Unparalleled Concubine

"In the future, my disciples will definitely come to Ye's house for dinner."

Chapter 640 Teach you to grill skewers

Old man Ye had spent the first half of his life dealing with the Northern Zhou Yuwen clan, and he knew quite well how the Northern Zhou cavalry responded and the situation of the various tribes of Yuwen.

Of course, what he knows may be 30 years out of date, but Li Xin can learn more about the situation in the Northern Zhou Dynasty through Ye Sheng, and then get some latest information about the Yuwen Ministries from the intelligence department of Dajin, which can be used as a reference , I have a three-dimensional understanding of the Yuwen family who was defeated and escaped from the customs.

You know, this Xianbei Yuwen clan once occupied more than half of Kyushu, and almost dominated the world like the Great Jin Dynasty. Even if they were defeated and fled outside the customs, their remnants drove away other tribes in the North without any suspense, and occupied a large area in the north. grassland.

This is a very vigorous group.

Li Xin stayed in Chen Guogong's mansion for half a day, and also had lunch at Ye's house. He didn't go home by car until evening.

The next day, he officially reported to the imperial court, saying that he had been secretly injured during the Western Expedition, and he needed to recuperate at home for a period of time. With pay to recuperate from illness, the affairs of the Ministry of War are handed over to two servants for the time being.

At the same time, the pardons of several grandchildren of Li Ye were also sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Under Li Xin's mediation, the hard workers or those who worked as teachers were sent out of the capital and raised in Li Xin's farm.

Li Xin's Jing'an Hou Mansion now has more than 20 hectares of land. At this time, one hectare of land was [-] mu. That is to say, Li Xin now has a thousand mu of land under his name, which can be said to be worthy of the name. Landlord, his Jing'an Hou Mansion has a dedicated farm in the suburbs of Beijing.

There is also the steward of the Jing'an Houfu in the farm, who is responsible for renting the land to tenants and collecting rent, storing grain, or cashing in the grain, and handing it over to the Houfu on a regular basis.

Li Xin doesn't care about these matters, which are usually handled by the eldest princess, or by Chen Shiliu's level of steward, but it's easy to raise a few people in the farm. For Li Xin, it's just a matter of one sentence. .

The more difficult thing to deal with is whether these little dolls of the Li family will cause trouble again in the future.

Of course, they are unlikely to be like those in later TV dramas, because their family members were killed by the court, and when they grow up, they become rebels and assassins, and they only want to assassinate the emperor. This kind of behavior is not logical.

Not many people would have the desire to resist or even fight back in front of the huge state apparatus.

This is actually very easy to understand. People in future generations can imagine that when an individual is facing the huge state apparatus, will anyone think of rebelling and where should they start.

It was so easy for them to get out of the catastrophe. For them, it was a rare thing to be able to save their lives.

The difficult thing is, will anyone come to trouble Li Xin because of these little dolls in the future.

However, in the past two years, Li Xin plans to build a house in his hometown of Yongzhou. At that time, he can send these children to Yongzhou, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away. After a long time, no one should pay attention to them. .

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It took one day for Li Xin to make arrangements for the orphans in Li Ye's family, and from the next day, he ordered his servants to thank the guests behind closed doors, and prepared to start his low-key career.

But soon, his peaceful half-day life was ruthlessly disturbed.

After dinner in the afternoon, when Li Xin was accompanying the ninth princess in the backyard, Chen Shiliu hurried over, bowed his head and said to him, "Master Hou, someone wants to see you."

At this time, Lord Jing'an was sitting with Princess Nine under a wooden pavilion in the backyard. There was a stove of red charcoal fire in the wooden pavilion. The husband and wife each took three skewers of meat, and they were grilling them uncomfortably. Happy.

Zhong Xiaoxiao and Zhao Fang were two little dolls, one was adding charcoal to the stove, and the other was brushing Li Xin's secret sauce on the meat skewers.

The little girl Zhong Xiaoxiao took a small fan and fanned it a few times from time to time, and the family enjoyed themselves happily.

After hearing Chen Shiliu's words, Li Xin frowned slightly: "Didn't it be agreed to close the door to thank the guests, and tell the visitor that the Marquis was injured and needs to rest, so I won't see the guests."

Chen Shiliu lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "Master Hou, I told that man that way, and that man said he came from the palace..."

"From the palace?"

Li Xin frowned slightly, put down the meat skewers in his hand, and smiled at Princess Nine: "Your Highness, please play with them here first, I'll go and see who is here."

Princess Jiu wiped her hands with a handkerchief, glanced at the meat skewers she had just baked before eating, and asked, "Do you want me to accompany you?"

Li Xin shook his head and said, "No need, you are right here."

Li Xin got up, followed Chen Shiliu, and walked towards the front yard of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion. When he walked to the main hall for welcoming guests, Li Xin saw an old man with gray hair and wearing loose clothes.

He hastily went up to meet him, cupped his hands at the old man and said, "Why did Grandpa come here?"

The person who came was Chen Ju, the first eunuch of the Chengde Dynasty, and now the guardian of the Zhaoling Mausoleum.

Chen Ju bowed his head to return the salute: "Master Li is polite, our family can no longer afford this title."

Li Xin said with a smile: "The Grand Duke will always be the Grand Duke, regardless of the Chengde Dynasty or the Taikang Dynasty."

Chen Ju shook his head and said: "Yesterday, our family resigned from the position of eunuch and eunuch with His Majesty. Starting today, we will no longer serve in the palace. We will leave the capital and go to Zhaoling later."

Li Xinxin was slightly startled, and asked with a smile: "Grandpa resigned from the position of internal servant, then the one who will take over this position is..."

"Our family doesn't know either."

Chen Ju smiled slightly at Li Xin: "When our family said goodbye to His Majesty at noon, His Majesty entrusted our family to bring a person to the Jing'an Hou Mansion, so he came here to bother you."

Li Xin said in surprise, "Elder Grandpa brought someone with him?"

Only then did Chen Ju slightly turn his body sideways, and then Li Xin saw a boy of seven or eight years old standing behind his loose clothes. After the boy stood up, he smiled and bowed to Li Xin.

"I have seen Master."

After Li Xin saw the little doll, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately bent over to return the salute.

"His Royal Highness...how did you come to the mansion?"

"Your Highness forgives you for being far away."

Chen Ju hurried forward and helped Li Xin up. The old eunuch took a deep look at Li Xin and said with a smile, "Your Majesty ordered before that His Highness the Crown Prince should stay in Jing'an Hou Mansion for a few days. Learn something from Master Li, and after a few days the Ministry of Rituals will be ready, and then formally learn from Lord Hou."

"Your Majesty specifically instructed that His Highness the Crown Prince is no longer the Crown Prince when he is in the Marquis of Jingan's Mansion. He is just a student and nephew of Lord Li Hou. There are no rulers and ministers here, only masters, apprentices, and nephews."

Li Xin's daughter-in-law, Princess Jiu, is the sister of Emperor Taikang, and the little kid in front of him is indeed Li Xin's nephew.

His Royal Highness the Prince walked up to Li Xin with a smile, and said, "Uncle, where is my aunt, I miss her."

In the past, when Emperor Taikang was in the Wei Palace, the nine princesses had been in the Wei Palace all year round, and they had long been acquainted with the former Crown Prince.

Chen Ju glanced at Li Xin with a smile, and bent to leave. Li Xin sent him a few steps, and asked Chen Shiliu to replace him, and sent Chen Ju out of the main gate.

When Chen Ju walked away, Li Xin looked at the little kid beside him, feeling a little speechless.

That emperor had such a heart that he just threw the whole country to himself.

Any eunuch in the palace sent the prince over, Li Xin could ask him to take the prince back, but Chen Ju sent him back, Li Xin had no choice, after all, Chen Ju didn't have to go back to the palace.

Thinking of this, Li Xin gave the little prince a helpless look.

"His Royal Highness, let's talk about it first, and I will take you back after staying for two days."

"That won't work."

His Highness the Crown Prince rolled his eyes, and said, "Auntie, it's much more comfortable here than in the palace. It's so easy to leave the palace, so I'll live here!"