Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 29 Unexpected Person
Li Yuanji entered Lingnan, and his obviously tired face was now blooming with a smile. He looked very happy, not for anything else, but because he finally completed his first mission, which was to arrive in Lingnan.

"Congratulations, you have successfully arrived in Lingnan. The current mission has been completed and you will be rewarded with ten contribution points.

New mission: Please reach Leizhou within four months and you will be rewarded with 15 contribution points. "

Li Yuanji looked at the task panel in his mind, and his joy faded. He began to feel a little conflicted again. It was because of this second task that he found that if he followed the original plan, he would most likely not be able to complete it.

He originally planned to wait in Guizhou for the central army behind him and the rear army bought by Xi Junmai. It would take them at least a month to reach Guizhou, and this was the minimum. It might take even longer.

As for waiting for the arrival of the large force behind, and then traveling together from Guizhou to Leizhou, Li Yuanji estimated that it would take at least four or five months.

In this way, if he waits for the main force, it will take him at least half a year to reach Leizhou!

Thinking about the time, Li Yuanji himself couldn't accept it. If the task was not completed by then, he would have to wait another year to refresh it. How could he have so much time to wait?
The reason why he came to Lingnan in such a hurry was because of the system's tasks and the opportunity to earn contribution points.

Just when Li Yuanji was deep in thought, Xie Shufang's voice came, interrupting Li Yuanji's thoughts.

"Your Majesty, if we continue walking for another five days, we will reach Guizhou, the capital of Guizhou, and be safe."

Li Yuanji came back to his senses and listened to what Xie Shufang said. After a moment, he said, "Let's take a rest first and replenish our food and water."

Xie Shufang immediately went down to convey Li Yuanji's military order, while Li Yuanji began to think alone. He soon decided that he would go to Leizhou first. It would be too late to wait for everyone to go together. He could only leave the rest to Xi Junmai and Yang Qingwan.

After a while, Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang came to Li Yuanji together.

"Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji looked at the two men and said, "After arriving in Shi'an, we will set off to Leizhou first, and then come back to pick them up after we have prepared the camp.

We don’t know whether those people in Lingnan are friends or enemies. We must be prepared for a big war. However, with so many people behind us, we will definitely not be able to take care of them all once a big war breaks out.

You two have plenty of experience on the battlefield. You must be careful and alert. On the road to Leizhou, poisonous snakes may be hiding somewhere waiting for us!"

After hearing this, the two had no objection and agreed immediately.

"Don't worry, my king. Ding Fang and I will never let you down!"

After resting for half an hour, the army continued its march. Now, all soldiers were wearing armor and everyone was alert. It was completely different from the previous march.

Su Dingfang was in the front, leading the way for the army, Li Yuanji was leading the army forward from behind, and Xie Shufang followed closely beside Li Yuanji.

After two days of marching, the army had covered more than half the distance and it seemed that it would take another two days to arrive, but an unexpected situation occurred.

Su Dingfang brought someone with him and hurriedly rushed towards Li Yuanji.

"Your Majesty, there is a scholar blocking the road ahead. I approached him and learned that he is a senior officer of Rongzhou, who was promoted from the magistrate of Huangshui County two years ago.

This person stopped the road and said that there were many troops and governors of several states ahead who wanted to harm the king. I dared not delay and brought this to you. "Li Yuanji was not shocked when he heard Su Dingfang's words. He had already prepared for the situation that would occur when he came to Lingnan. Not to mention that this was just a revelation from a person who stopped the road, even if there was really an ambush, he would not be surprised.

What Li Yuanji was concerned about was not that someone in Lingnan was against him, but the person who blocked his way mentioned by Su Dingfang. In fact, this person's resume was very similar to someone he knew. No, to be precise, it was the same.

When Xie Shufang, who was standing by, heard this, he was shocked.

"Your Majesty."

Xie Shufang wanted to say something, but Li Yuanji raised his hand to stop him.

"Dingfang, go and bring that man here. I'm very interested in him now."

Li Yuanji was really interested. No matter it was the person he knew in his memory or the person's motive for telling him these things, Li Yuanji wanted to know very much at this time. He wanted to see and know very much.

Upon hearing this, Su Dingfang immediately retreated. After a while, he came over with a man dressed as a scholar. Li Yuanji stared at this man who seemed to be a scholar in Su Dingfang's eyes.

The two men came to Li Yuanji again, Su Dingfang stood on the side, and the scholar bowed straight.

"Wang Xuance, the superior of Rongzhou, pays respect to the king."

When he heard this person's name, Li Yuanji's pupils shrank. As expected, just as he thought, this person was Wang Xuance, the man who was known for destroying an entire country by himself.

From the information Su Dingfang said, Li Yuanji already had a certain answer in his mind, because Wang Xuance's early experience was to serve as a county magistrate in Huangshui, Rongzhou, and this was the only information available about Wang Xuance's early years.

Wang Xuance's records can be said to be very vague, especially in the early days. Even the number of missions to India, whether three or four, has not yet been debated. How could Wang Xuance have so many records?

Listening to Wang Xuance's words, Li Yuanji did not show much happiness or excitement. After all, he was the King of Qi now, and Wang Xuance was, relatively speaking, just a minor official. It was very easy for him to use him, not to mention that Lingnan was his fiefdom.

After a moment, Li Yuanji said slowly: "Wang Xuan Ce, the assistant of Rongzhou? You said that there are many provocative chieftains and governors of many states who want to harm me. Please tell me about this matter.

If you can explain it clearly, you will follow me from now on. If you cannot explain it clearly, this place will be your burial place."

Li Yuanji looked at Wang Xuance with interest, and saw that he was not at all panicked, his eyes were full of admiration.

Wang Xuance also looked at Li Yuanji. As for the famous King of Qi, Wang Xuance himself was an official and he knew that Li Yuanji's fame was not a good reputation, but was just some bad rumors.

Originally, Wang Xuance did not want to get involved in this muddy water, but he was very clear that if Li Yuanji encountered problems here, Lingnan would face the mighty army of the Tang Dynasty. As long as the Tang Dynasty still had face, sending troops was inevitable.

In order to avoid being implicated, he rushed here from Rongzhou just to tell Li Yuanji about what happened in Lingnan.

However, after meeting him now, although it was the first time, but with just this one sentence and what Li Yuanji showed now, Wang Xuance suddenly realized that this King of Qi was somewhat inconsistent with the rumors, and the deviation was not small at all.

Wang Xuance suddenly became interested in Li Yuanji.

(End of this chapter)