What the? Ten military attachés blank to the body? Li Xin looked up and down at the old-fashioned-looking old man in front of him, and he really couldn't imagine that he still had such thoughts.

"Lord Li is doing a good business, selling ten military attachés for 100,000 taels of silver?" Li Xin snatched the stack of documents from Li Shiwen's hand, looked up and down a few times, and it was no different from ordinary documents, the only difference was that it was covered with a few bright red seals. He knew that the value of this thing was on the seal. But since there is a buy and a sell, how can you not let the counteroffer?

Li Xin stretched out two fingers and shook them twice in front of Li Shiwen's eyes.

"At least this number is required, otherwise there is no need to talk about it!"

"What, what?"

Li Shi's inquiring beard trembled, and he couldn't close his mouth when he was someone else, Li Xin was worthy of being a horse thief, and as soon as he came up, the lion opened his mouth wide, asking for a price. With Li Shi's questioning heart, it was not easy for him to lower his head and beg Xie Sheng, the secretary of the ministry, should he let him open his mouth again?

The promotion of military guards was originally a matter within the Ministry of Soldiers, but in order to limit the power of the Ministry of War, the emperor also had to be approved by the Ministry of Officials for the promotion of generals, so this blank body could not be counted without the Great Seal of the Ministry of Officials.

At this time, Li Xin already knew that 100,000 taels of silver had entered the treasury, and if he went to the account of the household department, it was equivalent to the money of the imperial court, and the hope of coming back was very slim. It's better to grasp the benefits in front of him, but he feels that ten pieces are a little less.

Lu Jiu saw that the stubborn old man Li Shi was bored and angry, so he made sarcastic remarks.

"What a small weapon is Lord Li? But you only have ten more blank papers, and the old men have lost 100,000 taels of silver! That's real money, what's the reluctance to exchange for your ten pieces of broken paper, that thing doesn't cost as many stamps as you want? ”

Li Shi asked in his heart, you know a fart, and there are a number of officials in a place, how can you print the post casually?

Seeing Li Shiwen's hesitation, Li Xin deliberately shouted to Lu Jiu: "The stone wall in the alley is good, very strong, and the height is not low, it can be used as a city wall for a siege drill, go and order all the brothers, and carry out the siege drill after half an hour." ”

This frightened Li Shiwen, this group of Qiu Ba actually wanted to use their own courtyard wall as a city wall drill, and if the courtyard wall was damaged, it would not be tight, and it would be repaired afterwards, but there were female dependents living in the back house, in case ......

Thinking of this, Li Shiwen gritted his teeth and stomped his foot fiercely, "That's it!" Twenty is twenty, and the official will take ten more, and the general will not regret it when the time comes! ”

Li Xin smiled secretly, don't look at these Shangshu cabinet ministers who show off their military power on weekdays, and don't take military attachés as a thing, so what's the matter now, but if they exert a little pressure, they can't bear it, and they obediently obey.

"Everything is good in the end, but the patience is insufficient, if the adults make a few more noises, Li Xin may have to change his mind!"

Li Shi asked Wenyan and pointed at Li Xin a few times, "Just remember what you said, this official will come when he goes!" ”

Out of the military tent, there was a commotion from the soldiers outside, shouting for Old Man Li to pay back the money quickly. In the cold days, dense beads of sweat still oozed from Li Shiwen's head, he raised his sleeve and wiped his sweaty face, and glanced in the direction of the house, his tone slowed down.

"General, can the general ask the officer and his family to say a few words?"

Li Shi in the courtyard asked the family members who had already been frightened, and it would be better for him to go and appease them, so as to save them any more moths.

The gate of the Li family has been piled up with firewood from where the soldiers got it, piled up all over the steps, and the stone lion sitting at the door still has a bloody sheep's head, and the lower side is a large intestine water and other things that are piled up randomly. Li Shiwen, who watched this scene, frowned, but he was helpless, who let him provoke these living Hades and stab the hornet's nest.

Across the gate, Li Shiwen repeatedly told him to explain some words in a trembling voice, and Li Xin gave him enough privacy to keep the soldiers away from the gate, so what they said intermittently was not true.

There was a lot of incense, Li Xin and the others were really impatient to let Lu Jiu go to drive people, and the poor dignified Hubu Shangshu was grabbed by the neck like a chicken by the soldiers and thrown out of the barracks, that is, outside the alley.

In the midst of uncontrollable laughter, Li Shiwen disappeared in the crowd. Lu Jiu turned around and asked Li Xin.

"Brother Thirteen, let's really exchange 100,000 taels of silver for those few pieces of broken paper?"

Li Xin nodded and did not answer directly. Don't look at the blank confession is just a few ordinary pieces of paper, but behind it is power. It's time to leave Beijing, the emperor's decree and the dispatch of the military department are already in hand, and today it should start according to the plan, just wait for the Li Shiwen to get the remaining ten blanks, and then leave Beijing to take up his post without worry.

Sunset West Mountain, the Forbidden City Wenhua Hall is hidden in a dazzling dark red, the ministers in the hall dispersed early, the desk as always lit only two candles, the faint figure in the candlelight is the Ming Dynasty when the son of today is reviewing the day's music.

Suddenly, there was a sound of broken footsteps in the silent hall, and the little eunuch trotted through the back door and stuffed the note into the hand of the eunuch Wang Chengen, and then walked out of the Wenhua Hall with a small step. There were only two monarchs and ministers left in the huge Wenhua Palace, Wang Chengen rubbed the frozen and somewhat annoying and stiff brush monsters, unfolded the note and glanced at it a few times, and his face was surprised.

Just when Wang Chengen was not sure whether to interrupt the emperor and tell him about the matter, Zhu Youzhen asked.

"What?"

Wang Chengen hurriedly replied cautiously: "Dongchang handed the news from the palace, Li Xin, General Li has withdrawn from Ming Shifang, and he has just left Beijing from Andingmen. ”

"Withdrawn?"

Zhu Youzhen was very surprised, not only left, but also left Beijing overnight, could it be that Li Shi couldn't resist the threat and returned 100,000 taels of silver to him? He then rejected the idea, which would not have happened in any case.

"How did you evacuate? Could something have changed? Zhu Youzhen put down the pen and turned his head to look at Wang Chengen, in his thinking, there must be some people and things that can influence Li Xin to change his mind. Who knew that Wang Chengen shook his head, and said with a puzzled expression: "Strange, Li Xin didn't get the silver, and Li Shi didn't have the upper hand, so why did he leave?" ”

This result was greatly unexpected by Zhu Youzhen, could it be that Li Xinsheng endured this evil breath and suffered this big loss? I can't help but look down on Li Xin a little bit in my heart, after Li Shiwen has the precedent of plotting to seize the silver, if Li Xin doesn't make enough counterattacks, if there is his silver in the future, more people will definitely jump out to make a fuss, and it will not be a headache at that time.

But Wang Chengen's subsequent words made Zhu Youzhen draw a few circles in his heart.

"Lord Li returned to Daming Gate halfway, returned to the household department, and went to the official department again! After returning home, General Lee withdrew! ”

Zhu Youzhen was thoughtful, this is interesting, Li Xin's sudden withdrawal must have a reason, Li Shi asked what he did when he returned to the household department and the ministry halfway, and he vaguely grasped some thoughts.

"Go and check, Li Shi asked what he did when he went to the ministry!"

Wang Chengen stepped back as promised, Zhu Youzhen's face was cloudy, and a pair of eyes were confused under the flickering candle flame, obviously fighting between heaven and man, and finally he sighed, and his face was as usual.

……

Li Xin led the team to quietly leave Beijing in a low-key manner. The only person who saw him off was Fang Zhenghua, the commander of the Beijing camp, watching the hundred cavalry gradually disappear on the horizon, he was really sweating for this General Li, there may be countless traps waiting for him in front of him, whether he can avoid them one by one, it depends on the creation of this kid.

No one paid attention, and there was also a pair of cold eyes watching Li Xin and his party leave in the alley outside the city, and then quietly disappeared in the afterglow of the sunset.

Many of the residents in the Guanxiang have returned to their residences, and the smoke from the chimneys on many houses rises, and a figure in a brick courtyard in the northernmost part of the Guanxiang enters the courtyard neatly, pulling the door and entering the house.

The charcoal in the charcoal brazier in the house hissed, and a group of men sat around the brazier, and the door was opened, and a cold wind poured in, and a thin and neat figure flashed into the house.

"Brother Jin is about to roast the fire, that thief has left Beijing?"

The emaciated man, crowded among the crowd, said coldly: "Gone, only brought a hundred and ten people, it seems that it is the cavalry that ambushed and failed to be completely wiped out that day!" ”

It seemed that several men were led by a bearded man with sideburns wearing a black cotton robe, he looked at the thin man surnamed Jin, and asked, "It is said that there are 100,000 taels of silver in the entourage, and you can see the silver car?" ”

The thin man shook his head and said, "The hundred and ten people left Beijing lightly, and there was not even a carriage to load luggage, so it was completely like a marching army!" ”

The bearded man wondered, "Is there a mistake in the information?" It shouldn't be! Then he sighed lightly: "If Lord Liu is still here, our brothers will not hide here like mice......"

Someone sighed: "That emperor Lao'er trusts this horse thief so much, the brothers didn't expect it, it seems that they have to find another way!" ”

The bearded man snorted contemptuously.

"Li Xin is just a clown jumping off the beam, the eldest brother and the second brother have been waiting for him for a long time, and he won't survive tomorrow. Our brothers' main mission is to rescue adults from prison! ”

"The emperor's personal decree, how easy is it to overturn the case? Now there is no silver to go with. ”

The bearded man laughed.

"Who said that there is nowhere to do it, the seventh master has an explanation before coming, the key this time is in the two of them, as long as the joint of these two people is opened, it can be solved with one qiē."

They all asked what to do next, and where the money should go.

The bearded man glanced at the people in the house, "Xiao Si will enter the city in a while, inform them that the silver is ready, it will cost 200,000 taels, let's go to visit Zhang Sizhi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites." ”

It turned out to be him, and everyone applauded in a low voice, and they all stroked their beards and said who the second character was. The bearded man furrowed his eyebrows, "Only this person says that Xiang is done, and then that person is useful." ”