"Report, sir, there are people calling themselves Han Xin coming to visit!"

Just as Meng Tian and Meng Yi were speaking, a steward hurriedly came to report.

"What is he doing here?" Meng Tian and Meng Yi looked at each other and stood up at the same time, their faces were confused, and after a while, Meng Yi waved his hand and said, "Please go to the living room, prepare tea for reception, my brother and I will be there later!" ”

"Yes!" The steward retreated, Meng Tian and Meng Tian also went back to their rooms to change clothes and clean up, and a quarter of an hour later came to the living room in the front yard and saw Han Xin already sitting in the guest hall drinking tea and waiting.

"Senior Han Xin visits Marquis Jingwu and Doctor Meng!" Seeing the two bigwigs coming together, Han Xin quickly stood up and saluted.

"Haha, the virtuous nephew doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat!" Before Meng Tian and Meng Yi could sit down after bowing their hands slightly, Han Xin took out a sealed bamboo tube from his pocket and put it on the coffee table in front of Meng Tian and said, "The younger generation came back to offer tea this time, and my brother also asked me to bring back a secret letter to Jingwuhou, especially telling Jingwuhou to burn it after reading it, don't show it!" ”

Meng Tian and Meng Yi were even more surprised and inexplicable, after looking at the bamboo pipe with the thickness of their fingers for a long time, Meng Tian slowly picked up the bamboo pipe with a serious face, looked through the seal on it and handed it to Meng Yi, Meng Yi also glanced at it a few times and handed it back to Meng Tian nodded slightly and said, "Yes, it is the private knowledge of the Marquis of Qinghe." ”

Meng Tian hesitated for a moment and then twisted his hands slightly, only to hear a slight snap The mud-sealed seal shattered, and under Meng Yi's intently attention, Meng Tian poured out a roll of white paper from the bamboo tube, opened it, and glanced at it slightly, and his face changed dramatically in an instant.

"Brother, what did the Marquis of Qinghe say?" Meng Yi couldn't help but ask.

Meng Tian was about to speak, but he shook his head in an instant and said: "Qinghe Hou's secret letter can't be leaked, and my brother can't say it for the time being, come here, take the fire candle!" ”

"Wait a minute, sir!" A servant in the hall replied, and soon came over with a lit glass lamp and candle, Meng Tian put the letter on the candle and lit it, watching the white paper burn and turn into flying ashes, then his expression relaxed and said to Han Xin, "Please reply to Qinghe Hou, the old man will carefully consider what he said, and he will never reveal half a word!" ”

"That's good, the juniors won't bother, farewell!" Han Xin also breathed a sigh of relief and took his leave.

"Why don't you stay for a banquet and leave, the old man still has some questions about Ziyunxian tea?" Meng Yi stood up and stayed.

"Doctor Meng forgives me, my brother doesn't know about going to Lu Mountain, and the younger generations don't know about it, and even the guards and servants who accompanied him up the mountain all stayed on the mountainside and never went to the cave of Chisongzi's predecessors, so I can't answer Doctor Meng's question, but it's true that there are only fifty cylinders of tea!" Han Xin replied with a wry smile.

"Alas, such a good tea, how can there be too little, it's a pity!" Meng Yi shook his head helplessly, and after Han Xin left, he sat down and looked at Meng Tian and said, "What did the Marquis of Qinghe say to his brother, can't he really tell it?" ”

"It's not that I can't talk about it, it's because my brother hasn't made up his mind yet, and he asked to burn the letter just to leave no handle, don't ask about this matter first, and when I think about it, I will naturally inform you, and also, you arrange someone to call Yun'er back, this time I will take him to the Western Army barracks, according to his title, he can be a lieutenant now, and then once the military reform begins, I can also get a military position for him in the army, I am a military general of the Montessori generation, and he is the only man in the lineage, how can he fall down!"

"What my brother said is that my brother's original intention is the same, but because after the Western Army's reselling of enamel equipment was exposed, my brother was afraid that my brother would be implicated, but Yun'er would also be punished, so I never made arrangements, since my brother also thinks so, it is naturally best!"

Meng Yi nodded, and then instructed the servants to look for Meng Yun, a five-grade official was transferred to the barracks, and there were many procedures to be processed, but this kind of thing was only a matter of a few words for Meng Yi.

And Meng Yun hurriedly followed the servant back and heard the news, and suddenly wailed like a mourner: "Dad, the princess is about to give birth, and this time she will inevitably give birth to Lin'er, you let me go to the barracks at this time?" ”

"Hmph, if you want to go, you will go, how can I be greedy for life and afraid of death, your great-grandfather and grandfather are both world-famous generals, no matter what turn it is your turn to be a wine bag and rice bag, the old man's grandson and old man will naturally take care of it, what are you worried about, not to mention that your concubine has never seen you so nervous after giving birth to two sons and a daughter!" Meng Yi snorted coldly.

"Dad, that's different, the princess is the main family, she was born as a concubine, and she will inevitably inherit my title in the future......"

"Haha, you want to laugh at the old man, you only know how to eat, drink and have fun every day, how can you have a title, not to mention that Your Majesty is about to implement the reform of the military system, all non-military soldiers are not allowed to be knighted, the ninth-level duke on your body is afraid that it will turn into nothing, and you can only be a civil official without a title for the rest of your life, the old man wants to see how the old man's grandson will inherit your title in the future!"

"Huh?" Meng Yun opened his mouth wide as if he had been struck by lightning, and stayed for a long time before he came back to his senses and said eagerly: "Dad, you ...... You didn't lie to me, the emperor really wants to revoke the title? ”

"This matter has been ten **, today your uncle has written to His Majesty in the court to implement the military reform, His Majesty has also agreed, but the details still need to be discussed, my Daqin has been knighted with military merits since ancient times, you wait for a group of gentlemen to wander all day long, with some clever rewards in the past to get a nominal knighthood, this kind of knighthood is just a false name, if the military reform begins, your title will instantly come to naught, if you want to keep this title, you must go to the barracks as an errand boy, once the new military lord decree is implemented, Your knighthood will turn you into a real knight, and this is the only chance! Meng Yi looked at his son, who was already a few years old, and said seriously.

"That'...... Aren't Qi Erlang and Gao Sanlang all of their titles gone? Meng Yun stammered and asked.

"Naturally, the military reform began in Qinghehou, roughly talked with the old man, now the military system is too deep to lead to the instability of the military heart, once the military system is reformed, the first is the military merit evaluation and military knighthood, in order to stimulate the military spirit and fighting spirit, the military merit evaluation will introduce daily training and competition, the art of war and other content, so in the future military merit acquisition does not have to go to the battlefield to fight to the death, as long as the military camp hard performance, it is not impossible to get a high lord in the future, and the reform will separate the military from the government, The military lord is independent of the civilian official system, and in the future, all the civil officials of the court and county will no longer rely on military merit to reward the lord, but will completely merge with the official position, and arrange the food and fief according to the rank of the nine ranks, the specific details are not clear to the old man, but it is roughly like this......"

"Dad, didn't you just say that the reform of the military system was proposed by the uncle, why did you involve your sister-in-law again? Could it be that you are afraid that Your Majesty will punish your uncle and pull your sister-in-law on her back? Meng Yun's face was full of confusion and doubt.

Meng Yi's cheeks twitched a few times and clenched his fists tightly, but he instantly let go of his fist with a long sigh and said, "Don't worry about this matter, you go home and pack up your salutes, and follow your uncle tomorrow!" ”

"Okay, I'll go!" In order to keep his title, Meng Yun knew that his father would not fool him in this matter, so he still went home to prepare.

Looking at the back of his son's departure, Meng Yi's dark eyes were almost invisible, and after a long time, he let out a long sigh and leaned on the back of the chair and felt weak.

A son-in-law is like a ghost, but a son is as stupid as a piece of.

How can there be such a big difference between people!

Meng Yi was puzzled, and the first emperor in the palace was also puzzled.

At this time, he was holding a finger-sized fiery red fruit in his hand, and he was sitting in front of the window to look at it.

This fruit was found from the tea leaves sent by Chen Xu.

At the time of the Zichen Palace, several important ministers were entertained, and the tea was taken from the open bamboo tube that Han Xin took out.

However, when he ordered to make another pot of tea and was about to read Meng Tian's book again, he found that the tea leaves poured out of the bamboo tube were actually mixed with such a fruit.

The color of this fruit is red, like jade, with a slight sense of transparency, but if you look closely, you will find that it seems to have a layer of looming patterns on the skin.

This is clearly still a fresh fruit.

Qin Shi Huang was full of doubts, watched for a long time, but still did not understand the essentials.

I don't know if Chen Xu deliberately put it in it or accidentally fell into it when he opened the bamboo tube, and even after sniffing it, the fruit still has a refreshing fragrance.

The First Emperor hesitated in the face of this wild fruit of inexplicable origin, he had an urge to eat it, but he was naturally afraid that someone would sneak it in on the road.

He was confident that Chen Xu would never harm him.

Even Hanshin won't have much of a problem.

The reason why Chen Xu arranged for Han Xin to send tea was naturally because Han Xin was a brother, which made him feel more at ease, and at the same time reassured the emperor, but the servants who followed Han Xin to escort the tea back did not dare to guarantee that all of them were fine.

In case of toxicity......

After hesitating for a long time, the First Emperor still forcibly resisted the urge to eat and asked the palace people to invite the imperial physician Ling Zhou Jiong and the imperial physician Cheng Xu Fu.

Soon Zhou Jiong and Xu Fu came together, and the First Emperor took out the red fruit for Xu Fu and Zhou Jiong to watch.

"Your Majesty, this should be a wild fruit in the mountains, but the minister has never seen it!" Xu Fu said after reading it.

"Your Majesty, this fruit has never been seen by the old minister, it should be just an ordinary wild fruit!" Zhou Jiong looked at it for a long time and couldn't tell it.

"Is this fruit poisonous?" The First Emperor asked with a serious face.

"All kinds of flowers and fruits in the world, whether they are poisonous or not can only be identified after tasting, the minister has not tasted it, and he does not dare to reply rashly to His Majesty, if His Majesty wants to know, the minister is willing to taste it!" Xu Fu replied.

"Your Majesty, what Imperial Physician Xu said is good, at the beginning of Shennong's taste of herbs and distinguish grains, and then left Shennong's herbs for the doctor, so far there is a medical inheritance, although we are familiar with many herbs, but this fruit is really unfamiliar, naturally we can only taste and distinguish according to Shennong's law, and the old man is also willing to try to solve your majesty's doubts!" Zhou Jiong also nodded in agreement.

Looking at the finger-sized fruit in the palm of his hand, and then looking at the two most relied on the imperial medical officer, the First Emperor shook his head after hesitating slightly, and said: "That's it, I just saw it occasionally in the back garden, and I picked it back when I was curious, how could the two Aiqing take risks because of trivial matters, and retreat for the time being!" ”

"Yes, the ministers are leaving!" Xu Fu Zhou Jiong left the Zichen Hall with his hands, and after going out, he whispered a few words to leave.

The First Emperor looked at the red fruit a few times again, but still put it in a tea cone and sealed it, and placed it on the bookshelf in front of his bed.

If you want to figure it out, you can only wait until Chen Xu returns to Beijing to ask, if you rashly ask everywhere, I am afraid that there will be a lot of messy speculations soon.

This is just a very small matter, and Xu Fu and Zhou Jiong didn't take it to heart, after all, it is the middle of summer, all kinds of wild flowers and wild fruits are everywhere, and the flowers and plants in the imperial garden are flourishing, and it is not strange that such a wild fruit suddenly grows.

And the first emperor also quickly put down this matter, opened another tube of tea and continued to taste tea and review the book, after all, Chen Xu patted his ass and left, and the review of many important books fell on him, the emperor.