In the Wei State Mansion, Gao Shiming's sedan chair was stopped by Ying Tianfu's soap after entering the alley where it was located.

"What for?"

The palanquin man hurriedly replied with a smile: "Go to Chen Hanlin's mansion to visit relatives." ”

This is to avoid people's eyes, Gao Shiming explained the sedan chair man's words early in the morning, but he didn't expect it to come in handy. Now that Ying Tianfu's soap has rectified the Wei State Mansion, no one is as cautious as before, but looks up and down at the sedan chair with a suspicious eye, and then pulls his head to look into the sedan chair.

But I heard a trace of unpleasant coughing sound from the sedan chair, and Soap Li didn't care about it, even Wei Guogong was packed up and looked at who in Nanjing City was still in front of Ying Tianfu's official affairs. It was also the sedan man who saw the opportunity quickly, and quickly took out a dime of silver from his arms, and secretly stuffed it into the soap Li's hand, and at the same time said with a low smile: "My lord is infected with some wind and cold, and it is not suitable to see the wind, I hope you will bear more!" ”

Soap Li checked the silver in his hand, and touched at least five taels, and said that the people in this family were very generous, so he smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then we will not be embarrassed." At the same time, he said as if he was almost in a trap: "It's not a secret, there is a project ahead, the road is closed, and it can't be done, please take another road!" ”

Gao Shiming in the sedan chair breathed a sigh of relief, if it weren't for the quick sight of the sedan chair man, he could see that he was a person in the palace at a glance, and at that time he could only cause trouble in vain.

As soon as the sedan chair man beckoned, the rest of the people carried Gao Shiming to the intersection of other places, wanting to detour to another side gate of the Wei State Mansion. But who would have thought that just after turning two alleys, he was stopped by someone again, so the sedan chair man who came forward sent a few taels of silver in the same way, and got the same answer that there is a project ahead, please detour.

In the end, the sedan chair drivers carried Gao Shiming around Wei Guogong's mansion in a big circle, but they didn't even take a road. At this point, Gao Shiming sighed in the sedan chair, and said silently in his heart: It is said that the Marquis of Zhenyu put Wei Guogong under house arrest, but our family didn't believe it at the beginning, but now it seems to be true.

At this moment, Gao Shiming was already chilling in his heart, is this still the same Li Xin who acted with a little weakness and kindness when he was in Taiyuan?

"Let's go! Get back! ”

After a while, Gao Shiming came to his senses and suddenly yelled at the sedan chair outside. The sedan soon disappeared at the end of the alley. No one noticed, and a figure sprang out of the shadows and followed closely.

Gao Shiming's preparation to go to the Duke of Wei was not idle, but he had a secret decree from the emperor to Xu Hongji in his hand. This secret decree was given to him by the emperor himself before he left Beijing, and he repeatedly instructed him not to mention the secret decree to anyone.

Although Gao Shiming has all kinds of selfishness, he has a natural obedience to the emperor's will, so although the situation is so erosive, he still dutifully intends to send the secret decree to Xu Hongji.

The small sedan chair shook up and down with the advance of the two sedan chair drivers, which was just like Gao Shiming's mood up and down. He reached out and stroked the secret decree in his arms through the brocade robe, and then shivered fiercely. He suddenly realized that this secret letter was probably inextricably linked to Li Xin. But what exactly is the content of the secret message? This made Gao Shiming both curious and deeply feeling that the secret decree he was holding in his hand was a hot potato.

In the final analysis, if the secret decree is not given to Wei Guogong in his Gao Shiming's hands, once the situation repeats in the future, the north-south traffic is restored, and the emperor investigates it, there will be absolutely no good fruit to eat. However, now that Li Xin has placed Wei Guogong under house arrest, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and the secret decree cannot be sent in, this may be the best choice.

Gao Shiming involuntarily clenched the secret decree in his hand, this secret decree must not be known to anyone, otherwise this secret decree will definitely become his own talisman. As soon as he thought of this, he urged the palanquin man to hurry up and return to the house where he lived temporarily.

At this time, his heart was thinking about where to hide this secret decree in order to be safe. But at this moment, suddenly there was the sound of horses' hooves ahead. Gao Shiming suddenly became vigilant in his heart, isn't there a ban, is it forbidden to gallop horses in the city of Nanjing, who dares to openly disobey the ban and ride a horse in the city?

Listening to the voice outside, it was extremely familiar, and it was Niu Jinsong, an officer of Li Xin's personal army.

"It's Gao Gong in front? The Marquis of Zhenyu invited Gao Gong to go to the Pingbo fleet parade together! ”

At this point, everyone found the road, Gao Shiming could no longer hide in the sedan chair, so he had to lift the sedan curtain and step out, arching his hand at Niu Jinsong.

"It turned out to be General Niu, and our family is not the prison army of the Marquis of Zhenyu, so I'm afraid of inconvenience!"

Gao Shiming is not so realistic and naïve, what is his identity now? How could Li Xin let him go to the parade with him? There may be some other things and forks in the road. So Gao Shiming refused even a mouthful, and at the same time used the excuse that he had to go back to his residence to deal with urgent matters.

Who knew that Niu Jinsong led the horse to block the middle of the road, and did not want to get out of the way, but said with a smile: "Gao Gong's words are wrong. The marquis of Zhenyu personally commanded, how can there be a fake? Hurry up and follow me, you won't be able to catch up if it's too late! ”

Gao Shiming didn't know Niu Jinsong's true intentions, and seeing his resolute attitude, he knew that he couldn't refuse, so he had to respond falsely: "In this case, our family will not measure our own strength, and go to the parade and parade the Pingbo fleet!" ”

Then he paused again and added: "But our little hat in green clothes is not very solemn, and our family still has to go back to the house to change into a dress to show respect for the officers and soldiers of the Pingbo fleet!" ”

In fact, Gao Shiming was worried about the secret decree in his arms, how could he rest assured that he had to go back and find a proper place to hide it first, and then go to see what kind of military parade it was.

However, Niu Jinsong refused to let go, "Gao Gong doesn't have to bother, when you were in Taiyuan, you were also half of the main generals of the brothers, and the Marquis of Zhenyu said, let Gao Gong wear the uniform of the Sanwei New Army to attend the parade!" ”

Niu Jinsong's words even blocked Gao Shiming's last excuse, and in desperation, he had to agree, "In this way, our family will be disrespectful!" ”

Gao Shiming wanted to return to the sedan chair, but Niu Jinsong smiled again: "Gao Gong Rong, time is urgent, let's ride a horse from the right, I have already prepared Gao Gong's horse!" ”

Gao Shiming also has a reputation as a soldier in the imperial court, so this horse riding is naturally not a problem, so he had to abandon the sedan chair and get on the horse. But he was embarrassed: "These two followers of our family? ”

Niu Jinsong laughed, and then said to the palanquin drivers: "You go back first, Gao Gong has our support, and it will be fine!" ”

"Let's go!"

After Niu Jinsong finished speaking, he didn't wait for the palanquin drivers to answer, and then ordered to leave. Gao Shiming had no choice but to say to the sedan chair drivers: "You guys go back with confidence first, tell those monkey cubs to stop, don't mess with our family!" ”

"Yes!"

After several sedan chair drivers got the order, they carried the sedan chair away, and Gao Shiming had no choice but to ride a horse and run with Niu Jinsong all the way to the Shangyuan Gate. Everyone knows that the government has a ban on galloping horses in the city, who eats the bear's heart and leopard's gall and dares to challenge the authority of the town's marquis? Even the little grandfather of the Wei Mansion had a leg crippled by a patrolling soldier because of the gallop of his horse, and since then no one has dared to challenge this ban. Now I heard that someone was galloping, and a group of good people couldn't help but come to see the excitement, but Niu Jinsong shouted all the way: "The Three Guards are on business!" Idle people and so on, the Three Guards on business, idle people and so on! ”

This made those who wanted to see the excitement in their hearts were disappointed, I heard that the Three Guards were busy on business and avoided one after another, and now everyone knows that the Three Guards are unprovoked in Nanjing. How is Wei Guogong? It's not powerful, it's not like an ant to provoke the town captive, making people rub round and flat.

In the past few days, there has not been a single day in the "Communiqué" that has not criticized this Wei Guogong, and Ying Tianfu even sent a special bookstore to publicize the newspaper in a lively gathering place, and now the news about Wei Guogong in the newspaper has long been old news, and there are countless jokes against Wei Guogong among the people.

In a word, the little grandfather is a thief, and the old man may also be difficult to protect. After the dignified founding feat, he was rectified into such virtue by a horse thief-born Zhenyu Hou, one is that Xu Hongji is too weak, and the other is that the Zhenyu Marquis is too strong.

Gao Shiming, who followed behind Niu Jinsong, sighed secretly in his heart, the power of the Three Guards was not as good as in this Nanjing city when he was in Taiyuan. Don't look at the original Taiyuan Mansion was recovered by the Three Guards, and Li Xin was sent by the Holy Order, and it was justified to deal with the refugees in Shanxi, but the gentry and people in Taiyuan City did not have the same awe of the officials and people in Nanjing as they did for the Three Guards.

Soon, the group arrived at the dock, and Niu Jinsong urgently asked the guards standing guard: "Where is the town captive marquis?" ”

The soldier saluted and said: "The marquis of Zhenyu is on the dock, and the military parade is about to begin!" ”

Niu Jinsong nodded: "Okay!" You go to report to the marquis of Zhen, and say that Gao Gong has been invited by me, go and change your clothes now, and you will be there in a moment! ”

"Yes!"

The soldier's voice was loud and he took the order. The ability and neatness of the soldiers of the Three Guards alone is beyond the reach of other officers and soldiers. Gao Shiming also found that seven or eight out of ten of these soldiers standing guard were all natives of Yingtianfu, and occasionally there were some people with Zhenjiang and Changzhou accents.

It seems that Li Xin is already planning to integrate into the Jiangnan region, and recruiting the good family sons in the Jiangnan area as a new army is one of the manifestations of his plan to run Jiangnan for a long time.

"Gao Gong, please come here to change your clothes!"

Niu Jinsong led Gao Shiming into the port barracks more and more respectfully, Gao Shiming turned left and right and didn't know how many turns, and finally saw Niu Jinsong stop in front of a military tent.

"Gao Gong, please!"

Niu Jinsong stretched out his hand and motioned for Gao Shiming to enter the tent to change clothes, so Gao Shiming stopped rubbing and raised his legs to enter the military tent in front of him.