Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 401
It was a cool autumn morning, and after waking up, Xie Yi still felt sluggish, so he didn't rush to get up, lay down on the couch and ordered the maid to bring plum soup to relieve the hangover, and then stared out the window at the fallen leaves in the courtyard in a daze.

Sitting like this until noon, a burst of rather chaotic footsteps sounded from outside the door, and even a few young women walked into the room, the first one was Xie Yi's wife Ruan Shi, as for the others, they also walked into the room. They are all Xie Yi's concubines.

Sensing his family members walking into the room, Xie Yi looked a little unnatural, and simply turned his back on the couch, not looking at the people.

Seeing Xie Yi's attitude, the faces of several women changed. His wife, Ruan Shi, stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "The husband has become self-reliant, and he is in charge of the state affairs outside, and he is the leader of the family inside. Poetry and music can cultivate freshness and fun. Drinking can strengthen the body and bones. Now, before the disappearance of the husband, he sits all day long, not talking about love, and the concubine and others don't know how to invite luck, so they just beg to go quickly."

As she said that, she prostrated gracefully, and the concubines behind her all bowed down along with the old lady.

Hearing this, Xie Yi could no longer turn his back on his family. He turned around and got out of bed, his expression still gloomy, looked down at his wife and concubine and sighed: "The sorrow in my heart, you wait for the woman How can I know everything. Why bother to force me with love and make me worry more!"

It's only been a few days since I came back from Jiankang, but many things happened.The day before yesterday, Rixingtai had reached a resolution to rename Jingkou as the accompanying capital, and the text was renamed as the capital, and General Liu Chao of the Right Guard was named General Anton, who took over as the prefect of Jinling. , Wujin and other military forces.

The time for returning to the capital has also been determined. On the first day of the ninth month, General Yu Yi, the general of the army, will be the commander of the marching army, and General Wang Shu of the Chinese army will be the commander of the rear army.

Major events have been finalized one after another, and the influence will naturally be widespread. Although the Xie family is not the first-class powerful family in the current situation, it is inevitably affected.

What is related to Xie Yi is also the reason why he is quite depressed at the moment, that is, he failed to cross the river as he wished, and he can no longer make contributions with Du He in Jiangbei.Of course, this is not what makes Xie Yi feel helpless the most. He doesn't have to go to Jiangbei to make contributions, but it is the powerlessness and hesitation in the current situation that bothers him.

Following Shen Zhezi in Jiankang, Xie Yi and other young people were really excited. After returning to Jingkou, they had the spirit of underestimating their peers, and they were also very sought after.However, as Shen Zhezi returned home with his reward, they completely lost their direction.So crossing the river, which was originally based on a momentary decision, became one of the few choices they could get out of the quagmire of the current situation.

Originally, those comrades who fought side by side and went through life and death, some of their wishes were fulfilled, and they all followed Du He across the river with the title of general.There are also some well-connected people in their families, such as Kong Gang in Kuaiji, who took off their military posts and applied for conscripts to the Taicheng government.

As for Xie Yi, it's not that he has nowhere to go. In fact, those of them who followed Shen Zhezi to recover Jiankang have received more than one conquest.But Xie Yi is very clear that most of these recruiting motives are not pure, they are nothing more than coveting their respective achievements, hoping to recruit them under his command before the big reward, in the hope of gaining more bargaining chips.Once their value is stripped away, their future is uncertain.

Recently, Xie Yi's heart is full of sadness and even world-weariness. It is obvious that they have fought bloody battles and sacrificed their lives in exchange for their achievements, but they have become fat meat for others to divide and scramble for!What made him particularly dissatisfied was that his family also used him as a bargaining chip.

Because of his family's firm opposition, Xie Yi had no choice but to give up crossing the river.Because of his uncle's management, his family has a good reputation among the overseas Chinese families, but because of their high reputation and being too pragmatic, they appear to be clumsy in their achievements, and there is hardly a single commendable deed in the current situation.Therefore, Xie Yi's meritorious service this time is of great significance to his family.

Although his father, Xie Po, had served as the Great Minister, it was many years ago.Since Zhongshu came to power, because of their different ideas, his father has been left idle for a long time, and has almost no power to speak of.After the turmoil is settled this time, it will be a rare opportunity for each family, and many positions are available for competition.

At such a moment, Xie Yi's achievements combined with his family's old reputation, if it works properly, his father has a good chance to be in charge of the big county, and his cousin is also very likely to rise to the top.This means a lot to the whole family.

But there is a problem, his family leans more towards the Langya Wang family politically, while Xie Yi Jiangong is led by the Shen family.With the establishment of the capital, the conflict between Yu and the king has become public, and the Shen family is the most powerful ally of the Yu family today.

Therefore, the problem facing Xie Yi now is that if his family wants to take a step up as a whole, they must follow the route of the Wang family, and Xie Yi has no choice but to abandon his position and transfer to the Wang family.This made it difficult for Xie Yi to accept emotionally. His admiration for Shen Zhezi came from the bottom of his heart, and he really couldn't bear to betray him.

Xie Yi is still hesitating, but his family doesn't give him a chance. His father has been gathering with Wang Ge's family frequently in recent days, and his cousin Xie Shang also often invites him to the gatherings of the juniors, aiming to make him Win back.

Although nowadays, it is not a serious matter for members of each family to change their families for the benefit of their own future, and it is also the obligation of each family's children.But now, the son-in-law Shen Zhezi not only has made outstanding achievements, but also has a high reputation because of his resignation.If Xie Yi betrays, No. 1 will suffer a heavy blow in the future, and in the future, as the son-in-law becomes more important, he will definitely be hit because of it, and the future may even be gloomy!
The irritability in his heart made Xie Yi frown, groggy all day long, and even moved out of the house to live alone in order to avoid those intrusions.But if you avoid your father and brother, you cannot avoid your wives and concubines after all.His wife's persuasion did not make him cheerful, but became more irritable, and he couldn't help thinking about the eventful years not long ago.

That period of time was not only cherished by Xie Yi, but also engraved in the hearts of many colleagues who were in a similar situation to him.They risk their lives and forget to die, live in loyalty, have no distracting thoughts, and are brave and invincible. Originally, they were just the unsatisfactory children of various families, but they suddenly jumped to the center of the current situation. Every bit of struggle can have a profound impact on the current situation!The feeling of guiding the country and helping the country is much more fascinating than the spiritual enjoyment brought by Hanshisan!

However, facts are facts after all. Although everyone knows that the son-in-law will have a great future, it is only a prospect after all.Besides, even if the son-in-law can really take charge of the situation in the future, Xie Yi is not sure that he can follow all the way and get rich rewards.Even if he believed in the son-in-law, it would be difficult to persuade his family members to give up the present facts for a false prospect.

Hearing Xie Yi's irritable roar, the concubines were so frightened that they bowed their heads and did not dare to make a sound, only his wife looked calm, she waved her hand to screen everyone away, and only the husband and wife were left in the room. He took Xie Yi's hand one step forward and said: "Ah Weng sent someone to send a letter, maybe he will go south to Yuzhang. Since Husband has established himself, naturally there is no need to go with him. Or the general will be farewell soon, and all of you should be on your knees."

"Yu, Yuzhang..."

Hearing this, Xie Yi's face was first surprised, then happy, and then showed deep sadness.Yuzhang is a big county in Jiangzhou. Once he can win it, it will not only improve his authority, but also his family's status in the camp. It will be a great joy.

But this also means that he must make a choice.Although the ownership of Yuzhang County cannot be determined by his small achievements, his family must show an impeccable attitude in order to win it.

"Okay, I have Lao Arong to prepare some gifts, and we will go home together later."

Xie Yi was silent for a long time before speaking dryly.So far, he has no choice.

After making this decision, he felt even more ashamed and hesitant, put on a single shirt and went out, staring at the big tree in the courtyard in a daze.

The capital was initially created, and everything was waiting for the camp. The new left-behind governor, Liu Chao, was a rigorous and upright person. He tried his best to defy public opinion and confiscated all the unused land and mountains around Jingkou, including the southern suburbs.For various reasons, the two largest forces in Jingkou, Yinjue and Shangmeng, were silent and tolerant.

The turmoil caused by this was the soaring price of land in Jingkou. Similar to the scale of Xie Yi's house, the price has doubled several times in just a few days, and it has reached an astonishing price.

The Xie family was not known for its business operations. Although Xie Yi was brought into Yinjue by Yu Tiao's support in the early years, Xie Yi had already transferred the capital shares under his name to the family.Even before the land price soared, he couldn't afford such a house.The reason why they can live in now is because before the son-in-law returned to his hometown, the group of old men who summoned them had their own gifts, and what Xie Yi got was this house.

Thinking that after returning home later, the former chief official and good friend may become strangers, even though he is open-minded by nature, he couldn't help but shed tears at this time.Xie Yi walked into a small room with heavy steps. The interior of the room was poorly furnished. There was only a pair of armor scarred by knives on a wooden shelf in the middle, and a bloodstained bow and spear underneath.

The armor and weapons are the ones that Xie Yi followed his son-in-law to recapture Gyeonggi on the day, the scars of the knife are especially fresh, and the person is no longer the same.Touching these utensils, my heart was full of emotions for a while, and I was even more embarrassed.

After sitting in this room for an unknown amount of time, a family voice suddenly sounded behind Xie Yi: "Ah Lang, my lady is ready, when will I leave?"

"So fast?"

Hearing this, Xie Yi looked at the sky and found that it was already past noon. He stood up and stretched his sore legs, and said with a sense of despondency, "Since you're ready, let's go."

The family member bowed to answer, then looked at the armored soldiers in the room, and couldn't help whispering: "Ah Lang, there are always murderous soldiers in the house, always..."

"Shut up! Whoever dares to touch the utensils in this room, I will break his hands and feet!"

Xie Yi raised his eyebrows, his face changed suddenly.Hearing the words, the family hurriedly leaned over to plead guilty, not daring to say more.

After going out to the vestibule, Xie Yi saw that his family had prepared the ox cart, and was about to step into the cart, when suddenly a loud voice sounded from outside the gate: "Xie Erlang! Erlang, are you at home?"

While the voice was yelling, several people rushed into the court, each armed with swords, looking brave and arrogant, the leader was Yu Yi's son Yu Manzhi.

After rushing into the courtyard, he swept his eyes and saw Xie Yi standing in front of the bullock cart. Yu Manzhi waved his hands and said, "Erlang, you want to go out? If it's not something urgent, put on your armor quickly, someone is bullying our brother Zhaowu!"

When Xie Yi heard this, his eyebrows twitched, and immediately he put all his distracting thoughts behind him, and ran back in big strides: "Wait for me for a while, I'll be here right away!"

"husband……"

Mrs. Xie's Mrs. Ruan poked her head out from the bullock cart, and was about to call Xie Yi to stop, when she turned her gaze, she saw Yu Man standing beside the bullock cart with a silly smile on her face, she was taken aback by surprise.

"Sister-in-law, please don't worry! There are tens of thousands of Liyang thieves, we and your family Erlang will kill them all. It's a small scene, and there is no problem! Please prepare soup, wine and food, and come to your house after the incident." Make a fuss!"

Yu Man stood there with his hips akimbo, fingernails on the back of the knife, grinning like a veteran.

(End of this chapter)