Shajia Hutong Liufu has become the hottest place in the capital, and it has only been less than a year now. However, the gate of Liu's Mansion, which has always been open to people as long as they are willing to offer loyalty and money, is rarely difficult to enter on this day. A group of foreign officials who came to the door with heavy gifts heard that Liu Jin was going to entertain distinguished guests this night, and after the initial disappointment, they all understood. Although many people left in a huff, there were still many more people who still did not give up, planning to wait for the rabbit to see if any of the big people who came to the banquet tonight could look down on them. Therefore, when Xu Xun and his subordinates entered Liu's house with a person tied up with five flowers, it immediately attracted a lot of discussions.

"Have you seen it, it's the famous Pingbeibo!"

"This title will only work for a few days, you see, in a few days, this title will be at least one level higher!"

"It's not surprising to be promoted two levels, who doesn't know that the emperor today trusts Pingbeibo the most, tsk, I heard that the emperor even recruited people to sleep with him...... I don't know who it was just now, and I dared to commit it in the hands of this adult......"

In the midst of those chatters of envy or jealousy or malicious speculation, the sky darkened unconsciously. As there was a sound of horses' hooves outside the alley again, someone suddenly stretched their necks to look at the place where the sound came from, and when they saw the group of more than a dozen people turning around and coming in at a gallop, as if they didn't care whether they would step on anyone because of carelessness, everyone naturally dodged to the wall. One of the slow-moving servants was even kicked by the high hooves of the horse, and it took a while for the whole man to sit up with his arms folded and rolling on the ground. The corners of his mouth were already bloodshot.

When I saw the old man in his early fifties wearing a python robe in front of him, he took the lead and entered through the main gate with his head held high, and for a while, the surrounding discussion became louder. The newcomer asks the elderly, and the elderly are often not very clear. In the end, an old officer smiled and said, "You are lonely and unheard, right? That's Gonggong Qiu of Admiral Dongchang! He rarely comes to Gonggong Liu, and today he is so careless, when he encounters something troublesome, he is in a bad mood! ”

Qiu Ju's mood was indeed extremely bad. Although Wang Ping never ran away, someone finally ran out of the back door of the house to report to him. When he learned that Xu Xun actually led the crowd to smash the door and beat his people, and kidnapped Wang Ping, he only felt angry for a while. After inquiring and learning that Xu Xun came here until Liu Jin came, he patiently arranged all the things that should be handled, and he brought someone over.

At this moment, he went straight to the brightly lit main hall, broke in with a straight face and his hands behind his back, and saw that in addition to Liu Jin and Xu Xun in the hall, Gu Dayong, Zhang Cai, Jiao Fang, Liu Yu, Ma Yongcheng, Wei Bin and others were there, so he took a deep breath and asked sharply: "Xu Xun." Why did you trespass on the territory of my East Factory? After the trouble, he also arrested our family! ”

Regardless of whether there are small movements behind the scenes, today is a banquet, whether it is Liu Jin or not. Whether it's Xu Xun or other people on both sides, even if it's Ma Yongcheng and Wei Bin, it's just that Liu Jin personally invited him. It's not good-looking if you don't come, and the people who just plan to come over and show up to make soy sauce are all smiling on their faces, and everyone is happy with each other. Therefore, Qiu Ju was in a posture of asking for guilt, which naturally made the originally extremely harmonious atmosphere in the lobby tense all of a sudden.

However. Xu Xun, who was questioned, raised his eyebrows and did not speak. Liu Jin sank his face and said, "Lao Qiu, tonight is our family to pick up the wind for Brother Xu, what are you doing?" Besides, what you said our family also heard Brother Xu say, it was your godgrandson who acted too much, and even made a gong on the edge of Ye Guang's house under the command of Jinyi Weidu all day long, and the quarrel made Ye Guang, who was already sick, not even feel comfortable recuperating, and now Brother Xu went to visit people, and he didn't know how to stop a little, didn't this make you trouble? Brother Xu personally came to the door to reason with him, but he even blocked people outside, who did he think he was? So I don't know how thick the sky is, and I will cause trouble, why are you still so concerned about him! ”…,

Qiu Ju didn't expect that Xu Xun hadn't opened his mouth yet, and Liu Jin was actually acting on his behalf, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while. After a long time, he laughed angrily and said, "Gonggong Liu said it lightly!" If Zhang Wenmian and Sun Cong here also did something wrong and committed it in the hands of Xu Xun for a while, and as a result, they were treated like this, could it be that you can also say such light and clever words? ”

"There are no such people in our family who don't know what to do?" Seeing that Qiu Ju dared to compete with himself, Liu Jin's face suddenly became more gloomy, and then he leaned on the armrest with one hand to support his chin, and said with a smile, "Our family is not like you Gonggong Qiu, the left godson and the right godgrandson, our family has not had more than two slaps in the name of the eunuch so far, so of course there is no need to worry about someone acting outside in the name of our family!" ”

"You ......"

Xu Xun saw that Qiu Ju's face turned blue with anger, so he stood up and said slowly: "The matter started because of me, please don't fight." It's just that, Gonggong Qiu, this person in the capital who doesn't know that I am close to Lord Jinyi Weiye, I'm afraid there are not many, and it shouldn't include Gonggong Qiu, who is in charge of Dongchang, since he knows it, he has to harass him day and night, this kind of unkind behavior, I think it shouldn't be instructed by Gonggong Qiu, right? ”

Although the words sounded soft, the sharp meaning in them suddenly made the listeners awe-inspiring. Even if Qiu Ju was so angry with Liu Jin at this time that his heart was on fire, he would never be exploited in words, and immediately suppressed his anger and said: "It's just that the people below have been overlooked for a while, how can our family let people do such a stupid thing!" ”

"In this case, what Gonggong Liu just said is right. Since it was not instructed by Gonggong Qiu, it must be the reckless behavior of the subordinates, and ......" Xu Xun paused, and then said with a smile, "When I asked this Wang Ping before, he swore that he was on the orders of Gonggong Qiu!" ”

Although Xu Xun had a smile on his face, Qiu Ju didn't know that this little fox had always had the temperament of hiding a knife in his smile. In the past, those who experienced this were others, but now that he is facing this kind of sharp words, he can't help but feel a stagnation in his heart. Looking around at the people in the lobby, I saw that Liu Jin was still gloomy. Some of the others gloated, some did not care about themselves, and some were interested. Some are whispering...... Looking at it, there is no one who can talk to him.

Thinking that when he was in the East Palace, Liu Jin was not the highest grade among them, and later the little emperor ascended the throne, several of them were known as the Eight Tigers, and Liu Jin was not the first, but now the court knows Liu Gonggong, and they all stand aside. He couldn't get any officials at all, and the anger in his stomach suddenly became even stronger. After a long time, Qiu Ju's mouth finally burst out one sentence at a time.

"Then what does Ping Beibo want to do with people and give you anger?"

"Now that I am in Liu's Mansion, and the person is Gonggong Qiu's person, I don't have to go beyond the grain to deal with it." Xu Xun raised his head and said with a smile to Cao Qian, who was standing behind him, "Cao Qian, go and escort people up, and ask Gonggong Liu and Gonggong Qiu to deal with it." ”

With the five flowers tied up, Wang Ping was escorted up. The huge main hall was quieter for a while. No matter how dignified an official is in front of his subordinates on weekdays. There was no word at all. And Qiu Ju stared at Wang Ping with annoyed eyes for a long time, although he really wanted to kick this troublesome godson to death, but he still settled down and said, "I'll take the people back." When he turned around, he drove people to a new house in Nanjing to do miscellaneous labor, and he was not allowed to return to Beijing for life! ”

Seeing Xu Xun bowing slightly, he didn't seem to have any objections. Qiu Ju flicked his sleeves and was about to turn around to leave, but before he could take a step, Liu Jin's sympathetic voice came from behind him: "Old Qiu, isn't this kind of treatment too light?" drove people to Nanjing, the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and God knew that this person was doing miscellaneous labor to atone for his crimes. Or will you continue to be prosperous and rich? I want our family to say, such a troublesome guy. We must teach a lesson a little more to set an example! Besides, God knows if he was instructed to ruin your reputation by acting so recklessly before? From our family's point of view, punishing him for not entering the drum room for the net army is better than going to Nanjing. ”…,

The so-called pure army can be said to be the lowest figure among the eunuchs, and most of them are from the palace. Except for a small number of nobles, most of them are called the net army, not only to do the most painful and tiring errands in the palace, but also as long as the king feels that there are too many eunuchs in the palace, or when hundreds of officials write and suggest, there is a good chance that these people will be released to fill the army with the entrance guards. As for the drum room, it is the most bitter thing in the whole palace, there is no one, every night on the Xuanwu gatehouse to watch, no lamp, no matter the wind and rain or the cold and snow, all can not be a little slack, the slightest mistake is a severe punishment, want Li Rong to get rid of Jia Shichun, is to start when Jia Shichun degraded to the drum room.

Everyone in the palace knew the pain of the drum room, so not only Wang Ping's soul was not possessed for a while, but even Qiu Ju's complexion changed greatly. But Liu Jin didn't seem to notice it, and looked at Gu Dayong and Wei Bin Ma Yongcheng with a smile and said, "Old Gu, old Wei, old Ma, what do you think of our family's idea?" ”

"Well...... Isn't it a little ruthless? Wei Bin opened his mouth to say such a sentence, and seeing that Liu Jin's eyes were different, he immediately laughed and said, "It's just that this kid is too vicious to do things, and he is to blame for such an end!" ”

"I don't have a problem, and I'm not mine."

Gu Dayong is business is not about himself, Ma Yongcheng saw that Wei Bin was pretending to be a turtle with a shrunken head, so he didn't bother to pay attention to Qiu Ju's gaze, secretly thinking that when you were in charge of the Dongchang Zhengguang, you didn't think about taking care of me, and immediately pretended to be stupid and said: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable, Lao Liu, you have a good temperament, and you gave him a way to live!" ”

Seeing that everyone said a word, they actually echoed Liu Jin like this, Qiu Ju's face was blue and white, and in the end, he didn't look at Wang Ping, who was begging for a face, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, you can do what you want!" We still have things to do, so I won't accompany them! ”

As Qiu Ju brushed his sleeves away, Xu Xun saw that Liu Jin's face changed, so he waved his hand and motioned for Cao Qian to drag the Wang Zhi down with his own soldiers, and then arched his hand with a smile and said, "Don't ruin today's rare event for such an insignificant person." Speaking of which, I'm the first person to come today, and I'm so hungry that I'm already on my chest and back, isn't it time to start a meal? ”

was interrupted by Xu Xun like this, Liu Jin's anger was relieved a little, and he nodded slightly at Sun Cong on the side, and he also diverted the topic. Today, everyone is sitting at separate tables, each person in front of a black lacquer high table, Sun Cong personally took a few clever little eunuchs to walk in the meantime, let the guests choose their favorite dishes and snacks from the gilded list, and then put them in boxes one by one. And the maid who is young and jade-looking is waiting for her at any time with a pot on the side. When the wine is drunk, there are Kabuki who come up to cheer up, and they look like they are laughing and laughing. But it only talks about the wind and snow, and never talks about the major affairs of the court.

For a while, the guests and hosts were happy, Liu Jin was so drunk that his face was red, needless to say, even Xu Xun was slightly drunk, and he half-pushed and half-allowed a picturesque-looking singer to kneel beside the table to serve wine. As for Zhang Cai, not to mention, he was full of alcohol, and even said with a smile when Liu Jin asked about the quality of his own Ji people: "Father-in-law Liu is full of beauty." I don't know how many poor measures to envy, let alone lower officials? It's just that the most outstanding person in beauty is by Ping Beibo's side, otherwise Xia Guan would want to ask Liu Gong openly. ”

With Zhang Cai now soaring, his little problem is not known to the whole dynasty, but at least there is nothing here that does not know. Therefore, seeing that he directly begged the singer who served the wine next to Xu Xun by being drunk, Liu Jin was stunned at first, and then laughed and said: "Our family has no opinion on this matter, as long as Pingbei Berken cuts his love!" ..., Xu Xun has a different identity now. There are very few occasions for such a scene. Therefore, when he heard Zhang Cai so demanding, he was half drunk and not drunk. Immediately glanced at Zhang Cai thoughtfully, and then smiled: "Since Gonggong Liu is willing to become a jade, what else can I say?" It's just that you should be careful. There are a lot of pets in your room! ”

When the song ended, the delicate-looking singer helped Zhang Cai to get into the carriage, and Xu Xun was full of wine and galloped with a group of entourage, and the two did not go all the way. Liu Jin, who was rarely delivered to the door in person, suddenly scratched his bare chin, and his eyes flickered a little. At this time. Jiao Fang, who deliberately delayed and didn't leave, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Zhang Xilu's widowhood has not been a day or two, I didn't expect to be so arrogant and dare to rob Xu Xun of a woman!" ”

Liu Jin smiled faintly and said, "Our family didn't get angry when they saw Xu Xun, maybe they didn't pay attention to it at all." The lady in Xu Xun's house is very fierce, and when did you hear that he was? ”

"Father-in-law Liu, even if men are not lustful, they are all good-looking, Zhang Xilu is so face-saving to Xu Xun, and it is only a matter of time before there is a gap between the master and the slave." Speaking of this, Jiao Fang saw that Liu Jin had already moved, so he lowered his voice and said, "Moreover, although Xu Xun lives in Beijing now, he is a southerner, and Zhang Xilu is originally from Henan, but he is a genuine northerner. Xu Xun just said that there were too many internal pets, and the meaning of the beating was already obvious, a smart person like Zhang Xilu would not fail to hear it! He has always been conceited and scheming, and may not always be willing to be subservient to others. Now that he is assisted by Zhang Fuhua first, and then by Lin Han, this opportunity to take charge of a department should be what he wants most! ”

"We know."

Liu Jin nodded slightly, and did not say that he would adopt Jiao Fang's idea, nor did he say that he would not adopt it. But when Jiao Fang said goodbye and left, he couldn't help but think about it in his heart. However, he didn't start this matter first, but first thought of Qian Ning, who didn't even show his face tonight. This time, he didn't make a big fuss, so he simply ordered someone to go to the salary department where the inner factory in Xi'an Gate was located to find someone. Two quarters of an hour later, Qian Ning came to see him sweating profusely, but without saying a word, he presented a stack of case files.

"Father-in-law Liu, this is all kinds of lawlessness in Father-in-law Qiu's Dongchang since last year!"

This Qian Ning is really worry-free and comfortable to use!

When Xu Xun was carried into the house by two servants, Shen Yue, who was almost impatient with waiting, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. After retiring from the house, she signaled Ruyi, who was going to help, to take care of the child first, and then personally served Xu Xun to take off the robe. But when her hand touched the third button, her wrist was suddenly firmly grasped by a hot hand. She looked up, but found that Xu Xun had already opened his eyes, those eyes were clear and bright, where was the slightest drunkness?

"Okay, pretending to be drunk and fooling people again!" Shen Yue struggled hard, and seeing that he couldn't resist Xu Xun's strength, he suddenly snorted angrily, "It's the smell of wine and the smell of fat powder, and you still come to trouble me, and forget everything when you spend all your time drinking outside?" ”

"Does the lady really think that your father-in-law is such a person?"

Seeing a smile on the corner of Xu Xun's mouth, Shen Yue was suddenly speechless, and his voice couldn't help but become smaller: "I know that you are used to pretending to show others, but you also have to be careful of your body, don't be like Lord Zhang, my father said that he had a note last night to ask a popular singer in Yanle Hutong to go to the house......"

"When Zhang Xilu hears your worry, I'm afraid he will wake up laughing when he dreams!" Xu Xun laughed, then simply pulled Shen Yue to sit on his lap, and half-jokingly told Zhang Cai about asking Liu Jin for someone tonight, and then said with a smile, "It is a sin for a widow to have a disease, but in the eyes of someone with a heart, it is a weakness." People with weaknesses are always easy to deal with, and it is not easy to attract jealousy, which is also where Zhang Cai is smart. ”

Although Zhang Cai didn't say anything to him when he returned with a beauty, Xu Xun was still ninety percent sure of his guess. At this moment, seeing Shen Yue, Shen Yue's eyes couldn't help but widen, and he no longer explained the matter, but said with great interest that he went to visit Ye Guang in the afternoon, and went to the mansion next to him to make a big fuss, and tonight there was even more trouble at Liu Jin's place, so he smiled and said: "Look at it, Qiu Ju should be unlucky!" ”

"Hmph, who doesn't know that borrowing a knife to kill someone is the most skillful trick you can play!"

"But this time, someone else borrowed my knife...... But in the end, it's impossible to say who borrowed whom's knife. ”