Little by little, time passed.

In the blink of an eye, the ninth year of Taikang entered the last month, that is, the month of La.

The news that the Son of Heaven is seriously ill gradually can't be hidden, after all, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and as for the red palace wall, it can't stop any news, plus the Son of Heaven has been out of power for a long time, and there are many suspicions, so after entering Layue, not to mention the whole capital, at least the people in Yongle Fang, have more or less received some news.

In this month, Li Xin was not very idle, he often went to the large camp of the right camp of the forbidden army, and took over the right camp of the forbidden army as much as possible, in case of emergency.

This process is still very smooth, after all, there is a previous foundation, and in two months, he can be said to have taken the right battalion of the forbidden army in his hands.

To be honest, although the military power of the forbidden army is quite important, but in terms of weight, it is impossible to have the same weight as the general of the border army, after all, the forbidden army is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and it is very influenced by the Son of Heaven, if the general of the forbidden army wants to rebel, seventy or eighty percent of the people in the forbidden army will turn against each other, and there is no mass basis for rebellion.

And the border army is different, the border army is thousands of miles away from the capital, the emperor is far away, where the general of the border army is the sky above his head, take the Yunzhou Seed Army and the Zhenbei Army of Jimen Pass, these two families have been operating in the north for decades, if they really want to rebel, the soldiers under their command may not even hesitate, they will turn around and kill the capital.

Therefore, the military power of this forbidden army is limited to a large extent, and it is also for this reason that the Son of Heaven will rest assured that it will be handed over to Li Xin.

On the third day of the ninth lunar month of Taikang, the winter sun is shining. (The previous chapter was written as Ten Years of Taikang and has been corrected.) ）

On this day, Li Xin did not go to the camp of the right camp of the forbidden army, but went out early in the morning, waited in front of the Yong'an Gate, and waited until almost noon, when an old man with a white beard slowly walked out of the Yong'an Gate.

Li Xin greeted him and bowed to the old man: "Senior brother." ”

This old man is naturally the eldest son of the Ye family, and now the only one with a different surname in the Great Jin Dynasty, Chen Guogong Ye Ming.

In the past, although Ye Ming's hair was gray, most of his hair was still black and gray, but now he has only been in Ningling for two years, and his hair is almost all white.

Ye Ming was originally in Ningling's hometown to Ye Sheng's spirit, last winter, he secretly came to the capital, after meeting Li Xin, he left the capital, it is now the end of the ninth year of Taikang, and it is less than two years before the death of the old man of the Ye family, it stands to reason that Ye Ming should still be in Ningling's hometown.

But the Son of Heaven personally summoned him to Beijing, Ye Ming didn't have such a big temper as Li Xin, and soon obediently came to Beijing.

Seeing Li Xin coming to greet him, Ye Ming first bowed his head and returned the salute, then pulled Li Xin's sleeve, and said helplessly: "The fourth child didn't come to greet me, but you came to Chang'an." ”

Li Xin smiled and said: "Senior brother misunderstood Senior Brother Xiao Ye, Senior Brother Xiao Ye is now serving as a squire in the Ministry of War, and he should be on duty in the Yamen of the Ministry of War at this time, but he can't come." ”

Ye Ming shook his head and glanced at Li Xin.

"Then Chang'an, you, the secretary of the military department, why don't you work in the yamen of the military department?"

From the third year of Taikang to the present, Li Xin's errand of the military department secretary has not been discharged, that is to say, he has been the military department secretary for six or seven years, and Ye Luan, who is currently the squire of the military department, is actually Li Xin's subordinate.

If it was usual, Li Xin would have to make a few jokes, but this was a special moment, he was not in the mood to joke and not say anything, and it was impossible to talk and laugh with Ye Ming at the gate of Yong'an Gate.

He leaned over slightly and said, "Senior brother, this is not the place to talk, let's talk in another place." ”

"Go to my brother's mansion."

Ye Ming glanced at Li Xin and sighed: "I heard the fourth brother say, since your father went, you haven't been to the Guogong Mansion once, and when your father was there, you ran to the Guogong Mansion twice in three days." ”

As he spoke, Ye Ming patted Li Xin's shoulder.

"Although my father is gone, there is no difference between brothers, and the Ye family is still the Ye family."

Li Xin nodded, and the two brothers walked side by side, walking from Yong'an Gate towards Chen Guogong's mansion.

With such an open contact, they will definitely be looked at by an unknown number of people, but for the size of the two of them, they don't care much about these details.

The two of them walked in from the main gate of Chen Guogong's mansion, and then walked all the way to the backyard, and finally stopped at the gate of the small courtyard where Ye Sheng had lived for decades.

He glanced at the small wooden door, and even had an illusion in his heart.

Pushing open this door, Old Man Ye would still be waiting for him on the recliner in the courtyard.

So he stood in place, silently staring at the wooden door in a daze.

Seeing this, Ye Ming on the side also sighed, stretched out his hand and patted Li Xin's shoulder: "Chang'an." ”

Li Xin came back to his senses and glanced at Ye Ming apologetically.

"I'm a little distracted, senior brother, forgive me."

Ye Ming shook his head, stretched out his hand to push open the wooden door, and said in a deep voice: "Father has lived here for thirty or forty years, if there is a spirit in the sky, most of them will also look here, you and my brother will talk here." ”

"If his old man misses us in the sky, he can also look down."

Li Xin nodded silently, followed Ye Ming, and walked into this small courtyard.

It has been more than a year since Old Man Ye passed away, and the furnishings in the small courtyard are no different from before, there is still a stone table and a few stone benches.

The recliner that Li Xin gave to Old Man Ye was also quietly placed under the gazebo.

The two of them sat down on the stone bench, Li Xin looked left and right at the small courtyard, and let out a sigh: "Here...... Just like when Master Ye was there. ”

Li Xin has been messing around in the capital for so many years, and his relationship with anyone has his own wit, even if he was apprenticed to Ye Sheng back then, he also has his own careful thoughts, but after getting along with Old Man Ye for a long time, he really regarded him as his elder, and came to visit the old man in this small courtyard twice in three days on weekdays, and played chess with the old man.

If there is anything important, I will come here to discuss with the old man.

After the old man left, Li Xin was very sad for a while, he didn't even dare to come to Chen Guogong's mansion for more than a year, and he had more or less the idea of escaping.

At this time, I sat in this courtyard again, and I couldn't help but have mixed feelings in my heart.

Ye Ming also sighed: "It's a shame to say that the time spent in this courtyard for my brother is far less than that of you in Chang'an." ”

The two brothers said a few words about the old things, and the topic quickly returned to the topic, and the Marquis of Jing'an took a deep breath with a serious face.

"Senior brother, Your Majesty has summoned you back to Beijing......"

Ye Ming slowly spoke: "Not only me, but also the Xuantong of the seed family has also returned to Beijing, according to His Majesty, there must be a general in Beijing, and the situation can be stabilized." ”

This is actually a bit hypocritical, the Son of Heaven summoned Ye Ming and Chong Xuantong back to Beijing, just to call the backbone of these two families into the capital, so that the border army can be more or less stable.

Li Xin nodded and looked up at Ye Ming.

"Senior brother has seen Your Majesty today, Your Majesty has ...... How's it going? ”

In the past half a month, no one has seen the Son of Heaven, even Li Xin has not seen the Son of Heaven for one or two decades.

General Ye took a deep breath, his face solemn.

"Looks like it's not ......"