Unparalleled Concubine

He Song said in a low voice: "At the age of the general, he is already satisfied with being named a marquis. Moreover, the general is already old at this time, and it is difficult to contribute to the court, so he wants to give up the errand of the imperial army and give it to the younger generations. Some opportunities."

Li Xin looked at He Song in surprise, then frowned and said: "General He has been with me for so many years, you should know my temperament. Li Xin is not a person who crosses rivers, demolishes bridges, dismantles mills and kills donkeys. If General He is willing to do the work of the Imperial Army, he will continue to sit." Go down, no one will touch you."

When Li Xin was in charge of the Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army in the Taikang Dynasty, He Song had always been his subordinate, and the two had worked together for a long time.

He Song bowed his head deeply: "It's true that I'm getting old, please be kind to the governor."

Li Xin shook his head helplessly.

"Forget it, leave the job of the Imperial Army to General He for the time being. General He, you can rest at home for half a year or a year. It's not too late to return to the Imperial Army after you have enough rest."

"If General He still wants to leave by then, I won't force him to stay."

He Song let out a long sigh of relief.

"Master, thank you, Commander Ende!"

Li Xin sighed, and left the prison camp with his hands behind his back.

In this big camp, the only person he wanted to kill was Yu Wentao, and he was not interested in, nor bothered to pay attention to, the rest of the high-ranking officials of the Helan Department.

Li Xin got on his horse outside the camp, and more than 100 personal guards followed him closely. Soon, the group returned to the capital and stayed at the gate of Yongle Square.

Just as Li Xin got off his horse, he saw Chen Shiliu trotting over and handed Li Xin a military report.

Chen Shiliu gasped for breath, and after swallowing, Peng was a little out of breath.

"Great... Great Governor, General Mu's military report!"

Chapter 1177 Are you at ease?

Although Chen Shiliu came from a peasant family in the suburbs of Beijing, he has been with Li Xin for so many years, from the chief steward of Jing'an Hou Mansion to the supervisor of Southwest firearms, and now he has been the leader of the Anbu for several years. His experience is far away. Extraordinary people don't know how many things there are. At this time, the scheming city is not comparable to the woodcutter boy in Chenjia Village before. The document that can make him lose his temper in such a hurry shows the importance of the news.

Li Xin reached out to take the document, opened it and looked through it. After carefully reading it several times, he silently folded the document and put it back in his sleeve.

At this time, Li Dadu had a complex expression on his face.

He turned to look at Chen Shiliu, and sighed, "Brother Mu has done a great job again."

Chen Shiliu bowed and lowered his head to Li Xin: "My subordinates congratulate Lord Hou."

Li Xin put the document back into Chen Shiliu's hands, and said silently, "Copy a few copies and send them to Li Shuo and Zhao Jia, so that Shang Shutai can prepare a meritorious deed for Brother Mu."

"He Song and Ye Guogong have made meritorious deeds in resisting the Xianbei, and they must also perform meritorious deeds together. They must not chill the hearts of the meritorious officials."

Chen Shiliu bowed his head and said, "This subordinate understands."

Li Xin tucked his hands into his sleeves, looked up at the plaque of Jing'an Hou Mansion, and was a little absent-minded for a moment.

He turned to look at Chen Shiliu, and asked softly, "Sixteen, what do you think of me?"

Chen Shiliu lowered his head slightly, and said with a smile: "For me, Lord Hou is naturally a very good person. Our family has all received the great kindness of Lord Hou."

"I helped you a little, and you helped me a lot, so it's not a big favor."

Li Xin let out a breath slowly, originally he was facing his own house, so he stopped and walked towards the carriage parked at the gate of Hou Mansion.

"Tell the family, I won't go back to eat at noon, don't wait for me."

Chen Shiliu bowed to Li Xin's carriage and watched the carriage leave.

The carriage of Jing'an Hou Mansion left Yongle Fang unsteadily, walked all the way towards Qinhuai Fang, and finally stopped at the gate of Qinhuai Fang in the afternoon.

Li Xin bought some snacks and candies from a shop along the street, held them in his hands, hesitated for a while, bought another half pot of Zhu Rong wine, and then walked to the door of a big house in Qinhuaifang.

This mansion was originally the residence of a wealthy businessman on the Qinhuai River, but it was later bought and turned into a nunnery. Every day, people would chant scriptures and chant Buddha in it. Few people who believe in Buddhism occasionally come and go to this nunnery to recite Buddhist scriptures for a day and a half.

Li Xin was standing at the door, so someone had informed him. Not long after, he came to the backyard of the nunnery. Under the gazebo in the backyard, he saw Cui Jiuniang dressed in green.

Originally, after Li Xin came to Beijing, he planned to take this sister who was kind to him into the Hou Mansion or into Yonglefang to live in, but Cui Jiuniang lived in Qinhuaifang for most of her life and was unwilling to move, so Li Xin asked someone to give it to her. After buying such a house, it has now been turned into a nunnery by Cui Jiuniang, and it is still a little famous in the neighborhood.

After the two of them sat down, Jiu Niang looked up at Li Xin, and asked softly, "Master Hou... must be very busy now, how come you have time to come to my place?"

Although she believes in Buddhism, she does not have a formal family after all, so she has not shaved her hair yet, and she still practices with hair. However, time is not forgiving. She is much older than Li Xin, and now Li Xin is in his thirties How old is this boss Cui who used to be on the banks of the Qinhuai River, now there are quite a few black strands in his hair.

Li Xin put the snacks in his hand on the table, and then opened half a pot of Zhurong wine. He knew Cui Jiuniang didn't drink, so he only poured himself a glass. After taking a sip of the wine, Li Xin let out a long breath.

"There is always something in my heart that makes me restless, so I came to talk to my sister, and asked my sister to give a lecture."

Jiu Niang picked up the tea in front of her, took a sip very gently, and then said with a smile: "With the current power of Lord Hou, what else can make you restless?"

"There is no longer any obstacle."

Li Xin frowned slightly, he looked up at Cui Jiuniang, his voice was slightly hoarse.

"I... may be the emperor."

In fact, what Li Xin said was wrong.

His current situation is not "possible" to become emperor, but he will almost certainly become emperor. In the past, there was the war in northern Xinjiang as an excuse, but after Muying's battle report was sent to the capital, he no longer had any excuses. Nothing stands in the way.

People from the southwest line will definitely push him to the position of emperor.

Now with Li Xin's status, everyone in the capital can be regarded as farting when he speaks, but Li Xin cannot ignore the voice of the Southwest Department, because the Southwest Army is the foundation of his business and also his power. Foundation.

The weight of these people is not the same as that of Zhou Youyi and others.

After hearing Li Xin's words enough to scare away many people, Cui Jiuniang just frowned slightly, and then said softly: "Since you entered Beijing, this matter has been doomed."

She lifted the jug, helped Li Xin fill up the glass, and said with a smile: "According to the calculation, you entered Beijing in the winter of the fifth year of Yuanzhao, and now it is the late summer of the second year of Yankang. Not ready to be emperor?"

"The world is impermanent."

Li Xin lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, and said with a wry smile: "In the past, I never thought that I would be the emperor one day. After entering the capital, although I began to think about it, when it came to the end, I always felt that something was wrong. .”

Having said that, Li Xin paused for a moment, and said silently: "However, the general trend has come to an end, and what I think in my heart is irrelevant."

Cui Jiuniang smiled: "Then what did you think before?"

"The son in my family is also half of the Ji family's blood. I once thought about letting him change his surname and take over the Ji family's family business..."

Speaking of this, Li Xin shook his head, and said in a shy voice: "Later, I realized that this idea was too ideal. It could not please the Ji family, but it would also offend the old department of the Southwest Department. It was not pleasing to both sides, so I gave up on this idea. , and began to prepare for the matter of changing the surname in the world."

Li Xin shook his head and sighed: "Today, the general trend of changing surnames in the world has been achieved, and I feel uneasy in my heart."

Cui Jiuniang looked at the middle-aged man in purple clothes in front of her, and suddenly remembered the young man who came to Deyilou to sell charcoal by himself more than ten years ago, carrying a basket of charcoal. After a while, she sighed slightly. .

"Actually, Chang'an, you don't need to please anyone."