In late autumn, Jiankang and Li Li, who went to Beijing to work, were at a private house wearing a mask to meet guests. Wu Xiang and Li Li's cheap wife Huang, who came to Jiankang with him, were having fun in a certain restaurant.

Now, the guest Li Li met as "Yan Langjun" was his former employee, a handsome young man.

The young man's surname is Hu and his name is Wei. He is a handsome man. He approaches Mrs. Liu, the king of Linhe, who helps Li Li successfully poison and kills Linhe.

This was already done. Hu Wei could take Li Li's money and go away from home, but he couldn't bear to leave Mrs. Liu, who was still charming, and still stayed in Jiankang and wanted to renew his relationship with Mrs. Liu.

Li Li felt that this "stock speculation" would be over sooner or later, but two years later, Hu Wei was in a good state.

And I got what I wanted and stayed with Mrs. Liu forever. Of course, I dressed as a man and accompanied Mrs. Liu as a maid.

Afterwards, Li Li found the other party and continued to cooperate. He gave the money. The other party was responsible for collecting the news, summarizing it regularly, and handing it over to the people who arranged for Li Li to live in Jiankang.

Of course, the people who Li Li arranged for in Jiankang City would also collect various information.

Last year, there was no major event, but this year the situation changed. In January, Hou Jing, Xingtai, Henan, rebelled and surrendered to the emperor of Liang, splitting the land and surrendering.

For Li Li, the wheel of history has finally reached a critical position.

"There are many rumors recently, true and false, false, false, I just said that, and the husband just heard it."

Hu Wei drank a glass of wine and brought out the news he heard one by one.

This year is the second year of Zhongdatong. In January, the governor of Jingzhou and King of Luling, Xiao Xu, died of illness, while Gao Huan, the powerful minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, died.

Subsequently, Hou Jing, Xingtai, Henan, rebelled and surrendered to the Liang State.

The emperor appointed Hou Jing as King of Henan and sent troops north to meet Hou Jing.

In early March, the emperor sacrificed his life to Tongtai Temple. In early April, the ministers redeemed the emperor and immediately changed the reign of Taiqing. Therefore, this year is both the second year of Zhongdatong and the first year of Taiqing.

In May, the Eastern Wei sent troops south to fight Hou Jing in Henan. The Liang army, which went north to reinforce, also had conflicts with the Wei army. As for the victory or defeat, there were many different opinions, and most people were not sure about it.

In June, the emperor appointed King Poyang as the general of the Northern Expedition, and governed the Han Dynasty to fight against all military affairs, preparing to attack the north of the Western Wei Mountains.

Because Hou Jing faced the attack of the Eastern Wei army, he also paid tribute to the Western Wei army. The Western Wei army went to the western border of Henan through Shannan (called Hanbei as the Liang Kingdom, which is called Hanbei, that is, the area north of the Han River).

Therefore, the court wanted to restrain the Western Wei, but the Wei army in the southern border increased its strength, and the timing of the northern expedition to the north of Han was wrong, so it gave up.

In July, the government army obtained the Xuanhu in Henan, Wei State, Xiangcheng (Xiangcheng is northeast of Xuanhu), so Xuanhu was the capital of Yuzhou Prefecture and Xiangcheng was the capital of Yinzhou Prefecture.

These two places are north of the Huai River.

The original Liang State Yuzhou (main Shouyang) was changed to Southern Yuzhou; the original Liang State Yuzhou (main Hefei) was changed to Hezhou. Both places are in Huainan.

In August, the court was going to lead the Northern Expedition to seize Pengcheng, Xuzhou, the important land of Huai and Si, and support Hou Jing.

"There has been a story. Originally, the emperor wanted to take King Poyang as the head commander, but later he changed his mind and wanted to use the Marquis of Zhenyang, the governor of Southern Yuzhou, and the King of Southern Yanzhou, to supervise the generals and lead the generals to the Northern Expedition."

Hu Wei told Li Li an insider news he had heard.

I don’t know when a nursery rhyme spread, implying that Poyang King Xiao Fan might be the future emperor. Therefore, the Poyang King had the opportunity to be the commander of the Northern Expedition, but was slandered by this nursery rhyme.

So there was a change of coach.

When Li Li heard this, he felt a little speechless: Marquis Zhenyang, King Nankang? It seems that he is not a famous royal family member who leads troops?

Is this a political leader? It is such an important matter for the Northern Expedition, and of course political factors need to be considered, but the first thing is not to choose a commander who can fight to ensure victory?

After winning, the meat is put into the pot, and no matter how much you play politics, the meat is eaten steadily.

The Eastern Wei army is not a weakling, and they won’t talk about politics to you on the battlefield...

Hu Wei continued to say some information he had found out, for example, the Eastern Palace is expanding its guard, and it is said that the one who is guarding is Xiao Lun, King of Shaoling.

King Shaoling recently served as the Yin of Danyang and the governor of Southern Xuzhou. He stayed next to the capital and had a high reputation. After the death of King Luling Xiao Xu, if the crown prince was unexpected, then according to the old example of "brothers ended with brothers and brothers", King Shaoling was the new crown prince.

After all, the current crown prince became the crown prince because of his "brothers and brothers".

Hu Wei said for a long time, but after hearing this, Li Li frowned and felt that the storm was about to come and the wind filled the building.

The more this time, the more cautious he has to be and never make mistakes. Otherwise, the money he has finally saved will easily lose.

However, the greater the risk, the greater the benefits. If you seize the opportunity, you will not be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

If one has no future, one will have immediate worries. If one guards the one-acre land of Poyang to keep calm and static, although it is safe, it may miss many opportunities.

Therefore, he has to make a difference.

......

In the northeast suburbs of Jiankang, near Jiangshan (Zhongshan), next to the official road, Li Li was talking to Xiao Qin, the eleventh son of the King of Poyang. He came to the capital, and Xiao Qin happened to be in the capital, so Li Li wanted to talk to the other party about the past.

The two met again. Three years apart, Xiao Qin was still a fat white man, while Li Li became a "big black man".

‘What are you doing in the past three years? Why are you dark, tall and strong?’

Xiao Qin asked curiously, and Li Li replied vaguely: "I am running around in the lake. If the sun is too sunny, it will naturally become tanned. Perhaps because I eat too much fish, I will grow taller and stronger."

Xiao Qin was surprised to see the mulberry wooden bow brought by Li Li, and his bow was quite thick: "Is this the bow power of two stones?"

"Yes, I can now use two stone bows."

"Then do you shoot a wild goose?" Xiao Qin pointed at the wild goose flying in the sky.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Li bent his bow and arrow, and just glanced at him and spread the bowstrings. A wild goose fell down in response.

Xiao Qin was very happy and asked his followers to pick it up. Next to him, Xiao Qin's cousin Cai Quan was quite impressed when he saw Li Li's shooting skills were so superb: "Li Lang, the scholar is three days away... The scholar is three years away, you have changed a lot."

"Hi, I'm lucky." Li Li said modestly, worried that the little fat man would have ideas about his rapid shooting skills, explaining:

"You don't need to study at a low level. You can practice archery hard every day. Your husband still has to read and write, so naturally he doesn't have that much energy to practice archery."

"That's right, oh, I want to just practice arrows every day." Xiao Qin said a little depressedly, "I may have to go to the Imperial College to study in the spring next year, alas."

"That's a humble position to congratulate you in advance. If you enter school in spring and take the October exam, your husband will definitely pass the exam, and then you will be admitted to the officialdom."

"It's boring to be an official, it's red tape..." Xiao Qin said as he looked towards Jiankang City: "Why haven't you come yet? When is it?"

Cai Quan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Liu should be on the way here, just wait."

Li Li also looked towards Jiankang City, with some expectations: Xiao Qin’s friend is Liu Pan. Today, the two agreed to go out for an autumn outing in the suburbs and hunting. However, he has been around for almost five years and has not seen Liu Pan.

Liu Pan's father Liu Yan once presided over justice for him and washed away the grievances, so he was considered a benefactor. However, Liu Yan died as an official in the Poyang Inner Historian, and the coffin was transported back to Jiankang, and Liu Pan left Poyang.

According to the system, Liu Pan had to mourn his deceased father for three years, and now his term has expired.

Poyang King Xiao Fan resigned as the governor of Yongzhou last year, and now he and his family are in Jiankang. Therefore, Xiao Qin and Liu Pan have many contacts, and today they agreed to go outings and hunting together.

While we were talking, a ox cart drove up the official road, surrounded by followers.

It was indeed the car from Liu's mansion. After the ox car was parked, Liu Pan got off the car and saw Li Li, a "big black guy".

Liu Pan, who grew taller, asked with interest: "Huh? Li Li? Why have you become so... so tall?"

"It's a long story." Li Li bowed to Liu Pan: "I haven't seen you for five years, so I'm fine."

"It's okay, it's okay." Liu Pan was very happy. Seeing Li Li reminded him of his days in Poyang, "Li Li, you... carry a bow? Are you going to hunt?"

"Yes, Bei Zhi accompanied the Eleventh Prince to hunt."

"A humble position? Have you become an official?"

"Bizhi is currently the supervisor of the Shangfang Office of Shaofu Temple, responsible for the matter of pearl collection in Pengli Lake."

"Picking pearls? Are there pearls in Pengli Lake?" Liu Pan became more and more curious.

"Yes, this matter is a long story... It's better to tell the two men some interesting things."

Li Li accompanied the two wealthy men and walked to the side, telling jokes while walking, which made the two laugh.

This scene seems to be back five years ago.

The two men still have the same identities, but Li Li is no longer the small rut of a thorn.

The wheel of history has begun to turn, entering the plot of "Hou Jing rebellion against Wei". Li Li adapted to the situation and did not intend to watch in Poyang foolishly, but took the initiative to do something.
Chapter completed!