Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 1092 Farce
Tai'an City was the worst at keeping secrets, and Xu Xiao's posthumous title spread throughout the capital that very day.

Many people beat their chests and stamped their feet after hearing the posthumous title "Wu Li".

Among the eighteen Wufeng posthumous titles, the word "Li" is a truly bad posthumous title. It was changed from bad to good at the instruction of the old emperor when the old scholar Song wrote "Jie Shi". However, it is also at the bottom of the eighteen good posthumous titles.

Even so, many people were still dissatisfied with the word "Li", believing that the court gave Xu Quezi this neither-high nor low posthumous title, which was too lenient for him.

Many people were waiting to see how the young hereditary King of Northern Liang would react. Would he accept or reject the imperial edict?

If he swallowed his anger and accepted the imperial edict, then with Xu Xiao's prestige in Beiliang, the people of Beiliang would surely become alienated from the new King of Beiliang.

If they refuse to accept the offer, it would be considered disloyalty, and would surely make many scholars who have defected to Beiliang have other ideas.

Tai'an City is the world, and many people are waiting to see the choice of the young King of Beiliang.

In the city of Tai'an, there was a restaurant called "Jiujiuguan" and there were no diners.

The reason was the wooden signboard "Thank you" hanging outside the door. The whole capital city knew that the proprietress of Jiujiuguan, whose surname was Hong, was more arrogant than the royal family.

If you don't want to do business with someone, don't do it.

King Yan was, as always, dressed in a dark red robe with black and white stripes. He ignored the wooden sign outside the door saying "No guests", walked into the restaurant, and met the proprietress.

She was an elderly but pretty widow. She was cracking melon seeds when she saw King Yan coming. She said, "The people inside have been waiting for you for a long time. Come on and talk. I can close the shop after we're done."

King Yan rarely spoke much, "You are the proprietress of this restaurant. According to seniority, I should call you Aunt Hong."

"Got it. Go ahead." The proprietress surnamed Hong waved her hand and asked King Yan to come in quickly.

Inside the restaurant, an old man was drinking tea and waiting for the arrival of King Yan. It was Huang Longshi.

King Yan and Huang Sanjia met for the fourth time.

After King Yan settled down, Huang Longshi said, "I didn't expect you would really accept the invitation. This is Tai'an City."

King Yan asked, "What should I take into account?"

"You really don't have to worry about anything." Huang Longshi poured a cup of tea for King Yan. "I think you already knew it when you came here. Now in Tai'an City, many people are watching the new King of Beiliang and whether your eldest brother will accept the imperial edict."

"It's just a farce." King Yan drank the tea that Huang Longshi poured for him and said, "It's been a long time since we last met. Now I will be the King Yan who treats people with sincerity for once."

"Then I won't be polite." Huang Longshi asked King Yan, "What do you think of this game in Liyang?"

“How should one describe the rise and fall of a country? And how should one comment on it? “Wu Li”, ha~” At this point, King Yan chuckled.

"Xu Xiao's death can be said to be the end of the Spring and Autumn War, or the beginning of a new war. In the end, it all comes back to that saying: If future generations mourn for their past but do not learn from their past, they will also cause future generations to mourn for future generations."

Huang Longshi sighed: "Is it true that we can never go back to the world?"

King Yan said calmly, "You should go down to Guangling Road and ask the people who died under Liyang's tyranny, or the more than 100,000 Beiliang soldiers who died in the Liang-Mang War. They can give you a more direct answer."

Huang Longshi smiled bitterly and said, "This answer is so heavy that it is hard to speak."

King Yan said indifferently: "Before, Li Yang was grateful to Xu Xiao, and Xu Xiao was loyal to Li Yang, so no matter how bad the quarrel between the two was, Xu Xiao would not rebel. But now, it's different."

Huang Longshi knew clearly what King Yan said was different. "Compared to Xu Xiao, Xu Fengnian lost his mother at a young age because of the White Clothes Case in Beijing. He traveled around the world for 3,000 miles with Jian Jiuhuang, and was assassinated by Li Yang countless times. He entered the martial arts world three times, and experienced many life and death situations, but Li Yang's shadow was missing. According to common sense, Xu Fengnian, who had no burden, would raise the banner of rebellion and lead the Beiliang army of 500,000 to the east the moment he received the imperial edict. Then why can't Xu Fengnian put the world first and endure for the time being? You must know that once you take that step, it will be irreversible. "

"Ha~" King Yan seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, "Should I laugh at your naivety or stupidity when you say this, Huang Longshi?"

Huang Longshi was already used to this, and said calmly: "Don't these two words mean the same thing in your mouth?"

King Yan said in reply, "I don't deny that Xu Fengnian, like Xu Xiao, cares about the people of the world. But is this the reason why you keep plotting against Beiliang and the world? Gentlemen who talk about morality always take others' endurance of humiliation for granted. Don't you think this is ridiculous at first glance?"

Huang Longshi asked: "Then why do you conclude that Xu Fengnian will not choose to endure humiliation again?
King Yan did not directly answer Huang Longshi's question, but instead told a story, "If a person wants to climb to the top, he must endure hardships and sweat. Although it is difficult, when he stands on the top of the mountain, he will find that it is all worth it."

"On the contrary, it is much easier for a person to sink. Alas~" Huang Longshi sighed, "So, from the beginning you regarded Xu Fengnian as your opposite, and the two of you were walking in completely opposite directions. He wanted peace in the world, and you wanted chaos in the world. You want to see how far Xu Fengnian can go."

King Yan admitted: "Good, someone finally faces this problem."

"Things have finally come to the final step."

Huang Longshi seemed to sigh a lot today. "Back to the original question, why do you think Xu Fengnian will take action?"

King Yan gave his own answer, "Because Xu Fengnian is the King of Beiliang. And the king has no power to choose."

"All the nobles in the Liyang Dynasty are fools. Even if there are a few smart ones, they can only pretend to be fools in this situation. Because the end of a dynasty always starts with the incompetent persecuting the competent. This is the case with Zhang Julu who promoted the reform, and Xu Xiao of the Liyang Barrier. Now, it's Xu Fengnian's turn."

Huang Longshi continued to ask: "Xu Fengnian will never surrender, is this the only way?"

"There is only one way left. The reason why the three states of Beimang are not in chaos is because of Xu Xiao's residual power. Li Yang knows this very well, so he issued this imperial decree. The purpose is to disrupt the three states and make the Beiliang soldiers alienated from Xu Fengnian."

Huang Longshi went on to say: "If Xu Fengnian accepts the order, the three states will be in chaos. Once the three states are in chaos, Beiliang will also be in chaos, and Beimang will take the opportunity to rise again. Then, it will be the real sinking of Shenzhou and the fall of the world. But if the King of Beiliang does not accept the order, there are many ways to deal with it."

(End of this chapter)