The long Chinese New Year's Eve has finally passed.

Early the next morning, that is, on the first day of the Lunar New Year in the ninth year of Taikang, the internal guards and Qianniuwei, who had surrounded the Jing'an Hou Mansion for more than half a month, finally got the order to withdraw from the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

However, Li Xin did not see him.

At this time, the wind and waves on the surface have subsided, but the waves in the dark parts of the capital are actually more turbulent, Li Xin is in the center of the whirlpool, and every step has to be careful, so he has no leisure to deal with the people in the capital now.

Besides, to say an unkind word, although Xie Jing is the wife and brother of the Son of Heaven and the son of a big family, at this time, no matter his identity or status, he can't touch Li Xin's level.

However, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, on the afternoon of the first day of the "unblocking" of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, a middle-aged man in a white robe stood at the door of the Jing'an Hou Mansion and watched for a while, then sighed slightly, shook his head and walked to the main gate of the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

At the main entrance, the porter of the Hou Mansion did not raise his head, so he opened his mouth to drive people away.

"The Hou Mansion is closed, please come back another day."

The white-clothed scholar smiled slightly: "Do you want to catch up even with me?" ”

This disciple looked up and said in surprise: "It turned out to be Zhao Gong...... The county is here, and the little one will go to report to the Hou Ye. ”

The person who came was naturally Zhao Jia, who was currently the commander of Liyang County.

He grew up in the Ye family, but after following Li Xin, the family moved to the Hou Mansion in Jing'an for several years, and the porter of the Hou Mansion naturally recognized him.

Calculate the time, he went out from the Jing'an Hou Mansion to do the county order, it has been half a year, this half a year, he has lived in Liyang County Yali, a few days ago I heard that Li Xin returned to Beijing, I wanted to go into the city to get together with Li Xin, but then the Jing'an Hou Mansion was surrounded, Zhao Jia realized that something was wrong, has been paying attention to the movements of the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

Today, Qianniuwei and the internal guards, who had blocked the Hou Mansion for more than half a month, were all withdrawn, but Zhao Jia, who was cautious by nature, still waited for a long time until the afternoon before he came to visit.

Under the report of the porter, Zhao Jia smoothly entered the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and saw Li Hou Ye in green clothes in the backyard, holding a blue sword in his hand, dancing the sword in the backyard.

Zhao Jia walked over, stroked his palms and exclaimed: "Master Hou's kung fu is much better than in previous years. ”

When Li Xin heard this, he put the somewhat heavy green pheasant sword back into its sheath and gave Zhao Jia a blank look.

"You are a scholar, where can you understand martial arts, and you don't shoot like this."

Zhao Jia sat down under the pavilion and said with a smile: "You can see it by looking at the momentum." ”

Li Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead, sat down opposite Zhao Jia very naturally, wiped his sweat, and said: "Why did you come to me, at this time, a smart person like you should know how to avoid suspicion." ”

"If I can avoid suspicion, I will naturally avoid suspicion."

Zhao Jia smiled bitterly and pointed to his nose: "But I have lived in the Hou Mansion for many years, and where can I avoid any suspicion, I couldn't enter the Hou Mansion a few days ago, but I can come in today, so I came over to ask the Hou Ye what happened." ”

Li Xin didn't answer this question directly, and asked with a smile: "How did Brother You'an do in the county for half a year?" ”

"It's done."

Zhao Jia sighed: "Anyway, in Liyang, it takes less effort than in the capital, and it is not so tired." ”

Liyang is a county under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture, not far from the capital, many of the county orders of these counties under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture are permanent residents in the capital, but Zhao Jia, the county order, has been to Liyang for half a year, and has not returned to Beijing once.

As he spoke, he looked at Li Xin and said helplessly: "Master Hou, you still tell me directly, what happened, otherwise I would have been in Liyang for a good time one day, and suddenly my head fell to the ground, and I don't know why." ”

Li Xin winked at him and said with a smile: "Where is there such an exaggeration that Brother You'an thinks, you and I are a gentleman's friend, even if something happens to me, the court will not involve you." ”

Zhao Jia snorted.

"I'm afraid that by then, I won't even have a place to bury my bones!"

At this time, the subordinates of the Hou Mansion had already brought the tea, Li Xin poured a cup of hot tea for Zhao Jia, and when he saw his serious face, he stopped joking with him, and said while drinking tea: "It's not a big deal, it's that Mu Ying erected a flag to rebel and restore the country in the southwest." ”

Zhao Jia was originally drinking tea, and when he heard this, he squirted out a mouthful of hot tea, and the county lord looked at Li Xin with wide eyes, dumbfounded.

"Master Hou, you ...... What did you say? ”

Li Xin glanced at the goods.

"I said that Mu Ying put up the flag and rebelled."

Zhao Jia tried hard to accept it for a long time before digesting the news, and after a long time, he looked left and right, and after seeing that there was no one around, he looked at Li Xin faintly.

"Mu Ying's rebellion, and Hou Ye's rebellion, what's the difference......

"It's a big difference."

Li Xin's face was calm.

"Mu Ying rebelled for the Cheng Han of the year, not for me, and he was restored to the Han Dynasty, even if it was done, that is, it was taken to the southwest corner, which was not a major event to change the world."

Zhao Jia smiled bitterly: "If I were Hou Ye, I would have run as far as I could at this time, Hou Ye, you still have the heart to practice swords and drink tea here, it is really admirable." ”

"If I can go, I'll go."

Li Xin put the teacup in his hand on the table and said lightly: "It's too boring to follow this kind of emperor to do things." ”

Zhao Jia bent down, poured a cup of tea for Li Xinye, and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Li Xin's face was calm, and he told Zhao Jia what happened in the southwest during this time, as well as what happened after he returned to Beijing, and Zhao Xianling's face was complicated after listening to it, he looked at Li Xin and let out a long sigh.

"I thought it would be a decade or two before there would be such a quarrel between the Hou Ye and His Majesty, but I didn't expect that in just a few years, it would already become like this."

The Marquis of Jing'an frowned slightly.

In fact, he didn't understand this matter, according to reason, the relationship between him and the Son of Heaven was not bad, and there was no reason to rebel, the Son of Heaven had no reason to attack him at such a time.

The Son of Heaven is in such a hurry now, as if he is deliberately forcing him to turn his face with the court.

Seeing Li Xin's expression, Zhao Jia took a sip of tea and asked, "Master Hou, what are you going to do next?" ”

"What can I do?"

Li Xin glanced at Zhao Jia.

"Now the guards at my door seem to have been withdrawn, but the surveillance in the shadows will only be stricter than before, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are watching me, what else can I do?"

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhao Jia and patted the latter's shoulder.

"Brother You'an, when you came in through this door, you were already targeted, maybe now that you are in Liyang's house, there will be people from Tianmu Prison everywhere."

Zhao Jia's expression froze, and he slowly exhaled a breath,

"It's just a matter of time ...... later"

He looked at Li Xin and asked again, "How can Master Hou protect himself?" ”

As soon as the Jing'an Hou Mansion falls, a person like him who is labeled as the Jing'an Hou Mansion will definitely disappear, and he asked Li Xin this sentence, in fact, he was also asking about his own net worth.

Li Xin put down the teacup and looked calm.

"Brother You'an, you can rest assured, as long as the status quo is maintained in the southwest, the emperor will be jealous and dare not do anything to me."

Zhao Jia nodded, was silent for a while, and asked, "Master Hou wants to be Ye Guogong?" ”

Li Xin frowned, then shook his head slowly.

"I can't stay still for thirty or forty years."