Thief Emperor

Chapter 662 No Longer Called Erlang

The end of January in the fifth year of Zhaoding.

There are only two or three days left before the Zhongshan Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony.

In Qianyuan's study, Li Yun looked at the document in front of him, a little dumbfounded. After reading it over and over again several times, he looked up at Meng Hai.

"real or fake?"

Meng Hai lowered his head and said with a smile: "Sir, any information that we can send to your desk must have been confirmed several times. If the information is inaccurate, it will be noted in the document."

"This matter has been confirmed several times. It is absolutely true."

Li Yun then put down the document in his hand and smiled: "It's really interesting."

He even laughed out loud: "That's so funny."

It was not until this time that he received the news about Liang Wen's disturbance in Guanzhong, and at this time, it had been nearly half a month since the incident happened.

Part of the reason for this is that Li Yun's main focus is currently on the Central Plains and other princes, and he has no energy to pay attention to Guanzhong. Even if the Nine Departments were not investigating the movements of Liang Wen's troops, they would not invest resources in Guanzhong.

Another reason was that Guanzhong was now blocked again and information was no longer flowing smoothly, so Jiangdong did not receive the news until half a month later.

The news of this incident really made Li feel happy.

Because... it sucks.

Be it Liang Wen or Wu Zhou court, they were both incredibly rotten!

This incident even gave Li Yun a little more confidence in his plan to march into the Central Plains this year. After all, if people like Liang Wen could occupy the Central Plains, why couldn't he, Li?
Of course, there was another very important reason why Liang Wen was able to occupy the Central Plains earlier. This was because although the major military governors were eyeing the Central Plains, they were concerned about each other's existence and were reluctant to take action first, which gave Liang Wen an advantage.

Li Yun laughed for a long time before he said to Meng Hai, "I will go to Zhongshan Mountain to see how the preparations are going. Go and invite the King of Chu and tell him that I want to go to Zhongshan Mountain with him."

Meng Hai smiled and said, "I'll go right away."

After saying that, he lowered his head slightly, turned and left.

Mr. Li picked up the document in his hand again, read it through, and made a "tsk tsk" sound.

"Is the emperor possessed by something..."

Li murmured, "How can one be so cowardly?"

……

After more than half an hour, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was invited to Qian Garden. Li Yun personally went to the front yard to greet him. After seeing His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, Li Yun stepped forward, looked at him for a few times, and said with a smile: "Looking at His Royal Highness's appearance, he should have come to his senses, right?"

Previously, this Prince of Chu was assassinated by someone close to him. He was very sad for a while. It was said that he had not eaten much for several days. In addition to the injuries he suffered, he lost nearly ten pounds.

Now it seems that it has been eaten again.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu sighed and said, "Don't think about it, don't think about it. I just want to live my life well and don't care about other things."

At this point, he looked at Li Yun and smiled: "Brother Li invited me to climb Zhongshan Mountain. Is this to clear your name?"

"Yes."

Li Yun did not shy away from saying, smiling: "In two days, I will offer sacrifices to the heavens at Mount Zhong to earn myself a name."

At this point, he looked at Wu Yuanyou and said with a smile: "If I hadn't beaten those people last year, this year Your Highness should have been the emperor and bestowed this title on me."

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu waved his hands and said, "That's not necessary, that's not necessary. I've figured it out. I'm not destined to be an emperor."

He smiled and said, "If you want to be an emperor, you will probably die. It was like this in the past, and it will probably be like this in the future."

"Your Highness is quite open-minded."

Li Yun invited him to his carriage and said with a smile, "The important officials of Jiangdong have been staying on Zhongshan Mountain these days. Let's go and take a look. It's a good opportunity to borrow your royal aura and increase my wealth."

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was a very cool person. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "That couldn't be better. If I really had the aura of a king, I would give it all to you, Brother Li, so that I wouldn't have to sleep restlessly every day."

After the two of them got on the carriage, Li Yun looked at His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, who was in a good mood, and said with a smile, "Your Highness has a very carefree personality and doesn't care about anything."

"Hey."

His Royal Highness the King of Chu shook his head and said, "What's the point of me caring about the world?"

Li Yun took out the document from the Nine Departments from his sleeve and said with a smile, "Then Your Highness, please take a look at this."

The King of Chu was somewhat puzzled and asked, "What is this?"

"Good thing."

Li Yun coughed and said, "Your Highness will have a new brother-in-law."

"My brother-in-law?"

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu took the document with a puzzled look on his face. After just a glance, his expression became solemn. The more he read, the uglier his expression became. After reading it, he slapped the window of the carriage hard and his breathing became rapid.

"Brother Li, this Liang Wen..."

He asked in a hoarse voice: "How old are you?" Li Yun thought for a moment and replied: "About thirty-six or thirty-seven?"

His Royal Highness the King of Chu was furious.

"Princess Xunyang, at most this year, she is only fourteen years old!"

He clenched his fists, furious to the extreme: "Brother, brother!"

"Wu Yuancheng!"

He was so angry that he even called the emperor by his name.
Li Yun was also a little surprised by his reaction. After coughing, he shook his head and said, "I wanted to show it to Your Highness for fun. If I had known Your Highness would be so angry, I would not have shown it to Your Highness."

"Show me, show me."

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: "Since I am a member of the Wu family, I should be the one to read this news."

He took several deep breaths to calm himself down, then looked up at Li Yun and said silently: "Brother Li, I only hope that you will achieve great things in the future and kill this beast for me!"

Li Yun replied: "Don't worry, I will be entering the Central Plains soon and will soon be dealing with this Duke of Liang."

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The carriage quickly left Qianyuan and arrived at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain. Two people got off the carriage one after the other. Li walked up the mountain path with his hands behind his back.

At this time, Zhongshan Mountain had been decorated with lights and lanterns, and soldiers from the Jinling Army were guarding both sides of the road.

Walking up the mountain path for about half an hour, we saw the altar that had been built.

Li Yun reached out and pulled the breathless King Chu, then looked up at the altar with a complicated expression.

After catching his breath, His Royal Highness the King of Chu also looked up at the altar with a similarly complicated expression.

At this moment, the two people's expressions were surprisingly consistent, but what they were thinking were completely different.

Near the altar, there are several temporary tents. Yao Zhong, the "second prime minister" of Nanjing, has been living here for several days in recent days to prevent any accidents from happening.

General Deng Yang of the Jinling Army also lived here to prevent any mistakes.

After knowing that Li Yun was coming, Deng Yang and Yao Zhong both ran out to greet him.

After paying their respects to Li Yun, they looked at His Royal Highness the King of Chu who was standing next to Li Yun.

Neither of them recognized the King of Chu, because his highness the King of Chu rarely went out in Jiangdong, and they had hardly ever seen him.

When we meet, we only glance at each other from a distance.

Li Yun turned sideways and said, "This is His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu."

The two of them finally understood and quickly bowed: "Greetings, Your Highness."

According to the "ritual system" designed by the Jiangdong "Ministry of Rites", that is, Tao Wenyuan and others some time ago, on the day of offering sacrifices to heaven, His Royal Highness the King of Chu should hold the imperial edict in his hand and hand it to Li Yun, who should then read it out and burn it to offer sacrifices to heaven.

In a sense, this is a small-scale inheritance of legal tradition.

This matter had been asked to the King of Chu half a month ago, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu had already nodded in agreement.

Because he knew very well that only by accomplishing this task, he and his descendants would be considered Li Yun's "guests" and the two kings and three Ke of the new dynasty.

Even if you are reluctant, you have to do it.

Moreover, his whole family is in Jinling, and Li Yun discussed with him to give him face. In fact, even if he didn't want to do it, he probably wouldn't have a choice in the end.

Under this premise, it is normal for Li Yun to bring the King of Chu to Zhongshan to "check out the situation".

Li Yun introduced his two subordinates to the King of Chu. After the introduction, the two of them climbed up the altar several feet high together. Li stood with his hands behind his back, looking around.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu also looked around, and then said to Li Yun with emotion: "In a few days, I will call Brother Li the king."

When Li Yun was crowned king, he was not calling himself the prince or duke of Wu Zhou, but the king!

He, the King of Wu, was actually the ruler of an independent kingdom.

Of course, the imperial court originally conferred titles on kings by enfeoffment. However, as the feudal system gradually became a mere name, the title of king was reduced to some fiefdoms but no fiefdom.

But Li Yun, the King of Wu, is a king, and a real king.

Hearing what His Royal Highness Prince Chu said, Li Yun smiled and said, "Your Highness, if you cooperate like this, you will always be a guest of our Li family in the future, and you and I will never be the monarch and the subject."

"You can still call me Brother Li."

"If all else fails, you can just call me Erlang."

His Royal Highness the King of Chu shook his head slightly and forced a complicated smile on his face.

"In a few days, the only person in the world who can call you Brother Li Erlang..."

"It's even less."

(End of this chapter)