“Sichuan and Shu are too poor!”

A disabled man walked through the crowd, shouting loudly.

His powerful voice soon infected many people around him.

"The commander-in-chief returns to the court to ask for rewards and ask the officials to provide relief to Sichuan and Sichuan! Wish the officials good luck!"

"Please ask the officials to help Sichuan and Shu!"

"..."

The shouts gradually merged into a neat chorus and reached the river boat.

The messengers sitting on the bow of the ship looked at each other with disgust on their faces.

"Are these people all beggars?"

"We have surrendered to Mongolia for so many years, and as soon as we regain it, we are clamoring for money."

"Hey, I'm in a beggar's den and I'm just asking for money."

"That person dares to take advantage of the people's support and force him to become an official. I'm afraid he doesn't want to be an official."

"We are not required to spread it to the ears of the officials. Once these words are spoken, we will be angry."

"..."

Liu Jinsuo, who was standing on the cabin rail, looked at the messengers, grinned, and ran excitedly to the cabin, where he saw Li Xia practicing his sword.

"Commander, those hozens heard the shouting and came to the deck to take a look."

"I know." Li Xiawu held his sword and slashed left and right.

"Commander, you are on a boat, why are you still practicing?"

"Huh... just sitting on a boat, you can practice the chassis better."

"Commander, if you still need to practice this basic skill, then the elixir furnace will explode and the elixir will be shattered. You have gone too far."

"If it's okay, just go." Li Xia said and warned again.

"Don't panic."

Liu Jinsuo scratched his head and said to himself that he was clearly not panicking at all.

Panic? I feel very comfortable without Liu Niang. I won’t wash my feet if I don’t want to...

He strode through the cabin corridor and was about to turn when he encountered Yan Yunyun who was cursing again.

"Eighteen realms of currency exchange, each realm has different currency exchanges, you have been working with me for so long, and you don't even know this?"

"My apologies, shopkeeper, I didn't expect that Lin'an and Jiangling are so different..."

"Don't make excuses for me. Recalculate the accounts to me before a quarter of an hour tomorrow."

"This...is, is."

"Wait a minute, give me the gift list, you have such a bad memory, why did I use you in the first place?"

"I know my mistake, little one. Here is the gift list..."

Liu Jinsuo listened and murmured: "It's true that the green bamboo snake came out after the sting, and it became more and more fierce..."

When he regained consciousness, he saw Yan Yunyun walking towards him.

He couldn't help but give way.

"Please, Shopkeeper Yan."

"Liu Tongzhi worked hard." Yan Yunyun smiled with a smile on his face, which made people feel like a spring breeze.

"Ha, ha, it's not hard." Liu Jinsuo scratched his head.

However, Yan Yunyun stepped forward again, got closer to him, and whispered: "Those messengers have noticed that we are bringing the caravan and goods, and they think that Alang wants to make a lot of money in Lin'an, so let them think so."

"I know."

"When the ship stops in Xiangyang, you have to wait for me to come back from selling goods. I have met Alang, and you will deliberately let it slip again."

Liu Jinsuo tried his best to lean back and said: "I know, I know, I've practiced it. Shopkeeper Yan, don't think I look stupid, so you don't have to explain it to me."

"I dare not think so, but Liu Tongzhi has never practiced with me..."

"No need to practice, no need." Liu Jinsuo ran away quickly.

He didn't dare to have more contact with Yan Yunyun... He was so cruel to others, yet so polite to him, it was not like he would let others gossip.

Liu Jinsuo continued walking down until he reached the cargo hold and took a closer look.

"Have those people been here?"

"I took a look and took away three jars of wine."

"You didn't turn around, did you?"

"Don't worry, Commander, you won't be able to find anything."

Liu Jinsuo was relieved and said, "Watch everything carefully."

He knew that the deck beneath his feet was full of weapons, armor, and siege equipment...

~~

In Lin'an, the Great Inner Palace City stands at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain. It not only has the splendor and solemnity of an imperial palace, but also has a smoky atmosphere because it occupies such a small area.

In the Funing Hall, Zhao Yun was leaning there lazily, listening to Ji Xixi playing the piano.

The sound of silk and bamboo was lingering, and the fatigue and worries caused by complicated state affairs were finally washed away little by little...

Someone from Xiaohuangmen stepped forward lightly. He waited until the song was over and then reported: "Guan family, the messenger has returned. It is said that Li Xia, the envoy of Sichuan Province, has returned to the court to report on his duties."

Zhao Yun did not open his eyes, feeling both surprised and somewhat unexpected.

But a stone fell from the bottom of my heart.

Fortunately, Li Xia did not surrender to Kublai Khan. He made the right choice between the emperor and the barbarian chief.

"Very good, I want to reward Li Xia generously." Zhao Yun muttered to himself.

…

When Zhao Yun became angry, he also thought about killing Li Xia.

Li Xia's aunt, Li Shi, the former Princess of Rong, once drugged the loyal prince to abort him when he was still a fetus... causing the crown prince of a country to become a fool.

Of course, Li is not guilty, this is the legal principle.

It was natural for the mistress to conceive a slave girl who dared to seduce the master's family. After all, no one thought at that time that the two brothers from the Tian family would only have this one son.

As the emperor, Zhao Yun would never kill anyone no matter how angry he was. At most, when King Rong wanted to anger the Li family, he turned a blind eye.

This is just one of the reasons why Zhao Yun has always disliked Li Xia, and it is not a murderous intention.

It can only be said that since Li Xia plans to make King Zhong the crown prince and Li Xia has a grudge against King Zhong, he cannot command the army or take power.

Another reason that triggered Zhao Yun's murderous intention was... Yan Rong didn't kill Ji Xixi.

Why?

A year or two later, you faked the real thing and deceived him into having an heir?

This matter is very unlikely, but it is too dangerous. If Yan Rong really has this intention, the person who uses military power to help her must be Li Xia.

The position of Commander-in-Chief of Shu was obtained by Yan Li Dingdang by deceiving the Emperor!

Therefore, Zhao Yun had murderous intentions towards Li Xia.

But, it's different now.

Kublai Khan was so terrible, a barbarian who occupied the name of orthodoxy in the north.

Liu Xiu could tolerate Zhu Tuna, who killed his brother, and Cao Cao could tolerate Zhang Xiu, who killed his son... Kublai Khan could tolerate Li Xia, but the Emperor of the Song Dynasty could not tolerate others?

When Li Xia faced being summoned to surrender, he went straight to the emperor and asked himself to return to the court. At least on the surface, his loyalty was evident.

If he is blamed after returning to the court, everyone will be in danger.

Thinking about this, Zhao Yun muttered to himself and repeated it again, saying: "I have to reward him heavily... When will Li Xia set off? When will he arrive?"

"I report to the officials that Li Xia arrived in Huating County two days ago and is planning to take the sea route from Qiantang River to Lin'an. The messenger came first to report to the officials."

~~

"So fast?"

When Jia Sidao received the news, he looked thoughtful in his eyes and said to himself: "He really dares to come back? He knows that once he returns to the court, it will be difficult to return to Shu to lead the army."

Liao Yingzhong asked: "Perhaps, knowing that his future was bleak, he gave up military power just to save his life."

"Then you don't understand him very well." Jia Sidao sneered: "If he is willing to give up military power, he will not ask himself to return to the court to report on his duties, but should resign from the position of commander-in-chief of Shu."

Liao Yingzhong mused: "Li's medicine fell into the trap of the loyal king, Yan's concubine deceived the king to seek a position, and Kublai Khan sent a letter to recruit him...put these three things together, Li Xia should have died, but it is a great talent to survive now, and the official family

It is absolutely impossible to release him back to Shu, he must be rewarded generously, and then transferred back to the court to be idle."
To be continued...