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For some reason, Qin Ke felt a little sad for a moment. Although he and Gong Shucha were never considered friends, this person he called "Fourth Uncle" never harmed him and Yinxue from the beginning to the end. At the time of the crisis, he was even thinking about retreating for Gongshu Yinxue.

Qin Ke shook his head: "Yinxue won't go with me, she is just like you, this is also her home, where she grew up, her brother, all her family members, everything about her is here. Neither do I. Will go because..."

He paused, he hadn't mentioned to Gongshucha about the matter of the Five Elements Sinan, and now, it's definitely not the time to mention it.

"Mother-in-law and mother." Gongshucha sneered, as if he was a little contemptuous of Qin Ke's words, turned around and walked towards the other direction of the city, and said: "If you don't leave now, once the war starts, you want to leave I'm afraid I won't be able to leave."

Of course Qin Ke knew this, but Wuxing Sinan didn't know how long it would take to be reborn in the raging fire. If he took him away now, it would be tantamount to wasting all previous efforts.

At this time, he suddenly thought of a beautiful and playful face, she was smiling brightly, chatting endlessly, her voice was so clear and sweet.

"Cai Yan..." Qin Ke lowered his head, caught up with Gong Shucha in a few steps, and said, "Fourth Uncle, I...I want to trouble you with something."

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"You want me to leave Jinzhou?" Cai Yan, who was sitting in a chair in the guest room, looked at Qin Ke, his big eyes blinked, and his eyelashes trembled slightly, "What about you?"

"I want to stay. Wuxing Sinan is still in the furnace fire. If we all leave, if the city breaks down, those master casting masters will definitely not be willing to stay and take care of the furnace. Once the fire is extinguished..." Qin Ke looked at it solemnly Looking at her, "So, let Lao Gao and Abu take you to go together, tonight! After tonight, I don't know if I will have a chance to leave tomorrow. Your father entrusted you to me. I can't let you die in this place." here!"

"So, you plan to die here?" Cai Yan's eyes seemed to be able to speak, she looked straight at Qin Ke, her gaze had already cornered him.

Qin Ke frowned and coughed: "How...how could it be? You know my ability to escape. If Jinzhou really can't hold on, I will find a chance to leave. At that time, we will still meet in other places, just Like... like when we parted at Funiu Mountain. Is that okay?"

Cai Yan shook his head with a determined expression: "One hundred thousand Tang troops besieged the city. On the day of the war, these one hundred thousand troops were enough to encircle the entire Jinzhou. How did you escape? No matter how powerful you are, can you escape from the chaos? "

"Then don't run away." Qin Ke thought for a while, "I can hide and come out when the time is right."

"Let's just hide it." At this time, Gao Yishui's rambling voice came from the door, and Abu followed behind him, his face full of worry.

Gao Yishui said: "Just now the Tang army sent someone to pass on the news that Xiang Chu issued an order to massacre the city. On the day the city was destroyed, there would be no chickens or dogs left in Jinzhou City. Where can you hide, in the mouse hole?"

Qin Ke looked at Gao Yishui and said in amazement: "The massacre order? But this... Xiang Chu hasn't attacked the city yet, he... what kind of madness is he doing?"

Gao Yishui shrugged: "I don't know, I'm not a lunatic. Also, put away the contemptuous eyes of the two of you, I didn't pack up my things and wanted to escape overnight... I just conveyed a factual news."

"He really said that?" Qin Ke still couldn't believe it. At least he had read a lot of books under the guidance of his master. Like Tang Jun, he said that there were not many people who slaughtered the city. "He wanted to frighten Jinzhou and force him to Jinzhou surrendered?"

"No. He said that Jinzhou is not allowed to surrender, destroy the city, and then massacre it." Gao Yishui smiled, but that smile was more chilling than his usual most serious expression.

Qin Ke turned his eyes to Abu.

Abu smiled wryly, and replied: "Ah Ke, Mr. Gao is not lying, it is really what Xiang Chu said. He sent many people to shout outside the city, and everyone standing at the top of the city heard it. He also said, Unless Wang Xuanwei meets him in person, otherwise...the city will be destroyed and slaughtered, there is no discussion."

"He's crazy!" Qin Ke supported Fu's forehead, and said, "Wang Xuanwei is far away in Jicheng, he's totally unreasonable."

"That's right." Gao Yishui said: "So what he meant is obvious, no matter what, he wants to massacre the city, and everyone in Jinzhou must either be beaten or die..."

Chapter 434 He Comes

Before today, Qin Ke never thought that the situation would be so tense.Tang, Canghai, and Mohists, although these three families have fought many battles, there is almost no massacre of the city. After all, the three families were considered to have the same roots back then.

The Tang State was a feudal vassal from the previous dynasty, so it goes without saying that it has maintained such a huge foundation for many years.

The Mo family inherited the mantle of the previous dynasty. The last emperor of the Ji Dynasty was only 15 years old when he came to the throne. Seeing the feudal lords of the world, he shivered alone in the palace of Jicheng, terrified, and simply abdicated.The Mohist giant refused to proclaim himself emperor on the grounds that "subjects must not commit crimes against the superior", but instead established a system similar to the "abdication system", and still led the court affairs with the Mohist giant.

But Cao Meng, the lord of the Canghai Kingdom, really came from a grassroots background. Although his grandfather was one of the three princes of the previous dynasty, the Ji Dynasty at that time was already in decline and the court was in chaos. But the price is clearly marked, and this is how his grandfather's official position was obtained.

However, something went wrong in his father's generation for some reason, and the family fell into poverty. The family was impoverished overnight, and the old father died of illness on the bed.

Cao Meng had nothing, but relying on his knowledge and ambition, he made friends with many like-minded people. Then, taking advantage of the disputes, he went all the way north, recognized the governor of Beidi as his foster father, and married him. His foster father had no children in his life. Son, Cao Meng took care of him to the end of his life, and after fulfilling all his responsibilities as a son of man, suddenly, like a grown tiger wolf, he swept away all the barbarians in the north within a year. Founding...

Therefore, each of these three families has a style of thinking about the world, for fear that the common people will not know that they are the queen of the great unification and the supreme being who can protect all people.Therefore, I have always exercised restraint and never done anything that would lose the hearts of the people.

But Xiang Chu's actions completely violated the consistent tacit understanding of the three families, like a reckless man holding a hatchet arrogantly, trying to smash the rules into pieces.

But in Qin Ke's view, since Xiang Chu could see through Zhao Kuan's strategy and led the troops to defeat the Mohist reinforcements in one battle, he shouldn't be an unreasonable and reckless big man.

But the current situation is just like this, this Xiang Chu is completely unreasonable, maybe... this is why he is called the overlord?

Qin Ke was silent. In fact, his heart was already in a mess. In terms of fear of death and laziness, he was probably more afraid than Gao Yishui. But if he couldn't get the Five Elements Sinan, he would not be reconciled, and he had gone through all kinds of hardships. , now only one step away.

But he looked at Cai Yan and said firmly, "You..."

"I'm not going." Cai Yan spoke first, and stopped Qin Ke back with a single sentence, "You promised to take me around the world, you promised! Last time I asked you again on the roof, you said you Didn't forget, now you want to go back on your word?"

"No! No, this...it's different." Qin Ke argued, "As long as I can protect you well, I can go anywhere, but Jinzhou is extremely dangerous now, and I may not be able to escape if I stay, let alone you? "

"I'm not afraid." Cai Yan looked very calm, "After getting along for so long, you expect me to abandon you and go away? Then I will have to feel guilty every day for the rest of my life. At that time, your innocent ghost will hang around in my dreams every day. What do you say? It’s so cool underground, you want me to send you a quilt, but there’s no money to spend underground, so I want you to send some silver... Where can I get it?”

She stuck out her tongue, and continued: "Then I can only wait until Qingming every year to burn paper money for you, what a trouble."

"This..." Qin Ke didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What a mess. And if I really die, you will burn some paper money? You are not such a stingy person, are you?"

Cai Yan squinted at him, and there seemed to be water flowing in her beautiful eyes: "I am so stingy! You just met me on the first day?"

Qin Ke was speechless and had to say that although Cai Yan came from a famous family, he often acted like a master and was very understanding, but sometimes it was really helpless to play petty temper, such as insisting on spending money. A few copper coins were exchanged for the candied haws that the child had eaten. Qin Ke said to buy a new one for her, but she didn't want to, as if the candied haws that the child gnawed were extra sweet.

Since he couldn't persuade for a while, he could only turn his attention to Gao Yishui and Abu for help, but Gao Yishui squinted his eyes and smiled: "Don't look at me, I think the same as hers."

A Bu stepped forward and patted Qin Ke on the shoulder: "I won't leave either. When I came out of Jingwu, I promised my husband that I would advance and retreat with you, and he has always taught me the principle of sacrificing one's life for righteousness." .I will stay with you!"

Qin Ke rolled his eyes, thinking that Zhuge Wanling might not be able to do the things Zhuge Wanling taught you. After all, how could a smart person like him foolishly accompany others to die?

However, it is not easy to say this directly in front of Abu, and he was a little depressed for a while.

Soon, bad news came from Gongshucha: the Tang army blocked all the main roads outside Jinzhou. As long as anyone approached, they hacked and killed like butchers. The corpses of rich and powerful families were thrown under the city as a deterrent.

"It's all right now, I can't get away even if I want to. Don't blame me if I get caught in a nest." After Qin Ke heard this, he slumped down on the stool like a deflated ball.

Cai Yan poured him a cup of tea on the table, and laughed softly: "After all, I can go down to be a companion, the underworld...is it also one of the experiences of traveling the world?"

At the same time, in the Tang army camp, Xiang Chu was sitting on a large chair paved with tiger skin, slowly wiping the sword in his hand, the general beside him had not had time to take off his armor, and reported to him clearly with.

"There were probably more than a thousand people who fled out of the city at night, but the people were not that many, mainly those big families, dragging their families along with their families, and loaded several carts full of gold and silver treasures. We intercepted them all. People...we killed them all, and threw them back to the city according to the general's orders."

Using the candlelight, Xiang Chu raised the war sword to his eyes, and down the hilt, the blade was like a straight line: "Very good. The gold and silver are all soft and soft, and they are all divided among the brothers. Tell them again, and the city will be broken." , there will be more good things waiting for them to grab."

"Yes." The general tentatively tentatively said with some hesitation: "General, the last general said something that shouldn't be said. Is this... a bit too much?"

Of course he wasn't talking about separating the gold and silver from the soldiers. In his opinion, this was Xiang Chu's strength, proving that he loves soldiers like his son, and that rewards and punishments are clear.

It's just that this massacre of the city... really made him a little confused.

"After the massacre order, the general refused to allow Jinzhou to surrender. Wouldn't this make the people of Jinzhou call the general cruel? If it spreads in the country, I'm afraid it will damage the general's reputation. Moreover, the soldiers and civilians in Jinzhou will know that they will never be spared." , will definitely resist desperately, wouldn't it be more difficult for our army to take Jinzhou?"

Xiang Chu nodded, and continued to put the war sword on the millstone to grind it again and again. Under the torch, the streamer on the sharp edge flickered: "You are right. Doing this will definitely make Jinzhou fight to the death and do its best... ...But who said that my goal is only in Jinzhou?"

"General..."

"Li Mo." Xiang Chu directly interrupted the general, looked at him, and said, "I use soldiers, when will it be your turn to ask questions?"

Li Mei's cheeks twitched, and he took a step back immediately, and bowed respectfully: "Forgive me, General, I will stop talking too much."

Xiang Chu waved his hand: "Forget it, you don't understand, I don't blame you. Go get someone to send a message to Long Ju, asking him to station the [-] troops at Dayin Mountain and block all passages between Xingzhou and Jinzhou .”

"Yes." Li Mo nodded, opened the big tent and walked out.

"Next...it depends on what Cao Meng should do." Xiang Chu sat alone, pondering for a moment, "Wang Xuanwei...how about you? What will you do? Do you sit on the sidelines and wait until the Mo family is turned upside down...or plan to... What else to do?"

What he didn't know was that in Jinzhou City, someone wearing a thick black robe slowly walked into the gate of the public loser. Suddenly, the area around him seemed to be shrouded in darkness.

And on this person's shoulder, there was a dark golden beetle the size of a broad bean...

Chapter 435 The General Is Well

Gongshu Yinxue was very tired these days, even though Qin Ke wasn't here tonight, she turned off the lights and went to bed early, but in a daze, she heard Xiaodie calling her softly.

"When I saw that man, he was already standing there. None of the guards on the road could stop him, and he didn't do anything. All of them fainted. I didn't dare to make decisions on my own, so I had to hurry Bring me the jade pendant he gave me, miss, take a look." Xiaodie is still used to calling Gongshu Yinxue Miss Gongshu, and Gongshu Yinxue granted her permission to call her this way, probably because she is at the pinnacle of Gongshu, feels lonely, can She is naturally happy to have someone close to her always by her side.

But when she touched the warm jade pendant and saw the lifelike tiger on the front of the blood-red jade pendant, she broke out in a cold sweat and lost all sleepiness.

"Miss, it's inside." Gongshu Yinxue, who was dressed formally, followed Xiaodie all the way, and finally saw the back of the black robe in the hall.

The candles in the hall were flickering, but it couldn't light up the black clothes. He stood in the center of the hall, like a blur of night, filling the hall with countless oppressive atmospheres.

"Treatly, as if facing an abyss, as if walking on thin ice." The black-robed man's voice was somewhat magnetic, and he looked at a picture hanging on the hall, which was written by Gongshu Yinxue in his spare time. Gongshuren once praised her before his death His brushwork has everyone's style, so it is quite stylish to hang it in the hall at this time.

The man in black didn't turn around, he heard Gongshu Yinxue's footsteps, and his voice was steady: "It seems... Miss Gongshu is not so easy to be the head of this family."

Gongshu Yinxue slowed down his pace, signaled Xiaodie to step back with one hand, and then walked step by step behind the black-robed man with lotus steps: "If you want to wear the crown, bear its weight first. Although Yinxue is I am a woman, but I also know the principle of being prepared for danger in times of peace as said by the sages, and writing this is just to keep myself alert at all times."

"It's a good one who wants to wear his crown, bear its weight first." The black-robed man stood quietly, but Gongshu Yinxue didn't feel any disharmony between him and this hall at all, as if they had switched roles Instead, she became a guest of the public loser.

The man in black turned around, lifted his hood, revealing some gray temples, his pair of firm and sharp eyes were as deep as a dark night, Gongshu Yinxue's heart trembled when he saw it.

"The general is well." Gongshu Yinxue saluted respectfully.

The man in the black robe is Wang Xuanwei, but for some reason, he who should be in Jicheng appears in Jinzhou at this moment. Although Gongshu Yinxue's heart is beating wildly, she is full of joy. She knows very well that Wang Xuanwei's visit to Jinzhou in person is absolutely impossible. It is even more impossible to just pass by when you come to visit the mountains and rivers.

Since he is here, it seems that he has made some plans, and there may be a solution to the catastrophe of Jinzhou!

This kind of trust is actually very unreasonable, but in the Mohist school, this is the prestige that Wang Xuanwei has accumulated for many years as a general - everyone firmly believes that as long as Wang Xuanwei makes a move, which country in this world can really defeat the Mohist family?

Wang Xuanwei looked Gongshu Yinxue up and down, and said slightly strangely: "Hey, do you recognize me?"

Gongshu Yinxue offered the jade pendant in his hands with both hands, and said: "This jade pendant carved from blood jade in the shape of a tiger is only given to immortal heroes in the Mohist school, and it is a sacred object. Even the entire Mohist family only has three pieces, and Li Zi is no longer there. In the human world, his piece is still enshrined in the ancestral hall. The other two pieces are on the body of the general and Master Zhong respectively, but rumors...Master Zhong is very tall and old..."

She pursed her lips and smiled: "The reason why Yinxue can recognize the general is because Yinxue went to Jicheng with her mother when she was young, and she saw the general from a distance. , but with the aura of thousands of troops, Yinxue was deeply impressed and never dared to forget."

"The aura of thousands of troops?" Wang Xuan smiled softly, "It's just a rough old man in the army, why are you talking about arrogance? Miss Gongshu's compliment... is too exaggerated."

Gongshu Yinxue laughed softly: "Where, among the Mohists, when it comes to the word hero, the general will do his part."

"Hero..." Wang Xuanwei seemed to be touched when he heard these two words. He lowered his eyebrows and repeated, then shook his head and said, "There is no need to mention these two words...Girl, do you know me?" What are you here for?"

Gongshu Yinxue nodded: "General, please sit down. I have already sent someone to invite fourth uncle. He is now the prime minister of Jinzhou Defense. I think the general will need him."

Wang Xuan smiled slightly, but he still refused to sit in the first place according to Gongshu Yinxue's intention. On the contrary, it made Gongshu Yinxue feel uneasy, and only dared to sit opposite him, leaving the seat that already belonged to her empty.

"The fourth son of the public loser...I seem to have seen his ability to use soldiers. He is indeed a talent to be made. If his identity is not too sensitive, he should be a fierce general under my account now."

Gongshu Yinxue couldn't help laughing and said: "It's a pity that the fourth uncle didn't hear this with his own ears, he respects the general the most, if he knows that the general thinks so highly of him, he has to leave his surname behind and follow the general... ..."

"You're not bad either. With his temperament, he was able to accept you as a junior as the head of the family, and still work hard under you. It seems that Jinzhou has produced a female military adviser this time." Wang Xuanwei had a slight approval in his eyes.

Gongshu Yinxue said shyly: "This is all uncle's arrangement, I don't have that kind of ability, fourth uncle just thinks of uncle's affection, otherwise I wouldn't be able to suppress him."

"Gong Shuren..." Mentioning this name, Wang Xuanwei felt a little emotional, "He can be called a talent of the state. I heard that on the day his coffin came out of the city, all the people in the city wept and knelt together... Speaking of which, I should go A stick of incense is placed in front of his tablet."

As soon as the words fell, Gongshu Yinxue had already stood up, his eyes were excited, being worshiped by the general is enough to prove the glory of Gongshuren's life, even if he is the loser of Yugong, it is a rare honor: "Thank you, General."

His eyes were gentle, and he waved his hand to let her sit down: "But you don't have to belittle yourself, since he has chosen you, it must prove that you are qualified to be his successor, otherwise he can give the seat to his two Brother, it’s more logical, isn’t it?”

In fact, this scene seems very strange.

It is obvious that Gongshu Yinxue is the master of Gongshu, and Wang Xuanwei is sitting in the living room of Gongshu, but in front of him, Gongshu Yinxue is like a new junior, listening to his earnest teaching, nodding from time to time. The head is in harmony, and before speaking, he will weigh the importance in his heart before he speaks.

However, this kind of anti-client was not intentional by Wang Xuanwei, who made his reputation in the Mo family too great, even if anyone from the Gongshu family stood in front of him, I am afraid that he would not be better than Gongshu Yinxue. He also didn't deliberately lower his posture, because he was Wang Xuanwei, he had never changed, and there was no need to put on an air here.

Of course, it's not that there is no one who can sit on an equal footing with him, and even Wang Xuanwei will take advantage of him as a junior when he sees him. This person is naturally the old ancestor who has been shutting himself out in the underground palace of the public loser before, the public loser.

After a while, Gongshu noticed, and seeing Wang Xuanwei sitting in the hall, he was startled at first, and even wiped his own eyes in a funny way, before he was sure that he had read correctly, the superior man who was under one person and above ten thousand General Wang Xuanwei, actually sitting in front of him?

Feeling apprehensive, he walked forward, and when he saluted, he was very respectful. If Gong Shuren was still alive, he would have laughed and cursed when he saw him like this, because even when he was offering sacrifices to his ancestors, he had never seen him like this panic.

But after his mood calmed down, he finally sat down. The two most important people in the Gonglo family and one of the most respected people of the Mo family finally sat together. If Xiang Chu outside the city knew about this, he would Do you know whether to be excited or afraid?

Chapter 436 Sit and Talk

After all, Wang Xuanwei is the military god of the Mohist family. When he asked Gongshucha about the defense of the city, he got every point. In some places, even Gongshucha failed to consider everything thoroughly. got the best solution.

Also because of this, Gong Shucha's reverence for Wang Xuanwei became more and more high, almost like a flood, flowing from his heart to his face.

Seeing the appearance of her fourth uncle, Gongshu Yinxue felt it was funny, but she also felt that this was Gongshucha's true temperament. Perhaps compared with Gongshujiu and her, Gongshucha was the one who really kept the heart of a child.

When thinking of this, she inevitably felt a little lonely in her heart.

That's right, maybe people always change without knowing it. If it was her before, how could she have thought that she would have the opportunity to discuss matters with Gong Shucha and Wang Xuanwei?How did he ever think that he would now lead the entire public loser, even the entire Jinzhou, to confront the Tang army head-on?

At this time, she heard Gong Shucha ask suspiciously: "The general came to Jinzhou, why is he alone, without a single soldier?"

This was also the question she wanted to ask, as Wang Xuanwei, why shouldn't he put aside all the affairs of Jicheng and come to Jinzhou, could it be that there are other arrangements?

But Wang Xuanwei's answer made her feel slightly depressed.

"I have resigned from the position of general, and now I am just an ordinary person without any official position. Even though I still have the title of marquis, I am already powerless to mobilize the Mohist troops." Wang Xuan said softly: "The state affairs are like this, I am powerless Redemption, since this is the case, I can only come to Jinzhou with the strength of one person...to do my last loyalty for the country."

His voice was steady, without too much indignation, nor did he complain about others, but from his eyes, Gongshu Yinxue saw the same exhaustion as himself. He sat quietly on the chair, no longer young, The temples were lightly stained with frost and white, although not decadent, it also made people see the vicissitudes of time.

State affairs are so...

When Gongshucha heard Wang Xuanwei's words, his violent temper rushed to his forehead, and he cursed directly: "I just said that those bachelors sitting in the palace making noise are all bastards! What benevolence, etiquette, and law? What the hell! I was fighting all day long in the school palace, but after all, I didn’t want to seize power? I didn’t understand military affairs, but I chose the second generation ancestor Zhao Kuan to lead the army, which caused the death of a good man in the Mohist army. Is it what they call 'for the country'? Well, for the country, is the word 'for the country' so cheap now? It has become their high-sounding reason!"