The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 357 Goodbye Shiyu

Last time, Xiang Ying and Li Yi were analyzing the situation of the Northern Expedition. Wei Le asked what Xiong Zhu would do if Li Yi led the coalition forces of the Qiang and Di tribes to defend Dunhuang City and block the retreat route of the Chu army from Yizhou to Shu. How would Xiang Ying react? Let's read on.

Xiang Ying shook his head and said, "Li Yi is just a music official in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Even if he shows up in Dunhuang, what can he do? He alone can't stop the 100,000 Shen Xi troops!"

Li Yi said seriously: "What if he organized a Qiang-Di coalition army of 10,000 or 20,000?"

Xiang Ying's eyes flashed with doubt and asked, "What do you mean? Even 10,000 or 20,000 people can't stop them... Are you saying that he just needs to delay the Shenxi army and wait for the follow-up army to catch up, and then attack from both sides?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "Although Dunhuang City is located in a plain and is not easy to defend, if he abandons Dunhuang and defends the mountain pass where the Shenxi army enters Yizhou, can 10,000 or 20,000 people hold off the Shenxi army for about ten days?"

Xiang Ying immediately understood the seriousness of the problem and said, "The Qiang people and the Yi people have connections. If they unite to defend the mountain pass, the Shenxi army will suffer heavy losses if they want to enter Yizhou. If they are really delayed and the Wei army attacks them, they will be dead!"

From Xiang Ying's sad face, we can see that he didn't know that the King of Chu had a backup plan. This shows that the King of Chu did a really good job of keeping it secret! Xiang Ying suddenly bowed and said, "Thank you, Brother Wei, for telling me. I will go to my father and explain the pros and cons of this matter to him so that he can think of a countermeasure."

Li Yi returned the greeting and said, "No need to thank me, I am also thinking about Xiang Ying, Brother Xiang, go quickly."

After Xiang Ying left, Li Yi smiled in his heart: Sure enough, crude warriors are easy to deceive! In this way, the Xiang family is on the same front with me on the withdrawal of troops. I am afraid that the King of Chu will tell the Xiang family about his back-up plan. It seems that we have to hurry up to deal with the witchcraft cult. We must visit the Subu family tomorrow!

Subu, you and I still have an old account to settle from sixteen years ago. Although Shiyu doesn't hate you, you are the culprit who harmed her father and caused her to fall into the world of mortals. I want to see what kind of person you, Prime Minister Su, who is known for his debates with many scholars, are.

The changes in the Xiang family and the withdrawal of the Jing family forced Li Yi to modify his plan. Fortunately, he already had a reputation, but the stepping stone to enter the Tianshu Academy was a little small. It was not that he could not make up for it in other ways. After that, he went to bed early.

Going to bed early is naturally for the purpose of getting up early, but Li Yi's getting up early is still much later than that of normal people. After washing up, he set off for the prime minister's residence.

After the announcement, he was led into the mansion by a servant, and after waiting in the side hall for a while, he finally met the Prime Minister of Western Chu, Su Bu. Li Yi stepped into the study, and Su Bu must have just met with an official, and was obviously still working.

Although he is only in his early fifties, his hair is already gray, but his complexion is still good. It can be seen that he must have been an extraordinary handsome man when he was young. Seeing Li Yi come in and salute, Subu nodded and stretched out his hand to signal him to sit down and said.

After they were seated, Subu asked someone to serve tea and said with a smile, "Master Wei is now a well-known figure in Baidi City. Why did you leave the three surnames' great opportunities unused and come to me?"

Li Yi bowed and smiled, "The Prime Minister should know that I was kicked out by the Xiang and Qu families one after another, and the Xiang family's affairs are more or less related to the Prime Minister. Moreover, I don't want to rely on the power of the clan, but want to emulate the Prime Minister and realize my ambitions with my own ability."

Subu asked, "What does the Xiang family's affairs have to do with me?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "I think Prime Minister Su should be familiar with Xiang Ying's biological mother Jing Ran. It was she who firmly opposed it, so Wei..."

Subu hadn't heard the name Jing Ran for a long time. He shook his head and sighed, "What is love in this world? It teaches people to be together for life and death. Your poems are good, not worse than Li Yi of the Northern Wei Dynasty."

Li Yi asked, "Doesn't the Prime Minister want to know how your aunt is doing?"

Su Bu asked in confusion, "What can we do if we know? The past is irrelevant, and we have to look at the present. I don't have time to waste, so let's be pragmatic. What kind of job do you want?"

Li Yi said directly: "I want to participate in the discussion of military affairs. Now my Great Chu is on the Northern Expedition. I think there will be a lot of military affairs to deal with, such as food, weapons, and winter clothing. I am willing to do my best to assist the Prime Minister."

Subu shook his head and said, "Young people should be more down-to-earth and not think about participating in national affairs right away. Right now, my house is only lacking a government official. Are you willing?"

"Thank you, Prime Minister. I am willing to do so."

Seeing that Li Yi agreed so readily, Su Bu was a little surprised. To put it bluntly, the job of a political official is to run errands, passing memorials between various government offices. He looked at Li Yi and nodded slightly, saying, "Then come tomorrow. I'll ask the general manager to help you arrange it."

Li Yi bowed and said: "I have nothing to do. I can start work today." Li Yi almost said directly that he would accept 996, work overtime, and be a slave.

Subu smiled and said, "Okay, then go find Manager Zhang to handle the formalities."

Subu watched Li Yi leave, as if he was thinking about something, then shook his head and smiled: "Smart man pretending to be stupid, huh, I want to see how long you can pretend." After that, he lowered his head and opened the briefing on the table.

Li Yi followed Zhang Zongguan to complete the formalities and began his life as a slave. He was not even qualified to be a messenger, but Li Yi worked very hard.

He can use this opportunity to familiarize himself with the major government offices in Western Chu and see what the local customs are like. On the way, he will also read the briefings and approval documents to better understand the situation in Western Chu. This is why Subu assigned him this task.

Would a handsome guy delivering a package attract everyone's attention? The answer is no. Li Yi traveled back and forth between the prime minister's residence and various government offices that day, delivering more than 30 official documents and reports, but no one chatted with him. Seeing this style of doing things, he also sighed at Subu's pragmatic spirit.

After a busy day, he finally got off work. When he returned home, Jing Xin had prepared wine and food and was waiting for him in the yard.

Li Yi was surprised and asked, "Why is Mu Qing here? I heard from Xiang Ying that your family doesn't want you to have anything to do with me anymore."

Jing Xin replied, "I ran away secretly. Xiang Ying had been crying in front of me for a whole day, so I just used her as an excuse to come see Brother Wei."

Li Yi tapped Jing Xin's nose and said with a smile: "You are quite smart! Wow, such delicious food and wine. I am so hungry and worried about what to eat in the evening." After that, he sat at the table and started eating.

Mobai came over and kept shouting at Li Yi. The latter put a plate of pork elbows on the ground in great unhappiness. Only then did Mobai calm down.

Jing Xin watched Li Yi wolfing down his food and said distressedly, "Eat slowly, no one is snatching it from you."

Li Yi didn't even stop eating, and said, "No one is fighting for it, but there is a dog! Look at how Mo Bai is chewing the elbow, even the bones are crunchy! How can I eat slowly?"

Jing Xin smiled and said, "I think you are not much different from her! Why are you so hungry?"

"Don't mention it. I had to perform well on my first day of work. The Prime Minister went to various government offices several times!"

Jing Xin was surprised and asked, "Brother went to the Prime Minister's residence. What job did Prime Minister Su arrange for you?"

"The government is walking!"

"Ah? Prime Minister Su just arranged this errand job for my brother? How can you, a great scholar, do this?"

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Prime Minister Su is testing me! And I also saw that the documents he asked me to deliver were all about the Northern Expedition. The front line is short of food and clothing, and Prime Minister Su is busy with this matter."

"We are storing food, so how can there be a shortage of food at the front line?"

Li Yi said while eating, "I don't know what tricks the Wei people used, but the food and grass in several camps on the front line have been burned, so we have to hurry to transport the food, otherwise we will run out of food.

The problem is that the eight nearby granaries are full of ten-year-old rice that has grown moldy and infested with insects and is inedible, so it’s difficult to transfer the grain.”

"Stale rice? Shouldn't the rice in the granary be dried and replaced regularly? How come there is ten-year-old rice?"

"Hey, that's the problem. The rules are very clear. The rice should be exchanged for rice every year, but some officials didn't exchange the rice for the sake of convenience or because they wanted to get the money for exchanging rice for rice.

Anyway, the granaries around Xijing are no longer reliable, and I don’t know what’s happening in Chengdu. If this happens as well, we’ll be in big trouble!”

"These damned worms!"

"Oh, that's good. At least there's still grain in the granary. If some wicked and daring official embezzled the stored grain, it would be a disaster."

Mo Bai looked up and called out to Li Yi. Jing Xin could tell that Mo Bai was scolding him, and the curse was quite dirty.

Li Yi waved at Mo Bai and said, "Hey, you know I was just using a metaphor. I didn't mean to belittle you dogs. I just meant that they don't do anything human! Eat your food!"

Jing Xin smiled and said, "Brother, you must be tired. Let me massage your shoulders after dinner."

"Okay, but I don't know if this massage is formal or informal?"

"What does regular or irregular mean?"

"The formal one is to do it with clothes on, and the informal one is of course to do it without clothes..." Li Yi turned his head and looked at Jing Xin with a smirk on his face, but when he turned his head, he suddenly saw the silver moon outside the window. It was the evening when the sun and the moon were shining together outside.

Li Yi saw the moonlight flickering, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. He felt like he was caught in bed with someone! The sun was setting quickly, and the sky was getting dark. The key point was that a beam of moonlight had already fallen into the courtyard.

Seeing a figure slowly solidifying, Jing Xin was about to scream, but Li Yi quickly covered her mouth and sent a message to Mo Bai, asking her to go and greet Chang'e first, who immediately ran over.

Li Yi whispered to Jing Xin, "Don't scream! Just stay in the room quietly, don't say anything! Don't do anything! Do you understand? Don't make any noise! ​​This is my senior sister. If she makes a move, I can't stop her!" Jing Xin nodded and stepped aside.

At this time, Chang'e had already arrived. Mo Bai came forward to greet her, wagging her tail. Chang'e reached out and touched her, and they chatted for a while. Li Yi walked into the courtyard and bowed to Chang'e, saying, "Fairy, why are you here?"

Chang'e grabbed Li Yi's ear and pulled him to her side and said, "If I don't come, who knows what you will do! Didn't you come to Xichu to find your sister?

Do you want me to help you find it? No one can stop me here. I will help you rescue Yuehua, and then you can get back to Northern Wei!"

Li Yi rescued his ear from Chang'e and whispered, "You know that this is a mission assigned to me by Heaven, the incarnation of the Wu Gu Cult and the Gu Shencao. How can I leave if I don't complete this mission?"

"You still know! Heaven asked you to do something, what are you doing? You just want to flirt with other women all day long. Let me tell you, I can see your every move clearly from Yue Lao! What's going on with Xiang Ying, Jing Xin, and that Qu Xia?"

Li Yi clasped his fists and begged for mercy: "E, calm down first, don't lose your temper, just listen to me!"

Chang'e pushed Li Yi away and walked into the house. Jing Xin saw Chang'e coming towards her aggressively and retreated to the corner in fear. The door opened, Chang'e saw Jing Xin, raised her hand and grabbed an ice sword, which frightened Jing Xin so much that she shook her head repeatedly, but dared not speak.

At the critical moment, Li Yi gathered his righteous spirit and said, "Jing Xin is in the other courtyard!"

Haoran Zhengqi immediately teleported Jing Xin back to the Jing family's villa. Seeing that she was back home, she breathed a sigh of relief and then collapsed to the ground.

Xiang Ying ran over and asked, "Why are you here all of a sudden? Did Wei Le use words and magic to send you back?"

Jing Xin took Xiang Ying's hand and said, "His senior sister is here, and it turns out to be the fairy Chang'e!"

Xiang Ying looked surprised and asked, "His senior sister is Heng'e? What are you talking about?"

Jing Xin shook her head and said blankly, "The one he loves is actually Chang'e. Such a beautiful fairy has always lived in his heart. How could he fall in love with ordinary people like you and me?"