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Chapter 2: The road back to the countryside is a dull night

On that day, it was drizzling, and the green horse that had followed me for many years seemed to know that it was time to return, and was so excited that he snorted from time to time, trotting all the way, so that I who was riding on it seemed to be fluttering in the clouds.

The wide city 'gate' of Seoul has been vividly seen, this city that gave birth to me and raised me, under the gray 'cloud' and 'cloud' sky', it seems a little gloomy, maybe it is an illusion, the city in the light rain gives me a feeling of beauty twilight, as if, just like a 'woman' who has passed away, leaving behind a helpless sigh of regret, hiding her face and walking away.

Beside me, there is a team of shiny tiger ben, well, don't be surprised, I am the envoy of General Pingyuan, these soldiers are brave warriors selected by the general from the ten thousand armies, as my retinue. The light rain drifted away in the wind, condensing into drops on their armor, which then slid down their cheeks and off their armor as they walked.

They stood quietly beside me, behind me, and if I closed my eyes and listened with my ears, then I could only hear the sound of a light rain in heaven and earth, and I would not feel their presence at all.

Li Bindong is still doing his city 'gate' leader, this veteran in his fifties, once upon a time, in front of himself old-fashioned posing score, and he can only face him, as a nephew to listen to his "teachings", at this moment, he actually led the army out of the city to meet me. Looking at the drops of water dripping from his 'flower' white beard, if I want to say that I don't have a little happiness in my heart, I must be lying, as the most trusted person of His Majesty King Li, appearing in front of me like this at this moment, without the slightest contempt for myself in the past, what else can I say?

Therefore, I thanked him very kindly, and sent the general's greetings to His Majesty King Li, these officialdom red tape, I have been immersed in it for more than 20 years, how can I be unfamiliar, you want a scene, I also want a scene, everyone has to get by on face.

It's just that the subordinates he brought, I still can't stop sighing when I see it. This should be the most 'elite' soldier in Seoul, it can be seen that when Li Bindong came out, he still picked out the manpower, these people are quite strong, well, the armor is also complete, but I know that if these people are not the Li family's 'private' soldiers, just these hundreds of iron armor, I am afraid that it is the only belongings in the arsenal of Seoul, if there are more, I will have to go to the palace of His Majesty King Li to find it.

Seeing those soldiers glaring at themselves and their subordinates viciously, without hiding their hostility at all, I really had nothing to say. These ignorant people, the frogs at the bottom of the well, I am afraid that they will never be able to imagine what kind of existence these enemies they are facing, if they have seen the battles of these warriors around me, this attitude, I am afraid it is much more humble!

What's the saying? Summer insects can't talk about ice? Well, I didn't know this sentence at the time, but after learning this sentence much later, I realized that my state of mind at that time was so similar to this sentence.

My warriors are as silent as they were before, swift as the wind, swift as a forest, plundering as fire, and immobile as a mountain. Such an esoteric method of governing the army is unimaginable in His Majesty King Li's army, including his former self, but these soldiers behind me have been trained in this way, and these sixteen words have been deeply imprinted in their souls and cannot be erased.

Li Bindong invited me into the city, I pulled the reins of the horse, and as I moved forward, the array behind me also began to move, and I returned to Seoul, where I had been absent for a long time, on a light rainy afternoon like September.

The place where I stayed was the "Liuxian Pavilion" where His Majesty King Li received the dignitaries of the Celestial Empire, but at this moment, I was qualified to live here, the only thing that was not beautiful was that I could not go home immediately to visit my father, of course, my wife and 'daughter'. Well, it's okay to endure it for the time being, it's just a matter of a few days, first public and then 'private', this is a matter of course, this moment, I am no longer me, I am General Pingyuan, who is about to become the envoy of General Pingyuan, the master of this city and this country, these sons and daughters 'private' feelings should be abandoned.

To my surprise, in the big 'gate' of the Liuxian Pavilion, I actually saw the person in the family, although I can't name the person, but I can be sure that this person is the general of my Cui family, and he is also a family general who has served in my family for several generations, my father is always like this, no matter when, he leaves a way back for himself, these family members who have never appeared in public, I am afraid that it is the last barrier to protect the safety of my Cui family, this old guy, even me, his son has not completely told it.

With a quick glance, I saw the man clearly, and the man saw my face clearly, and he parted from the crowd and disappeared. I walked into the Liuxian Pavilion with great confidence in my heart, and I knew that it would not take half an hour for my relatives to know that I was back, and I came back with monstrous wealth, and my Cui family would be safe and sound at this time of great chaos.

Outside the house, the light rain was still dripping, but at the moment, this light rain did not affect my mood at all. Now, it depends on when His Majesty King Li summons me, for me, this is meaningless sooner or later, although this time the danger is extremely great, I may even die here, but, with a temporary risk, in exchange for my Cui family, in exchange for my Cui Yanghao's century-old wealth, this kind of risk, no matter how big it is, the sooner His Majesty King Li summons me, the more it shows that he is 'messing up', of course, let alone talking about the will to fight.

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"You see clearly, is it really the second young master?" Cui Tan's face was glowing with oil, his eyes were flashing with excitement, at this moment he was 'spirited' and energetic, where was his even less decadent appearance in the palace's excuse "lying in the 'bed'".

"Master, the little one can see clearly, it's the second young master!" The person on the ground said with certainty.

"Well, that's good, that's good!" Cui Tan nodded, he didn't ask Cui Yanghao how many guards he brought, since he entered Seoul, even if the guards brought by this entourage are one hundred and two hundred, there is not much difference between eight hundred and one thousand, no matter how bad Seoul is, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers, and if you start your hand, you can be killed in the blink of an eye.

"Zijin, Ziran, they were all sent out of the city, right?" He muttered to himself, since this son of his own has entered the city, it must be putting life and death out of the way, the Cui family himself is advancing and retreating with him, but in case something goes wrong, he has to leave some incense for the Cui family, these two children, a few days ago, were sent out of the city with the assistance of the people sent by General Pingyuan, and because of this, Cui Tan did not have the slightest worries.

"The two little young masters have been placed in a place that no one knows, without you and the second young master to pick them up in person, the two young masters will be sent directly to the Pingyuan General's Mansion......"

"I understand, I understand!" Cui Tan interrupted him, "If we all die, General Pingyuan will naturally not treat them badly, even if they are mediocre, their wealth in this life is indispensable, if they can do something, naturally my Cui family will have a comeback!" ”

"The old man is auspicious, and the Cui family is blessed!"

"Don't talk about this, tell me what is the reaction in the palace?"

"The second young master who sent General Li Bindong to meet in the palace, I'm afraid that the palace also wants to have a good talk with the second young master, but the little one thinks that even if the palace is anxious, I'm afraid that if I summon the second young master, it will be tomorrow, and this minimum decency is still required!"

"Well, I think that's the same, it seems that tonight, I'm afraid there are a lot of people who can't sleep!"

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Li Cong really couldn't sleep, since he heard that Cui Yanghao had moved into the Liuxian Pavilion, he sat in the hall in a daze. The hall was empty, dark, and there was no lamp, and a little eunuch who had just lit a lamp, because he dragged the lampstand, made a little noise, and was ordered by him to be dragged out directly and killed, and then, his side became very quiet, and even his most favored internal official did not dare to walk in and touch his moldy head at this moment.

It's strange to say that at this moment, Li Cong is not thinking about himself the most, but the great tomorrow who is thousands of miles away. The people who were sent out to ask for help one after another, but there was no news, and he knew that he was afraid that this communication route with the Ming Dynasty had been completely cut off, and Yu Feng's army was constantly marching towards Seoul, and the situation had become quite grim.

These days, although there is no big war between his army and the army of the afterglow, it is a small battle, and as a result of these battles, he went to the back, and he was not even interested in listening to those news, he just hated the Cui family in his heart, hated Cui Yanghao, at the beginning, it was not for them to put this tiger into their homeland and give them a chance to breathe, how could there be the current situation.

The Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty, if he encounters such a situation, will he choose to fight or peace? The corners of his mouth twitched, with the fierceness of the great tomorrow, I am afraid that he will have to fight with it, but if Da Ming loses, he can still retreat to the rear, and behind him is the sea.

At that time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi led the crowd to attack, and the army was like a 'tide', although Seoul was lost, but the first king could still lead the people to retreat south, and even ask the army of the Ming Kingdom to expel those Japanese invaders, but now, where should he go, and where can he go?

Fighting, he didn't think about it at all, the remaining thieves are powerful, there are many soldiers, and even the 'female' real people have been beaten to the ground, what will he Li Cong do to fight with the other party? However, if this is reconciled, what kind of result can be achieved, he has to think about it, and think about it on the last night when Cui Yanghao, a traitor, came to his peace talks on behalf of Yu Feng. ~