C450 Cracking (1/2)
The calamity that had just sprouted was suppressed by old shopkeeper. Not only was it suppressed, in the end, the old shopkeeper even threw out a secret he had kept hidden for over a year in his heart. Xiao Letian was the secret dragon.
Everyone was shocked. Actually, everyone present had occasionally dreamed that one day Xiao Letian would reach the top and then become a king to pay his respects or something. However, most of these were just jokes made after drinking, after Xiao Letian's small lesson, the new army officers no longer believed much in the legends of the Middle Age.
But today, Fan Lian had thrown a heavy bomb at everyone. He knew that the brothers in the warehouse today were definitely trustworthy, and not only were these people promoted by Xiao Letian, their families and relatives were also living under the protection of the Discipline Hall's Wang Huaiyuan. There was no need to doubt their loyalty at all.
Since there was no worry about leaking information, the old shopkeeper smashed out the theory of hidden dragons that Ceng Guofan and Xiao Letian had once discussed. ”You think I'm joking? Do you think I'm bragging to my young master? Do you think that I am just there to stabilize your morale? ”
”Wrong, extremely wrong, those words were not from me, the person who said those words is a famous person in the continent, you all should have heard that he is Ceng Guofan!”
With a boom, all the officers present exploded. ”Ceng Titou? Our mortal enemies? ” Many of the officers were Heaven veterans, so they subconsciously adopted a hostile attitude.
”Be quiet!” Forgot your identities? You are now the new army of the Prime Minister. Those of you from the past have already died, throw all your grudges into the ocean, and other than following orders, don't think about anything else that you don't need. ”
Liang Kun scolded them honestly, and each of them went on to listen to old shopkeeper's lecture.
”Brothers, I know that many of you have grudges with Ceng Guofan, but let the grudges go. This Ceng Titou is really talented, you must be convinced of this point! To be able to write a book like the《 Ice Mirror》, how can you not be a talent? ”
Although Ceng Guofan was an enemy, there was no doubt about this person's ability.
”That night, I also did not know why Ceng Guofan's warning net had only let me go. Perhaps, he knew of my relationship with Xiao Letian. ”It was on that day that I heard the word 'Hidden Dragon' …”
”What is a dragon? How many kinds of dragons were there? I'm not sure about this, nor did Great Marshal Zeng explain it clearly, but at least I know the difference between a dragon and a real dragon … In the imperial court of the Beijing, in the capital city of the Heavenly Kingdom, all those sitting on the throne room were True Dragons. Even if it was only for a day, he is still a True Dragon … ”
”But the Hidden Dragon is ever-changing, according to the description of my Young Master and Ceng Guofan, anything that can affect the course of our national destiny, is a hidden dragon. Ceng Guofan is one, and my Young Master Xiao Letian is one as well.”
Although Fan Lian had read before, he could not be considered a scholar. He could only roughly recount the details of the secret conversation he had that day.
”Our Prime Minister is a hidden dragon …” This is way too high and mighty... Didn't we become shrimp soldiers and crab generals by following Prime Minister? ”
”That makes sense. What he said makes sense …” So Cao Cao is a hidden dragon? ”Yes, yes, yes. There is nothing wrong with those shockingly powerful officials in history, and they are even more powerful than the emperor. If they aren't hidden dragons, then what is they?”
”That's right, maybe it's because of bad luck, that Hidden Dragon did not have the chance to turn into a True Dragon … There is another possibility, and that is that the hidden dragon is not willing to become the True Dragon. He would rather suffer grievances to protect the Essence of a country, just like how Grandpa Yue did! ”
The more they talked, the more excited they became. In the end, they were close to counting when Xiao Letian would ascend the throne.
At this time, nothing happened to the old shopkeeper, he and Liang Kun looked at each other, and moved towards the corner to whisper in each other's ears.
”old shopkeeper, is this how you treat yourself? Although this helped to stabilize the morale of the troops, it would bring them quite a bit of trouble in the future! Even if they were all loyal ministers of the Prime Minister, it was hard to avoid someone getting drunk and talking or talking in their sleep to reveal this secret … ”When the time comes, the news will spread to the other side of the road …”
”Ai …” If the Ryukyu were to be lost, even if we do not leak the secrets of Xiao Letian, it would not be much better. Since we are already forced to this point, I really cannot think of any kind of stable plan … ”
At this moment, a burst of cheers came from the warehouse, ”Right, you're right, the Prime Minister is a hidden dragon. How could a hidden dragon die so easily? How much more important is left for the Prime Minister to do? How could the Prime Minister die under the blade of a nameless soldier?”
”Long live! Long live the Prime Minister! ” In the end, these dozens of people actually started shouting out like crazy, scaring the soldiers who were standing on guard around them into trembling.
It was impossible for Liang Kun and Fan Lian to deceive the Ryukyu officials for a secret meeting like this, but they had no way to change anything. The new army in the Ryukyu right now was not something they could go against.
Shang Tai sat next to the crackling bonfire, expressionlessly listening to Jin Changsen's report on his spy. The warm summer night had made the young king's heart turn cold.