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Longxi General's Mansion.

"Boom—" A pair of chopsticks hit the ground and fell apart.

The people eating at the table fell silent and looked at General Li who suddenly smashed their chopsticks.

"Is it over yet?" General Li's face was darkened, and his eyes swept over the people eating at the table in front of him.

The only one who can eat at the main table is the master of Longxi General's Mansion.

Counting on the right hand side are his wife Bo, eldest brother, eldest daughter-in-law, second child and two daughters.

The ones who spoke at the table just now were the eldest couple, his wife Bo and his eldest daughter Li Rong.

The etiquette of eating without talking and sleeping without talking does not exist in General Li. It is probably because in the early years when he was in the army, he rarely had the opportunity to eat slowly at the table, and most of the time he was on the battlefield. , holding the dry food that he carried with him, while gnawing on it, he and his comrades cautiously observed the surrounding movements.

There are many things about raising a knife and gun directly to mount a horse in the middle of a meal, so naturally there is no such emphasis.

At the beginning, he asked casually: "How is the situation in the Japanese army these days?"

When this question is asked, the one who can answer this question is naturally Mr. Li.

What Mr. Li said was nothing unusual, it was nothing more than saying that everything in the army was safe, and my father was at ease.

He nodded, and then asked his wife, Mrs. Bo's family, how the situation was.

Mrs. Bo is also in Taoism, and everything is fine.

At this moment, the eldest daughter Li Rong asked Mrs. Bo in a low voice: "Mother, when Miss Liu San will come to the house again, the picture I promised her will be framed."

In all fairness, the voice was not loud, it could even be said to be the volume of a whisper.

But it's a pity, for General Li, who is outstanding in martial arts, how could he not hear the whispers at a dinner table?

He wasn't very interested in the little things about these little girls' families, and what made him pay attention was another thing: "during the time I was stranded in the palace, did Liu Yanchang come to the house?"

Liu Yanchang is the deputy general in his army. When he is not in the army, he is the leader in the army. He is very capable of convincing the masses, and he has always regarded this deputy general very highly.

He paid so much attention to the fact that he had mentioned countless times before that Liu Yanchang would assist his eldest son Li Xuanrong in the future, and guard the Longxi Army's family business.

Mrs. Li is a fine person, and when she heard General Li mentioning this, she immediately thought that something was wrong: During this period of time, she would not be unaware of General Li's wariness against her and Mr. Li, so she immediately heard the words Coughed, and said to Bo: "Sister Rong and Miss Liu San hit it off right away. When Vice General Liu brought Miss Liu San over that day, it was the first time they saw each other!"

Where did such a good friendship come from when we met for the first time?The meaning of these words is naturally to ridicule Bo's boss, deliberately mentioning Miss Liu San at the dinner table, so as to get eye drops in front of General Li.

The scheming between the women during this period of digging each other is not enough for General Li to fail to see. He originally pretended to be confused about the family matters, and he was very clear in his heart. Now he heard that the two parties started again, and immediately His complexion changed, he dropped his chopsticks, then got up and snorted coldly, and walked away.

After a good meal, the person in charge left, so naturally he couldn't eat the meal anymore.

Without the presence of General Li, Mrs. Li and Mr. Li didn't bother to show any brotherly harmony. They turned and left without even looking at Mrs. Bo and his younger brothers and sisters.

Mrs. Bo glanced at the eldest daughter Li Rong who stuck out her tongue at her, stretched out her hand and nodded her head, and scolded: "You, you! Forget it, go back and copy "Nvjie" three times!"

These three punishments from "The Female Ring" were really mild. Obviously, Mrs. Bo was not too angry with her eldest daughter Li Rong's actions.

Li Xuan didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, but shook his head at his younger sister who made faces at him, indicating that he should not do this next time, and followed Mrs. Bo back to Mrs. Bo's yard.

It wasn't until he entered the room and closed the door that he opened his mouth and said, "I'm afraid that what mother said today will make father unhappy!"

"If you don't go fast, don't go fast! How can he still divorce me just because Sister Rong said one more word at the dinner table?" Mrs. Bo is not stupid, and naturally knows that this action today has offended General Li, who is full of control. Angry, but...

"Compared to me, those couples have bigger problems." Mrs. Bo sneered, "Anyway, your father always thinks that I can't tolerate others, and I don't care about others. In the past, it wasn't me who caused troubles, but I blamed me for troubles. It's a little bit big." I care about small things too. I really did this today, didn’t I just agree with him? In the past, I didn’t care about small things, so what’s there for him to care about?”

Li Xuan, who was listening to the words, was silent, and after a long while, he said: "... also."

As the saying goes, if you hurt the enemy a thousand, you will hurt yourself by eight hundred. Today's self-injury may not even reach a hundred.

Compared to Bo's later being scolded by General Li for not being generous, his stepbrother and his wife are in more trouble.

General Li had some doubts about his stepbrother and his wife. During these days when he was detained in the palace, Pian stepbrother called Liu Yanchang into the mansion to discuss matters. In my heart, imagination has been fully opened.

What is this for?Do you think he won't come back, so you've already started preparing to take charge of the Longxi Army?Has Liu Yanchang been summoned to take over the Longxi Army?
He's not dead yet!General Li felt that the eldest son's heart was really big, and it was time to suppress him severely.

After spending an afternoon alone in the study, General Li finally spoke: "Come here, call Xuan Jing, I have something to say to him!"

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After coming out of General Li's study, Li Xuan went straight to Xiantong Teahouse.

After entering the door, Lin Yan's voice was heard.

"How is it?" Lin Yan asked him, beside him was Ji Chongyan who hadn't seen him for a while and was stranded in the palace.

Lin Yan glanced at Ji Chongyan who was on the side, and said, "Chongyan Dao is such a lingering assist in the palace, if you can seize the opportunity, you should be able to make General Li really do something ruthless."

Li Xuan said frankly with a smile: "Father gave me five thousand elite soldiers to go to Datong, Shanxi to follow the guard of Datong Zhang Lin to suppress the restless aliens."

It's good to finally be able to leave Beijing!Lin Yan thought, as he didn't know anything about the army, so he didn't ask much.

On the other hand, Ji Chongyan asked, "Are those five thousand elite soldiers from the Longxi military camp or your father's private soldiers?"

This question... Lin Yan frowned, and immediately said: "General Li has only a few private soldiers, how could they be private soldiers?"

Although the entire Longxi Army belongs to General Li, the soldiers in the barracks are still different from the general's private soldiers.The soldiers and horses of the barracks recognize the general, while the private soldiers recognize people.

Li Xuan shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "It's a private soldier, he gave me five thousand and kept one thousand for himself."

This time, General Li is really generous!There was no smile on Li Xuanjing's face, why did the father and son plot so far!
General Li just pretended to be confused, even if the [-] elite soldiers in the barracks were given to Li Xuanjing, they might not obey him.After all, the soldiers in the barracks are under the leadership of the general, and Mr. Li is the future general. This is a fact recognized by the entire Longxi army.

Therefore, he also knew that if he really wanted to use the second son's hand to suppress the eldest son, he would have to give it to private soldiers.

However, even though General Li only has a thousand private soldiers left after such a payment, General Li is still in Chang'an, so it is impossible to use private soldiers.

Of course, the premise is that nothing happens.

After answering Ji Chongyan's question, it was Li Xuan's turn to speak: "Datong guard Zhang Lin, and the turbulent foreign race were arranged by the prince?"

Ji Chongyan let out a "hmm".

Li Xuan's heart fell to the ground: No wonder everything went so smoothly, it's just that the prince had planned it long ago, and others had made preparations beforehand.

Otherwise, even with the anger of General Li today, he will ruthlessly suppress him, but there may not be a chance.

Only when the people above are so powerful and stable, will the people below be willing to give it a go.

Li Xuan got up, saluted Ji Chongyan, thanked him for the arrangement, and said: "I will take these five thousand private soldiers to Datong at noon tomorrow, what can you tell me?"

Ji Chongyan glanced at him, and said: "Once these five thousand private soldiers step into Datong, they will lose contact with your father, and they can only serve you as master for the time being."

Li Xuan couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this sentence, and then came to his senses: Does this mean that the son will cut off all his connections with Chang'an?To achieve this, I am afraid that it will not be possible to plan it in three to five years.

So, how long ago did Shizi start preparing for this matter?He didn't know, but the more careful the planning, the greater the chance of winning.

Li Xuan actually collected himself and answered "Yes".

"Zhang Rin will also give you five thousand elite soldiers at that time, and these elite soldiers will not be inferior to your father's five thousand private soldiers." Ji Chongyan stopped at this point and looked at Li Xuanjing, "How to use them well? The ten thousand troops will depend on you."

[-] soldiers and horses are not too many, but if they are all the elite of the elite, with a well-directed general, their role will not be inferior to [-] to [-] ordinary soldiers and horses.

This opportunity is once in a thousand years, Li Xuan couldn't help being excited in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, my son, I will definitely live up to my trust!"

It was getting late while he was talking, and he still had to go to the barracks to pass on General Li's words, so that the five thousand private soldiers could prepare for it and set off in time at noon tomorrow, so naturally they couldn't stay for long.

After Li Xuanjing left, Lin Yan asked Ji Chongyan: "Li Xuanjing disappeared with five thousand private soldiers, won't General Li cause trouble here?"

He is good at investigating and solving cases, but he is not very good at discussing people's hearts, the layout and things in the military camp, so he couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

Ji Chongyan shook his head and said, "Probably not," Ji Chongyan reminded Lin Yan of his puzzled look, "General Li is a person with a good face and a strong desire to control."

The face-saving General Li would never admit that he has such a "stupid son" who would disappear with five thousand private soldiers. check.

And at that time, compared to looking for the missing "stupid son" Li Xuanjing, General Li, who has only a thousand private soldiers in his hands, will feel uncertain and worried about losing control.

At that time, General Li must be even more suspicious of the eldest son who was already suspicious, and even began to suppress the eldest son to regain control of the Longxi Army.

"The result of a missing person is uncertain, and the biggest possibility is accidents. Therefore, for those Longxi troops, General Li is very likely to have only one son, Young Master Li. In today's general How to choose between the future chiefs and generals will inevitably become a difficult task, so in the end, the situation is likely to become a result." Ji Chongyan stopped here, and after a pause, he continued, "General Li Fighting with Young Master Li to win the Longxi Army, each of the Longxi Army stood in line to fight for the top of the mountain. So far, this Longxi Army doesn't have to worry anymore."

Of course, if the troubles come to an end, the Longxi Army will be able to return to the original appearance of the fearsome Longxi Army after a few years of recuperation.

But by then, everything will be a foregone conclusion.

Without the Zhao family army in hand, His Majesty must find other soldiers and horses as a substitute.The soldiers and horses guarding the border cannot move, and they are used to fighting outside the Great Wall all year round. When encountering the complex terrain of the Central Plains, they will inevitably be unaccustomed to the water and soil.If he were His Majesty, he would not consider this army at all.

Leaving aside the soldiers and horses guarding the border, there are only a few that can successfully deal with Zhao's army.The most powerful of them is the Longxi Army, he thought, this should be His Majesty's first choice.

What he has to do is to completely eliminate the Longxi Army, which is of extraordinary strength and may become a major enemy in the future, without any chance of getting involved in this matter.

Of the remaining soldiers and horses, there are only a few that can really be used to deal with Zhao's army. Those few have their own weaknesses, and they are not as easy to use as the Longxi Army.

Therefore, he helped Li Xuanjing, apart from liking Li Xuanjing's ability, and Li Xuanjing himself had the same intention, he still wanted to knock the Longxi army out of the game before the storm was about to come.

It was only at this point that Lin Yan understood the whole thing, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion after his friends had prepared for a rainy day, then looked through the clues sorted out these days, and talked about the serious business.

"I don't have a clue about what you want me to investigate." After Lin Yan said this calmly, he paused, and then said, "But I found some clues when investigating the case of Asu's family. Although so far, I haven't seen any direct connection with this, but I always have a hunch that this matter may be inseparable from the matter you want me to investigate."

The proprietress of the tavern, Ye Zisu, came from the Ye family, a well-known medical family, so what Lin Yan was talking about was naturally the old news of the Ye family.

"There are drug dealers behind the Fairy Valley incident in Southern Xinjiang. Outside Yancheng, the families of the dead young girls found by the Duke are also related to drug dealers. My instinct tells me that those who were the bridges for the Dajing royal family Behind the people, there are drug dealers." Lin Yan said here, his expression became more serious, "I will give you an answer to these things as soon as possible!"

Ji Chongyan let out a "hmm".

Of course he believed in Lin Yan.He had a life-threatening friendship with Lin Yan, and Lin Yan and Zisu really liked each other. Whether it was for this friendship or for being with Zisu and finding out the truth about the Ye family, Lin Yan Yan will do his best.

"Be careful!" Ji Chongyan reminded him, "The closer you are to the truth, the more danger it means!"

(End of this chapter)