June of the second year of Yankang.

Yu Wentao, the head of the Helan tribe, was escorted all the way to the capital, and the person in charge of escorting him was He Xiang, the former general of the right battalion of the forbidden army.

Later, when Li Xin wanted to send someone to support Jizhou, the general of the right battalion of the forbidden army took the initiative to lead four Zhichong Mansions to the north to support Ye Mao, and before the formation of the Zhenbei Army was completed, he temporarily stayed in Jimen Pass to Ye Mao as a deputy general.

Now, the situation in northern Xinjiang has almost stabilized, and the recruits of the Zhenbei Army have also been recruited, so He Xiang naturally has no reason to continue to stay in Jizhou, and wants to return to Beijing to resume his life.

At this time, the Helan tribe had been destroyed for more than a month, and as the patriarch of the Helan tribe, Yuwentao was captured alive by He Xiang and brought back to the capital to ask for the crime.

When He Xiang arrived in the capital, the Son of Heaven Yankang personally greeted him at the gate of the city, and even Li Xin was present to welcome the triumphant general who was over half a hundred years old.

He Xiang dismounted at the city gate, first saluted the Son of Heaven, and then turned back to Li Xin and bowed his head.

"Your Majesty is tired of greeting the governor of the capital, and I am ashamed to kill the minister."

Yankang Tianzi, who was already thirteen years old, praised He Xiang a few words with some smugness, and then glanced at Li Xin, his eyes were a little complicated.

The former sixth prince knew very well in his heart that his uncle was the biggest traitor in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty, and he was also promoted to the throne by this traitor, but the strange thing is that since this traitor held the country, it seems that he has ...... Win all battles?

Yankang's heart was awe-inspiring.

Today's court is no longer the court of the Ji family, and the better his uncle does, the more likely he is to lose his position.

Although Li Xin promised to save his life, after all, he had been the emperor for two years, and at this time, Yankang's heart was quite complicated, and he was not willing to lose this throne, let alone die suddenly one day.

After He Xiang saluted Li Xin, he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Metropolitan Governor, the Helan Department and others have treacherously violated the alliance with the imperial court, and attacked and harassed my Dajin border pass in the northern Xinjiang. ”

Speaking of this, He Xiang said in a deep voice: "Please offer a prisoner to Your Majesty!" ”

Yankang Tianzi was in a depressed mood, waved his hand when he heard the words, and said, "I ...... I am still young and don't know how to deal with foreign affairs, but now the military affairs of the court are all handled by the Taifu, so I ask the Taifu to take me to be captured. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Li Xin and said, "Taifu, I... I'm a little tired and want to go back to the palace......"

Li Xin's face was calm, and he said: "Since Your Majesty is tired, go back to the palace to rest, and leave it to the ministers to deal with it here." ”

The Son of Heaven nodded, waved his hand to Xiao Huai, the eunuch beside him, Xiao Huai nodded, and the emperor drove back to the palace.

After the Son of Heaven left, the civil and military officials, who were still a little restrained, immediately became lively, and they walked up to Li Xin one after another and congratulated Li Xin.

On the surface, he was congratulating Li Xin, the governor of the capital, for making new contributions, but in fact, he was congratulating him, and everyone present knew it.

Li Xin waved his hand at these civil and military officials, and said with a smile: "Don't delay time here, now that there is a drought in the southeast of the imperial court, and the north has to start preparing for the affairs of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, you are also very busy when you want to come, and go back to the yamen." ”

"I will go to be taken prisoner on behalf of Your Majesty."

When the civil and military officials heard this, they immediately saluted Li Xin, and then dispersed.

Only Shangshu's right servant, Zhao Jia, was still standing beside Li Xin, and smiled at Li Xin: "Governor Dadu, the Helan Department in Northern Xinjiang has been wiped out, I don't know if there is any news from General Mu's side?" ”

After the destruction of the Helan Department, the Xianbei King Tent began to move north, and it took more than a month to encounter Mu Ying's ambush in Sule Mountain, and it took at least two months for the news to reach the capital, so at this time, although the captives of the Helan Department had been sent to the capital, the news from Mu Ying's side was still on the way.

Li Xin shook his head slightly, frowned, and said: "Not yet, but the news a few days ago is that Mu Ying has contacted the dark department and is ambushing the Xianbei King Tent in the north, he is too far away from the capital, and it will take a month or two to pass the news, so I think it should have been finished by this time." ”

Zhao Jia nodded, and said meaningfully to Li Xin: "Governor Dadu, since the Helan Department has been destroyed, no matter whether the Xianbei King Tent escapes or not, the threat to the imperial court is almost non-existent, ...... It's time to get ready, too. ”

Li Xin smiled: "There is nothing to prepare, wait for the water to be completed." ”

In fact, at this time, there is really nothing to prepare, a month ago, Ji Huan, the king of Qi who rebelled in Guangling, was escorted back to Beijing by Li Shuo, and then Li Xin threw him to the three law divisions of the imperial court to deal with, and the three law divisions did not think about it, so they disposed of Ji Huan according to the standard of dealing with anti-thieves.

From beginning to end, Li Xin and the people of the Southwest Department did not participate much in the decision-making of the Three Law Divisions, but the Three Law Divisions still did not hesitate to kill Ji Huan.

More importantly, there was no disagreement from the court to this result.

In other words, there are no more obstacles in the road ahead of Li Xin.

He turned his head to look at He Xiang, and said lightly: "General He, where are those prisoners of the Heran Tribe?" ”

He Xiang bowed his head respectfully: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, now outside the city." ”

Li Xin put his hands behind his back and looked calm: "Take me there." ”

"I want to see Yu Wentao."

He Xiang respectfully bowed his hand: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Escorted by more than 100 personal guards, Li Xin soon arrived at the prisoner camp outside the city, where there were about one or two hundred prisoners captured alive from the Helan tribe, all of whom were high-ranking or powerful people from the Helan tribe.

These people were tightly tied up and could not move.

Under the leadership of He Xiang, Li Xin came to the largest tent, and in this tent, he met his former acquaintances.

A young man in his twenties, tied to a pillar with a cowhide rope, his mouth strangled by the rope, unable to speak.

After seeing Li Xin walk in, the young man immediately became excited, screaming "whining" in his mouth, and his hands began to struggle desperately, but the rope was tied very tightly, and he could neither break free nor speak.

Governor Li Dadu put his hands behind his back and walked in front of this person, his face expressionless: "Look at your reaction, you still recognize me." ”

Since the young marquis, Li Xin's city government has gradually deepened, and he rarely shows his joy and anger in front of others, but at this time, even Li Dadudu, who is usually moody, has an angry look on his face.

"If it weren't for me, you would still be raising horses at the horse farm!"

"It is true that you and I used each other at the beginning, and we also had our own interests, but after the fact, the Helan Department was already the first clan in Xianbei, although Li was not sorry for the Xianbei people, but he asked himself to be kind to you Yuwentao."

Li Xin pulled out the long sword at his waist, cut the rope that strangled Yuwen Tao's mouth, and asked in a cold voice, "Why did Patriarch Yuwen teach me?" ”