Facing Li Xingzai's eyes, Li Waner's expression remained unchanged, and she just said slowly: "Brother, it's not easy for you and me to get to where we are today. We have both suffered some hardships. I only hope that the two families can sit down and talk in peace.
Let’s talk about the future. It’s not just you and me, the people of the empire can’t afford any more wars.”
Li Xingzai kept silent, and then said: "It's not because Sixth Brother is greedy and wants to dominate the country and refuses to let go. I am willing to sit down and talk, but is he definitely willing? You also said that he is a bandit.
This kind of person is the most greedy. What I'm afraid of is that the princes along the way cannot satisfy him. What he wants is the entire country."
What Li Xingzai said may not be unreasonable. The key is that Cheng Dalei is so good at hiding. He hid in his lair and never took action. In the end, he killed all his opponents. Now only he and Li Xingzai are left at the gambling table.
Li Xingzai had spent some time together in Toad Village and knew that Cheng Dalei was an unpredictable person. No one knew how many chips he had hidden in his hands. If he really went against Cheng Dalei, Li Xingzai didn't have much chance of winning.
But he was already very close to becoming the world leader, and even his flesh and blood brothers would not want to take that supreme and noble position. People's hearts are greedy, and Li Xingzai is no exception.
But Li Xingzai is like this, and Cheng Dalei may not be like this. What he is afraid of is that Li Xingzai is greedy, and Cheng Dalei is even more greedy than him.
Li Xingzai hesitated for a moment, unable to make up his mind, just for this reason.
At this moment, Song Youqu ran over in a hurry, almost breaking into the palace.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Li Xingzai's thoughts were disrupted, and his expression was a little unhappy: "What happened? What's the fuss about?"
Song Youqu glanced at Li Waner and heard Li Xingzai say: "But it doesn't matter, what is there to be afraid of?"
Now Li Xingzai has the confidence to say this. After a successful battle, all the princes in the world are subdued, and the Rong clan is leaderless. It is indeed difficult for him to be afraid of anything in this world.
So he was still in the mood to pick up the teacup and take a sip of the fragrant tea.
It seemed that something serious had happened. Song Youqu couldn't help sweating from his forehead. He said:
"Your Majesty, traces of Ye Yuan Huo were found near Zhongli City. He summoned the remnants of the Rong tribe and prepared to return to Jiangbei."
Snapped!
The teacup in Li Xingzai's hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Li Xingzai stood up with horror in his eyes.
"This...where did you get this news?"
Song Youqu lowered his head: "There has been some movement in the East China Sea. They only say that Ye Yuanhuo is going to gather the defeated soldiers of the Rong tribe and return to the north of the Yangtze River to mobilize the army to sweep the south of the Yangtze River. I don't know the specific truth yet, and I am sending people to investigate."
"Check, get to the bottom of it." Li Xingzai waved his hand heavily: "Order Ma Mengqi to go out, no, let Hua Mulan also lead a team of people to do the work, we must find out this matter clearly. There are people talking about this matter in private.
This matter will not be pardoned immediately."
"My subordinate understands."
After Song Youqu was ordered to leave, Li Xingzai sat down on the chair, his whole body was completely lost, and he lost a lot of energy in an instant.
The reason is just because of the name Nohara Fire.
After the Battle of Liuping Lake, Nohara Huo fell into the river and disappeared. In fact, no one knows whether he is alive or dead. It is estimated that there is a high probability that he will not survive. Bai Wushuang once searched along the river, and Li Xingzai sent out more troops and also searched once.
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The result is exactly the same, the same nothing.
The river is fast and connected to the sea in the east. It is not easy to find a person who does not know whether to live or die. But Nohara Huo must die, and everyone in the world must believe this.
So Li Xingzai found a random corpse and held a funeral for him with great fanfare. The purpose was to make the world believe that Nohara Huo was dead.
Everything developed as Li Xingzai expected, but unexpectedly, a wild fire appeared again.
Could it be that he was really lucky enough to be alive yet, or maybe someone was deliberately pretending to be someone who wanted to use Nohara Hui's name to cause trouble.
Li Xingzai sat there, his heart a mess, without any thoughts.
Li Waner coughed lightly, bringing Li Xingzai's thoughts back. She came to the window, looked at the scenery outside the window and said, "Jiangnan has a beautiful scenery, and the Jinxiu Palace is also a good place, but no matter how nice the Jinxiu Palace is, it is still not Chang'an."
After saying these words, Li Waner bowed, slowly said goodbye and left.
Li Xingzai sat there alone, the expression on his face changing.
Jiangnan is indeed not Chang'an. There are beautiful mountains and rivers here, as well as talented people and beauties, but after all, it lacks a bit of Chang'an's royal aura.
There are still many challenges along the way until he arrives in Chang'an.
After a long time, Li Xingzai let out a long breath.
It seems like we really need to have a serious talk with Cheng Dalei.
Li Xingzai is a capable master, and he is not afraid of losing face. The situation in front of him is not as good as he imagined. If Cheng Dalei doesn't come to him, why don't he go to him and have a good talk?
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At this moment, Cheng Dalei really wasn't harboring any worries and didn't want to communicate with Li Xingzai head-on. It was actually because he had been busy with a lot of things recently, so Cheng Dalei was careless for a moment and didn't even think of this matter.
Li Xingzai defeated Nohara Huo in Jiangnan, and the situation in Jiangbei was completely chaotic. Within the Rong clan, Nohara Huo was the absolute leader. This has advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that his subordinates have the ability to execute orders thoroughly. The disadvantage is that if something happens to Nohara Hui, it is impossible for anyone to take his place.
After Nohara Huo's incident in Jiangnan, the remaining Rong tribe had no idea what to do. The Imperial Army revolted one after another, and the Rong tribe, which had lost its will to fight, could no longer be as invincible as before.
Isn't this the best opportunity to beat the drowned dog?
The key point is that the Rong people are running around, wandering in front of Cheng Dalei, and Cheng Dalei can't help but not take action.
The Toad Army took full action, attacking in all directions and beating up the defeated Rong soldiers. In the process, they robbed a lot of property and took many prisoners.
After a sudden burst of strength, Cheng Dalei suddenly discovered a big problem: his men had the ability to attack the city, but they did not have the troops to defend the city.
Just like a black blind man breaking sticks, breaking one off and throwing the other away doesn't make much sense.
After careful consideration, Cheng Dalei decided to use a trick to kill the Rong people. Since he wanted to play, he would play something ruthless.
Now the Rong people are in complete chaos, and they are all thinking of escaping back to the grassland. But since they are already here, how can they leave as they please.
Cheng Dalei sent his troops to the gate at night to seize the route from the empire to the grassland before the Rong tribe could.
He wanted to block all the Rong people who wanted to return to the grassland in the empire, and then kill and set fire to them.
This important task naturally fell into the hands of Qin Man.
Cheng Dalei is not without his weaknesses. For example, if he is good at defense but not good at offense, there is no problem in defending the city. However, in head-on confrontation, Cheng Dalei rarely does this.
Qin Man can be regarded as inheriting Cheng Dalei's advantages. If he controls Xizhao Pass, nothing will go wrong.