Qin Baichuan didn't say much, and walked out of the room with Tan Jiaotou. The study teahouse is inconspicuous in the main city, and it may not be easy to find it in the spring breeze, so I haven't seen a figure yet, Qin Baichuan called over Huang Dezi, handed him a letter of appointment and letterhead, and after a few words, he drove the carriage by Tan Jiaotou and went straight to the Bliss Sect.

After half a month of training, the Youth Corps has been sharply reduced from the original 200 to the current 110 people, and the elimination rate of nearly half makes everyone smack, Qin Baichuan clearly demanded that the essence is not too expensive, even if everyone is eliminated, the training standard is not allowed to be lowered.

There are clear orders and constraints, as well as good food and drink, although these teenagers have a hard time, but more than ten days of training have trained some of their spirits, at least when Qin Baichuan arrived this time, the youth regiment that was standing in the river water after receiving the order, ran to the river bank in a neat and orderly manner, and saluted in unison.

These days, the Youth Corps has tanned a lot and strengthened a lot, according to the usual practice, Qin Baichuan made another lecture, on the one hand, to give commendations and make promises of a bright future to boost morale, on the other hand, it is also to increase the difficulty of the training subjects, to form pressure on these teenagers, so as not to relax their emotions.

Due to the establishment of the Youth Corps, the personnel around Qin Baichuan have also changed slightly, just like today, it is Tan Jiaotou who is driving the car, and the monkey is now representing Qin Baichuan, supervising the training of these teenagers together with Wuyin, Big Dog and others. Qin Baichuan stuffed all the 30,000 taels of silver tickets given to him by Qu Xi into the hands of the monkeys, part of which was used for the food and drink of these recruited teenagers, and the other part was for the monkeys to face Jiangling, and even the entire Dasong specially recruited men between the ages of fourteen and twenty, so as to expand the scale of the Bliss Army.

After all this was arranged, the sky had darkened, and after having dinner with everyone in the Bliss Sect, the Junior Legion continued the training subjects in the evening, and Qin Baichuan beckoned the head of the Tan Sect and went to the main city of Jiangling. On the way, Qin Baichuan did not close the car door, and Tan Jiaotou said casually: "Sir, the owner of Qu Zhuang is really good to you, and he took out 30,000 taels of silver at this time." ”

"It wasn't given by her, I borrowed it with the tap of the Hundred Flowers Workshop." Qin Baichuan stared: "You have to remember, you can also tell the lord that after the Qianjin Gambling House, everything I do is my own behavior, and Qu Xi doesn't know anything." ”

"Sir, I understand what you mean." Tan Jiaotou smiled and said, "I have actually said this many times, but you still don't believe it...... In fact, the lord does have a love for you, and some people even suggested in the Qianjin Gambling House that day, as long as you catch the owner of Qu Zhuang, you are not afraid of disobedience, and the lord is furious. Tell us clearly, as long as Mr. signs the wordless contract, no one is allowed to touch a cold hair of the owner of the village, the lord said, that is your reverse scales. ”

"A beautiful woman, but a thief." Qin Baichuan suddenly sighed with emotion: "This sentence is very suitable to describe your family master." ”

"What the gentleman said doesn't seem right...... The Lord is a seven-foot man, not a beautiful man, and ...... He is just doing what he thinks is right, although he is the king and the loser, but before the victory or defeat comes out, it is difficult to say who is the king and who is the thief. Tan Jiaotou said seriously.

"This is also, if it is a different occasion, and then the right time to meet, maybe I can become good friends with him. After all, if you can make characters like Li Mingxiu and Cheng Xingyun surrender willingly, there must be something extraordinary. Qin Baichuan said abruptly: "By the way, what role does Cheng Xingyun play in this force?" ”

"Chen Gongzi ......" Tan Jiaotou subconsciously wanted to speak, but he suddenly woke up and was sweating profusely, swallowing his saliva and saying: "Mr. deceived me...... Isn't Cheng Xingyun the master of my family? On weekdays, we are used to calling the Lord, and suddenly we are a little uncomfortable to hear his name. ”

"Hard-mouthed." Qin Baichuan sneered: "Cheng Xingyun has a very high status among the forces, but he is not really the master. The last time I saw Cheng Xingyun, no matter how I tried it, he was calm, quite a bit of a Confucian general's demeanor, I boldly assume that he is either the military advisor of your force, or the main general. Your lord's purpose in courting me is also clear, so that I may help to earn money...... In this way, Cheng Xingyun and I, one inside and one outside, complement each other. ”

"I don't know where Mr. came to these conclusions, but Cheng Gongzi is indeed my lord, as for whether there are others behind him, that's not for me to know." Tan Jiaotou was shocked in his heart, where did he dare to dwell on this topic, and hurriedly said: "Sir, where are we going?" ”

"Find a private school and write a prayer post." The main city was already impressive, Qin Baichuan smiled and said, "I'll take you to meet the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Yuan Xiugang, Lord Yuan." ”

"To the Ministry of Rites?" Tan Jiaotou's biggest worry is that Qin Baichuan has dealings with people in the government, because once Qin Baichuan reveals their identities to the government and the government intervenes in the investigation, they will inevitably retreat. Although Qin Baichuan would be concerned about Qu Xi's safety and might not be able to make such a move, he also had to guard against it.

"Why, you don't dare?" Qin Baichuan snorted: "Put away those careful thoughts, I will solve the matter with your family master by myself, otherwise wouldn't it be better for me to rush directly to the Jiangling Mansion and go to find Lu Shigao?" ”

"Sir, that's what you learned." Tan Jiaotou thought about it, a place like the Ministry of Rites is just a place for officials to have fun and pastime, although there is an official position, but if you want soldiers or not, if you want power or not, what kind of atmosphere can it be? Anyway, as long as he follows Qin Baichuan, he really has any conspiracy to destroy it in time.

Thinking of this, Tan Jiaotou didn't ask any more, took Qin Baichuan into the main city, and found a private school teacher, Qin Baichuan dictated, and after Mr. Private School ghostwrote a formal prayer post, he inquired about the location of Yuan Xiugang's mansion, and Tan Jiaotou looked for it.

The carriage ticked all the way forward, and finally stopped at the gate of a secluded compound in the east of the city, Qin Baichuan sat on the car and looked up, the two big characters of Yuan Mansion looked a little hideous. He pursed his lips, feeling a little disdainful of this official of the Ministry of Rites.

Dasong officials need to pay attention to their identity, although they are not allowed to go to ordinary Qinglou to prostitute without permission, but they can listen to the drama in the Ministry of Rites, watch the dance, if they like any woman, they can either take it away directly with their consent, or give some silver after sleeping, in Qin Baichuan's words, this is simply a brothel provided by the imperial court to officials.

On the occasion of the private school gentleman's writing post, Qin Baichuan simply inquired about Yuan Xiugang and the situation of the Ministry of Rites, there are more than 100 officials in the Jiangling Ministry of Rites, in order to enrich the amateur cultural life of Jiangling officials, officials, officials and other characters, there are drama performances here almost every day, although there is no need to spend money to listen to the drama here, but the drama is old and old-fashioned, and the poor people who eat official meals would rather spend silver to go to Goolan Washe than come to this kind of place.

According to the private school gentleman, this official of the Ministry of Rites is actually not fat, but it is definitely a color shortage, and it is rumored that since Yuan Xiugang took office, there have been no thirty or twenty-eight scourge officials in a few years. Occasionally, Yuan Xiugang will also pull the red line, collect some money in private, and push out his officials who are half sold and half sent, and he can also expand his own contacts.

Of course, Yuan Xiugang's behavior has long caused a lot of scolding from the Ministry of Etiquette, but those female officials dare not speak out, no matter what they say, the officials are from the government, and their status is by no means comparable to ordinary dramas, and some officials have to give in for this identity; Moreover, some women are greedy for profit, and they expect to climb another high branch through Yuan Xiugang, so they naturally want to give him a little sweetness, and the remaining few who would rather die than give in will either have a strong background behind them, or they will really die.

"Sir, I'll knock." Tan Jiaotou took the initiative to help Qin Baichuan get off the carriage and took the initiative to ask for help.

"Who?" After waiting for a long time, the vermilion door was opened, and a man in a green coat and a small hat said a little unpleasantly. At this time, normal people have already had dinner, but it seems that these servants must wait for the master to eat and drink before they can eat, and they are being interrupted while eating, and the tone of the family is not very good.

Tan Jiaotou's eyes shrank in vain, he has always been dusty in doing things with the Lord all these years, but it is the first time that he has been scolded by a small family. Tan Jiaotou's calm face was about to attack, Qin Baichuan stepped forward, pushed him aside, and hugged his fists with a smile: "This brother, you are polite." ”

"Who are you?" Qin Baichuan is richly dressed, and on weekdays, some sons and daughters of official or rich families come to ask for relatives, and this family does not dare to offend.

"Under the surname Qin, on the orders of my family master, I have come to ask to see Yuan Xiugang, Lord Yuan." Qin Baichuan took out the prayer note from his arms, took a piece of broken silver, and handed it to the family.

"Who is the head of your house? Say it so I can spread it. Qin Baichuan was generous, and the family Ding even confirmed the inference in his heart, and asked with the silver in his arms.

"The identity of the head of my family is extraordinary, and I dare not reveal it at will." Qin Baichuan pointed to the post and said, "The intention of the post has been clearly written, just hand it over to Lord Yuan." ”

"Then you wait." There were also many guests like Qin Baichuan who played mysterious, and the family was no longer embarrassed, turned around and ran to the inner courtyard.

"A watchdog of a Ministry of Rites official is so arrogant!" Tan Jiaotou snorted angrily, then looked at Qin Baichuan suspiciously, and said, "Sir, it's obvious that you want to come here yourself, why did you tell him that you were on the orders of the Lord?" ”

"Talking and playing." Qin Baichuan smiled, he told Tan Jiaotou in the afternoon that he had a character of revenge, and Tan Jiaotou made him unhappy, so he had to do something "good". Originally, Qin Baichuan was worried about how to solve Shen Bijun's problem, and it was not good to go against Lord Zhou Mu with his identity, but if it was under the guise of Cheng Xingyun, wouldn't it be fun to play a trick to lead the water to the east?

Thinking about it, Qin Baichuan laughed loudly, Tan Jiaotou is like a thorn in his eye and a thorn in his flesh, but it can also become a tool for him to harm others. Tan Jiaotou listened to his strange laughter, and vaguely realized that things didn't seem to be so simple, but he couldn't figure out the key for a while.