If Li Xianyuan had not appeared in front of him again, it would be hard for Xue Shao to remember that he had such an old acquaintance. Seeing his plump and strange and familiar face, many pictures flashed quickly in Xue Shao's mind like diànying. From the beginning of his acquaintance with Princess Taiping to the time he left Beijing during this Northern Expedition, whenever "big events" happened in more than ten years, it seemed that Li Xianyuan was there.

Is this just accident?

Thinking of this, Xue Shao's eyes when he looked at Li Xianyuan became a little complicated.

"Huh?" Li Xianyuan looked at Xue Shao's bizarre eyes and couldn't help but feel a little nervous, "Why is Mr. Xue looking at Xiaosheng like this?"

He also looked at himself up and down, worried that he would make a fool of himself in disarray.

"You are fat." Xue Shao calmed down his mind, looked at him with the look of his old friend's reunion, and smiled: "I believe that you are living in the capital with great comfort. Why did you come to my desolate and bitter frontier?"

"Oh..." Li Xianyuan sighed for a long time, "It's true."

"Follow me." After saying that, Xue Shao walked forward, and even repelled the guards and scammers, and only brought Li Xianyuan and walked into his residence.

There is something that Xue Shao knew very well. Li Xianyuan, a seemingly inconspicuous little character, can always play a very critical role in the face of big troubles. The situation in the capital is tense at the moment. Li Xianyuan, who should have lived a happy life like a pig in the capital, suddenly appeared uninvited to the border, and there must be a major reason.

"Say, what's the matter?" As soon as she sat down, Xue Shao asked straight in.

Li Xianyuan, who had always been frivolous and hippie, said in a low voice: "What happened."

"I know something happened." Xue Shao frowned, "I'll ask you, what's the matter?"

"Brother Ling..."

Xue Shao's heart skipped a beat... Sure enough, what worries me the most happened!

When cruel officials were rampant a few years ago, under Xue Shao's instructive arrangement, Li Xianyuan became a subordinate of Xue Shao's elder brother Xue Yan, and at the same time he was a member of the "Pastoral Court" in the cruel officials. At that time, Xue Shao's purpose was to avoid cruel officials harming Xue Yan, and to monitor and supervise Xue Yan, so as not to let him have too much contact with the Li Tang royal family, so as not to get involved in the rebellion of the Li Tang royal family.

Later it turned out that Xue Shao's move was pretty good. Otherwise, according to the established trajectory of history, whether it was Xue Ying or Xue Shao, it should have been Wu Zetian's sword to be wronged.

"That's how it is." Li Xianyuan swallowed, and looked like he started from scratch with a long speech.

"Tell me the key point." Xue Shao said in a deep voice.

"Secretly imprisoned!"

Xue Shao let out a sigh of relief, at least he is still alive!

"Secret imprisonment?" Xue Shao said, "He is a noble and prominent Duke of the First Class, and a winter official minister who holds important positions. If such a court official is arrested and imprisoned, can he still succeed without anyone knowing it?"

"This is the thing..." Li Xianyuan was about to tell the story again, and looked like Xue Shao, and immediately said quickly: "This year, the flood in Jiangnan was in trouble. Ling's brother was ordered to travel south to treat floods and provide disaster relief. Less than half a month after he was in office, he was detained by the censor sent by the court, on the grounds that someone reported that he was not effective in treating floods and providing disaster relief funds. At that time, more than 30 assistants and followers who accompanied Ling's brother, including the chef and the groom, were all detained on the spot and were taken away overnight and unknown whereabouts."

"I don't know where to go?" Xue Shao frowned.

"Yes, they were not taken back to Shendu. Until Xiaosheng left the capital, the court had not disclosed his affairs about Brother Ling." Li Xianyuan said, "So Xiaosheng said that Brother Ling was secretly imprisoned."

"Then how do you know this?" Xue Shao asked.

Li Xianyuan smiled bitterly, "Didn't Xiaosheng be a follower of Brother Ling long ago, so he went south to control floods and disaster relief. Fortunately, when the censor came to catch people, Xiaosheng was ordered to inspect the river embankment outside. Seeing that something was wrong, Xiaosheng hid. Then he secretly ran back to the capital to inquire about the news, and then hurried to report to Mr. Xue."

"Then what about my sister-in-law, nephews, and my third brother's family?" Xue Shao asked.

"I don't know very well..." Li Xianyuan shook his head, "The situation is urgent, and the young actor dares not stay in the capital for more than one, and he dares to show up at his brother's house. I guess..."

"There is no need to say nonsense." Xue Shao's expression became cold, "You only say, you are sure of the facts."

"Yes, yes." Li Xianyuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "There are certainty that many people are searching for me everywhere!"

"Then you can still go north and travel through the prefectures and counties without any obstacles?" Xue Shao was very curious.

"This is thanks to Ashina's loyalty!" Li Xianyuan said, "He was ordered to be transferred to the Sima of the Bingzhou Grand Governor's Office, and brought a group of family entourages to the north to take office. Xiaosheng had some friendship with him in Xiazhou, so he risked his life to beg him to take me out of the pass and go north. He let me mix with his chef and bring me all the way to Bingzhou. He did not eat and drink all the way, Xiaosheng was originally fleeing, but now he is not thin but fat."

"The loyalty of the Left Guard General Ashina would be transferred to Sima of the Bingzhou Grand Governor's Office? Such personnel changes are too unusual." Xue Shao smelled an unusual smell and thought: "His relationship with Wang Xiaojie is extraordinary..."

Li Xianyuan also nodded repeatedly, "At that time, the young actor felt strange, so he asked Asina Zhongjie indirectly and asked him if the court would transfer Wang Xiaojie to Bingzhou? Asina Zhongjie was just saying that, and he didn't know about it."

"No matter whether Wang Xiaojie will come or not, the court violated the rules and suddenly transferred a general who was guarding the capital to Bingzhou to serve as the Sima of the Grand Governor's Office in charge of military affairs. His intention was obvious." Xue Shao sneered, "I secretly seized my brother as a hostage first, and then put a sharp knife on my back... Such tricks are more than just destiny!"

Li Xianyuan couldn't help but be shocked, "Earing what Mr. Xue said, Xiaosheng felt that Ashi's loyalty and willingness to bring Xiaosheng to the north was not entirely out of loyalty. He seemed... he was deliberately trying to let Xiaosheng inform Mr. Xue?"

"Otherwise?" Xue Shao smiled immediately, "Do you think you can really escape from Jiangnan with your ability and sneak up to me to inform me?"

"Uh..." Li Xianyuan was a little stunned, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat.

"They deliberately wanted me to know these things." Xue Shao stood up, cut his hands and walked slowly. The expression on his face was not only gloomy, but also solemn.

"Mr. Xue said that they mean..." Li Xianyuan asked tentatively.

"You know it in your heart, why bother asking?" Xue Shao said in a deep voice.

"Xiaosheng, I'm really a little confused." Li Xianyuan said, "According to common sense, Mr. Xue is now in charge of the Northern Expedition with heavy troops. The most important thing the court should do is to press forward against Mr. Xue step by step. But now... No matter how Xiaosheng thinks, he can't figure it out!"

"You can't figure it out because you regard the court as a whole." Xue Shao said.

Li Xianyuan's eyes lit up, "Mr. Xue means... are there some people who are heretical and heretical, who deliberately want to force Mr. Xue to rebel against the court?"

"If it weren't for this, how could Dang Jinpi, Guo Dafeng and Guo An die unjustly?" Xue Shao frowned, "They just wanted to force Xue to a dead end and eventually turned against the court. To be precise, turned against His Majesty."

"The young actor seemed to know who the 'them's' that Mr. Xue refers to." Li Xianyuan said, "If Mr. Xue and His Majesty really turned against each other, their profits would be the greatest."

"Yes." Xue Shao said, "Over the years, they have worked hard to eliminate Mr. Xue. If they cannot do it with their own strength, they will use His Majesty's hand. If they succeed, they will never have any opponents to compete with him. Even if they fail, the two tigers will suffer a lot of injuries, and they will always be able to reap profits. At that time, they will be in power and do whatever they want and even steal the Nine Cauldrons."

"I said why is it so strange? What happened recently doesn't seem to be from Your Majesty's original intention..." Li Xianyuan shook his head, "There is no doubt that although Your Majesty intends to weaken Mr. Xue's power, it is really not as stupid as killing Guo An, imprisoning Yu Hongye, and seizing Brother Ling."

"It can be seen that Your Majesty's control over the court and ministers is no longer as good as before." Xue Shao said, "Otherwise, those Xiao Xiaoans dare to act recklessly under the banner of Your Majesty?"

"Last year, when winter began, Your Majesty suffered a serious illness and had not attended court for a long time. The dragon body was no longer as good as before. For a long time, all officials rarely met the emperor. For many major affairs of the court, Your Majesty entrusted Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong to issue orders. The second Zhang was mixed up with Wu Sansi and others, and took the opportunity to quickly become a big shot and began to eliminate dissidents." Li Xianyuan said, "No wonder, the court situation has lost control to its current level."

"It seems accidental, but it is inevitable." Xue Shao said, "Even if Your Majesty did not suddenly suffer from this serious illness, even if Er Zhang suddenly appeared and disrupted the situation. All of this in front of him will happen sooner or later."

Li Xianyuan shook his head and sighed softly, as if he had made a mistake.

Just as Xue Shao understood, Li Xianyuan seemed confused, but in fact he was more sober than anyone else.

"Li Xianyuan, I want you to return to the capital immediately!" Xue Shao suddenly said in a shocking voice.

Li Xianyuan was almost scared and jumped up, "You, what did you say?"

Xue Shao stepped forward and grabbed Li Xianyuan's clothes and said in a deep voice: "I want you to return to the capital immediately and do something... I can't describe how important it is!"

"What, what's the matter?"

Xue Shao was amazing, and Li Xianyuan was a little shocked.

"I want you to go back and meet Princess Taiping in person." Xue Shao let go of him and patted his clothes. His tone became as gentle as possible, and said, "I want you to tell her everything we talked about today without missing a word. And solemnly remind her, one sentence."

"What's the point?" Li Xianyuan asked with wide eyes.
Chapter completed!