At this time, Jinling, Jiangnan, the Xie family's mansion.

The head of the family, Xie Rong, received Xie Xiong's letter, and after reading it over and over again, pondering it again and again, he was still hesitant and didn't know what to do?

He already understood the situation in the court, the new emperor ascended the throne, and a series of major events happened, first the Mongols invaded Shanhaiguan, and then the emperor's tomb case broke out, and then the expansion of the Ma Yuan case, the first thing has little to do with their Xie family, but the last two things are fatal, and their Xie family will be discouraged because of this.

The case of the Emperor Ling is not too bad, at most, his younger brother Xie Xiong is dismissed, and it will only make the Xie family lose a powerful help in the court. He can bear it in his heart.

But Ma Yuan's case is to push the Xie family into a place of no return! As the head of the Xie family, he knows too well what the Xie family has done in the past ten years!

Because his sister is the concubine of the first emperor and is deeply favored by the first emperor, his son Zheng Jiao is about to be crowned the crown prince, and their Xie family is becoming more and more domineering in Jiangnan!

Oppressing the good and embezzling the good land are all trivial matters, because many families are doing this kind of thing, and their Xie family has only done something out of the ordinary, and Xie Rong is not worried about this, he has a way to settle it.

But over the years, their Xie family has been too deeply involved in officialdom, whether it is Yanjing or Jiangnan. In the capital, he first bribed the courtiers with a large amount of money, won over the courtiers, and participated in the battle for succession; In Jiangnan, it is even more unscrupulous, attracting all generations of great clans in Jiangnan to form interest groups, and all local officials in Jiangnan are not attracted by them, but they are excluded, so for a time Jinling Xie is a rising tide, so it is called Jiangnan Xie.

But often walking by the river, how can there be no one who does not lose his shoes. No one thought that the first emperor would die violently, and it was Zheng Wen, the prince of the Ninth Emperor, who was not valued by anyone, instead of Zheng Jiao, who was favored by many courtiers.

This is very embarrassing, and the Xie family suddenly stood out in Jiangnan. And this time, Ma Yuan's series of cases made the Xie family show their faces in front of the new emperor, and made the new emperor remember the Xie family and Jiangnan.

At this time, Xie Rong also deeply understood the situation of the Xie family, and what he was thinking about was how to preserve the Xie family in the hands of the new emperor.

And how?

He also thought about rebelling altogether, but after only thinking about it, he was quickly thrown out of his mind.

If he had this strength, he would dare to try, but when he thought of the strength of his Xie family, it was only bright on the surface, and it seemed that the family had a big business, but in fact, it was just a fictitious thing, and what he borrowed was not the tiger skin of the Daqian royal family.

If he dares to rebel, he will definitely be able to enjoy the scenery for a while, and the families in Jiangnan will definitely be happy and applauded.

Because in this way, they can dedicate the Xie family to the court as a letter of surrender, and as soon as the Beidi soldiers arrive, they will happily lead the way and take the Beidi soldiers to wipe out the entire Xie family, maybe the court will not only exempt them from their past crimes, but also reward them heavily.

As a member of a family, Xie Ying knows the faces of these families too well.

Therefore, it is not advisable to rebel on your own initiative.

And what about encouraging others to rebel?

Looking at the various forces in the south of the Yangtze River, he actually found that there were no people or forces with this strength.

As for Li Yin, the envoy of the Jiangnan Festival, he knows too well that these Jiangnan garrisons are afraid that there are less than 30,000 who can fight, and he is afraid that he will not be able to make up for it, because there were still 200,000 Jiangnan garrisons 20 years ago, and they have been harmed by these Jiangnan families over the years, and they have long been unable to fight.

Then he can only do what his younger brother Xie Xiong said in the letter, dedicate the entire Xie family to the new emperor, and give the Xie family Shuangshu to the new emperor, and tie the entire Xie family to the new emperor, and the Xie family will still be the Xie family after a few decades, as for his sister Xie Guifei and Tang King Zheng Jiao, they can only be sorry, in the family, family affection is so indifferent.

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And at the same time, in Jinling, Li Mansion.

Jiangnan Jiedu made Li Yin drink alone, drunk, not like a general, and with a scumbag beard, but like a drunk.

He had already received the news from Yanjing City, and he already had a premonition that his time might be running out, so he indulged himself so much.

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed in white, with a medium stature and a simple face walked in from outside, which was none other than Li Yin's close aide Hu Gong.

Seeing Li Yin like this, he frowned and sat on a chair before asking, "General, what's wrong with you?" ”

Li Yin didn't answer, picked up the wine jug on the table and took another sip, before laughing and said: "Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon." Li Bai's poem is well written, it really reached the heart of the general, hahahaha......"

Suddenly, Li Yin coughed violently a few times, obviously choking, and his face immediately turned red.

After a long while, he relieved himself, and then he spoke: "Sir, you have been with the general for many years, and the general will not treat you badly, I have asked the housekeeper to help you prepare a generous gift, you can take it and run for your life!" Stay incognito for the rest of your life, don't come out, otherwise I'm afraid that you will be killed, after all, you know too much. ”

When Hu Gong heard this, his face changed drastically, and he immediately turned pale, and after a while, he lowered his voice and said, "General, what happened to you?" ”

Li Yin listened, nodded, shook his head again, and then said: "No, but Ben Jiang has already gotten the news, this time eight or nine will not leave ten, let's go, you go!" ”

Li Yin waved his hand to Hu Gong and motioned for him to hurry up.

After hearing this, Hu Gong recovered his complexion, but he didn't care about Li Yin's signal, so he spoke again: "General, has it really come to this point?" ”

Li Yin only nodded, but did not answer.

Hu Gong didn't care, and then he spoke again: "General, let's not run away!" ”

Li Yin listened, but shook his head, and only after half a sound did he speak: "Don't go." I'm old and don't want to die in a foreign land. Moreover, I, Li Yin, joined the army at the age of eighteen and fought for more than 20 years before I was promoted to the Jiangnan Festival envoy because of my merits. I, Li Yinsheng, am a great cadre, and I am a ghost of a great cadre. Besides, as a martial artist, how can I, Li Yin, die in a foreign country? ”

"Hahahaha......" Li Yin smiled heroically, but it revealed a sense of desolation.

After a while, he spoke: "I know, I, Li Yin, are going to die this time." When His Majesty's edict is sent from the capital, it will be my death. ”

"But I'm afraid I won't be able to receive the edict, and I'm afraid that these Jiangnan families will make me fall ill and die. Over the years, these people have shown me great respect on the surface, but secretly they have treated me like a dog. ”

"But Ben Jiang, as the envoy of the Jiangnan Festival, also crawled out of the pile of dead people, how can he be so easy to get along? Look, this time Ben will definitely jump out of their teeth and let them know how powerful Ben will be! It's also a great gift to Your Majesty, hahahaha......"

When Hu Gong heard this, his face remained unchanged, and he was silent for a long time before he spoke again: "General, why are you doing this?" Run away, it's all important to be alive. ”

Li Yin listened, slowed down, and then said, "Sir, you don't understand!" As a martial artist, there is the pride of a martial artist, although he has done all the bad things over the years, but this general is still a martial artist in his bones, and the pride of a martial artist does not allow this general to die in a foreign land! ”

Hu Gong listened, was silent for a while, and then persuaded again: "General, don't think about yourself, you don't think about the eldest lady, this is the general's only blood and bones!" ”

Li Yin heard this, laughed, and only said after half a sound: "Sir, you think that Ben Jiang is a military general, but he is just a simple-minded martial artist who can't think, for Ying'er, Ben Jiang has already arranged it." ”

Hu Gong listened, but he was curious, so he asked, "General, how did you arrange the eldest lady?" She's a stubborn and intelligent person! ”

Li Yin listened, but a slight smug smile appeared on his face, and then he said, "Can't you think of it?" ”

Hu Gong listened, nodded, and acquiesced.

"Haha, sir, you are a smart man, how could you not think of it? I just don't dare to think about it! ”

After a pause, he spoke again: "Let me tell you, Ben will give Ying'er to His Majesty." I am alive and can protect her, but after my Li Yin dies, I am afraid that in the entire Daqian, only His Majesty can protect her, hahahaha......"

When Hu Gong heard this, he was immediately terrified, he already understood that something bad would definitely happen in Jiangnan next, and it might pierce the sky in Jiangnan, but he didn't dare to ask.

He was afraid that as soon as he opened his mouth, the person sitting next to him would immediately draw his sword and kill him, he knew that this general was also a strong-willed and decisive person, since he didn't want to tell you, he wouldn't tell you, obviously this matter was not in the category of Hu Function's knowledge, otherwise he was afraid that it would lead to death.

Li Yin didn't care about him, so he said to himself: "Sir, do you know? In fact, Ben Jiang has already regretted it, but he has long been unable to turn back. Now that you have taken the benefits that you shouldn't take and done things you shouldn't do, you can't turn back. ”

"Actually, you know what? Sir, when I received His Majesty's investigation and punishment of Di Ping Xia Yong, I didn't feel scared, but relieved, I don't know why I feel this way, am I crazy! ”

……

At this time, a very ordinary carriage drove out of Jinling City, driving only a middle-aged man with a somewhat burly figure and an extremely ordinary complexion.

The carriage drove out of Jinling City from a distance, and suddenly listened, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman pulled up the curtain, stretched out her head, glanced at Jinling City from a distance, was silent for a while, but said in her heart, "Farewell, Jinling!" Then he spoke again: "Uncle Li, let's go!" ”

After speaking, he lowered the curtain of the carriage, and there was no response, and the carriage moved slowly, heading in the direction of the capital, leaving Jinling City far behind.

And Jinling City, everything is the same, but Jinling in autumn exudes a sadness!