Chapter 21 The Inheritance of Li Cunxiao
"Master, why do all the records say that Li Cunxiao is Li Keyong's adopted son?"
I was immersed in Ling Xuan's story, curious about the connection between what he said and teaching Shen Lang's skills. However, Shen Lang asked Ling Xuan with interest like a curious baby.
"Because this was specifically requested by Li Cunxiao, he needed an identity that was not noticed."
Ling Xuan seemed to have expected that we would have such questions and blurted out without hesitation.
"Li Cunxiao showed Li Keyong his force in this way. No matter whether what Li Cunxiao said at that time was true or false, Li Keyong's troops were not Huang Chao's opponents. He had no choice but to choose to take Li Cunxiao back to his camp, and at the same time concealed his origin according to his request, but to the outside world he claimed that he was his newly acquired thirteenth son."
"Under Li Cunxiao's powerful force, Li Keyong was smooth sailing and actually wiped out Huang Chao. In the next ten years, Li Cunxiao was brave and unfair. Until Li Keyong led his army to serve the king, defeated the three generals, and rescued Emperor Zhaozong of Tang. Finally, as the two said when they first met, Li Keyong was awarded the title of King of Jin. However, under Li Cunxiao's intentional hiding, outsiders did not know the hidden truth."
"Due to Li Cunxiao's repeated requests to keep his identity confidential, Li Keyong kept silent about his origin, saying that he was the adopted son he had taken away from home, but he never told anyone the real origin."
"At this moment, because Li Cunxiao's contribution was too great, he attracted the jealousy of his fourth brother, Li Cunxin. The subsequent events in history books are just as you said just now."
"Wait, Master, this is not right."
Shen Lang suddenly spoke, his expression looking even more curious than before.
"Li Keyong relies on all the reins of being the King of Jin. How dare he attack Li Cunxiao? What's more, Li Cunxiao didn't even have the interest in becoming the king. How could he revolt like the one recorded?"
"Take a step back, even if Li Cunxiao did raise his troops, how could Li Ke use this puppet-like King of Jin to defeat him?"
Although Shen Lang was stupid, he always respected heroes. After listening to me, he remained silent. He did not ease until Ling Xuan continued to speak. Now he saw the strangeness at the first time.
Ling Xuan looked at Shen Lang with approval and found something strange, nodded slightly and was very satisfied.
"You are right. The records of Li Cunxiao's ending in history books are indeed false. In fact, these are all concealed statements made by Li Keyong based on Li Cunxiao's request. In fact, Li Cunxiao did not raise an army and naturally did not suffer the punishment of the car split. He actually left Li Keyong himself. As for the ending, Li Keyong didn't know."
"It's strange. If you don't make money or power, you will help Li Keyong become the King of Jin and then turn around and leave. What is Li Cunxiao's purpose?"
Shen Lang became more and more interested, and his eyes widened and waiting for Ling Xuan to continue talking.
Ling Xuan did not answer, but instead asked Shen Lang with consideration.
"Do you still remember that I just said that Li Cunxiao said that he could help Li Keyong wipe out Huang Chao until he was crowned king, but does he have a request?"
Seeing Ling Xuan's consideration, Shen Lang quickly answered.
"Of course I remember that Li Cunxiao wanted Li Keyong to arrange his men to build an underground palace for himself, and he could not reveal any news."
Ling Xuan nodded and continued.
"The reason why Li Cunxiao left was not because he was jealous of others and had to withhold food and grass, but because the underground palace had been built and his purpose was achieved, so naturally there was no need to stay again."
I see.
Li Cunxiao did not help Li Keyong to fight for the world unconditionally. When he met for the first time, he said it very clearly. He helped Li Keyong eliminate dissidents and fight on the battlefield. Li Keyong arranged people to build the needed underground palace for him. The braver Li Cunxiao was on the battlefield, the more important Li Keyong paid attention to it and the less dared to go against his intentions. He would naturally do his best to handle this only requirement.
"Master..."
After hearing the cause and effect, Shen Lang looked hesitant and still asked with the courage to ask.
"Are we off topic? Didn't we say we could teach me how to do it? Why did it involve Li Cunxiao? This figure from the late Tang and Five Dynasties, even if he didn't die of a car break, it would be impossible for him to come to me and accept me as his disciple."
Ling Xuan's expression was indescribable, and it was full of mystery.
"Aren't you curious that Li Cunxiao has been hidden under Li Keyong for more than ten years. Even the three words Li Cunxiao were taken by Li Keyong. What is the use of the underground palace he has planned for so long?"
I was really curious in my heart, but I just held back and didn't ask.
Listening to Ling Xuan's story, I think with Li Cunxiao's skills, he could raise his own affairs, and it was not difficult to be appointed as a king and a prime minister. But in order not to reveal his identity, he came to Li Cunxiao's subordinates under his identity. The things he planned must be extremely important.
This time, Ling Xuan had no appetite. Before I could speak, he said what I wanted to know.
"Li Cunxiao comes from Guanshan, and he asked Li Keyong to arrange the underground palace built by his subordinates to place the statue!"
Shen Lang and I looked at each other. Since we learned about Guanshan, I thought my nerves had been trained as hard as iron, but I didn't expect that the more I heard, the more I became more surprised.
This is the most ruthless man in the late Tang Dynasty who was known as "having no hatred, and hating no rings", actually came from Guanshan. The underground palace in this story actually was the place where the statues were placed. I think as I explored, this underground palace will be discovered by me in the future. No wonder when Ling Xuan mentioned Li Cunxiao, the respect in his expression was beyond words, and he said so many things that seemed meaningless.
"Li Cunxiao was the leader of Guanshan in that generation. The people in the Ruoshui learned from somewhere where one of the statues was hidden. He led people to arrive. After the two sides fought desperately, they finally guarded the statue. But this place was exposed to the world. If the people in the Guanshan in the Ruoshui would inevitably notice it. He could only find another way and find a prince in that chaotic era to dig an underground palace for him to relocate the statue."
"At the same time, he was born like this, and partly because of the negligence of the previous generation leader. Although the previous generation leader made Yuan Tiangang do what he did in Baqiao, in the long run, the dragon vein of Li Tang was cut off after all, and the Jinxian people would destroy the Li Tang Dynasty. Huang Chao was born according to his fate. If Li Cunxiao had not come out to stop him, he would probably have died tens of thousands more people in this province."
This makes sense, why does an invincible person suddenly appear in this world, and why does this invincible person willing to destroy Huang Chao for Li Keyong behind the scenes? It turns out that in essence it is just a deal, a deal between the people in Guanshan for peace in China.
"After Li Keyong digging the underground palace as Li Cunxiao's request, Li Cunxiao was very satisfied. At the same time, he told Li Keyong that the two of them had ended their fate and had no day to meet. He left Li Keyong and returned to Guanshan. Under his instructions, Li Keyong fabricated the so-called story of the car splitting and dying. This is the truth of the matter."
As Ling Xuan finished speaking, Shen Lang and I finally learned another secret from a thousand years ago, but we didn't expect that this was another layout of Guanshan.
"I mean, since they are all from Guanshan, Li Cunxiao's skills have not been lost, but have been passed down in the history of Guanshan?"
Unlike what I thought, Shen Lang found the part he cared about the most from the story.
"That's right, Li Cunxiao was a man who entered the Taoist world with martial arts. He had a superb skill. He was afraid that no one would succeed him, so he recorded it and left it to the people who were destined to be later in Guanshan."
"This skill is there, but after so many years, no one has understood the essence of it. If you want to learn his skills, you must be prepared to endure hardships."
Chapter completed!