After spending an afternoon in Ruo Ao Ziyan's courtroom, after coming out, although Peng Yan was praised for Li Chen's advice, he was still angry with him, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't roar loudly in the palace, he would have punched him a long time ago.

That's the first person in Da Chu!

Ruo Ao Ziyan!

Li Chen, this kid, usually looks at Duan Fang and knows how to advance and retreat, but today he is a little more bold!

It's a pity that Li Chen hasn't spoken to him yet, and the ox cart that Li Mansion came to pick up people is already waiting outside the palace: "You go back first, and I'll talk to you in detail after you change your mind." ”

Having said that, no matter how anxious Peng Yan was to discuss with him, he could only give up and go home separately, and late at night, Li Chen came out of the Chu Palace, and directly got into the ox cart sent by Li Lao to pick up people and returned to the Li Mansion.

As soon as he stepped into the inner courtyard, the housekeeper greeted him, holding an umbrella to cover the rain above Li Chen's head, and shook out the resentment that had accumulated over his time with reproach: "Son, the lord has been waiting for you for many days, but you can make the old slave embarrassed." ”

"Then don't let your uncle wait for a long time, the housekeeper should lead the way!"

Li Chen bowed his hand and motioned for the guards behind him to bow their heads and follow.

The butler did not shy away from it, and opened the door without changing his face, exposing the men and women in the room to the eyes of the young man and the guards.

A few twelve, thirteen, fourteen, still as immature as a virgin, saw someone coming, and immediately hid behind the old man in fright, hugged each other, and said, "My lord...... We ......"

But Li Lao didn't speak, just grabbed one of the concubines with his one-arm, his long nails dug into the snow-white skin, the woman's screams were loud enough to tear over the entire roof, outside the door Li Chen and his guards bent their backs lower, their ears shook, they all drooped down, deaf ears, until a long time later, a long gasp sounded in the room, and they slowly straightened their waists.

Even if you are in a high position, you are scheming.

Female sex is always the root of men's inferiority.

Seeing that the old man in his sixties had obviously been stripped of an arm, but in the past twenty days, he has continuously received dozens of concubines and concubines who are filial to the princes of the subordinate countries below.

At this time, Li Lao was as tired as a dead fish, and his goosebump chest was like a bellows agitation, lying on the couch with his white belly.

The housekeeper stepped forward silently, pulled a bear skin for him, wrapped him tightly, and ordered someone to add new wood to the copper furnace to prevent the wind evil from entering the body, and then said to the little lady who was still trembling on the bed: "New ladies, you can go back to your room to rest!"

"Yes, yes, butler......"

Several concubines panicked under the gaze of a group of visitors, closed their clothes, tied their belts, and then slipped out of the house with scattered black hair, like a few loaches, quickly drilled out of the house and disappeared outside the courtyard.

After a long time, Li Laocai put on his shirt with the help of the housekeeper, drank a sip of turtle soup, came to his senses, and raised his hand to signal Li Chen: "Come in!"

The young man took off his cloak and handed it to the guards behind him, before he bowed down and walked into the inner hall full of wormwood, respectfully bowed to the end, and kowtowed three times to the old man who was hugging the old man in black bear skin on the couch and said, "Li Chen has seen his uncle, and his uncle's body is still healthy in the past five years?"

"My arms are broken, how can I be strong?"

Li Lao half-lowered his gaze, half-like old Longzhong and said, "If you don't come back, I'm afraid that my leg will also step into the grave." ”

The maid served the hot soup and the cloth towel, and when she heard this cold sentence of open and secret questioning, the hand holding the cloth towel shook, and the hand that fell on Li Lao's broken right arm couldn't help but weigh two points, only to see the old man directly kick the maid to the ground, with a hideous face: "Waste, do you want the old man to die of pain!"

"Spare your life!"

The maid immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Li Chen did not plead, his eyes and nose looked at his nose, and his nose knelt on the ground.

Li Lao raised his eyebrows, turned his head suddenly, and scolded the subordinates on both sides: "If there is a next time, you will accompany her to die." ”

All the attendants knelt down in fear, and in the dim light, the maid clenched her teeth tightly, and was dragged out in the midst of crying and shouting, and the butler patted Li Lao's chest and asked him to calm his anger.

Li Chen also spoke: "Li Chen is useless, I regret that I didn't know about the chaos in the country in advance, so I let my uncle suffer for my Li family." ”

"Hmph. ”

Li Lao held the handkerchief and carefully wiped his broken arm, his eyes were black, and he let out a cold snort: "Finally, someone in this family said something." ”

"Father entrusted Li Chen to his uncle, and my uncle has been cultivating him carefully in the past 20 years, Li Chen has nothing to repay, if he learns the news in the morning, he will definitely rush into the city with his life and protect his uncle!" Li Chen said sincerely.

"Let's not talk about what happened, my uncle knows that you are also caring for your family outside the city these days. ”

Knowing that he didn't have half the truth in his mouth, Li Lao wrapped the bear skin on his body tightly, and half-pulled up the young man who was kneeling on the ground and said, "It's cold, let's talk at the table, otherwise if you have any more errands, my Li clan will really have no one." ”

"Thank you, uncle......"

Li Chen bowed deeply to the end, with tears of gratitude, and knelt on the tiger skin carpet spread on the ground.

"Let's talk about why the Duke of Chu left you alone today, and you also gave you a pair of jade bibs. "Avoid beating around the bush, Li Lao got straight to the point.

As soon as these words came out, Li Chen knelt in the seat, knowing that nothing inside or outside the city could escape the ears and eyes of his uncle, and at this time it was just a routine question, so he replied: "Uncle Mingcha, Duke Chu is going to incorporate my second division. ”

Li Lao leaned on the couch, but when he heard this, he clapped his hands and sighed: "Ling Yin's greatest ability is to teach a good son!"

"So many of our families, including the king, just don't have a good son......"

After sighing, he thought to himself again: "He wants to take in all of you, not only to strengthen himself, but also to guard against Sun Hou." Even if Sun Hou got the news and dared to lead his troops back to Yingdu, with you Shenxi Ercheng located on the side of Wancheng, it will definitely form a constraint on him, after he sent troops, he can immediately control the situation in Wancheng and prevent the invasion of the Central Plains. ”

"At that time, the Sun family will not be able to keep even the last breath of incense. ”

"Miserable......"

Speaking of this, Li Lao's withered face showed a trace of sincere sadness, leaning on the bearskin copper back, silent for a long time, and then suddenly turned his dry gaze to the young man in the upper room, as if he was looking at his other self.

The former teenager has grown up, and his once feminine temperament has become broader under years of experience, and his gaze at the young man has gradually become firm: "Say it!"

"How did you answer? ”

"I said that I listened to the imperial court, and Peng County Yin expressed his willingness to accept the incorporation. ”

"Hmph, Imperial Court!"

Li Lao was nestled in the bear skin, and suddenly laughed: "Haha...... Which court do you listen to? What court else can you listen to now?...... You're trying to find death, and you're going to pull our whole clan ?......."

At the end of the laugh, Li Lao's smile was gone, only a fierce face: "Don't think that others can't see through the dirty thoughts hidden in your stomach!"

"Hmph, you can't hide it!"

Li Chen said: "Li Chen only felt that he had just arrived, and he had never returned to the house to pay homage to his uncle, so he replied to Chu Gong like this. In the minister's mind, his uncle said that whoever the court is who's, and Li Chen only listens to his uncle in this life. ”

Hear this answer.

Li Lao snorted coldly, and then leaned back on the soft support on the couch, and warned with half-squinted eyes: "Don't cause trouble for the family at this time is your greatest reward to the family." ”

"No. ”

Li Chen knelt on the white tiger skin in response.

After a long time, he said regretfully: "It's a pity that my nephew came back this time, and he didn't help his brothers, nor did he win any credit for the family. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Lao looked at Li Chen, who had come with the troops for several days but was finally a step late, and finally sighed: "Yes...... If you take a slow step, you will take a slow step!"

"My son doesn't think so, as long as my father is safe, it is the greatest blessing of my Li family. ”

Li Li didn't know when he got the news, so he quietly touched in, and when he heard Li Lao's words, he knelt at his feet and pinched the old man's leg bone and persuaded gently.

Li Chen rolled his eyes and glanced at Li Li, who was speaking, and bowed his head and said, "What the eldest brother said is true." ”

However, Li Chen and Li Li's words did not exchange for the old man's pleasant face: "No blessing can compare to all hands and feet, you brothers are promising!"

Li Li and Li Chen immediately kowtowed.

"Father taught me a lesson!"

"Uncle taught me a lesson!"

Li Lao didn't speak, just wrapped in a black bear skin, stretched an old face, and touched his broken arm back and forth for a long time without speaking.

Li Chen spoke again: "Then dare to ask my uncle, today's matter, but I offended the Duke of Chu because of this?"

"What, you offended Duke Chu?!"

Li Li didn't hear the first half of the conversation, but the sentence "offended Duke Chu" immediately frightened him, but he received a cold look from Li Lao.

Li Li felt uncomfortable in his heart, but his face was closed.

Li Lao looked at Li Chen: "What did you plan to do about this?"

"On the way back to my uncle and nephew, I have been rumored that there will be a catastrophe in this city, but is it true?" Li Chen did not answer, but asked.

Li Li was displeased when he heard this.

As the illegitimate son of the family, Li Chen has already transgressed what he said just now, so he should naturally beat him.

He immediately reprimanded: "I said that you have just come back, and you must not take those hearsay seriously! Yue Jiao is dead, the inside and outside have been peaceful, and in the future, His Royal Highness will ascend the throne, and the Duke of Chu will be regent, and there will be no more chaos in my Great Chu." ”

Li Lao waved his hand to interrupt: "They are all their own brothers, speak politely, just like a family!"

"Otherwise, outsiders will still think that you are brothers and enemies like Ruo Ao. ”

"Discuss everything!"

Cousins should be again.

After a long time, Li Chen glanced at the old man again, knelt on the ground and bowed down and said, "Just now the eldest brother said that what Li Chen heard all the way is a false thing, but Li Chen feels that there may not be some truth in these rumors. ”

"So what's true and what's false?"

Li Lao rose up to study his mind and asked back.

"It is rumored that the ghosts and malaria in the city are raging, so it is not that people's hearts are in turmoil. Li Chen replied calmly.

"Hahaha......"

Li Lao clapped his hands and laughed: "According to the old man's eyes, how can there be so many mountain ghosts in this world! They and that bullshit god are basically brothers in the same litter." The gods wanted the world to throw themselves into his arms enthusiastically, but the world pushed him away, so the gods who were high up in the temples were not happy, and sent his brother mountain ghosts to teach the disobedient people a lesson. ”

Li Chen continued: "Ghosts and gods are not omnipotent, and lies are omnipotent. ”

"It can bring mortals back into the arms of the gods. ”

"Hahaha......"

Li Li was confused by the words of the two of them, what kind of brother? What lies? What returned to the arms of the gods?

What a mess......

What a dumb riddle!

"Then who do you say is benefiting from this?"

"It seems that there are three parties to benefit from this matter, the high priest, the Duke of Chu, and us. ”

"What does it mean to look like the three parties are profiting, but I don't know that this matter was planned by my father. Li Li replied smugly: "More than half of what you hear is the rumor of your father's release." ”

"To confuse the public. ”

"In the coming day, we still have a big move, and this is exactly what my father tried to summon you back to. ”

Although Li Lao was dissatisfied with Li Li's early disclosure, he still naturally showed a trace of self-satisfaction on his face.

With Li Li's explanation, although Li Chen still had some doubts in his heart, he quickly responded: "Yes, thank you big brother for mentioning it!"

Through these recent incidents, Li Lao has been completely sure of Ruo Ziyan's ambiguous intentions after several temptations, so his confidence and courage are gradually increasing, and his posture has gradually become tougher. Next, all he needs is an appropriate moment to justifiably dismantle the last bit of political prestige for Ruo Ao Ziyan and completely end the breakthrough of her career as the Son of Heaven.

"Well, I will tell you a few things to do later, and you brothers must work together to do this great thing, which will be beneficial to your political career for the rest of your life. There was an incomprehensible smile on the corner of Li Lao's mouth, and then he slowly raised the broken right arm, the hatred in his eyes was so distinct, and the smile was so distorted, both painful and faintly excited: "Just let the old man wish you a helping hand with this arm." ”

"Yes, father. ”

"Yes, thank you, uncle. ”

And then the situation in the city of Yingdu was also as Li Li explained, and began to stage a bizarre political drama, and Li Chen was also instructed by Li Lao to play one or two of the roles, through the period when the Duke of Chu stayed in the palace to observe, he was secretly responsible for buying the palace people of the palace, and spent a lot of money to obtain all kinds of valuable news.

Under the heavy reward, the time they waited for soon came.

Because of the various internal and external problems of King Chu Mu this year, the Chu State, which had already been riddled with holes, finally caused a vicious epidemic situation that even the omnipotent Ruo Ao Ziyan was increasingly unable to control and end.

The matter of sacrifice can only come from the regulations of the Son of Heaven, and at this time, it is no longer possible to restrain the frightened hearts of the Chu people who are eager to bless those witches who are not valued on weekdays, and a small event that was originally so insignificant that it will never be known has been infinitely magnified, and finally set off a terrible storm in Yingdu, which later directly led to the abolition of the new monarch.

This may be the real political conspiracy that Li Lao, or the person who has been standing behind him, has been brewing.

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