Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 28

"Xiang You! Xiang You! Where are you, Xiang You?"

"Xiang You, I'm Xiang Guan, I promise you! Xiang You!"

There is nothing more painful than finding someone in a dark snowy night. Although there are a few torches to light up, but walking down a mere few miles, not one of the Xiang family brothers is not covered in slush. Xiang Kang just changed into a clean The clothes were also soaked in snow water again, but the Xiang brothers didn't dare to stop. They could only shout Xiang You's name loudly while walking hard on the road leading to Xiapi.

What was even worse was that the snow was getting bigger and bigger, and the snow on the ground was getting deeper and deeper, until it could almost cover Xiang Kang's calf.Seeing that the situation was not right, Xiang Zhuang had no choice but to find Xiang Kang to discuss: "Xiang Kang, it's not an option to go on like this. It's too difficult to find someone in such a heavy snow. You have many ideas, can you think of a way to find third uncle as soon as possible?" ?”

Xiang Kang racked his brains to figure it out, and suddenly he had an idea, and hurried forward a few steps, and asked the servant of the Yu family who was leading the way: "Are there any abandoned temples around here? Or thatched pavilions that can shelter from the snow?" ?”

The servant of the Yu family recalled it carefully, and quickly replied: "About three miles further on, there is a deserted temple dedicated to the god of the society. It has been abandoned for many years, but it should be able to hide from the snow."

"Take us there quickly." Xiang Kang quickly ordered, and then whispered to Xiang Zhuang: "Third Uncle and Xiang You must be looking for a place to hide from the snow, and it might be there. It doesn't matter if we're not there, we'll spend the night hiding there , and continue to look for it at dawn.”

Xiang Zhuang nodded in agreement, and hurriedly led the brothers with Xiang Kang to continue on with difficulty. After exhausting all their efforts, they finally saw the small ruined temple that had been abandoned for many years, and at the same time let Xiang Kang and the Xiang family To the great joy of the brothers, there was still a faint light of fire in the temple.Xiang Zhuang tried to call Xiang You's name loudly again, but Xiang You's voice came from the ruined temple, "Who called me?"

"Who called you? Me! Xiang Zhuang!" Angry, Xiang Zhuang strode towards the ruined temple with his brothers, and shouted, "Xiang You, get out! Why are you crazy? How did you come here?"

Xiang Kang was careful, and after confirming Xiang You's voice, he immediately rolled his eyes, grabbed the servant of the Yu family who was leading the way, took out a handful of copper coins and stuffed them in his hand, and said in a low voice: "Brother, thank you for your hard work." , but I'm sorry, you have to go back immediately, and we will take care of the rest by ourselves."

For the sake of Xiang Kang's copper coins, the servant of the Yu family obediently nodded and agreed, and wanted to ask for a torch to go back, but Xiang Kang flatly refused, and said to him: "Brother, if you work harder, I can't give you the torch. Also, you can’t go back the way you came. You have to find another way to go home. If you see someone on the road, you have to hide immediately. This is for your own good, and for the good of your master, please remember live."

After all, Xiang Kang, who had already saved a few dollars by opening a blacksmith shop, took out another handful of copper coins and stuffed them into the hands of the servant of the Yu family, telling him that if he really couldn't dodge and was bumped into, he could only say It was to help lead the way to find the lost brother Xiang You, and supervised him to leave by taking a different path, and then rushed to the small ruined temple quickly.

When they entered the temple gate without even the door panels, Uncle Xiang and Xiang You and his son were indeed in the temple, surrounded by brothers from the Xiang family and talking. Xiang Kang gave a wry smile and was about to go forward to salute. He opened his mouth first, and roared: "Xiang Kang, come here, kneel down!"

"You scum of the Xiang family, do you have the face to ask me to kneel?" Xiang Kang was furious, but he had no choice but to walk up to Uncle Xiang obediently, kneel down on his knees, and said respectfully, "Xiao My nephew, Xiang Kang, met my third uncle."

"Xiang Kang, let me ask you, who raised you after your parents passed away?!" Xiang Bo asked sharply.

"Uncle and aunt, you, and the elders in the clan raised me together." Xiang Kang replied truthfully.

"Then you are still ungrateful? Disrespectful to your aunt and elder brother?" Uncle Xiang asked again, "Also, I wrote to you and asked you for fifty knives, why did you only give twenty?"

"Uncle, I am wronged. Did I disrespect my aunt and elder brother?" Xiang Kang shouted, and then explained: "I have already made it clear to Xiang You and the third aunt about the knife. It’s too eye-catching to go to Xiapi with multiple knives. Second, I don’t own the blacksmith’s shop alone. I can’t spend so much money on so many knives. Uncle, your whereabouts, so I can only send twenty."

"Also, I also said that when I have a chance in the future, I will send you another knife, and sooner or later I will make up the amount you want, Uncle." Xiang Kang added: "You and Han Li Han Zhuangshi didn't tell you about this matter. you?"

Xiang Bo was at a loss for words, and only then remembered that Han Li had indeed told him that Xiang Kang would give him a knife again.But of course Uncle Xiang wouldn't just let it go, he shouted again: "Feng Zhong once brought people to arrest me, why do you still consider a thief as your father, make friends with him, and join hands to open some kind of blacksmith shop?"

"Feng Zhong and I have turned enemies into friends, and he is also very respectful to our two aunts?" Xiang Kang replied in surprise, first glanced at Xiang You who was hiding in the dark, and then put himself and Feng Zhong together. Zhong talked about the process of making friends in detail, and introduced Feng Zhong's visit to apologize and take the initiative to pay New Year's greetings to his two aunts, and finally said: "As for opening the blacksmith shop in partnership with him, one is because my nephew has no money, and the other is Only by letting him come forward, can we easily buy Nirvana (coal) and iron ore from the Guanshan (mine) of Tyranny, without his help, the blacksmith shop of my nephew would not be able to open at all."

In fact, before Xiang Kang finished speaking, Uncle Xiang already understood that his precious son was not telling the whole truth to him, but his biological son was his own son after all. After glancing at Xiang You quietly, Uncle Xiang said old-fashionedly: " Well, I will not ask about you and Feng Zhong for the time being. Let me ask you now, how did you know the secret method of making iron?"

"When I was ten years old, I saw it in an ancient book." Xiang Kang told the lies he had told many times, and said, "But my nephew doesn't know where the ancient book is, and it may have been lost." It may have been sold or sold, or it may be in our family’s collection of books.”

"Then can you tell me the secret method of making iron? Let me know how to make that kind of good iron?" Uncle Xiang finally came to his senses.

"Uncle, why do you want to learn that secret iron-making method?" Xiang Kang was startled, and vaguely guessed Xiang Bo's real intention when he met him - to force himself to hand over the production process of smelting ground bar steel!

"Don't worry about it!" Uncle Xiang rudely refused to answer, and said, "I just want to ask you now, would you like to tell me the secret method of the go-getter?!"

If other members of the Xiang family asked, then Xiang Kang might agree and generously pass on the iron-making technology to his brothers, but Xiang Kang knows better than anyone else what kind of person Xiang Bo will be in the future ——Give it to Uncle Xiang today, and tomorrow this ironmaking craft may be surnamed Liu.So after hesitating for a long time, Xiang Kang replied: "Reporting to uncle, it's not that my nephew is unwilling, it's that my nephew can't do this!"

"Why?" Xiang Bo's face became ugly again.

There was an answer in his mind, but Xiang Kang didn't answer immediately, instead he said to the Xiang family brothers: "Brothers and brothers, please go out and see if anyone is eavesdropping outside. You made too much noise in Yanji Pavilion today. , I am afraid that the Tyrant Qin officials there will send people to follow and eavesdrop."

He had already established a certain prestige among his brothers, and his words were reasonable, so after hearing Xiang Kang's words, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han and others really went out to check the situation without hesitation.The result was fine, nothing abnormal was found.After Xiang Kang carefully confirmed this point, he lowered his voice and said to Uncle Xiang in a low voice: "Uncle, my nephew is for the future of our Xiang family, so I must not tell you the secret method of generals."

"For the future of the Xiang family?" Xiang Bo asked sharply.

"For the chance of our Xiang family raising troops to restore Chu in the future." Xiang Kang replied calmly.

The dilapidated temple suddenly became silent, not to mention the young Xiang family children, even the murderer Xiang Bo couldn't help but his face changed, and he lowered his voice and shouted: "Do you want to return to Chu?"

"I don't want to, but I want to see if there is such an opportunity." Xiang Kang said: "My nephew looks at the general situation of the world and thinks that Tyranny's rule will never last long, and the world will return to chaos sooner or later. Keep this go-getter secret technique and see if there is a chance to use it on the battlefield in the future. If it can be used, our Xiang family will have a great advantage. Lord Wu Xin, Xiang Yangong, take revenge!"

The small dilapidated temple became even quieter, Uncle Xiang and the brothers of the Xiang family looked at Xiang Kang as if they didn't know each other, and couldn't believe that Xiang Kang still had such a grand ambition hidden in his heart.After a long time, Xiang Bo said in a hoarse voice: "You are so brave, dare to say such a thing!"

"My nephew also feels that I am a little arrogant." Xiang Kang nodded calmly, and then said: "But my nephew believes that our Xiang family will definitely have such an opportunity. The Qin law is harsh, strict and complicated. Not only the old people of the six eastern countries suffer Unbelievably, the common people of Tyranny Qin’s own country also suffered from it. The tyrant Yingzheng and Qin Ershi Huhai continued to pervert and abuse the power of the people. The people in the world have already been overwhelmed. How could the tyranny of the Qin court, which harmed the people, last long?"

"So my nephew dares to conclude that there must be heroes who rise up in three years or at least two years to crusade against Wudao and Tyranny. At that time, the secret method of generals that my nephew knows will definitely be able to serve our Xiang family. It's come in handy."

Uncle Xiang was completely stunned, and kept screaming in his heart, "This is my nephew? This is the nephew I watched growing up? How could his opinion be exactly the same as that of Mr. Zifang? Impossible for a long time? Also, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world? In this case, even Mr. Zifang has never said it!"

At this time, Xiang Kang stood up by himself, and said to Uncle Xiang: "Uncle, there is another reason why my nephew can't tell you the secret method of generals, and that is because of the livelihood considerations of our Xiang family. Backward, the two aunts and the others are too difficult. They are worried about our family's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and their heads are graying. It will be harder and more painful.”

"Are you so kind?" Xiang Bo snorted coldly.

"Uncle, I can testify to this point that Xiang Kang has indeed been helping our aunt as much as possible." Xiang Zhuang stood up and said, "After Xiang Kang got acquainted with Zhou County Magistrate who was a prime minister through Feng Zhong, many wealthy families who were prime ministers They all came to visit Xiang Kang with gifts, but Xiang Kang didn’t keep anything, and gave all to his aunts to subsidize the family, I saw this with my own eyes.”

"Uncle, we also know about this, and we can also testify to Xiang Kang that he did give all his things to his aunt and the others, so the life of our Xiang family is much easier now than before."

Brothers of the Xiang family stepped forward to testify to Xiang Kang, proving that Xiang Kang has been working hard to help the family and help the two aunts share the pressure of supporting the family.Uncle Xiang, who teamed up with his second brother Xiang Liang to ruin his family property, felt feverish when he heard this, and couldn't help but glared at his son Xiang You viciously.

Uncle Xiang's petty actions did not escape Xiang Kang's eyes, but in front of many brothers, Xiang Kang could not force Xiang Bo to clean up Xiang You who was so provocative, so he just said: "Uncle, my nephew has already said very well. Understood, regardless of whether our Xiang family has the opportunity to raise troops to restore Chu in the future, for the future of our Xiang family, and for the present of our Xiang family, my nephew must not tell you the secret method of generals."

"It's not that my nephew can't trust you, uncle. It's just that the more people know about this secret, the more likely it will be leaked. So I'm sorry, but my nephew can only promise that I will find a way to send you thirty more knives to my uncle in the future. But my nephew must never tell you the secret method of the go-getter, at least not now, uncle!"

Xiang Kang's words reached this point, no matter how arrogant and unreasonable Xiang Bo was, he couldn't continue to force Xiang Kang to hand over the so-called go-getter secret method, so he could only snort heavily and said, "Whatever you want! If you raise troops to restore Chu, you must never mention it in front of outsiders! You are not afraid of death, but I am afraid that you will hurt your aunt and brother!"

"If there are other outsiders here, my nephew would never say such a thing." Xiang Kang replied with a smile, and went to the outside of the temple to check the situation very carefully. dispute.

Afterwards, Uncle Xiang, who was not too bad, took the initiative to bring up Xiang Kang's marriage. He once wanted to go south to Yanjiting, and personally forced Yu Gong to fulfill his promise. The matter was told to Xiang Bo.Uncle Xiang finally broke out in anger, slapped his precious son Xiang You on the face, and roared, "Why didn't you tell me about this? You have made a feud with the local snake in Yanjiting, and you still want me to die in Yanjiting ?”

"My son thinks..., my son thinks it should not be such a coincidence, I should not happen to meet that Mi San."

Xiang You covered his face and explained in a low voice, in exchange for more punches and kicks from Uncle Xiang, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and others hurriedly dissuaded him, and Xiang Kang also said: "Uncle, it's useless to beat Xiang You now, fortunately you It should not have been exposed yet, so you should hurry back to Xiapi. Otherwise, once Mi San and those people find out your identity, things will be troublesome."

In fact, he was not very willing to beat his own son. After listening to the persuasion of his nephews, Xiang Bo got off the donkey, scolded his son to stop his hands and feet, nodded to Xiang Kang and said, "Okay, I will go back as soon as the snow stops. Xiapi."

It was also a coincidence that when the sky was just a little bright, the heavy snow that had fallen all night gradually began to lighten. Uncle Xiang, who had no longer dared to go to Yanjiting, parted from his sons and nephews, and walked alone to the way he came from, while Xiang Kang led the Xiang family to divert. West, return directly to Shiling Pavilion.

During this period, Xiang Kang, who is as careful as he is, has been quietly watching the movement around him. What he is afraid of is that the Xiang family brothers made a commotion at Yanji Pavilion last night, which will attract Yanjiting's officials to follow him.As a result, Xiang Kang was a little surprised that he and the Xiang family brothers had already returned to Xiaxiang County, and there was no abnormality in the surrounding area. It was obvious that he was worrying unfoundedly.However, just as he breathed a sigh of relief, Xiang Kang's heart skipped a beat again, subconsciously stopped, and said to himself, "That's not right!"

"The situation is not right!" Xiang Kang continued to say in his heart: "There was such a big commotion last night, no matter how careless Mi San and his gang are, they can't turn a blind eye to it, and they will probably send someone to follow us secretly! Such people If they really exist, there will definitely not be many of them. They haven't shown up all the time, probably because they are afraid that we have a large number of people on our side, and they are not our opponents. Now that more than a dozen of us are returning to the photos, as long as they have a little brains, they can They definitely wouldn’t dare to target us, the dozen or so people. They would only…”

Thinking of this, Xiang Kang turned his head subconsciously, looked at the direction where Uncle Xiang was leaving, and said in his heart: "If I were an official of Yan Jiting, I would only follow and capture Uncle Xiang who was on the road alone. Danger!"

After reaching this conclusion, Xiang Kang opened his mouth almost without thinking, wanting to tell the Xiang family brothers to turn around and rescue Uncle Xiang who might be in danger, but when the words came to his lips, Xiang Kang subconsciously stopped , and said in his heart: "Is it necessary to save Uncle Xiang, the scum of the Xiang family? Do you want to use this opportunity to use someone else's hand to kill Uncle Xiang, the scum of the Xiang family?"

(End of this chapter)