At all times, Zhang Weiyan has always believed that anything suspicious should be based on seeing is believing.

But when he saw that Li Yi only rubbed some artemisia grass on Tan Kelong's skin for a while, the red pimples on his body quickly subsided, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise.

To say that when he saw the dense red pimple on Tan Kelong's skin just now, he was 100% sure that Tan Kelong was infected with smallpox plague.

But now he doubts his own opinion.

"You two, now you can see clearly!"

Li Yi shook off the green artemisia juice in his hand, and then asked lightly.

"So it seems that this smallpox plague is really fake, but why would you do it?"

It had been determined that the smallpox plague was fake, and the surrounding rock was even more puzzling.

He didn't understand what Li Yi was making such a place for.

If this matter was planned by the county guard or the county lieutenant, he could still understand, after all, they could use it to achieve some of their own political goals.

And if this matter is done by the grass army, he can also understand, because in this way they can take the county seat of Sizhou without blood.

But the fact is that this was done by a young boy, and he can't understand it.

"Wei Yan is asking exactly what I want me to ask, why are you doing this?"

Qi Lao also couldn't understand what he was doing.

From the conversation with Li Yi just now, Qi Lao also saw that he was not a lawless bastard.

But the things he's doing now are a bit out of line.

According to the decree of the Dayu Dynasty, the behavior of a soldier like Li Yi who caused panic and attacked the city guard camp was considered a felony.

"I did all these things just to protect the people of Sizhou County."

Li Yi remained calm in the face of Zhang Weiyan and Qi Lao's sharp gaze.

"To protect the people of Sizhou County?"

Qi Lao stared at Li Yi carefully, he wanted to see some clues from Li Yi's subtle expression.

But no matter how Qi Lao looked at it, he never saw anything abnormal about Li Yi.

"Yes, if it weren't for the urgency of the situation, I wouldn't have been able to make such a decision, after all, Sizhou County is also my Sangzi."

Speaking of this, Li Yi couldn't help but look a little lonely.

"You are also from our Sizhou county?"

Qi Lao was a little surprised, he didn't expect that this Li Yi was also from Sizhou County.

"Heh, I can only say that I used to be from Sizhou County!"

Li Yi smiled bitterly and then didn't want to say anything more on this topic, so he continued.

"Don't hide it, at this time, there is a grassland army of about 20,000 people who are going down the Huaishui River by boat, and if nothing else, it will arrive at Sizhou County the day after tomorrow."

"Boy, you're wrong! They must have fallen from the sky, right? ”

Zhang Weiyan teased disdainfully when he heard what Li Yi said.

"Boy, I don't think your joke is funny!"

Qi Lao couldn't help but say coldly with a straight face.

"I know you don't believe it, and that's why I'm going to make this decision to convince the people of the city that there is a smallpox plague, so that they can escape from the city in the shortest possible time."

In fact, Zhang Weiyan and Qi Lao's reaction, Li Yi had already expected it.

"Is what you're saying true?"

Seeing Li Yi so calm, Qi Lao couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

Because judging from the current situation, Li Yi spent his efforts to let the people of Sizhou County flee the city, and there was no reasonable motive at all.

Such a thankless thing that no one would do unless they were crazy.

And Li Yi in front of him obviously doesn't look like a madman.

Then the only possibility left is that what Li Yi said is true, there are really a large number of grassland tribe armies heading south.

"I know you don't believe it, but think about why I lied to you!"

"But what you said is completely impossible, now the grassland army is besieging the imperial capital, and all the reinforcements from all over the country have been gathered around the imperial capital, guarding the imperial capital, if the grassland army draws tens of thousands of people south at this time, aren't they afraid that the other grassland army will be wiped out by the army of the Dayu Dynasty?"

Zhang Weiyan still didn't believe what Li Yi said.

In his opinion, the steppe army going south is simply asking for its own death.

"That's right, as long as the commander of the steppe army is not a madman, they can't do such a crazy move."

Qi Lao was actually not questioning whether Li Yi was fooling them, what he was questioning now was the reasonableness of this matter.

It's just that he, as a Confucian, can't understand what the soldiers say: the soldiers are treacherous.

He and Zhang Weiyan's thinking is the thinking of literati, and it is impossible for them to understand Mu Huali Falcon's thoughts.

"You don't think this is possible because you don't know the commander of the steppe tribe this time, this is a young man who doesn't play cards according to common sense at all."

Previously, Li Yi had learned some information about the Muhua Li Falcon from Hai Yin.

According to the information Hai Yin said, combined with the actions of the grassland tribe during this time, Li Yi can roughly judge what kind of person Mu Hua Li Falcon is.

In Li Yi's judgment, Mu Hua Li Falcon is a very smart but ruthless young man, and his character has innate self-confidence and madness.

Just from the fact that he commanded the grassland army and played the soldiers of the three counties in the border fortress when he was in the border area, it can be seen that he is a person who does not play cards according to common sense at all.

This kind of person outsiders can't get a glimpse of the rules of his work from his usual style, so it can be said that this kind of person is an extremely difficult person to guess.

It is precisely because of this that such people are born superior.

At the mention of the battle in the northern border fortress, Qi Lao fell silent.

In fact, he paid special attention to the beginning of the war in the northern border area, not only because his grandson and granddaughter were in the northern border area, but also because he was worried about the country and the people.

Although he has withdrawn from the court for many years, the sage said: If you live in the temple, you will worry about the king, and if you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about the people.

Therefore, even though he has lived in seclusion in Sizhou County over the years, he has never forgotten to pay attention to the situation in the court and the border fortress.

Judging from the analysis of the post-war situation, the agility of the steppe tribes' use of troops, the sharpness of the attack, and the decisiveness of sacrifice this time have never been seen before.

"But we haven't heard any news about the grassland tribe heading south for a while!"

Qi Lao asked another question at this time that he couldn't understand.

"This is actually because this army of the grassland tribe has never attacked any city since it attacked Bianzhou."

Li Yi told the reason for the incident.

"How is this possible? Bianzhou is a few days away by boat from our Sizhou County, so how can these grassland tribes not plunder any cities along the way? ”

The more Li Yi said that Zhang Weiyan felt incredible.

He had the impression that the grassland tribes were barbarians who liked to raid everywhere, and the only reason they attacked the Dayu Dynasty was that they wanted to come to the Dayu Dynasty to plunder.

But now Li Yi said that there was a grassland tribe of nearly 20,000 people who went south along the Huaishui River, and did not loot any city for more than ten days on the way, which is tantamount to throwing a civet cat into a fish pile, but it endured it for more than ten days without eating a single fish.

"I know you don't believe it, but it's true that this army of the steppe tribe has never attacked a single city."

Li Yi didn't want to explain anything to Zhang Weiyan anymore.

He had already seen that the county in front of him in Sizhou County was just a Confucian with no knowledge.

It's very difficult to get him to believe what he says.

It is precisely because there are too many people like him that Li Yi chose to use the so-called smallpox plague to scare the people in Sizhou County away.

Otherwise, even if he told the story that the steppe tribe army was about to attack, they would not have been able to evacuate.

"But since they haven't plundered any of the cities, why are you sure that they will definitely attack our Sizhou county?"

Seeing that Li Yi was unwilling to deal with Zhang Weiyan at all, Qi Lao slowly spoke.

"It's simple, because the steppe tribes need supplies and rest."

Li Yi was concise and to the point.

"Wait! You said that they want to resupply and rest, could it be that their target is near our Sizhou county? ”

When Qi Lao heard Li Yi say about supplies and rest, he immediately realized that the grassland tribe was about to launch an attack on the target.

And what are the surrounding targets that are worthy of their attack?

Thinking about it, Qi Lao's forehead began to dripble with cold sweat.

"Their target is around our Sizhou county town?"

Zhang Weiyan frowned, he hadn't reacted at this time.

"Impossible, are they crazy?"

Qi Lao suddenly stood up and said loudly.

"It's not that they're crazy, they're sober, and it's someone else who is crazy."

Li Yi sneered and then spoke.

"What's crazy? Who else is it? ”

Zhang Weiyan was already confused at this time, and he now felt that he couldn't understand what his mentor and Li Yi were talking about, and the two of them seemed to be playing dumb riddles.

But Qi Lao fell into deep thought, and the room fell into an eerie silence.

But the silence didn't last long.

As time passed, Qi Lao's expression became more and more solemn, and then his face became more and more distorted, until finally his breathing began to become heavy.

Then he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of purple-red blood.

"Teacher!"

Zhang Weiyan couldn't help but be startled when he saw his mentor suddenly spitting blood from his mouth.

And when Li Yi saw Qi Lao's face constantly changing, he felt that something was not right.

Therefore, as soon as Qi Lao vomited blood, Li Yi rushed forward, and then helped Qi Lao.

Then he quickly rubbed several of Qi Lao's acupuncture points.

Soon Qi Lao relieved himself, but at this time, he seemed to have been drained of all his strength.

"Teacher, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Weiyan, who reacted, pushed Li Yi away, and then held Qi Lao up, and asked anxiously.

"Crazy, really crazy······"

But for Zhang Weiyan's inquiry, Qi Lao didn't react, he just muttered to himself.

At the same time, there was a line of tears slowly flowing down the corner of his eye.

"Teacher, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me! ”

Zhang Weiyan saw that his mentor seemed to have lost his soul at this time, and he couldn't help but be even more anxious.

"What kind of magic did you damn boy do to my mentor?"

Seeing Zhang Weiyan staring at him with a pair of scarlet eyes, Li Yi just smiled faintly.

"Now the Dayu Dynasty is constantly suffering from internal and external troubles, not because natural disasters are man-made disasters, such as today, it is all his, he is going crazy, even if you vomit blood, it will not help."

Li Yi didn't answer Zhang Weiyan's question, he just said lightly to Qi Lao.

Zhang Weiyan, who was ignored by Li Yi, was about to have a seizure, but when he heard Li Yi's words, he couldn't help but be shocked.

"The whole world is his 、、、、、、、"

Zhang Weiyan carefully tasted the words that Li Yi said, and suddenly he understood who Li Yi was talking about.

"What a bold man, you dare to slander the Holy One, don't you know that this is a great crime to kill your head?"

In the face of Zhang Weiyan's questioning, Li Yi still chose to ignore it, he just stood quietly in place and waited for Qi Lao to speak.

"But the world is the world of the people of the world after all, this is what the sage said!"

Finally, Qi Lao trembled and sat down with the handle of the Hu chair, and then said with a sad voice.

"If he can really follow the words of the sage, why would the Dayu Dynasty fall into such a situation of internal and external troubles?"

Li Yi's words did not change because Qi Lao vomited blood just now, he still spoke sharply.

"Yes, if the emperors of all dynasties can follow the words of the sages, then there will be no turmoil in the world, and it is impossible to change."

If we talk about the opportunity to receive education, the emperors of all dynasties and dynasties have been much more than ordinary people, but even so, there will never be a shortage of cruel and mediocre emperors in history.

"But isn't he forgetting his ancestors by doing this?"

Qi Lao still couldn't accept Emperor Shengheng's method of putting Zongzheng Temple to death no matter what.

"Qi Lao said something that he didn't like very well, although it is not advisable for Emperor Shengheng to use the grassland army to destroy Zongzheng Temple, but from another point of view, where is there still a country in the Dayu Dynasty today."

Although Li Yi didn't like Emperor Shengheng, according to the history books he had read, all powerful countries were centralized in imperial power.

It was only when the imperial power was concentrated in the hands of the emperor that the country could develop rapidly.

"The subseparable feudal system is a national policy formulated by the founding ancestors, and the ancestors are immutable!"

Qi Lao actually understood that the current power of the Dayu Dynasty was too strong, the power of the imperial court was greatly weakened, and the emperor himself would be constrained by the local authorities in everything he did.

Since Emperor Shengcheng, the imperial power has declined even more, and Emperor Shengwu is like a return to the light of the entire Dayu Dynasty, although a large number of accumulated shortcomings have been cleared in a short period of time, but he has also fallen as quickly as a meteor.

And the biggest reason why the feudal town is so powerful is actually Soshoji Temple.

Although Soshoji Temple does not seem to have any real power, it is precisely because of its existence that the owners of feudal kings in various places have great power.

Even under its protection, the rebel vassal kings could develop unscrupulously.

Therefore, in essence, the current Zongzheng Temple is a cancer that grows in the belly of the Dayu Dynasty.

And it is understandable that Emperor Shengheng wants to cut it off, but what Qi Lao can't accept is that Emperor Shengheng actually wants to use the power of the grassland tribe.