My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 363 The Poison of Confucianism

The sharp pain in my butt came into my dream.

When the faint smell of medicine entered his nose, Lu Zhiyuan knew that he was not dead yet. He opened his eyes slightly, and the first thing he saw was the white tent.

The tent was hung down, and people could be seen walking around dimly outside.

‘Could it be that Pindao was rescued? ’

‘Impossible, there are so many soldiers and generals in the city, it’s hard to be reasonable. ’

"The Taoist priest is awake?"

A sudden sound broke Lu Zhiyuan's thoughts. He couldn't get up due to the two arrow wounds on his buttocks. He could only turn his head and saw a middle-aged scribe wearing a robe with a folded collar sitting at a round table in the room, sipping tea.

A waiter came over and opened the curtain and hung it at the head and end of the bed. Only then did he see that the waiters were all dressed as eunuchs, and the person drinking tea opposite him was someone he had seen before in the main hall.

"I am Li Ru, a man of excellent writing style."

The middle-aged scribe put down his tea cup, turned around on the stool, looked at Lu Zhiyuan on the bed and smiled gently, just like those literati and elegant guests visiting famous mountains and rivers in the mountains.

"The Taoist Master may be wondering why, since I have captured you, I still want to spare your life and treat your injuries."

Lu Zhiyuan brushed the snow-white hair on his face, cursing his mother in his heart, but he was also a little curious. He endured the severe pain and asked in a low voice: "Why is this?"

Li Ru spoke elegantly, touched the rim of the cup with his fingertips, and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty is annoyed because you are disrespectful to the Emperor, and the reason why the Taoist Master is still alive is because you are a good friend of the Great Master."

His smile was gentle, but to Lu Zhiyuan, those eyes were full of murderous intent.

He has never seen a civil servant who looks like a military general, with hidden murderous intent in his eyes. Are all the people under the Emperor of Xia really reincarnated as murderers?
  At this moment, Lu Zhiyuan did not dare to maintain his previous image of the so-called wind immortal, so he forced out a smile with a stiff face.

"I would like to thank your Majesty even more."

"Haha, Taoist Master really wants to thank His Majesty for your kindness."

Li Ru came over with a tea cup, seemingly not afraid of his magic at all. He just sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the old Taoist priest who couldn't move on the bed as if he were looking at a dead person.

"...I teased His Majesty in public and deceived the public with his monstrous words. It is natural that I should kill you!"

Lu Zhiyuan seemed to see through magic that behind the murderous intent in the other person's eyes, many people were falling down and dying...

……

That night.

The Qi clan who have not left Xinxiang today are probably planning to spend their last night in the mansion where they have lived for several generations. Most of the families in the Qi clan who have not yet left have the same idea. The whole family, young and old, gather together to put aside the ruin of their home and country. The sadness is so great that he talks about how to survive when he moves to another place.

There were also people who resented the loss of their wealth and status. They sat with their families and cursed the Emperor of Xia. The curses were extremely unpleasant, and they cursed the Xia Kingdom for not being able to succeed in the second generation.

However, not long after, the maid who came to hold the lamp pushed open the door of the hall. She was so frightened that the candlestick in her hand fell to the ground. More than a dozen members of the master's family who were drinking and swearing in the hall all died in the main room with blood oozing from their mouths and noses.

The lost maid hurried to the backyard again. She called for people as she ran, but the lady in the backyard didn't come out and didn't say anything. Even the concubines and young gentlemen didn't move.

Several servants came over and opened the door with her. They saw the wife of the family lying on the table, dead of poison, and the youngest son of the house, lying motionless on the bed, his body was stiff.

The same night.

The remaining clan members who had left Xinxiang were all intercepted and killed by strong men from Jianjing on their way back to their hometowns. Their belongings were looted, and all men, women, and children were killed in the camp or an inn.

Lu Zhiyuan saw all these things that had happened or were happening from the bottom of Li Ru's eyes, and it seemed that he could still hear the wailing and crying of these Qi clan members before they died.

"you……"

Since Lu Zhiyuan followed his senior brother to practice Taoism, he has been enjoying the treatment of a guest in the world of mortals. He has never seen such a cruel and vicious thing. His face turned pale for a while, and his speech became stumbling.

"Your Majesty is merciful, but the people under my command cannot be merciful."

Li Ru seemed to know that the other party had seen something in his eyes, but he seemed extremely calm, speaking in a calm tone as if he was speaking normally.

"The state of Qi is destroyed, but the clan remains. It will be very inconvenient for the governance of the place in the future. If an ambitious and talented person emerges from among them, there will be another period of chaos, which will be detrimental to the people. Therefore, those who should be killed should be killed. It must be killed, does the Taoist think it’s right?”

"Yes...right..." Lu Zhiyuan could not move now. Even if he had objections, he had to protect himself first and could only agree.

"As long as the Taoist leader thinks it's right."

Li Ru returned to his smiling expression, and even pressed the quilt for Lu Zhiyuan thoughtfully, "But there is something I don't understand."

"My lord, please speak."

"Since the Taoist priest is a practitioner and a good friend of my national master, why did he go to the court and say such shocking remarks? Privately speaking, your majesty may not be angry with you, and the Taoist priest will not suffer like this. sin."

"I was confused for a moment." Lu Zhiyuan said perfunctorily, but when he saw Li Ru's smiling face, he swallowed his saliva, "Actually... the old immortal of Fuyun Mountain is the senior brother of Pindao. Pindao is just... using his guise. come out……"

Li Ru was not surprised, but nodded.

"Actually, I have already guessed it. If the Taoist Master has anything to hide, you can tell it together."

"Concealing this matter, I haven't concealed anything else, Pindao..." Lu Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, "The reason why Pindao said that in the court was actually to attract His Majesty's attention. If he could be like that Zhang Jiao, he could As a practitioner, I am looking for an official position." "Well, everyone in the world is utilitarian, and the Taoist priest has an immortal heart. It is normal to have this idea. However, the remarks of the destined person are just random words from the Taoist priest. ?”

Lu Zhiyuan shook his head: "It's not Pindao's nonsense... it was Pindao who overheard it when senior brother and your national master were talking about the way of heaven and earth. That's why he wanted to use these remarks to make the Emperor of Xia treat Pindao as his honored guest."

"I see, then my national master is still in Fuyun Mountain?"

Lu Zhiyuan shook his head again.

"I went to the west with my senior brother, so Pindao dared to go down the mountain and visit Xinxiang."

After this inquiry and what the other party said, everything cleared up the doubts. Li Ru smiled and asked the eunuch to bring the medicine bowl, "While the Taoist Master is recuperating, just call these eunuchs if you need anything."

"Thank you, poor man!"

Seeing that he had finished asking, the other person's expression remained as usual and he had not been punished for offending the emperor. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the scene of being chased all over the city today was still flashing back in his mind.

Those generals of the Xia Kingdom were really scary. They had mastered different skills. I didn't expect that they would be useless in front of them. The soldiers were not afraid of him, and they came towards him with gleaming eyes.

While thinking about it, the eunuch who gave the medicine carefully held the medicine bowl, blew the hot air from the spoon, and said in a high-pitched voice: "This Taoist priest, this good medicine tastes bitter, so drink it while it's hot."

"You don't know how to administer medicine, do you?" Lu Zhiyuan glanced at the bowl worriedly.

The eunuch pursed his lips and looked shy.

"What are you talking about, Taoist Master? If Your Majesty wants to kill you, why bother to save you?"

Although he didn't know whether it was true or not, the truth was correct. Lu Zhiyuan thought for a while, then opened his mouth and asked the eunuch to give him medicine.

……

Outside, Li Ru closed his eyes and listened to the conversation inside, without much expression on his face.

After a while, someone walked over.

"Wenyou, how's it going?"

"It's all been said."

Jia Xu glanced at the closed door and heard a sudden sound of 'Uh! ah! ’ screamed in pain, and whispered an instruction with no expression on his face.

"Clean up."

When you're done, turn around and leave.

Li Ru lowered his face. When Taiwei Jia Xu walked away, he looked at the door, the viciousness in his eyes no longer concealed, and he raised his finger slightly.

His long beard trembled slightly, his lips curled up, and he whispered: "Kill all the eunuchs inside!"

Several Xiliang soldiers standing on the left and right made a clang sound, pulled out their swords and pushed the door open. Li Ru put his hands in his sleeves and walked back to the front palace with his footsteps accompanied by the screams coming from the room.

The front palace, Zhanyuan Hall, was the imperial study room of the Emperor of Qi. Su Chen was reading the letters between the Emperor of Qi and the State of Liang in the hall, making disdainful sounds from time to time.

When he heard Xu Chu outside asking if he wanted Li Ru to come in, he put down the letter and said, "Wen You, please come in."

Soon, Su Chen nodded after listening to the description.

"He also had a senior brother, just don't let him know about it. Anyway, this Lu Zhiyuan went down the mountain privately, and he definitely doesn't know where he died.

As for that destined person, let it go first. I don’t want to be like Wang Mang and mess up his hands and feet, searching for him all over the world. If he really shows up, I can’t stop him. I will just crush him when the time comes!

At the moment, the most important thing is to attack Liang. I leave the follow-up matters of Qi to you. Within three days, I will send troops to prepare and act as a vanguard to attack Liang. "

Su Chen stood up and walked down from the desk with his hands behind his back: "With Ma Chao, you are responsible for contacting him and asking him to coordinate with the Xiliang army to attack the southern part of Liang Kingdom!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" When he heard that he had been entrusted with the follow-up affairs of Qi State, Li Ru thought he was the mastermind at first, but what Su Chen said next made him stunned. For a moment, he thought he had heard wrong, but After coming back to his senses, I felt indescribable excitement in my heart.

When I followed Dong Zhuo into Luoyang, I thought I would be able to show off my talents. However, it turned out that the father-in-law was addicted to power and did many foolish things. However, he could only participate as a counselor and come up with ideas, and had no chance to stand alone.

Although this is another world, it is also a living world.

It was a place where he could show his fists and kicks. He bowed and said "yes", which was completely different from when he first came.

"I will leave my rear to Wen You!"

Su Chen followed a group of emperor ancestors and gradually mastered the skill of controlling ministers. After patting Li Ru on the shoulder, he walked out of the imperial study room with him.

Then he called Wu Zixun on the side to come forward.

"All matters here will be left to Li Ru from now on! In addition, let the soldiers of the three armies rest as soon as possible. Those who should visit brothels should go quickly, and those who should get drunk should not be reluctant to spend money. In a few days, we will send troops to Liang Kingdom!"

"Yes!"

Several people around him accepted the offer, and a moment later, Su Chen's words were sent to the military camp outside the city in the form of an imperial order.

(End of this chapter)