As Ye Sheng said, for the current Li Xin, the identity of the colt does not bring him any help, but only brings him constraints, but Li Xin does not regret marrying the ninth princess.

In life, if you can not suffer losses, you should not suffer losses, but if you carefully calculate the gains and losses in everything, it is to make a person live as a scale, which is not interesting.

Moreover, Li Xin's marriage to the princess is not his own decision, but there are two generations of Chengde Taikang Sons behind the scenes, and it is only Li Xin who has taken advantage of the situation to this point.

The master and apprentice played two or three games of chess, Li Xin and Ye Sheng each won one game in the first two games, and in the third game, Ye Sheng, who was at a disadvantage, coughed and waved his hand.

"I'm a little tired today, so I won't play this chess game first, and the old man has something serious to discuss with you."

There is still a gap in the chess strength of the two people, and in the case of Li Xin not letting go of the water, it is difficult for Old Man Ye, who has not changed much in his chess path, to beat him.

Li Xin blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "What's the matter, you might as well finish this game of chess." ”

Old man Ye's face was serious, he directly stretched out his hand to disrupt the chessboard, and said seriously: "This kind of thing is a plaything, there is nothing to do, it matters most." ”

Li Xin glanced at the chess game that had become a mess, and sighed a little helplessly: "To put it mildly, a chess product like Master Ye has already been beaten in our village..."

Old Man Ye's eyes widened and he raised his fist.

"Who can beat Lao Tzu?"

“……。”

In this world, although there are no heroes who come and go, but the fierce man at the level of a hundred enemies is serious, Old Man Ye was such a fierce general brother when he was young, even if he is now in his seventies, few young people can beat him.

Wang Zhong, an old lieutenant who was born in martial arts, is not necessarily Old Man Ye's opponent.

Among the people Li Xin knows at present, Old Man Ye is the ceiling of personal force.

Thinking of this, Li Xin sighed a little helplessly, lowered his head and said, "What does Master Ye want to say?" ”

Ye Sheng put away his fist and grinned.

"Ye Mao is going to go to the southwest with you this time."

Li Xin nodded and said, "I want to go with my disciple, this is what the disciple discussed with my senior brother, and I also nodded after His Majesty." ”

Li Xin put away his chess pieces as he spoke, and said in a low voice: "As long as this battle to recover the southwest can be won, the Ye family's merits will be certain, and when the time comes, there will be Senior Brother Xiao Ye in the north, Senior Brother Ye can enter the dynasty or return to the north, no matter what, Ye Mao's position in the capital will be as stable as Mount Tai." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin smiled.

"To put it bluntly, the disciple is very envious of Ye Mao, if the disciple has a parent like Master Ye and Senior Brother Ye, he can enjoy peace of mind and wealth, and there is no need to bother to work hard."

Old man Ye knocked on the table with his hand, his tone disdainful.

"Everyone has their own life, no matter how good the old man Ye Ming thinks, it also depends on Ye Mao's own life, you are different from Ye Mao, your future is much bigger than his."

Li Xin shook his head, concentrated on placing the chess pieces in the chess box, and didn't say anything.

Ye Sheng stood up from the stool, pondered for a while, and then spoke: "Once the war arises, the front line is a sword without eyes, Ye Ming wants to control the overall situation, most of the time there is no way to take care of Ye Mao, Chang'an, ......"

At this time, Li Xin had already put away the chess pieces and put them aside, and when he heard this, he raised his head and smiled: "Master Ye wants his disciples to protect Ye Mao?" ”

"It's not about protecting him."

Ye Sheng sighed.

"The old man wants you to protect his life."

When he was young, Ye Sheng was an ordinary Qiu Ba in the army, at best, he was a Qiu Ba who did not want to die in a war and was relatively brave, Ye Sheng at that time only believed in his fists and the spear in his hand, and what he looked down on the most was the kind of second generation who were blinded by the family and made military achievements in the army.

Time has changed, forty or fifty years have passed in a blink of an eye, and he, Ye Sheng, is going to do what he looked down on the most.

Actually, this is quite understandable.

No matter how blunt a person is, after becoming a parent, his heart will soften. Even if a person is hard, like Ye Sheng, he is very strict with his children, and after becoming a grandfather and having grandchildren, he can't help but be a little doting.

Besides, Ye Sheng's most proud son Ye Ming has been out for so many years, and the old man Ye has always been accompanied by the little grandfather Ye Mao, although Ye Sheng is very unkind to Ye Mao on weekdays, but with such a big grandson here, who would not feel distressed?

Li Xin smiled, bowed his head and said, "Master Ye rest assured, if the disciple doesn't die, Ye Mao won't die." ”

"With your words, the old man is relieved."

Ye Sheng smiled.

"You're like a monkey, and you won't die if anyone dies."

Li Xin glanced at the old man, and then looked up at the sky.

He and the Ninth Princess had lunch and had been in the Chen Guogong Mansion for an hour or two, and the days were relatively short in winter, so it was about to get dark at this time.

Li Xin put away the chess box, and then arched his hand to Ye Sheng and said, "Master Ye, if there is nothing to do here, the disciple will go back." ”

Ye Sheng took Li Xin's hand and said with a smile: "It's rare that you and your daughter-in-law are here, so you will have a meal here tonight, and the old man told the cook to get it." ”

Li Xin shook his head.

"Master Ye, at this time, the disciple should not stay here to eat, let alone take the eldest princess to eat here."

Seeing that there is about to be a war, the main general is Ye Ming, the uncle of Chen Guogong's Mansion, although Li Xin has already been inseparable from Chen Guogong's Mansion, but at this time, he should not be too close, so as not to cause criticism among the government and the opposition.

Ye Sheng frowned and thought for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "That's it, if you say so, the old man won't keep you." ”

"I'll send you off."

Li Xin shook his head again and again, and said with a smile: "How can there be a reason for the master to send an apprentice, just let Ye Mao send it?" ”

Old man Ye was very stubborn, he should have sent Li Xin and his wife to the main gate of Chen Guogong's mansion, Li Xin first sent the ninth princess into the carriage, and then turned around and bowed to Ye Sheng.

"Master Ye, the disciple has taken his leave."

Ye Sheng glanced at Li Xin up and down, and after being silent for a while, he said, "Chang'an, the old man wants to ask you a question." ”

Li Xin smiled and said, "Although Master Ye asks, the disciple knows everything. ”

"What is your purpose as an official?"

Jing'an Hou was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Why did Master Ye suddenly ask this?" ”

"Because you're too careful."

Ye Sheng took a deep breath and looked directly at Li Xin.

"You should have a big goal in mind, so you will walk on thin ice every step you take, for fear that you will take the wrong step."

Li Xin was silent.

After a while, he looked at Ye Sheng and smiled bitterly.

"At the beginning, there was no goal, just to survive in the shadow of the mountain of Pingnan Houfu, so as not to be trampled to death by them, and then forced to work in the Wei Wangfu, by coincidence, to the present."

"Now, my heart is a little bigger, and I wonder if I can let the Pingnan Hou Mansion pay a little price for what I have done."

Ye Sheng looked directly at Li Xin.

"And what about the future?"

"In the future?"

This time, Li Xin was silent for a long time.

Then he also looked at Ye Sheng, his face calm.

"In the future, if possible, the disciple imagines being like Master Ye."

Old man Ye frowned.

"What do you mean?"

Jing Anhou smiled slightly.

"When you can't win a game of chess, you have the ability to overturn the chess game."

"No more playing."