Jin Wuxi fell, the jade rabbit rose eastward, and the capital gradually quieted down after a lively day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the faint twilight, the gate guards of the nine gates were about to close the gates, and at this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the south gates.

Without waiting for the pawn to react, several fast horses had already come to the front, and the first one was a handsome and extraordinary beautiful young man, he did not slow down, took out a jade pendant from his arms and shook it in front of the pawn at the city gate, and then crossed the city gate.

"Hey, you, who are you, and the Son of Heaven dares to do this-" Insolence?

The younger soldier was very angry, he had not been at the city gate for a long time, and he had contact with some ordinary people on weekdays, and in front of those people, he was accustomed to playing prestige, and he even began to raise his nostrils to look at people.

It's a good thing today, there are people who are so presumptuous, they want to cross the city gate after shaking a broken jade pendant, it's really presumptuous!

The pawn felt that his dignity as a martial artist had been provoked, and he was unhappy, his face was gloomy, and he made a gesture to stop him.

The soldier on duty with him was a veteran who had been working for many years, and when he saw that his companion was looking for death, he grabbed him by the arm, quickly pulled him aside, and let the arrogant knights roar by.

"Third brother, why are you stopping me? They-"

The young man was very puzzled, and pointed to the figure galloping away, unconvinced, and wanted to complain.

The older one slapped him on the back of the head and scolded hatefully, "What are they? You kid himself said that this is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, nobles are everywhere, and it is possible to meet Fengzi and Longsun in any corner. But those few people dared to break into the capital, and they were not afraid of any rules and laws at all, and they were obviously powerful people with backers. Such a person, we are not qualified enough, you kid still dare to come up and provoke others? You don't want to live anymore?! ”

The young man's face changed in fright by his companion's words, and his legs trembled, "Third and third brother, then, what should I do?" Woo, will those masters come back to clean me up? ”

The older ones saw that he knew that he was afraid, and softened his tone, "Don't worry, the nobles are busy, where is the spare time to clean up our mustard?" ”

This soldier is right, the few people who rushed to the horse didn't take the two pawns in their eyes at all, especially Xiao Gang, who was the leader, and there were important things to do.

"Father, it's done."

Xiao Gang returned home, without a moment's delay, he entered the study with a horsewhip, and said excitedly.

"Oh, is that old craftsman really willing to be of my use?"

Xiao Daozong was cautious.

Moreover, the Qi family has a good way of governing the family, and important affairs are taken care of by loyal servants.

Xiao Daozong has dealt with the Qi family, and he has also seen the behavior of the Qi family's servants. Although Xiao Daozong is very displeased with such a noble as the Qi family, he also has to touch his conscience and praise it: The Qi family is really well-trained. Those servants seem to have been tricked by the Qi family, and they are unwavering regardless of the temptation of money, beauty seduction, or threat and persecution.

The saints, the princes, and the 'military' have infiltrated for so long, but they have never made progress, and it is the credit of those servants of the world!

The Qi family's firearms workshop is the foundation of the Qi family, and if you can serve as a 'master master' in the workshop, you must be the best among the servants, and your loyalty will definitely stand the test.

Xiao Daozong believes in his son's ability, but he knows better the discipline of the Qi family's servants, so he can't help but question it.

"Father, don't worry. Old Man Xu was indeed the most trusted servant of the Qi family, but his younger brother was assigned to Eastern Qi. ”

Xiao Gang hooked the corners of his lips and said sarcastically: "There is no real loyalty in the world at all, and no matter how much the slaves of Akagi can't match the blood kinship." The Eastern Qi Dynasty was defeated, and the slaves and maids under their names were scattered everywhere. Old man Xu wanted to ask Qi Ling to redeem his younger brother's family first, but he was a step too late, when Xiqi's housekeeper went to the official mansion, the family had already been bought by several families, and his whereabouts were unknown. ”

Qi Lingxian was not unkind, but he had no choice but to make people. Old man Xu didn't dare to complain about his master at first, but with the confiscation of the Qianguo Mansion, Xiqi was completely dormant, and the northern suburbs workshop temporarily stopped all business.

The workshop was suspended, and Qi Lingxian did not treat the craftsmen badly, and the salary was still paid, but there were no generous benefits.

Old man Xu is used to the scenery when he is a 'master master', and as soon as the workshop stops, he becomes a useless idler. Three or five days were okay, but after a long time, dissatisfaction gradually grew in his heart.

At this time, he couldn't help but think of his brother's affairs, and complained more and more about the master's family.

Now that there is Xiao Gang's deliberate temptation and instigation, it is not surprising that Old Man Xu will accept the Xiao family's solicitation.

The most important thing is that Xiao Gang did not directly ask Old Man Xu to turn back, he just asked Old Man Xu to do a small favor: tell the Xiao family the latest situation of the firearms workshop.

Others, such as stealing firearms, snooping on secret recipes, and other obvious betrayal of the master, did not need to be done by Old Man Xu. At least not for now.

Xiao Daozong listened to his son's words and nodded slowly, "In this way, the old craftsman surnamed Xu is 'excusable'." It's good, keep in touch with him. Today, I went to the household department to inquire, and in the past six months, I have approved a large amount of money to the firearms department several times in succession. Qi Jinzhi's news should be correct, the firearms department spent a lot of money to finally develop a firearm comparable to porcelain thunder. It is urgent for the Qi family to develop new firearms. ”

And their Xiao family, as long as they keep an eye on the workshop in the northern suburbs, they will have the opportunity to get the secret recipe for the new firearm.

"Father, can we move on to the next step?"

There has been a breakthrough in the matter of firearms, which has also proved Qi Jinzhi's 'loyalty' more and more, Xiao Gang's chest is full of hesitation, "My son can see that Qi Jinzhi is very interested in the military. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that he wants to find out the details of the military. The Qi family has been defeated for several years and has fallen out of the elite circle, in a sense, today's Qi family is very in line with the conditions of the military. ”

"It's not enough. Qi Jinzhi is still an official of the fifth grade, and his family has a close relationship with the prince, and he has not yet reached the point of exhaustion and desperation. ”

Xiao Daozong's eyes flashed with a complicated light, and he said faintly: "The 'military' line, most of them are poor people at the bottom who beg for a living. The Qi family is rich and noble. ”

The partners in the military, even if they have noble backgrounds, are also losers who have fallen to the bottom and have no possibility of turning over.

Qi Lingxian and Qi Jin's father and son are not real losers yet.

There is another reason, if the Qi family's firearms are not handed over for a day, the saint will not relax his fear of the Qi family for a day. And Xiao Daozong is ostensibly a 'confidant' promoted by the saint from the locality, and he can't openly oppose the saint.

The military can absorb the Qi family and co-opt the Qi family's connections, but it must wait until they are completely forgotten by the imperial court before they can act.

However, what Xiao Daozong didn't know was that because of Gu Jialuo's deliberate framing, Zhao Geng had already begun to track down the instigator of the blood curse, and soon, the 'clue' would lead to Xiao Gang.

At that time, the 'henchmen' planted by the saint in the military department will be in close contact with the saint's first favorite minister.

It's just that I don't know which one the saint will believe in......

PS: Catch insects. (To be continued.) )