After the meeting in the imperial study, Zheng Keming returned home with a gloomy face.

In the afternoon in the study, two sons were recruited, Zheng Xunren and Zheng Xunli, Zheng Keming said: "Go to Tai'an, Shandong Province quickly, hand over this letter to your uncle, and let him make as much trouble as possible." ”

"Xun Ren quickly went to Quanyang, Shanxi Province, and handed over this letter to your uncle, so that his contact with that side must be hidden, and he was careful not to expose himself. When cooperating with the imperial court, the momentum must be loud and the appearance must be sufficient. ”

Zheng Xunli and Zheng Xunren took the order to go, and then Zheng Keming issued several orders one after another, and people in Shangshu Mansion continued to go out, and then through the four gates of east, west, south and north, from the capital of Jin to all parts of the Great Jin.

After issuing a series of orders, Zheng Keming sat on a chair in the study, the afternoon sun shone obliquely on the window, and the cicada chirping became louder and louder, making his heart uncalm for a long time.

No matter how big the external troubles are, they are not the factors that can determine the final outcome of the martial arts. Since Emperor Jin felt that he needed to innovate in addition to problems, so he launched an offensive, then only internal factors could determine the direction of the entire incident.

As long as he can do a good job in domestic affairs, Zheng Keming is confident that even if Xie Yi gets the military merits from the Qin people, how can Xie Shence anticipate everything, and it is impossible to deal with the condemnation of the vast majority of the clans of the Great Jin.

A majority is a majority after all. There are many ants and they bite the elephant, and the number is so large that the quality disadvantage can be compensated.

Even if there is a back hand, Zheng Keming's destroyed state of mind still failed to complete again, opened the window, and looked at the sun slanting westward, Zheng Keming felt a little bored.

The listless leaves, the screaming cicadas on the trunks.

Emperor Jin's sudden secret letter, the long-disappeared thank you...... Zheng Keming's heart moved: Thank you...... Could it be related to the lecture hall?

The lecture hall was proposed by Emperor Jin, and Xie Shence was only the commander of the Tiqi Division, although he was independent of the court and had great power, but it could not be mixed with the major affairs of the court, and it was also a major event of this kind of changeable era. Even if you think about it from another perspective, Zheng Keming doesn't think that the proposal of the martial arts hall has anything to do with Xie Shence, after all, if it is said that the martial arts hall has damage to the family gate valve, the Xie family is one of the three valves, and his own family is the first to bear the brunt!

Therefore, in this matter, it is reasonable and reasonable that there should be no participation in thanking Shence.

However, once some thoughts arise, they will always hover in people's hearts, regardless of whether they are right or wrong......

Zheng Keming felt more and more that there was a shadow of Xie Shence behind this matter, even if he knew that his speculation and suspicion did not have much credibility, and there was not much factual basis.

But he just felt that this matter had something to do with Xie Shence.

The only basis for his conviction was that Xie Shence's father, Xie Shang, was on the side of Emperor Jin.

Thinking of Xie Shang, Zheng Keming couldn't help but think of that terrifying old man again.

The old lady Xie who has already sent a message.

Since there are Xie Shence and Xie Xiang, how can there be less of that old man?

Could it be that he was behind the scenes?

Zheng Keming's heart trembled.

If it were him, then maybe everything would have made sense.

After all, Zheng Keming watched the old man step by step to the pinnacle of power from a very young age, and he knew the old man's wrists. Many of the old man's plans back then left a deep impression on Zheng Keming's heart. This point is that Sima Deguang, the general of the Zhuguo State who has died, and Wang Laoshangshu, who has been known for a long time, are not comparable.

But the old lady hasn't asked about the court for a long time, and this year she has moved to Yangzhou City for retirement. When he left, Emperor Jin had not yet brought the lecture hall to the table. How could he have done all this remotely?

However, thank you...... Zheng Keming suddenly smiled slightly.

It doesn't matter if it's you or not, as long as I say it's you, and others think it's you, that's you.

Zheng Keming stopped walking and pulled the bell in the study, so an old servant came over, Zheng Keming whispered a few words in the old servant's ear, and the old servant nodded and went out.

After Zheng Keming finished explaining, he looked at the leaves and cicadas in the garden through the window, and he didn't feel so bored.

At this time in Tai'an, dozens of strong men armed with knives and guns stood in the lobby of a remote village, and a man with a long beard wearing a moon-white shirt and a long sword was saying to the people below: "...... In today's horse bandits, as children of the world, we can't turn a blind eye! Since we are the hope of the county, we must truly protect the safety of the party! Everyone, Yao is not self-sufficient, to be the guardian of this side, I wonder if you are willing to walk with someone? ”

A big man came out and shouted, "Follow Yao Gong!" Swear to kill all the horse bandits! ”

Under his leadership, everyone shouted in unison: "Follow Yao Gong, kill the horse bandits!" Follow Yao Gong, kill the horse bandits! ......”

"Good!" The middle-aged man surnamed Yao raised his arms and drank, "Come on!" ”

So a man stepped forward with a wine jar and a wine bowl, and the strong men stepped forward in turn and took the wine. The middle-aged man said, "Since you are a fellow Taoist, drink this bowl full!" ”

"It's done!"

"Drink!"

......

In Quanyang, several respected old people gathered together and whispered something in an old wine shop.

“...... The deception is too much, and you have to force it......"

"Is it true that all the people in Shanxi Province are soft persimmons......

“...... That being said, Guan Long's side ......"

"It's not a good bird, it's the same thing...... The bullying is to the end, and you still don't resist ......"

"Okay, then do it......"

......

In Jincheng, a huge military town at the junction of Shanxi Road and Henan Road, Xie Shence and more than ten cross-dressed Ti rode in the dim yellow sunlight, lined up through the city gate, entered an inn, and when registering, Ti Cai greeted the people of the rear team to send the goods to the backyard, and then Xie Shence went up to the second floor, looked at the room, opened the window, and sat by the window to watch the sunset slowly sink into the mountain.

It's out again, and it doesn't let people be quiet for a while before they get married......

Xie Shence cursed the restless people as he lit the oil lamp in the room. I don't know what kind of animal the oil lamp is made of, when it is not lit, there is a faint earthy smell, after it is lit, it is a strong smell, Xie Shence really can't bear it, so he extinguishes the oil lamp, and then pushes the door open.

It may be that the quality of the lamp oil is too poor, and there are already Ti Riders yelling downstairs outside the door.

"Shop! What lamp oil, so stinky! Pick it to death, fool around with such an inferior thing......"

"Change the oil! Do you want to refund the money......"

"You still have oil in your room, and we don't have one in this lamp! It's a horse, and I didn't pay less, is the store bullying people......"

There were more and more scolding, and at this time, even the guests on the side also participated, and the whole inn was full of people.

There were those who scolded the shopkeeper for slamming the door, some scolded others for arguing with him to rest, and then the two almost fought.

As soon as the store saw that the customers were all fried, they also hurriedly explained loudly, saying that the lamp oil had been going on for a long time, and quickly asked the guy to replace the lamp oil with new ones.

Xie Shence smiled and watched all this, feeling quite interesting.

Soon after such a fuss, someone sent a candle to Xie Shence, lit it and put on a lampshade, Xie Shence looked at the person with interest, and grabbed the man's hand when the person was about to go out, and said, "Little girl, where to go?" ”

The man shouted "ah", and the voice turned out to be a woman, the woman's left hand was restrained, and her right backhand hit Xie Shence's shoulder, Xie Shence didn't hide, let her slap her palm on her shoulder, wrapped her hands around her waist and said: "It's too obvious to wear such a dress to come in." ”

"What's obvious?"

Xie Shence hugged her on his lap, then slapped the woman's buttocks and said, "Here, and the front are too obvious." ”

The woman glanced at Xie Shence resentfully, but there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

It turned out to be a reed that I hadn't seen for a long time.

Xu Luwei patted off Xie Shence's salty pig hand that was about to reach into the collar, and then said, "Don't, you have to go back quickly!" As he spoke, he got up.

Xie Shence pressed her on his lap, looked into her eyes and said, "As soon as you left that night, you weren't responsible for me?" ”

Xu Luwei's face turned red and said, "Phew, who is responsible for you!" Don't move, don't ...... I still have something to do, it's too late!"

"What can it be? Oh...... Did this little lady run out secretly? Wow, you actually had a private meeting with your man behind your man's back, and I saw that Lord Ben still didn't twist you to the yamen, and then dip the pig cage! As he spoke, he thanked Shence for scratching the itch of the reed.

Xu Luwei couldn't resist Xie Shence's constantly violating hands, and couldn't bear the itch, and said with a smile: "Don't do it, don't, it's really something, the adults are gracious, the adults let the little woman go, and the little woman has to go back to her husband and children...... Don't scratch it, I'm going back, ahaha......"

Xie Shence threw Xu Luwei on the bed, then hugged her and said viciously, "Who is your man?" Recruit from the truth! ”

"Yes, yes......"

"Swallow and spit and spit out! Speak up, Lord Ben will send him to the mountains to suppress bandits! You and I make a pair of happy mandarin ducks. ”

Xu reed for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

"That's good, you kill him, his name is Xie Shence, you kill him, and the slave and maid will be from you......"

Half an hour later, Xu Luwei lay on Xie Shence's chest like a kitten, and his fingers circled around Xie Shence's chest.

"What the hell is going on in the mountains, you came to Jincheng, didn't you go to the northwest?"

"The bandits of Taihang Mountain......"

"Don't say half of what you're talking about!"

"Yes~, Jiang Shuai received a report in April, saying that it was a bandit in the north of Taihang Mountain, who was very rampant and had begun to go down the mountain to plunder the village, so Jiang Shuai sent people to track it all the way, and I was among them. I traced that the reason why the bandits took the risk to go down the mountain to plunder was because of the extreme lack of food, and many people starved to death in many cottages. The famine spread almost throughout the Taihang Mountains. ”

"At the beginning of the year, several large-scale fires broke out, and the bandits also integrated internally, which made the situation a little better. But that was only a little better, in March and April, because of the further intensification of the famine, the problem of internal leadership struggles broke out, and some cottages began to buy grain in Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan provinces in order to stabilize the crisis. I followed a group of bandits to Jincheng. ”

"I said that there are still people waiting for me to go back, but you want to ...... Now, what do you say? ”

Xie Shence smiled and said, "That's not easy?" You just tell them, 'Your little marquis let me warm the bed', isn't that it? Who dares to talk too much? Whoever talks a lot, you let him come and talk to me. Tear his mouth and hang it on his ears! ”

Xu Luwei said: "Then I'll say it." ”

"Uh-huh, you say."

"How dare you tear her mouth and hang it on her ear?"

"Admiral Ben says yes!"

"Then I really told Wang Qingyan."

And you say....... Yes?! Green salt?! ”

Xie Shence jumped up from the bed and hurriedly looked for his pants.

"Hahahaha......"

Seeing Xie Shence hurrying like the sky was about to fall, Xu Luwei rolled on the bed laughing.

"Little girl, sincerely!" Xie Shence saw the cunning in Xu Luwei's eyes and sensed the banter, so he stopped his panic, threw aside the pants that had deviated because he was in a hurry, and then hugged Xu Luwei, "snapped" two slaps on Xu Luwei's buttocks, and felt the amazing elasticity and touch coming from the palms, Xie Shence said: "Go to your men, Lord Admiral, I want to interrogate you, a little girl who does not abide by women's morals......"

"Still afraid of you? Come on......"

Of course, it is a shame that Shence did not come.

"It's useless...... Xu Lu glanced at Xie Shence contemptuously.

Xie Shence snorted coldly and said, "Where are your people?" ”

"At the Tongfu Inn, why are you asking this?"

"Three jumpers! Get out of here! ”

Xu Luwei: "......"

When Xie Shence sent away the three jumpers and returned to the bed, he smiled at Xu Luwei evilly: "Admiral Ben will let you see who begged for mercy first!" ”

"Ouch, I'm so scared, Lord Admiral, let me go......"

......

The next day, when Xie Shence got up for dinner, the three jumpers came up obscenely.

"Childe, I didn't let anyone get close to ...... last night."

Before the three jumpers finished speaking, they were beaten by Xie Shence's robe, and Xie Shence scolded: "Shut up!" I want you to say it! ”

The three jumpers touched their heads, and muttered quietly behind Xie Shence: "It's really not a ...... that people don't get close to."

Xu Luwei went back in the middle of the night last night. Although Xie Shence had asked San Jumper to secretly inform the Northwest Army rangers stationed at the Tongfu Inn, Xu Luwei still insisted on going back in the middle of the night. Xie Shence was a little worried about whether she could still fly the eaves and walk the wall, so he sent it halfway, and after seeing that although her legs and feet were floating, her skills were still agile, she returned the same way.

The three jumpers were brought by Xie Shence when he passed through Yangzhou City some time ago.

The artillery battalion has been preliminarily planned, and the mountains and fields around the camp have been bought by the Xie family, saying to the outside that it is a manor to build, because the price is fair, and the government has a relationship, so it almost didn't take much effort to take it down quietly.

Xie Shence inspected the camp and found that the three jumpers did much better than Xie Gang and Xie Di. If nothing else, Xie Shence has repeatedly emphasized the sanitation problem, which is very good, the camp is clean and tidy, and all kinds of planning are well organized. Xie even saw soldiers playing on the parallel bars in their spare time.

Of course, what satisfies Xie Shence the most is the progress of the development of gunpowder. Liu Guitian is worthy of being a talent with outstanding comprehension ability and skill in hand, after Xie Shence asked the three jumpers to supervise and improve the purity of gunpowder in pursuit of less and more power, in just ten days, Liu Guitian more than doubled the power of the original gunpowder. The power of the final test also made Xie Shence a little satisfied.

Therefore, Xie Shence also agreed to take Liu Guitian's family to settle in Yangzhou City, opened a small shop, and arranged it under the Xie family's property.

In addition to looking at the progress of gunpowder in Yangzhou City, Xie Shence also had one more point in Yangzhou City, which was to listen to his grandfather Xie Taifu's views on these things. Of course, there is also the persuasion of God Pei to return to the capital.

The old lady had long paid little attention to these things, but she attached great importance to Xie Shence's provocation of the conflict between Emperor Jin and the Zhujun Wangshi family. The old lady's meaning is more in line with the taste of Xie Shence.

"Since you have done it, then do it to the end, and don't show timidity halfway. Interests and other things, my Xie family doesn't care anymore. The old man has had countless protégés in his life, when did he rely on the strength of the family? Grandson, you have to remember that my Xie family does not rely on others, but on myself, as long as I am strong enough, the power will follow. The family is formed and raised by relying on people, and if people are desperate to keep the family, it can only be said that the family has rotted to the bones. You're doing the right thing. The old man does not take this as a taboo. Remember, you have family behind you. ”

The old lady's words moved Xie Shence very much.

The head of the family of the three lords of the Great Jin Dynasty can say such things to the grandson who digs the grave of the gate valve, which not only shows the old man's consistent toughness, but also has great trust in the younger generations.

Digging up the roots of the wall?

I don't care.

As long as you are strong enough, the door valve of one family and one surname can continue.

Xie Shence understood the old lady's intentions, so he was relieved.

In fact, think about it, isn't the old lady doing a lot of things to break the current situation?

Appointing people from the imperial examination and recruiting disciples regardless of their background are all doing practical things.

After that, Xie Shence found Xie Shenpei and persuaded him to return to Jindu, after all, the marriage between her and Sima Tan had not yet been resolved.

Xie Shen Pei said: "I'm not going back. This matter, I am sorry for him. The second brother should not be persuaded again...... When I want to go back, I will naturally go back. ”

It's not very close, and it's because of Xie Shence's own connivance that Xie Shence Pei ended up where he is now, although Xie Shence felt guilty, he didn't have much to say. Just assured Xie Shenpei that he would be on her side and respect any decision she made.

This is all that Xie Shence did during the period when the Jin capital "disappeared".

Knowing his grandfather's attitude, Xie Shence's biggest worry was relieved.

Knowing the implied meaning of the eldest sister's words, Xie Shence also had a repositioning of King Qi.

Knowing the process of gunpowder and the possibility of continued development, Xie Shence's confidence is now sufficient.

Now that he knows some of the movements of the bandits in Taihang Mountain, Xie Shence can find an excuse to attack some people.

So after meeting Xu Luwei by chance, especially knowing that Wang Qingyan had started his own career in the northwest, Xie Shence was very happy,

The pressure of the Jin capital was naturally borne by Emperor Jin.

Everything here is happening in an orderly manner, and Xie Shence is very comfortable.

The next day, after Jincheng replenished some provisions, Xie Shence and the others continued to march northwest.

(PS: It's a chapter today, 5,000 words, and I'll try to write more tomorrow.) Thank you for your support! ~。 ~）