Li Bing bowed slightly when he heard this: "Yes, the problem of the army must be done step by step." Rushing is counterproductive. Taking this incident as an example, although Li Jiangyao was at fault, his merits were still remarkable, and if he covered up his merits, not only would the soldiers and men make trouble, but there would also be a lot of criticism from the government and the opposition. In the end, the Governor's Mansion is still too composed. ”

He thought for a moment, and then instructed the two: "The problem of the Zhenjiang Army, I will have to solve it sooner or later, but Li Jiangyao is not Ma Hongjie, and he is not so easy to deal with, so you must give me some stability and don't help me, understand?" ”

Wei Zixuan and Tian Mu hurriedly responded: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Li Bing saw that they were obedient and obedient, and said: "After eliminating the Huaiyang rebels, you can judge the merits as you want, and there is no need to make extraneous branches." It's Shen Lie, get him back to me as soon as possible, and ask about the secret file. My reputation is small, but the innocence of the first emperor and the queen mother is great, and I must not be sloppy. If it is finally found out that Li Jiong deliberately created rumors and slanders out of nothing, I must have cut this beast with a thousand knives! ”

Tian Mu received the holy order, and as soon as he came out of the Taiji Palace, he found Zhou Xing and asked him to quickly inform Shen Lie to return to Beijing.

Zhou Xing was going to ask why he was in such a hurry to call Lord Shen back, but he didn't expect that Tian Mu's nose was not a nose, and his eyes were not eyes, so he immediately scolded Zhou Xing and told him to do his errands seriously and not be nosy.

The so-called official level crushed people to death, and in the face of the harsh criticism of his boss Tian Mu, Zhou Xing was helpless, so he had to accept it, and then turned around and contacted the Zhenjiang Intelligence Division branch in the imperial capital, and asked them to tell Shen Lie.

The news was quickly sent to Jiangnan. Yuan Bin received the notice and immediately reported to Shen Lie, saying that it was summoned by the emperor. Shen Lie was slightly surprised, and asked Yuan Bin if he knew the reason behind this.

After all, he has been away from Li Bing for more than a year, and for such a long time, the former prince and the current saint have ignored him from beginning to end, and now he suddenly asked for a summons, which seemed a little unusual.

Yuan Bin didn't have a clue about Shen Lie's question, but he did have a good proposal: "Lord Shen, Brother Zhou said that because the imperial court couldn't find you, it was only through our Intelligence Department that he helped convey it." Let's pretend to be late, and they can't do anything else anyway. When you go to the imperial capital, you will inevitably pass by the defense area of the Zhenjiang army, and you may be able to figure out the reason for the emperor's summons. ”

Shen Lie smiled and nodded: "It's still your kid who is clever." Okay, I'll stop by to meet Jiang Yao. It's been a long time since I was gone, and I really miss him. By the way, do you have anything you want me to bring to Jiang Yao? ”

Yuan Bin made an exaggerated expression and laughed: "My lord, the humble position is just the patrol colonel of the Intelligence Department, and he doesn't even have a serious grade, where can he talk to Dadu Hu?" ”

Shen Lie shook his head: "No, Shen has always been very accurate in seeing people, you kid, you are a rare talent, I must recommend you to Jiang Yao." ”

"Don't, don't, don't." Yuan Bin waved his hand: "My lord, I want to rely on my own efforts and rise step by step with merit." If you recommend it to the elderly, most of the protectors will definitely give face, so it will be unfair to other brothers who are more capable. ”

Shen Lie didn't expect that Yuan Bin was so ambitious at such a young age, and he couldn't help but like this young man even more. He thought for a moment, took out a booklet from his arms, handed it to Yuan Bin, and said, "This, let's send you as a souvenir." ”

Yuan Bin took it with both hands, and after a glance, he was suddenly stunned: "This ...... Wind and thunder palm? ”

"That's right, it's Shen's housekeeping skills." Shen Lie smiled slightly: "Thirty-six style wind and thunder palm technique, if you are interested, you can practice it." If you don't have this interest, it's okay, just take it as a friendship between the two of us, just take it as you like. ”

Yuan Bin danced happily: "Is this still not interesting?" Oh, my God! Treasure found! Lord Shen, such a powerful martial art, you passed it on to me, I have to worship you as a master. ”

As he spoke, Yuan Bin was about to kneel, but Shen Lie hurriedly supported him: "Don't kneel!" You and I are still equal and brothers. I give you the secret book of martial arts, I hope you can master more skills, so that you can follow the protection of the capital and protect the country and the people. ”

Yuan Bin nodded vigorously and said solemnly: "My lord's words, Yuan Bin wrote it down." In the future, if you succeed in your studies, you will live up to the expectations of adults! ”

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At dawn the next day, Shen Lie changed into a green preaching robe, and made some disguise changes for himself with his own hands, and then said goodbye to all the brothers of the Intelligence Department and embarked on the journey back to Guanzhong.

This time the emperor summoned him, although Shen Lie didn't know what the specific reason was, he could more or less guess some clues.

Li Bing wanted to see him, but there were two things: one was about Lao Jianhua, Bao Yuchun, and Di Xian, and the other was about the emperor himself.

In contrast, the latter is more likely.

In the depths of Shen Lie's heart, the mystery of Li Bing's life experience has always been his biggest and most obscure heart. And the cause of the heart disease is the investigation file of Shen Lie's master and the former head of the Reverse Scale Division, Shi Qinzhu.

Back then, Li Bing's mother, Cheng Huilin, had an affair with Li Chengxing, the king of Jin, before marrying the first emperor Li Chengwen. When she entered the palace, she used various means to successfully buy the female official and the stable woman who were in charge of the physical examination, and was able to get through the trick. However, because she had a relationship with two men successively, Cheng Huilin herself couldn't tell whose blood and bones the fetus she was carrying in her womb later.

Originally, this issue was about to become an eternal secret as Empress Huilin's position gradually stabilized. Unexpectedly, in order to reflect the value of the Reverse Scale Division, so as not to be dismissed by Emperor Li Chengwen, Qin Zhu actually found out the clues of this matter by mistake.

The secret file sealed in the library of the Reverse Scale Division recorded all the evidence seized by Qin Zhu at that time, including: the confessions of the palace maids and Wen Po, the testimony of the people of the Jin Dynasty's palace, the testimony of Huilin's mother's family and the steward of the Guogong Mansion, and the correspondence between the King of Jin and Cheng Huilin.

Later, because Lao Jianhua reported the news in advance, Li Chengxing, the king of Jin, and Lao Zishang, the commander of the Red Blood Legion, launched a rebellion, and Qin Zhu's secret case could not be brought out in time. After that, the rebels were successfully suppressed by He Jingming and other military generals, and the new emperor Li Chengwu also sat on the throne.

However, there are still two people who know about this after all. One is Lao Jianhua, who leaked the news to King Jin, and the other is Shen Lie, who took over as a new long history.

Lao Jianhua absconded and fled to the west; Shen Lie stayed in the court to protect the emperor Li Chengwu, and at the same time, he still had this shocking secret in his heart.

Shen Lie originally considered that this matter involved the dignity of the imperial family and the reputation of the first emperor and first empress, so he planned to never reveal half a word to the public, just like his master Qin Zhu, when nothing had happened.

Even if Li Bing is not the flesh and blood of the first emperor Li Chengwen, what can he do? Could it be that he still uses this as a reason to overthrow him?

As long as the world is peaceful and Shengtang is worry-free, it is enough, it is rare to be confused.

But it's a pity that Shen Lie thinks so, but some people don't.

That person is Lao Jianhua.

Lao Jianhua is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, so naturally everything that can be used must be fully utilized. Therefore, he talked to the Turks and Li Kui about the secret files of the Reverse Scale Division, in order to subvert the legitimacy of Li Bing's succession to the throne.

Shen Lie was well aware of the conspiracy and tricks of his old rival and enemy, so he also knew in his heart that sooner or later this matter would have to be turned over and cause a monstrous wave.

Now that the emperor was suddenly summoned, it happened to be shortly after the Huaiyang army was destroyed and Li Kui was captured alive, and most of the inability to run was related to the secret file.

In this regard, Shen Lie felt quite helpless, and couldn't help but secretly shake his head and sigh. However, it's useless to worry about this question, you can only take one step at a time.

He went north by boat along the canal, and after passing through the layers of checkpoints of the Xuanjia Army, he came all the way to Luzhou.

There, he first went to contact the Zhenjiang army stationed in the local area, and with the bronze medal token of the Intelligence Department given to him by Yuan Bin, he successfully met Xu Youchang, who had been absent for a long time.

As soon as he heard that it was Shen Lie who was here, Xu Youchang didn't even bother to put on his coat, ran directly from the bedroom to the front hall, went up and grabbed Shen Lie's arm, and laughed: "Lord Shen, you are here!" Finally caught me this time, right? ”

Shen Lie was also amused by him: "You, you, you are still the same as back then!" Fortunately, you were clever enough at that time, and quickly smeared oil on the soles of your feet and slipped away to the ghost desert in Western Xinjiang, otherwise...... Alas, the past is unbearable. ”

Xu Youchang pulled him to sit down, ordered tea, and then said with a smile: "This is called no coincidence and no book." If it weren't for you bringing the Fierce Blade Army and the Liangzhou Mansion soldiers to arrest me, I wouldn't have fled to the Western Frontier, and I wouldn't have followed Li Jiangyao to fight alone and conquer the world today. Sometimes I think, if time goes back and everything starts all over again, maybe I would have died in the imperial capital with my family, what do you say? ”

Shen Lie nodded, and his tone was a little heavy: "If you go back with me at that time, you will definitely not be questioned by the first emperor, because He Jingming's case is not complicated, although you can't catch the real murderer for a while, but your suspicion can be cleared up quickly." In that case, you will either be killed by Xie Guang's traitor again, or you will follow General Xu to defend the imperial capital. ”

"So, I have to thank Shen Changshi." Xu Youchang smiled and picked up the teacup: "I replace wine with tea, and the first cup is to thank you for sending me to the Western Xinjiang!" ”

Shen Lie heard him say something funny, laughed, and drank the hot tea in the cup in one gulp: "You said this is the first cup, so what else is there to pay respect to later?" ”

Xu Youchang picked up the teapot and poured it for Shen Lie, and said: "This second cup, respect Brother Shen regardless of personal gains and losses, and be loyal to the monarch and the country!" ”

Shen Lie smiled and responded: "Okay, this cup, Shen thinks he deserves it!" ”

Who knows, as soon as he finished speaking, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside: "It's so strange, you didn't go to me first when you came here, but you came to see Xu Youchang?" ”