"Character determines fate, just like An Qingxu killed many fathers, they all have their own luck. ”

Qin Jin's words were nondescript, but Yang Xingben thought so, especially for Shi Siming's character analysis, although they had not confronted Shi Siming head-to-head so far, this person's temperament had been figured out more than ten times and eight times.

"The angel of the imperial court is about to arrive, it is reported that he has already left Tongguan, I can't stay in Luoyang for a few days, I must avoid it to avoid this hidden evil heart!"

Hearing this, Yang Xingben was taken aback.

"Isn't the doctor going to take the edict?"

Qin Jin looked at Yang Xingben and asked rhetorically:

"After Luoyang stays, do you dare to take it?"

"Dare, don't dare!"

Seeing that Yang Xingben rarely answered so ambiguously, Qin Jin couldn't help but laugh.

"What does it mean to dare or not, if you have something to say!"

"I dare to say that I dare because if the doctor stays in Luoyang, then the thousands of miles east of Tongguan will naturally intervene...... But if you take it, it will inevitably be a situation where there is no reward, and it is a dilemma to think about ......it."

As he spoke, Yang Xingben met Qin Jin's gaze and asked:

"The doctor is hard, is he really willing to stay in Luoyang?"

Qin Jin smiled bitterly:

"Qin is afraid that he can't avoid it, why is he willing to say it! This is obviously a plan with ulterior motives to kill him, if he receives the edict, how can he deal with himself in the future?"

From ancient times to the present, if a courtier has made outstanding achievements and has no reward, it means that his life will not be long. How could those in power allow their courtiers to be highly accomplished and to be the master? Therefore, getting rid of the courtiers who were high in merit became the only choice for those in power. Of course, this situation occurs when the Son of Heaven is strong, and if the Son of Heaven is weak, the situation will be completely reversed.

In either case, it was not what Qin Jin was happy to see. The counterinsurgency was not over, the Tang Dynasty could not withstand the infighting, and some people had special intentions, but he could not make the situation worse.

Yang Xingben's face once again showed a gloomy color.

"This group of pigs and dogs in the imperial court, apart from knowing how to fight for power and profit, what else will they do?

Halfway through the conversation, he couldn't help but be discouraged, this is a word of anger, but what is the way to stop those flies and dogs?

"Now you know, why didn't I compete with Fang Xuan for this errand in the first place, right? It's a pity, Fang Xuan is not angry, and in the end, the Shenwu Army has to go into battle in person. ”

"Could it be that Cui Jian and the crown prince just watched these people with ulterior motives jump up and down?"

Faced with Yang Xingben's question, Qin Jin was silent for a while before he said slowly:

"Do you know that this is not something that all parties are happy to see?"

"This ...... What does that mean?"

Yang Xingben couldn't figure it out for a while, could it be that these people were all crazy? The Shenwu Army was fighting in full swing in front, and they had to do something to drag them back in the back!

"There is nothing difficult to understand, the imperial court thinks that I am the queen of Luoyang, and for now, there will be no bad consequences. If the counterinsurgency is not successful, everything will be normal. But once the counterinsurgency is successful, the situation becomes delicate and awkward. ”

In other words, this is a time bomb planted by some people in the imperial court for Qin Jin, and it will take a long time to detonate, and if this bomb is not detonated, it will make him fall into the abyss of no return.

With a bang, Yang Xingben slammed his fists on several cases, and his expression was a little deformed by anger. Although he has a gloomy personality, he is not deep in the city, and he is usually happy and angry, although he has changed a lot over the years, but once his anger reaches a certain level, he still can't suppress his anger.

"This group of bastards, it would be better to let the thieves stew them in one spoonful, and we will not have to worry about it. ”

Of course, he also knew that this was angry talk, and the Shenwu Army could have a pivotal position today, didn't it rely on saving this group of bastards who only knew intrigue?

"So, I'm going to dodge and let the angels of the court pounce into the air. You stay in Luoyang and act when the opportunity arises!"

Hearing this, Yang Xingben understood that Qin Jin really wanted to leave, so he asked:

"Where is the doctor going?"

Qin Jin said two words word by word:

"Hedong!"

In fact, before the recovery of Luoyang, Qin Jin had already planned it, and it was better to take advantage of it than to let the Shenwu Army confront Shi Siming head-on, but this idea had not yet been completely formed before the edict appointing him as the queen of Luoyang was concocted.

In the bottom of Qin Jin's heart, there is also a sense that he can't be an outsider, and after several court battles, he found that even if he planned to be a low-key person in peace and stability, with the increasing accumulation of his military achievements, this was already a conceivable but impossible dream. Then, since this is the case, it is necessary to take precautions, his foundation is in Hedong, whether it is for self-preservation, or if there is a bigger plan, it is his only choice to run Hedong well.

Of course, this does not mean that Qin and Jin completely gave up control of the central court, and in the world, controlling the central court is equivalent to controlling the righteousness of the world. There was a very important reason why Cao Cao was able to gradually stand out in the competition for hegemony among the princes, that is, he controlled the central court and could coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. And in order to have enough strength to resist the opposition from the imperial court, it is definitely the best choice to manage Hedong, a place that can be attacked and defended.

Avoiding the edict, in the eyes of outsiders, this is Qin Jin retreating, but in fact, this is a disguised retreat.

However, on the day that Qin Jin was about to set off, an unexpected event happened.

Li Siye, the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, who had been missing for many days, was found.

When Fang Xuan was initially defeated, Qin Jin also sent people to search for the wide land from Luoyang to Tongguan, but unfortunately found nothing. Just when he had given up hope, he didn't expect to find this person.

It turned out that when the army was defeated, Li Siye's view was still relatively pessimistic, believing that after this defeat, the battle between the imperial court and the Anqi rebels would enter a long stalemate, and instead of fleeing back to Guanzhong in embarrassment, it was better to stay and fight for a long time in the hinterland of the Anjiao.

It's a pity that Li Siye calculated well, but the thief rebels were not completely vegetarians, chasing him and beating his subordinates to pieces. As a last resort, he took a few of his relatives and subordinates to hide in the vast Funiu Mountain, hiding his traces and waiting for the opportunity.

Later, the rebels carried out several large-scale searches in Funiu Mountain but found nothing, and with the advanced advance of the Shenwu Army, the battle in Luoyang was tight, and the search for Li Siye was over.

These things were unknown to Qin Jin before, and Li Siye hid in the depths of the deserted mountains in order to avoid the search and arrest of the rebels, so that he was cut off from the outside world, and he did not know anything about the siege of the city by the Shenwu army for more than a month.

Until a few days ago, Li Siye and others had been in the mountains for a long time, sitting and eating empty mountains, and felt that they could wait for an opportunity to go down the mountain to do activities, and by the way, they looted some grain, and they happened to be discovered by the private sector in Lushan County. Soon after the establishment of the private enterprises in Lushan County, they were spies sent by the rebels, and they also organized a large-scale search.

Li Siye was also unlucky, evading several large-scale raids by the rebels, and finally relaxed his vigilance, but was captured alive by the private students in Lushan County.

And Li Siye was overjoyed when he learned that he was facing Tang Bing, so he bluntly stated his identity. Of course, Lu Shanmin's private camp refused to believe it easily, and after several screenings, Li Siye's identity was finally confirmed.

Lushan County sent someone to send Li Siye to Luoyang, and Qin Jin organized a small-scale welcome ceremony for him, after all, he was the general of the defeated army, and it was already benevolent and righteous to be able to do this. If according to the practice of Li Longji during his reign, after the defeat of the army and the loss of their divisions, such as Fang Xuan and Li Siye, even if they are not beheaded, they will be dismissed from office, imprisoned or exiled.

Yang Xingben once speculated privately that the reason why Li Siye did not dare to return to Beijing after the defeat and hid in the mountains of Barberry should have the idea of avoiding crime.

Qin Jin disagreed with him, because Li Siye and his people were very positive figures in various historical records, brave and strategic, and loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and finally died on the battlefield.

When he saw Li Siye, Qin Jin almost couldn't believe his eyes, if someone hadn't reminded him, it would have been difficult for him to recognize that the person in front of him was Li Siye, who was famous in the Western Regions. The unkempt beard covered most of his face, the exposed skin and bones were also thin and disfigured, and a pair of eyes flashed with strange brilliance under the sunken eye sockets.

During the meeting, Li Siye was very calm throughout the whole process, but Fang Xuan couldn't help crying and sobbed a few times because of the touching scene.

More often, Li Siye was silent and did not say a word, and even the shock and dust washing banquet prepared by Qin Jin for him declined to attend. Many people in the Shenwu Army secretly criticized him for being big and putting on a show. Qin Jin felt that Li Siye's silence should be more in his inner guilt.

So, Qin Jin decided to have a secret conversation with him alone to determine what this person really thought.

"Doctor Qin doesn't need to say much, the traitor is gone, and the old man has no place to do it, so he can only apologize for his crimes......"

Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and besides, the Anshi traitors are still in Hebei, and the rebels in Ludi and Huaixi have not completely pacified ......."

"Needless to say, the old man has made up his mind, and the reason why he didn't apologize for his sins is because he has the intention of seeing the emperor again, and once this wish is granted, there will be no reason to be nostalgic for this world. If Doctor Qin had no other instructions, the old man wanted to meditate alone. ”

Li Siye had always had an attitude towards Qin Jin as a giant thousands of miles away, and Qin Jin could see that there was a faint hostility buried behind this coldness.

Knowing that no matter how much he persuaded him, it would be difficult to change this person's mind, so Qin Jin had no choice but to leave.

As soon as he returned to the residence, he saw that Yang Xingben had been waiting for a long time.

"Don't the doctor think that Li Siye is a potential threat to the Shenwu Army?"

Qin Jin asked:

"Why?"

"Once Li Siye is sent back to Guanzhong, Bacheng will become a knife in the hands of those people!"

Qin Jin smiled disappreciatively:

"None of the people leading the victorious soldiers can do anything, so why should my Shenwu army be afraid of it?"