Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Kou Xiao picked him up and strode towards the guest room of the inn, saying as he walked, "This matter is a long story, let's go back to the room and talk slowly."

All the subordinates present lowered their heads one after another, unable to bear to look directly at him, Li Xu felt his face was burning up, stared at Kou Xiao and said, "Quickly let me down! You're a shame!"

The two had already entered the inner hall. Kou Xiao was still able to walk like flying with a grown man in his arms. He strode up the stairs and entered the room at the end of the corridor. Then he kicked the door shut, completely isolating the sound from outside.

Li Xu struggled and jumped to the ground, before he could turn around, Kou Xiao hugged him tightly, and then, his fiery lips pressed down on Li Xu, pressing Li Xu against the door panel with an absolutely forceful posture.

"Hmm..." Li Xu's lips were pierced, and there was a slight tingling sensation, but the two who were concentrating on kissing did not stop. The temperature in the room gradually increased, and Li Xu could only feel a heat spreading through the air. whole body.

The cloak fell to the ground, and the belt was untied. Li Xu suddenly pressed Kou Xiao's hand, panting and asked: "No hurry, let's make things clear first!"

Kou Xiao stared at him with fiery eyes, pressed their bodies close together, and asked in a hoarse voice: "It's already like this, are you in a hurry?"

Li Xu laughed softly, pushed him away, tidied up his messy clothes, flicked his cuffs, and said calmly: "Just bear with it, anyway, I'm not in a hurry."

Li Xu bypassed him, went to the table and sat down. Then he looked at the room seriously. It can be seen that it has been carefully furnished. The bed is brand new, and the bedding should also be new. Carpets, and even famous calligraphy and paintings on the walls.

"When did you arrive? Is this a room specially reserved for us?" Li Xu touched the teapot on the table and found that the water was also hot.

"I arrived early this morning. I originally wanted to meet you outside the city. I was afraid that there would be too much noise, so I asked Kou's army to retreat ten miles and hide. I only brought a dozen people into the city. This room should be specially reserved for us. The master is coming, how can there be no reason not to prepare?"

Li Xu poured a cup of hot water and took a sip. Seeing Kou Xiao sitting down opposite him, he reached out and lifted the buckskin cap off Kou Xiao's head, and touched a wound on his forehead with his fingers, "How could it hurt?" Here? When did you get hurt?"

Kou Xiao held his hand and pressed it to his face. Li Xu's hand was a little cold, but it was comfortable to touch. Kou Xiao said indifferently: "I don't remember, I was scratched by the splashed stones, right? It's just a small injury, it's okay."

"Are there any other injuries?"

Kou Xiao's eyes flashed, he touched his chest, coughed dryly twice, then shook his head, "No, everything is going well, there is no injury."

Li Xu looked at his deliberately concealed appearance, walked over and opened his collar, which was a bit thick for winter, and only a small piece of honey-colored skin was exposed under the collar, and he did not see the wound. He patted Kou Xiao chest, ordered: "Take off your clothes!"

Kou Xiao looked over with a half-smile, and asked, "Are you in a hurry again?"

Li Xu didn't want to pay attention to him. Kou Xiao's belt was already unbuttoned. Now he unbuttoned it and took it off lightly. The coat was thrown on the table. He peeled off the clothes layer by layer until the upper body was no longer covered by clothes. .

Kou Xiao has old scars on his body, this is something Li Xu has always known, he has even kissed every scar on his body, so he remembered the exact location and size of each scar, he glanced at it, and indeed did not see any new ones. Injured, brows frowned slightly.

Kou Xiao put his hands on his trousers, and asked with a smirk, "Do you want to continue watching?"

It was only at this time that Li Xu realized that he had been fooled. Kou Xiao was obviously misleading him on purpose just now, he pointed at Kou Xiao, and said coldly: "That's fine, take it off, there is nothing you can't see, it's not like you haven't seen it! "

Kou Xiao unbuttoned his trousers, wearing only a pair of underpants all over his body, the style was the same as Li Xu's, standing naked in the room, although there was a charcoal basin burning in the room, it still felt chilly standing like this.

Moreover, he was naked, but Li Xu was still neat and tidy, and he looked at himself with a strange look, Kou Xiao couldn't bear it.

"that……"

Li Xu didn't wait for him to finish speaking and shouted: "Don't move! Just stand like this, it's quite eye-catching."

Kou Xiao had goosebumps all over his body, and said pitifully, "My lord, it's very cold and you'll get sick."

Li Xu poured him a cup of hot water, "Come on, drink a cup of hot water and you won't be cold." He pointed to the seat opposite and said, "Sit down, let's talk slowly."

How could Kou Xiao still be in the mood to speak slowly at this time, he glanced at the warm quilt on the bed, and asked: "It's getting late, why don't we go to bed first?"

Li Xu looked at the time, it's not yet noon, it's time for lunch, why is it late?And he was carried upstairs in front of so many people just now. If he hasn't been out for too long, I don't know what they will think. Although he and Kou Xiao are legally married and have passed Minglu, Bai It's always embarrassing to prostitute yourself, especially if they don't have prostitution at all.

Li Xu pushed the clothes on the table to him, "Put on well, I'm hungry, go eat first, and ask Ying Chuan what's going on now."

"I know this, just ask me, let someone bring in lunch." Kou Xiao put on his coat, then went out to ask someone to bring in food, not long after, a pretty maid brought the food up.

"Your name is Lin Rui'er?" Li Xu recognized the person coming.

Lin Rui'er knelt down and saluted excitedly, "Yes, my lord, my subordinate...servant..." She didn't know how to address herself for a while.

"Since he is from Anbu, he is a subordinate of this king. Get up and answer."

Lin Rui'er got up swiftly, put the food on the table first, and served Li Xu and Kou Xiao, "Yue Lai Inn was bought by Lord Ye after he came to Yingchuan. The family wanted to escape from Yingchuan. Just as he was in a hurry to get rid of it, Mr. Ye felt that it would be better to buy an inn than a house, so that he could make money in the future."

Li Xu nodded, thinking to himself, maybe it's because of his influence that the people around him are getting more and more good at doing business.

"How many of you are left here?"

"Only the subordinate and Xiaocheng are left, the one who went to pick you up earlier, and the rest of them have followed Mr. Ye to Beijing."

"What's the situation here in Yingchuan? Is Commander Lin still there? Why is the street deserted?"

Kou Xiao brought food for Li Xu and asked him to ask questions while eating, otherwise the food would be cold in this weather.

He was away from home and there were no outsiders, so Li Xu just took it easy and listened to Lin Ruier talking about the recent situation of Yingchuan City while eating.

"The emperor issued a decree, asking Commander Lin to solve the problem of the Yingchuan rebels within one month. The imperial decree said that the soldiers of the Yingchuan rebellion were forced to rebel. It is understandable. The emperor will not hold everyone accountable. Charges, let everyone return to their respective positions, and guarantee that the military salary will be in place every year in the future.

Everyone has grown impatient after sticking together for so long, and the previous impulse has dissipated. We are very happy to hear that we can continue to serve as soldiers, but we know that the emperor also sent a metaphor to Commander Lin, asking him to find ways to execute the leader and cause trouble those generals.

Commander Lin wrote a memorial to the emperor according to your wishes, and asked the emperor to transfer those people to other places, the farther the better, otherwise the chaos that was finally calmed down will recur again. Just yesterday, the emperor’s The reply came, he agreed to Commander Lin's proposal, and decreed to transfer the five generals away, nominally saying that the death penalty can be avoided and the living penalty cannot escape, and let them go to the border to serve the country.

Originally, they had a premonition that the emperor would not spare them lightly, but they didn't expect to be able to make peace. Although it was going to a bitter cold place, it was better than dying, and there was still a chance to make meritorious deeds when going to the border, so they all happily accepted the imperial edict.

As for why the city is so deserted, it is because two of the five generals were assassinated and died on the street. It is said that there was only one murderer. Commander Lin lived in the prefect's mansion, so some people commented that the court had one thing to say and one thing to do behind the scenes, and finally it would be settled after the fall, as evidenced by the two generals who died. "

Li Xu couldn't bear it any longer, and frowned, he asked, "Someone guessed Commander Lin's thoughts and wanted to sabotage this chaos, so what was his purpose? Who would benefit the most from Yingchuan's constant chaos? "

Kou Xiao swallowed the food in his mouth, and said calmly: "There are two kinds of people, one is those who really want to rebel in the rebel army, some people want to get back their salary, and some people may really want to rebel Yes, there is another kind of person who wants the prince to die. If the matter of Yingchuan is not resolved, the crime of the prince will become more and more serious. Mouth, the prince will be punished even if he is not guilty."

Li Xu put down his chopsticks, with a serious face, "If it's the first type, then find out the person, don't let a mouse poop ruin a pot of porridge, if it's the second type, then solve this case first."

Li Xu didn't want to eat anymore, so he told Lin Rui'er: "You go and ask Commander Lin to come over, and this king will talk to him."

Lin Rui'er smiled and said, "When you entered the city, your subordinates have already delivered a letter to Commander Lin, and they will probably be here soon." At this time, it was not easy for Lin Zhao to go out, although the people were too afraid to go out, But there are still countless pairs of eyes watching his every move.

Li Xu had just received his job here when he heard that Lin Zhao had arrived. He went down to the first floor and saw Lin Zhao walking in wrapped in a thick black cloak, and it was snowing heavily outside. If there is no rebellion, everyone probably doesn't like to go out.

The two hadn't seen each other for many years, and when they met, Li Xu said, "Commander Lin is haggard, it seems that this case is not easy to handle."

Lin Zhao said ashamedly, "I'm a general with a lowly position. It's okay for me to lead troops to quell the chaos. It's a bit embarrassing for me to argue with them. Moreover, the forces in the rebel army are not unified, and people have ulterior motives. I don't know what to do."

"Sit down and talk. I can stay in Yingchuan for a day and see if I can help Commander Lin analyze the situation. The stability here is closely related to my life. I have to understand it clearly."

Of course Lin Zhao knew that this incident was aimed at Li Xu, but the incident has gotten out of control to this day. Most of the soldiers were indeed forced to rebel and agreed to surrender, especially since the emperor pardoned their crimes Let them return to their original positions, but Lin Zhao discovered that there is still a secret force spreading rumors, saying that the emperor didn't really forgive them, but just to stabilize the situation, and they will inevitably settle accounts in the future.

Then, two generals were stabbed to death by assassins on the street. These two generals agreed to be recruited, and they were about to take office in the northwest. When they died, the whole city was in an uproar. hostility.

A court without credibility is not supported by the people.

"The assassin was not found?" Li Xu asked.

Lin Zhao smiled wryly and said, "Many people saw the assassin enter the Sheriff's Mansion with their own eyes, but I didn't realize it at the time. When I led people to search the mansion, I found nothing."

"Who else is in the Sheriff's Mansion?"

"After Chen Junshou died, the rest of the officials went home to wait for orders. Only I stayed in the backyard of the Junshou's mansion, but the yard is too big, and it's too easy to hide people."

"Yeah, it was intentionally planted and framed. This method is too clumsy, but it is also the most effective. People only believe what they see with their eyes, but they don't care whether there is fraud in it."

"Does the prince have a good strategy?"

"You said just now that there are forces in the army who are unwilling to be recruited, do you know who they are?"

Lin Zhao shook his head, "I don't know, but I think An Qingping should know, or he instigated these people."

Li Xu thought about it carefully, what is the purpose of An Qingping doing this?To disrupt the situation?But his enemy is the Ning family, can this drag the Ning family into trouble?

"An Qingping is a smart person. He must have discovered the Zhao family's countermeasures. Knowing that he has been used, he can't do nothing. But what is his intention to disrupt the situation?"

Kou Xiao had an idea, and asked, "What if it's for the purpose of holding military power and killing people?"

"It's impossible!" Li Xu retorted subconsciously, and analyzed: "Even if he can control part of the rebel army, so what? Can these people really come out of Yingchuan to kill for him? The person he wants to kill is in the capital, just With these rebels, they will not be able to reach the capital."

"Then what if the Ning family leaves the capital?"

"You mean..." Li Xu suddenly realized, "Then An Qingping will try his best to transfer Ning Junzhi away from the capital. As long as Ning Junzhi's family leaves the capital, it will be easy to attack them, but that doesn't have to be. Go to the rebels? It’s easier to buy bandits or hire assassins.”

"Then there must be some conspiracy that we haven't thought of yet. After all, An Qingping has been an official in the same dynasty as Ning Junzhi for many years, so he knows him better."

Li Xu accepted this reason. If An Qingping really instigated some people, then what benefits did he promise to these people?money?Power?

Where does the money come from?Where does power come from?Although An Qingping is a Lang Zhongling, he has not reached the point where his hands reach the sky.

Lin Zhao was the commander of the Habayashi Army, but his command still belonged to Lang Zhongling, and An Qingping was his immediate superior. He later realized that the reason why he was able to replace him should be arranged by him.

People have strengths and weaknesses, and Lin Zhao is not good at maneuvering. Perhaps this is why An Qingping can rest assured to let him come.

"Maybe he doesn't really want to rebel, but just wants to make chaos. As long as Yingchuan is still in chaos, he still has a chance. The Zhao family can use him, why can't he use the Zhao family? He doesn't care whether the prince is dead or not, but sometimes The more chaotic the situation, the better for sure.”

Li Xu nodded in agreement, "No matter what, I don't want Yingchuan to be in chaos. It shouldn't be difficult to find out the person who was bribed by An Qingping first. This person must be a general in the army, maybe one of the five generals. Because as long as you buy one, you can get a group of people, so this person's status can't be too low, you can just check with the general in the army. There is no need to pay attention to the evidence, once there is a suspect, immediately arrest him and bring him to justice. Dig out two people and give them the title of assassin, behead them in front of the whole army, and as for that general, send someone to the capital, this king will be useful."

Lin Zhao glanced at Kou Xiao, and asked, "My lord, can I lend someone to a humble official?"

"Who do you want to borrow?"

Lin Zhao glanced behind Li Xu. At the next table, a man wearing a mask was sipping a drink, and he didn't know if he was listening to their conversation.

"Use your bodyguard to let him send people to Beijing in person, what do you think?"

Li Xu secretly sighed, why does everyone want to borrow his personal bodyguard?However, it is indeed risky for He Zun to follow him to the capital now, so it is better to stay in Yingchuan for a while, and it will not be too late for him to go to Beijing after he sorts out the affairs of the capital.

"Okay, but at most half a month, it's hard to explain if it drags on for a long time."

Lin Zhao got up and bowed to Li Xu, "Thank you, my lord!"