Heaven and earth return to one

At the beginning of May, Zhang Lixin defeated Qiujue's army in the western region, went down to seven border cities, and forced the enemy back to Crouching Wolf Valley, [-] miles away from the western region, with no power to fight back.

On the same day, King Benlang of Qiujue went to the tent of the Chengning garrison on the east side of Crouching Wolf Valley, and surrendered in embarrassment.

The urgent case was sent back to Yingzhong in a hurry, and everyone in the court was happy and encouraged, but Li Yunshen made a decision alone. He ordered the two generals in the western region to lead the soldiers to take strict precautions. In Xun Palace.

As for the follow-up war, Li Yunshen said that the imperial court couldn't provide extra money to support it, as long as Qiu Jue was willing to surrender, just ask for things from them, but there was no need to fight any more.

The morale of the soldiers was high, and they were dissatisfied with this. They always felt that if they took this opportunity to drive straight in, they would definitely be able to break through the Qiujue King City, and there would be no more Qiujue in this world.However, the emperor has orders. Although they have complaints, they dare not speak out.

But Zhang Lixin didn't think so. He didn't think about whether the imperial court could get enough money to support the western border. He just thought that if the border troops continued to go west, Beimo might have to do something.This is also the reason why he adopted a quick battle, and then dragged down, the advantage he finally gained may be lost again.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Lixin received Li Yunshen's secret decree, Zhang Lixin simply explained to the two generals without even thinking about it, and then returned to the southern border with his own people.

On the way, he handed over his men and horses to his adjutant, and traveled all day and night alone, and finally returned to his barracks at the end of May.

On the fifth day of June, Li Yunke set off back to Yingzhong with officials from the Ministry of Rites and a team of guards sent by Li Yunshen later.

Lord Cangxun, Yin Zhan, went out of the city to see him off in person, to show his sincerity in forming an alliance with Chengning.

Li Yunke sat on the horse and nodded to Yin Zhan from afar.

Yin Zhan nodded slightly, his eyes fell on Zhang Lixin who was escorting him, and there was a faint smile on his pale face.

Regarding Yin Baizhu's matter, Li Yunke and Yin Zhan hadn't been able to discuss an appropriate solution before, so they could only temporarily let their uncle and nephew stalemate like that.

With Li Yunshen's personality, even though he formed an alliance with Cang Xun, when Yin Zhan was in trouble, he would probably just sit on the sidelines and never help.At that time, Yin Zhan will be too busy to take care of himself, and of course it is impossible to threaten Cheng Ning anymore, so even if he does not help, Li Yunshen will not suffer any loss.

Yin Zhan also knew that when this news reached Li Yunshen's ears, he would no longer be afraid of him, and the alliance at this time would be meaningless at all.The reason why he was still willing to make a false appointment with Li Yunshen was because of the face of Li Yunke and Zhang Lixin.

Li Yunke also has some calculations in his heart, not a countermeasure for the current situation in Cang Xun, but a long-awaited plan.But after getting acquainted with Yin Zhan and getting to know him a little bit, Li Yunke couldn't bear it, especially since he and Zhang Lixin had more involvements...

For the current plan, we can only wait and see the changes. Whether Cang Xun's ending can finally meet his wish depends on Zhang Lixin.

I hope Yin Zhan can take it easy, Li Yunke thought, otherwise he will still be his enemy one day.

"It's inconvenient for the general to send him off any further. It's a long way to go. I hope the prince will take care of him." Zhang Lixin cupped his fists at him and said respectfully.

Li Yunke smiled and said: "Marshal made great contributions in the western region, and rushed back to the southern region to garrison before he could catch his breath. The marshal of labor should send it away, the marshal please come back quickly."

Zhang Lixin stopped talking to him that was tiring to hear, and said: "My lord, go slowly."

Li Yunke drove his horse forward for a few steps, but reined in his horse and turned back, smiling warmly and earnestly, "The marshal always guards the territory, so don't miss a lifelong event. He is not young, and he should start a family. I think the water and soil in the southern border support people. , There are beauties everywhere, Marshal, why don't you choose the one you like early on."

Zhang Lixin didn't expect that he would suddenly talk about it, he was startled for a moment and said: "A man should have the world in his heart, love for children is optional."

An official from the Ministry of Rituals at the side heard it interesting, and joked, "My lord hasn't gotten married yet, so he made fun of Zhang Shuai? People like you two, how can you say that you can just find someone and start a family? It must be It will only be possible if the emperor bestows an excellent marriage!"

"The marshal is stationed in the southern border, so he must have deep feelings for this place," Li Yunke said, "The emperor is sincerely forming an alliance with Cang Xun, so maybe he will propose marriage with Cang Xun."

Zhang Lixin thought of Yin Zhan for no reason, and Jun's face turned red indistinctly.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites thought he was thin-skinned and were embarrassed by Li Yunke's words, so they couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Lixin beat up his sworn brother from the beginning to the end in his heart, never wanting to say a word to him again, excused that he still had military affairs, and hurried back.

Li Yunke turned around and urged the horse to go, the smile on his face disappeared.

Unless it was a last resort, he didn't want to feel sorry for Zhang Lixin, a righteous brother who was closer than his own brother, so he could only pray that good fortune would not make fun of others, and that everything in the country and family would go well.

The return journey does not need to be too fast or too slow. According to Li Yunke's prediction, he will arrive in Yingzhong in a month.In order to appease Li Yunshen's impetuous heart because of rumors that he was going to plot against him, he sent two guards to go ahead and inform Li Yunshen of the news of their departure and the approximate time of their arrival in Yingzhong.

Unexpectedly, there was still an accident.

When the group arrived in Lanzhou, they met many people who came from other places. Most of them were dressed in rags and looked haggard. After asking, they found out that the Huijia River, a branch of the lower reaches of the Ling River that runs through Chengning from east to west, had flooded. Jiacheng, Hanzhou, Quling and other places have all suffered disasters.

Li Yunke immediately made a decision not to return to Yingzhong for the time being, the most important thing is to rush to rescue the disaster.

The torrential rain caused floods, and the floods broke the dams, and the people suffered as a result.

Several local officials responded in a timely manner, but the casualties were still not light.The imperial court's disaster relief funds and supplies did not know when they would arrive, so they had to join hands and mobilize wealthy merchants nearby to buy food from places that were not affected by the disaster, and rush to send it here to distribute to the victims.

The arrival of Li Yunke at this time undoubtedly made those state officials see hope, and almost all of them wept with joy.

Zhuangzi in the disaster-stricken area and nearby were all helping out. After Li Yunke arrived, he secretly screwed them together, and everything became more orderly.

The disaster situation was quickly brought under control, and the affected people no longer ran around, and all had a place to live.The stronger man also took the initiative to find the officials and expressed his willingness to participate in the rescue.

The situation along the Huijia River stabilized at an astonishing speed, people no longer panic, and more than ten states and counties huddled together to fight against natural disasters under the leadership of Li Yunke.

The torrential rain lasted for seven days before it stopped, and then the Huijia River finally slowed down, and everyone finally survived the catastrophe.

While mourning for the deceased, I will also be grateful for the survival of myself and my relatives. Therefore, after the disaster, the banks of the Huijia River did not recover from a setback, and the people were very motivated to rebuild their homes.

If anyone in this group of people is most grateful, it must be Li Yunke.

Since he reached the Huijia River, he has been at the forefront, staying up for several days and nights, saving countless lives with his own hands.

One day, in order to save a five-year-old boy who fell into the water, he jumped into the river himself.Coincidentally, just in time for the three-step killing poison on his body to attack, Hao Xuan did not lose his life together with the little boy.After struggling to save the man, he almost fainted from exhaustion. He developed a high fever the next day and was unable to get up for several days.

After the disaster eased a bit, the people had not yet had a good breath, so they all blocked outside the tent he had set up temporarily, asking from morning till night whether Prince Duan was okay or not, and whether he was feeling better.

Li Yunke's name spread quickly, and he became a great benefactor praised by everyone along the Huijia River.

Therefore, when the officials who escorted the first batch of relief food allocated by the imperial court said that the emperor ordered Prince Duan to set off immediately and return to Yingzhong, the people expressed their strong reluctance.After Li Yunke was ordered to move, several groups of people stopped his chariot and horses again and again until the group of people went far away, and they could no longer catch up.

Delayed by the disaster relief, it was already late July when Li Yunke arrived in Yingzhong.

And I don't know if he was really exhausted by the Huijia River, or if he was affected by the three-step killing and fell ill all the way to Yingzhong, but he didn't fully recover.

Li Yunshen stared at him very closely, not long after he entered the city gate, Emperor Ronghong's oral order arrived, declaring him to enter the palace immediately.

Li Yunke had no choice but to pass through the house without entering, and before he even had time to change into clean clothes, he hurried to see Li Yunshen.

Li Yunshen's complexion was not much better than him, his face was gray with a serious illness, and he didn't ask him to get up after seeing him kneeling down to salute, and said coldly, "Yun Ke, what do you say to me?" To be honest, have you really been detained by Lord Cang Xun in his palace during this period of time?"

"Imperial Brother Mingchao," Li Yunke appropriately showed a bit of fear, "If my brother is not in the Cangxun Palace, where can he be? If my brother leaves the Cangxun Palace, how can Lord Cangxun remain silent?" No ring?"

Li Yunshen stared into his eyes, and didn't say whether he believed it or not, "If you never left Cang Xun for half a step, what's the explanation for the rumors?"

"The younger brother has never been out of the Cangxun Palace, so how do you know?" Li Yunke said innocently, "Who exactly is trying to harm the younger brother, I hope the emperor will find out and restore the younger brother's innocence."

Li Yunshen sneered, "Innocent? Everyone in the world is saying that you want to rebel, but you are telling me that you are innocent. Do you know that there are rumors along the Huijia River that if you want to rebel, they will definitely support you!"