Xu Ming'er dug a pit with a small shovel in the small courtyard behind the house, planted the cherry tree, picked up some stones with a purpose, and walked around, then stood up, wiped the sweat on her forehead, looked at it, and smiled with satisfaction.

This is a wild cherry tree, in half. Xu Ming'er saw a few small pink flowers blooming messily on the top, and heard Xia Xun say that it was a cherry tree, so she pestered him to transplant the tree to his backyard.

Xia Xun blurted out and said: "We can't live here for a lifetime, maybe we will leave soon, why bother ......" Okay, planted in the courtyard, not far from Jinling City, if you think about it later, you can come back and see." ”

Seeing the lost look in Ming'er's eyes, Xia Xun hurriedly changed her words, and Ming'er smiled.

A small tree doesn't need to dig a deep pit, and the soil here is soft and fertile, so Ming'er rushed to do it and didn't ask Xia Xun to dig it, but after the tree was planted, she was also drenched in sweat. 、

"Hmm, what are you taking?"

A foul smell wafted in the wind, Ming'er quickly pinched her nose, Xia Xun smiled hesitantly: "Manure, crops and flowers, all rely on manure to be in charge, this cherry tree makes the vine and dill entangled half dead, add some manure, in order to grow as soon as possible, maybe this time next year, you can produce a lot of cherries." ”

As he spoke, Xia Xun poured the dung spoon borrowed by Granny Duo Chen evenly into the stone fence that Ming'er had arranged, and poured some well water.

Xu Ming'er pinched her nose and said angrily and funny: "People just like these cherry blossoms, you just got these things, it looks disgusting!" ”

Xia Xun clapped his hands and said with a smile: "If you want to plant, then plant well and blossom is the process of flowering, and the result is the process of fruiting. ”

Xu Ming'er laughed teasingly: "Yo! The words of the great genius are so philosophical, why don't you chant a poem. ”

"Bard?"

Xia Xun thought about it and said, "Cherry blossoms, one branch, two branches, and tens of millions of flowers." The flower bricks once stood up to pick flowers, and the skirt was red like fire. ”

Ming'er said coquettishly: "Tell you to make your own poems, who asked you to plagiarize ancient Tang poems?" Thinking that he was wearing a red dress, Xia Xun was praising himself, and two blushes of shame and joy climbed up his cheeks.

"Make your own song? I don't have the ability to write a poem in seven steps, so I might as well ask the county lord to write a poem. ”

Xia Xun said with a smile, there were only two sentences of cherry poems he remembered, and the other sentence: "These two red cherries are at your disposal, you can bite them, and I would rather teach my brother to swallow them to the stomach." If the little girl turned her face and used her soft white jade and green orchid fingers, she splashed ink on his face to paint a picture of "frost-stained forests, red all over the mountains." "That's all on your own.

Just talking and laughing, there is a person walking on the path outside the village, there are only a dozen or twenty families here, living according to the mountainous terrain, the field of vision is very broad, from the official road, no matter who comes, the field path of two miles can not hide the figure. When Xia Xun saw the appearance of the man, his eyes couldn't help shrinking, and he said to Ming'er: "Water some more water, sprinkle a thin layer of soil to cover the smell, I'll go to the front."

Ming'er also saw someone coming, so she nodded.

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The person who came was Jiang Mengxiong, unless it was a 100,000 urgent matter, Jiang Mengxiong could not contact him directly, and Jiang Mengxiong didn't know the contact news between the two of them, and he had to get through a few people to suddenly appear here, and only one could be what Ji Gang told him. In view of the fact that some major information is quite time-sensitive, it is impossible for Xia Xun to limit Ji Gang's actions to the death, he once said that the only first-class, most urgent and important news needs to be dealt with immediately, so that he can make his own decisions, and at the same time arrange for others to contact him, and at the moment, the most important news has appeared.

Sure enough, as soon as he saw Xia Xun, Jiang Mengxiong said: "My lord, Ji Gang has left Jinling overnight, crossed the river and went north, and I came to meet my lord and report the news." ”

Xia Xun asked, "What's the big news?" ”

Jiang Mengxiong hurriedly told Xia Xun about the news he got, and Xia Xun muttered: "No wonder ......, it's really ......." ”

The information that Ji Gang informed Jiang Mengxiong was that the capital camp was empty, and he could take the opportunity to go south and seize Jinling City before the troops of the Qin Wang. It also mentions that Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Lian Zining, Jing Qing and others are recruiting troops in various places, and the current situation of the emptiness of the Jinling garrison will not last, and maybe when a certain line of soldiers and horses arrives in Nanjing, it can greatly enhance the garrison capacity of Nanjing City. Recruits may not succeed in field warfare, but it is always much easier to defend the city.

Xia Xun relieved his doubts, such a major news, Ji Gang immediately made a decision, immediately gave up other tasks, and decisively went north, if he still ran to Cimu Mountain with a note at this time to ask for his own instructions, so he delayed the fighter, it was really a hundred deaths. Xia Xun thought for a while and said, "This news is very important, has the backup transmission channel been activated?" ”

Li Jinglong is an extremely important chess piece in Xia Xun's intelligence network, but Mu En, who is ambushed in the palace, is a more secretive line than Li Jinglong. He had instructed that unless there was such important news as a matter of victory or defeat, no other news would be ignored by Muen, and that it would be his most important task to preserve himself.

Sure enough, this chess piece is easy not to use, and it can be used only once. Xu Zengshou was in his own home, his vigilance was greatly reduced, and he finally got a very important news, but he was reported by his brother who killed his relatives in righteousness, but he was caught in front of the palace, and was heard by Mu En, who was waiting in front of the palace, and then passed it to her brother who was a partner in the Zhangjia rice grain store through the little palace maid Dai Yixuan.

Xia Xun has prescribed the transmission method of A, B, and C intelligence for his intelligence network, and Class A intelligence is the most important intelligence, in order to ensure transmission, it is necessary to start three transmission lines at the same time, and any of them is truncated, which can ensure that the news will not be cut off, so there is this question.

Jiang Mengxiong bowed his head and said: "Yes, when Ji Gang contacted the lowly position, he once said that this is the most important news, and it is necessary to activate multiple channels to transmit the information to His Highness as soon as possible, in case he encounters accidents along the way." He also instructed the lowly to say that only oral messages are allowed, and not only words are written on paper, because once the grass is alarmed, the information may become invalid! ”

Xia Xun nodded, showing a reassuring smile, Ji Gang is thoughtful, but he is a good material for intelligence work. But Jiang Mengxiong's next words made his smile freeze on his face.

"By the way, my lord, when I went out of Beijing, I heard a news that Xu Zengshou, the governor of the Chinese army, had an affair with King Yan, and the emperor was furious when he heard the news, and the guards in brocade clothes arrested him and wanted to cut off his head.........

The smile on Xia Xun's face froze, and a strange look appeared on his face: "How is it possible?" ”

Jiang Mengxiong said: "It's true, the news has spread all over Jinling City." ”

Jiang Mengxiong secretly glanced at Xia Xun and asked tentatively, "My lord, ...... Governor Xu, is it really our people?" Could this confidential news be from him? ”

Before Xia Xun could speak, a trembling girl's voice said, "My third brother ......, what's wrong with him?" ”

Xu Ming'er turned around from the gable of the house and asked with a pale face.

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"Hey, have you heard, Xu Zengshou and Xu Dadu Governor are under house arrest, and the ministers of the court and the central government are writing to the emperor, please behead Xu Dadu Governor has thanked the world."

"I know, I know, I heard that it was because of Xu Dudu's news for King Yan that the imperial court was defeated repeatedly."

"Nonsense, doesn't it mean that the imperial court has been winning battles, and it is difficult for the Yan army to move an inch?"

"Whew! Not long ago, the Yan army hit the edge of the Huai River, and Mei Yuma led 400,000 troops to garrison the Huai Shang to resist the Yan army. ”

"Don't interrupt, don't interrupt, I heard that early that morning, Jinyiwei broke into the Zhongshan Palace, arrested Governor Xu, and Mrs. Xu and several young ladies chased to the gate of the mansion and cried."

"Let me tell you, it is said that Wei Guogong found out that his brother had fornicated with King Yan, killed his relatives in righteousness, and reported it to the emperor."

"Alas, it's really difficult for the two brothers of the Xu family, one wants to protect the emperor, and the other wants to protect the relatives ......",

"Wei Guogong is not easy, the head of the family, the successor to Zongtao, the next generation, can he destroy the entire Xu family for a brother? I heard that although Wei Guogong reported Xu Dudu, but when the emperor Long Yan was furious and wanted to kill Xu Dudu's head, Wei Guogong still knelt down and begged for him, and asked for the Danshu iron coupon given by Taizu, so the emperor pardoned Xu Dudu's sin and ordered Wei Guogong to put him under house arrest in the mansion to think about it, and he was not allowed to leave the mansion again, which can be regarded as a complete brotherhood. ”

"But Bachelor Fang didn't do it, the last time the imperial army was defeated in the river, and the grain and grass of 10,000 boats in Pei County were burned, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were demoted and exiled, and Bachelor Fang was writing to the emperor, asking to kill Xu Du Governor to thank the world, and summon Huang Qi and the two adults to return to Beijing!"

On the "Sanyou Pavilion", the drinkers talked a lot, Xia Xun, who was pretending to be a businessman with a blanket on his shoulders, stopped and listened to a few sentences, gave a look to Xu Ming, who was dressed as a guy by his side, and walked to the third floor.

The "Sanyou Pavilion" restaurant is on the west side of Zhongshan Wangfu, separated by four or five zhang wide. When he got to the third floor, Xia Xun picked the easternmost private room, walked in and ordered a few dishes of wine, waited for the little two to retreat, immediately closed the door, and then pushed open a small door to the window. Outside is a small balcony that sticks out, there is a green waist-high guardrail, two thick pillars on both sides, this is a high-rise building built by taking the big wood of the Qinling Mountains, sharing 48 giant trees, this scale, is only inferior to the sixteenth floor of Jinling built by the emperor.

Xia Xun held on to the guardrail, overlooking the scenery of the Zhongshan Palace, and his heart was agitated: "If I remember correctly, the history books say that Xu Zengshou was exposed when King Yan crossed the river, and was killed by the angry Zhu Yunwen with a sword, but he has an accident now!" History has changed, I have really changed history! ”

Xu Ming'er walked up to him, looked at his home, tears welled up in her eyes, and she cried in a low voice: "Uncle, I want to go back, I want to ......, save my third brother!" ”