roccoschili Chapter 127 Ancient blind date meeting!
Chapter 127 Ancient blind date meeting!
Bian Yue and Hong Xiu escaped for dozens of miles in one breath.
Seeing that there were no pursuers behind, they dared to stop and rest.
Both of them were exhausted and out of breath.
They looked at each other and saw how miserable they were, and they couldn't help but smile bitterly in their hearts.
He originally wanted to kill Li Changsheng by surprise and save the situation.
But he never expected that he would be ambushed by the enemy again.
The three hundred best fighters he led were all lost in this battle.
There were only two of them left, and they managed to escape.
They were all injured, some lightly and some seriously.
"Damned Li Changsheng, I, Hongxiu, swear an oath here. If I don't kill you, this dog eunuch, I will not be a human being in this life!"
Bian Yue looked down and saw a black handprint on his chest.
Thinking about how that dog eunuch not only grabbed him, but also pinched him hard twice.
She was immediately ashamed and angry.
At the same time, I also made a vow in my heart.
The blood of Li Changsheng must be used.
To avenge today!
Hongxiu said, "Saint, let's go back to Luerling now and regroup to fight again!"
Bian Yue shook her head.
"Hongxiu, our own people have been killed or injured. We can't control the situation at all. Even if we go back, they won't listen to us."
Hongxiu lowered her head in frustration and asked, "Saintess, then tell me, what should we do now? Should we go back to Yannan to get help?"
Bian Yue smiled bitterly and said, "How can I have the face to go back after things turned out like this?"
"Moreover, Li Changsheng knows our identities and will definitely send a large number of troops to surround us. He won't let us return to Yannan so easily."
Hongxiu pondered for a moment and said, "Saintess, since going west is not an option, then we should make a surprise attack and lurk in Yanshi City, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate him and avenge our previous humiliation!"
Bian Yue has suffered setbacks repeatedly at the hands of Li Changsheng these past few days, and has some psychological trauma.
When she heard that Hongxiu actually wanted to seek revenge on Li Changsheng, she looked a little worried.
"That dog eunuch is heavily guarded. It wouldn't be easy for the two of us to kill him, would it?"
Hongxiu said, "It's not easy, but he's in the light and we're in the dark. Even tigers take naps. As long as we keep our eyes on him, we'll definitely have a chance to strike!"
"Besides, although Li Changsheng is a eunuch, he is indeed good at commanding troops."
"If he continues to grow, he will become a huge threat to our entire Tiandao League. We must eliminate him as soon as possible to prevent future troubles!"
Bian Yue saw that what Hongxiu said made sense, so she nodded in agreement.
"That's good too. That dog eunuch would never have thought that not only did we not go west to Yannan, but we took the initiative to return to Yanshi City."
Hongxiu smiled and said, "Yeah, that's right, this is called darkness under the lamp!"
"Even if that dog eunuch racked his brains, he wouldn't have thought that we would dare to come back under his nose and wait for an opportunity to kill him!"
After Hongxiu finished speaking, she imagined it.
They successfully assassinated that dog eunuch Li Changsheng.
The other person's expression of disbelief and surprise before he died.
The corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, revealing a smug arc.
……
What Saint Bian Yue predicted was correct.
The bandit army on the Luerling side heard that their attack on the camp had failed.
Without waiting for the soldiers to arrive, they scattered like birds and beasts.
In just three days, Li Changsheng wiped out tens of thousands of bandits in the entire capital area and eliminated the bandit problem.
After this battle, the number of people was counted afterwards.
A total of more than 5,000 bandits were killed, more than 30,000 were captured, and countless money was seized.
In addition, all the strongholds that the Tiandao League had operated in the capital for more than ten years were uprooted.
On the officers and soldiers' side, the casualties were about 2,300.
Two thousand of them were killed by Jiang Li and Xiao Qi.
It looks like a big win.
But Li Changsheng, the commander-in-chief, was not happy at all.
Because he knew very well,
All of this is just treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.
If the government does not reduce taxes, corrupt officials will continue to run rampant, and the people will have no land to use, no food to eat, and no clothes to keep out the cold.
When they are about to freeze to death or starve to death.
In order to survive, they will still become bandits.
Some even directly killed officials in rebellion, just like the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising in Daze Township.
What kind of prince will Xiangning?
Therefore, in the view of Li Changsheng, who has undergone nine years of compulsory education.
To cure a serious illness, you must use strong medicine and scrape the bone to remove the poison!
but……
This radical approach of curing the poison will certainly affect the interests of the conservative forces.
Reform is certainly beneficial to the country.
But it is not friendly at all to reformers.
Don't you see,
Shang Yang's reforms enabled the Qin State to reform and become stronger, laying the foundation for the Qin State to unify the six kingdoms.
But in the end, he ended up with a tragic end where his entire tribe was torn to pieces.
Li Changsheng asked himself, he is not a saint who can cut his own flesh to feed the eagle.
He has only one philosophy in life.
Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world.
Do it if you have the ability.
If you don’t have the ability, forget it.
Don't do things beyond your ability.
We can only cross the river by feeling the stones and take one step at a time!
……
When Li Changsheng led his army back to Yanshi City.
County Magistrate Du Yuan had already prepared a celebration banquet.
Jiang Li was also rescued by his subordinate Deng Zhong during a raid on the bandit's nest in Funiu Mountain.
At this moment, both he and Xiao Qi felt very ashamed.
After all, the better Li Changsheng's performance.
The more it highlights their incompetence.
Especially when I think of Li Changsheng’s advice before setting off.
But he didn't take it seriously at the time.
He even swore that Li Changsheng knew nothing about military affairs.
Now it seems like a slap in the face.
At the celebration banquet, after some business exaggeration, Li Changsheng, as the military supervisor, was going to fulfill his previous promise.
Rewards based on merit!
He doesn't have the power to be promoted or given a higher rank.
To reward gold and silver, one must seek approval from higher authorities and go through various government offices such as the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War.
Therefore, the only things he could use as rewards were the thirty palace maids.
Li Changsheng clapped his hands and called out all thirty palace maids.
Let them wear palace costumes and dance to liven up the atmosphere.
The soldiers' eyes lit up as they watched.
Some unmarried bachelors are even more drooling.
When the song ended, Li Changsheng stood up and cleared his throat.
"Your Majesty asked me to take these maids out of the palace. Firstly, to reward the meritorious soldiers, and secondly, to find good partners for them!"
"But this time, there are so many meritorious soldiers, probably hundreds of them, and only thirty palace maids. It's really too many wolves and too little meat."
"Who to grant marriage to and who not to grant marriage to is really a dilemma."
"I thought hard and finally came up with a way to have the best of both worlds."
"Master Military Supervisor, what's the solution?"
Soon, someone in the crowd boldly asked.
Li Changsheng likes this kind of supporting role, and said with a smile:
"The best way to have the best of both worlds is to go both ways!"
"Master Military Supervisor, what does this two-way rush mean? I don't quite understand."
Li Changsheng said: "It's very simple, it can be understood as a blind date conference!"
In fact, there were blind date meetings in ancient times.
Moreover, they all have a long history.
In the pre-Qin period, in order to solve the population problem and promote economic development.
The government also holds a blind date conference at the beginning of every spring.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, blind dates became even more popular among the people.
For example, March 3rd, Shangsi Festival, Lantern Festival, and the same-year meeting are all great days for blind dates.
If a man and a woman are attracted to each other, they will break willow branches to send each other off.
Or they can communicate with each other through the method of Qushui Liushang.
Du Fu once participated in such a blind date meeting and wrote poems about what he saw and heard.
Poetry Cloud:
The weather was new on March , and there were many beautiful people on the waterfront in Chang'an.
Of course, these are basically the romantic styles exclusive to literati and poets.
It has nothing to do with these rough soldiers.
Therefore, when these soldiers heard Li Changsheng say that he wanted to hold a two-way blind date meeting, they felt very fresh.
Li Changsheng glanced at County Magistrate Du below and said with a smile:
"County Magistrate Du, you have done a great job defending the city. If you have any sons or nephews of marriageable age, please come and join us!"
"But we don't want too many of them. I'm worried they'll be too good and steal the spotlight from the generals!"
Upon hearing this, Du Yuan was immediately flattered and nodded in agreement.
Jiang Li took a fancy to the palace maid who was leading the dance, and taking advantage of the alcohol, he approached Li Changsheng.
"General Li, I have an unwelcome request. Could you please release the lead dancer..."
Li Changsheng learned that this guy brutally killed innocent passers-by during the march.
Even children of a few years old were not spared.
Such behavior is worse than that of beasts.
Li Changsheng naturally would not show any good face to such a beast.
Without waiting for him to make a request, he interrupted coldly:
"General Jiang, since it's an unreasonable request, then please don't say it, so as not to spoil the fun."
"Let's drink first, drink!"
"Come on, everyone, raise your glasses and toast to General Jiang..."
Jiang Li originally thought that Li Changsheng would not refuse such a simple task.
He would give the palace maid who led the dance to himself as a reward.
But I never expected that this guy wouldn't even give me a chance to speak.
Let him lose face in public.
Jiang Li, feeling ashamed, didn't even drink the wine. He just walked away angrily with a gloomy face.
County Magistrate Du and others looked embarrassed when they saw Jiang Li suddenly leave the table.
"General Li, this..."
Li Changsheng disagreed and said, "It's okay, General Jiang just drank too much and has to pee urgently!"
"Let's continue and ignore him."
"Don't stop, keep dancing!"
After hearing what Li Changsheng said, County Magistrate Du and others had nothing more to say.
But in my heart, I kept complaining.
With His Majesty as his backer, Li Jianjun is naturally not afraid of Jiang Li.
But they can't afford to offend a behemoth like the Jiang family.
If the Jiang family holds a grudge against them in the future, they will inevitably be implicated and suffer the consequences.
Xiao Qi was born in the Xiao family.
The number one family in Dawu.
He is also not afraid of the Jiang family.
He was immediately delighted.
Moreover, he laughed unscrupulously.
As if he was afraid that Jiang Li, who had not yet walked far, could not hear his ridicule.
At this time, Xiao Qi's opinion of Li Changsheng had changed greatly.
I feel that the other party is a eunuch.
But he is also a wonderful person!
In fact, when Xiao Qi's entire army was wiped out and he barely escaped, he was extremely depressed.
There are even thoughts of committing suicide to atone for the crime.
But when he found out, Jiang Li was even worse off than himself.
Not only was the entire army wiped out, but they were also taken prisoner.
Comparing the two, he felt that he was not that unlucky.
What's more, he later fled back to Yanshi City.
He also personally commanded the defense of the city.
When the enemy army retreated, they took the initiative to attack and chased them for thirty miles.
He also killed the bandit leader Jin Daya in the midst of the chaos.
It can be considered as atonement for the sin.
Hearing Xiao Qi's sneer.
Jiang Li took it for granted.
The two of them had already hooked up with each other.
This was deliberately directed at him.
Targeting their Jiang family.
Jiang Li worked in the imperial palace, so naturally he knew something about Li Changsheng's deeds.
This person was previously Empress Xiao Yufei, the head eunuch in the palace.
Therefore, he naturally branded him as a lackey of the Xiao family.
Li Changsheng, Xiao Qi, just wait for me!
I, Jiang Li, have made note of this account.
Let’s ride on the donkey and watch the opera, and see what happens!
The more Jiang Li thought about it, the angrier he became, and he even had the urge to kill someone to vent his anger.
He turned a corner without looking at the road.
He bumped into a young eunuch.
"You eunuch, you are so blind when you walk. You even dare to bump into me?"
After a barrage of scolding, Jiang Li still felt unsatisfied.
He was so angry that he raised his hand and wanted to hit the young eunuch.
But at this moment.
He suddenly noticed that the little eunuch in front of him had been knocked down.
It turns out that he is not a real eunuch.
But a woman.
Moreover, she is a stunning beauty...