Unparalleled Concubine

Old Man Ye snorted angrily, and looked back at Li Xin.

"In the past eight years of the new dynasty, there have been two large-scale wars, and neither of them has anything to do with you. You still have the face to say this!"

Lord Jing'an's face was neither red nor out of breath.

"Master Ye, there is no basis for empty talk. Don't you want to wrong this disciple. No matter what it is, the disciple is following the general trend. How can manpower influence the current situation?"

"Why not?"

Old Man Ye sneered and said, "Five years ago, if your boy had a head attack and rebelled against the Pingnan Army, Dajin would still look like this now?"

"Didn't the times change?"

Li Xin smiled slightly and didn't say much.

Just when old man Ye was about to say something more, the gate of this small courtyard was knocked again.

Ye Cheng's expression moved slightly, and he was about to get up, but after all, he was still sitting on the recliner and did not stand up.

Lord Jing'an smiled, stood up from the ground, patted the dirt on his buttocks, and walked towards the gate of the small courtyard.

After pushing open the courtyard door, a tall middle-aged man who was slightly shorter than Ye Mao stood at the courtyard door.

Li Xin lowered his head and cupped his fists at the middle-aged man: "Senior Brother Ye is back."

This middle-aged man is naturally Ye Cheng's fourth son, Ye Lin, who was conferred the title of Marquis of Ningling by Emperor Taikang after the Renchen Palace Change.

Since the new dynasty, Ye Lin was sent to the Northern Army in Jimenguan Town in the north, and served as the deputy general for his elder brother Ye Ming. Up to now, in eight years, he has only returned to the capital twice.

Ye Lin was stunned for a moment, then immediately bowed his head to return the salute: "Junior brother is also here."

Li Xin smiled and said: "I know that senior brother is coming back today, and I haven't seen him for a long time, so I purposely wait here for the whole time."

Ye Lin took a deep breath, looked past Li Xin, glanced at the old man Ye lying on the recliner behind Li Xin, and finally let out a long breath.

"Junior brother, my father...how is it?"

"It's okay for now."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said: "Mr. Qin said that it was an old injury from before, but Mr. Qin is here to take care of him, so there will be no accidents in a while, but we must not drink too much like before, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous .”

"Master Ye still prefers to listen to Senior Brother Ye. Senior Brother Ye is back, and I just came to persuade him."

After speaking, Li Xin turned sideways to make way.

Ye Lin nodded, and walked in. After walking in front of the old man, the fourth young master Ye, who is known as the second generation of the Ye family's most unpromising but has been a lieutenant general in Jimen Pass for eight years, knelt respectfully down.

"Father, my son is back."

Ye Cheng lay on the recliner, glanced at his youngest son, then sighed silently, and sat up slowly. Li Xin's eyesight was better, and he immediately stepped forward to help the old man up.

After Ye Cheng stood up, he walked to Ye Lin's side and reached out to help him up.

He patted the little son's hand with his shriveled palm, and sighed.

"You haven't suffered much. In the past few years, it's hard for you."

Old people always dote on their younger sons, Ye Cheng is the same way, when Ye Si Shao was young, he idled around in the capital, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, although it was due to his personality, but it might not be because of the indulgence of old man Ye.

Ye Lin's nose was sore, and she held her father's palm, a little choked up.

"Father, your body..."

"And I can't die."

Old man Ye stretched out his hand and patted his son's back, and said with a smile: "Big man, don't cry and cry, I don't like it for my father."

Ye Lin's eyes were a little red, but she still held back her tears, lowered her head and took the old father's hand, and said with a sob.

"Father, you have..."

"A lot older..."

Ye Cheng couldn't help but laugh.

"Everyone gets old. Your father is almost 80 years old. How can you not be old?"

Chapter 659 Li Changan, Minister of War

The Ye family has always been a legendary family in the capital. Since the old man Ye Sheng started to set up a family in the capital, with his contribution to destroying the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he may not be the most powerful general in the Jin Dynasty, but he must be the most dazzling general.

Of course, this kind of brilliance is not without price. Ye Cheng's troops also suffered heavy casualties when they conquered the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the second and third children of the Ye family died at that time.

At that time, Old Man Ye was only in his early 40s. The second child, one eighteen, and the other sixteen, all died on the battlefield, leaving no descendants.

At that time, the youngest Ye Sishao was born not long ago.

Also because of this, when Ye Lin could remember, the Ye family already had such a huge family business, so when Ye Si Shao was young, he was somewhat of a jerk, and he had done most of the things that the yamen in the capital could do.

The old man Ye Cheng didn't know whether it was out of revenge against the imperial court or an apology to the other two sons, but he always maintained a conniving attitude towards this youngest son, which caused Ye Lin's reputation in the capital to be not very good. He didn't work in the imperial court until he was 30 years old. When he was in his 30s, he was arranged by Emperor Chengde to be in Habayashi Guard, and he became the general of Habayashi guard at that time.

What happened later, Li Xin has experienced.

This Fourth Young Master Ye is considered a prodigal son. After the change of Renchen Palace, he was granted the title of Marquis of Ningling and asked to go out of Beijing to share the pressure of his elder brother in the north. It took eight years to go, and eight years passed. The fourth master of the Ye family, who was in his early teens, is now a middle-aged man who is nearly forty years old. He was a little out of the way back then, but now he has calmed down a lot.

Ye Lin's heart ached when he saw his old father who was already very old.

"Father, your body..."

Old man Ye patted his youngest son's junior and smiled casually: "It's normal for people to have some problems when they are old. I killed so many people back then, how can I not suffer from some injuries?"

"Don't worry, there's nothing serious."

When this kind of father and son meet, Li Xin winks and looks away. After the father and son talked for a while, he stepped forward and cupped his hands at Ye Cheng and Ye Lin: "Master Ye, Senior Brother Ye , you father and son haven't seen each other for a long time, let's talk here first, I still have some business, let's deal with it first."

Ye Cheng waved his hand cheerfully.

"Go, go, there is no reason for you to be a minister of the Ministry of war, and waste time here."

Li Xin smiled wryly: "Master Ye, why bother to say such words to ridicule the disciples, these years, the disciples spend more time in Ye's house than in their own house."

Ye Cheng froze for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's telling the truth, not mocking you."

"When Lao Tzu led the army to fight, he was only a military leader at first. After making some contributions in suppressing the bandits, according to the rules, he should go to the Ministry of War to ask for rewards. At that time, he didn't even have an official rank, so he could only wait in the courtyard of the Ministry of War. "

Speaking of this, the old man recalled the old things when he was young, and sighed: "I still remember that at that time, I was a chief officer of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. Wait until the head of the sixth rank of the Ministry of War."

"As a result, after we met, he didn't even look at our old brother. If it weren't for someone in our brother who gave us some money, the credit for the brothers who risked their lives to suppress the bandits might just be gone."