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Chapter 984 Choice
"Brother, have you ever thought about it, if one day you have to choose between defending the border and defending the country and saving lives, how would you choose?" Bo Xiao asked.

Han Luojun did not answer immediately, but thought for a while.

"I choose the former," he said.

The former is lonely and courageous, with no one behind him, knowing that it is difficult to do so.It is the deepest love and yearning in his heart.

Even though the country he wanted to defend had thrown him to death and grinded him over and over again; even though it had been rotten and devastated, it was still the feeling he had as a soldier that he couldn't let go of.

In a country without a home, how can we protect the common people?

"Have you decided yet?" He asked Bo Xiao in turn.

Bo Xiao touched Han Luojun with wine and nodded, "The Shi family has approached me, but I didn't make it clear, but that's what it means. I agree."

He smiled, "The choice is different, but the direction is the same. Let's go to each other, let's have a toast."

No cup.

The two hugged the wine jar each, and took a long breath.

"The leader talked to me." Han Luojun said, "Ask me what I think about the great families of Shi, Wen, Le, and Wang."

Bo Xiao raised his eyebrows.

The Shi family is the least prominent of these big families, and it is far away from the Central Plains, so it has never been very popular with the scholars of the Central Plains.Unexpectedly, Mu Cangping ranked first in his heart.

"I can't figure out his attitude." Han Luojun pondered, "It seems that he didn't just notice the Shi family recently, and he has a lot of secret information. The disciples in Luoyang only go and never return. I have made an inventory, and it can be traced back to the winter month of the previous year at the earliest, it was around the time when Rong Yi's reform completely failed, and he was dismissed and demoted to Yangzhou."

"Brother thinks these two things are related?"

Han Luojun shook his head, "I can't see any connection. But the timing is too coincidental. Both the beginning of the reform and the two important nodes of defeat, the Mumen echoed each other. Back then, it was because of Ning Yu's sudden assassination that the Ning faction was missing. The New Deal was able to be carried out smoothly because of obstacles. During that period, all the officials in the DPRK and China were in danger, afraid to speak out, and it was rumored that the leader of the alliance entered Beijing with a sword to open the way for the inclusive reform. It may not be nothing."

Bo Xiao was shocked for a moment.

Rong Yi and Mu Cangping teamed up... He really didn't dare to think about it.

If what Han Luojun said is true, and the first chancellor of the dynasty and the No. 1 in the world have not been able to reverse the increasingly corrupt political situation of the court, then it can only be said that Liu's life is really exhausted.

"I heard a little bit in Qianzhou. I heard that the reform was hindered. The old gentry and the royal family united to force the old lady and empress dowager of the Yonghe Palace, intending to abolish the emperor and establish another."

It's rare for Bo Xiao to be serious, "Under such circumstances, Rong Xiang was able to insist on implementing the New Deal for four years. The hardships in the process can be seen, and it really makes us awe-inspiring."

"At this time last year, passing through Yangzhou, the 24th Bridge of Shaoyaohong was said to be planted by Rong Lang. The hero is old, and it is a pity."

Han Luojun sighed, "It's not that easy to abolish the establishment, today...we're weak after all."

"It's not just weak?" Bo Xiao had a smile on his lips, sarcastically, "The way back to Luoyang, I heard the decline of the Mumen, and the Wulin changed its surname to Nan. The court is worried about no one, and plans to support the Sword Pavilion and the Are the Mumen fighting against each other?"

"In its place."

Han Luojun said in a deep voice, "Under pressure from the imperial court, Nanpeng Ye has been attracted by many parties. The Sword Pavilion is indeed in a state of expectation. But they are a little more optimistic. Not to mention that the Mumen's prestige is still there, when the leader retreated, it was pushing Nanpeng Ye and Li Mubai are in charge of the affairs of the Wulin together. There is no competition in the Jiange Pavilion, and the Sword Pavilion is always fighting for the limelight, so it is easy to attract dissatisfaction."

After a pause, "Nan Pengye's own strength is not enough."

Nan Pengye can become the master of a pavilion, and his martial arts are not bad, but compared with Mu Cangping, who has been in the position of "the best sword in the world" for 30 years, it is not enough.

Even Li Mubai is stronger than him.

Wulin has always been a place of admiration, no matter how much shouting and shouting is useless, when it is critical, you still have to rely on your fists to speak.

"I heard that Mrs. Chang had a fight with Bai Yiyi, the swordsman who picked all over the Central Plains at the beginning of the month. How is it?"

"I didn't see it." Knowing that Bo Xiao was not asking about the result of this battle, Han Luojun said, "But judging from the confrontations between her and the leader four or five years ago, it is no surprise that the next 'first sword' will be the next one."

When Han Luojun said so, he could never be wrong.

When Bo Xiao first met the father and daughter of the Mu family, he thought they were too conspicuous.After so many years, they are still the most shining among the crowd.

It's really unfair to be born in heaven.

"How long are you going to stay this time?"

"I don't know yet." Bo Xiao took a sip of wine, "at most ten days and a half months. This place is too noisy, not like in the mountains. Eat, dress and think about girls, and feel more at ease every day."

Han Luojun smiled, but didn't take it seriously.Bo Xiao just has a high-pitched tone, but if he shows all his bragging in his actions, he won't be a loner until now.

Now that we are talking about Qianzhou, we can’t help but talk about the local customs, “…the food is really spicy. When I first arrived there, I often went hungry. Fortunately, I ate a lot of spicy peppers, and the local people are also very hot-tempered. The love between men and women is even stronger. To put it bluntly, I sing songs every mountain. When you have nothing to do, find a mountain with water and wild fruits to lie down all day, and listen to men and women shouting at the mountain at the top of your voice.

Bo Xiao opened his mouth and spoke for a while, patting the wine jar to beat the time.

"The moon is curved and pointed at both ends, and two stars are hung on both sides. The golden hook is hung on the silver hook, and the heart of the man is hung by the heart of the sister."

After singing the rough male voice, he squeezed his throat and sang the female voice again, "The moon comes out bright and majestic, the rhinoceros looks at the moon and the girl looks at the man—the sound broke again!"

Both of them burst out laughing.

"The boss is not young anymore." As the boss, Han Luojun inevitably had to chatter, "Didn't I ever think about finding a good girl and starting a family?"

"Think about it." Bo Xiao smiled, with a casual ruffian look, "But I am a person, this is the only virtue in my life. Which good girl would like to go to the hard life of the dust and dust, and suffer from poverty and anger."

Han Luojun wanted to persuade Bo Xiao a few words, but found that what he said was true, so he let it go.

When there are too many things in mind, it is easy to get drunk, and drunk deeply.

Bo Xiao sat on his back at the bottom of the steps with his legs crossed, and Ying and Han Luojun were drunk, chatting without a word, and there was no sound for a while, and when he looked, he found that he was lying on the hot stone slab and fell asleep.

A crooked moon at both ends on the horizon.

He tapped his fingers on his knees and hummed the folk song softly, not caring whether he was in tune or not.Just singing like this, looking at the moon, I don’t know when I fell asleep.

***
Mu Dian didn't sleep very well all night, and Nightmare couldn't get out of his dream.But even in the dream, I can feel the tightness in my chest, and I can't breathe for a while.

When I opened my eyes, the sky was bright and it was getting late.

Naturally tired.

Chang Qianfo went out early in the morning, and left a message telling her to rest today, and he took care of some urgent matters.

Another piece of grassy paper was left, with ten words in the letter: "It was not miscellaneous at the time, and the future is not welcome. I am here."【1】

It turned out that he knew all about it.

[1] Zeng Guofan: Things come to conform, but the future does not.At that time, it was not miscellaneous, and it was not in love.

(End of this chapter)