Chapter 323 – All Three Are Speechless

When Xu Fenian woke up, after opening his eyes, he twisted his head to look and realized that the sunlight outside the window was bright, under the light, the dust near the window was visible, but inside the house was a bit dim, Xu Fenian retracted his sight from a bit far away, and saw the fat guy who was sitting on the side of the bed like a small mountain, the Northern Liang Capital Protector Chu Lushan. It turned out to be the existence of this guy, blocking the sunlight.

Chu Lushan who had his back to the sunlight had a somewhat hoarse voice, “Mr. Nangong brought the king to Huaiyang Pass and then left without saying goodbye, I couldn’t stop him.”

Dry lips Xu Fengyen slowly sat up, breathless, a person’s back is in fact extremely thin, the so-called back of the heart is centrifugal extremely close, was toppled bodhisattva full force after a whack naturally far from being injured so simple, good thing Xu Fengyen for the fact of injuries is in fact too familiar, long time illnesses into a healer, according to the Wudang big yellow court of heart method slightly internalization, roughly clear the degree of their own physical and mental healing, opened his mouth and asked: “Where is the iron gun?”

Chu Lushan softly said, “Rested in the coffin.”

Xu Fengyen nodded, “Tell Second Brother Yuan to let that big banner of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry take off its flag and send it here, as for the side of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, just say that it needs to be replaced with a brand new flag, and that if anyone obstructs it, there’s no need to act forcefully, and I’ll go and explain it to those cavalry generals in person at that time.”

Chu Lushan said, “Your majesty, Yuan Baixiong moved to go outside of Hulukou in Youzhou, as for the matter of replacing the big banner flag, your majesty don’t need to worry too much, old Qi was originally an old man of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry Army, and now that the spying of old Qi’s death in the battle has been spread to the border army, I believe that no one will talk about it.”

Xu Fengyen interlaced his hands on his abdomen and did not look at Chu Lushan, “If I had rushed to the battlefield of Longye’er Plains a moment earlier, I would not have died.”

Chu Lushan shook his head, “If? Then is it true that if the Dugu Palace did not pass the proposal of the three lieutenants of the White Horse Traveling Crossbowmen, even Sun Ji Wei Musheng would not have to die? The battlefield is ever-changing, life and death can’t be blamed, there aren’t that many ifs. If you die, you die.”

Dead is dead.

A very light sentence.

Xu Fengnian turned his head to look at this infamous man, the Xu family has been dominating the northwest for twenty years, what is not a clan? Chu Lushan’s bad deeds, and living in a high position in Beiliang, later generations of historians will certainly not be stingy with their ink to verbally attack him, perhaps even more than Xu Fengyen, the co-owner of the Beiliang Iron Cavalry, will be even more stigmatized. Xu Fengyen did not because of Chu Lushan this heartless words will be furious, not only is the human butcher righteous son Lu Qiuer’s fate is destined to be related to the glory and disgrace of Beiliang, there is also this man, by Xu Snapdragon and Li Yishan are considered to be the closest to Chen Zhi Bao military talent, is the real candidate for marshal talent in Beiliang, and even can be said that, if it is not Chu Lushan’s blatant fawning, the Beiliang border army of the young and strong faction I am afraid that will be one side of the reverse to Chen Zhi Bao! Xu Fengyen’s hereditary succession process will not be easy, at least to shed more blood, a Huaihua General Zhong Hongwu is definitely not enough. But the real reason for Xu Fengyen to choose to be silent, lies in front of this lofty as a mountain of a man, once a thousand riders to open the Shu, but also once in the Liyang Beimang first Guanwai battle to save the day, before more personally led eight thousand trailing river cavalry killed Dong Zhuo’s plan, so this nearly thirty years of military career of the surname Chu, for the sands, far more than Xu Fengyen have the right to speak, even if Xu Fengyen is the martial arts assessment of the Grand Master, even if the Xu Fenian was the King of Northern Liang.

Chu Lushan clenched his hands into fists and placed them on his knees, “Separation in life and death, there is no feast under the sky that doesn’t end.”

Xu Fengnian pulled the corner of his mouth, his eyes were in a trance, he seemed to recall the 300,000 monument forest behind Qingliang Mountain, “No need to comfort me, I know that those whose names are carved on the stone monument, anyone who has loved ones, same as Qi Dangguo. So no matter who dies, there will be people who are sad, it doesn’t have to be me, Xu Fengnian, who is the saddest.”

Xu Fengyen paused for a moment, “It’s just that when I think of next year’s Spring Festival, I wrote so many couplets and so many Spring Characters and Fortune Characters like I did in the past years, but that person who asked me for them every year is no longer there, and I can’t send them out even if I want to, I feel a bit empty in my heart.”

Xu Feng Nian raised his head, “Before my second trip to Jianghu, Xu Snap brought me to the bottom of the Listening Tide Pavilion, and I saw that there were many spirit seats placed there, at that time, I didn’t quite understand Xu Snap’s feelings, but now I understand. In fact, Tiger Head City Liu Yunu Chu Hanqing when they died, there is some understanding.”

Chu Lushan peacefully listened to the young vassal king’s self-talk, his face expressionless.

Xu Fengyen got out of bed, his body staggered, Chu Lushan wanted to assist, Xu Fengyen smiled and waved his hand, Chu Lushan did not insist.

Chu Lushan led Xu Fengyen to a quiet courtyard not far away, crossed into the inner room, saw the cypress coffin, Chu Lushan approached a few steps, smiled and lamented: ”Huai Yang Guan can not search for the top grade nanmu, can only let the old Qi will be sleeping, the good thing is that the old Qi life is never a person who is a man of honor, remember that year in the western base wall, the guy was able to sleep on the body as a pillow, several times we To find him, we have to look for him from the dead pile of living people, Wangfei said he said many times also does not work. Later to the Northwest, we six people’s residence, Wang Fei will only help the old Qi a person personally arranged, for fear that the guy casually get a sparrow’s nest size of the house on the past, and then even marrying a daughter-in-law is also the Wang Fei as a matchmaker, the old Qi music without saying a word huh agreed to go down, it is estimated that the day of the marriage uncovered a red cover before the first time to see the daughter-in-law’s face, in these years the old Qi’s little life, living a tasty life when more than ten years of the Folding Lieutenant, sesame green beans the size of the fourth grade officer, also never complained about anything, replaced by me, have long gone to the rightful father Wangfei there splash and roll.”

Chu Lushan suddenly slapped the coffin lid heavily, “Old Qi, don’t sleep, the king is here to see you!”

Xu Fengnian glared at Chu Lushan.

The latter smiled resentfully and retracted his hand, glancing at the coffin, Chu Lushan whispered, “Sleep, sleep, old Qi, your sleepiness is bigger than the sky, even thunder can’t shake you, only the six words ‘when you’re at war, carry the big banner’ work best.”

Xu Fengyen stood beside the coffin, looking out of the house, the sunlight sprinkled on the ground in the courtyard, like a layer of golden lichen, and asked softly, “How is it going in the north of Hutou City and the side of Liuzhou?”

When it comes to military affairs, Beiliang capital guard Chu Lushan is much more solemn, said in a deep voice: “This time, the battle of Longye’er plain which is unexpected by both sides, North Mang can be said to have heavy casualties, lost all the elite scouts including crows fence and black fox fence, resulting in the middle of the road army led by Dong Zhuo and Muyong Baoding to become open-eyed and blind, the eight thousand Dong family’s private cavalry only ran back to more than a thousand people, and put into the battlefield of the six thousand The Zojiran iron horsemen also only left more than 2,000 people, mainly because after the death of Hong Jingyan, the Zojiran cavalry army is leaderless, I think it will soon be divided up by the major forces of the North Mang, a cavalry army that is not formed, can not talk about the strength of the war. The most important thing is that after the destruction of the Dong family’s private cavalry and the Zojiran iron horsemen, to a large extent, it has struck the flexibility of the North Mang’s middle road army, on the contrary, we in Beiliang, Yuan Nanting’s White Feather Light Cavalry’s battle power is well preserved, it is only a pity that Old Qi’s Iron Floating Buttresses ……”

Chu Lushan hesitated, “Iron Floating Butte vice general Ning Emei, this time in the old Qi’s order to stay in the Qingyuan military town around the site, the hand strength is only a few hundred people, even if you add the remaining cavalry army of the dragon’s eye child plains, but also only Kanshan two thousand riders, and now the big battle is imminent, not suitable for the right and left cavalry from He Zhonghu Zhou Kang to draw strength, otherwise the two have long been holding a stomach of fire of the The old marshal really want to rebel, in this case, I am afraid that Tie Fu Tu will be very difficult to fight alone in the second big battle, this is not good news, after all, Tie Fu Tu this kind of valuable cavalry army, in the battlefield two thousand and four thousand is definitely not a concept.”

Seeing Xu Fenian’s contemplative look, Chu Lushan continued, “According to the current spies, Dong Zhuo and Murong Baoding both chose to press on, which makes sense, the anger of the old woman from Northern Mang is enough for them to eat a pot. And Liuzhou side, everything is in the established strategy, the only variable is to serve as the western vice general seed sandalwood nowhere to be found, Huang Song Pu hand of the 178,000 South China’s various elite south route, with the original Liu Gui soldiers in Qingcang City as a rut, and now look at the Kou Jianghuai’s raids there is no ability to make the Huang Song Pu lose their bearings, otherwise let the Huang Song Pu all the way to Qingcang City, rely on the hard to meet, the odds of us are not great, the flow of the state! The battle can only be fought outside of Qingcang City.”

Xu Feng Nian suddenly said, “I will let the eight hundred white horse volunteers enter the Tie Fu Tu, from me onwards, let all the military generals above the fourth rank draw out a portion of their personal guards and escort riders, I want to let the Tie Fu Tu revert back to a scale of 4,000 in a month, and then follow Yu Luan Blade’s Youzhou cavalry into the battlefield of Liujiu state.”

Chu Lushan froze for a moment, his hands crossed his ten fingers on his abdomen, squinting his eyes to carefully consider the pros and cons.

Xu Fengnian walked to the door, “Xie Xijian made a suggestion to me before leaving Liangzhou, but the risk is too great, and it would mean huge casualties for all the Liangzhou Border Army cavalry, and the most crucial thing is that this kind of battle loss may not be something that the entire Northern Liang can afford.”

Chu Lushan curiously said, “Oh?”

Xu Fengnian smiled to himself, “Well, Xie Xijian also said to wait for him to personally walk the border of Liuzhou, asking me to wait for a month or so, and also said that perhaps by then he himself would have overturned that suggestion.”

Chu Lushan smiled, “In fact, when His Majesty made up his mind to quietly smash 10,000 Yu Cavalry into Liuzhou, he had already recognized Xie Xijian’s Liuzhou strategy, right?”

Xu Fengnian nodded, “I think it’s better to take a big gamble instead of waiting to die under North Mang’s step-by-step advance.”

Chu Lushan leaned against the door of the house and inexplicably sighed, “Da Chu double walled kou Jianghuai Xie Xie Borderland, plus Yu Luan Dao, three young people from outside the country ah.”

Xu Fengnian’s face was obscure, “Isn’t it too presumptuous?”

Chu Lushan gave a vague answer, “Hard to say.”

Xu Fengyen did not walk out of the courtyard, but just sat on the threshold.

Chu Lushan looked a little embarrassed, sitting is not standing is not, after all, the threshold is so little place, on his size a butt down is estimated to be able to squeeze out the young feudal king, had to think of a compromise, crossed the threshold and then sat on the doorstep.

Xu Fenian asked: “Lu ball child, if really act as Xie Xijian said, your group of northern Liang old man will not have grievances?”

Chu Lushan, who had his back to the young feudal king, answered, “I remember that under the planning of Li Yishan, the local power of Beiliang was turned upside down, and migrated to the present Liuzhou with the status of sinners, and nine out of ten of the powerful families were gone, and our Xu family army finally took root and established itself on this strange land, and at that time, there was a celebratory feast at Qingliang Mountain, and the king was looking at the full of generals and got drunk, and somehow said something that was out of place. For some reason he said something out of place, to the effect that if the Xu family wants to rule in Northern Liang for a long time, it is not enough to rely on the war sword externally, internally you also need to give the people of your jurisdiction a secure life, the Xu family army cannot spend their entire lives hanging around on horseback, after dismounting from the horse in addition to exerting themselves to enjoy their blessings, they also need to govern Northern Liang with all their hearts and souls.”

Chu Lushan raised his head, looking up at the azure sky, “also from that time onwards, a lot of martial artists left the military, like Lin Doufang Hu Kui these people, there are also a lot of literati in the officialdom in the wind and water, like Li Gongde Yan Jiexi, but the righteous father is still privately worried, feel that it is the relationship between his reputation is too bad, so that the North Liang abduction does not come to the foreign readers, feel that in the future, the king you hereditary succession After will be very hard, that time is probably just talked to Mr. Li, the king unprecedentedly said flowing water does not rot the door hub does not rust such a crepe reasoning, after finishing, deliberately face to look at our gang of righteousness, Yao Jane Ye Xizhen these two old schoolboys can not hold back the laughter, I, naturally, is to hurry up and pat the horse a few sentences, the old Qi the most lack of heart, and the righteous father to ask in the end what is the meaning of the right father, so that the right father is especially happy, and Mr. Li with him! The old man explained the words copied a pass, the righteous father to secretly happy, so that ah, a sinewy old Qi is the real stupid people have stupid blessings.”

Chu Lushan tone calmly said, “Wangfei Bodhisattva heart, to us these six righteous son are good, to whom there is no prejudice, only the good law and not quite the same, always persuade me to read more, persuade the guy surnamed Chen to smile more, persuade Yao Jane Ye Xizhen to exercise more physical …… But among the six people, I Luk baller and the other However, among the six, I Lu Ball and other four may not always listen to the advice, only the old Qi is different, as long as the princess said what, than the imperial decree is also useful, some times made a mistake, knowing that the princess will not be blamed, still anxious, as with memorizing the wrong book of the private school children in general, we how to comfort are useless. Wangfei passed away, we six people are coffin bearers, very strange, even the guy surnamed Chen and Yuan Baixiong red eyes, I am more crying, on the contrary, the old Qi did not have a lot of expression, I asked why, this fool said that the mother of righteousness this is to go to heaven as a goddess, so he is not very sad, he is just a little …… some miss. ”

Xu Fengnian smiled: “So when I was young, every time I get into trouble, I will look for Qi Dangguo this righteous brother, as long as people let a message to him, custodian immediately bring troops to come, at that time there is no deep thought, just feel that this righteous brother is the most refreshing, to help me solve the trouble not to mention that, but also never nagging, never intentionally long and hard to talk to me about the reasoning, big grin, never afraid of heaven or earth! I remember that in the early years in a remote county in Lingzhou, which was then called Fengzhou, Li Hanlin, Yan Eat Chicken and Kong Wuzhi and I had a conflict with a group of children of generals who did not know our identity, and gave the other side dozens of private family troops to chase the chickens and dogs, and at that time Qi Dangguo happened to be in the vicinity of Fengzhou, followed by several old generals, and heard the news, immediately led two hundred riders to kill the family’s private army. That a few families will be planted in the door of the ceremony are demolished as firewood burned, that storm made a big fuss, because there are as the North Liang cavalry commander of the Zhong Hongwu and a group of Lingshou military backing, so that the original should be promoted to Lingshou vice general of the Qi Dangguo lost his future, after the Xu Snapdragon gas is not light, because I do not dare to me this lawlessness of His Highness, the son of the lawlessness, it is hard to beat a meal, I can not help but with the Yan eat chicken two people sneak carry two altar green ant wine to make amends, to know that time I know qi dangguo board on the nail is lost, one to I simply do not have the courage to let xu primrose change his mind, then again in the northern liang army who would like to listen to me, can not by virtue of their own to qi dangguo a almost official position, I have done to see qi dangguo to drown his sorrows in the mental preparation, not ever thought of his family, with nothing like, just see my first time to go to his home, and the same. Just see me after the first time to his home, that full of surprises, I still remember his stride to me look, smile, see me, like seeing Xu Snapdragon to pay a visit.”

Chu Lushan shook his head, this time when he opened his mouth to speak he did not use the title of prince, “Xiao Nian, you are wrong.”

Xu Fenian was a bit puzzled, “Eh?”

Chu Lushan slowly said, “I am probably clear about the scene you mentioned, Lao Qi saw you at that time, it was not like seeing his righteous father at the door, but like a crop handler who thought he had little to show for it, suddenly saw his own younger brother who had been away from home for many years but who had been a high school scholar return home and did not look down on him as his older brother, so he was very happy and very proud. ”

Xu Fengyen was silent for a moment and smiled bitterly, “At that time, I only knew how to spend my days drinking, what could I be good at?”

Chu Lushan laughed: “Maybe in old Qi’s heart, you have always been promising, in this matter, not to mention Yuan Baixiong, even I, Luqiu’er, can’t compare to him, among the six people, only old Qi from the beginning to the end, felt that you, His Royal Highness the World Sons, are promising, and never suspected that you will be able to become a man like your righteous father in the future. In the words of Old Qi’s mantra whose ancestry is from East Vietnam, it is this kind of thing, ‘么的 reasoning is good!'”

Xu Fengyen sat on the threshold, stunned.

The Northern Liang Capital Protector had his back to the young feudal lord, and the young feudal lord had his back to the coffin.

Two living people and one dead person, both were speechless for a while.