A few days later, Su Chengnan Huai Palace.
Fallen leaves covered the entire courtyard, but no servant came to clean it. It was still raining lightly, and the rain gradually washed away the fallen leaves in the courtyard.
Li Yaoyang was holding a sword and standing in the hall where his father had given orders. Li Yaoyang looked to both sides and saw all military officers. The civil servants from the time of the old Nanhuai King Li Rongqi were now gone.
"Everyone, I, Li Yaoyang, dare to risk the disapproval of the world and send troops to the court. To be honest, I want to avenge my family. If I lose, I will die without regrets. If I win, the winner will be the world! I know that all of you have family members. Young and old, if you are afraid and leave now, I, Li Yaoyang, will not hold you accountable. If you are still timid on the battlefield in the future, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Li Yaoyang confessed to everyone.
Li Yaoyang swept away the faces of all the military attachés one by one. Several veteran generals opened their mouths to persuade, but when the words reached their lips, looking at Li Yaoyang's stern face, the veteran generals suppressed their words again. After bowing to Li Yaoyang, several veterans turned and left the hall.
The rest of the people look at me and I look at you, everyone is smiling. These people are all the younger generation of generals in the Nanhuai Army. Their grades are not much different from Li Yaoyang, and a few are slightly older. Li Yaoyang has been hanging out in the military camp all year round and has become very familiar with all the generals. Everyone is well aware of Li Yaoyang's bravery.
The imperial court of Daqi is becoming increasingly decayed. With Li Yaoyang leading the army on an expedition, success is bound to be immediate. With everyone thinking like this, they were not worried at all about confronting the imperial court. This was mainly because Li Yaoyang's power on the battlefield was too high and gave everyone too much confidence.
"Okay! You go back and make preparations early tomorrow morning..."
"Report, Mr. Li is here."
"Master Li San is here."
"Master Li is here."
The servants outside the door reported one after another that three old generals walked in from outside the door. The three of them looked quite similar. Although they were older, they were quite burly.
Li Yaoyang put the long sword in his hand aside and greeted him: "Second uncle, third uncle, fourth uncle."
"Yang'er, I heard that eldest brother..." Mr. Li asked first.
Li Yaoyang nodded.
"Has the murderer been caught?" Mr. Li asked a concerned question.
Li Yaoyang replied: "I haven't caught him yet."
Mr. Li Sanye asked after careful consideration: "Where is Xing'er?"
When Li Yaoyang heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "My second brother was abducted by that boy from the capital. He has never been found. However, two scouts have disappeared in Shucheng. I suspect that they have fled to Shucheng. Maybe we have to cross the river.”
"Beijing? Could it be that the death of eldest brother was..." Mr. Li asked tentatively.
Li Yaoyang nodded fiercely: "Yes, it was Yi Xiaodao who came from the capital, and together with these aristocratic families in Nanhuai, he brought his father and second brother into Hangzhou and killed his father! I, Li Yaoyang, will never avenge this revenge. Man!" Li Yaoyang was so full of momentum that the floor tiles under his feet were broken into pieces, and the armor on everyone's bodies was shaking with a clatter. The momentum was extremely frightening.
"Three uncles, I am about to raise troops to attack the imperial court. Please return to your respective territories and not be implicated by your unfilial nephew." Li Yaoyang said to the three uncles.
Daqi was the same as the previous dynasties, the eldest son succeeded to the throne, and the remaining heirs each had subordinate fiefs. The aristocratic family did not dare to touch the King of Nanhuai lightly, and it was also because of the other three brothers of the King of Nanhuai that they were scattered in various places. If they could not be suppressed at the same time, disaster would soon come.
"What are you talking about? With my eldest brother dead, are you the only man left in our Li family? Count me in!" Fourth Master Li, Li Rongneng, had a hot temper and expressed his intention to help Li Yaoyang in the first place.
Li Rongcai, the second master of Li, stopped the angry fourth brother and said, "Let's get to the bottom of the right and wrong. Going against the imperial court is no joke."
Li Sanye Li Rongyi expressed his position: "If the court really captures Xing'er, then a fight will be inevitable..."
Li Yaoyang knelt down on one knee and said to the three uncles: "Three uncles, I have made up my mind. I hope you will return to your respective territories and keep safe. I also know that this matter is of great importance, and Yaoyang is willing to bear it alone. If we win, we will recruit three more uncles to come to the capital. If we lose...the three uncles guarding Nanhuai can be regarded as the last bit of our Li family's loyalty to Daqi."
The fourth master, Li Rongneng, pulled Li Yaoyang up and said: "We have to defend the territory. Second brother and third brother will defend it. I will accompany Yang'er to seek justice! I will send 10,000 troops!"
"Then...I will also send 10,000 troops." Third Master Li Rongyi also said.
"You guys...Okay, okay, I will send five thousand troops, but until the matter is investigated clearly, I will only be responsible for escorting the food and grass." The second master, Li Rongcai, could not resist the fight between his two brothers, so he had to take a step back.
Li Yaoyang wanted to say more, but Li Rongneng patted him on the shoulder: "That's it! Don't make Fourth Uncle unhappy, you know!"
Li Yaoyang saw the sincerity of his uncles. Even the cautious second uncle wanted to find out the matter clearly before making a decision. At this time, he also sent 20,000 troops, which was tied to him. Li Yaoyang nodded heavily.
"Wei Chen will serve as a guard for the twelve days of Daqi. He will accept the wind and pick stars to meet the King of Nanhuai." While everyone in the room was discussing, two people flew down from the roof, one holding a stick and the other holding a fan. It was Nafeng and Reach for the stars. At this time, the two of them were each holding one person in their hands. They were tied tightly and did not struggle. Their hair covered their faces, making it difficult to see clearly.
"People from the imperial court?" Upon hearing this, Fourth Master Li Rongneng grabbed the sword at his waist and was about to go out.
The second master, Li Rongcai, stopped his fourth brother with one hand, and pretended to stop Li Yaoyang with the other. He was afraid that this reckless brother and nephew would cause a big disaster, so he walked out of the hall and said: "I have heard about Chen Congwei's name for a long time, but Chen Congwei's duty is to protect the emperor in the capital. , I wonder why you came to Nanhuai?"
Nafeng and Zhaixing threw Elder Wang and Elder Zhu in their hands in the courtyard at the same time. Zhaixing said: "According to His Majesty's order, two assassins were specially sent to Nanhuai Mansion. These two assassins were sent by Your Majesty near Wucheng. Captured. The two confessed that they were the elders of the Chuxiang Beggar Gang. They came to Nanhuai to rob Sui Gong and attack and kill the King of Nanhuai on the orders of the leader of the Beggar Gang. The person who attacked and killed the King of Nanhuai was an accomplice of these two men. An elder surnamed Tang escaped, and only these two were captured and sent to the Nanhuai Prince's Mansion."
Regardless of his third uncle's obstruction, Li Yaoyang rushed out of the hall and asked, "How can I trust you?"
Nafeng and Zhaixing said: "Leave these two here for the interrogation of the Nanhuai Prince's Palace. I don't know anything else, so I'll take my leave." After saying that, without waiting for anyone to ask, the two stood up from the ground, a flying crane. Soaring into the sky, he jumped out of Nanhuai Prince's Mansion and disappeared without a trace.
"Stop!"
Li Yaoyang wanted to raise his body to chase after him, but his second master, Li Rongcai, grabbed him and said, "You kid! You're stupid! Do you know who Chen Congwei is? How dare you chase him? The imperial court will not target without purpose, let alone make false accusations at will." Let’s interrogate these two people first and then talk about it.”
Seeing that his second uncle had come up with an idea, Li Yaoyang saw that the two men just now had good qinggong skills. Even if he really caught up with him, he might not be able to get an advantage, so he obeyed his second uncle's words and ordered his servants to take Elder Wang and Elder Zhu with them. Go down and prepare for torture.
"Finally we got rid of those two, but I'm exhausted." Nafeng twisted his wrist and lifted a big living person in his hand. He used brute force, but it was no better than the stick he usually used. There is brute strength and skill. Not to mention reaching for the stars, since leaving Elder Zhu behind, his hands have been moving the joints without stopping.
"It's a pity that Nanhuai has blocked the border and the Yulin Army can't enter. There's nothing we can do about it," said Zhaixing.
Nafeng stood on a pagoda in Su City and asked, "Where to go next? If I had known, I had just asked the Nanhuai Prince's Mansion if they knew the whereabouts of Yi Xiaodao."
Zhai Xing shook his head and said, "Haven't you heard? King Xiao Nanhuai suspected that Yi Xiaodao did it. Catching Yi Xiaodao can keep him alive until now? It's better not to catch him."
"That's true. So what should we do next?" Nafeng asked Xiang Zhaixing.
"Yi Xiaodao is a very smart man. If something happens to Hangcheng, where will he go? To the east is the sea, and to the south is the territory of Nanhuai. Neither is suitable. Then he can only go west or north... "Zhaixing still has some brains and simply analyzed it.
"Then wouldn't it be good for us to look to the west? It's also the way back to the capital!" Nafeng patted his head and said.
Zhaixing rolled his eyes at Nafeng: "If he had gone west, he would have arrived in the capital by now! It is obvious that he is going north, and then plans to turn back to the capital from the north."
"Okay, then let's look north." Na Feng has a lively temperament and is very talkative. As soon as he proposed Star Reaching, Na Feng nodded in agreement, put his feet down, and headed towards the north.
In the Nanhuai Prince's Mansion, all the generals were temporarily dismissed and went home. Only the second master Li Roncai, the third master Li Rongyi and the fourth master Li Rongneng were sitting in the hall. Li Yaoyang walked into the hall from the outside, wiped the blood on his hands with a rag, and said: "The court did not tell lies. It was indeed them who robbed the annual tribute, and they did come from Chu Xiang. The amount of annual tribute, the silver The lines underneath all match up. Even how Elder Tang moved his hands is exactly right."
The three people in the hall were shocked by the news at the same time. The Daqi Dynasty has been relatively harmonious for six hundred years. Even if there are conflicts and some fights between the two places, it is just because of the people living near the border, and they have not been able to rise to the level of vassal. The king is conflicted. So that for six hundred years, the feudal kings in various places have been at peace with each other. Of course, there are also reasons why the dragon energy in the capital has been suppressed and entrenched in the capital and cannot be scattered around the world. In short, the vassal king was assassinated by a gang from another vassal. This matter was really not heard of.
"Seriously! Yang'er, what are you going to do?" Second Master Li Rongcai stared at Li Yaoyang and asked.
"Raise troops and attack Chu Xiang." Li Yaoyang said coldly.
Second Master Li Rongcai nodded. It would be unacceptable to attack without evidence, but now that we have found out, it doesn't matter. After thinking about it, Li Rongcai asked again: "Could it be just a gang thing and has nothing to do with King Xiang of Chu..."
"Second brother is really confused. How did the ordinary gang know about Sui Gong? If King Chu Xiang hadn't informed them of the news, could they have robbed Sui Gong so accurately?" Third Master Li Rongyi also couldn't stand Er. Brother's behavior, he contradicted him with words.
"Yes, it is true that he is old and timid. My nephew sent troops to Chu and Xiang. He first went to the court and stated his revenge for killing his father. This is justified. I am willing to send 20,000 troops!" said the second master Li Rongcai.
"The three uncles raised a total of 40,000 troops. We, the Prince of Nanhuai, raised 50,000 troops and a force of 90,000 to attack Chu Xiang!" Li Yaoyang grabbed the sword beside the table and pulled it out with a "clunk". The cold light shone on Li Yaoyang's face. , Li Yaoyang smiled.
