On the night after the funeral of the old manor master of Fishery Dragon Martial Manor, Fu Tu and Fu Sheng, the two brothers, were in Fu Sheng's study room, discussing the reasons for the secret meeting.
"Xu Xiao's strength isn't because he has the Yellow Dust Bow or Clear Water Arrow, nor is it because he has the Chain Arrows. What was difficult to deal with was that this kid was shameless. He attacked without common sense and was difficult to grasp.”Fu Tu picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. He looked at the multicolored cup made by the Western Shu's Yingjiao. While he was admiring the gorgeous clouds in his heart, he couldn't help but sneer at the poverty and extravagance of the nine countries in the Central Plains.'As a monarch, he has spent all his energy on these refined and corrosive artifacts. If the Turks send powerful troops to invade, how many countries in the world can resist? When the nest was overturned, no eggs were left intact. In the end, the flames of war were burning and the people were plunged into misery. The people who suffered the most were the people of the Nine Kingdoms of the Central Plains.'
"Xu Xiao has the characteristics of a mad tiger, a lone wolf, and a cunning fox. In my opinion, he only has one weakness, and that is his foster father Xu Liang, who has lost all his cultivation. Big brother, since Xu Xiao is so difficult to deal with, in order to avoid any more trouble, why don't we take advantage of his fledgling wings and break this sh * t stirring stick now?”Fu Sheng, who usually did not smile or speak and looked more like a bookkeeper than a Rank-4 martial artist, spoke very differently from what he said in front of others. The fierce glint in his eyes proved that he was definitely not the kind of person who only shouted and killed with his mouth.
"Brother, do you know how the two demonic sects of Western Shu raise Gu?”Fu Tu, who was almost thirty years old, was much more mature. As he sipped his tea, he changed the topic from Xu Xiao to the Gu Raising Technique of the Western Shu Demonic Sect.
"Using the strong to nurture the strong, Angelica is king. Big brother, are you saying to let Xu Xiao live first and let him become that strong Gu that will provoke us into becoming kings?”Little Abacus was indeed worthy of his reputation. He immediately understood what Fu Tu meant.
"It's not us, it's you. Big Brother was old and was born in Liyang. Becoming a centurion in the future was his limit. You're still young and a Turkic. Your future is higher than mine, and your path is longer than mine.”Fu Tu put down the five-colored brocade cloud cup in his hand and said to Fu Sheng earnestly.
Pa! The five-colored brocade cloud cup in Fu Sheng's hand, which was worth ten taels of gold, was so shocked by Fu Tu's words that it fell to the ground and became a worthless piece of broken porcelain.
"Big brother, how do you know I'm a Turkic?”
"A hundred years ago, the Great Shaman of the Heavenly Wolf Temple, the holy land of the Turks, established the Duyu Camp. I believe that there was a deeper purpose to it than just being a spy.”Fu Tu took out a dagger from his pocket and placed it on the table. He pushed it directly in front of Fu Sheng, telling him that he could kill him with this dagger at any time.
Fu Sheng didn't say anything, nor did he touch the dagger. He did not even look at the dagger.
"Emperor Wang Du Yu sent his son to the enemy. There should still be Turkic survivors among the survivors of the Duyu Camp. For example, the Great Marshal of the Northern Army Mie Lizhe from seventy years ago, the Great Prophet Ku Leizhou from fifty years ago, and the First Prime Minister of the Turks Luo Ke Ci from thirty years ago. These people were not famous before the age of 25. Even after they passed away, there were almost no biographies of them from the age of 9 to 25.”Fu Tu was very satisfied with his performance. Many years ago, he finally did not save an ungrateful person from the mouths of a pack of wolves.
"Big brother, you've missed out on one more person, the Great Khan of the Turks, Ashina Yugu.”When Fu Tu heard the last name he mentioned, he was so shocked that he was dumbfounded. He couldn't help but feel happy. He didn't like the feeling of being completely guessed. Finally, he had moved back to a city. When he saw his big brother who had risked his life to save his life in the wolf pack, his jaw dropped in shock. He was a little happy.
"Just Du Yu's name alone can deduce our Turkic hundred-year secret. Big brother, if you were born into a family of generals and aristocrats in Liyang, you would definitely be a prime minister and a marshal.”Fu Sheng really admired his big brother, who was not related to him by blood but had never abandoned him in the wolf pack and saved him with his life.
"There aren't so many ifs. I'm just a small tooth of the Turk Duyu Battalion who was sent to Liyang to hide." Fu Tu shook his head with a bitter smile. He hadn't expected his brother to have such a powerful background. The Turk royal family! To think that he had even guessed that he was the son of a Turkic official or a tribal headman. (Xiao Ya, a small leader similar to a Decurion.）
"As for the Brave Battalion, although the remaining soldiers of Liyang have high combat strength, Lin Hujiao, who is in charge, seems to only want to protect himself. However, today at the city gate, although he shouted to stop Lu Xu from helping Xu Xiao, I found more than a dozen unfamiliar faces in the crowd. Their faces were red and black, and their movements were fierce. At a glance, it was obvious that they were strong soldiers from the Jinzhou border army. Those more than a dozen people had been intentionally or unintentionally standing near Shen Ni Rong and Xu Xiao, acting as guards. Big brother, we were almost blinded by that Lin family.”
"Hmph, no matter how cunning he is, he only cares about the small Yi County, the wealth of this small place. In the eyes of us brothers, what we care about is the entire territory of Jinzhou.”
Fu Tu and Fu Sheng, the two brothers on the surface, didn't mention Fu Sheng's status in the Turkic royal family. Some things should be left unsaid, and there were some things that were worse than nothing. Knowing too much wasn't necessarily a good thing. It was better to pretend not to know.
"The old man from Fisherman Martial Village is no longer around. Shen Nirong, that little girl, is only at the Seventh Stage Realm. But now, Ding Huang, a Martial Master of the Third Stage, has joined us. The Ding family is rich in money and food, and they have more than thirty villagers of the Fifth Stage. Ding Huang's uncle is also in the border army of Jinzhou, and his roots are not shallow. Brother, what do you think we should do next?”Fu Tu put away the dagger on the table and poured a new cup of tea for Fu Sheng.
" Fish-dragon Martial Manor is a group of hunters and fishermen. They don't control the iron casting of the Salt Sect, nor do they control the trade and transportation. They won't have much of an impact on what we do in Liyang. We won't fight them for the time being and just wait and see.”Little Abacus was deep in thought as he held up the new tea that he had brewed for him and spoke with fervor.
"Brother, in the past, whenever something big happened, you would let me make the decision. Now, you're guiding the country and speaking with confidence.”Fu Tu thought back to the past. Whenever something major happened, Province Fu would only listen and not say anything, leaving everything to him to decide. This kid was really able to keep his cool. If it were any other Turkic royal family, they would probably have long since given orders to this little tooth general.
Hahahaha!
The two of them laughed in tacit understanding.
Suddenly, Fu Sheng asked Fu Tu,"Big Brother, do you still think of yourself as a Han from Liyang?"”
As he asked, Fu Sheng secretly placed his right hand on his thigh. In his boot was a dagger coated with the poison of 'Sanguine Throat'.
The two brothers were silent.
Fu Sheng's hands trembled as he moved to the boots on his feet.
Finally, when Fu Sheng's hand was about to touch the short knife hidden in his boot, Fu Tu said in a hoarse voice,""The world knows that every spy of the Duyu Battalion, before leaving the Turks and infiltrating another country, gouges out the eyes, ears, fingers, and hearts of fifty Han captives from their home country and hiding places. Tell me, am I still a Han?"
The two of them fell silent again.
However, Fu Sheng's right hand went back to the table and picked up the Western Shu Multicolored Brocade Cloud Cup that Fu Tu had pushed in front of him.
"Big brother, I can see that you still can't let go of your homeland in Liyang, but you also can't bear to part with me, your Turkic brother who has gone through thick and thin with you.”
"There is no such thing as a perfect law in this world. Actually, you should have used the dagger in your boot to take my life.”Many years ago, when Fu Tu and Fu Sheng were training in the Turk Duyu Camp, they were like brothers. After that encounter with the wolves, he knew that there was always a dagger hidden in Fu Sheng's boots. Just now, when Fu Sheng placed his right hand on his thigh, he had already guessed what Fu Sheng wanted to do.
"Big brother, there might not be a perfect method in this world in the past, but from now on, we can fight for the best of both worlds. I, Ashina Helu, swear to the Turkic Direwolves that in my lifetime, I will make sure that the Turkic Liyang no longer has a distinction between you and me. The two lands will belong to one country, and the people of the two countries will become one family. Big brother's hometown is my hometown, and big brother's country is my country.”
Fu Tu suddenly raised his head and stared into Fu Sheng's eyes. His voice trembled as he asked,""You... You're not a good person. But... Really?"
"High five!"
"High five!"
Although the Wen family's restaurant was not the best restaurant in Yi County, it was the restaurant in Yi County that knew how to make money with harmony.
The shopkeeper was gentle, handsome, polite, rich, and had parents who died early. Not to mention Yi County, even the wealthy gentry in the entire Jinzhou government wished they could find a son-in-law like Wen He.
Every day, although the two-story Wen Family Restaurant was not fully booked, there was always a constant flow of customers. There were seven to eight tables in the lobby on the first floor facing the street. If you were tired from walking on the street, you could come in and take a rest. You would not order any wine, food, or tea. The waiter would also remember Manager Wen's instructions and would not give you any face or chase you out. As long as you did not mind, he would even use a 'coarse porcelain bowl' to serve you a bowl of 'tea' that was made from residual tea and high-grade powder to quench your thirst.
At the counter near the stairs, the usually gentle shopkeeper was there to take care of him. That stern and unsmiling 'Master Top Scorer' Zhang Julu was usually studying and preparing for exams in the backyard. He would only come out at night to collect the accounts.
From the stairs beside the counter to the second floor, the semi-circular corridor allowed the waiter standing in the middle to 'agree' to the orders of the guests in the 'five private rooms' on the second floor at any time.
Outside the restaurant, three feet above the door, there was a willow wooden plaque of the Wen family that had been hung for three generations. On the plaque, there was a line of small characters that read,'Good gentleman shop, thousands of miles of guests come to visit.''
Xu Xiao was at the tea house at the city gate. He did not see the woman in green wearing a veil. He felt inexplicably disappointed. After returning home in a daze, he did not sleep for half a night.
When she woke up the next day, it was already noon. There was food left on the table. Her foster father, Xu Liang, was not at home. He must have gone to the teahouse to listen to books.
In his memory, other than practicing martial arts and hunting, his foster father's only hobby was to go to wine shops and tea houses to listen to storytellers talk about the world's major events and martial arts world's strange stories.
Even after losing all his martial arts, his foster father could no longer practice martial arts and hunt. Listening to books had become the only pleasure that the old man usually had to pass the time.
"Oh right, the first time I met that lady was at the Wen Family Restaurant. I'll go take a look later, maybe I'll meet her again."
Xu Xiao put on his clothes and washed up. He tied his hair up and looked at the water tank. His reflection in the water was clean and tidy. Although he was not a handsome and elegant young master, he could be considered a heroic man.
If you want to plant flowers, they won't bloom. When Xu Xiao arrived at the Wen family restaurant, he inquired with the waiter and the shopkeeper gently. Only then did he know that the girl in green who wore a veil had never come since that day.
A willow tree grows into a shade. He didn't meet the girl in green, but he met Fu Tu, the master of Santai Martial Manor, at the Wen Family's restaurant.
"Little Brother Xu, young hero."
"Manor Lord Fu, I'm an old man in a stable."
Fu Tu almost spat a mouthful of old wine on Xu Xiao's face. This Yi County's number one slut indeed lived up to her reputation.
"Little Brother Xu, I'm only twenty-nine this year.”Fu Tu resisted the impulse in his heart and didn't punch Xu Xiao's face. He had been eating well and sleeping well these years. Not to mention being old, if he tidied up a little, it was not impossible for people to believe that he was twenty-four or twenty-five. How could Xu Xiao say that he was old Ji?
"Manor Lord Fu, outside Tiger's Mouth Pass, at your age, you can be considered to have lived a long life.”
"Little Brother Xu, you must be joking. I'm not a Turkic who lives outside Tiger's Mouth Pass. Our Liyang has only just turned 30.”Fu Tu's eyes narrowed into a line as he looked at Xu Xiao with a smile. His hand was inadvertently placed on his waist.
"Hahaha, I said something wrong. Villa Head Fu, please don't blame me.”
"Little Brother Xu, do you always have your bow in your hand when you eat?”Fu Tu's hand was still on his waist.
"Hunters in the mountains, let alone eating, even if they go to the toilet, their bows and knives will never leave their hands. Manor Lord Fu, you've been in Yi County for five years, right? Have you never thought of returning to your hometown in glory?”Xu Xiao pretended to glance at Fu Tu's hand on his waist and raised the Yellow Dust Bow in his hand as if he was showing off, meaning,'Old boy, you better behave yourself. This bow of mine can shoot arrows from afar and can be used as a rod at close range. Be careful that if I'm unhappy, I'll swing you with a mountain flower blooming in all colors.''
"I want to add some icing on the cake before returning home.”Fu Tu didn't want to lose in front of him. He put his hand back on the table. Who asked this kid to take advantage of him?
"Manor Lord Fu, half a month ago, I went into the mountains to hunt and got lost. I took a detour and ended up at Jiabian Stone. Guess what I saw? Nine green wolves!" Xu Xiao mysteriously gave him a thumbs up. Fu Tu felt angry in his heart. Nine green wolves, what the hell is a thumbs up? Very ten minus one?
"After that, I killed all nine wolves.”
"Little Brother Xu, can you sell the wolf skin to me?”Fu Tu took out a stack of silver notes from his chest and pushed it in front of Xu Xiao. The top note was a hundred taels. There should be more than twenty notes in that stack, which was more than two thousand taels of silver.
"Villa Head Fu, my foster father said that although you use two blades, your blade moves have the 'Tiger Cage Spear' style of the Teng Clan in the west of the capital. The Teng Clan in the west of the capital is a loyal clan, and my foster father is a close friend of the third master of the Teng Clan, Teng Su. Villa Head Fu, do you think my foster father's eyes are blurry from old age? He actually said that you look 70% similar to the Third Master of the Teng family when he was young.”Xu Xiao glanced at the silver notes on the table before withdrawing his gaze and continuing to speak slowly to Fu Tu.
"Then, did Old Master Xu say anything about what happened to the Third Master of the Teng family?”
"The third master of the Teng family was a tiger general in the border army in his early years. For some reason, there was news that he killed an official and defected to the Turks. Godfather told me that there must be a hidden story behind this, and that it might be a ploy to make Wang Zuo lose his arm.”
"Manor Lord Fu, I can give you the wolf skin today without even asking for a tael of silver. Because I'm still not sure if you're a man in wolf skin or a wolf in human skin.”
"If you were a human, as long as the horse is tall and short, Xu Xiao would definitely do his best to help. If you were a wolf, I would skin you alive and feed your bones to the dogs.”
"Little Brother Xu, aren't you afraid that I won't admit it after taking the wolf skin?”
"I know exactly where the wolf's den is. In Jinzhou, from the civil officials and generals to the soldiers and commoners, there is no one who doesn't like to wear wolf skin boots. If you don't admit it, I'll bring them to dig out the wolf's den.”
"Good! Then burn those nine wolf skins for me. As for whether I am a human or a wolf, I will personally give you an explanation one day.”
"Deal."
"Deal."
Fu Tu cupped his fists and left the Wen family restaurant.
Wen Nuan poured a glass of wine for Xu Xiao. Just as the waiter was about to clean up the table, he was stopped by Wen Nuan." You go and do something else first. I'll have a chat with your Big Brother Xu." The stir-fried pheasant, fish slices, and dried bamboo shoots haven't been eaten yet. Take them down and get Master Wu to stew a big pot of cabbage tonight. Add these to satisfy the cravings of the waiters. Leave this plate of salted beans for us to drink.”
"Wen Melon, if you don't get rich, the heavens won't open their eyes. Little Bean, take your time to clean up. Brother Xu won't argue with you. Help me tell Old Wu to add more dried gourd strips to the stewed cabbage. My foster father likes that. I'll bring a bowl back for him tonight.”
After the waiter cleaned up the dishes, he gently lowered his voice and asked Xu Xiao," Are you going to tell him now? Aren't you afraid of alerting the enemy?"
Xu Xiao grabbed a handful of salted beans and threw them into his mouth. He chewed them until they made a crunching sound.
"This is called walking a dog to scare a rabbit. Let's see if he's a human or a ghost!”
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