The reasonable death of the abolished prince on the road is a happy thing, and no matter who in the capital will applaud at that time, but this matter is not a good thing after all.

Many years later, the Son of Heaven doesn't want to use Li Xin, as long as he mentions this matter lightly and puts a charge of murdering the prince on his head, no matter what position he holds and how powerful he is, he will probably not be able to bear this charge.

The most important thing is that this incident is not a frame-up, but something that Li Xin has indeed done.

Therefore, Li Xin will be more or less angry.

I was already willing to carry the black pot for you, but you insisted that I carry it, so I was a little unhappy.

Many people have this kind of arrogant temperament, and Li Xin also has it.

So he was alone in the study and slowly closed his eyes.

This is a habit of Jing'an Hou Ye when he encounters things, he likes to be alone, and then close his eyes and go through the causes and consequences of a thing, as well as the characters, relationships, contexts and possible trends that may occur in his mind.

In this way, when things are handled in the future, it will be much smoother.

Soon, the time was in the afternoon.

When Li Xin was still thinking about things in the study, a knock on the door disrupted his thoughts, and when Li Xin opened his eyes, he heard Zhao Jia's voice coming from outside the door.

"Master Hou, the Pingnan Army has withdrawn!"

Li Xin stood up, pushed open the door, looked up at the sky, and then said with a smile: "It's still bright now, why did they leave so early today?" ”

"I retired half an hour ago."

Zhao Jia was quite happy, and said with a smile: "They died too many people in the first two days, starting this morning, the Pingnan army has no fighting spirit, after noon, some of the Pingnan army began to be timid, it is estimated that the general of the Zhu State has no choice, and Mingjin withdrew his troops early." ”

Li Xin nodded and said: "Count the days, they shouldn't be able to fight, but don't let your guard down, they are likely to show weakness, and they will fight back again tomorrow, and wait for them to withdraw to Jincheng in two days." ”

As a general, the most basic thing is to take all possibilities into account, Li Xin himself is a cautious person, he will naturally think of this possibility.

Zhao Jia said with a smile: "Without the order of the Hou Ye, the little grandfather and they will not go out of the city." ”

"Master Hou, what should I do next?"

Li Xin was silent for a while, and then smiled reluctantly: "Wait for a while, and after the Pingnan army retreats to Jincheng, let's continue to move." ”

Speaking of this, the Marquis of Jing'an stood up, pulled Zhao Jia's sleeve, pulled him to a chair and sat down, with a serious face.

"Brother You'an, I need you to be a staff officer for something."

Li Xin has always been smiling, rarely serious, seeing Li Xin's appearance, Zhao Jia, who was originally smiling, also became serious, and said: "Hou Ye said that's it." ”

Li Xin didn't speak, but just handed the letter written by Taikang Tianzi from the desk to Zhao Jia.

"Brother You'an, take a look."

Zhao Jia stretched out his hand to take it, and asked while opening the letter: "Whose letter is worthy of such solemnity from Master Hou?" ”

Li Xin's face was calm.

"Your Majesty's letter."

Zhao Jia's hands trembled, and he almost threw the letter on the ground.

He quickly got up and was about to kneel on the ground.

"Master Hou, how can your subordinates ......read the letter to you?"

The emperor rarely wrote letters.

As long as it is a letter from the Son of Heaven, it can generally be regarded as a secret decree, and can even be regarded as an official document of the imperial court.

But the letter written by Taikang Tianzi to Li Xin is an ordinary letter, exactly the same as an ordinary friend's letter, and there is nothing official.

The Marquis of Jing'an was very calm, and he pulled Zhao Jia up.

"There are no outsiders here, I'll let you see, you can just see."

Zhao Jia got up at this time, slowly opened the letter, read it tremblingly, and finally set his eyes on the place where the payment was made.

There was nothing there, no payment, no seal, neither jade seal nor private seal.

Zhao Jia glanced up at Li Xin, and there was doubt in his eyes.

Li Xin laughed at himself: "Don't look at it, where is there any possibility of this kind of letter." ”

Zhao Jia said in a low voice: "Without a seal, how can Master Hou judge ......?"

"Sent by someone from the palace."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said.

"And I recognize His Majesty's handwriting, which he wrote by his own hand."

"Besides, apart from Your Majesty, who is qualified to dare to write this one word?"

Zhao Jia was silent for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Your Majesty means, let Hou Ye ......"

"Not bad."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Your Majesty wants me to kill His Royal Highness King Qin." ”

"What do you think I should do?"

Zhao Jia smiled bitterly and said: "It stands to reason that Your Majesty has this kind of hint, and it will not hurt for Hou Ye to let it go, but His Royal Highness King Qin is the eldest son of the first emperor after all, if he dies on the way back to Beijing, it will be under the control of Hou Ye, and then the public opinion of the government and the opposition will fall on Hou Ye." ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia hesitated for a moment and continued: "Moreover, if Your Majesty uses this matter to manipulate Lord Hou in the future......

Speaking of this, he pointed to the letter in his hand and said astringently: "At that time, this letter without a signature seal could not exonerate Hou Ye. ”

Li Xin smiled dumbly.

"I can imagine what Brother You'an said, I want to ask Brother You'an now, what should I do?"

"People are going to be killed."

Zhao Jia said in a low voice: "The question is how to kill, so that it has nothing to do with Hou Ye at all." ”

Li Xin glanced at him.

"Brother You'an, how do you think you should kill it?"

Zhao Jia was silent for a while, and finally spoke: "It's best to let His Royal Highness King Qin commit suicide in front of the public." ”

"If he is unwilling to commit suicide, then he can only get a fake suicide note, and then kill him."

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia said in a low voice: "It's just that the latter will still have the hidden danger of being exposed." ”

"Let him kill ......"

Li Xin sat back in his place and tapped his fingers on the table rhythmically.

After a long while, he said slowly: "Brother You'an's method is good, then let our Royal Highness King Qin commit suicide in front of many people." ”

After figuring out this joint, Li Xinli suddenly brightened, a smile appeared on his face, he reached out and patted Zhao Jia's shoulder, and said with a smile: "In terms of these details, Brother You'an is much better than me. ”

Zhao Jia said with a bitter face: "Master Hou, how did the pass make His Royal Highness the King of Qin commit suicide. ”

"That's my thing."

Li Xin said with a smile: "Brother You'an is the mastermind of my Jing'an Hou Mansion, the mastermind only needs to come up with an idea, as for how to do it, just leave it to me." ”

Speaking of this, the Marquis of Jing'an smiled.

"Let's go, tonight, I'll ask Brother You'an for a drink."

Zhao Jia first glanced up at Li Xin, and then asked cautiously, "Is Master Hou unhappy?" ”

"It's a little unpleasant."

Li Xin generously admitted.

He turned his head and glanced at Li Xin, and asked word by word: "Brother You'an, everyone in this world can be friends, but the emperor can't be friends." ”

"They don't have friends."

His Royal Highness the King of Wei in the past may be a friend of Li Xin, but now he is the son of Taikang.

Not exactly.