Just when Li Xuan was killing the Five Evils of Xishan in the Million Mountains, in the Li Mansion in Dian City hundreds of miles away, Li Xuan's father Li Ji summoned a group of civil servants and generals under him to hold a meeting in the main hall.
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"Lord! Recently, some horse thieves and bandits of unknown origin have appeared outside our Dian City, and they are constantly harassing the villages and towns under our Dian City's jurisdiction! In the past two days, General Mo and Lu Shang went to the six villages and towns under our jurisdiction to check.
I found that many strangers came to the town! The general suspected that these strangers might be those rogue horse thieves!" One of Li Ji's three generals looked to be only in his thirties and was wearing a red-blue suit.
Zhang Jing, who was wearing armor, had a majestic figure, and looked like a Confucian general, sat in the first place under Li Ji's left hand, stood up and bowed his hands to Li Jiyi and said.
"Have you found out where the horse thieves and bandits came from?" Li Ji asked with a slight frown upon hearing this.
"We haven't found anything yet, because these horse thieves and bandits are very secretive. When our people follow them, we can only find out that they are people from other places who come to our Dian City to do business!" Zhang Jing continued to answer.
"Oh!" Li Ji nodded when he heard the words, and then looked to the right, the three wise counselors, wanting to hear their opinions.
"General Zhang, the current situation of our six towns is that they are just harassed and have no losses?" Tian Feng, who was sitting in the first seat under Li Ji's right hand, saw Li Ji's eyes looking at them and looked at each other with the other two colleagues.
After taking a look, Tian Feng asked Zhang Jing again.
"Well! There is almost no loss! Except for some villagers who were robbed of some finances!" Zhang Jing nodded and replied.
"Have there been any problems in the towns under the jurisdiction of the other deputy city lords?" Tian Feng nodded slowly after hearing this, and then continued to ask.
"Except for the Lin family, which suffered serious losses because a town was attacked by horse thieves, the other three city lords all suffered certain losses, but overall, our Li family suffered the lightest losses!" Wearing dark red armor, it looked like there were only three of them.
Lu Shang, who was in his teens, about two meters tall, with a strong build and a tiger-like face, answered with a loud voice.
"How does our Li family's defense strength in the six towns compare with the four deputy city lords?" Tian Feng asked again.
"The defense strength of our Li family in the six towns is almost the same as that of the other three deputy city lords! But in terms of combat effectiveness, our Li family is undoubtedly the strongest!" Zhang Jing took the words and replied.
"Yeah!" Tian Feng nodded when he heard this, frowned slightly and did not continue to ask.
"This matter makes me feel a bit extraordinary! You must know that with our Dian City as the center, there are more than a dozen horse bandit forces within a thousand miles, but these horse bandit forces are conquered and trained by us from time to time, and they are not enough. The largest number of them
Not even 300 people! You can't usually hide from our army, so why would you come to harass our Dian City so openly?" Sitting on the right side of Tian Feng, wearing a gray Confucian robe, he looks to be in his forties and has a lean build.
He was a bit ugly, with a large black mole on his left chin. Fan Kuai, one of Li Ji's three advisers, frowned and said.
"Yeah! Yes, this thing is weird, although now we can't see the hidden motives behind it!" Sitting on the right side of Fan Kuai, one of Li Ji's three great advisers, wearing white clothes,
Kou Xun, who looked to be in his thirties, frowned and said.
"Yeah!" Zhang Jing nodded when he heard this, also feeling that this thing was weird and unusual.
"This matter is not simple. Maybe they are coming for us!" Li Ji listened to the questions and answers from the five men, with a thoughtful look on his brows, and after a slight pause, he said.
"Are they coming for us? Lord, how do you say this?" Everyone's faces froze when they heard this, and Lu Shang asked with a look of confusion on his face.
"Perhaps my lord is right! This matter is very likely to be directed at us!" Tian Feng has been thinking deeply. After hearing Li Ji's words, he nodded and responded. After speaking, he paused slightly and looked at the eyes.
He looked at everyone's doubtful eyes and said, "Maybe it's for the position of city lord!"
"Brother Tian, are you saying that someone is planning to cause trouble for our Li family in order to seek the position of city lord? And then find an excuse to impeach us in the Long Court? Let the lord lose his position as city lord?" Fan Kuai said with a surprised expression after hearing this.
"Well! This can reasonably explain why our losses will be the least! Because they want to spread suspicion first, make us relax our vigilance, and then give us a fatal blow!" Tian Feng nodded and responded.
"That's it!" Everyone nodded when they heard this, and many of the puzzles in their hearts suddenly became clear.
"Tian Feng is right!" Li Ji nodded when he heard this, and then said to Zhang Jing and Lu Shang, "Zhang Jing, Lu Shang obeys the order!"
"The general is here!" Zhang Jing and Lu Shang stood up hurriedly upon hearing this, and responded respectfully to Li Jiyi with their hands raised.
"Zhang Jing, Lu Shang! Now that Zhang He is not here, I'm glad you are responsible for patrolling our six villages and towns! If you encounter invading horse thieves or bandits, attack them head-on and catch their main culprits and come back to see me!"
"Li Ji ordered Zhang Jing and Lu Shang with a majestic look.
"General, take your orders!" Zhang Jing and Lu Shang bowed and responded respectfully.
"Fan Kuai! Kou Xun!" Li Ji looked at Fan Kuai and Kou Xundao again.
"My subordinates are here!" Fan Kuai and Kou Xun stood up upon hearing the sound and bowed respectfully to Li Ji.
"Fan Kuai, assist Lu Shang in guarding the three towns! Kou Xun, assist Zhang Jing in guarding the three towns! Remember, there must be no mistakes!" Li Ji looked at his four subordinates with a solemn expression.
"General, take your orders!" Fan Kuai and Kou Xun responded confidently after hearing this.
"Yeah!" Li Ji smiled happily when he heard this, and then sighed slightly.
"Why is my lord sighing?" Fan Kuai heard Li Ji sighing slightly and couldn't help but asked in surprise.
"Xuan'er ran into the Million Forest. I originally wanted Zhang Jing to take Xuan'er's soul card and use the technique of searching the sky and locking the earth to find Xuan'er and bring him back! Now it seems that I can only find someone to pass it on.
Give the letter to Zhang He and ask him to bring ㊣(5)
Abnormal, he couldn't help but sigh when he heard Fan Kuai's question.
"It turns out it's the young master's business!" Everyone nodded in sudden realization after hearing this. They still knew what happened a few days ago when Li Xuan ran alone into the Million Mountains.
"My lord, you don't have to worry too much about the young master! Not only has his intelligence returned to normal now, but he is no worse than us at all. I believe that the young master will be fine!" Kou Xun heard this and comforted Li Ji.
"That's right! And the young master's strength is not bad! As long as he doesn't go into the depths of the Million Mountains, safety shouldn't be a problem!" Zhang Jing heard that he had met Li Xuan several times and had an understanding of Li Xuan's strength.
Hearing this, he nodded and said.
"Hey! Normally I would have let him go, but it's such a troubled time now, we can't be careless!" Li Ji naturally knows the strength of his Li Xuan best, and also knows that Li Xuan carries a lot of middle-grade spiritual talismans, even if
He can easily escape even against level 3 or 4 monsters. However, Dian City is in troubled times now, and Li Xuan will be in danger as long as he doesn't take the position of city lord, so he can't help but shake his head because he is afraid that someone with evil intentions will do something evil again.
Sighed.
"..." Tian Feng and others were silent when they heard this, because Li Ji was right. Li Xuan is the most vulnerable person in the entire Li family now. Now that he sneaks into the Million Mountains, if he is killed by others
If someone with evil intentions knew about it, they might actually assassinate him a second time.
"Okay! I'll take care of Xuan'er's affairs! You all go and do your own business!" Li Ji saw the pensive expressions on everyone's faces, waved his hand and said to everyone.
"Yes! General (subordinate), please retire!" Zhang Jing and others responded respectfully, and then exited the meeting hall one after another.
"Hey! Xuan'er! I hope you did the right thing this time!" After seeing everyone leave, Li Ji silently raised his head and sighed. After saying that, he turned and left the meeting hall.