Chapter 1: Sword Sharpening (IV)

"Why didn't I see that your life is in trouble?" Li Tieguai couldn't stand it. Ning Caichen always complained and frowned. "Isn't it just that the grass fell? It's better than being killed by someone. Besides, on the entire Green Forest Road, who doesn't know that you, Ning Er, are you?"

"So what? You're still dreaming of washing your hands with a golden basin?" Ning Caichen, the second in command, looked at him and continued to smile bitterly. "If there is any choice, who would be your son for King Shan?!"

The fifth leader Li Tieguai was stunned by the question and bit his lips for a long time without saying a word. The world is a road of no return. If there is a choice, who would be a bandit? No matter how famous it is, it is more powerful in the eyes of his peers. He raises a son and goes outside the mountain, he is still a thief. Even his descendants cannot get on the serious market!

Thinking of this, Ning Caichen refused to accept Xiao Fei as his godson, so the reason was clear. It was not because he was afraid that his life would be miserable, but because he did not want Xiao Fei to bear the reputation of a son of a mountain king. The child did not look like a bandit and had a good heart. He should have a greater future, rather than like the older generation, carrying sins until death.

But now there is a turbulent war, so if you don’t become a bandit, how can you have a serious way to survive? Even the governors from all over the country are just thieves with a little more powerful ones! There is no difference in essence from occupying the mountain and becoming the king.

"I heard that the imperial examinations were held in the Tang Dynasty in Jiangnan!" As if guessing the question in Li Tieguai's mind, Ning Caichen took his eyes off Ning Yanzhang and said in a very low voice. "The father and son of Li family have corporals, and many people who go to Jiangbei have been entrusted with important tasks. If Xiaofei has an innocent family background..."

The Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River is a respectful title for the regime established by the Li family in the south. Since Xu Zhigao changed his name to Li Bing and changed his country to Tang nine years ago, after two generations of hard work, his territory has expanded from a corner of Wu to Jingchu and Lingnan. It is not inferior to the prosperous Jin Dynasty. In terms of people's livelihood, it is far superior to the Jin Dynasty in the north. Although it has not reached the point where the road is not enough to be closed at night, it has at least become increasingly far away from war. The warriors holding heavy troops dare not do whatever they want like the north. (Note 1)

"Then you are some tired!" Li Tieguai didn't expect Ning Caichen to plan for Xiao Fei so long, so he was stunned again, curled his lips and shook his head.

To cultivate a person who was beaten to the point of being fooled, he thought it was more unrealistic than teaching wild boars to climb trees. Instead of having that energy, it would be better to plan carefully. When Boss Wu came back with the money for selling heads, everyone would go more neatly so as not to be followed by Zhao Yanshou's minions!

However, he would not say much about these thoughts to Ning Caichen. The two sides originally did not belong to the same village, but last summer they met together in the White Horse Temple on Wagang Mountain. In the future, it would be better for them to never interact with each other. After all, with such a large sum of money to buy land and live in seclusion, the fewer people around them know each other's foundation, the better.

The second leader Ning Caichen also did not expect Li Tieguai to support him. He was originally a young man from a wealthy family, but because his home was destroyed by war, he had to become a bandit. Since then, many of his ideals when he was young have completely become dreams. And in the past few months, he can always see himself when he was young. So he wished he could give all his things to him and let the latter replace him to make up for the regrets he had back then.

With the idea of ​​carving jade in detail, from this moment on, he was more serious about Ning Yanzhang's teachings. If he didn't do it once, he would do it twice, if he didn't do it twice, he would do it three times, four times, or even eighty or ninety times. Anyway, the wind outside has been tight recently, and it is impossible for everyone to come out to "do business" at the risk of being targeted by Zhao Yanshou. Instead of being idle and itchy, it is better to focus all your energy on Xiaofei.

As a result, Ning Yanzhang's life became more and more "hard". As soon as he memorized the "Thousand Characters" he was forced to write a book called "Three Hundred Poetry" that he had obtained from where he found it. He had just memorized the first two articles of "Three Hundred Poetry". In a blink of an eye, there was another volume of "Shangshu" that was broken in the morning class. If it weren't for the chaos outside and the market was withered, even "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" would have been used directly by Uncle Ning as a textbook. (Note 2)

Fortunately, the boss Wu Ruofu returned in time. Otherwise, Ning Yanzhang would have to be forced to "hang his head on the beam and his cone was thrust into the bones". The first day after the boss returned, his "study career" was officially over. Wagang Village took on a big deal. If it went smoothly, everyone would no longer be bandits. They might completely change their families like the legendary Cheng Yaojin and Xu Maogong, and even be named Ling Yan.

"The King of Han has already promoted his righteous army and vowed to expel the Khitan back to the outside world. In fact, all the wealth we have obtained before was paid by the King of Han. The person in charge of this matter was the King of Han, the Duke of the Duke of Yu, the capital of the Six Army. Wu went out to trade this time, and was recommended by his old friend to visit him. They had a great time talking to each other." After Wu Ruofu summoned the core figures of the parish, he did not even breathe, and announced excitedly. (Note 3)

He did not come back alone, and he also brought his old friend Han Pu, whom Ning Yanzhang had met more than 20 days ago, and Han Chongyun, the son of Han Pu, a young man with wide shoulders and wide back, calm and heavy back. The latter was about the same age as Ning Yanzhang, so he quickly came over and hid in the corner and whispered together.

Ning Yanzhang lost most of his memory, and he didn't know which King of Han was in Wu Ruofu's mouth. He didn't know how big the sixth army Du Yuhou was. He could make the boss feel so honored when he met him. As for some of the words Wu Ruofu said later, such as "Once this is done, all the whole village can be included in the King of Han's tent, and the food and salary are the same as those of the guards and the personal army...", etc., he was confused. Therefore, when he saw a boy surnamed Han coming to talk to him, his attention immediately became absent. He turned his head and lowered his voice and asked, "Your father, is Ling Zun the high-ranking official? This time he came to recruit us?"

Han Chongyun met Ning Yanzhang half a month ago and knew that his head had been smashed with an iron mace. Therefore, he was not angry that he spoke in a ruthless manner, smiled, and responded in a low voice, "It's just a cavalry general, not much! But the adoptive father, the Chang Gong in their mouths, is the confidant old man who has been following the King of Han for more than 20 years, so the King of Han will definitely admit what he promised, and will never make you happy!"

"Why should we be happy? Just to be able to work hard for your adoptive father, and that Han King? How do you know that he will win in the end? Besides, no one will never die in war?!" Unsatisfied with the arrogance that Han Chongyun showed when he spoke, Ning Yanzhang's eyebrows jumped slightly, and questions came out in a series of questions.

He was also greatly affected by Li Tieguai's sharp mouth all day long. He didn't even leave any affection for the other party. Han Chongyun asked, and his face turned red and his forehead was wet. He gritted his teeth and gasped for several big breaths. He slowly explained: "The King of Han has been prepared for this day for a long time and will naturally win. You are not unclear, how many heads have the Khitans been cut off in the last few months? The Khitan barbarian king Yelu Deguang had only 100,000 combat soldiers killed in the tent. Even if the King of Han could not defeat him for a while, he would continue to spend money to ask the heroes to cut their heads, and sooner or later he would have to cut all the 100,000 Khitan dogs into headless wild ghosts!"

"You mean, is it your Han King who spends money to buy his head?" Ning Yanzhang suddenly realized and said with his eyes wide open.

Having no temper at all by his stupid appearance, Han Chongyun stomped his feet and added helplessly, "Of course it was the money paid by the King of Han, otherwise, which big family would be willing to give up such a big deal?! Hey, did you listen to Uncle Wu just now? Didn't he explain to you all?!"

"I was so happy that you came just now, I didn't listen carefully!" Ning Yanzhang scratched the back of his head and said embarrassedly. Then, he quickly frowned again, "Why didn't the Han King continue to buy the Khitan dog's head with money? Why are you in a hurry to recruit us? I understand, the Han King has no money, so he used the recruitment to fool us!"

"Don't talk nonsense, the King of Han is not as you think!" Han Chongyun was shocked and quickly pushed him, reminding him in a lower voice. "Are you really stupid or fake stupid? You can't ask for such an opportunity. If my grandfather hadn't fought side by side with Uncle Wu in the Hekeng Army, how could a good thing fall on your Wagang Village? As long as you drive away the Khitans, King of Han, and King of Han can soar into the sky. Uncle Wu and a few of your family members here have all made the founding achievements of the country. Even if you can't be a marquis and generals, at least returning home in glory will not be a problem."

"Oh!" Ning Yanzhang seemed to understand, but instinctively felt that there was no free bargain in the world. However, before he could refute, there was an excited shouting around him, "I am willing to die for the King of Han! I will never be able to follow the swords and fires."

The pre-war mobilization of the great leader Wu Ruofu was very successful. The second leader Ning Caichen, the third leader Xu Yuanju, and several other leaders, all of whom were happy and ready to fight out of the mountain and gain fame.

"Yes, but the King of Han himself won't pick up such a good thing!" Ning Yanzhang looked at the uncles and uncles and murmured. His voice was too low, and he was swallowed up in the cheers of a tsunami like a landslide.

"I am willing to die for the King of Han!"

"I am willing to die for the King of Han!"

....

The entire Wagang Village was immersed in the dream of whitewashing his identity and changing the family, and he only wished to sleep forever and never wake up again.

Note 1: The Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, namely the Southern Tang Dynasty. It was founded by Xu Zhigao. Xu Zhigao changed his name to Li Bing in 938 AD and changed his name to Tang. Later, the father and son focused on managing the south. In his heyday, some areas of Hunan and Guangdong and Guangxi were included in the territory. However, they soon lost these areas and never recovered from then on.

Note 2: Three hundred poems are the Book of Songs. The first of the Five Classics is a must-read for learning in ancient times.

Note 3: The sixth army's capital, Yuhou, was equivalent to the command of his personal soldiers. During the Five Dynasties, the hard-core confidants who were not the governors would not be granted this position. Chang Si and the Later Han emperor Liu Zhiyuan were young soldiers in Li Siyuan in their early years, and they were comrades-in-arms who had lived and died together. Therefore, Liu Zhiyuan always trusted him very much. Even though he knew that his abilities were very average, he always valued him.

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