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Eunuch Xiao sighed, took a deep look at Li Xin, then turned and left.

He has this handle in Li Xin's hands, and no matter what, he would not dare to force someone in to arrest Li Xin, otherwise, once the news is released, Li Xin will be safe and sound in the southwest, and Xiao Zheng will definitely be cut to pieces by the emperor .

After Xiao Zheng left, Li Xin looked back at Ye Mao, and shook his head helplessly: "I originally wanted to stay in Ningling for a few more days, but it seems that I can't stay longer. I will pack up my things in a while and prepare to leave."

Ye Mao nodded, and asked, "Uncle Master, you want to go back to the southwest?"

"Maybe."

Li Xin said in a deep voice: "After I leave, you don't need to stay in Ningling to keep filial piety for your senior brother, just let your two sons stay here to watch over you. You go back to Beijing to meet the emperor, get the documents as soon as possible, and then Go back to Jimen Pass."

Ye Mao frowned and said, "Master, you mean, something will happen at Jimen Pass?"

"My guess."

Li Xin let out a breath slowly: "That person Yu Wenzhao is absolutely unyielding. He has accumulated enough strength and will definitely want to re-enter the customs. At that time, he will only have to go through Jimen Pass or Yunzhou City. Breeders are more difficult to attack, compared to Jimenguan, which has no leader, it is easier to fight."

Li Xin looked at Ye Mao, and said in a deep voice: "You must go back to Jizhou as soon as possible, and you can't stay in the court forever, otherwise those big-headed scholars with eyes like lotus pods have some bad thoughts, and you may have to stay in the capital to serve Officer, I can’t go to Jizhou anymore.”

"The Northern Army in Jizhou Town is the root of the Ye family. The Ye family must be there to watch, otherwise something may happen."

"My father told me that before he died."

Ye Mao frowned.

"But I don't think the imperial court should be so stupid. My Ye family has guarded the country for the imperial court for more than 40 years. It is impossible for the imperial court to give up the [-] Northern Army for nothing and make things difficult for my Ye family."

"Of course it was impossible."

Li Xin pointed to his nose, and smiled wryly: "But if you count the relationship between the Ye family and me, it will be different."

He pointed to the direction where Xiao Zheng was going, and said, "How do you think Xiao Zheng will repay the emperor after returning to Beijing?"

Ye Mao knew nothing about judging people's hearts. He frowned and said, "I don't know."

"The imperial court already knew that I was here. Xiao Zheng led people to rush over. Naturally, it is impossible not to see me. After he returns, he will tell the emperor that it was you, Ye Mao, who blocked him and Qianniuwei. , so they returned in vain.”

"With just this one sentence, His Majesty will be more suspicious of the Ye family."

Ye Mao frowned.

"Master, this..."

"You want to say that I should not come out in hiding, or directly threaten Xiao Zheng not to reveal my whereabouts?"

Li Xin let out a breath, and said helplessly: "If I don't come out today, Xiao Zheng will not let it go. At that time, Qianniuwei will really enter the Ye family's Zhuangzi, not to mention the face of Chen Guogong's mansion, which is the face of Master Ye. It's all lost."

"Besides, although I have a handle that can kill him, but this kind of handle can make him do things, but it can't make him actually go to death. The court already knew in advance that I was in Ningling. He went back and didn't tell it. It will be chopped off by the emperor."

"Of course, he is an eunuch and has no heirs, but an eunuch also has a clan. After weighing the two sides, he can easily decide what he should do."

Ye Mao froze in place, dumbfounded.

Li Xin reached out and patted the big man's shoulder, and sighed slowly.

"Maybe I shouldn't have come to Ningling, but Senior Brother Ye is dead, and I'm hiding in the southwest, after all, it's a bit shameful."

"I didn't mean to harm the Ye family. I came all the way from Jincheng along the path, and even traveled day and night. I only brought ten or twenty close people with me. I hardly told anyone my whereabouts. But the court I still know exactly where I am."

Having said that, Li Xin slowly closed his eyes, and smiled helplessly.

"It means that there are people from the imperial court around me. I will investigate this matter carefully, and I must find out the person who reported to the imperial court."

Ye Mao froze in place, and after a long silence, he slowly said, "I don't blame Master."

The third Chen Guogong of the Great Jin Dynasty gave a bitter smile.

"Since my grandfather, the court has never trusted the Ye family. It doesn't matter if I don't let me go out of Beijing. Except for our surname Ye, no one can control the Northern Army."

Lord Jing'an lowered his eyebrows slightly.

"You go back to Beijing as soon as possible, I can't stay here any longer, otherwise it will drag down the Ye family, not to mention the Ye family village in Ningling."

After finishing speaking, Li Xin turned and left.

Ye Mao watched Li Xin's leaving back, and was silent for a long time without speaking.

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Three days later, Ye Mao left his two sons in Ningling to honor his father's filial piety on his behalf. He himself took the rest of the Ye family back to the capital, and the people from Ningling's Marquis went back slowly in a carriage. And he took a dozen of his family members and drove back to the capital on fast horses.

After arriving in the capital, he went back to Chen Guogong's mansion to change into a set of court clothes, washed briefly, and then went to the palace to see the emperor.

As Chen Guogong, it is very easy to meet the emperor. The emperor received Ye Mao in the study of Weiyang Palace.

The emperor ascended the throne at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and it has been four years now, and he has also become a 19-year-old boy. Compared with the anxiety and anxiety sitting on the throne four years ago, the emperor today is about to be crowned weak, and the "internship period" has passed. A qualified emperor.

Seeing Ye Mao kneeling in front of him, the Son of Heaven immediately raised his hand and said, "Please get up, Ye Qing."

After Ye Mao got up, the Son of Heaven also stood up from the chair, sighed, and said, "Grandpa Ye passed away suddenly. I and Chao Wenwu are both very sad. Ye Qing must mourn."

Ye Mao took a deep breath, bowed deeply to the emperor, and bowed his hands in salute.

"Your Majesty, my father's funeral is over. I am thinking about the military affairs of Jimen Pass, and want to return to Jimen Pass as soon as possible to guard the gate of northern Xinjiang for Your Majesty."

Emperor Yuanzhao was taken aback for a moment, then rolled his eyes.

Chapter 965 A generation is not as good as a generation

As Li Xin said, since Ye Mao has returned to Beijing, the emperor naturally does not want him to return to Jimen Pass.

The reason is very simple, because they are afraid that the Ye family and the Southwest will link up with each other.

Since the reign of Taikang, everyone in the capital knows that the relationship between the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion and Duke Chen's Mansion is very good, and they are almost a family. Now the Southwest has almost become its own country, and the Ye family controls the northern Xinjiang. At this time, Ye Mao stayed in the capital. It’s okay. The Zhenbei army in the north has no backbone, and it’s basically unlikely to rebel. Once Ye Mao returns to Jizhou and attacks the southwest, he can drive straight to the capital. The 30 forbidden troops in the capital It may not be able to stop the armies on both sides.

Moreover, once the Zhenbei Army leaves Jimen Pass, the gates to the north will be wide open, and the Xianbei tribe may also enter the pass from Jizhou. There will be complete chaos, and the imperial court will completely lose control over northern Xinjiang.

What's more serious is that the Emperor Yuanzhao has been on the throne for four years, and the court still knows very little about the sky thunders in the southwest. The process is still incomplete. After four years of groping for the sky thunder of the imperial court, it has only barely produced sparks, and it is impossible to use it against the enemy.

Under such circumstances, once the Southwest Army leaves Shu, the imperial court arranges 15 troops in Hanzhong and Ankang, whether they can stop them or not is a matter of opinion.

What's more deadly is that the general in charge of the [-] army in Hanzhong is also the Ye family.

Once the Southwest Army and the Zhenbei Army gather under the capital, the Great Jin Guozuo will be really in danger.

Even if the Gyeonggi Imperial Army can stop them, after this battle, the national strength of the Jin Dynasty and the prestige of the state machine will fall to the bottom, even to the point where it is unable to maintain the order of the country. If it is supported for decades, the house will collapse.

This situation is obviously not what the emperor wants to see.