Chapter 161 Heart Qi
The sound of wind and snow came in from outside the central hall. The originally closed door suddenly loosened, and a trace of cold wind took the opportunity to rush in through the gap.

Obviously, after hearing this, an old fellow in the central hall suddenly lost his mind, and his internal strength also fluctuated. He was unable to hold down the door of the hall that was missing a bolt, so that the cold wind blew in and a ray of light finally came in.

But at this moment, no one cared about this small detail. Countless eyes hidden behind the masks were only staring at the figure standing next to the commander's seat. The jade token that he held above his head with one hand was also flashing a faint green glow from the inside out under the light.

wow——

The palace door finally couldn't withstand the howling cold wind outside and suddenly burst open, bringing with it endless bright colors that extended right to Xiao Yan's feet, also illuminating the nearly one hundred bad people from Yingzhou who were wearing bamboo hats but were kneeling on the ground.

Xiao Yan's face was stern, and his eyes just scanned the crowd.

Until this moment, he had a thorough understanding of these bad people from the Yingzhou branch who had controlled Hebei for nearly three hundred years. Their armor was covered with scars, their clothes were old, their hats were faded, their temples were mottled...

Hebei, a region that has been using the Hu people to control the Hu people since the early Tang Dynasty, has been filled with the unruly Youyan temperament for hundreds of years.

The Sogdian An Lushan immediately crossed the mountains and swept half of the prosperous Tang Dynasty with his big belly. The officers and soldiers of Pinglu, Fanyang and Hedong were willing to follow him to start a rebellion. The "Three Towns of Hebei" headed by Tian Chengsi, Li Huaixian and Li Baochen had been a scourge to the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years, and they neither listened to orders nor obeyed orders...

It can be expected that as Chang'an's outpost here, the Yingzhou branch must have been filled with killing, violence, and blood at all times during the past hundred years, just as it had been at the beginning, and it had never changed.

But it has always been like this, which doesn’t necessarily mean it is right.

I'm afraid even they themselves don't know what they are holding on to. Countless people may be born with a sense of killing. Suppressing Hebei is no longer their mission, but their goal from generation to generation.

I'm afraid even they themselves would be stunned and confused, and then filled with doubts when they heard the words "revitalize the Tang Dynasty".

Xiao Yan didn't want to change anything, nor would he judge whether his behavior over the past three hundred years was right or wrong. He just walked down the stage, took the command order in his hand, and put it behind him.

"The glorious Tang Dynasty is long gone, and the end of the Tang Dynasty seems to have happened just yesterday. But can you honestly bear to see the end of the Tang Dynasty? Can you bear to see bandits rise up all over the world, and move further and further away from the prosperous era that our ancestors talked about?"

He glanced at every bad person in Yingzhou slowly and steadily. His voice was not loud, but it was enough to be heard throughout the entire central hall. His tone was calm, but it was enough to make every old fellow feel a surge of vigor.

"The disaster in Hebei has lasted for hundreds of years, but at that time, how could Hebei be the only place that was in trouble? Hedong, Longyou, Guanzhong, West Shu, Jiangnan, Huaixi, and even outside the Great Wall, where was not in trouble? What's the point of you all focusing on Hebei?
The towns in the Central Plains were in turmoil, the Hu tribes outside the Great Wall were plotting to move south, the princes were living a life of drunkenness and debauchery, wasting the people's energy for their own selfish desires, the world was no longer prosperous, and the nine states were all in ruins. At that time, the disaster of Hebei was nothing compared to the disaster of the world! ? "

Xiao Yan looked around at everyone and said loudly: "You are all brave and brave men of the Bad People, but you have been trapped in Hebei for decades. Your temples have turned gray, and the Tang Dynasty has finally perished. The hundred years of perseverance have become empty talk. The Tang Dynasty has perished. Are the achievements of several generations of ancestors just going to rot in Yingzhou and Hebei? The will of our ancestors was to prevent the disaster in Hebei from happening in Hebei, but now, there are disasters everywhere in the world——

Everyone, how can you not go and see the world! ? "

The sound of wind and snow outside poured in again and again, and the door frame of the hall creaked, but it could not cover up Xiao Yan's voice which continued to echo in the middle hall. The weathered faces hidden behind the masks couldn't help but look a little complicated.

Even the old but still unruly Gong Yang Zuo finally became serious at this time and stopped treating this seemingly unworthy Dark Star with a childish attitude.

"Is it easy to revive the Tang Dynasty?"

But immediately, an old man in the crowd sheathed his sword and snorted, "After the An-Shi Rebellion, the Marshal spent a hundred years and was unable to revive the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan dynasties. The Li family couldn't suppress the people of the world a hundred years ago, so how can they suppress the world today?
Boy, do you really think I respect you? Humph, I respect that order! Even the Marshal needs to spend a hundred years to accomplish something, how can you or I accomplish it? Although I have only known how to fight and kill in my life, I also understand that the people of the world no longer care about the Li family. Without the Marshal, even if they are bad people, how many of them will care about the Li family? "

He stood up and took off his visor, revealing a face full of wrinkles and gray beard. He brushed the non-existent dust off the visor and sighed, "Boy, the commander has served the Li family for three hundred years. He is so loyal that he needs to stay dormant in this world. I advise you not to do such a thing against heaven. We old guys are strong and not afraid of death, but we don't want to sacrifice our lives in vain for something that cannot be done.

The heyday of the Tang Dynasty? Haha, except for the Marshal, who has ever seen that scene? I really yearn for it, but when I was born, the world was already in a mess..."

Although some bad people were surprised that the old man suddenly stood up, they just kept silent and did not refute. Obviously, there were quite a few who agreed with this view. After all, most of the people in the middle hall were old men, and they had long lost the sharpness of young people.

"Impossible things?"

Xiao Yan's eyes were still sharp as he scanned everyone, then set his gaze on the old man who stood up, and said, "What do you think is impossible? Is it to restore the Li family, or to revive the prosperous times? Is it to make enemies with the princes of the world, or to fail to win back the hearts of millions of people? Or in other words, is it that you just don't dare to step out of Hebei, which was established by countless ancestors?"

"Don't provoke me!" The bad man's beard stood up like a spear, but after calming down for a moment, he just snorted coldly: "Just like these, can you do it?"

"Will someone do it in the future?"

Xiao Yan took a step forward, looking directly at everyone's gaze without fear, and said in a deep voice: "Do we have to wait until we die in mediocrity just because of a sentence that it is impossible? Since you are looking forward to a prosperous era, why not create it with your own hands?

As a man, no matter what the hell fate does to you, no matter how difficult the world is, you should struggle hard, fight to the death, and never lower your head as a man! As long as you are still alive, you should try your best to draw your sword!

Even if I die then, ten years later, fifty years later, a hundred years later! As long as the prosperous times come, someone will build a monument for our generation! Each generation should do what it should do!"

His tone was sonorous and powerful, full of sharpness that these bad guys might have had in the past but not now. It startled everyone and their breathing quickened subconsciously. Even the old man who stood up was stunned by the last sentence and his cheeks became hot.

Today, Anxing is so arrogant!
You Yi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly looked up, his expression behind the mask was full of astonishment. For a moment he felt so energized that it seemed as if all the depression was suddenly dispersed, and he couldn't help but praise in his heart.

Gong Yangzuo who was opposite to him smacked his lips and felt that he was lucky that he didn't kill Tian Anxing today. Judging from this kid's ambition, he should be suitable to join their Yingzhou branch.

Xiao Yan looked around at everyone and showed them the jade token in his hand.

"Without this order, I would be nothing in your eyes. But now that the order is in my hands, I should obey it.

"Is it possible to revive the Tang Dynasty as I say?"

The central hall fell silent again. The wrinkled face of the old man standing up twitched, and he said helplessly and aggrievedly: "It can be done."

The rest of the people also nodded in response.

"I will respectfully obey the commander's orders."

Gong Yangzuo laughed for a moment, "Since you have the order from the commander, from now on, the Yingzhou branch will follow Tian Anxing's lead. But if the commander-in-chief..."

"What I want, please deliver it to my desk before the day after tomorrow."

Xiao Yan interrupted him rudely, and then said with a fake smile: "Based on your abilities, there should be at least ten ways to find me, right?" Gong Yangzuo smiled, but did not take this remark to heart at all.

You Yi stepped forward and clasped his fists in the crowd. "I, You Yi, will send people to deliver the intelligence to Tian'an Star on time. After the Marshal retired from the world, the Yingzhou branch only obeyed the Marshal's orders. They were rude at first sight, but they looked down on Tian'an Star. We have been managing Hebei for decades, but we have become a frog in a well and our spirit has been worn out."

Xiao Yan returned the greeting and introduced some bad guys to You Yi. After they took off their armor, they were all old men with gray or white hair. It was obvious that Yingzhou Branch really wanted to take Xiao Yan down and clean up the mess this time.

If they had really studied Xiao Yan carefully, they would have known that a few youngsters alone would not be Xiao Yan's opponent, so they sent out such a large number of experienced eighth-generation or even seventh-generation bad guys.

Especially those bad guys with scars all over their faces, they are really tough people, most of them are taciturn. For example, the unruly Gong Yang Zuo has a good face, no wonder he talks much more than others.

If they fought alone, few of them would be Xiao Yan's opponent, but if it was a group fight, Xiao Yan believed that he would hardly be sure of winning.

……

Xiao Yan finally left, and the central hall fell silent again.

Someone asked in a hoarse voice: "How?"

You Yi wiped his Tang sword and replied in a hoarse voice: "How many years has it been since the Marshal summoned us, the bad guys from Yingzhou? Now that I think about it, it was the Dark Star that alerted me. Without the Tang Dynasty, why would we still monitor Hebei?"

"We will follow the commander's orders." The old man who had refuted Xiao Yan earlier held up his bamboo hat and said with his neck stiff, "Until the commander gives the order, we should stay in Hebei for the rest of our lives. We can die of old age, so what?"

After that, he said dissatisfiedly: "If Gongyang was not a waste, how could there be so much trouble?"

Gong Yangzuo sneered and took off his mask. He said in a low voice, "If Qi Yi had taken out the order earlier, how could you, an old man, dare to let us fight? If it gets out, aren't you afraid of being called disrespectful to the Marshal?"

The old man snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Someone else continued to ask: "Do you really want to play with this kid like the Yanzhou branch did?"

"I don't think he's just fooling around. This kid's temperament is just what I like." An old man with scars all over his face leaned against a wooden pillar and said, "Even an uneducated man like me understands one thing. If this kid was really fooling around, how could the Marshal have kept him alive until today?"

The group of people began to think about something.

Gong Yangzuo chuckled and said, "What are you afraid of? Anyway, I have the order from the commander. Not to mention whether this guy from Sanqianyuan was kicked in the head by a donkey and gave him the order, since the commander-in-chief has not taken back the order, what's the problem?

Old guys, don’t forget that the third generation of Yingzhou Bad People followed Zhang Wulang in the rebellion, and dared to hunt down the Marshal at that time. This has been passed down to this day and has been regarded as a role model by all the helmsmen. It has been passed down to our generation, so we can’t lose our momentum, right? "

Everyone was speechless, and a burst of cursing broke out at once.

"Let's ask the commander-in-chief for advice."

Someone finally came up with a fairly reliable decision: "Gong Yang has some ink in his stomach, let him write a letter and send it over to ask. Don't dare to make the same mistake as Zhang Wulang again..."

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When Xiao Yan left the central hall, he realized that the snow outside had gotten heavier.

Feng Dao and the others went into the corridor of the temple to avoid the snow and lit a brazier to keep warm. The two of them paced back and forth, but they kept looking in the direction of the central hall. Fortunately, they finally saw Xiao Yan being escorted out, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

Fu An couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. During this period, he was also worried by the concerns of Feng and Han, but he had to remember Xiao Yan's orders and not break in without permission.

Several gray-haired bad guys from Yingzhou escorted Xiao Yan to the exit, then stood still, watching Xiao Yan being escorted onto his mount and riding away.

Seeing Feng and Han, who were obviously extremely worried before, now looked calm, Fu An was surprised, but finally couldn't help it, so he stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Captain, how is it?"

"Go back to the village to have the New Year's Eve dinner." Xiao Yan answered the question irrelevantly.

Fu An was stunned for a moment, but Feng Dao laughed loudly and said, "Congratulations, my lord, on getting what you wished for. Everything went smoothly. Now we only need Bianliang's response."

Han Yanhui stroked his beard. Because the wind and snow were very strong, he just smiled and didn't say a word.

As soon as the two men saw Xiao Yan being escorted out, they knew that the matter must have been settled. Adding in the words "eat New Year's Eve dinner", how could they not know that the matter in their hearts was resolved?
Fu An was slightly shocked. Looking back, he saw that the temple had disappeared in the snow and mist, and seemed to have returned to its empty state.

But he had a feeling that this temple would never lack incense in the future.

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Mount Zhongnan, the valley where soldiers are hidden.

"Marshal, the emperor has arrived..."

Yuan Tiangang put down the scroll in his hand, picked up the bronze mask on the table, covered his face with it, then waved his hand, and the palace door opened without wind.

Outside the door, Mirror Heart Demon bowed and took a few steps to the side.

A young man in a straw raincoat was surrounded by two tall and strong bad guys and looked over cautiously.

But it was obvious that he could not see Yuan Tiangang clearly in the darkness.

interesting.

Emperor Zhaozong actually doesn't trust me.

(End of this chapter)