I had to go there myself.

I put away the paperwork written by Wang Jue, looked at Zimin, and said to Ding Yu'er: "Boss Ding, I want to ask you to help me take care of Zimin, and I will come back within half a month." ”

Ding Yu'er heard this and nodded.

Zimin stretched out his hand and said, "Big brother." ”

I walked up to her and shook her hand and smiled, "Don't worry." ”

The next day, I set out for Hejian County.

It turned out that when Liu Heimin raised his army, he was based on Hejian County, after the fall of Liu Heimin, there were still rebellions in Hejian County and its surroundings from time to time, Li Xuanba was in order to prevent changes in Hebei, so he let Li Jing lead the troops to be stationed here, and Xu Shiyun, who came with him, went to Xiangguo County to prevent Xiao Yu from merging the state in a roundabout.

Later, Jinyang and Luoyang had variables, Li Xuanba was self-aware, knowing that they could not be easily coaxed, and it was difficult to control, so he simply delegated power to them, as long as they did not interfere in Luoyang's affairs, kill me first, and then solve them.

When Dou Jiande occupied Hebei, the people of Hebei were still able to live and work in peace and contentment, but now they have experienced wars and turmoil, countless people have been displaced, most of the farmland is abandoned, and in winter, it is even more bleak and sad.

After nearly a year of suppression, those who wanted to rebel were all in hiding from the situation and no longer confronted the Tang army head-on, and Hejian County seemed to be doing business as usual, as if it was very reassuring to outsiders, at least I was not hindered when I entered the city.

Since this is the case, I decided to go to Li Jing in a bright and bright way.

When I came to the gate of the office, there were many sergeants, and only this place was a little guarded.

I don't know why, but the sergeant in front of the door seemed to know that someone was coming, and when he saw that I was looking for their general, he went in without saying a word, and soon after that someone invited me in.

When I saw this situation, I had doubts in my heart, Li Jing has always been cautious in handling things, and there must be a reason for this move.

When the sergeant saw that I had stopped, his face became more and more respectful, as if he was bent on getting me into the hotel.

I pondered for a moment, untied the soft sword I had taken back from Li Xuanba, and handed it to the sergeant who received me along with the text written by Wang Jue, and said, "Please go and show this to your general, and ask him to meet him outside the city." ”

The sergeant took the sword from my hand suspiciously, hesitated for a long time, and then staggered through the door. I didn't wait outside the door, but turned and went out of the city.

I wandered outside Hejian County for a long time, and when I looked back, a person came on horseback in the distance, it was Li Jing, not wearing armor.

As the sound of horses' hooves approached, Li Jing came to my side, turned over and dismounted, and handed me back the soft sword.

When I look back, he's a veteran general.

Li Jing said: "Prince...... Mr. Yu is really smart, if you are really taken out of the hall by that young general, I am afraid that you will not come out alive, I really didn't expect Mr. to come to me. ”

I buckled the soft sword back into my waist and said, "General Li, I am now thirty-eight years old, I wonder if I can still afford the title of 'His Royal Highness the Prince'?" ”

Li Jing listened, was silent for a moment and said: "What do you mean......" He hesitated for a long time, turned to me and knelt down on one knee, and arched his hand: "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really has this intention, Li Jing is willing to follow the first ...... His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

I helped him up and said, "Haven't you ever thought about dividing one side like Dou Jiande and claiming to be the king?" ”

Li Jing shook his head with a smile and said: "When I was in the Yueguo Mansion, I was appreciated by Yang Su, he said that I had the talent of Wang Zuo, but he did not say that I had the assets of the emperor, and Li Jing was self-aware. ”

I laughed, "That's why I came to you first." ”

Li Jing had failed me in his early years, and then his father took him under his command, I have actually been haunted by it, but because of my father's relationship, I have never been embarrassed by him, and later I even released my previous suspicions, he knew this, so he was willing to be loyal to me.

Li Jing said: "Who else is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince going to?" ”

I showed him the remaining two documents in my hand, and said, "Xu Shiyun has something to do with me, I'm not worried, Zhuojun Li Yi, but he is very suspicious." ”

Li Jing nodded and said: "I have long heard that Li Yi has a bad heart, he was suspicious of King Qin back then, and he has long been alienated from the Tang Dynasty, and His Royal Highness's worries are not unreasonable." ”

I said, "I would like to ask you to give them these two documents." ”

Li Jing agreed, and then explained to me why he had invited you into the urn before.

It turned out that many people had come to him long before I came here, and although most of them did not disclose who sent him, Li Jing was such a shrewd person that he had already guessed the approximate situation.

After the change in Luoyang, the first person to come to him was Nanliang Xiao Miao, he wanted to take the opportunity to invade Chang'an, but he was worried that the rear would be attacked, but he obviously thought too much, even if Li Jing was not loyal to Luoyang, after all, his father had the grace of knowing him, and he could not take revenge.

In addition, there are people who hope to connect him to attack Luoyang, that is when Li Xuanba's identity is suspected, Li Jing speculates that the person who came to him is Li Shimin's remnants, as for where Li Shimin is hiding now, he does not know.

Li Jing realized that these people were not well-intentioned, so he set a trap in the hotel, trying to make people with bad intentions come and go, but who knew that they waited for me.

After I listened to it, I only felt ridiculous, those people really looked down on Li Jing's character, until this time, I really realized my father's wisdom and way of employing people, if he hadn't used Li Jing in spite of my opposition back then, now I want to ask for help, I'm afraid I don't dare to find someone.

And the 30,000 elite soldiers under Li Jing have become my bargaining chips for regaining strength in Hebei.

Xu Shiyun had heard the news of Luoyang a long time ago, and although he didn't know what was going on, he definitely knew that something was wrong.

When Li Jing's inscription was delivered to him, he glanced at it and only asked one sentence - why did he enter Chang'an instead of Luoyang?

Li Xuanba took Luoyang as the center after ascending the throne and never returned to Chang'an, Xu Shichang should at least superficially obey Li Xuanba's orders, since this is the case, this document back to Chang'an must not have been issued by Li Xuanba.

Since it was sent by his father, Xu Shiyun did not doubt it, but his father had stopped asking about military affairs for a long time, and all the power organs in the DPRK and China had moved to Luoyang. The stakes were so high that he took his own soldiers and went out of the city with the messenger who delivered the message.

I waited for him on the outskirts of Xiangguo County.

When he saw me, he already understood most of the things in his heart, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Mr. Yu." As he spoke, he saw the soldier behind me again, and seemed slightly surprised, "Mr. Yu, what are you ......?"

I said: "General Xu, when I came to you today, I only want to ask you one thing, if I were still His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back then, would you be loyal to me?" ”

Xu Shiyun was stunned for a long time, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

I continued: "The general must have heard about the changes in Luoyang City. On that day, I chose King Wei between King Qi and King Wei, and now it seems that it is really a big mistake. ”

Xu Shiyun nodded and arched his hand: "His Royal Highness the Prince, if you want to be Yi Yin Huoguang, I'm afraid you have no choice but His Royal Highness King Qi, but although His Royal Highness the King of Qi is brave and brave in governing the country, it is not suitable." ”

I smiled and said, "General Xu just called me 'His Royal Highness the Prince', but said I had no choice? Isn't it a contradiction? ”

(End of chapter)