Longevity starts from Yitian

Chapter 119 Departure, the horse steps into the river and lake

In addition to the old man with broken arms and cross-eyed sheepskin fur, Lu Qiantang from Southern Tang, Shuxiu from Western Chu, and Yang Qingfeng from Eastern Yue, Wei Shuyang, the guard on the third floor of the "Tingchao Pavilion", will also follow Ji Qinglin.

Although this person's strength is only from the second rank, he is not strong in frontal combat, but he practiced the "Nine Dou Mi Dao", one of the three major traditions, and he is very good at geomancy and arithmetic. The only copy named "San Tong Qi" is willing to enter the "Tingchao Pavilion" as a guard slave.

After the retinue was assembled, Da Zhuguo suddenly whispered in Ji Qinglin's ear: "Remember, that little old man with a broken arm is an old monster who can defeat thousands of troops with one man and one sword. Don't let him get anything like a sword, if you don't give it to him, he won't take the initiative to touch it, even if this old monster doesn't have a weapon in his hand, it's not difficult to keep you safe all the way."

The cross-eyed old man in sheepskin fur with broken arms, Ji Qinglin, who had long guessed, nodded, "I'll save it."

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Liangzhou, at the gate of the city.

There were two carriages parked, one of which was driven by Lao Huang, who carried a little old man with a broken arm, sheepskin fur and cross-eyed eyes, and Jiang Ni, the subjugated princess of Chu who insisted on setting off with Ji Qinglin.

This little clay figurine, who has completely inherited the beauty of the thirteen tops in the Spring and Autumn Period - the alluring appearance of the concubine of Chu, knows that Ji Qing is on this trip, and will probably stop by to visit Xu Xiao's three children on behalf of Beiliang. Zhihu, the second child Xu Weixiong, and the third child Xu Fengnian.

And her target is naturally the eldest son of Beiliang, Xu Fengnian, who was regretted by countless subjects of Beiliang, both civil and military, but came to Beijing as a hostage.

She wants to "assassinate" the only future hope of Beiliang with the dagger "magic charm" worth twelve cities in the history books hidden in her sleeve. Hand over Beiliang's 30 iron cavalry to Xu Longxiang, that useless lunatic.

At that time, Xu Xiao, the king of Beiliang, conquered the Western Chu, gifted the mother of the subjugated princess to death with white silk, brought the young Jiang Ni to the Beiliang palace, and became the maid of Xu Fengnian, the eldest son of Beiliang. Find an opportunity to assassinate your son.

If you can't kill Beiliang King Xu Xiao, and if you can't kill Beiliang's 30 cavalry, then kill his eldest son Xu Fengnian!
Back then, the King of Qin swept Liuhe and became an emperor through the ages. Isn't that mighty and brilliant?In the end, when the eldest son Fusu and general Meng Tian died, Daqin was still defeated by Hu Hai and Ziying.

Now in Jiang Ni's eyes, Xu Fengnian is like Fusu, and Xu Longxiang is worse than Hu Hai, a lunatic. As long as Xu Fengnian is killed, Beiliang's inheritance is no different.

How could Xu Xiao, who has a lot of gullies in his chest, not know about Jiang Ni's assassination of his precious son?
But he turned a blind eye to this, closed his eyes, and never restrained him, but when Jiang Ni insisted on going to Beijing with his son Xu Fengnian, he forcibly stopped her.

However, this time, when Jiang Ni insisted on traveling with Ji Qinglin and visiting Xu Fengnian who was a son-in-law in the capital, Xu Xiao nodded in agreement.

The literati and bureaucrats always called Xu Xiao a reckless man, a "human butcher", and a barbarian from Beiliang, but they didn't know what his intentions were. In fact, they were more unfathomable than many civil servants and advisers.

The driver of the other carriage is Ji Qinglin's favorite girl, Qingniao. Now that this girl is dressed up and looks heroic, who would have thought that she is the maid Qingniao of Beiliang's palace?Those who didn't know thought she was some kind of Jianghu heroine.

As for who is sitting in this carriage, only Xu Xiao, Ji Qinglin, the little old man in sheepskin with broken arms and cross-eyed eyes, Lao Huang, and Qingniao know who it is, and the others can only rely on guesswork.

Most people would guess that the person sitting inside was Xu Longxiang who had never left the house, after all, the coachman was Qingniao, the personal maid of the young Prince of Beiliang.

Li Yishan, the number one counselor under Xu Xiao's tent, the king of Beiliang, who is known as the "yin talent" by the world, said that the man in this carriage can be used as a trick to deceive people, and as bait to catch big fish...

Ji Qinglin himself, as a rising star in the Beiliang Army - General Ji, led a hundred elite cavalry from the "Fengzi Battalion" to protect the two carriages.

There are also four masters of the rivers and lakes, Lu Qiantang from the Southern Tang Dynasty, Shuyu from the Western Chu Dynasty, Yang Qingfeng from the Eastern Yue Dynasty, and Wei Shuyang from Jiudou Midao, as followers.

This year, the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming. It was rumored that Ji Qinglin, a young general from Beiliang who was expected to become Xu Xiao's "seventh adopted son", came out of Liangzhou on a white horse.

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Xu Xiao, the King of Beiliang, usually eats and sleeps in the open air on the border of Beiliang with ordinary soldiers all year round. It seems that he has to stare at the barbarians in Beimang with his own eyes to be at ease.

Bei Mang also seems to be afraid to go south because Xu Xiao is in Beiliang.

Beiliang soldiers who regard Xu Xiao as a god often laugh in private: "The Dazhu Kingdom alone is overwhelming Liyang, and the two rivers, lakes and courts of Beimang can't lift their heads!"

However, in recent years, this hunchback and slightly lame Dazhu Kingdom, who seemed to be carrying millions of undead on his back, was getting older and older.

His beloved wife Princess Beiliang passed away, and his four children gradually grew up and left Beiliang one after another. Xu Xiao, who no longer had his family to accompany him, had to go to the blind old Xu for a drink.

That blind old man Xu is a low-level old soldier who has fought with the Dazhu Kingdom for many years. It is difficult to know the affairs of the emperors and generals. All the news about the Dazhu Kingdom for so many years has been heard when he went to the wine shop to buy distiller's grains, but he also knows Xu Fengnian, the only eldest son who is expected to succeed Beiliang, came to Beijing as a hostage, and Xu Longxiang, who was born insane, has not gone out for 12 years.

"Zhiniang is a thief who sells abductees. Dazhu Kingdom wiped out the six kingdoms for the emperor and old man. He stepped into the rivers and lakes and suppressed the barbarians. He fed all the flowers and rivers into his mouth. This son of a bitch wants Dazhu Kingdom His eldest son went to the capital to be a proton, and even a dog tied to a dragon chair has more conscience than him!" The blind old Xu was so drunk that he couldn't choose what to say, even the emperor Liyang, who was so high above him, dared to insult him.

But the reverence for Dazhu Kingdom is in his blood and engraved in his heart. Even if he is drunk and unconscious, he dare not say a word of disrespect.

Xu Xiao, the king of Beiliang who had always been regarded by the blind old Xu as a small official in the yamen, was silent, just bowed his head and sipped his wine.

The blind old Xu had a good drink and swearing freely, so he tilted his head and dozed off. His cheeks, which had been worn by the war and wind and sand like old bark, clung to the polished wooden cane.

Xu Xiao put down the wine bowl and ordered the followers guarding outside the yard to renovate the house of the blind old Xu, and left some money for Lao Xu.

This Xu Xiao still remembers an old soldier from Beiliang whose name is Xu Yongguan. He was shot blind in one eye by Liu Ya in the First Battle of Western Chu. He pulled out his eyeball with an arrow and fought to the death. He was one of the 16 survivors. After the Spring and Autumn War, he retired from the army at home, and was blinded by fireworks in the other eye, and became blind. Once in the downtown area, he was trampled into a cripple by a sorghum boy riding a horse. He happened to be rescued by Xu Fengnian. He didn't know that Xu Fengnian was the eldest son of Beiliang. Instead of maintaining friendship for many years, Xu Fengnian is often called "Little Xu".

Looking at the renovated house and those silver coins, "Human Tu" Xu Xiao finally felt better.

It is said that once a general succeeds, his bones will dry up, so why not feel grateful and guilty?
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