Unparalleled Concubine

Old man Ye smiled the happiest at the moment.

When celebrating birthdays in previous years, I don’t know how many people would kowtow to him, but Ye Cheng always went in his left ear and out his right ear, because he didn’t like those birthday worshippers, but some of them couldn’t walk steadily. The old brother wished him a birthday, and Ye Cheng was very happy when he heard it.

He stretched out his hand to hold Wang Zhong's hand, and said with a smile: "What does it look like to stand at the door of the house, old brothers, go, go to my house and have a sit."

He didn't go to pull Wang Zhong, but let Wang Zhong support him.

Among these people, due to their age, everyone has more or less physical problems. Only Wang Zhong, who has been practicing Neijiaquan since childhood, is still in good health.

But those who practice kung fu know some medical skills, so does Wang Zhong. On weekdays, if the soldiers of the Habayashi Guard have bruises or broken bones, old Wang Zhong can quickly heal them, and the internal boxing Heaviest breath, so close, he can clearly feel the breath of old man Ye... already very unstable.

Old Wang Zhong, who was in his early 70s, had some red eyes. He lowered his head, supported Ye Cheng with all his strength, and said with tears in his eyes, "Brothers, Ye Shuai invited us to visit the mansion."

Except for Wang Zhong, the eyes of the other sixteen people turned red after hearing this. Not all of these people work in the yamen, and some of them are old farmers who have been farming for decades. There was still mud, he looked up at the tall gate of Chen Guogong's mansion, and took a few steps back a little shyly.

"I... still have Zhuang Tian at home to take care of..."

Ye Cheng has lived for 80 years, and he has never seen any sophistication in the world. When he saw this, he could see what the old brother was thinking. With Wang Zhong's support, he walked up to the old farmer, stretched out his other hand, and pulled the old man. The old farmer's hand, grinned and said: "Old brother, I am also from a farming background. It is May Day, the wheat is confiscated, and the rice is not planted. You can give the old brother a face and go to my house to get together, okay?" ?”

His tone was pleading.

The old farmer burst into tears. He nodded and choked up, "Ye Shuai..."

Old man Ye shook his head: "Where is there Ye Shuai?"

"The ones here today are eighteen veterans of the Northern Expeditionary Army. I invite the old brothers to have a few glasses of wine at home to catch up on the old days."

As he spoke, he held Wang Zhong with one hand and the old farmer with the other, and walked towards the gate of Duke Chen's mansion.

When he walked under the gate of Chen Guogong's mansion, he smiled at the old farmer on his right and said, "Brother, don't think this door is tall. At our age, it's not shit."

"It's not as comfortable as the two tile-roofed houses in my hometown."

As soon as this sentence was finished, eighteen people laughed out loud.

Indeed, at their age, material life is no longer that important, the difference is only that they can leave something for future generations.

Ever since, eighteen people supported each other and walked towards the backyard of Chen Guogong's mansion bit by bit.

Ye Lin, Ye Mao and the others, fearing that something might happen, followed closely behind, but was glared at by the old man, and scolded: "Go away, don't disturb me and my brothers drinking!"

Both Ye Lin and Ye Mao shrank their necks, but they had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow along.

Only Lord Jing'an didn't follow in, but stood at the gate of Chen Guogong's mansion, thoughtful.

A familiar voice sighed behind him.

"Forty years have passed, and the old man is still like a god in the heart of the old man."

Li Xin didn't look back, but let out a breath slowly.

"Your Majesty, these people... once won half of the Great Jin."

Chapter 695 I Can't See You!

What Li Xin said was not an exaggeration at all. In fact, the territory conquered by the Northern Expeditionary Army was far more than half of Jin, because the territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was much larger than that of Jin.

That's half of Dajin.

Emperor Taikang, who did not know when he came here, was wearing a purple robe, and Xiao Zheng, who was behind him, also changed into casual clothes, and followed behind him with a bow.

It is not surprising that the emperor will come. In fact, when the old man Ye is sick, the emperor should come to visit him. Today is the old man Ye's birthday. As the "junior" Emperor Taikang, it is reasonable to come to wish him a birthday among.

However, the emperor is the lord after all, and according to the normal procedure, the prince would usually be sent to celebrate the old man's birthday instead of him, but now he came in person, which is considered to be giving Ye Cheng enough face.

After hearing Li Xin's words, the Son of Heaven was silent for a while, and sighed slightly.

"That's right, these people have indeed won half a big promotion."

The Son of Heaven looked at the direction Ye Cheng and the others left, and sighed: "I remember when I was young, I came to Chen Guogong's mansion to pay homage to the old man's birthday. At that time, Ye Guogong was still full of energy, and the years are not forgiving. "

"Today's Ye Guogong can't even stand firmly."

This sentence is purely superficial.

The emperors of the Ji family may indeed respect Ye Cheng very much, but they all want Ye Cheng to die as soon as possible. From Emperor Wu, to Emperor Chengde, and then to Emperor Taikang, all of them have this idea.

Especially Emperor Taikang, who has a deeper understanding.

When the Renchen Palace changed, Li Xin led the Habayashi guards into the palace, and almost fell short because of the imperial guards who entered the city. At that time, it was Ye Guogong alone, with a big gun, who forcibly stopped Zhong Xuantong from leading him. Ten thousand imperial troops!

Until now, when the Son of Heaven thinks of this incident, his spine still feels a little chilled.

What a prestige this is!

If this old man leads people into the palace, the guards in the palace may not dare to fight back!

After hearing these words, Lord Jing'an didn't respond. Instead, he turned around quietly, bowed to the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty is here to celebrate the teacher's birthday?"

The Son of Heaven nodded and said with a smile: "I should come to celebrate the old man's birthday, but it's not good to make a big show, so I wore ordinary clothes. I wanted to go in and give the old man a junior gift before leaving. Look at this..."

The Son of Heaven looked at the direction Ye Cheng and the others were leaving, and said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid I won't have the chance to go in."

When old man Ye met seventeen old brothers from the old days, he would mostly hide in his small courtyard and drink, and would never see outsiders again.

Li Xin nodded slightly, and said: "Teacher, anyone can not see, but since His Majesty is here, there is no reason to not see him, His Majesty will come with his ministers."

With that said, Li Xin led the way.

He gave Chen Shiliu a wink, Chen Shiliu was very sensible, and immediately entered Chen Guogong's mansion first. After he entered, Li Xin took Emperor Taikang into Chen Guogong's mansion.

Today's Duke's Mansion is much busier than usual, the front yard is full of people, and most of the people who are qualified to come here have met the emperor, but since the emperor came here after changing clothes, it is He didn't want to cause too much commotion, so Li Xin took him down a path and into the backyard of Chen Guogong's mansion.

The emperor walked on the secluded path, looked at Li Xin in surprise, and said with a smile: "Chang'an, you are very familiar with this Duke Chen's mansion."

"No way, come here often."

Li Xin was half a stature behind the emperor, and said with a smile: "Young minister has become an official, and he doesn't know much about many things in the court, so he can only walk around with Master Ye frequently. There are no ministers taught by Master Ye these years, and I am a man from the mountains. I'm afraid I'll pack up and go back to my hometown in Yongzhou."

The emperor smiled noncommittally.

The two of them walked forward for a while, and entered the backyard of Chen Guogong's mansion. Because Chen Shiliu came to report the news, Ye Lin, the fourth son of the Ye family, was already waiting here. After seeing the emperor, Ye Lin simply knelt down. On the ground, he kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty is here, and I have committed the crime of failing to welcome you. Please forgive me."

The emperor stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help Ye Lin up, and said with a smile: "Since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, I have not committed the crime of being unwelcome. Besides, I changed my clothes and came here just to pay respects to the old man." Shou, Ye Qing, don't be too polite."

Ye Lin took advantage of the situation and stood up, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, my father is receiving the old man in the yard, Rong Chen is going to say hello."

The emperor waved his hand: "I just saw the scene where the old duke met some old soldiers at the door. They are all heroes of my Jin Dynasty. If it is inconvenient, Ye Qing can just tell the old duke what I mean. gone."