Chapter 118 The future and the present
More than a hundred wet officers and soldiers walked into the village with fear and found that the surprise soldiers who defeated them were just a group of ragged chaotic people. While being shocked, they also regretted it too much, but the weapons had been handed over and they were empty-handed, so they really couldn't resist now.
The winner was very happy, forgot to line up, squeezed on both sides of the road, and joked with the defeated officers and soldiers.
This was a complete victory, with no casualties in the righteous soldiers, and many officers and soldiers fell into the water and were injured by their own people.
Chao Hua and other generals walked among the crowd and issued a stern order, requiring everyone to return to the team, and at the same time, checking the soldiers in the team. One more, one less, or the wrong faces must be reported.
As expected, some people escaped, and even dozens of people from a small team were all run away under the leadership of the centurion. Many of the volunteer soldiers just watched the fun and tried their luck. Once they found out that they were going to cause trouble, they would risk their heads, so that they would not care about the real emperor or the fake emperor, and they would run away when they caught the opportunity.
For Han Ruzi, he saved dozens of people's lunch and could give some to the prisoners.
The last team of Yi soldiers returned to the camp and brought a horse and a frightened infantry lieutenant. He could no longer tell who was the officers and soldiers and who were the rioters. Everyone said, "Good king, please spare your life."
There were insufficient rooms in the village, and all the prisoners were locked in pigpens. The pigs they raised were eaten up yesterday.
Han Ruzi did not see these prisoners and ordered a meal to start. The teams took turns to guard the prisoners. Although some of the volunteer soldiers ran away, he did not care much, and believed that the people who stayed would be more loyal.
The chief clerk Chao Yongsi had no choice but to re-record his name, and the door panel was scraped down two inches thick.
In this way, another afternoon was about to pass.
King Donghai watched coldly and did not urge it. The sky was getting dark. Lin Kunshan couldn't help but come to find Han Ruzi and politely asked the guards to leave. He sighed, "What are your Majesty worried about?"
"I'm worried that this rebel army was created too short and it was still vulnerable to the battlefield."
"I don't understand the matter of running the army, but I know that it takes at least half a year to train an army. Even if your Majesty never stops, it is impossible to turn these people into soldiers in just a few days." Lin Kunshan took two steps forward and whispered: "The key to this uprising is the people's hearts, not just a few hundred people. Your Majesty raised his arms and shouted, the more people responded, the safer they will in the future. Even if the Cui family controls the Southern Army, it will not be possible to confront the entire world."
Han Ruzi was silent for a while and asked, "Do you know if the King of Donghai proposed a ten-year agreement to me?"
Lin Kunshan nodded.
"Do you believe it?"
Lin Kunshan hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
"This is what I'm worried about." Han Ruzi smiled, "I have not seen many scams. I have read some in history books. I will summarize them myself. There are thousands of scams, but one thing is common."
"Oh?" Lin Kunshan looked very curious.
"Scammers always exchange great interests for the present small interests. Once the scam is attracted by huge interests, they will forget the small interests in their hands and be willing to hand them over to the scam."
Lin Kunshan laughed loudly and did not answer.
Han Ruzi continued: "For example, Chunyu Xiao bewitched the princes and kings to rebel and promised the great benefits of the emperor. At this time, who would care about the small benefits he brought to him as a distinguished guest on the throne of the princes?"
Lin Kunshan was a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty said this and underestimated his mentor."
"'Understanding' can make things easier, for example, I promise everyone the glory and wealth after the success of the situation, but the things I ask for are their current loyalty and even their lives."
"Your Majesty regards himself as a liar?" Lin Kunshan said in surprise.
"It depends on whether the matter is successful or not. If King Qi won the world, Chunyu Xiao would be a god who would be predicted by the uncertainty. If King Qi was defeated, your mentor would inevitably be regarded as a liar. The same is true for me. If I become an emperor, if the matter fails, I will be a liar and a joke."
Lin Kunshan laughed dryly, "In that case, we are all liars."
"Well, we are all liars, at least before things are done, they are all liars, and they are all using the illusory future for a real present." Han Ruzi smiled, "The 'now' I want is this small army. The 'now' that King Donghai wants is my reputation. He will not let me be the emperor for ten years. I will die in this uprising, perhaps at the moment when the palace gate is open to me."
"The one who looks at the air will help His Majesty and prevent the King of Tokai's plan from succeeding."
Han Ruzi pointed to Lin Kunshan, "This is what the qi-seeker wants 'now'."
"What does Your Majesty mean?" Lin Kunshan was obviously stunned.
"I've read the file of the qi-seeker and kept wondering, what do you want?"
"In the big picture, we hope that the world will be peaceful, and in the small picture, we hope that the art of Qi can be used by the country, just like star-watching and hexagrams, we will enter the Imperial Heaven Supervision."
Han Ruzi shook her head, "What you are talking about is the 'future', what I am talking about is the 'now'?"
"Now?"
Han Ruzi smiled and said, "Actually, you have already got the 'now' you want."
Lin Kunshan also smiled and said, "What Your Majesty says is becoming more and more puzzling."
"You just said you wanted to help me, but I know that those who look up to you not only help me, but also help the Cui family and the princes and kings before me. I didn't even speak. You have helped me establish a good reputation among the people. This is an unexpected great 'help'."
"Don't your Majesty want these help?"
"I want, but these 'helps' are more beneficial to those who look at the qi. In the process of helping, the qi masters more and more 'people's hearts'. Yes, you are spreading your reputation for me, but what about the priests themselves? Have you also won the favor of the people?"
Lin Kunshan was stunned for a while, "Your Majesty's thoughts... are really strange."
"Is that?" Han Ruzi's ideas actually came from Yang Feng. Once he imagined the qi-seekers as a "gang" with a wide range of power, he found that many doubts could be solved. "Cui Hong is an important official in the court. King Donghai lived in the palace since he was a child. How did he and the crazy monk Guangding have been hiding in the temple for many years, so he should not be willing to reveal his true identity to the officials."
"This...well, yes, I'm in the middle, and those who look at the qi are considered to be people in the world."
"Go to Hebei to meet Guangding, you want to go too?"
"certainly."
"And you have to stand beside me and Donghai Wang."
"If your Majesty doesn't want it..."
"No, you can stand by my side. I just thought, when the Crazy Monk Guangding saw the three of us from afar, who would be the one who truly trusted and admired in his heart? I guess it was you, a powerful and powerful qi lookalike."
Lin Kunshan laughed loudly, "My teacher reminded him many times, saying that although His Majesty is young, he is both wise and brave, but I always underestimate His Majesty. It's so stupid."
"Well...I don't think you've told the truth."
Lin Kunshan put away his smile and looked at Han Ruzi for a while, "Yang Feng, we know his existence, and we also know that he is spared no effort to pursue the qi-seeking person. His mentor admires him very much and hopes to reconcile with him. Yang Feng attaches importance to His Majesty, and even voluntarily leaves the palace to assist His Majesty. His mentor said that those who look at His Majesty must compete with Yang Feng for His Majesty."
"Yang Feng did not leave the palace voluntarily, and he is not by my side now."
"No matter how big the circle is, people like Yang Feng can always return to their original place in the end."
Han Ruzi thought for a while, "Now I believe in you a little."
"What else do you want to know?"
"Those who look up at the aura have been secretly operating for decades, from the court to the world, should have gained a lot, right?"
"I can't answer this question. I am only responsible for the capital area. I have contacted all the people in the martial arts world and have little contact with officials in the court."
"But you didn't take out all the forces in the world. I don't believe in Donghai. I don't believe anything he said. I need your guarantee, and I can take out the guarantee now."
Lin Kunshan scratched his head and smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty really wants to squeeze me dry."
"People who have nothing can help but be greedy, forgive me."
"Okay, since I've said this, I'll make my own decision." Lin Kunshan showed a firm expression of determination, "In this village, there are twenty martial arts masters, all of whom I have found. I'll call you later and be your guard for Your Majesty."
“No need.”
"What does Your Majesty want? I really have no guarantee of any more, unless my mentor appears immediately."
“There’s one thing you can do.”
"Your Majesty just speak."
"I will set out tomorrow morning. After meeting the crazy monk Guangding, I will send King Donghai to the north of Beijing."
Lin Kunshan was shocked, "Beijing is not safe..."
"This is what I need you to do. Guangding listens to you. Please let them do everything they can to save the life of Donghai King. I don't want to make Taifu Cui lose hope at this time."
Lin Kunshan thought for a while and said reluctantly: "Okay, according to His Majesty's wishes, try to keep King Donghai away from the battlefield."
"Then you have to go see Choi Hong and convince him that Donghai King is living well."
"This is easy. I understand. Your Majesty wants to regain the throne safely. Without seeing the King of East Sea, the Cui family dare not attack His Majesty easily."
"Hope so."
"But this will not remove the Cui family."
"My ambition is not that great. Just guarantee that I will be alive. It doesn't take ten years of emperors. In just one year, I will no longer be afraid of the Cui family and Donghai King."
Someone knocked on the door outside, and Lin Kunshan smiled and said, "Everything is as your Majesty wishes. I just hope that your Majesty can remember everything that the person who looks up in the future."
"There are lush branches and leaves when I look at the air. I can't rely on it, so how can I forget it?"
Lin Kunshan exited the room.
Han Ruzi felt deeply tired and no longer knew who to believe or what to believe.
The knocker came in and went to the capital to meet the chef's lifeless Jin Chunzhong finally returned, with a face full of dust and sweat on his face, and it was obvious that after a long period of running.
Han Ruzi was delighted and immediately lowered her expectations because Jin Chunzhong looked a little confused.
"See someone?" Although there were no outsiders in the room, Han Ruzi didn't want to mention the person associated with Yang Feng casually.
Jin Chunzhong nodded, "See."
"And what? What did he say?"
Jin Chunzhong was confused about this, "He glanced at me, said nothing, and went back to cook later."
It was Han Ruzi's turn to be stunned, "He didn't ask who you are?"
"No, I didn't say a word. I chased after me and said a few more words. He didn't even look at me."
"What you saw is really 'death'?"
"I asked three people and he didn't deny it when he called him 'wanted'."
That's it. Han Ruzi was disappointed. It seemed that he had to go there himself and was willing to pass on the message on his behalf. He was indeed very cautious, but he did not make any big deal.
Han Ruzi didn't want to show obvious emotions in front of Jin Chunzhong. She was about to thank him, but she felt something was wrong, "Do you have something to say?"
Jin Chunzhong still had a confused expression on his face, "Ah? I'm in the city... I heard about something."
"What did you hear?"
"The Huns and the Great Chu went to war, and the Chu army was defeated."
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