Not long after, Yuan Xi took Hu Niu'er to the front of Zhen's mansion, and after being led into the main hall by his subordinates, he saw that Zhen Shu was already waiting there.

"Xianyi, please see the uncle," Yuan Xi hurriedly saluted.

"No need to be polite, why did Xianyi suddenly come here today, Uncle Wei is still planning to wait for your eldest brother to come back from foreign business and go to your mansion to have a look?"

Zhen Shu asked with a cordial face, his attitude was more gentle than before, and even a little more respectful, although Yuan Xi was a son in the past, his status was noble, but after all, he had not yet grasped the real power, but now Yuan Xi has been the first of the three sons, although it is the worst Youzhou among the four continents, but it is also the honor of the history of the assassin, the governor of a state, the people under his command have no plan, how huge the power is, and during this time, a lot of things have happened, not to mention Zhen Mi's intentional or unintentional reminder to him, just say that the death of curse and Koji Yi makes my heart chill, Although their Zhen family often subsidizes the General's Mansion, can the credit be comparable to these two civil and military achievements, such as today's chaos, even they say they will die, not to mention a Zhen family, so he also urgently needs to find a backstage, and although Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan are stronger than Yuan Xi now, Yuan Xi is their son-in-law, Zhen Mi is Yuan Xi's wife, and this relationship alone has made him decide to put the chips on Yuan Xi's body.

"Xianyi is really ashamed, this time I came here to borrow money from my uncle" Hearing this, Yuan Xi did not hide it, and said frankly.

Zhen Shu frowned, then nodded, looked at the housekeeper on the side, and said, "How much money does the firm have now?"

"Sir, there are about more than 30,000 gold," the butler replied immediately.

"Take 10,000 gold immediately and send it to the second son's mansion," Zhen Shu immediately ordered.

"No!" The butler was shocked and hurriedly retreated.

Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, and said with some surprise: "Uncle, don't you ask me why I spent so fast?" ”

Zhen Shu smiled slightly, and said: "Why do you ask, Xianyi, we are a family, money is nothing at all, uncle understands it, only if you are strong, the Zhen family can really prosper, no one else can be relied on, if you need anything in the future, just come to the uncle"

Yuan Xi's eyes flashed, it seemed that Zhen Shu had decided to take refuge in him, which was a good thing, with the help of the Zhen family's strong funds, he would definitely be able to develop faster.

After thinking for a while, Yuan Xi said gratefully: "Thank you uncle, but Xi will never let the uncle have the slightest loss, this time it is not for nothing, Xi will soon go to Youzhou, after arriving, within half a year, Xi will return you 20,000 gold, and there are three official places, in addition, I plan to let the eldest brother take the position of Taishou of Shanggu County, and dominate the land, what do you think?" “

Zhen Shu's pupils shrank suddenly, Shanggu County is not a small county, and the position of Taishou is extremely powerful, and a smile of excitement suddenly appeared on his face, "Okay, good, Xianyi, the Zhen family will do their best to help you in the future, you don't have to worry about money, just inform your uncle."

"Then thank you uncle" Yuan Xi said with a smile, in this way, not only did he completely win over the Zhen family, but also obtained the talent of Zhen Yan, which is really a double win, as for the Taishou of Shanggu County, he was ready to replace it a long time ago, not only Shanggu County, but also the Taishou of various counties in Youzhou, he changed it step by step to his cronies.

"Haha" Zhen Shu smiled a little excitedly, and said, "Xianyi, I must have lunch today before leaving, let's have a good chat"

"Of course, Xi must pay a few glasses to his uncle," Yuan Xi said with a smile

"Good" Zhen Shu stroked his chin and beard with satisfaction.

The two of them were just about to walk to the inner courtyard when suddenly there was a rush of shouts from outside.

"Master, master" I saw a slave with blood standing on his clothes and a hasty look crawling in front of him.

After Zhen Shu saw it clearly, his face suddenly turned pale, and he hurriedly rushed over, "Lu Si, what's going on, Yan'er?" ”

"Master, it's not good, the eldest prince was captured by the bandits, and they asked me to come back and report the news, saying that they would ask for five thousand gold, otherwise they would kill the son" Lu Si cried bitterly.

Zhen Shu was suddenly shocked, the whole body was dizzy, and he was even a little unsteady on his feet, Yuan Xi hurriedly held him up and comforted: "Uncle, don't worry, there is Xianyi, and you will never let anyone hurt the Zhen family."

Hearing this, Zhen Shu suddenly calmed down a lot, and said anxiously: "Xianyi, you must save Yan'er, he is the future head of the Zhen family!" ”

"Uncle, don't worry" A cold light flashed in Yuan Xi's eyes, and he looked at Lu Sidao: "Big brother, where were they arrested?"

"It's near Niutou Mountain, which is less than a hundred miles away from Yecheng," Lu Si immediately reported.

"How many people were there when they robbed, do you see clearly?" Yuan Xi then asked.

"No more than two hundred," Lu Si replied cautiously after thinking for a while.

Hearing this, Zhen Shu scolded angrily and worriedly: "Haven't I been instructed many times, you must pay attention to the safety of the road, where there are bandits, you would rather take more detours and avoid it!" ”

"Master, we can't be blamed for this, Niutou Mountain has always been very stable before, but I don't know why there is suddenly a group of robbers" Lu Si said helplessly.

For this point, Yuan Xi is very clear, now the world is in turmoil, although the north is peaceful, but there is still no great governance, the eyes of all the heroes are still the world, in order to raise military salaries, there are a lot of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the people have no way to continue, so they can only go up the mountain to be thieves, resulting in the number of thieves growing day by day.

"It's useless to say all this now" Yuan Xi turned his head to look at Zhen Shu and said, "Uncle, you prepare five thousand gold first, and rescue the eldest brother and them safely."

"Okay," Zhen Shu hurriedly replied.

Yuan Xi looked at Hu Niu on the side again, and said with a cold face: "Niu'er, you can take Lu Si to the military camp, inform Jiao Touch and Yuan Ping of what happened here, and order them to transfer two thousand people over, I don't want to see this gang of thieves, so I will completely eliminate them."

"No!" Hu Niu hurriedly answered and rushed out with Lu Si.

Zhen Shu on the side, looking at Yuan Xi, who suddenly exuded a thick majesty, his eyes flashed with surprise and excitement, seeing that Mi'er was really right, this so-called mediocre and inactive second son was very hidden, and hurriedly grateful: "Xianyi, trouble you"

At this moment, he finally felt that the relationships outside were all fake, only his own family would really care about and take care of you, if it was on his own, he could also let the city guards go out to suppress the bandits, but it was estimated that it would cost a lot of money, and the other party might not be able to do a good job, but Yuan Xi could make the two thousand army pass immediately with just one sentence, this gap is unimaginable.

"Uncle, what is this, didn't you say it just now? We are a family, something happened to our family, how could Xianyi stand by and watch," Yuan Xi said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, a family, a family" Zhen's face suddenly showed a look of emotion.