At this time, Dian Wei hurriedly ran in and said loudly: "Lord, there is a holy decree from the imperial court. ”

Li Yi asked in surprise, "Holy Decree?" From the capital? ”

"Exactly. The imperial envoy is Zuo Feng, the little yellow door in the palace. Dian Wei replied loudly.

Gongsun Zhan immediately stood up with a nervous expression, and he said to Dian Wei, "Hurry up and greet." ”

Li Yi looked at Gongsun Chan and said with a smile: "Brother Bogui, what are you nervous about?" Isn't it just a small yellow door in the palace to deliver the holy decree, just send someone to pick it up. ”

Gongsun Chan said a little anxiously: "This person can't be provoked. He came to ask for money, and if there is less money, it will not work. ”

Li Yi smiled and said: "A eunuch who has been castrated, what does he want a lot of money for?" Just give him just two. By the way, go and call the French brother and ask him if he has any money left in the army. ”

Tian Feng said on the side: "My lord, generally these eunuchs in the palace come down to deliver the holy decree, and they can't be sent away without a million dollars. ”

"What did you say?" Li Yi's eyes widened and asked, "How much do you say?" Millions of dollars? ”

"This person can't be sent away without millions." Gongsun Chan said with a wry smile.

"Oh?" Li Yi was surprised and asked, "Why?" Why bribe him with millions of dollars? Could he be Zhang Rang, the regular servant of Zhongchang, or Zhao Zhong's henchman of Da Changqiu? ”

"It's not clear. However, on the battlefield of Guangzong before, because Zhonglang General Lu Zhi did not bribe him, he sued him in front of the Son of Heaven, saying that Lu Zhonglang built a fortress without fighting and sympathized with the Yellow Turban Army, but Lu Zhonglang was escorted back to the capital by the Son of Heaven in a prisoner car and almost died unjustly in prison. Tian Feng explained, "This kind of person stays by the Son of Heaven every day, the Son of Heaven believes in them, we can't afford to offend, so let's prepare some money to eliminate the disaster." ”

After Tian Feng's explanation, Li Yi quickly remembered this person.

A trace of murderous aura flashed on Li Yi's face, and he actually laughed. Said loudly: "Is that him?" Well, well come. By the way, where is he now? ”

"It is estimated that Shan Junhou has already welcomed him into the city and is coming to the government." Dian Wei replied.

Li Yi said with a smile: "Brother Bogui, let's go, let's go meet this eunuch, and by the way, give Lu Zhonglang a breath." ”

………………

Zuo Feng is about forty years old, with a white face and beard, handsome appearance, and elegant manners. No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a greedy and cunning sinister. He saw a group of people in front of him hurrying over, and knew that they were here to pick him up, so he hurriedly got out of the car and greeted him with a smile on his face.

He first saw Li Yi, who was walking in front of everyone.

The young Li Yi is not at all like a commander who leads the troops to fight, but more like an attendant standing behind the commander.

Zuo Feng glanced at him, thinking that he was a reckless attendant, ignored him, and walked straight forward.

Li Yi looked at him without looking at himself, and felt funny in his heart. didn't say anything, and dodged to let it go.

Zuo Feng saw the handsome Gongsun Zhan, and immediately shouted and said, "Li Xiao rides ......"

Gongsun Zhan hurriedly took two steps, bowed down and said, "Envoy." The last general will be Gongsun Zhan, the cavalry commander of Beiping County, Youzhou, and the cavalry general will stand behind you. ”

Zuo Feng looked embarrassed, and stopped halfway through his bowing posture, and a look of annoyance swept across his face in an instant.

Li Yi had a playful smile on his face. Slowly walked two steps, faced Zuo Feng, and said lightly: "The envoy has been tired all the way." Great work. The official Han Xiaocai general and the leader of Youzhou Mu Li Yi. ”

Zuo Feng immediately burst out laughing, trying his best to hide the embarrassment and unhappiness on his face, and he said loudly while returning the salute: "Xia Guan didn't expect Li Xiaoqi to be so young and promising, it's rude, it's rude." ”

Li Yi also smiled: "The simple clothes made the envoy laugh." ”

Zuo Feng glanced at him strangely, and said loudly: "Li Xiaoqi's clothes are a little old, but it shows Li Xiaoqi's heroism even more, which is very good." Just now, Xia Guan just didn't expect Li Xiaoqi to be so young, so he was rude, and he didn't mean anything else. ”

Li Yi smiled: "I see, I thought that the envoy had always judged a person's official size from his clothes and appearance?" ”

Gongsun Zhan and Tian Feng glanced at Li Yi worriedly, and felt that the tone of his speech was a little wrong, as if he intended to provoke, and every sentence was tingling.

Especially Gongsun Zhan, remembering that when he went out just now, Li Yi said that he wanted to give his teacher Lu Zhi a breath, and he was even more nervous.

Although Gongsun Chan also wanted to breathe a sigh of relief for his teacher's humiliation, he knew very well that with his current status, he simply did not have that ability. If he really does that, I'm afraid that not only will he not be able to help the teacher get angry, but I am afraid that his own life will not be guaranteed.

As a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Gongsun Zhan knows too well the status of these eunuchs in the heart of the Son of Heaven.

Sure enough, Zuo Feng's smile slowly stiffened, and he said in a strange tone: "Li Xiaoqi is a joke." However, the dignified general of the Han Dynasty, the state pastor of 2,000 stones, dressed like Li Xiaoqi, is the first time that the lower officials have seen him. Li Xiao has won many battles, and the loot must be very large, and he is probably quite rich in total. Li Xiaoqi still wears such clothes now, haha...... Probably afraid of revealing wealth, right? ”

Li Yi was just about to refute, but Tian Feng immediately interjected: "Lord, the envoy must be very tired after a long journey, so it is better to ask the envoy to go to the palace to rest quickly." ”

Li Yi smiled and stretched out his hand to ask, with a hint of mockery in his smile.

Zuo Feng looked at Li Yi carefully, and a hint of a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Gongsun Chan saw it in his eyes, and his heart suddenly became uneasy.

………………

The group soon walked into the Hejian State Mansion.

"Envoy, Liu Bo'an, Minister of Ganling, and Fu Xie, Captain of Anding, just arrived in Lecheng yesterday to announce the decree, and today the envoy came to announce the decree again, is there anything urgent in the imperial court?" Gongsun Chan followed behind Zuo Feng, accompanied by a smiling face, and asked flatteringly.

Zuo Feng glanced at Gongsun Zhan and felt that he looked much more pleasing to the eye than Li Yi, so he walked towards the lobby with everyone and said casually: "I met with the two envoys on the way. In July, Zhang Xiu, the chief of Wudou Midao in Yizhou Ba County, launched a rebellion and attacked the prefecture and county, and more than a month has passed so far. Now that the battle situation in Yizhou is getting worse and worse, this holy decree is to recruit you to the battlefield in Yizhou. ”

Li Yi, who was walking next to Zuo Feng, was taken aback, and his expression immediately became nervous.

Tian Feng was also taken aback, and asked loudly, "When?" ”

Zuo Feng smiled slightly: "What's the hurry, the official will announce the decree immediately, and you will know it right away." ”

Tian Feng didn't continue to ask, and said with a smile: "The envoy has a hard journey, and he ...... tonight."

"I'll leave as soon as I'm done." Zuo Feng waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "No one wanted to come on this trip, it was personally assigned by His Majesty, and I had no choice but to come hard." ”

Gongsun Chan knew what he meant. Now that the Yellow Turban Army of Hejian Country has just been pacified, the situation is unstable, and there are dangers everywhere, so no one in Beijing is willing to run to Hejian Country to deliver the holy decree. Zuo Feng said this, and the implication was very clear: I risked my life to rush here to give you the holy decree, and the hard work is not less.

"The envoy has really worked hard, and we won't let the envoy run in vain. The envoy should rest here for the night. Li Yi also agreed.

Zuo Feng shook his head and said very reservedly, "The ancestral gardens and mausoleums of my Great Han Kingdom are all in Chang'an, but now the Yizhou rebels have occupied Bajun and Hanzhong, and they are approaching the right to support the wind, and Chang'an is frequently in a hurry, so Your Majesty is so anxious that he can't sleep at night." I'm going to go back at once, and there's no time to delay here. ”

Tian Feng heard that Zuo Feng insisted on leaving Lecheng today, so he immediately slowed down, beckoned to Dian Wei, and said a few words in his ear. Dian Wei nodded again and again, and flew away.

Zuo Feng saw it in his eyes, he was very proud, and he turned his face to look at Li Yi.

Li Yi was worried about the Holy Decree, his face was worried, he was worried, and he smiled at him reluctantly, and he was in no mood to tease him.

The holy decree was very simple, requiring Li Yi to complete the task of clearing and suppressing Zhang Yanbu of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou by September, and at the same time to recruit 50,000 troops in Youzhou and Jizhou, and go to the battlefield in Yizhou before September.

But now it is the middle of August, that is to say, he needs to take the entire Anping Kingdom and half of Julu County within half a month, and gather an army of 50,000 people, and prepare to set off.

Li Yi couldn't imagine whether this holy decree was drawn up by the Son of Heaven himself, or whether these eunuchs privately designed to frame him.

There is no possibility of this task being accomplished.

Gongsun Chan and the other generals were on Li Yi's left and right, all of them were as earth-colored, and their hearts were like ashes for a while, and they didn't know how things suddenly turned like this.

Yesterday, everyone was happily celebrating that the Son of Heaven had rewarded all the soldiers, and today they received an unthinkable holy decree.

If the will of the Son of Heaven cannot be accomplished, the fate of it is known without asking.

Zuo Feng said with a smile: "Li Xiaoqi has become such a big official at a young age, which shows that His Majesty favors you and is extremely favored. You have to be grateful to Dade for doing things for the emperor in a down-to-earth manner. ”

Li Yi was thinking about his thoughts, and when he heard Zuo Feng speak, he hurriedly and listlessly accepted the holy decree and invited Zuo Feng to dinner.

The dishes are very simple. Zuo Feng was quite easy-going, and he didn't care, so he ate a little casually.

Tian Kai hurriedly came in and handed Tian Feng a scroll of gift slips sealed with red silk.

Tian Feng immediately stood up, walked to Zuo Feng's table, put the gift list on Zuo Feng's desk, and said politely: "The envoy came from afar, and he will leave in a hurry soon, which is very hard. This little gift is the right to be a drink, please laugh at it. ”

Zuo Feng picked it up unceremoniously, untied the red silk, and unfolded the bamboo slip.

Zuo Feng first had a smile on his face, then changed to a cold face, and then became angry. He slammed the bamboo slip in his hand to the ground, and sneered at Li Yi: "What did Li Xiao do with this official?" Do you think I'm a beggar? ”

Li Yi sat still, holding back his anger in his heart, and his eyes looked at the wine and food on the table.

Tian Feng's blood rushed up, his eyes were about to split, and he almost roared. He gritted his teeth, forced his composure, turned his back to Zuo Feng and let out a long breath, leaning over to pick up the bamboo slips on the ground. (To be continued.) )