The dilapidated garden, abandoned pavilion, and only the white snow accumulated over the past few days give people a bright feeling.
Although Xia Shang has been to the Prince's Mansion several times in the past, thinking about the Prince's infinite glory a few years ago, this home will definitely not be as depressed as it is today.
Then when he saw the prince Li Xin, whom everyone talked about being perverted, dressed in casual clothes, disheveled hair, and sitting in a wheelchair slowly approaching him, Xia Shang sighed inexplicably in his heart, and he really realized the so-called right and wrong of things.
"You're alright?"
The prince omitted the title and just said hello briefly.
Xia Shang also nodded, without saying much, he walked into the small pavilion and prepared to sit down.
It's a pity that there seems to be no clean space in the small pavilion. Xia Shang went through ups and downs but never sat down.
At this time, an accompanying servant took out a clean square towel and trotted to put it on Xia Shang's bed, and then he allowed Xia Shang to sit down.
Li Xin pushed the axle by himself and entered little by little. Looking at Xia Shang's actions, he didn't know whether he was being polite or sarcastic. He said: "The time is not long, but it is short. I didn't expect Mr. Xia's life to be so good."
Still so exquisite.”
Xia Shang shook the snow off his clothes and responded simply: "I heard from the housekeeper that the prince is very anxious, but it seems that the prince is not very anxious now?"
"I've been waiting for three days, and I don't care about this moment."
"Then stop talking. I have only been back in the capital for two hours, and I have already heard people talking about it, and I don't know whether it is true or not."
"Just take it as true."
"What do you mean by just taking it as true? You should give me an explanation of what is going on."
"The real situation will only be more serious than the rumors outside."
"Is it more serious?" Xia Shang's eyes widened in shock, and there were already some beads of sweat on his frowning brows.
"The situation is quite complicated, and the news reaching the capital is all fragmentary. What is the real situation? We cannot just listen to hearsay, nor can we just listen to the news from the military and local governments. So if you ask me to give you an explanation, I don't know.
What.
However, the reason why the incident in Xuzhou is so serious is due to three major factors.
Firstly, this pirate riot is obviously different from the past. In terms of tactics,
Judging from their actions and behavior, there must be a unified force supporting them. Moreover, their number is the largest in history. They can no longer be regarded as pirates. They should be a very powerful navy with at least 80,000 people.
Secondly, the military and local officials in Xuzhou have failed in their duties. Because they have lived outside Beijing for a long time and have neglected their control, local forces in these border towns have become seriously clumsy. Internal fighting has been a cancerous problem that has existed for many years. All aspects have lacked attention to coastal defense.
It gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Thirdly, there is the possibility of internal and external collusion.”
"Is this the news you received or your own analysis, Prince?"
"Of course it is a simple analysis. The so-called message cannot have such content."
"Then what are the prince's plans now? What are the court's plans now?"
Each of Xia Shang's questions was very direct, which made Li Xin a little surprised: "What? With just a few words, you are willing to follow the prince to take risks on the front line? Aren't you afraid that the prince will use his power to take you down on the front line?
Get rid of them?"
"Now that I'm back in the capital, I've already made a decision. What's the use of talking nonsense?"
Want to go?"
Li Xin frowned and patted his unconscious legs: "What? You don't like me, a cripple? Don't forget, this prince is still a master. Now, if I intend to take your life
, you can't live for three seconds. Don't think that you can hurt me twice with that strange firearm last time, and don't think that you can't be afraid of sneak attacks because of the weird energy in your body. Although you look dangerous, I really understand you.
People know your true identity. To be honest, in terms of kung fu, you are just a paper tiger."
Xia Shang's heart sank. He didn't expect Li Xin to say such words. Since he could say such words, it also proved that the other party knew Xia Shang very well.
And Li Xin is right, as long as you know enough about Xia Shang, Xia Shang is a paper tiger.
As long as you pay attention to hidden weapons when fighting, and avoid head-on confrontation with Zhenqi, ordinary warriors, let alone masters, can kill Xia Shang.
Li Xin is quite dangerous. After hearing this, Chunjiao walked from outside the pavilion to the pavilion.
Inside, he stood firmly beside Xia Shang.
Li Xin looked at Chunjiao and smiled: "There are very few outstanding talents as young as Chief Chun in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and even more rare is another girl. If I hadn't known that Chief Chun was completely devoted to Lord Xia, I would have
The prince has already extended an olive branch."
"Bah!" Chunjiao was not polite at all and spat, "Stop dreaming! I know who the prince is. Don't pretend to be a good person in front of adults at this moment, let alone think that a few sweet words can do it.
Make people relax their vigilance towards you."
"Don't talk about these useless things." Xia Shang interrupted, "Before I came back, I had a question that I hadn't figured out. Why would the prince think of me? I have no idea about big things like the military, foreign enemies, and war.
Any experience! I don’t know what I can do to help. Besides, there are so many civil and military ministers in the court, they are much more suitable for such things than me, right?"
"There is no need to shirk things now. I believe in my own vision, and you should also know what it means to do my duty. As for the so-called civil and military ministers in the court, 90% of them are useless people who only know how to climb the dragon and the phoenix. Only a few
He may have some ability, but in such a large country, all the capable people cannot be used to deal with the Xuzhou incident. Therefore, now the court can use very few people, and even fewer people are willing to rush to the front line to take risks. The national crisis is at the forefront.
That’s when you can clearly see a person’s loyalty. Those people are so disappointing!”
As he spoke, Prince Li Xin slapped the stone table in front of him with a heavy palm, almost overturning the entire stone table.
Seeing Li Xin's furious look, Xia Shang guessed that the other party must have encountered trouble when mobilizing manpower.
"If I can become emperor one day, none of these bullshit ministers will survive. The first thing I have to do is to replace them all from beginning to end."
"When are we leaving Xuzhou? How many troops will we bring?"
Li Xin glanced at Xia Shang. Although Xia Shang didn't show much emotion, every question he asked was linked to the key to the matter. It could be felt that Xia Shang was more anxious than Li Xin.
"We will set out early tomorrow morning. The number of troops we can bring is limited. If we gather my retainers and old troops, we should have a small team of a thousand people."