The two chatted a few more words with Lady Meng and then walked towards the mountains. The weather is getting warmer, the fields are slightly green, and farmers can already be seen working in the fields.
Li Bochen thought for a moment and said, "This is a really good place. Mr. Chang, I heard that Zhu Hou didn't have a good reputation in the past, but I didn't expect to manage this place in an orderly manner."
Chang Qiuwu said: "Yes. Although this place is small, if it is well run, it is also a foundation."
Li Boxen thought to himself that he had only met him once, so he shouldn't have said words like "foundation". Now that he has spoken out, he is probably testing himself as Sui Bujiu. He really wanted to hear what they thought of him, but he didn't know how to speak, so he said: "Mr. Chang, there is a question that I don't understand very well. I would like to ask for advice."
Chang Qiuwu said: "Brother Chen, you are welcome. Let's discuss it together."
Li Boxen said: "I passed by many towns when I came here, and what I saw was that the people were helpless and homeless. The reason why this place is like this is because at least there are people who can take care of it. I heard that Linxi Jun's place is also the same It can be said that everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, and there are laws and regulations under the rule."
"But what if there is an inheritance in one land and there is conflict with each other in the future? We are all subjects of the Li Kingdom, wouldn't it be the common people who suffer?"
Chang Qiuwu smiled and said, "Brother Chen is right. Then, what do you think Brother Chen should do?"
Li Boxen said: "I'm just curious. The Chang family is very popular, so why do they stay here instead of assisting Lord Linxi?"
Chang Qiuwu glanced at him and said, "Brother Chen's tone also sounds like a strategist."
Is he hinting at his identity? Li Bochen pretended not to understand.
Chang Qiuwu put his hands behind his back and said again: "Linxi Jun Li Shengyi... he looks like a human king."
Li Bochen thought for a while and felt that the last sentence seemed not a good thing - did it mean that he "looks like the material to be a gentleman"? What about actually?
If he were an ordinary person, he would not have said anything at this point. But he regarded himself as Sui Bujiu who came to get information, so he should be able to say more. Sure enough, I heard Chang Qiuwu say: "I actually dealt with Li Shengyi before moving here. It must have been more than ten years ago."
"He has just started the uprising and is weak in power, but because he is the only one with the surname Wang, there are still many Li Guoji who secretly follow him. This kind of matter should be considered in the long term and must not be rushed. If you are impatient, not only will you be in trouble, Others will be in trouble too.”
"At that time, my ancestors and I persuaded Li Shengyi to wait until his foundation was solid before calling him a lonely man. But he insisted on going his own way. In the second year of the uprising, he named himself Lord of Linxi. In this way, even if the five countries did not ban him for the time being, If you look at it, it will be suppressed."
"As a result, the old families who followed him... alas, many of them survived the national disaster and suffered the disaster of annihilation. After that, we knew that this man was not worthy of his role, so we avoided Fengzhou."
It turns out that Laxi Jun has such a past. Li Bochen thought for a while, but it was difficult to judge Li Shengyi's character. More than ten years ago... Li Shengyi should be about the same age as herself, right? If he had to do it because he was young and energetic, maybe he himself would regret it now.
He said: "So that's it. But Linxi Jun has gained a good reputation in recent years, and it seems to be doing well."
Chang Qiuwu glanced at him, a little surprised in his eyes. He didn't expect that Li Boxen would speak for Linxi Jun. But after thinking about it for a while, he seemed to understand something and said: "It does look good. But it is not without cost - the Five Kingdoms' attack on Li has greatly damaged their vitality, and the Demon Kingdom in the north is pressing harder. Everyone was tired of the fight more than ten years ago. Therefore, he had a tacit understanding with the troops stationed in the five countries - he managed Linxi, and the countries no longer talked about weapons lightly. Speaking of which, at the moment, he and the troops stationed in the five countries The relationship between the royal family is pretty good."
Li Boxen really didn't expect this, and couldn't help but ask: "Do the people who follow him have no objections?"
Chang Qiuwu said: "Things within the Six Kingdoms are still human affairs. But the war in the north is a matter between humans and the Demon Kingdom. Li Shengyi does not want to take advantage of the Demon Kingdom at this time - with this kind of righteousness, Who could object?"
There was a hint of ridicule in his tone when he spoke. Li Bochen didn't know whether he was dissatisfied with Li Shengyi's approach, or whether he felt that Li Shengyi was just trying to gain fame.
But at this point, I can finally ask myself what I want to know. He then said: "Oh... then Mr. Chang, do you want more than just Linxi Jun to be the descendant of King Li in this world?"
Chang Qiuwu thought for a while and said: "If that's the case, that person is still weak now, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to succeed."
Li Boxen immediately said: "Then, what if there is strong support from the outside and a foundation like this inside?"
Chang Qiuwu's eyes flashed. At this time, the two of them walked to the meadow last night. He walked a few steps silently and said in a deep voice: "What kind of strong support?"
Li Boxen said: "For example, is it also a king's surname among the Five Kingdoms?"
Chang Qiuwu walked a few steps slowly and said, "Of course there is a lot to be done."
Li Bochen said oh and said nothing more. Somehow, he felt a little disappointed. After thinking about it, I realized that it was probably because of Chang Qiuwu's attitude. He obviously thought that he was here to ask the two sides if they wanted to form an alliance on behalf of Sui Wujiu.
Although he is a descendant of King Li, he has lived in Sui for so long and feels that he is half Sui. He also had little experience with the Li State's war of annihilation more than ten years ago, so he actually had no hatred towards the Sui State or the Five Kingdoms.
But Chang Qiuwu and Chang Xiu shouldn't be like this. In that disaster, so many people died, and the country and family hated each other... Is he really willing to form an alliance with Sui Wujiu? He was sarcastic just now when he talked about Li Shengyi's "peace" with the five countries, but his own actions seemed to be no different.
He finally couldn't help but said: "Mr. Chang, I thought you hated the five royal families."
Chang Qiuwu smiled: "Heroes act in response to the times and trends. If you only hate, it is empty talk."
Li Bochen also smiled, but he really didn't know what to say. The Chang family looked down upon Lord Linxi. Judging from what he said to himself, the "Sui Bujie", it seemed that he did intend to support another descendant of King Li. But in this case, it is inevitable that the same roommates will fight in the future. So is he doing it for Li Guo or for personal gain?
Isn't this approach very similar to what Ye Lu wants to do? Moreover, he didn't seem to have said anything about the attitude of "the descendant named Wang". Did he think that if he really found him, he would definitely be obedient?
Last night, Xiaoman told himself that if he wanted to protect himself, it was best to have a foundation. But at this time, Li Boxen didn't know whether he should stay here with the Chang family.
At this time, the two of them walked through the meadow and onto the road to the mountains. Li Bochen thought to himself, that's all, these things are not urgent. You can go back to discuss it with Xiaoman today. He said, "Mr. Chang, have you brought any dry food?"
Chang Qiuwu was stunned and didn't speak for a long time. Li Bochen thought about it and realized that he must have misunderstood - wondering what the meaning of his words was. Then he smiled, patted the cloth bag tied around his waist, and said, "I brought a few cakes. I don't know if you can get used to them."
Only then did Chang Qiuwu react and said: "Oh... I didn't bring it with me. But it shouldn't take us long."
Li Bochen thought to himself, could it be that he was just planning to come for a spin? More to talk to yourself? He felt a little disappointed again, but he just said yes.
After that, the two of them just chatted. After walking for about an hour, we were deep in the mountains and the road was gone. Chang Qiuwu took him up a ridge. Looking from here, he could only see the vast mountains and mist rising in the depths. Jinghu Mountain and Mengjiatun could not be seen.
Chang Qiuwu let out a long breath and said, "Most of the people in the village go to the mountains to collect herbs, mostly around here."
Then he pointed to a cliff ahead: "That's where the Zhou family should have been carried back."
When Li Bochen entered the mountain for the first time, he looked around a few more times. Seeing that there is a deep valley on one side of the ridge where he is now. The deep valley is quite wide, with a small river at the bottom and rolling peaks on the other side. He frowned and said, "Mr. Chang, does the valley below lead all the way to the north?"
Chang Qiuwu said: "It should be. Some mountain people from further north in the village moved here, and they came from this valley."
"How long is the valley from here to the north?"
Chang Qiuwu thought for a while: "It's hard to say. But there are some thirty or forty miles away - there are people coming from there through this valley."
Li Bochen thought for a while, and his heart skipped a beat. From here to the Northland, there are forty or fifty miles of mountains between them. But if this valley winds for thirty or forty miles, wouldn't it become a natural passage? There are no wars in the northern border of the Li Kingdom like the Sui Kingdom, just because of the natural dangers. But if this valley leads all the way to the Beiyuan side... the monsters might really be able to survive!
He said in a deep voice: "This valley...if it really is a monster that harms the Zhou family, I'm afraid it won't be good."
Chang Qiuwu was stunned. It seemed that he thought for a while before he understood what he was saying. He smiled and said, "Brother Chen is overly concerned. I have lived here for more than ten years, and the monster army has attacked Beiyuan for more than ten years." Years ago, no monster has ever appeared in this mountain, which shows that the mountains and the Qianjiang River in the north can stop it."
Li Bochen shook his head: "I don't think so. Mr. Chang, in the past ten years, the offensive of the Monster Army was not particularly fierce. Because they took Beiyuan before and suffered heavy casualties, they must be slowly recuperating. In these two days, After the Nian energy was restored, he started to go south again."
"I was thinking that this mountain area could have become a natural hazard in the past ten years or so, firstly because of what I said, and secondly because of the presence of tigers. But there was a great chaos in the Li Kingdom more than ten years ago, and many living spiritual gods also participated in the war. I'm afraid it will also damage my vitality. What if...the tiger in the north facing the Qianjiang River disappears, and the monks from the demon kingdom, such as the monks from the Huanxu and Tianmo realms, use their magical powers to destroy the mountains?"
Chang Qiuwu seemed to be shocked after hearing what he said, and said, "Is it so dangerous?"
Seeing his appearance, Li Bochen felt much better, thinking that he was still concerned about the war in the north and was not just thinking about fighting for power. But I lamented that along the way, I rarely heard people from Li say what the Demon Country was like. On the one hand, it’s because I have too much time to take care of myself after experiencing the war. On the other hand, it’s also because I’m surrounded by mountains on three sides and the geographical location is too advantageous, so I think I relaxed my vigilance!
He sighed lowly and said: "Mr. Chang may not know much about things in the north. Beiyuan was still ours twenty years ago. It was when the emperor attacked Li more than ten years ago that the army in the north was empty, so they took advantage of it. And it’s taken away.”
Chang Qiuwu said: "I know this."
Li Boxen nodded and said: "Although I have not experienced the war in the north that year, I heard that monsters, Rakshasa, and Sumeru people suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties in those two or three years. That's why they were unable to continue going south. We Only then were they able to resist defense in the Wuliang City and Wanyou City areas. However, in the past few years, the Demon Kingdom people have been attacking again. By this year, Dangtu Mountain in the Sui Kingdom was finally lost. I think there is no reason why they should not take action in the Sui Kingdom. Try to think of a solution here too.”
Chang Qiuwu's face became solemn, he thought for a while and said: "Ashamed. I really don't know much about military affairs, thanks to your words today. Brother Chen, let's go to that cliff and have a good look - I'm afraid I'll eat your cake today." ”
Li Bochen smiled and said, "That's easy to say!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped to the cliff. This cliff is actually not high, only five or six feet, and there is a path that can go up from the side. But Li Bochen wanted to see what state Chang Qiuwu was in, so he jumped two feet high and landed on a stone. His feet didn't stop, and he jumped up again. After three vertical and two vertical movements, he was already standing on the cliff.
At this time, looking down again, I saw Chang Qiuwu flying up like a big bird, with an extremely graceful and elegant figure. Li Boxen thought to himself, this person's realm is definitely not lower than his own, he should already be in the dragon and tiger realm. Then, is Changxiu in the Lingzhao realm?
He was about to shout "Good Kung Fu" when Chang Qiuwu said, "Is there someone over there!?"
There is a dense forest growing on the cliff, which is now full of green and can be said to have lush branches and leaves. After hearing what he said, Li Bochen hurriedly turned around and looked into the forest behind him. Sure enough, he saw a person sitting under a tree, seemingly asleep.
He was stunned for a moment, wondering if this person could be Feng San, whom Sun Chai said had not returned home in the past few days? The one who has a grudge against the Zhou family? Is it such a coincidence?
There were large stains of blood on the man's face and chest, which had turned dark brown and must have dried for a long time. If it were his own, it would probably be a corpse. When Li Bochen thought of this, Chang Qiuwu strode over and said, "Are you okay?!"
When I tried to get news from him before, I was disappointed with him one after another. But now that he looked like this, Li Bochen had a good impression of him again. No matter what this person thinks about the general situation, it is really rare that as an old nobleman of the Li Kingdom and a practitioner of the Dragon and Tiger Realm, he can be anxious because of an ordinary mountain man.
However, maybe Chang Qiuwu had never fought or killed many people, so he was really inexperienced. Seeing a person appear here in such a wilderness, even Li Bochen had to take a good look before he dared to step forward, but he ran straight over.
He hurriedly said: "Mr. Chang, be careful!"
Chang Qiuwu had already walked up to the man at this time, and after hearing his words, he paused.
But the man sitting under the tree let out a long breath, as if his voice had been hoarse for a long time, opened his eyes again, tilted his head to the side, and looked straight at the two of them.
It turns out this man is still alive!
