Chapter 253 The Thief Who Stealed the State
"You...you are joking. Li Ji, the mighty king of Youzhou, and Li Yu, the Jing king of Yuzhou, are both well-known vassal kings today. How can anyone not recognize these two people?" The man in charge.”
The scholar’s smile was a little stiff and stuck on his face.
"I can see your true nature. You have a strong sense of old earth-bound energy. You must have been trapped in this ruined temple for a long time and haven't left."
Left Chen said again.
"What you said..."
The scholar's voice became smaller and smaller until it was inaudible at the end.
He lowered his head, not daring to look at Zuo Chen.
"How long have you been in this deserted temple?"
After a few breaths of silence, and seeing that Zuo Chen was not upset and kept sitting beside him, the scholar sighed:
"It's been about twenty years. I haven't been able to go out during this period. I only know about Daliang's situation from the woodcutters passing by. There used to be a family who lived in a nearby village. They got to know me well and thought I was this person. The mountain gods often came to me to pay tribute and tell me about recent events in Daliang. But one day, they said they could no longer live in their village, so they moved away, leaving me alone. "
Speaking of this, I seemed to suddenly remember something, and I was slightly embarrassed:
"Taoist Master, for so long I have only eaten incense, without hurting or killing anyone, and I entered the forest. If you lose your way, I will also show them the way to go down the mountain."
"I have no intention of saving you."
"The momentum you had just now was a bit like... …”
Zuo Chen: "..."
He felt that the scholar in front of him might be slightly wrong in his judgment.
What a good person he is! Peace-loving, helpful, and the best.
"I won't hurt you." Zuo Chen said: "I just met Li Ji and Li Yu some time ago, and we had a good chat with them."
"Huh? The scholar was slightly startled: "Have you met them?"
Zuo Chen nodded and asked:
"I saw a deep resentment in you. I think you must have experienced a lot of things twenty years ago. Can you tell me about it?"
< br>Hearing Zuo Chen say this, the scholar in front of him finally fell silent.
“Is it related to the ghost disaster in Kyoto twenty years ago?” Zuo Chen asked again.
"You really know a lot." After hearing this, the scholar finally relaxed: "It does have something to do with the ghost disaster, but it is not the main cause. At best, it is just an introduction."
Zuo Chen was sitting upright, and Cai Yi also came out from the side and sat down safely next to Zuo Chen, as if he was listening to the story.
"Li Ji...Li Yu, these two are my uncles.
"My name is Li Yunze. I am the son of Li De, the former Shou King of Qingzhou. I am the second eldest son in my family. Brother, later my brother died in the ghost disaster in Kyoto, and I became the first heir to King Shou of Qingzhou. "
"You? The longevity king of Qingzhou? ! Caiyi couldn't hold it back and gasped: "Then why are you here?" "
As soon as Cai Yi said these words, Zuo Chen stretched out his hand and knocked Cai Yi on the head. When he heard Cai Yi say "Hey," he took his hand back:
"Listen to what others say honestly."
"Oh..."
The scholar didn't care, but smiled and said: "I told others about this a few years ago, and they reacted the same way. It's basically the same. There are a few people who are in a strong mood and want to go out along the way and report my matter to the government. I have no choice but to create a fog so that they can't find me. I honestly hide in the mountains for five days. It took six years for the fog to lift.
“After that incident, I was less willing to tell others about my identity, and most people wouldn’t believe me anyway. "
"If you are the longevity king, then who is the longevity king in Qingzhou now? ”
Even though Caiyi was knocked, she still couldn't help but ask questions, and this time, the scholar was silent for a moment before replying:
"That's my old friend."
… …
Lao Shou Wang has two sons, one is a martial artist and the other is a literary scholar.
The eldest son who joined the army was Li Yunze's eldest brother. He was extremely talented and enthusiastic about ancient ways. He had acquired Taoism at a young age and was sent to the army to be gilded.
The young one is naturally Li Yunze.
Because he had an eldest brother in the family, Li Yunze did not think that the position of King Shou would fall to him, so he devoted himself to the study of calligraphy, planning to learn more knowledge about literature and politics so that he could assist his elder brother in the future. Coming to Qingzhou will naturally make everything smooth sailing.
So he went to Kyoto to study and entered a library. He studied there for a while, but felt that his ideas were not consistent, so he left and returned to Qingzhou.
Just as fate loves to torture people, ghost disasters are everywhere.
The crazy Kyoto ghost army rushed to Youzhou, Yuzhou, and the remaining handful went to Qingzhou, Xuzhou. King Kang of Xuzhou was less than twenty at the time, and was frightened by this sudden disaster. Out of courage, he closed the gate urgently and stood ready. As for Qingzhou Li Yunze, his eldest brother was accidentally hit by a hidden arrow while evacuating civilians. He didn't pay attention at the time. After returning home, he had a high fever all night, vomiting and diarrhea. Li Yunze's father was heartbroken and went to hire the best doctor. Before the old doctor arrived, his eldest brother died immediately.
After hearing this, King Lao Shou was also furious and suffered a stroke directly. Because the frontline battle reports continued to retreat, Qingzhou was blocked.
Lao Shou Wang died after not resisting for long.
After Li Yunze returned to Qingzhou City, he was the only one left who could resist.
He was at a loss and could manage Qingzhou with all his strength. However, Qingzhou was in chaos at that time and needed a leader with strong skills. Li Yunze himself had an easy-going personality and was a conservative king. For a non-pioneering person, it was a bit too difficult for Li Yunze to have a young scholar manage the situation at that time.
This situation lasted for more than three months, and Qingzhou was in turmoil.
“I was very upset at that time. I chose a day to go out from Qingzhou City and planned to take a walk around the area. I planned to inspect the situation in Qingzhou and relax at the same time. As a result, on the way, Kyoto ghosts The army suddenly came out, beheaded my men, and captured me.
“I thought I would definitely die, but I didn’t expect that a general in white armor suddenly came out. He was very powerful and saved me directly. Got me.
"He called himself Zhang Baishan. He was a young military general who was very good at leading troops in war. He was very capable. At that time, I felt that he was my god-given general and an unspeakable beloved man, so I drank with him. Yan Huan even made a blood oath with him, and after that, he really helped me a lot
"I gave most of my military power to Zhang Baishan, and he was very capable of killing those in Kyoto. Most of the ghost soldiers were killed, making Qingzhou much calmer. But I soon discovered that he had a moody temper, would kill people for fun, and would skin women.
"I thought this was not good and tried to persuade him several times. He agreed verbally but continued privately.
"At the end of the day, I couldn't bear it anymore and decided to temporarily strip him of his military power and let him calm down. calm. Although Zhang Baishan was dissatisfied, he did not say it openly.
“But who would have thought that this guy actually poisoned my food and knocked me unconscious.”
Recalling this, Li Yunze’s face became very ugly. :
“Those people used a unique method. They lit seven lamps and knocked me out. When I woke up, I found that I had become a residual soul. Trapped in the mountain temple, unable to leave.”
At this point, he also closed his eyes, and the thick sadness surged out of him like a wave.
How sad.
“Later I heard that I asked a few people who went up the mountain, and they told me that since that day, King Xinshou seemed to have changed. He was very capable of leading troops and fighting, and he quickly entered All these ghost armies in Kyoto were eliminated. After that, he carried out extensive construction, built the formation of seven mountains and four lakes, and built a town for his own enjoyment.
"If my guess is correct. , Zhang Baishan has already changed my destiny, and he regards himself as the longevity king, enjoying the happiness in the world.
“I don’t know how to evaluate what he did. If he was extremely evil, he could eliminate the disaster in Qingzhou. But if he is meritorious, he also wastes money and people for his own selfish desires, and also has the hobby of killing innocent people. .”
The words stopped in his throat, and in the end there was only a long sigh:
"But currently, if someone like me who can't protect Qingzhou really takes the position of King Shou, I'm afraid Qingzhou has already been destroyed. The Kyoto army swept through, but he was really not as good as that man."
Li Yunze finally finished telling the story of what happened that year, and Zuo Chen also roughly knew the cause and effect of the matter.
I really didn’t expect that the longevity king in Qingzhou today would actually have such an identity.
Listening to Li Yunze's description, this person was probably hiding in the mountains and forests to prevent his identity from being exposed.
"Then what are you going to do?" Zuo Chen asked.
"I..." Li Yunze lowered his head and thought silently: "Taoist Master, if you are able, can you take me to see Zhang Baishan?"
"I heard that some time ago Chai's woodcutter said that he was sending a large-scale army to attack Xuzhou, and the fighting was also lively in the south. Such a war situation would inevitably waste people and money, and with his own personality I'm sick, I'm worried something might go wrong."
"I have something to do now, and I need to go to Gray Mountain first, but you can follow me first, and I'll take care of myself after I solve the matter on Gray Mountain. I will take you to visit the current longevity king.”
Li Yunze finally breathed a sigh of relief after Zuo Chen agreed:
"I'm sorry for bothering you, Taoist priest."
......
In the gray mountains of Qingzhou, the rays of light are shining thousands of miles away.
Today the sky is cloudy and the light rain is pouring down. Even so, the gray mountain is also glowing with a dazzling white light in the mist and rain.
At that time, the entire mountain peak was engraved with magical runes that could diffuse the entrance.
Next to the mountain peak, there is a small village that has never been visited before. But now that the mountain has risen, a suspected treasure has been born, which directly attracts many people from Xuzhou to visit here.
In order to make money, people in the small village set up tea sheds one after another on the roadside to sell tea to these quacks.
The Jianghu guests were all sitting in the tea shed staring at the mountains in the distance, but no one dared to move.
There was thick fog in the formation. Yesterday, several experts walked together and entered the fog.
I haven’t returned yet.
(End of this chapter)