Under the starry sky and the gentle breeze, Sun Zhiyang stood alone beside a small stall and paced back and forth hesitantly. The people around him, men and women, old and young, kept changing, but he was the only one who kept pacing back and forth.
He was like all the people who had just fallen in love. He yearned for love and was uneasy about it. He wanted to see her and talk to her. Even if it was a greeting, even if it was just a casual greeting. He had been suppressing this desire to see her and had used thousands of reasons to convince himself. Calm down, calm down! However, it was hard for her to control her heart. Hence, he found all sorts of reasons for his irrational behavior. In the end, he slowly calmed down because he was sure that he just wanted to conquer her. No one could ignore him, but she did. The disappointed look on his face when he saw her in the tea house was a declaration of war. He was here to subdue her. Other than the desire to conquer her, there was no reason for him to come and see her.
"Young Master, please buy some peanuts!" An old woman sitting on the ground behind the stall said softly.
Sun Zhiyang woke up and looked at the old woman in tattered clothes. He looked at the full peanuts in the basket and walked forward to give her a few coins.
The old woman quickly wrapped a bag of peanuts for him and said lovingly,"Young Master is waiting for someone, right? I saw you walking around. Maybe your friend won't come. It's too late. I'd better go back early!”
Sun Zhiyang sneered at himself and looked back at the inn where Li Yi was staying. Li Yi's room had not been lit up. She should not be around. She had gone out. It would be a disgrace if she saw him loitering around in such a comical manner. She was just a stupid woman who didn't know how to protect herself. Why do you care so much?
He took the peanuts and regained his usual coldness. His cold heart was once again filled with killing intent. The confidence of being able to control everything made him appear arrogant and arrogant.
There were few pedestrians, hawkers rushing home, and the streets had become empty. His figure was drawn by the moonlight, and he walked alone along the street.
After turning at a junction, there was a narrow road. On one side of the road was the best local restaurant, and on the other side was the residence of a wealthy businessman. The two long walls made the path seem dark and cold.
Not long after they turned the intersection, they heard footsteps behind them. The closer they got, the tighter they followed. He listened carefully to the other party's every sound and was sure that this person was deliberately following him. In this narrow path, it was easy for him to deal with a thief who was not smart.
He pretended not to notice and waited for the other person to approach. As the person approached, a special fragrance spread in the air. It also carried a strong smell of alcohol. The smell of the fragrance was familiar, making him hesitate for the first time and not dare to attack rashly.
" Sun Zhiyang," a crisp voice said.
He turned around and saw that it was Li Yi. He did not know how much wine he had drunk, but his face was flushed red. She looked at his gentle smile, sweet and infatuated.
"Why did you drink so much?" He asked unhappily. After drinking, she had an unconcealable charm. She was as beautiful as a newly bloomed begonia. This beauty did not only belong to him. It was her fault. It was her fault.
She stuck out her tongue and said unclearly,"I was drinking with some officials of Taihe Prefecture. I don't know why these people suddenly appeared. They fought to drink with me. I really couldn't hold on any longer. I pretended that I couldn't take it anymore and escaped.”
He was a little annoyed when he heard that. He didn't know why he had asked her to drink so much wine and wander around on the street alone.
"You're alone. Where are your subordinates?"
Li Yi's feet were unsteady, and he swayed. He pointed behind him and said,"I saw you at the back and wanted to greet you, so I didn't let them follow me.”
His face was cold." I'm done greeting you. You should go back quickly! Do you think that Taihe Prefecture is very peaceful?" The novel network didn't jump.
"Brother Zhiyang, do you have something to say to me?”
Sun Zhiyang's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know how she could tell what he was thinking. How should he tell her that he liked her and that he wanted her to be his woman?
Li Yi glanced behind him, and his eyes flashed like a cunning little fox. He lowered his voice and asked,"Brother Zhiyang seems to have something to say in the tea house, but it seems inconvenient to say it directly. Could it be that the Li family was about to face some calamity? Or does Li Yi have some kind of tribulation?"
He narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Yi in front of him. She was actually pretending to be drunk. He was suddenly so stupid that he did not see that she was pretending to be drunk! What a cunning little fox. This made him feel at ease, but at the same time, he couldn't help but be wary. She was the Prefecture Overseer who had disguised herself as a man to inherit the hereditary position. She was Li Yi, who had used 5,000 men to restrain Hu He, privately distributed food to relieve the disaster, and secretly confiscated the grain stored by the merchants. What should he talk to her about so that she would notice him, so that she would take the initiative to approach him and slowly be controlled by him?
"Calamity? I'm not a strange person who can calculate. I can't see through the fate of others, nor can I predict the life and death of others.”
"However, as the disciple of the Wine God, Brother Zhiyang must have some outstanding points, right? Quite a few words."
"I don't have anything special about me. It's just that I know more than others, see things more clearly than others, and deal with things more decisively than others!”
Li Yi smiled slyly. This was enough for her. At first, she was just a little worried if what Sun Zhiyang said was true. Then what should he do? But later, she felt that it was a little ridiculous. Why would she, a Prefecture Overseer from Pingjin, be transferred to the capital for no reason?
However, the officials of Taihe Prefecture had suddenly appeared and called her brother, treating a small Prefecture Overseer like her to a drink. She knew that trouble was coming. The people in the officialdom were all well-informed fence-sitters. Their expressions and actions were not without reason. He must have heard something to have such an abnormal reaction.
This made her feel very uneasy. She wanted to find someone to ask. There was no one close to her in Taihe Prefecture. He wanted to discuss with his subordinates. These people were all extremely brave on the battlefield. In the officialdom, they were all free birds. How could they play any tricks? They could only walk into the trap.
Feeling depressed, she dealt with it for a while, then pretended to be drunk and escaped. Coincidentally, she saw Sun Zhiyang turn into an alley. As if he had seen his savior, he left his subordinates behind and quickly followed him in. This person was the disciple of the Wine God. Even if he didn't have any special abilities, he must have something extraordinary. She had heard from him that she would be transferred to the capital as an official. Perhaps he knew something? Even if he didn't know that there was no conflict of interest between the two of them, he was knowledgeable. It was not a bad idea to ask him to help analyze his situation and future situation. He might even get something useful.
Li Yi looked around and pulled Sun Zhiyang to sit on a horizontal stone at the side.
He humbly said," Brother Zhiyang, you are already a capable person if you have these. To be honest, although I am the Prefecture Overseer of Pingjin, I am not proficient in official matters. I hope that Brother Zhiyang will not be stingy with your guidance and point me in the right direction!"”
"Virtuous younger brother is too modest. Soon, you will be transferred to the capital as an official. What else is there to worry about?”
She looked at him awkwardly and laughed dryly.""Perhaps in the eyes of others, being able to become an official in the capital is a good thing that they can only dream of, but in my opinion, that's the gates of hell. It's better not to go!”
He stared into her eyes. Those clear black and white eyes hid unspeakable pain and sorrow. His eyes rippled, making people feel pity for him. The dark green handkerchief tied up her black hair. Although it was a man's hairstyle, it could not hide her fresh and elegant beauty.
They sat side by side. Through the thin sleeves, they could feel her body temperature. The unique fragrance of her body was mixed with the slightly tipsy smell of alcohol, making one's heart flutter.
He swallowed his saliva and lowered his head to hide his abnormality. She opened the bag of peanuts and peeled them gently one by one. She placed the red peanuts on her lapel and gathered them into a small hill that grew taller and taller.
"Do you think Beijing is the gate to hell? I feel that you should die in Pingjin. Not only do you need to leave, but the sooner the better.”
"What's wrong? I have 5,000 men in Pingjin, but once we reach the capital, the Imperial Court will definitely take back my men. At that time, won't I be at the mercy of others?”
"Let's not talk about these five thousand soldiers for now. Let's talk about Pingjin and the capital. Pingjin because of the closure of the city to make food famine, virtuous brother to the people first, privately release food disaster relief. Although I don't know what you did to prevent the Pingjin officials from reporting this matter, it's only temporary. There's no such thing as a wall in the world that doesn't have ventilation.
How could the Pingjin officials wait until the imperial court secretly found out and suffer together with their brother? They would definitely think of ways to get rid of the obstacles set up by their younger brother and dispel their scruples. Then, they would report this matter and clear their names. When the imperial court comes to investigate, what does my brother plan to do?”
"After Shangjing, if the imperial court finds out about this, won't they die faster?”The novel network didn't jump.
"The first thing you need to do when you return to Ping Jin is to report the relief. The more severe the disaster, the better, but the relief needed must be reported according to the actual needs. This would make people think that the disaster was serious and that it could not be delayed. The situation of the other cities and counties is not better than yours, because without disaster relief, the situation should be even worse. They would also make the disaster situation sound much more serious than it actually was. In order to gain some benefits from it, the reported disaster relief needs must be very heavy.
They were both cities and counties, but their brother asked for less, while they asked for more. Anyone with discerning eyes would naturally know that it was because of the wise move of his brother to relieve the disaster. In order to reduce the amount of silver demanded by the other counties, the imperial court would definitely reward his brother's disaster relief efforts to let the other officials understand that they were not doing their job well. The more money one asked for, the more incompetent they were. The other counties naturally did not dare to ask for money recklessly and would restrain themselves.”
Li Yi was extremely excited when he heard this. He clapped his hands and said,"Wonderful, wonderful. This way, I have nothing to worry about. After this matter is resolved, does Brother Zhiyang still think that it is not easy for me to stay in Ping Jin?”The novel network didn't jump.
Sun Zhiyang didn't raise his head and continued,""It's just a small problem. Pinkgold isn't easy for you, not because of these trivial matters, but because of Pinkgold's geographical location. Pinjin was a frontier fortress, and there were six tribes of the Bukel tribe outside. In the southwest, there were bandits who robbed the Bukel tribe and the surrounding Seville. In the north, there was the small country of Jiajin.
In the past few years, the Bukel tribes had been in internal strife and had no time to attack the Great Zhou. However, since last year, the Bukel tribes had reached an agreement to stop fighting because of the many black and white disasters. Some tribes would definitely come to the Great Zhou Dynasty to farm in the grass valley for their livelihood. This time, they would not just come to snatch some things. They might even occupy cities and use this as a threat to extort from Great Zhou.
They also knew that the current Great Zhou had many internal troubles. Many vassal kings were plotting their own plans. Those who rebelled and those who did not rebelled had their own thoughts. Once the war started, the people who took the opportunity to cause trouble would be enough for the imperial court to deal with. The Imperial Court was afraid of war. They couldn't fight, and they couldn't afford to.
Brother is in the limelight in Ping Jin, how can he fight? Once the battle started, no matter who it was, the first to face the enemy would definitely be Pingjin State. Ping Jin and Hu He have twenty thousand soldiers, and my brother has five thousand. Logically speaking, if the rations from the Imperial Court arrived in time, these twenty-five thousand men would be able to defend Pingjin and resist the foreign invaders. However, the various factions in the court restrained each other and thought more about themselves. How many people were really worried about resisting the enemy? If the provisions cannot be supplied in time, how can my brother lead troops to fight? Even if the rations were timely, Hu He and his brother were of one heart and one mind, could they go through thick and thin together? Wouldn't he be bribed by others and take the opportunity to rebel?”
When Li Yi heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat. When the night breeze blew past, he could not help but shiver. He clenched his fists tightly, and his fingertips sank into his flesh, but he did not feel anything.
Dilemma
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