Chapter 285: The Trick of the Shang Capital (3)
Li Yan thought that Miyuki was afraid that the war between the two countries would affect the relationship between the two, so he comforted him with kind words: Regardless of the relationship between countries, I am always the same to you.
Even if one day the two countries fight each other, I will resign from my official position and fly away with you. Meixue's eyes turned red, she looked at Li Yan in a daze, clasped his hand for a while and said: Li Jun, of course I understand.
But that's not what I said. You have also read the biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin, you must know the truth that the rabbit dies and the dog cooks, and the bird hides the bow.
If you really make so many great contributions, how can the emperor tolerate you? Li Yan defended: But the emperor clearly said that he would not be suspicious...... Miyuki shook her head: Do you believe this?
Well, even if he is telling the truth, he just doesn't suspect you now. As he grows older, the emperor will change from an ignorant teenager to an ambitious adult.
Think about it, he is going to annex the four seas at such a young age, and when he grows up, can he still tolerate you, a powerful minister with military power?
I'm afraid that your fate will be worse than Han Xin's. Miyuki suddenly sighed leisurely, Li Jun, do you know why I insisted on leaving Fusang and coming to the Central Plains with you?
Isn't it for the sake of peace in the world? Meixue Dao, of course, this is the most important reason. But in addition to that, I have a little selfishness, which is to save my life.
You know what? After we eradicated the wooden mansion, my brother looked at me differently than before.
It's cold, full of suspicion and hatred, like ...... It's as scary as a hyena protecting a piece of carrion.
I knew that if I continued to stay in Fuso, something would happen to me. So no matter what others say.
I left with you anyway. The moment I made up the palace, I glanced back at my brother, who had a relieved expression on his face.
So Li Jun, you have to believe me, I can guess the emperor's thoughts with no doubt, except to leave here, we have no second way to go.
Li Yan was silent, looking at the night sky in a daze with his hands behind his back, and suddenly sighed after a while: If this is the case, what have I been running around for the past ten years?
Miyukimichi: Of course, it is for the people not to suffer from the war. Now that they're almost settling down, what else do you have to worry about?
Li Yandao just felt a little unwilling...... Meixue smiled lightly, could it be that Li Daying still wanted to return something?
Li Yan shook his head: I don't want anything, you know this. I just feel a little uneven. Alas, forget it...... He slapped it on the table: Tomorrow I will write a letter to resign.
Miyuki smiled, you are such a fool, and you don't want to think that the emperor can approve your performance? In my opinion, it is better to follow the example of last time, and give him a seal and seal the gold and leave.
Li Yan shook his head: This is not good. Then he explained: I'm not saying that you can't go, but that some things have to be arranged clearly.
When the time comes, I will hand over the tiger talisman, seal letter and other items to Mr. Yan, and then explain a few confidential military affairs to him.
You can rest assured that it will be done in half a day tomorrow at most. When the time comes, the two of us will find a deep mountain and old forest to live in seclusion and never come out again.
Miyuki heard Li Yan say this, and her heart was extremely sweet, and she hummed lowly. A stone fell to the ground in her heart, and her spirit relaxed, and she kept yawning.
Seeing her like this, Li Yan sent her out to rest in the back of the palace, and returned to the main hall to sit alone. After a while, he also felt sleepy, wrapped up in the quilt and leaned against the pillar, and was about to fall asleep in a daze.
But just when he was half-asleep and half-awake, Li Yan suddenly felt a cold air coming. At first, he thought it was the night wind blowing in, so he didn't take it seriously.
But after thinking about it again, he suddenly opened his eyes. This cold has nothing to do with the temperature, but rather the fear in people's hearts.
He had felt this way every time he encountered a vicious enemy in countless battles in the past, and it reminded Li of the danger.
Li Yan involuntarily quietly clenched the single knife, holding his breath and concentrating. But in the main hall, only candles were burning, and a monotonous ticking sound came from the copper kettle.
In addition, not to mention a human figure, there is not even a mouse. Li Yan secretly thought, could it be that I was too nervous to hear it wrong?
But when you think about it, you know that something is wrong. This keen sense had saved him countless times, and it certainly wouldn't be wrong this time.
I'm afraid that there is really some special trouble. So Li Yan didn't dare to be careless at all, pretended to yawn and turned over, and swept around the hall with his afterglow.
Then he rushed his face to the inside of the pillar and whispered inarticulately: It smells so good. It's like talking in a dream.
There was still no sound in the hall, and after a while, the snoring gradually started, and Li Yan seemed to be asleep. At this time, under the cover of his snoring, a sneaky voice said: Boss, this guy is just an ordinary person, why are you so afraid of him?
Another fierce voice said, "What ordinary person? Do you know that he is the star lord in the sky?" What kind of evil ghost dare not slaughter?
Neither of us is enough to give people a tooth sacrifice. Li Yan peeked in. But I saw two short figures standing under the Buddha statue.
Both of these guys are blue-faced fangs, indigo-faced and red-eyebrowed, and are obviously not human. The one with a slightly larger body had a more regular shirt and seemed to be in charge.
I only heard him continue to say fiercely: But fortunately, this kid is asleep at the moment, let's hurry up and work, and go back to work before dawn.
Li Yan knew what these two monsters were, they were the lowest-ranking servants in the underworld, and ordinary people called them ghosts.
Most of them are ghosts of petty thieves, and they can be reincarnated after a certain number of years of service.
Although the ghost is a god and monster, his mana is low, and he is not afraid. In addition, he is also a public servant, so there is nothing to be particularly wary of.
It's just that their words made Li Yan a little concerned, I don't know what the work they want to do is referring to?
Li Yan's curiosity was aroused, and he secretly observed the actions of the two ghosts. I saw that the little ghost almost didn't dare to act at first, but after being reprimanded by the big ghost, he turned behind the Buddha statue with him.
After a while, the two of them put out a large tank full of oil, but Li Yan smelled fragrant, it seemed to be lamp oil, and he wondered in his heart.
So he jumped up and shouted, "Bah, what are you two little ghosts doing?" The ghost was almost lost in shock by his cold roar.
In a hurry, he fell into the oil cylinder, and he was even more embarrassed. Li Yan dragged the two up and asked: If you two don't study well, why do you steal the lamp oil in the temple?
Fortunately, I found out, and if I didn't know, the charge of stealing would have been charged to our Heian Army!
The two little ghosts glanced at each other, immediately knelt down with a brush, and kept kowtowing: Grandpa the Star Lord spared me and waited!
The ghost leader replied: "Grandpa's name, which one in heaven and on earth doesn't know?"
If I don't know your name, then ...... Unless he is deaf! The other imp was obviously not as good as he could say, so he had to echo in: Yes, unless he is deaf!
Li Yan smiled: Come less, don't put a high hat on me. Do you know that the lamp oil in this temple is used for worship to the gods?
If you two steal, you will be guilty of a great sin. The two ghosts immediately cried and said: Yes, yes. Please spare your grandfather's life!
Li Chuan said, then you tell me why you want to steal it, don't you use it for money? The two shook their heads like a wave drum: Grandpa would not dare to do such a thing even if he borrowed a hundred dares from the villain.
Oh, why is that?, Li asked. This...... The two looked at each other, but neither dared to speak.
Li Yan said deliberately: Okay, it seems that you don't want to say it. I'll write a letter to Yan Jun and ask him to punish you both severely.
As he spoke, he couldn't help but feel amused in his heart. In fact, where did he recognize Yan Jun. The so-called writing of letters is nothing more than nonsense.
But the two little ghosts took it seriously, kowtowed like garlic and said: Grandpa, my brothers and sisters will be reincarnated in three or five years.
If you file a complaint at this time, we will have to serve at least a few more decades in prison. We both beg you, old man!
The ghost leader looked around, lowered his voice and said tremblingly: Grandpa, don't hide it, in fact, this oil is what Yan Jun asked us for...... Li Yanqi said: Nonsense!
How could Yan Jun condone his subordinates to steal things? He just asked us to give him a whole tank of lamp oil within the limit of three days for each errand.
If it can't be done, it's still a trivial matter to be punished, but this labor has to be postponed. We brothers and I just scraped together enough to get enough gas.
There was still a vat left, and there was really nowhere to go, so I put my mind to this city god temple. But we never expected that your old man was actually stationed here, and it was really ...... for a while He was poor for a while, and he didn't know what to say, so he opened his skinny hand and slapped himself, I should die if I steal!
The little ghost next to him hurriedly grabbed his hand and cried: "Big brother, why are you doing this?" Li Yan thought to himself, they had obviously scraped together enough oil but refused to deal with it alone, which showed that they were a little righteous.
I made up my mind that I would no longer embarrass them. However, the initial curiosity still did not let go, so he asked more: What does Yan Jun want so much lamp oil for?
The little ghost replied: Light the lamp and illuminate it, don't you know that the heavens and the earth have been busy and crazy in the past two days! Li Yan pinched his fingers and calculated, it seemed that there were still some days before the Qingming Festival.
Then he asked, "Is there anything wrong with your prefecture?" Speaking of this, he added another sentence, "It doesn't matter if you don't answer, I won't go to sue you."
The two ghosts glanced at each other, and the big ghost almost sighed and said: Thank you grandpa, you are kind-hearted, and the little one will tell the truth.
At present, everyone in the underworld is working overtime to transcribe the book of life and death, and I heard that a large number of dead people are coming in.
Li Yan was stunned for a moment: The war in the Central Plains is gradually subsiding, where are the dead people coming from?
The ghost head replied, "There must be millions, otherwise we wouldn't have gone around stealing oil." There was a buzz in Li Yan's mind, and he was almost unsteady on his feet.
He only came to the world, and he was about to return to peace, but he didn't know why so many people died suddenly.
So he asked in a trembling voice: ...... Why did they die? Could it be because the war failed? The ghost nodded, exactly.
Li Yan sighed, it turned out that his decision to resign rashly would lead to the death of nearly a million people, which was definitely not his intention.
Since he knew that it would lead to such a result, Li Yan would not do it. Even if he's sorry for Miyuki, he won't watch this kind of human tragedy happen.
So Li Yan barely stabilized his heart and said: After the two of you go back, tell Yan Jun that you don't need to prepare. I have decided to continue to serve as commander-in-chief, and the Huns will not dare to challenge me.
The ghost head shook his head again and said: Grandpa Star Lord, this matter has nothing to do with the Huns. Li Yanhu doubted: It's not the Huns, so how can this be?
The ghost boss said, speaking of which, this matter is really related to you. Half of the million people who died were Han Chinese, and the other half were Fanmin of Baihufan.
Do you still remember the ten-year covenant you made with Lu Heng back then? Silently, Li Yan only felt five thunderbolts and shouted: I'm sorry Brother Lu!
Then roll over and fall. Speaking of which, he didn't forget this agreement, but he was negligent. There is a hypothesis in later generations, called the gray rhinoceros, the psychology of a single way.
People tend to turn a blind eye to things that are particularly important but take for granted. It's too late to wait for things to happen.
For example, there is a deep pit in the ground, and every day it is on fire, and people will not dare to pass by it at first, but once they get used to it, even if they know that it is very dangerous, they don't care.
So much so that the people who had planned to move and flee ended up staying. It wasn't until one day that the pit erupted that it was too late for everyone to regret it.
The same is true of today. Although Li Can always remembered the agreement with Lu Heng in his heart, he always thought that it was too early, and it would be too late to do it after the expulsion of the Huns.
Unexpectedly, his negligence would cause such a fire. He asked in a trembling voice, do you know if there is a remedy?
The ghost head sighed and said: "Grandpa Star Lord, it stands to reason that my brothers shouldn't have said this, but we saw that you were kind-hearted, so we had to tell you the truth.
You will forget about it, partly because of your own negligence, and partly because someone deliberately did not want you to remember it.
Those people are so powerful that I don't dare mention their names. However, since you have recalled that agreement today, you will listen to the next word, if you immediately rush to the Huns and rescue the agreed person, there is still room for redemption.
Again and again, with many years of experience in serving in the underworld, Yan Jun will annotate and seal in advance in the book of life and death, for fear of delaying the summons from above.
It stands to reason that there are so many dead people this time, and Yan Jun should have prepared in advance, but this time I heard from the judges that his old man did not stamp any of the lists, which shows that the matter has not been completely finalized.
So if you're quick and quick, you may have room to maneuver. Li Yan asked excitedly and loudly after hearing this: Is what you said true?
The ghost was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand and said: Little ...... The little ones are just conjectures. Tips: Enter "Panda Literature" in the search engine, you can find this site, thank you.
Chapter 285: The Trick of the Shang Capital (3)