Chapter 17: The Bottom Line

Li Xiaofei received Wang Xian's envoy in the hall. Wang Xian's envoy took out the edict from his bosom and directly announced the edict: "Edict, Liu Jian, the king of Qinghe, will go to Jinling quickly to discuss the country's situation, and he must not lead a large army, only bring his entourage, and not delay!" Li Xiaofei knelt down to receive the edict and replied: "The prince is not in Shou County, and he has to bother the envoy to go to the northern Zhuzhou counties to find the prince to announce the edict", the envoy snorted: "This envoy came to Shou County to announce the edict by the order of General Chen, the king of Jinling City, and the mission of the envoy has been completed. After speaking, he shoved the edict into Li Xiaofei's hand and retreated directly.

Li Xiaofei was stunned with the edict in his arms, the messenger of the edict was really a talent, and he didn't even see the face of the prince, so he left the errand.

Li Xiaofei looked at the guards who were kneeling down together, and hurriedly ordered twenty guards to bring the edict and go to Suzhou and Bozhou to find Liu Jian, the king of Qinghe.

He went back to the inner hall and reported the situation of receiving the edict to Hongrui. Hongrui heard about the content of the edict and the envoy's arrangement, and looked at Li Xiaofei: "What you did right this time is to inform the prince in time, but it's too late", Li Xiaofei was puzzled, Hongrui took out a secret letter from his sleeve and gave it to Li Xiaofei.

The content of the letter is about the Jinling battle situation, although the rebels have defended the city for more than a month, but they still have not been able to defeat the Chen army from the Qinhuai River dung ditch crawled into the city, and the Jingzhou army should be outside the joint battle to defeat Jinling, the palace caught fire, the young emperor and many internal prisoners were buried in the fire.

There is no emperor again, so Wang Xian ordered the clans from all over the country to come to Jinling to select capable people to support him.

Li Xiaofei nodded: "It seems that Wang Xian doesn't want the prince to go to Jinling, now the eldest king of Xiping was killed in battle, the most noble King of Qi was killed, and now the king of Qinghe, who is sweeping Huainan Zhuzhou County, is naturally the most powerful competitor, by the way, there is also the support of the first family of the Xiao family", Hongrui shook his head: "It's not a secret, Xiao Ding, the important minister of the Xiao family, has already announced his support for King Jingling, I think it's better not to go to Jinling, as far as I know, even his master Chen Hongyi doesn't support him", Li Xiaofei smiled bitterly: "It seems that I can only be a prince's personal follower, and to be honest with my sister, I also had a dream, I dreamed that King Qinghe became the emperor, and I made a marquis and worshiped the prime minister", Hongrui stretched out her hand and poked Xiaofei's head: "If you are young, it's better not to dream, be careful that your head is gone." But as long as you do your duty, how to choose the road is the king of Qinghe's own business", Li Xiaofei held Hongrui's finger: "Sister, you said, if the prince of my family decides to go to Jinling to fight, what should I do?" Hongrui thought for a while: "Then Jinling will be lively, can't Wang Xian and Chen Hongyi and the clans who came from all over the country have another big battle, if your prince goes, will you follow?" Li Xiaofei took Hongrui's hands: "I will take my sister to Jinling and buy a set of jewelry and clothes for my sister", Hongrui blushed: "Flamboyant, I think most of them learned from your prince, Jinling is here, it is very dangerous, I have to ask Lord Xiao for instructions", Li Xiaofei was a little puzzled: "No matter how bad the prince is, he is also General Chen's personal disciple, and General Chen will definitely protect him."

Hongrui sighed: "You know too little, or you don't know anything", after saying that, Hongrui got up and went to the door to take a look, turned around and closed the door, and sat down next to Li Xiaofei: "Today I will tell you the details of General Chen, he is also a member of the family, but the Chen family has been operating in Lingnan, and only Chen Hongyi is the only one who has set foot in the Central Plains. The family is the emperor of the soil, and this is the General Chen you have always loved. Of course, I haven't found any army in the world that doesn't have the shadow of a big family behind it. Hou Tianzhou, who established himself as the king in the north, was backed by the heroes of Guanzhong, and without the support of these heroes, his military rations and horses could not last for three days. Another example is Wang Xian Wang Guan, who was originally the Taiyuan Wang family, because of his support for Gaozong's merits, he held the military and political power of Jingzhou Yizhou for generations, and now the most domineering is also the Wang family. Because the Xiao family has been a protégé since the previous dynasty, the officials are all over the world, and in this dynasty, it is said that even the Mobei Fire Dragon clan has people from the Xiao family who are officials, and the branches are luxuriant. The Xiao family is as stable as Mount Tai now, and they don't care who is the emperor at all, because whoever becomes the emperor has to use the children and students of the Xiao family, and they all have to rely on the wealth of the Xiao family to reward officials and soldiers, large and small. The Wang family is eager to surpass the Xiao family, I think it will decline soon, the Lingnan Chen family is currently unclear, if Hou Tianzhou in the north can't capture the line from Xiangyang to Huainan within a year, Guanzhong Haoqiang will replace him, either submit to the imperial court or nominate another one who can fight. The fire dragon clan in Mobei is said to have colluded with Hou Tianzhou, but I don't know where they will break through. Li Xiaofei listened and took notes, and then broke his fingers and calculated: "Then to say, if everyone fights in Jinling, then Hou Tianzhou of the Fire Dragon Clan and the Lingnan Chen family are very likely to take advantage of the fisherman, it seems that I have to stop my prince", Hongrui reached out to poke Xiaofei's head again: "You are really stupid, which prince doesn't want to be the emperor, even if you stop your prince at this time, all his unwillingness and loss will be counted on your head in the future." What's more, you can't stop him, according to General Zhong's flying pigeon biography, your prince is already on his way back to Shou County, it seems that he still regards you as a confidant, and wants to lead you to Jinling to fight for the throne."

Li Xiaofei opened his mouth wide: "Why don't I know anything, one of you is deeper than the other, compared to you, I am a big fool, forget it, don't talk about this, sister, you can teach me again when you have time, I want to go fishing and be clean."