You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 280 Kyoto
These words were carved on the body with a knife, and one can see the internal organs through the skin, flesh and bones. Even festering has begun to form around the wound.

If this happened to an ordinary person, they would have died long ago, but she was able to hold on for so long.

However, after revealing these words, the vitality in the woman's body suddenly disappeared.

He fell straight forward and hit the ground with a thud, raising a cloud of dust.

Corpse control technique.

When the woman was still alive, the magic was completely hidden under her evil spirit, and after he died, he immediately took away her soul and controlled her body to perform a little show for Zuo Chen.

Someone cast a spell on her last night, carved words on her back with a knife, turned her into a meat puppet, and sent her here again today.

It was obvious that he had prepared a malicious gift for the journey to Beijing just to disgust Zuo Chen and the others.

Li Ji's expression remained unchanged, and he said directly to the soldiers around him: "Let's find a place to bury her."

The soldiers quickly dragged the body away, and Li Jicai asked Zuo Chen:

"Master, what do you think?"

"What do you think?" Zuo Chen said with a smile, "These people in Kyoto must have run out of tricks. They can't fight you and me head-on, so they use this method to offend people."

"What the Taoist said is absolutely right." Li Ji nodded and said, "If they really had the ability, they would have already set up a banquet on the road to invite us. Why would they do this? They are just low-class sows, nothing to be afraid of."

Only those who are unable to confront others head-on will try every possible means to trip others up and harm them.

Looking at the dark clouds in the sky again, Li Ji snorted in his heart.

How can dark clouds always cover the sun?
There will always be sunshine that can tear away all obstacles.

After dealing with the body, he was about to leave when he suddenly saw a few fast horses coming from the street entrance.

The people riding on it were all armored soldiers.

The leader of them showed joy when he saw the King Wei's convoy. He hurriedly stopped his horse, turned over, walked forward quickly, and knelt on one knee:

"Your Excellency, I am a member of the Imperial Guards of Kyoto. I have come to greet you on the orders of the Grand General!"

Li Ji: “?”

The soldier in charge of welcoming the guests didn't hear any response and looked up in confusion.

Why does King Wei look so strange?
……

This time, this group of soldiers were truly imperial guards.

In order to avoid King Wei's misunderstanding, they specially took out the general's token to prove their identity.

The expressions of these imperial guards were as if they had eaten a mouthful of flies.

He didn't expect that just because he was a few steps late, someone would pretend to be someone else and show off in front of King Wei.

Are you targeting King Wei or them?
Hard to say……

In guarding all the way, the imperial guards were even more dedicated and diligent than the soldiers brought by King Wei, for fear of any accidents.

Zuo Chen and the others in the carriage didn't care, and even started chatting about other things:
"Liu Xian and Hu Wen are still in Youzhou Pass?"

"The two of them are studying the gate on the northern plains. They work day and night and forget about food and sleep. They can't come over for the time being." Li Ji was also somewhat helpless.

Liu Xian and Hu Wen were both obsessed with Tiangong Dao. Seeing the miraculous magic left by the ancient immortals was like a gambler seeing a cricket fight. They could not even walk, so they naturally declined the invitation to go to Kyoto together.

"I originally invited my brother Li Yu, but he said he had a lot of political matters to attend to and would not be here for another half a month, so I didn't force him to come."

Zuo Chen nodded to show his understanding.

The situation on Xiao Changcheng's side was the same. He had just driven the Qingzhou army out of Xuzhou, and the Qingzhou leadership had been replaced. Both sides were in a mess. Not to mention leaving for Kyoto, he couldn't even close his eyes all day.

In the end, Li Ji, who spent three months dealing with the affairs of Jingzhou, was the only one who had the most free time.

They also talked about some topics such as the current situation in Jingzhou and how Li Ji would deal with those wanderers, and Li Ji answered them one by one.

On the surface, Jingzhou was still managed by the original Prince of Chang Li He, but the people around Li He were replaced by Li Ji's confidants. Now Li He did not have any real power and could only think about his own happiness. He listened to music, drank wine and ate meat every day. Occasionally, he was forced to work in the fields. His life was so miserable.

At least Li He himself thought that his life was hard.

Li Ji also dealt with the martial artists in batches. The notorious ones were mining in the northern plains, while the chivalrous ones were taken in as his retainers and managed in a unified manner.

However, Chang Wang Li He spent a lot of effort on this group of Jianghu people at that time, which led to many "loyal and brave" people completely having an attitude of "You son of a bitch, you are harming the world and doing all kinds of evil. I will perish with you!"

Li Ji simply asked them to climb to the top of Qingqiu Mountain to take a look at the surging sea of ​​suffering and see who was the one who was ruining the world.

This group of gangsters kept silent and didn't dare to say a word.

It has to be this kind of world-destroying catastrophe to work.

After another day of wandering, the carriage slowed down.

There was a strong wind last night, which blew away all the dark clouds in the sky. Now the sun is rising and everything is warming up.

Zuo Chen leaned his head out of the carriage. The sunlight was bright and dazzling, so he covered his eyebrows with his hands and looked forward.

Not far away, huge cities are connected into a large area, and the sun shines obliquely on the cities, which are majestic and solemn.

Arrived!

……

Kyoto is so big that it is the center of the sky. This is not empty talk.

From Zuo Chen's current perspective, the endless city-states before him are the largest cities he has ever seen in the entire Daliang.

The continuous city wall stretches from east to west, with no end in sight. The towering city wall is like the northern gate of Youzhou Town, and it does not seem to be a miracle created by human beings.

"I have never been to Kyoto before, and I have never heard of the rumors here. I saw it for the first time today, and it is indeed magnificent."

Even though he had some opinions about the "woodlice" in Kyoto, Zuo Chen did not hesitate to praise the city in front of him.

Creation is not guilty. It is fine if it is not yet completed, but if the great work that has been built is destroyed...

Doesn't it mean that the people suffer when the country prospers, and suffer when the country declines?
Li Ji also took a closer look at the city and said:
"Yes."

There were so many memories and melancholy in his tone, and he was thinking about his past experiences in Kyoto during his youth.

However, he immediately gathered his scattered thoughts and explained to Zuo Chen with a smile:

“Kyoto was built on the ruins of an ancient city. This is the largest plain in nearby Daliang, and the founders of the country settled down here to rest and recuperate.

"But in the beginning, this place was not a single city-state, but seven large cities. These cities were built around the ancient city, and there were many frictions in between. Many wars were also launched during this period. It was turbulent for seventy or eighty years in the bloody storm. In the end, the leader of our Daliang defeated the other armies and unified the seven cities. They were integrated into such a big city.

"Nowadays, when you enter Kyoto, you can still see the shadows of those remaining city-states. The later emperors of Daliang also divided the remnants of other city-states into different areas, naming them according to their old names. People were sent to guard them.

"If you have time in Kyoto, you can go to these places. Each place has different customs and people, which is also wonderful."

Zuo Chen took Li Ji's suggestion to heart.

After killing all the insects in the dirt, Zuo Chen naturally took a good stroll around Kyoto.

When the carriage arrived at the city gate, King Wei's general took out his doorplate. The registrars guarding the gate looked at the long convoy with strange eyes, made way for it, and the convoy entered the city smoothly.

The imperial guards came to the front of the carriage and lowered their voices:

"Your Highness, His Majesty is waiting for you in the palace. There are many spies in Kyoto. Can you follow us to a small courtyard and follow the secret passage?"

Li Ji lifted the curtain of the carriage, smiled and shook his head: "My nephew wants to see his uncle, why is he beating around the bush? He is the emperor, who can eavesdrop on him? Just go directly to the palace."

The imperial guards were in a dilemma, but they didn't know how to convince King Wei.

Even if he did not bring King Wei with him, he was afraid that the other party would go to the palace on his own. He could only lead the way and send someone to inform the general in advance so that the general could make preparations in advance.

Especially as the carriages and horses advanced, heading straight for the Imperial Palace, the road was so noisy that the busy Kyoto street automatically split in two, with the stalls retreating to the front of the shops, and the pedestrians retreating to the front of the stalls, and then consciously forming a passage for the carriages, looking at the long line with their heads tilted:

"It's King Wei's convoy!"

"So majestic!"

"If you don't mention that he is besieging the capital in the north, what does it mean for him to go to the capital now?"

"After all, he is a feudal lord. How could he really enter Kyoto? That would be against our ancestors!"

The noise and discussion were endless and lively until the convoy reached the vicinity of the palace and passed the human wall formed by the guards. Only then did the noisy discussions be left behind the carriages and gradually fade away.

Entering the palace with such a grand ceremony, I'm afraid that within half a day, everyone at the drinking table will be talking about this matter, and people will be speculating about what King Wei will do when he enters the palace.

This is exactly what Li Ji is aiming for.

Do it openly and aboveboard, let the whole Kyoto know that you are here, and leave those rats nowhere to hide.

It was afternoon and the little emperor had not yet attended court. He was reading in the imperial study and ordered the carriage to go in that direction.

When we arrived at the door of the imperial study, carriages could not enter, so we had to walk.

Only Li Ji, Zuo Chen and Cai Yi went to meet the little emperor this time, while the others stayed in the convoy and waited. After the three of them entered the courtyard, they immediately saw a middle-aged man with a goatee and neat clothes standing meticulously at the door of the study, like a guard.

Li Ji walked over with a big laugh and pulled the middle-aged man into his arms as if to hug him, leaving the meticulous man at a loss as to what to do. He didn't know whether to put his hands on Li Ji's back or just let them hang down.

Fortunately, Li Ji's enthusiasm only lasted for a few seconds before he embraced him, pulled Zuo Chen over, and introduced him:

"This is the general of Kyoto, Zhou Yong. He is my old friend."

General Zhou Yong nodded stiffly, not thanking the title of "old friend".

"Your Majesty's study is waiting for you in the middle." After Zhou Yong said this, he pushed open the door behind him, and a group of people entered one after another and came to the huge study.

When I entered, I saw a young man sitting there, with an old eunuch beside him.

Li Ji introduced: "This is my nephew, the Emperor of Daliang, Li Rongxuan."

Zuo Chen said nothing, just stared at the emperor.

This emperor...

There is no vitality at all?
(End of this chapter)