So much so that Li Xingchen once took his guards out for hunting with great interest, but Li Xingchen really had no interest in tasting the wild animals he caught.
Back when he was in the wilderness of Huaibei, he had actually seen man-eating wild dogs. Their scarlet tongues and emerald green eyes flashed with light. It could be said that this was a sight that Li Xingchen would never forget in his life.
And Huainan is not necessarily any better than Huaibei.
Therefore, Li Xingchen was frightened when he thought about how these wild animals survived.
Although he knew that in this troubled world, in fact, these are really nothing. It is a trivial matter for people to eat people, let alone some wild dogs who may pick up the corpses. Therefore, Li Xingchen struggled hard just to let himself go.
One day I won’t be someone else’s meal.
But now at least he doesn't have to worry about it.
The official road that runs parallel to the waterway is the road that Li Xinchen took all the way south, and continuing north will bring him closer to the place where he came. Perhaps he was timid about being close to home, but Li Xinchen stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the water and sky in front of him without saying a word.
hair.
At the end of the river, you can already see Zhongli City on the horizon, and across Zhongli is the Huai River. Going further north from the Huai River, you can see the Qingjiang Estuary. After the Qingjiang Estuary, naturally, the last battle between Nanchen and Northern Qi broke out.
of Luliang Mountain.
In just a few years, things have changed and people have changed. Even the two protagonists of the war, Nanchen and Northern Qi, have withdrawn from the stage of history. However, the mountains are still mountains and the water is still water. They still silently bear witness to the tragic and desolate division of the North and the South.
He asked himself that he had never wronged anyone or done anything wrong along the way. Almost all the guilt in his heart was left in the mountains on the other side of the Huaihe River. He had led this nation on the road to clean up the old rivers and mountains.
But from beginning to end, he never avenged those innocent souls in the mountains.
Even since I crossed the Huai River, I have never crossed the Huai River again.
"Your Majesty, are you thinking about what happened in the past?" Shen Wuhua didn't know when she stood behind Li Xingchen, which completely relieved her of the depression in her heart. Now she is working harder to do her job well, and always looks neat and tidy.
Dressed like a female official, her hair was pulled up and fixed with the hairpin given to her by Li Xingchen, making her appear elegant and dignified.
Of course, under the leadership of an experienced driver like Li Xingchen, Shen Wuhua was naturally not like this in the dead of night.
"When I was fighting in the south and in the north, the most embarrassing thing was probably the one on the Yangtze River in the Huaihe River." Li Xingchen murmured, "I owe a lot to those people."
Shen Wuhua also briefly heard about Li Xingchen's past from Lechang, and knew what kind of price this young Majesty who rose up in the mountains and forests paid when he walked out of the mountains and forests. Shen Wuhua couldn't even imagine what he would do if he replaced him with his own body.
How to deal with it? I'm afraid my performance is not even comparable to that of a coward.
Li Xingchen was able to reach today step by step, obviously not because of opportunities. Shen Wuhua immediately whispered: "Your Majesty is able to reach today and bring peace to all people. Their spirits in heaven should also be proud of Your Majesty."
Li Xingchen chuckled: "Throughout the ages, how many people like to use such excuses to comfort themselves, but in fact everyone knows in their hearts that what is not done is not done, and what is lost is lost. This is just a kind of excuse.
It’s just self-comfort. After a person dies, or ascends to heaven, or enters the Nine Netherworld, he has already lost the memory of this earthly world. If he feels regret before leaving, it is regret, and if he feels regret, it is regret."
Shen Wuhua looked at Li Xingchen with some surprise. In her eyes, Li Xingchen should be regarded as a half-perfect man. He had indeed accomplished what many emperors before him could not even do, and brought an out-and-out success to this era. It is a miracle that even if he has some shortcomings, such as being lewd and violent, and being cruel and easy to kill, everyone is actually not intolerable. After all, as the lord of the world, he has to bear the expectations of all people on his shoulders. Who can bear the heavy pressure? How can you not have any desires that need to be vented?
But Li Xingchen was not like this. The image he presented to Shen Wuhua was not only a majestic emperor, but also a handsome young man in troubled times. Of course, he could also be a general who could stand upright with his sword. He seemed to be perfect, so perfect that Shen Wuhua Hua Du thought that he had no worries and regrets, so much so that she almost forgot that Li Xingchen was a human being and not a god after all.
The voices and smiles of people like Song Fei, Zheng Qing, and Li Qiu flashed through Li Xingchen's mind like it was yesterday.
If they were still alive, would they be eligible to worship generals now?
Li Xingchen sighed, and of course there was Li Cheng. Even if he was not related by blood, this was the person who raised him. Even if he was not his own child, it would be better than his own. At an age when he should have been able to live a long life, he was burdened with the burden of being defeated and living in exile. He went home humiliated and shameless. Rather than saying that his sacrifice made him successful, it is better to say that he made Li Xingchen successful.
Li Xinchen stretched out his hand to hold the railing of the boat tightly, and said coldly: "One day, I will pay back all the debts I owe."
Shen Wuhua next to him shuddered subconsciously.
She had never heard such a ferocious and terrifying voice from Li Xingchen, so she knew very well that Li Xingchen was not joking.
Among the many feudal officials in the Han Dynasty, Wu Huijue was probably the one Li Xinchen was least familiar with. The two of them had only met once, and that was when Li Xinchen sent troops to Jiangnan. At that time, Li Xinchen was stationed in Jinxi County in the west of Huaihe. Wu Huijue and Lu Zicai led their troops south to serve as Li Xinchen's flanks, and came to meet the future emperor.
At that time, the war in Huaidong was also very urgent. After all, Wu Huijue and others were facing the Fan family, which had resisted Li Xinchen most thoroughly. Of course, Wu Huijue did not dare to leave the army behind for a long time, and Li Xinchen also made hurried arrangements and let the two go back.
Therefore, this should be regarded as the first official meeting between Wu Huijue and Li Xingchen.
The Wu family is still one of the first among the generals of the Han Dynasty, especially when Li Xinchen asked Wu Mingche to serve as the head of the newly established academy to train generals, which ended the situation where Wu Mingche was idle at home without any embarrassment. Wu Mingche Being ordered to train generals who know the art of war and training methods for the Han Dynasty almost ensures that he will still have an unshakable position in the future army. After all, this is an era where teachers are respected.
What's more, Wu Huijue is the main general guarding the Huainan front line, and no one can ignore his presence.
Wu Huijue seemed to have completely inherited his father's character. Standing in front of Li Xinchen, Wu Huijue was very respectful and neither humble nor overbearing. He was simply a replica of Wu Mingche. Li Xinchen knew that although such a general was not outstanding, he would not make big mistakes.