Raising Dogs as Eunuchs [Rebirth]

Zhao Minsheng put down his teacup, slowly raised his head, and met Li Nian's eyes full of hope.

"What do you think, Your Highness?"

Zhao Minsheng looked at Li Nian's sincere appearance in front of him, and remembered the embroidered sachet that he saw on Zhao Ning after the court today, and secretly had a plan in his heart.

"General, just submit the papers as usual, as long as you stay in the capital safely in the next few days."

Li Nian glanced at Zhao Minsheng who was sitting across from him, and saw that he was rubbing the tiger's mouth of his left hand thoughtfully. , Li Nian really has no other way.

"it is good."

Li Nian agreed straightforwardly, and once he agreed, he would follow Zhao Minsheng's arrangement completely, not to doubt anyone, not to be suspicious when employing someone, this is the truth that Li Qing taught him by precept and example as early as a child.

In winter, the sun always sets very early. Zhao Minsheng greeted people for a while, and it was already dark when he went out. After Zhao Minsheng came out of Li's residence, he went straight back to Taoyun Courtyard, and didn't wander around anywhere else.

If not, maybe he would be able to see Xie Yuan's soft sedan around Li's residence if he had to wait a little longer.

When she was in court, the Empress Dowager sent someone to invite Xie Yuan over because she had heard about the incident between the two of them yesterday. Visit Taiwei Li Qing alone at night.

This General Li was someone whom Xie Yuan respected and admired very much. At the age of 17, Li Qing led the Li family army to fight on the battlefield. Wherever he went, there were dangerous places that no one dared to go.

In addition to the continuous high mountains in the east, the Great Chu Kingdom has Nanzhao in the south, Xiling in the west across the river, and the Huns are constantly harassing and fighting in the north.

In those few years when the emperor had just ascended the throne, there were continuous wars, and there was a lot of mourning from inside and outside the court. Although there were still many patriotic generals who were willing to invite Ying, they always lost more than they won.

Until Li Qing took the initiative to invite Ying in the court, and led the Li family army to conquer the north and south for many years. First, he pacified the western region, so that the western region had to send his eldest princess to Dachu to make a marriage. Fight again.

Later, they sent troops to the northern border, causing the Xiongnu's army to be defeated repeatedly, and finally had to die down.

It can be said that Li Qing led the Li family army to guard the borders of the Great Chu Kingdom. Even later, his eldest son Li was murdered by a traitor and died in the hands of the loyal monarch. The loyalty of the Li family remained the same. The sun and the moon can learn from each other.

Xie Yuan has always respected Li Qing and other loyal and loyal ministers. Moreover, this time he was able to live a new life, the Li family will be a great help to Zhao Minsheng. As an eunuch beside the emperor, since Shamelessly being the teacher of someone else's grandson, he should always pay a visit and show something.

For this reason, Xie Yuan got off the sedan chair in front of the mansion, brushed aside the little eunuch who was serving him, and went to knock on the door himself.

There was still a not-thin layer of snow outside, and at night, the north wind blew up, and it was already a bit freezing. Xie Yuan had just returned from the Empress Dowager's place, and there was no time to change into his official uniform, so he was only wrapped in a not-so-thick cloak. Standing outside the door, her cold lips turned white, and her fingers were a little numb.

But the gate of the Li Mansion was still opened by no one.

"Duke, this..."

The little eunuch who had been waiting behind the person, seeing this scene, couldn't help feeling annoyed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it in front of Xie Yuan, so he had to go forward, wanting to persuade him to go back, but he didn't want Xie Yuan's thoughts Resolute, he just opened his mouth when he was driven back.

"It's okay, just go down and wait."

"Yes, I understand."

As soon as the little eunuch got down the steps and stood back on his seat, there was movement from Xie Yuan's side.

Although the gate of the Li Mansion still couldn't be opened, a faint message came from behind the vermilion gate.

"Please go back, Dugong Xie. Our general said that he will not see someone like you who plays tricks and has deep plans."

As soon as the words of the people inside came out, the little eunuchs standing at the bottom of the steps all clenched their fists and stared at the gate of the Li Mansion, as if trying to use their eyes to stare a hole out of the gate Same.

If it was in the past, those officials who didn't know the importance of the court dared to say such words to Xie Yuan, they would be dead in different places the next day, and they would die without knowing how.

But when he came to Li Qing's place today, Xie Yuan appeared to be very good-tempered. Even if the person inside spoke so rudely, he didn't care about it, on the contrary, he was very polite.

"Since that's the case, Xie can't bother the general any more. He just put the invitation and the gift outside the door, and please inform the general."

After Xie Yuan finished speaking, he really just left the greeting cards and gifts outside the door, turned around and got into the soft sedan chair, and returned home without stopping.

"Duke just put things outside the door like that, can Li Taiwei really see it?"

On the way back to the mansion, the little eunuch who had been serving Xie Yuan followed by the sedan chair, hesitating again and again, but still asked, his Dugong Xie just came to the court today, so he hurriedly asked him to buy things. It's quite expensive, just throwing it at someone's door, if Li Qing didn't look at it, wouldn't it be a waste of Xie Yuan's efforts.

"Ah."

Xie Yuan sat in the sedan chair, put his hands on his temples, closed his eyes slightly, and responded.

Although Xie Yuan is an eunuch, but as a servant of the imperial court, his martial arts are naturally not too low. When the porter came to answer the door just now, he heard the footsteps of another person. The footsteps of that person were steady. The sound of landing is very small, and this kind of footsteps is very difficult for young martial arts practitioners.

It should be Li Qing.

Sure enough, as Xie Yuan expected, after he turned to get on the sedan chair and walked out, not long after, the door of the Li Mansion opened, and the first thing that poked his head out was Li Qing's nearly gray beard, and then It's half his arm and half his face.

He didn't pay much attention to the things Xie Yuan brought, as soon as he carried them through the door, he handed them over to the porter and let them take them into the house.

It was the letter of worship attached to it that attracted his attention. He really wanted to know what Xie Yuan would leave for him in that small letter, but when he opened it, he found that there were only a few A few words.

"Even if you play tricks, you still have the heart of a child."

Xie Yuan's handwriting is well-known in the entire Great Chu. The font is strong and powerful, and the charm is smooth. It is paired with high-quality tung oil ink and post paper. It looks really pleasing to the eye. Li Qing praised this post In my hands, I can only feel the fragrance of ink in the present when I read it.

"The heart of a child, it sounds nice."

Li Qing had seen enough of the greeting post, turned around and glanced at the place where Xie Yuan was standing just now, snorted coldly, turned his hands away, and walked back into the room.Although he said so, he took the greeting card all the way back to the study, put it in a drawer, and kept it safe.

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Early in the morning of the first day, the two of them went to the court as usual, and after they left the court, Zhao Minsheng took him back to Taoyun Court directly on the grounds that he had a question and wanted to ask for advice.

In the study room, Xie Yuan was facing Zhao Minsheng, seeing that the second cup of tea in his cup was about to drink to the bottom, this man still didn't say what he asked him to come here for.

"Is there something wrong with your Highness that you don't understand, and you want to ask your servant?"

Xie Yuan looked at Zhao Minsheng who was quietly gnawing on the sweet-scented osmanthus cake on his plate opposite him, hesitated for a while, and finally asked.

Today, in order to come to him and answer questions for others, Xie Yuan specially pushed the banquet of the two adults in the court to come to him. If he wasted time here, wouldn't it be a waste of his thoughts.

"Ah... what don't you understand? That's, that's... that's right here."

For Xie Yuan's sudden question, Zhao Minsheng obviously didn't prepare well in advance, he swallowed the somewhat choking osmanthus cake in one gulp, and casually pulled an unknown book from the desk.

After turning over a few pages, he pointed out a sentence without looking at it.

Publicity gives birth to brightness, partiality gives birth to darkness; honesty gives birth to openness, deceit gives birth to fortresses; sincerity gives birth to gods, boasting gives birth to prosperity.The gentleman is cautious about these six lives, and Yu and Jie are divided.

Unexpectedly, he pulled out a copy of "Xunzi" just by pulling it casually.

"This sentence roughly says that fairness produces wisdom, selfishness produces ignorance; integrity and prudence produce understanding, fraud and hypocrisy produce obscurity; sincerity and honesty produce gods, boasting and boasting produce confusion. These six kinds of mutuality, gentlemen must treat with caution, and they are also Yu and Jie. different places."

Xie Yuan looked at the sentence Zhao Minsheng was referring to, and explained it word by word clearly, earnestly and patiently.

"This sentence is very reasonable. If you listen to it, you will understand it. If you listen to it, you should always keep it in mind in the future."

Zhao Minsheng looked at Xie Yuan's serious look in front of him, and he liked it very much, his eyes seemed to be glued to someone's face, and he refused to rest on the book in front of him for even a moment.

"Yes, Minsheng remembers it, thank you teacher for coming to clarify my doubts."

Zhao Minsheng took a thorough look at him, and then reluctantly withdrew his eyes, and mentioned to him the real purpose of calling him here today.

"By the way, the Dugong came that day, and I smelled the purple fragrance on the Dugong, so I thought I would give you a sachet. It's just that I am a big man, and I don't understand women's red needlework, and I don't know What kind of material do you like, duke?"

Zhao Minsheng took a sip of tea, and continued talking to others with some excitement.

"However, when I helped Zhao Ning to get up yesterday, I saw a sachet in his cuff. The material was really beautiful, and the pattern was very special. There were a pair of mandarin ducks and a word Wan on it embroidered on it." , it was probably given to him by the daughter of some family.”

Hearing the word Wan, Xie Yuan's eyes obviously lit up, but he still picked up the teacup and pretended to drink tea, listening to Zhao Minsheng continue talking.

"It's a coincidence that before I went to Li's Mansion yesterday, I paid special attention to it, and I found the material. It's in the silk and satin shop in West Market. There are quite a lot of good-looking materials in his house. Although King Ning's It looks good, but it’s too flashy and doesn’t deserve you, so I chose a better one for Duke Du, and I’ll show it to you when it’s ready.”

Xie Yuan replied "Hello" while listening, but his thoughts were no longer on the sachet.

Wanzi, that's Zhang Hongcai's daughter, Zhang Tingxiu's boudoir name Xiaozi, if the sachet on King Ning's body really came from her, then... now it can be used to make a big fuss.

While Xie Yuan was thinking, he drank the last sip of tea in the cup, and the teacup fell on the table, making a rather crisp sound.