Chapter 338

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When Fang Xie came back from Hexing building, there were no other pedestrians in the street. The moon was very high, but it was very bright. The moonlight makes the night look like there is no fear of darkness. Walking alone in the quiet street, stepping on the long shadow dragged out by the moonlight.

Hexing building is not far from his residence. It's only a five minute walk. At present, there are at least 4000 elite left avant-garde in anlai county. Fang Xie doesn't need to take his entourage unless it is Luo Yao who wants to kill him.

What Luo Qiu said at dinner today actually meant a lot. He was lobbying for Luo Yao. At first, the emperor sent Luo Qiu to level the business road because he was stable enough to distinguish priorities. But now Fang Xie has reason to believe that once Luo Yao revolts, Luo Qiu will stand on the side of the imperial court.

More than ten years, enough to change a person.

Fang Xie walked back and thought about what Luo Qiu said today. In fact, there was only one word in his mind that made him difficult to calm down.

If you get the guidance of the general, you will make great progress in practice.

Luo Qiu's words were repeated in Fang Xie's mind back and forth, which made Fang Xie a little distressed. He thought he was a man who could resist some temptations, but now he found that sometimes a person's greed can't be controlled at all. In such an era, it's better to be a peerless expert than a senior official.

Just as Fang Xie was approaching the door of his residence, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

Fang Xie stopped and looked back, so he saw the man with cold and arrogant momentum under the moonlight.

"The general hasn't rested yet?"

Fang Xie hugged his fist and asked.

Luo Yao looked at Fang Xie from a distance. The moonlight seemed to become his sight, so that Fang Xie felt uncomfortable without clothes.

"After going back, I thought about it and suddenly felt that some things were better to talk openly."

Luo Yao said blandly, "I'm a soldier and don't like that kind of tactful way."

"Then I'll walk with the general?"

Fang Xie said with a smile.

Luo Yao nodded, "OK."

With these words, he continued to move forward, and Fang Xie followed him slowly until he came to the wrong place. The two men walked with the same hands. Looking at their backs, they were somewhat similar. This small city is full of left avant-garde soldiers. From time to time, we can meet soldiers on duty patrolling the streets. When he met the patrol, Fang Xie could feel the heartfelt respect from his tone when he listened to the soldiers shouting a big general.

"It's our first time to meet you in Yongzhou."

Luo Yao's first sentence Fang Xie didn't believe much, because Luo Yao was always abnormal after seeing him. Fang Xie doesn't know Luo Yao, so he doesn't know what a normal left avant-garde general is like, but Fang Xie can feel that there is a big gap between Luo Yao's speech and behavior and the arrogant and ruthless man in the legend.

"Yes"

Fang Xie nodded.

"But I appreciate you."

Luo Yao continued, "I'm interested in you. When the news of the entrance examination of the martial arts academy came to Yongzhou... You fought with the boy of the Xie family and knocked him down."

"Xie Fuyao kept his hand and didn't do his best."

Fang Xie answered truthfully.

"You don't know how to practice. You are born with a waste constitution... But the Xie family boy is a famous talent in the south of the Yangtze River. When he was ten years old, his practice had already entered the house. The old monster in Wudang Mountain regarded him as a closed disciple. Although Liu Huizheng was always the one who came down the mountain to spread his skills, why didn't the old monster decide to teach him something? So even if the Xie family boy kept his hand, your performance was still good It's a flash in the eye. "

"General Xie praised it."

"This is the truth, not praise."

Luo Yao said faintly, "I will never praise anyone falsely, even if you are an imperial envoy."

He stopped, looked back at Fang Xie and asked, "why do you keep two steps away from me? Do you think you can retreat from this distance?"

Fang Xie was stunned and smiled: "it's just a habit."

Luo Yao said, "this is a good habit."

"Thank you"

"It won't hurt you to answer my three questions first."

Luo Yao sat down on the steps at the door of a large family, pointed to his side and motioned Fang Xie to sit down. Fang Xie did not refuse, but sat calmly.

"What does the general want to ask?"

"First... What does your majesty think of this marriage?"

After being silent for a long time, Fang Xie seriously replied: "Your Majesty doesn't seem to want to marry the long princess to the major general. First, it's because the southwest is too far away from Chang'an City, and the long princess is one of your Majesty's favorite daughters. Second, it's because... Your majesty knows more or less about some major general's daily affairs, so he's not very relieved."

"What about the third?"

Luo Yao asked.

"No third."

Fang Xie shook his head.

Luo Yao smiled: "yes, but you don't dare to say it. The most important reason why your majesty asked you to come is because you want to use troops in the northwest. You can't hide things about the Northwest... Your majesty doesn't trust me. He's afraid I'll make trouble when the Northwest is chaotic. You come, but your majesty sent you to investigate me through the marriage of the eldest princess."

Fang Xie smiled bitterly and didn't answer.

"Second question..."

Luo Yao doesn't seem to want to keep pestering on this issue. He already knows what he needs to know.

"Is Xiao 19 dead?"

Fang Xie didn't expect Luo Yao to ask this, so he was stunned: "he wasn't dead when I left the capital, but he shouldn't live long for his felony. Your majesty should deal with him together with Prince Yi on the day when the Ministry of punishment closes the case."

What Fang Xie didn't know was that Xiao 19 was not executed immediately. It was because the emperor wanted to test the reaction of Wan Xingchen and was worried that Xiao 190wan Xingchen would move. After all, that man... Was too strong.

Luo Yao shook his head: "if people like Xiao 19 want to kill, it's better to kill them earlier. Your majesty... I'm afraid there's another meaning."

Fang Xie didn't know. Luo Yao was just curious, so the topic ended abruptly.

"The third question... If I sincerely invite you, would you like to work in the left avant-garde? If I played a memorial last time, your majesty should not refuse my request. Think carefully before answering this question, because this is a rare opportunity for you."

Luo Yao said faintly, "I'm not arrogant, but you should understand that I'm the only one who can guide you to practice."

This... Is really an irresistible temptation for fangxie.

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"No"

Fang Xie took out his pipe from the deer skin bag, lit it and took a deep breath: "The general may feel that I don't appreciate it. In fact, I also feel that I'm an idiot to refuse like this. No one knows my body better than me, so I know what you're talking about is an indisputable fact. If I stay at the left avant-garde, I may break the shackles I've been unable to break... But... Even so, I still can't stay."

Luo Yao tilted his head and looked at him: "why?"

The solution spits out a thick smoke. He looks like a evildoer in the moonlight.

"I want to join the army. I want to jump on horseback and kill the enemy on the battlefield again... If I stay in Yongzhou... General, please forgive me, then the enemy I want to face is by no means the enemy I want to face. I have lived in fan Gu for three years, which is the most stable three years of my life. In order to remember this stability, I remember everyone's life in fan Gu for three years Name and face. There are almost 3000 border soldiers and people. I won't mistake anyone. "

"But they're dead."

Fang Xie rubbed his sour nose: "if their death has something to do with me... I have to go back to fan Gu to make atonement. If their death has nothing to do with me, I have to go back to fan Gu for revenge."

Luo Yao said faintly, "you don't seem to be an impulsive person."

Fang Xie said with a smile, "sometimes it's not human to be impulsive."

Luo Yao was amused by his boring words: "You should know a lot about me, because I know you won't let yourself come to Yongzhou without knowing anything. I was lucky to survive when I was broken by the sea of gas, but my life is not like death. I remember when I gave up on myself, someone said to me... If I had perseverance, I would have achieved something. If I hadn't heard that at the beginning, maybe I would be now A dead bone or a loser. "

"You also have obsession in your heart."

Luo Yao said: "that's good. You and I are very similar... Soldiers naturally have the unique blood of soldiers and hurt my friends. If I was powerless at that time, it doesn't mean I will pretend to forget later. When I have the ability, do those who hurt my friends still want to live freely?"

When Fang Jie heard this sentence, his heart swung, and he thought of those villagers of fan Gu. Every face appeared in his mind more than once, and never blurred.

"It's hard and proud for a man to be determined to revenge. I won't stop you."

Luo Yao took the pipe from Fang Xie's hand and took a deep breath: "such good cut tobacco... From Nanyan?"

"Yes... The goods are trafficked from Nanyan to Chang'an city."

Fang Xie answered.

Luo Yao said, "but didn't you think that there was no conflict between your stay in the left avant-garde and your revenge?"

"Ah?"

Fang Xie was surprised, as if he couldn't believe what he heard.

"I know what you're thinking."

Luo Yao slowly spits out a mouthful of smoke, which looks more like a demon than Fang Xie: "It's not just you. I'm afraid many people, including your majesty, think that I will be unfaithful and will eventually do something that I'm sorry for your majesty and the Sui court. It seems reasonable to think so. I have a heavy army in my hand. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. This place is my territory. However... When I first garrisoned Yongzhou 20 years ago, someone in the court vowed that I would On the contrary, now that twenty years have passed, why don't I oppose it? "

He asked Fang Xie, but Fang Xie didn't know how to answer. Fang Xie didn't expect Luo Yao to say it so directly. There was no taboo.

"Because I never thought about going against it."

Luo Yao took a deep breath and slowly spit it out. It seems that he is venting his dissatisfaction.

"Everyone in the left avant-garde and I have never had the idea of rebellion. You can't believe it, but I don't need to explain anything to you too much. It will be written clearly in future history books. Let future generations comment... The reason why I pretend I don't know about the defeat in the northwest is because your majesty doesn't want me to know. And I'm waiting for your Majesty's call. If your majesty says Luo Yao wants to lead troops to the west Beiping traitor... I will immediately mount my horse in armor! "

Luo Yao raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky: "There are more than 400000 people in Yongzhou, twice the number reported to the imperial court. This is one of the reasons why those idiot courtiers doubt me and one of the reasons why your majesty doubts me. But I can tell you that when your majesty needs me, many of these 400000 people will appear in front of your majesty and rush forward in the direction of your Majesty's fingers."

"So even if you stay in the left avant-garde, you can go to the northwest to kill the mengkou rebels."

Fang Xie was silent for a long time, then shook his head and said seriously, "the general believes in himself, but others don't believe you. Therefore, your majesty will not easily mobilize the left avant-garde. I am a person who pursues a comfortable life. The first thing to make myself comfortable is... Don't force yourself against your will."

"Thank you for your love, but I can't stay."

His words were light but firm.

"What a pity..."

Luo Yao sighed and got up: "I'm glad you didn't tell a lie today."

"The general didn't tell a lie. Not only will I be happy, but also your majesty will be happy."

Luo Yao smiled: "I won't force you. Just think it over yourself."

He walked out slowly. After four or five steps, he suddenly stopped again.

"I know you are an ambitious young man, but I didn't expect you to be so ambitious... The left avant-garde with 400000 troops can't fit."