to guard against him.
For example, now!
The general nodded and said, "Great! His words have convinced me. Now can you tell me - what he wants?"
Li Guoqiang stared at Jiang Junling with sharp eyes and said, "I know that the Second Young Master is generous. He just gave us a bottle of champagne. Can I ask the Second Young Master for something else?"
"What?"
"How about lending me your life?"