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Chapter 127 I should be the Red Emperor!
"Aunt, I am doing well in the capital. I have been promoted recently."

'Mr. Xue arranged a large residence for me. There was no shortage of snacks of all kinds, and they tasted great. I also met many like-minded friends, and we often went hunting together. The capital city in spring had beautiful scenery, and people lived and worked in peace and contentment. I had a good life...'

Li Guanyi picked up the pen.

Thinking about how to write a letter to my aunt.

He went to the ghost market yesterday and chopped many people, so that his knife was blunt. He was not at Xue's house at the moment. The surrounding environment was simple, and the windows were locked with fine steel as thick as his wrist. The young man sat cross-legged there, casually taking a steamed bun and stuffing it into his mouth, and he ate it happily.

This is the confinement place of the Jinwu Guards.

Commonly known as the small dark room.

No one knows why old man Siming suddenly disappeared yesterday. The general pulled him back and stripped him of his badge, weapon, and halberd, then kicked him in the butt and threw him into a small dark room, and then went to fight with the city guards of the capital, cursing at him.

I heard that their general of the Jinwu Guard was cursing at dozens of people on the Imperial Road.

He was an old soldier and ruffian who had really climbed up from the bottom of society in this era.

Let go of your restraints and start talking, and every three sentences you speak you will mention your ancestors.

Those officials were so angry that their faces turned swollen. They kept yelling at each other for a long time, and I heard that some of them even fainted from anger.

Gong Zhenyong sneered and asked if he had spent too much time in the brothel.

So those civil servants woke up again.

Ding ding ding, ding ding ding——

There was a light knock on the window, but Li Guanyi ignored it. Then the knock disappeared and a crisp sound of something falling was heard, as if something was thrown in. The boy moved his ears.

Huh? It's gold?!

Li Guanyi blinked, turned his head, and saw a small grain of gold in front of him. He reached out and picked it up, and then the second grain was thrown in front of him. The young man took several grains in this way, then slowly walked to the window and raised his head.

A white finger flicked on his forehead.

He sat there and looked up to see a smiling face, fair as jade, bright almond-shaped eyes, hanging black hair and bangs on the forehead. It was the eldest daughter.

"What a money-grubber!"

The eldest lady said angrily: "It takes gold to lure you over here."

A bright smile appeared on Li Guanyi's face: "Miss!"

Xue Shuangtao stepped on the stone and stood on tiptoe, "You had a fight with the Red Dragon General Yue Qianfeng two days ago. I wanted to go see you, but Grandpa said you were fine and told me to stay in the palace. But it's only been less than two days. Why did you go to fight again?"

Li Guanyi grinned: "I can't help it, I just bumped into it..."

"Now there is not even an eighth-rank official left. The scarlet robes and white jade belts have all been stripped off."

This was actually Gong Zhenyong taking the initiative to protect him.

Generals who came from military backgrounds on the frontier are well-known throughout the world for their ability to protect their own people.

I've already stripped him of his robes and rank, what else do you want to do? I've already done this, do you want me to chop him up? !
You chopped him up today. Are you going to have something against me?
Whoever speaks up, I’m going to pick up a knife and chop that guy to pieces. I’ll remember you for the rest of my life!

Gong Zhenyong pinched his thigh and glared at the civil servants with red eyes when he said this. All the civil servants wilted. None of them wanted to push a general of the imperial guards to the limit, not to mention that Gong Zhenyong was a general of the imperial guards.

What is Yiwei?

Only a great-grandson of the second rank, a grandson of the third rank, and a son of the fourth rank can receive this position.

The rank of the Personal Guards is even higher; sons of the second or third rank can serve as the Personal Guards.

The rank of Qinxun Yiwei Yulin Langjiang represents the men under Gong Zhenyong's command. The lowest rank is the son of a fourth-rank military officer, and the upper limit is the son of a second-rank official, the children and grandchildren of a prince and a senior general. Gong Zhenyong's current rank is not high, but all the generals in history have held this position.

Under his command are not soldiers, but generals.

No one wants to hate him.

Gong Zhenyong debated with the scholars using the tactics of a low-level soldier.

Li Guanyi was squatting in a small dark room, thinking. Li Guanyi felt a hand pressing on his head and rubbing it. He looked up and saw the girl standing on tiptoe in the sunlight outside the window, smiling brightly at him: "Yeah, but you did the right thing."

"If no one praises you, I will praise you."

"As expected of my husband."

"He is the best unicorn in the world!"

"Even if the emperor and the others think you are wrong, I will still stand by you."

The young man raised his eyes. He didn't say anything. He just stood there and let the young lady touch his hair. Li Guan handed the letter in his hand to her and said, "Young lady, please give this letter to my aunt and tell her not to think too much."

Xue Shuangtao nodded, and then said: "Stretch out your hand."

Li Guanyi was puzzled, but he still stretched out his hand. The girl placed her hand in his palm and let go.

It's a handful of golden beans.

"They punish you, but I will stand by you."

"These are all the gold beans I have. I have saved them for many years. I give them all to you."

Xue Shuangtao had a bright smile on his face:

"Don't think it's too little."

The girl waved her hand, then turned around and jumped lightly off the stone. Li Guanyi held the handful of gold without saying a word. He always felt much better. The girl's words and comfort, when she came to Li Guanyi at this time, were more precious than gold.

The smile on Xue Shuangtao's face disappeared and turned into worry.

She pursed her lips and ran to find her aunt.

And after the girl walked away.

Amid the rustling sounds, a young man emerged from the bushes, his eyes wide open. He squatted there, holding two blades of grass in his hands. Then two appeared from behind the rockery, one turned out from behind a rock, and two floated out from the pool.

He also spat out two mouthfuls of water with water plants in it.

The boys looked at each other, then rushed to the window.

Zhou Liuying shouted, "Boss, what's going on?"

"Why did Miss Xue come to see you specially?!"

Li Guan rolled his eyes and said, "Don't call me boss!"

Zhou Liuying said, "Okay, Boss."

"No problem boss."

Then the young Jinwu Guards all laughed.

Li Guanyi twitched the corner of his mouth.

He always felt that this title sounded like the boss of some bandits. After what happened yesterday, up to this time, Li Guanyi's reputation among the young men from military families was extremely high. The sons of civil officials felt that it was too reckless for a son of a wealthy family to sit in the hall.

The descendants of military families felt happy and no longer called him by his name when they mentioned him.

Those ten Jinwu Guards who made it through the ghost market had something to brag about.

Zhou Liuying laughed and said, "Boss, let me tell you, I climbed over the wall yesterday and stole the horse from home, but when I came back later, my old man didn't beat me, he just asked me a question."

"Ask me if I was afraid at that time and if I was brave enough to face the enemy."

"I said I didn't back down. My old man actually drank with me. He never allowed me to drink at home in the past. Hahahaha, this is the first time he did this to me. He made me want to follow you."

Zhou Liuying was very proud.

Li Guanyi sighed and said, "Okay, okay, how about asking you guys about your business?"

Zhou Liuying and Ye Buyi looked at each other and said, "General Gong is still spitting blood at those civil officials. At this moment, what those civil officials mean is not that you killed people, but that you actually brought up such a big thing before the grand sacrifice, causing the State of Chen to lose face in front of other countries and damaging the foundation of the country."

"That you don't understand the overall situation."

"The general couldn't stand it anymore."

"But don't worry, Master Wang Tong is out."

"Then, we hanged the people around the ghost market, armor, crossbows and arrows. The people there basically don't have enough lives to die. If their relatives don't report them, they will be exiled for 3,000 miles. They will probably have to do hard labor in the Western Regions for the rest of their lives. Those who do evil will be beheaded or hanged."

"The main culprit must be executed by slow slicing."

"The Jinwu Guards worked all night. They were all young men who had done nothing but suffocate in the palace. The people they pulled out were not just the dozen or so you rescued. There were about a thousand people alive in total."

"According to our country's laws, each of them will be given money and sent back to their hometowns. If they have no relatives, they will be resettled locally and their land will be exempted from taxes for three years. After Mr. Xue learned about your situation, he took over the handling of these people, which is basically the same as your guess."

Li Guan nodded and said softly.

"One thousand people..."

Ye Buyi and Zhou Liuying looked at each other. They did not say that when the Jinwu Guards went there, they found cooked human leg bones. It was not because of a lack of food. The main culprit was a gangster who told the Jinwu Guards that he just wanted to give it a try and did not kill many people.

All these people were here, and he immediately confessed his crime and accepted the punishment. He had not killed many people, so could he be lenient? Gong Zhenyong hacked him to pieces with a knife three hundred times, slicing him into a skeleton. He was frightened and died of pain after seeing his own bones.

But Li Guanyi had already guessed something.

He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, brothers."

Ye Buyi, Zhou Liuying and others returned the greeting solemnly.

The young man thought for a moment and held out his hand, in which was the golden bean given by the young lady: "Although it was given by the young lady, I will borrow the flower to offer to the Buddha and treat the brothers to a drink."

Everyone looked at each other, and Ye Buyi said, "That was given to you by Miss Xue."

Li Guanyi smiled and said, "The gift she gave me is more valuable than gold."

"That cannot be shared with you."

Everyone laughed and finally accepted it, and they felt even better about the young man who was imprisoned in front of them.

I just feel happy.

Li Guanyi sat there, feeling very unhappy. Many things were gradually taking shape in his mind. He looked at the sky and for the first time began to think about where he and his aunt would go. The young man knocked his head against the wall.

After a while, he heard the noisy sound again. The young military officers came again, bringing wine and meat, and more friends, and then set up a banquet outside the confinement of the Jinwu Guard. Then a wine cup was handed over from outside the window, and Ye Buyi said, "Come, let's drink together."

Li Guanyi agreed with a smile.

After some drinking, the team of ten people became thirty-three people. They brought their friends with military honors and drank happily together. However, they were the Jinwu Guards after all, and could not stay here for too long, so in the end Li Guanyi was left alone.

Mr. Xue came once and told him not to worry and also said that he was being reckless.

The old man said in a gentle voice: "Saving people is like putting out a fire. I know what you mean, but you have other ways..." The old man told Li Guanyi how to make decisions after careful consideration, as well as other more reliable methods, and said:
"You used the help of the Jinwu Guards and the High Priest to kick this ghost market into the fire, but you yourself will inevitably be affected. However, in a desperate situation, this is already the best choice."

"But you did a good job and did the right thing."

The old man stretched out his hand, holding the wine cup, and asked:
"Do you want to take these people under your command?"

Li Guanyi replied: "Saving people is saving people. I don't do that kind of thing just to subdue them."

Old Xue laughed and said softly, "You are a stubborn child, but that's fine. Only in this way can you be passionate. If a young man doesn't have this kind of spirit, he is no longer a young man. We can do the shrewd things. Then, I will teach you something."

"You probably know that, too."

Li Guanyi paused for a moment, then nodded.

The old man pointed his finger at Li Guanyi and spoke word by word: "You saved them and let them go back home, but today we killed a bunch of thieves, and there are still others in the world... They don't have the power to protect themselves, and this world is not a bright and peaceful place, and they will definitely suffer a second disaster."

"I once saved a man. He was saved seven times and sold seven times. He had gone crazy."

"But the people you saved don't have to worry about this, because of the Jinwu Guards and this old man."

"But what if you don't have these in the future? These are all external things."

"Without my power, I don't have the identity of the Jinwu Guard."

"In this world, saving a life is like killing a person."

Li Guanyi suddenly understood the heart-wrenching sorrow in old man Siming's eyes, because in some cases, being bought was better than being killed during a robbery, being taken away, or being killed for sexual desire on the way.

The old man must have seen many sad things in his long life.

Li Guanyi looked at Xue Daoyong. This fierce tiger in troubled times reached out his hand to ruffle the boy's hair and said softly, "You went to save people because you knew I would back you up. You went alone to break into the ghost market because you knew there were Jinwu Guards. You have courage, vision, and the courage to gamble and kill."

"But remember, one day you will have to have your own confidence."

When the old man saw Li Guanyi's expression, he patted Li Guanyi's hair and laughed: "Don't feel sorry, you and I are allies. Besides, it is our duty to you to cover for the younger generations, allow them to make mistakes, and then grow up."

"but--"

He looked at Li Guanyi and said softly, "You need to grow up."

"A young man is full of ambition, like a white tiger with wings, but if he does not grow up, he will always be a fool."

The surging thoughts in Li Guanyi's heart gathered together, and he bowed and said:

"I would like to be taught."

The old man left.

There is also a jug of wine here.

There were books, but they were all things that taught loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

He took off his shoes and sat cross-legged there. It was already night when the chains were suddenly opened. Unexpectedly, a scholar came in. He was not very old, but had a dignified demeanor and was dressed in a purple robe. It was Wang Tong.

Seeing Li Guanyi drinking alone at night, Wang Tong smiled and said:
"Li Guanyi is quite cool and unrestrained."

Li Guanyi stood up to greet him: "Master?! Why are you here?"

Wang Tong raised the imperial edict in his hand and said, "Of course it's for you." He sat next to Li Guanyi in a casual manner and casually threw it to Li Guanyi, asking him to read it himself. Li Guanyi flipped through the imperial edict and Wang Tong said, "The ministers have been arguing for a whole day. It was Tan Tai Xianming who issued the edict."

"He said that you have made great contributions in cleaning up the ghost market and you must be rewarded; however, you ignored the grand sacrifice and hurt the reputation of the country, so you must be punished. The matter should be dealt with later. As for the ghost market, it must be cleaned up, but on the surface, this matter must be suppressed and not spread outside."

"The Emperor said yes."

"Your reward and punishment will probably be after the Grand Ceremony."

Li Guanyi remained silent.

Wang Tongdao: "It is the State of Chen after all."

“Speaking of which, it was the first time you and I met after Guanyi City was closed. The reason we hadn’t seen each other for such a long time was because you were full of vigor and vitality at that time, but you were still fiery after all, and you were happy to see the world, and I let you see the dark side of the world before I could start teaching you.”

"Now that you've seen it, how do you feel?"

Li Guanyi hid his true thoughts, but still said, "It's not pleasant."

"I felt very depressed and thought I was going to die soon."

Wang Tongdao: "Why?"

The young man said, "It's the great sacrifice of the State of Chen. Jiangzhou City is like this. Jiangzhou City will only be worse than yesterday. If the capital is like this, what about the rest of the world?" He pointed to his eyes and said, "With my personality, I won't ignore things when they happen."

"The world is in such a mess, but I'm not blind."

The young man sat there, knocking his head against the pillar, and said, "I am such a person."

"In this world."

"It is destined to be a miserable death."

Wang Tong smiled and raised his wine cup, saying, "Good scolding!"

"Your Majesty is right in saying that you are so willful and frivolous. He also said that you have not read enough, so he has already rewarded me by letting me teach you to read before the grand sacrifice. Come, how about you read some classics, history, and miscellaneous works?"

Li Guanyi said: "No matter how much you read, you are still just a gentleman."

"A gentleman cannot save this chaotic world."

Wang Tong frowned and said, "There are sage principles in the book."

Li Guanyi calmed down for a moment, pressed his chest, and said:

"I have a gentleman, a real gentleman."

"He said that you can only invite guests after you clean the house. In my eyes, the world is full of garbage. No matter how good something is, if you put it in a house full of garbage, it will only look messier."

Wang Tong seemed to be struck by this sentence. He remained silent, then said:

"What do you like in the Six Arts of a Gentleman?"

Li Guanyi replied: "Etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. It is enough to be able to read, write, and compose poetry. It is enough to be able to do mathematics like me. As for archery and sword, if I can kill ten or a hundred people, or even one or two hundred people, what's the problem?"

"It's just a ten-man enemy."

"One hundred enemies."

Wang Tong looked at him and laughed:
"Do you want to learn the art of defeating ten thousand enemies like the overlord of eight hundred years ago?"

Li Guanyi looked at the Master in front of him and asked, "Can I trust you, Master?"

"can."

"Does the Master consider the common people of the world?"

Wang Tongdao: “Yes.”

"it is good."

All the past experiences gathered in Li Guanyi's mind. He raised the wine cup and said to Master Wang Tong in front of him:
"Before, I just wanted to accompany my aunt back to Jiangnan. My aunt and I depended on each other for survival. I was very afraid of death at that time, very afraid of death, because I was afraid that we would be the only two people in this world."

"If I die, what will happen to my aunt?"

"She is left alone in the world, with no one to fight with her for the roast goose, and no one to tease her. How miserable must she be? When I think of this, I will be so scared that I can't sleep all night."

"But yesterday I knew that there are people in this world who care about her and take care of her. If I send her there, she will be very safe. Even if I am not there, my aunt will have someone to protect her, and I myself..."

Li Guanyi closed his eyes. Qian Zheng, a farmer, human trafficking, the black market, a deserter, the emperor, aristocratic family, parents, Yuwen Lie. Such a world, such a blood feud for his parents, such a destined enemy. He was going to avenge his parents’ blood feud. His enemy was the emperor of the greatest country in the world.

His destined enemy was the fifth most powerful general in the world.

He closed his eyes and said, "Master, in my life, if I am not a great success, then I will definitely fail miserably."

He bowed his hands and bowed deeply, and his heart finally emitted a bright light:

"If you don't learn, you will be the enemy of ten thousand people."

"I wish to learn from the Scarlet Emperor and practice the art of defeating millions of enemies!"

Wang Tong looked at the young man in front of him.

The cup in his hand fell to the ground unconsciously, the wine spilled, and the strong smell remained the same.

After a long time, he exhaled.

This unrivaled scholar slowly raised his hand and returned the greeting:
"--Can."

"Historical Records·Annals Volume 1": ■ He did not study Confucianism when he was young, but he was intelligent, good at making plans, good at listening, and brave. At the age of 15, he became a Jinwu Guard. He once took a three-foot sword and broke into a dark and treacherous place. He killed more than a hundred people on foot and saved nearly a thousand people. He was feared by the emperor and was confined to the palace.

Wen Zhongzi went to see him and they had a close conversation.

He dressed himself properly and bowed, thus practicing the art of defeating millions of enemies.

In prison.

First seen in the world.

………………

On the second day, when Li Guanyi was sleeping, he heard the noise outside again. It seemed that General Gong Zhenyong was there. He rubbed his eyes and went over and said, "Why are you here again..." The door was opened, and he saw those young men and Gong Zhenyong. General Gong Zhenyong looked at Li Guanyi strangely.

"You have a wide network of contacts, kid..."

He took a step back, and the young man in a brocade robe and a golden crown waved a folding fan.

Li Zhaowen.

(End of this chapter)