"Which words?" Zhang Xing came back to his senses and responded seriously. "We talked too much."

"It was that time...it was also a weather like this. How do you think this true energy should be used? Shouldn't it always be used for fighting?" Li Ding said with a smile. "Everyone laughed at you."

"Of course I remember." Zhang Xing suddenly realized. "I said that if the world is peaceful, this Qi should be used by everyone, but it should be used for plowing fields, building roads, digging canals and delivering goods. For example, the Qi of ice should be chilled.

Sour plum soup is the right way...I have said this more than once."

"Do you think so now?" Li Ding asked.

"That's what I thought." Zhang Xing nodded immediately. "My general idea has never changed."

Li Ding remained silent.

"What about you? Do you still have the same view as before?" Zhang Xing took advantage of the situation and asked. "Do you think the world's true energy is limited, and it is even less during the Taiping years, so only a few people can use it? Or do you still have to receive it from the military or Jing'an Taiwan?

Is it better to control and suppress local areas?”

"Of course." Li Ding came back to his senses and nodded heavily. "What about you? Do you have a decent refutation now?"

"Yes, I have sorted out my thoughts a little bit." Zhang Xing said calmly. "This time I am going to discuss it with the two great masters..."

"Then let's do it." After saying that, Li Silang turned over and lay down. "Don't say anything today."

Zhang Xing nodded, turned over and lay down, and fell asleep with each other's feet touching each other.

The wind kept blowing outside, and after an unknown amount of time, Li Ding suddenly spoke again: "Zhang San, are you asleep?"

The other person responded with silence.

"Actually, I'm still unconvinced, not with you, but with everyone else. But I know very well that the general trend of the world is getting further and further away from me, and it's getting harder and harder to achieve my own ideas."

Li Ding waited for a moment, but when he received no reply, he continued talking in the dark.

"Don't expect what will happen to me this time. You have never defeated us, and there is no way for me to surrender without a fight. Moreover, although I don't know how the specific situation will develop, since the great masters have gathered in Hebei this time, you

The gang is the one that everyone has lost, and they will never get over it so easily. It’s hard to say whether your gang and your chief Zhang will survive to see this summer... By then, if you can’t survive, it’s hard to say whether you will be my last

opportunity; on the other hand, if you survive and come to Wu'an County again, I will obey you and be your vanguard, so what?"

There was still no movement from Zhang San, only the sound of his even breathing could be heard clearly in the dark night.

After Li Si finished speaking, he ignored it and closed his eyes directly to sleep.

Early the next morning, the weather became warmer and warmer. Although it could not be said to be sunny and windy, the breath of spring was clearly felt. Especially early this morning, the small town under the main peak of Hongshan Mountain in Wu'an County was already bustling with people, except for the surrounding areas.

The barracks, local soldiers and civilians, and many people like Zhang Xing who were obviously here to attend the meeting.

Sure enough, as Li Ding said, in addition to the interests of all parties and local officials, celebrities from the surrounding states and counties, and masters of spiritual practice also arrived early.

It is said that even the prefects and captains of Shangdang County and Changping County have arrived, but they are just accompanying Old Master Zhang in Wu'an County to the west.

And in this environment, there were actually quite a few people who took the initiative to visit the helpers, and their attitudes were very ambiguous... It can be seen that what Li Ding said was absolutely right. The helpers captured Liyang and occupied three counties, both north and south.

The action of releasing grain actually shocked the whole of Hebei, and the arrival of the Grand Master, although it put the gang in danger, also made even the most ignorant people understand the value of the gang's previous actions.

However, most of them did not see Chief Zhang. This was not because Chief Zhang was arrogant, but because after greeting everyone in the gang early in the morning, he followed Li Ding into the military camp outside the town that locked the access to the main peak of Hongshan Mountain.

Then, he stared blankly at the soldiers in the military camp.

Accompanying him were Jia Runshi, who was in charge of security, and Dou Xiaoniang, the patrol captain who was familiar with the surrounding roads. They seemed to not understand the reason for Chief Zhang's daze.

"Hongshan soldiers." Li Ding seemed to know what Zhang Xing was thinking, and sighed directly with his hands on his side. "Like Longxi soldiers and Beidi soldiers, they are known as the three elite soldiers in the world, Wu'an, Xiangguo, Weijun, Shangdang, Chang

Ping and Taiyuan both have troops... Ever since the failure of the Second Expedition to Dongyi, you have rarely seen so many tall Red Mountain soldiers gathered together, right? During the Second Expedition, you joined the army in Yecheng.

Many Hongshan people joined the army, and your friend named Du Meng should also have joined the army at that time. By the time of the Three Expeditions, there will be no more Hongshan soldiers who volunteered to join the army."

Zhang Xing did not say anything, but looked to the northwest, where he should be buried Du Meng.

However, looking at it at this time, the entire mountain range is red and stretches continuously. Even in spring, the slightly higher mountains are full of reddish-brown shrubs and vegetation. How can I recognize the specific direction and know where it is?

?

Finally, he turned his attention to the so-called main peak of Hongshan Mountain in front of him. Just by looking at it, he knew that this was not necessarily the highest peak in the Hongshan Mountains, but it was next to the Fukou leading to Shangdang and stretched out from the mountains.

When it came out, it was laid out inside Wu'an County, but it looked even taller.

Of course, it's also red, that's enough.

Because Hongshan is Hongshan, the corpse of a true dragon, coupled with a duel between supreme beings, used the flesh and blood of the supreme true dragon to forcibly divide the geographical mountains, giving this area a unique race, culture and customs.

It's like a whole.

Even though the true dragon dies, it still exists in the world.

In the morning, Zhang Xing and Li Ding climbed the mountain and arrived at the venue in advance.

The venue is located halfway up the main peak of Hongshan Mountain. There is a small Black Emperor Temple here. Outside the temple is a knife-like platform with a radius of tens of feet. It can seat a thousand people without being crowded. It is suitable for a venue.

, at this time, they had already arranged seven or eight circles, with a total of three to four hundred chairs and stools.

As soon as Zhang Xing arrived, he did his part and sat directly with Li Ding in the reserved core seats in the inner circle, and then quietly waited for today's gathering. Su Jingfang, Dou Xiaoniang, etc. had stayed on the outside early and did not even sit down. Only Jia

The leaper, because he was a leader, took a seat in the outer circle.

Of course, this silence was soon broken.

As the sun rose, more and more people arrived here, many of whom they knew. For example, when Zhang Gongshen arrived, he brought Bai Xiangui and Wei Wenda to see him; Feng Wuyi also arrived with several of his disciples; even,

Zhang Xing also saw Xiong Bonan going up the mountain, and then took the initiative to say hello to Hengshan Pishan Dao Wang Chenkuo. Many scholars, including Wei Xuanding and Cui Suchen who arrived with him, also came to say hello. Xie Minghe even brought the governor of Hengshan County to see him.

If these people are really serious about it, they can accomplish something and negotiate some sweet things.

But at this time, it was really not the time to talk about these important things, let alone the right occasion. All Zhang Xing could do was hold hands, talk in a friendly manner, and show his attitude.

In fact, including Wang Chenkuo, who knew that the other party was Bai Hengqiu's subordinate, he behaved normally.

And sure enough, as these people went up the mountain one after another, the foot of the mountain soon became lively. Everyone knew that the great master Zhang Bofeng, his student Wang Huaitong, and a group of people from Jin Dynasty had arrived, and they all stood up to greet them... There was no way, Zhang Bofeng was not only the great master,

He is a grandmaster, and he is extremely old. Cao Lin would have called him an old general, and he has disciples all over the world. He should be treated no matter how he is treated, not to mention that there are also masters, scholars, and officials from the Jin region who came with him.

After a burst of noise, Old Master Zhang, who was rosy-cheeked and energetic, but already thin, only sat down in the innermost circle, and the others also took their seats.

From this moment on, the venue became completely quiet because no one dared to make a noise in front of the Grand Master.

After waiting for a while, Xue Changxiong came directly from the sky alone... This was a bit strange, because Xue Changxiong was in Handan, east of Shandong, almost the same distance from here as Old Master Zhang arrived from Wu'an, but this guy was actually better than Zhang.

The old master arrived late, which was really a bit embarrassing.

Of course, it may also be a pure waste of time.

By this time, nine people were sitting on the ten chairs on the red earth in the innermost core.

They are Zhang Bofeng, the first clan leader in Jin and the great master of Nanpo teaching;

He had just done a big thing and attracted two great masters. At least they occupied the eastern border, Zhang Xing, the chief of the gang in fifteen counties and one state in Hebei;

Chief military officer, Grand Master Xiong Bonan;

Wei Xuanding, the leader and general commander of Liaocheng Tour;

Li Ding, the master of Wu'an and Xiangguo counties and the landowner of this gathering;

The number one master in Youzhou represents the famous Chengdan general Wei Wenda, who is in charge of Luo Shu in Youzhou;

Master Xue Changxiong, master of the Hejian camp, general manager of the Hebei march;

The most outstanding scholar of the second generation of Jin Dynasty, Grandmaster Wang Huaitong;

There is also the governor of Zhao County, a senior bureaucrat in the Wei Dynasty, and Feng Wuyi, the head of the Feng clan in Changle.

As for the rest of the people, including Wang Huaiji who was holding a mirror, they were lined up in the outer ring according to their status, age, and cultivation level.

Frankly speaking, this allocation is very embarrassing, but Mr. Zhang did not say anything, and no one else dared to speak. Moreover, compared to this small problem, when will the owner of the empty chair arrive, and whether he will come or not?

The most serious question.

To put it bluntly, if the opponent feints with a shot and goes straight to attack Jiangling, based on the current posture, everyone is afraid that they will really see a grand master duel.

Even now, when Zhang Xing, Wei Xuanding, and Xie Minghe exchanged glances, they were looking forward to it... If they really managed to get Old Master Zhang to have a fight with Cao Lin and the Dongdu army in Hebei, then who would be afraid of whom?

And once this battle is won, Hebei will really have to spread the word.

Fortunately, Uncle Cao seemed to understand this truth. No matter what, he could not push a neutral grandmaster to the opposite side. So, after waiting for a while, before noon, everyone on the platform halfway up the main peak of Hongshan saw that

You will see a layer of glow, like a golden platform in the sky formed by the accumulation of multiple apertures, arriving at a very fast speed from south to north.

Everyone stood up and stood in silence again, and sure enough, as a burst of laughter came from far and near in the air, one person grabbed another person and jumped down in the air, landing in the middle of everyone like a giant eagle that covered the sky.

But it was the emperor's uncle at that time, Cao Lin, the Prime Minister of Jing'an Taichung.

Obviously, unlike the old Master Zhang who was very old and unwilling to show off in front of others, this Uncle Cao seemed to be more energetic.

The person fell down, looked around, and suddenly threw the person in his hand towards the empty chair, and then looked at Li Ding: "Li Silang, Duan Shangshu also wants to come and see you. You are the master, who can give up a seat..."

"

Only then did everyone realize that the man who looked like rags, whom everyone almost thought was some kind of prisoner, was actually Duan Wei, the minister of the Ministry of War.

When Duan Wei heard the words, he endured the discomfort, tried to turn over and sit up, raised his head and smiled: "I overestimated my ability. I was almost scared to death when I was flying in the air along the way."

As soon as Duan Wei finished speaking, he couldn't help but hold his chest and bend down to take a deep breath.

Seeing this, Li Ding calmly turned around and ordered: "Bring in another chair."
To be continued...