They say it's sick

Chapter 73

I haven't seen each other for several months, Li Yan did have a lot to say to Xiao Luo, similar to the customs along the way, the daily news in the village are mostly trivial things, Xiao Luo hasn't left the capital for several years, and he treats these bystanders very differently He was particularly interested in the trivial things, and listened with great interest, but he didn't even ask Li Ji's real purpose of going to Pingzhou, as if his trip was just for traveling.

After all, Xiao Luo was still ill, and after chatting for half an hour, his expression became a little sleepy, and he fell asleep drowsily, Li Yan consciously stopped, tucked the quilt for him, put down the bed curtain, and hugged the little gray rabbit lightly. Backed out lightly.

For fear of disturbing Xiao Luo's recuperation, Xiao Duo had dismissed the servants in the courtyard a few days ago, and there was no one to be seen around, and it was extremely quiet. Li Yan stood at the door of the house for a while, looking up at the sky. After a while, he went straight to Xiao Duo's study.

Li Yan should be the person in this mansion who is most familiar with Xiao Duo's study.After all, since he entered the mansion, he single-handedly contracted the task of tidying up here——

Xiao Duo is not used to tidying up. Although Xiao Luo would come over from time to time, most of the time he spent most of his time reading on the soft couch, not bothering to touch those messy official documents.

Li Yan pushed open the door, and looked around the room, what he saw was as messy as expected.

Probably because he was busy taking care of Xiao Luo who was ill these few days, Xiao Duo had accumulated a lot of unprocessed reports, and some official documents and military affairs that had been processed but not rushed to be sent away were all piled up on the desk, leaving only a little gap There was half a cup of cold tea on the table - Xiao Duo didn't have time to come over, and the servants didn't dare to come in alone to clean up.

Li Yan stood in front of the desk for a while, and after a little silence, he turned around and looked at the shelf on the other side.

There are many things on that shelf, including the Four Books and Five Classics, military strategies, and folk tales.Then there are many official documents that were neither destroyed nor archived due to various reasons in the past, or other letterheads that needed to be preserved.

Li Yan stared at the row of letterheads that he had arranged neatly with his own hands, and did not move for a long time.

He asked himself in his heart, what did he want to find when he came here on a whim?

Even if the guard is really Xiao Duo's person, and he really sent the letter all the way back, according to Xiao Duo's habit, he may not keep it. Was it the mastermind behind the assassination of Yunji?

Most importantly, do you believe in yourself?

The little gray rabbit in his arms had been hugged for a long time, and he wanted to get out restlessly, which disturbed Li Yan who was thinking deeply. He glanced into his arms, touched the little guy's ears soothingly, and looked up at the letter papers. Glancing at it, he turned around with a low laugh and was about to leave.

Then I saw an exceptionally beautiful face.

Xiao Duo took the expression on his face into his eyes, and raised his eyebrows lightly: "Are you scared? Just say you can't stay in the room all day, why don't you practice some boxing kung fu with me, even if you can't keep fit, At least I won't be standing here for so long without noticing."

Li Yan pursed his lips slightly, looked up into Xiao Duo's eyes: "Your Highness has been back for a while, or hasn't he left the mansion at all?"

"What are you thinking? It's not enough to test you with such a trivial matter. There is indeed something wrong with the court. When I came back and saw A Luo sleeping, I wanted to come over to deal with official business..." Xiao Duo raised his hand around his chest and pointed The shelf behind Li Yan, "Why don't you look for it?"

Li Yan glanced in the direction of his finger, then shook his head: "I just suddenly felt that there was nothing to look for."

Xiao Duo stared at him for a while, then laughed suddenly, then entered the door, went straight to the desk, and picked up the little gray rabbit in Li Yan's arms as he passed by: "Since you don't want to go back to rest, you can Come and help."

He cleared a space on the desk, put the little gray rabbit on it and let it flop around, turned his head to see the cold tea in front of him, and added: "Someone send a pot of tea here."

Li Yan watched him casually teasing the little gray rabbit and was silent for a moment. When Xiao Duo looked over in surprise when he didn't get a response, he met his gaze and nodded: "Okay..."

The servants of the palace have always been very efficient in handling affairs, and within a short time not only brought tea, but also added an extra charcoal basin.

The study room was filled with warmth, Li Yan took off his fox fur and sat down opposite Xiao Duo, poured a cup of tea but didn't rush to hand it to Xiao Duo, but took a sniff first by himself: "New tea?"

"What new tea is there in this season?" Xiao Duo put the little gray rabbit on the cushion next to him, and took out an unprocessed report to read. After handing over the newspaper, he took a sip of the teacup by the way, "The old one, let's drink it in the future."

"If there is anything I will not do, if I hadn't entered the palace, I might have to work hard to drink hot water at this time..." Li Yan took the report and opened it, "Pingzhou? "

It has been several months since Li Xuan was poisoned to death. His body had been buried long ago, and the funeral had already been done. The position of the governor of Pingzhou is still undecided.

The news of the Yun family has always been well-informed. Even on the road, Yun Zhi can always learn about the current situation in Pingzhou, but that's all. He will not ask more questions and will not interfere.

"Li Xuan has been in Pingzhou for so many years. It's okay to be a waste. His subordinates have raised a lot of waste. He didn't do anything good while he was alive, and he left a mess after death..."

Xiao Duo took out another memorial, flipped through it and said, "It's hard to pick out one that can do something a little bit better so that the rest of the trash won't bother me."

Li Yan looked at the report in his hand: "Then who does the prince plan to let take over the mess in Pingzhou?"

Xiao Duo took a sip of tea, looked up at Li Yan, and asked back, "What do you think?"

"I think..." Li Yan frowned and thought carefully.

As Xiao Duo said, the ones left by Li Xuan in Pingzhou are indeed useless.If the people of Pingzhou were completely entrusted to them, it would be worse than being under Li Xuan.

But if you don't use those few... Li Yan went through all the civil servants and generals he knew in his mind.

In the last years of the late emperor, the first crown prince’s treason case involved many courtiers including the Zheng family. Later, when the late emperor died and the sons seized the throne, people from one faction would naturally be involved after the failure. Now the successor, the rest are not To be upright but pedantic is to be sophisticated and cunning blindly.

Xiao Duo has quite a few talented people under his command, who hold important positions in the court and the army, and they cannot be moved.

The whole court couldn't find a suitable candidate.

Seeing Li Yan's expression, Xiao Duo smiled lightly: "Now you know why I haven't made a decision for so long?"

"Li Xuan is not a good guy, but his son is not bad, he can be regarded as an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, but he is a little younger and not decisive enough to act decisively, so he can't suppress those guys left by Li Xuan." Li Yan poured himself out While drinking a cup of tea, his thoughts were still wandering, "But Pingzhou can't go on like this forever. I heard that since Li Xuan's burial, Pingzhou city has been under martial law. It's winter now, and the people don't like to go out. It doesn't matter, but when the weather gets warmer in a few months, I have to go out to find work..."

"Actually, I have someone in mind..." Xiao Duo raised his head slowly while speaking, and looked at Li Yan, "It's just that some matters have not been resolved, so it is inevitable that I still have concerns."

Li Yan met his gaze, felt blessed for a moment, and opened his eyes wide: "You mean..."

"If Li Xuan's son can be regarded as an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, young master Yun must be regarded as a genius?"

Xiao Duo stretched out his hand and poked the little gray rabbit who was trying to gnaw the report that he left behind just now, and said slowly, "I heard that he was born in Yunji. After entering the army, he followed Yun Ye through life and death, fought countless battles, and was good at fighting and managing the army.

More importantly, although he is young, he has a strong heart and knows people's hearts. If he wants to, those wastes left by Li Xuan will soon be tamed by cooking. "

Li Yan's throat was choked, and he finally took a deep breath before continuing: "Even if You Huai is indeed as the prince said, but he has not reached the championship after all, any one of them may not be able to convince everyone."

"I didn't want him to be a general manager at first. Pingzhou didn't need any general manager at all. It was the first emperor who was afraid of Yun's family, so he put Li Xuan in there to check and balance..." Xiao Duo smiled lightly, There was a bit of mockery in his tone, "If the Yun family really wants to do something, what can we do with a piece of trash like Li Xuan?"

"What the lord means is to abolish the general manager of Pingzhou. In this case, Pingzhou should be under the jurisdiction of Youzhou. If you send Xiaohuai to clean up the mess in Pingzhou, it will be difficult to find a force in Liaobei that can control the Yun family... Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, "The late emperor was afraid of the Yun family, so shouldn't the prince be afraid?"

"Afraid..." Xiao Duo laughed, "So this is not intended to let you join Zhuo Yun's family, so that if one day Zhenyuanhou really has something on his mind, at least for the sake of the Yue family, he can hesitate a little bit. "

Meeting Li Yan's complicated gaze, Xiao Duo slowly suppressed his smile, and said calmly: "The Yun family has a deep foundation and great influence in Liaobei, but it's not so far that I can't deal with it. On that day, the victor will be the king when we meet in battle."

Li Yan pursed his lips, and finally nodded: "I understand."

"So you understand?" Xiao Duo tilted his head, and looked at him without blinking, "I thought you still have something to ask me? Your mouth is dry and you don't see it."

Li Yan filled the teacup for Xiao Duo smoothly, and then said: "Didn't the prince also ask me?"

"Do you want me to ask you what you were looking for when you came into my study just now? Didn't you finally feel that there is no need to look for it..." Xiao Duo took a sip of tea, "The letter sent back by the guard is all about eating and drinking. The trivial things, the insignificant things, are burned after reading, even if I want to show you now, I can’t get it out.”