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Mu Ying smiled and said: "Don't worry, fourth master, your family members will not make mistakes. If there is, Mu Ying will let fourth master deal with it."

Ye Lin nodded silently, and was led by a team of Southwest Army, and rode towards the west on horseback.

Mu Ying stood at the gate of Daying, watched Ye Lin leave, and also frowned.

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The vanguard of the Southwest Army, namely Mu Ying's unit, is now attacking Luzhou City near Luzhou, while Li Xin and the Ningzhou Army are stationed in Gaocheng to the west of Luzhou as the central army. It is a small county town. Under the vanguard of the Southwest Army, it surrendered after resisting for a day.

Because of the good location, Li Xin and the Ningzhou Army have been stationed here these days, but the Ningzhou Army is not completely idle. Covering Muying's wings, the front line was wide open.

From Muying Camp to Gaocheng, it's about one hundred and twenty to thirty li. It only took more than half a day for the group to ride horses, and they arrived at Gaocheng.

A middle-aged man in black, with a dozen bodyguards, was waiting at the gate of Gaocheng to greet him.

After seeing Ye Lin get off the horse, the man stepped forward and bowed his hands respectfully to Ye Lin: "I've met senior brother."

After Ye Lin got off the horse, she took a few silent glances at the man in black in front of her. After a long silence, she reached out and patted Li Xin's shoulder with a low voice.

"Amazing."

Ye Sishao sighed: "When my father was around, he mentioned Chang'an to us many times. His old man said that Chang'an, you can be regarded as two Li Shens. At that time, my eldest brother and I were a little bit disapproving, thinking that you were at most the second Li Shen. That's all, it's only now that I realize that even my father underestimated you, Li Changan."

He looked at Li Xin, filled with emotion.

"You are not only as simple as two Li Shens, but even with ten Li Shens, it would be very difficult for you to bring the Southwest Army under the capital."

Li Xin also raised his head and sized Ye Lin up.

When he and Ye Lin first met, Ye Lin was still General Habayashi Wei Zhonglang, his immediate boss. At that time, Ye Lin was in his early 30s. Now fifteen or sixteen years have passed, and Ye Lin is nearly half a hundred years old, with gray temples and an expressionless expression. With some old taste, he is completely different from the high-spirited general Habayashi Weizhong back then.

Li Xin shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "I'm just playing tricks, and I don't have any skills."

This sentence is not self-effacing, but the real truth. It is already very remarkable to be able to reach the level of Li Shen in a corner of the Southwest. He was able to get to where he is today, largely because of Zhao Jiamuying and a group of people, as well as the firearms he brought from another world.

In comparison, the latter is more important.

"Don't be humble. These days, I often wonder whether you, Chang'an, have already walked ahead of my father without knowing it."

"Don't dare."

Li Xin shook his head with a serious face: "Master Ye is the god of war who appears once every few hundred years. Compared with Master Ye, I am just a speculator, not worth mentioning."

Ye Lin looked around at the dozens of guards around Li Xin, and smiled dumbly: "At least in some respects, you are much more courageous than the old man."

This sentence is not quite right. When Li Xin and Ye Sheng faced the same problem, they chose differently. It seems that the difference between boldness and timidity is actually a difference in personal philosophy. If Li Xin is the leader of this world Born and raised, he may not even have the idea of ​​rebellion, let alone get to where he is today.

Chen Guogong, Ye Sheng, is the ultimate general of this era. Leaving aside firearms, Li Xin is much inferior to him.

"Senior Brother has worked hard all the way, and he can't keep talking at the gate of the city. After the younger brother received the news, he prepared thin wine in the city to clean up the dust for Senior Brother."

Li Xin greeted him with a smile.

Ye Lin nodded and smiled.

"It's been many years since I've had a drink from your Jing'an Hou Mansion. It's so easy to see each other this time. You and my brother should have a good meal."

Ye Shangshu smiled heartily.

"I want to drink Zhurong wine from the Taikang period for my brother."

Chapter 1064 Earthquake (updated from last night)

No matter how the situation in the world changes, and how the Ye family stands in line, it will not affect the friendship between Li Xin and the Ye family. After all, even if everything is aside, there is still a personal relationship between Li Xin and the Ye family.

Therefore, for Ye Lin's arrival, Li Xin was quite concerned, and he asked people to prepare the food and wine early. After entering Li Xin's temporary residence in Gaocheng, the servants quickly brought the food and wine. Xin waved everyone away, leaving only the two brothers and sisters sitting on a low table facing each other.

Li Xin stretched out his hand, poured a glass of wine for Ye Lin, filled it up for himself, and asked, "The younger brother has been busy with things in the Southwest for the past few months. I heard that Ye Mao had a bad quarrel with the imperial court, so he still refuses to return. Jing, do you know what's going on?"

"Still not good."

Ye Lin had a drink with Li Xin, and said helplessly: "The imperial court does not allow Ye Mao to recruit troops in northern Xinjiang, he has no way to reorganize the Zhenbei Army, and he probably feels very uncomfortable, so he just stays in Yancheng and takes care of him." The remaining wounded of the Zhenbei Army. Originally, he had made great contributions in northern Xinjiang, and now he will probably be rewarded when he returns to Beijing. However, he has a stubborn temper and has been telling the court that he was injured and wanted to recuperate in Yancheng. Until now He also refuses to return to Beijing under the imperial edict."

When Li Xin went north to fight against the Xianbei people, Ye Mao charged into the battle, and he was indeed injured a little bit, but he was physically strong, and he was trained by the old man Ye devil since he was a child. By refusing to return to Beijing, it is obvious that he is angry with the imperial court.

Ye Mao is a very irritable person. According to his temperament, if there is no big Ye family behind him to catch his hands and feet, he will probably have gone to the southwest with Li Xin to become a rebel. This grievance.

But helplessly, Ye Mao is not alone. His family and his fourth uncle Ye Lin’s family are all in the capital. In addition, there are countless people related to the Ye family over the past few decades. Ye Mao can’t do it anyway. hurt them.

That's why he gritted his teeth and accepted the imperial decree, and then hid in northern Xinjiang and refused to come back.

And the reason why he refused to return to Beijing was mostly because he felt that the Zhenbei Army had fallen under his hands, and he would not have the face to return to Beijing to face his father and grandfather in the sky.

"He's got a little bit of a temper."

Li Xin smiled and clinked a glass with Ye Lin, and said: "But it's nothing serious. Right now, our Southwest Army is the thorn in the court's eyes. With me, a heinous person, at the front, the court will only appease Chen Guogong's mansion. I will not turn against the Ye family."

The current situation of the imperial court is already very difficult. In this case, the imperial court has to deal with the southwest with all its strength, and everything else can be sidelined. Moreover, the Ye family has a huge reputation among the court and the public. Even if the emperor wants to attack the Ye family, We must also weigh the pros and cons behind it.

Ye Lin took a sip of his wine sullenly, then looked at Li Xin.

"Chang'an, you...what are you thinking in your heart?"

Li Xin picked up the jug, filled it up for Ye Lin, and then said with a smile: "Now that things are up to now, don't everyone know what my little brother is thinking?"

Ye Lin muffled: "Do you want to be emperor?"

Li Xin shook his head.

"I want to change the emperor."

Ye Lin sighed slightly.

He was silent for a while, then bowed his head and said: "Brother Wei is able to come out of Beijing to meet you at this time, and if you think about it, you can also guess some of the reason why Brother Wei is here. Now that this is the case, Brother Wei will speak directly."

Fourth Master Ye said in a deep voice: "What the Son of Heaven means is that as long as you are willing to withdraw your troops, no matter what the Southwest Army asks, the imperial court can agree, including what you just said... change the emperor."

General Li laughed dumbfounded: "Anyone can be the emperor?"

Ye Lin said silently, "Anyone with the surname Ji can be replaced."

Li Xin toasted Ye Lin with a toast, and then slowly said: "The Southwest Army has already arrived here, no matter who is in the court to act as a lobbyist, I will not say a word to him. But the brother came in person, Little brother has to give senior brother a face."

"The Southwest Army fought all the way from Jiange to Luzhou. Although they were victorious all the way, there were not no dead people. So far, the capital has not entered. Suddenly, Dajin changed the emperor, and let them turn around. There is no reason for this."

"Senior brother has also led soldiers, so you should understand what the younger brother is talking about."

Ye Lin said silently: "If you can't completely control the Southwest Army in Chang'an, you shouldn't lead them out of Jiange."