Unparalleled Concubine

Vol 2 Chapter 823: long lost yard

   Chapter 823 Long-lost yard

   Time passes little by little.

   In the blink of an eye, the ninth year of Taikang entered the last month, which is the twelfth lunar month.

The news of the emperor's serious illness can't be concealed gradually. After all, there is no airtight wall under the sky. As for the red palace wall, it can't stop any news. In addition, the emperor has been away from court for a long time, and there are many doubts, so he entered the twelfth lunar month. After that, not to mention the whole capital, at least the people in Yonglefang received some news more or less.

   In the past month, Li Xin did not spend much time idle. He often went to the main camp of the right battalion of the Imperial Guard, and took over the right battalion of the Imperial Guard as much as possible in case of emergency.

   This process is still very smooth. After all, he has the previous foundation. In two months, he can say that he has already grasped the right battalion of the forbidden army.

To be honest, although the military power of the forbidden army is quite important, in terms of weight, it is impossible to have the same weight as the frontier generals. After all, the forbidden army is at the feet of the emperor and is very influenced by the emperor. If the generals of the forbidden army want to rebel, there are seven or eight in the forbidden army Those who become successful will defect to each other, and there is no mass basis for rebellion.

The frontier army is different. The frontier army is thousands of miles away from the capital, and the emperor is far away. The general of the frontier army is the sky above his head. Take Yunzhou Zhongjia Army and the Zhenbei Army in Jimenguan for example. , These two families have been operating in the north for decades. If they really want to rebel, their soldiers may not even hesitate, and they will turn around and kill the capital.

   Therefore, the military power of this forbidden army is greatly restricted, and it is also for this reason that the emperor will rest assured that it will be handed over to Li Xin.

   On the third day of the twelfth lunar month in the ninth year of Taikang, the winter sun shines high. (The last chapter was written as Taikang Ten Years, which has been corrected.)

On this day, Li Xin did not go to the main camp of the Forbidden Army Right Camp, but went out early in the morning and waited in front of Yong'an Gate until almost noon, when he waited for an old man with white beard and hair who came from Yong'an. The door slowly came out.

  Li Xin went up to greet him and bowed his hands to the old man: "Senior brother."

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

   In the past, Ye Ming, although his hair was gray, most of his hair was black and gray. Now he has only stayed in Ningling for two years, and his hair is almost all gray.

Ye Ming originally guarded Ye Sheng's spirit at Ningling's hometown. In the winter of last year, he secretly came to the capital. After seeing Li Xin, he left the capital. Now it is the end of the ninth year of Taikang, a distance from Ye's house. It has been less than two years since the old man passed away, so Ye Ming should be still in Ningling's hometown.

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

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

   Li Xin smiled and said, "Senior brother misunderstood Brother Xiaoye. Brother Xiaoye is now serving as the minister of the Ministry of War. He should be on duty at the yamen of the Ministry of War at the moment, so he can't come."

   Ye Ming shook his head and glanced at Li Xin.

   "Then Chang'an, you, the Minister of the Ministry of War, why don't you work in the yamen of the Ministry of War?"

  From the third year of Taikang to the present, Li Xin has not been relieved of his job as the Minister of War, which means that he has been the Minister of War for six or seven years, and Ye Lin, who is currently the Minister of War, is actually Li Xin's subordinate.

  If it was a normal day, Li Xin would have to make a few jokes, but this is a special moment, he is not in the mood to joke or talk, and it is impossible to chat and laugh with Ye Ming at the gate of Yonganmen.

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

   "Let's go to my brother's palace."

Ye Ming glanced at Li Xin and let out a long sigh: "Listen to the fourth child, since your father went, you haven't been to the Duke's Mansion once, and when the old father was there, you ran to the Duke's Mansion every three days. of."

   said, Ye Ming patted Li Xin on the shoulder.

   "Although my father is gone, the brothers cannot have a relationship. The Ye family is still the same Ye family."

  Li Xin nodded, and the two brothers walked almost side by side, walking from Yonganmen to Duke Chen's mansion.

   Their open and honest contact will definitely be seen by many people, but for the size of the two of them, they don't care much about these details.

The two walked in from the main entrance of Chen Guogong's mansion, then walked all the way to the backyard, and finally stopped at the entrance of the small courtyard where Ye Sheng had lived for decades. The Marquis of Jing'an stood at the entrance of the courtyard, and couldn't help thinking of the alcoholic who was addicted to alcohol. Life, laughing and scolding, but also a very spirited old man.

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

   Push the door open, and old man Ye will still be waiting for him on the reclining chair in the yard.

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

Seeing this, Ye Ming also sighed 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 lost, brother, forgive me."

Ye Ming shook his head, stretched out his hand and pushed open the wooden door, and said solemnly: "Father has lived here for thirty or forty years, if there is a spirit in the sky, most of them will be watching here, you and my brother will talk here. "

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

   Li Xin nodded silently and followed Ye Ming into the small courtyard.

   It has been more than a year since old man Ye passed away. The furnishings in the small yard are no different from before. There is still a stone table and a few stone benches.

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

   The two sat down on the stone bench. Li Xin looked around the small yard and let out a long sigh, "This place...just like when Master Ye was here."

Li Xin has been in the capital for so many years, and his relationship with anyone has his own scheming. Even if he was apprenticing to Ye Sheng back then, he also had his own careful thinking, but after spending a long time with Ye old man, he really He regarded him as his elder, and on weekdays, he came to this small courtyard every three days to visit the old man and play chess with him.

  If something big happens, I will come here to discuss with the old man.

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

   At this time, sitting in this yard again, I couldn't help but have mixed feelings in my heart.

   Ye Ming also sighed: "I'm ashamed to say that my brother's time in this yard is far inferior to yours in Chang'an."

   The two brothers said a few old things, and the topic quickly returned to the main topic. Lord Jingan took a deep breath and looked serious.

   "Brother, Your Majesty summons you back to Beijing..."

   Ye Ming said slowly: "It's not just me, Chong Xuantong of the Clan family has also returned to Beijing. According to His Majesty's words, the court can only be stable if the general is in Beijing."

   This is actually a bit hypocritical. The emperor called Ye Ming and Chong Xuantong back to the capital, nothing more than wanting to call the backbone of these two families into the capital, so that the frontier army can be more or less stable.

   Li Xin nodded and looked up at Ye Ming.

   "Senior brother saw His Majesty today, His Majesty, how is he... how is it?"

   In the past two weeks, no one has seen the Son of Heaven, and even Li Xin has not seen the Son of Heaven for a day or two.

   General Ye took a deep breath with a solemn expression on his face.

   "Looks, very bad..."

   (end of this chapter)

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