The arrival of Zhao Jia relieved Li Xin of a lot of pressure, after all, only scholars know how to deal with scholars, and with Zhao Jia, a scholar in Shangshutai, Li Xin no longer has to think about how to deal with those civil officials in the court.

As for whether Zhao Jia has enough ability to control Shang Shutai, it is already an obvious thing.

Zhao Jia followed Li Xin to the southwest for the first time in the second year of Taikang, and then for more than ten years, most of the time was in the southwest.

The thirty-one state capitals in the southwest have been managed by Zhao Jia in an orderly manner over the years, and in this case, Zhao Jia still has spare strength, which is enough to show his talent.

You must know that the civil officials in this world are not the same as those in later generations, and if the later generations want to enter the center, they must also have some experience in governing the local area, but in this era, the Beijing official and the civil official can sometimes even be understood as two systems.

And some Beijing officials can go all the way from Hanlin to the prime minister without going out of the capital at all.

When this kind of Jingguan climbs to the position of Zaifu and can dominate the world, most of them have no big problems with their abilities and minds, but they will take it for granted when they do things, because they can't see, or have never seen what the bottom person looks like.

Comparatively speaking, Zhao Jia has a lot of things to do in this regard, he has been a county order, he has also been in the southwest for more than ten years, and he has the experience of being a feudal official.

However, for the position of prime minister, Zhao Jia is still too young when he is less than forty years old, so Li Xin did not directly press him in the position of Shangshu's left servant, but only let him serve as the right servant in Shangshutai, and be a "deputy" for the house for a period of time.

However, it is foreseeable that no matter what position Zhao Jia holds in Shangshutai, he must be the loudest among the prime ministers of Shangshutai.

Zhao Jia rested in the capital for two days, and then officially went to Shangshutai with the edict of the imperial court to report, and at the same time, General Li, who had been nervous for half a month, was finally able to relax a little and sleep lazily at home, until three poles in the morning, before getting up from bed.

At this time, it was already November of the fifth year of Yuan Zhao, and the weather outside was getting colder and colder, Li Xin was afraid of the cold, got up and put on a robe, first walked around the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and after lunch, he left the Hou Mansion with a step.

At this time, Li Xin's identity is not the same as before, when he was simply Jing'an Hou, he could wander around the capital alone, no one would try to kill him, but now it is a little different, if Li Xin dares to walk on the street alone, within an hour, most of them will be dead on the street.

Because at this time, too many people in the capital wanted to kill him.

His Royal Highness King Huai, who was deposed, thought that the clans of the Ji family thought that even the new emperor who was on the throne would most likely want to kill him in their hearts.

The ministers of civil and military affairs in the court, many people also worried that Li Xin would suddenly die one day.

So when Li Xin went out at this time, the pomp was much bigger than before, not only were there twenty or thirty guards on the bright side to protect him, but the dark department was also secretly protecting their lord.

Zhao Yi, who has nothing to do, also accompanies his Li Xin and gossips with his godfather.

In this way, a group of people surrounded Li Xin, and came to the Qinhuai Fang in the south of the city, when passing by the proud building, Li Xin stopped and looked at the first green building on the bank of the Qinhuai River, turned his head to Zhao Yi and said with a smile: "It's a pity that your father is now the prime minister, and it is not convenient for you to go in in broad daylight, otherwise I can call the shots and let you go in to see the charm of the girl in the capital." ”

Zhao Yi is only fifteen or sixteen years old this year, although the big families are relatively precocious, but he is indeed still an untrained chick, after hearing Li Xin's words, he glanced up at the proud building, a little embarrassed.

"I knew my father-in-law was coming here, so I wouldn't have followed......"

Li Xin had a smile on his face: "I used to open this place, but then I broke up with the imperial court, and this industry was taken back by the imperial court, and I don't know who is running it at this time." ”

"In a few days, I'll ask someone to take this property back."

He looked at Zhao Yi, who was only a head shorter than himself, and smiled playfully: "This time you have made a lot of meritorious contributions to Beijing, and I will get you a sign when you go back, so that you don't have to spend money to go in." ”

Zhao Yi's eyes lit up, and he said, "Really? ”

Young people, how can there be anyone who doesn't think about spring?

Li Xin stretched out his hand and patted the kid's shoulder, and smiled: "Naturally it's true, you are not afraid of being beaten by your father." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin paused, and then continued: "But there is one thing I want to tell you, in the future, you will not have close contact with the dark department, learn more from your father, and after two years, it is the right way to take the Jinshi examination to become an official in the court, and your father's family business still needs you to inherit it." ”

Zhao Yi smiled: "I still have brothers in my family who can go to school, and my father doesn't want me to inherit the family business, he wants me to marry Sister Ahan and join my godfather's family." ”

The kid's eyes rolled, and he said shyly: "I heard that Sister Ah Han will return to Beijing in a month or two." ”

When this topic was mentioned, Li Xin's face turned dark and he no longer cared about this bastard boy.

The father and son walked for about a pillar of incense, and finally came to the door of an alley, Li Xin lowered his head and tidied up the clothes on his body, then took a deep breath and walked in.

Zhao Yi, who was following behind Li Xin, also looked a little serious.

As a godfather, he is quite casual when he sees anyone on weekdays, but it is the first time Zhao Yi has seen him so serious.

So, he followed suit.

After turning around in the alley, Li Xin came to the door of a small courtyard and knocked on the courtyard door gently.

No one answered.

Li Xin frowned slightly, and was about to turn around and leave, when the latch of the courtyard door behind him sounded, and a girl with big eyes glanced Li Xin up and down, and asked, "This ...... Sir, is there anything you can do? ”

At this time, Li Xin was thirty-three or fourteen years old, and his beard had grown, and he was also called "master".

Li Xin was slightly stunned when he heard this title, and then said with a smile: "This girl, is Jiu Niang here?" ”

"Yes."

The round-faced girl with big eyes nodded hurriedly: "Auntie, she is asleep, does the master recognize Auntie?" ”

Cui Jiuniang has lived in this small courtyard all these years, and there is usually a maid to take care of her, but the maid will also grow up, Jiuniang has not married in her life, and she can't see others like her, so when the maid reaches the marriageable age, Jiuniang will marry someone out.

This round-faced girl, and the girl who opened the door when Li Xin came last time, are not alone, and I don't know how many girls are next to Jiu Niang.

In the past, several maids still called Jiuniang their own girl, but when they came to this round-faced girl, they had already begun to call "aunt".

Li Xin nodded with a smile: "If the tired girl reports, she will say that Li Changan wants to see her." ”

The girl glanced at Li Xin up and down, then looked at the guards behind Li Xin, and ran into the small courtyard with her neck bent.

It didn't take long for Cui Jiuniang, who was dressed in plain white clothes, to walk out.

At this time, she was almost forty years old, and the best Shaohua in her life had passed away, but after washing away the lead, she added some quiet beauty.

She glanced Li Xin up and down, then a smile appeared on her face, and she said softly: "I originally thought that Master Hou would never return to the capital again for the rest of his life. ”

"I couldn't have come back."

Li Xin bowed to Jiu Niang and said with a smile: "But the things of the past few days were done by luck, and I was able to return to the capital." ”

Jiuniang nodded silently.

"In the past few months, there has been a war in the capital, and I heard that others said that it was the soldiers and horses in the southwest, and I also thought that it was you at that time, but I didn't think about it, and now it seems ......"

She looked up at Li Xin, and her tone was complicated: "You won him." ”

Li Xin shook his head and said, "He has been gone for many years, and I can only be regarded as winning a child." ”

Saying that, Li Xin got out of the way and said to Zhao Yi behind him: "This is my sister in the capital." ”

Zhao Yi hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jiuniang: "Zhao Yi kowtows to my aunt." ”

Cui Jiuniang looked at Li Xin in amazement, and Li Xin said with a smile: "This is my godson, Sister Cui should receive this courtesy." ”

"In the blink of an eye, your descendants will also grow up."

Jiuniang sighed, stepped forward to help Zhao Yi up, and said softly: "Hurry up, child, I am a resident of the family who lives here, and I only had an old relationship with Hou Ye Li in my early years, so I don't deserve such a big courtesy from you." ”

Zhao Yi got up with a respectful expression.

"The righteous father said that he deserved it, and naturally deserved it."

Li Xin, who was standing on the side, smiled at Cui Jiuniang and said: "In another month or two, Xiaoxiao and Ah Han should go back to the capital, Ah Han is almost as tall as Sister Cui now, and I will take them to see my sister when the time comes." ”

"Xiaoxiao was brought up by Sister Cui, and she has often talked to me about going back to the capital to visit her sister over the years."

…………

"That's right...... There is also a little husband, who is also near the capital at this time, and I will take him to see my sister when I have time......"

Li Xin and Cui Jiuniang walked side by side in this small courtyard, talking about some homely things.

Of course, most of the time Li Xin was talking, and Jiuniang listened quietly.

"They are very concerned about you, and when they enter Beijing, let's get together together."

"There is another ......"

As he spoke, Li Xin looked around in this courtyard that was not very small but by no means big, and his tone was calm.

"And then there'...... Sister Cui will no longer have to be locked up in this kind of place in the future. ”