No matter how much the news is concealed, what has happened is always impossible to hide completely, a month after the incident in Xiangyang City, no one in the capital dared to talk about Xiangyang on the surface, but some people have already begun to talk about it behind the scenes.

There are many people who are worried that the southwest anti-thieves are too powerful, but fortunately, because the Great Jin Dynasty has been invincible in the world for decades, most people are very confident in the army of the Great Jin Dynasty, and they don't think so, they just feel that the main general of Xiangyang who leads the army is too stupid, and many people in the capital have already cursed Xie Jing in the dark for being a stupid pig.

However, because it was the uncle of the Son of Heaven, no one dared to directly attack Xie Jing, whether in the court or in the opposition.

Generally speaking, the Great Jin Dynasty has accumulated a very good national credit for decades, so that the people have great trust in the strength of the imperial court, and now although a small number of people in the capital have begun to worry about the situation in the southwest, no one will think that the southwest can turn over the day of the Great Jin.

At most, it's just another Li Jinchen.

In Xiangyang City on the other side, Zhao Jia, who was the envoy of the Southwest Economic Strategy, personally brought the sixth prince Ji Ying from Jincheng to Xiangyang according to Li Xin's instructions, and when Zhao Jia's carriage arrived at the Xiangyang official office, Li Xin, who was wearing a cotton coat, was already waiting at the gate of the mansion.

It is the early spring of the sixth year of Yuan Zhao, the weather is still very cold, and Li Xin is a little afraid of the cold, so he is still wearing thick cotton clothes.

Zhao Jia walked down alone, and Ji Ying hid in the carriage and did not come out.

Seeing Zhao Jia walking down, Li Xin smiled at Zhao Jia: "Brother You'an brought this child over." ”

"It's a matter of subordination."

Zhao Jia looked at Xiangyang City left and right, and then sighed softly: "Don't hide it from the general, when the subordinate Jincheng heard the military report from Xiangyang, they all felt a little incredible, this is the Xiongcheng that the breeder has guarded for decades......"

"I'll leave that at that."

Li Xin looked up at Zhao Jia, and after a little hesitation, he asked, "When Brother You'an brought this child over, did the insider say anything?" ”

The ninth princess was very close to the first emperor in her early years, and she also loved the two sons of the first emperor, and now Li Xin has turned against Yuan Zhao Tianzi, it is difficult for her to return to the capital, and it is easy for another nephew to come to the southwest, but he was taken away by force, Li Xin is a little worried that she will be unhappy.

Hearing Li Xin's words, Zhao Jia sighed helplessly: "General, there are some things that can't be both, the eldest princess is naturally reluctant to give up this child, but she is very sensible, and her subordinates went to the general's mansion, just mentioning it, and the eldest princess asked her subordinates to bring out the six highnesses." ”

Li Xin sighed a little helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "If she makes trouble with me, I can feel a little better in my heart, the more sensible it is, the more difficult it is to bear." ”

The most difficult to accept the grace of beauty, when the ninth princess was young, she still had a bit of a rough temper, but after she got married, especially after giving birth to Li Xin, she stood on Li Xin's side wholeheartedly.

Zhao Jia lowered his head, took out a document from his arms, handed it in front of Li Xin with both hands, and said: "This is the document drafted by the general's subordinates, and the subordinates have already written it." ”

Li Xin nodded silently, put the paperwork into his sleeve, and then he looked up at the carriage behind Zhao Jia, and said, "He's in there?" ”

Zhao Jia nodded and said, "Inside, I brought him all the way." ”

Li Xin nodded, walked to the carriage, stretched out his hand and lifted the curtain, only to see a teenage child, shrunk in the corner of the carriage, his head buried in the wide sleeves, faintly shrunken.

A kind smile appeared on Li Xin's face.

"The last time you saw me, you didn't look like this, what's the matter, I'm afraid that my uncle will eat you?"

Ji Ying raised her head from her sleeve tremblingly, and glanced at Li Xin cautiously, her immature voice trembling obviously.

"Uncle, you ...... What to do? ”

At the beginning, when he escaped from Sanyin and was taken to the southwest, he didn't think too much, just thought that he was out of the sea of suffering, and he could live a free life from now on, but after arriving in the southwest, he found that something was wrong, although his aunt treated him very well and relied on him in everything, but no matter where he went, there were people with him, and even when he went to bed at night, there were people at the door who guarded in shifts.

Even though he was only eleven or twelve years old this year, he noticed that something was wrong.

What's even more wrong is that although my aunt is very good to him, there is obviously some pity in her eyes when she looks at him, he was born in the emperor's family, and he is very sensitive to this kind of look.

All kinds of things are connected, even if he is just a child, he can somewhat guess it.

The smile on Li Xin's face froze for a moment, but it quickly returned to normal, he stretched out his hand with a smile and said, "Don't worry, no one in the southwest will harm you, when you are in Shanyin, who is going to kill you, you also know in your heart." ”

Speaking of this, the smile on Li Xin's face subsided a little.

"It's the Son of Heaven who wants to kill you, and in the whole world, only the southwest can protect your life."

Only then did the sixth prince stretch out his hand and was pulled out of the carriage by Li Xin.

He is eleven years old this year, less than Li Xin's shoulders, and is being held in a hurry, somewhat like a father and son.

The two of them walked in Xiangyang City in early spring, and Zhao Jia and a group of high-level executives in the southwest followed behind the two people and slowly walked towards the official office.

Li Xin pulled the child's sleeve and said with a smile: "Your Highness has been locked up in Shanyin for so many years for no reason, do you have resentment in your heart?" ”

"Absolutely."

Ji Ying gritted her teeth and said: "In the first two years, I hated them so much, but when I grew up, I didn't hate them so much, Uncle Xie told me that if I didn't leave the capital, I would have been killed by the imperial brother." ”

During his years in Shanyin, Xie Jing had never visited him once, and the uncle in his mouth was Xie Dai.

The sixth prince is a child who likes to talk very much, and he is not so afraid at this time, so he naturally talks more.

"After that, I didn't think about those things anymore, and I just thought that one day I would be able to leave San'in and go outside to have a look, and I would be satisfied."

Li Xin glanced down at Ji Ying, and his tone was calm.

"Do you want to be emperor?"

His words were light and light, but in Ji Ying's ears, it was like thunder, as a child of the royal family, he understood better than anyone how heavy this sentence was, His Royal Highness the prince shuddered and looked up at Li Xin.

"Auntie...... Uncle wants me to be emperor? ”

Li Xin did not answer directly, but said quietly: "It depends on your own will, if you don't want to, no one can force you." ”

"I ...... You can listen to my uncle for anything. ”

Ji Ying pulled Li Xin's sleeve, and her voice was a little timid.

"But...... I want to live. ”

Seeing that Li Xin was unmoved, Ji Ying gritted her teeth and said: "Five years ago in the capital, I kowtowed to my uncle, and my uncle told me at that time that he would try his best to save my life. ”

Li Xin glanced at the child in some surprise and asked, "Your aunt taught you to say that?" ”

Ji Ying shook her head and said in a low voice, "My nephew thought of it himself." ”

General Li narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled.

"As long as you are obedient, I will try to keep you alive."

(End of chapter)