Chapter 608 Covering up the loopholes
On this day, the young prisoner from the capital's eunuch was not idle for a moment. After seeing Ji Ku, he went all over the city to arrange the things he needed to prepare for when returning to Beijing.
More importantly, he actually found several doctors in Jincheng and prepared to take them on the road for later use.
On this day, Li Xin, the Marquis of Jing'an, was not idle either. He first took Zhao Jia to meet Mu Qing and Mu Ying and his son, and then took him to meet Ye Ming. After having a tea with Ye Ming, he got up and said goodbye.
Before leaving, Ye Ming pulled Li Xin's sleeve and said with a smile: "I guess in a few months, I will be able to return to Beijing to report my life. At that time, I will have a drink in the capital and ask Chang'an to have a good meal."
Li Xin smiled and said, "That little brother is waiting for his senior brother to return to Beijing in the capital."
Ye Ming continued to ask: "How many people do you bring back tomorrow, Chang'an?"
Li Xin hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you need to bring many people? Just take the Yulin Guard I brought with me back."
Speaking of this, Marquis Jing'an said with some emotion: "It's a pity that I brought over a whole Yulin Guard from the Duwei Camp. So far, there are only more than 100 people left. After returning to the capital, I don't know how to explain to their family."
Ye Ming patted Li Xin on the shoulder and comforted him: "It is common to lead troops to fight. If you can't explain this in Chang'an, we, the Ye family, would have been killed on the street long ago."
Speaking of this, Ye Ming said in a deep voice: "The road is high and the river is long, and you have to escort His Highness to the King of Qin and... that person is not safe for more than a hundred people. You can draw 500 people from Maoer's Fangshan Zhechong Mansion and go back to Beijing together."
Li Xin did not hesitate much and smiled and said, "Then I won't be polite to my senior brother."
While speaking, Ye Ming had already sent Li Xin more than a hundred steps. He stopped and patted Li Xin on the shoulder heavily.
"Brother, I can't go back to Beijing in the southwest. After you return to Beijing, you will take care of my father on my behalf."
In a blink of an eye, the two of them had been away from the capital for more than a year, which means that the Duke of Lao Chen was more than one year older.
Although Ye Sheng is still healthy, he is in his seventies and cannot tolerate any more years. Ye Ming is still worried about his old father when he is fighting.
"Don't worry, senior brother, when I was in the capital, I went to Duke Chen's mansion in two or three days, which was even more diligent than going to court."
Li Xin lowered his head and smiled, "And to say something that senior brother doesn't like to hear very much, Master Ye's body is probably better than senior brother's body."
Ye Ming lowered his head and sighed, and said slowly: "I have told you about this matter to Brother Wei. Speaking of which, Chang'an, you are much more competent than my own son."
Li Xin waved his hand.
"Master Ye is my younger brother's mentor and my younger brother's noble character. My younger brother will be dissatisfied with this."
"The senior brother is busy with his affairs, so I won't disturb you anymore. I will say goodbye. I will be in the capital today and welcome my senior brother back to the court."
Speaking of this, Li Xin bowed his head to Ye Ming.
Ye Shaobao pulled Li Xin's sleeve and smiled and said, "Tomorrow morning, I will let Ye Mao go to find you and go back to Beijing with you."
Li Xin nodded with a smile, and then took Zhao Jia away.
As Li Xin walked further and further, Ye Ming looked at Li Xin's back and said silently: "Do you recognize the young man behind Chang'an?"
The young master is careless on weekdays, but he is honestly like a little lamb in front of his father. He bows his head and says, "I recognize that he is Mr. Zhao's youngest son. He grew up in our family. He is about the same age as his son, but he is one generation older than his son."
Ye Ming turned his head and glanced at his son lightly.
"His father, Mr. Duanyang, was the military advisor of the Northern Expedition. Your grandfather was able to take over the Northern Zhou Dynasty in one fell swoop. Mr. Duanyang made a lot of efforts. Later, Mr. Duanyang passed away. Before he died, he said that this youngest son would not be inferior to him in the future."
"Your grandfather kept him at home to leave him to you one day in the future. He also lent him to Chang'an for use, but what about now?"
"Now Chang'an has entrusted all the matters about Jing'an Marquis' Mansion in the southwest to him, which means that they will not have dinner with our Ye family in the future."
Speaking of this, Ye Shaobao groaned.
"You, you can't keep anyone."
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The next day, before dawn and it was still dark, Xiao Zheng, the young supervisor of the eunuch, was waiting at the door of Li Xin's yard.
But before dawn, he did not dare to knock on the door, for fear of disturbing the young marquis' rest. Fortunately, it was already April and the weather was neither cold nor hot. Xiao Zheng stood at the door and waited until the east was gradually white and the golden crow was dawn. Eunuch Xiao heard that there was something in the yard and then knocked on the door gently.
Now it was the time when Li Xin got up to stand on his fist stance.
Soon, the yard door was opened, but it was not Li Xin who opened the door, but a **-year-old child. The child looked at Xiao Zheng in casual clothes with curiosity, and then said, "What are you?"
Xiao Zheng glanced at the child, then tidied up his clothes, and said with a smile: "I'll tell you to inform me, and Xiao Zheng asked to see the Marquis."
The child nodded and said crisply: "Sir, please wait a moment. My teacher is standing in a boxing stance now and cannot disturb him. Once he is disturbed, he will start over again."
When Xiao Zheng heard this title, he felt aroused, then squatted down, and said with a smile: "Are you a student of Marquis Li?"
The boy looked smart and lowered his head and said embarrassedly: "The teacher hasn't officially accepted me yet."
Young Master Xiao rolled his eyes and continued to ask: "What's the name of the young master? Why are you following the marquis?"
"My name is Zhao Fang."
Xiao Zhaofang answered without hesitation, then lowered his head and said, "My father is Yulinwei by the teacher. If my father is gone, the teacher will bring me by his side."
Xiao Zheng sighed and continued to ask, "Where is the young master from?"
"Shu people."
In fact, if you don’t say this, Xiao Zheng could guess it, and the little guy said a strong Shu sound.
In fact, this little guy whose original name was Li Chengye was not from Shu. The reason why he spoke Shu dialect was because he had been in Shu with the Li family of Zhaojun for several years. The children learned things quickly. Zhao Fang can now speak the pure Shu dialect.
After answering this sentence, Zhao Fang stopped talking.
It is not surprising that there are Shu people in the Yulin Guard. Because Mu Ying was appointed as the right general of the Yulin Guard, dozens of Shu people have indeed been recruited in the Yulin Guard in recent years.
Xiao Zheng nodded, patted Zhao Fang on the shoulder, and said slowly: "It is a good thing for the young master to be blessed to be with the marquis. If he can go to the marquis's disciple, he will have a future."
Xiao Zhao Fang stood obediently and said nothing.
After a while, Li Xincai, who was covered in sweat, walked out of the yard, looked at Xiao Zheng, bowed and smiled, "I'm sorry, Eunuch Xiao has been waiting for a long time."
"How dare you?"
Xiao Zheng quickly shook his head and said respectfully: "It was me who disturbed the marquis doing his homework."
Speaking of this, Xiao Zheng glanced at Xiao Zhao Fang who was hiding behind Li Xin and asked, "Marty, who is this young master?"
"Oh, the son of an old friend."
Li Xin sighed: "His father is from Hanzhou. My personal guard was killed in battle when he attacked Mianzhu. Later, he happened to meet him. The little guy had no relatives, so I just took him by my side and raised him no matter how hard he was."
Xiao Zheng nodded and said with a smile: "The young master looks very smart. It is also his blessing to be with the marquis."
Li Xin blinked and asked, "We're going to set out now?"
Xiao Zheng nodded quickly.
"Yes, the carriages and horses are ready outside."
Mr. Li nodded and spoke to Zhao Fang behind him, "Go and pack up, I'll take you to the capital."
Zhao Fang nodded obediently.
"I know, teacher."
Li Xin's face darkened.
"I have said it many times and then I will speak official words later."
Chapter completed!