The level of the six Shangshu is already one of the Great Nine Qings, although it is subordinate to Shangshutai, but whether it is status or authority, it is in the first echelon of the imperial court, even if the prime minister of Shangshutai wants to do something, he has to discuss it with the six Shangshu.

Ordinary Wenchen, even if he achieves this level, even if he has complete merit, if he wants to go to the next level, he cannot do it by relying on connections and ability alone, but also depends on chance and luck.

But for the Ye family, who was at the top of the Great Jin General's Gate, the position of a military department Shangshu was much lighter than that of their foundation town in the north.

As soon as the Son of Heaven said this, whether it was Ye Lan or Ye Mao, his face was a little not good-looking, Chen Guogong Ye Mao was silent, and Ye Lan also lowered his head and did not speak.

The Son of Heaven looked at the two Ye family members and said slowly: "The position of the general of the Zhenbei Army was recommended by the imperial court, if the two Ye Qing are not satisfied, I will have no choice for a while, so let's wait for the next court meeting, I will let them discuss this matter again, how about it?" ”

The Son of Heaven didn't nod, how many times he discussed it was the result, such an obvious thing, even Ye Mao could immediately figure it out, after the third-generation Chen Guogong was silent for a while, he took two steps back and bowed his hand to the Son of Heaven: "Since Your Majesty said so, the minister naturally has no objection, but the minister has something to say." ”

Ye Mao gritted his teeth and said: "As Your Majesty said, the Zhenbei Army is the Zhenbei Army of the imperial court, not the Zhenbei Army of my Ye family, if Jimen Pass misses, the Zhenbei Army will be annihilated, and the biggest loss is also the imperial court, not the Ye family......"

After saying this, Ye Mao knelt on the ground and kowtowed, his voice trembled a little because of anger.

"The minister retired ......"

Ye Lan glanced at his nephew, shook his head, and bowed to the Son of Heaven: "The minister has also retired." ”

Yuan Zhao Tianzi's face was calm, and he waved his hand lightly: "Xiao Zheng, send two Ye Qing on my behalf." ”

The great eunuch Xiao Zheng immediately took small steps, and sent the uncle and nephew to the gate of Weiyang Palace, and after sending these two people away, he returned to Weiyang Palace, at this time the Son of Heaven had already sat back on his soft couch, and was looking at the military reports sent from the north in the past few days, and noticed that after Xiao Zheng came back, the Son of Heaven did not look up, and asked lightly: "Is there any recent situation in the southwest?" ”

Xiao Zheng bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the southwest side is Mei Blossom Wei staring, Mei Blossom Wei handed over the slave maid two years ago to Xiao Huai, he will sort out the news every day and send it to His Majesty's table......"

"I haven't seen any news from the southwest in the past two days."

The Son of Heaven frowned and said, "You call Xiao Huai over, I have something to ask him." ”

Xiao Zheng nodded, and immediately asked people to summon Xiao Huai, and it didn't take long for Xiao Huai, who was dressed in purple, to kneel in front of the Son of Heaven and kowtow respectfully: "Slave Xiao Huai, knock to see Your Majesty!" ”

"Get up and speak."

The Son of Heaven put down the paperwork in his hand and frowned: "Why haven't you seen the news from the southwest in the past two days?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the southwest side...... Something went wrong. ”

After a pause, the young eunuch continued: "Meihuawei has been monitoring Jincheng, and after the New Year this year, Mrs. Li and his family moved to Jincheng, but some time ago, Meihuawei's people never saw Mrs. Li again, as if Mrs. Li had disappeared out of thin air. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Huai paused and continued: "In addition, the Southwest Army in the southwest is also frequently mobilized, and there are frequent abnormal movements, and I am afraid that there will be misdeeds. ”

Xiao Huaifu said: "Because in the past two days, the slave has been following up on this matter, and I want to find out what happened in the southwest, so I didn't have time to write a document and send it." ”

"Slave maid...... Damn, please condemn your majesty! ”

"Southwestern Army...... Frequent ...... of transfers"

Yuan Zhao Tianzi muttered a few words, and then smiled coldly: "As soon as the fight started in the north, there began to be changes over there, Li Shi is Li Shi, and he is really neat and tidy in doing things." ”

Thinking of this, he firmly decided not to let the Ye family go out of Beijing, and then looked at Xiao Huai coldly.

"Have you found down the news of Master Li?"

"Back to Your Majesty...... No. ”

Xiao Huai knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The last time in Ningling, the dark line buried by Meihuawei next to Mrs. Li was discovered by Mrs. Li, and then experienced a big purge, and now there is no one in ten dark lines, and it is difficult to accurately grasp Mrs. Li's whereabouts." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Huai knelt down and kowtowed, gritted his teeth and said: "But the slave still found some clues, although I can't be sure where Mrs. Li is now, but Mrs. Li probably left Jincheng and went to the northeast......"

Jincheng is in the southwest, and there are only two places to go along the northeast, one is to go to the capital, and the other is to ...... Northern.

The Son of Heaven changed color slightly.

Now that there has just been a movement in the north, and there is also a movement in the southwest, if Li Xin really wants to form an alliance with the Ministry of Yuwen and go north in person, then ......

The Great Jin Kingdom is in jeopardy!

Thinking of this, Yuan Zhao Tianzi glanced at Xiao Huai viciously.

"Go check it out for me!"

"At all costs, we must find out where Li Xin is now, and after discovering his whereabouts, directly arrest him and bring him to the capital, and if there is resistance, kill him directly on the spot!"

Xiao Huai knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Slave maid...... Here it goes! ”

After that, he walked out of Weiyang Palace.

The great eunuch Xiao Zheng frowned slightly, he bowed his head to the Son of Heaven and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Huai is young and unreliable, so the old slave will go and tell him." ”

The Son of Heaven waved his hand impatiently.

Xiao Zheng respectfully bent over, exited the main hall of Weiyang Palace, and then called Xiao Huai, who was walking on the steps.

After Xiao Huai heard Xiao Zheng's voice, he immediately stopped, turned around and trotted all the way, running in front of Xiao Zheng, with a respectful expression: "Godfather called me?" ”

Xiao Zheng glanced at Xiao Huai and said slowly, "Our father and son, talking?" ”

Xiao Huai lowered his head: "My son should obey his fate." ”

After saying that, he bent down and walked behind Xiao Zheng, and the "father and son" walked on the eighty-one steps in front of the Weiyang Palace, and their steps were surprisingly consistent.

"What have you been doing these days?"

Xiao Zheng's tone was calm, and he said slowly: "Don't tell me that you went to check Jing'anhou, you don't have time to write documents, I have taken Meihuawei for many years, Meihuawei has special documents, you just need to send someone to send the information that Your Majesty needs to Weiyang Palace, you don't need to write it yourself." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Zhengpi glanced at Xiao Huai with a smile.

"You dare to bully the king in front of me, I just need one sentence just now, this head on your shoulder, you are going to move!"

Xiao Huai wiped the sweat from his forehead and accompanied his smiling face: "Godfather loves his son, so naturally he won't let his son die." ”

"Tell me about it."

Xiao Zheng's face was calm.

"What the hell are you doing?"

Xiao Huai's body trembled slightly, he lowered his head deeply, and his voice was inaudible.

"Back to godfather...... Son... Murder went. ”

Xiao Zheng stopped, glanced back at Xiao Huai, and frowned: "Who did you kill?" Who told you to kill? ”

Xiao Huai was still bent over, he cautiously looked left and right, and after seeing that he was approaching, he lowered his head again.

"My son went to Yongzhou and learned something."

Xiao Huai lowered his head and said: "Meihuawei was liquidated in Jincheng, it should be your godfather who leaked the news to Mrs. Li." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Zheng's face suddenly changed, and his long and narrow eyes were full of fierce light, almost looking like he was going to eat people.

Xiao Huai lowered his head, not seeing his godfather's expression, he continued: "After my son found out about this, he ...... Thinking about handling this matter for my godfather. ”

"After returning to Beijing from Yongzhou, my son has been busy with this."

Xiao Huai lowered his head and said slowly: "Meihuawei has a record of this matter, my son has spent a few months, and it has been changed little by little, when you went out of the palace to see Mrs. Li's teahouse, the son of the person who should be killed also killed for you." ”

Xiao Huai raised his head, glanced at Xiao Zheng, who was full of stunned faces, and took a deep breath.

"In the past few days, my son has wanted to kill all the people who knew about this incident and had seen the records of this incident."

"In this way, the godfather should be able to sit back and relax."

Xiao Zheng stood in place and was silent for a long time.

It's hard to imagine that the righteous son in front of me, who is brought up by himself and does things with a bit of yin on weekdays, actually ...... Is it a big dutiful son?