The word "protection" is actually not accurate, because Ye Sheng has not been in charge of practical matters for many years. In terms of court authority, he is much worse than Li Xin, the serious Minister of War.

But on another level, Ye Sheng is indeed protecting Li Xin and the Ye family.

With Ye Sheng here, all the generals and even all civil servants in the Jin Dynasty had to give the Ye family and Li Xin a face, and no one dared to face Li Xin or the Ye family head-on.

At most, I just secretly make some irrelevant small movements.

This is the prestige of the Great Jin war god in this era.

But now that Duke Ye is gone, others will be less and less concerned about taking action. Even if no one will jump out to oppose Li Xin or the Ye family in a short period of time, but as time goes by, this kind of thing is almost inevitable.

Therefore, Li Xin said the saying "No one is protecting us."

But he wasn't afraid.

Over the years, he has been his idle marquis peacefully, and some people have also done their own things peacefully. Although Duke Ye protected Li Xin, he also protected Li Xin's enemies. After all, when he really fought, Marquis Jing'an was not afraid of anyone.

Li Xin, who was blocked by Ye Sheng, was not a weak lamb, but a tiger grinding its teeth and claws.

Despite this, the Marquis Jing'an at this time still felt very uncomfortable because he had lost an elder.

He is not a fighting person. If possible, he hopes that the old man who protects himself can live a long life and live long. As long as others don’t provoke him, he can suppress his temperament and enjoy happiness in the capital honestly.

but……

The old man has left after all.

After hearing Li Xin's words, Ye Lin's face was filled with tears.

He choked until he lost his voice for a while.

"After my father left, no one protected me and waited."

He remembered the incident when the Renchen Palace changed, when his father, dressed in a common man, held a spear and stopped the imperial guards alone, and cried loudly again.

Crying like a helpless child.

Li Xin sighed a long time, squatted beside Ye Lin, and comforted him: "Teacher has worked hard for so many years, so it's time for him to rest."

Ye Lin still couldn't control his emotions well. After all, his old father left suddenly, which really made him unable to accept it.

In desperation, Li Xin could only temporarily assume the identity of the Ye family and began to direct the Ye family to hold funerals in Duke Chen's mansion, first of all, hanging white banners and then setting up a mourning hall.

Ye Mao has already gone to post funeral posts. After dawn tomorrow, someone will come to worship. Before that, the mourning hall must be set up.

So, as a disciple of the Ye family, Li Xin was busy at Duke Chen's mansion until the morning. By dawn, the Ye family had already been covered with mourning hall and the mourning hall had been set up. The old man's body was placed in a huge coffin, and quietly waiting for worship in the mourning hall.

Ye Lin knelt directly in front of the coffin and filled the paper money into the brazier.

Li Xin went beyond his identity and knelt on the right side of the coffin to return the gift to the visitor. As the Ye family was half of the Ye family, he was doing the Ye family's affairs.

As the sky slowly brightened, the people in Yonglefang had already discovered that Duke Chen's mansion was full of white banners. The news quickly spread throughout Yonglefang and then spread throughout the capital.

At the fifth day of the day, the palace was also alarmed.

The emperor was still wearing a robe. After hearing the news from the eunuch of Tianmujian who was kneeling on the ground, the emperor Taikang also sighed.

"The star of Jiang has fallen."

As the emperor, he naturally did not want the Ye family to grow bigger, nor did he want Old Man Ye to live a long life. However, as an ordinary person from the Jin Dynasty, no one would remain indifferent after hearing this news.

You know, Emperor Taikang is only 30 years old this year. He also grew up listening to Ye Sheng's story. When he was a teenager, he once regarded Ye Sheng as his idol.

Public is public, private is private, these are two different things.

"Transfer my order. When Duke Chen passed away, all the people in the capital will hang white banners for three days to send one to the old Duke."

At this time, the eunuch in Tianmujian was no longer Dong Cheng, but a newly promoted eunuch. He bowed respectfully: "So my servant obeys the order."

As he said that, he bowed and stepped back.

The emperor stood there, stunned for a while, and then spoke slowly.

"Xiao Zheng."

Since the emperor got up, Xiao Zheng would be with him nearby to serve him no matter when. Hearing this eunuch in red, he immediately said respectfully to the emperor: "I am here."

"Transfer the imperial edict to the Shangshutai, let them discuss it, and posthumously posthumously named a king of different surnames to the old Duke."

Ye Sheng's contribution was originally enough to be a king forty years ago, but the Jin Dynasty had always had the rules that he could not be called kings unless he was the Ji surname, so he could only aggrieved Old Man Ye as the Duke of this country. However, after Ye Sheng died, he posthumously named the king of a different surname. This was a matter that was decided during the reign of Emperor Wu and there was nothing to be controversial.

After all, it is just an honorary title. First, it cannot be passed on to future generations, and second, the parties involved are no longer there, and it is just giving the dead a face, which has no meaning.

Xiao Zheng lowered his head and said, "I will go now."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

"Prepare sedan chairs, I want to go to Duke Chen's mansion to worship Duke Ye."

Speaking of this, the emperor sighed.

"I didn't expect that Duke Ye would leave so suddenly. You must know that when I went to the Ye family yesterday, even if I was punched, I had to go in and see him."

...

When the emperor set out to leave the palace, someone on the other side of Duke Chen's mansion had already come to worship.

Before dawn, the first person stumbled in.

It is Haoran Gong Zhang Qu who has resigned and is about to leave Beijing soon.

He is one of the admirers of Old Man Ye. Last time he asked Li Xin to take him to meet Ye Sheng in private. Yesterday, on Ye Sheng's 80th birthday, Zhang Xiang was unable to come because of some private affairs. Who would have thought that after only one day of delay, the heavens and man were separated forever.

At this time, he obviously rushed over, not even put on his clothes, not only with wrinkles all over his body, but also with his inner clothes exposed outside, which was very indecent.

Gong Haoran knelt in front of Gong Ye, tears streaming down his eyes.

"When Zhang Qu was young, the southern people were despised by the northern people, and the southern Confucians were insulted by the northern Confucians. The whole country regarded the Confucians of the Northern Zhou clan as uncensored jade and the great Confucians in the south of the Yangtze River as gravel."

The old prime minister cried very sadly.

"So that the people of the whole country are all inferior to the Zhou people!"

"When the country's fortune was unstable, my husband was ordered to be in danger. Shenwu Yingrui broke through the 100-year haze in the hearts of the Jin people in eight years, which led to our Jin people being able to be high among the heavens and the earth and unify the territory of China!"

When Zhang Qu said this, he respectfully kowtowed to Ye Shengling.

"Zhang Qu has now resigned from office and has become a commoner, and has been kind to the people of the Great Jin Dynasty and thanked the old Duke for his merits!"

After kowtowed, he raised his head and cried, "The old kingdom has been forever."

"In history, the old Duke will surely shine for thousands of years."

Haoran Gong said this so vividly. Ye Lin, who was kneeling on the left side of the coffin, respectfully kowtowed three times.

His eyes were red, too.

"Ye Lin takes his father on his behalf, and Xie Haoran praises him."

Li Xin, who was kneeling on the other side, also kowtowed to Zhang Haoran and returned the gift.

"If the teacher and his teacher heard Haoran Gong's words before his death, he would be happy for a long time."

Marquis Jing'an took a deep breath and said with a respectful tone.
Chapter completed!