Four Hundred and Sixty-Six: A Demon Baby Descends From the Sky, and War Strikes (1)

After a long time, Li Yun stopped in front of a house and gestured to Dian Yin, who handed him the key.

He twisted it and opened it.

"This is what the lord arranged for Mr. Wei. Since you are with the lord, you can live here for the time being."

Li Yun handed the key back to Dian Yin.

This is a three-story house. Although there is no luxurious decoration inside, it has everything it should have.

Zhang Ping almost dazzled his eyes.

"Then...where is Zixiao?" Zhang Ping did not forget his little friend at this time.

Li Yun answered briefly, "He is still in the county government. The lord is taking care of him. He will move here when he recovers."

Zhang Ping was secretly relieved.

It seems that the lord admires Zixiao's talent very much, so he arranged it so carefully.

Li Yun is a careful person. He found clothes that fit Dian Yin and Zhang Ping's body shape, and the two of them can change into them after washing.

However, there are no servants in the house, so they can only do things like chopping wood and making fire by themselves.

Before leaving, Li Yun left a few taels of silver. If he was hungry later, he could go to the street to find food.

"It's a bit unbelievable..."

Zhang Ping watched Li Yun leave, looking around the house, still feeling like he was dreaming.

After a while, he and Dian Yin gathered around the charcoal basin to keep warm.

"Ping now understands why Zixiao insisted on coming to Xiangyang County. He must be a talented person to be able to manage a dilapidated county town into its current appearance in just half a year. Maybe the county magistrate is the wise leader that Zixiao is optimistic about..."

Dian Yin nodded in agreement.

After a while, Dian Yin said, "Mr. Xiheng, I heard that the county town is recruiting soldiers before, and Dian wants to give it a try."

Zhang Ping looked at Dian Yin and said, "A real man should build a career for all ages when he is born. Now I see that Xiangyang County is also a place where dragons and crouching tigers are hidden. Brother Dian has a lot of skills, so it's good to give it a try."

Now the world is in chaos. If you don't find a way to become stronger,

who knows when you will become a skeleton on the roadside?

Dian Yin asked, "What are Mr. Xiheng's plans?"

Zhang Ping was startled. He followed Wei Ci all the way north because he was worried about him. Now that his merits were fulfilled, he didn't know what to do next. He said, "I don't know yet... I might try to find a way to return to my hometown or find a beautiful place to live in seclusion and be an idler..."

Dian Yin persuaded, "Mr. Xiheng, it's so chaotic outside. How dangerous is it for you to go on the road alone? Why not settle down here now?"

Zhang Ping smiled and said casually, "Ping is not as talented as Zixiao. At most, he is a craftsman. He doesn't do his job properly on weekdays."

He is not a qualified Mohist scholar. He likes to tinker with those mechanical objects and has not studied Mohist doctrines in depth.

Therefore, he would mock himself as a "craftsman".

He has few real friends around him, and it was really accidental that he met Wei Ci.

Dian Yin didn't understand this, and didn't know how to comfort Zhang Ping.

Whether it was Mr. Zixiao or Mr. Xiheng, they were good people for Dian Yin, and good people should be rewarded.

This winter is destined to be an important turning point for future history.

In November, the four kingdoms of Dongqing, Zhongzhao, Beiyuan and Xichang were unable to rescue in time. The four tribes of Nanman attacked the capital of Nansheng. After a bloody battle and two months of siege, the four tribes of Nanman completely flattened the capital of Nansheng. Nansheng, destroyed!

The kings of the four tribes of Nanman issued a massacre order, allowing the soldiers to kill in the imperial city for a day and a night.

On the second day, all the heads of the male members of the royal family of Nansheng were hung on the city gate, one after another, and they died with their eyes open. All the female members of the royal family were used as female slaves, and were bought and sold at will, trampled on and humiliated. The land of Nansheng was wailing, no longer peaceful as before, and wars spread.

The four tribes of Nanman could fight but could not defend. They levied heavy taxes and were greedy, and the people were living in misery.

Under such circumstances, clusters of uprisings ignited in the land of Nansheng, completely announcing the arrival of troubled times.

One of the five kingdoms in the world has perished.

At the same time, the northern and southern territories of Dongqing also fell into chaos.

The north became a battlefield between the Qingyi Army and the Red Lotus Sect.

In the south, King Changshou relied on his military strength to confront the Dongqing royal family across the river. The situation was tense and almost ready to explode.

Due to the severe winter cold, it was not suitable for fighting, so the two sides temporarily stopped fighting.

At the end of December, only three days before the New Year, two letters were delivered to the capital of Dongqing and the military tent of King Changshou.

King Changshou was a few years younger than the emperor. He was quite restrained in his private life and looked much younger than his actual age.

"What is this?"

King Changshou was entertaining his staff and soldiers when a messenger came in hurriedly holding a letter.

The messenger said, "This letter was shot into the military tent with an arrow."

Someone secretly informed him?

Or was there a noble family in Chenzhou who wanted to surrender to him and used this method to send a message?

King Changshou thought about it for a while and raised his hand to let the messenger present the things.

He tore the envelope open and took out the neatly folded bamboo paper inside.

Using bamboo paper as letter paper to send a letter?

It was quite a luxury.

King Changshou snorted softly, and while reading the letter, he invited his staff and soldiers to eat and drink.

He read the letter with a smile on his face, and many people below were also secretly paying attention to his expression, guessing the content of the letter, but...

When he saw the content of the letter clearly, the arc of King Changshou's lips became lower, and in the end he even opened his eyes wide in anger. Furious, King Changshou slapped the table with a slap, and the palm of his hand turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he felt his hand hurt just by hearing the sound.

"My lord, what happened?" The first counselor under the account stepped out and asked.

If it were normal, King Changshou would definitely treat each other with courtesy and play out the harmonious drama between the king and his ministers.

Now he didn't have this idea. He stood up from his seat with a shudder. Without even looking at the counselor, he held the letter and passed him. He ordered the messenger, "Let me find out who sent it to you." this letter!"

Everyone in the account looked at each other.

Some people secretly laughed at the counselor who rushed to slap him in the face, and some people were curious about what was written in the envelope, which made King Changshou so rude... You must know that in the past, no matter how big the matter was, King Changshou would still remain a "courteous and virtuous corporal" He has a "good king" demeanor and relies heavily on that counselor. Now, he is so good that he slaps him in the face in public, which makes people feel happy.

The counselor felt his cheeks burning, extremely embarrassed, and secretly clenched his fists.

He pretended to be fine and sat back down, but the teasing and disdainful looks from around him did not diminish.

King Changshou stabilized his mind and regained his sense. Only then did he realize that his actions had offended his advisers.

However, he was in no mood to appease or apologize right now.

He is the king, and if someone below him has a little temper, he has to condescend to apologize and appease him. This is outrageous.

King Changshou lost his mind and couldn't help but turn out the letter and read it again.

There was nothing written inside, only a string of birth dates and the words "Liu She's concubine".

King Changshou would never forget this string of birth dates even if he died.

In the end, the messenger could not find the person who sent the message.

King Changshou's memory returned to the past, when the apricot blossom rain was so brilliant.

He thought he could stay with his lover forever, even if this woman was once his sister-in-law, but what did it matter?

This woman has been with his eldest brother, and his second brother, and now she's following him, why can't she?