According to Li Xin's merits this time, it is not too much to come to the Son of Heaven to take hundreds of officials out of the city for ten miles to greet them, but they came back at night, and most of the officials have already left work, so there are not many people who come here to "work overtime".

Three of the five prime ministers of the three provinces came, among which Zhang Qu and Zhang Haoran, who were the left servants, were impressively listed.

Although the Shangshu of the six departments did not arrive, at least one squire was also sent over.

This battle is already very big.

Especially after the Marquis of Jing'an got out of the carriage, he saw Zaifu Zhang Qu beside him, holding a five or six-year-old boy, this boy was none other than Ji Yan, the former prince of the Wei Palace, and now His Royal Highness the Prince!

Originally, Li Xin was still a little careless, but after seeing this little doll, he became serious, turned back to Zhao Fang and said, "Don't get down in the carriage, unless I call you, you don't pay attention to anyone who asks you to come down." ”

Although Zhao Fang was born in a family, after all, he was young and had never seen the world, so he immediately bowed his head and said, "Good ......"

At this time, although it was already dark, the west gate of the capital was brightly lit, and the lights illuminated here one by one.

Li Xin tidied up his clothes, walked straight to Zhang Qu, and was about to kneel down in front of this five or six-year-old boy.

"Minister Li Xin, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

Li Xin just made a move, Zhang Qu on the side immediately stretched out his hand to support him, this Haoran Gong shook his head, and said with a smile: "Marquis Jing'an, today we are all here to welcome you on the orders of His Majesty, so there is no need to make this kind of gift." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Qu, who had white hair, turned his head to look at the little boy he was holding in his hand, and said with a smile: "Originally, Your Majesty was going to come over to greet Hou Ye in person, but it was dark, and it was not convenient for His Majesty to leave the palace, so he asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to replace him and come to greet Hou Ye Li." ”

Li Xin also hugged his fist at Zhang Qu and said with a wry smile: "Haoran Gong, this time in the west, the lower official did not have much merit, besides, the lower official is only a deputy general, even if he has merit, it is also the credit of Ye Shaobao, such a big battle from the imperial court came to greet him, and the lower official was tormented." ”

"Hou Ye Li is too humble."

Haoran laughed loudly: "The military newspaper in the southwest has been sent back to the capital, Your Majesty specially let us courtiers read it many times, and the old man even copied a copy and took it home to read I don't know how many times. ”

"This is something that has been recognized by the whole court, and there is no need for Marquis Li to say more."

Li Xin's face darkened.

When he returned to Beijing this time, he originally wanted to keep a low profile, try to put the credit on the collective, or on the Ye family, so as to make a fortune, but he didn't expect that before he returned to Beijing, the Taikang Tianzi had already helped him publicize it.

not only publicized, but also defined the sex of this western expedition.

He Li Xin is the first hero.

This seems to be a favor on the surface, but in fact it is not a good thing, if the relationship between Li Xin and the Ye family is a little worse, Ye Ming, the lord, will inevitably have a gap with him.

But fortunately, before Li Xin returned to Beijing, he and Ye Ming had carefully sorted out the situation before and after this Western Expedition, and the two of them would say the same thing to the imperial court, and the Ye family had Ye Sheng's affection, so they should not have any resentment against Li Xin.

When the Marquis of Jing'an was thinking about this matter, His Royal Highness the Prince, who was led by Zhang Qu, ran to Li Xin, pulled Li Xin's sleeve, and said crisply: "Uncle Li......"

He knew Li Xin.

At that time, he was half of the "staff" of the Wei Palace, and sometimes he would drink there until midnight, when the princess Xie also pulled out the former prince and said that she wanted to recognize Li Xin as her master.

However, Li Xin politely refused at that time.

At that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Ji Yan was only three or four years old, and now two or three years have passed, and he should be six years old.

Li Xin squatted down, stretched out his hand and grabbed His Royal Highness the Prince's sleeve, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Prince, what do you command?" ”

The prince glanced at Li Xin a few times, and then said in a milky voice: "Uncle Li, you... It's darkened..."

After more than a year, most of the time was spent fighting, and he had been in the mountains for more than two months, and the Marquis of Jing'an inevitably got a little tanned.

In fact, he's not just a little darker, he's a lot darker.

Li Xin smiled dumbly and said, "I'm basking in the sun outside, so it's dark." ”

The prince pulled Li Xin's sleeve with one hand and scratched his head with the other.

"Uncle Li, my father said... I want to see you..."

The little prince finally remembered what Taikang Tianzi had told him before he came, and said word by word: "Let you go back to the palace with me." ”

Li Xin didn't answer, but looked up at Zhang Qu.

Hao Ran Gong sighed.

"Knowing that Hou Ye Li has worked hard all the way, he should have gone back to rest for a few days, but His Majesty does have such a will, please work hard and go back to the palace with His Royal Highness the Prince..."

Li Xin stood up from the ground and smiled bitterly at Zhang Qu: "Haoran Gong, you have also seen that Xiaguan is not only sloppy now, but also his clothes have not been washed for several days. ”

The march is nothing else, even bathing is delusional, let alone laundry, there is not a single woman in the barracks, and basically no one can wear clean clothes.

However, the clothes on Li Xin's body were washed, well, Xiao Zhao put them for him to wash.

The reason why he excused himself was because he wanted to go home before entering the palace.

Haoran Gong patted Li Xin's shoulder and said softly: "Your Majesty has ordered, once the Hou Ye returns to Beijing, he will immediately summon the Hou Ye into the palace. ”

"As for clothes and the like, Hou Ye doesn't have to care about these details, at this moment, no one will say anything about Hou Ye because of this."

Zhang Qu is the first civil official in the court.

As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, Li Xin couldn't say anything back, so he could only bow his head slightly when he heard the words, and sighed: "Even so, the lower officials can only lose their manners." ”

Seeing that Li Xin agreed, the little prince hurriedly took Li Xin's sleeve and walked towards the carriage in the palace.

They had barely taken two steps when they heard a heavy voice behind them.

"Hou Ye Li entered the palace to face the saint, and then these people were taken away by our criminal department."

Li Xin looked back and saw a middle-aged man in his fifties, bending slightly towards him.

The criminal department is still in the book, silent.

The official to the sixth department of Shangshu, is already the minister of the second grade, and the real extremely human minister Zai Fu is actually just one step away, the six departments of the squire, Shangshu, are all big people who can enter the palace at any time to meet the Son of Heaven, according to the official character, Li Xin and this Shen Shangshu are at the same level.

After hearing this, Li Xin was not surprised, he brought back a lot of criminals, and naturally there would be a yamen to ask for someone from him.

He turned around and saluted Shen Mo with a fist, and said with a smile: "I don't know which prisoner Shen Shangshu wants?" ”

Shen Mo was relieved to see Li Xin talking so well.

Although he didn't need to be afraid of Li Xin, at this time, this Marquis of Jing'an had the credit of splashing the sky, and no one could touch his moldy head at this time.

"The main criminals in the southwest are all regarded as the responsibilities of the Criminal Department."

Li Xin said with a smile: "Okay, Shen Shangshu will bring His Royal Highness King Qin back." ”

Shen Mo frowned, and just as he wanted to speak, he heard Li Xin continue.

"Although it stands to reason that His Royal Highness King Qin should be transferred to the Zongfu."

Shen Shangshu took a deep breath and continued: "Then please ask Marquis Li to transfer the head of the Pingnan Army to my criminal department." ”

"Li Shen" is dead, so this Li Shen who was brought back to the capital, even if everyone knows who he is, he is still replaced by "Pingnan Army Thief Leader" in the official document.

Marquis of Jing'an frowned.

"May I ask who is the leader of the thieves in the Pingnan Army?"

Shen Shangshu said in a deep voice: "Pingnan Hou Li Shen." ”

Li Xin laughed dumbly.

"Shen Shangshu must have made a mistake, Pingnanhou Li Shen has been dead for almost two years."