Although Chen Sixteen was born in a peasant household in the suburbs of Beijing, he has followed Li Xin for so many years, from the chief housekeeper of the Marquis of Jing'an, to the supervisor of firearms in the southwest, and now he has been the leader of the dark department for a few years.

Li Xin stretched out his hand to take the paperwork, directly opened it and looked through it, and after reading it carefully several times, he silently folded the paperwork and put it back in his sleeve.

At this time, Governor Li Dadu's face was a little complicated.

He turned his head to look at Chen Sixteen and sighed, "Brother Mu has once again made a great contribution. ”

Chen Sixteen bowed to Li Xin and bowed his head: "Congratulations to the subordinates." ”

Li Xin put this document back into Chen Sixteen's hand, and said silently: "Transcribe a few copies and send them to Li Shuo and Zhao Jia, so that Shang Shutai can prepare to discuss merit for Brother Mu." ”

"He Xiang and Ye Guogong, they have meritorious service in resisting Xianbei, and they must also make meritorious contributions together, and they can't chill the hearts of heroes."

Chen Sixteen bowed his head and said, "My subordinates understand." ”

Li Xin put his hands into his sleeves, looked up at the plaque of the Marquis of Jing'an, and was a little distracted for a while.

He turned his head to look at Chen Sixteen and asked softly, "Sixteen, what do you think...... How am I as a person? ”

Chen Sixteen bowed his head slightly, and said with a smile: "For me, Hou Ye is naturally a great good person, and our family has received the great favor of Hou Ye. ”

"I've helped you a little, and you've helped me a lot, so it's not a big favor."

Li Xin exhaled slowly, originally facing his own house, he stopped and walked towards the carriage parked at the gate of the Hou Mansion.

"Tell my family that I won't go back to eat at noon, so you don't have to wait for me."

Chen Sixteen bowed to Li Xin's carriage and clenched his fists, watching the carriage leave.

The carriage of the Marquis of Jing'an left Yongle Fang in a leisurely manner, walked all the way towards Qinhuai Fang, and finally stopped at the gate of Qinhuai Fang in the afternoon.

Li Xin bought some snacks and sweets in the shops along the street, carried them in his hand, hesitated, bought half a pot of toast wine, and then walked to the door of a big mansion in Qinhuai Fang.

This big mansion, originally was the residence of a wealthy merchant on the Qinhuai River, and was later bought, changed into a nunnery, there will be people chanting in it every day, the Qing people who make a living on the Qinhuai River, there are also many people who believe in Buddhism, occasionally there are people who enter and leave this nunnery, and recite Buddhist scriptures in it for a day and a half.

Li Xin was standing at the door, naturally someone informed him, and it didn't take long for him to come to the backyard of this nunnery, and under the pavilion in the backyard, he saw Cui Jiuniang dressed in green clothes.

Originally, after Li Xin entered Beijing, he was going to take this sister who was kind to him into the Hou Mansion or into Yongle Fang to live, but Cui Jiuniang had lived in Qinhuai Fang for most of her life and was unwilling to move, so Li Xin asked people to buy such a house for her, and now it has been made into an anitery by Cui Jiuniang, and she is still famous in the neighborhood.

After the two of them sat down, Jiu Niang looked up at Li Xin and asked softly, "Master Hou is ...... now?" It's supposed to be very busy, how do you have time to come to me? ”

Although she believes in Buddhism, but after all, there is no formal degree of the court, so she has not shaved her hair so far, and she is still practicing with her hair, but the years are not forgiving, she is much older than Li Xin, and now Li Xin is more than thirty years old, this once Boss Cui on the bank of the Qinhuai River, now has a lot of green silk in his hair.

Li Xin put the snack he was carrying on the table, and then opened half a pot of toast wine, he knew that Cui Jiuniang didn't drink, so he only poured himself a glass, and after taking a sip of wine, Li Xin let out a long breath.

"There was always something in my heart that made me feel uneasy, so I came to talk to my sister and asked her to give me a lecture."

Jiu Niang picked up the tea in front of her, took a sip very gently, and then said with a smile: "With the current power of the Hou Ye, what else can make you uneasy?" ”

"There's nothing in the way anymore."

Li Xin frowned slightly, he looked up at Cui Jiuniang, his voice was slightly hoarse.

"I ...... Maybe I'm going to be an emperor. ”

In fact, Li Xin's statement is incorrect.

His current situation is not "possible" to be an emperor, but almost certain to be an emperor, and there was a war in the north as an excuse in the past, but after Mu Ying's war report was sent to the capital, he no longer had any excuse, and there was no obstacle in front of him.

The people of the southwest line will definitely push him to the position of emperor.

Now with Li Xin's status, everyone in the capital can be regarded as a fart when he speaks, but Li Xin can't ignore the voice of the Southwest Department, because the Southwest Army is the foundation of his business and the foundation of his power.

The weight of these people is not the same as that of Zhou Youyi and others.

After hearing Li Xin's words, which were enough to scare off many people, Cui Jiuniang only frowned slightly, and then said softly: "Since you entered Beijing, this matter has been doomed. ”

She lifted the wine jug, helped Li Xin fill the cup with wine, and said with a smile: "Count, you entered Beijing in the winter of the fifth year of Yuan Zhao, and now it is the twilight of the second year of Yankang, and in the past two years, you are not ready to be the emperor?" ”

"The world is impermanent."

Li Xin lowered his head and took a sip of wine, and said with a wry smile: "In the past, I never thought that I would be the emperor one day. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin paused and said silently: "But now, the general trend has come to pass, and it doesn't matter what I think in my heart." ”

Cui Jiuniang smiled: "Then what did you think before?" ”

"The son of my family also has half of the Ji family's blood, and I once thought about letting him change his surname and take over the Ji family's family business......"

Speaking of this, Li Xin shook his head and said astringently: "Later, I found out that this idea is too idealistic, and it will not please the Ji family, but also offend the old department of the southwest family, and the two sides will not please me, so I can only start to prepare for the matter of changing the surname in the world." ”

Li Xin shook his head and sighed: "Today, the great event of changing the surname in the world has been accomplished, and I don't feel at ease in my heart." ”

Cui Jiuniang looked at the purple-clothed middle-aged man in front of her, and suddenly remembered more than ten years ago, the young man who came to the Deyi Building with a basket of charcoal on his back to find his charcoal, and after she was distracted for a while, she sighed slightly.

"Actually, Chang'an, you don't have to please anyone."

She said softly: "You now feel that you are a little sorry for your wife, and you can't live with His Royal Highness the King of Wei back then, but in fact, life in the world, it is impossible to satisfy everyone." ”

Cui Jiuniang turned the Buddha beads in her hand, and her voice was gentle.

"The reason why you feel upset is because you're a good person and you're not well suited to what you're doing right now."

"But God has arranged for you to do it again, and you can accept it calmly."

The big shopkeeper of the proud building back then smiled calmly as if he saw the charcoal seller for the first time more than ten years ago.

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