Beijing City, the residence of the consul.

A sedan chair with a full body of mahogany and gilt strips stopped at the door.

Wang Shouxin and the other attachés in Beijing have arrived.

Apparently waiting for someone.

The sedan curtain was slowly lifted, and Qin Erbao walked out of it with a hunched body.

"Governor Qin, it's been a long time!"

"Meet the Governor!"

The officials in Beijing headed by Wang Shouxin, a group of civil and military officials who originally belonged to Liaodong's cronies, came forward to pay their respects.

"Brothers, you don't have to be polite," Qin Erbao didn't have the slightest governor shelf, he bowed his hand to everyone, and then looked at Wang Shouxin: "Is the ruling lord good?" ”

"I'm already waiting in the study." Wang Shouxin said softly.

"I'm going to visit the Archon first!" Qin Erbao arched his hand: "Everyone, it's rude, I'll go to the ruling lord's study first."

After that, Qin Erbao stepped into the mansion.

Qin Erbao hadn't seen Wang Qi for a long time.

After bypassing the three corridors and finally stopping in a quiet and elegant courtyard, Qin Erbao was still a little nervous.

Crash!

Qin Erbao flicked his sleeves to clean up his makeup, and then waited quietly in the courtyard, waiting for the attendant to report.

After a short time, the attendant turned around and came to Qin Erbao: "Lord Governor, the consul is invited."

Crunch.

The door was pushed open, and Qin Erbao stepped softly into the house.

Wang Qi was still sitting there, holding the letter from Liaodong in his hand, and it seemed that he was still replying: "Sit down." ”

"Eh," Qin Erbao replied softly, only to dip half of his buttocks and sit down gently.

"Cao Wenzhao's letter, the internal forces of North Korea colluded with the Japanese ronin and wanted to restore the country," Wang Qi did not look up, and said while replying: "At this time, we must not be soft-hearted, and we must kill people's heads to the ground, so that some people can reach what is called reality."

Nodding silently, Qin Erbao didn't know what Wang Qi was referring to.

After about a quarter of an hour, Wang Qi finally replied to the letter on the table, and then raised his head: "Do you think that after my next retirement, there will be some reactionary forces in China raising their heads?" ”

"Huh?" Qin Erbao was stunned for a moment, and said in a lost voice: "My lord, do you really want to step down?" ”

"Sometimes, only by withdrawing can you see more clearly and farther," Wang Qi said with a smile: "And this time I called you back to make you mentally prepared." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Qin Erbao's eyes moved slightly, and he already understood what Wang Qi's words meant.

"My lord, Qin Erbao can't guarantee anything else, but the servant who led the horse and carried the whip for the adult back then is still there! As long as the adult commands, Erbao will die for the adult at any time! ”

"You can't talk about death, just be prepared," Wang Qi leaned back in his chair: "Did you bring your daughter back to Beijing this time?" ”

"Hey, a family of seven, they have all returned to Beijing to settle down, and this time I finally came back, but I have to stay longer," Qin Erbao grinned: "Along the way, Xiao Nizi was chanting her brother Lian'er, who had just arrived in Beijing this morning, and had already been sent to the back house of the mansion to find Brother Lian'er." ”

"Children, it's also good to play together and cultivate feelings," Wang Qi nodded.

After chatting for a while, a guard reported outside: "My lord, Governor Cao and Governor Lu have also arrived."

When Wang Qi heard this, he got up and said, "Let's go, those old people in Liaodong are still waiting."

"Your Excellency, please," Qin Erbao got up and followed behind him, moving slowly.

This time, taking advantage of Qin Erbao, Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng and others to return to Beijing, the veterans of Liaodong and a few civil officials who originally belonged to Wang Qi gathered together, and the banquet lasted until late at night.

"Since going south to enter the customs and being in a high position, I haven't been so happy for a long time," Qin Erbao and Wang Shouxin hooked their shoulders, and they were full of wine, and their respective identities were only friends for many years.

And Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng and others also stepped forward to toast Wang Qi, and the long toasting line was so long that you couldn't see the end at a glance.

And the rest of the generals also sat in a circle, reminiscing about the past, laughing and scolding.

The whole hall was a lively scene.

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Ye Mansion, study.

"Father, today's consul invited the original generals of Liaodong to drink in the mansion and I heard that it will end until the time of the son," Ye Xianggao's son Ye Chengxue was sitting in his father's study at the moment, holding a hot cup of tea, and gently placed it on his father's table.

"Then Qin Erbao, Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao and others have arrived?" Ye Xianggao's decades of ups and downs in the sea of Huan are now at the pinnacle of power, although he looks old, but the sharp light that flashes in his eyes from time to time is still terrifying.

"It's all here, Qin Erbao looks very flamboyant," Ye Chengxue sneered: "Now at the critical moment of the second general election of the parliament, what does the ruling lord mean by this move?" ”

"It's nothing more than doing it for people to see," Ye Xianggao pursed his lips tightly, and his eyes were solemn: "Tell others that he, Wang Qi, is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses in his hands, don't act rashly." ”

"At this time?" Ye Chengxue was a little puzzled.

"He has already released the news to the outside world that the next term is about to step down, so it will be arranged in advance." Ye Xianggao muttered in his mouth, and only exhaled after a while: "There is also the meaning of warning the old man." ”

Because of the Empress Dowager Zhang's matter, Wang Qi's sense of Ye Xianggao has become evil, and in the last separate conversation, Wang Qi's meaning was already very clear - after one term, you can leave, and I have someone to fill in the second session.

And Ye Xianggao is now facing the problem of people taking tea and cooling.

Every time he thought of this, Ye Xianggao was deeply unwilling to emerge from the bottom of his heart!

Why?

The old man also followed you, Wang Qi, and fought it out in the sea of fire!

When the Donglin party was fighting, it wasn't the old man who helped you speak, could you be so smooth sailing in Liaodong?

When Han Yi and Zuo Guangdou impeached you, it wasn't the old man who waved his flag and shouted, could you clean up the White Lotus Sect with peace of mind in Tongzhou Mansion?

At the beginning, Liu Yijing died, it wasn't for the old man who was out to contact, can you get out so easily?

Later, you overthrew the imperial system, imprisoned the emperor, and controlled Sijiu City, if the old man was not on your side, could you control the court so smoothly?

Then Sun Chengzong, Wang Tiqian and others, did they join just for the sake of your Wang Qi's face?

It's the old man, it's the old man, the cabinet minister for decades, and the old man, the first assistant of the previous dynasty!

Without the prestige of the old man, he Wang Qi wants to smoothly settle those civil and military officials?

It's just wishful thinking!

Now, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking?

All the birds, the good bow is hidden?

Think beautifully!

Bang!

Ye Xianggao slapped the table fiercely: "The vertical son bullied me too much!" ”

"Father!" Seeing this, Ye Chengxue hurriedly got up, first walked to the window to observe whether anyone was heard, and then said slowly: "Father, be careful that the wall has ears!" ”

"Afraid of what? His Wang Qi's secret guard, dare to kill the old man? Ye Xianggao slowly got up and looked at his son: "Look at it, the old man won't admit defeat easily!" (End of chapter)