Volume 1 The Wind Rises Chapter 37 Human Relations
There are several reasons why Li Chongjin invited Luo Youdu to drink.
One of them was to tell the military officer in the palace that Luo Youdu's killing of Wang Jixun had been approved by him. He deserved death, so he should not bother to think about rescuing him.
Another way is to indirectly tell the military officer that Luo Youdu has a certain relationship with him, and even if he is not a friend, he is not an enemy, so he should not think of targeting him maliciously. Is this to protect Luo Youdu, or to indirectly prevent reckless men like Shi Shouxin and Li Jixun from bringing disgrace upon themselves? Everyone has their own opinions.
The most important point is that he is also telling the two prime ministers, Fan Zhi and Wang Pu, that he has not been tricked and has not attributed everything to Luo Youdu. Luo Youdu can be their pawn or their own, and they should know when to stop.
Luo Youdu certainly knew that Li Chongjin had a hidden agenda when he invited him to drink, but he responded without hesitation .
Wang Jixun's incident further made Luo Youdu realize that if one lives in this world without any military power or authority, he will be like a lamb or a grass and be slaughtered at will.
In the south of Kaifeng City, if Fu Qing'er hadn't rescued him, Luo Youdu would not know how the situation would have ended.
When faced with those unreasonable and illogical people, only by holding real power can you subdue them.
It doesn't matter whether Li Chongjin sincerely invited the party. Regardless of the purpose or the intention, people can understand and change their views of each other through constant contact.
Luo Youdu has lived two lives and knows the ways of the world better than conspiracies and intrigues.
Li Chongjin was not enthusiastic at the banquet and just spoke perfunctorily.
Luo Youdu kept finding topics to talk about, as if he were the host, and talked about the historical changes of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Even though Li Chongjin is an experienced person, having lived in this era for more than 40 years and experienced everything personally, his understanding of the overall situation may not be comparable to Luo Youdu's.
The channels for information transmission in ancient times were extremely poor, and it was difficult to accurately convey what was happening in the two cities.
What’s more, they are different countries and different regimes.
Li Chongjin looks at the world from the perspective of his own life experience, while Luo Youdu looks at the world from the perspective of God, directly from historical materials and books .
Perhaps the historical records are not detailed enough, or even contain deviations and omissions, but they are comprehensive.
Li Chongjin could only tell what happened around him during this period, but Luo Youdu could tell what happened in the world during this period, including Southern Tang, Later Shu, Northern Han, and even Khitan.
If Li Chongjin was interested in Western history, Luo Youdu could also talk about some Western events.
He knows all the major events in the world like the back of his hand.
Li Chongjin was so shocked by his erudition that he didn't know how to describe it in words.
Li Chongjin was gradually attracted by the topic, and after a few drinks, he unknowingly let go of his grudges and started chatting nonsense with him.
Especially when talking about some interesting things in the previous dynasty, he would laugh so hard that he slapped the table.
Li Chongjin said: "The late emperor's army was approaching Kaifeng City, and Liu Chengyou of the Former Han Dynasty went to the front line to resist our Great Zhou soldiers. They had much more soldiers than us, but Liu Chengyou took a nap in the barracks, and all 30,000 Han soldiers ran away. When Liu Chengyou woke up, he looked at the empty barracks as if he was dreaming. If the late emperor did not want to be called a regicide, he really wanted to rush into the barracks to see the face of the tyrant at that time."
Luo Youdu drank the wine in his glass and said, "The late emperor was blessed by heaven, otherwise how could a tyrant die in such a strange way? Every time I heard about this, I suspected that Guo Yunming was the late emperor's man."
Liu Chengyou escaped the Later Han army in his sleep and fled back to Kaifeng in panic. As a result, Kaifeng Yin Liu Zhu saw that Liu Chengyou was alone and had become a commander without troops, so he refused to open the gate for him.
Liu Chengyou had no choice but to run to Zhao Village.
A dramatic scene occurred. Liu Chengyou's most trusted confidant Guo Yunming saw the dust flying behind him and thought that Guo Wei's army was chasing them, so he killed his master Liu Chengyou with a knife.
It turned out that the people who came after him were Liu Chengyou's personal guards...
One can imagine the depth of Guo Yunming's psychological trauma.
As the two of them recounted this dramatic past event, Li Chongjin's eyes showed a hint of nostalgia.
His uncle Guo Wei is the person he respects most in his life; even the current emperor Guo Rong cannot compare to him.
He gave up his position as heir and pledged allegiance to the Great Zhou not because of Guo Rong, but more because Guo Wei chose Guo Rong and asked him to assist Guo Rong before his death.
Thinking of Guo Wei, Li Chongjin was obviously depressed and his eyes were slightly red.
Seeing this, Luo Youdu said nothing. He stood up and said goodbye to Li Chongjin on the grounds that it was getting late.
Li Chongjin waved his hand and let Luo Youdu leave on his own.
As soon as Luo Youdu stepped out of the door, he heard a voice behind him: "If you don't mind my weird temper, you can come and drink and chat with me when you are free."
Luo Youdu turned around and bowed, saying, "I will definitely come and talk to you."
Walking in the night, Luo Youdu rode on the borrowed precious horse, humming a brainwashing song from later generations. He was almost twisting his hips, and his mood was obvious.
Gently stroking the smooth mane of the precious horse under his crotch, Luo Youdu thought that he would search Wang Jixun's house tomorrow and prepare for the public trial of Wang Jixun. He was afraid that he would not have time to return. He had planned to visit the Prince of Wei's mansion after visiting Li Chongjin today.
I don't want the contact with Li Chongjin to be too smooth and waste time.
Otherwise, why not just ask Uncle Hu to make the trip?
No, that's too disrespectful.
No matter what, you have to return it in person and go to the person’s house to express your gratitude.
Luo Youdu thought seriously about Fu Qing'er's heroic figure.
The next day, Luo Youdu led the yamen runners of Kaifeng Prefecture to surround Wang Jixun's residence.
With the support of Li Chongjin, although the military was dissatisfied, they did not interfere.
According to the testimony of the little girl Qi Rou, Luo Youdu dug out more than 50 skeletons from the fish pond in the mansion and the woods in the backyard, including 38 skeletons of boys and girls.
Wang Jixun never thought that anyone would investigate him, or dared to investigate him.
Zhang Kuang was so arrogant that he didn't even bother to destroy the body. He just buried it hastily and fed it to the fish.
This reckless man who crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of fire has no respect for life at all. In his eyes, there is no difference between human life and the life of cattle and sheep.
Such an idea that was contrary to Luo Youdu's values for many years made him extremely uncomfortable, and he had a stern face throughout the whole process.
Luo Youdu then gathered all the servants in the mansion and interrogated them one by one.
When a wall falls, everyone pushes it.
Luo Youdu collected more than fifty of Wang Jixun's evil deeds, most of which were capital crimes.
Looking at the bloody deeds recorded in the case files, Luo Youdu couldn't help but have an idea in his mind: if I come to power one day, even if I don't talk nonsense about benefiting the world and making everyone well-off, I will at least make sure that human life is respected enough.
