Chapter 175: Can you drink a cup of nothing

As the day dawned, Xu Beihao slowly walked to the top of the mountain, looked at Xu Fengyen who was draped in a heavy fur, walked to the stone table and sat down, shook the wine jug that had already been drained, and said softly, “The piker who dies with his arms folded, the hundred ghosts look down on the high and mighty.”

Xu Fengyen, whose alcohol breath had long been blown away by the cold mountain wind, sighed: “I was thinking last night that if someone else becomes the emperor in the future, even if that person and I used to be good friends, would he be able to tolerate a person with a different surname holding hundreds of thousands of elite troops.”

Xu Beihao shook his head and said, “You’d better not get your hopes up and save yourself from disappointment. Because even if that person can tolerate it, everyone around him will not agree. How to sit on the dragon chair and how to sit firmly on the dragon chair are two very different things. Beiliang always think that the three emperors of the Zhao family in Liyang are the same, all like cunning rabbit to die and dogs to cook, this kind of view is not wrongly accused of them, but not to mention the just ascended to the throne of Zhao Zhuan, Zhao Yin Zhao Dun, since it is destined to be the history of the future generations of the Ming dynasty, naturally there are their superiority. The ordinary people, want to take care of a good portal, want to live a good life, but also need to exhaustion, let alone a large dynasty. Zhao Yin may believe that Xu Snapdragon will not oppose the Zhao family, but Zhao Yin can not believe that Xu Snapdragon’s son will still willingly defend the northwest, Zhao Dun may know that your bottom line is not low, but the same can not believe that Xu family’s next king of a different name will certainly not be arrogant and difficult to control, he must be thinking that there is no possibility that the king of Northern Liang will not be the other day a rise, and run to dig up and break down the wall roots of the Zhao family.”

The outspoken Xu Beihao glanced at Xu Fenian who was about to speak, and sneered, “Maybe you would say Xu Snapdragon won’t rebel, I, Xu Fenian, likewise won’t rebel, and in the future, my offspring will be the same.”

Xu Fenian smiled bitterly without words.

Xu Beihao was still mean, “People’s hearts are separated by their bellies, no one is a roundworm in your Xu Fengnian’s belly, and there is no reasoning under the sky that anyone has to believe in anyone, especially those who were born in the imperial family’s dragon children and grandchildren, if they are not skeptical, how to sit in the dragon chair? How to fight with the clans, relatives, eunuchs, and the military? Besides, a family business, would rather be lost by the children and grandchildren, rather than be snatched away by outsiders. This kind of dark mentality is not unique to emperors. You, Xu Fenian, dare to say that you don’t have it at all?”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “That’s right too.”

Xu Beihuan suddenly asked, “Aren’t you one of the four great masters, how come, you’re also afraid of the cold?”

Xu Fengnian laughed to himself, “After that battle in Liuzhou, my strength has dropped drastically, and I have cold in my bones all day long, the fur doesn’t actually protect me from the cold, the reason why I wear it is just better than nothing. Just like many late swordsmen who retired from the jianghu, like to often go to look at the sword that is resting on the shelf and eating dust, the general who discharged his armor will often go to touch the iron armor and the battle sword.”

Xu Beihao asked, “What’s with that Liangzhou Vice General Kou Beishang?”

Xu Fengnian snickered, “New love, what, Orange you old love is here to raise hell?”

Xu Beihao stared at Xu Fenian with an expressionless face.

Xu Fengnian had to put away his joking face and helplessly said, “It’s that Western Chu Kou Jianghuai from Guangling Road, he did a deal with me, it’s kind of like getting what you need.”

Xu Beihao’s face slightly slowed down, said in a deep voice: “Liuzhou only has three repairs not yet complete military towns as a support, but have to face Liu Gui’s 100,000 troops and tens of thousands of Tuoba bodhisattva’s direct elite, 30,000 Dragon Elephant Army’s two vice generals, Wang Lingbao is only the fierce general of the charge, although Li Mo Fan is a one-man general, but in Liuzhou Liangmang both sides of the disparity of strength, Li Mo Fan is not a scattered bean into an army of God Immortal, Longxiang Army is still a treacherous situation that is difficult to support alone, and it needs a general like Kou Jianghuai who has the potential to be one of the top generals in the Spring and Autumn period to go and send charcoal in the snow.”

Xu Fengnian nodded his head and said, “When Kou Jianghuai has made a bit of a name and reputation in the Poria Liuya Huaiyang Pass defense, I also have the intention of letting him go over there to become a general of Liuzhou. In Liangzhou North Pass, we and North Mang can actually be flexible to use the space of the army are extremely limited, in the end it is a deadly fight, then the multilateral town passes and garrison, both sides are tied. But like a blank sheet of paper Liuzhou is not the same, there are plenty of ‘white space’ for Kou Jiang to utilize his military talents to the fullest.”

Xu Fengnian asked with a cold smile, “Orange, you are actually afraid that Chen Xiliang in Qingcang City will have an accident, right?”

Xu Beihao asked rhetorically, “Is it difficult that you, the King of Beiliang, can’t feel at ease only if I have to spend all day counting on my peers?”

Xu Fengnian slammed the table and said angrily, “Orange, you can’t catch me taking it out on me after you’ve been pissed off in Lingshou and called out as a rice-buying assassin, okay? Let’s talk properly, okay?!”

Kou Jianghuai, who was walking at his own will in Qingliang Mountain, happened to see this scene and heard these words, and for no reason he felt a chill, could it be that the surname Xu and the surname Xu “have a leg up”? Otherwise, an assassin with no foundation can make a feudal king condescend to this point? Kou Jianghuai wiped his feet and was about to turn around and retreat. Xu Fengnian called out to stop him, and then the three of them surrounded the stone table, showing a three-legged stance. Kou Jianghuai face you flirting is that I am deaf, blind and dumb as I do not exist expression.

Xu Fengyen looked at Kou Jianghuai who pretended not to look askance, pointed to Xu Beihuan, smilingly introduced: “Xu Beihuan, the assassin of Lingzhou, was praised by Mr. Song Dongming Song as the kind of character that can slaughter the common people to stabilize the country, but unfortunately, the amount of alcohol is not good, the wine is even worse, there was a time in the Lingzhou Fish and Dragon Gang drinking, or I personally carry him back.”

Kou Jianghuai said with a straight face, “Greetings to Assassin Xu.”

Xu Beihuan also resumed his usual elegant and dusty demeanor and smiled, “General Kou’s arrival at the Beiliang Border Army is like adding wings to a tiger.”

Xu Fengyen urged, “Isn’t it like adding wings to a tiger?”

Xu Beihao sneered, “Yo, awesome, one curse for three, not even sparing yourself.”

Kou Jianghuai also said in a serious manner, “Hurting the enemy by a thousand and losing eight hundred, it is evident that the king’s use of the army is very …… unorthodox.”

Xu Fengnian smugly said, “Only moving his lips, can with you Kou Jianghuai and Xu Beihao jade and stone, still not into the stream? Hands on words? Huh? Why don’t you try?”

At this time, a large group of people who had just climbed to the top of Qingliang Mountain were up in arms.

“Try it! Must try it.”

“General Kou, I’m optimistic about you! If you win this battle, you’ll be one of the great masters under the sky that you can count on one hand.”

“Not to mention Lieutenant General of Liangzhou, you can even be General of Liangzhou! If you still think you’re too small, I’ll let you have the vice commander of my army.”

“General Kou, we’ve been displeased with His Majesty for a long time. We’re old, so even if we win against His Majesty, it won’t be a good fight, but you’re the only one who’s the same age as His Majesty, so you have to help us out. If it’s a big deal, I will personally carry you down the mountain.”

Turning his head to look at this large group of the most powerful feudal officials in Northern Liang, Kou Jianghuai just arrived in Northern Liang, the corners of his mouth twitching a little, for a time some discomfort. In Guangling Road, no matter in the early years of studying in Shangyin Palace, or after being in the temple hall of Chu, there will never be such a scene of old men ganging up to trap a young junior. At the same time feel a little ridiculous and funny, Kou Jianghuai heart at the same time there is also a kind of difficult to suppress the emotion, probably can be called heroic, right in front of these old people, there is the old South Tang first general Gu Dazu, there is a partridge Zhou Kang, there is to eight thousand riders to break the back of the Sui 40,000 foot soldiers of the Ho Chung Khu, there is a great war will be armored in the battlefield of the Chen Yunzhui! After the four deputy commanders of the Northern Liang Border Army, there are Li Gongde and Song Dongming, who are wearing the uniforms of civil officials, and Huang Shang, who has the reputation of being the “conscience” of the local magistrates in Liyang. In addition to this, Kou Jianghuai recognizes Tian Peifang, the Assassin of Liangzhou, Hu Kui, the Assassin of Youzhou, the General of Youzhou, and Han Laoshan, the Vice General of Lingzhou, in the order of their official robes and decorations. Unfortunately, Kou Jianghuai has never been able to see that the Northern Liang cavalry commander of the White Bear Yuan Zuozong, and the infantry commander Yan Wenluan, of course, did not see the Yu family’s most successful Yu Luan knife, Kou Jianghuai inevitably have some regrets.

To know that Kou Jianghuai in the Shangyin Palace when studying, I do not know how many times to read at night, are flipping through the situation of Gu Dazu theory, in the deduction of Zhou Kang He Zhonghu Chen Yuntui and other people made that a classic battle, stirring, enough to down the wine!

Kou Jianghuai saw that further back, there are still standing twenty to thirty military generals, most of them are relatively young thirty-four years old, it should be the North Liang after the reorganization of the system is more prominent in the actual power of the lieutenant.

For some reason, Kou Jianghuai couldn’t help but stand up and salute these people with a sharp clasp of his fists.

He Zhonghu was the first one to clasp his fists and return the salute, after which all of them smiled and clasped their fists as well.

Kou Jianghuai inadvertently realized that even a man of letters like Tian Peifang did not freeze when he clasped his fists with the military generals.

Then all of them climbed the stairs together, overlooking the state city.

As time passed, they dispersed one by one, and by midday, there were only Xu Fenian, Xu Beihao, and Kou Jianghuai again, along with the two young tiger kui, which were bouncing around Xu Fenian. In the end, Xu Beihao also left the building to go to Song Dongming’s residence to discuss matters, and Kou Jianghuai, who had nothing better to do, also followed him down the mountain to enjoy the scenery at the Listening Tide Pavilion. Xu Fengyen on the other hand waited for a group of people inside the building, five people, Xu Yanbing plus a family of three and a North Mang youth. Xu Fengyen looked at the Beimang martial arts master who had completely looked like a Leiyang citizen, his eyes were complicated, and he said “It’s really you.” The middle-aged man who was none other than Huyan Daguan grinned and did not say anything. On the contrary, it was his daughter who stared wide-eyed at Xu Fengnian, the young man she had “appointed” as her master, lifted her little head and stared for half a day, seemingly a little disappointed, sighed in an old-fashioned way and muttered: “So it’s the same as my father, not very powerful at all. ”

Xu Yan Bing calmly said, “Fought two fights, didn’t split the winners and losers, that last one, I’m not in a hurry with him.”

Xu Fenian was relieved and laughed, “Yes there is no need to rush.”

Xu Fengyen looked towards the Timu Dier who was often mentioned in the spy report of the water whisking room, looked at the sparse and normal sword on his waist, and said in a Northern Mang accent, “Good sword.”

Tie Mu Die Er only took it as a polite remark and merely nodded with a cold face, but the young man’s expression was still somewhat unconcealable in a sense of consternation, after all, this vassal king in front of him, who had the most powerful military force in the Liyang Dynasty, was not only the sworn enemy of the whole of Northern Mang, but also the martial arts master who had defeated Wang Xianzhi of the City of Wudi.

At the outer corridor of the tall building, Huyan Daguan supported his daughter and made her stand on the railing.

After seeing a figure, Xu Fengyen said his farewells and walked downstairs.

Xu Weixiong sat in his wheelchair, glanced at those upstairs, and said softly, “A decade ago, the Western Shu side handed word to Wutong Yuan, asking you to make a trip to the border of Lingzhou. I ignored it.”

Xu Fengnian frowned, “He wants to see me?”

Xu Weixiong said blandly, “Now that he, Xie Guanying, and the woman from the Spring Post Cao Tang, the three of them have already entered Lingzhou, he said he would wait for you at the border between Lingzhou and Liangzhou.”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “Then it would be good to meet them.”

Xu Weixiong nodded, “Bring Uncle Xu, and Tantai Calm. It would be best if Huyan Daguan is willing to travel with him.”

Xu Fengnian hmmmed.

On the Qingming Festival in the second year of Xiangfu, at dusk, tens of thousands of people were onyxed at the back of Qingliang Mountain.

Beiliang King Xu Fengnian led nearly a hundred civil and military officials, together they offered wine for the Longxiang army that died in battle in Liuzhou, the Youzhou cavalry that died outside of Jibei and Hulukou, the border troops that died inside and outside of Luanhe City, the lying bow city inside Hulukou, and the border troops that died inside of Hutou City.

That monument forest, with its 300,000 nameless stone tablets, already had 36,872 names written on it.

In the night, a wishing lamp for blessings slowly rose within Liangzhou City.

After the five horsemen left the city, Xu Fengyen stopped his horse and looked back, took off his wine pot and took a painful sip.

A year later, how many more people in the Northern Liang border army would not be able to drink this mouthful of wine.

A few years later, how many of the millions of people in Northern Liang would miss this green ant wine before they die?

At this moment, the picture in Xu Fengyen’s eyes was like a city full of rising fire spirits.