Li Shi took the trouble and came to Chengdu to ask Huan Wen to surrender. Huan Wen untied the thorns for him and comforted him.
The extravagant and lewd leader of the Chenghan Kingdom and more than ten of his relatives, including Li Fu and Li Quan, were sent to Jiankang by Huan Wen.
Huan Wen petitioned the court, asking Li Shi to be granted the title of Marquis of Guiyi, and to intercede on his behalf.
Huan Wen's memorial was also Li Shi's life-saving talisman. Huan Wen straddled Jing and Yi and occupied the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The Jiangdong court could no longer restrain the Western Fan, so how could they ignore Huan Wen's request and insist on accusing Li Shi? .
Outside Chengdu, Li Yuan bid farewell to her parents. Before leaving, Li Shi never forgot to tell his beloved daughter:
"Now our family's livelihood depends on the Huan family. You must serve the Huan family well. If you can please him, your mother and brothers and I will not have to do it even if we are in Jiankang." Worried about being bullied.”
Li Yuan had tears in her eyes:
"My daughter just wishes she couldn't always be by her parents' side."
No matter how reluctant the family was to leave, they had no choice but to say goodbye outside the city. Huan Xi watched Li Shi's family's carriage drive away before approaching.
He took Li Yuan's hand and whispered:
"Go back with me."
Li Yuan nodded, half a step behind Huan Xi, let him hold her hand, and returned to Chengdu one after another.
Huan Xi still placed Li Yuan in the palace city, and now the harem is almost empty.
The women who were snatched away by Li Shi were all returned to their respective families by Huan Wen. The remaining concubines were also given to generals as concubines. Even Huan Xi's confidant Xi Chao also got a beauty.
The former Chenghan Palace City has now become Huan Wen's government office. Huan Xi sent Li Yuan back to the harem and went to the front hall to find his father.
"Send people away?"
Huan Wen said angrily that Huan Xi had brought Li Yuan to thank Huan Wen before, but if he hadn't fulfilled his wish, how could Huan Xi have achieved his wish.
After seeing Li Yuan's appearance, Huan Wen felt angry for no reason.
His guess was indeed correct. To allow Huan Xi to take the risk of angering himself and rob her in public, he would have to be extremely beautiful in the world.
But the matter has been settled, and Huan Wen is not a lecherous person. Otherwise, no matter how henpecked he is, he wouldn't even have an outer room.
It was even less possible for him to snatch his son's concubine. After all, Huan Xi's father was Huan Wen, not Zhu Wen.
If it were Zhu Wen, not to mention concubines, Huan Xi would be able to snatch away all the wives he was marrying.
"Reporting to father, Li Shi and his family have already set off."
Huan Xi replied.
Huan Wen could not deny it and said:
"Although Li's power has declined, there are still powerful families in Shu who are separatist.
"Xier, do you think your father should send troops to conquer?"
Huan Xi muttered:
"Father, being kind and gentle alone is not enough to overwhelm the people of Shu. Only with kindness and power can we achieve long-term peace and stability.
"Nowadays, most of the old officials in Shu have no choice but to join their father because Li Shi has surrendered the country.
"My father is based in Jingzhou and cannot stay in Yizhou for a long time. The boy is worried that once his father returns eastward, the situation in Shu will be repeated.
"It would be better for my father to recruit them to Chengdu. Those who come will be greatly rewarded. Those who refuse will be waiting for an opportunity to divide them and raise an army to attack them."
Huan Wen nodded and said:
"This is what the father wants."
Immediately, Huan Wen sent people to summon the ministers of the Cheng Han Dynasty to report their duties in Chengdu. Some came as summoned, while others stood still.
In April of the summer of the third year of Yonghe (AD 347), Huan Wen summoned Huan Xi, Yuan Qiao, Zhou Fu, and Zhu Tao, the Longxiang general who followed Huan Wen into Shu, to discuss matters in the palace, preparing to attack Fan Bi and Wei Wen who had not followed orders. , Wang Zhao, Wang Run, Deng Ding and other surrendered ministers.
When everyone was formulating military strategies in the palace, they had no idea that animals were restless inside and outside Chengdu, and the sky was covered by frightened birds.
Huan Wen was concentrating on assigning tasks to everyone when he suddenly felt the house shaking and everyone in the hall was unsteady.
Huan Xi was the first to react. He exclaimed:
"This is the earth dragon turning around! Run!"
After that, he grabbed Huan Wen's sleeve and ran away to the open space outside the palace.
The so-called earth dragon turned over was an earthquake, and everyone immediately reacted and fled.
When Huan Xi and others ran to the open space outside the palace in embarrassment, they heard the sound of a huge thing collapsing. Looking back, they saw that it was the palace where the previous discussion had collapsed amid the shaking of the earth.
The earthquake came and went away quickly. While Huan Wen and others were still congratulating themselves on escaping, Huan Xi left the shocked people behind and ran away.
He originally wanted to go to the backyard to confirm Li Yuan's safety, but after running a few steps, he stopped again, turned around and ran straight to Xicao's temporary office.
Inside and outside the palace, injured people were wailing everywhere.
Huan Xi came to Xicao's government office and saw ruins in front of him. He nervously called to Xi Chao:
"Jingxing! Jingxing..."
Xi Chao's voice came from behind:
"Sir, I'm here."
Huan Xi looked back in surprise and saw Xi Chao right behind him.
Although he was disgraced, he looked fine.
Huan Xi was overjoyed. He stepped forward to look at it carefully and said with a smile:
"Huan is overjoyed to be able to see Jing Xing again for the rest of his life."
Xi Chao was deeply moved when he saw that Huan Xi cared so much about him. He said with emotion:
"My dear sir, I'm thinking of you. I'm fine with you."
After confirming that Xi Chao was fine, Huan Xi was busy visiting Li Yuan in the harem.
When Xi Chao learned about this, he burst into tears of gratitude. He didn't expect that in Huan Xi's heart, he was more important than his favorite concubine.
Li Yuan was obviously frightened. Looking at the broken walls and ruins around her, she threw herself into Huan Xi's arms and cried non-stop.
Huan Xi finally calmed him down, and when he went to look for Huan Wen, he was urgently discussing disaster relief matters with his generals in the open space.
"Father, please leave the disaster relief matters to your children.
"I'm afraid that Wei Wen and others will make a fuss about this matter and confuse people's minds, so I ask my father to make preparations in advance."
The ancients did not know that earthquakes were caused by plate activity and attributed them to signs given by heaven.
Wei Wen and others had the intention of repeating themselves and stayed in the local area to wait and see, rather than come to Chengdu.
Now that there is an earthquake, it will inevitably fall and rebel again.
Everyone knew that what Huan Xi said was reasonable, and they all agreed.
And after Huan Wen had gone through so many things, he had long been convinced of his son's abilities.
Since Huan Xi took the initiative to ask for a job, Huan Wen did as he wished.
He immediately put Huan Xi in full charge of disaster relief, while he focused on dealing with the coming rebellion.
Huan Xi immediately went to Xicao to find Xi Chao and ordered him to organize manpower to search and rescue the victims.
Zhu Xu, the son of General Long Xiang and the Western Man captain Zhu Tao, also came to Huan Xi to obey his orders, and Huan Xi ordered him to maintain law and order in the city.
Zhu Xu was slightly older than Huan Xi. He followed his father in the expedition to Shu. He was a young general in the army and was highly regarded by Huan Xi.
During the expedition against Shu, the two often communicated with each other and were introduced as confidants by Huan Xi.
Huan Xi warned:
"In troubled times, heavy rules should be used. In these extraordinary times, extraordinary actions should be taken. If someone takes advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, there is no need to interrogate him. You can decide your own life or death, but remember not to kill innocent people indiscriminately."
Zhu Xu was not a cruel person by nature, otherwise Huan Xi would not have given the power of life and death into his hands.
"I respectfully obey the orders of the young master."
Zhu Xu responded loudly.
