Mu Qing, the old head of the Mu family, passed away a few years ago, and since then, Mu Ying has been in charge of the Mu family from the inside out.

But because he wanted to seize the power of the army, Mu Ying threw himself on the Southwest Army. In previous years, he often lived in the Sword Pavilion, and after the Southwest Army occupied Hanzhong a few months ago, he went to Hanzhong and did not return home for several months.

It was only after Li Xin returned to Jincheng that he rushed back.

At this time, hearing Zhao Jiaru say such a thing, Mu Ying's dark face was full of sweat, he wiped it with his sleeve, turned his head to look at Li Xin, and said with a wry smile: "Hou Ye, I really don't know anything about these things, we have known each other for more than ten years, you should know who I am, the southwest can have the current situation, it is the result of my hard work for more than ten years, when the southwest army was still the Hanzhou army, Hou Ye told me not to let too many Mu family members enter the Hanzhou army, so as not to get out of control, until now my Mu family has two or three thousand people, There are no more than ten fingers in the army, and the oldest of them is only a captain. ”

"Many people in the clan scolded me, the head of the family, for being unkind."

"Later, the Southwest Army was divided into three, and Master Hou handed over your share to me to take care of, and there is no one surnamed Mu in the Southwest Army in Jincheng."

Mu Ying looked at Li Xin deeply: "Hou Ye treats Mu Ying with sincerity, Mu Ying has also treated Hou Ye sincerely, what Mr. You'an said, I will go to check immediately after I go back, how much land the Mu family has circled, I will return it one by one, and those who have committed an accident, I will personally escort it to Mr. You'an's Jingluo Mansion, whether it is killing or chopping, Mu Ying will not say more than half a word." ”

Li Xin smiled and patted Mu Ying's shoulder.

"Brother Mu's character, I naturally believe it, but I told Brother Mu when I was three years old in Taikang, I believe in Brother Mu, but I may not trust the Mu family, Brother Mu's current home should be the Shu Palace, you must restrain the clansmen, and you can't let the Mu family ruin the reputation of the Shu Palace."

"The southwest can have today, Brother Mu and the Mu family have made great efforts, how should this matter be handled, Brother Mu, you and Brother You'an are discussing it, no matter what the result is, I only have one word."

The smile on Li Xin's face retracted, and he said with a straight face: "Don't hurt the harmony." ”

Mu Ying immediately bowed her head: "Don't worry, no matter what the situation, I will always be on Hou Ye's side." ”

Li Xin nodded with a smile, then stretched out his hand and beckoned to Li Shuo, and said, "Let's go to the back room to talk, and let Brother Mu and Brother You'an discuss how to deal with these things." ”

Li Shuo nodded respectfully: "Yes." ”

After speaking, he left behind Li Xin, leaving only Mu Ying and Zhao Jia in the main hall.

Seeing that Li Xin had walked away, Mu Ying glanced back at Zhao Jia, first gritted her teeth angrily, and then smiled helplessly at Zhao Jia: "Mr. You'an, you have been in the southwest for so many years, I have never neglected you a little, you say hello to me for this kind of thing, it is impossible for me not to stand on your side, why bother to sue in front of Hou Ye at such a time?" ”

"I'm doing this for your own good."

Zhao Jia sat down by himself, and said lightly: "The Mu family's status in the southwest is special, plus there are too many people, it is inevitable that there will be some people who don't have long brains, you press them to prevent them from entering the southwest army, it is normal for them to cause trouble, I sit in the position of Jingluo Mansion, and I deliberately indulge them until today,"

"Back then, the Hanzhou Army was formed by the Mu family, and later the three-point army, General Mu, you accounted for another one, and the southwest three-thirds had two, which is very abnormal."

"In the past, it was okay for Hou Ye to raise the flag from time to time, others were in Yongzhou, not in the southwest, and the southwest also needed you as a backbone, but now that Hou Ye has made up his mind, you have to pay attention to yourself."

Zhao Jia poured himself a cup of tea for himself, and said lightly: "This time you cooperate with me, knock and knock the Mu family, and then you slowly get out of the Mu family, Hou Ye also said just now, you Mu Ying should be a person from the Shu Wangfu now instead of a member of the Mu family, and in the future, your family heirloom will also be the king of Shu, take this opportunity to let the Shu Wangfu slowly separate from the Mu family." ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia glanced up at Mu Ying and added lightly: "Of course, you are sure that the Mu family of thousands of people will be taken care of properly, and no one will cause trouble again, so I didn't say this." ”

After speaking, Zhao Jia stood up, stretched out his hand and patted Mu Ying's shoulder, and said slowly: "General Mu, we are going to rebel, and we will no longer make small fights like before." ”

"Lord Hou's attitude has been very clear, the internal structure of the southwest should be prioritized and prioritized from today onwards."

"Your General Mu is a smart person, when it comes to this, what should you do, I don't need to say more?"

Mu Ying was silent for a while, then turned her head to look at Zhao Jia, and asked silently, "Mr. You'an, what did you say just now...... What did Master Hou teach you to tell me? ”

Zhao Jia shook his head.

"Li Changan is thin-skinned and can't do this kind of thing."

"You just think of me as a big-headed scholar, guessing by yourself, what to do, you will consider it yourself after you go back."

After speaking, Zhao Jia walked out with his hands down, and just a few steps away, he glanced back at Mu Ying, and said indifferently: "I don't care how you deal with the internal affairs of the Mu family, but those few who beat people to death in Jincheng will come out to pay for their lives." ”

Mu Ying took a deep breath.

"I'll go home now, and in three days I'll go to Jinglufu and give Mr. You'an a satisfactory explanation."

Zhao Jia put his hands behind his back, did not look back, and said with a smile to the subordinates of the Li family on the side: "I am tired of talking to the Hou Ye for me, just say that the affairs of Jingluo Mansion are busy, and Zhao Jia will go back first." ”

Mu Ying also walked over and said in a rough voice to the subordinate: "Tell me too, just say that I have family matters to deal with, so I will leave first." ”

With that, the two of them left the Li family together.

At this time, under the gazebo in the backyard of the Li family, the two brothers were playing chess across the table.

Li Shuo is talented and intelligent, and his chess strength is even better than Li Xin's, and after just one or twenty moves, the Marquis of Jing'an has fallen behind.

He moved his horse and asked, "How are the past few years?" ”

Li Shuo bowed his head slightly: "With Brother Lao's concern, the younger brother is now settled, and his life is much better than before." ”

"The Southwest Army over there in Ningzhou can keep 10,000 people, and the rest will be transferred to Ankang, you will personally lead it, and after a while, there may be a war."

Li Shuo lowered his head and answered "yes", then looked up at Li Xin, and asked cautiously, "Brother ...... just now It seems to have knocked General Mu. ”

"I can't talk about beating."

Li Xin moved again, and sighed slowly: "Since you are going to do things, you must be more formal, everyone will follow the rules, and then like before, the road will not go far." ”

Li Shuo nodded and didn't say anything more.

After a few more chess moves, he couldn't bear it anymore, looked up at Li Xin, and asked, "Brother, there's one thing I don't understand." ”

Li Shuo's heart was a little confused, Li Xin took the opportunity to eat one of his cannons with his horse, and then snorted and said, "Do you want to ask, since I also want to rebel, why didn't I rebel with Li Shen back then?" ”

Li Shuo lowered his head and did not speak, obviously acquiescing to this question.

"First of all, I didn't want to rebel at that time."

Li Xinjin died, his tone calm and firm.

"Secondly, I personally hate Li Shen."