There are several turrets in the three gardens before and after the Li Mansion. At the beginning of spring, Li Chengzhi was given the responsibility. After Guo Yuzhi bought the mansion back from Zhongguan Jia Can, he started to build a lot of it.
Although I dare not compare it with the Wubao in Jingzhou, the walls are high and the courtyard is deep. The courtyard walls are more than ten feet wide, so there is no problem not to mention horse racing and driving.
There are many retainers on the wall, all with their bows ready. Li Chengzhi also specially asked Li Rui to get his matching bow and iron feather arrows. If it is true as Cui Guang said, if anyone dares to show off his power in front of the Li Mansion, Li Chengzhi will definitely
Let him know what "human and horse are connected" means.
After waiting for a while, soldiers did indeed come towards Li's house. But it was completely different from what Li Chengzhi imagined:
There were only a dozen or so people arriving in the capital, and there were neither flags or flags from the Northern Expedition Army, nor guard of honor from the Northern Expedition General Gao Zhao, not even poles or flags. They just came to the north in a bare and leisurely manner. The walk was not in a hurry, just like outing. The queue was also scattered and chaotic, with no formation at all.
What kind of demonstration is this? It seems like it’s just for fun?
There was still half a mile away. Li Chengzhi squinted his eyes and asked in a cold voice: "Yuan'er, let's take a look. Is it Gao Sikong who is riding first?"
Li Rui's archery skills are unparalleled and his eyesight is excellent. As soon as he glanced at it, he was almost certain: "Lang Jun, it's really Gao Sikong!"
Just as he was responding, Li Rui raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was extremely surprised, "Why did everyone get off their horses?"
Why else?
Seeing the dozens of people dismounting from their horses and walking slowly towards Li's house, Li Chengzhi's brows twisted into the Chinese character "Sichuan".
Gao Zhao, shall I enter your eldest mother?
The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop, so it is most appropriate to use it here.
He is the tree, and Gao Zhao is naturally the wind.
"Everyone come down the wall... Li Xie, open the door of the mansion. Li Rui, put away your sword and bow, and greet Gao Sikong with me!"
Li Shixian came over: "What does Gao Zhao want?"
"Get back together, the adults don't care about the faults of the villains, and so on!"
Li Chengzhi sighed in despair and walked under the wall, "Otherwise, why would he dismount his horse early and come on foot when he was more than ten feet away? Just to show off that he was repaying evil with kindness and showing respect to the virtuous corporal."
Li Shixian was extremely puzzled: "Isn't this just right, just like Lian Po and Lin Xiangru getting along with each other?"
Will the generals make peace?
My father really dared to think about it.
Since he led the army on the expedition last winter, and now Gao Zhao has returned victoriously, although the two of them have not met each other, they have made countless moves in the air. They have dug so many holes for each other that they can't even count them.<
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The words "incompatible with each other" and "similar to water and fire" are not enough to describe the current relationship between the two. But if there is a chance, Li Chengzhi will not hesitate to put Gao Gao to death.
He believed that Gao Zhao definitely had this plan.
Then why is Gao Zhao so pretentious?
Most of them were giving eye drops to Gao Ying, Yuan Ying and others, and even pushing him, Li Chengzhi, to the forefront.
Li Chengzhi knew very well that what happened to Cui Guang today seemed to be entrusted by Yuan Ying, but it might not be Gao Ying's secret acquiescence.
It's just that Gao Ying has been deceived by these old foxes. He is a bit of a thief, and no one looks like a good person.
When Gao Ying first entered the court, it was more like he had discovered the code of wealth. He was very passionate about the "emperor's mind" and wanted to play a balancing act in everything. Therefore, he never wanted to see Gao Zhao and Li Chengzhi become one.
They worked together to deceive her.
Otherwise, when she knew it would be unfair to Li Chengzhi, why did she still send Gao Zhao to the border in order to convert him into a commander?
But now that Gao Zhao has returned to Beijing in victory, he has traveled thousands of miles. He has not even entered the city, he has not even entered his home, and he has not even entered the palace to see the Queen Mother and the young emperor. However, he came to see Li Chengzhi first. He even put on a handshake gesture.
He, taking the initiative to show his goodwill, should Li Chengzhi accept it or not?
If he is arrogant and indifferent, then the good reputation he has accumulated over the past six months will probably disappear immediately. Instead, he will be regarded as arrogant and ignorant.
What would Gao Ying, Yuan Ying, Cui Guang and others think if they could resolve their past feud with Gao Zhao and reunite?
He will rarely be scolded for being duplicitous and capricious.
In the words of later generations, the character has collapsed.
Since the two sides are not human beings, Gao Ying has been offended quite a lot anyway, so the two powers can only choose the lesser of two powers, competing to see who is more shameless.
It’s also a good time to explore Gao Zhaoan’s heart.
Li Chengzhi quickly walked down the courtyard wall, taking three steps and then two steps to welcome him out of the mansion. Gao Zhao was already at the foot of the steps.
Without waiting for Gao Zhao to say anything, Li Chengzhi bowed his hands and bowed deeply: "Sikong, the great commander of the prison, made the humble house shine with glory, and the younger generation was even more frightened..."
Gao Zhao responded with a smile: "Before you and me, why did we need to be like this?"
As he spoke, he lifted up Li Chengzhi and reminisced about old times with Li Shixian beside him. He talked about his brothers whom he had not seen for many years. He was so enthusiastic that he almost shed two tears.
As if he had eaten a fly, Li Chengzhi was so nauseous that he had to force out a smile.
Shameless compared to Gao Zhao, it seems that it is still a bit worse...
Cursing secretly in his heart, Li Chengzhi subconsciously glanced back. The dozen or so people below the steps were all fully equipped with armor and standing respectfully. They should be Gao Zhao's personal bodyguards.
Just like Gao Zhao, these people were very respectful, but Li Chengzhi always felt that something was wrong.
Going back and forth, looking at it several times, Li Chengzhi felt a sudden lurch in his heart when he saw the square shield slung on the horse's back hook.
Gao Zhao arrived in such a hurry, how could he have thought that he would fight first and then salute, preparing to greet him with bows and arrows?
Is this old thief really planning to demonstrate?
Even if I become angry and cross swords with each other, I can't really kill Gao Zhao blatantly. On the contrary, I can let him take the first step to gain righteousness. If he needs to use extraordinary means to deal with him in the future, he can be regarded as a master.
If he is not fooled, he will be like now, no matter how disgusting he is, he has to endure it. It will naturally make Gao Zhao strive for fame, but it will make him fall into the image of a villain who is arrogant and has different opinions.
This is a plan that kills two birds with one stone, and it is also a conspiracy.
Disgusting was only secondary. What frightened Li Chengzhi was that Gao Zhao's move was clearly telling him that he was no longer going to play tricks with him, but was going to be serious?
Why so urgent?
Li Chengzhi's thoughts whirled and he didn't even notice the pretentious politeness of Gao Zhao and Li Shixian. It wasn't until he welcomed Gao Zhao into the middle hall as if sleepwalking, and Li Shixian left with an excuse, leaving him and Gao Zhao alone in the hall, that he suddenly woke up.
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Gao Zhao must have said something like "I have something to discuss with Chengzhi", so my father had to avoid suspicion.
Is this old thief going to show off his cards?
Li Chengzhi suddenly became alert and looked up, and saw that Gao Zhao's face had become much lighter, and there was a trace of sternness hidden between his eyebrows.
"Li Guogong is really patient!"
Gao Zhao polished the white porcelain wine cup and scratched the wall of the cup with his nails, making a very harsh sound: "I originally thought that after being wronged like this, you would be furious and furious. Even if it doesn't work, you should argue with reason. But.
I never thought that you could swallow your anger to such an extent? Is this still Li Chengzhi who will always hold back even if he spends money?"
Gao Zhao raised his head fiercely, his eyes like needles, which stung Li Chengzhi's face with a faint chill: "I really can't figure out what your intentions are and what your plans are?"
Is this a plan to show off?
No more pretentiousness and falsehood, Li Chengzhi felt relaxed for a while.
"Sikong is the one who has plans. Otherwise, why bother to persuade Mr. Li to join you and plan big things with you?"
"Oh?"
Gao Zhao smiled and said, "How come I don't know when I have conspired with you like this before?"
Li Chengzhi twitched his lips: What are you pretending to be?
On the third day after meeting Wei Zijian, Yang Shu and Yuan Zhao had just arrived at Tongguan, and the letter "Don't blame Li for denying his relatives and being ruthless" had just arrived in Gao Zhao's hands. Suddenly, a dead man came to Chencang Camp, claiming that
A secret message is presented.
The whole article does not mention who wrote the letter or who sent the dead man here, but after just a few glances, Li Chengzhi knew that it was sent by Gao Zhao.
Because only Li Chengzhi and Gao Zhao secretly talked about the few sentences mentioned in it, and no third person in the world knew about them.
For example, if you take an oath at a young age, your heirs will be left alone...
Another example is being without children, being alone in the palace...
It's even more like being on the stage and dying without a burial place...
These three prophecies correspond to Yuan Ke, Gao Ying, and Gao Zhao respectively. Relatively speaking, the first two have been fulfilled.
Yuan Ke has died and has no heirs, so naturally what has been fulfilled cannot be fulfilled again. And Gao Ying is already the Queen Mother, is it possible that she can still leave the palace and get married?
Naturally, he will die alone...
At that time, Li Chengzhi thought that Gao Zhao was testing him to see if he would rebel. But until he met Gao Meng, and later learned that Gao Meng was mining kerosene in Xiazhou, and that Gao Zhao was manipulating the six towns, Li Chengzhi
Only then did he suddenly realize the purpose of the secret letter sent by Gao Zhao.
The first two have been fulfilled, is the third still far behind?
This was Yuan Ke's last decree, but when Yuan Jia passed away, Gao Zhao would be the one to take the post of Taiwei. If Gao Zhao didn't want to end up like the proverb, he naturally had to make preparations early.
Gao Zhao, prepare for an uprising...
At first I thought it was unbelievable: Just because of the magic stick’s deception, Gao Zhao was going to risk the annihilation of the nine tribes for rebelling?
But if you want to go deeper, it feels natural.
Without the "Mao Jin Dao", the prophecy of "Mu Zi Li" has been passed down for many generations, and the number of rebellions caused by this in the twenty-four dynasties was not ten thousand but eight thousand.
For example, the rumor of "Maitreya coming to the world" is ever-lasting and has been popular for nearly two thousand years. How many Buddha kings, sons of Buddha, and holy mothers have appeared?
What's more, Gaozhao needs the right time, the right location, and the right people to be harmonious.
If in another two years, when the world is in chaos and all the heroes rise up, Li Chengzhi might make a deal with Gao Zhaoxu and become him a dog-headed strategist. He will secretly recuperate and accumulate strength.
But although chaos has arisen now, the Yuan and Wei Dynasties are far from falling apart. Li Chengzhi clearly knows that the sooner he takes the lead, the faster he can open the business, so how can he dare to join Gao Zhao?
Naturally, I can only try my best to separate myself from Gao Zhao and make myself as clean as possible. At the same time, I can pretend to be aggrieved and suffer.
But who would have thought that Gao Zhao didn't want to let him go. Now he's even showing off his plans to force him to express his stance.
It is impossible to agree.
But after falling out like this, it is naturally impossible to live in peace. In all likelihood, Gao Zhao will regard himself as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh, and he will quickly get rid of it.
Cui Guang, this old man, has a really vicious mouth. Although the reasons and experiences are very different, the result is the same as he expected.
Why is Gao Zhao so anxious?
It seems that the arrow is already on the string and has to be fired?
Li Chengzhi was thinking wildly and wandering to other places, but Gao Zhao was impatient to wait.
He slightly curled his knuckles and knocked on a few cases. When Li Chengzhi came back to his senses, he said leisurely: "In the past few months, I have heard a little bit even though I was far away in Beizhen. Because Xiaoxiao was secretly doing something to make you
Is there an unexpected gap between you and the Queen Mother?
I don’t know the rights and wrongs of it, so I won’t comment on it. But as a minister, you should be in awe. So when I enter the city later, I will go to see the Queen Mother and tell you something. What do you think?” p>
Explain?
This is clearly forcing him to express his position: If he is not a comrade, he is an enemy.
And even if I just want to do it perfunctory, it’s impossible.
Thinking about it, you can know that Gao Zhao must have a back-up plan, and it is more likely to be a series of moves. As long as he nods his head at this time, it won't take long for Gao Zhao to completely tie himself to his pirate ship.
Compared with this old thief, his resourcefulness and scheming are only secondary. With just his background, Gao Zhao was able to throw Li Chengzhi thousands of miles away.
How many days has he been an official?
During the reign of Gao Zhao and Yuan Ke, he had great power in both the government and the public for nearly ten years. There were so many party members, disciples, and even secretly attached minions.
Otherwise, why would Yuan Ying dare not close his eyes for a long time, and why would Cui Guang and others feel like they are facing a formidable enemy?
Therefore, Li Chengzhi knew very well that whether he should or should not, if Van Gogh walked out of this door, his life would not be easy.
Traveling around the mountains and rivers, reciting poems and writing poems, focusing on the mountains and rivers?
Go ahead and dream!
But it is impossible to agree to it, otherwise wouldn’t all these days of grievance be in vain?
Li Chengzhi let out a slow breath and looked directly at Gao Zhao without any evasion: "Thank you Sikong for your love, I won't bother Sikong!"