Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 556 Time is running out

  People stand on the top all the year round. After going through many things, they often develop a big heart, which is the so-called calmness. The face is like a flat lake when there is thunder in the chest.

   Li Shen, the former great general of the Zhuguo, was probably in such a state.

  From the state of Zhuguo, who was an extremely personable official, to the traitor that everyone shouts and fights, Li Shen still looks like a light cloud. It seems that no matter what, he can't make his mood fluctuate too much.

   But at this moment, he couldn't take it anymore.

   That fatty, His Highness, is the biggest reliance in the entire Southwest. Although he has no fighting power, and it will be very troublesome to raise, but with him, the Southwest will have life.

   Now that Ji Kui has walked the entire Southwest, or the entire Pingnan Army, he is really dead.

   Because this is a young dynasty.

   If it was the last years of the dynasty, the current military strength of the Pingnan Army, let alone the southwest, would be enough to compete with the world, but it has only been more than 30 years since the Great Jin unified the world.

   This is a young and strong dynasty.

   This dynasty cannot be overthrown with the strength of the southwest.

   In other words, under the current situation, as long as you are not surnamed Ji, you have no chance at all.

  Ji Kui is the biggest opportunity for a comeback in the southwest. This fat prince is the prince who was appointed by the late emperor himself. Even today, there are still many people in the court and the public who secretly say that it was today that the prince usurped the throne and occupied Ji Ku's throne.

   This is a very big hole card, and it is also the reason why Li Shen can persist until now.

   Now, that reason has collapsed.

General    Zhuguo stared blankly at the young man in front of him.

   He suddenly remembered what Li Xin said.

   "The general is going back to Jincheng from here. It should be already dark, right?"

   "The Great General has a smooth journey..."

   He wanted to understand everything.

   This Marquis of Pingnan, who has been in control for decades, suddenly couldn't do anything for a while. He only felt that his eyes were dark, and he fell backwards.

   He passed out.

   In fact, over the past two years, he has been under too much pressure.

  When Mianzhu broke into the city, Li Shen began to cough up blood, and now that Ji Kui was lost, the string in his heart was broken.

   So it collapsed all of a sudden.

   By the time the Great General of Zhuguo slowly opened his eyes, it was already early morning.

   He struggled to open his eyes, barely able to see clearly that this was in General Pingnan's mansion.

   Li Shuo, dressed in black, knelt in front of the bed, not daring to move.

  Yes, only Li Shuo is here alone.

When the doctor came to see the doctor, he only said that he was in a hurry, so he fainted. Because the mental state of the mistress of the Li family, Mrs. Yu, was not very good, they simply did not notify Mrs. Yu and carried Li Shen into the room. Rest in this quiet room.

   During this process, Li Shuo stayed by Li Shen's side the whole time, not leaving a single step.

General    Zhuguo took a few deep breaths before barely regaining some strength. He opened his eyes and his voice was a little hoarse.

"you…"

   He only said one word, but because his throat was dry, he couldn't go on.

   But this was enough to attract Li Shuo's attention. He immediately got up from the ground and served Li Shen with a bowl of hot water.

   This time, Li Shen finally slowed down.

   He didn't speak in a hurry, but looked at Li Shuo quietly.

  Li Shuo lowered his head and trembled slightly.

   After an inexplicable amount of time, Li Shen spoke, and his tone had calmed down a little.

   "Where did you send Ji Kui?"

  Li Shuo lowered his head honestly.

   "Sent to Mianzhu."

   A mocking smile appeared on Li Shen's face, and he laughed at himself: "So, Li Xin asked you to do this?"

   "No wonder he asked me to meet, no wonder it happened so coincidentally."

   "What a Li Changan."

   Although Li Shuo was very scared, he still shook his head and gritted his teeth: "Father, it was not the Marquis of Jing'an who asked me to do this, but I went to Mianzhu and negotiated with the Marquis of Jing'an about this matter."

   "Mianzhu has been broken, and it is only a matter of time before Jincheng breaks down."

   Li Shuo said sadly: "My son was born in Jincheng and grew up in the Pingnan Army. I really can't bear to see the Paoze brothers die in vain."

   He is Li Shen's son, both father and son are very clear about this, but this is the first time he has called himself a son in front of Li Shen.

  Li Shen reluctantly sat up from the bed and glanced coldly at his little son.

   "So you sold Jincheng?"

   "What benefit did Li Changan Xu give you? Let you be a marquis too?"

   Li Shuo said with tears: "Eldest father, if my son is looking for a future for himself, he should go to Mianzhu with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, instead of kneeling in front of the eldest father and leading to death."

   "In the beginning, when you and your father wanted to raise the flag to rebel, I opposed it. I went to see you and my father more than once. But neither you nor my father were indifferent."

   "I have thought of many ways to keep Southwest China, Jincheng, and this place where I was born and raised."

   This young man burst into tears.

   "But after Mianzhu broke the city, everything became a luxury."

   "I went to see the Marquis of Jing'an. I asked him if he could stop here, and if he could come to Jincheng and work for our Li family."

   Having said that, Li Shuo raised his head and glanced at Li Shen, who was pale.

   "The Marquis of Jing'an told me that he said it was not he who wanted to fight, but the court that wanted to fight. This matter is irreversible."

   Li Shen said angrily: "It wasn't for him, Li Xin, who pushed it, how did my Li family get to where they are today!"

  Li Shuo lowered his head and said, "I've also thought about this. If there was no Marquis of Jing'an, our Li family would have only arrived at this point later."

   "My son has negotiated terms with the Marquis of Jing'an."

Li Shuo wiped away his tears, lowered his head and said, "Jincheng just pretends to fight with the imperial court a few times, and then Kaesong surrenders. At that time, the Marquis of Jing'an will write 40,000 to 50,000 more casualties, and then the Pingnan Army will have at least 50,000 casualties. Forty to fifty thousand people escaped from this doom."

   "Because we surrendered voluntarily, the imperial court is Wang Shi after all, and they will not be too embarrassed to pacify the families of the soldiers of the Southern Army."

   "In this way, even if the imperial court will liquidate the Pingnan Army in the future, at least 40,000 or 50,000 people will be preserved."

   The black-clothed young man lowered his head and said, "No matter what, this ending is much better than if they followed their eldest father, followed their father, and died in vain on the battlefield."

   "Father, you are already dead in the court's account. They will not admit that you are still the court's Pingnan Marquis in the southwest, so you can easily escape, and at least the court will not embarrass you on the bright side."

   "As for my father, I will take him to the mountain you mentioned so that he can live a good life."

   Having said this, Li Shuo gritted his teeth and said, "If I told the eldest father like this in advance, the eldest father would definitely not agree. As a last resort, I can only be sent out of the city by His Royal Highness, and the eldest father's thoughts will be broken..."

   Li Shen was lying on the bed halfway, closing his eyes and listening to Li Shuo's words.

   Then he opened his eyes, his tone indifferent.

   "How do you know that Li Xin will keep his promise?"

   Hearing this sentence, Li Shuo's eyes reddened and he wiped away his tears.

   "Father, why don't you understand..."

   "We have no choice."

   He gritted his teeth: "At this time, we can only trust him. Even if he doesn't keep his promise, we can only accept our fate."

   "Father, time is running out."

  Li Shuo lowered his head and wept.

   "Now, the Marquis of Jing'an still has the right to make a decision. If the sword pavilion breaks the city and Ye Ming and the Marquis of Jing'an join forces, then even if the Marquis of Jing'an wants to keep his promise, I'm afraid he will be powerless!"

   (end of this chapter)