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Chapter 15 Li Xin's Hand Hidden in the Dark

Li Xing's identity has always been very sensitive. He used to be a descendant of the Southern Shu royal family and a "spiritual leader" that the remnants of Southern Shu could gather together. Even when Li Xin wanted to attack the Southwest, he had to use this Li Xing to gather 100,000 households in Southern Shu and form an army of 50,000 people in Hanzhou City.

Therefore, Li Xing has always been very important to Hanzhou.

But this happened five years ago. Five years later, Li Xing's identity has changed from "sensitive" to "embarrassing". Mu Ying of Hanzhou Prefecture no longer needs him to lead the 50,000 Hanzhou Army, and Li Xin no longer needs this ally with only Xu Ming.

But he actually didn't have much effect on the court. The reason is very simple. If the remnants of Southern Shu did not have this Li Xing, they would become the rule of Mu Ying, the general of Hanzhou of the Great Jin Dynasty. In a few years, they would become citizens of the Great Jin Dynasty. The so-called Your Highness of this old dynasty should have been thrown into the dust.

Because of this reason, Li Xing's situation in Hanzhou has become increasingly embarrassing in recent years, and even to the point where no one cares about it. That is, those who have been in Old South Shu will still maintain a certain degree of respect for him.

But although this person is irrelevant now, he cannot be said to be gone. He must be under the control of Li Xin or Mu Ying.

Because of his identity, something else will happen.

Thinking of this, Li Xin looked at the Mu family in front of him and frowned and said, "When did Li Xing leave Hanzhou Prefecture? How do you make sure he has come to the capital?"

Mu Zhu bowed respectfully and clasped his fists and said, "Go back to the Marquis, someone in Hanzhou City helps him... Leaving, he probably left Hanzhou Prefecture after the New Year. When the head of the family found out, he could no longer chase anyone, but we found the person who helped him leave. He probably asked him if he was coming to the capital."

"If he hadn't delayed his journey, he would have been in the capital for a while now."

The Mu Zhu in front of him no longer calls Li Xing "Your Highness", but directly calls him "him". This means that in the Hanzhou Prefecture, at least within the Mu family, under the influence of Mu Ying, he no longer has any awe for Li Xing.

However, Li Xing's identity was there. Although he handed over power in Hanzhou Prefecture, his influence was still there, and there were still some people who were always supporting him. It might not be realistic for this group of people to usurp power, but it was not difficult for them to help Li Xing escape from Hanzhou Prefecture.

Thinking of this, Li Xin nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, I understand."

"Along the way, you can stay in my mansion for one day first. I will write a letter to take to Mu Ying."

Mu Zhu lowered her head deeply.

"The villain obeys the order."

As he said that, he was taken away by the servants of the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion.

After Mu Zhu left, Li Xin sat in the main seat, closing his eyes to ponder.

Li Xing is of no use to most people, unless someone wants to take the authority of the Hanzhou Army from Mu Ying, so that Li Xing will be of great use.

For example...that.

Mu Ying is now the Hanzhou general of the court, and it is legitimate to command the Hanzhou army. If the court suddenly appoints Li Xing as the Hanzhou general and transfers Mu Ying or "promotes", will Mu Ying give in to military power or not?

If the military power is not given, it will be almost like rebellion.

Thinking of this, Marquis Jing'an frowned.

Now he is in the capital, and it is not convenient to use the Yulin Guard with great fanfare. In addition to the Yulin Guard, the most well-informed person in the capital is Tianmu Supervisor, one of the eight prisons of the inner palace. Dong Cheng, the eunuch of Tianmu Supervisor, has a deep friendship with Li Xin, but this part of the power is more sensitive and not convenient to use.

Things are a little troublesome.

After Li Xin hesitated for a while, someone called Chen Shiliu over. Not long after, Chen Shiliu, who had only one arm, appeared in front of Li Xin. He lowered his head and spoke in a decent tone: "Marquis."

Chen Shiliu was a somewhat shy young man, but that happened eight years ago. During the Renchen Palace Incident eight years ago, Chen Shiliu, as a Yulin Guard, was cut off one arm by the inner guard. After resting at home for more than half a year, he has been working in the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion. If he counts the days of Yulin Guard together, he has been with Li Xin for more than eight years.

Today, Chen Shiliu is already a young man of 24 or 25 years old. In this era, he is definitely not a young man. He is much more calm than before.

Li Xin sat in the main seat, was silent for a while, and said, "Go and call Shen Gang over."

Shen Gang was the first subordinate Li Xin took over after he joined the Yulin Guard. This somewhat thorny man caused trouble at the gate of Yong'an Gate, which led to a conflict between the Yulin Guard and the inner guard. Li Xin, who was still the deputy team at the time, fought with the inner guard without hesitation and helped him with this matter.

From then on, this person has been with Li Xin and is loyal to Li Xin. Li Xin also trusts him very much and gives him all the things at hand.

In the third year of Taikang, Li Xin advanced to the west and Shen Gang followed him as a personal guard, but unfortunately "sacrificed" on the battlefield and then moved underground to help Li Xin deal with some secret matters.

From the three years of Taikang to the present, for five years, although Li Xin did not work at home most of his time, he created a group of people in the dark through Shen Gang. In five years, these people have become quite large.

This kind of organization needs money very much. Li Xin has secretly operated many industries in recent years, and most of his income has been spent on this.

Chen Shiliu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Let's go now."

It was already evening. After a while, a person who seemed inconspicuous left the back door of the Marquis' Mansion. After leaving the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion, he left Yonglefang and avoided the patrolling Fangding all the way to Datongfang in the south of the city.

Datongfang is a very inconspicuous house in the capital, but it is the place where Li Xin made his fortune. Until now, Li Xin still has two real estate properties here.

Shen Gang lived in Datongfang, but he did not live in Li Xin's previous residence, but found another place.

The man found a door of a house, reached out and knocked on the door three or four times, put a stone at the door, and turned around and left.

Not long after, the door of the house was opened, and a man walked out of it. After seeing the stone at the door, he did not hesitate much, and changed into clothes and set out to walk towards Yonglefang.

It was about midnight that he rushed to the Jing'an Marquis Mansion and entered through the back door. Chen Shiliu had been waiting for him here for a long time.

"Brother Shen is here."

Chen Gang nodded silently and whispered: "Where is the Marquis?"

"I'll take Brother Shen."

After a while, Chen Shiliu brought Chen Gang to the door of Li Xin's study room. He knocked on the door of the study room and whispered: "Mr. Marquis, Chen Gang has arrived."

"Let him in."

Chen Gang bent down and walked in.

After meeting Li Xin, the man, who was nearly forty, bowed his head deeply and clasped his fists and said, "What order does the marquis have? I want to call the marquis personally."

There are some things that can be done by asking the middleman to hand in a note. It is rare to see such a big fanfare.

Li Xin sat in the main seat of the study and reached out to knock on the table, his voice calm.
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