Chong Peng naturally felt unhappy when his junior brother removed him from his master and scolded him, but he couldn't say anything to refute.
He took a deep breath, turned to look at Liu Xiu, and said: "General Liu and I have no grievances. This secret assassination was all authorized by me and has nothing to do with my three apprentices. I also asked General Liu
Let the three of them go, I, Chong Peng, am here, but I can let General Liu do whatever he wants!"
Liu Xiu blinked, raised his head and smiled, waving his hand and saying: "Serve tea."
As he served tea, he looked at the guards at the entrance of the hall and the soldiers in the courtyard. They began to retreat to the left and right. Not long after, the door and the courtyard were already empty. Where could one see a soldier?
The figure of the soldier.
Seeing this, Chong Peng could somewhat understand why his three apprentices were so easily captured by Liu Xiu. The Zhu Tiandu tribe was by no means an ordinary rebel army, let alone a ragtag group. This was a well-trained and well-equipped army.
's army.
You must know that at that time, there were almost no rebel armies equipped with crossbows on a large scale, including the red eyebrow army and the bronze horse army, which were in full swing. Even the imperial army, only the capital army and some county armies had such treatment.
.
It is shocking that Zhu Tiandu's army can be equipped with so many crossbows.
Not long after, several servants came in from outside carrying trays, and placed teacups filled with tea on the table in front of everyone one by one.
Liu Xiu picked up the teacup and said cheerfully: "Today, Mr. Chongpeng and Chongyuan are visiting. Xiu was supposed to treat him with fine wine, but his injury has not healed, so he can only serve tea instead of wine. I hope these two gentlemen will not
To blame.”
Chen Ye quickly bowed and said, "General Liu is too polite."
Chong Peng also didn't expect that after he surrendered, Liu Xiu not only did not press forward step by step, but also lowered his attitude. People respect me as much as I respect others. Chong Peng has a good impression of Liu Xiu's character.
Big increase.
He picked up the tea cup and said: "Since General Liu said so, I will also drink tea instead of wine, just to show off to General Liu!"
As he spoke, he blew the tea foam a little, then raised his head and poured the entire cup of boiling tea into his stomach.
The servants present who had not yet left were all grinning secretly in fear and their scalps were numb. Who could bear to drink a whole cup of scalding tea directly into their stomachs?
But Chong Peng could bear it. He was sitting there with a calm demeanor and a normal face, as if nothing was wrong.
Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, picked up the tea cup, shook it towards Chong Peng, and then took a sip.
He put down the cup and said: "I accept Mr. Chongpeng's apology. However, Mr. Chongpeng wants to take away the three disciples like this, so I'm afraid it won't work."
After hearing this, Chong Peng's good impression of Liu Xiusheng disappeared. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "How else does General Liu want me to apologize?"
Liu Xiu said: "Mr. Chongpeng, does he know why I am seriously injured now?"
Naturally, it was because of Yama. Chong Peng and Chen Ye both knew that Liu Xiu was suffering from Yama. However, they did not know why Liu Xiu was not poisoned and died, and how he was able to cure the poison.
Seeing that Chongpeng looked at him without saying anything, Liu Xiu happily clapped his hands.
Following the sound of footsteps, Xu Ying, Xu Fei, and Xu Ting were brought in from outside by several soldiers.
There were no ropes tied to their bodies, but their weapons were removed. Seeing his three apprentices being escorted in, Chong Peng stood up involuntarily.
Liu Xiu said slowly: "This time I was injured by the poison of Guimen. Fortunately, my ancestors had spirits in the sky to protect me. I was lucky enough to save a life, but my body was seriously injured. Is Mr. Chong Peng...
Should we also make some due compensation?”
Chong Peng swallowed his saliva and said seriously: "The weapons used by my disciples, Chong Peng, are never quenched with poison, and the Yama that General Liu shot was definitely not made by my disciples..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Xiu waved his hand and interrupted: "That's not important. Anyway, Mr. Chong Peng's disciples did assassinate me, and I was indeed seriously injured."
Although there are some strong words, it is indeed the case. Chong Peng took a deep breath and asked: "Then what kind of compensation does General Liu want me to make?"
After a pause, he added: "I am a cultivator, and I am not rich in external things!"
The implication is, if you want me to pay money, then I'm sorry, but I don't.
Seeing that their master and uncle were present, and after hearing what their master said, Xu Ying, Xu Fei, and Xu Ting all lowered their heads, ashamed.
He is such an old man, and now he has to trouble his master to come forward and force him to say such embarrassing words in public. As a disciple, he is too unfilial and incompetent.
Liu Xiu didn't care what the three of them were thinking. He looked at Chong Peng happily and said, "Mr. Chong Peng misunderstood. I don't want to ask you for money, but I want to ask you for people."
As soon as he said this, everyone present was confused. Do you want someone? Who do you want? Liu Xiu doesn't have anyone in his hands!
Seeing that Chong Peng, Chen Ye, Xu Ying and others were all looking at him with big eyes and small eyes, Liu Xiu said: "I like these three disciples of Mr. Chong Peng very much. I think they should not leave."
, stay by my side from now on and be my guard."
Chong Peng was stunned for a moment, frowning, and just about to refuse, Liu Xiu added: "Until I recover from my injury! Does Mr. Chong Peng think my request is too much?"
It turned out that Liu Xiu had this idea! He must have been worried that Uncle Xuande would not give up even after his failed assassination attempt on him this time, and would send another Yiqimen disciple to continue to look for opportunities to assassinate him secretly.
He kept his disciples by his side, so Uncle Xuande would have to be wary if he wanted to attack Liu Xiu, otherwise he would accidentally hurt his own disciples, and he would not be able to explain to the Taoist Association.
Chong Peng rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, and asked, "What about after General Liu recovers from his injury?"
Liu Xiu said seriously: "When I recover from my injury, if the three of them are still willing to stay with me, of course I will welcome them. If the three of them want to leave, I will never stop them. What does Mr. Chong Peng think?"
Chen Ye nodded, looked at Chong Peng, and whispered: "Senior brother, I think General Liu's conditions are quite reasonable. After all, we started the trouble, and now it's up to us to end it. It's not too much."
That's true, but... Chong Peng said worriedly: "In this case, I will completely offend Master Xuande."
Chen Ye smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle Xuande wanted to use the Imperial Preceptor to open up a career path for him to enter the imperial court. However, the current imperial court has long been terminally ill and is like a rotten tree. The career path that Uncle Xuande wants,
It is also destined to be a dead end, senior brother, please don’t let yourself get burned and just follow... and fall into it!"
Chong Peng is a Taoist who has no interest in fame, fortune or official career. However, what his junior brother said is right. Uncle Xuande only wants to become an official, so he really can no longer get too close to him.
He glanced at Liu Xiu, then at Xu Ying's three disciples, and asked, "Are you willing to stay with General Liu to train?"
He deliberately downplayed his apprentice's role as Liu Xiu's bodyguard, saying it was just training, and training was exactly a kind of training.
Xu Ying, Xu Fei, and Xu Ting looked at each other, then bowed to Chong Peng and saluted together, and said in unison: "Disciple, I will obey my master's orders!"
Chong Peng nodded and said seriously to Liu Xiu: "I hope General Liu can keep his word and don't forget what he said today. After the injury recovers, my disciple can leave on his own!"
"Of course, a gentleman's words are followed by a whip!"
Chong Peng said no more, stood up, bowed his hands to Liu Xiu and said, "In this case, I won't bother you any more, and I'll say goodbye!"
Liu Xiu didn't try to persuade him to stay with any pretense. He returned the courtesy and said, "Mr. Chongpeng, go slowly!"
Chen Ye also stood up and said goodbye to Liu Xiu and Yan Guang.
It was a rare meeting. Yan Guang originally wanted to stay with Chen Ye for a few more days, but Chen Ye politely refused. The matter this time was not trivial. The two of them had to go to their master immediately and explain to him the whole story.
At this point, the matter came to an end temporarily. The day after Chong Peng and Chen Ye left, Yan Guang also said goodbye to Liu Xiu.
He is still the magistrate of Chaoyang County and cannot stay in Xinye for a long time. Before leaving, he said to Liu Xiu: "My lord, you should give more advice to the general. If you rush forward in a hurry, you will eventually get killed!"
Liu Xiu smiled bitterly and nodded. In this matter, he was afraid that he would not be able to do what he wanted, but he still responded: "Ziling, I will write a letter to remind my brother!"
Yan Guang continued to instruct: "In the past few days, I have carefully observed Xu Ying, Xu Fei, and Xu Ting. Although they are a bit unruly in their daily lives, they are not bad in nature, honest and honest, and the lord can trust them."
, you can rest assured to keep them by your side. If possible, the lord should try to subdue them and let them stay willingly when their injuries are healed! The three of them can not only become the lord's help, but also bring more benefits to the lord.
More help!" After all, they are not the only three disciples of Chong Peng.
Liu Xiu's heart warmed up. Zi Ling really thought about everything and made plans. He even considered such small things. He said: "Zi Ling, I will treat Xu Ying, Xu Fei and Xu Ting with sincerity."
Treat each other with courtesy."
Yan Guang was still very relieved about Liu Xiu's character. He explained many miscellaneous things before leaving Liu Xiu's mansion and returning to Chaoyang.
As soon as Yan Guang left, Liu Xiu seemed to have lost half of his soul and became sick and sick again.
It is unknown whether Xu Ying, Xu Fei and Xu Ting were willing to stay by Liu Xiu's side, but the three of them did fulfill their duties and stayed by Liu Xiu's side at all times, almost inseparable from him.
On this day, Liu Xiu was reading in his room, and Liu Boji was doing embroidery in his room. Neither brother nor sister spoke, but the atmosphere was surprisingly harmonious.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Xu Xiling's voice came from outside: "Lord!"
"come in!"
As the door opened, Xu Xiling walked in from the outside.
Liu Boji subconsciously raised her head and glanced at her. It would have been better not to look at her. At this sight, she was stunned for a moment.
Normally, in Liu Boji's mind, Xu Xiling was already a seductive woman, but now she realized that the usual Xu Xiling had never dressed up seriously at all, and the current Xu Xiling was no longer seductive, she was simply obsessed.
