Yang Qiuchi has been to the Ming Dynasty for so many days, and he has seen a lot of officials, big and small, and he has already understood the rules of this officialdom. Yang Qiuchi began to think about how to give a generous gift to Gonggong Li, anyway, now that he has accepted all the wealth of the Hao family, this money is no longer a problem.

Li Gonggong said: "Lord Yang solves the case like a god, this time he went to the southwest to serve as an official, the main purpose is to inspect Jianwen and the party, so far, Lord Yang has cracked the Jianwen case, which can be described as a meritorious service, and the emperor is happy." I hope that adults will make persistent efforts and make new contributions. However, as I said last time, we all know that this matter cannot be completed overnight, so the emperor will not give you a time limit, as long as Lord Yang does his best to solve it, it will be fine. ”

After a pause, Gonggong Li continued: "In addition, Lord Yang is the special envoy of the Jinyi Guard, and the other work of the Jinyi Guard also needs to be done, to correct the evil of the officials, settle the prison lawsuits, and suppress the grievances, so as to promote discipline and clarify the rule of officials. Lord Yang has a great responsibility. ”

Yang Qiuchi bowed down and said: "You should do your best and do your best to repay the emperor's grace and repay Gonggong Li and Master Ji for their kindness." ”

Gonggong Li smiled and nodded with satisfaction, and said: "In the southwest area, there are many barbarian places, Lord Yang will definitely encounter some difficulties and dangers when he goes this time, and even dangers, in order to protect the safety of the adults, the commander Ji Gang Ji specially selected twenty martial arts experts from the Jinyi Wei secret agents, and followed the adults to take up their posts. Half of it can be used as a catcher in the yamen of the adult, and half as a servant of the adult, so that it is easier to call. ”

"Although these twenty people are not first-class masters, they are also good at one as ten, and ordinary martial artists can't get close to ten or eight. Enough to protect adults. ”

Yang Qiuchi was overjoyed, he had been worried about this problem for a long time, and he even cracked the Jianwen case, I am afraid that these people will not let themselves live a good life, and maybe they will send killers to kill themselves at any time.

His original Hou Xiaoqi and the other four brocade guards had too many martial arts, and the people sent by Ji Gang should be much stronger than Hou Xiaoqi. And there are twenty of them, with the protection of these people, even if they meet a master, there are so many people as shields, plus Song Yun'er's escort, and the little black dog, the big internal guard, I don't dare to say anything else, this escape should be enough.

At this moment, Yang Qiuchi was very determined, but thinking that he wanted to run away before he fought, it was really useless, and he felt a little funny in his heart.

Li Gonggong said: "These twenty people are respectively responsible for the two leaders of the male and female groups, the male is called Nangong Xiong, and the female is called Xia Ping. For the sake of secrecy, only these two leaders know the identity of the envoy of the envoy of the Lord Jinyiwei, and the others only know that you are an official of the Jinyiwei. ”

After a pause, Gonggong Li leaned into Yang Qiuchi's ear and said in a low voice: "One more instructive adult, the relationship between Jianwen and the emperor is delicate, and this inspection of Jianwen is a matter related to the national system, so you can only find it in the case, and you must not reveal your identity unless it is absolutely necessary." ”

"I understand my humble duties, please rest assured!" Yang Qiuchi said in a low voice.

Gonggong Li clapped his palms, and a bunch of entourages ran in, stood in two rows, neatly and neatly, and bowed to Gonggong Li and Yang Qiuchi.

Gonggong Li said to them coldly: "From now on, you will be Lord Yang's personal guard, and you must protect and serve at any time." You must do your best to protect Lord Yang, and if necessary, even spare your lives to protect Lord Yang's safety. You know, if Lord Yang has any mistakes, don't think about living, just cut off your head yourself. Do you understand? ”

"Understood!" The twenty men agreed, and their voices buzzed in the room.

Gonggong Li nodded and said, "Where are Nangong Xiong and Xia Ping?" ”

Two people came out of the queue, a man and a woman, bowed and saluted: "The subordinates are here!" ”

Gonggong Li said to Yang Qiuchi: "Lord Yang, these two are the leaders of your escort team, the male is called Nangong Xiong, and the female is called Xia Ping. Among the twenty people in Lord Yang's escort team, there are fifteen men and five women, led by the two of them respectively, "looked at the five female guards, and said, "This arrangement is mainly to protect the convenience of the female dependents of the lord." ”

Yang Qiuchi said with a smile: "My father-in-law is really thoughtful. "I thought to myself, are you hinting at me, they are here to protect my mother, wife and concubine, don't touch the idea of these female guards, hehe, I think of someone. Looking at their tiger backs, there is no interest.

After taking a closer look at the two people, Nangong Xiong was tall and healthy, with a big waist and a round waist, a bulging forehead and temples, and in the cold winter, he was only wearing a single set of clothes, and he was holding his arms. I don't know how martial arts are, at least this physique should be very good. The female guard leader Xia Ping is also sturdy, about early thirty years old, and she is very heroic.

Father-in-law Li wants to say goodbye and go back to his life. Yang Qiuchi asked Gonggong Li to wait for a while, and then ran home to briefly talk about Bai Qianzong's matter, and took the expensive pearl necklace that Madame Bai gave to Feng Xiaoxue from Feng Xiaoxue, and took a few agate, jade, silver, etc. from home, filled a small box, and quietly gave it to Gonggong Li. He also rewarded Gonggong Li's entourage.

This expensive pearl necklace was originally given by the Bai family, and Mrs. Bai gave herself a few pretty little girl rings and servants, and she hasn't returned the gift, so she used this agate jade silver to make a little difference for them, which can be regarded as a personal favor.

Yang Qiuchi has received the property of two large families in a row, especially the Hao family, one of the largest households in Ningguo Mansion, so there is no need to worry about this money problem.

Yang Qiuchi's gift to Gonggong Li is not light, especially the pearl necklace, which is even more precious, it is a treasure that has no place to buy it if you have money. Gonggong Li was really very happy, and quietly hinted to Yang Qiuchi that after he went back, when the emperor was happy, he would talk about Bai Qian's preference for death rather than surrender, and it was estimated that it was still possible to save Mrs. Bai and Bai Sumei's mother and daughter from death, but Bai Qian was afraid that the death penalty would not escape.

Yang Qiuchi's heart was a little gloomy, but he also knew that what he said was true. Bai Qian always rebelled against the direct leadership of the Beijing battalion soldiers, and the responsibility was very great, I am afraid that it would be difficult to escape death, if Mrs. Bai and Bai Sumei's mother and daughter could be exempted from the death penalty, it would already be a very good result.

After Gonggong Li and Niu Baihu left, Yang Qiuchi took the twenty personal guards home and arranged a place to live, and let Xia Ping and the other five brocade-clothed female guards be responsible for protecting Yang Mu and Feng Xiaoxue.

Yang Qiuchi told Yang's mother that they said that these twenty people were the servants and nurses he had bought. Although Mother Yang and Feng Xiaoxue wondered how Yang Qiuchi bought so much at once, anyway, the family now has money, and it is nothing that there are twenty servants and servants in this big family, so they didn't ask more.

On the same day, Yang Qiuchi invited Song Zhixian and Song Yuner to his home for dinner.

Song Zhixian and Song Yun'er didn't know why Yang Qiuchi was entertaining, and when they asked at the banquet, Yang Qiuchi smiled and said: "The friend brought by Lord Niu Baihu today is a person from the imperial court, and he told me that the imperial court has pardoned the sin of the mud doll Song Qing. The mud doll is now at her mother's place in Yingtianfu. ”

Song Zhixian was overjoyed, what he was most worried about was being connected by Song Qing's rebellion, and now that the imperial court has pardoned Song Qing, they will not have the problem of being connected, and the last worry in his heart will be completely lifted. Besides, Song Qing is Song Zhixian's niece after all, and she is still happy for her mother and daughter knowing that she has been pardoned.

While being happy, Song Zhixian felt a little strange and asked, "Virtuous nephew, you, do you know why this imperial court wants to pardon Song Qing?" ”

"After I found out the secret that they wanted to kidnap Concubine Xian from the burned letter, I reported the news to Jinyiwei in time and made a great contribution, although I later released Song Qing privately, but the court thought that I made this merit, and offset my merits, neither rewarded me, but also pardoned Song Qing."

Song Zhixian and the others nodded again and again after hearing this, and asked Yang Qiuchi what he planned to do.

So what else can I do, of course, I took her back as a concubine, I almost gave my life for her business, if I don't accept her as a concubine, how can I be worthy of my hard work.

Yang Qiuchi wanted to take Song Qing as a concubine, of course Song Zhixian agreed with both hands, and Mother Yang and Feng Xiaoxue had long hoped for so, but Song Yun'er said sullenly: "Brother, the mud doll uses your feelings, do you still want to marry her?" ”

Yang Qiuchi said: "Yun'er, the mud doll is your cousin, besides, she is also forced to do so, she was coerced by Hao Yifeng and them, think about it, if your mother is caught by bad people and threatens you to do things for them, I'm afraid you don't have a choice, right?" She already knew that she was wrong, and she apologized to me, we can't always be unforgiving, right? ”

Song Yun'er's face flushed slightly, and said: "Brother, what you said is also reasonable, but the mother of the mud doll can say that their daughter can't be a concubine for you casually, unless you are admitted to the juren!" ”

Song Zhixian said: "Yun'er, Song, Song Qingniang was coerced by Hao Yifeng, Cai, just said that, how can it be counted?" Besides, she, their mother's lives were not saved by your brother, how can you still say this and that. ”

Song Yun'er pouted and looked very unhappy, and muttered: "The words have been spoken, can you still take them back?" ”

Yang Qiuchi smiled and asked Song Yun'er: "Do you think your brother is very stupid and can't pass the imperial examination at all?" ”

Song Yun'er's big eyes flashed, and she said playfully: "Even if I don't think so, you should know it yourself." ”

Ha, this little girl really dares to say Oh, Yang Qiuchi stood up and coughed: "Uncle, mother, Xiaoxue, Yun'er, I now officially announce: I am going to participate in the Enke Imperial Examination on December 5th!" I'm going to take the test! ”

On the fifth day of December, Song Zhixian had already received the news and had already informed the talented people in the area under its jurisdiction. However, it was very unexpected to hear Yang Qiuchi say that he was going to participate in the imperial examination.

"Hee-hee-hee!" Song Yun'er couldn't help laughing, and when she saw Yang Qiuchi staring at her, she hurriedly said with a straight face: "Okay~!" My brother is just ambitious! Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, I prefer to go to the tiger mountains! Manly! Hee-hee-hee. ”

Mother Yang and Feng Xiaoxue also thought that Yang Qiuchi was joking, and when they saw that Yang Qiuchi was not joking, they were dumbfounded.

Mother Yang knew that her son was not the material for the examiner, and said: "Son, since Song Qingniang doesn't really want to embarrass us, then we will talk about your uncle, I believe that after this time, she will change her mind, why do you ......"

Feng Xiaoxue also said: "Yes, husband, we will go to Yingtianfu tomorrow to bring Miss Song Qing and her mother back, let's discuss this issue again, okay?" ”

Yang Qiuchi waved his hand and pretended to say: "Tomorrow I am going to pick up the mud doll, but this is a person, and your father-in-law is also going to take the test." ”

Song Yun'er grinned: "You can pass the exam, you can brag!" Song Yun'er admired Yang Qiuchi's other things, but this imperial examination, when she first met, Song Yun'er saw Yang Qiuchi filling in the corpse grid, and she couldn't even write traditional characters, and her brush words were crooked, so she already knew that her brother knew everything, but he didn't know how to read and do learning.

Yang Qiuchi laughed, leaned down and looked at Song Yun'er: "Yun'er, let's make a bet, what if your brother and I are admitted to the lifter?" ”

Of course, Song Yun'er didn't show weakness, and grinned: "Brother, although I also hope that you can be admitted to the Juren, you are admitted, and my sister also has a light on her face, but ......, hehehehe, brother, I advise you to help my father take care of the prison." ”

Yang Qiuchi waved his hand: "Don't interrupt, what if your brother and I are admitted to the lifter?" ”

Song Yun'er teased him: "What if I can't pass the exam?" ”

"Can't pass the test? If you can't pass the test, I'll promise you a request, no matter what. What if you get in? ”

Song Yun'er grinned: "Then I will also promise you a request!" ”

"A word?" Yang Qiuchi raised a palm and swore to high-five Song Yun'er.

Song Yun'er saw that Yang Qiuchi looked confident, and she really had some doubts in her heart. Since he met Yang Qiuchi, he didn't know how many accidents and surprises he had given Song Yun'er, and now he said that if he wants to take the imperial examination, maybe he can really get in.

But after thinking about it again, the bet is just a promise of one thing, nothing is a big deal, even if the bet is lost, my brother is admitted to the lifter, and it is also appropriate to help him do one thing. Besides, he would never allow himself to commit murder and arson against his conscience.

Thinking about this section, Song Yun'er stood up and slapped Yang Qiuchi's palm: "A word is a certainty!" ”

Song Zhixian saw that they were talking lively, so he poured a basin of cold water: "Virtuous nephew, this, this Kaienke is the township test, but, you haven't passed the child test, so you can't participate in the township test."

Song Yun'er stuck out her tongue and looked at Yang Qiuchi with a gloating smile, as if to say, how is it? If you can't take the test, you're already lost.

Yang Qiuchi said to Song Yun'er for a long time: "Yun'er, don't be too happy, your brother and I are not in vain." After a pause, he deliberately dragged out his voice and said, "I have already asked someone to donate money for me to become the regular supervisor of the country," he turned his head to Song Zhixian and said, "Uncle, this prisoner of the country, it seems that he can participate in the township test, right?" He looked quite proud.

(To be continued)