Chapter 18: Pengcheng
Compared with the prosperity of Yangzhou and the prosperity of Jiangdu, Pengcheng made Li Xuan, who had already seen the prosperity of Yangzhou and Jiangdu, suddenly feel like he had come to a small mountain village from a big city.
Of course, this is just a feeling, in fact, as an important port north of Jiangdu and along the canal, although Pengcheng is not as majestic as Jiangdu, nor as prosperous as Yangzhou, where the rivers meet, but no matter the scale or the pattern of location, it is already a good city today, with unique strategic significance.
Although the world has been full of smoke, and the anti-king is called the king everywhere, no matter how chaotic it is, Yang Guang is still alive after all, no matter how despicable his throne is, but as long as he is still alive in this world, it means that the orthodoxy of the Sui Dynasty is still there, no matter how chaotic the world is, but before Yang Guang died, this chaos is still accused in an acceptable circle.
Acceptance, naturally, refers to people like Li Xuan, for ordinary people living at the bottom, they may not be able to accept it, but even if they can't accept it, what can they do, the weak can't choose their own fate, this is the sorrow of the weak, and their feelings are pitiful, but living in this troubled world, meaningless sympathy is a terrible tentacle for any careerist who drags him into a place of no return.
At the gate of the city, after Wu Yunzhao paid the entrance tax, the two entered Pengcheng unimpeded, and the Sui soldiers who had been corrupted to the root naturally had their own philosophy of life preservation in such troubled times, they would not really investigate your identity, and it would be good if they couldn't find out anything, if Zhen found out any characters, the first thing to think about was never to ask for credit, even if they finally captured any wanted criminals, the credit would definitely not fall on them these soldiers, the first thing to think about was how to escape from the hands of these vicious murderers.
Not only is it not good. On the contrary, there is a danger to life, in such a situation, even if there is a stunned young man who wants to interrogate, he will be stopped by the veteran in time, even if there are really any suspicious characters, as long as they honestly pay the money, they will never ask a word.
Enter Pengcheng. The first thing you noticed was not the crowded but full of shops, nor was it the elite warriors who were fully armed and had solemn expressions, which were very different from the group of veteran soldiers at the city gate, and the first thing you saw here was only this beggar thief all over the city.
The door of the shop was closed, and the vendors who could be seen everywhere in the city in the past had also lost their traces, and Wu Yunzhao glanced back at the city gate in some surprise. But I was surprised to find that although it is easy to enter the city, it is extremely difficult to get out of the city, there, there are at least two teams of fully armed elite soldiers who want to go out of the city, the two have been in the city for a while, and there are definitely hundreds of people who have entered the city during this time, but there are definitely no more than ten people who have gone out of the city during this time!
Loose on the outside and tight on the inside!
Wu Yunzhao frowned. After being a famous family, he was the former Marquis of Nanyang. Naturally, it can be seen at a glance that the real situation in Pengcheng at the moment is by no means as simple as it seems on the surface.
"Lord, this is ......" Surprised, and a little puzzled, he looked at Li Xuan, who was walking in front of him, somewhat worried, of course, the situation of the two of them did not need to be worried. Not to mention Li Xuan, he alone can definitely come and go freely in Pengcheng, where there are no masters or real elites in charge.
What really worried him was other things, and he knew very well the purpose of Li Xuan's trip. But in Peng Cheng's current state, is it really possible that the Dongming faction will appear here?
Thinking of the things contained in the delicate box of sadness, Wu Yunzhao also knew a little more about Li Xuan's domineering, but because he couldn't find a suitable meeting gift, he ran to cut down the demon giant who had been famous for many years.
Wu Yunzhao naturally does not superficially think that the Dongming faction will definitely admit it, but as the former Nanyang Marquis, he has a deeper view of things, even if the Dongming faction does not recognize it, what can he do? On the one hand, it is a gesture of goodwill, but it is not a threat?
You Dongming faction can't deal with the devil for decades can be killed, if you don't know each other, Lao Tzu can also cut you!
Of course, if the words are really said like this, the matter is estimated to be yellow, the Dongming faction is very involved, among the four major gate valves, in addition to the Lingnan Song valve, the other three gate valves are involved with it, but if you change a more euphemistic way to express it, the Dongming faction is not a fool, how to choose, even if the two sides have not officially met, and even before they have time to hand over the post, how the other party will answer, Wu Yunzhao can also guess a rough.
I didn't know that the newly recruited military general behind him had already turned countless thoughts in this short period of time, even if he knew, Li Xuan would not care, his eyes swept over the surrounding Sui army, and he shook his head and said: "Wagangzhai is fighting with the imperial army at the moment, and it is only a hundred miles away from here, so it should be affected." ”
Then he said with some doubts: "It's just that Mrs. Dongming chose to trade with Li Valve here, which surprised me." ”
Wu Yunzhao nodded, logically speaking, the smoke is thick here, even if Li Valve buys weapons, it is also an extremely dangerous thing to pass through this war zone, a careless, not only will these weapons be robbed, if they are exposed, I am afraid that they will be charged with a rebellion without hesitation, this is also what Wu Yunzhao can't figure out, it stands to reason that Li Valve should not make this kind of mistake, or there is another hidden reason in this.
"If it weren't for someone in Li Valve who deliberately wanted to expose this news to the imperial court, or if Li Valve had secretly reached some kind of agreement with Li Mi, but no matter which one it was, it was not what I wanted to see!" A glint flashed in Li Xuan's eyes.
"The lord is saying that there may be people who want the court among the Li valves?" Wu Yunzhao was stunned and looked at Li Xuan incredulously.
"How is that possible!" Li Xuan sneered and said, "But now that Li Yuan, the lord of the Li valve, is undecided, some people want to force him to make a decision in this way." ”
For Li Valve, his biggest opponent in the future, Li Xuan has never relaxed his attention, and it is naturally not difficult to guess the reason why Li Valve's trading location is here, and it is even very likely that Li Miyi or Zhang Xutuo have already gotten the news.
Naturally, it is impossible for the giant ship of the Dongming faction to anchor outside Pengcheng in a grand manner, it is definitely the rhythm of death, but according to the news from the Giant Kun Gang, Shan Meixian, as the master of the Dongming faction, has already sneaked into Pengcheng three days ago, and the specific whereabouts are still being searched, as for Li Valve's side, there is no exact news, but Li Xuan believes that since Shan Meixian has arrived, the representative of Li Valve is naturally not far away, and even at this moment, it may be in this Pengcheng, but the intelligence network of the Giant Kun Gang cannot find out the news.
Will it be Li Shimin?
The killing machine in Li Xuan's eyes flashed away, the Tang Dynasty Shuanglong plane is competing for hegemony in the world, there are three biggest enemies, the first is Li Shimin, the future Tang Taizong, Wen Tao Wuluo, his command is also capable of producing many people, can be regarded as the first strong enemy, and the second is the future master of the young marshal army Kou Zhong, who can be said to be a natural commander, and his potential in this regard is by no means under any of Li Xuan's current generals, as for the third is also the most troublesome enemy, Cihang Jingzhai, who has a huge reputation.
Many people say that the Heshi Bi and Yang Gong Treasure Houses can win the world, but in Li Xuan's opinion, if they can get Cihang Jingzhai, it is better than ten Yang Gong Treasure Houses plus one Heshi Bi, and the most terrifying thing about the other party is not how powerful its force is, but that it has the most terrifying weapon in the world - public opinion!
Moreover, the transcendent position that the other party has established in the rivers and lakes for a long time is also an unsolvable problem at present, in this regard, no matter how hard Li Xuan tries, it is impossible to surpass the other party in the short term.
If Li Shimin, the Ming Lord secretly elected by Cihang Jingzhai, can be wiped out here, for Li Xuan, the future road will undoubtedly be much easier, but this is not the result Li Xuan wants.
What he wants is not only this heaven and earth, but also to maximize the luck and dragon qi of this plane, and kill the most threatening Li Shimin in the future by assassination, with Li Xuan's current strength, the possibility of success is extremely great, Cihang Jingzhai probably can't count that there will be a super master like himself who is directly chasing the three great grandmasters here, and he is not able to survive Li Shimin under Li Xuan.
Just by relying on this way, he can't win Li Shimin's fortune and dragon qi that is not inferior to the double dragon as the protagonist of the plane, this is the high martial plane, as the protagonist of the heavens, even if Li Shimin can't compete with himself in personal strength, but the will of this plane will never allow himself to deprive Zhu Yuanzhang, who is the true dragon of the plane, of his dragon energy as lightly as when he leaned on the heavenly plane, and the biggest possibility is that he was rejected by the plane and was directly excluded from this plane in advance.
Therefore, whether it was to hone the emperor's heart or seize more luck and dragon qi, Li Xuan had to defeat Li Shimin in a dignified and upright way.
As for Cihang Jingzhai, if you want to shake its transcendent status, it is not really incomprehensible, but if you want to move Cihang Jingzhai's transcendent status, you must first shake the supremacy of Buddhism in this plane, which will be more challenging than defeating Li Shimin, but it is by no means impossible.
It's just that this has already involved the struggle between religions, but it is not enough to rely on oneself, and it is impossible to say that the foundation accumulated by oneself in the previous planes should also start to play a role in this plane!
"It's just that now how do we find the Dongming faction's foothold in Pengcheng?" Wu Yunzhao looked at Li Xuan with some distress, the other party chose Pengcheng, a place where dragons and snakes are mixed, if he made up his mind and didn't want to be known by outsiders, he was afraid that it would be difficult for others to find it.
"It's really not that hard." A smile appeared on the corner of Li Xuan's mouth, fighting with Wanwan, but it also made him understand the Heavenly Demon Great. Some characteristics of the law, it may be difficult for others to find Shan Meixian, but for themselves, they want to find a person with a big body in the small Pengcheng. Fa people, but it is by no means too difficult! (To be continued......)