Unparalleled Concubine

"I'm here for your own good."

Zhao Jia sat down on his own, and said lightly: "The Mu family has a special status in the southwest, and there are too many people, it is inevitable that there will be some people who don't have a good brain. You suppress them and prevent them from joining the Southwest Army. In the middle, it is normal for them to cause trouble everywhere, I sat in the seat of the Jinglue Mansion, and I deliberately indulged them until today,"

"Back then, the Hanzhou Army was formed by the Mu family. Later, the Southern Army was divided into three parts, and you, General Mu, took another part. Southwest had two thirds. This is very abnormal."

"In the past, it was fine that Lord Hou raised the flag. Others are in Yongzhou, not in the southwest. Southwest also needs you as a backbone, but now Lord Hou has made up his mind, so you have to pay attention to yourself."

Zhao Jia poured himself a cup of tea, and said lightly: "This time you cooperate with me, beat and beat the Mu family, and then you slowly escape from the Mu family, as Hou Ye said just now, you, Mu Ying, should be in the Shu Palace now. People from the Mu family, not from the Mu family, in the future your family heir will also be the Duke of Shu, take advantage of this opportunity, let the Shu palace slowly separate from the Mu family."

Having said that, Zhao Jia looked up at Mu Ying, and added lightly: "Of course, you are sure to take care of the Mu family with thousands of people, and no one will cause trouble, so take my word for it. Did not say."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Jia stood up, stretched out his hand and patted Mu Ying's shoulder, and said slowly: "General Mu, we are going to rebel, and we will no longer fight like we used to."

"Hou Ye's attitude is very clear. From today on, the internal structure of the Southwest will be prioritized."

"You, General Mu, are a smart person. Speaking of which, I don't need to say more about what to do in detail?"

Mu Ying was silent for a while, then turned her head to look at Zhao Jia, and asked silently: "Mr. You'an, what you just said just now... Master Hou taught you to tell me?"

Zhao Jia shook his head.

"Li Chang'an has a thin skin, so he can't do this kind of thing."

"Just treat it as a big-headed scholar like me, and make your own guesses. What to do, you can think about it yourself after you go back."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Jia walked out with his hands behind his back. After walking a few steps, he looked back at Mu Ying and said calmly: "I don't care how you deal with the internal affairs of the Mu family, but those few are in Jincheng. Those who beat someone to death with their own hands must come out and pay for their lives."

Mu Ying took a deep breath.

"I'm going home now, and I'll go to Jinglue Mansion in three days to give Mr. You'an a satisfactory explanation."

Zhao Jia put his hands behind his back, without turning his head, he said with a smile to the servants of Li's family, "Please tell Lord Hou for me, just say that the Jinglue Mansion is busy, Zhao Jia will go back first."

Mu Ying also walked over, and said harshly to the servant: "Please also tell me that I have family matters to deal with, so I will take my leave first."

After all, the two left the Li family together.

At this time, under the gazebo in the backyard of the Li family, the two brothers were playing chess across the table.

Li Shuo was talented and intelligent, and his chess strength was even better than Li Xin's. After just ten or twenty moves, the Marquis of Jing'an was already at a disadvantage.

He moved his horse and asked, "How have you been all these years?"

Li Shuo bowed his head slightly: "Brother Lao is worried, my little brother is now settled, and his life is much better than before."

"The Southwest Army in Ningzhou can keep 1 people, and the rest can be transferred to Ankang. You lead it yourself. After a while, there may be a war."

Li Shuo bowed his head and answered "Yes", then looked up at Li Xin, and asked cautiously, "Brother just now... seems to have beaten General Mu."

"It's not a beating."

Li Xin moved again, and sighed slowly: "Since we are going to do things, we must be more formal. Everyone follows the rules. If we continue to do things like before, we won't be able to go far."

Li Shuo nodded and didn't say much.

After playing a few more moves, he couldn't bear it anymore, looked up at Li Xin, and asked, "Brother, there is one thing I can't understand."

Li Shuo was a little confused, so Li Xin took the opportunity to eat one of his cannons with a horse, then snorted, and said, "Do you want to ask, since I also wanted to rebel, why didn't I rebel with Li Shen back then?" ?”

Li Shuo lowered his head and said nothing, obviously acquiescing to this question.

"First of all, I didn't want to rebel at that time."

Li Xin entered the army with a calm but firm tone.

"Secondly, I personally hate Li Shen."

Chapter 1029 No one is idle

Among the three big bosses in Southwest, Shumu's family is the most important. Li Xin beat Mu's this time because he wanted to adjust Southwest so that Southwest's internal structure becomes healthy enough, so that Southwest can go further.

The game of chess between Li Xin and Li Shuo was finally over, and it ended in Li Shuo's narrow victory. Li Xin stood up with a smile, and said, "You have people who have read books under your command, and you can send them to my general." Come to the mansion, I will see it in person, if it is suitable, I will stay at the general's mansion as a staff member and help me with the paperwork."

Li Shuo got up, bowed his head to Li Xin, and said, "Brother, what you said is too outrageous. I am a family with you, and I have rough people under my command. I can't get into my eyes. My brother's mansion needs to be confiscated." Staff, younger brother should try his best to find elder brother, and dare not have any selfishness in this matter."

"It's normal to be selfish."

Li Xin's face was calm: "Everyone has selfishness. If I had no selfishness, I should be my Lord Taiping in the capital right now, not a traitor in the southwest."

"You have to be a little selfish. After we walk out of Jianmen Pass in the future, there are still many things to be entrusted to you."

Li Shuo bowed his head deeply, and said in a deep voice, "I will do my best to be my elder brother's pawn."

Although all these years, Li Xin has never personally admitted that Li Shuo is his brother, but Li Shuo has truly called him his elder brother for more than ten years, and he respects him as his elder brother on weekdays, and the two have the same relationship after all. The relationship between blood and blood is somewhat different.

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'm here now, I'm not in a hurry to go back, just stay and have dinner."

Li Shuo bowed his head respectfully: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."

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After Li Xin returned to the southwest, he slowly rectified the internal problems in the southwest, and on the other hand sent people to Shanyin to contact the sixth prince. Everything was going on in an orderly manner. Emperor Zhao was not idle for a moment.

At this moment, he didn't stay in the palace, but came to the Jiangzuo prison of the Ministry of Industry in person, staring at the craftsmen in the Jiangzuo prison intently, his eyes were bloodshot.

Jiangzuojian is the place where top craftsmen gathered in the Jin court. From the large palace construction to the small gold, jade, pearls and emeralds, the exquisite utensils are all made by generals. Originally, things like Tianlei should be handed over to the Military Weapons Supervisor. But the Military Weapons Supervisor can only make bows and crossbows and armor, and can't play with these delicate things. Anyway, everyone knows nothing about this thing, so Emperor Yuanzhao selected dozens of them from the General Supervisor. The top craftsmen have been researching the medicinal powder of Tianlei since the first year of Yuanzhao.

By last year, these craftsmen had made a powder that could barely explode based on some plausible powders left by Li Xin in the first year of Yuanzhao. Then last year, Li Xin left the capital for Emperor Yuanzhao. After dropping a dozen or so thunderbolts, after confirming that he had obtained the real ones, Emperor Yuanzhao immediately ordered the general to be in charge of the research of the medicinal powder of the thunderbolts.

This world does not have the analysis tools that I have in later generations. If I want to find out what is in the powder, I can only achieve my goal through extremely rough methods. A useful way is... to taste with your tongue.

In the past few months, every craftsman who will be the supervisor has tasted the taste of the powder with their tongues, and then selected similar materials based on their decades of experience. Emperor Zhao made Tianlei belonging to Dajin!

In the courtyard where the prison will be used, Emperor Yuanzhao stared intently at a clay pot in the middle of the courtyard. Even as the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, he is holding his breath now, and his voice trembled: "Light it on fire."

The one who was in charge of lighting the fire was a young eunuch from the Internal Attendant, who had only been in the palace for a few years and had not yet entered the rank.

He swayed all over and lit the humble clay pot under his feet.

In fact, the kindling paper of this thing is very long, and it will run away when it is lit, and it will hardly hurt itself. The reason why this little eunuch who is only fifteen or sixteen years old is so scared is because he has been ordered.

Do not run away after igniting, just stay by the side of the clay pot.

The little eunuch shook his hands, tremblingly lit the clay pot under his feet, then gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, forcefully overcame the fear in his heart, and forced himself to stay where he was.

The clay pot... exploded with a loud noise.

Emperor Yuanzhao ignored the etiquette of the emperor, and was the first to run to the center of the courtyard. After the white smoke dispersed, what he saw were pottery fragments that were broken all over the ground, and a little eunuch rolling on the ground in pain.