Chapter 697
"Besides, it is the same for the corvée, but whether it is to work as an official slave or to build a straight road, to build the Great Wall or to clean up a river, etc., it is not the official who decides what the corvée is to do, but those who are responsible for escorting the corvée are assigned by themselves according to the quota they are given."
"Liu Bang, don't take everyone in the world for a fool, not to mention that there is no impermeable wall in the world, some of the corvée who gave you money and were assigned something short and easy, but returned to Pei County before you did."
"And before you came to Xianyang, you had already been captured by my people to Xianyang, do you think I can't ask about those things you did in the first place?"
"Besides, the person in charge of repairing the Great Wall is the upper general Meng Tian, all the corvée and soldiers repairing the Great Wall are under his jurisdiction, coincidentally, I know Meng Tian very well, asking him to help me find out who took over your team of corvée in the first place is just a matter of words, do you think it would be difficult for me to know the truth of this matter?"
As Li Linfei said something, the anger in Yi Xiaochuan's eyes became a minute deeper, and Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's annoyance became a minute heavier, while Liu Bang's face turned a shade paler.
"You, you, you, you ...... what are you?"
For the first time in his life, Liu Bang was finally afraid because of this pitfall and finally did not know how to weasel his way out of it.
"I? Introduce myself, my name is Li Yun, the word Lin Fei, descendants of the state of Chu, under the tutelage of Xiang Gong Liang, descendant of the Xiang family, the god of Chu's military, and Yi Xiaochuan is both a fellow countryman and a teacher, or a smoke-related brother."
"In addition ...... don't know if you still remember Gao Yao this person?" The more Li Linfei said, the more Liu Bang's cold sweat emerged from his forehead, and finally the whole person trembled a little.
"Gao ...... Gao Yao? You, you know him too?"
Li Linfei smiled, but this smile made Liu Bang's hairy bones almost want to jump up and turn around and run.
"Know, of course I know! He is my fellow countryman and Xiaochuan's, the only fellow countryman in this Qin country, and he is also my wife's brother, I am his brother-in-law ...... Do you think I know him?"
The more Li Linfei said, the more he laughed, but the more Liu Bang listened, the more fearful he became, and finally he was about to scramble up and run away, but he was only thinking about it, if he could have escaped, he would have done so just now, why would he still be sitting here facing Li Linfei who was laughing more and more terrifyingly in his eyes?
Even if Li Linfei had only put a hand on his shoulder, he could not even stand up, let alone run away.
"How dare you really harm me? You and I are sworn brothers! Why did you do this to me? And dragged Gao to be ...... Liu Bang with you! Are you still human?"
After hearing Li Linfei say so much, how could Yi Xiaochuan still believe Liu Bang's half-hearted words? Immediately, he stood up in anger, reached out and pointed his hand at Liu Bang's nose and growled.
"Eh, Xiaochuan, don't be ridiculous, this is the Hall of Lifting Sages, we are guests who have come to gather at the request of Duke Fusu, how can we make a loud rant? This guy may not be human, but we can't disrespect Duke Fusu, at least in this Hall of Lifting Sages we have to be graceful, calm and collected! Brother Yu, disgust you for a moment, would it be alright if you and Xiaochuan switch seats?"
Li Linfei stopped Yi Xiaochuan with a smile and turned his head to look at Xiang Yu who had just moved to sit next door next to Xiang Liang in the same seat because he was ashamed to be in Liu Bang's company.
He got up and dragged Yi Xiaochuan to Xiang Liang's side with a smile, while he came over and sat on Yi Xiaochuan's seat with Liu Bang, sandwiching Liu Bang between him and Li Linfei, one left and one right, with one left arm and one right hand, seemingly intimately resting them on Liu Bang's shoulders.
What kind of man is Xiang Yu? He was the powerful king of the Western Chu, not counting the commentaries and the books, there is no warrior in history who is stronger than him.
And what about Li Linfei? Firstly, he practiced martial arts with Xiang Yu for more than a year, and then he drank Cui Wenzi's good wine with Yi Xiaochuan every day to nourish his body.
Now compared to Xiang Yu is also no less, two arms which have two to three thousand pounds of strength, two arms together, 10,000 to 20,000 pounds of gritted teeth also to hold or carry or carry, will carry it out of a mile away.
The two men had their hands on his shoulders, not to mention him, could you find anyone else in the whole world who could run away?
Because of this change, several people lost their minds to listen to what Fusu had to say, and by the time Fusu left and the various heroes and heroines who had come to enlist formally signed up for the Hall of the Raising of the Magi, Liu Bang had also reacted.
The only way for him to survive is to stay here in the Hall of the Raising of the Magi, and only here, through the Hall of the Raising of the Magi and through the shelter of the eldest son of the Qin Emperor, Fu Su, can he survive and Li Linfei will not do anything to him.
It was a pity not to mention that Li Linfei had let it slip early on that between him, a rogue pavilion chief, and Li Linfei, a man of amazing status and background, it was a fool's errand to know who to choose.
Even without this incident, how could a scoundrel with no skills at all, and no skills worthy of praise, be accepted by the Hall of the Raising of the Magi?
This is the Hall of the Raising of the Magi, which recommends virtuous people, not the Hall of the Giving of Congee and Rice, where any ragamuffin or scoundrel can come.
"What is your name, sir, and what are your skills?"
Li Linfei smiled, "My name is Li Yun, I am a master of both literature and arms, military and political. I can write and write, I am proficient in poetry and songs, and I am proficient in writing and painting, and I can fight on a horse and set the world on its head.
At once, all the people in the room were all in a state of flux and looked at Li Linfei in unison, although they did not speak, the meaning in their eyes could not be clearer.
Your Excellency, what is different from the wind that rises and lifts you up 90,000 miles? Or is it that you are so cool that your father knows?
In our modern words, why don't you go to heaven? And ...... are you so cool do your parents know?
But no one had any objection to Li Linfei's words, perhaps he was exaggerating and exaggerating a bit too much, but not to mention that the huge shield and sword that Li Linfei carried on his back and held in his hand, walking freely without any pressure as if they did not exist, were enough for him to say that he could take the general's head from the midst of ten thousand armies, and it was enough for him to say that no one would refute it!
"My name is Liu Bang, I am a man of words and ambition."
"Liu Bang? This is the same Liu Bang?"
Chapter 698
The person in charge of the initial vetting looked up at Liu Bang, the most famous person in this Hall of Lifting Virtues nowadays was Li Linfei, the grand master of grand masters, and Liu Bang, the rogue pavilion chief who this steward had already spoken to them about and would never be hired.
"Hey hey hey! What are you doing?"
The clerk crossed out Liu Bang's name with a smile, "Please come back when you have a skill, sir! The Hall of the Raising of the Magi is a place where the elite gather, although there is no distinction between the poor, the high and the low, the three religions and the nine streams, all are treated equally."
"But only virtuous and worthy men and women are allowed. If you are such an unscrupulous scoundrel, I dare not join you in your degradation!"
Good! As soon as the clerk's words fell, they were immediately applauded by everyone, and they were beautifully said!
It was obvious that Liu Bang's farce and Li Linfei's poking at his true colours had been seen by everyone, but many people had been indifferent to Li Linfei's overbearing behaviour.
But now the way the Hall of Raising Virtues is doing is better on both sides, that is, it sells Li Linfei a favour and does not give the impression that the Hall of Raising Virtues is bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, but on the contrary, it makes the Hall of Raising Virtues and all those who come to the Hall of Raising Virtues involuntarily feel that they are much more superior.
"Let's go, since you are not welcome in the Hall of Raising Virtues, then don't stay here and disgust everyone!"
Li Linfei came over with a smile on his face and lifted Liu Bang up by the back of his neck, who had Xiang Yu by his side to help watch over him.
Just after walking out of the door of the Hall, Yi Xiaochuan thought for a few moments and called out to Li Linfei.
"Old Li!"
Li Linfei turned his head and challenged his eyebrows to look at Yi Xiaochuan, not speaking, just waiting for his next words.
"Where are you taking him to?"
"Xiandi! Xiandi save me! Save me, Xiandi!"
Li Linfei squinted at Liu Bang who was being carried in his hands and was screaming for help from Yi Xiaochuan.
"If you say another half word and make half a sound, I'll crush your jaw right now!"
"Woo!" Liu Bang, looking at the killing intent in Li Linfei's eyes, chose to shut up without hesitation and reached out to cover his mouth tightly, not daring to make half a sound again, only using his eyes to keep signalling for Yi Xiaochuan to save him.
"Xiaochuan, where do you think I'm taking him to? You are back unharmed and have met the person you like best."
"But there is a person who suffered an undeserved disaster because of him, and paid an unacceptable and irreparable painful price for it. You can be a saintly bitch yourself, but don't treat others as good and bad, human and animal bogeymen too!"
Yi Xiaochuan was stunned at his words, he didn't expect the always cheerful Li Linfei to speak to him like this without mercy or exemption, but looking at Liu Bang's eyes as he kept pleading to himself for help, and his downfall of being sent to the hands of the high dignitaries, Yi Xiaochuan still couldn't help but speak up with a soft heart and continue to plead for mercy.
"But this is a human life after all! And he's Liu Bang, he's Han Gaozu!"
Li Linfei was very bland, looking at him with a ripple-free look, "And then what?"
"What then?"
"Humph! Guo Dong coldly snorted, "Is Han Gaozu so bullying? Can't Han Gaozu die? Not to mention that he is not yet, just a scum of the earth, a beast, a landlord and a punk, even if he is now Han Gaozu, so what? If I were to kill him, who could save him?"
At this point Li Linfei looked up and down at Yi Xiaochuan, without the slightest regard for his face, nor for the fact that Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu were right beside him, and spat a mouthful of spittle onto Yi Xiaochuan's face with a bah: "Fool! I don't care if you're happy being a saintly bitch yourself, but don't think everyone is as willing to be a cousin as you are and as indebted as you are!"
"You're standing around talking now, and if someone kills Yushu one day, you'll laugh and say it's okay too? Or do you still have to kneel down and kowtow to the other person twice?"
Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, who were a little angry because of his mouthful of spittle and had stepped over to reprimand him, could not help but stop in their tracks, although they did not know who Yushu was, they thought and knew that it must be someone who was very important to Yi Xiaochuan.
"You talk to me about human life? Did you eat a fatal pen? Or are you just a bogeyman? Not to mention that there are no human rights protection and humanitarian organisations here, even in our time when there were such things, didn't killing people pay for their lives? Wouldn't there have been sanctions for crimes committed?"
"What about the white pigs in the US who are less racist? Why didn't you tell them no? Why didn't you go and kill those people who just killed people?"
"And now you're fucking pleading with me for this scum? Aren't you a bitch that he didn't hurt you enough, that you were born a bitch? Or did it never fucking occur to you."
"Gao Yao, Gao Lan's brother, our only relative here, he suffered that unwarranted disaster because of you? Did you never fucking think of that? Or do you just not give a fuck about it?"
Stomp!
Yi Xiaochuan, who was getting angrier and angrier with Li Linfei's ungracious and unforgiving words, which could be said to be pointing his nose at his mother, suddenly retreated several steps after hearing this, as if he had been struck by lightning.
"No, it's impossible, it's impossible! How is it possible? How could Old Gao have been dragged into this by me?"
Li Linfei disdainfully skimmed the corners of his mouth, "Impossible, haven't you always wanted to know why he wanted to harm you? Let me tell you, it wasn't just because he ran two corvée at the time, and you and Gao wanted exactly two, that way he could live and could be killed without being questioned."
"Or because he spied on and pestered Lü Pian, who was fond of you at the time, and you wouldn't be unaware of that, would you?"
"First you dragged him away from home with you to this place, never to return to see Gao Lan, and then you dragged him to be killed by Liu Bang, and now his life is worse than death."
"And yet he never complained about you, and even if he hadn't done everything he could to bring Lao Cui to you in the first place, almost kidnapping him, would you still be able to fucking stand here and talk? You'd have been dead long ago, already wormed and rotted into a turd!"
Here Li Linfei paused and looked Yi Xiaochuan up and down: "Now you are here to talk to me about humanity, conscience, this and that for such a beast."
"And have you ever preached this to Gao Yao? A beast knows how to protect its own people against foreign enemies, and will never back down from a fight to the death, but now you're here pleading with me for a beast, in spite of Gao Yao, our brother and Gao Lan's brother, who is a brother to you, who has saved your life and is worse than dead because of you? You're not even a f*cking beast!"