Chapter 17: The Ominous Instrument
At this point in time, the Son of Heaven let these "religious figures" enter Beijing, and at this juncture he wants to sacrifice to the heavens for divination, so the intention is actually obvious.
He wanted to find an excuse for this war.
To put it more bluntly, today's Son of Heaven wants to put the responsibility for this war on the illusory God.
After all, unless it is a last resort, the Central Plains Dynasty will rarely take the initiative to attack, and only when it is unbearable, or there is a conflict of interest related to the lifeline, the Central Plains Dynasty will raise troops and attack foreign enemies.
At present, the Yuwen tribes in the north have not met these two conditions.
First of all, the people of these remnants of the Zhou Dynasty in the past thirty or forty years are quite honest, although there are occasional conflicts on the border, but after all, there are no large-scale wars, and the Great Jin has not suffered too many losses.
Secondly, after the Yuwen tribes withdrew from the Jimen Pass, they no longer had any territorial conflicts with the Central Plains Dynasty, after all, the land outside the pass was not suitable for farming, and to be honest, the Ji family was not interested in that side.
Therefore, if this war is to be fought, it is purely for the reputation of Taikang Tianzi alone, or as Taikang Tianzi said, it is to remove disasters for future generations.
However, this kind of reason is not very convincing to the common people, and the officials of the DPRK and China can use their authority to suppress them, and the public opinion of the common people in the world is not so easy to calm down.
Therefore, the Son of Heaven is ready to use these religious figures to guide the thoughts of the common people, just imagine, if this head of the Taiyi Palace, who is famous in the entire Great Jin Dynasty, and the junior disciple of the Pure Yang Immortal, Yiyangzi Zhenren, said that there are hidden dangers in the north that need to be calmed down, or that there is about to be a war in the north, then there will be no pressure on the matter of the Northern Expedition in public opinion.
Yiyangzi sat opposite the Marquis of Jing'an, and after a few glances at Li Xin, he lowered his head slightly, and asked cautiously, "Marquis Li, what do you mean?" ”
Li Xin said with a smile: "Dao Chief, Daomen divination, who are you asking for?" ”
Ichiyoko is a professional in this regard, and he answered without hesitation.
"Naturally, he asked Yu Tian."
Marquis Jing'an nodded and said, "Dao Chief, this providence is unpredictable." ”
Yiyangzi frowned, lowered his head and said, "What Master Hou said is true." ”
Li Xin continued to smile and said: "Dao Chief, God is high, no one can really say that he can really understand his old man's mind, even if Dao Chang can read it and say it, but others can't read it, they may not believe it." ”
"What does Master Hou mean?"
Li Xin lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Old Daoist, God can't speak, but God has an eldest son in the world, but he can speak. ”
The son of heaven is naturally the son of heaven.
Yiyangzi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then bowed his head respectfully: "What Hou Ye said, the old Tao can also understand it, but the old Tao doesn't understand it very well...... What is this heavenly son-in-law? ”
Li Xin glanced at Yiyangzi, and then smiled.
"Then Ben Hou will give you a few words?"
Yiyangzi got up and gave Li Xin a deep look.
"Thank you, old man, for your kindness."
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After sending this magic stick away, it was almost noon, Li Xin had lunch at home, and then set off to go out and go to Chen Guogong's mansion.
Today is a special day, not only the old god stick of Yiyangzi has entered Beijing, but there is another acquaintance in the capital who wants to rush back.
The two families were not far away, Li Xin walked for a while, and then walked to the door of Chen Guogong's mansion, he didn't need to report, so he walked straight in, grabbed a subordinate of Chen Guogong's mansion, and asked, "Is the fourth young master back?" ”
This person is also a steward of Chen Guogong's mansion, and when he heard this, he lowered his head and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, the fourth young master has arrived in the capital, but he hasn't gone home yet, the little grandfather went out early in the morning to wait, and it is estimated that he should come back in a while." ”
Li Xin nodded and patted the man on the shoulder.
"Okay, you go get busy."
Ye Xuan hadn't come back yet, and Li Xin didn't wait for his thoughts, so he walked straight to the backyard of the Ye family, came to the door of Old Man Ye's small courtyard, and reached out and knocked on the courtyard door.
After a while, the courtyard door was slowly pushed open, and the door was no longer opened by the old man who was in good spirits before, but a middle-aged man with a white face.
When Li Xin faced Old Man Ye, he had always looked like a hippie smile, but in the face of this middle-aged man, he became rare and serious, bowing his head respectfully.
"Li Xin has seen Mr. Qin."
Qin Yuanhua nodded slightly at Li Xin and said, "Hou Ye Li came to visit the old man?" ”
Li Xin nodded and smiled, and asked, "Mr. Qin, how is the family teacher?" ”
"It's stable for the time being."
Qin Yuanhua sighed, and said a little helplessly: "It's just that the old man still refuses to drink, and when Hou Ye Li sees his old man, he still has to persuade him." ”
Li Xin nodded with a smile.
"I'll go in and take a look at Master Ye."
Qin Yuanhua got out of the way, nodded and said, "Marquis Li, please." ”
Li Xin walked in at this time, and when he stepped in, he smelled a strong smell of Chinese medicine, he waved it with his sleeve, dispersed some of the smell of medicine, and walked in.
Old man Ye was lying on the recliner in the courtyard, squinting his eyes and basking in the sun, looking leisurely.
Li Xin walked over, squatted next to the old man, and said with a smile: "Master Ye, disciple looks at you. ”
Ye Sheng opened his eyes at this time, glanced at Li Xin, and said lazily: "Come and see if the old man is dead?" ”
The Marquis of Jing'an stretched out his hand and patted the dust behind him, and then he didn't mind, and sat down.
The old man was lying on the recliner, and Li Xin was sitting on the ground like this, and the two of them looked almost tall.
After Li Xin heard the old man's words, he shook his head and smiled: "Master Ye, the disciple can be filial to you, and he will come to see you whenever he is free, you can't talk nonsense." ”
Old man Ye glared.
"The last time you kid came to the old man, he asked when the old man would die, and the old man remembered this for seven or eight days!"
"The old man is old now, and he has a good temper, if he had seen you decades earlier, you little bastard, the grass on the grave would have been a few feet high!"
After saying that, the old man lay down angrily.
Li Xin didn't mind, sat next to the old man and smiled.
"Master Ye, I heard that Senior Brother Xiao Ye is coming back soon."
Ye Sheng squinted at Li Xin.
"Are you here to see me, or are you here to see him?"
"Look, look."
Li Xinhan said with a smile: "The main reason is to visit your old man's home." ”
Ye Sheng snorted.
"You have always been the character of going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and tell me, what is the matter?"
Marquis Jing'an sat on the ground and glanced up at Ye Sheng faintly.
"Master Ye knows, what is the ominous weapon of the good soldier?"