Gao Shiming was apprehensive after being rejected by Li Xin, but he had a dark eye for Nanjing, and he didn't even have an acquaintance who could find out the news, and the officials in the city also lost their previous courtesy to him, and no one came to the door. had to fidget and stay in the accommodation arranged for him by Ying Tianfu and stay at home. During this period, Gao Shiming even had the idea of going to Huguang, but he quickly dispelled this idea.

Although he has a holy errand on his head, he does not have a single soldier, and he has five silver dollars and grain and grass, and he goes alone? What's more, now that the north-south traffic has been cut off, and the Ming Jingshi has lost control of the south for more than half a year, what can he do to control the magistrates?

In the evening, the autumn breeze was already clearly felt in Nanjing, and Gao Shiming, who was wandering in the courtyard with a lot of worries, couldn't help but shudder, which was just like his mood. He began to miss the time when the Holy Lord had just ascended the throne and Wei Zhongxian was in power. Although the emperor greatly restricted the eunuchs, no matter which eunuch went to the local area as a lieutenant envoy, the magistrate of which place was not hugging each other, rushing to stammer, for fear of neglecting half a point, today is good, the world is generally like this as mentioned in the book.

Just as he was feeling nostalgic, the little eunuch who accompanied him brought Gao Shiming the "Communiqué" for these two days for him to pass the time. Who knew that Gao Shiming had only turned a few pages, and he was stunned, and then he opened up again.

"It turns out that the Marquis of Zhenyu is not an excuse!"

Gao Shiming's words were full of joy of turning around. Sure enough, the little eunuch guarding the door trotted over.

"Gao Gong, the Hou of Zhenyu, the Hou is here!"

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. Gao Shiming was excited and personally went out to greet him. Li Xin came in plain clothes, obviously not outside him, which made Gao Shiming feel at ease, and at the same time, he was more sure of his old perception of Li Xin.

"How can Gao Gong have a smooth trip these days?"

The two of them entered one after the other, and Li Xin casually asked Gao Shiming about his travels in the past few days as he walked. Gao Shiming shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The war in the imperial court is tight, where is our family still in the mood to play, these days can be regarded as being in Cao Ying, but the heart is in Han!" ”

The analogy is not very appropriate, but it is enough to express his anxiety to Li Xin. In Gao Shiming's opinion, he still decided to be open and honest with his old partner and talk about his worries. Unexpectedly, Li Xin accompanied him with a wry smile, and began to pour bitter water.

"Gao Gong is still free, but Li Xin is physically and mentally exhausted, under heavy shackles, he is constrained everywhere, and there is no happiness at all.

This is also Li Xin's heart, when he was in Taiyuan and Shanxi, although there were some civil and official constraints, they were all small roles that could be rubbed at will, so most of the time, he spent more than ninety percent of his energy on realizing his plan. However, in Nanjing, on the contrary, he had to use ninety percent of his energy to deal with the various forces that were hindering, and in the end, only half of the remaining one-percent energy was divided into various problems that arose within the Three Guards.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Li Xinchang sighed, "I don't know if Gao Gong has ever heard that Xiong Mingyu was kidnapped by pirates in Zhejiang, and Lu Jiu saw the opportunity quickly and escaped by luck, but he also suffered many wounds...... But in the end, there is no danger of life, and it is also a blessing in misfortune. ”

This news is also what Gao Shiming just saw in the newspaper, and Lu Jiu is the old brother who followed Li Xin from birth to death in the era of horse thieves, and this fellow was seriously injured and almost died, so it is reasonable that Li Xin has no time to meet him.

"The Marquis of Zhenyu is going to do it?"

Li Xin smiled when he heard this: "Li Xin is going to trouble Gao Gong this time!" ”

After hearing this, Gao Shiming only felt that his chest was beating suddenly, and the sudden excitement made him lose his mind for a moment. It took him a long time to suppress the excitement and excitement in his heart, and said firmly: "The marquis of Zhenyu has an order, and the order is, don't hide it, our family is about to be idle these days!" ”

Li Xin continued to go deeper: "Gao Gong can rush to Hangzhou in the name of an angel, the illegal forces in Hangzhou are extremely arrogant, this time if they are not eradicated, Li Xin will raise troops and go to level them all. ”

This made Gao Shiming's body tremble, although Li Xin is a military general leading the troops, but he rarely fights and kills in his words, and today he can say the words of raising troops to level them, you can imagine how much he has hated these lawless dogs. In fact, what Gao Shiming didn't expect was that Li Xinshi lost his patience and didn't want to play chess step by step.

However, Gao Shiming noticed that Li Xin mentioned that he would go to Hangzhou as an angel, if it was more serious, although he came south with a holy order, the place where he supervised the army was Huguang and Jiangxi, and it had nothing to do with Zhejiang at all. If the identity of an angel is raised, the small is overstepping, and the heavy is a false fate, which is not small. This hesitation only flashed in Gao Shiming's mind for a moment, and he was completely expelled by another thought.

"Good! I don't know how to arrange it, and when should our family leave for Hangzhou? ”

It must be known that Lu Jiu took more than 500 people to Hangzhou, and in the end, he was seriously injured, and it is conceivable that Hangzhou City has not hesitated to tear his face and make wind and rain, so Gao Shiming is concerned about how many people he can bring with him to escort him. Gao Shiming thought that he was driven by Li Xin, but he cherished his life more, otherwise it would be impossible to leave Jiangxi Huguang and stay in Nanjing.

Li Xin said with a smile: "It's enough to bring another five hundred people, Gao Gong may not know the inside story, Xiong Mingyu and Lu Jiu were attacked when they were entertaining by boat, and the vast majority of the five hundred people accompanying him were on the shore, if it wasn't for Lu Jiunan to learn water after coming, I was afraid that he would be buried in the belly of the fish this time." ”

The "Communiqué" only said that Xiong Mingyu and Lu Jiu were in distress in Zhejiang, but did not mention the details, and now Li Xin explained briefly and roughly for a while, Gao Shiming was immediately stunned.

"So the Hangzhou officials didn't completely tear their faces with us, how many of the so-called murderers have been handed over?"

Gao Shiming couldn't understand this kind of method of disobedience to yin and yin, and if Hangzhou did this, he would inevitably hand over a few scapegoats to calm the anger of Nanjing. In fact, compared with the restraint of Li Xin's side, many officials in Nanjing have clamored to send troops into Hangzhou to personally find out the lawbreakers. shouted and shouted and killed one by one, and the momentum was even greater than that of a group of generals and soldiers of the Three Guards.

And Li Xin did not want to send troops to Hangzhou, but the current situation made him overstretched in terms of troops. Some of the old soldiers brought out from Shanxi were handed over to Zhang Shi to take to Fujian, and some were returned to Cheng Mingjiu to govern Pingjingjiang, Jiangxi and the western provinces of Nanzhili.

The three guards stationed in Yingtianfu are all new troops who have just been recruited after coming to the south, although these people have practiced tactical actions such as queues quite well, but after all, they have not gone through a major war, and they are also responsible for defending Nanjing, one is to resist the five battalions of the revolution in Jiangbei, and the other is to prevent the opposition forces that have been ready to move several times inside.

Therefore, what Li Xin needs now is time, and he must have enough time to deal with it calmly before he can divide his troops to the south. And during this period, you must not wait dryly, so it has become the best choice to let Gao Shiming take the front stop.

Li Xin's thoughts made Gao Shiming greatly relaxed, and he was also a little disappointed, it turned out that he was not going to gnaw hard bones, but just a pioneer who threw stones to ask for directions, in this case, there is no need to go this time, facing the obstacles in the imagination.

"What does the marquis mean is that our family will first go to the thief's den to find out the truth and see who is the stone and who is the egg?"

In this regard, Li Xin nodded again and again, "That's right!" If they can be divided and disintegrated from within, the negative effects will be minimized. ”

The two of them talked by candle and night, from sunset until the golden rooster announced, and the sky turned bright. Li Xin saw that the time was not early, and then got up to say goodbye.

"Li Xin is one step ahead, and in an hour, he will go to inspect the Pingbo fleet, I believe they will not be idle in the port for long."

Gao Shiming was stunned when he heard this, and many of the news that Li Xin confided that night was too shocking, even a gossip at the time of parting shocked him. According to the previous understanding, the local guards and those in charge of the troops all hoped to fight less and train more troops. And now Li Xin seems to have a stronger desire to go to war than when he was in Shanxi. Not only is it frequently used on land, but now it is also said that the Pingbo fleet will not be idle for long, what does it mean? It will definitely not be the kind of water war that goes through the motions of Jiujiang and Chizhou, will there be a sea pirate that can still match the Pingbo fleet?

After sending Li Xin away, Gao Shiming thought silently, from the Japanese who appeared from time to time to the Hongmaofan who were entrenched on the southeastern islands, he felt that Li Xin had no excuse to use force against him easily. After all, fighting a war is nothing more than one point, and that is to expand the territory. Naval warfare is not profitable, so it is barely appropriate to use the navy as a defensive force, if you take the initiative to send troops with the navy, you will not get the territory in the big war, and there will be no benefits, and the two types of candidates assumed before may not be the opponents of the Pingbo fleet in the future.

After thinking about it, Gao Shiming's eyes suddenly converged on another key position, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, "Could it be him?" But this thought was only a fleeting thought, and in Gao Shiming's view, such a possibility was very small. If I think about it again, I have a headache, and Gao Shiming simply doesn't think about it anymore. Because before going south to Hangzhou, he still had something to do, and he still had to meet someone.

"Prepare the car!"

Gao Shiming gave an order to the little eunuch beside him, and the little eunuch was slightly surprised, Gao Gong has always traveled on horseback in the name of the prison army, with beautiful scenery and swaggering through the market. Why do you have to sit in a sedan chair today?

So the little eunuch subconsciously asked: "I don't know where Gao Gong wants to go?" ”

I only heard Gao Shiming answer coldly: "Wei State Mansion!" ”