Chapter 12 Cage (2)

"It turns out that you are the friend A Xiao met in Jingzhou six years ago. He mentioned it to me after returning to Tangjiabao. He almost didn't talk to me, but after he came back that time, he actually took the initiative to tell me about his experience of going out to practice. Alas, he could not find anyone to talk to me except me. And he was very happy when he talked about you being in the Tianhuo Sect in Jingzhou. He practiced martial arts all year round in Tangjiabao. He might have been the most fun experience in his life when he went to Jingzhou."

"...It was really interesting at that time. When he first met me, I was dipping into the edible pit."

"Hahahaha, he told me this too... I heard you have a very interesting master, but unfortunately he didn't see it."

"...I haven't seen him for several years. But the weirdest thing is that it seems that he can always find me when he needs it."

Originally, the soldiers patrolling and standing guard around were evacuated at some point, as if the Lord Li had completely forgotten them. However, they didn't care at all, and they could have fun chatting like this. In addition, the wooden cage actually couldn't trap people at all, and they could go out at any time. It looked like they were just a place for rest specially prepared for the two of them.

After talking about this, time passed quickly without realizing it. Both of them had traveled around the world and had a wide range of experiences. Naturally, there were countless topics, from the stories of the world, customs and customs, food and specialties in various places to martial arts and magic. Xiao Xia also asked Tang Gongzheng for some martial arts. His fist skills were originally to learn one style in the east and one move in the west. Although he had rich experience in fighting in battle formations, he was not systematic and was slightly more skilled in martial arts.

The opponent who points the point is full of flaws. Tang Gongzheng is not only a martial arts skill that he has honed, but also a profound heritage of the family inheritance. In addition, his talent is extremely high and his martial arts realm is also very broad. He is almost no longer under any sect's masters. He gives Xiao Xia a sense of enlightenment and enlightenment. Tang Gongzheng even chose some Tang Sect tricks suitable for Xiao Xia to teach him.

"This... isn't the Fourth Brother's move a little wrong? If you Tang Sect's people know that you will teach the Tang Sect's unique skills to outsiders..."

"But some small tricks are so worth it? If someone from the Tang Sect asks you, you will say that I am telling you and they dare not do anything to you. Moreover, those uncles with superb cultivation may not really care about such trivial matters and make things difficult for you." Tang Gongzheng shook his head aloud, not caring about it. After a pause, he continued with disdain: "The way of martial arts is vast and boundless, but in fact it is connected with each other and the flow returns to the clan. Only by communicating and verifying each other can we carry forward the light.

Great innovation. Even the most profound skills of my Tang Sect are referenced by reference to the Five Books of Heavenly Demons and Taoist Sects and then modified. Those self-righteous and treasured views have already fallen into the mindset. What is the difference between those farmers and merchants who always think about using the money they earn to pass on their families? Their mind and vision have been shackled by the level of the door. How can we go further and see the most refined and distant martial arts realm?”

Xiao Xia touched his head and smiled bitterly. According to this statement, ninety percent of the sects and martial arts people in the world are worthless. However, he couldn't help but admire him. Such a mind and demeanor among thousands is the inevitable condition for becoming a great master who is invincible among thousands.

No wonder he couldn't even use hidden weapons, but the old man of the Tang family still accepted him as an inner disciple. Xiao Xia felt a little clear about it.

"But Brother Xia, you are smart and smart, and have a higher understanding. Whether you are learning martial arts or practicing talismans and magic, you are considered a talented person. If you missed the hard practice of martial arts in childhood, your muscles and bones have already formed, and you have been immersed in Taoist talismans for many years since childhood. Even if you don't become a disciple, you will find a way to learn from the strengths of the families. Silently and spend some time practicing magic, I believe you can achieve some great achievements. Why should you travel around early?"

Xiao Xia shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The Fourth Brother is joking. This magic is not like martial arts practice. Everything is needed to be self-refined and transported, and keeping the spirit and thinking, "wealth", "companion", "law" and "land" are all necessary. I am a wandering Taoist priest who has no sect and no sect. Even if I want to calm down and practice, I can't even do it. Even the Five Elements Sect, which does not care about the world, set up a sect to absorb affiliated gangs everywhere to collect materials and spiritual objects for various alchemy talismans, and teach magic to sell talismans for gold and silver?"

"Oh, I've neglected this, but if Brother Xia has the will, there is also a place in my Tangjia Castle that specializes in practicing talismans and Taoism. You can..."

Xiao Xia waved his hand, smiled indifferently, and said, "A Xiao said this. But I am still used to being alone. And my master said that even if these thousands of magics are practiced to the extreme, burning mountains and boiling seas to change the world, they are just some branches of the great way. It is ridiculous to be too immersed in it like a martial arts practitioner who is just comparing who is more powerful. But I have to spend all my time to establish a sect and collect money. The next thing is to fight for power and profit. This is undoubtedly a waste of the roots and the ends of the Tao. Where is the Tao? In the heaven, the earth, the human heart, the urination and drowning, in the world, all things, and yourself, why should I just keep some magic talismans? So I should use human control techniques, let it go, and practice it to the point where it is."

To be honest, even Xiaoxia himself was not very convinced. Whenever he saw the disciples of the big sect raise their hands and throw them out hundreds or thousands of taels of talismans, there were countless talisman materials to practice, and there were also classics and secrets left by the sect to learn from. He was also envious and moved. However, the so-called beggars did not want to be an emperor for three years, and they had wandered unrestrainedly with their masters for twenty years since childhood. They really wanted to decide which sect to join and what rules they were bound by. Xiaoxia was really not used to it.

But at least in terms of reason, the master's words were as impeccable as ever as his other high theories, and they were so cold that they were so cold. It was the only choice to be a master when he couldn't eat grapes and pretend to be a storefront.

Sure enough, when Tang Gongzheng heard this, he frowned and thought, then looked solemn, nodded and bowed, and said with a sigh: "...Ling Shiguo is a master. Before, I looked down on those martial artists who were confined to the opinions of the people and short-sighted, but I didn't know that I was actually the same. My eyes were only in the competitive strength and strength of the martial artists, and I didn't know the true meaning of this Taoist practice. It was really ridiculous."

"Where is it, Brother Tang is really polite." Xiao Xia was a little embarrassed now. Hearing that the genius and the madman were only at the right edge, the master said this to one hundred other people, and I am afraid that two hundred people would jump out and sneer at him. That is, the talented Brother Tang was fooled.

"As a matter of fact, only a noble and transcendent expert like Lingshi can teach Brother Xia's free and easy talents. Even when I was at Brother Xia, I dared not join the Liuzi camp just to repay my life-saving grace. It is really his blessing to A Xiao to know a friend like you. I also hope that he can learn more about being transcendent in you, and don't be trapped by those hidden weapons of the Tang Sect..."

Xiao Xia was really embarrassed, and even her face turned red, fortunately she couldn't tell at night. He had never regretted it during the days of Liuziying, and had never thought of running away halfway. He had to cough and laugh, "It's a pity that Brother A Xiao doesn't seem to think so,

I remember when I first met him, he said with great ambition that his goal was to become the most powerful hidden weapon of the Tang Sect."

"He is still young. He treats what others tell him as if he really understands..." Tang Gongzheng sighed and then said with some gratitude. "Fortunately he left Tangjiabao. At that time, I was ordered by the old man to go to another place, but he didn't expect him to leave without saying a word. I have been worried about him for the past six years, but today I saw him and knew that his heart had settled down, and I felt at ease."

"Set it? How to make it?" Xiao Xia was a little surprised.

"Isn't this determined to be an escort for a girl in a small escort agency for six years?" Tang Gongzheng smiled. Although he couldn't see his expression clearly, Xiao Xia could also feel that he was really happy. "Although it's not something that a real man is trapped in love, it always comes from his heart. It's much better than those peerless hidden weapons, immortal achievements and other inexplicable things."

Unfortunately, the fact may not be what he thought. At least Xiao Xia could see that it was not. He thought for a while and asked, "So where is Ah Xiao now? Are you still waiting for you in the town with the people in the escort agency?"

"He said he would escort the mate to Baishi City first, and let me rescue you and then go."

Xiao Xia sighed, and after a moment of silence, she couldn't help but say: "Although I don't know the details, that escort must be strange. Ah Xiao has been waiting for these six years... Maybe it's not for that girl, but for this escort."

"What?" Tang Gongzheng asked in surprise, but Xiao Xia felt a dullness in his mind and almost fell to his head.

After a while of silence, Tang Gongzheng spoke again, his voice seemed very dull, but he also had an indescribable sense of solemnity: "If someone didn't come before dawn, we might have to leave ourselves tomorrow."

It was really said by Gongzheng, and someone really came at midnight.

Xiao Xia was drowsy and half asleep. Tang Gongzheng, who was sitting in a quiet state, suddenly opened his eyes and whispered: "Since you are coming, why not just come straight up? Why bother sneaking?"

"If it weren't for sneaking, I wouldn't dare to come." With a deliberate voice, a figure appeared silently in front of the wooden cages of the two.

"General Linghu?" With the vague firelight in the distance, Xiaoxia could vaguely see the appearance of this person, which was Linghu Xiaojin.

"What's the point of General Linghu coming here?" Tang Gongzheng frowned and looked at the commander of the White Tiger Army.

Linghu Xiaojin sighed at the two people in the wooden cage, then sat down cross-legged, looking at his spirit, as if he was the one who was locked in the wooden cage. He thought about it and asked, "Brother Tang, have you offended Lord Li before?"

Gongzheng Tang shook his head: "I only met Lord Li for the first time today, so how could I offend him?"

"Then... why did Lord Li secretly ask me to cut off your food and then lie around with heavy troops. As long as you and you can't help but run away, stop you and take the opportunity to cut off your limbs?"

Xiao Xia and Tang Gongzheng's expressions changed. It turned out that there was such a dangerous situation behind this food that had never been sent.

"General Linghu's words are serious?"

"...Of course it's true, otherwise what would I do if I came here quietly in the middle of the night?"

"...It's outrageous. Why is this old man so vicious..." The anger in Tang Gongzheng's eyes was shiny in the dark night.

"Have you heard of the name Tang Tianhao, Brother Tang?" Linghu Xiaojin asked suddenly.

"It's the name of my father."

"That's the grudge of the previous generation." Linghu Xiaojin sighed. "I vaguely heard Lord Li whispering to hate this name."

Gongzheng frowned, a light flashed in his eyes, and then nodded slowly: "So that's it... I understand a little. But... since it was the order of Lord Zhou Mu, why did General Linghu come to inform us specifically if he disobeyed him?"

Linghu Xiaojin did not answer, but sighed again with slight slightest sigh.

Xiao Xia seemed to understand something, and suddenly said next to him: "General Linghu was thinking about the friendship of fighting side by side that day, and actually disobeyed and came to warn him. I have recorded this kindness brother."

"Forget it. Brother Xia, don't find a way for me. I just don't want to offend the Tang family." Linghu Xiaojin waved his hand and smiled bitterly. At this time, the moonlight shone through the gaps in the clouds, which made his face pale, and there seemed to be many wrinkles on his head and face, as if he looked twenty or thirty years older than the big tent during the day. "Although Lord Li is a state governor, this behavior is purely due to personal grudges, why should I get mixed in it? He doesn't care about the reputation of Tangjiabao, but I can't ignore it. If I destroy the fourth young master of the Tang family for no reason, I will not sleep well for the rest of my life, and I will be afraid that I will not wake up after falling asleep, and I will be afraid that I will be able to get out of my throat and my stomach will be rotten if I drink water."

"So the name of Tangjiabao is not really useless." Xiao Xia shook his head and smiled bitterly. In fact, from the beginning, he noticed it. The commander called Tang Gongzheng in a tone of the world. The meaning was self-evident. Look at Linghu Xiaojin with a sad face, and the face was depressed. He could no longer find the smell of the iron-blooded man on the top of Fengkou Mountain who bit off half of Xidisha's head. I don't know what it was, but it could corrupt people to such an unrecognizable face in just three years.

"At the time of the ugly moment, I will withdraw the ambushing soldiers around me, leaving only some patrolers, you can act according to the opportunity. Brother Tang's sword and Brother Xia's talismans are all placed here in the armory three hundred feet north, you can get it yourself." Linghu Xiaojin waved his hand, stood up and turned around, as if he said with his last strength.

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"He wasn't like this before. He wasn't even three years ago."

Looking at the back of Linghu Xiaojin who was quietly hiding under the moonlight, Xiaoxia sighed.

"That's because three years ago, he was just a general left or a nominee, and he was not even as good as a general who could lead troops. His skills were actually outstanding, but no one had ever appreciated him or promoted him, so he dared to fight, dare to break, and dared to do it. Finally, he had a chance to fight. Someone appreciated him and became the commander of the White Tiger Army, and he valued these things too much. He now has four concubines, fourteen real estates in Baishi City, and had 18,000 taels of gold. No matter who has these things in three years, it will inevitably change."

"No wonder. After a person has these things, he will inevitably be afraid and worried. Naturally, he will no longer be as free and brave as before." Xiao Xia nodded with some understanding. A person has too many things and cherishes too many things, so he will naturally be trapped by these things without realizing it. "But how did Brother Tang know these things?"

Tang Gongzheng said lightly: "Because his favorite concubine is from the Tang family. Although his surname is not Tang, he is a disciple of the Tang family. So I guess someone will definitely come tonight."

"...Fourth brother, you have a little bit of the Tang family when you speak like this." Xiao Xia said with a smile. The Tang family's sinister, cruel and harsh hands are based on their careful arrangement, secretive actions, and long secret hands. A poisonous snake in the sun is not too scruples.

"Ha. Although I don't want to, I still have to do the homework I should do when I was sent to this place by the old man this time." Tang Gongzheng said with a wry smile. "In recent years, the war between Xidi and Daqian has gradually ended, and the court also wanted to use methods to control Yongzhou. A few years ago, Li Renshou, a scholar in Jizhou, was sent to test General Hongye. Li Renshou has also tried a lot in recent years and tried every means to cultivate his strength. He brought together people like Linghu Xiaojin to serve as a team. Now he wants to start formally. Just as you use the military card of Liuzi Camp to scare those cavalry. He thought it was an opportunity, so he implicated your idea and planned to kill the people from Liuzi Camp first to see what the Hongye Army reacted."

"It seems that my luck is really good." Xiao Xia shook his head and smiled bitterly. "But your Tangjiabao seems to have made arrangements for these things. Since even Linghu Xiaojin has someone around, isn't that Lord Li Renshouzhou Mu around?"

"Then Li Renshou is from a Confucian school and has been an official for generations. The one who looks down on the most is the people in the world. It is really hard to install people around him..." After a pause, Tang Gongzheng continued. "But I probably guessed what's going on now. I have always wondered why the news about Li Renshou is so incomplete, but it turns out that it is because of these things..."

Speaking of this, his voice gradually became low, and a strange expression of smile appeared on his face, as if he was talking to himself and telling himself a joke that was not very good.

Xiao Xia didn't ask any questions either. Although he was just as curious, he also knew that it was best not to ask the bottom of the question. If you can say anything, others will naturally tell you.

"Well. It's almost three minutes old. It's time for us to leave."

After a while in silence, Tang Gongzheng stood up and said lightly. He shook his hand slightly, and all the iron shackles on his hands were shattered like crisp noodles, and then fell down. He walked straight out, and the wooden pillars on the wooden cage, as thick as arms, broke silently into powder as if they had decayed for a hundred years, and fell behind him.
Chapter completed!