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"Hey~! Have you heard~? Your Majesty sent 4,000 forbidden troops out of the city the day before yesterday. It seems to be going to Qinling Mountains to wipe out a Jianghu sect~!"
The next morning.
Discussions about the battle at Snake Spirit Mountain resounded in a teahouse in the East City.
"What Jianghu sect~? Can you actually let four thousand forbidden troops go to encircle and suppress it~?"
"It seems to be called the Seventh Cultivation Sect~! Hey, it's a small sect~! It's just such a small sect. Instead of being able to attack the four thousand forbidden troops, they actually lost their troops~!"
A wretched, gap-toothed man patted the table and said mysteriously.
"What~? How is that possible~? How is it possible that so many forbidden troops can't even defeat a small Jianghu sect~? Meng Tao, don't spread rumors~!"
A shirtless man opposite stood up and pointed at the gap-toothed man and said angrily.
"Hey, hey, hey~! Boss Mao, I didn't spread any rumors~! My cousin works in the military camp, and he told me this himself~! And I happened to see the commander of the Imperial Army injured yesterday afternoon. Back to the city~!”
The man named Meng Tao stood up and said seriously.
"Oh~? Commander~? Then tell me, kid, who is the commander of the 4,000 forbidden troops encircling and suppressing the Seven Religious Sects this time~? Even if we can defeat this battle, I want to see which bastard is embarrassing our Tang Dynasty. ~!"
Meng Tao sat down, took a sip of tea, and said mysteriously: "Haha~! The identity of this general is closely related to the reason why the imperial court encircled and suppressed the seven cultivators~!"
"Damn~! Who is the general? If you show off again, believe it or not, I will beat you up~?"
Boss Mao waved his fist as big as a bowl and threatened bitterly.
"Yes~! Yes~! But who do you think is the commander~!"
"You really deserve to be beaten when you show off your skills at a critical moment~! Even if Boss Mao doesn't beat you up, I would still want to beat you up~!"
"That's it~! That's it~!"
Meng Tao could be said to have offended the public at this time, and the tea guests who had been listening to his story all criticized him one after another.
"Forehead"
Meng Tao was startled, quickly put down his tea bowl, and said with a smile: "Don't be anxious, everyone~! Don't be anxious~! I'm going to say it, haha, I'm going to say it~! The leader of the Forbidden Army this time is none other than General Dugu, the commander of the Beiya Forbidden Army. And the current prince Zhan Shi Li Zexuan~! And the reason why the imperial court went to war this time and sent the imperial army to encircle and suppress the Seventh Xiu Sect is that the Seventh Xiu Sect has a personal enmity with Li Zexuan~! "
"Li Zexuan~? Li County Man~? Let me tell you, Meng Tao, you are such a bastard, are you spreading rumors~? Li County Man used to make plows and sell cheap books. He has always been kind to others, how could he be with someone? The Seventh Xiu Sect has enmity~?"
Boss Mao stared at his big eyes in disbelief.
"That's right~! Boy from the Meng family, don't slander the Li County man here, he is our family's great benefactor~!"
"Yes, yes, yes~! You can slander anyone, but you can't slander Mr. Li~! We poor farmers are all thinking about his well-being~!"
It has to be said that Li Zexuan's reputation among farmers and poor scholars is still very good. When Meng Tao said that Li Zexuan was the defeated general this time, some people around him suddenly became unwilling and retorted.
Meng Tao was so anxious that he hurriedly argued swornly:
"Hey~! I didn't spread rumors, you have to be reasonable~! These things are all inside information obtained by my cousin, there is absolutely no falsehood~! I didn't lie. If you don't believe me, you can go and find out~ ! If what I, Meng Tao, just said is even half a lie, you can come over and cut off my head and use it as a urinal~!"
Boss Mao was dumbfounded and murmured: "Ah~? Is it really a man from Li County~?"
"Did Lord Li really lead so many people to defeat the battle~?"
"I don't believe it~! I heard that Lord Li is the youngest martial arts master in the Tang Dynasty. He is so powerful that if Your Majesty really sends him to attack the Seventh Xiu Sect, he can take down the entire Seventh Xiu Sect by himself~! I I don’t believe that the men from Li County will be defeated by them~!”
"Yes, yes, yes~! Meng Tao, you must have seen it wrong~!"
Meng Tao retorted: "Hey~! You really don't believe it~! Yesterday, after Li County Man and General Dugu returned to Chang'an to move reinforcements, before sunset, another 6,000 elite soldiers came out of the city, again under the leadership of General Niu , now our Majesty has mobilized a total of 10,000 troops to help Lord Li resolve his personal grudges, tsk tsk~! Our Lord, is really lucky~!"
Anyone can hear the yin and yang in this guy's words. Some people agree with him, and some people don't agree with him.
"Hmph~! What a blessing~! I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup this Li County man poured into His Majesty. He obviously has no ability, but he can be reused. He is less than fifteen years old and is in the third rank. He is probably trying to flatter him. Right~?"
"That's right~! How can he use the imperial army without authorization for his own personal grudges~? Forget it, there are so many people who can't even defeat a small martial arts sect, it really embarrasses my Tang Dynasty army~!"
"Hmph~! You guys, don't listen to Meng Tao's nonsense~! The reason why Lord Li was defeated is probably because there is something hidden in it, otherwise the Holy One would not blame him and instead continue to increase his troops for him~!"
"Hmm~! That makes sense~!"
"Hey~! That's the truth~! It's probably the Li County man who flattered the Holy Lord again, otherwise he would definitely be punished now~!"
"Fart~! You're talking nonsense~!"
"You're the one farting~! You're the one talking nonsense~! Your whole family is talking nonsense~!"
I don't know whether it was intentional or not. It was originally a matter that the court officials should debate, but the people in Chang'an City started to discuss it.
And since the person involved, Li Zexuan, has not come out to explain a few words to everyone, the voices of those who criticize Li Zexuan and think that Li Zexuan is selfish and incompetent are getting louder~!
Li Zexuan doesn't know these things now.
But even if he knew it, he probably wouldn't have time to respond because he's very busy now~!
"Uncle Fu, help me prepare some things. When you're ready, bring them all to Zuifengxuan for me~!"
Li Zexuan went out early in the morning and came to the workshop. He wrote and drew in Zui Fengxuan's study, then took a piece of paper and came out to give it to Uncle Fu and gave instructions.
"Okay, Master~!"
Fu Bo glanced at the list and found that everything on it was available, and then nodded in agreement.
Although he was wondering why Li Zexuan wanted these seemingly unrelated and useless things, at this age, his curiosity was no longer so great, so he didn't ask, and turned around to arrange for someone to buy the materials. Gone~!
"Song Xiaosi~!"
Li Zexuan waved, and Song Xiaosi quickly ran over and bowed: "Master, I'm here~!"
"Hmm~! You will take two honest and honest people with me to Zuifengxuan in a while. You will guard the door and no one will be allowed in. Do you understand~?"
"I understand, Master~!"
