In addition to the banquet, Gao Chong also brought two gifts, which were given to Shen Xi and Hong Xun.

The gift is a very ordinary looking wooden box, the hand is not sinkable, it does not seem to contain gold and silver jewelry, Hong Xun was curious, opened it on the spot, but saw that it was an extremely rare human-shaped old ginseng, with all the hair, it seemed to be at least more than a hundred years, and Hong Xun couldn't help but be surprised.

Shen Xi understood Gao Chong's intention: Didn't he beat you up at the beginning? Now I will send you the old ginseng supplement, see how thoughtful I think!

Shen Xi wasn't very interested in the gifts, because his attention was not on the banquet.

Gao Chong said: "I wanted to invite the two of you to Tingshui Building, the shopkeeper of Tingshui Building...... But it's an old friend when he was in Tingzhou Mansion, just want to come, Shen Hanlin has just started a family now, or there are many inconveniences, right? ”

Hong Xun looked at Shen Xi in surprise: "Shen Hanlin has already got married?" ”

Gao Chong immediately realized that he had lost his words.

Regarding the marriage between Shen Xi and Xie Yun'er, Gao Chong tried his best to find out, but it didn't mean that Hong Xun also knew, he knew the relationship between Hong Xun and Xie Yun'er, so he simply diverted the topic.

Hong Xun is not a fool, thinking that Shen Xi now lives in the old mansion of the Xie family, he is somewhat aware of something, sitting there stunned, and even Gao Chong and others behind him toast him absent-mindedly.

When the banquet was over and the sky was dark, they were ready to go home. When he arrived at the door of the restaurant, Shen Xi suddenly beckoned: "Master Gao, I have something I want to tell you, I wonder if I can take a step to speak?" ”

Gao Chong was stunned, looked at Hong Xun who had stopped, and then looked at Li Yuhe and Zhang Qi who were full of surprise, nodded slightly, and walked with Shen Xi to a dark place on the corner of the street, Shen Xi said: "I learned that someone wants to be unfavorable to Gao Gongzi, and Gao Gongzi should be on guard." ”

Gao Chong asked in surprise, "Shen Hanlin...... How do you know? ”

Shen Xi laughed secretly in his heart, I sent someone to pretend to kidnap you, how could I not know?

Shen Xi sighed: "It's inconvenient to talk about the details below......

As soon as Shen Xi's words fell, several people suddenly rushed out of the alley next to him, masked, holding sticks, one of them was carrying a sack in his hand and a rope on his shoulder, and shouted when he came out: "Why are there two at once, the wind is tight?" ”

"Nope! Don't miss the opportunity! ”

One person gave the order, but it was a bold northern accent. These people were five big and three thick, and they waved their sticks and beckoned to Shen Xi and Gao Chong.

"Help!"

Before Gao Chong could react, Shen Xi had already shouted.

Hong Xun was looking at Shen Xi and Gao Chong in surprise, not knowing what the hell they were doing, but suddenly realized that the situation was wrong, and immediately called for his entourage to save people.

Shen Xi stood in front and received a stick, but he immediately shouted: "This official is a dignified champion, a six-rank life official, if you dare to kidnap me, you will definitely destroy the nine clans!" ”

Shen Xi's loud drink startled several people on the other side, and one of them snorted coldly: "It's amazing to be an official, we specially clean up the officials!" ”

When the words fell, he still wanted to kill Shen Xi!

However, Shen Xi's shouting, someone from the surrounding shops immediately came out, and the noble guards and servants rushed forward first, plus Hong Xun and the servants brought by Li Yu and Zhang Qi, and the black pressure rushed over. Those thieves were supposed to hold Gao Chong down, but seeing that the situation was not good, they would definitely not be able to tie them up at this time, so they withdrew as soon as they said hello, advancing and retreating like the wind, and at first glance they were well-trained practitioners.

As soon as the others left, Shen Xi touched his arm with a smothered stick on his face, and Gao Chong sat on the ground in a distraught mood and didn't get up for a long time.

"What's going on?"

As the deputy commander of the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses Division, Hong Xun has the responsibility to maintain the stability of the jurisdiction, but he didn't expect this kind of blatant kidnapping by bandits, which made him angry and angry, and he wanted to send someone to chase him, only to remember that most of the people he led were sent away under Shen Xi's persuasion.

Shen Xi grinned and said, "I think these people are here specifically for Gao Gongzi. ”

Gao Chong's face was full of horror: "Today, there are already people who want to be unfavorable to Zaixia, but fortunately, Brother Li and his servants appeared in time to ......."

Hong Xun looked puzzled and looked at Gao Chong: "Who has Gao Gongzi offended recently?" ”

Gao Chong thought for a moment and shook his head affirmatively.

Gao Chong is not a fuel-efficient lamp, when he was in Tingzhou Mansion and Henan as a ya, he offended too many people, but after he arrived in the capital, he was much more honest, and he didn't even compete with others to find flowers and ask for the moon, who would be embarrassed by him?

Shen Xi sighed: "Looking at the skills of those people just now, they don't look like ordinary bandits, they should all be practitioners, well-trained, and even ordinary yacha don't have such momentum, plus they don't take me as a champion in their eyes, I'm afraid it's ...... The people of the brocade guard. ”

"Huh!?"

Hong Xun was extremely surprised: "How could the people of Jinyi Wei be embarrassed by Gao Gongzi?" ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "I'm afraid this matter has something to do with Gao Langzhong." ”

One sentence made Gao Chong's face tighten, obviously he had already understood the current thrilling situation from Gao Ming City. Gao Mingcheng actually realized a long time ago that Emperor Hongzhi didn't want to peel him off and cramp him according to the "Da Ming Law", but he temporarily let him go for the sake of his own face, so he told him to let Gao Chong keep his duty in the capital.

Gao Chong was extremely shocked: "Shen Hanlin said that he knew something, but it had something to do with it?" ”

Shen Xi nodded, and Gao Chong's heart suddenly beat like a drum.

Hong Xun asked puzzledly, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Shen Xi said: "This matter has nothing to do with Gongzi Hong, I have something to discuss with Gongzi Gao, Gongzi Hong, please go back." ”

Hong Xun was not very assertive, and even if he was surprised when he heard Shen Xi say this, he could see that Shen Xi and Gao Chong had reservations about him, so he immediately nodded and hurriedly left with his people. Of course, Hong Xun did this, Mingzhe protected himself more, and it must not be a trivial matter to have something to do with Jinyiwei, he is the deputy commander of the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses Division, it is best not to wade into this pool of troubled waters.

As soon as Hong Xun left, Gao Chong suddenly knelt down in front of Shen Xi: "Shen Hanlin, please help, I'm ...... There are also ancestors, who may suffer! ”

Shen Xi pretended to be surprised: "Ling Zu is still a member of the household department, a dignified court official, how can he suffer?" ”

Gao Chong's face was full of sadness: "My ancestor has some small deficits when he is the governor of Henan...... Now that I am in office in the middle of the household, I have been investigated by the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town, and now those fans have openly kidnapped me, and they must want to use me to blackmail my ancestors. I also ask Shen Hanlin to speak well in front of His Majesty......"

Only then did Shen Xi know why Gao Chong complimented him like this, it turned out that he was asking for help!

Gao Mingcheng said that he was transferred to the capital to become an official, but in fact, he was removed from the position of governor of Henan first, so that people could investigate his crimes, and at the same time find a position to stabilize him first, just wait for the stolen money to be found out and settle the accounts later. Gao Mingcheng is now a man with his tail between his legs, and he wants to intercede with Emperor Hongzhi, but he has no way out, so he actually wants to pass through Shenxi.

Shen Xi said: "I am grateful to the Kochi Mansion for appointing me as the head of the government examination back then, helping me to go all the way to the imperial examination, but now he is in trouble, and he doesn't mind helping him." It's just that Gao Langzhong thinks too highly of me, I'm just a little official in the East Palace, how can I help Gao Langzhong? ”

Gao Chong saw that Shen Xi was honest, and he didn't suspect that Shen Xi was pretending, and Shen Xi didn't have to wade into this muddy water, but he took the risk to inform him that there was danger, so Shen Xi's words were quite credible to Gao Chong.

"How's that for good?"

Gao Chong was already panicked because of the previous repeated kidnappings.

"If Gao Langzhong can go to the Shouning Marquis Mansion......"

When Shen Xi said this, he seemed to feel that he had leaked his mouth, so he put his words away and sighed lightly, "There are some things that are inconvenient to say clearly, and Gao Gongzi will discuss them with Ling Zu after he goes back." ”

Gao Chong was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up, nodded vigorously, and then kowtowed to Shen Xi again to thank him.

The reason why the imperial court did not attack Gaoming City immediately was because of the face of Emperor Hongzhi, and secondly, because it did not find the dirty silver hidden in Gaoming City, but in the long run, something will inevitably happen to Gaoming City.

Shen Xi can be said to be a person who wakes up in a dream, those people who used to be in Gaoming City have either abandoned Gaoming City like a shoe, or have been punished by Emperor Hongzhi, and no one can save Gaoming City at the moment, only the Zhang brothers, who are relatives, or can help.

After the others left, Shen Xi grinned and touched his arm, and hurried home.

Shen Xi had just returned home, and Song Xiaocheng, who had just sneaked back to the capital from Tongzhou early this morning, tiptoed over and saluted Shen Xi: "Lord Zhuangyuan, everything you explained has been done, I heard those rabbit cubs say that I injured you by mistake, and I will go back and teach them a good lesson." ”

"It's fine."

Shen Xi waved his hand and said, "Don't use a little bitter trick, Gao Chong won't trust me so much." Send people out of the capital, don't let them come back in a short time, they are all people on the ground in the capital, and it will be very troublesome for the Zhenfu Division to track it down, and the news must not be leaked. ”

Song Xiaocheng has done a lot of bad things with Shen Xi, and he has long been familiar with it: "I understand, everyone went out of the city before the gate of the city was closed, they were all inconspicuous market people, and the government couldn't suspect it, and these people I looked for had very strict mouths." ”

Shen Xi nodded, in fact, it doesn't matter who kidnapped Gao Chong, the most important thing is to let Gao Chong bring a message to Gao Mingcheng, only by taking refuge in the Zhang brothers can they survive.

"Okay, you rest early, and you will quietly rush back to Tongzhou early tomorrow morning, and come back after a two-day delay. When you come back, I will hand over the letter to the General Administration Department and send it back to Tingzhou through the post. After this incident, you rest for a while before going to do business with Zhou Dangjia, and when asked, he said that he was unwell and was afraid of delaying the delivery of the letter, so he returned to the capital. Shen Xi instructed again.

Song Xiaocheng nodded hurriedly.

Shen Xi entered the inner courtyard, rolled up his sleeves, and had a long bruise on his forearm, Shen Xi felt that his arm was about to break, but it was a pity that Xie Yun'er was not there, otherwise with Xie Yun'er's careful care, his injury might be fine in a few days.

"Young master, you're fine, right?"

Ning Er walked over and looked at Shen Xi, who was grinding with medicinal wine.

Shen Xi glanced at Ning Er, after Xie Yun'er took Zhu Shan and Xiu'er away, although the heavy work of the family was handed over to Yun Bo and others, Ning Er needed to take care of the affairs of the inner house.

Lin Dai still locked herself in the door, she was like a parasite for the eldest lady, and she didn't even wash her own clothes, let alone take care of Shen Xi.

Shen Xi said: "It's okay, I accidentally bumped into it." Cook and send it over. ”

Shen Xi drank a few glasses of wine before, but he didn't eat anything to cushion his stomach, and he felt a little hungry at this time. Ning'er took the order and hurriedly went.

After a long time, it was not Ning Er who came to deliver the meal, but Lin Dai, she carried a wooden tray and entered the house, under the light of the candles, her little face was thin and pale, and there was no blood.

For Lin Dai, the previous month or so was a daily torment, and her world collapsed due to Shen Xi's "ruthlessness".

"Dale? Have you eaten? Shen Xi looked at Lin Dai and wanted to bring her over to comfort her, but he knew that Xiao Nizi had a stubborn temper and would not give him a chance.

"I don't want to eat it."

As soon as Lin Dai spoke, her voice was hoarse, obviously she hadn't spoken for a long time, and her throat was a little uncomfortable.

Shen Xi took the food, put it down, moved a stool over, and said, "Sit down and eat together, there is just something, let me tell you." ”

"What else?"

Lin Dai's tears fell down like beads, "You and Aunt Xie...... It's all like that, didn't you say you would marry me? Woo, not only do you not believe in your words, but you also forget your feelings, you ...... Are you worthy of me? Woohoo......"

Xiao Nizi cried, like a river overflowing, and she couldn't stop it at once.

Shen Xi was about to hold him, but accidentally pulled the wound, "Ah-" With a painful cry, Lin Dai noticed that Shen Xi was injured, and his face suddenly couldn't hide his nervousness and concern.

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