Unparalleled Concubine

Lord Jing'an smiled and said, "Go, get in my carriage and go home."

The carriage of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion is much wider, and it is not a problem for five or six people to sit. Li Xin walked up first, and Zhao Jia looked back at the unremarkable carriage behind him, and told the accompanying people: "Follow me. behind us."

In this carriage was his luggage, most of which were manuscripts, calligraphy and paintings that he had written in Hanzhou Mansion over the years, and half of the carriage was full.

After explaining to the accompanying people, Zhao Jia and Zhao Fang boarded Li Xin's carriage. After the three sat down, the carriage slowly entered the city.

Li Xin glanced at Zhao Fang, who was sitting next to Zhao Jia, and said with a smile, "Brother Youan, is there any trouble during this time?"

"Never."

Mentioning Zhao Fang, Zhao Jia smiled and said: "Master Hou is very intelligent, and his talent for reading is higher than mine, and he doesn't study dead books. No matter how many years he grows up, he will become more intelligent after a while. Opportunity presented itself."

Li Xin shook his head slightly.

"He's not counted as my student, he just lived in my house for a few years."

When Zhao Fang heard this sentence, his eyes were a little dim, but he was an optimistic person, and soon he didn't care about it.

Li Xin glanced at him and asked, "Did you see your grandfather in Hanzhou Mansion?"

The Zhaojun Li family of Zhao Shidao was placed in Hanzhou by Li Xin. It has been five years in a blink of an eye. It's pretty safe in Hanzhou Mansion, and nothing happened.

However, their life in Hanzhou Mansion was much more desolate than when they were in Zhao County.

"Grandfather passed away."

The 14-year-old Zhao Fang was not much shorter than Li Xin. He took a deep breath, and his tone was a bit obscure.

"The old man went there a year ago. When the disciple arrived at Hanzhou Mansion, he only saw the tombstone."

Lord Jing'an frowned slightly.

"Patriarch Li has gone...why don't I know?"

Zhao Fang was silent and did not speak.

Zhao Jia on the side opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say anything considering that Zhao Fang was there.

Li Xin is a smart person, he just wondered for a moment, and then figured out the reason himself.

The reason is simple and somewhat cruel.

That is... the Li family of Zhao County, it doesn't matter anymore.

A family with only one or two thousand members left, lost most of its property and legitimacy, and did not produce too many talents in the family, this kind of family will fall apart and cease to exist in more than three to forty years, and it is no longer eligible to continue cared by many people.

In other words, news about the Li family in Zhao County is no longer eligible to be sent to Li Xin's desk.

Wanting to understand this, Li Xin sighed slightly, and said softly: "My condolences will change."

Zhao Fang forced a smile on his face and said, "It's okay."

His previous name was "Li Chengye", and he grew up with Li Shidao. It is impossible to say that he has no feelings for Li Shidao. The most important part of adolescence was growing up in the Jing'an Hou Mansion, so although he was inevitably sad, it was not too intense.

What's more, he knew that this matter had happened several months ago, and it had eased a lot at this time.

Li Xin reached out and patted the kid on the shoulder, without saying anything more.

Then he turned his head to look at Zhao Jia, and asked with a smile: "Brother Youan, do you have any plans to return to Beijing?"

Compared with Zhao Jia, who was much calmer back then, Wen Yan slightly lowered his head and said with a smile, "Of course I'm at the disposal of Lord Hou."

Li Xin said with a smile: "Brother You'an's wish is to become an official in the imperial court. What if I let Brother You'an stay in Jing'an Marquis Mansion to help me?"

Zhao Jia was silent.

After a while, he sighed, "Then Zhao Jia has no ability to resist."

Grand Duke Li laughed: "Just kidding."

"Brother You'an rest at home for a while, and then think carefully about where you want to be an official. You once served as a deputy county magistrate in Mianzhu, which is also a resume. I will write you a letter of recommendation when the time comes. , Let’s just say that you were injured when you marched to the west, and you have been recovering from your injuries in the southwest for the past few years, and you will return to Beijing, and I will hire you another official position.”

Speaking of this, Li Xin said very generously: "The local magistrates, prefects, and the heads of the six departments should have no problems."

Scholars take Qi Zhiping as their goal in life, and Zhao Jia is no exception. He came out from the Ye family to follow Li Xin in order not to be an aide one day, and now his wish will come true. Even though he is calmer now, it is inevitable in his heart Some excitement.

After taking a deep breath, Zhao Jia said slowly, "Let me think about it for a few days."

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder and said: "I can let Brother Youan become an official, and I can also give Brother Youan a good foundation, but what the future will be like after becoming an official is the matter of the Ministry of Officials. I won't be able to get in."

Lord Jing'an's words were not aimed at attacking Zhao Jia. Although he is now a civil servant, he was originally from the military officer system. Li Xin really can't help him if he goes from the dark to the bright to become an official.

Moreover, the Zhao family was recommended by him, so they will naturally be labeled as the Marquis of Jing'an. Li Xin has offended many people in the court over the years. These people have nothing to do with him, and they might go to Zhao Jia was embarrassed.

Zhao Jia smiled, bowed his head to Li Xin and said, "Just being a parent official in a small county, as long as the people in the county can live and work in peace and contentment, that's enough. Zhao Jia doesn't want to get promoted and get rich."

Hearing what Zhao Jia said, Li Xin nodded in relief.

"Brother You'an said so, so I feel relieved."

While the two of them were talking, the carriage had already arrived at the gate of Jing'an Hou Mansion, Li Xin got off the carriage first, Zhao Jia and Zhao Fang also followed.

Li Xin glared at Zhao Fang, and said angrily: "Xiao Xiao has asked you several times during this time, since you are back, go and see her, she is always worried that you will die outside .”

Mentioning Zhong Xiaoxiao, Zhao Fang immediately nodded and said, "I'm going right now, disciple."

After finishing speaking, he ran into Jing'an Hou Mansion in a flash.

Zhao Jia looked at the boy's back, smiled at Li Xin, and said, "Master Hou didn't accept him as a disciple, so he wanted him to be your brother-in-law?"

Li Xin's face was a little ugly, and he spoke slowly.

"It depends on Xiaoxiao's own thoughts, and whether this kid can be worthy of my sister in the future."

Chapter 678

Zhao Jia's family lived in Jing'an Hou's Mansion, and his oldest children were seven or eight years old. On weekdays, Zhong Xiaoxiao would occasionally take them to play together, so when Li Xin greeted Zhao Jia that night, the scene was very exciting. It was still very lively. After everyone was full of wine and food, the children were all taken to bed, and only Li Xin and Zhao Jia were left at the wine table.

The two of them had been separated for several years, and now they finally met. Naturally, they had many things to talk about.

Moreover, most of these things are shady, and there is no way to see them, so they "cleared the scene" early.

It was already April in the eighth year of Taikang, and the weather was getting warmer. Li Xin simply asked someone to move the table to the backyard, and the two of them were just enjoying the night breeze, drinking one glass at a time.

They are all low-purity rice wine.

Although Zhu Rongjiu was made by Li Xin, he didn't like to drink it himself. Even if he drank alcohol on weekdays, he mostly drank rice wine and the like.