Chapter Twenty-Three: The Art of Immortality

Li Xiaofei entered the palace, and the emperor already knew his intention, so he chose to meet Li Xiaofei in Fanglin Garden.

"Xiaofei, I know that you are here to intercede with that Guo Meng! It's not that I don't know something, but in this situation, some people have to sacrifice. Guo Meng made a mistake in committing public anger and offended the generals and soldiers! Sometimes I can only weigh the pros and cons, I know that Guo Mengben is not guilty, but if I don't punish him, I will treat the crime of thousands of soldiers from Zuo Sanxiang to murder, isn't this forcing them to mutiny? You are also the one who leads the troops, and you know that the generals will not be subject to the orders of the kings abroad, not to mention that they also have their difficulties, and the grain and grass are the most headaches for the use of troops abroad, if the grain and grass are sent out casually, won't these 5,000 men and horses starve to death? ”

Li Xiaofei nodded, "I understand, I know that Guo Meng will not escape death, and I also know that His Majesty wants to borrow his head." It's just that can his family forgive? ”

The emperor touched his beard, "Xiao Fei, the decision of Dali Temple, if I change it casually, what is the majesty of this Daliang law?" His family, who are not in prison yet, if someone kidnaps his family, then"

"The minister understands, if the minister is targeted in this matter, he will kill some people if he doesn't get it right!"

"I know that you have practiced the Huayang Sword Technique and are good at martial arts, but this kind of thing is not your turn to do, my Jin Liangwei just needs to do it! By the way, what do you think of the person Left Sanxiang? ”

Li Xiaofei was a little surprised, "Your Majesty, we are talking about the life and death of Guo Meng's family, not to mention that I don't know much about Zuo Sanxiang, and I am afraid it would be unfair to comment on it!" ”

"You don't hide it from me, Guo Meng told you all the things about Zuo Sanxiang in Dali Temple, and today I want to hear your opinion! Let's put it bluntly, I want to support newcomers in the army, this Zuo Sanxiang is very capable and skillful, I am very optimistic about him! ”

The emperor had already made his words clear, Li Xiaofei bit his lip, "Zuo Sanxiang is this person, marching and fighting is self-taught, Guo Meng can't get used to Zuo Sanxiang's arrogance, and he hates Zuo Sanxiang for causing him to end up beheaded." But in terms of marching and fighting, I still admire the left three phases, but the left three phases are too ruthless. Although it is a sharp sword for my future Liang, if there is no such eloquence as the emperor, I am afraid that I will not be able to suppress this person! ”

"You mean that if I am not there in the future, this left three phases will rebel?"

"The minister doesn't mean this, the minister is just worried that the generals will not be controlled by the court, and if the yang and yin violate the border land in the future, sooner or later they will rebel against the court!"

"You say that you are always worried about the future, do you know the current situation of the beam? What I want is a bold general like Zuo Sanxiang to share my worries! ”

"Under the leadership of Your Majesty, the four seas are leveled, the people live and work in peace and contentment, there are no strong enemies in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and Your Majesty has created a prosperous era!"

The emperor laughed dryly, "You, bad old man, you still can't change the habit of slapping sycophants." I tell you that the current Changping Protectorate only controls the Gaochang Kingdom, and the west of Gaochang is not only occupied by other countries, but also in recent years, there has been a damp poison country that has been eager to try near Gaochang, it is said that this damp poison country has a territory of thousands of miles with a million, and their king is called Morandin, who once came to Luoyang to spy on the reality of the Liang in disguise as a businessman. With such a strong enemy on my side, how could I not be worried? I used the Left Three Phases this time in the hope that he would be able to do some testing on the border to understand what the combat power of this Wet Poison Country was! ”

Li Xiaofei was taken aback when he heard the damp poison country, "Your Majesty, this damp poison country is probably bigger than the territory of Daliang, when the minister returned from the sea with the fleet, he passed through some cities in the south and belonged to this damp poison country, so to speak, the national strength of this damp poison country should not be underestimated." Your Majesty, I'm afraid that you can't easily start the border provocation? ”

"Petropolitan! Are you confused at sea, if such a strong enemy cannot fight him in my hands, will my descendants still have the courage to do it in the future? There are many things that our generation must do, otherwise this debt will have to be paid by our children and grandchildren, and the more we owe it, the worse it will be for our children and grandchildren in the future! I let Zuo Sanxiang fight this time, at least I know what the strength of the army of this wet poison country is, so we can make the next plan! ”

"Your Majesty's intentions are good, the minister understands, as long as Your Majesty gives an order, the minister can still fight for Your Majesty in the Western Regions!"

"It's not your turn yet, don't worry, by the way, tell me, if you attack the Wet Poison Country by sea, how long will it take?"

Li Xiaofei was a little suspicious of what the emperor said before, all kinds of signs showed that the emperor was determined to attack the damp poison country, could it be that this damp poison country was related to the legendary elixir.

"Your Majesty, it will take about a year for the Wet Poison Country to take a boat to our South China Sea Right County! Attacking the Wet Poison Country by sea, our army has traveled too far and far, I am afraid that before we reach the Wet Poison Country, the Wet Poison Country is already in full battle! When the time comes, if you can't go down to the city in a battle, you will lose your ground! ”

The emperor was a little displeased, "In this way, you can only count on the route of the Western Regions!" By the way, where is the Yinhan Empire you mentioned, how long will it take for Daliang to arrive at this Yinhan Empire, and how is their combat power? ”

"Except for the emperor He Jian, who is the same Middle-earth clan as us, the rest of the Yinhan Empire are all white or black, and the queen of this He Jian is called Emily, a white woman who is tall and strong! The combat power of the Silver Han Empire is far above our army, but the Silver Han Empire is too far away from us, the journey will take three years, and it must be guided by their magicians. Without a guide we can't find them on the island of the Far South! There is a spring on this island in the extreme south, drinking the water in it for a long time can have the effect of nourishing the skin and delaying aging, it is said that there is an eyeless fish in this spring, which can live forever if eaten, but the minister has not been able to catch this fish several times. This fish will spit fire and burn out the courtier's line and net! ”

The emperor's eyes lit up, especially when he heard the words "five years?" I'm sixty-one years old, well, I've been around for six years, and if I can catch this kind of fish, I'll have no problem eating it at the age of sixty-seven! However, won't this Yinhan Empire come to attack our Great Liang? Listen to your tone, this Yinhan Empire is much stronger than our Great Liang. Is that so? ”

Li Xiaofei didn't think too much about it, "Your Majesty, most of the people in this Yinhan Empire have learned the art of immortality, and they have no interest in fighting wars and making money, and the things they eat are very different from ours. Even if they were to come to Middle-earth, they wouldn't come! Your Majesty needs not worry, the people of the Silver Han Empire and the people of our Middle-earth cannot marry and have children, in short, we have no value to them to be conquered! ”

"Very good, your experience in the past ten years has taught me and the people of the world a lesson. It turned out that many emperors starting from Qin Shi Huang sent people to the sea to find immortals to pursue the art of immortality was not their wishful thinking, but that there were really immortals and immortal skills in this world. But I'm curious, since

Most of the people of the Yinhan Empire can live forever, so why don't they spend so much time conquering the world? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also wanted to eat this immortal fish at first, but later when he saw that some people of the Yinhan Empire begged for death but couldn't, the minister gave up! If people don't die all the time, it's actually a kind of torture, they have eaten and played everything they want to eat, they don't lack money, they don't lack women, they don't have desires, and living has become the most painful thing! Because they don't know what else to do tomorrow, many people sit on the iceberg by the sea for several years, and they won't die anyway, just sit on the beach and watch the sun never set for half a year and the dark night for half a year. Of course, there are also a very small number of poor and boring people who go to sea and come to countries such as Middle-earth and Wet Poison to pretend to live as ordinary people, and the legend of immortality is also brought by them! ”

The emperor felt incomprehensible: "It is not easy for us to live for seventy, they can live forever but waste their time, this is too unfair to God!" If I can live forever, I will make the Great Liang prosperous world live forever! ”

Li Xiaofei secretly thought that if the emperor was really immortal, he would not have to do whatever he wanted, and when the time came, he was afraid that the Great Wall of the Qin and Han dynasties would be extended to the west of the Western Regions, and perhaps he would have to build a canal in Middle-earth.

"Well, if I can live for another fifty years, I will actually be content, ten years to expand the territory, ten years to build the Great Wall to the past rest of the country, and twenty years to connect the Yellow River and the Yangtze River with canals, and the last ten years I will patrol the world!"

Li Xiaofei fought a cold war, the emperor wanted to do more things than he thought, if the emperor really obtained the art of immortality, then the people in the world would be difficult to stop, I am afraid that they would always be enslaved.

"Li Xiaofei, if I send you to sea again, can you guarantee that I will find the kind of fish that will live forever or other methods?" The Emperor's eyes were full of expectation

"Your Majesty, the minister is close to the age of sixties, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it, but Your Majesty can send his henchmen to go, and those friends of the minister can lead the way to help!"

"Isn't that your confidant? When did you become an outsider? You can't bear your wife and children at home! I'll let you bring your family with you! By the way, your son Zhanfei happens to be studying in Guozijian for five years, and when you find the art of immortality and come back, your son has already released the county order! ”

"Thank you, Lord Longen, I don't know when you will set off?"

The emperor was very satisfied, "You don't have to be anxious, I have to wait for the third phase of Zuo, if he succeeds, I will let you take the Jiangnan sailor to the sea, obviously by sea to fight the poisonous country, in fact, you go to the extreme south to find immortal fish and the key to cultivating immortality!" My body is still strong, as long as you can find the art of immortality within six years, then you will be the first hero of the Great Liang! ”

Li Xiaofei suddenly remembered a poem: "Pity the front seat in the middle of the night, don't ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods!" ”

Compared with the art of immortality, Guo Meng's life is not worth mentioning, and Zuo Sanxiang's arrogant behavior is not worth mentioning.

However, in Li Xiaofei's heart, he still didn't want to go to sea again, and this time the emperor nakedly took Zhanfei as a hostage.

And his own student, the prince Liu Fu'an, without his own help, will be abolished sooner or later under the influence of Yu Heng's group of nerds all day long.

The king's order cannot be violated, how should Li Xiaofei deal with it?