Chapter 15 of Chaoge: Emperor Xin’s Eastern Expedition
Li Pingan: Can this Taoist refuse to show up?
What’s so cool about giving birth to a baby?
Although he is the famous Nezha in the mythology of his hometown, but... this world was originally created based on the myth...
There are now three white clouds floating over Chentang Pass.
On the white cloud at the bottom, Master Taiyi was waiting anxiously there, holding the jade tripod and Huanglong.
On the white cloud in the center, Zhao Gongming and Fairy Qiongxiao were drinking together. Zhao Gongming was still talking about how his new disciple had achieved a breakthrough.
At the top of the white clouds, Li Dazhi stretched his neck and stared carefully below. Li Ping'an was also pulled over to join in the fun. The father and son, who had not been together for a long time, even made tea and served snacks, enjoying themselves leisurely.
"How about it," Li Dazhi said proudly, "just tell me whether your father did this well before, right?"
Li Pingan gave a thumbs up and subconsciously hit his neck.
Li Dazhi wondered: "You are already in harmony, but your neck still hurts?"
"I forgot that I'm not Ji Dan's clone," Li Ping'an took a sip of tea, "I feel really uncomfortable reading in the dungeon every day, but it's quite relaxing."
"Eh? Why don't you come out by yourself?"
Li Dazhi asked:
"Isn't Ji Chang already hanging out in Chaoge City? He also suspects that you have tipped off Emperor Xin? Ji Chang is now ranked among the three princes, competing with Nan Bohou and Bei Bohou in the court. That's a spring breeze. He should take care of it in the short term.
Not going to Xiqi City."
"What am I doing here? I have to deal with the world and the Ji family clan members."
Li Pingan said:
"And Xiqi is going to war."
"War?" Li Dazhi responded casually.
"Dongyi is in trouble. In the past few years, merchants have been defeated in successive battles, which has shaken the foundation of Shang's country."
Li Pingan briefly introduces:
"There are some shadows of Qi refiners in Dongyi. It should be that Chan Jiao or Jie Jiao are deliberately testing them.
"The mastermind behind this plan wants to hit the Shang Kingdom hard, so that cracks will appear in the territory of the Shang Dynasty. It is a good plan.
"The Shang Kingdom has just sent Wen Zhong to the Northern Expedition. Wen Zhong showed off his skills in Chaoge City before, scaring Emperor Xin and all the ministers. Wen Zhong is considered to be a living god. His expedition to the north this time may not be that of Emperor Xin.
He deliberately wanted to send him away to prevent the grand master from suddenly turning against him.
"In this case, several ministers of the Shang Kingdom discussed it and secretly made suggestions for Emperor Xin.
"When the main force of the merchants is marching eastward, it is necessary to create some turmoil in Xiqi City to prevent Xiqi from uniting with the western princes to launch an attack on Chaoge City, and the merchants will be attacked from both sides.
"The disaster of war in Xiqi lies here. Later, two small countries will fight against Xiqi. Behind the small country is the Chong family of Beibohou. Chonghou Hu is loyal to Emperor Xin.
"Their strategies are also quite interesting."
Li Dazhi blinked: "Isn't it... this thing, are the common people nowadays so careless?"
"Wisdom is infinite and does not depend on cultivation."
Li Pingan smiled and waved his sleeves:
"Ji Fa will come to me at any time. This clone of mine may be able to go out and do some activities. After being trapped underground for several years, it has almost turned into a pretty boy."
Li Dazhi asked: "Son, when will you leave Nanzhou?"
"It will take decades."
Li Ping'an clicked his tongue softly:
"Becoming Ji Dan also gave me an opportunity. Before that, I always had an illusion in this world, like I was completing a mission.
"I have benefited a lot from this time in prison.
"I am in the underground secret room, listening to the voices of all sentient beings every day, reading those bamboo slips that may have no meaning, as if I have really become a part of this world, ups and downs, and my mind is extremely peaceful."
Li Dazhi muttered: "You really want to start reincarnation, right? That's quite tiring, but no, to experience a person's life is to experience the ups and downs of a person, and there are countless entanglements of cause and effect. I think
It’s a big headache just thinking about it, and besides... how many more fathers will you have to have if you go to mortal reincarnation?"
"dad!"
Li Pingan raised his head and sighed:
"Why are you focusing on this?
"However, I have really considered reincarnation to experience the joys and sorrows of living beings.
"It's not about reincarnating the body, but when the time is right, separate out a few strands of soul to experience different paths of life, so as to understand the avenue of life and the avenue of all living beings... This is not too many fathers."
"Doesn't it count?"
Just when Li Dazhi was about to give some more advice, noisy shouts came from below.
A meat ball soared into the sky like a cannonball. It could not fly more than ten feet before it was covered by a large golden net and returned to the backyard of Li's house.
There was chaos in Li Jing's house.
On the cloud, Master Taiyi stretched his neck and looked down. When he saw Li Jing grabbing the meat ball and then raising his sword to chop it, Master Taiyi was shocked.
"What is he doing! Don't get smashed!"
Master Taiyi's spittle flew everywhere, and just as he was about to jump off the cloud, Master Yuding held him down.
"Li Jing and his wife have a son, why are you going to join in the fun!"
"That's the poor apprentice!"
Master Huanglong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "To the human race, how can master and disciple be greater than father and son?"
Master Taiyi suddenly looked helpless.
Below, Li Jing looked at the mortal soldier's sharp sword with his hand broken off, and then at the fleshy ball that was only slightly dented. He felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
He is a cultivator and a general in heaven. At this moment, he can see at a glance that his third son is inside the ball of flesh, and what is wrapped outside is just a layer of fetal membrane.
Because the third son practiced cultivation in his mother's womb, the fetal membranes were also nourished by spiritual energy, which made them like magic weapons and very tough.
Li Jing felt furious and pulled out a fairy sword from his sleeve.
Mrs. Yin shouted from the side:
"Husband! Husband, don't do this! This is our child!"
The guards and servants of Li Mansion who were shocked by the meat ball shouted after hearing this:
"The general soldier can't do it!"
"Commander! This is a fairy fetus! It's a fairy fetus!"
"Commander, please don't be so rude! My wife has just given birth, so don't irritate her!"
Li Jing's forehead was covered with black lines.
No, isn't he helping?
General Li has the demeanor of a heavenly general. At this moment, he said nothing and had a cold face. He raised the fairy sword high and seemed to fall quickly. His strength was very gentle, and he accurately struck the meat ball.
when!
The sound of sharp weapons hitting gold and stone rippled back and forth from the backyard of Li Mansion!
Li Jing took a closer look, mostly filled with suspicion.
Can't you cut this?
Inside the meat ball, the three-year-old baby was kicking its legs constantly, as if it was anxious to get out. He was also trapped by this film and began to cry loudly inside.
Mrs. Yin was pinned down on the bed by several old maids and unable to get off the ground. She shouted sadly:
"Husband! This is our child! Although it looks a little strange, it does look like a ball, and you can't see the hands and feet, but it is our child after all!"
All the soldiers and servants knelt on the ground and shouted: "Please be kind to the commander-in-chief!"
The corner of Li Jing's mouth twitched, and his heart was already filled with real fire. He shouted loudly and immediately took out the fairy treasure that he was looking after!
On the cloud, Li Ping'an dipped a little tea into his fingertips and flicked it.
A drizzle began to fall in the clear sky, and the meat ball immediately emitted colorful rays of light when it was touched by the rain. In front of everyone's eyes, it turned into a lotus that had not yet bloomed.
The lotus petals bloom slightly.
Elegant fairy music resounded between the heaven and the earth, and you could see the auspicious scene of white cranes, and translucent auspicious clouds floating outward from the sky above Chentang Pass.
The vision was caused by Li Ping'an's action, and it was an 'auspicious sign' that matched 'the words came out and the law followed'.
Now it has become a blessing for the third son Li Jing.
Li Jing, Master Taiyi, Mrs. Yin, and many witnesses in the Li Mansion breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
The lotus bloomed instantly, and an exquisite and lovely boy sat cross-legged in the middle of the lotus. Two petals floated up and turned into a bellyband to cover his little body. He looked around curiously, and his fine black hair fluttered in the wind.
The boy opened his two chubby little hands towards Li Jing and made a sound of "Yeah" from his mouth.
Li Jing put away the fairy sword, leaned over and held the little guy in his arms, his eyes becoming extremely gentle.
The lotus withered in an instant, and a ray of spiritual energy merged into the boy's body.
Li Jing was filled with emotion and said warmly: "You are finally willing to die. How about your eldest brother Jin Zha and second brother Mu Zha call you Huo Zha from now on?"
"Yeah!" The boy touched Li Jing's flowing beard.
There were cheers all around.
"The general is happy to have a son!"
"We have a third son!"
Above the clouds, Master Taiyi looked up at the sky, his eyes full of reluctance, as if he had lost an extremely cherished treasure.
Master Yuding said: "Didn't you plan to accept another disciple? Why are you so sad?"
Master Taiyi muttered: "I regret this poor Taoist. If I had known it, I would have found a Taoist companion to have children by myself. Master is still not as good as father and mother."
Huang Long laughed and said: "Hahahaha! It's too late now!"
"Just joking."
Master Taiyi shook his head and laughed, then turned around and said:
"Let's go. It's very disturbing. Come back in two years to accept a disciple!"
Master Yuding said: "Why don't we decide on the title of master and disciple first, Jie Jiao can be here to watch."
Taiyi thought carefully, muttered for a moment, then flew directly down the clouds. The red robe on his body turned into a green Taoist robe, and he held the jade slip unique to the immortals of Yuxu Palace in his hand.
He suddenly became decent.
…
Not mentioning it for the moment, Master Taiyi showed up on his own initiative, explained his intention to Li Jing, talked about the reincarnation of Lingzhuzi, and successfully accepted this disciple, saying that he would come to preach in two years.
Let's say that before Li Ping'an finished watching the scene of Huo Zha's apprenticeship, his real body escaped back to heaven, and his mind returned to Ji Dan's clone.
Nothing else, Ji Fa is already here.
Ji Fa hurriedly found the cave, and under the leadership of an old guard, he saw Ji Dan sleeping in the dark cave.
Compared with a few years ago, Ji Dan has grown up a lot. Although she still looks frail, she is close to an adult.
Ji Fa's eyes suddenly burst into tears.
He walked forward quickly and hugged Ji Dan, who had just woken up, and choked with sobs.
"Fourth! Why are you here? Fourth! Why did dad lock you up! Fourth! Didn't you go away with the gods? Fourth!"
Li Ping'an:......
Isn't it a bit too insensitive for two grown men to act like this?
Li Ping'an smiled and said: "Second brother, don't worry, I have nothing to do. I can study quietly here, which is also a pleasure."
It took Ji Fa a while to calm down, and he frowned and asked, "Why did dad have to lock you up?"
"Maybe they are afraid that I will tip off the King of Shang."
Li Pingan shook his head and smiled bitterly:
"Dad should have told you before he left.
"But a foreign enemy is coming?"
"Well!" Ji Fa said with a solemn expression, "Dad just said that if you encounter something big that you can't decide, come here. I didn't expect... you would be here."
"Tell me about the war in detail."
Li Pingan said slowly:
"I am here also to learn some of my father's divination and calculation methods, and I have achieved some success in my studies in the past few years.
"Let me see if I can communicate with the gods and let them bless us to win."
Ji Fa said sternly: "After seeing you, I am not worried about the war at all. The one who attacked us this time was an allied force, probably soldiers and horses from three or four small vassal states, and there was also a secret force sent by Bei Bohou.
The elite soldiers came, they started fighting without declaring a war, and seemed to want to rob our fields..."
In the dungeon, Ji Fa spoke in detail about the current troubles he was encountering.
Li Ping'an used the sixty-four hexagrams to calculate and quickly gave the corresponding solution.
——Such a trivial matter is certainly not a problem for him as a Taoist master.
While fighting Ge here, Li Ping'an's understanding of the great path of all living beings began to improve again, and he seemed to have found the feeling of following Xuanyuan Huangdi in the Western Continent again.
Two months later.
Zhou State repulsed the coalition forces of the small countries and expanded hundreds of miles eastward, arriving at the gate of a small country's city.
Ji Fa followed the instructions of his fourth brother Ji Dan and did not attack the city by force. He cursed the local princes outside the city and counted them as treacherous and ungrateful.
This incident soon spread throughout the western part of the Shang Kingdom, which enhanced the prestige of Zhou and Ji Fa a lot.
When the news reached Chaoge City, Ji Chang showed embarrassment and took the initiative to enter the palace. He asked Emperor Xin to issue an edict to pardon the small countries that had harassed the Zhou Kingdom. He also cursed these small countries in front of Beibohou Chonghou Hu.
There's a bitch provoking me behind my back.
Ji Chang was calling a bitch, not a traitor.
Chonghou Hu was very loyal to the Shang royal family, and now he was gradually gaining the respect of Emperor Xin. His own children had just suffered a defeat and were feeling bad. How could they bear to hear this?
In the king's palace, Chonghou Hu yelled at Ji Chang, and Ji Chang retorted, and the two princes actually started to fight.
Di Xin's expression was serious, but he felt secretly happy in his heart.
Ji Chang's reputation as a virtuous person has been spread throughout the court, but how is he different from those philistines in his current appearance?
When the two great princes made a fuss and their clothes were in disarray, Di Xin scolded them and asked them to go back to the mansion to reflect.
This is naturally a strategy used by Ji Chang.
Although Ji Chang lost a little face and was said to have no grace, the crisis in Xiqi was temporarily relieved.
At this time, some people in Chaoge City were already panicking.
The Dongyi tribe's rebellion is becoming more and more troublesome. Dongbohou Jiang's family, who was supposed to suppress the Dongyi tribe, has been slowly deploying troops and generals, and is reluctant to send a large army.
The king's order was sent to the Jiang family, who sent the army out of the city. Then they either encountered violent winds and rain, landslides and floods, or there was a sudden heavy fog and strange animals lost their way.
In short, the Jiang family had various reasonable reasons and delayed for more than three years, but did not send troops to attack the Dongyi tribe.
The Dongyi Allied Forces have torn a passage through the merchant territory, defeated dozens of princes, plundered the common people, and left no slaves behind.
Several major passes in the east were either avoided by Dongyi, or they received Wang's order but received no response.
Di Xin finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"I want to conquer Dongyi personally!"
The ministers in the court no longer dared to object. Under the auspices of Wang Shubigan, the royal family tried their best to squeeze out money, money, food and grass, and mobilized elite soldiers and horses from various fiefdoms.
The Shang State mobilized two groups of armies from the north and south, and marched toward the Dongyi tribe at the same time.
Due to the long distance, this battle probably requires hundreds of thousands of exotic beasts. Just the saddles and frames for these exotic beasts are a huge expense.
More than a month later, Di Xin's chariot left Chaoge City, leading a large group of elite merchant troops toward the east.
In this battle, Emperor Xin not only wanted to repel the Dongyi, but also subdued the two hundred princes in the east and promoted the majesty of Shang.
The princes in the east heard the news and took action.
Instead of sending troops to donate food, they hid all their own food and supplies, and each took their legitimate sons and grandsons to kneel down on the roadside to greet the Shang King.
The 'love-hate entanglement' between Di Xin and Dong Yi also began.
Li Ping'an stared at Di Xin from afar, looking at Di Xin's familiar face and unfamiliar eyes, and just sighed softly.