Outside the city of Beijing, there were suddenly swan flakes of snow, an hour ago there was a battlefield that shouted the sound of killing, at this time it was silent, Li Xin saw Sun Ji appear, happy at the same time, there was also a faint uneasiness in the bottom of his heart.

Ai Ai asked, "Where did the second son come from?" Is the old man okay? ”

Sun Jiao arched his hand and smiled: "Thanks to Li Jiaoxi's concern, the family is fine, but the military is tired, and it has obviously been reduced." When he said the last word, he breathed a sigh of relief, revealing an indescribable melancholy.

Li Xin didn't know that on the day of the destruction of Gaoyang City, only Sun Jiao protected Sun Chengzong, who had already saved the heart of martyrdom, to break out of the siege of Tartar, and more than 40 members of the Gao family in the city were all martyred.

"The second son summoned Li Xin to come, I don't know what to order?"

When he was in Gaoyang City, this Sun Jiao left a good impression on Li Xin, as a noble son, he didn't have any shelf, and he could bury his body to do some practical things, he had slandered Sun Chengzong in private, and it was a tyrannical thing to keep him at home, and now he can really take charge of the army alone.

"There is a decree from the Holy Order, Ling Jiayan led the troops to pursue the Tartars, but the actual situation is estimated to be the same as the teaching, and this Huanghuang army is an empty shelf with no appearance."

"But I don't know who the old soldier is?"

Sun Ji smiled bitterly: "This is also thanks to the teaching and training to kill Liu Zeqing and lead the Shandong army into Zhili, my brother and Jia Yan ran all the way south and collided with these Shandong troops who stayed in Shunde Mansion. ”

Li Xin was secretly frightened, don't look at what Sun Ji said lightly, with him and Sun Chengzong are just some generals of the defeated army, they can grab the team in the hands of the generals who hold the military power, and they are like chestnuts in the fire, and they really don't see that this Sun Ji is decisive in killing.

"I don't know what Elder Ge needs Li Xin to do?"

Sun Ji said solemnly: "Jia Yan has all known about the prisoner of Songkai, and I asked Sun Ji to bring a message to the teacher, I must wait for Jia Yan to come back in Beijing, and justice is in the hearts of the people!" ”

Li Xin's head was shocked, Sun Chengzong even guessed seven or eight times out of ten his inner thoughts, but what is there to be nostalgic for in such a smoky court? Sun Ji then arched his hand and said: "The state affairs are difficult, I have wronged Brother Li!" ”

Li Xin changed from Li Jiaoxi to Brother Li in Sun Jiao's mouth, although it was only a few words different, but the meaning made Li Xin very moved.

"In this way, Li Xin and the other pavilion elders are!"

Sun Jie's angular face finally showed a hint of brilliance, "With Brother Li's words, Sun Jiao can go back to his family to repay his life." After that, he hugged his fist again: "The war is urgent, let's leave it alone!" ”

Li Xin watched the horse team gallop away, there was no dust in the sky, only seemingly endless snow flakes blowing with the north wind, covering everything on the earth under a confused white.

The heavy snow fell for three days and three nights, and just when the people were about to run out of food, the snow stopped, and the gates of the city that had been closed for months finally opened in waist-deep snow.

The city of Beijing sent much-needed food and the emperor's will. Li Xin entered the Beijing face saint, and there was another reward, and all the horses in the department were handed over to the Beijing camp, and they were led by the Admiral Fangzhenghua!

A heavy snow actually changed some things, the original five places to meet the emperor were missing, and everyone no longer mentioned this matter, for Li Xin, some people were envious, some people regretted, and some people were indignant.

In the past three days, Li Xin had a chance to leave, but Sun Jiao's conversation that day made him stay by the ghost, and this result was also expected by him.

Lu Jiu was indignant and still wanted to persuade Li Xin to leave Jingshi. Li Xin persuaded: "When the brothers enter the Beijing camp in the future, they will all have official status, and they will have a good home, what more can Li Xinfu ask for?" Why bother to go back to being horse thieves, brothers? As long as we are all in this Ming army, sooner or later, our brothers will get together again! ”

No matter how Lu Jiu tried to persuade him repeatedly, Li Xin just refused, and Lu Jiu sighed helplessly and had to stop persuading. If it was three days ago, Li Xin would not hesitate to leave with his brothers and go back to be their horse thief. But the three-day heavy snow gave him enough time to think, the reason why the brothers were willing to follow him Li Xin was that he believed that he could lead everyone to a bright future, but with them to fall back into the grass, how could there be light?

If you stay in the army, you can master more resources, and when the troubled times are completely coming, you will have more capital to protect yourself, or you can compete in the world.

This is Li Xin's inner activity, of course, it can't be said clearly with Lu Jiu. Soon someone came to the Beijing camp to receive it, and what Li Xin didn't expect was that Fang Zhenghua, the governor of the Beijing camp, came in person.

Fang Zhenghua was very enthusiastic, which surprised Li Xin, but out of some prejudice against eunuchs in his heart, it was difficult for him to adapt to this enthusiasm for a while.

"General Li is a young hero, and Cao Gong has not mentioned it less. The soldiers of General Li that day in the city were also admired by Fang. ”

Li Xin hurriedly replied with a smile: "Admiral praise, Li Xin is just a temporary fluke." ”

Fang Zhenghua patted Li Xin's right arm casually like an old friend, "Please rest assured, if General Li's subordinates want to find a position in the Beijing camp, please just ask." Cao Gong once said...... "One mouthful of Cao Gong, how can Li Xin not understand the meaning of Fangzhenghua, but he said it in such a blatant way, but he fell behind." Li Xin was noncommittal to Fangzhenghua's overtures, but Fangzhenghua acquiesced to him, gladly accepted it, and took care of all the big and small matters.

This made Li Xin a little confused, even if Cao Huachun had an inextricable relationship with him, there was no need to be so elevated, right? However, what surprised Li Xin was still behind, after entering the city, the heavy snow on the streets almost paralyzed the traffic in the entire city of Beijing, but fortunately, several main streets had been cleared out by the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and they could still go. He was about to report to the Ministry of War in accordance with the rules, but on the way, he met Xue Guoguan, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, who he had seen at the ceremony of presenting prisoners to Zhuokai, but he was not impressed.

But I still have some impressions of Xue Guoguan recorded in the history books, he once served as the first assistant of the cabinet of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and now since he is still the second assistant, it means that he has not yet ushered in the peak of officialdom in his life, but after the peak, it means an abyss. There are many records about Xue Guoguan, among which the most profound sentence for Li Xin is "The emperor killed him with personal anger, and the stolen goods were hanging, and people were quite wronged." ”

Li Xin looked at Xue Guoguan with a smile on his face, and sighed in his heart, he is also a pitiful person in officialdom! Fight for a lifetime, why lose your life! How could Xue Guoguan have imagined that the Qiu Ba in front of him was pitying himself.

"General Li, where are you going?"

It is condescending to take the initiative to greet a martial artist, and Fang Zhenghua is a fortunate minister, but he has been studying hard for ten years in the Jinshi, and the remaining elites in the Ming officialdom can lower his posture so much, how not to surprise Li Xin.

Li Xin hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Li Xin has seen the elder of the pavilion, and he was ordered to enter Beijing to listen to it, and he was about to report to the military department. ”

Xue Guoguan laughed, "What's the matter, you don't have to go in person for this kind of thing, it's just an official document." Then he turned his head and said a few words to a blue-robed official who was entourage, and the official nodded again and again, and then went away with a horse.

Due to the war, in order to increase efficiency, all the officials in the Beijing Division rode horses in official affairs, and gave up riding a sedan chair, and Xue Guoguan and others were no exception.

Li Xin thanked Xue Guoguan repeatedly, and Xue Guoguan raised his hand.

"This is not a big deal, General Li died for the country, and the hundreds of officials in the capital can see it, so it should be a special matter!"

Immediately, Xue Guoguan excused himself and left in a hurry with someone under the pretext that he was still in a hurry. Li Xin smiled bitterly and shook his head, the last time he entered the city, this chance encounter with the second assistant of the current dynasty really made Li Xin feel like ice and fire.

Although Fang Zhenghua is the governor of Jingying Rongzheng, he is the master of ceremonies and the governor of Dongchang, and his attitude represents the attitude of a group of people. And Xue Guoguan is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites and a cabinet scholar as the second assistant of the court, although the landscape is not obvious, he must also have his own team in the court. Today, looking at the attitude of these two groups, it is clear that they are trying to win themselves over, what happened in the three days that the heavy snow closed the door, so that these big men could condescend to Qiu Baxuan, who was born as a horse thief?

Li Xin didn't have a clue when he thought about it, and his intention was to ask him to enter the palace tomorrow to face the saint, but it was only noon today, and he had nowhere to go, so he had to go straight to the Taiji factory where he lived when he entered the city before.

This place is mostly provided to the temporary residence of Miyagi craftsmen, Li Xin was arranged here at the beginning of the court is also deliberately done by someone in the court, he does not care, here at the foot of the Son of Heaven, everywhere is convenient and tight, tomorrow morning out of the door can not walk a few steps to the Forbidden City. If it is placed in the future generations, the land here is all every inch of land, how can this kind of unique courtyard be affordable for ordinary people? Stay an extra day and earn it!

The snow outside the Taiji factory was basically swept away, but when he opened the courtyard door, he saw that the courtyard was full of waist-deep snow.

Li Xin was about to go into the house to light a fire and rest for a while, when he heard someone outside shouting at a sharp voice.

"Is General Lee here?"

Then there was a knock on the door, and Li Xin had no choice but to open the courtyard door, and it turned out to be a few little eunuchs lined up, holding all kinds of things in their hands. The leader seemed to be the chief eunuch, and when he saw Li Xin, he hurriedly said: "Duke Cao and the younger ones have brought the necessary items to General Li, and please let the little ones send them to the house." ”

Li Xin also came to the small courtyard of this foundation factory on a temporary basis, and said, "How did you know that Li Xin is here?" ”