Xu Zhengying, the head of the household department, has not gone out during this time, claiming that he is sick, but in fact he is hiding at home and watching the changes in the court, the new monarch ascended the throne, the old emperor retired and became the emperor, after a short period of peace, the hidden contradictions within Dakang were inevitably triggered, first Xichuan Li Tianheng stood on his own under the banner of King Qin, and then the new son of heaven began to carry out large-scale purges within the court. Xu Zhengying is not worried that things will affect him, although he is a waiter in the household department, and he is a fourth-rank official, but he is only the third in command in the household department, in charge of Qian Fatang and Baoquan Bureau. He has always wanted to get closer to Hu Buwei, but Hu Buwei has always been wary of him, and the regrets of the past now seem to be a kind of luck, if he really has to get involved with Hu Buwei and become his cronies, then now I am afraid that he will also be affected by the affairs of the Hu family.

Hearing that the Hu family has been sealed, Hu Buwei and his wife are temporarily detained in the criminal department awaiting trial, Xu Zhengying is fortunate and also has a little sad idea of the rabbit and the fox, although this matter has not yet implicated himself, once the interrogation process begins, he will definitely go to the criminal department to testify as a household servant, Xu Zhengying has already weighed the pros and cons in his heart, the wall is down and everyone pushes, Hu Buwei is destined to die this time, even if he pushes him more, it will have no impact on the outcome of the matter.

Zhou Ruiyuan, the former crown prince and prince, has now been officially appointed as the prime minister of Dakang Zuo, ruling Zhongshu Province and becoming the most powerful person below the Son of Heaven. In addition to Hu Buwei's case, Xu Zhengying thought about Zhou Ruiyuan's matter the most, and he could barely be regarded as Zhou Ruiyuan's protégé, but now is not the time to catch up with relatives. Today is different from the past, I don't know how many people are waiting to climb outside Zhou Ruiyuan's threshold, and I am afraid that I will not even be able to line up in a hurry.

Although Xu Zhengying was sick at home, he was not idle in the past two days, and he sorted out a list of Hu Buwei's crimes. This thing is not only evidence of the guilt of Hu Buwei, but also can clear oneself. Xu Zhengying believes that Hu Buwei's arrest was because of Zhou Ruiyuan, who fought hard in the court in order to keep the position of the crown prince of the eldest prince Long Yelin, so that he angered the emperor. If it weren't for his hard work, I was afraid that the emperor would cut off his head at that time. Hu Buwei and Shi Buchui and the like twisted into a rope to fall into the well for Zhou Ruiyuan, almost killing Zhou Ruiyuan. Now that Zhou Ruiyuan has regained power, it is impossible for him to let go of these former political enemies.

Xu Zhengying was glad because of his good luck, he proposed more than once that he wanted to choose a stupid son among his two daughters to marry the Hu family, but Hu Buwei looked down on him, and always looked down on him, and finally chose the paralyzed daughter of Li Tianheng's family by Jiannan Xichuan Jiedu. At that time, I was still envious, and Hu and Li joined forces. Once the crown prince Long Yeqing inherits the unification, the two of them will become the most powerful family in Dakang. And it turns out that Hu Buwei's luck is not so good, and his luck is not so bad. Li Tianheng has become a rebel general of Dakang because of his self-reliance, and Hu Buwei was deeply implicated because of his marriage to Li Tianheng. In fact, whether there is a marriage or not, Hu Buwei will not end well, and the marriage is just another charge of colluding with thieves.

People have no long-term worries, and they must not bet all their treasures on one person in the officialdom. Hu Buwei's incident reminded Xu Zhengying that sometimes he must not fall into the ground. I don't know that the east of the river will turn to the west of the river in ten years, and I don't know that people will not make a comeback. Of course, Hu is not an exception, he will not escape the catastrophe this time, and he will be 100% punished by the Nine Clans.

Xu Fu, the official of the Xu Mansion, knocked on the door and came in, and whispered in Xu Zhengying's ear: "Master, there is a child outside who asks to see you." He said it was your distant relative. ”

Xu Zhengying frowned, as a household servant, there were indeed many relatives who came to defect, he waved his hand and said, "Give him two taels of silver to send him away." "In this mood, I really don't want to see any outsiders.

Xu Fu said in a low voice: "He wrote a note for me to bring." Say you'll understand when you read it. ”

Xu Zhengying took the note, but saw that it read: "The upper vertical is a dog, and the lower is a wolf!" Xu Zhengying couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he saw this line of words: "Where are the people?" ”

Xu Fudao: "It's right outside the door!" ”

Xu Zhengying said: "You say children? ”

Xu Fu nodded and said, "A twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy who looks quite clever and has a southwestern accent. ”

Xu Zhengying thought that Hu Xiaotian would come to the door in person, but he was taken aback, if he let outsiders see it, he didn't know how to think about his relationship with the Hu family, but when he heard that it was a child, he was relieved, and he muttered for a moment and said in a low voice: "Xu Fu, you bring him in, pay attention to the outside, whether anyone is following him." ”

Xu Fu responded, and after a while, he brought a boy in Tsing Yi in, and the boy came to Xu Zhengying's side, and kowtowed to Xu Zhengying very obediently: "Little Gao Yuan greets Lord Xu." ”

Xu Zhengying twisted the goat's whiskers, looked at the child in front of him, convinced that he had never seen this boy, squinted his eyes and said, "Do you know me?" ”

The boy in front of him was Gao Yuan, he blinked his eyes and said, "I don't know, but I know that you are Master Xu, the squire of the household." ”

Xu Zhengying said: "You are my distant relative? ”

Gao Yuan immediately shook his head and said, "How can I have that blessing, I said this when someone gave me money to send a letter." ”

Xu Zhengying said: "Who asked you to send the letter?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "It's a young man, I don't know him, he gave me a tael of silver, and said that I should send a letter here, as long as the letter is delivered, and said that Master Xu will be rewarded." ”

Xu Zhengying frowned: "Did he let you pass on any message?" ”

Gao Yuan stretched out his right hand and stretched out, obviously looking for Xu Zhengying to ask for a reward.

Xu Zhengying asked the housekeeper Xu Fu to take two taels of silver for him, Gao Yuanxi took it diligently, put it away in his arms, and said, "He said that he would wait for you at the place of the pen meeting in an hour." ”

Xu Zhengying had already concluded that the person who wrote the note to him was Hu Xiaotian, and it was impossible for outsiders to know so clearly about the situation that day.

Gao Yuan sang a promise again: "Master Xu, if there is nothing else, I will leave first." ”

Xu Zhengying nodded.

Looking at Gao Yuan's short figure leaving, he whispered to Xu Fu: "Find someone to keep an eye on that kid and see where he is going." ”

"Yes!"

After Gao Yuan left, Xu Zhengying thought about it, and immediately asked people to prepare, first arranged for ten cronies to go to the inside and outside of Yanshui Pavilion to ambush, and then took Xu Fu and two family members to Yanshui Pavilion, he knew that Hu Xiaotian was cunning, if he appeared, I am afraid that kid would not show up. The fact that Hu Xiaotian did not come directly to his mansion proved that this kid was still quite vigilant, and nine times out of ten he hid near the Yanshui Pavilion to observe his movements, if he brought too many people over, he was afraid that it would arouse his vigilance.

When Xu Zhengying went out, he sent a family member who followed Gao Yuan to report that the child went directly to the market to eat after taking the silver, and then went to see people playing monkeys, and he never left, and he didn't see anyone contacting him.

Xu Zhengying put his mind at ease, as long as he caught Hu Xiaotian, it would mean a great achievement. It is equivalent to his own vote to the new monarch, thinking of this, his heart can't help but feel hot.

Hu Xiaotian's choice of Xu Zhengying as a breakthrough was purely helpless, although Xu Zhengying used to be his father's subordinate in the past, but this person is good at speculative franchises, tending to be inflammatory, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not fall into the well when the Hu family is in trouble, if he ventures to visit Xu Zhengying's mansion like this, I am afraid that he may be unfavorable to himself. Hu Xiaotian thought about it, and this matter must be made foolproof. Let Gao Yuan go to deliver the letter first, and then lead Xu Zhengying to Yanshui Pavilion, relying on his disguise, he can just observe whether Xu Zhengying has abnormal behavior on the side.

Xu Zhengying can also be regarded as an old treacherous and cunning, he was worried about startling the grass, so he arranged the people inside and outside the Yanshui Pavilion in advance, and when the appointed time was about to arrive, he took Xu Fu and two family members to the outside of the Yanshui Pavilion. Xu Zhengying did not let the family follow him upstairs, and motioned for Xu Fu to take them to wait outside, and walked up to the Yanshui Pavilion alone. He is a frequent visitor here, the owner of Yanshui Pavilion hurriedly stepped forward to say hello when he saw him coming, Xu Zhengying chose a seat by the window on the fifth floor and sat down, looked around, and did not see Hu Xiaotian's shadow.

There are twelve family members in the Xu Mansion who are all dressed in disguise and ambushed around, Xu Zhengying called a pot of tea, and while tasting tea, he looked at the scenery outside, in fact, his heart was chaotic at this time, and he didn't care about the outside scenery at all.

The agreed time has passed for a long time, and Hu Xiaotian still hasn't appeared, Xu Zhengying can't help but feel a little anxious, could it be that this kid noticed that something was wrong? Looking around, the family members who were ambushed there were also waiting a little impatiently, and a few people looked in the direction of Xu Zhengying.

Xu Zhengying turned his face away and made a look, after all, these subordinates still couldn't hold their breath. After waiting for half an hour, Hu Xiaotian still showed no signs of showing up.

At this time, the guests at the adjacent table had already paid their bills and left, and there was no one else on the entire fifth floor except him and the family.

Xu Zhengying couldn't help but be a little disappointed, estimating that it was impossible for Hu Xiaotian to come again, so he decided to leave, he stood up and still left the Yanshui Pavilion alone. When he came to the door, he saw a carriage passing by just outside, blocking his way. Xu Zhengying was about to bypass the carriage and walk to his car, when a middle-aged man approached his side, with a short knife in his hand behind Xu Zhengying, and said in a low voice: "Don't look back, if you don't want to die, just get in the car honestly." ”

Xu Zhengying's heart was shocked, and his body froze there.

The middle-aged man was played by Hu Xiaotian, and he said coldly: "Let your people not come with you, get in the car now!" ”

Xu Zhengying dared not comply, he said loudly to Xu Fu in the distance: "You are waiting for me in the same place, I met an old friend, I will come when I go." (To be continued......)