Lights on the other side

Chapter 21

Li Ruoci stretched out his hand and pushed open the iron door, and the dark lines on it flowed.

The three people inside had already arrived, and two of them stood up when they saw him and nodded slightly. The man in the middle was as steady as Mount Tai, but just exchanged the positions of his upturned legs. This person was Qu Xuese who hadn't seen him for a long time. .

The one next to him was Yun Liujin, and the other one he had never seen before, was dressed in fine clothes and looked a little sick.

"His Royal Highness Duan Wang." Qu Xuese introduced.

Li Ruoci nodded slightly.

"Third Young Master." The man smiled slightly at him.

Qu Xuese said: "Okay, now that we're all here, let's go straight to the topic."

"Won't Yunlu come?" Li Ruoci sat down beside Yun Liujin.

Yun Liujin smiled and said, "When was he with us?"

Qu Xue glanced at them and said, "What is he? It doesn't matter if he comes or not."

Li Ruoci remained silent.

Although Yunlu didn't show up very often, his position in Lianyetian is not as good as before. Everyone knows how he won the trust and favor of the suzerain step by step.

But it still looks annoying.

The three of them were speechless, and only listened to Duan Wangdao: "The current situation in the world must be clear to everyone. There is drought in the north and floods in the south, the government's relief has been delayed, and a large-scale plague has broken out in several southern states. It can be said that now is the best time. .”

Qu Xuese narrowed his dark eyes and said, "Timing? Who has the best timing? I'm afraid it's not ours?"

Duan Wang chuckled and said, "Why not?"

Qu Xuese said: "Now you want to take advantage of the chaos in the world to raise your troops against the imperial court, but the three days are obviously against the court, so you can only come to us, and when things are done, the three days will definitely support the one who is more capable." Give the world a stable regime. At that time, you only need to abandon us. You may betray us when the cooperation is halfway. After all, three days is what the people want, and no court will give up their support. .”

Duan Wangdao: "That's right, Young Master Qu has considered everything thoroughly."

Yun Liujin changed from being absent-minded to focusing on King Duan, wanting to see what King Duan would say next.

Li Ruoci remained calm.A lot has happened in the past year. In the north, there was no rain for a year, and the vegetation was scorched. During the first month, the people gathered grass to eat. People in many states have begun to flee famine, but in the south, the summer has begun to flood again. , In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of lives were taken, and another 10,000+ people were displaced.Changing sons to eat and using bones as salary, people probably never thought about this before, but in these years, it has become a common thing.Since the corpses were not buried, plagues arose on them, especially in the south.

If war breaks out again at this time, this world is nothing more than purgatory.

Li Ruoci suddenly remembered the eight words Jiang Kujiu tested: the destiny is approaching, making ghosts cry.

Duan Wang continued: "I think Lian Yetian doesn't want to stay in the southwest corner all the time. The west is three search, the south is never settling. It is not easy for Lian Yetian to develop in the middle."

Qu Xuese became interested and said, "So?"

"This is the opportunity for you and me. Lian Yetian can take this opportunity to break through the obstruction of the two. After all, because of natural disasters and man-made disasters, he has already been busy for three days."

Qu Xuese was thoughtful after hearing this.

The iron door opened, and a little boy came in to pour tea for them, and the green tea leaves rolled up and down in the water.

Yun Liujin said lightly and shallowly: "So this matter does not lie in your final attitude towards us, but in the fact that we have common interests at this stage. After this period of time has passed, it doesn't matter whether we are enemies or friends. ?”

Duan Wang smiled: "Smart."

Yun Liujin also laughed: "It's a good plan."

Li Ruoci said, "What are your chances of winning?"

Duan Wang took a sip of tea slowly, stretched out a palm, and shook it.

Li Ruoci frowned: "Fifty percent?"

Then this is a dangerous move, if you win, you may lose your life.

Duan Wang nodded: "In life, if you have a little hope, you have to work hard, otherwise it will be a pity."

Li Ruoci said: "That's right, but what I want to know is the status of your military strength and food and grass. The Liang Dynasty lasted for a hundred years. If it hadn't caught up with this kind of disaster year, no one would be able to shake it."

Duan Wang fumbled in his sleeve, handed Li Ruoci a piece of paper, and said, "My general situation is on it."

Li Ruoci glanced at it and handed it to Qu Xuese.

Duan Wang stared at them and said, "I believe in Lian Yetian's strength."

Qu Xuese raised her head when she heard the words, and said with a smile, "I also believe in the strength of His Royal Highness Duan Wang."

Li Ruoci looked at the cold tea, seeing that the matter had basically been settled, she walked out of the iron gate, the sky outside was cloudy and clear.

Yun Liujin walked up to him and asked, "Go back?"

He turned his head when he heard the words: "Otherwise?"

Li Ruoci and Yun Liujin stood side by side, with the rolling river flowing below.

Suddenly, Yun Liujin sighed: "The hero's bones are laid on the ground, this statement is true."

Li Ruoci said: "The change of dynasties is generally like this."

"Anyway, I don't have as much leisure as I used to."

"Where is the suzerain? How about the suzerain?"

Yun Liujin said: "Let's go with Qu Xuese's talk. In fact, the suzerain is quite against Bu Luotian. He will agree to this matter."

"Well, I won't delay here." Li Ruoci put on his cloak and hurried back to Wuxitian.

Yun Liujin waved at him from behind him.

When we returned to Wuxitian, the night was dark.

In the small courtyard of a few people, the excitement of the past has long been lost.Tang Yuanchu's sisters went to the southern epidemic area, Xue Danggui went to Jingzhou to control the flood, and Pei Shi was sent to Lizhou to add fortifications, which seemed to have a premonition of the coming war.Even Xie Yun, who usually has nothing to do, went to a town not far away to help the victims.

It's been half a year, and he and Pei Shi haven't seen each other for half a year. Xie Yun is fine, and he comes back once in a few days. Tang Yuanchu also left recently, and gave him an amulet before leaving.

"Ayan, you have to be good."

Li Ruoci knew that many monsters took advantage of the disaster and returned to the human world. Demon chaos broke out in several states, and many immortal disciples died as a result.

"I will." He looked into Tang Yuanchu's eyes and said softly.

The silvery moonlight fell on the hand, which suddenly felt a little cold.

He withdrew his hand, pushed the door open and entered the room, a piece of letter paper was quietly unfolded on the table.Pei Shi wrote such a letter to him when he moved away this month. It was nothing more than asking him how he was doing and wishing him all the best.

He didn't plan to reply to the letter, because the elders asked him to go to Lizhou to assist Pei Shi tomorrow.

Half a year, whether it is long or short, will vary from person to person.Ruan Hongyu committed suicide three months after leaving Misty Ship, and for her, three months was already the limit.

Li Ruoci rubbed the letter paper in his hand, looked at the clear handwriting on it, pursed his lips, and put it down after a while.