It took Xu Xun and Shenying almost a month to select the elite of the 12th regiment battalion, and it was barely completed until mid-July. Shenying still has a lot of henchmen to call, but Xu Xun can't leave the avant-garde of the government army, Qian Ning Maqiao stayed there inside and outside, and he took Qi Jiliang, Xu Yanche, Cao Mi to soak in the barracks all day long. Xu Liang and Shen Yue are not allowed to come back, and there are Zhang Cai and Cao Qian, the old and young partners, watching at home, and he doesn't have to worry at all.

Even so, he has been busy surviving for a month, almost peeling off a layer of skin from the sun, and the whole person is tired enough. Now that things are done, he needless to say that he gave himself a day off first, and directly left the busy Xing'anbo Mansion in front of the door and avoided the idle garden. At this time, he was soaking in the wooden barrel, listening to the sound of the bamboo orchestra in front of him, and holding a glass of wine in his hand.

Just as he was softly humming the familiar tune of "Dream of Jinling" in front of him, he suddenly heard a young master outside, and immediately lazily ordered to come in. After a short time, Ah Bao entered the house, and when he reached the barrel, he knelt down and half-knelt: "My lord, when we returned to Beijing a few days ago, the big brother Lu who picked us up at the Tongzhou dock asked to see us." ”

"Oh? Got it, I'll change my clothes, and you'll call someone in! ”

When he went to report to Huitong before, Huitong ordered him to come here directly, Lu Bi was still a little puzzled, but now he walked in it and suddenly realized - it turned out that this famous leisure garden was also Xu Xun's industry! When he reached the outside of the three thatched halls, he stood with his hands bowed in an orderly manner, and it was not until a voice from inside told him to go in that he hurriedly lifted the corner of his robe and crossed the threshold.

"See your lord!"

When he picked up someone, he couldn't reveal Xu Xun's identity, so he didn't need to be too respectful, but at this time, he didn't hesitate to kneel down on his knees and kowtow firmly. When he heard that sound of politeness and stood up, he glanced at Xu Xun who was at ease on the Taishi chair out of the corner of his eye, and saw that the other party's gaze was looking at him, so he quickly lowered his head.

"But what news does your master have for me?"

"Yes...... Ah, no, it was the little one who got a message, and after reporting it to the master, the master asked the little one to come here. ”

"Oh?" Xu Xun knew that Huitong was shrewd, and the last time he secretly arrived in Beijing, he entrusted Lu Bi with such a big matter, and now he has sent people here, which is nothing more than a sign that this son is reliable. He immediately smiled and nodded: "After all, you have a job, you don't need to be small, and you don't have to be so trembling." What news, you say! ”

"The fugitive who escaped from the criminal department, the master got the orders of the adult, and ordered to go down to investigate comprehensively, the small one ...... I also received an order for Luo Zu's disciples and grandchildren to help keep an eye on it, especially the Chase Shop Inn, which was often lodged by outsiders and people who had no fixed residence. But after more than half a month, I didn't find a camel with the same image as before. I went to check, this Jiang Shanfei has no family and is alone, and he will die if he is dead, so there should be nothing to worry about, but since he has to escape from prison, he should not be willing to give up. Even so, he should know that his most obvious thing is a hunchback. ”

Speaking of this, seeing that Xu Xun really listened attentively, Lu Bi became more confident for a while, and continued: "He was arrested before, but he didn't know that others had noticed this, plus he didn't know whether he had committed it once or twice, and he even crashed into the hands of Lord Li of Jinyiwei. I deliberately approached his former colleagues in the Criminal Department, and they all said that his hunchback was only a slight hunchback, but it was difficult for others to notice it at all times, even if one shoulder was high and the other was low. But after all, people can't be so tense all the time, and most of them avoid where they don't go out. Therefore, through the Five Cities Terracotta Division, I went to check the newcomers in the inns and rented houses who rarely went out, and found the traces of the country flying for me! As long as the adult gives an order, you can take down the person immediately! ”…,

Hearing this, Xu Xun sat up straight all of a sudden. Since the outstanding assassins of the Warring States, it is extremely rare to successfully assassinate court officials, after all, cold weapons are not better than hot weapons, and crossbow arrows are strictly controlled in the army, he doesn't believe that a single country can get it, but this doesn't mean that he really doesn't care about it, otherwise why let people investigate it strictly? Knowing from Lu Bi's mouth that this person was hiding now, he waved his hand to signal Lu Bi that he didn't need to say any more, and hesitated for a while.

Smartcom had just sent news before, saying that Liu Jin had planned to use Hangul to open the knife. He is not a gentleman who is anxious for justice and righteousness, and it may not be memorable to save Han Wen, but now is the time when Lin Han and Zhang Fuhua go to Beijing, if they really watch from the wall, those two gentlemen will not be fooled at that time. But Gu Dayong had just made peace with Liu Jin for him, and he rashly intervened sideways, but he couldn't draw it. And now, there is such an unexpected character......

After thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly thought that Min Jue was able to subdue this Jiangshan Fei to do things for himself, and now he has no people in his hands, it is said that the area of Jinan is not very peaceful, and there are many people on the green forest road who specialize in catching thieves for a living, he immediately had a plan, and immediately looked at Lu Bi and said: "In this way, you don't want to startle the snake, arrange people to be so ......."

Beicheng Jintaifang is close to Andingmen and Deshengmen in the north, and is not far from the bell tower and drum tower. When the bell and drum are struck every day, the sound is earth-shattering, and it is the most unlivable place, and the dignitaries naturally avoid these places, so the land price is cheap in the whole capital. In addition to those who do small business here, they are the shops of the foreign factory of wine and vinegar noodles, and the people of the three religions and nine streams often choose this place as the next place, and there are many Datongpu inns that can live for a night for three or five cents.

In such an inn in Nian'er Hutong, it is very difficult to have a good time in this summer. In this hot weather, a room full of ten people can smell the sour smell of sweat and feet outside the house, and no one is happy to come here except for the guests inside. Although it shows that he knows that there are many fish and dragons here, even if it is the Beicheng Soldiers and Horses Division who is in charge of the Beicheng plot, most of them look inside from a distance and cover their noses when they are routinely inspected, and they are not willing to take a few more looks.

However, there were so many people, and the old man lying on the wall in the corner didn't want to pay attention to it. In the first few days of this person's arrival, the most ferocious man in this room wanted to stand up, but after one move, he ate people and broke his hand, and the others knew that it was a bad star, and they immediately stopped fighting and did not dare to provoke it. Fortunately, this person paid enough for the room, and in addition to three meals a day, he slept in bed, and others gradually let go of the panic in their hearts, and often spoke there as if they did not exist.

"This person, is it really life and death, wealth and wealth in the sky, who was that Xing'anbo in the first place? I heard that in Jinling, there is a family that can't afford to dig a well to draw water and deliver water for a living, and now how is it, he has become a nobleman! If he hadn't raised a good son, where would it be so easy to snatch the title? ”

"Who's to say it isn't? But that Pingbei Bo is really a capable person, flattering the emperor well, and being able to fight, can go around in all aspects, and now the old ladies in the court are gone, he is simply full of guests, I heard that the people who want to cast under the door have broken the threshold, and there are people who send the Qixi Festival gifts there. In the past few days, they have recruited family members in the house, and yesterday I went to the door to apply, but unfortunately this strength is not enough......

"Either you have to have a good strength, or you have to be good at riding and archery martial arts, it is said that you don't ask about your background but only look at your ability, that Pingbei Bo will take it to the battlefield one day, and then the imperial court's military merits and rewards are indispensable...... I heard that many heroes who can't get along on the road are a little moved when they hear it, and they want to throw themselves at the door, doesn't it say that it's good to enjoy the shade with their backs against the big trees? Several people were talking vigorously, not noticing the old man lying with his back to them, and even less noticing that his ears trembled slightly after hearing these words. Talking about the requirements of Xing'an Bofu to recruit family members, and marveling at the monthly remuneration of 3,000 yuan, several people were amazed, and unconsciously looked forward to the benefits of really investing in that wealthy family.

At noon, I was not happy to stand outside stupidly looking for work, but after chatting for half an hour, seeing that the hottest hour had passed, it was naturally impossible for a few people to continue to stay in the house, so they went out in twos and threes. When the room gradually quieted down, the old man lying facing the wall turned over, and under his messy hair was an old face full of wrinkles, especially the three deep horizontal lines on his forehead, which were enough to make people believe his age.

"Xu Mansion is recruiting family Ding ......"

Since Jiang Shanfei entered the Criminal Department, he had no intention of getting out alive. He eats whatever people give, no matter how difficult it is to swallow, but he can't stand a few old men in the criminal department who are not angry that he framed Min Jue and bribed the jailer to make him suffer a lot. After being imprisoned for half a month, others were gone. It wasn't until Jiao Fang took over as the secretary of the Criminal Department that his life got better. Jiao Fang first vigorously rectified the prison of the Criminal Department, and then severely punished a group of jailers, in exchange for the newcomers at least did not dare to deduct his diet, and even invited a doctor to treat his injuries because of Jiao Fang's reprimand.

However, what he could not forget the most was the words that were said to him when one jailer brought him food, half muttering and half mentioning something. It was those words that made him very unwilling to close his eyes and wait for death.

"Min Shangshu is old and confused, but I know that you are such a grateful person, and you will definitely not frame him. After all, you're being taken advantage of! Some people have long looked at Min Shangshu and they are not pleasing to their eyes, and they use the name of Min Shangshu to instruct you to intimidate Xu Jing and assassinate Zhang Cai, all to force him to leave office, and to give birth to your dead heart, Min Shangshu was confused for a while, which led to today's ending. Think of who is benefiting from this! If you hadn't made this scene, Xu Jing and Tang Yin's fame would have been so easily returned, Min Shangshu would have been so gloomy, and Zhang Cai would have been repeatedly praised in front of the emperor? Alas, someone could have said a few words for you, but now that someone has been transferred to the ministry, he can't control this matter. When death is coming, think about it yourself, don't be such a fool in the next life! ”

Although Jiang Shanfei was born as a thief in Jiangyang, he could only take money and not hurt people's lives in the past, so he would use it under the influence of Min Jue, which was more than ten years. Because of this, he thought that he would be so disheartened after knowing the truth of the matter. However, these words rekindled his anger. Relying on his many years of experience in the prison of the Criminal Department, he waited for another loophole, and he successfully escaped from prison. At that time, the Criminal Department happened to have no books, and there was a mess up and down, which just allowed him to successfully find this place and lurk, either eat or sleep every day, and recuperate his body.

Nearly fifty years old, he has no mother-in-law and children, he is alone and has no worries, but his kung fu is extremely pure. If it weren't for the fact that he was caught off guard by those hard ideas that night, and people had the intention to calculate whether he had any intention or not, he would not have fallen into the hands of others so easily. At this moment, he turned over and sat up, touched the hunchback on his back caused by years of habit, and then remembered that the signature one shoulder was low and one shoulder high, he took a deep breath, and then sneered.

His hunchback is only caused by the bad habits of his youth, if he keeps paying attention, he can barely show his clues, and he can't hide it when he fights, but it will inevitably be exposed. He had slept on the bed covered with a torn sheet, and he had deliberately straightened his back while eating, so that no one noticed that he was a hunchback. He touched the hard bones of his neck and back with his backhand, and then glanced at the little fluttering burden on the bed, and after searching for the last copper coin from it, he came to the window at the back, pushed open the branch window that had never been opened by anyone in the stinky ditch, and stepped on the stool on the side with agility, and actually got out lightly. ..., on a hot day in July, Xing'an Bofu naturally showed a hot scene because of the recruitment of family members. Although the famous owner did not show up at all, and only temporarily used a small courtyard in the south for assessment, it was still difficult to stop everyone's enthusiasm. Although the young man does not hesitate to take off his shirt and beat off his shirtless shirt to show off his strong muscles, even the middle-aged man and the old man in his early fifties often try his best to show off his strength and fists and feet, so that Ma Qiao, who took over this private job today, is simply too busy.

Gu Du drank a breath of tea, he casually wiped his oily forehead, and said angrily: "Everyone said that they were outstanding in martial arts, but they all lost their rules when they pulled it out!" Adults too, what are these people recruited for, there are children in the army who are willing to endure hardships and can fight, who is not happy to come to his door to beg for food! ”

As soon as he said this, a general flag next to him hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Master Ma, you can be quiet, so that people can hear that you are arranging adults behind, and it will not be good to sue when the time comes!" Isn't that what you did to the adults? ”

"I want you little monkey to remind you!"

Ma Qiao scolded with a smile, and continued to recruit. Thirty-five or sixteen years old, he is energetic, and his memory is good, but it is not easy to fool him, and most of the day only seven family members were selected, and three small men who recognized a few words, and then sat down with a butt, and saw that the person who was leading in was actually a terrible scar on his face, and his face was wrinkled, and he didn't seem to know whether he was fifty or sixty, he was taken aback first, and then glared angrily at the other general flag who was responsible for leading people in.

"Don't underestimate him, Master Ma, this guy has a lot of strength!"

"Oh?" Hearing this explanation, Ma Qiao couldn't help but look at the person with interest for a moment, and seeing that he was of medium stature and didn't look strong, he said with a smile, "Try any of these knives, guns and sticks, if not, go and mention the stone lock!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the man answered honestly, and walked straight towards the stone lock. However, with one hand pulling and lifting, the stone lock weighing sixty catties rose from the ground, and for a while, everyone else around shouted hello. That's not all, the man gently and skillfully changed his left hand to his right hand, and played a few unsightly but powerful movements, and then put down the stone lock.

"How did you get such a good strength?"

"Back to the adult's words, when I was a child, I used to help people transport the mill with bare hands, but I had no talent for practicing martial arts, so I could only unload people on the Tongzhou wharf. Now that my mother-in-law is dead, my father-in-law and mother-in-law scolded me for being a nemesis, and when they saw that I was old, they kicked me out. ”

This experience sounded real, and Ma Qiao looked at the honest appearance of people kowtowing and saluting, and he also believed seven points. Although he thought that this person was old, an old and capable person was better than a slippery young man, so after a little thought, he ordered him to write down his name for the time being, and when the people retired happily, he immediately ordered someone to go to the Tongzhou wharf to petition and investigate. With such a small episode, the next recruits have a few interesting characters.

There is a middle-aged child who tried to pass the county test and the government tried it overnight, but the hospital test was never passed, and his wife remarried someone else in a fit of anger, so he went to practice martial arts; There is a tea doctor who has been brewing tea in the teahouse for decades but was framed by the enemy and broke his hand tendons, and as a result, he came back from practicing the ability of a left-handed knife, but the enemy died of the tea doctor in his hand; There is a young Taoist priest who has no choice but to return to the vulgar and plays a good stick...... All in all, there are all kinds of people, which is an eye-opener for him.

When Xu Xun came back in the evening, he learned that there were so many unbelievable characters who came to apply. He didn't care about the three sects and nine streams, and after thinking for a while, he said to Ma Qiao: "It doesn't matter where you come from, you don't have to put it in this house immediately, you have to grind it first and try them before they officially use it." After everyone picks it out tomorrow, you pass on my words, and if you want to stay, you will write a paper to support you, and you will open your mouth with silver, and I will not force it if you don't want to, how they lived before and how they live now. Ma Qiao originally muttered that Xu Xun didn't want those children of military households, but now he realized that Xu Xun only wanted domestic slaves, and the children of military families accepted as domestic slaves, after all, it was forbidden. And taking a house slave is different from others, writing a document of dependence, that is, voluntarily taking refuge as a slave, unlike signing a living deed to have other thoughts. After agreeing repeatedly, he smiled and said: "With the adults, even if they fall into the rice tank, they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and they still have money every month, who would not agree!" ”

"That's not necessarily, there may be people who are conceited in martial arts, so I want to see if I have a good eye; Maybe someone else has come and wants to spy on me or something; There may also be people who have thoughts that are not good for me. Seeing that Ma Qiao's face turned white, Xu Xun said with a smile, "You are about to say, since you know, why do you want to do this?" Quite simply, it is to tell others, first, that I am short of people; Second, I am short of people, but just like the emperor who was good at all kinds of unique skills in the East Palace, he also had to have the ability to do it; As for this third ...... If you want to be trusted by me, you must first put your life in my hands! If you don't believe in how I'm going, you won't use it. ”

Seeing Ma Qiao's palpitations, Xu Xun said lightly: "After these two days of temptation, there may be more powerful characters coming to take refuge in the future." Didn't you say there were a few guards you wanted to recommend to me? You bring people in first, just in case. Also, keep an eye on the old man with the stone lock you just brought in today! ”

"Huh?"

"This person is the one you mentioned."

"My lord, since this is the case, I will immediately bring someone to take it down!"

"No, I'll keep him useful!"

Xu Xun waved his hand to stop Ma Qiao, who was full of impatience, and said word by word, "This matter is except for the person who arranged it, God knows you know and I know, if there is another person who knows, when the time comes, this scene will be smashed, I will only ask!" ”

For such an honest person as Ma Qiao, it's better to leave half and leave half!

Ma Qiao was most worried about the scene where he had a snake with Qian Ning, so that Xu Xun was annoyed with him since then, and now when he heard this, he only felt that his heart was like drinking honey water, and he hurriedly said yes. When he got out of the house, he didn't have the ease he had just now, and while he ordered to invite the masters he had recruited at the beginning, he called the young soldiers who were guarding the Xing'anbo Mansion to give a lecture, and in the end he didn't even sleep well all night.

In the early morning of the next day, when he came to the small courtyard in the south again with red and bloodshot eyes, he drank bitter tea while examining the people who came today, and sure enough, he found a few men with a strong atmosphere, and he suddenly forgot about Jiang Shanfei. When one of them came up to practice his bow, and within twenty paces he could hit the end of the previous arrow, his eyes lit up, and he stood up as soon as he pushed the arm of his chair.

"How far can you shoot with this arrow?"

"Lord Huiyu, one hundred and twenty steps!"

Although Ma Qiao really wanted the other party to give it a try, but when he thought about the distance of one hundred and twenty steps, only the martial arts training ground behind the Xing'an Bo Mansion made it, and now that Xu Xun was not there, he didn't dare to overstep his bounds, so he returned to his seat and sat down after bowing his head: "In this case, you don't have to try, even if you pass the test!" ”

After this whole day of selection, plus the selection of the previous two days, there were thirty or forty people. However, when Ma Qiao mentioned the four words of the paperwork, there was an uproar at the bottom. Seeing that today's sturdy men were also frowning, Ma Qiao glanced at the old man Xu Xun said before that he was Jiang Shanfei, and he raised his hand to signal silence.

"You should have inquired clearly before you came, my family has always been lenient and strict, and subordinates will never hesitate to reward if they have merit, because they are their own people. The adults will not really treat you as people at the moment, and the adults said that if you have military merits or other merits on the other day, they will immediately return your personal documents, and they will also have a future for you. If you are willing to write, you can stay in Xing'an Bo Mansion from today onwards! ”

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