Chapter 548: Each of them has their own calculations
After Gu Liubai made friends with the fifth prince in Youzhou, he specially asked the fifth prince to inquire about the reason why the emperor Xin Xinniannian must attack Goryeo.
The fifth prince could not guess the emperor's true thoughts at that time, but one of the possible reasons was the two large Jingguans in Goryeo.
One of the two capitals was in Wugu City. The Sui Dynasty emperor launched four major wars against Goryeo, using more than 300,000 troops, but four of them were ultimately defeated and suffered extremely heavy losses.
According to records, the capital of Wugu City has at least 100,000 heads of Sui people.
There is also a city in Gaimu, which is the most powerful city fortress in the front line of Goryeo and the Tang Dynasty.
The Li family was originally a clan of the Sui Dynasty. In the Li family's opinion, there was no difference between the Sui people and the Tang people, and among those heads, there might be children of the Li family and colleagues of the Li family.
Therefore, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty also mobilized troops to try to eliminate Goryeo.
But it was also a great defeat, and instead left a capital temple in Gaimu City.
What the beautiful young master said is correct. As long as these two capitals stand there, they will always be an indelible shame for the Tang Dynasty and a pain in the hearts of countless Tang people. I don’t know how many clans and how many people are waiting for their relatives to return to their hometowns.
But often rationality overwhelms the voice of revenge in my heart. As the territory of the Tang Empire expands towards the Western Regions and constantly fights with many ambitious enemy countries, many deductions always show that they do not get enough benefits for Goryeo's military use, or that it is temporarily harmful but not beneficial.
The Sui Dynasty was rapidly declining because it used too much force on Goryeo for four times. Only by solving the problems that must be solved in front of us can the Tang Dynasty fight this battle that has little practical benefits but is related to face and emotions.
If someone could solve the problem that the entire Tang Dynasty could not solve and could welcome so many warriors' corpses home, then how prestige would this person gain in the Tang Dynasty?
Gu Liubai glanced at Mr. Meiyu and said, "This medicine in Mr. Meiyu's gourd is probably too strong, and I can't bear it."
Young Master Meiyu smiled slightly and said, "Please think that at this time, the Tang army in Nanzhao was defeated, and it is still unknown who will win the battle between Fufeng County. If I, Goryeo, use all my strength to attack, it will definitely cause the Tang Dynasty to suffer losses, but it will definitely make the Tang Dynasty difficult to take care of its head and tail, and the national strength is greatly exhausted. Moreover, the military disaster will expand, so I don't know how many ordinary people will be displaced. You and I are all ordinary people, so we should work together to avoid this situation."
Gu Liubai clapped his hands and said, "Young Master Meiyu said it well, but it would be difficult to get these two Jingguans back, and it would probably be difficult to convince."
Young Master Meiyu smiled and said, "Young Master Lu is so capable that he can get back the huge difficulty."
Gu Liubai smiled and said, "I wonder what the difficulty will be?"
Mr. Meiyu said, "Mr. Lu went to the meeting alone and challenged all the children of Goryeo. He agreed that if Mr. Lu could win, we would be willing to accept the loss and return the skulls of the two Jingguans. In the end, Mr. Lu won thirteen consecutive games. Mr. Lu and I were not sure of the victory and loss, and we shook hands and made peace. We admire Mr. Lu's courage and courage and were willing to return the two Jingguans."
Gu Liubai frowned slightly and said, "Winning thirteen consecutive games is better than the outstanding figures among all the children of Goryeo. I don't have this ability, and I can't bear the loss of true energy. What's more, in the end, I shake hands with my young master Meiyu, and we got a reputation while stepping on them, and they have no objection?"
Young Master Meiyu looked at Wen Qixuan and others with a smile and said seriously, "This is our common decision. They have no objection. They decide to follow me. I have no harm to them. And as far as the current situation is concerned, they will indeed lose if they fight fairly with you. As for the true energy and cultivation issues you are concerned about, I have also considered it. As long as Young Master Lu, you agree, I can offer treasures to help Young Master Lu to be promoted to the seventh grade soon."
"There is such a good thing?" Gu Liubai said in surprise, "What treasure can make me advance to the seventh grade soon?"
Young Master Meiyu smiled and said, "Have you ever heard of the order to ascend to the Immortality?"
Gu Liubai's heart moved and said deliberately, "I have never heard of it."
Meiyu Gongzi said, "According to records, before the army set out, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty would grant several orders of the Immortals to the Immortals, which were all allocated by the generals of the commander-in-chief. The wars against Goryeo in the Sui Dynasty were all personally fought against the Sui Dynasty. At that time, more than ten generals obtained this item. The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty publicized that the Order of the Immortals was a god gift from heaven, but according to my research, this so-called Order of the Immortals was actually an artifact of the Ancestral Dragon period, and was refined by Qi Refiners under the throne of the Ancestral Dragon Emperor to help Qi Refiners feel Qi. This object was called Li Qi Pill in the Qin Dynasty. The mystery of it is that after taking it, it can make the monks feel the true way of transformation of their true qi."
Speaking of this, Mr. Meiyu paused slightly, took out a mutton fat jade box from his sleeve, opened it directly in front of Gu Liubai and others, and then he continued to smile, "When I got this thing, I had entered the seventh grade when I got this thing, and found that this thing was of limited use for practitioners above the seventh grade, but it had a huge effect on monks who could not leave their body with the sixth grade true qi. I dare to conclude that if Mr. Lu used this thing to assist in his practice, he would probably be able to be promoted to the seventh grade in less than half a month. This thing is a small piece, and it looks like a triangle token. Who would have thought that it was a pill that reached the pinnacle by the pre-Qin Qi Refiner?"
In fact, whether it was Gu Liubai, Shen Ruoru, or Shangguan Zhaoyi, they all knew what was going on with the Immortal Order, but this kind of thing disappeared in the late Sui Dynasty and had long disappeared in the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention their generation of cultivators, even Xiao Zhenwei and his generation of cultivators had never seen the real thing, nor had anyone ever heard of anyone using this thing to improve their cultivation.
As for the relevant records, they are actually quite similar to what Mr. Meiyu said.
Gu Liubai said that he had never heard of it, and he just wanted to see if Mr. Meiyu would make a fool of himself.
At this time, the Order of the Ascension to the Immortal in the jade box was indeed exactly the same as the records he had seen. It was like a triangular scale, but the size of an adult's thumb nail, with a bronze surface, and a gold-iron luster. When you look closely, there are yellow fine grains and crystals densely covered with them.
However, at this moment, Gu Liubai felt a trace of strange aura in this thing.
This aura is very subtle, he can conclude that not to mention a sixth-grade cultivator, if he had not been promoted to the eighth-grade cultivator, he might not be able to sense it with his perception.
At this time, Chen Ruoruo glanced at him, and he knew that Chen Ruoruo must have sensed it too.
Gu Liubai looked at the Order of the Immortality without hesitation, as if he was reluctant to move his eyes away, and he was sensing it seriously in secret. After only a few breaths, he was sure that the thing hidden in the Order of the Immortality was a kind of insect.
This beautiful young master is having a very humble play.
If a sixth-grade cultivator really wants to improve his cultivation and swallow this thing, then the Gu insect that has been captured by this beautiful jade prince is likely to be forced to become a puppet of this person.
"You can't receive any reward without merit." Gu Liubai spoke, and looked at the immortal order reluctantly, "Young Master Meiyu, you can bear such things, what benefits do you want?"
Meiyu Master smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, since General Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty climbed the altar to the Langjuxu Mountain to worship the sky to announce his success, there have been saying that a real man should seal the wolfjuxu in all dynasties. It clearly gives people the illusion that as a man, the highest achievement is to seal the wolfjuxu. But I remember another sentence, is there any king, prince, general, and minister? Li can be the lord of the Tang Dynasty, why can't Lu?"
Gu Liubai frowned, "I don't have such a high spirit."
"How can you call your destiny?" Meiyu Master looked at Gu Liubai and said seriously, "Ordinary people may not be able to see Mr. Lu's ambitions, but we are all the same people. Of course, I can see Mr. Lu's ambitions. We are born different from ordinary people, so we should control the current situation and not be in the current situation. You and I will respond from afar, and each one can use their strength. In the future, I will be the monarch of Goryeo, and I will help you with my own strength."
Gu Liubai deliberately narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "The future is too far away, I will only look at what I want to do in front of me."
Mr. Meiyu looked at Gu Liubai and said seriously, "Mr. Lu, a gentleman promises a thousand gold. I only hope to help Mr. Lu like brothers and sisters. I don't seek small profits in front of me. Master Lu, you naturally know that my territory of Goryeo is like a god-like turtle, but the turtle is divided by Baekje and Silla. Among these two countries, Silla bows to the Tang Dynasty. If I use military forces against the Tang Dynasty, Silla will definitely take the opportunity to attack my rear. Baekje is even more unruly, and because there is still a Goryeo between me and the Tang Dynasty, so I will not submit to my Goryeo. He did not join the Tang Dynasty, and this generation of monarchs is ambitious. If he has an opportunity to take advantage of, he will definitely send troops to occupy my territory. If Silla and Baekje are not eliminated, I will be unable to sleep or eat even if I become the Goryeo king. If you agree to join forces with me, I will help Mr. Lu quickly enter the seventh realm and return to the skulls of two Jingguans, and give him two thousand servants. If Mr. Lu is famous at that time, he will be able to ensure that when I use military service to Baekje, the Tang Dynasty will not take advantage of the opportunity to deal with Goryeo. I will invade and destroy Baekje in one fell swoop, and I will take advantage of the situation to ascend to the throne."
Gu Liubai naturally knew that the beautiful young master must have planned not only small meat like Baekje and Silla, but he did not expose it. He just laughed and said, "If the heavens do not take it, they will suffer the consequences; if the time is not welcome, they will suffer the consequences. If you ask the heavens to throw such a big Hu cake for me, if I don't accept it, I will probably be punished by God."
Young Master Meiyu suddenly laughed, "Why worry about the big thing if you are a good friend like Tianci Lu?"
Chen Ruoruo also laughed secretly. This old gou and the hypocritical young master are really intrigues, each with their own merits.
Gu Liubai's eyes fell on the order to ascend to the Immortality again, and said at the same time: "My Yu Prince, what does Qilian Canglan have to do with you?"
Young Master Meiyu said, "She is my master's disciple. According to the entry time, she is my junior sister. Although you have made enemies with her, since you have made friends with me and have left this cave, your grudge with her has been wiped out, and there is no need to worry about it."
Gu Liubai said seriously, "My Yu Master, I'm sorry, I only knew that Goryeo had a person like you, but in the knowledge of our Chang'an practitioners, you Goryeo occasionally have masters appearing, and they are forced to be like a dog of a family. I thought you were not famous for your cultivation, but today I broke my cognition. Your master's sect has no reputation in the Tang Dynasty, but it seems to be far beyond the ordinary practice place of our Tang Dynasty. What is the origin of your master's lineage?"
Young Master Meiyu smiled and said, "It's shameful to say that our master's lineage was originally just a surrendered general of the Sui Dynasty. My master was a practitioner who was accompanied by the army by the Emperor of Sui. He was defeated and captured, and he had no choice but to serve in Goryeo. He was old and was ashamed to mention the things he had done back then, and he didn't even tell us his name, so even I don't know what sect he came from back then. Although he surrendered to Goryeo, he also had the idea of falling leaves returning to his roots, so he also wanted to promote the return of the skeletons of the two Jingguans."
Gu Liubai didn't find out much useful, but he still didn't give up and said, "Then should we know what method he is good at? I should be able to infer his inheritance from his method."
Young Master Meiyu shook his head slowly and said, "What my master taught me is the true interpretation of the Immortal Palace, which is the method of the Immortal Palace School of the Sui Dynasty, but what my master practices may not be this method, so this question is unsolvable to me."
Gu Liubai nodded and said, "What is the next thing that Master Meiyu wants to do in Fufeng County?"
Young Master Meiyu smiled and said, "The military of Fufeng County and Western Regions practitioners secretly spyed at Famen Temple, which is related to several secret reports from the Buddhist sect. I want to go to Famen Temple to see if I can get some special opportunities. I see if Mr. Lu's route of travel is also intended?"
Gu Liubai smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that I'm going to Famen Temple too, but I want to destroy their secret talks. If the Fufeng County military and Western Regions practitioners join forces, it will be extremely unfavorable to our army."
Young Master Meiyu said, "Why not walk with us?"
Gu Liubai shook his head and said, "Duke Pei has arranged for other practitioners, and several of them are much better than me. If they find out that I am with you, then all your next calculations will be wasted. I cannot stay here for too long, so as not to be known that I am having a talk with you here."
Young Master Meiyu smiled and nodded, "Then let's go to Famen Temple to contact you again. If I get to the near Famen Temple, green smoke will be burned as a signal. If you encounter someone you can't deal with, I can also secretly mediate."
After saying these words, he handed the jade box containing the order to the Immortal Enlightenment to Gu Liubai, "I am a few years older than you, so I dare to call you a virtuous brother. Brother Lu, you can take this item in a quiet place and swallow it and refine it. Maybe when you arrive at Famen Temple, you have already entered the seventh grade."
Gu Liubai put the jade box into his sleeve, stood up and said, "Mr. Meiyu, I have accepted this friendship, and we will have a date in the future."
When Gu Liubai, Shen Ruoru and others stood up and left, Jin Shunxiu looked at the backs of the maids who sent them out of the cave, and felt inexplicably disappointed.
Her mood is ups and downs today, very strange.
At first she despised Mr. Lu, but after this man defeated An Qixuan, she felt that this man was different from all the clans she had met before. However, when she saw this man greedy and agreed to cooperate, she felt lost and felt that this man was just like that.
Chapter completed!