Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 58
Xiao Mahe smiled, and turned the wine bowl down, meaning that he would not drink anymore.

After wandering his eyes over Yang Ming and Xu Jing, he said curiously:

"Who is this kid?"

Xiao Mohe was not curious about Xu Jing's identity, because Xu Jing looked like a servant at first glance, you don't need to look at his clothes, just look at his humble appearance.

But Yang Ming is different. The half-grown child gives people a mature and deep feeling, which will leave a deep impression on people just by looking at it.

Chen Shuyi didn't answer him immediately, but said with a frosty face:

"When are you going to die?"

Yang Ming almost burst out laughing when he heard this sentence, the opening remarks of the master and apprentice seemed a little too novel.

Xiao Mahe is also thick-skinned, he raised his beard and wiped his mouth, he laughed and said:
"Hurry up, hurry up, don't worry, maybe you will die tomorrow."

Chen Shuyi slapped the table violently, startling Yang Ming:
"Are you still listening to me?"

"Listen, listen." Xiao Mahe raised his hand and said, "As long as you don't pat the table again, I will listen to everything."

Chen Shuyi snorted coldly and looked at Yang Ming: "Okay, let's talk."

no?Won't you introduce me?

Yang Ming shook his head helplessly, cupped his hands towards Xiao Mahe and said, "My servant, Yang Ming, has met Senior Xiao."

"Yang Guang's son?" Xiao Mahe was stunned, and glanced at his apprentice.

Chen Shuyi frowned and said, "Didn't my father tell you that I'm in Prince Jin's Mansion now?"

Xiao Mohe said with a blank face: "Although Your Majesty and I are in Daxing, we have never met each other. By the way, what are you doing in Prince Jin's Mansion?"

Chen Shuyi was about to answer, but was interrupted by Yang Ming in advance:

"Shuyi is the king's master."

Yang Ming is now the king of the county and has the power to open the mansion. He can set up officials in the palace such as Changshi, Sima, Jishi, vassal, sacrificial wine, literature, master book, and recorder. These officials are all of high grade.

Among them, the boss, in layman's terms, is the secretary. The bosses of other county kings are all men, but Yang Ming's side is a female secretary.

Chen Shuyi was obviously taken aback when she heard Yang Ming's answer, but then she felt relieved.
If there are no accidents in my life, I should not be able to get out of Yang Ming's palm. He can do whatever he wants.

Xiao Mahe asked curiously, "Women can also be officials?"

"Of course not," Yang Ming pointed to Chen Shuyi who was dressed in men's clothes, "This is obviously a man."

Xiao Mahe looked astonished,
On the other hand, Chen Shuyi presented her signature white eyes, those rolled eyes, if a rope was put around her neck, she would be hanged to death.

"You are too childish, Yang Guang will allow you to be so foolish?" Xiao Moke said.

The matter of changing the name has not been studied deeply. Is it so complicated?Yang Ming replied in a deep voice:
"Please call my grandpa the King of Jin. I hope Senior Xiao will stop saying the wrong thing next time."

Xiao Mohe was taken aback for a moment, then sneered and said, "When I was dealing with your father, you were not born yet."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "My grandfather never mentioned Senior Xiao, but I often hear He Ruobi mention you."

The other party is talking about Yang Guang, who are you? You called Yang Guang?

Xiao Mohe was furious immediately, and was about to get up and leave, but was called back to his original position by Chen Shuyi's "sit down".

There is no way, he is really afraid of his apprentice, not because the other party used to be the old princess, there is a difference in status.

It's because Chen Shuyi is his only apprentice, and the teacher and apprentice love each other deeply.

The reason why Xiao Mohe got angry when he heard the word "He Ruobi" was because He Ruobi was his old opponent.

In the battle to destroy Chen, Xiao Mohe was the supreme military commander of Chen Chen, and the one who confronted him directly was He Ruobi, the governor of Wuzhou at that time.
In the end, it was He Ruobi who captured him alive.
Afterwards, it was He Ruobi who often used the battle to exterminate Chen to show off and satirize Xiao Mahe's incompetence.

The battle between the Sui Dynasty and the Chen Dynasty is still a topic of discussion after dinner, so that Xiao Mahe feels ashamed to stay in Daxing.

Especially when the generals of the Sui Army who participated in the extermination of Chen rumored that when Xiao Mahe was charging ahead, Chen Shubao slept his wife behind
So Yang Ming guessed that Xiao Mahe's refusal to meet Chen Shubao was mostly because he couldn't get over this hurdle.

After Xiao Maha was silent for a long time, he drooped his face and said:

"You asked me to meet, just to let people scold me?"

Chen Shuyi shook her head and said, "I really want someone to wake you up, look at your current appearance, are you still the Hussar General of my old Chen?"

"Hehe, great general?" Xiao Mahe shook his head and smiled wryly, "It's just a dog's ear of a bereaved family."

Seeing the other party's depression and listlessness, Yang Ming doubted whether he should come to see the other party today.

"I won't talk nonsense. I asked Shuyi to meet Senior Xiao today because I want you to join the army in my palace. Senior Xiao can think about it."

"Hehe." Xiao Mahe said: "The old man has heard about His Royal Highness being crowned king, but you haven't become a feudal clan yet, do you have soldiers in the mansion?"

"No," Yang Ming said.

Xiao Mahe said: "Then I have no soldiers to lead?"

"Yes, none," Yang Ming nodded.

Xiao Mohe turned his gaze to Chen Shuyi, who said:

"Because there is not a single soldier, so I need Master to help recruit soldiers from the palace. The palace is already under construction and it will be completed within two years. Your Highness wants Master to go to Hedong."

After finishing speaking, Chen Shuyi gave her master winks again and again.

Xiao Mahe bowed his head in thought.

He really didn't want to stay in the capital any longer, he really couldn't stand those rumors and the contemptuous eyes of the generals of the Sui army when they looked at him.

Moreover, it was a fact that Old Chen was dead, so he wouldn't lose his stature as someone who joined the army because he didn't have any stature long ago.

But what he was curious about was that the Wangfu joined the army from an official position of the eighth rank, but normally, this position should be held by someone who is trustworthy enough. Why did the other party come to him?

I don't know him well, just because there is Shuyi in the middle?

"How many soldiers do you want to recruit?" Xiao Mahe asked.

Yang Ming knew that the other party was moved, so he hurriedly said, "According to the county king's standard, two thousand armors can be placed."

"Oh, that's not too little." Xiao Mahe asked again: "Do you want me to help you train the soldiers?"

"Recruitment and drills are all done by you alone," Yang Ming continued: "Including the site selection and construction of the barracks, it's all your business."

Xiao Mohe said in a deep voice: "You give me money, I will do things, how will I do it, you won't interfere?"

Yang Ming nodded and smiled, "I just pay for it."

"it is good!"

Xiao Moke is also a cheerful person, so he readily agreed.

In fact, he also knew that he was idle in the capital, and he had no chance of getting ahead. It was better to leave Daxing and find something to do than to stay here and live a dream.

Yang Ming did not expect that this matter would go so smoothly.

In history, Xiao Mahe, because of his lack of ambition for a long time, served as an aide to the king of Han Yang Liang, and followed Yang Liang to rebel against his father, was captured by Yang Su, and then took the lead.

So in Yang Ming's opinion, Xiao Mahe is a general, but definitely not a handsome one.

It was Li Jing who really placed high hopes on him.

(End of this chapter)