Am I a scumbag?

Beijing, Ministry of Industry.

Xi Xingjian finished his case today and went to visit the Iron Smelter of the Ministry of Industry.

When he came to this place for the first time, he wanted to buy a useful wheelchair for Pei Yi, the Qing guest at home, because he heard that the man who made the iron was skilled.He never expected that he would chat with the iron smelter later and become friends.

The iron smelter is Hu Lu's senior brother, and he has some skills.

The sharp blade made of meteorite cuts iron like mud, and even Shi Lu, who is extremely picky about weapons, is full of praise and loves it.

Xi Xingjian: "The sword you sent to Helan Hongzhu, I heard that Shilu even gave it a name."

Because the blade is red, it is named "Little Charmander".

A sword can be loved by generals and get a name, which shows how handy it is.

The storytellers in the capital have always loved teachers and lawyers the most, how can they let this matter go?Already started to compile "Two or three things about the little general Shilu and the magic soldier Little Charmander".

The senior waved his hand: "Hey, Little Charmander is no longer interested in talking about it."

Xi Xingjian was puzzled: "What? Isn't that your masterpiece?"

Brother: "It used to be."

Still a month ago.

However, his master came a few days ago, and the two of them researched it together, and in a blink of an eye, the proud little fire dragon was already a backward technology before the replacement.

Xi Xingjian didn't believe it.

From the place where the sword was hung, he picked up a small fire dragon of the same style as Shilu, which is famous in the capital and hard to find.

There was a piece of iron on the ground. Although Xi Xingjian was a civil servant, he knew how to use martial arts. He chopped it into pieces with two slaps.

Sure enough, ordinary swords can't easily cut off iron blocks, and it's the first time I've seen Xi Xingjian who "cuts iron like mud" like Charmander.

Is such a powerful weapon still outdated?

The senior brother patted him and handed him a new sword.

The blade of the sword is not blood red like Charmander, and the hilt has not been decorated yet.It looks very ordinary.

slap.

Xi Xingjian chopped it off.The pieces of iron that had been chopped up with two slaps just now only need to be wiped lightly.

Xi Xingjian: "..."

Brother: "It takes three or five blows to cut through the new armor we developed with the little charmander. But it can be done with one stroke with this new sword."

"When you go to the battlefield in the future, you need to replace it with this new one."

"However, the little fire dragon is enough for the enemy right now. I believe that there is no armor from other countries in the world that can block a blow, not even Luoyun's best refined iron armor."

Desert battlefield.

Shi Li's eyes are bright.Holding a sharp blade, the little fire dragon slammed down on King Wuluolu's head.

...Brother Shi Yun.

He recalled that at that time, Shi Yun said, Xiaolu, you must live on, guarding for me, looking at the future of the Great Xia, seeing its future prosperity and prosperity, and its blooming flowers.

I am watching.Shi Li said in his heart, brother, we are now on the road to prosperity.

The blade sliced ​​through the armor, and blood spattered the spot.

The soldiers around Chuyue were stunned, the army was in an uproar, and there was no leader for a while.

Shi Lü didn't love to fight. After attacking and beheading the head of the enemy king, he immediately withdrew his troops and retreated in an orderly manner before the enemy could react.A pair of men and horses were able to do a job with ease, and quickly rushed out of the enemy's formation.

His handsome and young face was stained with blood, and he was bright and proud.Zhuang Qingqu always likes to say that he only knows how to fight guerrillas but is not good at learning.What about now?Have you seen how powerful he is?

Zhuang Qingqu saw it.

He still didn't think there was any good in such a desperate and unconventional approach.The emperor even looked more energetic than the teacher!All he had to do was pull the flags of the soldiers around him and wave them to him personally.

He was about to be pissed off by this man.

Yes, Shi Li stole the head of the opponent's chief general, so proud!But I don't even think about why I strayed into such a dangerous situation? ? ?

That is luck, a blessing in disguise, fortunately the team led by King Wuluolu is a garrison army and not a regular army!

Otherwise, with the fighting power of 200 people against tens of thousands, the emperor followed him and had troubles. Believe it or not, in later generations, he will be the first-class troublemaker of the former treacherous minister Chu Han and Liu Zhui?

King Lan was dizzy with anger, and directly dragged the emperor onto his horse.

Yan Yuliang let out an "ow".

He also didn't know that he was so heavy on a man with long hands and long legs, how Lan Wang could easily move him every day.

The man hugged him, wrapped him in his arms, wrapped his arms around his waist tightly with one hand, and brushed his chest with the other, pressing down hard on his chest.

Take a deep breath.It seemed that Zhuang Qingqu's anxiety and uneasiness these days could be soothed by crushing this person completely in his arms.

King Lan in the desert does not have the cool and delicate fragrance of the palace, instead he often smells of wind, sand and cold metal all over his body.

Yan Yuliang likes his delicacy and fragrance in the palace, but is also indulging in the rough aura around him at the moment.

"Qing Qu..." He wanted to ask, have you recovered from your illness?Still uncomfortable?

Why did you come after me?How is your body? Did you sleep well? You look haggard.

They seem to have lost weight.

But before he could open his mouth, his neck hurt, and he was bitten hard by Zhuang Qingqu's sharp teeth.

Yan Yuliang shuddered and howled, "Ooooh, dirty!"

He has been scrambling in the desert for four full days. At night, he used the sky as a cover and the ground as a hut, and was covered in dust!

In the end, it was fine if he didn't howl, but Lan Wang bit him even more when he howled.

It's exactly the kind of male creature's extremely exclusive and creepy oath of sovereignty.If it was possible, King Lan might wish to tear him apart and eat him on the spot, leaving no bones left.

In broad daylight, in a large crowd, with so many people around...

Yan Yuliang didn't even have the face to look up at Tan Taihong and Liao Xi beside him at this moment.

Look no further.

Liao Xi turned her face away and simply pretended not to see it.

But Tan Taihong came straight over as soon as he pulled the horse.

Zhuang Qingqu's horse followed the master very well, and retreated a few steps on the spot to put aside the distance between him and Tantaihong's war horse, but Tantaihong still approached forward.

Zhuang Qingqu hugged the person in his arms tightly, as if a child was on guard not to snatch the candy in his hand.

"Shameless," Tan Taihong stretched out his hand, "It's been my thing for so long, return it to me quickly."

"Your things?!" Zhuang Qingqu hugged Yan Yu with such strength that he could cut him in half on the spot.

His clear eyes were as frozen as thousands of miles away, but they were burning with a dark blue fire.

Tan Taihong: "Yes, my things have always been my things since I was young."

"You should know better than anyone else. Pay me back!"

Zhuang Qingqu directly covered the emperor's ear with one hand: "He said no!"

Tan Taihong: "He said?"

"Yes! He said it! He said it himself, there is nothing between you! No need to sow discord, I believe him or not!"

"Azhao, he belonged to me from the beginning... from the very beginning, he belonged to me alone! He used to chase me all the time when he was reading with me. When did you see him chasing you and teasing you? Are you here? What's the use of being around him for so many years? Didn't you not impress him for so many years?"

"He has been in Jinyu for four years...he is my man! Every day, every night, he is with me! I can do whatever I want with him every day! If I want to pester him like this for the rest of my life, what else can you do? So what if you look at it?"

This is simply unheard of.

The degree of impatience and indiscriminate words, it is hard to imagine that the words that Zhuang Qingqu can say are upright and elegant.

Not only can't hear it, but also can't see it.

Zhuang Qingqu had a stupid mouth and felt that the words were not enough, so he pinched the emperor's neck and kissed him on the spot.

Tan Taihong took some time to appreciate the impotent rage in front of him.

How arrogant was that young boy in white clothes when he was a child, who ignored anyone and looked at the second prince coldly.

You have today too.

After a deep kiss, Zhuang Qing and Qu Junmei's face was still deeply guarded.And Tan Taihong had had enough of playing, and raised a shallow, playful smile.

"Zhuang Qingqu, I told you to return my jasper finger to me quickly, what are you talking about here?"

"..."

Zhuang Qingqu has been wearing several rings on his left hand.

The yellow amber on the middle finger is a family heirloom of the Zhuang family, and the family crest is engraved inside.When Yan Yuliang used to touch King Lan's fingers, Huang Po always let him play casually, but the emerald ring on his thumb always resisted a little, and he often refused to touch it.

He thought it was some incredible baby.

Now I finally remembered, what kind of baby is it? !

That emerald jade finger ring was actually a big leak that the Second Prince picked up at an antique stall in the West Market for five taels of silver in the early years. After buying it back, he wiped off the surface, and the inside was genuine imperial green.

But it's useless for him to ask for this thing.Later, after everyone joked and booed, they casually said that it would be a prize for future riding and shooting competitions, and the first one would win.

Tan Taihong was the number one that year, and won the jasper finger ring.

Zhuang Qingqu refused to accept it, he practiced hard for a whole year and finally defeated Tan Taihong in the second year and won the wrench back into his hand.

After that match, he went directly to ask the second prince, saying that I will take a more valuable ice pendant as a future prize, this ring... can I just keep it?

Yan Yuliang didn't take it to heart either, she just said that money can't buy him to like her, so she agreed.

But he didn't know that Tantaihong had won Zhuang Qingqu again later, and wanted to take back the wrench, but Zhuang Qingqu was only willing to give him the Bingpo pendant.Said that the second prince gave me the finger and it was mine. My family has all the other gold and silver treasures you want, but this is the only one that I will never give.

After so many years, Tantai Hong narrowed his eyes: "Lumpy dog, pay me back quickly."

Zhuang Qingqu also exploded: "You are the rascal...you are a pig! A rascal pig is not as good as a pig or a dog!"

Shi Lv's Qingqi retreated and ended their quarrel.Someone from the enemy army finally came to their senses and shouted: "Kill them, avenge the king—"

The terrain on the riverside was uneven, and their side happened to be a small highland, and when the enemy army approached, Tan Taihong rushed down first.

Liao Xi also rushed to the front of the formation.

Shi Lv and Qing Qi stood still and returned to defense, slashing and killing the little fire dragon vigorously.But Tan Taihong's ten rounds of black gold and heavy bow forced the enemy to retreat. Liao Xi cooperated with tacit understanding and kept delivering arrows for him.

Zhuang Qingqu: "Azhao, you stay behind for me, stay well! Don't move!"

After finishing speaking, Yice immediately stepped forward, wielding his sword to clean up the enemy troops approaching him for Tan Taihong.

Tan Taihong gritted his teeth: "Get lost, you don't need to come!"

Zhuang Qingqu: "I don't want to either! Who told you that you can't defend? Your martial arts have regressed these years!"

"Who has regressed, why do you wear Master's armor?"

"Why do you use Master's bow? Every time I ride and shoot, I win. When did he give you the bow?"

"You are the one who wins? Give me back the ring that took over me!"

But when the enemy rushed up again, Tan Taihong had no choice but to be precise and completely hand over his back to Zhuang Qingqu.

Just like when they hunted the Fox King when they were young, he almost fell off the cliff, but it was Zhuang Qingqu who dragged him up.Later, Zhuang Qingqu's horse was injured by a trap, and he gave up his own horse.

It's like the time when I sent relief food to the victims together with the second prince.The big military food theft case involved in that case was found to be inseparable from Zhuang's and Tantai's. The two of them exposed each other's shameful old background, hurt each other crazily, and continued to investigate the case the next day with dark circles under their eyes.

For so many years, the two seem to have been rivals, old enemies.

Even though their family background, talents, and everything are so similar, they can never cherish each other.

Zhuang Qingqu envied Tantai Hong.

When I was young, I even wished I could be him.He hates himself for not being able to do everything easily like Tantai, hates himself for not being able to do everything with a smile.

But now time flies.

When I saw him again, I was very glad that I was not him.

Fortunately, although my father was domineering back then, he was a loyal minister.Otherwise, would he, like Tantai, be burdened with the shackles of the son of a sinful minister through the ages, and he would never go back to the place he wanted to go to, and the person who wanted to accompany him would no longer be able to accompany him.

Just thinking about that possibility made my heart scream in pain.

Don't dare to think about it anymore, concentrate on killing the enemy.

It's okay, they can win.Don't hold back for too long, reinforcements are coming.

Sure enough, soon, the chaos of the enemy army was accompanied by the banner of Daxia's reinforcements.

The old general Xia Houlie had already defeated the army of the little prince Chuyue and chased him all the way.

This person has always been the solid pillar of Daxia Momo.From Zhuang Xinhuo, Shi Yun and General Xiahoulie in the time of Emperor Xuanming, now it is King Lan, Shilu and General Xiahoulie.The old general has never changed, has experienced the best of times and the worst of times, and has been silently guarding this territory.

The morale of the enemy army was already low. Seeing the reinforcements at this moment, they had no desire to fight and fled one after another.

Tan Taihong: "Ah Liang, what's wrong with you, are you okay?"

There are many people around Yan Yuliang to protect him, so he is naturally fine, but his head hurts.

He just suddenly remembered something again.

A lot of dark and complicated things that even King Lan may not know... Those memories circled in his mind, and even the surrounding scenery turned upside down for a while.

His body was shaking and he wanted to vomit, so Tantai Hong helped him up.He tried his best to stabilize the rein, raised his eyes with difficulty, and saw a thousand words in the bright eyes in front of him.

But Tan Taihong didn't say anything in the end.

Only said: "Ah Liang, Ye Li Sai."

Xiuqin in the Western Region language also means "we will meet again one day", he is saying goodbye to him, and he is leaving.

"Where are you going?"

Tan Taihong: "I don't know, maybe it's Yingzhou, or Jiaonan, maybe it will go to Luoyun."

Yan Yuliang thought a lot at that moment.

He is the emperor, and he can tell the world about Tan Taihong's achievements in hiding in Beimo for many years.

Or, if Tantaihong doesn't want to bear the sins of the Tantai Clan, then he just needs to change his identity and return to Daxia.

These thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are so good, in addition to the magnificent Huadu, there are also Jiangxia where the golden caves are full of purples and reds, the prosperous Helan Hongzhu in the desert, and Luojing where the emperor's younger brother governs beautifully and richly... There are many, many places to go.

But he also knew that Tan Taihong would not be willing.

He is going to a farther place and continue to work silently for Da Xia.No one ever asked him to lurk, it was the path he chose himself, he wanted to bear the injustice and pain that Tantai Clan had caused in Great Xia for so many years by himself.

But he will return to Daxia someday.

One day, until the day when he has a clear conscience and a clear heart.

Naive and persistent.Yan Yuliang knew that this person had such a temper since he was a child.

"That Tantai, Yerisei."

What else did he want to say.

He wanted to talk about Tantai, but in fact, there are so many good things in this world.You can also find someone to be by your side, protect you, understand you, pity you, and feel sorry for the suffering and grievance you have suffered for so many years.

But he didn't say that.

Because Tan Taihong wanted something more.

On the hillside that night.Tantai said that for so many years in a foreign land, his only consolation is to share the joys and joys of thousands of miles away, watching Da Xia get better every day.

"Then take care of yourself."

"May the Great Xia be prosperous and peaceful, and all nations come to court, and we will meet again on that day."

Tan Taihong: "Yes, definitely."

……

After Yan Yuliang went back, she lay down for three days.

He had a headache, but he didn't have any other discomfort, just a lot of bad memories accompanied by severe dizziness.

"Lanlan, I have a headache..."

He was uncomfortable and weak, and kept grabbing the side of King Lan's clothes.Lan Wang hugged him and kept rubbing his forehead.

"Herbal..."

"Don't worry Ah Zhao, the herbs are here." Prince Lan kissed the top of his hair, then gritted his teeth, "Next time if you dare to run around, I won't spare you!"

Yan Yuliang couldn't laugh or cry.

Among the countless bad memories, at least there are sporadic places where he can be comforted.

At least at this moment, he can clearly remember that there is really nothing between him and Tantai.

The most trusted friend, and nothing else.

"The sun and the moon are out of reach, and the mountain breeze enters the bosom." Tan Taihong's character is "Zhu Ming", and he later gave Zhuang Qingqu the character "Lan", which coincides with a poem.It sounded as if Tan Taihong couldn't catch the cinnabar mole and Bai Yueguang, but Zhuang Qingqu retreated and took pity on the person in front of him.

But really not.

First of all, Tan Taihong's nickname was given to him by his family, not Yan Yuliang.

Furthermore, this poem was also written by the ancients and hung on the Wenhua Palace, and it was not written by him. He was just picking up people's wisdom.

He and Tan Taihong really have nothing to do.

However, he used to... really treated Xiao Zhuang very badly.He remembered many fragments.

Tantai also said that he would kneel on the washboard when he came back.

What a crow's mouth, kneeling on the washboard is probably not enough for the things he remembered.

Although Yan Yuliang always had to struggle like a moth to survive whatever happened to him, he wanted to just lie down at this moment.

It's no wonder that King Lan wanted to strangle him all the time.