"Wen You, what do you mean by Dong Zhongying? According to his habit, he shouldn't be so vague."
"From what I know about my father-in-law, this is his intuition about danger. Although it is very vague, it is often effective."
"In other words, there will indeed be changes on the grassland beyond my expectation, which will have a huge impact on the chaos in the Central Plains?"
"That's probably what it means. However, I am a civil servant, and I have always stayed away from this kind of intuition that only belongs to warriors. After all, entrusting the success or failure of things to such ethereal things is really the biggest failure of a counselor."
"But those top warriors seem to trust their own instincts."
"So personally I hate this kind of thing the most, because you don't know when it will destroy your carefully prepared trap, and when it will develop the situation to a point where you are completely unable to control it."
This is not the reception hall of the Prefectural Mufu in Jinyang, nor is it a secret room in any county's prefect's mansion. This is a small wine shop on the edge of Liyang County, the southernmost part of Wei County, less than half a mile away from here.
The ground is filled with the Yellow River water that rolls eastward. Although the Yellow River, which carries a lot of silt and domestic garbage, has a color that makes modern people feel stomach upset, it is different from modern people.
What is different from the industrially polluted river water in modern times is that the experienced fishermen living here can easily catch delicious river fresh food in the river. The most famous one is naturally the Yellow River carp that often uses the dragon gate method to exercise its muscles. In addition, nearby
You can also catch eels with unique flavor in the river beaches and ditches. If you are lucky, you can also see traces of sea bass.
All in all, in this original ecological environment, Li Shushi can fully enjoy the gifts of nature.
Of course, we cannot forget the person who brings out the flavors of nature, our cutest and most lovely chef.
It is in this environment, with a few fresh fish, a few pots of old wine, a few plates of fresh seasonal vegetables, and two men, enjoying the world's big things and small feelings, and the surrounding scenery and figures with wine, to express their emotions to their heart's content.
If only it could be expressed so simply.
Not far from the two men, there were two very cute little lolita whispering secretly. From time to time, happy ringtones were sent to the ears along the breeze blowing by the river, splashing.
A few relaxed smiles.
Lively lolita can always make people forget the pressure of the world. Watch them lively. One moment, they pretend to taste the quality of the dishes. Another moment, they jump up and down around a rare blond sister.
Curious babies usually surround a certain beautiful cook with expressions of admiration and curiosity. Although they are only young, they exude a light that heals people's hearts.
At least the old man next to Li Shushi seems to have been cured by the lolita...
Policeman. This is the man!
Of course, except for Li Shushi's personal guards, there are no other violent law enforcement agencies nearby, and naturally no one will come to act as a messenger of justice, so a certain "criminal preparator" can still continue to be at large.
The most important thing is that compared to Li Ru, who can only be regarded as a "criminal preparer", Li Shushi should actually be a bigger criminal.
You must know that this small fishing village located along the Yellow River seems to be very prosperous. From time to time, you can see several fishing boats passing through the rolling waves of the Yellow River, and occasionally one or two water transport merchant ships will stop here for a while, but if
Further north, you will find that there are sparsely populated areas and barren land. Occasionally, you can see a few families, but they all look at strangers from other places with wary eyes.
But all of this came from Li Shushi's orders.
Although many plans were not formulated by him, he had put forward his own opinions on many related plans, and this was also because the implementation of the final plan required his approval and signature.
This is an example of how one person's orders can determine the lives of dozens or even millions of people.
So even though Li Ruzhen's crime of killing the emperor and the queen mother seemed to be more serious than Li Shushi's condoning the rebels, in Li Shushi's heart, such a method still made him a little sentimental. After all, seriously speaking, condoning the intrusion of foreign races has nothing to do with his current decision-making.
There is a big difference. Perhaps the only slight difference is that what he is doing now is a contradiction among the people rather than a national contradiction.
However, even so, if Li Shushi needs to do this again, I'm afraid he will still not be soft. After all, the position where his butt is sitting is different, and the perspective of looking at the problem is naturally different. Now he still regards himself as a grocery store with no complaints.
Man, that's really unreliable.
Since you have chosen this path, you must bear some sins.
Just like Li Ru next to him, isn't it the same?
So even though he was very sorry for Liu Bian's death, it was the inevitable result of political struggle, not to mention that Li Shushi was really disgusted with Liu Bian's mother, the Empress Dowager He who had done nothing good except for her appearance.
However, considering the feelings of Huangfu Song and the old masters in Jinyang Library, Li Shushi chose this meeting place. Anyway, he would still have to wander outside for a long time.
"How much does Wenyou know about the current forms on the grassland?"
Originally, Li Ru came here because he had other things to deal with, but for Li Shushi, this news obviously concerned him more, so even though Li Ru had said everything Dong Zhuo had said and his own thoughts, Li Shushi still didn't.
Planning to let him go, he asked directly or indirectly.
"Even if you ask me this, I don't know what you want to know. I haven't paid attention to things on the grassland for a long time. You should know very well that just the ministers in the court and the princes in Guandong have kept me busy.
It will be dark and dark."
"I know that Dong Zhongying has a very close relationship with many tribes on the grassland. If a huge change is really going to happen on the grassland, those grassland tribes will not let go of those changes that may have an impact on the future of the tribe.
.”
"My father-in-law leaves most of the matters in this area to Li Zhiran. Only when he feels it is difficult will he come to Ru to discuss it. However, such situations are really rare. After all, smart people on the grassland have always been
They are a minority, and even among the few smart people, most of them prefer to speak with their fists. So, you know."
By the way, how does it feel when a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes shows off his eyebrows in front of you?
“Suddenly I really want to play ‘Beyblade’.”
"Please be sure not to do this."
However, after testing for such a long time, Li Ru still kept repeating the same rhetoric. Even if he occasionally said something that contained dark history that Li Shushi didn't know about, it did not provide any substantial help to what Li Shushi wanted to know.
.
In other words, either Li Ru is really unclear about this matter, or he really doesn't intend to speak. It is entirely possible that he regards this as a test for himself. After all, the purpose of his mission to Bingzhou is
Makes people suspicious.
He couldn't help but glance at Zhen Xiaoluoli and Dong Xiaoluoli who were having fun over there. Li Shushi secretly shook his head.
It's better not to think too deeply about some things. It's a waste of brain cells and only adds trouble to yourself.
Anyway, to sum it up in one sentence: Don’t try to extract more useful information from this girl’s mouth.
Of course, if Li Ru is handed over to Su Xiaoluoli or Jia Xu, Li Shushi believes that it will not take long for Li Ru to completely destroy everything he knows, whether it is true or false. As for whether doing so will cause
Dong Zhuo ordered all his troops to attack him the next day. It would be best not to think too much about the outcome.
It's just the Xianbei people on the prairie...
In fact, even if Dong Zhuo and Li Ru didn't remind him of this, Li Shushi would not really think that Xianbei, whose vitality was seriously damaged after the Battle of the Western Regions, really no longer had the ability to threaten the Central Plains, so he could sit back and relax.
After all, whether it is from the letter from the bald man, or from the memory that is so far away that it has begun to become blurry. The man with blue and red eyes, the man who always has a slightly weird sword beside him.
.
His majesty, his strength, his perseverance.
It seemed that in the next moment he would be walking with his sword and stop in front of him. After silently watching him for half a stick of incense, he frowned and a trace of reluctance and apology flashed in his eyes, but it did not allow him to wield the sword.
The hand paused for half a minute...
As for the future... Do you think Li Shushi thinks that he will be dead and in a different place in the next moment?
Well, please allow him to laugh three times first.
Although the man named Yuwen Tuo is indeed very powerful and scary, he doesn't seem to be bad on this side. At least a certain loli will definitely shoot him away...or freeze him into a lump of ice?
Well, all of the above are just Li Shushi’s personal delusions.
But putting aside those unrealistic delusions, Yuwen Tuo's existence is still the biggest variable on the grassland and that will not change.
A great defeat in the Western Regions has had an almost subversive impact on Kuitou's rule. Even though he can still nominally control a large number of Xianbei tribes and pastures, his original identity was very embarrassing, and now he does not have enough prestige.
To support his rule over the grassland, it can be said that Kuitou's current situation is like a beautiful soap bubble, which is in danger of bursting with the slightest external force - unless he can have enough time to re-consolidate the basis of his rule.
But what Kuitou lacks most is time.
As a direct bloodline of Helian, Qianman already had the full support of some people. Now through a series of battles, his ability has gradually been recognized by various tribes in the Xianbei grassland. Therefore, the leader of the defeated team was handed over to
The idea that Qian Man, who is younger, more energetic and more promising, is in power has become increasingly popular on the grassland.
Although Qian Man has not yet accumulated enough strength to overturn the leader's power in one fell swoop, the strength gap between the two sides is shrinking and closing at a speed visible to the naked eye. It can be said that the reversal is only a matter of time.
And it can be said that all this happened was directed by the "monstrous" Yuwen Tuo.
A warrior with strong martial arts skills, a wise man with outstanding political vision, an excellent commander who can control the battlefield, an outstanding domestic politician who can make the people under his rule live and work in peace and contentment, a good leader who knows people well and appoints them...
Hey hey hey, actually this guy is the protagonist!
Yuwentuo, do your family members know that you are so arrogant?
In fact, even if Yuwen Tuo is really a perfect man, it is not without the possibility of being defeated, but it seems that God just wants to see Li Shushi's desperate look - by the way, this guy not only has the full support of his tribe, but also even cooperates with
The direct bloodlines of the former Xianbei Shanyu and Lian, who were both ambitious and talented, were irreversible, and they had each other's complete and unreserved trust.
Even in the thousands of years of Chinese civilization, there are only a handful of situations where the monarch and his ministers are compatible. Is it possible?
Li Shushi felt that he had fallen into such a fearful era. Facing such a group of fearful enemies, he really couldn't afford to be hurt!
Just thinking about it makes me feel like a mountain.
If fear can solve the problem, Li Shushi doesn't mind being afraid; if fear can solve the problem, Li Shushi must tell everyone about his huge worries.
Can these emotions solve this problem?
cannot.
Therefore, the only thing Li Shushi had to do was to be more prepared before the other party really showed his ferocious face.
Apart from that, Li Shushi can probably only accept fate. After all, this chaotic era has been fanned by the wings of his little butterfly and is getting further and further away from the era in his memory, so even he can't
He doesn't dare to predict what will happen if he falls to the ground in a year's time. Even if he knows very well that some things may definitely happen, different events may cause huge differences in the results - just like in Go.
Part of the magic is timing.
No matter how good the method is, the results will be disastrous if used at the wrong time. However, some seemingly bad methods can often yield surprising results when used at the right time.
In fact, wasn’t last year’s Battle of Qinghe a good commentary?
So...
"How long do Wenyou plan to stay here? If you have free time, would you like to help Shushi analyze the changes in the current situation? But you don't know that now even people like Wenhe are starting to be lazy and slip up.
A very smart young man was originally sent to him. But that guy was not satisfied yet. Now he even wants someone from me. But even if I am really sharp-eyed and discerning, it is impossible to wipe out the network in one day.
Be the most resourceful person in the world."
"So you decided to target me, an 'outsider'?"
"Anyway, Wenyou, you have nothing to do. Besides, you are not an outsider from Bingzhou. Do you plan to take Xiao Baibai back? It looks like that girl is having a lot of fun with our Qing'er."
"Indeed. Xiaobai's parents died young. They are usually raised by Chi Yangjun. Although the old man loves the child very much. But after all, besides maids and soldiers, there are no peers around him, and we uncles are too busy.
It’s very, very difficult for her.”
"Then I'll be Wen He's deputy. It just so happens that a criminal like me is not suitable for jobs that make a big splash."
"No problem, no problem. Even if Wenyou wants to change your name, it's no problem. At worst, I'll recognize you as your uncle."
"No, I still want to live for a few more years, so please Shushi, please don't come up with the idea of putting me on the fire again."
"Huh? Is it like this? I thought my idea was a good one."
"...I can't bear it. By the way, can you give me the smart man you recommended to Wen He to 'play' with me for a few days? Li Shushi's good at seeing people is said to be amazing by some people. This time I have the opportunity.
Let me learn a lesson."
"Then you have to be careful. That little guy is a ghost. Don't let Wenyou get so angry that he vomits three liters of blood."
"Don't try to provoke me. I, Li Wenyou, have also come through strong winds and waves. I am still a naughty child with my methods!"
Seeing Li Ru who was already aroused by him, Li Shushi couldn't help but show the look of watching a good show on his face.
The words he said to Li Ru before did contain some provocative words, but most of them were genuine admonitions of ten penalties for falsehoods, although the "smart young man" he spoke of looked like a careless playboy from the outside.
, but both Jia Xu, whom he had talked with for a long time, and the legends this person left in another dimension, all proved that this person was indeed worthy of his name.
Facing a ruthless man like Cheng Yu, he pretends to be a prodigal. Facing an old fox like Jia Xu, he is just a little fox. Facing Li Shushi, who pretends to be stupid, he can also accompany Li Shushi to pretend to be stupid and talk about everything.
I ate and drank a lot throughout the day.
However, evil people have natural enemies after all~
As for who that enemy is... ahem, for the sake of the so-called man's dignity, let's not say it.
But why do candles, wooden horses and whips always flash in my mind? Ahem, self-respect, self-respect, self-respect again, three self-respects...
Please allow Li Shushi to be happy. After all, Li Ru's ability to agree to his invitation was somewhat beyond his expectation. Although the solicitation just now was very sincere, Li Shushi did not have much confidence in whether it would really succeed. Now he has received such an unexpected result.
Naturally, I was a little overjoyed.
However, when he recovered from this huge surprise, he fell into huge thoughts again.
Dong Zhuo, what exactly do you want to do?!
No matter how stupid Li Shushi is, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and the others are all smart people, how could they not guess the meaning of Dong Zhuo ordering Li Ru to send his favorite granddaughter Dong Bai to him. Considering Dong Zhuo's character and Xi
The strength of Liang's army obviously makes it impossible to consolidate the alliance between the two parties by sending hostages.
Even if they are in-laws, Dong Zhuo's current status is absolutely unacceptable. After all, it is simply impossible for Li Shushi to give up Su Xiaoluoli, whom he has been with for many years, and Zhen Xiaoluoli, who has also been together for a long time and has a profound background.
The girls living in the Li Mansion have long been united around Su Xiaoluoli. No matter how smart or strong Dong Bai is, he will never be Su Xiaoluoli's opponent. In the end, he can only end up with the tragic end of being completely isolated.
Besides, according to Li Shushi's observation, Dong Bai is just an innocent little girl and has not mastered such advanced skills at all.
It was precisely for this reason that Li Shushi made the previous test, and the result was indeed beyond his expectation.
Just when Li Shushi was confused by Dong Zhuo's unexpected actions, a beautiful "butterfly" fluttered to his side, and lay gently on Li Shushi's shoulders, which had begun to become more generous, and said to Li Shushi.
She whispered into his ear:
"The news from Duke Lu from Chang'an, Dong Zhuo..." (To be continued...)
