Chapter 152 Life and Death

The next day, a letter from Guan Shan and a large number of gifts such as gold and silver satin given by Xu Han were brought to Qixingzhai by a team of sergeants.

After entertaining the messenger and the sergeant, Jiao Wentong and Bai Xu Xue Yu and other leaders gathered together.

"How could the eldest brother write such a strange letter?" Jiao Wentong took the letter and looked at it vertically, which was very puzzled. The content of the letter is actually simple, which is to urge the people left in Qixingzhai to go down the mountain and obey the court as soon as possible, and don't delay it.

Although this handwriting must be from Guanshan, the tone is too strange. My mother-in-law is nagging. How can it be Guanshan's style?

Bai Shu, sitting next to him, sighed softly, "It's better to read the first word of the first line, the second word of the second line and the third word of the third line. After eight lines, the cycle will be converted like this. This is the way of writing Tibetan letters that Xiaosheng used to pass on military orders. Did the second brother forget it?

Jiao Wentong suddenly realized that he quickly read the letter again and was shocked!

Sixteen words - "Don't surrender to the government, you can throw it to the West Mountain; work together and respect Chu!"

"Brother, what does he mean?" Jiao Wentong's eyes widened and he was very excited.

Xue Yu and Tang Ang were also a little stunned and looked at Bai Xu together.

Bai Shen's expression is also grim. "Don't you understand what you mean? Tell us not to submit to the government, but to go to Xishan. In addition, let us brothers respect Chu Tianya together. We must work together and not create differences and infighting.

"Ah?" Tang Ang, who was illiterate, just woke up and shouted on the spot, "Big brother must have something wrong, but he asked us to go to Xishan and recognize that little white face as the master!" No, we have to save the big brother!"

Jiao Wentong slapped the table on the table and stood up, "Xu Han dog thief, you really dare to hurt my brother! - Tang Ang, go and cut off all the messengers and soldiers just now, and sacrifice the flag; I'm going to send troops to attack the city and save my eldest brother!"

"Second brother is not allowed!" Bai Shu hurried out to stop it.

"Why?" Jiao Wentong asked harshly.

Bai Xu came to him and bowed his hand and said, "In my opinion, the eldest brother is not in the risk of his life now, and Xu Han dares not do anything to him. Because Xu Han also wants to receive all the people of our Qixingzhai, and he is also afraid that we will unite with Xishan to be the enemy, so he absolutely dares not act rashly against the eldest brother. If the second brother killed the messenger and raised his troops to attack the city at this time, he would have a reckless division. If the teacher is nameless, he will inevitably be defeated. At the same time, it will really cause the eldest brother to die!"

"What should I do?" Jiao Wentong was really anxious. His voice was like thunder, and he was almost deaf.

Xue Yu came forward and said, "Second brother, don't be impatient. Let's listen to the advice of the military division."

"Okay, you say it." Jiao Wentong forced his emotions to hold back, sat down, stroked his long whiskey and stared at Bai Xun.

Bai Xu frowned for a long time and said, "To be honest, now it is a dead end for our Qixingzhai. No matter what we do next, we will inevitably make sacrifices and trade-offs.

"You should speak clearly." Jiao Wentong was so worried that his tone was not so peaceful.

Bai Shu didn't care and said patiently, "The worst way is to raise an army to attack the city to save the big brother. In this way, we are blatant rebellion, and the nameless rebellion will only fall into the situation of the eldest brother's disbelief and give Xu Han a sufficient reason to kill the eldest brother.

"What's the best way to do it?" Jiao Wentong asked naturally.

"There is no best. Only the loss is smaller." Bai Yu frowned deeply and said, "I just said that no matter what we do, we will inevitably lose something. Now, we can only take a small loss as a win, and we must make some trade-offs.

"The military division, don't beat around the bush. If you have something to say, please say it directly." Jiao Wentong was obviously a little impatient.

Bai Qi sighed and arched his hand and said, "That's, do what the eldest brother said."

Jiao Wentong's two-shaped Danfeng, who are similar to Wusheng Guan Yu, narrowed his eyes, "Let's Qixingzhai go to Xishan and respect Chu Tianya?"

"That's right." Bai Shu nodded quietly.

Jiao Wentong sneered, "Would you like to?"

"I'm willing to." Bai Yu nodded gently again.

Jiao Wentong was stunned and looked at Xue Yu again, "What about you?"

"My younger brother has always been the head of my brothers. Since it is the eldest brother's order, the younger brother will naturally obey it. Xue Yu replied.

Jiao Wentong's expression suddenly became very wrong!

He never thought that Bai Xu and Xue Yu were so "no feelings" for Qixingzhai. If you say it, you can go. If you say you want to change the owner, you can change the owner!

He is even a little angry!

Bai Xun has always been careful. Seeing Jiao Wentong's expression, he naturally understood his mood at this time, so he advised: "Second brother, I have never thought of leaving Qixingzhai and changing to another place. Just think about it carefully, Xiaosheng thinks that the 16 words sent by the eldest brother are really well-intentioned.

Jiao Wentong took a deep breath, "What do you think of?"

"At present, my Qixingzhai is actually facing a great crisis. Xu Han was vicious and wanted to swallow my Qixingzhai and uproot it. Bai Xu said, "The reason why the eldest brother went to Taiyuan alone is that he didn't want to miss the opportunity to really recruit; second, he also wanted to find out Xu Han's motivation in person. These days, the eldest brother has not sent a few words, only Xu Han keeps sending people to urge. It can be seen that the eldest brother is observing Xu Han; Xu Han is helpless, and there must be a ghost in his heart. Today, the eldest brother finally got the only message. There is no doubt that the eldest brother has seen Xu Han's face clearly and realized the danger faced by Qixingzhai, which made us make a temporary withdrawal decision. The purpose is just to preserve the strength of Qixingzhai.

Jiao Wentong was silent.

Bai Xue continued: "Xiaosheng understands that Qixingzhai is the painstaking efforts of the second brother. Our brothers have also been deeply favored by our second brother and have gone through the ups and downs together for many years. People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless. None of us wants to leave our own homes. But in the overall situation, only by making an immediate decision and enduring love can we preserve our strength and make a comeback!"

"Is it that we can't keep Qixingzhai? If the female real person can't beat the Tianyu Pass, can he Xu Han beat it? Jiao Wentong couldn't help it and shouted fiercely, "The Eighteen Villages of Xishan in the past were extremely prosperous in the day when Zhang Duyan was alive, but he was trembling every time he heard the name of Qixingzhai. Jiao Yifu was at the gate and suppressed more than ten thousand soldiers and horses. Today's Qingyunbao still relies on our funding of some soldiers and horses to develop. Meng De, Chu Tianya and others have also been protected by Qixingzhai. Speaking of which, it should be the order of Xishan Zunfeng Qixingzhai. Now I have to wait to turn to Chu Tianya as the main one... Jiao Wentong, I can't pull this face!"

"Hey..." Bai Xi sighed.

Jiao Wentong finally said something from the bottom of his heart. After all, he is still so arrogant. I look down on Xishan and Qingyunbao, and I can't stand the fact that I respect Chu Tianya, a young descendant.

At this time, Xue Yu came forward and said, "Second brother, in terms of strength, Qixingzhai is certainly stronger than Xishan; in terms of ability, we and others will not lose to Meng Dema and other generations. But the eldest brother's arrangement must have his deep meaning. The younger brother thought that the eldest brother did not hesitate to send us back these 16 words. Even for the sake of brotherhood, and out of trust in the eldest brother, we must respect the eldest brother's decision!"

Jiao Wentong couldn't help but be a little disappointed and even a little discouraged. Today, Bai Xu and Xue Yu are really abnormal. In the past, in Qixingzhai, they rarely run counter to their views. Even if there is a dispute, it will soon be unified and resolved. Unlike today, the two of them have no intention of compromise at all.

Although Guan Shan is no longer in the cottage, the ten six characters he sent are more influential than Jiao Wentong himself standing here. This makes Jiao Wentong feel very uncomfortable. It was not out of jealousy and resentment, but that he clearly felt that his prestige in the eyes of his brothers was not as good as before. This made him feel an unprecedented... frustration!

"Am I really wrong?" Jiao Wentong couldn't help questioning himself.

After waiting for Jiao Wentong to meditate and reflect for a while, Bai Qi said, "Second brother, if you can't stop, you will suffer from it."

"Okay, just do as the eldest brother says." Jiao Wentong seemed to have compromised. He said, "You are responsible for contacting Xishan to accept it, and Xue Yu went to convey the order of the organization. Qixingzhai rose up... Go ahead and turn to Xishan!"

"Yes." Bai Shu felt a little at ease and suddenly woke up, "Second brother, what about you?"

Jiao Wentong stood up, cut his back in one hand and stroked his hair in the other. "Jiao vowed to live and die with his eldest brother! - Qixingzhai, if anyone insists on going to Xishan, you can go to Taiyuan with me!"

"Ah?" Bai Shu almost went crazy on the spot!

Xue Yu was also completely speechless and turned her head aside.

"I have made up my mind." Jiao Wentong waved his hand and could not be refuted.

Tang An jumped up and said, "Second brother, I'll go with you!" Where the eldest brother is, I will be there! We have to die together!"

"That's all..." Bai Yu sighed leisurely, "This may be the fate of Qixingzhai!"

The next morning, Chu Tianya just woke up and didn't get up. The door was thumped.

"Brother, hurry up - big deal!" Meng De came in person.

Chu Tianya hurriedly got up and opened the door, "Qither, what's so panicked?"

"It's not a panic, it's a happy event!" Meng Deyang had a letter in his hand with an ecstasy on his face, "Qixingzhai is going to go to the village!" This is the handwritten letter I just received!"

"Oh? Show it to me!" Chu Tianya took the letter unexpectedly and hurriedly opened it out to read it carefully.

After reading the letter, Chu Tianya's face did not show the joy expected by Meng De, but a solemn face.

Meng De couldn't laugh either. He wondered, "Brother, what's wrong?"

"Qixingzhai did rise up and came to Xishan. This is a good thing." Chu Tianya said, "But Jiao Wentong refused to come, and Tang Ang. The two of them took more than 3,000 horses and went to Taiyuan to find Guanshan!"

"Then let him go!" Meng De didn't care and said, "Although I respect Jiao Wentong very much, his temperament is indeed too arrogant. It's not that Meng has no tolerance for people. I'm afraid that he will be reluctant to come to Xishan, and he will not be convinced by our brothers, thus affecting the atmosphere inside the whole castle. It's not a good thing to go on for a long time. I don't want Xishan to end up in a Qixingzhai in the end!"

The seventh brother's worries are not unreasonable. But... the kindness of being dripping from others should be recommened as a spring. Did the seventh brother forget who helped us untie the circumference of one's eyes? When you and I were in trouble to defect to Qixingzhai, although Jiao Wentong did not accept that we settled down there, he also waited for me. Chu Tianya said, "In addition, Qingyunbao is growing day by day, and the number of soldiers and horses is coming up, but what is missing is a general like Jiao Wentong. It's easy to get a thousand troops and it's hard to find a general! No one is perfect. Jiao Wentong has shortcomings, but he can't hide his flaws. He is a rare talent!"

"It's still the brother's longer-term vision, and it's also more dominant temperament and demeanor." Meng De smiled and said, "Since my brother thinks Jiao Wentong is worthy of acceptance, then find a way to invite him too!" I think if there is another person in the world who can tame Jiao Wentong, a reruly horse, he must be a brother!"

"Don't say that. I just don't want to watch a good man like Jiao Wentong, looking for his own way to die." Chu Tianya said, "It seems that he took some people to Taiyuan to meet Guanshan. Even if he accepted Zhao'an and submitted to the government, he should be rewarded and treated. But if you think about it, he has come to a dead end!"

"Oh? Why?" Meng De said in surprise, "Didn't Xu Han wear out his mouth and want to recruit people from Qixing Village? Jiao Wentong went there. Should he be happy?"

"Guan Shan, Jiao Wentong, and the two leaders of Qixingzhai have all submitted to the government. It is reasonable that Xu Han should be happy. However, most of the people in Qixingzhai came to Xishan, and the three leaders of Bai Xu, Xue Yu and Xiao Linglong also came to us. Chu Tianya said, "We are in Xishan now, but Xu Han's eye thorns and thorns in the flesh. But all the people who come to us are the enemies of Xu Han, and the people and horses of Qixingzhai are no exception. When Xu Han knew that Jiao Wentong only brought 3,000 people to surrender this time, most of them were led by Bai Xu and Xue Yu to Xishan... Seventh brother, if you were Xu Han, what would you think?

Meng De thought for a moment and said, "I will think Jiao Wentong is an enemy!" He did not sincerely obey the government at all. On the contrary, he went to Taiyuan to do internal response to Xishan!"

"That's it!" Chu Tianya's face became more grim, "And with Jiao Wentong's personality, how could he accept a small official position given by Zhao An and then endure the dictates of Xu Han? He did this only to fulfill his brotherhood and live and die with Guan Shan in the end!"

Meng De couldn't help taking a breath of cold air. "In this way, Jiao Wentong didn't care about whether he was safe at all, but went to Taiyuan for Guanshan and reported the spirit of martyrdom?"

Chu Tianya nodded with his eyebrows, "It's very likely!"