Unparalleled Concubine

Zhao Fang nodded, and said in a deep voice, "I remember."

"After entering the capital, the disciple is no longer a member of the Li family of Zhaojun. As for whether it will be in the future, it depends on the disciple's ability."

Li Xin nodded in satisfaction, and said something earnestly.

"Little guy, the capital city is not easy to mess with..."

Chapter 605

It's been a smooth journey.

After all, there are 100 well-equipped imperial troops, and more than [-] soldiers of the Son of Heaven. This force is more than enough to go to the mountains to suppress bandits, not to mention walking normally. Naturally, there are no bandits and bandits who dare to beat them idea.

By mid-June of the third year of Taikang, they were already very close to the capital.

At most seven or eight days away.

At this time, the officials along the road had already begun to think of ways to curry favor with Li Xin. Whenever Li Xin passed by a place, the local magistrates lined up to give him gifts. The Marquis of Jing'an generally accepted these gifts.

There's no way, when he's at this point, he has to find a way to defile himself.

Originally, he wanted to kill Ji Ku to show his favor to Emperor Taikang, and defile himself by the way, but the emperor's actions annoyed Li Xin, so he didn't really want to kill Ji Ku. Without this method of self-defilement, he naturally wanted to Some other places to go to self-pollution, it is also good for Emperor Taikang to have some reassurance.

But the crime of accepting bribes, to be honest, there is nothing Li Xin can do. He only collects money and does nothing. When these local officials find him in the future, he will pretend not to know him. Just a downgrade.

To put it a bit arrogantly, at Li Xin's level, rank doesn't really matter to him.

The convoy approached the capital day by day.

Young Supervisor Xiao became more and more anxious day by day, and finally, when the convoy arrived at Luzhou Mansion to rest, the Eunuch Xiao couldn't bear it anymore and knocked on the door of Li Xin's courtyard in the evening.

Naturally, the door was opened by the little boy Zhao Fang. After Zhao Fang opened the door, he saw clearly who was coming, and then saluted politely: "I have seen Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Zheng squatted down, with a smile on his face, and praised with a smile: "Young master's Mandarin is getting better and better. When we enter the capital, the smell of Sichuan should almost disappear."

Zhao Fang lowered his head and said, "Eunuch wants to find a teacher?"

Eunuch Xiao nodded, and said with a smile: "It is true that I have something to discuss with Lord Hou, please tell me the young master."

Zhao Fang nodded, turned around and went to find Li Xin.

As soon as he took two steps, Xiao Zheng who was behind him suddenly asked, "Young master, did Lord Hou accept you as his disciple?"

Xiao Zhao Fang stopped, looked back at Xiao Zheng, then shook his head slightly, a little downcast: "Not yet."

Eunuch Xiao nodded, and said with relief: "Don't be discouraged, the young master is so smart, Lord Hou will definitely be willing to include you in the gate wall."

"Learning the three or four cost things of Lord Hou is enough for the young master to benefit from forever."

Zhao Fang nodded, turned around and went to report.

After a while, Li Xin, who had washed his face and was studying in the room, came out yawning.

It was midsummer now, and Li Xin was only wearing unlined clothing, quite casually.

He walked up to Xiao Zheng, cupped his hands carelessly, and said with a smile, "Eunuch Xiao is looking for me right now, what's the matter?"

Xiao Zheng hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I have some secret matters to discuss with Lord Hou."

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then go talk in my room."

"Zhao Fang, serve tea to Eunuch Xiao."

Xiao Zhao Fang nodded immediately and went down to prepare tea.

Xiao Zheng glanced at little Zhao Fang's back, and smiled respectfully: "Master Hou is a very well-behaved disciple."

Li Xin shook his head, and said calmly: "I haven't taken him in yet, but he is the son of an old man. It can be said that his father died because of me, and this little guy is quite smart. Since you want to recognize me as a teacher, it stands to reason that you should Accept him, but my father-in-law also knows that Li Xin will live in the capital in the future."

Having said that, Lord Jing'an smiled.

"Take it with you, and take a look at his character before talking about it. Otherwise, you will be implicated rashly, and his misbehavior will be a disaster in the future."

Xiao Zheng stood behind Li Xin, clapped his hands and praised, "Master Hou is a rigorous person, and my slaves admire him."

Li Xin stretched out his hand, pointed to the room in front of him and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about this little guy, let's go into the room and talk about business."

Xiao Zheng lowered his head deeply.

The two entered the room one after the other, and after sitting down, Xiao Zhao Fang had already brought the tea, and Li Xin waved at him.

"You go down first, you are good at studying, and when you enter the capital, I will find you a good teacher to teach you."

Zhao Fang bowed to Li Xin and said, "Understood."

Li Xin frowned, as if he was unhappy because he spoke the Shu dialect, the little guy shrank his head, and walked out quickly.

Only then did Li Xin turn his head, and smiled helplessly at Xiao Zheng: "The little guy's accent is hard to change. After arriving in the capital, he will probably have to say a few words about Nanmanzi."

Speaking of this, Li Xin smiled dumbly: "When I first came to Beijing, I was also called a barbarian by my little father-in-law Ye Mao."

With a smile on his face, Xiao Zheng said respectfully: "Master Hou, you are a dragon and phoenix among people. With your care, this child will have a bright future."

The smile on Li Xin's face restrained, and he said to Xiao Zheng in a deep voice, "Eunuch Xiao, do you have something secret to say?"

Xiao Zheng was silent for a while, finally stood up from his chair, and gave Li Xin a deep bow.

Li Xin's complexion changed, he also stood up, stretched out his hand to support Xiao Zheng, frowned and said, "Eunuch Xiao, what are you doing?"

Xiao Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "There is one thing that must be helped by Master Hou."

Li Xin said solemnly: "Eunuch Xiao is your majesty's confidant, what Eunuch Xiao means is what your majesty means, if you have anything to say, just say it, Li Xin is duty bound."

When Xiao Zheng heard this, his expression changed drastically.

"Master Hou, this matter has nothing to do with His Majesty!"

The Marquis of Jingan smiled and helped Xiao Zheng back to his seat, and said with a smile: "That's okay, we knew Mr. Xiao when he was working in the Prince Wei's mansion, and we have known each other for several years. Mr. Xiao has Whatever it is, just say it."

Xiao Zheng hesitated for a moment, finally gritted his teeth, and got straight to the point.

"Master Hou, do you think His Royal Highness Prince Qin's family..."

"Should I enter the capital?"

Lord Jing'an frowned slightly, and looked at Xiao Zheng: "Is this what His Majesty meant?"

Xiao Zheng shook his head again and again.