"Old-timers, long time no see."

Li Xun walked into the study, saw his father-in-law You Mingyuan and You Yuanfeng, and smiled.

You Yuanfeng snorted twice: "You kid isn't dead yet?" ”

Li Xun smiled bitterly: "If I die, my father-in-law will probably be very sad." ”

You Yuanfeng laughed and said: "With You Min's handsome appearance, you are dead, and there are many people who want to marry her." ”

"Okay, you two, don't say these unlucky words."

You Mingyuan shook his head and pulled Li Xun to sit down.

You Yuanfeng looked at Li Xun and said, "You son of a bitch, when the night comes, just say it if you have anything to say." ”

Li Xun nodded and said softly: "The emperor suddenly summoned me back to Beijing, and I will enter the palace tomorrow to pay a visit, so I came to listen to the teachings of my father-in-law and the seniors."

You Mingyuan said: "What do you want to know? ”

Li Xun looked at You Yuanfeng and said with a smile: "I just came to listen to the teachings, and I don't say much." ”

You Mingyuan didn't understand a little, You Yuanfeng smiled.

"Liu Ji came to me the day before yesterday, and we didn't talk about political affairs, but played a good game of chess."

Li Xun's eyes flickered and he asked, "Who won?" ”

You Yuanfeng said with a smile: "Naturally... It was Liu Wei who won, and his chess skills are difficult for me to catch up with. ”

You Mingyuan said with some surprise: "When the chessboard ended that day, you smiled so happily, I thought you had won." ”

You Yuanfeng smiled and said nothing, Li Xun squinted, and said with a smile: "In this way, who loses and who wins is secondary, and making the old man happy is the key." ”

Hearing Li Xun's words, You Yuanfeng showed appreciation in his eyes, looked at You Mingyuan, and sighed: "There are some problems, Li Xun can see more clearly than you have to see." ”

You Mingyuan was puzzled: "What does uncle mean by this?" ”

You Yuanfeng smiled faintly: "I played chess with Liu Ji that day, who won or lost, in fact, it was not the point, Li Xun saw it, but you didn't see it." ”

You Mingyuan was silent, You Yuanfeng's chess products have always been bad, Liu Wei came to visit that day, the two played a game of chess, You Yuanfeng was very happy, You Mingyuan thought he had won.

"The old man acted recklessly, it doesn't matter who wins or loses, what kind of person Liu Ji is, take the initiative to visit, this is the point."

Li Xun said in a deep voice, You Yuanfeng's chess is indeed not very good, but Li Xun also understands that it is playing chess with himself, and he can act recklessly, what kind of character is Liu Wei, no matter who loses or who wins, how can You Yuanfeng take it seriously? The focus is on the purpose of Liu Ji's visit.

You Yuanfeng glanced at Li Xun deeply, although the kid is young, but from the perspective of looking at the problem, sometimes, it is more far-reaching than an old man like You Mingyuan.

"Tubo raided Broken Dragon Fort, Chen soldiers 100,000, this is almost an undeclared war, whether we want to or not, the war with Tubo is inevitable."

"It's just a Tubo, I'm afraid Liu Ji won't take it to heart."

These Li Xun all know that the imperial court is now in financial difficulties and is struggling, but Zhao Zhi still has some money in his own hands, he has five or six million taels of silver in his small treasury in the imperial city, and the Longyou War is revived, Zhao Zhi took out all the money and grain in his treasury, with this money, it is enough for 200,000 troops, which is needed in March, so the problem of Tubo is not too urgent.

You Mingyuan looked at You Yuanfeng: "Old man, what did you say to Liu Ji that day, if you don't say it, I don't want to ask too much." ”

Li Xun glanced at You Mingyuan, and had some guesses in his heart, Liu Wei's arrival may have something to do with the Yang family.

You Yuanfeng shook his head and sighed lightly: "Liu Ji is powerful, but he is also a human being, and he is also an old man who is about to die, I am the same scholar as him, and I have the friendship of classmates, this time when I come back, he will not come to me, I will also go to him, everyone is a friend, this meeting, I am afraid it will also be the last time I will meet him." ”

Speaking of this, You Yuanfeng was silent for a moment, and then continued: "I chatted with Liu Wei, talked about Yang Binglin, this person's desire for power is too strong, I don't know how to retreat, the relationship between our You family and the Yang family has always been harmonious, the emperor used you to inspect Jiangnan this time, it is also for this consideration, Liu Wei means, you go to Jiangnan this time, if you want to open up the situation, the Wu family is the top priority, there is time in the past two days, you go to meet Yang Binglin, talk to him well, even if he is unwilling to help, don't make a hindrance, if this is not good, This errand of yours is also difficult to do, Jiangnan doesn't have to go, it's useless to go, and you have to be reprimanded by the emperor, why bother. ”

You Mingyuan fell into deep thought, You Yuanfeng's words are indeed very reasonable, the Wu family is Yang Binglin's wife's family, if he gets in the way, there is the Wu family in the way, and he goes to Jiangnan, I'm afraid he won't be able to do anything.

"Then I'll go to the emperor first and talk about one or two?"

You Yuanfeng shook his head: "When is it, what should be talked about has already been discussed, now the current situation, since the unanimous external affairs, everyone will let go, I asked you to go to Yang Binglin, is to let you give him a face, Li Xun was assassinated, Yang Binglin almost got into big trouble, it was when the shock was undecided, you are Li Xun's father-in-law, but took the initiative to go to condole, he will be grateful to you, the emperor will know it, and he will be happy." ”

You Mingyuan nodded and did not speak.

Li Xun smiled bitterly and said: "Old man, I almost died, maybe the murderer behind the scenes is Yang Binglin, my father-in-law is gone, didn't you tell everyone that you didn't do my son-in-law's assassination?" ”

"You are too naïve, even if Yang Binglin did it, at this time, the emperor will not do anything to him, on the contrary, one day, the emperor wants to move the Yang family, there is no need, what excuse do you need?"

You Yuanfeng smiled coldly and said: "Stinky boy, you visit at night, I know your thoughts, don't think so much, go back and sleep in peace, the situation has reached this point, all the fighting is suspended, and the matter of your return to Wuzhou is probably nine out of ten, besides, the matter of your assassination is still hanging there, what else do Yiwang and Yang Binglin dare to do?" ”

Listening to You Yuanfeng's words, Li Xun was indeed a lot more relaxed in his heart, but he pretended to be modest and said on his face: "I haven't seen my father-in-law and old man for many days, I miss it very much, and as soon as I came back, I didn't come to visit immediately, not for other things." ”

"Hypocrisy, get out."

You Yuanfeng waved his hand and scolded with a smile.

Li Xun smiled, got up and bowed, and left.

Early the next morning, someone came to the palace, and the emperor summoned Li Xun into the palace to face the saint.

"Li Xun see the emperor."

Zhao Zhi did not summon himself alone, there were several other ministers, so Li Xun did not kneel and kowtow as before, but bowed respectfully.

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