Chapter 20: Elders

The turmoil in the capital was limited to a very small range, so that except for Emperor Chengde and a few parties, most people in the capital did not know what was going on, but as long as someone could see the big-character poster written by Li Xin, it was linked to the cancellation of the hunt, and the prince of Jingzhao Mansion was demoted to two levels, and some outlines could be guessed more or less.

However, this matter involves the Son of Heaven, and Li Xin's big-character poster is even more suspected of slandering the Son of Heaven, so no one in the capital dares to put this matter on the bright side, so this turmoil has been covered up to the greatest extent.

The next day, the officers and soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion disappeared on the street, and the documents wanted by Li Xin were also missing, and it was not until this time that Li Xin's anxious mind finally settled, because it was only at this time that he completely believed what the Seventh Prince said.

Anyway, he and the Seventh Prince don't have any friendship after all, the two of them are full of calculations, and they have only known each other for two or three days, and it is normal for Li Xin to have some precautions.

Fortunately, none of what the seventh prince said to Li Xin was wrong.

This turmoil, as the seventh prince said, was easily exposed, and those officers and soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion who were still on the street yesterday, like wolves and tigers, disappeared without a trace at this time as if they had never existed.

On this day, Li Xin walked around the street for a long time, and he didn't find the person from the internal guard prison mentioned by the seventh prince, but it's not surprising to think about it, even if those people are ordered to protect themselves, they don't necessarily have to be in the open, if they hide, they can't find out.

So, after buying some firewood, rice, oil and salt on the street, Li Xin set off to return to his small courtyard in Datongfang, and when he returned to his residence, it was almost evening, Li Xin pushed open the courtyard door, and found that there were not only two charcoal sellers and charcoal girls in the courtyard, but also an old man in Tsing Yi with silver hair, who was sitting in front of the bed of the charcoal seller, and asked one or two questions from time to time.

The charcoal seller was full of smiles, and the two old men were obviously chatting happily.

They spoke the dialect of the capital, and they spoke very quickly, after Li Xin listened to two sentences, he found that he didn't understand a little, so he pulled the charcoal girl on the side and asked, "Girl, this old ...... Who is he? ”

According to the plot in the novel, at this time, most of the time it should be the Son of Heaven's private interview, and then the next plot should be the Son of Heaven asking himself about politics, and he made an impassioned speech about the earth-shattering ghosts and gods, and then made the Son of Heaven drop his jaw and bowed to him, and finally succeeded in entering the court and going to the peak of his life......

It's a pity that this kind of plot generally doesn't happen easily, if the Son of Heaven goes out on patrol in a micro-suit, in the case of the white dragon fish suit, the surroundings must be full of guards to follow, and the enemy will be alerted within a certain range.

But before Li Xin entered the door just now, the street outside Datongfang was still full of people, and there was no sign of being guarded.

Moreover, the royal family has the temperament of a superior, although this old man also has some temperament, but it is still slightly insufficient compared to the Seventh Prince, and it is impossible to be an emperor.

The charcoal girl glanced into the room, then looked up at Li Xin, and said crisply: "Brother, this old man claims to be your elder, and he has been waiting for almost an hour to come here to see you." ”

Elders...?

Li Xin frowned, he didn't have any elders in the capital, if he had to say that he had, then he was a relative of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, but he really didn't want to have anything to do with the Pingnan Hou Mansion.

Thinking of this, Li Xin coughed, walked in from outside the room, and bowed his hand slightly to the old man in Tsing Yi: "Where is the old man?" ”

The old man in Tsing Yi was talking to the charcoal seller, and when he heard Li Xin's voice, he turned around, looked the young man in front of him up and down, and then said, "You are Li Xin?" ”

Li Xin nodded slowly.

The old man snorted sullenly, and said in a deep voice: "The old man should be your uncle according to his seniority, why is there no courtesy at all, and he doesn't salute when he sees his uncle?" ”

Li Xin squinted his eyes and said: "Old man, I have no relatives and no reason in the capital, let alone a father, I don't know where the word uncle came from?" ”

The old man in Tsing Yi stood up from the side of the bed, Li Xin found that the old man was quite tall, slightly taller than Li Xin, the old man glanced at Li Xin seriously, and said: "It's not convenient here, let's go out and talk, the old man has something to ask you." ”

Li Xin was silent for a while, then nodded slightly.

Everyone has come to the door, and it is useless to escape at this time, if it is really a relative of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, it is enough to deal with it and send it away.

Li Xin took out a packet of sticky candy from the vegetable basket he brought back, handed it to the little girl, and laughed softly: "Take it to eat, go talk to grandpa first, and my brother will get you food to eat in a while." ”

Since Li Xin had an income, every time he went out, he often brought some snacks to the little girl, but recently their cabin was burned, and Li Xin was busy with some other things, so he has not been able to buy candy for the little girl to eat, and today Li Xin remembered and brought her a bag of candy back.

The little girl turned out to be candy, hugged it in her arms, and sat beside the charcoal seller in a proper manner.

Li Xin took a deep breath, turned around and walked out of the room.

At this time, it was still in the moonlight day, and the courtyard was still quite cold, Li Xin built a bonfire in the courtyard, and the two of them sat around the bonfire.

The old man stretched out his hand to roast on the fire and looked up at Li Xin.

"Do you know who the old man is?"

Li Xin bowed his head and said, "I guessed some." ”

The old man snorted in a low voice: "Since I guessed, the old man has something to say to you, it is a good thing for young people to have some ideas, but before doing things, you always have to think about the consequences, if it is not for the saint to protect you this time, your best fate at this time is to eat in prison in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion!" ”

Speaking of this, the old man glanced at Li Xin angrily, and sneered: "The holy virtue of the Son of Heaven is known to the world, the old man froze to death in the North Mountain, the old man who sold charcoal, who is alive and well at this time, was used by you to slander the Holy Monarch!" ”

Li Xin frowned slightly.

Although what this old man said was true, these words in the mouth of the Pingnan Hou Mansion would make him a little uncomfortable.

So Li Xin stood up and said: "This old man, he has no relatives in Beijing, let alone any uncle, you should have recognized the wrong person, as for what to do and not to do here, it is also his own business, and he has nothing to do with others." ”

"Nothing to do with anyone else?"

The old man in Tsing Yi was half angry by Li Xin's words, he suddenly stood up, blew his beard and glared, and said loudly to Li Xin: "Old man Li Ye, I am the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, this time thanks to you, the old man was directly cut by two levels, you actually said that this matter has nothing to do with me?!" ”