(There are still two days left in this month. It¡¯s a bit shameless to ask for a monthly ticket at the last moment, but I still hope to climb up. Thank you!)
Chapter 372 Telling the Truth (6)
It¡¯s very cool in the bamboo forest. Although the wind can¡¯t penetrate such dense green bamboos, it doesn¡¯t feel oppressive at all. Fang Jie sat cross-legged on the ground, raising his head and looking at the sky exposed through the gaps in the bamboo forest. Because the gap is too small, the sky you see looks blue and exceptionally pure.
If you can look at the entire sky, you will see flying birds and floating clouds, but in this gap, there is a trace of pure sky.
Fang Jie didn¡¯t expect that his mood would be so calm. He thought he would be very excited and nervous. I thought my palms would be covered in sweat and even my back would be covered in sweat. I thought my face would turn white and my lips would turn blue, as if I had been poisoned and my life would be short-lived. He thought he would listen carefully to Luo Yao's every word, but found that he would be distracted for a moment.
I have been waiting for this moment for too long.
Fang Jie was wondering if Luo Yao was telling a story that moved the world. Then should I cry on occasion? If it was a story about a wolf-hearted person, should I draw my sword and look angry?
What a boring thought.
He couldn¡¯t understand himself, how could he be so calm.
Luo Yao was not as calm as Fang Jie. Although he had not spoken yet, his chest was rising and falling a bit, and the way he looked at Fang Jie was becoming more and more different from before. Before the story even started, he was already infected by himself. I wonder if he will burst into tears after telling the story?
He is indeed not young anymore.
Fang Jie looked up at the sky, and he looked at Fang Jie.
The green bamboo forest is picturesque, and the two people in the painting have their own thoughts.
"This is not a very nice story."
Luo Yao gave a definition at the beginning, which was not beyond Fang Jie¡¯s expectations. So he nodded slightly, as if he didn't care about the sorrow and sadness hidden in Luo Yao's words. If this story was related to Fang Jie, he really couldn't imagine it would be a beautiful story. His life has been thousands of miles away from the word "beautiful" from the beginning, and it is only now that he has grasped a glimmer of the hard-won beauty in pain.
Precisely because he has experienced too many and bizarre things, Fang Jie is now stingy about giving his emotions. Except for Shen Qingshan and Mu Xiaoyao, except for the big dog Qilin, he would not easily open his heart to anyone, even just a small gap.
"But if you think about it carefully after listening to what I said, you will think it is a very warm story."
Fang Jie smiled: "Sad dramas are generally warm."
"Sad dramas will not always be sad."
Luo Yao said.
Opposite Fang Jie, he also sat down cross-legged.
The two people were so close that he could even see clearly the faint freckles on Fang Jie's face. Fang Jie could clearly see his beard, one root at a time.
"many years ago¡¡"
Luo Yao looked at Fang Jie and started with a very vulgar sentence: "Many years ago, there was a young man on Hedong Road in the northwest of the Great Sui Dynasty. He came from a poor and humble background. When he was three years old, he behaved differently from other children. While other children were still acting coquettishly in their mother's arms, he was thinking about when he would become a hero."
"When he was six years old, he was old enough to enter a private school, but his family was too poor and had no money for him to study. He was not upset, he just felt it was a pity. His father planned for him to become a businessman, so he was given the education when he was six years old. He found a godfather who traveled to Saibei. This child's life seems to have been charted, and he is destined to become a businessman who is worse than a farmer and the most humble businessman in Saibei."
"Just this year, a traveling traveler passed by a small village. When he saw the child, his eyes immediately widened and he said that the child was born to be a good practitioner. The child's father didn't know what cultivation was. , but he knew that practicing would cost a lot of money, so he refused. The charlatan said that I don¡¯t charge money and I still take care of the food. You can let your son go with me and come back after he has made a career.¡±
"The child's father said no, he will be able to make money in the future. If I leave with you, who will go to Saibei?"
"Jianghu people asked, how much money can you make in a year by traveling to Saibei?"
"The child's father said that at least twelve taels a year should be made In fact, he lied. The merchants who went to the north of Saibei could not make much money. It stands to reason that the price of a piece of Shu brocade would increase ten times when it is sold to Northern Liao. This is a lie. It's a good job. But the journey is too long. Just eating, drinking and raising mules takes up a lot. Then you have to guard against mountain bandits and horse thieves outside the border. If you are robbed, you will lose everything. It is very surprising to be able to lose ten taels of silver. It's a happy thing. If it weren't for my family's poverty, I wouldn't be able to find a way to survive., no one wants to be a merchant and deal with barbarians. "
"Jiang Hu Ke was obviously a down-and-out man who couldn't afford a lot of money. He pawned his long sword, plus a treasure that was said to be passed down from his master's sect, and raised a total of eighty taels of silver to give to the child's father. , the child¡¯s father laughed and said you can take the child away, as long as he doesn¡¯t starve to death.¡±
Luo Yao stopped and stretched out his hand towards Fang Jie.
Fang Jie was startled, not understanding what it meant. Luo Yao leaned forward and took off Fang Jie's pipe, then lit it: "So the child followed the Jianghu Ke and left for ten years. In these ten years, they walked through the mountains and lakes, and finally arrived in the big lake. Grassland. Jianghu Ke was already very old and taught the child all his skills, but his skills were not very strong to begin with. By the time the child was fifteen, Jianghu Ke told him ¡ Let¡¯s talk about young people, tell this young man, there are two roads in front of you now, you have to choose.¡±
"First, find a big sect to join you. With your current level of cultivation, any sect will accept you. Second, return to the Sui Dynasty to join the army. I heard that the imperial court is going to use troops against the enemy."
Fang Jie plucked a piece of fur grass and held it in his mouth, smiled and said: "So we have the current general of the left avant-garde But what does this have to do with me."
¡°Listen quietly to the end.¡±
Luo Yao said seriously: "You should understand me, you should have understood me many years ago. Now I will start from the beginning, just to make you no longer a stranger to me."
"you say"
Fang Jie nodded: "I listen."
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"The young man stayed on the grassland for another half a year because the Jianghu guest was too old. He waited for the Jianghu guest to bury him after his death before returning to Sui Dynasty. Then he set foot on the road home. Before he planned to join the army He went home to see his family first, but when he got home, he found that it had changed beyond recognition. His father used the eighty taels of silver given by the Jianghu guest to build a new house, but the mistress of the new house was no longer the young man's mother. "
Fang Jie couldn't help but interrupt him: "Let's just talk about you, that way I can easily imagine it."
"good"
Luo Yao nodded: "When I got home, I stood outside the door and looked, but I didn't go in. When I entered the village, I asked about it. My mother was forced to death soon after I left the village because my father had an affair with an outsider. The widow got better, and she brought a girl with her. The girl was fifteen or sixteen years old when I returned."
"I stood outside the door for a while and then left, waiting outside the village for three days. When the widow took her daughter to the market, I killed the widow, fucked her daughter and walked away. I went to join the army and used It took me half a month to choose a team, because I found out that the general who led the army was a very talented person, and he would use people who had real ability.
"After joining the army, I lived a very peaceful life for two years. Because the emperor of the enemy country surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, the war was delayed for two years before I found an excuse to start. Before leaving, I looked for an opportunity to correct the team that had been bullying me. After a beating, the general saw that he thought I was good, so he had me beaten with a military stick for ten times and became his personal soldier. On the battlefield, I followed the general and defended him countless times. Qing¡¯s swords, spears, feathers and arrows suffered many injuries.¡±
"The war went well, and the imperial army quickly occupied half of the enemy's territory. But the general did not want to fight at this time, because he received a large gift from the enemy's emperor. The general was old, and he planned to use the money to support his retirement. So he asked the army to return to the court on the pretext that the city wall was strong and the army was seriously damaged. The emperor agreed, and the army returned to the Sui Dynasty with countless trophies. Three years later, it was revealed that the general had received heavy gifts, and the general was imprisoned by the emperor. Give death."
Fang Jie frowned slightly, holding back the questions in his heart and not asking.
Luo Yao glanced at him and then nodded: "Yes, I was the one who secretly exposed that general. I don't want to say why he did this. I can only say that he is not worthy of being called a qualified imperial soldier. But he treated me Thanks to his appreciation, I planned to retire to the countryside and live a down-to-earth life with my wife. The emperor refused and asked me to stay in the army. Originally, I was qualified to become a general, but because I had no money, I could not give gifts. I disdain to give gifts, offended the powerful people in the court, and were suppressed by the powerful people I have been a fifth-rank general for more than ten years. "
"after that¡¡"
Luo Yao's face was a little ugly, and there was deep pain in his eyes.
"My only son made a big mistake, and I have to give an explanation to the court. He killed thirty-two people in his family. If I want to get over this matter I have to pay with my life. I have counted carefully, and I have My wife happened to have thirty-two people to die for, but I didn¡¯t want to lose my wife, so I sent someone to bring my father from the northwest, saying that I was filial to him, but I killed him.??, my wife would not have to die I took thirty-one heads and my son to the imperial capital, and killed him with my own hands outside the Tai Chi Palace"
Even though he knew about this, Fang Jie couldn't help but tremble in his heart when he heard Luo Yao say it in such a calm tone He said it so calmly, without any ripples.
Especially killing his father was just a matter of words.
It seemed that he had no hesitation.
In fact, Luo Yao did not hesitate at all. When he made his choice, it took less than a second. He had no qualms about choosing between his wife and his father.
"this¡¡"
Fang Jie spat out the fluff in his mouth, breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What does it have to do with me? The general is talking about your life, and he must rarely mention it to others. So I am very scared and very grateful. What I'm grateful for is that the general confided in me, but what I'm afraid of is that I'm afraid you'll kill me and silence me. After all, some of the things you said cannot be spread."
"Kill you and silence you?"
Luo Yao couldn't help but laugh: "You are not stupid, so you must know that this is impossible. You should have made a guess in your mind before I came here with you, because this is exactly what you have been pursuing for so many years. If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn¡¯t have told you so much. If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn¡¯t have arranged for someone to protect you for more than ten years!¡±
As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Fang Jie felt like a thunder exploded in his heart!
Although Fang Jie had been doubting it and was almost sure after arriving in Yongzhou, when these words came out of Luo Yao's mouth, he still found it difficult to accept it!
For a moment, his heart felt as if it had sunk into the sea.