【Chapter 825】 King's Sword
"What Yuanzhong said is extremely true, please think twice!"
Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Li Ru and Fa Zheng agreed.
"Since this is the case, I will follow what Yuanzhong said."
Li Li nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Within ten days, the decree of the decree must be spread throughout the Central Plains and all counties in the world within half a month. In addition, this decree was renamed the "Sin Yi Edict". Wen You re-drafted the decree, and then he must copy it himself. No matter what method you take, I will only look at the result and not ask about the process. It must be done well before our army goes to war, and there must be no mistakes!"
"No!" The promise was very neat. After Li Ru, Li Xuan, Jia Xu and Guo Jia responded, he felt relieved and let out a long sigh, looking lingering fear.
Seeing everyone's expressions nervous, Li Li's mouth slightly raised and curved into a graceful curve, but this was his habitual smile. Whenever this smile appeared, it must be his deception and his natural expression of a comfortable mood.
In fact, how could Li Li not know what Li Xuan said?
It is precisely because Li Li knew the interests of this that he was quite angry. He was really murderous and wanted to do whatever he wanted and avenge his enemies. Unfortunately, this was just one of his thoughts. He could think about it, but he could not really take action. Because he was the commander of the Xiliang Army, not the Green Forest Ranger who acted recklessly, there were a large number of followers behind him, involving the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. This required that any decision he made must be coordinated with the overall situation, look at the long-term, and there must be no omissions, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Li Li thought he was good at treating Emperor Liu Xie. From the moment he occupied Chang'an, although Li Li carried out a great purge on the palace, he did not kill a single person in vain, and all expelled thousands of palace concubines and eunuchs by dismissal. At the same time, he treated the Liu clan with courtesy, and although he could not respect the royal clans, he never persecuted them. For more than three years, he had adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards Liu Xie, as long as Liu Xie did not act violently. He had never cared about it, let alone bullying, and rarely met with Liu Xie.
However, as Liu Xie grew up day by day, he not only did not feel any gratitude to Li Li, but instead regarded Li Li as a thorn in his eyes. He repeatedly made small moves, challenging Li Li's bottom line of patience again and again. From the early days of privately promoting the Liu clan to secretly summoning Huangfu Song, Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and other confidants, Liu Xie has been very restless, as if he gradually ignored his own situation and truly regarded himself as an emperor. He could do whatever he wanted without restraint.
However, Li Li often laughed out these tricks of children after hearing this, because he was firmly in control of the military and political power of Xiliang. In his eyes, Liu Xie was just a half-grown child. Even if he had some small thoughts, he could not make a big fuss. It was impossible to do anything. Therefore, Li Li always regarded Liu Xie as a child, and never thought of how he would treat this child from the imperial family, nor did he think of abuse, threaten him, and make him afraid of himself. Because he never despised to bully the child, even if the child was a young king.
But Li Li never expected that Liu Xie would dare to openly disobey his wishes. The date of the tomb sacrifice that had been made public was delayed by this half-aged child. The edict that could be easily obtained in the past was also rejected by him. This made Li Li look so beautiful, how could he control the civil and military officials under his command? How could he face the civil and military officials in the court?
It was not until this moment that Li Li realized that he had spoiled the child. Tolerance and kindness to him were all about playing the piano with a cow. Not only was it useless, it helped him to increase his courage. He became increasingly unrestrained and became more and more unscrupulous.
In the final analysis, this growing child has long been used to getting something for nothing. He is born to be an emperor and noble. In his eyes, others are his slaves, for him to summon and drive him to dominate, and all this should have been like this. As early as Dong Zhuo's time, he lived in fear all day long because Dong Zhuo often threatened him, which scared him so much that he was silent and did not even dare to make a sound when he breathed.
However, since Li Li came to power, he seemed to have walked from hell to heaven, because Li Li never scared him, nor had he accused him in person, and he had not appeared in the court for almost a year or two. Before, Li Jie was in charge of the court, but he did not dare to act rashly. Now that Li Li is in charge of all military and political affairs, he began to test Li Li's bottom line of tolerance, and this first move made Li Li lose face.
Perhaps the little emperor Liu Xie was still complacent about causing trouble for Li Li. But he never thought that over the years, who had ever gained a bargain at Li Li, who dared not give Li Li face, why Dong Zhuo forced his beloved daughter Dong Wan to Li Li, and why Wang Yun praised Li Li when he was dying? Therefore, he had no idea of the serious consequences of causing Li Li to lose face, and this consequence was something he could not afford, because just an inadvertent temptation was enough to make him lose his life.
In fact, it is better to say that Li Li is pitying him, after all, he is still a teenage child, but he was born in the imperial family. Although the imperial family is noble and prominent, it hides endless dangers; even a child of pure nature cannot escape the shackles of fate. He either enjoys wealth and power for his whole life, or becomes a dead soul under the sword of others. There is no third way to choose. A peaceful and ordinary life is undoubtedly a whimsical luxury for an emperor and nobleman like him who has a noble birth.
Just as Li Li stopped walking and sat down slowly, Li Xuan, Li Ru, Guo Jia and Fa Zheng bowed and left, while Li Li, who was thinking, just nodded subconsciously. So, when he gradually came back to his senses, only Jia Xu was left in the lobby, and the others had already left.
"Is the lord safe?" Seeing Li Li wake up, Jia Xu asked softly.
"Huh?" Li Li was stunned when he heard the sound, and then remembered that Zou Jing had reported that Jia Xu came to Meiwu to ask for an anger every day. He thought that he was still worried about the tomb sacrifice.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Li smiled and nodded, slowly stood up and untied the Emperor's Sword on his waist, and handed it to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, see how this long sword is different from before? After reading it, I think you will understand the whole story."
Jia Xu took the Emperor's Sword with a surprised expression. At first glance, it seemed no different, just like before, but after drawing out the sword, his expression changed drastically, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"What's going on? If I remember correctly, this five-foot sword made of iron is a five-foot sword made of iron before, although it was sharp and tough before, it could only be regarded as a high-end sword, but not a magic weapon. But now, this sword is indeed a veritable magic weapon. It can be called a sword, even compared with the famous sword Gan Jiang Moye, it is not inferior to that of the famous sword Gan Jiang, and it can be called a great magic weapon. It's just???????"
Speaking of this, Jia Xu paused and hesitated: "But, this sword was originally five feet long and half an inch wide. But now it seems that this sword, including the hilt, is only four feet long and less than half an inch wide, and seems much more agile than before."
Li Li nodded happily and said, "Wenhe is worthy of being a knowledgeable person, and knows very well about the Emperor's Sword. As you know it, the sword is about five feet long, one finger thick and half an inch wide, but now it has shrunk by 20%. But at this time, this sword is the real magical sword. It blows hair and cuts hair, and cuts iron like mud. It is a rare and unique magical weapon at the end! In addition, Wenhe noticed that there is a curved white stripe on the blade. At first glance, it looks like a coiled silver snake, but when you look closely, it looks more like a light yellow dragon pattern. Therefore, this sword is now the true Dragon Emperor's Sword, and it is also a king's sword. This is given by the thunder and lightning when you sacrifice to the tomb ten days ago. Originally, due to the limited forging technology when creating this sword, there were still many impurities left in the sword body. Now, after temptation of thunder and fire, it has become a magical weapon that cuts iron and breaks gold."
Jia Xu was shocked when he heard this: "The lord said that this sword was caused by the re-tempering of lightning. But the lightning that hit the high platform?"
"That's right." Li Li nodded and said, "It's really rare to see the thunder in the clear sky, but it happened to me. It happened that lightning hit the stone steps and then all of them were transmitted on the Emperor's Sword. I simply discovered it in time and threw the sword as soon as possible, so that I could escape the disaster. Otherwise, Li Li would become the first general to be struck by lightning! Hahaha???????”
"Uh?" Jia Xu was stunned when he heard the sound and said respectfully: "This is the negligence of the minister. If he had known this, he would have used trees to build a high platform before. He would definitely not build a bluestone platform, so he would almost put the lord in danger. If the lord had a slight mistake, it would be difficult for the lord to redeem it for a hundred years, and the crime would be great!"
When he said this, Jia Xu looked sincere and seemed to be scared and afraid. The fact is just as he said, if Li Li had an accident at this critical moment, then Jia Xu would really not die a hundred times. The generals of Xiliang would not have been allowed to swallow him alive, and even the whole family and the young had to be buried with him, implicating the nine tribes.
Li Li shook his head and smiled, "Wenhe, don't blame yourself. Such changes in the weather are beyond the control of human resources. Besides, such opportunities are hard to come by. Not only does it have no losses, it has created a great magic weapon. Why not do it? Hahaha!"
Seeing that the Lord was laughing openly, Jia Xu could finally feel at ease. Then he asked in a low voice: "Since that's the case, I can feel at ease. But,,, the one in the palace is provoking trouble, will everything be implemented according to the original plan?"
"Of course." Li Li nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice as if his anger was still not over: "I was a little hesitant at first, and I felt that it would be too cruel to treat a teenage child like this and it was uneasy. But now it seems that I underestimated this emperor and nobleman. Although this son is young, he acts ruthlessly and has a deep scheming. He is worthy of being a young emperor from the imperial family, very extraordinary! Since this is the case, the original plan remains unchanged and everything is done according to the plan. However, this time it is no longer as simple as sending away this plague god. You must be careful not to kill the snake but suffer it if you don't die. Therefore, it is necessary for us to start and end well, once and for all."
"This, what Yuan Zhong, Feng Xiao and others said just now coincided with the weak ministers. Now is not the time to start directly." Jia Xu thought carefully and persuaded tactfully.
Li Li nodded gently: "Wenhe doesn't have to worry. Just act according to your plan. I will have to worry about the aftermath. The day after tomorrow, I will lead the army to Hanzhong and have no time to take care of anything else. Therefore, Wenhe needs to control the overall situation during this period. No matter what happens, Chang'an cannot be in chaos, and Hangu Pass cannot be misunderstood!"
"No, I obey the order." Jia Xu said solemnly: "I am ready and there will be no serious mistakes in the tomb sacrifice. There will be no more mistakes in the tomb sacrifice, and there will be no mistakes!"
"So good. Hahaha——" The laughter stirred in the lobby, the sound of lingering around the beams and the echoes were long.
Two days later, the army that was ready to go to the expedition to set off.
This Western Expedition was still led by Li Li himself as the commander. In addition to the 10,000 Jin Qiwei Iron Cavalry, Wushuang Iron Cavalry and the newly formed Qin Gong Camp also went with the army, with a total of 50,000 troops. During this Western Expedition, he did not swear to go out with great fanfare, but he did not avoid the people along the way watching and seeing off. The army set out in the early morning, traveling fifty miles a day, and the speed of the march was neither fast nor slow, and he walked day and night, and slowly headed to the front line of Fufeng County.
At the same time, the cavalry of the Shuofeng Camp under Zhou Yu's tent went to Hanyang County three days ago to meet with the Huben Camp, which was standing in Wudu County. Then, the Shuofeng Camp would take over the battlefield on the western front, and all the soldiers of the Huben Camp who had fought for a year had withdrawn from the battle, returned to Chang'an to rest, and stationed in Meiwu.
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Chapter completed!