"Ying Bu, Ji Bu... we finally meet." The shock on Long Qie's face disappeared instantly, and a happy smile soon appeared.
For these two former Pao Ze, Long Qie had actually been looking forward to meeting them again.
After the Chu Kingdom fell, the Shadow Tiger Legion and the Thunder Leopard Legion also perished... In fact, his Tenglong Legion was almost as dead.
However, although the legion was gone, there was no news of the death of the two legion commanders.
Not long after, Ji Bu reappeared in front of the world as a gangster, and Long Qie had heard a little bit about it.
But at that time, he and the remnants of Tenglong were trying to evade the pursuit of the empire while still looking for Shao Yu's whereabouts, and had no time to look for Ji Bu.
Anyway, it is enough to know that people are alive.
As for Yingbu... Long Qie doesn't know whether he is dead or alive.
This guy has been a decadent wandering warrior for so many years. Not to mention Long Qie, who has no time to pay much attention to the news from the outside world, even Ji Bu, who is running around all over the world, has not heard any news about him.
However, since there was no news of Yingbu's death, Long Qie just assumed that he was still alive but was missing.
A figure like Yingbu would never die quietly. Even if he died on a chaotic battlefield, there should be news. After all, the death of a dignified general of Chu was a huge military achievement.
Speaking of which, it was not a surprise to see Ji Bulong. Before he came, he had received the news that Ji Bu, the "promise of a thousand pieces of gold," had appeared in Daze Mountain. He was also thinking about the circumstances under which the two would meet.
What really surprised him was that Yingbu, a guy who had never heard from him, suddenly appeared.
Yingbu and Jibu's reactions were basically the same as Long Qie's. They were confused and stunned at first, and then they both showed heartfelt smiles.
Ji Bu raised his hand and said, "Long time no see, General Long Qie."
"I never thought we would meet again here."
Yingbu didn't like to talk about such scenes, so he just smiled, then turned his eyes to the surrounding soldiers, looked around and guessed, "They are all...Tenglong Legion?"
In Long Qie's eyes, after the fall of the Chu Kingdom, the Shadow Tiger and Thunder Leopard Legions were completely annihilated and disappeared.
But in the eyes of Yingbu and Jibu, it was the Tenglong Legion that was completely defeated.
After all, there were still a few hundred men left in each of the two legions... although they were all scattered in the world later.
However, the Tenglong Legion was completely dismantled by Meng Tian's Golden Fire Cavalry in order to cover the army's retreat.
Unlike Long Qie who believed that Yingbu Jibu was alive, they both believed that Long Qie had died in the battle.
So Yingbu was a little curious, were these people the remnants of the Tenglong Legion, or were they the team that Long Qie later joined.
Taking a closer look, Yingbu discovered that the armors they wore were indeed the standard military armors of the Tenglong Legion, but... they were so badly worn that neither he nor Ji Bu recognized them at the first time.
Long Qie heard Yingbu's doubts and replied with a hint of regret and nostalgia, "Almost gone."
"I have been hiding with them all these years and barely survived."
Then his mood became high again, "Fortunately, all the waiting and perseverance were not in vain. We finally waited for dawn and welcomed the young master back!"
At the same time, he reached out and took out a...or half a jade tiger talisman. He held it high in his hand and said impassionedly:
"Right now, in the name of the young master, I am summoning the old Chu troops from all over the world."
Ji Bu and Yingbu looked up at the tiger charm shining brightly in the sun, with all kinds of complicated thoughts flashing through their eyes.
They both knew the tiger talisman, and its previous owner was the late Xiang Yan, Lord Wu'an of Chu State.
Of course, strictly speaking, this General Tiger Talisman, which can mobilize all the soldiers and horses of Chu State, only belongs to the King of Chu, and Xiang Yan only obtained the right to use it during war.
However, the Chu Kingdom perished not long after Xiang Yan was defeated and died. The title and identity of the King of Chu disappeared with it, and the Tiger Talisman completely lost its owner.
It would be no problem for the Xiang family, who still keep the tiger talisman, to be its new owners.
The most important thing is that as long as they still consider themselves soldiers of the Chu State, they must unconditionally obey Hu Fu's orders and have no right to comment on Hu Fu's ownership.
Whoever holds it is the boss!
"General Ji Bu, General Yingbu!" Long Qie looked at them with stern eyes, "In order to build a brand new Chu State, in order to find our former hometown, the young master now needs no strength!"
In other words...do you two want to re-enlist?
The reason why Long Qie kept asking this question was because the situations of Ying Bu and Ji Bu were different from his.
The Xiang family is a great noble of Chu State.
When Xiang Yan was in charge, they may not have the greatest power in the court, but they were the strongest in the army.
In this regard, even Qu Jingzhao, the three nobles who have occupied most of the power in Chu State since the Spring and Autumn Period and are inseparable from the royal family, cannot compare.
Moreover, Long Ji and his family were both soldiers of the Chu State and retainers of the Xiang family, so he wanted to call Shao Yu the Young Master.
When the Chu State was still there, even the orders of the King of Chu were no more important to the Long family than Xiang Yan's.
Yingbu and Jibu were different. They only had a superior-subordinate relationship with Xiang Yan, and they were loyal to the King of Chu.
Shao Yu gave an order that Long Qie must follow him to the death, otherwise he would be unfaithful and unfilial - this filial piety mainly refers to the teachings Long Qie's father gave him.
But if Yingbu and Jibu were unwilling to fight, they wanted to wander around the world, or become big thieves, or die in a dream. Long Qie had no right to comment and could only express his deep regret.
Of course, neither of these two people are willing to be calm at heart.
so……
"I have survived so far, and I have been waiting for today!" Ji Bu was the first to respond, his tone full of determination and excitement, and he knelt on the ground and accepted the order, "Ji Bu is willing to obey the young master's orders, even if he dies!"
He did not want to die for his country, so that he could be useful.
It's a pity that I never got the chance.
Although he is not a retainer of the Xiang family, at this time, the Xiang family is his best and only choice.
Otherwise...are we waiting for Qu Jingzhao and those three gangs of losers to lead them?
Don't be kidding, they are very good at fighting among themselves. As for fighting against the empire... I'm afraid they have lost the ability to fight against their enemies.
Long Qie smiled happily, stepped forward to help Ji Bu up, and then... looked at Yingbu.
He originally thought that Yingbu would respond to him more simply.
But at this moment, Yingbu's eyes were full of dodge and avoidance.
Long Qie didn't know why, but when facing Pao Ze, he didn't have to think so much, he just asked:
"General Yingbu, would you like to put on your armor again and fight alongside us?"
When Yingbu heard this, he clenched his fists, veins bulged in his palms, and he was obviously very excited.
But still no response.
Ji Bu guessed that his friend was probably depressed, but at this time, no one could help him. He had to figure it out on his own.
Under the eager eyes of everyone, Yingbu finally shook his head, passed them and continued towards Chi Youtang.
The soldiers around him wanted to persuade him to stay, but they couldn't speak because they were unfamiliar with him.
Long Qie was not too disappointed and just watched Yingbu leave.
Ji Bu then explained to his friend, "He has other worries now."
"The defeat of Chu State dealt a serious blow to him. If he hadn't shouldered a responsibility in these years, he might have been in ruins long ago."
Long Qie looked at Ji Bu with some confusion, "Responsibility?"
"After the fall of Chu, Mrs. Changping secretly handed over Changping's young daughter Lianxin to Yingbu's care," Ji Bu explained.
"Your Highness Lian Xin?" Long Qie was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly asked, "Where is she? And where is His Highness Mi Lian?"
Although Xiang Yan entrusted Ji Bu, who was the commander of the Shadow Tiger Army, to find Lianyi, he definitely couldn't rely on Ji Bu alone and leave so many people in his Xiang clan alone.
Moreover, within the Chu State, the Xiang family and Lord Changping were the closest group of people.
In fact, both Xiang Liang and other Xiang clan members, as well as Long Qie and other Xiang clan retainers, are looking for Mi Lian, also known as Lian Yi.
Unfortunately, after the fall of the Chu Kingdom, the Xiang family had been busy shrinking to protect themselves and had no time to find anyone. Later, they finally freed up their hands, but because too much time had passed, they had no clue.
"Your Highness Lian Xin is suffering from a serious illness and her life is in danger. We have temporarily placed her in Zuimeng Tower. Lian Yi... Even His Highness Mi Lian is also in Zuimeng Tower." Ji Bu briefly explained their current situation.
"We are just trying to figure out how to save Lian Xin."
"Until this matter is resolved, Yingbu will not care about anything at all."
"Uh..." The sudden change from good news to bad news made Long Qie a little confused.
How could one be infected with a serious disease and the other be reduced to a prostitute? Long Qie knew that Lian Yi was the number one in Zuimenglou, but he didn't know that she was actually His Highness Mi Lian.
After sorting out his thoughts, Long Qie felt that His Highness Lian Xin's illness was more important.
This problem should be easily solved in Dongjun, where there is the Jinghu Medical Fairy Duanmu Rong.
But in Dongjun... Long Qie felt that Xiaoyaozi's medical skills were not that good.
So the key is the method mentioned by Ji Bu.
"What can you do to save people?"
"Yingbu said that Tian Mi, the master of Kuikui Hall, a farmer, has a medicine in his hand that can have an effect on Lianxin's condition." Ji Bu sighed and replied.
"The reason why he came to Daze Mountain is to fight for Tian Mi's Stone of Fire in exchange for that medicine."
"But the stone was finally taken away by the Zhu family. We are now planning to find Tian Mi to find a way to get the medicine."
Long Qie nodded suddenly, it turned out that the new master Kui Kai Tang recruited was Yingbu...
But I’m afraid it won’t be easy to get rid of Tian Mi with nothing!
"That woman Tian Mi... is difficult to deal with." He reminded her carefully.
Ji Bu also smiled wryly and spread his hands, "I have to try it."
"Speaking of which, there is another trouble. In the past, the celebration of the Armored Sect of Wei State also came to Daze Mountain, and they said that they were ordered by Prince Fusu to protect Lian Yi and Lian Xin."
"After he learned about Lian Xin's situation, he went directly to Tian Mi to forcefully ask for medicine. I don't know if there was any trouble."
"The ceremony..." Long Qie thought about it and said with some surprise, "The ceremony of 'bronze head and iron arm, unscathed in a hundred battles'? That's a tough one!"
Ji Bu replied expressionlessly, "That's why I say it's a trouble...a big trouble."
Long Qie came back to his senses and didn't care much about this.
Of course, the ceremony is a tough one, but at this time, he has three more powerful helpers, Guigu Zongheng and Renzong leader, so it will not be difficult to take care of the ceremony when he gets some free time.
But his purpose is a bit concerning...he came to protect the two highnesses in the name of Fusu.
Speaking of which, Fusu is the cousin of His Highness Mi Lian and the others, so it is natural and understandable to take care of his cousin.
But after so many years, why do you think of 'protecting' your two cousins now, when the farm family is in chaos?
The reason is simple - Fusu has always been unwilling to face his two cousins in any way.
Fusu had a clear conscience for killing his uncle, but... some things cannot be faced calmly with a clear conscience.
It wasn't until something happened at the Spring Festival Ceremony, and Lord Changping's name came to his ears in a loud way again after so many years, that he finally made up his mind a little bit.
Long Qie was simply overthinking at this time... Fortunately, there was no harm in him overthinking.
After withdrawing his thoughts, Long Qi did not rush to study the problem. He looked up at Ji Bu and asked, "Can I help?"
Ji Bu shook his head and said, "The situation is still unclear, so we won't use it for the time being."
The fighting power of him and Yingbu is enough, no matter how many dragons and people there are, it will be meaningless.
"Besides...you should have something to do, right?"
Long Qie didn't show off and nodded honestly.
The situation of Gao Jianli and Big Hammer was also very urgent, and he couldn't just leave it alone.
"The two leaders of the Mo family, Gao Jianli and Da Tiechui, were invited to Chi Youtang by Tian Hu yesterday. They have never returned. It has been confirmed that they were attacked by Tian Hu."
"I brought my brothers here to inquire about the situation, and wanted to rescue the people while Tian Hu led the team to the Sixth Tomb of Emperor Yan."
"Oh, we heard people talk about this before at Kuikui Hall." Ji Bu nodded in understanding, and reminded at the same time, "Tian Mi transferred a large number of people from Kuikui Hall, probably for Tian Hu to go to the Six Sages of Emperor Yan.
The matter of the grave."
"Tian Mi?" Long Qie was stunned and said hesitantly, "That's probably not the case. Tian Hu should only be leading people from Chi Youtang and Lieshan Hall."
These two halls were the ones Tian Hu trusted the most, and they were sufficient in number. Even the people from the Gonggong Hall were useless to him, let alone the Kuei Hall.
He didn't want to be stabbed in the back by Tian Mi - he never trusted this woman.
Long Qie didn't know Tian Hu's little thoughts, but he felt that Tian Hu had already brought enough people. If there were more people... could the area of Emperor Yan's Liuxian Tomb really be accommodated?
Ji Bu was stunned when he heard this, "Then Tian Mi's deployment of manpower is...could it be?"
He looked at Long Qie with suspicion, and Long Qie happened to think of a possibility and also looked at Ji Bu.
After the two looked at each other, they confirmed that they had thought of the same thing.
"It seems that I have to go find the people from Kuei Hall." Long Qie didn't intend to reminisce about the past anymore and quickly got down to business so that he could help deal with the troubles on His Highness Lianxin's side. "I'm leaving now. If you have anything to do,
Contact me through the brothers from the Tenglong Legion. They have been active nearby recently, so it shouldn’t be difficult for you to find them.”
"If Tian Mi is found, I will let someone notify you."
Ji Bu nodded, "Okay, I have to go find Yingbu. I'll communicate with you if I have any news."
The two men, who were both soldiers, didn't show any hesitation and parted ways immediately after exchanging a few words.
Ji Bu headed in the direction of Chi Youtang to find Ying Bu.
And Long Qie began to make plans to find the large troops in Kuei Hall - no one was in Chi You Hall. He had sent people to inquire before, but today he saw only people leaving and no entering.