The heavy rain was torrential, and the rain curtain enveloped the fields, and the sound of dripping rain was like waves and tides.
Click!
The moccasin boots stepped heavily into the small puddles in the mud, and the muddy water splashed in all directions, leaving a hollow shallow pit, which was submerged by the quickly returning muddy water.
On the official road, five soap-clothed swordsmen broke through the rain curtain and ran at a high speed with their heads buried. The mud on their heels kept splashing. They hurried and looked back from time to time. On the rain-soaked clothes, traces of blood kept oozing out, flowing along with the rain.
The man in the middle is wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat. He is a middle-aged man with a resolute face. He is pale and clutching his chest. He has never looked back, and has always gritted his teeth and stared at the front. His eyes are full of hatred and eagerness.
The front is the north, the north is the east of the river, and the foot is the return journey. But on the way home, it may not be possible to return. Because the middle-aged man is the envoy of Hedong, Zhaoyi was sent to Zhaoyi to unite with Kang Chengqian and deal with Li Ye together.
Now, Li Ye was greeted by the civil and military bureaucrats led by Kang Chengqian at the southern border of Luzhou, and fled in a hurry at the northern border of Luzhou.
The bean-sized raindrops flew on the bamboo hat, smashed to pieces, and crackled. The chaotic rhythm fit the mood of the middle-aged man.
A gazebo appeared next to the official road in front of it, standing quietly in the wild rain, lonely and peaceful. Pavilion, stop also. Ordinary travelers, when they encounter a pavilion, will stop for a rest, drink water, eat some dry food, and then continue on the road.
These five people have no intention of stopping. Long pavilions are shorter, where is the return journey? At least not here. On the way of fleeing, if you don't come back, you can't stop.
They don't want to stop, someone wants them to stop.
There are people in the kiosk. one person. A man with an umbrella. A half-centenarian holding an umbrella.
He was holding one hand behind his back, facing the official road, and looking at the boundless heavy rain. In the field of vision for ten miles, the trees are cold and solemn, and the mountains are still. He didn't look at the people running from the official road in the south, as if they were not enough to attract his attention, but the people running could not help but look at him.
His cultivation base is too high, so high that no one can ignore it.
When the five wounded and running people saw this person, despair flashed in their eyes.
The four swordsmen guarding all around gritted their teeth secretly, and one of them suddenly said to the middle-aged man: "General, there are still thirty miles before we can enter the border of Qinzhou in the east of the river. There are people there to meet the general. Go quickly and leave us alone!"
His voice was like gold, and after he spoke, he had already brought in the power of cultivation, and the surrounding rainwater was all shattered.
The middle-aged man's face changed, and a look of extreme pain flashed in his eyes, but he did not refuse.
The four swordsmen jumped up one after another, broke through the rain curtain, and rushed towards the pavilion from different positions.
The old man with the umbrella finally withdrew his gaze to the wilderness, glanced at everyone, and then sneered with disdain: "A few ants who can't protect themselves, dare to attack this old man?"
He didn't move his hands, didn't even flick his fingers.
It's just that the power of cultivation on his body exploded suddenly, with him as the center of the circle, a wave of air exploded, and an upside-down light curtain rose like a bowl!
The swordsmen who rushed to the outside of the gazebo bumped into the light curtain, and all of them flew backward dozens of steps like kites with broken strings. The blood mist flashed all over his body, and when he hit the wet ground, there was no sound, only a large pool of blood spread under his body.
The four swordsmen were dead, and the middle-aged man in straw raincoat and bamboo hat had just rushed to the gazebo. The extravagant hope of the guards risking their lives to buy time for him has come to naught.
The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, and suddenly roared, swung his knife and jumped towards the old man holding the umbrella. He was in mid-air, and the long knife slashed vertically. The old man remained expressionless all the time, even when facing the middle-aged man's dying counterattack. He just raised the umbrella and swiped it from bottom to top. A blue aura, like a flame, greeted the knife aura, "People who are mortal, why bother to struggle?"
The saber energy dissipated, and the middle-aged man froze as if struck by lightning, and the coir raincoat and bamboo hat suddenly shattered and exploded, flying to nowhere. He himself also had blood gushing from his seven orifices, fell freely from mid-air, and fell heavily in front of the gazebo.
The old man's eyes were indifferent, and he walked step by step towards the middle-aged man who was lying in the dirt and couldn't get up, and said indifferently: "Tingzi, stop. Your journey in the world should stop here. Isn't it just a matter of not having to keep running around and getting tired?" Good thing? Although your head is worthless, it just shows my attitude towards Zhaoyi, so I have no choice but to borrow it from you."
The middle-aged man raised his head reluctantly, without any fear in his eyes, only full of hatred and unwillingness: "Unexpectedly, Chang Shi actually came to stop me in person. You really don't even want your face to curry favor with Li Ye... However, I am the envoy of Hedong, if you kill me, the Duke of Longxi will definitely not let you go!"
This old man is none other than Kang Xigui.
That night, Kang Xigui, Kang Chengqian and the others agreed on the important matter of taking refuge in Li Ye, and the first thing they did was to capture Li Keyong's envoy who happened to arrive at the Jiedu envoy's mansion, and kill him to show his ambition, but unexpectedly They sensed the danger and ran away beforehand.
The umbrella in Kang Xigui's hand was still not open, and the tip of the umbrella was in front of the middle-aged man's throat, "Only the living are qualified to worry about the affairs of this world, and the dead don't need to bother. Besides, compared with King An, the king of Longxi County What is it? It won’t be long before I, Zhaoyi, will help King An and pacify Hedong!”
After saying that, a cold light flashed in front of the tip of the umbrella, blood splashed on the ground, and a big head flew high in the heavy rain.
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Kang Chengqian welcomed Li Ye to Luzhou City, and held a banquet at the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion that night, entertaining Li Ye and other officials and generals of the Lu army with great enthusiasm.
During the banquet, there was a lot of singing and dancing, and there were staggered cups of wine.
Kang Chengqian toasted non-stop, with a very low attitude and posture, always pretending to be an official, and kept praising Li Ye's past achievements. From Li Ye's achievements in Qi training in a day to the pacification of Huangchao, everything is in detail, and every time he touts something, he has to toast a glass. He is so attentive, people who don't know see him and think he is the subordinate promoted by Li Ye.
It's also thanks to Kang Chengqian's cultivation is good, otherwise, if he drank like this, he would have turned over a long time ago.
The meal table for Xue Wei and Secretary Heng Hai was approaching, and unlike the others present, their expressions were not good-looking.
Xue Wei stared at Kang Chengqian with resentment on his face, feeling that this guy is really shameless to the extreme.
Compared with Kang Chengqian, Xue Wei felt that the words of praise he had given Li Ye before were nothing like shit. If Kang Chengqian continued to flatter and flatter him, Xue Wei felt that his position was in jeopardy. This guy might have to come from behind and climb over his head.
Secretary Henghai also had a gloomy expression on his face, shaking his head and sighing non-stop, saying something that was insulting to gentleness. As he was talking, Secretary Henghai left the table and went out. Seeing the other party's expression changed, Xue Wei hurriedly followed him quietly.
The secretary in charge arrived outside the courtyard, called his subordinates, and asked them to find pens and inks. Then, with the opponent's back as the desk, he began to write quickly. In the end, I solemnly handed over the written things to my subordinates, and asked him to hurry up and send them to Henghai Jiedushi.
Xue Wei's cultivation level is not low, after a few glances, he saw the content of the letter, although he didn't see all of it, but the words "please the honest envoys to increase the troops" are very obvious. Xue Wei's heart skipped a beat, and he said inwardly that it's not good, this guy wants to invite the Henghai Jiedu envoy, and then send the army over!
Speaking of which, the Henghai Jiedu envoy only sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to assist in the battle, which is indeed not many, and it is firmly at the bottom. And Henghai has always been on good terms with Pinglu, and Henghai's Jiedu envoy also flattered Li Ye everywhere. With such a small number of troops, now it is not in line with Henghai's self-proclaimed status as Li Ye's number one dog leg. Especially when I heard that Kang Chengqian kept promising Li Ye during the banquet that the more than 100,000 people in the Zhaoyi Army would obey Li Ye's command.
Seeing Secretary Henghai turning his head back, Xue Wei shrank his head and hid himself. He secretly thought, and immediately went to find his confidant. Write down a military order on the spot, let the other party take it back, and call in the remaining soldiers and horses of the Tianping Army. In any case, Henghai and Zhaoyi cannot be allowed to compare him.
"I'm the first one to take refuge in King An among all the feudal towns. I can't contribute less than you, so that you can make more contributions than me!" After giving the order, Xue Wei thought so when he returned to the table. With a look of complacency, he completely forgot that he was captured by the Son of Heaven and had no choice but to fight with Li Ye.
Kang Chengqian's attitude of hospitality was beyond Li Ye's expectation, the other party was so knowledgeable, so loyal, bold and righteous, Li Ye couldn't help but wonder if the other party had ulterior motives.
Seeing Kang Chengqian spitting, touting his past achievements, expressing his admiration, and at the same time promising that Zhaoyi will do his best to supply the army with food and grass, and at the same time conscript 200,000 civilians to help the army transport the heavy metal, Li Ye pondered deeply.
Could Zhaoyi be digging holes for him
Of course Li Ye didn't know that the strategy agreed by Kang Chengqian, Kang Xigui and the others was that if they didn't help Li Ye, they had to do their best. Let Hedong have no chance of resistance, he must be pressed to death at once.
If not, when Li Ye returned to Pinglu afterwards, Hedong had recovered, Zhaoyi was next to Hedong, wouldn't he be desperately revenged by the other party? Zhaoyi obviously can't beat him, but there are eleven prefectures in Hedong!
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What is more terrifying than the cold lips and teeth is that the teeth are thinking about breaking the lips all the time! Teeth can bite lips, can lips bite teeth? It was a hard day.
Seeing Li Ye sinking into deep thought and gradually revealing a skeptical expression, Kang Chengqian's heart hung in his throat. Wang An is still not satisfied? We are all so sincere! Is there anything that is not good enough
Kang Chengqian thought hard, but couldn't think of a reason, and gradually became uneasy, sweating on his forehead. Fortunately, not long after, Kang Chengqian was rewarded and Kang Xigui came back. His heart relaxed, and he immediately stood up and saluted Li Ye: "Your Highness, I have a present for you, Your Highness!"
"Oh? Kang Shuai is so troublesome, what kind of gift is it?" Li Ye was in general interest.
Seeing Li Ye's lack of interest, Kang Chengqian felt even more stressed. The Pinglu army welcomed the entry and offended Hedong to death. If Li Ye can't be satisfied at this moment, Zhaoyi will be a bad person both inside and outside.
Kang Xigui walked into the hall with a flag box in his arms. After seeing the ceremony, he bowed and raised his hands above his head, presenting it in front of Li Ye in a proper manner. In his current appearance, there was not even half of his superior demeanor when facing the envoy from Hedong, and his every move was like a child trying to please an adult.
Shangguan Qingcheng took two steps forward, took the lacquer box, checked it left and right, and opened it slowly after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it. After seeing the contents of the box clearly, Shangguan Qingcheng's eyes froze, he dropped the lacquer box, drew his sword out of its sheath with a bang, and pointed it at Kang Xigui. At the same time, the coercion of the general of the military family suddenly radiated, surpassing the strength of the ninth level of Qi training, making everyone in the hall feel like a huge boulder was pressing on them.
She only heard her shouting in a low voice: "What's the meaning of this?!"
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