Li Jinfu clearly felt the cold killing intent from several generals on Li Xin's side, and said in his heart that it was better not to say such nonsense, as long as Li Xin's horse thief dared to go to Beijing City, he would wait to die!

Three days later, Cheng Mingjiu was indeed temporarily appointed to guard Nanjing, and Li Xin left Nanjing City with only a 1,000-strong guard, along the Grand Canal, and went north to Beijing.

Along with the fleet set off with Sun Jie's coffin, people at the time paid attention to the fallen leaves and returned to the roots, this Sun Butang guest died in a foreign country, and the coffin could not continue to be parked in Nanjing. Li believed in his past feelings, so he naturally couldn't ignore this second son of Sun, so he paid for all his posthumous affairs.

In addition to Sun Jiao's coffin, Zhang Fangyan, the governor of Zhejiang, also went north with him. Zhang Fangyan, the empty governor, has been doing it for more than four years, which can be said to be a lack of size, and this time Li Jinfu came to Jiangnan to preach the decree, and there was also one of his holy decrees.

However, this trip north is an unspeakable journey for Zhang Fangyan. The Son of Heaven reprimanded him in the holy decree, and he lost hope, although he only said a few words, but he was undoubtedly stabbed in the heart, and he was drenched in blood.

Li Xin originally didn't want Zhang Fangyan to go with the boat, but it happened that the boat had just passed Yangzhou, and the big boat Zhang Fangyan was on didn't know whether it had bumped into a foreign object at the bottom of the canal, causing the bottom of the boat to rupture and leaking, and he couldn't continue to ride.

However, there were two official ships that were more comfortable, and Li Xin had no choice but to let Zhang Fangyan come to his ship. After all, Zhang Fangyan is already over the age of old, let him go and take the troop transport ship with those big-headed soldiers, but I am afraid that before he arrives in Beijing, he will have to toss and scatter the old bones.

Facts proved that the decision to let Zhang Fangyan ride in the same boat with him was extremely unwise. Zhang Fangyan has been holding on to Li Xin for several years, and how can he let go of the opportunity to question Li Xin when he is on the same boat with Li Xin today.

"Marquis Zhen, the old man asks you, are you really so unscrupulous? Think the Son of Heaven won't dare to punish you? ”

Li Xin stood at the bow of the boat, and Zhang Fangyan's voice sounded from behind him. Li Xin had no choice but to turn around and smile awkwardly.

"Ge Lao's words are still so sharp, Li Xin dares to ask Ge Lao, if you and I change places, how should Ge Lao deal with himself?"

Zhang Fangyan sneered: "Don't be sophistry, the old man is loyal to Daming!" ”

Li Xin didn't want to argue with him anymore, when he was in Nanjing, he always avoided this old man, afraid that he would be scolded like this. It's not that Li is confident, but what's the point of this kind of argument? Everything at the moment is talking with a knife and gun in his hand, even if Zhang Fangyan can say that the sky is broken, what can he do with the Three Guards?

And Zhang Fangyan's suppressed temperament in recent years seems to be very different from before, Zhang Fangyan in the past at least had a few levels of stable cabinet posture, but now as long as he sees Li Xin, he is like a cockfight, and he has to fight hard.

Therefore, when he was in Nanjing, Li Xin would try to avoid meeting with Zhang Fangyan. And now, the two are on the same boat in a square inch, Li Xin has no way to avoid it, so he can only listen to the old man's preaching.

……

Zhang Fangyan spoke for nearly an hour, but Li Xin only stood quietly with his hands in his hands, without saying a word.

"Li Xin, Li Xin, don't think that if you don't say a word, the old man will have nothing to do with you."

Li Xin smiled bitterly: "The elder of the pavilion said, what do you want Li Xinruo?" ”

"After arriving in Jingshi, the old man will definitely do his best to announce all your disobedience to the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials one by one. At that time, you will be a rebel and thief who everyone will be punished, aren't you afraid? ”

Li Xin was noncommittal, but Zhang Fangyan pressed forward step by step.

"So the old man advises you, now that the fleet is still south of the Huai River, it's still too late to turn around! Otherwise, once you reach the boundary of Shandong, life and death will not be up to you! ”

"Isn't this just what the elder said? If Li Xin ordered the fleet to return to Nanjing now, would he have been disappointed after so many years? ”

Zhang Fangyan laughed: "Li Xin, Li Xin, you are really smart and confused for a while, and now you are in a dilemma across the river." Enter, when you arrive in Beijing, do you still have your life? Retreat, return to Nanjing, isn't it exposing your hypocritical heart to the eyes of the world? At that time, isn't everyone in the world punished for it? ”

Li Xin was completely speechless, he and Zhang Fangyan had not met for nearly two years, but he couldn't imagine that Zhang Fangyan's personality had become so narrow today. For a while, Li Xin was also interested, and he wanted to fight with Zhang Fangyan.

"Dare to ask the elder of the pavilion, since Li Xin led the troops, has he ever done anything without a purpose? Since Li Xin left Nanjing, he had no intention of going back. How could Ge Lao dare to assert that Li Xin's arrival in Jingshi was a dead end? ”

Zhang Fangyan hated and hated: "The old man advises you not to only punish the benefits of the tongue, after arriving in Beijing, the heavens should not be punished, and the earth is not spiritual, but no one will punish the benefits of the tongue with you!" ”

A gust of wind suddenly rose on the Grand Canal, and seeing that the sun was about to set and the temperature dropped sharply, Li Xin couldn't help but shudder, so he lost interest in continuing to fight with Zhang Fangyan, and turned around and went to the cabin.

"Li Xin! You, you come back, the old man hasn't finished talking yet! ”

Li Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly as he walked, Zhang Fangyan has been crazy in the past two years, is this still the old Zhang Ge he knows?

Zhang Fangyan shouted a few more angry words, Li Xin had no choice but to stop and turn around and say lightly: "Why don't you wait until you arrive in Jingshi, everything will be clear immediately, and when the time comes, you will be in a hurry?" ”

After that, Li Xin didn't say much, and quickened his pace into the cabin, leaving only Zhang Fangyan on the bow deck, stunned for a long time, not knowing what to think or say.

"Ge Lao, Ge Lao, it's cold and windy, let's, let's go back to the cabin and talk!"

In the end, Zhang Fangyan's old servant couldn't stand it, so he timidly stepped forward to persuade him. If in normal times, it will often attract a burst of scolding, and today there is really no way, during the journey, if Zhang Fangyan suffers from the cold, how can the old man endure such bumps?

Unexpectedly, after a long time, Zhang Fangyan let out a long sigh, and his voice was already choked when he spoke.

"Old man, what kind of face does the old man have to go back to Beijing to see the Son of Heaven, it's better to be ......, it's better to be " Speaking of this, Zhang Fangyan even felt that it was difficult to speak, "The old man might as well plunge into this Grand Canal and die!" ”

The old servant He had seen Zhang Fangyan look like this, and couldn't help but raise his right arm to wipe his tears with his sleeve.

"Don't say that, sir, don't say that!"

Zhang Fangyan sighed again, he thought about it for a hundred years, but how could he bear the charge of committing suicide in fear of crime?