Of course, not all those who supported Li Rushan turned against him and supported Li Ruhai. It was just that Li Ruhai had already inherited the throne, and Li Rushan had never appeared, so those who supported him had to temporarily stop and restrain themselves.
However, although they did not dare to express their support for Li Rushan openly, this group of people still united together, formed factions and tried their best to deal with Li Ruhai to prevent him from dismissing them all.
After all, these people basically hold important official positions and are heavily involved. If they are dismissed all at once, the operation of the entire country will collapse.
Although Li Ruhai wanted to remove these people, he was unable to do so for the time being.
After all, he had just come to power and had not yet firmly established his authority, so he did not dare to make any big moves for the time being.
The two sides can only maintain superficial peace for now. When the time comes, Li Ruhai will definitely carry out a large-scale crackdown on these officials.
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After leaving the Tang Kingdom, Ye Li and Li Rushan crossed a lawless area and entered the territory of the neighboring Chaoxi Kingdom.
Chaoxi Kingdom is a medium-sized country that is completely loyal to the Tang Kingdom. Its own strength is actually enough to dominate the continent, but its geographical location is very bad. It happens to be right next to the Tang Kingdom and is forced to be loyal.
After all, one cannot allow others to sleep peacefully beside one's own bed. With the strength of the Tang Dynasty, it would never allow neighboring countries that were much weaker than it to exist completely independently. They either had to become loyal vassal states or wait for destruction.
The two walked for three days, and the disguise on their faces dried up and fell off on the second day, and they returned to their original appearance.
"The area of Chaoxi Country is quite large. We have been running at full speed for three days and haven't even crossed half of it."
Ye Li spoke up.
Li Rushan nodded and said, "Yes, this Chaoxi country itself is quite large and powerful, and is stronger than the countries in the Zhuzi Alliance next to it.
However, since they are located near our Tang State, we do not allow them to be too independent.
But since the Alliance of Scholars began to become independent, vassal states such as Chaoxi State seem to have made some unusual moves, perhaps wanting to follow the example of the Alliance of Scholars or directly join the Alliance of Scholars and become independent together. "
The two men galloped on their horses for a while before the sky gradually darkened and a small town appeared in front of them.
After checking the sky, Li Rushan said, "Ye Li, how about we stay in town for a night before leaving?"
Ye Li nodded and said, "Well, the horses are a little exhausted. If they don't take a break, they will run to death."
After saying that, the two of them rode their horses quickly into the town.
This small town looks quite prosperous, probably because it is close to Wangyang City, the capital of Chaoxi Kingdom. There are many people coming and going, making it quite lively.
After the two entered the town, they quickly found the inn. After booking a double room here, they had nothing to do, so they wandered around the town.
As we were walking, suddenly a horse team came running towards us, and it seemed that they had just entered the town.
The two of them took one look at the uniform clothing worn by the cavalry and immediately recognized that they were all members of the Alliance of Scholars.
The two men, not wanting to have any interaction with each other, quickly turned sideways and kept their backs to the houses on both sides of the street to avoid the cavalry.
However, what they did not expect was that one of the horsemen was suddenly startled and looked puzzled after seeing Li Rushan's appearance.
The other party looked at Li Rushan twice without saying anything, and followed his team to pass by Li Rushan without letting Li Rushan notice anything unusual.
Li Rushan and Ye Li walked until the moon was above the treetops before returning to the post station to rest, preparing to leave the post station early the next morning to continue their journey.
That night, when Ye Li was entering into a state of meditation to comprehend the Law of Gold, he suddenly felt a sense of oppression in his heart. Although he did not hear any sound, he vaguely felt that a large number of people seemed to be gathering outside their house.
"Rushan, get up quickly, there is a problem!!!"
After Ye Li opened his eyes, he flipped over and jumped to the side of Li Rushan's bed, and called out to Li Rushan who was also in a state of meditation.
After Li Rushan opened his eyes, he looked at Ye Li blankly and said, "What happened..."
Before he could finish his words, suddenly a wave of spiritual energy came from around the house, followed by a sound of breaking air. The doors and windows of Ye Li and his friends' house were smashed, and more than a dozen talismans flew in and attacked the two of them.
After all, Ye Li was well prepared. With the help of the forged body state, he was extremely fast. He pulled Li Rushan and dodged the first wave of attacks.
Just as the second wave of attack was about to arrive, Ye Li had already pulled out Jing Lei and raised one arm. His arm armor was indestructible and was the best means of defense.
"Your Highness, we have been discovered and we must break out quickly.
Damn it, we are all big countries like Chaoxi, why are we still being hunted down! ? "
Ye Li was a little depressed. He thought they would be safe after leaving the Tang Kingdom. At least there wouldn't be a large number of troops surrounding them. However, he didn't expect that after just three days, the two of them were trapped in an encirclement again.
Ye Li blocked the impact of several talismans with one hand and felt the power on them. They were only at the Virtual God Stage. Most of the people besieging them did not seem to be very strong.
Without any hesitation, Ye Li dodged the attacks of several other talismans, grabbed Li Rushan beside him, and pulled him towards the wall in front of him.
With a dull "boom", Ye Li crashed through the wall with his body and fled outside the post station with Li Rushan.
At this time, he could see clearly that the entire post station was full of people. Some of these people were from the Alliance of Scholars, and some were soldiers from the Chaoxi Kingdom. It seemed that the two parties had joined forces and were ready to kill or capture the two of them.
"Where can you two go?!"
A leader of the Alliance of Scholars laughed and said that this person also had the strength of the late Divine Phase Stage. He stood opposite and stared at Ye Li fiercely.
Ye Li glanced at him, snorted coldly, and said: "You have come with quite a few people, but you are just a master of the Divine Appearance Stage, I'm afraid you still can't catch us!"
"How do you know that I am the only master in the Divine Appearance Stage?"
As soon as he finished speaking, four spiritual warriors in the late Divine Phase stage walked out from the crowd, with talismans flying beside them, and they directly surrounded Ye Li and the others.
"How dare you, the Chaoxi Nation, join forces with the Alliance of Scholars to deal with me!?"
Li Rushan questioned.
A spiritual warrior in the late stage of the Divine Phase on the opposite side laughed twice and said, "There are many benefits to capturing you. First, we can win credit in front of the new emperor of the Tang Kingdom and appease him so that he will not suspect that we have ulterior motives. Second, we will not kill you, we will only send you back to your Tang Kingdom and secretly instigate civil strife among you.
As long as you keep your life, you can tie down your new emperor and keep him from being distracted.
And this is the time when our Chaoxi Nation will announce its separation from the Tang Nation!!!
There are so many benefits to arresting you, why don’t we do it! ? "