Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 719 Getting old

A distance of one or two hundred miles cannot be reached in one or two days. After all, their team is not one or two people, but a whole thousand people. Basically, they are still walking, and they have to **** supplies and vehicles. One day It is not easy to walk forty or fifty miles.

   In fact, they walked for three days on the two-hundred-mile road, and on the fourth day, they arrived at a county town called Zhongwu County.

  Ye Shaobao returned from the north to the south, and Li Xin went north from the capital. The two of them have been sending people to contact each other. According to Ye Ming's letter yesterday, he should have settled in this county today.

  Li Xin sat on Mo's horse, raised his eyes and glanced at this small county town with a city wall less than 30 feet high, then turned back and instructed: "Set up camp on the spot and rest for a day."

This is the hottest time on the road, even if these people are the elites of the forbidden army, they can't stand it. After hearing Li Xin's words, the thousand soldiers immediately cheered and went down to camp with joy. .

   On the other hand, Li Xin and Ye Mao rode on horses, each with twenty or thirty generals, and headed towards the city gate of Zhongwu County.

  Li Xin was wearing a light blue robe, which was not very conspicuous, but the little man was in armor, and the people from this small county naturally did not dare to stop him, and respectfully let the group in.

   And...there were suddenly so many soldiers stationed outside the city, and the fool knew that this group of people had a lot of background.

Li Xin and the others quickly entered the city and asked where the previously agreed inn was. A group of dozens of riders quickly arrived at the entrance of Tongfu Inn, the largest inn in Zhongwu County. Li Xin and Ye Mao dismounted. Dozens of generals behind them also dismounted, some people were on guard, some people stepped forward to help the two of them hold the horses, and some people followed behind the two people to protect the personal safety of the two of them.

   A family will help Li Xin to open the door of the inn. Li Xin and Ye Mao slowly walked into the inn that was no longer small.

   As soon as they walked in, the clerk and shopkeeper of the inn were already frightened.

A fat shopkeeper in his forties ran up to Li Xin, but he did not salute Li Xin, but salutes Ye Mao, who was covered in armor, and bowed repeatedly: "This military lord, I don't know that you are here. What is the store doing?"

   The little man was expressionless.

   "Come and find my father."

   The shopkeeper was dumbfounded, and said in amazement, "I don't know the father of the military master..."

   Li Xin sighed helplessly, and showed a gentle smile to the shopkeeper.

   "He can't speak clearly. Let me tell you, shopkeeper, did you live in an old man here yesterday? We have something to do with him."

   "The old man..."

  The fat store owner thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Last evening, two people, an old man and a young man, lived in the small shop. The old man looked to be in his fifties or sixties, and he lived in the upper room of the small shop..."

  Li Xin nodded and said indifferently: "That's it, take us there."

   The fat shopkeeper carefully glanced at the two people, and then glanced at the dozens of big men in front of his house. He didn't even dare to ask, and nodded again and again: "The villain will take the two officials..."

   said, he hurriedly led the way in front, Li Xin and Ye Mao looked at each other and followed behind him.

  The young master was slightly behind Li Xin, and whispered: "Why did my father bring a person with him, and he came back from the Zhenbei Army?"

  Li Xin shook his head slightly, but did not speak.

   Soon, the fat shopkeeper brought them to the door of a room, and he trembled: "Two officials, the old man is inside."

   After saying this, he ran away as if he were running away.

  The young master took a deep breath, stepped forward and knocked on the door.

   "Father, the boy and the uncle see you coming."

There was no movement in the room. After a while, the door was slowly opened. The door was opened by a young man in black, who looked to be in his twenties. After he glanced at the two of them, he bowed his head to Ye Mao and said. : "Eldest son."

  This young man is not very tall, much shorter than Ye Mao, and his skin is dark, but his eyes are very energetic, and he has a sense of strength all over his body. He is obviously a rare master.

  Otherwise, Ye Ming would not dare to come back from Jimen Pass with him alone.

   Ye Mao took a deep breath and whispered, "Is my father inside?"

   "The general is inside."

   Young Master heaved a sigh of relief, and walked in with Li Xin.

This is the top room in this inn. There are two rooms inside and outside. After Li Xin and Ye Mao entered the inner room, they saw an old man with gray beard, wearing only coarse clothes, sitting at the table in the inner room. drink tea.

   His face was full of ravines, and the wrinkles became deeper and deeper.

   Even, some age spots can be faintly seen on the face.

  Li Xin frowned slightly.

Five years ago, he went west with Ye Ming, and the two met many times. At that time, although his senior brother Ye already had white hair, most of them were black, and there were not many wrinkles on his face. , But I haven't seen each other for only five years, this Senior Brother Ye seems to have aged ten years all of a sudden.

   This Senior Brother Ye looks like he is the same age as Master Ye, who passed away a few months ago.

   This is not surprising, after all, this Ye Shaobao didn't like to practice martial arts since he was a child, and his body and bones have always been much worse than his father, Ye Sheng. Not to mention that he has been running north and south all these years, and another person is in charge of the overall situation in the north, so the speed of aging will naturally be faster.

   Ye Ming's appearance has greatly touched Li Xin, an outsider, not to mention the family of the young master. Ye Mao thumped and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and choked: "Father..."

  Li Xin took a deep breath, stepped forward and said, "I have seen Senior Brother."

  Ye Ming took a deep breath, first helped Ye Mao up from the ground, then looked up at Li Xin, and forced a smile on his face.

   "You are here."

   said, he pointed to the chair in the room, and said slowly: "Sit down and talk."

  Li Xinlue hesitated and sat down, but Ye Mao kept squatting beside his father, with tears on his face.

   Ye Shaobao patted his son on the shoulder and asked, "How is your grandfather's funeral?"

   "It's all done, the fourth uncle is now guarding his grandfather's grave at his hometown in Ningling."

   Ye Ming coughed and his face turned pale.

   "Old father's birthday... I should have returned to Beijing with the fourth child. I didn't expect that only a little hesitation would mean that heaven and man are separated forever, and I didn't even see the last time."

   said, his voice was a little hoarse.

   "As the eldest son, I am not filial."

  Li Xin opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Ye Mao, who was beside him, had already choked up: "Father, Grandpa doesn't want you to go back to Beijing either, so he doesn't do your business..."

   "You are also for our family..."

   Because several months have passed, the sadness has faded somewhat. General Ye did not shed tears at this moment, but his voice was still sad.

   "If my father is gone, there is no home."

   He let out a long sigh.

"I know that the old man wants me to stay in the Zhenbei Army for a few more years, until you have enough ability to lead the Zhenbei Army, but if my father passed away, if I still turn a blind eye to the north and be my general, wouldn't it be a shame? For the son of man?"

   After he said, he patted Ye Mao on the back and said slowly, "I will go back to Ningling this time, so I won't come out, and I will die in Ningling in the future."

   "You...follow your uncle, see and learn more."

  Li Xin stood up from the chair and bent deeply towards Ye Ming.

   "Senior brother broke the younger brother."

   Ye Ming also stood up and stepped forward to support Li Xin.

   A faint smile appeared on his face.

   "I am very happy for my brother that the imperial court can send you, Chang'an, to preside over the Zhenbei Army."

   He looked sincere.

   "This sentence is not polite."

   (end of this chapter)