Chapter 254 Clean up the mess
Li Shen only rushed from the capital to southern Xinjiang to succeed the Marquis of Pingnan in fourteen years ago, in the fourth year of Chengde. Before that, he had always played the role of Li Chun in the capital.
Before the fourth year of Chengde, the Pingnan Army was always in charge of the old Marquis Li Zhijie, and his adopted son Li Yan assisted it. In other words, Li Yan had been in contact with the battle formation and contacting the Pingnan Army for a long time than Li Shen.
This current Minister of War is not as good as Li Shen in terms of political wisdom, but he is indeed more powerful than Li Shen in command of the troops and wars.
After hearing Li Shen say this, Li Xin closed his eyes and sorted out the matter. After a long time, Li Xin slowly walked to the opposite side of Li Shen and sat down on his own.
"After thinking about this, I still can't figure out why you are coming back."
Li Xin said in a deep voice: "There is no place for you in the capital at this time. If you return to Beijing now, it is impossible for you to leave."
"You Li family almost killed the emperor!"
Li Xin sneered: "As long as the court stabilizes slightly, no matter whether the person sitting on the throne or the current emperor, he will raise his sword to kill you!"
Li Shen glanced at Li Xin lightly.
"This is my own business of Li family, what do you have to do with General Li Lang?"
"Do you think I'm caring about your Li family?"
"No matter whether it is, there is no need for outsiders to worry about the affairs of the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion."
Li Shen's face was calm.
"It's not something you, a little general, can ask about."
The two of them actually look very similar. Now Li Xin has grown a lot taller, which is almost the same as Li Shen. Li Shen looks like an elderly version of Li Xin.
But these two people are destined to be enemies of each other in this life.
Everyone in the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, even when Li Yan talks with Li Xin, was in the hands of Li Xin, but Li Xin never gained the upper hand when facing this Pingnan Marquis Li Shen.
Li Shen never took Li Xin seriously. With his status, there was no need to take Li Xin seriously.
This time, Li Xin was going to say a few sarcastic words in front of Li Shen, but after Li Shen's few light words, he was so choked that he couldn't speak.
There is still a little difference in the realm of the two people.
"Li Chun is dead, and the Pingnan Marquis Mansion in the capital is in turmoil. Li Yan did stupid things in the capital again. You are forced to be in trouble between the capital and the southern border and cannot take care of both."
Li Xin smiled: "You can naturally pretend to be in Zhengyang Post now. When you enter Beijing and are encircled at home, you can see what kind of skills you have!"
This is his resentment in his heart, or another Li Xin's resentment.
The reason why Li Xin lived such a miserable life in his "first half of his life" was that the reason why his uncle and mother died was that the calm Marquis of Pingnan in front of him was the culprit. So even if Li Xin was no longer the Li Xin, he still couldn't calm down every time he faced Li Shen.
Li Shen stood up from the stool and looked at Li Xin coldly.
"If you mention the word Li Chun again, I will be able to immediately correct you in Zhengyang Post! Now that I have killed you, no one in the capital dares to say a word. Do you believe it?"
It is the most uncomfortable thing in the world to send a white-haired man to a black-haired man. Even though Li Chun is not bad, it is Li Shen who has been raising a son for twenty years. His son suddenly disappeared. As cold as Li Shen, he will inevitably be angry.
Li Xin closed his eyes and stopped talking to Li Shen.
He doesn't want to die yet, at least he doesn't want to die now.
Because the emperor asked Li Xin to take Li Shen back to Beijing with him, Li Shen did not go back, and Li Xin had no choice but to sit in Zhengyang Post and wait.
It was already evening. After waiting in the yard for a while, the sky was pressed down. Li Shen looked up at the sky and found a room in Zhengyang Post for rest. Li Xin groaned muffled, took his Yulin Guard's waist sign and found the Yicheng who was frightened by the Pingnan Army, who was also asked for a room.
God knows when Li Yan will leave Beijing and whether Emperor Chengde will let him leave Beijing. It is cold in late autumn, so Li Xin can't sit in the yard and wait.
Zhengyang Post is a large inn near the capital. The room is quite clean and tidy. Li Xin did not take off his clothes, but just closed his eyes on the bed, carefully sorted out all the causes and consequences in the capital, and then slept with his clothes in his arms.
Sure enough, Li Yan was unable to come out of the capital all night.
It was not until the afternoon of the next day that on the official road in front of Zhengyang Post, I vaguely saw several horses coming from the capital. After the horses gradually approached, I saw clearly the second master of the Li family, Li Yan, the Minister of War, sitting above.
Li Shen, dressed in black, went out to greet him in person.
Li Yan, a big man in black, almost "get out" from his horse, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Shen.
"Brother, Li Yan can't stand you!"
He kept kowtowing and burst into tears.
Li Shen tried his best to hold Li Yan back and shouted: "Get up!"
Li Yan stood up barely and said in tears: "Brother, Li Yan did things inappropriately in the capital, killed the young marquis, and forced the eldest brother over from southern Xinjiang. He committed a serious crime. Brother, let me kill me!"
Li Shen snorted angrily, reached out and pulled Li Yan's collar, and carried him into a tent.
Li Yan was very tall, half a head taller than Li Shen, but Li Shen was holding him, so he naturally did not dare to resist. He was carried into the tent like a chicken, which seemed a bit funny.
After entering the camp, Li Shen turned around and said in a deep voice: "Preserve at the door, those who enter within fifty steps will be killed!"
In the tent, Li Yan lowered his head and said, "Brother..."
"Don't cry!"
Li Shen shouted softly: "I came to the capital to take you out, not to listen to you crying!"
"You heard it clearly."
The general of the Zhu Kingdom was very loud: "This time, I brought a thousand personal guards here, all of which were deployed near Zhengyang Post. Everyone had horses ready. Wait for you to take them back to Jincheng, Shu County, and take good care of the Pingnan Army!"
Li Yan widened his eyes: "Brother, why did I take it with me? Could it be that you really want to go to Beijing?"
"Can I do not go?"
Li Shen sneered: "I arrived at Zhengyang Post three days ago. I sent a letter to Your Majesty and wanted to change you out, but he has been delaying it until now, which has been delayed for three days. Since he is willing to let you go, he has probably already surrounded Zhengyang Post. If I go south with you, none of us will leave!"
Aunt Li Yan bowed her head deeply.
"This time I dragged down my brother."
Li Shen looked at Li Yan coldly: "I know everything you do in the capital. Do you know where you are wrong?"
Li Yan felt ashamed: "I shouldn't have acted rashly at Ji Man, which has completely annoyed the Ji family."
Li Shen laughed: "If you really could kill him, you wouldn't have done anything wrong, but he survived!"
"If you don't have enough confidence, you start doing things, and this is your biggest mistake."
"I know I'm wrong."
Li Shen took a few deep breaths and said in a deep voice: "Wait a minute, you will take these people back to southern Xinjiang immediately. As long as you can return to Nanjing, there will be room for maneuver in the capital. The situation in the capital is unstable now, and I may not have no chance to escape."
"If you can't go back to southern Xinjiang, I will die in the capital. Do you understand?"
Li Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, why bother to take risks again? Let's go back to southern Xinjiang together!"
Li Shen looked at Li Yan coldly.
Chapter completed!