The meeting hall seemed a little deserted. Although there were many people, the atmosphere was so. Two frontier officials of the great Sui Empire came to the door in person, which is a big event, but here, their identity is ordinary guests. The servants served tea politely and respectfully, but the two frontier officials could see that the people here had no fear of them.
The young man sitting in the handsome seat also had a gentle smile on his face and spoke politely, but they could see that the young man also had no awe of them.
Perhaps Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin were uncomfortable because of the exposed indifference hidden under politeness. The two of them looked at each other and didn't know how to speak. Where are people in their position, not front and back? Even when the national strength of the great Sui Dynasty was the strongest, they went to Beijing to report on their work, and His Majesty the emperor of the great Sui Dynasty would boo them.
So for a moment, Zhong Xin even wanted to leave.
But people like them will not really do so.
"General Fang really managed the army well when he came all the way."
In order to ease the embarrassment, Chi Haonian smiled and said: "Soldiers are powerful and well-trained. You know generals by watching soldiers. This only shows that general Fang is an outstanding person. When general Fang went to Yongzhou with his holy orders, I wanted to visit. However, I was always busy with official business. I had a pity in my heart. I finally saw general Fang today. It's a pity in my heart."
Fang Xie smiled and said, "I've heard of your good name for a long time, but I've been running around all the time, so I didn't have a chance to see you. Today, the two adults came together, and my black flag army camp was full of brilliance, and I was very happy to go down."
After a few polite words, Chi Haonian couldn't find a suitable starting point to talk about business. He glanced at Wu Yidao sitting opposite with his head hanging to taste tea and suddenly found a path.
"The last time I saw San Jin Hou was six years ago when I went to Chang'an to face the saint. After six years of absence, San Jin Hou's style remained the same. I didn't expect to see my old friend in general Fang's camp. I was even happier."
Wu Yi smiled and said, "last time, my lord left in a hurry and didn't say a few words. When I arrived at Zhuque mountain today, I can't leave in a hurry. The general has ordered people to prepare a banquet. I won't be drunk today."
"OK"
Chi Haonian smiled, and the other party lifted his arms and said, "thank you for your hospitality."
He naturally changed the name of Fang Xie from general Fang to general. Now that he has arrived at other people's territory, he must follow other people's mind. This is the most basic truth. Whether the general is well deserved or not, it doesn't matter in this world. With Fang Xie's current military strength, don't say he claims to be a general. Even if he is self reliant, who can manage it?
Zhong Xin thought Fang Xie was in the black flag army camp outside Liang City. Later, she thought Fang Xie was in the black flag army outside Hui'an city. Now she knows that the rising star of the Sui Dynasty has always been in the Zhuque mountain camp. As a result, Zhong Xin is actually very uncomfortable. She has a feeling of being despised. She is like a great enemy. She can't sleep and eat well, but others always seem like something at home It's like nothing.
The most uncomfortable thing for him was that he was fooled by Fang Xie even though he paid enough attention to it.
Fang Xie posed as a big soldier in Liangcheng, Huian and Wuxing, and sent an indomitable sun Kaidao to seriously negotiate with them. In a twinkling of an eye, a cavalry of the black flag army had been making trouble in beihui road. The cavalry was not to attack cities and land, or even steal money and food, but just to catch people and disgust him. Fang Xie found that He is also a hero, but he looks down on sending an elite cavalry to do what bandits can do.
But he looked down on it. It really gave him a headache.
Chi Haonian said to Wu Yi: "When you and I met in the capital that day, I felt that the great Sui Dynasty lacked nothing but a few convincing young talents. At that time, the great Sui Dynasty was still stable, but there were really no amazing people in the young generation. Who would have thought that the name of the great general began to be known after I said that. Let's calculate, among the young people, the great general should be the great general For the best. "
Wu Yi smiled: "I remember that day I said to adults that the big Sui never lacked young and promising people, but the situation was so that most people were buried. But they were still too poor compared with my senior general."
Chi Haonian finally found a gap to open the topic. Naturally, he can't let go: "Yes... I sent someone to the south of the Yangtze River to ask for help in the chaos in southern Xinjiang a while ago. The young generals said that they didn't dare to leave their posts without imperial orders. In fact, first, they didn't have the courage and spirit to resist the enemy for the country. Second, they were afraid of damaging their own strength. Such people won't make great achievements in the end..."
At this point, the topic seems to have become clear.
Zhong Xin smiled and said, "the great general is strong and strong. He cleaned up the bandits for the imperial court in Huangyang road. In less than a year, he cleaned up the bandits in Huangyang road. How can they compare with the great general."
Although he felt uncomfortable, he couldn't help but make others comfortable.
Fang Xie pretended to be stunned: "what did you two adults just say? The disaster in southern Xinjiang?"
After sipping his tea, he asked, "what happened in Nanjiang?"
"The general doesn't know!"
Chi Haonian stood up and said angrily that Murong shame and king he had jointly invaded Pingshang road. His words were fierce and his expression was indignant. If he only looked at him now, no one would doubt that he was not a loyal minister in the Sui Dynasty. The indignant tone and expression made people feel that he wanted to bite Murong shame to death.
After hearing this, Fang Xie slapped the table angrily and said, "that's unreasonable! Murong shame is indeed a shameless villain! If it weren't for the kindness of his Majesty the emperor of the great Sui Dynasty, the tiny area of Nanyan would have been the 25th River and mountain of the great Sui Dynasty! And those humble people, would they still want to restore their status in the Shang Dynasty?"
Chi Haonian can act, but he doesn't know that the guy sitting in the handsome seat has been singing white gatehouse with a group of old men in the park since he was a child. How can he be bad in terms of mind and acting skills?
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Three hundred miles south of Yongzhou
Meizhu town
The once prosperous town has been completely destroyed by the he people. There are ruins, the flames on the roof are still rising, and there are women's desolate wailing and the ferocious smile of the he men in the corner. A naked woman ran out crying, but was chased by several he men, punched and kicked, and then pulled back to the dark place. There was no point in begging.
You can see from the gap of the surrounding crowd that two white thighs were forcibly separated, but it was useless to keep kicking.
At the mouth of the town, a group of he people laughed wildly, slaughtered and dismembered the cattle, hung them on the fire and roasted them. Soon, the meat fragrance floated out. The men of he nationality sang strange songs and danced around the roast cattle, full of joy.
A he man standing on the roof suddenly found something moving in the firewood pile at the corner of the street. He immediately pointed and shouted at the other side. Immediately, more than a dozen he men ran over. Someone wanted to pick up the firewood pile but was stopped. After their chattering, someone lit the firewood pile.
When the flame rises, you can see a little girl who wants to drill out, but is stabbed back by the he man with a stick until the flame goes out. Someone pulled away the wood ash with a wooden stick, revealing two charred corpses tightly held together, but it could be vaguely distinguished that it was a teenage girl holding a four or five-year-old boy in her arms.
The men of he nationality laughed and some people untied their pants and peed at the corpse.
The whole town is filled with such violence, which makes people shudder.
A chieftain like he man was surrounded into the town, kneeling side by side on the open space at the entrance of the village with more than a dozen women, tied firmly and stuffed with rags in his mouth. They looked at these he people in animal skin clothes in horror and dared not even struggle.
The chieftain walked around in front of the more than a dozen women, looked very casual, pointed to two of the most beautiful girls, and then turned away. Immediately someone came up and took the two girls behind the Chieftain to the village. When the chieftain left, the he men cheered, and hundreds of people rushed up to rob the remaining women. Soon, their clothes were torn, their hair was scratched, and their white bodies were full of scars.
A man in a white robe stood quietly in the distance and looked at all this, as if he had nothing to do with him. His face was calm, there was no emotion in his eyes, no sadness, no joy.
"Master, isn't that good?"
Behind him stood dozens of men in sackcloth robes, holding not the effective spears of the he people, but the horizontal knives of the Sui Dynasty. They called the man in white robe the leader of the church with a respectful tone.
"Bad?"
The man known as the leader shook his head and said calmly: "There is no good or bad, no good or evil, only success or failure in this world. These he people have been oppressed for a hundred years. How can they be used by me if they don't let their resentments out? What I want is never a sect, but to restore the glory of my big business empire. Nanyan Murong is ashamed that the bitch cheated everything from me, but The Sui people destroyed my country... I want it back, the original. "
"Let them vent. More than 100 years ago, they had a very noble status and were good friends of China's big business country. But after the Sui people came, they became slaves. If it were you, the humiliation of more than 100 years would break out. Let them get benefits and they would be obedient."
"But..."
A man shook his head: "but the disciples don't understand. These people should be our relatives, right?"
The man known as the leader of the sect was stunned for a moment, then walked slowly over and took the man's shoulder: "your ancestor was the third grade Hussars General of the big business country. He died in the decisive battle with the Sui people. He lost his last drop of blood for the big business country and didn't bow his head in the end... I really didn't expect you to say such a thing. It disappointed me."
He poked the man's heart with the handle of the knife: "in order to rebuild the great business, we can still sacrifice, and these people who have become ministers to the Sui Dynasty will naturally sacrifice. I don't want to hear such words in the future. I just want you to remember my orders and your mission."
He let go and the man squatted down in pain.
The leader looked to the north and opened his arms: "Yongzhou... The capital of big business, I'm coming back."
The rest looked at each other, and no one dared to say more.
The fire in the town is still burning, and the he men are still grinning, but there are no other voices. A young and beautiful body covered with wounds and dirt was dragged out of the corner and thrown into the fire. She tilted her head and opened her eyes, as if she were staring at the man in white.