Since Xu Xun arrived in Nanjing, on the more than 3,000 miles of official road from the capital to Nanjing, there have often been messengers riding horses galloping by, and the frequency is so high that people smack. If it weren't for the fact that Jinyiwei often had their own special post horses in each post station, such a toss would have to delay the normal post road transmission. Even so, the messengers raised by the capital and Nanjing Jinyi Wei were tired enough, but whether it was Nanjing or the capital, everyone was scrambling to run this trip.

The reason is very simple, although Ye Guang, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Chen Lu, the commander of Nanjing Jinyiwei, subsidize the silver according to two taels per trip, but Pingbei Bo Xu Xun is very handy, and when he receives a letter or sends a letter in Nanjing, the reward is twenty taels, which is enough to make up for their hard work on the road.

On this day, another messenger rushed over from the capital, and when he arrived in front of Xu Xun, he was already too sleepy to speak. After Xu Xun took the letter, he immediately gestured to Ah Bao and Tao Hong, and saw that the two little guys skillfully held a letter of silver, and then went up left and right to hold the messenger's arm, and he said with a pleasant face: "It's been hard all the way, go down first to eat something and rest for two days, and then have a good time in Nanjing for a few days." ”

"Uncle Xie!"

The messenger let go of a major matter in his mind, and suddenly seemed to collapse, and nodded, and let the two young men, who had already scurried quite tall, out the door. And as soon as he left, Xu Xun cut open the envelope, took out the small note paper inside, and frowned after scanning it. This time's letter is the handwriting of Li Yifeng, who is in charge of the punishment of thousands of households in Jinyi Weibei Town, and the Tao is that Liu Jin first took Zhu Houzhao out of the palace to see the sumo wrestling wrestlers in the Western Regions, and then saw that Zhu Houzhao was really happy, he simply brought a group of lamas and wrestlers to Xiyuan, and let them fight with the avant-garde sergeants of the government army for fun, and even Qian Ning was instigated to try two games. Zhu Houzhao was obsessed with the power of these wrestlers in the Western Regions, and he also practiced with him, and he had been wasted for several days.

Pinching his fingers and calculating the time on the way back and forth, Xu Xun fixed his mind and remembered that Liu Jin and the others had led Zhu Houzhao to have fun in their spare time before, which had already aroused an uproar in the court, and the snowflakes of the eunuchs were piled up all over the political envoys, and now the officials who had been accustomed to seeing the little emperor speak freely every few days suddenly disappeared from the emperor's trace, and this blow was only greater than the previous Hongzhi Emperor's absence of ministers except for the court.

Coupled with Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia's begging, without any fanning the flames, someone couldn't help but burn the fire on the heads of the eunuchs, he gently squeezed his fist, and slowly let go.

However, not long after he began to arrange the matter of returning to Beijing, Huitong uncharacteristically sent an eight-hundred-mile expedited road is that Zhu Houzhao has not seen any ministers for ten days, and he managed to get people to send a letter to Ruisheng, wanting Zhou Qiniang to advise one or two, but unexpectedly Ruisheng sent a message saying that it was Zhou Qiniang who said the wrong sentence before, which made Zhu Houzhao suddenly soak in the Xiyuan campus. When he received this message, he immediately understood that things had changed and that he needed to move immediately.

Shangxin River Pass is located on the Nanjing Canal Wharf, and it is also the first time that the Xuande period was set up when the money pass was set up, it was originally the southernmost checkpoint on the canal, but since the Suzhou Pass and the North New Pass have been set up in the south one after another, the oil and water here are much worse than before. Even so, compared to the elevation of qualifications in the palace, it is still a good errand for everyone to sharpen their heads and seek to be placed here. At present, Liu Neng, the eunuch of the banknote customs and tax supervision, recognized Liu Jin as his ancestor, and put it here through the relationship of Liu Jin's nephew Liu Erhan, and after half a year, he felt that his life was like a fairy.

However, since he got the news a few days ago that the imperial court was going to send Xu Xun, who was in Xu Xun at this time, to check the banknotes, he was a little panicked. first invited a clever account room to smooth the accounts, and then coerced and lured all the people up and down, and felt fully prepared, so he put his mind at ease and waited for Xu Xun to come to the door. However, he waited for three days on the left and three days on the right, and seven or eight days passed, but that Pingbei Bo did not even have a shadow, which made him almost doubt whether the news in the capital was wrong, and he was just a shadow of a bow and a snake. ..., and waited patiently for three days, Liu Neng finally couldn't help it, and after thinking about it, he actually had the idea of going to Fu Rong's mansion to investigate. On this day, he packed the four-color box as a gift and took his two companions to Fu's mansion by car. However, as soon as he got off the car, he saw several riders galloping towards him, and when he saw that he was approaching, the leader gently reined in his horse, and led the horse to stand not a few steps in front of him, which made him almost break out in a cold sweat. He knew that this Nanjing City was not a place for him to play tricks, but the little companion who came with him was used to being in the banknote pass, so he naturally didn't have such a good temperament.

"Where did the damn Diao people come from, they dared to rush into Gonggong Liu, and they didn't kneel down to make amends to Gonggong Liu!"

After all, Liu Neng had been in the palace, and he had already recognized the person after the fright, but when he was about to drink, he had already said it. Before he could explain, the man suddenly rode over and said condescendingly, "Diao Min? Which eye do you have to see that I am Diao Min, and I speak disrespectfully, I should be beaten! ”

Seeing that the horsewhip fell on the head of the person next to him, Liu Neng was stunned for a while, and when the little companion covered his face and shouted loudly in pain, he suddenly woke up, and secretly complained to himself, and couldn't help but hurry forward and salute: "Uncle, I have no way to control it, and I am here to apologize to you!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Xun's face was a little pale, and he withdrew the whip that he was about to swing and said lightly: "In the future, be more restrained by your entourage, otherwise it will only cause trouble for you, the master!" Father-in-law Liu・・・・・・ the internal official and supervisor I recognize, Father-in-law Liu, has not raised such an entourage with no one in his eyes! ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Neng suddenly knew that he had not recognized the wrong person, and he hurriedly thanked him for his kindness, and then tentatively reported to his home: "I am Liu Neng, the tax eunuch of Shangxinheguan, and I have come to meet Gonggong Fu today, I don't know if my uncle can ......."

"Oh, come in, then!"

Seeing Xu Xun casually put down a sentence, he immediately turned his horse's head and entered the Fu Mansion without looking back, as if he didn't care about such a person at all, Liu Neng suddenly became even more suspicious of the information in the capital, and while secretly cursing and accompanying the smiling face inside, he didn't even look at the unlucky partner who was beaten. When he saw Fu Rong, he saw Xu Xun rummaging around Fu Rong's bookshelf like an acquaintance, Fu Rong didn't mean to introduce himself at all, he signed diagonally and sat with him for a while, and finally said goodbye.

As soon as he got into the carriage, he slapped his companion, who still had a red whip mark on his face.

"If you get into trouble again in the future, our family will skin you alive!"

Seeing that the little companion was silent, Liu Nengfang comfortably leaned on the cold pillow and half-lay down, and the whole person was relieved. He said, let Xu Xun such a big Buddha check the little thing on the banknote, how could the court make such a fuss!

However, in the study of the Fu Mansion, Xu Xun did not have the careless scene he had before. Sitting opposite Fu Rong, he frowned and said: "There are a total of seven banknote customs on the North Canal, if it weren't for the Jinyi Guard secretly checking, I don't know how much effort it would take to inspect and verify one by one." This Liu Neng looks honest today, but he has been in office for more than half a year. The benefits demanded from the merchant ships are two or three thousand taels, no wonder they were willing to take out their family funds to seek this son. ”

"Zhongguan can't glorify his ancestors, and there are only a few who can raise good children and grandchildren after all, of course, there is only a desperate money, like our family, it's not that they don't want to hold money, but the money is enough for their children and grandchildren to spend, otherwise they can't escape a greedy word." Fu Rong said this bluntly, and immediately asked curiously, "I didn't expect you to have a brocade guard behind you, and even the account room for this Liu Neng to make a fake account in your hand, no wonder you can sit firmly in Diaoyutai for a while." In that case, when are you going to take him? ”…,

"After I leave Nanjing, of course."

Speaking of this, Xu Xun arched his hand at Fu Rong, who was stunned and inexplicable, and said: "The day when the deceased mother moved her soul to Beijing is set in August, firstly, because the weather will be cool by then, and secondly, so that my father and son-in-law can justifiably stay in Nanjing for a while, and it also makes people feel that they are deliberately pushing the day late for me." I have made an appointment with Chen Lu, I will quietly set off back to Beijing the day after tomorrow, and ten days after I leave, I will take Liu Neng and take him first, Beixinguan and ignore him, and go to the end of Xinheguan, and Gonggong Fu will first pick two safe people to take care of. I already know the matter in my heart. ”

"You ......"

Fu Rong was so shocked by Xu Xun's words that he was almost speechless, and only after a long time did he breathe a long sigh of relief, and said helplessly, "Anyway, your temper can't be pulled back by nine horses, and I won't advise you." You don't have to worry about Nanjing, you have solved three of the four gentlemen of Nandu, and the rest of the people are the only ones who are the only ones who are looking at the horse, Wei Guogong needless to say, plus our family and Lao Zheng, as well as Chen Lu, this Nanjing is like your back garden, and there will never be an accident like an iron bucket! ”

"Okay, thank you Grandpa Fu!"

Farewell to Fu Rong's return to Pearl Bridge, Xu Xun heard a commotion inside as soon as he entered the door. Surprised, he hurried inside, and when he heard the crisp laughter of squeaks, he realized that it must be a few adults who were teasing Taosheng, and he couldn't help but slow down. Sure enough, when he entered the second gate and turned around the wooden screen in front of him, he saw Tao Sheng running after a few adults all over the yard, whether it was Shen Yue who was dressed in red, or Xu Liang who was dressed in stone blue, or Tang Yin and his wife, they were all agile to avoid her fluttering, which caused her to shout for a while.

Just when he was stunned, the little girl suddenly turned her head, as if she had discovered a new continent, stumbled over, and hugged his legs without waiting for him to react, and then shouted vaguely: "Rowing, rowing!" ”

"Oops, you caught her in the end!" Shen Yue hurriedly stepped forward, with a sneer in her mouth, but there was no displeasure on her face, but tilted her head and smiled, "We all promised Taosheng, as long as we caught her, we would accompany her to go boating on Mochou Lake, but you jumped out by yourself!" ”

"What's this, it's rare to be blessed to let Xiao Taosheng hug it, and go to Mochou Lake tomorrow!" Speaking of this, seeing that Tang Yin and Shen Jiuniang were a little reluctant, he smiled and said, "I have been in Nanjing for so long, and I haven't really been relaxed and tired for a day, so I simply take advantage of the light of Xiao Taosheng to have a good time." "Min