Mr. Yangui

Chapter 158 Chapter [-]
Xue Shanglin is a few years older than Li Lingwu, and the two have similar official positions, and they are old friends for many years, so there is nothing wrong with him calling himself a big brother.

Li Lingwu really admires Xue Shanglin, who came from a poor family and has no background. In Chang'an, although he was good in martial arts and talent, he was not the top group. However, Xue Shanglin was steady in his work and had great perseverance. It is not easy to climb up to the governor of Yongzhou, the most important state of Yanzhou.

"Brother, you look much more tired. Is it really difficult to suppress the bandits?" Li Lingwu asked.

Xue Shanglin's kung fu has reached the middle level of the eighth rank, and he is in his prime. He has rested for a long time these days, so of course he doesn't have a tired face. Li Lingwu's question is actually asking those who participated in the court meeting what he said about killing the people One thing, what is the specific situation.

"Brother, Yongzhou is so big, only a sharp knife can cut through the mess!" Of course Xue Shanglin knew what Li Lingwu meant, and sighed.

Li Lingwu understood instantly.

The banditry in Yongzhou is serious, involving seven or eight counties, and Nanshan and other special areas that span several counties. The emperor is very concerned about it, so Xue Shanglin has to take tragic measures. Bandits, to show the court's determination.

The question of the bandits stopped here, and Li Lingwu asked again: "What do you think about the situation of Wuyuan?"

Although Wuyuan County is an armament area and directly obeys the emperor's orders, it is still in Yongzhou. Xue Shanglin naturally knows the details.

Xue Shanglin said: "I'm afraid the Huns are going to come for real this time. A lot of cavalry have gathered outside Wuyuan City. Although they didn't attack and don't know when they will attack, what is certain is that the Huns will attack at the most If the timing is right, don't underestimate the wisdom of those savages, they know how to seize the opportunity best, and fortunately Zhou Sheng withstood the pressure in Jizhou, otherwise... otherwise Wuyuan County may have been lost."

Li Lingwu's face became serious in an instant. When the emperor told him, he thought the Huns were still trying, but he didn't expect the problem to be so serious.

Of course Li Lingwu knew the strength of the Huns.

What a hero Zheng Heng's father, Zheng Hui, died at the hands of the Huns.

Xue Shanglin continued: "You also know that old boy Qin Siyu is the most stable and well-known old tortoise. I can't stabilize the situation, and I don't know how His Majesty will deal with it."

Li Lingwu said: "Your Majesty told me that he will send His Highness the King of Shu over."

Hearing this, Xue Shanglin frowned and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Shu is an excellent candidate. It was no problem to preside over the overall situation in the past, but what about Liangzhou? The Tubo people are also quite fierce. The reason why they only dared to send people to harass Liangzhou occasionally over the years If he goes to Wuyuan, although Jia Song, the governor of Liangzhou, is a good player, he has never faced a big scene alone after all, and Lin Qi is a reckless man, so it may be difficult to be stable. Come on, of course it’s fine in normal times, but today is different, Dayan is almost surrounded by enemies, it’s hard to guarantee that Tubo will have the courage to invade Liangzhou on a large scale.”

Li Lingwu sighed: "For the time being, there shouldn't be any problems. If it doesn't work, you can transfer people from Jingzhou. Now Dayan is the only one that has no troubles in Jingzhou... Why does Dayan feel that it lacks people all these years?"

It was all caused by wars. Dayan would hold a martial arts conference every four years, and those with excellent grades would be sent out to serve as small leaders of the army. They even died on the battlefield before they could grow up.

Xue Shanglin laughed: "It's a pity that you have a heavy responsibility, brother. Otherwise, if you are sent to Wuyuan or Liangzhou, there must be nothing to worry about. Your Majesty will be at ease."

Li Lingwu smiled wryly, and said, "Brother was joking."

This is really just to say that although Li Lingwu is a first-class talent, no less than the King of Shu or the King of Beihai, his status is not trivial. The emperor's confidant has a very high prestige and a great deterrent to all forces, how could the emperor let him out so easily.

Then the two chatted about some important affairs of the imperial court. From Jizhou to Yangzhou, there was a lot of sympathy, and they both felt emotionally surging. They remembered the scene of discussing state affairs together when they were children.

After talking about the business, Xue Shanglin talked about the daily life again, and said: "Speaking of which, Dayan's honorable children are not as good as the next generation. Don't frown, brother. Now you can find a young man in Chang'an City who is the same as the King of Shu back then." Or the King of the North Sea? Take a step back and say, there is no one like you, Tang Feihu, or Zhou Sheng."

This was a bit discouraging. Li Lingwu wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, he had to admit that what Xue Shanglin said was the truth, and he also knew that Xue Shanglin looked down on the current honorable children, and rarely looked at them seriously.

Although Xungui's son-in-law has a high starting point and there are many people with good martial arts and talents, they are all lack of experience. They are all treasures in the family. Even if they are released to practice, they will not let him do any particularly dangerous things. At that time, Zheng Wentong, Zheng Heng's eldest son, was considered a pretty good seed a few years ago, but it was a pity that he died at the hands of the Khitan people.

Li Hu on the side remembered Li Wufeng when Li Ji was on his birthday, and sighed silently.

Seeing that the atmosphere was somewhat silent, Xue Shanglin laughed, and said, "Brother, those in your family are all pretty good. I heard that your eldest son Li Wufeng broke through to the seventh rank recently? You are so lucky, brother."

This is Li Lingwu's pride, and he said with a smile: "I can't be praised by my brother. Wufeng still has a lot of shortcomings. Now I am giving him some errands. I hope he can mature as soon as possible."

Li Wufeng is currently working in the Imperial Guard, so far, it seems that he is quite good.

Xue Shanglin said: "I've met that kid Wufeng a few times, he's really good, with you watching him, and with a lot of hard work, he will definitely achieve something."

After a pause, he continued: "I am more optimistic about your youngest son, Li Wuchang. When I talked to him in Niu Maoshan, it seemed like I was talking to my peers. It was very happy. He showed respect to me and at the same time maintained In his true nature, he is not stage-frightened at all, he understands the world, and ah, he has a few young masters under him, all of whom have special respect for him, and they immediately execute a word from him, and ordinary people don’t have that charm.”

Regarding this matter, Xue Shanglin sent a letter to Li Lingwu not long ago, which was a summary of the Niu Maoshan incident. He asked him to find out what His Majesty said. Xue Shanglin was mostly polite, but now it seems that he is really optimistic about Li Wuchang.

Xue Shanglin continued: "For a friend, he dared to kill Niu Maoshan with a few people, and set fires everywhere to make troubles. I can guarantee that there will be few people like him in Chang'an City."

Li Lingwu naturally knew how powerful Li Wuchang was, he was cunning, clever, and bold. Whether it's martial arts or martial arts, he never cared much. I believe you have heard about the Martial Arts Pavilion. I blush when I see his indiscriminate methods. In one round, he actually took out 1000 taels Buying his opponent in front of everyone, talk about it, isn't it shameless?"

Xue Shanglin smiled meaningfully and said, "Brother, are you sure Li Wuchang doesn't know martial arts?"

Li Lingwu was a little puzzled, and said: "Brother, why are you saying that you can't do it? I suspected him once, and I specially sent my guard brother to test him out, and he was blown away on the spot."

This is about the time when Li Wuchang killed the third prince's spokesperson Xue Laosi.

Xue Shanglin said to Duan Long beside him: "Duan Long, tell Commander Li about the matter on Niu Mao Mountain."

"Yes, my lord." Duan Long nodded, and then respectfully said to Li Lingwu: "My lord, the situation at that time was like this. I was ordered by the governor to go and catch Pei He and others from the Green Snake Gang. Not far away, I saw a lot of dead bodies. They were all thugs from the Green Snake Gang, and their martial arts were quite good. I also observed the corpses a little bit, and found that many people had scorched marks on their wounds. The attack of the superior fire element technique."

Li Lingwu and Li Hu frowned.

Duan Long continued: "After I led people to rush to the dense forest in the back mountain, I found that apart from the Green Snake Gang, there were some desperate people left. After I wiped out the gangsters, Mr. Li showed up with a group of people. They were all seriously injured or exhausted. , and there is a serious bloody smell coming from Mr. Li, Commander, you are a first-class master, of course you know that if you don't go through a fierce fight, you can't have that kind of bloody smell on your body."

When Duan Long said this, Xue Shanglin waved his hand to make him stop, and then he said: "Brother, I have little knowledge, as far as I know, in Dayan, in addition to your family's Cangyan Jue, there is also the royal family's Scarlet Art". Long Zhenqi, I really can’t think of any other kind of fire Qi that is so domineering and can beat people out of scorching marks. I remember one time, after you and Liu Jingming had a martial arts competition, his right arm had scorching marks. At that time, you were a sixth grade."

After a pause, he continued: "Oh, at that time, there were corpses strewn all over the Niu Mao Mountain, which could be called a hell on earth. If they hadn't been on the battlefield or often fought with people, it would be impossible for them to be so calm. Even many of my masters were pale. Bai, some even vomited continuously, and he didn’t even blink his eyes, and even joked with me.”

The true qi that can hit people out of scorching marks really needs to be very domineering. In addition to Cangyan Jue and Chilong true qi, there are also some fire-type true qi that can do it, but at that time, the possibility of Li Wuchang making a move was very high. high.

Li Lingwu was really moved by this, and thought carefully of Li Wuchang's past.

Xue Laosi in the East City, kidnapped by Nanshan, melee in the west of the city, followed by the masters sent by Li Qing, and many treasures obtained by the Martial Arts Pavilion, there are many suspicious points, Li Lingwu just suspected it, and didn't go into it.

Li Wuchang, this kid, just hides so deeply.

"boom!"

Li Lingwu patted the table and said, "What a boy, you almost let him pass by."

Li Hu was also shocked.

Xue Shanglin laughed out loud, as if he was extremely happy, then drank a glass of wine and said: "Brother, it seems that you really let your four boys fool you this time... By the way, I haven't asked you yet, you Where are you going to send him to practice?"

Li Lingwu came back to his senses, and said: "Send him to Guan Bingzhuang, let him mix with a bunch of old fried dough sticks."

Xue Shanglin said in astonishment: "No way?"

The Bingzhuang mentioned by Li Lingwu is actually the Zhuangzi of the imperial court. It is used to accommodate those veterans who have been seriously injured on the battlefield and have made some contributions. Those veterans have been seriously injured, and some are even missing arms and legs. However, they had no choice but to chill their hearts.

Most of those Zhuangzi are very barren, the land is not good, it is difficult to grow crops even for self-sufficiency, the roads are not easy to walk, most of the veterans are difficult to serve, and there are many Zhuangzi at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, where they often encounter bandits attack.

It is not a good job to manage such a Zhuangzi.

Li Lingwu sighed: "Not only you are optimistic about that kid, but your majesty is also very optimistic about him, and even made him a viscount!"

Now it was Xue Shanglin's turn to be surprised.

(End of this chapter)