Outside Gyeongju City, inside Hansan Temple.
In the summer season, there are heavy rains.
Li Ye and his party had been living in the mountain for nearly half a month. Kong Ming claimed that he was a noble person from the Buddhist capital and came to the temple to fulfill his vow.
The incense in Hanshan Temple was not very good to begin with, and it was a hot summer, so fewer people came here to offer incense, which suited Li Ye's thoughts.
This temple has become the second center of power of the Five Domains Dynasty, besides the imperial palace in Vientiane City.
Regarding the situation of officials in Qingzhou City, the situation related to the Wang family and those from Beihai, and some of their movements, Wang Er and Li Hu of the Nangong family were investigated in Qingzhou City, and then reported to Li Ye.
Without the geographical distance, Li Ye and Dongfang Ming further intensified their efforts, but because the Wang family reacted very quickly, they had already started making arrangements when they destroyed the Nangong family.
In addition, the people from Beihai were very vigilant, so Wang Er and Li Hu did not obtain very useful information.
Dongfang Ming of Xijiang Water Village now played an unexpected role for Li Ye. This man was far-sighted and had long wanted to take back the Wang family.
He has been preparing for many years and has a very detailed grasp of the relevant information about the Wang family.
The Wang family has been strangely quiet. I just heard that there had been a gathering of upper-class people in Qingzhou City, obviously thinking about Qiuhou's expansion. However, the gathering was very secretive, and the two of them did not find out anything about it.
There was silence in Hanshan Temple, and no one knew that the imperial master had arrived.
There is still a pot of tea, a plate of melon seeds, and a plate of pastries in the living room.
Nangong Jue bought the pastries from Qingzhou City. Under his protection, Xiaohua finally took Nangong Ruyu to Qingzhou City several times and bought a lot of food.
Today Xi Jiangyue arrived at Hanshan Temple again and sat opposite Li Ye.
"People in Beihai pay less and less attention to the government in Qingzhou City, and they are likely to become the masters of Qingzhou." Xi Jiangyue looked at him and frowned.
Li Ye waved his hand and said, "What are you afraid of? Let him see how hard it is for a few more days. It's almost over."
Xi Jiangyue, who was wearing a green dress, raised her eyebrows and asked, "If things are opened up, how will you deal with the people from the Wang family in Qingzhou and Beihai?"
"Deal with it? Just like on the ship." Li Ye said with a smile: "You can consider leaving the Wang family to be dealt with by Dongfang Ming, but I will not let any of the Beihai people go back."
Upon hearing this, Xi Jiangyue took a breath of air, smiled, looked at him and asked: "Kill? They have about two hundred practitioners, some of whom are not in the late Nascent Soul stage, and even people who are in the distraction state. "
Li Ye didn't reply to his words, but quietly picked up the teacup in front of him.
"The leader of Beihai in Gyeongju City is a person named Duanmu Xiuying. He is less than sixty years old. It is said that he has the third level of distraction. He lives in the compound arranged for them by the Wang family, which is the courtyard of the Nangong family?"
Xi Jiangyue lowered her head and said.
Li Ye nodded: "These things cannot be hidden from anyone. After I make arrangements, I will deal with them all in one go."
Xi Jiangyue was slightly surprised and asked: "When will your Excellency plan to take action? Do you want us to cooperate?"
Li Ye frowned and said seriously: "We'll talk about it then. You ask Dongfang Ming to arrange some people on the waterways and land to prevent them from running away. I have my own arrangements for things in the city."
Considering that the terrain of the Forbidden Army brought by Nalan Yu was unfamiliar, the containment had to be left to the bandits of Xijiang Water Village.
It was Li Ye's idea to use bandits to control bandits.
Xi Jiangyue nodded. She couldn't be the master of Dongfang Dan. She could only take Li Ye's intention back to him and tell him. The final decision still required the two of them to nod.
Li Ye smiled and said: "This matter is over. If you don't want to stay in the water village anymore, you can go to the Buddhist capital or the imperial city. In short, you can walk in the five realms openly and no one will stop you."
Xi Jiangyue frowned and said, "But... the eldest brother is the leader of the water village."
"He will naturally not be a bandit when he becomes an official in the future!" Li Ye looked at her and smiled: "Unless you can't bear it and still think about the bandit woman, it's not impossible. Anyway, you don't care about my business."
Li Ye thought to himself that I would leave after finishing this matter. I am not in charge of Xi Xuan Territory's parents. As long as you don't mess around, they will not have the strength to destroy you.
Xijiang looked at him and said quietly: "I didn't expect that once the Great Imperial Master comes, I won't be able to become a bandit, and my eldest brother will also surrender to the court in the future. What role do I play?"
"Then you have to ask Dongfang Ming." Li Ye sighed and said, "Right now, everyone should handle the affairs of Qingzhou City. As for your own affairs, I will not interfere."
...
An ordinary carriage was parked at the foot of Hanshan Temple. It became quiet as the people from the city who came to the temple to offer incense left, but the carriage had no intention of leaving.
After arranging for Xiaohua to take Nangong Ruyu to practice in the back mountain behind Hanshan Mountain, Li Ye took Nangong Jue to the foot of the mountain with his hands behind his back, looking at the carriage from a distance with a smile on his face.
Lifting the cyan curtain with one hand, he looked at the stone steps of Hanshan Temple through the window. The man in the carriage jumped out and stood quietly on the roadside, looking up at Li Ye and smiling stupidly.
Li Ye looked at the man beside the carriage and said with a smile: "Seeing you wearing armor, I'm a little uncomfortable."
The man was covered in dust, but he still couldn't hide his heroic spirit. He smiled and said: "Since we are in the military, if we don't wear this armor, we will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable."
He was naturally Nalan Yu who led the imperial army thousands of miles to help.
Nalanyu looked at him and said, "Why don't you stay in the mountain and practice well, why are you going all the way to this place?"
After saying this, he turned and walked up the mountain, followed by four personal guards in black. The emperor and Xia Yunlan had specially arranged to come here because they were afraid that something would happen to him and Li Ye.
Li Ye looked at him and smiled, took his hand and said, "Since you are here to protect me. How many people have you brought here? Where are they?"
Nalanyu pointed to the north and said: "It's fifty miles away from Qingzhou. When you make arrangements here, three thousand forbidden troops will arrive at any time."
Li Ye looked at his face and found that he could no longer find the melancholy of the past. Thinking that it was because of Hua Tianxia's contribution, he said, "Brother looks good, how are the family members?"
Nalanyu smiled and said: "Hello everyone, sir, he took the whole family to Qingcheng in the spring, and he hasn't come back yet."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Li Ye said: "How are the Emperor and the Queen?"
"The emperor has the queen watching over him, so how can there be any problem? He still thought about conquering Qingzhou in person, but it was the left and right ministers who persuaded him to give up the idea."
Nalanyu still finds it incredible when he thinks of the situation when the emperor received Li Ye's secret report.
Why should the emperor personally fight for a bandit from the North Sea?
But Li Ye knew what he was thinking. He felt that he had stayed in the imperial city for too long and wanted to run out to relax.
Everyone thought it was good to be the emperor, but only Li Ye understood the pain.
Li Ye smiled and said, "You put down your wife and come here, take three thousand cavalry to become a great hero, and when you return to the imperial city, you can receive another great contribution."
Nalanyu was silent for a moment and said: "The emperor said that all the credit belongs to the national master."
"You take three thousand imperial troops out of the imperial city, and when you go back, you also need three thousand cavalry!" Li Ye thought about the slogan he shouted when he went to southern Xinjiang.
"Go to war together and go home together!" I remember it!
Li Ye said: "You are a general now, you must know how to cherish your subordinates."
"These guys from Beihai came to Qingzhou to wreak havoc. Do they think our dynasty is really blind and can't see here?" Nalanyu looked at him and asked loudly.
Li Ye looked at him and smiled and said: "The officials here are really blind. They don't report such a big thing to the police... I thought you would come earlier."
Nalan Yu said: "I think so too, but the emperor needs to discuss with a few adults how to deal with the North Sea."
"The changes in the situation do not allow you to take your time." Li Ye said with a frown.
Nalanyu looked at him and said, "What can I do? I'm just a general, not a left prime minister."
As they talked, the two of them arrived at the living room where Li Ye lived in Hanshan Temple.
Li Ye looked at Nangong Jue and said, "Brother Nangong, go and find a place for them to stay. Let's talk about it later."
Nangong Jue nodded in agreement and walked out of the hall with four guards in black.
Picking up two cups and putting them on the table, Li Ye lit a small stove to boil water and make tea.
"Where's Mumu?" Nalanyu looked around and finally found something wrong.
Looking at Li Ye, he continued to ask: "Why haven't you seen sister Mu Mu after you've been here for so long? Or did you leave her with Xiao Qing in Xuantian Temple?"
When Li Ye heard this, he frowned slightly and stayed there for a long time before he faintly replied: "Mu Mu is going home, follow Xiao Qing."
"Going home? How come I didn't meet them on the way? We are traveling in a large group, so they are easy to recognize." Nalan Yu had not yet reacted.
...
In front of his eyes, the naughty and willful little girl appeared, a little girl who called him Brother Nalan.
"They left the Five Realms and returned to the home where they were born. I don't know if it will be five years, ten years, or even longer before I can see her again..."
After Li Ye said this, it was as if a grain of sand had fallen into his eyes, and faint tears floated in his eyes, which surprised Na Dayu.
The moment when Mu Mu transformed into a golden phoenix appeared before Li Ye's eyes again. The sky was filled with golden light, the sky was filled with red clouds, and the sky was filled with Nirvana Phoenix flames...
And what Mu Mu said before leaving: "Brother, don't forget Mu Mu!"
Li Ye looked at him and said secretly: "I don't want to say more about this for now. Let's talk about it later."
Nalan Yu said softly: "Mumu, she is also my sister, okay? Is it dangerous for her to go back?"
"The danger has passed. She is naturally not in danger. She is just going home, not going to fight." Li Ye looked at the excited Nalan Yu, shook his head, and replied calmly.
"It's good that there's no danger, it's good that there's no danger!" Nalan Yu patted his chest and said it twice.
"The Gyeongju in front of us is a dangerous city. The government is not doing anything. The Wang family has colluded with people from Beihai Longdao to monopolize all walks of life in Gyeongju. They want to get involved in any industry that can make money... ..”
Li Ye changed the topic and didn't mention Mu Mu's matter again.
Nalan Yu thought for a moment and then said: "It is true. The emperor also said that the Xixuan Territory has become more and more weird in the past two years. The left and right prime ministers suggested that the emperor change the master of the palace here."
Li Ye looked at him and smiled lightly: "Even if we want to replace him, we have to wait until the mess in front of us is cleaned up, and then let the ministers in the court discuss it. You and I don't have to interfere."
Nalan Yu looked at him and nodded: "I understand this. I am only responsible for protecting the emperor, and I will not pay attention to other matters in the court."
"That's the truth. Your mission is to protect the emperor and guard the imperial city. The ministers have to worry about their own affairs. Even if we want to take care of them, we can't take care of them for a lifetime."
Li Ye looked at him and said seriously.
"That's because my wife pushes me to make progress in my practice every day, saying that I can't stay in the Five Realms forever. She always thinks that one day she can leave this sky with you."
As long as Nalanyu thinks about Hua Tianxia, he looks filled with happiness.
"There will come a day." Looking at him, Li Ye said lightly.
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