More than 30 years have passed, and today's Pingnan General's Mansion is generally similar to the Mu Mansion of the year, but many places inside are very different from the Mu Mansion of the past.

But Mu Dashao didn't have so many sad thoughts, looking left and right in General Pingnan's mansion, and sighed a few words from time to time, saying that he was born too late.

Indeed, when he was born, Nanshu no longer existed, although the Mu family still had some strength, but the living conditions were simply incomparable compared to what they used to be, the Mu Mansion in Hanzhou Mansion was like a thatched house compared to the Pingnan General's Mansion in Jincheng.

The three of them visited the Pingnan General's Mansion, and finally walked to the living room of the General's Mansion, where they sat down as the host and guest.

Of course, Li Xin sat in the main seat.

After the Marquis of Jing'an sat down, he smiled at Mu Qing, who was sitting on the left-hand side, and said: "Uncle Mu, according to my meaning, Uncle Mu will live in Jincheng in the future, this mansion is a little sensitive, and it is not easy for you to live, but I can make the decision and divide part of this mansion for you to live in." ”

"As for Brother Mu, in the future, he will live in Hanzhou City to lead the troops, as long as Uncle Mu and Brother Mu do well, in the future, Shu County should be the loudest voice of the Mu family."

Mu Qing was silent for a while, and bowed her head slightly: "Master Hou wants to do it...... The second Pingnan Hou Mansion? ”

Li Xin shook his head.

"The two generations of the Hou Mansion of Pingnan live in the southwest, I am different, I want to live in the capital, the southwest is for me, it can be the capital or the help, but it cannot be regarded as the lifeblood."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said: "But there are 100,000 remnants of Southern Shu in the southwest, and Shu County is the lifeblood for you." ”

"I just need the Mu family to help me when I need help."

Frankly speaking, although this Hanzhou Righteous Army was raised by Li Xin, he indirectly controlled this army, and his mastery of the Hanzhou Righteous Army was far inferior to that of the Mu family.

People's hearts will always change, Li Xin did not expect the Mu family to be unconditionally loyal to him, he had certain expectations for the Hanzhou Righteous Army, but he did not particularly rely on it.

So Li Xincai said what he said just now, on the one hand, it was ugly to say it ahead, and on the other hand, it was also to test these two people.

Mu Qing and Mu Ying glanced at each other, got up one after another, and looked at Li Xin deeply.

"Master Hou trusts the Mu family so much, if the Mu family is negative, it is not worthy of being a man."

The black-faced Mu Ying lowered her eyebrows and said: "Don't worry, don't worry about Hou Ye, don't dare to say anything else, Mu Ying is alive for a day, and the Mu family is the only one who is looking forward to Hou Ye!" ”

Li Xin shook his head and said slowly: "These are all afterwords, don't be in a hurry to say them now, now the situation in the southwest has almost been settled, if there is no accident, I will leave for the capital after a while, before returning to Beijing, I have something to explain to Uncle Mu and Brother Mu." ”

The father and son clasped their fists together.

"Master Hou commanded."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said: "The Southwest Mu family can speak the loudest, and can even have the final say to a certain extent, but there is one thing that the two of you must remember clearly, no matter what, you can't put these things on the table." ”

"Southwest, it is the southwest of the imperial court, if the Mu family wants to let the southwest surname Mu and want to divide the southwest, he will still go west in the imperial court, do you understand?"

These words are a warning left by Li Xin to the Mu family, and it is also the bottom line of the shackles he left for the Mu family in the southwest, that is, it can be real but not famous, if the Mu family is too high-profile in the southwest, it will only become a hidden danger for Li Xin.

The father and son glanced at each other and bowed their heads one after another.

"Hou Ye rest assured, the Mu family will only be the Mu family, we will help Hou Ye defend Hanzhou City, outside of Hanzhou, the Mu family will not ask if they can."

Li Xin smiled and nodded.

"Uncle Mu looks at it, I believe in the female family very much."

Li Xin suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, the Li clan of Zhao County, who entered Hanzhou City a few days ago, didn't make trouble in Hanzhou City, right?" ”

Mu Qing opened his mouth and said: "After we received Hou Ye's letter, we found a place to settle them in the city, and they left us a lot of property, saying that it was negotiated with Hou Ye, and we have properly kept those belongings for Hou Ye." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an smiled and said: "Those belongings are indeed what I negotiated with them, but they are the military expenses for the Hanzhou Righteous Army, the remnants of Nanshu have been silent for decades, it is impossible to have many belongings, these things Uncle Mu used to raise the army first, so as to give the Mu family some respite, so that the Mu family will not feed tens of thousands of people now." ”

Raising an army is throwing money, and the state machinery like the imperial court can't support too many people, not to mention a family like the Mu family, which is in a quiet corner, with the financial resources of the Mu family, it is estimated that it will support 50,000 people for a few months, and the family foundation will be hollowed out.

Mu Qing bowed her head deeply.

"Thank you, Master Hou, for thinking about my Mu family so much."

Li Xin shook his head and continued to speak: "There is one more important thing. ”

The father and son both got upset and said, "Master Hou, please speak." ”

"I believe that the two of you can also see that the Pingnan Army has not been completely defeated."

Li Xin's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "At least fifty or sixty thousand people have been scattered by Li Shen to various parts of the southwest, these people can't make any waves for the time being, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will become hidden dangers in the future, Uncle Mu and Brother Mu are in the southwest, they want to help me watch these people, and once there is any trouble, write to me immediately." ”

The father and son glanced at each other and said, "Don't worry, Master Hou, we will pay attention." ”

"Fifty thousand people, even if they are scattered, they can't be hidden, after you find them, look at them, there is no need to force them to come, although these people have no armor, but most of them still have weapons."

Previously, when Li Shen was about to surrender, he sent tens of thousands of sets of armor to Mianzhu, which means that at least tens of thousands of Pingnan troops were unarmoured.

Moreover, when these people left Jincheng, they must be in civilian clothes, and it is unlikely that they will wear the color of Pingnan military uniforms.

Mu Qing lowered his eyebrows and said: "If, as Hou Ye said, the movements of 50,000 people are not small, the old man can feel their movements in two months at most." ”

Li Xin nodded with satisfaction.

Then he continued.

"Then there is the military exploits of the Hanzhou Righteous Army."

The Marquis of Jing'an said in a deep voice: "Jincheng has broken the city. Therefore, all the Pingnan troops except for the deserters and those who surrendered, and all the others died in Mianzhu. ”

"The Hanzhou Righteous Army fought bravely to kill the enemy and killed tens of thousands of thieves in the Pingnan Army."

Speaking of this, Li Xin looked at Mu Ying with a heavy gaze.

"Brother Mu, you have to go to the capital with me to receive merit, and when you arrive in the capital, you will say so."

Mu Ying smiled bitterly: "The hole of tens of thousands of people is too difficult to fake, can the imperial court believe it?" ”

Marquis Jing'an lowered his eyebrows and said.

"We are doing things in the southwest, what I can say, the court will believe in anything."

"They believed, and everyone was fine."

"If they don't believe it, they're adding to themselves, and it has nothing to do with us."