Chapter 581

Give me a lever, I can raise the earth, give me a monthly ticket, I can raise... Cough... I'd better update it steadily.

The scouts from Hukou stream who took the silver back will not really go back. If you let them go back, what they saw and heard in the Zhuque mountain camp may be revealed. Although the school said it was not afraid of them, how could it make such a low-level mistake? They changed their clothes and went away with the silver, but Xiaoqi school asked them to do it.

A kind-hearted man can't even kill a pig. How can he lead a soldier to war?

The scouts ended up hanging on the big trees outside Hukou stream, where the 50 people in Xiaoqi school died not long ago. The soldiers on the wooden wall of Hukou stronghold saw the bodies at dawn. They didn't even know when they were hung.

Dozens of soldiers came down from the wooden wall with hanging baskets, ran to put down the corpse's head and took it back to the stockade.

Before their anger subsided a little, a team of people came outside the stronghold. It seemed that there were only a few hundred riders. With two big flags, one is the strong red flag of the great Sui Dynasty, and the other is the pure black war flag. The team stopped hundreds of steps outside the stronghold. One of the cavalry urged the horse to come forward, opened the hard bow and shot an arrow into the stronghold. The arrow poked on the wooden column, and the arrow feather was still swinging.

Someone pulled down the feather arrow and took down a note tied to the arrow pole. He didn't dare to open it without permission. He quickly stepped down the wooden wall and sent it to the stronghold.

At this time, Mo Xidao, the leader of Hukou stronghold, was standing in the yard looking at several bodies lying on the ground in front of him. The corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and the green tendons on the back of his hands stretched. The soldier with the note came in quickly, bowed and handed it up with both hands.

"There are officers and soldiers outside the door. They just shot in."

Mo Xidao opened the note and looked at it. Then his face changed, frowned and muttered, "it's him..."

He glanced at the corpses on the ground, waved his hand and said, "take them all down and bury them. I underestimated the skills of the officers and soldiers. They were all solid and were captured by life. No one is allowed to leave the stronghold without my command."

"Yes!"

The man below answered and carried the body out.

Mo Xidao looked at the note in his hand and was silent for a long time.

The soldiers on the wooden wall looked out on alert. Everyone clenched the bow in their hands, but the cavalry stopped after shooting an arrow and stopped hundreds of steps outside the stronghold. Mo Xidao climbed up the wooden wall slowly and looked at the cavalry team in the distance. His face was very dignified.

"Put me down."

He commanded.

The soldiers on the wooden wall immediately became confused and dissuaded one after another. Mo Xidao shook his head and said: "You can't open the stronghold door without my command. Even if something happens outside, you can't open the door to save me. The opponent I met this time is more difficult than I thought. I thought it was just a soldier of the imperial court who collapsed from the northwest, but I didn't think it was him who led the troops. In order to prevent the stronghold from being spied out, I didn't send anyone out these days, but I didn't know why I came He is an old friend. "

"If something happens to me outside, you should obey the orders of the second leader. If you really can't hold on, you'd rather abandon this stronghold and go out from the other side of Huya mountain than fight with the officers and soldiers. If I knew it was him who led the soldiers, maybe I wouldn't let people kill those dozens of scouts a few days ago."

He looked a little trance and waved his hand to the soldiers to stop persuading them. They sat in a basket and went down from the wooden wall. The soldiers pulled away their hard bows one after another for fear that the cavalry opposite would suddenly rush over. However, their worry was superfluous, and the cavalry opposite still didn't do anything.

Mo Xidao went down, tidied up his clothes, and strode towards the cavalry. On the way, he suddenly stopped, and then stretched out his hand to pull off the black towel covered on his face. The knife mark on his face was still ferocious.

When Fang Xie saw someone coming out of the stronghold, he looked for a thousand miles and found that it was indeed Mo Xidao, his old friend in Chang'an city. He thought that Mo Xidao, like Zhang Kuang, died when the emperor put down the rebellion that day. Who would have thought that this person could escape from such a tight search and arrest, and still set up a team here. But it can be seen from this that People's ability is really impressive.

He came down from the white lion, patted the white lion on the neck and motioned it to stay where it was.

"No one is allowed to follow."

He gave an order and strode across.

When they walked opposite each other, they couldn't calm down. The scenes in Chang'an city came up one after another. It was like decades apart.

Five or six steps away from Mo Xidao, Xie stopped, then gave a solemn salute with a fist: "I've seen brother Mo!"

Mo Xidao was obviously stunned for a moment, then hugged his fist and saluted back: "I didn't expect you and my brother to meet again. Just more unexpectedly, it would be such a way to meet."

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Fang Xie and Mo Xidao sat opposite each other. Neither of them was armed.

"Since I left Chang'an, I have been wandering around with my brothers. At first, I thought it would be good to survive. I can't hide my name anywhere. But the world is chaotic. Since my brothers chose to follow me, I can't let them be a shrinking turtle all their life. Since those aristocratic families who have won countless benefits from the imperial court can turn against us, why should we These people abandoned by the imperial court can't resist? Let alone... We have done so once. "

Mo Xidao took off the wine bag at his waist and handed it to Fang Xie: "I heard later that you have made great achievements in fighting the rebellion. I knew that our brothers were afraid that they would never have a chance to sit and drink together again. Since God gave us a chance to meet again, this wine is bound to drink."

Fang Xie didn't say much, so he took the wine bag and took a sip.

"You still like such spicy wine."

Fang Xie wiped the corners of his mouth and said with a smile, "I remember when I first met you, my drinking capacity was laughed at by you for a long time."

Mo Xidao smiled and said, "at that time, you were the little brother of our frontier army candidates, and everyone liked you. But from the beginning, you were destined to take a different road from us, and we took the wrong step ourselves, so it was impossible to go back."

Fang Xie shook his head, but he didn't know what to say.

When they said goodbye, both of them felt as uncomfortable as blocking a stone.

"In fact, it's strange to think about fate."

Mo Xidao smiled after drinking the wine and said, "at the beginning, I worked for Prince Yi and you worked for the emperor. If you and I met face to face at that time, I'm afraid it's not drinking but drawing a knife. You should understand my temperament. Even if you and I fall in love, once you start, I will never show mercy."

Fang Xie said, but his face didn't change at all.

He never thought about blaming Mo Xidao. It's impossible for everyone to choose the same future. Maybe it seems wrong to you, and others may not feel wrong.

"I know..."

Mo Xidao smiled bitterly and said: "Later, Prince Yi was defeated. The imperial guards, the Dali Temple of the Ministry of punishment and the army searched the city for Prince Yi's people. You didn't participate. I know you're actually afraid of meeting us. If you meet us, you'll be very embarrassed. You're not too cold. I remember when we drank together, I said that you're not suitable to be a scout In fact, I looked down on you at that time. Who would have thought that in a few years, I would become a bandit and you had become a general. "

Fang Xie shook his head: "there is no right or wrong in those things. If I were you, I would give it a shot. But there is one thing you are right. At that time, I was really afraid of meeting you, so I didn't be ordered to search and arrest."

"It's me and Zhang Kuang. I'm sorry you have more."

Mo Xidao bowed his head and said after a long silence: "Actually, Zhang Kuang and I were called brothers at that time, but we were biased against you privately and deliberately alienated you. Although we were of the same origin, you were appreciated by the emperor when you came to Chang'an city. With the help of people like San jinhou, you quickly climbed up. In fact, most of us were jealous... I have been in the border city for more than ten years, Zhang Kuang There have also been ten years in Northern Xinjiang. In terms of credit, which of us is not much better than you? "

"Zhang Kuang deals with barbarians in Northern Xinjiang. He's worried all day. It's easy to get into barbarians. How many others can do it? I'm in eastern Xinjiang, killing thousands of miles in Eastern Chu alone, and then killing back by one person. You're just killing horse thieves, but we get more than we do. How can we be happy?"

Fang Xie was silent. He knew that Mo Xidao was right. For the big Sui Dynasty, the two of them had made much more contributions than themselves. Zhang Kuang lived in the barbarian tribe for several years, and then led the border army to drive the barbarians North for hundreds of miles. Which day did he live a solid life in those years?

Mo Xidao sneaked into Dongchu alone in Dongjiang and assassinated several big people in Dongchu. It was a miracle to come back from Dongchu without backup. Because of the death of those big people, those people in Dongchu who had been clamouring to punish the big Sui and did not allow Dongchu businessmen to do business with the big Sui stopped.

It's reasonable to say that these great contributions were enough to make them both rise to rank. But the imperial court did not do so, because the imperial court would not admit that these things were done by the great Sui Dynasty. It's bad for the reputation of the great Sui Dynasty to spread the story of forcing the barbarians to retreat hundreds of miles north. Naturally, it won't admit the killing of officials in the eastern Chu Dynasty.

"The same people have different lives."

Mo Xidao smiled and took another gulp of wine: "this time you came to destroy my tiger tooth mountain?"

After all, he said it.

"Brother Mo"

Fang Xie was silent for a moment and said, "no matter what happened in the past, it's not easy for us to meet again. We only drink today and don't talk about anything else."

Mo Xidao was stunned and nodded: "Yes... You and I actually have something in common. When I came out, I told my subordinates that if I had known you were the one who led the troops to Huangyang Road, I would not have ordered to kill dozens of Scouts under you, let alone let people hang their bodies outside for public display. Because of this, even if you knew it was me in Hukou stream, you would still have my scouts Kill it and hang it outside. "

He sighed, "this is the soldier..."

Fang Xie did not speak, but drank wine one mouthful at a time.

"I won't surrender and take people to you."

After a while, Mo Xidao suddenly said: "I don't want to tell you, you know. When you send someone to hang the corpse of my men outside the stronghold, you know I can't surrender. Unless all the people in Huya mountain are willing to surrender, but even so, I won't. They are willing to follow you. I won't stop, but I can't pretend to be idle and look up and bow with you every day."

"If you think about it carefully..."

Mo Xidao smiled: "we don't have much friendship, do we? In your current position, you can call me brother Mo alone. I'm satisfied. If I were your current position, maybe I wouldn't come."

Fang Xie answered after a while, "because you are you and I am me."

"Well"

Mo Xidao threw the empty wine bag aside, looked back at the stronghold and said, "I'll discuss with them when I go back. If they are willing to follow you, I'll open the stronghold door and let them take refuge. If they don't want... Let's meet again on the head of the sword!"

"Goodbye"

Fang Xie got up and hugged: "in fact, you're right. If you meet... No one will turn back and show mercy..."

Mo Xidao was stunned, then laughed and turned away.

"Have fun!"

He roared and broke the clouds in the sky.