royal robes

Chapter 144 Guo Wei Old Fox

Master Zong Xin also had no choice, his words had already been spoken and could not be taken back, and Dugu Xingyue announced at that time that he was willing to be a concubine of Master Zong Xin, and that he would marry on the spot instead of holding a wedding.

Almost [-]% of the people believed that Zong Xin married Dugu Xingyue out of kindness, and hoped that this unmarried widow would have a complete wedding.

Dugu Xingyue didn't care about her status at all. She was the first woman to marry Zong Xin, and the whole world knew about their marriage. Almost all the respectable people came to celebrate, but Dugu Xingyue felt very dignified.

Zong Xin's purpose is very clear, because he wants to collect money from members.All he invited were big men with heads and faces, and his status was not low, so money was certainly not a trivial matter.With so much money in exchange for a meal, it would be stupid not to do this kind of business.

Almost everything is done by Zhao Pu, a frail scholar, but Zhao Pu has no complaints, because the final income surprised him...

Officials with low ranks should give at least one hundred taels of gold, or one thousand taels of silver.High-ranking officials are at least a few thousand taels, or even as much as [-] silver.There are also many rare treasures, all of which were sent here for Zong Xin's sake.

Although Liu Chengyou didn't come, he sent ten thousand taels of gold as a congratulatory gift. Guo Wei, who had no family background, came to congratulate himself.It's just that Guo Wei was a little disappointed that he didn't see his son Guo Xin this time.

The three major clans all sent people to give congratulatory gifts, Zhao Jing, who is usually stingy, even sent a huge sum of money like a thousand taels of gold, the Song clan sent 5000 taels of gold, and the Wang clan sent 2000 taels of gold.

The Dugu Clan didn't give gifts, because this is the Dugu Clan's married daughter, but it's not convenient for them to come to the Dahan territory.

Ye Tianzi Lei Hong came in person, and Lei Hong deliberately pretended to be drunk at the wedding, so Zong Xin had to worship him when he worshiped Gaotang.Zong Xin naturally wouldn't mind this kind of thing, and Dugu Xingyue also knew that Lei Hong was his father.

After the wedding, Zong Xin received 13 taels of silver, [-] taels of gold, and various jewelry and jade articles. It can be said that he became rich in an instant.

Zong Xin put all the money in Zhao Pu's management, the business of the Ao Gang was enough to raise soldiers, and the money was only temporarily deposited.Zhao Pu never filled his pockets, because he didn't need it, and Zhao Pu's money would have been exhausted long ago.

After the eighteen protectors brought Tianya back to Weinan, Zong Xin had a detailed talk with them. The eighteen protectors agreed with Zong Xin's philosophy and strength, and were willing to entrust their lives to him.

Zong Xin was naturally happy, and finally gave it the name - Youyun Eighteen Riders.

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Zong Xin and Dugu Xingyue were officially married, and the two were even more inseparable. Naturally, Yaoyao was not to be outdone, and kept pestering Zong Xin.But the two girls are very smart, they know when to pester him and when not to pester him. For example, when Zong Xin is meditating and practicing, they never disturb him.

Zong Xin likes to sit in the carriage with his eyes closed and rest his mind, Tian Ya stays beside him, the two of them practice and teach at the same time.Now someone was driving a carriage, even Zhao Kuangyin stayed in the carriage, the three men sat in a row, but Yaoyao and Dugu Xingyue ran out to ride wolves.These wolves are very active and they love to run.

The three men sat very calmly in the carriage, as if everything around them was still. When practicing the Nine Seals Yimai Method, the true energy circulated in the body continuously, but their consciousness was very clear, even more sober than usual.

"Master, is everything you taught me really useful? It feels like it's all weird things. What heat shrinks and cold shrinks, and the heat rises... It feels like it's not really useful for martial arts or life."

Zong Dao said: "You don't have too many skills, you are not an ordinary person as a teacher, and of course what you teach is not ordinary things. For example, breaking the roof of the Chidi Karst Cave as a teacher is due to thermal expansion and contraction, and stones also meet this requirement." Law, but the inside of the stone is very strong, and the constant expansion and shrinkage will cause cracks, which is why the master's skill is not as good as Lei Hong and others, but he can break through the top of the cave and rescue everyone."

"But why after boiling the water, if you continue to cook, it will all be boiled dry? Isn't this heat shrinking?"

Zong Xin suddenly laughed and said, "Heat shrinkage? It is true that some things will shrink after being heated, but water is not among them. Water is boiled dry because of evaporation. Even if the water is not boiled, the water will slowly disappear. Isn’t it? When water boils, it’s called boiling, and boiling is actually a kind of violent evaporation.”

"It's true that water disappears by itself, but where does the water go?"

Zong Dao: "After the water evaporates, it will fly to the sky. The sky is colder than the ground. When the water vapor is cold, it will condense and finally become a cloud. When there is too much water in the cloud, it will fall and form rain. This is the water cycle."

Tian Ya felt that what Zong Xin taught him was very strange, even if he knew these things, what was the use?But since the master taught me, it seems that the master taught these things very vividly anyway, and there is no difficulty.

Zhao Kuangyin said from the side: "Zong Xin, you should teach some more useful things. I don't think these things are useful."

"Eh~ your thinking is too narrow, the things taught by ordinary people are really useless." Zong Dao said: "There are eight items in the university, which are: investigation of things, extension of knowledge, sincerity, righteousness of heart, self-cultivation, family harmony, governance of the country, and peace of the world. .So you have to start to understand from very small things, understand everything in this world, and turn it into your own knowledge. Only after you have knowledge can you set a lofty goal and work hard for this goal, and finally you can calm the world.”

Tian Ya and Zhao Kuangyin nodded immediately, Zong Xin's words were right, he finally started to teach some serious things.

Zong Dao said: "Wars are nothing more than the right time, the right place, and the harmony of people. The right time is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the harmony between people. But isn't it the right time for Zhuge Liang to borrow arrows from the grass boat and use the east wind to burn the warship? Then who dares to say that the right time is not as good as the right place, the right place Not as good as Renhe?"

Zong Xin’s theory criticized Mencius’s “Getting the Right Way Helps Much, Losing the Right Way Helps Little Help”. It is true that with the help of the east wind, the warships were set on fire. Naturally, he was far superior to Soochow, but in the end he was killed to the ground.

This example really shows that it is not that the weather is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people.It's rare for Zong Xin to say something serious, so you must listen carefully.But... there is still some difference between the legend and the history. According to the legend, Zhuge Liang led this incident, but Zhou Yu was the real behind-the-scenes mastermind.But no matter who it is, Zong Xin's example is not bad.

"For things like war, harmony between man and nature is necessary, but if there is a disparity between strength and weakness, no matter how tall the soldiers are, it is useless, and tactics can be used to win." Zong Dao: "The poor monk thinks that the most important thing in a soldier is speed and strength, just like A mass of killing gods descend from the sky, frightening the enemy's guts, and the inability to hold a gun is the real invincibility in the world."

Both Zhao Kuangyin and Tianya listened, and felt that Zong Xin's words made sense, but it was difficult to realize.Zong Xin once realized it once, that is, when Zhao Kuangyin led Youyun Eighteen Cavalry into the reserve army in the north of Kaifeng City. At that time, they all had diarrhea, and when they saw this group of monks rushing into the barracks, they knew it was Zong Xin's. Warden, so freaked out.

It was really a beautiful victory. The 6000 people had almost no resistance, and they rushed in and hacked at will.But that was what Zhao Kuangyin was most afraid of. If it wasn't too chaotic at the time, and these people had no strength because of diarrhea, if they organized a counterattack, there would be nothing later, because he would have died in the reserve at that time up.

Zong Xin can have this idea, because his reputation is very famous, and his mount and protector have obvious characteristics, others can tell at a glance that this is Zong Xin's army.

Just imagine, nineteen monks riding giant wolf mounts rushed towards him fiercely one by one, that scene was indeed terrifying.Not to mention those ordinary soldiers, even martial arts masters like myself would be startled, thus losing the opportunity.So Zong Xin's tactic can be used, but it is not safe.

Zong Xin went on to say: "Attacking the heart is the top priority, and attacking the city is the bottom. Take Tianya's father Guo Wei as an example, what is Guo Wei doing now?"

"Master asked him to forge a fortress." Tian Ya replied immediately, because it was his father, and Tian Ya knew his own father's movements of course.

"That's right, but do you know the poor monk's intentions?"

Zhao Kuangyin and Tianya shook their heads at the same time, they really didn't understand Zong Xin's intention.Casting a fortress outside the city is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is not very useful.

It will take a long time for the fortress to be built, but by then Li Shouzhen in Tongguan is really doomed.As long as the fortress is built, Guo Wei's strong attack can be said to be a piece of cake.But this approach is stupid, it is better to use a strong attack, maybe Tongguan has been broken long ago.

Zong Dao: "The poor monk will explain the actual combat to you. Li Shouzhen is trapped in Tongguan, so it can be said that he will die. Although Mr. Guo hates him to the bone, he loves soldiers like sons. If he storms Tongguan, his corpses will pile up like mountains. Everyone is a soldier of a big man, even Li Shouzhen's subordinates. Besides, after the capture of Tongguan, Tongguan must be damaged, and it will cost money and effort to rebuild Tongguan, which is a waste of money. Is it appropriate for Mr. Guo to attack Tongguan for his own selfish desire? "

Both Tianya and Zhao Kuangyin understood half of the explanation in this way, and it was indeed not good to directly attack Tongguan.But why the fortress was cast outside the pass, Zong Xin did not explain this matter.

Tian Ya said: "Master, my father didn't storm Tongguan, but was delaying time. I understand the reason. But why build a fort outside the city? Isn't it a waste of time and money?"

"It's just a dilapidated building, what a fortress it is." Zong Xin said with a smile: "Li Shouzhen was trapped in Tongguan, so naturally he was very anxious. Mr. Guo did not attack by force, which would increase Li Shouzhen's psychological burden. Building a fort outside the pass at this time, Li Shouzhen can be said to be The meat on the cutting board is at the mercy of others. At that time, Li Shouzhen will definitely get dizzy and make a fatal mistake."

"What could he do wrong?"

Zong said: "He will leave Tongguan and storm these fortresses."

"Oh~~!" The two suddenly realized that this was Zong Xin's plan, and it was really powerful.Zhao Kuangyin and Tian Ya actually thought about it for a few months, but they still didn't understand Zong Xin asked Guo Wei to build a fort outside Tongguan, but Guo Wei immediately agreed at that time with a proud face.

At first I thought Guo Wei was very honest and honest, but now I know that Guo Wei is also an old fox.He actually understood Zong Xin's intention immediately.

(End of this chapter)