The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 89 Military Order
Xiahou Zhuo insisted on not letting Li Diudiu ride a horse because he said that Li Diudiu's current height was more suitable for the donkey.
On the way back, Li Diudiu asked who wanted to see him, and Xiahou Zhuo told him truthfully that it was Prince Wu. Li Diudiu actually didn't have much idea about Prince Wu, and thought he was probably about the same age as Prince Yu.
Seeing that he was confused, Xiahou Zhuo added, "Prince Wu is very big."
Li Diudiu asked: "Isn't it about the same size as your father?"
Xiahou Zhuo gestured and said, "About twice my dad's size, or maybe three."
Li Diudiu said as if he was shocked: "It is indeed very big."
Ye Zhangzhu, who was riding a horse beside them, really wanted to cover his face. Such a childish conversation was said by Xiahou Zhuo and Li Diudiu, which made Ye Zhangzhu feel that all this was not true. The Xiahou next to them must be some kind of monster, he must be...
"But……"
Li Diudiu said, "No matter how old he is, I have to go to Laihu County first. I haven't finished my work yet. Why don't you and Mr. Ye say that you didn't see me when you go back and don't know where I went."
Ye Zhangzhu explained: "Prince Wu will leave Jizhou City soon, in three to five days at most. You should go back with us to meet Prince Wu first, and we will accompany you to Laihu County after this matter is over."
Li Diudiu said seriously: "If Prince Wu is three times older than Prince Yu, it would be inappropriate not to meet him... But Wang Heita is dead, and Song Feng is also dead. Is the death a big deal?"
Without waiting for Xiahou Zhuo and Ye Zhangzhu to reply, he said to himself, "Nothing is more important than the dead... Besides, I can't be sure that even the people with great achievements can't track down where Wang Heita's family is hiding. If I delay for a few days before going back, I will see corpses again..."
He shook his head: "I can't do that."
Xiahou Zhuo said seriously: "Li Chi, you should understand that Prince Wu will stay in Jizhou for a long time in the future. Even if he is not in Jizhou City, he is the most powerful in the northern border. If you meet him once, you may be able to rise to prominence... Bah!"
Xiahou Zhuo spat and said, "These words can't even persuade me. Let's hurry up and rush there day and night. Try to shorten the time to return to Jizhou by half."
He glanced back and said, "Fortunately, we have many horses."
Li Diudiu said seriously: "Please remove the word 'men'."
Xiahou Zhuo said: "Okay, fortunately I have enough horses!"
Li Diudiu said: "Mine, mine, all mine."
Xiahou Zhuo nodded and repeated, "I know. Mine, mine, all mine."
Ye Zhangzhu thought that the two of them were childish enough just now, but after seeing this scene, he was sure that the childishness he saw was just the tip of the iceberg. He had no doubt that if the two of them fought, they would use the world-shaking rock-paper-scissors to decide the winner.
"You say it's yours, I say it's mine."
Xiahou Zhuo said: "It will only be possible if you and I fight it out."
Ye Zhangzhu's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself that what he wished for was coming true.
Then he heard Li Diudiu ask.
"Tell me, how do we decide the winner?"
Xiahou Zhuo said, "Let's see who can pee farther. Whoever pees farther gets the horses."
Ye Zhangzhu thought to himself, Oh my god, I am really too naive. Isn’t peeing more shocking than playing rock-paper-scissors?
Just as I thought of this, I heard Li Diudiu say, "That won't work. You are tall and strong, and you will definitely pee farther than those in lower places. It's not fair."
Ye Zhangzhu actually felt that there was some truth in it.
Xiahou Zhuo asked: "Then what do you think is fair?"
Li Diudiu looked at Ye Zhangzhu and said, "Mr. Ye, extend a few fingers with your right hand and cover them with your left hand. Let's guess. Whoever guesses correctly wins."
Xiahou Zhuo nodded and said, "It's feasible."
Ye Zhangzhu said, "But what if I favor Xiahou? I'll block it with my left hand anyway, so you can't see it. I'll change as many hairs as he guesses, and I'll change as many hairs as you guess. You can't win."
Li Diudiu said: "So we have to add a rule."
Ye Zhangzhu asked: "What are the rules?"
Li Diudiu said: "Whoever cheats is a puppy."
Ye Zhangzhu was stunned for a moment, then he let out a long breath: "That's really amazing..."
He looked at Xiahou Zhuo and thought, this is such a childish rule, don't you think it's fair?
But Xiahou Zhuo nodded solemnly and said firmly: "It should be so!"
Ye Zhangzhu sighed and said, "You two can play by yourselves. You guess his and he guesses yours. Whoever guesses correctly wins. I beg you, don't drag me into this..."
Li Diudiu thought to himself that this person was really afraid of being a puppy.
At the same time, in Jizhou City.
At Prince Yu's mansion, Prince Yu Yang Jixing heaved a sigh of relief when he saw his servants leading the long-browed Taoist priest over. Prince Wu Yang Jijiu believed in these ghost and god stories, especially the Taoist priest's divinations, which he believed in without a doubt.
But with someone like him, ordinary Taoists or sorcerers would naturally not look at him casually, and would not believe him easily even if they saw him, because he had a good friend, a Taoist named Zhang Youxu on Mount Longhu, who was very famous and was known as the number one master in the Central Plains.
Prince Wu was sitting in the study reading a book when Prince Yu came in from outside with Taoist Changmei. Taoist Changmei looked up and saw the majestic face of Prince Wu. He was shocked because this face was full of murderousness and ruthlessness.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Taoist Changmei bowed quickly.
Prince Wu looked at the Taoist in front of him. He was a little displeased because he didn't have a clean and tidy Taoist robe. He liked people to be serious. There were rules for what kind of people should wear what kind of clothes and what kind of words they should say.
"Are you the Taoist with long eyebrows?"
Prince Wu put down the book in his hand, thinking that since the person was here, and his third brother said that this person had the ability to see through fate, he might as well have a chat.
Changmei replied: "It is the common people."
"People outside the world are not considered ordinary people."
Prince Wu pointed to the stool in front of him and said, "Come over and talk."
Changmei walked over carefully, sat down on the stool with his buttocks bent, and asked, "What does the prince want to ask?"
"Ask about the fate of the country."
Prince Wu looked into Changmei's eyes and said, "Look at the fate of the Chu Kingdom."
Changmei was so frightened that his heart tightened. He thought, is there any need to look at the fate of the country? Even a blind man knows that there is no such thing as a chicken-feather fate for the Chu State. If there is chicken-feather, it will be a mess.
He dared not say anything, so he could only answer: "I only look at people, I dare not look at destiny."
Prince Wu did not blame him. He asked Zhang Youxu from Longhu Mountain, but Zhang Youxu avoided answering, let alone such a down-and-out Taoist.
"So what do you think of my luck?"
Prince Wu sat up straight and asked a question. Seeing that Changmei's eyes flickered and seemed to be a little afraid, he said, "Just look. I'm not afraid of you looking at me. What are you afraid of?"
Changmei also sat up straight and looked at Prince Wu's face carefully. After a while, he asked Prince Wu to stretch out his hand and looked at the lines on his palm.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty."
Changmei leaned forward and said, "Your Highness, in the next five years, you will be invincible in every attack and battle, and you will win every battle, no matter whether it is a big battle or a small battle, and you will never lose a single one."
"Five years?"
Prince Wu seemed not very satisfied with this, because the five-year deadline made him feel a little uncomfortable, so he asked: "Why five years? What will happen after five years?"
Changmei swallowed his saliva when he lowered his head, not daring to let Prince Wu see it. He lowered his head and said, "The reason why I said five years is because my ability can only last for five years at most. I am incompetent."
"So that's how it is."
Prince Wu laughed loudly: "If you can really see five years at a glance, it's already amazing. Zhang Youxu said that he can see ten years at most. If you can see for five years, you will be half as good as him... Seeing for five years is also good."
He looked at the Taoist priest with long eyebrows and asked, "I heard that you have a disciple with extraordinary talent, whose eyesight is even better than yours. Where is he?"
Taoist Long Eyebrows shook his head and said, "I don't know where my disciple Li Chi has gone. He may have encountered something beyond his control."
After hearing these words, Prince Yu secretly said in his heart, "Beautiful."
"Um?"
Prince Wu was indeed curious. He asked, "What could have happened to a young man who was unable to control himself? Who would make things so difficult for a child?"
Taoist Long Eyebrows said timidly: "I can't say it, I dare not say it."
Prince Yu exclaimed in his heart, "Beautiful!"
Prince Wu was slightly angry: "Who is it that is making things difficult for you? You dare not even mention his name in front of me."
Taoist Changmei said quickly, "That person is the most powerful person in Jizhou. He forced my disciple not to return to the Four Pages Academy to study. If I mention this name, I am afraid I will be killed."
Prince Wu looked at Prince Yu and asked, "Is it you?"
Prince Yu waved his hands repeatedly and said, "How could I make things difficult for them, they are my master and disciple? I have a connection with them, and my son is a close friend of Li Chi."
Prince Wu asked again: "That is the Jiedushi Zeng Ling? How dare he do such a bullying thing?"
Changmei and Prince Yu both shook their heads at the same time: "No, no."
Prince Wu finally understood and slammed his hand on the table: "Lian Gongming again? When will he be the most powerful person in Jizhou City?"
Taoist Long Eyebrows seemed frightened. He quickly stood up, stepped back a few steps, bowed and said, "I said something wrong. I was ignorant and spoke nonsense. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"
Prince Wu looked at Prince Yu, sighed and said, "You two are teaming up to put on a show for me."
Prince Yu said quickly, "Brother, what Taoist Changmei said is true, and he did not mean to deceive you."
Prince Wu looked at Changmei again. The panic on the old Taoist's face was more real than the real thing. It was not real in the sense of being fake, but real in the sense of being ten times more real than the real thing.
Prince Wu nodded and said, "In that case, I will stay in Jizhou City for a few more days to see how arrogant the most powerful person in Jizhou City is."
Prince Yu lowered his voice and said, "Brother, it is rumored that this person sends a lot to Liu Chongxin every year... You know."
Prince Wu frowned and said, "No wonder it's like this."
He stood up and paced back and forth in the room. After about half a minute, he suddenly smiled and said, "Since he is so powerful, I also want to ask him for help... Let's see if he won't even give me face when I ask him."
He smiled and said, "Third brother, come with me to the government office. If I alone am a prince and my influence is not enough, I will bring you along as well. Let's see if we can get what we want with our combined influence."
Prince Yu said, "I will listen to you, my brother."
Half an hour later, at the Jizhou government office.
Prince Wu glanced at the trembling Lian Gongming. He tried hard to put on a smile, but for such a majestic man, his smile was uglier than crying and scarier than a ghost.
"I will be going to war soon, and I have come to ask for your help, Lord Governor."
Prince Wu said with a smile: "The central government is short of food and fodder, and also lacks weapons and armor, so I came to see if the governor can help."
Lian Gongming was shocked and felt that there was a trap here.
Prince Wu said, "It doesn't need to be much. Don't be afraid. Just... 50,000 shi of grain and grass, and weapons and armor as you like. You can support me as you like. If I say less, it's obviously looking down on you, Lord Fuzhi. So this is the grain and grass, and the days... just half a month, how about that?"
Lian Gongming cursed in his heart, but he only dared to say with a bitter face: "Your subordinate... Your subordinate will do his best."
Prince Wu said, "Okay, I like straightforward people. How about we sign a military order?"
