The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 291 Shameless

There were four people either sitting or standing on the roof of the political hall. They were as leisure as if they were watching the moon.

However, in the commissioner’s mansion, the servants, the maids, and the sentries in the public or in the dark seemed not to see these four people, as if they didn’t exist at all. The fresh breeze blew gently. Their clothes didn’t move, but their hair fluttered slightly.

Sitting on the cornices and swinging his legs, the Son of God said to Li Ye boringly, “I didn’t expect that these people would recognize the reality. I’m wondering if the old man who was talking is your spy.”

Li Ye leisurely looked at the moon with his hands clasped behind his back. If he could have a pot of wine, that would be perfect. He said faintly, “I was wondering just now if your men had bewitched him with magic.”

The Son of God suddenly jumped up, pointing to Li Ye, and shouted exaggeratedly, “Oh, you have found out! You’re right. It’s true that this guy was bewitched by my men! You found out before I could tell you. You’re really clever!”

Li Ye rolled his eyes at him.

Li Ye didn’t believe him, so the Son of God hurriedly pulled up the nine-tail Demon Fox who was squatting beside him. Pointing to her, he said to Li Ye firmly, “Her men did that! It’s true! You know that the nine-tail Demon Fox is good at confusing people’s minds. If she wants to deal with an old man in the human world, she just needs to give him the glad eye.”

The nine-tail Demon Fox stood there awkwardly. She didn’t know whether she should admit it or not. She wished she could dig a hole and hide in it. After struggling for a while, she decided not to say anything and squatted down again.

Li Ye kicked the Son of God on his ass. He smiled and said, “You’re crazy!”

The Son of God jumped away, covering his ass. He said angrily with a sad face, “Li Ye, you are very rude! You’re the Grand Prince. How could you kick my ass?”

Li Ye simply ignored him and continued to look up at the moon. It was a nice night. The Milky Way was bright across the sky, and stars were shining brightly.

Su Emei pulled a corner of his sleeve. Blinking her bright eyes, she asked softly, “Why do you keep looking at the moon?”

Li Ye answered casually, “Beautiful.”

Su Emei suddenly blushed. She stamped her feet lightly and turned around, embarrassed like a little girl. “How... could you be like that?” –

Li Ye looked back at Su Emei oddly, and he was confused. “I just praised the moon. Why do you feel shy?”

Wearing a playful smile, the Son of God shouted and whistled. “I find that you are not rude but shameless. How could you say these face to face?”

Li Ye’s face darkened, and he looked at the Son of God unhappily.

The nine-tail Demon Fox raised her flawless, white face and looked up at the Son of God with a complicated expression, full of expectations in her eyes. However, what she did was in vain because the Son of God was laughing at Li Ye and didn’t pay attention to her. After waiting for a long time, the nine-tail Demon Fox gradually became angry. Finally, she could not help but twist the Son of God’s calf fiercely, full of anger.

The Son of God immediately shouted and jumped away, like a cat whose ass was touched. Holding his calf, he jumped up and down and stared at the nine-tail Demon Fox with puzzlement and anger. “What are you doing? Are you crazy?”

Feeling wronged, the nine-tail Demon Fox glared at the Son of God. She snorted, turned her head, and ignored him.

“What’s going on today? None of you are normal!” The Son of God stopped jumping after he touched his calf for a while.

Li Ye sighed and put his hand around the Son of God’s shoulders. He sympathized with the Son of God. “Women’s minds are hard to read. We can’t provoke them. We’d better leave.”

The Son of God stared at Li Ye. “I’m different from you. You said she was beautiful face to face. You’ve provoked her. I am the one who suffered an unexpected disaster!”

Li Ye pushed the Son of God away and asked angrily, “When did I say that?”

“Wow, you are really shameless. Are you denying what you just said? Have you ever considered the feelings of Guanghan Fairy?” The Son of God cried out in exaggerations. Making gestures, he was to draw a clear line with Li Ye. “I have to save face. I don’t know you!”

Li Ye’s face was as dark as ink.

They were making fun on the roof, like making a sightseeing tour. However, in the hall below, it was another world. The people inside looked solemn and were discussing the matter of life and death with great anxiety. But they didn’t know that the man, who could dominate their honor and disgrace, was standing above them now.

In the end, Li Ye and the Son of God almost fought each other. Su Emei and the nine-tail Demon Fox couldn’t stand them, so they pulled them away. Someone suddenly proposed that since the business of Zhaoyi had been settled, they should have a drink and celebrate it. Everyone agreed with this proposal immediately. Li Ye and the Son of God, who almost fought each other a moment ago, put their hands around each other’s shoulders and went to find a restaurant happily.

As everyone left, the nine-tail Demon Fox retrieved the enchantment and flew away from the roof. At this moment, in the hall, Kang Xigui’s and Kang Chengqian’s expressions changed suddenly. They looked up at the roof together and concentrated their minds. However, the roof was empty, so they didn’t feel anything. They glanced at each other and thought it was just a gust of wind. They continued to discuss the details of how to coordinate with the Pinglu Army.

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The Pinglu Army started from Weizhou and went to Zhaoyi via Xiangzhou. The next prefecture to arrive was Luzhou.

Xue Wei, the commissioner of the Tianping Army, had asked Li Ye for the position of the vanguard for several days. Now, he sat on horseback in bright armor, leading 10,000 elites. He looked mighty.

Xue Wei was in a good mood. To be exact, he was in a very good mood, not only because he got the position of the vanguard, but also because Li Ye was in the team. This was a great honor.

In the beginning, Xue Wei was caught by the Son of God to the Pinglu Army. He was forced to offer food to the Pinglu Army and let the Tianping Army follow the Pinglu Army to fight. Xue Wei refused to do that at first, but Xue Wei’s thought changed completely after the battle of Weibo because he was shocked completely.

Shangguan Qingcheng killed Cao Xijin, the Pinglu Army occupied Bozhou, and Li Ye went straight into Weizhou. Through these things, Xue Wei realized the strength of Pinglu. From then on, Xue Wei changed his negative attitude and cooperated actively. Under the situation that Pinglu was invincible, if the Tianping Army wanted to share the credit and made up for the loss of food, he had to make achievements so that he would be rewarded by Li Ye afterward.

This was the reason why Xue Wei begged to be the vanguard to fight Zhaoyi. Xue Wei put up all his strength and was ready to make a big fight.

Xue Wei looked at Li Ye from time to time. Li Ye didn’t wear armor because he didn’t need it. He was riding a horse leisurely, looking as though he was having a spring outing. Xue Wei kept praising that Li Ye really had the demeanor of a master. Su Emei, the Son of God, and the nine-tail Demon Fox closely followed Li Ye, which made Xue Wei feel great pressure. All of them were masters in the Spiritual Master Realm!

Xue Wei looked around his own troops. Their gazes were firm, and they were in high spirits and morale. Because four masters in the Spiritual Master Realm were going with them, of course, the Tianping Army had high morale.

“Sh*t! I will make achievements and become famous this time!” Xue Wei secretly thought. The battle on the bank of the Yellow River made Shangguan Qingcheng famous all over the world, so Xue Wei was unwilling to yield to others and wanted to be famous. However, when Xue Wei looked back at 5,000 Henghai soldiers, he could not help but snort. He secretly thought, “It’s beyond their ability for the Henghai Army to take credit away from me!”

Xue Wei decided that once he met the Zhaoyi Army, he would take the lead to charge forward, give them a Thunderstorm Attack, and win quickly, and he wouldn’t give the Henghai Army any chance.

The leading general of the Henghai Army was that secretary, and he was a man of both literary and military capacity.

The secretary speeded up his horse and came beside Xue Wei. He smiled cordially, but what he said was tit-for-tat. “I heard that the Tianping Army was very brave and good at fighting and had defeated Huang Chao’s rebels. Our Henghai soldiers admire the Tianping Army very much and we’re looking forward to seeing your power. However, our Henghai soldiers are also trained well and unwilling to yield to others. So if we encounter the Zhaoyi Army in the way, I hope that you can give our Henghai soldiers an opportunity to kill the enemy and serve the country.”

“Nice try.” Xue Wei thought, but he just snorted on the surface. “I also heard that the Henghai Army was valiant, so I’m looking forward to seeing your power!”

The secretary smiled and said, “You’ll see!”

Finishing the conversation, the two people looked at each other with their eyes wide open. Neither of them compromised, with turbulence and sparks in their eyes. They wished to have a fight first.

Soon, they achieved what they wished and saw the Zhaoyi Army.

The Zhaoyi Army was on the official road.

And there were only a few hundred people!

They were easy to get rid of!

However, Xue Wei and the secretary didn’t feel happy but looked at each other. The conflict atmosphere dissipated immediately.

Because those Zhaoyi soldiers didn’t form a formation but stood on both sides of the official road, dividing into two rows.

They were like meeting Big Shots.

Xue Wei and the secretary also saw a group of civil officials standing in front of the armored soldiers. Their leader was dressed in two-class official robes of the commissioner. That was the Zhaoyi commissioner, Kang Chengqian!

Xue Wei and the secretary looked at each other again, with no fire but doubts in their eyes. They didn’t know what Kang Chengqian was doing. Now that the Pinglu Army was going to fight them, shouldn’t the Zhaoyi Army send troops to intercept the Pinglu Army? Why did they send the civil officials to come? Why did the commissioner come personally?

“I’m Kang Chengqian, the Zhaoyi commissioner. I come to welcome Prince An with civil and military officials!”

While Xue Wei and the secretary were still unwilling to believe the truth, Kang Chengqian spoke loudly and humbly. Hearing Kang Chengqian’s words, their expressions changed and they became spiritless, like a frosted eggplant.

“Kang Chengqian is really...” Xue Wei stared at Kang Chengqian resentfully. He was angry about Kang Chengqian’s compromise. “Spineless!”

“Dirty dog! He’s really a dirty dog who acts according to circumstances!” The secretary gnashed his teeth. His military exploit was gone, so he was very angry. “He surrendered without a fight. He’s really a fence-sitter! Kang Chengqian was shameless for he came to the border to welcome Prince An personally. I despise him!”

“He makes me sick!”

“I think so!”

“D*mn it!”

“D*mn it!”

The two of them gave tit for tat not long ago, but now they shared the same hatred against the same person.

Although Xue Wei and the secretary were angry with Kang Chengqian, they had to dismount because Li Ye was going over there.

“Your Highness Prince An!”

“General Kang, I’m very pleased to meet you.”

After everyone saluted, Li Ye smiled and helped Kang Chengqian up.

They met and introduced each other. After greeting, Xue Wei could not help but snort. Looking askance at Kang Chengqian, who was smiling, Xue Wei said, “General Kang, I didn’t expect that you would come so early. I originally thought that we would have a fierce battle when we entered Zhaoyi.”

His remark was full of irony, but Kang Chengqian remained smiling. He looked at Xue Wei and said, “General Xue, you are earlier than me. Haven’t you already followed Prince An to suppress the Weibo’s rebels?”

Xue Wei felt embarrassed. He was indeed the first one who had no backbone to surrender to Li Ye.

The secretary immediately helped to ease the embarrassment and said righteously, “Never too early to be loyal to the country!”

Kang Chengqian nodded and said seriously, “You’re right. Prince An has great righteousness and an imperial edict to suppress Hedong’s rebels. As the officials of the Tang Empire, we should do our best to assist His Highness Prince An!”

After he said these, the atmosphere of tension finally dissipated.

After they found a high-sounding reason for their cowardice and easy-changing attitude, they no longer felt embarrassed. Whether Li Ye believed or not, they believed in it. Xue Wei and the secretary felt more pleased with Kang Chengqian when they looked at him again.

They no longer delayed and went to Luzhou together. They talked happily along the way.