"Dad, are you just going to leave the second sister in Yindu?" Li Chengzhi couldn't help but worry as the bumpy dirt road made the people in the car shake their heads.
"Are you still worried about her safety?" Li Pingyuan asked Li Chengzhi. He was dressed in Confucian uniform and looked elegant and leisurely.
"No, no..." Li Chengzhi shook his head hurriedly, how could he be worried about Li Rusi's safety.
"I just think it's not good for my sister to stay with a girl in Yindu." Li Chengzhi said weakly, although he didn't know what he was worried about and asked out of habit.
"If you have some potential, can I leave your second sister in Yindu?" Li Pingyuan blocked all Li Chengzhi's words with one sentence, in order to hide his whereabouts and prevent people from Youguo from noticing.
"I'm not good at acting..." Li Chengzhi was embarrassed to say. When he played the role of serving his seriously ill father, he would be exposed at a glance.
"So you tell me why I kept your second sister, but not you. If I keep you, I'm afraid the spies from Youguo will know that I'm not in Yindu the next day." Li Pingyuan said to his son.
He wanted to sneak to the front line and catch the opponent off guard. King Yu had already agreed to send troops, and his mission had been successfully completed.
"Dad, even if you haven't shown up for a long time, you would have guessed it." Li Chengzhi couldn't say enough about Li Pingyuan's operation.
"But they are not convinced. This is one of our advantages. Whether we are sick or not, we only need to pay a small price to make the other party use the rat weapon, and waste a lot of spies to consume and probe for information. Then why not do it?" Li Pingyuan asked back.
"Spy, it is said that there are really many spies in Youguo in Yuguo. The whole capital is like a sieve. I have killed more than a dozen in the past half month. They come every day just to confirm your situation, dad." Li Chengzhi thought of the past half month. , there are murders every day.
"Do you think Cheng Guo is okay? It's just that there are many nursing homes at home, so it's not your turn to take action."
Li Pingyuan's face was full of sadness.
"You can see that the country of You is strong and the country of Yu is weak. When a country is strong, it is powerful. This war, even if all the mechanisms are exhausted, can only add a few years to the country of Yu. No matter whether it is the death of the old King Yu or the fight among the princes, , whether it is natural disasters combined with man-made disasters, the Yu Kingdom will no longer be able to maintain it. Facing the You Kingdom, Cheng Yu will be like lips and teeth. If the Yu Kingdom perishes, then the Cheng Kingdom will not be far from destruction."
"We all know that we are on the verge of destruction, but these princes are still fighting. Are there no smart people? King Yu is the same. He has strong enemies outside, and he also divides himself internally to weaken his strength." Li Chengzhi laughed after listening to Li Pingyuan's words , it just doesn’t feel right intuitively.
"There are many smart people who are pretending to be confused. For them, the change of dynasty means that the name of the position has changed. The prince also knows that it is not good to fight at this moment, but who doesn't think that he is the master of destiny? As for the old emperor, he may have noticed that the place It is unstable, so dividing the princes out is better than letting ministers with foreign surnames take control of Dao County. If the prince has the ability, he may really be able to rebuild Dayu." These people with their own calculations can be said to be mediocre, but they are not fools .
"Can they really rebuild the Yu Kingdom?" Li Chengzhi said curiously.
"If anyone has this ability, just pass the throne to him directly after King Yu dies. But these princes don't have this ability. It's like if you want to be more upbeat, I don't have to be so loyal and patriotic. Do you think I can see the success of the country?" Going down?"
Li Chengzhi smiled and did not dare to talk.
As if being provoked by his son, Li Pingyuan continued to say: "Your eldest sister is smart, and your second sister is also understanding. How come you are so stupid? Is it because they have eaten up your intelligence?"
"It's possible." Li Chengzhi murmured in a low voice. The eldest sister is good at planning, and the second sister is good at helping people. He doesn't do either.
"You are not the same child, there is still a possibility!" Li Pingyuan wished he could give his son a blow on the head, and he did so.
"Dad, stop hitting, stop hitting. If you hit someone again, you will become even more stupid!" Li Chengzhi covered his head and begged for mercy.
"You still know you are stupid! You still want to be a general like this?" Li Pingyuan became even more angry, his elegant face flushed with anger.
"What kind of wisdom do I need from a general? I just need to charge into battle and have fearless courage. Anyway, I have daddy to plan the strategy." Li Chengzhi defended in a low voice when he saw that Li Pingyuan had stopped beating anyone.
"Are you a general? A general is responsible for coordinating an army, mobilizing troops, and suppressing his soldiers. Do you have the brains to be a general? It's difficult for the vanguard. Charging indiscriminately will kill the soldiers? Are you worthy of the soldiers under your command? ?" After hearing this, Li Pingyuan felt that the battle reports from the front line had never made him so worried.
"It's not a random charge. Dad, I understand what you're saying. It's about mobilizing troops and generals. But one day the intrigues and intrigues are twisting and turning. I don't understand. I can't think of others.
Others also say that Wufu has no heart! I see, Dad, you think about this and that all day long. "
It's not that Li Chengzhi doesn't understand this, he's already seen and heard it, but he just can't stand these twists and turns, calculating and scheming over something that is obviously very simple.
"For the sake of you three siblings, you'd better serve as a general when your eldest sister is in power, and then resign and go home when she loses power!"
Seeing his son's expression of disgust towards the machinations, Li Pingyuan became even more helpless and could only give him a half-teaching and half-warning.
What's the difference between a martial artist who really only relies on bravery and an official who only relies on hard work to get promoted? You can't get promoted through hard work, you need more things.
"How is the eldest sister? Is anyone bullying her in the palace?" He was really heartless in the intrigues and calculations, but he actually cared about his two sisters. As soon as his eldest sister was mentioned, he became concerned.
"With me in the outer court, no one dares to bully her. It's just that I like metaphysics, so I forced her to go to the Taoist temple and become a lay disciple." Li Pingyuan said in a tone that was heroic at first and then a little sad.
"Is it really possible to become a Taoist? Does he still want to be the emperor forever?" Li Chengzhi smacked his lips.
"You brat! Be careful what you say!" He slapped Li Chengzhi on the head and was speechless at this big mouth.
Li Chengzhi had a mask of pain on his face and decisively covered his mouth with both hands, not daring to say any more.
"I have only heard of the legend that the Emperor of the Ji Dynasty who unified Kyushu a thousand years ago ascended to immortality and went to the upper world. Since then, I have never heard of any emperor who became an immortal. It seems that the emperor and the immortal are in conflict. There are so many Taoist temples and no one dares to guarantee that the emperor will become an immortal. Immortal, but emperors from generation to generation can't get rid of the desire to become immortals, otherwise they would like others to call them long live." Li Pingyuan said in a low voice, not daring to discuss this matter loudly even in a private carriage.
If something is good from above, it will be followed by everyone below.
The emperor likes to practice Taoism, so naturally there are many Taoism schools, but it is hard to say whether it will be effective.
"So the Holy Spirit can't achieve results even if he practices this way?" Li Chengzhi said bluntly.
"I can only say that the Taoist priests of Qinghu Mountain are really capable. When I was traveling when I was young, I met the monks of Qinghu Mountain on my way to the Sushan Temple. They were white-haired and childlike, elegant and natural. There was lightning and thunder in the middle of the night. There was a A big snake of six to seven feet..."
"I know, you sit on a pillar, spit out human words, scold the Taoist priests of Qinghu Mountain for meddling in other people's business, and want the Taoist priests of Qinghu Mountain to die with you, and then spit out fire. As soon as the monks of Qinghu Mountain hold an oil umbrella, the flames are covered by the oil umbrella. After they separated, the giant snake died instantly as soon as the flying sword came out, and its body disappeared like smoke, leaving behind two sections of snake corpse about three to five inches long." Li Chengzhi could carry it on his back.
"Dad, didn't you really make this up to support your hope?" Li Chengzhi was tired of hearing it. Li Pingyuan had been talking about it for decades since he was a child.
"I want to make it up. As for making it up like this? I have no role in it at all. I just let people clean up the demon snakes. No matter how I try to deceive outsiders, I won't deceive you. It's because I know there are gods and goddesses in the world that I often donate to Taoist temples." Li Pingyuan knew that others didn't believe this story, and he wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.
"I just asked you and your sister to go out to pray a few days ago. It's one thing to confuse the spies from You Kingdom. The other thing is that I really believe that there are gods and demons in the world. I hope they can protect us and make this happen."
"Then why don't they come to save this suffering world and teach the saints to cultivate immortality? They are so capable that they can kill big snakes at will. They must be very powerful as generals." Li Chengzhi curled his lips and spoke bluntly.
"I'm not a cultivator, how would I know! Are you itchy again? I tell you to believe as much as you want, so you just believe as much as you want. What's your attitude?"
As Li Pingyuan straightened his face, Li Chengzhi's expression changed rapidly, becoming respectful and flattering: "I believe what you said, dad. I just think it's impossible for a true immortal to live in a busy city. They should all come and go. , ignore the fireworks of the world."
"That's right. Ignoring the fireworks of the world, it's really hard for me to understand why the true immortals of Qinghu Mountain help your majesty cultivate immortality." Li Pingyuan's face was full of confusion. Metaphorically, he found that fairies can also urinate. He thought it was better. Immortals who have gone high will also succumb to the power of the king.
Moreover, this monarch is not a virtuous sage, but a pure mediocre monarch.
"Perhaps this Qinghu Mountain is not the same Qinghu Mountain as the Qinghu Mountain you think of. Besides, Qinghu Mountain is so big and it is not just Shangyuan Temple. There are many Taoist temples. Maybe there are no Taoist temples. They drink dew in the morning and dine in the glow at night." Instead, Li Chengzhi comforted Li Pingyuan.
"Maybe, I haven't seen that monk again since then. Maybe he is practicing somewhere in Qinghu Mountain. A real immortal should not be interested in fame and fortune." Li Pingyuan went down the stairs given by Li Chengzhi. tower.
"Eldest sister became a monk at that Taoist temple. Lay disciples shouldn't need to shave their heads." Li Chengzhi decisively changed the subject.
I still have emotional intelligence, but not much.
"She didn't mention it in her letter. She didn't need to shave her head. It's pitiful to let her enter the palace." Li Pingyuan said with some guilt. The struggle for power in the palace, the flash of swords, and the treacherous winds and clouds in the court were no less difficult. , plus the emperor loves to practice Taoism, sending his daughter to the palace is like sending her into a pit of fire.
"I think the eldest sister is very happy. Her desire for power is not something ordinary people can satisfy." Li Chengzhi fully demonstrated what it means to talk too much.
"Did you say that about your sister?" Li Pingyuan felt his hands itching again.
"That's right. We talked about bringing down the royal concubine during the last marriage visit..."
"She's telling you this, have you told outsiders?" Li Pingyuan's face changed drastically, and his expression lost his elegance.
"Dad, I'm a little stupid. I'm not stupid. How could I tell outsiders this kind of thing." Li Chengzhi shook his head crazily, trying to convince Li Pingyuan to believe him.
"It's fine if you don't have it, it's fine if you don't have it, why do you Shaoyun have to tell you such a thing! You are not allowed to tell anyone." Li Pingyuan complained, and then looked at Li Chengzhi sternly, Li Chengzhi nodded. His expression was relaxed.
"She was talking to the second sister, saying that she wanted to share the taste of victory, and how great it was to be a royal concubine. Everyone in the palace would respect her except the queen. I just went to find the second sister and happened to hear it, and they didn't let me avoid it. ." Li Chengzhi revealed the reason.
"No one should tell this kind of thing. I will give her some advice next time I return to Chengguo!" Li Pingyuan said with a frown.
"After all, when you are facing conspiracies and conspiracies in the palace, it is normal to go home and relax. Dad, you still have to treat your eldest sister as a human being. She is not a tool. She still has some, some emotions, some." Li Chengzhi spread his fingers. He closed it again, thinking of the eldest sister's usual appearance, and closed it a little more.
"Of course I know she is not a tool, you are all my children, but..." Li Pingyuan swallowed the words in his mouth.
"Forget it, don't talk about these troublesome things, let me test you. Now the Youguo army is divided into two groups. They go from Xihe County of Yuguan to Duiguan, go straight to Yindu, and go around Pingnan Road. Liulian Mountain takes a straight road to attack Yindu, which way is false and which is true?" Seeing his son perfunctory with him, he was not angry. Generals don't have so many rules, and his son also listens to warnings.
"I think it's true that we can conquer overlapping passes. Autumn has entered and the cold winter is coming. If we come with the purpose of destroying the Yu Kingdom, we can only win quickly. It takes too long to detour to Ping'an Road. In winter, it will be detrimental to supplies. If the purpose It's just that it's hard to tell the truth from the robbery, and You State's big move shouldn't just be to rob the Daojun of Yu State." Li Chengzhi analyzed that the basic skills are solid.
"This aspect is clever again, but they can also do it together. On the one hand, they will plunder Yu Guoping South Road, and on the other hand, they will see if they can break through Chengdie Pass and take Yindu directly. If they are determined to resist, they will give up." Li Pingyuan expressed his judgment.
"There is also a possibility that the army taking Pingnan Road will be used as a cover to actually wait for the decisive battle with the coalition forces of Cheng and Yu, because after dividing the troops, the commander of Cheng and Yu who is short of food will underestimate the enemy and try to defeat the enemy in one battle. Determined." Li Pingyuan came up with a new guess.
"Dad, isn't this what I said about the true master being in Chengdie Pass?" Li Chengzhi said with a smile, feeling that Li Pingyuan was repeating what he said.
"It's different. Maybe they didn't divide their troops to go to Pingnan Road at all." Li Pingyuan thought about it, frowning deeply.
"Then it's time to punish the assassins who collected intelligence." Li Chengzhi hadn't realized the problem yet. Maybe most people wouldn't think of this angle.
Even Li Pingyuan just thought of it.
"Assassin Hou is right, but have you ever thought about where the soldiers and horses who surrendered to You Kingdom went?" Li Pingyuan's words were like thunder.
"Aren't you doing hard labor in Youguo? Or you are being tricked and killed. Food for 300,000 people every day is a huge expense. It is impossible to just leave it alone. Wait, dad, what you mean is, no, this is my own In our country, can the soldiers do it? Will they not rebel?" Li Chengzhi also thought about it.
"It would be a pity to kill them all. Do you think the brutal soldiers who caused the displacement of the people in Xihe County and even the entire Hezuo Road were soldiers from the You Kingdom and how many were soldiers from the Yu Kingdom?" Li Pingyuan asked.
"..." Li Chengzhi couldn't answer.
"If you don't hand over your name, you will die. Do these people who have already harmed the people of Yu State really have feelings for their homeland?" Li Pingyuan's words stopped abruptly in the carriage.
The carriage and horse were still moving forward, but the father and son in the carriage stopped talking.
