There are 800 miles from Shenjing to Xingxiang, fortunately, there is a post station every 30 miles on the official road, with the sword of the Son of Heaven, you can change to a first-class post horse.

Therefore, Jia Qiang led people to set off from Shenjing, and after one night and one morning, after eight horse changes, when they rushed to the ancient city of Xingxiang, it was only noon.

But he did not enter the city, but after receiving the news gathered along the way, he turned directly to the Xingxianghe camp outside the city.

All the way to the dust, outside the general's mansion, converge with the elephant of Yue, change the head, wear a purple and gold crown, a bullfighting suit, with the sword of the Son of Heaven, and the entourage all change embroidered clothes and brocade clothes.

In front of the gate of the Heying General's Mansion, there was a shortage of soldiers and horses, and he forced himself into the gate and went straight into the middle hall.

"My lord, at midnight last night, the second boat had just left the lake city section and entered the Xiangxiang section, and was attacked by a siege crossbow in the wilderness."

"Then more than 500 people surrounded the second boat in more than 30 small boats, threw torches, and climbed onto the boat."

"The ship first shoots it with a bow and crossbow, and when it encounters a very strong master, it can avoid the arrows, so it is killed with firearms! The power of firearms shines last night! ”

"The thieves obviously received an order to die, and under the command of Gao Long, they lured the enemy and went forward one after another, until two or three hundred people died, and after half of them, the morale completely collapsed, and the rest fled."

"The elite on the ship got off the boat and chased for a while, and took the night owl to ambush and kill, capturing more than 20 people, one of whom confessed that Gauss, the general of the Xianghe Battalion, had been ambushed! And they don't actually know who they ambushed......"

Jia Qiang's originally extremely fast footsteps suddenly paused when she heard this, turned her head to look at Yue Zhixiang, and asked, "General Xingxiang is already dead?" ”

Yue Zhixiang nodded and said, "Died in the chaotic army." ”

Jia Qiang frowned and said, "Dead? The generals are all dead, and they are still in a hurry to come here to ......"

Yue Zhixiang pointed to a person behind him and said, "This brother is in charge of staring at the General Mansion of the Xingxianghe Battalion in the night owl, he said that five days ago, he saw two mysterious people visiting the General's Mansion at night, and after that, the Xingxianghe Camp began to have some abnormal movements. It was with this brother's advance reminder that we were able to set up an ambush here. Master Hou, if you find the clues of the mysterious person, it is possible to find out who is behind the scenes! ”

A Grand Canal, winding for nearly 3,000 miles, along the way a total of 21 state cities and river camps, there are also 21 generals' mansions!

Jia Qiang scattered the silver mountains and silver seas within this year, mainly to open up the twenty-one general's mansions that were directly facing the river and in charge of the river camp.

This time, it is clear that a great contribution has been made.

Jia Qiang looked at the person behind him who was pointed to by Yue Zhixiang, examined it, and saw that he was only in his early twenties, although his appearance was mediocre, his expression was very calm, and he couldn't help nodding and said, "It's a good hand, what's your name?" ”

The young man saluted and said: "Hui Hou Ye, the youngest surname is Zhao, and his name is Zhao Shidao." ”

Jia Qiang smiled, recited it again, and said, "Zhao Shidao? ”

Seeing that Jia Qiang was puzzled by his name, Zhao Shidao nodded and said: "Yes, Xiao Yuan is also from the family of eunuchs, but he is a concubine." The day before he was born, his father passed away, and his grandmother thought that it was the bad way of the world that caused his father to die early, so he named the younger one Shidao. ”

The world is not good, so take the name of the world......

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "Fool's opinion." The name Zhao Shidao is awkward, and the meaning is not good. The world is not good, but you are good. It's better to change the name and call Zhao Shidao. You have made a great contribution this time, Ben Hou hopes that you will not be arrogant or rash, learn from Yue Qianhu's side, learn from his method, and get the road early! Let's try 100 households first. ”

Now the people under Jia Qiang are wearing an extra layer of embroidered clothes.

It's a fool to have such convenience......

When Zhao Shidao heard this, under the envious gaze of others, he knelt down excitedly and kowtowed: "Thank you for the name, thank you for the promotion!" ”

What does it mean to reach the sky in one step? Nothing more.

After Zhao Shidao got up, Zhengse said: "Five days ago, the little one took two people to monitor here at the corner of the street outside the General's Mansion, and I didn't expect to see anything, but I didn't expect that just after the ugly time, I saw two mysterious people who were covered in black cloaks and couldn't even see their faces clearly arrived at the General's Mansion, and they only stayed for half an hour before and after, and then left overnight, which is very unusual!" In the past six months, Xiao has been very familiar with the concierge steward of the General's Mansion, and the next day he invited a host, drunk him, and asked some questions. Although there was no big gain, I also knew that the two men in black seemed to be from Beijing, because the accent was in the middle of the accent. In addition, one of them spoke in a shrill voice, not like a normal man. By the way, General Gauss was very respectful to these two......"

Jia Qiang's face suddenly became solemn, and he asked, "But are there any other details?" ”

After thinking about it carefully, Zhao Shidao shook his head and said, "No." ”

Yue Zhixiang said softly: "It's already rare. Master Hou, it is better to ask Gauss's family as soon as possible and search the secret room of his study to see if there is anything to be gained...... Late will change. ”

Jia Qiang nodded, and asked again, "How did the Xingxianghe Battalion deal with it?" ”

Yue Zhixiang smiled and said, "A mere criminal general, he can't raise so many die-hard people. He was able to gather more than 500 people to ambush and ambush him, and he has already brought all the soldiers he can lead to do bad things. is also coaxed and deceived, saying that he will take them to make a windfall. If you really let those people know what they are doing, in this peaceful year, unless it is a collision, who will do this deed of raiding the family and exterminating the clan? Therefore, the embroidered guards only showed their identities and put everyone in the camp. ”

Jia Qiang praised: "Lao Yue, it is really worthy of following Mr. for so many years, and Mr. is regarded as a confidant, which is amazing." ”

Yue Zhixiang shook his head and smiled: "It's just my duty." ”

Jia Qiang said: "Let's go, go in and see if we can scavenge anything valuable." I think it's difficult. It's a pity that the staff is going to die......"

Yue Zhixiang said: "There will always be some clues, so why should the general give his life to the big people in the capital?" There may not be any ink on the paper, but there are some precious treasures. ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "That makes sense! Come on, dig three feet into the ground with me, search! ”

……

"No......"

An hour later, Jia Qiang asked people to scrape the study and treasury of the General's Mansion three feet to the ground, and Yue Zhixiang took matters into his own hands, searching the secret box and secret compartment, and a lot of silver was turned out, but there was nothing to want.

Yue Zhixiang also showed a little disappointment on his face, Jia Qiang thought for a while, and said, "Bring all the family members of the General's Mansion for questioning." ”

Immediately, someone brought a group of relatives who had rushed to the courtyard to blow the cold wind.

Jia Qiang's gaze swept from old to young, as well as the faces of more than ten concubines, and said lightly: "This marquis is from the Divine Kyoto, the hereditary first-class marquis of the Naining Mansion, and the commander of the embroidered guard. Gauss was involved in the rebellion and rebellion, and punished the nine clans for serious crimes, which was unforgivable. But Ben Hou adheres to the virtue of having a good life in God, so he is willing to give one of you a way to live, so that you will not be wiped out.

Ben Hou knew that five days ago, two disgraced people came to find Gauss and conveyed the order to ambush and kill Ben Hou's family. Gauss only frantically mobilized the soldiers and horses of the river patrol battalion last night to barrage the river and attack and kill. Therefore, as long as you tell the information about those two people who have not seen the light, Ben Hou will consider it as appropriate, and count you as guilty and meritorious, and you can spare the tragic death.

In addition, if there are any great people in the capital who appreciate Gauss, what treasures have been rewarded, and what secret places are hidden, and what can be said, Benhou can also dispose of them at his discretion to avoid death.

I'm going to give you a cup of tea. ”

"I am the sister of Xiongwu Hou Wang De, and my lord is the brother of Jing Ning Bo Gao Xun, don't say that the lord inspects the canal and finds that it is official business to inquire about misconduct, even if there is a misunderstanding and intercepts the boat of your family's relatives, it is not the crime of plotting against the Zhu clan? Even if you are the commander of the embroidered guard, you can't kill people indiscriminately, and you must be judged by the three divisions of the imperial court! ”

The general's wife's words made Jia Qiang's face suddenly turn pale.

It's not because this woman doesn't know the sophistry of the sky, but because she is actually the sister of the majestic warrior Hou Wang De!

Xiongwu Hou Wang De's participation in this matter is nothing, but just now Zhao Shidao said clearly, there is a mysterious person who does not speak like a man, like a eunuch.

Behind this, most of them are involved in which palace.

And the palace that is most closely related to the Xiongwu Houfu is the Baojun Palace!

Jia Qiang took two steps forward, suddenly raised the sword of the Son of Heaven, slammed the scabbard on Wang's face, looked at Wang's who fell to the ground with a scream, and said coldly: "It's really unfortunate, what Benhou hates the most is a wicked woman like you." Come on, pull it down and cut it down! ”

Immediately, two embroidered guards stepped forward, their faces changed greatly, their voices changed, and the Wang family, who shouted that they couldn't kill her, dragged them aside, Jia Qiang asked people to stop for the time being, and asked: "Ben Hou gave you one last chance, do you know which family sent the manpower that day?" ”

Unexpectedly, the mother-in-law surnamed Wang had a sense of paranoia, and Wang actually spat and said, "Phew! I am a three-grade fate, the daughter of the prince, you don't come to this set of bluffs to deceive me! If I don't know, I know, and I won't tell you! ”

Jia Qiang nodded, seeing that this old lady really didn't know, so she and Shang Zhuo raised their chins slightly, Shang Zhuo pulled out the embroidered spring knife, and killed him with a knife, bleeding all over the ground.

Jia Qiang didn't look over there, his eyes stared at the group of women and children, and said indifferently: "Don't blame Ben Hou for killing innocents indiscriminately, if it wasn't for Ben Hou's brothers fighting to the death last night, the one who died would be Ben Hou's closest relatives." Who wants to kill my relatives, how can Ben Hou be kind to a woman and let his wife and children go? Finally, ask again, if you don't say it, let's go with the daughter of the prince. ”

The other women and children wept a lot, but they didn't dare to make a sound.

The only very young and beautiful young woman trembled and said, "Slave...... The slave family knows...... Know where to ...... There is a dark grid, don't kill me......"

Jia Qiang's eyes lit up when she heard this, and Yue Zhixiang stepped forward and pulled the woman out.

Jia Qiang looked at her and said softly: "You are just a weak woman, and you can't do any great evil, so it doesn't matter to the court whether you are killed or not." As long as you tell where the secret grid is, Ben Hou can call the shots and spare you from dying. ”

Hearing this, the woman nodded again and again, and said, "Okay! Good! I don't want to die, I'll take you to find it! The old man was afraid that the baby would be taken by his wife to give it to his mother's family, so he repaired a secret grid! ”

Jia Qiang, Yue Zhixiang, Shang Zhuo, and Zhao Shidao went to the backyard with the Gauss concubine, and in an inconspicuous ear room with sundries, she counted the bricks on the ground, and then on a wall, she didn't see anything different, but saw the concubine touch it in one place, and then didn't know how to use force, pressed it in a corner, and a piece of the upper foot was warped, and the wall here was actually a wooden plank......

There are only two things in the Cabinet:

A golden dragon and nine silver cups, a treasure pearl coral tree.

All are treasures of heaven!!

Jia Qiang's face was as gloomy as water, she squinted at these two things, and asked lightly: "Gauss once told you, who gave this pair of treasures?" ”

The young woman shook her head and said, "This old man didn't say it, only that he was a noble man. ”

Jia Qiang nodded, although she was in a bad mood, she still said: "Ben Hou is a good talker, and he won't kill you." As for how to send it down...... You go outside and wait. ”

The young woman was overjoyed when she heard this, but she was still afraid, and she did not dare to turn her back when she moved out a little, lest she would be stabbed to death if she turned around......

After Jia Qiang shook his head, he asked Shang Zhuo to take out these two things, and said to Yue Zhixiang: "Old Yue, what do you think these two things should be disposed of?" ”

Yue Zhixiang thought for a while and said, "If the Hou Ye can be trusted, he can bring these two things back to Beijing and make a way to investigate." Such a treasure should not have too many in the Heavenly Family. In whose hands it falls, secretly check it, and it is impossible to say that there will be gains. Speaking of this, he hesitated, and Fang said slowly: "Master Hou, if it is an ordinary clan prince, even if he gives a lot of silver and promises a lot of good conditions, Gauss will not be a fool, so he should answer the great crime of rebellion against the Zhu clan as requested by the person behind him......"

Unless, in the future, there will be a big return!

Naturally, the prince of the clan can't do this, only ...... The prince who will be able to ascend to the throne in the future is the most likely.

So which one will it be?

Is it the third?

But Xiongwu Hou Wang's family, what's going on?

Although the Wang family is no longer in charge of the 12th regiment battalion, Wang Jie, the prince of the heroic army, still closely follows Li Jing, the king of Baojun, and is willing to be a pawn.

With the relationship between the Wang family and the king of Baojun, it should not be bought by the third child.

So, could it be Li Jing?

And for what?

Although Jia Qiang and Li Xuan didn't give Li Jing some decency, they were far from the point of brutal interception?

Of course, it may also be that Li Shi secretly did it and made a plan to blame him.

It's really uncertain......

Whether it is the eldest or the third or fourth, for Jia Qiang, it is a very headache for him.

But, no matter what, this time Jia Qiang will never take half a step back!

Even if you attempt to kill, you have to pay for your life!

"Master Hou, in fact, there is still some hope to find out who is behind the scenes!"

Yue Zhixiang said suddenly.

Jia Qiang turned her head to look at him and asked, "What hope?" ”

Yue Zhixiang said slowly: "Master Hou has entrusted me with all the power of the canal, I can mobilize all the manpower on the list, and I can also see many extremely secret cases." I also know that in the ambush murder case of Wuqing Yang Village, some mysterious yin talismans appeared. Coincidentally, Lin Xiangye once taught me an ancient "Yin Fu Sutra", so I knew some decipherment methods, and I guessed the meaning of several Yin Fu ......

So this time, they sent a Yin Fu letter to the three thousand households and the twelve hundred households of the embroidered clothes. Tell them to go alone to an inn in Xingxiang City to meet and accept a new errand.

Those who can understand this Yin Fu letter and go to the joint alone are at least seven points suspicious. ”

When Jia Qiang heard this, her eyes brightened slightly, but she said: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the embroidered clothes, what if they are also proficient in the Yin Fu Sutra?" ”

Yue Zhixiang nodded and said: "I don't rule out this possibility, but it's not very likely, what Lin Xiangye taught me was originally a lonely book." And even if the embroidered clothes guard is crouching tiger, hidden dragon, then this person is proficient in the "Yin Fu Sutra", and he must be known, and it will be clear when the time comes. ”

Jia Qiang bowed his head and said: "It makes sense, so there are only seven points of suspicion...... So how can the remaining three points be excluded? ”

Yue Zhixiang said with a smile: "This is simple, as long as you do a simple trick to startle the snake, after the person enters the inn, send someone in to arrest it." Those who have no selfishness in their hearts are naturally not afraid. Those who have ghosts in their hearts will of course flee for their lives. ”

Jia Qiang smiled: "It makes sense, but I don't know, will anyone take the bait......"

As soon as the words fell, I saw a person running in from the outside, kneeling in front of him, and said: "Master Hou, Master, the three thousand households have all entered the Yuelai Inn in Xingxiang City, Xuanwu entered first, and Qinglong and Vermilion Bird entered together. Then there was a conflict, and Qinglong and Suzaku besieged Xuanwu. Then the small one sent a team of men and horses to invite him, and Xuanwu fled. The third junior brother is falling behind him, wanting to see if there are any big fish behind! He can't run! ”

Jia Qiang was a little puzzled: "It turned out to be him...... Xuanwu also seems to be a filial son, and he has a big family left in Jingli, how dare he? ”

Yue Zhixiang chuckled lightly and said, "Master Hou, what is true and what is false in this business......

Jia Qiang was stunned when she heard this, and said, "You mean, his family in the capital may be fake?!" ”

Yue Zhixiang nodded and said, "Seven or eight out of ten!" Master Hou, I'd better go on a trip myself and bring those three people back. ”

Jia Qiang bowed his head and said, "Lao Yue, be careful." Interlacing is like a mountain, this doorway, I am really too far behind, I can't help you much. You have to pay attention to your safety......"

Yue Zhixiang said with a smile: "If there is no Hou Ye to sprinkle a large sum of gold and silver to place so many good hands, he will have the ability to reach the sky, and it will be difficult to cook without rice." And the Hou Ye can hand over great power to the lowly position, and let the lowly position do it. This mind alone is better than many superiors. Hou Ye is worthy of being a disciple of Xiangye, how can he say that he is too far behind? It is a privilege to be able to work under the command of proprietors like Xiangye and Hou Ye. Please also rest assured that in the capital, it is the territory of Xiuyiwei and CRRC Mansion for many years, and they may not be able to help them. But on this canal covered with silver by the marquis, Wei Yong and Dai Quan were there in person, and they had no choice but to be humiliated. It is in this profession that there is also a saying that wealth can lead to God. ”

Jia Qiang laughed and said: "I'm like a nouveau riche, so I know how to sprinkle silver...... Go! I wish you success! I took someone to Hucheng first, sent someone to send the secret back to Beijing, and with the result, Lao Yue went to Hucheng to find me! ”

"Whoa!"

……

"Lord Hou......"

On the way back, Shang Zhuo suddenly spoke.

Jia Qiang asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Shang Zhuo said: "This Yue Zhixiang is really a character!" is worthy of being a general who relies on Xiangye as a confidant! ”

Jia Qiang nodded, and said strangely: "You didn't know him well?" You were also a member of your husband's side before. ”

Shang Zhuo shook his head and said: "Xiangye is meticulous, although I am not bad, but I am the caretaker, this ...... It is the general that Xiangye used to fight with the salt merchants, and the family is afraid that only Uncle Zhong is familiar with him. Xiangye is really good to Hou Ye, and even such a family background is given to Hou Ye...... Master Hou, you must treat Miss Lin well. ”

“……”

Jia Qiang: "Didn't I treat my junior sister well?" ”

Shang Zhuo: "Hehe......"

“……”

Jia Qiang gritted her teeth and said: "Old businessman, the car dealer still needs a force to press the wheel, you have a lot of strength, why don't you go there to display your talents?" ”

Shang Zhuo hurriedly said: "Master Hou misunderstood, I mean Master Hou has treated Miss Lin very well......"

"Whew!"

After Jia Qiang snorted, she raised her horsewhip, shook it fiercely, stepped off the mount and accelerated again, galloping towards Lake City.

……

Shenjing City, Ningfu back street.

Xianger Hutong.

In the Xue family's house, Aunt Xue and Xue Pan's faces were a little unpleasant, and Baochai also lowered her eyes slightly.

At noon today, Jia Qiang sent Li Yong to send twenty Yunjin horses, which was a happy thing, but Li Yong told the Xue family that Jia Qiang would not be able to go to the Xia family tomorrow.

Aunt Xue and Xue Pan even boasted about Haikou, and in order to be worthy of a martial marquis, the Xia family specially invited many distinguished guests to accompany them.

This is about to happen, how should the Xia family explain it?

There were rumors that the Xue family relied on the Jia family to live, and looking at the Jia family's face, the Jia family didn't take the Xue family seriously at all......

Now that this is happening, I'm afraid there will be more of these rumors.

Even in front of the Xia family, he couldn't raise his head......

Aunt Xue was sad and burst into tears, but Xue Pan forced a smile and said: "There must be a business trip, or Brother Qiang can't leave overnight." Those things about him are big things, and they can't be delayed......"

Baochai glanced at Xue Pan and persuaded Aunt Xue: "Mom, my brother understands this truth, and he should understand it if he wants to come to the Xia family, why should you be sad......

Aunt Xue cried and said, "Don't you know, where are people in this world reasonable and reasonable? A major event like getting married is extremely decent. I have said something good, but suddenly something happens, how can I say it? The Xia family has found a lot of favors over there, and if we can't invite someone with enough status, there will be something to say over there. In the future, your brother can't raise his head in front of the Xia family girl. The old lady of the Xia family is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so she has to laugh at our family. And those old friends ......"

Just thinking about it, Aunt Xue felt that the sky was dark, and she had no face to see anyone.

Acceptance is the most important part of the six ceremonies of marriage, and if something goes wrong in this link, the whole marriage will be criticized.

Baochai hesitated: "Or, why don't you ask your uncle and uncle to come forward?" ”

Aunt Xue burst into tears and said, "Your uncle has not seen any outsiders now, and he has already declined." Your uncle...... After he died, how did he get this betrothal? Or...... Do you want Baoyu to go? ”

Baochai: "......"

Xue Pan laughed angrily, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let Baoyu go, it's better for me to go in person!" ”

Aunt Xue spat: "Let your mother's fart!" Shall he give himself a levy? ”

Just when the family of three was depressed, they suddenly saw a woman hurriedly come in, and said: "Mrs., Mrs., there was a lieutenant outside, saying that it was Kehe and the prince of the county who came to pass a word for their prince, saying that the Hou Ye of Dongfu entrusted him, and Ming'er went to the Xia family on behalf of the Hou Ye to give the uncle a sign, so that our family could prepare things, and the king drove over to the Xia family in the morning to go to the Xia family!" ”

"Oops!! Ok, good, good! ”

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing this, Aunt Xue and Xue Pan were naturally ecstatic and stood up happy.

It was Baochai, although he was still sitting there quietly, and the corners of his mouth were curved into a very beautiful smile......

……

PS: Maybe my aunt came yesterday, and I don't want to code words. It wasn't until this morning that my wife went to have a prenatal checkup, and I wanted to accompany her, but she didn't let me, let me have a good rest, don't work too hard, and I woke up......