Kai Fu Han

Chapter 404
"If the Jin Kingdom destroys Zhao, the gentry can still be wealthy. If the Han Alliance destroys Zhao, the family may be ruined." Li Gang said with a heavy tone.

"Heart-breaking words."

"Whose heart will you kill?"

Xu Han couldn't answer.

"Then there is no way to stop it? The Xinghan League is also a regime of the Han people."

"The momentum of Huanghuang is unstoppable, and if you stop it, you are like a mantis in front of you." Li Gang shook his head.

"How do you choose?" Xu Han asked.

"I don't choose anything. I'm just an old man who is about to be buried. I won't hinder anyone." When Li Gang said this, his tone was a little dejected.

"At this point, you can't see through it. You think you can stay out of it, but you are also a gentleman."

Both of them were silent.

Li Gang picked up the flag on the chessboard and began to review the game.

"In this world, who is the flag and who is playing the chess piece can be clearly distinguished."

"I plan to go to Dengzhou again. Do you want to go?" Xu Han invited.

"I'm old. I'm afraid I won't be able to reach Dengzhou."

"Go and have a look, I know you, I know you want to go." Xu Han invited again.

Li Gang paused while collecting the chess pieces.

"Then go have a look."

……

When Li You was painting in the eastern suburbs of Kaifeng Prefecture late last year, he saw a very huge golden eagle, and he has never forgotten it.

Li Youshan is good at painting, and his specialty is painting falcons, and the falcons he draws are very handsome.Because the paintings are amazing, I have some savings. As a native of Hanoi, I used the money from selling paintings to buy real estate in Kaifeng, the capital city.

But since the last time he collected money with his friends and collected Chen Dong's corpse, his fortune took a turn for the worse.

First, the house was forcibly occupied by Jinren, so he had to rent a house to live temporarily, and made a living by painting and selling money on weekdays.

Antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times.

When these troubled times came, Li You's paintings could no longer be sold at high prices. Everyone was thinking about survival and hoarding food. No one would spend money to buy paintings that could neither be eaten nor drank.Even if there is, it is a businessman from Boqi, and the price is very low.

Li You has been considering whether to return to his hometown in Hanoi, where at least there will be help from the clan forces and he will not be robbed of his property.

But ever since he saw that extraordinary golden sculpture in the eastern suburbs, Li You decided that he must paint this golden sculpture.

After waiting for a few days in Kaifeng, Huangtian paid off and let Li You wait for this golden eagle again.

This time he was prepared in advance. Li You watched the golden eagle's flight path closely and found that the golden eagle finally landed in Kaifeng City. After walking towards the city for a while, he saw the golden eagle flying out of the city and heading straight towards the city. Fly east.

"It seems to have a purpose." Li You said to himself.

For a period of time after that, Li You insisted on waiting in the eastern suburbs every day. When he saw the golden eagle, he followed him into the city.But once we entered the city, we could no longer find any trace of the golden eagle due to the obstruction of the buildings.We can only change the direction and follow the golden eagle eastward every time until we lose sight of it. Next time we will pick up where we left off and continue to follow the golden eagle's guidance and head eastward.

On February [-]th, Li You came to Jiyin County, Xingren Prefecture.

The south side of the water is yin.

Jiyin County is located on the south side of Guangji River.

When Li You left Kaifeng, the money he carried with him had been exhausted. He planned to sell a few paintings in Jiyin County and then continue to follow him until he found the owner of the golden eagle.

Unfortunately, as soon as his paintings were put up on the street, he and the paintings were tied up.

Abduction without resistance.

……

The cloth cover on his head was taken off, but the cloth strip covering his mouth was still not loosened. Li You could not speak and could only turn his head and look around.

This is an ordinary house. The beams above the head have turned black, and there are even many spider webs hanging down.

The person who opened his hood was a very strong man with an ordinary face, but he looked murderous. "Woooooooo!" Li You tried to speak, but all he made was a whimper.

The strong man reached out again to remove the cloth from its mouth.

"Who are you? Why are you arresting me?" Li You asked as soon as his mouth was free.

The strong man picked up a painting from the table behind him and showed it in front of Li You. This painting was very familiar to Li You, because he painted it himself, and it was the golden eagle of the sacred horse that he had seen recently.

The golden eagle in the painting is soaring in the sky, looking heroic and energetic.

"You drew this?"

"I drew it, why on earth do you want to arrest me?" Li You replied.

"Are these all?" The strong man picked up all the paintings on the table and displayed them one by one in front of Li You.

The golden eagles in these paintings are all from a distance, not close up.

"Yes." Li You had realized that this man would not answer his question. In order not to ask for trouble, he chose to cooperate.

"Where are you from?"

"Hanoi"

“This painting was painted in Hanoi?”

"Yes!"

Bang!
Li You was punched in the stomach by a strong man, the punch was so powerful that Li You felt his internal organs were all mixed together, and the severe pain from his heart made him unable to breathe Make a sound.

The pain made Li You instinctively want to bend down and shrink his abdomen, but he was tied to the pillar behind the stool, and his movements were restricted, like a stretched shrimp.

The sweat on his head suddenly came out, and then he made a "hum, hum" sound from his mouth.

"This painting was actually painted in Hanoi?"

"No, it was painted in the eastern suburbs of Kaifeng."

"Why are you selling paintings in Jiyin County?"

...

After suffering once, Li You answered all the strong man's questions accurately and did not dare to play any more tricks.

"So, you saw a golden eagle flying over your head. It was very majestic. You wanted to draw it, and then you followed it to Jiyin County?" the strong man concluded, his tone finally no longer calm, and a little incredible.

"Yes." Li You answered honestly.

"You are really sick."

After saying a few words, the man tied up Li You's mouth again, then walked out of the room with the painting.

During this period, someone came in to deliver food to him. The person delivering the food looked more like a normal person, both in physique and demeanor, which made Li You feel a little relieved.

When he was interrogated before, Li You always thought that he had been caught by a monster.

The next day, Li You had been tied up and sitting for a whole day, and his back was sore. A strong man came in again.

"Do you still have family in Kaifeng?"

Li You didn't know what these people wanted to do, so he replied cautiously: "Yes."

"We will arrange for you to go to Penglai. Do you want to take your family with you?"

Li You couldn't believe it: "Just because I painted a golden sculpture? Will I be exiled thousands of miles away? And take my family?"

puff...

The man was amused by Li You: "It's not because you drew a golden eagle, but because you persisted in drawing this golden eagle, so you must be transferred to Penglai, otherwise you will die."

With a smile on his face, the words he said made people shudder.

"You think you intellectuals are full of food, why are you chasing after a golden eagle? Why don't you do something serious and just cause trouble to others?"

(End of this chapter)