My Confucian Father

Chapter 42 Border conflict, the battle between the two countries!
As the son of a Confucian sage, Su Mu needs to rely on this identity and the name of a Confucian sage on the one hand to obtain cultivation resources and ensure his own safety.

On the other hand, he has to worry about his father coming back at any time and tearing him up.

What's more, if the father really dies, other countries will not let him, a Confucian saint, hunt him down all over the world.

All in all, it seems to be dead anyway.

Of course, Su Mu also knew in his heart that it was basically impossible for Confucian saints to die in the Yaozu territory.

No one can stop the fierce man who can overthrow the two saints and defeat the demon emperor if he wants to leave.

Even if the brains really twitched and fought against hundreds of millions of monsters alone in the territory of the monsters, the momentum would definitely be earth-shattering, and it is impossible for all the human nations to not notice it.

But one thing can be confirmed, the Confucian saint must have encountered some troubles now and cannot return to Yan Kingdom for the time being.

It is precisely because of this that other countries have become more and more restless, wanting to obtain new benefits to make themselves stronger.

"If the Confucian saints don't come back, within five years, the Yan Kingdom will inevitably face a new war."

Su Mu made his own inference in his heart.

So no matter what, only becoming stronger is the kingly way and the only way to break the situation.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt guilty.

"Su Mu, Su Mu, how can you be so depraved!"

"Now time is so tight for you, and you still come to visit Bi Pavilion to chat and drink tea with your sister. What is the difference between this and wasting your life?"

"If you can't even restrain this little desire, then how can you talk about becoming stronger? How can you talk about cultivating Taoism and becoming an immortal?"

"I can't go down like this anymore!"

Su Mu blamed himself endlessly, and felt heartbroken and deeply introspective about his time-wasting behavior.

After thinking it over, Su Mu put away his thoughts, prepared to bid farewell to Fairy Bailian, and then returned to the palace to continue practicing.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw that Fairy Bailian had changed into the tulle that the dancers in the hall wore at some point, her delicate body with bumps and convexities was looming.

"Su Lang, what are you still doing~"

Fairy Bailian lay on her side on the bed, looked at Su Mu with affectionate eyes, slightly hooked her green fingers towards him, and gently parted her vermilion lips, extremely soft and charming.

Seeing such a situation, Su Mu felt that even if he hesitated for a moment, it would be an insult to his male identity.

"I'm coming……"

After Su Mu closed the window, he trotted towards the bed.

……

Imperial Palace, Chaolu Palace.

Chaolu Hall is located behind the Imperial Study Room, where the emperor rested and read books after handling government affairs.

If the ministers asked to meet, they would wait in the Chaolu Hall, and the emperor would call them into the imperial study, or come directly to the Chaolu Hall to meet the ministers.

At this time, in the Chaolu Hall, Cheng Hongwen and Cheng Hongwu, the left and right servants of Shangshu, are waiting here.

After receiving the imperial edict from Emperor Yan, they immediately put down their affairs and rushed to Chaolu Hall.

And after a while, Shang Shuling Sun Yi also arrived
Sun Yi is very old and a veteran of the three dynasties. Although he is 76 years old now, he still looks young and energetic.

At his age, he should have begged for the bones and returned home early, but because of his high prestige, if he retreated, no one in the court would be able to take the post of minister, so he was repeatedly retained by Emperor Yan.

However, even though he held the position of Shang Shuling, Sun Yi didn't care about government affairs, and his favorite students, the two left and right servants, basically handled all matters big and small.

Unless it's a big deal, he doesn't ask.

But even he was invited here today.

"Master Sun."

Seeing Sun Yi walking into Chaolu Hall, Cheng Hongwen and Cheng Hongwu went up to salute him one after another.

Sun Yi nodded slightly, and said with a smile to his two students: "The two of you are conscientious, and you are still in the palace at this late hour."

It was already dark now, and he came directly after receiving the news. Cheng Hongwen and his brother arrived earlier than him, which meant that they had been in the palace all along.

Cheng Hongwen said respectfully: "Students are dull, and they are afraid of disappointing His Majesty's trust and Master Sun's teachings, so they dare not slack off, and can only make up for their weakness with diligence."

Compared to his elder brother's rigidity, Cheng Hongwu appeared to be much more generous, and said with a smile: "Actually, if it wasn't for the delicious dinner in the palace, the students would not want to stay up so late."

Hearing the words of his two students, Sun Yi laughed, feeling quite good.

In his life, apart from promoting Confucian saints with sharp eyesight, the most proud thing in his life is teaching these two students in front of him.

The three masters and apprentices are officials in the same dynasty, the teacher is the minister, and the students are the left and right servants, which is really unprecedented.

After exchanging pleasantries, Sun Yi glanced at the place above Yandi, and then asked: "Do you know that His Majesty suddenly gave an urgent order, why?"

Although he is a minister, he is not in power.

Every day from [-] to [-], he goes up and down, leaving the affairs of Shang Shusheng to the two students, and he is happy to be free.

So today Emperor Yan suddenly ordered him to enter the palace, he actually didn't know what happened.

"The students don't know exactly what happened. They only know that there is an urgent report from the border, which leads directly to the Imperial Study Room."

"Your Majesty not only summoned us, Lin Zhongshu and Han Shizhong are also on their way."

After listening to Cheng Hongwu's explanation, Sun Yi was slightly startled.

The top officials of the three provinces have all been summoned. What kind of event happened?
While they were talking, another person arrived at Chaolu Palace.

They are Han Rui, the servant of the sect, and Lin He, the secretary of the Zhongshu, who are also important officials in the court.

After the two came over, they also went up to say hello to Sun Yi. In front of this veteran of the three dynasties, they were all juniors.

Emperor Yan came late after everyone had gathered, and walked into Chaolu Hall with a gloomy expression.

Just as everyone wanted to salute, Emperor Yan waved his hand directly and said: "Today Zhaoqing is here to discuss matters, so there is no need to be too polite, let's all sit down."

All the ministers looked at each other when they heard the words, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Emperor Yan had a deep demeanor, and he had always kept his emotions and anger secret, but now he was so angry, which was extremely rare, and it could be seen that he must be in an extremely bad mood.

What is it that made His Majesty so angry?
Everyone had different thoughts and sat down one after another, but they were still thinking about how to speak to break the deadlock.

Emperor Yan took a sip of tea after sitting down, calmed down a little, his eyes swept over the faces of the officials.

"Since all the dear ones have arrived, I will not hold back and start discussing directly."

All the ministers pricked up their ears, and then they heard Emperor Yan say in a deep voice: "There is news from the western border that a large number of soldiers have been stationed on the border of Dayan near our country, and they are training the army day and night."

"Ten days ago, the inspection team of the frontier army encountered a scouting team who had sneaked into our country secretly from the country. Fighting broke out between the two sides. The hundreds of members of the inspection team were almost wiped out. Only one soldier escaped. Let us report this matter."

Hearing the news, all the ministers were shocked!

Li country and Yan country have always been at odds. In the early years, there was a war between the two countries, but it was finally turned back by Confucian saints.

Now that 20 years have passed, Liguo actually stationed troops on the border of Yanguo again, sent scouts to investigate, and even killed hundreds of border soldiers. This is a complete provocation to Yanguo!
"It really makes no sense!"

Zhongshu Ling Linhe's eyes were full of anger, and he said with a livid face, "Your Majesty, Liguo is so rebellious, it can already be regarded as an invasion of my country!"

"This matter must not be let go, we must give a strong counterattack!"

Scouts are sent out before the war to investigate the enemy's reality and scouts, and their strength is also extraordinary.

This is different from spies. The scouts belong to the army. Putting the scouts into the territory of another country and killing hundreds of patrol soldiers is the signal for war!

"This is where things go wrong."

Emperor Yan sighed, "I also want to put pressure on Li Guo for this matter, but there is no evidence."

"All the soldiers of the patrol team were slaughtered by the scout team, and the survivor who escaped died of serious injuries after sending back the news."

"That scout team had middle-tier three powerhouses, so their actions were extremely clean and neat. They didn't kill all the people and even cleaned up the corpses, leaving no clues."

All the ministers fell silent after hearing the words.

Even though it was known that the opponent's scout team had killed hundreds of their soldiers, there was no evidence now.

There is no witness or material evidence, who knows whether this matter is true or not, and Li Guo can even accuse Yan Guo of fabricating facts.

Cheng Hongwen pondered for a moment, and then continued: "Your Majesty, I think the key to the problem is not whether there is any evidence, but the attitude I give to you."

"Liguo sent scouts to enter the country, and there are still a large number of soldiers at the border. This is obviously testing the reality of my great inflammation."

"If we can't respond strongly in this matter, then we are exposing our shortcomings."

Cheng Hongwen pointed out the key point at once.

Confucian saints have not been in Yan Kingdom all year round, so Rang Liguo started to move around, and now he is testing.

So it doesn't matter whether Li Guocheng admits it or not, and it doesn't matter whether he has evidence or not, but Yan Guo must retaliate strongly!
"But if this is the case, it is very likely that we will start a war with Li Guo, which is not in line with my current development strategy of Dayan."

"Our Great Yan is now in a period of vigorous development. If we rashly start a war, the accumulation of the previous 20 years will be destroyed. We can't fight now."

"There should be another way to solve it."

The servant Han Rui frowned, he didn't agree with Cheng Hongwen's words, he was considering the overall situation.

No war can be started at will. Li Guo is eager to fight now, but Yan Guo can't follow him.

I'm well developed, what kind of battle do I have to fight with you vulgar soldiers?

Cheng Hongwen glanced at Han Rui, and said expressionlessly: "Could it be that Han Shizhong has forgotten the words of the Confucian saints? Only one punch can avoid a hundred punches."

"If Li Guo provokes us so weakly and responds so weakly, it will make them think that Dayan is cowardly, and they will only push forward!"

Han Rui's face darkened immediately: "Of course what the Confucian sage said is true, but now the Confucian sage is not in my great flame! There is no sage in charge, so why go to war with Li Guo?"

Cheng Hongwen stopped talking after this sentence.

Han Rui is right on this point, Yan Kingdom currently does not have the confidence to fight Li Guo because there are no Confucian saints.

It is an indisputable fact that without Confucian saints, it is impossible to stop Liguo.

There was silence in the hall.

(End of this chapter)