74. Loyalty (Seeking Follow-Up Reading)

"My meeting with the eldest brother and the third brother..."

"Please all the brothers in the room leave first."

Xu Xing glanced at the generals in the room, secretly memorized them in his heart, and then spoke.

He seemed not to remember the more than 20 people who escaped from the northwest corner of the room just now. In fact, he had a list of the generals who came to conspire today.

A list provided by Liang Buyan and others.

Yao Dang's side has long been a sieve. Half of the ten people are his people.

A hesitant leader...

Bound to be gradually abandoned.

As for Liang Buyan's surrender, it was beyond his expectation. However, whether Liang Buyan was there or not did not affect the overall situation. He didn't care much.

"Xu Xing?"

"Who do you think you are? Do you want me to obey you? Listen to you? "

A diehard Yao Dang fan drew out the steel knife he carried with him and roared.

The rest of them also drew their swords.

Instantly, the atmosphere inside and outside the door was tense.

"Retreat..."

"All of you retreat!"

"I will discuss it with my third and fourth brothers in person."

Yao Dang sat slumped on the tiger-skin chair. He rubbed his sore eyebrows, then waved his hand, signaling everyone in the field to retreat.

If they really wanted to fight, there would be less than ten people left on his side, and they would surely die.

With the words of the Heavenly King Dao, the remaining rebel generals sighed, put down their weapons, and were escorted to the sidelines by the Xu family's personal guards with their necks stiff.

After a while, only the three Heavenly Kings Dao, Kun, and Xing were left in the house.

And... the dozen personal guards that Xu Xing brought with him.

As for the outside of the house, it was the densely packed Xu family trap camp.

"Fourth brother..."

"Whatever you want to say, just speak up. "

Yao Dang looked ashen.

Before they started the mutiny, their plan had already been exposed and they were surrounded. What made him sad was not that he was defeated, but that he was trapped by Xu Xing before he even took the first step.

This made him feel deeply frustrated.

A table.

A pot of green plum wine.

A small warm stove.

The three brothers each took their own seats and began to drink.

Yao Dang sat in the middle of the first seat, Chang Kun sat on the left, and Xu Xing sat on the right.

"Brother..."

"Among the many rebel kings in the world today, who do you think is a hero?"

Xu Xing raised his wine cup and asked.

He carried a saber and a chain mail on his outer robe. Yao Dang and Chang Kun had both taken off their armor and weapons, so he didn't have to worry about the two of them suddenly rising up and besieging him.

In addition, he had more than a dozen personal guards protecting him, which was enough to buy him time to escape outside the house.

"Shang Heshang has many soldiers and generals, and his power is strong. Is he a hero? "

Yao Dang didn't know what Xu Xing was saying, but he had to go along with Xu Xing's words.

He said that Shang Heshang was a hero, but that was just a casual remark.

He didn't agree that Shang Heshang was a hero in his heart.

If Shang Heshang was really a hero, why would Gong Yangyi, his top strategist, defect to him...

No, it shouldn't be him who defected, but King Xing Tian.

If Gong Yangyi really defected to him, he wouldn't be so passive today.

Thinking of this, Yao Dang, the King of Dao Tian, ​​felt even more sad.

"Shang Heshang looks like a hero, but he can't be patient, he's vain, he's immodest, he doesn't talk about loyalty... He's not a hero, he's just a withered bone in a tomb. "

Xu Xing smiled and drank a glass of green plum wine.

Seeing that Shang Heshang was not a hero, Dao Tianwang and Kun Tianwang laughed and drank a glass of wine each.

Although Shang Heshang was not their mortal enemy in Siming Mountain, his reputation had been weighing on the heads of the rebel kings for a long time. They were also honored to laugh at Shang Heshang for not being a hero.

Talking about heroes over green plum wine.

The topic has been opened.

"I think that Meng Haigong is a hero."

"Although he was calculated by us, he is kind and patient, and has strategy. I heard that Meng Haigong fled to Lingnan Road recently and is doing well..."

Kun Tianwang Chang Kun gave an example.

"Not really, not really..."

"Meng Haigong seems to have strategy, but he is actually a coward."

Yao Dang waved his hand.

Everyone talked about the heroes of the world one by one.

Gurgle...

The wine was completely heated by the stove.

"Do these rebel kings in the world have a chance to overthrow the court and avenge their eldest brother? "

Xu Xing changed the subject.

Yao Dang's face was cold as ice at first, and then he fell into deep thought.

Chang Kun lowered his head and said nothing.

The reason why he cooperated with Xu Xing today was not because he and Xu Xing were better friends. If he really had to choose which side, he would definitely choose to kill Xu Xing.

It's just that... Yao Dang's mutiny was leaked. If his fourth brother Xu Xing didn't allow it, Yao Dang would not have a good ending.

"Xing is incompetent..."

"I am willing to avenge my elder brother."

"If my elder brother is unwilling to believe me, then my elder brother can take his own army and go south again."

"Xing...I am willing to take into account the brotherhood."

Xu Xing took a step back and said generously.

As soon as this sentence came out, it caught Yao Dang off guard.

Xing Tianwang actually put aside the past grudges and wanted to divide the troops for him and let him go?

Is there such a good thing?

"Guanxi Road is barren, with many people and little food..."

"My elder brother voluntarily left to relieve the pressure on Guanxi Road. "

Xu Xing made another guarantee.

Although the gentry donated a lot of food to the rebels, Guanxi Road had been hit by drought for several years and had no income. The stored food could only support them for half a year at most. If there were fewer people in the rebel army, it would indeed alleviate the food crisis in Guanxi Road.

It's just that..., that being said, he didn't think Yao Dang would leave Guanxi Road.

Yao Dang was indecisive and concerned about his reputation...

Once he left, others would laugh at him as a dog that lost its home and was driven out. With Yao Dang's character, it would be hard to bear such a stigma. And where could Yao Dang go after leaving Guanxi Road?

When leaving Hukou Waterfall, Yao Dang offended Monk Shang under his plan.

He couldn't go back to Siming Mountain!

"Fourth brother, why did you lie to me..."

"Just say it straight."

Yao Dang looked bitter, poured himself a glass of water wine, and drank it up.

"Okay!"

"Brothers, let's not talk nonsense."

Xu Xing nodded, "I, Xu Xing, am not loyal and secretly amass power, but in troubled times, if Xu Xing doesn't do this, it will be too late to regret when the sword is on my body..."

"When I escaped from the prison, Xu Xing thought that my fate would no longer be decided by others."

"Having a sword in hand but not using it is different from not having a sword in hand!"

When these words came out, Yao Dang, the King of Dao, and Chang Kun, the King of Kun, nodded secretly.

If you really only care about loyalty when you are out there, you will be sold out sooner or later.

Did they become sworn brothers with Xu Xing because they really thought that Xu Xing was a man of great loyalty and was worth making friends with? No, Xu Xing's emphasis on "righteousness" was only an important factor in their sworn brotherhood with Xu Xing. The fundamental reason was that Xu Xing had great talent, and they were willing to become sworn brothers with Xu Xing and use the word "righteousness" to lock Xu Xing in...

Who would have thought that they would lose more than they gained, and they were sidelined by Xu Xing.

"Brother, give up your power and abdicate to me."

"I will not treat you unfairly..."

"Wealth, land and houses, everything you need. When we defeat the imperial court, you will be the founding prince, and your title will be with the country. As for the third brother, if you are willing to lead the troops, you can lead the troops. If you are not willing, you can live with your eldest brother in old age..."

Xu Xing said bluntly.

If there is a chance, he is willing to be more decent.

If Yao Dang is not willing to be decent...