Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 456
As soon as he returned to Yecheng, the first thing Li Yue did was to order a rest for a month. Not only the soldiers took turns to take a break, but also Wang Meng, Chang Wei, Zhou Qian and other important officials in the court also took turns to take a break for a month.

Relaxation is the way of civility and martial arts, and one cannot remain tense all the time.

The road is long and long. Unifying the world is a long process and cannot be accomplished in a year and a half.

Since there are three Taiwan and six provinces, they should be allowed to function.

Li Yue himself also took a few days of rest and returned to the harem to spend time with his children and relax.

But two days in a row, I had the same nightmare.

I dreamed of a stone tiger biting my foot in the Tongque Tower, and even the ferocious expression of the tiger was very clear. Then I woke up in the middle of the night, covered in cold sweat.

Li Yue remembered that during the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu was about to conquer Xiangfan in the north, but he also dreamed of wild boars gnawing his feet, and was later defeated in Maicheng.

Metaphysics was popular these days, and there were many people in Yecheng who were good at prophecies, and Miao Song and Liu Yi happened to be those in this way.

"There must be someone practicing witchcraft." Miao Song spoke without thinking.

Li Yue frowned, he was obviously trying to get closer to the harem...

According to his logic, nothing happened in the army, but when he returned to the palace he had nightmares, someone must be cursing him.

Li Yue stared at him, and several concubines came to mind. He had been away for half a year, so it was inevitable that there would be no trouble in the harem.

Many times, battles in the harem are more dangerous than in the court or on the battlefield.

Murong Jun had always been in good health and was in the prime of life, but he died of illness. This was very strange.

Jicheng carefully studied the gossip that came back. Murong Jun violated the interests of some people by using conscription to count the population and land, so he died young...

Li Yue's harem is also intertwined with various forces, and there must be internal and external collusion.

Liu Yi said, "Shi Hu, Shi Ji Long, your Highness swept through Guandong, drove away the barbarians, and revitalized Zhongxia. As the King of Hu, Shi Hu naturally has a ghostly spirit that can cause the monks to perform rituals and dispel their grievances."

"Shihu came to bite Gu's feet in the middle of the night, and Gu still wants to perform rituals for him?" Li Yue asked with wide eyes.

"Uh... Shi Hu has dominated the world for decades..."

"If he didn't come to look for me, I almost forgot about this thief. I sent an order to send three thousand soldiers to Xianyuan Mausoleum to crush Shihu's corpse and spread it to ashes!" Li Yue did not believe this evil.

After Shi Hu's death, he was buried in Xiangguo Xianyuan Mausoleum.

In the past, it was too far out of reach in the hands of Yan State, but now it is just right.

Miao Song and Liu Yi remained silent.

Within five days, Shihu's corpse was returned to Yecheng. It was stiff but not rotten, lifelike, and its face was even more ferocious. With its fat body, it looked like a fat maggot.

It's not that there's no decay at all, but it's decaying very slowly.

Li Yue ordered the corpse to be exposed in broad daylight. When everyone saw that the corpse was not rotten, they all thought it was a miracle.

There were also several monks who took the opportunity to confuse people's minds, saying that Shi Hu believed in Buddhism during his lifetime and would be protected by Buddhism after his death. They advised Li Yue to restrain himself and bury him in a dignified manner to avoid offending the gods.

It was passed down from one person to another, causing an uproar.

"Brother, don't listen to their nonsense. Shihu's body did not rot. It was soaked in medicine and given the secret method of the Western Regions to preserve it to this day." Yue Ji was well-informed and studied pharmacology, and saw the clues.

Li Yue didn't talk nonsense. In front of the people of Yecheng, he whipped the corpse one after another.

If there are really dead souls in the world, those millions of dead souls who died tragically at the hands of Shi Hu and his minions will break Shi Hu into thousands of pieces.

Reminiscent of all the cruel acts he had committed during his lifetime, his anger surged in his heart. He strengthened his hands and cursed loudly: "I can't kill you alive, I will kill you dead!"

In the blink of an eye, the skin and flesh were torn apart, and the smell was terrible.

"Chop into mincemeat with knives!" Li Yue gave the order, and the guards slashed knives at random. Finally, they were burned into ashes, put in a jar, and thrown into the Zhang River...

All kinds of rumors suddenly stopped.

Li Yue slept with his concubines and no longer had any nightmares.But the matter did not end there. As expected, the female official in the harem found the straw man and the talisman. They found them from Cui Yansi's south side room. The female official secretly handed them over to Yue Ji, who then handed them over to Li Yue...

"Are you using this little trick to fool me?" Li Yue had been thinking very hard these days and had lost a lot of water, but his mind was still clear.

The Liang Kingdom is now unusual. It has the posture to unify the Northern Kingdom, so it is natural to compete for power and gain.

Cui Yansi does have various problems, her elbows are turned outward, and she is always thinking about the Cui family, but she will never be stupid enough to kill herself now. If she falls, will Li Jian inherit the throne?
I'm just afraid that Liang Guo will fall apart immediately.

In fact, Cui Yansi is the least scheming person in the harem, and everything is written on his face.

"Why did they find you?" Li Yue stared at Yue Ji.

"Why else? You just want to drag me into it and attack the Cui family." Yue Jiyun said lightly.

"Who do you think did it?" Li Yue threw the straw man's charm to the ground.

"My little sister will not get involved in my brother's family affairs." Yue Ji immersed herself in medical skills. She also visited the mountains on weekdays and made friends with many Taoists. Her aura of immortality and Taoism became more and more powerful.

Li Yue suddenly felt something in his heart, "Is your surname Zhang?"

All Taoist schools in the world come from the Zhang family.

Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Uprising, Zhang Lu's Five Pecks of Rice Religion, and before that Zhang Daoling's "Lao Zi Xiang Er Zhu" of the Eastern Han Dynasty, laid the theoretical foundation for Taoism and established the earliest Tianshi Taoism.

Yue Ji is well versed in medical books at a young age and knows all kinds of classics, which is definitely not an ordinary person.

As metaphysics flourished in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Taoism also thrived.

Because of the stone tiger, Buddhism flourished in the Northern Kingdom.

In the south, the Que Taoist sect was at its peak. People with the character "Zhi" in their names, such as Wang Xizhi, were all successors of Tianshi Tao. The Five Pecks of Rice Sect was also a branch of Tianshi Tao.

If Yue Ji is a descendant of the Taoist sect, then Li Yue would not mind supporting the Taoist sect in Guandong and suppressing the influence of the Buddhist sect.

The establishment of a Taoist gate in the Central Plains can also deepen the connection with Jiangdong.

"My little sister Zhang Yueguang, my brother gave me the name Yue Ji." Yue Ji's eyes flashed, as if she didn't want to say more on this issue.

She didn't want to say it, and it wouldn't be interesting for Li Yue to ask.

Everyone has their own secrets. As long as Yue Ji won't betray her, she has her own reasons for not telling them.

Li Yue returned to the topic of witchcraft. "You are right. This matter should not be involved too deeply. I will ask people from the school affairs office to follow up."

Witchcraft, spells, and Taoism, two in a series, no wonder Yue Ji is dragged into the water.

Li Yue thought. Maybe the person behind the scenes had another intention and took the opportunity to beat Yue Ji?

The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds.

Yecheng has become a gathering place for the world's most influential people, hiding countless ghosts and monsters.

Now it is not only the cavalry that needs to be expanded, but also the school affairs office.

"The matter of witchcraft is over here. In the past two months, you have gone out to explore the mountains and rivers. I will send my personal guards and school officials to protect you secretly. Whether you want to become an immortal or ask questions in the future, I will always be yours." Brother." Li Yue consoled him.

"Thank you, brother." Yue Ji bowed with her hands folded.

As soon as he stepped back, Zhang Shengye came in and reported: "Your Highness, Shi Hu's ashes were blocked by the pillars of the South Bridge in Yecheng. The people thought it was magical, and some monks chanted sutras for it."

Li Yue sneered and said: "There is someone who is determined to give up. You take people to raise his ashes. Those monks who are chanting sutras are deceiving the public with their monstrous words. Each of them is whipped ten times."

Shi Hu was cruel and unkind to the Chinese people, and extremely lenient to the Hu people. After more than 20 years, some people naturally remember him.

　Two chapters...

　　
　
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