Ye Ling is Ye Sheng's youngest son, he is Ye Sheng's son who was born after returning to Beijing from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, after he was born, the Ye family is already "the first general in the world", so this Ye Sishao has been a bastard since he was a child.

First, he has good skills, and secondly, he has a strong father, who has lived for more than 20 years and has never suffered a loss, and when he was almost thirty years old, he changed his ways, got an errand in the imperial court, and later served as a lieutenant general in Yulinwei.

In his life, he lives more chic and happy than his father Ye Sheng and his brother Ye Ming. But this Ye Sishao is not a complete bastard, he knows in his heart that he can be so chic in the capital, firstly because his father worked hard in his early years, and secondly, because his eldest brother put down the brush and went to the north to join the army.

Therefore, Ye Sishao has not accepted anyone in his life, the first one is to serve his father, and the second is to serve his brother, he was by his side when his father left, but when the eldest brother Ye Ming left, he couldn't move in Hanzhong, and after receiving the news, his heart was as difficult as an ant to eat.

At this time, when he finally arrived at Ningling, the former Ye Sishao knelt in front of his eldest brother's tombstone, almost crying.

I don't know how long it took, after his emotions calmed down a little, Li Xin walked up slowly, handed over a white towel, Ye Lan took the white towel, wiped the tears on his face, looked back at Li Xin, and then sighed: "Let Chang'an see and smile." ”

Li Xin shook his head.

"The elder brother is gone, and the younger brother is also very uncomfortable, the senior brother and the senior brother are siblings, so naturally it is even more painful."

Ye Xuan turned his head, glanced at his brother's tombstone, let out a long sigh, and was about to get up from the ground.

But he knelt for so long, he was already kneeling numb, and he stumbled and almost fell to the ground, Li Xin's eyes were quick, and he immediately reached out to support him, Ye Mao also stepped forward to take a hand, and the two of them helped him to sit down in the reeds on the side.

After sitting down, Ye Lan felt a lot more comfortable, he first glanced at Li Xin, and asked: "Why is Chang'an still in Ningling, I heard a few days ago that you left after arriving in Ningling." ”

"Take refuge here."

Li Xin shook his head helplessly: "At this time, I don't know how many plum blossom guards outside Ningling City are looking for me, it is safer to stay in Yejiazhuang, it just so happens that Ye Mao was also driven back by the imperial court, so I will accompany him here for a few more days." ”

As he spoke, Li Xin looked at Ye Lan and asked, "Shouldn't Senior Brother lead troops in Hanzhong, why did he come back to Ningling?" ”

Ye Xuan first frowned, and then sighed.

"After receiving the news that my eldest brother was seriously ill a few months ago, I wrote to the imperial court to take a few months off and return to Beijing to see my eldest brother, but the imperial court has not allowed it, so I can only stay in Hanzhong all the time, unable to move."

"Until the death of my eldest brother, the court still did not allow me to leave Hanzhong, and I had no choice but to stay in Hanzhong."

Speaking of this, Ye Lan gritted his teeth: "The loss of my siblings, I can't even come back to worship, my heart is really difficult." ”

"A few days ago, a document suddenly came from the imperial court, saying that I was allowed to go back to my hometown to worship my brother, but I didn't say a word, so I left Hanzhong and brought some people to Ningling."

After stopping Ye Luan's words, Li Xin frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "After Senior Brother leaves, who will be in charge of the army in Hanzhong?" ”

"Naturally, it's the uncle of the country."

Obviously, although he has worked with Xie Jing for a few years, Ye Ling still looks at him a little unpleasantly, and he sneered: "This uncle has been a deputy general for me for a few years, I am not in Hanzhong, and the Hanzhong army is naturally under his care." ”

"But I'm too lazy to bother with these things."

Ye Xuan slowly exhaled.

"No matter what, I will also go back to my hometown to worship my brother."

As he spoke, he looked left and right at the reed canopy built by Ye Mao, and then looked up at Ye Mao who was standing with his hands down, and said, "It's good here, you let me stay here for a few days and spend more time with my father and brother." ”

Ye Mao didn't dare to refute his uncle, so he nodded helplessly.

Li Xin sat cross-legged beside Ye Lan and asked, "Senior brother doesn't like that uncle of the country?" ”

From the beginning of the Taikang period, Li Xin looked at Xie Jing of the Xie family in Shanyin not very pleasing to the eye, but he was very close to Xie Dai of the Xie family, but Xie Jing's relationship with the heavenly family was obviously closer, so he was far ahead of Xie Dai in the court.

"Who can look at him?"

Ye Lan snorted: "There is nothing in the chest, and he still likes to be reckless, and he wants to be in the limelight everywhere, if this kind of person does not have the identity of a national uncle, in our army, he will be covered and left in less than three days." ”

Sure enough, Ye Lan also looked at Xie Jing very unpleasantly.

Li Xin pondered for a while, and finally whispered to Ye Luan: "Senior brother, have you ever thought about why the imperial court did not allow you to return to your hometown before, and suddenly let you come back at this time?" ”

"I didn't think about it."

Ye Lan sat in the reed tent and said: "It's just that the Son of Heaven wants to support his own maternal uncle to the throne, and I don't look down on the position of a Hanzhong general, let me come back, let me come back, I will live in Ningling for a few years, and accompany my family more." ”

Li Xin's tone was a little heavy.

"Senior brother didn't think about it, why Ye Mao is also in Ningling?"

Ye Lan was originally a smart person, but after Li Xin mentioned this, he suddenly reacted, looked up at Ye Mao, frowned, and said: "Yes, why are you still here, you should go back to the Zhenbei Army now." ”

Comparatively speaking, the Zhenbei Army is much more important than the Hanzhong Army, although it is a strength of 100,000 people, but the Hanzhong Army is just rootless water for the Ye family, after all, most of the Hanzhong Army is transferred from the left battalion of the forbidden army, and there is the uncle of the country who has been staring at it, it is impossible to install cronies, let alone change the Hanzhong Army for his own use in a few years.

But the Zhenbei Army is different, the Zhenbei Army is the foundation of the Ye family, the Ye family has spent several generations of hard work to run it, for the Ye family, the position of General Hanzhong can be ignored as many as you want, but the Zhenbei Army in Jizhou cannot be lost no matter what.

Ye Mao sighed a little helplessly.

"Fourth Uncle Hui, I went to the palace to see Your Majesty a few days ago, and I want to leave Beijing and go back to Jizhou, but Your Majesty is not allowed, and I want my nephew to rest at home for a few months."

"Why?"

Ye Sishao was furious and stood up suddenly.

"I'm going to go to Beijing and tell Your Majesty that Emperor Wu personally promised to let my Ye family guard Jimen Pass for generations, why didn't you go when it came to your generation Chen Guogong?"

So saying, he was about to go out of the reeds.

The Zhenbei Army is the core interest of the Ye family, no matter who can touch it, this is the bottom line of the Ye family, so when this Ye Sishao heard about it, he immediately became anxious.

Li Xin stretched out his hand and grabbed Ye Luan's sleeve and shook his head: "Senior brother, don't worry, the Ye family has been pouring their hearts and souls into Jizhou for generations, and the Zhenbei Army is not so easy to fall into the hands of others." ”

"The Son of Heaven is now determined to limit the power of the Ye family, and even you, the general of Hanzhong who can only lead troops but cannot transfer troops, have been driven back, and when you enter Beijing at this time, you can't move the Son of Heaven."

"It's better to wait with peace of mind."

Ye Lan took a deep breath, sat down again, and then glanced at Li Xin,

"That's the student you taught!"

Ye Sishao snorted.

"I don't even understand the most basic rules."