The Son of Heaven didn't sleep all night, but Li Xin slept beautifully last night, and he was full of energy at this time.

After entering the side hall, Li Xin slowly knelt down and bowed his head and said, "Minister Li Xin, knock to see Your Majesty." ”

The Son of Heaven was looking down to think about something, but after hearing this, he looked up at Li Xin who was kneeling on the ground, silent.

I watched it like this for a long time.

There was a dead silence.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven had not spoken, Xiao Zheng walked near the Son of Heaven and coughed slightly, and the Son of Heaven woke up from his trance, and his voice was a little hoarse.

"Isn't Chang'an supposed to preside over the Zhenbei Army at Jimen Pass, why did you come back to the capital?"

Li Xin bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has not left his wife and children for several years, and he really misses it in his heart, plus there is nothing to do in northern Xinjiang, so he took a leave of absence and returned to the capital for the New Year. ”

The Son of Heaven looked at Li Xin, and after being silent for a while, he spoke: "If you want to go back to Beijing, why don't you talk to the imperial court in advance?" ”

The Marquis of Jing'an bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister asked Ye Mao to temporarily lead the Zhenbei Army on a whim, and he set off to come back by himself, thinking that the speed of riding back was about the same as the speed of sending the letter, so he did not send a letter to the capital." ”

As he spoke, he said in a deep voice: "The minister is deeply favored by the emperor and has been named the general of Zhenbei, he should sit in the north, and he should not leave his post without permission, please ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”

Taikang Tianzi sat up from the dragon chair, walked a few steps, and as he walked, he looked at Li Xin and Li Changan who were kneeling on the ground in front of him, and only felt both familiar and unfamiliar.

"What do you want to say about the Southwest?"

The Son of Heaven thought about it for a long time and found that he couldn't find anything wrong with Li Xin, so he went straight to the point.

Li Xin glanced up at the Son of Heaven and said in astonishment: "Your Majesty, what's the matter in the southwest?" ”

Taikang Tianzi slapped the table angrily.

"To this day, you're still pretending to be stupid!"

"Are you stupid?"

Li Xin took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty forgives me, the minister really doesn't know what happened in the southwest, please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

The Son of Heaven was expressionless.

"That brother of yours, Mu Ying, led the troops to rebel."

"Is there such a thing?"

The Marquis of Jing'an's face was full of shock, and he lost his voice and said: "Yichen's understanding of Mu Ying, he is not the kind of person who will rebel, is there any misunderstanding in it......

The Son of Heaven said coldly: "Mu Ying openly killed the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, do you still want to favor him?" ”

Li Xin shook his head again and again, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty misunderstood, the minister is just talking about things, Your Majesty's golden mouth and jade words, naturally it will not be wrong, I didn't expect Mu Ying to violate the holy grace of the imperial court and do such a thing that hurts heaven and reason." ”

Speaking of this, he sighed: "No wonder the minister returned to Beijing yesterday and found that his house was surrounded by guards, it turned out that because of this matter, when Mu Ying was in the capital, he did have an old relationship with the minister, since he rebelled, the minister could not get rid of it." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an bowed his head and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister and the southwest thief, there is no communication, if Your Majesty does not believe it, please bring 50,000 forbidden troops to the south, the minister can make a military order, at most four months, the minister can break through the thief's Hanzhou City, and take this guy to the capital to ask for the crime!" ”

50,000 forbidden troops?

Taikang Tianzi's eyelids jumped, and his heart was furious.

The 50,000 Hanzhou army has already given me a headache, and if you give you 50,000 forbidden troops to take to the southwest, can I still sit on this dragon chair?

He was about to have a seizure, Li Xin at the foot of the steps seemed to remember something, bowed his head and said: "If Your Majesty can't believe the minister, the minister has nothing to say, the minister will resign from the post of general of Zhenbei, no matter how the court punishes, he is willing to accept the crime in Beijing." ”

The Son of Heaven was silent.

In the face of Li Xin's rhetoric, he couldn't find anything to refute, after all, the imperial court basically didn't have any evidence for Li Xin's trip to the southwest.

Even the matter of Li Xin's remote control of the Hanzhou Army was conjectured by the Son of Heaven, and it was only after knowing that Li Xin killed Li Xing.

In other words, they did not have any evidence that could be used to prove that Li Xin had a direct connection with the Southwest Hanzhou Army.

Faced with this set of rhetoric of the Marquis of Jing'an, the Son of Heaven looked ugly, he waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "All retreat!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Zheng immediately took all the palace people in the side hall and slowly retreated, leaving only the two of them in this side hall, and before leaving, Xiao Zheng also closed the palace door.

Because he knew very well that no matter whether it was the emperor or Li Xin, none of what the two of them said could be passed on.

"There is no flaw in this set of rhetoric."

The Son of Heaven walked up to Li Xin's side with his hand, squatted down, and asked lightly, "Chang'an has been thinking about it for a long time, right?" ”

"You are a thoughtful person, maybe I will ask you something at this time, and you have simulated it in your heart."

Li Xin's face was calm, and he said, "Your Majesty's words, the minister is a little incomprehensible. ”

"Mu Ying's rebellion is unforgivable, the court wants to treat him, the minister has no opinion, the minister did have a relationship with him back then, so even if he is implicated, as long as it is not a capital crime, the minister is willing."

Speaking of this, Li Xin looked up at the Son of Heaven and asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, is there anything wrong with the minister?" ”

"You're still pretending to be stupid!"

After taking a few deep breaths, the Son of Heaven finally broke out completely.

"Don't think I don't know, in the past five years, you have raised a lot of people to find out the news for you, the affairs of Hanzhou, even if you were not involved, you should have known about it, and now you are still pretending to be here!"

The Son of Heaven grabbed Li Xin's first-class court clothes and gritted his teeth: "Besides, Mu Ying of Hanzhou is your person, and the so-called Hanzhou Army under him was also formed by you, Li Changan, yes or no?" ”

Facing the almost violent Son of Heaven, the Marquis of Jing'an's face was calm, he took a deep breath, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse." ”

"If you want to kill me, just do it, the minister is here, and he won't resist."

Seeing that the Son of Heaven didn't speak, Li Xin continued: "Since the return of Taikang's three-year minister's expedition to the west, he has been in the capital without leaving an inch, Your Majesty said that the minister remotely controlled Mu Ying, and did not say whether there was or not, please ask Your Majesty, what can the minister give Mu Ying, is it enough to remotely control him for five years?" ”

"If you do a county order in any place for five years, you will become a local emperor, and some of them don't even recognize the documents of the imperial court."

"In this world, who has been in charge of the army for five years and will recognize people who are thousands of miles away?"

The Son of Heaven looked at Li Xin coldly, and it wasn't until Li Xin finished speaking that he sneered: "You have sharp teeth and sharp mouth, I can't talk about you, but you and I know what you did behind your back!" ”

"I never wanted to embarrass you, but this time you made me sad too much."

The Son of Heaven squatted beside Li Xin, almost whispering in Li Xin's ear.

"Five years ago, you made up the story of Chunyang real people to tell me, and then told it to the world."

"It's funny that I actually believed it."

Taikang Tianzi was already very angry, he clenched his fists tightly, and wanted to give Li Xin a look, but when he was about to make a move, he inexplicably felt some fear in his heart, so he retracted his hand.

"Now, that pure yang real person has finally appeared again."

From the table, the Son of Heaven threw the pottery piece that Xiao Zheng had brought back from the southwest in front of Li Xin.

"This is your pure yang real person?"

"Five years!"

The Son of Heaven grabbed Li Xin's placket, gritted his teeth and said, "You have been hiding from me for five years!" ”

"Now, you are using it against my Great Jin army!"

"Li Chang'an, Li Chang'an."

Taikang Tianzi's face was distorted.

"How much are you hiding from me?"