Hu Zhiyun couldn't remember how long he hadn't slept.

He was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyelids and his head kept falling. But every time he tried to fall asleep, someone would come forward and try their best to prevent him from falling asleep.

"Brother Gou'er, don't be like this... tell me what you want. Our national power is far greater than yours, Zhao Song."

"I told you, I'm here just to watch you and not let you sleep."

The figure in front of him was very far away, and Hu Zhiyun just wanted to sleep.

He lowered his head and his hair was pulled up by Wang Gou'er again.

"What do you want from me? Tell me...what do you want me to confess to?"

The door of the house creaked open and someone walked in.

"You go down first."

"Yes, Marshal."

Hu Zhiyun raised his head and became more conscious. He looked at Li Xia blankly and saw that the other person was so energetic that he seemed to be glowing.

"Ha, Song Kou Li Xia, you finally dare to come to see me."

"It's not that I don't dare." Li Xia said, "I've been busy with administration these days."

"Governance? That's not necessary." Hu Zhiyun shook his head and said sarcastically: "When you die, the honest prime minister will govern Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces."

"Even if I die, Lian Xixian will never be able to take office in Guanzhong again."

"It's ridiculous. You have no foundation. You rely solely on conspiracy and tricks to take advantage of people's danger. As long as you die, everything will collapse."

"Maybe, but Kublai Khan can no longer let Lian Xixian go. Look at what Lian Xixian did. He took the decision to seize military power without authorization and appointed Wang Liangchen as commander. He also made the decision to withdraw from Guanzhong without authorization... If you were Kublai Khan

, do you dare to let such a minister continue to be in charge of the province that he has been running for six years?"

Hu Zhiyun was stunned for a moment, as if falling asleep.

Li Xia was about to pull his hair when she heard him murmur.

"Your Majesty's magnanimity and trust in the honest Prime Minister are beyond your imagination."

"Maybe." Li Xia said: "When he sent someone to contact the court to kill Brother Meng, I also thought he was broad-minded."

"What did you say?"

Li Xia said: "I also know Kublai Khan and the Jinlianchuan shogunate better than you think."

Hu Zhiyun was a little suspicious. Then he thought about it and said "Huh?" and asked: "You are rebelling against me. Who are you trying to frame?"

Li Xia smiled and didn't answer.

Hu Zhiyun sneered: "It's useless, no one cares how the late emperor died."

"Okay, no more chatting." Li Xia said casually, "Tell me, where is Lian Xixian?"

Hu Zhiyu narrowed his eyes, as if he was looking far away.

He was very surprised that Li Xia should have asked about the burned letter and Zhang's daughter, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry.

"It's useless if you don't say it." Li Xia said, "Yelu Youshang plans to recruit."

"Boqiang?" Hu Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "You want to deceive me?"

"Yes, that person is indeed Yelu Youshang." Li Xia asked, "Do you think he can escape my pursuit?"

Hu Zhiyun felt that everything was different from what he expected.

He pursed his lips and looked at Li Xia without answering anything. Although his eyes were open, it was as if he was in a dream.

Until Li Xia took out a few broken letters.

"What do these letters mean?"

Hu Zhiyu became more energetic and wanted to deliberately change his expression, while at the same time blurting out the words he had prepared.

"This! Why isn't this burned down?!"

"Clumsy. If you left it to me on purpose, why do you need to act?" Li Xia said.

"It's just that Prime Minister Lian suspected that the Zhang family was watching the situation and colluding with you."

"Colluding with me?"

"Li Xia, stop pretending, you just want to ask where Mrs. Zhang is, don't you?"

"Okay, where?"

"I don't know. When Prime Minister Lian withdrew from Jingzhao Mansion, he ordered me to sort out the official letters. I only read them once and then burned them."

"Tell me the original content of the letter."

Hu Zhiyun couldn't think anymore, so he just said it as he was prepared.

"After you attacked Longxi, Shang Gong sent a letter to Bozhou to ask for help. The Zhang family sent troops to reinforce. The Zhang family sent more than a thousand troops to Tongguan. After that, Zhang Hongdao sent a message to Shang Gong to inquire about the whereabouts of Zhang's daughter. The rest, I

I don’t know anymore…”

Li Xia asked: "Lian Xixian expected that you would be captured by me and deliberately let me know this?"

Hu Zhiyun shook his head and said: "I don't know..."

Li Xia suddenly said: "I have received a message from Zhang Hongdao, and the eldest sister is still in Bozhou."

Hu Zhiyun was stunned for a moment, then raised his head, doubts flashed in his eyes.

"It's impossible...even if you collude with the Zhang family, it's impossible to do it so quickly."

Li Xia looked at him for a while and said, "Okay, I just lied to you. Where is she now?"

"I only...only occasionally heard a word from Prime Minister Lian and Duke Shang..."

"explain."

Hu Zhiyun asked: "I said it, will you believe it?"

"Believe it or not is my business, it's up to you."

"Before leaving Chang'an, I heard Prime Minister Lian and Duke Shang say, 'Whether she is released back to the Zhang family depends on whether Your Majesty trusts Zhang Rou, but Li Xia must not be allowed to see her.'"

"And after that?"

"Shang Gong said he would send someone to Lianping..."

"Lianping? Place name?"

"Maybe not completely." Hu Zhiyun said: "I walked to the public house and only listened to what they said up to this point."

Li Xia took a few steps forward and said, "Fake."

"Believe it or not, that's what I heard."

"She is not in Guanzhong at all." Li Xia said: "Lian Xixian only has that letter, and he wants to trick me into finding Lianping."

"Then don't look for it, there's no such thing as lunch boxes."

"If you don't look for it, you won't find it."

Hu Zhiyun glanced at Li Xia and remained silent.

However, some doubts arose in his heart. Li Xia seemed too sure. Why?

"I will let you leave Guanzhong, tell Lian Xixian, and say...there is no need to waste your efforts anymore, Guanzhong will be impregnable under my governance. If you don't believe it, just look at my political achievements."

After saying that, Li Xia turned around and left.

Hu Zhiyun felt even more confused. He lowered his head and felt sleepy.

I was still thinking about whether there were any flaws in my response, but my thoughts couldn't keep up with it at all, and I finally fell asleep standing there...

~~

Li Xia turned back to the lobby and saw soldiers coming to inform him.

"Commander, Mr. Yang said there is no need to rest and he wants to meet as soon as possible."

"Okay, please invite Mr. Yang to come..."

After Li Xia surrendered to Liu Heima, an urgent message was sent to Hanzhong to mobilize scholars to come to Chang'an.

He is a "literati" rather than a "civilian official". For the time being, he does not want Song court officials to take over the affairs of Guanzhong.

But in this case, there is a shortage of management talents, so we can only invite Wu Qian and Yang Guo to take charge of the overall situation, and then recruit talents in the north.

Today has finally arrived, and compared to Wu Qian, Li Xia really wanted to see Yang Guo first.

…

Yang Guo had obviously cried, his old eyes were red, and he walked slowly, looking up everywhere, as if he couldn't see enough.

"Commander..."

"Mr. Yang, please get up quickly. Don't be excited. Sit down."

"Commander." Yang Guo was supported by Li Xia and slowly sat down, "I remember back then... the words of the commander-in-chief were still fresh in my memory... When the country is strong, the people will not be insulted, and when the people are strong, the country will not be insulted."
To be continued...