Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 504 Defeat

By luck, Li Fengxian managed to neutralize the edge of the evil blade with the power of two battalions of star troops. His face was not overflowing with joy. Instead, as time passed in silence, he became more depressed and depressed. For a moment, he seemed to be a dying person who had been seriously injured.

Although at first glance, it seemed that he had won a life-and-death bet and successfully rescued the driver... However, as early as the moment when the Aman sword exploded, Li Fengxian knew that he had lost everything. What he did after that, It's just trying to recover the losses.

Yang Wuyi and A Man broke out and hurt people in the camp under his control. No matter how he argued, Yang Wuyi's golden order and the dead man's evil blade were variables that no one could fully control... As the local coach, The future Emperor Xinheng would not be able to escape the charge of unfavorable protection if his immediate superior was involved in danger.

What's more, when Aman's sword burst out, it was Wang Luo who took the initiative to save him. If Wang Luo hadn't used the treasure of the Immortal Alliance to block the sharpest first sword for him, he would have been in a state of disgrace and turned into ashes just like Aman. All the dust.

As for Yang Wuyi's subsequent slash at Wang Luo, it was... insignificant. Although the sword light looked decisive and poignant, Yang Wuyi was not a dead soldier after all. He was not skilled in using this dead soldier's blade-keeping method, and there was nothing surprising about it. Although the two blades were superimposed, The power is actually not as good as Aman's first sword. Rather than saying that he was trying to make a comeback in a desperate situation, it would be better to say that he was just embracing the remaining warmth of the deceased and dying with joy.

That knife, even without Li Fengxian to block it, Wang Luo had his own way to survive safely... However, Li Fengxian could see clearly that at the moment when Yang Wuyi said his last words and slashed out the evil blade, Wang Luo could actually react or be far away. He tried to dodge, or suppressed the sword's light with a preemptive strike, but he chose not to react at all, as if he was deliberately testing the sword with his body.

In Li Fengxian's eyes, this scene was actually an obvious hint, no, an instruction.

The only chance to reverse the disadvantage is here, to use his own flesh and blood to block the knife, repay the grace of saving his life, earn a share of the rescue, and prove his loyalty and worth... This is Wang Luo at that moment, Instructions to Li Fengxian.

Li Fengxian had no choice.

It was a beautiful era of hundreds of rivalries and youthful spirit. The late emperor worked hard to rule the country, swept away the old troubles, and opened the door to the world's heroes to rise. Everything in the imperial court was based on meritocracy, and many young talents became successful and rose to prominence.

Therefore, those who are afraid of losing can choose to stop and be safe. But if you are unwilling to give up and are still greedy for more, then you must continue to participate in the competition, continue to win, and win until there are no more competitors around you... The court at that time was like a huge voodoo.

Until he met Yang Wuyi from the Duke Wei's Mansion in Beijun.

Yang Wuyi did have reason to laugh. Although he failed to defeat the messenger of the Immortal Alliance in the end, he defeated Li Fengxian. He won thoroughly and would never give the opponent a chance to come back.

The two had a grudge a long, long time ago, so long that the memory of Li Fengxian, a man who was determined to retaliate, was a little blurry.

But it was also a cruel era of survival of the fittest and winner-take-all. The late emperor liked talents and winners in competition, but he only liked winners.

Therefore, it is not the loss of these future interests that makes him depressed or even desperate.

But now, as Yang Wuyi's golden order and Aman's evil blade shine together, his dream of being emperor is close to being shattered. He failed to prove his ability. He made a big mistake in front of Wang Luo. Even if he tried to make up for it afterwards, it was of no avail. It is conceivable that even if everything goes smoothly after that, the Queen Mother rebels against the party and falls, and the Immortal Alliance lays the foundation stone for Ming Dynasty... He, the new Emperor, will inevitably have many shackles around him, and every joint will have more threads of control.

And having no choice is the fate he hates the most. He struggled upward at all costs in his life, just to have a little space to make his own decisions at every fork in the road... The emperor's promise obtained from the messenger of the Immortal Alliance was the best opportunity for his dream to come true - even if the new Heng's emperor is destined to be just a puppet emperor who obeys the orders of the Immortal Alliance in the future, but as long as he, the frontline emperor, can fully prove his ability and value, then in the land of Mingzhou, the puppet emperor can also be an independent emperor.

In that era, only winners were successful, and losers often had nothing. Even if they had good abilities, as long as they lost, they would no longer be looked upon by the emperor.

Yes, he could see clearly that the moment Yang Wuyi exhausted his vitality and slashed out the evil blade, there was a smile on his face.

Li Fengxian would have laughed too loudly.

Li Fengxian, on the other hand, is a Gu worm with great momentum and ambition to become king. He has won all the way from an unknown place to Fancheng, to the face of the saint, and to the best starting point on the road to civil service... For a time, only I think all the heroes in the world are just like this. In the academic circle of literati, he may not be the most amazing and talented one, but he will definitely be the one who wins the most.

It was obvious that he had lost his lover and his own life...it was obvious that the sword he sacrificed everything to strike was destined to be fruitless, but he still smiled like a successful winner in life.

However, what makes Li Fengxian feel most depressed is not the fading of the emperor's dream. After all, even if he is really just a puppet emperor in the future, it is completely acceptable to him - no matter how unfree the emperor is, can he be even less free than the generals of border counties? He is greedy by nature and wants to maximize benefits in everything. However, in his long life, there are few people with perfect merit and many people who are unsatisfactory. The one who takes the best will get the best, this is Li Fengxian's true creed.

Instead, the old enemy passed away with a smile before his eyes.

That time, he looked away and was defeated with almost no ability to struggle. The other party seems to be his nemesis, and all his conspiracies and calculations cannot escape the eyes of the other party - of course, Li Fengxian can also guess Yang Wuyi's thoughts. But when the two sides play against each other, Yang Wuyi, who comes from a wealthy family, always has a few more trump cards than him.

At that time, he was still a high-spirited young civil servant with a humble career but a prosperous official career. Almost as soon as he set foot on the official career, he had gone through a road that many old officials had not gone through for more than a hundred years.

That disastrous defeat cut off Li Fengxian's career as a civil servant. Not only was he expelled from Fancheng and lost the emperor's favor, his career in other counties was also repeatedly frustrated. There will always be some vulgar and arrogant opponents in front of him, who have almost nothing except a good background. If he is in the officialdom of Fancheng, he can make these wealthy and wealthy families reveal their true colors with a little trick.

But it happened that he was no longer in Fancheng, and outside Fancheng, in the vast Xinheng, there were too many dark corners where the emperor's power could not match. In those corners, "zero credentials other than ability" is just a joke.

From being a dreamlike talent in Fancheng to falling here in a blink of an eye, Li Fengxian did not think that this was the norm for losers, nor did he think that his failure was a coincidence. Behind that seemingly logical order of relegation and relegation, there was clearly the shadow of the Duke of Wei. And that shadow was clearly left to him by Yang Wuyi on purpose.

Of course, until today, these things are just speculations, and Li Fengxian does not have any real evidence. And from a rational perspective, it is even more difficult to explain - although he and Yang Wuyi had a grudge, they were not mortal enemies. Why do the other party's dignified Yang family need to hold such grudge against a defeated general from a humble background?

But Li Fengxian firmly believed in this, and the reason for his belief was very simple: because Yang Wuyi knew very well that as long as Li Fengxian was given any chance, he would make a comeback.

In fact, Li Fengxian did make a comeback. He joined the army, and then returned to Fancheng with outstanding military exploits, and received great favor from the late emperor. The late emperor rarely paid attention to those who had failed, but those who had failed could rely on their own strength. Those who struggle to return to his field of vision can often be doubly favored.

So Li Fengxian was once again complacent, thinking that he could finally get revenge. However, his life path once again took a sharp turn. Just when he was about to show off his grand plans in front of the late emperor, the late emperor abdicated for no reason, and the imperial edict actually ordered the queen mother to listen to politics behind the curtain!
As a result, the competitive environment that was most suitable for Li Fengxian ceased to exist overnight. The people who controlled the court were the Yang family, the eldest sister of Yang Wuyi who treated him like a mother. The Queen Mother's policy of governing the country was to seek stability.

The late emperor had been reorganizing the country vigorously for decades, and it was indeed time for stability to take the lead. There was nothing wrong with the Queen Mother's choice, but for Li Fengxian, whose foundation was still insufficient, this change in national policy was fatal. To make matters worse, Yang Wuyi, who had excelled in civil service, actually gave up his civil service and joined the army at this time, forming the most direct and even fierce competition with Li Fengxian!

It was also at that moment that Li Fengxian was completely convinced of what he had suspected for many years - Yang Wuyi was really deliberately targeting and suppressing him. And besides fear, what else could be the reason for the suppression? It can't be to encourage him to make progress, right? !

For most people, Li Fengxian's situation at that time was almost desperate. Without the emperor who favored him, he was a young general who lacked foundation and was already crumbling in Fancheng, but his old enemy just stuck to his face like a tarsal gangrene! But Li Fengxian still kept his fighting spirit. The more Yang Wuyi targeted and suppressed him, the more he felt that he had the possibility of making a comeback.

So on the one hand, he withdrew from the direct competition with Yang Wuyi, and on the other hand, he boldly chose to fight for the position of commander of the remote Eastern Capital. As long as the matter could be accomplished, he would have a chance to fight for his life. And that method of escape was beyond everyone's imagination, so that for a while no one really fought with it.

After all, although the position of commander of the Eastern Capital was glamorous on the surface, it had almost no actual military power and was purely a guard of honor for Fancheng. Going to work in Dongdu is almost equivalent to retiring early... The competition for this position will only offend some old people who have long been willing to provide for themselves. Li Fengxian is not too afraid. What's more, with Li Fengxian's consistent style, if he really behaves smoothly and does not offend anyone, it would be strange!
But it turned out that even such an incredible evil path was seen through by Yang Wuyi at a glance and blocked early... After that, Li Fengxian was kicked out of Fancheng and trapped in Sang County. He could not get out for decades, and he was almost depressed.

However, even when Li Fengxian was really frustrated, his hatred for Yang Wuyi, his old enemy, had not faded at all. And this hatred kept the wildfire burning in his heart.

One day he will take revenge and win back everything he lost in the past. He wants to prove that his abilities are superior to Yang Wuyi's, and there is no need to "assume that the two people have equal birth resources". Even if he is at an absolute disadvantage in birth, he can still win!

However, as Yang Wuyi took the evil blade from Aman's hand, he passed away with a smile. The wildfire that had been burning for decades was finally extinguished.

Jin Ling, Evil Blade, Yang Zhao on Fenghu... Yang Wuyi's winning method is the same as in the past few decades. On the basis of being no weaker than Li Fengxian's ingenuity and strategy, he can always have a few more trump cards than Li Fengxian. Yang Wuyi has never been shy about his own resource advantage, but is better at taking advantage of it than anyone else.

Until the end, Yang Wuyi was still able to defeat Li Fengxian with this move. Li Fengxian's decades of hard work failed to help him overcome resource disadvantages and make a comeback from adversity.

But what really frustrated Li Fengxian was not his failure in strategic planning.

But the story between him and Oman.

Of course, Li Fengxian, who was blocking the sword with his body, could also hear the faint conversation that sounded in Wang Luo's ears before.

The story in the conversation was completely beyond his expectation. He never thought that Yang Wuyi, whom he regarded as his old enemy, was such an innocent person, so innocent that he would risk his own life for a dead soldier with a severed finger!
Li Fengxian has always regarded the other person as his own kind. Although he looks far gentler and more elegant than himself, that is only because he comes from a wealthy family in the north and has been decorated with gold and jade since he was a child. Behind the mask, Yang Wuyi's true nature must be cruel and cold.

If not, if they weren't of the same kind, how could he see through his schemes so many times?
"Because he is far smarter and more powerful than you think. He can see through all your conspiracies without the need for similar resonance. All this time, you have been claiming to be your old enemy, but you are just deceiving yourself."

After Yang Wuyi's death, these words could not help but appear in Li Fengxian's heart. No matter how he struggled, these words seemed to be burned into his heart.

Even further.

"Your failure has never been due to being targeted by your old enemy. You were not tolerated by the academic community in Fancheng, and you were suppressed by Mr. Mingli in Sangjun... It's all because you are just a mediocre person, covered in mud and mottled skin, but you pride yourself on being extraordinary. Yours Your ambition and anger are just to cover up your own insignificance. You have no ability to love others, and you are destined not to be loved by others. Becoming someone else's lackey or even a walking dead is your inevitable end."

These words, which he would never have thought about when his rationality was still alive, were now flowing in an endless stream, entangled in his heart like thorns.

Yang Wuyi's evil blade was not fatal, but it was painful and heartbreaking. That knife did not cut off Li Fengxian's vitality, but cut off his heart.

Until Wang Luo reached out and patted his shoulder.

"Wake up, Yang Wuyi and Yang Zhao died one after another in Sang County. Xinheng is about to usher in nationwide chaos. And you have no right to feel sorry for yourself in troubled times."

(End of this chapter)