In Weiyang Palace, the Son of Heaven sat on the main throne and quietly looked at Xie Jing who would be in front of him.

The Son of Heaven, who hadn't slept much for several days, finally slept well yesterday, and at this time, the Son of Heaven's face looked a little better, looking no different from a normal person, and he slowly spoke: "You say, what did Li Xin do in the southwest?" ”

Before the Taikang Tianzi ascended the throne, the Shanyin Xie clan was just an ordinary scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was impossible to say that it was a small family, but it could never be regarded as a very powerful family, after the Taikang Tianzi ascended the throne, he had been deliberately strengthening the Shanyin Xie clan, that is, the power of the descendants, and in the first few years, he even took Xie Jing, the brother-in-law, with him, and personally instructed him what he should do in the court.

The two of them are still very familiar.

Xie Jing knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, after the minister entered the southwest, he has been ...... by Hanzhou."

He held back the two "anti-thieves", bowed his head and said: "I have been under house arrest by Mu Ying in Hanzhou in a hall in Jincheng, and I have only seen Mu Ying once from beginning to end, until last month, Mu Ying and the rumor said that the matter in the southwest has been negotiated, and the ministers can return to the capital, and it is useless for the ministers to write in the southwest, so they came back." ”

The Son of Heaven was expressionless.

"What I asked is, have you seen Li Xin in the southwest, and what is he doing?"

Xie Jing knelt on the ground and bowed his head deeply.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has seen Marquis Li."

"When the minister came back from Jincheng, he heard that Marquis Li was also in Jincheng, so he went to see Marquis Li."

Speaking of this, he paused, thinking of what Empress Xie said yesterday, so he gritted his teeth and continued: "Hou Ye Li was in a garden at the time, and there were seven or eight Hanzhou soldiers guarding the gate of the garden, and Hou Ye Li was alone in the garden, and he didn't see Mu Ying of the Hanzhou army. ”

The Son of Heaven frowned and said, "What is he doing?" ”

"In ......"

"I'm drinking tea."

Xie Jing said slowly: "Marquis Li also invited the minister to drink a cup of tea, and told the minister that he still has some things to do in the southwest, and it will be delayed for a while." ”

Xie Jing's words can be said to be true, but the same thing, said in different contexts, the result is very different, Xie Jing said this, it can be said that he is speaking for Li Xin.

The Son of Heaven snorted.

"yes, he does have something to do in the southwest."

He casually threw a recital in front of Xie Jing, and said coldly: "Li Xin's recital, he has already returned to the capital one step ahead of you, and he said in the recital that there has been an accident in the southwest, and he needs a while to deal with it." ”

Xie Jing carefully took the book, opened it and read it briefly.

The content of the book is very simple, the Hanzhou Army in the southwest has clearly agreed to surrender to the Great Jin, but the remnants of the original Pingnan Army are still ghostly, and there are signs of resurgence, and there are frequent activities in the southwest, Li Xin needs to stay in the southwest for a period of time, and after the remnants of the Pingnan Army are completely quelled, he will leave to return to Beijing.

This statement is reasonable and well-founded, after all, the Pingnan Army has indeed been active in the southwest in the past few months, and the imperial court has already received this news.

The Son of Heaven sat on the throne and sneered: "Where is he doing business in the southwest, he is obviously avoiding me, and he doesn't dare to return to the capital!" ”

A few months ago, when Li Xin was in the capital, he told the Son of Heaven that he could quell the turmoil in the southwest by going to the southwest, which was not a way to get out.

In this sense, he did not deceive the Son of Heaven.

However, it is also true that he is reluctant to return to the capital.

The Son of Heaven has lost a lot of energy in the past two years, and after talking to Xie Jing, he felt a little tired, he waved his hand and said indifferently: "I know what you said, you go down first." ”

Xie Jing got up slowly, and was about to leave, when he heard the voice of the Son of Heaven again.

"You haven't been far away, and you haven't heard your sister worry about you these days, and since you're back, go and have a look at her."

Xie Jing hurriedly bowed his head: "The minister will go now." ”

He took a few steps back, and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

The Son of Heaven seemed to see his thoughts, and the corners of his mouth pulled an arc.

"You want to go back to Qianniuwei's errand?"

Xie Jing was stunned, and hurriedly bowed his head: "Back to Your Majesty, Qianniuwei and Your Majesty's pro-army, everything depends on Your Majesty's arrangement, and the minister does not dare to hope for extravagance." ”

The Son of Heaven waved his hand impatiently.

"Let's go, after seeing your sister, go home and rest for a few days, and then go to Qianniuwei to report."

Xie Jing was overjoyed, and immediately bowed his head and said, "Minister...... Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

As he spoke, he slowly bowed his head and left.

The Son of Heaven looked at his departing figure, reached out and rubbed his somewhat sore temples, and muttered to himself.

"The foundation of the Xie family is too thin, so thin that for a while and a half, I can't help it even if I want to."

After saying this, Taikang Tianzi lay half-crooked on the dragon couch and slowly closed his eyes to rest.

A scholarly family, there is no foundation in the court and the opposition, even if the Son of Heaven wants to help them to a very high place soon, it will not work, if the Taikang Son of Heaven still has ten or twenty years, Xie Jing Xie Dai and this group of people under his care, no accident can become a second- or third-grade court boss, but now it is not possible.

Even if the Son of Heaven forcibly gave them official titles, they might not be able to do what they should do in that position.

And the people below will not recognize it.

The most precious thing in the world is time.

In the tall palace walls, this Ninth Five-Year Supreme of the Great Jin Dynasty was already a little haggard under the dual pressure of physical and psychological pressure.

On the other side, Li Xin, who was thousands of miles away, received a letter from Gusu.

The letter was delivered by a small child, and the cost of hiring him was ten copper plates.

In the end, the letter reached Chen Sixteen, and Chen Sixteen sent it to Li Xin.

At this time, Li Xin was playing chess with Zhao Jia in the garden, and after taking the letter, after opening it and scanning it, the Marquis of Jing'an showed a playful smile on his face.

He waved the letter in his hand at Zhao Jia in front of him, and said with a smile: "Brother You'an, guess, who sent this letter?" ”

Zhao Jia unhurriedly ate one of Li Xin's chess pieces, and asked, "Where did you send it?" ”

Li Xin put the unsigned envelope in front of Zhao Jia, and a few words were written on the envelope.

"Jing'an Hou personally opened."

The following inscription is not a name, but the word "Gusu".

Zhao Jia stretched out his hand and took the envelope in his hand, looked back and forth, and said with some suspicion: "It can't be...... That person? ”

"It's really that guy."

The Marquis of Jing'an laughed.

"It's been nine years since Taikang, and nearly ten years have passed, and His Royal Highness the former King Qi still hasn't been able to let go of his ambitions."

Zhao Jia frowned slightly, took the letter from Li Xin's hand, looked at the contents of the letter back and forth, then folded it again and put it back in the envelope, and slowly exhaled.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qi, I want to empty the gloves of the white wolf."

Ji Huan, the king of Qi, that is, the fourth prince who failed to seize the heir and was driven out of the capital by the emperor of Taikang, the former owner of the Jing'an Hou Mansion where Li Xin lived.

The content of his letter to Li Xin was simple.

He was willing to help Li Xin rebel.

Of course, His Royal Highness the King of Qi, who has been in the domain for nearly ten years, has no power and no power now, and all he can give now is a little money and food, as well as ......

The identity of his clan.

A real empty glove white wolf.

After Zhao Jiasai received the letter, he looked up at Li Xin.

"What does Master Hou mean?"