Chapter 465: Peaceful Difficulty

Chapter 465: Peaceful Difficulty

According to common sense, the person who should make the speech regarding such matters that concern the overall situation should naturally be Wei Laosan.

However, it was Li Tong who spoke.

"I live in the academy now."

Li Tong smiled and said, "The secret envoys from Liao came to see me twice. After I rejected their requests, I was forced to move to the academy."

Zhao Yushu understood. When Li Jian first ascended the throne, he had two main supporters, one was Li Tong and the other was Duke of Yue. Without these two people, Li Jian would be nothing.

So no matter what the Liao Kingdom wanted to do, Li Tong was the first person they would look for. When Li Tong refused, the Duke of Yue recommended the fourth prince of the Liao Kingdom, and Li Tong was forced to flee the palace.

It was obvious that the Duke of Yue had reached a cooperation with the Liao Kingdom. As a powerful duke whose only son was beheaded in public by Zhao Yushu, there must have been many reasons to persuade him, such as offering Zhao Yushu's head.

"You and your daughter have been running the business in Dongdu for such a long time. Li Jian has no foundation. Why did you just run away like this?"

When Zhao Yushu insults someone, he doesn't give them any face, no matter if they are the most beautiful woman in Dongdu or a princess.

Li Tong glared at him unceremoniously: "Because Li Jian has come to his senses, and is as crazy as his brother. If he is unhappy, he will get angry and beat me to death at any time. Do you understand?"

I see, you are afraid of death.

"eat first."

Wen Jijiu interrupted again, raised his glass, and both the host and the guests were delighted.

Lan Rong was very attentive. He not only bought a house, but also prepared a lot of servants and maids. Although Zhao Yushu never wanted to be served by others due to ideological problems, and even Ji Leng and A Yao never really regarded them as servants, he would not ask others to do the same.

"Is there a room for me?"

After dinner, Zhao Yushu approached Lan Ling with a shy face.

"Yes, there are three rooms in the east courtyard. One is for you, the two little men, and Old Ge. The west courtyard is for me, my sister, and Xiao Cao."

"Who is Xiaocao?"

"It's my maid. Haven't you seen her?"

"・・・"

"・・・"

In the evening, he accompanied Ge Lao to drink a lot of wine. Zhao Yushu lay on the soft bed, feeling emotional. After struggling for several months, he could finally settle down. He didn't have to worry about anything. The house was bought and the bed was made, and even the heated kang was turned on. This was the life of a rich person.

This story tells us that either you have money or you find a rich partner.

But I'm afraid I'll have to run around again later.

At dawn, Zhao Yushu was awakened by shouting.

"What are you doing?"

Zhao Yushu rubbed his eyes and came to the yard, watching two teenagers, one big and one small, playing with wooden sticks non-stop. Old Ge was sitting on a rattan chair beside them holding a teapot, and Lan Ling was standing behind him, massaging his back obediently.

"Not everyone is as talented as you, Mr. Liu, who can learn things quickly. If you want to stand out, you naturally have to work harder. When I was their age, I got up earlier."

Mr. Ge has learned bad things and applied the palace's weird attitude to himself. He might as well just scold himself for being lazy.

Zhao Yushu touched his head and said, "Well, I'm going to have breakfast first."

"Mr. San said that you should go to the academy after dinner."

Lan Ling called out from afar, and Zhao Yushu waved his hand in response.

Really, there is no rest for a single day.

Zhao Yushu looked around the familiar top floor of the Book Tower and knew that today's meeting should be very important.

Gu Changfeng is not here, and everyone except himself is a mortal.

Wei You, Li Tong, Shen Dabao.

"Based on the information you and Senior Brother sent me, I analyzed it overnight and felt that your friends should be fine. Zuo Shi, also known as the leader, is a proud man. He defected to the underworld in large part because the foundation he built with his own hands turned out to be fragile, which made him very desperate. Now that Yang He, the disguised leader, has stabilized the situation, he should be happy to help. He may even lend a hand when necessary."

Wei You put down his brush and said, "So I wrote a letter to Meng Yan, asking him to do something in Lingnan. If nothing goes wrong, a batch of grain will be shipped from Lingnan after the New Year. The academy will repay this favor on behalf of the Red Lotus Sect, and it will be counted as your reward for your trip to Jiangnan this time."

Zhao Yushu bowed and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

Wei You blew the ink off the paper and sealed the envelope and put it aside. "Teacher went all the way north and finally sent a message back that he had reached Kunlun Mountain. He should be discussing the Dao with Zixiao Zhenren at this time and will rush to the grassland soon. No matter whether the Lord of the Underworld is a Liao or not, with Teacher here, he will have to restrain himself from doing anything he wants to do. At least, he will not be able to interfere in the situation in the Central Plains."

Zhao Yushu pulled up a chair and sat down: "Is there anyone suspicious?"

Wei You glanced at Li Tong, who put down the book in his hand and said calmly, "Yes, there are many. The most suspicious one is the Liao State Master. His cultivation is very low, only the third level. However, according to reliable information, the plan to persuade the Duke of Yue to recommend the Fourth Prince to lead troops to guard Hangu Pass was his work."

A resourceful opponent.

"Why not, be more direct."

Zhao Yushu stroked his neck with his fingers.

"Maybe I wouldn't have considered it before, but now I am really considering it. So, the fifth sister has gone to Liao."

Zhao Yushu's body tensed up. It was a consensus throughout the world that high-ranking officials should not be killed without the use of cultivators' methods, because a chaotic social structure could not efficiently produce value. Cultivators were also human beings with seven emotions and six desires, and they also needed to eat and enjoy life. Only a stable society and stable development could provide sufficient resources.

And now, even a counselor like Wei You has begun to consider assassination, which shows that the situation has deteriorated to the point that he cannot come up with more gentle means.

"If the leader's medicine spreads, it will not be a small matter."

Since the wolf girl has left, there is no need for me to go to the Liao Kingdom for the time being. It is better to focus my energy on solving the problems left behind by the leader.

Wei You nodded: "Yuezhou's medicine is just a cover. In essence, it is to attract Yan Hui and cause opposition between the academy and Buddhism. If the leader really needs a trial field, I am still wondering where he will choose."

Li Tong stood up, walked to a folding screen, and pulled off the veil on it, revealing a large map that stretched from Japan in the east to the vast ocean in the west, from the Polar Regions in the north to the oceans in the south.

"The late emperor and Li Jian both loved this thing, so I made one too. It really makes people want to conquer the world, and its magic power is second only to that chair."

Li Tong stroked the screen with her slender fingers, heading southwest from Dongdu: "Boss Shen, what do you think will happen to Jiannan Road soon?"

Shen Dabao, who had been listening, stood up and said, "News came from Yizhou that after Master Yanhui passed away, his body was temporarily taken back to the Iron Elephant Temple in Shuzhong by a monk, waiting for the Great Compassion Temple to claim it. However, the Tibetan master held a letter stating that Yanhui had said that after his death, his body would be given to Tibet to be made into a golden statue."

Zhao Yushu narrowed his eyes: "It might be a fierce fight."

Li Tong smiled slightly: "Since it is a fierce fight, how can there be no shortage of cultivators."

Wei You knocked on the table and said, "Jiannan Dao has asked for help from Shushan Sect just in case."

Zhao Yushu covered his forehead and said, "The road to Shu is difficult."