nashuaworldcup Chapter 281 Sentiment
Chapter 281 Sentiment
Last time, we talked about how A Shiyin and Li Yi teamed up to humiliate the envoys from Western Chu who came to confer titles on the king, in order to show their attitude to the King of Chu. So how will the story develop next? Let's read on.
A Shiyin drove away the Western Chu delegation, withheld the rewards they brought, and told them clearly that if they wanted to transport goods from the northern section of the Tea-Horse Road in the future, they would have to pay triple the tax, otherwise there would be no deal.
After confirming the next defensive strategy against Xi Chu with all the officials, A Shiyin went to pay a visit to Princess Longyun. After paying his respects, he smiled and said, "Thanks to Your Highness this time, otherwise I would be in danger. Your Highness might as well stay here for a few more days, so that I can show my gratitude."
Yuan Ziyi waved her hand and said, "That's not necessary. The Tiger Guards have already set out. We'll stay one more night and leave tomorrow."
"Hey, Your Highness, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Li Yi replied: "Your Highness, we will attack Dunhuang next. In this way, if Western Chu sends troops to attack Your Highness, we can also help you in three directions, right?"
A Shiyin asked in confusion: "There is one way to Dunhuang, one way to Liangzhou, where does this third way come from?"
Li Yi smiled and said, "On the way here, we found a passage in the Qilian Mountains. Although it is not suitable for cavalry, it is enough for infantry to march quickly. If we send troops from Zhangye, we can reach Fuxi City in five days. So, Your Majesty can rest assured to mediate with Western Chu. Great Wei will always be Your Majesty's solid backing."
Ah Shiyin was surprised and said, "We arrived in five days, so fast? I wonder which section of the Qilian Mountains this road is in? If something happens in the future, I can ask Zhangye for help."
Li Yi shook his head and said, "Your Highness, don't worry about that. Lord Tao has arranged people around you, otherwise we wouldn't know that you have pledged your loyalty to Western Chu. If there is any emergency, Lord Tao's people will naturally bring the news to Zhangye."
Ah Shiyin nodded nervously. Li Yi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't panic. As long as you can be on good terms with Wei, you don't have to worry about another surprise attack. But if you are two-faced and do many unjust things, there is no need for your majesty to send troops. I can kill you with just a flick of my finger."
Li Yi made a seal with his hands, and iron chains appeared under Ah Shiyin's feet to tie him up. Li Yi smiled and said, "This is a soul-sealing lock. As long as I am within 20 feet of the prince, I can control it. No one can unlock it except me and my Taoist master, the Taoist master of the Earth Sect, Shi Ling Zhenren. So the prince must consider his position when doing things in the future."
When the soul-sealing chain dissipated, A Shiyin looked at Li Yi with horror. He had thought that the witchcraft was disgusting enough, and he was lucky that he had not been poisoned. But he never expected that Li Yi would do something even more cruel.
Yuan Ziyi looked at the nervous A Shiyin and said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't panic. As long as Your Highness can remain on good terms with the Wei Dynasty and pay tribute every year, we will never attack Your Highness. By the way, Your Highness, haven't you always been curious about how the Tiger Guards were able to capture the palace? Li Yuefu, take Your Highness to see your methods."
Moving outside the palace, A Shiyin and the commander of the palace guards looked at the tunnel hidden in the drainage canal and couldn't help but look surprised. A Shiyin asked: "Li Lefu, how did you dig such a wide and long tunnel overnight?"
Li Yi smiled and took out the measuring ruler, which was transformed into a spiral drill. He demonstrated it casually and said, "With this magic weapon, no matter how tall the city wall is, it can't stop the soldiers of Wei! In a word, knowledge is power, and technology is the primary productive force."
A Shiyin shook his head and muttered, "It seems that building a moat is still necessary."
Yuan Ziyi smiled and said, "That's true, but the most abundant water source closest to Fuqi City is Qinghai, which is salt water. If we use Qinghai water as a moat, Your Majesty must be careful not to leave the area around the capital barren."
Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Your Highness, it is unreliable to build any river in your Tuyuhun territory. The glacier snowmelt water is insufficient, and the rainfall is too little. Even if you build it, it will dry up. It is just a waste of money."
After the intimidation, it was time to appease them. Li Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Great Wei and Tuyuhun are of the same clan and have been friends for generations. Although there have been wars, we can always shake hands and make peace. You can just stay here and be your prince. You should govern the country and collect taxes. If someone disobeys your discipline and you are not in a position to take action, just say a word and Great Wei will take responsibility!"
Li Yi was talking about A Shijin. He was so decisive that he shot A Shijin in public just for this show. The strategy of using a big stick and sweet dates has always worked for small countries. A Shiyin did not dare to do anything rebellious for the sake of his own life.
Of course, Li Yi was lying to Ah Shiyin about the Soul Sealing Lock. If the Soul Sealing Lock was activated, the Soul Sealing Lock would automatically activate and burn the soul when the two sides were 20 feet apart. Zhang Hongchen had experienced it. And Li Yi would not waste such an important magic weapon as the Soul Sealing Lock on an ordinary person like Ah Shiyin.
Otherwise, how could Yuan Ziyi say that Li Yi was bad, showing you several ways to kill you, and then telling you that it was okay, I didn’t actually want to kill you. If I didn’t want to kill you, why would I show you these? Of course I was just teasing you!
Anyway, after extorting A Shiyin, he immediately said that he would send an envoy to the Wei Dynasty to pay tribute and apologize, and also pay for the military supplies and compensation for the Tiger Guards' departure and casualties. Look at how open Li Yi is. After beating you, you still have to pay for my medical expenses.
Such trivial matters were finalized at Asiyin's farewell dinner. There was wine, meat and singing, of course. Li Yi and Nusushu drank heavily. When they got drunk, they stood up and danced with the Qiang beauties. There was laughter all over the banquet.
Ah Shiyin raised his glass and said, "Li Yi! Li Yuefu! You are the most talented scholar in Wei! They say you are good at both literature and martial arts. I have seen your martial arts skills, such as the Sun Hunting Arrow! Then, do you have to show me your literary talent? They say you are very talented, is it poetry or singing? If you don't show me one, I won't let you go!"
How could Li Yi refuse such a thing? It was a simple matter. He smiled and said, "Since the prince has spoken, I will obey! I have just listened to the Qiang musicians singing for so long, so I will try to write a song in the style of my Qiang friends."
Nusushuyak was surprised and said, "Oh, brother Li Yi was able to write our Qiang songs after just listening to a few of them? I really want to listen carefully!"
Li Yi waved his hand and said, "I am not sure if this is the Qiang style of music. If it is too different, please forgive me! Then I will show my ugliness!"
Li Yi took out the phoenix-headed harp from the sack and immediately played the song "Flame" by Gege. This is a pop music that incorporates Tibetan music style, but the style is cheerful and the rhythm is clear, which always arouses the audience's desire to shake their shoulders and legs:
The warm wind blows and spring arrives, the sheep are grazing leisurely
Why do I suddenly think of your smile
Larks are flying in the sky and horses are running wildly
I want your hug, do you know?
Your love is like a flame that burns my heart
My pride is burned, there is nowhere to escape
Your love is like a flame, I am tormented by lovesickness
The whole grassland is filled with the smell of love
When Li Yi was singing the interlude, the Qiang girls rushed over, dragged him from his seat to the center, and danced around him. This is the passion and unrestrainedness of the grassland people! There is no need to care about those false formalities, just sing and dance and have fun!
Li Yi was naturally happy to be surrounded by beauties, but as the saying goes, happiness is better shared than happiness alone. Li Yi pointed his finger, and the girls pulled Nusushuyak over! Nusushuyak was not shy. On the grassland, whether male or female, being able to sing and dance is a basic skill. Even a dog has to wag its tail when hearing the music, otherwise it will have no food to eat at night!
Li Yi pointed with both hands again, and the girls pulled A Shiyin and Yuan Ziyi down as well. The group sang and danced, pushing the banquet to a climax! Of course, A Shiyin danced for a while and then used the excuse that he couldn't dance anymore, so he sat on the steps and clapped his hands.
Nusushuyak naturally left the dance floor. The girls formed a circle around Li Yi and Yuan Ziyi. The Xianbei people were also a grassland people. Some things were engraved in their bones and flowed in their blood. They just needed to be awakened. At this moment, Yuan Ziyi, who had been educated in the culture of the Central Plains since childhood, was forced to awaken her ethnic bloodline and sang and danced with Li Yi.
People who don't dance may not know that the most important thing for a man and a woman to dance is the eye contact during the dance. The atmosphere is one thing, but the eye contact is another. Otherwise, how could there be so many years of adultery on the dance floors of bars and dance halls?
With the final appearance, the beauty retreated, leaving only Li Yi and Yuan Ziyi in the center. At this time, all that was missing was the lighting engineer to focus the lights on the two of them, otherwise the next scene would definitely be the two of them hugging and kissing passionately! However, these were all scenes made up by Yuan Ziyi's own mind, and the clapping of the crowd pulled Yuan Ziyi back to reality from her fantasy.
Ah Shiyin sat on the steps and clapped his hands and laughed, "Great, great! If I were a dozen years younger, I would definitely be as high-spirited as Li Yuefu! Your Highness, when will you get married? When the time comes, I will definitely bring a generous gift to congratulate you!"
Yuan Ziyi walked back to her seat with a red face. Li Yi scratched his head and smiled, "Your Highness's marriage is not up to us. It has to be decided by the Queen Mother."
Yuan Ziyi muttered, "Humph, you clearly don't dare to marry me! If you dare, go ask the Queen Mother for marriage."
A Shiyin scratched his ears and said, "Your Highness, what did you say? It was so noisy just now that I didn't hear clearly."
"Nothing, nothing."
After the farewell dinner, Yuan Ziyi helped Li Yi back to the palace. Yes, it was Yuan Ziyi who helped Li Yi. I don't know if A Shiyin forgot because he drank too much, or if he did it on purpose. He didn't arrange a separate room for Li Yi, but the presidential suite that Prince Salaman and Princess had stayed in before. The bath water was already prepared anyway.
Yuan Ziyi put Li Yi on the bed. She didn't know whether he was really drunk or just pretending to be drunk. Anyway, he got into bed. To be honest, he hadn't slept for two days. He did a lot of physical work and drank a lot of wine. He was really tired. In just a few breaths, he started snoring.
Yuan Ziyi frowned, pinched her nose, and whispered: "How can you snore when you are so young! No! Yuan Ziyi, you shouldn't consider where you sleep if he sleeps here! What's wrong with the King of Xiping! Otherwise, I will go find him?
It's getting late, and he's drunk a lot, so he must be asleep, right? Would it be too presumptuous to go look for him again? Well, he's worked hard enough, I'll just sit on the bench for the night."
Yuan Ziyi hesitated for a long time, then she sat on the stool and looked at Li Yi who was sleeping soundly on the bed. She looked at the steaming bathtub again, tiptoed to the side, stretched out her hand to test the water temperature, and turned to look at Li Yi.
"He shouldn't be able to wake up, right? The water temperature is just right. It would be a waste if it is not used. Alas, taking a bath has become a luxury when you are away from home! Until now, I still don't know why they forced me to come to the Western Regions. It's really a torture. Forget it. According to him, life is a time of comfort. Why should we wrong ourselves?"
With the sound of water splashing in, Yuan Ziyi lay down in the tub. She looked back at Li Yi who was motionless and muttered, "It seems that he is fast asleep. I will enjoy myself for a while."
The following scene is actually quite exciting, but it is not allowed to be broadcast on TV. It was blocked because it was too explicit. However, I guess you readers have read many times about the scene of beautiful women bathing in other works, so I will not write more about it and get to the point directly. However, I still want to recite a poem to express my feelings:
Red flowers float on the clear water in the pond, and thoughts surge in my heart.
The beauty comes out of the bath without putting on her brocade, and she stands quietly at the bedside, which makes people feel frightened.
I pressed my hand against the new quilt and pillow, and felt my black hair was as cold as ice.
Suddenly, I felt a warm feeling behind me, and my passion was ignited at the first touch.