Chapter 78 Brothers and Brothers Respect
"In the past two days, Zhu Wen's proclamation to attack Jin has been sent to Hedong. As you expected, Qi State should be able to avoid war in the short term."

Sanqianyuan was sitting opposite Xiao Yan and noticed that Ji Ruxue, who was pouring tea for them, was subconsciously stunned for a moment, and then said: "Zhu Wen has divined on the festival day in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang, and the prophecy is very auspicious, which is the best hexagram."

Xiao Yan thought for a moment and said, "Even so, Zhu Wen may not really send troops to Hedong. Last year, he failed to capture Cangzhou. Luzhou was also offered to Hedong by Zhaoyi Jiedushi Ding Hui two years ago. It has become the front line to prevent Zhu Wen from going north. He has besieged Luzhou several times but failed. He will not go north so easily."

"You mean?"

"We cannot rule out that this is Zhu Wen's strategy of sending troops to provoke an invasion. He may seem to want to use his troops against Hedong, but in fact he may still want to march west to Fengxiang."

Sanqianyuan looked thoughtful.

They caused a big commotion in Luoyang that night, and they did intend to put the blame on Hedong, but what Xiao Yan said now was not without reason.

Ji Ruxue's face was tense. A lot of things had happened in recent days, and this was the first time she knew that Zhu Wen wanted to use military force against Qi State.

But before she could interrupt, Xiao Yan asked again, "How is Zhu Hanbin doing now?"

"You arranged everything for him. You helped him accomplish several great feats overnight. He was promoted as easily as drinking water. Now he is the commander of an army and actually controls the Dragon and Tiger Army of the Bianliang Imperial Guard. He is unrivaled in the limelight."

Sanqianyuan knocked on the table and reminded him, "Although I have conveyed your message to him, I dare not say for sure whether he is honest or not. I advise you to make preparations as soon as possible."

"I'll arrange it."

"It would be great." Sanqianyuan glanced at Xiao Yan and Ji Ruxue, and said, "I accompanied you through such a long journey and almost left my life in Luoyang. I don't want to end up with nothing..."

At this point, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and looked at Xiao Yan's chest, extremely surprised, "Hiss... why are you okay?"

"Heaven is hard-hearted, and the King of Hell hasn't had the chance to take him away yet."

Xiao Yan told a joke appropriately.

Sanqianyuan only felt cold, not amused. He frowned, looking a little gloomy: "The matter of the Hades Emperor has shown that everything is not what you expected. Next time, I hope you can use your brain more. I am not interested in saving the dead."

"There won't be a next time..." Xiao Yanxu covered his eyes, playing with the teacup in his hand, and said, "Everything is difficult at the beginning. Zhu Hanbin's success is the first step for us to enter the game."

"As long as you know the number."

Sanqianyuan pondered for a moment and stood up.

"Apart from the fact that we were almost hunted down and killed, overall, I am very satisfied with the trip to Luoyang."

Xiao Yan smiled, stood up and bowed perfunctorily: "I am really humbled to receive the praise from the chief leader."

Although Sanqianyuan didn't care about the sense of hierarchy, he still curled the corner of his mouth, then turned around and walked out, but suddenly stopped at the door, tilted his head and reminded him.

"Although the Bad Man is dead, the Hidden Soldiers Valley is still there."

"You are now qualified to go."

Xiao Yan pondered for a moment and clasped his fists.

The door was pushed open and Sanqianyuan's figure disappeared into the outer room.

……

"Will Qiguo be in trouble?"

At this time, Ji Ruxue asked, with a hint of urgency on her face.

"not sure."

Xiao Yan propped himself on the table and said, "Zhu Wen is very deceitful. Ordinary people can hardly guess what he is thinking."

"No matter whether it's true or not, I have to return to Qi Country as soon as possible!"

Ji Ruxue returned to her usual calm and cool self, and began to prepare dry food and other supplies for the journey.

Xiao Yan did not stop her, but walked out the door, holding the railing in front of the corridor and began to think.

In a moment, his shoulder was patted violently.

Then, Jiang Chen raised his hand to cover his mouth and yawned softly, standing beside him, with a look of dissatisfaction on his charming face.

"Your landlord's kindness means spending my money and staying in the room I rented?"

Xiao Yan was speechless and cupped his hands: "I am very grateful for the generosity of Corpse Ancestor."

The surrendered minister snorted lightly, quite satisfied with his attitude.

"Where are you going next?"

"Feng Xiang, Corpse Ancestor wants to come with us?"

"Arrange a carriage. The last one was too small and I wasn't used to it."

…………

The carriage stopped at the river bank beside the westbound avenue. On the bank, two bad guys knelt on one knee, bowed their heads and clasped their fists.

"Send a message to Yanzhou to bring the people to Guanzhong."

Xiao Yan stood with his hands behind his back and said in deep thought: "Tell Miao Cheng Tian Sheng Ji, we'll talk later in Feng Xiang."

"Order!"

The two took the token and disappeared.

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Hedong, Taiyuan.

Tongwen Museum.

The city walls spread out, and between the continuous pavilions and towers, the layers of double-eaved hip roofs were covered with white snow.

There are streams, rockeries and everything in between in the building complex. Walking along the bluestone path, you can see a magnificent pit.

Inside the huge pit, the snakes huddled together, still hibernating.

On the platform above the snake pit, a middle-aged man in white Confucian robes held a piece of paper in his hand, squinting his eyes and slowly stroking his delicate mustache at the corner of his mouth.

He has big ears and a square face, looks quite wealthy, with slanted eyes and is very gentle.

Behind him, a handsome man wearing a black gauze hat bowed and walked towards him. Then, when he was half a meter away from the front, he put his hands in his tightly fitted wide sleeves and saluted with his hands crossed.

"Big brother."

The middle-aged man with big ears turned around, unfolded a folding fan with the word "wen" painted in ink, and waved it slowly in the snow.

"Sixth brother, have you heard an interesting story recently?"

"I would like to hear the details."

The middle-aged man with big ears suddenly turned cold. He raised his hand and the piece of paper flew out from between his fingers.

The handsome man in a fu hat moved his sleeves slightly, reached out a hand and gently clamped it.

Then, he glanced at it and was so surprised that he wanted to kneel down: "I really don't know about this..."

The middle-aged man with big ears sneered, "You don't know? That Ba'er is your disciple. If you don't know, how could the reputation of Ba'er be spread to Luoyang and to the ears of my father?"

After saying that, he began to pace back and forth, waving his folding fan.

"Today, my father summoned me to the palace, but I didn't know anything. Do you know how my father scolded me? He said that I, Li Siyuan, was unworthy of being the Holy Master of Tongwenguan. I had such a great title, but I didn't even know about this matter! I was really not worthy of being the Master of Tongwenguan anymore!"

"Why, your Lizi Sect now has two Great Heavenly Stages and two Middle Heavenly Stages. Do you, Li Cunli, also want to try your hand at being a Saint Master?"

Li Siyuan was extremely furious. The two wisps of mustache on his square face kept trembling. His pair of slanted, narrow eyes were like wolf's eyes, staring at Li Cunli who was kneeling and bowing his head not far away.

"Brother, anger is harmful to your health, don't get angry..."

After listening to his scolding, Li Cunli dared to raise his head, and then crossed his hands and said: "I am loyal to you, big brother, how could you not know this? Such a clumsy trick is nothing more than someone trying to sow discord between you and me. Think about it more carefully. My disciple Nabal has been in Taiyuan these days. There is evidence to prove it. How could he have the opportunity to harm the emperor Li Yu in Luoyang?"

"Is what you said true?" Li Siyuan said with a serious face.

"If you want to verify it, I will order all my disciples to come and see you. All three of them have received your kindness, so you can trust them."

Hearing this, Li Siyuan narrowed his eyes and stroked his mustache, then suddenly smiled, walked quickly forward, and helped Li Cunli up.

"Sixth brother, why are you doing this? You and I are brothers and sisters, and I really don't doubt you. It's just that my father ordered me to do this."

"Brother, as the Holy Lord, this is what you should do." Li Cunli had a respectful look on his face, without any dissatisfaction at all.

Li Siyuan patted his shoulder and half-closed his eyes.

"Then according to Sixth Brother, is it possible to figure out the inside story?"

"It's obvious that this is Zhu Wen's excuse for the northern expedition. Although Bal is not well-known, he may be somewhat famous in the Xuanming Sect."

"There is one more thing." Li Cunli bowed his head slightly and said softly, "The prince has been increasingly at odds with my elder brother in recent years..."

"he?"

Li Siyuan pondered for a moment, his eyes changed slightly, but he only said: "Although I am my father's adopted son, I have always been as close to my second brother as a brother. Sixth brother, please don't say that again."

"What the elder brother said is absolutely true."

"Call Nabal to me. I have a mission in hand for him."

　Sorry, sorry, I was delayed and finished coding a little late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)