The court meeting dispersed, but neither Li Xin nor Hou Jingde left.

As the two generals who are about to take over the forbidden army, Taikang Tianzi has too much to say to them.

Hou Jingde is okay, since the change of the palace last year, he was arranged to be Pei Jin's deputy in the forbidden army, and after more than half a year, he has become more or less familiar with the forbidden army, and Li Xin is eyes are black, if he takes over the forbidden army at this time, he will have to rely on the people sent by the Chen Guogong Mansion.

But it doesn't matter.

Li Xin didn't care about that.

For him, whether it is Yu Linwei or the forbidden army, it is only a stage of life, because it is impossible for them to really become Li Xin's person, even if Li Xin handles the forbidden army well, one day Taikang Tianzi and him turn their faces, which side these forbidden troops will stand on, at a glance.

The Son of Heaven is worried about Pei Jin, because Pei Jin has been in the forbidden army for more than ten years, and he is his person up and down, so Pei Jin must be taken out, as for Li Xin and Hou Jingde, the two of them are destined to only say that they are in charge of the army for the Son of Heaven.

For Li Xin, the forbidden army is just a ladder for him to climb up, and in terms of reliability, even Yu Linwei is inferior.

After leaving the court, it was not only Li Xin and Hou Jingde who remained, but also the Metropolitan Governor Ji Ping of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the Son of Heaven pulled this old man of the Ji family to talk in detail in the study.

As for Li Hou and the others, they could only wait in the side hall of Weiyang Palace.

Fortunately, both of them had stools to do, and Hou Jingde's huge ass only dared to sit down halfway carefully.

This can't be blamed for his timidity, in fact, all the courtiers entered the palace like this, including that Haoran Gong, they all just sat down, indicating that they were afraid of the power of the Son of Heaven and were terrified.

As for Li Xin, he has to be much more casual, since he came back from Yongzhou, there have been eight or nine times in the palace, as long as he is polite to the Son of Heaven, these small rules can't restrain him.

After the two of them waited for a while, Hou Jingde finally couldn't help it, secretly sat next to Li Xin, and whispered.

"Brother Li, when do you think Your Majesty will summon us?"

Li Xin didn't want to pay attention to him, but he stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling man, hesitated, and replied slowly.

"I'm afraid I'll have to wait for a while."

The Son of Heaven took a great risk by promoting Pei Jin to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, because in terms of authority, the right governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is much bigger than the general of the forbidden army, and the general of the forbidden army can only control the forbidden army, while the two governors of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can theoretically dispatch soldiers and horses from all over the country!

Therefore, it is necessary to restrain Pei Jin's power to the death, this is an extremely important matter, and the Taikang Emperor naturally has to discuss and discuss with the Zuo Du Governor.

Hou Jingde said to Li Xin with a smile: "Why is Brother Li so angry now, don't you forget, let's go out of Yulinwei together, and in the future, Brother Li will point to Brother Li to lead the way." ”

Hou Jingde is not stupid, but he is definitely not smart, otherwise he is a son of Hou Ye, and he would not be in his forties and still fight in the position of Yulin Wei Zuolang, although this person is not very smart, but he recognizes people.

At the beginning, it was Li Xin who took him to jump out of Yu Linwei's stall and made him a general of the third grade, so he decided to follow Li Xin, a smart person, so that he could sit steadily.

Li Xin sighed helplessly.

He has snubbed Hou Jingde many times, but this guy still doesn't understand what he means, and at this time, he can only tell him the truth.

Li Xin looked left and right, and then lowered his voice.

"Brother Hou, after Pei Jin retreats, it will be me and you who will jointly take charge of the forbidden army."

Hou Jingde grinned: "That's great, just like in Yulinwei before, you and I are half brothers." ”

Li Xin was silent for a while, looking at the big man like an idiot.

"Yu Linwei only has 3,000 people together, and the forbidden army near the capital is 300,000!"

Li Xin took a deep breath and shouted in a low voice, "Do you know why Pei Jin was squeezed out of the forbidden army? It's because Pei Jin alone can have the final say in the forbidden army, and Your Majesty can't tolerate another Pei Jin! ”

"You and I are in charge of the forbidden army together, and the two of us together are one Pei Jin, which His Majesty does not want to see, even if he doesn't care now, in a few years he will not be pleasing to the eye, and treat us as another Pei Jin and squeeze out of the forbidden army, understand?"

Hou Jingde's eyes widened, and he didn't understand what Li Xin was saying for a while.

After a long time, he digested the information that Li Xin told him, and then muttered, "Brother Li, what do you mean ......?"

"I mean, the two of us won't be brothers anymore."

Li Xin sighed slightly, and said in a low voice: "There is no such thing as Yu Linwei's first line, the two of us are in charge of half of the forbidden army, and Ye Ling will also take over Ye Shaobao's position in the future and take over the Zhenbei Army. ”

His voice was very low, but to Hou Jingde's ears, it was like thunder.

He was a little speechless for a moment.

Li Xin squinted his eyes and continued: "The last time, at his court meeting, Brother Hou said that I ignore you, think about it yourself, can I ignore you?" ”

Hou Jingde finally figured it out, and he nodded dumbly.

"It's still Brother Li... Think long-term. ”

Li Xin picked up a piece of pastry on the table and took a bite, and said slowly: "Brother Hou, listen well, from today onwards, the two of us will not say anything against each other, at least we will not be able to get along peacefully, we must have some discord, it is best to make a big fuss, so that the whole capital knows that you and I are not compatible." ”

"What's the fuss?"

Li Xin glanced at the goods helplessly.

"For example, I said you don't have a brain."

Hou Jingde's face turned red, and he said in a low voice: "Brother Li, this is too much, right?" ”

"Don't say yes, listen well."

Li Xin said in a low voice: "When the appointment of the imperial court is down, when you and I are both generals of the forbidden army, you will go around in private, just say that he Li Xin is a yellow-haired son, his baby teeth have not faded yet, and he has no military merits, if he is not able to speak well, clever words, and the relationship between the eldest princess of Qinghe, and His Majesty is a relative, how can He De be in the same column with me!" ”

"When I was in Yulinwei, I looked at him unpleasantly, and I never thought that Your Majesty would be deceived by him like this, and even the great task of the forbidden army would be handed over to such a hairy child!"

"Eighteen-year-old general of the forbidden army, isn't this nonsense?"

Li Xin's tone of voice when he said these words was very flat,

But Hou Jingde's face turned red when he heard this, and he shook his head again and again: "How does this make it, who didn't know that it was Brother Li who took us to make a fortune together, at this time, if my old Hou said such bastard things behind his back, how would Yu Linwei's old brothers think of me?" ”

Li Xin slowly finished eating the pastry in his mouth, and said word by word: "As long as you finish this sentence after the person, you won't be able to run away from the glory and wealth of your life, Brother Hou, do you say it?" ”

Hou Jingde didn't hesitate and nodded honestly.

"I said."

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "It is worthy of being a disciple of the general, simply." ”

Hou Jingde sighed and said in a low voice: "There is still a large family in the old brother's family, and there is no way to do it. ”

As he spoke, he glanced up at Li Xin, sighed again, and said with regret.

"My dad will celebrate his birthday next month, and he has always wanted to meet Brother Li, but now it seems that there is no chance."

Li Xin narrowed his eyes and didn't say anything.

"Brother Hou, it doesn't matter if the two of us make trouble or not, the most important thing is to let everyone know that we have made a fuss, so that in the future, the relationship between the two of us under the hands of the forbidden army will not be too good, and Your Majesty's goal will be achieved."

"As for the trouble, there must be a process, otherwise it will look too blunt and make people suspicious."

Li Xin smiled.

"Uncle Hou will go for next month's birthday."