Even the emperor wouldn't dare to suppress them forcefully.
If he did, not to mention how many refugees would die, the officials would question the emperor's character.
The history books might even record him as a tyrant for this.
After checking the intelligence for a long time and confirming that someone was planning to cause trouble in the Imperial Capital, Li Xuan wrote a report and planned to notify the Imperial Guard tomorrow.
This matter is different from the previous one.
The last time, it was the Yanzhou rebellion, and the foreign troops besieged the Imperial City due to a lack of preparedness.
Although he didn't know why the White Lotus Sect hasn't taken action yet, he didn't know how well they were prepared at that time, so he naturally had to seize the time.
But this time, the refugees have only just entered the city.
Even if they make a move, these few people can't make any trouble, they need to accumulate more for a few days.
So it's clear that there's still time before the incident happens, so there's no need to rush.
He can even use this matter to investigate the White Lotus Sect members hiding in the court.
After finishing the matter, Li Xuan left the Northern Imperial Guard, truly returning home.
The next day, when he went to the office, before he left Rongguo Mansion, Li Xuan saw Liu, the cook's wife, whispering to a woman.
Liu complained: "I don't know what kind of wind Second Master Lian is caught in, these past few days, he wants to eat several meals a day, and he wants to add meat and increase the quantity of medicinal herbs to be boiled."
"Do you think he feels like he's not doing well after Second Madam entered the mansion, so he wants to make up for it?"
The woman, who didn't know where she served, clearly had a wider source of information than Liu.
She first made a gesture of "You really don't know much."
Then she said: "Second Master Lian is not doing poorly, he's practicing martial arts again."
"I remember he stopped for about six or seven years, it must be the robbers on his wedding day that scared him, so he started playing with his life again."
So that's why I haven't seen Jia Lian recently, it turns out he's been practicing martial arts.
As if he hadn't overheard the two talking, Li Xuan walked past without looking, not thinking anything.
Now the young men of the two mansions, none of them can stand on their own.
Although Jia Lian can represent Rongguo Duke's Mansion and run errands outside, just look at the things he actually does, they are all trivial matters outside Rongguo Duke's Mansion.
To say he's the master responsible for external affairs, it's more like the external manager of the mansion.
Jia Zheng never brings him to the real work of interacting with the powerful.
Oh, except for welcoming and sending off guests, the Ningrong two mansions have nothing to do with interacting with powerful families outside...
Now that Jia Lian is practicing martial arts, he's striving to become talented, in Wang's eyes, this means that his wings are growing, and he's preparing to fight for power with the second branch.
But what do I care, as long as it doesn't affect my elder sister Li Wan, I'll just watch the show!
He arrived at the Northern Imperial Guard.
First, he handed the report to the Imperial Guard, completing his task.
Then he called Lu Jianxing.
"I'll give you eight hundred taels, have your father run a leg, buy a small shop on the road from Rongguo Mansion to the Northern Imperial Guard, then buy two servants, I want to do some small business."
A shop costs about five hundred taels, and the servant's deed is less than ten taels.
There's plenty of room for rewards to motivate them to work hard.
Li Xuan has been in the Imperial Capital for half a year, his money is almost spent, and he has stabilized, it's time to open a small shop to sell glass.
"Yes, I'll go tell my father immediately."
Without even stuttering, Lu Jianxing immediately bowed and retreated.
Private matters also settled.
With both official and private matters resolved, he strolled into the data library again, looking at the materials and analyzing martial arts.
There is no cultivation or usage of any kind of bloodline martial arts or qi refinement, he can only study it slowly on his own, not only is it slow, but it's easy to get stuck.
It's easy to transform the nourishing internal qi (inner breath) from the health-preserving technique into internal force.
The new internal force not only has all the abilities of nourishing internal qi, but also, like in the movies and TV shows of his previous life, can enhance the body and weapons.
But to become a sixth-rank grandmaster, it's like breaking through from the acquired realm to the innate realm, and the internal force becoming innate internal force (true energy? magical power?).
There are absolutely no shortcuts, he can only boldly test and cautiously probe.
…
For half a month, everything was peaceful.
Just when Li Xuan thought he was overthinking, it broke out that night.
The originally silent night, accompanied by shouts, the entire Imperial Capital instantly woke up.
"The world is a prison, all beings suffer, endless reincarnation, endless worries, pity the people of the world, a god descends from heaven, Mother of Non-Life, Home of Emptiness!"
"Mother of Non-Life, Home of Emptiness!"
"Mother of Non-Life, Home of Emptiness!"
"The world is facing calamity, Maitreya is born, killing to save the dying, the King of Light appears, kill kill kill kill kill kill kill!"
"Maitreya is born, the King of Light appears!"
"Maitreya is born, the King of Light appears!"
"The fox demon is grateful, offering her tail, the world is ending, the three teachings are facing calamity!"
"The three teachings are facing calamity!"
"The three teachings are facing calamity!"
The White Lotus Sect, the Maitreya Sect, and the Fragrant Sect.
All three are heretical Buddhist organizations, it's really lively outside!
Li Xuan muttered to himself, he got fully armed.
Without treasures, he needs to carry more weapons, so that he won't be without weapons when he fights.
Before he could grab a few more quiver bags, the main gate, the corner gate, the side gate, and the back gate of Rongguo Mansion all had consecutive loud bangs, as if the battering ram had broken through the city gate.
"Xiang Ling, Qing Wen, all of you stay in the room and don't come out."
He only had time to give instructions, then Li Xuan jumped onto the western wall of the small courtyard.
The back gate leading to the alleyway between his small courtyard and Wang Xi Feng's small courtyard had been smashed open by several people with thick wooden poles.
The side gate a little ahead of the quiet courtyard was still holding on.
As for the south, the main gate in the middle and the eastern corner gate, which were made of black lacquered doors (General's Mansion where Jia She lived), were very sturdy.
But the western corner gate had been smashed open, with refugees and three heretics rushing in.
The servants at the main gate were spontaneously organizing resistance, and this backyard wasn't safe either.
Especially his elder sister Li Wan, and the two maids were here, it was impossible to abandon this side and support the other side.
Therefore, Li Xuan didn't move, he stayed on the wall and shot arrows at the back gate and the side gate.
For a while, he stopped the enemies.
"Brother Xuan, leave this to me, you go guard the side gate!"
With a shout, it was Lin Daiyu, who was wearing armor again, who rushed to the back gate.
Because she needed to put on armor, she was a step behind Li Xuan.
Jia Lian also rushed over with a sword in hand at this time.
He was purely relying on the private money Jia She gave him to buy medicine, he had just entered the realm, his realm was much lower than the other two, and he noticed it a little later.
Seeing that Li Xuan was about to leave without looking back, Jia Lian hesitated and said:
"Brother Xuan, I'll block the back gate here, you go as fast as you can, I I'm afraid I won't be able to block it for long."
As for Lin Daiyu, who was fully armed, he ignored her.
How much use could such a small Lin Sister be?