It was raining heavily, and the rain curtain enveloped the fields, and the sound of rain was dripping like waves and tides.

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The deer leather boots stepped heavily into the small puddle of the mud, and the turbid accumulated water splashed on all sides, leaving a hollow shallow pit, which was flooded by the quickly covered mud.

On the official road, five soap-clothed swordsmen broke through the rain curtain, buried their heads and ran quickly, and the soil on their heels kept splashing. They walked in a hurry and looked back from time to time. Slightly blood kept oozing out of their clothes soaked by the rain, and the rain flowed on their bodies.

The man in the middle was wearing a straw raincoat and a straw hat. He was a middle-aged man with a strong face. He covered his chest with pale face and never looked back. He always gritted his teeth and stared at the front, his eyes filled with hatred and eagerness.

The north is ahead, the north is Hedong, and the return journey is under your feet. However, when you set out on the way back, you may not be able to return. Because the middle-aged man was an envoy of Hedong, Zhaoyi was on the mission to join forces with Kang Chengqian and deal with Li Ye together.

Now, Li Ye is greeted by Kang Chengqian on the southern border of Luzhou, and he fled in a hurry on the northern border of Luzhou.

The raindrops as big as beans slapped on the hat, falling to pieces and crackling, and the chaotic rhythm was very consistent with the mood of the middle-aged man.

A pavilion appeared next to the official road ahead, standing quietly in the vast wilderness rain, lonely and quiet. The pavilion is also stopped. When ordinary travelers encounter the pavilion, they will stop and rest, drink water, eat some dry food, and then continue on the road.

These five people had no intention of stopping. The long pavilion was even shorter, where was the return journey? At least this place was not. On the way to escape, you could not stop until you return.

They don't want to stop, and some people want them to stop.

There was someone in the pavilion, a man, an umbrella, and a half-bian holding an umbrella.

He was carrying one hand behind him, facing the official road, looking at the vast rain. The wilderness was ten miles in his sight, the trees were cold and the mountains were quiet. He did not look at the people running from the official road to the south, as if they were not enough to attract his attention, but the people running were unable to ignore him.

His cultivation is too high, no one can ignore it.

The five people running in wounds flashed with despair in their eyes when they saw this person.

The four swordsmen who were guarding all sides gritted their teeth secretly. One of them suddenly said to the middle-aged man: "General, you can enter the territory of Qinzhou, Hedong in thirty miles. There is someone there to pick up the general. You go quickly and don't worry about us!"

His voice was like a golden sword. Later, he had already brought the power of cultivation, and the rain around him was shattered.

The middle-aged man's face changed, and a look of extreme pain flashed through his eyes, but he did not refuse.

Four swordsmen have jumped up one after another, breaking through the rain curtain, and from different people to the pavilion.

The old man holding the umbrella finally retracted his gaze toward the wilderness, glanced at everyone in a faint way, and then showed a disdainful sneer: "A few ants that cannot be protected by themselves dare to attack me?"

He didn't use any effort, and he didn't even flick his fingers.

However, the power of cultivation suddenly exploded. With him as the center of the circle, a burst of air wave rose like a light curtain that was upside down!

The swordsman who rushed to the pavilion hit the light curtain and flew backwards like a kite with broken strings. The blood mist flashed and fell on the wet ground. There was no sound, and only a large beach of blood spread out from under him.

Four swordsmen died, and the middle-aged man in a straw raincoat and a straw hat had just rushed to the pavilion. The guards fought their lives and wanted to buy him the extravagant hope of time, which turned into a dream bubble.

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and suddenly roared, swung his knife to the old man holding an umbrella. The man was in mid-air, and the long sword was slashed vertically. The sword energy of more than ten feet condensed as the essence and slashed towards the pavilion!

The old man was always expressionless, even when facing a middle-aged man's dying counterattack. He just raised his umbrella and stroked from bottom to top. A green spiritual energy, like a flame, faced with the sword energy, "Why should anyone who must die struggle more?"

The sword energy dissipated, and the middle-aged man felt as if he was struck by lightning. His body suddenly became stiff, and his straw coat and hat suddenly shattered and exploded, and he didn't know where he flew. He also had blood gushing from seven orifices, falling freely from mid-air, and fell heavily in front of the pavilion.

The old man's eyes were indifferent, and he walked step by step towards the middle-aged man who was lying in the soil and could not get up, and said lightly: "The word "ting" means "stop". It's time for you to stop in the world. Isn't it a good thing not to continue running and working hard? Although your head is not worth money, it just shows my Zhaoyi's attitude. I have to borrow it from you."

The middle-aged man reluctantly raised his head, without any fear in his eyes, but was full of hatred and unwillingness: "I didn't expect that the chief minister would come to stop me personally. In order to curry favor with Li Ye, you really don't even want to be shameless... However, I am the envoy of Hedong. If you kill me, the prince of Longxi will definitely not let you go!"

This old man is Kang Xigui.

That night, Kang Xigui, Kang Chengqian and others agreed to surrender to Li Ye. The first thing they did was to catch the envoy of Li Keyong who happened to be in the Jiedu Mansion and kill him to express Zhaoyi's ambition. However, they sensed the danger and ran away in advance.

The umbrella in Kang Xigui's hand was still not opened, and the tip of the umbrella was pressed against the middle-aged man's throat. "Only living people are qualified to worry about the affairs of this world, and there is no need to ask about the dead. Besides, compared with King An, what is the prince of Longxi? It won't take long, I, Zhaoyi, will help King An and pacify Hedong!"

After saying that, a cold light flashed in front of the tip of the umbrella, and blood splashed on the ground, a big head flew high in the heavy rain.

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Kang Chengqian welcomed Li Ye to Luzhou City, and set up a banquet at the Jiedushi's Mansion that night, and enthusiastically welcomed Li Ye and the officials and generals of Lu Jun.

There were endless singing and dancing during the meal, and there were wine and drinks.

Kang Chengqian kept toasting, his attitude was very low, and he regarded himself as an official everywhere, constantly praising Li Ye's past achievements. From Li Ye's achievements in practicing Qi in one day to pacifying Huang Chao, he had to toast every time he brags about anything. He was so attentive that whenever he didn't know saw it, he still thought that he was a subordinate promoted by Li Ye.

It’s also a blessing that Kang Chengqian has a good cultivation level, otherwise he would have been able to drink like this.

Xue Wei and Secretary Heng Haizhang were having a meal case. They were different from the others here, and their faces were not good-looking.

Xue Wei stared at Kang Chengqian with anger on his face, feeling that this guy was so shameless that he deserved to be a scholar. He flattered him one by one, and he did not repeat the words of praise, which was so profound that he could be as charming as a thousand-character person.

Compared with Kang Chengqian, Xue Wei felt that his praise for Li Ye was not as good as that. If Kang Chengqian continued to flatter him, Xue Wei felt that his position was in danger. This guy might have to take the lead and climb onto his head.

Secretary Henghaizhang was also depressed, shook his head and sighed, saying that it was a humiliating and insulting. As he spoke, Secretary Henghaizhang left the seat. When Xue Wei saw that the other party looked strange, he hurriedly followed him quietly.

Secretary Zhang went outside the courtyard and called his subordinates to ask the other party to find pens and ink. Then he took the other party's back as a desk and began to write quickly. Finally, he handed over the written things to his subordinates solemnly, and asked him to whip them up and deliver them to the Henghai Jiedushi.

Xue Wei's cultivation level was not low. After glanced at it, he saw the content of the letter. Although he didn't see all, the word "please ask for the integrity to increase troops" was particularly obvious. Xue Wei's heart skipped a beat and said intimately that it was not good. This guy wanted to invite the Henghai Jiedushi and send a large army to come!

Speaking of which, the Henghai Jieduan sent only 10,000 troops to assist in the war, but there were indeed not many, and he firmly ranked last. Henghai has always had a good relationship with Pinglu, and the Henghai Jieduan also cursed Li Ye everywhere. Such a few troops are no longer in line with Henghai’s self-proclaimed Li Ye’s identity as the number one dog. Especially when he heard Kang Chengqian, he kept promising to Li Ye during the meal that more than 100,000 people from Zhaoyi’s army were all following Li Ye’s command.

When Xue Wei saw Secretary Henghai turn around, he quickly shrank his head and hid himself. He thought secretly, and immediately went to find his confidant. He wrote a military order on the spot, asking the other party to take it back and transfer the remaining troops of the Tianping Army to come over. In any case, Henghai and Zhaoyi should not be allowed to compare him.

"I am the first among the various vassal states to surrender to King An. I can't do less than you. I will give you more credit than me!" After giving the order, Xue Wei returned to the table, thinking about it, he felt quite complacent and completely forgot that he was captured by the Holy Son and had no choice but to follow Li Ye to fight.

Kang Chengqian's attitude was beyond Li Ye's expectations. The other party was so tactful and loyal, so loyal and courageous, Li Ye couldn't help but wonder whether the other party had ulterior motives.

Seeing Kang Chengqian spitting, praising his past achievements, expressing his awe and admiration, and promising Zhaoyi to do his best to supply the army's food and grass, and at the same time recruiting 200,000 civilians to help the army transport heavy traffic, Li Ye pondered deeply.

Will Zhaoyi dig a hole for him?

Of course, Li Ye didn't know that the strategy agreed by Kang Chengqian, Kang Xigui and others was to do their best if they didn't help Li Ye, so that Hedong would not have the chance to resist at all, so that Hedong would have to be killed in one go.

Otherwise, when Li Ye returns to Pinglu afterwards, Hedong will recover. Zhaoyi is next to Hedong. Wouldn't he be retaliated against by the other party? Zhaoyi obviously cannot beat others, and Hedong has eleven states!

What is more terrifying than the coldness of the lips is that the teeth are thinking about breaking their lips every moment! Can teeth bite their lips, can they bite their teeth? I really can't live that day.

Seeing Li Ye falling into deep thought and gradually showing a look of doubt, Kang Chengqian's heart was hanging in his throat. King An was not satisfied? We are all so sincere! Is there anything else that has not done well enough?

Kang Chengqian thought hard, but couldn't think of the reason, so he gradually became uneasy and felt sweat on his forehead. Fortunately, not long after, Kang Chengqian received the reward and Kang Xigui came back. He felt relieved and immediately stood up to salute Li Ye: "Your Highness, the emperor has a gift, and he wants to present it to His Highness!"

"Oh? Kang Shuai was so worried, what kind of gift is it?" Li Ye was in high spirits.

Seeing that Li Ye was in a lack of interest, Kang Chengqian felt even more stressed. The Pinglu army had welcomed him and offended Hedong to death. If Li Ye was not satisfied at this moment, Zhao Yi would be out of the way.

Kang Xigui walked into the hall with a flag box in his arms. After seeing the gift, he bowed and raised his hands above his head and presented it in front of Li Ye in a regular manner. His appearance at this moment was nowhere to be as elegant as a convoy when facing the messenger of Hedong. Every move was like a child who wanted to please adults.

Shangguan Qingcheng took two steps forward, took the lacquer box, checked left and right, and then slowly opened it. After seeing the things in the box clearly, Shangguan Qingcheng's eyes suddenly stern, and threw the lacquer box out of the sheath with a sniffle, pointing straight at Kang Xigui. At the same time, the pressure of the military general suddenly emanated, exceeding the strength of the ninth level of Qi training, making everyone in the lobby feel like a huge rock pressing on.

She only heard her shouting: "What does this mean?"

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