From eunuch to emperor

The main room of Li's house.

Mrs. Qian sat under the eaves to enjoy the shade, and a maid gently fanned the wind.

The male servant walked by, Qian Shi saw it, and asked the servant girl to call the male servant over.

The maid put down her fan and immediately stopped the servant.

Hearing that Madam was looking for him, the male servant hurried over, bowed and lowered his head to Mrs. Qian: "Madam."

Qian asked: "How is the master in the backyard? Does your knee still hurt?"

Li Pu has been suffering from rheumatism for a long time. He has been seeking medical treatment for decades, but he has never felt better.

The male servant replied: "Go back to Madam, just now a Taoist priest came outside the door, saying that he can cure the master's rheumatism, and he is talking to the master in the backyard."

Qian felt a little strange, how did this Taoist know that Li Pu had rheumatism?

"Could it be a scam again?"

Qian said displeasedly.

In the past, there were scammers who inquired about the news, and then sneaked into the family to cheat money. Qian was worried that this Taoist priest would get along with him.

The male servant said: "Master seems to have a good chat with that Taoist priest."

Qian waved his hand, and the servant stepped back.

backyard.

Li Chengdao asked Li Pu: "How many unrenegades are there in Jinling City?"

Before the fall of Nanliang, ghost fetuses killed people wantonly in the palace, doing things inhumanely, and many officials were chilled.

After Long Chen entered Jinling City, most of the officials surrendered.

Later, when the captured soldiers came back, news spread that Li Chengdao had surrendered to the ghost clan. Those officials who insisted were also chilled and stopped insisting.

Of course, there are also those who admit death and insist on waiting for Li Chengdao to return to the country.

"There are not many, the minister knows only five of them."

Li Pu felt sad and angry.

Food for the king, loyalty to the king.

When the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, it is the time for loyal ministers to serve the king.

These people all surrendered and rebelled, and became officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They were all disloyal, unrighteous and shameless.

"People in the world say that I have taken refuge in the ghost clan, but they don't know my reasons."

Li Chengdao knew in his heart that his biggest stain was that he took refuge in ghosts and killed many ministers, causing his subjects to be alienated and even cast aside.

Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai were originally loyal to Li Chengdao, but after meeting at Yanmen Pass, the two joined Long Chen's command and stood against Li Chengdao.

Li Pu also had doubts in his heart, but it was difficult to express them.

Li Chengdao mentioned it himself, and Li Pu just wanted to hear what was going on.

"The Long family was originally a traitor. Long Ye colluded with the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and wanted to join the enemy. I planned to destroy them. Unexpectedly, Long Chen was destined to enter the Eastern Zhou Palace and become a eunuch."

"Everyone knows what happened afterwards. Long Chen helped Eastern Zhou to fight in the north and south, constantly invading Daliang."

Li Pu echoed: "The Long family was originally our general, but they surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country. There is more than one death to spare."

Li Pu had heard the news that Li Chengdao framed the Long family, but he didn't believe it. He believed what Li Chengdao said.

"I personally marched to Linjiang City with dozens of generals, but was captured by Long Chen with one move. I almost died on the spot."

"Then why did Long Chen become so powerful? Is it because of his Long family's powerful skills? No, because Long Chen went to Shengxue Peak, he had already become a ghost clan at that time."

Li Chengdao continued to tell, and Li Pu was shocked: "Long Chen became a ghost at that time? No wonder, no wonder, the emperor has hundreds of thousands of troops, Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai dozens of generals, how could they lose! So in this way!"

Li Chengdao sneered: "Otherwise, if Long Chen dared to invade Daliang, why should he!"

"Long Chen and the empress have both become ghost clans, and they themselves have become ghost clans. If I want to defend the beam, I must treat him in the same way as a human being, so I recruited the saint son of the ghost clan as reinforcements."

"It's a pity that the holy son of the ghost clan lost to Long Chen, and I... became the king of subjugation."

Li Chengdao sighed deeply, feeling unwilling, but helpless.

Li Pu scolded: "The little thief will be punished by heaven for acting like this!"

Li Chengdao shook his head and smiled, and said, "God's punishment? If the sky has eyes, Long Chen should go to hell!"

"Although the holy son of the ghost clan lost to Long Chen, the ghost clan still has a queen and a martial sage. The martial sage and Taizu are close friends, and the martial sage supports my restoration of the country."

There are many legends in Jinling City, among which there are legends about Wu Sheng.

Everyone in the world knows about Wu Sheng. He is the strongest general in legend, the hero who quelled the nations.

It was rumored that the Martial Saint was resurrected, and Li Pu scoffed at it.

After 400 years, how could Wu Sheng still be alive?

Unexpectedly, the news that Wu Sheng was still alive was confirmed by Li Chengdao.

"Wu Sheng is really still alive?"

Li Pu was inexplicably surprised and couldn't help standing up.

Li Chengdao nodded slightly, and said: "He is still alive, and the 10,000+ soldiers under his command are all immortal soldiers."

"Not long ago, during the Battle of Yanmen Pass, Long Chen and the Empress were almost killed, and the Eastern Zhou army suffered a disastrous defeat. It's ridiculous that Long Chen actually claimed victory."

The news of the victory at Yanmen Pass had reached Jinling, and Li Pu had also heard about it.

He was very puzzled at that time, how could Long Chen defeat the Martial Saint 400 years ago?

The Long Chen that Li Pu knew was just a brat, how could he be comparable to a Martial Saint?

Li Chengdao said that Yanmen Pass was actually a big defeat, not a great victory, and Li Pucai suddenly realized that all this was conspiracy and nonsense.

"My minister also thinks it's impossible, how can Long Chen be able to defeat Martial Saint."

Li Pu said contemptuously.

Li Chengdao smiled, and said: "The toad wants to swallow the sky, it just has a big mouth."

Li Pu nodded, and Li Chengdao continued: "However, in the battle of Yanmen Pass, the Martial Saint also suffered losses. The soldiers under his command have been frozen for 400 years, and there is a shortage of armor and armaments. They have suffered from the loss of equipment."

"When I returned to Jinling this time, I was entrusted by the Martial Saint to prepare [-] ordnance to be transported to the border."

"This matter is difficult to handle. If Ai Qing thinks it is difficult to handle, I will not force it."

Ordnance armor is a controlled item, and it is difficult to obtain it, let alone a hundred thousand ordnance.

"Don't worry, your majesty, this minister is just waiting to die. If he can do things for the emperor and the restoration of the Liang Dynasty again, this minister will not hesitate to die."

"It's just that... the production of ordnance armor consumes a huge amount of money, and the humble minister's family has meager resources and cannot support it."

A clever woman can't cook without rice, and Li Pu's family has so much money, even if they sell all their property, they can make at most five hundred sets of armor and military equipment.

No money no way.

Li Chengdao said: "There is no need to worry about this matter. I have gold and silver hidden in Woniu Valley in the south of Qingren County. It was prepared for the uprising in the early years, and now I can just use it."

Qingren County was Li Chengdao's fiefdom when he was a prince, and he secretly prepared the treasures buried in Woniu Valley.

At that time, he didn't know if usurping the throne would succeed. If he failed, he would just take the money and run away, and he could become a rich man.

After ascending the throne, Li Chengdao kept it, but he didn't expect it to come in handy now.

Li Pu said with great joy: "The emperor is wise and has money to support him. There is absolutely no problem in preparing armor and armor."

Li Chengdao said: "This matter has to be done secretly, and the time is very tight. It must be ready before winter."

"Fortunately, only Gongsun Ming is guarding Daliang, and his control over Daliang is loose. The land of armory casting goes from west to south, and Gongsun Ming is out of reach."

After destroying Nanliang, Long Chen immediately hurried north, preparing for the war with the ghost clan.

In most places in Nanliang, only officials have been replaced, and these officials do not have strong control over the localities.

Especially the cities in the west and south of Nanliang have even worse control ability.

Casting ordnance in these places is really difficult to find.

Li Pu said: "Your Majesty is wise, I will remember this, and I will go prepare now."

"I don't know where the Emperor's Xingyuan is. If you don't dislike it, you can stay temporarily in the modest house of the humble minister."

Li Pu guessed that Li Chengdao should have no foothold, so he asked him to stay at home.