Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wine of That Year
When Li Ye arrived at Minzhou City, Li Maozhen, Chu Nanhuai, Wei Xiaozhuang, the first commander and others were leading a group of masters from the Phantom Sound Workshop to fight fiercely in mid-air with the Great Master and others.
In terms of numbers, the Luna Cult monks had a clear advantage, and adopted an almost siege strategy. Among them, the twenty or so masters were particularly tough, and almost all of the masters of the Phantom Sound Workshop who fought against them were pressed and beaten, and there were many dangers, and from time to time someone was injured and occasionally fell from mid-air.
If it weren't for Li Maozhen's criss-crossing in it, a Chixia spear wielding a majestic momentum, and his body was full of glow and clouds, and the ordinary Divine Servant Realm monks of the Moon God Sect fell one after another, attracting a large number of masters to come over and entangle, and the masters of the Phantom Sound Workshop would have been unable to support the battle situation for a long time.
As for the Great Master, whose combat power was second only to that of the Son of God, he was fighting with a huge black-armored celestial god, flying up and down in the clouds.
There is no doubt that the battle situation is very unfavorable to Li Maozhen and others.
Not to mention that the casualties of the masters of the Phantom Sound Workshop are not small, even Li Maozhen himself, after being entangled, the killing efficiency of the enemy has been greatly reduced, and the aura is being violently consumed.
Although Chu Nanhuai has the combat power to overwhelm his master, at this time, he is only barely trying to take care of the real people within a certain range, which is even worse than the combat power of Wei Xiaozhuang, who has incarnated as a giant spirit god.
If Li Ye didn't come, it would only take half an hour, and in the face of the onslaught of the divine servants who had an absolute advantage in numbers, the monks of the Phantom Sound Workshop here would have to be killed and injured. Chu Nanhuai, Wei Xiaozhuang and others are afraid that they will not be spared, and it is estimated that only Li Maozhen can escape.
Li Ye, with Su Emei, Da Shao Si Ming and a group of Tsing Yi Yamen masters, had just appeared in the field of vision of the divine servants when he heard the great master let out an unwilling roar.
Then the servants quickly broke away from the battle and fled north quickly under the cover of the masters.
By the time Li Ye came to the sky above Minzhou City, the servants had already walked cleanly, without dragging mud and water.
failed to kill a group of divine servants, although Li Ye felt dissatisfied, he didn't have too many regrets. The Divine Son was injured and fled, which means that the Moon God Sect has no chance of winning - at least not now, the Great Master should have received the information a long time ago, but he just wanted to fight hard, and at this time, he couldn't do anything, so he naturally walked fast.
The Luna Sect was unable to win this battle, and Li Ye actually couldn't pursue it, and the forces of the two sides were now entering a delicate balance stage.
Li Maozhen looked at the back of the other party's escape and was angry, gritted his teeth with a flushed face, and said: "If it weren't for the sudden arrival of the power of the moon god and suppressed thirty percent of our combat power, these Tibetan barbarians would have been killed by me all under the gun!"
As she spoke, she turned her head and glared at Li Ye vigorously, looking like the old lady's unfavorable battle situation was just an accident, the old lady didn't lose much to you, the old lady was very unconvinced, "Why are you here?"
A knowingly and meaningless opening sentence completely exposed the nature of her heart. If it weren't for the fear of being looked down upon by Li Ye, she would not have said such obviously superfluous and useless words with her temperament and wisdom.
What could Li Ye say, he had to shrug his shoulders: "Let's take a look at the scenery of Hexi." ”
Li Maozhen breathed a long sigh of relief in her heart, and was very moved by Li Ye's words to take care of her in front of everyone, but she stubbornly put on a stubborn look like you are really too idle, and pouted without a trace: "Since you are here, you are in charge of the next things." ”
I didn't care about what I said, it was very relaxed and indifferent, as casual as small talk, but in fact, I was in front of everyone at the first time, giving up the command power of the team and putting myself in a subordinate position.
Li Ye smiled and said seriously: "King Qi has fought for thousands of miles for the country, and his majesty is very impressed, saying that he will give you an official rank and a knighthood when you go back." ”
This is true, Li Yan did say so. But if Li Ye is killed, he will not tell Li Maozhen that the "addition of officials to the knight" in Li Yan's mouth is to let Li Maozhen go further to become Princess An.
Li Maozhen immediately felt very satisfied, and Danfeng's eyes narrowed slightly into a moon bud.
She wouldn't believe that Li Yan would appreciate her credit, Li Ye could say this, of course, it was his own idea, this was the first time to recognize and respect her efforts in front of others.
After all, she is the king of Qi, and she has a large group of old subordinates, Li Ye recognizes her, and her old subordinates will not be treated differently. Don't let the people who once followed her suffer, she cares about this very much.
It is precisely because she cares and her old ministry cares that as soon as Li Ye meets her, she will first say these official words, which can be regarded as stabilizing the overall situation and people's hearts.
Li Maozhen arched her hand in the direction of Chang'an with great interest, and then said to Li Ye: "In this way, please also ask King An to thank Your Majesty for me." ”
After saying this, even if you have turned over this article.
The two sides exchanged their respective situations, Li Ye told him about the battle with Shenzi, and Li Maozhen also explained in detail to Li Ye the current situation near Minzhou. After letting the masters of the Phantom Sound Workshop go down to rest, heal their wounds, and collect the dead bodies, Li Maozhen, Li Ye and others came to the mansion that originally belonged to the city lord in the city and began to plan the next actions in a unified manner.
Chu Nanhuai and others were naturally present.
"The strength of the Moon God Sect, except for that god son, is that there are more masters, and there is the power of the moon god to suppress our combat power, and the others are not worth mentioning. ”
Li Maozhen said very shamefully, and her disdain and disbelief were obvious, "After all, our Datang is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and there are many people in the vast land, as long as we mobilize all the monks in the middle and high levels of Qi cultivation and rush to Hexi, we can kill them with the number of people!"
A particularly domineering remark is also true.
Of course, this is also tantamount to admitting in disguise that with only the True Human Realm Cultivator, Datang can't solve the Moon God Sect now. The Luna Cult is not just Hexi's sphere of influence, half of the plateau belongs to them. Otherwise, there would not be so many masters in the Great Temple, and Tubo would not have been able to break through Chang'an back then.
Li Ye said: "The middle and high-level cultivators in Hebei, Central Plains, and Guanzhong are already concentrating. As the Quanzhen Guandao people enter Hexi, they will also come immediately. It will take about a month. ”
Li Maozhen's beautiful eyes widened in surprise, like a ghost, "You actually arranged it in advance?"
Li Ye smiled, "Since I fought against you, I have already made up my mind to pay attention, and the main thing to subdue Hexi is to rely on the strength of the monks." ”
Once again, he realized the gap between his wisdom and Li Ye, Li Maozhen's face turned dark, she scratched her head irritably, and she didn't know that her hair was disturbed, and she sighed angrily: "What else is arranged, let's talk about it over and over again!"
In this way, we can avoid successive blows to the intellect.
Of course, Li Ye was as good as a stream, and said without reservation: "As you said, if you want to solve the Moon God Sect, you must first solve their gods, and the suppression of our combat power by the power of the Moon God is a big trouble." If this problem is not solved, even if it is filled with the lives of Qi cultivators, it will be difficult for us to recover Hexi. ”
Li Maozhen slapped the table hard and opened her mouth to say something.
Everyone was shocked and looked at her in confusion.
Facing everyone's gaze, Li Maozhen swallowed back the sentence "to the point" that came to her lips. She felt that yelling at Li Ye in public like this would be too bad for Li Ye to lose face and damage his majesty as King An.
So she held herself back and her face turned red.
Li Ye didn't know what Li Maozhen was thinking, and seeing that she didn't mean to speak, he continued: "Just give it to me by the Son of God, I have a way to deal with it." ”
Li Maozhen slapped the table again, this time it was heavier, and she almost didn't control the power to slap the table apart, she stared at Li Ye and blurted out: "Do you have a way? Do you have a way to let him run today? Don't think I don't know what you got from the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, what else do you rely on......?"
The words came to an abrupt end.
Facing the strange gazes of everyone again, Li Maozhen's expression froze, and the next words were stuck in his throat again, and even the roots of his ears turned red in an instant.
However, King Qi is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and with a wave of his hand, he took his words: "Forget it, you are King An, of course you have a way, I won't ask!"
The only thing she is sure of is that Li Ye's reliance is definitely not as simple as joining forces with her to fight against the Divine Son. The Luna God Sect has a great master and so many masters, and when it comes to the battle, the solution to the Son of God cannot be solved by group fighting.
Li Ye replied with a smile: "Jiuhe Dingding Great Array." ”
Li Maozhen completely learned to be obedient this time, closed her red lips tightly and didn't speak, just stared at Li Ye in a daze.
Li Ye continued: "Of course, there is no way to launch the Jiuhe Dingding Great Array now, but the method of attracting the power of the people of the world can be used for reference. Hexi has no immortal power to protect it, the power of the moon god envelops the heavens and the earth, and our cultivation aura is indeed suppressed, but the power of the people is not among the suppressed. ”
Just seeing that Li Maozhen's face began to flush again, Li Ye knew that she must have something to say again, but this time he already knew what the other party wanted to ask.
Li Ye continued: "I am indeed not an emperor, but I can attract the power of the people myself. Don't ask why. ”
Hearing this, Li Maozhen almost suffocated to death.
Su Emei and the others couldn't help but laugh when they looked at Li Maozhen's drowning fish-like appearance.
Although Li Ye is not an emperor, he has dragon energy in his body, not to mention that he still has an emperor cultivation in his body, and he can try it by attracting the power of the people to kill the gods. The power of the people is not suppressed by divine power, which is also discovered by Li Ye when he fought against the Divine Son.
The problem was that he needed the power of the people of the land west of the river.
Hexi is not in the imperial territory now, and he, the hidden dragon of the Tang Dynasty, cannot attract the power of the people of the Central Plains to Hexi to deal with the Son of God.
This is also limited by the realm, if he is in the realm of immortals, he can do this with the power of the people in the immortal garden alone.
"So next, within a month of the Qi cultivators arriving in Hexi, I need to influence the Han people in Hexi as much as possible, so that they can contribute their loyalty and strength. Li Ye silently added in his heart.
It's hard, and it's easy at the same time.
Now that Li Ye has generally calmed down the country, the fortunes of the Tang Dynasty are supported by him, the two are inseparable, and with the Tao of God in his body, his personal luck and the fortunes of the Tang Dynasty have become one. As long as the bloody loyalty of the Han people in Hexi to the Tang Dynasty is stimulated, he will be able to succeed.
Because this battle caused the Luna Cult to retreat, the land of Hexi around Minzhou and in the south, the manpower of Tsing Yi Yamen, Phantom Sound Fang, Quanzhenguan and Shangguan Allure could be quickly occupied and recovered.
This was the situation that Li Ye could best grasp during the short stalemate period before Miko's injury recovered.
After the discussion was dispersed, Chu Nanhuai, Su Emei and others left the hall one after another, and just as Li Ye was about to go out, Li Maozhen, who was at the end, stopped him, with an unhappy and internally injured expression, "Drink!
A moment later, Li Ye and Li Maozhen sat on the eaves of the tallest building in the mansion, with a large wine jar beside them.
At this time, the sky is already dusk, the Milky Way is lit up overhead, the stars are brilliant, and the doors and windows of the houses in the city are full of dim lights, and the fields are spread out.
Li Maozhen sat in front of her eyes and was stunned for a while, and suddenly picked up a jar of Jiannan Burning Spring from behind, slapped it with her backhand, and the whole mud flew out. handed the wine jar to Li Ye, and without waiting for the other party to speak, she opened another jar for herself and touched it forward, "Dry!"
As soon as she raised her neck, the cool wine entered her throat in the shape of a stream.
Li Ye, who never lags behind in drinking, of course has no words.
When he had finished drinking the wine in the jar and had just put it at his feet, a new jar of wine appeared in front of him.
Bang, the jar was hit hard.
"!"
When I looked at it again, Li Maozhen was drinking again.
emptied three altars in a row, seeing Li Maozhen wipe her mouth with the back of her hand, reached out to the altar behind her, picked up a jar of wine and patted the mud, and handed it to herself cleanly.
Since returning to Minzhou, Li Ye has a feeling that Li Maozhen in front of him is a little different from before. Emotions are intense, manners are casual, aggressive and sharp are less, and uninhibited and domineering are more.
This is the only way to let go of the burden on your shoulders and remove the solemn mask.
When the seven jars of wine were emptied in a row, even if it was a real human realm physique, Li Maozhen began to blush. Holding the empty jar of wine, she threw her head up into the night sky and spat out a long sip of wine. This action lasted for a long time, and if she had a torch in front of her, she might be able to spew out a large fire dragon.
What Li Ye saw was her white and slender neck like a swan, smooth and delicate and better than the best satin.
Just when Li Ye was a little distracted by the beautiful scenery, his body suddenly tilted, and he saw Li Maozhen's red and beautiful face close at hand.
Li Maozhen climbed over Li Ye's shoulders savagely, looked like two brothers, burped, put his face in front of Li Ye's eyes, and said mysteriously: "Do you know that the best wine I have ever drunk in my life, where is the wine?"
Li Maozhen's drunken state made Li Ye cry and laugh. At this time, there is no heroic King Qi in front of him, only a female man who has drunk too much. His first reaction was to wave his hand and place a barrier around him to isolate hearing and hearing, and then he asked, "Where?"
"Guess!" Li Maozhen blinked a pair of big shining eyes like autumn water, staring at Li Ye motionlessly.
Without waiting for Li Ye to speak, she laughed and looked very proud. I don't know what I'm proud of.
Li Ye was a little uncomfortable by Li Maozhen, so he could only shake his head: "I don't know." ”
"Haha!" Li Maozhen suddenly laughed.
She still felt dissatisfied with the smile, and patted Li Ye's shoulder with one hand, almost giving Li Ye the wine she had just drunk, "You are so stupid! You are still King An, who said that you are the best to do, and you are the first to be the enemy? I can't even guess such a simple question! I know the problem, you don't even know!"
Li Ye: "......"
Li Maozhen's laughter stopped abruptly, as abnormal as it happened. The whole person suddenly paused there, stunned as if someone had pointed at it.
Li Ye was about to check what was wrong with her, when another wine jar appeared in front of him.
Of course, this was handed to him by Li Maozhen.
"After drinking this altar, I will tell you the answer!" Li Maozhen patted his chest and assured, indicating that he was very good at talking.
Li Ye had to drink another jar.
Li Maozhen really counted, and he immediately got the answer.
This is definitely not that Li Maozhen clearly remembers her promise, but when she threw the empty wine jar in her hand high, she said loudly: "Who said that Jiannan Burning Spring is the best wine? It's just nonsense! In the third year of neutralization, the wine I drank in King An's Mansion tasted much more delicious than this, and that was the best wine!"
Li Ye was stunned.
In the third year of neutralization, Li Ye defeated Huangchao, joined forces with Li Maozhen to defeat the Fengxiang rebellion, and welcomed Li Yan back to Chang'an. After the war, in King An's mansion, he drank with Li Maozhen, Zhu Wen, Wang Jian and others.
That year, Li Maozhen had just become the envoy of the Fengxiang Festival, and had not yet led his troops to attack Chang'an.
That night, the young pillars of the empire were in high spirits.
Li Ye was stunned and came back to his senses, and he heard Li Maozhen's faint voice sounding beside him, "You say, why is the wine that night so sweet?"
When he turned his head, he saw Li Maozhen burying her head in her knees.
She said: "Because at that time, my brothers never met in arms, and I did not partner with others to plot against you in Kunlun. ”