Walking at the front of the group of soldiers was a young man in his twenties, who separated the crowd of onlookers, walked straight to Zhong Nan, clasped his hands into fists, and said in a deep voice: "Boss, I'm sorry, we're late!" ”

This young man is Zhong Nan's new pro-soldier captain, his name is Hu Huanshan, and after Xu Wanzhou received an errand from the military intelligence office, he recommended Hu Huanshan, a veteran member of the pro-soldier team. Zhong Nan had a good impression of Hu Huanshan and recognized this candidate, and then Hu Huanshan took over as the captain of the pro-soldiers.

Zhong Nan and his wife only brought more than a dozen people from the pro-soldier team to Beijing this time, in order to act conveniently, and even the small sweet potatoes stayed in Jizhou. When he was about to go out today, Zhong Nan thought that it was the first day of his arrival in Beijing, so it was better to let the brothers of the family team go out to rest and rest, so he didn't call them to go along. Soon after the two left, Hu Huanshan didn't find anyone, only to know that the boss was going out to eat, thinking that the boss was not familiar with Jingshi, and if something happened, it would be a big trouble, so he asked for the direction and brought more than ten people to find it.

Hu Huanshan searched along the way, and saw a large group of people outside the door of "Yuelai Restaurant", and faintly heard someone say something about the two generals from other places and the like, thinking that it was not his own boss, so he planned to enter the door to see. As a result, as soon as he entered the inside, Chang Yuan, the tallest in the pro-soldier team, saw Zhong Nan's figure, and everyone was afraid that something would happen to their boss, so they quickly squeezed in.

Regarding Hu Huanshan's words, Zhong Nan just said "um", but the middle-aged man in charge heard the clue: The young soldier called "boss", could it be that the man who beat people was just a sesame general? But it doesn't look like its posture, why do you have to be a general or something to have this kind of domineering spirit, right? The steward couldn't figure out Zhong Nan's reality or reality, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Zhong Nan just wanted to end the matter quickly, so he stood up and said, "Let that little second come over to apologize first, and as for compensation, I won't let you suffer." The smashed things plus the medical expenses are at most twenty taels of silver, as long as you sincerely apologize, I will compensate you thirty taels! ”

When the middle-aged man in charge heard the number "thirty taels", although he gritted his teeth with hatred, he didn't dare to say too much, "You are asking for food!" The person who injured me and smashed so many things must pay at least one hundred and fifty taels, no less! ”

Although the standard has been lowered by fifty taels, Zhong Nan will not be this "wronged boss", "Thirty taels has been given to you more, don't be too greedy, beware of your teeth!" ”

When the steward saw that the matter was frozen here, he had to beckon an errand boy and whispered a few words in his ear before waving people away. After the guy got the order, he quickly ran out of the restaurant, and he didn't know if he was moving the rescuers.

Seeing this, Hu Huanshan asked Zhong Nan, "Boss, do you want me to call all the brothers over?" ”

Zhong Nan's personal army has more than 30 people, and this time in Beijing, except for the four or five people who stayed in Jizhou to protect the small sweet potato, all the others traveled all the way. Don't think that Zhong Nan has a lot of personal soldiers, if you really want to talk about it, there are only more than 30 personal soldiers at the general level, which is very few.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the generals would keep a different number of pro-military camps or family camps, it is said that the "King of Liaodong" Li Chengliang had thousands of family members, and many guerrilla and staff generals in the Liaodong military camp also used to be Li's family members. These people only obey the orders of the commander-in-chief, and they are regarded as the private soldiers of the generals, but the treatment is far better than that of ordinary soldiers. However, they did not take silver for nothing, and when they went into battle to kill the enemy, they would be much braver than ordinary soldiers; When there is no war to fight, the main general or the main general will do miscellaneous work for the family. The pro-military battalion or the Jiading battalion is not only strong in combat power, but also has a high degree of loyalty to the commander-in-chief, and it is said that Li Chengliang's "Liaodong Army" will not be able to command if it is replaced by people from other factions.

Listening to Hu Huanshan's suggestion, Zhong Nan did not agree, what happened was not a big deal, and there was no need to make a big deal out of it when he first arrived in Beijing. What's more, there are already more than a dozen brothers from the pro-soldier team here, and I believe that no matter what, I won't let myself suffer.

The steward thought that Zhong Nan was afraid, so he said loudly: "That man, I advise you to compensate according to the figure I said and leave quickly, otherwise wait a while, it will not be as simple as just compensating a little silver." ”

Zhong Nan still maintained his previous sitting posture and ignored the words of the manager. He was afraid that Qiu Xiang would be hungry, so he asked Hu Huanshan to buy some food nearby and come back, but where could Qiu Xiang eat. Zhong Nan let his wife relax, and "took the lead", and ate the small snacks he bought with relish, and Qiu Xiang sat at the table next to him, eating in small bites.

Zhong Nan is not a big person, but he feels that he is the first to take advantage of himself, and now he is a person with some status, if he doesn't get back this face, how boring it will be. More importantly, Zhong Nan wants to use this incident to make Qiu Xiang more confident, so as not to be bullied in the future.

It didn't take long for the errand boy to return, followed by two men dressed as eunuchs. As soon as one of them entered the door, he shouted: "Who is so blind, dare to cause trouble in Grandpa Xiao's restaurant?" ”

The father-in-law Xiao in this person's mouth is the eunuch Xiao Yu, one of the "two generals" under the great eunuch Zhang Whale. Zhang Jing is now the eunuch of the celebrant and the commander of the East Factory, and his power even exceeds that of the eunuch with the palm seal. Because Zhang Jing was in charge of the East Factory and the Inner Government Supply Warehouse, even several scholars in the cabinet were quite jealous of him.

The celebrant was one of the "Twelve Eunuchs" who managed the affairs of the imperial family in the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the most important eunuch institution among them. Its functions and powers mainly have the following three functions: first, to approve and answer the chapters and proclaim the decree, which is the most important function of the celebrant supervisor; The second is to be in charge of all eunuch affairs, and the celebrant is not only in the position of "first agency" in all eunuch institutions, but also in the position of managing and leading other eunuch institutions; The third is to take into account other important official positions. Some other important official positions in the eunuch system of the Ming Dynasty, such as the commander of Dongchang and the garrison of Nanjing, were either exclusively led by the celebrant or sent by the celebrant to the celebrant, which was also an important aspect of the power of the celebrant supervisor.

Zhang Whale can be said to be the first eunuch of the dynasty at this time, and the eunuch Xiao Yu under his command naturally rises to the top, and his status is extraordinary. I heard that the backstage of "Yuelai Restaurant" was Xiao Gonggong, and the onlookers exploded at once.

"I heard that Gonggong Xiao is a celebrity under Gonggong Zhang of Dongchang, and even those big officials dare not underestimate him."

"That man has suffered now, and most of them will be repaired!"

"It turns out that it is Gonggong Xiao standing behind them, no wonder he is very arrogant on weekdays."

"I heard that the ruffians and hooligans of the entire Jingshi don't dare to make trouble in the 'Yuelai Restaurant', it turns out that this is because of this!"

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Everyone's discussion made the steward very proud, and he gave Zhong Nan a "You can stand it now" look, and greeted the two fathers-in-law in a hurry.

"Grandpa He, you can be counted as coming!"

Then Father-in-law He looked less than thirty years old, and he was complimented and called "you old", and the person in charge didn't feel disgusting, and sat on the chair opposite Zhong Nan with the two eunuchs.

As soon as Gonggong He sat down, he saw Zhong Nan opposite, and he asked in a sharp voice, "That man, but you are making trouble here?" ”

"Father-in-law He, it's not me who made trouble today, but the second child of the restaurant not only insulted my wife, but also refused to apologize, I just gave him a punch, which can be regarded as a lesson for him."

"Yo...... You're quite articulate! Gonggong He glanced at Zhong Nan, "Anyway, it's not right for you to hit someone, I'm in a good mood today, you compensate 1,000 taels of silver, and then kowtow and admit your mistake, I won't pursue it!" ”

"Wow ......" The onlookers exclaimed again, and the amount of compensation doubled several times in the blink of an eye, making them almost lose their jaws.

Zhong Nan slowly ate the last piece of snack, then patted off the crumbs on his hands, and then beckoned to Gonggong He and motioned for the other party to come over. He Gonggong wanted to have a seizure, but seeing that the other party was very imposing, and Hu Huanshan and the others on the side were all strong soldiers, he decided to find out the situation clearly.

Gonggong He walked up to Zhong Nan with a duck step and asked condescendingly, "What's the matter?" ”

"I don't know how my father-in-law knows Wang Zhong's father-in-law?" Zhong Nan asked rhetorically without raising his head.

"Father-in-law Wang is a colleague of Father-in-law Xiao, how could I not know." Halfway through speaking, Gonggong He understood the meaning of the other party's question, he bent down and asked cautiously, "Do you dare to know Wang Zhong's father-in-law?" ”

"Last year, the prince also went to my Jizhou business trip and invited me to have two drinks together after going to Beijing."

Zhong Nan's casual words made Gonggong He break out in a cold sweat, he took half a step back, looked at Zhong Nan carefully, and then looked at the more than ten soldiers on the side, before he suddenly realized.

Wang Zhong and Xiao Yu are both Zhang Whale's left arm and right arm, and their relationship is also close on weekdays. More importantly, in the past two months, Emperor Wanli did not hesitate to force away the cabinet ministers in order to let Zhong Nan ascend the throne, which was widely spread in the palace, and everyone knew about it, and even Gonggong He listened to his top boss Xiao Yu several times.

If the other party is really that master...... When Gonggong He thought of this, his face immediately turned pale. He asked in a trembling and crying voice, "You are old and ...... Zhong."

Zhong Nan nodded without letting Gonggong He finish asking, and Gonggong He immediately knelt on the ground, "The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and I hope you will raise your noble hand, don't be like me!" ”

While Gonggong He knelt on the ground, he didn't forget to say to the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper who was beaten, "Why don't you two come and kneel down quickly and give Zhong ...... Zhong Ye kowtowed and admitted his mistake! He saw that Zhong Nan didn't want to reveal his identity in his eyes, so he changed his words to "Zhong Ye" vigilantly.

The plot reversed too quickly, and the steward and the beaten Xiao Er didn't react at all, and the two were stunned.