Chapter 466

"Did the man talk to you?"

During the rest of the army, Cui Zhongzhen found Fang Xie and sat down next to him and asked.

Fang Xie knew who he was talking about and shook his head with a smile.

"Is that all?"

Cui Zhongzhen asked again.

"That's it"

Fang Xie nodded.

"He is the commander-in-chief of this team. After the prince left, he should command. You see, the situation is good now... The generals have no objection to Master Mou's command. It is an eternal truth that only when the team is united can we win the war. The enemy can't win us, but it's unwise to intrigue because of such a small matter."

Hearing Fang Xie say this, Cui Zhongzhen couldn't help shaking his head: "When I was young, my teacher told me a lot of allusions, which made me realize the intrigue. I didn't think about it at that time. In fact, it was because I was young and playful. I didn't think about it carefully at all. The more I came to understand later, the coldness and cruelty hidden behind these allusions. Which smiling person is not lying behind countless wronged bones?"

Fang Xie said, no words.

"The gentleman who taught me in those days was a man who had a deep understanding of this kind of conspiracy. In those years, he was an aide to a special general in the commercial army of chaotingping. This special general was born in a poor family, but he was very brave and intelligent. He thought of the way when the army forced the Shang army to fight a decisive battle south of Mangdangshan mountain. But in the end, the great credit fell on the second prince ？”

Cui Zhongzhen grabbed a withered and yellow hairy grass and held it in his mouth: "At that time, when the princes were competing for favor, the second prince begged the Empress Dowager to intercede, and the first emperor agreed to let the second prince be the marching manager and March south with the army Marshal he Ruolan mountain. At that time, the other general was the person assigned to protect the second prince. He told the second prince his thoughts, and the second prince praised him and told him that if he won the battle, he would be in front of the first emperor himself Recommend him. "

"Don't be so happy. He felt that his day of emergence was coming. He didn't wait long until the news that his strategy was adopted, and then he began to wait for the day when he was introduced to his majesty by the second prince. The decisive battle was fierce, but because of the right plan, and the army of the great Sui Dynasty was far more elite than the Shang army, the 160000 great Sui army killed more than 200000 Shang army There is no one left. "

"However, he didn't wait for the second prince to fulfill his promise until Pingshang. Later, he heard that the Grand Marshal he ruolanshan listed the second prince's name first in the petition for merit played by him, and attributed all the credit for the war to the second prince. Perhaps he ruolanshan didn't know his name at all. At that moment, the second prince understood himself How stupid. "

"Because of this war, the second prince was more appreciated by his majesty. Later, the second prince found an excuse to kill the other one because he was afraid of the disclosure of greed. For the imperial court, it would have no impact if he died from the fifth grade. Even this matter would not be taken seriously by those adults. His death was unclear, but no one cared at all. Sir is a smart man, He was ready to leave when he knew that the second prince was greedy for work. When he heard that don would be executed, he immediately took his luggage and took refuge in the northwest. Later, he came to my house. "

"Later, because he ruolanshan supported the great prince to succeed to the throne, the second prince designed to get rid of the man who was known as the first general of the great Sui Dynasty. Now he ruo's family has not even left any descendants. Dozens of officials jointly sued him for trying to conspire, and the evidence is said to contain three baskets."

After hearing the story, Fang Xie's face became a little dignified.

"This is not the most sad, is it?"

He asked.

Cui Zhongzhen nodded: "no... the most sad thing is that the strategy is not the one you don't want to come up with, but the gentleman who taught me. That don't always tell your husband that he said his name when he mentioned it to the second prince. In fact, the other general didn't mention it from the beginning to the end. He always said it was his idea."

Fang Xie nodded: "even if you don't say, I guess seven or eight out of ten."

"In the official career, it is inevitable to encounter such a thing."

Cui Zhongzhen sighed: "So, the more I grow up, the more I don't care about my career. Instead, I just want to eat, drink and have fun with a group of friends. Later, I had to go to the capital to take the test of the martial arts academy. On the way, I even sympathized with you. A border soldier like you who has no background and no background will be drowned in the deep water in the capital. But I didn't expect But I drowned. "

Fang Xie shook his head with a smile, lit his pipe and took a puff: "the teacher who taught you is afraid to keep teaching you since you were young. Once you choose to become an official, don't trust anyone. Only in this way can you not become a stepping stone for others to advance, right?"

"You're wrong."

Cui Zhongzhen sighed: "Sir often told me privately that we should act according to our heart. He asked me whether we should be happy or fame and wealth. I asked, can't we have both happiness and fame and wealth? At that time, it seemed to me that there would be countless happiness when we get fame and wealth. But Sir said that you will understand that happiness is actually very simple when you are really mature. Therefore, when I become an adult, I understand what Sir said more and more I'm too playful. "

Fang Xie said with a smile, "he almost ruined you."

Cui Zhongzhen shook his head: "I want to thank him again, so that I can at least have a happy day."

Fang Xie spits out a mouthful of smoke and whispers, "there may be a kind of people who are ordinary and unhappy. Only the higher he climbs, the more satisfied he is, and he will be really happy."

"Such a person..."

Cui Zhongzhen was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "either die of suffocation or go down in history."

Fang Xie nodded and thought deeply.

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When Fang Xie saw wolf Rushan again, only he knew the taste in his heart. Although the cottage and fan Gu are still at least a hundred miles away, it is difficult for Fang Xie to calm down after arriving here. I don't know if I have channeled and felt the master's mind. The red horses seem to be different from usual. They keep shaking their heads and ringing their noses, as if they are persuading something.

Fang Xie patted the red horse's neck and stopped in the northeast.

"Want to go back and have a look?"

Mu Xiaoyao asked softly.

Fang Xie nodded and shook his head again.

There is some sadness between the eyebrows, which few people can understand, but mu Xiaoyao knows.

Fang Xie must want to go back to fan Gu. It is the place where Fang Xie lived for the most stable three years after he fled for 15 years. There are many memories, beautiful and sad. Fang Xie nodded because he couldn't put the place in his heart. Fang Xie shook his head because the place was still there, but there were no people.

"What else can I do when I go back? The city is still that city, but the people are not those anymore. I heard that Li Yuanshan buried all the bodies after killing the city. No one knows where they are now. I was too anxious to kill Li Xiaozong. I forgot to ask..."

Fang Xie took his eyes back: "we'd better go to the stronghold first. That's our foothold in the future."

"Go if you want."

Shen Qing Fan said softly, "people are not here, and the grave doesn't know where it is, but I always think they should be waiting for you to go back. Take a pot of wine and sprinkle it on the land of fangucheng. They should hear the revenge."

Fang Xie was silent for a while and then said, "fan Gu has no garrison. The rebels don't like the small town, nor do the barbarians of Mengyuan. The crucial border town has been abandoned, and the once iron gate of the country is now a dilapidated place. The people of Mengyuan go in and out recklessly, and the soul of the city has disappeared. If there is anything left, maybe there are only the lonely souls of the city."

Hearing this, Mu Xiaoyao felt a burst of cold.

"Go and have a look. We'll accompany you."

She said.

Fang Xie pondered for a moment and nodded: "well, it's time to go back and tell them."

He turned to find Mou Liangbi and said he wanted to go back to fan Gu. Mou Liangbi told him to be careful. Although fan Gu was deserted, there were horse thieves and bandits from time to time. He asked for protection, but Fang Xie just refused. I don't know whether it was because of embarrassment or guilt. Mou Liangbi seldom said anything and didn't take the initiative to explain anything. Fang Xie didn't care. After thanking him, he left.

"Our people are stationed in place and wait for me. Don't follow the brigade up the mountain until I come back."

Fang Xie ordered Lu Fenghou to take the infantry of Yangzi camp to stay in place. This place is only a hundred miles away from fan Gu. It won't take long to ride fast and light. But if you take the whole team together, the journey will be slow. He took five hundred light cavalry and left seven hundred cavalry to Chen Dongshan. He waited in place with Lu Fenghou.

With a team of more than 500 people, Fang Xie left the brigade and went in the direction of fan Gu. Mou Liangbi is right. Although fan Gu is deserted, the city is still there. Many bandits have chosen to settle here. They have been cleaned up several times by the Sui army on langrushan. No one dares to occupy this place as their nest again. However, it is still a temporary place for many horse thieves and bandits. If they don't bring people, it's hard to guarantee that there will be no accident.

In one day, Qingqi rushed to the outside of Fangu city.

When he arrived at the gate of the city, Fang Xie restrained the red horse and couldn't help but change his face.

Although the city wall still looks strong, it shows a desolation. The gate has disappeared, and the hole is full of withered grass rolled in by the wind. A man on the wall showed his head and ran away like them. After a while, there was a lot of noise in the city. Then a team of horse thieves with about 70 or 80 people rushed out of the gate on the other side and ran away. They didn't even dare to return.

Fang Xie was too lazy to pay attention to those horse thieves, and his heart was desolate.

Hurried the horse slowly into the city gate. At a glance, he saw that about half of the folk houses were burned. Although the tallest building in the distance was still there, he knew it was broken from a distance. That's Jinyuan square. It used to be a big shopkeeper. The building not far from Jinyuan square is the red tea building, and half of the facade has collapsed.

Fang Xie walked slowly on a red horse and kept looking around.

The one on the left is Liu Sanhu, the one on the right is aunt he, and then go inside is widow sun's house. Go to the left from Aunt he's house and turn a street. It's Li Xiaozong's farewell general's house.

Everywhere, Fang Xie remembers.

When Mu Xiaoyao saw Fang Xie dismount, he jumped down, took a big package from Qilin's hand and opened it.

That's paper money. Fang Xie bought all the paper money he could buy in the towns he passed along. When the shopkeeper saw that a group of people in armor came, he was too scared to take the money, but Fang Xie still put down a ingot of gold and whispered that if I robbed the paper money and burned it to them, they would scold me in a dream if they didn't take it.

This startled the shopkeeper and didn't dare to speak.

Fang Xie squatted at the street corner and lit a handful of paper money: "I've been poor for three years. I don't have money to pay the fare. I can't even get into the underworld. Are you still wandering here? Fan Gu is cold in winter. No one burns clothes. I don't know how you get through it. They hug and squeeze each other. There are many people. I'm not afraid... I can't buy clothes. I'll burn more money. You can buy them yourself. If there's a restaurant below, you'll have a good meal."

Paper ash flew into the sky and circled in mid air.

"I thought I'd get revenge when burning paper. Don't worry. There's another man surnamed Li. I'll kill him. But don't wait for me to tell you the news. Do whatever you should do. It's enough for you to pester me for three years. You have to obey the rules to be a man and a ghost, right? If you want me... Bear it. If I want you... I'll come again 。”

He spilled the wine in the wine bag, then lifted his robe and knelt down: "Xiao fangxie is back. Are you... OK?"