The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 236: Storm (Part )

Last time we talked about Li Yi carrying Xiao Ruoping to the bed, saying that he wanted to do something between a man and a woman. We don’t understand, so we won’t ask. Let’s just read on.

Before dawn, Li Yi had already pulled up his pants and left. When Xiao Ruoping woke up, she reached out and touched the still warm bed, and she couldn't tell whether she was in a good or bad mood. She got up and opened the window to breathe some fresh air, but when she opened the window, she saw dark thunderclouds gathering over Jiankang, and the oppressive feeling made her feel suffocated.

Xiao Ruoping looked up at the sky and muttered, "The rain is finally coming. It's been held back for so many days, I'm afraid it will be heavy." As soon as she finished speaking, a strong wind blew up, making the windows bang against each other, making a continuous clanging sound. Xiao Ruoping closed the window and thought to herself: Is it going to happen today?

The raindrops fell, from small to large, from slow to fast. Thunder echoed in the sky, from dark to bright, from east to west. At this time, Xiao Yongming and Xiao Yonghong were drinking in the palace. Xiao Yongming asked, "How is Su Xiao?"

"I've checked her out. It's nothing serious. She's just weak to begin with, and she lost so much blood. Her qi and blood are not flowing well, and she feels weak all over. She'll be fine after a few days of rest."

"Well, that's good. By the way, you came here yesterday to talk about something, right? Because that Su Xiao made a fuss about it, but today you have a rare free day, so go ahead and tell me what you want to say."

Xiao Yonghong put down his wine glass and said, "Brother Emperor, I know you are worried about Li Yi. This kid has indeed caused a big disaster, but I think there are other ways to solve this problem. There is no need to go through so much trouble."

Xiao Yongming chuckled and said, "It's a problem that even I have a headache about. What can you do about it? Isn't it troublesome? Tell me about it quickly."

Seeing that his brother was in a good mood, Xiao Yonghong said, "Then I will tell you. If what I said is wrong, please don't be angry. I just want to help you share your worries."

"Okay, go ahead!"

"I also said last time that this matter was caused by Shen Yue who disregarded the emperor's will and privately ordered the killing of Li Yi's family. He was at fault first. In this case, my brother can punish him and dismiss him from office first. This will also be an explanation to Li Yi.

Of course, Li Yi openly assassinated outside the imperial city and defied the imperial power, so he should be punished! However, he was a special envoy of the Northern Wei Dynasty, representing the Wei Kingdom. Since it was the Northern Wei Kingdom that first defied the power of Daliang, it should expel the envoys and write a letter to the world, so that everyone in the world knows that it was the Wei Kingdom that was wrong, and we refused the marriage.

In this way, there will be no war, no harm to the state, and Qizhen will not have to marry far away in the north. It will just be a pity for Shen Yue. When the matter is settled, the emperor can let him return to his post. If it is not enough, he can compensate him. As for his son Shen Lu, why not give him a half-official position, and the matter will be solved in this way. "

After hearing this, Xiao Yongming said contemptuously: "Humph! Punish Shen Yue? Only you can say such a thing! Only you think that doing so does not lose the dignity of the country! If I punish Shen Yue first, wouldn't it become that we in Daliang are wrong first?"

"Brother, the fact is that he, Shen Yue..."

Xiao Yongming waved his hands and said, "Alright, alright, your idea is useless, it's the same as not saying it at all! Drink a penalty, drink a penalty!"

Suddenly, a flash of lightning streaked across the dark sky, followed by thunder, and it felt like the earth was shaking. This frightened Xiao Yonghong so much that he dropped the wine glass in his hand. Xiao Yongming said unhappily, "What's wrong? It's just a thunder and you're so scared! Look at your lack of ability!"

At this moment, Li Yi, dressed in Xianbei clothing, a chest protector and shoulder armor, cowhide wrist guards, and carrying a crescent silver bow on his back, held in both hands the manifesto written by the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Jun, and walked towards the gate of Jiankang Palace step by step, while the thunderclouds in the sky followed his footsteps and pressed towards the palace.

This scene is exactly like the poem "Song of the Governor of Yanmen", but it is slightly different:

Dark clouds are pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it; the silver bow is falling towards the west.

The Milky Way overturned and water fell from the sky. The people of Guizhou looked at the river and saw a divine turtle.

The cold light of thunder appears in the sky, and the sound spreads thousands of miles without fail.

They fulfilled the emperor's mission and established new rules in Liang and Wei from then on.

In the heavy rain, Li Yi walked forward alone, but no raindrops hit him! The road in front of Li Yi was wet, and the road behind him was also wet, but every step he took was dry under his feet! It was as if there was a layer of water-proof cover around him, isolating the rain.

Li Yi walked to the gate of Jiankang Palace with a domineering step. He opened the golden scroll and read aloud: "A letter to the world!

I, the Emperor of Wei Tuoba Jun, personally drafted a letter to announce to the world that Emperor Xiao Ming of Liang was hypocritical and did not spare his daughter, used his beauty to seduce my important ministers, and then tried to alienate us, recruited us in every way, and provoked us in every way. However, my monarch and his ministers are united in heart, and cannot be broken by the power of spring grass and summer insects, or sealed by the cold of autumn frost and winter snow.

When a foolish ruler is in power, there will be divine punishment. The East China Sea will overturn, flooding will occur and disasters will occur. The dike will burst for a hundred miles and Kuaiji will become a swamp.

Li Yi, a minister of Wei, cared about the people, regardless of north or south. He sang songs of good deeds and his reputation spread to Jiankang. He raised 80,000 silver coins to provide disaster relief to the people, demonstrating his benevolence and righteousness.

Xiao's lone wolf, who only cared about profit, embezzled the charity funds to finance the army, and less than half of the money was used to save the people. This act of forgetting righteousness for the sake of profit shows his greedy and tyrannical heart.

Xiao Lang saw Yi's ability and sought Wei Xian. His evil plan failed, so he sent the murderer north to enter our capital and kill the women in order to frame us. Fortunately, the heavens protected us and the women were not hurt. He carried out such a despicable and treacherous plan, which shows his wolfish and treacherous nature.

Xiao Lang's cruelty was evident long ago. He slaughtered members of the royal family, persecuted his brother, seized power by trickery, coerced and bribed, and falsely claimed the mandate of heaven to cheat the throne. He became king by gaining a tripod, paid money to powerful families, used Buddhism to make money, indulged evil spirits, and caused disasters again. Recently, the prosperity of our race has been set back by a thousand years.

......"

Tuoba Jun wrote a thousand-word essay scolding Xiao Yongming, scolding Xiao Yongming from childhood to old age. Even Empress Dowager Xiao said it was very satisfying after reading it, and wanted to find another concubine for her son as a reward.

When Xiao Yongming in Jiankang Palace listened to Li Yi reciting the "Book to the World", words like "uncontrollable rage", "hair standing on end", and "angry as hell" were no longer able to fully express his anger. The emperor jumped to his feet while listening and shouted at Li Yi to shut up. If the word "furious as thunder" was used, it would be more accurate.

It's no wonder. Li Yi's voice has now spread throughout Jiankang, and Tuoba Jun's manifesto was deliberately not written to be difficult to understand so that the people can understand it. In addition, Li Yi's reading was clear and loud. How could Xiao Yongming, who cherished his reputation the most, tolerate this!

He shouted a few times but knew it was useless, so he simply raised his hand and mobilized the dragon energy and waved it towards the sky, accompanied by a dragon roar. Of course, ordinary people could not hear this sound, but Li Yi and Master Zhu could hear it.

With a roar, the golden dragon flew out, headed straight for the sky, flew through the clouds against the wind, came to the palace gate, and looked down. The golden dragon saw Li Yi and did not hesitate, shouting and rushing over. This time, Li Yi stood still and continued to recite the manifesto. In other words, Li Yi did not indulge it at all this time!

At the moment when the golden dragon rushed towards him, the giant dragon with golden horns, golden fins, blue body and purple belly appeared and coiled around Li Yi. The golden-horned blue dragon roared at the golden dragon that was rushing towards it. The golden dragon instantly slowed down, slowly landed on the ground, and examined the blue dragon in front of it.

Xiao Yongming in Jiankang Palace stood there in shock, he knew that his divine power could no longer suppress Li Yi, and Li Yi was now able to control the dragon energy freely. Xiao Yongming listened to Li Yi's abuse in the air, and suddenly his eyes went dark, and he fainted.

"Royal brother! Royal brother! Quickly call the imperial physician!"

At this time, the second prince Xiao Zongji had led the imperial guards to surround Li Yi, but no one, including himself, dared to take a step forward, not even Er Chen.

Li Yi finished reciting the last sentence: "I sent an edict to the whole country, and all the historians heard of it." He put away the scroll and looked at the golden dragon. He raised his hand, and the golden-horned blue dragons around him moved forward. The two dragons suddenly entangled together like two snakes. But as Li Yi raised his hand, stretched out his palm, and clenched his fist, the golden dragon suddenly dissipated and turned into golden light floating towards Jiankang Palace.

Li Yi stood up and said, "The Emperor of Wei said that it was Emperor Liang who sent people to assassinate my family. I guess he came to this conclusion after interrogating the guards who carried out the assassination. Your Highness, why don't you go back and ask the Emperor of Liang who gave the order? If your Majesty can't give me a clear explanation..."

Xiao Zongji shouted, "What do you want? Do you dare to kill the king?"

Li Yi waved his hand and smiled, "If Your Majesty cannot give me an explanation, then I will pass this proclamation from city to city until it spreads throughout the nine states and the world knows about it! If the Second Prince thinks he can catch me, then why not give it a try!

By the way, please tell the Second Prince that I am going to see Su Xiao later and ask the brothers of Youwei not to stop me, so as not to hurt the relationship. "

Xiao Zongji said angrily: "Li Yi, do you really think that there is no one in Daliang?"

Li Yi waved his hand and smiled, "I don't think so. Isn't Wei Hu your best fighter? Why don't you ask him to come? But I heard that he has already rushed to Huainan to challenge Dugu Long in a duel."

Seeing Xiao Zongji's angry eyes, Li Yi nodded and smiled, "Good eyes! Second Prince, I like the way you can't stand me but can't get rid of me! If Liang and Wei go to war, Second Prince had better not rush too far forward, be careful of the sword!"

After Li Yi finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the Seven Swords flew over by itself. He snapped his fingers again and the evil sword came out of the box. Li Yi stepped on the sword and waved his hand, saying, "See you later, Second Prince. Don't forget to pass on my message! I'm leaving!" After that, he flew away on the sword. Just after Li Yi left, the sky seemed to have been pierced by a naughty child. It was the Milky Way that fell to the ground, and heavy rain poured down...

The dragon energy returned, and Xiao Yongming opened his eyes. His first reaction was to shout, "Someone, come here! Where is Li Yi? Capture him for me! I'm going to chop him alive!"

"Report, urgent report from Jingzhou! Military situation is urgent!"

Xiao Zonggang said angrily: "Didn't you see that father just woke up? Report later!"

Xiao Zongji tried to stop him, saying, "No, this is urgent military information and we cannot delay any further!" After that, he reached out and took the message tube from the eunuch and opened it in public. After he finished reading it, he was stunned and kept silent.

Xiao Yongming frowned and said, "What scared you like this? Tell me!"

Xiao Zongji looked at his father and said in a helpless tone, "The two hundred fast ships and the ten thousand elite naval forces that were originally stationed at the Jiangbei Water Fort in Xiangyang have disappeared. The emperor's uncle said that no enemy ships were seen at the sentries along the river."

Xiao Yongming snatched the military report with an angry look on his face. He read it and shouted, "Ten thousand naval forces disappeared? What is the purpose of his Jingzhou navy? That's two hundred ships! Two hundred!"

"Report! King Shouyang is reporting urgently that Dugu Long has led more than a thousand elite cavalrymen across the Huai River. They have not captured a single city or occupied a single piece of land, but are heading south. They are now approaching Xinchang. King Shouyang asks Your Majesty to prepare for it early!"

Xiao Yongming dropped the military report in his hand. He was surprised and asked, "What did you say? Say it again?"

"Dugu Long of the Northern Wei Dynasty has led more than a thousand elite cavalry to Xinchang County!"

Crown Prince Xiao Zongqing took the military report and read it, saying unhappily: "Uncle, did you make a mistake? What can these thousand-odd cavalry do?" But when he finished reading the military report, he turned to look at his father and said in a desperate tone: "Father, uncle said that Wei Hu was defeated. He only fought Dugu Long for more than thirty moves before he was knocked off his horse and seriously injured."

"Your Majesty, Liu Hong requests an audience!"

Xiao Yongming seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and hurriedly said, "Quick, let him in!"

Liu Hong stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty sent a letter saying that the situation in the northern border is urgent. I dare not delay and have traveled day and night, flying back on my sword, hoping to lead the troops into battle."

Xiao Yongming came down the steps and helped him up, saying with concern, "Thank you for your hard work, my dear Liu. If it hadn't happened suddenly, I wouldn't have been so anxious to summon you back to the capital! Draft an imperial decree to appoint Liu Hong as Marquis of Huainan, General Pingbei and Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, and Commander of the Yanjia Army!"

Liu Hong should not be promoted too quickly. Before receiving the imperial edict yesterday evening, he was still suspended from his post to make meritorious contributions. In just one day, he was directly promoted to a marquis and a general! This General Pingbei is at the same level as Chen Xin's General Anbei, both are third-rank generals. This is really a promotion in a critical moment.