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Yang Su sighed, his eyes revealed a hint of loneliness, and said slowly: "This Chai Xiaohe doesn't seem to be a loyal minion, can't he see the merits of this?" ”

Li Mi shook his head and said: "At that time, this Chai Xiaohe was still young, only twelve or thirteen years old, strictly speaking, he was just a big child, and no one in the Gao family taught him these truths, only knew that in the Gao family, he often had to be angry with the young master, but every time he met his mother, he could eat and drink well, and even Yang Yong didn't have any shelf in front of him, so he naturally knew everything." ”

"This kind of thing has been going on for several years, until the last time Gao Biaoren and the eldest brother clashed, Chai Xiaohe was beaten after returning home, and was temporarily kicked out of the Gao family, and there was nowhere to go, so he went directly to the side gate of the East Palace to find Yang Yong, Yang Yong thought of using this incident at that time to let Chai Xiaohe switch to the Yueguo Mansion to inquire about more valuable information."

When Yang Xuangan heard this, he suddenly asked, "Then you didn't know these circumstances at the time, so how could you see that Chai Xiaohe was a spy?" ”

Li Mi sighed and said, "This person sat outside the Yue Guo Mansion and cried for a few hours, obviously wanting to defect here. ”

"It is said that the slave of a large family has been driven out, and it should be unlikely that he will go to the family that is against his former master, unless there is important information that can hit the original master, but it is obviously impossible for him to sit for a few hours without taking the initiative to ask for a meeting, then it can only be that he wants to get in and be a spy."

Yang Su twisted his beard and said with a smile: "It's not easy for the virtuous nephew to have such knowledge at a young age. ”

Li Mi waved his hand and said, "My eldest brother and I met this person at the archery range at that time. See you that night. I don't think he has the cunning of an ordinary spy between his eyebrows. There was still a trace of panic and uneasiness in his eyes, obviously he was not a professional intelligence officer, such a person could not find out the information when he entered the Yue Guo Mansion, and he would only be quietly disposed of by the Yue Guo Gong. ”

So Li Mi couldn't bear it, so he took him back to his house, Xiaohe himself had heard of the name of Yue Guogong, and he didn't dare to enter alone, and he couldn't ask for it when he was taken away by his younger generation. However, he was also very strict at that time and did not reveal his identity. ”

"Later, the younger generation took Chai Xiaohe to study together, the purpose was also to reduce the chance of him and Yang Yong's contact, I secretly sent someone to keep an eye on him, knowing that he still had a few contacts with Yang Yong later, but he never confided in me any confidential things here, and Yang Yong had no interest in me here, so he was not embarrassed by Xiaohe."

Li Mi paused for a moment and continued: "After a few years later, after the younger generation came back from studying, he found an opportunity to visit the East Palace secretly. talked to Yang Yongming about Chai Xiaohe, and proposed to redeem Chai Xiaohe's mother. ”

Yang Yong saw that the matter was revealed. And the attitude of the younger generation was so sincere, giving him enough face, so he also pushed the boat down the river to make a personal favor and sent Chai's mother to the younger generation's house, and from then on, Chai Xiaohe was dead set on the younger generation. ”

After listening to the whole story, Yang Xuangan took a long breath and sighed: "So that's what happened." Brother Xian is really attentive. ”

When Yang Su heard this, his face that had been tense was soothed, and the Sichuan character that was tightly twisted on his brows was also untied, he sighed and said, "The virtuous nephew is really attentive, and he can treat a person who knows that he is a spy so sincerely." ”

Li Mi Zhengse said: "This is also an ancestral motto of our Li family, if you want to cultivate generations of subordinates who are loyal to you, you must treat people with sincerity, they are engaged in underground work that is not visible, generally speaking, it is impossible to be like a normal person to be crowned an official and rewarded, and the glory of the ancestors, so be kind to them personally, be kind to their families, even if it is a small favor, they can also be grateful to Dade." ”

Yang Su didn't speak for a long time after hearing this, and finally let out a long breath and sighed: "The Duke of Pushan County has extraordinary knowledge, and I can't do it, it seems that our Yang family should also remember this in the future." Xuan Gan, my father is about to be moved by what you say, if you go to Songzhou this time, you can successfully establish your own intelligence force, and your father will completely admit defeat, retire in advance, and let you take over the entire Yang family. ”

Yang Xuangan originally thought that Yang Su was joking, and was about to answer with a smile, but when he saw that Yang Su's expression was extremely strict, it didn't seem to be fake, and he immediately realized that his father was serious this time, and hurriedly said: "Father, by all means, the family has family rules, how can it...."

Before Yang Xuangan finished speaking, Yang Su raised his hand to interrupt his words, and said in a deep voice: "It's not for this reason, Xuangan, you listen to me, the times are different, when your father was at your age, he was in troubled times, people's hearts were in turmoil, no one would really treat people with sincerity, and they all wanted to pave the way for themselves by betraying others and betraying friends, just like the Qiu He who betrayed Yuanzhou a while ago, and now that the world is at peace, people's hearts will become different from then." ”

"Xuangan, when you go to Songzhou, you must distinguish people's hearts, and understand which people can really trust their lives and which people cannot. The one who stabs you the hardest is often the person you trust the most, remember that if you can prove your success, it is a matter of course for you to take over the entire Yang family, including whether to marry the Tang family in the future, it is up to you to decide. ”

"However, if you fail, not only can you not stand on your own feet in Songzhou, but you cause trouble and harm the whole family, then you should take your own responsibility, which is what you should do as a man, understand?"

Yang Xuangan straightened up, nodded seriously, and said, "Xuangan remember." And Li Mi's expression changed, just a flash, and in an instant, he regained his usual composure.

Yang Su stood up, glanced at Li Mi and Yang Xuangan, and said: "Your injury is not completely healed, let's rest for two days first, and after three days, I will go on the road with that Chai Shao, the edict and official certificate of the previous office are all in Chai Shao, and my father will rush back to Luoyang to supervise the construction of Xianren Palace in the past few days, there are many things, and I will not send you on the road when the time comes." After saying that, Yang Su walked out of the room.

Li Mi listened to Yang Su's distant footsteps, and sighed: "Yue Guogong really has high hopes for the eldest brother, eldest brother, don't think nonsense." At this time, keeping a certain distance from you is for the sake of the family. It's not that he doesn't value you anymore. On the contrary, he is now on the verge of being moved by what you have to say. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "I naturally understand this, Brother Mi, do you also support my idea when you say this?" ”

Li Mi shook his head and said, "Just now it was because I was in front of Yue Guogong that I said that, because the eldest brother had already mentioned that your status as a prince of the world may not be guaranteed, and of course I will support you with all my strength at this time." That's why I told the story of Chai Xiaohe. ”

Yang Xuan was surprised: "Isn't what you said in this matter the truth?" ”

Li Mi sighed lightly: "Of course, what I just said is the truth, but there is a premise I have ignore, that is, Chai Xiaohe is a kind and grateful person, so I will treat him with sincerity, if it is a person like Wang Shichong, how dare I treat him like this?" ”

Yang Xuan felt that he had a long conversation with Wang Shichong in Jinyang City, his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "Actually, even if it is Wang Shichong, he told us the truth, and he didn't hide anything. People just say that they want to seize the world in the future, and they may become allies with us in the future. ”

Li Mi shook his head. said: "That's because Wang Shichong has seen through the eldest brother, he knows that the eldest brother is a real gentleman, and he will put the family first, and he will cooperate with him in order to protect the family, so instead of hiding something from you, it is better to tell it out, and it can also make you let go of your wariness of him." ”

Yang Xuangan thought that when Wang Shichong told him that day that he was depressed, he would find a tree hole, go to roar, and vent, and at that time, his expression seemed to be a true expression, not a fake, so he sighed and didn't say more.

Li Mi didn't notice the subtle change in Yang Xuangan's expression, and continued: "Big brother, some people can be trusted, and some people can't, even if you don't talk about Wang Shichong, can someone like Ji Wei you met before be honest and honest?" Yang Yong trusted him enough, and even asked him to build the secret room, but this person still eavesdropped on Yang Yong's conversation every day, and then betrayed it to others, and finally caused Yang Yong to finish, can he be honest with this kind of person? ”

Yang Xuangan thought of this shameless villain who was stabbed by himself many years ago, and said: "Of course, this kind of person is not a pity to die, and it really can't be trusted." Midi, do you mean that it is up to the people to decide what they do? ”

Li Mi shook his head and said: "The most difficult thing in the world to see clearly is the human heart, how many traitors and evildoers can pretend to be righteous and awe-inspiring, can you see through it?" I, Li Mi, don't have the ability to do this. In fact, I am more inclined to the method of Yue Guogong, there must be a means to control people!"

"I haven't finished talking about Chai Xiaohe, his mother has been in my house since then, isn't this still a hostage? If there is no such factor, just by gratitude, I dare not guarantee that Chai Xiaohe will be loyal to me Li Mi in this life. ”

Yang Xuangan didn't expect Li Mi to really think like this, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and asked instead: "Then how can those loyal servants of your family for generations be able to control it?" ”

Li Mi's eyes were bright and shining, and two words burst out from between his teeth: "Interests!"

After Yang Xuangan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know how to say it for a while.

Li Mi glanced at Yang Xuangan and said: "Although they are servants, they also have a heart that hopes to get ahead and glorify their ancestors, so our family has always recommended some outstanding slaves to come out as officials, so that they can go from the underground to the ground, and they can have a good future in the future." ”

"It's like Wang Bodang, who you saw last time, has now become the head of the East Palace guard from the seventh rank in the East Palace of the Prince, when he entered the East Palace, he started from the prince of the ninth rank, and he has also reached this position in a few years, which will make him grateful, and the other servants will also have hope when they see him in this situation."

Yang Xuangan frowned and asked, "Uncle Wang was young, why did his secret brother arrange for him to enter the Prince's East Palace alone?" ”

Li Mi sighed and said, "Bodang's father was an intelligence officer under his father, and he died while on a mission, so my father deliberately took my hand before he died, and explained that I would seek an official position for Bodang in the future." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded and said, "I see, but in this way, Wang Bodang should also be independent from your Pushan County Mansion, how can he control it in the future?" ”

Li Mi smiled: "Bodang is naturally grateful to our family, and he will be loyal to our family for the rest of his life, as for whether his sons will continue to be loyal to our Li family, it depends on his own decision." ”

"For the loyal and righteous, it is appropriate to give such a reward, and there will be several such people in each generation of our family who come out to become officials. But each generation can also recruit enough people to fill the void after these people are gone. ”

Yang Xuangan completely understood. sighed. Said: "This is a really good idea, it seems that our Yang family will also learn more in the future." It's better to give people money than to give them officials, secret brother, your ancestors can set such rules, they are really talented. ”

Li Mi smiled slightly, stood up, and said to Yang Xuan: "Big brother still recuperates for two days, after the injury is completely recovered." We can also take office. According to the laws of our dynasty, you, the assassin of Zhongzhou, must have 322 officials. ”

Yang Xuangan smiled: "Are there so many?" That means I can appoint three hundred and twenty men, in addition to you and Nachai Shao. ”

Three days later, Yang Xuangan was finally able to get out of bed and move, the knife wound had completely healed, although his right arm was not able to exert force for the time being, but there was no major problem with ordinary activities.

Chai Shao has lived in the Yue Guo Mansion for five or six days, and he has been waiting a little impatiently, and every day he will come to Yang Xuangan's house to take a turn in the name of visiting the patient, and his intention to urge him to go on the road is obvious.

However, Yang Xuangan and Li Mi also asked a lot about Yang Zhao's current situation from him. Knowing that this fat brother of his own, is not too comfortable now.

Before Yang Xuangan left Daxing, he asked Yang Su to intercede with Yang Guangwei, Yang Zhao's princess, Xiao Cui. As a result, Yang Guang agreed to this at the time, and also issued an edict to let Xiao Cui's family return to the East Palace during the days when Yang Su left Daxing to go to the Eastern Capital.

The last time the Cui family had a big Cui concubine who was given to death for poisoning the Qin king Yang Hao, and the little Cui family was also sent home, Cui Hongdu was so frightened that he sent out the brothers who originally lived together and settled down, and the little Cui family also moved elsewhere with his father Cui Hongsheng, and Cui Hongdu himself closed the door and thanked the guests, saying that he was not sick.

As a result, the envoy first went to Cui Hongdu's house with the edict, and asked if Xiao Cui's family was in the house, and the porter in charge thought that there was some trouble, so he bluntly said that Xiao Cui's had moved elsewhere with his father. So the messenger went directly to Cui Hongsheng's house to announce the decree, and after returning to restore his life, Yang Guang suddenly asked: "Did Cui Hongdu say anything?" ”

The messenger who didn't see Cui Hongdu reported back: "Cui Hongdu closed the door and thanked the guests, saying that he couldn't afford to be sick." ”

Yang Guang became angry when he heard this, thinking that Cui Hongdu was still angry with himself for the fact that Xiao Cui's was driven home, so he simply withdrew his fate, and Xiao Cui's return to the East Palace was cut off.

After Cui Hongdu heard this, he was so angry that he vomited several liters of blood, and kicked his leg directly.

And Yang Zhaowang's desire to wear and reunite with his wife is no fun, and the director has been depressed for a while, and he borrows wine all day long to drown his sorrows.

When Yang Xuangan heard this, he also wanted to persuade Chai Shao to go back and accompany Yang Zhao more, and take him to walk more outside the effect, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly thought that Chai Shao went to Songzhou on the orders of the emperor, and he couldn't help it, and Yang Zhao is now the prince of the East Palace, and he is only afraid that he will not be able to go out of the city to hunt at will like he did when he was a teenager before.

Thinking of this, Yang Xuangan's thousand words could only turn into a sigh, and he wrote a letter of gratitude and consolation for his family to send to Yang Zhao in the East Palace in Daxing.

Early the next morning, Yang Xuangan and Li Mi, Chai Shao, and Zhao Huaiyi embarked on the journey to Songzhou, this time Yang Su didn't even send it, and the four of them went out quietly from the side door.

Yang Xuangan and his entourage went out at two o'clock in the morning, and only went out of the city gate at noon, and finally came to Luoyang after 12 days of driving.

Now Luoyang has become a huge construction site, and mansions are being built everywhere.

If it weren't for the fact that Yang Su's family had always had a big mansion in Luoyang, and he had received the inside information about the relocation of the capital early, and asked Feng Lun to repair the mansion in Luoyang in advance, I am afraid that now, like most other officials, would be waiting for the completion of the new mansion in Luoyang in the old mansion in Daxing.

In this way, hundreds of officials' residences are under construction, not to mention the thousands of Daxing merchants who have moved with these officials have also started to operate new residences here, entering and exiting the city gate every day, and the carts full of various building materials can be lined up for five or six miles.

Yang Xuangan and others stopped in Luoyang for a while, and then set off on the road early the next morning, lined up for more than an hour in order to go out of the city, and when the four of them walked to a tea stall ten miles away from the city, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time for lunch.

The four of them sat down around a tea table, and Xiao Er came over diligently and put four tea bowls, with a round face and white face, small eyes, and a few sparse beards floating on his chin, Zhao Huaiyi, who looked like a housekeeper, ordered: "Come two pots of tea, a drawer of buns, and then feed our horses." After speaking, he took out a small ingot of broken silver and threw it to Xiao Er, and Xiao Er's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said a few words of thanks before turning away.

Chai Shao, who was dressed in a black suit, wrapped his head in a green scarf, carried a three-stone strong bow, and looked like a businessman's bodyguard, looked at the surroundings, and the nearest Xiao Er also went to the back to work on the buns, so he said in a low voice: "Uncle, why don't you follow the official official appointment procedures this time, bring the guards, and go to Songzhou to take office on the official road and the post station?" ”

The black and thin Li Mi was dressed as a scribe, lying on his head with soft feet, but an ordinary green shirt could not hide his aura of a well-educated man, he smiled slightly, shook the folding fan in his hand, and said, "Chai Guard, but I'm afraid that there will be danger on this road?" (To be continued......)