Standing on the Weihe River Bridge, Ji Xin looked at the rolling Wei River with mixed feelings in her heart.

Three years and eight months have passed.

He, the former Guanzhong ranger giant, the world-famous ranger giant, has once again returned to the land that gave birth to and raised him.

However, everything has changed.

Going north from Hangu Pass, his carriage traveled across the land of Guanzhong.

But there has never been a situation like in the past where one man acted and thousands of people followed.

Even the old brothers from the past became very indifferent after hearing the news of his return.

Some people even refused to answer his invitation, and the concierge directly replied: My master was ordered to go out on business, and I would like to ask Ji Gonghai to explain...

Only a few people, after receiving the news of his return, immediately dropped everything and came to greet him.

But Ji Xin doesn't blame those old brothers who didn't come.

They all have families and families, and they are now eating from Xiuyiwei.

They did not dare to risk offending Captain Huben Wei and Captain Ju Meng, Captain Fengche, to meet him.

It’s already pretty good to be able to leave a little bit of fragrance behind!

As for the Guanzhong Ranger community, a new generation has already replaced the old ones.

Four years ago, the all-powerful rangers now either went to Huaihua to hunt for gold, or were recruited and turned into embroidered guards and became Liu's eagle dogs, while the rest of them also changed careers.

Some joined the army, some changed careers to take exams and became officials, and some even left their swords behind and went home to farm.

The rangers in Guanzhong today are all young people in their late teens or early twenties at most.

They were just like Ji Xin when he was young, going in and out of villages and pavilions with swords in hand.

It's not for profit or benefit, it's just to satisfy one's grudges and show one's prestige.

"Brother, the world is really cold..." Beside Ji Xin, an old brother who came to greet him said angrily: "Nahong Guyuan Yang Dalang was clearly at home, but his servants told me that he was out on business...

How ungrateful, has he forgotten that back then, when he owed the Wuyan clan one hundred thousand dollars, and when he was desperate, he knelt at his brother's door and begged for help?"

"The same goes for Wang Er in Chang'an Shangguan..." Another man also gritted his teeth and said: "This Wang Er was just a commoner back then. My brother loved his bravery and gave him 50,000 yuan to buy a house.

, so that he could have what he has today..."

Ji Xin raised her hand and waved it, "Everyone has his or her own ambitions, so there is no need to force it. Besides, they also have difficulties..."

"Brother is so righteous!" Everyone was moved after hearing this.

For the rangers, the boss must be generous and generous, and at the same time be tolerant and let things go by the past.

Of course Ji Xin also knew this.

These people in front of him are his last hardcore and die-hard loyalists in Guanzhong.

It is the guarantee for his comeback.

Now, it is no better than in the past.

In the past, Ji Xin was wanted by the imperial court and had to go into exile in the Kingdom of Wu.

His roots in Guanzhong are also very deep.

This deep foundation is mainly due to the personal connections and relationships of his elder brother Ji Bu, the former governor of Hedong County of Han Dynasty.

In addition, he has a very good relationship with Yuan An, Dou Ying and Zhi Buyi.

Yuan Ang was even willing to hide him in his carriage and take him out of the customs.

But now, all this is gone.

The network of contacts and relationships left behind by his eldest brother Ji Bu is now in pieces.

Since the emperor came to the throne, he has violently attacked and suppressed the peace faction and the appeasement faction of the Han Dynasty.

Many of the past peace factions and appeasers fell one after another.

The rest also changed their houses one after another and sang the main battle.

With the rise of the main war faction.

This was a fatal blow to him.

Because his eldest brother Ji Bu was the backbone of the Han clan leader and faction in the past.

What's even more frightening is that after the Wuyang Houfan City man escaped the disaster the year before last, in order to kneel down and express his attitude to Jin Shang, he dug up the old accounts from Emperor Hui's time and used him to publicize it everywhere.

This old account is the story of the time when the Xiongnu Maodun Chanyu wrote a letter to insult and offend Empress Lu, who became furious and held a military meeting to discuss a plan for war against the Xiongnu.

At that time, Fan Kuai, a native of Fan City, was a resolute militant.

Fan Kuai even said: I would like to gain a hundred thousand people and march wildly among the Xiongnu.

The sword is sharpened and murderous.

This aura even suppressed the entire court leader and faction, so that even Lu Jia and Liu Jing did not dare to criticize.

At this time, Ji Xin's eldest brother Ji Bu stood up and said: Fan Kuai can be killed! Emperor Fu Gao had more than 400,000 troops trapped in Pingcheng. Now Kuai Nai, with 100,000 troops, rampaged among the Xiongnu and bullied them. Moreover, Qin is doing things to Hu. , Chen Sheng and others got up. Now that the wounds have not been cured, they are crying again and again, hoping to shake the world.

This matter has always been the pride of the old Ji family in the past.

Let people blow it every year, every day, every day.

However, time has changed and things have changed.

When the main war faction became the mainstream and was stimulated by the great victory in the Battle of Mayi.

This incident became the Achilles heel of the old Ji family.

The people of Fan City dismantled this story bit by bit and spread it to others, saying, "The reason why China has been humiliated by the Xiongnu for fifty years is just as bad as Bu and others..." They also said, "Bu and others are cowardly and fear the invaders like tigers." , deceiving the emperor and neglecting superiors is a sin that cannot be forgiven'.

And many people really believe in these things advocated by people in Fan City.

Many men of letters have even written articles scolding his dead brother.

Some unscrupulous people even dug out the story of their uncle Ding Gong, insisting that their family had a tradition of "seeking fame and harming the world for their own selfishness".

An even more terrifying blow came from an article written by a certain guy.

In the article, the guy uncovered an old incident from when his brother served Taizong in the old years. During Taizong's reign, the imperial censor was vacant. Someone recommended Ji Bu to Taizong. Then Taizong ordered Ji Bu, who was the governor of Hedong County at the time, to return. Jing originally intended to appoint him as the imperial censor, but who knew that Ji Bu's political enemies heard about the news, so they tried their best to stuff dirty data and make snitches, so that Ji Bu almost lost the position of censor.

Originally this was nothing.

In the nearly sixty years since the Han Dynasty, as many people as crucian carp have lost their chance of promotion because of small reports and black materials.

But the problem happened to be that Ji Bu was unwilling to give in and wrote to Emperor Taizong saying: I have stolen the throne without merit, and I will punish Hedong. Someone will use me to bully your majesty. However, now that I have arrived, I have nothing to do, so let me go. , there must be someone who wants to destroy your Majesty. Your Majesty now summons your ministers based on the reputation of one person, and destroys your ministers with one person's reputation. I am afraid that the knowledgeable and knowledgeable people in the world may spy on your Majesty.

This story has always been extremely rare, and no one would know it without going through the Shiquge archives.

However, he was kicked out and publicized everywhere as evidence of Ji Bu's "deceiving the world and stealing his reputation".

If Ji Bu hadn't deceived the world and stole fame, as he claimed to regard fame and wealth as dirt, why would he have blackmailed Taizong for the position of imperial censor?

In the public circles, some people are even saying now: Fortunately, Emperor Taizong saw thousands of miles and knew the fakeness of the cloth, otherwise... how could the common people in the world deserve it?

As a result, his eldest brother was immediately completely rejected in terms of morality, character, behavior and even official reputation.

What a pity that my brother, a great hero who was famous all over the world during his lifetime and had the reputation of "Giving a promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold", only a few years after his death and his bones are still cold, he was slandered like this!

This made Ji Xin feel boundless anger.

But he knew very well that this matter was not that simple.

There is more than one person from Fanshi jumping up and down here, fanning the flames, and there must be a bigger figure hidden behind the scenes.

That Fengche Commander Ju Meng is the biggest suspect!

After all, if Ji Xin puts himself in his own shoes, if he were Ju Meng, he would definitely not be happy to see a knight-errant giant with the same reputation and status as himself come to grab food.

Especially this competitor is a local leader in Guanzhong. His birth and status are both superior to his own.

It's no big deal to seduce others!

In fact, these methods are actually very gentlemanly. At least what they promote is basically the truth, they just slightly changed the concept.

If you were an unscrupulous guy, based on these materials, it would not be impossible to imagine that Ji Bu was a die-hard loyalist to Xiang Yu or even a Huns spy.

Even so, in Ji Xin's heart, her feelings towards the dramatist Meng had become infinitely different.

Based on his past temper, he will definitely come back with revenge!

but……

Ji Xin sighed.

His current situation is not only that all his past connections have been wiped out.

Even the protective umbrellas of the past have also failed one after another.

Yuan An, who had always been on good terms with him and even called him a brother, was sent to Jiangdu by Jinshang. Although his rank was not lowered, he was even promoted.

However, changing from the ninth minister to the prince, king and prime minister is a punishment in itself.

Just like the late emperor released Zhang Ji in Huainan.
To be continued...