Gao Shiming's promise was also expected by Li Xin, but it was not easy to settle the inner court with many factions, not to mention that there were Fangzhenghua Li Fengxiang and other commanders and commanders, and even Cao Huachun, who has become more and more low-key recently, is dead but not stiff, plus Wang Chengen, who is becoming more and more favored by the emperor's side, any of the above people are in their own series, and it is not easy to twist them into a rope, even if they are driven by strong interests.

Fortunately, although Gao Shiming is cunning, he is cautious and almost timid, and he never spits lightly when he is not sure.

For a while, Gao Shiming's heart was actually a lot heavier, after all, this matter was very important and involved.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, our family underestimated General Li's appetite! If this matter is counted in the cabinet now, hehe......"

Gao Shiming smiled and slapped the paper contract on the table with his hand.

"Is there anything in the world that we can't do?"

Huang Sheng didn't think so, and was not afraid of the prestige of the great eunuch of Gao Shi Mingsi, and said: "With all due respect, the cabinet will never agree to this contract on the surface, even if they have red eyes and white silver, they always have to care about face." Take the money and only dare to take it secretly in private, do a bitch and have to set up a memorial arch, once you find that there is a wind and grass, you can immediately pick it clean with your own family, and then kick it hard to show your innocence. ”

Gao Shiming listened to Huang Sheng's joy and enjoyment, and immediately had a good impression of this businessman.

"Hey! That's right, the old things in the cabinet are bitches and want to set up an archway. ”

"If you absorb those old things that are inconsistent and have no credibility at all, I, Huang Sheng, will be the first to withdraw my shares!"

"I'm the second one in Gao Shiming!"

The two of them sang and harmonized. Gao Shiming then raised a very critical question, "After all, it is a long-term concern to support business with war, and it should be a near-term worry to raise agriculture with business." Speaking of which, there are very difficult things to put forward together, since we don't need to contribute share capital, our family will do our best! ”

Li Xin smiled: "Gao Gong is really fast!" There is really a near worry! ”

So he elaborated on the problem of merchants buying tax cards outside the province, Gao Shiming listened to it and said with a smile: "It's a trivial matter, since our ceremonial supervisor has also invested in the shares, let the internal officials and supervisors issue official certificates, and in the future, our trading companies will hang the brand of the internal officials and supervisors, and see which tax card can't open the dog's eyes and dare to collect our taxes!" ”

Huang Sheng's eyes flashed with a strange brilliance, and he was really excited in his heart, if Gao Shiming's words could be fulfilled, the caravan would go north and south, and it would be ten times and a hundred times the profit in the past, which was never dreamed of in the past, who would have thought that Li Xin's few words would be solved.

Looking back at the past collusion with the cabinet bosses of the DPRK and China, the hardships and dangers are really not enough for outsiders, which is also one of the reasons why he previously scolded the cabinet ministers for having no credibility to speak of and being all villains.

After a few more gossip, Gao Shiming got up and said goodbye. Huang Sheng also felt that the delay in the General Soldier's Mansion was a bit long, and he was about to leave, but when he was about to go out, he remembered something again, so he turned back.

"General, the uniforms of the Three Guards have been ordered, just wait for someone to take them away!"

"You go to find a stone for such a thing, and you don't have to report it to me!"

After Tian Fuzhen was promoted to the prefect of Taiyuan, Zhang Shishi temporarily acted as his assistant, mainly responsible for the logistics equipment of the Three Guards. Now Li Xin can only control the overall situation, if he has to intervene in every detail, he must not be tired to death, even if he is not tired to death, he can't manage it.

Huang Sheng felt that it was also true that there was no need to inform Li Xin about such a trivial matter, but it seemed that there was a suspicion of inviting merit, and he was just about to leave, but someone came in a hurry, with a solemn face, and it was a big thing at a glance.

The person who came was Lu Jiu, and when he saw Huang Sheng present, he just saluted, and was not in a hurry to explain his intention. Huang Sheng confessed and left again, Lu Jiu then stiffened his face and said in a low voice: "A big incident has happened, there are no more than ten people who know about this matter at present, Lu Jiu can't solve it, and the thirteenth brother has to decide!" ”

Seeing Lu Jiu's mysteriousness, Li Xin disagreed, "What can be a big deal, say!" I'll listen! ”

Lu Jiu said in a low voice: "Zhang Shi has killed someone, one dead and one injured!" ”

"What?"

Li Xin didn't react for a while, "Killed? ”

"Hmmm! The adulterer and the adulteress, the adulteress was angry on the spot, the adulterer was seriously injured, and he couldn't die for a while! ”

Zhang Shi had married a daughter-in-law when Zhili was in trouble, Li Xin had already heard that after taking Taiyuan, Zhang Shi sent someone to pick up the daughter-in-law who had been settled in Zhili, which was originally a good thing, why did there be an adulterer and an adulteress?

"Da Ming Law, if a husband kills an adulterer and an adulteress, he will not be punished as a crime, don't you know this?"

Li Xin blamed Lu Jiu for making a fuss, he knew that Lu and Zhang had been suspicious of a woman who was raped by the soldiers of the horse team under his command during the first battle of Suning in Beizhili, and Zhang Shi was in charge of the musket team at that time, and he ruthlessly took the cavalry of Lu Jiu's horse team to deal with it. Lu Jiu was also very annoyed because he failed to protect his subordinates.

Looking at Li Xin's puzzled eyes, Lu Jiu knew that the thirteenth brother had misunderstood him, and explained: "What the Daming Law says, it is the husband who personally captures the adulterer and adulteress, and the one who kills him on the spot will not be punished as a crime!" But Zhang Shi is not, she first killed her daughter-in-law Han Qiaoniang in her own house, and then went to Hu Ergou's house to kill Hu Ergou, and after seriously injuring him, she was caught by mistake."

Li Xin sighed in his heart, saying this is not to personally capture the adulterer and adulteress, nor to kill him on the spot, no wonder Lu Jiu looks mysterious.

"Brother Thirteen, this matter is not as good as a big thing and a small matter. Lu Jiu has already confessed and sealed the mouth of the patrol who caught Zhang Shi! Now the people are still pressed in the gendarmerie camp, the prefect's yamen, the senior supervisor's army, without Lu Jiu's explanation, they can't get the letter......"

Lu Jiu's meaning is very obvious, deal with it internally, digest it secretly, that is, not pursue it, and bury the matter deep underground. This incident is a rare big scandal, if it is exposed, the battalion officer of the grenadier battalion of the Three Guards Army killed the adulterer and adulteress, no matter which party is responsible, the reputation of the Three Guards will inevitably be affected by the scandal, and the cost is too great.

Li Xin was silent for a while.

Suddenly, Master Guo came in a hurry, this guy has been transferred by Li Xin out of the Three Guards system, and is responsible for contacting the field and mine affairs full-time, what is he doing?

"Oh no, big deal!"

Master Guo's loudspeaker-like voice was still in the courtyard when the door sounded full, Li Xin frowned, glared at Master Guo who had just entered the door and reprimanded: "How many times have you said it, and you still have a loud voice, do you want to tear off all the tiles on the roof?" ”

"The general forgives the sin, isn't this urgent......"

"What's urgent, say!"

"Outside, I don't know why, and suddenly it went viral that the grenadier battalion officer Zhang Shishi killed someone, and it is said that he is still an adulterer and adulteress......"

Lu Jiu's face turned green at that time, and he stepped forward and grabbed Master Guo's clothes, and said angrily: "Say! How do you know? ”

Master Guo didn't expect Lu Jiu to react so much, grabbed Lu Jiu's wrist, and let him let go of the pain again and again.

"How do I know that now everything in Taiyuan City is = about to go crazy, and it is rumored that the general is preparing to show favoritism and shield criminals!"

Lu Jiu was stunned when he heard this, and the hand that was holding Master Guo's shirt suddenly loosened, and he said to himself: "Impossible, impossible, how can this be passed out?" ”

Li Xin knew that there was a good chance that Lu Jiu would not be able to complain about this matter, and there must be far more than ten people who discovered this matter, and Taiyuan City was not his Li Xin's monolith, and the undercurrent was surging in private at any time, ready to find an opportunity, like a poisonous snake, he rushed out and took a bite hard.

Li Xin immediately decided, "Zhang Shiren can no longer be locked up in the gendarmerie barracks, you go in person and escort him to the Prosecution Department to surrender." ”

"Thirteen Brothers......

Lu Jiu obviously doesn't intend to give up Zhang Shi yet, once he hands over the person to the Procuratorial Envoy Division, it is not up to them to say whether they are dead or alive, not to mention that the Procuratorial Envoy Division is now in charge of the Si Jian Shi Lu Sizhen, this person was thrown out of the city by Li Xin when he was in Xinzhou, and he has an old grudge, and it is difficult to ensure that he will not report his personal vendetta.

"Confused, stay in your own hands, Zhang Shi has no reason to live, go now, don't rub it!"

Li Xin ordered sharply, since Zhang Shi's matter spread all over Taiyuan City, it was bound to evolve into a crisis for the Three Guards and even Li Xin, and all the poisonous snakes who were cowering in the shadows had already prepared their fangs, and one wrong step could be bitten to death.

Putting Zhang Shi in the hands of Lu Sizhen, who ostensibly had an old grudge against Li Xin, would be safer, at least he would avoid suspicion, in order to take care of being accused of revenge by outsiders.

That night, Lu Sizhen urgently visited Li Xin, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, but to everyone's surprise, he came to discuss with him how to exonerate Zhang Shi.

"Zhang Yingguan has made great contributions to the imperial court, and he killed an adulterer and adulteress, which is excusable and excusable."

Lu Jiu was overjoyed when he heard this, "What Lord Lu said is true?" ”

"How not to be serious? As long as General Li is willing to atone for his crimes, even the emperor has nothing to say! ”

It is true that there is a saying that the merit will be reversed, since Lu Sizhen is willing to cooperate, it will be easy to do as soon as he is relieved, but when Lu Jiuda breathed a sigh of relief, Li Xin strictly rejected Lu Sizhen's suggestion.

"Lord Lu is kind, and Li Xinxin has taken it. After all, human life is as big as the sky, and whether Zhang Shi is guilty or not should not be determined by you and me, but can only be determined after the trial and inquest of the case. ”

With a businesslike attitude, Lu Jiu on the side was anxious enough, but he couldn't interject, so he could only watch Lu Sizhen be sent out of the General Military Mansion by Li Xin in disappointment.

……

On the third day after the Zhang Shi case, this civil case of killing an adulterer and an adulteress actually reached the Ming Jingshi, not only the emperor learned of the case, but even the ministers of the court and the central government talked about it, and some people concluded that Li Xin would definitely return to protect his subordinates and bend the law for personal gain. Some people also asserted that Li Xin would deal with it impartially and kill his relatives with righteousness.

Zhu Youzhen, the son of the Great Tomorrow, looked solemn, put the secret on the case, and seemed to say to himself: "Say, will Li Xin be favoritism?" ”

Wang Chengen, who was standing beside the emperor, was speechless!