Chapter 45: Who Leads the Way

The lights in the city of Xijiang were dim overnight, and those wealthy businessmen locked themselves in a corner and enjoyed the pleasure of taking half of their net worth in exchange, the dream that had been lost for five years. Maybe it's really too painful in the world, and a moment of forgetting worries is worth a lot of money in this troubled world.

Li Mingjian was in control of the big and small lines in Xijiang City, and within two hours of Chu Lingran and He Qiyu leaving Xijiang City, he knew that a large number of Rakshasa flowers were planted in the black market and in the hands of officials and businessmen, and they had returned to the appearance of addicts five years ago.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, he sent all the guards to the various prefectures in the city to spy on Fang Zhi, and today there were two strangers who had changed their faces, and they "showed their skills" in the most prosperous places in Xijiang City with the most prosperous people and the most intensive commercial contacts - gambling houses and Qinglou. On the first day that Chu Lingran's army was stationed outside the city of Western Xinjiang, he waited for Chu Lingran's subsequent actions, he thought that if he didn't move, the young general would definitely not be able to help himself, but he didn't know... Where did he keep such a huge number of Rakshasa flower seeds? It stands to reason that he has governed Western Xinjiang for five years, and it is impossible for a single Rakshasa flower to be exposed, if it were not for the ...... Is it Liu Ren?

At this point, his thoughts were interrupted by the guards who had come to him to report the situation in the city of Western Xinjiang. He just knelt in front of the throne, but he didn't dare to tell the people in front of him what the current Western Frontier looked like. If Li Mingjian knew that half of the economy in Western Xinjiang was in Chu Lingran's hands, he would definitely be furious.

"Report it quickly! Don't swallow! ”

"Newspaper... Report to Your Majesty. Tonight, all the dignitaries and dignitaries are smoking rakshasas in an inconspicuous courtyard in the mansion, and... Most of the economy of Xijiang City is on the side of other ......"

The heads of the people kneeling on the ground are getting lower and lower, and on the huge palace of the king, the echo of the words behind the other side can even hover in the air, echoing over and over again. The air froze after the last words he said, he didn't dare to imagine Li Mingjian's anger at the moment, he was only full of awe for this emperor. A prince who can govern Western Xinjiang so prosperously, he has the right and strategy to command the Quartet, and he doesn't dare to say a word about the competition between Chu Lingran and Li Mingjian.

Li Mingjian has been selling Rakshasa flower seeds since he learned that the black market in Xijiang City has begun to sell Rakshasa flower seeds, and the news of this Ouchi inquiry has been thought of early in the morning. As for the economy of Western Xinjiang, Li Mingjian thought, Chu Lingran was so big that he couldn't look down on it, what he wanted was nothing more than to take the initiative to bow his head to him. For the entire Western Xinjiang, the Rakshasa flower seed is a life-saving medicine and a deadly toxin. In the five years he has been in power, the only time Chu Lingran has broken all his plans and plans for Western Xinjiang... The conditions he talked about with Chu Lingran were bound to be useless, and he even asked Chu Lingran to tell him all about the origin of the Rakshasa species.

"Gather the Imperial Forest Army in the Western Frontier City and follow me to the outside of the city."

Li Mingjian did not have the slightest anger, and he was confident in controlling the situation, in fact, in the struggle between him and Chu Lingran, there was never any surprise or surprise, it was precisely because they knew each other's strategy well, so the outcome of everything was just to see who obeyed his will. Tonight's negotiations... I'm afraid I have to go along with Chu Lingran's wishes.

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Chu Lingran looked at the movement in the Western Frontier City since he returned to the barracks, and the army had been lined up behind him according to his orders since nightfall, and they were waiting... The city gate, which had not been opened for several days, rumbled open, and thousands of troops and horses in the western frontier walked towards them under the leadership of that man.

Sure enough, when the moon was hanging in the sky, the movement in the Western Xinjiang City became bigger and bigger, and Li Mingjian gathered all the elite armor soldiers in the Western Xinjiang to come and meet with Chu Lingran. As soon as the gate of the city of Xijiang opened, a white horse came against the wind, and behind him were tens of thousands of heroes in the Western Xinjiang galloping towards them behind him.

"General Chu is famous all over the world, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary."

Li Mingjian dismounted and walked towards Chu Lingran alone, he looked at the crowd, only this man's natural imperial spirit, and the depth of his eyes made people shudder. In this world, only those who dominate the world can have such a momentum that is proud of heaven and earth. He and Chu Lingran have never met, and it is just the war history of this general that is passed on by word of mouth, and this rumor has always liked to deify others, but they never expected that their legend of Chu Lingran can be said to be true.

"The King of the Western Frontier... Is it inferior? ”

Chu Lingran responded to him with a smile, tens of thousands of troops behind him were ready to go, only the two of them could still talk and laugh under the bright moon, just like Yang Liu Chunyi behind him.

"This king can't learn from you Central Plains people, and he also asks himself, so... I don't want to be subservient. ”

Li Mingjian already knew this, he didn't want to return to the Central Plains, and naturally he didn't follow Chu Lingran's intentions, their rise in Western Xinjiang was only a matter of time, if he became an ally with Chu Lingran today, he would be inferior everywhere in Western Xinjiang in the future. He asked himself if he didn't lose Chu Lingran, how could he be willing to lose the fate of the entire Western Frontier?

"Yes, in time, if I win the Central Plains, I will remember that I still have the confidant of the Western Xinjiang if I have not met an opponent in this life, so that I will be uneasy... Therefore, Ben Jiang didn't come first at the first stop, and Ben Jiang thought that if the king of Xijiang came out of this city gate tonight, we wouldn't have to go to the point where the two armies would fight. You tell me? ”

Chu Lingran had already guessed that Li Mingjian had just left the city gate because of the Rakshasa flower seed, but Chu Lingran and Li Mingjian knew that if someone on both sides took that step, and then what happened was only a few conditions, Li Mingjian was willing to help Chu Lingran take the Central Plains.

"The small country in the eastern Xinjiang has inherited so much kindness from you, although you let them go free, in fact, you are just finding a more comfortable excuse to control them. Would you like to negotiate with me about the terms of the cession of the western frontier? ”

Since Chu Lingran led his troops from the capital, Li Mingjian has been observing Chu Lingran's marching methods and routes all the way, how clever he is. Dongying was destroyed in Chu Lingran's hands, it was the will of heaven to pinch an ant to death, maybe there was no need to resist, it was so fleeting, Dongying would no longer exist on the entire continental plate. He knew very well that Chu Lingran had so readily let go of the right to govern Eastern Xinjiang, and it was only because Eastern Xinjiang could not make any big waves. But Xijiang has already attracted Chu Lingran's attention, has he ever been relieved to become an emperor by himself? One day gather thousands of troops on the frontier to oppose the entire Central Plains?

"Ben Jiang doesn't have such a majestic ambition to swallow the entire Asian Continental plate, but Ben will never do the stupid business of tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall."

Chu Lingran very bluntly rejected the request of the king of Western Xinjiang, Western Xinjiang does not return to the Central Plains, and one day it will definitely be evenly matched with the entire Central Plains, and fighting again at this time is nothing more than delaying tonight's war for five or six years. Chu Lingran has always only cared about the final victory, he can do whatever it takes......

"General Chu, can you tell me about the origin of the Rakshasa flower seed?"

Li Mingjian came today to recover the last Rakshasa flowers scattered in the Central Plains, which were scattered in the Central Plains, which was nothing more than cutting off the economic, military, and agricultural veins of the entire western Xinjiang. Almost every citizen of the Western Xinjiang is an addict to Rakshasa flowers, and once they smell that maddening smell, they will lose all their minds and act crazy. It takes decades for the Rakshasa Flower to completely forget the happy memories in his mind, and what painful those years were. Since Chu Lingran today, his efforts have been pushed back for five years for no reason, and the people of Western Xinjiang will not leave their attachment to the Rakshasa flower for a day, and they will not return for a day to win a real victory.

"Yes, tomorrow morning, Lord Rong'an and I will come to visit. At that time, you will understand why the Central Plains has lost so many Rakshasa flower seeds. It is better for me to sign a 30-year peace treaty with the king of Xijiang, and after 30 years, Xijiang will be under the jurisdiction of my dynasty, and each will be the king. ”

Since Chu Lingran heard that the king of Western Xinjiang was on the throne, he ignored the sworn protests of the people of the whole city and completely buried the Rakshasa flower, and he knew that his attachment to the Rakshasa flower of the people of Western Xinjiang had long been deep-rooted. The troubles of the next thirty years in Xijiang City are all related to the Rakshasa flower, and thirty years is the best time for both of them and the people of the world to recuperate.

The major events in the world must be divided for a long time. No one can be an exception, and it doesn't matter who is the descendant of Chu Lingran or the descendant of Li Mingjian who is in charge of the Central Plains. As long as the next king can also create the next thirty years in troubled times, it is enough.

"Once the covenant is established, there is no obstacle in all mountains."

Li Mingjian has been wandering in the rivers and lakes for many years, and when he became the king of the Western Frontier, he only conformed to the court situation, he never thought about how much fame and fortune he wanted, but if he could make his people happy and healthy, it was actually enough. The people of Western Xinjiang can raise their heads to the sun, and for him, the king of Western Xinjiang is not far from the emperor of the world.

"Good! As the monarch of the Central Plains, I allowed me to reign for a while, and the people of Western Xinjiang were peaceful for a while. ”

Looking at each other overnight, the vicissitudes of life have changed dramatically. Li Mingjian took his soldiers and horses back to the city of Western Xinjiang in this way, but the gate of the city of Western Xinjiang was wide open, and Chu Lingran's soldiers and horses entered the city to rest. The movement of the Central Plains is getting bigger and bigger day by day, and they need to speed up, and the thirty-six countries in the frontier, with the support of the Western Frontier, are just as easy as a hand. Three days after they met, they went south along the mouth of the Yellow River to southern Xinjiang, and many small countries in southern Xinjiang were in the hands of Chu Lingran and Li Mingjian.

"How the hell did you get the Rakshasa Seed?"

On the second day, Chu Lingran and Mu Ruoying went to the palace where Li Mingjian had forgotten, they were making final preparations for the departure of southern Xinjiang, and Li Mingjian had always believed in his heart that if it weren't for Liu Ren, he would still be alive? The only friend he made in this life, after his reign, he sent countless people **** to look for him, but to no avail. An edict from the imperial court that Liu Ren and Liu Zhifu had been killed. He stopped for three days for this reason, and he still hoped that his Rakshasa flower seed could save his life at the last moment, who would have thought ......

"An old friend of King Li gave it away."

The two sides are allies, and they only attach great importance to Liu Ren, a confidant, so today they let Liu Ren out of the military camp and entered the palace with them. The king of Xijiang needs a wise man like Liu Ren to manage a city, a city where the emperor has countless trusts, it must be an easy task.

"Liu... Allow? He... Still alive? ”

Li Mingjian has been in power for five years, and the people who serve him have never seen him so happy, they have always believed that Li Mingjian is a messenger from hell, and he doesn't talk about the slightest affection, it turns out... He would also be so excited about someone's life and death. Liu Renshi was in the hall, he entered the hall with Chu Lingran, and tried his best to hold back the excitement of seeing his old friend, after all, he still didn't know how Li Mingjian felt about planting the Rakshasa flower to Chu Lingran, it turned out that he was so concerned about his life and death.

"This person... and in the temple. ”

Liu Ren tore off the disguised mask that Chu Lingran had arranged for him, revealing his teary eyes under the mask, which he hadn't seen for five years. The chivalrous man back then was no longer a soldier swinger, but the king who is now in charge of the western frontier. And the prefect of Liu, who was loyal to the country back then, is now also rebelling against the Central Plains with Chu Lingran. Time waits for no one, it's cruel... Some people get together, some people are far away, it's just a blink of an eye.

"Your Rakshasa flower seed saved three lives for me."

Li Mingjian looked at Liu Ren, and only then did he know that Liu Ren trusted the world led by Chu Lingran. If Chu Lingran can really become a generation of virtuous monarchs, he never cares about what happens after his death, and how to write and judge is the business of future generations. All he can do is to fight hard for his people to live and work in peace and contentment.

"Liu Ren, you ...... in the future"

"In the future, it would be more appropriate for Liu Ren to be the protector of the country in Western Xinjiang. The Liu Governor of the Central Plains has long been buried in the ground. ”

Chu Lingran brought Liu Ren back to Li Mingjian, and the people of Western Xinjiang could also have one more person to protect them, and in the future, all kinds of things in the Central Plains would have nothing to do with Liu Ren.

"Liu Ren thanks General Chu for his grace in rebuilding."

"Governor Liu, why did you die in the past, I don't think I need to remind you anymore. But now, why you live, you should think for yourself. If a person's life cannot make some ambitions, when he dies, he is mostly unwilling. I sent you to the king of the western frontier, and I also put the people of the world in front of you. ”