Chapter 2659: I Was Once

Jiang Wang avoided slightly, dodging Hong Junyan's saliva. He truly felt now that this older brother could actually spit out an ice mirror.

The historical phrase "wash your face with saliva, know yourself" was an allusion he created.

"Look at what you're saying. Haven't you fought Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing before?" Jiang someone said humbly, "It's not that this little brother doesn't hold a grudge, it's just that this little brother also needs to wait for the right time."

"Oh? Can wise brother now beat Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing?" Hong Junyan's violent anger instantly disappeared, replaced by a tolerant understanding, a broad magnanimity, an encouraging joy!

"Wise brother's progress is divine!" He smiled, "I'm happy for you!"

Jiang Wang twisted his hand, "Now I think... at least I can run away."

Hong Junyan magnanimously wiped his short beard, "To be able to withstand Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing's offensive, to have the confidence to protect yourself in front of her, that's also quite remarkable."

"I said, run away." Jiang Wang said precisely, "This little brother has a little experience escaping. It's different from withstanding..."

Hong Junyan rolled his eyes, "Then you're not good either! What are you doing here with me?"

Along the way, Jiang Wang had seen and learned a lot. He had encountered five founding emperors.

One was Zhuang Chengqian, who deceived gods and ghosts. One was Zong Dezhen, who walked up Mount Yu Jing. One was Ying Yunian, like a spring breeze and fine rain. One was Helian Qingtong, who seized a god with white hair. And there was the one in front of him, Hong Junyan.

Strictly speaking, Qi Wudi, who restored the country, also built the Jiangshan from nothing, which was similar to founding.

These people each had their own style, their personalities vastly different, but all were as profound as the sea.

Three of them had life and death connections with him, two treated him with elder-to-junior kindness, and one was now calling him brother... But he couldn't guess the thoughts of any of these people.

He asked himself if he had the right to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these people.

But he could still criticize several points of Big Brother Hong's demeanor at this moment.

Compared to the contemporary Great Qi Emperor, the Mu Country Sacred Martial Emperor, and Chu Lie Zong, whom he knew, Big Brother Hong was a bit rough... Of course, this was understandable. After all, his father wasn't an emperor, so he lacked the accumulated foundation of generations of the imperial family. He probably didn't fight and scold on the streets less in his youth.

"This little brother is certainly not as good as Big Brother Hong." Jiang Zhenjun scored passionately in his heart, while his face was like a gentle breeze and fine rain, "I still have much to learn from Big Brother Hong, and the road ahead is still long."

"Stop the useless talk!" Hong Junyan waved his big hand, "Tell me how to handle this matter!"

"Handle what?" Jiang Wang's face was straight, displaying the style of standing alone, "The matter between this little brother and Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing, just let this little brother handle it himself. I appreciate Big Brother Hong's intention, but I absolutely won't help—not for my matter, to drag Li Country into the quagmire of war."

Hong Junyan glared with his eyes, "Stop pretending to be confused. I saw through it early, you're an expert at pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger. Don't pretend in front of me! Even if you and Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing fight until your brains are like dog brains, what does it have to do with me? What we're talking about now is the matter between you and me!"

"This little brother truly doesn't understand." Jiang Wang said with a bitter face, "Big Brother Hong, please speak clearly."

Hong Junyan poked the mirror surface again with his finger, "You showed off your power in Yong Country, drove away Three Points Fragrance Building, affecting my plan to move south. How do you calculate this matter?"

Dong! Dong! One by one knocking. "Are you planning not to admit it, or do you not want to give compensation?"

"What does Three Points Fragrance Building have to do with Big Brother Hong?" Jiang Wang's eyes widened, very shocked, "Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing carries the divine power of destroying the country, and she wants to achieve enlightenment with it, bringing disaster to the common people, forming a tribulation fruit that spans the heavens. She is truly an enemy of the world, a cancer of the era. Big Brother Hong is upright and frank, loves the people like children, sees the world as his home, with grand ambitions forever. How could he have any collusion with her?"

"Is Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing even worthy of colluding with me? Pei! What collusion! Be careful with your words!"

Hong Junyan covered his face and cursed a bunch, then only said, "As for Three Points Fragrance Building, I'm not familiar with it either. This small matter is all decided by the people below. It's not excluded that there was some temporary dispatch, causing everyone to misunderstand..."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes, seemingly casually asking, "Are you sure her divine power is that of destroying the country?"

Jiang Zhenjun didn't say yes or no, only said mysteriously, "Let me tell Big Brother Hong a secret. I have a message channel in Chu Country, reaching the sky with hands and eyes, at a very high level."

Hong Junyan's white eyes almost rolled to the sky. Is your Zuo Guangwang still a secret?

But speaking of Chu Country, this matter indeed left no room for quibble.

Although his Old Hong was inherently insufficient in the Snow Plain, with barren resources in all aspects, and also short on talent, frozen for thousands of years, he came out after accumulating enough wealth, just rushing to bully children... That was also not completely without face.

When stealing things, you need a mask. When robbing, you need to use a pseudonym.

He hummed twice discontentedly.

Jiang Wang nodded heavily, "Big Brother Hong guessed right! What this little brother is talking about is exactly Dou Zhao."

Hong Junyan: ......

"Let's not talk about Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing's matter anymore." He didn't want to go in circles with Jiang Wang again, so he started with 'setting aside facts and not talking'.

"Let's just talk about your big fight in Meng Du, stirring up a big momentum! This has led to Yong Country being very vigilant now, making it impossible for me to start. Jing Country and Jing Country have all sent letters to inquire, and even the Qin Country Crown Prince has summoned the Li Country envoy at the State Guest House in Yan Yang City. This is how the world is balanced."

His eyes were majestic and forceful, "Li Country is a single hair that moves the whole body, and I see locks everywhere. Jiang old brother, instead of thinking about how to relieve my worries, how can you add shackles for me?!"

"Big Brother Hong's words are really unreasonable." Jiang Wang cried out loudly in injustice, "Could Han Xu be a fool, not knowing your intentions towards Yong Country? Does he still need me to point it out?"

"Snow Plain's dragon contention, either east or south. From the era of Dao Li New Open, this pattern has existed. How many times have history books repeatedly lectured on it?"

"This little brother, unlearned and incompetent, can all see it clearly. Who among the world's heroes doesn't see through it like fire?"

From the moment Hong Junyan returned, Yong Country had never been not vigilant!

Its northern border heavy town, Jing An Fu, was everywhere a steel fortress, almost completely abandoning livelihoods, built purely for war. Who it was defending was self-evident.

"Look at you, I said a joke, and you still take it seriously." Hong Junyan laughed heartily, "Secret petty tricks, I disdain to do. What is Yong Country? The general trend will crush it, taking its state is like probing a palm. If I want to move south, why do I need Three Points Fragrance Building!"

He changed the subject, "Instead, that Yan Sheng,念念不忘 old Yang. It is said that he determined early on that you are the orthodox of Yang Country, and even wants to support you in restoring the country..."

The Great Li Emperor fully showed his boldness and unrestrainedness, "I will take down Meng Du and give wise brother a Jiangshan, how about that?"

He didn't even mention a condition. Jiang Wang's nod was the condition!

"Big Brother Hong is bold and witty, telling jokes one after another. This little brother is dull by nature, I really can't catch up." Jiang Wang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Hong Junyan looked at him, "I heard that old brother was calm and composed in the Purple Extreme Hall, and talked and laughed, generating wind, in the Dong Hua Pavilion! Are you selectively dull?"

"...... Big Brother Hong is joking." Jiang Wang almost wiped sweat.

Hong Junyan had a unique charm. He clearly didn't give you anything, but you always felt like you owed him!

He hadn't felt this way before, because Jiang someone hadn't officially entered his sight yet.

Now, just a slight adjustment in attitude made people involuntarily feel closer.

At first, Xiong Yizheng's righteousness tied the world, only feared it was even more terrifying. With everyone under his command dropping like flies, heroes and great men lined up to die and live for him.

"Then let's talk about something you don't feel is a joke." Hong Junyan's tone became a few points more serious, seemingly really wanting to talk about some important matter, "Between you and Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing, is there any unsolvable knot? Or find a time, I'll call her, everyone sit down, and chat a few sentences together..."

Jiang Wang instantly became serious, "There's nothing good for me and her to chat about."

"You misunderstand, Jiang old brother." Hong Junyan smiled, "I mean... if the knot is unsolvable, then just tie it tighter. Since you are so certain about the existence of the divine power of destroying the country, and you and I both have the world in our hearts and cannot tolerate her achieving enlightenment with it, why not join hands to eliminate the disaster for the world?"

Jiang Wang immediately doubted what he had heard!

How did the conversation get to this point?

"She doesn't dare to go to Li Country personally. Change to another place, she definitely still dares to come and see me." Hong Junyan was still the bold Big Brother, laughing. This time, Jiang Wang only noticed that he was wearing casual clothes today, not showing even a hint of the true dragon's aura, just ordinary martial clothes.

A Jianghu big brother, a hero's appearance.

His figure was majestic, giving people a reliable feeling.

But when his voice sank slightly, it made people involuntarily look up again, like gazing at the eternal Saint Winter Peak.

"If the tribulation fruit is not formed, the great dao is hard to achieve. Of course, she also needs another way."

"With me and Fu Huan, plus wise brother, she can't escape."

The reliable emperor calmly described the life and death of another transcendent strong person who dared to gaze, as if saying a simple thing, "Yan Sheng can do it in Meng Du, which is also good to make her relax her vigilance."

"To arrange such a large lineup, the premise is that we can take out the divine power of destroying the country that she carries, and the ironclad proof that she is about to bring disaster to the world." Today's Jiang Zhenjun had learned early on to hide his emotions, making it impossible for people to see his feelings, "Otherwise, wouldn't all the world's sects be in danger?"

Although the contemporary era was an era of states, there was still an invisible boundary between states and sects. Unseen, intangible, but it truly existed.

Inherited from the ancient world's great sects, and representing the contemporary world's countries, they cooperated with each other, even fused, but also clearly divided.

Just like Chu Country exterminating Nan Dou, they needed to first have Nan Dou Hall collude with Three Points Fragrance Building, transporting the crime of Peach Blossom Spring, only then would the world's great sects have no reason to come to their aid. And for Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing killing Gao Zheng, everyone in the world recognized that it was reasonable for Yan Sheng to find her and ask for an explanation.

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Of course, the reason is thus. There still needs to be power to maintain reason, only then can people talk to you properly.

"Who in the world doesn't know Jiang Wang's name!" Hong Junyan shouted loudly, giving heavy trust, "Jiang old brother's words are just ironclad proof!"

Jiang Wang only smiled, "Big Brother Hong, although Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing and I have some disagreements, it's not yet at the point of life and death. Old Mister Yan also only wanted an explanation from beginning to end, to comfort Gao Zheng's dead soul."

He wasn't someone with a soft heart.

But he really didn't trust this good older brother.

If the three of them joined forces, he didn't know if Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing could escape. He only knew that if Hong Junyan, Fu Huan, and Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing joined forces, he definitely couldn't escape...

Did he really think Big Brother Hong had no temper?

Since he decided to cooperate with Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing, he didn't care about his current reputation.

Thousands of words said, Jiang someone driving away Three Points Fragrance Building did indeed dismantle Li Country's help. Finding an opportunity to kill the person named Jiang was not something that couldn't be done.

As for the ironclad proof that Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing carried the divine power of destroying the country and was about to bring disaster to the world, how could Hong Junyan not have it? If he couldn't confirm Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing's path, it would absolutely be impossible for him to talk about cooperation with Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing, to plot the northern border war beasts, and dominate Jing.

In this kind of situation, where family life is all on the gambling table, there must be enough trust between Hong Junyan and Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing.

Big Brother Hong and Old Brother Jiang, on the other hand, only had oral friendship, believing each other's words.

Did he really think that shouting "Jiang old brother" a few times meant they were relatives?

Even true relatives, even one's own son, would have to make way in front of Big Brother Hong's grand cause.

Didn't you see Hong Xingjian, who now held the title of pope, staying behind closed doors every day, wishing to be a transparent person.

Anyway, he called him Big Brother, he said polite words, flattery and praise were all fine. A little small help was also acceptable. If Big Brother Hong really asked him to do something he wasn't sure about, he would just say 'ah?'.

"Hahaha!" Hong Junyan laughed heartily, "I didn't expect wise brother to be so soft-hearted!"

Jiang Wang laughed purely, "This little brother is indeed unwilling to see blood, preferring literary battles over martial battles."

Hong Junyan asked, "Suppose, I say suppose—suppose Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing really carries the divine power of destroying the country. Should she just die?"

Jiang Wang was unmoved, "Whether a person should die has nothing to do with the divine power they were born with, but with the things they want to do. He Chonghua carried the divine power of righteousness, but I didn't see him doing loyal good. Xiong Yizheng originated from the left path and side doors, but instead interpreted righteousness."

"Wise brother is not dogmatic, he is a truly well-read moral scholar." Hong Junyan praised him greatly, then changed the subject, "But sometimes he is also bound by morality."

"A hero's righteousness, praised by the world. Governing the country with righteousness, how is that a good prescription? Chu Country's thousand-year chronic illness, only now eased, has already seen the answer. You can see that morality is not the only standard for measuring right and wrong."

"Put time in the present, subvert a country with cruel means, form disaster, conclude the tribulation fruit. It is indeed not a means worth promoting."

Hong Junyan said, "But if we pull time longer, before the inevitable end of perishing, destroying the foundation of this country's rule as soon as possible, disintegrating useless yet intense resistance, how is that not trying to preserve the living force of this country?"

He looked at Jiang Wang, "I know what wise brother means. Some things shouldn't happen, like the first Qi Xia war, Zhong Xuan and Chu Liang slaughtering the enemy's rear. The second Qi Xia war, An Le Bo leading the disaster water to pour into the human world... Even if you win, it's considered cruel, and the loser will forever bear the name of shame."

He sighed with emotion, but emphasized that he recognized the truth, "But this is just war. War is just using every means, only seeking the final victory."

Jiang Wang was accepting this rebuke on Hug Snow Peak, while Big Brother Hong was still on Eternal Saint Winter Peak.

One side of the ice mirror was suspended in the air.

The mirror reflected two mountains, truly different snow.

The snow behind him was like cotton floss. He stood alone here, which was a mountain upon a mountain.

"Military strategy is of course the art of pursuing victory, but I think, before military experts fully display their talent, there should also be a boundary for this military chess game." He said seriously, "Even in war, civilians should not be slaughtered."

This kind of seriousness appearing on an adult's face is sometimes laughable.

"At most, it's just a conscience rebuke." Hong Junyan laughed, "Because this rule doesn't exist in the world."

Jiang Wang nodded in agreement, "That's because I'm still not strong enough."

Hong Junyan was unexpectedly stunned for a moment.

Jiang Wang no longer displayed his warm and good laughter, but he was also not fierce or serious. He just expressed himself peacefully, and made Hong Junyan feel an incomparable strength!

This strength of "must change the world", he had seen in Tang Yu, in Ji Yusu, Ji Yanqiu and the others, and also in his own eyes.

Now, it was rekindled in the eyes of a thirty-one-year-old junior.

Thousands of years of life, suddenly like a snap of the fingers.

The Snow Plain's emperor's tone was inexplicably melancholy, "Having responsibility is not a bad thing, but going overboard. Managing too much, will inevitably be disliked by people."

Jiang Wang was still calm. He no longer needed to bare his teeth and claws to express his strength. He had his peaceful order, he had his firm future. After wind and rain, his inner world would finally be known by the world.

"First, say that those who kill people have sin, and will certainly be disliked by the killed."

"But those who were killed and will be killed, should they be supported?"

He said calmly, "The latter is just the larger part."

This was the great reason of Han Gui!

Hong Junyan's eyes were deep, "You are no longer among that part of the people early on."

Jiang Wang only said, "I once was. You once were too."