The taste of being called cousin by the little emperor, Xu Xun quickly realized it. Even if it is a table of three thousand miles, but even if Zhang Zong said that such a serious imperial relative, it is no problem to call the little emperor a cousin as if he is showing off behind his back, and it is simply wishful thinking to ask Zhu Houzhao to call him a cousin in person. So, when the ship anchored in Tianjin overnight early in the morning and was about to leave, Zhu Houzhao hurried to board the ship with a few entourages, and as soon as the stammering cousin called, Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong almost felt that there was something wrong with their ears, and then all four eyes were staring at Xu Xun.

The first three boats learned that it was Xu Xun's daughter-in-law's cousin who wanted to take a downwind boat back to Nanjing, and saw the young man with pimples on his face from a distance in the bow of the boat, plus he vaguely heard that people stammered, whether it was Liu Jin or Ma Yongcheng, Wei Bin and Luo Xiang, no one thought that the little emperor's head was over, and this was considered a clear road.

But before leaving, a group of people suddenly came to the shore, and it was the emperor in the capital who gave Xu Xun an urgent order. Even if Liu Jin wanted to hear what was going on, but seeing that the person who came straight to Xu Xun's boat, he could only let go of his suspicions, and could only curse in his heart.

And Xu Xun saw the person who came clearly, and couldn't help but be stunned for a while. After Huitong solemnly saluted Xu Xun and Gu Dayong Zhang Yong, his eyes turned around, and he saw that except for a pimple boy by the side porthole of Xu Xun and Ah Bao, who he recognized, there was no one else in the room, so he presented a thing with both hands and said: "Pingbei Hou, humiliation to serve the Empress Dowager and Empress Yi's order, send a handwritten letter to Pingbei Hou." Please give a reply immediately after reading it, and take it back directly. ”

I just saw that the Queen Mother and the Queen actually summoned him to Qionghua Island to speak. He already had a faint guess that the little emperor was about to follow Xu Xun and others out of Beijing together. If that's the case. What about the little ancestor at this time?

Hearing that it was his mother and daughter-in-law who sent a letter together, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but shrink his head, trying his best not to let Huitong see himself. However, when the letter reached Xu Xun's hand, he had to walk quickly to Xu Xun's side while Gu Dayong attracted Huitong's attention for him. Standing on tiptoe and leaning over to read all the content at a glance, he couldn't help but grin his teeth.

Empress Dowager Zhang's letter was not for Xu Xun at all, but was written directly to him, and she scolded him with a scolding face. Let him hurry up and pack up and go back to Beijing, until the end, he said extremely reluctantly that even if he goes, he won't play for too long, go early and return early, and so on. And Zhou Qiniang's letter is more simple and direct, a sentence that does not lose people's hope, does not make people take advantage of the opportunity, so he involuntarily pursed his lips, remembering that Zhou Qiniang likes to teach himself a lesson about the past. It wasn't until he caught a glimpse of Huitong that he hurriedly retreated to the porthole, and looked out as if he was empty. Make a formal look of looking at the scenery seriously.

After reading the letter, Xu Xun noticed that Zhu Houzhao had returned to his original position, so he took the letter to the table next to him, and after instructing Ah Bao to grind ink, he replied cautiously while thinking about it. It is inevitable to apologize for the little emperor Zhu Houzhao, in addition to the support of the troops along the way, as well as Chen Lu and Xu Li, the Duke of Wei, who responded to Nanjing, as well as the garrison Zheng Qiang and the former garrison Fu Rong. As for Qiu Ju, who had just been driven away by him and Liu Jin with a trick, he didn't mention it. Finally. He remembered that Empress Dowager Zhang and Zhou Qiniang had mentioned in the letter that Xiao Jing had been invited to come back, and he had already buried this move, he breathed a sigh of relief, and had to add two more sentences.

"Father-in-law Xiao is old, and there is a lack of celebrants, so you can choose the best in the inner study hall to enrich the celebrant and the celebrant walking. Today, the son is outside, and the two saints are strictly forbidden in the palace to prevent the suspicious people from leaking the news. ”

As long as the celebrant is replaced by a group of newcomers, and Liu Jin's henchmen in the palace and Liu Yu, Cao Yuan and others outside cannot be smoothly contacted, then it will be difficult for these people to take advantage of this to make a living, and Zhang Cai can take advantage of the situation. Of course, smart people like Qian Ning, I'm afraid they can't hide it for too long, he just makes a time difference! …,

Huitong hurriedly turned around with Xu Xun's letter, and set off from Tianjin with the boat, Zhu Houzhao, who was still sweating and was afraid that Empress Dowager Zhang would have to drag him back, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, Huitong didn't recognize him, which was undoubtedly a bigger encouragement for him. Only Xu Xun knew what kind of risks there were on this trip, so he had to pour a basin of cold water on the little emperor's head.

"Zhong Hui is not familiar with you after all, and he was led away by Lao Gu's words, otherwise he may not notice something. But Lao Liu, they have to pass that level, and I'm afraid it will be more difficult than climbing to the sky. I'm going to talk about ugly things ahead, and if it's time to go, I'm afraid you'll really have to go home. ”

This way of speaking, Zhu Houzhao experienced it once in Zhou Qiniang, but now it sounds cordial, but Xu Xun almost didn't say that he would definitely not be able to hide it from Liu Jin, and the little emperor was suddenly a little annoyed. Please don't be as good as the radical general, and then on the way to Linqing, he has been nesting in the cabin for half a step and never came out, until the ship docked in Linqing in the evening, and heard that Du Jin, the eunuch of the governor of Shandong and other places, came to visit Xu Xun, and he appeared.

Last year, at a critical moment, Du Jin was not affected by Li Rong's gloomy retirement, and got the job of admiral of various banknotes in Shandong, and did his best errand comfortably outside. Therefore, when Xu Xun went to Beijing and had a little awkward encounter with him in Linqing, he had long regarded it as an extraordinary opportunity. When Zhu Houzhao hurriedly came in, he couldn't help but glance at people.

Table ...... Cousin, I heard that it was like ...... Now Shun ...... Downwind, ...... Ten more ...... It will be there in 10 days...... It's time to Xuzhou! ”

I think that Zhu Houzhao couldn't even say a word neatly with an apricot kernel in his mouth, but now he seems to be really stammering, not to mention Xu Xunguaner, even Zhang Yonghe and Gu Dayong couldn't help but turn their heads and snicker. But Du Jin didn't even frown at the stammering sound, especially when he heard that he was called Xu Xun's cousin, he hurriedly smiled and inquired, and when he learned that it was Xu Xun's wife's cousin, he said with a smile: "That's right, Hou Ye and your fathers-in-law are picking up a good time, this season is just walking, and the summer tax has been sent to Beijing, and the Caohe River is not as congested as in the past, and it will freeze again in a few days." Walking by land on a cold day is the most sinful, but the waterway is just right. By the way, I am the old Hou Ye who has taken care of me, and it is the first time that Zhou Gongzi has seen him, so please be sure to accept this meeting gift. ”

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Du Jin smiling and stuffing a piece of mutton fat jade pendant, he immediately looked at Xu Xun, and there were a few eyes on his face, like a dirt bun that had never seen the world. Seeing him like this, Xu Xun finally couldn't help laughing: "Grandpa Du is not an outsider, you can keep it." ”

Du Jin used to inspect all the banknotes on the entire Cao River, and now he is the Jining Linqing and Dezhou banknotes in Shandong, so Xu Xun had to ask him carefully about the situation in the south of the Yangtze River. Du Jin naturally dared to tell the truth in front of Xu Xun, from the common people to the palace officials and gentlemen to donate real estate, to the rampant bandits, many villages are robbed by bandits, and there have been robberies of officials and relatives on the canal.

As soon as he left, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and immediately glanced at Xu Xun proudly, and before anyone had a chance to hit him, he frowned and said: "Everyone at the bottom says that the world is peaceful and prosperous, and it is really only when it comes out that I know that the world is not so peaceful at all." The slender men on the canal worked hard just for a full meal, and the collection of taxes in the Jiangnan territory was a problem, and the bandits were not only in Jinan, but also in the Jiangnan border...... Not to mention the robbery of the Cao River by the officials, it is simply incredible! No wonder the ancients said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, and you really don't know anything in the palace! ”…,

The big men of later generations still patrol and squat around all day long, and they are not deceived by their heads in some things, not to mention the son of heaven who can only stay in the palace by strict etiquette restrictions?

Listening to Zhu Houzhao's sometimes regretful and sometimes righteous anger talking about the scenes he had seen in the past few days, Xu Xun wanted to say that this was just the tip of the iceberg, but after thinking about it, he simply didn't say much, so that the little emperor could have more judgment on his own. It wasn't until the night was dark and Zhu Houzhao had yawned that he asked Ah Bao to take someone to rest. When these two young men with very different identities and circumstances came out of the cabin, Gu Dayong, who had not spoken all the time, couldn't help but yawn, and then said: "Brother Xu, since you have already calculated that the emperor will follow, what are your plans next, should you tell us?" ”

"The time has not yet come, and you can't say it." Xu Xun shook his finger with a smile, then looked at Zhang Yong and said, "It's Lao Zhang, I have to ask you for something." Wang Shouren was sent to Longchangyi in Guizhou last year, you might find an opportunity to advise the emperor and transfer people back? ”

"Huh?" Zhang Yong remembered the friendship with Wang Shouren when he was training the avant-garde of the army in Xiyuan, coupled with the anger of the pioneer Wang Shouren now, it was just a joke, so he nodded indifferently and said, "It's just a small thing, it's easy to say." I took a look back to mention it to the emperor, I think it's been more than a year, and the emperor has long since stopped minding! ”

"Then I'll leave this matter to you."

Xu Xun couldn't help but stretch, and after saying hello to the two, he walked straight to the edge of his couch without waiting for them to leave, and fell straight up without even taking off his shoes. When there was a creak of the hatch, he lightly folded his fingers and calculated, knowing that whether it was Jinan or Northwest, he was afraid that there would be a series of battles.

The Yellow River is frozen, and Yang Yiqing is also facing the biggest test ever. I just hope that even if he is not as good as Wang Yue back then, he can give full play to the greatest advantages that he failed to play in history and get through the biggest difficulty after returning to the Hetao. As for Zhang Zong's saying that Xu Yanche Qi Jiliang was three, they all said that the three stinkers were better than Zhuge Liang, and the soldiers and horses he was rationing to them now were all doing their best, plus there was such an internal response, since they could beat Qi Yanming, it was expected that other people would also be able to make progress. As for decapitation tactics...... If it were so easy, the famous generals and Confucian generals in ancient and modern China and abroad would have died long ago!

"I hope everything will come true, so that I can get away with it for a few years...... This kind of retirement at the age of 20 will not be admired by many people in the future...... God knows how many years I've wanted to be a gentleman......"

PS: Well, happy new year everyone...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )