Chapter 766: An Extraordinary Old Merchant
Li Wuchen and Zimo brothers can be said to be calculating each other, and they both think that they have taken advantage, but in fact, neither of them really takes advantage, and both of them are calculated by the other party.
In the end, the two of them discussed for a long time, and finally made a decision to continue to implement Zimo's method, but the specific executor was Zimo, and Li Wuchen was responsible for helping Zimo contact the people he needed, and helping those people get the two sages' instructions.
In this game, in fact, neither of them took advantage, you must know that Zimo, as the executor of the plan, if the incident happened, he would definitely be unable to escape the responsibility, and Li Wuchen went to get the second sage's edict, and he was also to blame for the incident, I am afraid that both of them will be miserable at that time.
It's just that the two of them heard about being humiliated by Lucius before, and they couldn't help but forget the consequences after the incident, and they all made a desperate attempt to attack Lucius.
After sending Zimo away, Shuang'er walked out from behind the curtain, knelt down beside Li Wuchen, and whispered to Li Wuchen: "Your Highness, you are afraid that this matter is a little inconsiderate, you must know that the Second Sage has already made a will to prohibit anyone from attacking merchants outside of Middle-earth. ”
"Now those people of Lucius, disguised as merchants, mixed in those caravans in the Western Regions, according to Zimo's plan, you want to attack those caravans, but we don't know what caravan Lucius and they are mixed in, if they attack all the caravans, then it must be impossible to hide. ”
Speaking of this, Shuang'er paused and looked at Li Wuchen and said, "Your Highness, have you ever thought that if that is the case, how many innocent caravans from the Western Regions will be implicated?
After listening to Shuang'er's words, Li Wuchen gradually calmed down, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that what Shuang'er said was very reasonable, but Li Wuchen shook his head and said: "I have promised Zimo, if I don't participate in this matter, I'm afraid Zimo won't do it." ”
"Twins. You should know the humiliation I received in Fuso, you must know that it was the greatest humiliation of my life, I can't just do nothing that didn't happen, and I can't let Lucius go, I have to let Lucius taste the humiliation of others. ”
Shuang'er knew Li Wuchen's thoughts very well, thinking of those previous experiences in Fusang, Shuang'er had to sigh and say: "Your Highness, that humiliation is indeed unbearable, but we don't necessarily have to use Zimo's method." ”
"Hehe, don't use Zimo's method? Let Lucius and them enter Chang'an City smoothly, with Lucius's talent, he will soon be noticed by the imperial grandfather and imperial grandmother, and I am afraid that I will not have a chance to humiliate him at that time. ”
Knowing that Lu Xius had become a knot in Li Wuchen's heart, originally both Shuang'er and Li Wuchen thought that they would be able to forget about the Fusang incident, and Li Wuchen would not be affected too much, but what no one expected was that the Fusang incident did affect Li Wuchen's state of mind very much.
It can be said that Li Wuchen came back in the days before. He has suffered almost all kinds of criticism, and his cultivation has also been affected by his state of mind, and he has no way to concentrate on his cultivation.
Now Li Wuchen's cultivation realm is not advancing but retreating, and there is even a vague situation that he is about to regress. This situation made Li Wuchen feel very frightened, you must know that he was able to win the favor of the two saints, although he had his resourcefulness, but also because of his talent in cultivation.
In the entire royal family, so to speak. Li Wuchen's cultivation talent is very high, and at the age of just over twenty years, he already has a realm close to Xinzhai. This is definitely extremely rare among the many outstanding disciples of the Immortal Realm and the Buddha Kingdom, and therefore Li Wuchen is valued by the Immortal Realm and the Buddha Kingdom, and then he will be favored by the two saints.
However, if his cultivation regressed, then Li Wuchen would definitely be suppressed, and those who had long looked at him unpleasantly would unceremoniously attack him.
At that time, he will lose the qiē he has now, which is a situation that Li Wuchen does not want to see and does not want to see, so Li Wuchen is now desperate to untie his heart knot.
But in the eyes of Li Wuchen and Shuang'er, there is only one way to untie the knot, that is, to get back the things that were humiliated before on Lucius, and to humiliate Lucius once in Middle-earth, maybe you can untie the knot in Li Wuchen's heart.
Shuang'er knew Li Wuchen's helplessness, so he lay on Li Wuchen's chest and whispered to Li Wuchen: "Your Highness, rest assured, Shuang'er will definitely support Your Highness." ”
Lu Xius, who was traveling with the caravan, didn't know what was happening in Chang'an of the Tang Empire, and didn't know that the caravan in the Western Regions was about to suffer an unprecedented disaster because of him, and he was still in the camp of the old merchant who had seen the two saints at the moment.
While drinking the mare's milk wine from the Western Regions, he listened to the old man narrate some of the things of the year, as well as some changes in the entire Tang Empire over the years.
The old man was naturally very happy that the young man could patiently listen to his nagging, so he told Lucius a lot, and almost told Lucius everything he knew about the Tang Empire.
According to the old man, Lucius roughly understood that the Tang Empire was indeed at its peak and did not show the slightest decline, firstly, because of the harmony of the two sages of the Tang Empire, and secondly, because the Tang Empire was able to accept and absorb foreign civilizations and cultures.
Especially for the governance of neighboring countries, the two sages attach great importance to it, and will summarize and accept some good policies, and then integrate them into the political system of the Tang Empire, so as to continuously improve the political system of the Tang Empire, so that the Tang Empire can prosper forever.
This approach seems crazy, but in fact, it is very feasible in the old man's opinion: "It's like building a house, after the foundation is laid, the building on it needs to constantly add new elements into it, but it must fit the original foundation to ensure the solidity and stability of the house." ”
"Now, it seems that the Tang Empire governed by the two saints has some hidden dangers, but the two saints are still constantly improving their rule, I believe that it will not be long before the two saints will be able to find a solution to the hidden dangers, and the Tang Empire will inevitably be more prosperous at that time. ”
Hearing what the old man said, Lucius disagreed: "Old man, I think what you think is a little simple, the old hidden dangers are removed, and new hidden dangers will inevitably appear, and all the hidden dangers may not be completely solved." ”
Speaking of this, Lu Xiuston paused, took a sip of mare's milk wine, and continued: "Moreover, there is one biggest hidden danger in the Tang Empire now, that is, now that the two saints are alive, everything can develop steadily, but once the two saints are gone, if one of them dies......
Lucius didn't continue, but the old merchant suddenly understood, and looked at Lucius dumbfounded, a look of shock on his face.
In the old man's opinion, maybe the entire Tang Empire, I'm afraid that no one thought of this hidden danger, if one of the two saints died, or two of them went west at the same time, then I am afraid that the Tang Empire would immediately fall apart.
Even if the successor monarch can stabilize the situation, there is no way for the Tang Empire to continue to prosper, the Tang Empire will inevitably begin to decline, and even those hidden dangers in the Second Holy Period will erupt in a concentrated manner, and the Tang Empire will face a huge crisis at that time.
The old merchant looked at Lu Xius and couldn't help but sigh for a long time: "Young man, I really can't imagine that you have such insight and can point out the biggest hidden danger of the Tang Empire with one hit. ”
Lucius couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and said: "Hehehe, old man, you have lifted me, and its practical saying in Middle-earth is that this is called 'the authorities are obsessed with bystanders', I just am not in the bureau, so I can see it more clearly, and you are already in the game, so naturally there is no way to detect it." ”
The old merchant lowered his head and thought about it, and felt that what Lucius said was very reasonable, so he smiled and said to Lucius: "The young man is very good, not humble, not arrogant, not arrogant, not rash, if you have the opportunity to enter Beijing this time, I must introduce you to the second saint." ”
Hearing the old merchant's words, Lu Xiuston was shocked, looked at the old merchant incredulously and said, "Old man, you, you are actually able to meet the Second Sage? Do you even introduce others to the Second Sage? So, you are not an ordinary businessman?"
The old merchant immediately laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, I'm just an ordinary businessman, but Meng Ersheng can afford it, and occasionally comes to the old man's house to drink a cup of coarse tea." ”
Lucius was stunned again, and sighed for a long time: "Old man, you are really hidden, then Lucius thanked the old man here first, and looked forward to the old man being able to introduce the kid." ”
Seeing that Lucius was neither humble nor arrogant, and was very honest, and directly stated that he wanted to be introduced, the old merchant nodded with a smile and promised: "Don't worry, as long as there is a chance, I will definitely introduce you to the Second Sage, but whether you can get the favor of the Second Sage depends on yourself." ”
Lucius hurriedly nodded yes, and raised the mare's milk wine to toast the old merchant, and then chatted with the old merchant for a long time before he got up and left the old merchant's tent.
Seeing that Lucius returned to the camp, the people who had been waiting for a long time immediately surrounded him, Du Liniang looked at the expression on Lucius's face, and Chengzhu was sure in his chest: "It seems that this kid should have achieved his goal, and the old guy promised to introduce the second saint for him." ”
Lucius didn't hide it, nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, Auntie guessed right, I have already gained the trust of that old man, and the old man has already promised to introduce me to the second saint." ”
Hearing what Lucius said, everyone present was overjoyed, because they finally got the opportunity to integrate into the Tang Empire, with the introduction of the old businessman, everyone may take a lot less wrongful road, and it is naturally a good thing to be able to meet the monarch of the Tang Empire easily.
While Christine was overjoyed, she asked with some doubts: "Lucius, how do you know that the old merchant has access to the Second Saint of the Tang Empire, and also has the ability to introduce people to the Second Saint?"
Lucius looked around and found that everyone was actually very curious, so he whispered: "Actually, it's very simple, because that old merchant is wearing a sweat towel embroidered with python patterns, according to the aunt's previous description, how can a person who can hold a sweat towel embroidered with python patterns be an ordinary businessman?" (To be continued......)