Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 204 203. The Old Man on the Cliff
While Li Zhen was waiting in line to pay the "toll".

Above the Zhema Valley, in front of the Siezi Cliff where you can have a panoramic view, a figure that Li Zhen is very familiar with is standing with a man in armor.

It was Lord Fox Qiu.

At this moment, she was still wearing the bamboo hat, and she looked away from the dilapidated Taoist priest leading the horse under the cliff.

Then he turned around and walked step by step towards the flat boulder on the top of the cliff.

Seeing this, the man in armor next to him also followed.

When he came to the boulder, Lord Huqiu looked at the boulder in front of him, and said without thinking:
"Is this really the place where Guan Sheng mounted his horse and set off?"

The man next to him heard this and shook his head:

"It's true according to local folklore."

"Huh~"

Master Huqiu chuckled, looked around, and said:
"It's such a big place, if you're looking for a general's platform, if the soldiers are at the bottom, you won't be able to see the general. If you're on the top, there are high mountains and dense forests, why bother to bring horses up here? So, I think it's just a lie."

"..."

The man said nothing.

Just staring at this flat boulder in a daze.

At this moment, there was no one around the two of them, no matter the well-dressed man who was at the helm that day, or a few people in armor who looked like generals were standing in the distance, obviously not wanting to disturb the conversation between the two of them.

But the man didn't speak, and Master Huqiu didn't intend to continue speaking.

He went straight around the boulder and came to the edge of the cliff.

The Taihang Mountains are intertwined and criss-crossed. Although the cliffs of Zhemayu are not high, it is a good scenery to climb up and look at the snow scene in winter.

Master Huqiu was standing on the edge of the cliff.

The man is half a step behind.

Looking at her back, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

At this distance, he only needs to push gently...

"..."

"..."

For a moment, Lord Huqiu looked at the voice from a distance:

"What? Don't dare to make a move?"

"..."

The man was startled.

Just heard her voice sound again:

"That's the main reason why you're bound to fail."

"..."

"If you are a cultivator, you can feel it. At this moment, I am one with this piece of heaven and earth. The qi of this sky and earth surrounds you and me. And as long as you make a movement... Maybe your hand will quickly , but it’s not as fast as my thoughts. And with my thoughts, your hand trying to push me down will turn into flying ash. If you are a person who is out of the dust, maybe you can resist it with some means. But after all , you are just an ordinary person. And even if you push me down, so what? Have you ever heard of a cultivator in the Freedom Realm who fell off a cliff and died?"

What she said was plain, irrelevant to life and death, as if she was just chatting.

And the man didn't speak.

Just took half a step back.

Expressed no malice.

Master Huqiu continued to say:

"Sitting in this position now, commanding [-] soldiers, how does it feel to have the power of life and death?"

Hearing this, the man shook his head:
"I don't feel much. In the end...if I hadn't met the lord, I might have been beaten to death long ago. And when I took the glass of wine from the lord, I already understood my fate. This position is not mine. I'm just a poor man, with no future, no ability, and I can't even keep my own wife. I can only watch others carry her away, but I don't have the courage to fight people with a knife. But now... Brothers can also You have honored me as a great general. The county magistrate’s son was hacked to death by me with a random knife, and the vengeance has been avenged, so I have no regrets in this world.”

"Since you have no regrets, why did you want to push me down just now?"

"..."

Hearing this question, the man froze.

After thinking about it, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and he was about to fold his fists and kneel on one knee suddenly.

But just as he was about to move, he only raised his hand a little... and suddenly felt that he was being imprisoned in an invisible way.

Can't move.

"I can't afford to be our commander-in-chief. If it is spread by your subordinates, I am afraid that I will be beheaded by His Majesty when I return to the Eastern Capital."

Master Fox Fur's voice sounded.

Then, she suddenly sighed:
"Oh, man, that's it. You will never be satisfied. After one thing is satisfied, the next desire will naturally arise. Just like you. You obviously knelt on the ground and begged me, begging me to save your mother-in-law, Begging me, as long as I save your mother-in-law, your life will be mine in this life.

But now, I have given you resources, helped you win a few battles, and helped you become His Majesty's confidant in less than a year.But your appetite has also risen, you don’t want to give me your life, and you still want to negotiate terms with me... why is that?
Wu Duan'er, could it be that you really think that now that you have the strength of an army and occupy the mountain as king, I can't move you, but you have the capital to negotiate terms with me?Don't be naive, you should understand that when you promised your life to me for your mother-in-law, you are no longer qualified to negotiate terms with me.This truth...you don't understand? "

"..."

Wu Duan'er, who was so imprisoned that he couldn't even open his mouth, suddenly felt that the confinement above his neck was released, and said quickly:

"My lord, the grassroots don't dare to think like this. But please listen to me, my lord."

"Oh?"

Lord Huqiu withdrew his gaze from looking at the mountains and the distance, landed on him, swept his head, and nodded:

"Go ahead."

"...I know, I must not survive, right?"

"That's natural. Helping you up and letting you win over these soldiers who are too miserable to be happy is for future use. And after you fought those few battles last year, you are already destined to be with His Majesty. You will not die. , It’s not enough to appease the anger. But you can rest assured that your mother-in-law and two children are living well in Guanlong. When Dalang Erlang grows up, the official status that should be given to them will naturally be added.”

Hearing this, Wu Duan'er's eyes filled with reluctance, but it was immediately replaced by relief:

"Thank you sir."

"Well, then, what else do you want to say?"

"..."

Wu Duan'er seemed a little hesitant, but he still said:

"In the spring of next year, no matter who comes to suppress me, I will definitely take the lead and lead everyone to fight. But... In the end, my lord, these tens of thousands of brothers will not be able to survive. It is me who gave everyone a promise. Promise To bring you a world where everyone has land, every family has food, and there is no corvee. The Sui Emperor imposed poll tax and land tax on us, and forced us to go far away to bury our corpses in Goryeo... These people just want to live! They correct……"

"..."

The moment he heard these words, Lord Huqiu's eyes passed through the boulder and looked in the direction of Zhemayu.

Although she couldn't see it, she still remembered the Sanqing Palace that night.

The Taoist priest who was queuing to pass the customs at the foot of the mountain looked at himself with clear eyes and asked:
"They just want to live, what's wrong?"

Ugh……

(End of this chapter)