Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 358 Rejection

   One thing can be confirmed, that is Dong Cheng, who has been eliminated from the power center.

   And he is no longer in charge of the Tianmu Supervisor, so the information he can know is extremely limited. If Li Xin wants to see the whole picture of the capital, he must go back and have a look.

   But he doesn't want to go back now.

  Because the forces in the capital are in the process of reshuffling at the moment, and this process of shuffling is currently difficult for him to intervene.

   The biggest part of the reason is because he is too young.

An eighteen-year-old young man will not be too reassuring in any way. A very straightforward statement, if Li Xin is now forty years old, with his achievements in the struggle for succession, he is not in charge at this time. The forbidden army, that is, entering the center to worship the prime minister, can never be just a somewhat marginalized general in Yulin.

That is to say, even if Li Xin hangs out in the courtroom now, there will not be too many people falling for him. He can only control the "Yu Lin Wei Family". Instead, it is better to stay in Qiyang County. On the one hand, it will be clean, and on the other hand, it will not cause the new emperor to fear.

Thinking of this, Li Xin said to Dong Cheng: "Eunuch Dong, I escaped from the capital at this pass. It can be said that I gave up a lot of benefits, just to repair my mother's grave, and now my mother's tomb is only half repaired. , Li Xin really can't bear to give up halfway, so I will write a memorial letter to the capital, and Eunuch Dong will pass it on to His Majesty on my behalf."

   Dong Cheng said with a wry smile: "Master Li, before you came down, your majesty explained to our family. No matter what, I want to persuade you to go back. Your majesty said that if the majesty doesn't go back, then our family doesn't have to go back."

   Li Xin was silent for a while, and then smiled: "In this case, my father-in-law will live in Yongzhou for a while, and the mountains and clear waters are beautiful here in Qishan. After a month or two, let's go back to Beijing together."

   Dong Cheng's face was embarrassed.

   "This... is not suitable..."

   "Nothing out of place."

   Li Xin said indifferently: "Today I will write a memorial to the capital, and have Yulin Wei hurriedly send it back to the capital. By the way, I will explain the matter of my father-in-law. If you want to come to your Majesty to have pity on me, I should not be disallowed."

   Li Xin's current position does not match the credit he has made.

   Therefore, today's Taikang emperor owes Li Xin a lot of affection, and these affections may not be a gold medal for avoiding death, but there is always no problem in resisting several times.

   What's more, Li Xin resisted the decree for the word "filial piety". This kind of thing was passed on to later generations.

   Therefore, Li Xincai was so calm.

   Dong Cheng smiled bitterly and said to Li Xin, "Then our family will be shameless and live in the hometown of Lord Hou for a few days."

   He sighed and said in a sincere tone: "I was supposed to go to the grave of Mrs. Tai to kowtow a few times, but a broken person in our family didn't go there for fear of polluting the feng shui of Mrs. Tai."

If it was an aristocratic family of this era, maybe a **** would not be allowed to kowtow to his ancestor's grave, but Li Xin didn't have such a chain of contempt, he shook his head at Dong Cheng: "Li Xin has a match with his father-in-law, father-in-law is willing to Go, then go and put incense sticks on my mother."

   This sentence is not to win people's hearts, Li Xin really doesn't mind that much.

   Dong Cheng was quite moved, but he shook his head again and again and insisted: "I don't dare to go, I don't dare to go, where is the ancestral house of Hou Ye, we just go to the incense stick in front of Mrs. Tai's spiritual seat, I don't dare to go to the grave..."

   Li Xin was stunned.

   Although he is from Qiyang County, there is no ancestral home in Qiyang County. The only one that can be regarded as an ancestral home is the thatched cottage.

   Hearing Dong Cheng's words, Li Xin was moved in his heart.

He probably won't return to this small county in the future. The Jing'an Hou's Mansion in Yonglefang in the capital will be his future home, but in any case, Qiyang County is his hometown after all, and perhaps it should be located in Qiyang County. A house, so that you can have a place to come.

  Thinking of this, Li Xin shook his head and said, "Li Xin was poor since he was a child. He was a farmer living in the mountains. He never had any ancestral house, but after my father-in-law mentioned it, it would be better to build a house in this county."

  Dong Cheng looked around the house and asked in surprise, "This garden is not yours?"

   "This is the garden of a wealthy family in Qiyang County. I just borrowed it."

   Dong Cheng laughed and said: "This is easy, just find the master and spend a few dozen bucks, just buy it."

This is the biggest difference between Li Xin and the people of this era. Although he occupies a high position, he does not have the habit of bullying others, while Dong Cheng is very different. As long as they are higher than others, they will naturally bully others. .

   In other words, the reason why they climb so hard is to bully people.

   This garden of Qi's family is very delicately built. Even in a small place like Qiyang County, it takes at least 2,000 yuan to build it, and Dong Cheng wanted to buy it with a few dozen keels.

  Li Xin shook his head and said slowly, "Eunuch Dong, Li Xin is also from Yongzhou and has no habit of bullying the village."

  Dong Cheng bowed his hands to Li Xin and said with emotion: "My family admires the noble man's high style."

   "Since Lord Hou doesn't want to buy it, it's easy. Let the local yamen recruit some people and build a Hou residence in Qiyang County."

  Li Xin looked a little unhappy.

   "Eunuch Dong, Lee's private affairs, don't worry... You have to worry about it."

  Dong Cheng could see that Li Xin was a little unhappy, so he got up quickly and said to Li Xin, "Don't misunderstand, Lord Hou, our family is only thinking about Lord Hou, and has no other intentions..."

   He said so, but he thought about it in his heart.

   It seems that this young Marquis is more famous than good money...

   "Eunuch Dong doesn't have to be so polite."

   The two of them were talking when Shen Gang walked in from outside and bent towards Li Xin and said, "Master Hou, the prefect of Yongzhou, and the magistrate of Qiyang are all waiting outside, want to see the angel..."

   These officials have really smart noses. Not long after Dong Cheng entered Qiyang County, they could smell it.

   Li Xin turned his head to Dong Cheng and said with a smile: "Eunuch Dong, come to see you, go out and have a look?"

   Dong Cheng, who was a bit short and stout, smiled and saluted Li Xin: "Master Hou, please."

  Li Xin shook his head slightly: "It has nothing to do with me who came to see the angel. Father-in-law will go first."

   Dong Cheng then walked out.

   He just walked out when Shen Gang, the captain of Yulin Guard, bowed to Li Xin and said, "Master Hou, Mu Lang is going to tell Master Hou that his father is coming..."

   Li Xin changed his face slightly, and said solemnly: "Go and tell Mu Ying, let them wait for me at the Tongfu Inn, I will go over immediately when I have time."

"Yes."

  Shen Gang left quickly, and Li Xin also walked to the gate of Qiyuan with his hands behind his back. He saw that Sun Quanshi, the prefect of Yongzhou and Zhou Yang, the magistrate of Qiyang County, both bowed to Eunuch Dong, and the smiles on their faces were almost squeezed out.

   For these local officials, Dong Cheng, an inner court official, is no different from the officials of the Ministry of Personnel. As long as Dong Cheng speaks in front of the emperor, they can save years or even ten years of struggle!

   Seeing Li Xin come out, the two local officials came over and bowed to Li Xin again.

   "Master Li, the lower officials will hold a banquet in Zuichunlou today, and entertain the angels. Please also show your respect and come over for a meal together."

  Jing'an Hou smiled.

   "Benhou has a stomachache, so he won't go..."

   (end of this chapter)