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Speaking of this, Emperor Chengde glanced at Li Yan indifferently, and said with a smile: "Li Qing, the Pingnan Army is thousands of miles away. How did you know that Li Xin wrote to you?"

The emperor's attitude is still very clear, whoever you want to kill, I will take action to save them.

Li Yan's face changed slightly.

After all, he is a military commander, and he would lose to Emperor Chengde when it comes to playing tricks. The big man knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, you know that Li Xin threatened Madam Hou in Beijing..."

"I don't know."

Emperor Chengde blinked his eyes, without changing his face: "Li Qing, I never knew about this before, so don't just talk about it."

This is the advantage of the emperor. Even if you talk nonsense, no one dares to jump out to refute you. As an emperor, you even have the ability to slightly distort reality, that is, even if you say something wrong, it will naturally become right .

For example, if the emperor of Chengde refers to a deer as a horse now, then all the deer in the Jin Dynasty will be called horses. After hundreds or thousands of years, this name may still be passed down, and it will be written seriously in the books of later generations.

Li Yan gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty, this is a slip of the tongue. It's just that Li Xin met Li Xing, the leader of the rebels, when he was in Hanzhou Prefecture in southern Xinjiang. This is an indisputable fact. He alone The military supervisor, meeting against the bandits at night, must have some unruly intentions!"

Emperor Chengde changed color slightly: "Is there any evidence?"

No matter how much Emperor Chengde wanted to save Li Xin, he met the rebels in southern Xinjiang in private, which touched his bottom line, because the rebels touched the root of the imperial power and were absolutely intolerable crimes.

In the imperial era, any crime could be exonerated, except for rebellion, even if the prince rebelled, most of them would have to die.

Li Yan lowered his head and said: "That night, Cheng Ping sent someone to follow behind Li Xin, and saw Li Xin meeting with the rebel leader with his own eyes, but he lost his heel, otherwise he could have caught Li Xin on the spot that day , so that he cannot quibble!"

Emperor Chengde looked calm: "That is to say, you still have no evidence."

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, if this Li Xin colludes with the remnants of Southern Shu, there must be a Shu person by his side to contact the news. Your Majesty only needs to send someone to check whether there is anyone from Shu County around Li Xin. , the matter will be clear!"

If Li Xin was present at this time, most likely he would curse out loud.

No third party other than the two parties knew about his cooperation with Li Xing. Since Li Xing had sent Mu Ying over, it meant that he had no intention of breaking the covenant for the time being, and Mu Ying's identity had just leaked out.

Things are already obvious...

His Highness Li Xing must be surrounded by spies from Pingnanhoufu!

Emperor Chengde frowned slightly, waved his hand, and said, "Go and find out if there is a Shu person around Li Xin."

The eunuch Chen Ju bent slightly: "This old servant obeys."

After Chen Ju retreated, Emperor Chengde looked at Li Yan with a smile, stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile: "Li Qing was half a soldier, and he has made a lot of contributions. I have already vacated the position of Minister of the Ministry of War for you. From now on, you can stay in the capital and enjoy the blessings."

Li Yan respectfully said: "Chen, thank you for your kindness."

Emperor Chengde patted Li Yan on the shoulder, and said with a chuckle: "Work hard, first be a servant for a few years and get through the qualifications. When the time is right, I will hand over the Ministry of War to you."

Li Yan immediately knelt down to thank him.

"Your Majesty's kindness, I can't repay it with all my heart!"

Seeing Li Yan kneeling on the ground, Emperor Chengde was slightly lost in thought. He looked up to the south, thinking of the playmate he grew up with.

Chapter 196 Personal Minds Are Always Different

After Li Yan's face sanctification, an imperial decree came down soon, and he was named the deputy general of the Pingnan Army and made him the right servant of the Ministry of War.

Emperor Chengde didn't make it public about Li Xin's document that he consulted in private, and the court was calm, as if nothing had happened.

Emperor Chengde did not move, and Li Yan was very sensible and did not continue to sue. After all, the person involved, Li Xin, is not in the capital right now, so making a fuss now is useless.

If we say before, the attitude of Pingnanhoufu towards Li Xin can be said to be indifferent, but after Li Yan wrote the letter, Pingnanhoufu completely turned against Li Xin, and the two sides became endless enemies.

The reason why this happened is actually because of two things.

Li Xin hated Li Chun for kidnapping Zhong Xiaoxiao, so he turned against Pingnanhou's house, while Li Shen hated Li Xin for plotting against the Li family.

Li Shen and Li Xin had made an agreement on the matter of the pension list back then, and both of them agreed on this matter, but Li Xin actually used this matter to make a fuss in private, ruthlessly slapping the Li family together. Li Shen, who is the general of the Zhu Kingdom, was quite annoyed.

That's why there is a follow-up of Li Yan's return to Beijing.

Li Shen knew very well in his heart that with Mrs. Yu and Li Chun, he was unlikely to be Li Xin's opponent, and it was not convenient for him to return to the capital, so he could only send Li Yan back to the capital to take charge temporarily.

The day after Li Yan wrote the letter, the Seventh Prince Ji Wen was called into the palace.

In the side hall of Changle Palace, His Royal Highness King Wei knelt on the ground, holding Li Yan's letter in his hand, dripping with cold sweat.

"Father, this—"

The Emperor Chengde had no expression on his face, and said, "This is Li Yan's memorial to my lord. During the period when Li Xin trusted the military supervisor, he colluded with the bandits in southern Xinjiang. Do you know about this?"

The Seventh Prince smiled wryly and shook his head: "Father, Li Xin is just a captain of the Habayashi Guard. Although there are one or two hundred people under his command, he only has the right to command the army and not the right to deploy troops. How can such a military officer the size of a sesame seed have the right to collude with the bandits in southern Xinjiang?" Rebellion? This must be because the Li family has a grudge against Li Xin because of what happened last time, so they wrote a letter to retaliate.

If you want to communicate with foreign countries, the most basic condition is a high position and authority, otherwise it cannot be called collusion, but defection. The remnants of southern Xinjiang have not been completed like this now, and Li Xin has no reason to rely on them.

The Chengde emperor was expressionless: "Li Xin is naturally not qualified to collude with those rebels, but the people behind Li Xin are."

Li Xin has done so many things for Wei Wangfu in the capital, it is self-evident who is behind him.

His Royal Highness King Wei's expression changed drastically, and he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Father, my son and minister must never dare!"

"I have always been sincere in serving the emperor and my father, and never dared to have any wrong thoughts. Besides, the remnants of Nanshu are not as good as those of the Pingnan Army. Even if the minister is insane, he has some thoughts that he should not have. I won't be looking for this kind of grasshopper after autumn..."

The Seventh Prince kowtowed and said: "Father, what Li Xin did in southern Xinjiang, my son and minister don't even know the truth, please learn from me!"

Emperor Chengde nodded lightly, and said: "I also think that you should not know about this, but Chen Ju went to investigate yesterday, and Li Xin was indeed accompanied by a Shu person, that is, after he came back from southern Xinjiang, Follow him."

"Do you know this person?"

The Seventh Prince shook his head and said: "In the past few months, my son has been busy brewing wine, and has neglected a lot of trivial matters..."

His Majesty stretched out his finger, tapped the table lightly, and frowned, "If what Li Yan said is true, this Li Xin has really met those remnants of Southern Shu, guess what Li Xin really wants to do?" What?"

The Seventh Prince bowed his head and said: "Li Xin once told some of his stories to his son. He was born to his mother who was unmarried. For more than ten years, he and his mother have lived together. Not to mention the hardships of life, he still has to be punished by the villagers. He was insulted by others, so he probably...hates the Li family to the bone, not to mention whether Li Xin had contact with the remnants of Nanshu, if he did, he probably wanted to find some breakthroughs for the Pingnan Army from these people..."

Emperor Chengde nodded slowly, agreeing with what you said, the seventh prince.

"It should be like this."

His Majesty the Emperor frowned and thought for a while, then looked up at Ji Wen, and asked, "Where is Li Xin now?"

His Royal Highness King Wei shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, but counting the itinerary, I should be on my way back to Beijing right now, maybe three to five days sooner, or ten days and a half months later."

"When he arrives in the capital, tell him not to go anywhere and come to see me as soon as possible."

His Royal Highness King Wei took a deep breath and said, "I obey."

The conversation between the father and the son seemed ordinary, but if there was a mistake in every sentence, it was enough for Li Xin to die without a place to bury him.