Li Chongjin’s invitation to Luo Youdu to drink has several meanings.
One of them is to reveal an idea to the military attache in the temple. Luo Youdu's killing of Wang Jixun has been approved by him. He deserves to be punished for his crime, so don't worry about rescuing him.
Another thing is to tell the military attaché from the side that Luo Youdu has a certain relationship with him. Even if he is not a friend or an enemy, don't think of maliciously targeting him. Is this protecting Luo Youdu, or is he using a roundabout way to let reckless men like Shi Shouxin and Li Jixun
Don't bring shame on yourself, then benevolence is in the eyes of the benevolent and wisdom is in the eyes of the wise.
The most important point is that he is also telling Fan Zhi that he did not fall into the scheme of the two prime ministers Wang Pu and attributed everything to Luo Youdu. Luo Youdu could be their chess piece or his own, and he asked them to stop in moderation.
Of course Luo Youdu knew that Li Chongjin had ulterior motives in inviting him to drink, but he responded without hesitation.
Wang Jixun's incident further made Luo Youdu realize that living in this world, without any military power or power in his hands, he would be slaughtered like a lamb.
In the south of Kaifeng City, if it weren't for Fu Qing'er's rescue, Luo Youdu still didn't know how the situation would have ended.
Facing those reckless people who are completely illogical, only by holding real power can we subdue them.
It doesn't matter whether Li Chongjin sincerely invites this drink. No matter what the purpose or thoughts are, people can understand and change each other's views through constant contact.
Luo Youdu has been a man for two generations, and he knows very well the world's sophistication and even more so the intrigues.
Li Chongjin was not enthusiastic at the banquet, and only muttered every word.
Luo Youdu kept looking for topics, as if he were the master, talking about the historical changes of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Even though Li Chongjin is a veteran, he has lived in this era for more than 40 years and experienced it all personally. His understanding of the overall situation may not be as good as Luo Youdu's.
The ancient news transmission channels were extremely poor, and it was difficult to accurately convey what happened in the two cities.
What's more, they are different countries and different political powers.
Li Chongjin viewed the world from the perspective of his own life experience. Luo Youdu opened a Godly perspective and viewed the world directly from historical materials and classics.
Perhaps the historical data are not detailed enough, and there may even be biases and omissions, but it is better than being comprehensive.
Li Chongjin could only tell what happened around him during this period, but Luo Youdu could tell what happened in the world during this period, including the Southern Tang, the Later Shu, the Northern Han, and even the Khitan.
If Li Chongjin was interested in Western history, Luo Youdu could also talk about the Holy Roman Empire, France, Germany, and Great Britain.
The great events of the world are like the treasures of every family.
Such erudition shocked Li Chongjin so much that he didn't know how to describe it in words.
Li Chongjin was gradually attracted by the topic, and after a few glasses of wine, he unknowingly let go of his grudge and started talking nonsense.
Especially when I talk about some interesting things from the previous dynasty, I burst out laughing.
Li Chongjin said: "The late emperor's troops came to Kaifeng City, and Liu Chengyou of the former Han Dynasty personally went to the front line to resist our great Zhou Tianbing. They had many more soldiers and horses than us. As a result, Liu Chengyou slept in the barracks and all 30,000 soldiers of the Han army fled.
When Liu Chengyou woke up, he felt like he was in a dream when he saw the empty military camp. If the late emperor hadn't been unwilling to bear the name of regicide, he would have really wanted to rush into the camp and see the face of that foolish emperor at that time."
Luo Youdu drank the wine from the cup and said: "The late emperor must have received help from heaven and man, otherwise how could Hunjun have died such a strange death? Every time I hear and think about this matter, I suspect that Guo Yunming is the late emperor's man."
Liu Chengyou ran away from the army of the Later Han Dynasty while sleeping, and fled back to Kaifeng in panic. As a result, Kaifeng Yin Liu Zhu saw that Liu Chengyou was alone, so he became a mere commander and refused to open the door for him.
Liu Chengyou had no choice but to run to Zhaocun.
A dramatic scene came when Guo Yunming, Liu Chengyou's most trusted confidant, saw the dust flying behind him. He thought it was Guo Wei's army chasing after him, so he killed his master Liu Chengyou with a knife.
It turned out that those who were chasing after him were Liu Chengyou’s personal guards...
One can imagine the shadow area in Guo Yunming's heart.
When these dramatic past events came out of the mouths of the two of them, Li Chongjin's eyes showed a bit of nostalgia.
Uncle Guo Wei is the person he respects the most in his life, not even the current emperor Guo Rong can compare with him.
He gave up his position as heir and devoted himself wholeheartedly to Zhou Dynasty, not because of Guo Rong, but more because Guo Wei chose Guo Rong and asked him to assist Guo Rong before his death.
Thinking of Guo Wei, Li Chongjin was obviously depressed and his eyes were slightly red.
Luo Youdu didn't say anything when he saw this. He stood up and said goodbye to Li Chongjin on the grounds that it was getting late.
Li Chongjin waved his hand and asked Luo Youdu to leave on his own.
As soon as Luo Youdu stepped out of the door, he heard a voice coming from behind: "If you don't mind that I have a weird temper, you can come drink and chat with me in your free time."
Luo Youdu turned around and bowed: "This junior will definitely come here to chat."
In the darkness of the night, Luo Youdu rode a borrowed horse, humming a brainwashing song from later generations, almost twitching his buttocks, and his mood was obvious.
Gently stroking the soft mane of the precious horse under his crotch, Luo Youdu thought that he would search Wang Jixun's home tomorrow and prepare for the public trial of Wang Jixun, but he was afraid that he would not have time to return it. He planned to go and check it out after visiting Li Chongjin today. Prince Wei's Mansion.
I don't want my contact with Li Chongjin to go too smoothly and waste time.
How about just asking Huber to investigate?
No, that's too disrespectful.
No matter what, you have to return it in person and come to the door to say thank you.
Luo Youdu thought seriously about Fu Qing'er's heroic appearance.
The next day, Luo Youdu led the Kaifeng government officials to besiege Wang Jixun's residence.
With Li Chongjin's support, although the military leaders were dissatisfied, they did not hinder it.
According to the testimony of the little girl Qi Rou, Luo Youdu dug up more than fifty skeletons from the fish pond in the mansion and from the woods in the backyard, including as many as thirty-eight skeletons of boys and girls.
Wang Jixun never thought that anyone would investigate him or dare to investigate him.
He was so arrogant that he didn't even bother to destroy the corpses and eliminate traces. He just buried them hastily and fed them to the fishes.
This kind of reckless man who climbed out of the mountain of corpses and sea of fire has no respect for life. In his eyes, there is no difference between human life and the life of cattle and sheep.
Such thoughts that were contrary to Luo Youdu's values for many years made him extremely uncomfortable, and he had a sullen face throughout the whole process.
Luo Youdu then gathered all the servants in the house and questioned them one by one.
The wall fell down and everyone pushed it.
Luo Youdu collected more than fifty of Wang Jixun's various evil deeds, most of which were capital crimes.
Looking at the bloody acts recorded in the case files, Luo Youdu couldn't help but have an idea in his mind. If I were to be in power in the future, I would not say anything about benefiting the world and making everyone well-off, but at least human life would be respected enough.