After arriving in Anyang, Gao Pragmatic and Shuai Jiamo parted ways, and when the Huizhou Ding Silk case should be concluded, let Shuai Jiamo go and return quickly, which is beneficial to Gao Pragmatic.

Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, now Shuai Jiamo's safety has been guaranteed, after the assassination case, Gao pragmatic led the case to Shuai Jiamo's assassination, and finally Baoding Government sent two officials to escort Shuai Jiamo.

Of course, the two officials were not enough, so Zheng Dezong, the guerrilla general of the Baoding Che Battalion, was in charge and lent a general flag to Baoding Mansion to escort Shuai Jiamo south.

According to the Ming military system, there are 50 people in a general banner, but in fact, due to the shortage, this general flag has only 34 people. Although the people are not satisfied, it must be enough to escort Shuai Jiamo to the south, after all, they are not ordinary guards, but field troops.

Gao Jue told Gao Shishi that with the combat effectiveness of this group of people, it may not be reliable to take them to guard the border passes, but nothing will happen if they take the official road in the mainland.

Gao Cheng has been very busy in the past few days, and he regrets that he only brought a rider with him this time, and the rider was originally to prevent Gao Cheng from encountering ringing horses and mountain bandits on the road, but he was not very good at guarding against assassins when he was resting in the city.

Of course, this is actually no wonder of him, after all, no one expected Gao Pragmatic to be assassinated, so he temporarily sent someone back to Beijing and asked Gao Mo to urgently send fifty additional foot soldiers to rush over - horse riding foot soldiers, mainly responsible for the defense of the station.

Gao pragmatic has no objection to this, he has spent so much money, and it is a matter of course to enjoy protection. However, he is not blindly defensive, although the assassination case was downplayed by him and transferred to Shuai Jiamo, it does not mean that he forgot about it.

On the one hand, Gao pragmatic handed over all the evidence to Liang Wu and asked Liang Wu to continue the investigation; On the one hand, Gao Pragmatic wrote a few letters and sent them to Jingshi together with Gao Jue's letter asking Gao Mo for help.

He felt in his heart that only Feng Bao had the motive to assassinate him, but he was skeptical that Feng Bao would really use such a method, after all, assassinating this kind of thing was really not in line with the tradition of political struggle in the Ming Dynasty.

This is a bad practice.

There is another question: Even if he dies, will Feng Bao's situation be much better?

As long as Gao Gong is still there, and he doesn't change his attitude towards Feng Bao, even if he is really dead, Feng Bao's situation will not improve much - in the final analysis, the reason why Gao Pragmatic can make Feng Bao restrain his hands and feet by Zhu Yijun's side is not because he really is amazing, in the final analysis, it is because Gao Pragmatic stands behind Gao Gong, and Gao Pragmatic is just a fox and a fake tiger.

The strength of the small pavilion is not "small", but the "pavilion old".

Gao Pragmatic felt that Feng Bao could get mixed up with the current situation, and he shouldn't even be unable to see through this truth, so he always maintained a certain skepticism about this matter.

But suspicion is suspicion, and the arrangements that should be made still have to be done, and those letters are his response.

It wasn't until Anyang County sent someone to invite him to the banquet that Gao Shishi woke up from his thoughts.

The surname of Anyang County is Zhong Minggu, who is neither a faction of the Gao Party, nor a faction of Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji, but a protégé of Yuan Wei, an important cabinet minister in the last years of Jiajing. [By the way, Yuan Wei was also known as a prodigy when he was a child.] ]

The county magistrate had poor luck, and he would take the top three and 100 outside, and he didn't get in, and he was released to a lower county at the beginning, but the term was not over, and Ding's mother was worried about resigning. After three years of filial piety, he was reinstated in Xia County, and he served a full term before he was transferred to Anyang County.

Anyang County is the government of Zhangde Mansion, but it is a county, and it is finally a bit like being an official.

At this time, Gao Pragmatic came.

Gao Pragmatic is Gao Gong's nephew, of course Zhong County's order is clear, and his grace Yuan Wei has already died of illness in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, so at present, he can't count on anyone in the officialdom to help him, at most, he will help each other in the same year of the year.

Out of such a reality, he also really wants to be familiar in front of Gao Pragmatic, although it is not necessarily useful, but many people are not to blame, who knows what this little pavilion old man is?

However, because the prefect of Zhangde is Li Chunfang's protégé, it is not good for him to greet him in person, so as not to offend his boss first. Speaking of which, it's also strange and pitiful.

Fortunately, since Gao Pragmatic is going to live in Anyang for a few days, as a county magistrate, it is still a matter of course for him to have a banquet, even if the prefect is not to blame.

There is actually nothing to say about going to the banquet, but Zhong Xianling is very good at climbing relationships, and he will talk about things in the same year. In fact, the Jiajing 41st year gold list where Zhong Gu is located is also quite interesting: the first three are Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Yu Youding, and these three have all entered the cabinet in history.

As for now, Zhong County's order is Shen Shixing - he is the same prince who has a banquet.

Of course, if it was only the same year, there would be nothing to say, but they were all from the same school, and they were all Yuan Wei's volumes. As for why Shen Shixing is the champion, and Zhong Gu is mixed into the top three, Gao Pragmatic is not clear. Anyway, Zhong Xian Ling is very modest, saying that he is shallow, and he is far from Shen Shilang - it is difficult to say that his talent is far behind, at least his career is not smooth, and his status is indeed far from now.

Officialdom, you have to talk about any connections, Zhong Gu said that he and Shen Shixing were not only the same year, but also the township party - both from Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili.

Gao pragmatic didn't react when he heard this, but just smiled and responded casually. In fact, what he thought in his heart was: Fortunately, you are not from Songjiang Mansion next door to Suzhou, otherwise I would have to worry about whether you are Xu Jie's township party.

During the banquet, Gao pragmatically asked Zhong County Order, after Guo Ge Lao Zhishi returned to his hometown, whether he lived in the county seat or the countryside, and he came here mainly to visit him.

Only then did Zhong Xianling know the purpose of Gao Shishi's visit to Anyang, and hurriedly said that although Guo Ge's hometown had a house in the city, he had never come here and had been living in the countryside since he returned to his hometown.

Gao pragmatic asked: "County honor, can anyone among the nobles recognize the way to Guo Ge's hometown?" ”

Zhong Xian Ling hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Guo Ge is always called Xianhai, and the contemptible people often go to visit to ask for benefits, since the senior attendant is going to visit, it is better to lead the way in person to show respect." ”

Gao pragmatic is indispensable, he excused himself, and when he saw that he couldn't resign, he went.

Originally, Zhong County's order meant that the county seat would rest overnight today and go to Guo Ge's home in the old countryside early tomorrow morning, but Gao was worried that it would leave a bad impression, so he insisted on going to the banquet as soon as he left. Zhong Xianling couldn't resist him, so he had to arrange it in a hurry, and after withdrawing the banquet, he took Gao Shishi and his party there.

Out of Anyang County, it is only more than ten miles to the east, and the surrounding scenery will completely return to the countryside. At this time, it was the first month of the lunar month, and there was a lot of snow in the mountains, so Zhong Xian Ling did not take a sedan chair, but was in the same car with Gao Shishi.

When he arrived at a village, Zhong Xian Ling opened the curtain with one hand, stretched out his index finger with the other hand and pointed into the distance, and smiled at Gao Shishi: "Gao Shi, please see, that is Mr. Higashino's old house." ”

Gao pragmatic looked in the direction of his finger, and was stunned at the moment.

The dignified Shige is old, and the family is really poor enough.