Naturally, it is impossible to end here.

Since this butcher's knife has been lifted high, it is impossible to put it down gently, otherwise it will not only make others feel that Li Xin is weak and can be bullied, but also make more different voices within the Southwest Group.

And Zhao Jia and other "Southwest Three", the reason why they dare to push Li Xin to this step is because they know very well that Li Xin wants to block the will of the entire Southwest Group alone, and it is already very difficult, and the Ji family is honestly okay, once the Ji family dies, it is impossible to stop this murderous knife.

Li Xin held his daughter-in-law's hand and said silently: "Madam, no one in this world kills me, I can't kill people, I am the son-in-law of the Ji family, but the Southwest Army is not the son-in-law of the Ji family, they have been in Beijing for half a year, and they have not committed any crime in the autumn of the capital, and no Ji family has died in the hands of the Southwest Army for no reason." ”

Li Xin said silently: "No force will be such a scene after entering the capital, even if the Ji family's vassal clan rebels, after successfully entering the capital, they will carry a knife to kill, and they will kill many, many people, I can do this...... Took on a lot of pressure. ”

If the Southwest Army was brought up by Li Xin himself, and all the generals in the army were promoted by himself, it doesn't matter if this pressure is greater, but since the Taikang period, Li Xin is the "remote control" of the Southwest Army, at the beginning of the use of the Mu family to control the Hanzhou Army, when the Southwest Army was completely formed, Li Xin built a situation with Zhao Jia as the strategic envoy, Mu Ying and Li Shuo checked and balanced each other, and controlled the overall situation with firearms behind the scenes.

This superstructure used to control the southwest is so solid that as long as Li Xin does not stand in opposition to the collective interests of the southwest clique, he will always be the master of the southwest clique.

The current contradiction is that Li Xin, or the Li family's accession to the throne, is the greatest interest of the Southwest Group, under this interest relationship, Li Xin's father and son ascend the throne is already an inevitable thing, this result Li Xin himself has no way to control, the best effort he can do is to take a compromise method, try to let Li Ping, who has half of the Ji family's bloodline, change his surname to become Ji Ping and ascend the throne.

In this way, Li Xin can have an explanation for the Southwest Group, and he does not have to kill his wife's maiden family, although doing so will cause dissatisfaction within the Southwest Group, but this level of dissatisfaction, Li Xin can bear it alone.

But...... In this tense situation, the Ji family made a move on Li Xin's father and son.

Although this move did not cause actual harm to Li Xin, and was even done under the deliberate indulgence of Zhao Jia and others, what was done was done.

The Ji family wants Li Xin's father and son to die!

In this way, Li Xin must react.

Of course, in the face of the Ninth Princess, Li Xin could only tell him that the Ji family wanted to kill their father and son, and he couldn't mention this matter to the Ninth Princess with the participation of Zhao Jia and others, otherwise no matter how good the Ninth Princess was, she would definitely settle accounts with Zhao Jia and others, and Li Xin would not be able to deal with it at that time.

Even so, the actions of Zhao Jia and others still made Li Xin a little annoyed, he could understand what these high-level leaders of the Southwest Army were thinking, and he could also understand their demands, but no matter what happened, he could sit down and discuss, like this kind of direct "cut first and then play", or even add fuel to the fire, it is clearly self-made, and there is even some taste of "yellow robe".

You must know that in addition to the allusion of the yellow robe, Zhao Taizu also left another famous allusion.

The ninth princess also grew up in the capital, she naturally knows the cruelty of the political struggle, and also knows that Li Xin has made a lot of efforts for herself, after hearing Li Xin's words, the princess of the Ji family was silent for a long time, and finally looked up at her husband, and sighed silently: "Everyone in the world is the same, they will think about their own family, at this point, these subordinates in the southwest may not be better than my seventh brother......

Hearing the words of the Ninth Princess, Li Xin was silent for a long time, and finally said silently: "What Madam said is true." ”

"The only difference is that most of the initiative is still in the hands of our family, and no one can harm our family's life."

The ninth princess's eyes were slightly red, she let go of Li Xin's hand, and said in a low voice: "You just have too many thoughts, the seventh brother may not do anything to our family, Yan'er grew up with us since she was a child, and she may not be able to do anything to our family......"

After saying this, she turned around and left, leaving only Li Xin's back.

"So far, I can't change what you want to do, I just hope you have a clear conscience......"

After speaking, she led Chen Sixteen's wife Hui Niang to walk away slowly.

Li Xin looked at the back of the ninth princess and was silent for a long time.

Eventually, he muttered to himself.

"The bad thing in this world is the word "not necessarily", I believe it is too difficult. ”

"If there is no precedent of Master Ye, if Yu Linwei can still defend the Forbidden Palace, if I don't offend so many people in the Taikang Dynasty, if that little kid who grew up with us can listen to my words......"

"If he hadn't sent Yu Lin Wei to kill me......"

Speaking of this, Li Xin shook his head slightly: "Madam is right, people will always think about their own family, and I am no exception." ”

After speaking, he sighed slightly, and walked towards the imperial city with his hands in his hands.

With the Jingzhao Mansion prison to Yong'anmen, there is a short distance to go, this way Li Xin did not ride a horse or take a carriage, just walked over, when he walked near Yong'anmen, the face of the somewhat pale Shenwuwei general, after seeing Li Xin, immediately knelt in front of Li Xin, kowtowed to Li Xin and said: "Brother, I ...... it"

He paused, gritted his teeth and said, "Although Zhao Xiang called me and General Mu over that day to inform him of the incident, I only thought that the Ji family was going to give birth to some kind of mess, and I never thought that they would assassinate my brother and the son, I ......"

He bowed his head again, his voice trembling: "I have no other thoughts about my brother. ”

Among the three giants in the southwest, Li Shuo is different from the other two people.

Originally, he did not belong to the Southwest Army, he was forcibly integrated by Li Xin, and his position in the Southwest Army after that was obviously the remnants of the army of the year, but in fact, as Li Xin's own brother, he was Li Xin's spokesperson in the Southwest Army, and he was an important force for Li Xin to balance the Mu family.

Anyone in the Southwest Army can have their own careful thoughts, but Li Shuo can't.

Li Xin looked at Li Shuo who was kneeling on the ground, his face expressionless.

"It turns out that you are too stupid, I thought that the three of you were going to unite together and force me into the palace!"

Li Shuo's face turned pale, knelt down in front of Li Xin, and bowed his head and said: "Brother, the younger brother does have the intention of letting the elder brother attack the Ji family, but if he knows that he may hurt the elder brother or the son, the younger brother will definitely arrest those Ji family members immediately that day, even if he uses knives with General Mu, he will not hesitate to do so!" ”

"Brother and son...... It is the foundation of the younger brother, without the elder brother, the younger brother is rootless duckweed, at the mercy of others......"

Li Xin put his hands behind his back and glanced at Li Shuo coldly.

"People have their own ideas, and I don't blame you for doing this."

"But think about it before you do it, whether it will hurt your feelings."

After that, Governor Li no longer paid attention to Li Shuo, who was kneeling on the ground, and walked away.