Taiping Inn

Li Xuandu and this enthusiastic president bid farewell to the town. But I was thinking about the princess of the Golden Tent.

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Under this custom, the youngest prince became a strong competitor to the position of Khan in terms of status, and at the same time he held the elite cavalry given by the old Khan. His mother was noble because of his son, and his little lord was also worthy of his son. He was extremely favored by Lao Khan, so he had a noble status and a respectable status in the royal court.

The birthday of Xiao Yan clan is naturally to be held. Whether the old Khan will show up, and how the princes and the other Yan clans are at a glance, then Li Xuan will be on the birthday of Xiao Yan clan. Before, he arrived at the Golden Tent Royal Court. Fortunately, Xiao Yan's birthday is in the first month of spring next year, and there are more than two months left, which is enough for Li Xuan to arrive at the royal court.

Li Xuandu had experienced Xie Zhi's power in the imperial capital. He was a little curious. What kind of woman would this little man, whose status is similar to Xie Zhi, be like, and he would never be a scheming person. An innocent woman.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan couldn't help but remember a conversation he had with his master many years ago. At that time, Li Xuan was influenced by Zhang Suqing and had the idea of ​​asking for the people, but he was not clear about the future. He just wanted to get rid of the powerful and powerful people in the imperial capital, so he asked Li Daoxu for advice.

Li Daoxu said this: "People in the world may be distinguished by horizontal and verticality. According to verticality, there are people from Central Plains, grasslands, imperial capitals, Jinling, Liaodong, Northwest, Fenglinzhou, and Posazhou. People can also be divided into people who are loyal to the Queen Mother or those who follow Zhang Suqing. However, there are only two types of people in the world according to the horizontal direction: the superiors and the inferiors. To put it bluntly, they dominate other people's gentry. According to this distinction between the ordinary people who are dominated by others, the Empress Dowager and Zhang Suqing are the same people, both of them are superior dominators, and you and I are also this class. Now that you want to plead for the people, wouldn’t you betray your own class?”

This passage made Li Xuan fall into great confusion at that time. Many years later, after experiencing the change of the imperial capital and being expelled from the master, Li Xuandu looked back and found that his master had already seen through the hearts of the lovers in the world. , but he chose a direction that Li Xuandu thought was not correct. In other words, the master is like the Emperor Shizong of that year. They are not blinded or foolish. They know everything and understand everything, but they are unwilling to go on that difficult path.

According to Li Daoxu, although Xie Zhi and Xiao Yan are hostile to each other, they are both the most powerful and most noble women in their respective countries. Then these two people can be regarded as the same type of people, using Xie Zhi's style of behavior. It may not be completely correct to apply this little man whom he has never met, but it is certainly not too wrong.

Li Xuandu thought to himself: "It is good to meet Xie Zhi sooner or later. Before meeting Xie Zhi, it is also good to see the little sage's methods."

The town is not small, it is the last place to rest in Liaodong. The local caravans in Liaodong are not bad. Many caravans from the pass have to rest here after a long journey, and they have to rest here to supplement supplies. Therefore, there are mixed together, and many of them are from Most of the people who are good at being the heads of major caravans.

Before Li Xuan even walked far, he saw a group of people walking towards him. He was very tough, with a burly man with a big body and a large chest exposed in such a cold weather, a middle-aged swordsman with a frosty face, and a leathery man. The beautiful woman with a big bow on her arm is full of wild beauty. They surrounded a woman with an arrogant expression. She looked about thirty years old and beautiful. She was not much the same as the women in the Central Plains. She was not only in appearance, but also in a state of temperament. If you had to find a word to describe it, then it should He is heroic and heroic. Look at the woman's outfit, she is wearing a delicate white fox fur robe, without any variegated color, and a huge ruby ​​forehead adorned on her forehead, which is extremely dazzling. It is said that when you are out, you don’t show off your wealth, but this woman does the opposite, and she must have something to rely on.

As expected, there was a short man with a vulgar appearance next to the woman, hunched over, but his breath was long, and he obviously had a good cultivation level. The occasional look at people was also extremely sharp and sinister, which made people shudder.

With Li Xuandu's eyesight, it can be seen that this short man has probably the cultivation level of the Guizhen Realm, and it is not the way to the Central Plains. He should be a master from the Golden Horde. In the Golden Horde, there is often no need to deliberately test it. The person's identity and origin can be seen from his appearance and clothing. For example, the military masters always wear armor. Because the Golden Horde lacks iron tools, the armor and armor are therefore It is very expensive, basically it is carried with you; those who practice external kung fu like to show their courage and show their courage; if they wear a long robe, they are probably shamans similar to alchemist. There are all kinds of people in this group, and it is inferred that this woman has an extraordinary origin.

Li Xuandu didn't want to provoke this woman whose forehead was almost written with the words "not bad" and avoided to the side of the road. The leading woman just glanced at Li Xuandu, and didn't come to Li Xuandu for no reason, so she took her men away.

Li Xuandu sighed slightly in his heart. On one hand, they were fighting, but on the other hand, they were exchanging what they had, but this was not contradictory, because both were for survival. There is no right or wrong, only success or failure.

Next, according to Li Xuandu's plan, he would first find a place to stay here for a day, and then walk about 500 miles northeast from here, where there would be a war. This was Jing Xiu's suggestion. As a man of the rivers and lakes, Li Xuandu had seen too many swords and swords, but he had not seen real fighting on the battlefield. It happened that there was this opportunity, and it would be good to see it. Li Xuandu had no reason to refuse. He also wanted to see how elegant the iron cavalry that suppressed the rivers and lakes during the heyday of the court was.

After that, he will turn back to the trade route far away from the battlefield and officially embark on the journey to the Golden Horde.

Li Xuandu said to himself: "The Wei Dynasty is in turmoil, but the Golden Horde is not much better. No wonder Master said that this world is actually a world of decay. Whoever decays faster will die faster. The remaining people will share the dead and eat them, and there will be a peaceful year."

Li Xuandu suddenly lowered his voice: "So the Liaodong Iron Cavalry entering the pass may not be the best, but it can make the Wei Dynasty decay slower, and then destroy the Golden Horde and the Northwest Zhou Dynasty, and the world will be peaceful."

Li Daoxu once said: "Each generation does its own thing, so there is no such thing as one person opening a world of peace for all eternity. One generation settles the war, one generation hides its strength and bides its time, and one generation creates a prosperous era. There is no reason to achieve it all at once." Li Xuandu always disagreed with this before, but now it seems that Master is right. You have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. You really can't rush it.

Li Xuandu let out a long breath and murmured, "It's too urgent."

He always thought that if the master was willing to help him, all the problems would be solved, but the master was unwilling to help him. Perhaps it was because the master saw too clearly that he was unwilling to help him. If the master was willing to help him, then the master would not be as insightful as he is today. This is a dead knot that is difficult to untie.

Just when Li Xuandu was lost in thought, a man dressed in Liaodong clothes like Li Xuandu walked towards him. The man was about thirty years old, but he was experienced and had a calm and sophisticated demeanor.

Li Xuandu came back to his senses and looked at the man. Because the other party was walking straight towards him, he asked directly, "I wonder what this brother can do for you?"