52. Murder and arson
"Emperor, I am fortunate not to be dishonored, this box contains the head of a traitor, and the rest of the servants are all ambushed."
"Yes, you have proven that you are indeed a smart man, and that you are not a clever man. I'm satisfied. β
"It is a blessing to be able to serve the emperor, and to be able to catch the traitor this time is also dragging down the majesty of the emperor."
"Oh~ Although you say it very nicely, I don't like this kind of ethereal praise, this is a cowardly expression!"
Even if you say that, you actually have a smile on your face, and you just want to make people praise more carefully!
"There is no exaggeration in the lower ranks, it is indeed because of the majesty of the emperor." Although Li Shushi's heart was full of slander, at least on the surface, he still managed to maintain his respect for Di Xin, "Those traitors are actually hiding in the space opened up by an inconspicuous branch in that secret passage, and it is only because of the exquisite structure and some miscellaneous objects piled up around that they have not been discovered. But because of the majesty of the emperor, they did not dare to leave there until the emperor left, and continued to flee. But it happened that Xia wanted to explore the secret passage in order to learn some of the commonalities of the secret passage so that it was convenient to continue searching, but happened to find the traces of their escape, and immediately chased after them before they had time to notify their subordinates, so they luckily succeeded in killing one of them before the rebel escaped, completing the emperor's order. β
"You're a jealous lucky boy indeed. But you can't do it without courage and care, so I will still appreciate you and reward you well. Let's talk about it. What kind of reward do you want? β
Although the Jiang family is just a woman, Di Xin still does not underestimate the influence of this woman, she is not only the daughter of Jiang Hengchu, the Marquis of Dongbo, but also the daughter of the powerful Dongyi tribe who was supported by Di Xin. If such a woman has a deep hatred with Di Xin, when she does not choose to hide in the mountains and forests but is attached to other Dongyi or the Yue tribe in the southeast, then in the context of the almost total extinction of the Dongbohou lineage, the tribe that married the Jiang clan can marry the Jiang clan through guΓ² and the Jiang clan, so as to pocket the powerful Dongyi tribe that once supported Di Xin.
Just like what Di Xin had just done to let Chonghu's younger brother marry the granddaughter of the former leader of the Li tribe, thus greatly increasing the power of the Chong clan. It is highly likely that this will not only exacerbate the already troubling situation in the East, but will also create a new and formidable enemy for the Shang Dynasty, which will also mean that a new round of large-scale conquests will be required to ensure the security of the country.
Not to mention that this woman has a very bad relationship with Di Xin. But in the circle of the top magnates of the Shang Dynasty, they had extremely extensive contacts. No matter how much Di Xin disliked her, he had to admit that this woman's influence was extraordinary, and if she provoked a rebellion and stirred up chaos within the Shang Dynasty, the blow to this dynasty would be even more incalculable.
It has been said before, although the country is now not without the power to wage war. But only in small and short battles. But once you need to face the kind of war that will overwhelm the country or take more than two or three years. Then for the current national finances, it will be an unprecedented disaster, and it is definitely not a joke to work hard for a country.
After all, whether it is the attrition of war. Or is it the destruction of production by the pressure of war, especially the latter, a large number of young people have to be thrown into the war, causing the desolation of the land of the slave owners, and then affecting the course of the war, which will be a vicious circle.
At that time, whether it is a new invasion by a foreign enemy or a rebellion by the internal Quartet, the country will become extremely dangerous.
Di Xin was only dissatisfied with the Dong Bohou who had indulged the rebellion of the Dongyi tribe in his eyes, and he did not want to re-establish a new terrible enemy in the east that he had easily conquered, and Li Shushi's expression seemed to have completely blocked the last gap.
In the face of such a meritorious man who solved his confidant's trouble, Di Xin did not feel that he was the kind of emperor who spared his reward.
"To be able to serve the emperor is to be lucky. However, if the emperor really must reward him, then please let him be the sword in the emperor's hand to conquer those rebels who cannot feel the majesty of the emperor, and use their heads to warn the world. β
Li Shu looked at Di Xin with expectant eyes, and even Di Xin felt the heat in his sparkling eyes.
Such a suggestion was not an idea of Li Shushi's whim.
This time, the fruit illusion is composed of a bunch of experience fruits, and this experience fruit is different from the other five kinds of fruits, the other five fruits increase a person's basic attributes, that is, physical potential, although the growth of each time is not very obvious after the test, but whether it is more clear-eyed, or the comprehension of various martial arts strategies is of certain help.
But only this experience fruit, if it is said that what is represented in the game is to directly improve a level, and in this plane, there does not seem to be such a direct effect, and even a person like Xiaoqiang who feels nothing after a trip to the illusion has not happened, so Li Shushi originally entered this illusion with apprehension.
Li Shushi didn't know what he could gain from this long trip, so he would rather die than find a way to improve his harvest, not only because he didn't want his trip to be useless, but also because he hoped that after more exploration, he would find out what kind of harvest they could get in the illusion constructed by the experience fruit.
Xiaoqiang is certainly very capable, but it is still too difficult for him to do such a thing from the results, so the safest way is to do it himself, and with some guys with developed minds, I believe that the possibility of discovering something may be higher.
Although the harvest this time can be called rich, Li Shushi doesn't believe that similar experiences can be encountered every time, so these gains that have been obtained can only be regarded as finding some side quests in a large dungeon that can greatly improve the dungeon's evaluation and obtain some rare props, but the harvest of side quests does not mean the completion of the main quest. Being able to facilitate the completion of the main quest or find clues to the completion of the main quest through the guΓ² side quest is what Li Shushi needs most.
But this qiΔ was inadvertently realized, and this is the fundamental reason why Li Shushi hopes to receive this kind of reward.
"Very ambitious idea. Then I will allow you to obtain thirty more chariots, as well as a thousand strong slaves, and the relevant weapons and armor will satisfy you as much as possible, so that you can become a sharp sword in the hands of my Emperor Xin, and cut off the delusions of traitors from all directions! β
Although the harvest can't be said to be big, it can already make Li Shushi satisfied. After all, when the number of troops is small, the personal strength of the generals will be more important, but if it comes to a national war of the scale of the country of a thousand times and the country of ten thousand times, personal bravery will become a less important thing, how to correctly use discipline and diplomacy. How to ensure logistical supply is the foundation of victory in the war.
"My lord. Why do you make such a request? Didn't you say before that you were looking for a chance to get some precious ancient books and secret methods? β
Although there were some other things that happened at the court meeting, such as Nanbohou E Chongyu expressed his dissatisfaction with Di Xin's hasty execution of Dongbohou Jiang Hengchu's family~ Zhunbei Bohou Chonghu said that Xibohou Jichang was dissatisfied because he was reprimanded before, and now he is dissatisfied because Dongbohou Jiang Hengchu was killed, and he always complains at home. Loudly cursing Di Xin, such an act will surely destroy the country......
These little things have nothing to do with Li Shushi. His most anxious thing now was to see the newly acquired troops. These troops will be the basis for their actions in the future, but they are often important "items" for clearing the level.
However, because in this matter. Li Shushi didn't say hello to the others, so when these people heard the results, Wei Yan, who was accustomed to death, naturally became the cannon fodder for everyone's "public recommendation" to replace the dead ghosts, and Xiahou Juan of the second echelon seemed to be ready to respond at any time, but Yang Fu stood aside and laughed and said nothing, and Sima Yi didn't laugh or say anything.
I don't know why, suddenly there is a faint sympathy for those who have been suppressed in IQ, and there is always an illusion that they are connected to the same fate.
It should definitely be an illusion, otherwise he always feels that he seems to be a little too pitiful!
However, this time, Li Shushi did not intend to "punish" Wei Yantong, who was cannon fodder, but did not have cannon fodder consciousness.
After all, even if he already has some ideas in his heart, he still needs the help of others to determine his own opinion.
"Well, I've thought about it too. Zixiao, you are different from them, you are the only person among us who has experience besides me, so it is estimated that I will only be qualified to make a judgment if you listen to my next words. β
Then, Cao Ren was dragged into the corner by Li Shushi, leaving behind six people who looked at each other and a woman who was smiling weirdly.
"Zixiao, you have also experienced a few illusions before," In the corner, making sure that no one around would eavesdrop, Li Shushi said to Cao Ren with a sneaky look: "In your impression, if you kill the enemy in the illusion, can you gain experience?" β
"Well, no, not at all. In the real world, even if you injure a living thing, even if it is just a pig or dog, you can get even a small increase, and there will be more beasts, especially strong enemies. However, in the illusion, whether you hurt or kill the enemy, there will be no reaction, and this is also the case according to everyone's situation. The only thing that can be obtained, except for the improvement obtained after passing through the illusion, is the knowledge, martial arts, and strategies obtained in the illusion. What's going on? Could it be that what else will change here? That's why you have to choose an army and find a chance to go out to fight? β
"It's worthy of Zixiao, and I guessed it well. When I was testing with Huang Feihu, I used various strategies to kill some enemies, and although it felt a little strange at the time, I didn't pay much attention to it because it wasn't obvious. But this time, when I was chasing and killing that Empress Jiang, I killed a lot of Empress Jiang's entourage, and then I had a more obvious feeling. Although I can't be completely sure, I am also somewhat sure that I can make an assumption that in this space, hurting people should not be improved, only killing people can be, but the gains should not be compared to the real world. In addition, those strategies that can buff yourself, weaken the enemy, and heal strategies should not improve yourself, but they will make your understanding of the strategy easier. I don't know much about martial arts, so I'm not sure. But I also think that my understanding of various martial arts has become a lot easier during this time, and I think it should help me a little bit in this regard, but it will only be of limited help to me. β
ββ¦β¦ Well, what the lord said should be roughly good. Originally, I thought that it was with a good teacher that made a breakthrough in my previous accumulation during this time, but after the explanation of the lord, maybe there is also the help of the illusion. β
"The only thing that isn't certain now is whether this kind of improvement will be brought to the real world."
"Back then, even if Zilong failed to challenge, he gained several very practical strategies, how could we not bring them out?"
"Since Zixiao also feels this way, how about we do a bigger vote this time?"
"Since the lord has decided to do so before, doesn't he already have a plan? It's really sad to sue SΓΉren now. Is it because he is now following Mengde? Does the lord feel that Ren is also untrustworthy here? β
"I don't trust you anymore. I don't trust you at all, so I decided to assassinate you now and take all the harvest to myself~"
"It's over, if you don't want to leak it secretly. Take me with you. Otherwise. Lord~You know~"
In the midst of the fighting, the future of this small group has already been decided, of course. And maybe the future of the country.
Isn't it child's play?
However, even in the real world, some of the major events that determine the direction of history are only because of a seemingly small and small reason, such as a nail in the horse's shoes of a war horse is not nailed.
For example, if the height of the two horses drops by more than ten centimeters, it is estimated that Wei will be able to unify the world.
Compared with such things, Li Shushi feels that what he is doing now can be called thoughtful.
After Cao Ren returned from the corner, he didn't even need to explain anything, just a smile made the two little guys who had always been restless silence, and there was a smile full of admiration and trust on his face that made Li Shushi feel extremely painful.
Anyway, this small group seems a little strange.
Among several people, Cao Ren, Yang Fu and Sima Yi have not had a short time with Li Shushi, so even if Li Shushi sometimes seems to be funny, but for Li Shushi to make a decision, several people will basically only put forward their own ideas, but will not obstruct and do not discount the implementation.
And among the foursome, Chen Dao was the one who was the most resolute in carrying out Li Shushi's orders. But if Li Shushi's decision conflicts with her philosophy, it often requires Li Shushi to patiently explain to her, although most of the time it is Chen Dao's sudden realization or speechless retreat, and such scenes appear less and less, but it still takes some time.
Lu Meng probably maintained a lot of respect for Li Shushi because of his study under Yang Fu and Sima Yi, even if he sometimes didn't agree with Li Shushi's decision very much in his heart, at most, he only asked his two "masters" in private, and he really couldn't understand it, so he would secretly ask Li Shushi a few words, and then leave thoughtfully. Probably because Li Shushi developed his thinking circuits in advance, which made this well-qualified little guy become a lot more reticent.
Of course, this is a good sign, and at his age, it is not a bad thing to see more and listen more but talk less. Even if young people should indeed be motivated, it is obviously more important to be thoughtful when it comes to a person who is developing in the direction of a strategist and commander.
As for the other two, their respect for Li Shushi really needs to be improved, especially a certain one who took advantage of the sister's paper.
However, these two are very convinced of Cao Ren, probably because one is a relative and the other is a defeated general.
Anyway, even if Cao Ren is trying to weaken his sense of existence, these two can always use various means to brush back those feelings of storage that Cao Ren easily threw away, so that Li Shushi is a pity that Akalin did not live in this era, otherwise he would definitely try his best to make friends with these two local tyrants who have a sense of existence, and save her from always crying for her sense of storage.
All in all, in short, Li Shushi's group has devoted themselves to a new round of training, only this time, in addition to honing their skills, they have also added a group of soldiers to their training. Because it's a group of slaves. Even if it is broken, no one will be held accountable...... Probably, they can also take the opportunity to put many of their ideas into practice.
After all, in addition to Cao Ren, even Li Shushi, who has fought a lot of battles, in fact, many times the most he does about this kind of thing is to see the training, but he has never been in person - the people around him are too powerful, rather than giving it to himself to sacrifice ugliness and affect efficiency, it is better to hand it over to someone who is better at this aspect, which can make the troops form combat effectiveness faster and cause less chaos.
But here, under Cao Ren's guidance. This group of young people can really do it. If you have any ideas or crooked ideas, you can practice them at will, anyway, it's still the same sentence - even if it's broken, it doesn't matter at all~
As for the incidents during this period, such as Nanbohou E Chongyu was killed for angering Di Xin because of his wild words, and Xi Bohou was sentenced to an unknown number of years for speaking ill of Di Xin in private, maybe indefinitely, or short-term, but it was all based on Di Xin's mood.
Well~ These are all small things - a qiΔ thing that has nothing to do with you can be counted as a small thing, at least in this fruit illusion. Li Shushi has always been so persistent. As for the effect...... Because there is always no shortage of suitable strong party protection around us. So now, although I have experienced all kinds of strange things, I have finally achieved a 100% success rate in clearing the customs.
It's a pity that Li Shushi treats everything that happens around him as an inconsequential wind. But obviously, most people will still treat this as a big deal, after all, Li Shushi can free himself from this era, but people born in this era have no way to regard themselves as outsiders, or they have already been caught in the game.
"I didn't expect that in the end, it was you who was the most idle, and I was a little jealous of you."
It's the familiar Huang Feihu again, and it's the familiar taste, but unfortunately that face is a lot haggard compared to some time ago.
"The last time I was able to stay here comfortably was thanks to you, and now I can still be so comfortable and still thanks to you, how do you say I should repay your 'great kindness'~ Dear Lord Huang Feihu~~!"
"That's it...... If I were to say that I really didn't mean it, would you believe me? β
"Compared with ordinary people, you Huang Feihu always have a little bit of credit. And it is also quite a lot of effort to put a loyal companion into it for this kind of thing, even if you Huang Feihu are rich, but you haven't had the luxury of this kind of journey. β
"Hey, I can only say that I'm good, and everyone else, I guess I underestimated the emperor's determination."
"Chopping the grass does not remove the roots, and the spring breeze blows and grows. The emperor's thoughts are understandable, but this time he took such a thunderous action against the Dongbohou family, but it was really beyond my imagination, should it be said that he is worthy of the emperor? β
"So what do you think of the two things that are circulating in the market right now?"
"What's the matter? You know I'm 'ignoring what's going on outside the window and only getting busy with training,' and I'm not paying any attention to what's going on around me. I can't help it, but I hope to make a lot of contributions in the next expedition. β
Do you think anyone will believe you when you say this, who doesn't know that although you have been hiding in the military camp recently, you have established some channels to transmit news in Chaoge City with the help of Su Hu's power, and because you are too lame and too conspicuous, you can't even notice it! Even if Su Hu really doesn't seem to have any contact with his daughter at all, even if you say that, no one will believe it!
Regarding Huang Feihu's fierce complaints in his heart, Li Shushi naturally couldn't hear it and wouldn't really take it seriously, anyway, the current Chaoge City is very chaotic, and the major forces are now either walking on thin ice or fighting for power and profit, anyway, no one will think about a small role like him - maybe the Huang Feihu who appears here now, but this may be because his previous actions may have angered Huang Feihu, who also played a role in fueling Jiang Hou's escape.
"The emperor asked me to bring you a message, as long as you show yourself well in the next battle, the emperor will definitely be a very generous person."
Seeing that no matter how he tried Li Shushi, he looked like he didn't get in, and Huang Feihu also knew that the other party would probably never go to the troubled waters of the imperial capital. Although he was a little helpless, Huang Feihu could actually understand the other party's mood of "once bitten by a snake and afraid of the well rope for ten years", and finally prepared to lead the topic to the purpose of his trip. (To be continued......)