The people of Zhuxia had a very strange consensus, that is, they often incorporated their personal lives into a collective life, and the "identity" of this collective is generally a family.

Sometimes people in the family do not regard their lives too much. As long as the family can be beneficial or can continue better, these people are going through fire and water seriously and will never refuse.

Even in the eyes of outsiders, even if a family is completely dead, as long as a family is left with a seed of incense, then this "collective life" will not die, and at most it will only decline.

Because of this "consensus", there was even a tradition of "rise and fall" among countries during the Spring and Autumn Period. It would not easily cut off a family's bloodline. Even after personally destroying a country, it would help the descendants of the country re-establish a clan and a temple.

Therefore, in Li Shen's eyes, even if the Li Ye family dies, they should leave a little incense and cannot be completely destroyed.

This is the bottom line.

Therefore, Li Shen, who valued self-esteem the most in his life, even though he made a big mistake, did not bow his head to admit his mistake to Li Xin a few years ago, asked Li Xin to help Li Ye's family leave a blood seedling in an almost begging tone.

Li Xin stopped walking towards the gate of the yard for a moment, but finally continued to take steps. Without responding, he went back to the eldest princess' yard to rest.

Early the next morning, Li Xin got up half an hour early. After standing for an hour, the sky had just brightened up. He asked Chen Shiliu to prepare a carriage and wait at the back door. Then he went to Li Shen's yard door and picked up the former general of the pillar country.

When she left the yard, Mrs. Yu followed her out. Although she didn't say anything, her eyes looked at Li Xin with pleading.

Li Shen patted her on the shoulder and comforted her: "Don't worry, I'll just go see my old friend and come back to accompany you later."

Mrs. Yu's eyes were slightly red, and she finally nodded weakly.

Nowadays, they rely on others to live under the roof, and they are willing or not, that is, the difference between slapping on the chopping board or not.

There is no point in it.

Li Shen got on the carriage prepared for him by Li Xin with ease, and then, under the protection of twenty or thirty Yulin Guards, he left the city from the East City Gate of the Capital and rushed to Zhaoling.

Zhaoling is about twenty miles northeast of the capital, and it takes more than an hour to drive over the carriage.

The father and son were sitting in the carriage, Li Xin closed his eyes and said nothing. The former general of the Zhu Kingdom looked relaxed. When he was about to leave the city gate, he suddenly said, "I'm going to see my friends this time, so it's not easy to go empty-handed. I'll buy me a jar of wine and a little incense, candles and paper money, how about it?"

Li Xin did not open his eyes, but just said lightly: "Sixteen, take someone to buy it for him."

Chen Shiliu only had one arm left, so it was inconvenient to do things, so he naturally had to take someone to buy things.

After a while, he and a Yulin Guard bought the things back and put them in the carriage. The carriage slowly started again and drove towards the East City Gate.

This carriage was the carriage of the Marquis of Jing'an. The soldiers guarding the city were the most colorful, so naturally no one dared to stop it. The carriage successfully left the East City Gate, and Li Xin never spoke much along the way.

On the contrary, Li Shen spoke first.

This serious middle-aged man who had always had a stern face was unexpectedly relaxed at this time.

"Guess, how many people are staring at us behind the carriage at this time?"

Li Xin closed his eyes and refused to answer.

Li Shen was not embarrassed, but continued to ask.

"What official did the emperor give you this time?"

Li Xin opened his eyes and glanced at Li Shen.

"The Prince's Grand Tutor, Minister of War."

Li Shen took a deep breath and said slowly: "Are you uneasy when the emperor treats you so favorably?"

Li Xin sneered: "Not everyone lives like a general. Li Xin has his own way of living."

"You have been scared in your heart. You are afraid that you will be cooked by the Emperor's dead rabbit and dog one day."

Li Shen said calmly: "So when you are in the southwest, you start making plans and planning for yourself."

"But you're on the wrong path."

"You have two roads to walk, one road is like the army, do your own things without paying attention to the court, the other road is like your teacher, and be honest and don't have any bad intentions."

"But on the one hand, you depend on the court, and on the other hand, you have your own little thoughts. Once the emperor knows that you are in contact with the army, he lets out more than 50,000 troops, and lied about the number of enemies killed by the imperial guards, at that time, even if the emperor doesn't do anything to you on the surface, he will secretly be disconnected from you."

"How should you deal with yourself in the future?"

Li Xin smiled indifferently: "This is my own business, it has nothing to do with the general, right?"

Li Shen took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "If possible, I hope you can help Li Ye, their family is innocent."

Li Xin closed his eyes and ignored him.

After an hour, Zhaoling was already in front of him. Because it was an imperial tomb, there was an imperial guards' entrance here. Li Xin took the lead in jumping off the carriage and showed his identity.

"Li Xin, the Ministry of War, came to visit the tomb in the name of His Majesty."

It is impossible for him to hide the fact that he came to Zhaoling, so he had no intention of hiding it. He came here with the consent of Emperor Taikang.

After the verified identity of the people guarding the imperial tombs, they all made a way out and bowed deeply to Li Xin.

"Please, Marquis Li."

Li Xin turned around and asked Chen Shiliu and the Yulin Guards to wait at the entrance of the imperial tomb. He personally led Li Shen to walk towards the imperial tomb from the Zhaoling Shinto.

On both sides of the shrine, there are pairs of stone lions, stone tigers, and stone elephants split on both sides. Walking back, there are pairs of tall, mighty, civil and military stone men splitting left and right, guarding the imperial tomb for the Holy Emperor.

After passing Lingxing Gate from the Shinto, we will soon reach the main part of the imperial tomb.

Li Xin walked in front with his hands behind his back, while Li Shen was carrying a jar of wine, incense, candles, paper money and other tributes from sacrifices.

After about a stick of incense, they walked to the Enjoy Hall of Emperor Chengde. The Enjoy Hall was hung with a portrait of Emperor Chengde. Below the portrait, there were incense burners and spiritual seats, etc. This was the place where Emperor Chengde enjoyed and worshipped.

The emperor regarded the mountain as the tomb, so Emperor Chengde's coffin was not buried under the temple of Xiang, but in the underground palace at the foot of the mountain. If you want to worship him, you usually come to the temple to worship incense.

Li Xin's identity is there. Although Zhaoling is strictly guarded, he still walked to the Enchanting Hall smoothly.

The incense in the temple is endless, and the huge candles have not been extinguished since the emperor was buried three years ago.

There was an old man with pale hair who was waiting in front of the spiritual plane of Emperor Chengde, keeping the flames in the temple undying every day.

Li Xin stepped forward, first kowtowed to Emperor Chengde's spiritual position a few times, then stood up and saluted the old man with gray hair.

"Hello, my grandfather."

This old man was the eunuch who had the most authority in the court and the country during the Chengde Dynasty, the eldest brother-in-law Chen Ju.

Until now, he is still a eunuch in the palace eunuch, while Xiao Zheng is only a young prisoner.

Chen Ju was wiping the table, but when he heard this, he looked back at Li Xin, then looked at Li Shen behind Li Xin, then sighed and slowly walked towards Li Xin.

He walked straight over Li Xin and walked to Li Shen.
Chapter completed!