Chapter 10 Bodyguards
Dao Xi entered the gate and walked towards Jing Chen's courtyard. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't know whether Divine Oracle Li lived in Shou Guan Guan or had another residence, he wouldn't have run to Jingchen's house.
Jingchen Lao Daogu gave Daoxi the feeling that she was a lonely old man with serious endocrine disorder and lack of care, always looking cool, no one wanted to see her, but she was particularly disgusting.
Walking to the front of the house and hearing the sound of talking inside, Daoxi knocked on the door and said, "Senior, the little monk Daoxi asks to see you." ”
"Come in. As soon as Daoxi's words fell, there was a dull voice like Jingchen's ancient well without waves in the house.
Daoxi cautiously pushed open the door and walked in, only to see Jingchen sitting at the top, next to Li Oracle, and on the guest seat was an acquaintance of Daoxi, Lin Renzhao.
Seeing Lin Renzhao appear in Jingchen's house, Dao Xi was very surprised, "General Lin is also here, and the little monk is polite." ”
"Haha, I didn't expect to meet the master here again, the master's kind words that day, Lin remembered it vividly, and thought about asking the master for advice another day. "Qixia Temple met Daoxi, which is the happiest thing for Lin Renzhao since he entered Beijing. In particular, he chatted about a few words, as well as a poem that made people sigh, which made Lin Renzhao admire him a lot, and a good impression of him arose spontaneously.
"This is my fate with the general!" Dao Xi saw Lin Renzhao and felt the kind of heroic and uninhibited soldier in him, and he was also very happy. However, when he saw Li Shenyu in a blink of an eye, he felt that he suddenly broke in, as if he had delayed the three of them talking, so he said: "The little monk took the liberty to come and disturb the deliberations of the three people, retreat here, and continue the three of them." ”
After saying that, Dao Xi gave Shi Ran a salute and retreated towards the door. Seeing that Daoxi was leaving, Divine Oracle Li hurriedly spoke: "Master Daoxi, be slow. ”
Dao Xi stopped, turned around and looked at Divine Oracle Li in surprise, "Miss Li, what's wrong?"
Li Shenyu looked at Dao Xi in a daze, and didn't say anything for a while. And Jingchen Old Daogu, who was sitting on the side, looked at her beloved apprentice and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Li Shen's eyes looked at Daoxi, which was called a desire to refuse and welcome, it was clearly a deep-rooted love, and it was difficult to extricate himself.
Jingchen thought that since the last time Dao Xi left, the two of them would not have a chance to zaijian, but who knew that they would see each other again in a few days, and it was when Li Shenyu was in trouble.
Li Divine Oracle stopped Daoxi, and before she could speak, Jingchen understood her thoughts, but now, she couldn't interfere, so she could only let them develop.
"It's just that I want to ask the master for help, and I don't know if the master is willing to help me?" Li Shenzhi bit the word "master" very hard, as if to remind himself that he was already a monk, and he could not have other unrealistic ideas.
Zaijian Daoxi, Li Shenyu had more or less left his mind in his heart, but at the moment, she couldn't think of anyone who could help her for a while, until Daoxi's sudden visit made her eyes light up.
"Miss Li, and it doesn't matter, if the little monk can do it, he will not refuse. Dao Xi was willing to help Oracle-Li in his heart, but he had never seen Oracle-Li ask for someone so solemnly, so he didn't have any confidence in what she was asking for, so he said these words that left room for himself.
Hearing the meaning of Daoxi's words, Oracle Li was not annoyed, and instead explained: "I saw that the master and General Lin are also familiar with each other just now, and it would be better to hand over what I asked for to the master." ”
Miss Li's words made the little monk more and more confused. Daoxi was confused and said puzzled.
Li Shenzhao glanced at Lin Renzhao and said: "After General Lin entered Beijing from the frontier, the Jiangbei Northern Army also sneaked into Beijing and became active, and there were even arrogant people who assassinated General Yu several times. The general is the pillar of the country, and the safety of the country is related to the society, so I want to ask the master to protect General Lin in Beijing for a period of time. ”
After hearing this, Dao Xi frowned and turned his gaze to Lin Renzhao. Although he has a lot of respect for Lin Renzhao, when it comes to friendship, the two are not very deep. Moreover, Daoxi originally planned to say goodbye to Divine Oracle, and then go north to Taoshan, if he stayed in Jinling again, he didn't know what trouble he would cause, and for a while, he hesitated.
"If the master is embarrassed, Lin will not be difficult. Lin Renzhao saw Daoxi's embarrassed face, and said very generously and understandingly.
Lin Renzhao came to the capital, and after Li Yu rejected his proposal to go north to regain lost territory, he has been sullen. Until that day, in Qixia Temple, I met Daoxi by chance, although it was only a few words, but it made Lin Renzhao like a cloud. In particular, "Eternal Happiness", which gave up his illness on the eve of Daoxi, made him even more inspired.
So, Lin Renzhao thought about it and wandered between the mansions of the Beijing officials of the small court in Jinling. He thought very simply, although Li Yu was timid and afraid, he was also an emperor with extremely soft ears and could not stand the advice of many people. If you succeed in breaking into the inner circle of power in the imperial court, it is very likely that what you think will be put into practice.
The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is the backbone. Lin Renzhao overestimated his political ability, or underestimated the degree of disgust with the ministers of the imperial court who were in a vegetarian position. The ministers of the yamen are eager to guard the one-third of an acre of land in Jinling and live a free life, who will touch the emperor's brow for something that does not get any benefits.
Lin Renzhao's activities did not achieve any results, but attracted the attention of Jiangbei Zhao Kuangyin. After Zhao Kuangyin learned of Lin Renzhao's admonition in front of Li Yu, he felt that Lin Renzhao must be a major obstacle to his pacification of Jiangnan, so he sent a large number of fine works to infiltrate Jinling, including some killers.
During the time when Lin Renzhao was busy with various ministers, he had been assassinated several times one after another, but fortunately, Lin Renzhao was not weak himself, so he did not let Zhao Kuangyin succeed. However, Lin Renzhao was alone in Beijing and did not take any precautions, and the Southern Tang Dynasty and even the emperor and ordinary ministers did not want to see him, so Lin Renzhao's stay in Beijing became precarious for a while.
Li Yu asked Lin Renzhao to leave Beijing, but Lin Renzhao said that he was ill and resigned, so Li Yu had no choice but to ignore him anymore. The capital was peaceful and peaceful, so that Lin Renzhao was determined to stay, to arouse the sense of distress of the entire imperial court, and beware of the tiger in Jiangbei. It's a pity that no one cares about him.
Lin Renzhao felt helpless, but he never gave up. King Qi Huaixian has always wanted to win him over, and with Lin Renzhao's personality, he would not get involved in the political power struggle. But the actual situation is that he has no right to speak in this Southern Tang Dynasty, and in desperation, he can only secretly declare his goodwill to Li Zhong in order to seek support.
However, although Li Zhongxuan is the prince, he has no power at all, and he wooed Lin Renzhao not to rebel or to seize his brother's position as the crown prince, but just to strengthen his liliang in order to protect himself.
Two people with little energy walked together, one was full of blood waiting to be sprinkled, and the other was afraid that the prince would not end well when he ascended the throne in the future, and the two of them were sad and emotional, but Zuihou thought of it together. Over there is a mobilization of troops to Jiangbei.
Lin Renzhao wanted to guard against the Northern Jiangbei army, and the most important way was to take the initiative to attack and recover the previous Southern Tang Dynasty city in Jiangbei, as a barrier. If Li Zhongxuan wants to protect himself, he needs to gain power, and if he wants to gain power, he thinks of the army. Mobilize troops in Jiangbei, as long as Li Yu agrees, and then put himself in the army, this is a good time to establish military merits and gain military power.
The two hit it off, but they were also struggling with the way, and Li Zhongxuan only thought that he could speak in front of Li Yu, so he only ordered his little aunt Li Divine Oracle.
Li Shenyu removed the former prince and contributed a lot to Li Yu's smooth accession to the throne, and then went to Northern Liao to assassinate Liao Prime Minister Xiao Siwen, obtained the support of the main battle faction of Liao, and raised troops to attack the Song Dynasty, so as to avoid the danger of Zhao Kuangyin going south that year. Li Yu has always felt the merit, and he also attaches great importance to Li Shen's propositions.
But since the return of Yongming Temple, Li Shen's oracle has faded out of the affairs of the imperial court, and rarely gives Li Yu a word. One is that Li Yu does not believe that Xue Yi, the general leader of Shui Yunjian, who is close to him, and the Taiping Sect is placed by his side, which makes Li Oracle disheartened, and the second is that he always has a lingering shadow in his heart, so he rarely has the heart to contribute to the imperial court.
Li Zhongxuan introduced Lin Renzhao to his little aunt. Lin Renzhao also heard about the legendary experience of this county lord and admired it greatly, so he told what he thought in his heart. Li Oracle's opinion that he could analyze it was very good, especially when he heard him say that if he did not attack Jiangbei at this time, when the Song army had cleaned up the other countries, it would be the time when the Southern Tang Dynasty would fall, which made Li Oracle's heart uneasy.
So, Li Oracles agreed to what the two wanted, and took the opportunity to state the benefits and disadvantages to Li Yu. But before he could enter the palace, Lin Renzhao was assassinated outside his house again, which made Li Shenyu have to be nervous about his safety.
If Lin Renzhao died, who would he find to attack Jiangbei and who to find to defend the Yangtze River? However, the Manchu civil and military forces turned a deaf ear to Lin Renzhao's several assassinations and collectively lost their voices. It was that Li Yu knew about it, and he said casually unhappily: "Tell him to go back, he won't be able to give birth, so he has caused so much trouble." ”
When an emperor says such a thing, as a courtier, he is already so cold that he has no integrity. Lin Renzhao heard this, but he didn't show much dissatisfaction, more worried about the current situation in Jinling, comfortable for too long, but without any sense of worry, if the Song army really came to the city, maybe there was no need to resist, this Southern Tang Dynasty would die.
To ensure Lin Renzhao's personal safety, it is impossible to count on the small court of Jinling. Li Shenyu has been looking for a suitable bodyguard candidate for Lin Renzhao in the past few days, and he thought about protecting him personally, but he thought that he was a daughter and had a lot of inconveniences, so he dispelled this idea.
But there are not many people around us. Li Shenzhi had no choice, so he took Lin Renzhao to guard the vacancy, hoping that the master could come up with a way.
Jingchen has the heart to help, but he can't think of a suitable candidate, Zuihou thinks of letting Lin Renzhao live in Shou Guan if he has nothing to do, and if he wants to go out to do things, he can go out with Li Shenyu. It seems that this is also a good way, but Lin Renzhao quits. For him, it is extremely uncomfortable to be with a group of Dao aunts all day long.
Just when the two sides were at a standstill and couldn't think of any other way, Dao Xi appeared, so he became the most suitable person.