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Hu Guiyang jumped out of the coffin, pushed open the door, stretched out in the morning sun, just saw the servant cleaning the courtyard, and asked, "Lao Liu, did you die last night?" ”

Lao Liu shook for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Sanliu Ye really likes to joke, and he asks this kind of thing early in the morning." ”

"Well, that's okay for the time being." Hu Guiyang went to the backyard kitchen to find water to wash his face and rinse his mouth, and saw the two maids cooking porridge on the fire, and said with a smile: "Xiaoqin, Xiaoju, won't you two also be hidden masters, right?" ”

Neither of them replied, but just quickened the movements of their hands, and Xiaoqin quickly raised her hand, as if wiping her tears.

Hu Guiyang immediately regretted it, there are some things that can't be joked about, "I'm sorry, you and Little Peony are very close, right?" ”

Xiaoqin turned her head and glanced at Hu Guiyang, her eyes full of resentment, "Who cares about her?" ”

Hu Guiyang immediately understood, "It's Xiaorou, it's her you miss." ”

Xiaoqin continued to add firewood, and Xiaoju said: "Sister Xiaorou is the best to us, she never beats and scolds, and now that she is gone, we ......"

Xiaoqin said: "It's useless to say this, we are such a hard life, Sanliu Master, let's leave after washing your face, it's gray and smoke here, don't stain your new clothes, ask for water in the future, let's bring it to you, there is no shortage of servants at home." ”

Hu Guiyang smiled awkwardly.

When I was a child, everyone didn't distinguish between each other, and the boys also helped to work, but when they grew up, their fate was very different, Hu Guiyang was more than less than the upper and lower than the bottom, and he had no ambition, so he lived a relatively easy life, and never thought about what other people's lives were like.

The eunuch Wang Zhi said that they are all orphans in Broken Tengxia, some people entered the palace and even became factory dukes, and some people escaped the catastrophe of the year, but they were reduced to mediocrity in Zhao Ying's family, and this is the case, no one can say clearly.

Hu Guiyang went to the courtyard next door to find his eldest brother Hu Guishen.

Hu Guishen had already gotten up and was listening to the report in his own hall.

As the eldest of the righteous sons of the Zhao family, he has five brothers to assist, as well as at least twenty peripheral fans, distributed throughout the capital, who are responsible for monitoring the movements in the temple, especially those monks who come from other places to make orders, and are the key monitoring targets.

Zhao Ying believes that among these monks who have no fixed residence, there are many traitors.

Zhao Ying is right, it is by relying on these monasteries that Hu Guishen was the first to make meritorious service and become an official Jinyi guard.

When Hu Guiyang arrived, the report was almost over, there was no particularly important news, and there was no whereabouts of his father-in-law's body.

Hu Guiyang doesn't come to his eldest brother's house often, but he still remembers the scene when his eldest brother got married, and a group of brothers made a fuss.

"Got eyebrows?" Hu Guishen asked.

Hu Guiyang shook his head, knowing that the eldest brother was asking about his father-in-law's body, "I haven't done anything, and I haven't started looking for it yet." ”

Hu Guishen smiled bitterly and sighed, "Third and sixth brother, if you really don't want to take this matter, I'll go and tell you, but if you think about it, a ready-made hundred households will slip away from you." ”

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't know where to start."

"You have done a good job, forcing Xiao Peony, the traitorous maid, to expose his whereabouts, leading to the man with two knives, with these two clues, the case will be closed soon. Anyway, it's a big credit to you. ”

"Big brother has tried those two rings?"

Hu Guishen was stunned for a moment before remembering who the "two maid rings" were, "Of course, if something so big happens, how can you not interrogate?" All the servants in the house were examined, and fortunately, they had no problems. ”

There is only one reason why a brocade guard can feel that it is okay, and that is that he has been tortured.

Hu Guiyang couldn't say anything, Zhao Jiayizi did this, "Since it's no problem, why don't you let them all go?" ”

"The servants?" Hu Guishen was stunned again, and then smiled, "The third and sixth brothers said strange things again, why did you release people for no reason?" Besides, they were driven out and starved to death in the streets. ”

Hu Guishen walked in front of Hu Guiyang, "I know you are kind, but you can't just have good intentions, you also have to have status and power, just like you see an old beggar who has the heart to give alms, but has no money on him, what else can you do?" I had to walk over and pretend I didn't see it. Third and sixth brother, you have a future, wait until you become famous, and then help others as you like. ”

"Success?"

"Yes, and there's an opportunity right now." Hu Guishen glanced at the door and lowered his voice slightly, "Come with me to the West Factory." ”

"Hey, big brother......"

Hu Guishen waved his hand, "You said it very well the night before, Sun Zitang, Lingji Palace, Liang Tiegong, Xichang, etc., were all connected by you, which really scared me at that time." The result is that you made it up blindly and deceived everyone, amazing, amazing. Since it's made up, our brothers still have to find a backer, and as soon as possible. ”

"The eldest brother and the fifth brother are our backers." Hu Guiyang said with a smile.

"The fifth child has a big heart and a big ability, everyone is waiting to see the two of us fight, but this kind of thing will not happen, if the fifth child finds a stable backer, I will go with him, and vice versa."

"Lord Yuan is no longer our backer?"

"Lord Yuan himself is difficult to protect, haven't you heard of it, Your Majesty has just promoted several people from each guard to take charge of Jinyi Guard, from now on, Jinyi Wei does not have a single power of Ti Shuai, four or five adults are in charge of each other, in fact, no one cares about anything, Jinyi Wei's people are being divided between the two factories. Now there is a choice, and if you wait a little longer, you will be an outcast. ”

"The eldest brother decided to choose the West Factory."

"Believe me, the West Factory is actually the only choice. The power of the East Factory has long been in decline, otherwise, the West Factory would not have been added to the Shengshang today. I inquired, Wang Zhiyuan served Wan Guifei in the palace. Wan Guifei, you know, she is the most favored by the saints. Later, Wang Zhi was sent to supervise the imperial horse at a young age, which was a rare honor. And he is different from other eunuchs, he really has some ability, and when he has not yet set up the West Factory, he personally went out of the palace to inquire about the news, and has made great contributions repeatedly, but it is unknown to the outside world......"

Hu Guishen praised Wang Zhi fiercely, and finally said: "Wang Zhi is a native of Broken Tengxia and has a great relationship with our brothers, this is a rare opportunity." The fifth child is stupid, and always thinks that the East Factory is older and has a deeper foundation, but what is the use? Now is the time for newcomers to play, the father-in-law has died, Lord Yuan has been transferred, and it is difficult to say whether there will be an East Factory in the future. ”

Hu Guiyang listened quietly, and when he saw that the eldest brother had almost finished speaking, he said, "There is one thing I don't understand. ”

"You say."

"It's right to find a backer, but why do we have to find it from the eunuchs? If the father-in-law is here, he will not approve of it. ”

Hu Guishen smiled, and then shook his head, "Third and sixth brother, you are still too young, sometimes smart, sometimes confused. If you want to talk about backers, there is only one backer in this world, and that is the emperor. Hu Guishen raised his hand and pointed upward, as if the emperor was floating above his head, "We can't see the emperor, we can only choose a small backer from among the emperor's favored people." The father-in-law relied on Lord Yuan, that was because Lord Yuan was deeply trusted by the palace in the past, and now, Lord Yuan is no longer good, and it is the best destination to retire in the former military governor's mansion, don't take his promise too seriously, to tell the truth, the avant-garde hundred households in Yanshan are not as good as an ordinary captain in brocade. ”

"Let me think about it." Hu Guiyang looked a little excited.

"Don't miss the opportunity, don't think about it too long, I'm going to go to the West Factory to meet the factory later, it is estimated that in another three or five days, I will be seconded to the past, only willing brothers, will get my recommendation, I will be brought to the West Factory."

"Two days at most, let me get a good night's sleep, and maybe I can make a decision."

Hu Guishen was a little serious, "My father-in-law is gone, don't treat myself as a child anymore, we are brothers today, if we take the same road, we will still be brothers in the future, if we don't go the same way......"

"In Broken Teng Gorge, we have already taken different paths from many people."

Hu Guishen nodded, "Yes, so you must choose a good path." ”

Hu Guiyang bowed his hand and was about to say goodbye, and asked with a smile: "Does the eldest brother envy Wang Zhi's way of these people?" ”

Hu Guishen waved his hand, signaling that the third and sixth brothers could go, he didn't want to answer this question, but after a while, he spoke again, "Even if I exchange the position of the two factories, I don't want to hand over my children and grandchildren." ”

Hu Guiyang laughed, turned around and said when he walked to the door: "I am very touched that my eldest brother values me so much. ”

Hearing this, Hu Guishen looked a little confused, and then smiled: "Your kid has good qualifications, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can eventually achieve a career, my father-in-law values you and deliberately mentions your name, of course I don't dare to underestimate it, haha." ”

Hu Guiyang left his eldest brother's house, stood on the street and thought for a while, and decided to go to Baoqing Hutong outside the city to see who He Million was.

After a few steps, he saw a group of people galloping towards him on horseback, and the leader shouted, "Get out of the way!" ”

The fifth brother Hu Guimeng, who went out of the city to pick up people, came back, covered in sweat and bloodstains on his body, followed by seven or eight people, all of whom were also embarrassed, obviously having experienced a battle.

Hu Guiyang hurriedly stepped aside, Hu Guimeng and others galloped past, stopped at the door of Zhao's house, jumped off the horse, and carried a person into the hospital.

Hu Guiyang vaguely recognized that the injured person was Hu Guiqi, the sixteenth brother who had returned to Beijing from Taiyuan.

Among Zhao Ying's righteous sons, Hu Guiqi has the best skills, he has never been defeated for many years, and he was carried back to the capital, which is really unexpected.

Just like seeing his name in the coffin last night, Hu Guiyang was not surprised at all, and muttered: "I just said that today is too calm, it turned out to be the sixteenth brother." ”

Unable to go outside the city, Hu Guiyang and all the brothers ran to Zhao's house to check the situation.

There was already a mess in Zhao's house, everyone came out to help, get water and medicine, someone was going to ask the imperial doctor, and was told that the imperial doctor was already on the way.

There were three injured people, the sixteenth Lang Hu Guiqi was the most seriously injured and unconscious, and the other two were the twenty-fourth Lang Hu Guimiao and the twenty-eighth Lang Hu Guixiao, who went to Taiyuan with him, both lying on the ground in the front hall, not far from the coffin.

The three of them were ambushed by strangers outside the city, and if Hu Guimeng hadn't arrived just in time, they probably wouldn't have come back.

Twenty-four Lang Hu Guimiao's injuries were the lightest, he sat up with support, kowtowed to the empty coffin first, then got up, faced the brothers who came over, and was about to speak, when he was suddenly stunned, looking at a person blankly, "It's you?" That's right, it's you! ”

Everyone looked at Hu Guiyang.

"yes, it's me." Hu Guiyang was still unsurprised, and didn't care that his smile would cause more disgust.