There was a deathly silence in the hall. After a long time, Sima Xiuzhi finally opened his mouth with difficulty: "But, we have no soldiers now, only some troops and disciples who follow us, most of them have been scattered and are not in the city.
, how can we succeed on our own?"
Gao Yazhi laughed, stood up, and clapped his hands three times: "Senior, you can come out now."
The bright sunlight in the hall dimmed. At some point, a figure in black robes, like a ghost, floated in from outside the hall and stood above the hall. His tall and skinny shadow made the sky seem dark.
, and a lifeless evil ghost face was pressed tightly against his face, with only a pair of shining eyes, shining like cold lightning, shining directly at Liu Jingxuan in the palace.
Liu Jingxuan's face was stern, and his left hand was unconsciously pressed on the sword at hand, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency is so skilled, you can actually appear like this silently, but my father and I are naturally most wary of sudden appearances like this.
The shadow in front of me, if you appeared behind me, I would have stabbed you with my sword now!"
Just as Gao Yazhi was about to speak, the black robe laughed: "The tiger father has no dogs, but Lao Zhi's son is just different. Looking at you, it's like seeing him thirty years ago."
Liu Jingxuan looked at Gao Yazhi: "How did you meet?"
Sima Xiuzhi suddenly stood up, held his hands towards the black robe, and bowed deeply to his waist: "My benefactor, please accept me and bow down!"
At this time, even Gao Yazhi's expression changed: "Xiuzhi, what's going on? Could it be..."
A hint of amusement flashed in the black robe's eyes, and he gently stroked his long gray beard: "My ancestors had some kindness to King Qiao back then. Therefore, Queen Qiao's descendants must never die without saving them.
, Although I had no intention of intervening in the internal affairs of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, when King Qiao was in trouble and the whole family was left with only a single seedling, Xiu, I was still able to save him. It happened that I still had some old troops in the Pengcheng area of Huaibei at that time, so I took care of Xiu.
Come here, if you think about it, he came to my place earlier than you did."
Gao Yazhi suddenly understood and looked at Sima Xiuzhi: "No wonder you said that you have been lurking between the Jianghuai River for more than half a year. When asked who protected you, you refused to tell me. It turns out that we are the same benefactor."
Sima Xiuzhi sighed: "The Jin Dynasty and the Yan Kingdom are mortal enemies after all. As a member of the Sima clan, if I appear in Nanyan like this, I will bring trouble to my benefactor, so I have to keep this secret until you are also in trouble.
, we just came together."
Liu Jingxuan frowned: "So, what do you call this senior? You said that you are a famous and powerful person in the land of Qilu. Can you reveal your identity to us? After all, we are going to do that with our heads high.
There is no possibility of success in any of them.”
Hei Pao smiled slightly: "You can just call me Hei Pao. As for my identity, it is just like my face. It has been abandoned for a long time. Qi Di is powerful. That was a thing in the past. Ever since Murong Beide came to Nanyan
After that, my family was ruined, and now I am just a reckless person lurking between Lunan and Huaibei, just like Jiaozhi, Wuwen and others back then. This is just a shameful name, so I won’t mention it."
Liu Jingxuan said coldly: "It's not that I can't trust you, your Excellency. Although you saved two of my friends, the situation is serious. We can go back to the slave now. He will definitely take us in. There is no need to risk our lives here."
Go! Besides, at least it was Murong Lan who saved me, Liu Jingxuan, and allowed me to stay here. I received her favor but wanted to take away her country. This kind of thing is not what a man would do! "
The black robe smiled and shook his head. He suddenly turned his wrist, and in his hand, which was as skinny as a chicken's claw, there was actually half an elm token. It looked like it had been cut by the wind and frost of the years, and even the writing could not be read.
It became clear, but Liu Jingxuan's expression changed drastically. He reached out his hand and took out half a token that looked to be made of the same material. His voice was trembling slightly: "Could it be, could this be..."
The black-robed hand raised, and the half token fell into Liu Jingxuan's hand. The two halves of the token were put together, and they were perfect. Gao Yazhi opened her eyes wide: "This, this is the legend.
Are you under a begging order?"
Liu Jingxuan gritted his teeth, stood up, and formally knelt down on one knee in front of the black robe: "I didn't know that you were actually the envoy of the begging order back then. When my father was here, he once said that I should obey any orders of those who held the begging order.
Order. I originally thought that half of the token would be at Xie's house, because my father once said so, but why..."
When he said this, he stopped talking. Sima Xiuzhi looked confused: "Begging for a living order? What is this? Is it related to Ran Min in the north and the begging army he sent out?"
Gao Yazhi said with a serious face: "Xiuzhi, you don't know something. Ran Min's ancestor was the leader of the begging army, and later surrendered to Shi Zhao. Fifty years ago, after Shi Hu died, Shi Yue was in chaos, and Ran Min
Min Ye took advantage of the chaos, raised the banner of the beggar army again, and issued an order to kill Hu. At that time, my father, Uncle Liu, Uncle Tian, and Uncle He were all Ran Min's old bodyguards, and they have been favored by him for the rest of his life.
, I also swore an oath to be loyal to Ran Min, even to the death!"
Liu Jingxuan sighed: "It's a pity that Ran Min lost his mind later, proclaimed himself emperor, and attacked the Northern Expedition army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was not engaged in production, leaving the northern land uncultivated. The land was thousands of miles away, and neither Han nor Hu people were there.
My late father and several seniors had jointly remonstrated with him about his work, but Ran Min didn't listen. In anger, he even stabbed his late father with a knife. If a benefactor hadn't sacrificed his life to block the knife, my late father would have died.
already dead."
Having said this, Liu Jingxuan looked at the black robe: "So, are you the benefactor?"
The black robe sighed faintly: "Back then, Your Majesty was scarred by battles all his life. In order to relieve the pain, he had to take Five Stone Powder, so sometimes he got mad and couldn't control himself. I have followed him since I was a child, and I have sympathy for my brothers and sisters.
, I know that your father is a loyal man and cannot be hurt, so I blocked the knife for him. The knife was too powerful. It not only left a long scar on your father's face, but also completely disfigured half of my face, so
I can only wear this mask for the rest of my life, but it’s not to hide my identity.”
Liu Jingxuan said seriously: "My benefactor, I would like to thank you on behalf of my late father for saving my life!"
He was about to salute, but he felt a strong force lifting him up, but he could not bow down. When he looked up, he saw a black robe standing in front of him with a smile, and said: "Ah Shou, it doesn't have to be like this. His Majesty hurt you back then.
After my father, I also felt regretful, but your father had decided to leave and could not be forced to stay, so through my intervention, I gave your father and other brothers thousands of armor sets, food, grass, and stones, so that they could develop in the Huaibei area.
. Your father made his fortune by relying on this, and out of gratitude, he swore an oath to obey everything before the begging order!"
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This chapter has been completed!