Martial Lord

I have to admit that Wu Xie was a little shaken at that moment.

Having experienced so much with Zhang Qiling, mentally, he is no longer the carefree little shopkeeper Wu Shan.

He is not afraid of the steep road ahead, and he is not afraid of walking alone in the lonely night, but there is nothing in front of him, only a cloud of fog.He is like a blind man who walks alone with his intuition, but someone keeps telling him the direction in his ear.But they are not themselves, how do they know where he is going?He can't see, how can he find the person who has left him?

He knew how stupid his choice to come to the Zhang family looked to outsiders, but if he didn't enter the tiger's den, how could he catch a tiger's cub.After going through many hardships and tribulations, half of his life was lost. He is still here now, and he still has obsessions in his heart. He may not really die so easily.

The old man said: "Actually, Zhang Haike can't be regarded as lying to you. This is the fastest way to help you get out of the Wu family. I know that you want to say that the Wu family is your family, and they will not harm you. That's good, but You know too little, and your grandfather, your second uncle, including Zhang Qiling, they all want to make decisions for you, and let you execute a lifelong decision that they think is 'right' when you don't know anything. Hello' decision."

Wu Xie was silent.

Because that's what it is.

"But the Zhang family has a different position from them." The old man said, "The Zhang family doesn't care about your good or bad, and will not make any decisions for you. This is because this matter, if you don't do it willingly, is meaningless. Zhang Jiayuan Stronger than you think, you are a shortcut to us, but not the only one."

If it is said that "ginger is still old and spicy", then Zhang Ruitong is probably already an old ginger essence, and the smell alone can choke people to death.This is not even a negotiation. Both sides have bargaining chips. That's called negotiation. But people said, we don't have to ask you, we just stop by to talk to you.But what I give you must be what you want, so you are the one who is passive.

With his qualifications as an old man, he doesn't bother to show off these simple negotiating skills to him, and he is not a boss like Zhang Haike, so what he said is [-]% true.

Wu Xie nodded: "Okay, tell me, I'll listen, after listening, I will naturally make a decision—my own decision."

Zhang Ruitong's story originated from a person, who is well-known to everyone, so that his story has just begun, and Wu Xie feels "no wonder".

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the trend of seeking immortals and asking questions was at its peak. After the unification of the Qin Emperor, he spared no effort to search for immortality all over the world. First, there were fairy mountains to search for, and then Xu Fu went to the east. , according to the level of the title, allowing Zhang Liang to choose [-] households in Qi.Zhang Liang resigned, asked to reserve land, and was granted the title of Marquis.Zhang Liang, who abandoned everything in the world, began to concentrate on cultivating Taoism and delving into the learning of Huang Lao. It is also said that after Zhang Liang retired to the hermitage, he wandered with red pine nuts until he died.

Up to here, it is the history known to the world, and there is nothing special about it.However, Wu Xie couldn't help but wonder, could this mysterious "Zhang family" be related to Liu Hou Zhang Liang?

The old man said, in fact, no matter which generation you are in, the so-called seclusion and rapid advancement are mostly foreign words. If there is no worry about future troubles or immediate worries, and you can live a good life, who will insist on suffering?

People's hearts are too difficult to guess, and brothers who share suffering may not be able to share joys, let alone monarchs and ministers. "The cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks, the birds die, and the good bow hides." In order not to repeat the tragedy of Peng Yue and Han Xin and other heroes, Zhang Liang's move can be said to be very wise.However, Han Gaozu was not a fool. Would he not understand Zhang Liang's intentions?

So he agreed to Zhang Liang's request, and at the same time made a request.

He gave Zhang Liang one thing and agreed to let him go.

It doesn't matter if it can't be done, but it must be done anyway, and no one else should know about it.

Wu Xie had another guess in his mind: "Could it be..."

The world has been settled, the government and the country are peaceful, and the new emperor will inevitably want another extravagant thing just like the previous emperor.A person, when he is in a high position, has often experienced too many ups and downs in the world. Such a person is generally not afraid of difficulties and is full of self-confidence. The only thing he is afraid of is time.

The passage of time can obliterate all the advantages of a person, how brave and wise he was then, how old and confused he will be in the future.If a person has unlimited time, what is there to fear in this vast world?As for this matter, it seems most appropriate to hand it over to Zhang Liang.

Firstly, Zhang Liang escaped into practice, secondly, Zhang Liang stayed away from the political center, he had plenty of time to do this seemingly unreliable thing, and thirdly, if Zhang Liang revealed this matter, he could kill him at any time.

"Could it be that the Zhang family is actually a descendant of the Marquis Liu?"

Zhang Ruitong did not answer, and continued to tell the story.

When Liuhou received this job, he couldn't laugh or cry, he was fascinated by Huang Lao, and he knew very well that fate was capricious and immortality was vain, but Gaozu asked, he had no choice but to refuse.Zhang Liang then asked his friend Chisongzi for advice. Chisongzi was a master of Taoism, and he laughed and said what was so difficult.He asked Zhang Liang to tell Gaozu that Qin Shihuang searched for the fairy mountain on the sea, but there was no result, because Qin Shihuang was looking in the wrong direction, so we can't follow his old path.The real longevity should not be in the sea, but in the mountains, because the mountains are the closest to the gods.The top of the snow-capped mountain is surrounded by sea of ​​clouds all the year round, that is the place to cultivate immortals, if there is a way of longevity, it must be here.

We don't know whether Chisongzi's trick is fooling people, but they are trying to persuade Liu Bang, so Zhang Liang and Chisongzi secretly led them westward, towards the highest mountain they knew at the time .

After that, Zhang Liang never came back, and later generations said that Zhang Liang and Chisongzi had become immortals.But what is certain is that Zhang Liang and Chi Songzi found something in the snow mountain.

The top of the snow mountain, the land surrounded by the sea of ​​clouds... Wu Xie speculated: "The Snow Mountain family?"

Could it be that Zhang Liang and Chi Songzi finally discovered the secret of longevity on the snow mountain?

"Liuhou didn't actually leave any heirs. The Zhang family came from all over the world, and they were all disciples of those who followed Liuhou and Chisongzi. Since then, this huge ethnic group has been living in seclusion in the snow-capped mountains, but they have never lost contact with the outside world. , the outside world collectively calls us the Xueshan people."

Therefore, the Zhang family is indeed the Xueshan family, and the scene in the Xueshan is different from that in "Peach Blossom Spring". The regime of China has maintained a delicate connection, which has gone through various eras and stretched for thousands of years.Of course, some of these regimes accepted them, some refused, and many things happened in the middle, but the Zhang family has always continued like this.

"This is ridiculous," Wu Xie couldn't help but said, "Old man, I don't mean to look down on your Zhang family, but why do you convince people? So these emperors."

When the emperor, which one is not a thorn?

"Because Liu Hou left enough capital for the Zhang family to survive for a thousand years before Bintian."

"Longevity?" Wu Xie remembered the old man's age.

Zhang Ruitong shook his head: "This is just one of them. The ancestors of the Zhang family were indeed infinitely close to the real 'longevity', but they did not last. This kind of 'longevity' has a price, and it is far less beautiful than you imagined. This It involves another secret of the Zhang family. You just need to know that the special nature of the Zhang family is bestowed by the snow-capped mountains. The longer they leave the snow-capped mountains, the closer they are to ordinary people. As time goes by, this quality has gradually diminished. My grandfather I have lived for more than 500 years, and I can only live half of it. You see, I am already so old that I am about to die. This kind of attenuation is better than one generation, and it is almost gone in Zhang Qiling's body."

Because Zhang Qiling's father is not from the Xueshan family.

"No more? But little brother..."

"His 'longevity' comes from his adventures and has nothing to do with the Xueshan clan. When Baima gave birth, his body was already very weak, so Zhang Qiling almost lost the characteristics of the Xueshan clan. From our point of view, Zhang Qiling's state is more like There is a disease."

Wu Xiexin said that I think you are more sick. Your Zhang family probably has all the sickness. For several generations, people have lived just to live, and they don't care what it's like to live.

"The Zhang family was valued by the imperial court. It may have been attracted by longevity at first, but it was more because of the contacts and knowledge accumulated by the Zhang family for generations. The Zhang family has lived for too long and knows too many things. What they should know and what they should not know. The emperor is afraid of this, but there is nothing he can do, he can only check and balance, and keep making deals with the Zhang family."

The Zhang family who came to the Central Plains also felt confused when they realized that their unique physique was declining. In recent years, people from the inner clan have become more and more reluctant to communicate with the Central Plains. The Zhang family's information network has begun to shrink, and many things have been separated. out of control.The rapid passage of time in the outside world makes them afraid.Most of the people left by the Zhang family in the Central Plains were of impure bloodlines, or those who were rooted in the Central Plains and could not leave without saying goodbye.

Now, the last batch of pure Xueshan clan led by Zhang Ruitong is also leaving.But the emperor of the Central Plains will not let them go easily.

"You guys want to go back and live in seclusion? So what does that have to do with me?"

"The snow mountain is our source, and we will return there eventually. The position of the leader of the martial arts is a deal between the Nine Sects, including the Zhang family, and the current royal family. Someone must bear it, otherwise we will not be able to reach the snow mountain. It will be blocked by the court."

"What do you mean?"

"At the beginning, the first emperor made an agreement with Jiumen. The imperial court was separated from the Jianghu. With the help of his family, at the same time, the Nine Clans and the Xueshan Clan are used to check and balance, so the talents of the Nine Great Families spare no effort to help him stabilize the country."

"But it's different now. The world has been settled. The imperial court no longer needs a folk 'Wulin King', so the new emperor secretly subsidizes some people in the Nine Sects, and wants the Wulin to fall into infighting. Originally, when Zhang Qiling was the leader of the Wulin, Zhang The last member of the Patriarch Clan will withdraw, and he will make the final rounds and negotiations with the imperial court, and his identity is also the most suitable. But now that he is not here, the position of leader can only be extended to the Wu family according to the agreement of the Nine Clans."

"When your grandpa Gou Hardwarebasin washed his hands, he didn't revoke the agreement, because he felt that Zhang Qiling could solve this matter within 30 years. So they exchanged some things with the Zhang family for your freedom, and that's how Zhang Haike came into existence. But now things have changed, Zhang Qiling's life and death are uncertain, and the double the Zhang family trained for you is not willing to do this anymore, so you can only do it yourself."

"Old man," Wu Xie wiped his sweat, "I really don't understand what you are talking about."

Why does the title of martial arts leader sound like a sacrifice? !Isn't it because he is modest, is this something he can be if he wants to be it?

Zhang Ruitong smiled: "It means that starting from you, the martial arts leader no longer has the support of the Zhang family, and no longer has the court's approval. How long you can be in office and what you can do is all up to you."

With a bang, Wu Xie seemed to understand.

——The members of the Zhang family have withdrawn, and the agreement between the first emperor and Jiumen is no longer counted.When the imperial court finds out that the Xueshan family has run away, it will definitely explode. At this time, some unlucky guy will come out to take care of it. This person is probably called Wu Xie.

Wu Xie laughed angrily.

His grandfather is gone, so the promise doesn't count; the little brother's life or death is uncertain, no one will help him carry the sky, and those who protect him have left, so they all come to bully him.

"Old man, why do you think I agreed to you?" Is it because he looks very respectful to the elderly?

Zhang Ruitong smiled: "Because you can't do anything now."

Wu Xie froze, thinking of his current situation and Zhang Qiling, his heart sank slowly.

"Think about your friends, Zhang Qiling's life and death are uncertain, Xie's Huo family is in turmoil, and the Qi family is just an empty shell. It's better to have only your Wu family in the next generation of the Nine Clans. It's better to have Wu Erbai, and I will call you the Wu family. Build a roof, which can become your capital... You can do what you want when you have people and power. Otherwise, even if Zhang Qiling doesn't die today, he will die tomorrow, because you don't even have the ability to protect yourself If not, how can we save people?"

"Wu Xie, if you want to change, if you want to save, you have to become another person. You can't do this now. Because you are Wu Xie and the Wu family, you are born with this opportunity. Do you want to be with you? It’s up to you if you can’t grasp it. Of course—”

"You may be smashed to pieces on the first day of taking this position, but I don't care. The only people who care about you are your friends and relatives, and their fate may ultimately depend on you. You do If it's smashed, they don't want to live well."

"The imperial court has issued an order to kill Zhang Qiling. As long as I write a letter saying that Zhang Qiling is dead, you are the new martial arts leader and the heir chosen by the Zhang family, Jin Yiwei will be recalled, and the Wu family will not be implicated. You have to think about it yourself." .”

This is the purpose of the Zhang family.

They need a scapegoat, and the court needs a puppet, and he, who comes from a family, is weak, incompetent, and controlled by others, is perfect.

Wu Xie, Wu Xie.

Looking at the bright yellow book, the young shopkeeper hated himself for the first time.

——You, why are you so weak?

Why are you so weak.

In your limited twenty-odd years of life, why do you just indulge in being an ordinary small businessman.If you were as resourceful as Xiaohua, you might have seen the truth of this matter long ago; if you were as open-minded as Fatty, you probably wouldn’t have fallen into this situation. If you were as smart as my brother, who would dare to bully you?Even if you learn from the third uncle to dominate one side, plan strategies like the second uncle to take care of the whole family, or even obey the family's arrangements like your father, and be a quiet scholar, you will not fall into such a situation.

Now, you are nothing, you are just Wu Xie.

Without the indulgence of the family, without the pampering of the third uncle, without the escort of the younger brother, you are like a piece of fish on the board.

Where did the Zhang family want him to assume the throne of alliance leader?That's the guillotine.

The martial arts people obeyed the leader's call because Zhang's family background was strong, and Zhang Qiling's martial arts were strong. Without these, what would he have?As long as he is in the position, Chen Pi Asi will be the first to kill him if he shows any signs of timidity.

This arena was full of malice towards him, no wonder the younger brother didn't let him participate, and the Wu family wanted to isolate him.Because once he takes a step, the consequences cannot be borne by him alone.

Wu Xie was silent for a while, then said, "Give me a day to think about it."