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Chapter 557 The Final Test
Li Yan didn't speak for a long time. Just like that, the two of them held each other for a cup of tea, and Yang Ji's boiling blood slowly calmed down.

Li Yan then slowly sat up and said slowly: "Get up, where's Luo Yi?"

Yang Ji was secretly convinced at this point. He had just experienced a fierce fight and was filled with murderous aura. Even Wen Jun was frightened by him.

But Li Chengqian, who was only ten years old, was not affected at all. Since he entered the cell, his momentum was completely suppressed by the other party, even though he was fully armed, holding weapons, and full of murderous intent.

But Yang Ji always had a feeling that the other party was more dangerous than himself.

In fact, Yang Ji was not wrong. Since Li Yan came to the Tang Dynasty, the twenty years of internal strength that the system gave to him, Yue Buqun, in the first world began to become active, although he had no external skills or internal skills.

But after nearly thirty years in the two worlds, Li Yan has also mastered the meridians of the human body. He has also guided the true Qi along the Ren and Du meridians to perform a simple circulation.

It's just possible that modern martial arts have really reached the end, or it may be due to the lack of spiritual energy, so the gift given to me by the system has no room for use. Usually, I only use it to strengthen my body, and symptoms of colds and flu rarely appear.

But after the Tang Dynasty, especially when traveling back to the body of Li Chengqian, he was in the developmental stage, which was also the best time to practice. And the air quality in this era 1,500 years ago was better than in later generations.

In short, the internal strength in his body quickly came back to life, like a long-drought finally ending in a shower of sweet rain.

During this period of time, Li Yan stayed in the Yan Liao army camp and had nothing to do every day. After eating and sleeping enough, he slowly guided his internal energy to flow in his body.

Although he is not as powerful as the martial arts masters in "Swordsman", his strength is not comparable to that of an ordinary general like Yang Ji. Even though Yang Ji is fully armed and holding a long sword, Li Yan can easily kill him if they really fight.

Without such strength, how could he dare to brazenly ignore a great general like Yang Ji?

"Your Majesty, yesterday in Anding City, I saw Changsun Wuji who came to announce the decree."

After Yang Ji finished speaking, he took out the imperial edict from his bosom and handed it to Li Yan: "He said that the emperor asked me to kill Luo Yi as soon as possible, take control of the Yan and Liao armies, and go to Chang'an City to rescue him."

"Early this morning, Luo Yi summoned all the generals to discuss matters. I was the last one to attend, so I led a group of my trusted followers and suddenly attacked and killed Luo Yi's personal soldiers. Luo Yi was not prepared for me, and the incident happened suddenly, so I rushed into the general's tent and killed him. I also used the imperial edict to control the generals and temporarily stabilized the situation."

Li Yan took it and took a look. It was indeed an imperial edict. The handwriting was smooth and flowing, like the horns of an antelope, the flying of dragons and the dancing of phoenixes, elegant and free. The characters were sometimes large and sometimes small, and very irregular. There was an air of looking down on the world between the lines, which was comparable to the handwriting of teachers in later generations.

One could tell at a glance that it was written personally by his cheap father, Li Shimin. Ordinary ministers who drafted imperial edicts would never dare to write like this.

The content written above was also simple and straightforward, asking the deputy commander Yang Ji to seize the opportunity to kill Luo Yi, take over the Yan Liao Army, be named Duke of Yan, and serve as the commander-in-chief of the Yan Liao Army.

When Li Yan saw the imperial edict, he took a breath of cold air and knew that Yang Ji's death was not far away!

Li Shimin was definitely using a delaying tactic. He tried to appease Yang Ji before executing Luo Yi. He intended to use Yang Ji to kill Luo Yi and then deal with him calmly.

Li Yan quickly thought of a way out of the impasse. He wandered there for a while with a frown on his face. Then he raised his head and looked at Yang Ji with a serious look for a long time. Then he let out a breath, sat down on the ground, and motioned Yang Ji to sit down as well.

"Yang Ji, do you want to be emperor?" After the two sat down, Li Yan casually said something that shocked Yang Ji so much that his face turned pale.

Yang Ji, who had just sat down, immediately took two steps back, knocked his head to the ground, and said in panic: "My Lord, I have never had such a rebellious thought. Why did you say so? How should I deal with it?"

"Yang Ji, now that Luo Yi is dead, the 80,000 troops of Yan and Liao are all in your hands. You can use me as a hostage and march to Chang'an. Who knows, maybe you can establish a lasting foundation?"

Li Yan smiled slightly when he said this: "You are a fierce general on the battlefield, and I am a ten-year-old boy, powerless. If you swing your long sword, I will die under your sword. Isn't it refreshing? You are a seven-foot-tall man, the commander of the Yan Liao army, commanding 80,000 brave soldiers, but you have to kneel before a young scholar like me. It is really unfair to you."

Well.
Yang Ji looked up in astonishment and saw Li Yan sitting on the ground, looking at him with an innocent face. However, the words he said made Yang Ji, a tall and strong man, shiver in his heart. For some reason, when he led his men to rush towards Luo Yi's tent just now, his iron tower-like body, which had not hesitated at all, trembled uncontrollably at this moment, and the hand holding the knife trembled slightly. Seeing Li Yan glanced at his right hand holding the knife with a meaningful look on his face, he was shocked all over, and quickly raised the long knife in his hand, with the blade facing himself, holding the knife with both hands, lowering his head, and said firmly: "Yang Ji will never have the slightest rebellious heart. If the master does not believe it, you can take this knife and kill Yang Ji here, and Ji will have no regrets."

Well.
Li Yan's eyes lit up. To be honest, the moment he saw Li Shimin's imperial edict, Li Yan did waver a little. He wanted to give up this chess piece he had developed at random, because this person's qualifications were too poor and too mediocre.

He was so mediocre that there is almost no record of him in history during the Tang Dynasty, an era of brilliant generals. However, what the Tang Dynasty lacked the least was famous generals.

Li Shimin was obviously very wary of him. Just from the imperial edict, Li Yan, who had been an emperor, could tell at a glance that Li Shimin had no intention of accepting Yang Ji.

Because Yang Ji had killed Zhao Cihao before, and then followed Luo Yi to rebel against the court, although he surrendered to Li Shimin under his intervention at this time, more people would think that Yang Ji wanted to take the opportunity to ascend to the throne and replace Luo Yi, and he was not loyal.

It's just one ambitious person replacing another ambitious person.

From Li Shimin's imperial edict, it can be seen that it is in line with the intention of temporary appeasement. Luo Yi's position was directly given to Yang Ji, and he was conferred the title of Duke of Yan. Li Yan was sure that as long as Yang Ji expressed some dissatisfaction, Luo Yi's original title of Prince of Yan, including the land of Yan and Liao, and the hereditary treatment would be exactly the same.

Luo Yi himself is a prince, and although Yang Ji was not made a king, those are just empty titles. The 80,000 troops that do not obey the court's orders are the real bargaining chips that people are afraid of. Moreover, it is at the critical moment of the Turkic invasion. The court has no choice at this time. As long as they can appease these 80,000 troops, they will agree to any conditions.

As long as anyone has an army, he will have territory, and then wouldn't it be easy to obtain various titles?
Li Shimin directly gave the most important thing to Yang Ji, which in itself shows that he did not dare to seize Yang Ji's military power. No matter how nice and sincere Yang Ji's words were in the memorial, Li Shimin, who grew up in conspiracies and dangers, would not believe them.

Moreover, he was granted the title of Duke of Yan.

When Luo Yi rebelled, he used the banner of the Yan-Liao army, which showed that his heart was in Hebei and his heart was set on the land of Youyan. Even a blind man could see that. But for Yang Ji, a general who was born and raised in Jingzhou, Guanzhong, to be granted the title of Duke of Yan, what did that mean?

The title of Duke of Yan means that in Li Shimin's mind, there is no difference between Yang Ji and Luo Yi. Both are ambitious people and traitors.

If this is the case, it will not be so easy to save Yang Ji, so Li Yan's plan to subdue Yang Ji has begun to waver.

Therefore, Li Yan wanted to see again whether Yang Ji was worth his efforts. If this person was not firm in his mind and had some second thoughts, then Li Yan would give up on him, or even get rid of him himself, and all his previous plans would be in vain, since it was just a matter of talking.

So, on the one hand, it was a test, and on the other hand, it was also a chance for him to kill the other party legitimately. After all, he had spent so much effort on it before, and staged a touching drama of the king and his subjects getting along well with each other. Now that he saw that the situation was not good, he decisively gave up and killed the other party. It was really a bit regrettable.

That's why Li Yan wanted Yang Ji to give him a reason so that he could have a clear conscience!
But seeing Yang Ji's performance at this time, Li Yangao looked up to him. In other words, he and Luo Yi were not the same kind of people. He did not have the same idea as Luo Yi, who wanted to snatch the throne and sit on it himself. He actually had some self-awareness.

But think about it, in this era of war between heroes and famous generals, Yang Ji was not even a second-rate general. If it weren't for Luo Yi, he might have only been a deputy general in his life, and his name in history would have to be carefully checked. Maybe it was just a military achievement in the merit book of a famous general!
If this is the case, then there is still a chance of salvation, but it will require a lot of effort.

However, Li Yan still wants to try it again. Although he can use the Eye of Truth to observe, Li Yan still doesn't want to rely on cheats. He wants to test his ability to use his brain wisdom to control people's hearts.

So Li Yan stepped forward and slowly took the bloody long knife from Yang Ji's hand, which gave Yang Ji ample opportunity to regret, but Yang Ji still did not make any move. Li Yan casually took the long knife in his hand and rubbed it slowly for a while, then suddenly put it on Yang Ji's neck.

Yang Ji's whole body stiffened and he clenched his fists subconsciously, but then loosened them. He closed his eyes, tilted his head back, and lifted up his helmet and shin guards, revealing his unprotected neck.

Li Yan placed the tip of the knife on Yang Ji's exposed flesh under his jaw. The cold touch of the steel knife brought a biting chill, which made the hairs on his neck stand up and his skin covered with goose bumps.

But Yang Ji did not resist. He gritted his teeth, the veins under his neck bulged out, and he still closed his eyes, waiting to die.

Li Yan was slightly stunned. This guy didn't put up any resistance until now. It seemed that he really underestimated him. With such a character, he was not too bad.

He nodded in appreciation. As long as he didn't have the ambition like Luo Yi, there was still hope.

(End of this chapter)