Chapter 58
Li Damao raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of shock: "Your Majesty, do you know?"
Lu Ren's old saying was silent: "That's right."
Li Damao sat up straight, his eyes were alert, and his expression was alert: "Your Majesty let me go alone. Do you also know the identity of the minister?"
Lu Rengu nodded slightly: "Naturally."
Many years ago, he was still living in the imperial mausoleum, and the Jin and Chu countries had been at war for many years, but their strengths were equal.
All of a sudden, Chu State had a strong general who was invincible. Only then did the two countries reverse the situation where you advance and the other retreats, I advance and you retreat, and the situation of the two countries is evenly divided.
Later, Lu Rengu was picked up by the late emperor and sent to see off his relatives. After raising troops, he met the fierce general of Chu State on the battlefield.
During the battle, Lu Rengu was amazed by the boundless power and bravery of the fierce general of the Chu State, and he couldn't understand it.
It was after a close fight that he learned that the man was actually a monster, and it was raised in the mansion by the master of the state of Chu.
Although in the end, Lu Rengu beheaded the demon, but he was also seriously injured and almost lost his life because of it.
During this expedition, Lu Rengu witnessed Li Damao's bravery, skill in fighting, courage and strategy, and admired him very much.
In addition, Gu Nian always thinks of Qianqian wholeheartedly, Lu Rengu entrusts him with a heavy responsibility, promotes him in advance, and seals him as the fourth-rank General Annan.
After arriving at the imperial capital of Chu State, Lu Rengu remembered that the Golden Wolf Guard had secretly found out that the State Master of Chu State had actually rescued the fierce general he beheaded back then, and used the evil method of renewing his life by using people's hearts.
Such a crooked way, naturally cannot stay.
Originally, before Qianqian entered the palace, he had already planned to take care of the Chu State Master and the demon himself when he led his troops into the Chu State's imperial capital.
But Li Damao appeared, Lu Rengu estimated Li Damao's strength, and then sent him to go alone.
Originally, he didn't mind that people knew about these demons and ghosts, and he didn't deliberately conceal them a few years ago, but no one asked, so he didn't bother to talk about them.
But now that he has Qianqian, he decided to handle such incidents in a low-key manner, so as not to spread the word to Qianqian's ears, and the little ginseng spirit should be afraid again.
Hearing that his identity had also been found out, Li Damao was horrified.
All these years, he thought he had hidden it perfectly. He worked hard to learn the words and deeds of the human race, joys and sorrows.
Sometimes, he thought in a trance that he was the real son of the Li family, and he even forgot several times that he was actually a demon.
The frightening thing is that the number of times he has met with this Emperor is very few. I don't know where and when he showed his flaws, and His Majesty saw his true identity.
Inside the large carriage, two tall and strong men sat facing each other, looking at each other silently.
Those eyes were probing, and seemed to be silently contesting.
[Since Your Majesty already knows my identity, what about Qianqian? Isn't Qianqian very dangerous! ]
[No, after I go back, I will take Qianqian away immediately. 】
The man on the opposite side is a king, not to mention that he has countless capable men, but he himself is also a man of great strength.
Although he is a demon, he has been living as a human for so many years and has not deliberately cultivated.
Compared with ordinary people, it is nothing more than a stronger physique and a little more strength.
If he really wants to tear his face apart, if the two start fighting, he may not be able to get any advantage.
Li Damao is jealous of Lu Rengu, so why isn't Lu Rengu not guarding against Li Damao.
He could have pretended to be ignorant, but Qianqian refused to believe him.
The little girl always thought that once he found out who she was, he would stew her and eat her.
Even though he had promised her many times, she still refused to trust him completely.
That being the case, it is useless to say.
It's better to start with Li Damao. In the future, Qianqian will believe him when he sees that he knows Li Damao's identity but has done nothing to him.
Naturally, she was willing to tell him who she was.
What made him gratified was that at this moment, Li Damao's identity was exposed by him, and his immediate concern was not his own, but Qianqian's safety.
No wonder Qianqian used to always talk about her big brother.
As long as Lu Rengu was thinking, he heard that Li Damao was already thinking about the method and route to escape from the capital with Qianqian.
He interrupted in time: "General Li, I also know about Qianqian."
Li Damao was even more shocked now, his face changed drastically, and his two big palms on his knees clenched into fists secretly: "What is your Majesty?" Did you know when?"
[If His Majesty dares to have any ill intentions towards Qianqian, he will risk my life today and kill him to prevent future troubles! ]
That's all he does, doesn't he look like a good person? Lu Rengu was a little helpless: "Not long after Qianqian entered the palace, I knew about it."
Did I know it so early? Li Damao was taken aback. He thought it was because His Majesty the Emperor knew his identity that he guessed Qianqian's identity.
Although Qianqian is pure-hearted, she has the vigilance of a goblin, and has kept her secrets well all these years.
Especially when she ate poisonous mushrooms when she was a child, she refused to change after repeated admonitions. After being slapped by him, the little girl gradually learned to hide better.
If he wasn't a demon himself and played with the little girl all day long, he wouldn't have found out easily.
How did His Majesty the Emperor know?
Li Damao was full of doubts, but he didn't intend to ask. If you know it, you know it, and it is meaningless to pursue it. Now the question is, what is His Majesty the Emperor going to do with Qianqian?
Li Damao was silent for a while before asking: "Then what is your majesty's plan for Qianqian?"
Lu Rengu asked back: "What is your plan? Qianqian is my concubine and will be my queen in the future. I will love her very much."
Li Damao looked into Lu Rengu's eyes without saying a word.
Lu Rengu saw the distrust in his eyes: "Qianqian saved my life more than once, she is not only my wife, but also my savior. You have been with me for so long, and you must know that I am a grudge A person who knows."
[I didn't know that Qianqian had saved His Majesty's life. Since she is His Majesty's savior, according to His Majesty's nature of revenge and kindness, Qianqian has an extra guarantee. 】
Li Damao slightly relaxed his clenched hands.
Lu Rengu: "General Li, you don't have to worry about Qianqian, I will never do anything to hurt her in this life."
Knowing that although Lu Rengu is ruthless, he is a man of his word, Li Damao stood up from his seat. Standing up, knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"General Li, please stand up." Lu Rengu raised his hand to help him, and said again: "Since I have spoken, it means that I will not Do something that hurts you."
"Of course, the premise is that you will not betray me, and more importantly, don't do anything that hurts Qianqian."
This request is reasonable for Li Damao, and he clasped his hands and said loudly: " I would like to abide by the holy will."
After explaining the words, the two monarchs and ministers returned to political affairs. Li Damao reported to Lu Rengu
in detail about the Chu State Master and the monster next to him that was mentioned at the beginning . After Lu Rengu listened, he nodded: "You know this, I know it, you can do it, don't make it public." Li Damao should agree, and agreed. After finishing talking about official and private matters, the sky outside has already brightened. Lu Rengu ordered: "I will return to the court soon, and General Li will stay behind with his troops."
It is easy to destroy a country, but it is difficult to follow it up.
The civil servants who came from the state of Chu were already on their way, but it might be difficult just relying on the words of the civil servants.
Even though the Chu State has surrendered, it is still under his oppression by force and driven by the interests of all parties, and there will inevitably be large and small disturbances in the future.
He will reorganize the Jin army and the Chu army brought together, and then divide them into two, leaving half and taking the other half.
To let Li Damao stay, one is to give him a chance to make contributions, and the other is to know if there are other monsters in Chu State, so keep Li Damao just in case.
Li Damao got out of the carriage, took the reins from the golden wolf guard, got on his horse, and left towards the city gate.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, early in the morning, Lu Rengu, accompanied by the Golden Wolf Guard, went to visit the busiest market in the imperial capital of Chu State, and knocked on the most famous jewelry shops, tailor shops and The door of the snack shop...---
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few days later, after the reorganization of the armies of Jin and Chu was completed, Lu Rengu went up to the high platform of the teaching field, and personally competed with the dissatisfied soldiers in the center of the Chu army.
At first it was one-on-one, then one-on-two, then one-on-five, one-on-ten, and at the end countless people swarmed up, but all of them were easily overthrown by Lu Rengu.
Lu Rengu relied on super high force to crush everyone, and won the surrender of the Chu army through the way of warriors.
That night, he gave a big banquet to the new army, carried the wine jug and shuttled among the soldiers, pushed the cups for a change, and never got drunk after a thousand cups, once again capturing the hearts of the people.
After a few more days, capable ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty headed by Prime Minister Liu rushed over. Fighting with the old officials of Chu State for several days, regardless of the sincerity or hypocrisy, when they were able to drink and talk together, Lu Rengu took a big cart full of gifts and set off first.
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In the entire first month, Liu Ruoqian went back to Liu's house four times, each time she went there in a hurry in the morning, and hurried back after lunch.
Not for anything else, just because she is thinking about her good son, the little cat demon Liu Wuhai.
Every time I rush back, I have to check that the little demon cat is okay for the first time, and then hug it and sigh.
What to say, she can be considered to have realized that when she was in Xingshan Village, every time her mother went back to her grandmother's house, she was always in a hurry to come back.
What did you say, it's different when you become a mother. In the past, she always wanted to go back to her mother's house to play, but now, she only wanted to throw herself on the child.
Every time she hugged the little cat demon and muttered, the little cat demon couldn't help but roll her eyes, and then meowed a perfunctory sentence in response. Otherwise, he was afraid that this silly mother would chatter endlessly.
Every time Liu Ruoqian went out of the palace, she would ask the Golden Wolf Guards to inspect the area to make sure that there were no Taoist monks around.
After several visits, no suspicious person was found. But Liu Ruoqian still didn't dare to be careless.
Even though she really, really wanted to take her own fat son back to her mother's house to have a look, but she never dared.
Ever since she found out that the little cat demon still had internal injuries, Liu Ruoqian made the imperial dining room stew a lot of nourishing medicinal food for the little cat demon to eat on the pretext of needing to mend her body.
But that stinky Taoist priest was too sinister, the broken spell was too domineering, the little cat demon's cultivation base was severely damaged, and the palm that the emperor slapped without his knowledge made it worse, and the
little cat demon's vitality was not short-lived Will make it up.
She doesn't have any demon power, so she dare not take the risk of taking the little cat monster out of the palace for a walk.
Liu Ruoqian has already made up her mind, until the little cat demon is completely ready, he should obediently hide in the palace.
The little cat demon has been alone for thousands of years, has no relatives, no home, and no fixed residence, and often worries about the next meal.
Now that he has a mother and a warm home, and his mother prepares three meals a day for him, the little cat demon often feels a little unreal, all this beauty is like a dream.
He loves his mother very much, even though his mother is a little silly and loves to chatter and pluck his hair all day long, but he loves her very much.
But what troubled him was that although his mother had lived to be a thousand years old and eighty years old, as long as she didn't go outdoors for a while, she would be sluggish and lethargic.
Thinking of this, the little cat demon hated iron for being weak.
So, the little cat demon told his silly mother all about how he cultivated himself.
It turned out that the little ginseng essence was very much loved in the Liu family, and lived happily, never feeling that she needed to practice. Of course, the main reason is that she doesn't know how to practice.
Later, when she entered the palace, His Majesty the Emperor treated her very well. She was immersed in eating and drinking salted fish all day long, without any ambition.
But ever since she learned about the tragic experience of the fat son, she felt a sense of crisis.
It turns out that in this world, there are really people who specialize in catching monsters, just like what is said in the scriptures.
So whenever the little cat demon taught her, she would accept the teaching with an open mind and listened very carefully.
But I don't know if it's because of the different species. The cultivation method of the animal demon is not suitable for the grass and wood spirit. The little ginseng spirit tried for many days according to the kitten demon's guidance, but it didn't feel very useful.
Not to mention that she can freely change her body shape like a kitten monster, she can't even grow a ginseng whisker. Both girls are frustrated.
However, there is still a little bit of use.
In the first lunar month, the weather is very good, and she often takes the little cat demon to the imperial garden to enjoy the snow and plum blossoms.
Sometimes I even climb to the wooden house with thick bedding and hand warmers to wear it for half a day, just to absorb the aura of heaven and earth.
Liu Ruoqian swallowed her breath according to the method taught by the kitten demon, and after a few days, she felt that she was much more energetic.
It won't be like before, when you don't go outdoors for a few days, the whole body will wither.
Although he can't learn to transform his figure, this is enough to make the little ginseng spirit happy.
So it's not that she's useless, it's just that she didn't practice the law before. It turns out she's not that stupid.
As soon as the little ginseng spirit was happy, she hugged the cat son and kissed: "My dear son, you are really amazing!" In the
past, she had to go out every day in order to be energetic.
There is heavy rain in summer, strong wind in autumn, and heavy snow in winter. No matter how bad the weather is, she has to go out for a walk.
I have to bother to find all kinds of excuses to fool the people around me.
But it doesn't need to be used now, even if she doesn't go out for several days, she is still full of energy.
All of this is due to her fat son.
Everyone outside had already fallen asleep, and the mother and daughter were chatting on the bed.
The little ginseng essence's bright smile and exaggerated tone made the little cat demon chubby blushed, and holding the cloak coyly, said: "Mother, in fact, Wu disaster doesn't understand, it's all groping, otherwise, It may not be a thousand years, and with such a little ability, an old Taoist priest almost killed me." As soon as
Liu Ruoqian mentioned the smelly old Taoist, she became angry, and she felt distressed on the fat son's two hairy ears. Touched: "I don't blame you, it's that old man who is too bad." "You didn't do anything bad, and you didn't provoke him. It's because
he did a lot of evil, and his heart is rotten."
He will be arrested, and he will be beaten severely first, and then locked in the dungeon for the rest of his life!"
Liu Wuzhai's big golden eyes flickered, shining with admiration.
The chubby little face was a little shy, but also a little happy, and the voice was grandma: "Mother, Wu disaster likes to hear you scold people!" At
first he resented that smelly old man, thinking that one day he would practice well, and he would definitely Find him and tear him apart.
But now, even though he still wanted to kill that old man in the future, thinking of that old man, he no longer gritted his teeth with hatred and trembled with anger.
Because my mother loves him so much, she has already scolded that stinky old man countless times.
The way Niang crossed her hips and scolded others with staring eyes was so pretty.
Moreover, Niang scolded in different ways every time, and scolded very nicely.
Seeing the fat son's stupid appearance, Liu Ruoqian covered her mouth and lay on the quilt, trembling with laughter.
Ganoderma lucidum on night duty outside heard the movement, got up and asked: "Madam, what's the matter with you? Why did the servant hear you laugh?"
Liu Wuzhai quickly climbed down, Liu Ruoqian covered the quilt on the big cloak, and put the little cat demon's The figure is covered, and the two women can be said to cooperate with each other tacitly.
Liu Ruoqian turned her head and said to the outside: "It's okay, I just thought that His Majesty the Emperor is coming back, I'm very happy. You go to sleep." Lingzhi replied, went back to the
outside room and lay down again.
After waiting for a while, the little cat demon poked her head out from under the quilt, and asked in a low voice, "Mother, is daddy really coming back?" Thinking that His Majesty the Emperor, whom he hadn't seen for half a year, was coming back,
Liu Ruoqian was still very nervous. Happy, he nodded and smiled and replied: "Well, a letter came a few days ago, saying that it will arrive in two or three days." The little
cat demon drooped her ears: "But, if you What if father doesn't like Wu disaster? Mother, do you still want Wu disaster?"
"Silly Wu disaster, you are my son, whoever wants you if mother doesn't want you!" Liu Ruoqian stretched out her hand and snored a few times on the short hair: "Don't worry, your bastard father will listen to your mother. If my mother likes Wu disaster, he will definitely like Wu disaster." The
little cat demon's little ears froze again: "Mother, Wu disaster trusts you.
" It is very rare for the little cat demon to have a name, but whenever he talks to Liu Ruoqian, he always calls himself "Wu Calamity".
Compared to Liu Ruoqian calling him "good son", "fat son" and "baby son", he prefers her calling him "no disaster".
After the mother is married, she will give birth to younger brothers and sisters in the future, and the mother will have "good sons", "fat sons" and "baby sons", maybe there will be two, three, or several.
But there is only one "no disaster".
Liu Ruoqian didn't know the little guy's weird thoughts, but she also discovered that every time he was unhappy and she called him "no disaster", he would be happier.
With Liu Ruoqian's guarantee, Liu Wuji felt relieved.
But immediately, the two women thought of a problem at the same time, that is, after Lu Rengu came back, the little cat demon could not be transformed into a human form every night like it is now.
After such a long time, the two mothers have gotten used to it. Every night people outside go down to rest. Once the bed curtain is put down, one is wrapped in a quilt and the other is wrapped in a cloak, just nestling on the bed and chatting.
But this habit will be disrupted after His Majesty returns.
"Hey!" "Hey!"
The two mothers sighed at the same time, both a little downcast.
Liu Ruoqian's tone was full of apology: "I'm sorry son, after your bastard father comes back, he will temporarily wrong you for a while."
Liu Wuzhai stretched out a chubby arm that was white and tender like a lotus root joint from his cloak , just like Liu Ruoqian touched him, and touched her head.
The milky voice comforted: "Mother, it's fine, being a cat is pretty good, and you can be carried around by mother."
But Liu Ruoqian didn't think so.
Put yourself in the shoes, if she could become a human, but she would be forced to be trapped in the form of ginseng...
Thinking about it would make her panic.
Liu Ruoqian said in a low voice: "No disaster, why don't mother make some clothes for you before your bastard father comes back?
" I feel bad.
Liu Wuzhai shook his little head: "Mother, there's no need. Anyway, there is no need to see outsiders. Don't turn around to make people suspicious. Our mother and I are in more danger." "That's true." Liu Ruoqian sighed
, He touched the head of the little cat demon: "After that, when you can lose your ears and tail, mother will take you out of the palace, then give you an identity, and then formally adopt you."
Kitten The demon's ears bent for a moment and then bounced: "I will listen to my mother without disaster."
Liu Ruoqian thought about the future: "When the time comes, I will pass the bright road with your bastard father, and my mother will be able to make you a lot of beautiful clothes openly. Make up for everything now."
"At that time, mother will hold your hand and tell everyone: This is my Liu Ruoqian's son, Liu Wuzhai!"
Thinking of that scene, the little cat demon was so happy that he almost fainted In the past, the chubby little blushed: "Mother, when Wu disaster cultivates very well, Wu disaster will take you to the places where I lived before, and say to those monsters who call me motherless: look , This is my Liu Wuzhai's mother, Liu Ruoqian!"
After the little cat demon imitated Liu Ruoqian's tone, both mothers covered their mouths and laughed happily.
After laughing foolishly at her, the little cat demon said again: "Mother, I came to look for your beauty Wu today. Wu-chao doesn't like her, she doesn't look like a good person, mother should be more careful about her." Throughout the first month, beauty
Wu He came to her over and over again, saying that he wanted to ask for some grace to go out of the palace to see her parents.
Liu Ruoqian didn't want to take care of these concubines, so she asked her to go to Concubine Shuxian. But Wu Meiren said that Concubine Shuxian refused, so she came to her.
She asked Concubine Shuxian carefully, and said that according to the rules, concubines are not allowed to leave the palace without His Majesty's permission.
Concubine Shuxian also said to Liu Ruoqian earnestly that it was rare in the world for His Majesty to treat her so kindly.
Liu Ruoqian also felt that His Majesty treated her well, and was very happy when she came back.
Thinking that since His Majesty treats her well, she can't make trouble for him, so she didn't want to break the rules, so she rejected Wu Meiren's request repeatedly.
But early this morning, that beauty Wu came again.
In the cold weather, she cried and knelt on the ground, saying that her mother was sick and had been bedridden for many days, and she must go see her.
Liu Ruoqian can ignore one of the emperor's concubines.
But for a daughter who wanted to visit her sick mother, Liu Ruoqian couldn't bear it anymore, and couldn't bear to refuse, so she softened her heart and agreed to let her go out of the palace today.
But at dinner time, Wu Meiren had already returned, and she even ran over to thank her. She was eating at that time, so she didn't see her, and asked her to go back.
Seeing Liu Wuji mention Wu Meiren, Liu Ruoqian touched his little hairy ears: "It's okay, last time Mother used snakes to scare her, she was terrified when she saw Mother." The little cat demon nodded: "That's good.
"
After chatting for a while, the little cat demon turned back into a cat shape, and the two of them fell asleep.
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On the official road a hundred miles away from the capital, hundreds of Golden Wolf Guards were riding on horseback, surrounded by a group of carriages, and were moving fast.
In the leading carriage was Lu Rengu.
The three carriages following him were the clothes, jewelry, snacks from all over the place, and some interesting gadgets that he bought for Liu Ruoqian in Chu State along the way.
He was lying in the carriage with his eyes closed, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat, and an unexplainable uneasiness surged in his heart.
He sat up, opened the thick curtains of the car and asked, "How long will it take?"
Zou Qi, who was riding beside him, replied, "Return to Your Majesty, according to the current speed, at the hour of tomorrow, as soon as the sun rises, You can reach the gate of the palace now."
Lu Rengu pressed his palpitating heart, and suddenly said with a gloomy face: "Stop the car, I will go on horseback."
Zou Qi didn't ask any more questions, and ordered the Golden Wolf Guard who was driving the car to stop, and then brought His Majesty's Black Wind over.
Lu Rengu put on a big cloak, lowered his head and got out of the carriage, jumped onto the horse's back on the shaft of the carriage, grasped the reins tightly, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and galloped out like a lightning bolt under the black wind stepping on the moonlight.
Zou Qi ordered a few words, leaving behind a group of Golden Wolf Guards to follow the convoy slowly, and the rest of them chased after them with whips and horses. !