Chapter 285: Love
Looking at the corpses all over the urn city in front of him, even Jun Keyi and the four of them felt chilled when they saw it. Although their grass army has always given people the impression of being brutal and tyrannical, the tragic situation after the thunder explosion still made their hairs stand on end.
"Why did such murder weapons appear in this world? What a sin! An Le, who had never spoken all the way, couldn't help lowering his eyebrows when he saw this purgatory-like scene on earth, and then slowly sat down with his hands folded.
"What is he?" Everyone couldn't help frowning when they saw An Le acting like this, especially Chu Tianming, as the head of the Prosecutor's Office, he knew the attitude of the imperial court towards the elimination of Buddhism.
Now he found that there was a remnant of the Buddhist family among Li Yi's subordinates, which made him a little overwhelmed for a while.
According to reason, as the head of the Prosecutor's Office, he should have taken action as soon as possible to develop the remnants of Buddhism, but the problem is that this person is Li Yi's subordinate, and Li Yi is his savior.
If it weren't for Li Yi, he and Gonggong Zhou would have been killed by the rebels before.
"I respectfully ask for the mercy and support of the Bodhisattva of the Great Compassion of the Bodhisattva of the Great Compassion of the Bodhisattva, and the Bodhisattva of the Endless Buddha is naturally meditative, and the Great Compassion of the Endless Buddha is ......" An Le, who sat on the ground, completely ignored the surprised eyes of others and quietly recited the Buddhist scriptures.
"What is he?" Chu Tianming said these three words again. He was still surprised by Anle's identity, but he didn't expect that the remnant of the Buddhist family in front of him would be so bold, and he would actually recite Buddhist scriptures in front of the public.
This kind of attitude of talking to oneself is really unacceptable.
"Could it be that now the imperial court has issued a decree to pardon the remnants of the Buddhist family?" Chu Tianming couldn't help but speculate secretly in his heart.
"Yo, I didn't expect that Li Gongzi still has the remnants of the Buddhist family hidden by his side, this is a wanted criminal in the imperial court!" King Huainan looked at Li Yi playfully and said.
"How did the prince say this? There is only one merciful person by my side, and there is no wanted criminal by the imperial court! Li Yi smiled coldly.
Although the attitude of the imperial court towards Buddhism has always been that it would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go, but when it comes to the attitude of these vassal kings towards Buddhism, it is much more ambiguous.
After all, the reason why the Buddhist family was destroyed in the first place was because the Buddha guy and the eunuchs attacked Emperor Shengshu, which was actually not a bad thing for them, the vassal kings.
It's just that what they didn't expect was that after the death of Emperor Shengwu, there would be such a talented emperor as Emperor Shengwu.
He dealt with the eunuch group internally to subdue the feudal feudal state, and externally beat the grassland tribes in panic.
If it weren't for his violent death, presumably the Dayu Dynasty would have prospered in his hands, but it's a pity that the heavens are jealous of the talent, this virtuous emperor is dead in vain, and the cause of death is still a mystery.
And now, the reason why King Huainan is so concerned about Anle as a Buddhist and even does not hesitate to open his mouth is completely because what Anle is doing now makes King Huainan a little unbearable.
You must know that what An Le is reciting now is the famous "Dizang Sutra" of Buddhism. This "Jizo Sutra" has a very special meaning in Buddhism, and under normal circumstances, only monks who have passed away will recite this scripture.
It is precisely because of this that King Huainan will be particularly mindful, after all, these dead people who are now overtaken by An Le are all killed by himself, and this side is equivalent to doing it against himself.
"Whether it is a wanted criminal or not is not up to you, this king, as the vassal king of the Dayu Dynasty, should share the worries of the imperial court, and today since he has discovered the remnants of the Buddhist family, he will simply remove it, and he will do his duty!" King Huainan still maintained a smile on his face, but the words he said implied murderous intent.
"It seems that King Huainan is deliberately finding fault! Speaking of being wanted by the imperial court, I used to be a wanted criminal, are you also ready to shoot at me? Mu Junhe couldn't stand it anymore at this time, he stood in front of King Huainan with his long sword and said coldly.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere around me cooled down. The guards around King Huainan were all on standby, and they were all now with their weapons on them, ready to strike at any time.
And Li Yi's side, An Su and the others also leaned towards Mu Junhe, and they were also ready to shoot at any time.
"King Huainan, I have already said that I only have a merciful person here, and there is no one wanted by the imperial court, if you want to say that the rebels in Shouzhou City, who are wanted by the imperial court, were all water bandits in the past, and they are the targets you should target." Li Yi also walked up to him with a smile like King Huainan at this time and said.
"Little Brother Li has a point! What I said just now is just a joke, don't take it to heart! When King Huainan saw the two sides, he became tense in an instant, so he walked down the steps given by Li Yi.
At the same time, he also had a little more evaluation of Li Yi in his heart. In fact, King Huainan suddenly attacked the people on Li Yi's side just now, just to test Li Yi's character.
As soon as he came into contact with Li Yi and these people just now, he found that Li Yi was respected among this group of people. For a person who is a few years younger than his own son, he can make a group of people willing to take him as the leader, and the king of Huainan is still very interested.
In his opinion, this kind of person is definitely a hidden dragon in the abyss, and in the future, he will either become a prince or a famous man who will help the world.
And in the next troubled times, if he wants to achieve a great cause, he must have such a handsome assist, so he can also be regarded as a kind of investigation of Li Yi.
And judging from Li Yi's performance just now, he is definitely a hidden dragon in the abyss, so the only thing King Huainan has to do now is to keep Li Yi by his side.
"Now that most of the rebels have been wiped out by the King of Huainan, there are still many matters in the city that you need to deal with, so I won't bother anymore, so I'll leave!" Seeing that the king of Huainan was no longer ready to pursue An Le's matter, Li Yi offered his resignation.
"Hey! Little Brother Li is not in a hurry to leave, and after this king has eliminated all the rebellions in Shouzhou City, he still wants to drink with you several times! ”
"No need, I still have things to deal with, and if I have time in the future, I will go to the Huainan Mansion to disturb me!" Although King Huainan warmly invited him, Li Yi refused without thinking about it.
In his opinion, the king of Huainan in front of him is moody and extremely scheming, and his murderous intent is too great, so it is better to stay away from this kind of person!
"I don't know what urgent thing Brother Li has? If you have any difficulties, you can speak, and this king will definitely help! Although Li Yi directly rejected his invitation, King Huainan still said with a smile.
"Oh, that's not necessary, it's just that in a few days it will be the death day of my father and mother, and I must go back before the death of my parents!" Li Yi also casually made up a reason, he didn't want to have too much entanglement with King Huainan.
"Oh? I don't know where Brother Li's house is? But I'm from Huainan? ”
"Sangzi is the county seat of Sizhou, and this time it is just borrowing from your country!" Li Yi arched his hand and said.
"Do you want to go to Sizhou County now?" Hearing that Li Yi's hometown was the county town of Sizhou, King Huainan's brows couldn't help frowning.
"That's right, this time I will take a boat from the waterway to the county seat of Sizhou." Li Yi told the King of Huainan all the way he went south, but he was worried that the King of Huainan would continue to entangle him.
"Little Brother Li, do you have any other family members in Sizhou County?" King Huainan's face at this time no longer had that signature smile, but was replaced by a serious face.
"There are no other relatives in Sizhou County, but there are relatives among those who are still in Sizhou County."
"That's a problem!" King Huainan's brows were already twisted at this time.
"I don't know what King Huainan said about this, please give me advice?" Li Yi also saw that there was something in King Huainan's words, so he asked.
"Since Little Brother Li asked me, I will no longer hide it, just last night my people probed on the Huaishui, and thousands of boats passed by from the north last night."
"Thousands of ships?" Li Yi was taken aback by the number that King Huainan said. You should know that a boat, even a small boat, can carry several people, and the thousands of boats down the river show the sheer number of people.
"That's right, thousands of ships!" King Huainan replied with a serious face.
"Does the King of Huainan know who these are?" Li Yi already had a faint guess in his heart at this time, but he felt that his guess was a little too crazy, so he still opened his mouth to ask King Huainan.
"According to my people's observations, these thousands of ships are carrying some people and war horses, if I am not mistaken, these people are likely to be the grassland tribes of the north." King Huainan lowered his voice and said.
"What? Steppe tribes? Qi Chao shouted in surprise when he heard the four words of the grassland tribe.
"Shut up!" Just when he wanted to ask a little more carefully, he was suddenly slapped on the back of the head.
So he turned his head to inspect with angry eyes, he was going to see who was so bold as to hit him on the head, but when he turned his head, he found that Qi Ning was looking at him with an angry face.
In an instant, he went from anger to a smile on his face.
"The steppe tribe really went south?" Although Li Yi's guess was confirmed by King Huainan, at this time, more questions appeared in Li Yi's mind again.
"Why did the steppe tribes go south?"
"Who is the grassland tribe targeting this time?"
"Is there an internal response of the grassland tribe in the south of the Dayu Dynasty?"
"How should the Dayu Imperial Court deal with these grassland tribes next?"
“······” A series of questions kept spinning in his mind like a hovering bee, stirring Li Yi feeling dizzy.
"That's right, although the grassland tribe is the best at cavalry combat, and they used to choose the battlefield in the north of the Dayu Dynasty, but this time they chose the battlefield in the south that is not suitable for cavalry combat." King Huainan actually couldn't understand that this grassland tribe wanted to do this.
"King Huainan, the so-called trouble you just said is that the grassland tribe is going south?" At this time, Qi Ning had already reacted, so he was eager to smell it.
"That's right, this time the grassland tribe army went south to Sizhou County is the way they must pass, my people found out that the grassland tribe's ships this time were all robbed, and the news of their southward movement has not been spread, indicating that their actions were extremely rapid at that time, and in this case, they must not prepare too much grain and grass." The more Huainan Wang spoke, the lower his tone became.
"That means it's very likely that they'll stop in Sizhou and resupply, or they'll land directly in Sizhou and then attack their real target by land." Li Yi continued to follow King Huainan's words at this time.
"That's right, according to my guess, the target of the grassland tribe this time is Xinzhou, after all, Xinzhou is the capital and the economy and culture are prosperous, and they are no worse than robbing the imperial capital." King Huainan continued.
"Xinzhou is only three or four hundred miles away from the county seat of Sizhou, and if you take the waterway, it will be more than two days' journey, and if you change to a war horse, you can reach it in about a day." Li Yi carefully understood the distance between Sizhou County and Xinzhou in his mind, and then spoke.
"In that case, did the King of Huainan issue a warning to the county seat of Sizhou?" Qi Ning was already anxious at this time, so she asked directly.
"You have also seen that now that my Shouzhou City has become like this, the mess on my own side has not had time to clean up, and how can anyone send letters to other feudal towns and feudal countries! You must also forgive our king for his troubles. Before King Huainan could speak, Bao Wenqin on the side finally spoke.
She spoke in a gentle and tactful tone, and there was a little flattery in her soft voice, which made people feel relaxed and happy.
"It's me who can't think about it, in that case, I'll leave now!" Li Yi immediately bowed to King Huainan and Bao Wenqin, and then turned around and left.
The group that followed Li Yi also followed to the city, and they were now going to the south gate of Shouzhou City immediately, and their ships were now parked on the Huaishui outside the city.
Now, if they hurry up, they may be able to catch up with this army of the steppe tribe.
As for what to do after catching up, Li Yi hasn't thought about it yet.
"Why does the king care so much about such a hairy boy?" Bao Wenqin leaned on the edge of the city wall and said.
"Can't you see the difference between this kid?" King Huainan didn't seem to look at Bao Wenqin, his eyes were still fixed on Li Yi's departing back.
"This kid is indeed a little unusual, but even so, you can't blame the king for bothering him so much, right?" Bao Wenqin still doesn't think that with Li Yi's level, it is worth the King of Huainan to hand over so much.
"You don't understand, this kid will become a great weapon in the future, I want to keep him by my side and let him assist me!" King Huainan did not hide it and directly said his thoughts.
"In that case, why did the king let him go?" Bao Wenqin asked with some puzzlement.
"Although you do have some ways to strategize, you are still far from the way of mastering!" King Huainan put his hands behind his back and looked into the distance and continued.
"This talent is like a kite flying in the air, what you have to do is not to hold them all around you, as long as you have a string attached to the kite in your hand to ensure that it does not fly out of your control!"
"But your majesty, you and this Li Yi can be regarded as a Pingshui meeting at most, what can you do to tie him?" Bao Wenqin asked with a faint smile.
"What do you think is the most precious thing in the world?" King Huainan did not answer and asked Bao Wenqin.
"The most valuable thing is, of course, a right!" Bao Wenqin suddenly blurted out without thinking about it, and it wasn't until she said that she realized that she seemed to have said something too explicit just now.
"Superficial! Let me tell you that the most precious thing in the world is love, and this love is also the hardest thing in the world to return. King Huainan's face showed a faint smile again.
"Just by what the king just said?" Bao Wenqin didn't think that the king of Huainan could have much affection when he told Li Yi the news that their grassland tribe was heading south.
"That's right, it's those words that are enough to make him owe me a favor." King Huainan raised his eyebrows and said.
"Childe, what is the purpose of this King of Huainan telling us such an important matter?" At the same time, An Su asked Li Yi puzzled as he walked.
"This is not simple, King Huainan wants to make his junior brother owe him a favor!" Before Li Yi could speak, Jing Zizheng spoke.
"This King of Huainan is not a good person at first glance, and it is not a good thing to owe him a favor!" An Su pursed his lips and said.
"You're right, but this time we already owe this favor, and I'm afraid we will have to pay it back at a great price in the future!" Li Yi said with a long sigh.
"If you want me to say that you just think too much, in my opinion, there is such a thing as affection, if you say that there is it, there is no it, it is completely up to you whether you want to return it!" At this time, Wu Zhongxiao said disdainfully.
"This debt must be repaid, even if you don't want to, you have to do everything you can to compensate the other party! Qi Chao looked at Wu Zhongxiao very puzzled and said.
"So you scholars are stupid in your minds, in my opinion, this kind of thing can only be used to restrain you gentlemen, and it is useless to deal with ruffians like me, I just don't admit that you have this affection, what can you do with me!" Wu Zhongxiao said slightly teasingly.
Everyone was confused by Wu Zhongxiao's remarks for a while, and they didn't know what to say. However, after thinking about it, they felt that what Wu Zhongxiao said was indeed reasonable, and if they really let it out, they would have no face and no skin, and it would be a way to deal with this so-called inappropriate relationship for a while.
"Before, I wondered why this King of Huainan would let the rebels make Shouzhou City look like this, at first I thought it was an excuse made by King Huainan to attack Yueguo, but now it seems that it is not so simple." At this time, Li Yi didn't want to discuss the so-called love issue anymore, and he directly led the conversation back to the king of Huainan and the rebels.
"Is there any other reason besides this?" Everyone grabbed their heads and began to think about other reasons why the King of Huainan allowed the rebels to run rampant.
"He's afraid that the steppe tribe will attack him, right?" Mu Junhe said with a slight smile.
"He's afraid of the steppe tribes? But what does this have to do with him letting the rebels run rampant? "The others still don't understand the truth of this, so they have focused their eyes on this Li Yi and Mu Junhe."