Unparalleled Concubine

This time when Li Xin went north, Emperor Yuanzhao ordered Xie Dai to follow him all the way as a "supervising army". Nothing binding.

More importantly, after Li Xin and his party returned to the customs, he didn't keep a close eye on Li Xin, and was easily fled back to the southwest by Li Xin.

For this reason, after Xie Dai returned to Beijing, he was angered by Emperor Yuanzhao, lost all his official positions, and was driven back to his hometown in Shanyin.

Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Xie Dai's face was calm, and he said lightly: "Being an official in the court, promotion and relegation are inevitable things. I happened to be resting in Shanyin for a few years, fishing for fish in my hometown."

"I'm afraid it's not just an ordinary relegation?"

Zhao Yi chuckled, and said: "I remember that there is another General Xie in the court, that General Xie Jing, who entered the court at about the same time as General Xie and you, but for so many years, Xie Jing has repeatedly made mistakes and neglected his duties. However, you have been promoted step by step, but General Xie, although you are also prosperous in official career, since five years ago, your official career seems to have disappeared."

Zhao Yi squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Did General Xie do something to annoy the emperor five years ago?"

Xie Dai put away the fishing rod in his hand, turned his head and glanced at Zhao Yi quietly, and asked, "Young Master Zhao, you should have come here under the instruction of someone. If you have anything to say, you might as well talk about it, you don't need to beat around the bush like this."

"Then I'll just say it."

Zhao Yi's face was calm, and he said quietly: "If I'm not wrong, General Xie should have taken over a very troublesome matter five years ago, so that it has attracted the disgust of the emperor until now."

The thing that Emperor Yuanzhao hated was naturally his younger brother, the sixth prince, Ji Ying. Ji Ying was still living in the courtyard of Xie Dai's house, and had hardly stepped out for five years.

But this is still a ticking time bomb. I don't know when, the emperor in the capital may think of it. When the emperor can't find a way to kill this little son of the former emperor, he will send Mei Huawei To do this, and Xie Dai's family will fall into a situation of eternal doom because of unfavorable protection.

Xie Dai is a very smart person. Hearing what Zhao Yi said, he immediately understood what the young man in front of him wanted to do. The former Habayashi Churo gave Zhao Yi a cold look.

"Master Zhao wants to hit the Sixth Prince's idea?"

Zhao Yi said with a smile: "General Xie, if we come to Shanyin from the southwest, if we have any wrong thoughts about the sixth prince, it is impossible to come to meet General Xie first sooner or later. My adoptive father and General Xie have an old relationship. It is often said that General Xie is one of the few outstanding people in the Xie family in Shanyin, so I specially asked me to come to Shanyin to meet General Xie and help General Xie's family get out of trouble."

Xie Dai frowned and said, "Your adoptive father?"

"My godfather is the Imperial Tutor."

Xie Dai's expression changed slightly, then he calmed down, and said slowly: "Teacher Li wants to support the sixth prince?"

Zhao Yi said with a smile: "You can't say that. The Great Jin Dynasty was founded more than a hundred years ago, and the clan was sealed off all over the country. With the current power of the adoptive father, it is very easy to find a clan. For example, the clan in Gusu King Zhao, King Qi of Guangling, these two have been thinking about being emperors all the time for more than ten years, and it only takes one sentence to make them nod."

"The key lies in how General Xie makes his choice."

Zhao Yi's face was calm, and he said lightly: "Four years ago, when General Xie escorted the Sixth Prince away from Beijing, his adoptive father mentioned to General Xie that the Sixth Prince might become the bane of General Xie's line. As time passed, there were chaos in the north and south of the Great Jin Dynasty, Emperor Yuanzhao's throne was unstable, and he might send people to Shanyin to kill the sixth prince at any time, so as to eliminate this hidden danger."

"Once the sixth prince dies, what should General Xie's family do?"

Xie Dai snorted, and looked at Zhao Yi: "Mr. Zhao is young, but his eloquence is very good. He speaks eloquently, just like Taifu Li back then."

"Thank you General for your compliment."

Zhao Yi said with a smile: "I grew up in the Southwest, and I heard many things about my adoptive father when he was young, and I just imitated it."

Xie Dai put away his fishing rod, looked up at Zhao Yi, and asked, "What does Mr. Zhao want me to do?"

"Give us the sixth prince and take him back to the southwest."

Xie Dai sneered: "The imperial court is not blind, if I do this, the whole family will be hanged the next day!"

Zhao Yu said quietly: "General Xie also announced to the outside world that in order to protect the safety of the sixth prince, he was hidden. In this way, unless the court insists on it, no one will embarrass General Xie."

Zhao Yi paused, then continued: "General Xie, if he has any heirs, he can choose one to go back to the southwest with the sixth prince, and leave a seedling first. Later, when the adoptive father raises the banner of righteousness, he will notify Xie in advance. General, when the time comes, General Xie's family can go to the southwest."

These words made the arrangements for the life and death of Xie Dai's family properly.

Xie Dai frowned and thought for a while, then looked up at the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy in front of him, and asked in a deep voice: "If I disagree, what will Taifu Li do to my Xie family?"

"The adoptive father is far in the southwest, how can he do anything to General Xie?"

Zhao Yi said with a smile: "If General Xie disagrees, I'll go find the next feudal lord. If the sixth prince hadn't been related to my adoptive father, we wouldn't have found Shanyin."

1033 The Bird in the Cage

This is a hard thing to decide.

It stands to reason that the Shanyin Xie family is the descendant of the royal family and also the mother clan of the emperor Yuanzhao. In any case, the Shanyin Xie family will be the most staunch supporter of the emperor, but the Shanyin Xie family also has factions. The Empress Dowager was born in the eldest family of the Xie family in Shanyin, and Xie Dai was born in the second family.

After the change of Shen Yan four years ago, the sixth prince could no longer be accommodated in the capital, but no matter where he put it, the emperor would not feel at ease, so the emperor threw this extremely hot troublemaker to Xie Dai's family .

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yi and Xie Dai had this dialogue. Without this condition, Xie Dai would be the most loyal supporter of Emperor Yuan Zhao, and it was impossible to talk even a word with Zhao Yi.

This General Xie, who has also been up and down in the court for more than ten years, after a long silence, looked up at Zhao Yi, and said silently: "The corner in the southwest is far from enough for me, a relative of the emperor, to place a bet. It's not a place where Taifu Li can mess with casually, Mr. Zhao should go find other feudal lords."

This result was not beyond Zhao Yi's expectations. He looked at Xie Dai with a smile, and said lightly: "The Shanyin Xie family is indeed a relative of the emperor, but you, General Xie, may not be considered a relative of the emperor. Otherwise, when the Sixth Prince was kicked out of the capital, why didn't the Son of Heaven hand him over to his own grandfather to raise him, but to you, General Xie?"

"Why is Xie Jing so stupid that now he is in charge of military power in the court, and the power in his hands is almost comparable to that of the top generals of the Zhong family, but you, General Xie, were driven back to your hometown to fish?"

Xie Dai remained expressionless and silent.

Zhao Yi said slowly: "The Sixth Prince... is also the descendant of the Empress Dowager Xie. He came to the throne, and the Xie family is still a descendant. Your situation, General Xie Dai, will be much better than it is now."

Xie Dai showed a thankful smile on his face, he looked at Zhao Yi lightly, and said, "Didn't Mr. Zhao treat me like a three-year-old child? With the current situation in the southwest, Taifu Li is just using the feudal prince's clan as an excuse." , really entered the capital, Li Changan wants to continue to support the Ji family, and the people in the southwest will not agree."

He glanced at Zhao Yi and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Your Young Master Zhao and your father Zhao You'an are the first to object."

It is true that at this point, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the current situation in Southwest China is no longer under the control of Li Xin or someone. With such a big risk, it doesn't make sense to be the grandson of someone else if you succeed.

Xie Dai is a very smart person, he figured this out early on.

In today's Southwest, the relationship with the imperial court is even worse than that of the Pingnan Army back then, and it has basically reached the point where it is in danger.

Although what this young man said is very tempting, no matter whether it is the eldest or the second family, they belong to the Shanyin Xie family. All the descendants of the aristocratic family have the determination to die for the family. Yin Xie was dragged into the fire pit.

Zhao Yi was stunned for a moment, then took back the fishing rod silently, got up and bowed respectfully to Xie Dai, and said, "No wonder the adoptive father said that there is only such a beautiful tree as General Xie in Shanyin Xie's family. The junior will not bother General Xie Yaxing, so I will take my leave."

Xie Dai stood up, glanced thoughtfully at the young man in front of him, and asked, "Where is Mr. Zhao going?"

Zhao Yi lowered his head slightly: "Go to Gusu."

After saying this, Zhao Yi turned around and left silently.

Xie Dai stood on the spot alone, silently watching Zhao Yi's back, in a daze for a long time.

After a while, he got on his horse and prepared to go back to Shanyin, but on the way back to Shanyin, he felt that something was wrong, so he turned his horse's head and ran out of the city.

In the north of Shanyin City, there is a large piece of farmland. Because in the past ten years, the Xie family has grown stronger and bought a lot of land outside the city, most of which were bought at low prices. The local government can only turn a blind eye. It's just that I didn't see it.

After passing through the large villages, there is a small mountain called Shangfang Mountain locally. At the foot of the mountain is a courtyard of Xie's second house. It was built during the Taikang period, and it has been seven or eight years.

After stopping at the gate of this other courtyard, Xie Dai got off his horse and stepped forward to knock on the door. After a while, a servant around 30 years old opened the door for Xie Dai. After seeing Xie Dai, he immediately bowed his head and said : "Third Master."