Time flies.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to the middle of October of the eighth year of Taikang, and at this time, the Jimen Pass in the north was already quite cold, and the north wind blew on the face, and there would be a sense of separation.

Counting the days, Li Xin left the capital in late June, and it took two months on the road, and it was the end of August when he arrived in Jizhou City, which means that he has been in Jizhou City for more than a month.

This month, he spent most of his time in this garden in Jizhou City, but as the general of the Zhenbei Army, he still went to the Zhenbei Army camp to see it a few times, but he didn't ask too much about the affairs of the Zhenbei Army, and handed over the big and small things to Ye Mao to deal with, which was considered to give Ye Mao, the future general, an internship opportunity.

On this morning, the Marquis of Jing'an, wearing a cloak sewn by the eldest princess herself, sat in the study of the garden, writing something on the desk.

This time the northern expedition is not a matter of urgency, especially when he left Beijing from the capital in summer, and it has already entered autumn after arriving at Jimen Pass, and now it is almost winter, and the weather in the north is cold at this time, which is not suitable for conquest.

Even if Li Xin wants to fight, he will have to wait until next spring.

Moreover, there was a turning point in this matter, because a few days ago, he received a reply from that Heavenly King Yu Wenzhao, and he agreed to enter Jizhou City to see Li Xin.

The four departments of Yuwen are not monolithic, and even the Helan Department and the Futu Department still have some feuds, and the Yuwen Department, which is a royal family, is always thinking about unifying the Yuwen Department, which is a good opportunity to take advantage of.

After writing a letter on the bookcase, Li Xin got up and asked the letter to be sent back to the capital, and then he got up from his chair, stretched his waist, and walked out of the garden.

In the garden, Zhao Fang, who was dressed in black armor and was now a lieutenant of the Zhenbei Military Academy, was waiting for Li Xin with his hands down.

"Master Hou is looking for me?"

Because the two hadn't seen each other for a while, Li Xin glanced up and down at the young man.

I haven't seen him for more than a month, Zhao Fang looks a lot more resolute than before, I don't know if it's because of the relationship between killing people, this young man who is not yet fifteen years old has a special momentum.

Li Xin looked at the wound on his forehead and his eye socket, and asked lightly, "Got into a fight with someone?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Fang nodded and didn't say anything.

Li Xin's face was calm.

"Why?"

"Those people say that the people in our battalion are all child soldiers, and they can only play at home, and they can't fight."

Zhao Fang gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "I couldn't be angry, so I fought with them." ”

A young man who is less than fifteen years old can become a captain of the Zhenbei Army in one fell swoop, which is theoretically impossible, after all, the promotion system of the Zhenbei Army is very strict, and he can only boil his qualifications if he has no military merits, but Zhao Fang is different, he is "bringing his own subordinates" to join the army, and the more than 100 people he brought in alone are more than the number of captains in the Zhenbei Army, so Li Xin ordered him to be a captain, and the generals of the Zhenbei Army gave Li Xin face and did not say anything.

But the people below don't think so.

A little kid who doesn't know where he came from, somehow became a captain of the Zhenbei Army, although he doesn't care about them, but the veterans of the Zhenbei Army will inevitably be unhappy, and provocations and fights are inevitable.

Marquis Jing'an nodded, and continued to ask, "Lost?" ”

"Didn't lose."

Zhao Fang said in a sullen voice: "I just didn't beat them." ”

A group of young people is naturally unlikely to win against a group of veterans, and it is inevitable to be bullied.

Regarding the young man's little stubbornness, Marquis Li smiled dumbly and said: "I have been wronged, why don't you go to Ye Mao, I am not in the army, and he will come forward for you." ”

"I heard from the people of the Zhenbei Army that fights in the army are common, and if you don't fight and win next time, it will be even more despised to report to your boss."

Zhao Fang clenched his fists and said in a low voice: "Next time, I'll give them a good look!" ”

Li Xin patted Zhao Fang's shoulder and didn't say anything, but he was still very satisfied with Zhao Fang's performance.

This once scheming young man, after entering the Zhenbei Army, the gloomy atmosphere on his body was diluted a lot by the masculine atmosphere in the army, and he no longer had a bent stomach like before.

"I asked you to come today to take you to meet people and the world."

Hearing Li Xin's words, Zhao Fang became interested, he followed behind Li Xin, and asked in a low voice, "Master Hou, who is here?" ”

Li Xin glanced at him.

"You are now a lieutenant in the Zhenbei Army, and you want to call me General."

Zhao Fang said with a grin.

"General, who are we going to see?"

"Go see Yu Wenzhao."

Li Xin put his hands behind his shoulders and said lightly: "The heir of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the son of Yuwentui, and now the king of the grassland, Yuwenzhao. ”

Zhao Fang was taken aback by Li Xin's words, he had been in the Zhenbei Army for more than a month, so he naturally knew who Yu Wenzhao was, and when he heard this, he followed Li Xin two steps closely, and said in a low voice: "General, where are we going to meet him..."

Marquis Jing'an narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly.

"It's just a street away from my garden, and it's a short walk away."

Captain Zhao was dumbfounded.

"Big... General, just the two of us? ”

Li Xin stopped and glanced at him.

"Yuwen Zhao only brought one person, if I bring more people, won't he look down on me?"

Captain Zhao stopped talking, and followed behind Li Xin in a proper manner.

The two of them left the garden on foot, and then walked through the street in front of them, only a few dozen steps away, a restaurant appeared in front of the two people, Li Xin did not hesitate much, and walked in.

Zhao Fang took a deep breath and hurried to follow.

The two of them went straight up to the second floor and stopped at the door of a private room, and the Marquis of Jing'an stretched out his hand and knocked on the door gently.

"Yuwen Heavenly King is not here?"

The door was quickly pushed open.

The door was opened by a man who looked to be about forty years old, tall and dressed in Han clothes, but he wore an eagle made of pure gold on his forehead, which looked very magnificent.

Li Xin glanced behind the man, and only saw a young man in his twenties and thirties following him.

This middle-aged man, with Han etiquette, clenched his fists at Li Xin, and said with a smile: "In the past, I just heard that the new general of Zhenbei was very young, but now when I see it, it is really scary to be young, if it wasn't for the prior communication, I thought it was a fake general." ”

Li Xin squinted his eyes at the middle-aged man in front of him.

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not, what matters is whether you're real."

Yu Wenzhao patted his chest with his hand and smiled.

"It's like a fake."

Li Xin was also smiling.

"Tianwang's family doesn't have a storefront in Jizhou City, if it's fake, Ben Jiang really doesn't know where to change."

Yuwen Zhao laughed, turned sideways to get out of the way, and said with a smile: "Hou Ye Li is funny, come in and talk, the two of us arrived last night, and we have been waiting for Hou Ye Li here all night." ”

Li Xinpi walked in without smiling.

To be honest, he was very skeptical that this Yuwen Zhao was really Yu Wen Zhao, after all, he could cut him down with a knife at any time now, and the real leader of the Yuwen Vertical Department should not take such a risk.

However, looking at this person's speech and bearing, it doesn't look like some little person is fake.

He folded his hands into his sleeves and walked into the room, his face calm.

"I'm about to discuss something important with the king."