king array

Tonight because of Wang Qi's incident, the people in the village are panicked, so the kitchen only prepares simple food, Jin Yan's night food is just porridge and side dishes.

However, tonight Ling Xun is no longer in the mood to cook in person to please his sweetheart, even looking at the clear porridge, he is too tired to swallow, and often looks out of the window in a daze.

"The lord is still thinking about Wu Qing?" Mu Jiu asked.

It took Ling Xun a while to recover, and he couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly, "No, I just think I'm both shameless and hypocritical."

Mu Jiu put down the bowl and chopsticks with a serious expression: "I don't know why my lord belittles me so much?"

"Actually, if I hadn't stopped the Hanzhong envoy, with Hanzhong's strength, it would definitely not be able to compete with Chen Bing's Liangzhou soldiers. They would surrender in a few days, and the people of Hanzhong would be spared from the slaughter. But I wanted to keep Qingping Mountain. For his own selfish desires, he handed over the map of the city's defenses and troops. It was called good intentions, but in fact, hundreds of thousands of innocent people were trapped in the fire and water. Shameless? Now that the matter has been done, I feel guilty and rushed here, how can I say that I am not hypocritical?"

"My lord's words are wrong." Mu Jiu's tone suddenly became severe, "Chen Bing has a cruel temperament and treats human life like grass. He is not a hero in the world. If he can easily capture every city, and his strength will only increase, he will definitely be invincible. , Take over half of the country. However, with this person's virtue, he will not be able to ascend to the Ninth Five-Year position after all, so now the people he controls are destined to become victims of power changes. The actions of the lord today seem to harm one party, but in fact they saved People will die in the future. If the lord wants to be a enlightened lord, it is important to love the world at the same time, but you should not stick to small benevolence and small love. You don’t know that great evil is good, and great good is also evil.”

Great evil is good...

Ling Xun thought about these four words repeatedly, and suddenly smiled, "Huaifeng, your four words are amazing, I don't know how many people you can use as a fig leaf."

However, Mu Jiu had no intention of joking with him, "My lord, do you still remember the three questions I asked my lord that night in Lacquerware Village?"

Ling Xun finally put away his playful expression.

How could he not remember?

That night in Lacquerware Village, a group of cavalry suddenly invaded the village, threatening to follow the emperor's order to find the King's Formation. If Hui Niang hadn't come out to protect each other with the formation technique, and then a group of mysterious men in black from the Greedy Wolf Kingdom descended from the sky, the villagers might Bad luck.

At that time, Ling Xun wanted to expose himself to help several times, but was stopped by Mu Jiu, so he felt unhappy, thinking that Mu Jiu was cold, and even thought of breaking up with him, but he was ashamed by his deafening "Three Questions".

If you already have a mind that cares about the people of the world, but you don't care about the killing of the people in the world, it is better to go back and be a cloth merchant.

This is what Mu Jiu said to him at that time, and it still rings in his heart today.

Ling Xun replied, "Of course I remember."

"My lord wants to achieve hegemony to save the world, not just one person, several people, or people in a city. Mu Jiu also hopes that the lord will keep this in mind."

"Huaifeng taught me, I dare not forget every word." Ling Xun gave Mu Jiu a disciple gift, but after a while, he finally said bitterly: "Actually, I understand all these principles, but I still can't let go of them. When I think of those who died because of me, especially ordinary people who have no power to restrain their chickens, I feel like a pain in my back."

A candlelight in the room outlines the figures of the two sitting opposite each other on the wall, and the light and darkness seem to blend into one.

This time Mu Jiu didn't say any more comforting words to Ling Xun. He was silent for a while before sighing quietly: "However, if you want this world, you will die after all. Now it's just the beginning."

Ling Xun looked at the dignified man in front of him, saw his eyes were as deep as water, and wondered if it was because of his words that inexplicably sent a chill down the back of his spine.

The door was knocked again.

The inexplicable deep pressure pervading the room was also broken.

The door creaked open, and a man with a feather fan came in from outside.

"Oh, it seems that I came at an unlucky time. Excuse me, you two continue, continue." Yue Qing was about to turn around and leave leisurely, and was very considerate to close the door, but was stopped by Ling Xun.

"Mingxuan, come back, what do you want?" Ling Xun was thankful for Yue Qing's sudden visit, because the topic he had just talked with Mu Jiu was too heavy, and he couldn't breathe.

Now that he was actively invited to enter, Yue Qing naturally stopped saying goodbye, pushed the door open again, and walked in swaggeringly. By the way, he glanced at the dusty floor tiles and the slightly messy furnishings in the room, and curled his lips in disgust, as if entering It is not a room for people to live in, but a kennel for dogs.

"If you have something to say, don't talk useless nonsense." Seeing his expression, Ling Xun knew that he was going to pick and choose his residence, so he just blocked him with words.

"It's nothing, I just have nothing to do, and I want to invite Lord Feng to visit my new starling." Yue Qing fanned his feather fan, and said unhurriedly.

Ling Xun sarcastically said, "I think you really have too much time since you came to Qingping Mountain."

Yue Qing replied confidently: "Master Feng has been away for more than a year since he left, but do you know how I preserved your family property in Yizhou? Even if I sell you a donkey who only knows how to pull a mill, I will give you a donkey." Time to catch your breath?"

Ling Xun knew he was wrong, and quickly apologized with a smile, "Mingxuan should take a good rest, where is your starling? How much is it? How is the coat? I'll go see it tomorrow."

Yue Qing glanced at Ling Xun coldly, stopped talking to him, and turned to Mu Jiu and cupped his hands and said: "It's just right, since Mr. Mu is here, it's okay for me to make another trip, and I will come with the lord to appreciate the starlings tomorrow when I have time." Bar!"

Ling Xun originally thought that Yue Qing had something to discuss with him, but seeing Mu Jiu here, he couldn't speak directly, but he didn't expect him to walk around for a while, but he really came to see him for bird watching, not just for him to watch , even Mu Jiu had to take it with him, he was so idle, it seemed that he should find something to do.

The goal has been achieved, Yue Qing said goodbye, and just pushed open the door, suddenly saw the sky light up in the northwest, and there was another thunderous explosion, which almost made Yue Qing dodge.

"Oh, these firecrackers are really powerful." Yue Qing didn't know that it was a battle in Hanzhong, but he still said something jokingly, and Shi Shiran left.

Ling Xun felt ashamed to go to grandma's house, and really didn't want Mu Jiu to think that none of them in Jinxiu Building was a normal person, but when he looked at Mu Jiu, he found that he had been watching Yue Qing leave, and there seemed to be a dark light in his eyes.

On the second day, Ling Xun forgot that Yue Qing wanted to find him to reward myna, or maybe he didn't take it seriously at all, but what he didn't expect was that Mu Jiu took the initiative to find him and wanted to find him. Yue Qing rewarded mynah.

"What's so interesting about a broken bird?" Ling Xun was really not interested. Now that Bailaihao in Yizhou needs to settle down, he still has so many things to do, so he would rather sleep if he has so much free time.

Mu Jiudao: "After all, this is the first time shopkeeper Yue has posted an invitation since he came to Qingping Mountain. It cannot be refuted."

Ling Xun thought about it, and felt that what Mu Jiu said made sense.It doesn't matter how they hang out on weekdays, it doesn't matter whether they are big or small, but in front of the bandits in Qingping Mountain, he always gives Yue Qing enough respect. After all, he is a rare talent, and there are still many things that need his help in the future. Reason, if you can't establish your prestige once you come, you will be tied up in doing things in the future.You must know that these bandits who can't read big characters and only know how to use violence have always been bullying bastards.

But soon Ling Xun discovered that he shouldn't have thought so much about Yue Qing, because he was simply sick.

It turned out that he not only invited himself and Mu Jiu, but also invited most of the bandit leaders from Qingping Mountain to his small courtyard, including not only the king of Zhongli Mountain, Da Ruan Ji, and others, but he even used some tricks, even Wu, who never liked them. Qing was also invited.

The purpose is actually to watch the birds.

"Thank you for your support, take your seats quickly, and I have prepared some simple refreshments, please enjoy them." Yue Qing was also standing at the door in high spirits to attract customers, his demeanor was the same as when he was the shopkeeper of Jinxiu Building back then.

Seeing Fang Ke in the yard like a whirlwind pouring tea and passing snacks to the bandit leaders, he almost said "Guest officer, what do you want?", and the waiter in the shop started working together. Ling Xun couldn't bear it anymore and took a deep breath , went over and slipped Yue Qing aside by the collar, and said in a low voice, "What are you doing!"

"Hands, hands! Have you washed your hands!" Yue Qing panicked.

Ling Xun put him aside, "You better give me an explanation."

The old god Yue Qing smiled on the ground: "Hey, what are you in a hurry for, I really asked you to come and reward mynah."

Ling Xun: "..."

In the end Ling Xun still had nothing to do with Yue Qing, his mouth was too strict, and it was very difficult to pretend to be closed, so he simply let him mess around, went into the courtyard and picked up the table next to Mu Jiu and sat down.

Seeing that it was almost time for the people to arrive, Yue Qing finally decided to start the show, and ordered his servants to push out two birdcages from the house, both of which were covered with black cloth.

"I said, Mr. Yue, what on earth do you want us to do? I'm going to take people down to buy things!"

"That's right, I still have to repair the water tanker. It's spring now, and the people in the village are still waiting to draw water for farming."

These bandits are impatient. If it weren't for Ling Xun's face, who would be so lazy in the morning to see what kind of bird?

"I know everyone is busy, don't worry, Yue won't take up too much of everyone's time, it's really strange, Yue can't vomit, and wants to share it with everyone." Yue Qing smiled like giving out candy to children during the Chinese New Year Master Rabbit, just put a red dot on his forehead and you can paint last year.

"Isn't it just a starling, what's so interesting!" the mountain bandits muttered.

Yue Qing finally winked at the servants and asked them to take off the cloth from one of the cages, only to see a white and fat snow dumpling squatting in the cage.

"Oh! This starling is actually white!" Someone exclaimed.

However, some people dismissed it, "I saw this bird the day Mr. Yue came, but it just has white hair. It's rare, so what's so good about it?"

While all the mountain bandits were discussing, Yue Qing asked someone to remove the cloth from the other cage.

All the people present stared intently, and couldn't help but gasp.