Descendants of Pangu in the Great Desolation

Chapter 96 The Eve of the Great War

The border town of Liuzhen in the former dynasty is more than 3000 miles away from the imperial city Nanke City. Even if it is [-] miles to rush, it will take five days and five nights. Meng Si'er dared to promise to deliver the letter within three days. Isn't it a bit trusting? old?In fact, it is not the case. Although Meng Si'er and his master Tianqizi did not practice deeply, he was tempered in the Yin Demon Cave and was able to barely use swordsmanship to fly. However, because his own skill is not enough, he can travel thousands of miles a day, so he cannot practice with those righteous ones. Compared with those who travel thousands of miles a day, it is perfect for sending letters. Otherwise, how could he exchange letters between Situ Rui and Sun Lu in a timely manner?

After flying with all his strength, Meng Si'er lived up to Situ Rui's trust and finally arrived at Liuzhen Town at the end of You hour on the third day.He came outside the barracks where General Li Liang was stationed, and used Liu Yuan's jade pendant to get to the general's camp.After seeing Li Liang, Meng Si'er took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Li Liang.Li Liang took the letter and ordered the guards beside him to take Meng Si'er to the next tent to rest.After an hour's rest, Meng Si'er swept away the exhaustion on his face and came to Li Liang's tent.Meng Si'er arched his hands to Li Liang who was sitting on the top seat, saluted and said: "General Li must have read the letter, I wonder when the general plans to leave?" Li Liang looked at the big man in front of him and murmured in his heart: "Although The letter is His Majesty's handwriting, and this jade pendant is also his personal belonging. The inscription on the credible letter is dated three days ago. In three days, I can come here from three thousand miles away to deliver the letter, and no one will leave it on anyone. Believe it."

Seeing Li Liang staring at him with frowning eyes, Meng Si'er asked, "Don't you believe me, General Li? Even if the general doesn't believe me, you should still believe this letter. The handwriting on this letter can always be recognized by the general, right?" "Li Liang picked up the letter and said with a cold face: "I naturally recognize Your Majesty's handwriting, but I have never seen you before, so it is naturally hard to believe that the purpose of your trip is to move troops to rescue you, not to let me The general flies to the flame." Meng Si'er knew that Li Liang would say that, so he didn't say anything, just reached out and took out a small bronze mirror from his waist pocket, walked up to Li Liang, put the small mirror on the He said to him on the case in front of him: "Since General Li doesn't believe me, let's take a look at this." Li Liang picked up the mirror and saw that there was nothing, and asked suspiciously: "You let this general see it." What, there is nothing in this mirror?"

Meng Si'er pinched the knife with his left hand, closed his eyes and muttered a few words silently, then suddenly opened his eyes and yelled 'Ji', a stream of mist was sprayed from Meng Si'er's fingertips and surrounded the mirror surface, and after the mist cleared, the mirror appeared. Out of the figure, Li Liang took a closer look at the person in the mirror and it turned out to be the emperor Liu Yuan, who was three thousand miles away, resting on the Dragon Tower of Yongfu Palace, with Tian Shaowei standing beside him.After rubbing his eyes vigorously, Li Liang looked at the same effect as before, so he blurted out and asked, "This...what's going on here?"

Meng Si'er pointed to the image in the mirror and asked: "General Li, do you know where this place is? Who are these people?" General Li looked up at Meng Si'er and said, "Of course I recognize it, this is Your Majesty His Majesty is resting in the Yongfu Palace, and Tian Shaowei, the head of the guard, is standing next to him." Meng Si'er nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed to the mirror surface, and there was another layer of fog. After the fog cleared, he continued to ask: "Then General Li It should be very familiar, right?" Li Liang stretched out his head and looked into the mirror, the Yongfu Palace in the mirror was gone, replaced by a prison, and there was still a person imprisoned in the prison, Li Liang took a closer look, it was not someone else who was imprisoned inside. Chang Wang Liu Shu.Li Liang opened his mouth, he couldn't believe what he saw just now, it was as incredible as a magic trick.

Meng Si'er put away the mirror and said: "Why, General Li, believe me now. Also, you said that you have never seen me. In fact, this is easy to explain. I am not a member of your original dynasty. I am Yun People from the court followed Prince Yun Chaorui to the original court, and this time I also sent you a letter according to Prince Rui's will." Li Liang thought for a long time and said: "Okay, this general letter You once, please go to rest, we will set off tomorrow morning." Li Liang turned his head and shouted to the outside of the account: "Come here." A soldier heard the shout and came in and asked: "What do you want to tell the general?" Li Liang continued: "Send the messenger back to rest, and tell the other generals to gather in my tent. I have something to explain." The soldier clasped his fists and said, "Yes, general." "Messenger, please." Meng Si'er nodded and followed the soldier out of the camp, and went to a nearby tent to rest.

Li Liang briefly explained the purpose of Meng Si'er's visit to the camp to the other generals. After hearing this, the generals were very angry and cursed Liu Shuai one after another.These generals have all been promoted from the soldiers under Li Liang to their current official positions, so Li Liang's words are an imperial edict to them, which is more exaggerated than the imperial edict. When Li Liang said that he would move troops back to the court, everyone had no opinion and agreed .Seeing that all the generals agreed, Li Liang asked them to go back to assemble the team and tidy up, and set off to return to the court early in the morning.

In Yongfu Palace, Situ Rui was discussing the countermeasures with Liu Yuan, Liu Yuan asked: "Brother Rui, it has been ten days, and I don't know if reinforcements have been found, I am really anxious to die the lonely king." Situ Rui persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't worry , I believe that General Li is on his way. You also know that Liuzhen Town is more than 3000 miles away from Nanke City. It is so easy for an army of tens of thousands of people to arrive. But your majesty, you have to arrange your current troops inside and outside the palace. Or nearby, if King Chang sees through our plot and rushes into the palace with troops, we can resist for a while, and we won't be left to die." Liu Yuan looked at Situ Rui with a solemn expression and said, "I can't be seen through, I am in front of Concubine Mei. But be very careful, and it has already been ten days, if you want to see it through, you have already seen it through, how can you wait until now?" Situ Rui shook his head and said: "It can't be said for sure, the longer this kind of thing is delayed, the easier it is to see through it, we It’s better to be prepared in advance.”

Liu Yuan felt reasonable when he heard what Situ Rui said, so he hurriedly told Tian Shaowei who was beside him: "Shaowei, go to the Ministry of War and ask Mr. Liu, Minister of the Ministry of War, for the deployment talisman of the imperial guards. If he asks, just say lonely The king plans to go hunting in the paddock in a few days and let them accompany them. After you get the soldier amulet, you go back to your guard camp and tell them that from today onwards, the number and number of patrols per day will be doubled, and the gatekeepers will also To increase, you decide the exact number yourself. Remember that if someone asks why the number and frequency of patrols suddenly increased, just say that the weather is dry and things are dry and easy to cause fires recently, just in case, and there is no need to say anything else." Tian Shaowei clasped his fists and said: "Respect Your Majesty's will, I will do it right away." After speaking, he turned and left Yongfu Palace, and walked outside the palace.

Not long after Tian Shaowei left, Situ Rui saw that it was getting late, so he told Liu Yuan and planned to leave and go back to Qingfeng Pavilion.Just halfway there, he heard someone calling himself. Situ Rui looked back and found no one. He thought that he might have heard it wrong, so he continued to walk forward.But after walking a few steps, he heard someone calling himself again. Situ Rui looked around, and finally found a figure on the linden tree branch in the corner. Seeing that Situ Rui had found him, the figure hurriedly stretched out his hand towards the imperial garden not far away. With one finger, he jumped up and disappeared.Situ Rui knew that he was asked to go to the Imperial Garden, so he turned around and walked towards the Imperial Garden from the path on the right.

Situ Rui searched for the figure of the man just now in the imperial garden, but he didn't see anyone after searching for a long time.Just when he was about to go back, a figure jumped down from the rockery and landed in front of him. Situ Rui took a closer look and found that the figure was not an outsider, but Meng Si'er who left the palace to deliver a letter at the border.Situ Rui was very happy when he saw Meng Si'er, and quickly asked: "How is the letter delivered?" Meng Si'er put his index finger in front of his lips, motioned Situ Rui to keep quiet, and said softly: "Your Highness, the little one has delivered the letter It was sent to General Li, and now they are rushing back day and night with [-] elite soldiers. I was afraid that His Highness would be in a hurry, so I rushed back first. In about two days, General Li and the others will be able to reach the west of Nanke City. Qingshui Town is here." When Situ Rui heard that the [-] elite soldiers would arrive in two days, he didn't know how to thank Meng Si'er, so he held his hand and said, "Meng Si'er, I really need to thank you this time. You, when everything is over, the king will definitely reward you a lot, you go and rest first, this trip is really hard for you." Meng Si'er shook his head and said: "It's nothing to suffer for your highness, as long as it's for your highness , Meng Sier will go through fire and water at will. The little one will go back to rest first, and His Highness should go back earlier." Situ Rui nodded, then left the Imperial Garden and walked towards Qingfeng Pavilion.

Seeing Situ Rui walking away, Meng Si'er looked up at the sky, and said to himself: "The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and it is peaceful. As everyone knows, the eve before the storm is always so calm, and the calmer the storm, the more violent it will be." Then , and disappeared into this peaceful night.

(End of this chapter)