"Aren."
"Aren."
A low voice came from the darkness.
Bloodshot eyes suddenly appeared from the darkness.
"ah!"
Lou Rui shouted and sat up.
The room was dark, and Lou Rui could only hear his own heavy breathing, and his whole body was soaked with sweat.
He lowered his head and looked around. In the darkness, there was no call or eyes.
Lou Rui got up and put on his clothes.
He pushed open the door violently.
The biting cold wind mixed with some light snow beat hard on his body.
It's still late at night outside, stars are twinkling in the sky, and the sky tonight is extremely dark, so black and shiny that it looks like it's been splashed with ink.
The strong wind howled by, the house was completely silent, and no one could be seen left or right.
Lou Rui stood at the door for a long time, staring into the distance.
The cold wind was still there, and the sky turned white little by little. After some time, the ink-like black began to fade and fade little by little.
Lou Ziyan pushed open the door to the inner courtyard, led a few people, and walked quickly towards the inner room.
Just after walking through the corridor, I looked up and saw an inner room with an open door.
Lou Ziyan was shocked, and quickly speeded up and rushed to the door. As soon as he leaned in, he saw Lou Rui sitting in front of the case.
Lou Rui placed the case not far from the door, with a pot of wine on top.
Lou Rui was wrapped in thick clothes, his face was red, his eyes were swollen, and his energy was listless.
Lou Ziyan hurriedly asked people to light the wax and close the door.
"Grandpa, it's so cold outside, why do you leave the door open?"
Lou Rui glanced at him and then looked out the door.
"It's very boring. Let's blow some air."
"Why are you here so early?"
"Grandpa, aren't you going to the governor's office today to meet with the general?"
"You asked me to come earlier."
Lou Ziyan was even more confused. Grandpa looked a little strange.
Only then did Lou Rui remember this matter. He was silent for a while and suddenly asked: "Where is Da Sima? Is there any news?"
Lou Ziyan shook his head with a blank look on his face, "Since the General informed us about that incident last time, there has been no other news."
Lou Rui then struggled to get up.
Lou Ziyan stepped forward to help him up, Lou Rui patted his thigh, muttered a few words, then started to change clothes and wash up, and took his son out without eating anything.
It's very lively outside the city, so it's not restricted by the cold wind.
There were many people with obvious southern accents selling winter coats and other cold-proof supplies.
Lou Rui and Lou Ziyan were sitting in the car. Looking at their father who was much silent than before, Lou Ziyan couldn't help but ask: "Master, is there any bad news?"
"Could it be that the general can't tolerate us?"
Lou Rui shook his head.
"In a few days, it will be my aunt's death anniversary."
"I've been dreaming about her a lot lately."
"It seems to be blaming me for not being able to keep the foundation."
Lou Ziyan's expression changed drastically, and he coughed hurriedly, trying to suppress Lou Rui's voice.
Lou Rui looked at him faintly, and Lou Ziyan lowered his voice, "Master, please don't say that. We are under the command of the general now, and such words can easily arouse fear."
"This foundation cannot be maintained for a long time. What will happen if Da Sima leads the army to Heluo?"
"What if we let him occupy Henan?"
"I often hear about the bravery of the Great Sima, but the bravery of the General is something I have never really seen."
"Besides, all the elites in the world are in Hebei. What is Hebei like, and what is the situation in Henan?"
"The general is not only capable of fighting, but also has many talented people under his command. They are equally excellent in civil and martial arts. He has ten governors under his command, and they govern the place. Their reputation has spread to the south of the river."
"I heard nursery rhymes from various places: One wise king, three ministers, five tiger generals, ten good shepherds, nine states and the world."
"The wise king refers to the general, the three ministers refer to Zu Jue, Gao Jun, and Cui Jishu, and the five fierce generals refer to Gao Changgong, Hu Luguang, Baoxian, Wang Lin, and Yao Xiong plus the ten governors.
Conquer the world"
Lou Rui suddenly asked: "I can understand everything else, but how did Yao Xiong fit into the Five Tigers?"
Lou Ziyan didn't know why the topic of grandpa jumped so fast, but as long as he didn't say anything about his ancestors' inheritance, he was willing to continue talking to the other party, and put the topic aside first!
He hurriedly replied: "I may not like Yao Xiong, but he is very lucky. He has made many achievements in these years. When Yang Zhong led everyone to fight in the north, he was the one who killed the enemy general.
Later, he went with Gao Changgong to fight the Turks, and he beheaded an Eastern Khan. Then he went to attack the Zhou people, and he beheaded several Zhou generals."
Only then did Lou Rui remember that this guy seemed to have stolen a lot of heads.
Lou Ziyan tried his best to turn the topic elsewhere, and Lou Rui did not mention the foundation again.
Lou Ziyan was really scared. He didn't believe that Duan Shao could re-establish his foundation, and he didn't think that Daqi had any hope of survival. Dugu Yongye was a man of bad nature. It would be better if they didn't fight among themselves. He also thought
Keep the foundation?
They arrived at the entrance of the official office, where many people had already gathered.
Lou Ziyan followed his father and walked into the inner courtyard.
Liu Taozi sat in the upper position, and many generals and officials were sitting on his left and right.
After Lou Rui met everyone, he sat close to Liu Taozi.
Liu Taozi was currently reading out the rewards for the soldiers who went on this expedition.
The first achievement in this battle was given to Wang Lin.
This made General Wang feel a little ashamed. He really felt that he was not the first to achieve anything. Lou Rui, who oversaw the army, and Shi Wansui, who had defeated the most enemies, were both more qualified than him.
However, Liu Taozi believes that many of the deployments for this war came from Wang Lin. Wang Lin relied on her familiarity with the local area and the enemy to provide Liu Taozi with accurate intelligence and suitable strategies time and time again, and she was able to accomplish so many things.
, it was Wang Lin who was responsible for Wu Mingche's incident, so Wang Lin took the lead.
Of course Shi Wansui and others had no objections to this. Without Wang Lin, they wouldn't even be able to figure out what was going on with the water attack.
Wang Lin was named the Grand General of Gwangju Kaifu, also known as the Grand General of Gwangju.
Compared with Shuozhou General Yao Xiong, Lingzhou General Gao Changgong and others, he has an extra "big" character. This is actually to commend his qualifications. Under Liu Taozi's command, many veteran generals also have a "big" character.
Commander-in-Chief of the Gwangju Military.
In addition, he was given equal rights as the three ministers of Yitong.
The rest of the people also received their own rewards.
Zu Jue sat aside, stroking his chin with a complicated expression, but did not interrupt Liu Taozi.
After giving rewards, of course comes punishments.
Many defeated generals in the Southern Kingdom were also punished in different ways this time. Wei Pohu knelt in the hall. When he heard that he was demoted to a white body for the crime of defeat, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and never returned.
No worries anymore.
He thanked Liu Taozi again and again, stood outside the door, and left after getting ready.
Liu Taozi did not explain the reward or punishment to Lou Rui. Lou Rui sat aside calmly. After Liu Taozi announced everything, he hurriedly left with his children without asking.
Everyone left and had important things to do.
Zu Jue was next to Liu Taozi at this moment, worried.
"General, you can't hesitate any longer about what I said."
"Duan Shao's self-reliance in the south has already caused some effects, but he has already declared that we are no longer Qi ministers, but traitors."
"What should I do with this official?"
"So, do we need to retain the titles and official positions of Qi State? The prince has the official position of General of the Hussars. What should we do?"
"There are people like Mr. Lou, so what should I do?"
"Where are the clans in the country?"
Zu Jue hurriedly said: "My lord, you must give the order as soon as possible. We should refute Duan Shao, accuse the false emperor, and establish a new king. Otherwise, these problems will appear one by one and cause chaos!"
"If you just leave Qi State, then we will no longer be orthodox. What will they think of Qi State clan members like Gao Jun and Gao Changgong?"
In the eyes of people at this time, abdication is actually an orthodox behavior. After all, it is to imitate the wise kings of ancient times. Abdication will not abolish the legal system of the previous dynasty, but will continue it. With the conduct of the general, the clan of the previous dynasty
They will not suffer any unfair treatment, the ancestral temple can be preserved, and they can continue to serve the new king.
But if you break away directly and act as a rebel.
The titles and titles of the previous dynasty cannot be retained. Everything must be started anew. The new regime no longer succeeds and inherits the previous one, but destroys the previous one. This will cause a lot of trouble.
Moreover, my lord's official position was given by Emperor Xiaozhao, so it would be most appropriate for his son to abdicate.
Liu Taozi glanced at Zu Jue, "Just wait here for me for a while."
Zu Jue had no choice but to stand where he was.
Liu Taozi walked out quickly.
Wei Pohu stood at the door with a smile. Wei Pohu's father was the younger brother of Changle King Wei Jing. He looked old, but he was actually not that old. He didn't like reading very much since he was a child, and he loved reading the most in his life.
Ma, when he was in his family's house, he collected many different war horses. However, he later inherited his father's title and was sent to the army when he was young. He was promoted step by step to reach his current position.
It can't be said that he doesn't know anything about soldiers. After all, he has fought in battles, but to say how good he is at fighting is only at a medium level. He can usually train soldiers and horses as a guard, but he has to call out top players like Huang Fazhu and Wu Mingche.
If a great general fights against you, you have no chance of winning. You will lose every time you fight.
After this defeat, he had been worried, fearing that he would be punished directly for the crime of defeat.
Now that he has just been deposed as Bai Shen, Wei Pohu is quite happy.
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He has long been tired of the war. It would be nice to go home to graze and raise horses in the future.
He walked out of the mansion alone and was about to ride his horse when a hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder, and the huge force pulled him aside. He staggered and almost fell.
Wei Pohu raised his head, and the person standing in front of him was Liu Taozi.
"General."
"Where are you going?"
"Go back to General, prepare to return to Shuozhou, Youyu's hometown, to herd horses and sheep."
"Well, when I got to Shuozhou earlier, your people led troops to resist and were killed."
"General, I know about this."
Liu Taozi looked at the soldier in the distance, asked for a pen and paper, started writing in front of Wei Pohu, wrote something, and then handed it to Wei Pohu.
Wei Pohu picked up the document in his hand in surprise.
"With this document, you can exchange a stallion from the Shuozhou government office and six sheep. They are lent to you by me. Go back and live your life well. If there is a villain looking for you with the intention of provoking, don't believe it."
Wei Pohu carefully put away the letter and bowed cautiously towards Liu Taozi.
"Thank you, General."
Liu Taozi turned around and left. Wei Pohu lowered his head and watched the general return to his office. Then he jumped on his horse.
"drive!!!"
Zu Jue was pacing back and forth in the house at this moment.
It had been some time since the general returned to Guangzhou, and Zu Jue's confidence in the general establishing a new king was getting lower and lower.
The news of Duan Shao's independence has spread throughout Guangzhou, but the general has no follow-up.
He neither wrote a document to reprimand Duan Shao for his betrayal, nor did he accuse the new king of being illegal.
It's like he doesn't care at all.
Zu Jue was running around anxiously.
Logically speaking, the general is not a pedantic gentleman. Flooding and killing people are easy to do. Why are you starting to hesitate now?
Just when Zu Jue was thinking about how to convince the general, Liu Taozi finally returned to the house.
He motioned for Zu Jue to follow him and sat down one behind the other.
"My lord, we cannot hesitate any longer about establishing a new king."
"Even if you are not in a hurry to establish a new king, you should still condemn Duan Shao. I have written a document here and listed Duan Shao's ten evil deeds. They are all unpardonable crimes. There is also a new king. He has no
If you are qualified to ascend the throne, the Queen Mother is still with us, so we can use the name of the Queen Mother."
"A heinous crime?"
"What crime did Duan Shao commit?"
"My lord, if nothing else, the crime of regicide alone is enough to ruin his reputation!"
"He is regicide!"
There was no trace of emotion on Liu Taozi's face, "I have never heard of regicide, only of killing a man."
"If a beast like Gao Wei hadn't been worried about the large number of soldiers in Jinyang and wanted to wait until they ran out of food and grass before attacking me, he would have gone to Jinyang and demolished him with his own hands."
Zu Jue was stunned and smiled bitterly and said: "I know that the master wants to kill Gao Wei, and Gao Wei does deserve to die, but this is just an excuse."
Liu Taozi looked at Zu Jue and asked again: "If I don't establish a new king, will it be very harmful?"
"big."
"The clans and generals in the country will all be affected."
"But I don't care about them."
Liu Taozi was very calm, "I have never cared about these clans, so I will."
"I'm not a gentleman. You said you wanted to establish a new king. I thought about it for a long time."
"Establish a little emperor, and then use his name to attack the enemy and appease the rest. It is orthodox and legal."
"There are indeed many benefits."
"But what's the cost?"
Zu Jue's face turned serious.
"There are indeed many capable people in the clan, but there are also many beasts. Do we need to raise these? Keep their titles?"
"For generals and veterans, how many of those titles are they worthy of?"
"My office, my office, everyone is united. I know that there are factions in the office, the Cheng'an faction, the Dingzhou faction, the frontier fortress, and the Yecheng faction. Those who came first and those who arrived last."
"But at least, although we have disputes with each other, we can still cooperate together. After making decisions, there will be no differences. Even if we don't agree, we can still do things together."
"Just like Grandpa, when you spread nursery rhymes, you include Cui Jishu, who you hate the most, because he has a great reputation and can have a good effect."
"But if there is a little emperor, no matter whether we want it or not, there will be two completely different factions in the country. There will always be people who want to surround the little emperor and regard the little emperor as their own opportunity. From ancient times to the present, even if
No matter how young the emperor is, no matter how incompetent the emperor is, there is no shortage of such people around him. Since ancient times, no matter how powerful the emperor is, no matter how outstanding his talents are, he can never escape from endless temple battles and rebellions.
"
"I lost many people, put in a lot of effort, killed those moths, and cleaned up the north."
"Grandfather, I am not a gentleman. When I was ten years old, I dared to fight with my father. When I was fifteen years old, I dared to punch him in the face. When I was twenty years old, I dared to separate the frontier and ignore the emperor.
The edict."
"I am a traitor, I am a rebel. I don't care about orthodoxy, let alone the name."
"I just need to keep the present clean and work together to make the whole world look like that in the north."
"I have many clan members and many old ministers under my command, but if they want to stop the big things I want to do, I will not keep them. I will kill people, whether it is Gao Changgong, Gao Yun, or...
Lou Rui, Hu Luguang, and even Liu Taozhi."
"I only want a group of people who have the ambition to pacify the world and follow me to repair the world. If they are reluctant to part with their title, wealth, and homeland, they can be buried underground with their homeland, and I can send them on their way."
Zu Jue's eyes widened and her lips were trembling.
He tried to calm himself down, but it wasn't easy.
Liu Taozi looked at him straightly, "I relied on the horse on my crotch, the knife in my hand, and the people around me to reach this moment. I don't need to prove myself with a little emperor who will kill him whenever he uses it."
The cause is legitimate."
"Whether it's legal or not, they don't have the final say."
"What do you think?"
Zu Jue nodded blankly.
"right."
"However, there is currently no emperor in the north and someone needs to be in charge."
"I'll do it myself."
"Go revise your message."
"Don't accuse Duan Shao of regicide."
"To criticize Gao Yang's cruelty."
"Go and scold Gao Zhan for his absurdity."
"To expose the atrocities committed by Cushman."
"Go and declare to the world that the cruel and unkind state of Qi has perished, and those who escaped are only those who are determined to seek wealth and wealth."
"I am the king."
"People with lofty ideals, scholars, peasants, industrialists, and merchants, officials and generals all over the world will follow me to end wars and create order for the world."
“Those who follow the great events will prosper, and those who go against them will perish.”
Chapter completed!