Chapter 11 The North Wind and the South Wind
Li Xin came to Ningling from the southwest to see off his father, and since he lived in Yejiazhuang, the Ye family had to ensure his safety.
If Ye Mao asked Xiao Zheng to take Li Xin away from Yejiazhuang, I am afraid that Old Man Ye would crawl out of the ground tonight and strangle his grandson.
So Ye Mao's attitude was very resolute.
Xiao Zheng glanced at Ye Mao a little helplessly: "Grandpa Ye, this is not a big deal, why make such a fuss, when Qianniuwei enters Ningling, where will the face of Chen Guogong's Mansion be placed?" ”
Ye Mao's face was expressionless.
"Ye Mou said, Mrs. Li is not in Yejiazhuang, as for whether he is in Ningling, Gonggong Xiao can take Qianniu Wei Dasuo to the whole city, and if he wants to search my Ye family's Zhuangzi, he can also do it."
He stretched out his rough and broad palms and said, "Take the holy decree." ”
Xiao Zheng naturally has no holy decree to search Ye Jiazhuang, in fact, there can be no holy decree for this kind of thing, and having a holy decree means that it is necessary to file in Shangshutai, and it also means that the imperial court will openly slap the Ye family in the face.
Xiao Zheng bowed his head slightly, and said: "Grandpa Ye, our family rushed to Ningling from the capital, it is Your Majesty's intention, the stakes in this, Grandpa Ye should be able to see clearly, Grandpa Ye does not give our family a convenience, I am afraid it will not be possible to say it on Your Majesty's side in the future." ”
Ye Mao arched his hand at Xiao Zheng.
"Gonggong Xiao's words, Ye remembered, and when the Ningling incident is over, Ye will definitely go to Beijing to make amends to His Majesty."
"Of course, at this time, Gonggong Xiao can also take Qianniuwei to search Yejiazhuang, and Ye is waiting here."
Xiao Zheng's status in the capital is extremely high, and officials with slightly lower grades probably don't dare to gasp when they see him, and only a powerful prince like the Ye family can speak so hard in front of this big eunuch.
Xiao Zheng's face was a little unpleasant.
Although he has a bad temper, but the person who has been in charge of the inner chamberlain for more than ten years is naturally not a muddy temper, the great eunuch of the inner court snorted and said: "That is the case, when Qianniuwei surrounds Yejiazhuang, Grandpa Ye should not say that our family has not given face to the Guogong Mansion." ”
Then he will walk away.
Ye Mao stood in place, frowning slightly.
From the first year of Taikang, after Li Xin came forward to reduce the generals of the generals, the generals of the major generals in the capital were far less than enough to threaten the number of the Praetorian Guards, when the Ye family was at its peak, there were almost one or two thousand generals inside and outside the capital, but most of them were deceived, and now the Ye family's troops are no more than three hundred, and there are not many in Ningling.
Although there are hundreds of people in Yejiazhuang, these villagers can't let them fight against the Janissaries in armor and knives, even if they really fight, they will just give away their heads.
If Qianniuwei really stepped on the face of Chen Guogong's Mansion and entered Yejiazhuang, he would have to hide Li Xin for the time being.
Ye Mao was frowning and thinking when a familiar voice came from behind him.
"It's really a place where you don't meet in life, I don't want to see Grandpa Xiao here."
Xiao Zheng, who had already walked more than a dozen steps, immediately stopped when he heard the words, he first took two deep breaths, then slowly turned around and bowed to the Tsing Yi man who came over.
"Slave Xiao Zheng, I've seen Taifu."
The person who came out was naturally Li Xin, he came from the southwest to Ningling, naturally it was impossible for him to come alone, in fact, Shen Gang and other people from the dark department followed a lot of people by his side, Xiao Zheng and others arrived at the door of Yejiazhuang, Ye Mao deliberately concealed him, but after arguing at the door for so long, Li Xin, who was eating inside, would naturally know.
Since the imperial court already knows the news of him in Ningling, it is not interesting to hide and hide, just come out by yourself, and protect some of the Ye family, so as not to let the Ye family clash head-on with the imperial power.
Li Xin put his hands in his sleeves and said lightly: "Gonggong Xiao is polite, Benhou came to Ningling to worship his brother, I don't know if Gonggong Xiao rushed from the capital thousands of miles away, what is the so-called matter?" ”
When Xiao was facing Ye Mao, he was neither humble nor arrogant, but in front of Li Xin, he was still quite respectful, and immediately lowered his head and said: "Back to Taifu, the slave maid is ordered by His Majesty to ask Taifu to return to Beijing to discuss the use of troops against the Xianbei Department." ”
The Marquis of Jing'an blinked his eyes and said suspiciously: "Strange, Benhou heard that Yuwen Zhao of the Yuwen Department of Northern Xinjiang has been named King of Yan, and he has also formed a friendship with the Great Jin Dynasty for Qin and Jin, and he has never heard of King Yan rebelling in the past two years, why did Your Majesty want to use troops against Northern Xinjiang?" ”
Xiao Zheng was stunned, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while.
Mrs. Li sighed and said bitterly: "Gonggong Xiao, help me convey to Your Majesty, those who are kings should rule the world with benevolence, Emperor Xianzhao and Emperor Jing have rested with the people for two generations to recuperate the national strength, and Your Majesty must not be reckless in force to hurt the hearts of the people in the world." ”
Xiao Zheng's face stiffened, and after he was silent for a long time, he lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "Taifu, the slave and maid are just eunuchs, how can they do politics, if the Taifu has any opinions, it is better to go to Beijing with the slave and maid, and face His Majesty Chen." ”
Marquis Jing'an half-squinted his eyes and glanced at Xiao Zheng.
"This official contracted a wind disease a few years ago, and the doctor said that he couldn't see people, for fear that he would be infected, so he had been hiding in his hometown Yongzhou for the past few years and didn't dare to move, this time it wasn't because my senior brother died of illness, and I wouldn't run out of my hometown in Yongzhou."
"I'm seriously ill, Grandpa Xiao won't let me lead the troops to meet the Son of Heaven?"
Xiao Zheng's expression froze.
He glanced up at Li Xin, feeling a little depressed.
This Marquis Li, who looks a little stronger than in previous years, is full of energy when he speaks, where does he look a little sick?
He bowed his head again, gritted his teeth and said: "Taifu, the slave maid came with the holy will, Your Majesty said, no matter what, you have to ask the Taifu to return to Beijing, if the Taifu does not cooperate, then the slave and maid have no choice but to use Qianniuwei to forcibly invite the Taifu back to the capital." ”
Li Xin finally had some smile on his face.
He glanced at Xiao Zheng with a smile.
"It's good to say that earlier, where are you still making so many excuses for talking nonsense?"
Xiao Zheng took a deep breath and looked at Li Xin deeply.
"Slave, please return to Beijing."
Li Xin still had a smile on his face.
"I'm not going."
He looked at Xiao Zheng and said lightly: "Please tell Your Majesty that because the north wind is too cold, Li Xin's body is sick and he can't serve the king, when the swallow on the Tianjia beam flies away, Li Xin will consider returning to Beijing again." ”
He looked at Xiao Zheng with a calm face.
"The Pure Yang Dao Book says that between heaven and earth, yin and yang are mutually reinforcing, if the north wind between heaven and earth does not disperse, I am afraid that the south wind will not stop."
The clear threatening meaning in these words, even Ye Mao could hear it, Xiao Zheng is naturally impossible for a big eunuch not to understand, his face changed slightly, and he bowed his head and said: "Taifu, the slave and maid are rough people, they don't understand what the north wind and the south wind are, the slave and the maid only know that His Majesty wants the slave and maid to invite the Taifu back to Beijing, if the Taifu does not go back with the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid have to offend the Taifu." ”
"After the Taifu returned to Beijing, he wanted to kill or kill the slaves and maids, and the slaves and maids did not complain at all."
"Really?"
Marquis Jing'an glanced at Xiao Zheng with a smile, took two steps forward, and whispered in his ear.
"The matter of Meihuawei doesn't seem to have been in the past few years, why did Grandpa Xiao forget?"
Xiao Zheng suddenly looked up at Li Xin, his face turned pale.