Chapter 173 – Two Schemes and Two Heads, He Xinliang

This kneeling of Great General Huaihua.

It was simply a heavy kneeling on the hearts of old gang master Liu and Liu Nirong, these ascendants.

Zhong Hongwu looked down at the ground, the old man was afraid of this young man’s pure flying sword means, but what really makes him afraid of is this son of the “ridiculous”, Zhong Hongwu clearly remembered the old emperor after the death of the emperor, or a teenager Xu Fengyen on Qingliang Mountain, singing and dancing, the whole city can be seen in the bright lights, heard that brilliant Zhenling song. Zhong Hongwu military career, respect Chen Zhibao, but not afraid of that a rod of plum wine never appear in the world of the white soldier saint. Zhong Hongwu and Yan Wenluan fight for power for many years, also not afraid of the gloomy nature of the infantry leader. Because of these people, all of them are opponents who talk about rules. Like Chen Zhi Bao in front of the front with the horse dragged to death in Western Chu Jiang Bai Kui’s wife and children, but will never be so harsh behavior to their own people, Yan Wenluan will give him Zhong Hongwu secretly dig traps under the trip, but will never break the face, even Chu Lushan this kind of son of a bitch, the face of the face of the face to see, but always smiling and smiling and happy harmless look, but Xu Fengyen is not the same, Zhong Hongwu simply do not know where his bottom line, this is the most terrible place! . In case this guy really harnessed the sword to kill his only son Zhong Chengxin, or even kill him in the gutter Zhong Hongwu, is it possible that the king of Beiliang can still kill the first son to pay for the life of the Zhong family afterwards? Zhong Hongwu by the Beiliang official high level as not know the world, the public cultivation of Daoxing not as good as Yan Wenluan, that is only relatively speaking, Zhong Hongwu if only a bullying military reckless, also can not go to the high position of the cavalry commander, just today’s humiliation, life only, Zhong Hongwu has wanted to be good after today, will return to the army of Beiliang, holding a tiger’s talisman, and then with this son of the highness of a good move! You want to be the king of Beiliang, this will not be able to stop, but you want to be when the pain, you have to first pass me Zhong Hongwu and behind the more than 100,000 iron horsemen this off!

The second-grade strength of the Huaihua general even under the anger, threatened to beat down two hundred Xu Fengyen, but at the same time also played the heart, with words blocked the young son, the hall Xu Fengyen Xu Beihuan Chen Xiliang Qingbird Wang Zhi five people, two weak scholar is obvious, is not worth mentioning the goods, Xu Fengyen if you let the display of hands of the Qingbird or the ride will be wang Zhi shot, it is the same as their own admission that you can let other people to do things on behalf of the work! Simply let the cats and dogs to be the king of Beiliang, visible Zhong Hongwu is not the kind of stubborn military general, but unfortunately met the Wu family sword mound after Deng Tai’a after a sword raising the great success of the freaks, the calculator is good, but also useless. Zhong Hongwu was not so conceited that he could face off with a monster of one qi harnessing a sword for twelve years. In other words, lost to Yan Wenluan, Zhong Hongwu admit defeat, died in the hands of Chen Zhi Bao who slaughtered the gun fairy Wang Xiu, that is also known as the death of honor, but unexplained death in this shabby place, died in the hands of Xu Fengyen, what is the matter?

Xu Fengyen put away his sword into his sleeve, went to help Zhong Hongwu, in the title of the old general still slowly get up, with only two people can hear the voice softly said: “Thinking of going back to continue to be the name of the great general of Huaihua? It may be too late, Yuan Zuozong will soon be replacing your seat as the commander of the cavalry, and as for the Beilang Capital Protector vacated by Chen Zhi Bao, you and Yan Wen Luan shouldn’t even think about it.”

Deceitful! This is a vicious tactic of pulling out the bottom of the cauldron, Zhong Hongwu looked angrily at this always disliked young son from a close distance and said in a deep voice: “Is Yuan Zuozong really able to convince the people? Is the son of the world too much to take for granted?”

The implication is that I, Zhong Hongwu, have been the only Bodhisattvas in this big temple for more than ten years, with countless disciples and grandchildren, and my direct lineage looks up to General Huaihua, Yuan Zuozong may have enough prestige in the acre of land of the Da Xue Dragon Cavalry Army, but with hundreds of thousands of cavalry troops in this good land, he may not be able to be lucrative.

Xu Fengnian smiled and said: ”Zhong Hongwu, I know that you want to find Xu Snapdragon to complain now. Don’t worry, I will let you not even be able to enter the door of the Northern Liang King’s Mansion.”

Zhong Hongwu whispered several good words in a row.

Xu Fengnian continued, “You may be pondering, this demeanor of mine is destined to chill the hearts of all the generals in Beiliang, at that time, you will arrange for your subordinates to keep clamoring for you to return to the army, you can likewise rest assured that whoever dares to talk nonsense, Yuan Zuozong will just go along with the flow and tell them to get the hell out of the Beiliang army, he is worried about not having a place to install his party members and beloved ones.”

Zhong Hongwu’s face changed slightly.

This time, for the first time, he started to really look up to this young man that he had been belittling for a few years since he was born a few years after his mother’s birth.

Xu Fengyen waved his sleeve and said to Wang Zhi with a smiling face, “General Wang, why don’t you untie Mr. Zhong and help him up?”

This lightly waved his sleeve, already let the frightened Zhong Chengxin scared to death, lying on the ground and crying said: “Your Highness, no need to untie, I lie down just fine.”

Zhong Chengxin is really afraid of the temperamental son of His Highness will be untied, a disobedient hand to the flying sword decapitation, or lying on the ground to pretend to be dead more peaceful. Complaints about retaliation and so on, always have to wait to return to the Zhongfu to determine, anyway, Zhong Chengxin made up his mind that as long as it is not the old man and the son of the world after the reconciliation of the personal rescue, he will not get up to death.

Xu Fengyen laughed: “Your son and I seem to be the same color, why do not you see you break his arms and legs, do not let him run out of shame?”

Zhong Hongwu’s face turned blue and he didn’t say a word.

Xu Fengyen patted Zhong Hongwu’s shoulder in an extremely unruly manner, “I won’t send you off, remember to collect the corpse with Mr. Zhong.”

Zhong Hongwu went to untie Zhong Chengxin’s rope with a black face, and then took up the body of Tang Duan, the son of his longtime friend, as for that sub-lieutenant, he did not even look at him. Before Zhong Hongwu left the hall, he wanted to pull out his iron spear, Xu Fengyen flatly said, “Stay.”

Zhong Hongwu turned his head to look at His Highness the World Prince who did not give himself any steps to walk down, narrowed his eyes and smiled. Zhong Chengxin scared a jolt, also do not care about the face of his own father, hurriedly courageous turn around and bend down, compliments fawning said: “I heard that your highness poetry outstanding, I have an ancient inkstone in the house of an ancient inkstone name hundred eight, touch of the loneliness of the fiberless sound, hair ink without loss of millimeter, turn back and let the people to give to your highness to play with.”

Xu Fengyen lived up to his name as the chief playboy of Beiliang, and laughed: “You have better eyes than your father, originally your Longmu County county magistrate would not be possible, but seeing that you know what you’re doing, you’ll go to the appointment today.”

Beiliang geography is long and narrow, version of the number of households compared to those people on the Jiangnan Road thick state is slightly shabby, there is no local people must go out for the official’s preoccupation, it is funny to say, Xu Snapdragon personally destroyed the Spring and Autumn valiant valves for generations of the roots of the entrenchment of the border is not vast Beiliang territory, in just twenty years there are no less than twenty family prototype, those few local scholars in Beiliang, are all without exception, choose to marry with the will kind of high family. Will kind of marriage, the power of the big and powerful, Chen Xiliang the so-called salt and iron seal protection, so that the official salt lieutenant has become a virtual official position, there are their “credit”.

Father and son out of the fish and dragon gang, Tang Ziyi corpse on the sand of the martial arts hall, no one cares.

Zhong Chengxin do not care about etiquette, walking in front of Zhong Hongwu, is really too afraid of a sword from the back through the heart, he practiced the sword is purely self-indulgent flower show, but due to the family history, also know that the world does have a superior flying sword art, the House of keeping the Qing guest, which also has two sword masters, often arguing is Li ChunGang’s sword is stronger or DengTaiAa’s flying sword to kill the art of more superior, as for the two swordsmiths themselves, spelled out the utility of everything! Hard to harness the sword, a few feet is the ultimate in cultivation. This time to see Xu Fengyen imperial sword twelve kill in the invisible, really let Zhong Chengxin eye-opening, change in the usual change of identity, can be a good invitation into the House of wine to talk about some of the joy, those a ring of fat and thin swaying posture of the beautiful maidservant, any take any pick and what is the harm!

Zhong Chengxin sat in the carriage, the heart of the stone finally landed, paralyzed against the wall of the car, carefully asked: “Father, how is good? This Longmou County County Governor, when or not?”

Zhong Hongwu laughed coldly, “When, how not! This is the Great General’s reward to the Zhong family, not his Xu Fengnian’s say-so!”

Zhong Chengxin was quite unimpressed with this far-fetched argument, but he did not dare to talk back at the moment. Glancing at Tang Duan’s corpse, he hurriedly shrunk his buttocks and moved away from it.

Zhong Hongwu saw this action and sighed with emotion in his heart. At first not let this only son from the army, is a great learning, in addition to the late son must be spoiled in addition to the heart naturally do not want to Zhong Chengxin go to the border risky fighting, horse leather wrapped in a corpse, by those who lack the prospect of military service soldiers to do is, their own as a Northern Liang power ranked in the top five of the Huaihua generals, without the need to add to the flowers. In addition to this selfishness, but also because Zhong Hongwu than anyone see clearly the future trend of twenty years, now the military generals in charge of governance, the shortcomings are gradually revealed, those county officials are destined to be “civilian” outlawed, do not expect the king of Beiliang heavy civil and military suppression, but the least is the civil and military sides into the subtle situation of parity, which has always been the world after peace! This has always been the trend after the world peace, not a general can be blocked, even if he is the king of Beiliang Xu Snapdragon, is a human butcher is no exception.

Zhong Chengxin suddenly heartache up that more than a favorite concubine to care about the heart of the treasure hundred eight inkstone, timidly asked: “that ancient inkstone is still sent or not?”

Zhong Hongwu glared.

Zhong Chengxin embarrassed dry smile: “No send no send.”

Zhong Hongwu slammed his fist on the car plate and said in a deep voice: “You Xu Fengyen are not polite, don’t blame me Zhong Hongwu for not doing things properly!”

Zhong Chengxin froze, not to look at the corpse that yesterday was still drinking and enjoying themselves together, and came closer to ask: “Father, you want to rebel?”

Zhong Hongwu angry, steady breathing, asked: “The general can tolerate civil officials to rebel out of Beiliang, you have seen a few military generals can live to rebel against the water Beiliang?”

Zhong Chengxin lowered his head and muttered, “This I don’t know.”

Zhong Hongwu raised his palm to slam it down, but after lifting it up and hovering for a moment, he still didn’t slap it down, retracted his hand, and slowly said, “There has never been a victorious general who has fought a hundred battles in the world, and Jiang Baikui in the Thirteen Armors of the Spring and Autumn Period was originally counted as one, but in the battle of Xibibi wall, his family broke up and the country perished, and everything was lost to the ground. This is the great general’s greatness, fall up, more climb up. Today Zhong Hongwu lost this battle, is too lighthearted, is nothing.”

Zhong Chengxin’s brain turned sharply, a bright light appeared, exclaimed: “Father, is it possible that you want to join forces with Yan Wenluan that old fox with a belly full of bad water?”

Zhong Hongwu smiled gratefully, neither nodding nor shaking his head. This kind of thing, father and son can just know it in their hearts.

The carriage came to a sudden stop and Zhong Hongwu lifted the curtain.

A rider galloped up, Wang Zhi took the sheath of his sword and pointed it straight at the Great General of Huaihua who had touched a nose today, “Zhong Hongwu, you’ve got it down!”

Zhong Hongwu laughed it off and was about to lower the curtain when he hesitated, “Who is your father?”

Wang Zhi sneered, “Wang Shi Qu!”

A horse rode away.

Zhong Hongwu slowly put down the curtain, suddenly realized that the original is this Northern Liang traitor, went to the Western Sichuan territory of the majestic Jiange as a dispensable miscellaneous general.

Zhong Hongwu did not take Wang Zhi’s words to heart.

When the carriage was about to travel to the great general’s residence, Zhong Hongwu was suddenly creeped out.

Some time ago, the great general himself put on his armor and brought 10,000 iron horsemen south to confront Gu Jiantang’s 40,000 cavalrymen at the junction of Lingshou and Shuzhou.

The King of Northern Liang stepped in and pressed his troops against the border. Wang Zhi, son of Jiange’s general Wang Shiqiu. Imperial son Zhao Kai goes to the Western Regions with a bottle, then goes silent.

Shizi’s white head for no reason.

Zhong Hongwu clenched his fists and muttered, “What have you done all these years?”

Zhong Hongwu walked down in front of the carriage and said flatly, “You go and deliver the ancient inkstone.”

Zhong Chengxin had mixed feelings of worry and joy, and tentatively asked, “Let someone else deliver it?”

Zhong Hongwu finally waved down that one loud slap.

The atmosphere on the Fish Dragon Gang’s side was very awkward, Old Gang Leader Liu and a few old men kneeled down to kowtow to His Highness the World Son, and their statements varied, there were those who called themselves grasshoppers, and those who didn’t forget to call themselves names, and didn’t even omit their own nicknames. Xu Fengyen smiled and told them to get up quickly, as for Liu Nirong’s stubborn lack of movement, and the complete shock of the teenager Wang Dashi, it was not taken into account. The old people are all characters who have lived for 50 to 60 years, soon took the initiative to retire, for the current “turtledove magpie’s nest” scenario, happy to see, Liu old master gave his granddaughter, Liu Nirong threw a wink and went to pacify the crowd, only dared to point out that the storm has subsided, and did not even dare to say that His Royal Highness came to the Fish and Dragon Gang in person.

After Wang Zhi left, the hall is full of the Prince’s inner circle who are qualified to know the secret of the interception and killing at the Iron Gate Pass, Xu Fengyen joked: “Xiliang, let’s make a bet?”

Chen Xiliang laughed: “Betting on that square hundred eight ancient inkstone to send or not to send? Whether Zhong Chengxin cuts off his love and offers it in person?”

Xu Fengyin nodded and said, “I bet it won’t be delivered, let alone if Mr. Zhong Chengxin personally delivers it. If you win, the ancient inkstone will be yours.”

Chen Xiliang smiled with confidence, “Then turn around and I’ll use this ancient inkstone to grind and paint dragons, and send Your Highness a picture of three dragons shaking the sea.”

Xu Beihuan raised his porcelain cup and sipped his tea, saying slowly, “You are forcing Zhong Hongwu to fall to Yan Wenluan.”

Xu Fengyen sat back in his tai shi chair, loosened his horse whip and leaned against the back of the chair, “I’m afraid that Yan Wenluan won’t easily agree. But if this fire burns too hot, it won’t end well, I’m also in a difficult position, otherwise it would be best to let Zhong Hongwu return to his residence and send a secret letter to Yan Wenluan’s hands, or send his inner circle to send a message with a fast horse to send a message.”

Xu Beihuan shook his head and said, “Yan Wenluan knows what’s good for him, he is known as the Mud Buddha, Zhong Hongwu can’t shake this Buddha unless he puts down a lot of blood. If it is still that powerful Great General Huaihua, there are only a few possibilities, now that he has lost his power and fallen into the water, I’m afraid it’s hard to drag the Mud Buddha down with him.”

Xu Fengyen roguishly said, “It’s all in the eye of the beholder, we have to believe in Zhong Hongwu’s ability.”

Regarding the change of the Beiliang army pattern, Xu Snapdragon previously let Xu Beihuan and Chen Xiliang each submit a secret folders, both of them are on the same path, both are quick to cut through the mess, directly from the top of the hierarchy to start.

Chu Lushan served as the Northern Liang capital guard, the promotion of a large number of young strong lieutenants, from Chen Xiliang’s folding.

And must force Zhong Hongwu Yan Wenluan quit the border, turn to behind the scenes pension, from Xu Beihao handwriting, probably the program is that you do not retreat, I will let you have to retreat.

A part of the conspiracy and a part of the conspiracy.

Wang Dashi has been dying to speak, but did not dare to interrupt.

Xu Fengnian turned his head and smiled, “What’s wrong?”

Wang Dashi asked with a blush, “Mr. Xu, are you really the Prince of Northern Liang?”

Xu Fenian teased, “I’m not allowed to walk around like you?”

The boy scratched his head and giggled, “Yes!”

Xu Fengyen laughed and asked, “How is the boxing I taught you practiced?”

Wang Dashi blushed and said, “I practiced every day, but Mr. Xu, oh no, Your Highness, you also know that I’m stupid and can’t practice well.”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “You’re smart, so I won’t pass on this boxing style to you. By the way, just to let you know, this set of boxing was pounded out by Wudang Hong Zaixiang, he’s not smart either, it’s very suitable for you to learn it.”

Wang Dashi was stunned beyond words.

Wudang Sect Leader Hong Zaixiang, that was the immortal who rode a crane down to Jiangnan and flew a sword for thousands of miles to suppress the dragon and tiger!

Boss Hong is not smart enough?

It is true that not too smart Wang Dashi even more do not understand.

The teapot and tea utensils were on hand, Xu Fengyen turned over a teacup, poured a cup, got up and handed it to Liu Nirong who stood opposite, “Sit down and drink it.”

Liu Nirong took the teacup, did not take a seat, her face grimly said, “My daughter does not dare.”

Xu Fengnian glanced at her, “Fish Dragon Gang will hang their flag tomorrow, that Wang Zhi will back you up.”

Liu Nirong bit her lips and shook her head.

Xu Fenian had traveled with her all the way back then, he knew her nature of liking to take the bull by the horns, he was not surprised, he didn’t make things difficult for this jianghu woman, he said his farewells and walked towards the doorway of the hall, before he crossed the threshold, he muttered to the green bird.

Then Liu Nirong saw a copper coin thrown from afar.

This time Liu Nirong didn’t intentionally turn a blind eye to it like last time on the yellow sandy hillside, but caught the copper coin.

That time, Xu Fengyen spoke some truths to her, saying some words about being a human being who should be round on the outside and square on the inside.

Liu Nirong bowed her head and said, “The Fish and Dragon Gang will hang the flag.”

Xu Fengnian had already walked away.

Wang Dashi asked softly, “Miss, are we never going to see Mr. Xu again?”

Liu Nirong nodded.

Wang Dashi ran to the door, grateful teenager full of sorrow.

Sitting into the small carriage on the street, Xu Fengyen said to Xu Beihuan, “Originally, I wanted you to be the county governor of Long Mo County to disgust the Zhong family, but after thinking about it, I’d rather forget about it, and letting Zhong Chengxin serve as the county governor seems to be even more disgusting. In fact, disgusting people aside, the more you carp jumped over the Dragon Gate, the more exaggerated you jumped over the Dragon Gate, the better.”

Xu Beihao laughed without looking askance, “I’ll forget about it.”

Chen Xiliang frowned.

Speaking like seeing tea in a cup, like drawing a dragon on paper, both leave white space to have residual charm. Xu Beihuan’s potential meaning, the three people in the carriage, all clear. He Xu Beihao do not do this carp, happy to do a tail of the river in the wild carp, can only let the rest of that seems to listen to the tide of the lake in the family carp Chen Xiliang to do.

Who is high and who is low, the road knows the horse power.

Xu Fengnian appeared to be completely unaware of the undercurrents in the carriage, laughed: “Only to realize that these years of playboy did not do it in vain, now no matter what unreasonable actions I do, outsiders are not surprised, hearts are like bowstrings, we Beiliang this bow, the arc was pulled large enough.”

Before the carriage left the city, Xu Beihao was about to get off the carriage, no longer seeing him off. Zhong Chengxin let dozens of Hu Riding far follow, trembling rushed to send the famous inkstone hundred and eight.

Inside the carriage, Chen Xiliang received the valuable inkstone.

Outside the carriage, Xu Beihuan politely declined the gift of a famous horse from Zhong Chengxin, who was already a county governor, and the latter did not dare to leave on horseback, leading his horse alongside his beloved side of His Highness the son of the world, and after a moment’s conversation, Zhong Chengxin sincerely bowed to him.

Chen Xiliang put down the sandalwood box and asked flatly, “When will the world know that Your Highness once personally killed the fifth raccoon, the lord of Tibing Mountain?”

Xu Fengnian glanced at him and laughed, “You know the answer, and you’re still asking me.”

Chen Xiliang pulled the corner of his mouth.

On the same day, a lurid secret spread to the entire Northern Liang with Long Mo County as the center of the circle, spreading out with the momentum of a starburst.

Shi Zi Xu Feng Nian had personally cut off the head of Northern Mang’s Northern Court Grand King Xu Huainan on the banks of the Weak Water.

He also cut off the head of the fifth raccoon with his own hands in the Johoran Mountain Range.

And these two earth-shattering events were not questioned by anyone.

Because the person who said them was Xu Huainan’s grandson, Xu Beihao.

Two heads.

He Xinliang.