A flash later, until the 20th year of Zhizheng, that is, 1360, Liu Ji, who had already entered and resigned for the fourth time, received a letter of reception at his door.

When he held this generous and sincere document in his hand, Liu Ji looked at the invitation letter with a somewhat sloppy handwriting, and the flying dragons and phoenixes in his hand, which looked like ghostly symbols. It was obvious that the words were not written by a real literati.

When he was inside, he threw it aside without hesitation.

Zhu Sheng, the friend's name mentioned several times in the letter, was the real protagonist in the letter. He comforted Zhu Sheng more than once in his heart: You are a bastard. Just forget it if you don't want to do it. Why do you have to drag me along?

The uncle went into the water.

What kind of thing is that poor beggar with an electric discharge on his forehead? I have never dealt with you, let alone wanted to deal with you. You didn't even inform me, let alone ask for my opinion.

You decided to sell me out. What do you mean by doing this?

Are you still my brother? Where has the confidentiality agreement we agreed with each other gone?

In view of your kindness to me, you'd better hide in Niudang Mountain and pray to God not to let me see you again. Otherwise, I will beat you once I see you, and I will beat you twice when I see you twice.

Even though I am a scholar, as a scholar I usually do not bully others, but when I bully others I am no longer a human being.

As for the character in the letter whom he had heard a little about, the bald donkey with an excellent reputation in his mind, he looked down on him from the bottom of his heart. For such a reckless man, as a person

He doesn't look down on the literati at all.

This guy who doesn't have hair on his head but can only discharge electricity everywhere is just a reckless guy at best. He is a character no better than Fang Guozhen, and even worse than him.

Let the uncles who are well-read in poetry and literature serve these uncultured rioters, and serve you, these reckless people who only know how to fight and kill, and live your daydreams in the blue sky!

Let me serve you bastards and blind their eyes.

Therefore, Liu Ji, as a literati leader, simply refused this kind invitation.

At the same time, he also rejected the owner of this invitation letter.

This owner’s name is: Zhu Yuanzhang!

Although I am now completely disappointed with the ruling dynasty, after all, Liu Ji, who once served this court and regarded the modern Yuan Dynasty as orthodox, looked down on Zhu Yuanzhang, who came from a reckless background, from the bottom of his heart.

Now under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, outstanding figures such as Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang, etc. have indeed emerged. However, in Liu Ji's view, these people are just some rebellious rioters. They are a group of people who can only prosper for a while and disappear in a flash.

The rabble that was destroyed.

The reason why this group of rabble-rousers was able to develop was, firstly, because their boss was a desperado who had no fear of life or death, a man with a fat waist and a high heart, and more importantly, because they had not yet met a real person.

As the main force of the Yuan Dynasty, as long as the Yuan army launches a large-scale conquest, this rabble will immediately fall apart.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in Jinling, learned that Liu Ji, who had been kindly inviting him, did not give any face to his envoy Sun Yan, nor did he give any face to himself, the boss behind the scenes, and he had no intention of following him to create prosperity together.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who already had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, had smoke in his lungs and fire in his eyes.

I'll hit your lungs!

Man, since the rebellion, no one has dared to directly reject me.

You, Liu Ji, are considered the first.

You are so awesome, you Liu Ji are so awesome!

For the sake of your arrogance, to vent the anger in my heart, and to show off my stubborn temper that keeps me going and going backwards, I have decided that I will end up with you today.

It depends on whether you are an ox with a strong temper, or you are a donkey with a bad temper.

After learning from Li Shanchang and other literati with lofty ideals that Zhuge Liang had visited the thatched cottage three times before leaving the mountain, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already prepared for the long term, gasped for breath and handed a handwritten letter into the hands of Sun Yan.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was well aware of the nobility of the literati and the extraordinary figure of the literary world, learned a lesson after being rejected once and quickly changed his war strategy. He sent his famous negotiator Sun Yan to invite him and went with Sun Yan.

There are also gold and silver jewelry that Zhu Yuanzhang has prepared.

As a martial artist, Zhu Yuanzhang firmly believed that it would be difficult for anyone to refuse in the face of such huge benefits.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who always believed that money can make the world go round, started his money offensive after his literary tactics failed.

As a military minister of the generation, Zhu Yuanzhang really did not believe that there were people in the world who could not afford food and salt, and could not afford daily necessities.

The soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of the horizontal ones, and the horizontal ones are afraid of death.

I really don’t believe you are a stubborn master.

And when Liu Ji faced Zhu Yuanzhang's actions, and when he faced Sun Yan, who was definitely a good friend even though he was not a confidant, Liu Ji still followed his consistent advice.

Faced with the warm invitation of his friends and the money offensive that could be said to be a dazzling moment of wealth for him, Liu Ji, who was born as a scholar and had a strong heart, once again rejected Zhu Yuanzhang's invitation.

However, as his best friend, due to the existence of friendship between friends, Liu Ji did not want to make the relationship with Sun Yan too tense. After Sun Yan left, Liu Ji gave him a sword that he had collected for a long time.

Sun Yan.

It is disrespectful to come and go without reciprocating. In order to give you Sun Yan face, I can only reluctantly part ways with you.

In order to ease the tragic feelings in his heart, and to ease the awkward atmosphere between the two parties as former friends, Liu Ji wrote a letter at the same time. After a while of writing and inking, an absolutely majestic rejection poem was sent together with the sword.

It’s Sun Yan.

When Sun Yan, who had just returned from his trip, received the sword and poems from Liu Ji, Sun Yan, who was unhappy, did not buy the sword given by Liu Ji.

When he carefully read this poem, which was absolutely original and not plagiarized and had absolute intellectual property rights, it was obvious that this poem, which was absolutely surging in Sun Yan's eyes, was not written to himself but to his master. He

My palms were sweating and my eyes were burning.

If this document, which is obviously full of provocations and warnings, is handed over to the higher-ups, then whether or not I can keep my bowl of rice is a secondary matter. Whether I, a slut, can hold it on my shoulders is another matter.

As a pure scholar, Sun Yan has completely given up his career this time.

He really didn't expect that the people he dealt with all day long were actually a group of people who were holding back and holding back like stubborn donkeys.

Needless to say, the boss of his family is famous for his reputation as Bald Donkey. In the army, no one knows about him, and no one dares to mess with him. But what he didn’t expect today was that he

A literary figure whom I knew in the eyes of a former friend, a guy I always thought I knew very well but never knew he was familiar with, turned out to be a bison character who was even more stubborn and difficult to deal with than his boss.

On one side is the high-pressure military order of his boss who will die if he fails to complete the task, and on the other side is his former friend who has repositioned and re-evaluated him. Being caught between these two people, nothing can be accomplished.

Faced with the military order that his boss would not tolerate refutation of, Sun Yan would definitely end up accomplishing nothing in the army if he failed to do so. He looked at the exquisite dagger in his hand, his eyes filled with anger and he cursed in his heart.

Liu Ji, your conscience is greatly damaged.

Is this how you treat your brothers?

Sir, I have finally earned my position through hard work. Today, it is because of your lack of cooperation that I have lost my reputation, my position, and my future.

From now on, when you go out, don't tell me that I know you.

The relationship between the two of us is severed from now on.

As for the broken knife you gave me as a gift, it is worthless compared to my future.

Everything today is thanks to you. In order to vent the anger and depression in my heart, how did you send me this broken knife? How can I send it back to you?

You'd better keep it to yourself!

As for whether you are always holding this old, worn-out, chipped dagger, whether you want it to give birth to babies, or simply use it to commit suicide by caesarean section, or self-mutilation, that is your freedom, it is up to you.

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From now on, your affairs have nothing to do with me.

At the same time, while returning the dagger and documents to you, sir, I will give you a final letter as a return gift. I will give you a "Song of Swords" that is not very exciting but absolutely decisive, and also express my feelings about our relationship.

future affection.

From now on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other;

From now on, there will be no sworn ties between you and me.

The content of "Song of Swords" is as follows:

The sword is bright and powerful, and if you wear it, you can become a dragon.

It's just that the ancient snow in Yinshan Mountain has formed this green hibiscus for whom.

I don't dare to play when I see the dragon spirit, and my righteousness goes straight through the cold blue sky.

Return it to your Majesty and show it to the Lord, if there is a severe drought in the year, it will be a rain.

This poem may have been regarded as a poem at the time, but today it should be regarded as a one-word article. Its general content is: You keep giving me such a good sword, but I can't afford it. I'm afraid that my life will be shortened.

You can be considered an accomplished person. Since you know astronomy and geography, you must also know who the future Ming Dynasty will be.

Instead of giving such a good thing to me and wasting such a precious resource, you might as well take this opportunity to give it to someone who you think will achieve great things in the future. I believe that if your guess is right, even if you meet someone when you give it,

Similar to this year's severe drought, which has not happened in a century, rain will surely fall from the sky and benefit the world.

After writing "Song of the Sword", Sun Yan, as a negotiator, had someone send it to Liu Ji without any further comment.

When faced with this letter, which was more of a letter of breaking off relations, Liu Ji, who already felt that he had gone too far and played too big, finally began to reflect deeply.

Since literati like Sun Yan, whom they admire a little, have broken away from the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and have taken refuge with the rough heroes who they regard as wise masters in the eyes of the people, why do they still have to stick to the rules?

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I am no longer young now, and even if I have to struggle, I don’t have much time to do it.

Instead of suffering and wasting your youth here, why not jump out and start a vigorous career on your own.

Even if I die in the end and ascend to heaven to finish playing, my life will not be in vain.

From his youth to his current middle age, Liu Ji, who has been extremely disappointed with the modern imperial court and filled with hatred, began to re-judge the political rule of the Yuan Dynasty. Faced with the corruption of the Yuan Dynasty to the root, as a
To be continued...