Hostages, this is the consistent policy of the imperial court towards foreign magnification, from antiquity to the present, basically nothing has changed. Whether it is leading troops to fight in a war or taking up a post in a locality, as long as it has too much power, it is all treated like this.

However, generally speaking, whether it is delegated to a place or an army to go out to fight, it is sent out from the imperial court, and there is no need to ask for any hostages. And what about Li Yi? Because he suddenly went from a local general to a state pastor, it was difficult to find any reason. After all, the monarch and the minister are always loyal to each other on the surface, so they can't directly give an order for Li Yi to send all his wife and heirs to Luoyang as hostages, right?

Even if everyone is like this, but it is so direct, it doesn't sound good. And it is easy for both sides to have disagreements and even resentment.

And now Liu Hong's order is undoubtedly so direct. Well? Is it really because I haven't seen you for too long, so I miss it so much? It's impossible, it's impossible for a feudal official like Li Yi to leave the fiefdom under normal circumstances, everyone knows this very well. And if Li Yi was really invited to Beijing to attend the meeting, it was impossible to ask him to bring his wife and children.

But if he really just asked for hostages according to the rules, Liu Hong could find a very suitable reason so that Li Yi couldn't say anything to refuse. Li Yi believed that with the means of Liu Hong and even those scholars, eunuchs and others, this kind of thing would be absolutely easy and simple.

And now, with such a simple and crude order, Li Yi can't help but think about it. "Is the Holy One forcing me? Or are you tempting me? But what was his purpose in doing so? Is there any harm to me if I continue to serve as a state pastor? If so, what is it? And what if I don't go? What happens if I go? Li Yi fell into deep thought.

It's just that after thinking about it for a long time, he still doesn't understand what Liu Hong wants to do. "Holy Lord, Holy Lord, what the hell do you want to do?" Li Yi was a little crazy. Yes, he couldn't understand Liu Hong's purpose in doing this. In his opinion, Liu Hong's order was full of weirdness, so that he couldn't guess Liu Hong's purpose at all, and if he couldn't guess Liu Hong's purpose, then how could Li Yi dare to act at will?

In this way, Li Yi spent the whole day thinking and meditating, he knew that he must not make a mistake in this step, otherwise everything he had done before would be wasted, and even before the troubled times started, he would be directly eliminated. It's just that whether you go or not, it seems like a dead end.

At night, Li Yi still sat alone in the hall, looking at the scenery outside, but there was no brilliance in his eyes.

"Gentleman, what's the trouble?" Cai Yan's voice came, Li Yi looked up, but saw Cai Yan slowly walking over with Cai Qing and Diao Chan. And in Diao Chan's hand, there is also a bowl of hot tea.

When the two girls walked to the side, Li Yi suddenly pulled them into his arms, and suddenly, Sister Cai Yan exclaimed, "Gentleman, it's not good here......" On the side, Diao Chan also looked at the three of them in shock, but then lowered his head, as if to prove that he didn't see anything? It's just that her constant peeking movements obviously reveal her true thoughts at this time.

"Don't move, let me hold it for a while......" Li Yi ignored Sister Cai Yan's resistance, just said lightly, and at the same time hugged the two girls tighter.

Seeing this, Cai Yan and Cai Qing glanced at each other, then adjusted their posture and let themselves sit on Li Yi's lap sideways, while leaning on Li Yi's arms. The two of them didn't ask Li Yi what happened to them, because they knew that if Li Yi was willing to say it, then they would say it just now. At this time, the only thing they can do is to make Li Yi feel better in this way.

After a long while, Li Yicai said in a low voice, "Today, the Holy Lord sent someone to let me take my wife and children to Luoyang, saying that I ......missed it because I hadn't seen him for too long."

"What?!" One sentence suddenly made the three girls' faces change greatly. Well, Sister Cai Yan are all talented girls who have been reading books since they were children, and after Diao Chan was adopted by Li Yi, she also followed reading and writing every day to learn music theory, so they immediately heard another meaning from Li Yi's words.

But soon, Cai Yan asked strangely, "Gentleman, is this the original words of the saint?" ”

Hearing this, the bitterness on Li Yi's face became even stronger, even Cai Yan could see the problem so easily, didn't Liu Hong know? No matter how stupid an emperor is, it won't be like this, right?

However, Li Yi didn't say much, just kissed the two girls lightly on the face, and then smiled, "Don't guess, you go to sleep first." ”

Hearing this, Cai Yan didn't say much, just pulled Cai Qing to stand up, but before leaving, Cai Yan turned his head to look at Li Yi and said softly, "Gentleman, no matter what your final plan is, you are Yan'er's gentleman." After speaking, he pulled Cai Qing and left with Diao Chan.

"What a smart woman......" Li Yi thought helplessly, Cai Yan's last words were undoubtedly hinting at something, but even so, Li Yi still couldn't make up his mind. Because, again, no matter which choice he chooses, he has no chance of winning.

Entering Beijing? It is undoubtedly that he and his wife and children have given their lives to Liu Hong, whether his wife and children are left as hostages or ordered to be killed, Li Yi has no room for resistance at all. Although he is known as the unparalleled in the world of martial arts, he is only a mortal after all, can he still fight all the way out of the imperial city? Or with a wife and children?

Not going? There is no doubt that Liu Hong will immediately deal with Li Yi as a rebel. Because no matter what Liu Hong's real purpose was, he could use Li Yi's objections and dissenting reasons to execute him. After all, no matter how straightforward Liu Hong is, if you don't have two hearts, why do you send the hostages over?

In this case, Li Yi naturally could not commit suicide, but to merge states against the entire Han Dynasty? Li Yi also felt that he didn't have that ability. It is true that Li Yi has a large number of famous generals such as Lu Bu, but compared with the entire Han Dynasty, even if the number of famous generals doubles? Not to mention anything else, once the military salary is broken, it will be enough for Li Yi to have a headache.

After thinking about it, Li Yi finally thought of a way that was not a way, pretending to be sick! But obviously, pretending to be sick is not so simple, after all, the messenger just conveyed the holy order yesterday, and you Li Yi are sick today? How can there be such a coincidence in the world?

So......

"Yan'er, Qing'er, I have an idea for my husband, and I hope you can cooperate......" Li Yi said with some embarrassment.

"Gentleman, but there is a place where I and Qing'er are needed, although the command is both or." Cai Yan replied softly when he heard this.