After leaving Weiyang Palace, Li Xin walked all the way out of Yong'an Gate, did not get into his own carriage, but walked all the way to Yongle Fang, and finally stopped at the main gate of Chen Guogong's mansion, and walked in without reporting.

Most of the people in the Guogong Mansion knew him, and when they saw him coming, they all bowed their heads and greeted him.

"Master Hou is here."

Thrown to a few familiar old people, Li Xin would also bow his head slightly and greet them.

Soon, Li Xin arrived at the backyard of Chen Guogong's Mansion, and he walked to the door of the small courtyard where Ye Shengye lived before, the courtyard door was not locked, and it could be pushed open with a light push, but no one dared to enter the Guogong Mansion.

Li Xin stretched out his hand to push open the door of the courtyard, looked left and right at this extremely familiar and somewhat unfamiliar courtyard, as well as the wine jar in the corner of the courtyard, sighed slightly, and walked to the pavilion in the courtyard.

Under the pavilion there is a stone table, two stone benches, the stone table is carved with the chess board of the Chu River Han realm, and there is a wooden chess box next to the table.

This is the place where Li Xin played chess with Ye Sheng in his early years, after the old man Ye was taught by Li Xin to play chess, although the chess quality was not very good, but he was very obsessed, and he pulled Li Xin to play chess under this pavilion for three days.

He sat on one of the stone benches, silently opened the chess box under the table, took out the chess pieces inside, and placed them on the chess table little by little.

After he finished laying out the chess pieces on both sides, an old man wearing a cyan cotton jacket slowly sat opposite Li Xin.

He was slightly distracted, looked up at the old man opposite, and in a trance thought that it was Old Man Ye who sat opposite him again.

Chen Guogong, who was opposite, stretched out his hand and picked up a pawn, took a step forward, and then said, "What's the matter, I'm in a bad mood when I go to the palace?" ”

Today, the matter of the Xianbei Yuwen Department entering Beijing to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven in the court was still notified by Ye Ming, and later Li Xin was called into the palace, and this General Ye naturally knew about it.

Li Xin also moved the chess pieces, and then sighed slowly: "At this moment, I have only somewhat understood why Master Ye left the court back then and hid in this small courtyard, hiding for decades. ”

"At this time, if I don't have a large group of people to take care of behind me, I also want to hide in the house, and I don't just ask about the affairs of the court, no matter how they toss, anyway, there is such a big family business, no matter how I toss, it is unlikely that I will lose the country before I close my eyes."

Ye Ming narrowed his eyes: "Your Majesty is going to crown the Xianbei Yuwen Department as the king, isn't it?" ”

Li Xin shook his head helplessly.

"Most of them have discussed with the old ram, and they have already discussed it, and they asked me to go to the palace to say hello and appease me, a well-known main battle faction, I originally thought that the old ram was in charge of Shangshutai, which could make me feel more comfortable, but I didn't think that these civil officials were all the way, which was really depressing."

"Scholars are like that."

Although General Ye likes to read, he has also been a military general all his life, and he deeply sympathizes, and said: "Open your mouth to be a poor soldier, and close your mouth to be martial, it seems that in their eyes, as long as they hold the book of sages and sages and be kind to others, no one will come to life." ”

"If there is really something, they don't use it one by one, not to mention that he is a ram Shu, even Zhang Quhuan Chu is here, and he is also this virtue, and he can't get rid of the mold of this scholar."

Speaking of this, Ye Guogong looked at Li Xin and said indifferently: "But this matter should not be difficult for you Li Changan, if you want to break the tribute this time, just raise your hand." ”

The envoys of the Yuwen Ministry are in the capital, living in the Chase Hall, for Li Xin, it is too simple to attack them, even if he does not use the official power, Li Xin can easily let this Yuwen Zhao's son die in the capital.

Otherwise, there is also a lot to do in the northern Xinjiang, and if someone pretends to be someone from the Xianbei Department to storm the Jimen Pass, the imperial court will have to oppose the Xianbei Yuwen Department again.

The Marquis of Jing'an ate one of Ye Ming's sons, and said in a muffled voice: "This world is the world of their Ji family, the Ji family is not in a hurry, and they are willing to raise this scourge outside, so we outsiders don't need to jump up and down in a hurry." ”

"Chang'an, you are not an outsider."

Ye Ming squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "You are the son-in-law of the Ji family, and if you look closely, you can be regarded as half of the clan." ”

Li Xin rolled his eyes.

"The fourth prince of the first emperor is still the grandson of the senior brother, this kind of is useless, don't mention it."

"It's my brother's grandson."

Li Xin took a step of chess, and then lowered his eyebrows and said: "If I knew that it was today's situation, it would have been better to hold my senior brother's grandson to the throne at the beginning, and I would be more comfortable at this time." ”

"Don't talk nonsense."

Ye Ming frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The Ye family has basically no contact with Concubine De, I have only met the four princes so far, how can it be involved?" ”

Unlike Li Xin's arrogant attitude towards imperial power, the Ye family is still very cautious in this regard, at this time, Ye Ming's situation on the chessboard has fallen into disadvantage, he said while thinking: "The affairs of Northern Xinjiang, you plan to stop like this, it is not like the character of your Marquis Li." ”

"It's none of my business."

Li Xin ate Ye Ming's cannon again, and said indifferently: "I am the general of the forbidden army, the Zhenbei army and the Yunzhou army in the north have nothing to do with me, if you don't fight, you won't fight, I will honestly be my general of the forbidden army in the capital, but Ye Mao's kid has no military merits, I'm afraid that the code of the temporary general will last for a long time." ”

Ye Ming was silent for a while, and said lightly: "Chang'an, if it is inconvenient for you to do it, the Ye family can do it, and tomorrow morning, the envoy of the Yuwen Department will die in the Datong Hall." ”

"It's useless."

Li Xin said lightly: "Now the Yuwen Ministry doesn't want to fight, Yuwen Zhao sent his son over, with Yuwen Zhao's character, as long as he wants to endure, don't say that if he dies a son, he will die six or seven, and he will not use this to move troops with the Great Jin, maybe he will use this to blackmail the imperial court." ”

"The key at this time is not whether these Xianbei envoys will die, but the one on the dragon chair who doesn't want to fight with the northern frontier, which is the most fatal place."

On the chessboard, Ye Ming fell into the disadvantage in an all-round way, and the chess pieces died one after another in Li Xin's hands, General Ye frowned, no longer looking at the chessboard, but looking up at Li Xin.

"Then Chang'an, you just gave up?"

"What else else can I do?"

"Can't I go to the north now, destroy the Yuwen tribes, and then go back to Beijing to report to the Son of Heaven?"

Ye Ming was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke: "At this time, the farmer needs to speak. ”

"You have already made a statement in front of the Son of Heaven, as long as my Ye family and the seed family express their position at the same time, it will be impossible for the imperial court and the Xianbei tribes to reconcile, and the seed of the seed family will be ...... in the capital."

"Forget it."

"You and I have the love of Master Ye, and it doesn't have much to do with each other, if you bring another breeder, the court will probably think that our martial artists are going to gather troops to rebel!"

It is a taboo for martial artists to get together, and after Ye Sheng died, Li Xin rarely came to Chen Guogong's mansion, which is one of the reasons.

Ye Guogong frowned deeply.

That...... Chang'an, you, don't fight?

(End of chapter)