Zhong Ming is a native of Nanshu, about five or six years ago, he was sent to Li Shen's side to be responsible for the communication between the two sides, and for the past five or six years, he has been following Li Shen's side as an entourage, almost never leaving.

But in the final analysis, he is still a Nanshu man after all.

Zhong Ming bowed his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, among the few people sent by the Emperor of the Ji family, there is a very important young man, and this person cannot be killed. ”

Li Xing narrowed his eyes and sneered: "What, it's Ji Man's son here?" ”

Ji Man, is the name of the Son of Heaven in Chengde, the entire Great Jin Dynasty, whether it is a courtier or a common person, no one dares to call the Son of Heaven by name, even Li Shen, who is a pillar of the country, has not called the name of the Son of Heaven in Chengde in private, only Li Xing, a "thief", dares to call the name of the Son of Heaven in Chengde unscrupulously.

Zhong Ming lowered his head slightly, and his voice was calm: "Your Highness, the son of the emperor of the Ji family did not come, but if nothing happens, the person who came will become his son-in-law." ”

He glanced up at Li Xing: "If you kill him, it is very likely that the emperor of the Ji family and our two families will directly turn their faces." ”

Li Xin went to the Pingnan Hou Mansion to recognize his relatives, but that time, Mrs. Yu deliberately blocked the news, so that in the entire capital, not many people knew that Li Xin was Li Shen's son, and only a few people such as Chengde Tianzi and Jingzhao Yin Li Ye knew, and later Li Shen returned to Beijing to deny this relationship, and no one would talk about it.

At the very least, Zhong Ming didn't know about this, and he didn't know what Li Xin and Li Shen had to do with him.

Li Xing frowned deeply.

"This person married the princess of the Ji family?"

Zhong Ming shook his head slightly: "Not yet, but when I went out of the city with the Hou Ye, the emperor of the Ji family once pointed to this young man and said that he would marry his daughter to him in the future." ”

Li Xing sneered slightly: "That's just a small trick for Ji Man to buy people's hearts, if he doesn't say that, how could this young man be willing to come to southern Xinjiang to die?" You go back now, let Li Shen kill him, I don't believe that Ji has endured it for eighteen years, and he will shake the national body for such a young man! ”

Zhong Ming took a deep breath, he half-knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the Hou Ye asked me to tell you a word." ”

Li Xing glanced at Zhong Ming,

"Say."

"It has been more than 30 years since the Great Jin Dynasty dominated the world."

Zhong Ming's tone was heavy: "More than thirty years ago, when the Jin Kingdom was first unified, the national strength of the Jin State was almost exhausted by more than ten years of war, and it was no longer able to move, so that even the martial emperor of the Ji family had no spare strength to take care of southern Xinjiang, and could only sit back and watch the old marquis of the Li family, Li Zhijie, divide southern Xinjiang as his own. ”

"Eighteen years ago, the Chengde Emperor of the Ji family ascended the throne, but the Ji family still did not fill in the gap, and the Chengde Emperor had to recuperate for more than ten years, and did not dare to use national strength in a big way."

Speaking of this, Zhong Ming glanced up at Li Xing.

"But now, more than 30 years have passed, and no matter how serious the injury is, more than 30 years should be healed......"

Zhong Ming's tone was calm.

"The Ji family's injuries have healed, and now they may just be waiting for an excuse to do it......"

Li Xing was silent.

In recent years, the reason why southern Xinjiang and the imperial court have been able to get along with each other is naturally because southern Xinjiang has some of its own capital, but more importantly, when the Great Jin Dynasty unified the world, it hurt its vitality, and it was not to mention that Emperor Wu's conquest for more than ten years in a row almost overdrew the national capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, so that the entire country's economy was on the verge of collapse.

In such a situation, this situation of mutual tolerance between the two sides for decades has emerged.

After the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, he still maintained a great degree of patience with southern Xinjiang.

But in the past few years, the "temper" of this son of heaven has become worse and worse, and he seems to be more and more unable to bear the thorn in the flesh of Southern Xinjiang.

Li Shen was very keenly aware of this change, so he asked Zhong Ming to pass on such a message to Li Xing.

His Royal Highness, the remnant of Nanshu, lowered his head and thought for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "What does Li Shen mean?" ”

Zhong Ming let out a long sigh of relief.

He knew that when Li Xing asked this sentence, it meant that His Royal Highness was ready to compromise with the Pingnan Marquis Mansion.

"What Hou Ye means is that in a short period of time, no matter which Li family has the capital to deal with the imperial court, they can only coax the imperial court first, and don't offend if they can."

Li Xing narrowed his eyes.

"But if what Li Shen said is true, it won't take long, Ji Man will call sooner or later, and there is no point in dragging it out like this."

Zhong Ming bowed his head and said: "Hou Ye's family is still in the capital, at least now, he has no intention of rebelling at all, he can only drag it down temporarily, Hou Ye said, if His Royal Highness is unwilling to cooperate, he will take the Pingnan Army and fight Hanzhou City, and when the time comes, the casualties on both sides will be real." ”

Li Xingda frowned.

He knew very well that the Marquis of Pingnan had always said the same, and it was absolutely possible for Li Shen to bring the Pingnan Army over with real swords and guns!

"What's the acting?"

Zhong Ming took out a letter from his arms and said in a deep voice: "The specific content, Master Hou has already written it in the letter, please look at it Your Highness." ”

Li Xing snorted and waved his hand impatiently.

"Okay, I know, after I read the letter, I will reply to Li Shen."

Zhong Ming bent over and said, "The villain retreats." ”

Just when Zhong Ming walked to the door, Li Xing looked up and said lightly: "Zhong Ming, don't forget that you are a Shu person!" ”

Zhong Ming stopped, looked back at Li Xing deeply, hesitated, and finally bent down and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, what the villain said is what the Hou Ye meant, for the sake of the same Shu people, the villain still has some news to tell His Highness." ”

Li Xing was originally opening Li Shen's letter, but when he heard this, he stopped his movements and looked up at Zhong Ming with a smile.

Zhong Ming lowered his head and said to himself: "Your Highness, this young man that the villain just said is not only the son-in-law of the Emperor of the Ji family, he is also surnamed Li, and his name is Li Xin. ”

Li Xing's complexion changed slightly.

Some time ago, someone in the capital came to deliver a letter, saying that Li Fu, the little royal highness of Nanshu, died in the hands of a young man named Li Xin in the capital, and not long after, his sister disappeared.

Li Xing's face was slightly gloomy: "Is that Li Xin?" ”

Zhong Ming nodded and said: "It's the Li Xin who harmed His Royal Highness, the little county lord ran away from home, most likely to avenge His Royal Highness, so the matter of the little county lord's disappearance, in this young man, may be able to find the answer." ”

Li Xing gritted his teeth: "Listen to what you just said, you weren't going to say this news originally!" ”

Zhong Ming lowered his head: "Master Hou didn't let me say it." ”

"You are from Shu!"

Li Xing was furious: "You are not Li Shen's dog!" ”

Zhong Ming still lowered his head: "At the beginning, His Royal Highness sent me to the Hou Ye's side to exchange news, not to send me over to do it, in the past five years, I have always done my duty, and I have not been sorry for His Highness at all." ”

Zhong Ming was born in Shu, and after following Li Shen for five or six years, he already had some taste of falling to the Pingnan Hou Mansion, which shows that Li Shen, the Pingnan Hou, has a lot of personality charm.

Li Xing laughed angrily.

"Where is that Li Xin now?"

Zhong Ming lowered his head and took a deep breath.

"In Jincheng."