Li Rong came out of the main hall and returned to the courtyard to wait. Di Renjie, Zhang Qian and other officials in Yangzhou arranged a task and made a plan for Zhang Qian to leave for Shouzhou the next day.

"Your Excellency, there's a visit from outside!" A thousand knights ran into the courtyard and said to Li Rong, with an inexplicable smile between his words.

Before the soldier could finish speaking, a dressed Lu Ying flashed behind him.

With Li Rong's sharp eyes and ears, he had already discovered Lu Ying's arrival, and it was not unexpected.

The day before yesterday, Lu Ying changed into a blue green shirt, a scattered pleated skirt, a light smoke veil, long black hair tied up, her eyes were like water, she was as smart as a god, her wrists were like jade, and she was like a fairy in action.

"It turned out to be Miss Lu, you go down first!" Li Rong greeted Lu Ying while waving off the soldiers.

The soldier turned and walked away in amusement.

"Brother Li is really hardworking!" Lu Ying said.

Lu Ying was arrogant, and was defeated by Li Rong with one move, and she was not convinced. Just as Li Rong showed a knife technique, Lu Ying's knife technique was not only that, and she was not really hurt.

A few feet away, when Lu Ying came, he heard the sound of the knife wind in the courtyard cutting through the air, obviously Li Rong was practicing knife skills here.

"I have nothing to do, and when I change my clothes, the house is shabby, and it is unbearable to entertain guests." Li Rong said.

Lu Ying nodded slightly, watching Li Rong turn around and enter.

But in a moment, Li Rong changed into a slender and decent white samurai uniform, looking heroic and vigorous.

The soft water true qi invisibly changed Li Rong's body, making his temperament as warm as water, and cultivating the golden bell jar such a technique to temper the body, and made the weakness reveal strength, rigidity and softness, and extraordinary temperament.

After a big battle, the Governor's Mansion was seriously damaged, and on the second day, Di Renjie found Zhang Qian and asked him to gather craftsmen to repair the courtyard. Therefore, the whole house was noisy, and the people who carried the materials shouted back and forth, and worked hard. Yangzhou Mansion is very wealthy, and people are willing to pay for hiring people, and people's motivation is enough.

Of course, the two did not enter and exit from the main gate, but left the Governor's Mansion through the west side gate, passed through the Luocheng gate, and entered Shugang.

Shugang in late summer and early autumn is a favorite summer resort for the citizens of Yangzhou City, where the trees are lush, the flowing water is murmuring, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant everywhere, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

Li Rong and Lu Ying walked side by side, seemingly a single step, which is a distance of several steps, and unconsciously came to the East Peak, the highest peak in Shugang.

The scenery of the east peak is beautiful, it is the most topography of Yangzhou, when Emperor Yang stayed in Yangzhou, he built the palace on the east peak, along the ups and downs of the mountain, built up the jagged hall of the building, the "labyrinth" palace of twists and turns. Now a hundred years have passed, the "lost city" is no longer there, and the descendants have changed the palace to a temple on its relics, called Guanyin Mountain.

"You're special, very different from the women of the day." Li Rong said softly.

"Who stipulates that women can only hide in the boudoir to embroider and weave clothes?" Lu Ying raised her eyebrows and said, "Could it be that Brother Li is the pedantic and arrogant person?" ”

The bamboo shadows on the side of the road were swaying, the water was murmuring, and the two spoke softly. From time to time, pedestrians flashed on the road, looking at the two of them, sighing in their hearts, I don't know where it is Miss Guimen.

"It's different, I've seen women who practice martial arts, like the snake spirit Li Ruoxue, the holy daughter of the Heavenly Witch Sect, Zhou Xuan'er, they don't have the temperament to break the shackles like you." Li Rong shook his head.

There are four or five grandmaster-level female masters he has seen, the great grandmaster in the palace, the Queen Mother Wu Zetian, the "Snake Spirit" Li Ruoxue, Lu Ziluan, Zhou Xuan'er, their martial arts realms are all above Lu Ying, but they lack an inexplicable meaning.

"You think very highly of me!" Lu Ying said, "But I will surpass them and let people know that women can also beat men." ”

"Men and women are equal, and I have no prejudice against women." Li Rong said.

"Don't talk about this, Brother Li's sword technique is really good, especially the strange sword qi contained, I have watched all kinds of martial arts, and I have never heard of such a domineering and strange sword qi!" Lu Ying asked.

There are two things that are hard to resist in the lightning knife technique, one is its speed as fast as electricity, and the other is the knife qi that is like an electric shock. Ordinary masters can't even keep up with their speed, and they will be easily killed by the sword light, let alone resist the domineering sword qi.

Lu Ying's "Crane Wing Knife Technique" is no worse than Li Rong's knife speed, it is the first time he encounters Li Rong's strange knife qi, and he invisibly loses the upper hand and suffers a loss.

"Using the principle of triboelectric generation, the true qi is intertwined to produce the effect of lightning strike." Li Rong replied, "Miss Lu's knife skills are as fast as the two I have ever seen." ”

"Triboelectric electricity?" Lu Ying obviously hadn't heard of it, "Those two people are faster than me?" ”

may think that this involves the mystery of Li Rong's exercises, but Lu Ying didn't ask much about the principles of the exercises.

"My sword technique, using my body to drive the knife technique, can barely keep up with the girl," Li Rong said as he walked, "My eldest brother Qinglong Li Yuanfang's Dream Shattering Knife speed is even higher than mine, and my secret technique comes from his teaching, you can imagine his strength." ”

"I've seen him shoot, and it's really extraordinary." Lu Ying naturally noticed Li Yuanfang in the battle that day.

"There is another person, who is a master in the palace, and his swordsmanship is amazing." Li Rong continued.

"You mean the Heavenly Absolute Sect's Shadow Sword!" Lu Ying said.

"Exactly," Li Rong replied.

Guanyin Mountain is said to be the highest place in Yangzhou, and in essence, compared with those real famous mountains, it is not as high as there. It didn't take long for Li Rong and Lu Ying to reach the top, and they had a very happy conversation along the way.

In terms of martial arts talent, Li Rong felt that Lu Ying was even better than Jiang Cheng, and his whimsical ideas exceeded the limits of the realm, making Lu Ying create a double-knife knife technique that had never been seen before. There is a martial arts saying in later generations, "A single knife looks at the hand, and a double knife looks at the walk", Lu Ying's body style is quite exquisite, which is in line with the characteristics of the double knife method, but it is still worse than the footwork created by Li Rong himself, so he taught Lu Ying the footwork that fused the gossip swimming body step and Yu step heart method.

"The secret of my sword technique lies in the technique of recovering qi between the two sword strikes," Lu Ying said.

In return, Lu Ying told Li Rong about the original breathing and spitting technique, she is not a conservative person, on the contrary, she is open-minded, far wider than men, which makes Li Rong admire again.

"It's a pity that the technique of absorbing vitality acceleration was created by my eldest brother Li Yuanfang, and I can't teach it to you without his permission." Li Rong sighed.

"It's okay, your footwork alone is enough for me to understand for a while." Lu Ying said.

Li Rong and the two spent half a day touring the two peaks of Shugang, Guanyin Mountain, Qiling Pagoda and other scenic spots, and felt very comfortable.

Dusk has come, and the two are reluctant to part and go home separately.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Rong took ten thousand knights to escort Zhang Qian north to Shouzhou.

The time is urgent, and it is no longer necessary to pay attention to the form of pomp and circumstance, and there is no document from the court officials for this appointment, so it is not considered due process.

Wu Zetian has a secret decree, and he doesn't want to publicly announce the rebellion of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, to the world, so naturally he will not go through the procedures of the ministry and remove Zhao Gui from the position of assassin.

Everyone took the three boats of the post station and walked along the canal towards Shouzhou.

The rivers of Huainan Road are vertical and horizontal, the Yangtze River, Huaishui and Feishui are connected by waterways, and there are Chaohu Lake and Hongze Lake in between, so that the cities along the coast can be connected by water transportation. With the favorable conditions of water transportation, large quantities of goods can be transported cheaply, and business prosperity is not a problem.

"Emperor Yang dug a canal to communicate the north and south, which really laid the foundation for the prosperity of our dynasty, and future generations will enjoy its blessings, and the merits can be compared with the first emperor's book and the same track." Zhang Qian and Li Rong sat in the same dinghy, standing on the side of the boat and talking.

Zhang Qian was born in Hebei Wang, his father was the prime minister, his own talent is extraordinary, limited to chance, the official rank is not high, but the knowledge is not good, this time he was appreciated by Di Renjie, the right to take Shouzhou Assassin History, will pave a bright road for his career, so he is in a good mood and talks to Li Rong.

"Emperor Yang sat in Yangzhou for many years before ascending the throne, so he wanted to better integrate the south into the Central Plains, Guanzhong, and also balance the Guanlong forces that were too big at that time." Li Rong said quietly.

The Sui Dynasty was too easy to establish the country, and Yang Jian launched a coup d'état as a relative and enjoyed the throne, which was inconvenient to eradicate all forces, so that the Guanlong clique could not be defeated, and did not establish a bottom-up bureaucratic system that completely obeyed his orders. Yang Guang's position was also not right, and after complicated palace battles, his strength and prestige were not as good as Yang Jian's.

After ascending the throne as emperor, Yang Guang moved the capital to Luoyang, dug canals, and conquered Goryeo three times, which was not a measure to seize the opportunity to grasp power and consolidate his rule, but he was too arrogant and self-serving, and concentrated what he had to do in ten or twenty years in three or five years, wasting the good foundation left by Yang Jian.

Zhang Qian was stunned when he heard it, Li Rong's words showed a deep understanding of politics, which was really not like what a martial artist could say, thinking of the identity of Li Rong's father Li Hui, he was relieved. Generations of people come from families close to the center of power, and it is not surprising that Li Rong understands this.

"Political balance is good for both sides, and it's not always a good thing for one side to be dominant." Zhang Qian said softly.

The balance of power is an inevitable choice for the superior, and only when all parties are equal can the superior better control the situation and not be manipulated by one party. Like when Gaozong Li Zhi took over the throne, the Guanlong group headed by the eldest grandson Wuji was huge, so that Li Zhi had no power at all, so Wu Zetian took advantage of the situation and slowly grasped the power of the imperial court by suppressing the eldest grandson Wuji and others.

"Power touches people's hearts, who will give it up easily?" Li Rong said.

In the world, power not only produces benefits, but sometimes it is also related to the life of the family, there is no life without power, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, does not want to die, so he can only make a desperate bet.