The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 193: Finding the Ruler (Part )

Last time, we talked about how Xiahou Ying actually made the whereabouts of the measuring ruler public during the written test. Naturally, Li Yi and the people of Shura Palace could not turn a deaf ear to it. So was this a trap set by the Xiahou family? Let's read on.

Xu Li looked at Li Yi with resentful eyes, and Li Yi said unhappily: "Did someone die in your family? Why are you crying so hard?"

Xu Li rolled his eyes at Li Yi. He just couldn't beat Li Yi. If he could, he would definitely pin Li Yi to the ground and rub him until sparks flew!

Seeing that Xu Li didn't answer, Li Yi shook his head helplessly and said: "Okay, I told you not to think too much! Now that things have come to this, can you give up?" Xu Li just followed silently without saying anything.

Li Yi sighed, "Oh, forget it, let's go ask him in person. Let's go find Xia Houying."

Xu Li was surprised and asked, "Really? Master, can you really find her?"

Li Yi did not reply, but jumped onto the tree and used the Qi-gazing method to look for Miss Xiahou. After a moment, he smiled and said, "I knew you wouldn't be obedient." Then he jumped down from the tree and said to Xu Li, "Let's go back to the room!"

Xu Li asked, "Aren't you going to look for Miss Xiahou? Are you not going? Hey, Master, Master."

Back in the room, Li Yi pointed at the chair, and the latter sat down reluctantly. Li Yi reached out and touched the teapot, then said, "Go, change a pot of hot tea."

Xu Li picked up the teapot and was about to go out. Just then someone knocked on the door. "Is anyone there?"

Before Li Yi could say anything, Xu Li had already opened the door and asked excitedly, "Girl, are you here to see me?"

Xia Houying looked around and frowned, "Where's your master? I'll go find him!"

"He's not here! If you have anything to say, talk to the man at the door!"

Xu Li immediately replied, "Yes, yes, my master said he is not here, if you have anything, please tell me."

Xiahou Ying looked at Xu Li who was holding the teapot and said, "Okay, go make a pot of hot tea first, and we'll chat slowly later." Xu Li's face lit up when he heard that, and he happily went to find hot water.

Xia Houying stepped into the room and said, "Your apprentice is so stupid that he is a little cute."

Li Yi said helplessly: "He is blinded by love, he is not like this usually. Besides, what's wrong with being a little stupid? He has a good heart!" After saying that, he stretched out his hand to motion for the other party to sit down.

Xia Houying waved her hand and said, "Let's not sit down anymore. Let's go out for a walk."

Li Yi asked: "Is it appropriate to go out for a walk?"

Xiahou Ying smiled and said, "I'm not a young lady waiting to be married, and you're a monk. What's the inconvenience? Don't you have something to ask me? Don't you want to know about the measuring ruler?" Li Yi smiled and nodded.

The two of them went out and got on a carriage. Li Yi asked, "Where are we going?"

Xia Houying smiled and said, "Let's go for a walk along the Yangtze River. I haven't been there for a long time. By the way, why did you become a monk?"

Li Yi touched his bald head and said, "It was just a momentary impulse."

Xiahou Ying said jokingly, "You are not disillusioned with the world because of a broken heart, are you? Why do I feel that your six senses are not pure at all?"

Li Yi replied: "It is because the six senses are not pure that we need to practice. If we let go of everything, won't we become Buddhas?"

Xia Houying said: "That's right. Are you here specifically to deal with Shura Palace?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "Well, what about the measuring ruler?"

Xia Houying smiled and said, "That was a trap set up by my family's elders and the imperial court. This time, those people from Shura Palace will definitely not return."

Li Yi asked doubtfully, "Are you sure?"

Xiahou Ying replied, "My fiancé is here, and he is the number one cultivator among the three!"

Li Yi was surprised and asked, "Liu Hong is really here?"

Xiahou Ying said, "Of course, he has already set up an ambush in Poyang Lake, waiting for the people of Shura Palace to fall into his trap. The court has ordered the elimination of Shura Palace, and as the military supervisor, he must contribute. What's so strange about this? And our Xiahou clan wants to take this opportunity to move forward, so we set up this trap together."

Li Yi asked: "Why are you telling me this?"

Xia Houying replied: "Because we need your help. My uncle said that you are a great monk. It would be more secure if we have more helpers like you."

Li Yi opened the curtains and saw the boats moored at the pier and asked in confusion: "You want to take me to Poyang Lake?"

Xia Houying nodded and said, "Of course, otherwise why would my family let me invite you? It just so happens that I also want to go and see what kind of person my fiancé is."

Li Yi asked, "Is this also the reason why you sent Xu Li away?"

Xiahou Ying replied: "Although he was subdued by you, he is an evil cultivator after all, so it is better to be prepared. By the way, you know Liu Hong, right?"

Li Yi said awkwardly: "I know him, but not very well."

Xia Houying asked: "So what should I say when I see him later?"

Li Yi waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, I can't see him."

Xia Houying asked: "Why? Do you two have a grudge against each other?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "It's not a grudge, it's just a little bit of a feud. We have fought each other."

Xia Houying asked excitedly: "Oh, who won then?"

Li Yi replied: "Whether we win or lose, it doesn't matter. What matters is that I can't let him see me."

The carriage stopped, but Li Yi was reluctant to get off. Xiahou Ying said with a smile, "Come on, I was kidding you. Poyang Lake is more than 200 miles away. If you take a boat upstream, it will take more than a day. Even if you take the land route, it will take more than half a day. I just want to take a boat ride with you and enjoy the river breeze."

The two boarded a large boat, the boatman pulled in the rope, forty oars were rowed, and the boat slowly set sail, going upstream. When they reached the middle of the river, Li Yi looked at the scenery on both sides of the river going eastward and sighed.

Xia Houying asked, "You knew I was lying to you, but you still followed me?"

Li Yi said helplessly: "We have to go anyway, it's better to go with you than with that rough guy Xu Li."

At this time, Xiahou Yu walked out of the cabin, saluted to Li Yi and said, "Master Zhengyuan, please forgive me. We have limited manpower at our disposal. If we want to deal with Shura Palace, we really need a master like you."

Li Yi shook his head and said, "I was going to deal with them anyway, you can just say it clearly."

Xia Houying interrupted, "You have an evil cultivator with you, how can we be sure whether you are good or bad? If you hadn't rescued us last night, we would have thought you were in the same group with them."

Xiahou Yu stretched out his hand and said, "Ying'er, don't talk nonsense! Master Zhengyuan, please move into the cabin and let's discuss this together."

When they entered the cabin, they saw more than 20 people sitting around an octagonal table. Xiahou Yu introduced them one by one. These people were the clan leaders and followers of King Yu's descendants in Jingchu. Shura Palace had kidnapped Boyi from the seven clans and killed two of them. This time they were going to unite and fight back together.

After listening to their plans and combat capabilities, Li Yi shook his head and said, "I have fought with people from Shura Palace before in Lingyin Temple. I'm afraid the few people you have deployed in Poyang Mountain are not enough."

Xiahou Jie, the patriarch of the Xiahou family, said: "This is the maximum we can mobilize. We are scattered all over the place and we have to protect our family members. This is the only way."

The head of the Chao family, Chao Li, said, "Master Zhengyuan, we still have the help of the court! Liu Hong, the Minister of Works, is here too. He is the number one in the Three Cultivators and he brought 300 Yanjia soldiers with him. Don't we have a chance of winning?"

Li Yi asked in confusion, "You only brought 300 people? Didn't the imperial court gather 10,000 people? Why did you only bring 300?"

Xiahou Jie said: "Most of them were taken away by the Second Prince to guard the Li Lao Ancestral Mausoleum and the descendants of King Yu in Kuaiji. However, these 300 people are Liu Hong's carefully trained personal soldiers. Their combat effectiveness should be good, and their martial arts skills should be at least sixth-grade."

Li Yi counted the fighting force again, shook his head and said, "Total, we only have less than 500 people here, less than ten of whom are at the fourth level of martial arts, and we have to protect the clan leaders. And for those below the sixth level of martial arts, it is tantamount to sending oneself to death to deal with the evil cultivators of Shura Palace, so the people who can actually be used are the 300 personal soldiers brought by Minister Liu and the twenty or so fifth-level warriors.

In the battle at Lingyin Temple, dozens of people from Shura Hall killed most of the 100 martial monks and 300 dharma monks of Lingyin Temple. My Buddhist skills can restrain their evil skills. Even so, I am afraid that in this battle..."

"Young Master, please don't exaggerate! No matter how powerful the evil cultivation technique is, it is nothing to worry about in front of our elite Yanjia Army!"

A general wearing heavy armor came to the ship hall. His armor seemed to weigh at least 100 kilograms. Not to mention the full body protection, the face armor only exposed his two eyes.

The general clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "My fellow clan leaders, I, General Dian Feng, have come to deliver your message on the orders of the military supervisor."

Xiahou Jie saluted and said, "General Dian, please speak."

Dian Feng said: "We have set up various traps in Poyang Mountain and Poyang Lake, and everything is ready. Your boats should stop at the mouth of Piaotou Lake, and do not go deeper to avoid accidentally hurting your friends. We will take care of these people from Shura Palace, and we will give you an explanation." When the patriarchs of the eight surnames heard this, their worried expressions relaxed.

Li Yi was thinking in his heart: Liu Hong is still so conceited. He has never fought with the people of Shura Palace, and he has no idea of ​​the other party's strength, but he is still talking big. He is not afraid of slipping his tongue. This time he has to face Xuanji Hall. Although the hall master is dead, the guy's methods are still quite evil.

Well, since he wants to show off in front of his future father-in-law, let him do it. Anyway, it's not our Wei soldiers who died. Alas, I haven't seen his Yanjia Army yet! Why not observe it up close this time? After all, they are the most elite 300 people, so I should be able to see something.

Thinking of this, Li Yi didn't say anything more. Dian Feng looked at Li Yi and asked in confusion: "Hiss, why does this young master look so familiar? Have you seen him somewhere before?"

Li Yi nodded and saluted quickly, saying, "Amitabha, we Buddhists often say that Buddha has the appearance of all living beings. When one's practice reaches a certain level, he will give people a sense of closeness. I think this is the reason."

Dian Feng nodded and said, "Buddha has the appearance of all living beings. Yes, that makes sense. You look like many living beings. Okay, little master, you can watch the show on the boat with the clan leaders!" After that, he bowed and said goodbye to everyone.

But just as he walked out, he suddenly walked back, patted his helmet and said, "Look at my brain, I almost forgot the important business. The military supervisor sent me here to ask the clan leaders to send people to inform the people around Poyang Lake not to sail for three days. I have to trouble you for this matter."

Several clan leaders said yes, bowed again and sent General Dian away, then split up and asked their men to inform the surrounding people. Although this matter was not a big deal, it was very troublesome, so it was just right to hand it over to them, so that they would feel involved and that they had contributed a lot.

At dusk on the day of Yi, the ship docked at the mouth of Piaotou Lake as agreed, and the clan leaders had a party on the ship like an anti-Dong Zhuo alliance. Li Yi could only laugh and say nothing. He came to the deck alone and looked at the vast and peaceful Poyang Lake.

Li Yi looked up at the sky, and suddenly the righteousness in his body began to tremble. He hurriedly looked at the lake, and there seemed to be a dark shadow swimming in the water. He knew it was a water ghost, but the water ghost swam too fast, and he couldn't tell whether it was a water ghost or a water spirit. He thought to himself: I hope it's not a water spirit, otherwise those Yanjia soldiers won't even have room to fight back.

At this time, Xiahou Ying came to Li Yi and asked, "Are you still worried? Since Liu Hong is confident that he can deal with the people from Shura Palace, there should be no problem."

Li Yi sighed, "He will definitely be fine, as he practices Taoism, but what about his soldiers? Besides, this is a water battle. Do you know how powerful water ghosts are? After a person dies, their souls attach themselves to various aquatic creatures, causing their shapes to change. There are fish with limbs and webbed hands and feet..."