Chapter 44: A Treat
Hu Jiucheng left satisfied, but Xiang Biao didn't feel sleepy anymore.
Xiang Biao's 100 households are hereditary, but the hereditary 100 households do not mean that he has no worries about food and clothing.
In order to make a living, Xiang Biao, who has been brave and aggressive since he was a child, followed a group of people with backgrounds to start a career of plundering.
But Xiang Biao is different from others after all, after his father's death, he had enough of a life of licking blood with a knife head, and resolutely chose to go home to take over his father's position, and became an inconspicuous hundred households in Tielingwei.
Xiang Biao was righteous, never withheld the salaries of the soldiers below, and relied on that meager salary and silver was not enough to do anything, so he could only use some silver taels he had accumulated before to live, so he has always lived on the poverty line.
Hu Jiucheng also came to the door because of this, in his mind, if it is a dog, it can't change to eat, Xiang Biao was able to kill people for silver, and now he can also sell Ye Xun for silver.
It's a pity that Hu Jiucheng still underestimated Ye Xun's weight in the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in Tieling, and as the sky grew brighter, Xiang Biao had already made up his mind to explain this matter to Ye Xun.
After washing his face briefly, he got dressed neatly and went out of the house, and as soon as he opened the courtyard door, Xiang Biao couldn't help but be stunned, because there was a person standing outside the door at some point, and this person was none other than Ye Xun who he was going to see.
"Ye, Grandpa Ye, why are you here?"
Xiang Biao didn't know that as soon as Hu Jiucheng came out of him last night, he was arrested by Liang Zhen with a fishing net.
Hu Jiucheng is also a ruthless character, and after some torture, he didn't say half a word.
Ye Xun respected him as a man and told Liang Zhen not to be difficult for him anymore, while Ye Xun himself personally found Xiang Biao's home.
At the first glance of Ye Xun, Xiang Biao knew that something had happened to Hu Jiucheng, otherwise he would not have come to him in person as Ye Xun, so after a moment of panic, he calmed down.
He bowed and said, "Father-in-law came to find his subordinates because of Hu Laojiu, right?" ”
Ye Xun smiled, he likes to deal with smart people, and smiled: "Is his name Hu Laojiu?" The mouth is very hard, if you don't say it, I really don't know, why, when I came to your door, didn't you invite me in to sit? ”
Xiang Biao's old face turned red, and he hurriedly turned to the side, and said, "Don't blame your father-in-law, there is no mother-in-law at home, it's too dirty."
Ye Xun's attitude made Xiang Biao feel at ease, knowing that if Ye Xun wanted to arrest him, he didn't need to come by himself, let alone be so polite to himself.
Ye Xun walked into Xiang Biao's yard with his hands behind his back, the weather was still cold, and there was nothing to see in the yard, and when he entered Xiang Biao's house, Ye Xun couldn't help but sigh secretly, Daming actually had such a poor officer.
The dilapidated rammed earth walls, the lack of decent furniture in the room, and the few open-ended magnetic bowls on the stove all show that the owner is indeed poor.
Ye Xun didn't dislike it, he sat on the edge of the kang by himself, and said indifferently: "Let's talk about it!" What the hell is going on? ”
Xiang Biao didn't hide it, so he explained the causes and consequences of Hu Jiucheng's coming to him, and then looked at Ye Xun calmly, and said: "My subordinates have done everything before, if you want to kill or scrape, let your father-in-law deal with it."
This guy used to be a horse bandit, and he was really unseemly.
Ye Xun looked at Xiang Biao with interest for a moment, and suddenly said, "I still lack someone to do things around me, I wonder if you are interested in helping me?" ”
Listening to Ye Xun's words, Xiang Biao couldn't help but be stunned, and said: "Father-in-law, father-in-law, his subordinates are, but they are guilty people, you..."
Ye Xun waved his hand to interrupt Xiang Biao's words, and said lightly: "This public employee never looks at the past, I treat you with sincerity, if you have any half-heartedness, can't this public still want your life?" ”
Xiang Biao couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, Ye Xun's martial arts he had seen with his own eyes, and now the road in front of him was obvious, either take refuge or die.
Who wants to die if they can live? Besides, he still works hard for the people he admires.
At that moment, Xiang Biao did not hesitate, knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates are willing to serve my father-in-law to the death."
Ye Xun's trip to the capital this time, of course, is not just as simple as meeting the emperor, he also wants to build an intelligence network from the capital to Liaodong, and the best camouflage for the intelligence network is, of course, business.
The mountain delicacies, furs, medicinal herbs and other items in the north are relatively popular in the capital.
Xiang Biao has been a horse bandit, and he must be better at this aspect than Ye Xun, so Ye Xun will take him with him on this trip, as for whether this person will be loyal to Ye Xun, it depends on Ye Xun's means.
Wang Dengku, who didn't sleep well this night, has been beating his eyelids since he sent Han Ping away last night, and for some reason, he always has a feeling of suffocation.
It was easy to stay up until dawn, but Wang Dengku's sleepiness also came up, and as soon as he was confused for a while, some of his subordinates reported that Ye Gonggong sent someone to send an invitation and invite him to the banquet in the evening.
Hearing this news, Wang Dengku's sleepiness suddenly disappeared, yesterday Han Ping also told him that Ye Xun didn't have a time to see him, but today he suddenly said that he would see him, was Han Ping playing a role or was it something else?
Wang Dengku was suspicious by nature, but he didn't feel that he had anything to show his feet, after all, the eight emperors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty all came from later generations, and in this era, few people even knew that he had taken refuge in the Jurchens and became a traitor.
was about to go to see Ye Xun, but Hu Jiucheng didn't move at all, and just wanted to send someone to find it, but suddenly remembered that he told Hu Jiucheng not to show up in the past few days last night, so he ordered his subordinates to sort out the gifts again.
To say that Wang Dengku is also a person who has seen the world, and he can talk eloquently in front of Nurhachi, but for some reason, there is an inexplicable nervousness at this moment.
Wang Dengku didn't know that his most powerful subordinate Hu Jiucheng had become Ye Xun's guest at this moment.
was beaten to death last night, but at this moment not only bandaged his wounds, but even found a few maids to serve him, the treatment is simply a world of difference.
Hu Jiucheng has never seen any battles, in his mind, the Ming army will not be able to see the hard one, and he is planning to come soft.
I couldn't help sneering in my heart, is this the ability of the surname Ye? Lao Tzu is loyal to the proprietor, how can he be moved by your small favors?
Hu Jiucheng was ready to accept the coercion and temptation of Ye Xun or his subordinates for a while, but unfortunately no one paid attention to him until the evening, and the few maids waiting for him around him didn't know what to ask like wood.
Hu Jiucheng also thought about it, no matter what means the surname Ye used, he wouldn't recruit anyway.
The time of the day passed quickly, after Hu Jiucheng changed the medicine on his body, he was woken up after sleeping for a while, and when he looked up, it was Ye Xun standing in front of him.
Hu Jiucheng studied Ye Xun every day, and he came to Tieling one step in advance, how could he not know Ye Xun?
After a slight stunned effort, Ye Xun spoke first.
"Can you move? We'll send you out."
"What do you say! Send me out? ”
Hu Jiucheng thought that he had heard it wrong, and subconsciously asked.
Ye Xun smiled slightly, and said: "Of course, our family made an appointment with Wang Dengku to come over for a banquet in the evening, since you are Wang Dengku's subordinate, of course our family can't be too difficult for you, get up!" Let's get out now."
Listening to Ye Xun's words, Hu Jiucheng was shocked and blurted out: "You mean that the proprietor is coming?" ”
"Huh! You're not too stupid, when we go out in a while, Wang Dengku will just see the scene of you and me talking happily, I think he will be very happy to see this scene."