Da Wei Chun

Chapter 680

The signs of loyalty can be learned from the sun and the moon.

When this sentence is applied to other people, it is naturally a compliment, but when it is applied to Yuan Cheng, it is only a portrayal of his life.

Recalling his life, Yuan Cheng thought that he was not ashamed of the heavens, he was not ashamed of others, and he was not ashamed of the ancestors of the Tuoba clan.For this world of the Yuan family, it can be said that it is painstaking, and it is only after death.

But who would have expected that in the end, not only would he become Gao Ying's scapegoat, but he would also be abandoned like a shoestring and treated like dung, which can be described as a joke in the world.

It has been more than a month since he returned to Beijing from Longxi and went to the West Sea as an envoy.Yuan Cheng was brooding over it, thinking about it day and night, almost racking his brains, but no matter what, he couldn't get rid of this knot in his heart.

He treats him like a national scholar, why does Gao Ying regard him as an enemy?

The so-called long-term depression and illness, Yuan Cheng's heart has long been filled with depression, and the knot is getting deeper and deeper.Now being so provoked by Li Chengzhi, the first servant, is like stabbing a sore with a sharp knife.

Yuan Cheng felt like a needle pricked his heart, and his eyes went dark.

There was no one else around, Gao Zhao was wandering away again, and it was too late when he found out.Just like that, like pushing a golden mountain or falling a jade pillar, Yuan Cheng fell straight down.

Li Chengzhi was a little confused.

From the beginning to the end, he only said a few words, and Yuan Cheng was stunned?

Even Zhuge Liang's mouth is not so powerful, is it?
Just when he was astonished, Yuan Yuan rushed over, hugged Yuan Cheng by the waist, and shouted loudly: "Brother Wang...Brother Wang?"

However, Yuan Cheng's face was like gold paper, his teeth were like cast iron, no matter how Yuan Yuan shouted, there was no slightest movement.

Could it be that the blood vessels burst in anger and he had a cerebral hemorrhage?

Thinking to himself, Li Chengzhi went down the steps of the palace, pinched Yuan Cheng's man with one hand, and pinched the tiger's mouth with the other, and pinched him hard at the same time.

It was as if seeing a shadow immediately, Yuan Cheng woke up after hearing a "huh".

When he raised his eyes, the first thing he saw was Li Chengzhi, and Yuan Cheng was in a daze.After recalling for a while, I realized that only a few breaths passed, and now I am still in the palace.

With a wrong tooth, he scolded in a hissed voice: "Huangkou Lizi, how dare you deceive people like this..."

Yuan Yuan's expression changed when he drank, and he wanted to cover Yuan Yuan's mouth: "Uncle Wang said carefully...how could you wake up so quickly if you didn't have the Duke's unparalleled medical skills?"

Yuan Cheng sneered and said: "The left and right are only dead, why does the old man need his help?"

"If he really would rather die than submit, Li would be able to express his admiration, but it's a pity..."

Li Chengzhi sighed leisurely, and looked at Yuan Cheng with a half-smile, "But I heard that it was you who panicked when you were in a panic, and acted like a guiding light, leading tens of thousands of Tuyuhun's defeated army to Shanshan, and Cui Yanbo was defeated. ..."

If saying just now is an unintentional word, this sentence is more cruel than killing people.
Yuan Cheng's eyes popped, his throat rolled, and he heard a few urgent coughs, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.

The body was as soft as noodles, Chi Liuliu slipped from Yuan Yuan's arms.

"Brother Wang...Brother Wang..."

Yuan Yuan was sweating profusely, Liu Fang and Gao Zhao also surrounded him.

Li Chengzhi was not panicked at all.

I've only heard of Qi's cerebral hemorrhage, which is paralyzed for half his life, but I've never heard of Qi's broken heart.Besides, even if the heart pulse is broken, it is absolutely impossible for this blood to spurt out from the mouth.

So either Yuan Cheng was acting, or his lungs were blocked due to stagnation, and he was still far from death.

Besides, even if he is really dead, what does it have to do with Li Chengzhi?
"Don't worry, you can't die!"

Li Chengzhi sneered, and beckoned to Li Xiaoxian again, "Take it down, so that it can be treated!"

Li Xiaoxian respectfully agreed, called the guards to carry him into a soft couch, and carried Yuan Cheng out of the hall.

With this exhalation, Yuan Cheng actually felt relaxed. He had never felt so refreshed in this month, and he was both surprised and suspicious.

Isn't it a flashback?
Horrified, he turned over and sat up, pointed at Li Chengzhi and cursed: "Even if I'm a ghost, I will never let you go..."

Fortunately, he still had a sliver of reason, he just cursed, but he didn't dare to jump off the cave and play wild in the palace, allowing the guards to carry him out.

Everyone was so surprised, looking at it now, they found that Yuan Cheng's complexion was much better than the previous two days?

Seeing him being carried out of the main hall and out of the yamen, still swearing constantly, and full of anger, Liu Fang and others suddenly realized: being provoked by Li Chengzhi, Yuan Cheng's hidden illness was cured instead?
Strange, strange!

Secretly suspicious, Liu Fang hurriedly apologized: "The king of Ren Cheng lost his mind for a while, and his words were unscrupulous, please don't take offense..."

People who are about to die, why do they need to have the same knowledge as him?
If the hatred is hard to appease, just cook it up slowly, and definitely tell Yuan Cheng to be obedient.

Li Chengzhi smiled lightly: "It's okay, just continue with the banquet!"

Liu Fang and the others had no intention of having fun, and after being disturbed by Yuan Cheng for a while, they didn't even know what to eat, like chewing wax.

Li Chengzhi didn't force it, he persuaded him a few drinks, and then started eating and drinking on his own.

Seeing him put down his chopsticks, as if it had come to an end, Liu Fang picked up the wine cup as soon as possible.

"My Duke and I are old acquaintances. It is for this reason that we have received the grace of the Queen Mother and His Majesty to go to the West Sea. This trip can be described as trembling, as if walking on thin ice. If there is any discrepancy later, please ask the Duke Haihan..."

Does this mean to put the ugly words in front?
Li Chengzhi smiled, and picked up the wine cup: "I know the purpose of the Siqing, and I also know the difficulties of the Siqing. Regardless of the rest, even if I think of the old Siqing's support and protection, I will never It will make it difficult for the Siqing..."

After a short pause, he sighed again, "But I think that there is no need to worry about the matter of stopping the army and making peace. If the minister of the temple is interested, why not accompany me with the younger generation to take a good look at my Xihai, and then discuss it Not too late..."

Take a look?
Whether it was Liu Fang or Yuan Yuan, they were all secretly happy.

This trip to the peace talks is only the second, and the key is to covet the reality of the West Sea.Otherwise, why did you stop and go all the way and delay for so long?

The two were worrying about how they could find an excuse for Li Chengzhi to let go and turn around in the West Sea after arriving in the West Sea.Even if you can't find out the strength of the army or whether the food and grass are sufficient, you should at least look at the people's livelihood.

The so-called knowing the whole picture at a glance, with Liu Fang's old way, it might be impossible to figure out some truths and falsehoods.

But I didn't want to, Li Chengzhi actually brought it up on his own initiative?

The two were pleasantly surprised, and the joy was that even if they couldn't agree on an agreement, they could at least gain something, and even at the worst, they would be able to meet after returning to Beijing.

What surprised me was why Li Chengzhi was so generous, could there be fraud in it?
But Yang Shu and Gao Zhao looked on indifferently, watching with cold eyes.

Although the two people have different positions, their minds are surprisingly the same: Is it because Li Chengzhi wants to give Liu Fang a blow, so that he will retreat in spite of difficulties?

While thinking about it, I heard Li Chengzhi ask again: "What worries does Siqing have?"

"What concerns can I have?"

Liu Fang quickly responded, "I'm determined to do what I want, I dare not invite you!"

"That's good!"

Li Chengzhi nodded and smiled, and instructed Li Xiaoxian, "Prepare the horses with all the imperial envoys, and also inform Li Liang, Li Zhang, Chengxue, and uncle, and say that I will invite the minister of the temple to visit various places later, so that they Prepare early..."

Then he stood up: "Everyone, please!"

Everyone had different thoughts and followed him out of the Yatang.I thought he was going to go out, but I didn't want Li Chengzhi to turn right and go straight to Zhenyilou.

When Liu Fang and others entered the city, they had carefully looked at it.Zhenyi City sounds like a city, but it occupies a very small area.The radius is only two miles, which is smaller than the villages and castles of the Guanzhong gentry.

But after entering the city, I realized that there is a hidden hole in it: except for Li's house and a few other courtyards, most of the city is a bureaucracy.

The so-called sparrow is small, but it has all internal organs.Just like the inner city of Luojing, the prototypes of all the ministries in the capital can be found here.

Such as the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Warehouse, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Rites.

It's just that the name is different. In Luojing, it's called Ministry, but here it's called Cao?

Presumably it is because Li Chengzhi has not yet become self-reliant, and the name "Ministry" is somewhat inaccurate.

In addition, there is Zhenyi Tower living in the city.After asking Li Shiliang, I found out that this is the office of Li Chengzhi, and it is also the place where the heads of Cao Cao and the generals of the army attended the meeting.It is similar to the court hall in Beijing.

When Li Chengzhi climbed the steps, several people knew that he was going to visit. Li Chengzhi didn't want to choose another place to have peace talks with them in the Zhenyi Tower, but to take them up high and look far.

Zhenyi Tower is five stories high and more than six feet high.As long as you climb to the top of the building, you can have a panoramic view for miles around.It is also possible to see the geography around Zhenyi City clearly.

Regardless of the rest, there are several gates in the city, and where are they located.Where the city is high, where the city is low, where there is a river, where there is a beam, you only need to look at it to know.

If one day, the imperial court intends to attack the West Sea, Yuan Yuan and others are living maps.

As far as Li Chengzhi is concerned, isn't this self-defeating and giving others a handle?

Everyone was surprised and followed closely behind.Liu Fang secretly winked at Yuan Yuan again.

Yuan Yuan came to the West Sea on this trip. He was called a deputy envoy, but in fact he was more of a secret agent.Gao Ying ordered him to pay attention to everything related to the military.Therefore, seeing Liu Fang's eyes, he immediately understood, and nodded subtly.

The two made small movements and followed Li Chengzhi to the top of the building.

There is a pavilion built on the top, which is more than two feet high, so it is seven feet above the ground.

Several people entered the pavilion, only to see the sky high and the clouds wide, the water beautiful and the mountains clear.Suddenly a gust of cool wind blew by, and everyone subconsciously felt refreshed.

If you take a closer look, you can see that there are criss-crossing fields, one green and ten thousand slopes, which seem to be boundless, and the weak water is like a jade belt, with no end to end.

Even though he had expected it, Yang Shu was still amazed.

When Hongnong Yang was not suspected by Yuan Ke, that is, seven or eight years ago, he served as the governor of Xiliang Prefecture, and the state government was in Jiuquan, which was only more than two hundred miles away.

Biaoshi County is under its rule, and everything south of Heli Mountain is Biaoshi's territory.Because of inspecting the people's livelihood, Yang Shu also inspected Yanchi twenty miles to the south, even came here, climbed Heli Mountain, and entered the dilapidated Zhenyi Old Pass.

He remembered it very clearly: At that time, there were barren hills around Zhenyiguan Pass. I dare not say that there was no grass and no birds and animals, but it was definitely a barren land with thousands of miles of red soil.

However, it has been five years since Li's trilogy followed to Xihai and conspired in Hexi. Has it been so prosperous?
Regardless of the rest, in this endless green land, is it possible that all the grass grows?
Although it is not clear from a distance, at least the ditches and field ridges can still be seen clearly.

But in front of you is only near Zhenyi, how many fertile fields should there be in Heli Mountain to the north, counties to the south, Zhangye to the east, and Jiuquan to the west?
Not to mention that Li Chengzhi has already occupied the more fertile Longxi, where there are ready-made good fields, and there is no need to open up wasteland, let alone garrison, but can be planted on the spot.

Given time...well, it doesn't take much, just two or three years, what will the West Sea look like?
Surprised in his heart, Yang Shu looked at Liu Fang's face again.

Sure enough, as if ink was applied or lacquer was applied, Liu Fang's face was so heavy that water could be squeezed out.

But like Gao Zhao, with a disheartened face, he sighed sincerely: "In just four or five years, the desert sea can be turned into a mulberry field... just for this, I am not as good as you!"

"It's nothing more than picking up the wisdom of the predecessors, and there is nothing to praise!"

Li Chengzhi said with a leisurely smile, "When Emperor Taiwu moved the households in Hexi to Pingcheng, the scene here was more than ten times more prosperous than it was at this time. Therefore, it is a fertile land, and the weak water is so convenient. It only needs a little cultivation. Then you can get the grain fields...

But going upstairs today is not the intention.It’s just that Si Qing won’t be able to see clearly later, so I came here..."

Li Chengzhi waved his hand: "Submit it!"

Before the words were finished, Li Xiaoxian stepped into the pavilion, holding a lacquer plate in his hand, in which there were several things like short sticks.

It is about a foot long, as thick as a child's arm, and the whole body is bright yellow, which seems to be made of copper.

Li Chengzhi took one, pulled it, and handed it to Liu Fang: "This object is called a telescope. It is an exaggeration to say that it is a thousand miles away, but it is not difficult to see a person's face clearly within ten miles... just for the minister, and also Can look carefully..."

You can see people's faces clearly within ten miles... Could it be that you are joking?
Without waiting for Li Chengzhi to give in, Yuan Yuan picked up one like lightning.Fang wanted to get closer, but was persuaded by Li Chengzhi: "This thing has three layers, it can be near or far, you need to stretch it to the longest, so that you can see the farthest place..."

As he said and pulled, the copper stick, which was about a meter long, grew three or four times.

Yuan Yuan hurriedly moved his eyes upwards, and was shocked violently.

He actually saw a beacon tower?
Feng was square and square, standing on the top of the mountain, and standing on top of it were two soldiers, as straight as javelins.

Just at this time, a big eagle fell from the sky and landed on the top of the beacon tower.The two soldiers turned their heads for a glance, and muttered a few more words, and one of them untied the longbow on his back.

But he didn't expect the animal to be extremely vigilant, and before the soldiers could string their bows, they had already flapped their wings and flew away.By the time the soldiers drew their bows and strings, they had already flown twenty or thirty feet away.

He even saw the disappointment on the soldiers' faces...

Surprised and suspicious, Yuan Yuan moved his eyes away and looked into the distance with only his eyesight.But no matter whether he opened his eyes or squinted his eyes, all he could see was Heli Mountain standing about five or six miles away.

Not to mention the two soldiers, he couldn't even find the beacon.

Lift up the binoculars to look at it for a few more times, then put it down, look at it for a few more times, and then put it down again... In this way, every time it is repeated, Yuan Yuan's face will turn pale, and after repeated several times, there is no trace of trace on his face. Bloody, white as paper.

Not only Yuan Yuan, but also others.

Liu Fang didn't understand military affairs, so she was just surprised and didn't react yet.But Yuan Yuan, Gao Zhao and Yang Shu all had a sudden change of expression, startled and horrified.

(End of this chapter)