The rise of the prince

Chapter 769 Time flies
Waterside pavilions and pavilions, exquisitely carved wooden railings and pillars all reveal nobleness, and there are light and dark green moss in the gaps between the bluestone bricks, showing a little vitality, but the flowers and plants in the courtyard have long withered.

The old emperor walked in front, dressed in a fine sable fur to resist the wind, his face was much ruddy, and he seemed to be looking better than in the past few months.

While stepping on the green bricks and passing through the forest of pillars, he said: "The Yang family has the blood of the Tian family. It is my sixth aunt who married me back then. It is a good thing that the Yang family is proud of it. You can understand the purpose even if you don't say it." , and they do have affection.”

Li Xingzhou listened quietly and did not speak.

"But those things happened many years ago, a few generations away from you, you don't have to remember those feelings, because the border is too far away, and it takes a year and a half to go back and forth from far away, and it's hard to feel any kind of affection. Three generations," the old emperor said with a bit of vicissitudes.

"En." Li Xingzhou nodded. He knew what the old emperor meant. Generals are fickle. It has always been like this in history. If the wind direction is slightly wrong, it may become a fool.

The old emperor was worried about him, and he was worried about Yang Wenguan and Zhe Weizhong, the two frontier generals. If someone turned back at that time, the blow to him would definitely be fatal.

This kind of time requires some consideration, and there are many lessons in history, but because of history, Li Xingzhou is not afraid. He cannot tell the old emperor the real reason, which is also a great advantage of him.

It is impossible for him to say that the Yang family army and the Zhe family army have been loyal and devoted themselves to the country in history, so there is a high probability that their loyal ministers will not have any problems now.

"People's hearts are the most unreliable, you must keep this sentence firmly in mind." Speaking of this, the old emperor's face darkened, "Back then, the king of Wu and I have been close friends since we were young, and later I was able to ascend the throne because of his contribution, so I can rest assured Let him be stationed in the south, and the result."

"The people around you are brought up by you. Yang Hongzhao was originally from the capital, and his family roots are also in the capital. Wei Chaoren is your future father-in-law. These people have their own differences, but most of them can be trusted, but Yang Wenguang and Zhe Weizhong You need to be more careful about yourself." The old emperor said as he walked.

Li Xingzhou nodded: "Yes."

The grandfather and grandson just chatted in small words, and walked slowly through the courtyard forest. When they had almost walked, the emperor stopped to rest, and then continued: "I have been sleeping much better than before, and I have thought a lot. What did you do?" There are many things that I can’t do, such as Yang Wenguang and Zhe Weizhong, as soon as they entered the capital, they got along very well with them, chatting and laughing, you can believe that they must have already inquired about their details and know what they are.”

"I've paid attention to these two people for a long time." Li Xingzhou said: "At the beginning when I thought of fighting the Kingdom of Jin, I thought of the western front, and then I thought of the two of them, and I was prepared to make a relationship." He didn't hide anything, Li Xingzhou knew that he didn't say anything, The old emperor also has a way to know.

"This is exactly where I am inferior to you."

"Everyone has their strengths, what the emperor is good at is different from what I am good at."

The old emperor shook his head, and then looked at him: "I only hope that you can go further. My Li family, Jiangshan Sheji, and Jingguo's thousands of miles of rivers and mountains can be expanded and flourished in your hands."

"emperor."

The old emperor didn't give him a chance to speak, so he waved his hands and said to himself, "I heard that the supply of grass and supplies has arrived at Yanshan Mansion?"

Li Xingzhou nodded: "It's almost halfway, and we can ship all of them before June next year."

"It means you are going to fight next summer?" the old emperor asked in surprise.

"If the food and supplies are exhausted and the new army's equipment is refitted, then the war will begin." Li Xingzhou originally wanted to prepare for an extra year, but the news of Temujin's domination of the grasslands has already come, and the civil strife in Xia Dynasty was caused by a strong man from heaven. And the end.

Whether it is the north or the northwest, if there are outstanding people together, the chaos will end in an instant, and then they will undoubtedly start to exert their strength. He can't wait at this time, the sooner the better, every step slower will lag behind others and lose the opportunity.

So Li Xingzhou didn't dare to wait, he would march in June next year at the earliest.

"This is much faster than I thought." The emperor frowned slightly: "Is it too urgent? What should I do if there are omissions?"

"If the time is not right, we will postpone it, but if we stop it, we will stop it, otherwise we will suffer chaos. If the preparations are made by June next year, I will send troops as soon as possible!" Li Xingzhou said seriously.

Seeing his insistence, the old emperor just nodded and didn't say any more.

After entering winter, the weather turns cold and there is nothing to do, but there will be conversations with the old emperor like this from time to time.

Many ministers also went to his mansion to discuss some issues from time to time, and the preparations for war in the entire palace did not stop.

In mid-October, the desperadoes he asked Sun Banzhang to find came. Two men in their [-]s and [-]s, one of them was a refugee and the other was a soldier.

Nothing, dare to work hard.

Li Xingzhou met the two men in the pavilion outside the city and gave him gold and silver. The two vowed that they would do anything for him.

He nodded, and to deal with the third princess on the grassland, Temujin was right and left, and after much deliberation, he could only think of one way—assassination!

The journey between them is too far away, and there is really no space and means to maneuver. It would be better to take a life-and-death gamble. If they win, the world will lose the three princesses, Temujin will have no right-hand man, and his career development will be greatly hindered.

If not, with such a distance, there is a high probability that Temujin will not be able to find him, but the guilt in his heart is lingering. After all, the third princess at this time should be a teenager. It's disgraceful to deal with a little girl.

Of course, this matter can only be carried out after the spring of next year. In the remaining months, Li Xingzhou will find someone to teach them the most inconspicuous and deadly assassination method, and ask He Xu to teach them how to identify the three princesses. The team went north.

This is a dishonorable matter, so Li Xingzhou seldom talked about it with others, even he did not tell He Xu the full situation, only a few people such as Shiyu and the two dead men knew about it.

As for the management of the palace, as Shiyu's pregnancy became more and more obvious, Li Xingzhou had to explain more things. After hesitating for a long time, he chose to trust the middle-aged Mr. Fang Xin.

It's not that he has any evidence to prove it, or any reason to speculate that Fang Xin is definitely not a spy of the Ministry of Rites, but his intuition!
That's right, in the end he chose to trust his own experience and intuition, and handed over a lot of affairs to Fang Xin for the management of the palace. Will do.

Fang Xin was very touched. He ran back to the palace and talked to Li Xingzhou a lot. He cried while talking. A big man cried so much that his face was full of tears. He must also know that he was suspected. The pressure very big.

When he left the next day, he repeatedly promised not to disappoint him. Li Xingzhou nodded and watched his back.

Since that day, the palace has returned to calm, everything is in order, and it repeats itself every day. Before you know it, it is December when the sky is snowing heavily and every house is decorated with lanterns.
(End of this chapter)