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Chapter 186: One Year Limit
At night, in Luo Yang City, there were gusts of yin and wind, and the monsters that used to hug from behind had long since dispersed, and the demon soldiers and generals were also destroyed. In the big east capital, only ghosts cry at night.
In the deepest part of the Ten Mile River Han, the Black Flood Dragon was full of scars, and the Demon Seed under the scales had become concrete, showing a rotten An Lushan form. The scene was extremely strange, as if a black "person" full of carrion had grown from the throat of a giant flood dragon.
With the sound of footsteps, Hei Jiao's eyes opened suddenly, and Jiao's eyes shined in front of him with a bleeding red light.
A man in black walked slowly, and the black dragon suddenly held his breath. There was silence in the cave, and the needle dropped.
"It seems that the separation was very successful." The man in black said.
An Lushan in the black dragon's scales opened his mouth, hissed and sneered, as if he had glimpsed the intention of the man in black.
"I really didn't expect it." The voice of An Lushan was Yang Guozhong's tone.
"I didn't expect anything?" The man in black said lightly.
"Unexpectedly, it was you who came to make a deal with me at this moment." Ha Yu said in a deep voice.
"Do you know I'm here to make a deal?"
"If it weren't for a deal, how can you come alone? Just talk about your terms."
The man in black was silent, raised his eyes and stared at Ha Prison. Ha Prison suddenly shook. Two white lights shot out from the black man’s eyes, which poured into the middle of Ha Prison’s forehead. There are countless scene changes in the eyes of Hae Prison, and finally freezes in the burning Luo Yang city.
"Sure enough, even you can't let go of this power..."
"I have no interest in the demon seed at all." The man in black slowly said, "After the event is over, you will become your demon."
Hao Yu said in a deep voice: "The Peacock King has been given a new life. Once Li Jinglong finds all six weapons, you don't have much chance of winning."
"Aren't you gambling too?" The white light in the black-clothed man's eyes converged, and said slowly, "You fled to Luo Yang, no longer going north, staying here, but want to take a gamble at the end and see if I will come. "
Haji was silent.
"Li Jinglong, I'll take care of it myself." The black-clothed man said solemnly, "He will never get the wisdom sword. After a year, he will use the five weapons to fight in a hasty battle, and the end can be imagined."
Hao gave out a harsh laugh, and finally said: "It's ridiculous that I thought I had nothing to do, but in the end it was all under your control...That's it!"
At the end of summer and early autumn, the land in the middle of Shu was lush with green leaves, not half a bleak meaning. After crossing the Three Gorges, the river surface was covered with mist, the climate was extremely humid, and the smell of grass was all you could hear all day long. The exorcists landed in Yuzhou City. At this time, Yuzhou was already full of officials, people, and family members who had been evacuated from the Central Plains. The Tang army checked the people who came and went, so the riverside city was so lively.
Goodbye Tang Army, Hongjun suddenly had a cordial intention, as if he had returned to the world from an end time. With the Anshi Rebellion, Bashu suddenly swarmed into nearly a million people, and many people dragged their families to the west. Since ancient times, Yuzhou has been bordered by the Sichuan Plain and has become a natural barrier standing among the mountains and protecting the Shu land. The commercial roads are prosperous and flourishing. The rice is cooked twice a year. In the Central Plains, you can buy a bucket of rice with twelve Tongbao, and Bayu only needs eight. Money. Even in the chaos of war, prices have not been pushed up.
"Huh?" Ashnajon said, "Isn't that Han Guolan? Hey! Fatty! Fatty!"
Ah Tai and Han Guolan have always been acquainted with each other, Chang'an City is broken, and the Hu Chamber of Commerce moved to Yuzhou collectively. When Han Guolan saw Li Jinglong everyone, he hurriedly shouted: "It's an exorcist!"
As soon as they heard it, the businessmen rushed forward and asked about the battle situation in the Central Plains and the way of businessmen. It was nothing more than when to regain lost ground in Changan, Luo Yang and other areas, and when to go back to do business, etc. Li Jinglong took a lot of toss and got out of the chamber. Rest your feet. They said goodbye to each other and couldn't help but sigh. When Han Guolan mentioned the situation in Chengdu, it was said that Li Longji was no longer in charge of state affairs and was about to change the dynasty and was succeeded by Prince Li Heng.
"You must be careful when you go here." Han Guolan reminded Li Jinglong, "After the Chang'an city was broken, rumors were everywhere, saying that the Exorcist Division was weak."
"The way of heaven is perpetual, not for the Yao to survive, not to die." Li Jinglong drank a sip of tea, and said helplessly, "The land of China is a calamity in a thousand years. It is the time of the catastrophe. What can I do?"
What Li Jinglong said was true. After leaving Chang'an, he always wondered, if he started from scratch, is there any way to make China suffer less in this catastrophe? The answer is impossible. The descending of the heavenly demons is the inevitable result of countless dynasties change and frequent wars in this thousand years. The King of Ghosts also told him that there has been a dynasty and national war in the hundreds of years since the end of the Han Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period, Chibi was burned and the two Jins were adorned and sailed south. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, large-scale uprisings and massacres broke out. The number of abnormal deaths in China has increased from generation to generation, and the rate of change is getting faster and faster. By the time of the De'an History, the world can no longer purify this hostility, and no one can peacefully eliminate it.
The exorcists finally had the feeling of returning to the dust. Li Jinglong said to Han Guolan: "Do you have any cloth? Get two clothes for the brothers, so that you can see your majesty."
The war in Chang'an was in peace. It was due to the exorcist division's turn to do business. He still needs Li Jinglong to do business in the Chamber of Commerce in Japan. Han Guolan is a wise man and dare not neglect everyone, so he immediately ordered people to find good Shu brocade fabrics and follow the official clothes. The style has been redone for everyone in two sets. Hongjun and the others took a bath, took a few days off, put on new clothes, refreshed, and all the members of the Exorcism Department finally survived the disaster, borrowed horses, and went to Chengdu to meet Li Longji.
It takes only two days from Yuzhou to Chengdu City, and along the way into the Chengdu Plain, it is the autumn harvest season. Looking at the fields, the fields are golden and the rice ears pressed. Compared with the mountain city of Yuzhou, Chengdu is another scene. The two thousand-year-old ancient capital stands in the plains. It is simple and majestic. The city walls are brick by brick, which reveals a little desolation.
Thousands of years have not changed since Du Yu founded the ancient kingdom of Shu. The people in the city have leisure and nothing to do, and the abundance of products makes this city full of nap fatigue all the time. Under the autumn sun, flowers bloom. The sound of silk and bamboo makes people tired.
"It is said that you can never enter Sichuan." Qiu Yongsi said, "I really don't want to do anything when I come here."
Li Jinglong said: "Fortunately, the prince has moved to Lingwu temporarily. I will see your Majesty first, and then I will take you to play with the saint."
"The Exorcist Division Li Jinglong and all his staff members met—"
When Li Jinglong returned, Li Heng had just been on his forefoot for less than three days, and he was discussing succession with a group of courtiers. Hearing that everyone was shocked, Li Heng immediately ordered Li Jinglong to take people into the hall, and even Xiejian and other tedious tasks were also avoided. .
Li Jinglong came to the palace for a glimpse, and saw Gao Lishi, Yu Chaoen, Guo Ziyi, Tongping Zhangshi Du Hongjian, and a group of civil servants of the Tang court. There is no hall in the Chengdu palace, and everyone is sitting in front of each case. , But only 20 cases.
"There are only so few people left?" Li Jinglong's first words were surprised.
Guo Ziyi said: "The country is in a difficult situation. Many adults lost their lives when they moved west. It is really gratifying that the Exorcist Division is still there."
Guo Ziyi was the veteran of the three dynasties. Although Li Jinglong was named Yadanhou, he did not dare to make trouble in front of him. Li Heng said coldly: "Since I'm back, I'll take a seat."
All the officials watched Li Jinglong and everyone else. After Li Jinglong took his seat, the exorcists sat behind him. They were discussing the transfer of the capital to the throne. But when Li Jinglong came, Li Heng finally couldn't hold back and asked, "How about Changan? ?"
How can it be? You ran away first and left us to clean up the mess. Li Jinglong thought in his heart. Without mentioning it on the face, he warned the god Kun, and said that Chang'an and Luo Yang must be inhabitable for three years. Li Hengchao asked Morigen: "An Lushan is dead?"
"died."
"Not dead." Li Jinglong and Morigen said separately.
Everyone: "..."
Li Jinglong and Morigen looked at each other, and finally Li Jinglong said, "I didn't die, I escaped to Luo Yang." While holding a glass of water, he looked at Li Heng's face.
"You exorcist department first said that An Lushan is a demon." Yu Chaoen couldn't help but said, "Let the people of the city evacuate from Chang'an and flee, and fight back. An Lushan is still at home, but it makes Chang'an smog. You still have a face. Come to see your Majesty?"
Li Heng stopped Li Jinglong and said, "How long will it take to remove Shi Siming?"
Li Jinglong replied: "Shi Siming has nothing to do with the demon. We will not be in charge of the exorcist. We will not kill mortals.
Li Heng was choked for an instant and said, "You are my Great Tang minister. Now that the country is in trouble, it makes no sense to refuse to lead the crowd to fight! Li Jinglong! Are you bargaining with me?!"
"What is a demon?" Yu Chaoen almost gritted his teeth, "What is a mortal, isn't it your final decision?"
"Everyone sees the devil." Li Jinglong retorted, "Why did I say? It was a good idea for my subordinates to withdraw from Chang'an in the past. Don't you need to nod your majesty and your majesty? Now you still want to take this matter on me? "
Li Heng felt that Li Jinglong had disappeared two years ago, but now that he reappears, he seems to have changed himself. Although it has often been heard that Li Jinglong is a tough one, he will not sell his face when he is stubborn, even if he is facing his own emperor Lao Tzu Dare to stand up, now it seems that Li Heng would rather have been fainted than choking others.
"As for An Lushan." Li Jinglong said solemnly, "Since it is settled on us, this matter must have a beginning and an end. The rebels are in trouble, and they don't think about my Great Tang's bad governance. Instead, they let a few exorcists back their hands and let me wait. Where did the reason for capturing and killing the opposing leader in a thousand troops?"
When they heard this, everyone cheered in their hearts, only to feel that Li Jinglong was really fighting, and let out a nasty breath. Hongjun was even more faintly aware that Li Jinglong now, compared to him who received his heart light for the first time, and compared to him who lost his heart light... as if there was something different.
If Li Jinglong when he first met was like a hard sword, it was extremely easy to break and hard to explain; then he was so round and broad-minded that it was a bit unreasonable; later, he felt self-pity and hard to escape. Now, in front of him, he actually has a faint temperament of hardness and softness, neither humble nor overbearing.
Guo Ziyi couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Looking up to the name of Yadanhou for a long time." Guo Ziyi said, "Today I finally see the Exorcist Division who can't even control the Tianjia."
"The original intention of the Exorcist Division was to protect the emperor and the heavenly family." Li Jinglong said, "to protect the people from demons and evil spirits. But the way of guarding is determined by ourselves, which has always been the case.
Li Jinglong had expected the Exorcist Division to stay in Chang'an, and finally tossed like this. There must be much discussion. Besides, Li Heng originally wanted to kill Concubine Yang and others while sending Li Longji away. Even Gao Lishi didn't want to let go. Over. Hongjun blocked them, naturally, he wouldn't give them the slightest expression.
But the Exorcist Department paid a great price in this war, and it can even be described as tragic. Yu Chaoen is just an eunuch, who has no military merits and only knows how to get power. Now he is blaming Li Jinglong, which is simply an insult. Exorcism Division. The faces of the people behind Li Jinglong were extremely ugly, but Hongjun suddenly said, "Hey, aren't you the eunuch? I remember you ran away early, how did you survive?"
Hongjun once saw Yu Chaoen in the palace, and felt that he was familiar, and everyone was immediately embarrassed. Yu Chaoen was choked by these words and his face went blue.
"Hongjun." Li Jinglong had a smile in his eyes, and motioned him not to speak.
Li Heng couldn't bear it and said, "Kong Hongjun! You are too arrogant!"
Hongjun frowned and was about to fight back, seeing that Li Jinglong finally held back. Li Jinglong only regarded it as inaudible, and then explained what he had learned so far, and said seriously: "That's it."
The information that Chaoyun passed back was brought by the birds. The birds were everywhere. The information they obtained was even more detailed than that of Tang Army scouts. Shi Siming's army layout, An Lushan's remaining party, and many marching arrangements, even Li Heng. do not know. Guo Ziyi frowned and judged, knowing it all made sense.
"Another time." Li Jinglong said, "I will lead my men to explore the magic weapon for defeating the enemy, and I must leave Chengdu by then."
Guo Ziyi said: "How long will it take to completely eliminate An Lushan?"
Li Jinglong turned around and looked at everyone.
"Is it all right for one year?" Li Jinglong asked all the subordinates.
Li Heng: "Li Jinglong, you..."
Li Jinglong was still discussing it on the spot in the hall, and he simply didn't pay attention to Li Heng. Everyone thought about it, and they all agreed.
Li Jinglong said to Guo Ziyi: "One year is the limit."
Li Jinglong also remembered that he had not consulted his subordinates when he was asked, but he decided not to open up the instructions of King Fudo Ming, so as not to put too much pressure on everyone.
Guo Ziyi said: "Within one year, I will cut off the soldiers and horses of Shi Siming in Hedong, Hanguguan, Hebei and other places, and recover Luo Yang."
"A word is settled." Li Jinglong said.
It appeared that among the ministers and princes, only Guo Ziyi was more reliable, and Li Jinglong obviously did not intend to stay to quarrel, so he left after drinking tea.
"Where is Li Bai?" Hongjun couldn't help asking Li Jinglong before he left. He was very worried about Li Bai's situation. Although he knew he was safe and sound, he still needed to visit to feel relieved.
Guo Ziyi heard it, and replied: "Hexi Wei Du Zimei is a poet. There is a cottage in the east of Chengdu. Li Taibai often goes there, and I must be here these days."
Hongjun thanked Guo Ziyi, and everyone from the Exorcism Division left.
For a while, the ministers in the hall were awkward, and Li Heng was beaten by Li Jinglong and ridiculed mercilessly. He immediately suffocated his chest. The previous discussion was even less vigorous, and he ordered the ministers to disperse. Guo Ziyi got the latest military report and had to go back immediately to make preparations for Shi Siming's army.
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