Lin Cang saw it, but he smiled, and said with some meaning: "Li Yaozu, your official is still too young, and you still know too little, what do you think you are going to do in this Jinling?" ”

"Isn't it just to rectify the Jiangnan Jiedu envoy when he arrives in Jinling?" Li Yaozu asked curiously when he heard this.

"Yes, but not all, in short, you do it well, you better not know these things too early, you step down!" Lin Cang said straight to him.

"No, the next official will retire." As he spoke, Li Yaozu bowed to Lin Cang, and then retreated with a contemplative expression.

At this time, Li Tong, the deputy envoy of Jiangnan Jiedu, walked in with a black armor and heard the conversation between Lin Cang and Li Yaozu.

After Li Tong saluted Lin Cang, he said, "Old general, why are you doing this?" Why do you say this to this Li Yaozu? ”

Lin Cang listened, beckoned him to sit down, and then said with a smile: "You, you are still too young, we came to this Jiangnan in order to recruit an army of 400,000, what a huge workload, we always have to find someone familiar to help." ”

"Besides, the southward shift of the military center of gravity of the Great Qian, this Jinling will be in the center, it will become the military and political center of the Jiangnan region, and the Jinling county guard will also become a fragrant bait, you and I are military attachés, and it is not good to interfere too much in local government affairs, but this Jinling is your and my base camp, and I have to find a trustworthy person to help watch it!" Lin Cang said as a matter of course.

Li Tong listened, nodded, and agreed with Lin Cang's statement, but still said with some puzzlement: "But this Li Yaozu, the official is still too small, how can he be promoted to a high position from a county like Sanpin, or a particularly important county like Jinling County?" ”

"Yes, it is indeed impossible in normal times, but when everyone in Jiangnan officialdom is in danger, it is possible, plus the general's letter to His Majesty, it is certain." Lin Cang said confidently.

Li Tong listened, but shook his head, expressing puzzlement, but it was difficult to speak.

When Lin Cang saw it, he immediately understood, so he lowered his voice and said to Li Tong: "I understand what you want to say, but Your Majesty doesn't need it, in this Jiangnan region, I don't know how many Jinyi guards are staring at it, what kind of civil and military discord, what Your Majesty needs is not these, what Your Majesty needs is great martial arts!" ”

Li Tong heard it, but he immediately understood, but he smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said: "It's still the old general who can see through, but I think it's bad." ”

Suddenly, Li Tong lowered his voice and said to Lin Cang: "Old general, the two groups of people who just arrived in Jinling yesterday afternoon, I have inquired clearly, they are from Dongchang and Jinyiwei, they are the absolute cronies of Huang An, the governor of Dongchang, and Zheng Yi, the commander of Jinyiwei, and they all came to Jiangnan for the same purpose, they are here to find the life experience of His Majesty's biological mother. ”

Lin Cang listened, but his heart was extremely shocked, and he stared at Li Tong's eyes with clear eyes, before he lowered his voice and asked, "How is it possible?" How did you get such important information? It can't be the smoke that comes out, right? ”

"No, I inquired carefully, it's true, this news is not very secret, they arrived in Jinling, each found their own personnel in Jinling, and conveyed the instructions above, one of my fellow soldiers is the Jinyi Guard who belongs to Jinling, and the Jinyi Guard also secretly said that he showed his mouth, and was written down by the pro-soldier, and then told me." Li Tong said affirmatively.

Lin Cang heard this, but he was curious, so he said, "Could it be that His Majesty's biological mother is from Jiangnan?" Otherwise, how could the two major organizations of Jinyiwei and Dongchang send people to this Jiangnan? But something is wrong, I've never heard of it, right? He said to himself.

Li Tong listened, but smiled, and then said: "Old general, don't think about it, you can't have heard of it, Your Majesty was just born, Your Majesty's biological mother died, and besides, Your Majesty was born for eighteen years, until I ascended the throne, I have only heard of Your Majesty's name, and most of the people in the court are like this, let alone Your Majesty's biological mother?" ”

"Well, you're right, it's true, Ben will indeed be different." Lin Cang nodded and said.

But he continued: "Since we have figured it out, then we should treat this matter as if we don't know, understand?" ”

"No, I know." Li Tong said seriously, but his heart was very uneasy.

Since the purpose of these two groups of people to Jiangnan is to find the background of His Majesty's biological mother, there must be a basis, and at this moment, how much he hopes that their purpose can come true, then they, Jiangnan people, are afraid that they will be better off here.

But he still shook his head, shaking this unrealistic fantasy out of his mind, this person, still has to rely on himself.

……

At this time, in the Tongde Restaurant not far from the Jinling Jiedu Envoy Camp, Xie Yu, the former heir of the Jinling Xie family, was sitting on the top floor of the restaurant with a masked woman, sitting by the window, looking at the Jinling Camp in the distance.

After Xie Yu heard the bad news of his father in the capital, he hurried and finally arrived at Jinling City yesterday afternoon, and it was his own sister Xie Youruo who was sitting with him.

At this time, Xie Yu was tired, and his figure had lost a bit, obviously the changes in his family and the death of his father still hit him hard, only those eyes were still so bright, and even sharper than before.

He looked at the Jinling camp in the distance, let out a long sigh, and then said: "Little sister, I didn't expect it, in less than a year, there have been such a big change in the family, my father died tragically, and my brother is uncomfortable!" ”

"A year ago, when I left home, I was carefully admonished, instructed, wished me, and hoped that I could make great achievements, and my voice was like that, but I didn't expect that now it is a different path ......for people and ghosts," said Xie Yu's eyes were red, and his eyes were full of tears, but the tears still did not flow after all, but his tone became low.

And Xie Youruo on the side listened to Xie Yu's words, but she cried with a whimper, tears flowed down uncontrollably, wet the light veil, and her beautiful delicate body trembled.

The scene was silent for a while, both of them were fallen people at the end of the world, the two had the same situation, and flowed the same blood, although they didn't speak, but their hearts were closer.

After a long time, Xie Yucai spoke again: "Little sister, how is the situation of the Xie family now?" ”

Xie Youruo listened, wiped the corners of his eyes with his jade-like little hands, and then said calmly: "Brother, this time in Jinling, our Xie family is a heavy loss, not only the father died, all the descendants of the Xie family in Jinling are dead, the Xie family's eight rooms, the big room, the third room, the fourth room, and the fifth room are now all dragons without a leader, only some partial house brothers remain, the second room because the uncle is in the capital, but the loss is the smallest, and the sixth, seventh, and eighth rooms are scattered outside, but they have escaped, and the main branch of the Xie family has suffered heavy losses this time, Now the side branches of the sixth, seventh, and eighth rooms have jumped out to compete for the dominance of the Xie family, and they are arguing, which is really shameless. Xie Youruo said hatefully, with a resentment in his tone.

But Xie Yu still heard a sense of fear from Xie Youruo's words, he was distressed and angry, he felt sorry for the little sister he had spoiled since childhood, this time he was frightened, he was incompetent, but the faces of these angry clansmen, when is this, and these unrealistic fantasies, it seems that the Xie family is really in decline, and suddenly he feels that the burden on his shoulders is heavy again, and it is difficult to revive the Xie family, and he can't help but feel a little frustrated.

He was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Little sister, it's hard for you, what about money?" ”

Xie Youruo listened, was silent for a while, and then said sadly: "Brother, the loss of money is difficult to count, a little estimate, at least five million taels of loss, but many acres of land deeds have been burned, but the little sister thinks, with the strength of my Xie family, I can still come back from the Jinling Mansion." Xie Youruo said with some confidence.

Xie Yu listened and was silent for a long time before he said: "Little sister, no need, these are things outside the body after all, don't bother about it." There was a sense of unmistakability in his tone.

"Why? Brother. Xie Xiaomei asked inexplicably, her tone revealing absolute surprise, obviously how she couldn't understand what her brother was thinking.

Xie Yu listened to his sister's question, and did not answer directly, but continued: "Little sister, the important thing for us is not to return these things, but to consider how to keep the Xie family. Xie Yu said calmly.

And Xie Xiaomei listened to her specious words, but her heart was very sudden, the meaning of her brother's words made her a little unacceptable for a while, and she slowed down for a long time before she said with some uncertainty: "Brother, what are you talking about to keep the Xie family, this... How is this possible? It was after my father went that we... Our Xie family won't fall to this point, right? Xie Xiaomei said with a little stammer.

Xie Yu listened to his little sister's words, his face was a little unnatural, and then he said in a low tone: "Little sister, you are a woman after all, and you are not in the capital, but you don't know that in the past two months, the situation in the court is complex and changeable!" ”

"The first emperor died suddenly, but it was the current Your Majesty who ascended the throne, everything was so caught off guard, I thought that during this window period of power, the three powerful princes would have some opportunities, but now Your Majesty is so fast to seize power, the wrist is so spicy, brother, I am also the first time to see it!"

"With such a righteous name, he ate the three powerful princes to the death, tightly pinched the military power of the great cadres, and even personally sent his own uncle Song Wangye to a dead end, Your Majesty is indeed an emperor!"

Xie Yu said in a calm tone, but seriously and powerfully, and his tone revealed absolute appreciation.