Xiaohu came back from outside, only to see Ye Xun looking at the tray with his hands on his cheeks in a daze, and Wen Du was also sitting next to him without saying a word. "You guys? What's going on? Xiaohu asked as he poured himself a cup of tea.

Ye Xun raised his head, "They're all gone, right?" Are the front and rear doors plugged in? ”

"It's all closed. These people are really troublesome. Look, this nod is really not a sin that ordinary people can bear. Xiaohu shook his head.

Ye Xun glanced at Xiaohu with disgust, and then looked at Wen Du, "Wen Du, do you see that the job that the emperor found for me looks like a tiger's den in Longtan?" ”

Wen Du thought for a while and replied, "Longtan Tiger's Den is not enough. We've just arrived, and there's something to understand. Wasn't my lord frightened by what Jiang Tongzhi said about Lord Yang? ”

"Am I going to be scared? Hum. Ye Xun smiled disdainfully. I just saw a malaise in the officialdom of the current dynasty from Lord Yang, not only civil officials, but also military attachés. Ye Xun suddenly said with some emotion, "This reminds me of my eldest brother." ”

"Lord Ye, aren't you the only son in the family? How can there be a big brother? Wen Du wondered.

"He was a neighbor of ours who grew up with me. It's me who is special...... Admire a person. He is very talented, and he has had great ambitions since he was a child, vowing to be righteous and supportive. He was admitted to fame very early and entered the official career. It is reasonable to say that he will be a capable minister. But ......" Ye Xun said a little sadly, "it's because he is too virtuous, and he would rather bend than bend." disdains to be in the company of those slick officials, so they are ostracized. made him have a heart to serve the country, but he has been repeatedly frustrated in the officialdom, and he is very unwilling! In fact, he only wants to do his errand well and realize his ambitions, but he has allowed himself to fall into such a situation. Although I don't know the whole picture of Lord Yang's affairs, I feel that this Lord Yang may be like my eldest brother, and he is out of place in the officialdom. ”

"Lord Ye, are you also a person like your eldest brother?" Wendu asked suddenly.

Ye Xun looked up at him, thought seriously for a moment, and then shook his head solemnly, "I want to be like him." But I'm not, and I can't do it either. He can not go to work for fame and fortune, coarse linen clothes, carry his frail mother to work, eat and live with his mother on the dam, and let his elderly mother sleep in the open...... I can't! I don't have a pity to die myself, but I won't let my father suffer with me. Maybe one day, I will be free of worries, and I will be like him. ”

Wen Du saw tears flashing in Ye Xun's eyes, so he said: "Lord Ye, this eldest brother is really rare, but his behavior is not something that anyone can do. If he could become the minister of the dynasty, he would definitely be able to rectify the rule of officials, and today's officialdom would not have come to this point. ”

But our Holy One does not use him really, but allows the officials who do nothing to insult him. I have presented intercession and recommendation to the emperor many times, but the emperor has pressed him. The emperor just said that the impeachment of him is one person taller, and he still has more experience. Ye Xun complained.

"Dare to ask my lord, this eldest brother's surname?" Wendu asked.

"His name is Du Qian - Du Ziyi." Ye Xun said word by word.

Shen Wendu nodded, "This Ziyi brother and your lord, you are all people who are respected by your subordinates. I will remember his name. ”

Seeing Wen Du's serious appearance, Ye Xun was a little helpless, "Wen Du, my eldest brother should indeed make you respectful, but I'm ...... You don't know me very well. ”

Shen Wendu looked at the pouting little tiger on the side with some confusion, and said to Ye Xun very sincerely, "My lord, my subordinates admire General Ye who is immediately swords and gallops on the battlefield. Now that you have taken off your uniform, you are just as impressed by your refusal to accept the banquet and disguised bribery of the officials below. ”

Ye Xun couldn't help but cover his mouth and smiled, "Wendu, don't you do this?" You always compliment me like this, I have to hold it, I'm so tired! In the future, we will be together every day, and sooner or later you will know who I am, so I won't pretend. You see when Xiaohu praised me, it was uncomfortable to not hurt me every day. ”

Seeing Shen Wendu looking at him incredulously, Ye Xun patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "In this way, let's get to know each other again!" My name is Ye Xun - Ye Tianyu. Since I was a child, I have never seen my mother, nor my siblings, but only one father. My father is Ye Shiqing, the former waiter of the Criminal Department. I was extremely stubborn since I was a child, and I often went out to fight and cause trouble, because I didn't have my own brothers to help me, and most of them were beaten at first. But I don't admit defeat, I don't want to beg for mercy if I die, and I will soon be able to win the whole street. At that time, my father either took me to see the wounds or take the people I had injured to heal every day. Later, when I was older, I began to study and practice martial arts. My father asked Lu Heng, who was in the Hanlin Academy at the time and is now the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, to teach me to read and write. I invited Ji Yunhai, who is known as the successor of 'Ji Jiaquan' and is now a little-known military attache in the capital, to teach me martial arts. The most enjoyable thing about every day in those years was watching them smoke in my nostrils because of my anger. They probably don't even want to admit that I'm their student right now. ”

"My lord, you learned all this kung fu from Master Ji Yunhai?" Shen Wendu asked curiously.

Ye Xun couldn't help but smile and said, "What? When I was thirteen years old, my master was no match for me. I drive him crazy every day. Now that I think about it, he would be really pitiful. This kung fu of mine is all from actual combat. Sometimes, I will meet a master, and if I lose, I will go back and think about what method to use to break him. I may only have a little talent for this. ”

"My lord, it is reasonable to say that you are learning 'Ji Family Boxing', it should be boxing? But why are you famous for your swordsmanship? Wen Du asked puzzled.

Ye Xun shook his head and smiled, "Many things are so undeserved. Although it is called 'Ji Family Boxing', there are not only swordsmanship but also knife skills in it. When I first started practicing, I thought most of them were showmanship, and they looked good, but they were not very useful in actual combat. Later, when I used it, I found that it was not at all. With a slight change I've made, it still seems to be very lethal now. There is a saying that 'the master leads the door, and the cultivation is in the individual'. Like my master, he will only play tricks. Ye Xun smiled sarcastically, and continued, "Later, I still didn't change my stubbornness, and the entire capital was about to be beaten by me. My father tried a lot of things, but I don't know how many sticks he discounted, but it didn't work. I was so famous! They also gave a nickname, what is it called? ”

Xiaohu hurriedly said, "Kyoto Little Overlord! ”

Shen Wendu lowered his head and smiled, "Actually, it's nothing, who didn't have some ridiculous behavior when they were young!" ”

Ye Xun sighed and said, "I don't think it's anything either. During that time, I was willful and willful, but it was the happiest and happiest time of my life. I have been with the emperor since I was fifteen or sixteen years old, from the time he was the emperor's grandson, and later became the crown prince, until he ascended the throne and became the emperor. I won't go into detail about the days with the emperor. I think...... It's good, I've learned a lot. However, my relatives and friends don't think so. Do you know? In the past, our family had many relatives in the capital, aunts, uncles, uncles, cousins, and even older uncles, which was a big family. They all thought that I was notorious and was going to break out of the catastrophe of extermination, and they were afraid that I would be implicated, so they all broke off relations with my family and moved away. Some even... Want to change your last name? Later, my father's branch was separated from the genealogy. Ye Xun smiled bitterly, "They ...... Isn't it a bit too cautious? Alas! Even so, my father never gave up on me. Later, I went to the army for a few years, during which time I was detained by my father and passed the Jinshi examination. After returning to Beijing from the army, the emperor still wanted me to continue to follow him, but my father insisted on making me a civil official, and I couldn't screw him, so I asked the emperor to go to the military department. Not long after, my father suddenly fell ill. My father, who was so frightened and heartbroken, was suffering from indirect insaneness! I feel sorry for him. The burden of our family fell on me unexpectedly. That's when I started to change. I didn't have a concept of money before, but then I also lived a period of overstretched and didn't have the next meal. Do you think I can stay the same? I don't dare to fight anymore because I don't have the money to see a doctor. When I started to be in charge, I realized how hard my father used to work, and I don't know how my father maintained this family at that time? ”

"Unexpectedly, Lord Lingzun got this disease. Lord Ye, are you still ...... It's been a rough ride. Shen Wendu said with deep sympathy.

"That's not even the point! Because I will ask Xiaohu to return to Beijing tomorrow to bring his family over, I must make it clear now. It is...... I feel sorry for my father, he has been alone for me for so many years, and now that he is like this, he has no one to take care of, so he plans to give him - a continuation of the string ......" Ye Xun looked regretful, sighed, and couldn't say any more.

Seeing this scene, Xiaohu continued, "I didn't expect that this lady who married back would make trouble every day, and our young master was tortured by her every day." ”

Shen Wendu looked at the two people in confusion, "Yet... What about the aftermath? ”

"No more! Xiaohu He didn't know what he said, it was me, who was once known as the 'Little Overlord of Kyoto', and the 'General Mingwei' who went to the battlefield to kill the enemy without blinking, was cured to death by a shrew, and even had no temper at all. Seeing that Wen Du was still at a loss, Ye Xun bit his lip and said with a heart, "She often deliberately finds fault with me and punishes me." Whipping and whipping are all commonplace for me. When I was a child, I was stubborn and didn't get punished as often as I do now. I don't have any dignity in this family, and I'm not even as good as a subordinate! ”

Shen Wendu looked at him in disbelief, "This ...... How can it be? But you are a big man with good kung fu, how can you be restrained by a little woman? ”

"Isn't it hard to believe? I can't even figure out why this is? Ye Xun wanted to cry a little and said without tears, "I know you will definitely say why don't you resist?" I must have been reluctant to be humiliated at first, but this woman didn't know what kind of ecstasy I had given my father, and my father listened to her. As long as I resist that woman a little, my father will seek death and force me, even to death! What do you think I can do? Once, when I just broke a cup, she was going to punish me. What is there in this house that I didn't buy with my money? Even if a subordinate breaks a cup, it won't be enough, right? I couldn't get angry at reasoning with her. When my father came, he was so angry that he hit the pillar and killed himself. I hugged my father's leg and begged him for a long time, and then begged the woman, and he would not give up. That time I was supposed to get 20 strokes of the board, but I took 50 strokes before I would give up. Alas~" Ye Xun took a deep breath and continued, "Later, I also figured it out, as long as my father is healthy and happy, let her be." She can't beat me. ”

Wen Du was stunned for a long time with his mouth half-open, "Why?" ”

"I also want to know why? Maybe it's a bad fate I owe in my previous life, right? God sent her to collect the debt? Otherwise, it's that woman who is psychopathic! Ye Xun said helplessly.

"There's more!" Xiaohu said with a gloating expression, "What we can't stand the most is the young master's 'fancy begging for mercy', haha......" Xiaohu held his stomach and laughed, Ye Xun cast a cold and fierce look at him, and Xiaohu immediately stopped laughing.

"What do you mean by 'fancy begging for mercy'?" Wen Du asked with interest.

Ye Xun covered his face embarrassedly, a little ashamed to say, "This ......"

Xiaohu squinted at him and said, "Let's talk about it." Wendu, don't you often praise the young master for his iron bones, bleeding without tears? Can you imagine that he would beg for mercy when he was punished by his wife? 'Madame, I was wrong! Don't dare next time! Spare Xun'er this time......" Xiaohu learned Ye Xun to speak in an exaggerated tone.

Ye Xun couldn't listen anymore, and his face turned red. "Shut up! I...... When did you do that? What do you know? I didn't want to dwell on her for too long. She is a woman who has no sense of proportion at all, no light, no heavy, endless. I can't be killed by her again without dying on the battlefield, right? I found that as long as I said soft words, she quickly let me go. So, I just know the current affairs, and I don't want to capsize in the gutter. ”

Xiaohu stuck out his tongue, not daring to argue with him.

Ye Xun saw that Wendu was still stunned, with an unbelievable expression, and said with a wry smile, "Anyway...... You just have to be mentally prepared. Are you particularly disappointed in me? This person who makes you worship turns out to be ...... Such a. ”

Wen Du shook his head slowly, and said solemnly and sincerely, "No! If this is really the case, you can endure ordinary people for your father, you are a sincere and filial person, and you are a true hero in your heart! ”

Ye Xun was about to shed tears when he said it, he swallowed his tears raw, smiled embarrassedly at Wen Du and said, "What hero? Don't laugh at me behind my back. I've shared even my worst secrets with you. We are really good brothers in the future. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Wendu. Wen Du took his hand and nodded vigorously.

Xiaohu also came over and held the hands of the two. "Young master, I have always felt that you are very difficult, and I feel very sorry for you. I don't usually mean to make fun of you. ”

Ye Xun patted Xiaohu on the shoulder to show that he understood. But Ye Xun immediately realized that the three men were very awkward like this, so he quickly pulled out his hand, "Okay, let's get down to business." Xiaohu, tomorrow you will set off to pick up the lord and the lady. ”

Xiaohu nodded and said, "Okay." Will you take the peach too? ”

"Take it all. There weren't many people in our family, so I was left with my nurse and the pillar. My nurse is not in good health and can't stand the bumps on the road. She can't do heavy work, so let's leave the pillar behind, so that he can take care of the nurse at home. By the way, don't make too much noise when you go back, and don't let Lin Gongzi know that I'm here. ”

Xiaohu nodded again and again, "Young master, don't worry." ”

After being silent for a moment, Ye Xun looked at Wen Du again and asked, "Wen Du, what do you say is the prefect's duty?" Let's have time to study together what this prefect should do? How? ”

Wen Du pondered for a moment and said, "The prefect, as the name suggests, is the decree of the government, and the general is under the jurisdiction of each county. Its duties are to proclaim the decrees of the country, govern the people, adjudicate lawsuits, inspect and evaluate subordinate officials, and collect taxes. ”

Ye Xun's stomach "growled", "Wendu, we can study this later." Now the problem is that I'm hungry, and we can't fill my stomach after talking here for a long time! Xiaohu, please go and see if there is anything to eat in the kitchen, and get us some. ”

"Do you know you're hungry? Aren't you hungry? Xiaohu taunted him and said, "I won't do it to tell you what West Lake vinegar fish and flower chicken are." I will only cook soup on the surface of the water. It's okay if you don't go to the restaurant with them, why did you drive those two girls away? Or maybe there wouldn't even be anyone to cook! ”

"Do you think those two girls just now look like people who can cook for us?" Ye Xun said with a flattering expression, "Xiaohu is the best, I will eat whatever Xiaohu does." ”

Wen Du looked at the two of them in astonishment......

On the other side, Jiang Yizhou was eating with thousands of households Chen Shun, Chen Ji, and the chief bookkeeper Liu Mingjue. Chen Shun touched his glass with Jiang Yizhou and said, "Master Jiang, drink another one." You can't live up to the delicious food and wine! As he spoke, the two touched their glasses, and Chen Shun took a sip of wine and asked, "Lord Jiang, our new prefect is really young!" Do you know where he came from? Is it from the prince's side, or is it from the capital's side? ”

Jiang Yizhou shook his head, "This is really not very clear. And the general judgment, the background is very mysterious. ”

"I heard that Lord Ye is a protégé of Tianguan Wang You'an. Could it be his people? Liu Xijue, the chief bookkeeper, said.

"After a meeting, the examiner will become the seat master of hundreds of candidates, and some ministers have thousands of protégés, which is not counted." Jiang Yizhou said.

"In my opinion, he is a military general with no heart, and there is nothing to be afraid of. In the officialdom, he can only be regarded as a raw melon egg, maybe he will not live as long as Yang Lei. Qianhu Chen Ji said.

"We're just a little minions who listen to the orders from above, even if we eat meat and drink wine, no matter how big the thunder falls, it won't hit us." Chen Shun said.

"Yes, yes, the top thunder is not sent down to us! Ha ha...... Drink! Drink! Liu Xijue echoed with a smile.