Unparalleled Concubine

Although the Li family in southern Xinjiang is still alive, they are still quite influential in Shu County, so internal strife is inevitable. Li Fu and his elder brother Li Xing have disagreements and often quarrel, so for Li Xing, Li Fu's death is not a loss.

But Li Jin'er, the little princess, is the only relative he has left, and he still wants to find this girl back.

Zhong Ming bowed his head and said softly: "Your Highness, Lord Hou means that if nothing happens to the little princess, he will find him sooner or later. The most urgent thing now is to coax the people from the imperial court back so that we can continue to enjoy peace in Shu County."

Having said that, Zhong Ming raised his head and glanced at Li Xing.

"Otherwise, if the Ji family's army overwhelms us, we will all die."

Li Xing frowned.

"The people sent by the Ji family just find an excuse to kill them. It's been more than 30 years. It's not like the people of the Ji family don't know what Pingnanhou's mansion is like. Why is it so troublesome?"

Chapter 118 The Excuse To Do It

Zhong Ming was from Southern Shu. About five or six years ago, he was sent to Li Shen's side to be in charge of communication between the two sides. For five or six years, he has been by Li Shen's side as an attendant, almost inseparable.

But in the final analysis, he is still a native of Nanshu.

Zhong Ming lowered his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, among the few people sent by the Emperor Ji family, there is a very important young man, this man cannot be killed."

Li Xing narrowed his eyes and said with a sneer, "Why, is Ji Man's son here?"

Ji Man is the name of the emperor of Chengde. In the entire Jin Dynasty, no matter whether it was a courtier or a commoner, no one dared to call the emperor by his name directly. Even Li Shen, who was from the Zhu Kingdom, did not call the emperor of Chengde by his name in private. Only Li Xing This kind of "anti-thief" dared to unscrupulously call the name of Emperor Chengde.

Zhong Ming lowered his head slightly, with a calm voice: "Your Highness, the son of the Emperor Ji's family did not come, but if there is no accident, the person who came will become his son-in-law."

He raised his head and glanced at Li Xing: "If you kill him, it is very likely that the Emperor Ji's family will turn against our two families directly."

Li Xin went to the Pingnanhou Mansion to recognize his relatives, but that time, Mrs. Yu deliberately blocked the news, so that not many people in the entire capital knew that Li Xin was Li Shen's son, only the Emperor Chengde and Jing Zhao Few people like Yin Liye knew about it, and after Li Shen returned to Beijing and denied this relationship, no one would talk about it.

At the very least, Zhong Ming didn't know about this matter, he had absolutely no idea about the relationship between Li Xin and Li Shen.

Li Xing frowned deeply.

"This person married the princess of the Ji family?"

Zhong Ming shook his head slightly: "Not yet, but when Lord Hou and I were out of the city, the emperor of the Ji family once pointed at this young man and said that he would marry his daughter to him in the future."

Li Xing sneered slightly: "That's just Ji Man's trick to buy people's hearts. If he didn't say that, why would this young man willingly come to southern Xinjiang to die? You go back now and let Li Shen kill him. I don't believe Ji Man18 I have endured it for years, and I will shake the country for such a young man!"

Zhong Ming took a deep breath, half knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, Lord Hou asked me to tell you something."

Li Xing glanced at Zhong Ming,

"Say."

"The Great Jin has ruled the world for more than 30 years."

Zhong Ming said in a heavy tone: "More than 30 years ago, when the Jin Kingdom was first unified, more than ten years of continuous wars almost exhausted the national strength of the Jin Kingdom, and it was no longer able to move, so that even the Emperor Wu of the Ji family did not I spared no effort to take care of southern Xinjiang, so I could only sit back and watch Li Zhijie, the old master of the Li family, split southern Xinjiang for himself."

"Eighteen years ago, Emperor Chengde of the Ji family ascended the throne, and the Ji family still hasn't filled in the gaps. The Chengde emperor has had to recuperate for more than ten years, and dare not use national power wantonly."

Having said that, Zhong Ming raised his head and glanced at Li Xing.

"But now, more than 30 years have passed, no matter how serious the injury is, it should take more than 30 years to heal..."

Zhong Ming's tone was calm.

"The Ji family's injuries have healed, and now maybe they are just waiting for an excuse to do something..."

Li Xing was silent.

For so many years, the reason why Nanjiang and the imperial court have been able to live in peace is that on the one hand, it is naturally because Nanjiang has some capital of its own, but more importantly, when the Great Jin unified the world, it hurt its vitality and left everything to be done. Not to mention, Emperor Wu's continuous conquests for more than ten years have almost overdrawn the foundation of the Jin Dynasty and brought the entire country's economy to the brink of collapse.

In this case, there will be such a situation where the two sides have tolerated each other for decades.

After Emperor Chengde came to the throne, he still maintained a great degree of patience with southern Xinjiang.

But in the past few years, the emperor's "temper" has become worse and worse, and he seems to be unable to bear the thorn in the flesh of Nanjiang more and more.

Li Shen felt this change very keenly, that's why he asked Zhong Ming to pass such a message to Li Xing.

His Royal Highness, a survivor of Southern Shu, bowed his head and thought for a long time, then said in a deep voice, "What does Li Shen mean?"

Zhong Ming let out a long breath of relief.

He knew that when Li Xing asked this sentence, it meant that His Royal Highness was ready to compromise with the Pingnanhou Mansion.

"What Hou Ye means is that within a short period of time, no matter which Li family it is, no one has the capital to deal with the court. They can only coax the court first, and don't offend them if they can."

Li Xing narrowed his eyes.

"But if what Li Shen said is true, it won't take long to coax Ji Man to call him sooner or later. It's pointless to delay like this."

Zhong Ming bowed his head and said: "Master Hou's family is still in the capital. At least for now, he has no intention of rebelling at all, so he can only delay it temporarily. Master Hou said that if His Royal Highness is unwilling to cooperate, he will take Pingnan with him." Army, hit Hanzhou City hard, and when the time comes, the casualties on both sides will be real."

Li Xing frowned.

He knew very well that that Marquis of Pingnan had always said what he said, and it was absolutely possible that Li Shen would lead the Pingnan army to fight here with real knives and real guns!

"What kind of acting?"

Zhong Ming took out a letter from his bosom, and said in a deep voice, "Master Hou has already written the specific content in the letter, please read it, Your Highness."

Li Xing snorted and waved his hand impatiently.

"Okay, I see. After I read the letter, I will write back to Li Shen."

Zhong Ming bent over and said, "The villain will leave."

Just when Zhong Ming walked to the door, Li Xing raised his head and glanced at it, and said lightly: "Zhong Ming, don't forget that you are from Shu!"

Zhong Ming stopped, looked back at Li Xing deeply, hesitated for a while, finally bent down, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, what the villain said just now is the meaning of Lord Hou. For the sake of people, the villain still has some news to tell His Highness."

Li Xing was opening Li Shen's letter, but stopped when he heard this, and looked up at Zhong Ming with a half-smile.

Zhong Ming lowered his head and said to himself: "Your Majesty, the young man mentioned by the villain just now is not only the son-in-law of the emperor of the Ji family, but also his surname is Li, and his name is Li Xin."

Li Xing's complexion changed slightly.

Some time ago, someone from the capital came to deliver a letter, saying that Li Fu, the little highness of Nanshu, died at the hands of a young man named Li Xin in the capital. Not long after that, his sister disappeared.

Li Xing's face darkened slightly: "Is that Li Xin?"

Zhong Ming nodded and said, "It's the Li Xin who killed His Royal Highness. The little princess ran away from home, mostly to avenge the little Highness, so the young princess's disappearance may be able to find the answer in this young man."

Li Xing gritted his teeth: "Listen to what you said just now, you didn't intend to say this news!"