Jia Ke took the remaining more than 400 people, drove countless horses, cattle and sheep to withdraw the army in the direction of Kaipingwei. When they went, they traveled lightly, and it took more than ten days to fight one after another, and when they retreated, because they were driving a large number of livestock, it took even longer, and after more than twenty days, they met the soldiers patrolling Kaipingwei nearly fifty miles north of Kaiping Road.

It was only at this time that Jia Ke put his heart down a little. In the past month, Jia Ke has not been relaxed for a moment on the grassland, always vigilant, and careful every night. This allowed him to take hundreds of people freely among the Tatars and countless horses. His mental exhaustion is not understandable to outsiders, he can now fully understand Zhuge Liang's untimely death, he can't stand such a day after only a month, but Zhuge Liang has passed more than 20 years, he doesn't die who dies.

When Jia Ke returned to Kaipingwei with his men and horses, Huang Baifeng had already taken all the civil and military officials to greet him at the gate.

Looking at the countless livestock in the team, all of them understood that Jia Ke had achieved a big victory this time.

Jia Ke returned to the city with the cavalry, and then gave them three days off to give them a good rest and relieve the tension on the battlefield.

And when Jia Ke returned to his Qianhu Mansion, he met a few unexpected people, led by Lin Zhixiao, followed by Chuncao and Qiaolian, and Jia Ke was completely unprepared for their arrival.

But in front of so many people, it was not good to ask immediately, after sending Huang Baifeng and Feng Mo home. He met Lin Zhixiao in the study.

As soon as Lin Jia Ke saw Jia Ke in the study, he knelt down on his knees and saluted him, "Uncle, I have been here for half a year, and I have never sent a letter to my family, but I want the minions to die." ”

Jia Ke shook his head at Lin Zhixiao and said with a smile: "You, this mouth is getting more and more slippery." Get up, how long will you kneel? ”

Seeing Lin Zhixiao's filial piety, he then asked: "When did you arrive in Kaipingwei, why did you bring Chuncao and Qiaolian too?" ”

Although Lin Zhixiao stood up, he still half-bowed his body and answered Jia Ke's question, "Uncle, we came seven days ago, and we heard the news that Uncle you have pursued the Tatars. I've been worried about it for a while. And Chuncao and Qiaolian were sent by Aunt Zhou, worried that you would have no one to take care of you outside. ”

Jia Ke didn't know what Lin Zhixiao had to do this time, so he asked, "What do you have to do this time?" ”

"Uncle, I came to deliver a letter to you this time on the orders of my lord. The lord has repeatedly instructed you to act as you say in the letter, and don't be rash. As he spoke, Lin Zhixiao took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Jia Ke with both hands.

Jia Ke took the letter and opened it in front of Lin Zhixiao. The above are all the instructions given to him by Jia Zheng, as well as the results of the handling of Wang Tao's matter.

The general content is that Wang Tao sent someone to go through Wang Ziteng's door. Wang Ziteng personally went to Jia's Mansion to discuss with Jia Zheng, so that Jia Zheng could open up and stop pursuing Wang Tao's faults. Of course, as compensation, this time Jia Ke has made a great contribution, so he naturally wants to reward it well, and has decided to upgrade Kaiping Wei to Kaiping Town, and Jia Ke has been promoted to the garrison of Kaiping Town with these military exploits, and is in charge of 10,000 horses to resist the Tatars.

After Jia Ke read the letter, he thought about it carefully, Wang Tao had relented this time, and he also leaned on Wang Ziteng, for Wang Ziteng's sake, the Jia family could not be overly pursued. After all, among the four major families in Jinling, Wang Ziteng is now the leading figure. Moreover, the four major families, intertwined and intertwined, are almost one. They can't tear down Wang Ziteng's platform. Besides, this time I also got the benefits. From the thousands of households in the sixth grade, Yiyue has become the garrison from the fourth grade, which is a four-level promotion, and it can be regarded as a single town. It seems that this matter can only be passed like this. As for the future, it can only be determined according to the situation.

Jia Ke's reaction to Wang Tao can be said to be impressive, his side has just broken the siege, and Wang Tao's side has already thought of all the ways to retreat, no wonder he can make this position.

This time, Jia Ke looked up to Wang Tao, and Wang Tao was able to rely on Wang Ziteng, all thanks to Gao Hong's mediation.

Since Gao Hong left Xuanfu Town that day, he hurried all the way to the capital, because there was no way and no one to introduce, he just sent a post, if he wanted to wait for Wang Ziteng to meet, I am afraid I don't know when it will be. So I stayed in the store first, and asked around about Wang Ziteng's home to see if I could find another way, and sure enough, I heard that Wang Ziteng only had one daughter, and he had already married the son of Baoning Hou. Now the Wang family is preparing a dowry for him everywhere, so Gao Hong took it to heart, and he spent a lot of money to buy a pair of huanghuali carved phoenix wearing peony three-screen mirror table, which is worth thousands of taels of silver.

And take it out to show off everywhere, this mirror platform is indeed rare. It is carved from a single piece of yellow rosewood, and various phoenixes and peonies are carved on it. Two doors are opened on the front side, several drawers are installed in the door, the fence is installed on all sides of the surface, the front is left with a gap, and three small screens are erected in the rear side of the fence, the side fan is closed forward, and the diorama is placed in the center. It is also inlaid with various gemstones such as jadeite, agate, lapis lazuli, etc. It's really rare in the world. This mirror platform alone is enough for ordinary people to eat for several lifetimes.

Wang Gui, the steward of the Wang family, has been preparing a dowry for the young lady on the orders of his wife these days. He heard that Gao Hong had a mirror table, which was a rare treasure, and in order to show his merit to his wife, he came to Gao Hong to buy this treasure.

When Gao Hong saw that the housekeeper of the palace had come to buy this treasure, he said to him with a look of embarrassment: "It's not that I don't know how to lift it, this treasure is not mine." So don't dare to call the shots. ”

Wang Gui'er said puzzledly: "Since it's not yours, how can it be in your hands." ”

Gao Hong sighed and said, "It's just because my master made some small mistakes this time, so he ordered me to carry money and jewelry." I came to the capital to find a way, and it was good to settle things, but unfortunately I came to the capital, and I was not familiar with the place, and there was no way. That's why it's delayed until now. ”

Wang Gui served as a housekeeper in Wang Ziteng's house, and he was extremely shrewd, but even his eyebrows were empty. When I heard what he said, I understood what he meant. This is to climb up to Wang Ziteng, but there is no way, so he performed this play, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile.

Gao Hong, when you look at Wang Gui's face, you know that he already understands. So he took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve, secretly stuffed them in Wang Gui's hands, and then said to Wang Gui with low eyebrows: "Who is the big housekeeper?" Naturally, I can't hide these little tricks from the eyes of the big butler, and I also ask the big butler to introduce me to let me complete the master's explanation. ”

Wang Gui accepted the money, then sat on the chair and asked slowly, "Which one is your master?" What do you want to do? If you explain clearly, I will reply to our master to see if he can see you. ”

Gao Hong saw that there was a way to do things, stood beside Wang Gui, and said respectfully: "Our lord is the envoy of Xuanfu Town, and this time he was deceived by a traitor and made a small mistake on the battlefield. So I went to Beijing to talk to Lord Wang, and brought a protégé post for me to give to Lord Wang. ”

As soon as Wang Gui heard this, he immediately became serious, you must know that although the envoy of Xuanfu Town is not a big official in his eyes, but after all, he is a feudal official, such a person comes to send a protégé post to his master, there must be something big in it, where does he dare to agree immediately.

Wang Gui sat there and pondered for a while, and then said to Zhou Hong: "I don't want to know what you want our master to do, but I can thread a needle for you and let our master meet you, and I can only do this." ”