When night falls, the smoke and rain building located by the Su River once again turns into a bright place where red lanterns are hung high and reflect the surface of the river. The slapstick of laughing and scolding back and forth also restored the liveliness of this place immersed during the day to another night. Standing at the door to usher in the ** sent to, looking at the benefactors who came to the door to consume smiled, it was called humble.

In this kind of ushering and sending, under the attic of the Ziyun girl in Yanyulou, a small boat was ushered in. Soon a few people walked down from the boat, and were entertained by the personal ring of the Ziyun girl to rest in a quiet room near the attic. As for the Purple Cloud Girl, as usual, she entertained these distinguished guests of extraordinary status in this quiet room.

Just when these benefactors who had money and no land to spend found a home in Yanyu Building one after another, drinking and chatting ** for fun, a tall man in a samurai uniform came to the door. Seeing his appearance, the ** who ushered in the door was slightly stunned, but quickly welcomed this occasional martial artist into the building.

Compared with other warriors wearing samurai uniforms, Yanyulou claims to be Qinggao and rarely entertains, but the tall warrior in front of him is the object that Yanyulou ** dare not easily refuse. The reason is very simple, this person is Gao Jiwu, the commander of the Pingjiang Army stationed in Suzhou, how can such a general in the army dare to be rejected casually?

It is clear that this commander rarely goes to other women when he comes to Yanyu Tower, and he also has a good relationship here. And in order to get acquainted with this high commander, Yanyulou also specially arranged a room for him to live alone. Usually she is not allowed to receive those benefactors who may rotate every day like the other women in the building.

When Gao Jiwu entered the Yanyu Building, Kim Yuna, who was drinking tea with Zhao Xiaoxi, quickly received a report from his subordinates. And immediately relayed it to Cho Hyo-seok and asked what to do next. In this regard, Zhao Xiaoxi said directly: "Wait a minute!" It's hard for people to make a trip, so it's better to let this high commander have some fun before bothering him. ”

What does the fun refer to in these words, how can a woman who is a woman in the Yanyu Building not know!

As a result, it was nearly an hour ago, just when Gao Jiwu had a hard time with Xianghao to resolve his sullenness, and threw some money to Xianghao again and was about to leave, he found that a delicate little girl at the door blocked his way.

Just when Gao Jiwu felt a little curious, Yahuan, who was dressed in a green skirt, said very respectfully: "General Gao, I don't know if I can move the shelf, my young lady wants to invite the general over for a cup of tea." ”

Gao Jiwu was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't know who the so-called young lady is?" ”

Without waiting for Yahuan to speak, Gao Jiwu's good friend said: "This is Ziyun's personal maid ring, if the general has nothing to do, it's okay to meet him." Didn't the general also say a few times ago that he wanted to meet everyone in Ziyun? It's rare for people to come over and invite you today, and it's hard for the general to want to excuse himself. You must know that nine out of ten men who come to Yanyulou want to get this kind of invitation! ”

Gao Jiwu, who was persuaded by a good friend, said thoughtfully: "It seems that you invited me over today, and you also got the instruction of this Ziyun family, right?" Okay, for your sake, I'll go and meet this famous Ziyun family in Sioux City. ”

Led by the green-clothed maiden, Gao Jiwu soon came to a quiet room in the attic where Ziyun lived, and when he saw a man sitting in the room, enjoying the service of the famous Ziyun family in Suzhou City. I also think that the person who invited him here must be this man, and all this should be a deliberately designed bureau tonight.

Gao Jiwu, who reacted to this, continued to look at Zhao Xiaoxi, and Zhao Xiaoxi, who was the owner here, also looked at Gao Jiwu. I think that just from the other party's strong physique and serious face, it does not lose the image of a military general. Compared with the Yang family general, who is now in decline, the Gao family general represented by the military general family in front of him can be said to have inherited the entire Song Dynasty until its demise.

'General Gao, if you don't mind sitting down and drinking tea!' In these years, people who can be worthy of being personally entertained by everyone in Ziyun are afraid that they are rare! What's more, what everyone in Ziyun entertained today was two rude people from martial arts. If you let those literati and writers in the city know, I don't know how to criticize me and wait! ’

There is some intimacy in these words, but it also points out that the other party is not a scribe, before he can't figure out the other party's intentions, Gao Jiwu feels that it is better not to speak, and sits down very calmly. Because he believed that no matter what the other party's origin was, he must not easily hurt the supreme commander of a garrison.

The Ziyun girl, who was standing on the side as an usher on the side, smiled and poured a cup of fragrant tea for Gao Jiwu, and then exited the room very interestingly. This made Gao Jiwu even more surprised by the identity of the man in front of him, who looked much younger than him. can be in this smoke and rain building, and the dignified Ziyun girl is like a ring.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaoxi smiled and said, "General Gao, do you feel surprised, why is this Ziyun so interesting in front of me." The reason is simple, she is my new woman. Compared with General Gao, who occasionally came out to look for flowers and ask Liu, I occasionally came out to kiss Fang Ze, I believe there is nothing to make a fuss about, right?

However, I hope that General Gao will keep this matter a secret for me, otherwise I am really worried that tomorrow when I go out into the street, I will let those literati in the city beat them to death! I believe I don't need to say it, General Gao should know better than me the influence of this Ziyun family in Suzhou City! If it weren't for that, I'm afraid that General Gao wouldn't easily come here to drink tea with me, right? ”

In the face of Zhao Xiaoxi's words, Gao Jiwu said indifferently: "Your Excellency must have invited Gao to come here, not just drinking tea, right?" If you have anything, say it happily. If you say these boring words again, please forgive Gao for not accompanying him. It's getting late now, and Gao is still busy with military affairs, so he doesn't have time to accompany Your Excellency to go around in circles here. ”

Zhao Xiaoxi was also slightly surprised by Gao Jiwu's indifference, and said with a slight sigh: "It seems that General Gao is really loyal to his duties, but he just slipped out of the barracks at night and left his post without permission to engage in prostitution.

And as far as I know, General Gao's so-called military affairs don't seem to be well managed, right? A general who makes his subordinates almost empty, what military affairs do he have to be busy?

And General Gao, I really can't remember me at all. It is said that although we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, General Gao is somewhat impressed! You know, when the Marquis of Yongping gave me the horse that was originally given to you, I know that you had a lot of sulking at that time! Could it be that you have no impression of me, the person you loved, back then? ”

When he heard the other party say about the Marquis of Yongping, Gao Jiwu realized that the other party should know all his family history. When he heard that the other party still knew him and said that he had taken away one of his beloved horses, Gao Jiwu was suddenly shocked. He would never have thought that this king of Bashu County, who should be far away in Chengdu, would be sitting in front of him at this moment.

Thinking of the identity of the other party, Gao Jiwu immediately prepared to get up and salute, but Zhao Xiaoxi hurriedly raised his hand and smiled: "Okay, we are not outsiders, so there is no need to be so polite." Since you remember who I am, you shouldn't be busy dealing with your military affairs, right? Peace of mind to do tea here, and find you in private, I think you must be curious.

I can only tell you one thing, I came to Jiangnan this time and brought the secret will of the official family. Now I can't tell you about it, you just need to answer a few questions from me. In the Pingjiang Army now, how many troops can you control? In addition, how much do you know about the smuggling and embezzlement of taxes in the south of the Yangtze River? ”

The two questions said that Gao Jiwu was both happy and ashamed, and the joy was naturally that the current Shengshang finally wanted to move the Jiangnan officialdom, and he was ashamed that he was guilty of Jun's grace and could not fully control the Pingjiang Army stationed in Suzhou. On the contrary, those local generals almost emptied him as a commander, and this sense of shame made him look ashamed when he faced the county prince in front of him.

Gao Jiwu, who realized that this was an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, quickly said: "Back to the little prince, the current Pingjiang army can only control forty percent of the troops. The remaining sixty percent of the troops were controlled by several generals from Jiangnan. If they can be captured, the grassroots soldiers of the Pingjiang Army will have the confidence to absorb them.

The power that will be suppressed at the end of these years is more caused by the fact that Governor Li deliberately suppressed the prestige of the last general in the army. And the salt and iron smuggling in Suzhou is rampant now, largely because the Li Governor's Mansion is also involved. Of course, this matter was not done by Governor Li alone, and at least sixty percent of the officials in the entire Suzhou officialdom colluded with those salt merchants and merchants.

The last general also told his uncle about this matter in a letter to his uncle, but his uncle once said that this matter was related to the stability of Jiangnan, and the country's financial foundation could not be reported at will, so the last general has been holding back until now. In fact, this is exactly the case, not only the senior officials of Jiangnan officialdom are involved, but even the important ministers of Jiangnan nationality in the DPRK and China are also involved in this matter. As soon as the whole body is launched, the last general will not dare to play the Ming Sheng. ”

After listening to Gao Jiwu's reply, Zhao Xiaoxi also knew that even his uncle Yongping Hou did not dare to easily provoke this tumor. Of course, there are reasons for worrying about getting out of control, but more often than not, it is the thought of being alone. However, thinking of the direction of the imperial court, the civil official clique itself suppresses the military attache clique, and it is normal not to interfere in this kind of political affairs that affect the imperial program.

Thinking about this, Zhao Xiaoxi will soon tell Gao Jiwu, who has been waiting for today's arrival, with a plan to break the surface. Let him go back to the barracks and make all preparations, and wait for his orders at any time to remove these resident insects attached to the imperial court. At the same time, it also made these civil officials clear that when they met him as a little overlord representing the martial arts, they were far from being as effective as swords, guns, swords, and halberds.

After getting Zhao Xiaoxi's careful arrangement, Gao Jiwu, who had almost no intention of reorganizing the army by the civilian officials for a long time, also knew that those civilian officials encountered this arrogant little overlord, and they were afraid that their good days would come to an end. There is this kind of county prince who is deeply favored by the two palaces to support the military attachés, I have to say that they are fortunate for these military attachés!