The process of leaving Yunzhou City was not very smooth, after all, although the people of the Zhuang family did not arrest him, but the imperial court would definitely send people to keep an eye on him, fortunately, Shen Gang brought a lot of people from the dark department to follow Li Xin, and these people were experienced, and after a few days around, they were out of the sight of the imperial court.

It is worth mentioning that Li Xin did not take the princess Yu Wenjing of the Helan Department with him, but threw her to the cultivator of Yunzhou City.

Li Xin and the others went all the way to the west, and then went south from the west, went around in a big circle, and walked for two and a half months before returning to Jincheng.

At this time, it was the end of March of the fifth year of Taikang, and spring was coming to an end.

Because they did not inform Jincheng in advance, Mu Ying and Li Shuo were in Hanzhong and the other in Jiange, and they didn't have time to come back, only Zhao Jia greeted Li Xin at the gate of the city, and when Li Xin's horse stopped at the gate of Jincheng, Zhao Jia personally stepped forward to lead the horse for Li Xin, and Li Xin jumped off the horse and walked side by side with Zhao Jia.

Seeing Li Xin's safe return, Zhao Jia was very happy, he said with a smile: "I heard about the affairs of the Hou Ye in Northern Xinjiang, I heard about it in Jincheng, Xianbei Yu Wenzhao, this time most of them will be angry and half dead." ”

Li Xin put his hands in the sleeves in front of him, and shook his head slightly: "Yuwenzhao's royal tent has suffered heavy losses, but the entire Xianbei vitality is still there, whether it is Yuwenzhao or Helanbu, it is a hidden danger in northern Xinjiang, I went north this time, just delaying the conflict, and there will be a war sooner or later." ”

Zhao Jia glanced at Li Xin thoughtfully, and said: "Master Hou, you took such a big risk and helped the Ji family solve the trouble in Northern Xinjiang, but it seems that the Ji family does not accept the affection of Lord Hou. ”

"I don't want them to admit it."

"When I went north this time, my original intention was not to let too many people die in the north, and I couldn't let the Xianbei Department become bigger."

Speaking of this, Li Xin glanced at Zhao Jia and said with a smile: "Otherwise, even if we enter the capital in the future, we will still face big troubles in the north, and now the Xianbei Department should have to stop for a few years, so that we will have enough time to do our thing." ”

Zhao Jia stopped, glanced at Li Xin deeply, and then said with some emotion: "After more than ten years, Hou Ye has finally made up his mind. ”

Li Xin narrowed his eyes slightly and did not speak.

After the two of them entered the city, walking on the streets of Jincheng, Li Xin opened his mouth and asked, "How is the Southwest Army now?" ”

"Back to the Hou Ye, the imperial court withdrew troops from Hanzhong and Ankang, and gave up the southwest portal, now Mu Ying is stationed in Hanzhong, General Li Shuo is stationed in Jiange, the southwest has recovered the land of Nanshu back then, a few days ago, his subordinates deduced it themselves, with the current situation between the two sides, that is, the imperial court has exhausted 300,000 Gyeonggi forbidden troops, and we can also defend it with the southwest location and heavenly thunder."

Zhao Jia's words mean that Li Xin's structure in the southwest has been completely completed, in other words, if he suddenly doesn't want to work hard now, he can also close the door of the southwest and establish a country on his own, becoming the second Nanshu, with the geographical advantage and the thunder of the sky, this southwest Li family has at least a hundred years of national fortune.

Li Xin walked in front of Zhao Jia with his hands in his hand, and asked lightly: "Brother You'an, if we go out of Shu at this time, what are the chances of winning?" ”

Zhao Jia frowned, and said: "I'm afraid the odds of victory are not big, the heavenly thunder that has been studied in detail by his subordinates in the past few years, this thing is extremely powerful when defending the city, but when fighting on the plains, it will be much worse, our southwest army now has 160,000 people, forcibly recruit some, it is estimated that another 100,000 people can be recruited, but the new soldiers are ...... Can't face the forbidden army of the imperial court. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia looked at Li Xin and said, "Originally...... You can take this opportunity to get out of Shu, but ......"

But Li Xin did not agree.

Zhao Jia said this halfway, and then didn't say any more.

Li Xin didn't care, and said: "Ye Mao is now re-recruiting the Zhenbei Army near Yancheng, plus the remnants of the Zhenbei Army, if he goes well now, he should have recruited thirty or forty thousand people, according to my estimate, Yuwen Zhao will soon withdraw from Jizhou and retreat outside the Guan, as long as Ye Mao takes Jizhou back again, we don't have to worry about the border army in the north." ”

The reorganization of the Zhenbei Army can help Li Xin to keep an eye on the family army, and when Li Xin has to face, there will probably only be the Central Forbidden Army of the Great Jin Dynasty, as well as some local armies scattered in various places.

Speaking of this, Li Xin paused and continued: "Brother You'an is right, let's go out of Shu now, face it head-on, and indeed the odds of winning are not great, so we can only find another way and change the way." ”

Zhao Jia looked at Li Xin with some curiosity, and asked, "What method?" ”

Li Xin smiled.

"Qingjun's side."

"The courtiers in the court are treacherous, and the dynasty is in trouble, and we and other loyal and upright ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty naturally want to put things in order and clean up the situation."

Zhao Jia lowered his head and thought for a while, and then slowly spoke: "Lord Hou wants to choose a ...... of the clan."

"I don't know which clan Master Hou wants to choose..."

"After Mu Ying and the others come back, let's sit down and talk about it again."

Li Xin smiled: "I haven't seen my wife and children for more than half a year, and I want to go home and get together with my family at this time. ”

Zhao Jia nodded, also smiling.

"In this way, the subordinates will not bother the Hou Ye."

"I still have a lot of things to do in the Mansion."

The two men looked at each other and smiled, saluted each other, and then parted at the intersection.

This intersection is not far from Li Xin's home in Jincheng, and it didn't take long for Li Xin to walk to the gate of the mansion, and now the descendants of the Li family have all been screened once, most of them are the old people of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, so they naturally recognize Li Xin, and after seeing Li Xin, they immediately shouted.

"Master Hou...... Hou Ye has returned home! ”

"Master Hou has returned home!"

With this sentence, the Li Mansion immediately became lively, and the ninth princess hugged her youngest daughter, took her eldest daughter Li Shu and her son Li Ping, and welcomed Li Xin in.

Li Ping was born in the eighth year of Taikang, and he is now seven years old, but since he was born, Li Xin has been busy in the north and south, and Li Xin is not particularly close.

"I've seen my father."

In contrast, the eldest daughter Li Shu is much closer to Li Xin, and after seeing her father, she immediately stepped forward and hugged Li Xin's sleeve, looked up at her old father, and said openly: "Daddy, you went out for a trip, and it was a lot darker." ”

Li Xin touched the girl's head with a smile, and said: "A man has to be black to have momentum, if he is as white as Ah Han, he will give people a joke when he goes out." ”

Xiao Ahan turned his head to look at his younger brother and said, "That younger brother will definitely make people laugh when he goes out." ”

Li Xin was not black when he was a teenager, and the ninth princess was born fair-skinned, so a son and two daughters were born very white.

Li Ping was a little afraid of his sister, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to refute.

Li Xin said with a smile: "Ah Han, don't talk nonsense, Ping'er is still young, and it will be good when she grows up." ”

After the father and daughter finished speaking, Li Xin took the youngest daughter Li Jing from the arms of the eldest princess, the little girl was born in the first year of Yuan Zhao, and now she is more than four years old, but she is relatively quiet, hugging Li Xin's neck and calling softly "Daddy".

In this way, after Li Xin was close to his children for a while, Ah Han left with his younger siblings, leaving his parents to talk.

The eldest princess stepped forward, wiped the dust on Li Xin's forehead with a handkerchief, tidied up his clothes again, and asked softly.

"Chang'an, you ...... Are you going to rebel? ”