hsntnovel Chapter 2426 Leaving
Chapter 2426 Leaving
In the front hall of the Ji Wangfu Office, when Li Shen brought Ashina She'er and others to the front hall, they saw several people already standing in the hall.
The person in the lead was Wang De’s godson Wang Xing.
Wang Xing saw Li Shen coming in, and he quickly straightened his clothes and stepped forward to salute:
"This servant pays homage to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
"Well, excuse me. Why are you here? Shouldn't the courier be delivering the letter?"
Li Shen asked after sitting down. In the past, when he and his father were pen pals, the messengers always delivered the letters.
"Your Highness, this time it's an order from His Majesty, sent 600 miles expedited. I'm here to read it out."
Wang Xing replied respectfully.
"Announce the decree? Didn't you just talk about a letter?" Li Shen was a little surprised.
"Yes, Your Majesty, His Majesty has an edict and a letter." Wang Xing nodded and explained.
"Where's the letter?" Li Shenyi stretched out his hand.
"Here." Wang Xing quickly took out the letter.
"You announce the decree first." Li Shen took the letter and said to Wang Xing.
Wang Xing saw Li Shen sitting there at a loss.
"Oh, go ahead." Li Shen realized that he was impolite when he saw Wang Xing's expression and stood up.
"Your Majesty has ordered Prince Ji to return to the capital immediately without delay."
Wang Xing repeated it quickly. In fact, according to Li Shimin's original words, he was saying, "Rebellious son, get back here and die."
But Wang Xing didn't dare to say it exactly as he said, for he was afraid that Prince Ji would get angry and kill him after hearing it.
"Go back to the capital? So good?" Li Shen was stunned when he heard it. He was just discussing the issue of not returning to the capital without an imperial edict. It was really like a pillow was given to him when he was sleepy. Whatever he thought came true.
"I obey your order." Li Shen pretended to accept the order and sat down again, opening the letter. This time it was different from an oral order.
The entire paper was filled with mostly scoldings, and the writing was so flowery that Li Shen read it for a long time but couldn't understand a single word.
Anyway, it's right to scold yourself.
Skip the previous content and look at the last few sentences. The general meaning is that he is telling himself to get out of here and saying that he is doing evil and bringing shame to the royal family.
"Tsk~~~~ Are you breaking down already? Didn't I just ask you to transport your own things? You don't look like me at all. I don't even know if you're my real father."
After reading the letter in his hand, Li Shen couldn't help but complain.
He felt that his father was too petty and didn't have his magnanimity at all.
After hearing this, the people in the hall remained silent, as if they had not heard anything. Prince Ji was indeed very bold, as he dared to openly slander His Majesty.
"Come, take them down to rest. Wang Xing, you stay here for two days, and then go back with me."
Li Shen put away the letter and said to Wang Xing and others.
"Yes, I will follow the arrangements of His Royal Highness Prince Ji." Wang Xing took the order and stepped back.
In the next two days, Prince Ji's Mansion began to prepare for departure. Wang Xuance prepared food and fodder, while Li Shen went to his workshop to check and make some explanations.
Everything is normal in the workshop area. People will be sent to deliver the goods in the spring. As for the guards, Li Shen instructed Qu Zhiqing to kill the two men immediately if they make any unusual movements.
Li Jian has secretly handed over the command of the more than 900 people they have subdued to Qu Zhiqing.
Qu Zhiqing is a smart man, and Li Shen likes to deal with smart people.
Although Qu Zhiqing was greedy, he knew how to be satisfied. He understood how capable he was and was not like those two people who were arrogant.
Such people often live the longest.
After arranging everything, Li Shen felt a little tired. He decided that he must find a big manager in Xizhou after returning.
We need someone to manage everything here, otherwise the connections between them will be too slow.
When Li Shen thought of this, he started cursing Wang Hongfu again, saying that he had not found a suitable candidate in a year.
When Li Shen returned to Xizhou City, Wang Xuance reported that everything was ready, and Li Shen immediately ordered to prepare to set off.
The next morning, at the west gate of Xizhou City, three thousand guards lined up in an orderly manner.
"Your Highness Prince Ji has a long journey ahead of him. I wish you a safe journey."
Ashina She'er led the generals of the Western Expedition Army to see him off, and Guo Xiaoke also brought all the officials of Xizhou Prefecture to see Li Shen off.
It’s just that the two groups had different moods. Ashina She’er and others followed the rules out of respect and courtesy, while the officials led by Guo Xiaoke were overjoyed.
The plague god finally left. If he hadn't left, everyone would have felt like there was a sword hanging over their heads, ready to fall at any moment.
"Hahahaha, everyone, I have been ordered by His Majesty to go back and take care of some things, but I will be back next spring.
Everyone, please don't miss me, we will meet again one day."
Li Shen laughed heartily.
What? Coming back? As soon as these words came out, the faces of the Xizhou officials suddenly became unnatural.
What's this plague god doing back here? What's so good about Xizhou? Who the hell misses you?
"We would like to welcome His Royal Highness Prince Ji." Guo Xiaoke smiled, but in fact he really didn't want Li Shen to come back.
"Haha, don't worry, I will come back."
Li Shen looked at Guo Xiaoke with a smile on his face, but this smile made Guo Xiaoke feel that it was meaningful.
It was not until Li Shen's gaze shifted to Guo Daizhao that Guo Xiaoke's heart trembled.
"Well, it's getting late, and I have to hurry on, so I won't delay any longer.
Everyone, the mountains remain green and the waters flow forever. We will meet again if we are lucky enough."
Li Shen waved to everyone present, then turned and got on the carriage.
"Farewell to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
As everyone saluted, Li Shen's team began to move forward slowly. The carriage moved slowly. Li Shen opened the window of the carriage and took a look at Xizhou City.
This city where I have stayed for more than half a year will definitely become legendary because of my actions.
Perhaps thousands of years later, there will be a piece of unofficial history that will deify myself, saying that King Ji Li Shen visited this place, punished the evildoers and brought benefits to the people.
Li Shen felt somewhat emotional, as he had learned many poems about the Western Regions. For example, "I will not allow the Hu horse to cross the Yinshan Mountains, and I will not return until I have conquered Loulan." "The bones by the Wuding River are pitiful, but they are still the man in my dreams."
These are all poems describing the conquest of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions, but in the Zhenguan period, such poems did not exist at all.
The Western Regions were like a back garden to the Tang Dynasty. With the attack of 100,000 barbarian soldiers, the territory was expanded by thousands of miles.
The so-called Xiongnu horses in the Western Regions were no match for the Tang Dynasty's iron cavalry and were terrified at the news.
If Wang Changling lived in this era, he would never say that he would not return until he conquered Loulan.
He would just say that Loulan was a bit far away and they should go back.
The time difference is only about a hundred years.
A hundred years passes in the blink of an eye, as short as a grain of rice in the long river of history.
Li Shen has been here for more than ten years in the blink of an eye. He traveled here at the age of six and is now twenty years old. Fourteen years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Time flies like an arrow, and Li Shen doesn't know how long he can live, or whether he will travel back in time after death.
Should I bury some antique gold or something in advance?
(I feel a little sad. I’m already forty years old.)