Raising Dogs as Eunuchs [Rebirth]

Zhao Minsheng was a little taken aback, looking at the broken porcelain splattered all over the floor, when he looked up, a young man a little older than him was walking in front of him, looking at him, he seemed not very happy.

That young man was wearing a warrior costume, his name was Li Nian, he was Li Qing's second son, Zhao Minsheng's nominal uncle, he said he was an uncle, but he was Li Qing's youngest son when he was old, and he was only 21 now , two years younger than Xie Yuan.

Before Zhao Minsheng could react, he heard another burst of angry voice from inside the main hall.

"You bastard, get the hell out of here! From now on, there will be no extra bowls and chopsticks from you in Li's residence!"

What Li Qing said was too much, it was too hurtful, and his little uncle was also stubborn.

Li Nian, who originally only wanted to wake up in the backyard, heard Li Qing's scolding, turned his head and glanced at the main hall, turned around, and went straight to the gate. The feeling of running away from home and never visiting again.

Seeing that the momentum was wrong, Zhao Minsheng hurriedly took two steps to hold him back. He didn't have time to ask him what happened. He just calmed him down by saying good things, and quietly asked him to go to the snow pavilion in the backyard first. wait for him.

"Let's go slowly, general. The general is old, so it's hard to hear what he said. Don't get angry with him, and go to the snow pavilion in the backyard and wait for me for a while. I will go in and talk to him for a while, and I will come out soon. "

"Your Highness doesn't know something... Forget it, just follow what His Highness said."

After hearing his words, Li Nian was eager to defend himself, but then he didn't know what he thought of, so he just sighed, but fortunately, he finally persuaded this person to come back.

Zhao Minsheng nodded, patted the person on the back twice, carried the wine jar, and walked towards the main hall.

Unexpectedly, just as he walked to the door, as soon as he opened the door, another teacup was thrown out, hitting the threshold at his feet, and he fell to pieces immediately.

"I'm not telling you to get out, what are you doing back again!"

With his back to the door, Li Qing stood in front of the desk, when he heard someone push the door, he thought it was Li Nian who had turned back, without thinking, he grabbed something from his hand and threw it over, then heard the silence behind him, When I looked back, I realized that it was Zhao Minsheng who had come over.

"Oh, it turns out that His Highness is here, please come in."

"Eh."

After Zhao Minsheng agreed, he carried the wine jar and walked into the room. The person in front of him was much older than he remembered, but he seemed to be in good health, and he spoke with a lot of spirit.

Facing this familiar yet unfamiliar grandfather, Zhao Minsheng couldn't help feeling a burst of unexplainable emotions in his heart.

With a big wave of his hand, Li Qing picked up the jar of wine brought by Zhao Minsheng, and beckoned him to sit down at the table.

Some of the fish on the table were still steaming, some were cooked early, and now they looked a little cold.Li Qing was a rough man who only knew how to lead soldiers to fight, and his wife passed away a few years after giving birth to Li Nian, so since the eldest son Li Yi was convicted, Li Nian was responsible for all matters in Li's residence. Get busy.

Now even Li Nian has been pissed off by him, no one will take care of the dishes on this big table for him, even if the dishes are cold, no one reminds him to heat them up.

However, General Li didn't care much about these things. He was a person who fought in the battlefield all the year round, and he never needed any fine clothes and food.

Not to mention the table of wine and food, Li Nian specially got up early in the morning to set up this table when he heard that the Fourth Prince was coming.

Li Qing knocked off the yellow mud from the wine jar, poured himself a glass, and then brought Zhao Minsheng's glass over, but before pouring it, he suddenly remembered that Zhao Minsheng was injured and couldn't drink it. After drinking, he added a cup of tea to him.

He has no eyes and ears in the court, let alone contacts, even though Zhao Minsheng got hot on this matter yesterday, it was Li Nianxian who got the news and told him.

"I heard that His Highness was burned yesterday, is it better now?"

Not to mention the severity of Zhao Minsheng's scalding, just in terms of time, it has only been one day since he was scalded. Even if Xu Xian is the reincarnation of Hua Tuo and Bian Que comes again, it will probably take him to reach this level. It can only be called magic.

Although it was impossible for him to get better now, Zhao Minsheng continued to talk about it.

"It's better, but it's just a minor injury, the general doesn't need to worry about it."

Li Qing nodded when he heard the words, and put a piece of fat and thin sweet and sour pork ribs into Zhao Minsheng's bowl. Although the old general was usually reticent, he still cared about his children.Even though he has rarely seen Zhao Minsheng these few years, he still keeps in mind his favorite food and food.

"As for His Majesty asking Xie Yuan to be His Majesty's teacher...what does His Majesty think?"

Li Qing drank the spirits in the cup in one gulp, and then hesitantly asked such a sentence.

Zhao Minsheng picked up the chopsticks and poked the pork ribs in the bowl twice, and his thoughts involuntarily drifted back to his previous life. In the last life, Xie Yuan also gave him a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs before he died. It's just a pity that he couldn't catch a bite on the court.

"Ming Sheng thought... it was a good thing."

Although Zhao Minsheng said that, he knew that Li Qing didn't think so.Xie Yuan is an eunuch, and now he is gaining the favor of the emperor, many people in the court classify him as a first-class traitor, if Li Qing has no prejudice against people in his heart, Zhao Minsheng would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Minsheng's words fell to the ground, General Li breathed out from both nostrils and let out a cold snort.

"A good thing? Since ancient times, in all dynasties, I have never seen a eunuch as a teacher for the prince."

After hearing what the man said, Zhao Minsheng lowered his eyes slightly, and did not rush to speak for the man, but just took a sip of tea silently.

"Over the years, how many bones he has buried in this place has been heard by all civil and military officials in the court. Now his title of Xie Dugong has reached the point where people are frightened. Such a person who clings to the imperial power and kills Zhongliang is nothing more than It's just a puppet next to the emperor, what can he teach you!"

What General Li said was from the bottom of his heart, and Zhao Minsheng also knew that there were quite a few people in the court who maintained such an attitude towards Xie Yuan, what was rare was that Li Qing had the guts to speak out no matter what he said.

It was not easy for Xie Yuan to get to where he is today. As an eunuch, if he wanted to take revenge, he could only rely on the imperial power. For this reason, he also received a lot of criticism from the court.

But no matter what, Zhao Minsheng knew that Xie Yuan had never been a treacherous eunuch. If he was really as heartless and ruthless as everyone said, and could be ruthless enough to harm Zhongliang, then in his last life he would never be a traitor. It will be such a fate.

He is really talented and ambitious.

Thinking so, Zhao Minsheng picked up the somewhat cold spare ribs and put it in his mouth. The sweet and sour taste used to always remind him of his childhood, but now it always reminds him of Xie Yuan. .

"Xie Yuan is not a treacherous eunuch, his talent will definitely be seen by the generals in the future. And most of what those people in the court said may not be true. Isn't that what happened to Uncle Li Yi back then."

General Li had just picked a mouthful of shredded cucumber and put it in his mouth, when he heard Zhao Minsheng talk about it, he chewed it and then suddenly froze.

"I believe in the Li family, and I also believe in Xie Yuan."

After hearing Zhao Minsheng's words, Li Qing was silent for a long time, then chewed again, and said something lightly.

"As you like."

The matter of Li Yi and Concubine Shu is the heart knot of Li Qing's life, and every time he thinks about it, he can't help feeling chills.

On the battlefield outside the Great Wall, he, Li Qing, was able to protect the rivers and mountains of Dachu with a long knife, but in this treacherous court, not only could he not protect his children and grandchildren, but now even the Li family is about to be destroyed. He lost it.

Li Qing raised his head and looked outside, seeing the sky as white as paper, heaved a long sigh.

How sad his life was!

"Forget it, I'm tired too, you go back."

At the end of the meal, although it wasn't a bad breakup, Zhao Minsheng could also see that what he just said aroused Li Qing's sadness.

However, things in the court are changing rapidly, and one hair will affect the whole body. Now if he wants to cause some disturbances in the court, the Li family can be said to be his most solid backer. His Majesty has already had discord with the Li family. The momentum is great, if Li Qing refuses to face the reality and insists on resisting Xie Yuan, then it will be difficult for him to use his fists and feet in the future.

After Zhao Minsheng drank the tea in the cup, he got up and gave a slight salute to the person, walked around behind the person, and patted Li Qing's shoulder lightly.

Going out of the main hall to Xueting, Li Nian had been sitting here waiting for him, the boy who was practicing swords outside had been called into the house, and there were only two of them in the huge backyard, guarding a charcoal basin, sitting in the Xueting among.

There are green pines behind, the earth under your feet, and there is no other noisy sound except for the slight wind.

After the cold wind blowing for so long, Li Nian's mind finally calmed down. When he saw Zhao Minsheng, he got up to salute very politely, and pushed the charcoal basin towards him.

"What happened just now made His Highness laugh."

"It's okay, we are a family, there is no need to talk about those two families, but what happened just now, can make the general so angry?"

Zhao Min was born on the mat in the snow pavilion, sat upright, with smooth eyebrows and eyes, humble and easy-going, Li Nian could not see the slightest arrogance of being a prince from him, and while he was gratified, he couldn't help getting closer to others .

"Since His Highness said so, then I won't hide it from you. The reason why father is so angry is because of the Jiangnan inspection at the end of the year."

Li Nian lowered his eyes, looked at the charcoal basin in front of him, and said slowly.

"I suggested to my father just now that I would ask His Majesty to entrust this errand to the Li family, but...Your Highness, you have also seen it."

As Li Nian spoke, he suddenly raised his head and met Zhao Minsheng's eyes.

Li Qing didn't understand the tricks in the court, and suffered a lot of losses both openly and secretly. Now at the end of the year, His Majesty will send troops to Jiangnan for inspection as usual. This is a fat job that everyone is fighting for.

But in His Majesty's mind, there are probably only two candidates, one is the Li family, and the other is Zhang Hongcai, who is a general he is promoting recently, the elder brother of Concubine Zhen.

On weekdays, the Li family would have given up to the Zhang family for errands that had nothing to do with the safety of the country, but this year was different. Food and pay are tight, if you want the soldiers to have a good year, this job must be in your hands.

Zhao Minsheng had also heard about this matter recently, and he knew more about the competitors for this job.

Now that Concubine Zhen is getting the favor, Zhang Hong relied on his younger sister's favor to grab a lot of credit from the Li family. Although the emperor didn't show it on his face, the reward like flowing water was sent to Zhang's mansion, even if it was a piece of wood. , It is also time to see what the emperor means.

"Since the elder brother and sister passed away, His Majesty has been separated from the Li family. Now he just thinks that the Li family is powerful and there is no one in the court who can replace him, and he is afraid that an accident at the border will affect the country. That’s why I kept silent.”

Having said that, Zhao Minsheng saw Li Nian's eyes dimmed a little bit.

"We have no way to control the Sacred Heart. I just want to do my best to let the soldiers have a good year. But now that I think about it, His Majesty's mind probably cannot be changed by me. It's no different."

"I think the general can give it a try, after all...it depends on man's effort."