Chapter 137: Under one person, the second in the world
Li Xin came from the capital to southern Xinjiang. On the surface, he did not encounter any difficulties, and even walked smoothly to Hanzhou Prefecture. However, Li Xin's group actually walked on the edge of the knife at any time.
They need to accurately grasp the red line that Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, could not step on the red line in one step.
If you step on it, you may die.
Even the Grand Prince Li Xing, whom Li Xin met last night, had enough ability to kill Li Xin, a seventh-grade junior captain, without even expending any strength.
Now, their group's journey to the south of Xinjiang has come to an end, but the test for them has not yet come to an end, because the Pingnan Hou Li Shen, who disappeared after arriving in the southern Xinjiang, was sitting high among the Pingnan army, staring at them tightly.
Only after passing Li Shen's level could they be considered safe.
Li Xin knew this very well. After reading Cheng Ping's words, he was not surprised. He just smiled indifferently: "We are the military commander sent by His Majesty. Before leaving, we will naturally say goodbye to the chief general. Moreover, there are some details to inform Mr. Li of the military newspaper handed over to the court. Please ask General Cheng to arrange the carriage and let us go to Jincheng."
Cheng Ping smiled and said, "It is rare for the two military supervisors to understand. Cheng arranged a carriage and sent a few to Jincheng."
Cheng Ping was moving very quickly. An hour later, a carriage stopped in front of Li Xin. Li Xin bent over and jumped onto the carriage, then lifted the curtain and looked at the fat vice general Cheng, and smiled: "General Cheng has gained some weight these days. It seems that the food in the army is good, and pork, chicken and so on must have eaten less, right?"
The Pingnan Army "puffed" the five counties and one prefecture of Hanzhou Prefecture. Every time General Cheng came to see Li Xin with "blood" and played the role of fighting in blood, but every time he was covered in beast blood.
Or pig's blood, or chicken's blood.
This approach clearly means that Li Xin and others are not taken seriously at all, and even deliberately humiliated Li Xin and Xue Zichuan, the two military commanders. Now that the scene is over, Li Xin will of course have to exclaim his anger in his heart.
Cheng Ping's slightly fat cheeks trembled, and a smiley face was barely squeezed out on his face: "My army fought bloody battles, and it's time to have a better meal."
Li Xin narrowed his eyes.
"Thank you General Cheng's hard work, we have seen it all the way. After returning to the capital, we will definitely tell Your Majesty about General Cheng's hard work."
Cheng Ping's face changed slightly.
However, he was not very panicked. As a senior executive of the Pingnan Army, he knew very well that the conflict between the imperial court and the Pingnan Army was not in the so-called "evidence" at all, but in the comparison of strength between the two sides. As long as the imperial court did not intend to launch troops against the southern border, no matter what these two so-called military commanders returned to the capital and said, it would be useless.
The fat man Cheng narrowed his eyes.
"Your Majesty asked, of course he should report it truthfully, but what should he say? Captain Li should have some idea of what he should say."
Li Xin smiled: "What if I don't know what to say?"
Cheng Ping's complexion was calm.
"The general will let Captain Li know."
The curtains of the carriage closed and slowly drove out of the Hanzhou Prefecture City.
Fatty Cheng looked at the carriage away, and his face showed a somewhat disdainful curve.
"The body like an ant actually gave birth to a leopard courage."
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Jincheng, General Pingnan’s Mansion.
There are two official residences in Pingnan Marquis Mansion, one is naturally the Pingnan Marquis Mansion in the capital, and the other is the Pingnan General Mansion in Jincheng.
In a sense, the latter is much more important than the former.
Because this Pingnan General Mansion was run by Li Zhijie and Li Shen and his son for more than 30 years, it has become the core of Shu County and even the entire southern border. The Pingnan Marquis Mansion in the capital is at best just a temporary residence for the Li family’s father and son in the capital.
Mrs. Yu, Li Chun and her son can even be regarded as protons in Beijing.
Li Xin and others arrived in Jincheng in the morning. Li Xin and Xue Zichuan came to the Pingnan General's Mansion early in the morning to deliver famous posts, but they waited until the sun was about to set. Li Shen, the general of the Zhu Kingdom, who was busy with military affairs, took time to see them once.
The place where we met was in the study of General Pingnan’s Mansion.
At this time, the general of the imperial court, wearing a simple blue robe, sat naturally on the main seat of the study, holding a volume of military books in his hand.
In terms of figure alone, Li Shen is not particularly tall, at least a little shorter than a strong man like Wang Mo. But for some reason, he just sat there simply and felt a feeling of looking up to him.
If Li Shen in the capital was just a minister of the Ji family dynasty and the general of the Great Jin Dynasty.
Then Li Shen, who returned to southern Xinjiang, was actually the second most powerful person in the world, second only to Emperor Chengde.
Really under one person.
Li Xin and Xue Zichuan walked into the study of General Pingnan's Mansion and saluted Li Shen together.
Li Xin was quite calm. After all, he had met Li Shen twice and called out "General". However, it was the first time that Xue Zichuan met Li Shen face to face. At this time, this scholar from the Grade 3 had a little red face and was stuttering.
After a while, Li Shen slowly put down the military book in his hand, and did not look at the two of them at once. He just said lightly: "Civil Xue, please go down first, I will say something to Li Zhengwei."
Xue Zichuan's forehead was covered with cold sweat at this time. He felt as if he had received a general amnesty when he heard this, so he hurriedly left the study room.
After Xue Zichuan walked away, Li Shen picked up the military book again, staring at the military book without raising his head.
"What is Southern Xinjiang like? I think Cheng Ping has already taken you to see."
Li Xin was not as embarrassed as Xue Zichuan. He replied after hearing this: "I have seen more or less."
General Zhu Guo still did not look up and spoke calmly: "Tell me what you think."
Li Xin narrowed his eyes and said word by word: "You Li family will not have any good ending."
This sentence is not a curse, but a naked fact.
First of all, the strength of both sides is not at the same level. Now, Nanjiang still has the capital to exchange life for injuries. In a few years, in more than ten years, Nanjiang will not even be qualified to cause serious injuries to the Ji family court.
More importantly, the two words are divided into two parts.
If the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion revolts, it will be an unpopular rebel and everyone in the world will be punished.
If you don’t rebel, it’s just a chronic death. The Ji family can attack southern Xinjiang again and again, but Nanjiang has no capital to fight back.
Originally, this kind of "big truth" should not be told to Li Shen, but if you say anything else, you can't deceive the Marquis of Pingnan, so Li Xin simply said it straightforward.
Li Shen was stunned for a moment, then slowly put down the military book in his hand and nodded.
"You're right. Our Li family will probably not have any good endings in the future."
The general of the Zhu Kingdom raised his head and glanced at Li Xin.
"So what will Captain Li be talking to His Majesty after he returns to Beijing?"
"Of course, we must tell Your Majesty the truth about what happened in southern Xinjiang."
Li Shen laughed and said, "So what happened in southern Xinjiang?"
Li Xin's face was solemn.
Chapter completed!