Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, Liu Ying's father and son have long informed Li Jie and asked him to go to his house at night to observe the New Year, after all, Li Jie is alone in the capital, and Liu Ying, as an uncle, of course, has to take care of Li Jie's mother.

Originally, Li Jie was also about to leave for the Yihui Hou Mansion, but he didn't expect to suddenly receive news that Tang He and Feng Sheng were about to enter the city, and Lao Zhu sent Zhu Biao to greet him, and Zhu Biao also called him together.

When Li Jie rushed to Shuiximen, he found that not only Zhu Biao was here, but Liu Ying was also here, but it was normal to think about it, Tang He and Feng Sheng returned to Beijing in order to serve in martial arts, and in the future, Liu Ying and Li Jie were colleagues, and now of course they have to express their welcome.

Li Jie first stepped forward to salute Zhu Biao, and then leaned over to Liu Ying's side and asked in a low voice, "Uncle, do you know that Song Guogong?" ”

"Of course I know, speaking of which, among all the princes, Song Guogong has the best popularity, and he can talk to anyone, and our two families are still relatives!" Liu Ying replied in a low voice.

"Relatives?" Li Jie was also stunned when he heard this, he had never heard Liu Ying talk about it.

"Didn't your cousin get engaged to the daughter of the Wang family, the mother of this Wang family woman is surnamed Feng, and she is the niece of Song Guogong, but unfortunately she died the year before last." Liu Ying explained again.

Liu Yi has long been engaged, the woman's surname is Wang, and she was also born in Huaixi, but the Wang family is a civil official, the woman's father is a waiter in the household department, and the family background is quite good, the two have already reached the age of marriage, but unfortunately because the woman's mother died the year before last, according to custom, the woman has to keep filial piety for three years, so Liu Yi estimates that she will not be able to get married until next year.

"I see." Li Jie also nodded when he heard this, but Feng Sheng didn't know whether he was really stupid or fake, he had a close connection with so many princes, no wonder Lao Zhu would suppress him so much, and even killed him directly later, after all, with Feng Sheng's ability, coupled with his connections in the court, if Lao Zhu died, I am afraid that no one would be able to balance him.

Just when Li Jie was waiting in front of the city gate, the Yangtze River in the distance, no, the ancients preferred to call it the Yangtze River.

On the wide river, an official ship slowly approached from the opposite bank, and two gray-haired old men sat opposite each other on the deck, and there were a few kinds of river fresh food and a pot of old wine on the table in front of them, but both of them seemed to be full of thoughts, and the wine was drunk cup after glass, but the dishes on the table did not move much at all.

"Brother Tang, you are most familiar with Your Majesty, in your opinion, what is the matter with Your Majesty calling us back to Beijing this time?" I saw the old man sitting on the right take the lead in asking, this old man is tall and thin, with a rectangular face, upright facial features, a pair of red phoenix eyes, and three long whiskers under his chin.

"How dare I guess Your Majesty's thoughts, I thought that I could rest for a few years when I returned to my hometown from Ningbo this time, but I didn't expect His Majesty to suddenly call us back to Beijing, and I haven't said what to do when I go back to Beijing, and I am also up and down in my heart now!" I saw Tang He drink a glass of stuffy wine and replied helplessly, sitting opposite him was naturally Feng Sheng, who returned to Beijing with him.

Speaking of Tang He is also full of depression, he heard in Ningbo that the prince returned to his hometown, he had already planned to resign to Lao Zhu, everything went well, he handed in the resignation on the road, and also got Lao Zhu's consent, as a result, not long after he returned to his hometown, he received Lao Zhu's holy decree to summon him to Beijing, and the holy decree did not say what to let him return to Beijing.

What Tang He didn't expect was that even Feng Sheng, who was under house arrest, also received the same holy decree, he knew better than anyone about Feng Sheng's problem, and even in his opinion, Lao Zhu was already extraordinarily gracious if he didn't kill Feng Sheng, but now he was going back to Beijing with Feng Sheng, which made Tang He also have a bad feeling, and it seemed that his neck was cold.

"There's nothing bad about it, right?" I saw Feng Sheng pick up the wine glass, but he didn't take a sip for a long time, his face was like a bitter melon, he had been unlucky in the past few years, so he didn't believe that it would be a good thing for Lao Zhu to call him into Beijing at all.

"You don't think it's good, too?" Tang He was even more speechless when he heard this, it was no problem who he would go back to Kyoto with, but he was unlucky enough to be implicated by Feng Sheng, maybe he was implicated by him.

"Do you believe me when I say something good?" Feng Sheng put the wine glass down at this time, and then made an open-minded expression and said, as long as people are unlucky, they will stuff their teeth when they drink cold water, but fortunately, he is used to it, anyway, he didn't do anything wrong, Lao Zhu will punish him if he wants to!

Tang He was completely speechless when he saw Feng Sheng's appearance of a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, Feng Sheng went out openly, he couldn't let it go, otherwise he wouldn't have struggled for so many years with all these years, and it was also a great credit for him to pacify the widows before, it is said that even if Lao Zhu is not rewarded, he should not be embarrassed anymore, right?

"Brother Tang, you are different from me, maybe Your Majesty summoned you back to Beijing, just to catch up with the past, and I maybe!" At this time, Feng Sheng comforted Tang He, the two had cooperated many times on the battlefield back then, and their relationship with each other was quite good, and even when Feng Sheng was sued by his son-in-law, Tang He also helped him intercede, and he still remembers this favor.

Hearing Feng Sheng's comforting words, Tang He was also a little embarrassed, especially when he saw Feng Sheng's decadent appearance now, which made him sigh secretly.

I think that Feng Sheng was known as only under Xu Da and Chang Yuchun in Xungui, especially after Xu Da died, Feng Sheng took over the position of general, how high-spirited he was at that time, but in just a few years, Feng Sheng was already like a prisoner, and the whole person was much older, you must know that Feng Sheng was more than ten years younger than him, but now that the two are sitting together, they can't tell who is older.

"Brother Feng, I also inquired around about the news before I came, and I didn't find any changes in the court, and no one came to participate in us, so I don't think Your Majesty came to ask for trouble with us!" Tang He rarely said something from his heart.

"If that's the case, it couldn't be better!" Feng Sheng also sighed again when he heard this, although he believed that Tang He did not lie to himself, he no longer believed that anything good would happen to him.

"Your Majesty is too anxious to come back this time, and I haven't been able to write to ask Li Jie, this kid, he must know the reason why Your Majesty summoned us back to Beijing!" Tang He suddenly sighed at this time and said, sometimes he is also very envious of Li Jie, because Li Jie is young and talented, and Lao Zhu is more tolerant of him, even if he does something wrong, he doesn't have to be as worried as these old ministers.

"Li Jie? Is that the surviving grandson of the Korean Gong? Feng Sheng also asked with some curiosity at this time, although he had stayed in Fengyang for many years, he had also heard of Li Jie's name.

"It's this kid, he is now the prince's son-in-law, and His Majesty also trusts him, if there is any news in the palace, it will definitely not be able to hide from his ears!" Tang He nodded.

"I didn't expect their Li family to be really talented!" Feng Sheng also said with emotion when he heard this.

Feng Sheng and Li Shanchang are both from Dingyuan, and the two families are local wealthy families, and they have long had contacts with each other, and his friendship with Li Shanchang is average, but his eldest brother Feng Guoyong is a good friend with Li Shanchang, and even Li Shanchang was introduced to Zhu Yuanzhang by Feng Guoyong, although this has fulfilled Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang, but it has also brought the disaster of extermination to the Li family.

"Yes, this kid Li Jie is indeed a talent, and His Majesty's attitude is obvious, he has decided to leave him to the crown prince, it is estimated that his achievements in the future will not be under Li Shanchang, and with his intelligence, he will definitely not repeat his grandfather's old path!" Tang He also said with the same emotion at this time, it was in exchange for Li Jie's promise that he would endure Li Jie's threat, after all, as long as Li Jie was there, at least two generations of their Tang family would be able to worry-free.

"Brother Tang, such a talent, you have to introduce me to it then!" Feng Sheng immediately bowed to Tang He.

"Of course it's no problem to be introduced, but this kid is very slippery, I don't know if he will see you?" Tang He was also a little helpless in the end, Feng Sheng's problem was too big, with Li Jie's cleverness, he would definitely be able to see it, maybe he would hide away when he heard Feng Sheng's name.

Feng Sheng was also a little speechless when he heard this, Tang He said this, as if he was a plague god? But it seems right to think about it, since he lost power, many people have avoided him like a plague god, and the old brothers in the past rarely dare to come back again, after all, His Majesty has killed so many nobles, and no one knows when it will fall on his head, so they all shrank their heads and became turtles.

While speaking, Tang and their boat also crossed the Yangtze River, entered the Qinhuai River and went upstream, all the way through the Dinghuai Gate, Qingliang Gate, Shicheng Gate, and finally came to the Shuixi Gate, which is also the west side of the imperial city close to the Qinhuai River Four city gates, of which the Shuixi Gate is the closest to the imperial city, so the wharf here is also the most prosperous.

Li Jie, Zhu Biao and others also saw Tang and their ship enter the dock, and immediately stepped forward to greet him, Tang He at the bow of the boat was originally worried, but when he saw Zhu Biao and Li Jie ushering, he immediately patted Feng Sheng next to him excitedly: "The prince and Li Jie are here, it seems to be a good thing!" ”

"A good thing?" Feng Sheng still couldn't believe it, but when he saw Zhu Biao, he was also shocked in his heart, because since His Majesty sent the crown prince to greet him, there should be no malicious intent.

Thinking of this, Feng Sheng was sure in his heart, and then he turned his head to look at the two people behind Zhu Biao, one of them was Yihuihou Liu Ying, of course he knew, and the other was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, only to see that the other party was long and jade, his appearance was quite handsome, and his gestures were also quite extraordinary, obviously it was the legendary Li Jie!