The world of bad people is invincible

Chapter 63 The Journey to Qi Country
Li Cunxu chatted with the empress for a while, then said goodbye.

When they walked out of Prince Qi's mansion, it was already dark, but the people in Fengxiang City did not turn off the lights, but brightly lit them.

Fengxiang's night market has begun.

However, Li Cunxu didn't want to linger in the lively night market, but went straight to the backyard of his blacksmith shop, and didn't bother to meet his subordinates, so he went directly to the hut to sleep.

From Fengxiang back to Yuzhou, and from Yuzhou to Fengxiang, Li Cunxu traveled about two thousand miles.

Along the way, I had to eat and sleep in the open, and sometimes I couldn't find a place to eat and live. I couldn't eat well or sleep well. It was really too tiring.

Li Cunxu slept until the afternoon of the second day.

When I woke up, I immediately felt refreshed.

He sat up, washed and dressed, and ate something.

Afterwards, he received a message from the Empress that they were leaving.

Li Cunxu really didn't expect that he had just returned from all his travels and hadn't had enough rest before he would go out again.

There were only two empresses on this trip, the empress herself and Li Cunxu.

Their plan is to travel during the day or camp at night.But it was only the second day that they stopped on the way, because the Empress was not prepared enough, and they ran out of dry food and water.

They came to a village, ready to replenish dry food and water.

They have not yet left the border of Qi State.This is a very dilapidated village in the country of Qi. Most of the houses in the village are dilapidated, and the walls of some houses have even collapsed.

The two led their horses into the village. Most of the people they saw along the way were old, weak, sick and disabled, with ragged clothes and disheveled faces.This place is completely different from the bustling Fengxiang.

At this time, a scrawny child came up to beg.

Begging is not money, but food.After all, in remote areas, even if you have money, you can't buy food.

Li Cunxu and the empress were very embarrassed, because they came to replenish dry food, and there was not much left in their hands at this time.

Although Li Cunxu thought he was not a good person, he still gave the children what was left of dry food.Of course, the Empress also gave it to him.

Although the child is a resident of Qi country, he doesn't seem to know King Qi.After the empress handed the only dry food to the children, she said "thank you brother" and then turned and left.

Not only children don't know King Qi, but even the adults and elders in this village don't know King Qi.

Li Cunxu looked sideways at the empress, and saw that the expression on her face became more and more embarrassed. She lived in Fengxiang for a long time, and I am afraid that she has rarely seen such a scene.

Barren arable land, perennial military disasters, and rampant bandits are the root causes of this phenomenon.

Seeing the miserable state of the village, the two didn't intend to go in to find dry food, but turned around and left.

But just as they were about to leave, they discovered something unusual.

A group of bandits walked towards the entrance of the village. Not only were there many people, but they also had knives.

As soon as they entered the village, they threatened to ask the villagers to hand over food, otherwise they would be killed.

The few old people seemed to have gotten used to it. They were expressionless and did not run away, as if they had given up.

Li Cunxu could understand their feelings. When they were old, their son might die in battle. Coupled with the poverty, living in this world was already like purgatory, and it would be better to die.

After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the separatist regimes and melees in the feudal towns caused this phenomenon to be perfectly normal.

It would be fine for residents who settled near cities such as prefectures and counties, but residents living outside prefectures and counties would suffer.

Seeing this, the empress was furious, snorted, flew straight in, and sealed their throats with a sword...

Li Cunxu just watched the empress make a move without saying a word.

Li Cunxu didn't speak until the empress threw the blood sword on the ground.

"King Qi, I think that killing all these bandits won't help. The main reason is because of King Qi's inaction."

The empress shuddered when she heard this, not knowing whether Li Cunxu's inaction King Qi was referring to herself or her brother.

The real King of Qi, Li Maozhen, went to the Twelve Dongs in Miaojiang to look for the Meteor Birth Gu more than ten years ago for the sake of the illusory Longquan treasure and to deal with Yuan Tiangang.

Therefore, the burden of King Qi fell on the Empress. Although she tried very hard to be the real King Qi, she was not as good as her elder brother after all.

During the reign of Qi Wang Li Maozhen, he ruled more than [-] prefectures, the people were rich, and the army was strong.After Li Maozhen left, Qi State could no longer achieve its former prosperity.

In fact, Li Cunxu admired King Qi very much. All he did was for the people of Qi. For the sake of the people, he sacrificed himself...

Perhaps he also has some small thoughts, and wants to become a king and dominate the country, but there are more than tens of thousands of people in this world who want to dominate the country, so why is Li Maozhen guilty?
Li Xingyun said that it was a crime for Li Maozhen to launch a war for unification, but Li Cunxu didn't think so.

Since ancient times, there has never been a prosperous world in division, and the unification of the country is the general trend. Only the great unification of the world can create a prosperous age.

Many people may die in a unified war, but more people will die in a state of separatism and melee.

The empress just wanted to refute Li Cunxu, but in the end she could only sigh weakly, and only heard her whisper: "I have seen it with my own eyes all the way, and I don't think that our country of Qi is already in ruins. The people of Qi country, They are all living in dire straits."

Li Cunxu thought about it seriously after hearing the words, and said: "In troubled times, this is the norm. Only reclaiming the wilderness and enriching the army and the people are the major events of the country. A Li Xingyun is actually not as important as his own hard work and development of production. "

The empress bowed her head in thought, but did not deny what Li Cunxu said.

She looked at Li Cunxu and asked, "Young Master Li, you want to say that it is actually useless for me to go to Taiyuan?"

Li Cunxu did not confirm nor deny, and said lightly: "Since King Qi has a question, I will just say it straight. Even if you win Li Xingyun, you can't bring him back to Qi country. Even if you can bring him back to Qi country , and it will have no effect, the national power of Qi will not be enhanced, and the people will not be richer because of it."

Li Cunxu was able to say this because he knew Li Xingyun well enough.

Li Xingyun has always yearned for Xianyun Yehe. In the original plot, Yuan Tiangang gave him the throne, but he didn't want it.It is impossible for the Empress to want him to be her puppet now.

Maybe Li Cunxu's words were harsh, but the empress became emotional, "Hmph, how can it be so simple among the princes? If you don't fight for Li Xingyun, someone else will fight for Li Xingyun. If we, Qi Kingdom, don't fight for Li Xingyun , In the end, the bamboo basket fetches water in vain, and it is of no benefit to our country Qi."

Li Cunxu shook his head. As long as Yuan Tiangang, the bad guy, is around, any prince in the world who wants to win over Li Xingyun will be in vain.

Li Cunxu stopped talking, and the empress was also thinking, and the two left the village silently on horseback.

After walking for a while, it was getting late, Li Cunxu said: "King Qi, it's getting late, let's find a place to rest first, and start our journey tomorrow morning."

Although the empress had mood swings due to various reasons, she was a prince after all, so she quickly adjusted her mood.

She nodded, and the two began to pay attention to the surrounding buildings, looking for a place to live.

Although this place is still within the scope of Qi Country, it is a remote area, and the empress can't recognize the road conditions here, so she only has a general impression.

In fact, if there is a city nearby, they can live in a good room.

But now in the wilderness, there is no decent small town nearby.

The two walked east and west, and finally saw a dilapidated earth temple. Judging from the dilapidated appearance, it didn't look like a human being at all.

The two approached, and sure enough, it was an abandoned temple.

The land temple occupies a small area, and the positions of the doors and windows are all empty. Presumably the doors and windows embedded in it have long since disappeared.

Entering inside, the two found that more than half of the stone statue enshrined in the temple was broken, and the shape was so strange that it was impossible to tell what kind of gods and Buddhas they were.

The two searched inside and found that there were still a few earthen couches that were still intact and could be used for sleeping.

Li Cunxu finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that everything was settled at night, and said, "King Qi, let's make do here tonight."

He pressed the soil hard and found that it was quite solid. Judging from the shape of the exterior, it should be specially piled up by kind people for the convenience of passers-by.

The empress nodded, and this is the only way now.

At this moment, the Empress' stomach inadvertently growled a few times, causing the Empress to blush all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)