Li Qinghuan

Chapter 124

He Li doesn't like children very much, especially children who love to cry, but when the little Xiliang King cries, the whole Xiliang Palace can hear his cries. No matter what He Li does, he is always in his ears. Crying, he couldn't take it anymore after holding on for two days, and asked the man to bring the cub to his side.

That little brat really liked He Li very much, he was good at being by He Li's side, he didn't cry or make trouble, and when He Li was busy with business, he obediently pulled He Li's clothes and took a nap beside him.

After a few days, He Li got used to having a follower by his side, and sometimes even thought this little follower was quite cute.

After the matter in Xiliang was settled, and the tenth year of Xuande came to an end, the imperial court took Xiliang as the territory of the Great Wei, changed Xiliang to Xizhou, sent officials of the Great Wei to serve in the state government, and sent troops to garrison it.In order to prevent Dong Hu from invading, in addition to the Xizhou garrison, He Li also sent Luo Ran to stay in Xizhou temporarily with [-] troops.

At the end of the tenth year of Xuande, He Li led his army back to Lancheng from Xizhou.

In the blink of an eye, it will be the end of the new year again. The battle that Lancheng fought before this year, both the Donghu and the Great Wei were seriously injured. This year, this year is a bit more peaceful, not as fearful as in previous years.

It snowed heavily outside the pass as in previous years, and the snow was still the same as in previous years, but this year He Li was very homesick. He Huaizhou's coffin had been brought back to Yudu by Ji Qing for burial. An old man was waiting for him in the tent.

The road from Xizhou to Lancheng was very windy and snowy. He Li was forced to ride in a carriage for a few days with that little boy, the King of Xiliang. Lian looked at the soldiers riding horses outside, envious.

Staring outside for a while, he didn't close the curtain until the kid behind him sneezed suddenly.

He Li turned his head, lifted the cloak and wrapped the boy in his arms, and said with disgust, "Frozen? How weak."

The little Xiliang King didn't seem to understand the Central Plains dialect very well, and looked at him with a pair of ignorant eyes.

He Li pursed his lips in disgust, but still wrapped him up a little tighter.

"What's your name?" After staying in the border for so many years, He Li has roughly learned some foreign languages, and can still speak simple Donghu and Xiliang.

The little Xiliang king's eyes lit up, and he replied, "My king."

He Li frowned, and said again: "Your name is 'Wang'?"

The little Xiliang King nodded: "They all call me that."

He Li thought for a moment, and probably guessed the reason. It certainly doesn't make much sense for such a young boy to be their king of Xiliang. It is clear that he is a puppet in Sangdan's hands. How could a five or six-year-old child know that he is the king of Xiliang? Even if he had a name in the past, he should have forgotten it by now. Hearing people around him call him that, he naturally thought that he was called by such a name.

"how old are you?"

The little guy thought for a while, then stretched out a hand from He Li's cloak and swung three fingers.

"Three years old?"

"Ah."

"Do you like your nanny?"

The little guy shook his head.

"why"

"Hit me, her."

"She hit you?"

"Yeah. Also, I'm hungry."

What kind of nonsense is this?He Li's head was shaking, but he still keenly caught the word 'hungry'.

"Why are you so pitiful?"

The little guy didn't speak, just looked at him pitifully.

"Then do you have any uncles or aunts?" He Li really didn't want to squat in the carriage anymore, he wanted to dump this little brat to someone else.

The little guy was stunned for a long time, his expression suddenly became very strange, he seemed to be both scared and sad, and said in a crying voice: "No, I don't."

He Li also realized that something was wrong, reached out and gently touched his head: "Okay, no, no."

"I want to follow you."

He Li raised his eyebrows: "Follow me?"

The little guy nodded seriously, and tried to use the unprofessional Central Plains words: "Hi, I like you."

He Li smiled: "Do you like me?"

The little guy nodded again, with a very serious expression.

Looking at this little white and tender child, He Li was completely at a loss.

He is not hard-hearted, after spending so many days with him day and night, He Li is somewhat soft-hearted towards this child, and now that he knows the virtues of those Xiliang nobles, even if He Li doesn't like children, he can't be hard-hearted and send him there. .

"Okay, you follow me first."

The little guy stared straight at He Li for a long time, as if he was thinking about what he meant, it took him a while to understand what he said, and he nodded happily: "Okay."

He Li sighed, stretched out his fingers to open a gap in the car curtain, and said, "Can you ride a horse?"

The little guy froze for a moment and shook his head.

He Li raised his forehead: "Forget it, just bear with it."

After passing Xiliang Guanlan City, it is not far away, but before arriving at Lancheng, rumors have been spread all over the Lancheng camp, saying that General He picked up a son after taking down Xiliang.

For a while, the entire Lancheng camp was boiling. On the day of arriving in Lancheng, even Old General Han rushed over to watch the excitement.

He Li took the boy's hand and walked slowly into the Lancheng camp.

Han Jue hurriedly followed and asked, "Ah Li, what's going on with you? I heard from the soldiers in the camp that you picked up a son. Is it true?"

He Li stopped in his tracks, turned around and sighed, and said helplessly, "General Han, who did you listen to?"

"Isn't this what it is?" Han Jue pointed at the little boy beside He Li, "Your son?"

"It's a long story at this time, let's go in first." He Li had no choice but to look at the soldiers who were sneaking around and came to watch, and shouted: "They are all idle, right? Why don't you go to practice?"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers quickly dispersed.

"General Han, this kid is afraid of the cold, so let someone take him to the fire to warm up first."

Han Jue nodded and asked a young soldier to take him away, but the little boy looked at He Li and refused to move no matter what.

He Li squatted down, and said in a gentle voice: "You go with this brother first, I have something to deal with, I will come to you later."

The little guy thought for a while, nodded in a daze, turned around and left with the little soldier.

Watching him leave, He Li followed Han Jue back to the big tent. Han Jue asked anxiously, "What's going on? This child was picked up from Xiliang, oh no, Xizhou?"

He Li raised his forehead: "What did you pick it up? This child is the king of Xiliang."

"The King of Xiliang?" Han Jue was so shocked that he couldn't sit still, he stood up in surprise, with a look of disbelief, "The King of Xiliang? Such a big brat?"

"Yeah." He Li nodded depressedly.

"In the first year of Xuande, your grandfather and I fought against the King of Xiliang. I remember that he was in his prime? He died so soon? And let such a brat inherit the throne?"

He Li frowned, lowered his voice and said, "I searched the Xiliang Palace and found the remains of the old Xiliang King in a secret room."

Han Jue: "What's going on?"

He Li frowned and raised his eyes: "What's going on? I'm afraid only Sang Dan knows in this world."

Han Jue turned around and was about to leave: "I'll go and bring him."

He Li raised his hand to stop him: "Don't worry about the general, I will take the little Xiliang king to see him some day, and you can find me a soldier who is proficient in Xiliang dialect to follow."

Han Jue nodded: "Okay."

He Li sighed, and said, "I don't want to get involved in the matter of Xiliang."

Han Jue followed his words and said, "There is no way not to get involved. Xiliang has now become the Western Province. Since it belongs to the Great Wei, the old part of Xiliang must be cleaned up, so as not to cause endless disasters."

"That's it. By the way, General Han, nothing happened in the camp while I was away, right?"

"No." Han Jue sat down again, "But the court sent a letter, saying that Donghu sent people to negotiate peace."

He Li thumped in his heart, feeling inexplicably nervous: "What does Your Majesty say?"

"Your Majesty doesn't seem to want to negotiate peace, let's step up our guard."

He Li immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

"While the Hu people sent troops to the border, they sent people to Yu to say that they wanted peace talks, but their sincerity was really insufficient."

He Li sneered and said: "Youzhou is still in the hands of Donghu. If the people of Donghu really want peace talks, they should return Youzhou first. Your Majesty is not stupid. If Donghu talks about peace now, the lion will inevitably open his mouth. Let's wait and see. What exorbitant demands would he make?"

Han Jue agreed: "If he doesn't withdraw his troops, it will be a naked threat to Wei. It will take half a year to discuss this matter."

"Indeed." He Li nodded, "But that's good, Da Wei also needs some time to breathe."

Although He Li was anxious to defeat Dong Hu, he knew that there was no rush and he had to take his time.

"By the way, Ah Li." After a moment of silence in the tent, Han Jue suddenly said: "This time escorting the Xiliang nobles back to Beijing, His Majesty appointed you to go, saying that you have been here for several years, and this time you just returned to Beijing debriefing."

He Li stood up abruptly and said excitedly, "Really?"

Han Jue stood up and walked to him, picked up a booklet from the table in front of him: "If you don't believe me, read it for yourself."

He Li flipped through the booklet and read it several times before jumping up from the table.

On the other side, Li Zhuxuan, who was still staying in the camp in Lancheng, hadn't raised his eyebrows for several days since he saw the booklet. The emperor's order was hard to break, and he couldn't do what he promised Ji Qing.

The eccentric He Li happily came to the door and asked him if there was anything he needed to bring back.

With difficulty, Li Zhuxuan squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying, and took out two letters from his arms, one for Liu Zijian and the other for his father.

He Li took the letter and put it in his arms, then bounced away from Li Zhuxuan's sight.

Happy to be happy, before he left, He Li had to finish his work. Li Zhuxuan was the shepherd of Yanzhou after all, so he couldn't stay in Lancheng for too long. After knowing that He Li was going back to Beijing to report on his work, he prepared to go back to Yanzhou in desperation.

As Qi Yan, the head of Yanzhou, is a real idiot, He Li naturally refused to let him go back to harm Yanzhou, so he directly used the military talisman to detain him and his soldiers in Lancheng, and sent Qin Yang to Yanzhou first. Neither Li Zhuxuan nor Qin Yang had any objections to this, but Chen Zheng was not happy about it, but he didn't have the guts to disobey He Li's order, so he could only watch Qin Yang leave helplessly.

On the day of farewell, Chen Zheng stood by the door like a watchdog and watched Qin Yang's figure gradually shrink and finally disappear.

He Li couldn't stand it anymore, so he called Chen Zheng into the tent.

Chen Zheng stood blankly in the center of the big tent, his eyes glazed over, as if he had lost his soul.

He Li dealt with the paperwork in his hand, without turning his head, he said, "If I don't call you back, are you still planning to stand forever?"

"The end will not dare."

He Li curled his lips into a smile: "You don't dare? I think you are very brave."

Chen Zheng endured and endured, but he still couldn't hold back, and said a little aggrieved: "General, why did you transfer Qin Yang away alone?"

He Li sighed and raised his head: "You are really a bit stupid. Luo Ran was temporarily sent to Xizhou by me. I don't have many people who can use me, and people like you and Qin Yang who can take care of themselves are even more so. It can be counted, Qi Yan, that idiot, refused to send troops last year, which caused us to almost lose Lancheng. If I don’t detain him here, is it possible to let him go back and continue to harm Yanzhou? So I plan to ask for orders after the fight against Donghu. You and Qin Yang stay in Yanzhou."