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The two of them waited for Ye Mao's arrival at the gate of the city with dozens of personal guards and generals.

Around noon, Ye Mao, Captain He Song of the Zhechong Mansion, and Zhao Jia, the dog-headed military strategist, appeared in the field of vision of Ye Ming and Li Xin. After the three approached, they dismounted one after another.

Ye Mao knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to Ye Ming.

"Father."

The other two saluted Ye Ming with a respectful tone: "Master."

Then they turned around and looked at Li Xin. He Song, who was over 50 years old, bent over and clasped fists at Li Xin: "General Li."

Zhao Jia, who had a lot of beard on his face, also bowed to Li Xin to salute.

"Master Hou."

Men in this era will start to grow beards after reaching a certain age, but they are not completely neglected. In fact, the ancients spent much more energy on their beards than later generations. Jia, looks a little sloppy.

Ye Ming stretched out his hand to pull Ye Mao up, and asked, "Are you hurt?"

Ye Mao shook his head.

"Father, this time son..."

As soon as he finished these few words, Ye Ming waved his hand, signaling him not to say any more.

"You left Beijing by imperial decree. If you have anything to do, you should report to His Majesty first. You go to the palace to face the saint. If you have anything to say, you can talk about it when you get home."

Ye Mao took a deep breath, bowed his head and said, "I obey."

So he and He Song mounted their horses again and headed towards the imperial city.

Zhao Jia, who was described as a bit sloppy, stayed behind and stood beside Li Xin with a smile.

Ye Ming glanced back at the young man in white, and said in a low voice, "Brother Zhao, can you go to Ye's house for a meal with Ye?"

Zhao Jia's father was a military adviser who followed Ye Cheng. From this point of view, he and Ye Ming were of the same generation, so Ye Ming called him brother.

Zhao Jia lowered his head slightly and said with a smile, "Naturally."

He looked back at Li Xin again, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Would you like to have a meal together, Lord Hou?"

Li Xin smiled: "Let's go together."

"Brother You'an's favor, I will also go to Chen Guogong's mansion for a meal."

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The side hall of Chen Guogong's mansion.

A table of wine and food had already been served, but the old man Ye Cheng did not show up. Ye Ming sat in the main seat, Li Xin sat on the left, and Zhao Jia sat on the right.

Ye Ming poured wine for the two of them.

After the Great General Ye finished pouring the wine, he toasted each of them with a glass, then bowed slightly to Zhao Jia, bowed his head and said, "Brother Zhao, Ye wants to know the whole story."

"The process is very simple."

Zhao Jia didn't hesitate, and said, "According to His Majesty, the young man led the Zhechong Mansion to intercept the Northern Zhou clan alone, and with the internal guards leading the way, we successfully blocked the front of those clans. Everyone's strength is very different. In just one meeting, nearly half of the Northern Zhou family was killed or injured, and they lost their ability to resist."

Ye Ming frowned and said, "How much are you injured?"

"Four or five people."

Zhao Jia said with a smile, "They were all accidentally stepped on."

"Then why not kill them?"

Ye Shaobao said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, it would be easy to kill them."

"Young master doesn't want to kill him."

Zhao Jia bowed his head and said, "Young Lord said that killing these people is meaningless, and he can no longer bear the blood. He simply sent them to the capital to be killed by the officials in the capital."

"Bullshit!"

Ye Ming said angrily: "Although those aristocratic families have declined, there are many famous Confucian scholars in their families, and many civil officials in the capital are their students. Once they enter the capital, how can they be killed so easily?"

"If His Majesty feels uncomfortable, Ye Mao's trip is not only useless, but may cause disaster!"

Ye Shaobao took a few deep breaths, his face was very ugly.

Li Xin coughed in a timely manner, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Ye, don't worry, Brother You'an is a smart man, since he was present and didn't stop Ye Mao, there must be his reasons."

Zhao Jia glanced at Li Xin gratefully, then bowed his head to Ye Ming and said, "Master, I also think it's not good to kill all these people. Although I have a different idea from the young master, they coincide with each other, so I didn't say anything." Prevent."

"tell me the story."

"Uncle doesn't know something."

Zhao Jia whispered: "These northern Zhou clans were deliberately put there for the court to kill, to be exact, Li Shen was deliberately put there for the court to kill, otherwise if Nanjiang cooperates with these people, they will be killed in the morning." After crossing the Wei River, I don’t know where to go.”

"The purpose of Nanjiang is to pour dirty water on the court and His Majesty."

"At this time, if the brain gets hot and kills people, it will be known to the whole world. If the pressure is too great, it is unlikely that His Majesty will bear this crime. In the end, it will only be the little prince himself who will be unlucky. "

"As far as it is now, it's just right."

Zhao Jia took a deep breath, and continued: "Now those aristocratic families have come to their senses, they were plotted by the Li family of Zhaojun, and at this stage, they are unlikely to fall to the southern border again. Don't forget, Mr. Ye. Among these people are well-educated Confucian scholars, if Southern Border wants to splash dirty water, these people will turn to His Majesty, and they can easily block the dirty water for His Majesty."

"And this dirty water will not fall on the young master's head in the end, sir, don't you think so?"

Li Xin clapped his palms and said with a smile, "Excellent."

"If I was there, I would probably do the same."

Ye Shaobao still didn't quite understand it. After a long time, he sorted out the matter before and after, and then he sighed slowly.

"Forget it, the matter has come to this point, whether it is good or bad is not up to us to decide."

Zhao Jia lowered his head with a firm tone.

"Master, don't worry, Zhao Jia grew up in Ye's family, no matter what, he will not harm the Ye family's young master. If the young master is convicted of this matter, Zhao Jia is willing to die."

Li Xin stood up and let out a haha.

"Brother You'an spoke seriously, His Majesty's decree is to kill or arrest, Ye Mao will be fine."

As he spoke, Li Xin patted Zhao Jia's shoulder with a smile.