Jizhou, Xu's family.

Xu Yuanqing stood in front of the bronze mirror and looked at his white hair that seemed to have come out overnight, and his heart felt a burst of sadness, as if he hadn't worked so hard for a long, long time.

Just because of Li Qi, who was born with mud legs, he added more gray hair, which made Xu Yuanqing feel that his new white hair was a little worthless.

Just as he thought of this, the servant called softly outside the door, and then said, "The old lady, please come over." ”

Xu Yuanqing's face changed suddenly, and a chill appeared in his heart.

He hasn't told the old lady about dealing with the carriage and horse shop, he wants to make up for it as soon as possible, but fortunately, the two people are dead, as for whether they have said anything, Xu Yuanqing at this moment has no need to worry about it.

He tidied up his clothes and went out, walked through the huge Xu family mansion, and when he walked to the door of the old lady's study, he suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he did something wrong, and stood here waiting for the old lady to scold.

Shivering.

If you think about it, I don't know why I'm so scared, even though he is in his fifties now, but this feeling is still there.

He took a deep breath, and then - entered the door.

Xu Gengmao, the old lady of the Xu family, was sitting on a rocking chair, and there were two young maids behind him shaking a fan for him, Xu Gengmao seemed to be asleep, but Xu Yuanqing knew that the old lady was pressuring him in this way.

"Not going to explain?"

Xu Gengmao suddenly said.

Xu Yuanqing was just about to open his mouth to speak, Xu Gengmao continued: "Since you don't plan to explain, it means that you are still a little sure, you want to wait until the matter is resolved before telling me, then I won't ask." ”

He slowly opened his eyes and glanced at Xu Yuanqing: "However, I met the high dean of the academy yesterday, and I saw a calligraphy in the study of the high dean of the academy, which is Mr. Song Ming's authentic handiwork on the platform, have you heard of it?" ”

"Yes."

Xu Yuanqing leaned over and said, "A priceless treasure." ”

"Hmm."

Xu Gengmao said: "I also heard that Mr. Yuming once hid a seal of Mr. Songming, which is Mr. Songming's personal belongings, and this is the only one in the world...... After Mr. Yuming's accident, the people of the Investigation Department checked all over and failed to find the whereabouts of this seal, I heard that because of this, Liu Chongxin also lost his temper, this morning Yu'er came back to me to say goodbye, I mentioned it to him, he suddenly thought of one thing. ”

Xu Gengmao's Yu Er, whose name is Xu Yuyu, is Xu Gengmao's great-grandchild, Xu Yuanqing's nephew, and his father Xu Yuanlang is Xu Yuanqing's second brother.

Xu Yuanqing's son is called Xu Xuan, and now he is working in the military department of the capital, and he has not been home for many years.

So this Xu Yuyu is particularly attentive to the old lady Xu Gengmao, he works in the Jizhou Detective Department, and he will come back every few days to greet the old lady, in fact, he just wants to show his face more.

Xu Yuanqing's generation is Xu Gengmao's grandchildren, and it is difficult to say whether he can take over the position of the head of the family, Xu Yuyu feels that he may bypass Xu Yuanqing and directly inherit the position of the head of the family.

When Xu Yuanqing heard this, he felt that things were not very good, and he leaned over and said, "Grandfather, if you have anything to do directly, you will tell me to do it." ”

"I don't need you, you still have your business, I just mumble a few words to you."

Xu Gengmao said: "When people are old, they like to talk more, but there are not many people around who can talk, you are my favorite grandson, so I came to you to chat a few words." ”

He smiled and said: "Yu'er said that when I found out that Mr. Yuming was in Tang County, there may be that Li Qi present, and he heard that you are investigating this person named Li Qi, so he asked me if I need him to help you, after all, it is more convenient for him to work in the Investigation Department." ”

"No, you don't."

Xu Yuanqing hurriedly said: "Don't bother him, he has a lot of things to do." ”

Xu Gengmao smiled and said: "You are each busy with your business, I handed over the matter of Mr. Songming's seal to Yu'er, if it is really in the hands of that person named Li Qi, this thing must be taken back." ”

"Yes."

Xu Yuanqing said: "There is no need for Yu'er to interfere, I will find out about the seal." ”

"You don't have to worry about his business, and he won't care about yours, I'm old, and when I'm old, I like to see how the juniors are brilliant, do you understand?"

Xu Yuanqing's heart tightened, and he couldn't wait to scold this old fox fiercely, Xu Gengmao's meaning couldn't be clearer, what kind of ethereal thing as a seal is not to let the two of them solve Li Qi, whoever solves it, the position of the head of the family may be passed on.

"I see."

Xu Yuanqing leaned over and said, "Then I'll go back first and continue to investigate?" ”

"Go ahead."

Xu Gengmao let him leave, but said a few more words: "It's a coincidence, yesterday Prince Yu's Mansion invited me over, and then I went to the academy with Prince Yu to visit Dean Gao, saying that Dean Gao occasionally felt a little uncomfortable with the cold, and Prince Yu also gave me a gift." ”

He looked at the wooden box on the table and said: "Here are three letters of appointment for government officials, blank, the prince said, let me fill in the names myself, where I typed down, someone always needs to be an official." ”

Speaking of this, Xu Gengmao glanced up at Xu Yuanqing: "After this matter is done, it depends on what you think, if you feel depressed at home, choose a place by yourself." ”

Xu Yuanqing felt like a big stone in his heart, and an impulse came out of his heart, he couldn't wait to rush up and strangle this old thing now.

This has been said so bluntly, doesn't it mean that if you don't do this well, you will get out?

How much has Xu Yuanqing done for the family over the years? Now because you don't do one thing right away, you're going to expel him from the house?

"Thank you grandfather for your love."

Xu Yuanqing leaned over and withdrew from the study, and the moment he went out, the sky was high and the clouds couldn't make him feel better.

This old fellow can use anyone in the family as a bargaining chip, and anyone but himself can trade it, and when he uses it, he can hold it to the sky, and when he doesn't use it, he can step on it in the mud.

He glanced back, then walked away quickly.

Soon after returning to his own residence, his subordinates hurriedly came to report that they had sent back news from the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion that Xiahou Zhuo and General Liu Ge might go to Qinglou tonight.

But it's not the Shuangxing Building where Uncle Yingying is, but the March River Building.

"March River House ......"

Xu Yuanqing was silent for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "The Cui family's industry?" ”

"Yes."

The subordinates replied: "March Jianglou belongs to the Cui family, and the owner on the surface is a steward of the Cui family, called Cui Tai, but Cui Tai is just a small role in the Cui family, but he is just the manager of a mansion of the Cui family." ”

Xu Yuanqingzai thought carefully for a while, the people of the Cui family are not very good.

There are many families in the city of Jizhou, and in such a big city in the north, all forces have their own territory, and they are intertwined, implicated and do not interfere with each other, and this delicate balance is actually difficult to control.

But most of the people in Jizhou have a scale in their hearts, and if the three most powerful families in Jizhou are ranked, the Xu family can only barely rank third.

The first is the Xie family, the second is the Cui family, the status of these two families is undoubted, but the gap between the third Xu family and the family behind is not so big, there is also the Wang family behind the Xu family, the Wang family's power in Jiangnan far exceeds the Xie family, but in the major cities in the north, the Xie family

The strength is more than the Wang family.

"The people of the Cui family are not very easy to get along with."

Xu Yuanqing's subordinates said: "It is not very convenient for our people to bring weapons into the March River Tower, and it is not easy to do things if they go in, after all, the Cui family ......."

It's hard to say what his subordinates are talking about, after all, the Cui family doesn't give the Xu family a lot of face.

The Xu family, the Xie family, and the Wang family are all branches of their respective families who later moved to Jizhou, only the Cui family has always been in Jizhou, and for hundreds of years, the Cui family has an unshakable position in Jizhou.

Out of Jizhou, the Cui family may still give the Xu family some face, but in Jizhou, the Cui family doesn't even need to give the Xie family face.

"Give me a change of clothes."

Xu Yuan was silent for a moment and then said, "Go to the March River Tower tonight to have a look." ”

At the same time, Jizhou Mansion, Detective Division.

Sadly, the people of the Jizhou Prefecture Detective Department did not know that their ancestor, Liu Chongxin, who was known as the five thousand-year-old, was dead, and the Detective Department of the capital had been taken over by Jing Obey.

The advantage is that because the people of Jizhou don't know that Liu Chongxin is dead, these disciples and grandchildren of his can still run rampant in Jizhou City.

They still feel that they have Liu Chongxin's protection, and no one dares to offend them.

The disadvantage is that once Prince Yu sends troops to the Nanpingjiang area, he will probably know what happened in the capital, and they will not have many good days as they want, Liu Chongxin's disciples and grandchildren.

"Seat."

The subordinates leaned over and said: "I have sent someone to check, the person named Li Qi is now running a carriage and horse shop, he has a lot of relationship with Xiahou Zhuo, and after Prince Yu left Jizhou, Xiahou Zhuo stayed behind for Jizhou, if we rashly offend Li Qi, Xiahou Zhuo may embarrass us." ”

Qiansi Xu Yuyu sat on the chair and shook his legs slightly, and nodded after listening to his subordinates: "In this way, it's not that my uncle is too incompetent, after all, it involves Xiahou Zhuo, and we have been disconnected from the capital for too long, otherwise, we won't have to give Prince Yu so much face." ”

He got up and paced around the room as he said, "But what to do, my uncle can't do anything, it may not be really that difficult." ”

He instructed: "Give you two days to find out all the people in Yongning Tongyuan Che Ma Xing, what is the name, where is the place of origin, you know how to do it, the power of the Investigation Department is still there, the prince is about to send troops, and it is also very important for the Investigation Department to check the outsiders in Jizhou City." ”

The scale of the Detective Department is very large, Liu Chongxin is the superintendent, and there are also left and right divisions under him, 12 brigades, and more than 100 regiments.

However, according to the internal name of the Detective Affairs Department, they call the brigade commander a thousand divisions, also called the division, and the regimental delegation is called a hundred divisions, and the subordinates are still called the divisions, which is probably called a higher status.

The Detective Division's Tuan Yuan leaned over and said, "Si Zuo, I'll handle this matter, I handled Mr. Yuming's case when I was in Tang County, maybe I can find something else." ”

Xu Yuyu nodded: "It's appropriate for you to go, go and explore how deep the water is in this carriage and horse shop, don't make trouble unpleasantly, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog, just go and check the foreign population, and find out all their people." ”

"Yes!"

Yuan Infinity said: "The subordinates will bring people over in a while, and there will be no extraneous branches." ”

"Hmm."

Xu Yuyu waved his hand: "If there is really Mr. Songming's seal, how much is that thing worth?" ”

Yuan Infinity said: "It's hard to say, in Jizhou, there will be people who are willing to spend a lot of money to buy this thing, but it must not be as good as the price in the capital, it can be sold for 350,000 yuan in Jizhou, and it may be more than 50,000 yuan in the capital." ”

He paused and added, "If the world is peaceful, this seal may be worth hundreds of thousands." ”