Everyone looked up at the sky, Li Xiaofei was no exception, Li Xiaofei only hated himself for why he didn't come to ask for rain a day in advance, if this rain fell, Li Xiaofei would lose his head.

But the strange thing is that the rain has not fallen, but the lightning and thunder and the wind have continued.

"Li Xiaofei is not the Son of Heaven, staying where the Son of Heaven should go, how can this heaven rain down? The old slave asked His Majesty to personally go to the altar to worship the heavens and ask for Ganlin for the people of Limin! Qin Zhong was the first to say loudly

The important ministers of the court are not there, and the biggest official position is Tan Yancan, Taichang Shaoqing, Tan Yancan also got up and pointed at Li Xiaofei and said: "Li Xiaofei has too many sins, how can he stay on the altar of earth!" Come down."

Zongzheng Liu Wenxin also immediately shouted: "Please Your Majesty go to the altar early to save the people of Li!" ”

All the officials seconded the proposal, Qin Zhong and Liu Wenxin carried Liu Jian to the altar of the earth on the left and right, and Li Xiaofei understood that he would retreat and kneel under the altar in time.

After Liu Jian ascended the altar, he muttered in a low voice: "If I can't ask for rain, I will go back and cure the sins of the two of you first!" ”

"Your Majesty just shouts, Dragon King! I command you to rain down on my people. If you don't rain down, I will cure you of your sins!" ”

Liu Jian reacted quickly, so he immediately drew his sword and pointed at the sky: "Dragon King!" I command you to rain down on my people. If you don't rain down, I will cure you of your sins!" ”

Less than a quarter of an hour after Liu Jian finished speaking, the raindrops began to hit everyone.

"Hooray! Hooray, hooray! Your Majesty is wise and powerful, commanding the Dragon King, don't dare to disobey! ”

"This is a miracle of the Son of Heaven! Hooray, hooray, hooray! ”

"Your Majesty drew his sword and angrily slashed the Dragon King and rained down, which will be praised for all generations!"

The rain became heavier and more urgent, but the sound of the mountain shouting long live continued to shake the heavens and the earth.

This rain and the long live mountain call alleviated the drought for more than a month, and also put an end to the rumors.

The street talk began to talk about the story of the emperor who killed the dragon king with a sword, no, there are many versions, such as the emperor leading the heavenly soldiers and generals to fight the drought and so on.

The story of Liu Jian drawing his sword and slaying the dragon and raining rain didn't take long to reach the ears of Pharmacist Zhu.

The monarchs and ministers of Luoyang discussed for a while, but they didn't figure things out.

In fact, only Qin Zhong and Qin Tianjian Guo Yixing knew the inside story about this matter, everything was within Guo Yixing's calculations!

However, Li Xiaofei's matter still has to come to an end, and Liu Jian immediately convened a court meeting to discuss the disposal of Li Xiaofei's matter.

In the statements of the officials, Li Xiaofei committed thousands of crimes, the most serious of which was the embezzlement of 3,000 yuan in the treasury of Linjiang State.

Originally, Liu Jian was going to get off the donkey and punish him with three glasses of wine, but at this time, Di Jing, the secretary of Dali Temple, insisted on exile Li Xiaofei to Lingnan, otherwise he would die in the palace defending the law.

"Since Li Xiaofei has committed so many big crimes, not punishing them is not enough to make the people angry! demoted Li Xiaofei from the capital and exiled to Lingnan to serve as the county guard of Nanhai County! You can't return to Beijing unless you are called! ”

Where is this exile, this is the release of the feudal officials. But at that time, except for the locals of Lingnan, the people of the Central Plains went to Lingnan almost nine deaths.

"Historical Records: The Biography of the Goods and Colonies" Zeng Yun "Lingnan is humble and wet, and her husband died early". Especially for the Central Plains people who are new to Lingnan, they are already prone to physical weakness due to unaccustomed water and soil, and coupled with the rampant virus, they are likely to face the threat of death.

Coupled with the legendary beehives with large houses, poisonous mushrooms that are one foot high, and leeches and poisonous snakes all over the mountain, the ministers in the court all think that the emperor wants to borrow a knife to kill people, or that Li Xiaofei is resigned to his fate.

Moreover, Lingnan has long been the territory of the Chen family, and it has not been sent to the county guard for 30 years, and all affairs are taken care of by the county Sima Chen Wen.

Even if Li Xiaofei successfully arrived in Nanhai County, I'm afraid

It's hard to end well, that's what everyone thinks.

However, after Li Xiaofei returned home, the emperor sent someone to send a secret decree, the decree was that only Li Xiaofei needed to go alone, and he could also choose 3,000 soldiers from Lingnan to set off together.

Murong Qing shouted that he wanted to go to Lingnan together, and the family wanted to live and die together.

Hongrui was very calm, picked up the secret decree and looked at it carefully a few times, and sure enough, the secret decree had a mezzanine, and there were still things in it.

Hongrui opened the secret decree, and there was another decree in the mezzanine, and there was only one character in the will: "Act cheaply with Chen Hongyi!" ”

Li Xiaofei looked at these eight words, and was just about to speak, when Hongrui made a silent gesture.

"Beware of the ears on the wall!" As she spoke, Hongrui motioned to the maid to bring pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and began to write her judgment.

Hongrui thinks that the events of the past year seem to be manipulated by someone behind it, and the purpose is to act a play for others to see.

The audience includes, but is not limited to, Zhu Yaoshi, Cui Ju, and some local forces, perhaps for everyone in the world.

The purpose is to send cronies like Li Xiaofei to Lingnan to join Chen Hongyi.

Maybe this cheap action is to clean up Cui Ju, after all, if you go outside, you must first settle inside.

However, Murong Qing was still very worried: "I heard that there are poisonous miasma everywhere in Lingnan, in case there are three long and two short, everything is a lie!" ”

"I think the imperial court has its own arrangements, and this is what it means to order the prime minister to bring soldiers from Lingnan." Hongrui said

As soon as the words fell, a cart of medicinal materials sent from the palace arrived, and Hongrui opened it to see that it was indeed all medicinal materials for the prevention and treatment of poisonous miasma.

Li Xiaofei looked at Hongrui and then at Murong Qing, half speechless, just sitting and sighing.

"You are content, it is a blessing to be able to retreat this time, why can't you let go of this child's affection?" Hongrui tugged at Li Xiaofei's ear, but didn't use any force

"I'm relieved that I can't be leisurely, the last time I went to the palace, she refused to recognize me as a father"

As soon as Hongrui heard this, she immediately let go and sighed: "We even have the emperor's life, since Youran has been canonized as a princess in the palace, if we are not satisfied, we will be burdened with leisurely!" ”

When Murong Qing saw the two of them like this, he was a little angry: "Isn't this clearly taking Youran as a hostage?" Another day, I will ask Brother Ling to rescue Youran, and our family will go back to Tu Gu Hun! ”

"It's all my fault, as long as I'm still in the day, I'll be watched out for wherever I go! Forget it, you can often go to the palace to see her when you have time! ”

"The emperor's decree does not prohibit our sisters from going with you! So this time, I want to go to Lingnan with you" Hongrui looked at Murong Qing but spoke to Li Xiaofei

"What my sister said is exactly what I want to say, let's go together, I want to see what is the difference between the sea in Lingnan and our West Sea"

"You have to think about it, the south is damp and hot, and the poisonous miasma is everywhere, I don't want you to have anything to do!"

"Don't be a mother-in-law, it's better for the family to be together, and it's better to take care of each other if you don't see each other!" Murong Qing said extremely simply

Hongrui took Li Xiaofei's hand: "Sister Qing is right, let's go together!" ”

Li Xiaofei finally couldn't resist the strong request of the two wives, so he had to take them with him.

To go to Lingnan, you have to pass through Cui Ju's territory, and Hongrui is a little worried about this.

Li Xiaofei smiled faintly, "No matter how bold Cui Ju is, he will not openly rob the imperial court officials, although I was demoted from the capital, I am still a local official." Besides, I have three thousand guards! ”

"The open knife is easy to dodge and the dark arrow is difficult to prevent, so it's better to be careful!"

"Since that's the case, then I won't go through Cui Ju's territory!" Li Xiaofei returned

"Then can you still go to Zhu

The Jiangnan occupied by the pharmacist is not successful? Hongrui asked

"Yes, we don't take the usual road, we will take the waterway and go straight to Songjiangkou when we arrive in Wuchang! Cui Ju couldn't have imagined that this route would not be staring at such a degraded official as me, as Medicine Master Zhu had just moved the capital! ”

After arriving in Wuchang, Li Xiaofei and his entourage did not enter the city, but went to the naval camp along the river, and bought 20 large and small boats to go east along the river.

Since Pharmacist Zhu moved the capital to Luoyang, the business of Jinling has become more developed, the original Pharmacist Zhu was in Jinling, and some businesses were not dared to do, but now any business can be done.

At this time, after Zhu Yaoshi moved the capital to Luoyang, he accepted the proposal of the hundred officials and changed the name of the country to Great Wei, so the cities along the way were replaced with the banners of the Wei army.

When Li Xiaofei and his entourage cautiously passed outside Jinling City, they encountered the Wei army interrogating them, and they all tightened their grips on the weapons hidden on their bodies and prepared to fight.

The captain of the Wei army's patrol patted Li Xiaofei on the shoulder: "It's your first time doing business!" Don't be nervous, as long as you have enough goods, let alone buy food, even this Jinling City can sell it to you! ”

It turned out that the Wei army regarded them as businessmen from the Liang State who came to buy grain, so Li Xiaofei had no choice but to follow the words, and spent 1,000 guan to buy grain and load it on the ship and continue to go east.

When you reach the mouth of the Songjiang River, you are about to enter the sea, and the boats that are allowed to gallop in these rivers can no longer go.

Li Xiaofei led people to the south bank, and walked south along the pipeline in exchange for the Wei army flag.

There was no one along the road to check, after all, it was also an army of more than 3,000 people.

Because of the heavy loads, the road was relatively slow, and some local officials in charge reported the movements of this army to Sun Hanwei, the assassin of Yangzhou in Wei State.

Sun Hanwei was taken aback, he did not receive any documents or decrees from the imperial court, and this army of more than 3,000 people was not sent by the imperial court.

So Sun Hanwei ordered all counties to send troops to besiege this army.

By the time the troops were dispatched from all over the country, Li Xiaofei had already left the control of Wei with his people and entered the deserted mountains.

Along the way, not a single person died, but there were a dozen people who snuck away.

The poisonous miasma tigers, poisonous snakes, and poisonous bees that have been guarding against them have not harmed them, and the tigers they occasionally encounter also ran away with a few long howls.

People always feel that everything will hurt them, but in fact, the one who hurts people the most is themselves.

Man's cruelty to people sometimes exceeds that of animals.

Lingnan soldiers would cut down many trees along the way, Li Xiaofei wanted to stop it, Hua Xiaoan beside him said: "I asked them, walking in this kind of dense forest, you must expose enough gaps for yang energy to penetrate in!" Otherwise, it will be easy for people to suck in the miasma. ”

"I see, it's just a pity that these trees finally grew to a few zhang high" Li Xiaofei looked at the tree that fell to the ground

"Li Dashuai doesn't have to be like this, these trees are left, and the mountain people can carry them back to build houses, which is also for the benefit of the people!" Hua Xiaoan said

Cui Ju had already known the news that Li Xiaofei was going to Lingnan, and he really sent heavy troops to prepare to intercept it on the main road, but he waited for a month without news, and later learned that Li Xiaofei actually swaggered away from Pharmacist Zhu's territory.

After Sun Hanwei learned that it was Li Xiaofei's team that crossed the border from Jiangnan, he didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly sent his cronies to Luoyang to report the news.

After Li Xiaofei left, the Chen family army was reorganized into the Rong Yi Army, which was personally led by Emperor Liu Jian.

At this time, each battalion already had a prison army from the palace, and the emperor's reorganization of the Chen family army was carried out very smoothly.

The reason is very simple, since the emperor himself is the commander-in-chief, then there are no longer so many suspicious things, and he gets more privileges.