Chapter 366: Going to the Appointment
Chu Huan's first day in the household department, he passed unconsciously, returned to the Ximen Department, the wine and meat had already been prepared here, and the head of the household department temporarily lived in the Ximen Department, which was naturally a great honor for the Ximen Department, and from Wu Jingwei commanding Huang Tiandu to Zhang Douli, the general banner of Xicheng, it was all impressed by Chu Huan, how dare the cadres of the Ximen Department slack off.
However, the West Gate Office was deserted, and there were only three people in the entire office, and after asking, I learned that Wang Fu had taken people to repair the Yan Mansion early in the morning.
When it was dark, Wang Fu came back with a vote of people, saw Chu Huan, and said with a smile: "My lord, Lord Zongqi said a word, and the thing to do is Lisuo." Twenty or thirty brothers were transferred, as well as a few skilled craftsmen, and half of them had been cleaned up in one day today, and at the latest in three or two days, the adults could move in. ”
Chu Huan smiled: "It's really tired brothers." ”
He was about to dine with everyone, and before he picked up the chopsticks, someone sent an invitation, only saying that someone sent it to Chu Huan, and the person had already gone, Chu Huan was strange, and when he took the letter, he took a look at it, but it was someone who made an appointment to go to a nearby restaurant to drink, but it was Xuanyuan Shengcai who left his name.
Chu Huan hesitated, for Xuanyuan Shengcai, Chu Huan was not disgusted, but felt that this person still had something to make friends with, but he didn't know why Xuanyuan Shengcai wanted to invite him to dinner?
Is it just a small gathering of like-minded people, or is there another reason?
Chu Huan also knew that although he still had such a backstage as King Qi in Beijing, but in addition, it could be said that he was weak and did not have any connections at all.
He also knows that if he wants to survive in Beijing, there is only one King Qi behind him, which is absolutely impossible, even if there is the appreciation of His Majesty the Emperor, but if he is not careful, he is likely to be crushed to pieces by all forces in the capital.
Xuanyuan Shengcai is an important member of the Xuanyuan family, he represents the Yiguo Gong line, Chu Huan does not know whether the Yiguo Gong line is biased towards the princelings or the Han Dynasty, or just to maintain the standing, but Xuanyuan Shengcai took the initiative to find himself to eat, no matter what, that is the meaning of intersection.
Of course, Chu Huan would not really go to stick with the Yiguo Gong family, but if Xuanyuan Shengcai really just wanted to make friends with him, Chu Huan would still be very happy.
After all, the Xuanyuan family is still a powerful family in the Great Qin Empire, even if they don't go with them, but they can't be enemies head-on, if they don't go to the banquet today, it is very likely that they will offend Xuanyuan Shengcai, although Xuanyuan Shengcai does not seem to be a narrow-minded person, but missing this opportunity, I am afraid that Xuanyuan Shengcai will mistakenly think that he does not want to make friends with them, even if he is not an enemy in the future, it will be difficult to be a friend.
Wang Fu saw Chu Huan groaning, and couldn't help but ask the reason, Chu Huan didn't hide it, Wang Fu exclaimed: "Is it Xuanyuan Wuwei?" My lord, Captain Xuanyuan invited you to dinner, you can't afford to give this face. ”
Chu Huan smiled and asked, "Why?" ”
Wang Fu said softly: "My lord doesn't know, in fact, Xuanyuan Wuwei's reputation is also excellent, but his temperament is a bit strange. After a pause, he said, "There is a story about him in Jingli, but I don't know if you have heard it?" ”
"What's the story?"
"It is said that a few years ago, the colt ...... Well, before the assassinated colt married the princess, he sent an invitation to Xuanyuan Wuwei and invited him to eat in a restaurant. Wang Fu lowered his voice and said: "Xuanyuan Wuwei waited until the next morning, took a knife, rushed directly to the Anguo Mansion, and hit the mansion with a single knife, and he picked up the horse from the bed, if it wasn't for Xuanyuan's commander to arrive in time, the horse would have broken his arm and leg It was inevitable, even so, that time the horse was also beaten by Xuanyuan Wuwei and broke the blood, for this matter, Xuanyuan Wuwei squatted in prison for three months, fortunately, it was the saint who was gracious, and later released ......! ”
"And this?" Chu Huan became interested.
Wang Fu said: "Many people know about this, it was the horse deliberately teasing Xuanyuan Wuwei to play, who knew that Xuanyuan Wuwei was more serious, waited for him all night, knew that he was being teased, and then he entered the Anguo Mansion alone." That was five or six years ago, when Captain Xuanyuan was only in his twenties, young and vigorous, but at that time he was already a captain of the Guards......! ”
"Five or six years ago, he was a captain of the Guards?" Chu Huanqi said: "Then why are you still standing still now?" ”
Wang Fu shook his head and said: "It's not standing still, that day that happened, Xuanyuan Commander was not only imprisoned for a few months, but Xuanyuan Commander also abolished his military position and directly demoted him to an ordinary soldier. In the past few years, he has risen step by step, otherwise Xuanyuan Wuwei would not be a Xiao Lieutenant today, but he must be Yun Wei. ”
Chu Huan suddenly realized and understood.
In fact, yesterday in the Iron Blood Garden, Chu Huan felt a little strange, Ma Zhongheng's riding skills are extraordinary, he is in the position of Yun Wei, compared to Ma Zhongheng, Xuanyuan Shengcai is very good at archery, and he is much stronger than another martial lieutenant, but he is only a martial lieutenant, which seems to be a little unreasonable, and today I heard Wang Fu say this, and I understood the reason.
Thinking that Xuanyuan Shengcai broke into the Anguo Mansion alone, Chu Huan felt that this person was very enthusiastic and had a temperament.
Chu Huan wanted to go to the appointment, but Wang Fu saw that it was dark, but he was worried about Chu Huan's safety, so he insisted on taking a few people to follow.
Chu Huan understood that if someone really wanted to take his own life, if he couldn't deal with it, even if he brought a few Wu Jingwei with him, it would be useless, but Wang Fu was full of fists, and Chu Huan couldn't refuse.
At that moment, Wang Fu called Sun Jingyi and Sun Long, and the three of them followed Chu Huan to the appointment.
The restaurant where Xuanyuan Shengcai met was actually not too far, after walking a few streets, he came to a slightly more lively street, but Chu Huan had already changed into casual clothes, and came to the appointment in this dress, the meaning was also clear, it was a personal relationship, not about business.
Xuanyuan Shengcai just invited Chu Huan, Wang Fu and the three of them were not easy to go, it happened that there was really a small stall next to the restaurant, buying dog meat noodles at night, Wang Fu took the two of them to eat dog meat noodles, and Chu Huan entered the restaurant alone to make an appointment.
As soon as he entered the restaurant, a guy greeted him and asked respectfully, "Uncle is Chu Huan Chu Uncle?" ”
"Do you recognize me?"
"Then you are really Uncle Chu." The guy said: "Upstairs in the Tianjia room, there are a few uncles who are waiting, pass the word, if Uncle Chu arrives, go upstairs directly." ”
Chu Huan nodded, the guy pointed upstairs, Chu Huan saw that there was a door closed, so he went upstairs to the house money, but there was no sound in the house, so he couldn't help knocking on the door, and soon, a voice came from the house: "The door is not closed, come in!" ”
Chu Huan pushed open the door, and saw a large table in the room, with three or four people sitting, the moment the door was opened, the eyes of those people looked at Chu Huan in unison, Chu Huan glanced at it, but there was no Xuanyuan Shengcai in it, he was wondering, and suddenly felt a strong wind next to him, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure rushing towards him.
Chu Huan reacted quickly, his feet were steady, and he reached out and grabbed it, but he knew that the person was also flexible, Chu Huan reached over, but the person had already turned his wrist to grab Chu Huan's wrist.
The two hands were intertwined with each other, and between the lightning and flint, it turned out that after five or six moves, Chu Huan finally seized the opportunity and buckled the other party's wrist, just buckled it, but felt that the arm was violently pulled, and it actually pulled Chu Huan over there, Chu Huan immediately let go, but saw that one of the other party's legs had already kicked over.
Chu Huan did not hesitate, the other party used his hand, he responded with his hand, the other party came out of the leg, but Chu Huan also made a leg in an instant, although the leg came out later than the other party, but when the other party's leg kicked over, Chu Huan's leg had already caught up, and the two legs were also intertwined with each other, you came and went, but the body shape was not moving, the strong wind was whistling, Chu Huan was fighting, but he had already seen that the other party was Xuanyuan Shengcai.
Although Xuanyuan Shengcai attacked suddenly, his move was not ruthless, and his leg skills were not bad, the two of them had been entangled for more than ten rounds, Chu Huan's toes were finally at Xuanyuan Shengcai's throat, and Xuanyuan Shengcai's toes were still a finger away from Chu Huan's chest, although it didn't seem to be much different, but if he really wanted to fight the enemy, Xuanyuan Shengcai had already been defeated by Chu Huan's hands.
Xuanyuan Shengcai laughed, retracted his feet, Chu Huan had also retracted his feet, and before he could speak, Xuanyuan Shengcai had already said to the few people at the table: "You have all seen it, it's not that I don't use all my strength, this Lord Chu's ability is indeed above me, today you always see real people, elegant and elegant, how can you match?" ”
Chu Huan couldn't figure out the situation yet, but those people had already gotten up one after another and said with a smile: "Is this Lord Chu Huan Chu of the Iron Blood Garden?" Fortunately, I will be glad to meet you! ”
These people are all in civilian clothes, Chu Huan didn't understand their identities for a while, but Xuanyuan Shengcai had already smiled and said: "Lord Chu, these people are all from the Guards, I heard about Lord Chu's heroic appearance yesterday, and they all want to get acquainted, fortunately, I also intend to invite Lord Chu to have a few drinks, so bring everyone with me, and everyone will rest as soon as they get drunk!" ”
Chu Huan was a little stunned.
Xuanyuan Shengcai had already pulled Chu Huan's arm into the table, these people were all martial artists, but they were not restrained, and they were staggered, Xuanyuan Shengcai toasted Chu Huan with a glass of wine, and then said: "Lord Chu......!" ”
Chu Huan said: "Lord Xuanyuan, let's drink privately, don't call adult, if you can, why don't you all be brothers?" ”
Xuanyuan Shengcai smiled: "That's fine." Yesterday, Brother Chu raised his prestige in the Iron Blood Garden, I thought that the Holy Lord would transfer you to the Guards, so that my Guards had another tiger general, but I didn't expect that the Holy Lord would transfer you to the Household Department, but this was unexpected. ”
Chu Huan smiled and said, "The Holy Lord's arrangement like this has his own holy plan. ”
Xuanyuan Shengcai said: "Brother Chu, when you get to the household department, you will do a good job in the household department." He leaned closer and said in a low voice: "There are many moths in the household, you go in this time, don't let those moths eat the empire's money and food again." ”
Chu Huan's heart jumped, but his face was expressionless, and he said with a smile: "I just entered the household department, I don't know everything, and I really have no clue." Raised the wine glass: "Brother Xuanyuan, drink!" ”
Suddenly, I heard someone ask: "Lord Chu, I heard that Liu Yao, the prince of Tianshu Kingdom, was killed by you?" ”
"Liu Yao?" Chu Huan thought for a while before he said, "Oh, it's just a fluke." ”
One laughed and said, "That's not a fluke. As far as I know, the imperial court has been secretly looking for Liu Yao for many years, and Liu Yao is among the six black lists of the Divine Clothes and Guards, but I can't imagine that Liu Yao is bold, right at the feet of the Son of Heaven, but I am afraid that even Liu Yao himself can't imagine that one day he will die under the knife of Lord Chu! ”
Xuanyuan Shengcai said solemnly: "Liu Yao is hiding in the capital, and his intentions are self-explanatory, but I am afraid that it is not good for the saint to sit back and wait for the opportunity." This person is very good at swordsmanship, if it weren't for Brother Chu to get rid of it, it would really be a big hidden danger, and Brother Chu could be regarded as a great favor to our guards. ”
Chu Huan shook his head, just smiled faintly, he still couldn't figure out that Xuanyuan Sheng invited himself over tonight, was it really just to drink a few glasses of wine, or did he have other plans? When everything is unclear, it is better for him to talk as little as possible.
After three rounds of drinking, one person was already three points drunk, stood up, and staggered: "You drink first, I'll go to the thatched house ......!" "Shaking and going out.
Xuanyuan Shengcai had already drunk a lot of wine at this time, at this time there was already one person lying on the table drunk unconscious, and the other two were talking nonsense in a daze, Xuanyuan Shengcai patted Chu Huan on the shoulder, his tongue was bigger: "Chu Huan, I asked you to drink today, also because there are not many opportunities for us to drink together in the future." ”
Although Chu Huan also drank wine, he had been restrained and kept sober, and when he heard Xuanyuan Shengcai say this, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Brother Xuanyuan, how can you say this?" ”
"I have already told my cousin that I don't want to continue to stay in the capital." Xuanyuan Shengcai waved his hand and said: "It's boring, the capital is not interesting, it's like a piece of wood." I'm going to the border, a man with martial arts should be on the battlefield......! ”
"Go to the border?" Chu Huan was stunned.
Xuanyuan Shengcai nodded and said, "Border Pass...... The northwest border pass, that's where men should go...... Drunk and lying on the battlefield, the yellow sand is all over the sky, iron-blooded Jinge, hahaha ......! "He's already drunk.
Chu Huan asked softly, "Brother Xuanyuan has been to the Northwest Border Pass?" ”
Xuanyuan Sheng nodded and said, "I've been there...... I still remember the windblown sand there...... Well, Feng Han laughed to death, Yu Buqu is old, the northwest is the time to employ people, don't go at this time, and wait for when to ......! ”
Chu Huan's eyes flashed a hint of fierceness, picked up the wine glass, approached Xuanyuan Shengcai, and said with a smile: "Brother Xuanyuan can still drink a ......!" But somehow, his hand trembled, the wine glass was shaken, and the wine in it was wet on Xuanyuan Shengcai's chest, Chu Huan stood up immediately, and apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's me who is careless, come, Brother Xuanyuan, I'll wipe it dry for you!" ”
Xuanyuan Shengcai's eyes were half-open, and he waved his hand and said, "It's okay...... Anyway......! ”
Chu Huan said: "The wine is wet, I'm afraid that I will catch a cold......!" Pulling Xuanyuan Shengcai's front chest, it seemed that he was sorting out his clothes for Xuanyuan Shengcai, but inadvertently with a force, he faintly saw Xuanyuan Shengcai's chest, Chu Huan's eyes swept from his chest, only to see Xuanyuan Shengcai's chest firm and tight, although he was born as a martial artist, but there were no scars, Chu Huan's eyes crossed the color of disappointment, and it was fleeting, and he pulled up his clothes for Xuanyuan Shengcai, but Xuanyuan Shengcai grabbed Chu Huan's hand and asked drunkly: "Chu Huan, do you want to go?" Go to the northwest and fight ...... the Xiliang people! ”
Chu Huan said: "Brother Xuanyuan has forgotten that the people of Xiliang are about to negotiate peace with my Great Qin, and there has been a truce. ”
"Truce? Peace? Xuanyuan Shengcai shook his head, "The ghost believes the words of the people of Xiliang, Daqin and Xiliang will never die...... There will never be a ...... peace! He didn't seem to have too much to drink, and when he said this, he seemed to be a little unable to hold on, lying on the table, and soon snoring.
Chu Huan shook his head, got up, was silent for a moment, walked to the door, and was looking for a guy to send a few bowls of sobering soup, but he didn't get close to the door, but he saw someone walking through the gap in the hidden door, walking through two figures, and a figure behind him bowed slightly, looking very humble, Chu Huan saw that figure, he actually felt very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, he couldn't help but get closer, and looked out, only to see two people in the corridor going downstairs, one person in front was fat, dressed in brocade, and the person in the back bowed, Looking at the back, Chu Huan's mind flew around, and he suddenly remembered someone.
But he remembered that in the few days he was at the Huiyuan Inn, there was a guy named Chang Yi next door, mysterious and weird, Chu Huan was because he saw that person was weird, so he didn't have a deep friendship, but Chang Yi took the initiative to talk to him several times, but Chu Huan was not very enthusiastic.
After leaving the Huiyuan Inn, he didn't see Chang Yi, Chu Huan had almost forgotten that there were too many passers-by in life, and Chu Huan naturally wouldn't take it to heart if he was such a person.
It's just that I didn't expect that Chang Yi, who Chu Huan had almost forgotten, seemed to appear again today, and the back of the person who was bowing down was actually very similar to the neighbor in the past.
Chu Huan didn't know Chang Yi's details, let alone who the big fat man was, but looking at the big fat man's walking posture and movements, he was a little pretentious, as if he was deliberately putting on a shelf, but Chang Yi seemed to be trying his best to please him, and kept sending the fat man out of the restaurant.
Chu Huan remembered that Chang Yi once said that he seemed to have come to Beijing from other places to do business, and he wanted to find the government as a backer, and even wanted to use Chu Huan to catch the line of the government, but was politely rejected by Chu Huan.
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