Unparalleled Concubine

To be honest, Emperor Taikang was in such a hurry to send Li Xin back to Beijing, it was somewhat unreasonable.

Because Southwest has just been brought down, not to mention whether Li Xin needs time to rest, it is said that many of the profit distribution issues on the Southwest side can only be obtained by Li Xin's presence.

For example, the affairs in Hanzhou, and the distribution of the "inheritance" of the Pingnan Army.

In Jincheng, there are a large number of swords, spears, crossbows, armor, etc. left by the Pingnan Army. Although most of the armor has been put in Mianzhu by Li Xin, these things will eventually be collected and put in Jincheng for inventory.

There is a lot to do in this.

Although most of them will be sent to the capital to be handed over to the imperial court, Li Xin and Ye Ming will choose one or two thousand sets from them, and the imperial court will always give them face. A large fortune.

Regardless of these benefits, Li Xin still has a lot of details to deal with in the southwest, such as laying down the backs of the Pingnan Army scattered in various places, or how to establish contact with Li Shuo, etc.

These things should have kept Li Xin busy for about a month, but if he had to go back to the capital within a day or two, nothing could be done.

With complicated thoughts, Li Xin and Ye Ming arranged Xiao Zheng and his party in the Pingnan General's Mansion, let them rest for a while, and then arranged a banquet for them in the evening.

After arranging this group of people, Ye Ming pulled Li Xin into the study of the Pingnanhou Mansion. After the two of them sat down, General Ye looked a bit unhappy. I don't know how much thought and hardship I have suffered to take down the Southwest so smoothly. Now that you haven't even paid attention to rest for a few days, His Majesty is in a hurry to call you back to the capital. .”

Lord Jing'an said with a smile: "A few days ago, I asked my senior brother if he had informed His Majesty of the Southwest War. The senior brother said that His Majesty had been notified. At that time, I guessed that such a day would come, but I didn't expect it to come so soon."

After a pause, Li Xin continued: "If an ordinary postman came here with His Majesty's order, we can delay as long as we want. If it is a big deal, we will say that there is a delay on the road, but I didn't expect His Majesty to send this directly. When the chief of the inner court comes, I have no choice but to go back to Beijing with him obediently."

Speaking of this, Lord Jing'an sighed: "According to the days, the young supervisor of the internal guard must walk at least three or four hundred miles a day to make it to the southwest at this moment. Even if he can ride a horse, he has not left." After crossing the capital, it is not easy to persist here.”

Usually eunuchs go out of Beijing by sedan chair or carriage, but this Eunuch Xiao obviously came on horseback.

When he dismounted, he couldn't stand still.

When Li Xin first learned how to ride a horse, he also came to the Southwest. He endured countless hardships along the way, so he could understand Xiao Zheng's difficulties along the way.

Ye Ming snorted.

"No matter how hard he works, can he work as hard as you, Li Changan?"

Li Xin didn't have much resentment, he said with a dumb smile: "Senior brother, don't be angry, I'm unlikely to stay here for a long time."

Lord Jing'an said quietly: "In any case, I have a relationship with the Marquis of Pingnan. I have stayed in the southwest for a long time. How can I know if the Pingnan army will fall to me? How can I know if it will be here?" Another Pingnanhou mansion left in the southwest?"

"It is reasonable for His Majesty to call me back."

Li Xin said calmly: "It's just that I didn't expect that people from the imperial court came so quickly, and a head of the inner court also came."

Ye Ming lowered his head and took a sip of tea, was silent for a while, and then asked, "Chang'an, what do you think?"

"If you want to stay in Jincheng for a few more days, Brother Wei will help you to hold that Eunuch Xiao for a few days. It's just a matter of being scolded after you return to the capital. Anyway, you and I need some stains now."

Since ancient times, ministers who have made too much credit, for fear of shocking the boss above, often choose to defile themselves, or be greedy for money, or lustful, anyway, they can't be perfect.

Now that Ye Ming and Li Xin have made such great contributions, logically speaking, there should be some stains left, otherwise it will be difficult to get along with the boss in the future.

Li Xin smiled and said: "Senior brother, there is no need to be like this. His Majesty told me to go back, so I will just go back. Anyway, there is nothing going on in the southwest, so senior brother can just stay here to deal with the funeral."

"My younger brother just got married. When he was newlywed, he left Beijing to go to war. He left the eldest princess alone in the capital. I haven't seen each other for a year and a half. Not for anything else, even if it is for the eldest princess, I should go back and have a look. gone."

General Ye poured Li Xin a cup of tea and sighed slightly.

"Since that's the case, then in Chang'an, you rest for two days and then go back to the capital."

"Don't worry, the matters in the Southwest will be handled according to what the two of us have discussed before, and I won't take any credit from you as a brother."

"Chang'an, if you have anything to explain in the southwest, you can tell Brother Wei, and Brother Wei will do his best for you."

If Li Xin returns to Beijing, Ye Ming will have to stay in the Southwest for a long time. After all, even if the imperial court sends officials to the Southwest, the Imperial Army will be needed to help stabilize the situation in a short period of time.

Li Xin took a sip of tea, hesitated for a while, and finally said: "There is indeed one thing that I need my brother to help pay attention to."

"Chang'an, tell me."

Li Xin said in a low voice: "Brother also knows what happened to the Hanzhou Rebel Army..."

"These people are all survivors of the old Southern Shu. They were doing business with His Majesty. Now that they have occupied Hanzhou, even I can't restrain them. If the imperial court sends officials to the southwest, please be careful and send a Wen Tun as much as possible." Some people go to Hanzhou, otherwise those people will make trouble, and it will not end well in the end."

"Your Majesty will lose face too."

Ye Ming nodded, and said, "What I'm talking about is that if Brother Wei is still in the southwest by then, Brother Wei will help Chang'an and you will pay attention."

The two brothers had another conversation, and Ye Ming asked, "When is Chang'an planning to return to Beijing?"

Li Xin smiled and said, "Seeing that Eunuch Xiao is in such a hurry, it probably took only two days."

"Then Chang'an, take Ye Mao back along the way."

Ye Shaobao smiled and said: "He hasn't been away from home for such a long time since he was a child, and he should probably miss his grandfather. Besides, it's useless for him to stay here, so you can take him back to the capital, Chang'an."

Having said that, General Ye lowered his voice.

"He has a lot of injuries, and he needs to take care of him after he returns to Beijing."

There is no one who doesn't feel sorry for his son. Ye Mao's fight all the way has left him with many scars. Although they are not fatal, if he doesn't take care of them properly, he will leave the root of the disease when he gets old.

Li Xin didn't hesitate, and said with a smile: "Senior brother said yes, then I will take him back."

The two continued to discuss some southwest issues, and after half an hour, Li Xin got up to leave.

"Little brother is going back to Beijing. There are still some things to explain here, so let's go down first."

Ye Ming sent him to the door, pulled Li Xin's sleeve, and sighed.

"Just after the war, I have to travel again. It's hard work in Chang'an."

"It should be."

After bidding farewell to Ye Ming and returning to his room, Li Xin immediately called his personal guards and said in a deep voice.

"Go, find brother You'an, and tell him that I have something important to discuss with him."

Chapter 597 Backhand

In fact, although the Son of Heaven wants to call Li Xin back to Beijing, with the current means of the Marquis of Jing'an, let alone resisting the edict, it can be delayed for at least ten days, half a month or even a month, so that he won't go back so early, but After all, it was Xiao Zheng who came in person, and Li Xin wanted to show some face to the emperor thousands of miles away.

So he planned to go back in two days.

However, there are still many problems in the Southwest that have not been resolved. Others can go back, but these problems have to be resolved.

So he closed his eyes and thought about how to act next in the room. After a while, there was a knock on the door of the room.

Li Xin stood up and opened the door, only to see Zhao Jia in white clothes standing outside the door. The Marquis of Jing'an took a deep breath and said, "Brother You'an is here."