The morning meeting, which was not yet dawn, had been waived for more than a year. Thanks to such a benevolent government, he said that he sent everyone back in the middle of the night last night, and Xu Xun made up for a safe and steady return to the cage. However, the empty pillow is really not easy for him who was newly married to Yan'er before, otherwise why would he stay in the study every day? At this time, when Ah Bao was serving and dressing, he couldn't help but ask.

"Today is fourteen?"

"Young master, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, you forgot that yesterday you ordered Uncle Jin Sixth to send someone to the next post, and invited a lot of people to come to the house? Early in the morning, Uncle Jin went out with the buyers, and Mr. Liu asked me to ask the young master if he was going to a few familiar restaurants to invite one or two cooks. ”

It turns out that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15!

Thinking that the situation on the side of Jingcha City would be cleaned up in a moment, Xu Xun couldn't help but regret that the day when Xu Liang and Shen Yue set off was set for the beginning of August, and now he was alone in Jingchalk City. Fortunately, someone sent a lot of posts out yesterday, otherwise he would really have to follow Li Taibai's example tonight to raise a glass to invite Mingyue and become a trio of shadows.

"You don't need to go out to invite, these are regular customers, and you won't have to eat and drink a few times outside one day! Let the kitchen make something homely and tasty, and prepare two jars of good wine, and that's enough. ”

When he was dressed neatly, Xu Xun thought that he had never been to the barracks since he was recuperating from his injuries, so he asked Ah Bao to go out to pass breakfast, and by the way, he ordered a group of guards to get ready. Absentmindedly filling his stomach, he took Ah Bao to the second gate, and Liu An, the housekeeper outside, hurried up to meet him. After saluting, Liu An smiled and said, "Young Master, when will you come back today?" If someone arrives early in the afternoon, I'd give you a letter. ”

"It's about afternoon, and now I can still take advantage of the injury to be lazy, and it's hard to get on the right track after a while."

The mount took over, Xu Xun grabbed the reins and jumped on the horse's back neatly, then looked sideways at Liu An and said, "By the way, I'm going to take Cao Qian out today, you can help Jin Liu pay more attention to the things on the door." ”

Liu An is an old man in Xing'an Bofu, not Xu Xun's cronies, and now this manager is always a little unconfident compared to Jin Liu. Moreover, he heard that Jin Liu's son who succeeded him from his brother won a big fortune yesterday, and Zhang Fuhua, the imperial historian of the left capital, who had just arrived in Beijing and was ready to take up the chalk office, actually personally named the little guy called Jin Hong. As soon as Jin Liu's mouth blows, he knows everything at once. At this moment, he responded with a smile on his face, and he didn't dare to question why he was helping Jin Liu.

There were only a dozen guards in front of the second gate, among which in addition to the young soldiers with strong martial arts skills in the avant-garde of the government army, there were a few people recommended by Ma Qiao, and when they got out of the East Corner Gate, the guards who had all obtained military positions after the invalidation of the paper also gathered up, and twenty or thirty people suddenly occupied most of the Wu'anhou Hutong. Seeing that Cao Qian had already followed, Xu Xun smiled at him: "I've held you back for so long, I'll take you to the barracks today." ”

"Adults are serious, I'm young, I'm so strong, and I deal with people who I couldn't think of before, where can I talk about a suffocating word, and I am used to dealing with paperwork and letterheads."

Cao Qian owed a debt on horseback, and when he saw Xu Xun nodding with a smile, a group of guards lined up on both sides, intending to escort Xu Xun out, so he rode his horse and followed closely behind Xu Xun. As soon as the group got out of the alley, the person who opened the road in front of them suddenly shouted twice, and then three or four riders actually surrounded the two big men at the mouth of the alley. Because there was another assassination in the first place, everyone's chalk scriptures were already tight, and at this time, Cao Qian immediately instinctively took two quick steps and blocked his body in front of Xu Xun. …,

"What's going on?"

"My lord, these two are snooping outside, I only saw them yesterday!"

Hearing the word "voyeur", Xu Xun pondered for a moment and then ordered: "Escort people over!" ”

It wasn't until the three or four guards escorted the two men up that Xu Xun understood why they were so nervous. I saw that these two people were carrying bears' waists, and their faces were full of fierce energy, and at first glance they were not ordinary chalk surnames. However, even though they were driven in front of him, the faces of the two were not so much frightened as nervous, and they kept raising their eyes to sneak a glance at him.

As soon as Xu Xun raised his hand, one of the guards who jumped off the horse and wanted to escort the two of them to kneel suddenly retreated. After looking at the two of them for a moment, he was about to speak, but there was an exclamation from the side. When he turned his head to the side and found that it was a guard, he gestured with his eyes, and the man was a little uneasy at first, and then he bowed down and said, "My lord, I know this person." The last time Master Ma recruited family members at home, the two of them had come to apply, and Master Ma also praised their bow horses, but then refused to write a letter of support, so they went back. ”

Someone is still coming!

Seeing Xu Xun looking over thoughtfully, Liu Liu and Liu Qi at the bottom glanced at each other, and the two brothers knelt down at the same time and kowtowed firmly. Even so, Liu Liu couldn't help but be annoyed that Liu Qi was reckless and reckless, and now it was difficult to speak in public, and a voice came from above.

"Since it was Ma Qiao who praised your bow horse, it is expected that he has real skills. I'm going out today, and I'll talk about that another day. ”

Liu Liu thought that the timing of today's meeting was terrible, and he couldn't explain it clearly, but he didn't want Xu Xun to give a real evaluation because others said that Master Ma had praised their bow horse. Knowing that if he didn't seize the opportunity now, he would want to see this one day another day, he couldn't help but hesitate, who knew that Liu Qi on the side actually grabbed the conversation straightforwardly and said: "The two younger brothers are from Wen'an, Bazhou, if the adults don't dislike it, the little ones are willing to serve around." ”

"Huh?" Xu Xun was slightly stunned, and then laughed, "In this way, I will go to Xishan today, if you can follow closely before leaving the city, then follow me to the Zuoguan Chalk Hall to talk!" ”

Liu Liu didn't have time to stop it, so Liu Qi agreed. Seeing Xu Xun passing by his side surrounded by a crowd, he was annoyed, but he had been dragged up by Liu Qiyi. The latter stared at the group and said, "Sixth brother, this is a great opportunity sent by God.

How far is it from Xuanwumen Street to Fuchengmen Street, with the footsteps of the two of us, we will definitely not lose chalk. ”

"You impulsive treasure!"

After scolding fiercely, Liu Liu's steps were faster than Liu Qi's, and he followed closely. However, on Xuanwumen Street, although the group in front of him could not gallop like a gallop, they had already trotted up, and the pedestrians on the road gave way, so he was gradually pulled away from the distance. At this moment, Liu Qi's voice came from the side.

"The sixth brother still scolded me, if it weren't for my quick cleverness, maybe I would have missed this opportunity...... Hey, the corner in front is Fuchengmen Street, hurry up and keep up! ”

Liu Liu didn't bother to make a sound, but the soles of his feet sped up, and he didn't care about the strange looks cast by the chalk surnames on the road, and only cared about the group of people who were catching up with the horses in front of him who were getting faster and faster.

It wasn't until he saw the tall Fucheng Gatehouse from a distance that he breathed a sigh of relief, and he sprinted dozens of steps with all his strength, but he was able to catch up with the group of people who stopped and prepared to leave the city.

Xu Xun on the horse looked at the two brothers whose faces were only slightly red, and they turned around after taking a few breaths, thinking that no matter what else, the physical strength of these two people was good. He is a person who often walks this road, and when he saw that the hundred households guarding the city came up to ask for peace, he smiled and said: "That's it, it's just that I have to go out of the city according to the custom, but I have to borrow two horses from you today, and I will return them when I return to the city." ”…,

Although the hundred households couldn't figure out what Xu Xun wanted to borrow two horses for, but he was a righteous red earl, he naturally didn't dare to disobey, and immediately went after agreeing, and after a while, he personally led two bareback horses. Seeing Xu Xun's surprised face, he hurriedly explained: "Uncle, it's not that you borrow a horse and don't give a saddle, it's really that these two horses are raised by a general banner family, he didn't come today, and the saddle was brought back, and he won't be able to find a suitable saddle for a while." ”

Hearing this, Xu Xun frowned and looked at Liu Liu and Liu Qi. At this time, the brothers understood Xu Xun's intention to borrow the horse, and knew that they didn't have to follow all the way to the Xishan military camp, and both of them were relieved, so they only glanced at the bareback horse, Liu Liu stepped forward and arched his hand and said: "My lord, the younger two brothers are riding horses in the barren mountains and wilderness all day long, not to mention bareback horses, even horses without bridle and stirrups can be ridden." ”

"Oh?"

This kind of thing can't be bragged at, Xu Xun immediately smiled and waved his hand to let the two get on the horse, and then galloped out of the city with a whip. On the official road, it is no better than not allowing horses to gallop in the city, and the speed of the horse gradually increases. He glanced behind the bend and saw that the two brothers were following very closely, he nodded secretly, and gradually stopped looking back. When he galloped all the way down the mountain road to the newly built barracks, he turned his horse's head and looked back, and in a short time, two big men riding bareback horses appeared in front of him. Seeing that the two of them had jumped off their horses neatly, and had recovered after walking a few steps, he raised his hand and ordered the two horses to be led.

This long-distance horseback gallop is not as dangerous as taming wild horses on the horse farm, but it is also a test of equestrianism, which Xu Liang said to him in the past. Seeing that the two horses were sweating and obviously a little tired, but the horses' backs were unharmed, he couldn't help but nod and admire: "This bow horse, the bow has not yet been seen, but this equestrian skill is really good." Since you are here, you don't need to be outside with a pestle, just come in together. ”

Cao Qian saw that Xu Xun didn't even ask the two of them their names and called them to follow up with the barracks, and couldn't help but look back at them for a while, secretly thinking that when his father chose his own soldiers, he often asked them to do some unbelievable things, which seemed to be the same reason. However, Xu Xun didn't ask, but he wouldn't take it lightly, and he waited until Liu Liu and Liu Qixing rushed over, and then he asked kindly: "You two said that they were from Wen'an, Bazhou, but who hasn't said what their surname is." ”

"Ah, look at the little one." Seeing that Cao Qian's clothes were not luxurious, but he had been following Xu Xun closely just now, Liu Qi knew that this young man was most likely Xu Xun's henchman, and said with a smile, "Little Liu Chen, this is the little brother Liu Pet, because he walks six lines and seven at home, others call him the little brother Liu Liu, and the little Liu Qi." ”

Cao Qian didn't listen to anything, but Xu Xun, who was walking in front of him, suddenly stopped. He resisted the urge to turn his head to look at the two brothers again, and took a deep breath before continuing to walk, but a strange feeling welled up in his heart.

Liu Liu, Liu Qi...... Aren't these two future chalk-making rebels? Should he tie them up and cut them down now to prevent future troubles? It's just a joke, if you really want to make a chalky rebellion, there is no Liu Liu, Liu Qi, and Zhang Liu, Zhang Qi, it seems that he is really lucky this time, and he can catch such two big fish!

Xu Xun is recuperating at home these days, and the duties of his Zuoguan Chalk Hall are all managed by Shenying and Zhang Yong. The two had cooperated once outside the Saiwai area, and they trusted each other quite a lot, plus Zhang Yong was originally more interested in training and leading the troops, rather than doing nothing in the palace, so this month naturally had a good time. At this moment, Zhang Yong and Shenying welcomed Xu Xun in together, looked each other up and down for a while, and then smiled: "I said Brother Xu, you have been raised for a month, and it looks like you are a little blessed!" ”…,

"you, I went to Tongzhou to pick up people yesterday, and those two old men still sighed at me, and even said that I was emaciated, so you would make fun of me!" Xu Xun laughed when he saw Zhang Yongha, so he arched his hand at Shenying and said, "This time it's really hard for Uncle Lao Jingyang, such a big mess, I said I don't care, fortunately, the emperor also sent such an emergency reinforcement as Gonggong Zhang." ”

"What's the trouble, you escaped death this time, I just spent a little more effort, what else can I say." Shenying smiled and stroked the gray beard on his chin, and then smiled slyly, "I haven't thanked you yet, you let my son be dragged directly to the barracks, I heard that he has been running out of time these days, and he has been dragged around in the West Garden all day long, and he doesn't know whose way to go through to the house to send a letter for help." ”

"It's all about the old methods that I used at the beginning, Xiao Qi and Xiao Xu still remember it well."

Seeing Xu Xun snort, Shenying and Qi Jiliang and Xu Yanche behind Zhang Yong shivered together, and they all recalled the dark days of training at the beginning. In those days, they were trained to death by Qian Ning, and they were often punished for copying, and the sky was pitiful to see that the words were a little more decent than before, and at the end of the day, the accumulated writing paper was a foot thick. Of course, the most pitiful thing is not the two of them, but Zhang Zongshu, who has now been transferred to the front of the Yansui Army, and he doesn't know what happened to the Hou Shizi of Shouning.

This ability to toss people, if Xu Xun dares to admit the second, then no one dares to admit the first! But in addition to tossing, he really let them see another way besides relying on the momentum of his family to make a fortune - another Cotai Avenue where he can walk in front of people with his eyebrows raised!

Seeing that Qi Jiliang and Xu Yanche's faces changed several times, Shenying couldn't help muttering a little in his heart. However, knowing that Xu Xun was at most making his son Shenzhou suffer more, it was impossible to toss people to death, so he didn't dwell on this matter anymore, and invited Xu Xun into the public hall with a smile. According to the purpose set by the previous discussion, plus the new additions this month, the left and right official chalk halls have now selected 18,000 elite chalk people, each official chalk hall has 9,000 chalk people, and there are deputy generals, staff generals, guerrillas, auxiliary attacks, camps, trumpets, Chinese troops, thousand generals, and generals, plus their two general soldiers, not counting Zhang Yong's supervising army, a total of ten levels. Although this has nothing to do with the rank of military attaché, it is now temporarily divided according to the original level, and if it is not good, it will be replaced.

In just one month, the intensity of the drill has already eliminated more than 200 people, and of course, more people have been added at the same time.

The vacancies that started from the guerrilla attack were basically full, but the position of deputy general was given to Chen Xiong, who had followed Miao Kui to help them in the past, and the seats of the other three generals were still vacant. Xu Xun learned that Xu Yanche and Qi Jiliang had now won the title of General Zuo Zheng, and couldn't help but smile at the two of them, then nodded and said: "This shelf can be erected, Jingyang Bo and Zhang Gonggong have worked hard." Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, can the reward be handed down? ”

It is said to be a reward, but two moon cakes per person, on weekdays, the Beijing camp and the 12th regiment camp are known as the New Year's festivals, but they can be deducted layer by layer, and there is nothing left in the hands of the reward, not to mention that the Mid-Autumn Festival is not the three major festivals of the chalk court holiday. Shenying nodded with a smile and said that it had been released, and Zhang Yong said: "And since the day before yesterday, I have taken turns to go home to reunite with my family for ten consecutive days, and now there are one-tenth fewer people left in the camp." What's the matter, do you want to practice training today? ”

"I don't need to do that, I'll talk about it when I officially return to the camp." Xu Xun shook his head with a smile, then looked at Shenying and said, "But there is one thing, pack up an archery gallop and come out, I want to see the skills of the two people, don't let too many people know." ”…,

Liu Liu, Liu Qi and a group of guards were waiting outside, and they waited extremely anxiously. Seeing that the sun is gradually reaching the top of the head, even if it is autumn, the sun is still dizzy, but the people inside still have no intention of coming out. The brothers were sweating profusely, and a few bowls of underwater belly whiskers turned into sweat. Liu Qi was very impatient, but Liu Liu watched coldly, only to see that some of the guards with strong breath sat down and took off their hats and fanned the wind, and some were whispering privately, but those young soldiers who were only fifteen, sixteen or seven stood straight and straight one by one, not to mention that none of them sat down, not even one wiped their sweat.

"Someone's coming out!"

Hearing this, the group all looked over, and saw that it was Cao Qian who walked out quickly, and everyone hurriedly greeted him. Cao Qian arrived in front of everyone, looked around and said with a smile: "My lord has a life, the sun is big at noon, so I will go to the room for lunch first." If you are energetic in the afternoon, go to the gallop road, and the adults will test the riding and archery. Speaking of this, he looked at Liu Liu and Liu Qidao, "You go in with me, and my lord and my father-in-law Zhang want to see you." ”

The Liu family is also well-known in Wen'an, Bazhou, and this fame lies in the courage of the two brothers of the Liu family

Once, when going to a rich family's birthday banquet in the countryside, a gang of horse thieves attacked, and the two brothers joined forces to block the enemy at the front door, killing five people in a row from fifty paces away with two bows and arrows, and scaring everyone away for a while. Afterwards, they went to the official palace and received a reward of fifty taels of silver, which was the beginning of their arrest of horse thieves. However, as they gradually regarded this road as a living road, they were not as publicized as they were at first, and when they heard that several famous ringing horses in the past all regarded them as a thorn in their side, the two of them inevitably began to pull up a group of villagers to protect themselves, but it was not until they inadvertently offended people this time and heard about the things in Beijing that they had this thought.

It's just that this fame is put in front of the big people in Jingcha City, but it is really not enough to see. Shenying and Zhang Yong are all people who are used to seeing good men, after the two kowtowed, they only asked two sentences, and learned that Xu Xun was going to gallop for them, Shenying smiled and said: "Pingbeibo is really addicted to recruiting talents, and it is not enough to have a person like Qian Ning who shoots the bow left and right?" ”

"Talent, the more the merrier. What's more, Qian Ning is a hundred households in brocade clothes, but they are folk chalk surnames, and it is even more rare to have this kind of martial arts. After Xu Xun finished speaking, he bowed his head and ordered, "You two get up, and go to eat first, turn back and gallop to familiarize yourself with the horses and bows and arrows, you can practice there first." ”

After the two of them took the order and left, Xu Xun sighed unintentionally and said, "It's really not good not to recruit a few people." I thought that I had been protected well enough, and I actually let a country fly to the side. If it weren't for the strict interrogation of Father-in-law Gu and the return of a crucian road to Father-in-law Liu, the rumors outside these days would be even worse. ”

Zhang Yong once had a secret conversation with Gu Dayong in private, and at this moment, his eyes couldn't help but flicker slightly. Shenying also knew that Liu Jin was very suspicious of this matter, but if he really wanted to accuse Liu Jin behind his back, he was not so natural, so he could only say haha: "Who let Pingbeibo, you recruit people in a young and high position...... By the way, can these two people be touched? ”

"They also came to the house with that Jiangshanfei to enlist. Because of such an incident, the people who have come to recruit before, Gu Gonggong has asked all the West Factory to touch the bottom, except for three people who have not been able to find out the root of the matter, I think that nine times out of ten it is a ringing horse thief who changed his name to vote, and the others have been found out. Xiao Cao, remember that you sorted these out? ”

"Yes." Cao Qian nodded, then thought for a moment before speaking, "Since they say that they are Liu Liu and Liu Qi of Bazhou Wen'an, they are the famous Liu brothers. These two people are brave and good at fighting, and the official chalk mansion seized the bounty of the horse thief, and they started with about four or five hundred taels before and after, not to mention the thank you gifts of the rich families, in fact, they can be regarded as worry-free about food and clothing. Most of them came to join the adults, most of them because they had caught a lot of horse thieves, and they had some disagreements with several famous leaders in the vicinity. ”

Xu Xun had previously thrown all this stubble to Cao Qian to take care of, so he listened to Cao Qian carefully, while secretly sighing that the tentacles of the West Factory have now stretched far away, and at the same time muttering that he can't completely do these things in the future, otherwise if the Liu family brothers hadn't found the door, he would have almost missed these two people. Seeing that Shenying and Zhang Yongquan were both frowning, he stood up and said with a smile: "The hero doesn't ask where he comes from, but he just needs to have real skills." I only want to make the best use of things and make the best use of people! [To be continued, "This article is chalky by mentioning the chalk supply". If you like this work, you are welcome to ◣◥ to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. 】