Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 897 Big and Little Events

   Ye Lin, the Minister of War, traveled thousands of miles south from the capital, saying that he came to Yongzhou specifically to visit Li Xin, which is not realistic.

The Ministry of War is in charge of the important matters of the military and the military. Every day, there are as many documents as a mountain in the Ministry of War. When Li Xin was the secretary of the Ministry of War a few years ago, if he hadn’t been a hand-slinger, I’m afraid he might not be able to handle the mountain-like affairs of the Ministry of War very well. , Ye Lin came from a general background, which is more than enough for this position, but it is impossible for him to say that the capital is out of the capital.

He was ordered by the imperial court to serve as general in Hanzhong. If there is any change in the southwest, the Hanzhong garrison will bear the brunt and will be the first to conflict with the southwest. At that time, the fourth young master Ye will have to confront Li Xin head-on. .

   That's why he made a detour to Yongzhou before going to Hanzhong. On behalf of the Ye family and the emperor Yuan Zhao, he persuaded Li Xin to return to Beijing to quell the situation.

   This is a difficult game to solve.

Hanzhong is now adding the three Zhechong houses transferred from the Imperial Army, and there are probably close to 100,000 troops, but if they really fight with the Southwest, they will not be able to break the Jianmen Pass. If the Southwest follows the previous plan and releases the Hanzhong army into Shu, If this Hanzhong army is maimed or even destroyed, Ye Lin, as the main general, will definitely suffer the guilt.

   It will even be said that he colluded with the Southwest and deliberately brought the Hanzhong army to death. If this crime is committed, even the identity of the Ye family cannot be protected, and the Ningling Marquis Mansion will be destroyed!

   More importantly, there is also a lieutenant Xie Jing who accompanied him to Hanzhong, staring at him, how to fight this battle.

   This was a problem that the ministers in the imperial court presented to Li Xin, or to the southwest.

   The two brothers and sisters drank in the quiet room for two or three hours. Both of them drank unconscious and slept in the quiet room with their backs on their backs.

   By the time Li Xin woke up, it was almost noon the next day, he rubbed his aching head and took a deep breath.

   looked left and right, he was in his room.

   It didn't take long for the Ninth Princess to bring a bowl of sober soup and put it by the bedside, and said softly, "It's the first time I've seen you drink like this in so many years."

   Li Xin took a sip from the white bowl, rubbed his temples, and asked, "Where's Senior Brother Ye?"

   "Leave early in the morning."

Ninth Princess shook her head: "I can't stop it, I have to say that I have something to do, no matter what I told him, I have to wait for you to wake up before leaving, he didn't listen, he left a note and left. ."

  The Marquis of Jing An shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In terms of drinking, it's still better to drink than the Ye family."

   He looked up at the Nine Princesses and asked, "Where's the note?"

   Princess Nine took out a piece of white paper from her sleeve and handed it to Li Xin: "I kept it myself, no one has seen it."

She glanced at Li Xin and said softly, "Xiao Xiuqi from the Xiao family is here again. In recent months, he has come almost every two days. If he doesn't see anyone, he will sit at the door and wait, or you will see him. Once he has something to say to him, it will save him the trouble of coming here every day."

   While talking, Li Xin had finished drinking a bowl of sober soup. He rubbed his head and said in a muffled voice, "I'll see him later. Madam called Shen Gang over. I have something for him to do."

   Nine Princesses nodded, turned and left.

  After she left, Li Xincai unfolded the note left by Ye Lin. There were not many words on the note, only a few lines.

   "My eldest brother's health is declining day by day, and I am afraid that my life will not last forever. Several auxiliary ministers ordered me to serve in Hanzhong, with bad intentions. Ye Mao only temporarily led the Zhenbei Army, and the Ye family was in turmoil."

   "The situation in the world depends on the thought of Chang'an."

   is only a few short lines, which seems to be of great importance.

   Chen Guogong Ye Ming's health has not been very good. When he returned to his hometown of Ningling, firstly, he was keeping filial piety to the old Guogong Ye Sheng, and secondly, he was going to take care of his body. Now it seems that this Ye Shaobao can't last too long.

   Although Ye Mao was in charge of Jimenguan, he was not qualified enough and could only temporarily serve as the general of Zhenbei, which means that if the court wanted, he could send another general.

   Ye Lin left this note to persuade Li Xin to be more prudent and try not to let the Southwest and the imperial court conflict.

  After reading this note, Lord Jingan sighed slightly, found a fire book, lit it, and threw it in the stove in the room.

   This kind of thing is useless, he doesn't care, but it's not good for Ye Lin.

   He was closing his eyes and contemplating when Shen Gang walked in with his head down and said solemnly, "Master Hou."

   Li Xin raised his head and glanced at Shen Gang, and said slowly, "Go to Jincheng and tell Zhao Jia and Mu Ying."

   "If there is a fight, let them guard the gate of Jianmen, and don't let the people in the court come in."

  Shen Gang bowed his head neatly and said, "Let's go now."

After Shen Gang left, Li Xin got up, washed his face, and changed into clean clothes. After waking up for a while, he walked to the front hall, greeted the servants, and said, "Go get that The surnamed Xiao is called in."

   After a while, a servant brought Xiao Xiuqi, who was slightly fatter, in.

  Xiao Xiuqi is the eldest son of the Xiao family, that is, Li Xin's eldest uncle. After Xiao Mingli died, as the sect, he inherited the head of the Xiao family. After a few years, he has already gained some weight.

After    entered the main hall, Xiao Xiuqi shrank a little and looked up at Li Xin, then bowed his head respectfully and saluted: "Xiao Mingli has met the Marquis of Jing'an."

  Li Xin sat on the main seat without moving, and said lightly: "If you have something to say, I don't have much time."

If it were ten years ago, Li Xin might have kicked him out and sent someone to beat him, but ten years later, the anger and resentment at the beginning have dissipated seven or eight, and he looked at the Xiao family again. , I just feel like a passerby, very different from ten years ago.

   Xiao Xiuqi took a deep breath and gritted his teeth.

   "Master Hou, my Xiao family has a child. The year before last...he was a jinshi in high school, but after waiting in the capital for two years, he couldn't make up the vacancy. Lord Hou, look..."

  Li Xin raised his head and glanced at Xiao Xiuqi.

"Your son?"

  Xiao Xiuqi lowered his head: "My brother-in-law's son, Taikang got lucky in eighth year of high school..."

   Lord Jingan narrowed his eyes.

   "Three tops?"

   Xiao Xiuqi nodded with a wry smile.

  The jinshi is divided into three tops, and the third top is the worst jinshi, but in general, the vacancy can be filled. For those who cannot fill the gap after waiting for two years, they are either short of money or bad luck.

   Although the Xiao family is not rich, they are also not poor, so this Xiao family is mostly unlucky.

  Li Xin originally thought that this Xiao Xiuqi was looking for him to be an official.

   But the head of the Xiao family knelt on the ground and said with a wry smile: "Master Li, more than ten years have passed since then, and the Xiao family should change their surname as well. You also said that you will no longer pursue our faults..."

   Li Xin then reacted.

   He frowned and glanced at Xiao Xiuqi.

   "Don't you think that it was I who said hello to someone so that your family couldn't fill the official vacancy?"

   Xiao Xiuqi stared at Li Xin with wide eyes, confusion in both eyes.

   His meaning is obvious.

Is not it…

  Jing'an Marquis is both angry and funny.

   "Firstly, I don't care about the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel, and secondly, I didn't even know that your Xiao family had a jinshi."

   "Get the **** out of here, come over and make a fuss, and take away his jinshi reputation!"

   (end of this chapter)